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      1 U 3 SI 0 S SOCSB . _ ^ Gu $ t AI 6 OI .. — Dnri «»« ? ^ ^* wk ^ s tronette , about ££ thebench , an ^ £ S £ ^^ tness box with e ^ teen yearsofa ^ gK ^^ theIorf Mayor for « ** ~ ^ i& sie haTufsunaerBone Mffle fflOnej tOCO ^ f _ Conner , . to ^ luch » sentence f ^^^ &e ^ or , and from ^"^ luS ^ e was just discharged . She < rS * duijor the mayor to supply her appeared ioJ ^* ^/ " . J j e Jn conseaaence of ^ tS ^ jEf&W ^ applied to the ^• S ^ osaidLer request couUnot be complied ^ SSeiestea au officertoseehe rout ofcourt . In TOthf Minutes afterwards the Lord Jfctjor resumed

      lassin the Grand Entrance Ball , the floor of which was Mvcrefi with the fragments . The officers of the court rushed oat ana secured the prisoner in the act of breaking two magnificent sqnares of plate glass of great thickness ana value . On beiajr placed at the tar , Ser hands were literally streaming with blood , an 5 she exclaimed "now . I suppose you will let me see the lord Major 3 " On being asked her name she pertly replied , Mrs . Comeagain , andrefiisea to give anj other . Well then , saiS the ilojor , if jou "won ' t glve jotk name w e will call you Mary Smitli : "Ton may call me what yon like you oW , if I had jou here I wouia serve you out' exclaimed the prisonar . She was remanded tmtil Monday , in order that the extent

      of damage might be ascertained , Toeedat . —A Female Cbabged with AtTEMFTIHO to Shoot a Scopndbei ; . —A female of respectable appearance , named Ann Fox , aged between thirty-four and thhtv-five years , was brought before the lord Mayor , in ihe custodv of Inspector Waller , charged with having irefl a pistol at ana "wonnaea a young man of the name Of Thomas Morris with small shot . The prisoner , upon being placed at the bar , appeared to be agitated in the extreme . She was defended by Mr . Pelham , and did not utter a word during the examination . The prosecutor said he accused the prisoner of having shot him in the Hugh on the preceding evening . He was coming out of a ehemistfe warehouse , in Laurence Pountney-lane , ia which he was assistant , and the moment the prisoner , who was

      opposite to the warehouse , got sight of hira . she fired at him . About twenty shots penetrated the skin , and most of them dropped out of themselves . When she fired she was at the distance of two yards , or two yards and a half , from him . He immediately closed the dour , and went into the warehouse to examine the wound he felt she had inflicted . The pistol produced was a small one , and had been purchased by the prisoner a short time before she used it , at the shop of a pawnbroker in Oxford-street . The prosecutor was severelj cross-examined by Sir . Pelbam , who eHcited from him that he became acquainted with the prisoner some years ago , and had had criminal intercourse -with her , the blame of which he threw on her . He admitted that he was a married man . The lord Mayor committed the prisoner for trial .

      GUILDHALL . Fbidat . Raii / wat Robbeeieb . —Daniel Carrett , who Stands charged with committing nine robberies from railway stations , ' « vas brought before 3 ir . Alderman Hugics Bughes for final examination . The prisoner looted pale and less at ease than before . He had been already committed on seven charges of felony . Mr . Clarkson said ie had a little evidence to add in one case , that of stealing a black portmanteau with its contents , value £ 20 , the property of Dr . Daniel , of Bath , who was a passenger on the Great WestemEailway , on the 29 fh of July . Collard , the officer employed to superintend the railway police , produced a paitof Wellington hoots , which he took from the prisoner's feet at the last examination . Dr . Daniel identified them as part of the contents of his portmanteau . A further portion was found at the prisoner's lodging . The depositions were read and signsd , and the prisoner was committed on this charge .

      BOW-STREET . Satdbdai . —Jack Ashobe . —A tar of the old school ¦ who said his name was Philip Barlow , was charged with l > eing drank and incapable . An officer found him ia the Strand , clinging to a lamp post , and swearing that it was the rudder , and that he was steering the ship . When the officer came up to him he literally roared out , " Avast there , mate , I see a strange craft a-head , showing strange colours . " The policeman told him he was quite right , there was a strange craft a-head in the shape of a jrostitnte , but if he would put himself under his convoy ie would pilot him safely into port . Jack readily

      assented , hnt inquired with some amazement where that port was , for certainly they were on a strange shore . " "Where away is that , mate , " he asked , "for I never was Mgher Tip that tapping V The officer told him to never fear , for he would undertake to get him a safe berth , and straightway conducted him to the station-house . Jacls lad no great mind to his berth at first , but upon being told that they ¦ would make him as comfortable as possible , and give him a glass of grog in the morning , he gently laid himself down , and fell fast asleep . Sir . Twyford discharged him , with a caution to be more steady in future .

      Tuesday . —Cbabce op Fobgsby xsd Swindling . —A voting man of fashionable appearance , named Richard . Martin , was brought before 3 Ir . Twyford for re-examination , charged with forging and uttering a check for £ 12 12 s ., with intent to defraud Mr . James Taylor , a hosier , carrying on business at 13 , CornhiU , and also with swindling several tradesmen of their goods . The particulars ' of this charge were published in the Stay of Saturday last . Additional charges were now brought against ihe prisoner . A bootmaker carrying on business in Oxford-street , said that in the month of June last the prisoner caUedupottMjn , Mid haTing tried on a dress pair 0 $ boots , lie desired that a person would be sent after him to Ms chambers in the Albany , and bring some French polish with him , which was accordingly done ; but on making his appearance he told the messenger he should wait , as his servant was then out of the way . The messenger waited outside such a length of time that the porter

      inquired what bis business might be , and on relating the nature of his business , he told him that he was " done , " and that the prisoner had a facility of getting away fcy a private passage , and which subsequently turned out to be the case . Mr . Twyford observed , as other charges might be hronght forward , he would have the prisoner remanded for a week . The constable said thatthere ¦ we re abont twenty tradesmen in attendance , who were prepared to prove that they had b « en swindled by the prisoner in a similar manner . A bootmaker and a hairdresser , from Burlington Arcade , said that they had sent iome goods to the prisoner's chambers , in Chelsea , for which they neTer received the amount , and upon making enquiry for Mr . Pembroke , their customer , they discovered that he had fled . It was stated tbatthe prisoner had been in the service of Lord Saye and Sele , when he occupied chambers in the Albany . He was ordered to be remanded .

      3 UARLB 0 R 0 UGH STREET . Thursday . —A Jekemt Diddles . —Robert Martin , a stylish young gentleman , was charged with obtaining goods under fraudulent pretences from a number of West-end tradesmen . Mr . Wm . Henry Martip , -whip and umbrella maker , Burlington Arcade , said that the defendant called at his shop in September , and conducted himself so as to impress him with , the belief that he was a distinguished member of the sporting circles . He ordered a tandem whip , a hunting whip , two canes , and a parasol , to be sent to Ms apartments in Hans-place , Chelsea , on approbation . The goods were left ; but when a call was made to ascertain if they suited , it was discovered that the

      customer and goods had -vanished . Complainant ^ discovered that a portion of his goods had been pledged at SochforVs , a pawnbroker in the district . ilht . HardVick replied that the law did not reach the present case . If orally , the defendant might liave swindled ihe complainant out of his property ; but legally , it was a debt . As it was stated that XDAlfy other charges 0 ! the same sort could be produced , several other tradesmen were examined , but their cases possessing similar features , met , of course , ¦ with the same fate . Mr . Hardwick was informed there were also charges of passing forged checks against the prisoner . These , however , being -within the Bow-street district , the prisoner was remanded to that court .

      WORSHIP-STREET . Saturday . —Extraosdina&t Request . —A gentlemanly young man , apparently abont twenty-three years © fage , Inalow tone of voice addressed ilr . Broaghton , and said he was most anxious to acquaint the worthy magistrate that a young woman whohad been brought before iim among the night charges , and sentenced to three ireeks' imprisonment for drunk and disorderly conduct , was on the eve of becoming his wife . —Mr . BrODghton : "What , sirf—why , she is a prostitute ?—The applicant made no reply . —Mr . Broughton : "Whatis it you wish ?—Applicant : I entertain a hope that -when your worship is informed of the intention I had to have , taken her to Southampton to-morrow morning , and made her my ¦ wi fe , you might feel inclined to reverse your decision . — Mr . Broaghton : "Why , sir , do you mean to tell me that

      such is your intention I It is really a most extraordinary lequest . The woman was proved , on the oath of two officers , to be a most degraded character ; lam sorry to ie obliged to tell you that I don't believe one word of your statement . —Applicant : I have known her , sir , for six months ; she had a most excellent education , and , irithout wishing to impugn the officer's tes&neny , I can , tiponmy oath , if required , assert that I never saw anything in her conduct tha was blamable . —Mr . Broughton ( to the officer ) : Bring her in . —The young woman , who tad been in the lock-up , was brought into court . She was attired in deep mourning . —Jlr . Sroughton : What is your name J—Prisoner ( in a very low tone ) : Elizabeth Xangham . —Mr . Broughton : Were you going out of town , tad yon not been brought nphere for punishment f—Prisoner : "Yes , sir , to Southampton . —Mr . Broughton : "When . —Prisoner : To-morrow morning , sir . I was to iavebeen married in three weeks . —Mr . Broughton : To whom

      - *—Prisoner : To that gentleman , sir ( pointing to Ihe applicant in the witness-hox ) . —Mr . Broughton "What is jour uame , sir . —Applicant : Carmicnael . 1 xeside inffill-street , Clapton , and am in partnership with my brother , a smith and ironmonger . The prisoner has friends at Southampton . The prisoner was finally liberated ; the applicant paying the fine of 40 s . in which « he had been amerced . The two left the court together . _ Th « b 8 dat . —Tbe Cask op Malicious Shooikg at Hohxrtos . —Philip Ernst , who stood charged with having wilfully fired a gun , leaded with shot at John French Held , a master carpenter , residing at Upper ^" Ptpn , was placed at thebarforfinal examination * Jr . A ann , who appeared for the prisoner , addressed the ^ magistrate on \ $ of c £ entj and ^ ^ £ * r ! £ !! 5 !? xto '"a 8 now entirely out of danger , and Ktef ^ S ^ ? recovery , he hoj * d the *«« that toK ^}** Iumself assented , on condi-«*<•» aeiecerred an adequate compensation for

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      the sufferings he had undergone , ^ . fj" *^ thathe ceuldnot foramomentl ^ n to theproposed anaB ^ ement , as he was bound to consider the m-STf the pubh' c . which required that such wantonand serioulmiscnief as the prisoner had inflicted applied for the UberationofUie . prisoner upon bail ; which his' friends ; , trere- prepared to -tender to any amount that might be required , but the application was positively refused . The depositions were accordingly taken andJhe prisoner was fully com * mitted to Newgate for trial . ' . . Fhidat . —Cbdel Case oe Desertion . —James Panther , a middle-aged man of respectable appearance , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Broughton , charged , at the instance of the authorities of St . Luke , with

      having deserted his wife and five children , who had been upwards of two years chargeable to that parish . The prisoner ' s wife , a woman of very lady-like address and deportment , stated that her husband had for a length of time held a commercial appointment in the city , at ' a salary of . £ 200 per annum , and that they had lived together in comfort and happiness until about two years and a half ago , when she discovered that he ' had formed a clandestine intimacy with a woman of abandoned character . About a week after the fact had come to her knowledge , the prisoner suddenly left home under pretence of being called into the country upon urgent business , and she had never since either seen or heard of him until they had met that day in court . Having no friends to apply to for assistance , herself and children were

      reduced to the utmost distress ; and they were at length reluctantly compelled to throw themselves upon the parish , by which they had been entirely supported for the last two years . Charles Garner , a parish beadle , stated that since the prisoner had absconded eTery effort had been made to trace his retreat , but without success , until about a week ago , when it was ascertained that he had established himself in business in Exeter , where he was living under the assumed name of Brown , in cohabitation withthewoman with whom he had eloped . Witness accordingly proceeded to that place with a warrant for his apprehension , and on his arrival was directed to a well-stocked mercer ' s shop , with the name "Brown" inscribed over the front ; and after waiting some time the prisoner made his anpearance with a quantity of goods he had just

      purchased . The witness immediately addressed him by Ms real name , and charged him with abandoning his wife and children in London ; but the prisoner , with affected indignation , declared that he was mistaken , as he had been in business in Exeter for many years , and threatened him with the severest consequences if he -ventured to act upon the false information he had received . "Witness , however , was so positive as to his identity , that he at once took the prisoner into custody , and : brought him to town , when he was immediately recognised as the person who had absconded . Mr . Broughton committed the prisoner as a . " rogue and vagabond" to the House of Correstion for one month ' s hard labour . The magistrate added , that at the expiration of that period , the parish authorities might still proceed against the prisoner for the amount of their claims .

      MONDAT . —SlNGOLAB APPLICATION . THE COSVICl ' S Welcome Home . —A sun-burnt , weather-beaten man , about thirty years of age , applied to llr . Broughton for bis advice and assistance under the following circumstances : —The applicant said , that in the early part of the year 1838 he had the misfortune to be convicted at the Old Bailey on a charge of felony , for which he was sentenced to seven years' transportation . He had formerly been in very comfortable circumstances , and at the time of his apprehension was in possession of an eight-roomed house well stocked with furniture , which he left in charge of his wife until snch a favourable turn occurred in his affairs as would enable him to reclaim it . After an affecting interview with his wife , who- appeared almost heartbroken sX his misfortunes , he was transferred to his place of destination , where he served out his sentence , and although

      greatly surprised at not receiving any communication from home during the whole period , he was somewhat consoled upon hearine indirectly that his spouse was in most prosperous circumstances , and he therefore cheered himself with the anticipation of being able on his retuvu home to resume an honest course of life , and spend the rest of his days in respectability andjeomfort . Oh reaching this country , about a week since , he proceeded direct to his wife ' s residence , but was astounded at finding her li ving under the protection of another man and instead of the fond welcome he had expected , she told him tartly that she considered his conviction had entirely absolved her from the marriage contract , and was resolved that she would have nothing more to say to him . Having failed in all his efforts to work upon her feelings , he requested that she would at least restore him the goods he had left in her care , and the greater part of which he recognised in the room , hut she positively refused % & do so , and her paramour at the same time stepped forward , and after churning every thing there as his own property ,

      ordered him instantly out of the house . The applicant concluded by saying that he had entirely depended upon the recovery of the property to restore him to something like a decent position in society ; and having been defrauded in such a cruel and unjust manner , he wished to know whether the magistrate could afford him any assistance to procure its restoration . Mr . Broughton informed the applicant , that according to the ' strict letter of the law everything he possessed at the time of his conviction had become forfeit to the Crown , but as the sequestration did not appear to have been enforced , and his future prospects of an honest existence depended upon the recovery of the property , he would direct one of the officers to see his wife upon the subject , and endeavour to effect an amicable arrangement . Sergeant Brannan afterwards repaired with the applicant to the house of his wife , and succeeded in inducing her to give him a sum of £ 15 , as an equivalent for the furniture , on the express condition that he should relinquish every claim upon her " property , and never again come near her , to which the husband reluctantly acceded .

      "Wednesday . —Cb \ aeg £ or Feiont . —Thomas Giles , a middle-aged man , of respectable appearance , was placed at the bar for final examination , charged with having stolen a large quantity of household furniture , the property of Mr . James Vann Sommer , of Stamford-hill , the secretary of the Stock Exchange . Several pawnbrokers were now in attendance , who produced a'considerable quantity of the stolen property , which was identified fcy the prosecutor's servants and the greater part of which had been pledged by the prisoner . The depositions were then taken , and the prisoner ( who reserved his defence ) was committed for trial .

      THAMES . Fripat . —A Cbihttng Committee . —William Fieldgate , a lodging-house keeper for sailors , and a dealer in their advance notes , was charged with stealing a suit of clothes , the property of a Jersey lad . The case , in all its phases , showed the impositions to which seamen are at present liable from the parties with whom they have to deal during their short adjourns ashore . It appeared from the evidence , that on Saturday three weeks the prosecutor left the Jersey Lass , and went to lodge with the prisoner , at -41 , lower Grove-street , St .- George-in-the-East , taking his kit with him . He staid there three weeks and two days , during which tune he gave the prisoner the whole balance of his wages , amounting to £ i 17 s . Cd ., and an advance note for £ 2 5 s ., which he received on J oining another vessel called the Cumberland .

      " When his bag was sent on board the Cumberland , he missed the suit of clothes for which the prisoner had pud 4 s . 6 d . out of the money advanced by the prosecutor . He asked the prisoner for them on Sunday , when the latter said he had pawned them for Us ., alleging that the £ i 17 s . 6 d . cash , and the advance note for £ 2 os ., did not make them square as to the clothes , diet , and lodging . On Thursday evening again the prosecutor demanded his clothes , bat the prisoner , who was standing at his door , which was elevated by two steps , gave him a kick in the mouth . He was then , given , to a constable on the present charge . —ifr . P « lham , who appeared for the defence , said , if , as he would call evidence to prove , his client had taken the clothes , the case was the same as if a landlord distrained for rent . —Mr . Ballantine : Not exactly , for in this case your client has broken bulk

      and pawned the articles . - In any case which looks like a felony , where these lodging-house-keepers are concerned , I shall certainly send it for trial . A law will soon come into operation which will act as some check upon them , by compelling them to take out licences . —The fact of pawning wa 3 fully proved against the prisoner , who waB fnlly committed for trial . The tailor who sold the clothes ( not worth £ 2 ) for £ 4 6 s . then presented himself , and asked to have evidence heard for the prisoner ; but Mr . Ballantiue told him a jury must determine the merits of the case . The prisoner was then removed , with permission to put in bail , himself in £ 80 , and two sureties of £ 40 each . - Thdhsmt . —A SwTJfniBB . —A young man , of respectable appearance , named Richard Hollebone Martin , who had been bronchi from

      Marlboroughstreet Office , where he had been arraigned on a charge of swindling , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Twyford , charged with uttering a forged check for £ 1212 s ., with intent to defraud Joseph Famplin and others . Mr . James Taylor , a hosier , carrying on business at No . 13 , Cornhill , stated that on the 8 th instant the prisoner called at his shop and selected a considerable quantity of goods , which he directed should be sent to his lodgings in Craven-street , Strand , and in the course of the day an assistant was sent with tnem , to whom strict orders were given not to part with any of the property without the money ; and , on his arriving at the house , the prisoner told him he would require other articles , by which means

      he induced the young man to accept a check for the amount , which turned ont to be a forgery . Joseph Pamplin said , that in accordance with the orders he received from the last witness he _ took home the goods , and on the prisoner wanting Jiim to leave them without the . money , he said he had received strict directions to bring back the money or the goods , and the prisoner then wrote the cheque produced upon Call ' s bank , which he took back to hia employer Mr . Taylor said that he sent the cheque to be presented two days after he received it , and the answer was that the prisoner was not known there ; and , moreover , that another forged cheque had lately been presented at the bank in the same name . The prisoner was remanded . ¦ -

      MOHDAT . —EXTBAOMHNAM CHABQE OP RoBSERT AMD Cbim Con . —Mr . Robert Augustus Barnett , surgeon , was brought before Mr . Ballantine , charged with felony . — Mr . Pelham appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Ballantine , jun ., the barrister , and Mr . Tearaley , a solicitor , for the defence . —The case excited great interest The prisoner , a tall well-dressed man , of gentlemanly appearance and good address , is the son of Dr . Barnett , of Forestree ^ Idmehouse , ' and his brother , Mr . Adolphus Barnett , is the registrar of births , death ! , and marriag « s , and keeps the Post-office receiving-house and Mon « y . order ofiice , in Three Colt-street , Limehouse ,- where the prisoner , who has been some time sought after , was apprehended on Saturday night , —Hr , Pelham said the fro-

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      ^^^^^^ . ^ , . ^ 11—1 1 1 — ¦ —™«— - —_«¦ secutor in this case was Mr . Arthur Atherley Newman , a retired saddler , now living in Nelson-street , Commercialroad , and he charged the prisoner not only with robbing him of his property , but robbing tfiin of his wife . ^ -Ttie magistrate said he was ; notiri ^ a . condition to-try-a case of crim . ' con ^ Mf / Pelham was aware of that ! He meant to confine himself to the charge of stealing the prosecutor * goods . Mr . Newman was residing in' Bower-street , Coinmercial-road , in "December last ; he had been married to his wife several years , and she Had borne him three children . Mrs . Newman was confined ^ vith her third child in the second or third week of November last , and in consequence of the want of accommodation in the house , Mr . Newman was obliged to take lodgings at the Angel , in Fenchurch-street , during his wife ' s confinement . The prisoner , who had been on

      intimate terms with Mr . Newman , took advantage of his friend ' s absence from home , and seduced his wife , whom lie prevailed on to leave her home , and take her g (» fis with her . He was instructed that thu prisoner had stolen the goods a ? well as the wife , The magistrate : I don ' t know which is the greater loss of the two . How do you shape your charge ? Mr . Pelham : Why , sir , I think I can prove the prisoner pawned and sold some of tlie prosecutor ' s property . Mr . Barnett absconded with the wife on the ICtll of last December , just a month after th . e--biv . th of her child . The prosecutor-was unable to meet with the prisoner till late on Saturday , having traced him from place to place , when he gave him in charge . If these two persons were living in adultery , and he took her away and the furniture also , I apprehend that would be felony on the part of the prisoner . There

      is the case of Tolfree . Mr . Ballantine , jun . - . The late case of Rosenberg has over-ruled that . There is no case of felony at all . The Magistrate : I will hear the witnesses at any rate , Mr , Newman , who appeared much affected , was then sworn , and he stated that he occupied two rooms at the house , No . 25 , Bower-street , where his wife was confined , and he gave one of them up to a female servant , and hired lodgings at the Angel . After his wife had been confined a month she complained of the weak state of her health , and expressed a wish to go into the country and visit her father , He gave her permission to do so , and she left home as he thought for that purpose . Three days nftavwavde he wrote to her father to ascertain if she had arrived safe , and was thunderstruck at the reply he received , that she had not visited her father at all . On going home

      he found the place stripped of all the furniture , and ascertained that the prisoner had eloped with his wife . He subsequently traced his furniture to Shepperton Cottages , Islington , to which place the prisoner had first removed Mrs . Newman , afterwards to the house of a person named , Erick , in Cambridge-heath , Hackney-road , to Slariborough . place , East Greenwich , and lastly to Upper Yorkstreet , Kotherhithe . —The magistrate : What was their object in moving from place to place . —Mr . Newman said it was done to prevent him recovering his furniture . He had ascertained that his wife pawned a pianoforte , and that the prisoner had pawned a bolster and blanket belonging to Mm . —Charlotte laddins , a young woman , said she was servant to the prosecutor in November and December last , and recollected the visits of the prisoner to her mistress during her confinement . The witness ,

      who seemed to treat the affair with much levity , and appeared anxious to screen the priioner , entered into a detail of the intrigues of her mistress and Barnett , which created , much disgust She said her mas .-ter did not sleep at home , in consequence of the want of accommodation , and that she assisted her mistress in packing up the furniture and ' valuables . The prisoner lent a hand in packing the goods , which were removed in vans , after sunset . She recollected a buskenet being taken away one Saturday morning by Mr , Barnett , Mrs , Newman left home at ten , o ' clock the same morning , and the linen went with " her . ' 'Witaess accompanied one van-full of goods to Brick ' s house . I left the house in Bower-street while Mr , Barnett was " in

      bed . —Mr . Ballantine , jun .: The buskenet is a small cradle , and was necessary for the infant , was it not ?—Witness : Yes , it was , sir . —The magistrate said it WB 8 impossible to carry this case any farther . The charge of felony could not be sustained , and the prisoner must be discharged . If the prosecutor could obtain any further evidence , he might go before the grand jury and indict the fellow . —Mr . Pelham : My client has lost the whole of his property . —The Magistrate : That is the greatest loss —much greater than the loss of such a woman as his wife . —The prisoner was then liberated , and was immediately joined by the prosecutor ' s wife , an impudent little woman , who laughed , and seemed to derive much amusement from the proceedings . .

      Tuesday . —Chabqe of Attempting to Shoot . —John Palmer Smith , solicitor , a- person of gentlemanly appearance and good address , who was extremely agitated whilst in the dock , was brought up in custody of police constable 400 K , charged with attempting to shoot Mr . William Evans , umbrella . manufacturer , Cripplegate-buildings , ' City . It appeared that an old gentleman named Smith , uncle to the prisoner , and residing at Maunders-place , Stepney , died a short time since somewhat suddenly , and , amongst others , left some property to Hie prisoner , who for the most part resided with him . The complainant was one of the executors to the will of the late Mr . Smith , and on Monday night , during some conversation which oc « curred at the house of the deceased , in Maunders-place , amongst the parties most interested in the distribution of the property , the prisoner suddenly drew a nistol from

      ms breast pocket , and threatened to shoot complainant , but his hand was arrested by a friend , who happened to be near . His conduct for the last fortnight had been very extraordinary , and it was complainant ' s belief that he was not of sound mind . Mr . James Roberts , surveyor , ' 15 , Durham-place , Nptting-hill , was present at the time , and saw the prisoner draw the pistol from his pocket , and attempt to cock it . Witness prevented him from using the pistol , bnt suffered him to put it in his pocket again . Whilst he did so he exclaimed , " If any one dares to put his baud on my papers I'll blow his brains out . " When the complainant , who was witness ' s brother-in-law , left the room , the prisoner drew the pistol on witness : who ;

      however , threw him on his back , and wregted it from him ; "Witness subsequently fired the pistol in the air from the back of the premises , and the sound of the explosion satisfied him that it was loaded with a bullet , slugs , or shot . The object of the present proceeding was not with a view to the punishment of the prisoner , but that his own friends should be protected from his violence . There W 8 B a percussion cap upon the pistol . —Mr , BaUantine ordered the prisoner to find sureties to keep the peace , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each . The prisoner was then locked up , and after some conversation with the prosecutor and the witnesses , who exhibited great anxiety on his account , he appeared to calm down considerably .

      SOUTHWAEK . . Satubdat . —The Pabish Appbentice , —James Weston , a poor emaciated looking young man , was placed at the bar before Mr . Traill , charged with running away from his master , the captain of a collier , to whom he was bound apprenticed by the parish authorities of Saint Olaves , Southwark . The priioner was clothed in filthy rags , and seemed in such a iveak condition , as hardly to ' be able to stand . A Ciiy policeman said , that on the previous day he observed the prisoner lying on the pavement in Cheapside . He had written in chalk , " I am starving , and destitute . " finding a mob collecting round him he told him to go away , but the prisoner said that he could not walk . He , however , helped him up , and assisted him to the station-house , where he was supplied with coffee and bread and butter . On further inguiry it was

      ascertained that the prisoner was wanted by the parish-officers of SG Wave ' s , Southwark , he bring a runaway apprentice . The lord Mayor accordingly ordered him to he broughtto thiscourt . —Mr . Traill asked whether any of the parish-officers were in attendance . —One of the relieving officers stepped forward , and said thatthere had been look : ing after the prisoner some time . He was apprenticed , two years ago , to Captain Gibson , the master of a collier trading to South Shields , and abont four months ago , while the vessel waa lying at the latter place , he made bis escape ; The officer produced a copy of the prisoner ' s indentures , and his register from the Custom-house , The parish had given £ 5 with him , and it was very hard that the parish should be robbed by lads whom they apprenticed . He had also to inform the magistrate that Captain Gibson would prosecute him if he was remanded for

      a week , when he would be in London . Mr . Traill said that he should not like to send the prisoner to gaol on the ez-parte evidence now produced . He might have ' been induced to have left his vessel owing to acts of violence committed by his master . He asked the prisoner what version he could give of the affair . The prisoner said , that about six months ago a new mate came on board the vessel , and grossly ill-used him , so much so , that he asked the captain for leave to quit the vessel . The latter gave his consent , and told him he would burn the inden ture , when nothing more would be said about him , He then quitted the vessel atShields , but Captain Gibson refused to give him either clothes or money . He made his way up to London in search of employment , but was

      unsuccessful , whereby he became so reduced as to be in a state of starvation and disease , in which he was found by the officer . The parish officer said that he had received a letter from Captain Gibson , which expressly said that the prisoner had run away from the vessel without the consent of any person on board . Mr . Traill said that he could not take the latter as evidence , and under those circumstances he should not send the poor fellow to prison . He appeared in a very weak state , and he considered that the best thing he could do , would be to send him to the workhouse , where he could remain until the return of the captain . The prisoner seemed very grateful at the worthy magistrate ' s decision , and left the court in company with the hard-he arted relieving officer . .

      Wednesday . —Juvenile Depbavitt .. —Mary Benson , a girl only 13 years of age , was yesterday brought before Mr . Traill , charged with robbing her father on several occasions and absconding from home . The prisoner ' s mother , who was ia a state of great affliction While giving her evidence , said that her daughter , although go young , was a girl of the most vieiouspropensities ; that when only 12 years of ageshehad absconded from home andassbciated with a number of girls about her own age , with whom she was in the habit of frequenting the streets ; that a short time since , after having absented herself &om Eom « fijr nearly three months , during which period she wasleading a moBt dissolute life , she was at length found by her parents and brought home . She , however , had not been long in the

      house when she contrived to break epen her father ' s box , ¦ when he-was out « t work , and absconded with all his Sunday clothes . She was , however , again discovered and restored to herfriends , and was finally admitted into an asylum , with a view that the restraint imposed upon her in such a place might have the effect of producing a reformation in her character . In this hope , however , her family were again doomed to disappointment , for the girl had not been many days in the asylum when she enticed some of the other juvenile inmates to quit tbe place which they effected by her proposition to seale the wall which surrounded the premises . Theprisoner finding her-Belf at liberty , once more joined her former vicious companions , and had recourse toalifeofinfiunyinth * stree t * She was again rescued from inch a career of destruction

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      and taken homeland for the purpose of preventing her from leaving her father ' s roof her clothes were locked up , butshe broke open the" boi , and before quitting took the Jast shilling ' her mother ^ h ^ dJnJhe , house ., Onthe ., preced . tog : mght"hei mother beingi'out in quest of her found her at . one 1 of the common ; lodging-housesihi the Mint , and gave her into custodyr Tlie p ' o ' or woman shed tears , and added that neither she nor h « husband really knew what to do with such a child ] and that if she was again admitted into an asylum she would contrive by some means or another to get out again . The prisoner stood quite unmoved at the recital of her vicious course of life , and when asked by Mr . Traill what she had to say in answer to the charge of stealing the shilling , and abseondingfrom home , her reply wa g that she could not deny it . The prisoner was committed for trial .

      AVANDSWORTH . Wednesday . — Charge or Assault and Furious DiiivKfG . —Mr . John Thomas Taylor , described in the charge-sheet as an engineer , living at East Sheenj but who is manager of a portion of the works of the Richmond Railway , was placed in the dock , before Mr . Paynter , charged with being drunk , assaulting the police , and with violent conduct in the station-house . Police constable , W . Tompkins , 119 V , stated that on tlie previous evening , about six o ' clock , lie was on duty in the Clapham-road , when , in consequence of some information he received , he went up the road as far as St . John ' s Church , when he saw two vehicles , one a four-wheel chaise and the otlitr a gig . The prisoner and a great number of persons were standing round the vehicles , which were both much injured . The prisoner owned the chaise , and another

      person , who had been thrown out and greatly injured , claimed the gig . The prisoner was drunk , and witness having received information that he was the person who had caused the accident , he took him into custody , and he had no sooner done so than the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the mouth . He made great resistance whilst being taken to the station-house , and kicked and p lunged the entire distance . On the way to the stationhouse , another party attempted to rescue the prisoner , and would have succeeded in doing so , had not a constable of the P division come to witness ' s assistance , and taken him inti custody . It took witness and other constables an hour to convey the prisoner the distance of three-quarters of a mile , and when in the station-house bis conduct was equally violent , Mr . Paynter : Is there any one here to speak to that act 1 Sergeant Eramerson

      said there would be a charge of furious driving against the prisoner and his companion , but the party who would prefer the charge was too much injured to attend that day . The person alluded to was Mr . Baker , ' the landlord of the George , East Harding-street , Fleet-strect . the prisonev said , with respect to the collision , it was purely an accident ; they were on the right side of the road , and he . was not driving . He admitted having struck the policeman , ' and being violent in the stationhouse , which was owing to his being intoxicated . Mr . Faynter : lam very strongly inclined to send you for a . month ; biit as , you are . concerned in a far graver charge , we shall want you , I shall fine you £ 5 for this assault on the police , and 40 s . for riotous conduct in the atation-house ; and if those fines are not paid you will be imprisoned two months . The prisoner was t / ieii put back .

      John Elkington , described as an agent , living at Mortlake , but who is the son of tlie subcontractor for that part of the Richmond Railway extending from Putney to Richmond , was next placed in the dock , charged with obstructing the police in their duty , and attempting to rescue the last mentioned prisoners Police constable Tompkins proved that whilst conveying Mr , Taylor to tho station-house tlie prisoner caught hold of his arm and said , " Don't you go . " He continued to excite the prisoner Taylor to get away , until he was himself taken by a constable of the P division . The prisoner waB the driver of the chaise . Mr . Paynter then told the prisoner-he should have sent him for a month along with his , companion , if it had not been for a more serious charge they had to answer . ' The prisoner would pay £ 4 , or be committed for a jmonth . The finoB were paid and the prisoners discharged .

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      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . ' The October sessions at this court commenced on Monday before the lord Mayor , the Recorder , Alderman Hunter , Alderman Moon , ths sheriffs , under-sheriffs , &c . Horse > ste 4 lisq . '—Henry Bradley was charged upon two'indictments , first for stealing a gelding of the value of £ 12 , the property of Stephen Strecher , and secondly for stealing two saddles , value £ 1 , the property of J . Saville . The prisoner pleaded not guilty , ' Mr . ' Strecher stated that he is a butcher , and lives at Barking side of Epping forest , and on the 9 th of September his horse was safe in the forest , near Chigwell , but it was missed shortly afterwards . In consequence of information , he came to town , and went to the clerk of Sraithfield-market , who referred him to the Greyhound Inn , and there he found his horse , which he understood had been sold by the prisoner , for £ * . The prisoner resided in the same neighbourhood . Sergeant Lambert , of the City police ,

      proved the sale of thehorseby the prisoner for tho sum named . Mr . Doane ( for the-prisoner ) submitted that there was no ' evidence that the prisoner had stolen the horse . He . might have purchased it , as he said he had . — Verdict , not guilty . The prisoner was then charged with stealing two saddles , Hr . Huddlestone examined tbe witnesses in this case , by ^ whom it was shown that the stolen , articles were found in a chaise on the prisoner's premises . : Mr . Anderson , the governor of Ilford Gaol , was called to prove that the prisoner was in his custody ; he said , "I am not guilty of stealing the chaise , 'but I am of stealing the saddle and harness . " Mr . Doane again addressed the jury , in the confident expectation of another favourable verdict . The learnnd judge summed up , who remarked on the property being found on the premises , and ' the subsequent acknowledgment of the prisoner . The jury pronounced him guilty on this charge , and The court sentenced hiin to hard labour in the goal of Ilford for six calendar months .

      . Tuesday . — Charge of Robbeht . — A Heartless Peiest . —Anne Croft , a respectable-loohing young woman , was placed at the bar , charged with having stolen various articles of sheeting , &c , the property of the Rev . F . Reeves , her master . From the evidence of the reverend prosecutor , it appeared that in August last his family left their home in Mortlake to proceed to Brighton . The prisoner proceeded there the day previous . On tha 25 th of September , from some information which the prosecutor received , he went to the house of 1 'UomaB Neevo , a labourer , residing near his house at Mortlake , where he discovered that the prisoner , before going to Brighton , had left a box in the custody of Meeve ' s wife . This box , the prosecutor identified as belonging to him . Having some suspicions that all was not right , he took the box with him to Brighton , and went with it to the prisoner ,

      who was then living at the Lord Nelson public-house , having left the prosecutor ' s service some time previously . When the box was opened the prosecutor found several articles of sheeting , < fcc , j which he identified as his property . The prisoner asserted that she had bought the articles in Shoreditch , and that her mother could prove it . Immediately after this she was given iutq custody . It also appeared thatthere was another box which the prisonw had locked up in the prosecutor's store-room at home , which , on being examined , was found to contain a few articles of the most insignificant value , but which the prosecutor swore to as his property . The rev . prosecutor underwent ^ a long and severe cross « examina . tion by Mr . Clarkson . The , sheets and napkins alleged to have been stolen were produced in court , and were ihe subject of much merriment , it having appeared that the

      rev . prosecutor had put a high price on articles of the most trifling value , ihe sheets being all holed through , and of the coarsest quality , while the napkins were even in a move dilapidated condition . The rev . gentleman was able to put his hand through the heel of both the socks which he had valued at two shillings and sixpence ; and , in short , the impression in the court seemed to be that , so far from stealing the articles , no sane person would think of picking them off the gutter . —Mr . Clarkson addressed the jury for tbe defence . He commented iu severe terms oh the unchristian spirit of persecution which the rev . gentleman had manifested in urging this prosecution . The articles , which it was alleged the prisoner had stolen , were of the most trashy description ; and even admitting that the persecuted girl at the bar had made away with the miserable refuse in question ,

      would it not have been more in the Christian spirit of the religion of which the rev . gentleman was a professor and a minister , rather to tell her to . go and sin no more , than thus make her the unfortunate subject of his persecution , and alleging for his excuse , that he did so from a duty he owed to society . The rev . prosecutor ' s wife , who in the witness-box had displayed the greatest acrimony against the prisoner , and a seeming determination to convict her at all hazards , had contradicted her husband in several important particulars , while he had also contradieted her evidence . So much for the veracity of each , and the amount of trust to be placed in their testimony . The rev . prosecutor , with his invariable spirit of charity , bad also calumniated the prisoner ' s character , by accusing her of drunkenness , but not a single witness had been called to prove this unfounded and slanderous assertion .

      All the articles alleged to have been stolen were , in short , a parcel of rags and such stuff as servants were always in the habit of supposing were their perquisites , after they had been worn to tatters in the service of the house . He implored the jury to show their abhorrence of all malice and persecution by acquitting the unfortunate girl who had been made the subject of the present prosecution . During the speech of the learned counsel , the poor girl was in a wretched eonoition—weeping most bitterlyand going from one h ysteric fit to another . Her appearance seemed to create a great feeling of commiseration and sympathy throughout the court . Several witnesses gave the prisoner a most excellent character ; and ,, after the learned Recorder had summed up tho evidence , the jury retired , and , after a short absence , returned into court with a verdict of guilty , but with a strong recom .

      mehdation to mercy . This extraordinary verdict—extraordinary from the nature of the evidence produced , and still more so from the impartiality of the charge delivered by the learned judge—excited the greatest astonishment in the court , the only parties vmmjved being the reverend prosecutor and his wife . The learned Judge , iu passing sentence , adverted to the recommendation of mercy returned by the jury , In which recommenda . tion he understood the reverend prosecutor concurred . Mr . Clarkson , interrupting : The reverend gentleman had not recommended the prisoner to mercy . The Recorder regretted to learn this , and said that a girt who possessed 10 excellent a character would not be sent to be contaminated by the society of hardened felons in another prison . The utmost punishment which the court felt it necessary to inflict upon her wasimnrison ment for fourteen doya in Newgate . The poor girl waa

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      carr ied away in a fainting state , and her wretched condition seemed to i nspire a general feeling of sympathy in the court , which wa 6 more than usually crowded . wv . > . WEDNESDAV .-rTHE'MEMBEa-OF ' TnsrSoclETT ^ ' ' E ' , SoppBES 8 io ^ OF , ; TicE anb . Hia . ^ Api&LpyE .-- ^ Rebecca Coieman , a ^ vell"dressed . . and gopd-look ^ g : nymph of the Strand paw ; was ' indicted for stealing , " on the 9 th instant , a watch and gold appendages , of the value of 20 guineas , two sovereigns and a half sovereign , flic property of Alfred Gadsby / from his person . Mr . " Cflarnock stated tlie . ease for th « prosecution j ' and Mr . Payne defended thep ' risoner .

      It appeared lroni ' the evidence that the prosecutor , who is a builder , living in Lambeth-walk , having previously been dining with a friend " at a tavern , met tlie girl in the neighbourhood of the Strand , and after treating her to liquor , accompanied her to a house of ill-fame , where , after staying some time , he missed his property , which was afterwards found on the , prisoner . The prosecutor , who stated that he went with tUe girl f . or th s purpose of reforming her ( A laugh ) . nndei \ went a ' severe cross-examination at the hands oi " 'Mr . Payne . Mr . Payne was interrupted in his address for the defence by the jury , who pronounced . a verdict of acquittal .

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      TO THE EDITOIt OP THE NORTBEBN STAB . Deab Sir , —in compliance with your wish , I commence by this letter a scries of articles on the present state of my native country . In order to make ray opinions on the subject plainly understood , and to justify the same as being well founded , I shall have to trace with a few words the history of Germany from the event which shook modern society to its very foundation—I mean to say , from the French . Revolution . Old Germany \ yas at that time known by the name ef The Holxj Roman Empire , and consisted of God knows how many little states ,, kingdoms , electorates , dukedoms , arch and grand dukedoms , principalities , counties , baronies , and free Imperial cities—every one independent of tlie other , and only subjected to

      the power ( if there was any , which however , foniundreds of years , had not been the case ) of the Emperor and Diet . The independence of these little states went so far , that in every war with " the archenemy" ( France , of course ) , there was a part of them allied to the French king , and in open war with their own Emperor . The Diet , consisting of the deputations from all these little states , under the presidency of the Imperial one , being intended to check the pewer of the Emperor , was always assembled without eyer coming toany , even the most insignificant , results . ' They killed their time with the most'futile questions of ceremony , whether the embassy of'Baron so-and-so ( consisting , perhaps , of the tutor of Bis son and an old ) ivery rservant , or worn-out game-keeper )

      ought to nave precedency beiore tne embassy ot Baron so-and-so—or whether the deputy from one Imperial city ought to salute the deputy of another without waiting for his salute , < fcc . Then there were so many hundreds of thousands of little privileges , mostly burthensoine to the privileged themselves , but which were considered as points of honour , and , therefore , quarrelled about with the utmost obstinacy . . This and similar important things took up so much of the time of the wise Diet , that this honourable assembly had not a minute to spare for discussing the weal of the empire . In consequence of this , thegreatest possible disorder and confusion was the order of the day . The empire , divided within itself in time of war as well as peace—passed through a

      series of internal wars from the time of the Reformation down to 1789 , in every one 0 which France was allied to the pavty opposed to the weak and easily vanquished party of the Emperor ,- and took , of course , its lion ' s share in the plunder—first . Burgundy ; then the three bishoprics , Metz , Toulj and Verdun ; then the rest of Lorraine ; then parts of Flanders and Alsace—were In this manner separated from the Holy Roman Empire and united to France . Thus Switzerland was allowed to become independent from the empire ; thu 3 Belgium was made over to the Spaniards by legacy of Charles V . ; and all these countries fared better after their separation from Germany . To this progressive external ruin of the empire , was joined the greatest possible

      internal confusion . Every-little prince was a bloodsucking , arbitrary despot to his subjects . The empire never , cared about the internal concerns of any states except by : forming a court of law , ( Iinperiai Court Chamber at Wetzlar ) for attending to suits of subjects against their . superiors , but that precious court attended so well to these actions , that not one of them has ever been heard of a 3 haying been settled . It is almost incredible what cruelties and arbitrary acts were committed by the haughty princes towards their subjects , 'These princes , living for pleasure and debauchery only " , allowed every despotic power to their ministers and government officers , who were thus permitted , without , any risk of punishment , to trample into the dust the unfortunate people , on this

      condition only , that they filled their masters treasury and procured him an inexhaustible supply , of female beauty for his harem . The nobility , too , such & 3 were not independent but-under the dominion of some king , bishop , or prince , used ' to treat the people with greater contempt than they bestowed upon dogs , and squeezed as much money as they possibly cduldbut of thelabouroftheirserfs—forservitude was quite a common thing , then , in Germany .. Nor was there any sign of liberty in those emphatically , so called , free Imperial cities ; for here a burgomaster and self-elected senate , offices which , in the course of centuries , had become as hereditary as the Imperial crown , ruled with greater' tyranny still y Nothing can equal the infamous conduct of these

      petty bourgeois aristocrats of the towns , and , indeed , it would not be believed that such was the state of Germany fifty years ago , if it was not in the memory still of many -who remember that time , and if it was not confirmed by a hundred authorities : """ And the people ! "What did they say to this state of things ? What did they do ? Why , the middle classes ; the money-loving bourgeois , found , in this continued confusion , a source of wealth ; they knew that they could catch the most fish in the troubled waters ; they suffered themselves to be oppressed and insulted because they could take a revenge upon their enemies worthy of themselves ; they avenged their wrongs Jry cheating their oppressors .-: United to the people , they might have overthrown the old dominions and

      refounded the empire , just as the English middle classes had partly done from 1 . 640 to 1688 , and as the French bourgeois were then about to do . But , no , the German middle classes had not that energy , never pretended to that courage ; they knew Germany to be nothing but a dunghill , but they were comfortable in the dung because they -were dung themselves , and were kept warm by the dung about them . And " the working people were not worse oft " than they . are now , except the peasantry , who were mostly serfs , and could do nothing without the assistance of the towns , hired armies being always quartered on them , who threatened to stifle in blood every attempt at revolt .. ; .,...-Such was the state of Germany towards Hie end of

      the last century . It was all over one living mass of putrefaction and repulsive decay . Nobody felt himself at ease . The trade , commerce , industry , and agriculture of the country were reduced to almort nothing ; peasantry , tradesmen , and manufacturers felt the double . pressure of a bloocUsuckingi government and bad trade ; the nobility and princes found that their incomes , in Bpite of the squeezing of their inferiors , could not be made to keep pace with their increasing expenditure everything was wrong , and a general uneasiness prevailed throughout the country . No education , no means of operating upon the minds of the masses , no . free press , ho public spirit , not even an extended commerce with other countries—nothing but meanness and selfisHnesSr-a mean ,

      sneaking , miserable shopkeeping spirit pervading th « whole people . Everything worn out , crumbling down , going fast to ruin / and not even the slightest hope of abeneficial change / not even so much strength in the nation as might have sufficed for carrying away the putrid corpses of dead institutions . The only hope for the better waa seen in the country ' s literature . This shameful political and social age was at the same time the great age of German literature . About 1750 all the master-spirits of Germany were born , the poets Goethe and Schiller , he philosophers Kass and Fichte , and , hardly twenty years later , the last great German metaphysician , Hegel . Every remarkable work of this time breathes a spirit " of defianceand rahellinn

      , against the whole of German society as it then existed . Goethe wrote Goetz von BiriicMgm , & dra-S d ii OIUage t 0 th < ? memory « f a rebel . Schiixhr , tneftoobers , celebrating a generous young man , who declares open war against all society . But these were their juvenile productions ; when they grew older they lost all hope jGoEiHK restrained himself ; o satire oi the keenest-order , and Schiller would have despaired if it had not been for the teW which science , and particularly the great historv of ancient Greece and Rome , afforded to him . These , ; oo , may be taken as examples of the rest . Even the bestand strongest minds of the nation gave up all hope as to the future of their country . . " *¦ . »" . All at once , like a thunderbolt , the French revo-JflK ? strac ^ lnt 0 t } li 8 cua ° s , called Germany . The 2 K . Tl treme » d T' L Th 6 P ° P > too little 5 ! S ? 4 ' . m ch ^ bed in Ihe ancient habit cS being . tyrannized over , remained unmoved . But al uuutclasses

      -ue ue , ana the better part of the nohiliw Bi ?*^ * Wi , ""* * the national ^ - ' hSZ r ^ V ^/ *)« Not one of all the lundreds ot thousands of existing German poets ailed to sing the glory of the French peopfi . But mPrpfv ?? v ! - } ? f the Geman Wt , t wS merely metaphysical it was only meant to anpiv to the > theories of the French revolutioni 8 ts . ^ IJJ as theories were shuffled into the back ground bv ? he welght and bulk of facts ; as soon ai tho Prench court of the French people could in practice nolSr agree , ^ notwithstanding their theoretical union ff S theoretical constitution of lft ) l - as soon «\ J of August ; " and when , moreover , theow La !? tod y made ailent on tho 31 st of ]^ ay S hv * £ " putting down of the Girondists-Si ff enthu siasm of Germany was converted * W a foSo Sn ^^ raS ' to ^^ T

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      Se ^ Sc ^ S > Th ^ GermansfneyeXmeant tolapproveSL ^ sequences , which were rather senous andiun 2 ,= * to many parties / as we all know well . So thfe * mass who m tbk , beginning had , been enth u ^ ft friends to the . revolution , now became its SS opponents , and getting , of course , the most dSoS a ' a ' SAJ'waLgtMsptS ass&a ^ jasisssiBa ot all despots , aristocrats , and priests . Ces •• 1 th , £ P of the -Holy . Roman Empire uWo numbered . The French wolationarydrmiis - ^ S stra . ghtmtothe very heart of Geimauv , made H * Rhino tha feonfaer . of FrancC ) and pre . { ehcd L ^ and equality everywhere . They drove bvH

      away noblemen , bishops ami abbots , ami MJelg httle princes that for so long a time had plavod [ n history the part of dolls . They -effected a clearing as if they were settlers advancing in the back-wool olfo AmencunFai '^ cBt ' , the ante-diluviau forest of V Christian-Germanic" society disappeared beforn their Victorious Course , like clouds before the risinsun . ^ nd when th e energetic Napoleon took the l-eyolutionao- work into his own hand , when lie iden ' tiiied the revolution with himself ; that same revolu tion which after the > hinth Thermidor 1794 , had been stifled by tlie money-loving middle-classes , when he the democracy with " a single head , " as a Freneli autiior termed him , poured his armies again and again over Germany , "Christian-Germanic" society was hnally destroyed . Napoleon was not that arbi . trary despot to Germany which he is said to have

      been by his enemies ; Nnpoleon was in Germany the representative of the revolution , thepropogatorof its principles , the destroyer of old feudal society . Of course he proceeded despotically , but not even half as despotically as the deputies from the Convention . wou [ d / iave done ' and realiy ^ wherever they came ; not half so much so as the princes and nobles used to do whom he sent a begging . Napoleon applied the reign of terror , which had done its work in France , to other countries , inthe . shapcofiuar ~ a . nd this " reign of terror" was sadly wanted in Germany . Napoleon dissolved the Holy Ro man Empire , and reduced the number of little states in Germany by forming large ones . He brought his code of laws with himself into the conquered countries , a code infinitelv superior to

      all existing ones ,. and recognising equality in srincipJe . Be forced the Germans , who had lived hitherto ' fox private interests only , to work at the carrying out of a greatidea ' of some overwhelming public interests . But that vrasjuat what aroused the Germans against him . He offended the peasantry by the very same measures that relieved them from the oppression of feudalism , because he struck at the roots of their prejudices and ancient habits . He offended the middle classes by the very means that-laid the foundation of German manufacturing industry : the prohibition of all English goods and the war with England was the cause of their beginning to manufacture for themselves , but , at the same time , it made coffee and sugar , tobacco and snuff , very dear ; and this ,

      oi course , was sufficient to arouse the indignation of the German patriotic shopkeepers . Besides , they were not the people to understand any of the great plans of Napoleon . They cursed him because he led their children away into wars , got up by the money . ofthe English aristocracy and middle classes ; and hailed as friends those same classes of Englishmen who were the real cause of the wars , who profited by those wars , and who duped their German instruments not only during , but also after the war . They cursed him , because , they desired toremain confined to their old , miserable sort of life , where they had nor thing but their , own little Interest to attend to , because they desired to have nothing to do with great ideas and public interest . And at last , when

      Napoleon ' s army' had been destroyed in Russia , they took that opportunity of shaking off . the iron yoke of the great conqueror . The " fclorious liberation war" of 1813-M and 15 , the " most glorious period of German history , " &c ., as it has been caued , was a piece of insanity such as will drive the blood into the cheeks of every honest and intelligent German for some time to come . True , there was great enthusiasm then , but who were these enthusiasts ? Firstly , the peasantry , the most stupid set of people in existence , who , clinging to feudal prejudicea , burst forth in masses , ready to die rather than cease to obey those whom they , their father * and grandfathers , had . called their masters ; and submitted to bo trampled , on and horse-whipped by . Then the students and young men generally , who

      considered this war as a war of principle , nay , as a war of religion ; because not only they believed themselves called upon to fi ght for . the principle of legitimacy , called their nationality , but -also for the Holy Trinity and existence of God ; in all poems , pamphlets , and addresses of that time , the French are held up as the representatives of atheism , infidelity , and wickedness , and the Germans as those of religion , piety , and righteousness . Thirdly , some more enlightened men , who mixed up with these ideas some notions about "liberty , " " constitutions , " and a " free press ; " but these were by far the minority . And fourthly , the sons of tradesmen , merchants , speculators , Ac , who fought for the right of buying in the cheapest market , and of drinking coffee

      without the admixture of chicory ; of course , disguising their aims under the expressions of the enthusiasm of the day , "liberty , " " great German people , " " national independence , " and so forth . These were the men , who , with the assistance of the Russians , ' English , and Spaniards , beat Napoleon . In my next letter I shall proceed to the history of Germany since the fall of Napoleon . Let me only add , in qualification of the opinion above g ' nen of this extraordinary man , that the longer he reigned , the more he deserved his ultimate fate . His ascending the throne I will not reproach him with ; the power of the middle classes in France , who never cared about public interests , provided their private ones went on favourably , and the apathy of the people , who saw no ultimate benefit themselves from the

      revolution , and were only to be roused to the enthusiasm of war , permitted no other course ; but that he associated with the old anti-revolutionary dynasties by marrying the Austrian Emperor ' s daughter , that he , instead of destroying every vestige of Old Europe , rather sought to compromise with itthat he aimed at the honour of being the first among the European raonarchs , and . therefore assimilated his court as much as possible to theirs—that was lnfl great fault . He descended to the level of other monarchs—he sought the honour of being their equal —he bowed to the principle of legitimacy—and it waa a matter of course , then , that the legitimists kicked the usurper out of their company . : . 1 am , sir , yours respectfully , ¦• ¦ - Your Gekman Correspondent . October 15 th , 1845 .

      Scienlnric Institution. —The Mosic Of Spain. -" On Tuesday, And During The Week, Don Jose De Ceibra

      SciENlnric Institution . —The Mosic of Spain . - " On Tuesday , and during the week , Don Jose de Ceibra

      nas introduced a lecture at the Scientific Institution ; Edward-street , - Portman-square , on the music of Spain , Illustrated by himself on the guitar . The guita * is aa instrument not generally understood , consequently not properly appreciated ; but the enthusiasm with which his lecture -was received , proves that there is much to he done with that instrument , in such hands as Signal- Giebrs , who is perhaps the finest performer ever heard in this country . His lecture was read by Signor-Lnigi , whose entertainment some time ago delighted Iris audience at the same institution . The subject treats of the historv

      of Spanish music from , the earliest periods to the present time , and particularly during the wwipatwa oi Spain by the Moors . The Signor carries his audience with him in ia very pleasing manner , by the introduction Of specimens of the style of different Andalusian composers , both in solos and duetts . Those airs which seemed to be most appreciated by the avdience during the lecture , were los toros del Puerto El Contrabandist , a duett from Robert , lc Viable , by Don Jose de Ceibra and Don R . de Celbra , and a fantasia of "We lived and loved together . " This wag one of his most brilliant effusions , and was greeted by the audience with loud applause . We have no doubt but this lecture will become most attractive to the puMij being certainly most deserving of their patronage .

      . Vehtrhoquism in Leeds . —Mr . Macmillan still con . tinues his most interesting lectures and illustrations on the above subject , at the Commercial Buildings , Leeds . Hia imitation of a band of musicians is very effectual , and the farm-yard is excellent ..- We would advise all who have not yet seen him to pay him a visit this evening . They will be entertained . ¦ :

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      n E afiucan Fever .-Shebrnbbs .-Fever has again wa . de rtB appearance on board the ill-fated eclair , dooming her people to still further irapraon .-ment onboard their respective hulks-the more to De regretted as all were inhopeB of being admitted to pratique om Saturday . The diseasehas shown itself in the persons of tho boatswain ' s mates , superintending tne Kroomen in clearing hut the hold of the Eclair , on © after the other having been" attacked with the uBuaTsymptoms of the fever , but in a slighter degree than in former eases . One was attacked on Tuesday tne other on Wednesday ; both are now doing well .

      The State Of Germany. ' Letter I.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1339/page/8/