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replied, "It was given me by the curse of God!-I had two; one is taken from me, and I had rather have none than one only," "Will you give it to me then?" asked the witness. "I will take care of it, and you shall see it whenever you please." "I will not give it to you now," replied the prisoner, "but when it is dead you may have it." She then walked towards the new buildings in Cockspur-street, and, after loitering about there for a few minutes, she suddenly dashed the face of the child against the pavement. A gentleman, passing in his carriage, observed this violence, and, rushing to the spot, snatched the child from her, and procured her to be conveyed to St. Martin's watch-house.

The prisoner, before the magistrate, denied the violence at tributed to her, and strained the child to her bosom with the utmost fondness. She called herself Helen Maxwell, and said she was a stranger in London, having lately come from Edinburgh, with her husband.

The magistrate asked her where her husband was. She leaned across the table, and, in a sort of mysterious whisper, replied, that he was in prison. In the same strange manner, she, also, communicated the information that she should, ere long, give birth to a wretched infant. The worthy magistrate, Mr. Halls, ordered that she and her child should be taken care of in St. Martin's workhouse for the night, and that the officers should make some inquiries respecting her.

Yesterday they were again brought up, and the husband was

also in attendance, together with a woman in whose house they lodged.

It now appeared that the prisoner, in calling herself Helen Maxwell, had given her maiden name. The husband, a very young man, said his name was Henry Donelly—he was a native of Dublin, and had passed the greater part of his life in Edinburgh, as a writer to the signet

he had been unfortunate there, and had come to London in the hope of doing better, but was disappointed, and was, consequently, in great distress. They had lodgings at present, he said, at No. 5, Church-street, St. Giles's, and with some difficulty it was elicited from him, that he had recently suffered an imprisonment for writing a fradulent petition to the charitable. He did not appear surprised when he heard how his wife had treated the child, but said she had lately lost a little boy, and she had taken it to heart very much.

The wretched woman, herself, now said she had been drinking a little porter, which some one had given her, and it affected her poor brain; and this, she supposed, was the reason why she had behaved so madly.

She appeared, altogether, much more collected than at her first examination; and the woman, at whose house they lodged, stating that she invariably treated her child with the greatest kindness at home, the magistrate ordered them to be relieved and discharged.

A publican of Shields lately issued a bill, thanking his customers for the great encourage

ment he had experienced since he reduced his ale to four-pence per quart, and stating that he would, on a certain day therein named, give his customers a treat at threepence. The gratitude of this landlord did not stop here; for he further promised, if the public should continue to patronize him as they had done, "he would give them a threepenny touch every now and then!"-Sheffield Independent.

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A man was crossing a small rivulet, near Conniston lake, and observed a toad sitting on the edge, which, on seeing him fell into the water, where was a large eel, which immediately gave it battle. It seized it by one of the hind legs," says the man, "and shook it as a terrier would a rat." Still the toad defended itself with great vigour, till the eel actually severed its leg from its body, which it swallowed, and again returned to the charge, but with great care evaded coming in front, till espying one of the toad's unguarded moments, it seized the remaining hind leg, which soon shared the fate of the former. There being no more prominent parts behind, or any other part to seize upon, without rushing into the very heat of the battle, the poor toad was suffered to escape with the loss of two of its most useful members. - Westmoreland zette.

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A country paper mentions, that a person was lately killed by lightning, attracted, as it is supposed, by the money in his pockets. This, we conceive, to be the most conclusive argument that has yet been adduced to prove the superiority of paper.

A thatched cottage, at Wed

more, in Somersetshire, says a London paper, was last week burnt to the ground, from the intense heat of the sun upon the glass windows igniting the thatch.

VIRTUES OF THE TREADING MILL.-At Union Hall, Hannah Tomkins, a miserable woman of the town, was brought before R. G. Chambers, Esq. charged with having robbed another of that unfortunate class, of her clothes. The magistrate asked the prisoner whether she had not got enough of the treading-mill at Brixton? The prisoner begged for mercy's sake not to be sent to the treading-mill. She would prefer transportation; for it was much more honourable to go over the water, than to be sent as a rogue and vagabond to Brixton. She was sent back to prison. It is a remarkable fact, that, since the famous treadingmill has been erected at Brixton, the business of this office has greatly declined. The thieves have gone to places where there is greater encouragement. The mill is so constructed, that when a man ventures to be idle in it, he receives a knock on the head from a piece of wood, which is put there to give them notice of what they are to do.

An inquest was held on Tuesday morning, the 11th ultimo, on the body of a boy named Lee. On one of the late race days, his mother bid him do something, which he refused. This refusal irritated her to such a degree, that she struck him with a knife which she had in her hand, and wounded him in the thigh. He was immediately taken to the infirmary, and the wound dressed; but a mortification en

sued, and he died on Saturday. The agony and remorse of the mother has since been extreme. She was permitted, under the care of a police officer, to attend the funeral of her son, on Tuesday afternoon, and was with difficulty removed from the grave. -A verdict of Manslaughter was given against her.

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At a sermon lately preached in a village church, in Cornwall, in behalf of the poor Irish-every one was moved to tears, with the exception of a peasant. Why don't you cry, like the rest?" asked one who sat near him. "I don't belong to this parish," replied the man.

CAUTION.-At a petty sessions of the Bathforum magistrates, on Friday, the dowager lady Trimlestown was fined under the Walcot Police act, in the penalty of 40s. and costs, for suffering a fierce mastiff dog to go unmuzzled in the parish of Walcot, after being served with a notice to keep the same muzzled.

BEAUTY.-Chenier, in his history of Morocco, says that to be fat is one of the rules of beauty among the Moorish women. Το obtain this quality they take infinite pains-feed, when they become nubile, on a diet somewhat like forced-meat balls, a certain quantity of which is given them daily; and, in fine, the same care is taken among the Moors to fatten young women, as in Europe to fatten fowls.

TYPOGRAPHY.-A curious specimen has just appeared of the typographic art. A volume of great popularity, called the Universal Catechist, has been printed in red and black, at a very ingenious machine, made for the purpose, which prints both the

colours, and perfects the sheet by the simultaneous action of a pair of cylinders.

The Egham yeomanry cavalry had the honour of escorting his majesty from his cottage, in Windsor great park, on Tuesday evening, the 18th ultimo. His majesty was pleased to express his approbation of their soldierlike appearance.

ANIMAL SAGACITY.-Mr. Martin, keeper and gardener, a short time since, took the young of a fox, on the manor of Edward Manwaring, Esq. of Whitmore, one of which he had kept in the garden, and had so far domesticated the animal, that it became the familiar pet with the servants of the establishment; but, not having forgot its dam, its cries in the night excited the attention of the mother, who actually burrowed under the garden wall in several places; but, frustrated in her design, the subtle animal ascended and entered a flue of the hot-house, and actually extricated her cub, returning through the same difficult passage.-Chester Guardian.

England imports butter from Ireland to the value, it is said, of £2,000,000, per annum; while the exportation of British manufactures, of all descriptions, to the whole of South America, does not exceed £4,000,000, per

annum.

Last week, two females died in Strathaven, in the prime of their age, in whose lives there was a remarkable coincidence. They were very intimate before marriage; they were married about the same time; their husbands were brothers; they both died within twenty-five minutes of each other; were carried

under the same pall, and laid in the same grave.

Some days back a private of the eighty-eighth, quartered in this town, requested his commanding officer to obtain him permission to change into the forty-fourth regiment, now embarking for India. On being asked his motive for this singular wish, he replied, it was from no dislike to the regiment, or his comrades, or his officers, and, least of all, to his honour, nor from any partiality to the fortyfourth, or to India ;- "but the truth is, I am married; and as I hear my wife is coming to join, I would fain be off first.-Cravan Herald.

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In the early part of the week before last, a stranger went into the shop of Mr. Bickerton, hairdresser, at Whitchurch, Salop, and desired to be shaved; after which he complained of being very thirsty, and requested Mr. B. to fetch him a pint of beer. Mr. B. did so, and on his return found the stranger in a shocking state; he having (while Mr. B. was absent) cut his tongue out with the razor used in shaving him, and had actually thrown it to the back of the fire. The stranger, who was evidently insane, was removed to the workhouse, and placed under medical

care.

The anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, was observed by the military mounting guard in the park, &c. wearing laurel in their hats, caps, &c. In the evening the duke of Wellington gave a grand dinner to a party, at his house, Hyde-park-corner, of sixty military officers, consisting chiefly of those who were of his grace's staff, and had commands

on that memorable day. The marquis of Anglesea and lord Hill were absentees; the former is in the Isle of Wight. The duke of York, as commander-inchief, was present. The dinner was served up on the costly Portuguese service of plate, which was presented to his grace. The other plate, and the service of china presented to his grace by the allied powers, were used on the occasion.

Paris was visited, on Saturday night, June 15, by a thunder storm. The thunder rolled incessantly, from eleven o'clock till half-past twelve, and the rain fell in torrents. Exactly at twelve, a tremendous clap burst over the Halle-aux-blés (the corn warehouse and market), which was struck by the lightning. The magnetic needle which surmounts that edifice, however, having attracted the electric fluid, it followed the conductor, and sunk into the well without doing any damage. Thunderbolts, also, fell the same night in other parts of the capital. At a quarter past twelve o'clock several houses in the Coq-Heron and Tussienne streets were struck. Soon after, a thunderbolt threw down two chimnies of a hat manufactory in another street, and damaged the roof, and broke the windows of the houses opposite. Another bolt fell in the Rue St. Denys, on the place where the electoral assembly met last year, and in the Communes des Vertus, the lightning set fire to three houses, which were entirely destroyed. The most afflicting account, however, is the following, extracted from the Journal de Rouen :"A thunderbolt fell, in the even

ing of the 11th instant, at Hautot, department of the Lower Seine; it struck a respectable individual, father of a numerous family, at the moment when he had returnIed with his son from the labours of the field, and was entering his cottage. Не was surrounded by the electrical flame, and fell dead in the presence of his family, composed of ten children, whose cries and tears were mingled with the peals of the thunder and the dash of torrents of rain.

THEATRICAL FRACAS.-The earlier part of last month the Liverpool theatre was opened for the season, with the play of Coriolanus, in which Mr. Vandenhoff made his first appearance on his re-engagment in the theatrical company. A number of persons in the house, among whom were several individuals from Manchester, were very vociferous in behalf of Mr. Salter, who had been displaced to make room for Mr Vandenhoff, who, the Managers were of opinion, was preferred by the Liverpool public. On Mr. Vandenhoff making his appearance the expressions of applause and disapprobation were such as to astound the senses and defy all description. In a short time Mr. Salter entered the upper side boxes, and was received amidst a tumultuous discordance of friendship and opposition. The uproar continued long after the curtain had fallen for the night; some instances of violence occurred, and at last five forms were torn up in the gallery, and thrown into the pit. Fortunately the first of them did no personal damage, but it had the instant effect of clearing the pit, and then the police officers" showed the door" to those in the boxes and gallery. On Tuesday night

the disturbance was still more violent, although in a thinner house. The active partisans of the two performers seemed to have possession of the field, and, as on the preceding evening, nothing of the play or farce could be heard, except one song from Miss Hammersley, which, for a moment, lulled the storm.

A MAD HORSE-About two months ago a valuable blood mare belonging to a Mr. Howe, in Doughty-mews, Brunswicksquare, was bitten by a dog of the mastiff breed, which was supposed to be mad at the time, as several other dogs were bitten by him, and were afterwards seized with the malady. This being known, a veterinary surgeon attended the horse, and every means were adopted to prevent the disorder, such as purging, bleeding, &c. However, on Saturday se'nnight the stablekeeper was not a little astonished at hearing the horse utter a kind of bark, and at finding her so vicious that no one dared to enter the stall. The enraged animal bit and destroyed her manger, and almost knocked herself to pieces. It was quite evident she had been seized with hydrophobia, and she was shot. The mare was said to be worth ninety guineas. One of the dogs that were bitten at the same time belongs to a Mrs. Cole in the same Mews, and similar symptoms appearing in him he was also shot.

A MAN WITH THREE WIVES!!! -For some time past, an honest shoemaker, John Busbie, has lived in the village of Prestwick Toll, with a woman whose claims to the honours of his name and his bed remained undisputed till Tuesday last. On that luckless day, the matrimonial happi

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