police, and every exertion, in consequence used to discover the delinquent. The exertions were successful; and the suspected party was apprehended in the neighbourhood of the Custom-house. It is, perhaps, needless to add, that the thirty-five cases of wine have not been heard of.

6. ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.-When his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who is known to be a very early riser, was last at Windsor Castle, upon a visit to Her Majesty, the following incident occurred, affording another proof of the strict military discipline so closely observed and practised upon all occasions by his Grace. One morning, between seven and eight o'clock, the Duke, accompanied by his youngest son Lord Charles Wellesley (who was then in waiting as one of the equerries upon Her Majesty), walked from the castle into the quadrangle, which he was about to leave by the iron gate near the entrance to the state apartments, to proceed on to the North Terrace. The Duke and his son, however, were stopped by the sentry (one of the 72d Highlanders) stationed at this spot, who stated that his instructions were not to suffer any person to pass from out of the quadrangle at that early hour in the morning. Lord Charles Wellesley immediately stepped up to the soldier on guard, and said, "You surely can't know who this is-it is the Duke of Wellington, my father." His Grace instantly responded, "Pooh, pooh, nonsense; let the sentry perform his duty;" and returned to the castle until the hour arrived at which the sentry could suffer them to pass out through the gate in question.

7. EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR AT WEXFORD.-Some time ago the daughter of a man named Bolger procured a suit of boy's clothes, and went to "seek her fortune" at Liverpool, as a dashing young Irishman." She was hired by an English gentleman as groom, and for months rode after him as such. On his leaving the country, he recommended his groom in the strongest terms, and Miss Bolger was hired as inside servant. One of the maids, however, became attached to her, and, to escape her importunity, Miss Bolger joined a twopenny show, where she soon attained the exalted honour of tumbling on the stage, and of describing figuratively the letters of the alphabet. The show booth arrived here, and her brother, by a singular coincidence, was employed in one of the departments connected with the building, and recognised his long-lost sister in the interesting posturemaster. Her father, with the assistance of the police, conveyed her to his house; but she is so pleased with her male attire, that neither threats nor persuasion can prevail on her to assume that befitting her sex.

8. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.— This afternoon as Mr. John Brailsford, one of Lord Chesterfield's keepers, was going his rounds in Stoke-fields, in the county of Nottingham, he observed at a distance about twenty men entering a turnip field, as he supposed to steal turnips. He went to them, and seeing them take up turnips, he began to remonstrate with them on the impropriety of their conduct, when to his surprise, he found that they were a gang of poachers, and that they had about 200 snares with them, hanging

upon their arms, and on other parts of their persons. He ob served also that part of the men were in the act of setting snares; others were pulling up turnips to stop holes in the fences; and others were laying marks. He boldly and instantly took one man into custody; the rest threw turnips and large stones at him, swearing that if he did not set their com. panion at liberty, they would murder him.

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He persisted in holding his man; but the party proved too strong, and he let go his hold, knowing the name of the individual. turned off from the poachers to find his father, who, with himself soon mounted and rode on horseback in pursuit. They came up with fifteen of the retreating party, near Colwick-gate, when Mr. Brailsford, the father, dismounted, and attacked with a large stick the whole gang. Supported by his son, they succeeded, although struck upon the head and body with large stones, which were thrown at them almost as thick as hail, in capturing one of the poachers.

8. SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER AT SHEFFIELD.The town of Sheffield has been the scene of a very shocking occurrence, the result of intemperance. A young man, aged twenty-five, named Henry Vaughan, a table knife manufacturer,living in Whitecroft, had, it appears, paid attentions to Sarah Poole, who, with her two sisters, lived at Pye-bank, Bridge-houses, and obtained a respectable livelihood by dressmaking; but about eighteen months ago, in consequence of his dissolute conduct and intemperate habits, she refused any longer to keep company with him.

Soon after this period he called upon her, and endeavoured to induce her to revoke her determination to discard him as a lover: but finding his persuasions in vain, he drew out a razor, and attempted her life. She however, with great promptitude and spirit, threw him down, and got the razor from his hand.

In October, he had fired a pistol at the house; and on Monday last he visited her, and uttered such alarming threats, that she applied to the magistrates for protection, and obtained a peace warrant.

The sisters had, in consequence of his violence, been latterly in the habit of fastening the door and window-shutters in the evening; but on yesterday night, unfortunately, forgot or neglected to do So. At about a quarter before eight o'clock they were sitting at their work, when Vaughan suddenly rushed in at the outer door, closing it after him as he entered, and cried, "Revenge !-revenge this night, if I go out a corpse!" He then drew his hands from his pockets with a pistol in each.

Sarah Poole immediately rushed to the door, followed by her sister Harriet, who, perceiving he was aiming at Sarah, shut the door, but he fired one pistol before it was closed. Sarah escaped down the stairs; but Harriet, by closing the door, shut herself in with the infuriated man; while the third sister, Hannah, escaped out at the front door, and ran over to give an alarm at a public-house opsite. Vaughan essayed to follow Sarah, but Harriet, with great presence of mind and wonderful intrepidity, pushed him backwards, and he fell. At this moment she snatched from him what she supposed to be the other loaded pistol,

threw it down-and, escaping into the next room, made for the window. She threw open the sash, pushed open the unfastened shutters, and was in the act of jumping out, when the villain fired at her. The ball struck her upon the shoulder, inflicting a superficial wound, and passed by her cheek.

At this moment the landlord of the Barrel public-house, and Mr. Palfreyman, a commercial traveller, came over, upon which the desperate fellow fired a third pistol through the panel of the door, the ball from which entered the front of Mr. Palfreyman's trousers, and tore his shirt-but, wonderful to say, passed over his thigh without wounding him. The door still remained fastened, and they were afraid to make any further attempt at entering, until the police should arrive.

In the interval, three other shots were heard in the room; and when they at length entered, they found the miserable man in his last agony. He had discharged one of the pistols at his own breast. Near him lay three pocket pistols; one discharged, one loaded, and the third with the barrel partially unscrewed, as if an attempt had been made a second time to reload it. Two or three bullets were found on the floor; and that fired at Sarah Poole, which had touched her left temple, and raised a small lump, had flattened against the wall, and fallen down the cellar steps.

An inquest was held on the body of the suicide this afternoon, and a verdict of Felo de se returned. After the facts above related had been deposed to before the jury by the witnesses to the dreadful transaction, the Coroner gave the usual directions for the

interment of the body at midnight, without Christian burial.

9. ROBBERIES OF CHILDREN. This afternoon the following respectable tradesmen's children were decoyed by some elderly females, who succeeded in inveigling them into some low dens of infamy in St. Giles's, where they stripped them of every article of wearing apparel that they had on except their shoes, and afterwards turned the little innocents into the streets at night, where they were found crying with cold. Two of them were found in Langley-street, Long-acre, viz.: Richard Morgan, six years of age, and James Bonus, five years of age. Three others were found of more tender years, at the same time, by a policeconstable on duty, who proceeded with them to the house of Mr. Saunders, a milkman, residing at No. 11, Queen-street, Seven-dials, to see if he could identify them, but he not being able so to do, they were wrapped up in some clothes, and conveyed to the station-house in Bow-street, and placed by a fire, since which they have been claimed by their distracted parents. The wretches, after stripping them, carried them from out of their dens in their arms, and under some pretence, put them down in the street and ran off.

10. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.

The family of a respectable tradesman named Phipps, an engineer and well-sinker, resident in the churchyard, Ross, was thrown into a state of dismay, by the discovery of the body of William Phipps, a son of John Phipps, who had destroyed himself, and was found hanging in an outhouse in the occupation of his father.

It appears that the deceased was a young man, eighteen years of

age, of general sober and steady habits. In the early part of Sunday he attended church, and nothing was observed that might be called unusual in his manner. In the evening he left the house to attend his duties in the stable, which is situated about a quarter of a mile thence. Nothing was seen or heard of him after the time he left for the purpose stated. Much surprise was created at his absence during the night; but not the slightest cause for suspicion of harm had been given, or could be surmised by his parents. The unhappy truth was soon, however, to be developed; for on John Phipps, the father, going at an early hour on Monday morning to the stable, he found the outer door of the yard unlocked, and on advancing to the folding doors of the shed, which were partially open, he beheld his unfortunate child hanging before him!

The old man was rendered helpless by the sight, and a neighbour aroused by his cries, came to his assistance, when the body was cut down, but found to be in a state such as precluded all idea of resuscitation. The unfortunate youth had taken the pains to strap his legs together with a leathern strap and buckle, for which purpose he must have been seated on a platform or floor which divides one part of the shed, so as to form a partial upper story: this must have been done, it is supposed, after he had reached the elevation by means of the ladder, which was left standing, and up which it is not probable he could have stepped with his feet so confined. A handkerchief had been carefully tied over his face, with the corner hanging below the chin, so as to prevent the possibility of sight.

In this state he was cut down and removed to his father's house. It is remarkable, that the rope with which the act was committed was of a slender kind, not so strong as a common sash line; and what is still more worthy of note, a large quantity of strong rope was close to the spot whence he threw himself into the space below.

13. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL. This afternoon an inquest was held in the Sessionshouse of this town, before Mr. P. F. Carey and a respectable jury, on the body of Hugh M'Neile, a youth about the age of fourteen, who met his death by a pistol-shot wound.

The first witness called was Edward Ashton Southern, a youth about thirteen, who stated that at the beginning of last week, the deceased was on a visit to Mr. Edwards, of Toxteth-park; and that he (witness) on Thursday last called at Mr. Edwards' upon the deceased, for the purpose of accompanying him to Liverpool. They started for Liverpool in company with another boy of witness's acquaintance, named John Ashton. They stopped a little on the road. John Ashton had a pistol with him; and they all went to a piece of vacant ground in the park, when John Ashton fired his pistol at a bird in a hedge, but witness could not tell whether it was loaded with ball or not. He believes that the deceased afterwards loaded the same pistol and fired at a bird, but could not tell whether it was loaded with ball. Witness subsequently fired it in the Park-road, but it had only powder and paper in it. There was no firing after they left the road, and the pistol was the last time loaded by John Ash

ton. While they were on the piece of vacant land near the Rev. Mr. Nolan's, witness was talking to the deceased, when the latter said something which made John Ashton laugh. At this time John Ashton had the pistol in his right hand, pointing downwards, with the thumb of his right hand resting in his pocket. Just at that moment witness heard a report, and on looking round, he saw the deceased standing with one leg partly raised from the ground, and having his hands to his side-not looking as if he were in pain, but as though he were astonished. De⚫ceased called out "Murder." Witness ran up to the deceased, and asked him if he were hurt, and he called out "Murder" again. I

saw from the manner in which the deceased held his hands, that he was hurt. John Ashton appeared bewildered, and ran off for about fifteen yards, but then came back again. Witness ran to the Rev. Mr. Nolan's, and knocked for assistance. Mr. Nolan came out immediately, and caught hold of the deceased in his arms. He was taken first to a surgeon's in the neighbourhood, who was from home; thence to a druggist's, and from there to Mr. Bickersteth's, surgeon, of Rodney-street. John Ashton followed to Mr. Bickersteth's. Mr. Bickersteth was from home, but his assistant saw the deceased, and Mr. Bickersteth was afterwards fetched, and took him home in his carriage. John Ashton never saw young M'Neile before that morning, and witness introduced them. They both appeared friendly; they had had no quarrel, neither had any angry words passed. On their way to the druggist's, the deceased said that he heartily for gave John Ashton.

The Rev. T. Nolan, incumbent of St. Barnabas Church, spoke to what he saw of the deceased after the occurrence, in corroboration of the last witness.

Mr. R. Bickersteth, surgeon, of Rodney-street, Liverpool (brother of Lord Langdale), stated, that on Thursday last, between eleven and twelve o'clock in the day he was sent for home to see the deceased, who had been brought there in a coach. He found him lying on a sofa, and blood was flowing from a wound in his right side, about one inch above the groin. On probing the wound, he found its direction downwards, and outwards at the thigh. He made efforts to trace its progress and to extract the ball, having been informed that it was a pistol shot which had caused the injury. He then dressed the wound, and conveyed him home. The boys Ashton and Southern were both present, and expressed the greatest anxiety and regret. The deceased repeatedly expressed his hearty forgiveness to the boy who had caused the injury. For two days no alarming symptoms made their appearance. On Sunday morning erysipelas attacked the left hip; this was relieved by the remedies applied. On the same night the fever increased; and on the following day erysipelas attacked the right hip, with appearances of mortification in the centre. On the Wednesday morning, about four o'clock, he died. On the same evening witness examined the body, and traced the wound the bullet had originally made to where it was found in the head of the thigh-bone. The injuries that the deceased had received by the bullet were the cause of death.

John M. Ashton, who was the