POLICE OF LONDON. FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT:TSB-RC Lee, was on Tues- day

brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having, after his bank- ruptcy, concealed nearly 800/. from his creditors. When asked how he had disposed of this money, he produced an invoice for jewellery to the amount of 740/. which he alleged he had Paid with it. The prisoner had absconded, but had been pursued and apprehended at Liverpool, close to a ship which was preparing to sail for America. There was evidence that the bankrupt had received the money ; and it was proved that the pretended invoice was a fabrication. The City Solicitor said, that as the case was both complicated and important, he should require time to advise the Lord Mayor how to pro- ceed. The Lord Mayor refused to allow the prisoner to go at large upon bail

Boov-STEALING,....-William Huntingdon, and his wife, who were given in charge for surreptitiously obtaining a dead body from Newington workhouse, avere brought to Union-hall on Monday, for re-examination. Their defence was, that the body was that of a relative. This was disproved ; and as the mere stealing of a dead body does not amount to a felony, the magistrate fully committed both the prisoners for trial, upon the charge of having stolen the clothes of the deceased, which had also been found in their possession.

William Darkins and William Turner, were examined at Guildhall, on Thursday, on the charge of having two dead bodies in their possession. The prisoners were found in Smithfield, carrying each a sack, which they threw down when they found that they could not escape the watchman. The one sack contained the body • of a man and the other that of a woman. It was found that they had been OxImmated in the poor ground of St. Sepulchre's, They were committed to prison until they found bail.

Suesscrs FOR DissEetriots.—Sir Richard Birnie, on Thursday, took oc- casion to observe, that he had received several anonymous letters, assuring him in the most positive terms, that the plan for obtaining subjects for the dis- secting knife, as exposed by the trial cf Burke at Effinburgh, was also prac- tised in this metropolis. Mr. Beckett, a county Magistrate, after looking over the anonymous correspondence' said, lie had no doubt whatever of the truth of the statement they contained. The unaccountable disappearance of several persons lately almost confirmed it. Sir R. Birnie said, he could scarcely bring himself to believe the statements contained in the letters which had been addressed to him. If those statements, however, were capable of proof, the persons by whom they had been made ought to lose no time in coming publicly forward for the purpose of having the matter legally investigated, in order that the parties implicated should be punished as they deserved'.

A REFORMER AT FA Lux.—Mr. James Corder, of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, the people's chosen clerk, and a zealous reformer of parish abuses, was on Tuesday carried before Mr. Chambers, at Union-hall, charged by Mationy a private watchman, with being drunk and disorderly, and disturbing the in- mates of the house No. 50, Stamford-street, between the unseasonable hours of one and two o'clock on the same morning. The watchman stated, that lie observed Mr. Corder knocking at the door and ringing the bell of the afore- said house, until a woman opened the window, and said, " Mrs. White is not here ; she is opposite the way, at No. 71." Mr. Corder, not satisfied with this answer, continued his applications to the knocker and door bell with re- doubled vigour, and so much to time annoyance of the adjoining inhabitants, that two of them desired Mahony to take the disturber into custody. Being forthwith taken to the Waterloo-road watchhouse, Mr. Corder became very abusive, and stated that his name was Fitzpatrick, that he was a magis- trate of the county of Wilts, and had been dining that day with a few of his brother magistrates. The defendant admitted that he had beer dining out, and had, perhaps, taken a 1:ttle too much ; but that neither his conduct nor what he had taken warranted the abuse which he had received from the watch- man and time constable of the night. Mr. Chambers desired him to pay a fine of 5s. for being drunk; • which Mr. Corder having made some objections to, the Magistrate ordered him also to find bail for his appearance at the sessions.

ROBBERIES.—Brobarn and Fetcher were again examined at Bow-street, and ultimately committed for trial, on the charge of stealing wine from the cellar of Mr. Stephenson, the fugitive banker.

Thomas Walker, a patient in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, was on Tuesday brought to Union-hall, chargel with having been a party to the robbery of Mr. Loudan's shop, Blackfrias-road. Some time previous to the robbery, the prisoner had made varlets inquiries of a fellow patient who had been in the employment of Mr. Loucan, as to that gentleman's mode of conducting his business; and from this itwas inferred that he was in some way con- nected with the crime. At an nterview, the prisoner did not attempt to deny his knowledge of the robbery , but asked how much Mr. Loudan would give if his property, value between 1200/. and 1500/. was returned. Mr. Loudan made no bargain with him,—flough the prisoner had told him that his pro- perty was all safe, and that he had seen the person in whose possession it was. Mr. Loudan had since received an anonymous letter, telling him that his property had been clisposedof. Walker was remanfled till another day, in the hopes that his companiots may in the mean time be traced.

Wheatley, Kite, King, and Young, were charged at the Mansion-house, on Thursdaye with the robbery of Teddinoton-lock-house on the 21st of December.

The robbers carried away a goal deal of property Of different kinds, besides some money which their violert threats had forced Mr. Savary, the keeper, to give up. The circumstances of the robbery were minutely detailed by Young; but without any promise that he would be more favourably dealt with on account of his disclosires. The prisoners were all remanded.

A boy, not more than ten years of age, was on Wednesday charged at Union-hall with stealing a 8:11t handkerchief. Mr. Laing—"What's your name?" Prisoner—" Oh! I shan't tell ; I don't think it's proper." Mr. Laing (authorotatively)—" What's your mune, Sir ?" Prisoner—" I don't like to tell. My family are respectable, and it would grieve them very much if they knew where I was." Mr. Laing—" If you don't tell what your name is instantly, I will commit you to the House of Correction for a month • awl then we shall soon ascertain what we wish to know." Prisoner—" If y-ott promise faithfully it shan't be in the newspapers, NI tell my name." Mr. Laing (with great warmth,)—" The newspapers! What have I to do with the newspapers ?" Prisoner—" Well, then, I'll take your word that it shan't appear—my name is Ebenezer Hyde." It appeared that the prisoner went into a coffee-shop in Holborn, and obtained permission to warm himself at the fire. In a short time after a pane of glass was broken, and in the confusion a handkerchief was stolen, and the prisoner was charged with the theft. Lord bless you!" said he to the prosecutor," I'll give you a handkerchief, instead of taking one from you." The handkerchief, however, was found in his hat He was committed.

Imrostriox.—John Frances, a white-headed, miserable-looking old man, was charged at Guildhall with having obtained 10s. 6d. from the landlord of the Crown and Anchor, Fleet-street ; as a security for which, he deposited pretended documents necessary to enable him to draw his pension, but which turned out to be blank paper. The prisoner pleaded extreme distress. He was sent to the House of Correction for seven days.

SwisnLism.—Maurice Rice, a French Jew, was charged at Guildhall on Tuesday with having obtained money and goods under false pretences. He imposed upon a shoemaker in Fleet-street, by passing off upon him a worsted shawl value six shillings, as a cashmere shawl worth a considerable sum, but which, as it had been smuggled, he was able to sell far below its value. He limited his demand to eight-and-twenty shillings ; and for this be took a pair of shoes, a pair of boots, and a shilling. The shoemaker soon discovered that he had been cheated. The prisoner was advised to return the 28s.; and in the mean time he was sent to prison till he could produce some one to speak to his character.

Frederick Byrne, was again examined at Bow-street, on various charges of theft amid swindling, and fully committed for trial.

FURIOUS Dnivnco.—A hackney-coachman was on Wednesday fined 50s.

and costs, at Mary-le-bone, for furious driving. In deciding this case, the Magistrates observed, that if the public informers would turn their attention to such matters, and not try vexatiously to entrap individuals who meant to do right, they would be useful to the community.

ABUSE.—Mr. C. R. Hare complained at Marlborough-street, on Monday, of the conduct of a hackney coachman, not so much for having charged him double fare for a short drive, as for his abusive language. The prisoner made a pathetic appeal to Mr. Hare's feelings, by urging that his wife was dying, and that he had "five small children dependent upon him for support." The magistrate fined the prisoner 20s.

Assatirr.—An elderly man of respectable appearance came to Bow-street on Monday, to complain of the conduct of his son. To carry on a career of dissipation, the youth had resorted to a system of plunder ; and on discovering some duplicates in his pockets, his father reproved and admonished him. A night or two after, the reprobate came to his parent's bed-side and struck him violently, and subsequently he had threatened to kill him. He was sent to prison.

RECORDER'S REPORT.—The convicts sentenced to death at the December Old Bailey sessions (twenty-four) were all respited by the King in Council on Thursday,—except James Coleman for coining, and James Wheeler for highway robbery, who were ordered for execution on Wednesday next.

MURDERS.—A woman at Bradford, near Sherborne, has been committed to prison to await her trial for the murder of her illegitimate child. The child died on the third day after its birth, and was buried; but the body was exhu- mated, and evidence given to show that it had been strangled.

Another similar case has occurred at Isleworth, where the criminal female is only in her seventeenth year.

STEALING DEAD Boniss.—On Saturday, the vault under St. Luke's new church, (King's-square, Goswell-road), was discovered to have been broken open on the preceding night, and the body of a lady, recently placed in the cernetry, stolen. The despoilers of the grave not only left the lid off the coffin, with the shroud, exposed on the floor of the vault, but had taken away a part of the leaden coffin. 111:MAN BUTCHERS.—I give no other name to the receivers of dead bodies without knowing whence they conic and the cause of the death. Retail butchers, that is to say, the butchers that cut up oxen, sheep, and other animals, go to market and purchase the carcass without asking any questions respecting the place from whence it came or the parties by whom it was slaughtered. All that they want to know is the weight of the carcass and its quality as to age or fatness or both. The human cutter up is still less cere- monious; for he cares nothing about weight, age, or fatness: but I do wrong to time animal butcher in givitos his name to the human hotelier; for, the former collies by the carcass lawfully, and the latter comes by it unlawfully. He knows that he has it ; but he knows that, unless in case of sentence of the law, he has it from a murderer or from some one who has committed a crime in order to obtain it.—Cobbett's Register.

EDINBURG/I MURDERS.—A. fresh investigation is in progress ; the Lord Advocate himself attending the precognition. The Edinburgh Weekly Journal says, there is a probability of Hare being brought to trial "for the murder of a servant of a reverend clergyman in this city, a crime committed by himself, at a time when Burke was in the country." The death of" Daft Jamie" is also to he thoroughly investigated, with a view to the punishment of those concerned. This is done by the sanction of his nearest kindred; and Mr Jeffrey is retained for the prosecution. Edinburgh continues to set the first example in the more daring and atrocious crimes. On Saturday night some thieves robbed a counting-house in the Old Fish-market Close, and afterwards set the building on fire. Two men are in custody.

ROBBERIES.—At an early hour on Sunday morning, Mrs. Hedges, a midwife belonging to the Royal Maternity Charity for delivering Poor Married Women at their own Habitations, was runes" out of her bed by a genteel-looking young man, of fair complexion, who said that Dr. Ramsbotham, one of the physicians, was attendin at a patient in Windsor-street, Floxton, and desired her immediate presence. She accompanied the stranger from her own door in Hoxton- market. He expressed great sympathy as they went along for her apparent indisposition, amid desired her not to hurry herself. When they had anived at the supposed abode of the patient, after leading her up the steps, he left her. She saw a female, who said there was no one ill ; and when she re- turned to her house in Hoxton-market, she found the door open, her little COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. —A new opera called the .21;aniph of the Grotto, or a Daughter's Vozo, was produced on Thursday ; the dialogue by Dimond, (who is not dead yet), and the music by Liverati and Lee. It suc- ceeded to a certain extent after its kind; but its claims are not of a high order.

Mr. Stansbury, of the Haymarket Theatre, has left the orchestra, where he was known as a good musician, and appeared on the boards of this Theatre, where he will never be esteemed either as an actor or a singer.

The historical play of Richard the Second was to have been revived on Monday evening; but Kean, was " seriously ill," he had been seized with a " shivering fit," and was unable to appear. Mr. Fawcett insinuated, and Others have since plainly asserted, that the hero was in liquor.

ITALIAN OFERA..--M. Laporte has rnnounced the engagement of Pisaroni, Monticelli, and Malibran, for the ensuing season. Among the men are Zucchelli, Curinni, Vincenzi Galli, Bordogni, and the " greatDonzeili," as a contemporary styles him. Pasta is not engaged, nor Caradori.

ENGLISH Teseeeicees IN ITALY.—Lord Burghersh has written an entire opera, together with the music, which has lately been perfiitmed five times, not in the manner of a chamber rehearsal to a musical party, but with scenic ap- paratus and perfect dramatic effect, at the Palace at Florence in which he re- sides. 11 Torneo is the title of the opera; and the parts assigned to the dif- ferent characters were sustained by Signoras Rosa Williams and Carolina del Testa, and by Signors Aless. Francischini and Gaetano Russini, and others, with the greatest success. The noble personages who filled not only the vast saloon but the adjoining rooms, broke forth frequently into the most rapturous applause, and expressed their astonishment that the illustrious author should, in the few moments of leisure he has to spare from the important duties of his office, have been able so to apply his great talents as to reach a degree of ex- cellence which is seldom approached even by those who devote their whole lives

parlour in confusion, all the drawers broken open and ransacked, and money which she had saved to pay her landlord, &c. gone, as well as silver spoons, coins, and valuables, to the amount of more than 204

On the evening of Sunday, the dwelling-house of Mr. Simeon Samuel, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate, was robbed of upwards of one hundred pieces of silver plate in spoons, forks' waiters, and other articles. The shop of a grocer in Castle-street, Oxford-street, was robbed of about Si. in money, on Tuesday evening, while the family were sitting in the back parlour.

ROBBERY OF THE FOOR.—A strong sensation has been excited in a parish eastward of the City, by a discovery that one of the churchwardens, upon re- cently ordering a quantity of shoes in Smithfield for the use of paupers, fitted himself with a handsome pair of boots at the same time directing the cost to be charged as a certain additional number of paupers' ;hoes A colleague in office who accompanied him, being connected with the leather business, ob- served that such another pair of boots would not be equally desirable to him, but he thought he ought not to lose any perquisites appertaining to his situa- tion, and it was arranged that he should put the cost of a pair of boots in his pocket. The thing somehow got abroad, and a person who takes great in- terest in the affairs of the parish dropped in at the committee-room at the work-house, while the official gentlemen were receiving the goods and set- tling with the shoemaker. There is also some difficulty respecting an entry of about 50s. paid for the removal of a pauper to Chichester.—Times.

SUICIDES.—An inquest was held on Monday evening, on the body of a woman who died in the fifth month of her pregnancy, from having taken sugar of lead, with the supposed intention of causing abortion. She was brought to Westminster Hospital with the symptoms of having swallowed poison ; but the skill of the physicians could not save her. The jury re- turned a verdict of " Febo de se ;" and the parish-officers received instruc- tions to bury her body in the manner directed by statute. On Saturday evening, Ann Croft, asyoung female, attempted to hang herself

in St. George's watchause, ; where she was confined for stealing two yards of velvet from the shop of a mercer in Ranelagh-terrace.

A young Irish labourer drank such a quantity of spirits the other day, from a cask in St. Catherine's Docks, where he was employed, that he died soon after SHEEr-srEntiNn.—This crime prevails to a serious extent in the neighbour- hood of Long Sutton ; the farmers having lost three hundred sheep within these eighteen months.

FORGED No-res.—The Glasgow Chronicle says that within these few weeks past a great number of individuals have been apprehended at Glasgow charged with issuing forged notes. "In fact, the city appears to be at present completely overrun with Irishmen, who follow no other than the hazardous calling of vending forged notes." Among the individuals apprehended for this crime, were an Irishman and his wife, on whom were found no fewer than thirty-one forgeries on various banks.

PRISON-BREAKING.—The prisoners confined on charges of felony its the Borough Compter made an effort to escape out of that prison, but the plan was discovered, on Sunday night. It appears that they had cut a large hole through the wall which separates the felons' yard from that of the debtors ; and having torn up the whole of their rugs, constructed a rope, which they intended to throw over the wall in Mill-lane, and by that means effect their escape. The line was of sufficient strength to have enabled them to carry their plan into execution. They were to have been aided by some one with- out, who remains undiscovered.

CRIMES IN FRANCE.—On New Year's-day, a quarrel arose in a tavern in Paris, between Mr. Fraser, a Canadian gentleman, and Mr. Warren, a relative of the Due de Feltre. The point in dispute was the emancipation of the Irish Catholics ; and as the parties were of opposite opinions on the subject, they proceeded from words to blows. Mr. Eraser's bladder was ruptured, either by a kick or a fall ; and he died soon after. Mr. Warren has been committed to prison, to take his trial for the homicide. Two distressing events have lately afflicted the French Academy—the loss of M. Picard, and the sudden disappearance of M. Auger, the Secretary to the Academy. The latter had been in had health for some time, and was about to set out for Italy on the recommendation of his physicians. On Fri- day the 2nd, at half-past nine o'clock, he talked over his projects with M. be Brun, a very respectable young Academician, and at ten o'clock he quitted the house, leaving the following letter addressed to his wife :—" My dear love, you know that I adore you, but I cannot longer support life. I must die ;—do not curse my memory, and pardon my weakness.' It is not known what has since become of him, but no doubt is entertained that he has ac- complished his design.—Private Letter. to the study of the art. The representations of the opera were followed by the performance of the School for Scandal. This comedy was represented by English ladies and gentlemen, several of whom showed that they had no reason to envy the most consummate areas. In this number was Lady Burghersh whose exquisite performance of Lady Teazle, the principal character in the piece, charmed every one. The Countess di Brombelles, whose fine voice and great skill in music are well known, sang, one evening, a scene and aria, added to the opera by Lord Burghersh for that iurpose —Gazette di Firenze.

The Duke of Clarence last week inspected Mr. Sheriff Booth's brewery at Brentford ; with the arrangements of which he expressed himself highly pleased.

GAMING-HOUSES.—One of the low gaming-houses in the neighbourhood of St. James's-street, has been obliged to shut up shop from an inability to pay the rent and taxes.

YOUNG Vmes.—Some days ago a coach, loaded with young folks from the schools of Brighton, departed for London, to spend the holiday.; with their friends. Soon after commencing their journey these children produced their cigars, tinder-boxes, matches, &c. and conunenced smoking, to the great annoy- ance of a few grown-up persons who happened to be their fellow-passengers ; but this was not the whole stock of ammunition with which they bad provided themselves. Several of them had with them a supply of brandy and gin : one of them not more than ten years of age, took oil nearly a pint of brandy at one draught, and, as might be expected, was very shortly alter in a fit, and in so daugerous a state as to make it necessary to leave him at the village where the coach stopped to change horeeis. Smoking has come to such a pitch at Eton School, that we are told a boy was discovered smoking the other day at chapel ! He was, however, very properly, for so doing, expelled by Dr. Keate ; and ten were expelled lately at Sandhnrst, fo rioting, which had its commencement at a smoking club.—Morning Chronicle.

GAME Coevicnoss.—It is asserted that Inure persons are annually con- victed in this country for offences against the game-laws than are punished for every kind of offence within the same time in the kingdom of Holland and the Netherlands.

AN EMPTY GAOL.—Tt is a singular comment upon the proceedings of the Canterbury Magistrates, that at the very moment they are building a large and commodious gaol, in order to "classify'' the prisoners, according to the com- mand of Mr. Peel, the doors of the prison are at this moment thrown open, it happily containing no inmate of any description ! Long may it continue empty.—Kent Herald. INFANT SCHOOLS—A society for the establishment of infant schools in Edieburgh, by subscription, has been formed.

Fr:vete—Typhus fever has prevailed in Edinburgh for the last six weeks or two months, chiefly among the higher classes resident in the New Town. The disease was not peculiarly malignant, though deaths were indeed numerous and frequent, but they bore a moderate proportiou to the number of individuals affected. The malady is now rapidly abating.

ANTICIPATED FLOODS.—It appears, on examining the tide-tables, that the sea floods will rise very considerably higher during this year than they have for the fourteen preceding years.

THE DUMB LYING.—The King of France was lately present at an exami- nation of the deaf and dumb pupils ; and it would seem that the new plan

adopted with a view to restore to them tine partial use of speech has been very successful. One of the pupils, on tieing presented to his Majesty, ar- ticulated the following words very distinctly :—" The pleasure of seeing your

Majesty has restored me to speech! Long live the King !"—Paris Paper. LA PERM:SR.—All OffiCial account has been published, by the French Government, of the circumstances attending the discovery of the relics of tine expedition of La Perouse. It differs in nothing essential front the account which has been long before the public, copied front the East India papers.

Mosectitste—A Rouen journal mentions that it is in contemplation to build a convent for Trappists, in the department of the Lower Seine, and that a collection for that purpose is making from house to house at Rouen.

FANATICISM IN FRANCE.—A mission took place at the little town of Nugent-le-Rotrou, and such missions generally are followed by tumults and disorders, which prove a deplorable fermentation in the minds of the people. There was arm Auto-do-fe of a small library. It was burned by the hand of a minister of the gospel. This is only stupid and ridiculous, but we mourn over the following facts. A mother of a family became mad after hearing an ener- getic and threatening sermon on the rewards and punishments of the next life. A young wife, hitherto a model of kindness, was transformed by fanaticism into a sort of wild beast, and seizing her husband by the throat at night, en- deavoured to strangle hint, because she was damned, she cried—damned forever. —Morning Chronicle.

A respectable citizen of Bellac M. Desbordeie wino has been both a magis- trate aud a member of the Chamber during the alundred Days,and afterwards exiled, died on December 21st, at iris house in Bellac. His family in conse- quence requested the curate of Buseiere, Porterine, to fix tine hour of his fe- neral ; and to the request he replied in writing, that he had received express orders from the Bishop of Limoges, which he (heed not transgress, not to bury the deceased. The funeral, though deprived of tine assistance of the Church, was numerously attended, more than five hundred persons being present. Charreyion senior, and Maurat Ballange, prouotnced discourses over the grave, which drew tears from the spectators. He wis buried at the bottom of his garden.

BEET-ROOT SUCAIL—The manufacture of stgar from beet-root is carried on most successfully at Roye, near Amiens. The machinery of the manufactory in question is all worked by steatn, and the sugar which is now produced is of such superior quality that it is almost impoisible to discover it from cane sugar. We suppose it may by this time be possible to modify the praise which was some time since bestowed by a ftiend of ours on the beet-root sugar—" that it possessed all the good proterties of other sugar, except sweetness." At any rate the speculators in he manufacture are sanguine in their expectations of greatly reducing the cost of production ; so that, if it be of no use, it may at any rate not Inc dear,—.10zemal de Conznzerce.

FRENCH RF.TRF.NCIIMENTS.—It is said thaaitt pursuance of a resolution of the French Minister of War, the pay of Lieutenant-generals not in active service will be reduced from 14,000 francs ts 10,000 i'm7wr.s, and that of Marechaux-de-Camp from 8,000 francs to 6,000 francs ; but the pay will be perpetual, and no general officer will be placed on the retired list. It is also said that very considerable retrenchments are about to be made in tine salaries of persons occupying high offices at Court, who are paid out of the civil list, and that many of these posts will in future be honorary, without salaries. THE Seasoss—The weather has become extremely severe in Paris. During the entire of last week there were gales of wind, with the thermometer con- stantly below zero.

Paris is about to be lighted with gas, and a preparatory experiment was last week made on a small scale.

POSTHUMOUS HoNotres.—In the same vault where the coffin of the late Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar has been deposited are, on his left hand, Schiller's earthly remains, and on the right will one day be placed those of Goethe.

A WHALE.—We 'hear that his Majesty had directed his Ambassador in London to apply to the British Government for permission for Mr. H. Kessels to import into England, and brine away again, free of duty, the celebrated whale (caught on the coast of the Netherlands), because he intends to exhibit there this giant of the creation, in conformity with the especial and flattering advice of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who went to see the whale when he was at 13russels.—Datch Paper.

AMERICAN LAW OP ARREST.—A debtor taken by a sheriff in Connecticut, escaped into New York, and was there pursued by the sheriff, and retaken. While conducting his prisoner back to Connecticut, the sheriff himself was arrested, and held to bail on a charge of felony, for abduction, under a new law which grew out of the Morgan excitement. The original prisoner was discharged—Colombian Sentinel.