News in Brief
PRISONERS BEFORE T-RIAL.--I. Peel a shiort time since brought in a bill to ameniti the gaols' regulation act of last ses- sion, andon theM20h ult. it was ordered to be printed. That bill *leclared the employment of prisoners on the tread-wheel, b-efore trial, to be illegal. As amnendrd, the bill appears withtol the clause which tieclared that " untrie3 prisoners were not to be compelled to workc on the treadmill." That clause is entirely omitted ! A few nights since, the hause of Charles Calvert, Esq., M. P., at Wt'liitton, near flounslow, was stripped of a ton weight of lead. A cart was known to have passed throuigh Isleworth turnpike about 2 o'clock in the morning, in which the lead was supposed to be conreved. This is the second robbery of.M r.Calvert's house within a few Monthis; in the first he lost a valuable time-keeper, and other articles DEmnEitt,a1E ATTEMPT AT SUIcIDE.-rhursday a ter- noon, about two o'clock, a man of respectable appearance went into the Crown public-.house2 in E;sex-street, Strand, and ordered a pint ,f porter, where he sat (in the tap,room) till about 10 o'clock. when, the roomjl being nearlr empty, Air. Bonter, the landlord, having oc- casion to fetcl some hot water, saw the man in the act oftcutting his throat. Mr. Booter had the presence of mind to throw the boiling water at the wound, wrhicb caitsed him to drop the knite, and stagger roitnd the room. Al edical aid was immediately sentfor, and thewound was drcssed, which formuiately proved by noimeans dangerous. Ile was afterwards conveyed to St. Clement's *'orkhouse, where he re- mnains, in a fair way of recovery. It has siiffe been ascertained that his name is Crowder, (a currier), residing in Parker-street, Drury-lane. 'I'HiX STONE.-It appears that the French surgcons have obtained a triumph most honourable for themselves, and most pre- cious to humanity. Dr. Civiale has succeeded in curing the disor- der of the stone withouttthe operation of cutting. His method con- Sists in the intioduction of an instrument, which seizes the stone, :hen crushes it, and reduces it to powder. This ingenious process is fat less aflicting, arid-does noteomptomise the existence or even the bealt of patient._Parfsapper.