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near the river Char, where there are Rushes, &c. It comes near Acosmetia 
arcuosa , but it is whiter; and had it not been for Mr. Morris’s fine specimens, I 
should probably not have noticed mine as a distinct species. The second wings 
are rather dusky. The thorax in my specimen is rubbed.— J. C.Dale, Glanville’s 
Wootton , Dorsetshire , June 9, 1837. 
A Talking Canary. —Such a marvel is now exhibiting in the Cosmorama- 
rooms, in Regent-Street. The loquacious Canary articulates with singular neatness 
and fluency, and with as much ease and volubility as he warbles—though his 
vocabulary is very limited, of course. In the midst of a snatch of a song you 
hear him pronounce these vrords,—“ Sweet pretty little Dicky,” 44 Pretty Queen,” 
44 Dicky dear,” and other fond appellations bestowed upon him by his mistress ; 
he also makes a chirping imitation of a bell ringing, and calls 44 Mary.”— 
Spectator. 
A Monkey Case in Court. —On Thursday last two culprits were placed at the 
bar of the police-court, Liverpool, before William Wallace Currie, Esq. (Mr. 
Hall being at the time absent), to answer to a charge of having wilfully destroyed 
some property which was being conveyed along Seel-Street. In the persons of 
the alleged transgressors, we recognized an itinerant foreigner, Francis Rose, and 
his Monkey, “ Jocko,” who, with the addition of a 44 Dog,” which the latter uses as 
a 44 Horse,” had, for some days, been amusing the lieges, for what they could obtain 
in copper, in various parts of the town. Jocko appeared in the full dress in 
which he had been taken into custody, which was of scarlet cloth, with a cap, &c., 
quite a la militaire. He had, however, been subjected by the peace-officers to 
the temporary indignity of being deprived of his tin sword, which he is in the 
habit of drawing, wielding, and sheathing with exemplary dexterity. He took 
his station, beside his companion, on the front of the bar, which he at first 
grasped and shook with considerable violence, in demonstration, doubtless, of the 
indignation he felt in being accused of any thing derogatory to the character of 
44 an officer and a gentleman.” The complainant gave the magistrate to under¬ 
stand that, on the previous day, while he was passing along the street, with a 
basket containing a dozen small bottles, he was attracted, among others, by the 
vivacious performances of the minor prisoner, who, it appears, is an adept in the 
manual and platoon exercises, as well as master of a broad-sword of about six 
inches in length. Some bystander (continued the aggrieved) threw down a half¬ 
penny, which he (complainant), setting down his basket, went to pick up; but, 
while he was in the act of doing so, Captain Jocko (doubtless deeming himself 
the official collector of the revenues, and irritated by the boy’s interference) ran 
to the basket, and, upsetting it with a truly military air of nonchalance, dashed 
its brittle contents into a hundred fragments on the pavement! The charge 
against the larger prisoner was, that he abetted his companion in the work of 
