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19/10/1816

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The Colchester Gazette, And General Advertiser for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Herts

Date of Article: 19/10/1816
Printer / Publisher: E. Lancaster 
Address: No.30, Head-Street, Colchester
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And General Advertiser for Essex Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Herts. No. 147. Printed and Published ( for the Proprietors) by E. LANCASTER, No. 30, Head- Street, Colchester. Price 7d. Price 7d. or in Quarterly } Payments, at 8s. per Quarter, } SATURDAY, October 19, 1816. { This Paper is filed at Garrawai/'*, Peek'*, and John's Co fee- homes; at Newton and Co ' » Warwick- Square ; Mr. mite's, 33, Fleet- Streetand at the Auction Mart. ESSEX TURNPIKES. SECOND DISTRICT. THE next GENERAL QUARTERLY MEET- ING of the TRUSTEES is appointed to beholden at the Thorn Jun, in Mistley, on Tuesday, the 22d day • of October next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon; at • which time and place the Trustees are hereby required to » tte> id.— Dated the 28th day of September, 1816. By Order of the Trustees, JOHN AMBROSE, Clerk. ESSEX TURNPIKES. AGENERAL QUARTERLY MEETING of the TRUSTEES « f the said TURNPIKES is appointed to be holden at the Three Cups Inn, in Col- chester, on Wednesday, the 23d day of October next, by Eleven o'Clock in th » Forenoon, to audit the Accounts A i ' he above Meeting, Hi* pfprietj of letting ' he several T .['- Gates in the Colchester Division, will be taken into consideration — Dated this 26th Day of September, 1816. WILLIAM CODD, Clerk. ESSEX AND SUFFOLK EQUITABLE INSURANCE OFFICE. AT a SPECIAL MEETING of the Directors, held this 14 th day of October, 1816, at the Office, Colchester, IT WAR RESOLVED, That this Society will, in fu< Tdre, insure Farming Stock and Product, in One Sum, but that the same shall extend to the Stock and Produce in One attached Occupation only; and this Regulation shall include the Policies al- ready granted. By Order of the Directors, FRANK ABELL, Secretary. Colchester, 14th October, 1816.: N. B. The Policies already made, and now standing in tin- Office Books, wherein any Farming Stock and Pro- duce ure itisur d, will, from this time, be considered as insured in One Sum, however the same is divided in the Policy. . STAMP- OFFICE, LONDON, 12th October, 1816. WHEREAS the illegal Practices of printing, and of hawking, carrying about, uttering, and exposing to Sale UNSTAMPED ALMANACKS have increased to a groat extent, whereby his Majesty's Re- venue is diminished, and the fair Trader mitch injured. His Majesty's Commissioners for managing the' Stamp Duties, with a view to prevent the continuance of these Oileuces, HEREBY GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE, That th - y am determined to pi ostcute all Persons who shall be found so oifeudii g. And Notice is liereMt given That by the Act of the 9th Ann, ch 23, sec. 27, all Persons are liable to Penalties of 101. with full Costs of Suit, for printing, or causing to be printed, any Almanack on Unstamped Paper. And by the Ifitli Geo. 2. ch. 2 « , sec. 5, s* id 30tliGeo. 2. ch 19, sec. 26. if any Person shall sell, hiwkj carry about, utter, or expose to Sale, any Almanack not stamped ac- cording to Law, it shall be lawful for any Justice, of the Peace, upon conviction of ( he Offender, either by his own Confession, or by the Oath of one or more Witness or " Witnesses, to commit such Offender to the House of Cor- rection for any time not exceeding Three Months; and any Person may seize and carry such Offender before a Justice of the Peace, and upon producing a Certificate of hi- Conviction from such Justice, will be entitled to a Reward of Twenty Shillings, which will be paid by the Distributor of Stamps of the District. By Order of the Commissioners, W. KAPPEN, Secretary. ESSEX VICE- ADMIRALTY. CAUTION. VARIOUS articles of WRECKAGE, Viz. ANCHORS, CABLES, CORDAGE, and. oilier Derelict Property, having been concealed, and fraud u- 1 eatly disposed oi', ill contempt of my Caution of October 1SI4, a- d in defiance of an Act of Parliament, enacted to prevent Frauds in this Department, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That from and after the Date hereof, any Person or Per- sons I rail- grossing against the said Act, or any Person or I' TSUI s conniving or assisting, will be prosecuted with Hie utmost rigour. And in order to bring such Offender i* Otteudursto ju- tiet', 1 hereby offer a liberal REWARD, in proportion to the Property recovered, to any Person er Persons who shall give information of such illegal tiraclices, at my Office By t: ie Act of the 4v) t" h of George thc Third, all Persons converting such Property to their own use, arc guilty of felony. And further i6 deteVSuch Offenders, I hereby publish, that Persons are deputed from this Office, in dif- fered! Parts of the Coast, to detect such Robberies. And au Encouragement for the faithful report to me of such Articles as may be taken either from Wrecks, or found on » ! w Toast, I notify, that the Act of Parliament alluded to liberally rewards such Service*. D. O. BLYTH, General Vice- Admiralty Agent for Essex. Colchester, October 10, 1816. COLLEN'S BANKRUPTCY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HAWES AND FENTON, At the Farm called Sherman's, in the Parish of Dover- court, Essex, by Order of the Assiguees, on Friday, the 1st Day of November, 1816, without Reserve, ALL the LIVE and DEAD FARMING STOCK, BREWING UTENSILS, & c. of Mr. William Collen, a Bankrupt; comprising four capital young black eart geldings, of superior strength and shape ; cart and plough harness; road waggon, good as new; harvest ditto; broad and narrow wheeled tumbrels, and dung carls; ploughs, harrows, rollers, cow- cribs; capital brewing copper; working ditto; wind- up coal- range, spring crane, Bath stoves, & c. Catalogue of which may lie ha I at the prin cipal Inns in the neighbourhood, and of the Auctioneers, Colchester — Sale to begin at Eleven o'clock. Copyhold Tenements, with a Inge Piece 6f Ground, St. Osyth, Essex. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY J. ARCHER, By Order of thp Proprietor, on Wednesday, October 23. 1816, at the Red Lion Ion, St. Osyth, Essex, at Twelve o'Cloek, in One Lot, ALL those COPYHOLD TENEMENTS, or MESSUAGES, with a large Piece of Ground, well situated for trade, in St. Osyth, near the Red Lion Inn, now in the occupation of Messrs. Franklin, Glendining, anil Beckles, all very good tenants. Th* above are Copyhold of the Manor of St. Osyth, and subject to a Fine at the will of the Lord— Out- going quit- rent, 2s. 4d. a year. For particulars apply to the Auctioneer, High- street, Colchester. Choice Stock of Horses and Cows, St. Osyth, Essex. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY ROBERT GOODWIN, On Tuesday, the 22d Day of October, 1816, and following Day , at Fro Wick Farm, iu the Parish of St. Osyth, late iu the occupation of Mr. Samuel Dines, deceased, THE valuable LIVE and DEAD STOCK; con- sisting of eight young and useful cart horses and mares; five cows; three good waggons, three load carts, four tumbrels; ploughs, harrows, and rollers; cart a: tri plough harness; Dairy and Brewing Utensils; feather- beds anil bedding; with 2. general assortment of good HOUSEHOLD FURN1TURE, and Kitchen Requisites, & c. as will be expressed in Catalogues, to be had at the neighbouring Inns; Red Lion, Colchester; and of the Auctioneer, Manningtree, Essex.— Sale to begin each day punctually at Ten o'Cloek. The Farming Slock to be sold on the First Day, and the Furniture, and Brewing and DairyUtensils, on the Second. Grocery, Ironmongery, and Earthenware: Household Fnrnililre, Books, Linen, Plate, and China: Horse and Gig, Cart and Harness, Sfc. St. Botolph- street, and Barrack- street, Colchester. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY WILLIAM JACKSON", On Monday, the 21st of October, and following Days, THE genuine and entire STOCK IN TRADE, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. PLATE, LINEN, CHINA, and other Effects, of Mr William Sadler Mason, Grocer and Tallow- Chandler, a Bankrupt. The STOCK consists of a general Assortment of Gro- cery Goods, flue tens; lolit' and moist sugars; Twk- ey, sun, and Malagaraisins, and currants; a large quantity of prime Derby cheese; mould and store caudles; hair brooms and brushes; melting copper, dipping engine, large and small scales and Weights, counters, nests of drawers, shop fixtures; an assortment of ironmongery, tin, and earthenware; a strong cart, neat gig and harness, and a useful geldiug, & c. The HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE comprises several four- post bedsteads,, witli printed cotton furniture, tent aud stump bedsteads., excellent feather- beds and bedding; mahogany dining, Pembroke, and card tables; handsome finger organ, with Seven stops; excellent piaifo forte, by Anderson, with additional keys aud pedal; mahogany and chamber chairs, jiiejr and dressing glasses, mahogany double and single chests of drawers, Brussels and other carpets ; eight- day clock, by Hedge, iu mahogany case; wheel barometer", prints and paintings; capital maho- gany double coufltlng- house desk ; a thirty- gallon copper; various culinary articles, & c. & c. which will appear in Catalogues, previous to the Sale, and maybe had at the Places of Sale; aud of the Auctioneer, Colchester. Sale to commence each Day at Ten o'clock. A Respectable Middle- aged LADY, in whom a Confidence may be placed, wishes for a SITUATlON as HOUSEKEEPER, to take charge and superintend the domestic concerns, aud otherwise to make herself useful iu a respectable Widower's, or Single Man's House; or to be as Companion and Housekeeper to an elderly Lady. Satisfactory reference will he given, and further par- ticulars maybe known, by applying to Swinborne and Waller, Booksellers, Colchester; or by letters addressed to Y. Z. Post- Office, Burnham, Essex. COLCHESTER. TO GROCERS AND GENERAL SHOPKEEPERS. TO BE LET BY TENDER, ALL that valuable and extensive BUILDING, adjoining the Three Cups, iu the High- street, Col- cheater; comprising the NEW MARKET, for the Term of TWENTY- ONE YEARS, determinable at the Expira- tion of the First Seven, Ten, or Fourteen Years, at the Option ot'either Parly. The Rooms in the occupation of Mr. Ralton are not in- tended to be let. The Tenant will be at Liberty to appropriate the Stalls in the Market to any purpose he may consider most ad- vantageous to hiuiselt, but not to make any Alteration in t'. ie Form and Arrangement of the present Building, with- out Consent in Writing. Sufficient Surety for payment of the Rent quarterly, to be produced, if required. » » » Tenders will be received at the Office of Mr F. Smythies, Noth- hill, Colchester, until Eleven o'Cloek on « l, e'aist duy of October; 1816. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY JOHN COX, By Order Of the Executors, on Tuesday, October 22,1816, and following Day, ALL the LIVE and DEAD AGRICULTURAL STOCK, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PLATE, Lisen, and Effects, of Mr Samuel Kemp, deceased, late of the Hill Farm, iu Bures Hamlet; comprising three stacks of excellent hay, several useful cart geldings and mares, in good condition, and excellent workers; a two- year- old colt; five young mileb cows; filly head of swine; poultry; foad aud harvest waggons, tumbrels, ploughs, harrows, fearn utensils, cart and plough harness, and various farm- ing implements. The FURNlTURE iricludes bedsteads, with chintz and other furnitures; excellent goose and* other feather- beds, go id bedding-, malt igaoy and walnut- tree tables, chairs, bureaus, chests of drawers, pier and dressing glasses; carpets: plate, liueu, china, and culinary requisites; Dairy and Brewing Utensils, s » edt beer casks, and various effect*; which w ill appear in' Catalogues, to be hud at the Inns in t: ie vilfMty; aud of tho Auctioneer, Clare. The Sale will brg'u, each Morning at Eleven o'clock; and ' h" stock, Dairy aud Brewing Utensils, will be sold w the First Day Excellent Situation for a Grocer Or General Shop- keeper, opposite Colchester Barracks, with immediate Possession. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY WILLIAM JACKSON, On Tuesday, the 22d Day of October, 1816, at Five o'Cloek in the Afternoon, at the Red Lion Inn, Colchester, by Order of the Assignees of the Estate and Eitects of William Sadler Mason, a Bankrupt, THE REAL ESTATE of the Bankrupt in the Two following Lots; Lot 1. Consists of ail that FREEHOLD Bricked MES- SUAGE, or DWELLING- HOUSE, with a large, well- established, and good- accustomed SHOP, situate directly opposite the principal entrance to Colchester Barracks, in the Parish of St. Botolph, with a convenient CANDLE- OFFICE, and small inclosed yard behind. The whole of the Estate is in good repair, and has for several years past becrf Occupied by Mr. Mason, who has carried on there a very extensive Business, for which the Premises are will calculated. The Shop is now in full trade, and immediate Possesion may be had of the same, should the Purchaser require it. Lot 2. Is a FREEHOLD Bricked BUILDING, in good repair, occupied as Two Tenements, with a roomy Yard behind the same, situate ou the cast side of the top of Water- lane, in the Parish of St. Botolph, iu Colchester, uow in the tenure of Thomas Griffith, and his Under- tenant, at the rent of 3s. 6d. per week. For further particulars, apply to Mr. Jackson, the Auc- tioneer, or to Messrs. Daniell and Sewell, Solicitors, Hcadgate, Colchester. TO MR. RICHARD TURNER, ON HIS INCOMPARABLE BLACKING. TURNER, thy name oil record stands, High ou the pinnacle of fame; Thy lively genins then demands Some little tribute lo thy name. Thy curious liquid, shining black, The rare invention of thy in'iud, Wus not explor'd in ages back, Nor ever equall'd by mankind. This Blacking, when it is applied To boots or shoes, such liistre yields, That thoSe who use it think, with pride, On Turner, of St. George's- Fields. Sdld by Carr, Candler, Bunyon, Steggall, Potter, Watts, Garland, Thorn, White, Hibble; and Tillett, Colchester; Seager, Deck, Saxby, Raisen, Cook, Poole, and Webb, Harwich ; Rudiin, Mann, and Swinborn, Dedham; Faires, Cook, aud Fricker, Hadleigh; Hitchingson, and Cauea, Manningtree. Gentlemen may observe, that this Composition, when used for their Gig, or Carriage Harness, after one or two applications, will produce a brilliant, rich, glossy, black lustre, aud at the same time nets as a preserver of the leather.— To be had in Stone Battles, at 6d. Is. and Is. 6d. No. 114, London- Road Southwork Ask for TURNER'S BRACKING. TOWERS'S STOMACHIC ESSENCE, for the cure of Nervous Irritation, Palpitation of the Heart, Fainting aud Hysteric Aitections, Spasms aud Pains in the Stomach aud Bowels, arising from ludigestiou and Flatu- lency. It corrects Acidity, warms aud gives tone to the Sto- mach. and calm-* that Irritability and Hurry of the Mind, which many labour under ill a most distressing degree. This latter sensation thousands will feelingly understand, though the Proprietor iu vain endeavours to describe it. Sold, wnolesale and retail, at 4s. the Medicine, and 6d. the Stamp, by J. Towers, Warner- street, Clerkenwell; and by Swinburne and Walter, Colchester; Meggy and Chalk, Chi'lmsfoVd: Fitch, a id Hooker, Ipswich; Dodd, Dumnow; Seager, Harwich ; Youngman, Saffron Walden: Dingle, Bury Browne and Co Maidstone; Reynolds, En- field, Proprr tor of REYNOLOS'S GOUT SPECIFIC; and byall Venders of Repute.— Wh ' remay be had, TOWERS'S PATENT NEW LONDON COUGH TINCTURE, a Remedy of long tried efficacy, for Coughs; including the Hooping- Congh, Ast mas, & c NERVOUS DEBILITY. THE Learned are not the only Persons who suffer under these disorders. People of a sedentary life and occupation are equally liable thereto, as it de- stroys the strength of the muscles, and renders them, for want of us^, unable to bear action; the circulation, there- fore, deprived of this considerable as iistai. ee, soon grows lauquid; vital heat diminishes; the humours stagnate anu become vitiated ; and the secretions and natural evacua- tions not being well performed, the body remains loaded with excrement it idle- humours, the acrimony cf which preys upon the constitution, strength is dissipated, aud a variety of disagreeable consequences ensue. The Cordial Balm of Gilead, by its softening, healing, aud tonic qualities, as well as by its salutary cifects, ad'ords a sure prospect of returning strength, and a cer- tain hope of muscular invigoration to those who are debi- litated by premature or excessive indigencies; hence arise weakness of sight, vertigos, loss of appetite, and mental decay The Cordial Balm of Gilead most wonderfully cherishes nature, and vi ii. l support the life of the aged and infirm. In all iuWdif'd decays, debility, lowness of spirits, relax- ation in either sex; whether hereditary or owing to youth- ful imprudencies, this Medicine will itiord the most won- derfi I relief. Sold by Swinbone and Walter, Colchester; Firmin and Harris, ditto; Keymer, ditto: Rose, ditto; Meggy aud Chalk, Chelmsford Guy, ditto- Kelman, ditto; Young- man, Witham and Maldon; Holroyd, Maldon; Seager, Harwich : . Hardacre, Hadleigh ; Hill, Ballingdon; and all the respectable Medicine Venders iu the United King- dom Where may be had, the celebrated ABSTERGENT LOTION, an ett'eetnal Cure for Eruptions o « the FACE and SKIN, particularly Pimples, Blotches, Tetters, Ringworms, Tan, Sunburns, Freckles, Shingles, Prickly Heat. Redness of the Neck. Arms. & c. Scorbutic and Cutaneous Eruptions of Vc- x .. o; i; being the most valuable acquisition and appendage to the toilet ever offered to the Nobility and Gentry in the United King dom. Price 4s. 6d. aud 2s. Qd a bottle, Duty included.— Be careful to observe the words 11 Samuel Solomon, Liver- pool," engraved in the Stamp, without which none are genuine. STATE PAPER. HAGUE, Oct. 8.— Treaty with his Majesty the Kins; of Spain anil the Indies, signed the lOth of August, 1816:— In the name of the Most Holy and lnd'vlnble Trinity His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and his Majesty tht King of Spain aud the Indies, ani- mated with an equal desire to put a check upon the piracies of the Barbary Regencies, a « ) d to procure to the Trade and Navigation of the Mediterranean all possible security, desiring to cement their alle- giance by a solemn Treaty, and to fix the extent and the means, have given their full powers for this purpose, viz. his Majesty the King of the Nether- lands, to Mr. Hugues De Zaylen de Nyevelt, Knight oi the Order ot the Belgic Lion, aud his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to liis Catholic Majesty, and his Majesty the King of Spain and the Indies, to Sieur Peter Cevallos, Guerra Counsellor of St; ite, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, ice. First Minister of State, & r, who, after having exchanged their full powers have agreed on the following Articles :— Art. I. This alliance is purely defensive, and its object is to protect the commerce of the Powers who are parties to it. 2. This alliance shall subsist as long as the Regen cies of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, do not renounce their offensive system towards the property of the subjects of the Contracting Powers. S. If one of these should be offended bv any corsair of the three Regencies, it shall be the duty of the Consuls of the Allied Powers to claim reparation of the Government of the offending party by legal mrw; and if justice should not be dotie, the Allied Powers shall agree, if necessary, to proceed to reprisals to the amount answerable to i he otieuee committed. i. It shall be considered as an offence against the Allied Powers, if one of the Regencies doe3 itself justice, by sc zing the property of Ihe subjects of the Contracting Parties, without - having previously tried other means, or established proceedings to obtain justice and satisfaction. 5. As au offence committed agaiiist the Allied Powers shall be considered the arrest of the Consuls fcr debts of private persons, or of their respective So- vereigns, since the Regencies ought to employ for the purpose of claiming them, the methods adopted by civilized nations. 6. The Allied Powers will also consider themselves offended, if auy present is requested < rom them as obligatory, even were it founded on custom. 7. When one of the Powers shall be attacked by the Barbary States, without having provoked the attack by auy hostile act, then the alliance shall have effect. 8. The obligation of the Allies to defend the of- fended party, slut! subsist till just reparation has been obtained for the damage caused by the offence, and also an indemnity for the expences of the war. 9 Neither of the Allies can enter into a negociation with the the common enemy without the consent of of the other. 10. The Contracting Parties engage to employ a sufficient force to defend and protect their commerce against the piracies of the Barbary Powers. 11. Ills Majesty ' lie King of the Netherlands shall furnish, ta c; « u « .< jiMuctj a ship of the line ana six frigates; and his Catholic Majesty, a sl) ip of the line, two frigates, a brig, and sixteen gun- boats. 12. The chief command shall belong to Hie senior officer of the same rank. 13. Each Power shall bear the expence of main- taining its respective forces, and all shall be stationed in the ports of Spain, the best situated and defended, to fulfil the object of the alliance. 14. The maritime forces of the Netherlands shall be supplied, at a reasonable price, in the ports of his Catholic Majesty, with all articles of urgent necessity, as well for repairs as ammunition and provisions, on paying bills of Exchange at sight, on the Govern- ment of the Netherlands. , 15. The convoys from oiie pdrf of tlie Mediterranean to another shall be fixed at certain . periods, and the merchantmen belonging to the subjects of the Con- tracting Powers shall be equally protected and con- voyed. 16. A cruizing squadron shall be " stationed before Algiers to hinder the- Corsairs from going out, or to intercept them ou. their return. 17. Another squadron shall be stationed before Tunis in case of war. 18. Tripoli having hardly atiy maritime force; it will be easy for the abflve- meutiOiied cruising Squa- drons to keep it in check. 19. When War shall be declared against one of the Barbary Powers of Algiers, Tunis, or Tripoli, the vessels which shall fall into ihe pmwer of the cruising squadrons, shall be immediately burnt or destroyed. 20. The Powers engage to pay the value of them to the capto s, and this Sum shall be tVvided according to the existing regulations of the Power whose men of war shall have made the capture. 21. if vessels of war of different nations have made the capture, these Powers shall pay the value accord- ing to the number Of the respective crews each Power shall pay this premium to its crews. 22. The prisoners of war shall be divided in the same proportion; 28. The present Treaty shall be communicated to the Courts of Portugal, Turin, and Naples, by liis Catholic Majesty, who shall invite them to accede to it. His Majesty tiie King of the Netherlands shall make the same communication and invitation to the Courts of Petersburgh, Stockholm; ajid Copenhagen. 24, The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Madrid, in the time of six weeks, or sooner, if possible. In testimony whereof, we, the Plenipotentiaries unitersiyiieil; by virtue of our respective full powers, have signed the present Treaty, and have affixed to it the sea! of our arms. Done at Alcala de. Henares, Aug. 10, 1816. ( Signed) ( L. S.) H. DE ZAYLEN DE NYEVELT. ( L. S.) PEDRO CEVALLOS. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES., 1. His Catholic Majesty, not being acttklly in a state of War tvith the Dey of Algiers, the commander of the Spanish naval forces shall repair with the mari- time forces of the King of the Netherlands before Al- giers, and by virtue of the 4th, 5th, 8th, aud 7th Arti- cles of the Treaty of this day, shall demand from the Algerine Government reparation for the offences com mitted against both the Contracting Powers, declaring, at the same time, that the intention of the Powers is scrupulously to observe towards the Barbary Powers the laws of nations, as established in Europe. 2. If the Algerine Government refuses to listen to the voice of justice, and will not give the reparation required, the cas/ is fcenderis of the present shall be re- cognized as having taken place, and the respective forces of the Contracting Powers shall act according to the stipulations of Articles 7, 8, 9, 19, 20, and 21. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE; ROME, Sept. 20.— The Princess of Wales has gone to Venice, where she proposes to stay some time; thence she goes to Milan, and about the end of October to Como. Her Royal Highness parti- cularly visited the Library of the Vatican and the Museum. She every where astonished the dif- ferent Professors who had the honour to receive her, by her great knowledge. Her Royal High- ness has made some important acquisitions in ob- jects of antiquity. She has presented to his Holi- ness several pieces of sculpture, and some paintings she. had brought from Greece and Palestine. Among them A Vision of St. John, and A Daniel in the Lion's Den, works unknown, and of great labour. Among the presents her Royal Highness has re- ceived from his Holiness, are two tablets, iu mo- saic, one representing St. Cecilia, and the other St. Aglae, martyrs. Her suite is singularly composed: the greater number belonging to it wear the Cross of the Order of St. Sepulchre, and the decoration of the Order of Caroline, founded by the Princess herself. She is to meet her Counsel, Mr. Brougham, at Florence or Milan. His Holiness has made se- veral nominations for the Golden Spur, and con- ferred titles of Nobility upon several citizens. Se- veral English have obtained the title of Chevalier, and two have received from his Holiness the Cross of Devotion of Malta, They hope here to see this Order re- established. NAPLES, Sept. 24.— The festival of St. Januarius has been celebrated with all the accustoihed pomp. On the eve of the festival his Majesty repaired to the Cataf'Oiiibs of St. Januarius, and prayed for the people, who next clay, in their turn, prayed for him. Exclamations of Long lice the King, whom St. Januarius protects, resounded iu every quarter, The seamen celebrated a mass for the Duchess of Berri. The Americans are fast approximating towards our Court. Their squadron will soou leave our roads. It is believed that the arrangements be- tween our Court and the United Stales are on the point of being terminated. Mr. Pinckney took part in the solemnity of the 19ih, and was invited by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. MADRID, Sept. 30.— The entry of his Majesty took place on the 28th, on which day the two august Princesses, with the Infant Don Carlos Maria, were solemnly given into the care of the King, with all the requisite formalities. The mar- riage was performed on the 29th, in the church of St. Francis.— A general atfinesty is granted to the deserters who rejoin their colours. Perhaps the Royal clemency may extend also to the proscribed who are able to justify themselves. LEGHORN, Sept. 29.— The trading brig the Saint Sebastian, CaptainSollari, arrived here froth Algie 3, has brought intelligence, that on her departure the greatest activity was employed to repair the fortifi- cations, and to efface the traces of the bombardment ill the city. The Dey continued to have the heads of those of his troops cut off, whom he suspected to have betrayed him. A considerable number of victims had been already sacrificed to his ven- geance, and the executions appeared to give satis- faction to the people. The troops were employed on the fortifications, and the Dey had promised the inhabitants that their houses should be rebuilt by lite soldiers. Before the departure of the English squadron Tie issued a proclamation to his nrttiy, which was published iu the Mosch. The Dey, surrounded by his officers, having taken his station on the bastion which was most damaged, and the people being all assembled, lie addressed them as follows:—" rNo! we have not been con- quered. Our enenlies have employed against ns arms with which we are unacquainted, and which are peculiar to themselves. They seduced cowards by their premises and their gold. But what African could be desirous of riches but those acquired by his own courage? We have signed the Treaty ot Peace, but we have signed it with glory; aud if our enemies celebrate llie event, on the ground of having conquered us, let lis celebrate it in our turn, because they have suffered more from our valour. Soldiers, and you people of heroes, never forget yoUr ancestors, who live in yotlr memories, arid will be honoured by tile people of other countries. These people cease with their deaths to exist; you die, indeed, for a moment, but your glory lives for ever. Rewards shall be given, nol to your valour, for it is your native virtue, jjtlt to those who have most suffered by the bombardment."— This speec' was delivered while the English fleet was still in Sight, and was followed by enthusiastic shouts of apj-!> use. The Dey superintends this repairing of the iortifi- catioliSi, and encourages tlie workmen. REGGIO, Sept. 25.— The armed force of our town, after much seeking and running over the surrounding country', has succeeded in discovering the retreat of Fradiavoletto, a brigand, who, al- though j'oanger than the famous Fradiovolo, yields nothing to him ill point of crimes and audacity.— This monster, during the first troubles of the Cala- bli'as, made his first exploits under Fradiovolo, as he was decorated with tile title of Servant of the Royal Cause, servfed under the English, commanded a corps of miserable wretches without object, and brigands by profession, aisd concealed himself ft long time from tlie searches of Government, which several times set a price on his head. Since the last Revolution, which Has replaced the legitimate King on the throne, Fradiavoletto, disappointed iu his views, atld being Unable to submit to the laws and good order, had sought an asylum in the moun- tains ; thence he iriade incursions ou the roads and into the country, robbing individuals, arid carrying away the plate of the churches. At last, this enemy of society has been arrested ; and his death has offered a new proof of the baseness of his cha- racter; The confessor who assisted hini, two keepers;, and a recorder who read to him his sen- tence, suddenly died by his side. It was observed that he had opetied a box in which there was to- bacco; that box, with a double bottom, contained a very- subtile poison ; and it appeared that Fradia- voletto made Use of it upon his attendants. They died in consequence of an hemorrhage from the nose and from the mouth, accompanied with violent convulsions. The stomach was covered with livid spots, as malignant fever. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 28.— General Lalle- mand had scarcely left this city, in company with an officer of the name of Vintemelle, who form » rly served iu Bonaparte's army, when Savary, vvho had received peremptory orders to depart, immediately left. He has embarked on board an American ship for Salem. It is remarkable, that the sending away of those two Frenchmen was effected by a Firman of the Sultan, in which it is farther an- nounced, that his Sublime Highness will not in future allow any oue of the adherents of the de- posed Emperor to abide in the Turkish dominions; BRUSSELS, Oct. 9.— The corps of the Army of Occupation rival each other in discipline. A Russian soldier, who lately committed a great crinie against a French citizen, has been shot on the spot where the crime was perpetrated. The Prefect { jf the department oS the North has been several times at Valenciennes, ire- order to concert measures with the British Commander, for preventing complaints which may arise from the difference of language. Every thing is done to lessen, as much as possible, the burden of the inhabitants, who consider still the occupation of the country by foreign troops as an humiliation. PETERSBERG, Sept. 18.— The time of the Em peror's stay at Moscow was a series of delightful fetes for the ihhabitants. His Majesty viewed all the public establishments, and issued many beneftcial ordinances. On the26th the Emperor honoured with his presence a grand ball given by the merchants of Moscow. The Emperor danced with the most distinguished ladies, and the wives of the prim ipal citizens. The number of guests was above 4500. It would take a volume to describe all the festivities that took place at Moscow while the Emperor was there. On the 31st of August his Majesty went to Tula, to proceed from that place, to Kiew. FROM THE MAINE, Oct. 3.— The King of Wir- temburg has purchased for his menagerie a rhino- ceros, for which he has given 18,000 florins. Father G. a Jesuit, expresses himself as follows, respecting the treasures of art, & c. which have been brought back from Paris to the Monastery of St. Peter, at Erfurt:—" Among the relicts are many highly valuable, which may be regarded as diamonds of the purest water; as, for example, nine of the skulls of the 11,000 virgins, a piece ol a gown of the Virgin Maty, the tuning hammer be- longing to David's harp, and many other similar treasures, iu comparison of which the French con* tributions appeal as no? hing." THE COLCHESTER GAZETTE, LONDON. The Dutch papers state, that a message had Been gent by the King of the Netherlands to the States General, with copies of the Treaty of Alliance con- cluded with Spain, and of the Treaty of Peace with Algiers. The former Treaty is one of mutual de- fence against the Barbary Pirates; and by the Treaty with Algiers, the Dutch are to enjoy all the advantages which the English possess in their intercourse, commercial and diplomatic, with these barbarians. H'is Majesty has ordered public thanksgivings in all the churches on Sunday, the 20th inst. ( for the Jews on Saturday, the 19th), on account of the victory at Algiers, the consequent release of the Dutch slaves, and the conclusion of peace.— These papers contain a copy of the Treaty of defensive alliance between Spain and the Nether- lands against the Barbary Powers, as inserted in our first page. It seems that this is intended as the basis of a more extensive confederacy for the same purpose ; for it is agreed by the 23d Article, that the Courts of Portugal, Turin, and Naples, as well as those of St. Petersburgh, Stockholm, aud Copenhagen, are to be invited to accede to it.— It is a little Extraordinary that the greatest mari- time Power in Europe should not have been thought of as a desirable Ally in this confederacy ; and still wore remarkable, that all the objects of the con- federacy, and much more, should have been ob- tained by the active exertions of that very Power, while the Treaty was negociating. A proclamation by Governor Farquhar, dated Mauritius, May 18, prohibits the importation into that colony of any goods, wares, or merchandize, lather than such as shall be exported from same port of Great Britain or Ireland, in British- built ships, navigated according to law. It appears, by accounts from Fiance, that two vessels from Bour- deaux arrived at the Isle of France 25th May, a week after the date of the proclamation ; and, ac- cording to advices from the Isle of Bourbon, the prohibition had beeil suspended for one month. The Ex- King of Sweden, who occupies an apart- ment in a furnished hotel at Hanao, lives a very retired life. It is supposed he is occupied in literary employment. Advices from the Continent concur in giving a more favourable report of the state of the markets for the principal articles of colonial produce, and some improvement in the demand for British ma- nufactures. It is now said from Berlin, that the new Prussian Constitution is positively to be carried into effect on the 1st of January next. It is asserted in an article from Naples, that the negociations between the American Minister Mr. Pinckne. y and the Neapolitan Government have assumed a new character, and that the demands of the former have been softened down to reasonable proposals. The reduced state of trade has excited a jealousy and discontent in Paris, similar to that produced by the Bazaars in this metropolis. The shop- keepers of that city, to the amount of 800, have presented a Memorial to the Prefect of Police, complaining of the great injury which they sustain from the moveable stalls in the streets, in which the very articles they deal in are sold at their doors, and their business is thus intercepted by these fugacious trades- people. A Swiss merchant, of the name of Lieb, has ob- tained from the Emperor Alexander authority to establish at Jamburg, in Esthonia, a manufactory of muslins, a cotton- spinnery, and a school of rural economy, on the plan of that of M. de Fellenberg. He will bring from Switzerland artists and work- people of both sexes to the number of 500. He also intends to introduce into Esthonia the use of all the machines which are employed in Switzer- land, and to educate, at the expeuce of the State, workmen capable of using them. The Government has given him large buildings, forests, and arable lauds. The infant son of the Count de Blacas, French Ambassador, was baptized at Rome on the Kith ult. The Cardinal Gonsalvi, who stood proxy for the Pope as godfather, after the ceremony, put round the neck of the infant a collar of lapis- lazuli, to which was attached a medal, set in brilliants, and - enclosing a relique of the real cross. One of the Paris Papers acknowledges, that " the Journal of Piedmont, contradicts formally the pretended letters from Genoa, inserted in a French Paper, according to which the success over the Algerines was the effect of treason. The offi- cial account proves, that treason could have no influence upon the issue of the battle, and that the losses on each side shew that both fought fairly and bravely. It is equally false that the Algerines have made fresh descents upon Sardinia. His Sar- dinian Majesty's subjects are respected by the Alge- rine cruizer. Aiv Officer who was in the action at Algiers states, that the enemy were not very nice in their use of missiles. Broken glass, old nails, spikes, and other articles of a similar nature, were fired in profusion, and did no little mischief. The number of the enemy's guns amounted to 1001, of different calibres, one of them with seven bores on the Mole gateway, while that of the attacking squadron, exclusive of six Dutch frigates, four bombs, and 4 five gun- boats, were only 702. By enquiries as to the amount of loss on the part of the Algerines, ft appeared, that iu killed only, 5000 Janissaries, and front 5 to (> 000 Arabs fell, besides women and children- A shell thrown from one of the bombs burst in a house, where nine children were assem- bled, and unhappily kitted the whole; and there • was scarcely a house in the city but what had suffered more or less injury from the bombardment. An interesting event occurred on the beach, while the Treaty with the Dey was pending. Mr. Ait- cheson, a marine artillery officer, happening to meet a Frenchman, who had been in captivity for fifteen years, asked him if he would like to return to France in the French ship which lay in the bay. He indignantly replied, that he felt ashamed of his country, but would go any where with the brave English, who had so kindly liberated him. Only twenty- four hours before the Dey returned for answer that he would comply with any terms, and signed the Treaty accordingly, he told his principal officers, that he would have the English to white- wash his walls in less than half an hour after the commencement of the action. • — His Majesty's store- ship Abundance, Mr. Josiah Oake, Commander, which conveyed the works of Art restored by the Allies to the Pope, from Ant- werp to Civ. ta Vecchia, arrived from thence at Portsmouth on Sunday Week, bringing some fine specimens of Marble Statuary, presents from the Pope to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. She has brought altogether sixty large r.^ es. The Gazette of Tuesday announces, that—" It is ordered by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent in Council, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, that the Parliament, which stands pro- rogued to Monday, the 4th day of November next, be farther prorogued to Thursday, thg 2d day of • January next." . r Accounts have been received of the arrival of the Alceste, with Lord Amherst on board, at Java, with the ship General Hewitt. They were ex- pected to proceed immediately on their voyage to China. By accounts from Gibraltar, it appears that the circumstances respecting the Lady Warren* the British ship we lately mentioned to have been captured from Buenos Ayres, and carried into Cadiz, have undergone some form of investigation. The detention of this vessel has been pronounced warranted, the ship given up on paying expeuces, but the cargo totally condemned. The two Spanish merchants found on board remain in prison.— Several other British vessels were also expected soon after from Buenos Ayres, at Gibraltar, when possibly the Spaniards will extend their captures. The Trinity- House Corporation have determined to place the widows of the seamen killed at Algiers, and such of the wounded seamen as may become disabled from doing their duty, upon their list of pensioners, to receive the usual monthly. allowance made by that Board. > Madras Gazettes to the end of May have been received. The liberality and patriotism of our countrymen fn the East Indies have been happily ' exemplified by the subscription to the Waterloo fund, which promises to realise an aggregate sum of 50,0001.— One of those predatory excursions so common in the East had recently occurred, and excited attention on the part of the Government. A very numerous body of banditti had burst from the Pargunnah of Bhogroy, and made an hostile irruption into Mydnapore, for the purpose of plunder and devastation. Troops were instantly dispatched to check their progress, and several parties of theni were either cut off or seized. The several bomb vessels under Lord Exmouth at Algiers are arrived at Deptford to be paid off. Captain Moorsom, of the Fury, and Capt. Popham of the Hecla, are appointed to command the Brito- mart and Cordelia sloops of war. Captain Kemp- thorne, of the Belzebub, is made Post Captain. The following reductions and retrenchments are spoken of as about to take place :— The Senior Department of the Military College to be done away ; the 5001. per annum table- money made to the Governor to be discontinued ; all second Majors of Battalions to be reduced, except those serving in India and at the Cape of Good Hope ; all Staff appointments to be made from the half- pay ; Ge- neral Officers, who are Governors of Islands or Co'onies, not to draw any Staff Allowances; the allowance of 21. per day hitherto made to the Officer at the head of the Quarter Master General's De- partment in the West Indies, in the name of Wast- ing in Fuel, to be discontinued. It is said that the son of Mungo Park, the tra- veller, who resides in the neighbourhood of Edin- burgh, a tine youth of about fourteen years of age, is preparing ( a second Telemachus!) to go abroad iu search of his father, whom he still believes to be alive. The tide of emigration has turned, and numbers of our countrymen, with many families of distinc- tion, daily arrive from the Continent, seeking that comfort in their native homes, which France, with all it meretricious ornaments, could not afford them. Accounts from the opposite coast of France state, that a very few days ago Boulogne was for two days without bread, and but last week Calais was for two days in the same lamentable state. The former place has since obtained a supply, and the latter was actually obliged to resort to it for assist- ance. A Paris paper of Friday gives the following account of a murder. The name of the lady is suppressed :—" Countess de ***, on her way from the Netherlands to Paris, was murdered on the public road by the conductor of the diligence. He undressed his victim, and threw her into the river. Informed by the telegraph of this atrocious act, the Police took measures accordingly. Gosselet, the conductor, was arrested at his arrival in St. Martin- street; and cut his throat with a razor. He was transferred to the Hotel Dieu. The diligence in which the crime was committed was this morning in the Court of the Prefecture of Police." R. Lyster, Esq. M. P. of Rowton Castle, Shrop- shire, who, with his family, has resided some time on the Continent, very narrowly escaped assassina- tion lately. In crossing the Simplon, part of the Alps, with his family, on their way to Genoa, the carriage was attacked by a gang of banditti, who plundered them of almost every article, even the seats of the carriage. While the robbers were en- gaged in their plunder, Mr. Lyster, seeing another carriage at a distance behind, directed the courier which accompanied him to gallop off and forewarn the party; but no sooner had the man departed than he was fired at, and wounded by ten or twelve bullets. The Marchioness of Beresford had been plundered by the same gang, just before Mr. Lys- ter's family arrived at the spot. THE RACE HORSE AND GREYHOUND.-.— Various have been the opinions upon the difference of speed between a well- bred greyhound and a blood horse of some celebrity, if opposed to each other for a mile, or for a greater or shorter distance. It has been stated by the best and most experienced judges, that, upon a flat, a horse of this description would be superior to the greyhound, for either an extended or contracted distance; but that in a hilly country the greyhound would have an evident ad- vantage. Wishes had been frequently indulged by different, branches of the sporting world, that some criterion could be adopted by which the superiority iu speed could be fairly ascertained; when, after a variety of suggestions and propositions from one quarter to another without success, the following circumstance accidentally took place, affording some rays of information upon what was previously considered a matter of great uncertainty. In the month of December, 1800, a match was to have been run over our course for 100 guineas, but one of the horses having been drawn, a mare started alone, that by running the ground she might ensure the wager; when having run about one mile in the four, she was accompanied by a greyhound bitch, who joined her from the side of the course, and emulatively entering into the competition, conti- nued to race with the mare for the other three miles, keeping nearly head and head, affording an excellent treat to the field by the energetic exer- tions of each. At passing the distance post, five to four was betted in favour of the greyhound; when parallel with the stand it was even betting, and any person might have taken his choice from five to teh; the mare, however, had the advantage by a head at the determination.— Doncastcr Paper. The recent extraordinary, though not unprece- dented weather ( as its parallel occurred in 1799), has nearly destroyed all hopes of a favourable ter- mination of the harvest, particularly towards the northern and eastern coasts. From the immense quantity of rain which has fallen, and especially on Monday last* throughout the whole of that day and night, and part of the following, all the meadows and low lands have been laid under water, and the ivers so much swollen, that apprehensions were entertained for the safety of several mills and bridges, from the height of the water and rapidity of the currents. The bridge erected about four years agu, at Gressenhall, near Dereham has unfor- tunately been blown up. In many places the roads were rendered impassable; but the waters have since in some measure subsided. Between Trowse and Thorpe, and even from the Foundery Bridge down to the Wood's End, the waters were so high, that several persons sailed and rowed their boats over the meadows on each side of the river.— During the continuance of these heavy rains the mercury in the barometer rose to " fair," and the thermometer was above " summer heat." Thurs- day proved a fine day; but yesterday morning we had some rain again, and the day was close and dull.—( Berwick Paper.) On the subject of the uncertainty, of the seasons, the excellent Paley, in his chapter " On the Good- ness of the Deity," makes the following reflections, which may afford some consolation at the present moment:—" The seasons are a mixture of regu- larity and chance. They are regular enough to authorize expectation, whilst their being, in a con- siderable degree, irregular, induces, on the part of the cultivators of the soil, a necessity for personal attendance, for activity, vigilance, and precaution. It is this necessity which created farmers; which divides the profit, of the soil between the owner and the occupier; which, by requiring expedients, by increasing employment, and by rewarding ex- penditure, promotes agricultural arts, and agricul- tural life, of all modes of life the best, being the most conducive to health, to virtue, to enjoyment. I believe it to be found in fact, that where the soil is the most fruitful, aud the seasons the most con- stant, there the condition of the cultivators of the earth is the most depressed. Uncertainty, there- fore, has its use, even to those who sometimes complain of it the most. Seasons of scarcity themselves, are not without their advantages. They call forth new exertions; they set contrivance and ingenuity at work; they give birth to improve- ments in agriculture aud economy ; they promote the investigation and management of public re- sources."— Natural Theology, c. 26. p. 563. On Sunday evening, during the temporary ab- sence of the servauts, the family not be^ ng in town, a gentleman's house in Judd- street, Brunswick- square, was entered by means of picklock- keys, and every drawer, trunk, and cupboard in the house broken opeu and robbed. ' Ihe loss in plate, trinkets, wearing apparel, and other articles, ex- ceeds six hundred pounds. An advertisement in a French paper carries sentiment nearly as far as we think it can well go. A lady who has lost a dog, announces, that she will give two hundred francs to any one who brings it back to her; for though the dog is very ugly, she loves it dearly. At the London Sessions, on Wednesday, Ben- jamin Armstrong and Henry Ginn, two young men of infamous characters, were found guilty of at- tempting to pick the pockets of a gentleman in Fleet- street.— It will be recollected by our readers, that these two prisoners were apprehended by the present worthy Lord Mayor, who, suspecting their intentions, followed them from Leadenhall- street, to Mr. Waithman's shop, Fleet- street, where, he saw them attempting to pick a gentleman's pocket, who unfortunately was inebriated; and his lord ship with his usual prompt attention to his duty, seized them. No officer happened to be near, and his Lordship consequently took the trouble of ap- prehending them. As, however, they have been ilosely imprisoned since, the Court discharged them, after a suitable admonition from the Re- corder, and from his Lordship, who assured them they might depend on his giving the officers of justice a particular description of their persons; and that if ever they were found in a similar offence, they should be punished with the utmost rigour. An inquisition was taken on Wednesday, at the Bull's Head, Aylesbury- street, Clerkenwell- green, upon the body of James Mettam, No. 9, Bishop's- court, in the same street, before Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner.— Esther Hayes, wife of Peter Hayes, of No. 9, Bishop's- court, said, that the deceased lived in her house. On Sunday night, about half past eight o'clock, she went upstairs to enquire if he wanted any porter; she knocked at the door several times, but receiving no answer, she opened the door and* went into the room, and saw the de- ceased hanging in a corner of it to a brass hook, SPOTS ON THE SUN.— The opaque bodies which for some days have passed before the disk of the sun, were in greater number than the preceding week. The day before yesterday twenty- six were distinguished, of which five were very apparent Yesterday there were only fourteen, and to- day there remain only three, which are of a remarkable size. From the following consideration, it may be supposed, that the passage of these opaque bodies or, if it is preferred, of these enormous fragments is on the eve of terminating. During a month it had been constantly remarked, that the principal assemblages of spots, which followed each other every three days, never reached the centre of the disk while moving from the left to the right, with out the appearance of a new assemblage on the left of the circumference, which progressively spread out and advanced slowly, as inough to iaKe the place of that in the centre. Yesterday and this morning we might have expected to see new spots appearing on the left of the sun's disk, if the course pursued for a whole month had not been interrupted. But, on the contrary, no new body has been dis- covered on the left of the circumference, and the old ones continue to retire on the opposite side.— ( Gazette de France, Oct. 10.) NEW LAW RELATIVE TO PARISH APPREN- TICES.— From and alter the 1st of October, 1816, before any child be bound apprentice by the Over- seers of the Poor of any Parish, such child shall be carried before two Justices of the Peace in the coanty, who shall inquire into the propriety of bind- ing such child to the person or persons to whom it shall be proposed by such Overseers to biud such child ; and if such Justices shall, upon examination, think it proper that such child should be bound to such person or persons, such Justices shall make an order, which order shall be delivered to such Over- seer. No settlement shall be gained by any child by reason of such apprenticeship, unless such order shall have been made. In case any Overseer shall bind any parish apprentice, without such order having been first obtained, the said Overseer aiid the said person shall each respectively forfeit the sum of ten pounds. No child shall be bound a parish apprentice until such child shall have at- tained the age of nine years. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.— On Saturday se'n- night a young man ascended the lofty steeple of St. Nicholas Church, Bristol, for the purpose of taking down the weather- cock, to repair its defects. The simplicity of the scaffolding which he made use of excited universal admiration. It consisted of two poles, carried out from two of the apertures about midway up the steeple, across which two planks were laid, and from thence he ascended by a ladder, confined to the steeple by spiral ropes. The most perilous part of the performance was a leap which he was actually obliged to make from the top of the ladder, to catch hold of the iron cross. Had he failed!— But the idea is too horrible for contemplation. He succeeded, however, and then seated himself astride, took oft'the cock, which he waved over his head in triumph two or three times, and then descended with his prize. CHILD- STEALING.— A child about four years old, the daughter of Mr. Wadkin, a gentleman re siding at Walworth, was, ou Monday afternoon, enticed away from the servant- maid, who was walk- ing with it, and an infant in her arms, in Kenning- ton- lane. The miscreant who perpetrated this atrocious act was a middle- aged woman, of respect- able appearance, who addressed the girl, and said, she had nursed the child, when an infant, at the breast. She pretended extreme fondness for the child, and desired the servant to stop whilst she took it into a shop and bought it some fruit; the girl imprudently consented- to do so; the woman accordingly took the child into a shop, and after- wards watched her opportunity to quit it again un- perceived: in doing this, she was aided by a man coming up and entering into conversation with the servant. The unfortunate little infant was found about three hours afterwards wandering, almost naked, in Walcol- place. Mr. Wadkin gave imme- diate information to the Police, and part of the child sanparel was discovered at a pawnbroker's in the neighbourhood, where it had been pledged for ten shillings ; and it was hoped this circumstance would lead | o a discovery of the offender'. ' with a very thin rope tied round his neck ; said the deceased had lodged in her house about a month, she had only been acquainted with him from- that time; he had been in a low desponding state of mind ever since he had taken the lodgings, and fre- quently behaved in such a manner that she had been terrified at going into the room; the deceased had been in a very respectable way, but lately his cir- cumstances were very much reduced. Verdict— Hung himself; not being compos mentis at the time. On Wednesday Mr. W. J. Farmer, a respectable inhabitant of the parish of Limehouse, was brought to Bow- street in the custody of Pearkes, and under- went a long examination before Mr. Birnie, charged with having, in t| ie capacity of Collector of the Property and Income Tax for the parish of Lime- house, uttered false stamps to the receipts which he gave for the same, whereby he feloniously de- frauded his Majesty of the duty.— James Syer, of Limehouse- hole, attended, and produced a receipt given him by the prisoner to him for the landlord's property duty. It was dated the 9th of December, 1812, and upon a close examination of it, the stamp to the receipt was discovered not to be a part of the paper on whith the receipt was printed, but was pasted to itonthebottoinof the righthand side. The stamp was good, but there was no doubt that it had been cut or torn off other paper, after it had been used for other purposes.— The prisoner was com- mitted for further examination, when it is expected other charges of a similar nature will be brought against him. The prosecution is . taken up by the Commissioners of the Stamp Office. hope, from the abundance which appears to surround us, t! ir> t no such failure exists a « to justify the appre* " hensions which have been expressed. In the first instance, let us suppose them, unfortunately, well* founded. What are the resources we have to look to> It is proved bv the contiiiental. reports, that whole dis- tricts have been inundated that during the last sprili<* a great want of corn wa » felt in France, Portugal, and' Spain; and that Holland, aud the greater part of Germany, were supplied from the granaries of the ' North, to such an extent, that the stork at Dantzic was not a tenth of its usual quantity. Whence, then, is our deficiency to be supplied ? Not from the new grain, as that is never in a state for shipment, for so distant a voyage as from the Baltic, duriug the autumn of its growth; and before it is sufficiently dry for such removal, the navigation is closed. We have, therefore, but little to depend on but the supply in hand, the quantity of foreign corn warehoused, or such part of' the small stock of old wheat in the North which, before the winter, can be conveyed. The first, we know is trifling ; the second, however nominally large, can be but comparatively small; aud the whole cannot make up for the falling off of a tenth, modi less a fourth, as is conjectured, of our annual growl h. In this state of things, every precaution becomes essential: diminished consumption, and the prohibi- tion of every use of grain, but for the Articles of food. With this View* it is stated, that distillation from com' has been already stctpped in Ireland. Thus the question stands under the proof that our • crops have failed 5 but let us consider the other sup- .<• position— that there is an average sufficiency, but the grain- ill a wet and pulpy stale, and, generally speak- ing, unfit for consumption, unless by some process it be dried. In that case, the arrival of foreign corn, and the liberation of the quantity warehoused, al- though inadequate for our relief, iu the eveirt of a great scarcity, would," while these supplies lasted, > completely exclude, or greatly depreciate in value, our own injured growth. The needy farmer, who is com- pelled to sell for the immediate necessities of taxes • tythe, and rent, would be obliged to meet Ihe foreign competitor, at whatever . loss; aud numbers inore of that class, which the preceding year lias ruiued, would be involved in the same distress. On wftich-. ever side we turn we are beset with difficulties which we caniiot remove; but we are fully impressed with this necessity, that whatever the call for importation, and whatever our wants, our own growth, however inferior, should be continued in demand at a fair re- munerating average. Ilow this is to be effected, we have not the confidence to suggest— whether by the p: otection of the Government or tile people; but of this we are convinced, it is a consideration which involves the interest of not only the grower but the consumer. We cannot but wish, during the wretchcd state of ourmarkets last year, the possibility ofthe present had been anticipated; and that Government, the guardians of our security, had taken from the hands of wealthy speculators the surplus supply of that time. An in- creased price would have prevented a wasteful expen- diture, would have precluded exportation, augmented the growth, and guarded, as far as human foresight and wisdom can exteud, against the calamity of a » unfavourable season. Many, many of the industrious would have beeu iu their humble occupations; dis- tress would have been arrested iu its. progress; con- fidence would have been restored; and the public, who had paid a little more for their bread io Ihe hour of plenty, would be now treb. y recompensed, by having that surplus relyrued to the market, to coun- teract a daily increasing price, or perhaps avert or lessen the greatest of all evi: s to which, by possibility, a nation can be exposed. THE COLCHESTER GAZETTE. If we did not know how difficult it is to derive from public clamour the precise limits of any subject wlrich gives it birth, we should feel ourselves called on to echo the dismal tidings which many of our con temporaries forbode relative to the harvest, that 1 general caution may prevail before that period of the year arrives, w hen the pressure of such a calamity as a scarcity of corn will be most severely felt; but from the experience of former times, we do not con- sider the appearance of a market only as demonstra- tive either of positive abundance or want. Alt article unnecessarily depressed in price, always, in regaining its fair value, passes far beyond it;, and till the rage for buying, which always accompanies an improving market, has so subsided as to leave only the real con- sumers the purchasers, 110 criteriou can be formed of what will be the average price of wheat. As, how- ever, many of the papers speak of an injured crop, which will render it expedient to resort to importa- tion, and even go so far as to express doubts whether the deficiency can be supplied, it would be a dere- liction of our duty if we did not present our various gleanings 0,1 that subject for the iuformatiou of our readers. The first ground of fear arises from the late de- pressed stale of agriculture, by which a less breadth has beeu planted, and that, by being more slovenly cultivated, less productive, iiideiiendent of the con- sideration of the season which has prevailed. This evil cannot be too much regretted; it is but the com- mencement of an il) which, if not counteracted, must in its course entail inevitable ruin on both person and State; and it becomes now not the speculative opi nion of interested farmers, but the united judgment of every impartial observer, that the plough must pros- per, that is, repay for the labour and expences it requires, or the community must starve. We are not, we never were, the advocate for euormous prices on the necessities of life; but no price can be deemed enormous, however large, which but barely pays the imposts imposed on culture, and the bare maintenance of those who superintend the toil; and it rests solely with the Legislature to fix the maximum of bread, in common seasons, by such abatements on lands, in the shape of taxes, tithes, and parochial rates, as will ac- complish the reduction in grain which they wish.— We can not suppose, although no doubt some land has been neglected, that any considerable falling off in quantity cau have arisen by the mistaken policy of two unfortunate years; and we therefore view the deficiency from this source as too trifling to have created any alarm for the year's supply. We are, therefore, led to notice, as the second cause of the present increased price, the unfavourable season. The accounts from the north of England, and par- ticularly from Ireland, represent the crops as exposed to the weather, but very little carted, and that in a very pulpy state, and unfit, without the process or drying, for consumption. It is further urged, that the corn, if it should be secured, is extremely deficient in sustenance, from the want of tlie genial warmth of the sun, and th't, on the whole, an alarming scarcity must prevail. It is true, that, by the state of this part of England, where the harvest is considerably forwarder than in the northern counties, we are unable to determine the i'eueril'. ulk of the present crop-, Isat- We Cannot bat Much mystery still hangs over the proceedings of the Buenos Ayres Government as to their rela- tions with the Portuguese. A constant inteicouise is kept up between them ; and there are those it » the river Plate who tliiuk that the Portuguese are in a fair way to gain their object by negociation, withoutthe risk of an experiment of tor'ce of arms. Letters from Nassau, New Providence, state, that 110 less than fourteen sail of pirates, well ariiicd and manned, are cruizing iu^ the Gulph of Florida, and capture, destroy,' or plunder every merchant- man coming through the Gulph, either from Jamaica or the Spanish colonies. The Prince of Hohenlohe has been deprived by the King of Wirtemberg of alibis places, for haviu£ introduced a deputation ofthe citizens ofStutgaidt into the ball where the States hold their sittings, and for having permitted the Orator of the Deputa- tion to pronounce a discourse. We lament to learn, that the horrible prarlice. of frame- breaking in the Nottingham district is now reduced to a regular system, and carried into effect, as if there existed no authority in tlifj country suf- ficient to protect the persons and property of the subject, or tp punish the' ruffians who perpetrate the wanton and abominable outrages which mark its progress and execution. The commitee of mis- creants who conduct this savage warfare against the best aud- most useful improvements of society, exercise va power paramount to that of the Stale. We have a fresh instance of the de* tn; c> ive ma- lignity of this committee, and the prompt devotion of its agents and instruments in the execution 01 its orders. On Saturday night last it ordered one hundred men to enter the village of Limbley, about six miles from Nottingham, and destroy thirty- six frames belonging to two persons iu partnership, for having made use of expressions which this committee deemed . improper. These men took military possessiou of the village, and iu the couise. of a very short tim « effected the destruction they were sent on. The inhabitants were leit at ihe complete mercy of these ruffians without any pro- tection from the Magistrates or the military, ' i he interference of Government becomes indispensably requisite, and we trust that immediate measures will be taken by the Home Department for the. protection of the people of the Nottingham district, and the punishment of the banditti that harass aud ruin them. SUICIDE.— A most dreadful and determined act of suicide was committed between eight and nine o'clock on Thursday morning, by a man of the name of Park, an Excise officer, lodging in the fiist floor of a house in Sidney- street, Somers' Town.— He and his wife happened to quarrel whilst sitling at breakfast, on which he took up a knife that lay- on the table, and drew it across his throat. His wife forced the knife out of his hand, when he became so desperately outrageous that he attempted her life, but she fortunately effected her escape out ofthe room, leaving him with his throat cut, and covered with blood. He then took down a clothes line, with which he attempted to hang himself from the tester of his bed, which broke down. • Shortly after the report of a pistol was heard, and on the inmates going up stairs to his apartment, he » iis discovered lying oti his back quite dead, and the • pistol near him-, having discharged it info | i; » mouth, and which had blown his skull to pieces, it appeared, that having no proper flint, he had with a hammer broke the flint which was in the tinder- box to pieces, one piece of which he con- trived to fit to the pistol. 1 Eaton has undertaken to walk 2000 miles in 2000 half- hours. The stakes of 5001. upon llie performance were made good on Monday, I nn< i pre « ' tkst • ell. to i ^ is- JLLJF » » d : of ( lie ' tzic ( en, iew . r so nm . ach jre, ' the lot ch, we illy pie icli th » IK'S bi- nd, > tn' Rir ' jp- t lie ifc- s it . ir « . al- f a ed,' jur mi- les,' | gn . of iedr eh. ich • itli at i, ver re- v. e the1 I of icli the i of 13d in* thy 111- en- tcd Sht a if pus 1) 3- tic, ) ur P* lu- or ty » igs la- •- sii ill ue 111, Vs. If, Mi fir, if" ca Idt ; s, u- of IW K if- 16 te • k s- st y* e. t- m ts ie it ix b, The brewers gave notice generally On Tuesday to the publicans of the metropolis of an intended rise in the price of porter of 5s. a barrel, which, • will produce an increase of one halfpenny in the pot— from 4' 5d. to 5d. The reason given in the circular letter is the great rise in the price of malt and hops. BARNET, THE PEDESTRIAN— Wednesday, at twenty minutes after one o'clock, this celebrated pedestrian concluded his arduous undertaking, of walking 1,500 miles in thirty- two days. From his great age ( seventy- two years), his apparent debility, and the unfavourable state of the weather for some time after the commencement of his task, it was thought he would never be able to accomplish it.— He has, however, disappointed many who betted against him, by the apparent ease with which he concluded it. For the last five or six miles he was accompanied by a large concourse of persons, male and female, on horseback and on foot, who were anxious to be witnesses of his pedestrian power. At the end of the last mile he, was received with shouts of applause by his friends at the Mitre, and after he had refreshed himself they seated him in a triumphal car, ( an old arm- chair,) and bore him in grand procession through Lower and Upper Toot- ing, the village musicians, two fiddlers, and a tam- bourine player, accompanying him in his progress with the very appropriate air—" See the conquer- ing hero comes." Wilson, the Black heath Pedestrian, has under- taken the Herculean task of walking 1000 miles in eighteen successive days ( Sundays excepted), or about fifty- five miles and a half each day. He has commenced walking in a garden on the Anlaby road, near Hull. It is strongly reported, but We trust without foundation, that West's Equestrian Troop, who have been for some time performing in the West of England, and recently embarked at Bristol for Cork, has been wrecked at sea, and the whole of the company drowned, with the exception of one of the riders, of the name of Wool ford, and his son, a youth. POETICAL GENIUS. Poeta nascitur non fit, ' twas said, When poets wrote to gain applause— not bread; But when we sec each poetaster rise, Whom penury, not nature, hath made wise, T' invert the adage surely would he best, And say— Non nascitur sed factus est. London, Oct. 16,1816. SEMAJ. ' » is k se V te >- te It r- 8 > e id ct le le st > g > y is te d it id : s tn ! y ie is ie ia s. d LQ u. n e BANKRUPTS. James Britton, William Hunton, John Hunton, and George Hunton, Borrow by, York, linen- manufacturers, Oct 31, Nov. 14, 23, at the Sessions House, Leeds. At- tornies, Messrs. Morton and Williamson, Gray's lnn- square, London. , John Garnett, late of Oldham, Lancaster, machine- maker, Oct. 31, Nov. 2, 23, at the Dog Tavern, Manches- ter. Attornies,- Mr Smith, Manchester; and Messrs. Hurd, Shaw, and Johnson, Temple, London. Thomas Badham, Bristol, engine- maker, Oct. 24, 25, Nov. 23, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Attornies, Messrs Hurd, Shaw, and Johnson, King's Bench- walks, Temple, London. John French Burke, Sloane- street, Chelsea, merchant, Oct. 22, 26, Nov. 23, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Alliston, Hundleby, and Poynter, Freeman's- court, Corn- hill. Peter Berthon, George Koster, and Thomas Harrison, Cross- street, Finsbury- square, merchants, Oct. 19, 26, Nov.. 23, at Guildhall Attornies, Messrs. Dennetts, Greaves, and Baxendale, King's Arms- yard, Coleman- street - John Johnson, late of the East India Chambers, Leaden- hall- street, Loudon, merchant, Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 26, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Crowder, Lavie, and Garth, old Jury. John Stoever, Eagle- yard, Well- street, Ratcliffe- high- way, Middle ex, sugar- refiner, Oct 19, 29, Nov. 26, at Guildhall Attorney, Mr. James, Bucklersbury. James Chapman, Mansell- street, Goodman's- fields, Middlesex, merchant, Oct 19, 26, Nov. 26, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs Noy and Hardstone, Mincing- lane,. Ralph Annett, of the Fence, Northumberland, agent and banker, Nov. 11,12,26, at the White Swan Inn Aln- wick. Attornies, Mr. Selby, Alnwick; and Messrs. Burn and Swinford, John- street, America- square, London. John Barton Gerey. Sandwich, Kent, tailor, Oct. 29, 30, Nov. M, at the Bell Inn, Sandwich. Attornies, Mr Noakes, Sandwich; and Messrs. Lodington and Hall, Temple,' London. Francis West, late of Little Birchall, Stafford, lead- smelter, Oct. 26, 28, Nov 26, at the Bed Lion, Heaton Norris, Lancaster. Attornies, Mr. Baddeley, Stockport, Chester; and Messrs Milne and Parry, Temple, London. Henry Carne, late of Austin- friars, Loudon, Insurance- broker, Oct. 26, Nov 2, 26, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Wood house, King's Bench- walk, Temple. Edward Green, Dartford, Kent, linen- draper, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 26, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, Messrs. Pinkett and Son, Essex- court, Temple. Bury Fair has been very fully and fashionably attended, though, at the first ball only 136 persons were present. The second, in the evening of yes- terday se'nnight, no less than 540 persons of both sexes honoured with their Company, among whom were a considerable number of titled distinction, with most, of the respectable families of the town and more immediate vicinity. The third ball, on Monday evening, though not so numerously at- tended ( 240 being present) was little less attractive to the remaining votaries of fashion, many having taken their departure on Saturday and Sunday. At Brentwood Fair, on Tuesday, there was an unusually large supply of lean stock, and in conse- quence of the abundance of feed, many sales were effected. On Monday, in pursuance of a requisition, with forty- one respectable signatures attached, a Com- mon Hall was held at Norwich, in order to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Le- gislature for the greatest possible retrenchment of the public expenditure, and for a reform in the Commons House of Parliament. The Mayor being absent from Norwich, Mr. Sheriff Bolingbroke was called to the Chair ; and the busi- ness was opened by John Pitchford, Esq. who de- scribed the various evils the country sustained, and the distressed state into which it was plunged, to have resulted from what he considered the erroneous policy of Mr. Pitt; from whose measures, he said, the nation had been plunged into a war of unparalleled duration, fraught with the most ruinous consequences, and from which no advantage whatever had been obtained ; but, on the contrary, an enormous magnitude of debt, and an onerous burthen of taxes, had been accumu- lated, which threatened to paralize its nob est energies, and bend its former greatness to the dust. The only effectual remedy was a radical Reform in the House of Commons, aud a complete Representation of the People.— Mr. Pitchford concluded by moving a series of Resolutions, which were seconded by R. H. Gurney, Esq. William Firth, Esq. said, that though he concurred in many parts of the speech of the Gentleman who moved the Resolutions, and in some parts of the Reso- lutions, yet there were several points in which he differed from them. He thought the present not the proper time for Parliamentary Reform, and that reform ought to begin with the people. The Resolutions were carried, without a dissentient voice. Mr. Edward Taylor moved a Petition to the House of Commons, in favour of Parliamentary Reform, and replied to some of Mr. Firth's objections. Among other facts, he stated, that Lord Bathurst received out of the public money a larger sum than it cost for the maintenance of the whole of the poor of the city of Norwich. William Smith, Esq. after the Petition was unani- mously adopted, in a very able and luminous speech declared his cordial approbation of the object of the Meeting, and his hearty concurrence in the request of his constituents. Of Parliamentary Reform he had always been a decided friend, and though he knew that, if carried, it would not have the effect of re- moving all the intolerable burthens which the people had to bear, yet it was not on that account the less necessary, in order to prevent the recurrence of similar evils. The enemies to reform were numerous and powerful, and it was only by the united and powerful support of the people that it could ever be effected. He held that Government only to be good which sought the welfare of the people; and burdened and oppressed as they were with taxes, he trusted this Meeting would be followed by others in every town and city in the kingdom. Thanks were then voted to Mr. Smith for his sup port of the great cause of Parliamentary Reform for more than thirty years, and also to the Mayor, for having convened the Meeting, and to the Chairman for his conduct in the Chair.— The Meeting was at- tended by more than SOOO persons. DIED. On the 11th inst. Mrs. Canham, of Manning tree, in her 81st year. On Wednesday, at his residence in this town, Joseph Sach, Esq. Captain and Adjutant of the East Middlesex Militia Sunday, Mrs. Mary Ann Townsend, wife of Richard Townsend, Esq. of Great Coggeshall. On Saturday, at Chelsea, the Rev. W. A. Pemberton, B. D. Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel College, and Public Registrar in the University of Cambridge. On Tuesday night, aged 83, the Rev. John Smythies, Rector of Alresford, Essex, and of Alpheton, Suffolk; and for many years one of the Magistrates tor this county. Yesterday se'nnight, in the 74th year of his age. Mr. Matthias Davey, of Wethersfield. Mill, in this county. Same day, after a short illness, truly respected, aged 77, Mr. Joseph Wailling 42 years landlord of the Bull's Head Inn, Ipswich, On Sunday se'nnight, at Grundisburgh, the Rev. John Higgs, B. D. Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Rector of Grundisburgh, Suffolk. •• Wednesday se'nnight, at his rooms in the University of Cambridge, the Rev! Edward Blomfield, M. A. Fellow and Assistant- Tutor of Emmanuel College, second son of Charles Blomfield, Esq. of Bury St. Edmund's. His death was occasioned by a fever, which attacked him immedi- ately after his landing on his native shores, from an excur- sion upon the Continent, and which gradually increased during his journey to Cambridge. The heavy rains which fell last week caused the rivers to overflow, and in many places the cross roads Were rendered extremely dangerous to persons unacquainted with them. A fatal accident nearly occurred to Mr. Harvey, a respectable farmer, of Woodham, who, on crossing the river near Sandford Mill, in his cart, at the time the floods were out, was overpowered by the current, which was run- ning very strong, and carried down some way into deep water, where his horse became quite ex- hausted from the exertion made to recover himself, and instant destruction seemed almost inevitable. Mr. Harvey not being able to swim, was incapable of releasing himself from his perilous situation, and must certainly have perished, had not imme- diate assistance been rendered him by the millers, and some men loading coals at the ' Wharf near the mill, who, on hearing his cries, instantly repaired to the spot, and were just in time to save him from a watery grave, by handing him a rail, which was with some difficulty effected, at the moment he was about to sink ; the horse, and the cart in which he was standing, having totally disappeared. The horse was lost, but the cart has been recovered. A bridge at Diss, and another between Dereham and Fakenham, have been washed down by the floods, from the heavy rains the beginning of last' week. ; On Wednesday se'nnight, about nine o'clock at night, as two persons were coining from Hellesdon in a gig, the waters being so much out that the road was not visible, they unfortunately drove into the mill- pool, and but for the personal exertions of Mr. Parkinson, at the risk of his own life, they must have perished. The horse was drowned. Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the Cranes' Inn, Edgeware, before the Coroner for Mid- dlesex, on the body of Mr. John Kilby, an eminent timber- merchant, of Caldicott- Hill, in the parish of Aldenham, Herts, who came by his death on the evening of Saturday. — It appeared that the de- ceased was in London on the morning of that day. Upon his return from town, he took some liquor at I 131ANO FORTES and HARPSICHORDS tuned, the White Lion, entering Edgeware, and was re-| Jko^ SS^'^ A ^" J^^ Kr. ^ jStiPS^- tused more at the Mason's Arms, in consequence of being inebriated. William Read, horse- keeper HARWICH, OCT. 18. ARRIVED — Packets.— Monday, Earl of Leicester, Cap- tain Hammond, Cuxhaven; Beaufoy, Captain Norris, Hel- voetsluys. SAILED — Packets.— Saturday, Thetis, Captain Stokes' Gottenburgh ; Lord Nelson, Captain I) eane, Cuxhaven ^ Lark, CaptainSherlock, Helvoetsluys— Wednesday. Auck- land, Captain Lyne, Helvoetsluys; Castlereagh, Captain Macdonough, Cuxhaven. - COLCHESTER, OCT. 18. ARRIVED.— Thyatira, Kirton; Oathwaite, Cook: Ann, Lee, Sunderland— Mayflower, Jenkins; Hope, Chitham ; Little Hermitage, Beaumont, London— Sarah and Mary, Edmonds, Newcastle— Amphytrite, Zachariasen, Long- sound. SAILED -— Catharine, Mitchell; Endeavour, Glendining; Farmer's Delight, Finch ; Benjamin and Ann, Beckwith ; William and Mary, Mordeu, Prince of Waterloo. Medway, Albridge, London. Cole COLCHESTER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1816. Professor Clarke, of Cambridge, who is engaged in a series of analytical experiments, with a newly- constructed blow- pipe, which produces a degree of heat greater than that of the most powerful gal- vanic battery, has already succeeded in the decom- position of the earths, having obtained metals from barytes and strontian, which do not become oxidated by exposure to atmospheric air. The metal of barytes is ductile, and shines like silver. A letter of the 10lh inst. from Yarmouth, says, " A very melancholy accident happened at Gorles- ton, on Tuesday last, by the upsetting of a salvage boat, in coining for the harbour, by which six out of eight persons were drowned. The boat had gone into the Roads for the purpose of looking out for ships. The wind was east, blowing a fresh gale, which occasioned a great surf on the bar and beach. They went alongside a brig. Captain Slipper, who was lying wind- bound in the Roads, and who agreed to come on shore with them, and took a boy with him. On their approaching the bar, a man on the pier considering it dangerous for them to run for the harbour at. that time, owing to the surf, waved them off; they then got the boat's head to sea, and were endeavouring to get clear of the surf, when a sea struck them and upset the beat. One man was saved near the north pier by a gentleman that happened to be near the spot, who ran into the sea and caught him; another was saved by a pilot, who got down the steps near the pier- end, and threw a rope over him. Captain Slipper, and a boy, belonging to the vessel, Robert King, Stephen King, Charles Leggett, jun. and Richard Curwood, jun. pilots, belonging to the boat, were drowned." The town of Yarmouth, in Norfolk-, is bound by charter, granted by Henry III. to send to the Sheriff of Norwich every year one hundred herrings, baked in twenty- four patties, which arc to be de- livered to the Lord of the Manor of East Carleton, who is to give a receipt for them, and then to carry them to the King, which ceremony was performed last Monday at Windsor, and delivered to the Lord in Waiting, who immediately forwarded them to the Prince Regent at Carlton- House, Thursday se'nnight an inquisition was taken at Lavenham, by John Wayman, Gent. Coroner, on view of the body of Martin- Stern, who was found dead in a wood in that parish, where he had been Butting. Verdict— Died by the Visitation of God. At the Quarter Sessions- for this borough, held on Monday last, Thomas Lewis was convicted of stealing a silver watch from the dwelling- honse of William Bloom, at the Hythe; but in considera- tion of the humane recommendation of the prose- cutor, and a written testimonial of his former good conduct, he was sentenced to the lenient punish- ment of one month's imprisonment only. Martha Fairs was indicted for stealing a pair of stockings in the shop of Mr. Marsden, hosier, it appearing in evidence that they were purloined by a little girl, nine years of age, niece to the prisoner, upon whose person they were found, and no proof being ad- duced that the prisoner was a party in the felony, by instigating the child to the art, ( her own testi- mony being inadmissible, 011 account of not under- standing the nature of the solemn obligation ( if an oath) though, as she was present at the time it was committed, there being strong reason to suspect her criminal connivance, she was of course acquitted. A fatal and melancholy accident occurred in this town, on Saturday last.— Lieut. George. M'Millan, of the Royal Navy, when riding through St; Bo- tolph's- street, on his way to Harwich, where for several years be commanded the Signal Station, by the viciousness of an unruly horse, which ran away with him, was thrown upon the curb- stone of the pavement, and his scull so dreadfully frac- tured, as to render the most skilful medical ser- vices of no avail, as he died in about nine hours alter the accident.— This young man seems to have been destined to the enmity of fortune from his cra- dle. Born and bred to the navy, ( for his father and brothers are all engaged in its service,) he made his first essay at the age of ten years, on board the Bedford, Sir Thomas Byard, as a Midshipman ; in which ship, on the ever- momorable 11th of October, off Camperdown, when only twelve years old, he lost his left leg, and had the ankle bone of his right leg shattered,— in the West Indies, under Admiral Cockburn, in the Antelope, with Sir Sidney Smith, and 011 various other stations, he was ever foremost in the hour of danger, He was on board the lead- ing frigate, the Santa Margaretta, on the look- out, which was so instrumental in the conquest and capture of four French sail of the line, off Brest, under Sir Richard Strachan.— He was Shipwrecked in La Nymph, at the lime the Pallas was lost off the coast of Scotland, and his right thumb blown off in a contest with the Danish gun- brigs in the Baltic, while on board the Egeria. In short, from his debut to the time of his taking the Signal Station, at Harwich, his services were active and honour able; and, with his amiable and cheerful temper, procured him the affection of his friends and mess- mates, and the most honourable written testimonials of his professional merit.— The prompt and very handsome attendance rendered at his funeral, which took place on Wednesday, in the Priory of St. Botolph, by the Officers of this garrison, and Naval Officers residing in the neighbourhood, under the superintendance of Sir Hugh Gough, Lieutenant- Colonel of the 87lh regiment, deserves the grateful praise of his friends and relatives, by whom hi- must always be remembered - with the most sincere and affectionate regard.— The band of the 87th regiment attended on this melani holy occasion, playing a solemn inarch, and the four flank com- panies of that regiment and the 69th marched in the procession, and tired three vollies over his grave. at the Cranes, saw Mr. Kilby for the last lime about eight o'clock on Saturday evening, when the de- ceased was going down a back lane, leading from the Cranes, to Stanmore. He imagines the de- ceased must unfortunately have missed his way, and that the horse in consequence fell into a moat near the back of the Cranes.— Isaac Wray, another horse- keeper, discovered the deceased on the morn- ing of Sunday last, about seven o'clock, nearly in an upright position, in the afore Said moat, stuck fast in the mud, whence he was pulled out with some difficulty. This discovery was in consequence of the deceaseds noise being seen grazing in a meadow near the fatal spot, and to which the ani- mal had climbed up a bank. The girths of the saddle were broken in the fall, but the saddle was floating in the moat. Only the back part of the deceased's head could be seen in the water.— Mr. Kilby was in his 57th year, tie has left two sous and two daughters. Ten pounds in small notes, together with one shilling in silver, were found upon his person, and delivered by the inquest to his eldest son. Verdict— Found Drowned. PARTICULARS OF A DESPERATE GANG OF ROBBERS. — On Monday the 3Oth September, or on the morning of the 1st of October, Mr. James. Dennis, of Tye Green, in the parish of Elsenham, in this county, was alarmed by some unusua. noises, which he conceived proceeded from the yard of his house. On approaching tin- window of his bed- chamber, he thought he heard some persons breaking open the parlour window be- low. He accordingly hurried on a few garments, and proceeded with a man- servant down stairs, when they discovered that a gang of robbers had broken into the parlour through the window. Mr. Dermis and his servant were preparing to defend themselves, when one of the desperadoes tired a gun, loaded with small shot, part of which perforated Mr. Dennis's face, but the wounds received have not endangered his life; Mr. Dennis was, however, from the injury he had sustained, unable to persist in any mode of defence, and he was compelled to leave his servant to do the best he could With So formidable a gang. The servant vociferated menaces against the gang, and from his boldness induced the robbers to quit the house without obtaining any booty, although it was pretty well known that Mr. Dennis had a round sum of money in Ins house - A reward of forty guineas was the next day offered by the " Elsenham Association" for the apprehension of the burglars ; and on an application being made to Bow- street Office, Bishop, who has been lately made one of the principal officers; was sent to use his exertions in the discovery of the offen- ders, and on the 4th of the present month, he suc- ceeded in apprehending Monck, and William and Henry Clark ( brothers:. He had not long had them in custody before Monck squeaked ( as it is technically termed), became an evidence against the rest, aud disclosed such a scene of inquity as lias not perhaps been excelled on any former occasion.— In consequence of the information he acquired from Monck, and the assistance of many of the first gentle- men in that neighbourhood, the Whole gang were soon discovered, viz.— Joseph Clark, the father of the two persons before mentioned, Joshua Clark, his son, and another brother, John Giffin, Moses Miller, and William Haydon, all of whom he apprehended at Stortford, Elsingham and Brixton; and on Saturday last brought them before Mr. Woolf, Mr. Collins, and Mr. Birch, the Magistrates, at Saffron Walden, who examined them at great length. The charges intro- duced against them were numerous Mr. Stock, of Hensham, stated, that about six weeks since a party of villains fired three times at his Windows; they finally broke into his house, but were strongly threatened and repulsed; notwithstanding which they stole some articles of Wearing apparel, among which were a pair of shoes, which were found upon the feet of the elder Clark when he was apprehended; and Mr. Stock identified them to be those stolen from, his dwelling- house In the information of Monck it turned out, that Elizabeth Clark, the wife of the eider prisoner, and the mother of the younger prisoners ( Clark), was the person who generally acted as artist, when any robberies were committed; that she painted all their likenesses in black to disguise their counte- nances, and gave them a to'erable portion of gin pre- paratory to their midnight adventures.— The prisoners have long been the terror of the neighbourhood as poachers, sheep- stealers, & c. Four of this gang have been committed to Chelmsford gaol, where they, were conducted on Saturday last, heavily ironed. Several remain in Newport gaol, for further examination ( this day1, when it is expected that many particulars of robberies will be disclosed. MER, Piano Forte Maker, Cottage Place, chelms ford, Essex; and at his Manufactory, No 50, Marylebone- street, Fitzroy- square, London. G D. begs leave most respectfully to return his sincere Thanks to the Gentry of Colchester and its Vicinity, for their liberal Encouragement and Support, and trusts, with strict attention and punctuality, to merit their future Favours. Letters directed to Mr. Keymer, Colchester, or G. Dettmer, Chelmsford, will be strictly attended to. N. B. Schools attended on reasonable Terms, in any part of the Country. LOST, On Menday, the 30 th of September last, Liver- coloured and white SPANIEL DASH, Colchester. with full Stern, and answers to the DOG, Name of Whoever will bring him to No. 37, Crouch- street, r, shall receive ONE POUND REWARD. TEN POUNDS REWARD. - LONDON MARKETS. MARK- LANE, MONDAY, OCT. 14, 1816. The supplies of Wheat for this day's market being but moderate, fine old Wheats were much in demand, and found ready purchasers at an advance of from 4s. to 5s. per quarter since this day se'nnight, and the trade in general was much brisker.— Barley has advanced very consider- ably; fine Malting samples were much in request, and are full 10s. per quarter dearer and Malt has advanced from 6s. to 8s. per quarter— Rye is very brisk in sale.— Beans were 2s. to 3s. per quarter higher.— Old Boiling Pease from 8s. to 10s. higher.—' Fine old samples of Oats ob- tained an advance of from 2s. to 3s. per quarter; but new Oats were a rather heavy sale. WEDNESDAY, OCT*. 16. Little fresh grain, of any description, has arrived since Monday; and the favourable weather, by affording a pro mise of a greater extent of produce being got in, than might have been expected, produced considerable dull- ness, at the prices of that day. FRIDAY, OCT. 18. In our Corn Market this day there was no material variation from Monday's prices; but fine samples of old Wheats were in requested, and obtained rather more money. PRICE OF GRAIN, PER QUARTER. Wednesday. s s. Wheat, mealingRed, a 8t> Fine ' 84 a Moday. : s. s. Wheat, mealing Red, t> 8 a 8& Fine.... 84 a 00 White hj a 9: Fine 9 » a ( 18 Black ti4 a 7D Rivets 70 a 78 Rye ; - 18 a 5- 1 white Pease. i.. i.>.. 3(> a 4H Boilers i « i.,.„... 511 a J4 Grey Pease Kj a 51 Horse Beans 4I> a 5t> Tick Beans 42 a 53 Broad Beans — a — Long Pods.<..< — a — Barley 38 a 52 Oats, long feed 20 a 29 Short 30 a 33 Poland& Brew 34 a oti Malt 6ti a 7< i Tares 6 a 9 White 82 a 92 Fine ....'. 94 a 9tS Black t> 4 a » Rivets 70 a 7£ » Rye 48 a 5+ white Pease..'. 36 a 4 » Boilers 50 a bt Grey Pease 46 a f< 4 Horse Beans 4 « > a 56 Tick Beans 42 a 53 Broad Beans — a « — Long Pods — a — Barley 38 a 52 Oats, long feed 20 a 24 » Short 30 a 33 Polatid& Brew. 34 u 36" Malt 66 a 7S Tares 6 a 9 PRICE OF SEEDS, & c. Turnip, White, p. bl. 20 a 26 Red & Green ditto 30 a 40 Mustard, brown ... 10 a 20 white 8 a 12 Canary, per quarter 48 a 51 Rape Seed, per last 34ia38^ Linseed, — a — Clover, red, p. cwt. 60 a i'O white 711 al2 » Foreign, red — a — Trefoil a 35 Carraway 4, a 4& Coriander 8 a 9 Rye Grass, per qr... 30 a 6ft PR1. CE OF FLOUR. Fine English Flour 80s. a 85s.— Second ditto 70s. a 75s AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN PER QUARTER, For the Week ending Oct. 5. WHEREAS the Dwelling- House of Mr. Sa- muel Clay, of Green stead Hall, near this Town was, on Thursday, the 17th instant, BURGLARIOUSLY BROKEN INTO, and several Articles of Wearing Apparel, Two Silver Tea- spoons, with the initials M. B thereon, and a plain Silver Dessert- spoon, much Worn together with some Provisions, stolen therefrom.— Who- ever discovers the Offender or Offenders, shall, on his or their Conviction, receive the above Reward, on application to Mr. Clay aforesaid. Colchester, Oct. 18, 1816. Valuable Farming Live and Dead Stock, East Dony- land, near Colchester, Essex. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY WILLIAM JACKSON, On Thursday, the 24th Day of October, 1816, ALL the valuable FARMING LIVE and DEAD STOCK, and other Effects, of Mr. James Yell, Donyland Heath; comprising four strong and useful cart horses, young, and prime workers; two riding horses, one four and the other three years old; a handsome hay pickerel cart colt; five prime young milch cows; Well timed in Calf; two year- old heifers, weanel calf, fifty- four South Down ewe and wether lambs, twenty- six three- year- old South Down ewes, fit for the butcher; two young sows, and about twenty head of swine; a good sironj^ road waggon, harvest ditto, serave, two tumbrels, two ton carts, four ploughs, four gangs of harrows; five rollers, dressing- machine, plough and cart harness, and implements of hus- bandry; all of which will be expressed in Catalogues, to be had at the Place of Sale; and of the Auctioneer, Col- chester — The Sale to commence at Ten o'clock. England and Wales. Wheat. 85 4 Rye 46 4 Barley 38 3 Oats 26 5 Enylaud and Wales. Beans Pease Oatmeal.. Big 41 41 29 0 d. 2 9 7 O PRICK OF HAY AND STRAW . Smith field. X. s.— s. Hay 4 0 to h 15 Clover 5 0 to 7 15 Straw 116 to 2 5 St. James. Hay ...:. 3 3 to 5 15 » £. R.— £ Straw 1 16 in 2 White chapel Hay 4 10 to 6 » Clover < 10 to 8 10 Straw 2 6 to 2 12 Beef.... Mutton NEWGATE AND DEADEN HALL,. Per Stone of 8lb. by the Carcase. s d. — s d. s. d. — s. d. 2 8 to 3 8 1 Veal 3 8 to 5 ft 2 8 o 3 8 Pork 4 1) to 5 4 PRICE OF MEAT A1 SMITH FIELD, Exclusive of the Offal, which consists of Head, Entrails, & Hide, aud is worth about Id. per lb— Per Stone 01 81b. h'lHtay, Oct. 18. MonUuy, Oct. 14. s. d. — s. d Beef.... 3 0 to 4 0 Mutton 3 4 to 4 0 Veal j.... 4 4 too 6 Pork,.., ,... 4 4 to 5 8 Beef. Mutton. Pork Veal d. — s. d. 8 to 4 8 I) to 5 0 0 10 5 4 0 lo 5 S Head of Cattle at Smith field MONDAY.......... Beasts 2,890 Sheep... 17 600 Pigs 420 t; « iu- » ... 310 FRIDAY Beasts 670 Sheep... ,4,23ft Pigs 3 iO Calves.. 150 Freehold Estate, East- street, Colchester. TO BE SOLD BY, AUCTION, BY WILLIAM JACKSON, On Monday, October 28, 1816, at the Mitre, East- hill, Colchester, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, ( unless sooner disposed of by Private Contract) ALL that FREEHOLD ESTATE, situated in East- street, in the Parish of St. James, Colchester, now in the occupation of Mr Dunnage, Miller, the Pro- prietor, and comprises a large RANGE of BUILDINGS, in excellent repair; consisting of a good front parlour, Seed Shop in front, back parlour, kitchen, brew house, warehouse) and front detached; five good bed- rooms, roomy attics, store- room, pantries, buttery, and elosets; a good paved Yard, Linen Ground, and an excellent Gar- den, walled in, and lined with fine young, fruit- trees, in full bearing; and immediate Possession may be " had. Farther particulars and Conditions of Sale may be had of Mr. W. W. Francis, Solicitor ; and of the Auctioneer, Colchester. STAN WAY, ESSEX. • ' TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MATTHEWS, SON, AND BRIDGE, On Wednesday, October 23,1816, without Reserve, on the Premises, near the Swan Inn, \ LL the STOCK IN TRADE, and other Effects, of Mr. George Bryant, General Shopkeeper .-"- Ca- talogues to be had on the Premises, and of the Auctioneers, Coggeshall.— Sale to begin at Ten o'clock. PRICES OF SUGAR, COFFEE, COCOA,& GINGER SUGAR. s. s. Raw ( Barbad.) 68 a 85 Do. very tine 87 a- 92 Powder Loaves... 110 a 12> Single do. Br 10t> a 109 Molasses... 28s. od. a— s. Od. COFFEE. Dominica and Suriuam. Fine Good Ordinary Jamaica, tine Good Ordinary ... 1 2 a 108 ... 92 a 98 .... 70 a 82 , ,. ti) 0 a 105 .. . 94 a 98 .... 63 A 84 Triage 54 a 56 MOCHA 99 a 105 Bourbon..... ..... 74- a 84 St. Domingo 70 a 74 Java — 72 a '< 6 COCOA Trinidad 110 a 120 Carraeeas 12 1 a 130 Maranham — a — GINGER. Jamaica white — a 30ft — black. 110 . 126 Barbadoes —, il/ 0 AVERAGE PRICE Of BROWN SUGAR. £ 2. 4s. per cwt. Exclusive of the Duties 01 Customs paid or payable thereon 011 Importation thereof into Great Britain. PRICE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH. New Bags. £. s — £. s.| NewPockets £. s. - £. Kent Sussex 0 to 13 13 0 to 12 0 Kent..... 10 10 10 17 0 Sussex 10 ( I 10 15 15 MARRIED. On Tuesday last, by the Rev. Henry Thompson, Rector of Mistley, Mr. Joseph Page, of Manning tree, to Mrs Leech, of the same place, widow of the late Mr. William Leech. On Wednesday, at Brightlingsea, by the Rev. J Robin- son, Mr. Baker, veterinary surgeon, of this town, to Miss Blomfield, daughter of fir. Samuel Blomfield, of the for- mer place. Yesterday se'nnight, Mr. Samuel Cooper, hatter and hosier, to Miss Bailey, both of Bury. Same day, Mr. William Voyce, of Great Bursted, to Miss Mary Wallis, of the same place. Lately, Mr Samuel Brown, draper, of Enfield, to Miss Sophia. second daughter of Mr. James Clarke, of Littely Park, Great Waltham, DEDHAM, ESSEX— DESIRABLE ESTATE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HAWES AND FENTON, On Tuesday, November 5,1816, at the Marlborough Head Inn, in Dedham, between the Hours of Four and Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, ( unless sooner disposed of by Private Contract, of which Notice will be given,) in the following Lots: A Desirable ESTATE, situate iu Dedham a fore- said, now in the occupation of the Proprietor, Mr. Henry Bloomfield, who will give immediate Possession. Lot 1 All that PIECE or PARCEL of ARABLE LAN D, containing 2A. 2R. Lot 2. All that PIECE of ARABLE LAND, containing Two Acres. Lot 3 All that PIECE of ARABLE LAND, contain- ing 5A. 2R. Lot 4. All that PIECE of rich PASTURE LAND, lying in Broad Meadow, containing Four Acres. Lot 5. All those TWO COT 1 AGES, with a Barn and Seven Acres of exceeding good Arabic Laud, divided from Lot 6, by the Road. Lota All that MESSUAGE or TENEMENT, with a Yard, Garden, Barn, Stable, Granary, and other Appur- tenances, and several PlECES or PARCELS of exceed- ing- good ARABLE LAN D, in a high state of cultivation, containing, with the scite of the premises, Fifteen Acres. This Lot commands a beautiful view of Dedham Village, East Bergholt, the Stour, and adjacent country, and is very desirable to build upon. The above Estate is all in a high state of cultivation, and is Copyhold of the Manor of Dedham Hall, and a small Piece of Over hall and Nether hall, and subject to a Fine arbitrary, for about Six Acres, and 2s. in the pound upon one year's estimated value per Acre for the remainder thereof. Dedham is distant seven miles from Colchester, seven from Hadleigh, eleven from Ipswich; and three from Manning tree, all excellent Market Towns- For leave to view the Premises, apply to William Smith, who resides on Lot 6. For further particulars apply to Mr. Isaac Rogers, Ard- leigh Hall; Mr. Hitchcock, Solicitor, Manningtree, Essex; who have a Plan of Lots Sand 6; or ol'the Auctioneers, Colchester. • - Farnham — 0 to — tf Essex 12 it to 18 16 PRICE OF TAELOW s. d. White chapel Market... 3 « St. James's Market 3 1 Clare Market . 0 0 IN LODON, OCT. 11 s. d. Town Tallow p. cwt. 54 0 Russia ditto Caudle... 54 0 White ditto — ft Soap ditto..... — 0 Melted $ tuu 42 O Rough ditto 27 ft Greaves — 0 e 1 Average 3 J Curd Soap :. 98 0 Mottled 94 ft Yellow ditto-. 86 ft PRICE OF LEATHER AT Butts, to 56lbs. each 22 to 24 Ditto, to 66lt) S. each — to — Merchants' Backs — to 19 Dressing Hides... 14 to 15. J Fine Coach Hides 16 to l7j Crop Hides, 35to40lbs. for cutting 16 to 19 LfcAvENHA. L. Crop Hides to5lHbs. 19 to21$ Calf Skins to40lbs. 19 to 21 Ditto to7t) lhs 21 to25 Ditto to 801 bs. 20 to 23 SnialtSeals( Greenri.; 27 to — Large do. p. doz. 80s to 110s Tanned H. Hides — to— CURRENT PRICES OF SPIRTS AN D WINES SPIRITS, per Gallon. Exel. of Duty. Brandy Cognac 6 Bordeaux 5 Spanish 0 Geneva Holland 2 Rum, J an) aica 3 L. Islands 2 d. s. 6 a 6 0 a 5 0 a 0 S a 3 0 a 3 10 6 a 3 0 WINE, Dealers'Price. Claret, per H 63 a — Lisbon, per P 50 a — Port 50 a — Madeira....; 60 a 70 Sherry, per Bt 30 a 63 Mountain 28 a 34 COURSE, OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam 41 2 B. 2Us Ditto, at Sight. 40 8 Amsterdam...... 12 11 C. f. Ditto, at Sight. 12 8 Rotterdam 12 12 Us. Hamburgh 37 4 21 Us. Altona 37 0 5 lis. Paris, 1 day's sight' 25 90 Us Ditto 26 10 Us Bourdeaux ditto 26 10 Madrid S4£ Effective. Cadiz ... 34 Effective. Bilboa 33— Barcelona — St. Sebastian's —• Seville 33 Gibraltar 31 Leghorn 46 Genoa 43— Venice 27 — Malta 46— Naples 38| Palermo....... 114 per Oz. Lisbon ...... 55— Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 594 Dublin 12 Cork 12' per ct. Agio of the Bank on Holl. iJ PRICE OF STOCKS, OCT. 17. Bank Stock 217 3 per Cent. Red. 61J 3 per Cent. C. 62.^ • Omnium — Ditto for Payt. Exchequer Bills 3 6 p. 4 per Cent 77J 5 per Cent. Navy 93j Long Ann loj Cons, for Ann. 0- 2$ South Sea — Old- Annuitize NATIONAL REVENUE. The finances present a more cheering appearance than Ministers could possibly expect in the dis- tressed situation of the country. The surplus of the Consolidated Fund, for the quarter ending October 10, amounts to Oue Million Nine Hundred Thousand Pounds, as appears by the following official document:— tin Account of the Income of, and Charge upon, the Con- solidated I'und, in Hie Quarters ended tt. e I0/ A day of Ortober, 181 j and 1816, tor/ e'her with the Amount of War Taxes, and the Annual Duties, <$- c. to the same periods. INCOME. 1815. 1816. .£ 1,458,943 5 & J * J, 4K),- 29t 16 Oj ,. 4,292,302 10 71 4,178,819 15 7 ,. 1,686,515 15 6 1,487,447 19 1 .. 1,137,009 4 7 1,205,688 1 6J 740,610 14 94 738,236 0 0 Customs Excise . Stamps . .. Incidents, & c .... Surplus Annual Duties Exchequer Fees Interest, Ireland ...... War Taxes Reserved out of the An- nuity payable to the Prince of Wales 28,000 0 0 1,103,608 11 11 781,792 9 2 5,5( 10 0 0 £ 11,234,347 12 0, 1,235,306 13 2 5,500 0 0 10,460,290 5 5j * This sum includes 555,9411. 4s. 8£ d. Temporary or War Duties of Customs, made permanent in 1816, to be carried to the Consolidated Fund, in lieu of War Taxes, per Acts47th, 49tb, and51st Geo. Ilk CHARGE. 1815. Exchequer, & c.. £ 266,332 6 flj Hank Dividends -.. 5,405,4 .4 5 Hi Redemp National Debt 2,856,701 6 8 Civil List .- 257,000 0 0 Pensions, & c 139,211 7 7 Surplus.... 8,9- 24,789 6 Hi ,... 2,309,551 5 0; £ 11,234,347 12 0> 1816. 266,332 6 91 5,000,425 1 1', 2,856,240 15 1 257,0.10 0 0 Estimated at 109,996 16 11] 8,550,000 0 0 1,910,290 5 5J 10,460,290 5 5{ The produce of War Taxes for this quarter is above four millions less than the last year's quarter, but this deficiency is the consequence of taxes being taken off. In order to make the subject clear to those who may not exactly know what is meant by the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, we thiuk it necessary to state, that the Consolidated Fund, consisting of the produce of the Customs, Excise, Stamps, Assessed Taxes, & c. is charged with the payment of the in- terest of the National Debt, redeemed and un- redeemed, the Civil List, and some other charges of minor importance. The excess beyond the sum necessary to defray this interest, kc. constitutes the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, and is appli- cable to the other exigencies of the State. The chaises upon the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ending on the 10: h October, amount to8,550,0001. the receipt 10,400,2901.5s. 5jd. leaving the sur- plus we have already stated, ol 1,910,2901.5s. 5£ d. It is in the Customs alone that there has been the greatest falling off in the Quarter just ended, com- pared with the corresponding Quarter last year; but that year was a year of very considerable export. In the Excise there is no great, difference ; in the Stamps about 200,6001. The Interest, Ireland has increased, and so has the produce of the Incidents. The state of the funds does not indicate any continuation, certainly not any aggravation, of that distress of w hich both the manufacturing and agri- cultural interests have of late so much complained. Capital begins to accumulate in the money market, and from thence it may naturally be expected to overflow into other channels, affording at least one of the remedies so much called for by many of the writers in the Agricultural Report— namely, an increased circulation, and a consequent improve- ment of private credit. The finance accounts show, it is true, a falling off in the Customs, Excise, and Stamps; but not in such a degree as to give oc- casion for any serious alarm; and the surplus of the Consolidated Fund, though not equal to that of the correspondent quarter in former years, is still very considerable. The greatest failure is in the Customs; but that was to be expected from the glut of our manufactured goods in the foreign markets. This glut is gradually draining off, and giving place to a more moderate demand ; but the state of the exchange proves , that the balance of payments is still greatly in our favour. NEW WATCH FOR THE METROPOLIS, PROPOSED BY THE LORD MAYOR. A Meeting was held at the Mansion- House, a short time since, for the purpose of taking into consideration the state- of the Police of the City, more especially as relating to the Nightly W atch. The object of the meeting, which con- sisted of Aldermen, Deputies, & c. of the several Wards, was, to suggest the necessity of the adop- tion of some plan which may appear more likely to improve the present system, and conduce more effectuully to the safety of the City of London. REMEDIES PROPOSED. The present watchmen say their pay is so small that they cannot afford to attend the Magistrate the following day ; then . ore they do not take notice of offences, lest they should lose a day's work. The Lord Mayor proposes that four hundred men should lie employed as patrols, at twenty- one shillings per week each ; and forty superintendants at thirty shillings; this will cost for the year near 25,0001. The present expence is about 20,0001. ' I he four hundred patrols to go on duty at nine o'clock; to wear dark brown or drab great- coats, villi the initials of the ward, and a number on the arm; to be armed with short staves; to have no lanterns; no watch- boxes; not to call the hours nor patrol; but to continue walking or patroling the whole of their heat or round for two hours; then to go to the watch- house for one hour. Each man to change his round every night, not knowing until nine o'clock 011 what beat he is to go upon. If any charge be given in any afl'ray or assault, the first man who is railed, whether in his own ward or not, shall be bound to attend; as it frequently occurs, the watchmen say, I cannot take the charge, it is not in my Ward. A strong room to be made iti every watch- house which is situated at a great distance from the Compter, that the men may not be taken off their duty by going to the Compter with every charge, but to take them in the morning when they leave their duty. They should be expressly ordered to attend to coaches and carts standing at doors at unseasonable hours, and also to the numerous sin II carts which come into the city in the morn- ing, and to the good order of the streets, and all the public- houses. The forty superior patrols or superintendants to be divided agreeably to the extent of the wards, one to small wards, and two to the large wards, to wear dark blue great- coats. Twenty of them to be 011 duty at six o'clock. The watch- houses to be open as soon as it is dark. The watch- house keeper to be in waiting until nine o'clock, to give information to the public where to find the super- intendants, who must be patroling their different districts. At nine o'clock they are to see that all the watchmen come upon their duty; to inspect them during the night; and also to return the state of the lamps during the night; to enter all the remarks in the watch- book. The city mar- shals or marshals' men to attend every night, and to enter their names in the watch- book of every watch- house, at least once in every night, and the book to be laid before the Lord Mayor the follow- ing day. The watchmen not to quit their stations before six in summer, and seven in the winter. Twenty of the superintendants to continue until nine o'clock, to prevent morning depredations; the other twenty to come on duty at twelve, and to continue until six o'clock, assist the Lord Mayor's police officers in removing obstructions and nui- sances; to keep the coaches and carts in proper order during the day ; to inspect the state of the pavement; to remove all beggars; to give all pos- sible assistance to the police officers; to enter all remarks in a book to be kept at the Marshals' Office, at the Mansion- House. Every watchman and patrole to live in the ward for which he serves, and have bis name on his door in large letters, " City Patrol." CONSPIRACY. THE KING V. THOMAS OLDHAM, WILLIAM HODGKINSON, JOHN KNIGHT THE ELDER, JOSEPH BIRKETT, JOHN SWINDELLS, SAMUEL NEWTON, THOMAS BELL, JOHN SHORE THE YOUNGER, WILLIAM BROMLEY, AND JOHN KNIGHT, FOR A CONSPIRACY. This trial is of the first importance to manufac- turers, inasmuch as it affords another salutary instance of llie determination of Government to put an end to unlawful combinations of workmen against their masters. It came on for trial at the Cheshire Summer Assizes on the 9th tilt, before Sir W. Garrow, Knt. and Francis Burton, Esq. his Majesty's Justices. It occupied the attention of the Court several hours, :* nd the Hall was extremely crowded throughout the in- vestigation. The indictment sta'ed, that the defendants above named did unlawfully and unjustly assemble, con- spire, combine, confederate, and agree together, that they, the said defendants, should not work for any master or person whatever, carrying on the business of hat- making, at Stockport, unless William Acton and George Pickford, should first pay the sum of five guineas, to and for the use of them, the said persons unlawfully and unjustly conspiring, & c. to the great damage, injury, and impoverishment of them the said William Acton, and George Pickford, & c. to the en- couragement of unlawful, wicked, and dishonest prac- tices, in contempt of our Lord the King, and his laws, and to the evil example of all others, & c. Ii appeared, that on the 15th of July, 1815, George Pickford, a journeyman hatter, working for Messrs. T. and J. Worsley, gave information before the Rev. C. Prescott, a respectable Magistrate of the county, that oue James Green, employed under Mr. Jackson, about thirteen months antecedent, had taken from Mr. Jackson's warehouse six hats, which were offered for sale to Pickford, but that he ( Pickford) refused to purchase them. On the same day, William Acton, another journeyman batter, gave information, that Thomas Bell, one of the defendants, who had worked in the same shop, had declared in his hearing, that he had bought, more than ouce, for his then master, ( Ardern) from the said James Green, quantities of monkey wool ( a material used in the manufacture of hats) w hich belonged to Mr. Jackson, the employer of Green, and for which Ardern then owed him from 31. to 41. In consequence of these disclosures, Green was taken into custody on the same day, but he denied the charge . altogether, and signed his exami- nation to that effect. He was, however, committed to Chester Castle, and at the assizes in March following was convicted of the offent- e, and sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Correction to hard labour for six calendar mouths, and pay a fine of Is. I11 consequence of the information given by Pickford and Acton, the hatters, or rather the congress, by which the meetings of the journeymen were dignified, called a general meeting, at which they resolved, that nei- ther of the informants should work for any master, until th^ y had paid for their offence against the rules of the congress, five guineas each. At this iniquitous meeting, upwards of one hundred journeymen as- sembled. After the examination of several witnesses on behalf of the prosecution, The Learned Judge, Sir W. Garrow, proceeded to sum up the evidence. He observed, that this was a very serious charge against the defendants, and of the very highest importance to the best interests of the community at large; whether considered as to the particular offence charged 011 the record being pro'- jd, or to the general evil tendency of unlawful combina- tions. The Learned Judge remarked, it was as clear as day that every encouragement was given by the members of the congress to rob and plunder their masters; and he who should have the temerity to offend against their laws, was immediately fined in five guineas, which Was cx| » ended iu drink by a con- federacy of idle and abandoned fellow s. It should be recollected, that the examination of Pickford and Ac- ton was taken before the Magistrates in the presence of Wood; it was he who called the congress; audit was for giving information against Green, and that only, that the witnesses Pickford and Acton were fined. It was for the Jury to say, whether, under all the circumstances of the ease, they could entertain the least doubt of tlie conspiracy, and of the defendants participating iu it; if they had, and he ( Sir W. Gar- row) could not see 011 what ground it rested, they shoiod give them the benefit of that doubt, and acquit them. The Jury considered for a short time, and returned a verdict of guilty against all the defendants. The Learned Judge then proceeded to pass sentence upon the defendants to the following effect:— You, Thomas Oldham, William Hodgkinson, John Knight the elder, Joseph Birkett, John Swindells, Samuel Newton, Thomas Bell, John Shore the younger, Wil- liam Bromley, and John Knight the younger, have been found guilty, upon perfectly clear evidence, of a conspiracy of a very aggravated nature; and I pur- posely abstained, in summing up, from making those comments 011 the evidence which I should iu other instances have thought proper, iu order that the Jury might weigh the whole witli an impartial considera- tion ; for if they had not been satisfied with your guilt, those observations might have been misplaced. This, therefore, is the season to make those comments, which the enormity of your crimes drew forth.— Serious and destructive to the well- being of the country is that offence which is now before the Court— in all its ramifications and consequences it is destructive to those concerned. Yours is an association and con- spiracy formed for no one good or useful object. In tins happy country, where the law puts the meanest subject 011 a level w ith the highest personages of the realm, all are alike protected, and there can be 110 need to associate. You have a right to work accord- ing to your choice; and it cannot, therefore, be ne- cessary to combine and conspire, to thwart the proper and lawful objects of your employers, and eventually to annihilate the best and dearest interests of your- selves: and I take this opportunity of declaring, that had your masters presumed to combine and associate as you have done, and with similar views, they would have felt the outraged power of the law with at least equal severity. But your only object, it is obvious, has been to set up yourselves above your masters, and keep your employers in thraldom ; which proceeding must in itself prevent their acting with that liberality towards you which you might otherwise expect, and which they might probably wish. But even the pro- perty which you gain under these considerations, and which ought to be employed in the sustentation of your families, is appropriated to improper and evil purposes. Whoever chooses to set himself up against the master from whom he draws his living and his bread, is promptly supported by your infamous asso- ciation called a congress, and not a single workman can lie obtain, though ruin and desolation stare him in the face! Your society is instituted for the en- couragement of felony; and under the specious en- actment of fining the villain who purloins has master's property, \ ou nevertheless employ Counsel for him on this trial, and succour him in his imprisonment. A person who, like Mr. Jackson, has employed from one hundred to oue hundred and thirty hands, com- mon gratitude would tiach us to look U|> on as a be- nefactor to the community ; but if any of his work- men oflvnd your self- constituted tribunal, the manu- facturer's trade must cease, and all his hands must turn out, at its fiat, to instant beggary and misery! The honest workman then has no place of refuge: he may go to Scotland, but he will find no relief— con- federacy and conspiracy extend even there: in Ireland lie will discover that the door of hope is shut against him, and he may die under a hedge! But can these proceedings be longer tolerated? I tell you tliey. cannot— they have already continued too long. You have done what the greatest Judge iu England dared not do. You must be prevented doing so hereafte. r. It is not for a moment to be supposed, that the riotous and illegal assembly lo which you belong shall carry on its iniquitous plans my more. An example must be made. The manufacturers of the country must be protected; and, thank God! the law has yet the power to shelter tliein > I shall not detain you, there- fore, any longer, but proceed to p iss upon you the sentence of the Court; which is, that you and each of you, the defendants, be imprisoned iu the county gaol for the period oftwo years; and at the expiration thereof, that you give security for your good behaviour for two years afterwards, in 50i. each; and that you be further imprisoned till such security be found. After the sentence, the defendants were immediately taken into custody by the chief turnkey, Mr. Hurst, and conducted to their several places of confinement in the Castle. NEFARIOUS ATTEMPT. The following most infamous attempt to prefer a capital charge, from interested motives, occurred at Shadwell Police Office, on Friday Michael Cotter and John Geary, two simple looking Hibernians, were brought up in the custody of Thomas Reynolds, the headborough of Stratford, 011 a charge of assaulting James Field, on the King's highway, in the most des- perate manner, and robbing him of a pound note The complainant, who is a tall athletic fellow, from the same country as the prisoners, exhibited the ap- pearance of a man who had- been dreadfully beaten both his eyes were blackened, and his ear bore marks of a tremendous blow— his skin was also much bruised. Iu an apparently artless rummer In- deposed, on oath, that he was a porter employed by the market gar- dener* of Islesworth and Brentford to carry their Vege- tables from the water- side ttfthe market; that iu con- sequence of the badness of the times, the candidates for employment iu this way were so numerous, that work became s aek, and he resolved to go down iuto Essex and seek employment, in digging potatoes— " being desirous of earning an honest penny in any way;" that on his way towards Mile- End he was picked up by a carter, with whom he rode till he ar- rived at Stratford; that he there alighted at the Rising Sun, and called for a pint of porter to treat the carter; that while there, the two prisoners, whom he had before noticed walking the same road, came iu and saluted him as a countryman; that he entered into conversation with them, and understood they were going on the same errand with himself; that he gave them some beer, understanding they had 110 money, and said as long as he had any they should not want; upon which they said tliey would get him work, and proposed he should go with them to look for lodgings in Irish- row ( a row of small houses be- yond Stratford, occupied entirely by Irish labourers , This lie agreed to, and they went there; but being un- able there to suit themselves, they went back to the Rising Sun, and had several pots of beer. After this, between nine and ten o'clock, tiiey again returned to Irish- row; 011 reaching the houses, Geary proposed tliey should have another pot of beer, and ao ordingly they walked away forthat purpose ; witness had not got far, however, when they kicked up his heels, and knocked him flat 011 his face, in which situation Geary took a pound note from his breeches pocket, after which he proposed iu Irish to Cotter lo murder him but Cotter would not agree; they then suffered him to get up, and he walked with them, through fear, to the Three- Pigeons public- house, where they called for a pot of beer, of which he drank: on that being finished, he called for another pot, and some cold meat and told them to wait till he came back, upon which he immediately went out, got an officer, and had them taken into custody. The witness delivered his evi deuce in the most plausible and seemingly ingenuous manner.— Cotter, on being asked what he had to say in answer to the charge exhibited against him, pro- ceeded, in an artless strain of eloquence, to state, that he and Geary met the complainant at the Rising Sun. as before stated ; and that hearing him say he wanted work, he said be had been promised work the next day iu a potatoe field, and lie would speak to the master for him. Tliey then had some beer, and went to look for lodv^ ngs in Irish- row, w hich they could not get. After this they went back to the Rising Sun, and had some more beer. When this was finished, they resolved to go again to Irish- row ; but in their way thither the complainant got making fuu of Geary, be cause, he could not speak English, and called him names, because he would not toss for more beer. This continued till they got to the Pigeons public- house, when Field asked them to go iu and have share of pot. They all, in consequencc went in, and a pot was called for, for which Geary paid. This being drank the prisoner'called for another, aud said he would go and look for lodgings, telling them to wait ti l lie came back. They did wait, but finding him stop long while, were going out, when he brought an officer, and said, " There are the villains; seize them. They did not know what this was all about, but suf- fered themselves to be searched, and went to tlie watch house quietly. As for the black eyes, and otiier marks of violence which Field had, he declared to God he ad tliern before he got out of the cart at the Rising Sun. lie and Geary never gave him an angry word. T. Reynolds, the headborough, was examined ; from whose evidence it appeared, that the prisoners made no resistance, and seemed greatly surprised at the charge which had been exhibited against them. He searched them, and found 3s. 6J. 011 Geary, but no- thing on Cotter.— The servant girl at the Rising Sun told him that Field had the black eyes before he came into the house iu the evening; andthe carter said that his eyes were black, and his face bruised, before he came into his cart. Field, 011 being questioned as to this, denied, on his oath, tint he had a black eye, until he was knocked down by the prisoners— aud said he could bring proof of it. Mr. Markland conceived there was a great degree of suspicion in the conduct of Field, and therefore de- sired him to go and bring any respectable person who could prove that he had not been beaten in tire man- ner which he exhibited, before four o'clock. The pri- soners were then remanded till the evening. At six o'clock they were again brought up, but their accuser did not again appear, nor did he on any subseqnent day; and from all that afterwards transpired, it turned out that the charge Was altogether false, and that Field was actuated in his charge by the ho|> e of reward ; but, like most ruffians of his class, was too short- sighted to foresee the probability of detection iu his infamous intention. The following instance of horrible depravity has appeared in the Paris papers:— A woman, the wife of a man called Content, who keeps a coffee- house at Cherbourg, leading a life of debauchery, caused her to take a dislike lo her husband. So deep was this hatred, that she endeavoured to excite her lovers lo challenge her husband, hoping by that means to get quit of him ; but Content, as brave as he was blind to his wife's failings, conquered all his adversaries. The woman, almost driven to madness by the failure of her schemes, meditated a crime, surpassing, in horror, either the blow of an assassin or the baneful effects of poison. The husband, won over by his wife's caresses, fell into the snare prepared for him : in the midst of her caressing she made him suffer, with a razor, the same punishment that was practised upon the un- fortunate Abelard. After having committed this most sanguinary act, she left her husband bathed in his blood, to rejoin her companionsin debauchery. Content has survived his wound, and the law cannot take cognizance of the crime as capital so long as he is living. The woman is condemned by the Court of Assize, at Constance, to perpetual labour. MODERATE BILL FOR A NIGHT'S LODGING'! At Marlborough- street Office, on Saturday, Mrs. Hickinbottom, the wife of Mr.. Hickinbottom, the keeper of the St. Petersburgh Hotel, in Dover- street, Piccadilly, appeared to a summons to answer the complaint of a gentleman, for unlawfully detainiug his luggage under the following circumstances:— I'he complainant stated, that on Thursday evening last, oa his arrival in town froin Aberdeen, he went to the White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, but the house being full, he was recommended to the St. Peters- burgh Hotel, Dover- street, where, having taken some refreshment, and wrote a letter, he went to bed, and on the following morning, after breakfast, he desired the waiter to bring him his bill, which he did, and the first item that presented itself, was the moderate charge of II. 101. for his bed; and then followed, amongst many others, ( id. for a pen, Is. for wax, Is. for the light, and 2s. 6d. for other lights, so that the bill amounted in the whole to the sum of 21. Is. for the night's lodging. To this very exorbitant charge he had refused to submit, in consequence of which he had been put to great in- convenience by the detention of his luggage.— The Magistrate animadverted with much severity 011 such extravagant charges 011 the part of the tavern- keeper, and advised, that upon the gentleman pay- ing 15s. the things might be delivered up : to these terms, however, Mrs. H. refused to accede, adding, at the same time, that the gentleman had only been charged the regular prices of the house, and that she should insist upon the whole amount of her bill being paid, for that the persons who were in the habit of coming to their house never objected to such, the regular price of their lodgings being ten guineas per week. The Magistrate lamented that he had no power to enforce the things being given up, but he recommended the complainant to bring an action against the tavern- keeper for the deten- tion. A beggar, who had for many years solicited cha- rity through Yorkshire, & c. died last week in the 83d year of his age, at the house of his grandson, in Sheffield. After his decease his waistcoat was found to contain nearly 1001. in guineas, half gui- neas, and seven- shilling pieces, stitched iu the lining, and about 001. in silver, quilted in other parts oi his dress." Elizabeth Ward, the girl who received sentence of death at the late York Assizes, for aumiu . stern, 1 poison to a brother and sister, and has- since been twice reprieved; is lo be transported to Botany Bay for life. On Friday morning, about nine o'clock, Francis Duval, a French Gentleman, residi,.^ > ; ! - strr- square, attempted to put a period to his existence, by cutting his throat with a razor, which, however, he did not do effectually before he was discovered, though ho hopes Were entertained of his recovery. About three or four o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday se'nnight, a gentleman, thirty- five years of age, w ho is related to a Noble Peer, put a period td his existence by shooting himself through the head with a pistol; he placed the muzzle to his month, and shattered his head to atoms. The de- ceased had been for some time upon a visit at the country- seat of his noble relative, for the benefit of his health, and returned to town on the morning of the day before- mentioned to his house. He came to the door in a coach, which caused the servant to conjecture that he was worse. He said he was fatia- ued, and told his female servant he wished to take a little rest; retired to a chamber, and in a short time came out again, aud gave her a letter which he had written to a gentleman in the country, aud told her that the gentleman's servant would call for it, and she must deliver it to him He then returned to his chamber, having previously ordered the servant not to disturb him. She there- fore went out upon some business of her own. and did not return for several hours ; when she opened his chamber door, supposing he was in want of refreshment, and found him lying upon the floor, with a pistol in his hand, aud blood running about the carpet. He was quite dead and ueaily cold ; so that he must have lain near two hours before she found him, after he had committed the act. At Astley's Amphitheatre, on Friday night, as the rope was stretching for Madame Saqui's per- formance, a triangle broke, struck one ol the car- penters 011 the back, and knocked hiin down. lip lay some time senseless ; and it having occurred in the ride, a general sensation throughout the house was excited of apprehension for his life. He was carried behind the scenes, where Madams Saqui, much agitated, waited for him. She re » joiced at his escape, and made the sufferer a prt sent of 201. When this lady appeared on the rope she was much affected, but by the continual applause? of the audience she gained confidence, and uever performed better. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.— On Sun- day, the 22d ult. as some young men were nutting in the woods near the Old Upper Blue Bell, on the old road to Maids'. one. they observed a female lyin^ under a tree apparently asleep', and passed 011 with* out disturbing her. On die succeeding Friday, the young men again went to nutting to the same place, when, to their extreme surprise, they saw the fe- male lying in the precise place ami attitude in which they had seen her before. One of them went to her, and took hold of her hand : she was alive, but in such a situation as excited the most shuddering sensations of horror and disgust. She was almost in a state of putrefaction ; large maggots were feed- ing on every part of her frame, and, exposed to the attack of flies, her nostrils, and even her mouth were infested with them ; behind her ears, between her fingers, and between her toes, they were crawl- ing in sickening quantities ; and her clothes were literally rolten from long exposure to the varying and humid astmosphere. W illi a laudable alacrity tliey applied for assistance at the Blue Bell, and with the help of two men, the unfortunate sufferer was placed upou a hurdle, and conveyed to an out house, where such necessaries and comforts as could be procured were immediately prepared for her. Mr. Browne, surgeon, of Rochester, was sent for, and through his humane and constant atttnr' tion, this uufortunate woman has been rescued front the jaws of death, and is now in a fair way of reco- very. The account she gives of herself is, that she came from Lewes some time back, with an artillery soldier lo Chatham barracks; but that she had lett him, and had determined on returning homo to Lewes; that being destitute of money, and <: p- t pressed by fatigue, she, in a fit of despair, laid herself down to die; that she had Iain where she was discovered ever since the Sunday preceding that on which she was first seen, and consequently had been eleven days and nights without any khid of food! DARING ROBBERY. — About two o'clock on Saturday morning, the family of Mr. Thompson, silk- weaver, in Old- street Road, St. Luke's, were thrown into the greatest confusion, by hearingseveral voices 011 the premises ; and suspecting the house was beset by thieves, Mr. T. and his sou dressed themselves, and proceeded to search the premises. On getting near the back parlour, they heard a per- son exclaim, in a soft tone, " Why, Joe, I thought you had been trapped." Mr. T. immediately beckoned his son to follow, and they accordingly entered the room, but were surprised to find no per- son there. They were deliberating upon what plait lo proceed upon, when Mr. T. casting his eyes to- wards the shop, discovered the figure ol a man upou a beam which crosses the ceiling: he did not seem to move, and Mr. T. desired him to conic down; but what was his surprise, on finding it did not move by any thing he could devise. He was going into the back room to get a stick, when he missed two bales of silk, which had been in the room a few minutes belore, as likewise several hun- dred yards of silk trimming, with whn the thieves had decamped. A constable living nex! door was called in; he examined the place, and lound the figure on the beam to be nothing more than made of old rags, with a mask on, which had beeii pur- posely placed there by the thieves ; as it appeared tliey were unable to get at the property until tli » middle door had been opened, and which was the occasion of the voicesto attract the attention 01 tin* family. Since the robbery the officers have w* d& every inquiry, and two men are strongly suspected, whose names are well known, but they have not ye', been apprehended. A melancholy discovery was made « t Swansea on Thursday se'nnight. A most respectable lockup female arrived at the Mackworth Arms Inn on Wednesday night, by the Cambrian coach f OUT Bristol. She took lea and retired lo rest, telling the chambermaid she was exceedingly fatigued* and would take care of the candle herself. Much agitation was created in the house by her lion- appearance the following morning, and on forcing her chamber- door, she was lound a corpse, with the remains of a bottle of laudanum on the tablefc and a note, of which the following is a copy :— " I have long determined that the best ihing 1 could da was to put an end to the existence of a being whot> e birth was unfortunate, and whose life has only been asi ricw of pain to tho^ e persons who have hurt their health in en- deavouring 10 promote her welfare. Perhaps tu hear of my death will give y n pain, but you wil! suou have i'I* blessing of forgetting that i- uch a creature ever exited as—<— The name appears to have torn off and burnt, but her stockings are marked with the letter G. and on her Stays the letters M. M . aie visible.— She was dressed in a blue striped skirt with a white body, and a brown pelisse, wiih a fur trimming of a lighter colour, lined with white silk, and a hat of the same. She had a small French gold wat< h, and appeared about twenty- eight years of age, with long brown '. jair, dark complexion, aud had a ridi- c je containing a 3s. and 5s. Od. piecel— She told a fellow- passenger that she came to Bath by the mail from London on Tuesday morning, from w hence she proceeded to Bristol, and from thence to Swan- sea by the Cambrian coach, intending to go to Ireland. An inquisition was held at the Hampshire- Hog, in the Strand, a few days ago, upon the body 01 a female, aged four months, the daughter of Mr. Tho- mas Hawley, who keeps a silversmith's shop near the Adelphi, who was suffocated while iu bed wilh the servant, 011 the preceding night. ' I he particu- lars of this melancholy circumstance are these: — On retiring to bed, Mrs. Hawley gave the servant instructions to feed the child as far as it was neces- sary ; if, however, it should require maternal as- sistance, she was directed to bring it to Mrs. Haw- ley. The following morning, on Mrs. H. calling file servant up, she, to her great astonishment, found the infant at the bottom of the bed, and upon further examination it was perceived to be dead. Verdict— Accidental Death. Advertisements, Articles of Intelligence, and Orders/ or this Paper, are received by the following Agents.— LONDON, MESSRS. NEWTON AND CO. 5, Warwick- Square, Newgate- Street, and MR. WHITE, 33 Eleet- Street. BRAINTREE Mr. JOSCELYNE BALLINGDON Mr. HILL BRENTWOOD Mr. E. FINCH BURES Mr. DUPONT BURY Mr. RACKHAM BERGHOLT Mr. BARNARD BECCLES Mr. S. CATTERMOLE BOTESDALE Mr. H. EDWARDS BRANDON Mr. CLARKE BILLERICAY THE. POSTMASTER C. HEDINGHAM... THE. POSTMASTER CHELMSFORD Mr. G. WIFFEN COGGESHALL. Mr. S. FROST COLNE. EARLS Mr . J . CATCH POOR. CAMBRIDGE Mr. THORPE DEDHAM Mr. GRICR DUNMOW Mr. DODD EYE Mr. BARBER HARWICH Mr. SEAGER HAVERHILL Mr. T. FLACK HADLEIGH .. Mr. HARDAGRE HALSTED Mr. CHURCH INGATESTONE Mr. DAWSON IPSWICH ..... Mr. PIPER KELVEDON Mr. IMPEY MALDON and DENGIE ) { Mr. POLLEY HUNDRED.. MANNINGTREE Mr. SIZER MILDENHALL Mr. WILLET NEWMARKET . Mr ROGERS NAYLAND Mr. PARSONS ROMFORD Mr. BARLOW ROCHFORD Mr. WHITE STR ATFORD Mr. HUTTON STOKE Mr. BARE STOWMARKET Mr. WOOLBY TERLING Mr. H. BAKER THORPE Mr. UPCHER WIX Mr. SOUTHGATE WITHAM Mr. COTTIS WOODBRIDGE Mr. SIMPSON YARMOUTH Mr. BEART
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