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02/11/1816

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

Date of Article: 02/11/1816
Printer / Publisher: E. Lancaster 
Address: No.30, Head-Street, Colchester
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 149
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PerCent. THE COLCHESTER GAZET And General Advertiser for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Herts. No. 149. Printed and Published ( for the Proprietors) by E. LANCASTER, No. 30, Head- Street, Colchester. Price 7d. Price 7d. or in Quarterly Payments, at Si. per Quarter. SATURDAY, November 2 1816. ( This Paper is filed at Garraway's, Peele's, and John's Coffee- houses; at Newton and Co.' s } Warwick- Square ; Mr. White's, 33, Fleet- Street; and at the Auction Mart. WANTED, '-"•:'. In a Gentleman's Family, APERSON as LAUNDRY and DAIRY MAID. She must be perfect Mistress of her Business, and ft up fine Linen in the best manner.— Apply to Mr. fenton, Auctioneer, Colchester. ?! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HOSIERY WARE- HOUSE, 37, HIGH- STREET, COLCHESTER. J. MARSDEN MOST respectfully informs his Friends and the Public in general, that he is just returned from Nottingham and Leicester, with a large assortment of HOSIERY GOODS; and in consequence of the treat reduction in Wools, and the distressed state of the . Manu- facturers in the North, he has purchased and is selling the greatest BARGAINS in Hosiery ever offered in Colches- ter, viz. white Cotton Hose 10d. a pair; white, coloured, and black Worsted Is. Men's ribbed Worsted, and plain coloured and stout brown Cotton Hose Is. fld. Silk Hose 5s. Gloves 6d. Pantaloon Hose 6d. Cotton Drawers 2s. fid. Worsted under Waistcoats 3s. Braces 3d. Cotton Night Caps 3d. & c. N. B.— J. M. has purchased the whole Stock of Lace of a Manufacturer who has declined Business, which he is selling oft' at Half Price. Double Net white Lace Veils from ls. fid. Tippets and Caps 3s. fid. Bobbing Net Quilling 3d. a yard; Shawls 10s. Handkerchiefs, & c.— Good allow- ance to Country Shops — Sewing Cotton from 3s. 0d. per lb. COLCHESTER TRUE BLUE CLUB. THE TENTH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE COLCHESTER TRUE BLUE CLUB will be at the Three Cups Inn, Colchester, on Wednesday, the 6th of November, 1816. HART DAVIS, ESQ. M. P. in the Chair. R. A. CRICKITT. Esq. M. P. } JOHN ROUND, ESQ. M P. f TRW..„, COLONEL BRAMSTONE, L STEWARDS. Mr. ALDERMAN CLAY, J DANIEL SUTTON, JUN. SECRETARY. Tickets, 15s. each, to he had at the Bars of the Three Caps, Colchester, and Saracen's Head Inn, Aldgate, London. COLCHESTER FAIR. PUBLIC DAYS. THE ANNUAL PUBLIC BREAKFAST will be at the Three Cups Inn, on Thursday, the 7th of November, 1816; and on the same Day, the PUBLIC DINNER, at the above Inn, at Four o'Clock. On Friday Evening, the 8th of November, there will be • BALL and SUPPER at the Three Cups Inn. J. BULLOCK, Esq. Stewards W. B. GOODRICH, Esq Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to be early in their application for Tickets. d. Dinner Tickets for Ladies 7 6 Ditto Gentlemen 15 0 Ball and Supper Tickets for Ladies 8 0 Ditto Gentlemen 10 6 EXCISE- OFFICE, LONDON, October 15th, 1816. WHEREAS in the night of the 25th August, or early the next Morning, the Door of a Room used as a Warehouse, at the Excise- Office, in Saxmund- ham, was FORCED OPEN, and Thirty- eight Half Ankers of Foreign Geneva were stolen therefrom. The Commissioners of Excise, in order to bring the Offenders to Justice, do hereby offer a REWARD of FIFTY POUNDS, to any Person or Persons who shall give In formation, so that he or they may be apprehended and convicted, to be paid by their Secretary on the Convic- tion. By Order of the Board, THOMAS BURTON, Secretary. VOTE FOR THE COUNTY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY JAMES THORN, On Monday, the 4th of November, 1816, on the Premises, Layer- de- la- Hay, Essex, by Order of Mr. Thomas Pease, Proprietor, unless sooner disposed of by Private Con- tract, of which Notice will be given, AFREEHOLD DOUBLE and SINGLE TENE- MENT, with One Acre and a Half of Arable Land. For particulars enquire of Messrs. Darnell and Sewell, Solicitors, or of the Auctioneer, 31, Head- street, Col- chester. Capital Live and Dead Farming Stock, Implements in Husbandry, & C. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY ROBERT GOODWIN, On Monday, the 4th of November, 1816, without Reserve, on the Premises, Great Bromley, Essex, now in the occupation of Henry Warren, Esq. ALL the LIVE and DEAD FARMING STOCK, IMPLEMENTS in HUSBANDRY, & c. com- prising six capital young cart horses and mares; two good rord waggons, and tumbrels; wheel aud other ploughs; harrows and rollers ; cart and plough harness; implements iu husbandry; an excellent drill; and sit:. dry other arti- cles.— Sale to begin precisely at Eleven o'Clock. WVL A' prisinl NAYLAND, SUFFOLK. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HAWES AND FENTON, On Monday, November 4,1816, at the Anchor Inn, Nay- land, Suffolk, ALarge Quantity of capital BUILDING MA- TERIALS; comprising sixteen- feet Rafters, Plates, Tie- Beams, Sills, Studs, Ceiling and Floor Joists, Lining and Weather Boards, Ledged and other Doors, Sashes and frames, & c. & c. The above are nearly equal to new timber, and particu- larly claim the attention of builders and others. Sate to Begin at Eleven o'Clock.— Purchasers to pay the Auction- Duty. Valuable Agricultural Stock, Waldegrave's Farm, in West Mersea, Essex. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HAWES AND FENTON, On the above Farm, on Monday, the 4th Day of Novem- ber, 1816, by Order of Mrs. Alice Cooke, the Proprietor, who is changing her Residence, ALL the LIVE and DEAD STOCK, AGRI- CULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, BREWING and DAIRY UTENSILS, and Part of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,& c. comprising six full- sized black cart marcs and geldiugs, calculated for heavy work; two home- bred three- year- old steers, nearly fat; two capital milch costs, well timed in calf; thirty South Down sheep; a road waggon, three harvest ditto, three tumbrels, three foot ploughs, harrows, rollers, cart and plough harness; a stack of good clover hay, about 15 tons, well got up; hay- engine, dressing- machine, ladders, & c. capital 100 gallon brewing copper, furnace, aud lids; ten- bushel mash tub, large cooler, wort- tubs, jet, tap- ooze, strainer aud troughs, three 1J hogshead, and eight hogshead beer- casks, & c. washing- copper, dolly, copper and tin boilers and sauce- pans ; double flour- hutch, lot of pewter, sets of tea china, quart and pint decanters, four- post aud other bedsteads and furniture; large pier and other glasses; mahogany tables aud chairs; very handsome register aud Bath stoves; highly polished steel cut fenders; capital 5 ft 10 Bath wind- up range, with heater- stove, and trivets; spring crane, good smoke- jack, and various culinary articles; which will appear in Catalogues, to be had of the Auc- tioneers, Colchester; at the Inns iu the neighbourhood; aud at the Place of Sale Sale to begin at Ten o'clock precisely, on account of the Number of Lots. ESSEX AND SUFFOLK EQUITABLE INSURANCE OFFICE. AT a SPECIAL MEETING of the Directors, held this 14th day of October, 1816, at the Office Colchester, IT WAS Resolved, That this Society will, in future, insure Farming Stock and Produce, in One Sum, but that the same shall extend to the Stock and Produce ill One attached Occupation only; aud 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 the Office Books, wherein any Fanning Stock and Pro- duce are insured, will, from this time, be considered as insured iu 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 great extent, whereby his Majesty's Re- venue is diminished, and the fair Trader much injured. His Majesty's Commissioners for managing the Stamp Duties, with a view to prevent the continuance of these Offences, HEREBY GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE, That they are determined to prosecute all Persons who shall be found so offending. And Notice is hereby given, That by the Act of the 9tli Ann, ch. 2i, 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 l « th Geo. 2. ch. 2i>, sec. 5, aud 30th Geo. 2. ch. 19, see. 26, if any Person 6hall sell, hawk, carry about, litter, or expose to Sale, any Almanack not stamped ac- cording t" Law, it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace, upon conviction of the 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; aud any Person may seize and carry sucii Offender before a Justice of the Peace, and upon producing a Certificate of his Conviction from such Justice, will be entitled to a Reward uf Twenty Shillings, which will be paid by the Distributor of Stamps of the District. By Order of the Commissioners, W. KAPPEN, Secretary. 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 Hoars < 5f Four and Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following Lots: ADesirable ESTATE, situate in Dedham afore- said, now iu the occupation of the Proprietor, Mr. Henry Blomfield, who will give immediate Possession. Lot 1 All that PIECE or PARCEL of ARABLE LAND, 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 1. All that PIECE of rich PASTURE LAND, lying iu Broad Meadow, containing Four Acres. Lot 5. All those TWO COTTAGES, with a Barn and Seven Acres of exceeding good Arabic Land, divided from Lot G, by the Road. Lot 6. All that MESSUAGE or TENEMENT, with a Yard, Garden, Barn, Stable, Granary; tind other Appur- tenances, and several PIECES or PARCELS of exceed- ing good ARABLE LAND, iu a high state of cultivation, containing, with thcscitc of the premises. Fifteen Acres. This Lot commands a beautiful view of Dedham Village, East Bergholt, the Stour, aud adjacent country, and is very desirable to build upon. The above Estate is all ill a high state of cultivation, and is Copyhold of the Manor of Dedham Hall, aud a small Piece of Overhall and Netherhall, aud subject to a Fine arbitrary, for about Six Acres, and 2s. in the pound upon oue 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 Manningtree, 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 5 and 6; or of the Auctioneers, Colchester. ESSEX TURNPIKES. SECOND DISTRICT. WHEREAS, at a Meeting appointed by the Trustees, to be holden at the Thorn Inn, Mistley, on Tuesday, the 2 > d day of October inst. a sufficient Num- ber of Trustees did not appear to act at such Meeting; in pursuance, therefore, of the Directions contained in an Act of Parliament made and passed in the 33d year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Third, intituled " an Act for repairing the Roads leading from the western part of the Parish of Shenfield, to Harwich, & e." aud also iu an Act made and passed in the 55th year of th? Reign of his said present Majesty, King George the Third, intituled " an Act for continuing aud amending an Act of his leading Meeting held at the Thorn Inn, in Mistley aforesaid, on Tuesday, the 12th day of November next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, being three weeks trora the last and above- mentioned Meeting.— Given under my hand, the 24th day of October, 1816. JOHN AMBROSE Clerk to the Trustees of the said Second District Very desirable and valuable Freehold Property, in Great Bromley, Essex, with immediate Possession. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HAWES AND FENTON, At the Red Lion Inn, Colchester, at Three o'Clock in the Afternoon, on Saturday, November the 9th, 1816, by Order of the Proprietor, ( unless sooner disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given,) FORTY ACRES, little more or less, of very productive FREEHOLD LAND, in a good state of Cultivation, situate in Great Bromley, now in the occu- pation of the Proprietor. For particulars and Price, apply to Mr Thomas Lake, Land Surveyor, or to the Auctioneers, Colchester TOWERS'S STOMACHIC ESSENCE, for the cure of Nervous Irritation, Palpitation of the Heart, Fainting and Hysteric Affections. Spasms and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels, arising from Indigestion aud Flatu- lency. It corrects Acidity, warms and gives tone to the Sto- mach, and calms that Irritability aud Hurry of the Mind, which many labour under in a most distressing degree. This latter sensation thousands will feelingly understand, though the Proprietor in vain endeavours to describe it Sold, wholesale and retail, at 4s. the Medicine, and 6d the Stamp, by J. Towers, Warner- street, Clerkenwell; aud by Swinburne and Walter, Colchester; Meggy am! Chalk, Chelmsford; Fitch, and Hooker, Ipswich ; Dodd Dunmow; Sealer, Harwich; Youngman, Saffron Walden Dingle, Bury; Browne and Co. Maidstone: Reynolds, En- field, Proprietor of REYNOLDS'S GOUT SPECIFIC; and bv all Venders of Repute— Where may be had, TOWERS'S PATENT NEW LONDON COUGH TINCTURE, a REMedy of long- ti led efficacy, for Coughs; including the Hooping- Cough, Asthmas, & o. KETCHER'S BANKRUPTCY. THE Commissioners in a Commission of Bank- rupt bearing date the 12th day of July, 1815, awarded and issued forth against EDWARD KETCHER, of Thorpe- within- the- Soken, in the County of Essex, Grocer, Draper, Dealer and Chapman, iutcud to meet on Friday, the 15th day of November next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, at the Red Lion lnn, in Colchester, in the said County of Essex, in order to make a final Dividend of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt; when aud where the Creditors who have not already proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Dividend, and all Claims not then substantiated will be disallowed. Witham, 21 st October, 1816. J. DANIELS, Solicitor to the Assignees. THOUSANDS of Ladies and Gentlemen have a good Head of Hair by using PRINCE's RUSSIA OIL only; but some ladies, through advertisements, or being persuaded by their hair- dressers to use other oils, soon found the difference, as they have coloured their hair, or changed it to a purple shade, or it has begun to fall off, or turn grey. In short, Prince's Russia Oil is the wholesomest and best oil for preserving tyid promoting the growth of hair of ladies, gentlemen, and children, aud if used constantly, not a hair will fall off'or turn grey; it makes weak and short hair grow thick and long, renders dry or harsh hair soft, promotes eye brows and whiskers. Gentlemen who are buld, or have lost part of their hair, and the least sign of roots of hair remaining, by usiug Prince's Russia Oil regularly for a short time, will be sure to have it restored. Thousands of gentlemen that were bald, have declared, after using Prince's Russia Oil re- gularly for a short time, the bald places became covered with hair. Gentlemen who wear powder ought to use it instead of pomatum. Ladies will find Prince's Russia Oil preferable to any article when dressing real or false hair, as it curls the hair which way they like. And what makes Prince's Russia Oil more valuable, it is so healthy, and such a strengthener to the head, that whoever use- it for their hair, will not be liable to catch the plague, fevers, or any other infectious diseases; nor be affected with head- aches, giddiness, melancholy mad- ness, apoplexy ; prevents sudden deaths, which are daily occurring, all proceeds from weakness in the head. No doubt many wili think it impossible for an oil used on the hair to possess such virtue in preserving the health, but there urc simple articles, when tried, that are found to be of gr^ at benefit to mankind; for example, in all ancient medical publications, Aromatic Oils, such as Prince's Russia Oil, is particularly recommended to be used for the hair, as it is very wholesome. The ancients lived many years longer than the present generation, and had line liair, that did not turn grey, even to an advanced age. So late am the 5th of August, 1814, the Morning Chronicle, and several other principal papers, in London, mention of persons living from one huudred to two hundred years, and upwards, most probably through using proper oils for the hair. Seethe Medical Act of Parliament.- You will find Prince's Russia Oil is so wholesome, is the reason that it must not be sold without having u British Government medical stamp. Therefore, ladies ami gentlemen, in this or any other country, should use Prince's Russia Oil, as througli Ihe aromatic ingredients with which it is prepared, when used for the hair, it prevents catching infectious diseases, will preserve the hair aud health, and be the means of their living years longer than the present generation do. An officer in the navy, in an engagement a few years since, was wounded on the top of the head, and after the wound was healed, it left the part without hair, and at every change of weather, his head being so weak, it gave him mnch pain, and caused him at times to feel melan- choly; but after using Prince's Russia Oil, the wounded part became covered with hair, and his head so much strengthened, that since using it he has not felt the weak- nesses. It is the wholesomest and best oil for children's hair, promotes and strengthens their hair, clearing their heads from scurf, and keeps the head and hair perfectly clean; aud is so wholesome, when used for children's hair, pre- vents their catching diseases; as a proof, in 1814, in Surry, the scarlet fever was very prevalent among the etaildreil, but several families there, who used Prince's Russia Oil for their children's hair, escaped it; therefore parents should use it for their children, whether at home or at school. Even physicians allow that certain oils used for the hair are very healthy: many use it themselves, as well as recommend it. The following is a proof that Prince's Russia Oil is the original and only genuine in the universe, although some of the ingredients are the produce of Russia; but the principal aromatic ingredients are the produce of Great Britain; even if they want the genuine Russia Oil in Russia, or iu any other country in the world, they must send to London for it. Proved by oath, on the 24th of November, 1814, before the Lord Mayor of Loudon, that A. Prince is the original proprietor of the Russia Oil. Also the following gentlemen, who are the first respect- able Perfumers aud Medicine Venders iu London, who have sold it for these ten years:— Smyth and Nephew, Perfumers to his Majesty, New Bond- street; Hendrie, Perfumer to her Majesty, Tichborne- street; Bailey and Blew, Perfumers to the Prince and Princess, and Duke aud Duchess of York, Cockspur- street; Newbury, 45, St. Paul's Church- yard; Dicey, Bow Church- yard; Barclay, 95, Fleet- market; Butler, 4, Cheapside; Edwards, 66, St. Paul's Church- yard; Burgess, 63, Holborn- hill; Low, 330, Strand; Bacon, 150, Oxford- street; T. Raine and Co. 25, King- street, Covent- garden; Berry, Johnson, Greek- street; Davison, 59, Fleet- street; Rigge, 65, Cheapside; to be had also of Mr. Mitchell, Perfumer, Colchester; and by most principal Perfumers and Medicine Venders. The above is a proof that Prince's Russia Oil is the only genuine; therefore, if any Perfumer, Medicine Vender, Hair- dresser, or any one else, in Great Britain, France, Germany, the East and West Indies, and any other countries, sells Russia Oil that is not Prince's, it is hereby publicly mentioned, they are impostors, as they sell coun- terfeits to their customers. CAUTION.— The high reputation of Prince's Russia Oil above all other articles for the hair, has induced insidious persons to impose on the public base counterfeits, com- posed of ingredients injurious to the hair; and to deceive the public the impostors have an eagle; also a fictitious Russian name printed on the wrappers of their bottles; they also call their counterfeits the original, and pretend they get it from Russia; but the impostors, finding no respectable venders will sell their counterfeits, they leave it with hair- dressers, & c. and allow them a great discount to sell it, as there are many who cfo not care what they sell, if they can get more by it; but there are respectable hair- dressers who will not sell auy but Prince's genuine Russia Oil. There are many ladies and gentlemen, in town and country, who have complained of using Russia Oil without benefit, on account of impostors, who sold them counter- feits, and persuaded them it was genuine; therefore pur- chasers will be particular to ask for Prince's Russia Oil; and observe, " Prince" is on the cover aud on the seal, and a British Government stamp over the cork of each bottle; without, it is not genuine ; at 4s. the small bottle, or a bottle, containing the quantity of nearly five small, for Us. or a dozen lis. bottles for 81. Sold, wholesale, retail, and for exportation, by the sole Proprietor, Prince, Dentist, 9, John- street, Oxford- street, London.— Observe, as the numbers run irregular in John- street, Prince's house is next door to a coach- maker's. Sold also by most principal Perfumers and Medicine Venders, li is so prepared as to keep in all climates; the older the better. Merchants, Captains, and Country Shop- keepers will receive a liberal allowance. Merchants and Captains having orders to send Russia Oil abroad, will be particular to have Prince's genuine Russia Oil, as there are wholesale perfumers in the City who havs taken in Merchants and Captains, who sold thein counterfeit Russia Oil, aud persuaded them their counter- feits are the genuine. Several Merchants who have been taken in with the counterfeit, sent them abroad, and had them returned. The Proprietor has been informed that in Brussels, as well as other parts of the Continent, there is a great deal of counterfeit Russia Oil sent over by im- postors from this country; but there are many ladies and gentlemen who will use no other than Prince's Russia Oil, its they know that it is the only genuine RUPTURE. Testimony in Favour of the new Discovery for the Cure of Rupture, now practising at No. 12, Red Lion- Square; removed from Golden- Square. HAVING witnessed in the most satisfactory manner the efficacy of the mode of curing HER- NIA, adopted by . Mr. SPENCER, we, the undersigned, could not feel ourselves justified in withholding this public expression of our conviction in its favour; and iu com- passion to the numbers now labouring Under this afflicting complaint, we are induced to come forward and state our firm persuasion, that the method adopted by this gentle- man is safe, certain, and expeditious; and we have no hesitation iu recommending all who possess reducible Ruptures to the same hand lor aid. Our situations iu life will convince all who know us, that one only motive, il: e relief of our suffering fellow, creatures, can be supposed to actuate us in thus giving our signatures oil this important subject to the ' public eye. EARL OF A , REV. J. S. GALE, J. THRING, J. KELLY, Capt. of the 20th Dragoons; J. HEATH. References to these Names may be had of Mr. Spencer. Copy of a Letter from a Noble Fart, dated Sept. 14,1814. Sir,— I have this instant received the favour of your letter, and take the earliest moment to assure you of my readiness to do you justice upon the subject of my ser- vant's recovery from a severe Rupture; an advantage he has derived from your skilful treatment of the case, t » which 1 shall be a" t all times willing to bear ample tes- timony.— I am, ftc. To J. H Spencer, Esq. There are now four hundred aiid 6ighty- thrce persons attending this process, which is without surgical opera- tion or pain to either sex. Since the practice commenced in July 1815, the success has equalled every sanguine ex- pectation, and reference will be given to professional gentlemen of eminence, and to many persons of great respectability, who have left off the truss, quite restored. The under names have allowed public mention of their cases as recovered:— Mr. J. Finden with Mr. Manchester, Ormond- yard, Bloomsbury; Mr. Charles Saunders, ser- vant to the Earl of Onslow; Mr. Thomas Girling, 12, George- street, Grosvenor- square; Mr. Thomas Garrod, 7, Upper Crown- street, Westminster ; a son of Mr. Heath, Reindeer, Slough; Mr. Spencely, 7, Goodge- street; Mr. Taylor, jun. Farmer, Oakley- green, near Windsor; Mrs. Axtell, at 12, Camberwell- terrace; a servant of Lord Radstock, Portland- place ; Mr. Smith, 5, Little Chelsea; James Riley, S- I, Wardour- street; a servant of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent; Master Presbury, 12, Den- zel- street, Clare- market; a sou of Mrs. Collier, 4, Wood- street, Westminster; and Mr. G. Jordon, Aylesford, near Maidstone. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered sailors under this process; and General Bloom- field has directed a domestic of hts Royal Highness the Prince Regent to undergo ( lie cure, under the Inspection of the Profession, for a bad Scrotal Hernia?, who have since examined, and pronounced hiiu qniiewell. The certificates of many cases may be seen at 12, Red Lion- square, as well as the annexed one relative to Wis Royal Highness servant:— SIR,— In February last I examined John Uny, a groom at Carlton- house. who had a Scrotal Herniae; since lie has undergone your process 1 have again examined him, and there is no appearance of Rupture— Your humble servant, . C. H. PHILLIP'S, Surgeon, Paul- Mall. J. H. Spencer, Esq. May 12th, 1816. Letters must be post- free. P. S. Mr. Spencer having to attend some gentlemen in Essex, will he at the Black Boy). Chelmsford, on Wed nesday and Thursday, the 6th and 7th of November ; and on Friday and Saturday', the Sth aud 9th, at the Angel Inn, Colchester; v here- he » wi/ le consulted; or will meet any appointment bp note. He practises only the above Discovery, and tliie Cure for Rheumatism, some eases of which he has restored after twenty years lameness. Any resident Clergyman or Magistrate may send a few cases to be cured gratis. TO MR. RICHARD TURNER, ON HIS INCOMPARABLE BLACKING. TURNER, thy name on record stands, High on the pinnacle of fame; Thy lively genius theu demands Some little tribute to thy name. Thy curious liquid, shining black; The rare invention of thy mind. Was not explor'd iu ages back, , Nor ever equall'd by mankind. This Blacking, when it is applied To boots or shoes, such lustre yields, That those who nse it think, with pride, On Turner, of St. George's- Fields. Sold by Carr, Candler, Bunyon; Steggall, Potter, Watts, Garland, Thorn, White, Hibble, and Tillett, Colchester; Seager, Deck, Saxby, Raisen, Cook, Poole, aud Webb, Harwich; Rudlin, Mann. and Swinborn, Dedham; Faires, Cook, and Fricker, Hadleigh; Hitchingson, and Cauch, 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, and at the same time acts as a preserver of the leather.— To be had in Stone Bottles, at 6d. Is. aud Is. 6d. No. 114, Landon- Road, Southwark. » ** Ask for TURNER'S BLACKING. NERVOUS DISEASES. OF all Diseases incident to Mankind, those of the Nervous Kind are the, most complicated and difficult to cure. A volume would not be sufficient to point out their various appearances. They imitate almost every disease; and arc seldom alike in two different per- sons, or even in the same person at different times.— Proteus like, they are continually changing shape; and upon every fresh attack, the patient thinks fie feels symp- toms which he never experienced before. Nor do " they only affect the bodv; the wind likewise suffers, and is often thereby rendered extremely weak and peevish.— The low spirits, timorousness, melancholy, and fickleness of temper, which generally attend nervous disorders, induce many to believe that they are entirely diseases of the mind; but this change of temper is rather a conse- quence than a cause of nervous diseases. The CORDIAL BALM of GILEALD is decidedly the most elegant and efficacious Medicine ever yet disco- vered for Nervous Diseases, and shattered Constitutions, Consumptions, Weakness of Sight or Memory, Hypo- chrondria, Tremblings of the Mind, Sexual " Debility, Stomach and Bowel Complaints, aud all other Diseases arising from a relaxed state of the Nervous system; which are too often brought on by dissipation in youth, and the gross violation of those rules which prudence dictates for the preservation ot health, and the laying a foundation for a long and happy life, with a firm and strong constitution. Sold by Swinborne and Walter, Colchester; Harris and Firmin. ditto; Keymer, ditto; Rose, ditto; Meggy and Chalk, Chelmsford; Guy, ditto; Kelham, ditto; Young, man, Witham aud Maldon; Holroyd, Maiden; Smith, Braintree; Seager, Harwich; Hardacre, Hadleigh; Hill, Ballingdon: and all the respectable Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom; in bottles, price lis. each, or four in one family bottle for 33s. by which oue lis. bottle is saved, with the words, " Sam. Solomon, Liverpool," engraved oh the Stamp. %* Dr. Solomon expects, when consulted by letter, the usual compliment of a one pound note, to be inclosed, addressed, " Money Letter Dr. Solomon, Gilead- House, near Liverpool.— Paid double postage." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. TURIN, Oct. 15.— The following fact serves to prove that the Barbary Regencies are disposed to observe the conditions of the Treaty of Peace which they have concluded with us. The 14th Septem- ber last, a Tunisian vessel brought into this road a zebec, of Genoese construction, which had beea met with in the Adriatic, without crew or papers. This vessel is painted black with a white border, its cargo consisted of wine, Vinegar, citrons, & c. The Bey of Tunis put the cargo under seal, and placed two sentinels onboard the vessels to keep guard until it should be claused by the Captain or owner. MADRID, Oct. 10.— The Class of Spanish Gran- tees have had a meeting, under the Presidency of the Infante, Don Antonio, who represented the King. All the Grandees in Madrid attended, and those who were absent sent proxies to the Members who were present. The meeting elected a Deputa- tion which is to be permanent, and formed a Secre- tariat but of several of the Members. This assembly, which, according to the orders of the King, is to meet annually, is a new institution, the results of which may prove remarkable. An organization of the same nature, formed on the existing Deputa- tions of the different towns of the kingdom, which have long had no duty to perform txcept that of attending at the Coronations of our Kings, would nearly complete a system of Representative Govern- ment. VENICE, Oct. 8.— We have received news front Smyrna. The executions continue. Several Janis- saries have paid with their heads the parts they took in the revolt The plague is making great ravages; a south- west wind is now blowing, which renders ils effects more terrible to individuals, The inhabitants show greater care than ordinary to preserve themselves from the contagion. Five Janissaries found means to get into a house, where they committed violence upon the women, and plundered all that they could carry off; they afterwards escaped pursuit by embarking on board a ship, and it is feared that they will- carry ihe pes- tilence to wherever they disembark. The Albanian pirates still continue their ravages* Two ships going out of Ragusa were attacked by thein and taken, the crews and merchandize were carried off, but the ships sunk. PARIS, Oct. 25.— The Duke of Kent arrived at Cambray on the 20th, when the Constituted Autho- rities had the honour of being presented to him.— The Bishop of Cambray also paid his compliments to him. A grand dinner was given by the Duke of Wellington, at which the Bishop was present.— After witnessing the manoeuvres of the troops, the Duke of Kent will proceed to Brussels, where he has engaged an hotel for three years The Civil Tribunal of Nancy, at a Sitting on Tuesday, the 15th of the present month, has con- demned Joseph Choulieur, miller, at Jezainville, tox an imprisonment of two months, and a fine of a thousand francs, for having by fraudulent means occasioned a rise in the price of corn, at the mar- ket of Pont- a- Mousson, the 15th inst. The number of Russian troops commanded by Count Woronzow, and passed in review the 4th of the present month by the Duke of Wellington, amounted to 28 or 29,000 men tinder arms, and from nine to ten thousand horse, including the train of artillery. The review lasted from ten in the morning till six in t^ ie evening. A young locksmith at Calais, scarcely of the age of twenty, terminated his existence on the 19th inst, with a pistolv in consequence, it is presumed, of some difference between his parents and hi in. He displayed a calmness and gaiety quite inconceivable in such circumstances. He was even heard singing in the shop only a few minutes before he went up into his room to perpetrate the suicidal deed. Extract of a letter from Chalons- sur- Marne, dated the 22d :—" A horrible murder was committed in the night of the 14th, on the road from Epernay to Monthelon. One Francis Billy, of Monthelon, with the hope of becoming sole heir to a widow woman whom he had just married, put to death his step- son with an iron bar eighteen inches in length, and bent at one of the extremities. The murderer was soon arrested, when, agitated by re- morse, he confessed his crime before the Mayor." TRIESTE, Oct. 4.— Amongst the exiled French Who are at present here, the most remarkable are the Prince Felix Bacciochi, with his wife, Eliza, sister to Bonaparte ; and General Arrighi, formerly Duke of Padua. They live in affluent circum- stances, and are often at public spectacles and on the promenades. GENOA, Oct. 8.— We have just witnessed the arrival of an English vessel, commanded by Capt. Stewart, having on board some of the attendants and effects belonging to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Already there have been landed several sorts of rare animals, various an- tiquities, inscriptions on marbles, fine specimens of mosaic, columns, and minerals. All these cu- riosities are to be forwarded to Como, where the Princess now is, and where it is believed she will reside for some time ; at least till the divorce, of which so much has been said, shall be decided. FROM THE MAINE, Oct. 16.— The speculation with the anction of English manufactured goods, at Frankfort, is said to have failed, from the cir- cumstance that it was discovered that the English had made an arragement with Jews, who, by pre- tended biddings, were to raise the goods to high prices. Upon this they had but few real purchasers. HAMBURG, Oct. 22.— Captain Sven Petersen, who, on his voyage from Lisbon to Hamburg, was captured and carried into Tripoli by a corsair of that place, has written a letter, dated 12th Sept. to Messrs. Hasche, Brothers, and Banks, saying, that he and his four sailors had, by the intercession of the English Consul at Tripoli, whose kind be- haviour he cannot sufficiently praise, been released from his imprisonment, and with fifty Christian slaves, conveyed on board of an English transport to Malta. FRANKFORT, Oct. 16.— A plan is said now to be in agitation, by winch Bavaiia will cede its Principality of Aschaffenburg to the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and obtain in return the former Palatinate of the Rhine, with the city of Mentz. This ex- change will, it is said, be negociated here. The day after to- morrow, ( 18th) the Senate and the Citizens are to take the oaths. A salute of fifty cannon announces the beginning of the solemnity, and another of the same number the end of it. Instead of the general illumination of the houses, the avenue and the theatre will be illuminated at the expence of the city. Between four and five all the bells will ring for the religious ceremony of the day, and 101 cannon be fired. BRUSSELS, Oct. 23.— The Duke of Wellington has, given orders to form magazines of provisions at Valenciennes, Cambray, and other places occu- pied by the Allied troops, in order to relieve the inhabitants of the French provinces, whose provi- sions have risen to an excessive price. Orders have been sent to the Baltic for large quantities of corn, which are expected successively in Antwerp to be forwarded to their destination. The purchases made for this purpose in our pro- vinces also contribute to raise the price of corn in Belgium. His Majesty Iras given orders, mean- time, for an inventory to be taken of the corn in hand, which will doubtless lead to adequate mea- sures, and we hope to a fall in the prices. Large quantities of different descriptions have already arrived at Antwerp. MUNICH, Or/, 12.—- The articles published in Several loreign journals respecting the marriage of the Princess Charlotte, ( the new Empress of Austria) still contain expressions either incorrect or obscure, respecting what they call the first marriage of that Princess. The following are " the facts:— The man who tyrannized over Europe conceived it con- form;. ble to his policy, some years ago, to marry the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg to the Princess, Charlotte. He had prevailed on the King of Wir- temberg to employ all the authority of a father and a Sovereign to overcome the refusal of the Prince, who, while be did justice to the excellent qualities of the Princess, would not receive a Consort from the bauds of the oppressor of his country. In the meantime the political interests of the kingdom of Wirtemberg were compromised by this relusal, and, wishing to save his father and King from the disagreeable consequences of his further resistance, the Prince Royal consented to the apparent con- summation of the marriage. But, having informed the Princess of tile kind of moral and political re- straint exercised over him, the Prince concluded an arrangement With her, by which both parties establish: d proofs of the nullity of their feigned Consent; and their formal wish not to live together as husband and wife. The moment that the down- fal of usurped power rendered a representation possible, the Princess, who is a Catholic, addressed to the Pope authentic and unequivocal proofs of the uo i- exisfeiice of the pretended marriage. This step. which was taken in concert with the Prince ol Wirtemberg, was followed, on the part of the Pope, by the complete and formal annulment, with tcvp, ct to religion, of the pretended union of the August- Personages. The Pope, who could only give judgment with regard to parties belonging to the Catholic Communion, restored the Princess Charlotte to the unmarried state. With regard to the civil tie, which was equally unsound, it appears that a Convention has been concluded between the two Royal Houses of Bavaria and Wirtemberg, which dissolves the forced contract concluded under the influence of an irresistible power. Letters from the North state, that the States of America are at present negotiating a Treaty of Commerce with Denmark. Extract of a letter to a respectable house in Bal- timore, received via New York, dated Buenos Ayres, July 20, 1816:—" On the 9th instant the Congress at Tucuman declared the Provinces of Rio de la Plata a free and independent Govern- ment ; which was accordingly communicated offi- cially to our Consul on the 10th, and goes by this opportunity to our Government."— Balt. Pat. The Minerva, arrived at Liverpool from New York in two and twenty days, has brought several private communications. They state, that in the sale which had taken place there of three thousand packages of British manufactures, a loss had been incurred of 33 per cent, and that the result of another sale early in October was expected to be worse. Several failures, more particularly of im- porters, factors, and agents employed in the English trade, had recently occurred. Six transports arrived at Dover on Friday from Calais, with about 900 discharged men and invalids from our army in France. The same day Lord Hill and other officers embarked for Calais. Mr. Herries has received the appointment of Auditor of the Civil List. LONDON. Great exertions, it is stated, are making in Russia to increase ( he navy. There are now extensive dock- yards at Archangel also. The timber for the ships built at this place is conveyed thither on raits from the interior of the empire ; the ammu- nition, artillery, & c. from Cronstadt. There have been already built at Archangel two ships of the line, one of 120 guns, and six frigates; several la ge and small ships of war are on the slocks, and were to be partly finished this summer. Equal activity is shewn to build a fleet at the opposite end ol the empire, viz. at Ochotzk; there, however, besides numerous merchantmen, only small ships of war are built, puit y because no good ship- timber is to be found iu that country, and partly because the price of labour is very high there in compari- son with the oiher parts of the Russian empire. However, the ships of war built there are sufficient to protect the trade to the Aleutian Islands, and the north- west coast of America. The Gulph of Venice is not yet wholly free from corsairs; but some of their ships have been cap- tured, and others are pursued by the English. By the influence of the English Consul at Tripoli, filly Christian slaves have just been released from that place. The Ex- Queen of Sweden lives with her chil- dren in the most private manner, at Brucksal, a small town, about twenty miles north of the capita of the Duchy of Baden. LEIPSIC FAIR.— An article in the Paris Papers, dated the 12( h ult. gives the following account of this great Mart :— Within the last tight days this fair has become much worse than it was before. There were no buyers, though the number of ( elleis did not exceed wlrat ihey usually have been. Cloths found but little sale. Linens were very dear, although they sild a liitle. The most necessary things were those which experienced most sale. The number of English traders, and their merchandize, was pro- digious ; and their goods were at a moderate price. ' 1 lie English carried away a good deal of gold from the fair. The lonis have risen in value upwards of nine per cent. It i. s generally observed, that the English draw at this moment a considerable quan- tity of money from the Continent. There were a number of jews, with plenty of money; but ihey " bought little, being iu waiting for u more favour- able time. Many of the merchants did not gain enough to defray their expences. The causes to which the bad condition of the fair has been attri- buted are— the great quantity of goods on sale, the outbidding that took place in several parts, the increasing dearness of provisions, and the scarcity of money. Colonial produce met with hut little sale, although its price was moderate. A pound of good coffee cost twenty- four sous, and sugar in proportion. The harvest is not entirely finished in our neighbourhood, and this circumstance has tendtd to diminish the number of buyers, who usu- ally come from the country. A Paris paper says—" We learn from New- foundland, that a violent fire destroyed, about the end of July, more than two hundred houses iu the isle of St. John, the principal establishment of the English in that quarter." The presents from the Emperor Alexander to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent consist of three Persian and one Arabian horses, brought in the Russian transport ship Philadelphia. One of the horses is valued at 3,0001. There is also a present of a table of Siberian porphyry, one of the leaves of which is estimated at 15,000. roubles ( 7001.) The same ship brought valuable presents from the Em- peror to his sister, the Princess of the Netherlands, which were landed in Holland. Several cases of Statuary, intended as a present to her Royal High- ness the Princess Elizabeth, have been landed, aud forwarded to London. Saturday's Gazette notices the appointment of Prince Leopold as Colonel of the 5th Dragoon Guards, vice General Bland, deceased; and of W. Edward Powell, Esq. as Lord Lieutenant of Cardi- ganshire. A lady of high rank, who has been for some time on the Continent, is said to have renounced the Protestant religion and embraced that of Rome ! Saturday arrived at Ramsgate, from Ostend, the Flying Fish packet, Captain Smith, with several passengers, amongst whom was the daughter of the unfortunate Pichegru, a very interesting and elegant young lady, about 25 years of age to ap- pearance. Upon coming on shore she immediately proceeded on her journey for London. The Packet Masters assert, that the English re turning from France exceed the departures. This is poor comfort. They go with their pockets full and return empty. Amongst the intended reductions which will take place at the close of the year, are the Naval Pay- Officers, which were established during the war at the several out- ports. One of the many and important reductions of the War Establishments which are proceeding under the direction of the Lords of the Treasury, took place last week, by the transfer of the office and functions of the Commissary in Chief to the Treasury, whereby a considerable diminution of the Establishment for the management of the De- partment at home and abroad will be effected. It is now in contemplation to consolidate the Warehousing System of the Customs and Excise together. As some of the warehouse- keepers be- longing to the Customs alone, at the outports, re- ceive considerable salaries, a great saving will be effected hereafter by the diminution of the number appointed at present by the two departments to the seventy- two outports. In the port of London, a discontinuance of the services of the whole of the landing waiters' pupils, aud of the employment of two of the temporary assistant landing waiters, has, we understand, already been carried into effect.— A further reduction of such other class of landing waiters as are only temporarily employed at the docks and the quays, and paid accordingly, will shortly take place. No unexpected hardship arises to the persons so discontinued, for their appoint- ments, in the first instance, only admitted the chance of their being employed but for a few months in the year, and for such services the two first classes are allowed remuneration, at the rate of 4001. per annum. Speaking of the late disturbances at Merthyr, a Provincial Journal gives the following new parti- culars :—" The workmen were ineffectually resisted at Dowlais, on Thursday evening, by some Magis- trates and Gentlemen at the head of about sixty special constables, armed with pikes; the latter were disarmed and dispersed, and four of the for- mer were much hurt by vollies of stones. The windows of Mr. Guest's house were demolished, and the mob paraded the streets all night. After this no other mischief was done; the men continued to assemble in numerous groups until the middle of Saturday, when, upon again re- entering the town, they found the military ready to receive them, and the tumult was quelled, as already stated."— A meet- ing of the Magistrates of the County of Glamorgan has voted thanks to Lord Sidmouth. The cause of the disturbances in Wales arc not yet ascertained. The Staffordshire manufacturers accuse the iron- masters in Wales of having reduced the price of iron, and consequently the wages of the workmen, solely with a view to ruin their rivals in trade. The wages are not lower in Staf- fordshire than in Wales. Some difficulties had occurred in the former district which had thrown |, iWBny- m? n otitof work, aud consequently produced P much local distress; but this was not owing to a general ' failure in { he demand for iron, but to the imprudent speculations of two or three principal houses, which were consequently obliged to suspend payment. In justice to the other Staffordshire iron- masters it ought to be stated, that = they did not take that advantage of the labouring classes they might have done, in consequence of so much labour being thrown upon the market. On the contrary, as far asi the competition prices of the Welsh iron- masters would allow, they continued to pay their men such wages as with industry and frugality might secure to their families a tolerably comfortable live- lihood. The following has been handed to us as a correct list of the Staffordshire prices of labour:— Colliers and Miners will earn from 2s. 8< l. to 3s. Cd. per day Men employed in blast furnaces, from 18s. to 21s. per week. Men employed in forces and mills, from 25s. to 32s. per week. Strong Boys iu ditto, from 0s. to 12s- ditto. Letters from Wales received on Wednesday, con- firm the complete restoration of tranquillity.— Three of the ringleaders of the late riots in Gla- morganshire have been lodged in Cardiff gaol; and two women who used most inflammatory language, were sent to the House of Correction at Cowbridge. — Some alarms had been excited at Pontypool, and apprehensions were at one time entertained for the depot at Brecon, where there are 40,000 stand of arms, which are now guarded by a detachment of the 55th from Milford, and the Staff of the Car- marthenshire Militia. Friday, the friends and supporters of the Lord Mayor at his late re- election to the civic chair, met to celebrate that event, by a dinner at the City of London Tavern. The meeting was so numerous, that there was a difficulty of finding seats by those who had tickets of admission. There were upwards of 400 present. The Duke of Sussex was in the Chair, supported by Lord Mountfort, Sir Philip Francis, and the Lord Mayor. The King's health being first given, the Regent's health was then drank, but with mingled applause and disapproba- tion. The Queen and the rest of the Royal Family were also given.— On proposing the healths of the Princess Charlotte and Prince Cobourg, the Duke remarked, that he was sure the high rank of the Princess, and her well- known attachment to the Constitution, would not lose their influence with the meeting, by the consideration that she was the wife of a brother fishmonger ( Member of the Fishmon- gers'Company).—( Loud applause).— His Royal Highness then gave the health of another new- mar- ried fishmonger and his wife, their Royal High- nesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, which was drank with similar testimonies of unanimous approbation. — On the Chairman' proposing the Lord Mayor's health, his Royal Highness entered into a long panegyric on the Lord Mayor, and a dissertation on the difficulties; of the times, which, he said, were produced by political circumstances partly, and partly by the visitation of Providence in diminishing the average returns of agriculture. The Lord Mayor, on returning thanks, said, he hoped that he should, as had been in a friendly way intimated to him from a high quarter, act during his second mayoralty, in such a manner as should redeem him at least from the disgrace of having left the most barefaced abuses and enormi- ties unpunished. A more efficient system of police was obviously requisite. His Lordship concluded s long speech, by proposing the health of the Duke of Sussex, who, in thanking the company for drink- ing it, said he could not agree with the doctrine which proscribed the members of the Royal Fanrily from filling public offices. The king alone could do no wrong. His sons could be, aud were respon- sible. He considered the large salary which he received, and had received for so many years, as nothing else than a retaining fee for discharging his duly, in times of difficulty and danger, to that British public, of which he was proud to be a mem- ber.— The healths of Lord Holland, Mr. Brougham, and Sir Samuel Romilly ( being absent), were drank. On Sir Philip Francis being toasted, he expressed a wish that the people would rouse from their le- thargy.— The political toasts were concluded by the following one from his Royal Highness:—" The principles that expelled the Stuarts from the throne, and placed the family of Brunswick upon it," which he introduced with a declaration of his political creed on the doctrine of legitimacy. The Duke, as an Englishman and a fishmonger, ex- horted his fellow- citizens always to look to the Law and the Constitution for the remedy of any public grievance, for that was the safe and sure road to redress. His Royal Highness left the Chairat half past ten. The company soon afterwards dispersed. THE CONSPIRACIES.— Friday the Lord Mayor held a first public examination at the Mansion- House, relative to the conspiracies recently dis- covered, which led to the conviction and incarcera- tion of fifteen wretched individuals. Six of these, who had been convicted at the Old Bailey Sessions, in October, 1815, having completed the period of their punishment, were on the present occasion brought up aud separately examined. Their evi- dence, it appeared, in every respect coincided with that given to the Lord Mayor, in Newgate, upon these most abominable transactions. — The first person was Edward Blakeney, who stated that towards the latter end of last year, he was destitute of employment, and was wandering in the neigh bourhood of Tower- Hill, expecting to obtain a place on board a ship, where he was met by a Jew boy, named Solomons, who is in custody. This person asked him if lie did not want assistance aud work, and being answered yes, he gave him a 3s token, and advised him to buy something for him- self. He subsequently gave him more, and while he was in the act of returning from a shop, after purchasing some small article, he was seized by an officer, who searched and conveyed him to the Compter. In a conversation which the witness subsequently had with the Jew boy, the latter in- formed him that it was the officer who had given him the money, but this statement was not borne out by the other persons, most of whom described a third person ( a well- known Jew) in concert in the street with the boy, beside the officer. This wit- ness presented an appearance of great wretchedness, and said his wife and two children, in consequence of his deplorable condition, had been long in a state of starvation and misery. Witness was tried and convicted for passing the bad money. Elizabeth Connor deposed, that she was a poor woman, endeavouring to obtain a livelihood by selling fish. In the course of last year she was in much distress, and was met near Tower- Hill by a Jew, who, after some conversation, gave her several pieces of bad money. In her afterwards endea- vouring to pass these in change for small articles, she was apprehended by an officer. The poor woman declared, in accents of grief, that she was entirely innocent of any previous knowledge of guilt in passing the money, and had never, inten- tionally, circulated any before. Witness, notwith- standing, was convicted of the offence. The other cases were of a similar nature and equally deplorable. The Lord Mayor then asked these unfortunate persons what he should do for them ? Whether they should like to be sent home to their several countries or parishes, or whether they would remain a short time, those who were seamen to procure ships, and the rest to gain em- ployment ? The poor creatures, one and all, said, they would " leave it all to his Lordship." After some deli beration, his Lordship advised them to put them- selves under the care of Mr. Teague, at the Compter, where, until he could devise some plan for their benefit, he would order them to be taken extra care of. The principal delinquent in the conspiracies in question, as we before slated, is not yet in custody; the officers are, however, in strict search of him ; and as the officer charged by the boy Solomons with being concerned, declares his innocence, we forbear mentioning his name. He only desires to be confronted with the individual not yet found, and is therefore at liberty, upon his own word, to appear when called upon. MR. MALLISON'S INVENTION FOR RENDERING ASSISTANCE TO SHIPWRECKED SAILORS. DEAL, Oct. 23— One of those pleasing public ex- hibitions took place on Saturday last, which carried conviction to the minds of nearly one thousand spec- tators, that our intrepid boatmen will yet be enabled to extend their assistance to the numerous vessels wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, on which so runny valuable lives and immense property are annually lost. Mr. Mallison, as Actuary to the Institution for the Preservation of Life and Property when wreck occurs, arrived here lately for the purpose of gratuitously dis- tributing among that class of boatmen, the hovellers, an inieutioA called the Seaman's Friend; with which if becomes impossible to sink when wrecked, or iu deep water; permitting, at the same time, the free use of the limbs for rowing or working the boat.— Four men, and a boy thirteen years old, were selected for the experiment, and we are happy to state, such conviction did it carry of their future safety when their boat upsets, through the impossibility of their being drowned, having only to remain in the water until they are taken out by their companions, or reach the shore, that the whole of our fishermen are desirous of possessing them. They remained swim- ming, floating, and playing about for nearly an hour; such was their security, that had not the coldness of the water precluded their continuance iu that element, they would have amused themselves for several hours. The present modes of giving assistance to ship- wrecked vessels ate three:— The Life Boat, Captain Manby's, and that given by those who witness the scene of distress; or carrying out anchors and cables to such vessels that, from the violence of the gale, have been forced from their own, without which succour they would be lost on those fatal sands, the unhallowed grave of so many thousands. ail nations, the receptacle of millions of merch: indtii? t. Here the life- boat is of little avail— the apparatus of Captain \ lant> y less; but in preserving the lives of those men, who in the most tremendous weather carry off anchors aud cables, & c. & c. and if unable to. save the vessels, can take out the crews, we come at Once to a remedy clear and intelligible to the commonest Understanding — so conclusive is flic Security afforded by this simple invention, and such the avidity to possess them, that young and old have made applications; the com pliauce of which, we regret to say, from the present state of the funds, is impossible. Mr. Mallison has. however, selected one hundred of the most active and daring men, who, in addition to the engagement of preserving and using them for the prevention of them selves from drowning, have pledged themselves to lend it occasionally to others, whom he has been obliged to refuse. Thus we shall always have a suf- ficient number of these brave men, ready to make ten tires the exertion they have hitherto been capable of effecting. A medical gentleman being asked his opinion of flattery, humourously answered—" It is of the roost grateful flavour in the world, and agrees with all tastes whatever. It is delicate to the senses, de lightful in the operation, and may without confine- ment, be taken at all hours. It restores and vivifies the most dejected minds, and corrects and extracts all that is painful in the knowledge of man's self.— One dose will disperse itself instantly throughout the whole animal system, dissipate the first ideas of distrust so as never to return, and will so exhila- rate the brain, and rarify the gloom of reflection, as t » give the patients a new flow of spirits, a viva- city of behaviour, and a pleasing dependence upon their own capacities." At a time when the composers of melo- dramas, ballads, and circumstantial pieces may not have crimes and suicides at their disposal, they may avail themselves of the following anecdote, which is authentic, and which would be more successful than the Pie Voleuse ( Flying Magpie), if pens equally skilful as those of Caignier and Pixercourt would condescend to handle it :—" A slave, de- livered in spite of himself by Lord Exmouth, left behind at Algiers a fair Jewess, for whom he en- tertained the most ardent affection. The moment of separation was terrible, and the fair maid, in despair, gave a ring to her lover as the last pledge of her tenderness. T he slave, chagrined at having recovered his freedom, returned to Civita Vecchia, his native country, when in the course of a few days after his arrival he discovered that he had lost the precious ring. In a beautiful fit of de- spondency, which will be duly appreciated by all souls of sensibility, he cut his throat on board the ship where he was performing quarantine. Such is the mode of loving at Algiers."— Paris Paper. Last week a person of the name of Meudon, near Paris, to prevent his garden being robbed, placed a spring gun in such a manner that the gate could not be opened without the person receiving the contents of the gun. The robbers, perhaps aware of this terrible preventive, made no new attempt; and M. Meudon, forgetting his own system of de- fence, and being in a hurry to enter his garden, opened the fatal gate, and received several balls in various parts of his body. Though dangerously wounded, some hopes were entertained of his re- covery. The following incident lately took place at Au- buson, iu the department of the Creuse:— On the 9th of October, about five in the afternoon, the wife of Pierre Martineau, a labourer, was digging potatoes in a field at a very short distance from the suburb of St. Jean, having beside her her son about six years old. Two wolves made their appearance, aud attacked the boy ; but the courage of a mother knew no danger, and she defended him with so much presence of mind as to succeed in felling to the ground one of these terrible animals with a stone which she threw at him; the other took to flight at the sight of the husband, who came to her assistance, aud who, with a mattock, which he held iu his hand, gave the finishing blow to the one which was still struggling. Almost the mo- ment after the courageous mother was delivered from the fear of having her child devoured, she paid the debt of nature, falling into a kind of de- lirium, which was not of long duration, and during which she spoke incessantly of her son, and of the danger which he had run. On the 31st of July died, John Donovan, Esq. his Majesty's Advocate at Sierra Leone. He had resided in that Colony only a few months before he was attacked by the fever of the African coast, in the shape of an intermittent, under which he laboured for a fortnight, and appeared to be re covering, when the disorder suddenly assumed the form of remittent, and, after much bodily suffering, he expired. Mr. Donovan was a Member of the Irish Bar, and of a respectable family iu the county of Wexford. A sale of live stock, last week, at Mr. Price's, Ryall, near Upton- on- Severn, rivalled in value al- most any stock sold, when agriculture and breeding were at the greatest prosperity. The. gross amount of three days' sale exceeded uine thousand g uineas, of which the cattle alone brought move than seven thousand. An aged cow with, three bulls and two heifers, her offspring, sold for eight hundred and ninety- five guineas! Such is the state of agricul- tural speculation. A single gentleman advertizes, is a provincial paper, for board and lodging, in a " card- playing clergyman's family," in a spotting country, and ueafca trout stream ; with this additional induce- ment, that the preference will be given to a family where there is a daughter, a proficient iu music.' A man named Plunket, who was lately com- mitted to Armagh gaol on a charge of baring forged a bill, which he offered for acceptance at the Lurgan Bank, was on the point of escaping1 from confinement by a stratagem similar to" that which Lavalette made use of for the same purpose. On Sunday se'nnight, his sister having come to see him, betook the opportunity of exchanging clothes, and as the turnkey was about to let him out, Mr. Turner, the gaoler, took notice that the pseudo sister looked rather taller going out than she did coming Mi, and suspecting some trick, lifted up , the bonnet from her face, ( which she concealed with a handkerchief," as if iu tears at parting with her brother under such melancholy circumstances,) aud discovered the second counterfeit. The pri- soner, after undergoing some severe Wian^ a) fhas-* tiseuient from the enraged by- standers, was re- conducted to his ward.— Irish Paper, RIOT AT BIRMINGHAM.— On Monday evening a serious disturbance broke out at Birmingham, but which was suppressed in an hour or two by the activity of the Magistrates, seconded by fhtr Co- operation of the military, who were called in after the Riot Act had been read. It commenced by the mob breaking the windows of a bookseller, who had circulated some Anti- Jacobinical publications. The street soon became crowded, and stones were tin ' own by the rioters at the officers and soldiers, one or two of whom, we regret . to say, were severely hurt. Parties of the 15th dragoons and 73d infan- try were the troops employed. Some of the most active rioters were taken, and sent to Warwick gaol. By eleven o'clock all was quiet. Major Thack- well, wlto commannded the 15th dragoons was knocked off his horse by a large stone, and carried into an apothecary's close by ; and his Serjeant Major received a violent blow in the eye. KENDAL, Oct. 2G.— A swarm of bees took up their lodgings eight years ago, betwixt the roof and ceiling of a summer- house, in the garden of Thomas Holme Maude, Esq. of this town. Here the colony has remained unmolested ever since, nor has it bscu known to send off a swarm. Oil Wednesday last, G. Bellasis, Esq. had the curiosity to i wnovepart of the ceiling for the purpose of inspecting the state of the hive, wheu he found 601 bs. of comb filled with honey, part of which was become granu- lated in the cells from age. It appears from this fact, that the casting of bees, and the mortality to which these provident animals are exposed in unfa- vourable seasons, are effects arising from the nar- row apartments to which they are confined under the care of man. MEMORANDUM EXTRAORDINARY. — William Sutherland, commonly called William Moore, was born about the end of the fourteenth century, in the parish of Latheron, in the southern extremity " f Caithness- shire, who measured the amazing of height of nine feet five inches ; so that O'Brien, the Irish Giant, and William Bradley, the York- shire Youth, were boys to him. SODDEN DEATH.— On Sunday afternoon, be- tween three and four o'clock, as a gentleman, in apparent good health, was walking along Paradise- row, Rotherhithe, he dropped down suddenly and lay extended on the ground. Several persons who were passing at the time ran to his assistance, but found him seemingly lifeless ; he was immediately carried into a public- house hard by, aud medical aid sent for. A surgeon attended iu a few minutes, and opened a vein ; but, alas! to no purpose the vitalspark was extinct. No person then present had the least knowledge of him ; but from his general appearance, it was conjectured the gentleman was an officer of the army. DARING BURGLARY.— Between the horns of one and three o'clock on Wednesday morning, a most daring burglary was committed in the house of 31r. Jourdaine, No. 4, York Place, City Road. The family had been at the play, and did not come home until a late hour, during which time the bur- glary must have been effected. The villains had to scale over three very high walls to gain ad- mittance into the yard of Mr. Jourdaine's house.. From the marks, it was discovered, that they strove to force open the back- door, which not being able to effect, with the help of crow- bars, chissels, and a hatchet, they cut their way, from a privy in the yard, through the thick brick- wall into the kitchen, which they robbed, together with the parlour over head, where they broke open the drawers, cup- boards, See. Amongst their spoil, they carried off a silver coffee and tea- pot, a silver milk- pot, sevtn- teen silver tea- spoons, two silver salt- spoons, twenty fine linen shirts, handkerchiefs, 6cc. and two gentlemen's hats, leaving two old hats behind, cut to pieces, and afterwards effected their escape, without leaving- the smallest trace to lead to a dis- covery. , BANKRUPTS. Arthur Walter and James Stokes, Bishopswood and Lyd- brook Works, Gloucester and Hereford, iron- masters, Nov. 14, Hi, Dec 7, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol.— Attornies, Messrs. Lamberts, Taylor, and Deane, Gray's lnn- square, London ; and Mr. Cooke, Bristol. Henry Holt, late of the Belle Sauvage, Ludgate- hill, London, coffee- house- keeper, Nov. 2, 12, Dec. 7, at Guild- hall. Attorney, Mr. Patten, Hatton- garden. William Gernon and Alexander Bruno Goujon, of Lang- bourn Chambers, Fenchurch- street, London, merchants, Oct. 29, Nov. 16, Dec. 7, at Guildhall. Attorniee, Messrs. Gregsons and Fonnereau, Angel- court, Throgmorton- street. John Mills, Tovil, Kent, seed crusher, Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Dec. 7, at Guildhall, Loudon. Attorney, Mr. Smith, Fins- bury- square, London. Lyon Phillips and Joseph Phillips, High Holborn. Mid- dlesex, glass- merchauls, Nov 2, 12, Dec. 7, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Charter, Cooke's- court, Carey- street. John Wohlemherg, St. Gatherine- slreet, Middlesex, bis- enit- baker, Oct. 2> » , Nov. S, Dcc. 7, at Guildhall. Attor- nies, Messrs. Chapman, Stevens, and Wood, Little St. Thomas Apostle; Queen- steet. Charles Pugsley, Lower- road, Islington, Middlesex, floor- cloth- manufacturer, Nov. 2, 12, Dec. 7, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Coote, Austin- friars. Benjamin Taylor and William Taylor, Fleet- street, Lon- don, linen- drapers, Oct. 20, Nov. 12, Dec. 7, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Mason, Holborn- court, Gray's Inn. Isaac Stone, Southtown, Suffolk, ship- builder, Nov. 7, 8, Dec. 10, at the Star, Great Yarmouth Attornies, Mr. Preston, Great Yarmouth; and Mr. Peacock, Lincoln's Inn- fields, London. Thomas Law, Birmingham, die- sinker, Nov. 22, 23, Dec. 10, at the Jerningham Arms Inn, Shiffnall, Salop. Attor- nies, Messrs. Price and Williams, Lincoln's Inn, London; and Mr. Smith, Wolverhampton. William Jackson Monkhouse, Liverpool, iron and tin. merchant, NOV. 2,12, Dec. 10, at Guildhall, London. At. torniess, Messrs. Rowland aud Young, Lincoln's Inn. fields. Benjamin Bailey, Beddingten- corner, Mitcham, Surrey calico- printer, Nov. 2, 12, Dec. 10, at Guildhall, London Attorney, Mr. Hurst, Milk- street, Cheapside. William White Doudney and George Tanner, High street, Southwark, cheesemongers, Nov 2, 12, Dec. 10, i Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Lindsay, St. Thomas- street Southwark. Jane Haggerty, Bryanstone- street, St. Mary- le- Bom Middlesex, dealer in lace, Nov. 2, 12, Dec. 10, at Guilt hall. Attorney, Mr. Saunders, Charlotte- street, Fitzroy square. THE COLCHESTER GAZETTE. The accounts from the Continent communicate the rapid rise in the price of grain. In the Kingdom of the Netherlands an order has been issued to estimate the quantity of the stock in hand; with a view, as it is stated, of counteracting, if no scarcity exists, the alarming advance in the price of bread. Consider- able orders have been received at the different con- tinental ports for wheat, for the London market, which, it is said, cannot be executed. Indeed, by the reports of the markets at Hamburgh and Holland, which quote the price of wheat at from 80s. to 90s. the quarter, Winchester measure, no considerable supply can be anticipated, unless, which is highly probable, the great advance has been produced, not from the want of corn, but by the adventurous spirit of speculation. At home, we are in hopes the prospects resulting from the harvest are more promising than the gloomy picture of the last two or three weeks predicted. Much corn is certainly abroad in the northern districts; but we are to recollect, if the crop should not prove of average quantity, its consumption commenced two months later than usual, and on that account, even if deficient to the enormous extent of a sixth, we shall have enough till the next harvest. A meeting of country gentlemen took place in London on Tuesday, on the subject of the agricultural interest of the country, C. F. Tower, Esq. of this county, was in the Chair. A point of form as to the business of the meeting, precluded any general dis- cussion. The topic which particularly engrossed their attention was the wool trade; and no wider range of inquiry was permitted by the Chairman.— The meeting was closed without having in any shape advantaged the cause it espoused; but sonic Resolu- tions have been published by the growers of clothing • wool, as the basis of a petition to Parliament;— the objects of which are, to restrict the importation of foreign wool, and thereby give encouragement to those improvements in the growth of wool in this country, which, in the language of the Resolutions, previous to the late depression, bade fair to render the home growth adequate to any demand the most flourishing state of our manufactures could require. Oil this point the manufacturers and agriculturists arc at issue ; and until the former are convinced that their exclusion from the foreign market is not neces- sarily combined with the success of the intended petition, the same formidable opposition will recur as defeated a like at tempt in the last Session of Parliament. There is much argument on both sides. The depression in the price of wool is a present advantage to the ma- nufacturer, by enabling him on better terms to enter into a competition with foreigners; but it is worthy of consideration, whether, if the growers of wool are left without a fair remuneration, by the unfettered importation of the foreign growth of that article, such future scarcity will not arise as to leave the looms of this country totally dependent on foreigners for the raw material. We are to bear in mind the invidious hostility which now pervades the greater part of the Continent against our manufactures; which hostility, independent of every consideration for the agricul- turist, makes it a measure of prudence not to receive, without restraint, a material which, when manufac- tured by us, is interdicted by the very people who supplied it. That enlightened policy which looks to the genera! good, which minutely weighs the argu- ments of the interested, and subjects to the benefit of the majority the wishes of the few, should decide this question. Whatever is for the advantage of the empire is equally for the advantage of agriculturist and " manufacturer, and from whichever class the greater services are derived, as the security of those greater services, the greater protection should be conceded. When the Russian Prince Gortschahoff, who has lately arrived in this country, and is now in London, was Minister at War to the Emperor Alex- ander, the armies of Russia at one time amounted to 1,180,000 men ; and though in the field, and in activity, by means of his economy and good order, the expence only amounted in the year to 155,000,000 roubles, or, at the present exchange at 9id. per rouble, 6,135,4161. sterling— a sum equal to 51. 4s. a man by the year, and about suf- ficient to pay nearly eighty English regiments of 1000 men each in time of peace. Perhaps it might pay about 50,000 men in time of war; that is to sjy, the proportion is about as one to twenty- one. A dreadful fire broke out at Constantinople on the night of the ' 23d of September, when the Palace inhabited by the Grand Sultan, and his women, was burnt down. The Sultan, his son, and the Sultana, were exposed to the greatest danger, A fire in a bath in the Haram having been left un- extinguished, was the cause of the accident. Accounts from Cadiz state, that the greatest despondency prevails there with regard to the in- surrection in Mexico. Letters had not been received from Vera Cruz for the space of two months, and the Spaniards are apprehensive, that, now the in- surgents are amply supplied with arms, nothing can stop the progress of the revolution. Letters from Madrid state, that the King has, with his own hand, signed a Decree, ordering, " that under no pretence whatever shall any Me- rinos be allowed to leave the kingdom, and that all the laws and prohibitions heretofore made in that respect shall be strictly observed." An Agricultural Report for October says— The long continuance of rainy weather has been se- verely felt in the Eastern and Northern districts, where a considerable breadth of Oats and Barley, and even Wheat, that were cut in the early part of the mouth, still remain speering on the land. The white crops in the Fens of Cambridge and Lincoln- shire have rotted on the ground. The forward sown Pease have been well got in, but the Beans in most parts are still in the field. The Wheats along the Kent and Essex coasts, coming earlier to the sickle, have in general been well harvested, and are found to rise well. Clover Seed is likely to rise badly, from the irregularity of the crops, and the unseasonable weather for getting it up. The 1 Turnips are in many counties going off, particu- larly the Swedes, from the extreme wetness of the weather. The Cole- Seed plants are good ; and the grass land feed is abundant every where. Potatoes are found a short crop, and except on very dry soils, are defective in quality. Lean- Stock continues doll on sale, particularly the Scotch and Welch runts, the droves of which are more numerous at this season than usual. Sheep and Hoggets are somewhat dearer. COLCHESTER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1916. On Monday night his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, attended by Sir William Keppel, Sir Ben- jamin Bloomfield, and suite, arrived at the Three Cups Inn, in this town, and the next morning proceeded on his journey to Sudbourn Hall, in Suf- folk, the seat of the Marquis of Hertford.— Prince Esterhazy arrived at the above inn on Tuesday morning, and immediately set forward to accom- pany his Royal Highness at the same place. Yesterday se'nnight, at a meeting of the Body Corporate, Mr. Edward Poole was elected Alder- man in the room of Captain Anthony Deane, de- ceased ; and Mr. John Collingham was elected a Capital Burgess in the room of the late John Wing, Esq. deceased, for the borough of Harwich. The Theatre of this town will open on Wednes- day evening, with She Stoops to Conquer, and Of Age To- morrow. The receipts of the house are to be applied to the patriotic and benevolent purpose of relieving the necessities of the labouring classes of the community;— an instance of philanthropy which merits every commendation.— Two new performers will make their appearance ; but we cannot at pre- sent say whether the company has gained any ac- cession of talent by change. AN EXPENSIVE MEAL.— A few days ago, a girl of weak mental faculties, about twelve years of age, daughter to Mr. Hopperton, of Horsemondon, Herts, got at a drawer in which her lather kept money, and before she was discovered, actually chewed and swallowed a 101. Bank note, four of51. each, and a 11. note. At the Quarter Sessions for Suffolk, Thomas Rogers, for stealing from the Sudbury waggon one cotton gown, kc. the property of Mrs. Susan An- drews, of London, was sentenced to be transported seven years. Robert Lee, for having stolen two bottles of ruin, & c. from the dwelling- house of Mr. John Robinson, of Nayland, was ordered to be imprisoned one year, and Robert. Goymour, for stealing five bottles of rum, from the same, to six months imprisonment. Robert Osborne, for steal- ing a quantity of oats, the property of Mr. Stephen Shillito, of Barrow, two months imprisonment. Susan Foskew, for having violently assaulted and wounded Mr. John Butcher, of Newton, one week's imprisonment. William Newman, William Pryke, and J. Fenning, for assembling together ana making a riot in the palish of Kersey, each to one week's imprisonment. At the late Hertford Sessions an extraordinary circumstance occurred in Court. One of the Grand Jury, after having been sworn, refused to serve, alledging as an excuse, that he wanted to attend to his harvest. As he appeared to be disguised in liquor, and acted improperly in Court, he was de- tained by one of the officers, and for his miscon- duct fined 40s.; when he was immediately taken into custody, to be imprisoned till the tine was paid. About eleven o'clock, on the night of yesterday se'nnight, the servants of Anthony Cox, Esq. at his farm near Stain Wood, in the parish of Ramsey, were alarmed by ablaze of fire, proceeding from a large heap of newly- thrashed straw, lying conti- guous to and piled as high as the eaves of a barn. It being impossible to arrest its progress, the barn, in which were several loads of threshed wheat, be- sides pease and wheat unthrashed, was soon en- tirely consumed ; and as the wind blew in a direc- tion towards the stackyard, before the engines could arrive from Harwich, though forwarded with the greatest alacrity by Colonel Parry, five large wheat stacks were enveloped in the conflagration, and con- signed to destruction. It being clearly demonstra- ble, from a combination of circumstances, that this calamity could not be assignable to any accidental cause, suspicion arose that it had been maliciously occasioned by a person named. William Radford, a farmer in the neighbourhood, who had recently oc- cupied a farm belonging to Mr. Cox, which he had been under the necessity of relinquishing on account of the untoward situation of his affairs, and having, therefore, conceived an inveteracy against Mr. Cox, though without any justifiable motive, had been heard to threaten revenge. Under this im- pression he was taken into custody, and the next morning examined at Mr. Cox's house, before the Rev. Archdeacon Jefferson, Thomas Nunn, Esq. Anthony Runnacles, Esq. and the Rev. Thomas Scott, by whom he was committed to Chelmsford gaol, to take his trial for the alledged crime at the next assizes. The prisoner is seventy years of age. His son, who was apprehended at the same time, but against whom no proof has attached of being an actual participator in the heinous offence, is de- tained in the Castle of this town, for the purpose, as we are informed, of being brought forward as an evidence on the occasion.— It ought to be related, to the credit of the labourers in the vicinity, that the most unremitted exertions were used, on their parts, to extinguish the fire; and the military from the barracks are deserving of the highest encomiums, for the zeal and activity they displayed, in prevent- ing, as much as possible, the further progress of devastation.— The loss is estimated at ' 2,0001. We have not heard whether the property was in- sured. The brig Exmouth, Captain J. Jeans, with stones, from Aberdeen bound to Sheerness, was totally lost on the West Rocks, on Sunday last; crew saved, and part of the materials. A dreadful occurrencc took place at Gravesend, on Thursday se'nnight. One of the workmen at a chalk- pit, belonging to Messrs. Cleverly and Glad- dish, going in the course of his business in the morning of that day to a lime- kiln, discovered within it part of one of the legs and a portion of the spine of a human body ; the remainder of the limbs and body being entirely consumed. A small piece of coarse blue cloth, and a hat covered with can- vas, very much burned, were also found in the kiln. No clue could be obtained to lead to knowledge of the person who had met with so hor- rible a fate ; but it is supposed to have been some destitute wretch who had gone to the kiln for warmth. A catastrophe of a similar nature had nearly happened, at the same kiln, a few days be- fore, when another stranger fell in ; but assistance being at hand he was extricated, and conveyed to Gravesend workhouse, where he so far recovered as to be passed home. This latter person related that he had no recollection of falling in, nor of suf- fering any pain by the fire, so far had suffocation prevailed over his senses, and effectually benumbed the whole of his faculties. One day last week as a poor old woman was going past the windmill on Toftwood common, near East Dereham, her hat blew off, and in at- tempting to recover it she approached too near the sails, by which her skull was dreadfully fractured. She lingered two days in the greatest agony, when death terminated her sufferings. MARRIED. Thursday, Mr. Bowton, upholsterer and cabinet- maker, to Miss Nash, both of Maldon. On Tuesday, at Bradfield, by the Rev. Henry Thomp- son, Mr. D. Risbee, of the above place, to Elisabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Solmes, of Danbury. Yesterday se'nnight, Charles Tindal, Esq. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to Anne, youngest daughter of James Grant, Esq. of Thoby Priory, Mountnessing. Thursday se'nnight, Mr. Knightsbridge, confectioner, South- End, to Ann, third daughter of Mr. Parker, farmer, of Hockley. Lately. Mr. Thomas Woodgate, to Miss A. Lungley, both of Long Melford, Suffolk. A few days since, Mr. Green, of Sudbury, to Miss Lung- ley, of Melford, Suffolk. Wednesday se'unight, Mr. Bird, merchant, of Yoxford, to Emma, daughter of Mr. Hardacre, of Hadleigh, Suffolk. Thursday se'unight, Mr. Caleb Kersey, of Hintlesham, to Miss Dains, only daughter of Mr. Dains, of Falkenham, Suffolk. Monday se'night, James Reeve, Esq. of Lowestoft, to Lorina, fifth daughter of John Farr, Esq. at North Cove, Suffolk. DIED. On Wednesday, Mrs. Smythies, relict of the late Rev. John Smythies, of this town, lately deceased. Same day, after a protracted and painful afflictiou, borne with exemplary fortitude and patience, the wife of Mr. John Jackson, of this town. Wednesday se'unight, much respected, aged 53, Mr. R. Sparke, manufacturer of hosiery, on Angel- hill, Bury. Thursday se'nnight, ag- ed 39, after all affliction of eight years, Mr. George Doel, grocer, of Northgate- street, Bury. He was a man of the strictest integrity, and of irreproach- able conduct throughout life. Same day the Rev. Temple Chevallier, of Ipswich, Rec- tor of Baddingham, Suffolk. Sunday last, much regretted, aged 63, Mrs. Adams, wife of Mr S. Adams, liquor- merchant, of Bury. Monday last, after a short illness, aged 22, Mr. B. Hale, only son of Mr Hale, of Stanningfield, near Bury. On Monday, John Hill, Esq. of Woodford, in this county, in the 64th year of his age. Thursday se'nnight, at Waltharostow, iu this county, John Locke, Esq. in the 65th year of his age. COLCHESTER, NOV. 1. ARRIVED.— William and Mary, Morden; Mayflower, Jenkins Farmers' Delight, Finch, London— Nancy, Bar- ker, Yarmouth. SAILED— Blessing, Woods ; Friends' Goodwill, Potter ; Ceres. Prentice; Amity, Withey; Endeavour, Glendin- ing ; Dove, Gull, London— St. Petersburgh Packet, Mor- den, Hull. HARWICH, NOV. 1. ARRIVED — Packets. — Sunday, Castlereagh, Captain Macdonough, Cuxhaven ; Earl of Leicester, Captain Ham- mond, Helvoetluys— Wednesday, Beaufoy, Capt. Norris, Cuxhaven SAILED— Packets— Saturday, Lady Nepean, Captain Liveing, Helvoetsloys— Monday, Lark, Captain Sherlock, Cuxhaven— Tuesday, Alliance, Captain Marsh, Gotten- burgh— Wednesday, Lord Nelson, Captain Deane, Hel- voetslnys; Auckland, Captain Lyne, Cuxhaven. Theatre Colchester. THE Public are repectfully informed that the J6- RECEIPTS of this Night, without any Deduction, will be paid into the Hands of the Worshipful the Mayor, to be applied for the RELIEF of the POOR. On WEDNESDAY, November 6,1816, will be performed, the COMEDY of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER; Or, The Mistakes of a Night. To which will he added, a FARCE, called OF AGE TO- MORROW. BY DESIRE OF THE STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC BREAKFAST. On THURSDAY, November 7, 1816, will be performed, a COMEDY, called THE RIVALS. After which, the FARCE of CATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Lower Boxes, 4s. Second Account, 2s. 6d.— Second and Third Circles, 3s. Second Account, Is. 6d.— Slips, Is. 6d. Second Account, Is.— Pit, 2s. Second Account, Is.— Gal- lery, Is. Second Account, 6d. MISS HUNT BEGS to inform the Ladies of Colchester and its Environs, that she returns from London next Week, with a Collection of the most fashionable PAT- TERNS, in Millinery, Dresses, Pelisses, & c. & c. No. 27, Read- stteet. NOW ON SALE, AT THE COMMISSION WAREHOUSE, GEORGE- LANE, COLCHESTER, new, and fashionable Assortment of LINEN- DRAPERY, & c. & c. The Proprietors of this Concern respectfully beg leave to announce to the Public, that they have RE- OPEN ED their WAREHOUSE with an entire NEW STOCK of every Article in the above Line; which, from the gene- rally depressed state of the Manufacturers of the King- dom, they can offer their Friends, Wholesale and Retail, ( for Ready Money) at such LOW PRICES as to DEFY COMPETITION. N. B. The Warehouse is regularly supplied with Goods from different Sales in London every Week. N B. A Youth of Respectability wanted as an Ap- prentice. J. GOOD, Hair Cutter and Hair Manufacturer, No. 58, Top of North- Hill, Colchester, ( FROM NEW BOND- STREET, LONDON,) BEGS leave to offer his grateful Acknowledg- ments for past Favours, and having just returned trom London with the newest Fashions, solicits the At- tention of the Inhabitants of Colchester and its Vicinity. Hair cut in a superior Style.— Ornamental Hair war- ranted lo keep its Curl. N. B. Ostrich and Fancy Feathers cleaned, dyed, curled, and altered to the newest Fashion — Also Swansdown Tippets cleaned to look like new.— Perfumery, & c. & c. GENUINE TEAS, COFFEE, & c. AT LONDON PRICES, No. 12, HIGH STREET, COLCHESTER, WHOLE- SALE AND RETAIL. TO THE LADIES OF COLCHESTER AND ITS VICINITY. MRS. LAY BEGS to returns her grateful Acknowledge- ments to the Ladies of Colchester and its Vicinity, fur their past Support; and begs to inform them, that on TUESDAY, the 5th instant, she intends exhibiting an elegant Assortment of MILLINERY, PELISSES, DRESSES,& C.& C. suitable for the approaching Season, which she is now selecting from the first Houses in London. No 42, High- street. W. H. CHENERY BEGS to inform his Friends and the Public, that he has on sale a Variety of the most FASHION ABLE ARTICLES for the present Season, viz. Velvets, plain and twilled Cloths, of a very superior quality, for Pelisses and Dresses; Poplins, Plaid Bombazeens, and Stuffs, of various descriptions; Muffs, Fur Tippets, and Trimmings; Shawls and Scarfs, in Cloth and Silk; Irish and Table Linens, Sheetings, Blankets, & c. which he is enabled to offer upon such terms as, he trusts, will secure a continuance of that Patronage he has so very liberally experienced, and for which he returns his grateful ac- knowledgments. Mrs. C. will have for inspection, after Monday next, an Elegant and Fashionable Selection of MILLINERY, DRESSES, PELISSES. & c. Colchester, 20, High- street. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE. THE Corporation of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that they have authorized their respective Agents to receive Pro- posals for the Assurance of Farming Slock at the Rate of 2s. per Cent, per Annum. SAMUEL FENNlNG, Jun. Secretary. AGENTS IN ESSEX. COLCHESTER WILLIAM LINTON. BILLERICAY ANN BUTCHER. BARKING WILLIAM BOWERS. BRAINTREE JOSEPH BOWTELL. BRADWELL....: JOHN CARTER BRENTWOOD WILLIAM WALLIS. CHELMSFORD THOMAS ARCHER. CEIPPING ONGAR and JOHN OSBORNE DONMOW...........'....."... WILLIAM COLLIS. EPPING BENJAMIN FINCHAM. FELSTED CHARLES SKILL. HARWICH EDMUND JERMYN. HALSTED THOMAS GIBBINS. HARLOW GEORGE DYER. HORNDON H. PACKMAN. KELVEDON JOHN FULLER. LEYTON RICHARD JAM ES. MALDON ... JOHN POLLEY. MANNINGTREE JOHN SIZER. ROCHEORD THOMAS WHITE. ROMFORD ANN PALMER SAFFRON WALDEN JOHN LEVERETT. ST. OSYTH SAMUEL WILSON. SOUTH END THOMAS THORN. THAXTED JOHN FRYE. WITHAM ... WILLIAM PERRY. WALTHAM ABBEY PHILIP COCKS. WOODFORD EDWARD BROOKS. N. B. Fire Policies will be allowed free of Expence, where the Annual Premiums amount to 6s. or upwards. This Company have invariably made good Losses by Fire occasioned by Lightning. Proposals may be had of the different Agents. Insurances on Lives being found to be advantageous to Persons having Offices, Employments, Estates, or other Incomes, determinable on the Life or Lives of themselves or others, Tables of the Rates for such Assurances, and for the granting Annuities on Lives, may be had of the said Agents ; and for the greater Convenience of the Public, the Company have determined to extend ( by special Agreement) the Assurance on Lives to the Age of Seventy- five Years. THE Benefits which the Public, as well as the Shopkeeper, derive t'roin carrying on Business en- tirely for READY MONEY, having been manifested in every instance where such a system has been adopted, J. RICKARDS Most respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, that lie has been induced to open his SHOP upon that plan ; and, from the respectability of the Connections which he has formed in the above line, in the Metropolis, he begs leave to assure those Friends who may honour him with their Favours, that they will be supplied ( for Ready Money) with Teas, & c. genuine as imported by the East India Company, and at London Prices ; he therefore confidently hopes to meet with their Encouragement, which it will ever be his earnest endeavour to deserve, by a strict attention to the quality of his Goods in general. Cocoa, Chocolate, and Spices; Tobacco, Segars, Fancy and other Snuffs, & c. fee. AT a time like the present when every one is feeling, more or less, the scarcity of money, how attractive are the offers so generally made of GREAT BARGAINS? But the Public will do well to consider the probability of such offers being founded on truth. If we are to believe that any Shopkeeper can now sell an Article ( Boots or Shoes, for instance) 30 per cent, under their usual Charges, when the Reduction in the Price of Leather is not more than lo percent we must suppose that those Persons have been imposing upon their Cus- tomers. But when a Tradesman begins to carry on Busi- ness upon a system that secures him from Loss by bad Debts, or long standing Accounts, we fairly conclude, that is the Person who can sell cheaper than his Neighbours. Such is the Plan upon which BUTLER conducts his Trade: he sells entirely for Ready Money : and has this day re- ceived a fresh Assortment of London made Boots and Shoes ; has always for sale the largest Assortment iu Col- chester of Gentlemen's and Ladies' Boots and Shoes of every description and as he engages to repair all Goods bought at his Shop, which may become unsewed, free of any expence, no doubt can be entertained of their quality. £. s d. £. s. d. Top Boots 1 11 fi Wellington 1 1 0 Hessian 18il Blucher 0 15 0 Strong Shoot. Shoes, 0 11 0 Dress& Walk. Shoes, 0 8 6 Ladies Jean Slippers, 0 3 0 Jean Boots .,„. 0 6 0 TWENTY- FIVE POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS a BARN, situated in the Parish of Lawford, iu the County of Essex, belonging to Mr. Carrington Nunn, has lately been ROBBED, at different times, of upwards of Twenty Coombs of Barley; who- ever will give information of the Offender or Offenders, so that he or they may be prosecuted, shall, upon his or their Conviction, receive a Reward of TWENTY POUNDS from the said Mr. Carrington Nunn; and a further Reward of FIVE POUNDS from the Treasurer of the Teudring Hundred Association. Little Bromley Hall, 31.*/ Oct. 1816. ALL Persons who have any Claims or Demands npon the Estate and Effects of ISAAC PHILLE BROWN, late of Mistley, in the County of Essex, Mer- chant, deceased, are desired to send an Account i f such their Demands to Mr. Abraham Wymark, of Mistley aforesaid, within Two Months from the Date hereof.— And all Persons who are indebted to the said Estate and Effects, are desired to pay their respective Debts. withiD the time aforesaid, to the said Abraham Wymark, who is duly authorized by the Executors to receive and give Discharges for the same. Mistley, 2% th Oct. 1816. STRAYED, From the Ballast Quay Farm, Elmstead, Essex, on Wed- nesday, the 16th of October, AThree- year- old chesnut cart FILLY, with a white Stroke partly down her Face, full Mane and Tail. and wrungat the Poiiitsof both Shoulders.— Whoever has found the same, and will give information of hef- to Mr. John S. Robinson, at the above- mentioned Farm, so that she may be had again, shall be haudsonely RE- WARDED for their trouble, and all expence? p lid. TO MALTSTERS, & c. ~ TO BE SOLD, OR LET, THE largest and most complete MALTING in the Kingdom, abundantly supplied with Water, and 200 Coombs Steep, situate at Rowhedge, on the Banks of the Colchester River, where, at the Quay opposite, the Tide flows from fifteen to twenty feet. If sold, the greater part of the Purchase- Money may remain on Mortgage. For particulars inquire of D. O. Blyth, the Proprietor; or James Thorn, Auctioneer and Appraiser, Colchester. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, On Wednesday, November 6, 1816, on the Premises of the late Mr. Samuel Dines, deceased, at Frowick Farm, St. Osyth, Essex, FOUR capital CART GELDINGS, in good working condition; ROAD WAGGON, good as new ; capital Sweet BEER CASKS, & c. & c. The Sale to begin at Eleven o'clock. By Order of the Danish, Vice Consul, far the Benefit of whom it may concern. FOR PUBLIC SALE, At the Three Cups Inn, Harwich, Essex, on Tuesday, tie 5th of November, 1816, at Eleven o'Clock, THE following GOODS and STORES, saved from the Galliot BRILLIANT, Captain Hans, H. Christiansen, from Riga to Bilboa, wrecked on the Long Sand. ' From SIX to SEVEN TONS of RIGA RHINE HEMP, and D R. FLAX, and sundry STORES ; comprising Ca- bles, Windlass, Sails, Spars, & c. & c. lying at Harwich, aud there to be delivered. HEMP AND FLAX. Lot SMACK UNITY. ton. cwt. qr. lb. 1. A Pared of Flax, weighing I 8 1 21 SMACK WILLIAM AND MARY. 2. A Parcel ot Flax, weighing 2 1 0 21 Ditto Hemp, ditto 0 6 111 SMACK KING GEORGE. 3. A Parcel of Flax, weighing 1 16 3 11 SMACK OR WELL. 4. A Parcel of Flax, weighing 0 11 3 14 Ditto Hemp, ditto 0 12 0 STORES. 5. 78 Fathoms of MJ- inch Cable, in four pieces, at per cwt. 6. 67 Ditto of 11- inCh ditto, at per cwt. 7. 25 Ditto... 93- inch ditto, iu two pieces, at per cwt. 8. 28 Ditto ... 13- inch ditto, at per cwt. 9. 125 Ditto. .. 5- inch Warp, at per cwt. 10. 125 Ditto.., 3^- inch ditto, at per cWt. 11. 1 Top- sail, and 1 Fore and Aft Main- sail. 12. 1 Mizen Top- mast, 1 Top- sail Yard, and 1 Gaff. 13. 1 Boom, 3 Spars, from ( i to 8 in diameter, aud 5 ditto, from 4 to 6 ditto. 14. 3 Compasses and three Log Glasses. 15. 2 Lanterns, 3 Shovels, 1 Water- cask, aud 1 Topping Lift. 16. 1 Boat. 17. A Windlass. 18. 1 Anehor, about 9 cwt. 19. A Piece of Cable aud Buoy- rope. Catalogues to be had at the Place of Sale; of Messrs. Heseltine and Billingsley, Harwich; and of Hannum, Dowsland, and Davidson, Brokers, 45, Threadneedle- street, London. TO BE LET, With immediate Possession, AHOUSE and MALTING, with a good Retail Trade — For particulars apply to Mr. Joseph Stam- mers, Abberton, Essex. LONDON MARKETS. MARK- LANE, MONDAY, OCT. 1S16. Wheats further advanced in price, particularly those of good quality.— Old Barley fully supported last Monday's price; but new samples were not much in request.— Ho Pease were rather dull in sale — Old Outs advanced i. i price, from their scarcity ; new Oats were also higher ; and Tick Beans increased Value about 2s. per quarter. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30. There was little variation iu the market to- day, e:: ce[ t in the articles of Malt, Barley, and Pease, the former of which has advanced in price from 3s. to 4s. per quarter ; Barley has declined from 2s. to 4s. and Pease are sonic What dearer. FRIDAY, NOV. 1. Our Corn Market has this week been plentifully sup- plied, but iu prices no variation has taken place since Monday, except in Barleys, which are considered from 2s. lo 4s. per quarter lower. PRICE OF GRAIN, PER QUARTER. Wednesday. s Wheat, meatibg esd., t- 0 Monday. Wheat, meating Red Fine White Fine Black Rivets Rye White Pease Boilers Grey Pease.. Horse Beans Tick Beans Broad Beans Long Pods Barley Oats, long feed — Short — Poland & Brew Malt Tares •". ,8' l a 9 « I 98 a 105 j 90 a 105 | lU. f? al! 2 06 a 82 . 78 h 88 . b. i a 08 60 a 70 . 78 a 84 . 53 a 54 . 46 a til 45 a 60 50 a ! i0 21 a 36 36 a 40 41 a 50 84 a 92 6 a 9 Fine 98 White i, 0 Fine 108 Black 6G Rivets ..'. 76 Rye 53 White Pease 61 Boilers fji Grey Pease 53 Horse Beans 46 Tick Beans 45 Broad Beans — Long Puds — Barley 48 Oats, long feed 24 Short 30 Poland& Brew. 41 Malt s4 Tares 6 a 84 aldS a 105 u £ a 88 a ft 8 a 70 a 84 a 54 a 61 a 00 a a 36 a 4< » 51> a 9( j 9 Turnip, White, p. bl. 20 a 26 Red & Green ditto 30 a JO Mustard, brown ... 16 a 2( 1 white 8 a I PRICE OF SEEDS, iic. s. I Canary, per quarter 70 a 80 Rape Seed, per la » t 3ot'a42^ Linseed, — — s. s. Clover, red, p. cwt. 70 » 9H ——- white 60 a 126 ——— Foreign, red — a — Trefoil HI a 42 Carraway 4i) a 45 Coriander lvi n 15 Rye Grass, per qr... 30 j 46 PRICE OF FLOUR. Fine English Flour SH) s. a9& s — Second ditto 85*. a00K.' AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN PER QUARTER, For the Week ending Oct. 19. England and Wale s. d. Wheat 93 9 Rye 53 10 Barley 44 9 Oats 29 4 England and Wales. s. d. Beans 44 0 Pease 43 8 Oatmeal 32 3 Big 0 11 PRICE OF HAY A Nd STRAW. Smithfield: £. a.—£. s. Hay 4 0 to 5 15 Clover 6 0 to 8 5 Straw 116 to 2 5 St. James. Hay a 0 to 5 is X. s.— s. Straw i 18 to 2 8 Whitechapel. Hay 4 to o 0 Clover 7 7 lo 3 8 Straw 2 0 to 2 8 NEWGATE AND LEADEN HALL. Per Stone ot 81b. by the Carcase. s. d. — s d. s s d. — s. d. Beef 2 4 lo 3 4 1 Veal 3 0 10 5 0 Mutton 2 6 o 3 8 J Pork 4 9 to 5 4 PRICE OF MEAT AT SMITH FIELD, Exclusive of the Offal, which consists of Head, Entrails,&. Hide, aud is worth about Id. per lb— Per Stone of 8lb. Monday, Oct. 28. Friday, Nov. 1. s. d. — s. ' ... 3 O lo 4 0^ Beef.: a ... 3 4 lo 4 ... 4 4 10 6 Beef..;. Mutton Veal.... Pork.... 0 4 I) 0 to 5 8 Beef..-. Mutton Pork . Veal... 0 to 4 O to 4 0 to 5 0 to 5 Head of Cattle at . Smithfield MONDAY Beasts 3,32n Sheep... 16,700 I'Ufs 340 Calves... 280 FRIDAY ... fit- asts 96o Sheep.... 4,790 Pigs 320 Calves. 180 PRICES OF SUGAR, COFF SUGAR. s. s. Raw ( Barbad); 70 a 86 l) o. very fine., 88 a ( 12 Powder Loaves... 110 a 121 Single do. 15r 108 a 110 Molasses.. 30s. lid. a — s. Od COFFEE. Dominica and Surinam. Fine I03 a 108 Good " 92 a 9S Ordinary 70 a 82 Jamaica, fine 100 a 105 Good 91 a 98 Ordinary 03 a 84 EE, COCOA, & GINGER s. • Triage 54 a 56 Moctra 95 a 182 Bourbon 71 a 84 St. Domingo 70 a 74 Java 72 . 76 COCOA. Trinidad 110 a 120 Caraccas 12' u 130 Maranham — GINGER Jamaica white .... — a 280 black 105.1 120 Barbadoes. . — a no AVERAGE PRICE OF BROWN SUGAR £ 2. 5s. 7Jd per cwt. Exclusive of the Duties 01 Customs paid or jay able thereon on linpoftuiiou thtrcol iutu GREAT BRITAIN PRICE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH NewPockets V * - .£ H. Kent 13 ( I lo 17 I) Sussex 14 0 to 16 U Essex 12 0 to 16 O New Bags. £. s — £. s. Kent 9 0 to 14 10 Sussex 8 10 to 13 0 Farnham 18 Oto25 0 PRICE OF TALLOW IN LONDON, OCT. 25 s. d. Whitechapel Market... 3 3 St. James's Market 3 4 Clare Market 0 0 6 7 Average 3 3£ d. Town Tallow p. cwt. 58 0 Russia ditto Caudle... 54 O White ditto — 0 Soap ditto — 0 Melted stuff 43 O Rough ditto 27 O Greaves 12 0 Good Dregs — 0 Curd Soap 98 ( » Mottled 94 O Yellow ditto 86 O PRICE OF LEATHER Butts, to 56lbs. each 21 to 23 Ditto, to 66lbs. each — to 26 Merchants' Backs — to 19 Dressing Hides... 14 to 151 Fine Coach Hides 16 to 17j Crop Hides, 35to40lbs. for cutting 16 to 19 AT LEADENHALL. Crop Hides toftOlbs. 19to21| Call Skins to 40lbs. 18 to 21 Ditto t0 70lbs 22 toS5 Ditto to SOIbs. 20 to 23 Small Seals ( G reend ./ 2S k. 30 Large do. p doz. 8U » to 110s Tanned H. Hides — to — CURRENT PRICES OF SPIRITS, per Gallon. Excl. of Duty. s. d. s. d. Brandy Cognac 6 9 a 7 0 Bordeaux 5 3 a 5 6 Spanish 0 0 a 0 0 Geneva Holland 3 0 a 3 il Rum, Jamaica 3 6 a 4- 6 —- L. Islands 3 6 a 3 6 SPIRITS AND WINES WINE, Dealers' Price. Claret, per H 63 a — Lisbon, per P to a — Port 50 a — Madeira 60 a — Sherry, per Bt 30 a 63 Mountain 28 a 3- 1 COURSE OF Amsterdam .39 4 B. 2Us Ditto, at Sight. 38 10 Amsterdam 12 13 C. F. Ditto, at Sight. 11 17 Rotterdam 12 14 Us. Hamburgh 36 0 2| Us. Altona 36 0 9 Us. Paris, 3 day's sight 25 80 Us. Ditto. 26 50 Us Bourdeaux ditto 25 50 Madrid 34£ Effective, Cadiz 34j Effective, EXCHANGE. Bilboa 34— Barcelona — St. Sebastian's — Seville 34 J Gibraltar 31 Leghorn 46| Genoa43|— Venice 27 — Malta 46— Naples 38| Palermo 114 per Oz. Lisbon 55 J— Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 694 Dublin 11J Cork ll^ pcr ct. Agio of the Bank on Holl. 3 Bank Stock 2161 3 per Cent. Red ' 605 3 per Cent. C. 6IJ Omnium — Ditto for Payt. Exchequer Bills 3 9 p. PRICE OF STOCKS, OCT. 31. 4 per Cent 76. J 5 per Cent. Navy 94i Long Ann. 15 Cons, for Acc. 62 South Sea — Old Annuities POETRY. ODE TO THE POPPY. BY THE HONOURABLE MRS. O'NEIL Not for the promise of the labour'd field, Not for the good the yellow harvests yield, I bend at Ceres' shrine; For dull to humid eyes appear The golden glories of the year. • Alas! a melancholy worship's mine, I bail the Goddess for her scarlet flower— Thou brilliant weed That doth so far exceed The richest gifts gay Flora can bestow. Heedless I pass'd thee in life's morning hour, Thou comforter of woe, Till sorrow taught me tg confess thy power. In early days, when Fancy cheats, A various wreath I wore Of laughing Spring's luxuriant sweets, To deck ungrateful love. The rose or thorn my numbers crown'd, As Venus smil'd, or Venus frown'd: But love, and joy, and all their train are flown, E'en languid hope no more is mine— And I will sing of thee alone; Unless, perchance, the attributes of grief, The cypress bud, and willow leaf, Their pale funereal foliage blend with thine. Hail! lovely blossom, thou canst case The wretched victims of disease- Canst closc those weary eyes to sleep, Which never open but to Weep; For, oh ! thy potent charm Can agonizing pain disarm, Expel imperious memory from her seat, And bid the throbbing heart forget to beat. Soul- soothing plant, that canst such blessings give, By thee the mourner dares to live, By thee the hopeless die. Oh! ever friendly to despair, Might Sorrow's pallid votary dare, k Without acriinc that remedy implore, Which bids tho'ipirit from it9 bondage fly, I'd court thy palliative aid 110 more; No more I'd sue that thou should'st spread Thy spell around my aching head, But would conjure thee to impart Thy balsam to a broken heart; And by Ihy soft Lethean power, Inestimable flower! Burst these terrestrial bonds, and other regions try. To the EDITOR of THE COLCHESTER GAZETTE. " Prime cheerer, I. ight! " Of all material beings first and best! " ElHux divine! Nature's resplendent robe! " Without whose vesting beauty all were wrapt " In unessential gloom I gloom MR. EDITOR— No member of the human body is embellished with higher graces and more important functions than that delicate organ the eye. It charms our senses, pourtrays beauty, and is life's chief solace. It gives us the matchless brilliancy of the diamond, and the Majestic lint of the velvet. Deprived of this, the intelligent countenance of man is divested of its all- animating sensibility ; and the lovely form of woman is uiisctn and unknown. I have been led into these remarks, from the cir- cums' ••.'•<• of seeing a prospectus of an establishment under the denomination of the Colchester and Essex Eje Ii. firinarv. This is an institution that humanity has long demanded, and philanthrophy ardently so- licited, and for the success of which I feel, in common with every lover of his country, no small degree of interest. It has often excited my surprise, that, while so many assume the profession of the dentist, there are tew, comparatively speaking, that engage ill the labours of the oculist; and yet there can be no ques- tion as to the supreme importance of the latter, when contrasted with the former: the one, indeed, requires a combination of rare and extensive talents; and whether this has operated to retard the pursuits of the faculty, on the mistaken notion that disorders of the eye are not so universal, I will not in this place hazard an opinion. I trust that the benevolent spirit that has actuated those highly respectable characters whose names are identified with the Colchester and Essex Eye Infirmary, will spread around like the fostering dews of heaven, and be the happy means of forming similar institutions in different parts of the kingdom. C. R. MISSIONARIES TO CHINA. ROME, Oct. 1.— The allocution of the Pope at the late election of Cardinals contains some curious facts respecting the state of the Christian religion in China. It seems that the Jesuit Missionaries to that empire have recently undergone grievous persecution. Gabriel Dufresse, a French Mission, ary, and Bishop of Tabraca and Vicar Apostolic of the provinces of See- Tchuen for thirty- nine years, has bren put to death. Having been banished by the Chinese Government, impelled by religious fervour, he returned, but was soon discovered, and put in irons. The Mandarins then suddenly af- fected much kindness, ordering his chains to be broken, and overwhelmed him with caresses: but they had honey in their mouths and poison in their hearts. They boldly desired him to abjure his religion ; on his side he spoke of the futility of the Chinese rites, and extolled the Christian dogmas. The perfidious Mandarins had conccaled two per- sons behind the partition, who wrote down the Bishop's words. An accusation was consequently drawn up, and the Bishop was taken before the Viceroy, who being sworn an enemy to all Chris- tians, condemned him immediately to die. In an instant this' respectable old man was stripped of his robes and led forth to the place of execution where an immense crowd was assembled. Thirty, three Christians, whom no torments could divert from the true faith, were led out at the same, time, surrounded by executioners and instruments of torture. All of thetn were then told lliat they must abjure the Christian religion, or undergo the punishment of the cord. With heroic fortitude all id'used to renounce their Saviour, and beseeched the Bishop to give them absolution and his last benediction. ' Ihe Bishop granted their request, and alter urging them to follow his example with firmness, laid his head 011 the block, and the exe- < utioner at one blow then severed it from his body ' I he Christians, who had been only brought out to frighten tliein, were re conducted to prison, and afterwards banished. The head of the Bishop of Tabraca was ;. fixed to a gibbet, with the inscription, Apostle of the Christian religion and Bishop of ]•'. trope." The same words were seen on the box " Vih was adorned with a figure of the Bishop and contained his head, and which was paraded for some days in all the places where the Christians lived who had been converted by him. His blood was preserved by the Christians, and distributed among the inhabitants of various towns and villages. The body, after lying three days on the scaffold, watched by Christians, was interred with pious devotion. Another Missionary, Augustine Fahor, aged seventy- three, was beaten so unmercifully, that he died in a few days. The Judge who condemned him admonished him to consider his great age, and the punishment which would follow upon his refusing to renounce Christianity; and when he was undergoing his punishment, the Judge said, Now, your God has deserted you."—" Oh! no," said Augustine, " he has given me strength to endure all this, and much more!" The Judge, inad with rage, then ordered him to be struck in the face, which killed him. KENTUCKY MUMMY. In a natural cave of Kentucky has been found a Mummy, where, says the writer, it had been placed by Mr. Wilkins, from another cave, for preserva- tion. It is a female, about six feet in height, and so perfectly dried us to weigh but twenty pounds when found.— The hair on the back part of the head is rather short, and of a sandy hue— the top of the head is bald— the eyes are sunk into the head— the nose, or that part which is cartilaginous, is dried down to the bones of the face.— The lips are dried away, and discovered u fine set_ of teeth, white as ivory.— The hands and feet are perfect even to tbe nails, and very delicate, like those of a young person; but the teeth are worn as much as a per- son's of the age of fifty. She must have been some person of high dis- tinction, if we may judge from the order in which she was buried. " Mr. Wilkins informs me," says the narrator of this circumstance, " she was first found by some labourers, while digging salt- petre earth in a part of the cave about three miles from the entrance, buried eight feet deep, between; four limestone slabs, and in a sitting posture ;> he knees being brought close to the body, which is erect, the hands clasped and laid upon the stomach, the head upright. She was muffled up, and covered with a number of. garments made of a species of wild hemp and the bark of a willow, which formerly grew in Kentucky. The cloth is of a curious tex- ture and fabric, made up in the form of blankets or winding sheets, with handsome borders. Bags of different sizes were found by her side, made of the same cloth, in which were deposited her jewels, beads, trinkets, and implemeifts $ fj industry, all which are very great curiosities, being different from any thing of the Indian kind ever exhibited in this country. Among the articles was a musical instrument, made in two pieces, of cane, put toge- ther something like a double flageolet, and curi- ously interwoven with elegant feathers; she had likewise by her a bowl of uncommon workmanship, and a vandyke made of feathers, very beautiful." NOTICE TO MARINERS. — The following im- portant Notice has been published by the Agent to Lloyd's, at Ostend :— PORT OF OSTEND, Oct. 16. The new channel formed by the late South- West gales has a direction almost North and South by compass, and runs close to the point of the Eastern jetty. The thwart mark, coming from sea, is a large house co- vered with red tiles, standing springs as just open . of the Eastern jetty- head. The leading mark, the beacon, on the flat at the West side of the harbour, aback of the Western jetty, kept in the middle of the aforesaid red- tiled house. The depth at low water, at spring- tides, are, on the bar, Flemish feet ( 11 inches English) proceeding along in- wards, 4,4i, 5,6, 7, within the jetty HJ by the mark- board, but a couple of feet more by sounding. At night, bring the light on the Eastern jetty- head, not a bit more Easterly than South by East before you bear up, then keep it a point on the larboard side until you can make out the jetty- head ; avoid the Westward as much as possible; do not mind the light in the Downs, nor by day the buoy, for by the late shifting of the sands it lies too far inward. The former channel used to run N. W. and N. W. by W. There is every hope that by continued scouring and a strong Easterly wind it will be restored, which is to be wished, as the present channel, with Westerly winds, is too much to leeward, and the tide Betting Easterly, as it always does at the moment for makiug the harbour, there is a chance of falling to leeward of it. The outer buoy, that used to lie amid the old channel, has been run down and taken up; it is not yet repaired. It must be observed, that the tide still sets to the East- ward two hours after high water in the harbour. It is indispensably necessary that all vessels lake pilots. DISTILLATION.— It has been stated upon au- thority that Government had resolved to allow distil- lation to proceed. The determination is grounded on a report which has been made by commissioned and competent persons, who have been for some time engaged in a minute survey of crops in all parts of the coufn. y. There is, then, it appeal's, notwithstanding all that has been said, no well- founded apprehension of any thiug like scarcity. Wheat, indeed, appears to be the only grain that has sustained any injury that may be pronounced material, or which would warrant the fears that have prevailed; and even of this there are in some districts, productive crops. The ravages which have been ma: le in the counties most exposed to the inclemency of the season, are considerably counterbalanced by the increase of tillage, which was this year so observable in all parts of the country. It appears that speculation on the sub- ject of distillation was not confiued to this country. The London papers inform as, that the rumours which were put into circulation relative to the in- tentions of the Irish Government, caused large purchases of sugar, and, of course, while they lasted, tept that commodity at a considerably advanced price. The expedient of drying wheat by means of kilns has been resorted to by agriculturists in some of the northern counties.— One of the principal land- owners in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in a letter addressed to the Editor of the Leeds Mercury, on the 10th inst. says:—" Will you have the good- ness to insert in your paper a plan which I am now adopting for gathering my corn, as I think, in these awful times, we ought to give all the information in our power. I take it out of the field in the wet state, and run it through the thrashing machine, and then place it upon the drying kiln; after it is perfectly dry the corn will keep for any length of time. Care must be taken not to feed the ma- chine with too large a quantity at a time, or it will be liable to clog the wheels. One great advantage attends this process, the sprouts are so very tender, that they are all destroyed by passing through the machine." Some of our readers may not be acquainted with the process, though by no means a new one, for cleansing wheat that is partially smutted, by means of the mill used for making Scotch or pearl barley ; and at a period like the present, a process of such extensive utility ought to be as generally known as possible. Very good bread may thus be made from corn which would otherwise have been scarcely, if at all, fit for food; the refuse, which is laken off by the mill, being of a most disgusting nature, both to the sight, taste, and smell, exhaling a peculiar odour resembling that of putrid salt- fish. In some of the best corn- mills near London, there is a newly- invented cleaning machine, by which all the Smut, dung, and dirt, are completely brushed off, and the wheat rendered perfectly sweet. Eaton, the pedestrian, commenced on the even- ing of Wednesday se'nnight, at eight o'clock, the unparalleled feat of walking 2( 100 half miles in 2000 successive half hours. A private house is provided for his accommodation contiguous, 011 the Croydon road, about three miles from town. The time of starting and completing every half mile will be noted by the umpires of both parties. The object of these matches is to bring a crowd daily to some public- house, by the landlord of which the pedestrian is engaged. At Washington, ( America) between nine and ten o'clock in the morning of the 8th of September, an extraordinary phenomenon was noticed. The sun was surrounded with a circle, or halo, of the usual diameter, but uncommonly bright and well defined, being tinged, especially iu its upper or western part, with prismatic colours. Another circle, ap- parently of twice the diameter of the primitive halo, extended westwardly, and passed through the sun. The secondary halo was white through its whole circumference ; at the same time a portion of a rainbow, of perhaps twenty degrees, appeared in the north- east, at about forty degrees above the horizon. AMERICAN NOTIONS OF THE TURF.— The fol- lowing paragraph is extracted from a New Y'ork paper:— " YORK ( PENN.), Sept. 3.— In defiance of the law prohibiting worse races, several were xrun at Hanover and near this place ; the consequences of which have been, one man was instantly killed by his horse running near a tree. This unfortunate victim to his own vice awl folly left a widow and family of children. At another race the running horse broke his leg, and dashed his rider to Ihe ground, who remained senseless for sfome time, and was much hurt. At Hanover, one of the horseS threw his rider, who also received a considerable injury. These immoral and shameful practices ought to be prohibited, as they never fail to as- semble the idle, vicious, envious, and those given to gambling-. ' The example, independent of actual injuries, is so destructive to the well- being of so- ciety, that it is the duty of all good citizens, and especially of civil officers, to interfere and give Information, that the guilty may be brought to punishment. Men are out secretly washing those who appear as the acting agents in such scenes of folly and wickedness." A question of great importance is to be tried this . week before the new Jury Court at Edinburgh', respecting a certain deed of settlement of the late James Earl of Fife, which conveyed to trustees very large estates in Scotland, the rents of which were to accumulate for the purpose of being in- vested in the purchase of other estates, for an in- definite period. An action was brought in the Court of Sessions by his nephew, the present Earl, for the reduction of that deed, on the ground that it was not executed with the essential forms re- quired by law for the conveyance of real property, — that the deed was signed by the late Earl at a time when he was blind — that it was not read over to him in the presence of the witnesses and that one of the witnesses, whose name appears on the deed, was not present when his Lordship signed it. To ascertain these farts, the cause was re- mitted to the Jury Court by the Court of Sesssion A great number of witnesses are summoned on both sides, who will be examined in Court. The evidence of the Duke of Cumberland, Lord Erskine, Mr. Quarme, and others, who were in Ihe habit of frequently seeing the Earl about that period, have been taken by Commission in London, as well as the testimony of Mr. Phipps, the oculist, who then professionally attended his Lordship. The present value of the estate is upwards of20,0001. a year, By the encouragement of Government, and under the sanction of an Act of Parliament, an Insurance Fund, for the benefit of the widows and relatives of all persons employed in the service of the Customs, at the port of London, and at the different out- ports, is about to be established.— To the present possessors of such appointments, the becoming members of and contributors to the In- stitution Fund, is entirely optional; but, after the legal ratification of its rules and regulations, all future appointments in the Customs are to be subject to a trifling poundage on their several salaries. As with the large and necessary establishment of Revenue Officers at the port of London, there are in con- nection those of the seventy- two out- ports, the fund is expected to be of considerable amount; and by the plan proposed it must continue permanent. The premiums of insurance have been regulated by the well- known skill and ability of Mr. Morgan, the Actuary at the Equitable Insurance Office, The establishment of a similar fund is intended for the Excise and the Post- Offices. The facetious Mr. Curran ( late Master of the Rolls for Ireland), being lately asked his opinion relative to the affair at Algiers, said, " Sufficient for the Day ( i. e. Dey) is the evil thereof." The lioness which attacked Ihe horses in the Salisbury coach, as mentioned in our last publica- tion, did not, it appears, kill the dog, as the pas- sengers, in their state of intimidation, had reported. The Salisbury Gazette says—" The lioness, on finding herself attacked, quitted the horse, and turned upon the dog, which it was expected would very soon become the victim of her fury ; but the animal, with more reproach than viciousness, in- flicted a slight punishment on it, and on' hearing thevoiceof the keeper, retired underneath a sladdle granary, where, soon after, the keeper very deli- berately got in, put his arms around her neck, and secured her without any further injury."— The owner of the lioness has published a letter, saying, she broke loose in consequence of some person breaking open the caravan, in expectation of steal- ing goods going lo Salisbury fair. EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOR.— The following Resolution was passed at the late Gloucestershire. Quarter Sessions, founded on a similar Resolution of the Petty Sessions at Lawford's Gate:— " That this Court, looking to the probable scarcity of labour during the ensuing winter, does earnestly recommend to Magistrates in Petty Sessions assem- bled, strictly to enforce the Laws relating to the Highways; and, with a view of finding employment for tbe labouring poor, that they do not only require that the roads be put into the best possible state of repair, but that they do also suggest to the Surveyors of Turnpike ltoads and of Highways various improve- ments within their respective districts, particularly by lowering hills, and widening the roads, where neces- sary; and that tbe Overseers of the Poor be called upon to take care that paupers be employed in this or any other work of public utility, which local or tem- porary circumstances may render expedient." Bow Church, which narrowly escaped destruc- tion at the late fire in Bow Church- yard, is one of Ihe most admirable ornaments of the city of Lon- don, and matters of antiquity are connected with it which are not generally known. St. Mary- le- Bow was the first church in London built on arches ( or bows) and, from that circumstance, the Ecclesias- tical Court, which once sat in the church, took the name of " Court of Arches." The first church was built before the reign of William the Con- queror. It seems to have been the cause of mis- fortunes to the citizens; for, in 1271, the steeple fell, and killed many people. In 1512 it was en- tirely rebuilt of stone, brought from Caen, in Nor- mandy, which paid, when landed at the Custom- house, four shillings and eight pence a ton duty. In the conflagration of 1660 it was consumed, and in 1673 was rebuilt. The steeple is considered a most admirable piece of architecture; it was de- signed by Sir C. Wren. They commenced build- ing it in 1671, and finished the whole in 1680. It contains ten bells, and is 225 feet in altitude.— Stow says, there was a monument in this church, erected by King James to the memory of Queen Elizabeth, with this inscription:—" Erected by King James, for Elizabeth, Queen of England, France, and Ireland, daughter of Henry V11L by Ann Bullen, grand- child to Henry VII. great grand- child to Edward IV. and sister to King Edward VI. and Queen Mary. She restored religion to its primitive sincerity, settled peace thoroughly, re- duced coin to the old standard, extinguished rebel- lions at home, relieved France, near ruin by intes- tine mischiefs, supported the Netherlands, van- quished Spain's Armada, quieted Ireland with Spaniards'expulsion, and traitors' coercion; aug- mented exceedingly both Universities' revenues, by a law of provision, and enriched all England. Was a mother to this her country, the nurse of religion and learning, for perfect skill of very many lan- guages, for glorious endowments as well of mind and body, and for regal virtues beyond her sex. " After forty- five years most prudent and happy' government, she died in the 70th year of her age, A. D. 1602, whose corpse is interred in the famous collegiat church of Westminster." On the other side are these lines:— " Fame blow aloud, and to the world proclaim There never ruled such a Royal dame. Spain's rod, Rome's ru n, Netherlands relief, Earth's joy, England's gem, world's wonder, Nature's chief, She was, and is, what can there more be said ? Ou earth the chief, iu Heaven the second maid." On Saturday a respectable looking, well- dressed woman, about forty years of age, in a state of mental derangement, handed a paper to the Ma- gistrate at Hatton- Garden Office, containing a long list of supposed grievances, and charging several persons in the highest situations with conspiring todefraud the Prince Regeet and the nation, which charge, she said, she would satisfactorily prove, and requested their Worships to grant a warrant for their apprehension, in order that they might be brought to justice; that she had applied to Sir Nathaniel Conant, at Bow- street, but that he re- ferred her to the Magistrates at Hatton- Garden. The Magistrates attended with much gravity to the poor woman's imaginary complaint, and pro- mised that they would attend to it; with which she was perfectly satisfied, and making a low curtsey, thanked thetn, and wishing them a good morning, departed. ORIGIN OF THE CORONER'S INQUEST.— To the following circumstance is England indebted for that useful institution the Coroner's Inquest, and pro- bably its recital may prove gratifying to our Rea- ders, at a time when Coroner's verdicts are become so frequent:— A gentlewoman in London, after having buried six husbands, found a gentleman hardy enough to make her a wife once more. For several months their happiness was mutual, a cir- cumstance which seemed to pay no great compli- ment to her former paitners, who, as she said, had disgusted her by their drunkenness and infidelity. With a view of knowing the real character of his mate, the gentleman began frequently to absent himself, and return at late hours, apparently in- toxicated. At first reproaches, but afterwards menaccs were the consequences of ibis conduct, ' the gentleman persisted, and seemed to become every day more and more addicted to his bottle. One evening, when she imagined him quite drunk, she unsewed a leaden weight from one of the sleeves of her gown, and having melted it, approached her husband ( who pretended to be asleep), in order to pour it into his ear, with a tobacco- pipe. Con- vinced of her wickedness, the gentleman started up and seized her, when, having procured assistance, he secured her until the morning, and conducted her before a Magistrate, who committed her to prison. The bodies of her six husbands were dug up, and as the marks of violence were still dis- cernible upon each of them, the proof of her guilt appeared so strong upon her trial, that she was con- demned and executed. ESCAPE FROM NEWGATE. — About dusk, on Sunday evening, the servant of Mr. Letterman, of Warwick- square, hearing the clattering of some garden- pots falling in the back- yard, opened the door, when five fellows rushed in, and passing through the house, made their exit at the front door, and got clear off. It was afterwards ascer tained that they were felons escaped from Newgate, and had scaled the walls of several yards previous to arriving at that of Mr. Letterman. A sixth, who had sought refuge in the adjoining house, was secured and conveyed back to his old lodging. The Lord Mayor, with his usual alacrity, came to the prison instantly that the fact was known, sur- veyed every part of it externally and internally, and gave various directions to prevent a repetition of the circumstance. The Rev. Mr. Blomberg, who is supposed to be the best performer on the violoncello iu the church, has lately been presented lo a very handsome estate, which had become ( he property of the Crown, in default of ail heir- at- law. By the unwelcome nature of the visits which our active Chief Magistrate pays to the dwellings of tb* lower dealers, the watchmen, and others, in his noc- turnal ambulations, life has acquired among them the ill- omened appellation of the " Night- Mure." FIRE AT BELVOIR CASTLE.— About two o'clock in the night between Friday and Saturday last, ap alarming fire broke out in Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, near Grantham, in Lin- colnshire. The flames spread with great rapidity, and communicated to the centre; but an alaritj having been given in time, the children and ser- vants were removed from danger. The Duke and Duchess of Rutland were at the time on a visit tci the Duchess Dowager, at Cheveley. All the fa- mily had retired to rest, and were awoke by some inhabitants of the nearest villages, who first disco- vered that part of the castle was in flames; but the fire had even then got to such a height as lo preclude the possibility of saving the old part.— Much alarm was entertained for the new building, as the flames forced their way up the grand stair- case, and were with great difficulty prevented from extending their ravages further. The Duke ar. d Duchess arrived from Cheveley about half past ten at night.— The property of Belvoir Castle, it is said, was only insured for 40,0001. The paintings alone are estimated at twice the sum. Some of the valuable pictures were fortunately preserved, but the whole of the family ones entirely lost. The whole of the ancient structure is reduced to a heap of ruins, but much of the modern building is still standing. The fire originated in a room which the carpenter had converted into a temporary workshop. The work- men had placed some timber too near the fire to dry, which caught the flames, and terminated in the destruction of one of the most splendid and valuable residences in the kingdom. The Duke had laid out 011 this estate, within the last five years, 200,0001. and it is said it would require about 20,0001. more, to complete the improvements. CAUTION TO PARENTS.— On Monday an inquest was held by Mr. Bunyan, Coroner for Lincoln, 011 the body of a child, whose death was occasioned by the poison imbibed from a brass ring, which being given it to play wilh, it had put into its mouth. A few days ago, in driving through the rock at Lydbrook Deep Level, Gloucestershire, a large stone was detached, which, on being broken, was found to contain a living toad of extraordinary size, apparently quite fresh and healthy, although en- closed as perfectly as the yolk in an egg. Elizabeth Ward, capitally convicted at the late York Assizes for attempting to poison her sister- in- law, and who was reprieved on condition of being transported for life, has obtained a f urther remission of her sentence, and is now to be con- fined for ten years in the Penitentiary House at Millbank. At the Southwark Sessions, Bartholomew Ken- nelly, aged thirty, was convicted of stealing 71. and a quantity ol silver, from the person of Bryan Riley, a labourer. The money was found in his possession. He called one witness to character, who being asked by the Recorder what he had to say about the prisoner's honesty, replied, " Oh, my Lord, try you that— you're the best judge— I don't know how to judge about honesty— no honest man comes here."— Sentenced to seven years' trans- portation. DREADFULSUICIDF..— An inquisition was taken on Saturday last, before Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner, at the Turf Tap public- house, Grosvenor- Place, upon the body of Alary Arnold, who was a resident in the family of Mrs. Simpson, of Alber- marle- street, Piccadilly, and was found on Thurs- day morning preceding in her bed with her throat cut in a most shocking manner with a razor. The wound was four inches long, and had bled so pro- fusely, that the bed was nearly covered with blood. The deceased had been in a low state of mind for some weeks. She was taken in a coach to St. George's Hospital, where she expired on the fol- lowing day. She was sixty- five years of age.— Verdict, Died by her own hand, in a state of Insanity. AWFUL, BUT AUTHENTIC OCCURRENCE.— In the course of last week a farmer, near Godstone, in the county of Surrey, whilst walking over a field with some other farmers, or farm labourers, picked up a blighted ear of corn. With his eyes directed towards heaven, he exclaimed, in a tone impiously ironical—" Art thou not ashamed, God Almighty, thus to blast the fruits of the Earth?" He had scarcely uttered the words, when he fell down a corpse!— Evening Paper. On Saturday, at Marlborough- street Office, John Rumsey, a poor old man, preferred a complaint against the Stewards of a Benefit Society, held at the sign of the King's Arms, in Poland- street, for unlawfully excluding him from the benefits of the box, although i. e had been a free member for thirty- years. The defence set up was, that, by virtue of their regulations, the box was to be shut when the stock became as low as 1001.; but in the present instance they were possessed of 2001. in Three per Cent. Consols, which is near 1301. The Magistrate ordered the poor man to be paid two guineas, the amount of what had been withheld from him, and likewise his regular allowance, untilhe was able to work. Accounts from Ireland state, that on the night of the 20th ult. the house of Henry Frizell, Esq. situate in the county of Wexford, was entered by a sanguinary gang, consisting of seven desperadoes, who inhumanly murdered him. The only motive which can be assigned for this diabolical act is, his having some short time before dispossessed some of his tenantry of their ground, which he took into his own possession. SUDDEN DEATH.— On Saturday morning, about twelve o'clock, a poor man, named William Wain, a porter in the employ of Messrs. Murray and Griffiths, horse- hair manufacturers, in Blacktnan- street, in the Borough, pitched his load on the resting block in front of the Town- Hall, St. Mar- garet's- hill; and having done so, he, without utter- ing a word, fell down and almost instantly expired. The body was taken into the Town- Hall, and a surgeon seut for, who attempted to bleed him ; but in vain, the vital spark was extinct. The poor fellow was about fifty years of age, and apparently in an excellent state of health. He has left a wife ; and children to lament his loss. Advertisements, Articles of Intelligence, and Orders for this Paper, are received by the following Agents.— LONDON, MESSRS. NEWTON AND CO. 5, Warwick- Square, Newgate- Street, and MR. WHITE, 33, Fleet- Street. BRAINTREE. Mr JOSCELYNE BALLINGTON Mr. HILL BENTYWOOD Mr. E. FINCH BURES Mr. DUPONT BURY .. Mr. BACKHAM BERGHOLT .............. Mr. BARNARD BECCLES Mr. S. CATTERMOLE BOTESDALE M r H. EDWARDS BRANDON Mr. CLARKE BILLERICAY THE POSTMASTER C. 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