Advertisement! tad Articles of Intelligence NEWTON and CO. ( late TAYT/ ER & NEWTON,) NO. 6, W A R WIC K- SQU A RE AND AT THE AUCTION MART. For this Paper Received in tendon by J. WHITE, 33, FLEET- STREET; at PEELE'S COFFEE HOUSE AT AM. WHICH PLACES IT IS REGULARLY FILED. W& HOC SIC MO riNCES. Printed and Published every Tuesday by JOHN VINE HAbL, ( Successor to JOHN 13 LAKE,)' Kind's- Arms Office. Maidstone <&" This PAPER has nou> been extensively Circulated ( between THIRTY and FORTY YEARS,) throughout the COUNTIES of KENT, SUSSEX, SURRY, ESSEX, & c. which raiders it a desirable ADVERTISING MEDIUM to ATTORN IES, AUCTIONEERS, MERCHANTS, AGRICULTURISTS, and the. whole Community of TRADERS. Price Id.] KIT'S COTI HOUSE, BOXLEY. WILLIAM FLELLO, late of AyleSFORD. ¥ v respectfully begs leave to inform his Friends and the Public, he has taken and entered upon the KIT'S COTI HOUSE, adjoining the Chatham Turn- pike Road, in the Parish of BoxLEY, and having fitted up tbe same with every possible convenience and com- fort, earnestly solicits their patronage and support, which it will be his most anxious endeavour todeserve, bv an unremitting aud uniform attention to the accom- modation of those who may honor him with their favors. OLIVER AND MASTERS, CURRIERS, LEATHER CUTTERS, Sj- c. TO> ETURN their sincere thanks to their Friends Jl. w for the liberal support, they have received for many years past, and beg to inform them, that they have REMOVED from their Eate Residence behind the MIDDLE- ROW, HIGH- STREET, to No. 7, WEEK- STREET, MAIDSTONE; where they hope for a continuance of that support they have heretofore so liberally received. At the same time beg leave to inform thein, that every article in the above line will be furnished ot the best quality and a! the Lowest Terms. N. 15. Collar- makers, and Saddlers, supplied with Leather, Dressed or Undressed. Pitch, Rosin, and Oil, on the Lowest Terms. STRAYED Into the Grounds of Mr. T. Hooker, of Warden, last Autumn, SIX WETHER LAMBS, marked with a slit in the near ear, and a hole in the off ear, and tiver'd down the back ; the pitch mark not plain, there- fore cannot be described. Any Person owning the above, may have them, on paying for their Keep, and the expence of this Ad- vertisement. TO PARENTS, & c. WANTED, a well educated YOUTH, of good morals, as an APPRENTICE to a CHE- MIST and DRUGGIST. As he will be treated as one of the Family, asuitablc Premium will be expected. For Particulars, enquire of the PRINTER. TO BE DISPOSED Of, If ith Possession on the S Ih day qf May next, A FREEHOLD WATER CORN MILL, with Dwelling,- house, Oast- house, Stabling, and other Outbuildings, and 12 Acres of rich Land Arable, ic't Meadow and Plantation, together with productive Hap Ground. The mill is in full work, the land in high cul- tivation, having been in the hands of the occupier, M r. GREENFIELD, for upwards of 50years; most desirably situated 1 mile from Pembury, 4 miles from Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge, Peckham and Yalding. The greatest of the purchase- money may remain or, mortgage, or paid by yearly instalments ;' is one of the most desi- rable mill's in the county, and worth tiie attention of an industrious man with a small c apital. Any communications respecting the Estates directed to J. SIMMONS, Surveyor, Staplehurst, ( post- paid if von please) will meet with all due attention, ai. d immediate answers returned to the same. CAPITAL Windmill and Dwelling House, Garden, SfC, TO BE LET, FOR A TERM OF 5 YEARS, And Immediate Possession had of the tarns, Alt. that spacious lately erected WINDMILL situate near the Town of Staplehurst, in the beat condition, standing in a lofty state, and a very good command ot wind, in a most healthy parish, and tie Roads toand from which to Maidstone, Uranbrook, and Tenterden, ( all Market Towns of repute) are turnpike. The conveyance by water from Maidstone to London, and to Rochester, Chatham, Strood, Sec, dailv, and at a very moderate charge— and there is plenty of con- veyance from the Mill to Maidstone, See. daily. The Mill by a recent improvement, now stands In point of situation, convenience, and superior geei work, unrivalled by many, is capable of breaking with a fair wind from 25 to 30 quarters per week, explosive of hog corn, and soft grain; is remarkably vvelt found as to her standing and running tackle, is in the best of re- pair, aud is deserving every uotice, to a person wishing for a situation in the above trade.— The Dwelling- House which adjoins the Mill plot, is handsome, cheer- ful, and in a healthy airy situation, with a Garden of considerable size, pump of good water in Ihe house, and a pond in the Mill Close, that supplies part of the. Town with water, by paying a rental for fetching the same; is moderately assessed to King's and Parochial - Rates, and is presumed, may be a Mill of considerable . Trade in the various departments. ? The Premises will be sou! if a Purchaser comes for. . ward with a wish to Purchase and not to Hire. The , only reason for which, is, the Proprietor Of the same t: has purchased an Estate and Mills in another adjoining County.— These Premises may immediately be had, on • paying for the appraisement of the usual matters at the ! Mill, and the necessary Fixtures at the Dwelling- House, For Particulars and Rent of the same, apply fo , J. SIMMONS, Surveyor, of Staplehurst; or to treat for the purchase of the Freehold. 1 HAWKHURST, KENT. J A Freehold Residence with 25 Acres of Land, of which immediate possession may be had, THE LAND- TAX IS REDEEMED. r TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, lly Messrs. SKINNER, TUCHIN & FORREST, ~ On THURSDAY, the 15th MAY, at i2 o'clock, at GARRAWAY'S COFFEE HOUSE, CHANCE ALLEY, CORNHILL, LONDON, - ft Desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, situated . f ® adjoining an excellent turnpike road, in the much admired village of HAWKHURST, a genteel and social neighbourhood, about ft miles from Cranbrook, 10 from Rye, Tutibridge and the Wells, 18 from Hastings, and 47from London: comprising a commodious residence, . very substantially erected with two handsome regular " fronts, called NEW LODGE, with domestic offices ,. of every description, coach- house and stabling, suitable for a large and respectable family, walled garden, a paddock of eighteen acres and two small meadows, d well watered and wooded, lying very compact, aud containing in the whole about TWENTY- FIVE ACRES. 3, The Residence is placed at the extremity of the paddock, at a covenient distance from tiie road, com- manding extensive views of a beautiful and highly va- f. ried country, and contains an entrance- hall and vesti- d bijle, principal and secondary staircases, drawing- room, dining aud breakfast parlours, library, seven good bed- chambers, with suitable apartments for servants, and ir excellent cellaring ; a coach to and from London passes the house four days in the week, and an every day post, » i To be viewed by applying to T. S. REDFORD, Esq, at Hawk hurst, of whom printed particulars may be had; - particulars also at the Swan, Hastings ; Rose fx Ciown, :- Tunbridge; White Horse, Brighton ; of Mr. SPRANG.:, Tunbridge Wells; J. V. HALL, PRinter, Maidstone; / Messrs. KIKBY and Co. Printers, Canteubury ; Messrs. ' LEE, Printers, Lewes; & ofMessrs. SKINNER, TUCHIN « : and FORREST. Aldersgate- street, London. ic -* — 1 * Freehold Farms in the Weald of Kent, six miles htlma ' Maidstone, containing 173 Acres qf excellent Mcuaoju, Pasture, Hop, and Arable Lund, with suitable Fai- m House and govd Buildings, let on Leases to respe, tably Tenants, at low rents, amounting to £' 223. a year. 1- TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, iet BV MESSRS. ROBINS, J.' Atthe Auction . Mart, opposite the Bank of England, on J' TUESDAY, the 13th of MAY, at Twelve, in Four Lotst £ A VALUABLE and very IMPROVABLE t. A FREEHOLD PROPERTY, consisting of le ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY- THREE ACRES a OF CAPITAL LAND, ' e including Love Farm, pleasantly situate at Headcorn, on the pew turnpike road from Maidstone to Tenterden, J1 with good Farm House and all requisite Buildings, ahd 116 Acres of excellent Meadow, Pasture, Hop, and I1' Arable Land, lying vety compact, and on lease to Mr, ?! James Horncwood, a responsible tenant, at a very low rent of d 130., for a term of 14 years from Michaelmas, 1810- Woodsdon Farm, pleasantly situate at Boughtou Malherbe, three miles from the latter Farm, consisting ofa suitable Farm Houseand Buildings, and. 1TA. 2R. 38p, !„ of very excellent Land, let to Mr. Fry, a very g'od tenant', for 21 years, from Michaelmas, 1811, at a low p rent of£ 60. a year; and a small Estate, consisting of > Cottage, Garden, and 2A. In, 9C. of good Land, near Headcorn. producing £ 12. a vear; and 18A. 1R. 13P. ' e of capital Land, principally Meadow, near Woodsdon, in Kent, let at £ 21. a year, to Mr. George Hill, for a term of ? 1 years from Michaelmas, 1811. The Estates r; are capable ofgreat improvement, and the tenants highly respectable. The present rent " s TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY- THREE ll', POUNDS A- YEAR. n, May be viewed, with leave of the Tenants, till the is, Sale, and particulars had of Messrs. Debary, Scudamore and Curry, Lincoln s Inn- fields; the Auction Mart: the Bell, at Maidstone; aud of Messrs. Robins, Covent- Garden, where Plans of the Farms may be seen. To Carriers, Farmers, and Ot/ tirs. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At BATTLE, SUSSEX, on THURSDAY, the 15th May, 1817, -\ j| ALL the LIVE and DEAD STOCK, com- <)„, e 1 prising seventeen well seasoned road Horses, yj(. a Harness, Waggons, Carts, See., now in the employ of Gro Messrs. STANBURY, Carriers to and from London to tivo Hastings, on account of the dissolution of partnership QRI Freehold Dwelling Houses, Malt House, and Spacious Timber Yard, part KING- STREET, MAIDSTONE. or p TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSRS. DRIVER, " A At the Auction Mart, London, on TUESDAY, MAY 13th, T0' J at 12 o'Clock. iu 2 Lots, Dje., Valuable FREEHOLD DWELLING J, NS', HOUSES, WORKSHOP, MALT HOUSE, STABLE, 4£ C. and a large TIMBER YARD, most , j> eligibly situate in King- Sf eet, Maidstone, and are in the respective occupations of CAPTAIN COOKE, and Mr. HENRY CUTBUSH, Junior These Premises are extremely well adapted for Building, or for carrying on an extensive Concern, requiring much room. « Printed Particulars may be had at the Bell Inn, Maidstone; Bull, Wrotham; at the Auction Mart; and of Messrs. Driver, ' Surveyors and Land Agents, at their con Offices, No. 13, New Bridge- street, Blackfriars, London. FREEHOLD ESTATES, " ~~ ' l'er ' At Tunbridge Wells and Southborough, in the County of j Kent, late the property of Mr. John Carter, deceased. a 1 TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, vey BY MR. HART, i On THURSDAY, the 1st of MAY, 1817, at 4 o'clock in poii the afternoon, at the HAND & SCEPTRE INN, SOUTH- unr BOROUGH, in five lots, ( subject to such conditions of win sale as will then be produced); hog THE following very desirable FREEHOLD to 1 ESTATES:— pai ; Lot 1.— A substantial and well- built FREEHOLD for DWELLING- HOUSE or COTTAGE, vtry recently Ho erected, with the garden ground thereto belonging, si- tul, tuatein the Crown Field, at Calverly's Plain, Tunbridge con ' Wells, late in the occupation of Mr. Richard Polling ant Lot 2.— A new erected FREEHOLD COTTAGE To ' aud Garden, situate near lot I, now untenanted. sail ' Lot 3.— TWO FREEHOLD COTTAGES or R » . DWELLINGS, with Gardens, and the use of an ex- El" cellent well of water, situate at the pleasant village of Southborough, commanding extensive view's of the vva , country, and only three miles from Tullbridge Wells, onl ; now in the occupation of John Carter and T. Barns, at rents amounting to lis. per week Co Lot 4.—' TWO other FREEHOLD COTTAGES or P": _ DWELLINGS, with Gardens, adjoining lot S, with Mi the use of the well mentioned in lot 3, now let to Mrs. ' Harrison and Mrs. Thompson, at rents amounting to J- £ 22 a year. tilt » Lot 5.— THREE FREEHOLD COTTAGES, with " a Garden to each, situate at Southborongh Common, y, 11 and now divided into five Dwellings or Tenements, four of which are in the several occupations of Messrs, Moon, Dotney, Skinner, and Thompson, as weekly te- 5 nants, at rents amounting to 12 « . a week, and the other is now untenanted. '> For further particulars apply to Mr. HENRY CRUND- WELL, Southborough; or to Mr. STONE, Solicitor, Mount '' Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells; Mr. ASHDOWN, Tunbridge ' J Town ; or to the AUCTIONEER. 6 VALUABLE OAK TIMBER, f S WITH TOP AND TAN. ad TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, ','/' " BY MR. HART, y On FRIDAY, MAY 2,1817, at the George Inn, Tunbridge Wells, at 3 o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to such V Conditions of Sale as will be then produced), ' J FORTY- EIGHT OAK TIMBER TREES, fo IN FOUR LOTS, pa >- Lot 1.— 11 OAK TREES, 16 Feet Meetings, marked w thus X. co Lot 2,- 14 OAK TREES, about 6 Feet Meetings, marked thus | . pa 18 These two Lots are standing on Mrs. Lipscomb's Farm, " o near Jack Wood's Spring, in the Parish of Tunbridge. Kent, rii Lot 3.— 13 OAK TREES, 20 Feet Meetings, marked bi, thus X. di Lot 4.— 10 OAK TREES, marked thus | . cli These two Lots are standing on Burnet,' s Farm, near Cx the Powder Mills, in the Parish of Tunbridge, Kent til May be viewed Three Days before tbe Sale, by ap- „ plying- to the Bailiff, at Mrs. LIPSCOMB'S Farm. : d To OIL AND COLOUEMEN, MANUFAC- TURERS, & c. t ii. Valuable Freehold Linseed and Rape Oil Mill, j ! e, on the River Midway, between Maidstone and Tollbridge ; and a Freehold Dwelling House ~ le aud Premises, suitable for a Brewery, near es the Town of Tonbridge, d, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, " t BY HOGGART & PHILLIPS, ! e At the MART, opposite the Bank of England, on FR1- r. DAY, MA V 2, at twelve, in two lots, before the Commissioners named in a Commission of Bankrupt , r- awarded against THOMAS MERCER & JOHN BARLOW, * Lotl, 4 Valuable and very Eligible FREE- IS HOLD PROPERTY, known a » / BRAN BRIDGE OIL MILL, situate at EAST PECK- L }•? 11 AM, about eight miles fro. n Maidstone, and nine O " from Tollbridge, in the county ct Kent; consisting of a Is' substantial LINSEED and RAPE OIL MILL, capable of crushing about 6000 quarters of seed annually, with cisterns to contain up wards of 100 tops of oil, granaries for storing about 3500 quarters of seed, a foreman's dwelling j, house, hrick- buiitstabling for eight horses, and other apr ^ propriate buildings, a small garden, and tin cottages, j with a plot of ground. The Mill is supplied by a powerful r, th stream of water branching from the river Medway, j', ies which affords a facility of carriage to the London mar- y ket. The returns have beon very considerable, add oj may be much increased by the addition of three more , re presses, for which there is sufficient space. A corn mill t - o- may also be added at a small expence. Of Lot >.- A FREEHOLD DWELLING HOUSE, ' c j. with a garden and newly- erected buildings behind tiie ^ same, lately occupied as a brewery, situate near the ( ng town of Tonbridge, on the'road to Tonbridge Wells. | f in To be viewed, Lot 1, by applying to Mr. BUDGEN, the (( MI- Foreman at the Mill; anil Lot 2, on application to Mr. KING, builder, at Tonbridge, of whom particulars may r< ) n- be had ; particulars may also be had at the Sussex Arms id. Tavern, Tonbridge Wells; at the Star, Maidstone; 72 Crown, Rochester : Bull and George, Dartford; Bell, lr. Bromley; Crown, Tonbridge; Castle Brighton ; Swan, Hastings; Star, Lewes; of Messrs. SUDLOW, FRANCIS, S Ir. and URQUHART, Monument- yard; or E. G. SMITH, Esq. A: Finsbury- square ; at the MART; aud of HOGGART and E PHILLIPS, Old Broad- street, Royal Exchange, IT: TO BE SOLD BY PRlVATE CONTRACT, PRICE £ 550. A LL lhat substantial and newly erected ^ t FREEHOLD CORN WINDMILL, nearly com- . ptete, having cost upwards of £ 1000 in its present state, together with Cottage, Stable, and other buildings, ' : and about one acre of Land adjoining thereto, most eligi- ^ J' 1 lily situate fortrade, near the Four Vents, in the Parish (' ' of SUTTON VALENCE, adjoining the road leading to ' Maidstone; late the propwr. ty of MATTHEW JENNER, the younger, a bankrupt. For further particulars app1y to Mr. PYBUS, at Messrs. FLETCHER's Deal Yard : or Messrs. CARTER & MORRIS, Auctioneers, Stone street. Maidstone. KENT. TESTED LODGE, At WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, ^ In the Parish of Chart Sutton, 5 miles from Maidstone. § TO HP. SOI. D BY PRIVATE CONTUACT, gq BY CARTER Sr MORRIS, eli THE LESTED ESTATE, comprising a re- th, . fit spectable Residence, called Letted Lodge, very M pleasantly situated at Chart Sutton, 5 miles from Maid- ex stone, and 40 miles from London, being a comfortable Family House, « u a moderate scale : consisting of a neat entrance hall,' wo good parlours, excellent kitchen, M wash- house, brew- house, cellars, and every domestic office; also 8 airy spacious bed rooms and attics ; a O neat fore court or lawn, with shrubbery, and carriage drive in front, arid most excellent gardens adjoining; together with 35 Acres, or 50 Acres, ( at the. option of At the Purchaser) of exceeding valuable Orchard, Hop. Meadow, and Arable Land, lying immediately round the same, with barns, stables, coach- house, oast and other buildings— the whole in complete repair. q This valuable Estate oftii s a most desirable purchase to any Person wishiug to combine a pleasant occupa- tion with a respectable retirement; it would be difficult to find a more improved spot. Sixteen Acres are plant- ed with Hops, Fruit, See. in a most thriving state, and no expence has been spared in cultivating, ornamenting and improving the whole property, which lia « also the n advantage of being situated in a good country for game. Immediate Possession may be had. J" 1 For further Particulars, and to Treat for the same, apply to Mr. Scudamore, Solicitor; or to Messrs. Carter and Morris, Surveyors and Auctioneers, Stone- street, Maidstone, where a Plan of the Estate may be seen, '" and Tickets to view the same be had. ^ FOLEY HOUSE, ci RESIDENCE AND LAND, s Wlthin 1J mile of Maidstone, 7 miles from Chatham, and ^ 35 miles from London. r TO BE LET- ON LEASE; For 7 or 10 Years, & entered upon immediately, I- AMost desirable RESIDENCE, called Foley House, peculiarly adapted for a respectable family, j ! with walled anil kitchen gardens, stocked with Ihe most select fruit trees. The House is approached by an ex. a cellenf carriage road, and presents a pleasingand uniform a ' elevation to the south, is situated on vising ground, „ remarkable for its dry healthy air, commanding beautiful i\ views of the Town of Maidstone and the surrounding n scenery. The House consists, on the basement, of se- [, pa rate dry cellars; on the first tioor, entrance hall, . dining, drawing and breakfast rooms, store rooms, pan- v , tries, kitchen, wash- house, & c 4' e.; on the upper floor [; j of four, excellent bed rooms,.. with dressing rooms, q store rooms, and servant's sleeping rooms ; detached - brew house, laundry, poultry houses, stabling for 6 " horses, coach house, barn, granary, lodges, piggeries, ' Sec. See. Together with 40 acres or thereabouts of ex- cellent grass land, in very high cultivation, laying around and in front of th£. residence, and principally , belted by very thriving shrubberies and plantations, i An option will be givento'fhc Tenant to take all or - any part of the Furniture or Live and- Dead Stock, at a s valuation. This Estate wil be found to possess every i convenience necessary to a gentlemanly residence, - i having been for some years in the hands of the pro- - prietor, who has spared no expeiice to render it re- t spectable and complete. 1 For further particulars apply to Mr. SCUDAMORE, , (. Solicitor, or to Messrs. CARTER Sf MORRIS, Surveyors . and Auctioneers, Stone- stieet, Maidstone. ,, f VALUABLE FREEHOI. D ESTATE, . LANGLEY. 3| MILES FROM MAIDSTONE. > TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, t BY CARTER & MORRIS, ; i On THURSDAY; 5th JUNE, 1817, at the Bull Inn, , f Maidstone,, at 4 o'Clock, ( unless previously Disposed of by Private Contract,) ALL that valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, comprising a respectable and substantial Farm- I ' House, two Cottages, a new brick- built Oast- house, Barn, Stables, Granaries, Lodges, \ c. the whole in ex- cellent repair, together with 85 ACRES, more or less, of exceedingly rich LAND, 1? \ cfes of which are fine. - thriving Hop Plantation, 5- Acres of Orchard, 9 Acres Meadow, and the remainder Arable and Wood Land, , most desirably situate in the Parish of Langtey, about " Si miles from Maidstone, and adjoining the Turnpike , J Road, now in the occupation of the Proprietor, Mr. Henry Coulter. 0 Possession may be had at Michaelmas next, the Pur- " chaser taking the Stock and Effects at. a fair valuation. • y £ 2000. of the Pnrchase Money may remain ou Mort- 2 gage if required. '' For further Particulars and to Treat for the same 11 apply to Mr. HENRY COULTER, Langley; to Mr. C. Y ALLCHIN, Linton; or to Messrs. CARTER and MORRIS, [ Surveyors and Auctioneers, Stone- Street, Maidstone, , _ VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES, AT LENHAM, KENT. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, . BY WILLIAMS Sf SON, id At the Dog and Bear, L- nham, on THURSDAY, 15th • s of MAY, by Order of the Assignees of Mr. James a Gooding, a Bankrupt. ALL those TWO FREEHOLD DWELLING it HOUSES, most desirably situated in the centre g, ot Lenham Town; the; shops contaimiig by admeasnre- • ii ment 92 feet in front', with a yard and good well of x- water, now in full trade, iii tiie occupation of Mr. J. GOODWIN, Tailor, and Mr. E. GOODWIN, Shoemaker. And also, all those THREE COTTAGES, adjoining the above mentioned premises, containing 40 feet front, with a right of yard and water, " now in the oceu- pation of Messrs. Muddle and others, And also, all that STABLE with LOFT over it, con- lainiiig 43 feet by 35, with a piece of Garden Ground, . most desirably situated for building, containing 72 feet ill front by 42; and now in the occupation of Mr. J. GOODWIN. For further particulars apply at. the Office of Mr. COOKE Solicitor, Maidstone, or of the AUCTIONEERS, Stone- street, WASTED, - A S an APPRENTICE to a GROCER and l\ TALLOW CHANDLER, in a principal Market Town in ( lie County of Kent, a YOUTH of respect- I able connexions, who will be ( reated as one of ( be fa- mily. For further particulars apply ( if by letter, post- paid; ( o the Printer of this Paper. y N. R.— A Premium will be required. A COOK, WANTED, in a Gentleman's Fa- JLJL Wily, where there are 4 Maid Servants. A Person v of unexceptionable character, who thoroughly under- 8 stands her business, may have a comfortable Situation, 0 by applying to the Printer. Letters, postpaid. WANTED, • • s To Hire or Purchase, in the Neighbourhood of Maidstone, , ft NEAT COMFORTABLE HOUSE, con- ' ilk. taining every leqnisite for a Small Family, with ' Offices, & c. adjoining, and not less than from 2 to 4 1 acres of Orchard and Pasture. Any Pet son having such a one to dispose of, are re- | quested to apply,( if by Letter post paid) to ( he Printer of ( his Paper. ( Muid> tane, \ 8lh April, 1817. , | CGENTLEMEN FARMERS, GRAZIERS, ~ W SUCKLERS,& e. & c. will find it a great conve. i nience and saving, to keep HOUNSO. VIE's CALVES - CORDIAL, for preventing and curing the SCOURING ( or FLUX in Cattle, also for promoting their Strength ! and improving their Condition, which experience con- ] ( inncs to prove in the. worst of cases. i Sold Wholesale by J. ELLIOT, Ashford, Kent; and at Messrs. Newbery and Son sold established Medicine ' Warehouse, No. 45, St. Paul's Church- yard, London; • and Retailed at this Office, and by most Venders of Medicine in the Kingdom. TO HE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, rgpiIE Commodious well built FREEHOLD St. DWELLING HOUSE, situated in King- Street, Maidstone, with large walled- in Gaiden, Stable, and most convenient premises, now in the Occupation of Messrs. ALLEN and PITTOCK Surgeons. For particulars, and to treat for the purchase, enquire of Mr. GABRIEL ALLEN, Surgeon, Smarden, or ( o Mr. OTTAWAY, Solicitor, Slaplehurst,( if by letter post paid). Two thirds of ( he purchase- money, if required, may remain on Security- TO BE SOLD, A HOUSE, at WEST MALLING, and entered upon immediately ; a most desirable brick and sash- fronted Residence, pallisaded, with two parlours in front, about 11 feet by 13, wit'ikitchen, pantry, wine and ale cellars, wash- house detached, yard, with a well i of excellent water, stable, and small garden partly , walled; second floor consists of 3 bed- rooms and 2 closets, with attics for servants; situated in a cheerful part, of West Mailing, wilh ( he convenience of four or live coaches passing the door ( o and from London every day.— Apply to Mr. SUTTON. Part of the money may remain on mortgage if required. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, AVerv excellent FAMILY HOUSE, most de- lightfully situated at WEST MALI. 1NG, ill the - County of Kent; consisting of a good hall, library, and , four good parlours, five bed chambers and four servant's i rooms, with a good walled garden, green house, gra ) pery, eight stail stables and double coach house, and f every useful and convenient office ; with a pleasant t paddock and shrubbery of about seven acres adjoining, - and contiguous.( 6 the turnpike road leading from London - to Maidstone.. The premises areall Freehold and in ex- cellent repair, being in the occupation of WILLIAM BOWLES, esquire, the proprietor. The Purchaser maj be accommodated with the Fixtures and ( he greater • part of the Fnrnitnreat a valuation, and possession may i be had on ( he completion of the purchase. The pur- . chaser may also he accommodated with Garden Ground opposite the house, abont 2,1 acres, if desirable. ; For further particulars and to treat apply to Messrs. I. MORLAND anil MILLER, Abingdon; Messrs. BLAGRAVE ., and WALTER. No. 4, Svmonds Inn, Chancery Lane, ; London; or JAMES SELBY, esquire,. West Malling; of either of whom tickets for admission to view the fre- » iic; i ywy foe hat} op application, KENT. AN ADJOURNED SESSIONS will beholden \ AT M AIDSTON E, ? On SA TimD A Y, the 3d of MA Y next, » "< i\ t At Twelve o'Clock at Noon. J. F. CLARIDGE, Clerk of the Peace. fm. KENT. WH GENERAL SESSION. by THE Annual General Session under an Act passed on the 17fh June, 1814, intituled " An Act for enabling ( he Justices of the Peace " for the County of Kent, to hold a General Sessions, CI " annually or oltener, for levying anil applying the w " Rates and Expenditure of the said County, and to Jj " alter and amend an Act passed in the Forty- ninth ' " Year of his present Majesty, for regulating the Rales JJJ " of the said County," will be holden ( by Adjourn- ment.) at MAIDSTONE, On SATURDAY, the Zd of MAY next, At Twelve o'Clock at Noon precisely. On Business relating to the New Gaol, and on other t]„ Business of the Annual General Session. aij J. F. CLAKIOGF, Cteikof the Peace. tlx MAIDSTONE HARMONIC SOCIETY. I( rriHE ANNIVERSARY DINNER of the O, « L above SOCIETY, will take place at the TOWN- _ HALL, by Permission of the MAYOR, On WEDNESDAY, 3C) th INSTANT. Tn DINNER ON TABLE AT 4 O'CLOCK.. C Tickets, 2s. C d. each, to lie had at the Bar of the Castle Inn. y %* A variety of MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, VOCAL ti< and INSTRUMENTAL, will occasionally be given during to ( he evening. TUCKEY'S CR EDITORS. £ THE Creditors of Mr. WILLIAM TUC KEY, - of Thiirnham, in ( he County of Kent, Farmer, who hav* not already delivered ( o me ( he particulars of their " fl demands, are requested to deliver ( he saine( o me without * fail on or before THURSIIAY next, the 1st of May, that M the situation of TUCKEV'S affairs MAV be ascertained. ' WM. SCUDAMORE, Solicitor. Maidstone, 24th April, 1817 _ THE CREDITORS ofTHOMAS W1GHT0N, of Tunbridge Wells, in the County of Kent, de- ceased, are requested to meet n( ( he KENTISH TAVERN, L TUNBIHDOE WELLS, on MONDAY, the 19th day of May T next, at 11 o'clock in ( he forenoon, when a general al statemeut of the deceased's affairs will be. laid before ni them. And all Persons indebted to the Estate are re- p quested to pay the same to JOHN FRY, of Tunbridge Wells aforesaid, Cabinet- maker; or to EDMUND WIGH- _ TON, of the same place, Genlleman ; on or before ( he 8th day of May ncx(, otherwise proceedings at l. aw will / be taken for the recovery without further notice. ROWLAND AND SPROTT, Solicitors. Tunbridge f Veils, 24th April, 1817. THE TRUSTEES of Hie Poor of this Parish GIVE NOTICE, that they will aKend at the COMMITTEE ROOM, on FRIDAY, the 2d May, at six o'clock in the evening, to receive TENDERS for the following articles:— Best Bread and Flour, second : Biead and Flour, good Breaking White Pease, best Malt, ( at per bushel; best Hops at per lb.; good Beef a at per stone, to consist of upper and under clods, rans, flanks and mouse pieces, with a proportionable quantity „ ofsuet; good Mutton at pcrstone, by the carcase; best Derby Cheese, second Cask Butter, best Yellow Soap, good Brown Raw Sugar, Salt, Carolina Rice; best Oat- meal, at per cwt.; Snuff and Tobacco, good Congo Tea, Black Pepper, at per lb.; Candles at per j dofc. ; good KniUing Worsted a( peril). Drapery at per yard, Leather at per lb. the 1 samples and particulars may be seen at the Poor House. ' The Bills to be sent in every month and ( o be pai d c within the following month, and ( he Contrac( to con- a tinne for three months. 1 If the Goods arc not agreeable to Tender, they will be returned, and the loss, if any, to fall on the Contractor. < K5- No Tender received after seven o'clock. Maidstone Committee Room. 2' ith April, 1817. '. TO BE LET FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. THE WHOLE of the SEA SHORE, lying ' within ( he Parish of F. astchureh, in the Island of Sheppey, i: i the County of Kent, extending from the j Parish of Warden to the Parish of Minster, in ( he said , Island, wilh all Manorial Rights over or appurte. rant to the same, whetherysPaiceiofthe Hundred and Manor of Milton, or of tkf Manorof Shurland, compri- < sing ( lie Right to all Copperas and other Stones, Mine- ' nils, and Wrecks of the Sea, to be found and taken on such Shore, and particularly ( lie Right ( o ( he very va- , lnable Clay Nodules, used in making the celebrated Composition called " Parker's, or Roman Cement," which are to be found there in large quantities, and of a very superior quality. The above- mentioned Property is also to be Sold by Private Contract, cither with or distinct from the other : parts of the Manor of Shurland. Apply ( if by leUcr, postage- paid) ( o Messrs. W. and R SWAYNE, Bristol; Mr. R. G. BURFOQT, King's Bench Walk, Temple Loudon ; or to Messrs. HINDE and SON, Solicitors, Milton next Sittiughourne, Kent. EISllERS Prepared Stramonium and Oxymel. THESE remedies are well known for their efficacy incases of Asthma, Wheezing and Whiter Cough. The fume of the prepared Herb inhaled during smoking, effectually allays the Morbid Irritation, and fevwish Ae( ion in ( lie Lungs: while the Oxymel pro- motes gentle expectoration.— These combined opera- tions have restored Asthmatic Invalids to perfect health, whose cases had been pronounced hopeless, witness those of Mrs. Kitson, Miss Leigh, Sir William Altham and others, which are published in the last edition of " Surgeon Fisher's Familiar Treatise on the causes and cure ofAsthmt, Ifc." As a distinction against the common un- prepared Herb,. and spurious imitations, the Public are requested to enquire for " Surgeon Fisher's Prepared Stramonium and Oxymel," and to observe ( hat the name of' Butler, No. 4, Cheapside,' is engraved in the Government Stamp affixed to every Packet and Bottle. R. Butler ami sous, No. 4, Cheapside, London, having been appointed the Venders. Price 4s. Cd.& 8s.< 5d, each. Sold also by J. V. HALL, Printer of this Paper, Browne and Co., Tyrrell, and Prance, Maidstone; Stedman, Malling; Sprange, Tunbridge Wells; Titford, Cranbrook ; Clout, Sevenoaks; Wheeler, Batt'e j Cook, Rye; Allen, Lydd; Andrews and Elliot, Ashford; Tozer, Chatham ; Paines, Rochester; Spencer, Grave- send ; and most Medicine Venders in every town. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. Carlton- House, April 21.— This day the Prince de Castelcicala, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary from his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, had an audience of the. Prince Regent, to express to his Royal Highness the affliction, indignation, and horror which have been excited in the mind of his Sicilian Majesty bv the execrable attempt against the person of his Royal Highness, and to assure his Royal Highness ' of the interest which bis'Sicilian Majesty feetein every thing that cof. cerus his Royal Highness. Also Baron de Rehausen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Sweden, had an audience of his Royal Highness to de- liver a letter from his Sovereign to the same effect; Likewise Count St. Martin D'Aglie, Envoy Extraor- dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Sardinia, had an audience of the Prince Regent to express the same; And Count de Palmella, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Portugal and Brazils, had an audience of the Prince Regent to announce the marriage of his Royal High- ness the Prince Royal of Portugal and Brazils, with her Imperial Highness the Archduchess Leopoldine of Austria. BANKRUPTS. J. Collett, Bishopsgate- street Within, merchant— J. Holder, Haydon- square, Minories, music- seller— D. Newbold, Birmingham, tin- plate- worker— J. Boardman jun. and G. Alsop, Manchester, dealers in twist - and weft.— J. Neale, Wapping wall, anchor- smith— T. Stewart, Brandon, Suffolk, grocer- J. Steel, Sheffield, grocer— J. Reiley, Manchester, merchant— S. P. Eady, Gerrard- street, Soho, druggist— R. Jackson, Stockport. Cheshire, druggist— S. G. Burridge, of the Prince Regent public- house, Deptford, victualler— W. Collins, Ellen- street, St. George in the East, Middlesex, sca- venger— J. Phillips, Llangattock Vihon Avel, timber dealer— J. Wibberly, Manchester, draper— S. J. and J. Alder, Liverpool, merchants— J. Bedford, Bath, pastrycook.— E. Beale, Tolldown House, Dirham, Gloucestershire, innholder— W. Ashley, Bristol, wheel- wright H. Crockett, Hampton in Arden, Warwick,; fanner- A. Jenkins, Marshfield, Gloucester chemist, anl druggist-- J. Farenden, Chichester, Sussex, timber- merchant- C. Clay, Ashton, Warwickshire, coal- maker, H. Solomon, Charing- cross, silversmith and jeweller— J. Shaw, Bond- street, carpet manufacturer. DIVIDENDS. May 13, W. Elgar, Maidstone, Kent, grocer, at Guildhall. London- May 12, S. P. Seager, Maidstone, Kent, dealer and chapman, at Guildhall. • — « <- « « « ••" LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRILS, 1017. AMERICAN PAPERS. Wednesday morning were received American Papers to the 2() th tilt. The following articles relate to lite state of affairs in the River Plate:— " Baltimore, March i. u Extract from the American Consul, to a Commercial tiouse in this City, dated Buenos Ayres, Dec. U, 1810. " The Portuguese squadron has been anchor- ed a month or six weeks at Maldonado, without having ventured to land a man. This Govern- ment is in peace with the contending parties, and is determined to maintain her neutrality, un- less attacked, which is not very probable. To shew the opinion of the Portuguese merchants, trade is pursued as, usual; their vessels are en- tering and leaving this port every week. " An army is marching from Mendoza to at- tempt recovering Chili from ihe Royalists." " The following was enclosed in the above letter :— " Rio Janeiro, Nov. 21.— I have only to sa\ now, that both the English and Spanish Charge des Affaires protested against the Portuguese expedition to La Plata, at the time it took place, and the Spanish Charge has since received or ders from Spain lo protest in the strongest man- ner against that business, and to express his Most Catholic Majesty's highest displeasure at Ihe steps pursued by this country, in regard to the colonies in the River Plate. I am inclined to think, that the Portuguese begin to believe they have got into a scrape. Capt. Sharpe was at Maldonado on the 4th inst. where he found Count de Viana, with two corvettes and two smaller vessels. The Admiral with the Nero and a frigate was cruising off St. Mary's. Very great disunion exists between the Admiral and Commander, Count de Viana ; of course the service is going lo the Devil, and from what I could learn, much more unanimity does not exist in the land service. On the whole, it seems to be a had business." We have given the article Tuesday, brought us file French Papers of Saturday; and on Wednesday morning were re- ceived those of Sunday :— the Funds had fallen two per cent, in three days'. On Friday they were OoA. On Saturday they mounted again to CO to". The Princess Amelia niece of the King, is to marry one of the Austrian Archdukes. It is also said, that the Heir apparent to the Saxon Throne, Prince Frederick, the son of the King's brother Maximilian, is destined for Caroline, the fourth daughter of the Emperor Francis. An article from Copenhagen states, that a Danish 40 gun frigate ( the Minerva) is about to sail for the West Indies, but will previously visit all the Barbary Powers iu the Mediterranean. It is added, that the Minerva carries presents to the Dey of Algiers. The Princess of Wales passed through Vienna on ihe loth instant, on her way to her seat in Italy. She now travels as the Duchess of Cornwall. The Paris Papers now say that Joseph Buo- naparte, the Ex- King of Spain, is founding a colony iu the wilds of America, and that the numerous emigrants now on their way down the Rhine, from Switzerland, arc under ihe protec- tion of his Agents. , There is a very honourable testimony in the Moniteur to British intrepidity and nautical skill, in the shape of a narrative of recent ship- wreck at Calais. Commodore Owen and Lieut. C. Moore, with eight seamen, all belonging to the Royal Sovereign yacht, succeeded in saving the lives of two Fenchmen, at the imminent ha- zard of their own. at length. Calais, April 17 — Yesterday, about nine in the morning, the Eleonora, from Nantz to Dun- kirk, with corn, burden 72 tons, with a crew of seven men, was driven on shore eastward of our harbour, during a strong North- west gale. Cer- tain death seemed to await the unfortunate crew, who uttered the most piercing cries. At the instant when all seemed to be over with them, for one or two had been washed away, a boat sent from the Royal Sovereign yacht was seen darting through the surf, manned by Lieut. C. Moore and eight seamen of the Royal Sove- reign. Commodore Owen placed himself at the extremity of the jetty, and although repeatedly almost washed away by the sea, by his voice and gestures animated and directed the boat's crew. The danger to those remaining on board in- creased every instant, and in a few minutes four were successively forced into the deep. The three survivors were seen imploring succours in the most- agonizing manner: ihe generous und intrepid Lieut. Moore neglected - no efforts, and finally succeeded in saving, by means of a rope thrown from the boat, two of the creW,; with whom they returned to the jetty, not being able to keep the boat longer above water. . Captain Wilkinson, of the Dart, of Dover; then threw himself into the boat, to lend his assistance, and they put iff for the wreck once- more. The last of the crew still remained alive on. the wreck, and had lashed himself to the mast. The boat had again reached the wreck, when Lieut. Moore, who stood up to give directions to his crew. and to encourage the half- drowned seamen of the Eleonora, was suddenly struck by a tremendous wave, and thrown into the sea. Consternation seized on all his companions, and they were struck motionless, when their brave Officer again made his appearance, swimming alongside. He had passed under the bottom of the boat. Not- withstanding his accident, with the utmost cool ness, he ordered the boat to be rowed again lo the wreck. By this manoeuvre the spirits of the dying man was revived, and he rather hastily loosened himself from the mast. In a fit of despair, he then precipitated himself'into the sea. He was seen on the surface for an instant, and every exertion was made to save him; but h. sunk to rise no more. I he boat then returned to the Jetty, and the gallant crew received the thanks aud congratulations of thousauds of spectators. Famine.— We grieve to read iti the Journal des Debates, an article from Lausanne, of the lltli April, which draws a truly heart- rending picture of the miseries endured by the unfor- tunate inhabitants of Switzerland, through the pressure of absolute famine. The suffering ap- pears to be most intense among the north eastern cantons, where numbers have already perished ; aud where to the greater portion of the sur- viving multitude, death would be considered a release. A little pamphlet has been published by the Minister Hee, entitled ** A Project for bringing Succour to the unexampled Distresses of the Poor in the Canton of Claris." The benevolent author there traces the evils to an excessive population ; for which sustenance cannot be found within its scanty territory. The most industrious labourer cannot, by inces- sant toil, earn the means of supporting nature ; and if the whole soil of some districts were di- vided amongst the people, each family would not be possessed of sufficient to yield them potatoes for more than two months in the year. The consequence of this deplorable visitation are described with dreadful force; skeletons of men devour the most disgusting victuals, for which they contend with the unclean brutes lliemselves. They have no defence from heat or cold. The old, the infants, the parents, and their offspring, of various families, a prey of thirst, disease and desperation, occupy in crowds the same chamber, and take no. fluid within their patched lips but a fetid and contagious at- mosphere. Nor are these represented tQbe Ihe only sources of affliction. A decay ofthe moral principles, in sympathy with the failure of the physical powers, has added another horror to those which surround the once upright and happy Swiss. The reverend author ofthe little work above- mentioned declares, that misery has brought in her train a total and boundless im- morality, extinguishing every sentiment ot virtue, that the children, for the want « f necessary clothing, are debarred of all religions instruc- tion ; and that Christianity, which we are so desirous lo plant iti distant regions, is on the point of perishing'at home. The sole remedy— visionary we are afraid— which seems to pie- sent itself to this afflicted people, is that of emigration to America. Five hundred and eighty- seven of the peasants of Argovia, have taken their passage in a single ship; finding no escape from famine but in the loss of country, health d liberty. BRUSSELS PAPERS. I Brussels April 19.— M. Santini, coming from London, ! passed through this city on the 15th of this month >. his way to Mayence, and thence, it is said, to Munich and Italy. It appears, that during the few hours that he stopped here, he went to see some of the most dis- tinguished of the partisans of his ancient master. The news which we receive from Batavia, on t!' occupation of the Island of Java by the troops and Civil Authorities of the. Netherlands, are highly satisfactory All the branches of the Public Administration hav been organized on a liberal and paternal footing, and every one occurs, with all his ability, to secure the stability of the King's authority in this interesting possession. The celebrated Reinwart, who went thither as Presi- dent of the Committee ofthe Arts, and now Director- General, employs the whole of his vast knowledge to naturalize in the country the useful Arts of Europe, and is engaged, by turns, in establishing Public Schools — in organising Ihe Medical Police— in erecting manu- factories, and enquiring into the mineral aud vegetable treasures which the island affords. Cassel, April 11 — His Majesty the Emperor of Russia having charged Lieut.- Gen. Bhauikoff, his Minister Plenipotentiory at this Court, to propose to his Royal Highness the Elector to accede to the sacred alliance. This Prince acceded to it by an Act signed on the 9th of this month. Ancona, March 28.— A vessel coming from Egypt has brought the afflicting news concerning the situation of the Fathers of the Propaganda; their Convent, situated at Girzch, has been attacked by the Bedouin Arabs, who expecting to find there treasures arrived from Italy; but, alas ! these virtuous Cenobites have no treasures except their virtues and their charity. The Arabs re- tired, from their fears of the troops of Mohammed Ali, who particularly protects them. They committed va- rious excesses in the Convent. A Father of the Pro- paganda is arrived on board the vessel. He is going to Rome to acquaint his Holiness with the situation of the Convent, and try to obtain some relief. It is thought that the Holy See and the English Go- vernment have made some arrangements with the Ot- toman Porte for the free exercise of the Catholic Reli- gion in the provinces of the empire. It is thought that this Court, trifling in appearance, is connected with a great political convention between the Courts,' and that the misfortune which has happened to the fathers of the propaganda is only the apparent pretext for it. Two shocks of an earthquake were felt in the night of the 20th at Frescati and the neighbourhood. The second was very violent, aud caused great alarm, but nobody perished* It is thought these shocks proceed from some violent Commotions elsewhere. A severe shock of an earthquake was felt at Messina on the 14th, accompanied with a terrible noise; hap- pily no damage was done.— Brussels Papers to the ' list. A letter from Vienna, dated April 4, says—" Ac- cording to letters from Constantinople, tiie Turkish army is going to be put on the war establishment, and great activity prevails in the military preparations and armaments." The Editor of, the Brussels Oracle adds to the above the following reflections:—" If these ac- counts should be confirmed, there will remain no doubt of the object of these dispositions. The Russian army is not yet put on the peace establishment'; and accord- ing to the last accounts, considerable levies are makiu^ in Poland. These circumstances seem to indicatea mis- understanding between Russia and the Sublime Porte, which it would not be easy to adjust, if the Porte does not resolve on some sacrificc. It is well known, that in 1813, Russia in order to be able to employ all its mili- tary force, without division, against the French armies, was obliged to conclude a disadvantageous peace with Turkey ; the result of which was, the sacrifice of the fruits of several years' expensive war; and it restored above 4000 square leagues of conquered country. It is difficult to believe that Russia will acquiesce, during peace, in conditions extorted from it by the force of imperious circumstances; and the more, as it has re- newed its alliances with all the European Powers, or is on friendly terms with them. England and France arc equally unable to do any thing for the Turks: and Austria and Prussia interest themselves too little in the existence of this barbarous Power to quarrel with Rus- sia on that account. We may then see the period approach when the ancient Greek Empire, which has become a desert under the oppression of Oriental despotism, would return under the dominion of Christian Power. Whatever may be said, the exis- tence of the Ottoman Power in Europe is a monu- ment of the narrow policy of the Uuropean Powers i former times. It is an outrage to Christianity, and to the law of nations introduced into the civilised world It is the duty of Christian Princes to extend the empire of truth, knowledge, and justice. How can they suffer a Power to exist in the midst of them which despises the laws of nations— imposes on millions of w retches the iron yoke of despotism— and which considers the Christians as its natural enemies?— a State which en- encourages and protects pirates— whose weakness con verts its provinces into theatres of bloodshed, where civil war exercises all its horrors— a State which affords its subjects no security for their persons or property and which, in fine, cannot be any longer protected by Christian Powers. l> t it be abandoned to its fate, an ' millions of wretches will be delivered from the chains of tyranny," Unexampled Distress —\ recent Ghent Jour- nal contains the following heart- rending story: — " A horrible catastrophe has just taken place near the town of Eeloo. An unfortunate pea- sant, followed by his three children, went to his brother, who was in easier circumstances, to request some assistance. They met on the road, when the poor man made known his wants, adding, that his children were dying of hunger. The brother, deeply affected, directed him to go on to his house, and ask from his wife, in his name, and by his order, a certain quantity of bread and potatoes. The poor man went as he was ordered, but his request was denied, and he and his children were inhumanly driven from the door by the sister- in- law. In a state of gloomy despair he returned home, and not being able to- give his children bread, he determined to kill them. For this purpose he tied all three together firmly by a cord, which he twisted still harder round them w ith a stick, and in spite of' their dreadful cries, he threw them into a deep well, into which he instantly leaped himself. ~ His brother, on returning home, enquired if his orders had been executed ; and on receiving an answer in the negative, he ordered a servant to carry instantly to his poor brother double the quantity of the food which he had at first ordered. The domestic- returned with his load, sobbing bitterly; for on his arrival at the place of his destination, he saw the Officers of Justice lifting out of the well the bodies of the four unhappy victims of a wretched woman's avarice. Her husband became furious at the recital, and in moment of passion, for which there was but too much cause, he blew out her brains with a pistol He has delivered himself up to justice ; but the public feeling is strong in his favour." Sir H. Davy, in a recent communication to the- Royal Society, states, that he is of Mr. Farey's opi- nion, that falling stars are solid ignited masses, mo. ving with great velocity, and not gaseous meteors. Monday morning, at four o'clock, the Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner, from Paris, His Grace was accompa- nied to England by his old friend, the Spanish General Alava, whom he left at Canterbury, the General being fatigued. Yesterday, after at- tending the Levee at Carlton. house, and altera long interview with his Royal Highness, his Grace dined with his brother, Mr. Wellesley Pole, at his house in Saville- row. General Alava was expected on Monday night at the Spanish Ambassadors. He intended to have made Ihe journey throughout with the Du, ke, but was quite overcome by its rapidity, aud was obliged to retire to rest at Canterbury. Letters of the 3lst ult. have been received from Gibraltar. Great apprehensions were en- tertained there from the long continuance of dry weather. On the opposite coast ihe alarm was felt in a greater degree. The Dey of Al- giers and the Governor of Oran had actually walked bare- headed and bare- footed, in a reli- gious procession, to supplicate the Deity for rain. The Jews had met every where in their synagogues for the same purpose. A Comet.— A letter from Midwolda, dated April 13, says — Yesterday evening, about 10 o'clock, a Comet was seen in the West; but on account of the dark clouds, it was not visible above three minutes. Its light outshone the other stars, so that it was was not easy to de- termine precisely in what constellation it ap- peared ; however, it was in or near Gemini. Benefit Societies,— The Secretary of a Bene- fit Society appeared to a summons at Marlbo- rough- street Office, to shew why certain mem- bers had been excluded from the Society. The Secretary stated, that the first article of the rules declares all persons to be ineligible as members who shall belong to any other Benefit Society, and that the complainants had, in con travention of the said article paid weekly sub- scriptions to a Trade Society, which would afford him relief in case of sickness. He sub- mitted, that although the Trade Society was not enrolled, and in the eye of the law could merel be considered as an agreement, yet it was of the description contemplated by their articles, and was a bona fide Benefit Society.*. The Magis trates concurred in this opinion ;; but observed, there was an article of arbitration in their rules, which took the question out of their hands. THE QUEEN. ( FROM THE COURT circular.) Her Majesty has not left her Palace since she'can : o town on Saturday, but she enjoyed good health ut lo the time of her retiring to rest on Tuesday nigh: ' n the night she awoke unwell, and called up her close attendants. Her Majesty, between five and six o'clock : rather worse-, and desired the Princesses Augusta and Elizabeth to be called. Their attendant's also o! course rose, and a footman was dispatched will all speed to Sir Henry Halford's house in Curzon- street, Mayfair. Sir Henry was with the. Queen by half- past six o'clock, avid remained in the Palace for some time. He went to ' the Palace again on horseback soon after nine o'clock, when he issued a notice announcing, that consequence of her Majesty being unw ell, She. would not be able to receive the company at the Drawing- oom. This notice furnished the subject of a Supple- mentary Gazette on Tuesday, and was also printed on a large placard, dated from the Lord Chamberlain's Office, Which was posted at St. James's Palace, and in different parts of London. A consultation of Sir Francis Millman, her Majesty's Principal Physician, and Sir Henry Halford, was ap pointed for twelve o'clock, after which the following Bulletin was issued :— " The Queen has had a cold, attended by some fever and pain in the side ; her Majesty found the pain severe in the night, but it is abated this morning. " FR. MILLMAN. " HENRY HALFORD." Queen's Palace, 12 o'clock, April 23." The indisposition ofthe Queen was communicated to the Prince Regent, and the other branches of the Royal Family. It was at first supposed that the Drawing- room would go on, and that the Princesses would re- ceive the company in their Royal Mother's name : this idea however, was, after due deliberation, abandoned on the ground thai it would be deemed indecorous to be holden a Gala- Court on the same floor where the Queen was confined by indisposition.— On the other hand, it was felt that the postponement of the- Com t would produce considerable disappointment to those who had looked forward to this new mode of cele- brating the Regent's Birth- day. These different sug- gestions caused considerable delay; and it Wlls not till after nine o'clock ihat it was determined to postpone the Drawing loom. Every possible exertioii was then made at the Queen's Palace and Carlton hotise to cir- culate the determination. The Qheen's footmen were sent off with notices to her Majesty's and the Princesses' attendants. A messenger was sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury, requesting his Grace to inform the Bishops aud tiie Clergy, \ c. A messenger was sent to the Lord Chancellor, requesting his Lordship to make it known among the Gentlemen of the Law, & c. The footmen of Carlton- honse establishment were sent with notices in all directions. It so happened that this had the desired effect with all the females who intended to have been present at the Drawing- room ; and not one went in a court- dress to the Palace during the whole ofthe day; but it was the reverse with the Noblemen iuid Gentlemen, who, not being apprised, went in their full dresses, and actually alighted from theircai Wages. The disappointment to great numbers is beyond con- ception, particularly among the Ladies, some of whom, the Court Reporter considers, were up as early as five o'clock to have their hair dressed. Numbers of those who intended to ha re been present at the drawing- room, after they had undressed, went to the Palace to make their respectful enquiries after tbe state of her Ma- jesty, and left their names. This sort Of visiting con- tinued till the evening. The Prince Regent, and alt the branches of the Royal Family iu town, w ent to the Palace. An express arrived between 3 and 4 o'clock from the Princess Charlotte, at Claremont, directed to the Princess Elizabeth, requesting to be informed of the state of the Queen. The servant who arrived with it had nearly met with a serious accident; for, just as he pulled up his horse in front of the door of the lodge of the Palace, the horse fell, and the servant's right leg was consi- derably hurt, though not so much but he was able to ride back. The morning was ushered in with the ringing of bells. The guards mounted in white gaiters, and wore new clothes. Carlton- house was thronged during the whole vf the day with all ranks, paying their respect ful congratulations. The Tower guns fired at one o'clock ; the firing of the Park guns was dispensed with in consequence of the indisposition of the Queen. Earl Bathurst entertained the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, in consequence of the absence from town of Lord Castlereagh by indisposition. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Groom ofthe Stole, had grand dinners upon the occasion. In the evening the theatres, and the Royal trades- men's houses, were illuminated. THE PRINCE REGENT'S LEVER. On Tuesday last the Prince Regent held a Levee at Carleton- House, which was very numerously and splen- didly attended. The day being remarkably fine, a great crowd was attracted in Pall- mall and its environs ; the square of Waterloo- place was opened for the first time, for the accommodation of carriages, & c. which was a great convenience. The bands of the Life Guards and the Guard of Honour played alternately. The former sounded their trumpets on the approach of the branches ofthe Royal Family The Regent came from his private apartments soon after the appointed time, and proceeded into his closet, where he received the Field- Officer in waiting with the return of the effective state of the. three regiments of Foot Guards, and afterwards received the Foreign Ambassadors and the Cabinet Ministers, the Great Officers of State, and those who have the privilege ofthe entre ; among whom was his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who was intro- duced to the Regent upon his arrival. He was received with every degree of congratulation by the Prince Regent, and most of the crowded Court. He left the distinguished assemblage at an early hour, and long before numbers of those attending the general Levee had been utioduced. Prince Esterhazy, the Duke of Argyll, Earls Fitzwillian and Aylesbury, and several others caine in state, and displayed most splendid equipages. Among the distinguished characters were Ihe Dukes of York, Clarence and Cumberland; the Archbishop of York, the Lord Primate of Ireland, the Attorney and Solicitor General, General Hammond, the Eqtierj in Waiting; the Master of the Horse, and the Chamberlain to the Queen, the Advocate Gene- ral, & c.& c. After the Levee, the Prince held an investiture of the Order of the Bath, and was pleased to invest Major- Gen. Sir G. T. Walker, K. C. B. with the insignae of that Most Honourable Order. A Procession was made into the Royal Closet by the Officers of the First Class of the Order, wearing their insignae of a Knight. The Dean of Westminster, Dean of the Order ; Sir G. Nay- ler, Genealogist; F. Townsend, Esq. Deputy Bath; and G. F. Beltx, Esq. Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod, proceeded into the presence of the Regent, w hen Ihe following Knights Grand Crosses were present :— The Duke of York, Lord Henley, Viscount Keith, Sir B. Warren, Sir A. Clarke, Sir J. Cradock. Sir D. Dundas, Sir R. J. Strachan, Viscount Strangford, and Sir D. Baird. Gen. Sir G. T. Walker was then intro duced, between the two Junior Knights Grand Crosses present, and was invested in the usual manner. The procession then withdrew in the same form. After this investiture, Admiral Sir A. Bertie and Lieut.- Gen. Sir R. Macfarlane were conducted into the royal closet, when these two gallant Officers- were severally knighted, and also received from the Prince Regent the Stars of Knights Commanders of the Bath. Sir G. Nayler afterwards introduced Col. Sir B D'Urban, Major- General in the Portuguese service, and Knight Commander of the Bath, when his Royal Highness was pleased to confer upon Sir Benjamin the honour of Knighthood. Lieut. Charles Moore,, whose praiseworthy exertions in saving the lives of the French sea men at Calais, belongs to the Bu, lwark, of 7 > guns, the flag ship of Admiral Sir C. Rowley, commanding in the Medway. This gallant Offi- cer was detached from the Bulwark, as is usuaV with a party of seamen, to navigate the yacht . when conveying their Serene Highnesses th< Duke and Duchess of Orleans and suite to Calais. He has been a Lieutenant about- four years. ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, & C. Dreadful Fires.— On Wednesday nigld about 11 o'clock, the poor- house iu Haughton, Staf- fordshire, was discovered to be on fire, and before any assistance could be procured, was completely ^ enveloped in flames. The devour- ing element, increased by a brisk westerly wind, soon reduced it to ashes. Unfortunately four adjoining houses, being covered with thatch, shared the sanle fate. The never- to- be suffici- ently commended exertions of the inhabitants providentially, however, succeeded in arresting its progress, when threatening the almost entire destruction of the village. A dreadful accident happened at Inskip, near Garstang, a few nights since:— Between 12 aud 1 o'clock, the neighbours of William Miller were awakened by the cry of " Fire! Fire !." and a young woman bursting open his door, found the old man and his wife' ( each about 80 years of age) all in flames. They had gone to bed late, and, it is supposed, that in putting the candle out the curtains had caught fire, as they and a part of the bed were burnt. The old man was able to relate, that he pulled his wife out of bed, and got down stairs, although he had not been able to walk without crutches for some years. The floor and walls were marked with blood from their hands and feet. They were so dreadfully burnt, that the wife died next day, aud the husband the night following. A respectable looking man, between 40 and 50 years of age, was brought to Hatton- garden Office on Tuesday, charged with attempting to hang himself on the branch of a tree near Canon bury house, Monday afternoon. He stated that he was a native of Gloucestershire; that his wife was then in service in Gloucestershire, and he had not seen her for four years ; that he wanted neither money nor clothes, but he was very uncomfortable. The only thing that trou- bled him was his wife's mother, who had been dead some time, but her ghost kept constantly haunting him wherever he went, day and night, for which reason ( having no other means to get. rid of her) he determined to put an end to his existence. He had lodged for several months at the corner of Winfield- street, Whitechapel, hut had left it ix days ago, and had no lodging since. The worthy Magistrate reasoned with him for a considerable time on the great enor- mity of the crime he Was about to commit in taking away his own life. At length he appeartd perfectly sensible of his folly, and gave the Ma- gistrate a faithful promise that he would never make a similar attempt on his own life, were he lo be haunted by as many ghosts as there were blades of grass growing in the fields. The Ma- gistrate then ordered Ihe constable not to quit him until he saw him home to his lodging in Whitechapel, and then to deliver him up his bundle. The Glasgow Chronicle says, " A case of an inhuman complexion was brought before the Sheriff- Depute of Ayrshire on the 7lh inst.-— W. Gutheie was charged with driving an ii'on spike into the centre of the foot of a horse, im- mediately after it was purchased at the sale of the effects of a bankrupt tenant, because the purchase was contrary to his wishes, by which the horse was rendered useless, and died. He was fully convicted, and sentenced to three months imprisonment, and to pay a fine of £ 19 besides expences."' During the latter evenings of last week, the Methodist meeting iu High Holborn ( formerly the Wellington Bazaar) had been infested by a gang of idle and dissolute young men, w ho prac- tised all manner of tricks to annoy and disturb the congregation, until at last the proprietors were compelled to engage a number of consta- bles, with a view of keeping the peace. On Saturday night whilst the congregation were assembling, a gang of loose characters stationed themselves round the door, and accosted every person who went in, with " Buy a bill of the play." " Walk in, sale's on," & c. An elderly gentleman ventured to expostulate, but his ad- monition only drew down derision and contempt, and one of them, watching an opportunity, tripped up his heels, upon which the rest sur- rounded him, pretending to give assistance, but for no other purpose than to screen a person who was then robbing him. The noise they made brought Mr. Clarke, the constable, who immediately seized one ofthe villains, but was as quickly knocked down by the rest, aud the fellow rescued from his custody. The consta- ble then called several persons to help him, but the thieves evinced a disposition to resist, and accordingly began to throw stones and bricks without intermission, until by the prompt con duct of the officers, three persons were appre hended, who were taken to St. Giles's watch house. They were taken, before the Magistrates, when it appeared they were principally out- door apprentices, residing in Long- acre who had been directed to the spot by the tumult. They were held in sureties for their future good conduct, and Ihe proprietors expressed their determination- to punish with the utmost rigour all offenders iu future. The gentleman who had been so shame- fully treated was robbed of his watch and seven shillings, and many other persons had their pockets picked. Diabolical Attempt.-— Last Monday night some person or persons placed two large poles across the road at Chacewater, a few minute's before the High Sheriff's carriage passed along. The poles were placed in such a manner, that if one failed it was highly probable the other would take effect. However, through the care- fulness of the driver ( belonging to Mr. John Pearce, of Redruth), and the steadiness of the horses, the concussion, though violent did not overturn the carriage, which having elliptic or grasshopper springs, was less liable to accident. The servants on the coach box miraculously caped being killed. The Sheriff and Mr. S. John, were, inside, and providentially escaped unhurt. Mr. Pearce, who resides at Chace- water, and to whom the poles belong, is positive that the road was quite clear ten minutes before the - occurrence, and that the poles could not have been placed there accidentally. A young woman has stated, that she saw two men waiting • ear the spot, who ran off when the carriage advanced. A large reward has been offered, which we hope, will have the effect of blinging li'ie authors of this. diabolical attempt to puni- h jiielh;— Cornwall Gazette. ) LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1817. Thursday were received the Paris Papers of Monday, and on Friday morning, those of Tues- day came to hand. They notice the conspiracy which has broken out in Spain, at Barcelona. The celebrated Polish General Kosciusko has manumitted all his slaves: This is a noble and generous action, worthy of the name and cha- racter he bears: let us hope that all the Polish Nobles will " go and do likewise." Paris, April 22.— Letters from Catalonia, of the 12th instant, state, that Gen. Lasey ( Lacy) and 17 officers accused of a plot, the object of • which was to seize Barcelona, have been arrested. The conspirators after having seduced the offi- cers of two companies of the regiment of Tarra gona, presented themselves at one of the gates ofthe city, opposed tothe house of the Captain- General, and endeavoured to gain over the Chief of the Post, who, faithful to his duty, arrested the Emissary, on whom were found Proclama- tions, signed Lacy, and by which the people were excited to revolt. The tranquillity ofthe country was not disturbed for an instant; all the troops did their duty, and the people mani- fested their indignation against the guilty. On Thursday night a Mail from Flanders ar- rived: the, Continental Papers brought by it contain two curious articles; one relating to Buonaparte, and the other to his former friend and Aide- de- Camp, the Crown Prince of Swedeu- Our readers may probably recollect that some mouths since a boy at St. Helena was detected with letters, destined for Europe, sewed up in his coat or waistcoat. These letters were sent home, and were found to be written in cypher. Enough was decyphered to convince those w ho saw them that they were written iu answer to some communications forwarded lo St. Helena, also in cypher ; and il now appears that au or- namented gown, sent out to Madame Bertrand, conveyed these mysterious communications. The other article of interest contained in these Papers, is extracted from a very sensible Ger- man Journal, and touches on the affairs ol Sweden. No hopes are there held out of any permanency to Bernadotte's dynasty, but he is comforted under his afflictions with Ihe as- surance that no liberal mind will consider that he had given any just cause of offence to Sweden. He is reminded, however, that Ihe Swedes have assassinated 1 I Sovereigns, and dethroned 13, since the reign of Olaus the First. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, A mail which arrived from Hamburgh on Thursday brought us something from Stock- holm, but not in the shape of any intelligence respecting the far- famed conspiracy. It is a( Decree oi Proclamation, prohibiting the intro- duction of British goods. We should be at a loss to acc unit for this brutum fulmen against Great Britain, did we not know, from other Sources, that the hammer of that great aucti- oneer, called Revolution, who has put up and knocked down so many Crowns and Sceptres within these 25 years, has now been raised for the last time against Ihe Crown Prince idf Sweden. The fact is, he is floundering about as well as he can, in search of popularity. Three weeks ago he issued a stupid Decree' prohibiting all exports and imports, as if Sweden, or any oilier European State, could live without Commerce ! This was to please the mob, we presume; a week afterwards he published a Deeree to con- ciliate the army: Of the merits ofthe latter ar- rangements we confess ourselves unable tojudgc. Now, in his last agony, he tries to conciliate the Anti- English or Jacobin Party in Sweden, ( by whom he was set up as Crown Prince), by a sweeping denunciation against English goods. — Miserable subterfuge! English porter will Continue to be drank, and British muslins to be worn, in Sweden, when lite pragmatical block- heads who dictated the Decree are rotten in the earth from which they sprung. If the Swedes could brew porter, or manufacture muslins, there would he policy ( to superficial observers at least) in the measure. But Sweden without com- merce would be the most beggarly country iu the world. We have never heard of any exports from Sweden, but iron, timber, copper, pitch, and tar. All these commodities Great Britain can get without going to Sweden, and were it not for the consumption of our muslins and porter, not a particle would be imported from Sweden. Does Corporal Bernadotte mean to repay us our subsidies by such decrees 1 We beseech him to recollect that our brewers of porter, and weavers of muslin are how paying the interest of the money borrowed to keep him on the throne of Sweden ; and that if he could but repay us even part of the principal, it would be very convenient. If our memory serves us, the Swedish army was allowed by treaty one hundred thousand pounds per month in hard cash of 10 months, before Bernadotte would permit a single regiment to quit the Swedish frontier. Buonaparte.— A respectable Morning Paper says—" A Gentleman w ho came passenger in the Adamant transport, lately arrived at Ports- mouth, from the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, has favoured us with the following par- ticulars:— During the slay at St. Helena he once only saw Buonaparte at a distance walking in front of his house at Longwood. lie then appeared to be extremely serious and meditative — rather slovenly in his apparel, as he wore the old green coat in which he landed, with two tar- nished epaulets of silver, and his three- cocked hat, of which the collar of ihe former, and the hind flap of the latter, appeared to be very greasy. The lower parts of his dress were black silk breeches and stockings. Buonaparte has of late had 14 sentinels placed round his house, who are kept at a distance in the day time, but draw up close towards night. The number has been increased since he attempted to make his • escape in a lumber chest, which was defeated, and since which he has seldom appeared out ol his own house. Our informant says that three soldiers of the 53d Regiment, who were only enlisted for seven years, and whose term had expired, came home in the Adamant, every one of whom were on guard the night the intended escape was detected." HOUSE or COMMONS, Thursday, April. 24, 1817. The Speaker, in resinning the Chair, returned his must grateful acknowledgements for tiie kind and indulgent consideration extended towards him during his illness, and lie begged to impress upon the House, that he felt most deeply the failure ofliis hnniblc endeavours W dis- charge the duties of his situation. On the motion of the Speaker, who was repeatedly cheered during ills address, the revival of all the. Committees for the re- ception of Reports, until the tilth of May, was agreed to. CATHOLIC QUESTION. Mr. Grattan gave notice, that on Tuesday the Oth of May, he should call the attention of the House to the Penal Statutes affecting the Roman Catholics. Mr. Curwen presented Petitions from several Parishes in Berks, Wilts, & c. praying a revision of the Poor Laws.— Referred to the Committee. The same Honourable Member presented another Petition from Stockton, Wilts, praying a repeal of the duties or. salt, soap, malt, tiles, bricks, \ c.— Read and laid on the table. The Hon. W. H. Lyttleton presented a Petition from the Parish of Old Swinford, in the the town of Stour- bridge, complaining ofthe pressure of the Poor- rates, which lie wished particularly to call the attention of the House. The burdens of this parish were oppressive beyond the usual rate of imposition: the rate, assessed on house- rent was 29s. in the pound, on the rent of land employed in farms 32s. ill the pound , and on several kinds of land, the rate amounted tothe almost incredible sumofGls. per acre. The population of the parish amounted to 4,381. Of these 1,868 received parish aid. The whole of this burden was laid on 158 individuals, who were the only persons able to contribute. The pa- rish was formerly exemplary for morals and good con- duct, and had been reduced to this state by circumstan- ces over which the sufferers had no control. The Hon. Gent, begged to press the consideration of this subject on his Majesty's Ministers. He would not move that the Petition be referred to the Commitee on the Poor Laws, but that it be laid ou the Tabic for their consi- deration. Ho called upon them to come forward with some plan, and to acquaint the House, and the Couutry generally, what were their intentions. The Petition was brought up and read. It stated that tho support of tiie Poor had already ruined many of the former contributors, and would ruin others, un- less an immediate relief were obtained. RELIEF OF THE POOR. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, that though the Gentleinert on the other side seldom gave long notice of their complaints or questions, he was not on the present occasion taken by surprise, as the subject had occu- pied much of his attention, and as he meant on at) early day to submit a measure of relief to the House. With- out entering into the details of this measure, much less intoany justification of it, he would briefly explain its object, and state the time when he intended to bring it forward. On Monday next he would move that the House should resolve itself into a Committee ofthe whole House, to take into consideration a proposition for en- abling his Majesty to issue Exchequer Bills to a limited extent, for the purpose of supplying loans on proper se- curities, to give encouragement for the employment of Ihe poor. These loans would be advanced to corpora- tions, to parishes, or to associations of individuals, who might be desirous to employ, in any public work, the poorin their neighbourhood, upon their giving security to the commissioners at whose disposal or under whose management the issue of bills should be placed, that they would be repaid. Security might in parishes be given ou the poor- rate. He had conversed with many persons well acquainted with the situation and necessi- ties of the country, and was disposed to believe that be- tween one and two millions of bills would be sufficient to give the relief contemplated, and answer all the pur- poses of such a loan. He entered into this explanation concerning the limits of the sum, to prevent that alarm with regard to the magnitude of the issue that might be excited by the proposal of any indefinite means of relief from the public purse. He believed such a measure would not ill any material degree affect the money market, which could afford all the issue without great deterioration. The Right Honomablc Gentleman concluded by giving notice, by command of the Prince Regent, that he would on Monday move that the House lesolve itself into a Com- mittee of the whole House, to consider the propriety of issuing Exchequer Bills to a limited extent, to afford loans npon security to be given for the local and tem porary relief of the poor, by encouraging works for the employment of their industry. The Hon. W. Lambe said, he would not enter into the details of the plan, as they were not yet before the House. He would not otier either his support or his opposition to the measure, nor would attempt to decide upon the effect that it would produce on Ihe money- market: but there was one point of view in which it deserved the most serious consideration. ( Hear); and that was, whether it was to be considered as a means of temporary relief or as a substitute for all those otlier measures which were rendered necessary for remedy- ing the evils which had arisen out of the system under which we have been so long acting. In this sense, the proposed measure involved the consideration of a sys- tem which had been already productive of serious in convenience, and threatened farther evils. He hoped, therefore, this plan of the Right Hon. Gentleman was not the only one. He did not deny the propriety of this step, hut he would protest against any reliance on its sufficiency. The subject wa « now pressed upon us by necessity: we saw the calamity under which the Country laboured ; we should not rest satisfied with palliatives, but should goat once to the root ofthe evil, and endeavour permanently to counteract its malignity, rather than apply temporary remedies, which might ultimately tend to increase its efficiency.—( Hear!) Mr. Brougham wished that the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer would take one thing into consideration before he attempted to carry it through the House. As far as he understood him, his object was to grant an issue of Exchequer Bills to Corporations or Associations, for the relief of the poor on their securities, recommending them to employ the pOor in public works. He entreated the Chancellor of the Exchequer to consider what would lie the effect of offering such means of relief to the disposal of associations of private gentlemen, at the Sanlc time requiring from them such securities as may be necessary to protect the public interest. The mea- sure would place those iu the most delicate and em- barrassing situation with regard to their poorer neigh- bours. As soon as any of the suffering Poor began to reflect on their relation to the more wealthy, and saw that they procured no means of relief from them, what would tiiey say ? Would they not say Government lias placed the means of assistance within your reach, and we are starving, because you are so hard hearted as to refuse your securities foi advances that might relieve us, without injury to you. If they came forward ou this remonstrance, they would render themselves liable to the process of extent; if they did not so expose their property, they would render every unemployed starv- ing man their personal enemy. He ( Mr. B.) did not deny that this objection might be answered: but he threw it out for the attentive consideiation of the Right Honourable Gentleman, and hoped it would have ils due weight. The Chancellor ol'the Exchequer.— I can only say that granting this relief, his Majesty's Ministers do not in the slightest manner wish it to he understood that they at all think it will a ll'o id permanent relief to the country. The great object they have in view, is to afford tempo- rary relief, li'll these sources be again re- opened, which have unfortunately been shut, but which there is every reason to believe will not long be the case. Nor is it meant to prevent any thing being done by Pari. anient, but on the contrary to do every thing in Ihe mean time while Parliament is deliberating what can possibly he done. 1 have been fully understood by the Hon. Gent, opposite, and the hints he has thrown out will be a suitable subject for the House to direct their attention, w hen the question is submitted lo their consideration. They will, without doubt, do every tiling to prevent that disadvantage alluded to, from taking place. The House, however, cannot but see the necessity of the public distress being relieved as soon as possible, and ihe great advantage w hich will result from nil delay taking place in granting this relief. Every thing pos. sible shall be attended to when the proposition is, laid before the Committee ofthe whole House on Monday. When the sums granted to parishes aie mentioned, il will be seen that the first security demanded will be on the parish rates, with security also being given by persona. I have only fiirthet to fedd, that I judged it proper both to the House and to tlie jnonied interest to give some explanation of the proposed, gmnt., and shall conclude by expressing my confidence it will meet that attention from the Committee which its importance demands. After a few observations from Mr. Lyttleton and Mr. Ponsonby— tho motion was agreed to. Lard Palmerson e notice, that to- morrow se'nnight he should move to refer the Army Estimates for the ser- vice of the present year to a Committee of llie whole House.— Adjourned. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 23. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. General John Maximilian Von Escher was opposed by Mr. ANDREWS and Mr. ADOLPHUS, for three creditors. The prisoner, examined by Mr. Andrews, staled, that he had come to England in February, 1816. He had lodged at first with Mr. King, at the White Bear, in Basinghall- street. He had lodged with a Mr. Cottle, in Windmill- street, and he also lived with a Mr. Arundel. There were some papers of his buried in Mr. Arundel's kitchen. He believed what was buried there consisted of old music. He buried this papers in the kitchen on the solicitation of Mr. Arundel, for his own security. He had had a valuable case with three locks on it. He had never told Mr. Arundel that he had any valuable effects whatever. He had made a hole in a chest of drawers, from the top to the bottom, and put a wire through it. He had money when he came to England, and was in expectation of considerable remittances from abroad. He had mentioned the house of Perigeaux, in Paris, to those with whom he lodged, but he never had a farthing of money in their hands. When he came to England he had references to Sir Joseph Banks and to the Right Hon. George Neville. He had no doubt but the Learned Council might hear of him if he should in- quire of Sir Joseph Banks. He had been recommended to Sir Joseph by Mr. Mendoza and a Mr. Solly. He had also had a letter from the Duchess of Saxe Coburg. He had never said that the Prince of Saxe Coburg had served in a regiment which he had commanded. He had seen the Prince of Saxe Coburg, but was not per- sonally acquainted with him. As far as he recollected; it was in October last that he went to prison. The duplicates which he had in his possession at the time lie went to prison were sold he believed for £ 6. Sir W. Achard was the name under which he had signed a bill of exchange 6n the 6th of April. The paper signed General the Count de Ferrari was never given to any person by him. His debts amounted to about „£ 323. He had bor- rowed money of Mr. Cottle. Mr. Cottle lent him money to buy the marriage certificate, he did not know how many dresses his wife had from Mrs. Pearson after the marriage. He had requested Mrs. Pearson to come to the Court, but had never persuaded her to stay away. He had been iu the service of Murat, and it was in cousequence of the change of affairs in the French Go vernment that he had come to England. It was to secure his personal liberty that he had come to this country. He had signed a Treaty which was conclud- ed for the protection of the Neapolitan Government; his name might be found on it. Mr. John King called by Mr. Andrews — Remember, cd prisoner coming to lodge with him in February 1815, he thought the 7th or 8th. He lived very frugally when he was at his house, which was in Basinghall- street.— He remembered his saying, that the Prince of Saxe Coburg had served under him, and he would bring him some day to dine with him at his house. - Mr. M'Lawin, an American merchant, had come with him to his house. He knew Mr. M'Lawin, but he had been informed by that gentleman that prisoner was a stranger to him when he came in his company to the White Bear. Mr. Cottle, called by Mr. Andrews, deposed, that prisoner had brought a case with three locks with him to his lodgings, and informed him that it contained a number of valuable papers, which were worth £ 1000. lie had given him a watch as security for the re- payment of money, which he had borrowed of him. On witness's getting the watch examined, he understood it was not worth more than three pounds, seals and all, whereas it had been represented to him to be worth 40/. Prisoner had stated to him, that he had a great sum of money iu Messrs. Perigeaux's hands, at Paris, but lie could not recollect how much. Mr. Andrews submitted, that from all the circum- stances which had been stated, the Court ought to remand the prisoner. After some observations from Mr. Serjeant Running- ton, the four creditors, Messrs Pearson, King, Cottle, and Arundel, were excepted, and prisoner of course remanded till he should be able to pay their debts. [ Report states this prisoner to be a natural son of Napoleon Buonaparte. The only evidence in favour of the report is his countenance, which has all the tire snd expression of the Ex- Emperor, and possesses a great general resemblance.] TO- MORROW f( 30th April,) HE present universally admired STATE LOTTERY will commence drawing. Tlie Pub- lic will bear in miiid that tlie Four Prized of .£- 20,000, may then be determined, iuul consequently that it viiil he. more advantageous for every person intending tb adventure in the present popular Lottery, to make theii- purchases before the Wheel goes round. Notwith- standing the great den& iui for Tickets and Shares the Prices continue the sahib, viz. Whole Ticket ...£ 18 18s. Half 19 0 | Eighth.. £ 2 11 ( T 0 | Sixteenth 16 0 Quarter.. 1 G. CARROLL tion of the Public to the it is wholly unnecessary lias so often called the attcn Scheme, of this Lottei v, that to repeat the many splendid points in which it'abounds, and which must have ex- cited the approbation of every person that has consi- dered the subject. Posterity will exclaim with admi- ration that there has been a " Lottery ill which » u Ad- venturer had Ihe chance of obtaining, amongst 10,098 PRIZES, FOUR Prizes of £ 20,000!!! whilst there were but 1,502 Blanks in 1 - 1,1100 Tickets Orders from the Country, inclosing a remittance, will be punctually attended to, addressed to G. CARROLL, Stock- Broker, 7, CORNHILL, and 20, OXFORD STREET, ( established 1777), who Sold No. 7,735, the last Prize of .£ 30,000, ever drawn, and Seven other Prizes in Eighty Shares. Tickets and Shares are also selling by his Agents C. Francis, Pott Office, Rochester. J. Little, China Warehouse, Faversham. O. Saffery 8f Co. Stationers, St. George- Street, Canterbury. T. Hayward, Bookseller, Beach- street. Deal. FRAUD PREVENTED. 10 counteract the many attempts that 3r# daily made to impose on the untvary a spnrraiiij composition instead of the Centime Blacking prepared by Day and Martin, they are induced to adopt a ue « l. abel in Which their sisinaiftre and address, 97, HIGH HOLBORN, is placed « o conspicuously in the centre of the Label, I hat they trust an attention to this, and the difference < Sf the type which is unlike all letter- pres's, will enable purchasers at once to detect the imposition. The Real Japan BLACKING, made andsold whole, sale by DAY and MAR'l'IN, 07, High HolUorn, and retailed by the principal Grocers, DiuggistJ, Book- sellers, Ironmongers, Perfumers, Boot- Makers, & e. in the United Kingdom, In Bottles at 6el, Is. « » d 1,?. CuL each, A copy of the Label will be left With all Venders. CHEAP TICKETS AND A GOOD SCHEME, WITH MORF THAN TWO PRIZES TO OAE BLAM< ^ UVIl'T& Co. never before bad thesatifaetiou of presenting the Public with a Scheme so truly advantageous to adventurers as the present, which begins on the 30th THIS MONTH. It contains 10,098 Prizes, ( among which are 4 of 20,000, & e. & c.) and only 4,502 Blanks— with this addition, that 8,000 of the lowest Prizes will entitle Ihe Holders either to ,£ 12 in money, or a Ticket or Share of the same Number in the ensuing Lottery which be- gins the 4th JUNE. Tickets & Shares are selling in great variety at SWIFT and Co's London OfficeSj viz. No 11, POULTRY, 12, CHARING CROSS, At the following low Prices: Ticket only £ 18 18 0 31, ALDGATE. HIGH STREET, Half... Quarter £ 9 10 5 1 Eighth .£ 2 11 Sixteenth 1 ( i Also by their Agents, J. SMITH, Printer Muid stone. C. & W. TOWNSONS, Printers, Chatham. Freehold and Leasehold Farm and Lands, in Bredgur uhd Borden, near Sitting- bourne, Kent. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY JOHN JORDAN, On SATURDAY, the 17th MAY, 1817, at the ROSE INN, SITTINGBOURNE, precisely at four o'clock in the af- ternoon, in three lots. Lot l. BREDGAR CHANTRY, consisting of a good farm house, cottage, two barns, stable, and between sixty and seventy acres of good meadow and arable land; held by lease under the Archbishop of Canterbury. Lot2.- A FREEHOLD FARM, in Dean's Bottom, in the Parishes of Bredgar and Borden, consisting of a house and barn, and fifty acres of arable land. Lot 3. EIGHTEEN ACRES of LEASEHOLD ARABLE LAND, adjoining to lot 2, held under the same covenants as lot 1. May be viewed bv applying to Mr. BENNETT, at Bredgar Chantry ; and particulars known of Mr. MUR- TON, of Tunstall. near Sittingbomne. DfXOA' 6 Ai\ 77BtLlOUS PILLS. JILE is the fruitful Source of all those disor- ders which act on the Stomach and Bowel-, occa- sioning Indigestion, Heartbmn, Flatulence, Head aches, Spasms, and a variety of other affections; the conse- quence of a disordered action ofthe Llvef ? fid Biliary Organs. The introduction of Dixon's Antibilious Pill's, as a corrector and cure of those evils, is one ofthc greatest acquisitions in modern Physic. They unite every recommendation of mild operation with success, ful effect; and requiring neither lcstiaint or confine,- ment during their use, are a most valuable and conveJ ment. Medicine for the traveller, whether by sea or land. In tropica I climates particularly where the consequences of redundant and vitiated Bile are so prevalent and alarming, they are an invaluable and cfticierif proieci lion- They are likewise peculiarly calculated lo correct disorders arising from excesses of the Table, to restore the tone of the Stomach, and to remove every cdrtiplaint occasioned by irregularity ofthe Bowels. Sold in Boxes, at 2s. 9d. Os. lis. and 22s. by R. Butler and Sons, Chemists, No. 4, Cheapside; London: Aslo by J. V. HALL, Printer of this I'aper, Browne and Co., Tyrrell, and Prance,.. Maidstone; Stedman, Mailing; Sprange, Tunbridge Wells; Titford, Cran- brook; Clout, Sevenoaks; Wheeler, Battle; Cook, Rve; Allen, Lydd, Andrews aiid Elliot, Ashford; Tozer, Chatham ; Paines, Rochester; Spencer, Grave- send ; and most Medicine Venders in every town. The Second Report of ( he Commissioners ap- pointed to enquire into the duties, salaries, and emoluments ofthe several Officers and Ministers of Justice, in all Temporal aiid Ecclesiastical Courts in Ireland, has been just printed. It commences with the Office of Clerk of the Pleas iu Ihe Court of Exchequer, recently become va- cant by Ihe death of the Earl of Buckingham- shire. This office, in ihe possession of Lord Clonniel, to whom it was granted iu 1783, is stated to have produced between C and 70U0/. a year; but shortly after the appointment of Lord Buckinghamshire, in 1798, it experienced an increase, and averaged, in 1803, 11,094/. 19s. ll^ rf. a year. The net receipts of the seve- ral Deputies and Clerks are, Mr. Pollock, First Deputy, 5270/. a year; Mr. Farren, Second Deputy, 30- 17/. ditto. These and 13 Clerks, have been all continued in their situations by Mr. O'Grady, who has been sworn in and ap- pointed by Ihe present Chief Baron. From Ihe produce of the office, amounting to 11,004/ 19s. ll^ rf. is to be deducted fees to Clerks, and other cxpences, which left a net income to Lord, Buckinghamshire of 8249/.; but there are other fees not included in the above sutn of 11,094/. 19s. 11. V/. properly belonging to the principal, and by liiin relinquished to his Deputies and Clerks. These fees have never been brought into account, but are presumed to amount to 4000/. a- year, and form part of the legal profits ofthe Deputies and Clerks, " as distinguished from their illegal charges," of which latter says the Report, " it appears bv the acknowledgment ofthe First Deputy, who is the taxing officer, I hat several have been introduced, and thai upon several different heads of service the charges of the Clerks alone have experienced an increase offrom 20 to 50 per cent, since his appointment in 1798." Such has been the progressive in- crease both of Ihe rate and number of the fees allotted to the Clerks, that their emoluments con- stitute a third of the gross receipts of this Office, the total of which is estimated at 28,000/. a year, yielding to the Principal, 8,249/. lOs. lid. a year ; to tlie l'irst Deputy, 700ti/.: to the Second Deputy, 3047'. 12s. 3</." To the Clerks 9000/. These increased and illegal charges and fees the Committee condemn: tiiey conceive it to be the undoubted duly ofthe office to dispatch the bu- siness of the suitors upon payment ofthe fees to which it is legally entitled, which they conceive abundantly sufficient for the remuneration of all persons employed in the execution of ils luties. The Committee, therefore, do not he sitate to recommend that their remuneration be immediately placed- upon a new principle, and that it may be derived exclusively from the gene- ral profits of the office, and comprised within definite and reasonable limits,'' MARGATE BARRACKS, KEAT. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY Mr. COLLARD. On the PREMISES, on the 10th day of MAY, 1817, by order of the Comptroller of the Barrack Department, in one or more Lots, unless an advantageous offer should he made for the same, on or before the 12th day of May. THE whole of those substantial BRICK H- BUILDINGS, consisting of a range of Officers' and Soldiers' Barracks, with Hospital, Canteen, Mess House, Kitchen, Barrack Master's Store, Guard House and other out Buildings, the whole in excellent repair, and situate at the West end of the High- Street. The principal Building wasoriginally intended to be divided into three dwelling houses, one of which has recently been fitted up, and is ready for the occupation ofa genteel family, and the other two may, at a small ex pence, be converted to the same puiposc. The premises from their contiguity to the Pier, are most admirably calculated for Storehouses, Granaries, and many other purposes, where space is required. They are also, from their situation, well adapted for an academy, the rooms commanding a most delightful view of the sea, and the surrounding country, and as the road from London to Margate has been altered fiom Ihe side of the premises to enter into another part of the Town, it is considered that for an Academy the situation is equal, if not superior to any part ofthe Isle of Thanet. The front is at present enclosed with a brick wall. Tbc Land, which is Freehold, contains aboni one acre, and is well drained, and lias a most excellent supply of good water. Catalogues and conditions of Sale may be seen at the Auctioneers, at the Barrack Masters, at Margate, Can- terbury, Deal and Dover ; and at the Bairack Offices, Spring Gardens, London, where a Plan of the Estate may b » seen. FOIl THE SCURVY, & c. DR, VENEL'S ANTISCORBUTIC PILLS IS the only Medicine that cfln be relied on, when every other means liave been tried in vain, the worst symptoms have yielded to its benign influence! All who are afflicted with Scurry, Itching humours, and Eruptions, Rheumatism, and other disorders, occasioned by impurities of the blood, or the ill effects of mercury, have the assurance of finding relief in this vegetable preparation. E » erv retnrnihg Spring and Autumn, it is fcoimnonly resorted to. It requires no restraint in diet, blends with the food, promotes a gentle perspira- tion, by cleansing the blood, keeps the constitution in continual repair. Price 4s. 6d. a Box, or six in one for 21s; dlltv in- cluded The high repute which Dr. Venel's medicines have attained by their own merit, renders It necessary to make them more generally known, hi all cases of nervous debility, lungour, dis » rfle>; ed stomach, seminalweak- nest, and those distressing infirmities which embitter lift, Dr. Venel's celebrated Tonic Remedy, Never fails to give relief. It fortifies without stimu- lating, andanimates without intlamingi By promoting a reproduction of wasted substance, it restores the weak and desponding to a stale of health and vigor. Price 10s. ( id. a Box, or four in one for 33s. duty in- cluded. See Dr. Venel's " Advice to the nervous and debili- tated of both sexes, fyc." a work in w hich every indivi- dual is interested. Sold, price 2s. BY J. SMITH, Circulating Library, Maidstone, Who has jnst received a fresh supply of the above va- luable medicines. Sold also by Cowtan and Co. Can- terbury; Knowles, Sandwich ; Macquin, Goudhurst; and all respectable medicine venders. Celebrated Leasehold Gunpowder Works, BATTLE, SUSSEX. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. MUNN, On TUE'DAV, the 20th of MAY, at 12, at the AVCTION MART, LONDON, ™ one Lot, under an order of the Commissioners named in a Commission of Bankrupt issued against Mr. W. G. HARVEY, unless an accept- able offer be made in the mean time by Private Contract; T pi HE whole of the capital MANUFACTORY for GUNPOWDER, known and celebrated as BATTLE POWDER; consisting of four mills worked by powerful falls of water during the winter months, two of which may, by means of n steam engine on Boulton and Watts's principle, be iilso uninterruptedly Worked during the whole ofthe year, and a brimstone mill, with numerous buildings appropriated to the ma- nufacture in cylinder, corning, glazing, and refining houses, steam and other stoves, and detached magazines; together with a handsome convenient Family Residence, suitable offices, pleasure and vegetable gardens, and a well planted orchard, with several labourers cottages, and a close of meadow land, situate at BATTLE. And also works of a similar description on a smaller scale at SEDDLESCOMBE, an easy distance from the principal works, occupying together twelve pair of stones. The whole is held for an unexpired term of fifteen years, by leases granted by Sir GODFREY WEBSTER, Bart, at very easy rents and under peculiarly advantageous covenants. May lie viewed hy applying to JOHN MATTHISON, at the Battle Works, and WILLIAM GIBBS, at the Sed- dlescombe Works; and particulars had of Messrs. GREGSONS and FONNEREAU, Solicitors, Angel Court, Throgniorton- strcet, London; of Mr. MARTIN, Solici- tor, Battle; and of Mr. MUNN, Walbrook, near the. Royal Exchange ; who are authorised to treat for the sale by Private Contract: particulars also al the Bank, Hastings ; the Rose and Crown, Tollbridge ; the Bull and George, Dartford ; the Red Lion, Hounslow ; and at the Auction Mart, London. BEES, GARDENING, ANGLING, See. The following Works peculiarly adapted to the present Season, are published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, Paternoster- row, London; sold by J. V. HALL, Printer of this Paper, and may be had of his Newsmen, carriage- free; and by all Booksellers throughout the Country. 1. ,4 TREATISE on the NATURE, ECO- NOMY, & PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT of BEES. In which the vaiious Systems of the British and Foreign Apiarians are examined, with the most improved Methods laid down for effectually Preserving the LIVES ofthe Bees. Containing also an accurate Description, illustrated by Plates, of the HIVES in- vented by Lombard, Duconedic, Hubcr, Vicat, L'Abbe della Rocca, and other Foreign Apiarians, and of a newly invented Hive for the Purpose of depriving the Bees of their Honey with safety ami expedition. Form- ing Ihe. most complete Guide to Die Study and Manage, ment of those valuable Insects. By Robert Huish, Member of the Imperial Apiarian Society at Vienna, . See. with numerous Plates, iu 8vo. the second Edition, price 10s. Od. 2. Abercrombie's Gardener's Pocket Journal, or Daily Assistant in the Modern Practice of English Gardening, in a concise monthly Display of all the General Works throughout the Year, with a Description of the various Implements. The 13th Edit. Stereotyped and improved by a general List of Plants, Shrubs, Fruit and Forest Trees, Flowers, & e. Price only 2s. 3. Improved Method of Cultivating the Strawberry, Raspberry, and Gooseberry, designed to prove the pre- sent mode erroneous, and to introduce a cheap and ra tional method by which superior Fruit may uniformly be obtained in ail Seasons, and preserved beyond the usual time of mMiirity ; 2nd Edit. By T. Haynes, of Oundle. 8vo. 7s. boards, or on royal paper, 10s. Od. 4. A Concise Treatise on the Art uf Angling, confirmed by experience, mid including many lecent Discoveries; also Rules lo judge of the Weather, either from, or without a Barometer. To which is now first added, Nobb's Complete Art of Trolling. The 10th Edit, considerably enlarged. By Tlios. Best. Willi a Fron- tispicce, represeting the Baits used, 3s. 6d. sewed, 4s. bound. - 6. The Woodland Companion; or, a brief Description of British Trees. With some Account of their Uses. By the Author of " Evenings at Home " Illustrated with 28 Plates, second Edition corrected, price Us. neatly half- bound. 6. A Family Herbal; or, Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants ; also their several uses in Dyeing, and the various Arts: a new Edition, including the New Names iu Medicine, and other Improvements, by Robert John Thornton, M. D. Member of the University of Cambridge, and College of Physicians, and Lecturer on Botany. With a fine engraved Portrait, and near 300 Plants, drawn from Nature, by Mr. Henderson, and engraved by Mr. Thomas Bewick, of Newcastle; 8vo. boards, demy, plain, ^ 1. 10s.; coloured, ^ 2. 5s. royal plain, £ 2.; coloured, £' i. 7. Culprper's English Physician En urged, containing Three Hundred and Sixty- nine Medicines made of English Herbs, not in any former edition of Culpeper's British Herbal; also a complete method of Physic, whereby Health may be preserved and Cures effected by Medicines of English Growth, tlie best adapted to English Constitutions. By Dr. Parkins, of Grantham. With plain Plates. 4s. 6d. boards, 6s. bound, or with the Plates coloured to Nature, Ss. boards. The Third Edition, corrected and improved. 8. Domestic Management; or, the Healthful Cookery Book, ou economical Principles, and adapted for uni- versal use. Comprising culinary and other very useful miscellaneous Recipes," and Instructions for making Wines. An Essay on Diet, the most natural Means of preserving Health, general Observations on the Ma. nageiuent of a Family; Remarks on the Dieting of Children; Method of treating such trifling medical Cases, as come within the sphere, of Domestic Manage- ment. By a Lady. The second edition, in a neatly printed volume, l& no, price Os. beards. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, APRI1. 25, Petitions were presented from various places for Reform, the repeal of the Salt Duties, the stoppage of Local Copper Tokens, Szc.— The House having gone into a Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. Vansittart moved a resolution, that the Commissioners of the Treasury be allowed to contract fora number oftickets, not exceeding CO, 000; that 101. be charged upon every ticket to Government; and that this sum be paid into the Exchequer, without any reduction whatever. The resolution was agreed to, after some observations from Mr. Lyttleton, who thought the number of tickets should be reduced.— On the motion for the second reading of the Rill to authorise the granting leases of tithes, Mr. F. Lewis, after some observations on the different Acts empowering justices of the peace to levy the small tithes, and those, not exceeding 101. in amount by warrant of distress, expressed a wish that it should be an instruc- tion to the Committee, to provide for amending such parts of the late Act as referred to this blanch of their authority ( the 53d of the King, e. 127.) for the purpose of proposing a clause, extending their power to'tlie de- termination of complaints for the recovery of tithes io the amount of201. The Bill having been read a second time, this motion was put and carried, the Committee being appointed for Friday next. Mr. Calcraft addressed the House at considerable length on the subject of the Salt Duly, which wa- liniversally felt, and more particularly by the poor, as a most severe pressure, being 15s. on the bushel, of which the prime cost was only lid. He was ready to admit, that, in the present state of the country, a tax pro- ducing a million and a half required a substitute. All, however, that he wished for at present, was theappoint- ment of a Committee of Inquiry, such as had been ap- pointed in 1801, and who reported in favour of redu- cing the duty, iu order to encourage the fisheries, itp. He concluded bymoving, that a Committee be appoint- ed to take the laws relative lo the trade in salt into their consideration, and t » report their opinions froin time'to time to the House. Mr. Davenport supported the motion. Mr. Vansittart. thought it was incumbent on the Mover to have shown either the possibility of finding a commutation, or of our dispensing with a levenue of 2,500,0001. As to the fisheries, there was a Bill in progress for allowing ihe use of rock salt duty free for that purpose. He concluded with moving the previous question; which, after a long and genera] dis- cussion, was carried bv 78 to 70. Escape of Young Watson.-— Some light has at length been thrown on the mysterious conceal- ment and ultimate escape of young Watson. It appears, that on the night of the 2d of Decem- ber, the young conspirator accompanied his fa- ther and Thisselwood towards Highgate. On his father being captured, he returned by a cir- cuitous route to London. He proceeded to the house of Pendrill, a boot- maker, in Newgate- street, who was one of their party, and who was one of Preston's bail. Pendrill received him with the welcome of a partisan, and it was determined that he should wait till the probable fate of the elder Watson was known. This delay produced the necessity of immediate concealment, in eon sequence of the reward offered for his appre- hension the next day ; and a room for his accom modation in the back part of the house was prepared. He continued Pendrill's tenant for upwards of a mouth, and, in fact, till the vigour of pursuit had abated. During all this time, however, he did not remain a close prisoner; for his host having procured him the costume of a French woman, he frequently wandered forth in the dusk ofthe evening. At length lie re- paired to Liverpool, in the care of a female friend, and there, after due precaution, he took his pas- sage 011 board an American vessel across the Atlantic. Soon after his departure, Pendrill, apprehensive of some disclosures affecting his safety, sold off his property, and set sail for America also. Within the last fortnight a letter has been received by a publican iu the neigh- bourhood of Moorfields, from young Watson, announcing his safe landing in America, and ex- pressing his gratitude for the protection which had'- been afforded hitn by his friends in London, by whom a subscription was entered into to de- fray his expenses. SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. M. Biggs, Maiden- lane, Wood- street, hosier— J. M. Williams, Dowgate- hill, merchant — B. Mann, Bishops- gate- street, upholsterer— R. P. Corran, Liverpool, cooper— F. Adie, Armitage, Stafford, auctioneer— C, Gill, Shorediteh, shoemaker — W. King, Milborne Port, .. Somerset, hosier— P. Stinton, Bristol, victualler— J Gaunt, Batley, York, merchant— S. Heynes, Chelten- ham, wine- merchant— J. Wilson, Sydney- street, Gos- well- road, merchant— W. Bower, Wilmslow, Chester, cotton- spinner— R. James, Hampstead, broker— T. Entwisle, Manchester, fustian- manufacturer— J. Smith, Bath, broker— W. Roads, Oxford, grocer— J. Bush Thatcham, Berks, innkeeper— R. Pullan, Leeds, mer- chant— T. Dodd, Stanhope, Durham, grower— J. Bos- worth, Old Court, Hereford, dealer in cattle— J. White, Exeter, veterinary surgeon— T. Sayer, Huntsham, De von, lime- burner— N. Mudford, jun. Strand, umbrella- manufacturer— W. Enfield and J. Browne, Norwich, bombazine- manufacturers— W. Fraser, Sloane- strect Chealsa, haberdasher— T. Harling, West Cowes, mer- chant,— A. Newman, Newgate- street, printer.— C. Berghart, Rosemary- lane, East Smithfield, sugar- refiner G. W. Verdenhalm, White's- yard, Rosemary- lane, sugar- refiner— J. Stewardson, Borough of Southwark, haber dasher— W. Homan, Burking, Essex, smack- owner— S. Wood, Birmingham, coal- smith— T. Purday, Margate and Sandgate, stationer. LONDON, April 29. Surrender of Monte Video and Sacramento to the Portuguese Troops. The following intelligence was received yes- terday morning at LlOYDS:— Extract of a letter from the agents to Lloyds, dated Buenos Ayres, 4th February:— The Por- tuguese have at length taken possession of Monte Video and Colonio del Sacramento with- out firing a shot. It is understood that foreign shipping are to be freely admitted under the same regulations as at Rio Janeiro." The Queen.— It is with great satisfaction that we announce the restoration of Her Majesty s health. After consultation on Saturday, between Sir Francis Milman and Sir Henry Halford, the following bulletin was issued soon after 12 o'clock — " The QUEEN has had no return of pain in the side, nnd is now free from fever: Her MAJESTY is conva- lescent. " F. MILMAN. " Queen's Palace, April 20. " H. HALFORD." The Prince Regent's Court. — On Saturday his Royal Highness the Prince Regent held a Court at Carlton- house, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, fhe Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master• General of the Ordnance, the Secretary of State for the Home Departmet, the Chancellor ofthe Duchy of Lancaster, the Master of the Mint, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward the Trea- surer of the Household, the Comptroller of fhe Household, and the Lord Chief Baron. The Regent held a Privy Council, at which Lord Chief Baron Richards was introduced in di. e form, and sworn a Privy Councillor. It is stated in accounts from Frankfort, that the wife of the Crown Prince of Sweden is ex- pected there, and that the wife of Joseph Buo- naparte, her sister, who resides there, is going out to meet her. The ex- King of Sweden re- sides in that city with his' children, so that he will have the satisfaction of living in the same society with the wife of the heir t<. his throne. According to the last accounts from Calcutta, the Company's European regiment in quarters at Fort William had received orders lo hold itself in readiness to proceed, by water, to Ber- hampore. Great disturbances had taken place in Xamram. They originated in a cruel exer- cise of despotic power on the part of the Prince Mushud, who had caused one of his principal Omrahs, named Isakhan, to be assassinated.— His wife induced the people to rise, and the affair was likely to cost the tyrant his kingdom. Corsica, April IL— You will have read in the newspapers the phenomena produced in Spain by all ingenious meteor. There was somet hing si- milar in Corsica. For three months we have had no rain, and the most incessant and terrible - winds have prevailed ; in the middle of March a dreadful conflagration appeared in the Canton of Venaco ; in less than three hours the flames had destroyed a surface of more than two leagues of this fine country. Fifteen houses were burnt in the village of Poggio. It is believed that the cause of this fire was electrical, and that fires of a similar kind that have happened in other can- tons have had the same origin. Recorder's Report.— Saturday, the Recorder made a Report to the Prince Regent of the fol- lowing prisoners capitally convicted in February Sessions last, viz.:— J. Abrahams, J. Olson, Wm. Beeson, and Dan. Williams, for stealing in a dwelling- house; Wm. Holmes and Mary Swain, for forgery; Patrick Brown alias John Ryan, for highway robbery; John Davis, Mary Lowe, John Clarke, Samuel Hill, and James Tree, for like offences; Daniel Ferguson, James Cotton, Francis Ewer, Wm. Jones, James Rice, and John Wright, for burglary ; Charles Smith alias Scol- thorpe, Thomas Hallard, George Handley, and Ann Harris, for Housebreaking; Wm. Davis, for stealing privately in a shop ; and John Hiett, for a robbery in a dwelling- house: when Patrick Brown, alias Ryan, was ordered for execution on Friday next. Kirby and Strew, for stealing in a dwelling- house, were not reported. The rest were respited until his Royal Highness's POLICE. Marlborough- street.— Friday A. M'Naghten, Esq. was brought up from St. George's watch- house, and examined before R. Baker, Esq. the senior Magistrate, and Sir W. Parsons, Knight, on the following singular charge :— Mr. Limmer, the conductor of the Prince of Wales's coffee- house, in Conduit- street, Hanover- square, deposed, that for several mouths past the prisoner was in the habit of frequenting that house, to the great injury of the proprietors, as h'rs conduct was sucii to give offence to all the gentlemen that came there, the greatest part of whom were employed in offices of State. He generally carried a tremendous horsewhip, which he laid about the shoulders of the waiters with great freedom, and for which offence he had been held to bail. At other times he used to walk about the coffee- room in great agitation, . iiid then he would suddenly burst into invectives against the Right Hon. Mr. , and all other persons connected with the Government, in which he treated with great freedom what he called their villainy, and spoke altogether in a maimer, in the witness's opinion, bordering upon treason and sedition. On Thursday night he came again, or rather on Friday morning, aud sat down at one of the table's. Witness went up and informed him that his presence had be- come obnoxious to the company, and begged him to depart quietly ; but instead of so doing, he jumped up, threw off his coat and boots, and seizing up a knife, walked about the room to the terror of all who were in it. Witness again renewed his solicitation for him to depart ; but he stood in a menacing posture,. and ex- claimed, " No, Sir, I consider myself a guest, and shall not depart, therefore put me out at your peril." His conduct after this became more and more violent, and they were obliged to call in the watch. The Magistrate ordered the prisoner to produce two very respectable housekeepers to ban hint in the sum of £ 50 each, and himself in an adequate sum also. Mansion- House.— On Saturday a man named Harwood was charged with robbing the house of Mr. Moss, of Broad- street, of a quantity of plate, on Friday evening, under the following extraordinary circumstances:— The daughter of Mr. Moss, about dusk in the evening, hearing a noise upon the stairs, ran out of the sitting- room to ascertain the cause, and observed a man going towards the door with a bundle under his arm. She immediately gave the alarm, when the pri- soner, in bis hurry to escape, stumbled and fell. The parcel which he held also fell from him, and proved to contain a quantity of articles of value. The prisoner was fully committed. pleasure be further known In the House of Commons, on Thursday night the Chancellor of Ihe Exchequer stated, " that as he should have no occasion to fund this year, the limitted issue of Exchequer Bills, to the amount of from one to two millions, could have no sensible or bad effect upon the market." — On which Mr. Tierney observed, " As the Right Honourable Gentleman, the Chancellor of Hie Exchequer, has announced, ti nt he shall have, no Loan this Year, I beg to know w hen he will communicate to the House his financial plan for the year 1" To which the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer replied, that he was fully pre- pared to do so at present; but that it was ne- cessary first to complete all the measures of sup- ply.— The Sun. Sunday being the first Sundav in Easter Term the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, several of the Aldermen, the City Marshals, and City Officers, went in grand procession to St. Paul's Cathedral, where they were met by the Judges, serieants and many of the principal Barristers, when an appropriate Sermon was preached by the Lord Mayor's Chaplain. At the conclusion of Divine Service, they repaired to the Mansion House, where an entertainment was prepared for them. The Duke of Wellington is expected to re- main in England about two months ; at least, it is undersood that he will stay till after the Atrocious Murder and Robbery.— About nine o'clock on the night of Easter Monday, the house of a farmer of the name of Selvin, near Streamstnwn, in the bounty'' of Westmeath, was attacked by a gang consisting of seven ruffians, who forced the door, and in consequence of the efforts which were made to prevent their enter- ing, stabbed Selvin and his wife ( who, with a boy, were the only inmates at the time,) in a most bar- barous and inhuman manner ; the boy having concealed himself escaped the fate of the unfor- tunate Selvin and his wife. After which they proceeded to rob the house, while their wretched victims were lying in a most hacked state, wel- tering in their blood upon the floor. They took away with them about 50l. in money, together with a quantity of linen, wearing- apparel, & c. Three of these miscreants wore a piece of black crape over their faces, which led Mrs. Selvin to suppose she might have some knowledge of them. Under this impression, and while struggling for her life, she had the temerity to drag off the crape from one of them, and instantly dis covered the face of a man well known to her; her presence of mind did not forsake her; she did not utter a word or exclamation that could make the villain think he was discovered and after treating her and her husband iu the most brutal manner, they departed, leaving them for dead. Selvin died next morning, iiis heart and intestine's being exposed to view through his wounds: the wife is not dead, and hopes are entertained of her recovery. The following MR. BENNETT presented a Petition to the House from 5000 individuals, inhabitants of the town ef Wol- verhampton, praying that if no other remedy could be Sound, they might be furnished with means to leave the country. The Hon. Gentleman slated the melancholy fact, that several individuals in that neighbourhood had perished by famine. The congratulatory Address to liis Royal Highness the Prince. Regent on the late " outrageous insult" offered to his person, voted at the County Meeting at Maidstone, ou the 6th of March last, was presented to His Royal Highness at the Levee, held on Monday last, by W. A. Morland, esq. the High Sheriff, accom- panied by the Lord Lieutenant, the Members for the County, ami Mr. Calcraft, the mover of the Address. A congratulatory Address to His Royal Highness, from this town, on " the daring and atrocious attempt on his Royal Person," was also presented at the same time, by George Simson, esq. and Sir Egerton Brydges, bart, the Members for the town. Among the numerous other presentations at the Levee were, Mr. Edward Knight and Mr. George Knight, by Lord Harris; Mr. H. Saw bridge, by Id.. Father, Mr. Sawbridge ; and Captain Shaw, by Sir John Shaw. A superb sword, valued at 150 guineas, was on Friday se'nnight presented to Colonel, the Hon. Wm. George Harris, by the officers who served under him in the 2d battalion ofthe 73d regiment, on ttie occasion of his retiring from the command of that corps, and in testi- mony of the high regard they entertain tor his character and conduct. Amongst, the inhabitants of cities, many have been led by ihe openness of the winter to imagine that, the season of spring is unusually forward. This is not the se by any means. Vegetation has been retarded by '. lie shoit intervals of cold weather, and by the want of those warm rains which usually accompany the pre- sent month.— Mity seems to have the place of February, and March that of April, in the succession of the mouths. The Wheats never looked more healthy, but the leaves on the hedges have been killed in their very birth. The North sides of the bushes, just bursting into their full verdure about 10 days ago, have now the appear- ance of being burnt and shrivelled to a brown crisp, through the effects of the late cutting winds., Early on Tuesday morning last were removed trader a strong guard from his Majesty's gaol, at . Maidstone, and put on board the hulks at Sheerness, for trans- portation, the. following male convicts, viz. : - Michael Corfey, James Bryan, James Pocock, Thomas Ramsey, John Turner, John Giddons, Thomas Scott, Daniel Brodrick, Wm. Butcher, and Edward Chambers: like- wise on Saturday- morning James Winton, Jacob Coley, George Coley, Wm. Coley, Thomas King, John Solo- mon, Edward Coleman, James Potter, Elias Green- away, James Jorden, John Norton, John Rennie, aud Henry Harding, Extensive Burglary.— On the morning of the 24th inst, the shop of. Mrs. Ann Hunt, widow, at Sundrish, was broken into and robbed of the following articles 4 or 5 cut pieces of Irish cloth, 18 or 20 silk handker- chiefs, 10 or 12 dozen pair of cotton patent Angola, and patent rib stockings, mens' velveteen aud patent coi d breeches, youths' fustian and cord breeches and trowsers, men's and boys' jackets, and ^ 2 or ,£ 3 in copper and silver, amounting in the whole to about „£ 200 The robbery is supposed to have been com- mitted about 2 or 3 in the morning. On Tuesday night or early on Friday morning, the counting- house of A. Harman, esq. at Riverhead, was broken into, and robbed of about five pounds, belonging to the clerk ; fortunately the collecting clerk had taken the precaution of taking all the cash up stairs which he had collected the last two days. Footpads.— As Mr. Johnson, of Paddington, was coming along the Kent- road, on Friday night,. about eight o'clock, he was stopped by two men, who pre- sented a pistol at his breast, and demanded his money; this Mr. J. refused to comply with, and a desperate scuffle ensued, during which the pistol went off, and shot one of the villains in the arm the ruffians at last succeeded in overpowering Mr. Johnson, and robbc- d him of ,£ 10 in Bank of England notes, and some silver, with his silk handkerchief and gloves, with which they made off towards London. The improvements carrying on at Sheerness dock- yard are on an extensive scale. Upwards of 600 con- MARRIED. On Friday, at St. George's Church, Hanover- square . the Rev. Charles Jervis, M. A. Rector of Luddenham, Kent, and Perpetual Curate of Clicheilium., to Maria , second daughter of the late Richard Grape, esq. of Eton, Bucks, Sunday last, at East Farleigh, Mr. Joseph Green, grocer, of that place, to Miss Wilson, daughter of Mr. Robert Wilson, farmer and miller, of Loose. Yesterday morning, at East Farleigh, Mr. John Miller, carpenter, to Miss Susanna Mead, dress- maker, both of that village. April 21, at St. Paul's church, Canterbury, Mr. Esaias Bridges, to Miss Elizabeth Parker, both of that city. DIED. April 20 at her house, Week- street, Mrs. Mortlock, at an advanced age. April 20, much respected, Miss C. Gegan, straw- liat- manufacturer, of this town. Yesterday evening, in Stone- street, after a long ill- ness, aged 25, Mrs. Head, wife of Mr. Wm. Head, jun. of this town. April 23, after a lingering illness, Mr. Bromley, butcher, of Goudhurst, universally lamented. April 18, after a long and painful illness, at Pullings Farm, Horsemonden, Mrs. Hodgskin, wife of John Hodgskin, esq. On Sunday se'nnight, at Chatham, of a consumption, Col. Mitchell, of the 51st Light Infantry Regiment, a brave and meritorious officer, who had distinguished himself for his devotion in the service of his country on many occasions. Same day, at Margate, aged 75, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with the greatest forti- tude and resignation, Frances, wife of George Slater, esq. most deservedly respected and lamented by her afflicted family and friends. April 21, at Chalk, after a short illness, Mr. J. Al- dersley, late of Strood, aged 73. April 21, at Bridge, suddenly, most sincerely ' re. gretted by her family and friends, Mi's. Elizabeth Garner, relict of the late Mr. Richard Garner, of that place. FAIRS. Greenstreet, Shoreham and Wittrisham, May I.— Gravesend. and Wrotham, 4.— Edenbridge, <>. MAIDSTONE MARKET, April 24, 1817. Wheat rod.., 70s to 120s I Tick Beans 3t> s to 50s Ho. white... 80s to 130s I Small ditto... 40s to 5Gs Barley 20s to 52s I Grey Pease., 44s to 50s Oats 20s to 36s | Hoifing ditto 49s to 50s TENTE11DEN MARKET, April 25,1817. White Wheat., ,100s 124s Red ditto Oils 120s Bailey 25s 48s Oats.. 20s 38s Beans White Pease .... Grey ditto ,. .,, 30s 40s 40s 5Us 40s 40s CORN- EXCHANGE, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1817. We had a tolerable good supply of Wheat this morn- ing from Essex and Kent, and better prices were ob- tained for fhe finest parcels, say 2s. to 3s. per quarter, but there was no improvement in inferior Wheats, or even in Foreign, and towards the close of the day the trade was generally dull.— Barlev fully support's out- last quotation, and there is rather better sale for dry grinding samples, and a good demand for fine Malts, at last week's prices.— Beans aud Hog Pease sell en much the same terms as this day se'nnight; but Boiling Pease are exceedingly dull, except for the primest p . reels.—> The Oat trade remains without alteration for fine qua- lities, but all other kinds meet a heavy sale.— For fur- ther particulars we beg to refer to our annexed currency, RETURN PRICE OF GRAIN, on Board of Ship. ceremonies of opening the Waterloo- bridge, which, it is expected, " ill lake place on the Uiili of June, the anniveisary of'lhe memorable battle of Waterloo. I! is rumoured that his Grace v. i! l accompany tlie Prince Regent in going over the bridge, and liiat tliev "' ill pay the first regular toll to be demanded from that period. Sir J. Sebright, Member for Herts, has adopt- ed an excellent plan in the village ot Flamstead, Herts, near which he resides. He has appor- tioned certain plots of waste ground for the poor for gardens, and he gwes various premiums to those who best cultivate tbem, so as to se- cure the best crops. We should be happy to hear that this patric tic example was to become, general. Hints to Gardeners.—' The dwarf elder, pro- pagated in hot- houses, will effectually prevent the blight of fruit; and fresh oak saw- dust strew- ed on gravel walks will prevent the growth ot weeds. A shocking accident happened oij Monday evening the 2lst instant. A number of poor people were gathering cockles on Laven Sands, when on a sudden a thick fog came, and the title flowing as the time, drowned the whole ; one report says 12 in number, men, women and children. Attempted Suicide.— Thursday a respectable looking man was seen walking up and down Ox- ford- street for nearly an hour, in a contemplative mood; and on the passing of a coal- waggon he threw himself prostrate before it. Both the wheels passed over the middle of his thighs crushing the bones to atoms. In this shocking condition lie was taken on a shutler to the Mid- dlesex Hospital, without the least hope of re- covery. J. Allen, a respectable farmer, was convicted at the Chester Assizes, after a trial which lasted five hours, of uttering forged notes of the Bank of England, and received sentence of death. On Tuesday last a man calling himself Peter Cazanet, was convicted before the Rev. J. Sero- cold, at Peterborough, in the penalty of 101. for hawking about Cobbett's Register, and other political pamphlets, without a licence, and being unable to pay the penalty he was committed to ' prison. morning she swore positive information against three of ( his infernal gang, two of whom have been taken and committed lo ihe gaol of Mul- lingar. Nine unfortunate criminals expiated their malefactions, by the forfeiture of their lives, on Saturday week, at Lancaster. Previous to the falling of the platform, the cap of one of them, named M'Culloch, having been lifted up at his request, he addressed the multitude, and told them, that he and three of the others, who were about to be hung for the same crime ( burglary), were innocent of the offence; that they had not hurt the hair of a man's head ; and that he had ver seen the prosecutor till some day's after the robbery, when before the magistrates. He then told them his name, and begged them to pray for him and his fellow- sufferers. A respite for a fortnight had been received for Ann Lord, convicted of uttering forged notes. MAIDSTONE, April 29. HOP INTELLIGENCE. Sovlkwurk. April 28.— Wo had a tolerable demand for Pockets last week, but having bad a dull trade for such a length of time, most people were anxious sellers at the old prices. On Thursday night the Chancellor of the Exchequer made an important communication to the House of Commons, on the subject ofthe distresses of the poor. It is intended by Government to issue Exchequer Bills not exceeding 2,009,000, by way of loan, to Parishes, Corporate or oilier Associated Bodies who will under- take to give employment to the poor. The re- payment of this advance is to be secured on the Poor- rates. This plan has been adopted at various seasons of diffi- culty in late years, and always with the best success. The last relief of this kind was afforded to the Manu- facturers of England and Scotland, who were thereby enabled to keep their workmen in full employ. Every shilling of the advance was punctually repaid with interest within the stipulated time, in consequence of a brisker demand baring been in the interim excited. We see no reason to despair of similar effects from the present measure. The great object of those who are entrusted with the money ought to be, to lay it out in the encouragement of really solid and useful works, or in manufacturing a stock of marketable commodities. We trust we. shall hear of 110 wild projects being em- barked iii, and of liu works which are purely locai and parochial: or set on foot to serve the private purposes of Parish Officers. honest and industrious labourers are excluded ; aud who might, but for this cause, derive some support for themselves and families. The exclusion of these indi- viduals is not the only distress felt at this place ; ( oi the convicts, after they have finished their duty in the dock- yard, are permitted by their overseers, to- work at such trades as they are acquainted with ; and are absolutely employed by some of the officers of the establishment here af a cheaper rate than they could employ the in- dustrious tradesmen, many of whom have been com- pelled to seek an asylum in the already crowded work- house. Not long since a public meeting was held for the purpose of petitioning Government 011 this alarming and growing evil, which, it is hoped, will meet with due attention. The dock- yard is not the only spot that is deriving improvement, as J. Great, Esq. she Mayor of Queenborough, has employed several labouring poor in forming a new road from thence, by which a very dangerous passage on ail eminence called Queenborough wall, scarcely three feet wide, and washed'by the sea at high water, is partly avoided. A transport is here, 011 board of which 120 convicts are to embark for Port. Jackson, which deficiency is to be made up by a simi- lar number from the several prisons in the kingdom being forwarded hither. The Retribution and the Bellerophon are the two ships fitted up for the residence of the convicts. A Court Martial is now sitting 011 board the Northum- berland, in Sheerness Harbour, for the trial of George Walker and Saul Peach, two seamen, for deserting from the Florida sloop of war, and carrying off with them the Officers mess plate and wearing apparel. The vessel mentioned as having been lost off the Columbine Sand, has been got up again and brought into Whitstable; she proves to be the Stavevton, of Dartmouth, Captain Chard, laden with wheat— the crew consisting of three men were taken up by a Whit- stable boat after having been in the water upwards of an hour. Oil Saturday, the body of Archer, one of the two Deal boatmen, who, about a month since, were unfor- tunately drowned off Deal by the upsetting of a boat, was picked up and interred by his friends. The two vessels out of three engaged by the Society of Fishermens Friends at Deal, are now only waiting a fair wind to depart for Iceland, where the fishing season commences next month. The bounty of J. 3 per ton allowed by Government, it is iindersiiind will be given 011 the tonnage of each vessel, not exceeding 100 toils, to assist the outfit, and not cii the ' actual quantity offish caught. Thus the Society will receive an en couragem.' nt nearly equal to a'clear donation of at least J, < 100. Race against Time.— The Kentish youth, who bad undertaken to perform ten miles nit! the hour, and live more in the succeeding thirty- live minutes, on. Sunbury Common, last Tuesday, for a ' wager ol Con- siderable amount, had scarcely 1 on a mile, « h(- a io the great disappointment and mortification of the admirers of pedestrianism, he was suddenly Stopped in his speed by an order from the magistracy. The play or pay- betters vented their anger not very decorously upon this occasion : their losses are irrecoverable, according to the laws of betting. SPASMS, Flatulent Pains in the Stomach, and NER- VOUS Irritability, producing palpitation of heart, tre- mors, cold perspiration, hurry, or an indescribable terror ofthe mind, and other distressing symptoms, are speedily relieved and cured by TOWERS's STOMACHIC ESSENCE ; which is also very effectual in nervous HEADACHE, fainting, and hysteric atlections. It cor- rects acidity, warms and gives tone to the stomach, aud as it does not contain a panicle of opium, or'of any dangerous drug, it is a most valuable family medicine, equally to be depended on for its safety and ® peculiar efficaey. Sold at 4.5. Gd. and 10s. fid. per bottle, ( the latter containing three at is. 6d.) by Messrs. Browne and Mares, Maidstone; Ledger, Dover; Bowling, Deal; Sprange, Tunbridge Wells; Withcridge, Chatham; Wildash, Rochester ; and by one agent or more in every principal town. Il'holesale by the inventor and sole proprietor, JOHN TOWERS, Professional Chemist, Warner- street, and by all the wholesale vendors in Lon- don. IK3* Every botile has the name JOHN TOWERS round the royal arms 011 the seal. Of the same agents may be had ( at 2s. Od. - Iv. ( id. &, 10s. Gd.)" TO WERS's NEW LONDON COUGH TINCTURE. Kssex Red Wt. } ( new) J 65s 80s Alaple Pease.. White . 40s . 45s 50* 523 Fine... 90sl00s Boilers . 53s 5S- » Ditto White 70.- 90s Small Beans... . 32* 44 s Fine 96s 100s Tick Beans .... .. 2Gs 32s Superfine 115sl2Cs Feed Oats . lfis 31s Eye 50s 55s Fine , s — s Bailey 22s 30s Poland ditto .. . 10s 34 I Fine . 35s 40s Fine , -- s — 3 Malt 65s * 0s Potatoe ditto.. .. S2s 38s Fine 75s 80s Fine .. — s — s Hog Pease 42s 48s PRICE OF SEEDS. Red Clover ( Foreign) pf rewt 70s. 94s Ditto English 84s 102a White ditto 50s 110s Rye Grass per quarter ... 25s 5tis Turnip, White per bushel 25s 32s Red and Green ditto 38s 42s White Mustard Seed ditto 4s 9s Brown ditto ditto 7s 16s Carraway Seeds 50s 55s Cinque Foin per quarter 1 48s 5ts Coriander Seeds 12s I4s Trefoil per cut 8s 3is Canary per quarter 80s 88s PRICE OF FLOUR AlONDAY Town made FlourlOOslOos Essex & Suff. Fl. 86sl00s Ditto Seconds, , Norfolk and I Stockton < ' 95sl00s 70s 90s Bran Fine Pollard . 13< Its 17s 28a Beef.. Mutton SMITHFIELD- MONDAY, APRIL 2b. To sink the Offal per stone qj Hlb « . 4( 1 ro 4s 6d 4d to 4s Od Veal Pork Beasts, about Sheep Lamb, 5s. Od. to Gs. 8d. Head of Cattle this Duy. 5s Od to 0s Od 4s Gd to 5s . Id .2141 10330 I Calves Pigs ,. 1* 0 .. 21a NEWGATE and LEADEN1IALL MARKETS. By lite Carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4 - 0 | Veal .... 4s Od to 5s 4 il Mutton.... 3s Od to 3 8 J Pork 4s Od to 5s 4c! Lamb, ! s. 8( 1. to 6s. Oil. PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to oOlbs each per lb 19d Ditto, f, G to 061 bs each 23d Merchants' Backs — d Dressing Hides.. 13d Fine Coach Hides . lid Crop Hides, 35 to 40lbs for cutting ... lad 45 to 501bs 155 Ditto Calf Skins Ditto Ditto Small Seals Large* ditto 30 to 401bs 17d 5u to 7011is 20( 1 70 to Bulbs 2Wd ( Greenland) 2Id per dozen 70s to to to to to to ( 1 to to to to to 22d 2- l. d — d I5d- 16J. 1 SOii t7d 20 d 24( 1 23,( 1* 27( 1 to 100s RAW HIDES Best Heifers and Steers, per st.— 2s Od to- 2s 8d Middliugs2s 0 1 ta 2s PRICE 1 Hav .. Straw.. Hay Strav Clover Ordinary Is 6d to Us ftf Market Calf each 7s Os. 4d i Eng. Horse 8s. ( id to s. Us. OF HAY AND STRAW. St. James's. .31 3s Od to 01 15.-; Od— Average, 41 19s Od Al 13s .0d to 21 5s ltd— Average, V J8 « Od TYhitecUapel. . m 5- f Ol! to til C.< Od— Average, 61 15s ( id .11 18* Od io 2; 4. s Od - Aveiage, 21 Is Od . ill ltis Od to 71 10s 0< i— Average-, 71 0s Qii Smillifield. ' Hay ... 4/ 15s Od to « / 0s Od— Average, 51 7s Gd In < S.->" ew "/ 0s Od to il 0s Od— Avej- age, 310 « Od Strav ... 1/ 10s Od to 2/ 5s Od— Average, 21 Os GJ Clover . Ail UK Od to 71 10. « 0d— Average, 7/ 0s 0< 1 Inferior .. 41 Os Od to 51 Os Od— Average 4/ 10s Od PRICE Ol- James's Mark. (.' » ( id- Clare Market 0s Od Wli Per stone of 81b. 3s Id Average .... 3s Id Town Tallow 51s Od — 1 Yellow Russia 55s Od —: White ditto .. — s Od — 1 i'ALLOW. i White Soap.. Atelting Stuff Ditto Rough Graves Good Dregs .. Yellow Soap . Mottled ..... Curd Palm 5 Is d — s — s Od - il « — s Od 30s ... 7s — d » s 8 « s 94s K PRICE OF STOCKS. Bank Stock 251 Navy - » per Ct. 102J 4 per Cent. 83* 3 per Cent. Red. 7l\ • 3 per Ct. Cons. 12?- B. L. A. 18 7- lfilhs India Bonds, 71 75 pr. Exc. Bilbi3J. il 1118pr. Omnium. Cons. f » r Acc't, 72$