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f WEST INDIA SLAVEI'. ~_ - LETTER IV. TO TUB tDITOR OF THE STAR. NR—ln my third I,etter,.l referred to a charge brought by ASOLUE against the Quarterly Reviewer, that be had Wilfully perverted Elie sense of Mr. Stephen as a writer, by mutilating a paslage cited from his work, so,as to make him seem to ciontradict him'elf, and to inculcate the opinions which it was his main endeavour to refute. This charge, which is of a clear substantive nature, and which must be either true or false, I proved to be false and unfounded, in a manner which I think will defy c ontradiction. .1 :hewed that the sense >)f Mr. Stephen bad not been perverted, wilfully Or accidentally, and. that that passage did not inculcate opinions different from those which Mr. Stephen had inculcated through out the whole range of his work : and I cited many passages from that work, which could have been selected with much *ore advantage, to suit the argument Hof the Reviewer, which tended to prove, by a reference to the state of at. Domingo, that a Slave suddenly emancipated, without the probation of industry or the Improvement of Moral and religious cultivation, was not loftily to becomean industrious free labourer, ready and willing to work.for Mire. I say suddenly; for with restect to the future, the following passage from the Quarterly Review, page 570, will chew the opinion of th.ewriter :--":We have already stated, that no prece dent exists, of free Negroes having performed the 11 duties necessarily required in the cultivation and ma .;( qufacture of sugar; in such a manner as to afford a .4 profit to their employers. We are not, however, in " any degree disposed to infer from this fact, the im '"liossitilirtY yf freelabOur being ever substituted for slave labour with advantage to the proprietors; we 44 only mean to spew that such a contingency has not yet taken place in the production of sugar in the West Indies, and that it can only take place under a corn. bination of circumstances which ha; never' yet oe " curved." And ;gain, page 576, "If such an alter -41 native can be found," (that ts, an alternatlie between the two extremes of the present Slave system and an 'unprofitable system of free labour), " it is in the gra ." dual operation of those changes and regulations which 41 the Government, under the sanction of Parliament, have directed. But we are decidedly of opinion that " this intermediate alternative can never be accom plished, unless the Abolitionists as a body, are con 's tented to leave the subject in the hands of the Govern " went, and tole:tett* time and circumstances to effect " that change which the ingenuity of man would be * utterly incompetent to bring about by any efforts of legislation"—that is, of immediate legislation. In the seventh Letter of Arrows, however, he has made an attack against the Reviewer, so daring, and at the same time so ridiculous, that I shall limit the pre sent Letter to an exposition of its compound absurdity. Amotos thus addresses the Editor of the New 'limes : I now come. in the progress of my review of the 44 Quarterly Review, to that part of the article on the " West Indian Colonies which respects the Anti-slavery " Society ; and here we meet with the same ill-disguised " hostility, and the tame wantonness of amnion, on " which I have already remarked so largely. The Re " viewer's first observation is a gross misrepresentation "of the fact. The Report of the Committee, which a was reed at the Anniversary Meeting of the Society " on the 25th of June, stated a that the insurrection at " t Demerara was proved 'to have originated solely in " 4 .thevoncenlment of the" Governor of the instructions "'sent Isom the Government at home' (p. 583). Now " I do not here mean, to zest on the word solely; for " even if that word bad been excluded from the sen ".tenee,- the summers would still hive been the very " reverse of troth." The charge then is, that a paragraph appeared in the Review, to the effect that the Report of the Committee had stated that the insurrection at Demerara was proved to have .originated solely in the concealment by the Governor, of the instructions sent by the Government at home ; and that :itch statement, on the part of the Reviewer, was both false and malicious. The passage in the Qnorterly Review, of which AN. cunt has only selecttid a few words favourable to his own argument, is as follows (page 583). " The Re " port of this Meeting La given at length in the Morn " ing Chronicle of the 26th of June, where it is said that " Mr. Wilberforce, jun. read the Report of the Com " mittee, which stated that the insurrection at Deme " rara was proved to have originated solely in the con " cealment by the Governor, of the instructions sent " from the Government at home." Now, in the first place, I would remark, that ANGLIN has not the common Gentleman-like candour to state, that the Review introduced this passage, ON THE FAITH OW TIM REPORT OF DNB MOANING CHRoNICLF, a Paper notoriously favourable to thetauseof the Anti-Slavery Society, and in whose pages. therefore, every person had a right to expect a correct Report of any transac tions, of a public nature, that belonged to its proceed ings; and that the Review cautiously employed the words " it is said," the only meaning of which is, " We state this on the authority of the Morning Chrogiele." Now; the extract from the Morning Chronicle, 9f the 4 26th of June. 1824, to which I particularly call the attention of every person who is interested On West India affairs, is. as follows. " Mr. Wilberforce, jun. " read the Report of the Committee, which was very " voluminous. It entered into details, both as to the ", present' state of the question of Slavery, and the pro " gress which it bad made. It defended the conduct " and motives of the Society - and stated, that the sole " cause of the ilnetteetiON at Demerara had been clearly ‘, proved to have originated in the concealment, by the " Governor of the Colony, of the instructions from the ".Government at hew.' I would then leave it to the common sense of justice inherent in every man to chi racterize the spirit which must have influenced AN ct.os in mating the following observation, with which, .ter long extracts from the Report of the Society, e concludes his seventh letter. " Let any one, after having read the above extracts from the Report ti tilt Afitr•Slaveil Society, recur to the sentence pronounced upon it by the Reviewer, as having stated " that the insurrection in Demerara was proved to have " originated solely in the concealment, by the Go. " vet nor, of the instructions sent from the Gnvernment " at home, and say whether I have used too strong ' language in describing it as a gross misrepresentation "of the fact, and the reverse of the truth?" Upon this I . have first to remark, that it is a. direct falsehood to say that such a :entente 'was pronounced upon it by the Reviewer. All that the Reviewer did, was to state a fact--an undisputed fact—that in the Morning Chroniek of a given day, it appeared that . Ir. Wilberforce, jun. read, at a certain Meeting, the 1 - i - vet of the Anti-Slavery Society, which stated that 1 •• . ► the insurrection in Demerara Wit : Wilted to have of ginated solely in the coocealment,./tc. . • ANDLUS might have said that the Quarterly Review ought not to have been antis Ned with the report of the' Morning Chronicle ; and that would have been jtut. if the Quarterly Review. had stated the fact without stating' its authority. No correction of the inaccuracy of the statement ever appeared in the Morning Chronicle, and if it be so heinous in the Reviewer to have given pub licity to it at second hand, why was it to be passed over in silence, when in the first instance it appeared in the columns of a friendly Newspaper? It isxlso sin- gular enough, that the report now published, which uses the term " proximate cause,"- instead of 44 sok cause," should have been kept back until public atten• tion had been called to the passage in the Morning Chronicle by the article in the Quarterly Review. If the Abolitionists are really desirous to be held in terested in the cause of truth, I would call on them to consider what must be the effect of the system of in decent misrepresentation resorted to by their Cham pion ANGLEIS.—I remain, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, VINDEX. SOUTHITAILK SESSIONS-TIIIS DAY. --0ir...... DRUTA L OUTRAGM George King and Henry Tkappson were put to the bar, on an indictment charging them with most wanton and brutal assault, on the person of a highly respectable young Lady, named Mackenzie, on the 13th August last, in the Borough-road. The young Lady, it appeared, had gone to Vauzhail gardens, in company with some friends, whom she acci dentally missed on leaving the Gardens, about half-past twelve o'clock. • She accordingly called a coach, and was set down in the Borough-road ; she had not proceeded far, when the prisoner King came rip to her, and took her by the waist; she turned from hien, and observed, if he was a Gentleman he ought'to know better how to behave himself. This had no effect, and on Ms again attempting to lay hold of her she hit him a slap in the face, and called for assistance. At this time she was net above twenty yards from her own door, and Thompson came up and said something to King, who immediately •struck Miss Mackenzie a violent blow on the head, from the force of which she fell on the ground; luckily two persons saw the latter part of the transac tion, and ran to her assistance, when the prisoners at tempted to escape but were prevented, and at length conveyed to the watch-house, .where they gave bail for their appearance. The witnesses called, clearly proved the outrage; and the prisoners being called on for their defence, attempted to justify their conduct,by asserting that Miss Mackenzie 'struck King with her patten without any provocation. The Jury found them both Gaily. Edward Martin, an elderly man of respectable ap pearance and address, was indicted for having uttered a counterfeit half-crown, and having in h4possession other counterfeit money knowingly. The prisoner, upon being asked whether he WaS guilty or not guilty ? said, he certainly was guilty ; but lie ear nestly requested that the Court would attend to his rea sons for doing what he had done. He entertained no doubt of a merciful consideration if beard in mitigation. The Recommit said be could not permit the prisoner to address the Court under such cireumstances,and advised him to take his trial. The prisoner persisted in acknowledging his guilt, saying that it was impossible for a man of hi age (lifty4even) to preteod to be innocent when be was positively guilty. The Recoatura.—" I advise you, as a friend, to plead Not Guilty. Your acknowledgment of guilt cannot affect your sentence, which is fixed by Act of Parliament. The Act has no power of mitigation." The prisoner handed a written statement, and begged that it might - be read before sentence was passed on him, as it contained his reasons for uttering the bad money. The RECORDIR again advised the prisoner to plead Not Guilty, and said lie could not admit such a prece dent under circumstances of such a nature. If the ad mission of guilt were persisted in, the only course to be adopted by the prisoner was that of petitioning the Secretary of State for mitigation of punishment, and producing evidence of the truth of the representation. The prisoner abed tears, and begged to be beard. His misfor tunes were excessive— The Racoasica.—" I cannot permit you to proceed. It is wholly against the course of public justice. Why do you not plead ' Not Guilty 1' Are you aware of the sentence I must pass upon you if onpersev ere?" r.—" I ant aware of Its severity, but I must persist In saying that lam guilty." • The RECORDER regretted that he would not take the chance of a trial, and proceeded to pass sentence upon him.. The unfortunate man was greatly affected upon hearing that he was to be itbprisoned twelve months in the Borough Compter, and to find securities in the sum of 40/. for his good behaviour for two years more. William Rua was indicted for stealing a sieve full ofl datnsons, in the Borough. The theft was-proved be yond the power of contradiction from weight of cha racter. The prisoner- put is a written defence, which the RECORDER said be had no doubt was the produc tion of some idle fellow, who was is the habit of im posing upon wretched prisoners, and getting ss. from them, by the assurance of an acquittal on the merits of the writing. An irkii woman, who came forward to speak in favour of the prisoner, swore that she knew him before be was born. The Jury found him Guilty, but recommended him' to mercy, on account of his good character. lie was fined a shilling, and discharged. John Rolfe was found guilty of stealing time sieves of fruit in the Borough-market. He had not a good character, and The RECORD/A sentenced him to be whipped publicly through the market on a market day, and to be imprisoned and psi to hard labour In Briztoo Bosse of Correction for six months. MANGATi, OCT. 5.—A circumstance occurred here yesterday, which has excited no little curiosity and con versation in the female circles. A small vessel, appa rently a pleasure yacht, appeared about a mile distant from the pier and was observed to make repeated sig nals. A fishing vessel soon afterwards, left the shore with only a young Lady and the fisherman on board, directing its course to the yacht, which was lyittg-to. The boat soon returned without the fair passenger; and the pleasure vessel immediately sailed under a press of canvas, shaping its course towards Calais. The young Lady had entered Margate in a post-chaise, unattended, a few minutes before. LeGAN ROCK.—An attempt is at last made to restore this cettbratCd stone to its former pinnacle of wonder and surprise. Lieutenant GoLbsratTri, with a seal truly characteristic of the British tar in redeeming past errors, commenced his operations on Tuesday last, with about thirty able seamen, by landing the requisite apparatus from boats beneath the cliff.—The weight of the lock has been recently found to be SEVIINTY tons, to lift which a triangle is erecting over it of proportionate strength, with tackle, blocks, &c. of the first magnitude. It is only three feet from its original site. It was die tirbed'on the Bth of April last. . 4.4.1 •'• • • • - •tDi; ',. Ara -- • ••a:1 . ARMY. - • . v • 1:442 • Tath4lai Se'llegkeillsa.ith &liaise of the lab` Major klaiwitu., naillaheti from Wetheferd tar OA"; der ed ea the next day ; and .* lost division on latirday. They are re placed by the 68th, fres& Clown& A different order bath beat issued by mistake frees the Adjetant-General's Office. A large division of the 84th Regiment, from Waterford, arrived In Cionmel oe T se'unight, to do duty ; and on the following morning the ram 'division of the 58th Regiment thatched for Waterford. Last week the Litt s embarked at Portpatrick, for Ireland. CallexxsTra, Oct. eh' Major-General Comiata, accompanied by Captains Rewaaas and Ross (his former Aides-de-Camp) arrived at Chichester on Saturday evening, for the purpose of ins pecting his Regiment, the 98th. On the following day the Nalor-General intpected the barrack rooms, regimental books, he. most minutely, and expressed his highest satisfaction at the interior economy of the Amalie*. On this day the Matra were honoured with hisaam pany, enfoutille, at the mess. Monday the Regiment was dawn up for the Major. General's inspection in review order, and ghee having marched past, went thteugh sixteen of the manotuvres se cording to the new System established in the Army; with allwideb the Major-General was pleased to express himself in the strongest terms of apreleitioa. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE APPOINT/111NT OP PER SONS TO COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY, &C. No person is considered eligible to hold a Commissio Army until he has attained the age of sixteen years. All recommendations for Commissions shall certify the eligibaitt of the person recommended, in respect to education, character, emi r nexions, and bodilfFealth, and that he Is repared immediately to join any R eg i ment to w hi c h b e may be a p pointed. His Christian name and place of address must also be particularly stated. All applications regarding regimental appointments, promotions, exchanges, or removals. or for permission to retire from the Army, are to be transmitted to the Commander-in-Chief's Military Secre tary through the Colonel, or the Meer commanding the Regiment, if the Regiment is at home, or, if the Regiment is abroad, through the General Officer commanding at the: station. Tt is the duty of Regimental Agents to make regular combust& catkins to the Commanding °Scars of Reginsenti, of all a c p44, ments, premeds's, removals, and exchanges, of Officers, sp the dates of the semi taking place. • The Lesulas Gesaltes. published by authority, in which all mill:. tart' appabauserne, pronedans, exchanges, god removals are inserted, and wild are trearsidttal by the Secretary at War to the General Mews emarsandisi an Swage stations are to be considered as Wield sedated.. of die aryebounaats, so published L In the MAJOR CARMRIGHT. The following is a curious extract from the will of this eccentric Gentleman The will of the venerable Major Cartwright passed under the seal of the Prero gative Court of Canterbury, the personal effects sworn to be under 8001. The following remarkable clause op pears therein To my country, anxiously desiring her welfare, I leave a fervent wish for such neces sary, deep, and salutary reforms in her Institutions, as would not only restore her lost freedom, but purify from the odiousness and debasement of unfaithfulness and corruption, all her public departments. By a complete restoration of her genuine polity (which I have endeavoured to place before her eyes), she might, in my humble judgment, so correct the morals and the habits of her people, as to establish on a solid and en during basis, her future liberty, prosperity, and renown. —.To this end she must cease to follow the example of compering States, which, from small • beginnings, be come what may be considered as vast pyramids ab surdly resting on their points, with their broad founda• lions in the air; from the unnaturalness of which posi tion they necessarily till in ruins, misery, and contempt. When England shall restore the simplaity of her origi nal polity, she will have a basis sufficient for stability, felicity, and glory; and then, instead•of insanely making her state to resemble an inverted pyramid, she, by merely colonising on her own natural, sound, constitutional principles, may spread to a wide extent confederate na tions, sincere friends to her welfare,, firm supports of her greatness ; and, in place of jeal ops rivals or secret and insidious enemies of her repose, She would raise up around her willing ministers of her aggrandisement.'" A source of danger from the use of culinary vessels ,of copper has recently been discovered by Sir H. DAVY, ivit. that weak solutions of common salt, such as are daily made by adding a little salt to boiling vegetables and other eatables in our kitchens, act strongly upon copper, although strong ones do not affect it. Tuesday evening, three trunks were stolen from Haw. kin4Bristol coach ; and, on the following day, two of them were found under a hay-rick, at Brislington. One had been cut open, and cash, notes; and wearing-apparel, value upwards of 1001. taken out. In the reign of Queen- Elizabeth, at the Assize of Oxford, July 1.577, one Rowland Jenks, a popish book seller, for dispersing scandalous pamphlets, defamatory to the Queen and State, was arraigned and condemned, but on the sudden there arose such a damp that almost all present were in danger of being smothered. The Jurors died that instant; soon after died Sir Robert Bell, Lord Chief Baron; Sir Robert de Oly, Sir Wm. Babington ; Mr. de Oly, High Sheriff; Mr. Wearman, Mr. Danvers, Mr. Fettiplace, Mr. Harcourt, Justices; Mr. Kerle, Mr. Nash, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Fester, Gen tlemen of good account ; Serjeant Barham, an excellent pleader ; three hundred presently sickened and died within the town ; and two hundred more sickening, died in other places; amongst all of whom there was neither woman nor child. SUISTT lodged at the Black Jack, in Clare Market s for many years, where he nightly entertained a set of re , spectable tradesmen, who 4 , spent their evenings" there. Mr. J. BANNISTER in vain endeavoured to reclaim him and.wbenever he was too late for rehearsal, JOHN left the theatre in search of him. One morning, SUITT not being in time, BANNISTSR went out with a determination to jco to his quartets, but accidentally looking up a court so Drurplane, be saw SUITT with three Women tithe town about drinking gin, which he was distributing. liturnsTan went up to him, and drawing him aside, said, 4 0 SUITT, are you not ashamed of yourself; did not you 'promise me you would reforms r Why, so ,l have," said he, holding up the pewter quattern, "in a small mkTailtre IT Being onßevening at his usual quarters, a very conceited young man volunteered a song, which he suns _very ill. Upon his asking Sum how he liked it ? " Why, Sir," said SUITT " your song is like the small-poz." M Hn* is that?" " A d—tioi good thirst *heft its over." The person-imipediately got up in a rage and made an appeal to the company, but an ap pear against such an antagonist was a dangerous pro ceeding; every part of his remonstrance was turned into ridicule by. the eccentric manner of SoETT, who con cluded a triumphant reply amidst roars of laughter, with these words : • Swans sing before they die; %were no bad thing ts &told certain persons die Was thss sing. A Gentleman having said in Soares presence that be had, in his garden, some peas that had come up in an unusually quick time, Ohl Sir, that's nothing—why a friend of mine sowed some, and they were all up the next morning." " Excuse me, Sir," replied the Gentlemin, " the thing'i impossible." " Why s Sir," said Suarr, " I saw them set in the evening, and when I walked out in the morning, I found that the d—lith. tom cats had lawed them an up."—Mitror. • - z.- - c • - , --- 11)7177P1C 1NT155.1.4.--. . tiertilo-ROOM. 'rATTRRSA LIM Vert , few tat' the Rosins today, eenseqlsot ' t • Ores Om A new bonolebrought up fee the DerhYd i by Waterloo, ands well spoken of. Lord Exeter' won the two year AeStslies at Newmarket lesteniet, is ted to be first favourite foe the Oaks for which she Is Watered. The sloit 'following is tht present state of ;dal: alum, 1825. 10 to Tarot Rufus 20 to 1 apt Ur. Clierd's Vfa -11 to I apt Advahee • . take Mt 4 • . . 14 to 1 apt Bolero high odds sop* other Oone—tl to I en the field. Doveawrze *.e. !leper—Nothing dote. NEWMARKET FIRST, QCTOBL I ti MEETING, 1824. runebbir, Gerona& 7. The Tows Plate of 1104. for three-yr-old colts, tot. 71b. and fillies, sac. sib. D. I, . . _ 's . Duke of Grafton's ch. 2 . Tiare Lord Exeter's b. c. Ghost - Lord Verulam's ch. f. Verbini 5 to st en Tiaras The King's Plate of 100 gs. for four.yr-olds carrying 10st. 71b. fire, 11st. Ilb. sit, 11st. 121 b. and sgetk 12st. It. C. Mr. Greeille's ch. c. Premium, 4 yrs old - Lord Exeter's b. b. Sultan, aged • 2 Lord G. H. Citeendia's br.e. Mina, 4 yrs old • Four started, the Judge placed but ewo.-11 to 1 agst Premium. —6 to 5 apt Sultan. -5 to 2 apt Mina. Mr. Greeilk's Orlon rev. ft. from Lord Orford's Andy, OIL each, T. Y. C. 150, h. ft. - WR.F.X M R A CES--Ttresoar Oce. S. A Sweepstakes of 50gt. each,h. ft.—(ante ro und and a distance. Sir W. Wynne's ch.f. by Blarklock, walked over. - The Gentlemen's Subscription Purse, value :01.—One Mile heats. Mr. Mytton's b. c. - 1 2 1 Mr. White'46. f. Kite - • 2 1 2 Mr. Thompson's b. f. Ostrich ... 3dr The Twenty-se and Pitteen Guinea Stakes were not Stied. WINKLEY COMMON RACES, GLAMORGAN. 146wbAr, ocT. 4. A Subscription Purse of 30gs.—licats twice round-the Course. Mr. Knowles's ch. 1. Fanny - 3 1 1 Mr. Jefferson's ch. h. Cyrus . - 1 2Si hir. Owen's be. m. - . . 2 i 3 A Match fur.3o sous. which excited great 'interest. Mr. Webb's br. h. Whittington • . -ft 1 1 Mr. Ward's g. m. Sophia . I 4 2 The Pony Race for 5 g'. between Mr. Johnson's Comm and Mr. Davis's Diana, was won easily by tie former. DORCHESTER RACE'S. Dorchester Races, after a lapse of thirty-seven years, have hies renewed. Monday last presented one of the most aninsatilsg ever witnessed. The different roads leading to the Cellist wits Mt an early hour thronged with spectators: The Rates gres of sport unprecedented in the Western Counties. The 't men's Plate of 75 son. with a substription of 10 strel. added, Isla wet at two heats by Mr. Cockburn's Agnes, beating Mr. %relit harson's Black end AU Black, and Lard peleueranto's Illowdesto g this ram was well contested. The Lanes' Plati *of £5O was Woe Ist three heats by Capt. Outspbers Wantonly. beating Mr. Red lelyffes Masquerader, Mr. Worth's Prosody, and Mr. son sf. by Waterloos the running for this Plate was media& A marsh for 100 sots. betweift Mr. Spooner's Claret, and Ms. Pon sonbfs Hero, was won easily by the latter. HUNTING: Sr B. Graham's Hounds meet oa Tuesday, at Sheriff Hales ; Wednesday, at Chlllingtons; Friday, at Badger; Saturday, Oct. 16, at Highgate Cabmen. • TROTTING MATCH. The match for Rebecca to trot three miles in ohm 1111peos and a half, yesterday morning, for two hundred soterelps, wo. cleverly as follows: stba lmes. • S 3 15 • *, . • • First tette; with tow break . Second ditto Third ditto -. . a S : . 9 The snare Is six years aid, and stun by eight attends. witbont stac► pashint. . Two more convictions for hull-baiting have recently taken place hear Wolverhampton, under the Act to prevent cruel dnd improper treatment of cattle :" the first ' was in the case of W. Walker, pf Wed nesbu ry, ear ter, who was ccnvicted in the full penalty of five pounds, for the baiting a bull at Wednesbury wake, and in de ' fault of payment he was committed to our county jail_ for one month t the other was in the case oil'. Turner, of the same place, labourer who was convicted in the mitigated penalty of ten shillings and costs for being coneeroed in the same offence. , The 17th ult. a winged insect, about the length and. thickness of a man's finger, and agreeing with the de scription given of the locust, was caught alive in a field of wheat at Low Waskerly, near Shotley Bridge, and is sow in the possession of Messrs. Forster there. Saturday, the first stone of a handsome new •bridge over the river Owveg, on the sew line of road between' Castle Island and Abbeyfeale, was laid by Lord Hgatp. LIT, assisted by Mr. GRIVPITH, the Government Ea, ginger. The bridge is to be called Headley Bridge, the. large one. over the river Feale having been named Wel lesley Bridge, in honour of- the patriotic and highly respectable Luau LIBUTIDIA NT. • One of the greattst improvements in the vicinity of the Strand would be the forining of Wych and Holy. well streets into one, by the removal of the centre divi-• sion line of houses: from they e being only room in each for a carriage to pass, there are, during the day, per petual stoppages. Wych-street, in the exening, is fre-: trendy impassable from the east end, by ranges-of, brewers' drays, or coal waggons on their return, whichr • belonging to the same owner, or the same. wharf, meet at an appointed place, and return in procession ; to dis pate the pass with which, or for foot-passengers to cross, is a useless and a •dangerous experiment, especially at the Angel Inn gateway, where coaches entering and . leaving are very frequently delayed by this interruption. Sir Esraaano Houa, in a paper recently read before . the Royal Society on the anatomy and habits of the seal and walrus, remarks the extraordinary coincidence be tween 'the foot of the latter "wieldy animal and that of the insect class of creation. by - which they are enabled • to adhere to a wall or a ceiling. Sir E. Howe, on era- . mining the.hiud feet of a large walrus, brought house • by Captain Sawn; from the Arctic regions, found it provided with • a. hollow space beneath * by which the animal is enabled at pleasure to produce a vacuum with the muscular action of the toes, so as to adhere with consoerable power le a rock or other declivity. . . ' The following teat is Deuteronomy, has keen quoted . retommendattat of parapets to houses:—!` When thou bulkiest a new *one, then shalt thou make &battlement fur itry.soof, that thou bring not blind open Oski %wise, if any man fall Rom thence ! " - CORM ExcnA.NoK, 11A11.1C-LANS, OCT. & nese are wily lootliltito eitivels et Orals this week, and bet a Ain 14WItiollet it Wpm Malarkey taday.: Moro money is naked bar Wheat, but oat obtained. Barley and Malt are both dewy. Dams and Visas nimed• estalseted from Monday. There is not Mt i = o l L lMlNg Asi toa!s te g arsilnz e, ba: Meed ' ,800 in tra b rices , are 750 try• Oats tie** Foreign One, 1,400 qrs. Pluto, 4,300 sacks. • Loudon Amines for the week ended Om. 14—Wheat, SAM • ips. at Ws. 10d, Barley, 318 gra. at 3... sd. Oats, 4,374 qrs. at Sta. Id. Itye. qrs. at —a. --d. Beans, $54 qrs. as 321. 54.--- a Peas, 1,532 gn. at 411.74. SMITHFIELD' MARKET, 'oar. a. - The supply war as usual on Friday's 'Market, but Wing to the trade being leavy, with the waterloo of the weather, di. pins et all description of Cattle are soMewhat haafte Allmon hot mann da particularly Poet. . • • • ra4 4 ooe'of fibs. Is. IW. to Se. 10d. ifiettonla.. aa ' no '4 to Os. K :Teal 45.4‘. 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