Star. — London, England, 1826-08-19 00:00:00

LANCASTER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17: • FROM OUR OWN REPORTER . -RECEIVED MORNING The approaching trial of Mr. Wiliam Wakefield has kept public curiosity still alive, and although many persons of distinction, upon ascertaining that Mr. E. G. Wakefield's trial is traversed, have left this place, yet there is a great and unusual presence of strangers to watch the proceedings of the Crown Court daily, in order not to lose the interesting trial, which is daily and hourly expected ; but we have no idea as to when it will come on, although it is believed Mr. Justice Park will take it on Saturday. The result of the motion of Mr. Scarlett, on Wednesday, was anticipated, as from the nature of the affidavits they were considered so very inefficient as to form no ground of postpone ment whatever. The promulgation that the affidavit of Mr. Grimsditch, charging that most incontestably Mr. E. G. Wakefield was the author of a late notable de fence published so very generally, and which contained matter sufficient to distress and annoy Mr. Turner's family. The Messrs. Wakefield, it is said, should not complain of the remarks of the public Press upon them. selves personally, when they have, by publications such as those alluded to, endeavoured to excite (but ineffec tually) strong . feeling in the public mind in their favour. The discussion of the arguments of the motion on Wednesday excited much interest, inasmuch as the Attorney General distinctly expressed his inten tion, upon another occasion, of alluding to the slan derous insinuations held out against the prosecutor and his family, and also of exposing the sources from which they emanated. The great care with which the prosecution has been got up, and the fact of the Attorney General, Mr.Wil hams, and Mr. Sergeant Cross, having passed some nights in the perusal and correction of the indictment before the Grand Jury, have left the possibility of any error or misstatement of the charge out of the question. The indictment is of an amazing length, and contains a number of counts, varying the charge of misdemeanor; each count recites and is founded upon the other, Until it forms that which becomes conclusive. Mr. Turner and his family are still it their residence upon the Castle Hill, and merely take airings in close carriages. Miss Turner has a group of young Ladies in attendance upon her, and within the last few days ap pears to be somewhat affected in health and spirits, probably owing to the uneasiness produced by this riffiir, and the ordeal she will have to go through in attending the gaze of a crowded Court, while making disclosures of solnuch delicacy. The whole case must be laid open on the trial of William Wakefield, as if his brother, Edward Gibbon, were upon his trial, the facts being so closely involved with each other. Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield has, since his en largement from prison, been continually about the town, walking with his father and Dr. Davis. The witnesses for the prosecution are in number about forty, and are disposed of at private lodgings throughout the town. The witnesses for the defence are also similarly ac commodated ; they are of a various description ; but the one of them who excites most curiosity comes from :ipringfild, near Gretna, and is called the Bishop of that Di. , cese, from his being that individual whofor the last 50 years offickteli as the huh-ping Clergyman. His name is Edward Laing, and he says be was in the busi nessof a blacksmith, at Chorley, in this county, 60 years since (he being now 84 years of age), but left it to take upon himself the duties of the situations he now fills ; he is an eccentric and roguish looking little man, of a very inquisitive disposition, and garrulous tongue, and, for Ins age, there is no man in England can drink more at a sitting, Isis favourite drink being brandy; upon the whole, he seems that kind of person who never had any definitive rule of reason. His dress is a black coat, plush waistcoat and breeches, and top boots, a clerical ha:, and a tremendous large walking cane. He corn. plains much of a son in-law of his, who gets most of his business, having established himself in thesame trade at . Gretna. He has often been soundly horsewhipped by the pursuers of fugitives, and is generally active in his retreat after performing the ceremony. To-morrow the trial of the wretched brothers the ANCeands comes on, for the murder at Winton. They are prosecuted by the Township. Mr. Serjeant Cross and Mr. Courtney are for the prosecution; and Mr. D. F. Jones for the defence. The two unhappy tom are daily to be seen from the summit of the ancient tower opposite the Castle, sitting in the corner of the prison yard, reading the Bible. They have since their confinement occupied the same position, and have con ducted themselves like men ig whose Clays are-numbered in the land." The trial will occupy theyhole day. • We have received the Etoile, dates Thursday, the only Paper published, in consequence of Tuesday being the festival of the Assumption. Its contents *re too unimportant for transcript. Great quantities of corn have been cut in the neigh bourhood of Newcastle. The wheat fully realises the favourable r-ports which were current respecting it, but oats and barley are inmost universally a falling crop. The present harvest moon is the first which for many years will have witnessed the completion of the season from which n takes its name. The Gloucester and Berkeley Canal is in such a state a forwardness, that it will be opened in September, so that vessels may then enter at Sharpness Point from the British Channel, and proceed up to the wharfs at Gloucester. As one of the Brighton coaches was changing horses, yesterday at Streatham, the leaders turned round, which gave the coach such a jerk, that a Gentleman on the hoe was thrown to the ground, and broke his kg and sprained his wrist; and a Gentleman on the roof was precipitated to the ground, and fell with great vio lence on his chest. The name of one Gentleman was Mr. Loan, a Solicitor in London, and the other a blr. Jotas, of the Stuck Exchange. Goudtnan's-fields is the principal abode of gun makers, whose mode of trying their pieces is extremely annoying both to the inhabitants and passengers. Last week a Gentleman passing during one •f these eaplosiosa, was thrown from his horse, and had his collar-bone dislocated. CIItAIkIiEPAMIL—At a parish not one hundred miles (min Brighton, a bill was lately sent in by a tradesman to one of the public bodies 14 the said parish, of which the following is a literal copy: iie a. d. Mewling the wheel-barrow • • . 0 $ 0 New ode to the barrow • • , 0 3 6 New staves, new splicing the horns and ley, putting on iron -work, and painting the barrow . . 0 4 6 Two new eross•legs, and new boarding the borrow all over 0 6 6 New•main side to the barrow • . . 0 3 6 Net, wheel to the &Oro", •. . 0 6 0 lf) putti rg i n a ll t h e i ron wor k to the barrow, new nails, ci painting the iron work to the barrow . 0 2 6 C ' 9 '-' O G' l lO. two spikes to shafts, two clips to kgs, and fifty nail, to the barrow • 0 3 10 • .• • 11w E(op !ire to th e whe e ls of the barrow • 0 6 0 ,fl 19 4 DISTRESSED MANUFACTURERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR 4 NY GOOD FDIM/D, Having, seven years since, addressed a ftw observe- Lions to thee, upon the state of things at that tittle, I am disposed to renew my acquaintance, from the kind ness with which those observations were received, and the publicity given them, under a conviction that some good resulted from them then, and the hope that now, when, in my opinion, a much gt eaterinecessity exists,there may be found a corresponding readiness on the pert of those to whom it more immeiiately applies, to provide such a remedy as they may have the means of furnish' ing, before the evil becomes too gigantic to contend with. The calamities which at present prevail are not con fined to the labouring classes amongst us; the employ ers, as well as the employed, are many of them involved in one common ruin. Cheap labour has produced cheap goods, and these are sent out in quantities so great as to defeat the rational purposes of trade, by their excess.— If the relative proportions between production and con sumption ate destroyed, the manufacturer will always be exposed to a losing trade ; and the man who can, w)ith the least compunction, rob the labourer of his hire, and send him to the parish for the difference, will for a time have preference in the sale of his goods, until his neighbour, from necessity, becomes a plunderer to the same extent, when they both must become, inevitably, the victims of their own folly, by being compelled, in the shape of reduced prices, to give away what they intended to pocket; and the calamity which ignorance and avarice thus beget, involves,.in one common ru in, the master and the servant. This state of things was never more strikingly exem plified than at the present moment. Where is the dis trict in which our manufactures had used to flourish, that is not now the scene of idleness and aggravated distress; millions of capital unemployed, or partially so, and the labour and genius of the country sacrificed to sustain a principle, which, in its operation, has ever been found to defeat the very object it was intended to establish? Our home trade was always considered our sheet anchor ; and this, in our best days, was sustained by the liberal remuneration ss ith which industry and genius were rewarded, and which rendered the great mass of the people consumers to an extent that gave activity to that labour, and comparative independence to those whose avocation it was. What is the situation of that class of people now ? They are either starving for want of employment, or labouring to excess, and thus producing an abundance of that which only increases the evil, upon terms not half supplying the calls of hunger ; and thus the suf ferers are driven to the parish, or to private bounty, to make up the deficiency. Would not the common sense of the thing now be, to turn round, and, ere it be too late, to take another course ? Let the master manufac curers instantly retrace their steps,and one and all become the poor man's protectors, so far as to arrange a scale of wages in the different branches of our trade, by which, with moderate exertion, the labourer and his family may be sustained—and, as common sense and common ob servation would point out to them, see that his produc tion bears so much only of a proportion to the demand as may prevent those excessive depreciations in the value of our manufactures, which inordinate supplies must ever occasion. In the Mosaic Law it is enjoineJ, that the ox shall not be muzzled while he is treading out the corn: upon the same principle our fellow men should, by their indus trious exertions, be enabled to provide food and clothing for themselves and their families, and not, as they too generally are, be borne down by poverty and covered with rags., This is not the state of things that we should 'expect to find in a Christian country, and in a society boasting of its civilization. 'lt may be said that these are evils that will cure themselves ; and in fact this is the language tot, generally held out by those to whom we naturally look up for 'relief. But let it be remembered that tke great mass of the people, who are in a state of want, though they may eke out a miserable existence without clothing, they cannot instain life without food—the cravings of - hunger are imperious, and will be heard; and if labour is not made to provide bread for those who are willing to work, property must find lt, 'for the poor cannot, will not, starve. am decidedly of the judgment that a respectable business, and to profit, might yet be done, by a consi derable number of persons, if they were sustained by a moderate advance of money; and in this way many thousand persons might be continued, in part, employed through the winter, who must otherwise, for want of the means, be discharged, and thus add greatly to the sum of human misery. Would it not then be wise to open the door to appli cations of this tort, as was done on a former occasion, when Exchequer Bills were granted, to the incalculable relief of many ? and I have no doubt, that if in a simi lar way, upon the security of real property, such ad vances were now to be made, that, without any risk to Government, the prevailing distresses would be greatly lessened, and the destruction of property to a great extent prevented. These are surely objects sufficiently important to claim instant attention ; and if suitable men as Commissioners were employed, they would soon see if the grounds upon which applications were made were sufficient to sanction the loans sought for, by requiring satisfactory answers to questions such as these : Have you a property by which you can se cure the repayment of the money you seek to borrow in twelve or eighteen months? Have you the means of carrying on your manufactory if this aid be granted, so as to meet a fair and legitimate demand at remune rating Tikes? Can you, with this assistance, afford to pay the people whom you may employ such a consi deration for their labour as will sustain them without seeking aid from the patisLif Let these questions be answered to the sati,faction of the Commissioners, and mere good will result from Moans in this way, than if the 'thole amount was given to sustain the Operatives in idleness until the anticipated improvement arrives. I remits, with much respect, thy assured blend, DAVID 110 LT. Cheritoo AILIN Manchester, 8 mo. 7, 1824, tHE ARMY. ~,_ - Detail:meats belonging to the 11th Regitneft of Light Dragoons and 16th Lancers, and the 31st, 38th, 44th, 47th, 59th, and 87th Reginients of Infantry, embarked on the 16th inst. at Chatham, on board the Fort William, for Bengal. Detachments belonging to the 4th and 13th Regiments of Light Dragoons marched, yes terday morning, from Westminster, for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. Detachments belonging to the 6th and 38th Regiments of Foot marched, yesterday morning; from Westminster for Can terbury. Detachments belonging to the 15th Hussars, and the 12tb, 43d, and 84th Regiments of Infantry, marched, yesterday morning, from Westminster, for Bristol, on route to Ireland.— Detachmenu of recruits arrived in town on Tuesday morning from Coventry, on route to join their respective Corps and Depots. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Commissions In the Southern Regitnent of Nottinghamshire Yeo- manry Cavalry, signed by the Lard Lieutenant of tie County of Nottingham. HigrY Willoughby'', Esq. to be Lieutenant Colonel g the Right Hon. Charles Evelyn Pierrepont (commonly called Lord Vis count Newark) to be Major. BOULOGNE AND ITS INHABITANTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Star--The following characteristic sketch of a place and its inhabitants, which has long attracted numbers of ourself-exiling families to fix their abode there in prefer ence to one in the peaceful retreat of their native land, is drawn by the spirited pen of a celebrated French writer, M.De Bartbolemy, whose opinion of some of the ab sentees from amongst us, enriching his at the expense of their own country, may afford a pretty fair sample of the respect with which British generosity, in lavishing its resources amongst foreigners, is repaid on the Continent ! Speaking of Boulogne at the present day, contrasted with its former state anterior to the Revolution, when it was the residence and resort of several of the highest and most polished of the ancient Noblesse, Mr. B. thus paints Boulogne as it is:— " A revolution of character seems to have accom panied a revolution of Constitution ; and great as the impression of such an event must have been, the extra ordinary change would scarcely be credited, did not the present state of its society present a mournful reverse to the animated scenes we have previously displayed. The glow of generous friendship, and undisguised hap. piness, is frozen in the reserve of suspicion and cere mony. If Nature had added no allurements beyond its society, such is the beauty of its diversified and ex tended scenery, no one, unless possessed of a misantropic disposition, could contentedly sit down in Boulogne ! To the Englishman, perhaps, the objection is not so great, for the increase of residents from the opposite shore has created a new class of inhabitants; but we should be sorry were his opinion of France to be formed from Bastogne, as in that case we are afraid it would not pass for the most civilized region of the globe. If we were to trace the cause of this painful truth, we should find it rather in their habitual, than in their na tional character: " Boulogne has not yet arrived at that state of socia• bility which distinguishes the rest of France. The rea sons are obvious, and the con equence is to be deplored. A cause may be alleged for this excessive reserve, but as it arises from the morals of some foreigners resident in the town, the consideration is too particular, and beneath the notice of an Historian." So much for the Boulognnais, drawn by the pencil Of their own countryman ; but whether our compatriot residents amongst thest "antisocial and uncivilized" provincials will feel his opinion of "the foreigners in their town," any compliment, will admit of little ques tion, we suppose. What an Author says of the place, making due allowance for the esprit nationet of the Frenchman, might be deemed some justifiable plea for the rage of our wandering countrymen resorting, as they have for a few years past been doing, to its salu brious shores (salubrious, that is, to those who have neither tender lungs, nor led vitiated lives), had they on their own coasts no scites equal to it, and even surpass ing it in beauty, with all its advantages of atmosphere, and without its many disadvantages in point of comfort, and of economy. _ . " The air of Boulogne," as our Historian next records, " is pure and invigorating, "and will be always resorted to by invalids. The public attractions consist of a large and extensive Library, wh:ch is enriched and increased daily with the most choice literary proiuctions—a Society of Agriculture and the Arts—a Theatre, where the English [but not of late] and French perform al ternately—a Riding Scho4—a Protestant Chapel— walks, rich with historical remembrances, and diversi fied views—and last, not least, excellent sea bathing, with numerous baths; while its contiguity to the shore of England, and the extreme facility of communication with the Metropolis, offer inducements above every other sea port in this kingdom. The ramparts which surround the Upper Town afford, from their ele ♦ation, both a delightful walk, and a most beautiful perspective of the country in various directions." And yet, after all, when we read this fulsome descrip tion, given by a native in the vanity of his national sell love, what are the advantages his country really presents to justify the sacrifice made oh the interests of our own, by spending the resources derived from its soil in ano ther land —or, on the other hand, to compensate for the want of the real comforts abandoned on quitting our native coast? M. De B. would tell us, perhaps. we have a greater latitude, and more unrestricted licence in the enjoyments of life on his side of the Channel than on our own—so at least may we judge, if we are to infer any thing from his sarcastic reproof of the " morals of some foreigners" in his town—as such licence-lovers must be the cast of persons he can only contemplate in this censure ! But be, as well as his coun trymen, has perhaps to learn that individuals of the description on whom he animadverts, are to the full as distasteful to their more respectable compatriots, and shunned with as much "antisocial reserve" by them, as they ever could be by the most repulsive and suspicious of his own wary, and, we are to suppose, more moral fellow-citiaens of Boulogne. ALUION. The King's p ivite apartments in the new Palace, building in St. James's Park, are to be at the side near Constitu tion-hill, to which a very 'splendid entrance is nearly completed. A dispatch, dated the 181 of June, was received yesterday morning nettle Colonial Department, from Mr. Wait ' aniavost, the British Consul at Tripoli, Which announces the ar ' rival of Major LAING at Timbuctoo. Monday night last, a meeting was held in the Court house, in Darley-street, Bradford, on the subject of employing the unemployed poor labourers, when it was resolved to continue to employ them in cleansing the Beck, an such terms as to add wages to the relief they might be receiving from the township. A great many labourers have been since this regularly employed. An infant, fifteen monks old, belonging to Mr. SWINE, of Church-lane, Limehouse, was yesterday placed in a high loft by a girl twelve years of age, and, springing forward, fell to the ;round and was killed. . Yesterday morning a Gentleman, in passing down Fleet -street, in a horse and gig, whilst attempting to pass between two coal waggons, ilea's. B, idge-street.' got entangled with their wheels, and the elaise.and horse were overturned with considerable ,violence. Tne Gentleman, fortunately, sustained but little injury, 'either was the florae much but t, hut the chaise was completely , lashed to peCeo. ms 41 • GLASGOW, jULT —•-. The mansion of W. Akaand --tor er, ESq. Woe AogisauSed by fin on Monday night. The fire ori g i nate d from the Imprudence,ef a ser vant setting a foul chimney on fire in order to zinnia. 'The distance from Paisley prevented engines arriving in time to be of any service, and so rapid was the progreu of the flames, that in a short time the house was, with the exception of one wing, completely burnt down. Scarcely any Article of furniture wait rescued froth the devouring element. The fussily were retnoved to Mr. Flapier's of Bliekstone. Mr. Henry Burby, one of the guards of the mail coach between Dumfries and Portpatrick, on the morning of Thursday last, ob served, while on the road about two miles beyond Glenluce. an uncommonly bright meteor in the air, apparently directly over him. It appeared to the eye about the size of an ordinary Winchester bushel, but without a tail, and disappeared without the slightest report: Nos parks were , elicited on the dissolution of the meteor. NAVAL IN • —ono— FAcsustrrst, . ACCUST 7.-4 ind W.S.W.—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet, from Lithonsalled the sth instant ; 'and the Ri naldo packet, from the Leeward Istands•rsailed from St. Thomas's the Ith July. Left at Montserrat the brig Buph i emia to sail on the Ist of July, for London ; and the Usk, to sail on the 10th, for ditto; sailed the Diana, and San Juan, Danish brig of war, for Santa Cruz, to sail from thence for Europe on the 13th inst. with 300,000 dollars.. The Paragon, from the Clyde, had arrived.—The Rinaldo packet spoke on the 17th ult. in lat. 28. 35. long. 59. 8. the bark Catharine, from Liverpool fOr Charleston, in 35 days. Portsmouth, Auonn 18.—Wind W. N. W. —Arrived the Seine, Gottsx, from Riga. Passed by for London, the Montrose, Rozausa, from Trinidad, in 61 days, and landed ,passetsgers.+- Sailed his Majesty's ship Lzvas, for Woolwich. Daat., AUGUST 18.—Wind S.W. by W.—Arrives "thc l John Bainbridge, Moos, from Cape Breton; and JohnitlanstolOMmtito, from Mugadore—sailed the 7th ultimo ; left there the Mitford, TAYLOR., to sail in eight days afterwards. Arrived from the River, and remains, with the Atlas, fur Jamaica, the Achilles, HINDZIL sow, from L ondon for the Cape. The rest of the outward bound have sailed. BUM', Mouse IL.—Arrived the Lavinia, Fuataxo, from Jaa maica; and Lord Collingwood, Hewsow, from Miramichi. . LITTRTOOL, ATMs? 17.—Arrived the Concordia, &met, from New Orleans; Samuel Robertson, Florida, and Margaret and Ann, from Charleston; Lady Digby, Ganges, and Philip Tabb, from New Orleans; and the Elisabeth and True Blue,from Miramiehi. The Asia, Foos's, which sailed for Quebec on the 15th instant, has put back, leaky. The Pandora, from Uarbadoes, hu are rived off the port. NA3sau, JULT Be—The Triton, from the Canaries to Havannah, struck on a sunken rock near Little Isaac, but got off in a leaky state, after throwing part of the cargo overboard. She put into Beminis, landed part of the largo, and proceeded. The John Gil pin, from Boston to the Havannah, is totally wrecked near tie Hole in the Wall. A private letter arrived this morning (the 17th of August) from I J. D. Tufty, Esq. a passenger on board the Atalanta, for .Bombay, stating that the Atalanta bad arrived at St. Jago oa the 22d of. bray► 1826, and the day previous the Palmyra, YOUOKLT, and the V#el pomene, for Ceylon, with the 78th Regiment on board. Theire bad also arrived the Flora French frigate, one brig, and two schionxrs of WV, betted to. Martinique. The accounts from Buenos Ayres are to the 31st of May, when the crisis in Finance and in Commerce was at its height, information having then just been reteleed of that which occurred in this country. So universal was tho distrust, that not a bill on England would be taken. Buenos Ayres, in fact, was in May, though on a smaller scale. the counterpart of London in-Feb. last. The Petersburgh Journal, of August 1, contAins a very flattering exposé of the state of the Russian Finances. The heat at Madrid on the 3d inst. was excessive, 30 deg. (or 100 Fahrenheit). People only came out a; night to breathe a little fresh air. We have received Jamaica papers to the 11th ult.; they contain no political intelligence worth extracting. All doubt as to the destination of his fslaJzary's ship Twain) is now removed. That vessel was off St. Jago de la Vega on the 6th - ult. and was to it oceed to Port. au Prince on the llth. The Bogota Constitucionnd to the 9th of. June, anti a Garda Extraordinaria de Colombia of the 6th of June, have reached us. The former contains no intelligence . : the latter consists 'of o lciaj dispatches transaritted to the Executive, explanatory of, the events which had taken place in Venezuela, connected with the proceed- ings of General PAN& They serve to complete the series of documentary papers, relating to those transac. tions. The fullowing is an extract of a private letter from Carthagena, dated the 27th June: • " The Spanish fleet has not been seen for ten days, so we trust they have left our coast for good. We have had much rain of late, which, with a considerable influx of foieigners (lately arrived) has 'calmed some sickness among the latter, which in some instances has proved fatal, otherwise we are very healthy. Commerce is quite at as tand, and money difficult to be got. Prices of all produce nominal." Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Buenos Ayres, dated May 29:- 4, This port continues to be strictly blockaded by the Brazilians, and although they have within the last week in de two attacks upon the squadron belonging to this Government, under the command of Admiral Brown, they were repelled without much loss being sustained on either side. The Brazilian squadron is again in sight, standing up the river, and another attack is exreeted to take place shortly." Thursday, the Loup MAYOR went down with his family to see the Arsenal at Woolwich. Although his Lordship wept in private, be was received in a public way, General Hawse having ordered that the most marked military attention should be paid to his Lordship. Monday week, as Mr. Gmonas M —AGWAY; son of Mr. Alderman Mannar, Miss howes, and two other Ladies, were V driving in a sociae, at Ryde, Isle of Wight, the horse took fright, and, running agaiTst a projection, overset the Whole party over the precipice into the sea. The Ladies escaped unhurt, but Mr.Maitia.te received a severe wound in the head. The Bankrupt List for investigation, yesterday, before the Commissioners in Basinghall-street, amounted to upwards of SO; and this day the whole of the cases on papa are 16 only. LIvERPooL, THURSDAY EVSNING.—There has been a good demand for Cotton to-day, and upwards of 1,000 bap have been sold at a shade Improvement on last we.-k's prices; and the demand yesterday was also very good. Yesterday one of those numerous vehicles, drawn by one horse, which carry visitants to the fair at Camberwell, broke down by being overloaded, having 12 passengers, near the Liam of Wa'worth; one young man had his thigh broken, and many of the others were seriously hurt. A poor woman of the n me' of King, of Sowerby. street, near Halifax, was safely delivered, on Wednesday morning, of three boys, all living. EinutiON.—Wednesday, Andrew Fullarton was et• tented at the head of Libbetton's Wynd, Edinburgh, for the rob bery of James Hunter, &. Leonard's -street, Edinburgh, on the high road between Edinburgh and Dalkeish, on the night of the 18th of April last. He was a quarrier in Gilmerton, and was not more than twenty-four years of age. When visited on Monday by his wife (an interesting and well-believed young woman, who has one child, the fruit of their marriage), he told her to grieve not for him, adding, that " he knew he was going to exchange a state of sin ;ad misery for one orperfeet bliss." Even till so late as Monday be continued to assert his innocence of any concern in the robbery, though he admitted he had shared in the assault. On reaching the scaffold he partially renewed his composure, and was then placed on the drop. He prayed so audibly that the exclamations of "Oh . dear," and" Oh Gun !" were distinctly heard. At length he gave the signal; the effort was too much, he fainted, and fell towards one side as the drop descended. His struggles were very brief. BnlcturoN, Auo. 17.—The public were likely to have sustained a serious loss, a few days since. Mr. Mamma, the comedian, though perfectly at home when surrounded by a •:• nista) , audience, has not the same confidence amidst the noisy sea ; and has consequently been in the habit, when bathing here, in ad. dition to the security of an inclosed bath, of using a life-preserver. Having put this on, as usual, he plunged into the water, but from some cause or other, it slipped from its position round the chest lower down the body, and his head and the upp.r part of his body were thus kept under water, his legs only appearing above. Such a position immediately excited the attention of two or three Gen tlemen who were at that time dressing, and the alarm having been given, the comedian was shortly rescued from his rapleuens situa ticio by one of the attendants, without having sustained much in. convenience, beyond the DeCeNary fright at such au unexpected Marren% 1