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priT-gmm, .; r - - k: ~' R • agaet 06110191,0Fntieuratfivile peesdingpege. (4, A3PlNHirds, DWitly, Gloucestershire, cleifaceet, lki e innif - vent reumstanens,•and unable to meet Ide sepossesele wkb his creditors.—Flied May 17. William Heald, Sheffield, broker, ° is in insolvents elreamegl . aiiiwnable to meet hi. engagements with his creditors.... May 18. ' Juba liesoard, Coinmercial.road, baker, is in insolvent eircum seance.. and unable to meet his engagements with his creditors. —Filed May seo.. DWI OV.lsPlaptif he madein BASINOHALL-STII •June 10, John Wells and William Doyen, 'Bishoperate-street Without, woollen drapers, et one. June 10, James Fisher, Taun ton. Somerseishire, North. Leads, Gloucestershire, and Lynn, Norfolk, draper and tea dealer+ at eleven. Jane 27, Philip H. Byrne, Buckkrsbury and Keonington, warehousenien at ten. June 10. A. Hawkins, St. Albans,shepkeeper, at nine. day U, Mary Phillips and Jitney Phillips, Bishepsgate-street, and Middlesex-stroet, Wkdteckstel, hatters, at ten. June 10, Charles Hale, Rgham, inn keeper, at ten. June 10, William Padgett. Vauxhall, grocer, at ten. June 10, hap\ Billing, Oxford.strette everY stable keeper, at tess i ,• June 10.-Theenaßoby, Tessyworde. tanner, at nine. June 10, Adam Clark, JorioyeAtreet, carpenter, at ten. June 13, Eliza Ann Weissenbons and'. aseticiett Weiseenborn. Upper Holloway, boarding and lodg ing -hieseetkbepers, at nine. June 13, James Duns mure and John rdnei, Broad-street, merchants, at eleven. June ' IS, James Itideardson, Reigate, Surrey, great . , at nine. June 10, Thomas Drew, Exeter, and Hare-cwt. Devonshire, linen draper, at eleven. June 10, Francis Powell, fury:a-wharf, Rari-street, Blackfriars, corn factor, at tea. Jane 60. John Hawke' Old Jewry, hardwareman, at one. June 10, Edward Lodge 'Ogle,. Clement's-lane, brickmaker, at eleven. DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY. June 12, James Dodson and Richard Dodson, Beeston, York shire, woobtaplers at ten, at the Court-house, Leeds. June 24, John Wilson, Leeds, hirer, at eleven, at the S e usiona-hotne, Leeds. June 15, James Woolis and Charles Wends, Winchester. linen drapers at three, at the George Inn Winchester. June 16, Wil liam Crooke , , Burnley, Lancashire , iron sierchaut, at eleven, at the Thorn Inn, Burnley. June Is, Charles Delves lkoeghton and John Jasper Garnett, Nantwids, Cheshire, bankers, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Nantwich. June 16, Christopher Crooke, Burn ley, Lancashire, cotton spinner, at eleven, at the Thorn Inn, Burn ley. June 12, Joseph Hodgson, Bath, auctioneer, at eleven, at the Christopher Inn, Bath . June 10, Edward Allen, Preston, Lan caehire, deer, at twelve, at the edict of Messrs. Winstanley and Cotteraß, selidtors, Preston. CERTIFICATES—Jens 10. • Adolphus Finial, Great Surreretreet, Blackfrian-road, mer chant. William Gutteridge, Charierstreet, Sohn-square, sex. music seller. James Shannon, Liverpool. lAncashire, suer' chant. George Gedber, Red Lion-street, draper. Joshua Rowe, Torpoint, Cadman, merchant. Richard Richmond, Leicester, woollen draper. William Hughes, %Forceful . , coal merchant. Edward Lodge Ogle, Clement's-lane, bricklayer. Joseph Graham, Waterloo-place, upholder. James Rigby, Charing-ewes, clock maker. Joshua Safety Deplane, St. Anne's-lane, Cheapside, ostrich feather manufacturer. William White, King-street, Sobo, baker. Claudius Samuel Desanges, Queen Chatiotte-row, New road, general dealer. John Husband, Great IPukeney-street, Golden-square, cabinet maker. Thontns Charles Waugh, Turn wbeel.lane, Cannon-street, merchant. William Broughton Army, Bedford-row, money scrivener. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. C. Nitnn and T. Ovoidal, Wood street, Malta** carpenters. Thomas Wood and Stan Wood, Lad lane, wholesale stationers. Andrew Bogle and A. Reid, London. David Gladstone and David Paton, Liverpool, brewers. Thomas Walmsky and Edward Jones Holland, Nicoll square, Crippkgate, cotton manu facturers. Antony Holstein and Francis Lee, Quadrant, Regent street, tobacconists. William Order and Thomas Edward Howell, Wilmington square, Spa Fields, factors and warehouser se Sophia Chard and Susan (lUcy, Stafford place. Stafford raw, Pimlico, dress makers and milliners. John Reno, Matthew Harrison. and John Bailey Scholey, Lawrence- Pountney lane, wholesale grocers and spice dealers. Joseph. Peirson and James Prize, Great Sutton street, Clakenwell, working jewellers. General Weekly Average of the Price of British Can, which governs Importation, made up to the 13th of May. Wheat ills. ed. Oats 935. 9d. Beans ens. ad. Dicky 305.. td. I Rye ass, iht. I Pao 40s. Al The. Average Price of Browns or Muscovado Sugar. compourd front the Returns made in the Week ending the 17th day of May. 11114, is 30s. i§d. per cwt. omissive °I the duties of Customs id or payable thereon on the Importation thereof. ALL LOTTERIES END FOR RYER WITH THIS DRAWING. SIX PRIZES OF 530,000, ALL IN ONE DAV. THE PRICE OF TICKETS AND SHAKES WILL RISE Arlllkt NEXT SATURDAY. • THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MAY 22,1826. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 77/ for the Account, with little business doing; but within this half hour the Market has improved, and Consols are now at 7$ for the Account, and for July at 7tl. In the Foreign Market scarce a bargain has been done. Current Prices: Old Spanish 74 $, Mexican 44 1, Colimbian new 411, Peruvian 31 31, Maim 741 7SI, Brazilian Bonds 431, Greek Bonds 141, New Scrip par to 1 prem. Bacheitter Bills to 10 prem. ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, whlelt were, an hour ago, at 78e far the Amine, and for July at 78} I. remain study at time prices. To-morrow being settling day in Consols, the Broken are busy In making up , their Accounts. The Glad Market has again improved within these few minutes, and may be quoted at 781 Land 74 for July. PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 200 3 per Cent. Red. 77 3 /, 3 per Cent. Cons. 77% 78 3 / 4 3 lei Ceni. Red. 153% 84 1 / 4 84 4 per Cent. 94 1 4 5 /g Levitt! Ann. /B'4 sis NM. Bond , . 7 8 prem. L 1.009 Exami. Bills 8 9 preen. L5OO ditto 8 9 prem. CIPO and 1.20) ditto 8 9 prem. C nt. tor Acct. 77 7 / a 78 3 4 I A 4 per Cent. Scrip ys dis. 1 /s prem. 4 per Cent. 1826, 93 1 / 4 V 4 FORRION FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Cotomblan p C. Men;. Bonds 1825.42 g g g Do, lids 1424.421 Ditto Acct. 621 g Do. Ace. 421 11 Peruv. Ws. 6 p C. 311 2 Danish 11d5,1825,3p C. 531 Russ. Ids, 1829, S P C. 751 Si Do. Aces. 331 • Ditto Acct. 75} Greek ads INS,S pC. 151 Span. Bonds S p Ct. Ditto Acct. 6 Ditto Acct. 2 BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. sea as. PAM Anglo' Mikan S pm. 100 50 ao Brazilian 100 13 7g British Iron Company 100 30 7 .Real del Mane 400 400 — 'Dino Now 400 100 00 CllZal Gas Enloe 1 1g This forenoon we received Frankfort Papers to the 16th inst. One of them contains the decision in a trial, which is interesting to authors and booksellers. It ap pears that one of the most popular writers of the daj, the Aulic Counsellor CARL HUEN, at Berlin, has published his works under the namevof H. CLAIMER, which is the anagram of his own name. M. FRAMER; bookseller at Stultguardt, published, last year, a work under the title of The Man in the Moon, by H. CLAUREN. M I HUSK brought an action against FRAMER for this abuse of his name; to which Fu.ssixa replied, in his deface, that no person could pretend to claim the ex clusive use of a fictitious name. The Court, howeve,r, decided againstFaawso, Qrt thevound designed to it is on the public. who knew that H. CAVAIIII and. CARL Hosts were one same per*. 'Rani"' having appeelei, the has been 'confirmed. Besides &images. he the costs, and a fine of so dollars, and to take copies which deceived creditors do not choose he is also to pay the costs of the appeal. Charleston Papers to the 15th of April reached us this forenoon. One of them contains a letter from the British Consul in that city, dated the 11th of April, stating what is already known here, that the treaties between this country and Brazil, concluded at Rio de Janeiro, will not be ratified by his BRITANNIC MAJESTY. We have received the French Papers of Friday and Saturday. The Siege contradicts a report which had obtained some credit, that the Emperor Don Piano intended to leave Brasil and fie his future residence in Portugal. It also states that the account of Mr. Sraterroso Canutito having been insulted publicly in the streets of Constantinople was without foundation. A letter from Corfu explains what prevented the reiterated efforts of the Greek lees succeeding in relieving and provisioning Minolonghl.— The Turco-Egyptian Beet had been posted on three lines behinds and at some distance from each other, and supported by the cannon of Vistiladi. The Greeks broke through the first hue, and with their Bre ships threw the second into disorder: but the third, aid still more the lemma Ire from the batteries, " directed with a degree of skill which ewes set 'Turbot," the order which prevailed in all the manceoeres and evolutions of the enemy, as well as the weakness of the Greek valets, compared with the glpade size of the Turkish ones, rendered It impossible for the most desperate Watts to open a way into the port of Missolongbi, and the heroic garrison and inhabitants, before their martyrdom, experienced the additional torment of seeing food and relief almost within their reach, and of feeling that they must perish by hunger er the sword. —Tbe Stools says that Athens will be attacked next, and makes as appeal to every classic remembrance and attachment la its behalf. —Letters from Trieste of the 4th init. say that an Marian Captain had met the Greek and Egyptian fleets, or rather a division of each, near Zante, en the eve of engaging. NOWIS ANS SOOTS AMMAN COTIME HAM, Mar 22. By the arrival of the Sir Edward Bank% steam:boat, we have reePived Hamburgk Papers to the 19th inst. They con taro nothing of any mosegrente.—'The Sir Edward Banks made the passage in U boon. Quebec Papers to the 39th of March. and Halifax Papers to the 18th of April have reached us. On the 29th of March the Governor closed the Session with the following speech : " When I met you at the opening of the Session, I stated to you in general terms the prosperous circumstances of the Province, and the evident necessity that existed for measures to encourage the disposition of the people to industry and public improvements to secure and Increase the value of property ; I received the most pleasing assurance that I should have your support and co-operation on all matters tending to those desirable ends ; it is, therefore, with the deepest regret that I now find my hopes disappointed upon the most important subjects, which I pressed on your tonsideratiott." We have received Hamburgh Papers to the 17th-and Dutch Journals to the 20th. One of them contains the sentence of the Royal Tribunal, at Breslau, on twenty-eigist:members of :a cret society, called the' Association of the Youth ;" of these eleven have been condemned to fifteen years' imprbonmEnt, two for thir teen years, and twelve others to various terms, extending from ele— ven 'to two years. The Chief' of the Twelve Chiefs, the Master Director's punishment has not yet been decided on. The Emperor of Russia has issued a Proclamation, announcing that his Corona don and that of the Empress ALUANDRIMA would take place ill the month of June. at Moscow, where great preparations are making for the occasion. Two of the finest Hotels are already hired for the English and French Ambassadors, at the price of 20,000 and 30,006 francs per month. The Grand Duke !Shoran is going to bloseow, to take the command"( the Guards there at the Corona tion. The LORD CHANCELLOR had an audience of his MA INTO. yesterday. Yesterday morning, about half past nintt o'clock, the Duko and Duchess of Czaenics, accompanied by Colonel ,Farz- CLAMS:Nei. firs. Fox. Miss Fazczapetics, Captain Faseks isms, and Mr. Sinner, and attended by Baroness ilansruse and Miss Ittson,z, the D uchess's Ladies in Waiting, left their residence at Busby Park, in three carriages and four, and proceeded to Wool. with, where their Royal Highnesses, together with their suite, embarked about twelve o'clock, on board the Royal Sovereign yacht, for Calais on reaching which place it is expected the Duke and Duchess will immediately proceed to Ems, in Germany, for the purples of the Royal Duke taking the baths there for the benefit of his health. Friday, Lord CH A etas Som ERSItT transacted business at the Secretary of illpstes Office for the Colonial Department', for the first time since has Lordship's arrival in England from the Cape pf Good Hope. Sir THOMAS BRI.BANE, with his Lady and family, arrived on Thursday morning at Greenock, from his late govern.l menu in New South Wales. Yesterday morning the consecration of the Rev. Dr. gonna to the See of Landaff took place in the private Chapel of the Archbishop of Carrzaanar, in his Palace in Lambeth. The collection at the Eton Montem, on Tuesday last, amounted to nearly 1,2501. Letters from Lizbon state, that the Deputies to Bra-, sir had sailed, &c. A letter from Constantinople states, that M. MlN glamor bas sent to his Court for further instructions. A letter from Bury, ne.tr Manchester, received this morning, states, a powerloom factory had beat burnt at Heywood. By the arrival of the Hope, Fatteustur, from Sierra Leone, *deices have been received to the !Ed March. Th. Colony was than considered to be in a more healthy state than at the date of former letters. Tho deaths were fewer both among the skipping and on the shore.—Liserral Cbutssereiel Chasid& EDMUND MURPHY, E.g. of Grange, in the county of' Tipperary, was murdered at the house of his brother, Mr. William Murphy, near Cashel, on Sunday evening the 14th instant. Eight armed ruffians entered the boast, treated both the brothers with brutal violence, and plundered the drawers. The brother of the deceased, hoping t r :Ziren the party out of the house, went to One of the windows, up the sash, and then clapped his hand, ex claiming, " Boys, here are the police. and every one of you will be taken." The gang were struck with instant dismay at first, and ran down stairs, but finding it was a false alarm, they seized upon the two Murphy', and dragged them down stairs; and having brought them to e hall, they ordered Mr. William Murphy to kneel, which he refused to do. Upon this, Mr. Edmund Murphy, fairing for his brother's safety, interfered, and said, that if it were any amusement to them, that be would kneel ; and having done so, a diabolical wretch instantly levelled his blunderbuss—the murderer standing not more than a yard in distance front the unfortunate Gentleman.—took deliberate aim, and lodged the contents in his neck. Two balls and four slugs entered the body of the deceased ; one of the balls went through the carotid artery, and another, from the force it met at the vertebra of the neck, was turned by the repulsion, down into the stomach. The deceased was instantly deprived of life. After the cruel work was over, the villains left the house, very[carefully taking along with them a quantity of wine which they bad found in the cellar, together with the plunder which they had previously made. An inquest was held on the body, and the Jury returned a verdict of " WWilful Murder against some person uaknoven.'—Since the inquest two men have been taken up on autos, but they have not been examined. e private letters from Paris repeat the rumours of a change in the Russian Minims ' , And of approaddng hostilities with Turkey. ?Ht ICINg; " ,IT I..—YFiteraity aftertioa "flit .M. 4• the,:korpt Lodge, id his'utavelling , accompanied try the . LORD Seawater), Shortly after which, the Km eivered which was in readiness, and drove Frogmore and the Little Park to the Castle, . place he :strived at a quarter after three O'Cleek. Mr. WYATYILLE attended his MAJE TY to inspect the alterations, who first visited the East front, and after*ards drove into the quadrangle and inspected the general improvements. His MAJESTY remained about three-quarters of an hour at the Castle, and ex pressed the highe,t satisfaction at the forward state of the works. His MAJESTY drove up the long walk to Cumberland Lodge from the Castle,land, after taking refreshments, returned to London. This afternoon the Terrace was visited by a eery numerous and fashionable company of strangers, who were delighted with the performances of the Band of the 113 d Regiment from half•past two o'clock until nearly five. that he had err very . well ' . Witussoit, M4l one and the. aitatr Refired at the sentence carriage and four, is to pay all from London. .SI ake back the his pony phaeton. ose to rei4n: himself thrmlh Castle, at which COVENT G A RDEN THEATRE. A new Play, in five acts, founded on the novel of Wiedstisch, was produced on Saturday night at this Theatre. The characters and incidents are, for the aloft part, those of the novel; and with respect the dialogue and language the adapter has drawn largely from the stories of the original. The meat effective scene, and the situation which principally rivets attention in Woodaark, is that in the fourth set, Inhere Cheeks, in order to prevent a breach between Alice and her salter Markham, discloses his name and rank, and places bins *elf at the mercy 4-idle latter. _ _ Mr. Waana played the crafty Crease/14 bet not with his usual talent. renames Sir Henry Lee had many good points in it. The best performed characters were Kaosst.a's Loads Zersegisy, and Wild rake, by Joan. The latter performer was admirable throughout. Mr. COOPER played MarMous Byword with gdod sense and judgment.— Mr. Smut acted Oboe! Athol Lee with tare and propriety, and BLANCHARD had the ungracious task of giving a shadow to Trusty: Tonkin& Mrs. Caterray-ay made little of dike, and Miss Jones bad little to make of Plassibe lfavtower. The Play was received favourably throughout, and at the con cludon Announced for repetion amid general applause. THE ARMY. PORT/1)10111'H, MAY 20.—Lord HILL reviewed his Regiment (the 13d) under the command of Colonel Manzi, C.B. on Monday, and expressed bis high satisfaction at the advanced state of discipline of the men, most of whom were recruits since the return of the Regiment from India. His Lordship dined with the Officers, and next morning returned to the Metropolis. Major General Sir JAxtes Leos. K.C.B. has this week inspected the Depots at Gospott, And the 37th and 53d Regiments in this garrison. Next week Sir JAMES will inspect the troops at Winchester and Wey mouth. Lieutenant Colonel Aamarr removes to the Plymouth Division of . Royal Marines, by the death of Lieutenant Colonel Werraarr ; Lieutenatit EnwAans (having held that rank 25 years) lie promoted to the rank of Captain ; and Second Lieutenant Du sAtivoir(baving held his 17 years) is promoted to be a First Lieut. [For • Military Promotions," sae last page.] NAVAL IN I'ELLIGENCE. NORTH ARO SOUTH AHRIMAN COTTER HOVER, MET 21.—We have received Jamaica and Plarbadoes Papers to the 114 pf April. The following is an extract from the rirtitsten Ckrisniele—" We have received a file of Los Mercatriss from Vera Cruz, in which we observe some discussions on the policy of sending as expedition out against the island of Cuba, as the occupation of that important point would stir*. as the defensive guardian of the Colonial Govern ' menu ; for, In the handl of its present possessors, it may be tented into a depot. fur armies who aim at the annihilation of the mighty fabric of South American independence which it has cost so much time and blOodshed to establish. If nothing of more interest pre. sent. itself, we shall lay some of those documents before our readers in a future Paper."—Also, received Charleston Papers to the 15th of April. The Finchett had arrived at New .York previous to the 234 of April. Arrived off Darmouth, the Rotterdam ' Waver's, from China ; Renewal, CSOUASTII4 from Barbadoer • Clio, from St. Vincent's; Portland, from Baltim ore;: and Flora, Cultism, hem Terceira. Off the Wight, the Antoinette, —, from Rio de Janeiro. The 'Children, PROMS, has returned from Monte Video to Liverpool, with her outward bound cargo, in consequence of the blockade at Buenos Ayres. Fautomt, • MAY *o.—Wind South.—Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet, from Lisbon; Francis Freeling do. from Amerita; Mary, LAIRD, from Lima.—sailed the 96th of January; and Amu% Miaow, from Antigua. Off the port, the Julius, Janson, from St. Kitt's. The Stunner packet, from Lisbon, is coming into the Bay. haratousir, MAT eo.—Wind SW.—Off the port, the Norden, Sennznucits, from Calcutta for Copenhagen. Sailed the William and Mary, for Newfoundland ; and Union, for Jersey. Pommoirtat, MAT 21.—Wind N. to E.N.L—Arrived the Maria transport, from Gibraltar; and Recovery, CHAPMAN, from London for Bombay. Passed by, the Diadem transport, Wm% London, for Cork and the Isle of France. Sailed the Hawksbury, Si.,, for Quebec. Dna, blar 20 -.-Wind E.N.E.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Nepos, TRADE% from the Mauritius; Frederick, Haw tuns, from St. Michael's; Ann, of Whitby, BA arunuiut, from the River Gambia ; Bride, —, from Trieste ; Manly, Sanas, from St Vincent's • Janet, LovaLL , from Jamaica ; and Alert, CNA?. wan, from Stnyrna. Came down from the River, and sailed, the Valley Field, Jonisom, for the Mauritius; Duke of Norfolk, Ma xims, for St. Kitt's ; Garland • blaxwonn for Gibraltar; Tra veller, CARA, for Quebec.; and Virginia, laistrr, for New York. Mar 41.—Wind N.E.-Arrived and sailed for the River, the Woodstock, Homer, from Sineapore; Brilliant, Thurn from Charente; and the Kitty, MAIIWTLL, from St. Michael's. Passed through from the River, the Levant, G4111013[011; for Jamaica; and Hind, 114' FA LAUB, for Trinidad. Tasseouva, Mar 110.—His Majesty's revenue cutter D 21113104 Lien. Nuns, captured on the 18th inst. about lye leagues N.B. by N. of Cromer, the sloop Good Intent, of Flushing, with vs half ankers of Geneva, and three do. of tobacco, with a crew of four Englishmen and one foreigner, and brought her into this port. BRIGHTON, MAT 19.—Mr. Secretary CANNING was here on Tuesday, to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Lamm, who had expired at her residence on Pavilion Parade some days previously, and be did so on the following morning. lie set of to return to London in the afternoon of the same day. The demise of Mm Ulan is deeply regretted with us, and in particular by our circle of fashion, is which she was a truly admired and respected ornament. One of the men who was wounded in the attack on the Factory at Grimshaw Park, was shot through the neck; having recovered, he has been apprehended, and bound, with two sureties, to appear at the next Assizes, to answer an indictment. Thursday, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland met at Edinburgh, when, after an eloquent and impressive sermon by the Rev. Dr. Coos, of Laurenceliirk, the Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Mosta' Tarim% Minister of Tibbermuir, was unani mously elected to succeed him in the Chair. This being Trinity Monday, the Worshipful the Master, and eleven Brethren of the Trinity House, with several persons of distinction, breakfasted at their house on Tower-hill ; after which they proceeded, with a band of music, to the Tower, where they embarked on board the Trinity Yacht, decorated with colours, &c. They were accompanied by the admiralty and navy barges down the river to Deptford, to visit their house there; ' previous to which they attend Divine Service, at St. Paul's Church, Deptford. On their return, the Brethren, with divers of the Nobility and some Members of Administration, will partake of a grand' dinner st the London Tavern. The York Herold states, that it is highly probable Mr. MARSIIALL (a most respectable merchant of Leeds) will be induced to offer himself as a candidate for the county of York, at the general election. The brig Hunter, from fiourdeaux, fell in with a wreck of an English ship, loaded with timber, in lat. 45. 58. tong. 22. SO. Part of three human skeletons were found on board, which, from appearances, the crew had • subsisted upon for some time. Pieces of &sir, with long hair, and sett:era' articles of female dress were found, the whole presenting a scene of distress not to be described. MR. WAKEFIELD AND MISS TURNER; -. tilMo-.- A STATEMINT OF FACTS RIGARDING THZ MARRIAGE OF =WARD G. WAZEFILLD, ESQ. WITH MISS TURNER. In the end of February, I went to Macclesfield, fot the purpose of paying a long-promised visit to my friend, the Rev. Dr. Davies. At that time I had heard Mr. Turner's name mentioned, but merely in casual con versation about Cheshire people; and I had no more knowledge or thought of his daughter, or any of her fa mily, than I have of people in the moon. I will nose state how I came to think of her, and to• do what I have done. Mr. Turner has lately purchased an estate near Macclesfield. Upon this property he has built a house, into whist), when I was in Cheshire, he was about to remove. He is Sheriff for the county this year. Mri Turner having, till the late purchase, been a stranger tel the county, and having, as is said, made a very large fortune by trade, which he has dilcOatinned, to become all at once a "Coutitry Gentleman," it is not surprising that he should be an object of jealousy to the old este , Gentry, and of envy to the numerous manufac turers in the veighbour hood where he has settled. But, unless I had witneste3 it, I never would have believed that those passions could exist ro the extent in which I found them preying upon the peace of Mr. Turner's neighbours. A wish to obtain information respecting the silk trade (of which " the distress" has of late been a subject of deep interest at Macclesfield) led me into the company of these people, and particularly amongst some, wlioset hatred of the " new squire" seemed, like the odium theo logicum, to be great, in proportion to the little difference that exists between his station and theirs. This display (which, probably, I never should have witnessed, unless the envy and jealousy of Mr. Turner's " friends and acquaintances" had been just then parti cularly excited by his preparations to 46 do honour," as they said, 14 to the office of Sheriff,") was so new, and therefore so amusing to me, that I was led by a mere flow of spirits, and the want of some better occupation, to take pleasure in observing it; and afterwards, in exciting such pitiful spite, by finding provoking an swers to the many ill-natured stories against Mr. Tor ' ner, of which such spite appeared to be the principal foundation: Of course, amidst-all this backbiting, Mr. Turner's only daughter was not forgotten. She was described as ugly, ignorant, awkward, and vulgar. I was truly informed, however, that Miss Turner was a pretty, clever, unusually well educated, high spirited, l and most amiable girl ; and I was thus enabled to seize every opportunity of describing her in all the colours of the rainbow. A good listener must often contradict. The Macclesfield School for Scandal, and one Sir B. Backbite in particular, found me an inappreciable audience for their stale sneers, till at last my ears song with Miss Turner's name, and 1 became her champion, as well as her father's. Still I had no thought of marrying her. I had sought and enjoyed the fun of talking ab'rut her and her father, because the people at Macclesfield would, with the ex ception of the silk trade, talk about nothing else; and, as I have said before, because my high spirits had no better employment; but if I had left Macclesfield two days sooner than 1 did, I should in a week have for gotten Miss Turner's name and all that concerns her, as completely as I now forget how and when it was that I learned the alphabet. But on one of the last days of •my stay in Maccles field, I heard a discussion as to whether any g 4 country Gentleman" would accompany the High Sheriff on his way to the Chester Assizes. This discussion ended in the expression of a general opinion in the negative. My friend, Dr. Davies, who is one of the most noble-minded persons I know, was near me at the time. I asked him, with a look and manner that begged him to say " Yes," whether he would join Mr. Turners procession ? He answered, " Yes, that I will, if it is only to shew that I do not share these people's pitiful jealousy." Goo knows why I—l cannot tell—but I exclaimed, "So will II" A thought, a wish, a determination just then entered my head. It Was, that I would marry Miss Turner myself before the Chester Assizes, and get up such an escort for het:father as must have driven the most bilious of his detractors mad. Nothing could appear so preposterously extravagant. All I knew of Miss Turner was, that she was at school at Liverpool. I had no chance of meeting her. Meet ing her, I had no chance of persuading her to marry me without her father's consent; and his consent was out of the question, for I bad made an appointment at Ca lais within six days from that time, and I would not al low any thing to interfere with that engagement.— " What folly! what madness I" I.exclaimed ; and yet I could not drive the crazy wish from my head. I fore saw, that even though I should persuade Miss Tamer to marry me, I should obtain no rich heiress, but a beg gar ; for I knew she had no property in her own right, and I had heard enough of the vindictiveness of her father's temper to be almost certain that he would never forgive us. I thought of the passion of hatred towards myself that would probably take possession of him, of the apparent impossibility of success, of the great dan ger of the attempt, of the world's reproaches, and of every thing that would have deterred me, had I been in my senses, from committing the act of a madman. Still, I had not entirely lost my senses; for my de termination to marry Miss Turner was clogged with three very reasonable conditions. They were, first, that I should find her to be a sort of person whom I could love and cherish for her own sake; secondly, Alm I should bring her to believe that she would be happy in marrying me; and thirdly, that I would not use force, or the shadow of force, nor even put the slightest re straint upon her inclinations,in any part of the adventure. Here was a task ! To marry within three days a person of whom I knew so little, and whose knowledge of me must have been equally limited, and (for this made the difficulties almost insurmountable), to become pleased with her, and make her pleased with me, even before proposing marriage to her 1 The apparent impossibility of the thing urged me on ; and I pursued its execution with reckless activity. I formed and rejected plan after plan, till, at last, I de cided on that which induced the school-mistress to give me the opportunity I desired, of conversing with Miss Turner. My servant, who was not above half in the secret, was so frightened at the success of hii own grave and unsuspicious deportment, that he made a capital blunder by leaving me at Liverpool, and proceeding with Mitt Turner towards Shrigley. She was thirty miles before me on her way towards borne, beftire I discovered that she had left Lis erpool. I followed, of course, intending. had they reached Shrigley, to drive there at once, and get my servant out of the scrape at any rate. But fate had decreed that Miss Turner should wait at an hotel , A nt Manchester, close to the house of one other favourite