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~- __. t• 'lune( .without a right of challenge, would be the best method of :•ppointing an impartial tribunal. Alr.W. SMITH said, the great evil of ill private committees 1 , 45, that by influence a number of gentlemen were brought down decisl2 on the question who had not heard the evidence. R GORDON said, the appointment of public corn mittets was equally exceptionable. A number of official per •ons were always appointed, who attended on the decision, and car ried it as they pleased. This was particularly the case in the com mittee on the improvements at Windsor Castle, in which he sas left in a minority of two. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the hon. ter.ticman had no right to attribute sinister motives to those who differed from him in opinion. He was confident that, in general, justice was done by private Committees ; and he was confident it would not be found that members taken by chance would be found 'r attend. )Ir. HODHOUSE thought the mode of forming committees •ha ild be improved ; but that leaving it to depend on chance was not the best mode that could be adopted. He did not think the pablic were satisfied with the decisions of private committees, though they are not at present made in the barefaced and disgraceful man ner as formerly. Mr. CALCRAFT read the names of the committee on Windsor t 'astle, and said he thought it could not be said there was any over. helming preponderance of o ffi cial influence. He bad the honour' •n being chairman of the committee, and never saw procceedings con. angled with greater impartiality. Mr. HUME requested to know whether a return of the number at prosecutions for libel laid on the table, signed by George Mauls, was a correct return p He thought it was very defective. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he had not seen the return, but Mr. Maule's character for accuracy was so high that he could scarcely suppose it to be incorrect ; but if there were any inaccu racy it could be speedily rectified. Mr. HU3IE presented a petition from Thomas Flanagan, Esq. praying that Corporations in Ireland might be compelled to admit the inspection of their books by all freemen of the Corporation. On the motion that the petition be printed, Sir R. INGLIS opposed it, on the ground that it came from an individual. The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place, and the petition was ordered to be printed. A message from the lords brought up the Beer and Cider Bills, and several other bilk agreed to by their lordships. 70110ERY PUNISHMENT BILL. Sir IL PEEL said, in consequence of the illness of an honourable member, who took a part in the debate on the bill, he should move to postpone the consideration of their lordships' amendments to the bill to Monday. The right hon. gentleman made the motion, which was agreed to. Mr. OTWAY CAVE presented a petition from Brighton, for the abolition of slavery in the West Indies. Ile hoped the question would be generally taken up on the broad ground of slavery being against the law and constitution of this country. If parliament did not interfere to give the negroes their legal rights, he thought they would be justified in having recourse to force. Mr. H. TWISS said, the state of slavery was recognized by English law. If the slaves were to act on the opinions of the hon. gent. it would throw not only all rights of property, but all other rights in the West Indies into inexplicable confusion. Mr. W. SMITH said, no doubt the law now recognised slavery ; but when Col. Hawkins asked Queen Elizabeth's permission to take Africans to the colonies, she said, if the Africans were taken to the colonies against their consent, it would be detestible in the sight of GOD and man ; and would bring down the vengeance of Heaven on the perpetrators of the crime. He thought, from the distress now prevalent in the West Indies, this prophecy was in course of fulfilment. He was confident, if we wanted to destroy the West Indies, we could not do it more effectually than by leav ing them to the consequences of their own system of injustice, cruelty, and blood. Sir G. MURRAY said he felt convinced in his own mind that slavery could only have its origin in cruelty. Its only excuse was a hen barbarous nations, in a state of war, made slaves of their pri soners, instead of putting them to death ; but that civilized countries s::ould make slaves of uncivilized people for gain was not to be tolerated. Every thing should be done to ameliorate the condition of those now in a state of slavery, but every expression should be avoided that could have the effect of inflaming the minds of the un happy sufferers. Dir. OTWAY CAVE said the right of resistance to oppression was the natural right of every human being. When protection was refused, allegiance was dissolved. He was anxious to prevent such an appeal, and therefore wished to warn the slave owners of the dan ger they incurred. The hon. gentleman prorated similar petitions 1:om Castle Dortington and Loughborough. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from certain persons in Rye, complaining of the decision of the Rye election committee. - - H Ulll E said he hoped there was no truth in the report that the treasury money had been given in support of the present petition. Mr. 0. CAVE said he had heard the same report, and he hoped the Government would disavow it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in a most in dignant tone, he would not answer such a charge. If the hon. gent. had a charge to make let him bring it forward in a proper manner, and it should be answered. Mr. 0. CAVE said he did not make a charge, but as there was such a report he thought the government ought to be obliged to the hon. gent. who asked the question. Mr. HUME said, a great deal of virtuous indignation had been thrown away by the right hon. gentleman—he had reason to believe that government money had been advanced in support of the object of the petition. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if the hon. gentleman had reason to believe that government had been guilty of bribery and corruption, the dereliction of duty was his in not bring. ing the subject before the house. - - Mr. HUME said, he did not charge bribery and corruption...the money might be advanced for expenses. Mr. SPRING RICE brought up the report of the committee on the state of the poor in Ireland.—Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Mr. LABOUCH ERE hoped the government would have no ob. tion to give a pledge that the bill for the government of Canada would be brought forward early next session. Sir G. 111URRAY said he was quite aware of the importance of the measure, and would press it at the earliest opportunity. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that an order for printing returns respecting the Scotch distilleries, be dis charged. The printing would cost 1501. The motion was agreed to. SALE OF lEEE RILL. The CHANCELLOR of th e EXCHEQUER moved that the Lords' amendment In the Sale of Beer Bill be agreed to. The amendment was agreed to without any observation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the tenth report of the Commissioners for Building Churches.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HUME asked, was there any objection to make a return otl the number of Admirals and General Mem in the Army, with the amount of rate of pay and allowances, appointed between the years 1792 and 1829 ? He heard it was the intention tamale a largead dition to the present very great number of those officers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was no objection to the motion. Mr. HUME made the motbn, which was agreed to, and the re. turn ordered. The houae adjourned to Monday. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. TRIAL OF THE GILMHITON CARTEL*. This trial, with regard to which such an intense interest has been elicited, proceeded on Monday with closed doors. Owing to this circumstance, it is not in our power to give a detailed report. Our inability, however, we might have attempted to supply, by piecing together the accounts we have received front different persons enjoy ing the privilege of being present. But thus we have not ventured to do in tile face of a distinct charge front the Court, to forbear to publish any part of the evidence. The Court met a little after ten o'clock, A. it..—Present, the Lords Justice-Clerk, blesdowbank, and Moncrieff. The panels ns be is i t n e f brought to the bar, their indictment was read to them. It consisted of three several charges : The first was that of committing a rape on the body of Margaret Paterson, with the usual alternative charge of assault with intent to ravish; the second, of murdering the said Margaret Paterson in the manner more particularly described in the indictment, the details of which have already been sufficiently bla zoned abroad ; the third, of robbing the said Margaret Paterson of sundry articles of wearing apparel, Ike. &c. The prisoners having pleaded not guilty, the jury were ballotted and sworn. The counsel for the prosecution then proceeded to lead their evidence. The Crown witnesses summoned were seventy-one in number, and of these thirty-three were examined. Shortly before I o'clock on Tuesday morning the jury retired, when the doors of the Court were thrown open, and after being enclosed for a few minutes, returned a verdict, unanhpously wing both panels guilty, actors, art and part, of them uAer, the robbery, sod of the assault with intent to ravish as libelled, but found the drugs "if rape not proven. The Loan Jurrica-CLE as, In discharging the jury, stated that tie verdict which they had returned was perfectly consonant with the pinions entertained by the Court. Sentence was then moved for. lard filSADOWllana—My Lord,Justice-Clerk- 1 t Is little more than 18 months ago that the melancholy duty devolved on me to propose sentence of death on a panel convicted before you of a crime at that time considered almost unparalleled in atrocity. The ut. most stretch of our imagination then did not lead us to anticipate the possibility that there were living in the midst of civilized society men who could be guilty of still greater atrocities--of more unpa ralleled brutality—revolting to every feeling that actuates the mind of man. lam perfectly certain that, were the details of this case unfortunately made public, as, thank GOD, the power of the law has enabled you to prevent, those details would have excited such feeling in this Christian community as never were before excited. It is hardly possible to imagine that persons would have been f oun d living in this Christian land who could have brought their minds to the commission of such atrocious crimes. Melancholy it Is to think that, had this unprotected female been wandering the world among the most barbarous people, she would have been in a state of comparative safety to what she was within three miles of the me tropolis of this most civilized country ; such is the fact, that this poor unhappy woman, after having Wien into the hands of these abandoned men, was treated in a manner which, of necessity, was to produce death--she was robbed of the miserable pittance which she had in her possession ; and this was committed on a person on whom they had the intention to satisfy other brutal passions. This is the worst feature of the case. I have not words to express the feelings which the details of this day have necessarily excited in my bosom. I have alluded to them generally, and shall only farther allude to them by saying, that I think it was impossible for any human being, who beard the evidence, to entertain a doubt of the perfect propriety of the verdict which has been returned. With these observations, I have now simply to prone to your Lordship to pronounce the sentence of the law, which is that of death, and that it shall be carried into effect on Wednesday the 18th of August next. Lord MONCRZIFT said, very few words were necessary from him in a cue which, for himself, he would say, beggared all his powers of language to describe, and all his terms of condemnation to chsrscterbe. It was not to be wondered that it should sicken the heart of an honest man, much less a Christian, to hear the details of it. This was a case in which was exemplified the workings of the great enemy of the human race, and the dreadful lengths in wickedness to which the human heart will go when left to itself...- To think of the poor creature against whom these detestible things were done, it .was impossible but to shudder. The panels had I proved that she was a person of bad character, who had fallen from the paths of virtue, and who was addicted to more vices than one ; but surely that woman was an object of companion to every man who had the feelings of a man. These two men, however, had de graded themselves into little better then beasts of prey, making this helpless female their victim. They left her, without a particle of feeling, lying on the road in a state of insensibility—so insensible that two men passing did not observe her. She was found at last ; and how she had been found he would not attempt to describe; but sure he was that the law would be very unfit for its purpose if it did not deal promptly with such atrocious criminals. The Loan JusTics CLEax—James Thompson and David Dobbie you have heard the verdict which has been recorded, and the opinions which their Lordships entertain in regard to your case as exhibited In evidence against you; and following their example— feeling that no words which I can use are capable of describing the unparalleled brutality, cruelty, and wickedness of the foul transac tion which has been disclosed this day, I shall not enter into de. tails, further than to remark that the exhibition you have made is calculated to make every man blush. S uc h wickedness and brutal abomination could not have been believed to have been committed had it not been sworn to in evidence. Following the principle of law, by which the proceedings have been conducted with closed doors till this stage of the proceedings, I shall refrain from saying any thing of the crimes of which you stand convicted on the clearest evidence ever produced before a jury. But it is my d u ty t o warn you to prepare for the inevitable fate which awaits you in this world; and I warn you, in the most earnest manner, to prepare to appear before the judgment-seat of the ALMIGHTY, to answer for all the deeds done in the body. Rest assured that if ever there was a case in which the law will take its full course it is yours. You are now to consider that your days on earth are numbered, and that you have now no other duty in the world but to pray for forgiveness of all your crlmes—to humble yourself at the footstool of your Creator. Do not lose a single moment in setting about heartfelt repentance— and GOD grant that it may be sincere,—and that forgiveness be extended to you for your crimes. His Lordship then sentenced the panels to be executed at Edinburgh, on the 18th August, and their bodies given to Dr. Munro, professor of anatomy, for dissection. Dobbie said—My Lord, it Is a grand thing that you canna die. sect the soul. The Loma JUSTICE CLERIC then gave a strong recommends. tion to newspapers not to publish the details of the evidence, should it reach them. The trial terminated about half-past one yesterday morning. Thomson has a pale thin face, with little expression ! He has never been much downcast since in jail. In Court he heard un. moved the whole proceedings. Once or twice he indulged for a few minutes in a nervous vibration of his body. Only once did he cease to turn his large unexpressive eyes round the Court, and cast them as abashed to the earth. This was while the medical man was giving his evidence. Dobbie's face is expressive of much more sagacity. His eye is large and glowing. Since his apprehension he has been unwearied In devising schemes fur counteracting the evidence against him He has not scrupled to compromise his fel low-prisoner, who does not seem to possess intelligence enough to be angry at him for this disingenuous conduct. His agitation rose to such an excess on Sunday morning, that his keepers feared he meditated some violence against himself. His demeanour in Court was filgetty in the extreme. He compressed his lip at times— again he let the under lip droop, displaying his teeth. He drank frequent and deep draughts of water ; and sometimes the energy with which he demanded the liquid had something of frenzy in it.— Edinburgh Observer. THE LAW FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF FORGERY. The opinion entertained by Mr. Justice James Parke on the sub. ject of inflicting the penalty of death upon persons convicted of the of me,e of simply uttering a forged acceptance, has occasioned a great hubbub in Lombard.street and its vicinity. In the case of Joseph Mather, who was found guilty of uttering a forged acceptance for the sum of ten pounds, with intent to cheat and defraud Richard Collins, the Learned udge held that there were Acts of Parliament ' in the Statute book repealinc the mere offence of uttering as a capi. tal offence, and respited the judgment, in the course of the late Ses sion of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, leaving the question to be decided by the twelve Judges. It is said that some of the most eminent lawyers of the day coincide in this opinion ; which, if agreed to by the majority of the Judges, will effectually strangle the Bill now in progress respecting forgery. Those bankers who have established a Society for protection against f and fraud, and who are in the habit of putting the efficacy of g. ing by the neck for this crime to the test with the most contd. derate frequency, will, if Mr. Justice Jas. Park be right in the in. fetence he has [drawn from the Authorities he has alludid to, be under the necessity of combining their efforts to produce a sanction to the introduction of a more bloody law than at present exists. It is certain a great many forgeries have been committed in the course of the present session, and that the houses upon which those forge. ries have been committed, would not indict for the offences on the dread that death must be the consequence of prosecution. It is also certain that those who were defrauded were men of known hu manity, and that the offenders were aware that they would owe their impunity to the revolting nature of the existing law. There are in Newgate at this moment some individuals who have been al lowed to commit forgeries upon forgeries, but at last have been placed at the dock of the Old Bailey for having perpetrated some of. fence not punishable by the spilling of blood. There is not, indeed, a session which does not produce many instances of this effect of the forgery part of our code. The fact of the impunity has not flailed to generate a confidence in the chances of escape on charges for other offences, and the practical men who have the care of prisons, and to whom the tenants of the cells are in the habit of communicating the history of their adventures, know that forgery is one of the first on their list of crimes, and when they speak of it as one of immi. nest danger, 6, No, no," replied the prisoners, there you are wrong ; forgery, if you look to your man properly, is safer than picking a pocket." It is strange, that if a man be detected in the offence of uttering a forged order foe goods to the amount of 60001. his punishment cannot exceed transportation for seven year; but if he forges an order on a banker foe the sum of 81. he is liable to be handed over to the executioner. The majority of bankers are not, it appears from the numerous petitions presented against the continuation of the penalty of death in cases of forgery, at all proud of the distinction of having the platform opposite to the debtors' door at Newgate, pointed at as the only safeguard of their property. It may not be improper to state here that his Majesty has inti mated his determination not to add to the misery of those who are condemned for capital offences, by any delay in sanding down the report. The Recorder must, in future. prepare his papers with all possible despatch. His Majesty did not forget the condition and suffering of the 38 persons under sentence of death when he as., vended the Throne. One of his first acts was to take their cases into consideration. The mull, we know, was a respite to all. It was Immediately afterwards reported, in the wild spirit of exam. ration that attends the acts of a new Sovereign, that the King's le silty alone saved the lives of four or Ave of the list, whose offences were erotmous, and who were known to be persons of the meat abandoned champ:Mrs. It is declared by those who are best qua. lified to judge, drat the only individual of the unfortunate group considered lately to be made an example, if the old reign had been would have been the woman named Norris, who robbed protracted,sts Messrs. Simms. and Pelisse! , the silkmen of St. Paul's Churchyard, of goods to the amount of 4,000 L POLICE REPORTS. BOW-STRENT.—SVIIRENDEII or CAPTAIN HILLINAN..-It must be fresh in the recollection of the public, that about twelve months ago, a fatal duel was fought between Captain Heisham and Lieutenant Crowther, of the let Royals, and that the latter unfor tunate gentleman received his adversary's ball in the neck, and instantly expired. Thecircumstances connected with this melancholy and sanguinary reneontre created a strong sensation at Boulo gne, where the meeting took place. and facts subsequently transpired which led the friends of the deceased to cause criminal pro ceedings to be instituted against Captain Helaham in France, as we stated at the time ; but, although that individual underwent the ordeal of two trials under the French laws, he was pro. nounced Not Guilty on each occasion. Such a result was by no means satisfactory to the friends of the deceased, who used every means in their power to induce the authorities of Boulogne to deliver Captain Hehham up, but without success. An equally fruitless effort was also made to procure the interference of the Secretary of State ; and, finally, a brother of the deceased, a Clergyman, residing in Kent, offered a reward for Captain Helabam's apprehension. Thus the affair stood until within the last few days, when information was despatched from Southampton to the Rev. Mr. Crowther, intimating that Captain Hehham and his family had arrived in that neighbourhood. As soon as the Rev. Mr. Crowther was apprised of this fact, he lost not a moment in re pairing to Southampton ' where he obtained a warrant from one of the West Magistrates, and placed it for instant execution in the hands of a constable, who soon afterwards learned that Captain Helsluun had a short time before started for the mo l ls . To Lon don the Rev. Mr. Crowther and the constable followed. They reached town late on Wednesday a ft ernoon, and on calling at this office to have warrant backed, to their astonishment found that Captain Heleham was then in the custody of Birchen, the officer at the lodgings of the former, No. 7, Norfolk-street, Strand, and that the Captain had surrendered himself into the hands of justice only a few hours before. It was then arranged that the parties should appear the following day, and accordingly, at nine o'clock yester day morning, Captain Hehham was brought before Mr. Mrs sault.r., who, in consequence of the late King's funeral, sat at that early hour for the purpose of despatching the public business, in order that the office might be closed before the hour of Divine Ser vice should arrive. Mr. Smith, solicitor, of Bedford.row, attended for Capt. Helsham, and Mr. Harmer for the prosecution. E; The Rev. Mr. Crowther then deposed, that the prisoner was the same individual who had shot his brother, the late lieut. Crowther, in a duel, fought at Boulogne; and that, if time were afforded for the production of witnesses, evidence to establish a complete case against the prisoner would be adduced on a future day. Mr. Smith submitted that the magistrate was not warranted in detaining the prisoner in custody, the affair having occurred in a fo reign country beyond his jurisdiction, and the prisoner having been there tried by the laws of that country for the offence. Mr. Harmer contended, however, that the magistrates bad juris diction in the case under the recent act, known as Lord lansdowne's Act, passed in the 9th year of the reign of Geo. IV. c. 31, see. 7. Mr. MININULL said he was not aware of the statute referred to. Mr. Harmer replied, that it was an act passed for the express pur pose of obviating the difficulty now started. The learned gentle man then read the following clause :—" And be it further enacted, that If any of his Majesty's subjects shall be charged in England with any murder or manslaughter, or with being accessory before the fact to any murder, or after the fact to any murder or man slaughter, the same being respectively committed on land out of the United Kingdom, whether within the King's dominions or without, it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace of the county or place where the person so charged shall be, to take cognizance of the of fence so charged, and to proceed therein as if the same had been committed within the limits of their ordinary jurisdiction." In the case of Peers there is a similar provision. Mr. MINSITULL admitted that this Act had escaped his notice, and observed upon the salutary effects that must result from it. He thought it could not be made too public, as the impression abroad was, that British subjects might fight duels in France without fear of consequences. The magistrate then remanded Captain Helsham for a fortnight. DISTRESSING SUICIDE AT PECKHAM. Yesterday afternoon an inquisition was taken at the Globe Ta. vern, Peckham, before Mr. Carter, coroner, and a very respectable jury, en view of the body of Mrs. Diana Bayne, aged 24 years, a lady of great personal accomplishments, wife of W. B. Baylie, Esq. who committed self-destruction, emanating from the most dis tressing circumstances. The dreadful affair has produced the greatest excitation and grief in the minds of the inhabitants, with many of whom the unhappy deceased was upon intimate terms, and her amiable qualities en. deared her to all who knew her. After the jury had been sworn, they proceeded ,into the room where the body lay in a coffin and shrouded. Upon the lid being removed, the jury were struck with the placid and youthful appear ance of the unfortunate deceased, and many of them who knew her in her lifetime shed tears, and described her to be a most lovely young creature. After fulfilling this part of the business they re turned to the inquest room, where the following evidence was re ceived : Mary Selwyn exesnined-4 live servant in the family of Mr. Baylie, residing at Hill-street, Peckham; I saw ber last alive at about 10 o'clock on Monday night last ; she was then in the par. lour engaged with Mies Dorrity, a friend. Shortly after Miss Dor. rity left the house, and my mistress took the candle and went up stairs, and Aimee Immediately after a double knock came to the door; it was Mr. O'Conner, my mistress's brother-in-law; I showed him into the parlour, whilst I went up to inform my misstres of his arrival; when I entered her bed-room I found my poor lady lying on the floor with her throat cut, and apparently dead. The rase with which she did the deed was grasped in her right hand. I shrieked out, and Mr. O'Connor came up stairs, but on beholding the corpse, be ran out of the room immediately. I ran for Mr. Brett, th e surgeon , who came in the moment, but his attendance was of no utility, as she was quite dead. Juror—The lock bas been forced off by violence, and the panels splintered, and appears to have been effected by a poker or hammer. A gentleman present said, that the manner in which the door be came in that state would presendybe shown to the jury. Juror—ln what profession is your master ? Witness—He is one of the principal clerks in the ordnance de partment in the Tower. Juror—When did your master leave home last ? Witness—He left home at about eight o'clock on Friday morning (yesterday week.) Juror—Did he appear to be in anger with his lady when he left home? _ _ ss...—He did; and when my master went out, my mistress followed him in a state of much embarrassment, and I saw them talking in the fields together. Juror—How long was she absent from home before she returned ? Witness—About ten minutes ; and when she came in, she showed much uneasiness in her mind, cried very much, and said Mr. Baylle would not give her a positive answer. I advised her to lie down a bit, which she did. Mr. O'Conner said that the deceased was of a hasty disposition, and bad latterly entertained a jealous feeling towards Mr. Balite, which had caused much acrimony and ill-feeling between them. He called upon her on Monday night, at about 10 o'clock, when he had not been in the house a moment before be was alarmed by the servant, and when he ran up stairs he found the deceased lying as had been described, with her throat cut and quite dead. With lEctto the bed-room door being injured, he would ex. bow It came to be so. Mr. Baylie one evening wished to to go out, which gave great offence to his unfortunate wife, and she fron jealousy locked his clothes in the bed.room, to obtain which he shivered the door open with the poker, which caused the marks of violence upon it alluded to by the jury. Coroner—Were you aware of the absence of Mr. Baylis from his wife ? Witness—l was, Sir; but be had occasion to be away from home in order to settle some pecuniary matters. He slept all the time at the Bricklayers' Arms in the t.road. Juror—He ought to have corresponded with the ill-fated woman, at all events. Witness—He did, Sir; a letter was brought by a messenger from Mr. Baylie to his wife scarcely a moment after she had de. stroyed herself. Juror—Ay, but he cones too late, the deed was done. (Here the letter was in and read to the Jug by the coro. use t it was to the following erect t) 44 July 12, 1830. "My dearest D.—l am resolved not to come home till things awe settled : how can I, when you are always reflecting and re. surking upon my conducts but at all events be this as it may, do not fires moment think of coming to me ; but if you will send but one kind word back to me, promising not to reflect upon me any more, I will return home directly. " My beloved D. " To Mrs. Baylie, Ns. 3, Hill.street, Peckham." The witness said the moment he returned down stAits. after seeing the dead body, the messenger was at the door with the letter. The CORONES regretted the letter did not arrive • few moments 10011 t?, as, in all probability, its contents would have averted the object of the deceased. Mr. Brett, the surgeon, said he had examined the wound in the throat of th:unhappy woman, and found that the wind pipe wee completely divided as were also the prindpal veins and arteries on either side of the direst. Death must have ensued instantaneously. There being no further evidence, the coroner addressed the Jury, who returned a verdict " That the deemed lady had cut her throat in • fit of temporary mental derangement." ~ W. 8.8." SCINTILLAS. ODD PROCLAMATION FOR HOLDING A FAIR •MON G Tug Bcorcu.—O yes ! and that's se tine; 0 yes ! and thao, twa times ; 0 yes ! and that's the third and last time. All manner of pearson, or whosoever, let 'em draw near and I sh a ll let 'em know t h at t h er e is a fair to be held at the muckle town of Langholm for the space of aught days ; wherein if any hustrin custrin land-lopper, dub-strouper, or gang-the-gate swinger, sh a ll breed any hurdam durdam, rabblement, brabblement, or squabble. meat, he shall have his lugs tacked to the muckle throne, with a nail of a twa-a-penny, until he down on his bobshanks, and put up his muckle daups, aad pray to hea'en seven times—Oon bless the king ; and thrice the spackle laird of Belton; paying a gro at to me Jenny Ferguson, bell of the aforesaid manor. 8o you 've heard my proclamation, and I'll gang beam to my dinner. The John Bull, which never hesitates to joke upon matters of importance, in speaking of the grand national under. taking of the metropolitan esaselery, suggests that Sir Isaac Corrin should be the fittest President. m 11111 aCHOOLDIASTEM WANTED.—The following is a literal copy of an account which $ gentleman In town received from $ green-grocer last week—" Twernept 2 doe Is I cabetch 1 dos is 6d I onins 4d I sellet 4d." Among Kings, and Ministers, and nations, economy is the first virtue—without it genius is a meteor; victory $ sound; and all courtly splendour a public robbery.—Arthur Yowsp's 71 u. vets in Frame, 1792._ _ _ _ . - Clear and sound dealing is the honour of man's na ture; and mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it...., Boson. TOLERATION." To what purpose have I a conscience of mo wn," said John Gerson, Chancellor of Paris, "if I must live an according to the conscience of another man ?" ACCIDENT.—On the 24th of the first moon, at a reli gious drama, the wife of Wonphhtgeoy attended. The lady was pregnant. At noon, whilst leaning over the bannister, looking at the play, a boy was born. For women, under such circumstances, to be looking at plays, and to be delivered, is a rare occurrence.—C?ai. nese Reporter. PULPIT FA LSEIIOOD.—Some of the Islington preach ers, we understand, last week thought proper to attack newspapers, and one person went so far as to say that - every Sunday newspaper was published in support of infidel principles. How melancholy is the reflection, that a man pretending to teach his fellows the way to salvation, should dare (in the hope of currying favour with his worldly superior) to profane the House of GOD by ignorantly or wil. fully stating a falsehood from that pulpit, which he is paid to fill in order to promulgate eternal truth. How TO GET A PLACE.—Sir Robert Walpole was fond of playing at billiards, at which his friend, Dr. Morey, ex celled him, " How happens it, Mousey," said Sir Robert, " that nobody beats me at billiards," or contradicts me, but you ?" " The solution is easy," said Mousey, " I want neither places nor money from you. Perhaps, if I did, I should be as great a bungler at bil. Bards as you are." A SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—Upon the members quitting the town, the weather began to clear up ; and, clouded as the atmosphere was during the whole time of their canvass, the in stant it ceased the sky presented a most clear blue appearance.— Newark Tines. A POOR FAMILY.—There is at present a family re siding at Treswell, near East Retford, who are now, and whose ancestors have been, receiving parochial relief ever since the reign of Elisabeth. A MAIDEN SUNDAY.—Sunday last was what is called a maiden one at our Church, there being neither a marriage, churching, baptism, christening, funeral, nor any banns published ; a circumstance which has not occurred for several years In this parish.—Neseark Timer. CHINESE TYPES.—The moveable types hitherto em ployed by Europeans, have, we be li eve, been generally engraved. No method of casting them as ever been adopted extensively. We hear that the Rev. 31r. Dyer, an English missionary to the Chinese on Penang, contemplates casting them in the following manner : Have the characters wanted first cut on wood, by a good Chinese type-cutter. Then take a facaimile of the engraved block on clay. Upon the clay cast the type metal, then saw the characters, and dress them to the proper size. We see various objections to this mode of proceeding, but sincerely hope he will overcome all the difficulties, so as to make Chinese moveable types tolerably cheap. PRESENCE OF MIND.—The following remarkable anecdote Is related by Gibbon, in his account of the siege of Alex. andris, by the Arabian army, under the command of Amrou i the conqueror of 4ypt :—" In every attack on the city, th e sword of Amrou glittered in the van of the Moslems. On a memorable day, he was betrayed oy his imprudent valour; his followers who had entered the citadel were driven back; and the general, with a friend and a slave, remained a prisoner in the bands of the Christians. When Annan was conducted before the prefect, he remembered his dignity and forgot his situation; a lofty demeanour, and resolute language, revealed the Lieutenant of the Caliph, and the battk.aae of a soldier was ahead, raised to strike off the had of the audacious captive. His life was saved by the readiness of his slave, who in. steady gave his master a blow on the face, and commanded him, in an ggrryy tone, to be silent in the presence of his superiors. The credulous Greek was deceived, he listened to the offers of a treaty, and his prisoners were dismissed in the hope of a more respectable embassy till the joyful acclamations of the Saracen camp an. nounostethe return of their general, and insulted the folly of the Infidels." TESIPERANCE SOCIETIES IN AMERICA.--.-We have just received a letter on this subject from a Gentleman in New. York, under date the Bth ult. and as the contents may be interest ing to not a few of our readers, we here subjoin a copy of it :—I have read with great pleasure the doings at the meeting of tile Leven Temperance Society published in your paper of April the 21st. Some gentlemen who read the speech of Dr. Kirk, pro. minced it one of the very best things they had seen on the sub ject. There is one thing I noticed with surprise —the calls on the claw to join the cause, as if they were backward about it. Surely the clergy cannot be following to the promotion of temperance. One would almost conclude that they had received with peculiar docility the direction of Father Paul to his son Timothy, about tha way to keep the stomach in order. If, however, they will but hearken still further, they will hear the hardy veteran preach of temperance till they tremble. In this country at the close of the last century, it was not uncommon for the clergy, at their various meetings with each other for business and improvement, to spend most of the time cracking jokes, smoking long pips, and drinking t rum and brandy. At one time, in the city of New York, a very deplorable portion of the clergy were well-known tipplers. Among ajor, this ion were some men of splendid talents, and such was the y on the subject, that they were permitted to fill their sacred until they died, an event which in several eases was evidently hastened by intemperance. At their funerals splendid eulogies were pronounced, but now their congregations are willing to hr them rest in quietness. The clergy now have thrown away, in =l4 the practices I have alluded to, and no spirits are used by or olkred to others any where, or under any circumstances, emit as medicine. The whole plan of operations which has such wonders here, was contrived by clergymen at the Tbs t eal School at Andover, and by clergymen, as leading in = a ntevensent, kMs been carried on to this time. Now the et elking spidinees liquors in courtesy to friends, is abo lished be A the hue dreles of the Eastern States. Among the more sellstees dream a man would almost as soon be known to swear as to drink brandy. The principle on which the reform rests is perfeedy simple, and goes here by the appellation of " total abstinence," though I see your orators did not use that plume. This is die doctrine—the machinery consists of societies formed with till Wilds at first embrace the better portion of society, gain sttmiees at every impulse, and soon control the public opinion of the Sewn. There have been societies for years in this country, but they have never before accomplished any thing ; because in the first place, they set out to suppress isaewsperance a thing which cannot be done, certainly not with the permission ;hey have always held out to moderate drinking. I pray the reformation may go on in this country and in yours, until those nations, the most celebrated for the universal diffusion of intelligence, shall wipe away the dia. honourably celebrity which they have acquired of being also the most beastly drunkards iii creation. GHOST.—Last year, in the 12th moon, a widow's son in the neighbourhood, having been chastised by her, run off into an adjoining house, and cut his throat. The house was subsequently let to a Northcountryman, who, a few days ago, gave a party to some friends, in the midst of which bricks, tiles, &c. came down from the roof on the table, and broke the dishes, and a voice sa'd, " I am the lord of this house, aged in, why don't you sacrifice to me ?" The Northcountryman believed this must be the ghom of the lad who cut his throat, and forthwith quitted the mansion. MARRIED. The 15th last. at Clifton, J. Williamson, E s q. B.A. o f Nor College. Oxford, to Frances Bladalane, second daughter of H. lid% Esq. of Pulteney.street Bath.—Tuesday, the 2 . . d ult. at limo burgh, J. F. Prendergas t, Esq. to litargaretta, Sophia, daughter of the late J.‘Vehrtman, Esq. DIED. The 16th inst. at Brighton, ititiard, the eldest son of 'dlr. Rowell, 13, Friday-street, aged 7 Teen.—The 16th inst. at his residence in Newington-plate . G. Hart, Esq. fault:: Printed sad Published by Jour Mum", at the STA"• Orrice No. i. Ptekett•plaoe.Temple Bar.