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,Trnr, AND Cerpscr. re i ANECDOTES OF POLAND. From Fickhcr's History of Po'nnel.) THE FIRST PARTITION. relations of the three courts, at the com 'tent of the war between Russia and Turkey, portend any thing like a coalition; Fred°. leed was in alliance with Russia, but also favoured the Sultan; Austria was all but enemy of both Russia and Prussia. Cir ices, however, obliged Austria to forget her o Prussia, and Frederick thus became the er between the courts of Vienna and Peters- Frederick had every reason to wish to lull ipicions and jealousies of Austria, that he be left in undisputed possession of Silesia ; ' power, moreover, was no longer an object or jealousy to him, for the seven years' reduced its sources to the lowest ebb. !rick availed himself cf circumstances to tee an amicable correspondence with Aus _ he thus became the medium of communi between the hostile courts of Vienna and wrgh. No more direct intelligence, how ;isted between these two states than before, It as was Theresa's hatred against Ceiba itharine's was no less violent ; and even Austria made friendly overtures, through .ck, concerning mediation between Turkey .ussia, she desired Frederick to desist, and ' the interference. ,hannel of communication, however, was between the three conspiring powers ; and t step was for one of the triumvirate to the iniquitous partition plot. It is made a 4' much dispute which of them started the and they all equally disclaim the infamy of , author. __ cannot be imagined that the scheme of parti tion originated with Catharine; she had long been the real mistress of Poland, the king was nothing more than her tenant at will, and it required only a little time for the whole kingdom to sink into a Russian province. The intentions of the other powers began to evince themselves more plainly in 1770. Frederick began to throw out hints of claims on certain Polish distticts ; he obliged the Polish Prussians to furnish his troops with horses and corn, in exchange for debased money, which was either forged Polish silver coin, only one-third of its nominal value, or false Dutch ducats, 17 per cent. under the proper value. The three powers could readily understand each other's designs; but the first communication which% took place between them on the subject cccurred in December 1770, and January, 1771. In the former month Catharine invited Prince Henry, Fre derick's brother, who had before been a personal acquaintance, to her court, and the wily despot of Prussia urged him earnestly to accept the invita tion. Hes reached. Petersburg,ll in the midst of the public festivities *and rejoicings for the victories over the Turks ; and having, like his brother, abun dant. flattery at will, he seized the opportetuity of loading Catharine with compliments. It was in these conferences that the fate of Poland was de cided; while Catharine was hesitating about ac cepting the terms Austria proposed, which were, that she should renounce her design upon Moldavia and Walachia, the news arrived at Petersburg that the Austrian troops had taken possession of Zips. Catharine was much astonished at the proceeding, and remarked, that if Austria seized the Polish ter ritory, the two other neighbouring powers must imitate her example until she desisted. This hint suggested to Henry a mode of removing those ob jections of A ustria.which impeded the negociation. He knew that the court of Vienna was as eager for aggrandizement as Russia, and that all her jea lousies would be allayed by a similar accession of territory ; that at the same time she would never consent to have the Russians as her neighbours in Moldavia and Walachia, but would have no objec tion to their making an equal increase to that im mense empire elsewhere. Frederick's consent, also, must be purchased by an equal allotment ; where then, he thought, were there three such portions to be found but where Austria pointed out. Catharine approved of the plan after a few mo ments' reflection, but mentioned two impediments, first, that when her troops had entered Poland she had solemnly declared that she would maintain the integrity of the kingdom, and next that Austria would not receive such a proposal from her without suspicion. These difficulties were readily removed, the first by breaking the engagement, and the second by making Frederick the negotiator with the', Court of Vienna. It now remained to persuade Austria to join the coalition. Joseph and Kaunitz were soon won over, but Maria Theresa's conscience made a long resist ance. The fear of hell, she said, restrained her from seizing, another's possessions. It was represented to her, however, that her resistance could not pre vent the other two powers from portioning out Poland, but might occasion a war which would cost the valuable lives of many, whereas the peaceable partition would not spill a drop of blood. She was thus, she imagined, placed in a dilemma between two sins; and forgetting the command, " do not sail that good may come," she endeavoured to per suade herself that she was doing her duty in choosing the least. She yielded at length with the air of some religious devotee, who exclaims to tier artful seducer, "may God forgive you !" and at the same time sinks into his arms. The contract was signed between Prussia and Austria on the 4th of March, and the definite treaty of partition which regulated the three portions was concluded on the sth of August, 1772. Russia was to have, by this first partition, the pa latinates of Polock, Witebsk and Mscislaw, as far as the rivers Dzwina and Dnieper, more than 3000 square leagues; Austria had for her share Red Russia, (Gallicia,) and a portion of Podolia and Little Poland as far as the Vistula, about 2500 square leagues ; and Prussia uas to be contented with Polish Prussia, (excepting Dantzig and Thorn with their territory,) and part of Great Poland as far. as the river Notec (or Netze,) comprising about 900 square leagues. All the rest of the kingdom was to be ensured to Stanialas under the old constitution. The three powers fixed on the 19th of April 1773 for the opening of a diet at Warsaw to ratify their claims, Their troops were in possession of all Po. capital in particular was strongly in-. Rewiski, Benoit, and Stakeiberg, the and Russian ministers Were' on ' and direct all the debates:. They 4 deputy who opposed their pro. tted as an enemy of his country, i Diicutsi ?ITU : I • y si; t a jk, ' 3T • 20 4 / or,. AN] 'From TH 'The relations mencentent of (lid net portend irk indeed wat :-evretly favour :,n open enemy climstances, ho I.ltred to Prase 4 ilhedintor betwe l.urgh. Fredet the suspicious • might be left it and that power, • of dread or jea war had reduce Frederick al commence an a tiia, and he thu cation between 1, Pete:sburgh. over, existed be • for great as wal rule, Catharine when Austria Frederick, con( 4 and Russia, sh rejected the int, A channel 0, • opened between the next step broach the iniqt matter of much project, and the being its author • I It cannot be for the opening of a claims. Their troop land ; the capital it vested ; sod Rewiski Austrian, Prussian, the spot to overrule ai declared that every d posals should be treat F ~L; c ! and of the three powers. Frederick himself ststas, 1 in his description of this transaction, that the depu ties were informed if they continued refractory that the whole kingdom would be dismembered, but on the contrary, that if they were submissive the fo reign troops would evacuate by degrees the terri- ' tory the intended to leave to the republic. The diet was to be confederated, that the Poles might be deprived of their last resource, the libcrum veto. The indifference with which other states re garded this partition was indeed surprising. France, in particular, might have been expected to protest against it; but the imbecility and dotage of Louis the XVth, and the weakness of his minis ter, paid too little attention to the interestsof their own nation to be likely to think of others. They made the most Eivolotis excuses, and even had the meanness to attempt to shift ;he blame on the shoulders of their ambassador a t Vienna, pretending that he amused himself with hunting, instead of po litics, and had no knowledge of the design of par tition until it was consummated. Louis contented himself with saying, with an affectation of rage, " It would not have happened if Choiseul had been here !" Some few patriots in England declaimed on the injustice of the proceeding, but the spirit of the ministry, which was occupied in wrangliag with the American colonies about the imposition of taxes, was not likely to be very attentive to the cries of oppressed liberty. At a sitting of the Helvetic Society of Naturar Sciences, a letter was read from Dr. Flachin, o Yverdun, relative to an experiment before men tioned to the society, in which the ball was pre vented from leaving the bottom of a musket when the gunpowder was fired, simply by putting the' ramrod upon the ball, and the end of the finger upon the ramrod. He supposes the effect may be explained by the circumstance, that near the charge the ball has a very small velocity compared to that impressed upon it by the expansive force of the gases from the fired gunpowder, when exerted during the whole of the time in which it is passing along the barrel. It is well known that the effect thus accumulated is the reason why long pieces carry further than short ones, and why the breath of a man, which cannot exert a pressure of more than a quarter of an atmosphere, may, by means of a tube, throw a ball to the distance of 60 steps.— The experiment above requires great care, espe cially as to the strength of the piece, which is very liable to burst ie the performance of the experi ment.—Harnturgh Reporter. DISTANCE OF THE FIXED STARS...--The per fection of astronomical instruments has afforded the prospect of being able to determine the Annual Parallax, and, consequently, the distance of the fixed stars ' • but the quantity of d ev i a ti ou i s so small as to have hitherto eluded the closest obser vation. It cannot amount to a second in the most conspicuous, and (probably, the nearest of the stars. These luminous bodies must, therefore, be more distant, at least two hundred thousand times than the measure of the diameter of the earth. The light emitted from such neigh bouring suns, though it flies with enormous ra pidity, must yet travel more than six thou sand years, before it reaches the confines of our system. But, scattered over the immensity of space, there may exist bodies which, by their mag nitude and predominant attraction, retain or recall the rays of light, and are l os t i n s olitude and dark nese. Had the celerity of the luminous particles not exceeded four hundred miles in a recond, we should never have enjoyed the cheering beams of the sun. They would have been arrested in their journey, and drawn back to their source, before they reached the orbit of Mercury. But a star similar to our sun, and having a diameter sixty three times greater, would entirely overpower the impetus of light.—Professor Leslie's Dissertation is the Encyclopedia Britaaaica, new edition. ASTRONOMY.—Sir J. South has completed his revolving observatory. It is composed of cedar wood, moved by a variety of wheels, and weighing altogether six tons, yet a power of sixteen pounds will move it. The mechanism of this part is the invention of Brummell, junior. The celebrated twelve-inch objective glasses of Guineaud are in the hands of Tully, the optician, to fit them to a tube twenty feet in length, constructed by Troughton; it is moved by clock-work, an d th us follows the I course of a planet, allowing the same facility of, observation that could be afforded were the star a stationary object. Planets have been subjected to observation by this glass with a magnifying power of 1,300. The observatory, altogether, is said to be most perfect, and science will, no doubt, owe I obligations to Sir J. South, which we hope public encouragement will repay. MEDICO-BOTANICAL SOCIETY.—On Tuesday evening a full meeting of the Fellows of this Insti -1 tution took place ; H. Gibbs Esq. the Treas urer , in the Chair. A number of d istinguished scientific foreigners were present. A very interesting dis sertation on the medicinal plants which occur in the plays of Shakspeare, from the pen of Dr. Rootsay, of Bristol, was read, and excited consi derable attention. The bebenon henbane alluded to in Hamlet, the mandragora, the various plants so beautifully alluded to in Rococo and Juliet, and in other drours, uero the subject of inquiry, and much classical information was displayed by the ingenious author in the illustration of the subj ec t. M r . Bennett, who has lately returned from a voyage in search of scientific information, presented some plants em ployed in the Manillas medicinally, and made some observations on their use. Dr. Whiting delivered a lecture on the colchicum, and gave much valua ble information upon its employment. A singularly interesting narrative was read by Dr. Sigmond, of a case of hydrophobia, in which the guaco, which has excited such extraordinary expectation as a re medy, had been tried with great care and etteiss tion, but had completely failed, both as a cure and as a palliative. The favourite theory of geologists, that sea is becoming land, and land being converted into sea, is equally verified by Port Spain, in the island of Trinidad, as it is at Maranham. At Port Spain, the long spit of sand at the entrance of the river Caroni, has increased considerably within these few years, and the oldest inhabitants of the place also assert that the anchorage off the town is fast filling up. Tho safety of the place is such, from the nature of the climate, that merchant vessels are frequently known to run aground as near to the town as possible, for the purpose of unloading. Like the harbour of Marenham, ships cannot lie where they formerly did, and no moderate-sized vessel an anchor nearer to the town of Port Spain .than four wiles. I PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. PLYMOUTH JOURNAL, JUNE 16. For several weeks some machinery has been at work at Lyme Cobb, on Mr. Drayton's premises, and fully answers the expectations of the projector, Mr. John Martin, engi neer, lately established at Lyme, as manufacturer of all kinds of machinery. The great improvements in this case, effected by Mr. Martin, arc them—The steam engine is made to occupy considerably less space than on the old plan ; from the peculiar mode of working the steam, a sav ing of oue.half the fuel is effscted. The engine is much ruituired for its elegance and beauty of workmanship. The improvements of the oil mill consist in a newly invent. ed press, which is employed in lieu of the stompers for merly used, whose noisy fall deafened the neighbourhood where they happened to be used : this machinery is quiet. Mr. Martin's newly invented press is of the screw kind, and is (+permed on by the steam-engine in a very peculiar man ner, so that a pressure equal to 2,000 tons is effected. Se veral other improvements are discoverable in other parts of the machinery. Expedition is secured to this extent, that with the same number of hands, as much oil can be extracted in 10 bouts as was formerly done in 24. The squadron at Spithead, under the command of Sir E. Codrington, will proceed on n cruise for four or live weeks, and then return to thie port. POPULATION or EAST STONEIIOIISE.IBOI, males, 1264 ; females, 2143 ; 1611, mats, 1843 ; females, 3331 ; males 2321 ; females, 3772; 1831, males, 4127; fimales, 5444. In the parishes of Foyton, North Pctherwyn, St. Giles, Lofflngton, &c. the farmers are now disposing of their last year's stock of potatoes, at the low rate of front 15d. to ICd. per bag. each bag being about eight score. This, we un derstand, is owing to the great quantities they have still on hand. and to the wonderfully productive crop that is gene nerally expected from the ensuing season, the late rains hay. ing proved remarkably beneficial to the increase of this most useful and nutritive esculent. We would particularly call the attention of the Committee for the Irish subacription in the West of England to the:fact we have stated. The beautiful exotic, Cactus grandiftorus, is to be viewed at Pontey's Nursery, in full perfection. Many of its flowers arc 81.:ady blown, but u its blossoms only expand " amid darkness mid gloom," it is necessary that it should be con•emph:ted at midnight to be seen to the greatest ad. vantage. Atrong Lis other floral treasures, Mr. Pontey has in his posre..ion the celebrated !kluge Plant nivina Levis, which i. now exhibited. „lowing in the unrivalled beauty of its brilliant flowers and berries. A nneting of the creditors of the late firm of Sir Wiliam Elford and Co. took place on Monday last, at the Royrl Hotel, pursuant to advertisement. Mr. Jago, of the firm of Messrs. Wooleombe and .tago, blow, to :the meeting all the circumstances attending the t.uit in Chancery relative to the Manor of Bickhatu, and although every possible exertion was made by the assignees, as well as the solicitors for the Elfurd Family, ytt it was fully two years before the assignzes could obtain a decree of the Court for the sale of the property. He (Mr. Jago) need not tell the creditors that tire proceedings of that Court were sot worked 'by ceent (laughter) : they were more properly to be com pared to a stage waggott heavily laden, which could be only drawn with great thinculty, a: d not even then if the wheels were not well greased. We understand the estate will pay at least lie. in :he pound. In the garden of Mr. Wm. Whittle, of Upwny, there is row grov . in,4 a stras berry 'bur inches in circumference; there crc rpwatds of one hundred berries on the same stalk. UN S P I'D R EClllPTz.—Several tradesmen in Bab have bean Excheriticred" for giving receipts for money on un , tanro:ti paper. In several instances the penalties are ex pectutl to ba wry Navy. It is reported that some Bristol satin ate is a similar predicament. l'axmouTit. June It —Average—Wheat 70s 711. Bar. ley. 111 Oats 28. Id. Cadency—Wheat, Ws to 725. Barley, 3Or to 371. Oats, 23s to 34e. The markets since this day sennight, have been more amply supplied with Edglirb grain than for several preceding weeks; their was a fair extol; of busiress done in the Stint qualities without say matcrtal variation in the terms of last week; but for the midti;ing and inferior descriptions the millers were re locaint purchasers, though offered at lower rates. The tra:'tac,ions in the oat trade were very moderate compared with outer articles.-ptices remain much the same as last noted. Liskeard.—Wheat 20s. 6d. per bag of I6gallons ; Barley 9s. 6d ; Ows OA. per 24 galls. Latmeesion.—Whcat 275. Barley 13s. 6d. Oats fla 31.11IRIED.—The Rev. Francis John Courtenay, Rec tor of North nosey, to Emma Camilla, only daughter of the Rev. William Kling, Rector of Weybill.—Lieutenant G. Maw), R. N. to Ann, eldest daughter of W. Whitehead, E.g. of Teynhain.—Philip Wroughton , Esq. of Ilium !. Buck.. to EMMA, chitin daughter of D. Chambers, Esq. o f the Weald. DIED.— At:Torpolni. 27, Mary, second daughter of the late Mr. Coaqtteror, Muter Royal Nary.—On board the S i tfighdy. revenue cutter, Lieut. Iduckey l R. N..—At &lath, East Indies, Comet Hugh Christian.2o, eldest son of Capt. Uhl.'slim. R.N.— At Tomes, Mr. John Coming, 118, mt , ster and owner of a Dartmouth trader. CHELMSFORD CHRONICLE, JUNE 17. STATt OF Tat COUNTY GAOLS. -16th inst. Old Gaol, 49 ; House of Correct;oa, 10; Convict Gaol, 233. To:al In the three prisons, 292. POPIJ LATIOK OF BARWICK. Males. Females. Seamen. Total. St. Nicholas 1451 1927 257 3035 Doren:out 431 475 926 1902 237 4361 Census In 1821, 4010—Increase, 351. Cutuusrman Iloa rt cu LT U RAL SocraTT.—On Tues day, the Ranunculus Show was held at the Shire Hall. The room WU elegantly decorated with flowers and ever g: cens. The tables displayed, amongst other choice plants from amateurs, two fine specimens of the Cactus Speciocis. and the Iloya Carnosa, from the grounds of Peter Wegitt, Esq. of Hatfield Priory. Oa Wednesday last, a grand dinner took place at the Three Cups Inn, Colchester, in honor of Col. Tyre% The arrangements were well . p lanned and admirably executed. In:the great room there were three tables parallel to each other, headed by one which was placed across the whole width. It having been ascertained that the number of gcn demi) who could intend would be greater than at first was anticipated, an adjoining room, capable of holding about 30 persons, was also.prepared. Both rooms were decorated with " Banners of Blue," evergreens and flowers. The increasing population of the parish of Barking had long rendered it matter of complaint that there was not suf. fieieut chnrch-rootn, more particularly for the poor. This complaint has now been removed, a neat and eleg ant chapel having been meted within a distance of about lalf a mile from the town, and in the ward of Ilford. The number of persons whom the chapel will accommodate is as follows : In the paws on the ground f100r.... 132 In the galleries -300 Free seats on the ground floor Ditto in the galleries .. 9111 Seats in ditto for the children 72-484 Total B5O The expense of building the Chapel was something under 40001-3000 L of which was given by the Commissioners; the remainder, excepting 3001. was contributed byalr. Dare, and it did not cost the parish collectively a single sixpence. Tile ceremony of consecrating the Chapel being tend. rutted, another gratifying scene, though of a different nature, presented itself. Ids. Dare, of Cranbrooke House. who had so largely contributed to the spiritual wants of the poor, most handsomely provided fur his personal friends, his tradesmen, and neighbours, an entertainment on a very Übe. ral and extended scale. 1114 11RIED.—Capt. James Mauldon, of Ipswich, to Ann, second daughter of Mrs. Cole, of Sudbury—Francis Beckfu l Aham, jun. Esq. of the Stock Exchange, to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late James Baker, Esq. of Lay. tonstotte.—At Grays, TIIOIIII% John Dycr, Esq. to Mary Anti. eldest daughter of the late Robert Ingram, Esq. of blosAnd Lodge. DlED.—Edward. fourth son of WWlam Henry Holt, Esq. of Entield.—At Southwell, the Rev. Henry Hanson, 78.—Mr. Charles Chtiveley, of Bardtield, N.—Joseph Agee, E. of Felsted—John Greenwood, Esq. of Halsted— At Salters Buildings, Walthamstow, 79, George Wilson, Esq.—At Forest Gate, West Ham, Elisabeth, wife of Capt. Telt. auroras DIATII.-011 Wednesday the &hots R. Ms -7110, Seq. of Queen's Parade, Bath, (formerly of Hatfield Panel, is this county,) was walking In the Mit South Hays, he wa s suddaly seised with tiddlassa,a4=l- to the ground. His fem a l e misdate vatted his neekocioth, and the deceased was shady Aerostat; placed in a chair, but he expired before Dr. Tayior arrived, who gave it ashis opinion, upon the inquest, that death was occasioned by the rupture of some inward vessel near the heart. The dtccased waslin his 71st year, and senior Captain of the East EMI BLACKBURN GAZETTE, JUNE 15. Tnz Wzainza.—An epidemic, which is attributed by the faculty to the influence of the peculiar weather we have had for some time past, is at this time existing in this town. The disorder is a sort of catarrh, of an inflammatory nature, and manifests itself in lightness of the head, head-ache, vio lent discharge from the nostrils, slight cough, soreness of the chest, pain in the limbs, and general langour. A similar epidemic has been felt in Scotland and elsewhere.—Pi eston Pilot. YORK AND BOLTON IVA/L.A branch mail coach COM. menced running on the Ist instant, between Rochdale and Bolton. It starts from the former place every morning im mediately on the arrival of the York mail. By this arrange ment letters and parcels from Yorkshire will be received in Bolton at the sante time as previous to the alteration in the York and Liverpool mail, and the inconvenience and delay occasioned by the route through Blanchester will be obviated. BOLTON AND LEIGH RAILWAY.ThC public arc no doubt aware that the Bolton and Leigh Railway, which corn. municatcs with the Manchester and Liverpool railway at Kenyon, has been in operation a considerable time for the conveyance of merchandize to and from Liverpool, and in supplying Bolton with coal from the different collieries through which it pasties. We understand arrangements are row completed for a regular cobveyance of passengers. twice each way daily between Bolton and Liverpool. On Thum day. the 241 inst. a party of gentlemen went from Bolton to Newton races, in one of the coaches built for this road; they were conveyed by ilia a Union" locomotive steam engine, constructed by Messrs. Bothwell, Hick, and Co. at a speed of travelling, which to some of the party who had not before had an opportunity of experiencing this delightful mode of conveyance, was perfectly astonishing ; passing over some parts of the road at a rate of upwards of 35 miles per hour. EXTR AOlllll TI Alt Y AT TA H P4ENT.-At Hutton Park, there is, at this time, a cat that is renting n brood of young turkeys. They are ten in number, besides a chicken. The cat shows as much affection for them as she would to a litter of kittens, and they in return manifest the warmest attach. meta to her. She follows and watches them whilst they are feeding, and calls them to their nest when they have finished. When there, the cat is exceedingly anxious rot to hurt them, which is plainly seen by the care she takes not to step upon them. If she is absent for a few moments, which is seldom the case, the young birds instamly begin to chirp, and con tinue to do 60 until her return, when they nestle under her in the saute manner as they would do under a hen of their own species.—Dolton Chronicle. Last IVerinesday, twenty-four turn-nut colliers at Mars den, near Burnley, were committed to Preston House of Correction, for assaulting the workmen recently engaged at the works of Col. Hargreaves.-0.1 Monday evening. about four hemtlied colliers from the neghhouring districts es , em. pm(' bled at Marsden colliery, for the er of inCmiday the new hand 4, or what they called the " knob-stick..." An express was, sent to the barracks at Burnley. end on the ar rival of ill; tr:litary. the p - r-ong dispersed without !taring conennt.ed a breach of the peace. The Addiers left Marsden about two 3 . C10C!: in the morning, when there appeared ro symptoms of nettle's proceedings. though the persons who had assemhlcd threatened to destroy the works before the military anis-0 on the spot. La acs MUSH 1100111.— On Sunday last, a mushroom was rut from the mushroom-IW, in the green-house of Mr. Taylor. of 1.!Ilic Harwood, near this town, the circumference of which measured 2 fee: I inch. POPULATION OF WIIITIITILL.—The population of the ehapelly of Whitewell, within the' Forest of Bowland, in the year 1321, consisted of 730 souls. The eenbus, as taken In the present year, 1331, consists of 612, leaving a decrease of 110 people. PUBLIC MEITING.OII Monday evening last, a meet. ing of the labouring classes of this town and neighbourhood was held at the New Inn to " take into consideration the propriety of seeding a deputy to London, to meet other de. puties from different parts of the kingdom, for the purpose of obtaining an extention of the elective franchise to the working clinic:s generally ;" John Laycock, Clogger, in the chair. George fil icicle proposed a string of resolutions, ap. proving the quixotic enterprise; which was seconded by a person from Psdihain, who, among other advice recom. mended die men to subscribe for the purpose of" sending a redress of their grievances to the King I' Sisixinto.—We are sorry to say. this branch of the cot. ton trade is at present in a profitless condition. To those who arc merely spinners, the prospect is bad ; fur we are confidently assured, that yarns, which in the market will only produce 10d. actually cost spinners who are paying the rate of wages of 1829-30, 11t1.—Stockport Advertiser. DR. WARWICK'S LECTURES.•OiI IA: evenings of Fri day and Monday last, Dr. Warwick dzliveral his first and second lectures on chemistry, in the Music Hall, in this town, to very respectable audito t ies. It a ff or d s us muc h pleasure in adding our testintory of Dr. W.'s merits as a public lecturer, to the many expressions of approbation which -the press have bestowed upon him : he explains his subjects with much force and perspicuity, and the various experi ments by which they are illustrated are so Interesting, and many of them so curious, as to render the course highly amusing and instructive. SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.-011 Wednesday evening last, the first of a Course of Lectures, from the pen of J. Barlow, Esq. on " the utility of contemplating the works of the Creator, at displayed in the structure, ' economy, and harmony of the animal and vegetable creation," was read in the Music Hall, in this town, to the Members of the above Society, and a respect able auditory, by the Reverend Jackson Porter, 31. A. COACH ACCIDENT..-011 Wednesday morning last, the Highflyer coach, which runs between this town and Man. chester,..was upset in taking the sharp turn on entering Has. lingdsn ; and the outside passengen r —twelve in nember, of whom the greater part were femules,—were precipitated to the ground. Many of them were draulfully bruised, and all more or less injured; but it is a remarkable and most providential circumstance, that no lives were lost or limbs broken. A gentkman of this town, and three or four fe. males were much injured, but we are glad to say they are in a fair way of recovery, though the former is still sufrering severely. The coachman, in jumping from the box, had one of his °odes dislocated, and the other severely sprained ; but, notwithstanding, he was able to drive the coach through to Manchester. The conduct of the driver of this coach having for some time been the subject of general complaint, we have been anxious to asc er t a i n t h e real cause of the accident ; and, from the information we have obtained, we cannot hold that individual as exonerated from blame. His horses were in a gallop but a few minutes before the ac. cident occurred, and when it did take plea, he was driving at a very improper speed, and withoui that degree of eau ' don which the nature of die turn rendered necessary. DLACKZURN MAMEET, JUNI B.—Flour fine, per sack 12401b1. 434 to 445; ditto super, do. 46s to 475; ditto, per barrel of 196 lbs. 38s to 384 GI Oatmeal, per load, 36s to 375. Potatoes, per load, 7s to Bs. Fresh butter, lid to la ; firkin ditto, 8d to fhl. 11141RRIE0.—Mr. J. Harrison, of Wonky, to Sarah, eldest daughter of O. Timperley, Esq, of Bolton.—At Broughton-in.Furness, Mr. G. Tyson, yeoman, Wallow. barrow, Ulpha, to Mitts Agnes Biggen, of Stonestar, in Dun derdale.—At Heversham, atter a fight to Greens, S. B. E. Henry. Esq. only son of S. Henry, Eaq. of Bristol, late of Barbadocs, to Elizabeth, second daughter of W. llatling, Esq. of Kidside Cottage, Westmorland. DIRD.—John Fletcher, E.q. 70, Chapel-street, Preston —.At Bolton, Ellen, wife of bit. Johnßaron—At Liver. pool, Mrs. Elizabeth Riley, 100—Anne, wife of Dr. Hughes, St. Anne.street, Liverpool.—Mr. Duncan PA`Vicear, mer. chant of long standing in Liverpool—At Lancaster, 42, Mr. James Askew, solicitor.—Mr. Samuel Wagstaff; of Godly, 62, having only survived his wire a few weeks. THE TITAN-OUT COLLIERS.—EIeven colliers, named James Halliday. Wm. Tetlock, Ambrose Jackson, John Tetlock, Peter Singleton, James Hall, John Berry, William Hardman, Robert Harris, William Heathcose, and James Oreenhalgh, were brought up at the New Bailey on Wednesday, on a charge of being ceocased in the riots Committed on the lika at hay, at Ms. Asatrew Knowles's collieries, in Psedlebury. William WWI% ems et the new beads, being swoon, stated that be was is the pit so that day, and that lianiseeas isms_ sod mina idol to kan and to it the pit. Mad a% Goa la 1041 41 * Dal t a'eenwtgh pobstodtetrards him, sof Ileatheste wool& struck him on the task with a OM,: hot he the intertoestee of a tan sawed Mr. MIS* Ilse *sells& all the prisonen u Wig in the Josh sod . teem held then aft to bail, two sureties in 1111.".ek, thin Attar. awe to answer any char& at the r Hetoill. • . SCINTILAX. RUMINATIONS FOlt HOYA LT Y.—The Fast ye.st has teemed with events disastrous to the nu - rs of State:: and Nations, in a degree perhaps unprecedented in the annals of history ; for, by an extraordinary coincidence, it will be found that within the last twelve months twelve Potentates have ceased to reign, some " exchanging their earthly crowns for celestial diadems," whilst others have had their sceptres wrested Irons their grasp by the will of the peopl., viz : England ••• George IV. .. Dead Hanover .. George IV. .. Dead France .. Charles X. .. Deposed Algiers hlahmoud Tutted out I Rome Pius VIII. ••• Dead Saxony ... Anthony ... Deposed Naples .. Francis ~. Dead Belgium William ... Deposed Sardinia ... Charles Felix ... Dead Brunswick ... Duke Charles ... Deposed Greece ..• Capo D'lstrias .. Resigned Brazils ... Don Pedro I. ... Abdicated. As the frogs said to the boys—" it may he spot t (Scintilla') for you, but it is death for us," said an ex. King, who troubled us with a visit, while making up our scraps. CtiltiOLs tlw extract from the re port of the legal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the stare of the gaols in the West Indies, and recently printed for the House of Commons. we find the following questions put by the Commissioners to the Deputy Provost. hlarshal of Tobago, and his most extract dinary answers :- 1" Is it (the gaol) usually full ? " Generally empty." "Is it sufficiently large ? ' "Not one-tenth part of the size it ought to be." This is evidently some transatlantic Degbeiry doling in perplexities and paradoxes. EN TICEM ENT.—The editorof the National Ga :ale ends an elaborate definition of the above word with the following authority. It is comprised in an anecdote of a sailor, a bo, giving his testimony in a Boston Court, about an as.ault and battery, stated that Jack (the traverser) had yowettally enticed Sam the complainant). Jack's counsel asked !,iin to explain what he 'want by the word • entice.' " What do I mean ' Sir," said the honest tar. " Why, Si r , I mean this—Jack took a devilish big handspike. and drove it plump into Sam's back; that's what I calls enticing.'..— New Tot k gazette. GRAN DI L0Q1.7 ENT.—The following specimen of the anti-climax, is from a Mobile (Alabama) paper of May 3. and commences thus, via.-4 , All hail !—Sunday morning, at about roar o'clock, ale of the prettiest storms ever exhi bited in Mobile was a imetsed. The wind blew from the north west. like the last trump. Lightning decorated the mantle of night with golden chains, and unrolled and spread out all over the earth, her sheets of fire. Hail fell— sparkling in the diamonds from the clouds--and about as big as a piece of chalk.—New York Casette. MATILIMON Y.—The following curious advertise ment appeared in The New Sporting Magazine of the pre. sent month—" A gentleman, residing in one of the princi pal hunting countries, of middle age, and sportsman-like manner. iStesit 0114 Of uniting himself to a lady possessing a passion for field slants. Folmar or beauty are not the ob ject of the advertiser, the flumes., if any, may be set tied upon the latter, though not an obj,ctiun, it nevertheless is not a primary object. Good humour, a small foot, and an easy set on horseback are the principal qualifications required. As this is the Mae/liftman of a fox, and not a tot tune hunter, It is to be hoped that no one will answer it out of Idle curi osity.—P. S. None with red hair need apply." When Charles H. was rebuked by some con scientious clergyman, for using so many oaths in his conver sation, he declared that he was nothing in that matter to what his father had been. Your hlartyr," said he "was ' the man for swearing." This irreverent speech may be taken turn gran : but the melancholy fate of Charles I. has unquestionably tilt own a gravity over his memory, which was not barite out by the manners of his court.—Tlie James, the fathet of Charles I. seldom spoke without an oath, and Buckingham, the ftiend and companion of Charles, was die most profligate man of his age, having all die vice, without the wit and whim of the second Villiers. FOOLS AN D FUTURITY.—In a late number of the Petit Courtier dee Dames, a Parisian periodical devoted to fashions and light reading, in an account of a recent visit to the Bicctre, we are told the tollowing anecdote :--" It is a singular thing bow the prophesies of fools are sometimes verified by chance. The last summer there was confined is the blendicity Asylum an old fool, who called herself Queen of France. Site boasted that she kept Charles X. under her protection. and used to declare that, at her death, he should cease to reign. She died on the 25th of July, in the eve ning—on the 29th die reign of the Bourbons bad ceased for ever. When, says a modern tourist, will the ladies of Europe, and of England in particular, reject the absurdity of French fashions, ingeniously contrived to give apparent bulk and roundness to the diminutive and scanty figures of Parisian belles, but extremely disfiguring to the full and finely moulded proportions of Shish beauty. Early marriages among the Roman Catholic peasantry of Ireland are much encouraged by the Priests, whose own scanty means of subsistence are principally de rived from wedding and christening fees. CONJUGAL FELICITY.—Ne rous fez jansais aux Apparences, is an excellent French motto—" Never put faith in appearances." I had just left a newly-married couple, who scented perfectly to adore each other. I was quite overcome with the picture of happiness to which I had just been a witness, as much so as one can be, at least, in the character of a ' dummy, or a third pawn. (Niel foil menage!—What a promising union ! How condescending ly they addressed each other ! What proofs of tenderness would have been given had I not been there ! Neither ap. peered to have a wish of their own. It was always "if it please you, my dear; I am quite at your service, my love." I am guided entirely by you, my dear friend."—" Wall then, my angel, speak only, and command it ;" and these expressions were accompanied by looks so tender ! The husband appeased before his wife, to exhibit the most the rough refinement in gallantry.—The wife in presence of bet husband was all sweetness and docility, to which was joined a complaisance of the highest polish, and of the most se ducttve kind. Afon Dieu, said I, buttoning my riding coat, (as I descended the stair-case,) how happy these people must be ! In making these reflections I petccived the rain was beginning to fall, and my umbrella had been left above In the d vont. I knocked at the street door, and re mounted is curia to take it; my foot was already on the tipper stair;—What disturbance is this ?-1 hesitated so it,stant, and .hen distinguished the voices of the married people : it was no longer the tone of persuasion and harmony that bad so charmed me but scarcely a minute before.-- l'ounubial bliss, ail ! whither art thou fled?—" You area I fool. and you tease me to death," said the lady. "Aladans," replied the Iknediet, " you area vixen, and it is not pout hie to live with you !"—" I am driven to madness now more than a month," retorted the wile.—" If you knew how cor dially I de-test you !—Grand Dieu! when shall Ibe rid of this chain ?" groaned out the husband. And I, in all haste ' cfiletcd toy escape, confused and ashamed at being thus made the dupe of appearances. F. E. Bf RTH S. The 12th Inst. at Battersea, the lady of J. 8. Lefevre, Esq. of a son.—The 16th inst. at Harnmerstuith e lthe lady of Capt. Bathie, of a daughter.--16th, at Camberwell, Sits. E. Godsell, of a daughter. MARRIED. The 14th inst. at Alnwick, NV. Charleton, Esq. of Lon don, to Anni Isabella, daughter of the late E. Charleton, Esq. of Lcc.ball, county of Northumberland.—The 11th Inst. at Richmond. Dlr. J. T. Barker, of Graceelturcb.str and of Camberwell, to Judith, eldest daughter of the late J. Scale, Esq. formerly of Cheapide, and of Bexley, Kat. —The Mb Inst.. at St. Luke's, Chelsea, J. Barstow, El. of Acomb, near York, to Elisabeth, eldest daughter of the late T. Fan cell, Esq. of Askham Bryan, in the county et York. DIED. The 16th Inst., at Clifton, Eliza, wife of Lieut.-Cieneral Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart.—The 18th inst. at Shirehampton. Julia Mary Bablogien, 13, daughter of 7. 0. Babington. Esq. of Shireitampton.--The 11th inst., at her house, SiOg bill, Clitoo, 81, Mr.. Hamilton, widow of the late Colonel E. Hamilton—the 16th inst. H. J. M. Plaits. son of Mt. Platts, of the Crescent, Jewithstreet—the 14th inst. at Haling Wove, near Croydon, in her 16th year, Nary Judith, -the - • daughter Mr. Red U°lll _ th=se aan g hter'd R id Lion. 15th alt. in her 80th year, Mrs. Sarah Tay's. nfo of W. Taylor. of Arlington-stint, Camden Town — lag Reap, Mrs. Trutle, agedn—in Jantalcs, on the 4th of thy, at Gregory Park,lL J. Reid, Eij. of &b.oods, M vimese lbfit island. L:swims': hinted en by JORII ATM It., Bras Omar, No. 1, Picket-place ) ToziPie Bar.