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I ~. ~ 1 ( i t` ~ 'i ! i i I . k V I F1K1RP.7`.7779-,71e , • " Jocund morn II I .: i 1 _ r !~!!~ Discount • • •••••tk f _ .•c ••r• f9N(.113A31A OF TH 1 4 : BRITISH EMPIRE'. FELIX FARLEY'S BRISTOL JOURNAL, MAUCII 26. At a Missionary Meeting held in Bristol last week, a Mr. Jowett cora rtained the auditory with the following spiritual account of his tr. ?els in the countries around the Mediterranean : He had often ex perienced great delight in reading the Scriptures with some of the youths in aloha. The Society had a Mission in Egypt, its head quarters were at Cairo. When he (Mr. Jowett) had visited Egypt twelve stars ago, there wire very few copies of the Arabic Scriptures to be procured, and he was obliged to distribute them most parsimoniously ; since then, tens of thousands of copies had been printed by the Bible Society • and it was now the chief employment of the Mis sionary, Mr. LeaJer, to go in his boat up and down the Nile to circulate them. It was truly surprising that so many of the copies were purchased, when we considered the great poverty of tha Copts and other inhabitants. They had different motives for seeking the Scriptures, some that they might learn to read, others from curiosity. The tract called " The Dairyman's Daughter" bad been printed in Arabic. An old Mahomedan bad heard of it, sod wished to buy it. "He wished (lie said) to possess the history of that Saint Eli xabeth"—that being the name of a principal character in the tract.— (In inquiry being made into his motive for wishing to have the tract, it was sseertained to he of a most curious kind. The Mahomedans ve nerate Mary the Mother of Jesus—now (said the old Mussultnan) it is well known that Mary had a cousin Elisabeth, and who knows but this Elizabeth spoken of in the tract may be Mary's cousin. It was summon for crowds of squalid children to flock to Mr. Leader's boat when he touched at ar.y place. some Coptic, some Mahomedans. The (opts had a superstitious objection to the Bible being given to Maher meet/ins, and would cry out against it. On one occasion a young Ma bomedan was very eager to get a book. He is • Muuulinan, cried il' Copts, don't give him one. I swear by Mahomet, cried the youth, that I am no Mussulman, at the same time taking hold of his wrist in the precise manner of the Mahomedan oath. Thus the poor deluded youth actually swore a falehood to obtain the word of ' truth. Mr. Jnuett proceeded to say, that he did not feel that satisfac tion in speaking of Jerusalem which some might:expect. He had spent twenty most melancholy days there. One goes thither with romantic iIICAN, but it is melancholy to see how the city sits solitary. It is not the Jerusalem that is above and is free, but the Jerusalem that is in the bitterest bondage with her children. Whilst there they were continually missing people. No one asked whither they were gone, hut every one knew. They were gone to prison, there to he sub jected to the oppressive and cruel exactions of the Turkish governors. The method was to subject the miserable victim of their rapacity to the bastinado, until they compelled him to purchase his deliverance by disclosing his property, and stipulating to pay a certain sum. The amount of this sum was settled by a sort of regular bidding be tween the Turk and his victim ; the latter being urged to a more and more liberal offer by the pungent argument of the bastinado, till he was wrought up to an amount equal to the wishes of his rapacious opressor. There was no light to illuminate the dark picture. There was but the name of Christianity there. In the church of the Holy Sepulchre every niche was assigned to some idol saint, or consecrated to the, memory of some incident, real or fictitious. The devotion of the nominal Christians consisted in touching and kissing these images or stones. It was Christianity paganized. He had observed one place in the church which for some reason or other had a pecu liar sanctity. The people could not get at it to touch it. But a cane was suspended near it, which the devotee took, and with it touched the sacred spot, then drew it back and kissed the cane ! Recent political changes had had a favourable effect in respect of missionaries. Those who had fled from the foot of Mount Lebanon were now returned to their post. There was .a sensible alte ration in the tone assumed by the European Ambassadors in their com munications with the Grand Segnior—formerly they were treated con ti mptuously by the haughty Turk ; now they approached him in a more rii, , nified character, and their language to him was, " you must govern well, or we cannot answer for the consequences." Thus the malignant influence of the Turkish government was curbed and restrained. With respect to Greece, he was sorry to say that there was a decided bias in the highest authorities toward that sort of Pagan-Chtistianity, which was such a barrier to the diffusion of the gospel. It was encou raging, however, that Infant Schools had been established in the island of ticyra ; and in the lonian Isles, which are under British protection, the scriptures are freely introduced and schools carried on. Algiers was a most interesting point to which to direct the missionary eye. The state of things there antecedently to late events was dreadful. He had been in Salonica when an Algerine captain proclaimed there in the open market place—" Who is there among you that has killed his tither or mother, his sister or brother, ba. let him come and join the army at Algiers !" This was their style of recruiting. He (Mr. Jowett) had taken measures for sending two Swiss missionaries— hardy, all-enduring men, such as he lamented to say were not common in England. who had undertaken the arduous task of endeavouring to force their way, by a sort of regular siege, into the heart of Algiers. But the French got the start of them, and the measure was suspended. What would be the effect of the conquest of Algiers by the French he Was not prepared to state ; but he was much gratified on his return to England to find that a translation of the scriptures had been procured In the language of the tribes bordering upon Algiers. Thereby the key of North Africa had been placed in the hands of the British and Fo reign Bible Society. The Bachelors' Ball at Clifton, yesterday se'nnight, was a very splendid affair. The company be gan to assemble about nine o'clock, and continued to arrive till near eleven. Weippert's celebrated band, from London, was stationed in the orchestra, and filled the room with most delightful music. At one o'clock, the suite of supper rooms was thrown open, and the company, nearly 300 in number, sat down to a most elegant repast. The polite attentions of the Committee left nothing to be desired. After supper the dancing was resumed, and kept up till . _ _ " Came tripping on the misty mountain's top." The Duchess De Berri and suite are arrived at Bath. At Berkeley, Dursley, and Stroud, the bells were rung on the news being received of the second reading of the reform bill. The Little John, of Bideford, bound front Waterford to Glasgow.was wrecked on Sunday se'nnight, and the master (shapcott), together with a inotltet and two daughters, passengers. were drowned. Price of Wheat, pet sack of 331 its, 48s to 50s. Foreign Wheat, per in,perial bushel. 8s 3d to 9s Gd. Malting Barley, 5s 3d to 53 9d. White Peas. 5s Gd to 5s Ild. Ditto Boilers, 5s 9d to Gs. Pale Malt, 76 9d to 8. 3d. Brown do. Gs Gd to 7s. Beans, 5s to 5s 9d. Oats, Poland, 3. 3d to 3s 9d. Flour, line, per sack of 2 cwt. 2 qr. 5 lb. 53s to 555. Seconds, 50s to 51s. Hay, 21 15. to 31 lOs per ton. Straw, Is 5d to Is 10d per doz. MARRIED.—Mr. Staniland, surgeon, of Fareham, Hants,to Clara Ann, sth daughter of the late Mr. J. Hall. DlED—Amelia, wife of Mr. George Granger, Queen-square.-84. sliss Fanny Allen.— Mrs. Ann Edgell, of Bedminster.—At Marsh field, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor. GLASGOW FREE PRESS, MARcii 30. Monday last was perhaps the most extraordinary day that ever 1 passed off in Glasgow. zigrecably to the advertisement and proclama. lion of the Lord Provost, the citizens began so early as Saturday their preparations to illuminate ; and by the time that Monday morning's sun robe bright and cloudless in the east, innumerable flags were seen floating from the windows and chimney tops of houses, the roofs of pub lic works, and in every prominent situation both in town and neigh. bourhood. Bonfires, too, were prepared on almost every eminence, and set fire to early in the afternoon, so that they might reach their utmost degree of brilliancy by the time fixed for the commencement of the illumination ; and during the whole day, from morning to night, bands of happy people were everywhere to be observed, letting fly bal. learns and firing off pistols, guns, and even in some instances cannon, in terainicny of their joy at the event about to be celebrated. Within doors nothing but bustle prevailed on all hands, in prepar ing flags, designs, mottoes, and getting fixtures ready in the windows for the reception of candles: and long before dark, scarcely a house ap peared unprepared to strike up its lights on a moment's notice. By this time the streets had become quite thronged with the inhabitants of all ranks, going about and inspecting the various devices, and at the Lord Provost's and Mr. James Lunisden's particularly, great crowds were collected daring the greater part of the day. This was also the case at the head of Stockwell-street and King-street, where, by autho rity, two large bonfires were erected, and around which dense crowds continued to enjoy themselves until the termination of the whole pro ceedings. As if to shed superior brightness and diffuse superior hilarity on this occasion, the day was one of the sunniest and most serene that has been witnessed in this qnarter fur many months ; and when night came, a full orbed and beautiful moon took place of day's great luminary, and flooded the whole scene with her romantic twilight. It was then that the bonfires in town and on the distant heights began to be effec tive, and that the flashing of squibs and the soaring of rockets startled the ear and attracted the sight. The scene, too, where great masses of building could be viewed at once, was at this time particularly striking, as, the instant the lights were struck, they stood out in splen did relief from the shadowness around them, more like fairyland pic tures than earth's sober realities. An imaginative mind might indeed have fancied the whole to have been a scene from the Arabian Nights , so varied and striking were the individual objects, and yet so brilliant and harmonious was the general effect they produced. But we must now leave generalities, and proceed to particulars. First, then, the vessels at the Broomielaw and at Port Bund ' , had all their flags hoisted, and presented a very airy appearance. The Lord Provost's house, St. Vincent Place.—A transparency re presenting the City Arms, underneath which was Trade and Manufac tures, with the figure of Commerce, holding the flag of reform. The motto, " Let Glasgow Famish," which covered the front of Ma Lord. ship's house, was lighted with 1600 gas burners—formed into the shape of an anchor. JAMES Lu minx, Esq. Queen Street. In each of the ten windows of Mr. Luntsden's house, was an elegant transparency. In the centre whithlw of the lower range, was the portrait of his Majesty, in an Ad. Oral's uniform, in the act of lifting his hat from his head with his left • k • -" 1. 7 71 ; . ' Lard. and taking hold an glass of wine with the right, as if a b ou t t o propose as a toast. (the word being painted in Loge letters below,) " Reform." On his Majesty's right, a half length portrait of Lord Chancellor Brougham in his robes, with his motto below, 0 Pro liege Lege et Grege.° On his Majesty's left, Earl Grey, also in his robes as a Peer, and half length size, with the words below, " 1793, Alter et idem, lan." On the extreme right of the range, a similar portrait of the Lord Advocate Jeffrey—on the pedestal, the words, " The Advocate of the People." On the extreme left a similar portrait of Lord John Russell, and below it the words. " Success to the Russell Purge." The centre window of the upper range was occupied by a transparency representing a piloting presa— in addition to these transparencies, numerous fireworks were let off in the course of the night, and some of them, accompanied by comments from Mr. Lumaden, were received by thousands around his mansion with loud and spirited cheering. Mr Auld's, coppersmith, Queen-street, was particularly brilliant, with a large national flag flying froin one of the windows, and a crown, lighted up with variegated lamps, suspended from the top of the flag staff. Thomas Muir, Esq. Ingram-street —The five upper windows of Mr. Muir's warehouse were adorned with beautiful transparencies.— The centre window exhibited a splendid figure of the Genius of the British Constitution treading with one foot on the Demon of Corrup tion, and in the act of striking a fatal blow. William Craig, Esq. Montague Place,—This gentleman displayed two transparencies—the first bore the motto, " Glasgow must now take her stand in the great Council of the nation," the other, " Reform, the Funeral Knell of the Boroughmongers." Mr. Pauison's house, Blythswood-square, was in a blaze of light, I with a transparency which we shall attempt to describe—in the centre a wreath of laurel, surmounted with the imperial crown, and shooting out rays of glory, with the words The King and the People. On the extreme right was an Egyptian pyramid, inscribed with the illustrious name of Fox. On the left Fame " trumpet in hand," with:a small scroll inscribed with Brougham Grey Russell At the lower pan of the whole wu the following stanza : After wandering forty years, 'Mid persecution, taunts, and jeers, The promised land at length appears, To bless our weary eyes. It is well known to most of our readers, that the late Mr. Pattison, of Kelvingrove, this gentleman's father, was one of the most staunch supporters of the " good cause," and suffered a kind of martyrdom for his principles, having been burned in effigy, by a hired mob, in the years 1795 and 1796. Mr. Atkinson had at his residence in Miller-street, " Brougham ! " in colossal letters of light, and at his place of business, a double tran sparency, on which were the Scales of Justice—where the one having scrolls marked " The King," " The Cabinet," " The People, " " Glasgow" kicked the beam of that with The Boroughmongers" and "Old Sarum" inscribed. It had the motto, " Weighed and found Wanting." On the other side were these lines : " The noblest Caesar's fame—to even our day, Is that the city that he found but clay lie marble left ; Our King's will worthier be— lle found us servile—but will leave us Free !" The windows of Messrs. Morris, Kirkwood and Bland, in lilt. Douglas's elegant buildings, attracted considerable notice. Mr. Douglas's own house was particularly splendid. The Royal Tavern, Mr. Easton's, Argyll-street, shone very conspi cuous. In the centre window there was an excellent full length portrait of his Gracious Majesty, surmounted with the words, " Our patriotic King about to extinguish the Boroughmongera." In his right hand his Majesty held a large scroll, bearing—. The Worn' Bill must pass," and in his left an immense extinguisher, which he seemed just in the act of clapping on the devoted heads of a group of those chubb faced gentry, who are crouching beneath it, in the humiliating attitude of supplication. William Gilmour and Co. wholesale woollen drapers, at the Cross, exhibited a very chaste design, viz : LET GLASGOW FLOURISH, _ _ _ She proves her Gratitude to King IS'illiam the Fourth and his P 4 iniatem At the Tron Church was a humorous device that gave great satisfac. tion. It represented his present Majesty in the habit of a sailor, with a broom in his band, in the act of sweeping off a swarm of Boroughmon gets, and underneath the appropriate motto, " Sweep the house, Willie !" On the south side Trongate, nearly opposite the mouth of Hutche son -street, was another device almost similar, only the motto was differ ent, his Majesty, while in the act of sweeping, being made to use the emphatic words, " Oft; off !" At the Cross, the equestrian statue of King William had on its head a beautifully illuminated crown and in its hand a flaming torch, to light the people cn towards liberty. A MOTLL Aacane.—This place shone very conspicuous, and excited general satisfaction at the tasteful and expressive manner in which the landlords and tenantry had decorated the two grand entrances of that edifice. In addition to these, the splendid appearance of the New Exchange, and the bluing brightness of the Gas Company's Office, Virginia. street, deserves also to be particularised. The Gorbals, regarding which every house and street in it was extremely brilliant. The appearance of Carlton.place, from the bridges, was sublime. The Baronial Hall was very tastefully fitted up, and we noticed a great variety of trans parencies, &c. Amongst others, Mr. Christie's, in Carlton place, and Mr. Mackenzie's, in Portland-street, who displayed a flag with an eagle and Scots Thistle—words, " For Right and Raison ;" also transpann des of the King and Lord Chancellor in the act of dissolving Parlia ment, and caricatures of Peel, Scarlett, Twiss, &c. &c. looking round in sad consternation with rats, &c. running with them. Yet, magnificent as all this display was, there was something in the midst of it more magnificent still, the exultant enthusiasm, joined to the orderly and peaceable demeanour of the thousands wbo thronged the streets and almost impressed the spectator with an idea that their numbers were infinite. Not one angry word was heard, not one violent act was committed, all appeared sensible of the obligation under which they lay to show themselves worthy of the great moral victory achieved in their behalf, of the important rights about to be conferred on them ; and the harmonious, inoffensive, and tranquil man. ner in which the amid, under these impressions, moved about, was perhaps the sublimest moral spectacle ever witnessed. At the same time, it ought not to pass unnoticed, that while some individuals received mark. of approbation, others did not escape marks of a contrary kind. Campbell of Blythswood was ignominiously burnt in effigy, as also was Sir R. Inglis; and it was the intention to bestow a similar honour on Mr. H. Monteith and the Hon. C. Douglas, but whether the ceremony took place or not we could not ascertain. The effigy of the Duke of Wellington was the moat severely treated. It was carried about for a good while, characteristically bedecked, and with a man dressed as a criminal officer, occasionally bestowing upon it a few lashes with a whip, and after this was done it was ittended to have tossed it into the flames; but this Was prevented by the police, who seized the poor Duke and bore him to the police office, at which he was the only one in durance. At ten o'clock, the bells, which had been rung from eight, ceased ; by about eleven, almost all the lights were extinguished ; and from this period the immense crowds began gradually to disperse, all in the highest spirits, and not a few of them hurraing or chaunting such staves as oc curred to them. One of these, sung by a young man about the foot of Queen-street, deserves, fur its point and appropriateness, to be here quoted : " The wild wind around us may furiously whistle, And tempests the ocean deform ; But united, the red rose, the Shamrock and thistle, With King William will weather the storm. Hard up with the helm Britannia's shat flows, Magna Charts on board will avail her ; And better she sails as the harder It blows, For her Pilot's a King and a Sailor !" The bonfires were extinguished about two in the morning ; soon after that, the streets were almost wholly deserted ; and to look abroad at daylight yesterday, presented a singular contrast to the late magnifi cent pageant, every vestige of it having already passed away, and nothing being left but the realities of a city awaking from silence and repose, and of nature's calm aspect stretched everywhere around it. The number of malcontents who refused to illuminate, was exceed ingly small, and the crowd, in a spirit of the greatest magnanimity, forbore from offering them the slightest annoyance —not even one de risive cheer. ILLUMINATION DINNER. On the evening of the Illumination, the good cause convened up wards of one hundred gentlemen, who dined together in the New Exchange Tavern, which au most elegantly fitted up for the occasion, and formed, previous to the dinner, an object of great attraction. Mr. Bell was Chairman, and Mr. Lumsden Croupier. The toasts were all appropriate ; the speaking admirable, and the hilarity of the guests of the highest kind. The eloquence of Sir D. K. Sandford, was, as usual, unrivalled. REJOICINGS IN OTHER PLACES. The Public Works at Kelvinhaugh, on the Clyde, displayed a great variety of tii.colourcd flags, and other emblems of rejoicing. On the same day, Paisley was splendidly illuminated.—So also were Govan and Patrick. The Burgh of Renfrew, and the town of Hamil ton, acted the same joyous part on Saturday; and we uncerstand that the Duke of Hamilton's Palace was likewise illuminated, in a style corresponding with the taste and wealth of its noble owner. Polok shaws, and the Villages of Dalmuir and Duntocher, have testified their joy in a similar way. Dumbarton was beautifully illuminated on Monday evening, with the exception of the houses of the Provost and Bailie. Dixon and David. son, who chose, in their wisdom, to remain in darkness. VILLAGE 010 BOTHWELL....ThiII beautifully situated Mule village was brilliantly illuminated. _~. 7 1.1r1t" ,•tie I ~'' , " .cs~~. ~~.-. .. -~s-~ onw Unman —The inhabitants of the village of Larkhall and neigh bourhood had flags displayed on almost every house top, and four bon fires kindled in different parts of the village, and not less than four friendly bands joined together all the music of the place, and joyously paraded the streets, to the amount of more than 1000 people. STRATNAVEN.—The Deacons, with the Members of their respective bodies in this town, clothed with their badges and insignia of office, met, and, with the Strathaven instrumental band walked in on through the town, with music playing, colours flying, guns Cr ' and bonfires blaring, and at intervals were regaled with mountain dew by several respectable inhabitants, friends to the cause. After walking through the town, the procession returned to the Assembly Room, where a public dinner was held, and, in the meantime, the town was' I brilliantly illuminated. . GREENOCK.—This town also, with its accustomed patriotism and spirit, was splendidly illuminated on Monday evening. Greenock has done her part like others, and that, too, in a most enthusiastic and bril liant manner. EDINBURGH ILLUMINATION AND RIOT. The City was illuminated last night, in commemoration of the triumph of the Reform Bill, and we are ashamed to say that it ended in a wanton and general demolition of window.glasa in the more re. spectable quarters. The Magistracy hesitated at first to give any en. couragement to the proposition, but in the afternoon they issued a hand bill stating, that as a great number of the inhabitants bad determined to illuminate, it would be advisable that the illumination should be ge neral. This bill, however, from being issued at the eleventh hour, was of less use than it might have been, had it appeared somewhat earlier, —and partly from that reason, and partly because many of the better orders either thought the jubilee premature, or altogether uncalled for ' many houses in the wealthier parts of the New Town were unlighted In the Old Town, where the population is humbler and more dense, almost every window had its due number of candles, and from several points the view was highly p icturesque and effective. Early in the evening, a mob of black guard lads, many of them carrying torches, collected in grouper , an commenced a regular circuit of the New Town—huzzaing and hooting with all their might, and smashing all the dark windows in their course, as they rushed onward. Prince's-street, Queen-street, Heriot-row, the fine streets adjoining Moray-place, Mel ville-street, Athol-creseent, Shandsrick-place, and Charlotte-square, all suffered from this wanton and destructive visitation. In Melville Street and Athol Crescent, where the panes are extremely large and ex pensive, whole sashes are dashed out with a single volley. The inces sant chittering of the stones there bores close resemblance to a regular tiraillade, and the damage must have been immense. A thick fog came on about ten o'clock, and by twelve all the lights were extinguished, and the town restored to peace. FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, MARCU 30. Mr. Fox of London, and Mr. Montgomery of Belfast, have an nounced sermons on Easter Sunday and Monday to the Unitarian Christians of Dublin a sect who appear to be as numerous, as much on the increase in Dub lin as in other parts of the united kingdom. Mr. Montgomery has caught the mantle of the Reverend R. Hall, and is not less popular than Dr. Chalmers or Mr. Irving as a preacher, though he lately became very unpopular in Ireland by his volunteer op position to the anti-union party. lie and Mr. Fox are men calculated to increase a sect. The Marquis of Anglesey leaves this city, on Saturday next, on a Tour through the West of Ireland. His Excellency will visit Lord Dunally on his route, and enter Clare by Sunday next. Then= he wilf proceed to Galway, Mayo, and along the coast to Donegal. It is said that Mr. Serjeant O'Loughlin will :accompany his Excellency in part of his route. Mrs. Armstrong, wbo has been charged by Col. R. Armstrong, her husband, with forging his name to a bill of exchange for 251. appeared before the magistrates of Henry-street police office yesterday. The office was densely crowded by persons interested as to the result of the proceed ings which were conducted by Counsellor Creighton, on the part of 31r. Perrin, the prosecutor, from whom the amount of the bill was obtained; and on the part of Mrs. Armstrong, by Mr. Bloomfield. The investi gation continued for a considerable time, and terminated by the with. drawal of the charge on the part of Mr. Perrin's counsel. Mrs. Arm strong and her friends then retired from the office. W; have heard, and we were from Mr. Lefroy's language in perils. ment, disposed to give some credit to it, that the proposal of extending the elective franchise to scholars in Trinity College for life, or rather restoring it to them, has been received with dissatisfaction by the Fellows. The only conceivable ground on which they could ob. ject is, that it tended to destroy their influence at elections, and diminish their chances of promotion to the episcopal bench by destroying in College the value of political partizanship. The secretary of the bank of Ireland this day (Tuesday) informed the gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, that on and after to-morrow the rate of discount would be five, instead of four per cent. as at present. From the intimate connexion subsisting between the two great national money establishments, we consider it by no means improbable that a similar resolve has been entered into by the bank of the sister country, and that the next packet will bring an account of the change in the great metropolis. The following elegant Address from the pen of Mr. Byrne, to hls Most Gracious Majesty was adopted at the meeting of the County of Galway : We, the undersigned clergy, gentry, freeholders, and inhabitants at large of the Barony of Dunmore, in the county of Galway, Ireland, humbly solicit your Majesty's acceptation of our warmest assurances of sincere affection and devoted attachment to your Majesty's throne and person. It is not with hollow words and formal professions we would approach your Majesty on any occasion, but, Site, when a crisis has ar. rived—when unworthy and sinister motives are attributed to, and menaces uttered against your Majesty's Government, for the introduction of a measure which the nation hails with gratitude and delight —we, there. fore, feel that we cannot better illustrate the sincerity of our attachment than by solemnly assuring your Majesty that our property and our lives we are ready to forfeit in support of Government, should any foul and disloyal attempt be made to obstruct the success of that glorious mea. sure, which we hope to see conducted to a happy consummation under your Majesty's most gracious auspices. For your Majesty has been reserved the enviable work of for ever crushing the over grown monster of corruption—of prostrating those whom their paid delinquency had elevated to an unmerited height of grandeur—of en abling the voice of the people to reach the throne through the medium of a just representation—of giving tone and vigour to a Constitution that had been hastening to decay ; for acts like these shall history assign to your Majesty a distinguished page, and Reform shall cast a light around the name of William IV. as it floats down the dark stream of futurity to nations yet unborn. That Heaven may crown with success the glorious work thus happily begun, and grant your Majesty a happy life and a long prosperous reign, is the sincere and ardent prayer of your Majesty's most dutiful, most loyal and affectionate subjects. The state of intellect must be somewhat of the most ab ject in Russia, where it is necessary to issue official injunc tions for the observance of a law enacting, that " no persons who cannot read or write, shall be appointed to civil offices." Such injunctions were positively promulgated at Petersburgh on the 2d inst. Your real gourmand always has his wits about him. One of the right class being invited to dine with a lady, who piqued herself greatly upon etiquette, offered to cut up a couple of partridges. Instead of proceeding to the dissec tion thereof on the dish, he put them on his own plate. " Pray, Sir, who is to eat your leavings ?" enquired the stiff dowager. " Madam," was the reply, "I do not intend to leave and•." The militia ballot has been a sore trial of temper for our northern neighbours, and sundry skirmishes are recorded in the Scotch papers as having occurred between the authorities and the people on the subject. At Dundee, thee. who were enrolled having been called on to giva in their grounds of exemption, the persons who attended at the church were so numerous (all the male population of the town being, for the nonce, either crippled, short, blind, deaf, or in bad health), that it was found impossible to get through them in one day ; and, about six o clock, the officials resolved on an adjournment. Hereupon the appel lants waxed wroth, and Mr. Walker, the clerk, who brought up the rear of the retiring party, was " knocked over" (A nglice, we presume, knocked down), made prisoner, and compelled to return to his seat. He afterwards took refuge iu the pulpit, and ultimately, favoured by the dark ness of the night, escaped by a side door. A scene of ex traordinary confusion and noise followed, in which cries of "We want remuneration, " " Away with the militia," re sounded from all sides, and which terminated in the mal contents resolving themselves into a " meeting." One of the party was called to the chair, their grievances w ere ex patiated upon at great length by various speakers, and at last a Committee was appointed to prepare a petition against the conduct of the individuals engaged in the ballot. At Arbroath the population bad experienced a similar visitation of deformity and disease, and an adjournment having been rendered necessary by the quantity of business, the authori ties were besieged, and were finally compelled to make a precipitate retreat by the back doors of the place where they had assembled. Yesterday se'nnight, about eleven o'clock, a large oat stack, at Bexhill, the property of Mr. Arthur Brook, was discovered to be on fire, and was entirely consumed. The fire is believed lb have been the work of an incendiary. -" YORK ASSIZES, WRDNRSDAY. THE RORRERT AT THE DONCASTER NETTING ROOMS. George 'Wadden, aged 35 (who at the last assizes was acquitted of baring feloniously received the sum of 1,7001. which was stolen k at , the Doncaster betting room on the 17th of December, 1829), was thi s morning arraigned on an indictment, charging him with h av i ng b een a principal in the robbery. The trial occupied the attention of the Court nearly the whol e o f the day.—lt appeared that on Thursday, September 16 , the s um i n th question was stolen from an iron box, in the betting.room at D. caster, whilat the proprietors were on the race course, witnes s i ng the race for the cup. The prisoner was lodging at Mons ter a lf the time, and on that morning told the landlady he had been unfortunate, and had lost all his money ; but as he had money owing at York, be would go there and draw it, and on tarn would pay her two shillings, which be was indebted to her for washing. He then left his lodgings, and never retumed.—A boy called Watson, who was left in care of the money, and a woman named Loftus proved that the prisoner was in the betting-room a d am time before the money was missed. He was also proved to have e ta . wards gone to the race ground, and from thence to Sheffield, wh ey , he was proved to have been at the George Inn, in possession of a large sure of money in sovereigns and notes. From thence he hastily ?roee e d e d towards Chesterfield in a chaise but got out before they reac te d t h at town, and proceeded to Birmingham. In his defence he declared that he was a much injured man, and NI he left Doncaster abruptly because a warrant *as out against him for an assault, and that he had been in gaol ten months. Three or four witnesses were called for the defence, two of wrotu swore that they had heard the boy (Watson) declare that Madden war innocent of the charge. The learned judge summed up the evidence, remarking partic u l ar l y on the circumstances of Madden being so destitute of money in the morning, that he could' not pay 2s. and of his being in possession of a bag of sovereigns and bills at Sheffield in the afternoon, to explain which no evidence had been offered. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and his lordship, in sentencing the prisoner to be transported for seven years, regretted exceedingly that the law did not enable him to Inflict a more severe punishment. FRIDAY. CHILD lIIIRDZA AT ECCLESTIALD. Esther Dyson, aged 26, was charged with the wilful murder of a new-born female bastard child, at ifcclesfield, in the West Riding, the month of October last. i In addition to the excitement which a trial for murder always creates. the present charge produced a greater sensation fmm the circumstance that the unfortunate prisoner is deaf and dumb. The Court was, con sequently, crowded to excess long before the arrival of the judges. The prisoner was brought into the dock at about a quarter before nine. She is of a respectable appearance, rather mild featured, and of a more intelligent countenance than most persons who labour under the sank deprivations. She wore a red friezcd cloak, which nearly covet ti a light printed gown, with a purple coloured silk bonnet and lace cap ; al:oge. ther, her exterior was that of a respectable servant. His lordship came into court soon after nine, and the prisoner was immediately arraigned. The indictment contained four counts, chug. ing the offence in various ways. It was alleged to bare been committed on the 24th of September last. The Clerk of Arraigns then inquired," Esther Dyson, are you guilty or not guilty ?" The prisoner returned no answer. After the question had becn several times repeated, the jury were sworn to try " whether the prisoner stood mute by malice, or the visi tation of God." John Henderson deposed that he had known the prisoner 11 years, and that she was both deaf and dumb. His lordship told the jury this was a mere preliminary inquiry, and under his direction they found a verdict—that she stood mute from the infliction of Providence. Henderson, in answer to questions from the learned judge, stated that he had been lo the habit of communicating with the prisoner by signs, and that he had reasons to know that she understood the mode of com munication which he used. His Lordship and the Counsel for the prosecution remained some time in conversation; after which Henderson again was examined as to his knowledge of the prisoner ; and swore truly to interpret to the prisoner the nature of the charge ; the evidence, and all such matters and things as the Court should require to be made known to her. The prisoner had no counsel ; and Sir Gregory Lewin readily under. took her defence. After the nature of the charge war made known to her, she pleaded that she had not done it. She was arraigned also on the Coroner's inquest ; but Ilender.on said it would be impossible to make her understand that or any complicated proposition ; he could not make her understand that she was at liberty to challenge any of the Jury. The learned Judge, after Henderson had been strictly examined as to this fact, decided, that she came within the meaning of the 39th and 40th Geo. 111. by which, if any person indicted for any offence, was in. sane, and found not intelligent, so as to be tried upon such indictment, that such person could be kept in custody. The jury, after consulting a few moments, returned a verdict that she was " not sane " His Lordship then directed her to be remanded and desired that the beat means of giving her instruction might be employed. Mr. Shepherd (the Governor) said every method bad been tried to make her acquainted with her situation, but without effect; and he was afraid there was not much prospect of success. DUNDEE, MARCH 29.—A fatal catastrophe happened on Thursday last, to that industrious and useful, class, the fishermen of Broughty Fer r y. O n th a t d a y a boat with eight of a crew, whose names were Ramsay Sim, master, David, Robert, and Ramsay Sim, his sons, David Sim his brother, J. Rollo Gall, Robert Anderson, and Robert Kidd, was overtaken by the gale which came on in the afternoon, and in endeavouring to make the land encountered a tre mendous sea on the bar of Tay, by which the boat was com pletely overwhelmed, and all her crew perished. The fatal disaster was beheld from the shore, but it was impossible to render any assistance. Another boat which was in company, and for which the utmost anxiety was felt, made for the Frith of Forth, and got into Burntisland. BIRTHS. The 31st ult. in Lipper Berkeley-street, Portman-square, the July of W. B. Crealock, Esq. of a son.—The 31st ult. at Hackney, Mrs. J. M. Morris, of a son. :SIARKIED. The 31at ult. Mr. A. Beaumont, of Parkton-grove, to 3liaa Croy, of Bartletel.buildinga, Holborn. DIED. The 29th ult. the wife of Mr. E. Wright, of West Drawn, Mid dlesex.—At 79, Cheapside, the 30th ult. Mrs. Elisabeth ErAnd, aged 63. NEWGATB AND LEADENHALL—THIS DAT. By the Carcase.—Per stone of Btbs. Beef 2s 10d 3s 8d 3s 10d I Mutton 31 64 3s lod gs gd Veal 3s 4s 84 31 Pork 5s 64 45 84 5. 2d Lamb.— 7s 64 ... 8s sd. FARRINGDON MARKET-THIS DAY. Bra►—Finrst Roasting, ad per RN Bolling. Sed to 6d. 3101. roe—Leg, Bd. Shoulder, 7d. VEAL—Leg, 8441. Fillet, 10d. PORK, 7d to 9d. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET-THIS DAY. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, £2 2s. to 44121. Useful ditto, £2 15s. to £3 15s. Fine Upland Veadow and Rye Grass Hay, £4 Os to .C 4 4s. Clover Hay, X: 3s. to XS 105. Oat Straw, I .C 1 12s to fl Ws. Wbeat &raw, £1 Is.. to £2 e s . p er load. CUAIRERLAND HAY-hIARKRT—THIS DAY. t Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, £2 Ss. to £2 10s. Metal ditto, £2 104. to £3 IS.. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Hay, £4 Os. to £4 51. Clover Hay. £3 3s. to £5 Ss Oat Straw, £1 124. to .61 16a. Wheat Straw, £2 04. en £2 2.. per load. COVENT-GARDEN MARKET—THIS DAY. There was a good supply of vegetables, &c. at market this morning. PRICES. Strawbetries, 2s Gd per ounce. Forced Grapes, 30s to 42. per D. Cucumbers. 6s to 8s per brace. Mushrooms, Is to is 9d per small basket. Asparagus, 4s to 14% per bundle. Sea Kail, Is 6d to 3s per punnet. Rhubarb, Is to Is 6d per bundle. New Potatoes, Is 6d per lb. Broca. Is to 2s Gd per bundle. Apples, 4s to 6s per halt' sieve; do. for dessert, 4s Oti to 6s per doz. Pears, 6s to 10s per dos. Filberts, 2s per pound. Spring Turnips, is to Is 6d per bunch. Carrots, Is 9d to 2s per bunch. Red Cabbages, 6s to 12s per dos. Spring Onions, 4d to 6d per bunch. Radishes, Is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches. Horse Radish, 2s 6d to 7s per bundle. French Beans, 2s 6d to 3s fid per 100. Potatoes, 34 to 6s per cwt. Old Onions, 34 to 4s per half sieve. Otanges, 4s to 10s per 100. Seville Oranges, 10s to 20. Lemons, 4s to 10s. Spanish Nuts, 4s per peck. Foreign Grapes, 9tl to k's per lb. Almonds, 7s per peck. Chestnuts, 4s to 6s per peck. limn:mg—Wheat, per load (40 bushels) £l5 Os to £2l lOs; Beg ley, per qr, 34a to 465; Oats, 2fis to 381 ; Beans, 42s to Ms ; 42s to 445. lIsxEL IlaxerrzaD—Wheat, per load (five bushels), 49s to 51 s; Beans, 234 to 265; Peas, 274 to 20.; Barley, per qr. 42s to 475; Oats, 27s to 30e Od. Rostroan—Wheat, per qr. 64. to 78s ; Barley, 42s to 47s Oats, 281 to 345; Beans, 36s to 480 t Peas, 37s to 44s ; Rye, 38s. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Kerning B e. 26w. I Afternoon LONDON: hinted and rubliehed by JOHN 141aTNE, at the St.ta Orrice, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar. /