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f ~i 't E• { j ,• y! ' ' , r H , I I I 1. 1 1 , i '4 PICTURE CIF WAR. • e , .11. 1-. : EMPIR E. KENT HERALD. 1 At Giulia/3 Rodrigo there was a great deal of bustle ; a great tinily sick and wounded soldiers, their bandages and -- clothes still bloody ; every thing seemed in motion. A Spa - - nisi) regiment was mounting guard, officers and orderly dra goons arriving and departing in all directions—every body seemed to have something to do and was in a hurry. At last u e met Lt. Robe of the Horse Artillery, who told us that the siege of Burgos was raised, and that the army was retreat ing as fast as it could ; also that his father, Colonel Robe. was badly wounded, and on his way to Lisbon for England. -We waited on the Colonel, who had been hit near the knee by a grape shot, of which he never recovered, but lin gered, suffering great pain, for some years. His son was killed at Waterloo, after behaving most gallantly : he was a most promising officer. We stopped that night at Ciudad Rodrigo, and went on next morning ; but every thing was i in confusion ; we could get no quarters or any thing to eat; the roads were strewed with sick and wounded. Not being attached, we were, in a great measure, our own masters, so baited to rest, as we found it of no use to go any farther, and saw the army pass us. such u set of scarecrows was never seen ; it was difficult to say what they were, as the men's coats were patched with grey ; some had blankets over them, and most of them were barefoot ; every step they took they were up to the knees in mud ; women and sick men were actually sticking in it; if a horse, mule, or donkey stumbled, there the poor starved, (I was going to say half starved) creature fell, stuck fast, and the baggage had to be abandoned. A brigade of artillery that had just come from England was, with cavalry and light troops, covering the rear. This brigade had left Lisbon but a short time before, and was in very high order ; the clothing of the men scarcely soiled, and the horses sleek and fat, made a strange contrast with the others, especially the company of artillery that had served in the batteries before Bur gos. We at first took the latter for prisoners, as they were mostly in French clothing, many of them riding on the car riages, sick and wounded, drawn some by oxen, and some by mules and horses. I never saw British soldiers in such a state. Our Lisbon party here broke up ; I having got through my provisions, and being without quarters, not being yet attached, thought it best to go where I could get something to eat, so returned to Ciudad Rodrigo : to do this I had to pass over the most shocking roads; they were in a much worse state than when 1 had passed over them a few days before, and the number of dead men and animals that now lay by the road-side, was shocking. I heard my name called from the ditch, and looking round I saw an officer lying on the road-side, who had been a cadet a few years before at Marlow. Some ammunition car daps going by at the time, I got him placed on one of them ; he died that evening, and I buried him soon after, digging the grave myself, with the assistance of one man only ; the ceremony was not long nor the mourners many. I cannot now recollect his name. It had been raining all this time, and I bad nothing to eat except the nuts I gathered on the road-side, which I shared with my horse, as he was nearly as badly off as myself, the grabs and every thing that he could have eaten being destroyed by the numbers that had gone on before. We came to a place which n few days be fore had been a small commissariat station, where I expected something, but the commissaries were off, and had burnt some biscuit. Scene soldiers scrambling for what they could get, I joined them, and succeeded in getting out half a bis cuit, only a little burnt, which was the only regular food I had tasted for two days. That afternoon my servant found me out; we had separated in the bustle ; he told mo he had got a ration of beef and bread for us both, which we eat with great gusto, though we hardly waited to warm it. I soon arrived at Ciudad Rodrigo, where I drew proper rations, though given very stingily, and went on towards Almeida. On my way I passed a division of the sick from Salamanca hospital. Many of them were in carts drawn by oxen, jolting over rough roads, the poor fellows screaming at every jolt ; such as were able were obliged to walk, some with their hands bandaged up, others with arms in slings, many fainting by the way , exhausted and lying down to die. I remember two Portuguese soldiers leaning against the same tree : one of tbem looked so miserably at me, that I got off my horse to give him some rum out of my canteen : he muttered some thing and pointed to the other than, who I supposed was his brother, from what I could understand—he was already dead in a sitting posture. 1 returned to the first, but before I could offer my canteen he fell down by the tree dead. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH In contemplation of a dissolution, the electors of the county, and the various represented towns of Kent, are already engaged in busy specu. lation, if not in actual preparation, for returning lletorm Candidates. Sir Edward Knatehbull will certain ly go out. His friends will do well to advise him to withdraw, fur every part of the county will be in active combination to replace him by a gentleman pledged to a reform. In another column we have pointed to various individuals who are talked of as likely to be put in nomination. To these we may mid the name of the late Iligh Sketiff, E. Rice, Esq. who is in favour of the bill. In deed there can be no doubt of the success of any candidate of adequate respectability who is decidedly of liberal principles. Fur Canterbury the two.present Members arc secure beyond all doubt. At Dover the Liberal and Government interests will return two Reform Candidates. The present members for Myth:. are safe, identified with Reform as they now are. In Sandwich, Maidstone, and Queenborough, the Liberals arc on the alert. Kent will do her part, if the struggle come, Jqwerds securing the great object of an united people's wishes. Gri Monday evening a respectable meeting of the friends of the Har manic Club was held at the Shakepeare Tavern, in this city, attended by most of the instrumental and vocal performers of the Catch Club. Messrs. Sloman, Harrison, Mended', and Shoubridge, greatly contri buted th the harmony of the evening. The healths of Mr. Sloman and his company of performers were drank with enthusiasm. On Saturday the following superior officers visited Chatham Yard in A government steam vessel.—Sir Thomas Hardy, (Admiralty) ; Ad petrel trundas,. (Navy Board) Honourable Captain Elliott, (Secretary to the Admiralty) Honourable Captain Duncan, (Navy Board); and Sir It. Seppings, (Navy Board) ; they also went from Chatham to Sheer ness Yard. several large drips in the dock yard arc being cut down to Hawes, which are vessels shallower than those usually built. The High Sheriff B. Powell, Esq. convened a meeting of the free- 1 3141ders and inhabitants of the county of Kent, on Thursday last, in compliance with a requisition signed by Earls Darnley, Radnor, and NVinchilsea, Lords Barham, Sondes, and Clifton, Sir J. Tylden, Sir W. Cos way, and about fifty of the most respectable and influential gen. rlenien in the county. The meeting was, as usual, appointed to be holden oo Penenden Heath, but in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather, was adjourned to the High-street, Maidstone, at which place, by one o'clock, about four thousand persons had assem bled, amongst whom we noticed the Earls Winchilsea and Radnor, Lord Blalion, Sir J. Tylden Sir W. Cosway, T. L. Hodges, Esq. M.P. Hon. It. Watson, M.P. &e: &e. Thejtev. F. Litchfield, Vicar of Elham, has reduced the small tithes of that parish upwards of 25 per cent. upon the sum received by his pre decessor. , The Marquis Camden stated in the House of Lords, on Monday, ,that j a great portion of the inhabitants of Kent were not in favour of Are Reform bill. ' We would ask him what he means by the term " a great portion r If he means one in five hundred or a thousand, we will grant he is right. We are informed the Royal. Adelaide performed the voyage from 111argate to London, a distance of nearly 89 miles,. in 5 hours and 17 minutes, on Tuesday last, being the quickest passage ever made. 111 A RRIBD.--At Chiddingstone, the Rev. .1. T. Wilgrmt, to Ara bella, second daughter of the late H. Streatfield, Esq.—Mr. Winch, of lflarhani, to Sarah'Anne, daughter of Mr. Thothas Squire, of Eltham. DIED.—The Rev. Robert Croft, Rectosof Rowley-1n Staplegata, Canterbury, Mr. Edward Peony—at Barmng. Mrs. Round, aged 86, BRIGHTON HERAJRI),,APan. 9. It gives us infinite satisfaction to see the assemblage of rank, talent, and wealth, present, and ibir unanimity af. semiment that prevailed, at the county meeting, held at Wig" on Thursday. last. True it is, we Ftad yrurg Shelley raining his Agice for iiis o'wli,tsbbit-bole, and de. fending the rights oT his constfqints, whoin, as the scion of a noble houre real on the hustings, he might have brought with hini In his ate-hone chaise I I On the popular side, we had that steady aid friend of refrain, Lord George Cavendish, supported by his roe. The Richmond' mustered strong; Lord George Lennox mak ing in his usual unsophisticated style ; and Lord WWI, hitherto an untried politician, surprised every body by the ammo manner in which he tore to pieces the doctrines of the asustoraw formers, and the feeling with which he advocated the *his ell dos people, identifying himself with the noble head of Ms whom men of all ranks in this county so much look up to. Mr. Iforatt a a: able speech, alluded to the sacrifices made by Mr. Smith, the fur Chichester, and Mr. °Mon, of Hurstmonoeux. 81r G. Wader ably dissected Mr. Shells ' s arguments, in his usual convincing style. Mr. Donovan and Sir C. Blunt, the rival candidates for Lewes, weledll their metal. and acquitted themselves like men of talent and public spait. ' —Just before the commencement of the meeting, a stage coach, laden inside and out with reformers from Brighton, drove up to the County Hall. Two men on the coach bore the B r ighton town flags, which were speedily fixed at each extremity of the hustings. The reformers wore purple favours on their breasts, and the hones were similarly de corated. BRIGHTON WATES Woaks.—No improvement that has been made in this town will add more to the general comfort and convenience of the inhabitants than this undertaking. Independently of the important ad vantage of a resource in case of Ste, Brighton, when supplied from the Fulking and Poynings springs, will have as fine and as healthy a qua. lity of water as is possible to be obtained in any part of England. A man, named John Tuer, was committed to Petworth gaol for trial, for destroying a thrashing machine, in the month of November last, in the parish of Larnley, the property of Mr. H. Freeland. Surely an amnesty ought long ere this to have cancelled such offences. Some reward perhaps is the unworthy cause ! The new single wall foe the widening of the lower end of the Marine. parade, from the western Pier toll.house, to the eastern, is in a state of great forwardness. Arrivals continue to multiply with us, and the numerous hotel. keepers of the town are again occupied in the pleasing task of attending to the wishes of their numetous guests. Within the last week, more lodging.houses have been engaged than for a month previous. The intercourse with the continent is opened, by the Eclipse steam packet, Capt. Chessman. In consequence of enquiries by the Secretary of State, a magistrate Mr. Milford, has informed his lordship, that, in the country parishes and villages, he had heard, from good authority, that beer-shops were productive of pernicious and demoralizing consequences; and tlmt, as to the expectations entertained previously to the passing of the bill, that the new shops would sell home-brewed beer, such expectations were not realized in this town, where all the shops (120 In number) were, without exception, supplied by public breweries ; and that the beer supplied was, compared with the price demanded by the retail venders, of a very inferior quality. East Sussex Bunt Races took place on Levee Race Course on Mon. day last. The hill was well attended; there being several gay equi pages, a small body of wellmounted equestrians, and a large concourse of spectators on foot. The ball at the Star Inn, Lewes, in the evening. was attended by between two and three hundred persons, comprising all the. beauty, youth, and Sudden of the town and neighbourhood. During the evening some beautiful fire-works were exhibited by Mr. Jones, in the Cliffe market-place. Lewes hi likely to be the scene of a moat severe struggle at the next election. Besides the pr. sent members, both of whom intend again to present themselves to the electors, two other electors have declared themselves. These are Mr. D0110%&11 (who has already waged two spi rited and expensive contests for the honour of representing the borough) and Sir C. Blunt. On Tuesday afternoon last, as the Arundel and Bognor branch coach was leaving the former place for its destination, it had scarcely left the town, when the pole of the coach suddenly broke, and the driver, Mr. G. Cross, (a steady and experienced man) thereby Irsing all com mand of the horses, they started pai off at full gallop, and soon overturned the vehicle. Unfortunately at the moment the coach fell, a gentleman, connected with the Earl of Arran's at at Bognor, was en. deavouring to descend behind the coach, and falling with considerable violence on his head, was killed on the spot. Another of the outside passengers bad the small bone of his arm fractured. The death, on Thursday, of Walter BurrelkEsq. whose public conduct was always honest and upright, and who, in private life, was amiability itself, has caused a vacancy in the represebtation of the Western Divi sion of this county. Lord Surry is the candidate. DlED.—Suddenly, at Bosham, Lieut. Cook, K. N. he was a most benevolent man, and greatly respected by all who knew him—At het residence at South-Gate, Mrs. Coates, at the advances' age of 85...A150, at Fishbourne, Mrs. 0. Wakelicle., aged 31. NORTHAMPTON MERCURY, APRIL 9. We are happy to inform our readers that the trustees of the charity land, and the principal inhabitants of the parish of Welton, In this county, have let in small allotments for spade lumbandry, 20 acres of rich old pasture land to upwards of 60 poor families, at 40s. per acre, free to them from all other payments, which land we understand has not been in tillage for more than seventy years. The late Rev. Langton Freeman, Clerk, having bequeathed 2L 10s. a year to be distributed amongst the poor of Long Iluek in this county, the landowners and principal inhabitants of that pariah,during the late inclement season raised by voluntarontributlons the sum of 141 L ISA. in aid of and including the said beq uest, with which they purchased 2,5001b5 . of good wcther mutton„6oo yards of sheeting cloth, and 340 counterpanes and divided the same in equal proportions amongst 1,140 of the poor inhabitants of that place. The anniversary of the Sunday School Union was held on Raster Monday, at College-street Meeting House, in this town. In the after. noon a sermon was preached to nearly one thousand children, by the Rev. Mr. Gray. A public meeting was held in the evening, which was addressed by the Rev. Messrs. Brand, Hobson, Hyatt, Prust, Wake, and Wheeler, when much information was given, showing the beneficial effects that have been produced upon society by sunday school instruction. Yesterday, the match made by Mr. Cox, of the Ram Inn, in this town, to gallop • hone, carrying I I stone, 20 miles, within the hour, came off on the Kettering roiM, adjoining the race course, near this town. This feat, believed to be unequalled in the annals of racing, was performed by Mr. Cox's brown man, and rode by the owner. Mr. C. started from the mile stone near the race ground gate, rode to the tenth stone at Broughton, and returned to the starring place, cleverly winning the match, with about half minute to spare. NOOTHAMPTON COUNTY MEETING.—In compliance with a re. quisition very numerously and respectably signed, the Sheriff has ap. pointed a Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of this county to be holden at the County Hall, in this town, on Wednesday next, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Legislature to pats into a law the bill now before the House of Commons for a Reform of Parliament. The following are the first twelve names of the forty who signed the requisition:—Grafton, Winchilsea, Pomfret, Spencer, Sondes, Milton, G. Robinson, W. Wake, E. /3uverie, W. Banbury, T. Is. Dundee, L. H. Forbes. The Earl of Roston has announced that it is not his intention again to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of Bury St. Edmund's. MARRIED.—At Syston, 3 1r. C. Powell, to Miss E. Talbott.— At Olney, Mr. Samuel Cobb, to Emily Ann, widow of Mr. Thomas Hill, of Ruckinge, Kent.—The Rev. Henry Burgess, Baptist Minister of Luton, to Miss Jane Tomkins, of Olney. At Banbury , M. Thos. Strange, Brockicy, to Alias Ana Butler.—Edward Gould, Esq. to Co llets Sydney, only daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Dowels, of Bath.— The Rev. T. H. Causton A.M. to the Hun. Frances Hester Powys.— The Rev. Josephus Williams, of Creston, to Mary Ann Susannah, only daughter of the late William Mount, Esq.—Wm. ilhouse Esq. of Pailton Hall, to Sophia, second daughter of the late Sir Rich ard dc Capell Brooke, Bart.—Mr. Benjamin Lambert, of Liverpool, to Ann Matilda, only daughter of the late Bin Pickering Ronde, of Weston FavelL —Mr. Gowan Shorter, of Daventry, to Margaret, daughter of the late Rev. John Lough. DIED.—At Cople House, Bei!a, the Right Hon. Lady Charlotte Ludlow, fourth daughter of the late Peter Earl Ludlow .— At Aston House, Edmund Darby, Esq. PLYMOUTH JOURNAL, APRIL 7. It is not the intention of Sir George Cockburn to offer himself for the representation of this borough. Thomas Hewes, Req. will be put in nomination.—Lord John Russell will be put in nomination for the county of Devon, in opposition to Sir Thomas Dyke Acland. The General Cemetry for Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse, is upon the same plan as the Low-bill Cemetry, Liverpool, where the expenses attending the burial of the dead will be less than In any *thee burial-ground. All classes will have the privilege of burying their deed under whatever form of service they think most suitable. The first Liverpool Cetnetry was opened in 1826, at an expense of 70001. and though their charges for inteunent are low, they pay ten per cent interest on the shares, besides having paid off a debt of 60001. in five years. The following is a statement of their progressive prosperity: No. of interments. Annual Income, • 1826 204 r 4:292 1828. 424 l,OlB 1827 1828 1829 At Manchester a cemetry was opened in 1821, at an expense of 80001 at 101. per share—the shares are now worth 261. each. It is proposed to inclose 5 acres for the Plymouth and Devonpon cemetry —and the present estimate is 70001. Upwards of 2000 persons are interred yearly in the three towns—if therefore one third are interred it will produce at the Liverpool prices about 17001. per annum. PLYMOUTH CORN RETURN, APRIL 6.—Average, Wheat, 74a 10d; Barley, 32s 6d; Oats, 23e 7d. Currency—Wh o , B'Ds to 765; Barley, 280 to Ws; Oats, 24s to 28s. MARRIED—At Compton, Berks, Alexander Francis Rowe, Req. of Bideford, to Anne, third daughter of William Clarke, Req.—At Paionin, the Rev. Benj. Hall Kennely, toJanet, youngest dau.g~liter of the Thomas Card, Esq.—H. Caswell, Req. of his Majesty's ship Druid, to Miss Susan Truenne—Slr. R. Lakanan, to Miss Sanas, DIED—At Hemerdon, George Woolleombe, Esq. IS, a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Devon—At Barley house, James Miott, Esq. 83—At King's Terrace, Southsea, Lieut. N. Bimmoutts, LANCASTER GAZETTE. Unseen= Mixtvia.—Els Majesty, last week, pm an audience to Lord Stanley, Colonel Teelost, &c. to Ix upon the uniform of the throe Lancashire mimesis of sense. His Wisely expressed great in. *rest for the County Palatines settled the us farm, and ordered the Lancastrian race to b• Win la &I Nan and appointments, said he ' d would have a mat Ise binmdf, and gave orders for the maps to be styled, " The Asked Lanwater's Own," and directed that a eons. &Et beagles shield be called " The Duke of Lancaster's 91 • bat, Beery Revell Reynolds, Esq. his Majesty's Chief Cassabolmse, bald a Otast at our Castle for the relief of insolvent Man. 101 risme applied tor their discharge, b 8 of whom received media from disk coeditors, intending to oppore their discharge on the hooka of their respective petitions. When Commissioner Reynolds, in the Insolvent Court was intent). gating a pawn before the Conn, as to whether be waa s shoemaker ? he teplicd, " No, I am a cordwainer." Upon which the Commisaloaer desired him to explain the 'Harem between the two terms, which be did in the following manner :—" A cordwriner is a person who makes shoes for ladies end gentlemen ; but a shoemaker is one who makes shoes for horses I" On Tuesday week, an inquest was held before Mr. Milne and a res peetable jury, at the house of Mr. W. Platt, the Three Tuna, Moor. lane, Bolton, en the body of the Rev. Mr. Barker, Minister of the Ebenezer Chapel, in Bolton. It appeared that the deceased was on his way to Manchester by the Fair Trader stage coach, on the 12th ult. which was upset near to the Gravel-hole, in Great Lever, by which he was so shockingly bruised that he died on Saturday week. It was proved the driver gallopped the horses the whole of:the way from Bolton to the place where the accident happened, when one of the wheels came off. The coach ran on three wheels to a considerable dis. Lance, and after it upset was dragged upwards of twenty yards by the horses. The Jury, sixteen in number, unanimously returned a verdict of manslaughter against Peter Jones, the coachman, who has since been apprehended. The coachman himself was seriously injured, and the constable of Hulme, who was also a passenger, now lies in a very pm. carious state. Mr. Barker was 35 years of age, and has left a widow and four children, one of whom has been born since the accident hap.' paned. KENDAL FIRST SPRING FAII.-0/1 Tuesday week, the show of cattle was not large, nor the dealers numerous, but prices were good. We may fairly state, that the value of cattle, within the last six months, in that part of the country, has risen from 30s. to 40a. a head. The low In sheep during the late storm , , has been considerable, and mutton is deficient both in quality and quantity; hence the ready demand for fat cattle, and the high prices given for them. At the late enquiry before the Committee respecting the Liverpool election, an out.voter, upon being asked how much he received, said boldly, 221. and then with great naive:4 exclaimed, " I always vote en the popular side." This will probably be the last joke of this lively and independent voter. Two candidates are spoken of as the future representatives of Mac clesfield..J. Ryle, Esq. the banker, and a son of Sir J. Stanley's. Michael Stocker', Esq, is expected to stand for Halifax, having:re ceived Invitations trout several of the townships of that great parish. A PRISONER STARVED TO DEATH. — On the 23d inst. an inquest was held at Rochdolc, on the body of a young man named Richard Pilling, a pauper lu the Wardieworth workhouse. ltappeared that the deceased had been taken to the prison and confined in a solitary cell, in which there was no bed, no covering, nor any thing for him to lie down upon but • bench of wood of about a yard broad ; that he had been confined therein fifteen days, and was discovered by a person (who was appointed to consign another wretched being to the same den) lying naked on the stone floor, which was covered with filth. He was in a dying state, with &portion of his clothes in his mouth, and he had been in that state nearly the whole of his imprisonment. In conse quence of representations made by the person who discovered the un happy man, he was carried about ten o'clock that night to the work. house, where he died in ten hours afterwards. The jury retained a verdict that he " died from hnnger ;" and in consequence Richard Hargreaves, Elizabeth (otherwise Betty) Burrows, and Hannah Holt, were committed to Lancaster for manslaughter.—Manchester Herald.. EMIGNATION.—On Monday last, the Robert William Harris sailed from (liaison Dock with a number of emighuns (we understand about 60) on board, for Quebec. Ann maw FL° e a.—The number of burets and half barrels of Ame rican flour, that have been taken out of Bond since the 7th ult. when the low duties came into operation, is one hundred and seventy - five thousand three hundred and ninety bane l s , and four thousand and ninety-three half barrels, weighing three hundred and nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-one hundred weight. There have been imported since the 7th ult. to the 25th ult. sixteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-three barrels, weighing twenty.nine thousand seven hundred and thirty-one hundred weight ; and eight thousand bushels of wheat. From different poets in Europe during the same period, one hundred and ninety-four barrels of flour, and one hundred and sixty thousand eight hundred and two bushels of wheat, exclusive of the immense importation from Ireland, Cestatways, and thc Isle of Man. PORT OF LIVE I rooL.—The number of vessels entered at oar Cas tom.house, from 25th Feb. to 24th March, both days inclusive, is 719 vessels, 91,700 tons ; same period last year, 675 vessels, 91,440 tons.— !mew, 83 vessels, 260 tons. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31.—Extract of a letter hem Capt. Hinde, of the Sunbury, arrived at New Orleans from this port s.--" We were brought to by a brigantine between the Cayman and Cape Antonio, which ordered our boat alongside, pointing their long torn at us. I sent the mate and three men; the boat returned with two of my own men and four Spaniards, or apparently such, but only armed with' knives. They demanded breed, saying they would pay for it, having plenty of dollars on board : they then took about 10 CHL of bread, one cask of flour ' one cask of pease, and one bag of rice, with every thing eatable that they could lay their bands ou, fur which the mate returned with 30 dollars. He reported her to be regularly armed, with 60 men and 660 slaves, and quite out of provisions, having only a few yams on board." -- I,lwcasrza.—Average price of Wheat, per load (4i Winchester bushels) ils. 10d-70s. 4d. per qr-Bs. 9d. per bL—Osts, per load, 25a. 6d-28s. 6d. per qr-3s. 61d. per M ; Barley, average per windle, 14s. 8d ; Beans, per load, 235. 3d ; Oatmeal, per load, 39s to 41s ; Butter, per lb. 15d; Eggs, 18 for Is; Potatoes, 12 lb. for 4d. MARRIED.—Edward Wood, Esq. of Burslem, to Sarah, daughter of Thomas Slater, Esq. of Broughton-View.--At Everton, NIL James Steaines, to Mary Barnes, eldest daughter of Wm. Vaughan, Ess. of Tew Brook.—Edw. West, of Shaftesbury, to Ann youngest daughter of the late Mr. Wm. Thistlethwaite, of Bankey.—At Leeds, Mr. Thos. Shaw, to Eliza, daughter of the late John Varley, of Tatham. DIED.—At Inventor), Mr. George Cooper, of Preston, 48.—Eliza. beth, the wife ofJoseph Ridgway, Esq. of Ridgmont.—At Birkenhead, Mrs. Pennington, of Liverpool.—The Rev. Robert Croft, M.A. Canes Residentiary of York Cathedral. GLASGOW FREE PRESS, APRIL 6. We are sorry to have to record a fatal catastrophe which happened on Thursday last, to that industrious and useful class, the fishermen of Broughton Ferry. On that day a boat, with eight of a sew, was overtaken by the gale which came on in the afternoon, and in endeavouring to make land encountered a tremendous sea on the bar of Tay, by which the boat was completely overwhelmed, and all her crew perished. The fatal disaster was beheld from the shore, but it was impos,ible to render any assistance. The following toll.bars in this neighbourhood was let on Wednes day, by public roup, in the Lyceum Rooms t 1831 1830 Gallowgate and Carntyne, and London Road ... £4025 3810 Birkinshaw and 11•11 shill, or Parkhead ••• 700 700 Bothwell Bridge and Clydeside .. 700 860 AluiThill or Stotts ... • • ... 240 240 Polkeminet .. 446 490 Long Livingstone ... .. ••• ... 900 315 For Newhouse, Annisfield, and Flemington, no offers were given, and were left in the hands of the trustees. On Oallowgate, dec. the rise is to be ascribed to the addition of London Road. . . _ . The Queen Adelaide steam-packet sailed yesterday evening for U. verpool. with the largest quantity of eggs we recollect to have bard of being shipped by any vcasel—no less than 61 tons 16 cwt. the value of which cannot be less than from I,OOOL to 1,2001. — Derby Journal. Extract of a letter from Barbattoes, received in Glasgow, dated Feb. 16 :—" We are sorry to hear of some insurrectionary movements that have lately taken place at Martinique, and caused the loss of con siderable property and some lives." A young lady, of good connections and of some fortune, residing, near Edinburgh, is about to resign herself in marriage to a Jew nobler, who was lately baptised. The lady has been drinking deep in the Wroe heresy, and has bad visions and revelations. The Jew, like others of his nation, knows the value of ready cash. The excitement In the west has, as was to be expected, produced the marriage of the female leader of the sect Mary Campbell, with a kindred visionary. Edinburgh is Dow become the chief seat of the heresy. Fifty-three young misses, seventeen full grown ladies, without husbands, • ith one or two matrons, and a few gentlemen , led captive by silly women, are in daily and active operation, fondly cherishing one another, whispering or talking a loud of 'hien; and miracles, and denouncing GOD% wrath as about to come on the city. GLasaow, April 4.—There was a good supply of cattle in the mar ket this morning, both as regarded number and quality, but it was con sidered, even by the Gahm, that a decline of 3d or 4d per stone took plea in the best descriptions of beef, which may consequently be quoted at from 8s 64 to Bs 8d per stone tron. Middling front 7. to 7s dd. For sheep these was a middling demand, at a alight reduction on former quotations. The grain market has been dull, and prime rather lower. 'What, British pa 2401b5, Ns to 384 Do.inew do. 30s to 3 45; Canada, free, do 01d.4s to Mos t Irish do. 31s to Mis. MARRIED—At Comely Park, John Johnston, Esq. son of the late Beery Johnston, Esq. of Meadowbank, to Elise, eldest daughter of Adam Cubits, Esq. . DIED—Mrs. James Browne, of Abereromby.plooe—ln Maxwell. street, Miss Caldabead, 81—Ague. Bowie, re/let of the late Mr. John Fyfe, Paisley—At Wilderhaugh, Galsehiels, Mr. flatus Maas, woollen manufacturer, who lint introduced the spinning jenny 'and arding engines into Scotland-86, Mr. William Hunter, late Mathant alkilivelb.-The Rev. Andrew WO2OO, M.A. 33, minister of the BOMA Chu* Boiney-street, Liverpool—At Glasgow, 26, the Rev. CatalMlPlkiwo, ILA. eldest sea of the late William Rankine, E N . EsINOMIL BETHNAL-GREEN MURDER, APRIL O. - _ _ Samuel Dexter was again brought up to Lambeth-street office kr further examination. On being placed within the bar, Mr. Hudak!. addressing him said, that his brother Magistrates and himself felt it u be their duty to commit him for trial on the charge of murder, but a, it would not be convenient to try him during the peasant Sessions, from the great mass of evidence which had been taken, and which should lx put in proper form, they would remand him until the 30th inst. Dexter said that he conceived himself to be very badly treated. A length of time had elapsed since his apprehension, and therefore it would be exceedingly difficult for him to prepare his defence, as many minute circumstances, both as to time and places, which would be most important to his case, bad now escaped his memory ; besides, many of the persons who he requested should be called and examined on hi s behalf, were not so cal led, and this be thought highly improper. Mr. Hardwick observed that it was his wish that every facility should be afforded him to bring forward any and every person who could speak favourably of him, or whose testimony tended in the slightest dev ee to exonerate him fro m the charge. Dexter asked whether be was to be sent to Newgate, or what prison ? Mr. Huanwici told him he would be sent to the New Prison, Clerkenwell ; and that on the 30th he would be again brought up, when the depositions would be read over to him, and then he would be committed to Newgate preparatory to his trial. Dexter, who was much better dressed, and appeared in higher spirits than on any previous examination, was then removed from the bar to the strong room. At Florence, the 29d of March, the lady of John Frederick Fal. weaver, Esq. of a son.—The 10th inst. at 17, Eaton-place, the lady of C. Itrowniow, Esq. M.P. of a son and heir. MARRIED. In Merrlon.aquare, Dublin, by his Grace the Catholic Archbhbog of Dublin, Nicholas Joseph Wrench, of Fftench-lawn, in the county of Roscommon Esq. to Betsey Mary O'Connell. third daughter of Da niel O'Connell, M.P.—Thursday, the 7th inst by special license, E. E. Warburton, Esq. of Arley Hall, to Mary, eldest daughter of Sir R. Brooke. _ _ _ _ _ blaaltrafaZ IN Hioa Ltrx.--Captsin Fox Mamie, ht., of the 79th, or Cameron Highlanders, eldest son of the Has. Wm. Ramsay Monde, M. P. and nephew to the Earl of Dalhousie, has contracted a matrimonial alliance with the Hon. Miss Abereromby, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Abercrombie, and niece of Viscount Melville. The nuptial union was celebrated on the 4th inst. at the residence of the Right Hon. James Abercrombie, Lord Chief Baron of Scotland, and uncle to the fair bride, who is in her 24th year. The celebrated Miss Foote, according to the Sheffield Camara, wan married on Thursday last to the Earl of Harrington, the late cele brated Viscount Petersham. The ceremony is said to have been per- formed at his Lordship's seat, Walston, near Derby . and in combo. ration of all this we learn from another quarter that his Lordship and the Lady were seen in a travelling carriage and four, going northward, some eight or nine days back, followed by a post chaise, in which were Mr. and Mrs. Foote. DI ED. At his seat at West Grimstead, aged 52, Walter Burrell, Esq. M.P. for Sussex. Ose 9th inst. at the Hermitage, Richmond, after a lingering al ms Ann, the beloved wife of John Jackson Cuff, Esq. of (treat lbseemstreet, Lincoln's-lon-fields, sincerely lamented by a numerous and affectionate family. Thursday, the 7th inst. at his seat, Mulgrave 'Castle, Yorkshire, in his 77th year, Henry Earl of Milgrim, Viscount Normanby, Baron Mulgrave, G.C.B. a General in the Army, and Colonel of the 31st Regiment. His lordship entered the army in the American war, and served with distinction both there and in the early part of the revolutionary war, particularly in the expedition against Toulon, in the year 1793. He was afterwards a principal member of the Pitt, Per. Dual, and Liverpool Administrations, filling in succession the offices of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Master.Gencral of the Ordnance, which last he resigned in the year 1818, since which he has been in a declining state of health, and for years bore the progress of a tedious, wasting inners, with exemplary firmness and resignation. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, Viscount Nor. manby, who has just returned from the Continent, and arrived at his father's two days previous to the melancholy event. Deane or Ma. QUICK, VIZ CELICIIIATED COMEDIAN.—The celebrated Quick died at his residence, at Islington, last week, in the 84th year of his age. Up to the last day of his life almost, he was in the habit of joining a respectable company who frequent the King's Head, opposite the Church, by whom he was recognised as President. At Fulham Mr. Quick first commenced his theatrical career, and per. formed the character of Afterglow, In the Fair Penitent, which he Ofled much to the satisfaction of the manager (Mr. Can), that st so red his wife to set young Quick down a whole share, which, at the doss af the farce, amounted to three shillings. In the counties of rascal.' Swim he figured away with great success; and before he was 18, misruled Hasekt, Richerd, Romeo ' George Barnwell, After, famered, and many other characters in the higher walks of tragedy. In a few years he sufficiently distinguished himself as an actor of such versatile talents, that he was engaged by Mr. Foote, at the Haymarket Theatre, in the year 1786, where he became a great favourite of King George the Mini; and upon all occasions when King George the Third visited Covent Garden Theatre, Quick was expected to appear in a prominent character. He was the original Tony Lisespkia, Acres, and Isaac Meadows, and after his appearance in these characters, he stood before the public as the Liston of the day. Mr. Quick may be considered one of the last of the Garrick School. He has left a son and daughter, who are both in comfortable circum stances. When we plead for attention to 'BELAU D, we do so from a sense of political justice and gratitude. It ought never to be forgotten, that it was the voting of 53 Irish Mem bers against 36 that secured us the blessing of the Reform Bill. This is a debt to Ireland worth millions, and an obli gation due to the public virtue of the Irish people, which ought never to be forgotten. England was in a minority of only 238 to 241, and Scotland, in spite of the virtues of tins people, afforded but 13 votes to 26. The shamrock *as there fore above the rose and thistle, and the sons and daughters of Erin ought not to be allowed to die of fa mine, while we are consuming their abundance, sent to us to procure bills with which to pay their ab sentee landlords. We, therefore, reiterate the opinion, and call on the country ptiblicly to support us, that it is the very first duty of' Parliament to pass a poor law for Ireland, which should assess the property of absentees in triple rate, and to advance instanter 100,0001. in anticipa tion of the Rates for the current year, or enable the Irish Government to borrow 100,000 on the same security. But In such a law there must be no select vestries, no parish juntas enriching themselves out of the rates, no law of set tlement beyond a year's locality, and no pass-carts,—a sys tem which may be obviated by a board in Dublin to answer fur non-parishioners. CORN- DAY. We have somewhat larger arrivals of English Wheat. and considers. Me supplies of Foreign. The trade is by GO means brisk, but best fine simples obtain last week's terms: inferior are something lower. Good Mating Barley, of which there is but a short supply, obtains our last Melva: foreign and inferior sorts arc a little cheaper, with a dull sale. There is a large supply of Oats, and with small demand they remain steady in price. Beans and Peas are as last week, and no alteration in Flous. Whest.new,Kent. Essex 746 80s . Peas, Grey . 36s 40s Old . —a —s • Beans, Small . . 401 421 Suffolk, (White) . 7.16 786' Tick . 32s 36s Norfolk & Suff. (Red), 661 726 Oats, Potato. . x6s 31s Rye . . 306 341 Poland . . 34. 276 Barley. 366 401 ..Fine 411 48s; Feed . . 22. 24, Peas, White . 40s 42s i Flour, per sack, . . 60a Os Boilers . . 4166 486 1 Rapeseed . 431 £3B per ISt AIIeIVOLO. Wheat, English (qrs.) - 2,8071 Barley, Foreign . Irish . . . I Oats, English Foreign - - - 14,049 1 Irish . Barley, English . - 3,974 j Foreign - Irish - - - -- j English Fleur (sacks) - 8,958 8.254! . 2,164 8,601 8,03 BMI IAY. [FIELD-THIS CATTIA AT MA VERT Beasts, 2,736—Sbeep, 17,470—Pigs, 170—Calves, 80. Beef ....... 4s OS to 4s 6J I Pork Mutton .... 4. 4d be Od Lamb 6s Od is 04 Yea 1..... ...... be Od as Od Hay (per load), £9 10s. to 44 41. Clover, .C 3 10s. to ,E 3 3s. Straw. .11 16s. to 42 Os. . COAL-EXCHANGE—THIS DAY. Ships arrived during die month Best'iVallsend, Newcastle, & Sunderland Coals.. 2 285 1, od 6d s 2 3 6 1: 0 0.1 Inferior sorts _ _ _ _ _ , on at Market, 164. !now: sod rubbabod by .1011111 IlloToo. at the STAR .I, No. I,?ickett•place,"Temple Bar. i • •