Star. — London, England, 1831-09-26 00:00:00

M ,1. 1 I ,-,)NTRACT FOR CANADA %lASI'S, YARDS, TIMBER, &e. NAVY-OFFICE, &musts 24, 183 i. THE Principal Officers and Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy do hereby give Notice, that on wEBNESDAY, the sth o 7 Ocronaz next, at One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with inch Persons as may be w illing MI contract for supplying his Majesty's several Dock Yards with CANADA YELLOW PINE INCH MASTS, , TAP DS, BOWSPRITS, RAFTERS. ROCK ELM i 17,OzEit, TIITCKSTUFF, YELLOW PINE, and !HITE ASH TIMBER. A distribution: of the Articles and a Form of the Tender may be sezn at this Office. No Tender will be received After One o'Clock, on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, mleii lie Party or an Agent for him attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter addressed :a the Navy Board, and signed by two responsible Persons, engaging to become hound wi.h the Person tanderlng, in the ,stn 011'500D. for he due pe-:ormanee of ibe Contract. G. SMITH. SALES BY AUCTION. VALUABLE FREEHOLD LAND, PORTSFA, NEAR PORTSMOUTH ; AND FREEHOLD LAND, About Fight Miles from Portsmouth, near the IVaterloo Inn, on the LONDON ROAD. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. HOGGART, .4t the FOUNTAIN INN', PORTSMOUTH, dr, FRIDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 30, at Two for Three precisely, IN FIFTEEN LOTS; Extremely Valuable FREEHOLD A' ESTATE, wit hin two miles of Portsmouth, in the ;Avid of Portsea, well known for the uncommon productive ;,, of the soil ; consisting of about SEVENTY ACRES dime Arable Land, bounded and approached by excellent muds, The Land is adapted for Garden Ground, and thete r. varieties of situations most beautiful for building, near t'ir Sva, with views of the Isle of Wight, St. Helen's, &c. beinga portion of EASTNEI and MILTON FARMS, the occupation of Messrs. Ellis, Fielding, and Gains. Tile Estate will be subdivided into Lots. for the convc menet of the respectable inhabitants of Portsmouth, as well 3i for the option of purchase by the adjoining proprietors. Alto, about FORTY ACRES of LAND, near the trataloo Inn, in Farlington,about Eight Miles from Ports mouth. .flay be viewed, and Particulars had 15 days prior to the :isle. of Messrs. 51aidman and Kelsale, Solicitors, Fareham; Al at the Fountain Inn ; also of Mr. Hoggart, 62, Old r.:l•Atre2t, Royal Exchange. VALUABLE FREEHOLD FSTATE, ?EAR LEOMINSTER AND THE CITY OF HEREFORD, o 1 prising a Farm, antu:ivided into Arable, Meadow, Pasture, Hop, and Orcharding Lands, of the finest and r•o.t productive description. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. HOGG ART, 1t Ow Mart, on FRIDAY, October 14, at Twelve, in ri; lot, and without reserve, by order of the Trustees for ABeautiful FREEHOLD PROPERTY, comprising the LYE COURT ESTATE, situate .:411; miles from the city of Hereford, and five from Leo. ::1 sort : consisting of 327 acres of uncommonly tich land, . ;en:of 120 acres are in meadow and pasture 35 acres, in 36 aeresin orcharding, 62 scream wood, and the re. riaiiiiler arable', a strong deep loam, with a stone-built barn, hop-out, new stone built stables and out. ,;tidings, a stone quarry, and limekiln. The %bole of the i.Auriant growing oak timbers, tellers, and stores, valued at t 20001. will be included In the purchase. This faros 1- c,,nsidered as one of the most productive estates for ha sit t - in the county ; the feeding grounds are highly esteemed tv vt , graders, the hop lands and orcharding in full per , and the arable producing abundant crops of corn, I , nittt..: altogether a very choice investment; now in the :•coptinott of Messrs. Lane and Preece, tenants from year to yur, at 4.10 w reduced rent of 4101 per annum. The Estate may be viewed on application to the tenants, and particulate had of Mr. IVatsoti, solicitor, South-square, Gray's inn ; at the Hotel, Hereford ; the Crown Inn, Leo minder ; Bell, Gloucester; Plough, Cheltenham ; at the Mart; and ot' Mr. Hoggart, 62, Old Broathstrcet, Royal Exchange. THREE VERY VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES, NEAR. CHIPPENI-ILA NI, WILTS, In a beautiful Situation, and excellent Neighbourhood, magma AZOV? NINE HUNDRED POUNDS PER ANNUM. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, By Mr. HOGGAKT, At the MART, on FRIDAY, 28th Ocroara, • IN THREE LOTS; :By Direction of the Trustees THREE CAPITAL CHEESE and DAIRY FARMS, namely : Lot 1. A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, consisting of a Farm-house, Barn, Stable, and 'convenient Outhouses. and 149 Acres of fine Rich Pasture and Mea dow Land, called Nockett's Hill ; let at a low rent of 1.501. per Annum. Lot 2. A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, -butting on the Wilts and Berk, Canal; comprising a con venient Farm Residence, containing Parlor, Four Bed "ants, Kitchen. .Dairy, Cellars, Brew-house., detached &To, :wo Cow-bouses, Stabling for Nine Horses, and Gr.nary, together with 366 Acres of extremely Rich Mea dsie and Pasture Land let to bit. Temple, a responsible Tenant, at 4201. pet Annum. 1.0: 3. A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, bounded by the River Avon, consisting of a Farm-house, , ciataining Three Bed-rooms, Parlour, Kitchen, Cellars, 4e. The Ou t -buildi ngs compr i se a goo d B orn , C ow-house 04 Piggeries, &c. with about 238 Acres of principally Pas :re and Meadow Land ; let to Mr. Isaac Dean, at 3201. ; :c The F.,!:.tes are within two and three miles of fo.:r from Caine; and fcuiteen from Barb, forming con % iitnt Investments. )1 3 y Sr viewed, and particulars had of Joseph Philipps, Chipp..cham ; at the Mart ; acd of Mr. Houart, OJ Croad.street. ?ERIC ERY.Asn COSMETIC NJ ANU FACTO RY. No. 1, BUDGE-NOW, LONDON. PROFESSOR' MULLER'S AROMATIC TOOTH POWDER AND TINCTURE. THESE Dentifrices are by repeated experience known to possess the most extraordinary virtues in +full:ring the Teeth, however yellow, beautifully white, 4 gettnr; those which are louse, awd,:preserving them from ' , cry to the latest period of life. They both - possess the same ilopetties, but the Aromf Mc Tineture acts mere speedily, :itwing a very agreeable astringent Lotion for the mouth, Ir.rl is a certain cure for the Tooth-ache.—Tooth Powder, tr. 64. Tiectare, 4s. 6d. duty included. Tile above invaluable articles are strictly prepared from oriOnal Recipes of the late DTTO. CHRISTIAN Professor of Botany, and inventor of the fol -411'4 celebrated articles for the taitit :—Milk. of Lilies, . 4 the Cuniplexion, Erysipelas, or St. Anthony's Fire, !Lilaut...l Eyes, Ringworm, Ste ; Russian Haft Dye.; 1:01t1:1:446 tie Macassar, fur the GrOwth.of Hair ; Cold . fr7lll of Ruses for the .Skin ; the Peruvian Vegetable Saha, to, tor tient4antse, Hair ; and,the Royal Extract of r k"Pett, 411 King William's favausite Perfume prepared )nr,tnAly for his most gracious Majesty, &c. of, rff. , y be had genuine by applying at the Manufaktory, tudge•row, Also ‘1 p• • 41 er er d S p irit of ,Lavender. birth' ul Rotes for the Cheeks ; /Loyal Cutting Cream ; beds . 11,trow ; Bears' Grease ; Porumade Digit* Use' jut: du Ito: G. It: IV; Bouquet d'Armee; Bouquet de la fkr. &c. Ittforn4l Yuralsle Ink, to'prevent Frond, at. la. 21..-pcv 1 ; 411 e, e,u.ry sold at is . gi4 • '.68.11re w. •• - attker - - ta '3ll cal It 1.14 tAINIKAVII: I lbi•afwellF 99 1 •bi•t i. ii,,liod!astalintiebuotarfeits, ea inanulaas e z o tir d t e. y Article. bgar,.tba creaks of lkeRE Cheats finial iv. *IA roper &teflon "`t.— l'r..eriptions accurately dispensed. Mgr, 4, .nd Captain. supplied upon liberal Terms. N (I\ MoNnAv EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1831. FIRE. El CHAMBERS and CO. late of 195, Strand, • return their most graceful acknowledgment to their friends and neighbours for the very great kindness and as. sistance rendered to them. under the distressing circum stances which attended the destruction of their premises by Fire on Thursday morning last. They embrace this oppor tunity of informing their Friends and the Public, that until thep can procure suitable Premises for carrying on the busi ness, all Orders, Letters, or Parcels, addressed to them at Mr. Clemtnitt's, bl , Old Bailey, will be immediately at. tended to. An elegant and efficacious CURS FOR THE SCURVY. and every Stage of the LUES VENRRA, without a single particle of Mercury, of which the Proprietor is ready to give satisfactory Proofs. VELNO'S ORIGINAL VEGETABLE SY RUP. So much has been said by men of the first eminence in their profession, upon the pernicious effects of Mercury on the human constitution, and mankind are now, by fatal experience, in general convinced of the truth of it ; that nothing further need be offered to show the superior advantages of a VEGETABLI remedy, which infallibly era. dicates a disease that has hitherto, without the aid of that destructive mineral, baffled the skill of every practitioner in Europe. To he hiul genuine of Mrs. Canham, the sole proprietor, No. 52, Demers -street, Oxford -street, at 13s. a Bottle ; and of all the principal Medicine Dealers in London, and every considerable Town in the linked Kingdom. A CERTAIN REMEDY FOR LIVER AND STOMACH COMPLAINTS. THE Celebrated Mr. ABERNETHY'S AN TIBI LIOUS and STOMACHIC PILLS, es pre pared by Dr. USON, formerly a Pupil of that great man. These Pills are a mild and stimulating aromatic, tending beyond all other medicines to invigorate and restore a weak ened state of the digestive organs. In all diseases which arise from disordered digestion, such as bead-ache, flatulency, lowness of spirits, acidity of the stomach, irregularity of the bowels, loss of appetite, dis turbed rest, cramp, spasms, &e. &c. Dr. Dion bas admi nistered no other medicine during a practice of fifteen years, partly in Britain, but chiefly on the American con tinent. So great is the value of these medicines, that parents. heads of families, and individuals generally, may, by their early and judicious application, almost invariably prevent disease, and most assuredly keep from their house that ex pensive personage, the Doctor. Dr. Uson has appointed John Fleming, Chemist, &c. 8, Holborn Bars, London, his sole Wholesale Agent, and front whom they may be procured retail, in Boxes, at Is. lid.- and 2s. 9d. each. Likewise the Antibillous Pills at the same rate ; and the Family Medicine in Bottles, at 2s. 9d. and ss. each, with full instructions for their use. They may also be procured, Wholesale, at Barclay's and:Sons, Farringdon street, and Retail, at most respectable chemists in Town and Country. N.B. None are genuine unless signed on the outer wrap. r by both Dr. Uson and John Fleming. DONCASTER RA CRS. —(Concluded.) FRIDAY NIGHT. Our races terminated this afternoon, and it will not be exceeding the truth when we assert that it has never been surpassed in the excellence of the sport. The weather this morning was unfavourable, and the company present mise rably thin. The Sr. LEnza.—A very important alteration was de cided on yesterday In the conditions of this race. In future it is to be like the Derby and Oaks, 50 eovereigns each, hf. ft ; the entry to remain as before. This change sill make the stakes more respectable prevent many objectionable bets as to the number that will start, and will improve the betting. The cup will be added to a sweepstakes of ten sovereigns each, to name in the York Spring meeting, • LATEST BETTING ON THE DERBY AND ST. LIGEB. DERBY. 12 to 1 art 111argrave 12 to 1 Folly. 14 to 1 Beiram. 17 to 1 Pastille. 20 to 1 agst William the 4th. 25 to 1 —Doleinea. 30 to 1 Darioletta. ST. LEPER. 8 to 1 asgt Fang, 5,008 to 200 apt Georgians 15 to 1 Mr. Powlea's et. (taken.) 17 to 1 Frantesce, 1,500 to 1,000 on Francesca 25 to 1 Borgomller(taken) agst Georglana. The races this afternoon w e r e decided ma ander; Three-year old Stakes of 30 mots each, 10ft. for colts, Bit bib; fillies Bat 31b.. Oae ruile..•23subs. Mr. Wagstaff's br c rtio.fladdler (Wakefield) Mr. Beardsworth's br. c. Colwiek ... • Lord Scarborough's Brother to Testate Lord Fitzwilliam's b. e. Creole 1 .. 4 51r. Houldsworth's b. Frederica • s • 5 The odds began at 4 to I on The Saddler, but were taken with such avidity, that the betters began to suspect that it was not quite so certain as they had at first Imagined, they gut more timid, and left off . at 5 to 2 only. Nor. thing else was named. Brother.to Tarrare made first run ning ut a middling pace, but, was paned at the Two.year.. old post by Colwick. at about •three quarter speed. The Saddler lying in the centre'. Two distances from home Creole and Frederica gave up, and Tanen in another hun dred yards gave unequivocal symptoms of defeat. Colwick . . was now nearly two lengths a-bead., The Saddler, however, came up, and at the Stand was ilongaide him, the nesibeing any thing bur safe ; the efthegle between them was one of great interest, The Saddler io vain attempting to shake off his antagonist, who was not hasten till the last stride, which gave the stakes to the throe thousand guineas nag by half a neck only ; steel • bnd whipcoed were in requisition with both. The result proves 'Colwick to be better than his Leger running would imply. if be should ever get into good condition • (which be has not, been since B r im), he will be a dangerous horse in the coubtry. If the pace had , been stronger, The Saddlie would have 'won with Itsi diffi culty. it shotettL he'bonze•in Mind, too, that be hadiseen'on t the muzzle two successire nights,. and ran a two-mile and a' half race for the Cup at apace gnat bat for the distance must have been very trying for a three year old. Three-yr old filly Makes 20 sore each, flat 41b each,with 25 woo added, St. digger course. 8 subscribera Mr. Golden's La Fille Mal Garde', by Lottery (Nelson) I Mr. Huuldswortb ' a Circassian, by Sultan 2 2 to 1 on Mai Gardee, who supported her Leger running by winning this race without the *lighten effost. . Sweepstakes of 25 soya each. Four miles. 8 .subs. lion. F. f'etre's.Rowton. 5 yrs. list 51b (Scott) . Lord Milton's Ideloro, aged, Bst 101 b 2 Major Yarburgli's Laurel; aged, Bet 101 b 3 The following were not placed • Lord Cleveland's Stotforth, 5 yrs, Bat. 51b. Dike of Leeds's Jenny Mills, 6 yrs, eat. IQlb. 51r. Nowell's Walton bone, 0 yrs, fist. 101 b. Betting—Even on Rowwn, 4 to I agihret 31edino (taken), 4to I•agst Laurel, 4 to I apt • S•otforth, and • 8 tot agse Jenny. bledoro made twain .to the gravel roqd, where Roman took it up,,the other lying Wend, and l a urel third, nor was there any change till they got to the stand in Untie- . total round, where Midoro challengea'Roiedin: A eery se, venu' home was woo by the latter by .111e1ht Me* salph The riding of Seott.enstalekeeetaisaaadoairable. A Plug ot, B ess Mb. sod 4-year olda,, . •0. -Hope miles. L'Old SnrsOrongg'sndethK l Mr. Heirs ti f CMdas ' • Hon. 13. Noes Itsuletolayte. . • .Mr. Riddle's. II P r, Si. 1 .14 11 , yrs Mr. r ergyuson s attetunt. a yte ••• ••• . • Vindeliffe was - the Atestase, end wan eniy. 2 3' 3 .4 4 3 5 PRICE SEVENPESCE. rendered the plea of guilty unavoida!,ta, should be st-ted in a petition from the r:.4:vion, by-ether with other matters thought fit to make a fivcorable im pression on the council ; whilst it was, 7:t the same time, fully understood, that his relation w,-old ste the secretary of state, ascertain wh2tllN• thf.re were any impression on his mind unfavourable to the prisoner, which might pe,zsibly be removed, and, generally, spare no pains to obtain mercy from the crown. A period of terrible suspense ensued. Du:ing this period, a gentleman, who had no acquaintance with the prisoner beyond having travelled with him in a stage coach. had reason to fear that the exer tions of the relation were not suffi:iently active ; and he was informed, that at the Home Office the prisoner was suspected of having uttered a forged check; which suspicion, unless removed, would, it was thought, render his execution cer tain. This person, impelled only by motives of humanity, took infinite pains to prove that the prisoner was not guilty, and did obtain positive proof of the negative; having brought the person, to whom the forged check had been tittered, into Newgate, and confronted him with the prisoner, when he made an affidavit to the effect that he had never seen the prisoner before; and this document was forwarded to the secretary of state. I ought to observe here, that though it was known, that such a charge had been made against the prisoner, at the Home Office, the great difficulty was not, as it turned out, to disprove the cliarge, but to dis cover by whonr it had been made, and who were the parties that would disprove it, provided they I could he found. Who made the charge at the Home Office was never ascertained ; and the disco very of the person who could disprove it, cost the gentleman of whom I speak days of constant exer ' tion. In the search he received no assistance from the Home Office, where, being unknown, he was treated with coldness and apparent suspicion. The prisoner owned the fee of an estate, which, though greatly incumbered, was considered worth more than the amount of the charges upon it. Immediately after his agreement with tht bank attorney, he became anxious to convey the property to certain relations, in order that it might not, in consequence of his pleading guilty of the capital felony, devolve to the crown. The relation mentioned before undertook ' to prepare the necessary deed. Many times the prisoner applied for it, and in very urgent terms, as the day of trial approached ; but he did not see it till he was in the Old Bailey dock, when he found that it conveyed the estate, not entirely to the other relations, but to those relations jointly with the one who had prepared the deed. He signed it, never theless. At length the recorder's report was laid before the Privy Council; and the Ordinary of Newgate informed the prisoner that the decision was against him, and that he was doomed to die in a few days. The attorney at this time, supposing that nothi ng had been neglected by the relation, was gone to Scotland on professional business. The other per sons, who bad interested themselves for the pri soner, no longer deterred by the fear of. interfering with the relation, set to work with 'the forlorn hope or reversing the decision of the council. 'their first step was to endeavour to learn on what grounds the council had decided against this prisoner. .The question could be asked only of the, Secretary of State ; and, in order to show that the question was at least sot unreasonable, a list was prepared of a great nunibar of persons convicted of the same offence, but Whose lives had been spared, within the last few yenta: The irentreman, who proceeded to the Home Office ori this errand, ob tained no satisfaction. He did not see the first secretary ; and he was treated as if he had made a preposterous prorosal be ing naked whethei- he kneiv that thd pro ceedingli of the cou t ncii were secret Thus disap pointed, he returned to Newgate, when, upon con sultation with the prisoner, and the officers of the prison, the next point seemed to be, to learn whe ther the main fact of the prisoner's case had been stated to the council. I has;e said before that the business of stating that fact to the secretary of state had been entrusted to the relation, and may add here, that the prisoner never saws the petition presented 'by his relation, althouFb he often ur gently prayed to be 'to ails it. For the purpose of seeing that petition . the gentleman re turned to the home office; but his errand was again froitlest. He was told that itivis not cus tomary to return -petitions ; that, whatever the statements in the petition, they would be of no avail in the present case, which Ind been decided on its own merits; and finally, that there was no hope. Under these circumstances, althoukh - many per sons were of opinion that the prisoner's life Would yet be saved, 'if the treaty with the Bank could be proved, the absence of the • attorney who had con floated the treaty would have rendered the case des perate, if it had not so happened that the gentl e-' man now actinglar the prisoner bad been present during all that had passed between the prisoner and the attorney on that subject. He lost no time in preparing an affidavit, which stated,' first, the ab sence ofAxe attorney ; secondly; that the' prisoner had been'forced to plead guilty, ,by the circum stances which the attorney would state upon oath, on his return to London, which was hourly ex pected. With this affidavit, iod a petition from the prisoner,' praying for a sfitoft TesOito,' in order l to give time for the attornetirirrival, he .onte mote visited the Home Offide. -to see the , ,be was told' thaVtliat was impel& Bible; that Mr. Peel trier*t there. At' length, by dint of ititrit4y; and abindhinplike iiolence, be succeeded in iliffited to Mr: PM. , . Pll• •• • • • • That gentliimait titteived him with rest otigilkibtliniitiailding; whilst, ready to inakiiith' taupe and nervous excitement, he pleaded for the isoner's life ; and zit last told him drily, hit 'here sas no hope ; but without either affording bin auv explanation as to the grounds on which the council had decided, or even satisfying him that n peti• tion had been presented by the misoner's rela tion. Time repulsive manner of Mi. Peel, Rl3ll his own exhausted state, brought on by several Jays of agitation, prevented him from saying more than—" Remember, Sir, the statement I non give to you is upon oath." With these words 'se left the office. On the day following, which was the List h.- fore that fixed for the execution, the erisoner'a attorney arrived in London, and instantly male en affidavit, stating minutely every circumstauce of the treaty with the hank. This documont was for warded to Mr. Peel. Whether it were met by any counter affidavit from Mr. Prealifield, no one inter ested for the prisoner could ever learn, thaus,eli Mr. Peel was vehemently urged to content' the two attornies, and so ascettain the truth of thu prisoner's statement My own bailer is, that Mr. Peel supposed the statement of a treaty with the bank to be a pure invention: yet, if the se cretary of state had been the presiding jud.ru of an open court, nothing could have bee!' mere easy than to p r o ve t o liis satisfaction every circumstance of the treaty. Be this as it may, the affidavit of the prisoner's attorney brought no intellig ence from the Home alice Late at night, ano ther attempt was toad. ; E,itima the home secretary to grant a rzsty,t• ha a (1,, days ; and it is proper to state, that on this OCC.I - the supreme judge, who hal to decide the question of life or death, was brinult• out of ilia I louse of Commons, not without much diTiculty, and only by the aid of a member svtio kindly lent his services for that purpose. He still said, ninei that there was no hope ; and two hours Laker 01,1 prisoner took poiron and died.—Facts /Mating to the Punishment of Death in the Metropllii. By Edward Gibbon Wakefield, L\q FINE ARTS.—The auspicious opening of L •n -don Bridge on the first of last mon;h, is comme morated in various ways—first in the r—mneetions of an attached people—witnesses of th:. pagehnt to a patri tic KING ; and secondly, by faithful representations of the spirit-stirring e.-erat cpan paper. Among the last, we have seen a ilra...iNg 1 by Mr. Joseph Nash, from the lithographic press of Engelman and Coy, which we can vouch for, ea conveying not only a correct impression of the scene generally, but as being withal surpassingly beautiful. Mr. Nash has very properly taken the moment when the royal party were just about to step on the stairs of the bi idge, and when the enthusiastic and elated feelings of the vast multitudes collected, were at the highest pitch. To the thousands who mere pre-ent on the occasion. the artist has given in his dram ing a perpetual memorandum of the event: the bridge itself, with all its gorgeous decorations of tents and flags; the river covered with ornamented craft, literally crammed with company ; the towers, church spires, and housetops of the vici nity, crowded with admiring vis;tors—all are pourtrayed with a minuteness and elegance ssio:- thy of the scene. We are pleased to fi mei, that the talent and exertions of the youthful painter are held in due eaimation; for we find his pi;- tare every where, and we notice it more nn ac count of its splendour and cot iectness. as a work. of art, than with any view to puff Mr. Na-h. • . MODE ON MAKING SOY.—Soy, the famoar sauce for all kinds of food, is made from beans. The beans are boiled until all water is Steady evaporated, and they begin to burn, when they are taken from the fire, and placed in largo wide mouthed jars, exposed to the sun and air; water and a certain portion of molasses or very browa sugar are added. These jars are stirred well every day, until the liquor and beans are completely mixed and fermented ; the material is then strain ed, salted, boiled, and skimmed, until clarified ; and will, after this last process, become of a very deep brown colour, and keep any length of time. Many persons have thought that gravy was used in preparing this condiment ; but this appears not to be the case, the composi ti n being entirely a vegetable one, of an agreeable flavour, and said to be wholesome. There are two or three qualities of it; to make the beat requires much care and attention. Japanese so y i s muc h esteemed in China, on acco un t o f t h e sulier i or manner in which it is made ; p er h a p s t h ey have a ro rs rticular sort of bean for that p ur p os e. 'Shoe eepe at Canton who sell soy, h ave large plat rms on the roofs of their houses, wheresthe jars for preparing soy are all arranged, and exposed to the sun; for the consumption of this article is enormous . . Neither rich nor poor can dine, break fast, or sup without soy; it is the saucer for all aorta of food, gives a rest to every dish, and may be said to be indispensable at a Chinese repast.— Dobell's Travels. ATMOSPHERIC DERANGEMENT,R.DOCOSFOR STER, who has been making researches into the nature and origin of Cholera, during a recent tour on the Continent, reports that this dreadful malady has made a sort of circuitous course from the East, by way of the North East, and" towards the West, in a manner that is inexplicable in any other way than by supposing the disease to have a purely atinospher is origin ; and he says it affords one of the strongest proofs of the doctrine he has ' so long maintained, that epidemic disorders are de rived from a peculiar disturbance in the state of the air. The new volcano which has appeared off Sicily—the numerous and peculiar Awrora Bore ales seen this year all over Europe—the pro digious quantity of insects of certain small kinds, and other remarkable phenomena in the air, prove that this year the atmosphere h as been in no ordinary manner deranged. Whether or no, the notion of KEPLER be true, that comets have any thing to do with such disturbances, is a thing that remains to be provfrd. The approach of the great Halieyean cornet, which silt appear on the 29th Nov. 1533, is regarded by some people with alarm ; bat facts are wanting to prove that the fetid diseases that ireeided two approaches of tiiis comet have any thing really to do with its influence. With regard to cholera, it. has been • sw MUM/ 14, lb pa* men observed by.t)r. Forster that the chloral df Soda di t ated, an over the chamber and the st•etts, m be a good priservative, in case the disease sb ;appear in this island, as this sub- staidie id foulio deStrot k ind* nentrallite venous 4e4,1;:.0 4 4 4 - 14 0th .l Pt a ,eaci€ 44 cU over the . Solvirs, is aabisiots saitte;and : to de- nib* bad an . 114,7fikbelibniesetit at Berlin and-in Hengailj4y i shigerit. itisartgious. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. In 1828, a person accused of uttering forged notes was committed to Newgate for trial. He had been possessed of property, bad held a com mission in the army, and joined to showy talents both agreeable manners and a good education. It is needless to speak of the circumstances by which he was gradually reduced to the state of an utterer of forged notes ; but they were such as to impel some of his former friends to offer him assistance when the newspapers announced that his life was in danger. The first step taken by his attorney, after his commitment to Newgate, was to call on Mr. Fresh field, the attorney of the Bank of England, and to offer that, in case the bank would forego the capi tal charge, the prisoner would plead guilty to the minor offence of having the notes in his posses sion, and furnish to the bank the fullest informa tion as to the persons from whom he received the notes. The proposal was suggested by the com mon practice of the bank attorney in allowing tit terers of forged notes to plead guilty to the minor offence, and by the belief that he was extremely anxious in this case to discover the fabricators of the notes. The proposal was favourably received by the bank attorney, but with this qualifica tion—that as government had lately taken offence at the proceedings of the bank in dis pensing of life or death by such compromises with utterer: of forged notes, it was necessary that he should prosecute on the capital charge, but that, if the prisoner should put the bank to no trouble in proving the charge, and should give all the in tfirmation in his power, the bank would make every effort to save his life. Upon ibis assurance the prisoner's attorney, .who considered it quite satisfactory, delivered to the bank attorney a statement in the hand-writing of the attorney, which minutely described the means by which he had obtained the notes It was of course de termined that the prisoner should plead guilty to the capital charge; and those who wce interested for him were satisfied that he 's e be trans ported for I.fe, which punishment they had no wish so prevent. _ Shortly, however, before the Old Bailey ses sion, at which the prisvuer was to be tried, a cir cumstance occurred, which once more placed his life in the greatest jeopardy. In the previous session, a prisoner named . Smith, had pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery, on the faith of .a promise from the city marshal that his life should be spared. The man's life was saved by that promise, after belted bleu ordered for execution ; but about the tirnrin question, in consequence of some remonstrance from the secretary of state, the city marshal was publicly reprimanded by the lord mayor for having made the promise. On the day, I think it was, succeeding that repri mand, the prisoner Montgomery received a writ ten paper, signed by the bank attorney, whereby he was desired to take notice, that the bank would proceed against him to the uttermost. It was clear to his attorney and his friends, that the bank attorney had been alarmed at the proceed ings against the city' marshal, and was nullify the agreement into which belled entered. To do so, hosiever,' was impossible; since he bad been furnished with a statement tronr the pri soner, which precludidany defence to the charge. No Other Course than that of pleading guilty re mained open to the prisoner. Ot sheer. .necessity he took that course, and was sentenced to death. _ . Before he entered the dock of the Old Bailey, ha was warned that the judge would advise him to withdraw his plea of guilty, and to take his chance of an acquittal, assuring him that the act of plead ing guilty would not tend to save his life. This actually happened ; but the prisoner persisted in the course which his written communication to the bank had rendered unavoidable. He had also been advised not to give any explanation to the judge of his reason for pleading guilty, but to reserve what was to be said on that heed for the counsel. It will be seen presrntly, that the advice in question was probably fatal to him. I would direct atten tion to Ole fact of his having abstained from ex planation when before the Old Bailey judge, as showing how the existence of a court of appeal may prevent the judge, who passes sentence,.from learning all the facts of the case. The time was come now, for endeavouring to save his life by means of the fourth trial. The bank' attorney, being again applied to, would speak only in vague terms from which little could be inferred ; and "all seemed to rest with the prisoner and his friends. . The question was, how to proceed with a secret tribunal, unguided by any known rules. The ordinary course is tb prepare a petition from the prisoner, either nominally to the kipg but really to the secretary of state, or to the latter only, both In form and substance, stating 'every circumstance that can be urged in refutation of the charge, or extenuation of the offence, or otherwise having a tendency to mitigate the sentence ; and to confirm such statements by affidavits. In this case there wai nothing to say in refutation of the charge or extenuation - of the offence: the only object was to'plead for a mitigation of punishdient. 'Whilst the prisoner was consulting with his attar .ney on this point, one .of his relations came to .Londoo, — and undertook the management of his case with tbepecretary of state. Circumstance., lute whicibit iSeedleie to enter, led the 'lsrisoner• to believe. 1;1 1 1M Waitbit possessed the meantof jamming. `senretai-jt 'of state; and when he 4114 cieirioa L tote, entire management of the affair,' ihomilwba had-before been striving for the prisoner 'mimed to int Are, being fearful of doing harm by miy crais,viiit least unconoirted interference. A sbdrt, ant metely formelintition, therefore, was drawn alp by:tbe winner ; and it was understood that the,onlY fact offwhith his chant* of life de pended, viz, the treaty with the bank, which bad ~-~ - N. 13,897. lubt _.3 1788. 111 / --=-.- -- , • -- , - 1 1 i (Th 6 . 10110111,4113)3+0 • - -- - , 1) 5 :: ~~