The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-12-10 00:00:00

red to the Town Hall. and General is Chief. had sent ity and its Government. A 11 at Callao, on the 16th of Milli, with official accounts litioo raised by ordeg,at,l6 Or tbe encase( of Pere, bad Joon( o anberkatValpiraise, chore& the saute Port, ng the above intellipnee,with or that Republic ; which were Piot°, to join tie expettitien the paint egfrid by that el LostatA.-114 leis' Ned the No copy froaa the •Jsmair4c it satisfaction : a be cootoadiag fo: a strict sod the , Repoblie of Sandi' favour of the United States is' :litany of the British Govern: acing them to withhold the !dependent,. will i belbe means, r of Abe crafty Government w webs with het dote* ttionii• . r. • r-- i Monument to the Memory of e excited any opposition eves dof our ultra politicians. Dr. inly apologist of a barbarous: by Pis readers, in a sufficiently ley have no delight in blood, gs of a political fury, is sliest tag Post liberally concedes to. fortunate soldier, the erection r esteem ; but with another. at the first and most important y fur the wants of the living . the first duty is to do this ;. Itity will not be performed r. on accouot of , the et- Mega ; and that Abe latter is t business of the two, that the 1, and the family of lailtgo in lint bread, if such a thing could ry, tbao that the great cause in: herificed, should be overlooked. limit the queition to Spanish ego was a Spaniard, end has is perished under the law of the or of Russia is more his tactu al') ; the latter being only the , lack policy of the former; and is being but the t onfessed minis. ropeauTreedom. The spirit wheat dttestroy friend to liberty is ,beralTory,if Tatars ever moulded fire and sword throughout the loath America, is order to" kill and bury it in blood." Their e from any superior love of En. 'hey entertained for Spain ; bat although heavily burthened, we resources; and they could not in, or so speedy a success against all in their power against us. trrat as as they have treated be our most rancorous enemies; sails deep seated in the heart, or be tongue t—aod it behoves as that they have destroyed liberate!, murdered its noblest and ion; that als.n they shall venture st us, they may find oar indigna. mg our nerves for an adequate vengeance on these foes of man , started against its becoming t. We have reason to believe that scite of the monument will be The erection of the monument 'emit of a national subscription might be able to join in the proud Sated its mite towards the memo. the martyrdom of this hero. We heat at all infringing npoo the siln, a splendid monument might tour, and to embellish the metro proper application of the money Exiles, has been absurdly started of some celebrity; as if the r were not a su:hcient guarantee it, says this journal, me perceive no reasurer, no Secretary, none of the of such proceedings. We can. that there Are such persons, sod regular communie ition with seem riles from among themselves; a wl mid to each wants of the sufferers ss 11 relieve. Spain has produced a strange dip of our Mini‘teri4l writers. WO° using Mina as the most Wharves he Morning Post is describing •st order. full of hoax . , intetritl's ion of the British Constitution: di A the British Kin!, ! •` ' is an errant traitor, an amisciets wretch. a cruel monster." lb. a is " no advocate of Revolution lwi t!Y :areely yet sheathed , which he Kini; and wielded with such celr rage sad abitity. The truth is, that Miss Is equally walifiietoiliiiighllieffi' arsgtoesee — - ---- 441WisiThirepreeeatr. tioo of the other: 10 h'fifeitirla;oeisfe, the consistent, the e seetia! inltticite of revolutions, wherever • ' they we inettd. Of our Dovernment, our laws, and o f r itenareh. he can know very little at present; ~ii as to erimiring, them, be probably never thought of iltnettny thing about them.. • He is a modest, enter ic,' and consistent friend of public freedom : and a dolt etleid i openay of all that operates against ir ' either in th ei r : v s, i v practiee, ; whether of Spanish, English, French, ce oldisikia Origin. As the Spanish cause is becoming ,aw e e'poprilar, from the evident fears of our ministers that aft;yill not go on so smoothly , as they could wish, an & Winne* will be made of patronizing the Spanish Exiles intituch higher riarier.than could hive Ikea otherwise a tatikinated f and Dr. Slop., may yet have to record the ei t likeS reception of General Mina, at the English Court ; igsthlFof having the consolation of gloating over his savage NOM by the vindicti ve Ferdinand. The reception of 111iii.atPlymouth, by the naval and military officers is ano ilier;wode,veryforeihle hint to the ministry, of t h e feeling, of, a very.oowerful portion of the Public, with re '.rd l o the aerie in which Mina has been exiled from this con ntry— awl to this hint they may pay more attention than they would to the voice of people out of uniform. -r—..olllWeee•--. irbeenaditlea of Spain is such, that another revolution b:an event whieds may be daily expected. The festered government :has. neither strength, nor reputation; and in rgioaegneuce the maniac conduct of Ferdi nied, in multiplying the discords and dissen• thins that prevail. nothing but the presence of the French troops could preserve the public peace. In the districts where there are none stationed, the King cannot h e said to posseu.any authority. The disbanded soldiery is converted into whitens of brigands, who are roving about the country in all directions. The roads are so unsafe that no one can hope to traverse them without a military es cort ; sod the Constitutioralivs are now more formidable thya. the bands of the Faith at any period of their *slime.. A corps of observation, it is said, will occupy the Renders, to be ready in case of am emergency ; but thiWarth of a hundred thousand men from Bayonne to Madrid. and from Madrid to Cadiz and Coruntia, is not to he effected without great ex git.ii.e ; and prosperous as the French finances may be, they are not adequate to the expenditure of twenty or thirty millions evety year, to keep Ferdinand on the throes of Spain. Try Iffe have not at present the power of boasting' that we r:the greatest monarch in Europe, since the King of otexceeds 24 stone in weight. It is amito a k e,it seems, to imagine that this enormous load of flesh produces any diminution of his mental powers ; but we are assured be displays as mach energy and thonght, as at any period " To be sureabat may be no great deal, for we never heard of his energy but at the dinner table, oar of any thought bet of the bill of fare ! It is reported that Sir Robert Gifford is to be made a Lardof, when he is made a *lodge, in order that lie may moist the Chancellor in getting rid of Scotch appeal eases. iffecannet but condole the hereditary court of last appeal, en the necessity of tailing in the all of such assist•.nre ! Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke of York held a levee as Commander in Chief, at his office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by the follow ing :—The Earl of Cork, Viscount Bernard, General Sir Merles Green, General Ittleofts, Lieut. General Maitland, Lieut. General Wetherell, Lieut. General Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Major General SW Charles Grenville, Major General Wid elringtoo. Major General Fuller, Major General Eden, Capt. Norris, Royal Navy, end abut BO others. Yesterday afternoon the Earl of Liverpool left town for Ceornbe•wood. Mr. Seeeetary Peel transacted business at the Home office .traterday. ktrxrcett Mmes.—A new employment for capital was on Monday proposed to the pullie, by the formation of a Corn. ,any for working the Mexican Mines. Brateted Rattrowas.—The following are the Eames of same of the respectable individuals who, within a few days, were landed from the Spanish ship now in Cove :—Members of the Cortes—Messrs. Vellum Seosne, Prat, Herreza, Enstanisote, Monterinos, and ; Mr. Canga Arguelles. Member of the Cortes and ex-Secretary de Erato del despacho de Hacienda c Allaistro de Hociendo ; ii,. Cortazar. a magistrate I Mr. Gonzales Campo, Director General of Poste; Messrs. Lopes Polo, Seraree, and Gracia, officers, now at Best's hotel.—(Cor k Claronfck) Retract of a letter dated Barhadues, Oct. 20:—" l'he Collector of the Customs has shown me a letter he has re ceived from Sir Thomas Cochrane, for the information of those interested in the trade to the Main, dated about the middle of September, front Demerara. Sir Thomas regrets, that in consequence of the unfortunate occurrences in the cokroy, the service will not permit him to send np the Eingdove as he had intended, to take charge of what trade might be ready on the Ist of October, and had no idea that he would be able to pick up another vessel for the purpose. He says he does nut apprehend the smallest danger to vessels bound to the Main with harmless cargoes, and advise such to proceed on." The Barbadoes paper of September 23 states, that the Home of Assembly of that Island had met, and after a mociliatory answer to a rommunication from Lord Ba llarat, recoentnending a certain course of measures in re- Woo to the Negroes, had adjourned for fonr weeks. The Leeward Islands mail has brought letters from St. Theams's of the lit ult., but they certain no intelligence of the least importance from the Colombian Main. The decree of the Congress, ordering the departire from the territory of the greater part of the Royalist Spaniards. had nellea great sensation in the island. as it was through SIN houses that the trade with Colombia was chiefly con ducted. and the merchants of St. Thomas Lad, therefore, Noomenter the sudden loss of their most valuable and re par correspondents. Numbers of the exiles had arrived at the islands of Curagoa and Porto Rico. As a measure of policy. however harsh in its operation, its prudence is net impugned. We understand there is some probability that Sir Robert Gilford'a promotion to the Bench will be accompanied by his elevation to the Peerage. It is considered, we believe, that by so doing, a material assistance will be afforded to the lard Chancellor in bearing and determining Scotch Appal Causes before the House of Lords, Sir Robert, ham the greatest practice be has had io those causes, ?eiag well acquainted with the peculiarities of Scottish jarispradeace. The matter is not definitively settled, bat kis spoken of with perfect confidence io circles where the intention would certainly be known.—(Courier.) RZPIIIIIIINTATION 01 HRIMPORD.--A very idly* MIMS has been commenced, both by Mr. Clive and Mr. Blakemore, among the freemen of Hereford, to secure their suffrages against the next vacancy that may occur lu the representation of that city; and both parties express themselves confident of mmeass. A vacancy is now rendered certain by Mr. R. Scuds mere's declared intention to retire, from ill health, on the next dissolation of Parliament. These proceedings have elicited as address from Lord Eastnor to his constituents, in which his animism his reliance upon their support whenever he shall Wet:tension again to solicit It from them, and his readiness Is wait Upon them personally, "if it should appear his doing M Weald be considered an acceptable mark of respect for lais."—(Gloncester Amaral.) A Notice of application to Parliament next Session 2Plars In last night's Casette, for leave to bring in a mall for erecting a patent wrought iron bar bridge of llospeasion over the Thames, for carriages, waggons, foot r a n,. Km. &c. in the several parishes of St. Bato. ANlVate, and St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey. The height of the said bridge to admit of ships and vessels to Len ander at spring tides, withont striking or lowering Wart vats. ~.~ THE STATESMAN ULD BAILEY.—(Taus )ieN*lo.'!•:l77 ~..._ ~.w:ti~«.'~t^_ is _. _ - • csmies.ow pw.aukvezruk. . • -- Barker; a tobacconist of Shadwpfl, Ira 1 .1 11 . 1 14 cif killjoy ag4 aiaying ,Catherine Moody. After fti74erselt had been ,atidgeod, the Recorder observed, tbat..the elee.wased, bad entered the prisoner's !shop in a state of in i togkatiall, and 'conducted herself therein a disorderly twiner, and therefore the prisoner was justified in putting her out. Itclid not appear by the evidence that in so doing be had used any unnecessary violence, and he consequently should not coil upon the prisoner for his defence. The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. FATAL PUGILISU. Thomas George, John Fawcett, Dania Marius, Samuel Pell, and Jolts. Webb (the latter three not in custody) were charged capitally with the wilful murder of Charles Gibson ' on the 24th of November last, at the p a rish of St. Marylebotr, Stratford. A second count charged Thomas George with inflicting divers Wows upon • the fare and body of Charles Gibson, from the effects of which he died, and John Fawcett with' aiding and assisting t-erein . it will be recollected ihat a pugilistic contest took place between George sad the de.: cassed.who were bakersoe afield at the back of thelnindon Hospital, which lasted one hour and five minutes, when Gibson received a blow, from which be fell senseless and did not recover. After evidence had been adduced as to the dispute which led to the fight and the fatal result.' The Recognise commenced summing up.- but was in terrupted by the Jury, who expressed themseltei satisfied as to the guilt of the prisoners, and returned di verdict accordingly. The Recommit then addressed the prisoeers at some length, remarking with great seterity upon the conduct of Fawcett, who, he observed, ought to have used every endeavour to prevent the meeting, rather than have encouraged it in the infamous way he had done.— The sentence of the Court upon George was that he should be imprisoned for six weeks in the House of Correction, and there left to bard labour, and Fateetttto be confined for two years in the same prison and kept to hard labour. The aLCOR DER remark-d that this was the first conviction under a recent Act of Parliament, which placed it in the porer of the Court to transport for fourteen years, or otherwise the full extent of the punishment would have been awarded. SHIPPING INTELLIGEI;IO2. rthl e r a 9. :N. Venn d nii.- '' -1 4 4 '' ; '*OTV ,__ - tied e teiatitnatenVithrit w evi ' ,l • stsa llgia" Charlotte, Utensil; and Witeliod; ref vnealefif • g fertharEallt indict t' shit Bgilrla, for 111. 1 Sites: ',' ••-, !t• u ti ' • 's • POITSMOUTR, Dac.9.—Wind N. Arrived from the Dowaso the Duke of Maaebeetarriiii•Cfaifoirmaisish:alshn'Sband, ' Reg, tor Ditto p Reeewisi t :Gramertiel for. IhrebaNlollll4 eitilerl the George, Wisemen e fb; Terceira. P . aatt4Wlll. Da3.9.-119iqd V.N.W.i Arrived the Laid We:- Haitian, Ward, from Menukin 33days. • Frmatouyu, Dec. 8 —Wind W.S.W: Arrived the Summer Packet. from Lisbon. sided 30th Nov.: Nymph, Samways, from Gibraltar, bound to Newthandland, out 6t days; has been as far vie as long. 30. and is In want of provhdons. Salted the William and Themes, Smith, fur Naples, sod Lerd•Sid month Packet for Jamlics:• - • • Goaittedwo, Dee. 4.—Art&eed the Marquess Houtley,Thete. sow, from tit. Jolty's. N.H. 'Glow of *Seam boat, 4isotastw4, and tali of water, bevies beta k e° slum coo ;be Mouse Sand. . . White; From Shields to London, foundered on Thiricisy, of Matte,' Point, Obw 'sated. The Ctinfriseiee, Scott, frbm Dundalk to London, got ots shore the 4.1 t Intent, in tikingAteharbour of Port Gurdon and 'ttilsild; brew and cargo nave& ! - • •1•1 -: • CONTRABAND 'TRADE. The'brig, Wilson, of Ned York, Capt. Thomas Briton, , was seised on Wednesday at Poolbeg, by the Saatnrock Revenue cruiser, Capt. James Montgomery, a quantity of tobacco to the amount of about 1501bs. weight having been found on board. There were passenger' on board the Wilson, and she had • cargo of staves, cotton, and flax seed. The tobacco was made ep in parcels like cheeses, and was found in the steerage wiper the staves. The pas sengers had baggages on board. The crew consisted of twelve men. The circumstance is in course of investigation at College Street Police Office.— . -(llnb/in Morning Post.) The Preventive Boat at Bognor seized, on the 27th tobs of Geneva, I bale of silks, I do. of camhrics, 501bs. of tea, a large tub boat and gear, and 6 men : the men were lodged in Horsham Gaol. IMPORTANT SEIZURR.—CoItic, Nov. 28.—k aehooner, the Johns, of St. Andrew's, having a large quantity of tobacco on hoard, made up in bales, was yesterday seized by Mr. Richard Evanson, one of the Surveyors of West Passage. Tne parti culars, we understand are these :—The Captain reported the vessel to have come from St. Andrew's, Nova Scotia, lades with timber, which formed but a smell part of her cargo, and though boarded both at Cove and Passage by the proper au thorities, and serefully examined, every thing appeared so correct, that she was allowed to proceed up the river, towed by one of the steam boats, the Waterloo. When she had got into Loch Mabon,sonte distance below Blsckrock Castle, the captain directed the tow rope to be let go and dropped his anchor, though cautioned against the insecurity of stopping In such shoal water. Mr. Branson. who was the officer that board. ed her at passage, and spent nearly a quarter of an hour in examining her papers, Ike. perceiving a here she stopped, and suspecting from the state of the wind anti tide, and the'situation she anchored in, that all was not right, hoard ed her again, sod on a more diligent search, discovered the tobacco, as before described, to a considerable extent. The. Captain and crew. with the supercargo, have been takes Into custody, and the vessel has been brought up to the Custom House quay. In the course of . yesterday and this morning, 775 bales of tobacco, averaging 601ba. per bale, have been landed from her, and lodged in the King's storm To the seizing officer this must prove a very fortunate hit, the vessel and cargo (taking the tobacco at the full price) begin estimated at 10,0001.—Cork Chronicle. Capt. Yates, master of the vessel was convicted on Tues. day, and sentenced to serve in the navy. Ale has pleaded that he is an American, and the execution of his sentence is to be impended for some time, to afford au opportoniy for appealing. James M‘Maxter, suspected to have been the owner or superesete apart of the tobacco, was discharged. The trials of thicrew were proceeding, and one of them was convicted. ' L .ftr- is • RIMARICAIE APT rig Jessy, end Thonatot's packet, both of Doinfriesesoiled from St. John's, New Brunswick, *Main a few:hours of each *other, but the vessels never again cainerin sight 'Suring the whole passage, little short of 3000 miles: Each of the masters had orders to touch at the Isle of Man, and on Friday week, just as the Jetty had got moored, and was pre paring to send her boat on shore, the Packet came round Douglas Point, and anchored alongside of her. The Packet arrived at Dumfries on Saturday last, and on the same day the Jeasy proceeded to Liverpool.—(Dumfries Paper.) his with pleasure we are enabled to contradict the statement, which we copied into our last paper, that a great addition is about to be made to the Assessed Taxes. The supposition probably took its rise from the increased activity of the surveyors; bet we are assured that the object of the recent survey is to equalize the present assesetnent and not to raise it, except id those instances in which it may appear to be tinder-rated. The greater part of the persona assessed are already alleged with their windows and upon the full amount of their rent, and it . is only 'prop aged to raise those which are fonnd to be otherwise.-411ristol Mercury) Tuesday se'nnight, a fishing-twat, tinder sail, was, by a sudden squall, upset near the fish town of Boddam, in the neighbourhood of Peterhead, when the crew, four in number, were in the most imminent danger of findiog a watery grave. A medical gentleman on horseback wit nessed theaccideot from the Peterhead road, and pushed on to Boddam, where be rendered essential .service in restoring the poor men, especially one of them, who was' much exhausted. It is worthy of remark that this, like many other accident., was occasioned by the men being all employed at the oars, without the necessary precaution of having one of their number attending to let go the sheet, so as to allow the sail to fly louse before any sudden gust of wind whioh might ethic. In the forenoon of last Wednesday, a waggon loftily laden with straw, on its way from Ifor d to this town, was blown over by the violence of the wind. near Stranburgb, and falling upon a man (Mr. Hurly's shepherd) as he was casually passing on the road, it kept him for some time a close prisoner beneath it, under strong apprehensions for his safety; but luckily, the heavy pressure of the straw being kept from him by a dung vixen, on which the upper part of the lading rested, he was, at length, and to his expressible in joy restored to bis liberty unhurt,but dread fully frightened.—(Gantt Journal.) On Tuesday afternoon as a poor man named Bnmstead, (laving a wife and three children) was pursuing kis wonted occupation at the eastward of the town of Hastings, in carrying sway sand which had been dug from the cliffs, a considerable portion of the rock, to the quantity of many waggon loads, detached itself, and instantaneously buried the unfortunate man in the ruins. Every effott has been made by digging, to discover, and if possible to extricate, the mangled remains, but up to Thursday, the lahours of the workmen had proved unavailinE. Two men, named Coleman and Dysou,stationed below the precipice, were nearly sharing the melancholy fete of their companion ; the former had actually assisted the deceased in lifting a load of sand which was on his shoulder,when the rock fell. After a succession of rain, and during boisterous weather, the rocks are likely to separate and fall, particularly where there are excavations and undermining' ; and many dread ful and fatal accidents have occerred of late years at Hut. inns, from the dangerous employment of procuring sand for domestic purposes.—(lbid.) A sheet time since, a some labourers - SAI L Os et six miles to the South of CV ad the Wettish Strike against some bard , thrturflide Of the earth, which, on being , roved to he a earthen vessel, contalois sliver coins, chiefly of Gordian, Philipp, inster pan are in good preservation. QUEEN SQUARE.—(Tuts int.) TIM EARL OP LISTowELL noaßeo.—James Doyle, a young man of respectable appearance and prepossess. log countenance, underwent an examination before Ed ward Mark land, Esq. on a charge of felony: John Elliott stated, that he is under gardener at th e Earl of Listowell's cottage, Knightsbridge. He came to breakfast at eight o'clock on Saturday rooming, an d was told by a fellow servant who is confined to his bed be the small pox, that he observed some man who had his hat off passing in at the window, who, upon per, siring him, pulled away his head instantly as if he dreaded being seen. Several robberies baying been committed at the house lately, and hitness having been only a fortnight in the situation, he suspected the person alluded to ;to be the thief, and he went out to sear. It all the premises, but could not find hint, till he went to ao out-house where there was a anushrootn bed, and thought some person was inside pre venting the door to he opened. He fastened the hasp and called for assistance, and found the prisoner in the house. On questioning Wm he said he waived to see the butler. A coasted, was sent.for and he was,given to him in custody. The gutter said, the prisoner had no business with him. On being informed of his being taken into custody,he told his Lord ship, who directed his being taken before a Magistrate. John Kimble, the head gardener, said the prlioner bed been employed by him in the garden for two years, and during that time several robberies had beeecommitte4, but he was not res pected, and only left in consequence of • friend promising to get Idru into the India House, which situation be considered to be more permanent. Al Cottage had been robbed three times during the last /SOSO ,Veles, etc. had been forced, and much property had been stolen, amongst other things, the servants' clothes. The Constable produced a quantity of pawnbrokers dopli. eater, chiefly of wearing apparel pledged. which he had found upon the prisoner, and the prisoner exclaimed in agitation,— `• Oh," it's no use, it will be discovered, that duplicate of a coat is for the coat of the servant who is ill, which I had stolen, last Saterday night."—lle then said he must throw himself upon the mercy of his Lordship. The prisoner said he was by trade agardener, but that he lied been a long time out of employ, and reduced to the greatest distress. He had a most sorrowful aspect during the exami• nation, and seemed to be cautious or saying any thing respect• lug the robbery. The NiAGISTRATE was sorry for his unfortunate situation— he brought it upon himself through misnsensgement end indis eretion.--Ile ordered the constable to go to the ditrdren pawubrokersland desire them to attend at the next examination when the servant who is in the small pox can come forward and the prisoner was remant:ed till then. 'Fria ARMIN—The detachments belonging to several Regi ments in India, which have been ordered to prepare for em barkation by the Slat instant, will proceed from the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, on Friday next, for Cnathani, where they will arrive on the 19th and 20th instant, preparatory to their embarking on board the Berwickshire and Duchess of Athol!, for Bengal; and the Duke of York, and Castle Hunt ley, indismen, for Bombay. Such surgeons and assistant-surgeons as are on half-pay of the county of Limerick, were lately ordered to Dublin, in order that the proper authorities might ascertain their capability for active service. Such as were found fit are to be immediately placed on full pay, and attached to regi ments. Three additional Veteran battalions will be im mediately formed in I reland.—(Thablin Evening Post.) Tlll QUAKER'S lissax COAT.—Dr. Lime, an eminent physician, and celebrated for his wit, was once on his way to visit a patient in the lower part of the city, when he was overtaken by a shower of rain, lie stepped into the house of Mr. a Quaker, with whom he was intimate, and asked him for the loan of his great coat, umbrellas being at that time almost unknown in Philadelphia. Mr. F-- told him he would lend it, provided he would agree to one condition. " Well," said the Doctor, " what is the condition ?" " Why, Doctor, all that 1 shall require of thee is, that thou wilt promise not to smear during the time thou bast my coat on." " A d--d hard condition," replied the Doctor, " but as I am in a hurry, and do not wish to get wet, I agree to it." The coat was then handed to him, he put it on, amd pursued his way to his patient.— The next day, when he returned, he was asked by Mr. (avho was noticed for his mendacity as the Doctor was for his profanity.) whether be had fulfilled the condi Lion ? •. Why, yes," said the Doctor, " but 1 should that Plit lo on a it sooner consent to get wet to tlies whole kin timeth than coato n never your in al of yours a gai l toy life n ' for felt during the such a d—d itch for lying. --(American paper.) There has been for some time in the department of the Meuse a lady, who is still young ; she is an American, her husband a Swiss, her grandfather a Scotchman, her father a German, and her mother a French woman ; she speaks with grace and facility the. languages of ell these imam._ (Stolle.) Coati EXCHANGE, Dec. 10 —The arrivals of this week are, Wheat, 5,100; Barley, 4,700; Oats, 7,160 quarters ; Flax, 10,200 sacks. The top price of /lour being unex pectedly established at 555. per sack on Monday, has occasioned a brisk demand for wheat, and this article is advanced in pries from 2s. to 3s. per quarter ' and nearly all the serviceable parcels are cleared off the market. Barley sells very heavily, and is rather lower. Beans anti Peas condoms to meet dull sale. Wad Oats remain it Monday's prices, bat stub as GM soft sell at rather lower price. 'IRISH STRAW PLAIT. Ile ward Stanley has prese*d ilia an, Bacieiy the following report—from the Commit tee poinred to adjudge the premiums offered by this Society on tho l lidtb.of Jely last, kr the best imitation of Leghorn Klgant•p/ait, made up, under form of hat or .bonnet, and • tuanotactured solely of Irish materials To bliss Mary Collins, of Plattin, near Drogheda, a gold. undid, value 10/.—Ming the first premium ; for-the fitegt• and erenest plait, made from avena jhwescoses, or yellow oat grass, and exhibited ander form of a small tansy bat. - :Tp, Miss Susanna, Gormley, of Kiltimon, near Newton 14ftilt Kennedy, the silver medal and fol.. being the second premium, for Plait • made from cynosurus eristat.is, or strrafed,dog's tail, vulgo trawnyeen, and exhibited. in the • , form of a bonnet. • To Mias Christianna Campbell, of Loodoodeivy, the 'Geer medal—being the third premium, for Plait made ,of ,agrostle vulgaris, or common bent grass, acid exhibited under the form of every tasteful bonnet. The Committee beg leave to state, that one of the per sons. whom they had called to their a.sistance, informed them that be had seen in Paris. a Leghorn straw liar, plaited purposely for the Duchess of Berri, the value of which was estimated at 1000 fr•yles; and that, in hit opinion, the straw bat, to Which The committee pave ad judged the Ant premiom, was of a texture equally fine and curious; and it was the general opinion, that the person who made this bat was capable of executing plait in per fection, of any of the more ordinary description. On Wednesday night wee*, as Mr. John Dough,. fleshy in Aenan, was returning from Dumfries fair to the former place, riding abreast with the leading hones of the Portpatrick mail-coacb, the firths of the saddle broke, by width accident he was preciptta•ed betwixt the leading . and wheel hones, the latter of which rather slightly trampled upon him, and the coach paced over him ; yet Strallee as it may appear, he escaped with very little • injury, being able next day to follow bis usual employ Men Letters from Orkney state, that even on' the best culti vated farms there the crops were not off the ground at theist of November. The circumstance reminds us of • story we heard some time ago. A Scottith clergyman in a tnuirland P arish received a visit from an English friend in, December. From an unkindly season operating on an angenial soil, it so happened that the little harvest of the glebe was only then under the sickle—nit rather under the scythe—of honest John Fairweather, the minister's man. In spite of sundry small articles to torn the Englishman's attention another way, to prevent him spying the nakedness of the land, he one day stu nblei u on John busy in his operations; and upon expressing his surprise at what be saw, John, whose zeal for ties honour of his country was quite equal to his master's, assured him that this was the second crop within the yeast. The Englishman shortlf after went away home, grudging Scotland her more fortunate climate. When John was reproved by his master for practising a deception, he said. " Sir; irR.OB true as the Uospel, for ye ken versel the la.: crap wane' aff the grund till Jaonary this blessed _year," , —r,dinburgh Journal. EXTRAORDINARY Cass.—A letter from Copenhagen, of . Nov. lb, says—" Doctor and Professor Iderboidt has lately made known a most extraordinary pathological case, the certainty of which is established by the testimony of 34 Physicians, and which happened to a young Jewess of a delicate constitution, but who, up to the age of 14, had always enjoyed good health. In the space of 18 mouths, after terrible pains, there were extracted from her holy, at intervals of several days, weeks,and months, 273 needles. A little time after, a hundred snore issued from a swelling which she bad on her shoulder, which took place not without violent pain and accidents which seemed to threaten her with 'arapitoaching death. They were for the most part sewing needles, but broken, without heads or points, almost all black or rusted. There were found among them three pins, with the copper jet bright, and a hair sin. In his statement, the doctor describes exactly thejil ices whence Alikpins were extracted, hut he gins no conjecture as to the,manner in which they could have entered into the body of this young person."—(Jogrital des Debate.) Last Friday a bird much resembling a goose, on the wing, was shot by Alr.tWm. Ellis, in the pond of the tide mill at Bislsopstone, for which the oldest and most ex perienced gunners of Newhaven could find no name, never havingseen its like amongst all the various wild fowl that h .d fallen under their view, which is not to be wondered at, as we belirve it to bea very rare bird. In Ilewick it is called the Lesser babes, and described as follows: " Bill blast's and horn colour, tinged with blue, three inches long, pointed and slender : nostrils very near the base : tongue pointed : crown of the head and back of the neck. mouse colour; irides brown : scapulars black %rump, • tail, and wings black, edged with grey : quill bathers black: tail very short and rounded. The whole ender side of the body from the throat to the tail, silvery white, inept a brown bar, which crosses the vent: inner corers., of the wings, white: legs remark sbly flat. and placed close to the tail, - they are black and grey, with a blue tinge: the feet are very large, webs entire and flesh colour.—Length two feet two inches : weight three pounds eight ounces. The Bird, we understand had, within the Last three or four months ban frequently seen and sl:ot at, while ha•- verieg about the sea shore, and over the harbour of New haven. George Strickland, Esq. of Ripon, wbo furnished P.. wick with the specimen for his drawing. said it was tits • only one he had ever seem—Sasses Advertiser. MAD DOGS.—LINCOLN, is surptisiog to ob. . - serve the dread which the people here have of mad dogs Scarcely a week passes in which a notice Is not issued cautioning the inhabitants to keep their doge fasteneel within doors, or else they will be destroyed. The streets are searched three limes a week by persons authorised to shoot any dogs they find abroad. I was this naming surprised at bearing a musket fired close under my u indow ; on looking out I found that an unfortunate dog which had strayed from his home had been shot by one of the street-keepers. Another dog was shot in another part of the town in the course of the day. I understand that a mad dog entered a village a few miles from Lincoln, the week before last, and bit two children, three pigs, and three sheep. A woman milking a cow sae elso bit by es sad dog a few days since. I bare not heard what were the consequences in either case. Sutctue.—On Sunday evening, about eight o'clock, the body of a young man of the name of Timi'thv ht.enti was found hanging is a privy, at the hack of the house im mediately opposite the Two Brentra poblic house, flatboat Green. It was stated to our informant, that the decemiel was a weaver, about 31) years of age, the- son of respect able parents residing in 'fbree Colt Lane, and bad fur the last 15 months paid honourable addresses to a female, the daughter of a patted maker, about 17 years 01d... The . father sad family of the voting woman considering the great disparity of years between them, eosoursgsd this pretensions of another : this seemed to hays preyed on the mind of the deceased; he visited a friend on Sunda, two or three times, and about half past 6ve o'clede is called and drank tea ; his conversation was itseeherest, and his conduct extravagant. Heoften burst into team.- 4 About befell o'clock he foquestrd his friend to bring him rem were ploughing In a . .. t.upennyworth of tobacco, which not being complied Chichester, they peroeiv- whit, be went himself, and in place of going for tubeeco, I substsocca little below g removed and inspected, he went to a shop where he bought a twopenny beti•cord, Wag a large quantity of wit , . which be ccimmitted the rub act. Tile perish Ames Ipp, and Postuma4 ; the conveyed the body lo a shell to Spitaidelds chWrch, where • it lies to 'legit the decision of the Comer's loped,