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'it• It ▪ , Yc :tt trio , r. tt•at 10 ' 1 1: flu 4/ ofr. is sce.v.. id al re C'er.)•••.: a. o f , h, .I;,c tni rit et 42 ;1 11 its Ihrc lY :1- e . ut 1,!?t: is c : ''.eg ' . -,r • • • 1: PRESENT FINANCIAL CRISIS, n ot entirely concur in ell the opinions stated in r ing article, which we extract from an Evening It at this critical period oar readers, we dare aay, a ims to gather infiwmatioo from every intelligent , n d we therefore submit it to their considers- ries into the causes of the existing pressure are of st utility—to abate or correct alarm—to ascertain l ien of the evil—and to suggest tit remedies. It is , n osed to offer some observations on the prevailing u pon the subject, In order to endeavour to rectify onions. igin of the present distress is most commonly ) overtrading in the early part of the year. We :n in this opinion • the excesses then occurri ng q e worked themselves out months back. The of that speculative time was short—not longer , December to March last—it was wholly local, 'fl eeted with distant shipments or adventures ' • it in a rapid and extravagant r;se of prices, which declined. Since March, all merchandises have eignation, anti prices for the last six months i pon a level with those prevailing for several years g e ek of goods is not excessive, compared with seve , put. The weight of cotton on hand is hardly in last year, and less than the year before at the pries]. Wool is rather in excels ; but silk exists in tl qua ntity. The stock of sugar is small. Iron and b ur ly equal to the demand, and in price supported hi, Agricultural produce is of no kind in re , supply. The great branches of manufacture do a .,, h e avy stock compared with the vent, which re , re gular and extensive. Further, the failures which wa rred ascribable to overtrading, have been few and recent. raw of the distress is alleged to be the nume whew, and prqiects which were set on foot. How. ' bard the generality of these were, we cannot but •-• effect has long passed, and was more in name ty ; the bulk of them has been months since ty, and the whole, including about a dozen which the market, cannot be reckoned to have actually ih payments exceeding some three millions; a lv embarked in schemes of some prospect, and mot be deemed of great weight in a national ill be the more readily allowed, when it is recut foreign loans hare been this year brought for unusually small extent. In an estimate in a work Just published, the actual payments on foreign re calculated Ite2 to have been . . 117,046,606 11,748.000 14.770.0 W 6,627,000 whole of there loans not, probably, above fifteen remain in this country, the chief portion baying lually bought up on the Continent. At present ones are in the market, and the instalments of the been paid up. Thus it may be safely said that ity of foreign stock in the market is actually leas iy time during the last three years. neither overtrading, nor schemes, nor foreign sufficiently account for the existing and extraor pressure, *hence, it will be asked, does it originate ? wee, in the quarter where it exists—in the currency tntrv. The suffering is, at this moment, mostly bankers in the country. ), when the metallic basis of our currency was the novelty and uncertainty of the experiment great caution amongst the bankers u to their wices fell, the exchanges became favourable for d gold flowed in beyond expectation. The re of our monetary syttem was fully successful. evidence given before the Bullion Committee, in was declared by Mr. Alexander Baring (whose on the occasion are marked by great comprehen wisdom), that a fund of 20 to 30 millions of gold 'requisite for the complete establishment of our The event has proved the truth of this, for how iallcr portion may suffice, when no foreign drain t necessity has been proved of a general diffusion iroughout the country, when a period of adverse or difficulty crises. .119, the prices of agricultural produce sunk from ipply, and with a view to remedy this, Ministers ' , all the circulation in every direction, and passed allow country bankers to issue small notes till 1833. The bankers, experiencing successive years progressive prosperity, extended gradually their the utmost capacity of their several districts. We Ihis in a spirit of animadversion ; we think that ices warranted them, so long as they received convertible securities. The necessary consequence the gold coin, which had, during 1820 and 1831, orderable circulation throughout the country, be laced. hese circumstances, the Bank of England then le great d.poeitar of the specie of the nation ; .ad fund of that kind cannot be kept up beyond to extent u ith any regard to the interests of the lent, the quantity would not be likely to be al grow in its hoards. An adverse balance of pay wring, the stock of specie is thus rendered too Id Early curtailments of paper become necessary Ili nee have sprung the difficulties of the pre nt, and the superaddition of the want of conn- mcdy, this being the nature of the evil, is oh increase of the circulation, if possible, in gold, .mcdistely in that which may best supply its place Aof the Bank of England. At such a period of larger quantity than usual is requisite, and to emergency the conduct of the Bank has been real, in every respect consistent with its security. ;(ing rate of the foreign exchanges gives earnest iate return of the exported gold. te duration of the pressure must be temporary, is inkinarh as the rates of 10 or 7, or even 4 per annum, for Government Securities, cannot long in a time of settled tranquillity. Every particle lift' of the country must be directed to conver rdcr to participate it such increased rates, and the mpetiti.m rill gradually work their reduction. It •of Government to afford every relief practica 1, in the production of which it has been mainly tal, by placing the currency on the footing on rands. Subsequently, it will be incumbent en it to devise measures to give to the country the C a more general circulation of specir, and espc 7 lee on a more stable basis the system of bankin g . ' frureler. ANC IN THE BAIIAMAS.—A gentleman well Hull, but now resident in one of the Bahama rots to his friends, under the date 7th October, ;awing Vrras:—" Lit Sunday week, we expe totna,'o. Luckily for me, it passed about 100 is cast of me. I saw it conic over the hill, but Mrs too strong for it. It, however, destroyed ❑re buildings, in part ; and many wooden ones t did not appear from the line of ruins to have - 100 yard.; wide. It came on with a great noise which latter sec had had for three days, with a I ran out instantly it had liappen•A, and t the walls had principally fallen outwards, and ;l1 it came from the south, the north front of two une buildings were the only parts erected. It I the street to the sea and became a large water sly three persons were seriously hurt. No one • 1 had four trees blown down. Trees here as well as ever by putting them up again, and I very fine oranges from one of them which, loud), has been twice blown down. They have except horizontally by twisting themselves to rocks." IV TLI.LIGENGE.—Copper Ores sold at Red cenlyr S, 1825-1,389 tons. Average Produce, nty of tine Copper, 120 tons, 19 cwt. Amount Os. 6d. Average standard, 1371. 7s. Od. wsrd•ns s h ou ld take care that a printed copy or "'ion 137. Act 6 Geo. IV, chap. SO, be hung up lot! places in pari s h wor kh ous e's, in default of I a is incurred. MEXICAN MINING AsSOCIATiONS. The last number of the North American Review, an . ably-written periodical publication, on th e pl an o f onr great Quarterly Reviews, contains the following notice of Mr. Alaman, and the vast mining interests under his charge. Our reatkrs will recollect that we lately announced that this enlightened statesman had withdrawn altogether from his political labours, in order to devote his whole time and attention to the superintendence of the mines of his country. We make the following extract the more readily at this moment of excessive alann, as, being the unprejudiced tes timony of an impartial and disinterested observer, it may serve additionally to show how utterly ridiculous are the reports and apprehensions respecting those great under taking!' : " Among the most enlightened statesmen of the south may be ranked Mr. Lucas Alaman, who has for the last two years been Secretary of State for the Home De partment and Foreign Affairs in Mexico. Ile was born in the city of Guanaxuato, the capital of the rich mining district by that name, and is now thirty-four years old. Till the age of nineteen he lived in his native city, or pro vince, and early imbibed a taste for the sciences, particu larly mineralogy. At this age he removed to the city of Mexico, where he devoted himself to his favourite studies, and became distinguished as a mathematician. To obtain a more thorough education than his native country of be went over to Europe, and after residing for a time in the schools of Madrid, hespent five years in tra velling through th e diff eren t countr i es of the continent, examining carefully the modes of government, laws, and institutions of each. At the end of seven years' absence he went back to Mexico, in 1820, prepared to take such a part in public transactions as the exigencies of the time demanded, or as the voice of his countrymen might indi cate. Ile was immediately chosen in the province of Guanaxuato to he one of the Mexican deputies to the Cortes in Madrid, for which place he anti his colleagues speedily took their departure. In the Cortes he was bold, independent, and unwearied in representing and defending the claims of Mexico to the privileges of self-government, and the character of a separate nation. The unsuccessful efforts of the Mexican deputies, and the succeeding events iu Spain, are well known. "From Madrid Allman proceeded to Paris, where he endeavoured to form and organise a company for working the mines in Mexico. Failing in this attempt. he revived the project in London, and a company was soon established, under the name of the United Mexican Mining Asso ciation. To encourage the undertaking, Alaman promised to assume the direction of the Company's concerns in his own country. Operations are already commenced, and thus far the anticipations of the Company are fully realised. At the end of the year Mg he retnrnett to Mexico, just in time to witness the overthrow of Iturbide's mock impe rial dynasty ; and under the provisional government, which was erected in the March following, consisting of the old Congress, and Bravo, Guadalupe Victoria, and Negrete, as the executive, Alaman was appointed secretary for the home department and foreign tears, which post he has ever since held. Ilis report, at the time of his first ap pointment, to the old congress then in session, and his report in January last to the Congress assembled tinder the new constitution, are proofs sufficient of his ability to fill with dignity and wisdom the high and responsible office to which he has been called. " It is a favourite opinion of Almon, and unquestiona bly a correct one, that the mining interests are at present of greater importance to Mexico than any other. In both his reports be has set this subject in a strong light. Ac cording to Humboldt, there are three thousand mines in New Spain, from which the precious metals have been ex tracted. It is remarked also of the Mexican mines, that the ore is poor in quality, though abundant in quantity, and hence it must require a great amount of manual labour to work them. The persons employed in the celebrated mine of Valenciana alone were upwards of two thousand. This mass of population devoted to the mines must draw its support from the products of the surrounding country, and thus give an impulse to agriculture, manufactures, and all the mechanic arts useful in the common purposes of life.-- Industry will be quickened, and an active, enterprising pc pulation increased in proportion to the demand for the re sults of different kinds of labour; and, moreover, these same agriculturists and manufacturers, who supply the wants of the miners, will themselves want articles of fo reign growth, which will be paid for by the produce of the mines. In this way a healthful circulation will be kept up through all the veins and arteries of the republic; external commerce, and internal trade, industry, and wealth, will nourish together. This truth is confirmed by the present state of the mining districts, which erjetyecl a high degree of prosperity, while the mines were worked, even under ' the restrictions of the old oppressive government, hut which have become depopulated and miserable as the mining ope rations have. ceased. In short, the precious metals in Mexico are to he regarded in the same light as the great staple commodities of other countries, the cotton, tobacco, and flour of the United States, and the coffee and sugar of the Wtst Indira. Awl such is the aspect in which Alaman and the enlightened statesmen of Mexico, after conquering old prejudices, now view them, and on this principle the business of miningis beginning to be renewed with vigour, and under swim that insure success. By the secretary's last report it appears that three companies have been formed in England, and one in Germany, for mining ope rations in Mexico. A large capital is already made ef fective for the purpose, and the mines of Guanaxuato, Valenciana, Dcl Monte, Reyes, Cata, Sirens, and Catorce, are now in action. The mine of Conception has also been drained by a steam engine, and another is set up at Temas caltepec. These machines have fully answered expecta tion, and, where fuel abounds, may be used to great ad vantage, but the secretary accounts the introduction of them generally as a question difficult to be solved. In what the difficulty consists lie leaves us to conjecture. " Mr. Alaman's last report to the Congress shows the Mexican government to be sedulously devoted to the best interests of the nation.. Vigilant attention is bestowed in affording all the encouragement which the present state of the country will possibly admit, to every branch of indus try, to the means of education, to agriculture, manufac tures, and internal improvements. During the disasters of the revolution, many of the old colleges have been neglect ed, and have gone to decay, by reason of their revenues being withheld or diverted to other channels. Some of these will be immediately restored, and others established anew. A seirit begins already to prevail, in a few places, which promieesgood results. In San Luis Potosi there has been a voluntary subscription of forty-two thousand dol lars, for establishing a college; measures are adopting to restore another in Guanaxuato; and in Celaya one is now in operation, in which scholarships are endowed. Primary schools are formed, and the governments of some of the states are preparing to establish them in all the towns and villages, by passing laws and appropriating funds for the purpose. Schools on the plan of mutual instruction have been successfully established in San Luis Potosi, Guada laxars, Guanaxuato, and other places. It is an omen in the highest degree auspicious for the future liberty and prosperity of the southern republic, that their rulers apply themselves with so much zeal in advancing the cause of cluettion. Colombia has set a brilliant example, both by her laws and her practice; and the recent munificence of Bolivar, in aiding the schools of his satire city, Caracas, has added a lustre to his name, which can never fade away, even if the glory of his conquests in defence of justice and liberty should perish. " It is a laudable effort, which the Mexican government arc making, to restore and preserve all the ancient docu ments in the archives of the viceroyalties, and also the relics of antiquity now remaining. Several persona are constantly engaged in this work, and the arrangement of some of the branches is already completed in alphabetical order. Mr. Alaman relates that the index alone to the do cuments pertaining to the branch of tobacco, which have been assorted and arranged, comprises two folio volumes. The branch of excise has an index, which, together with the printed tracts on the subject, extends to eighty-two vo limes. The number of documents, which have been transferred to the secretary's office in three branches alone, namely, finance, ecclesiastical benefices, and indulgences, amounts to four thousand five hundred and ninety-six. All these are so arranged, that, by the aid of the index, any document can be immediately found. A curious history of the oppression, folly, and superstition of the old Spanish Government in Mexico, will probably be one day drawn THE BRITISH PRESS from this mass of materials. Many specimens of anti quity are still preserved. A museum to contain the whole is proposed. improvements are taking place in the manufactures of Mexico, caused chiefly by the abundant introduction of foreign fabrics, and the necessity of making articles nearly as good, to secure for them a market. Cotton spinning machines, on the plan of these in the United States, have been erected with entire success. Privileges and monopo lies for cotton manufactories have been solicited from 041, gross, but as yet these have not been granted. A paper manufactory is established at San Luis Potosi, and another is erecting in the vicinity of Mexico. At Durango a glass house is in successful operation. Agriculture is pursued with more advantage than formerly; olive trees, vineyards, silkworms, and coffee are cultivated, and promise to open a wide and profitable field for future industry. "In short, thelnospects of Mexico never shone so brightly as at the present Moment. A form of government is adopted, which has been the deliberate choice of the people ; internal commotions are quelled ; the arts and the enjoyments of peace arc taking place of the distractions, privations, and sufferings of war; habits conducive to a new and a better state of things are rapidly forming • and the benefits of the ch a n ge w ill soon b e understoo d and deeply felt. The Government is in the hands of men, whose patriotism and virtue have been tried by a long and bitter experience. Gaudalupe Victoria, and General Bravo, the President and Vice-President of Mexico, have been conspicuous actors through the whole revolutionary scenes; they have always been found on the side of humanity, justice, and liberty; skilful in war, brave in battle, and true at all times, they have resisted tyranny with equal firmness, whether in the person of a Spanish Viceroy, or a self-styled emperor; their ambition has been to see their country independent. enlightened, and happy." MENDICITY IN THE NETHERLANDS. According to a report presented to the Government of the Netherlands in 1814, there were then nearly 700,000 paupers living scattered about, which, in a population of 5,500,000, it more than 12-100ths, or lin 8. At the end of 1823 there were, moreover, 31,000 paupers, between seven and eight hundred poor-houses, at the charge of the Government, and forty-two workhouses, in which more than 7,000 are employed ; but the system of colonisation has succeeded so well, that very soon there will be no more oc casion for these workhouses. There are already ten colo nies (we believe they have been planted on the waste lands which are found in the Netherlands) of which eight are in the Northern Provinces, and two in the Southern. They contain 600 houses, and between four and five thousand persons, who have already brought a great deal of land under cultivation. In general these colonies have succeeded beyond expectation ; they have both schools and churches, and present an appearance of contentment. The number of poor in the Netherlands leads to a remarkable conclu sion. If, among one hundred individuals, there are twelve paupers, the latter must be nourished by the remaining 88. But of these, not above 44 will be males ; but supposing some of the females work, we must still deduct the chil dren and the aged. But we must also deduct the members of administration, with all the subalterns of government, the military, the clergy, &c. &c., whence we may conjec ture, that in 100 persons there arc not 22 who work, and whoa:. labour suffices, thanks to tl.e fertility of Europe, to industry, and to the perfection of machinery. DESCRIPTION OF LIMA. The following description of Lima is extracted from a private letter from that city, dated July 2.5: " I write to you from the city of kings, and the gard m of eternal summer, where rain is unknown, but vegetation enjoys uninterrupted health, cherished by nightly dews. " Lima contains at present about 60,000 inhabitants, but the number has been much reduced by the departure of old Spaniards, who fled from the revolution. " The city exhibits the remains of much grandeur, and must have contained immense wealth. At this time the most common utensil, of the old inhabitants are generally of solid gold and silver. .., " The buildings are generally two stories high, with patios or court-yards, terrace moth balustradtd, all built of massive stone work, except the doors and rafters, and ve randas projecting into the streets. The floors are all of large bricks or tiles. Every house is enclosed by a heavy stone wall, which includes the garden, and is generally or namented outside and inside with paintings, representing bull-fights, chases, feasts, &c. .... " The churches are built in the Gothic style, and gene rally covered on the outside with roughly-carved work, which has a rich and very ornamental appearance at a little distance, but will not bear close investigation. They are all raised with cupolas, and steeples full of hells, which are rung on every occasion, and frequently without occasion. The insides are decorated with statues and paintings in every part, and the moat costly furniture, which all the contributions levied in the late war have not reduced so much as to permit a stranger to believe there could have been more. " An extensive palace, built by Pizarro, is in good con dition ; it occupies as much ground as one of the largest squares in Philadelphia. Before the revolution it was the residence of the Vice-Kings. A suit of apartments in it is now appropriated to the use of General Bolivar, others are occupied as offices of government, and many are vacant. " The building is so extensive that strangers require a guide within it. It is two stories high, and in the usual style of the city. About the centre of the building I en tered a long room entirely vacant. This,' said the gen tleman who conducted me, is the ball where Pizarro was dining when the insurrection suddenly burst upon him. That is the door the exasperated natives broke through in search of him: lie fled from the table into this next apartment, was pursued, and, in trying to escape by that window, was dragged back and assassinated. The scene of his punishment recalled to my memcry his acts of cru elty, and I could not feel any commiseration for his fate. " Lima is about eight miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, and Chorillos is the temporary seaport, distant about nine miles. Callao is the proper seaport, and about the same distance from Lima; but it is occupied by the Royalists under General Rodil, and is now the only seat of war in Peru. The three places are about equidistant from each other." SPORTING Omni/am—On Monday last, died, at one o'clock, in Chester House of Industry, in his 94th year, John Singleton, who rode for the Leger Lord Rocking ham's brown bay filly, by Sampson, in 1776, being the first year that interesting and popular race was run, and which he won. Old John was of the Catholic persuasion. He was born at Kendal, on the 24th of June, 1732 ; I bis father was a horse-dealer ; John became a jockey at the age of sixteen, and rode first at Kirby Lonsdale. During his rporting career, when about twenty, he rode a match between Sir W. Strickland and Sir Frompton, on which occasion a song was published, entitled, The Yorkshire Knigbta." He also, as we have stated, rode the first winner of the St. Leger; he was the rider of Cyclops, and jockeyed Eclipse, in all the great races which that astonishing horse ran ; Singleton's last riding was at Chester, in the year 1784. He at one time had raised sufficient money to purchase a horse, which broke its leg in running at Burnswood. Leaving the turf, he set up as horse dealer; afterwards was a horse breaker and farrier. His wife having been indisposed for two years, he became reduced, and first received a weekly allowance of 3s. from the parish board of Chester, on the 30th July, 1818, which he continued to do until the 24th May, 1821, when he was admitted into the house, and remained there until his death. The old jockey used, with great glee, to re count his various and successful exploits on the turf, and preserved his health and faculties, almost unimpaired, to within a few days of his demise. A man named William Dean has now been parish clerk of the village of Chappel Allerton, Somersetshire, for 63 years! The old man is in his 91st year, and still con tinues to perform the duties of his office with considerable earnestness. A wretch who, at a bull-fight near Oxford (which took place on 12th October last), tore the tongue from the root of the tortured animal whilst yet alive, has been ap prehended by a neighbouring Magistrate, and will be tried at the Quarter Sessions for the misdemeanor.—Wouccsfer Journal. NEW CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. [From the Dublin R:rning Post of Saturday.] The New Catholic Association met to-day at the Corn-Exchange, at four o'clock—Lawrence Clinch, Esq. in the Chair. Mr. CONWAY acted as Secretary ; and having read the minutes of the last day's proceedings, read a draught of a letter to the Irish Catholic Prelates, on the subject of whicatirg the people of this country. The letter had been read on Saturday last. when it was re-committed. lie had the authority of the Education Committee to say that the letter, in its present shape, had their unanimous sanction. Mr. COPPrITOER spoke at some length in propo•irg that i:,e let ter of the Committee be received and adopted by this Association. The motion was carried amid cheers. Mr. COSTELLO moved that the letter he transmitted to the Prelates, through the Secretary of the Committee, Mr. Conway.— Carried. Mr. Maslow proposed the admission of two Gentlemen of the county of Waterford.—Carried. • Mr. OVOeNEss proposed Mr. Browne's admission as a mern ber, which was carried with cheers. Mr. O'CONNELL then red a letter from Mr PAL Russell, enclosing him M. as his subscription to the funds of the Associa tion. lie had also received a letter from Leels, which stated that a few Irish Catholics, joined by sonic liberal Protestants, had formed themselves Into an Association to promote the objects of religious liberty; and they thought they could not more diectually promote the object which bad united them than by transmitting to the As socistion the amount of their subscriptions, GI. The reading of this letter was received with applause, and a mo tion for its insertion in the minutes carried. Mr. E. M. Grainger. of Twyaog, Denbighshire, lied several other gentlemen, were admitted members. • Mr. O'CoNsEss gave notice of a motion of thanks to the Elec tors of Trinity College, for their liberality en several occasions. This was now called for, because that University had recently been accused of illiberal principles. The Rev. Bernard Oltaffertv, and the Rev. E. Redmond, of Arklow, were admitted members. After which Mr. DOLAN was called to the Chair; thanks were returned to Mr. Clinch, and the meeting adjourned. THE ARMY. The Depot of the 12:h (East Suff;dlr) Regimert of Foot ar rived nn the 7th inst. nn board the Borodino transport, at Cork from Plymouth. The 2d Battalion of the Rifle Bri,eade has received orders to embark in three divisions, oil their cmval at. Cork,. from Ports mouth, on board the Cato, Vibelia, and Sovereign transports, fur conveyance to Malta. Detachments belonging to the sth, 13th, 16th 20:h, 23d, 20:h, 30th, 30th. 39th, 40:h, 46th, 47th, 48th. 64th, 71st, 8:1d, 87th, 93th, and 97th Regiments of Foot, and the Esst India Compary's service, embarked on the 3d inst. under the command of Steil'. Sergeant Ilallinan. at Cork, for Bristol. A detachment belonging to the 15111 Regiment of Infantry em. barked on the 3d inst. at Dublin, for England, on the Recruiting Service. _ Detachments belonging to the l't Battalion of the 60th Rifle Corps, the 95th. 97th, and 99th Regiments of Foot. embarked on the 3d inst. under the command of Staff-Sergeant sl•Gregor, at Dublin, for England. Detachment,, belonging to the 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons, the 2d, Bth, 12th, 13th, 18th, 28th, 31st. 39th. 41st, 44th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 54th, 60th (11 Battalion), 64th, 67th. 83d, 115th, 87th. and 89th Regiments of Foot, the Royal Staff Corps, and the East India Company's Infantry, embarked on the sth instant, under the command of Staff-Sergeant Crawley, at Dublin, tor England. CLAIM ON THE DUKE OF NO-11-TIIUMBERLAND. Mrs. Webster. the unfortunate pauper, whose grandfather pre sented the late Duke of Northumberland with the sum of 60.000 L which ought to have descended to Mr. Lomas's posterity, went yesterday to the Mansion-House, to inquire whether any commu nication had been received from any one of the noble family of Percy. The Lord Mayor had retired from the chair. but Mr. Nobler was still in the room. He told her that not a syllable had traospired on the subject since she appeared before the late Lord Mayor. Mrs. Webster said she had been misled by an assurance, after the particulars of her ease had appeared in the papers, that something would be done for her by the family to which her grandfather had allied himself. She had waited in silence for the arrival of the moment when she should no longer have occasion to trouble the parish, by the officers of which she had been treated with great kindness, which was heightened, no doubt, by their knowledge of her misfortunes. But nothing had been done. She had again and again waited upon Doctor M`Leod, but that gentleman had re fused to interfere, although he had deprived her of the document which wu so essential, and which, she had no doubt, would have aided her in her application to the family, as it contained the moat unequivocal proof of the late Duke's sense of the obligation to Mr. Lomas. Mr. nobler said that the public were aware of the particulars of the poor woman's use, but he supposed they took it for granted that the Duke of Northumberland had set the matter at rest, Mrs. Webster said it had been mentioned to her that she should be provided for, and she could not help saying that she considered Dr. 111`Leod responsible for the deplorable state to which she was reduced. She was advanced in life, afflicted with s severe nervous distemper, and obliged to support herself upon the sum of 2s. Cid. a week. She had placed herself in the power of Doctor 11•Leod, unfortunately, in the expectation that he would exert himself in her favour. She had placed in his hands, for the purpose of showing that she was not an impostor, the memorable letter of the late Duke. it'hy had not the Doctor returned that letter, which he knew was the only written memorial she possessed in support and justification of her claim ? Why, if that letter was of no utility, had he not re turned it ? Why, if it was a forgery. had he not actql upon it, and brought the ind,vidual who had attempted to extort money by such Infamous means to public justice ? The 31endi city Society could not surely be put in possession of a case better calculated to show the enormity to which deceptions were carried, than the detection of an imposition of this nature. It was, she said, mentioned that the 60,0001. given up by her grandfather had fallen into the hands of Lord Beverly, and not into those of the Duke of Northumberland. That might be the fact, for what she knew, but she was willing to receive some testimony of charity or of gratitude, call it what they might, from any of the family who had derived advantage from the magnificent donation of her grand father. The sum of 501. s year, which was regularly paid to her grandmother by the late Duke, was at all events saved to his pre sent Grace. But she believed that there was no hope tor her. Mr. nobler, for the purpose of calming the poor woman's agita tion, told her it was too soon to despair. She replied that she was known to be destitute of raiment, and what comforts could 28.6 d. a-week provide her with? The unfortunate pauper then stated that she should make ap plication to the present lord Mayor, who she knew had already, short time as he was in office, administered In various ways to the wants and misfortunes of his fellow-creatures. The trotting match between Mr. Brand's Diadem and the American mare Pliwbe, for 300 sovereigns, took place yester day, from Kensington.gates to Blackwater, 30 miles, each carrying 12 stone. The Phcebe mare took the lead, and was a quarter of a mile ahead at Smallberry-green, from Diadem breaking three times into a gallop. The horse made good his ground, and they were to gether in Bedfont-lane, the mare having performed 13 miles within an hour. They kept together to Virginia Water, when the home took the lead up the hill, and kept it till within a mile of Bagshot, when the mare cut out the work, and won by 200 yards, in two hours and 26 minutes. Maim) Ro 13 Dfax.—On Monday, about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, as Mrs. Gooding, of No. 19, Ar thur-street, Chelsea, was returning from town in her cart, with the linen of several families for whom she washed, three fellows, in Piccadilly, near the Green l'ark, taking advantage of the darkness occasioned by the dense fog, snatched a large bundle of valuable linen from the cart, and although seen in the very ace, and instantly pur sued, they succeeded in escaping with the property. The linen consisted of valuable table-cloths, bed-linen, shirts, waistcoats, stockings, caps, &c. &c., to a very considerable amount ; and was almost all marked with ink, "J. J. Sander," " G. B. Sander," and " J. S. Sander." It would appear that the danger of disturbing the graces of the dead in this neighbourhood does not deter the mid night thieves from attempting the robbery. Early yester day morning, the guard at the Calton burying-ground were , irepeatedly alarmed by persons scaling the wall on the south aide, opposite to the burying ground of the ill fated Mrs Campbell. They were pursued out of that quar ter by the guard, when they re-appeared on the north wall several times, apparently for the purpose of distracting the attention of the guard. The vigilance of the watchmen completely defeated the unhallowed object in view. Be tween two and three o'clock, a person came to the gate and asked if a substitute was wanted, and entered into some frivolous conversation, which led the guard to suspect he might be one of those concerned in disturbing them. He was taken to the police-ogee.—Glasgow Chronicle. The Reverebd Charles Mummery, convicted at the last Northumberland Assizes of stealing in a dwelling-house at North Shields, has been sent from the hulks to New South Wales.—Durham Advertiser. We cannot too strongly impress on the minds of our fair readers the necessity of wearing thick shoes ; the amiable Duchess of Rutland lost her life by exposing her feet to damp, in her daily perambulations around the grounds in superintending the workmen, &c. A fatal accident occurred on Friday last, at Lee Mills, in the parish of Ilfracombe. A large block of atone of morethen four hundred weight struck the miller, who was Mantling at the further part of the premises, a distance of about 18 feet, and crushing him against the wall ; his skull was fractured and his thi g h broken, in which pitiable state he languished till the Sunday morning, when death put a period to his existence. EXPORT OF COTTON, 4-c. Statement of the Quantities of Calico, Twist, and Cotton, exported front Great Britain from the Bth of September to the 6th inst. Yards Calicoes. lbs. Twist. lbs. Cotton. Sept. 8. 4,253,928 - 299.720 - 540 ,857 15. 5.821.640 - 885.996 - 1.201,826 22. 4,1172,687 . 518.815 - 1,799,255 29 5.665,650 - 1.132.610 - 1,652.406 Oct. G. 5,349,482 - 1.073.040 . 1.088.443 13. 6 494,402 . 989.617 - 1.580 570 2u. 4.212,907 - 952.153 - 1.547,342 2 7._ 7.558.307 - 1.059.641 1.501,691 .Nov. 2. 5.116,882 - 1.361,9118 - 1,437,445 It. 7.073,019 - 45,302 - 809.037 15. 4.113.398 - 1.650.362 - 7 30 . 536 22. 6,017,406 - 763.900 - 626,574 29. 4.725,823 - 596.576 . 1,245,993 Dec. 6. 6,092.781 - 695,555 - 531,472 Previous to the Ist of September, the total exports were as follow s Yds. Calicoes. &c. Pls. Twilit. Bags Cotton. 184,009,0110 . 16.966,259 - 10,000 being an average of about 5.000,000 yards Calicoes. kc.. 600,6001b5. Twist, and 310 hags Cotton per week. It may be worth ureic,. that the exports hsve latterly been very large, especially to Ham burgh. Belgium, and South America. We draw this artet.tion of our readers to Belgium and Ilainhurgh, because in these markets British goods come more immediately in contact with foreign ma nufactures ; and to the South American market, which now taken more Cotton goods from us than the United States, because it is almost entirely a new market to us. It is proper to remark, that these exports do not include those of the ports on the Clyde.—Li. rerpool Albion. Loss or THE COMET...-. We have alre:tdv said that criminal letters have been raised, at the insiance of his Majesty's Advocate, against Duncan M'lnnes, lately tnru ter, and Peter Nl'Bride, lately pilot of the Comet steam boat, calling on these persons to stand trial on the 21st of this month, before the High Court of Admiralty. Almost all the survivors of the passengers of the Comet, and a number of the passengers and crew of the Ayr, are men tioned in the list as witnesses, so that the public nay ea pect the most thorough investigation of this grievous cala mity. Several of the jurymen are deAgnatcd as belonging to the navy. We observe also that the name of Thomas M'Clellana, the master of the Ayr, is given in the list of crown witnesses. If this person should be adduced, the public may understand that no proceedings are in contem plation against him. Indeed it was cur opinion from the first that whatever might be the degree of blame imputable to him, it was not of a nature which rendered him answer ableat the bar of a criminal court.—Grasgmr Parer. The idea of raising a subscription to relieve the distress occasioned by the late turn-out in Bradford has failed ; the cause having destroyed that sympathy which the inhabit ants of that town are always prompt to feel and to act upon in any case of calamity. Mr. Cliff, the proprietor of the cotton work at Gate house-upon-Fleet, near Glasgow, haying, during this year, been subjected to unreasonable demands, at length dis charged every one of the spinners from his work, on a month's warning, according to the original engagement. He has been employed in collecting new bands to replace them, and has been very successful in Glasgow. On Thursday morning a number of male and female spinners set off to Gate-house-upon-Fleet ; among them is Win. Graham, son of the wounded spinner, and several other new hands, who find it unpleasant to work longer in Glas gow. Mr. Cliff has assured them that he will take every precaution to prevent their being molested by the old spin ners.—Glasgow Paper. JOURNEYMAN BEOGAE.—On Tuesday two ballad singers were committed to Shrewsbury county gaol, to hard labour, for one month, as vagrants; a third, a blind man, who had been engaged by the others as a journeyntatt, at Hereford, and who, after traversing with► them to Shrews bury, where he had earned them about eleven shillings per day ! (and only received his meat, drink, and lodg ing for his services) was passed to his parish.— Worcester Herald. AWKWARD MISTAKE.—On Thursday evening a man, mistaking the police lock-up for a place of refreshment, walked into it and called about him for a glass of ale. Un fortunately, however, for him, it happened that the officers had received an account of the escape of one Joseph Ilinde (a convict under sentence of transportation) from the House of Correction at Kendal, accompanied with a particular de scription of his person ; and being struck with the resem blance borne by the stranger, they proceeded to make the necessary inquiry, when, singularly enough, he turned out to be the very man. He was immediately secured, and yesterday sent back to Kendal, from whence it appears he bas been absent ever since the 12th of July.—Preston DIABOLICAL ATROCITY.—On Tuesday, the 49th ult. the family of a shopkeeper, in the parish of Cruden, were awoke about midnight by a dreadful explosion, which shook the house, filling the inmates with surprise and ter ror; and on getting instantly out of bed they found their shop adjoining to be on fire, and the walls and roof of it• much shattered. By their exertions, however, the fire was soon extinguished, and they then discovered that the shop had been broke into, and a large quantity of clothiery goods and some money had been carried off: As powder was none of the articles kept in the shop, there cannot be a doubt but the thieves had brough► it along with them. A. poor old woman, 95 years of age, sleeping in a closet at the back of the shop, had her bed removed by the shock of the explosion, the partition wall being thrown down, and the fire having caught at the back of the bed, she had a narrow escape for her life. Next day, a new white iron lantern was found in a ditch in the neighbourhood, and there can be little doubt of its having belonged to the incendiaries. It is hoped that the authors of these diabolical proceedings will be detected and brought to justice.—Dublin Evening Post. ALI.EGED CIIILD MUIIDEII.—A story has appeared in several of the London papers, purporting to be a police re port of proceedings at Union Ilall, or. Monday last, relative to circumstances connected with the death of a child, whose body was found, about seven weeks ago, concealed beneath some rubbish within a short distance of the town of Buck ingham. A young woman, who said that her name was Mary Kirk, and that her parents lived next door to the Flying Horse public-house, in Buckingham, is related us have come forward to ease her conscience, by stating that she had been called upon by a woman whom she knew, named Elizabeth Ayres, to accompany her to the dunghill under which the body was deposited ; and that the body having been discovered with marks of violence upon it, and a general impression having prevailed that the child had been murdered, Ayres proposed that they should both quit the town of Buckingham together, and that after having proceeded in company to London, she had been deserted by Ayres, and driven by destitution to a state of despair. The magistrate, Mr. Swabey, who ordered Mary Kirk to be re lieved, is stated to have directed a letter to be written to the Mayor of Buckingham, recommending an investigation of the case. What the result of the application has been may he readily anticipated. No public-house of the sign of the Flying Horse exists at Buckingham. and the discovery of a corpse under rubbish, seven weeks ago, had not been heard of in that place.—Bucks Chronicle. An accident, which had nearly proved of the most serious consequence, happened at Tewkesbury on Wednesday af ternoon. As one of the Bath coaches, on its way to Wor cester, was descending the hill near the House of industry. the splinter-bar broke, by which the horses (the best and most spirited upon the road) became no longer subject to the guidance and control of the coachman, and a most aw ful prospect presented itself to the unfortunate passengers. The Hermitage turnpike-gate is situated immediately at the bottom of the bill, and a narrow bridge over the river Swilgate is just beyond ; and, as the horses were Going at full speed, it seemed past the bounds of probability that they would steer clear both of the gate-posts and of the low rails of the bridge; they did, however, luckily avoid both ; but the vehicle came in contact with the railing on the causeway between the bridge and the church, and the coach, the horses—and, of eourse, the striver and pawn.: gers—were hurled together into the field beneath. But we are happy to say that the injury sustained was astonish ingly trivial: the coachman arid tome of the outside pas senger., and a lady who was inside, suffered a few bruises, hat neither the horses nor coach sustained any material da mage—although the meadow into which they rolled is at least six feet below the surface of the road. Had the coach gone over only a few yards nearer the turnpike, the cow., quences must have been dreadful, as the whole would then. have been precipitated to a great depth into the midst . of the river, which was at that time very much swollen flotia j the recent maim—Gloucester Journal. . , 1 I i 4 - 1 1 i ? i t f t A , [ ' . , , 1 . !! ; . • ' .., , , . !( 1 I I r I : , . I : :, i , f. , i . • . i 1 'r i ?.. g . 1 ! 1 r / 4