The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1825-08-30 00:00:00

GENERAL BESSIERES. The fjlijwing account of the Spanish General Bessieres, c i t .) has put himself at the head of the revolt against his , vere ign, is extracted frofro m a Paris paper of 'Saturday •• At a time when Bewieres is just making so much ado a hem nothing, some reminiscences will perhap s b e very rearini concernins , on wom Kin Fer- F ;mud VII has showered g so thi many man marks of h ilistinction g and ; ogl e—whom lie has raised to the first ranks of the army -4nd to whom he confide:al the inToriant military com mand of the capital and province of Madrid. g, ss i e res, a General of recent date, heed soul.? time ago, i! re obscurely in the city of Barcelona. Being concerned ib e year, 1921,-in a conspiracy at Catalonia, th e o bj ect w hich wu tb establish a republic, the criminal tribunal of that province condemned him to suffer drub. The s .,,sla was signally erected at Barcelona, and Bessieres w as on his way towards the place of punishm e nt, w h en Gene s i Villa Camps, governor of that city; suspended pis execution. His pardos was afterwards granted. ass testimony of his gratitude f or so muc h I. ", ffe sity, raised a baud of freebootc-s iu Arragon. By a r oil inurement of this buccaneer, he in January. 1913. L : )echt himself within a short distance of M a drid. A stupor and surprise, excited by such a step, gav e l t.O an advantage at Breihuega (the place which he is mak- Ir e the scene of his new adventure of a day) over General 0)11y ; and he even made Oeneral Placentia prisoner.l fie was subsequently beaten by the Count d'Abisbal, and l bile became notortoua for being the cause of touch blood Lerg unlessly Spilt on the 19th of May, 1923, in the Erects of hlarlriil, on the eve of the evacuation of that city ni ;he Spanish troops under the °Mere of General Zayas. EXPEDITION TO AFRICA. PORTSM OCT H, AUG.. 27. Tins morning sailed the Brazen, 24, Captain a eorge Writes, for the Coast of Africa, with Captains Clapperton and Rosen Pearce, and Drs. Morrison and Wils o n, of the Royal Navy, on their mission into the interior of Africa, having in view the discovery of . the yet unknown co urse and t e rmination of the river '.Siger, and opening friendly communications with the principal native Kings end C h iefs. The -Brazen bas also on board, with the erne object, a number and variety of presents, suited to the notions, capabilities, and wants of the Kings and chief persons of the different tribes. The travellers will debark m the Bight of Benin, whence Captain Pearce and Dr. Morrison will proceed Eastward, in as direct a course as circumstances will permit, to Timbuctoo ; and Captain Liapperton and Dr. Wilson will proceed Northward, tak.. ing the city . of Soudan for their ulterior point. The King of Soudan hu promised to send guides to Sackatoo to meet the latter travellers, receive the presents, and propitiate the other native Sovereign& it is a prevailing belief among the natives that there is a lakecommunication between both Tirabuctoo and. Soudan, with the Atlantic Oeeln, flowing irro the Volta. The travellers are gone out in the highest health and spirits, and with the most sanguine of of ultimately succeeding in their object. In Ashburnliam Church, Sussex, are preserved the shirt. stained with some drops of blood, in which Charles the First suffered ; his watch, which he gave at the place of exceutien to Mr. John Ashburnhann • his white silk knit drawers, and the sheet which was t hrown over his body. These relics were bequeathed in 1743, by Ilertram Ash barnhain, Esq. to the clerk of the parish, and his succes sors in perpetuity. • Mr. Thomas Goble, the purser of his Majesty's ship Andromache, has been tried by a Court-martial, and sea teaced to dismissal from his Majesty's service, for imprc. per conduct in his office. At the Grand Jury Chamber, Winchester, on Saturday, la women of Barton Stacey, were convicted by Sir William Heathcote, Ban. and the Rev. Robert Wright, in the pe nalty and costs of 2s. each, for Committing damage in the fields of Mr. Smith, a respectable farmer of that parish, by entering the same for the purpose of leasing barley ; but in cmsoquence of all of them, excepting two, expressing sor row for the offence, begging Mr. Smith's pardon, and pro mising to abstain from such practices in future, the penal ties were remitted. The two who obstinately refused the nicked concession, were, in default of paynicnt, committed u llridewell for a week, unless the penalty shall sooner be *l.—Hampshire Paper. FOILTUNATI PREVENTION OE Flax AT ACIEWORTII 801001..—0 n Tuesday morning, the 16th instant, the re sidents of this great institution of the Society of Friends were thrown into considerable alarm by a stack of bay, con taining about forty tons, beinr , discovered to be on fire. Independent of its value, and that of a larger slack imme diately adjoining, the position it occupied, in respect to a large range of buildings, made it of very serious conse quence. Before the flame bunt out a messenger was de spatched to Pontefract for the fire-engines, which, along' with the firemen, were conveyed rapidly by post horses. On their arrival the stack was still smoul dering; and by the w.. 11 directed and indefatigable exertions of the fire men, and a plentiful supply of water from a reservoir dose at hand, the progress of the destructive element was arrested and finally eXtingnished. This accident is at tributed to the admixture of the produce of a field con taining about three acres, which was indifferently got in, with the other hay composing the stack. On Thursday afternoon an unfortunate occurrence took place on board the Athol steam-packet, just as she was preparing to sail from the East Preitection-wall for Broughty Ferry. A boy named Baxter, who had taken charge of she stern-rope, got his kg entangled among its coils, when, in consequence of a strong tide driving. the vessel rapidly np and straining the warp, the poor fellow's leg was severed from his body, and thrown to some distance in the river. The boy received every assistance from those on board, and was speedily conveyed. to the infirmary, where he under- I went amputation above the knee, and is now in a fair way of recovery. The lad's buoyancy of spirits never forsook lihr. When they were conveying him 'from the shore he turned round, and seeing the Athol a little way off, ex claimed, " She's arra' ,uoo !"—Duni#e Advertiser. FAT•L ACCIDENT.--0. Mr. Thomas Hodgson, clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. Baekhouse and Co. in this city, was returning home on horseback from Houghton-le- Spring, between eight and nine o'clock, on the night of Tuesday last, he fell from his horse whilst riding quickly up Minton Bank,' and received such severe in;lnry on the head and oth er p arts o f t h e b o d y , that, notwithstanding ineklical aid, lie died about one o'clock on the following day, at the bin, at ll,ughton-le-Spring, whither he was conveyed shortly after the accident. Mr. li. was in his 321.1 year, and bore a most excellent character. He has left a wife and infant child to lament Isis loss. It is a sin gular circumstance, that both Mr. H.'s father and uncle met their deaths in a similar way.—Darhaor Chronicle. The old mechanical maxim, that " Whist is Knifed by paver is lost in time," wens in the present age of improve ment completely exploded ; for a much greater command power than what formerly required several mouths and a dar=e expenditure, to attain, may now be gained in a ,ingle day and for a mry, fele ;wands, by Carroll's improve ment in tit If beel of Fertune, containing 4 Prises of ' 4 .000/. ace. &c. (in the present Lottery), exceeding 21w.000/., which must all be decided to-morrow. Donnybrook Fair commenced on Monday, and has since continued a scene of fun and frolic. AU the old and well rtir.emhered pleasures present their usual annual appear niece. The wild beasts and the tumbling boys, the Merry- Alarms and Jack-Puddings, as ridiculous as ever.—We did not notice as many overdone votaries of the Jolly Gad were ,wont to drown themselves in forgetfulness at, the by-gone fairs. However, we learn that the customary quantities of Innishowen have been consumed, and with as litany a good will as ever. The number of tents erected on the ter-ground is but just sufficient to afford a co vfring to the jovial sons of fun, " who seek within their canvass walls ohlivioumess of care." Indeed, the love of 8 1)Ping " the native," which seizes persons on entering Cis classic ground, is universal. And, notwithstanding this general rage for the " mountain dew," fresh from the sitar-loaves we were not E 0 fortunate as to witness any Sr those la-be :looked-for love disputes ending in " heads oft with blows," which the Poet of the Brook so happily ewribes as the natural results of large potations. The fuir has been, since its commencement, very much thronged, and numerous parties delay each night to a late l=o ur , well knowing that " Joy so seldom weaves a chain, Like this to night, that, oh ! 'tis pain To break its links so soon." Datlirs Paper, 1167 A L LONDON Ull7l-ARSITY. -......mi....- TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Sta,—The perusal of those sensible observations which, k from time to time, have appeared in your journal respect. in; the projected establishment of a London University, has given me considerable pleasure. But nowitlistandling the excellence of those arguments, each prudent and pene ' trating mind must pe-ceive that, by the impulse of party spirit, not only will this pan be carried into execution, but that many of the larger towns in the kingdom will here after follow the example thus act them by the metropolis. Upwards of seven acres of ground are already purchased, on which the pseudo Metropolitan University will be' erected. The cause of this institution has been advocated' principally by men who are generally and justly suspected to breathe a spirit of hostility to the present order of thine, both in Church and Stite, and very many there are among us who have therefore good reason to forebode ill from the union of a . literary and political education conducted by such individuals, and excluding, as it is proposed to do, the principles end precepts of true religion. Now since an acquaintance with the modern useful sciences, when taken and considered independently of the ill designs of political contrivers, cannot in itself possess , any necessary and natural tendency to undermine the re verence due to the laws and Government, but, on the con trary, must manifestly withdraw the attention and discus sion from political to literary subjects—allow me to suggest that men, whose principles of loyalty and religion are raised above suspicion, immediately associate and bestir themselves for the establishment of a school, schools, or University, of modern useful science, under the immediate patronage of his Majett‘ty, to be conducted by men of more, disinterested motives, honest views, useful learning, and respectability, and poiSCSS:7Ig a rooted attachment tu Church and King: in short, men whose known principles and learning would he a guarantee—to parents, that their sons would perform the duties of life with increased pleasure and profit—to the State, that its subjects would be at once . useful and loyal. An institution thus founded and conducted would si multaneously promote the commerce and literature of the kingdom, and would neutralize the effects of. or totally dissipate those numerous radical establishments which have lately arisen and if natural theology, with the evidences of Christianity, were added to this course of useful educa tion, it would avert that storm of infidelity for which pru dent men already begin to look out as the natural result of an education which will exclude all religious instruction. ,tio solid objection can be urged by the Sectarian against that course of theology pointed out to your notice. It would not clash with the public doctrines or private opi nions of any dissenter but those.of the Deist and Radical. How far it may be deemed advisable to reward the supe rior merit which may be elicited, in these Royal seminaries of natural philosophy and modept useful science, by insti tuting additional scholarships and exhibitions, and by, a little alteration in the classification of honours by the two Universities, may be left to timeand their discretion. If these precautionary measures are adopted in time (and if they are not resorted to now for the prevention of evil, they must be hereafter as a principle of self-defence), we may yet defeat those irreligious and political designs, the effects of which we have too much reason to dread—an observation not unconfirmed by experience. For when Lancaster, backed by men of republican principles, esta blished ifehoo's for instructing the lowest classes of the community, reasonable and prudent men augured the most extensive and fatal mischief; but when men of religion and loyalty marshalled themselves under Bell, and made their movement parallel to their opponents, the Church and State were out of danger. _ ADULTERATION OF SUGAR. H. C. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Si a,—llaving perused With attention the reports of the late investigation at the Police Offices relative to adulterated' sugar, as well es some letters which have appeared in the pub lic prints on the same subject, I think it my duty to state, for the information of my fellow-citizens and the public generally, that the evil appears to me to arise from the present fashion of usiat so much East India and Chinese, or what is called . free !about sugar, which, being of a white colour, as well as naturally of a nauseous taste, admits of the introduction of salt, and other equally deleterious mixtures, without the possibility of detection, except by chymical tests, which are not within the reac h of all per sons, and cannot with convenience be applied on every oc casion by any ; whereas the sugar imported from our West India colonies, being all either of a brown or yellow hue, and of the proper taste of sugar, the presence of salt can be instantly detected by the eye and palate. And I may be , permitted to add, that such frauds as have recently occu pied the attention of the Magistrates at the Mansion-house i And Marlborough-street, are mukti more likely to be prac tised by those dealers who have had the audacity to palm upon the public the growth of the Mauritius and Chins as the produce of free labour, than that they should originate with the regular and old-established wholesale grocers, who are known to be ter respectable a body as any in the city of London. . I am, S;r, you obedient servant, Fleet-street, Aug. 2/. A RETAILER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS AUGUST 29. Rea, —ls there no .police regulation to prevent foot way between Temple-bar and Charing-cross being almost blocked up, as it is every day, by pole-men with their placards of every description, to the annoyance of the pas sengers, who are interrupte d every ten yards by this dis graceful nuisance? We have laws more than sufficient to meet this practice, and it is a matter of surprise to him dreds, u well as myself. that it should he suffered to continue, and that too, with the Police Magistrate's office so near, that their officers may be said to countenance it, by having it daily before their eyes and making no attempt to remove it. I am yours, A MAN OF BUSINESS. There will be little business before the. Judges at the approaching Circuit. There has been a great decrease in the number of criminals, and there are no cues of danger ous or atrocious crimes, nor any trials of interest to the commercial world. There will be only between twenty and thirty cases for the county altogether. The same agreeable improvement has taken place in other counties. There are none fur trial in Fife. Only two cases have been reported from Perth, and they are of so rrivial a nature that it is doubtful whether they will be returned for trial at that tribunal.—Glasgate Chronicle. The observance of the Sabbath, in Boston (North Ame rica), is about to be rigidly enforced. The flailed Mates Gazclk of the 22d July states, that " the Councils of the city of Boston are about permitting societies to extend an iron chain across the streets, near their churches, during a part of the morning and evening services on Sunday."— Another order of the Boston Councils directs that " no person shall drive a horse beyond a walk or common foot pace, through the streets on the Sabbath." Naw AMERICAN Rirt.E.—By this ingenious piece (which was made at Wikesbare, in Pennsylvania, and was likewise shown at the exhibition of the Franklin Institute) two loads are fired in succession from the same barrel, and by means of the same lock, so that it presents the advan tage of a double-barrelled gun. It is loaded in the ordinary way, except that two loads arc introduced at once ; cor responding to these loads are their touch-holes. The lock is so constructed as to contain two priming upon a double rolling pan; the first communicates only with the forward load, and the 6,:conil with that remaining. The lock has nearly the same arrangements as that of the double bar relled pistol with single locks. RLORATING.—On Friday sc'nnight, at a Quarter Ses sions held for the town of Falmouth, Jane Newman was convicted of having bought a quantity of fish from a fish lerman, and having sold them immediately after at a consi derable advance in price. The offence being clearly proved, the Jury found the defendant Guilty', and, after a suitable admonition, she was sentenced to be imprisoned for a fort-. night. The Jury returned thanks to the gentlemen who had brought the case forward, as forestalling and regrating have been carried to a considerable extent in the sale of fist at Falmouth.—C'vrnwall Parr. •socisrr ton PROMOTING ENLARC:EMENT AND BUILDING 0." CHURCHES 4 CHAP!: Ls. A needs, of the inhabitants of Plymouth and its vicinity was held ..t the Guildhall oil Thursday last, for the purpose of consider. . • ing • ,i propriety of establishing a District Committee, to co-operate ' with tee Metropolitan Society for Promoting the Enlargement and • Building of Churches and Chapels throughout this Kingdom. The Meeting was highly respectable and eurnerously attended. 'Shortly after twelve o'clock. the Mayor. accompanied by the Recorder, Sir William Elford, Hart. entered the Hall. The 31,51•0 a having taken the Chair, and the Requisition hosing been reed, the Chairman observed that he was highly plaised and gratified in witnessing so mreil gentlemen present, and he felt fully Persuaded thin the measure wineh they were called on to consider, being of the highest impottance, and holding out the most benefi cial resul•s to the community in general, would meet weir most co.operatton and romper% • • .s• The Rev. ROBERT LASI PEP said, that the object of thlt S o . ciety for promoting the enlarging and building of ghttrches and chapels, was, he was convinced, not fully or satisfactonty under. stood, it gave him great pleasure in being called on to explain its nature, dm agh at the same time he regretted that one, more•equal to the task, had not been selected. It had been known, con. tinued the Reverend Gentleman, that Parlianiebt with great liberality had enacted that considerable sums of stoney should be expended, as grants, for building and enlarging churches and chapels. and he felt a considerable pleasure in saying, that mush benefit hail resulted from it. But, Item the difficulty attendant on obtaining such grants, and their limited operations as detailed in the act, and the opposition, that au& grants met with in the 1 Hones of Commons, showed clearly, that it it were entirely left to Parliament, the completion of the object wo u ld not b e attaine d ; with a feeling to aid the object of the Parliamentary grants, and to affind assistance where the grants, by the clauses of the Act could not be applied, the Society 1 , 1101 formed. • The Rev. Gentletnan then proceeded to state what-the Society had al. ready done. By the last year's report he said it appeared, that 79 applications had been attended to, and that the sum of 14,7451. had been expended; 21.74.1 persons had been. accommodated with seats, oet of %Inch. 15,253 were free sittings for the poor ; from which it appeared, that every pound subscribed gave a poor person a free sitting in a place of worship for ever. (Hes, hear.) Since theSotiety had been formed,6s6 applications hail been made, nut of which they had furnished 395 with the requisite sums; 113.714 sittings had been consequently erected, 84,549 of which were free ones; the amount of subscreption received was d 9,1401. of which the Society bid expended 1:6.1491. 3lr. Lampen conti nued to observe, that In furtherance of the desired object of the So ciety. his Majesty had most rnunificentiv given a donation of 100111., and which example had been followed by a great number of the Nobility, members of the clergy sod laity ; the Lord Bishop of this diocese has most liberally given a third donation of 1001. (Hear, hear, hear.) A Diocesan Committee to promote the cause has been recently funned in the city of Exeter, which was the drat that had beets instituted out of the metropolis; and if this Meeting should think proper. which he had no doubt would be the else, to establish a district branch in this town, it would be thesecond of its nature in the kingdom, and which must be highly gratifying to every one connected with this town. (Heat. hear.) This Diocese, continued the Rev. Gentleman, had benefited very considerably from the So ciety, for 4241 sittings had been erected, 3272 of them being free; in all 19 parishes had reaped advantage, most of them being in the county of Cornwall. After a few more remarks, the Rev. Gentle man concluded by calling on the Meeting to contribute a portion of their temporal blessings in support of that Church in which they believed the true doctrines of Christianity were taught. (Hear.) Several revolutions were then passed in furtherance of the object of the meeting. A Committee was elected, and the Rev. Robert Lampen was ap pointed Secretary. The CHAI a NIAN observed, that the parliamentary grants only could be applied for by places where the population exceeded 4,000 persons; the necessity therefore of a Society like the present was obvious, for here no limitation of inhabitants could effect their claims to the generosity of die Society, as they gave their assist. once without any such regard as to the number of persons in the parish; but die sums from the Society were granted with an ex. press condition that a certain number of tree sittings should be erected in such churches and chapels for the free use of the poor. A resolution was passed, soliciting the Lord Bishop of the diocese to become the Patron of this District Committee, and thanks were afterwards voted to the Mayor. t It but Itg co tie ur k: :s et tF rri! THE CHURCH. The Rv. William More, M.A. of St. John's College/ Cambridge, has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Lin coln to the perpetual curacy of Spalding, Lincolnshire, void by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Johnson. The Rev. John Hodge has been collated, by the lion. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, to the rectory of P.olnhurst, Beds: Patron, William Guppy, Esq. of Far way, Devon. The Rev. Mr. Townshend, the newly-appointed Preben dary of Durham Cathedral, went through the ceremony of installation on Saturday last. CarDIBLE Sroar.—A late German newspaper gives the following credible narrative :—ln an imperial city. lately, a criminal was condemned to be beheaded, who had a sin gular itching to play at nine-pins. While his sentence was pronouncing he had the temerity to offer a request to be permitted to play once more at his favourite game at the place of execution. and then he said heshould submit with out a murmur. As the last prayer of a dying man his re- 1 quest was granted. When arrived at the solemn spot, he found everything prepared, the pins being set up and the bowl being ready. He played with no little earnestness ; but the Sheriff at length, seeing that he showed no inclina tion to desist, privately ordered the executioner to strike the fetal blow as he stooped for the b0t...1. The execu tioner did so, and the head dropped into the culprit's hand as he raised himself to see what had occurred; he imme diately aimed at the nine, conceiving that it was the bow; which he. grasped. All nine falling, the head loudly ex claimed, " By I have won the.game." latPOITCAF. seemingly feeble mendicant, at the door of the Hammerman 's Inn, Dundee, lately received with an ill grace a penny bestowed on him by a passing stranger. " You should give me a !invitee ' " said the beggar, loA ing disdainfully on the penny. "Well, give me back the p enn y." It was done, and the stranger having put it in his pocket, upbraided the avaricious beggar for his inso lence. The feeble beggar was quickly transformed into a robust and powerful man, who aimed a blow at the stranger, which was only avoided by a precipitate retreat into the inn. The waiters made their appearance, and Were also obliged to fly from the furious assailant, and to shut the door to prevent him entering. Soon after, the waiters armed themselves, and having seized the fellow, had him lodged in the police cells.—Scolch Paper. FATAL ACCIDENT AT STOCK ronr.—On Friday morn ing, about half-past seven, the centre part of the new bridge over the river Mersey, at Stockport, fell with a tre mendous crash ; and in its fall unfortunately killed Joseph Atkinson, a mason, and Matthew Broad, a labourer, both married men, but without children. Two others of the persons employed, William Scott, a mason, and John Price, a labourer, were also precipitated amongst the ruins into the river. Though severely bruised, however, their recovery is expected. The other work-people employed with them fortunately escaped unhurt. The injured parties were im mediately removed to the dispensary, where surgical aid was promptly administered. l'he accident arose from the pressure of a large quantity of stone which had been piled, during the three preceding tlays, upon the crown of the centre, preparatory to the turning of the arch, of which only five courses of stone on each side bad been set. Upwards of eighty tons had already been piled on the centre, anti the sufferers, at the time the accident oc. cuffed, were employed in piling more. The loss to the' contractors from this accident is estimated at front four to' five hundred pounds. _ _ A LETTER OF INTSOOVCTION..--On Saturday evening a smart well-dressed young man, having the appearance of recently coming off' a journey, went into the shop of Messrs.' ' Tobin and Co., silk-mercers, Oxford-street, and asked to see the principal, Mr. Tobin, sen., who was accordingly called. The strangtr represented that he came from Man chester, and had several letters of introduction to the tint houses In the woollen and silk-mereery trade in London, and amongst the rest, he hal, he said, the honour of pre senting one, in particular, to the house of Tobin and Co. The letter was attentively conned over, and an assurance of polite attention anti kind offices in behalf of " the excel lent young man," so respectably introduced, was given by Mr. T. After a mutual exchange of civilities, the Man chester youth took leave, and whilst Mr:robin was'actually turning in his mind how be might best promote the views of " the excellent young man" thus thrown on his protec tion, the warehouseman dilcovered that " the excellent young man" had, as an earnest of future kindnesses, taken the liberty of borrowing two pieces of silk, which, it is I presumed, are not returnable. A calamity, which has thrown a most respectable family Into the greatest distress, occurred to Satunlay evening, at Boyle 's point, six miles from Egham. Two youths, 17 and It; years of age. sons of Mr. IVelcup, of Southain, who were on is visit, went out to bathe in a punt with three Otlll.ll. The elder Welcup, who was esteemed an expert swimmer, took it dive from the boat. His struggles in the water excited alarm, and his brother and a youth of the name of Paisley, jumped in to help him ; but he sunk to rise no more ; and but fora man who wits passing by at the time, the two last mentioned youths would hare been drowned. TUE ILIRVEST. The co►n in onr neighbourhood is nearly all in, and has been saved in excellent condition. The crops are generally abundant. Accounts from various parts of the country also state the harvest to be neatly over, and give a Battering' account of the quality and quantity of the produce.--Devon. shire Freeholder. • The harvest is now general in this neighbourhood, 'anti the demand for shearsrs is great beyond the supply. 1 tk• town criers are in requisition every =ruing before sia o'clock, annourcirg employment at Si. per aireave, besides; victuals.—Prari C )t, r. .r Harvest in thisquirttr is advancing rapidly, and with, the best prospects. A great deal Is now cut in every three& tion ; the weather fur severtlilays has been uncommonly propitious.—/nuerness Courier. IA finer harvest weather than we Lave had for the last ten days has rarely been witnessed. The nights are cloudy . , but dry • the-days bright, warm, , and ca l m . Th e cornea this neig hbourhoodl is now all reaped, with some insignit cant exceptions, and a large proportion of it is already under cover. In Perthshire, Fife, and the west of Scotland, the harvest is not quite so far advanced, but the weather is equally•goed, and the prospect of an abundant crop equally d a t teritig.—Ycotsman. %Ve are happy in being enabled to ante that the turnips in Lincolnshire never were looking better, and iris the opi nion of the most experienced agriculturists that there will be a moat ebutulant crop.—Mull Adverti:rer. I The far greaier pirt of the coin throughout this county (Cornwall) has been saved t • since the late rains appl es have improved in siz e , so that more cider will be made than was expected at an earlier period... The late crops of turnips, which have been tilled after wheat, are likely to do well.— West Briton. • The harvest may now be said to be completed, only a few of the later crops of barley remaining in the fields. Tile continued dry weather, so favourable to the gAting in of the crops, was .most peculiarly auspicious to the general interests of agti:ulturc. The dairy farms, which it was anticipated would suffer most seriously from the drought, have experienced the most beneficial results, the late occa sional showers having caused the grass to grow like a se cond spring. The grazing fields now produce excellent feed ; and butter is in consequence declining in price.— Bath Journal. COMBINATION IN IRELAND. (From the Cork Southern Reporter.) . • This city exhibited for two days, in the early part of the week, scenes of a very extraordinary kind. Croups of men were seen roving through the streets, anti visiting ever y place where labour ers were em pl o y e d, w h et h er i n num b ers at buildings, or individuals in shops, and compelling them by threats and force to leave the work, if the wages they received did not amount to eight shillings.a week. In the course of their perambulations, which they were suffered to make without " let, hindrance or molestation" on the part of the civil authorities, they visited the offices where the business of the branch of the Bank of Ireland reeeatly established in this city is carried on, and where some alte rations are making, nnder the direction of the Mess a. Deane, Architects. These gentlemen, happening to be on the spot, resisted the unlawful intrusion, bit were forced to give way to the numbers who crowded upon them. IVith the particulars of what occurred inside we are not acquainted ; but we learn that in the scuffle which took place Mr. Thomas Deane was knocked down, and one of the fellows, with ruffian violence, knelt upon his chest, and held him)by the neck, from which predicament he was re leased by one of his brothers, who struck the fellow down, and with the aid of some genlietnen who had in the mean time come up, secured him,,and eventually he and another were committed to Bridewell. There were other acts of violence committed in different parts of the town ; but this, from the circumstances which attendOd it, particularly the outrage upon Mr. Deane, who, without meaning to bespat ter him with gross and ful s o me p ra i se certainly deserved, very different treat me nt f rom t h e wor kin ,, classes, has na- I turally enough excited more a tt en ti on , and has been more generally spoken of. IVe understand that Mr. Deane was induced, before the fellows who assaulted him were taken off to 13rillewell, to promise that he would not prosecute them ; but the Mayor has compelled his brothers, who were witnesses of the transaction, to enter into securities of 500!. each to appear and give evidence on the trial, which will not take place 'till the next Assizes, and in the mean time the offenders will remain in gaol. Musts:; MA xurAcroac.—The improvements in the manufacturing of muslins appear daily on the increase. A very few years ago the bleaching of webs in the chain was introduced, and it is now become very general; and dying has been successfblly performed in Mr. Forrester's starching work, Park-lane, Mile-end. This novel process, which is very simple, and all done by machinery, reflects great credit on the ingenious inventor. It is a much su perior and more level dye than can be done in the hank; and what is of great importance, it is a saving to the . manufacturer of from five to ten per cent. according to the fineness of the yarn. this department of Mr. F.'s work has been partially going on for 16 months; but since its ccwimencement he has brought it to such perfeetion . by the great improvements he has made in it, that it is now quite original, and the accession of business is liberally re warding the inventor.—Glas . rrow Journal. Ptiocu•nns.—Since our last, a great quantity of fish has been taken, particularly by the drift boats ; fish has been sold at our quays from Sts. to 2s. 6d. per hundred. The drift boats and seans have been and are now actively employed. The seans at Looe, Wrinkle, Mevagissey, Caw sand, 'owey, Bigbury Bay, and at Yeah!), have been very fortunate ; upwards of 2000 hogshead were caught one night at Bigbury Bay. About 1000 hogsheads have been put in cellars at Fowey, besides a great : deal sold fresh. Polperro scans were successful last night; several seans in Mount's Bay caught fish on Wednesday, but the shoals were small. The prospects continue as favourable as ever; With this weather very large catches maybe during the next springs. The drift boats at returned this morning so deeply laden that they could hardly get in.— Devonshire freeholder. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last the boiler of a steam-engine belonging to a colliery, at Pemberton, near Wigan, burst, and dreadfully wounded a number of per sons. On Sunday five were dead, and several °diets were in a very dangerous state. We observe that a work by Mr. Howison, entitled Foreign Scenes arid Travelling fleet ealions, has recently drawn so much attention as to have reached a second edi tion. The same author's work on Canada was received with general approbation by the critical world, not only on ac count of the peculiar beauty of its descriptions, but also from the useful and importar.t information it affords to in tended settlers. The present work interests another class of emigrants—the crowds of young cadets who are conti nually leaving this country for situations in the East Indies. The descriptive and satirical powers of the author are not confined exclusively to that region, but wandtr with a flitting lustre over many other parts of the world— the West Indian Islands, the Cape of Good Hope, &c. &c., in which the British public is peculiarly interested. As the author is one of the nicst amusing that has hitherto undertaken to describe East Indian modes of life, we hope that lie will continne to gratify the public with the fruits of hid future observations.—Literary Chronicle. MEr.axettot.v Se ICIDF:.—A few days ago, a man named Williams, a dyer, between sixty and seventy years of age. was taken to Patton-garden Of fi ce, by Thiselton the Aker, on a charge of unlawfully pawning sores articles intrusted m him. Tte prosecutrix, nn seeing the poverty of the prisoner, declined prose. cuting, anti the Magistrate assented to his discharge, on hie re deeming the articles. The articles he did redeem ; but in conse quence of being disappointed in receiving sonic moray from a friend, he sunk into a state of despondency, and on Saturday morn. ing was found hanging in an out house, attacked to his residence, on the Hornsey Road. He has lett live children in a destittre state. lIATTON-GAnbetr, AUGUST y Turbire was brought. up, charged by 3lr. James Paragon, or ‘Vhite Hart-yard, Saffron. hill, with having Assaulted him on Sunday morning. He said that he was just preparing himself anti brushing his coat for church service, for he was always punctual in his devotions, the prisoner. when passing by at the time, and not liking the appearance of the bricklayer, said, " By J-3 as I am dirty, Tor shan't be clean;" and immediately attacked him till he became a figure unlit for Pa gan, Christian, or man to look upon. She swore that he was a sanctified saint, and that she would do for him. She gathered a crowd together, so that he had no need of a congregation, but see ing the beadle come up, he thought him the fittest minister in such cases, and she was locked up in the sanctuary of the watchhouse, where her spirits had time to cool. It required four watchmen e recurs her. She was ordered to find bail. The LORD open during t In this case to the Court, I obtitrod some seluettre hod I the estate brut The Loop a representati brought. before I. ' The Gentleman Iring since Instissen leading llouniel, was unAer the himself. The Goan 'that Counsel, wt. should have taken other two brand ing him to bar htm, until he tit hia chair. 'The Gentleman Court. . The Loan ' mendoned to unless it was regm had nii.trower to that order, and f could ha7c had t drawn up, obey , the whole blame hint, who had' unborn. Mr. Hinde—, blamed for tfil The LORI) but I know those Mr. Hinde—Th my brother's estate made without you clip's Secretary i. was in pin spit . The LORD e lsy that order the complaint dare to the Ihr. Mr. Hinkle t The Lotto , Blr. }Linde—, lane. The Loan this delay! Mr. Huide.—'. the matter has bi The Loan Caawcst.t.oa—What de You mean by its having been mentioned ? Ras there ever been a petition presented, stating that the order has never been drawn up and that, in cm:sequence the lunatic's estate, has been, and is, damnified ? Mt. Hinde—No, certainly not: no such petition has ever been presented., The Loin Citaant itioa—Then there has been a want of the discharge of duty somewhere :. and when that petition is presented, take care that justice is done. in the meantime, let Mr. Cart lay that order before are. . 'Mr. Hinde bowed and retired. Isr TIM HATTER OP FULTON, A 'n Alm it u PT. In this matter there had been an appeal from the judgment of the Commissioners to the Vice Chancellor. Upon that avant hi I Honour thought the'Commissioners right, and therefore ordered tr petition to be dismissed with costs.—From his Honour's decre the pkrties appealed to hie Lordship, and the question upon this appeal teas, whether the creditor appealing had a right to prove against the separate estate of Fulton ! After his Lonnstut had gone at considerable length into ate doctrine of proving a debt against ioint and separate estates. a:. krowledging the doctrine As originally laid down iu the case or' exparte Crisp, he stated his. opinion was, that the appellant could not c ome . upon th e separate estate, b ut t h at h e must prove against the joint estate, (with the other joint c r edito rs ', w hi c h was di str i. hutaWe under the bankruptcy • therefore he could see no ground for reversing the Vice Chancellor's order, and the consequence of that was, that this appeal also would have to be dismissed with. c 'so. As this decision formed a new precedent, and as the ca." was of considerable importance, the parties, if - tIVy pleased, t speak to it again when the Court next met. CHE'SrEIZ CIRC : L7 T. CHESHIRE ASSIZES, CHESTER'. AUG. - • -7—• • Before the Hon. THOMAS JERVIS and 'air GIFFIN Wltscg. Terence James Connell was indicted for the wilful murder of Margaret Treavor, at Stockport, on Friday, the 12th of this month. The prisoner was slight, twenty years of age. with sandy hair, I deeply t ock-marked, high cheek-bones, and an eye of a peculiarly dark expression. lie was an Irishman, resident at Stockport, where he worked as a block-cutter. It appeared from the statement of the Attrostsrtr-etnttriat. ( 3 1r. Hill). that Margaret Treavor, the deceased, an unmarried woman, rather advanced in life, being a Roman Catholic, set out about half.past eight in the evening of the 12th of August, to ry to confession at Stockport. Her road lay by Holly-wood, and she was seen entering it t Shortly after a woman answering her descrip tion wan Peen quickly walking through it, and a man following her. rapidly. Nothing further was k: o virtill twenty mint e p. t tiro s when the prisoner came to the huusa where he resiee anu can. ai. up two men who lived with him, saying there was a woman mur dered in the wood. He took a lantern. and the oleo accompanied him to the spot, where they found the deceased, her head and face dreadfully cut and bruised. She was removed to the Infirmary, where she languished three days, but was insensible till her death. Suspicion was excited against the prisoner, spots of blood being found on his shirt and trousers. Though not stated by the At. torucvGeneral, it was understood that the deceased appeared to have been violated. Catherine Sands, the wife of John Sands, knew the deceased_ On the It'th of August, about half past eight in the evening, she left my. house to go home, through Holly-wood. She was Roman Catholic, aad was dressed in a light.coloured bed-gowts and shawl; a black bonnet and apron, James Fitepatrick—l lived near Stockport, with prisoner, on the Pith of August. I was with him on that evening. We separated between seven and eight in the evening. I next saw him at twenty minutes put nine. I was in bed. It man of the name of James Buckley was in bed in the same room. Ile came in, and said ite wished to lead us to a woman he found murdered in Hollywood. Both of us got up. Prisoner had a blue coat and waistcoat on. fustian trousers, and a white and black striped apron, the same dress as when I parted with him before. We got a lantern, aria went to a man of the name of Brookes, whose house was the first on the road. The wood is between thnt house and the Catholic chapel. We met a! Brookes's John Ilanlon and Mr. Brookes him self. Hanlon came with us. We went, according to prisonsr'.t direction, to the place where the deceased lay, across a field. in stead of through the wood. The body was in a field, alongside the wood, separated only by a hedge. There is no path from the road to the wood where the body was found. We found the de ceased lying on her aide, alive but insensible. Her face was greatly injured, and her cheek cut and hanging down. On the rood the prisoner told me that he had touched her. as he saw some thing on her face like slush, and he thought she was murdered. He also said he felt her cheek, which was hanging off, and he thought it was some of her inside. By the Con oT.—Prlsoner told me as he was coming down the Wood he heard a moan. He went over the pales, and saw a borne: and shawl on the bank, and a woman lying in the field. He wei t into the field, and saw something on her face which appeared to t e slush. Ile thought she was drunk, and had been smothered. Her. put his hand to her face, and found the cheek hanging off, and then tan to give the alarm. _ . . Crosi-examined by Mr. Sergeant Cnose—The chapel is half a mile from our house. To get to it we must cross Brinkway-bridge. and along a highway through the wood, having a steep bank and trees on both sides; on the left there is a stile and pathway to a field of Mr. Gee's, opposite to his gates. The woman was lytaxr on the left side of the highway, about 20 yards from it. The prl soner took us the nearest way to her. It was dark when he came in, anti I could not sec If he was flurried. He appeared to me anxious ,to give immediate assistance. NVhen he came to Brookes's, tne Prisoner asked him to lend a shutter to bring her on; which Mr. Brookes refused. After we sax the woman we went to Brookes's for Resistance, and took her to the dispensary at Stockport; The distance from our house to where the woman lay was between 2 and 011 ynrds. I left the prisoner neat the dispensary. He' retunted home in a quarter of an hour. There are several houses between ' *hem deceased was and where he lodged. We did not call at ant Image, nor meet any one till we came to Brookes's. There were soot* rersons then be ore the door at Brookes's, to whom we mention! eircumstanc.y. The nearest house to the place where the woman ass is not more than 20 yards from our house. I don't think the prisoner would have gained time by calliny there instead of ciemin4 home. James Wild. printer, at Stockport, The prisoner ro keel with me for nine months before the 12th of Augus•. On the' night of that day I was in the neighbourhood of Holly-wood. and met the prisoner coming from Stockport, in Mr. Gee's field, in the road keeling from the cart road in the wood, about five tuitional past nine. I was Within a yard of the prisoner. Have no doubt he OM the man. I met a woman about two or three yards before t h h i d m no in t n a oti b ee lac t thee slender. The prisoner was walking fast. I did not speak to him. k he b b o ed rin . et ra , w a r l . ig s lit h ab e a w w a l s , a an l d itt a le black'pettioost. I had no particular acquaintance with him. I did not know tin woman. had no lantern. I heard a clerk strike nine five nil. mites before 1 cone if the place. Cross- _ Prisoner --Prisoner and I did not work in7e a sa s e n r d .wi r ri a , ve i fee ob t se h rv ig ed h on his eac a h res si i de r. a of da th rt e By the (otter—The man passed me, and went to aut Is this woman. I did not observe which way she turned thioagh tha gate. Could not see the man's features, but knew him by his ce f t: Rt t . , cw- w eBx ei lPigsrem .e i a n y ee"- ro l n, a7be a e i t d treh bro earep w itt n :oe t nel r e o r u h: sers. walk. Ile walks curiously, very quick, and swings his amis. The spot where I met the prisoner is about seventy yards fr.wn holly-wood. There was sufficient light for me to know the pr'. soner. John Smalley, a weaver—Pmsed Hollywood that evening. About nine o'clock met a woman as she was entering the wood . ---- --, - ''' — ' l . - . 77 , —^.- ' • -....-• . . ...-..--- " • .. -- " -- .-wiree•veyw , -, . . . ra . n. , •••••.... , ' • . --"" AIN - , • • ~ ' :•• 1 •J ~... 1 ~ LAW INTELLIGENCE. -,, . I COURT OF CHANCERY; An ... . 1 1 p:47: - • . .' - • t • • • . . • O CHANCELLOR again Mt in his ron. "bid 1 s was . • the elude of the morning to the•uutotr. - .4 ' N THE MATTER OP HI/ME, A LUNATIC. i use the brother and heir-at-law tithe lunatic, applied 1 t, in consequence' M an order, which his emitted bed • e 'engage, having been drawn irregularly. 'The con. I been that it could not be carried into execution, and 11 been rieteriorating every day. D CHANCELLOR slid he could do nothing emir such. oion ; the cmnphint ought long ago to have Leen -re him by petition. , eman said, he laboured under much dif alto ; he li•id isniectori Counsel to mention it, but Mr. Heal°, her isel, had been absent for some tiLie and therefore he e unpleasant nec ess i t y o f now troubling his Lordship • .. CHANCELLOR thought it extternety hard upon hi4n who had been instru cte d to appear in cues before hit'', i aken themselves entirely out of the *ay, and that iha . 1 ncl•es of the Court should hare shut their doors, left • ave both regular and irregular appli ca ti ons ma d e to was so fatitued that he scarcely knew even how to bit eman said, it had been mentioned once or twice in dpen 1 CHANCELLOR t o ld him, it might as well hav e been. ' 1 1 i any per s on t h en walkingin Chancery-lane : beca use regularly brought before she Court upon a petition, be .to act. Seven years had elapsed since he pronounced • nd from that time until this moment he neser knew, or I 4 id the least idea, bat that the order had been regularly a ibeyed, and acted upon ! But notwithstsr.ding Oa:, ( ore of the seven years' delay would be thrown upon i been as ignora n t, and as innocent of i t , as t h e child ° i' • 1 ! • -No, my Lord ; certainly your Lordship cannot be 44. it delay in this case. • • i CirmrcEct.ott-You Won't blame me for lt,lSir, .i., hose who will, -The Solicitor for one Of the mortgagees of part of t , estatat, to the amount of 11,0001. (which mortgage was . ( t your Lordship's consent), is blr.Carr. your Lord. try in Matters of lunacy ; and yo u r Lordship's order gainat that m I Cnatecal.L o o rt a g -Vet I desire that Mr. Carr shall before me : and if you present a petition bringing properly before me, I shell take cart that junco la r.stic's estate, whoever has been to blame. • thanked his Lordship. 7 : CHANCELLOR-Who is your Solicitor, Si r ? !--Mr. Lowe, of Southampton-buildings, Chancery. CHANCELLOR—Acrd what does Mr. Lowe say to all li -Why, my Lord, In justite [Ought to say, that s been Mentioned to the Court before. I CHANCELLOR-What do you mean by its having I lif i ed ? Has there ever been a petition presented. stating has never been drawn up: anti that, in co::sequence estate, has been, and ip, damnined ? -so, certainly not ;no such petition has ever been , CHANCELLOR-Then there has been a want of the .uty somewhere :. and when that petition is presented, that justice Is done. In the meantime, let Mr. Cart i I . 1 t\ I i i , , I ) tt 1 1 0 t 4 ' ) ' yt f , \ • 1 ( , f I ' 1 ' ' t • • 0 i 4. 1 e f c ,o l c f • i ' 1 1 i k k j 1 1 I i 4 , 1 ( 1 41 ' • 1 • , i : 1 : I', • f 1 ? 1 V Ind led 40 tfC 'lea