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ObliPaeliFeets'of success Might Justly be entertained, ought notld be considered m discouraging; nor can it be con eldest, as tending in the least to solve the great problem of 4/ North-west Passage, since the expedition did not pe netrate so far as that of 1819, which crossed the meridian if 110 degrees west from Greenwich, in the latitude of it, and thus be:aine entitled to the Government re ward of 3,000/. • 1 - .1 arctic expeditions so much depends on the climate and the shifting of the ice, which varies in different sea- Maw; that there is no calculating on the proper period ex setl7 at which to make the effort, and it is owing to this s'airtation in the Arctic seas that Greenland whalers have, tt it were accidentally, mode nearer approaches to the Dote than any navigator emploled for the purpose; in deed. 'if statements are to be relied on, which the Honour are naives Barrington, who paid much attention to the sithject, thought entitled to credit, some vessels have readied as far north as 89 deg. and even 89 deg. 30 minutes. The unfortunate disaster to Captain Parry's vessel is truth to he regretted, because the winter had been mild, and the summer commenced favourably ; there is, how-• ever, still no occasion for despair; and now that peace relieves our Buatil of Admiralty from more momentous affairs, we think their attention cannot be devoted to a • more laudable object than enlarging the boundaries of sci ence, by attempting to explore unknown regions. It appears that the expedition was delayed in the sum met of 1824, in getting across Baffin's Bay, by a most ex traordinary accumulation of ice, and it was not before the 9th of September that they passed that barrier; on the lath of that month they entered Barrow's Straits, through whicit'they proceeded to Prince Regent's Inlet, at the en trance of which they arrived on the 26th ; after two or three days of bed weather and obstruction from the ice they got into Port Bowen, and on the Ist of October the ships were safely placed in their positions for the winter. During the spring of line, parties of discovery were sent, smiler Captain Hoppner, inland, to the eastward ; under Lieutenant Sherer along the coast to the southward • and i.nder.Lieutesant-Ross to the north ward. Lieut. thierer reached Fitzgerald Bay, in 72, 20, and Lieutenant Ross peoceeded beyond Cape York, in 73, 30. They also insule excursions into the interior, sixty or eighty miles to ere eastward. The 'hips sailed from Port Bowen on the 20th of' last July.. and proceeded to examine the coast ; on the 22d 'key were driven back again to nearly Prince Leopold's in Lancatter Sound ; on the each, they reached LipeaSeppinge, on the western entrance of Prince Regent's lade: ; they worked down the western shore till the Ist of August, when the Fury was forced on shore by masses of ide ; she, however, -was got off, and hove down for repair a' little further to the southward ; but on the 23d of Au gust, they were forced, in consequence of increased seve rity of the weather, to abandon her. Her officers and men were removed into the Hecla (which had also been in great danger), and Captain Parry felt himself under the neeessite of returning to England, and accordingly stood to the northward, aril on the 27th anchored at Neill's Har bour, a little to the southward of Port Bowen. After two or dare Clays spent in refitting, they sailed again on their way homewards, and on the 17th of September got through the ice and pasted the Arctic Circle. On the 10th of October they made the Orkneys, and on the 14th Capt. Parry, accompanied by two officers, landed at Peterhead, atil set off for town, where, as we stated, he arrived on Sund.iv. The crews of bo sh vessels are in better health than when they left England last year. That this is ow g to the excellent arrangements made in fitting the ships out by the Beard of Ailmirslty, and the great care and kind attention of Captain Parry, there can be no doubt. The talkers state, that the winter passed so cheerfully, that they almoit thought themselves at home. Various specimens of the animal, vegetable, anti mineral productions of the Arctic . regions, have been brought home in the Heels, but few or none, we believe, of pecu liar rarity. Many curious magnetic phenomena have been observed, particularly iu the course of exprisnenta made with Professor Barlow's metallic plates. Those plates are an invention of great importance to navigation. In Capt. Parry's first royage, when they . had reached latitude 73 1 deg. th ey witnessed for the first time the curious phenome eon of the directive power of the magnetic needle becom ing so weak as to be completely overcome by the attractive power of' the ship, so that for all the purposes of naviga tion the compass was wholly useless. Professor Barlow remedied this evil. which, in a less degree, exists gene rally on ship-board, by placieg in the centre of a small iron plate, itt the lie* of attraction of the ship's iron, and at a pfoper distance behind and below, the pivot of the coin padaneettle ; In consequence of which the needle not only tee ins active and vigorous in the Polar Regions, but confirms to point to the correct magnetic meridian hi other seas, uninfluenced by the attraction of the ship's iron. The general utility of the Profeasor's plates had ! bee:: well established before Captain Parry sailed on his li last voyage, but we understand that his experiments on them have led to some entirely new and unexpected results Jr. magnetic science, and are likely to prove highly import ant to navigation. • •' 7 I • 419111.111 THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. • --.40. 17 The failure of C a pt a i n P arry ' a expedition having been tweationtal by a 4 Unexpected accident, at the time when Rte 2 al I • GUARDIAN SOCIETY. We have more than once t: occasion to applabd the honsaue object of this institution, Which is intended for the preservation of public morals, by providing a temporary asylum, with suitable employment, for females who have devisted from the paths of virtue, and who haveeitber been removed by the operation of the laws from the public streets, or have been awakened by conscience to a sense of their gailt and danger. The advertisement of this excellent soc;ety will more fully point out its object. In the mean while, we cannot but notice the very limited means with which the institution has done much good. It has now been instituted thirteen years: it has provided an asylum acci received within its walls 04i unfortunate and wretched tamales, of whom 536 have been restored to their friends, plated out in service, or otherwise provided for; and 54 are rtes: under the Society's care. During the whole period of Its existence, the Iliocietrs stated income has never racecard half tea expenditure; the annual subscriptions Cawing never amounted to 500/., while the unavoidable expenses bare exaseded 1,0001. The deficiency has been hitherto surged by the collections after sermons, by lega cies, donations, and edger casual and unexpected sources. Tres supplies have recently and almost entirely failed, so him the institusios is now more than 400/. in debt, without any immediate prospect of payment. Unless, therefore, some efficient aid can • be obtained, its very existence must be endangered, luact the whole unskshiktuil must be "It" qulshed. The peculiar festures of this institution are, that it re ceivet • the unhappy oilects with the least possible delay, and Without any of tliwietilisoouraging formalities by which many apparent penitents are deemed ;—that it restores as soon as possible, to their friends; — that it em ploptihem in labours especially suited to thir prospects as so.nrarits, &c.—and that it provides moral and religious in strnetion for all under its care. It is conducted with the most-rigid regard to economy ; so that although the number of females usnally averv.es near fifty, exclusive of matron, cub-matron, &c. the annual expenses of rent, taxes, main tenance, clothing, salaries to officers, repairs, &c. little ex ose4.the sum of I,ooo'. La a recant number we had the pleasure of announcing se On? readers the gratifying intelligence which we re viler froul every part of the country of the abundant berScirt. We have uow to congratulate the public upon as tPht of .icarce/y less frnporiance=that of a most favour alale area t...ne ; the benefit of which is duly appre y Limn all ariculturists. In comequence of the genial cr rAuFatt, and the continual line weather, the potato 'Rare torroved in every part of the country, and tur =swill prover more plentiful than was anticipated; the still exhibit a mots luxuriant appearance, and the ortth may be saki literally to " live in clover." We can rot better describe this signally fine autumn than in the homely language of a countryman, who called Ica Michael rota Summer. —MaerfeAdd Herald. llere is nays in the pa session of Mr. Wm. Norman, of Wall,artsh .of Castle Sowerhy, a chicken which was 1ia;4 4 11 is April last, sod which has .juat laid ten eggs; *nil trap Lima she has now hatched seven chickens. - FROM LAST Nrcmrs GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. AtcHain TtrTtw, Birmingham, builder. to lllllTender. Nov. ~ 2, and 29, at eleven. at the Albion Hotel. Birmingham. Solid. tots, Meseta. bong and Austin, Holborn-collet. Gray's-Inn; and Messrs. Smith, Arnold. and Haines, Birmingham. Joitx Tt'RNLR WATT,. Angel-enure, T1110R111011013•SITCPI, stockbroker, 0ct.25, at nine, 20, and Nov. 29. at ten, at the Bank rupts' Court. Solicitors, Messrs. Reardon apt Davies, Corbet t:curt, Graceciturch-street. Jot' Ws:caroms, Little Guildford.street, Borough, timber dealer, Oct. 22, Nov. I, and 29, at twelve, at The Bankrupts' Court. Solicitor, Mr. George Smith, Bednghall-atreet. Cosa LEs POTTER, Scarborough, coach. painter, Nov. 1. 2, and 29. at eleven, at the George Inn, Scarborough. Solicitors, Mr. William Dumberry Thornton, Scarborough; and Sir. Charles Lever, Gray's-Inn-square. Jou,: WILITELOCK, Retford, Nottinghamshire. draper. Nov, 7,9, and 29, at ten, at the Albion Hotel, Manchester. tioliritort? Messrs. Law and Coates, Piccadilly, Manchester ; and Messes. Adlington, Gregory, and 'Faulkner, Bedford-row. ICIRARLEI RICHARD DRNNETT, Fulham-road. Little Chelsea, ehoosecoonger, Oct. 26, at nine, 26, and Nay. 29. at ten, at the Bankrupts' Court. Solicitors, Messrs. Hallett and Henderson, Northumberland -street, 3larylebone. TROIKAS RUNNER, Clithero, Lancashire, ironmonger, Oct. 31, Nov. I, and.. 29, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. So licitors, hlesara. Tooke and Carr, Holborn-court, Gray's-Inn; and Mr. George Bunts'', Birmingham. WILLIAM BARNES, Richardby, Cumberland, hay and corn merchant, Oct. 26. 27, and Nov. 29, areleven, at the Lion and lamb Inn, Carlisle. Solicitors, Messrs. Mounsey and Gray, Staple-Inn; and Messrs. Law and Bendle, Carlisle. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Left at the Bankrupt Office, under Act 6, Geo. 4th, esp. 16, see. 6. DAVW Lewitt, hampeter, Pontstephen, Cardiganshire, inn keeper. (Filed Oct. 14.) SARICILL ORTON, Atherstone, Warwickshire, woolstapler. (Filed Oct. 15.) WILLIAM DUNHAM, Coleman-street, victualler. (Filed Oct.l 7.) DIVIDENDS. Nov. 8. Myles Macdont.cll,John Macdonnell.and John Bushell, Broad-street, merchants, at eleven, at the Bankrupts' I :ourt-Nov. 19. Thomas Chamberlayne and William Williams, Cumberland. street, Portman-square. coach-makers, at eleven, at the Bank mitts' Court-Nov. 12. William Davis, Lewisham, Kent, corn dealer, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court-Dec. 10. Robert Cort, COMCTOM-51115M, West Smithfield, currier, at twelve. at the Bank inept? Court-Nov. 8. Edward Wright, Oxford-street, linen. draper, at eleven, at. the Bankrupts' Court-Nov. 10. John Grist, Midhurst, Sussex, bricklayer, at twelve, at the Spread Eagle lon, Midhurst-Nov. 19. Robert 31eacock, Liverpool, ship-chandler, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Lodge, Romilly-court, Liverpool- Nos. 8. William Howes, jun. Robert's -terrace, Commercial.road, adman, at eleven, at the Bankrupts' Court-Nov. 8. John Beeline. Milton, Oxfordshire, druggist, at eleven, at the Bankrupts Court -Nov. 8. Louie Gardie, Regent-street, jeweller, at eleven, at the Bankrupts' Court-Nor. 8. Thomas Stoneham, Little Chelsea, brewer, at twelve, at ihe Bankrupts' Court-Nov. 8. William Shave. St. Albans, Hertford, victualler, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court-Nov. 8, Thomas Dunn, Durham, merchant, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court-Nov. 8. Joseph Nowill and Joseph Burch, Jewry -street, stationers, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court-Nov. 8. James Woodhouse and Mark Woodhouse, Mincing.lane, West India brokers, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court-Nov. B..lorrepli Easthum, Yorkshire, butter-factor, at ten, at the Bank rupts' Court-Nov. 8. Henry Thorns. Robinson, Gun-street, Old Artillery-ground, silk-manufacturer, at twe re, at the Bankrupts' Court-Nov. 8. Joseph John Donlan, Cleveland -court, St. James's. place, tailor, at twelve, at the Bankrupts Court-Nov. 10. Richard Boas Wake, 51osion. Lincolnshire, timber -nierehant, at eleven, at the Red Lion lon, Worksop. Nottinghamshire-Nov. 12. Thos. Chapman, Littlebury-mills, Essex, mealman, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court. CERTIFICATES.-Nov. 8. Charles Ford, Regent.street, linen-draper-Ilentry Bush, Lod don, Norfolk, grocer--John Shields, Bridge-road, Lambeth, wire worker-William Canis Carrie, Wellingborough, Northampton, lace-dealer-Joseph Levy,Hemming's-row,heiceater.square. glass dealer—Samuel Spofford, Manchester, common-brewer-William Darwin, Wentworth, Yorkshire, iron-master-John Chadwick, Kennington, Surrey, carpenter-George Bishop, Great Eutcheap, butcher. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Robert Nunn and Thomas Fisher, Grubb-street, Crippleeate, earpentent-Robert White, Upper Alarylebone.street, and William Scott, (ireat Titchfleld-street, Marylebone. cabinet-makers-Wil liam Judpen Baotock, Stephen Geary, and William Hunt Lewes, White-lion -court, Cornhill. architects-Robert Procter and Har rison Procter, Barnard Castle, Durham, ehymists--William Wales and Robert Henry Noddings, York, Sax-dressers-William Jack son and John Shorland, Chatham, jewellers-John Gee, Richard Penny Gee, and Thomas Gee, Bristol, tobacco and anuff.maou facturen. THE STOLEN INFANT. - Yesterday several respectable inhabitants of the parish of St George the Martyr, Southwark, assembled iplke Vestry room, to consider the expediency of offenng a greater reward, and adopting other measures, for recovering the infant that was stolen from a little girl to whom it was intrusted, near the King's Bench Prison, a short time back. Weller, the father of the child, was in attendance, and stated the 'deps which had been hitherto taken towards recovering his off spring. The poor man was, as might naturally be expected, very sorrowful. A letter was produced which was very recently received through the twopenny post, but as no name was attached to the communication, it was considered to be unworthy of credit. The letter intimated that the child would one day be restored, and it de sired the parents to be consoled. It was written in such a manner as to raise an inference, supposing that any reliance was to be placed on it at all, that the infant was somewhere in London. One of the Gentlemen composing the Vestry conceived the measures which had been adopted by the Magistrates at Union-hall were as likely as any towards discovering the lost infant. The greatest publicity had been given to the case, lie said, and he was not aware of a bet ter mode. In the course of the discussion, that case was alluded to in which Government a few years ago took an active part towards discovering a child that had been stolen that was afterwards found in Holland, and restored to its friends. The prevent case, it was remarked, wu different from the one above mentioned, for here the child was unable to give an account of itself, whereas in that ease the child had related several of the facts relative to the felony, which led so the apprehension of the guilty individual. After a short consultation, it was agreed by the Vestry to form a Commit tee, which was accordingly done, consisting of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor, wi h some other Parishioners. Resolu tions were then drawn up, recommending subscriptions to be opened for the purpose of increasing the reward offered for the recovery of the infant, and the apprehension of the person who contmitted the atrocious act; after which a liberal subscription was made, and the Vestry broke up. On Monday, early in the afternoon, a tradesman's wife, named Charlotte Blythe, residing in Old Compton-street, received at Paddington from her agent a legacy, amounting to nearly 2141. which was paid her in two 100/. notes, a BM three sovereigns, and some silver. This money she rolled up in some paper, viol placed in her pocket. On her return home she met in Oxford-street one of the Staffordshire ware dealers, and taking • liking to a basket of china, went into • public-house with him, and agreed to glee one , sovereign and a drop of gin for the purchase 'rite bargain being concluded, and the gin drank, the Staffordshire dealer, while packing up the chiQa, proposed standing a quartern upon the strength of the bargain ; the offer being accepted and swallowed, one drop brought on another, and the old adage was very soon verified, " when the liquor's in," &e. as the poor woman displayed her money, and was plied with liquor until she fell into an in. toxicated sleep, on recovering from which, she not only missed her Staffordshire acquaintance but all her money. She applied at the Msrylebone Office, stating her loos with great bitterness of feeling, declaring site, by her excessive folly, had Inst that which she had not above an hour in her possession, and which would have made her comfortable for the rest of her days. The officers have promised to be on the alert, but it is almost a hopeless pursuit. PUDENT FRAUD.—On Saturday evening last, a young lad of polite address and genteel appearance, went into the shop of Mr. Bahlock, baker, James -street, Ilsomgrove, and handed a note to Mr.. Baldock, add to her husband ; on opening it, she found enclosed a cheek for 25/. drawn upon items. Drom mond and Co., and, written in an elegant hand, a polite request,. purporting to be from Miss Garrett, of the Grove, for the change of tbe check, as she had omitted sending to the bankers. Mrs. Tlaldock, having a customer of that name, did not for a moment hesitate, and gave the boy 15 sovereigns, being all the money she had, desiring the boy to return again, when Mr. Baldock would be within. and ho would receive the remaining 151. Not return's & a nie.:sage was sent to Miss Garrett, but that lady was surprised, de., elating she had never sent for any change of a check, and it mast' be a forgery, and so it turned out to be, as on being sent to Drum mond's, the clerks pronounced it to be entirely fictitious, there being no account of that name In the bank ; besides, the paper was alto gether faulty, and a forgery. Mr. Baldock gave information at the Marylebone police office, and Stooker was directed to make in quiries. A burglary was . committed on Sunday evening at Manor Cottage (llrs. Stracey's). IVin idd , Berks, and a quantity of plate, linen, dm was stolen. The thieves eihcted an entrance by the bark iirden, whoa only a female fervent, named Holmes; was in the house. The depredators, tlrce in number. locked Holmes in the cellar before they commenced their plunder, and they wets traced through Hatchet-lane soon after the robbery. CONJUGAL ArvacumeNT.—A remarkable funeral took place in the cemetery of St. John's church. at Brecknock,. tm l'huradav last. Ann, the wife of R. Blair, Esq. aged 34 died in March last, near Halifax, in Nova Scotia, where she was then buried. tier husband had the body ex humed, and arrived with it at Brceknock, the place of the deceased's nativity, on the eve of the second funeral. The, reason assigned fur this extraordinary transaction is, the fulfilment of a promise made by Mr. Blair to his wife, in her last illness, to bury her at Brecknock. We understand Mr. Blair is a native of I)udley or its neighbourhcod. The singularity of the occurrence attracted a most nu nsarmis assemblage of persons to witness the solemn me- MI, and all mumd deeply afflcted by the scene. - T MANSION-HOUSE., Some time ago ■ person named Rudriguiz, who stated himself to be a Portuguese merchant, brought his two cone before the Lord Mayor, and charged them upon one oecamon with having at tempted to rob him of ingots of gold and silver, and upon another with hawing "firemen"! to murder him. The sons replied, that there was no truth in the statement, and that theft father was an imposter, and a man wholly destitute of humanity. Upon the oc casion of the last charge the father produced a witness, who said, that notwithstanding all the parental care and affection of M. Rodri guez he wan subject to the most heart-breaking afflictions in conse quence of the conduct of the boys. The two sons exhibited upon both occasions a degree of resentment and contempt not by any means conaistem with the nature of the relationship, unit the ac count-of what occured made the contrast stronger its favour of the father. ' A gentleman yesterday waited upon the Lord ,Mayor, in order to remove the impression made against the children End in favour of the father. He produced a letter which had been received from a highly respectable mercantile house at St. Themes's, in direct con tradiction of the praises which Al. Rixlriguz had bestowed upon himself, and or the censures he had heaped upon his unfortunate children. After mentioning some denials of assertions of little comparative importance, the letter stated, that in the year 11123 M. Rodriguez departed in a clandestine manner from the island, leaving his wife and tire children almost destitute of every comfort and completely at the mercy of the world, and that It 1148 fortunate that his eldest daughter was the wife of the son of one of the most opulent merchants in gt. Tbnrisas'a, as that gentleman exercised the power he possessed of cherishing the deserted woman and her' children. The letter also stated, that some months after the de. parture of 11. II adrlguez he seat for his two sons from Dominica,. to be brought up, according to his own statement, as valuable orna. , ments of society there, under his own eye; but the miter cunjec. lures, from the general conduct id the man, that in their passage with him to England, whither they won after sailed, they expert- ' 'need the greatest hardships and ill-treatment! from one who never knew the softer feelings of human nature, and who had ever treated his wife and family in the most brutal manse?, and in every respect unbecoming a frithei or a man. Those facts and some others, the writer says, can be substantiated beyond the shadow of doubt by persons who witnessed the su ff erings of the unfortunate wife an tifamily. The letter concludes with expressing a hope that if the contradiction met the eye of the Lord Mayor any future ap plication of this man may have no weigirt with him, unless esta blished on sure and substantial grounds. OUILDRALL. Mr. Alderman KEY w,pa yesterday occupied for a considerable time in hearing a number of cases, all totally destitute of interest. The first was the case or the waiter at the Globe Tavern, who was examined here a few days since on a charge of robbing Mr. DOH more, his master ; but no prosecutor appearing, and a former mas ter of the prisoner attending and giving him a good character, and consentim(to take-him into his employ, he was discharged. A Mr. Scholefield, a surveyor, of Jewin• street, preferred several complaints against a neighbour of his, for loading and unloading his cart, to the obstruction of the complainant; and the streetkeeper also preferred several charges on the warns score. After a careful but rather boisterous investigation, the charge* were all thought too frivolous to be entertained, and 31r. le.holefield and the street keeper left the office, making nothing by their charges, but being minus the stuns they had paid - for their Summonses. DOW.STREET. Mr RIDE R.—Joh n Grre,dartd visa yesterday fully committed to take his trial at the ensuing Admiralty Sessions, to be held in De cember next, under the following circumstances. On the night of the 9th inst. Lieutenant Cole, of his Majesty's Blockade Service and upon the station, No. 27 near New Romney, put out to sea about eleven o'clock; soon after which he observed a boat some way a-head ; he therefore ordered his crew to pull and conic up with it. When they had overtaken the boat, they hauled to and inquired her name and port to which she belong ed, both of which were given by the prisoner, a s th e V enus , J. Butchell, of Folke. stone. Lieutenant Cole they put nue of his men, John Holyland, on hoard her, having passed one of his Majesty's cables through her anchor loop aid thrown it over • he likewise three over a buoy. lit this state, however, he left her, intending (his suspienins as to her character having been raised) to search her cargo next morning. Between nine and ten o'clock next day, he was informed th , it the body of Holyland had been discovered upon the beach about twelve o'clock on the preceding night. The body was put into his boat. house, and examined by a surgeon, who stated before the Coroner's inquest, that he conceived his death had been caused by suftbea tion from drowning—though there were several wounds upon the temples. The prisoner was taken into custody by one of the crew of the ship Ramifies, and a tan named Matthews ; but not before be had endeavoured to estate. lIATTON.GARDES. JUVENILZ TheertAvlTY —George Dawson, a boy of twelve years of age, (who was remanded since Saturday) was brought up on a charge of various robberies. The parents of the boy ( who had an extremely prepossessing appearance, and simplicity of man ners) 'were in attendance, and appeared in the deepest affliction. After some hesitation the parents stated that they were compelled reluctantly to come leiward arprosecutots against their own child with the view of saving him from an ignomintms death. The father was a carpenter by trade, and the mother rented a house, which she let out in lodgings. The boy at the bar was first placed in the " Na tional School," Ilaldwin's-gardens, where his improvement is edu cation so rapidly advanced, as also his indication of good morals, that he was appointed what is termed in the school " a monitor." Unfortunately within the last six months the youth became ac quainted with some lads in the neighbourhood of Smithfield, since which his morals have been quite contaminated. lie ran away from the school, robbed several lodgers at different periods in his mother's house, took a lodging for himself in Chick-lane, Smith field, and was last seen (before be was taken into custody) among the " swells" at Sadler's Wells theatre. As he had been already in the House of Correction, his parents wished to get him into some Asylum or Penitentiary, and Mr. Smith, a tradesman residing in Clerken well-green. whom the boy had defrauded of between two and three pounds, had kindly signed a recommendation for the ad mission of the boy into the" Philanthropic Institution," St.George'e Fields, a society established for the. protection of children of con victs, as also of criminal children. The Worthy Magistrate, Sergeant SE 1.1.0 x, after an impressive address to the boy, put his signature to the document produced, and the boy was remanded to await the result of the application to the Institution. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday Noel Chemed*, a youth shout lg yens of age, of no. torious habits, and who was urea at the last Old Bailey Sessions, was charged by his brother, a respectable hatter in Struttun-ground, Westminster, with robbing Mr. Box, residing in Wilmot-square, Bethnal-green, of three riser spoons. Mr-John Chap man, the brother to the prisoner , said that on his acquittal at the Old Bailey. he took him into his employ on a pro mice of amendment. However, on the lith instant, he had occa. lion to send him to Mr. Box's, of Wilmot-square, Bethnal.green, to purchase some materials for hint, and gave Itim a note contain ing 3/. 17s. (id. to pay for them. He purchased the goods, but it raining very hard at the time,. he begged to be allowed to go into the kitchen, and during the temporary absence of the servant, he contrived to steal three of Mr. Box's silver spoons. On the ser vant's return to the kitchen, she met him at the door, and he told her he would not stop any longer, and in his hurry to be off, he forgot to pay. and returned bane taking bud both the goods and the money. In a day or two after he (witness) received a note from Mr. Box, requesting to see him, but before he could go he received another anti a third ; he mentioned the receipt of the letters to the prisoner, and said perhaps Mr. Box was anxious to be paid for the artielts, and in the course of the day he left home for Mr. Box's, ant! during his absence the prisoner packed up all his clothes, and absconded, and he had not seen hint till that morning, when he found him in bed in an obscure lodging in Duck-yard, Duck-Isne. He said it was a hard case for one brother to press such a charg, against another, but it was the wish of his father and mother, as the present charge did not affe.exhis life, and if he was not sent out of the country he would come to an ignominious end. Pace. the officer, proved apprehending the prisoner and another, named Elliott, yesterday morning; and on Chapman he found a du. plicate and eight shillings in silver; and on the other a number of pawnbrokers' tickets, for various descriptions of property, besides a large piece of double Gloucester cheese, weighing about tire po!itis, under the bcd. Both prisoners were remanded till a future day, in order that the Wender-ea Mr. Boa's servant sway be procured, • • MA RYLERONE. Yesterday Fir. Evans, the driver of the hackney-coach, No. 448, was charged with wantonly anif wilfully driving against, and nearly over, a poor old dent man, noshed Radnsley, in Regent-street. It appeared, from the aced cohiplaivant's statement, that an evening or two since he Was returning to his habitation, and had occasion to cross Regent-street, wiutn the defendant drove his' . horses against him, and knotted him down, and in all probability he would have been killed, had not some of the passengers inter fered, stopped the horses, and thus saved his life. The defendant was driving very rapidly, and dashed on in his course without evert having the common humanity to inquire whether this poor old' man, whom he had so wantonly caused to be knocked down, was hurt. His number, fortun ate ly for the public and the euds of justice, being known, he was brought to this office by Wiliam The defendant did not deny the charge, but attributed It solely to GRIFFITtt observed, that the ignorant fellows who dtovo hackney-coaches noje imagined they had &license for placing the lives of the public to danger; but to show them that such was • mistaken notion, he convicted him in the penalty of his. and costs. MA RLBOROUGH-STREET. rVeetern and George Mackey were brought up yesterday, the former for haring in her possession 21 yards of silk, of which shs could giVe no satisfactory account, and the latter as her asso ciate. It appeared that on .llmday evening the female prisoner was obeerved by Gill, • street-k eeper , coming apparently from Cran bnurne.alley, and offering the silk for sale in the neighbourhood of New street, Covent-garden. Ile took her up on suspicion, and carried her to Bow -street, where she was discharged. At that office she gave her address N 0.4, Printmetreet, and Gill followed her, to see whether she went there; she took, however, smother direction, and finally entered the Red Llon, kept by Mr. Raldree, at the corner of %Wylde.street and Princes-street. Gill immediately fel/owed her, as if by accident, and representing himself to be a Row.stratt pater, requested the Isndlerd, to whom she had offered the silk fur sale, so keep it till the morning. In the mean thne the landlord, Mr. Baldree, having secidertfally met Asia, pail was not uito cavta:, ‘Wfscii=., rot ("mew ‘ome corduroy t. On inquiry, it wawl wrong addreNa, and she or Where she B rea. - before Monday e' and that she clestield. Mackey, who also refused to give an account of himself, said that he was a tailor, that he had been out of work for tbree months, that he was supported by the society, from,whiLli he received nine shillings a week, and that he lodged at the Star and Garter, St Martiu'a-lane, which ii the society's house of call. They were both remanded for further examination. Gilt, who represented bimself as a llow-street officer, is in fact a street-keeper, not regularly sworn In, but hired and paid by the parish. ITHA M ES OFFICE. Thome Snaiih, a plumber and general dealer, raiding in Strat ton-ground, %Vestminster, was yesterday put to the bar, before Mr. Eaonaatie, the presiding Magistrate, to account for the pos session of a quantity of lead. John Little, one of the surveyors belonging to this establish ment, stated that on Monday morning, about Malt-post eleven o'clock, he saw a cart standing in front of the defendant's shop door, who very soon afterwards came o u t w i t h a b ag o f cons id era bl e weight, which he put into the cart. Magistrate—llad you received any information that the defend ant was carrying on an hnproper traffic ? %%Inlets-I'es, your Worship, for some time past, which in duced me to examine the contents of the bsg, in which 1 found thirty pounds weight of pipe and sheet lead, which I now prodece. Magistrate—font out what there is suspicious about it. Witness—Your Worship, the sheet lead is well known in the trade in which the defendant is engaged as a breastplate, and the pipe appears to have been recently cut. I asked the defendant how he came by it. Ile said he had taken it in exchange in the general way of his trade, but could not say of whom. The defendant, on being called upon by the Magistrate, gave the same account : which not being deemed satisfactory, he was con victed of a misdemeanor, and . adjudged to pay a penalty of forty shillings; end in default, to be committed to prison, and the lead for kited. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Cluseppe Pierer, as Italian hand-organ player, was brought up, in the custody of one of the Kennington constables, beture the sitting ,)lagistrate, R. J. CIIADIDERS, Esq., charged with having wilfully stabbed a young man named Edmund Byrne, residing in Kennington. The complainant stated, that on the previous afternoon, as he was standing at the door of a house in CLayton-street, Kennington, the prisoner came up and commenced playing upon his organ. When he had finished his tune, a youth was directed by his mo ther to desire the musician to move on, as they had no money to pay for such amusement. The boy delivered the message to the , Italian, who evinced great passion, in the height of' which he d—d ' the English, called them a parcel of ignoramuses in music, and added, that the Lazza!pni of his own city (Naples) gave mote en. couragetuent to the prifessors of the art, one of whith he considered himself to be, than this whole nation put together. After bestow ing sundry maledictions upon the heads of all the residents in Clay. tout-street, he proceeded to abuse in a most scurrilous manner the little boy, who desired him, in the brat instance, to move on and play " Di tanti Palpitib before the doors of some wealthier persons, who would be' better able to appreciate his genius, and the tones from his organ, than those on whom his qualifications were now thrown away. The complainant, after having for a length of time listened to the scandalous abuse of the itinerant musician, desired I him to walk on ; instead of doing which, he commenced to abuse the former, calling him by the most gross names, and, in fact, doing every thing in his power to excite a disturbance. Corn pfainant, indignant at having such shocking epithets bestowed upon him, admitted that he struck the prisoner, who immediately closed upon him, and they both fell to the ground together. Upon rising, the Italian hastily put his hand into his pocket, and drew out a knife, which liehpened, and placing the thumb of his right hand upon the end of, the handle, and the greater part of the blade between his fingers, he ran at his adversary, and made a lunge at his throat with the point The blow did not take effect upon the part intended, but was warded off by complainant holding tip his arm. When the prisoner bad struck him, he flung the knife with which he had attempted assassination away, and closed with Byrne, who fell to the ground, weakened by the lons of blood which flowed from the wound. Some persons who witnessed the outrage assisted the complainant, who had by this time fainted, to a surgeon, while others detained the Italian, and gave him into the custody of a constable. The wound on the arm which the com plainant received, is of the most serious nature, as it is of great depth. However, he was able to attend yesterday, and stated the above facts. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, declared that he had been abused and struck by the complainant before he attempted to resist the insults offered to him ; and when he did strike the complainant it was not with a knife, but a pair of pincers. This assertion was, however, contradicted by a female, who saw the Italian open the knife and rush at Byrne with it, but she did not see the blow struck. The complainant said, that if the prisoner its remanded, he should be enabled to bring forward two persons who were under the necessity of going out of town the following morning, both of whom had seen the prisoner inflict the wound. The slagistrate agreed to the request, and accordingly remanded the prisoner, who, upon being taken from the bar, exhibited the superstition and impetuous temper of most of bis countrymen, by tearing his hair, and invoking his patron Saint to help him out or bia diracultie,s. 7'HE ARMY. 2d Division of the 24t13(Warwiekshsre ) Rqliment of Ir. embarked on board the Princesa Royal transport, a•tl to llth inst. from Devonporr, 1 . 0! Cork. nts belonging to the ntd, 00th, 77th, 9lst, and 921 'Foot, embarked, on the 15th instant, at Gratestni of the 42i1 (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot tool, be or,lered trom Dublin to Edinburgh. The hi Division of the 42d Regiment is ordered, on the Arnim of the Sovereign transport at Cork, from Portsmouth, to embark or. board that vessel for eostrannce to 1311Aniltar. MARKETS. [From the London Xc Price Current, Oct. 18.] COTTON.-There was a fair demand for Cotton by private contract last week, and the sales amount to 1134 bales, viz. 300 St ems 6d. a eld. ; 200 Bengal@ 511 d. a 6d. ; 150 Bowels 80. a ; 400 Pennants 121 d. a 120. all in bond ; and, duty pad, 150 Egyp. dams 100. and 650 at I d. ; 80 Berbice and 16 Demerara III; 4G Barbadocs 10d.; 8 Jamaica 100. By public sale this forenoon, 520 bales iloweds, middling to fair Bid. a 94d. ; above a half sold, chiefly toe export, at very fair prices, and there has been much in. qUirr after the remainder since the sale. SUGAR-Towards the close of last week the Sugar market be came very heavy ; very few purchases were reported, an d genera ll y 51uscovades could be fought a shade lower. from the heaviness of the market ; no general reduction could, however, be stated. The Sugar market has greatly changed within the last week; this fore. noon the buyers, on finding that the deficiency of the stock, corn. pared with last year, was reduced to 14,00 0 asks, refrained entirely front purchasing ; we cannot, in consequence of the absence of bu. sinews, report the prices lower; but, if the holders were forcing sales, a reduction of 6rl. a Is. per cwt. must he submitted to; last week about 1800 bags East India Sugars were delivered foe home consuniption. The total sales of Aluscovailee to.duy d6lWt exceed 300 hhds, and, as we have stated, the grocery descriptions sold are at prices a shade lower. The pric es of Relined goods gave way 2s. per cwr. last week, and the market was very heavy at the reduc. Iron ; brown Lumps 87s. ; Molasses 355. The Refined market thia forenoon has been nucommonly heavy, and prices again north. nally Is. lower than last week ; grocery goods are particularly dull; he fall in prices from the late highest rates is 2s. a 3s. per cat; 'the only sac of Relined this morning is a parcel of fair Lumps at 117 s. ,Molasses are heavy at 345. 6d. In Foreign Sugars no pur. chases to anr extent were reported last week. COFFEE.-The public sales of Coffee went off very heavily last week ; Foreign d escr ipti ons were I s . an d British Plantation 2s. per cwt. tower ; rather extensive parcels of St. Domingo 565. s 575.; La Guayas, 511.1. a 505.; the accumulation of Foreign Coffee I in London is very great, and the consequence is a heavy market; British Plantation sells higher in proportion than the Foreign Coffee. There were three public sales this forenoon ; the Brittsh Plantation sold at the prices of last week ; middling Jamaica 80 ; . a 835.; good middling, 90s. a 90 s . 6d. ; f or 649 b ags good ordinary Cuba 565. was offered ; the whole was taken in,ls6s.fel and 575. The Coffee market is in a very depressed state; the reduction in the prices, as we have stated, ls. on Foreign, sod 2s. on British Plan. teflon, since this day week. FRUII'.-New Spanish Fruit is said to be of very Inferior qua. lity this year, owing to the unfavourable weather which has been experienced to getting it in. A small parcel of New Altheateils and Blooms is just landed, and, if a fan sample of what may be expected, are very Indifferent. The quantity produced is reported to be very far short of what has been for many years past. The new Lexias also are of a very inferior quality. lsto sales have been made, consequently no prices can be quoted. Valentia Raisins have been sold at 535. a 565. Red Snixenits, 50s. a 52a. are scarce; both looking up and in demand. Currants go off steadily at 105 a a 19$s. The demand generally for Fruit is improving. TOBACCO.-The large private contract of Tobacco stated in our last is correct (of which about 200 aids are reported for the Sardinian Government). The purchases of Tobacco fur the last week continue confined entirely to trifling parcels to the trade. at full Triers : the holders are 4011 firm, and will not sell at any re. duenon. The accounts from Holland are rather favourable for Tobacco. Our quotations must be considered nearly nominal. At a late hour to day, 200 hhds fine Kentucky Tobacco sold about 74d. • reported also for the Sardi n i an G overnment. IRISH PROVISIONS.-Pork is rather higher; Beef with. out alteration; Bacon in steady demand. Dutch Butters are likely to give way on account of the extensive arrivals : Irish is also heavy. SILK-The Silk sale commenced at the India House yestet. day ; the fine Silks nearly support the late sale prices ; the infei•ior qualities are going allover. The sale to-day has gone higher than yesterday, but still rather lower than the last sale. RUM, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.-The public sale of purified Spirit from Jamaica took place on Friday last, and at. tracted considerable attention ; small parcels having been sent fiom Demerara sod from Jamaica merely as a simple to try the market, and ascertain the probable prices in case the spirit should be found suitable for the English rectifiers: thesale consisted of thirty.seven puncheons stated pale Jamaica Spirit, 32 to 37 over proof, of which about a half sold at 3s. 6d. a 4s. In the Rum mar. ket, the purchases reported since this day week are not consider. able ; the holder& are however firm, and it is difficult to purchase proof Leewiuds at 2s. In Brandy there is little variation ; the best marks offer about 3s. 2d. Om. 3d., but there is little doing.-Ge. neva still heavy at Is. 10d. HEMP, F L AX, and TALLOIV-The Tallow mark e t has been very firm ; the new 295. a 39t. 3d. ; some parcel, reported at 395. 6d.: the former quotation is, however, the nearest, and the ac. counts to.day of the Davis's Straits Fishery will tend to damp the market. Hemp is in mor e d eman d, and the prices are higher, 431. paid. In Flax there are few purchases reported.. OWL-The accounts received this morning reepeerin g the Davis's Straits Fishery are much more favourable than what coal have been anticipated ; several vessels have arrived well fished, and generally the reports of the success are favourable. There is little alteration yet in the prices -Whale Oil 311. 10s. a 321. The quantity must still be very deficient of an average supply ; the markei this afleencon, however, has rather a heavy appearance. INDIGO-The sale at the India House continues : 3,478 chests are only yet sold the advance is 2s. a 3s. per lb. on the prices of last sale. It is anticipated the average advance will be nearly 3s. per lb. RICE.-Rice is higher: Bengal white 20s. a 225., cargo 175., Carolina 40s. SALTPETRE.—At public sale to-day, 910 bags Saltpetre, fair quality, were offered; refraction not known at 245. AR taken in. ACCIDENT ON Wrispzawaaa.—Saturday week, Mr. Parke, of lowness, and two friends, proceeded to Water Head in his pleasure-boat. On their return down the Lake, they were met by a very strong south wind, so that the sail-boat did not reach her anchorage till about seven 1 1 o'clock. Notwithstanding the darkness and violence of the night, Mr. Parke brought his little vessel safely to her moorings. The party then went into a small punt, and rowed towards the shore, distant about thirty yards. The punt appeared to be sinking before they had left the sail boat ten yards, and, in the terror of the moment, the party leaped from it in opposite directions. Mr. Parke with dif ficulty regained the sail-boat, and one of his friends suc ceeded in reaching the shore ; but Master C. Murray, a fine youth of fourteen. was drowned. MvLAIeCHOLY CATASTIIOPHE.—OD Monday last, four men And two boys met their death at Camain Colliery, Lls nelly, Carmarthenshire, by what i w called knocking the stock, which signifies the bursting or breaking in of the water upon them, from the cavity of an old or wrought coal-work. They were heard calling piteously to their companions for light, but it was out of the power of any human being to afford them any assistance. What adds to the calamity is, that the four men left large families to tally unprovided for ; there are not less than from 15 to 20 fatherless children after them.. OAHE-8110071 G .—The match for 2. sovereigns each, between Sir. G. Clarke, gun-maker, and, Messrs. Fordyce and Tolly, who 'should kill the most game with altagie-barrelkd gime before 12 &Clot* on Monday morning, took place from Cobham, Surrey, and won derided as follows :---,lllr. Clarke killed eleven partridges, eight pheasants, and four hares, making twenty-three head ; Sir. Fordyce killed nine partridges, six pheasants, and six hares, making twenty-one; and Mr. Tolly, who had the least number of shots, killed eighteen head only. There were nine misses between the three. BIRTHS. On Sunday, the 16th instant, at Westborne House, Marlow, the I.Ady of Sir I'. F. Fremantle, Bert. of a danglessr. On the 13th tnst. at Eaton House, near Chests's-needy l3elgrare, of a son and heir. On the 16th inst. the lady of G. Gregory, Esq. of Gower-street, Bedford.square, of a son. .11ARHIED. On the 15th inst. at Ileydon, in the county of Norfolk, Ilenrr Handley, Esq. M.P. for the borough of liereabury, to the Bon. Caroline Edward es , e ld est d aug h ter o f Lord Kensington. On the lot inst. at Dublin, William Whymper, Esq. M.P. CoWatteau Guatds, to Marianne, daughter of the late Rev. J. Baker Hayes, and niece of General Hayes, of Mount Melia, Queen's county. Arthur hot eday, Esq. of Doctors' Commons, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter ul the Bet. George Wells, Rector of Witten, Suuex. DIEM On the 14th instant, at his house, George-street, Lambeth. Mr. William Davies, of the Stanip Offloe, Somerset-house, in his t:tth year. On the 16th instant, at Melina-plaint, Regent's Park, Willi"' 111%illi very, Erg. o,te of the Members of the Legislative Council in Lower Canada. On the Bth inht. Frances Ursula, third daughter of the Rev. U. A. rye, Prebendary of Worcester. • HIGH WATT tAT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS — DAY. Morning. 41.ealn. aftv2, l .Evening..ll win. after 8. Printed et THE.BR I TISH PRESS Ofifce, by J. W. CARlTillts 111, Strand, and published by R. CANN @lf , isme place. THE BRITISH PRESS.: POLICE. t - Wttw-Jf - - .• . . the circumstance's to him, and also his auspsc that at a Row-street officer. Avis in contequltfd took her ;y. this was going on she called out at the door The 2d Divh e Mackey, who came up; and she aplemeing to hand fumy embarke coy to him, .Avia took yussession &Isom Mee. sailed.on the II Liry, it was , found that the female primer had given a Detachments revs, and ahe obstinately refused to give either her 1 % 4111 C Regiments of F the lived, and dchied all knowledge of her companion for Jamaica. nday night. Yesterday she said her name was Western, The Depot of he had got the silk from her mother, who Ursa at Mac- it is underatond, DREADFUL CASE OF HrDROPHOBIA. - On Sunday last, a melancholy instance of this dreadful malady occurred at Kingsland. A youug man named John Sugg. a bricktnaker, residing in Brown's Fully, IVilliam-street, Kings land-road, was about three months since bitten by a dog in a rabid state, but the part being cauterized, and the wound healed, he thought lightly of the cireumsdance until Sunday morning, when he was seized with all the horrible symptoms of hydrophobia, and died at sic o'clock the following morning in a raving state. The following is a statement of the case by 111 r. Aitken, a re spectable surgeon, residing in the Kingsland-road, Mho attended the deceased : On Sunday morning last the deceased, feeling himself particu. tarty ill, came to ask my advice. He complained of vertigo, a via. lent pain under the left scapula. and a catching or spasmodic affection of the muscles, from thence along the lett arm to the tips of the fingers, accompanied with constant tremour and sudden starting of that extremity. An aperient draught was prepared for him. and be attempted to swallow it; but the sight of the fluid so affected him, that he instantly felt into strong convulsions, from which he shortly afterwards recovered, and the draught being again presented to him, he seized the glass, and gulped down the contents, apparently involuntarily, but was instantly attacked with a great difficulty of swallowing and rigors. Observing these symptoms, I was now led to inquire, if lie had at any time been bitten by a dog, and was informed, that about three months before he had been bitten in the thumb by his own dog, but the wound was cauterised, and attended to by my young gentleman, and healed favourably. I now believed that he was labouring under an attack of hydro. phobia, and advised him to be bled, to which lie readily consented. I opened a vein in the right arm, and the blood flowed freely, but, when nearly a sufficient quantity had been drawn, he turned his head, and, at the sight of the blood, fell into convulsions, from which, however, he soon recovered. He still complained of most violent twitchings along the arm, but went to his horns, and I sent by his wife such medicines as I deemed proper. During the day he continued to get worse, and was convulsed at the sight of a ll liquids which were presented to him. In the course of the day I visited him six or eight tim es . A t 10 o ' c l oc k at n i g h t I again visited him, and took from his arm 20 ounces of blood. At that time he was perfectly wild, his countenance frightfully ilistorted, his whole body in a state of perspiration, and horribly agitated, his eyes seemed starting from their sockets, and quantities of foamy saliva were escaping trom his mouth, often attended with motions of mastication. He appeared to respire with great difficulty, sighing, said uttering the most pitiful cries. His pulse was at 100, strong , and foil, his tongue moi s t and s w e ll e d, an d h e comp l a i ne d of a' sensation of a rising in the throat, as if he was choaking. During all this time lie was perfectly sensible, and cautioned those about him against approaching him. TIT his paroxysms be occasionally seized the blankets and pillows with his - mouth, and it was found necessary to confine him in a strait.waistcoat. In this deplorable state he continued, sensible to the last moment of his existence, and expired ineat agony at six o'clock on Monday morni ng . l'his unf ortunate being was only in the 22d year of his age, and when lie was attacked by the dog, his wife, in her endeavours to protect him from the furious animal, was also bitten. No symp. toms of the horrible distemper have Vet been betrayed by her, but , great fears are entertained for her safety, and her state of mind may be conceived but cannot be described. SURGERY EXTRAORDINARY.—A few days ago, at Win laton, a penurious son of Vulcan, who bad a tumour in one of his kg., being about to enter into the holy state of matri mony, was naturally anxious of appearing to the best ad vantage on the happy occasion, and in particular wished to remove the deformity of his limb: but how .to avoid the expense was the question, for lie dreaded a surgeon'. bill more than his scalpel, and a pound of flesh, though his own, had less value in his eye than a pound of his long saved gold. It however a..) happened, that there was in the village a youth who had undergone the ampu tation of a limb in the Infirmary, and it occurred to our hero that he must necessarily he experienced in such mat ters, and to him lie accordingly applied to perform the operation. The young man consented, and fixing his leg in a vice, lie took a razor, and without ceremony, cut away till nearly the whole calf of his leg was taken off! So far the young operator had experienced no difficulty, his power ful arm had overcome every obstacle ; but nosrhis skill and practice failed him, and how to stop the bleeding was be yond his art, and his patient had nearly paid the forfeit of his life for his temerity, before " further advice" could'be procured. He iario*,.howevef, in a fair way of recovery. —NeseciutleChroniele.