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enmity of adopting some immediate means for the protection of the node was so tegovitisat that he did not think it necessary to go into details. Any ffenistmen who had been abroad must know that, under the peen* tale of wages In England, it was quite impossible that the British manutactarer could enter into any thing like a fare emopellition with his continental neighbours, liken manual labour won performed at Al. per cent. loner at lean and the price of dyeing was only li. per lb. whereas we mud ; and the foreign throwsting was also considerably Inner. Under these circumstances, he had great pleasure in pro. posing the Resolution which was intrusted to him. Mt. Cox seended the proposition, with a few appropriate re thinks. Mt. Du note moved the fourth Resolution. Mr. Cox seconded it, and observed that it was so pertinent to the parpne, and was so imperiously called for, under existing mrcurnatances, he did not think that any observations of his could give it an additional claim to their adeption. TbeCurintrean had just risen to put the question, when • Gen. Inman (whose name we could not learn, but who stated himself to be much interested in the trade.) Owned, that though he entirely costarred in the spirit of the Resolution, yet he did not think that It weer far enough towards the compartment of the evil which "ray one must necessarily deplore that was at all cannoned with she Silk Trade. Mr. AMORY begged pardon for interrupting the Gentleman; but as them was another Resolution to be proposed, which Itad • mote comprehensive character it might be unnecessary to go into any discussion on a point already provided for. 'Pb. previous speaker said, that this annetincement gave him very great satisfaction, and that he had personal experience of tin injury which the trade sustained in the country parts, from the in troduction of foreign silks, otherwise he should not have obtruded himself on the attention of the Meeting. Mr. INGLEBY then moved the fifth resolution. The object to ithich he should call the attention of the Meeting was one of a very serious nature ; it was also one of a very dedicate nature, as it went so tniplieste a house in a very grave charge, which could not be done on hie part without great reluctance. borne short time back a seizure was made by the officers of the Customs, at a French house, of • very considerable quantity of silks, and although the seizing officers were ready to sweet that the articles were of toreign manufacture, yet no further proceedings were taken thereon ; who th:•• e1p.0.w....••• •.m• e. 5.• known, utquiry was made as to the offence being overlooked, and the reply was, that the house was " peculiarly circumstanced and peculiarly privileged." The house te _which he alluded was that of Dupuis.. Poulin, and Co. These gentlemen. It seems, had held out very flattering hopes to Ms Ma jesty", Ministers, that if a particular exemption thorn the import slaty was maga in their behalf—that if they were permitted to bring over their material and machinery without being subject to the ordinary interruptions, that they woolt i,ttroduce such anlm. proved system of manufacture into England, At should very speedily enable the British trader to bid defiance to French competition. However this improvement was not yet discoverable, and he (Mr, Ingleby) doubted that it ever would be effected by such means. A person at the lower end of the room exclaimed, "It la false !' Mr. I YOLEIBT wished the gentleman would come forward and prove his mention, if he could. The person appearing to accept the challenge. • Mr. 'notarise resumed—These gentlemen solicited and cola. tanned leave to bring over, not only their stock, but their ma chinery., whilst at the same time they kept up two establishments at Par is and at Lyons. The seizure to which he alluded might be about 2,0001ba. weight of silk, and it would be seen, from that one instance, to what extent the clandestine intercourse was permitted to go. If the French article was so superior in its manufacture to that fabricated in this country, the injury must be proportionally great, and although the period was now rapidly approaching. the 2d of July, when it was proposed to remove the prohibition altogether, yet so long as the law was in force, he conceived it was but fair to ask his Majesty's Ministers whether the British manufacturer had not a right to be motected,or rather, whether smuggling was or was not countenanced by them? He could net see what claim for particular exemption could be ad vanced by Messrs. Dupuis and Co., more than by any other French house. who thought proper to make the same pretensions. TheGeutleman who spoke previous to the moving of the Reso lutior, observed, that although the British manufacturer could not but feel the great injury he sustained by competition with foreigners, in the fabrication of this article, yet he feared it would be vain to attempt the Introduction of French silk, because there was such • facility of bringing it over, and a still greater facility of effecting a sale here, when brought over. He had known of a tr.sveiler from a French house, going through the country towns, who offered to guarantee the safe delivery of goods to any extent, sad asked no payment until they were actually delivered, and at a price much below what would be expected for the same article in England. lie could rot suppose, from the recent measures that had been adopted, but that Ministers were disposed to pursue a kind and friendly course towards every department of trade, though, perhaps, they might have erred In some respects, either through want of information, or through prejudice. The present system, as regarded the silk trade, was obviously bad, and if not amended, must quicky sap its foundation. Mr. Amanome Mown: stuggested the revival of a Society that had formerly been productive of much benefit to the interests of trade in general—he alluded to the Society for the Prevention of Smuggling. He could scarcely repress his indignation at the pre ference thus shown to the house named in the Resolution. He did not mean to go so far as to say that Ministers actually countenanced this species of smuggling as • general principle, bit he was at a loss to know what was to be understood by the term of "a privileged house ?" or why Messrs. Dupuis, Poellei and Co.'s should have an exclusive prerogative , calculated in so great a degree to damp the spirit of British industry. If their sy stem of manufacture was so superior to our own, that alone was enough to give them a superiority without any other of the decidedly adventitious circumstances that they enjoyed, because it was well known that labour was performed at a much cheaper rate in France than in England. But the privilege was not merely confined to this house--there was another circum stance which ought to be known and that was a seizure had bees made very recently of French goods, in the care of a courier to one of the Foreign Ambassadors, and the seizing officers, for interim irg with this privileged personage, were discharged from their situa tions. (Hear, hear.) These were facts that could not be disputed, and were every way entitled to the most serious investigation. • A Gentleman here rose, and after reprobating in pointed terms any countenance to smuggling, is calculated to weaken the ardent spirit of British industry, concluded by calling on tie person who said that the charge was " false" to come forward in a fair and manly manner, and disprove it. A young man then stood up, and said, that he could undertake to say it was perfectly so. (Cries of " Name, name," from every part of the room.i The speaker replied, that lie was employed by the house of liars. Telyard sad Co. Mr. A 'CORY intimated that their house was not mentioned hi the Resolution. The young man said, that it was all the same concern. It could not be proved that the seizure was French silk. Mr. Moons thought that the Meeting was deviating from the proper course in entering on any discussion with regard to that point, and in truth they were not competent to come to any decision respelling it. He should say, however, that if thirty-seven pieces of silk had been seized in hie warehouse, he would not advance acrother privilege than the production of the man who wove them. Bea the only oblect that the Meeting should hold in view was to protect the fair trader, and not quarrel with this house or with that. If there was a country in the world that had more liberality than another, be bclteved it was England, where the native of nary nation may find encouragement and protection. (Hear, hear.) He wowed that this sentiment would not now be forgotten. Mr. MILL/ proposed the 6th Resolution, which was seconded by Mr. sell. He referred to two memorials, which were read by Mr. Amory. A OICIITT.FIKAN visited to know whether it was intended to move for the revival of the Society for Prevention of Smuggling? It would, he thought, be productive of the very best effects. L4r. I 31GLEBY said he imagined It were better defer it to 'future time, 'then more extensive information might be obtained as to the means of carrying it into full effect. Some other routine Resolutions were then Carried, and the Meet ing dissolved. AMERICAN MANEFACTURES.—The Upland Union news paper states, that there are one hundred manufactories— woollen, cotton, flour, &c. now in operation in the small county of Delaware, Pennsylvania ' - and that for the space of three months there has not been an advertisement of a Sheriff's sale. PILCRARD fish have been seen on the coast for the last two or three weeks. Some of the driving boats in Mount's Bay having taken their mackerel nets on board, have secured a considerable quantity of that fish— some herrings were taken by the St. Ives boats on Wednes day morning.—Demashire Paper. In the York festival week, a gentleman lost a paled of bills and notes to the amount of TOOL and upwards. On Monday last, as the groom of a gentleman of this city was Coining up the passage which leads from Coney-street to the river side, opposite New-street, he found thrust into It cavity into the wall, a bundle of papers, rolled up and en closed in brown paper. These, upon inspection, proved to be a portion of the identical notes lost by the gentleman ; and the next day, upon a more close examination of the place, several more were found, amounting in their whole value: to g 731. How they came into this situation is of course a mystery.—York Herald. ATTEMPTED S , IICIDE.—A young girl, a nursery maid fa the family of 11r. Peschell, Pimlico New-road, threw herself into the Thames, above the ferry-house, at ?Milbank, yesterday morning. Jonas, a bestmart, was hailed by a gardener who had waned her manner, and he succeeded in rescuing tier. She is a respectable chandler's daughter, and disappointment in her erec tions I a said to have been the cause of bet rash attempt. On Thursday last a man named Bell was murdered at Carlisle by a soldier named Mahon. The deceased and Mahon were together at a public-house, when the latter being intoxicated, Bell interfered to.pernuadelim to retire. Mahon, who was billetted in the house, presented a pistol, and in the seufle Owed it sr Bell. "A Coroner's Jury Las re tuned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Mahon. roLlcz. MANSION-HOUSE , Yesterday two gentlemen of this country, accompanied by • Bra. 211 i an barrister, Senhor Jacinto Moreno Severiano da Cunha, wetted upon the LORD MAYOR, to request his Lordship's assistance hi procuring for the stranger the means of returning to Pernambuco, from winch he had been expelled under circumstances of a singular character. Senhor da Cunha is wholly unacquainted with the English lan guage, but he made himself intelligible in the Latin tongue, in which he is quite perfect. The following is the substance of his communication :--He had been practising at the Brazilian bar upwards of two years, and had obtained a reputation the the zeal with which he advocated several cases of a complicated and embarrassing nature. But, at the Bra. ails. liberty of speech is frequently checked in an advocate, not withstanding the high privileges claimed by the fraternity all over the globe. In the course of his practice he was engaged to argue in defence of a person charged with conduct hostile to the Imperial Government during the late disturbances in the province of Per. nambuco. He ventured to reflect upon the circumstance' of the prosecution in the generous vehemence of his address, and imme diately the vengeance of the military police was directed against him. An order wan issued under some false but specious pre tence—he was apprehended in the bosom of his family, and confined , in a marine prison, to which the Government has b cam the habit of committing• persons accused or convicted of seditious practices. He had not been long in this condition when a body of African troops, dispatched to Pernambuco by order of the Government, for the pur pose of preserving tranquillity in the province, broke into his house, where his wife and children were expecting his liberation, and robbed it of furniture, cash, plate, and even of the clothes which were necessary to prevent them from going naked. The un fortunate advocate, upon heating of thin destruction of his pro. perry, was apprehensive that the next attack would he upon his life, and determined to effect his escape, if possible, from prison. His condition was almost hopeless, and his efforts to remedy it were every whit as desperate. At midnight be taw a vessel at some dis tance, and, there being sonic confusion in his prison ship favourable to his plan, he plunged into the sea, and swam off, not without ap prehension of being devoured if not of being drowned. He reached the vessel, which proved to be • British merchantman, about to sail the following day for Liverpool, and h had barely time and opportunity to let his family know that he was in safety, and destined for Englard, to claim the protection of the British and Portuguese Governments, and their in terference to procure for him the clement consideration of the Emperor. Upon his arrival in London where he came without a tinning in his pocket, he applied to the liessilisn Minister, to whom he made his case known, and was promised every inter ference which could be given, for the purpose of rendering the return to his own country as safe and speedy as possible. He had not been long in town when he received a letter from • mer chant of Pernambuco, stating that the Emperor had pardoned hilts, amongst others ; and that, at the same time, an imperial decree had been inued for the execution of several who were found guilty of high treason. This information made it, of course, unnecessary for him to hesitate about returning at once to his native country. It was only requisite that he should min a passage home; and the Beszidan Ambassador. who took a benignant interest in what had happened to him, told him, that as soon as the Pirenga frigate should sail, he should have the opp r. tunity he sought. It was, however, a matter of uncertainty at what time that vend would be ready, and the unfortunate Brazilian is without a farthing or a friend in this country. The Loan Maros asked several questions of the two gentle. men who recommended the application to his Lordship. The answers to which perfectly satisfied his Lordship of the truth of the statement made to him. lie feared that what he could do in such case would be very limited ; but he had no doubt that, through the medium of the press, which was ever ready to lend its powerful assistance where an individual was worthy of it, the circumstances would be communicated to men capable of appre ciating its merits. One of the gentlemen who accompanied the Brazilian mid the latter merely wished for the mears of living while he was obliged to remain in town, and would with gratitude repay whatever he might receive, the moment he was re-established In his business at home. The Loin MATOII thought the liberal members of the honoura. file profession to whichVenhornaCunha belonged would most proba bly take an interest in his misfortunes- It was seldom, he believed, that the gentlemen of the bar had time to allow their sympathies to be awakened, and he should like much to have the honour of bear ing testimony to their humanity in this unfortunate case, by receiving a subscription for their poor Brazilian brother. lie, how ever. begged to he undenitood not to mean to throw the whole onus upon the bar, although he was convinced that there would be an immediate and liberal cempetition amongst them on the subject. lIATTON.GARDEN. Timothy and Mary Doorman, lit:11hr: lifahony, Daniel Learn Pal Murphy, anti Catherhse ring', an elegant party from " Littfe Ireland,'` were brought up yesterday, charged by the watchmen of Saffron-hill with having been engaged in a battle royal, at four o'clock yesterday morning, in Red Lion-court. The cot ark, it seems, had been employed in making a defunct scion of the illustrious house of O'Donovan, and had dune due honour to the manes of the deceased, by more than customary liba tions of whisky. About three o'clock • question arose as to fit place of' sepulture for their dear cousin • now no more." All &genii] in the propriety of his being interred somewhere t a mate rial difference of opinion, however, took place as to the locos in quo. The debate, (or, as Mr. Tim Donovan called it in his defence, the " argnifng") terminated in a fight more nuijoruni. The " relict of the honoured dead" were tumbled off the table in the scuffle, and the battle raged loud and lung over the body, quart pot encountering pint pot in mid air, and glass bottle with sconce, at once cracking and cracked. The attic stories of Red Lion-court are, however, constructed on too confined • scale to afford due scope for a con test on an extended plan, and by common consent the whole bat !alio at length adjourned to the regions below, In order to argnfy in the open air. A •• holy alliance" of watchmen hearing the alarm, man bonded together In a general crusade against the in fidel', who were thus early employed in Sobbeth breaking, and carried them off to finish their argument in the watchhouse belong ing to the district. The parties had nothing to say in their exculpation, but that it was so; and, with the exception of Mesdames hlahony and King, who, as visiters, it might be supposed, were compelled, in common politeness, to join in the amusements of their entertainers, the whole squadron was ordered to find baiL QUEEN-SQUARE. A DZLICATE INVZSTIGATIOX.—Yesserday a man of colour, named Pedro Aristin, a native of the Island of Antigua, was brought before Mr. Marklana, the Magistrate, charged by hlrs. Ann Rice, a respectable married woman, residing at No. MI, Orchard -street, Westminster, with being found in her bed, at eleven o'clock, the night before. The case earned moth interest, end during its investiga. tion, Mr.Riec, the complainant's husband, was present, and seemed much affected at the cause of the proceedings. Mrs. Rice stated, that she went to bed about 10 o'clock, on SOO day night, in the back room of the first floor, in the house whets she lodged, and, Mr. Rice not being at home, she purposely left the door unlocked, in order that when he did come home, lie might get In without giving her the trouble of getting up. Almost immedi ately after site retired to test she fell asleep, and at about eleven o'clock, was awoke by some person being in her bed ; she said, "is that you, Tan?" meaning her 'husband, but receiving no answer, she became alarmed, and endeavoured to get out of bed to arouse the lodgers, but in this she was prevented, by the person in bed with her securing her by the arms. However, she called out murder, as loud as her lungs would let her, and the watchman on the beat came into the room, and on a light being produced, she saw the prisoner by her side, in bell, with his clothes off. She demanded to know what right he had there, but he would give her no answer t she gave him into the custody of the watchman, and he was taken to the watchhouse. Mr. hi aitztLawn--It seems very extraordinary that you should go to bed, when your husband Is from home, and leave your room door open. Are you sure you gave no permission to the man to come into your be , ! ? Eh ! Mrs. Rice-1 MU frequently in the habit of leaving my mom door open when my husband is out, for him to let himself in with. out disturbing me. Mr. MARRLAND—Answer my question, did you give this black man permission to come into your bed Airs. Rice—Oh, never Sir, never ! I never saw the man before in my life, till I saw him in the bed. /len Mr. Rice, the husband, stepped forward and said, that be had the highest opinion of his wife's chastity, and he felt conscious that no such liberty was given the prisoner by her, and it was fortunate for him, he did not come in at the time ; if he had, there certainly would have been murder, for had he caught him in his wife's chamber, be would have shot him through the head. Mr. MARLLAND—Mte. Rice, did any of the lodgers hear you cry out murder ; and arc they present ? Mn. Rice—Your Worship, the watchman heard me cry out, and he Is hereto speak to that fief. David Phillips, the watchman, was then sworn. lie said that, from ten to eleven o'clock on /Sunday night he saw the prisoner haltering about his beat near Mr. Rice's house, and had told him to be off, and he went away. When he wits calling the hour of eleven he heard the cry of murder issuing from Mrs. Rice's bed room. He instantly ran up stain, end on going into the room he Pound Mrs. Rice io the greatest state of alarm, in bed, and the pri soner in bed alto, with his arms round her neck. She cried bitterly, and sad the prisoner had intruded himself into her bed unknown to her, and bogged him to take him to the watchhouse, which he accordingly did, and when there he gave a very confused account of the business, and said that he did not know what he was about at the dine, and was very sorry for what he had done. The Magistrate said that such an offence ought not, if fully proved, to go unpunished, but still he thought the case enveloped in much mystery. The watchman was again called, and asked if hlre. Rice was undressed in bed ? The watchman said she had her petticoat and stays on. Magistrate—That's very odd ; females don't usually go to bed with their stays on ; .10 you think she had been asleep ? The watchman said he could not tell; she seemed terribly alarmed when he went into the room. Mrs. Rice said she bad been fast asleep, and was awoke by the conduct of the prisoner ; but she did not explain why she went to bed with bee stays on. Magistrate—lt is a very extraordinary affair. The prisoner was how called upon for his defence, and in broken English be recriminated Mrs. Rice with agreeing with him to per mit him to enter her bedchamber, arid said he had met her before in the street, and they had taken some refreshment together. THE BRITISH PRESS. Mn. Rite, putting her hands together, declared to the Deity that ihe had never seen the prisoner before in her life, and solemnly as severated her innocence of making any agreement with him. Prisoner—She permitted rue to sleep there upon condition that I would go out at four o'clock in the morning, which would be before her husband came home. Here Mr. Rice, the husband, was so Indignant at such an infa mous recrimination against his will, that he weld scarcely be kept from inflicting a summary punishment on the utterer. Mr. M AMMAN D. to the prisoner—Where do you live 1' Prisoner—l have been working at a blacksmith's, at Deal, as a hammerman, but left there last week, and walked from firm:send to London, where I arrived on Saturday night. Mr. 11l ABILAND.—YOU are a most ruffianly fellow, and I have no hesitation in saying that all you have told me is a lie ; there fore, I shall call upon mu to find good bail to answer the charge at the ensuing Sessions ; and Mr. Rice declared he would, if he sold the bed from under him, prosecute him as far as the law allowed. The prisoner, not being provided with the required bail, was conveyed to Tothill-fields Britlewell. A RY LERON E. Yesterday Charles It - heeler, beadle to the Chepel of Ease at Paddington, preferred a charge against a drunken disturber of the congregation on Sunday last, who, on pleading that he went with a desire to hear the word of God, but that having a wound in his head he was sometimes unfortunately disposed to be quarrelsome, wu discharged on entering into his own recognizance to be of better behaviour for the future. Wheeler said be was directed to complain of another nuisance, which disturbed tot only the congregation but the clergyman namely the conduct of the publicans it the neighbourhood of the chapel, who sent out their boys crying " Beer, beer," before the service generally terminated. Mr. RAwtissow said he had heard some gentlemen of that neighbourhood, who certainly he thought should be the las:to com. plain, say from the great length of the service, that they could not get their beer time enough. What time does the service generally conclude ? Wheeler—About twenty minutes past one o'clock." Mr. R SWLIWION said he really thought it should be governed by the same rules as the church service. It had been decided that the hours of forenoon service were from eleven until one o'clock, and this chapel should regulate its service to those hours. Wheeler was recommended to remind the publicans of the law, by way of caution ; or else to apply to Mr. °rine, the proptietor of the chapel, who is a county magistrate. Yesterday John Vaughan, an errand-boy in the service of Messrs. Lane and son, tailors, 2g, Saville-row, was put to the bar, charged with stealing a sovereign, the property of his master. It appeared that Mr. De Lambe Jointe, clerk to Messrs. Lane, had for a considerable time suspected that some person in the establishment could not " keep his hands from picking and steal ing." Under this impression he has for some time been "on the look out" to detect the delinquent. suspicion fell on the pri soner. On Saturday the clerk had received a check for 301. to pay the sages of workmen, and for convenience had it in sovereigns. He had paid away a part of the money, keeping an exact account of the residue, as the prisoner was about the office, when Mr. L. jun. drove up and requested Mr. De L. Jointe to take the gig to the stables, which he did, requesting Mr. Lane to remain there till his I return. Mr. Lane, however, did not fulfil his part of the engage ment, and when the clerk returned, a sovereign had disappeared. Having made the due inquiries to ascertain that neither Mr. Lane nor the foreman had taken it away, he looked after the prisoner to see that be did not leave the office, and seizing a convenient oppor tunity, turned the key of the lock, and charged him with the theft. He denied it stoutly, and said that lie had not a sovereign upon , him. Whereupon Mr. De Lambe Jointe turned off the prisoner s coat, and was proceeding with hie search, when he heard something drop into the prisoner's boot, which turned out to be a sovereign. Vaughan had nothing to say in reply to this charge of felony, and was accordingly committed for trial. Mr. Price, a very respectable man, a bookbinder, living at No. 11, Berwick -street, Soho, was placed within the dock, charged by a watchman of the name of 31unton, or sonic idem sonata, for as saulting him on his beat. The watchman said that between eleven arid twelve o'clock on Saturday evening, in turning round the corner of Berwick-street. he was run against by Mr. P rice, who hit him a heavy blow, and trod on his toe, whereby it was greatly injured, and that he took i him to the watchhouse n consequence. Mr. Price said that nothing could be more false ; that he had not run foul of the watchman in turning round the corner of Ber wick.street, for that, in point of fact, he had not turned round it, but had crossed over from another street, and had passed by the watchman several paces, when he Caine up, and collaring him most roughly, said, " he would make him suffer for that," and took hint off to the watchhouse. When they arrived there, he did not for some time know what charge to make, but at last said he would charge Mr. Price for "assaulting him on his duty." The consta ble advised the dismissal of so trivial an affair, but the watchman insisted on his receiving Mr. Price into custody. Mr. ROE, the sitting Magistrate, said that he would punish the watchman for such a gross outrage, and asked Mr. Price whether he would be content with his.suspension, or would insist on his being removed altogether ? Mr. Price said he did not wish to injure the man, but would eer . . . tainly require his being removed from; that beat. He was suspended accordingly for three months, and his conduct is to be reported to the Watch Committee of the District. It appeared from the testimony of several persons that this man has for a length of time bcen in the habit of bearing hut honours most tyrannically. • MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday that unfortunate woman, Mary Ana Pearce, better known at the Police Offices of the metropolis under the as sumed title of Lady Barrymorc, was, in all probability for the last time, brought before a Bench of Magistrates She was conveyed to this office In a couch from St. Giles 's Vatchhouse, and placed at the bar, on the charge of one of the beadles of that parish, who stated, that as he was passing, at a late hour the night before, through Drury-lane, he heard the moaning of a female, and ap proaching the spot, he found the wretched being stretched out at the comer of a street, without shoe or stocking, gown or cap, and almost in a state of total insensibility, front the combined effects of intoxication and debility, but rather more of the latter than the former; she was quite unable to move, or to walk to the watch. house, and he took her thither in a coach, to shelter her for the night. She offered no resistance whatever, nor was she capable of doing so, and during the night she was dreadfully ill, and indeed they imagined dangerously so. The clothes she had on at present were supplied to her at the watchhouse, as she was nearly naked when found. Mr. Roc, the Magistrate, asked no questions of the poor creature, and if he had, it is doubtful whether she would have had the strength to answer, but ordered her to be conveyed forthwith, in a coach, to the Infirmary of the House of Correction, and there to have every at , ention necessary paid to her. She could scarcely support herself at the bar ; she uttered not a syllable, and scarcely seemed to breathe; her face assumed the hue of death— her eyes were glazed and sunken—her cheeks fallen—and her mouth half open, and it was with difficulty she inhaled a breath of vital air. In short, she was an awfully living image of death itself: Police.officers, beadles, and parish constables, whom her mighty arm had so often levelled with the dust, now approached her undis. mayed. No longer were they astounded by the thunder of her voice, or driven into a corner by fear, to escape her vengeance—the once unconquerable Mary Ann Pearce could no longer harm them; her arm was nerveless, her strength gonebut not to mortal foe had she yielded. " That spirit is broken which never would bend !" Broken by her own unceasing efforts to destroy it and the flue form which it inhabited. She is now, we verily believe, fast sinking to her grove—the wretched and miserable victim of her own tango. vernalale passion for riot, intoxication, and vice—not tile vice of dishonesty, for the unhappy creature, we believe, has never been charged with it—but the ruinous vice of unrestrained profligacy. Those who saw this pax being yesterday, and who had seen her before, could not help feeling fur her, in her apparently last stage of existence : even her greatest enemies, or rather opponents, the parish constables, forgot all her offences in their pity for her situa. tion. She was lifted by four men into a coach, which, according to the Al agistrate's directions, was ordered to drive at an easy pace to the Infirmary. CAUTION TO LICF.NSED VICTUALLER/L-0D Thursday, between ten and eleven o'clock at night, a genteel man, dressed in a brown surtout coat, drab-coloured duck trou sers, black waistcoat, low-crowned hat with bread brim, stout made, about 5 feet 7 inches high, apparently 33 years of age, having sandy whiskers, and a bundle tied up in a handkerchief, applied at the bar of Mr. Banks, of the Blue Posts, in the Haymarket, for a bed ; he was informed he could have one. He then went into the tap-room, took some bread and diem, drank a glass of ■lc, paid his reckoning and bed, and retired to rest about eleven o'clock. After the servants of the house had risen on the following morning; lie found hit way into the waiter's bed-room, took his best cloth trousers and waistcoat, with Is. worth of halfpence in the pocket ; from thence he proceeded to the females' apartments, took a handsome lace shawl, a lace cap, and a pair of silk stockings, and retreated to his own chamber, where lie packed up the above articles, together with the white counterpane off the bed in which he had slept, and about eight o'clock quietly walked down, met the chambermaid on the stairs, smiled, and wished her good morning. She did not observe the difference in the size of the bundle which he brought with him at night and the one be took away with him in the morning, and the gentleman gut clear o It was afterwards ascertained that the contents of the bundle which he brought with him was made up of hay, which he had put up the chimney. SUDDEN De ATR.—On Wednesday se'nnight Mr. Joseph Norway, solicitor, of St. Columb, rode into Truro about noon, in his usual state of health, and called on 11. IVil !yarns, Esq. of Lemon -street, where he staid to dinner. He complained of an affection in his head, ate but little, and, soon after the cloth was removed, raising his hand towards his head, he said, "I am very ill," and fell front his chair iu a fit of apoplexy. Medical assistance was instantly pro cured, and every means adopted that could restore the un fortunate gentleman, but in vain. He expired in about two hours after the attack,—Plymouth Asper . COROIV E RS' INQUESTL Yesterday evening an inquisition was taken at the Compasses Osborne street, WitWbit chapel,. before J. W. Usewiw, Esq.. the Coroner, on the body of Margaret Smith, a married wo man, aged 48. The inquiry excited considerable interest, as rumours had been in circulation that the deceased had suffered death by violence, In con. sequence of the appearance of a severe contusion on her head. There was no crideuee to show how this wound had been inflicied, by which, according to the testimony of the surgeon, her death was occasioned. Some friends of the deceased said, that she had been lately sub ject to fits. The Jury, after some consideration, returned the fol. lowing verdict—.. That the deceased's death was occasioned by an effusion of blood on the brain :" but bow that effusion was produced the evidence before them did not go to determine. The Coroner then addressed himself to the watchman, and said that it was the opinion of the Jury that his conduct was highly culpable—for had he either himself given or procured assistance, the life of the deceased might have been preserved. ECCIWTarc CttaaacTEß.—On Friday evening an inquest was held, before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq. Coroner, and a respectable Jury, at the Jolly Butchers, Brook's-market, Holborn, on the body of Mr. John Hall, an elderly gentleman, of singular habits, who was found dead in his bed on Thursday morning last. The deceased had lodged in a room by himself for a considerable time, anti seldom or et er would let any person into his apartment, which was never swept or cleaned. He was very irregular in his living; sometimes he would eat a great quantity of beef-steaks, and very frequently without either bread or vegetables, and was then observed Ito go a long time before he again eat any thing: at other times he would eat more than three dozen oysters at one meal, and had fre quently regaled himself, in lieu of food, with drinking from four to six quarts of porter at one sitting. There is no doubt he possessed Property, but to what amount is yet unknown, as are also his eels tions, it he has any. It was supposed by some persons who live in the neighbourhood that he had been a law-stationer. Ile formerly lived in the Oh Bailey. In his pockets were found 14 sovereigns, the duplicate of a gold watch, and some parchments and deeds, from which it appeared that he was the owner of the Bull public house, at the corner of Petticoat-lane, li'hitechapel. The room in which he died was in such a filthy state that the overseers of the pa. rich thought it necessary that it should be cleansed and fumigated previous to the holding the inquest ; and which was done pursuant to their orders, in the best manner the short space of time would admit, but even in the improved state, after being partially cleansed, the Coroner and Jury, on visiting it to take a view of the body, felt astonished and •liockect at the wretched dismal and dirty state of the apartment, and made an observation to that efliet. The first witness examined was Richard Samuel Gundrell, a lodger in the same house, who, being sworn, said he had known the deceased about three months. He believed deceased was a gentle man about 66 years of age ; never knew any one to wait on or assist him, as he would not let any person enter his room. On Monday evening saw him in the tap-room of the Jolly Butchers public-house, and thought he appeared very much wasted. On liretinesday, about noon, took him a basin of broth to his room, and asked him if he woul d like to take any. He answered—" Yes, and thank you too." He said he was very bad. The room was filled with filth and dirt. Deceased took the broth, and requested to have some porter. Witness fetched • pint, and he drank it directly, and said he felt better. Witness asked him if he would have any medical advice. Deceased replied—" No, I shall be better to.mor. row, and will go to a doctor." Witness went up to him about half-past seven o'clock in the evening. He then said he was better, and refused to have any tea. Witness told him if he should want any thing to knock, witness's room being immediately under the deceased's. About eight o'clock on Thursday morning witness went to deceased's room door, and knocked three times, but receiv ing no answer, looked through the key-hole, and saw deceased ding on the bed on his back, with his eyes closed, as if dead. The oor was on the latch. Witness opened it, hut, being alarmed, did not go in, but called his wife, and told her Mr. Hall was dead. He met the landlord on the stairs, and they both went into the de. ceased's room, and found him quite dead and cold. Mr. Comp ton, the landlord, took up deceased's clothes, and examined the pockets, and found some keys and some broken glass, a canvass bag. containing 14 sovereigns, and on the table lay a few shillings and some copper coins. lie immediately went with Mr. Compton to the overseers of the pariah, to acqwaint them with the death, and from thence to the beadle. Witness had no doubt deceased died a natural death. Ile lay, when found, in a composed state. De. ceased did not state any particulars of the complaint under which he laboured. Witness had no idea that he had received any Injury, or that he had done any thing to inure himself. John Compton, landlord of the Jolly Butcher, deposed that the deceased lodged in his house; that he had been in a declining state of health for the last three months. He did not know that be took any medicine. Saw him in the tap-room on Tuesday evening, where he sat some time. Observed the deceased broke very fast within the last two months. He appeared very low that evening. Vas not intoxicated. He retired to his room about eleven o'clock. The last witness came down in the middle of the day on Wednes day for a pint of potter for the deceased, and witness heard no more of him until lie was informed he was dud. He must have been dead some time, as he was quite cold when he first saw him. After a few observations tram the Coroner, The Jury returned their verdict—" That the deceased died by the visitation of God." An Inquest was also held on the evening of the same day, before the same Coroner, at the Guy Earl of Warwick, Belton -street, Long-acre, on the body of John iVilkinann, who dropped down dead whilst going down the stairs of the first floor in a house in Andrew-strcet. It appeared in evidence that the deceased and another young man had been assistiag to move his mother-in-law's goods, about eight o'clock on Tuesday evening. They had just carried a chest of drawers on the first floor, and were returning down stairs to fetch more of the goods, when the deceased, being first, suddenly fell, and rolled down the stairs. lie was taken up, and a surgeon fetched, who attempted to bleed him in both arms, but it was in vain, as he was quite dead ; and the surgeon was of opinion that he had ruptured a blood-vessel on the brain, which had caused a fit of apoplexy and instantaneous death. The deceased's face was dreadfully cut in the fall. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God." SOUTH A m rro x.—The local advantages which this port possesses over many others, both for mercantile pursuits and as a port for embarkation, are beginning to be strongly felt by our merchants, who are rapidly extending their trade, and adding as much as possible to the convenience of the community. No less a sum than fifty thousand pounds has been expended in steam vessels, of which we have now five at this port, forming a constant communi cation with France, the Isle of Wight, &c., and two more are on the stocks, intended for the Isle of Wight passage. Southampton having of late become a port of considerable importance for embarkation, attention has been directed to the inconvenience long experienced by passengers in landing and embarking at low water: and the proprietors of the various steam-boats have applied to the Commissioners of the Pier for a lease of the Break water, over which they purpose erecting a handsome chain pier, and now only wait the compliance of the Commis sioners to carry the undertaking into effect, sufficient funds being provided for the purpose. Further improvements are then determined on, by pulling down the houses at the bottom of French-street and Bugle-street, and thus throw ing open the whole line of quay extending to the intended pier. IRISH PROVISION CONTRACT.—II is curious, and, in deed, important, to mark the great advance that has taken place in the Provision Contract since the year 1822 ; during this period the contracts for Irish Provisions have been taken at the following rates:- 11122 - 17 6 1823 . . 13 0 1824 6 2 8 1825 7 12 6 Dublin Morning Port. _ ANCEcNT Aawoua.—A few days ago an ancient cuirau was dug up at East Brent, from a depth of five or six feet. It is in good preservation, and of unusual thickness and weight. There are no certain means of ascertaining the age to which it belonged, but from the circumstance of there having been a large Roman encampment on the Knowl in the immediate vicinity, taken in connexion with the depth at which it was found, it is quite possible that it once de fended the breast of a Roman warrior.—Fosse Strutt, one of the four grand Roman roads which intersected this king dom, passed through the level adjacent to Brent-hill.—De von port Telegraph. Those immense piles of stones, the rubbish of the late fires, which have ao long obstructed the High-street, have of late become a complete nuisance, from the prodigious co lony of rats which have effected a settlement among them. One day this week some boys killed a dozen of these dis gusting vermin. Troops of them may be seen, at all hours, peeping from among the stones.—Fdinbargh Paper. Jurr tw TIME.—On Wednesday morning last, Mr Hewit, the trunk-maker, whose shop is situated under the warehouse which was burnt down in Lord-street, Liver pool, applied at the Manchester Insurance office, in that town, for a fireman, to ascertain from whence the smell of burning which prevailed in his premises proceeded. The man, after making the examination, and finding, as he supposed, all safe, advised Mr. H. to insure his properly. This advice he was not slow to take, and repairing to the fire-office, said that he wished to insure his property to the amount of a hundred pounds ! " A hundred pounds," said the active agent, " you had better insure two hundred." " Very well," said Mr. Hewitt, " two hundred be it." The instructions were accordingly received for that sum, and before the ink was well dry upon the paper, the pre mise:l were burnt down.—Mor ning Paper. THE AR3fr. The three months' half pay due the 24th ult. will be ie come or payment on the 13th inst. The under-mentioned services, due the 24th ult. will be in coi n . of payment on the 13th inst. viz. General Officers' unattached par, and.royal bounty. The following services, due the 24th tilt will be in course of pay. ment on the 13th inst. viz. retired full and half-pay, military p er ., *ions to wounded officers, pay of Adjutants of Local Milli% allowances to retired Adjutants, and sergsant-majors of militia. Foreign half-pay, and foreign pensions. From henceforward the pennons to wounded officers will b , pa;. able quarterly, at the came periods as the retired pay, urged art half-yearly as heretofore. Detachments belonging to the following regiments marched Ter. terday from Westminster:—From the 31st, 60th, 3d. lath. 40 t . , and 48th regiments of foot. for Chatham; from the 6il•li regimen!, for Tynemouth ; from the 67th regiment, for Sunderland ; from the 4th and 11th regiments of light dragoons, for Illaidstone; from the 2d, 6th, 20th, 18th, and 44th regiments of foot, for Canterb ury ; from the 86th regiment, for Dover ; from the Royal Staff Carp s , for flythe; from the 70th and iteth regiments, for Winchester ; from the 52d, 53d, and 110th regiments, for Portsmouth ; from the 35th and 03d regiments, for the Isle of Wight; and from the 24 regiment of Dragoon Guards, for Dorchester. MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, hioxDAT, OCT. I During last week the supply of all grain wcs extensive, but wit had not many fresh arrivals this morning. Real line Wheat. b t.t k old and new, sold on much the same terms as on Monday, b.: the middling and inferior descriptions were heavy sale, and chts;eii. Prime samples of new malting Barley maintained their p : but any quality below that was difficult to dispose of, thong- offered at lower prices. We had not to note any material s a . nation in the price, of fine Oats, but the middling anus wet: certainly cheaper. Beans were Is. to 25.. Whits boiling pe. s. full 55., and grey ones Is. per quarter cheaper. Rapeseed zri Linseed without any material alteration in prices, but the la:::; article very dull sale. WHEAT. sent and Essex (red) 50. to 68s Ditto New . 60s to 666 Do. (white) . 50s to Ids Ditto, New . 65s to 72s Suffolk (red) 50s to 671 Ditto New . 60s to 616 Ditto (white) . 501 to 73s Ditto New . 64. to 70a Norfolk and Lincoln. shire (red) 50, to 604 Irish 46s to 526 RYE - 34. to 363 Ditto New -44 s to 46. Hog Maple White Boilers HASLET. Malting Ditto New Grinding -38 s to 40s . 42s to 44s 34s to 38. Peed, Essex &ken t 23s to 27s Lincolnshire 23s to 28s Yorkshire 23s to 28s Irish white 23s to 26s Ditto black 246 to 27s Poland, Lincolnshire 26s to 316 Yorkshire . 26s to 3ls Potato, Lincolnshire 28s to 32s Yorkshire 28s to 32s Scotch . 2116 to 34s Irish - 244 to 281 BEANS. Ticks, new Ditto, old Pigeon Ditto, old 401 to 43. ▪ 40s to 458 421; to 46s ▪ as to 483 485 to 47 1 48s to 4',s 42i to 0; 683 to Nit Milt. Essex Ms to 720, Ditto (brown) . 50s to tuc Suffolk & NOrfolk 56s to 721 Ditto, brown -50 s to Os DRANK. English Foreign 24 to SO* 24s to 30. PEASE. LINSZED English Foreign OATS. 423 to 464 331 to 38i REMPSEND. English (per qr.) 42s to 45s Foreign -42 a to 4.id _ TARES. EnglishWin.(pr qr.) 46a to 44, Ditto New - . 60s to 6k Foreign . 32s to Sts Ditto New - —s to —1 SEEDS. Rapeseed (per last) 271 to 291 ustardseed (brown) per bushel - 18! to 2C4 Ditto, white -16 s to 185 Clover, red (per cwt.) SOS to ;Os Ditto, white . 45s to ON Trefoil 20s to 265 Coriander . to —s Carraway 355 to 385 GUILDFORD, Oc Toor a 1. Vheat per 1. 111 Os to 201 15% Rye . 21 Os to 21 Os New ditto - 01 Os to 01 Os Barley . 11 190 to 2/ 4, Oats per qr. 11 8s to 11 14s Beans . 21 8s to 2114 , Old ditto . 01 Os to 01 Os Grey Pease 21 Vs to 2/ lil HERTFORD, OCTOBER 1. Wheat, per load of Beans per load 28s to 34. Svc bushels -40 s to 48s P 23s to ss, New - . —s to —s Rye . Sds to 3 , 4 Barley, per qr. . Sels to 47s Tapes - . 40s to 4's PRICE U . FLOUR. Town Made, per sack 51 - i - t - 1 - 60; i Norfolk and Stockton Os to 48a Seconds - 801 to Ma Bran, pe. qr. . Its to 14s Essex and Suffolk, on Pollan Fins . 16s to 2Q3 board ship -45 s to 50s PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis Is 101 d. for else 4th. Loaf. There are Bakers who sell from id. to 21d. below din rate. 8311TH - I'IELD, ItIONDAY, OCT. 3. We perceive no alteration in the value of Beef at this market tn-day : for the best sorts le. continues to be the general pr , ce, with a brisk demand for such ; but the middling qualities of the Lincolnshire short-horns are not purchased so readily as on Dion day last. Sheep are not in such numbers as of late, but .n - change of weather prevents any rise. The few Lambs here, the season for them being at its close, also go off on the terms oe the two last market days. We also keep the same for Veal. air though there are few Calves; but the supply of Poultry drs son, we bate no doubt, has a considerable effect on the marks:- Pork continues at 6s. • Beef . 4s Od to Si Od Veal . 5s Od to its llt I Mutton - ls Od to 51 2d Pork . 4s Od to 6s Lamb 4s 8d to es Od HCAD OF CATTLE THIS DAT : Beasts, 2,917 f Sheep, 19,480 I Calves, 136 I Pigs,llo HAY-MARKET. 41 10e Od to 51 Os 00 - Si los Od to 41 7. ed 51 Os Od to 51 lOs oA . 41 Os Od to 4/ 17s ed 11 les Od to 21 its Od Hay (Old) Inferior . (lover . . 1):tto (Inferior) Straw . . NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL—UIy the Cara.) Beef - Is 8d to 4s Od Veal . 3s 4d to 4s 8i I Mutton - 3s 4d to 4s 6d Pork . 4s Od to Is t 4 Lamb 4s Od to 61 4d PRICE OF POTATOES, OCT. 3. Yorkshire Kidneys . Cl 6s Od to 01 Os Od per Cwt. iFare . . - 01 4s 011 to 01 Os Od Middlings - - 01 2s fld to 01 3s Od PRICES OF U ST. JAMES'S. AND STRAW. WHIT ECHAPIL. Hay . 70s Od to V.6J (al Inferior . Od to —0 Ud Clover - 808 Od to Ms ud Straw . 38s Od to dis 041 nay - ifiTtici to 1051 Od Ditto (New) --a Od to —1 Od Clover . 70s Od to 126 s Od Straw -27 s Od to 48. Od PRICE OF HO] POCKETS. Kent . 201 Os to 221 Os Sussex . 181 lOs to 201 Os Esse: . 01 Os to 01 Os Farnham, fine 181 Os to 211 I PRICE OF TA UAW Town Tallow . 403 Cd Yellow Russia . 40s Od White ditto . 39. Od Soap ditto . 3118 Od Melting Stuff' . 35s Od Rough Ditto . 22s Od per Cwt. Ocr. 3. BAGS. Kent . 131 131 to 1611 O; Sussex . 131 Os to 141 10t Essex - 131 Os to 141 i--Seconds 161 Os to 181 Os SOA P, &c. per 112 lb. Yellow Soap • Mottled • Cord Graves Good Dregs 76 ol rill lid 86s 23. n O6 1 8. od PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Can d les in the retail shops is as folloryr: Candles, per dozen 6s Rd to 76 Moulds . . . Rs 6d PRICE OF LEATHER. Rest Dressing Hides 194 ID lid - - Common ditto . led to led __ ...... -..-...- - . Crop Hides, 35 to 331ba. Ditto 40 to 451bs. . Ditto 45 to 501bs. Calf Skins 35 to 401bs. . Ditto 45 to 551bs. Ditto 55 to 751bs. - Small Seal Skins - Large ditto - . Tanned Horse Hides . Spanish ditto . . lb+dw 141 4 Iwo 17 194 a 114 184 10 184 964 10 114 141 to 171 sod a 114 161 to lid 124 to 134 13d 10 184 COAL MARKET, Oc/. 3. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. PPM 224 Newcastle . . 12 - . 115 1 Sid 10 ell r. 6 Sunderland . . 6 . . 64 1 iid to as I" 1 Scotch Coal - - 1 . . Stla 0d 10 -4 '''' BIRTP. On the Nth ult. the lady of William Ince Anderto - , Euston Hall, Lancashire, of a on and heir. ;lIARHIED. On Thursday last, at Homey church, the Rev. 'Wm. P•M• grave, A.M., Trinity College, Cambridge, to Miss Sarah s IVhiteley, of Highgate, daughter of the late Rev. Jos. 1t 65 of lindr. DIED. After a few days' illness, at the Giant's Causeway, Ireland, di, Right honourable the Earl of Annesley 'Viscount tihrawle , Baron of Castle Wellan. The Ole and estates hare &rob , on the eldest son of the Honourable Robert Annesley. late at Antwerp. On Thursday, the 29th Sept: aged two years and seven math'. Edmond Peel, third son of Willutrn Yates Peel, Esq. M.P. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIM, THIS DAY. Mornings 13 min. after 6. I Evening, 42 min. •Rer --- - Printed at THE BRITISH PRESS Ofßee, by J.W.CAivrOX• WI, Strand, and rubbsbed by 8. Cat4roi, imam Pl°u' 4:.-- 1 .4 b , af Pi Pr to tt Fa me Ai let lioi Ise 1 and T• Pa PI 1V( stea clea "I Che ni Lor