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THE HARVEST. - For the last three weeks the weather has been as favour able for the labours of harvest as has been remembered by the oldest persons in this county ; in consequence, the far greater part of the corn grown in Cornwall has been already secured, in prime order. From every part of the county the accounts are most gratifying, both as to the quantity and quality of the gra's that has already bceu saved•—il id ?triton. We feel great pleasure in stating that the harvest in this county is nearly over, and that the produce is excellent both in quantity and quality.—Deroashil r Freeholder. A fortnight of more delightful hkrvest weather has never been known in this country than that which preceded Thursday last ; but on the evening of that day we were visited with a thunder-storm, succeeded by several heavy showery, which continued during the greater.part of the night. Yesterdarthe sky was overcast throughout the day, hat as no rain fell, it is confidently expt:cted that the reapers will soon to be enabled to maim: their important labours, and that much corn will be secured in the ensuing week. — By far the greater part of the grain is already cut down in the immediate neighbourhood'of this city, and a consider able quantity led off the ground in the best possible comb tien. Inallparts of Great Britain the present harvest pro mises to be one of the moat productive that has been known lei the memory of matt ; the reports from Ireland are equally febeerable, and upon the Continent the crops are stated to 4 :e 110 less abundant. Thus, not only in these kingdoms, tat throughout Europe, the supply of corn will be unlink, tai, and must bring with it not only a material fall of j.H•es, but also a reduction of the disproportioaate rents eii'l paid by fanners.—Carlisle Jeuriud. 1 1 .te weather still continues favourable to the harvest, during the last week immense quantities have been cut Weduesday and Thursday were uncommonly fine and hot days, and must have materially assisted In =pen rag such corn as is yet backward. The thermometer on the latterday was at so in the shade. In the afternodn the -.lee towards the west became obscured with heavy murky :curls, indicative of a thunder storm, which, at lialf-pastl tive, burst over this town. The stonn raged with fury till near eight o'clock : the lightning was very vivid and fre cut ut, and the peals of thunder loud and awful. From the sound of thurnier and direction of the lightning the s.eren appeared to be immediately above the river ' and at no yr. at distance. A very heavy shower of rain fell at the tornmenvernent of the storm.—Nerreasite Chronicle. A field of wheat reaped this week at Ileworth, belong ing o Mr. Russell, has produced the extraordinary crop of b t,t sheaves per acre , which are estimated to yield upwards of JO bolls of corn. Very little corn now remains unearned in the south of Devon. Excepting a little that was carried early, before toe fine weather, It is housed in excellent condition. The quantity and quality of this year's crop was never exceeded. Turnips and potatoes in that district are as fine crops as can be remembered. Cider is three guineas per laogshead. --Act-17*rue Mercury. The harvest is now general in this neighbourhood. Perhaps there never was a prospect of a more luxuriant crep of all sorts of grain than at present ; indeed the farmers acknowledge that they never knew a finer season. To use their own words, " Country is Full of Stuff." This is literally the case : and the r obahility of getting it well iu ice increased by the continuance of fine anti settled weather'.— West nturland 1 apex. The great bulk of the hat vest of this county (Stafford) safely gathered in fine condition. The oldest man living .trnie not remember a hay and corn harvest of such unin territpted fine weather, and such large crops.—Pullery Gazette. The weather not only continues dry, but is beautifully clear and warm. Thermometer 70. Barometer 20. A an at deal of corn has been innod in the best possible een ditien.—Glesgoiv Chronicle. A few days more will terminate the labouri of the 16: vest field in this district. We believe that general con tent and satisfaction at the abundant produce which has tres.n gathered in has crowned them, and we hope also as lenivereel gratitude to that Almighty Being to where: boun tiful goodness we arc indebted for it. Several samples of wheat of this year's growth were exhibited in our market on Saturday, and fetched 235. per bag. Their quality was excellent-01 'oree,ter Herald. The harvest has become very general in this county since the last fine weather; the crops are every where abundant, as.l of the best quality.—Carmarthen Journal. The farm , es in this district are busily employed with their harvest, and should the weather continue for another week es favourable as it is at present, the grain will be housed in the finest condition. The crops (except that of oats, which is said to be rather thin) are abundant, and of excellent quality. Two stems of oats have been brought to out office this week, one of which contained two hundred and fifty grains, and the other two hundred and seventy. They woe plucked in a field in the occupation of Jeliu Lacy, at Ferriby—lllill Advertiser. The people of this country, it would appear from the accounts received from the different parts of the kingdom, are doomed to suffer, fur another year, under, according to tho theory of my Lord Liverpool, that greatest of curses, a superabundant harvest. Every statement that we have seen gives the most flattering intelligence • the craps are every where exceedingly plentiful, and should the Lae weather continue, both the agriculturist (for we will it a have it that it is an evil fur him to have an excess of produce) and the consumer may anticipate one of the most successful seasons that has occurred for many years. In tits country the harvest has become general ; and in a short tme the harvest will be all got in. The only complaint that we hear (and as we hear only from the farmers, who neist complain of something, it is not, pri.rhapi, true to t. e full extent) is, that there will be a failure in cats, watch will be scarcely an average crop; but of every other , teseription of grain the crops are most abundant.—Lar nafft 'lle weather if it be not, on some days, almost too hot for labour, is extremely favourable for the harvest. From all quarters we receive the strongest assurances of abund ance. Within our own observation, the produce is as great, it Lot greater, than was ever remembered. A field of wheat in the immediate neighbourhood of Leith has yielded this year at the rate of 20 bolls per Scotch acre, being three nines as much as the last year's produce. and 24 bolls per acre more than that of any former season since it bas been under the superintendence of its preseut occupier.- I.diabarei Star. JEODUaG it, Act;. 31.—The harvest being now general in this neighbourhood, we had very few farmers in our market to-day; we have 11:aril only of one sample of new barley being told, 34 bulls, at 20s. per boll. SCIIIICITY or 1794.--In the year 1794, when the horror of impending famine aggravated the miseries of war, the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, at the econi mendation of his Majesty's 111inisti re, transmitted by ex press to Lord Teignmouth, then Governor-General of In /La, intelligence of the calamity that threatened Great Bri tain, desiring whatever aid the Government of India eclat] ripely. On receipt of the despatch, the Governor-General, with that profile:nude and energy which distinguished his administrmicm, exerted the influence of Government with such effect, that 16.000 tons of shipping, almost entirely _lndia-built. were freighted to carry rice to England; and were loaded and cleared from the port of Calcutta in less' than five months from the date of the arrival of the letter. 'This supply, with the exception of the casualties of the sea, strived most opportunely for the relief of the poor of Lon don, and reduced the price of that excellent article of food I r three-halfpence a pound. So extraordinary an exertion i; neither so widely known, nor so justly appreciated, as it Inuits. It is a circumstance which reflects the highest credit on all the parties concerned, and deserves to be recorded, in ,mice to declare to post'erity the vast resources of Great Bri tain, witiclrwas enabled to draw seasonable supplies of pro soiion for the relief of the metropolis, from colonies situated at the distance of nearly two-thirds of she equatorial cis ,aunference of the globe. Antateast Faassow.—Three men of colour were lately tried at Richmond, and found guilty of misdemca win, and ordered by the Court to be sold as slaves, and transported beyond the limits of the United States! As the people were leaving church on Sunday, th;.b inha bitants of Chancery-lane were alarmed by a heavy crash, ticsasioned by the falling of one of the houses adjoining to where the late disastrous fire took place. The house was uninhabited, owing to its dangerous situation. The ad knifing houses are in a similar state. POLICE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man of respectable appe.uance, who stated that he was a native of Hansel., and had been in the French and Spanish sea eke, applied to the Luau Lavoie for relief, the smallest portion of which would, he declared, be extremely ea-cep:able in his present starving and friendler condition. Ile had met one of the Lord Mayors sons the day before in the street, and been treated by him with great humanity, which he took care to make his Lordship ac quainted with in a letter which described his necessities and mis fortunes. He had been in the army of Napoleon from his 14th year up to the day of abdication, and had risen front the condition of a private to that of an officer of some rank. Ile had fought in several battles which terminated triumphantly for the liritiala troops, and had received several wounds. After the complete de thronement of Napoleon, he accepted the ogler of general amnesty made by Louis XVIII., and melds education was almost wholly military, he thought he could not better employ himself than in the service of the hereditary monarch, under whose banners he im mediately pieced himself, supposing that the government would be conducted upon those principle' of liberality which shewed themselves fur a moment when the Constitution of France was un dergoing an alteration. He was, however, disappointed in the hope of ening a liberal exercise of power, and was disgusted at those odious violations of solemn engagements and common huma nity, which marked the first years of the reign of Louis, and have been since found to be introductory of the present system, called " the Continental System." The conduct of France to the Spanish patriots fully proved to hint the necessity of abandoning a cause which was admitted to be a gross and indefensible interference. upon the part of the French Government, and he not only separated himself from the army of the invader, but joined that of the ira elided. At the period when it was supposed that the French troops would refuse to fight against the Spanish, this soldier was the man who advanced towards them with the tai-coloured flag, In the expectation that the cause in which he had embarked would as complish its obj,..ct of independence with the concurrence of the ranks of the aulverse party. llis confidence in the result, it is well known, was ill-founded. Upon the termination of the struggle of the Patriots, he was obliged to fly, ant! as England was the only country in which he could consider himself safe he CaUle to it, bat not without encountering F eat difficulties. The Lon I) Maio' said, he feared that as the applicant was a French subject, there was no Society to which his case could be re fereed with any great hope of success. Mr. Mating, however, of the Spanish Committee, would no doubt do all in his power for a person in such circumstances as had been deseribed, as the appii cant's efforts in the cause certainly entitled him to the wannest consideration of the Committer, it snow efforts could be proved to ' have been exercised. The applicant said he hid no friend in this country. He begged that the Lord Mayor "mild recommend him to some noinmerciid person to whom the services of one well acquainted with the Freneiand Spanish languages might be Important. The Loan Mayon - said, that a few gentlemen had associated themselves, for the purpose of making a temporary provision fa unfortunate expatriated foreigners in distress. Those gentlemen were now appealing to all who could feel for the situation of those exiled strangers who had ase:fficed their prospects , and lost their whole property in the attempt to ameliorate the politic institutions of their own country. But he believed the Italian refugees, of whom there were great numbers about the metropolis, were the persons pritickally under the consideration of the Committee. It was the intention to look out for situations for such of these re fugees as were men of education and aemmplishnients, as such re. lief would be more honourable, and more gratifying than any other. The case now before hint was certainly one with which all men of feeling would sympathise; and as he had sonic contributions which he was at liberty to apply to suffering and deserving objects, under such cireumstunt - s he would not hesitate to give temporary aid to his applicant. His Lordship put this promise into effect, and ad visited the applicant to go at once to the Spanish Committeeand state his claims. The applicant was grateful for the reception he had met with in his distress. The Society now forming, to which the Lord Mayor alluded, are furnished with a list of the names of the Italian refugees in Lon don who want relief, and an account of their former condition, their services, and their sentences in their men country. There are amongst them Colonels, Captains, 31agistrates, Councillors of the Public Safety, landholders, merchants, atc. Some have been thirty years in the Spanish service, served in eighteen campaigns, and received from live to eleven wounds, and numbers have been s entenced to death, banishment, bard labour for 20 years, &c. A CONVERTER OF TIIE JEws.—An chlialy man, named flummore, in dirty clothes, with a very serious countenance, which seamed incapable of being relaxed into a smile, was brought before the Loan Mayon, charged with having excited a great disturb ance in llotnidstlitch, by preaching to the Jews upon the absurdity of their creed, and endeavouring to convert them to Christianity. The officer who apprehended the prisoner said, that he hail been in the hank, for several Sundays, of coming into Houndsditch, stationing himself in the highway, and calling upon the Jews who lived there to become Christians like himself. The cease, although .me of pleasantness and peace, began at length to produce exceed ingly unpleasant breaches of the peace; and the witness baimi it necessary to take the preacher into custody. and give hini an nr porinuity of correcting the vicious propensities of the nightiy eisit , rs of the watthhotrcc. '1 he Louts 31avon—Does lie get the Jews to come and hear hint ? The Officer—Oh, yes, my Lord, they come about in put numbers, to have a bit of fun with him. The onn 11AYOR-11as he converted any of them ? Officer—Not he, my Lord, he has nut the power to angst them. Preacher—No, but the Lord has ; he can give and he can rake away. %Veer. as reeds its his hand, to be broken by the wind of ' his wrath. When called upon by the Loon 314 , z0it to state what his trade was (for his hands bore testimony to exertions rot at alf cansisteat with a pulpit life) he seal hr had twenty years ago obtained a licence to preach, but he admitted that the moments which were not di rectly applied to the service of God, he devoted to the cobbli..g of shoes. Ile was not himself fond ~ speaking of himself, for Its thought In all humility, but he could bring forward many who could, if it were necessary, swear to the piety of his ways. Of all , points in religion that of convening the Jews to Christianity struck him as the most important : because he wished to make the popu-' lation of London respectable by putting an end to the bad course of that profligate and vagabond ►ace of beings. Long had he la. boured for that object, but his efforts had been hitherto unavailing like " sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal." The Jews were an obdurate people. They were not to be convinced, although lie had with the assistance of several zealous christians, circulated te►ta. ments and tracts in Hebrew amorgst them. lie, however, our. Wend it still his dirty to convey his knowledge to them. Ills in. _ty to.._ .strowiedge to me... __ tendon was v ery good, and Providence, which was all the same as the Lord— The Loan MAYOR said, that those who undertook to convert the Jews must pursue that object in a peaceable manner, and not raise mobs in the streets, and disturb others in the exercise of their reli;ions worship on the Sabbath. Preacher—Providence. my Lord— The LORD MAYOR (proceeding)—fly such a course as he (the preacher) pursued, be defeated what he professed to Imre for his object, by throwing ridicule upon the doerine. Prelic&T-11 ear me a few words—Providente, my Lord— The LORD MAYOR—It is quite unnecessary. You must pnr. sue your object in a lawful manner—by those modes which are not calculated to raise disturbance. You may esercisc your powers of canvertinf . in meeting houses ; and ycu ••sv print and assail the Jewish k :nth everywhere except in the open air, where your attack is likely to produce nothing but uproar. Preacher-1 am called upon by Providence to— The LOUD MAYON—II 1 discharge you, will you promise to aharidon the practice of stationing yourself where you have been found ? . . The Preaches, slier a pause, connected to make the promise. he assured the Lord Mayor, that if the boys could be prevailed upon fiat to drown his voice, his success would be decisive. lie was taken from the bar in the beginning of a vehement ad. dress to Providence. GUILDHALL. No business was done at this Justice-mom yesterday, and it is with moth regret we have to state the cause—the sudden and se rious illness of the Magistrate win had undertaken to attend. Sir Claudius Hunter, the Alderman on the rota for the "ink, had, previoosly to his leaving town, engaged Mr. Alderman Key to take the business of tte Justice-romp fur him, and It was not until the latter end of last week that the M'otthy Alderman had reason to entertain any apprehension that he should be unable to fulfil his engagement. yerling himself, however, on Saturday, while at his house at Denntark•hill, so very seriously indisposed as to render his attendance extremely doubtful, &communication to that effect was immediately made to Mr. Beresford. the Chief Clerk at this office, and every exertion was used by him, and also by Alderman Key's own Clerk.. to procure the attendance of sonic other 31agistrate for ys'terday, but without PUCCTO, scarcely an Alderman being in town. In this dilemma, though almost too ill even to indulge the hope, Mr. Alderman Key seat word that be would, if possible, attend himself; his clerk, however, on going to Denmark-hill early on y cuterday morning, found him, we are sorry to say, so touch worse, that it was not likely l,•e could be able to leave his bed. The Loan Mayon, on being informed of the Worthy Alder man's indisposition, most readily consented to take the Justice. room business ; anti the prisoners, to the cumber of twanty-six, were accordingly conveyed before him at the Mansion-house. BOIV-STREET. Ye •terday Jlrr. S rots, alias Foster. alias Bro w se, alias lf'i!liana, alias Juned (tor under those rations titles the lady has condescended to make herself known to the public), was brought up from Eagle-street watch-house, in the custody of John Strip ling, watch-house-keeper, charged with most contemptuous testa ment towards that class of society denominated tradespeople. The lady wall dressed in as becoming a style as could be anticipated. for " sixty years of age ;" and, with the exception of a quantity of brick-dust on one check being completely eclipsed by the " rouge las noir" on the other, permatently established by those indelible eigrsvers, Hodges and (:0., she was a very foie F.Kcimen, consider ing that these are Bartholomew tints.' rhe lady excited con siderable sympathy in thsoflice, and very deservedly, as but a short' time ago she was bmuelit up, eh egad with passing a bad ball. mown for a good shouldir of mutton. It appeared in evidence, that the priscoew hied Taken lodgings in Southampton-row. Bloomsbury, at the vulgar rent of•Si guineas per week. She certainly kep ; her suite 51 seri ants ; but they were ehiellromnailotetl out of bet own family. One son appearing in the capacity of footman, .inotha of sroool-4hus bringing nobi lity into disgrace.. Tha nutn"we as well as avocations of the different persons whw apprareel to prder their complaints aZoinst her, were highly dero witory to a lady of her rank. An elderly woman, from a chandler's shop, deposed, that she had trusted etc prisoner to the amount of 12s. ; and but for a trick she played her in carrying offsomepowderod blue, she never should have noticed her. Butcher., hakers, and other purveyors of the " pabulum viler." then stepped forward to ori'cr their inilignitics to this respectable female. The Magistrate, however, in consideration of theireatment she received about the bad half-crown and good shoulder of mutton, took her under his especial protection, and transmitted her, whit a confidential .friend, to Clcrkinwell prison, for a week, when he hop al again to sec her all the better for the change of air. . Another proof of the gond which often results to various ways from the publication of police retorts, has been furnished u. tee, recent use of Margaret Jones, the poor woman who, a shot: time no, was charged with stealing • small quantity of bacon Irmo the shop of Mr. Careless, in Clare-alma Sir R. Dirnie has rteeived onwards of 701. for the use of the poor family ; and the etatt.y Magistrate having undertaken to see it properly appropriated. so that they may derive pernament benefit tiom it, lie hu, as a lirst step, given them sufficient to enable the husband to purchase a loom (he is by trade a Itingettiaker), and sufficient furniture to ' place them in humble but comfortable circumstanciv. fie is pur-' suing his honest calling, and his wife is endeavouring to establish a little green grocer's shop, so that there is every prospect that this' couple will be enabled to rear their little ones (there ars three of them) in comfort and apparent respectability. Mrs. Jones called yesterday at this office, at d received • further advance for necessary purposes. She was plainly and neatly attired, and seetr.a fast re covering her health and strength. • Yesterday Wm. Sutherland, a boy about II yearaof age. was brought up, charged with stealing • watch, the property of s young man named Dart. One of the day patrol met the prisoner on Thursday tnen.;ng List, in Oxford-stion, and saw hint take out a watch front Lis pocket and laok at it, cheating to himself, " My eyes, what a Mr. Jackson. a violent blow a ith his fist. and made suds a noise a nice one !" The patrol put some questions to him, and he gave, to disturb the whole congregation . . ~ such prevaricating answers, that he took him into custody. He ! The prisoner was (mimed to pay Ji. for being drunk, and find subsequently discovered that the watch had been stolen from the bail for the assault. chintney-piece of Mr. Dart, a green-grocer. rear Manchester. ITNIQN HALL. square. II 0R 3 E.S 'V EAL I N o .—Yererday, John Wimme,hy, hating The prisoner was fully committed. the appearance of a Smi.htield doakey dealer, was brought be- A young Irishman made an application to Sir R. Illmie far ad- i fore H. Kent no K J. C 1 Sarm 1•31113F.11S, Esq., charged with stealing several horsed , d an . vice, under these circumstances. A person calling himself " Sir Thomas bownde y Esq., of Dorking, Surrey, stated, that on the Charles Farrington, Bart." engaged him as Ins valet, and proposed 1 lfith of December last, a grey gelding was stolen from his paddock, to be about to depart for a tour on the Continent. Ile assured the i near Darkin,n. Soon afterwards he had information front a man applicant that lie should accompany him wherever he went, and named Steed, that a horse answering the description of his, had he treated him altogether with a° ninch kindness, and seemed so most fortunate fellow alive.been offired for sale by the prisoner at Rumford Fair, about a perfectly the gentlemen, that he (applicant) thought himself the .. Sir C harles it was sojourning pt w_...e.e.ekredbefilrele --'ding. . Mr. Luwedes added, that he had since !c -hi* boxes, containing Jauttay's Hotel, Leicester-aquae, and thither the applicant took "" his hide all. In a very short t i me e. si r _John 5t stated, that lie saw the prisoner at Rumford Tait in December last. Ile was leading a grey gelding up and down the Charles." under one pretext (mother, borrowed ail the money that Cattle Fair. Witness ermined the horse closely, and demanded the applicant happened to be posse...nal of, and suddenly diem). of the price of it. The prisanee said, that he could not take under paired, leaving his bill at the Hotel unpaid. r 3. guineas, and he soon afterwards disposed of the gelding to a the Hotel now detained the applicant's trunks for trorePprieretrndedn in the Fair, for that sum. Baronet's unpaid account. The 3IAGISTIATE inquired whether the witness had SOW the Sir R. BIIiNIE said It was an extremely hard case , but ha thought that the pretor of the hotel would give up the applicant's hoese since it was recovered. Upon being answered in the nags. opri tire, Mr. Chambers said, that it would he renewers to prove that trunks upon a proper representatian being made to him. T ris h. fact in order to have a clear case of borseostealitig against him. Taunton, the officer, this went to Jautiay's with the poor • It was stated, that a valuable bay horse had been stolen from man, but we did not !turn the Fault of his application. Gen. Milner's Park, the moth subsequent to that on which slr. ••• This " Sir Charlestarringion," is doubtless the same spark Lowndes had been robbed. who has under that assuthad title been swindling several trades. Jam Lucia. coachman to General Milner, stated, that a bay men, as stated in the 31arlborougli.street police report, last week. mare, abort 11 hands high, had been taken front the General's Park, at Mitcham, in Surrey, on the lath January. Witness went HATTON GARDEN. to Smithfield, where lie ascertained that the prisoner had sold a horse Ilnrminsewr 1111.r.seme—VoncrdcY. a gentleman andma d e R P' of this description at Homford Fair. He traced it to the possession plieation to Mr. Liana the Magistrate, for aurtee redress, of a man named Brown, at that place, but at Chelmsford the Ma. un tie t he following circumstances : gistrate's Clerk obliged to resign the horse, intimating that he Hc stated himself to be a solicitor of Furnival's-Inn, and about three weeks since took a suits of a partments in the house of a lady I witness) had no business with it until the thief was committed. The linear, he added, was still at Chelmsford. in Great Ormond-street, tot Isis family, consisting of himself, a Steed, the person who witnessed the former sale at Romford, wife, and a friend. The applicant was to pay three guineas per stated, that be saw the prisoner sell the brown mare at Romford, a week, which sum was to be paid quarterly, by a written few days after it had been stolen. In this case, as the first, Steed agreement between On: parties I accordingly, matters went on very b u d not seen t h e h one s i nce i t h a d b een recovere d. comnirtably fur the iiiiiresidd space of time, until, at the beginning Several other persons, who had horses stolen in the above counties, of last week the landlady demanded ready-money for the use of now pressed forrard ; but the Magistrate observed. that he would her furnished apartments, and took every method of enforcing her remand the prisoner until Steed saw the horses belonging to lien. demand • applicant, and his lady, were denied the use of candles, Milner and Mr. I.owndes ; and if he identified them, he, (the Ma. coals, and every other requielte usually found In lodgings. It not gistrate ) would commit him for trial. being convenient to the parties to pay the demand thus abruptly A fellow named fleard.m, well known at this and other Police made, they suflered the greatest privations ; and on returning tile Offices, was brought up., when a constable stated, that he saw the other night from the theatre, in the carriage of a lady, they were prisoner, whom lie had known as a dangerous character, loitering debarred entrance to their own apartments, which were locked about one of the streets in Lambeth, and as he mutt: nut give an against them, consequently the gentleman was compelled to take account of himself, he took him to the watchhouse. his wife to a common tavern to sleep, and on applying for the Reardon here exclaimed, " Your Worship, if I was ever so well dresses of the female, they were refused. inclined, I was incapable of committing any depredation, for I was' The Magistrate desired to see the articles of agreement, and after ton drunk." having perused than, said he was sorry it did not lay in his power The 31 AG IST mar E asked if he appeared to be intoxicated ? to render the applicant any service. The constable said, that tie was confident Reardon was as well Stranger—Really I inn very unpleasantly situated. Sir George able that night to break open a house as ever he was in his life. FAH tt.tx,r rerommendel mac to apply at this office, it not being The prisoner—" Is it likely that I could do any thing the same within his jurisdiction, night ? I declare to your Worship I was as harmless as a child, dir. bar x n—The best way to settle your disputes, will be to pay not being able to handle a `jemmy e that shews I was in liquor 1 the woman her rent. besides, 1 means to keep out of trouble now as long as I live, Stranger-1 shall not receive any money for two months to come, for I have had enough of it ; and I ant now trying to be honest, II end this circumstance was known to the person when I engaged I can " her apartments . Mr. Ones:of:as said, that if any person would step forward , 31r. LAI NO....Vey likely ; but I dare say the woman has her who would promise to give him eumloymeut, he should have legal advisers. another chance. Stranger—Yes, there Is a little dirty fellow always at het elbow. A respectable tradesman then said, that he would give him a Mr. Lal)7G-1 - ou say you are a solicitor yourself, then you trial. , must know that I have no power to assist you ; the remedy lies in The prisoner was discharged, i an action. —........ 1 Stranger—l intend to bring two rail:ins tgainst her, one for the trnasand the other tar damages. s gentleman would have dwelt upon his misforrines for a great space of time, but the business of the office being pressing, be was dismissed. lIRENTI:WiI) BRIDGE. This bridge is a very ancient structure, for the main tenance of which a pontage was granted by Edward the, , First, in the year 12e0, and afterwards continued by Ed ward the Third and Richard the Second, for limitid pe riods. Though one of the greatest thoroughfares in the kingdom, its awkward situation and unskilful construction have long been the tenor of the traveller and the reproach of the Magistracy of Middlesex. Serious accidents have frequently happened there, and his late Majesty had n:ore than once been delayed for a considerable time in his pro gress from Windsor to St. James's. At length these evils are likely to be remedied by the erection of a new bridge at the expense of the county. The first stone was laid on 'Friday last, with the usual ceremony, by Colonel James IClitherots ' a very active and respectable Magistrate, whole ' ancestors for 130 years past have resided at Boston-house, din the vicinity of Brentford. The band of music belonging to the 7th Hussars pre ceded the procession ; the beadles and high constables led the way, followed by the clergymen of the adjoining ea- Ashes. Col. Clitheroe followed, supported by Magist. ate s of the county, the Churchwardens of Brentford, Ealing, and Isleworth, and a large number of respsetable inhabi tants of the several districts, with the petty censtables to preserve order and regularity. After depositing a few coins, the first stone was laid in the usual manner, and a suitable address delivered to a numerous assemblage of' both sexes, who attended to winless the ceremony, and fortned a very interesting ste c tack. The national anthem of " God save the King " having been played by the band, the procession returned in the same order to the Three Pigeons Inn, where a large party sat down to an elegant dinner; and after many ap propriate toasts and songs, the company separated at a late hour, highly gratified with the proceedings of the day. The bridge is to be of one arch, the materials of the beat granite, and the style of the whole simple and substantial. The situation, both as respe.ts the current of the river and the direction of the road, is very judicious: but the 'ap proach at the eastern extremity is much obstructed by three or four mean houses on the north side, which, by in• tacepting the view, and impeding the free access, mete rially injure the beauty and utility of the bridge. These houses, it is to be hoped, will be speedily removed, and thus render the new bridge a credit to the Magistrates and the Trustees of the road, and an important advantage to the neighbourhood=ltt the public.. Amon g st the meditated improvements in our Met:opolis , that of ta king down the brick wall along the Bayswater side of llyde Park, and substituting in its place an iron railing, is not the least desirable. If the footway to the last gate at the Kensington entrance were made passably level, for young lovers, or elderly persons of both sexes, who go to the gardens for pleasure or amusement, we have no doubt that a great public convenience would be ob tained. Kensington Gardens deserve every attention, as they arc conducive to the health of all ages, and deserve a notice from all those persons who cannot taste the fresh air except on Sundays, and whom we invite to recreate in so agreeable a sojourn after the week's avocations. The fresh air may there be found; delightful associations may be renewed; and Leigh Hunt himself might say (and with much truth), that however fashion may incline, nature is best consult ed—sympathy best improved—and the judg ment most strengthened, by looking " through nature up to Nature's God." THE ARTIFICIAL SPIDER:Ca I piece of burnt cork, about the size of a pea, in the fonn of a spieler ;—make its legs of linen thread, and put a grain or two of lead into it, to give it more weight; suspend it by a fine line of silk between the arch, and an excited stick of wax. Wet TO ESCAPE raox a Mall Be the bull pur sues, throw yourself down on all fours; chuck the flaps of your coat over your head, and utter a loud shout ; the bull will turn on his heels, and the fright will be mutual : as to tame cows the trick may be played with impunity ; they will dance off in ludicrous curvets, whisking their tails in the air, as if a bunch of nettles were close th ereby abiding. PERNPIR•TION.—In a state of perspiration the surface of the body is colder than at any other time, for this reason —the fluid is secreted for the purpose of bathing the skin, and is in itself cold, thus counteracting the exe..ss of heat generated in the body, either by exertion or otherwise. When however the shirt becomes wet by it, it should be changed, for it keeps up a greater degree of cold than name intended, by retaining such a quantity of the per spiratory fluid.—Medical Adviser. A young gentleman of the name of Smithson was drowned yesterday morning, immediately Move the Wit House, Bat tersea. He had hired a boat at Vauxhall, and was bathing in the middle of the river, when he soddenly disappeared and never rose again. It seems that he was an expert swimmer, and it is conjectured that the cramp had seised him. THE EARL OF FIFE'S CAUSE.--It will be recollected that this cause, so highly important in regard to the law of Scot land, relative ma the execution of deeds and instruments, by a per son said to be labouring under the defect of 'Won at the thus, and equally important to the present Earl of Fife, the one party; and the trustees of the late Earl, his Lordship's uncle, the other party ; the sum At issue, depending on the decision to be ultimately pro nounced, being upwards of 28,0001. a yeti, was heard at great length in the House of Lords; and after the most able and ingenious ob servations by the Lord Chancellor and Lord Redesdale, on the subject of inatroments, the Court of Session in Scotland were di. reefed to send an issue to a Jury, to try whether the deeds of trust. diaposition, and entail, of the 7th of October, MS, sought to be , reduced, being in law probative instruments, were not, or either of, them was not, the deeds or deed of the deceased James Earl of Fife; and whether the deed of alteration of the 12th of Nov. Its/, sought to be reduced, being in law a probative instrument, was not the deed of the Earl of Fite. It is understood that this important trial will take place in the Jury Court in Edinburgh 04 the November next. MARLBOROUGH STREET. John Arpkby, a boy about Li years of age, was charged by Jas. Jackson, an apprentice of Mr. Mitchel, butcher, NS, Oxford street, with having robbed him of a silver watch, chain and seals, which having been proved, he was fu:ly committed, and the parties bound over to prosecute. A young woman of very respectable and prepossessing appear ance, was brought front St. Pancras watchhouse, under the follow ing distressing circumstances:— Clements, one of the officers belonging to this establishment, stated, that admit six o'clock on the evening bethre, he was passing through the Regent's Park, and, as he approached the basin of the ('anal, he saw this yuurg woman plunge front the batik into the water. Before he arrived to her assistance, two labouring men, who were working near the spot, had jumped in after her, and were then struggling in the water; and, so great was the resistance she °ford them, that, as neither of them could swim, Clements feared she might escape from their grasp and be lost, and was preparing to jump in to their assistance, when they dragged her ashore. It took some time to recover her sufficiently to make any inquiries re specting the cause of her rash attempt, and, when slie was asked, she refused to give any account of herself( but said that, if suffered to depart, she would go directly home, and think no more of her misfortune. The people who had collected thinking her sincere in her repentance, she was suffered to depart. Clements, however, did not place such confidence in her promises. and determined to watch her. She directed her comae towards the Jess' harp Ta vern, by the end of which she concealed herself until she thought the Officer quitted the Park. Clements, suspecting her object, also concealed himself. In about ten minutes she emerged from her hiding-place, and, it being now quite dusk, she proceeded, with a hurried and detem.ined step, towards the Canal. Clements fol lowed unperceived, close behind her, and, just as she was about once more to plunge into the water, where there was no chance of her being saved at that hour, he seized her by the arm, and she fainted away. This humane officer, after restoring her, determined to leave her no longer to her own guidance, but conveyed her di rectly to the watchhouse of St. Pancras, where Mrs. Cousins, the watchhouse-keeper's wife, paid the poor creature every attention, gave her dry clothes, proper nourishment, and put her to bed. The ur.happy young woman expressed her gratitude, but still declared her determination not to survive the cruel treatment of her hus band, to whom she had been but a short time married, and whose conduct drove her, she said, to her rash resolve, The Magistrate approved of the totainane conduct of the officer, and ;hose at the watchhouse, and questioned the unhappy young woman as to the cause of her rashness. She with much reluctance told her husband's name, confessed that she had acted hastily, and thanked those who had preserved her life; which, after a feeling admonition front the Magistrate, she solemnly declared she would never again attempt to destroy. Her husband was sent for, and in a short time a young man of genteel appearance entered the other, deeply affected, and, atter thanking all who were concerned in the • preservation of his wife, she was delivered to his care, when they left the office together in a coach. LA MBET 11-ST REE T. Yesterday Mr. Nicholls, the proprietor of several staige-coaches paying to a,..d from Stratford, appeared before Sir D. N t t.LIAMS, to answer to an information laid against him by Wise. a noted in former, charging him with having, on the outside of one of his coaches, on the 24th of August, two passengers more than the Act of Parliament allows. This ease was allowed to stand over since Friday last, at the request of Mr. Descor, who attended as solicitor for Mr. Nicholls, in order to give him an opportunity of bringing forward some of his witnesses, who were '.''en in the country. This was acceded to by Mr. Nicholls paying the informer's two witnesses ten shillings for their day. The parties all appeared ytsterdsy, and the evidence was about to be taken, when Mr. heacor discovered that neither the name of the coach-owner or the driver, was inserted in the information. ‘Vitaeitaid It was an error in tilling it up. Sir DANIEL WILLIAMS remarked Mat it was an error that was fatal to the present Information, if the parties did not wish to ac. kr.owledge that they were the persons for whom it was intended. Mr. Dftaw, after consulting with Mr. Nicholls, said, that under the circumstances Itis client would nut ackuuwletli,se to being the party meant. The information was accordingly distnisaed, and Wise ordered to return the ten.shillings to Alr. Nicholls. ' George Darts, relies a respectable-looking man, was brought before the .Magistrate, charged with having created a disturbance in St. f icomc's church during divine service on the preceding even ing, and issitimlating a violent assault on one of the beadles. Cooke, 'ha sexton belonging to the church, stated, that the prisoner came Into the aisle of the church during the service, in a state of extrema Intoxication, and after staggering about for sonic time he at length fell, and his hat, which he kept on till then, rolled off. That be, the witnow, remonstrated with him on the int_ pmpriery of his conduct, but it was all to no purpose. lie then called Jaeksoti, a beadle, to his assistance, to remove him from the chinch, and daring thu forcible ejectment the prisontr struck MARKETS. CORN EXCIIANOE, MONDAY, SEPT. We have been but thinly supplied with Wheat since week, but there being a considerable portion of the two pre.;,...„:' wleks' supply still unsold aon the whole, we have &large a-• hand, fur which there was but little demand to-day, at tt of 3s. to 4s. per quarter from the currency of last Slottday ; scruples of new at market were of middling quality, and mid at Ws. to Ms, per quarter. Barley was COMll , :eribt• cheape r . fit. 7 the exception of foreign, the supply of (htii has fiern sett. tri?.i3r since last Monday. Good fresh I:urn sold readily thi. , a reduction of about Is. per quarter from this thy week. p;',„,, of Deans no variation. Some tow boiling Petite appeate,i, sold for 3.:W. per quarter. being much watittd. Lintz.tl Z3e. R.. seed both exceedingly heavy sale and cliespar. . _ truer. & Essex (red) 401 to fat Ditto (white) -44 s to Geo Suffolk it Norfolk (rail) Ditto (white) . NOMI Country Irish !in; BEANS.. ricks I lanows Ihei S(A Small 40s to 53.1 431 to 641 Ala to 601 • 411, to 52% . . 36, to 43s 'ARLEY. to A: 4 M r, Malting . tiriading . 31M to 32s 24s to 27s OATS. Feed, Essex 17s to 21s Lincolnshire His to 21s Yorkshire 19s to 22s Irish . 17a to AI% Poland, Lincolnshire 19s to 22. Yorkshire -19 s to 23, Potato, Lincolnshire 20s to 24s Yorkshire 21s to 244 Scotch . 22s to 27. Irish . Ills to 211 PEAS. Hog 32s to 33s Maple Grey . 34s to :ila White . 20, to 32x Boilers, . 36s to 38s OUILDFOR. When*. per 1. 131 Os t. 1E to New ditto . ill 11Os to 14 Oat. per qr. It Ss to Old ditto . el Os to Oil MALT. Norfolk (pale) Suffolk & Essex (do.) S le Ditto (brown) - Loglith Foreign LIRA>. K. LINSEED. Engfieh Foreign 44i to C s AN to ;R. NUM:SECO. English (p71:1;17; 23: to 2% 6E1:01. Yte (d d (per qr.) U s to 3 6 Foreign itto) ;;7, llsobsedeeed (brown) bu.hel - D to IA itto (white) - Ils Clover (red) pa cwt. 49s to Gus Ditto (white) . 4Os to Ws ` Trefoil bis to 24 I Carrawaystcsl thew) 46. to Qs Corbodcr - Ifs to 16. 1 Tares ds 01 to is G 1 3). 8E1.1% 4. _ Ilya . 11 lie to ft is Hord* - 11 14i to 111;11 Berm . 11 Ifis to 41 I t the! Pas - 21 Os to 24 4t HERTFORD, Err; Wheat, per load of Boas. per C.: bushels -32 s to 40.. Pea . New . . 30s to --a Nosily, Barley, per qr. . • 30s to Us 21s to Fig • 221 to :111 th to 24s S3IITIIFIELD, Mown*lr, SEPT. C. The market to-day is well supplied with Cattle. and would Fare been still more so but for holding Bartholomew lair, which, how. ever, from admirable arrangement, is attended with less ronfosice than in any former year. Beef goes od' on the same taws as Ise week, as do all other articles, and ar a tolerably brisk demaadia the whole. Beef . 3s Oil to ds 2d I d Veal - 3s 44 to Ss ad 3luttog . 3s Od to 4, 4sl Pork - 3i ea W At 53 Lamb 3s to 3s 4d HEAD OF CATTLE THIS DAT Beasts, 2,600 I sheep, 24,240 Calves, 200 j Pigs, 204. HAY-CIA it Hay (nklk . 4/ los 04 to 3/ Os Od blew Interior . 3/ 1k Oil to 41 4. 04 Clover (Old) - Ins Od to GI On Od Ditto (ILfaior) . 41 Os 04 to SI On 04 Straw - 21 doe Ad to 2114 s Od NEWOATE AND LEADENHALIe—OIy the Canon. Dee . 21 Id to 3s 4d I Veal . 31 U') to 46 U Mutton . 3d to 3a NJ 34 Od to is It Lamb 34 to ds Od PRICE OF BREAD. The highest Prier ;el1;QT; titeiletropolis it Ipjd. for to four-pound boat. There are others who sell from a halfi.eary u three halfpence below that rate. PRICE OF POTATOES, Sirs., t New Potatoes 3s Ud to is Od per Cwt. PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW. ST. JAME OS. ECIISPEL. nay - Od to 110 s Od Hay . 90s 04 to Ilk Ditto (New) lAN Od to 05a Od Inferior - --a MI to .-411 (loves - 814 Od to 110. MI Clover . IM to 110,1( Straw . 523 rkl to .57s Od Straw . :Os 01 to EAR PRICE OF RAW I Price by Tallow (u stated bj lT per Stone of Bib. tire Tallow Maras). Br 1$ PRICE OF TALLOW. Elf/AP, ete. per 11Sb. Town Tallow . 30. Od Fellow Soap . Pt al Yellow Russia . 37. Od Mottled - Pis Ili White ditto - ills Od Curd . 11 - b 114 Soap ditto . Ilas Od Graves . Melting Stuff . 1110 s Od Good Dregs Ditto Rough . Ito Od is, el Es hi Pit ICE OF CANDLES—TaIIow Chandlers' liaa. Price of Candles. per damn. Ms ral Moulds, lOs td Sixpence per dozen allowed for ready money. N.B. The prices in the general retail shops are from 7i to 8.1 per pound. Pit ILE OF HOPS, per Cwt. SEPT. 6. Old dot laid at 170,0001. Prices not yet sett!—New Hops expected in al)out a rack. RAW HIDES. Best Heifers and Steers, I OldisarY - fsl r> Cs M per stone .3s 2d to 3. ld Market Caleas (tad) Cr 03 Middlings . 2s 10d to as Oil SHEEP SKINS. Downs, Os Od to Os Oil Polled, .; Od I Shearlinga, Iftd to 2.3 Feils, Os 04 is Gs Od J lambs, 23 Od to f.s Rd PRICE OF LEATHER, per lb. Butts, 50 to 50Ibs . . . 214 to DI Ditto, 50 to Arabs . - -21 d so Da Dressing Hides . .. - . Mid to 11l Fine Coach Hides . . yod to 214 Light Crop Hides, foe Cutting, 33 to 10Ibn • via to Ira Ditto, 45 to 50Ibs . . . . Did to I'll Calf Skins, 3$ to 401bs . . Did to 40 Ditto, MI to 70Ins . - . . 24.1 to 174 Ditto, 70 to tittlbs . - - -. 224 to lA4 Small Seat (Greenland) - - . Ifld to lid Large Ditto . . - - led to ltd Tanned Horse Hides 124 to Pia Spanish Horse Hides . . - 13.1 to lad ---. TRICY. 3ls . 3 1!a na , IFI 3ls Od In) U COAL. MA I:KEr, Serr. 6. snips AT MARKET. ►ll11•S SOLD. 24 Newcastle 11 Sunderland 2 Calm • Ft nie.—A few minutes before twelve o'clock on SurAlay night, a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Knight. stesPert" master tailor, living at 19. East-street, Red Lion.square: the dames bursting out at the first-floor windows alarmed the neigh!Yoarhool. and the cry of " fire," and the springing of rattle, ranged several watchtr.en, constables, patrols and others. to collect. The cor.sta bles and watchmen being plentifully supplied with kitteketsofwiyert they subdued the devouring element before the arrifalof the (skirts. but not before the window-curtains, carpets, sofa, kokrlr. ll : 3 r,; tables, chairs, together with the window shutter , and a l l. ' the room, were totally destroyed fnom the effects of the fire end water. On inquiry, we learned that Mr. Wright had convey that evening, and on their departure, one of the gentlemen who forgo; his glove in the drawing-room, took a candle front the rri,olol^l° went up stairs to look for it, and in stooping dewn to Pick 11 " f the carpet, lie put down the candle and eandleFtick on the tabor.,3t one of the tk nltiows, the ea.!, of wi . ich was op to admit air, on count of the closeness of the weatinr, whet a sudden gust of bt;nr the curtain on the candle. B I On the 2.1 instant, at the hou RTIIS. se of her father, fli.:hhlff! -91 Middlesex, the lady of the Rev. V. D. Ilrereton, of a hug ! ti er. On the lid instant, the lady of Wm. Pott, Do. of a MARRIED. At St. George's, Ilanover•square, on the 4th instant. ~l•iirysa ►dair Carter, Esq. to Elizabeth Hyde, only t.iont to Jose 74 Rayne. Esq. or Haddon, Jamaica, and Iturderop IV."' DIED. Ilawkhurst, Kent. on Tues.lay, the 31st ult.. aged 71` Anne tiregson, widow. In Tavi!ocklilace, Tavistock-sq . oare, on Saturday, tlw instant. aged G.), Jesse Gregson, Esq. of :Boor Home. na y ' . burst, Kent. At Woburn, on the 3d instant, the lion. Mrs. Sernicittr. wire e t lien?" Seymour, Esq. and daughter of the. Lac ite Torrmgton. Ou Thursday last, in Charlowireet, (Itoseenor.squae , beth, second daughter of Mr. Jos.ph liurhs daughter ate el (() n u T le h a n 3 red lssitr a u r ih ... h in n at TroUope,t i he e r 2 ci l a , year r his s her age, Catilliaz, filth year. 3 fr• of Lincoln's Inn. On the 30th ult. at Broadway, Worcestershire, .Mits daughter of Mr. Elam, King street, Covenr-rtr ,, :r.. After a few days illness, at his house in kotk-strect. garden. on Thursday last, Mr J. 11. Bohm, Foreiga Bookseller his Majesty. in the 10th year of hi age 111(111 WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON V Homing 13 min. after I. 1 . Afunwon 34 win. att 'tinted at THE. BRITISH PRESS ()Mee, by J.W.G— :itrand, and Publi4bed by It. 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