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STATE OF TRADE. SILK TRADE.—The competition in British and Foreign silk goods has taken quite a different turn from that which was expected. The French goods are no longer feared ; but the East India and Chinese silks are f o und to l ie f ur _ addable both to the French disc English manufacturers. We are sorry to hear that ess still continues, and rather increases among the labouring poor of the manufac turing village of Idle, in this neighbourhood ; which has been relieved for some time by the weekly distribution of 4 1 0 loads of oatmeal. Last Saturday, upwards of is SOO fa milies, consisting of 2,510 persons, partook th relcf. Three remittances, amounting to 350/. generously sent by the Committee at the London Tavern, aided by a subscrip tion of the inhabitants of Idle and the Lord of the Manor, amounting to 701., has hitherto enabled the Local Commit tee to distribute the above. — Leeds Intell•gencer. MEETING FOR TUT RELIEF OF THE POOR. A Meeting, for the purpose of taking into consideration thestate of the poor in Bradford and its neighboulhood, was held last Monday evening in the Court House. The Meeting was numerous, and the attendance highly re spectable. The Vicar of Bradford having taken the Chair, stated shortly the object for which it was called together, and after having expressed his deep regret that the suffer ings of the poor still continued unalleviateti, earnestly called upon the Meeting to consider the subject with seriousness, and to extend that relief to the poor, which each might have it in his power to bestow. A lengthened discussion ensued, as to the hest mode to be adopter], now that the distress appeared likely to con tinue; and particularly with a view to the possibility of providing employment for those who received ahL The demoralizing and ruinous effects of the present system, by which habits of incurable idleness would be contracted, while, at the same time, large sums were expended with out any visible return, were strongly urged by several gen tlemen present. Mr. William Rand, one of the Secretaries, stated, that the weekly expenditure continued to augment, and that at present the fund in hand would only afford provision for one week. From this statement, it is plain that the fund will be exhausted next week; we know not what measures may be u ltimately resolved upon, but we th ink it likel y that each township will have eventually to provide for its own poor. The Meeting came in the end to the following resolu tion, moved by Mr. Matthew Thompson : That the Surveyors of the hig hways within title township be re queord to cell a Meeting of the inhabitants of tots town, to s der the prof:Mete of furnishing employment to the poor of the township upon the said roads. The Surveyors have in consequence signed a notice, calling a Meeting for Wednesday next, at eleven o'clock, in the Vestry of the - Parish Chnrch. We hope, from the importance of the suldect, that the Meeting will be nu nitroosly and respectably attended. 11 the result which the above resolution contemplates,. Asti be found to be be neficial, we would recovnend to the neighbouring town ships to consider the propriety of- adopting a similar course.—/bid. The desponding apprehensions which seem to prevail in London, 'relative to all the manufacturing districts of the country, and the inquiries with which we have been El l ied, of late, from different quarters, as to the probe ley of the distresses of the poor leading to disturbances, have induced us to inquire, rather minutely, into the real state of trade in the West Riding. We have now unfeigned pleasure, in consequence, to assure the public, that in the different branches of our woollen and worsted manufactures, neither the actual depression, nor the future prospects of business, arc so gloomy as have been supposed. There is at this moment, we understand from good authority, a orisk sale for woollen cloths, particularly for the coarser descrip tions of coatings. But the hest feature in this species of trade Is, that all the transactions are of a Lona fide charac ter—die result of orders arising freim absolute demand. We are also happy to say, that the working classes have experienceel some benefit from so promising an alteration. Within the list fortnight or three weeks, additional cloth weavers have been employed in Leeds and the neighbour hood; a great number of the mills are now working full time; and, in one, the hands on Monday commenced making seven days a-week. We would not be under stood, however, as intimating that any rapid flow of pros perity has yet set in—but we are justified in stating', that if things proceed in their present course for two or three months longer, the distress will have nearly vanished by that time in the woollen cloth districts. We wish it were in our power to represent the stuff trade as revived in the same degree, or now presenting equally pleasing appear ances for the future. There are mill considerable num bers of hands in that line, especially weavers, unemployed, and the manufactured pieces fetch low prices. At the same time, we arc informed that some improvement has taken p!ace iu the Bradford markets, during the past three weeks or a month. The stocks in the warehouses are lessening daily, the stocks in the retail trade are supposes' to be extremely low, and, on the whole, the manufacturers sell more than they make. These facts are considered just grounds for calculating on a gradual restoration of business, and, as further indica tions of hope, it is said that several articles used in the ma nufacture of stuffs are now in demand, at a comparatively high rate. What we have here stated with respect to the stuff trade is, we believe, mutat is ntolandis, nearly appli cable to the manufacturers of fancy goods. As far, there fore, as regards Yorkshire, there is no reason to fear, much less to despair; and as to disturbances in this county, such an itIL a is absurd in the extreme. The working classes will, indeed, require a continuance of benevolent assistance for some time to come, and they well deserve to obtain it ; fur many of them have, in the course of several months past, experienced severe trials, and borne exasperating pri vations, with manly fortitude and Christian patience. A little longer, however, and their sufferings will, we hope, be completely terminated.—Leeds Intelligencer. In the village of Broughton, um Melkshain, there are 170 looms, of which 150 are unemployed. There has been some trifling sensation amongst the col liers in the vicinity of Tipton and Dudley, relative to re duction of wages, the discontented turning those men up out of the pits who were willing to work at the reduced pay. The magistrates in the neighbourhood have been rompt in their exertions , and one or two of the rin g leaders have been committed; we are happy to say the rest have been convinced of their error, and have returned to their employment.—Birmingham Chronicle. There is decidedly more doing in the lace and hosiery trades of this town, and in some branches an advance of price is obtained.—Noilingham Herald. Saturday a number of distressed stocking weavers, from Leicester, passed through the different streets in this city, imploring relief.—Bath Chronicle. • MUSK or THE LAIL CARL MARI• VON WERER.— As every thing connected with the admired compositions of this eminent and highly-talented individual must na turally create intense interest amongst those numerous in dividuals forming, what is generally termed, the " musical werld," the select airs, from the fairy opera of Oberon, which have been most tastefully arranged for the piano forte, with an accompaniment for the flute, ad. lib., by J. T. Burrowes, have caused that sensation, in the quarter alluded to, which might naturally have been anticipated. Indeed, we have no hesitation in saying, that in the man ner and superior style with which Mr. Burrowes has exe cuted the task assigned to him, he has confirmed the fa vourable opinion which the public, from witnessing his former efforts, has long entertained of his musical abilities. As we are upon the subject of musical compositions, we take the opportunity of noticing a Cavatina that has just made its appearance, under the title of Primmses, com posed by the justly-celchrated Charles Horn, which hula fair to equal in popularity the highlrestitnated songs of Cherry Ripe, and ire been roaming, by the same author. RITLE guoo cm N .—.lt Chalk Farm, a few yagera of the Honourable Artillery Company met for the practice of balt-firina. The shooting at the long distances was ex ceedingly good—perhaps rt , ver excelled. One of the mem bers hit the target (30 inches diameter), twen ty-one times successively, fr nu two hundred and fifty yards, with a rest ; another, from the same distance, hit six successive shots, without a rest ; and a third, eleven out of twelve, from two hundred yards, without a rest. This is certainly a slaTimen of steady rifle shooting. ire tnst r.d never more lid such lined d:e to eon•. knee that sake of me sob s' they as aFeed arm Was of 11104 metal r) Compri ontauMlt annexed. the more T .) This hixtril enitlete in ed •nsequellee respectable Kona so I any Nat: tin crobit• ntled up"` the Afl" g:,. *hid` , he was nos rued It It r eration. irectors. soon al he upop tt'e inaitt uPo n ing". Is be ban in the ttainell the rd refer to retold it r. don't e O 6 awyer's edingo• or. I orr the money in Mr. lio• its 'Pe ed °. t o, to Iv ; b, hif t ; holt wh° MANCHESTER. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT• MANCHESTER, JULY V. Rumours of intended meetings of the operatives are daily revived, and as often refuted by the continuance of public tranquillity. The number of unemployed hands is daily increasing in this town as well as in the neighbouring districts, and the gloomy prospects before the people begin to obtain some credit fur these reports ; in fact, it is im possible to anticipate what the lower orders might he driven to when stimulated by hunger, which undoubtedly prevails to a great extent. Tradesmen of all descriptions are in the utmost consternation, owing to the great scarcity of money and the want of confidence in each other ; and " what will become of us?" is the general cry. It is com puted that not less than twenty thousand persons are now out of employment in this town. About twelve months ago there was scarcely a house to be obtained, even at very high rents, but now there are great numbers unoccupied, and rents are reduced in consequence. The reduction is from twenty-five to thirty per cent. The pout-rate is five shillings in the pound, and an increase is expected before Christmas. The manufac turers and principal inhabitants of the town are all of opinion that something should be done immediately, to alleviate the present misery of the people ; but what that something is to be is not as yet determined, nor is there any great probability of a general agreement upon that point. A meeting of the inhabitants is very generally thought of, but what is to be the form of the requisition, or the subject of discussion, is the great difficulty. Some persons wish to have a petition to his Majesty, praying him to call Parliament together as soon as possible, in order to take some effectual measures to alleviate the present dis tress ; others wish to go further, and to state in the peti tion, in specific terms, the measures which Parliament should be called upon to consider. The latter party have gone so far as to draw up a requisition, which is already signed by some of the manufacturers, but it is not expected that the authorities here will allow it to be acted upon. As the requisition has been banded about, it may be better to give you a co t yof it, such as it is. It is signed by only ten or twelve manufacturers, and entirely discountenanced by the leading men here. There has been some business done here to-day with country buyers, and some sales have been made for the foreign market, without any reduction of prices. " TO THE CHURCHWARDENS OF )lANCIIESTER. " We the undersigned earnestly request that you will, on as early a day as is convenient, call a meeting of the Ley-payers of the town of Manchester, to take into consitterstiim the propriety of ad. dressing the King, praying him to convene Parliament for the pur. pose of r7pealing the Cora Laws, and of etlizing every possible reduction of the national expetitlintre, and for the adoption of such measures as may be deemed necessary to alleviate the unparalleled suffering which now presses on the country, and which cannot continue to its present extent without producing the most dreadful consequences. —J uly 2f1." THE HARVEST. Throughout England the harvest may now be consi dered as general, and in many counties a great quantity of grain has already been carried. A traveller through the midland counties tells us that, generally, the crops of wheat are good, and the quality probably never better. There may have been years when the quantity has been greater, but, should the present favourable harvesting weather con tinue, it can have been but rarely so w.ll got in.—The oat crops are generally short, but even in this grain, what there is is very good, and the same remark will apply to bay.! B irleys are generally light in crop, but very fair in quality' on an average. In the North it is considered that the har vest this year is nearly a month earlier than usual. 'tur nips are in many places quite gone , and, generally, there cannot he other than a very scanty crop, except in very favoured situations. From every district, we have the satisfaction of learning that the wheat, which in many parts has been cut, is not only fair, but a decidedly good crop, having on the average suffered nothing from the drought, but in very many situations has profited by it. The barley, except in very dry, light soils, proves a good crop ; and the oats, which have suffired much for want of rain in due season, though very much deficient in straw, are well grained.' The meadows and the pastures, fed by the late genial showers, have again resumed their verdant hue, and there is in many situations well-founded hopes that a second crop of hair will compensate for the scanty one (not more than one-third of the common average of the vernal crop) which raised old stocks to so high a rate: whilst the after-grass promises an uncommon abundance of quickly-grown, and consequently sweet and nutritious herbage for the cattle.— nes:heater Herald. The crops of early wheat are extremely good, and have, in this part of the country, benefited as much perhaps by the late rains as any other species of land produce. In a few days the greater part of them will have been c ut down and safey gathered in, for, while we write, the reapers are busily at work on all sides. Other crops pro mise an average return; and, on the whole, the apprehen sions respecting the harvest, which lately existed, seem to have been quite dispelled.—teeds On the lath instant, Mr. Robert Robb, of Meadowfiehl, near Buddingston, commenced his barley harvest ; and we understand, notwithstanding the great drought, reaped a very fair crop. fie began to cut wheat on the 20th, and intends continuing till all is cut down • the crop is most excellent, and we should think could not possibly have been better, even in the most favourable reason. — Scotsman. The harvest is going on very favourably in this neigh bourhood. A considerable quantity of wheat has been secured in fine condition.—Wereester Journal. The wheat harvest in this neighbourhood is rapidly pro ceeding; and from ali accounts, both as to q ualit y and bulk, the crop is very satisfactory. Accounts from Glou cestershire, Glamorganshire, and Monmouthshire, state, that the wheat looks exceedingly well ; and that it is the opinion of experienced farmers, that there is snore than an average crop.—Brigewater and Somersetshire Herald. The copious showers with which Providence has recently favoured us, have had a most salutary effect on vegetation. There is, we are happy to find, such an improvement in meadow land, as to warrant the expectation of a good sup ply of after-grass, which will save the consumption of hay, of which the crops have been exceedingly light, on some sandy soils not yielding one-third of an average quantity. The harvest has commenced, and if the weather continue as favourable as it has been for several days past, will become general in a fortnight. Wheat looks well, and we hope will be a fair crop. The crops of barley and oats will, we fear, be exceedingly deficient in this neighbourhood. — Liverpool Courier. The labours of the harvest have now begun, and will afford employment to a number of the men who are sub sisting on the charitable fund. The Committee who ad minister this fund accordingly issued a notice on Monday, in which they state, that " having beard, from undoubted authority, that the whole grain in East Lothian is ready for cutting, hut that there is a great want of reapers, who are offered high wages—now give notice to all under their employment, that it is expected they will immediately take advantage of the demand for reapers, and proceed to East Linton ; certifying, that such as fail to do so, without sufficient cause, cannot he retained in their employment." The rain ceased here on Friday evening, and we have since had dry sunny weather, accompanied during the last two slays with a great deal of heat. Reaping is now commenced on all sides of Edinburgh, and will go on without interrup tion if the weather permits, for the ripening has been very uniform. We have heard that in some rich and warm soils the farmers would rather have wanted the rain of Thurs day and Friday, because it endangered their wheat crops, and came too late to benefit the oats and barley. lint the showers have been very serviceable to the pass lands, and in the late soils, which constitute a large proportion of Scotland, they must have done good to the grain crops too. —Seolstrinn• lhviz us Coax MARKET, JULY 27.—1 f h te prent w eather should continue , a great part of the wheats 1.. this neighbourhood will be housed by the latter part of ne xt week. The crop in ge neral is very good. There were three samples exhibited in our market to-day, but neither of those was of a superior description ; the best sold at 305. Of old wheats there was a middling supply, prices Is. cheaper thin last week. THE BRITISH PRESS. PROVINCIAb OCCURRENCES. ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last, as Alice, the daughter of Mr. W. Wood, of Ovenilen, near Halifax, was running down stairs with a pair of scissors in her hands, she un fortunately fell upon them, the point/ entered her heart, and she expired immediately.—York Chronic/e. CAUTION TO PARENTS.—Last Saturday morning, a little boy about eight years old, the son of James Glew, of Makeney, near Duffield in D , tbyshire, was, as usual, sent to school by his parents, but instead of going there, he , went to bathe in the river Derwent, between Duffield and Milford, and near the former place, but was immediately drowned, in si;lit of several children on the bank, who ran for assistance, but too late. The body, after diligent search, was not found till Sunday afternoon. Ahtl on Monday evening, as a little boy, about two years old, was 1 playing on the turnpike road between Duffield and Milford, ' and near the place of the other accident, he was thrown down by a cart, and so much hart, that surgical assistance was immediately necessary; but there are hopes of his MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Wegate . CRIMINAL-SIDE. IPA).* the LORD CHIEF HARON.I Samuel. rniiie was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Ana Randall, at the parish of Overton, in this county, on the 4th May lea. It appeared from the evidence, that the unfortunate deceeteet had been to the family way by the prisoner, and that, wishing to conceal her situation, or to tl.reroy the fruit of the illicit inter• course, the prisoner had bought some arsenic, under the line preesion that, taken in quantities of a quarter of an ounce at a time, it would produce the desired effect. A feilow-servant of prisoner's and the deceased had slept with Selith on the night that the unhappy girl died ; he went to get a surgeon for het ; she reached heavily at the etontach, and then died. The prisoner expressed great regret at the melancholy effct produced by the arsenic, and never denial the parpOse for which he gave it her. The mother of the girl saw her a fete trindtes before she exe pirrtt, and she said to her, " Sam gave it tome." The surgenn who examined the body proved that her death Wa4l produced by taking corrosive poison internally. Three grains of arsenic would be sufficient to destroy life. The LORD CHIEF BARON recapitula t e d the evidened, and told the Jury they had three points to consider in this case. Fir , was the petition given to take awry the life of Mary Ann Randall? Secondly, was the poison given to procure abortion ? and, Thirdly, was it merely given with a view to awe in her a regularity of body, such as was referred to by one of the wiliettees. In the first or se• cond case, if the Jury should find him guilty, then he would be gully of murder; but not so in the third case, however wherwiree culm,ble lie might be. There was, in his opinien, no evidence to show that he meditated the young wernlin'e death ; but it was for the Jury to decide on all the circumaances as they appeared before them in evidence. Toe Jury consulted fin about a quarter of an hour, and then re• turnA the to lowing . verdict—" e find the prisoner guilty of ad. mi,istering p&son with intent to procure abortion." The Leen lime BARON said he could not take this qt alified verdia. and the Jury must say either guilty of not guilty. The Foreman—We arc unanimously of opinion, my Lord, that the pr i soner Is guilty. Sentence of death was then . pronounced upon the wretched mar., and It was ordered for execut ion on Saturday next. During the trial he seemed to labour under extreme mental agony. but bore the awful sentence with evident resignation. On the Civil Side, an action, Doe on the Demise of Sabine t. Walton and others, occupied the Court on Wednesday and a part of Thursday, respecting the validity of a will made by a man named Greenaway, who was stated to be non comput at the time of his signing the instrument. After hearing evidence at great length, the Jury, on Thurs day, returned a verdict for t h e defendants against the heir of Greenaway. WESTERN CIRCUIT. EXETER, JULY 27. [Before Mr. Justice LiTTLEDALE.I THE KIX43 v. WM. It. ELL/S. Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS (with wham wets Mr. COEEIIiDGE and Mr. TERRE!, foe the prosecution) stated that this was an indict. ment against W. IL Ellis, for stealing six pounds of cheese, and twelve pounds of soap, from Susan Newman, who had for maby years kept a grocer's shop in Exeter. The prisoner was in the erne ployment of the prosetutrie and her late husband for several years, as a ottoman, end whilst he filled that situation the alleged charge was said to have been committed. 3lary Paltrier examined—l am in the employment of the prose• trix, and have been for the last sixteen years. .Me. Newman ha been dead five years. I know the defendaat, Bilis, who was also in the employment of Mrs. Newman ; lie had been in her employ. meat, and that of her late husband, for founeeii years. Mrs. New man is a grocer and tea-dealer, and also Pens cheese and soap. John Taylor sworn—ls • constable. Remembered searching the house of the defendant's mother, at Serelfurd, some time in Sep. tember last. Knew the defendant, and had seen him and his mu. ther in conversation together. C. pon searching the house of Mee. Ellis, witness discovered a quantity of cheese and soap, and took them into his keeping. They have since remained in his posses sion, under lock and key. M Horn made the search the day after the apprehension of the defendant. 'The cheese and soap discovered by the witness were then pro. duced.l runty Palmer recalled—l know Mrs. Newman's shop ;it is 182. Fore-street, Exeter. She is in an extensive line of business. The cheese produced is such cheese as 31rs. Newman is in the habit of selling. It is Dutch cheese. There are two sorts of soap produced. One has the maker's name on it. That was the kind et eoip Mrs. Newman has been in the habit of selling for the last five or six years. I once remember having scid sonic cakes of scented soap to the defendant. I never sold him nny other description. I sold it to him, in May, 1825. and also the quarter sat a Dutch cheese. De fendant was apprehended in August last. I never sold him the cheese now produced, nor any like it. I saw that soap before, at the Guildhall, after Ellis was apprehended. Crises-examined by Mr. Serg eant WILDE (who with Mr. Nutt ts was for the defence) —l don t know from whom Mrs. Newman purchased her Dutch cheese. She had her soap from Messrs. Frith and Co. of Bristol, who are in very extensive business. They hese a . traveller who goes about every year four or live times. Vie have a large chest ice the shop, in which a box of each of these differen; kinds of soap is deposited every morning for the daily sale. The store is below stairs. I believe Mrs. Newman bought no soap from any other house but Frith and Co. She has purchased cheese from several persons. Her practice is to buy a large quantity at a time. We seldom cut the Dutch cheeses, they are so small. Young Mr. Newman (the peosecutrix's son) used to fix the prices of the several articles sold in the shop. The cheese produced has no particular mark on it. The selling price of it is about 134 d. per pound. Each cheese contains about 3 pounds. The soap produced is of the same description as that 31n. Newman sells. items could only speak to its general appearance. It is only worth 8.1. per pound. The cheese cut by witness for defendant Wen cut differently from that now produced. 'rite defendant paid witness for the cheese sold him. The defendant, 31n. Newman, her son, and witness, were the persons who attended in the shop. Witness had a full recollectton of the manner in which she cut the cheese she sold to the defendaeh She has many reasons for recollecting it. She took one-third her self anti Mr. Newman took the remaining third. Besides, E. lis was soon after called to London and left a part of his third unfinished. Witness is positive that the cheese produced is not that sold by her to defendant. John Taylor re-examined—Had the cheese and "Pap now pro duced, at the Guildhall, when defendant and Mrs. Ellis were there. Examinations were then taken before the Magistrates. Witness took home the cheese and soap, locked it up, and it was never since out of his possession. 31r. John Gidlcy, Attorney anti Deputy Town Clerk of Exeter. stated, that the signatures to a paper produced were in the hand, yeti 1 4 of Alderman Phillips and hlib, and that he had seen them sign it. He was present at the defendant's examination, at d saw hint sign the paper in question. It was made op of answers put by witness in the presence of the Magistrates. Witness told the defendant before the examination that he .was root bested to say anything he did not think proper. Petendant replied that he was willing to tell all he knew. The Alderman repeated this caution. No one told defendant in witness's presence that it was better for him to tell the truth, or anything to that effect. Cline examined—There was an examination about money ott the day previous to that on which die paper was signed. Witness be lieved chat the prisoner had written to 31r. Ituariog, the solicits. The letter was not then sent to el nßawring, but was brought by the jailer to the Magistrate, who kept it for some days, anti told the defendant that he could not then permit his attorney to have access to im. Mr. Bowring is 3 most respectable solicitor, and has long practised in this city. Witness understands that the Corporarien have claimed, or intima'ed an intention of claiming, the proper:) , of the defendant if he is convicted of felony. Alderman Phillips lived near Mrs. Newman. 31t. Bowring was not allowed to see the defendant befose his second examination, at which the paper produced was signed. Witness did not recollect that the Alderman maid to the defendant that he had better settle with Mrs. Newmae'e fancily. Ellis had no legal adviser on his lint examination. Yonne Ms Newman, the officer', the 31agistrates, and witness, wets present. There was nothing said nor hinted about compensation or satisfaction. No inducement was held out tollie who was fully committed on a charge of robbery, before the second examination. The defendant's attorney was not allowed to at c him before the second examination. Mr. Toed, the attorney. and 31r. Tyrrel, the barrister, were prssmlt at the seenntl examina tion. Mr. Ford and Mr. 'Petrel were now engaged for the prosecu tion. The former is the attorney ; he was not admitted on the first examination. In the confession produced, the answers only re put down, which is the usual way. The questions put by the Magistrates were such as were suggested upon seeing the erodes. pteeueed by the constable. The questions were such err—'• 11' eat. account do you give of this ?" taking up some article produced. This was the course pursued. The traverser was cool, and ap parently free from agitation. Asa proof of it, he signed his mime to the confession steadily, aid with a flourish. Ile was Actually charged with stealing a varieay of articles found at his motheet, but the technical charge in the indictment was—" feloniously steal ing two packets of 'irons, the property of Susan Newman. ' He sae asked to account for all the articles found at his mothet's, but WAS told in terms that lie was under a charge of stealing clueese. Ite-exemieed—'rhe lord Bishop of Exeter had also twitle a claim in right of the Dean and Chapter, it the defendant shout.' be found guilty of felony. The Corporation generally claimed the goods of felons within the city of Exeter. 'rite prisoner's confession was here offered to be put in as evi dence against hint, but was objected to by his Conned as Inadmits sible in evidence, upon the ground that the examination was in formally anti improperly taken. Counsel for tin:Crown 'contended that the confession was pro. perly taken, but under all the circumstances would not press l.pr its admission. The Learned JUDGE thought the examination was properly taken and admissible in evident'; but it appeared to him that it did not bear upon the articles produced. There was no proof that the cheese and soap 'mentioned in ;he indictment were stolen by the prisoner, and on that charge he must be acquitted. Counsel fur the prosecution concurred in the view taken by hie Lordship, and a verdict of acquittal to was accordingly ly ti ' p re o t n ur a netl se . c4nd . charirg7e.ofielteeiaslrtYntrEsniixs s w h iTlin ag g a s il put' d other pieces of silver, the pro. perty of the said Susan Newman. In support of this tedittment, Me. C. Newman, the roam. FOREIGN OCCURRENCES. recovery. On Saturday an inquest was taken at Hucknall-under- Iluthwaite, Wear Mansfield, before Thos. Wright, Gent. Coroner, on view of the body of Christopher Nlountany, an inhabitant of Blackwell, Nottinghamshire, who, on the preuding Thursday, was found hanging in an out-building in the parish of Ilsicktiall. It appeared, by the evidence of several respectable neighbours, that be bad, at intervals of four years last past, laboured under visible marks of mental derangement, and that he, in one of those moments, hanged himself.—Verdict accordingly. There is now in a pond belonging to a gentleman at Ely, Cambridgeshire, a large pike, weiging seven or eight pounds, perfectly tame and quite blind, in which state it has been upwards of six years. Ile has become quite familiar with his owner, who values him as a great curiosity, and frequently indulges him with a meal on the smaller fry, which is done in manner and form following:— A fish is put on a string, fasteued to a pole, and alter a stamp with the foot on the brink of the water, Jack regu larly snakes his appearance on the surface, receives his dole, and disappears. He is in general healthy, but at this time of the year his body is rather annoyed by animalculm, with which the Water is infested. A cavern of very extensive area was discovered a few (lays ago at Bramley, a village in the neighbourhood of Leeds. The sides of it consist, in some places, of a rough mason-work sort of wall, by which the rocky roof is up held. Elsewhere, the roof is upheld by a great number of pillars. No clay or water has been found at the bottom of the cavern, but there is on the floor a good quantity of bones. The cavern is supposed to have been only a sort of subterraneous delf or stone quarry, and the bones in it the bones of the horses that were emplo}esi in drawing out the stone. The cavern is, however, regarded as of some an tiquity, and may be ancient enough. But mention is made in the neighbourhood, that within some seventy years back, or thereabouts, stone has been gotten at the place. An in genious person at Bramley, who has been over it, as far, at least, as it is hitherto known, although lie made no accu rate measure to depend upon, guesses it to occupy subtcr raneously an area of about two acres. In many places, the height of the roof above the floor is about two yards; in others, where there seems to have been an accumulation of earth, its height is scarce one yard ; so that the persons have there to creep on their hands and knees. The depth, from the surface above to the floor of the cavern, is mostly about seventeen yards. Deba, the third daughter of W. Bailey, Esq. of this place (Stamford), an interesting girl in her 16th year, was found on Tuesday morning in a deep part of the river Welland, about a quarter of a mile eastward of the town. She had previously been seen walking upon its banks, and when she was discovered no part of her dress had been re moved. Au inquest was held in t h e e vening before Mr. Hopkinson, but no evidence could be procured to prove by what means the unfortunate young lady came into the fatal stream. The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned." —Stamford IN'e Lys. FIRES.—The town of Chudleigh, which a few years since was destroyed by fire, has again been visited by that destructive element, and narrowly escaped severe and ex tensive damage. About half-past two o'clock on Saturday se'itnight a tire broke oat at %bat place, ors the south sides of Culver-street, and the wind blowing from that quarter, caused the flames to communicate with the houses opposite, and three on each side were consumed. Fortunately, at the time, twenty-one marine recruits were passing through, who promptly rendered their assistance, which, with the exertions of the gentlemen and other inhabitants, arrested the threatened danger. Nearly the whole village of Trevenneck, in the parish of Paul, near Penzance, was destroyed by fire on the lOth in stant, with a quantity of grain, ricks of hay, furze, &c. &c. The loss is estimated at upwards of 2AOO/., and no part of the property was insured. The fire was occasioned by the carelessness of some boys who were amusing themselves with squibs, some sparks from which communicated with the thatch of a pig-stye, and soon extended over the village. CONJUGAL INFIDELITV.—On Monday a disconsolate wife appeared at the head police-office, Dublin, to prefer a charge against Jane Taafe, a little girl about thirteen years old, for finding her in best with complainant's husband be tween two and three o'clock in the morning. Miss Taafe denied the slanderous accusation : and the Magistrates, thinking it a case rather for the Consistorial Court than the police-office, were about to dismiss the complaint, when the complainant, by way of amendment to her for mer charge, further accused Miss Taafe of stealing a pair of shoes. On this charge the young lady is held ever. EXTBAORDINAItY ABSTINENCE OF A Doe.—On the 16111 of June, Mr. Win. Gate lost his pointer-dog Dash ;on Monday, the loth inst., it was found under the floor of one of the Court-houses, having remained there for 18 days without food or water ! The fact is beyond question. Mr. Gate and his foreman had ascended to the leads on the day first mentioned, by a step ladder ; the dog was with them, and in attempting to follow them lse must have fallen off the ladder, down an opening, about a depth of six or seven yards, to the ground, a place perfectly dark, but affording it the whole of the range under the floor of the Court. In this situation its voice was often heard by several persons, no one could exactly tell s h ; but oil Monday, as we have said, it was discovered and taken out. Its state was most deplorable. It had lost, at least, two thirsts of its weight, and was nearly blind ; its nose was dry and hard, as if broken ; and its body bore evident marks of having been re peatedly licked, for the purpose, probably, of sustaining life. At first it refused food, but drank water with great avidity, and afterwards threw it up. Warm milk and raw meat were then administered in small quantities ; and the animal has now nearly recovered its former cheerful ness and activity, theugh not its former strengtb.—Curli ale Pa It jut. PEDESTRIANISM.—At Mr.Farquharson'shouse,atlllack hall, in the county of Kincardine, a bet was made on the 19th inst., between Lord Kennedy and Major Leith Hay, to walk from Blackball to Inverness, for 500 sovereigns. The parties started from Blackball at half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday evening ; Lord Kennedy, accompanied by Captain Ross, as Major Hay's umpire, and Mr: Farquhar son, taking the mountain road by Tomantoul ; Major Hay, accompanied by Mr. Anderson, as Lord Kennedy's umpire, takiug the Alford road, and coining into the great north road at Huntly. Major Hay reached Forres at ten o'clock at night, and rested till two next morning, when be pro ceeded be Cawdor to Inverness, which he reached at half past ten, having done the distance of 104 miles in thirty seven hours and a half. Lord Kennedy, by getting the near cut through the mountains, shortened the distance twenty-five miles, and, with horrid roads to encounter, he reached Inverness by six o'clock in the morning, winning the match by four hours and a half. In the latter part of the journey the weather was most unfavourable ; the rain fell in torrents with a strong wind. The parties, however, were less fatigued than might have been expected, after so arduous an undertaking. Exclusive of the above distance, Major Hay went seven miles out of his road. fine SUPERSTITION.—A long account is given in the French Papers of a barbarous crime committed in the commune of Nlees, department of Landes, on a young woman of twenty-two, whom several persons actually laid on a fire, mode of a bundle of straw, on the ground that she was a witch, and had rendered a young woman ill by her touch, whom she refused to cure. THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER—•A very curious docu ment relative to the last illness of Alexander, has been re ceived in France. It is a Latin journal, written by Dr. Wylio, the English physicists attached to his person. The first symptom' of Ili; illness were great lowness of epirite, and stone attacks of fever. He refused medical assistance, and his illness soon took the form of the typhus fever. " Leave me (said be, one day), I know better than any one what I want—repose and solitude." "Itis my nerves (will he, at another time) ; they pain me excessively." " This illness (said the Doctor) attacks Kings oftener than others." " Yes, and especially at present (said the Em peror). Ah ! I have good cause to be ill !" Another time the Emperor, without any appearance of fever, turned sud denly towards his physician, who was with him alone, and with a frightful and incomprehensible look, cried, " Ah ! my ft iend, what all action ! what a frightful action ! ' SINGULAR CAUSE.—The late M. Lemontey had ob tained from the archives of France, in 1808. a number of documents which he used for writing the history of Louis XIV., and his papers, of course, contained a variety of extracts and copies into' them. The Court of Ellin In stance ordered the or:ginal papers, together with all copies and extracts, to he deposited in the lhauls of a public notary. Mlle. Lemontey has appealed, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs may be summonsed to attend on the trial. The affair is expected to be of interest, u n less stifled like that of Cambaceres, which is not yet terminated. DEPLORAIRLE Ev et NT.—The &cur Clair, of St. Maixent, in the department of the Deux Sevres, a religimie and gentle character, but subject to freqnent absence, took it in his head, on the 16th July, at the commencement of the Grand Mass, to take. his station before the pulpit, and sing with all his might, so as to oblige them to remove him before commencing the ceremony. N. xt day his wife im prudently allowed the guards placed over him by the Commissary of Police to withdraw, and to untie his bands. Soon after he was observed to open a window into the street. He called a neighbour, and, on his entrance, showed him hie wife lying motionless. On calling the Justice of the Peace and the Physicians, it was discovered that the maniac had strangled her. EARIIIOUAKE.—By accounts from St. Peter and St. Paul, in Kamschatka, there had been three shocks of earthquake—on the 20th of August, 23d of September, and 26th of October ; but no mention is made of any damage (lone or lives lost. The fisheries hail been so successful and abundant during the last summer in Kainschatke, that the oldest inhabitants cannot remember any thing equal to it. The various kinds of kitchen roots and greens which had been set, prospered to the fullest extent of desire. During the last summer a new church WAR built at St. Peter and St. Paul's, and several handsome bridges were built there. The works continued until the end of autumn. The brutal cruelty and thirst for vengeance on the French, amongst the common people of Lisbon, have often been dreadfully displayed. On one occasion a French dragoon was seen walking alone in the Roeio ; men in ea pot es were observed winking at each other, and forming by degrees a cordon about him. A galleg,o, or water-carrier, was then deputed to draw him into conversation ; and his attention being thus diverted, one of the bravoes from he hind struck him almost to the ground with a cudgel, whilst another, on his turning room' to defend himself, stabbed him with a ferro de gaicola (bird -cage awl) in the back. In the course of a few minutes this young soldier was reduced to a shapeless mass, and dragged, with a rope tied to his leg, through the streets, until literally devoured by dogs. WRECK OF THE COMET. (From the Greenock Advertiser, July 25.1 The operations for raising and bringing this unfortunate vessel to land have now been completed. The receding of the tide on Sunday night having sufficed to complete the examination, and nothing further of any consequence hav ing been discovered, the Sheriff Substitute finally left at ten o'clock. bringing away every article that remained on board which .belonged to the unfortunate passengers, that could he deemed of any value. It was to be wished, yet hardly to be expected, that the uncovering of the after part of the vessel would not disclose some other remains to swell the sad catalogue of human lives, lost by the sinking of the Comet ; and happily no more bodies were found. We believe, Miss M'lntosh and the female M'Nab, whose bodies were got out early in the week, were the only adult persons distinctly ascertained to have been on board, whose remains were not found within a few weeks of the accident. The whole number, therefore, known to have perished on the occasion may he set down at sixty-three, while the survivors of the calamity, it will be recollected, amounted to no more than thirteen. So great a sacrifice of human life, attended by so many melancholy circumstances, ought long to prove a warning beacon to those having charge of steam vessels, and avert as far as possible any approach to the repetition of such a calamity. The vessel itself is a perfect wreck, and it is now impos sible to say hoer moch it was directly damaged by the col lision. The bow, which was then shattered, by the re peated unsuccessful efforts to get the boat slung in chains, is completely torn away ; the stern, from the same cause, has also been broken in pieces. The engine way not have suffered greatly, but the boilers, which are of copper, are rendered quite shapeless, having collapsed by the sudden condensation of the vapour within when the vessel sunk. The value of the wreck must, consequently, be much less titan was supposed, and the property saved from it by the raising the most valuable acquisition. With reference to the latter, it may be safely said, there never was an occur rence, at all similar, in which the recovery of every thing of importance was so complete. It is doing no more than justice to Mr. Sheriff Marshall to say, that the greatest praise is due to him, for his disin terested and indefatigable labours, both immediately after the accident, and since the Comet was raised to the water's su-face. In the protection of the property found lie was much assisted by several gentlemen in the commis sion of the peace, by Andrew Rankin, Esq. of Glasgow, Mr. Williamson, Procurator-Fiscal, and by the ready co operation of Capt. Campbell, of his Majesty's revenue cruiser Wickham, who, at the Sheriff's request, sent Mr. Johnson, second mate, and eleven men, to guard the wreck, where they remained as long as their assistance was necessary. This was chiefly FO from the numbers who flocked to it, from motives of curiosity, and would not otherwise be restrained from boarding the vessel. The eircumtance of the individual employed to raise the Comet having come from a distant part of the conntty, while so many ac quainted with this sort of work are to be found on the spot, has excited remark. It may he ment.oned, however, that the job was contracted for, and given to the lowest bidder, which Mr. Brown happened to be. We are told the Clyde Shipping Company of fered to undertake it at their own risk, on ritving 4001. if they succeeded. Mr. Brown, we understand, was to receive 801. if tha attempt to raise the vessel failed, and MO/. if successful. He has managed it, we are told, with great ability, but will not gain much , t he expenses being very considetable. 'file boat is now on the beach, and nearly dry at low water. Thee orkmen are employed t a king out the engine. On Friday last, pisely nine months a elapsed trona the date pf the accident. DFATII OF CAPT. 11. R. MOORSOIII.—II is with much regret we announce the death of Capt. H. R. Moorsom, of his Majesty's sloop Jasper, fitting out at Chatham. which melancholy event took place on Tuesday. Captain Moorsom had been in ill health for some months, and his disease hail baffled the skill of the medical men of the metropolis, and of the surgeon of his own ship. Ile was the youngest son of Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Moorsom, K.C.B. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships in the Medway, and brother of Captain Moors= of his Majes ty's ship Prince Regent, and was a young officer of consi derable promise. Tne RICH FAROVIIAR.--II appears that the claimants to the vast property of the late Mr. Farquhar have, for the present, been disappoin t e d in their ex p ectatioos of speedy possession. The heir-at law, that is, the first claimant, is now supposed to he a resident in the wilds of America. It is a female, the eldest niece, who married, many years str,o, a Frenchman. The L ord Chancellor says, " until that Lady appears, nothing can be done." She has an midi ' vided tide to the domains at Foothill. Our readers are already aware that, from parsimony, Mr. Farquhar never' obtained the tide-deeds of that estate; the stamp -duty he , refused to pay, amounting to 1,000/.; anti, consequently Mr. Beeldord never executed the conveyance. f r. 1111 Ran Lan- I' 41 Lh s raid ins had omen! ternent fleeting !you* , OW. ikely w dl up , n hrec:v. • , YY toot