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m ay be heartily disposed to recognise the rights of the G r eeks, but as a Statesman, he must govern himself by the principles which regulate the policy of the leading Cabinets of Europe, so far as those principles accord with the national integests which are placed under his guardian ship. lie may—and we have no doubt he does—wish for t he political improvement of mankind, and would willingly obtain for Greece a rational and well-regulated Govern ment, in lieu of that horrid system of oppression under wh'cli the Turk has so long held her in bondage. But as n Minister, having the welfare of his country in charge, his wisdom dictates to hint to keep aloof from those councils which might embroil Great Britain with foreign ',Jeers, sod:endanger the peace of Europe. That FRANCS is hostile to the independence of Greece is unquestionable ; she is jea'ous of the preponderant share of her commerce which England, in all likelihood, would obtain, were she once e t %cued from the dominion of the Porte, and established un der a separate and free Commonwealth. AUSTRIA, though from different motives, would be equally alive to any inter ference on the part of Great Britain co form Greece into a *Tar sus overeignty. As to the prevailing policy of the Russian Cabinet, it has been plainly enough demonstrated from the beginning of the contest. In this aspect of affairs, it requires no length of reasoning to prove that the princi ple of neutrality to which the British Government adheres, is justified by every maxim of expediency, end by every motive of prudence. Our Minister will, no doubt, in the mean time, keep a watchful eye on any attempt on the part of Russia to bring herself more near (she is already quite close enough) to Constantinople. The Turks are a degeuerate, self-dissolving power—they are morally and physically exhausted—and, should the Russians once obtain possession of the central source from which the power of the Turks has chiefly flowed, a pretext Would never be long wanting for taking the fine provinces of Greece under her protection ; and, in that event, the Hydra with many heads would no longer be the monster of fable. If our readers will refer to an article in another column, respecting the result of the colliers' combination at Glas gow, they will perceive that Mr. Hume has still further reason to congratulate himself on the amazing benefit which he has conferred on the " operative" classes (as they are now elegantly ternietl), by procuring a repeal of the Combination Laws. Not warned by the distress which the Bradford cambers and weavers, and even these nearer them still—namely, the weavers of Glasgow and Pais ley—brought on themselves, by bolding out for an increase of wages, the colliers must inhale the same mischievous spirit—mischievous, however, in the end, only to them selves and their families. In the pride, or rather vanity, of their hearts, and in the intoxication of their joy, at believ ing their apostle (Mr. Hums) had enabled them to force what terms they pleased from their master, they lavished from their " hard hands" their " vile trash," in order to present their emancipator with a piece of plate. Plate from the colliers of Scotland 1 Had the present been a gewter planer, the had furnished by Lord HO . PETOVNII miners, mixed with a small quantity of the fine sin of Corn wall, and accompanied by a horn cattle spoon (our friend Joss en brmerly understood what that means), we should have expressed no surprise ; but for any portion of Isis own grave, calculating countrymen, to think of giving him a piece of plate, for enabling them to undo themselves and Carve their families, we confess it does excite our amaze m'nt. 'We recollect that, like CAESAR'S affectation in re fusing t'ee crown, be once mat away the plate; but that was when there was little likelihood of its being subscribed for, even after he had been accused of offering to make up any deficiency in the amount of the subscription that had been at first agreed upon. It is fortunate that he never got it, if the poor colliers can make use of the silver, or the money that may be raised by its being melted again, to relieve the distresses brought on them by this eminently rhetorical advocate of all sort of freedom. We are far from thinking it right that masters should be allowed to combine to screw down their workmen to a bare pittance, while they give no corresponding reduction in price to their customers. But surely that must be an alteration for the worse, which legalizes the combinations of the working classes, and induces them to go to the still greater length of intimidating and absolutely brutally asuplting those who are inclined to labour at the price which the routers off, r. The consequence of such conduct is, that the latter are compelled to incur a heavy expense in keep ing up a large armed jam?, to protect the sober and in dustrious men who are willing to support their families by honest labour, and by so doing to increase the wealth of their employers and eventually the resources of the nation. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The Stock Exchanges were to-day in the same uninte resting state that they have been in for several days; and the City has been without reports, if we except a most Wile one, that could be traced to no authentic foundation, and which was evidently got up by the speculators for a fail—that the negotiations at St. Petersburgh had, totally fa led, ani that hostile demonstrations, as far at least as the Russians and Turks are concerned, had succeeded the con fer.-ncex. The limited business of the morning, more pro bably than the rumour we have alluded to, caused the British Funds to droop, and Consols, which opened at 79 i ; closed at ja. The new Scrip fluctuated between 1 and pm., but the business in this stock was by no mai' so extensive to-day as on the previous days since its appkarance. Ministers are certainly evincing a most lan dahle anxiety at pre:-rat for upholding, as far as is in their purer, the commercial credit of the country, by paying str:ctest attention to all the details of the public busi nem that bear most closely upon the financial operations if the tre:eautile interest. The Exchequer Bill Market continues to feel the good offer.' of the recent arrangement relative to these Bills. The prices to-day, both for large and small Bills were los., I la., premium. The India Stock transactions were reported at E2S 227, and the Bundy at 65., 7s. premium. Notwithstanding the announcement of the Atinister fart night in the Rouse of Lords, that Mistsolonghi had not filen at the period when the advice. lately received stated that it huh been taken by storm, has as yet had no effect upon Greek Bonds,—probably from the uncertainty that attaches to every circumstance related of the Greek warfare, wh;eit reniers speculators in the Securities of that country wary in acting upon any information that may reach them regarding that warfare, even when it is surrounded with all the appearance of official accuracy,—still the declaration of Lord Liverpool must he consolatory to the friend* of the Greek cause. The Bonds to-day were 1.5, 141; South Arreriean Securities were languid, R.II the transactions in chum trifling; Colombian Bonds were 41 ; Mexican 6 per Cents. 634 ; Peruvian Bonds 30, 1 ; Chtlian ditto 41 ; Russian 771 ;And Old Spanish 81, 7t. The Share Market was, if possible, more depressed than ever. A price could scarcely be obtained for Shares at any sacrifice. It is understood in the best-informed Parliamentary ci cies that the present }louse of Commons will be (It.- adred about the middle of next month. By this mean. the whole bustle and confusion of a general election will be rot over long before the conan.ncement of the harvest. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Sir W. and Lady Harriet Williams Wyun entertained a vette party at dinner on Thursday, at their house La St. Jarnev's-vimare, among whom were—The Duchess of Northumberland, Lord Prudhoe. Sir. and Mr.. 11. Clive. Miss Cornwall, Mr. Shipley Conway, Mr. li. B. Clive, Mrs. W. Wynn, Miss C. W. Wynn, Ike. The Earl of Verulam ehteetained ■ distinguished party at dinner yester day, at hi. house in Gro.ecnor.•ynare. Lard Bexley had a dinner party yesterday, at his house In Great George street, Westminster. - 117Peten,ii;ti:ententalned a large party at dinner yesterday, at tile !were in Pork-lane. The kfarchlones I of Salisbury's second ariembly, on Thursday evening, in Ilanover•square, was attended by nearly 300 of the hint ton. Mrs. Beaumont'. rout, on Thursday evening, to Grosvenor-square, %V&A ve7 1 1:11; ; 11: 1 0: f rI l l an o d w f b a;hirt y attended. h l b s i ds,sleardsof Invitation fur a grand dinner party on the 21. th islet., at t is douse In Grosvenor-square. Mrs.• Walter Jones's ball, un l'hursday evening, In Bultou-row, .was elegantly attended. The Duke of Norfolk arrived In town yesterday, from his seat, Font. ham, !introit. The Duke of Grafton left town yesterday, for Newmarket. Prince Leopold arrived In town yesterday, fur the season, from Clare mont. Lund Frederick Ikanclerk, R.N. hit town yesterday, far Devonport. Kir Arthur Chichester, Hart. M.P. arrived yesterday at Holmes's Hotel, Parliament street, from Ireland. Arrival., at Feuton's New Hotel, St. James's-street :—lmfd and Duly Southampton, from dedfatlshlre • the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Napier, from Paris. Departures ..—Culonel W o o d, for iterks ; Arthur Aston, . . Arrival at the British Hotel, Jernyn-street —Sir Robert Shaw,' Bert. M.P. from Dublin. Departures :—Captain and Mrs. NIIII, for the Conti nent ; J. Randall. Esq. fur Newmarket ; W. Stanley. Esq. on, • tout. Sir James Compton, Mart. arrived yesterday at the Waterloo Hotel, ler toyn-street, from Portsmouth. The Ladies L. and J. litany have arrived In town, from Wakefield Lodge. Sir Wfillant Bellingham, flirt. and family bare arrived at their house In Dover.street, from their neat In Ireland. Depai tures from Itlrkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street:—Mr. and Mrs. Mason, 'or their seat In Norfolk ; Captain Pukinsvn, for Brighton ; J. Selby, Esq. fqr Newmarket. Arrivals at the Burlington Hotel, Ord Burlington and Cork streets Mr. and Mrs. (Aroa..t, from Leatherhesd; Colonel Marisy and French, Esq. from Dublin; COestelt, Esq. from Essex. Departures:—The Marquis of Ormond, fur Southampton; se— Tickle, Esq. on a tour. • Arrlols at the Brunswick Hotel ,late Jermyn-street Batt Waring, from WirwLor ; Mr. and Mt's. Lester, from Hastings; Sir Edward and Mr. O'Brien, front a tour, Departures:—'Thomas Ward. Esq. Caplan) Hodder, Captain !addl. Crptatn Burns, Major Tyler ; Mrs. Prutheroe, and Mite; Waterhouse, for Herts. Arrivals at Fiadung's Hotel, Oxford-Welt :—Admiral and MM. Law ford, from a tour ; Colonel and Mrs. Wollaston, from Hinckley ; It. P. Filleher, Esq., Mrs. Fulcher, and family, from India; Hun. Geo. Winn, from Roe:; Rev. Edward Thorold and the Misses Tborold, from a tour Dr., Mrs., and Miss Barnes. from a tour; Nicholas, Esq., Hon. Mrs. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Reilly, -- Lovell, Esq., John O'Fer. roll, E< q , and Thornton, Esq., from tours. Departures :—Sir Tho mas Pal.ley, Bart. and W. M. Wynyard, Evq. on a tour; F. Oakes, Esq. on a tour; James Lloyd, Esq. for the Continent; Colonel Lewis, fur St. Pierre; John Atwood, Esq. fur Cheltenham ; and Maskers, Esq. and Captain Alaaters, on tours. FANCY' BALL, KING'S TAEATRE. Maequerading, it has been observed, is hot agreeable to the English character, and we thoroughly agree with the rtMark. The Englishman informed rather of firm than of pliantclay ; he cannot lay aside his wonted dignity, to frisk and caper in disguise: that this is the true cause of the gloomy sobritty which always mars the attempt at a masquerade in this country, and not any phlegmatic immobility In the national character, is evident from the strong and rapid excitement which is produced among us by congenial motives. Last night we witnessed an instance of this ge nerous excitability, when a Ball for the Spanish and Italian Refugees drew together one of the most numerous and moat brilliant assemblages ever witnessed: it was a truly patrician company—a magnifiCent display of rank and fashion. The beauty which filled the room appeared ' to be animated with the beneficent objects of the meeting and among the patrons of foreign patrician', we saw many of the brightest ornaments of British chivalry. The pit was, as usual, united to the stage, and tastefully decorated. A few quadrille parties were for Med theft as well as in the Kinea concert-room ; but so great was the crowd, that the dancers could not " trip it as they went," but were obliged to walk " the mazy ring." The refreshments, which were laid in the concert room, were excellent, as well as the music. Many of the dresses, or rational costumes, were tasteful ; and every face seem ed enlivened with an air of hilarity end enjoyment : in short, the bill, we rejoice to say, was eminently successful. WINDSVR, FRIDAY, A reit 2!. The King took an airing yesterday, attended by his suite, in his little phaCton,ind drove up the rides in the Great Park ; and afterwirßs *wooded td the Castle, and inspected the state of the different improvements. Ilia Majesty returned to his Lodge to dinner. We are happy to say that the King looked extremely well. The First Regiment of Life Guards marched from the Cavalr'y Barracks this morning, to Englefield Green, where the regiment h:vl a grand field day. This regiment had also a grand field day on Monday last, at Maidenhead Thicket, under the command of Colonel Lygon. The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday, in her carriage and four, in the Parks. Yesterday the Duchess of. Gloucester said the Princess Feodore, accompanied by her Royal Sister tee Princess Victoria, visited the Princess Augusnt. Prince Leopold arrived in town yesterday evening from Claremont. Yesterday Prince Esterhasy, the Austrian Ambassador, transacted business with Mr. Secretary Canning, at Ina office in Downing-street. 'I huratlay evening between seven and eight o'clock, Mr. Dykes, the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign- Of&e, in Downing-street, with despatches from the Duke of Wellington, to Mr. Secretary Canning, dated up to the Sth instant. Madame Pasta left Calais at the same time as Dykes, the King's Messenger, and arrived in London, at Brunet's Hotel, on Thursday evening. Yesterday the Lord Mayor entertained a large party of the Clergy and Common Cluncil at (linnet.. Air. Meates, the King's Messenger, who was sent off a few evenings since with despatches, to meet the Duke of ,Wellington, we are concerned to say, met with a serious accident on his journey. As he was entering Frankfort the horses in his carriage took fright, and ran away with the carriage, and before the horses could be stopped Mr. Meates had experienced so much injury, by the overturn ing of the carriage, that his right shoulder was dislocated, and he was in other respects so much bruised, that on his being taken into a hotel, and a surgeon sent for to attend him, he was found to be in so bad a state that it was deemed impossible for him to proceed with his State des , patches. Upon application being made, representing the 1 distressing circumstances, to the British Minister resident at Frankfort, his Excellency despatched a courier off, to forward to their destination the despatches, with which Mr. Meates had been entrusted. At a 9narterly Court of the Merchant Tailors' Com piny, wlach was very numerously attended, on Thursday, ' the freedom of the Company was unanimously voted to be' presented to the Right lion. R. Peel, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. Sam Rct i :ers, that prince of punsters, daring conversa tMn after dinner at Lord L.'s the other evening, in reply to the question, " What did he imagine would be the success of his friend Mr. Alexander Baring, in his contemplated candidateship for Middlesex ?" said, " that although he was not clovely acquainted with the feelings of the voters, yet he could confidently anticipate his having a good re ception and support from all the quiet tempered and meek men." "Why from them," said heavy-headed. " Why ?" said Sam—" Why, ar'n't they all Ar-hearing V" CHARLESTON, ( C.) Pilaacit 13.—Mr. Kean arrived kre yesterday, in t he ship Othello, and is to make his first appearance in Charleston, this evening, In the character of Richard the Third. A Commission under the Great Seal was opened at our Lunatic Asylum, on Friday, the 17th instant, to inquire Intl the lunacy of George Smith. The Jury, after bear ing tie evidence of Mr. James Smith, brother of the luna tic, and of Mr. Garrett, surgeon and superintendent of the As; lam, pronounced G. Smith to be of unsound mind.— Sp/Med Advertiser. Orders hare been issued by his Majesty's Post Masters General, and directed to Wm. Mackenzie, Esq., their agent, for four chosen seamen, belonging to the late Ilin chinbrook packet, to repair immediately to London, and join the crews of the new Post-office swain packets, that are about to he employed to and from the islands of Guernsey and Jersey. The bodies of five of the unfortunate pilots who were drowned in Hoylake last week, have been picked up and brcught to Liverpool. Inquests have been held on them, and verdicts of " Accidental Death" returned. The body of Thomas Bennett, an apprentice, has not yet bean found. THE BRITISH PRESS KENTISH RAIL-ROAD COMPANY. LAW-SUITS, BILLS OF COSTS. &e. Yesterday a Meeting of the threaten and Pmprieiory of this Company was held at the King's Head, Poultry, Sir J. Cockburn in the (:hair. The resolotion convening the Meeting, for the special purpose of &mewing to, or dissenting from. a compromise made by the Di rectors on the part of the Company. with Messrs. Wilke and Ver beke, the Law Agents of the Company, and the resolution of the 2d March, enabling Shareholders who wished to with d raw from the Company, to receive the amount of their deposits, deducting the expenses incurred, having been reed s The Cif AI n MAW said he rejoiced - Ist the opportunity of carrying the latter into effect, and he solicits, the atteotinn of the Meeting to the molichor's bill of mate. The Directors had agreed to pay Altasra. %Valk* and Verheke, subject to the approbation of the Shareholders, 31191. in of all demands against the Company. There then would remain 22541. 7s. 7d. to be divided among the Shareholder, which would make a dividend of fin. per Share, alter an expenditure of only two-thirds of the sum subscribed, and it re mained with them to give the Directors power to finally conclude the affairs of the Company by theist of June. The bill of costs was 20394, front which MK, or rather better than 211 per cent., had been deducted. The claim of Messrs 11 Ilk. and Verbeke had bcen submitted to the consideration of three counsel. They were of opinion that 3891. Os. 10d., in addition to what they already have reutved, would be a fair remuneration. The Chairman further sated, in answer to questions by Sharcholdert, that out of 10,000 Shares (the original number) ROM had been issued. and 74831. re. ceived as deposits. A great number of Shares mill remained on hand, and many that the depos is had not been paid on, were kept fur the purpose of distribution among the Gentlemen through whose grounds the intended rail•road was to have passed. Mr. CLAnK, an auditor, moved a resolution to enable the share- holders to retire from the Company, receiving Hs. per share, and confirmatory of the compromise entered into by the Director* with ,lasts. Wilke and Verbeke. Mr. WseNN aaid,beliHT the resolution was put he should trespass on the meeting for a few moments. fie then reviewed the proceedings of the Directors, and said *et be consideral tbl Di. rectors were accountable to the Shs►ehoWrx for every shilling of the deposits, in support of which he quoted the case of Nockles against Milubell and another, as fully applicable to the present case. fie then concluded by expressing his determination of trying the question With the Directors. fir JOHN SEWELL vindicated the conduct of the Directors. The resolution was put and carried, After thanks had been voted to the Directors, Mr. Warne served the Chairman with law processes fut the recovery of the amount of his share.. Sir Joust Immediately announced the circumstance to the meet ing, which, after expressing great indignation, suspended the pay. ment Of 11s, a share until the Wile of any Legal proceedings insti tuted by tlr. iVat ne against the Directors. Mr. VI'ARNE said, that In the event of his succeeding against the Directors, he should only charge costs out of pocke'. Thank& were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting brake up. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. The returns moved for of the amounts of exports and imports of .different branches of commerce have been laid before the House of Commons. The following is an ab stract of the different tables OZNEVA SPIRITS.—The quantity of Geneva spirits used for home consumption in the year ending Jan. 5, 1826. was 131,283 gallons. The entire quantity imported was 590.155 gallons, of which 368.1172 gallons were exported. The annual average home ' consumption of the last ten years was 117,401 gallons, the highest year being 11119, when it was 143.2112 gallons: the lowest is 1822, 39,131 gallon. From the year 1777 to 1786, the average annual consumption was 80,362 gallons; but during the whole of that period not 10.000 gallons were exported. From 1786 to 1796. the imports and exports were considerable, and the annual average home consumption 414.891 gallons. From 1796 to 1806, the im wins were very great, and about 800.000 gallons were exported. The annual average consumption was 724,351 gallons. From 1807 to 11116, the average annual consumption was 272,893. BRANRY.—The. quantity of brandy imported from the year 1607 to the year 1816 was 17,519,611 gallons; the quantity export ed was 6,935,608 gallons ; the annual average home consumption was 1,102,583 gallons. From the year 1817 to 1826, the quantity imported was 18,499,240 gallons; the quantity exported was 6,138,369 gallons; the annual average home eonaumption was 1,058,576 gallons. . . . Rtsi.-fThe quantity of rum imported from the year 1807 to the year 1816 was 61,249.738 gallons ; the quantity exported was 19,691,438 gallons; the annual average home consumption was 4,177,1913 gallons. The quantity imported from 1817 to 1826 was 64,113,313 gallons; the quantity exported was 25.5211.185 gallons; tht annual average home consumption was 2,7114,534 gallons. TEA.—The quantity of tea imported from the year 181)7 to the rear 1816 was 2313,656.9 a lbs. The quantity exported was 44,917.461 lbs.; the annual average home consumption was 98,280,754 'ha. The quantity imported from 1817 to 1826 was 217,641,131 lbs. The quantity exported was 44.255,684 lbs.; she manual average home consumption was 22.750,m3 TOBACCo.—The quantity of tobacco imported from the year 1807 to the year 1826 was 453,689.483 lbs. The quantity exported in a raw state during the same period was 234,448,131 lbs. The quan tity exported in • manufactured state was 1.901,615 lbs. The an. nual average home consumption wa.s 13,272,952 lbs. Orix, AND lIAKD iVOODS.—The amount of duty paid upon fir, oak, and other hard woods imported from Europe, Africa, and America, in the year ending the 511 January. 1824. was 752,7861. 195.34. In the !:ear ending the sth January, 1025, 8 001291. 9s. Bid. • and in the year ending the sth January, 1026, 1,966,4371. 16e. tit. MANUFACTURE OF PARLIAMENTARY PETITIONS.—A countryman was boasting a few days since, that he had signed no less than four petitions in one day, " twa to the House o' Lords, and twa to the House o' Commons." " And what were they about, Thomas ?" a neighbour asked. "Oh ! for emancipation to the slaves and the sina' notes." " And what ken ye about either slavery or sma' notes, Thomas ?" " Deel, gin the truth were kept, John, unto little ; but I did the ane to please the Minister, and the tither to please the Laird."—Perth Courier. Lira Pass RVER.—We feel much satisfaction in calling the attention of our readers to an advertisement which ap pears in this day's paper, of one of the moat useful and in genious inventions, by a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of the name of Cook, that we have witnessed for many years, for the purpose of stopping carriages of all descriptions, in the event of the persons in them having the misfortune to be sitting behind a runaway horse. It is most simple in its construction, and at the same time highly effective for answering the desired end. The patentee (Lieut. Cook) is the same individual who has received such valuable and highly distinguished marks of Royal favour from the late Emperor Alexander of Russia and the King of the Nether lands, for that excellent invention for the preservation of persons from shipwreck, called the night life buoy. DISTRESSING EVENT.—We have to communica•e the painful intelligence of the loss in the West Indies of five Missionaries of the Wesleyan connexion, with the wives of two of' them, four children, and two servants. They hail been to the district meeting field at St. Kitt's, and were returning in the Mail-boat to their several stations, when they were overtaken by a storm, the boat driven on a shoal, and all on board p.,risbecl, except Mrs. Jones, who was saved, after being three days on the wreck. In consequence of the non-arrival at Antigua of the mail boat, an agent was sent in quest of it, when Mrs. 3ones was found on the wreck in a state of the moat complete ex haustion. Her hush. tuil (lied in her arms the preceding night. Names of the sufferers :—Mr. and Mrs. White, with three children and servant ; Mr. Jones, Mr. Hillier, and Mr. Oke. Mr. and Mra. Jones were natives of the Pot teries.—Pottrry Mercury , April 19. Tuesday last, Mary Rust (23 years of age), from the parish of Isleham, was committed to Norwich Castle, charged with haslet; wilfully administered to her husband a quantity of arsenic, •'tith intent to kill him. Mrs rEttlora lien rtf.—Tuesday week, an inquest was held on the body of J. Edwards, a turncock. belonging to the Bootle water-works, Liverpool. The deceased lived to a small cottage in Crosby-street, and on Saturday morning, about ten o'clock, he was found in the bottom room of his cottage, in a state of insensibility. his skull being fractured to extern. His wife had been for some time Confined to her bed Up stairs by illness. It was not then I known how he had got his wounds. but he had not been in bed during the night. Surgical assistance was yilcured, but the de ceased remained insensible until Sunday morning, when he died. On Monday his head was opened by the direction of the Comte - , and an extensive wound found on his skull, and the brain was raptured. The police were only able to prove, that on Fri day night, the deceased being in a Slate of intoxication, was found by a person, named Pointz, insulting a married woman in Park-lane, and on Pon= interfering a stutie took place, in which they fell down ; a person, nanted Toner, then came up and separated them, when the deceased struck him. Toner then gave the deceased in charge of a watchman, but upon going to the Bridewell, in Brick -street, Toner finding the deceased to have received some blows in the scuffle with Points, allowed him to go at liberty. The Iltidewell keeper offered to send a watchman home with him. but he declined the offer, and set off by himself. From this time until he was found in a state of insensibility, in his own cottage, on Satur day morning, at ten o'clock, nothing was known of him. The surgeon atived, that the deceased must have received injury subse quently to his leaving the 81.41121cl:11, because the wounds in his head were of such a nature that it was impossible he could have walked home from the Bridewell if lie had received them at that time. There being no further evidence, the Jury returned a ver diet, " That the deceased died from certain wounds in the head, but how he received them, or by whom inflicted, there was no evi dence to show."—Livergovl Paper. COMBINATION OF COLLIERS. [From the Clargois Chronicle of Tuesclay.l Yesterday morning, the arrival of workmen from all manta the country, to he employed as free labourers at the works of Colin Dunlop, Esq. of Clyde Den Works. WAR quite unprecedented. By six o'clock, nearly five hundred able-bodied men were esteem bled, awaiting the decision of the public-spirited proprietor. The guard established for the protection of the new workmen were mus tered at half-past four o'clock yeaterday morning, and 11r. 31•Xicol stationed one detachment at the works, and in person cotnutantled two detachments, with twen.y rounds of ba'l.cartridge, accom panied by ten special constables, who were selected to seourthe high and low roads leading from Candschie to the iron works. The guard were of the melt efficient service in that quarter, at, although bonds of sulk .looking men were to be occasionally seen skulking about the highways, the nsw workmen passed unmolested, in consequence of the ample protection affinded them. The new hands continued to pour in till ten o'clock, when there was such a complete overflow of applicants, that it was deemed advisable to concentrate the gnarl around :the works, and a selection w.is made of the moat able-bodied workmen, consisting of labourers, weavers, and unassociated colliers, to commence operation. in the pits. The new workmen, in the lilghest spirits, with their new mplements, immediately desce 'fled the great staircase lead ng to the various mines. and commenced the working of coal. A strong party of the guard, attended by special consta. blea, were stationed at the top to secure the most complete ingress and egress to the new hands. In the forenoon, 40 unassociated col liens were engaged, and 200 of the most robust and best looking workmen to be found in this country were hired to begin opeiations on Thursday morning, when tht remaining implements will he finished. Although the smiths in the neighbourhood have Win em pinyed incessantly night and day, they have been able only to corn plot one-half of the picks required, and hence several hundreds of well disported workmen, with Miost excellent certificates of character tram their respective elders, were obliged to be refused employment fora few days. There were a nuntb,:u of unassociated colliers and labourers from Hamilton, Strathaven, Airdrie, Commie, Johnston, and other places, and those omit capable were selected. The col lien' combination being completely broken major kepirewalnro.br . the Introduction of free labourers, the applicantsi from that enmity were numerous and pressing. Many of the poor workmen had been all Mein on the road ; and it was truly distressing for .31r., Dunlop to have to reject such deserving men. As many as could be accept. ed of were employed, and those who were not required were, with Mr. Dunlop a usual htnnanity ordered to be presented with Is. 6d. each man for his trouble. The labourers and weavers who so meritoriously came forward to tender their servlces, thottii too late, were e also liberally presented with Is. each to procure them a breakfast. All the new hands accepted of are paid 2s. lid. a.dcy till they are fit for piece -work, and the collier who teaches the men, bssides his premium, is to receive all the coals they put out, and pay them only Is. Bd. a-day, 3lr. Dunlop paying them the re maining 10d. Certainly nothing can be more praiseworthy than the courageous and excellent course pursued by the workmen on this occasion. The contemptible tureats and intimidations of the combinatory, whose sole object is to keep the industrious and well behaved workmen out of a well paid trade, that they might enjoy it exclusively, were easily Rein through and spurned at, and alcove one thousand voluntarily appeared to offer their service+ where t bey could be disposed of to such decided advantage. The combined colliers are in a state of desperation. They are loitering gloomily about, and brooding over the deplorable condition to which they are reduced by their infatuated leaders. Yesterday an aggregate meeting was held in the vicinity orfollcross, when the members were advised to do what they could to obtain work, and those un employed would receive whatever assi.tance the combination could afford. The bands of new workmen that were peacefully passing along in the face of the combined gave the denth-hlow to their foolish resolves. Yesterday afternoon a number of the houses from which the refractory colliers were ejected, were occupied by the new workmen and their families, and were completely protected during the night by the pin]. It will certainly be extraordinary if such a number of unemployed persona as are to be seen roaming about in idleness in that vicinity can long maintain themselves in such estate; and the Immediate dissolution of this mischievous confederacy is one of the sure results of the energetic line of con- , duct pursued by Mr. Dunlop. Two years ago, the colliers received 10d. for the out-put of a cart of hard coal. They now exact 2s. 6d. for the same work. Three carts of coal is an easy day's work. This would amount to 7s. tid. The reduction made - by Mr. Dunlop would still leave them fis. • dsy, if they chose to work. Since the formation of the combination, the colliers have not on an average wrought six days a fortnight, and even when they went down the pit, they slid a third less of the usual labour. The furnaces were repeatedly interrupted for want of a regular supply of fuel. The colliers would not deign to mention the days they intended to remain idle—the hill men, and others employed above ground, were kept constantly hanging on to await the pleasure of the colliers, and the proprietor was. in consequence, put to double the expense in keeping these men ; for, if the colliers had wrought regularly, one. half of them would have been sufficient. Spite days the colliers would put out a small quantity of coal. other days more, the out-put being entirely governed by the grand committee. This completely perplexed those employed about the furnaces. A small tire was only kept on till the process of melting the iron commenced, and often the stock of coals would have run short of the quantity required. The prime cost of manufacturing iron was 21, a ton more than formerly, in consequence of the hight rate paid for working coal. In Clyde Iron Works about W O tons of ..pig-iron are manufactured in a week. and here was an additional levy on the proprietor of 23 W. for the out-put of coal ; and in addition to this exorbitant rise, he was badly served, and the business of the establishment subjected to vexatious impediments. This system dragged on for some time, till the reaction of the paper currency having lessened the demand, and lowered the value of iron, it became impracticable to manu facture that metal at the present high rate of working coal without incurring a heavy loss. In these circumstances, there was no al ternative but to reduce the value of labour, nr cease working. Pig iron, which sold last year so high as 141. a ton, has tillers to W. 191. a ton. There are nearly seven hundred men employed by Mr. Dunlop ; of these tour hundred are colliers, anti the remainder iron-stone miners and labourers about the works. If he had not promptly replaced the discarded colliers by new workmen, these three hundred; men and their families would all have been thrown idle by the measures or the combination ; but this calamity will be averted by the flea hands keeping up te usual supply of coals. Mr. Wilson, the judicious manager of the works, has en gaged a number of weavers from the country, who were formerly collier+, but could nut get back to their old trade when the weaving became bad, in consequence of the heavy sum demanded by the combination for liberty to work. These unassoeimed colliers are eagerly embracing the present opening; and Mr. Wilson has pro nosed them a handsome premium for every new collier they teach within a certain time. The guard, for the protection of the works anti the new workmen, is tow on regular duty night and day, and as most of them are old soldiers,they go through their manoeuvres in the true military style. A portion of them are stationed at the works, and a strong party surround the houses occupied by the new workmen. (Inc of the houses has been converted into a guard-room. The men are well-armed with guns, bayonets, pistols, and swords. They have comfortable houses to sleep in when off duty. A store has been opened at Clyde Iron Works, so that the new workers will have provisions of all kinds at hand. When once the new work men are fairly established, Mr. Dunlop intends to station the guard in the centre of the village of Tollcross, where he has nearly two hundred houses, and to fill them with new workmen in the same manner as he is filling the houses tn the immediate vicinity or the works. This will be attacking the combination in its strung hold, that quarter being the most determined in keeping up theexclusive system. The old colliers looked quite aghast when the guard with the ammunition and stores were marching through tire village.. All was silent as death, except some hooting from children. It is very for tunate for these colliers, thrown out of work by their own folly, or that of their advisers, that, through the good offices of the Provost of Montrose, they have still on hand the plate intended to be pre sented to Mr. home. As it is now quite useless for its original purpose, it would be advisable, in the present melancholy exigency, to get it melted down, and sold as old silver, and appropriated to the necessities of the subscribers. The colliers of AIL Gray, of Carntyne. amounting to about ISO. are still idle. As Sir. Way has a rock of 6l:110 carts of coals, be will act as on former occasions—lease the deluded men by bitter experience to discover their error. The are out of employment have great cause to rejoice that the work atrordeci to them in the quarry is under en judicious a management. Everything is done for their relief that is jw, t itied by prudence. Yesterday, between five and six hundred were busy breaking stones. DIRTRESS IN SPIT AI.FIT LllS.—[AdVertiSClTiellt.]—We understand that upwards of :woo/. worth of rich sil ks, satins, and gauzes, barege de sole, gros des lmles, shawls, &c. &c., are now selling without the least reserve, by commission. for the relief of the distressed Spitallields manuticturers, at Shear's and Co.'s, No. 120, Regent-street. the goods are warranted to be of the most fashionable description, and will be sold for less than half they cost making. MYOTERIOt'S DEATH.—B. Brook, of Longwood; near Huddersfield. cloth hawker. WAR tumid drowned in a pond, Selby, Monday week. His son slept with him on the preceding evening, and from his account, it appears his fathat lea him 'in bed, and soon after he heard that he was drownnd. Some bntises were dis covered on the person of the deceased, and a sum of money was missing, which it is known he had in his possesion the evening before, at a late hour. i'nfavourable surmises, we understand, are afloat, respecting the sun, from the circumstances of his having money upon him to a larger amount than on the day previous to his father's death, and from his having made strange and contradictory stivernents.—Lceds Intelhgenccr. ANTIQUITIEB.—On Friday week, a gentleman visited Lingwnod (late, near Wakefield, and found in a particular part of a tield-of former discoveries, then in an arable state, eight or tan perfect clay moulds for Roman coins, and about thirty broken pieces of the same deserip.ion of mould ; also a piece of a crucible, which probably had been broken by a plough-share. On the 13 , h 3lnrch 1821, a wheelbarrow full of these moulds was found in the same li Id, together with four crucibles all perfect. Three of them had lids or covers. The same year, one crucible with some moulds was sent to the .Antiquarian Sueiety, Somerset House, and another to the British Museum. riough's Camden Brit. vol. 3. p. 279, states, that " between Wakefield ()Inwood and Thorp on the Hill. at Lingwood (fate, were found in Ifilf7 certain clay m ou ld s f or Bo man coins, all of such I.:mile/ors in whose reigns the money is known to have been counterfeited." SARIOUS DISTURBANCES. Blackburn Mail Office, Tuesday Enkinr, . . . Han-past Seven o'Clor k. This moment about twenty of the Ist ()moon flitards have est eff for Hertield and Accrington, a report hating reached Mr. Kay. our deputy constable, that an immense namber of persona had assembled for the purpose of attacking and destroying the pont loom rectory o' }feasts. Sykes, at Accrigton I, in fart. we Iselin', the windows have already been completely demolished. This re port caused the greatest alarm in this town; imd thowands are now assembled in the streets. HALY•PAIT EttalT.—The Market coaches !rare bow arrival, and one of them has been assailed with a volley of stones, in eons.- quartet of which the vehicle was materially dal:ward. and wo ere wry to add, several manufacturers are atrioraly injured. TEN O'CLOCI.—The Hint Act has been *maid in the Marke‘ place, and' two parties of soldiers are out tit Barwematreet and Northgate. A fter the attack on the coach the assembled multitude did not manifest any further symptoms of insuborditiatitin, and bi gan quietly to disperse; and at this haus the streets are become pretty clear. .[sEcown EDretoX.l WEDNESDAY Noow.—The soldiers returned from Aceri e ell this morn'n7,, a little after , eight o'clock. When they r ad that place they found a considerable number of persons MM. bled, who, however, were quite peaceable, sad Doan after this arrival they gradually dispersed, without any further disturb ance having taken place. It appears that the windows of that part of Mr. Sykes's factory where the power looms stand are completely demolisher, bu: we believe no damage was done to the machinery. An attack was also made upon the house of Mr. Lancaster, sad I considerable injury done to the windows; but we sea happy to eiy that it does not appear any lives were lost, or that any one has re. exited personal harm. We have just been informed that the house of Mr. Haworth, the overseer of Church Bank, near Accrington, was last oight. or early this alLii.trtg• broken into, and t considerable quantity of wearidg apparel, provisions, kn. atoieo therefrom. The rubbers have - not yet been heard of, bat we have no doubt they were some of the party' who made the attack upon the factory. The entrance was a ff ec t e d throssib the dairy tr4sdatir. Thor motel ng a man of the name of T. Bury was roast com mitted to the Preston House Of Correction,[ to take his trial at the neat Sess;ons, charged with being a ringleader in the anal on the coach, &c. He was apprehended immediately after thr attack, aftd taken into the Boit.: of York puific-house, from whence he wag rescued by the mob: but Mr. Kay having.ieceVed a description of him, retook hint about three o'clock this morning. in bed. I'trelVYArYtts' Wears.—Since writing the paragraph its another part of our paper, we have received the advertisement Which appears in a preceding column, to insert which 'velure withdragn some other matter. We dottbt not but this will be re eeiied with great satisfaction by all classes of our readers., but we have not time tar' further comment. [The purport of the advertisement is a res o l ut i on o f t h e p r i n . ripe! manu facturers to give higf.rr *ages in future, orlas one of the resolutions sap"' If the townships to which w 2 make this appeal should refuse to second oar efforts, we shall, however, we may deplore it, be under the painful necessity of reducing the prices we are now paying, as low as those paid by others, of whose conduct we disap prove, or ere of alCogether abandoning the trade."l MURDER NEAR OXFORD. A murdct has been committed this week in die small Village *1 Eynsham, ritaate six miles from Oxfoter, on the r.ad leading t_ Cheltenham, which, froktEthe lespectabirity of both the unfortu nate victim and the p:mon standing cherged with the murder' has praduced a most powerful sensation in that part of the country' where they were both well known, having resided there for many years. The person murdered was a young man about twenty years of age, of tt, name of Thomas Maley. His mother, who is a widow, fotmerly kept the Red Lion Inn. in that %Maga, but for the few lint years had been living a retired life, and was looking forwae. to the time when the deteased, her on:7 son, who had just completed his appr.nticethip to Mr. Wilkins, a builder and wheel. wtight in the village, would be able to contribute towards het sup port and comfort. Eler friends are highly respectable, the to*n clerk of Oxford. and Mr. Cox. the banker. of the same place, both being nearly allied to her. The perpetrator of the horrid deed as Mr. Edward Arnot•, a man upwards of seventy years of age, of opulent connexions, and following the business of a farmer and baker. The clrcumStances under which it occurred, we understand. see as follow :—The deceased, in company with another young man, was, on Monday last. wakking near the house of Arnott, when their attention was called i)y heath - or a person in the houge re portedly cry out '• Murder Th ey' irhmeeliatety hastened so the spot, ,and having passed through .jhe front garden. were in the act of entering the house, when they saw Arnott advancing from a back room towards them with a gun in his hand, sod heard him with an oath declare that if they did net go away he would shoot them. They instantly dreiv back, and this deceased, who was last, was in the act of closing the door when Arnott levelled his giin and fired at them, and the ball, after pals ing through the door, entered the body of the deceased, who ex. claimed, •I am Murdered !** and &tippled dead. The repbrt of the event soon brought a crowd - to the spot, by whom Arnim suf fered himself to be secured without the slightest resistance. lo appears that it was his own *tfe that he was ill-treating. He had dragged her down stairs, and was proceed Fag to trse still further violence 40111%18 her, when her cries. joined to those of her daugh ter. brought the unfortunate deceased to the spot, and thus di verted his rage from her to him. The gun with which the foal deed was perpetrated was one of threewhich he always kept loaded, as a protection against thieves. The body was removed to the Med Lion, the very house the deceased's mother formerly kept, and where he was horn. On the following day a Coroner's Inquest was held there, the result of which was, a verdict of " SViltul murder against Arnott," alio was the fume day conreyttl to Oxford, and lodged in the not of that /Nee. Our correspondent, who has furnished vs with the foregoing de adds that the above particulars were cornmun'eated to him by a most respectable gentleman, a native of the place, avf on wham he has: not the slightest doubt but that he may Place implicit SINCIITT.AI FACTL-1 nere ill a person at present residing at Smiley-bridge, named J. Shelcnerdive, who has gradually in creased in weight since he attained his fifth year. I:e is now th, years of age, and weighs upwards of 32') pounds ! During the course eti his long Itte he has experienced no pain, with the ex ception of a slight occasional affection of the abdomen.—Manchereas Journal. On Wednesday, the Iffth inst. an inquest was taken within the liberty of King's College, Cambridge, on the body of W. Tredgett, one of the labourers employed on the works of the College, who died suddenly in an old building used by the work. men, where he was found by another of the lalwetrers a few minutes before his death. The deceased had fur someday. previous com plained of pain in his stomach and bowels, bet went to. work that morning as usual. Verdict—Died by the visitation of God. From the Kenn' stagnation of trade, the affairs of Mr. G. Martin, Calton, Glasgow. had been for some eime put in a state of embarrassment, and he could not obtain sleep on account o 'anxiety of mind. On Wednesday morning last he took a very large dose of opium for the sole purpose of procuring rest. Medical aid was not called for some hours after he had taken it, but by the use of the stomach pump and other remedies. sensibility was com pletely restored by the evening. Prom his prev.oos exhaustion. and frem the drug being so long in rite stomach, hi• nervous sys tem was completely overpowered, and he died on Thursday fore neon. Mr. Martin possessed literary talent, and was the author of Night, and other poems. A JUST PUNISHIIENT.—EarIy oa 'Wednesday week the family of Mr. if. 11, Noad, of Shawford, between Prome and Bath, were alarmed by a sudden explosion near their premises. A search being made. Mr. Noad found his counting-house Rad been broken open and an iron chest stolen. There were about three or four pounds of powder in it, which must have explialed in their attempting to force it with some iron instruments which struck fire. The men concerned in the robbery must have been seriously injured : a hat was picked up very much burnt, and part of a shirt, near where the chest was found. A man of the name of Gibso hes been apprehended, and his leg is so shattered that he will be likely to lose it. The report was so loud as to be heart at Norton and Farley, severel miles distant. A singular circumstance occurred to a young woman : at Rottingdean, on Friday last. Late in the evening she wished to see a feirtale &teed who resisted in another part of the village, and for this purpose left her employer's house. Time drew on and a la•e hour arrived, when, as she slid not return, some persons went to the place where she had designed to go, but on arriving there found stieAutd never celled. lteareli was made, but no trace of her could be discovered, and they were left in suspense till Saturday. On that morning a female was discovered walking very quietly in the line lending from King.tone to Aehcombe-gate, by a party of gyp. stye, who were attracted by seeing an individual at that very early hour, it being then about four O'clock. A stag belonging to them tiew oat, and bit her leg, which brought her to herself. Being questioned some time afterwards, she could not call to mind any particulars, nor did she know how she came where the gypseya had found her. The gy pseys accompanied her to Lewes, where she now remains in a dangeroes fever. MAGISTERIAL CENSURER: At the sessions on Tues day last, a man named Sothern, from the neighbourhood of Bed ton, pleaded guilty to three indictments, charging him, with steal ing fowls. On his being arraigned on the third indictment, Mr. Norris expressed considerable disnleasurc at three indictments having been preferred against the prisoner, and said that one, or at most two, would have been sufficient ; but he was sorry to sly that there were other plunderers besides the prisoners. The attorney for the prosecution started up to defend himself from this impute tinn, and Mr. Ashworth, who held his brief, state d, that not the slightest blame rested upon the gentleman who instructed him, for until he Caine to 3lanche.ter, he did not know that any other bill would be preferred against the prisoner. In fact, in all the three cases, the parties had been bound over by the magistrates to prose cute, and they had no alternative but to prefer bills or forfeit their recognizance.. The learned chairman did not think proper to make any reply to these observations, or to etplain what he meant by the use of the word " plunderers." As it appears that it could.not apply to the attoniies, and we cannot suppose that Mr. Nadu would make such a charge at random, and without inquiry. could he possibly mean to vtscnnste that some of the jus•ices wars peltp of plunlsting the county ?—Mane/sesfel