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.i MR. EDWARD GIBBON W.IKEFIEI.D. Tha tollowing extraordinary letter appeared in a Sunday Paper. We doubt its authenticity ; but as relating to a natter of some no. toriety, we lay it before our readers:— a STATEMENT or FACTS, ItrOARDINC: THE atArtrilAGE or T. O. mAxEriEf.EO WITH Miss TURNER. In the end of February I went to Macclesfield, for the purpose of paying a long-promised visit to my friend, the Rev. Dr. Davao. At that time I had heard 31r. Turner's name mentioned, but merely in casual conversation about Cheshire people ; and I had no more knowledge or thought of his daughter, or any of her family, thou I have of people in the moon. l will now state how I clinic to think of her, and to do what I have done. Mr. Turner has lately pur eha.ed an cattle near Macclesfield. Upon this property he line built a house, into which, when 1 was in Cheshire, he was about to remove. He is Sheriff for the county Ibis year. Mr. punter having, till the late purchase, been a strschcr to the rourrli, and having, as is said, made a very large fortune by trade, which he has diacontinuetl. to became, all at once, what is celled a "coun. a , y gentleman," it is not ettrptiaing that he shmild be an object of jealottay to the old mrehlished gentry, and of envy to the numernue ananuracturers of he neighbourhood where he has settled. But on. less I had witnessed it, I never would have believed that I:`..sse pesseins could evict to the extent in which I found them preying upon the pc.tre of Mr. Turner's neighbours. A wish to obtain iiiformetioti ressecting the silk 'lade (of which '' :he distress" has of late been • subject of deep Interest at iliac cle‘firld) led nu into the company of the people, and particularly wrongs, some, whole hatred of the " new squire" seemed, like die thritm tbrolog;ottia, to he great in proportion to the little differ: race that exists between his station and theirs. Tine display (which, ,probably, I never should have witnessed, unless the envy and jealousy of Mr. Turner's " friends and acquaintances" had been just then particularly excited by his preparations to " do honour," sr they said, " to the office of Sheriff") was so new, end therefore au amusing to me, that I was led by a mere flow of spirits, and the want of some better occupation, to take pleasore in observing it, and afterwards in exciting such pitiful spite, by finding provoking answers to the many illmatured stories against Mr. Turner, of which such spite appeared to be the only principal foundation. Of curse, amidst all this back-biting, Mr. Turcer's only daughter was not forgotten. She was described as ugly, ignorant, awkward, and vulgar. 1 was truly informed, however, that Ilia 'turner was a pretty, clever, unusually weld.edurated, high-spirited, and most atnieble girl; and I was thus enabled to seize every opportunity of describing her in all the colours of therainbow. A good listener must often contradict. The Macclesfield School for Scandal, and one Sir B. Backbite in particular, found me an inappreciable audience for their stele emus, till at last my ears rung with Miss Turner's name, and I became her champion, ea well as her father'a. Still I had no thought of marrying her. I had sought and enjoyed the fun of talking about her and her father. because the people at blacelestiekl would, with the exception of the silk trade, talk about etching Mae, and I have said before, because my high spirits had no better employment; but if l had left Macclesfield twodays sooner then 1 should in a week have forgotten Bliss T.'s name, and all that concerns her, as completely as I now forget how and when it was that I Learned die alphabet. But on one of thelaetelays of my stay at Maccles. field. I heard a discussion as to whether any " country gentlemen" wrield accompany the High bheriff on his way to the Chester As sr:es. This diecuseion ended in the expression of a general opinion In the negative. My friend, Dr. Davies, who is one of the most noble-minded persons I know, was near me at the time. I as ked him, with a look and manner that begged him to say's es," w:iether he would join Mr. Turner's proceasion. Ile answered, " Fes, that I will, if it is only to show that I do not share people's spiteful jealousy." Old knows why !—I cannot tell—but I ex claimed, "So will I!" A thought, a wish, a determination just then entered my head. It was, that I would marry Miss Turner myself before the Chester Melees, and get up such ant escort for her father, as moat have driven the most bilious of his detractors mad. Nothing could appear so preposterously extravagant. All I knew of Miss Turner was, that she was at school at Liverpool. I had no chance of meeting her. Meeting her, I had no chance of persuading her to marry ins without her father's consent ; and his content was out of the question, for I bad made an appoint ment at Calais within six days from that time, and I would not allow any thing to interfere with that engagement. What fully ! what matinees I I exclaimed; and yet I could not drive the crazy wish front my head. I foresaw that, even though I should persuade Miss Turner to marry me. I should obtain, not a rich heiress, but a beggar; for I knew that she bad no property in her own right, and I beard enough of the vindictiveness of her father's temper to be almost certain that he would never forgive us. I thought of the passion of hatred towards tnyself that would probably take possession of him, of the apparent impoleibility of success: of the great danger of the attempt, of the world's reproaches, and of everything that would have deterred me, had I been in my senses, from committing the set of a madman. Still i hail not entirely lost my senses, for my determination to marry Miss Turner was clogged with three very repot-able conditions. They were, first, that I should find her to be a sort of person •liont I could love and cherish for her own sake; secondly, that I should Ming her to believe that she would be hippy in marrying me ; and thirdly, that I would not use force, or the shadow of force, nor even put the slightest restraint on her in. e!Mationa, in any part of the adventure. Here was a task ! To marry within three days a person of whom I knew so little, and whore knowledge of me mutt have been equally limited, and (foe this male the difficulties alitioat insurmountable) to become pleased with her, and make her pleased stilt me. before even proposing mar riage to hell—The apparent impoasihility of the thing urged me on; and I pursued Its execution with reckless activity. I formed and rejected plan after plan, till, at test, I decided on that which in. duced the eelloolmiitrem to give me the opportunity I desired of sooveraing with bliss Turner. My servant, who was not above half in the secret, was so frightened at. the success of his own grave aced umwspiclous deporlinsnt, that lie made a capital blunder, by leaving me at Liverpool, end proceeding with Miss Turner to. wards Shrigley. She will 3u miles before me on her way towards home, before I discovered that abe had left Liverpool. I followed, of coarse, intending, bad they reached Shrigley, to drive there at o tee, and get my servant out of the scrape at any rate. But fate hsd dxreedthat Mies Turner should wait at an hotel at Manches ter, close to !re house or one of her favourite uncles, for more than two hours, without the sign of impatient°. On Yearliing the inn, I itroduced myself to her, not by telling her my name, nor indeed a . .y.otherwise than by saying that the carriage would be ready in a moment. I then talked of her journey, of the rata, of a curious clock which we could see from the inn windows, and, Indeed, of any thing that might prevent heresking qtteetiors for which I should have no answers. She was not in the least alarmed, but answered me cheerfully and aptly upon every subject. In ten minutes the carriage was ready. She held my arm whilst I stood in the hall talking to a waiter, joined me in wishing the landlady good day, and entered the carriage amidst a crowd of idle gazers, whom my hurried sr cowl had collected round the inn. She had very often been at Man. eiloster, and knew perfectly that the horses' heath otere tutned In so opposite direction to the toad to Shrigley. When I entered the carriage, the wooden blintls were reject,. I lowered their', fearing that such an appearance of ctncealment might excite curiosity ; and, after asking her if she had forcotten nothing, ordered the bons to drive on. 'I he first titi-g I said to her in the carriage was, " Do you know why you have been sent fur from school r —"Yee," she said, " Miss Daulny told me, though she was desired not to tell me, that my mother is Ill." I immediately assured her that this was not the care; that I had reasons for deceiving Mina Paulby ; that :Mrs. Turner was, I believed, quite well; and that shs ahould have a full explanation by and by. She scented grati. Med to leant that her mother was rot ill, and neither expressed nor site wed the slightest anxiety to know more. I then exerted every power of my nand to amuse and please her. My great object woe to dies her out ; to see what sort of a mind she had ; to learn what had been her education, and what were her opinions, man ner% and habits. 1 soon di s covered (what our su bsequent close tattinacy has fully confirmed) that she has a vivid itnagication, and a judgment beyripd her years. Why, theu, it may be asked, were not her suspicions excited ? Because, 1 tensor?, her imagi. station enabled one to discover, at once, the subjects that Interested her ; and by turning that discovery to account, to make myself an object of interest to her ; and she felt no alarm in my company, because het judgment enabled her to see slid feel the great pains that I took to treat bas with the delicate aid respectful, yet tenter kindness, that her extraordinary situation demanded. It must be difficult for say one to tin 'gine what actually occurred; but I assert, :hat if she had been a fool (as the newspapers have in destriously remesented her) she would probably have hesitated to continue thejoumey with me. As it was, not a s'utelow of alarm, or even of suspicion, ever crossed her mind. A mate of high ex. eltement caused my spirits to overdo,. She was almost ego:J.ly elated. We talked and leughed incessantly. Never in my lime did I say so much in the 'ease time. All subjects came under discus. sine—the gravest said the most ridiculous—the n:o.t important and the most Wittig. Her quickness, imandlation, and good sense, astonished and delighted me. lowead tit having to bring my con. verea•ion down to toe capacity of en ordinary vars.! girl, I found that I could talk on at raildnin, and eaa• she understood every word I said. she, toe, was gratified to discover that I enjoyed her dls. play of a natural wit and keen sense Of the ridiculous, with whi c h site i s g ift e d. M a rriages, It Is said, are made in heaven ; ours was made by the first two hours of our conversatien. It mar be asked if I had found her ugly, ignorant, and vulgar, as she hail once been described to me, what should I lave done ? My mind was quite made up. I should have taken her back to Liverpool, desired the school.mistress to send immediately fur Mt. Turner, and should have left with her, for him, a partial account of my freak—urging ben to conceal it for his child's mite. I had not mentioned marriage to her. As my motives for taking her back would never have been sti greeted. so my motives fortaking her away sould never hare been d'acosered. I intended to refuse all explimaticri upon the subject, be. y end admitting an act of seeming folly. soil in p in describing what wmil4 have been considered an unfathomable mystery. I treand to Mr. Turner's good sense to keep the sce•et. At all events, that tom my intention. If she had felt alarmed, and had objected to travelling with me, I should have made fur Buxton, and should ,have sent her home with the landlady of the Buxton litttel. In this use, as n:y object foe taking her away would have been sus. peeted, I Mould neither have app.:Art.4ton Inane written ; mid I had, -by many precautions, taken care to conceal the real actor, in what would have been called " an unsuereasful attempt to run away wi:h Miss 'l'urner." Bat, instead of having to ruin! either of these io. tentions. every thing conspired to confirm my main resolution. No ale can Imaglite the pains I took to knot. my Arum wire, and find ing her, as I did, all that is delightful, how I strove to int tier, and make her pleased wish me. That I succeeded, there can be no doubt; fur when, having made tip toy mind to propose mar riage to hem I asked her whether she knew where she was going ? pie said, " No ; but I suppose you do ? And I do not wish to be told. I Whir enjoy the wieertainty." i informed her that she pat /a lio Yorkshire, and that she would probably meet her father dersfield. " Very well," she replied ; and then she revertedtb e maenad= which bid been broken off by my gum. _~~ tan. This occurred after we had left Manchester about three hours. As we proecedetawe still talked inceseantlynend often alluded to the strangetices of our situation. I gradually assumed towards her a manner which I cannot readily describe. it was not studied. It was perlectly natural. 1 behaved to her as I would to a beloved sneer, whom I had joined after separation from childhood, and whom my whole soul was bent upon pleseing—with careful reserve, sod yet with the most affectionate frankness--with intimacy with. out familiarity, and with the greatest, the most marked and thoughtful kindness. but with no more tenderness titan any man of feeling would display to a helpless woman accidentally placed under his sole protection. She was, I suppose, pleased with this manner of treating her. By what means I cannot tell further; Lut that she was pleased I had soon ample proof. As we approached Huddersfield, I nientioned the possibility of our rot meeting her father there, and of her having to trowel on with me till the following day. Now, hay love for her father is un bounded, and forms, perhaps, the most marked trait of her charac ter. Yet. as she has since often assured me, she was agreeably disappointed at hearing that she might not tee him so 11000, and that she might coutittue to truel with me till the next day. Few will believe this; but it is strictly true; and I know so well her love of truth, and sense of justice, that I am sure she will confirm 'my assertion. I ant not such a coxcomb as to ray that she was in love with me; but as I was already delighte d with her, who had 1 taken no pains to pleue, she might well be pleased with me, who 1 had spared none to rap•ivate. I cannot explain this secret of im heart; but I state the f et, according to my belief and her ' assurance. On reaching Huddersfield, my eupposition of lice 1 regret at the thought of our separation was confirmed by her high emits whilst we were at an inn the e--after I had told her that we 1 had no chance of seeing her father till the next day. We limed an hour, I believe, at the inn, where we ate, drank, talked, laughed, and almost 0'3 , 0, as if we had been on a party of pleasure. It was then dark. She expected to travel alone with me all night; and she knew neither to what place she was going, nor with what object so strange a journey hail been undertaken. But she did continue the journey, not merely without a sign of hesitation, but with every mark ofagelight at our ioccaunt conversation, and the hurry and excitement of the whole adventure. At Ilelifax, my sealant, on whom fright and fatigue had brought on a fit of the gout, remained behind. Openly, and so that she must have heard me, bet in French ( which I slid not then know she perfectly underetancls), I gave him orders to re turn to London. He asked me whether he should engaco 't family rooms" for me in the Brunswick Hotel ? I said " Yea: but do not tell any body that I ant married, but go to bed, and stay in bed, ill or well, till you see me thr-a clays hi nee." This, I suspect, did partially open her eyes to my ultimate object; for soon after, as I was talking to my brother in French about her, and the time when we might reach Scotland, she desired us not to " tell secrets" in French, unless we wished her to understand them. Be this as it may, we continued to wave' through the night, occupied sa before with Incessant conversation. Her spirits never flagged for a mo. ment. Every thing almost was converted into an excuse for I mghing. The a ll but dangerous rapidity with which the York shire post.bnys drove through the darkness; the significant requests of more than one landlady on the road, that we would honour them without company on our return; my struggles, after two sleepless nights, with an almost overpowering drowsiness; various petty He. 1 citients; and the probability, ascertained during the night, that the carriage would break into pieces before daylight, all furnished us , with reasons. or rather excuses, for being so merry, that any one who could hate seen and heard us, must have been satisfied of the perfect good will of both parties to lose no time in reaching Gretna. ; green. I, of course, continued to direct my whole attention to improving her partiality for me, not merely by sharing and en couraging her joyous good humour, but alto by entering into all her feelings, and by bestowing upon her such personal attentions 1 and caresses as, without being indelicate, or calculated to alarm her modesty, were an unequivocal declaration of my wishes and in. tentions. And I undoubtedly succeeded ; for before we reached Kendal, she treated me with all the affectionate confidence and gratifying intimacy that a cherished friend and admitted lover could have expected from her. At Kendal, after breakfast, I was about to undeceive her, to explain the stratagem I had used, in order to know her and make myself known unto her, and to attempt, by a common course of supplication and argument, to persuade her to marry me: The Devil reminded me that be sides the means of persuasion furnished by our already established intimacy, I had a very powerful argument to use—she had passed one whole night with me! and I could have urged that, fer her own sake, she would do well to become my wife with ! out delay. True it was that I had treated her with the utmost de ! limy, and her conscience would have been clear, though she heel not married me. But then there was an ill-natured world, which, knowing how much I had done, would never give me credit for any degree of forbearance, and would laugh at any saving declaration of mine, as the mere result of fear or repentance. The argu ment was indeed, at last to a gentlewoman, tremendously power ful ; but I felt an invincible repugnance to using it. A romantic tit for which no stranger will give me either blame or credit) came upon me; and under its inflect ce, 1 dreaded to appear a . brute in the eyes of this sweet girl, who was already so well in clined to like me, and whom, had I used that ungenerous argu. ment, I should have married by means which promised to insure for me her dislike, instead of the tender love that I then felt certain 'of inspiring her with. Still, what other chance had lof obtaining her free, and full and openly expressed approval of an immediate marriage? Even though, as I half suspected, she would not in heart, object to becoming mine, she must, for the sake of her pride, have made objections Which I could not have answered ; and it therefore behoved me to furnish her with some excuse for yielding to my wishes. There was no time to lose. Whether or not I should use the ungenerous argument—l had passed one night with her—l had gone too far to recede, if it were possible to advance by any means short of constraint. The ungenerous argument recurred to me continually ; but I always repelled it, and sought till my head ached for some oilier means of inducing and excusing her approval of an Immediate marriage, without destroying her good opinion of me. At last the device struck me, which I ultimately used with success; and I declare that that pretext was employed, not as the surest and easiest means of persuading her, but as the only one which would enable me to marry her without, in the very act of marriage, risking the loss of her good opinion. She entered at once, and I may say eagerly, into what she thought a scheme for securing her father's fortune. There was no holding back, no hesitation. " Yes," she said, "with pleasure. for papa's sake." She evidently exulted at the idea of being useful to her parents, and expressed so beautifully her admirable feelings towards them, that I was very near clueing her in my arms, and betraying all. Here, in or•ler to show that I am not the ruthless ravisher, sud that she is not the consummate fool, that we have been described, I must proceed with considerable detail. As soon as she had ex pressed not only her consent but her wish to marry me, I said to her, " Ellen, you have one other important consideration : it' you feel any repugnance towards me—it you do not feel that you shall be able to love me, and to be very happy in living with me en tirely henceforth, tell me so without hesitation. There is no abso lute necessity for our marriage. 1 beg of you to reflect most care. folly upon this point, and to examine your feelings towards me. You have seen very little of me, but still we are become an inti. mate as it' we had known each other for years. I hope, and do not doubt to treat you always, fur your own sake, with more than the tenderness which your peculiar situation has hitherto obtained from me. But think, and do not decide rashly. If you dislike, or object to marry me, say so, and I will take you back to Shtig. ley, when your fatnee's affairs must be arranged in some other ways This speech, which was dictated by a vain wish In satisfy myself that I had a large share in her decision, site listened to with the deepest attention. I would not allow her to answer immediately. A lung pause (which she will perfectly recollect) ensued. At last site said, " It you are always as you are now, I hope to be very happy whit you." " But," asked I. " what do you believe ? ' We bandied these word., hope and believe, till we both laughed. I emit! not expect her to make an impressive declaration of attach ment. I told her I wan satisfied, as her answer left every thing to depend on me. I thanked her. kissed her, and encircled her in my arms ; and from that moment I treated her as my future wife; talk. ing to her of the years of enjoyment I promised myself in her so ciety—of my anxious &Mr to obtain her tenderest love, and to omelet: her welfare and happiness by every means in my power--of my tender and affectionate feelings towards her, and of the thou. , sand things that a man would say to his affianced bride just before ; their marrtaer. In all this I was perfectly Grime. Her admirable I conduct had in a few hours (hours which circumstances had spun 1 nut to weeks) made me love her more than I should probably have done after a common ecquatntance of years. Her courage and presence of her good stow andju!gment ; her wit and acquirements ; , her most gentle and affectionate, yet most happy and cheerful tern. per ; her helpless situation ; her evident partiality for me : the I very wrong, but for such partiality, I should have been ieflicting I upon her ; all conspired to fill me with the strongest emotions of 1 tenderness towards her. I swore to myself and to her to render her Ithe happiest of women, and to make her, as a devoted husband, more than ample reparation. This tenderness from me, and the caresses to which it gave rise, soon restored our cheerfolness. As we passed the mountains of Westmoreland, we projected a summer .isit to the Lakes. Near Carlisle, and on the Border, it was im. possible to think and speak of any thing but Waverly and Walter Scott, and the lest hour of our journey to Gretna was cccupiell in telling stories or the hair-breadth escapes of run-away couples, and in all but boaterous mirth at the anticipated surprise of her Cheshire friends and acquaintances, whet they should hear of her marriage. When near Gretna, I found that she was sell acquainted with die marriage service, having, as she told me, " often read it, little shirking, then, hat she should want it so aeon." I, theretare, in order to gratify another romantic whim, took care that the ceremony should be more formal aed solemn than is either necessary or usual at Grettie. She performed her part in at with the utmost cheerful. ness ; giving steadily, and with evident 'tips of feeling, right an ! ewers to the solemn questions of the marriage service ; and, when I first called her my wile, she embraced me with as much terdentess as if I had been the long-cherished object of her choice. The die was Pow irrevocably cast ; but I had still three important objects its I view—to keep my engagement at Calais ; to inform Mr. Tuner, as ! soon as possible. that his clitirgiver was legally, and. to speak as I humbly an possible, not ineligildy married ; and, if possible, to 1 conceal from my wife tha ad in any degree sinned against her cee father. I there ore tiro: 'at once to Dover, anti sent my bro. thee into Cheshire, with 1 eactions to conceal nothing from Mr. Turner, but to urge him to avoid a public scandal, and, above all things, in join me, for his chikiht sake,in maintaining her goal opi nion of me. Unfortunately, when my brother reached Shrigley, 31r. Turner was its London ; and be was persuaded to trust an ex planation to a thirst person, who knew nothing but the bare fact of the marriage. On our jousoey to Calais, and during our stay there, my wife's confidence in sas was without limit; her high spirits rather in creased than disnifeitsbed ; and our mutual attachment seemed, as it was, limn dad walsawaikd. At Doves ails made the acquaintance , 1 THE BRIT;SH PRESS. of some friends of mine, who crossed the channel with us, and who will hear witness to our mutual affection. Calais. although a wretched place, was full of novelty and amusement to her. There we panted nearly a week, like any other newly-married couple, and as if neither n'ie nor I had any reason for anxiety. Indeed, although occasionally I could not but be anxious to learn in what manner Mr. Turner had receives my brother's communications, I was so fully occupied in teaching, dressing, caressing, and amusing, the high-spirited and affectionate girl,whose happiness, whatever might be the conduct oilier family, I now considered as the Seat object of my existence, that I was indifferent to almost every thing but the actual employment of the moment, of which no one can imagine the intoxicating nature, who has nor, by rare good fortune, been the first object of a young heart's legitimate tenderness. And the revolution in her situation was so complete--converting her in one day from a scolded or neglected, and always restrained school-girl, into the earthly idol of a passionate and romantic husband—that it is not fair to wonder at her having, under its,liappy influence, pre ferred the vaudeville even of a Calais theatre, to the die-away songs of a Liverpool concert—the hasty productions of a tenth-rate mar- Maud de wades to the little coal-scuttle bonnet and scanty pelisse of • Nlacelesdeld dress-maker—and my poor company to that of her governess. On the 15th of March, the Dover packet brought a friend for whose I was waiting, and my wife's uncles. All the newspaper accounts of our meeting are mere inventions. They went to the Hotel Meurice where, I was told, they had asked for me. I pro ceeded there , but not finding them, returned to the Hotel Quillacq, and was then informed that 31r. Robert Turner and Mr. Critchley, together with a lawyer and several Row-street officers, were coming to arrest me on a charge of abduction, and that .Sirs. Turner was dangerously ill. Sly carriage and passports were ready, and I could have escaped to the 'gorier* end with my wife; but I really wished to meet her uncles ; and even if I had not so wished, the accounts of Mrs. Turner's situation would have fixed me to the spot. I sent to Messrs. Turner and Critchley, to say that I await ed them. When they appeared, I begged for a short conversation with them before they should see their niece. Sly object in desir ing to see diem first, was to tell them the whole truth, and to entreat that, for her Rake, they would not, as she was now toy wife, give her a bad opinion of me. They , turned a deaf ear to all that I could say upon the subject, seemed convinced that the marriage was null and void, and urged me, in consideration of Mrs. Turner's mast dangerous illness, and Mr. Turner's abject dis tress, to put no obstacle to the return of their daughter to Eng. land. I could not hesitate for an instant. I led her to them, and left her with them mane time. On my return, I found her as touch convinced as they were that we were not married.— I then, seeing their misery, hastened to afford them all the comfort in my power, by taking them into their niece's bed-room, and as. staring them that was the first time I had ewer entered it. Mr. R. Turner asked me if I had any objection to write what I had stated? " Not the slightest," I replied, "if you think that will be a com fort to Mr. and Mrs. Turner ;" and I immediately wrote a strong declaration to the effect of what I had just motored them. Mr. R. Turner and Mr. Critchley will hear witness th it I did not do this under the influence of fear, or to obtain credit or favour for myself; but that, seeing their conviction that no marriage had taken place, and induced by their repeated assertions to entertain, myself, a doubt upon the subject, I did it voluntarily and calmly, merely to give the whole family some consolation in their distress. There was then some desultory conversation about arresting me. This I knew was out of the question, but I offered, if the lawyer would undertake that I should be bailed, to proceed immediately to Lon. don. He would not give me an assurance to that effect. I there fore declined returning to England immediately ; but I assured Messrs. Turner anti Critchley, that I would certainly appear there very soon, and meet manfully, though submiasively, the worst con sequences of what I had done. On the same day I addressed a letter to Mr. Turner, in which I eagerly sought to remove from his daughter to myself, all the blame that might attach to our marriage, and repeated, even in stronger term., my previous declaration, under the same impulse that had induced me to make it to has brothers. . ..... The following extract from that letter will show the spirit in which it was written ; " I am assured, Sir. by your brothers, that my marriage is null and void. If this be the case, 1 shall feel the deepest regret, not on my own account, I hope, but because reparation will thereby be put out of my power. If your daughter be not, and should never be, my wife, I have, indeed, done you an irreparable injury. In that case I should de sire: to give you some proof of abject repent. once, if any sacrifice on my part could only tend towards removing the evils of which I shall have been the author ; but 1 fear I shall be unable to do you any good by suffering myself. Nevertheless, I shall place myself at your disposition. Every facility shall be afforded by me for the pursuit of your vengeance. Igo to Paris only to fulfil an indispensable engagement, and shall hasten to re. turn, to suffer cheerfully whatever punishment it may be your plea. sure to inflict upon me. " If I have not mistaken the 'pith of your brother's measures, nothing but the Act of Parliament can decide whether or not your daughter be my wife. For her sake, I certainly trust that she is ; but if she be not, and if you decide that she never shall be, then I have only to desire that every shadow of doubt may be removed from the question ; and, in effecting this, I shall not only to ready, but most anxious, to afford any assistance that it may happily be in my power to offer. " I trust, Sir, that you will not misinterpret the spirit in which this hasty letter is written. I do not seek any favour from you ; I am not influenced by any feeling of alarm. lam prepared for, and anxious to meet, the consequences of what I have done, and I have no hope of being able to persuade you to think favourably of me. I have tried to write, in the first place, with a view to your com fort, what undoubtedly would give me comfort in such a case ; and seeondly, under a conviction that I am your son, with the manly frankness which, 1 trust, is habitual to me ; so that, at least. If at present you know nothing but ill of. me, you may learn that I am any thing but a sneaking coward, who would hesitate to repair a grievous wrong by every means in his power." Mr. Turner answered this letter by obtaining a warrant against me for a capital felony. Ino sooner heard of it, than I hastened to England, where I have always been anxious to surrender myself, and give bail for my future appearance. Hitherto my offers to that effect have obtained no answer from Mr. Turner's agents. I am impelled to make this statement (from which I have pur. posely excluded numerous corroborative details), not with a view to my own justification, for that 1 know is impossible, but in order to remove from myself sonic of the most injurious, and from my wife the mortifying, imputations which have been cast upon us both. It may be well to pursue me vindictively, but it is cruel to make her suffer for my sins. I will, therefore, trust that this repeated acknowledgment of the injury that I have done to Mr. Turner, and the proof which it furnishes that I have no wish to defend myself, may check, for the future, t`:e well-tneant though misguided zeal with which his agents have laboured, and are still striving to make his daughter a public laughing-stock, and the object of e,erlasting curiosity and comment. The above statement has been submitted to Mr. Turner, togr thee with the following letter . . . " compliance with the implied pledge contained In a letter which I lately addressed to the editor of the Courier, I have the honour to enclose, for your consideration, an account of cir. cunisiances attendant on my marriage, which account it Is my in tention to circulme amongst my private friends. " If the public statements respecting your daughter and me had not, for the mesh part, appeared originally in a newspaper which is supposed to be under the control of your agent, I should have treated them with complete indifference, and nothing would have induced me to aid in making your daughter an object of public discussion ; but as many cf the ridiculous and mortifying para graphs respecting us both have been inserted with the stamp of your authority, though I feel certain without your knowledge, I ant impelled to rectify the misrepresentations which they contain, by de-cribing, in their true colours, amongst try friends at least, yo.ir daughter's amiable character and admirable conduct. " And although it 1114 been iutrossible for me to do this without acknowledging, in their fullest extent, my heavy sins towards you, I have no objection to your making such acknowledgement public, in all details, if you should agree with me in thinking that the false imputations cant unon your daughter may thereby be removed. •• To you, bit. I ton anxious to repeat, that I have no wish to escape from the punishment which it may be your pleasure to in. filet upon me. . . B r itt I must, at the sante time, beg you to believe that, in thus submitting myself to your vengeance. I have no selfish hope in being able to moderate your anger. My sole reasons for this step are, the recollection of my engagement to place myseif at your dis position, and an anxious desire to facilitate, by every means in my power, whatever course of proceeding may be thought moat condu cive to you' daughter's advantage. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, " London, May 6." EDWARD U.WAKEFIELD." THE 41131 r. Detachments belonging to the 3.1, 14th, and 54th Regiments of tot:miry marched yesterday morning from Westminster for Chatham. Detachments belonging to the 4th and 11th Light Dragoons, and the 10th Lancer., marched yesterday morning tram IVestminster, for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. Detachments 'telongiag to the 6th, 20th, 38th, 4411), and 40th Regiments of Foot marched yesterday morning from Westminster for Canterbury. A Detachment of the n. - oh Regiment of Infantry marched yester. day morning front Woof - Muster for Dover. Detachments belonging to the 4th, 35th, and Blst Regiments of Font marched yesterday morning front Westminster fur Win. chatter,. _ . Detachments belonging to the Sth, 37th, and 70th Regiments of Infantry mareltud yesterday morning from NWerantinster for Ports luau t The last Detachment cf the Depot of the 77th Regiment of Foot, tr , der the command of Captain Raines, arrived on the 17th inst. at Alullingar, from Scotland. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. Oeronn, MAT 20. On Saturday, the 13tb Inst. being the last day of Ea.ter 'rem, the fol. lowing Degrees were confaTed RACNILOR IN DIVINITY.—Rev. Thomas Short, Yellow of Trinity Col. lege. Mt aaaaa or Awrs.—itev. tl9llle. Byrd, Magdalen Hall ; Rey. John Arriit‘tead, Trinity College; Rev. Robert 'Prevor Tyler, University Col lege; Rev. Peter Tilley, Schuler of Jesus College ; Rev. Richard William Lambert, Pembroke College; Theophl.us libidulph. Scholar et Corpus Chihli College. BACHELOR• o► Ativs.—Sir John Pewiett Orde, Bart. Christ Church, Grand Compounder; Prank John Moore and Robert Henry Nep•tlmrtall, Ji.seter College; J•h& Ma•gee, B•ary Joke Nary.,, gad Jeueph Saville Roberts Evans, Queen's College; Thomas Horn, St. Edmund Hall; Charles John Gooch and John Adolplitis Wright, Christ Church; Henry Sneyd, Brasennove College; Geurse Dines and Ueofge Dowell, tlehotare of Trinity College ; Francis Magetidge, Scholar of Jesus Col lege; Francis Porter. Schuler of Wadhain College • John Entwistle Scholes Hutchinson, John Hanle, Thomas Barton 11111, James Jertani, and John Lewis Laniutte, Wadham College. On Wednesday last, the first day of Act Term, the Bev. Edward Burton, M.A. late Student of Christ Church, wait nominated one of the Examiner* In Literis Ilumanioribus ; and Richard Creswell, M.A. Fellow of Wor cester College, an Examiner In Disclpllnia Ilathematiels et Phy.lo.. At the same time the fallowing Gentlemen were nominated Nader; of the Schools : The Rev. John Mitchell Chapman ' M.A. Fellow of Baillnl ; the itvr. Walter Aneuttne Shirley, M.A. Fellow of New College ; and the :ter. Edward (image Simeox, M.A. Scholar of Wadham. The name day the following Dearer' were conferred : _ " • - - MAtirsas or Aars.—ltev. JaMes MIIIIIIII4 Hatterell, Bresennose, Grand Compounder ; Rev. Edward Cornish IVO 1., St. Edmond Hall ; Rev. Reginald Pole, '.xeter College ; Rev. Aarmt Foster, Exeter College ; NVilliam Robert Newbolt, Student of Christ COurch; Rev. Thomas John Wyld, Chri.t Church ; Robert Hall, Christ Church; Ralph linnets, Deasy of Magdalen C.rliege; Rev. James Thompson, Yellow of Linc,ln College; Rev. William Huldsworth, Lincoln College; Rev. Charles Severn Williams, Scholar of Pembroke College; Edmund Hammond, Scholar of University College; Rev. John Samuel Smalley, Scholar or AMPS College; William Oznarn, Scholar of Watlllarn College. BACHELORS Or ARTS.—John Lampen, Exeter College, Grand Com. pounder; Christ. Darby Griffith, Christ Church, Grand Compounder: John James Hatton, St. Edmund Hall; William Urger, St. Edmund Hall ; William John Brown Angell, Queen's College ; Richard Barton Robinson, Queen's College; Rev. Stephen•Cragg, Magdalen Hall; Charles Joseph Parsons, Magdalen Hall; Thwarts Brown, Magdalen Hall; Wil liam Mathews, Chaplain of New Colleges Frederick Gooch, Christ Church; Stephen Love Hammick, Christ Church; James Henry Leigh Gabel!, Christ Church; George Clive, Brasennose Cr.llege •' James Maine', Pembroke College ; Henry Edmond Fryer, Pembroke College; Robert 'l'. Pilgrim, Trinity College; Jasper Peek, Trinity College; John Conrtenay Campbell, University College; Edmund Knapp, St. Jchn's Culler,; Wllllam Downes Johnston, St. John's College; George Maude' Drummond, Balliol College; Robert Price Morrell, Balllol College; Francle Dv Soyres, Postmaster of Merton College ; Hon. Augustus Henry Moreton, Merton College; John Atkins, Worcester Colleges Charles Bury, Worcester College; Walter Cartwright Kitson, Worcester College Edward Perry, Worcester College; Charles Pickwick, Worcester Col lege; John Olive, Worcester College; and Joseph Chaznock, Worcester College. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, SVNDAT, MAT 21. Arrived the Alliance, from Trinidad, sailed 2d April ; the Kitty Railed for Lancaster eight days before ; the Margaret end Paine were to 14111 for Liverpool In 14 days. Frederic, Sargent, from Charleston; Marlutte, Williamson, fret* Charente; Mary, Garrick, from Sierra Leone; Paragon, Simpson, from Jamaica; Junitata, Luben, from Wilmington ; Hannibal, Watitinson, from Savannah, having been on the North Bank and received damage; Arabian, Atkin, from Savannah; Malvin*, Armstrong, from I'araiba ; Betsey, Houle., from Antwerp ; Gleaner, Birdwell, from Rot terdam. Sailed the Dorothy, for Bombay; Hero, fur Quebec. Quarter to ten o'clock.—A ship is just come up the river, supposed to be the Ponthea pocket ship, from New . York. . . The Harmony, front th r e . Clyele, with 155 passengers on board, got safe into Buenos Ayrc., after having been chased by a schooner of war. Olive Branch, Harding; &watt Sheaf, Dragden ; and Vulcan, Taylor— from Liverpool, haie arrived at Savannah. The Henry, Kneeland, sailed from Savannah for Liverpool, 16th April; Indus, ditto, (Ditto, 2.lth April; and Catherine, —, ditto, ditto, 25th April. The Jes.le, —, and John, King, from Liverpool, have arrived at New. thundland. The Margaret, lifackintodi,from Liverpool, hay arrived at Savannah. The Mai, Nichols, from Liverpool 1 ,. 4' Savannah, 10. t near the Bermuda Isles; crew and passengers saved, and arrived at Savannah. r . . HOLYHEAD, MAY 20. The Panthea, from New York, and Scamander, for Smyrna, passed this morning at seven o'clock. _ FALMOVTR, MAT 20.—Arrived tht Duke of Marlboroogb packet, from Matron ; the Francis Freelluz ditto, from America ; the Mary, Laird, from Lima (,ailed the 26th of January; ; the Anteuc, Pearson, from Antigua. Off the port, the Julius, Jackson, from St. W.Va. The Steamer packet, front Mahon, la coming lato the Bay.—Wind PLYMOUTH, blAr 2 . 0.—0 ff the port the Norden, Schilknocbt, from Calcutta for Copenhagen. Sailed the William and Mary, for Newfound land; and the t7idon, —, for Jersey.—Wind S. W. PORTSMOUTH, MA r 21.—Arrived the Maria transport, from Gibraltar; the Recovery, Chapman, from London fur Bombay. Passed by, the Diadem transport, from London, from Cork and the Isle of France. Sailed the Rawksbury, Biggs, for Quebec.—Wind N. by E.N.E. DIAL, MAY 21.—Anived and trailed for the River, the Woodlark, Hor.ley. from Singapore; the Brilliant, Bissett, from Charente; and the Kitty, Haswell, from St. Michael's. Passed through from the River, the Levant. Grangemore, for Jamaica; and the Hind, M'Farlane, fur Tri oldad.—Wind N.E. fi•aAvasa ND. MAY 21.—Arrived the Jamaica, Moreton, from Jamaica; Black River packet, Reid, from Jamaica; Vansittart, Dalrymple, from China; Royal George, Reynold+, from Bengal; Esther, Forster, from St. Michael ' s; Frederick, Hankins, from ditto Funchal, McPherson, from Madeira; New Phtrnix, White, from Trinidad; Nymph, Watkins, from Terceira, Nepos, Trader, from the Isle of France; Rose, Johnson, from Sierra Leone; Mersey, Beasley, from Barbadoes• ' Manby, Sayers, from St. Vincent's; William Lurthington, Bughrue, from St. Kitts; James, Spence, from Harnburgh ; George, Pattison, fr om Memel; Jessie, Todd, from Riga; Ocean, Taylor, from ditto; Alpha, Hall, from Guern sey; Rapid, Fowler, from ditto ; Catherine Marla, —, from Dantsic ; Dorothea Elizabeth, —, from ditto. Sailed the Levant, Granison, fur Jamaica ; Pearl, Wilson , for ditto ; Rose, —, for India; Marchioness of Ely, —, for India; Desire, Bailey, for Abbot; Flora, Christie, for Ghent; Sciplo, Spencely, for St. Petersburgh; Dart, Sumach, fur Os tend ; Julie, Preager, for Calais. YA113101:111. MAY 20.—H4 Majesty's Revenue cutter, Defence, Lieut. Rind, captured on the 18th Instant, about tire leagues N.E. by N. of Cro mer, the Good Intent of Flushing, laden with 2S half tinkers of Geneva, and three ditto of tobacco, with a crew of four Englishmen and one foreigner, and brought her into this port. . . NiORTH SIIISLIIN, Sissy 20.—The Atlas Brown, from London, struck upon tbe Sparrow Hoak, yesterday, btft was got off by assistance, and brought into the harbour. Arrived off the Wight, the Antoinette, from Rio Janeiro. The Venus, Taylor, of Telgnmoutb, was driven ou shore at Adra on the 22d ult. The Hannibal, from Savannah, was on shore on the North Bank, Li verpool, on Saturday. The Elizabeth, Liddell, from St. John's, N.H. to London, was lost on the S.E. end of Sable Island, 2;th February. Crew saved. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Rotterdam, Waters, from China, off Dartmouth, sailed December 14, paaaed.Ameer, January 7, fur Amsterdam. The Norden, Krecht, from Bengal, off Plymouth, sailed in November, from the Alaurtius February I, and from St. Helena hlarch 14, fur Copen hagen. The Ilervey, Peach, from New South Wales, off Weymouth, sailed in November, from Van Diemen'a Land, Nov. 7, and from Monte Video Feb. Itr. Passengers per Lady Reties, Captain hones Cowell, from Madras and Bengal --Mrs. Colonel Farran, Miss 'wan, and Lieutenant Charles and 31rs. Forran—Madras; Captain and Mrs. McQueen, Madras cavalry; Lieutenant Butler, two Mimes Grip's', two Misses Browns, Mrs. Turner, Miss Hughes; and Lieutenant Walker; Messrs. Morgan, Murray, Mar. tin, Cottrell, Andrews, Gardner, Farran, Jones, Lucas, Wllkluson, Hol- W,,odford, Gibson, and Hollings —Cadets. DIED. At Edinburgh, on the sth Inst. In his 7th year, Mr. John FlaßidaT, who, during the long period of Platy one years and three months, wu employed as a compositor In the oftioe of "'lyre Caledonian Mercury." At Longtown, on Sanird,ty week, Mt.. Margaret Elliot, aged 78; same day, Patrick Sword, aged 82 ; and on Sanday, Janet Peel, aged 84. 'the united ages of these three individua2l, whose deaths took place within a few hoar* of each other. amount to 242 years. On Friday last, at the }LIM Marine Bemeks, Lteottmant-Colonel Palms Westropp, of the Plymouth Division of Royal Marines. This mesitoriutis °Meer became • Lie•tenant on the 18th of April, 17 93 ; Captain, 34 March, 1797; Rrevet.ilfalor, October 2.lth, 1909; and Lieut.- Colonel, 4th June, 1814.—Colonel West:opp lost his left arm, o• board L'Achllie, at the battle of Trafalgar. MGR WATER TDDI DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE. a 1434104........ 24 Wo. after 3 'Wreaths - 43 dn. after $ MnIMMITI'I":"NRMM MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE. MONDAY, WAY 22. Our market continues to be but thinly supplied with Grain. The Meal ing Trade was extremely heavy to-day, which Is principally attributed to the warm weather, as the millers keep their stock of Flour as stunt as possible, for fear of its getting hot. Pine Wheat must be noted full la. per quarter cheaper, whilst middling and Inferior qualities remained on hand, though offered at lower prices. Owing to the continuance of dry warm weather, Barley war held at higher prices, though the demand was limited. There being a good sale for (Intl to-day, tine fresh horse Coru realised full is. per quarter more than last Monday. Beans and Pease were also the tarn dearer. SMITHFIELD, MONDAY. MAY 22. We have as many Bea,ts here this morning as our consumption re. quires ; a heaviness which prevailed in this trade on Friday is not, how ever, felt by the salesmen this morning; the butchers, on the contrary. believe they are giving a little more money than this day se'nnight, but the difference is too trilling to warrant any alteration In the figure 4s. hid. Is the current value of the best qualities. The market is lull of Sheep, and it has affected the sales considerably ; 4s. Gd. Is the top price of moderate-shied Wether and Polled Mutton; the larger kinds 4d. below that, and the trade is very heavy a:together. Lamb, which fetched more money on Friday, is sold this day on the terms of Monday last. The Veal trade is tolerably brisk for good Calves, and all sorts found customers. We have nothing to notice as to Pork. To sink the offal, iper stone of Sibs. Deef 45 Od to 4s 10d Veal Mutton... 4s Od to 4a 6d Pork ... . . Ss dd to Ss dd Lamb is $d to tto Od NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL—(De TUX CARCA4Z). Beef 5. Od to 44 Od Veal ............ 39 Od to 4a 8d Muttom 1 3144t0 44 44 Pork.. .. . ... 36 4d to Ss Od Lamb.. 46 4d 5 . 04 COAL MARKET, MAY 22. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Prier. 4$ Newcastle 40,1 13 Sunderland .......... .. 13 BIRTH. At York, on the 19th Inst. the Lady of Slr Wm. Foulla. Bart. teas safely delivered of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 18th Inst. Captain F. Parker, R.N. nephew of the late Admiral Sir W. Parker. Bart. to Dorothea, second daughter of the lat. H. Sumer. Mile, Esq. R.N. On the 18th inst. at South Brent, Edmund Herring, Esq. of Saltash, to Ann Mary, eldest daughter of Wm. Lee, Esq. of Glazebrook House, Devon, and one of the Aldermen of the city of Exeter. In St. Peter's Church, Dublin, lately, Anthony Franks, F:sq. to Sarah Louisa, eldest daughter of Mr. E. H. Percy, of Dublin. Thia lo the cele brated Mr. Franks, who walked fur two successive Sundays at Bt. Ste phen's-green, In tined of a fair partner to solace his solitary hours. On Monday, at Manchester; John Wagstaffe, aged 60, to Jane Martin, aged 73, both of that town. It is a remarkable circumstance that this couple of youthful lovers were Joined together in the holy bands of ma trintJny some seven and twenty years ago. Some time after this event the former husband of the fair one returned front the wars !in which she sup posed he had !Jund a glorious grave), and claimed his bride. She was accordingly given up to him : for many years they lived comfortabty to gether, and the disappointed await took to himself another rib. In course of time she died, and soon after Martin was gathered to bit fathers, and the youthful couple, thus left to follow the bent of their own Inclina tion, have now gone through the ceremony a recond time, to the mutual satisfaction of both parties. They hare a sou living, the offspring of the former marriage. whose age is A Fine 1I EA I) of HAIR the most Prominent Trait of Beauty. To preserve that inestimable ornament to the W u; period of existence is by the use of 110 WLA N D'S '3l ACASSA R OIL. The ORIGINAL and GENUINE, a VEGETABLE Pito. DUCT lON, which has toy many years been universally ade n b ed; also acknowledged pre-eminent for hourishing the Hair, prevent. ing.its falling off, or turning Gray. creates • thick Growth on the baldest places, produces a heautilul effect on Natural or Artificial Hair, rendering it admirably •Strft and elegantly Fluaine, diming beautiful Curls, adding a niost incomparable, transcend. ant, and beautiful Lustre. r, uttering the Head Dress truly endiant. frig ; is inestimable for Children's Hair. Ask for " RO WLA N IFS" 11.1 CA SS AR OIL, at 3s. GI, 7, 10s. GI, Ind 21s. per bottle. All (oho prices are cou nter f e i ts. Also, ROWLAND'S KALYDOR for the COMPLEXION. Sold in Pint Bottle, at Cs. tkl., and Half Pinta at 41 , lid. per bottle, duty included. CAUTION.—In consequence of the high popularity of the above Articles, flagrant impostors have counterfeited each ; espying Advertisements, I.o.bels, Bills, &c. To prevent Freud ask for ROWLAND'S (IL, and obwerve the new Label (esgravhd Mews. Perkins and Heath) ,on the Oil ; strictly olag l yi" 0 1 e I Label of each article has the Signature and Address in Iltd, .• A. ROWLAND anti SON, 20. liattomgarden." Sold by them, and by their appointment. by 31r. R. 11ea,46, Perfumer to his Majesty, Titchburne-street ; Sanger, LA Oxford: street ; Mr. Smyth, 117, Delevoix, 158. Gettig and Pierce, 7,7 and D. Rigge, 35. Bond-street • Holmes and Brewster, New 9 4 4; street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; ' Bayley and Blew, Cockspar-street; Berry and Lloyd, IS, Orcek-street ; Low, 330, and Prow, p„ ; I Strand ; Burgess, GS, Holborn-hill ; Henley, Q ueen -street; kinson, Gerrard -street; Sutton, Bow Church-yard ; Edwards, tz and Newbery, 45, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Barclay sad 9.5, Fleet market ; ltartelott, 22, Hatton-garden : J. an d T .Rie,. 65, Chespside ; Stratiling. Exchange-gate; Nix, frosting";i3 Royal Exchange ; 'Lille. 41, sod Johnstone, 611, CornhiU; (et ler, 28, Bishopsgate-street ; Ford. Feechurch-st reet ; 86, and Jones, 59, Fleet-street; Marquis, Colemad.strset ; 29, Ward, 324, and Sutton, 129, Holborn. SWAN WITH TWO NECKS, LAD-LANE (, NERAL COACH-OFFICE. Dover, Deal, &mapl e , Margate, and Canterbury Patent Coaches daily. The following Royal Mail. and Post Coaches depatt from szd arrive at the above Inn : HOLYHEAD New Mail, through Stony Stratford, Tovetste Daventry, Dunchurch, Coventry, Birmingham, Wolv er t iantpul : Shiffosl. Shrewsbury, ()sweater, Llangollen, Corwen, and ling er every Evening at half-past seven, Sundays excepted, seven o'clos: LIVERPOOL Royal Mail, through Dunchu rc h, Covettry Coleshilli half-past seven, Sundays excepted, seven o'clock. BRISTOL. Royal Mail, through Hemline, Newbury, Malb& rough, Caine, and Chlppenhant, every Evening at half-past seven, Sundays excepted, seven o'clock. BA I'll and EX ETER Royal Mail, through Devizes, Melt. sham, %V ells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Cullumpton, ev er/ Evening at half-past seven, Sundays excepted, seven o'clock. FIJI MOUTH Royal Mad, every Evening at h a lf-p ut seta, Sundays excepted,seven o'clock. EXETER Royal Mail, through Sal isbury, Blandford, and Dar. chatter, every Evening at half-past seven, Sundays excepted, term o'clock. FA LAIOUTII Royal Mail, every Evening at half-past sr% Sundays excepted. seven o'clock. MANCHESTER Royal Alsil, through Northampton, Ow, borough, Leicester, Derby, Ashhourn, Leek, and Alacciesfale, every Evening at half-past seven, Sundays excepted, seven o ' e l tat . HIRAI INGHAAI New Mail (in 13 hours), through Sue ? Stratford, Daventry. and Coventry (the nearest road by 10 milts) every Evening at half-past seven. Sundays excepted, seven o'clock CA RENEE and EDINBURGH Royal Mail, through Chu. ley, Preston, and Oarstang, every Evening at half-past sereil,Sua. days excepted, seven o'clock. CHESTER New Mail, Through Salop, Ellesmere, and Wm. ham, every Evening at half-past seven, Sundays exc e pt e d. se m K I DDE RAI I NSTER New Royal Mail, htrough lltrmingN e . Dudley, and Stourbridge, every Evening at half-past seven, s ee . days excepted, seven o clock. NOIIAVICII Royal Mail, through Chelmsford, Colchester, sal Ipswich, every Evening at half-past seven, Sundays mpg, seven o'clock. MILFORD HAVEN Royal Mail, through Cardiff, Sua-let, Carmarthen, and Haverfordwest, every Evening, at halt-put sens, Sundays excepted, seven o'clock. POST COACHES. LIVERPOOL New Light Post Coach, the Alliance, ere, Afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, and arrives at the saracen's Head, Liverpool, at half-past six the following Evening, pennon, ing the journey in 21i hours. Passergers by this coach strive time for the Dublin steam•psckets, one of which leaves Liverpool every evening at seven o'clock. DERRY New Light Day Coach, the Times (in 15 hours, end driven through by two coachmen only,) through Dunstable, Ito, burn, Newport, Northampton, Harburough, and Leicester, svety morning at half-oast six o'clock. MANCH ESTER New Light Post Coach, the Regulette, through Dwistable,Woburn, Newport, Northampton, Harboreue, Leicester, Loughborough, Derby, Ashbourn, and Buxton, d three o'cic.ck. HOLYHEAD New Light Post Coach, the Eclipse, througtt Birmingham, 'Wolverhampton, Shiffnal, Shrewsbury, thwesoy, Corwen, and Bangor, every Morning, a quarter before eight o'clock. CARLIS!.E, GLASGOW, and EDINBURGH Post Coed, the Regulcor, through Manchester, Garstang, Kendall, Avis, and Dumfries, every Afternoon at three o'clock. Passecgen us. yelling by this conveyance have an opportunity of resting one night on the road, and proceeding on without additional expense to 61* gow and Edinburgh. SOUTHA3IPTON Light Coach, through Sta Mes, Hanks, Bridge, Basingstoke, and Winchester, every Morning at half.ptut eight ; Tuesdays and Fridays at half-past seven, and arrives to time for the Guernsey and Jersey steam-packets. WINDSOR and ETON Coaches, daily. MANCHESTER Royal Defiance (in 24 hours), through Den. stable, Northampton, Harborough, Leicester, Cavendish Bridge, Derby, Ashhourn, Leek, Macclesfield, and Stockport, every 415 ternoon at five. EXETER New Light Four-Inside Poet Coach, the Regulh• tor, through lia.ingstoke, Overton, Andover, Salisbury, Bland. ford, Dorchester, Bridriorr, Axminster, and Honiton, every day at two o'clock. Passengers travalMg by this conveyance proceed without delay to Plymouth and Falmouth. EDINBURGH and GLASGOW New Post Coach, the Ai. Hance, through Newcastle, Lancaster. kende', Carlisle, and Dual. fries, at a quarter before eight in the Morning. NOTTINGHAM New Day Coach, the Times (in 15 hours,and driven throughout by two Coachmen), through Northampton. Let. enter. and Loughborough, every Morning at half-past six o'clock. BRISTOL Regent Pose Coach, through Reading, Newbury, .Marlborough, and Bath, every Afternoon at a quarter before four. BIR3IINGH A M Light Post Coach, the Balloon, through Stony Stratford, Daventry, Coventry, and Stone Bodge, every Afternoon at half•past FALMOUTH and PLYMOUTH Light Post Coaches, every Afternoon at two o'clock _ . . ..... - --- WEYMOUTH and DORCHESTER Magnet Day Coach Oa 15 hours) at five every Morning, and from the Gloucester Coffer. house, Piccadilly, at a quarter before six. COVENTRY Light Four-inside Post Coach, every Aft/MA at a quarter before sir. NOTTINGHAM New Light Post Coach (in 18 hours) those' St. Alban's, Dunstable, Woburn, Newport Pagnel, Market Har. borough, Leicester, and Loughborough, at three in the Aftemoor. LEICESTER Light Post Coach, the Colon, thiou,qh Duo Salle, Woburn, Newport, Northampton, and Ilarborough,evey Morning at half.past six o'clock. CHESTER and PARK GATE New Coach, every Martini at a quarter before eight, and Evening a• half-past five o'clock. WARWICK and LF,AMINGI ON SPA Post Coach, curl Evening at half-past five o'clock. BRIGHTON Coach every Mon tog at half-past nice. DERBY New Light Post Coa. h, the Regulator (in 18 henna through Northampton, Market IL rborough, and Leicester, eUtl Afternoon at three o'clock. TENBY, MERTHYR, and PEMBROKE Post Cosshal. every Afternoon at four o'clock. DUDI,2Y and STOC R BRIDGE New Li g ht Ectulatidr Post Coach, every Afternoon at half-past tire. DOVER Coaches, through Rochester, t: hatham, CanredferY, Margate, and Ramsgate, at seven every Mon ing, and half-got six In the Evening. PARIS New Light Diligence, by way of Dover, every Movag at seven, and half-past six in the Evening. TAUNTON through CROSS and BItIDGEWATER, ettsf Afternoon at tour, at reduced Fares. BIRMINGHAM and HOLYHEAD New and very Ibltear Day Coach, the Eclipse, through Stony Stratford and Coventry* the nearest and or 'y direct road, at a quarter before eight o'clock. Peasengers by this Conveyance have the privilege of mating w' a Night at Birmingham, and proceed the next Morning, without ad dltional expense. The Eclipse Travels Nine Attics an Hour, sod k upon a new and improved plan of Safety. ROYSTON and BUNTINOFORD Post Coach, every Arta: noon at half.past tam o'clock, to the George, Buntingford. and Crown Inn Royston. NORWICH New Safety Day Times Poet Coach (in 14 HMI% ' and driven through by one Coachman only) at five in the Morning. CAMBRIDGE Tally Ho I Fast Coach (in S Bmtra), at a quarter past two o'clock every Afternoon, and from th• Flower Pot. Bialhopsgaie-street, at balf.past two. CANTERBURY Fast Coach, The Tallyho J every Ara"' noon. at half-past two (in seven hours). MILFORD HAVEN New Post Coach, through Newly' Cardiff, Neath, Swansea, Cartnarthen, Nsibertb, and ilaverkmt* IVest, every Afternoon, at four o'clock. C its upon springs to most parts of the Kingtirm N.B. Parcels and Luggage conveyed Daily to all Pow ad do North, and to every Cie and manufacturing Town its the King" dom. W. WATERHOUSE and Co., Propriesors. •-• The Proprietors of the above Carriages beg leave r in" ' sm aecountabl - for 1 ne rroprtetors of the above Carriages beg teeny the Public, that they will not be accountable or any Pared or Package whatever, nor for any Passenger's Luggage Alba" value of Five Pounds, unless the same be entered and paid fa accordinly, at the time of the delivery of any such Pastel, Piek• age, or humenuger's Luggage, to them or their Agents. Goods Insured at a moderate sate. Printed at TILE BRITISH PRESS Oillesiabk.T6 W. CARLTON. ifs. IS I I Mind, sad petit:bed by C semi do- milbalb