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LITE:RJR?' G f,EANINGS. No. LXXII. AT'...tSSINATION OF MARAT DV CIFARLOTTE CORDAY. _ . _ Corday was born at St. Saturnin des Lignerets, 1768. Nature had bestowed on her a hand wit, feeling, and a masculine energy of under received her education in a convent; but frivolous minutiae of that species of educa well with constant assiduity to cultivate her , and hourly strengthened that bent of her towards the qrund and sublime which accorded illext;)le purity of her manners, while it fitted pori:ous emery:lac, to which,, at the ago of Ity, she fell a devoted sacriliee. Raynal was her favourite author among Hers- She frequontly quoted his thoughts and She delighted to explore new systems and the- Revolution found her an ardent proselyte to to which it owed its origin. study rendered her careless of the homage beauty attracted, and her desire of independence - to refuse many offers of marriage from men to heart was indifferent. But even philosophy patriotism could not_always render the breast of their - ,, y1 heroic disciple invulnerable to the shaft of e young and handsome Belzunce, Major-en the regiment of Bourbon, quartered at Caen, oted to her, and succeeded .o inspire her with virtuous as prOfound. This young officer was the 11th of August, 1789, by a furious mul e Karat, in several successive numbers of his ailed L'Ami du Penple, had denounced the un- Belzunce as a counter-revolutionist. -t moment the soul of Charlotte Corday knew , and reposed only on the desire of vengeance whom she believed to be the author of her hatred of Marat became yet more vehement after the 31st of May, when she beheld him who the death of lielzunce now master as it were destiny of France ; while the Deputies, whose ' • loved and whose talents she honoured, were and destitute fugitives, and looking vainly to ,ry, to Frenchmen, and the laws, to save them outstretthed sword of tyranny. Then it was Charlotte Corday resolved to satisfy the vengeance of and snatch her country from the grasp of the ute with perseverance and caution that which planned upon principle, was natural to the tleter ' steady mind of Charlotte Corday. Sh e l e f t 9th of July, 1793, and arrived about noon on at Paris. Some commissions with which she by her family and friends occupied her the 'her arrival. Early on the next morning she Pa!ale Royal, bought a knife, and, getting hackney-coach, drove to the house of Marat. It • then possible for her to obtain an audience of ugh she left nothing uneasayed that she thought influence in her favour the persons who denied her returned to her hotel she wrote the following letter am jest arrived from Caen. Your love for your Inclines me to strppa•ie you will listen with pleasure to • events of that part of the Republic. I will present your house; hare the goodness to give orders for my and grant me a moment's private coorcrsation—l can • means by which you may render an imporiant service that this letter might not produce the effect . upon Marat, she wrote a second letter, still pressing, which she intended to carry with her, and for hint in case she was not received. It was ex ' •M to you this morning, citizen Illara4 Rave you re. letter ? 1 cannot imagine it is possible you have, your door still closed against mc. I entreat that you e an interview to-morrow. I repeat—that I come from have scents to reveal to you of the highest importance or the Republic. Besides, lam cruelly persecuted of liberty. lam unfortunate; to say that is sufficient to your protection." unnecessary to present the second letter ; for, Charlotte Corday arrived at the house of Marat, seven and eight in the evening, and spoke impres - desire to see him to the women who opened ,tarat, who heard her from his bath, where he concluded it was the person from whom he had , he letter of the morning, and ordered that she imedlately be admitted. alone with him whom she intended to immo. manes of her lover and the injuries of her 1 sitting close by his side, she answered with perfect self-possession to his eager questions re. the proscribed Deputies that were at Caen. He their namen with those of the magistrates of 'I of whom site named accurately. While be .oranduins of their conversations upon his tablets, Corday measured with her eye the spot whereon ; when Must having said that all these Deputies accomplices should presently expiate their treason scaffold, her indignation received his words ai the vengeance; she snatched the weapon from her ' buried the entire knife in his heart ! A single escaped the miserable wretch: " For me !" he _ _ _ and unmoved amidst the general consternation, -day, as if she proposed to atone for the mur she deemed it necessary, by a public death, attempt her escape. She had received several on the bead from a neighbour of Marat, the ran into the room on hearing the news of his but when the armed force arrived she put t their protection. An officer of the police lutes of the assassination, which site cheerfully was then conveyed to the prison of the Abbey. ittd, abused, and even personally ill-treated, by of Ararat, she was three days exposed in her ill their insults and ill-usag: she was :al. During this interval she found means to father, imploring his forgiveness for having I of her life withont his concurrence. the presence of the men about to decide upon that one should have seen Charlotte Corday to the grandeur of her character. The records of tnd her own letters, give but a faint picture of ! and noble department. If she spoke to ber was neither with the wild energy of a demoniac, affect the language of innocence; it was with is action of a voluntary victim, who feels it levote her life to the salvation of her country, vetdeome death as the expiation of a crime, but the inevitable consequence of a mighty effort Injuriesof a nation. While the curses of an I prejudic2ll People resounded on all aides, I neither acorn nor indignation. When abe i the angry multitude, her eyes expressed pity for the sufferings and delusion of her If she despised the men who sat in judg life, she forbore to insult them. While her nmon were animated with the bloom of youth her words were graced with the eloquence of a Ice made by her Counsel deserves to be re for its peculiar propriety in her circum- beard," said her Counsel, altogether Confounded by e bad displayed, " the answers of the prisoner t shc her guilt ; she even acknowledges, in a very deli , her long premeditation of the event. She has not the most revolting of its circumstances to pass un. She confesses the whole charge, and does not seek to justify baself. This immovable temper, this ab. lon of in the very presence, I may say, of death— of all remome, these are so far from being natural, I be only resolved into that political frenzy which lard in the hands of a maniac ; and it is for you, el determine what weight lifts consideration ouirit to 11C4 of justice." tumult and load app lsuses that followed her had ceased, she addressed herself to 11:r :efentled me," she said, " in a manner as generous was tastily one that could have rendered me that 'as your object t accept my thanks and my esteem. 7) s .r.fortn me that of rrorerty is coollscated t but little debts to pay in my r-ison ; and, as it proof of 11 , : . you, I glee the perfurtnanee of this my last duty Sher psnishment had drawn immense crowds into every avenue to the place of execution. When sue appeared alone with the executioner in the cart, in despite of the constrained attitude in which she sat, and of the disorder of her dress (for, with k litt!encsa of malice, they had despoiled her of everything that could contribute to the decency of her appearance), she excited the silent at of those even who were hired to curse her. One man alone had courage to raise his voice in her praise : he was a deputy from the city of Mentz ; his name was Adam Lux. He cried, " She is greater than Brutusl7 He pub lished the same sentiment, and signed his own condem nation. He was shortly after guillotined. RHYMES IN PRAISE OF RHYME. iTIOM 11159 svArta's corms.] Though we roust own, poetic dicticn Too oft delights to deal in fiction ; Yet this is certain, honest Rhyme Will tell plain truth at any time, And in oae word will oft say more Than the best Prose could in a score. A few plain cases we shall state, To free this matter from dehate. • 31-.4 you yon glutton at a feast? And what says Rhyme? he calls him—Beast; See you yon Drunkards swilling wine' Rhyme in a mum:tit names them—Swine; When Flavia, not content with four, Adds a fifth husband to her store, Rhyme thinks a word, but speaks no more; What wants that Senator who blasters, And all his tropes and figures musters, Against the man who rules the Steerage? Rhyme whispers in your ear—a Peerage. What makes yon Patriot strain his lungs, And bawl as loud as twenty tongues, To prove his Country's dire disgrace? Rhyme smiling says—a Place, a Place. W hen Priests above seek their abode, Yet love to loiter on the road, And still on Lords and Statesmen fawn, Rhyme shakes his head; and whispers—Lawn Which is the Nymph, who, soon as seen, Is hail'd through Europe, Beauty's Queen, Before whose charms the fairest fade? Rhyme gently sighs—the British Maid. Which is the Man, whose daring soul Conducts in war, from pole to pole, His country's proud triumphant car? Rhyme shouts aloud—the British Tar. THE CHURCH. The Rev. R. Pole, B.A. is instituted to the Rectory of Sherlock, in Cornwall, on the presentation of the Right lion. R. P. Carew. The Rev. Rowland Huisli is instituted to the Vicarage of East Coker, Dorset, void by the death of the Rev. James Carrington, clerk. ROMISII SUPERSTITIOY. During what were called the Bible discussions in Ire land the Roman Catholic priests boasted of the unity of their faith, and reproached the Protestants with the absurd fanaticism ti some of the sects which have grown out of the renunciation of the papal authority. Without asking whe ther any disciple of Joanna Southcott can exceed in credu lity the besotted believers in Prince Holicnlolie's miracles, we should be glad to know what opinion we ought to form of a church which authorises the sale of such revolting trash as the following, which we copy from the books sold by the Romish missionaries in the French departments. " PRAYER TO STOP THE TOOTH-ACHE. "Saint Apoline seated on the marble stone, our Lord passing there said to him, • Apoline, what dolt thou there ? ' • 1 am here for my chief, for my blood, and fur my tooth-ache.' Apoline, return: •If it in a drop of blood, it will fall; if it is a worm it will die.' Fire Pater ind Eve Ave Maria, in honour and to the intention of the fire wounds of our Saviour Jesus Christ. The sign of the cross on the cheek with the fingte, against the pain which is felt, anti in a Ter: abort time you will be cured." " PRAYER TO STOP THE BLEEDING OF ANY SORT OF CUT, AND ALL SORTS OF WOUNDS. "God wns born on Christmas night, at midnight God died.; God rose again ; 00t1 commanded that the blood should stop, that the wound should close, that the pain should pass. and that it should neither suppurate nor swell, nor show proud flesh, as the five wounds of our S.iviour did. Fetus est Christus mostmus est, et rearre.rit Christi's. sktepcessliese Mfr words thiler, and ruff time blow to the brm of a crosedif the wound, naming the name of the person, saying—• God has cured thee, so be It.' . The ninth day shall be a fiat, on account of the five wounds of our Saviour Jesus Christ." " PRAYER FOR RHEUMATISM •1113 °Tura TAWS. " The blessed 'slat Anr. , who bore the Virgin 3lary, the Vie. gin Illary, silo bare Jesus Christ: God cure thee and bless thee, poor creature N. from diulocation, wound, fracture, impediments, and all sorts of infirmities, for the honour of God and the Virgin Mary, as Saint Come and Saint Damim cured the tire wounds of our Lord. _ ----; " bay three Pater and three Ave for nine days, every morning fasting, in honour of the *Anguish whica our Saviour suficrtd on Calvary." • There are similar prayers for the itch, for venni:: fevers, for dis. persing bad spirit:, for preserving front Me clouds, for sore eyes ; there are others in which medicines or pharmaceutical receipts are routed with invocations, as the following:— " olutvEn FOR CURING QUICKLY FROM TIIE COLICK. " Put the thumb of the right hand on the pain, and say--• Mary who art Mary, or Colick passion, which arc between my liver and my heart, my spleen and my lung., stop in the name of the Fa ther, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and say three Pater and three Ate, and name the name of the person, saying, • God has cured thee. Amen.'" " PRATER roes CUIRING ALL SORTS OF BURY& " Three different times you will blow on them in the form of the cross, and say, ' Fire of God, lose thy heat as Judas lost his colour when he betrayed our Saviour in the Garden of Olives, and name the name of the person, saying, God has cured thee by his power, without forgetting the nine days' fast, on account of:the live wounds of our Saviour Jesus Christ. So be it.' " (A number of other prayers of the same description are girer..) There are also prayers for animals the following is •specimen " PRAYERS TOR CURING HORSES OF TILE GRIPES. " Black or grey hone,—for the colour of the hair of the beat. must be distinguished,—belonging to N., if thou haat the glanders, of whatever co:our they are, or in thirty-six sorts of ailments, what ever they.mny be, God cure thee and the blessed St. EloL " In the name of the Father and the Holy Ghost, so be it. " And you will say live Pater and five Ave Maria, to thank God for his Grace." On Wednesday evening, the Church of Monmouth re ceived a very violent electric shock. The lightning struck the cranks, to which the wire is fastened, and commu nicated with the wires belong ing to seven of the othe r 1 bells, and to ate hammers w hich strike the hour, all of which were melted. No injury vas done to the clock, or to the building. FALL or Ilonsec—Wednesday afternoon a dreadful occurrence took place in Nelson-street, Birmingham, by the falling of two houses recently erected, in consequence of which one person was killed and four others more or less injured. The houses had been very slightly built, and about nine weeks ago an arch, which had been run over a cellar, gave way. The accident was repaired, and the building run up and closed in. • A few days since the same arch a second time gave way and fell into the cellar. The building, however, was still considered safe, and on Wed , nesday tire persons were at work in various parts of it • two of them in tha cellar, cleaning and bringing out the bricks, when about four in the afternoon the whole building sud denly gave way and fell with a tremendous crash, burying in its ruins all the persons on the premises. Four of the men succeeded in making their way out without receiving any material injury, but the other remained beneath the rubbish. A number of persons immediately set to wothto remove the mass of timber and bricks by which the unfor tunate man was overwhelmed, but near an hour and a half had elapsed before he could be found, and he was at that time quite dead. Tho name of the deceased is Philip Haines. The buildings. are entirely destroyed, all the walls having fallen completely level with the ground.— rmingha In Journal. Two men, in a state of intoxication. fought in Isling ton.fields on Monday, and one of them, Barnard Ilarrkon, a sawyer, was killed Oct a fight of twenty minutes. firs imago.. nist immediately absconded. SHOP Ronessv.—A few nights since, two persona, dressed like gentlemen, went into the latter of Mr. L. Pettit, watch msker, at the side of Fleet.muket, and begged to see a band. some silver watch. 31r. Pettit produced several, and after a good deal of examination they at length decided on one, and one of the fellows took oat his purse to pay for it, at the same time remark ing that Le should want the usual appendages of chain, seals, key. &c. Mr. P. turned round to get them, and the fellows darted olf with a ease containhg twelve watches and four :ale., and escaped. THE BRITISH PRESS. 2:l= LIT'. Fr re.. AWL, tC 4 IVATi -- IN AT( with charlotte Cord. item_ , the rear lTht On , e ! person, wit, wing ' ,ding. She re you ylsiuing the fries hen' , she laboured whet , powers, and are ..,ioat.on rowan lifer the ii fiexi'~l you . for that perilo you' 'HO -twenty, a in / The Abbe Re] that rn writers. Ils e . st raw, She del rig* , awl the Revi ne e . or philosophy to kely Her love of ati then her beauty a wn ; n oil her to refu the ' bon her heart al in patriotism cot evil frif sad heroic rs or Yes • The vouni tory pod of the re, as biotite devoted to Pply s poon as vittuo 1, e rnscred t on the lent it giee; after Mar 'mar owl, called /,' 'root )astante Belzunct new From that mom I ac. go happiness, and xion sport him whom d in Wier , . the Uri hatred of any las events of the oust kid decreed the I will of the destiny o 1 ling principles she love and iwescrtbed and de le of their country, to I 'oda from the outstret %ion tkat Charlotte Cur 'ing bat lee, and ant an. trot. mu- To execute wi! anal &had planned u Sc.r wig and stead , :at:- Caen on the Otli of e the third day at P lone was charged by I for entday after her the went to the Pal; into a hackney-co; led.. was not then pos lent, him, though she for duly to influence fore admittance. in.. Being returned the * idarat and " am j , may sultry Inclines me ro , the want events of all myself at your hot admision, and gram nu point out the means th. ra France." ruk In the fear that lui she desired upon 1 , more pressing, wl a hare for hint in I ion pressed as follows wil " I wrote to you Iti *ad my letter ? when I find your do etas will grant me an into th t'un—that I have at ta :ft safety or the del be :be c au,e of liberi , n , t, end., me to you t lc'. It was unneces th when ("harlotse i rer between seven an( an lively of her deli stet the door, Ararat, lea then was, conchad an, rszeivcd the letter Mould immedlatel us Being left alone o late to the mane th country, and sitti an the most perfect BI specting the prose hi dr:flooded their n tm Cdvarlar, all of w 1 in 'note memoranda", e i Charlotte Corday to strike; when 3 oe and their accompli „,,, r upon the scaffold, signal of v. ngean and buried o. eaclamatien escape s.l 1, and expired. as Tranquil and tat I s .tailotteCartlav, id -.7, however she not even men o '.a!ent blows on el i person who ran in asusination ; but Cl herself under the it; drew up minutes ell signed, and was it ie ('calumniated, al tat the faction of Ms dungem to all the si too i:tht to trial. write to her lath, dins disposed of lt It was in the pi her death that o I hare felt the grt the trial, and her her dignifii d and ,tufges, it was nei nor did she iffee the self-satisfacti tuural to devote who did not welt% remind it as the 1 ' avenge the injui lactns..al and pre she nei leoked upon the generous pity reuotrytnew• If merit on her life. taco and' person - r and beauty, her w sags The defenee tr corded here, for can Nis " You have heard tam courage she hull ...knowledifes her g 'Orate manner, her "•fr'red tiny o f the T.' deed by jots. the l' l . s ^y manner to jos ~,,Jte desertion of se silence of all as t: '' 7 cal be a •.^ poniard in • r^74. to dete .e balance o ' • tumu • ' 'n had .'oat hare defend ; it was th was yo • '7l liti!e I :mar you • your hands." The he.ur of her LAW NOTICES. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. The following Cauaes on Bids of Exchange end Pmmissory Notes will he tri Saturday, Jinuuy the 7th, by order of the Chief Justice. • Sherwood v Sears Hooker v S:ringsz Batley v Christopher- Knight v Harvey Well v Potter son Holland v Stijl • Wood Goodman v P:iilllps Bainbridge v Good. Wyatt a Stewart rennet v fellow Marne • Win ter Halland v Pagett Wyst t v J ell Henderson • Hall Gould v Ilawmth Wyatt v Jleck Lewis v Russell . Duttos • Dolby Wright • Robinson Him v Hills Sandell v Rossiter Jacobs • Towne!! Barclay • NVetman Howse • Jarman Itoulnois v Williams Llarelny v Wills Henry v Nestor Cleansby v Truekett Evelyn •E. Jut.es .Isaac v Seiren Richardson v Sparhall • Kearney Garrison v Gee Doxley • Ratcliffe Powell v rifle hi Liddell • Pates Ashweil v Morton Hamilton• lithoney Weight y Evans Earwake • Groves. Williams v Dolan . Henry a Easton Edenborough !lux. Collinson • Silver Cockburn • Barruck field Thomas v Sharp Cockburn v Chettle Howell • Solomon. 31ackintoeh • flap Herring a Wilmer son don Deny of the above Causes are dcfentle . application to post- - pone the trial roust be made to the Chief Justice by summons, supported by affidavit, at least two days before the 7th of January. 7'HI LATE MUTINY OF THE sEpors. [The following particulars are contained in a private let ter written, says the ark Constihition, by a young man named Mathews, Sergeant anal writing clerk in his Ma jesty's 47th regiment, to his father, dr. George Mathews, of Shandon-street, in this city.] tame, Prome, in the Kinglom of Ass, June 17. We had gone up about six days sail when we were coun termanded, and ordered to meted to Barrackpore, a mili tary station eistant about 17 Miles from Calcutta, to quell an alarming mutiny among the Sepoys there. The 47th Bengal Native infantry had refused to go on service; they were joined by men from different other corps—Major- General Dalzell's life was openly threatened—the whole of the European population expected nothing but instanta neous assassination—in short The danger had increased to such a degree as to cause Oil most lively apprehensions on the part of Government. We landed at eleven o'clock at night, about two miles distant from the mutineers' quar ters; the regiment was immediately formed up, and then it was, for the first time, that my piece was loaded for the purpose of shedding the blood of a fellow-creature. Never shall I forget that silence which prevailed the ranks that night; a night fine and serene; not a round was heard, save the.even cadence of the soldiers' steps. We were not aware of the numerical strength of the enemy ; indeed, with our senior Lieut.-Colonel Elrington along with us, we eared not bow strong they were; for if .ever a man possessed the talent of inspiring his troops with confidence, he does. We were drawn up close in rear of their lines, and about two hours after were joined by the 2:1 battalion of the Royals, a brigade of guns, and a troop of the Right Honourable the Governor-General';; body guard. Our arrival diffused universal joy among the inhabitants. " What troops are these approaching?" asked a lady, as we came near her Bungalow. " The 47th," replied an officer who stood near. " God ! the Sepoys?" exclaimed she, with trepidation. "No, the 47th Europeans," was the reply. " Thank God, then," said she, " we are now safe, I shall lay clown my pistele."•For such was the terror that diffused itself among the inhabitints, that even f e mal e s arm e d themselves. At gun-fire in the morning the mutineers had formed a close column on seine open ground adjoining their cantonments. We were drawn up in line to oppose them; the Royals,of whose presence they were not then aware,were drawn up in ambuscade immediately adjoining their left flank—four field pieces were placed on an eminence that entirely commanded them • the whole so admirably ar ranged, that the mutineers ;bought they had only one re giment to cope with. General Sir Edward Paget sent to them. offering, if they would lay down their arms and give up their ringleaders, to forgive them; they refused the terms; a signal of two guns was fired, and just as they were on the point of forming line from columns to meet our ' expected attack, a well-directed volley of grape and small ' arms was poured in upon them by the guns and Royale. An attack front a quarter from which they were so totally unprepared caused them to be panic struck; they threw down their arms and fled into a jungle in their rear: we ' pursued them for about three miles, and, in compli a n ce with orders, were obliged to shoot every one we overtook. The carnage was dreadful, not leas than between 4 and SOO of them could have talk! that morning; 12 that were afterwards trfade prltoners were hanged, and about GOO had 1 their sentence of death commuted into hard labour on the 'roads. It was a severe but requisite exercise of authority, it was necessary to punish with the utmost severity, and in its bud,- a spirit of disaffection, which, if met by milder measures, might, at a moment when India was nearly drained of European. troops to send to Ava, induce them to believe that fear was the cause of' lenity, and thus by encouraging others to similar acts, might eventually shake the British power in India to its centre. Those who were condemned to hard labour on the reads have been subse quently pardoned." THE ENTERPRISE STEAM VESSEL. The following is an extract of a letter written by a pas senger in the Enterprise steam vessel, on her ray to India, and dated Gape Town, Oct. 14:— " We have at last reached the Cape in safety, and though we have made a long voyage, the practicability of the thing is esta blished, and I hope the experience that nas been gained will in future obviate the many inconveniences and disadvantages we have laboured under during this voyage of experiment. In the first place, the engines are not large enough for so heavy a vessel, for in 'the calmest weather we were never able to get more than eight knots from her. Another mistake seems to have been, the little regard paid to the importance of the sailing department, and, certainly not the least, the inefficiency of the crew. We were particularly unfortunate in my winds ; in fart, nobody could have anticipat e d suc h uniMrtn,bad lurk ; we have generally had to steam against heavy seas and head winds, but even that could have been combated with, if we had had fuel enough. We ran short of it; were obliged to steer westerly to get winds, and it was generally agreed that this circumstance lost us ten days at least. From what 1 have seen, lam as sanguine ta ever in ferour of the undertaking, and I feel fully convinced that the voyage may almost be rendered a certainty. The slavery of ship. ping coals, and the inconvenience to all An board, cats only be con. etived by those who have suffered from 14; the dust was intolerable; you might have mistaken us all for Africans. I understand this nuisance will be removed next voyage, and that they intend to esta blish several depots, ant only fie the coal boxes forward, which will be sufficient for about fi fteen days' consumption ; such a plan would enable them to carry a good deal of cargo. The machinery is excel lent. and has not been out of order during the voyage ; the engines did all that was expected froth them. We have steamed for ten days together, without stopping for more than ten minutes a-day to oil the different puts of it, which is, I believe, about three times as, lung as any other vessel would hare d o n e . Th e fl ues o f t h e boi l were covered with a thick incrustation after having steamed for any time, which was always chipped off, whenever they stopped, to clear the engine thoronghly. From being obliged to deviate ftonr our course, we put into St. Thomas's, no we required water. The Governor is a Portuguese General ; he dined on board, and we paid hint the respect of appearing in our uniforms. We drank the King of Portugal's health in three times thr e e: he returned thank's._ and proposed the health of George the Fourth. By a private signal he fired a royal salute front the I ort at the same instant : it had its effect, and the King's health was never more loyally toasted.' The matt prominent trait of beauty in ether sex is a fine Head of Hair ; and the attention of youth of both sexes is parti • milady directed to that inestimable and useful ornament, as that attended to in youth la a sure preventive, and fixes a stamina for a beautiful ben d of hair. The only article that really possesses nutritious virtues for promoting a luxuriant growth of hale and beautiful Bowing curls, la Rowland's Macassar Oil. By the regular use of this Oil, the hair will continue in high preservation, and transcendently beautiful to the latest period of life. As impostors purchase the empty bottles, and offer for Bale a pernicious compo sition instead of the genuine, it is Indispensably necessary to ask for " Rowland's Macassar Oil," and observe the prices are 311. 6d.-- 75.-10 s. 6d. and 21s. and each genuine bottle, is wrapped in a book, signed on the outside, in red, " A. Rowland and Son," 20, I iatton-garden. COUNTERFEIT COlN.—Notwithstanding the numerous examples that have been made in order to effect the suppression of coining, it is extraordinary that the practice was never before car. ried to such an alarming extent. Within the last week there have been no less than eight capital committals, some for making, Otilet3 far tittering counterfeit coin, and another concern of this nature has just been detected in Somera.town, wherein a great numter of per sons are &aid to have been concerned. The discovery was made in conscquence of private information conveyed to the magistrates of Ilatton-garden police-office, who despatched Edwards and Um bria, two very active officers, there on Friday. The prirripol was seized on the spot, in the act of colouring a qtmndty of bad half. crowns by the application of a chyroicol mixture, which is rubbed over the surface, and gives them the appearance of silver. A large box, containing nearly 40t. worth of the same spurious metal, was also secured. The fellow has been committed, pro tens. to the Ncw Prison, as the officers expect to be able is secure the remainder of the gang. - SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, Itlnse.ty, Dec. 26. Wind N.W. heavy squally. with rain . —lligh water 31 m. p. 11. . . Arrived the Thotmons, Brown., from Al iramichi ; Milo, %recd. berry, from Charleston. sailed 4th December; Elizabeth, Nelson, from Demerara, sailed 224 November; Atlas, Cleg. from Amend and Ceara. sailed 20th November; Hannah, Crowder, from Ha. aux ; Idria, from Miramichi ; JAMCR, Crane. from Riche. buctoo; John Marsh, --, from Prince Edward's Inland; John, King, from Newfoundland. The Mon:rose. Davies, from Antigua, for Liverpool, has ar rived with loss of ruthler. The Torn, —, front Liverpool, has arrived at Rio de Ja. neirn. The Solina, Long&ld. from Liverpool, hag arrived at Mobile. The Agricola, Wryer, from Liverpool, hal are • ed at Charleston. The A trim, Cox, from Liverpool, has arrived at IVtgesaset. The Hope, Vernon, from Pernambuco, arrived at Ceara 14th Nove:nber, and sailed for Maranham. FALMOI2rn, Dec. arrirals or sailings.—Wind W. to IV.N.W. PORT93IOCTH, DEC. ?ft —Arrived from the Downs the Gover ner. Harcourt, Dixon; :ipartao, Young; Thetis, Crisp; Cape Packer, Duncan ; Sealark, Warren ; St. George, Brown ; Water. 100, Leveque; James Harris, Innes; Carneleon, Johnson ; and se veral other outward-bound vessels working in. names unknown. His Majesty's ship Boyal Oak went out of harbour yesterday, and remains at Spithead, bound to Bermuda. The Castle Forbes, Ord, for Madras and Bengal, having completed her repairs. went out of harbour rn-day, and remains at the Motherhaok, waiting a fair wind.--Wind, N.W. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 21.—The Nemesis, Smith, from St. Andrew's. N. B. (arrived here) parted with hot moorings in a gale of *lnd in St. Andrew's river, and received considerable damage on the rocks. DEAL Dec. N.—Arrived and sailed for the river the Quebec pecker, Atkinson • the Thomas IVallace. —, and the Lord Mel ville, Robertson, erom Quebec; the William, —, from Miunii ehi the Nestor. of London, and the Brothers, of Scarborough, from the Westward. Arrived from the river lEnd sailed, th 2 Clydes dale, Rose, for Madras. Arrived from the fiver and remain, the Volunteer, of Cork ; the Resolution, Parker, for the Isle of France ; the Orinthia, Welsh. for Batavia. Several of the outward-bound remain. —Wind, W.N.W. ' MA 11 GATE°, Dec. 20.—A wreak, apparently a North American btilt of about 150 tons, nothing standing but her bow sprit, was past on the 18th inst. in lat. 48, long. 16, by the Calista, Plunkett, arrived efF here. Gnavcsrwn, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Ruby, Wood, from I Memel; alulgrare Castle. Jeffernon, from Dantzic ; Peace, Cooper, from ditto; June, Campbell, from Riga; Oscar, Mearns, front ditto ; l'crcival. Frost, from ditto; Collingwood, Evans, from flambusgii ; Wellington. Forster, from Riga; Seven Bro thers, Fenwicl:, fro.n Narvs ; Georgiana, Merger. from Alton& ; Unity, 51earns, from Petersburgh ; Industry, Wood, from Dant zic ; Aid, Alder, from ditto; and Acosta. Chadwick. from New York. Sailed the Clydesdale, Rose, for Madras.; Bucephalus, Guild, for Gibraltar; Nelly, Darrell, for Trieste; and Dart, Stranack, for Os:end. blur r„ Dec. 24. The Regent, Cole, from Mirate•chi for this port, was parted* with previous tattle 11th inst. off the Barks of Newfoundland, very leaky. ' Dormanvorr, DEC. 21.—The Endeavour, William, of and for Painely. from Cork, is lost near flallyroaey, and only the master and mate saved.—About 2,00 hides hare been saved out, of the Esther. YOUGHALL, Dec. 22.-..-ThoCatherine, Richards, has been got off: and it is expected will be in this harbour next tide. A schooner, laden with fruit, Cuppolied to belong to Penzance, is wrecked in Ardmore Bay—The Elizabeth, Copley, from hence to Newport, is on chore at Ballycotton ; crew saved ; vessel expected to be got off—The Britannia, Benoke, of Padataw, is totally lost near Ballycotton ; only the master saved. CorE or Coax, Me. 2l.—The Mercury, Devereux, arrired here from Gottenburgh, for Boston, is leaky, and has lost bul wark., stunchions. &c. She experienced tremendous gales, and her stern frame is shook. GALWAY.. Di e. 21.—The Provost, from hence for London, whjch was wrecked near Barns Ist instant, has been sold with her cargo. Thy nacoNA, DEc. I.s.—The Dolphin, Donley, has been hove down. the necessary repairs done, and she is now re-loading her cargo of nuts. The Bell, Cook, from Shields fur London, sunk elf Yarmouth on Sunday. The St. Joseph, Sartlie, from Genoa for Ilavannah, was totally lost near Mahon, during a gale, the 19th ult. The Nawau. Came, from Sydney for London, sailed from Port Jackson, 9th June, and has not since been heard of. MARKETS. [From the New London Price Current.) Tet:snav, Drc. 27. COTTON.—The Cotton market remains in a state of inactivity, the tranuctiocs last week belts* nakkoa to positive wants fol. ex port and consumption; the prices remain nominally the same. though, in some instances rather lower rates have been submitted to. The sales are about 700 bags, viz.:—°So Pernams 1214 to Ind.; 240 Surata fiAti. to 6d. ; 100 Bengali 61d. to all in bond; and, viuty paid, 70 Demerara and Berbice 100. tor money, SUDAR.—The demnnd for Illuscovades last week was limited to small parcels for the immediate consumption of the trade; there was no alteration in the prices, as the West India merchants hold the reduced stock in this market with some firmness, having sold the greater proportion of the supply previously at the high prices. The delivery from the warehouses last week is about 900 casks less than last yea:. There are no Itluseovades on show this torenoon, on account of the holydays. The Refined market remained at no minal quotations all last week ; one or two parcels were reported to be cold lower for money ; Lumps at Ws. but the nearest market price is still 81s. ; some parcelsof crushed were taken for the Medi terranean. Blolasses were 30s. a 393. 6d. There will be no busi. ness doing this week, on account of the holydays. In Foreign or East India Sugars there were no purchases. COFFEE.—There wctc no ^ublic isles of Coffee last week ; parcel of 504 bags, fair quality St. Domingo, was sold by private contract at 535. There were no pubic sales of Coffee this forenoon ; there has been more inquiry by private contract; sales of good or dinary Brazil at 514. and offers mad., for St. Domingo at Ms. 6d. At a late hour to-day, 600 bags St. Domingo sold 64a. a 355. and a rand of fine ordinary Brazil Us. RUM, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.—There are no sales of Rum of Brandy of any extent to report ; no parcels press on the market. Small purchases of pale Geneva on the quay reported at Is. 9d. SILK.--Silks are very heavy and lower. 110 PS.—The holders do not Feu asks in the present htnguid state of the rua:ket ; there is no business to report. A TREMENDOUS COMET. We are informed that previous to the Espiegle'a leaving the Western Hemisphere [this ship arrived last week from the Mauritius], there was visible, among the Constella tions towards the South Pole, one of the largest Comets that has been seen from the earth for a very considerable period, perhaps since the one of 1682 or 1759 (if, as is supposed, they are the same), it being considerably larger than the one that appeared in 1811. It first became visible the 'Latter part of September, or beginning of October, when it was about the brightness of the Pleiades, at an elevation of 16 or 16 degrees, and without any considera ble tail; its increasing brightness, and the increasing length of the tail, together with its retrograde motion among the stars, soon made it appear that it Vas rapidly approaching the earth; and about the middle of October, at the close of twilight, in the absence of the moon, it was the most conspicuous celestial object above the horizon. On the 15th October, early in the morning, Mr. R. A. Newman, master of his Majesty's ship Eipiegle, observed its distance from two of the most considerable stars in its vicinity, asfollows:— At Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, October 14th, at 15h. 30m. observed distance of the comet and the star Formal haut, 23.17.40 comet L'. of star: and the star Archenar, 23.50.40 comet N. of star. At this time the tail extended about seven degrees from the nucleus. Again, on the 12th November, at seven r.x. in lat. 0.32. N. and long. 19.32. W. the distance from the ster Fomalhaut was 29.00 comet W. and from the star Archenar, 43.37. comet N. of star. At this time the tail extended fifteen de grees from the nucleus, anti the nucleus itielf was very visible to the naked eye, its apparent diameter lxing much larger than that of Jupiter. 'rite tail had a small curvature, and, as usual, terminated in faint hairy lays; it seemed to be receding now from the earth. These obser vations are not corrected for the efiect of refraction ; this effbct will be trifling, as the three objects had a consider able elevation at the time of the observation. The Astro nomer Royal at the Cape W . ' Good Hope was sedulously employed observing for data to determine the elements of its orbit ; from whose accuracy astronomers may hope for every desiderata.—lfurtpshire Telegraph. FA TAT. DCEL.— A meeting, we are informed, took place near Athlone, between a Mr. t . .;•.--y and a Capt. W--- c —te, on Monday Ilst, when the latter was shot dead upon the zrit.—Gahrgy Alvertiter. N OA A • * • The following eireurnstanms rfspecting , :lie tr; ; ;Ical end of Targhini and Montattari are from 'a private 1. :ter herr Rome. Targhini had the audacity'CO iti.errnpt the htlis :der front reading' his sentence of death, saying had these sort of things at his fingers' duds. /lon:anal i, on his ride -began to sing, and told him be gave himself needless trouble. These two criminal ' shavitig been conducted to the chapel ardent!. thriv days Lefore their execution, Targhini vented hims e lf in h orr id imprecations Di:, ,, n his.confessor, whom ha reproached with baying deceived him into a confession of his crimes under a promise of mrAlon. " I declare to you, besides," added he, " that I have told you only a p ac k o f li es . I-le - theu addressed himself to the other ecOles'.astics, who had come to offer him the comforts of religion, and told them they were ail children of the devil. In fact, his conduct was so out rageous, that he was obliged to be conducted to his .dungeon. Montanari was more calm, but he would pay no attention to the exhortations of the holy fathers, and burst into•repeated shout s of lau ghter at thenvioul exhor tations. Executions generally take place here after sunset, but the, Government, in order to make a more public example of these hardened criminals, caused them to be executed at one o'clock in the afternoon, on the Grande Place de Giulia, from whence they could be observed by an Immense multi tude, as this spot is overlooked by Mount Pincio. The two prisoners did nothing but laugh and sing 'while on the road to the place of execution, and saluted the ladies who were asserabltd at the windows on the road ' through which ' Otey were to pass. Thrghini was first led to the scaffold, and when cn the p o int Of bei ng exe cuted, exclaimed, " I dle innocent, but L die a Carbo nari." The drums began' beating, and interrupted the rest being beanl. Montanari beheld the execution of his companion with a smiling countenance, and whilst the executioner was cutting his hair, and the attendant priests offered•him in vain the comforts of religion. he declared, " Sir, let me alone, you only annoy me." Having placer . his head under the fatal knife, and the priest desiring froze him one act of religion, he exclaimed, Executioner, cut the cord, I am weary of so much prating." An universai stupor prevailed over the by-standets, and the priest availed himself of the occasion to harangu e them, and incited them to meditate on the unhappy en d of of the two esintinaln THE UNFORTUNATE TREASURE. That riches are not always a blessing, may be seen by the following anecdote :—A poor inftn of the name of Kerins of the parish of Kilmactige, near Ballina, Ireland, when employed in digging his ground, discovered a hidden trea sure, amounting to the value of eighty pounds. His _joy, no doubt, was great, on this valuable acquiSition, whi c h lie brought home to his ho less rejoiced family ; but be soon found that some of his neighbour:, envious of his good fortune, and inflated by that fatal thirst of 0111 which lees proved so destructive to the human race, made manic& on him with intent to rob him of his property.. To avoid this lie committed the - treasure to his son, desir ing him to escape with it to a near relative, and to en trust it to his care until he could convert it M a proper purpose. This having been done, he rested satisfied for a few clays, thinking all was saf e ; h u t, a l as ! whets lie went to his friend tei require him to deliver up his, trust, he experienced a cruel disappointment, as there was but a small portion of the meney forthcoming, and his friend denying that he had received any more. He, however, consoled himself with the hope of being able to recover his money by law, and lodged informations against the de spoiler, who' was committed to gaol, tried, and sentenced .o transportation, with, however, a proiiso, that if the money should be restored within a limited time the sen tence was to be revoked. The money was paid back, the culprit liberated, and the fortunate owner once more put in possession of his beloved gold, and filled with the idea of employing it to the benefit of his family. But short was his dream of ideal happiness ; fee in the dead of night, when he and his wife and children enjnyed the pleasure of a sound and comfortable sleep, the wakeful marauder, at- tended by a desperate gang, and well armed, forced into his house, and by holding before him and his family the hor rors of immediate death, compelled him to give up what ever money he had, which, together with other articles of property, they, carried away securely. Kerin again had recourse to law, and prosecuted some persons, who were acquitted, for want of sufficient proof. which was the means of involving him in more troubles and increasing his misery ; for shortly after a formidable gang attacked his dwelling, actuated, as it would seem, more with a spirit of revenge against him for daring to pro secute them, than with the hope of findirm money ill his possession. Having forced the door of th e ° house, in the most savage and merciless manner they fast bound the in mates, set fire to some flax or tow, with which they mow inhumanly burned Kerin and his wife, to the great dense: of their lives, and inflicted several wounds on the poor man with bayonets and oilier weapons. ll^.ving posseseted them selves of whatever be had, as also of all the linen, yam, and clothing which they thought worth taking, they decamped, leaving the unfortunate family destitute of every thing of vaine, and nearly expiring under their wounds. He has identified one Walsh, who was alleged to he concerned in the former robbery, and who has been lately apprehended and committed to the gaol of Sligo for trial.—Bullina To WASH Woott.nx Goons.—This art of stashing woollen things so as to prevent them from shrinking is one of the many desiderata in domestic economy worthy of being recorded—and it is therefore with satisfaction we now ex plain this simple process to our readers. All descriptions of woollen goods should be well washed with socp in Tay hot water, etnl as soon as the article has hc-n cleansed, in stantly immerse it in cold water; let it be wrung atd hung up to dry—probutuni A number of persons were attracted on Moddaythotning. between ten And eleven o'clock, at the end of Fleet-market and Bridge -street, to observe a hawk, or, as some wete'ci opinion, a larger bird of prey, pursue a flock of pipet:. It wheeled round beneath them while rising, and, dimi nishing each revolution, compelled them to ascend within the circle it had formed to an immense height, when one was seen to drop, which it pounced upon, and immediately flew across the Thames. Itlysrsr.tous CraccstaTxxce.—On Sunday everting, upwards of fifty bead of oxen were washed on shore a: Ballymaeaw, which were instantly made a prey of anti skinned by the country people. No shipwreck was known to have occurred on the coast on that day, or immediately previous to it; and we are only able to account for the cir cumstance by supposing that the cattle were thi cargo of some vessel which foundered at sea. It is said that acme of the carcasses were still warm when discoverml.—Warr ford ]fail. A BAILIFF SHOT.—IVe understand that a Court or Conscience Bailiff was shot dead this morning, about eight o'clock, at Phipsborough, as he was scaling the garden wall of a person named Beggs, we suppose with the inten tion of serving on him some law process. An inquest ha' been held on. the body, the result of which we have not ye: learned. Beggs has absconded ; his wife, we are informed, is in custody, until the result of the inquest shall be atm tained.—DuLlin E vening Post. DARING RODBARY.—On Sunday night between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, as Mr. Henry S lilward, of Ox ford -street, was returning to town from Hammersmith, in company with his son, a lad of eight or nine years old. he was accosted on the mad near Knightsbridge ht • man, who demanded sotnethinr to procure a lodging for the night. Mr. Al ilward, judging front the fellow's manner that he waft on no good intent, mid hint to gr , about his busines., as he had no money to give away : the fellow still continued following anti! they were met by another man, when both tell on Mr. hiilward, knocked him down, and after rifling pockets of his watch, three sovereigns, and some silver, in a Rue46:l lcwher purse, they made off towards Hammersmith. The chi:d. who had run away crying out .for assistance on bit father being. knocked down, come up with a .wagoner, to whom he men armed the circumstance. When the letter came to the spot. Str.. ltlii ward wet recovering from the effects of the Wows he had received from the robbery, one of whom was armed with a large bludeeon.— Three or four men soon after came up, and pursott was made fen a considerable distance, tint no trace could be had of the fellow,, who, it is presumed. had diverged front the main mad to avoid en countering the patrol. They had both the appearance of country men. and no doubt belonged to one of those numerous gangs :bait MLitt all the prinpal roads leading to the metrcpc!la.