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HATMARKET THEATRE. A meat absurd afterpiece was brought out at this theatre last night, •ealled Birds withosre Feathers. We conceive it to be hardly necessary to give any outline of the plot, as it suTered strangulation at its birth. Philip (Younger). act old misog-,.mtist, has reared his son Hotly (Mrs. Hill), in such ignorance, that at the a t ;: of nineteen be does not know that there is such a thing in the world as a woman. In the neighbourhood there residva a friend of Philip's, Rinaldo (Williams), who has a daughter Eliza (Madame Vkinris), brought up without haying seen any other man than her father. She is kept closely confirm!. under the superintendence of an old Gouccrnaec (Mrs. C. Jones), who takes every opportunity of reviling the lords of the creation, said setting Ler fair charge against having anything to say to them, alvonkl she ever by chance meat with any. By mere accident, Henry gets a glimpse of Eliza, and is seised its eanaequnice with very extraordinary excitements ; and dpon his soliciting his father to explain to him what the anin.al is, be tills himjhat it is a bird. (This monstrosity tletannined the fate of the farce.) Henry and Elise meet, through the manoeuvres of the latter, snit, as is natural, fall in Lve, and their union is assented to by their fathers. The absurdity of this plot is not atoned for either by the dia brew, the musk, or -the songs. It is but in on.; act, but that was much too longfor the audience to tolerate quietly, and at its'conclusion it was, we believe, consigned to the tomb of all the Capulets. We remember something of this kind fining produced at the Survey Theatre, about seven ycars ago, under the name of Sicken rears' La.' , nur Lust. The giber smteriainmints were, Tie Clandestine , and the farce of S.Y. Z. The excellence with whtzh the whole comedy is supported completely &ties certsure. We do not think that there is, in the whole range of the drama, a more highly-finished comic scene than that wherein I,grd Oglrby a being wound IT for the fatigues orthe day Vr Brash and Oahe. V. e would 'suggest to Mr. Sergeant Flower, to amend his pnmusicia jinn of ce.rrente calanau ' as be will bring the wit into dis credit if he contbutestocall it carruat ralarnil. The house was very full. and the anther of the new farce had evi dently a great many friends there. .4SSAIIL THE PRESENT SEAT OF WAR ON THE NORTH EAsTER.N FRONTIER OF OUR INDIAN POSSES SIONS. _ [From the Asirtic J01N1141.1 The seat of war on the Burmese frontier being now re moved from Cachar to Amman, a short sketch of the latter country will doubtless be interesting: in furnishing it, however, we shall carefully avcid all dry detail, and strictly confine our observations to such particulars as may serve to *hew the character of the couutr;•, and thermions ditEculties anJ encouragements that are likely to be expo rienced by our troops. Assam is, for the most part, a long etll^y. through which the Boorampooter passes from the Blittsli frontier town of Govalpara, to the farthest extent of the province, being a distance of about 700 miles. A range of lofty mountains ser &rates it from Bcotam on the north-west, and another range somewhat less elevated divides it on the south-east from Jynteeah, Cachar, and the Burman em pire. Its average breadth is estimated at about seventy miles and its whole area at 60,000 square miles. The eAttitry is intersected by a vast number of inferior ranges of hills, separated by the most fertile Tallies, and watered by rivers tributary to the Boorampooter. The great fertility of the vallies arises front annual in undations, which commence with the smeller rivers, and soon place under water the greater portion of the valley of the Boorampooter.° These inundations are usna:ly at their height in Mar. As seen 33 the waters sttbside, the most luxutiant vegetation springs forth, so that greater popula tion is all that is wanting to render this interesting country one of the most productive in the world. Glaergong, the capital of Assam, is descrik.d by a lfo hammedan wrier (Mohammed Casini) as situated in a lutly cultivated eauntry—to quote his own words, as " lied with such an uninterrurted range of gardens, plen tifully stocked with fruit trees, that it appears as one garden. Within them are the houses of the peasants, anti -a beautiful assemblage of coloured and fragrant herbs, and of garden and wild flowers growing together. The bulk of the population is, of course, on the banks of the rivers, ese.pting during the rainy seasons. The l: uses, being constructed of bamboos, are quickly restored after the inundations. _ The same causc lynch gives the country this extreme fertility, retult.vs its climate, however, mast unhealthy. The exhalations which arise when the waters begin to sub side are meat pernicious. This evil would, doubtless, be lersened if there was a sufficient number of inhabitants to clear the country, which is nearly covered with impene trable jungles, not more than one-eighth of it being cul tivated. This deficiency of population is partly owing to continual dissentious between the petty chiefs, a circumstance com mon to all mountainous tracts. The numerous tribes in habiting Astern are aa various in character as the face of the country itself. These which reside in the most elevated districts are as bold and rough as their native rocks, while the develleis in the principal valley have been occasionally branded with cowardice. The hourly collision, however, which has always prevailed between the various races, has given a hardy and ferocious charade: to the general mass of the inhabitents. Many attempts bare been made to conquer the Assa mese, but they were never fairly subjugated until about two years teio, when the Burmese obtained complete pos session of the country. 11 - lienever their territories have been invaded, they have always deserted the valley and fled to the mountains, from whence, on the setting in of the rains, they have descended and cut off the armies of their enemies. Assam was once invaded by Hossein Shah, Nabob of Bengal, with a considerable force. The Assn mese immediately abandoned the plains to the temporary rule of the Meslems ; Hossein returned, therefore, to Ben gal, leaving his son with the whole army to complete the conquest of the country. As soon as the inundatiors com menced, the roads became impassable, atal the course of the river could no longer be traced ; the Assainese, there fore, descended from the mountains, hemmed up their enemies, and intercepted all their supplies of provisions. The whole army of the invaders was soon annihilated by lists jtastieions stile of warfare. It is likewise stated by native historians, that at a sub sequent period :Mohammed Shah, Emperor of Hindoostan. attempted the conquest of Assam with an army of 100,000 cavalry, which entered the country, and was never heard of more. Another army was sent soon after for the same pur pose, but the troops became so panic-struck, on their arrival in Bengal, that they refused to proceed any further. The great Emperor Aurttegzebe was equally unsuccess ful. According to Hamilton, a force was dispatched against Assam during the reign of this monarch, under the coin mand of Mir Jumleb ; his army, however, " was so roughly handled by the enterprising and warlike Assamese, that he not only was compelled to make a precipitate re treat, but to yield up a large part of the lands which bad belonged to the Moslems before the invasion took place."t The late success of the Burmese iu completing the con quest of Assam may be attributed to two causes. In the first place, it is most likely that they invaded the country at a period when it was greatly depopulated by internal disscetion. Secondly, the Burmese appear to have learnt, by a long course of dear-bought experience, the best mode of conducting military operations in mountainous regions. We have now given a brief description of the country which our troops were about to enter when the latest intel ligence arrived front India. The country on the Assamese border is probably the very worst sample, doubtless it is a very bad one. A thick reedy jungle on the banks of the l ßoorampooter, in some places thirty feet high, through which there are no roads but only the treks of buffitlots and wild elephants, is the country through which our troops must pass, unless they ascend the river in boats. The distance from Goyalpara to Coiled, which is the strongest post in the western division of Assam, and is occupied by the Burmese in considerable force, is described as about severity miles. Allowing, however, for the wind ings of the river, we conceive it must be considerably greater. We are not informed as to the exact amount of force under the command of Brigadier-General Mac Morino, but we know it to he considerable, and are assured that it will not commence operations without being well provided with all the requisite Mate?iel for a lengthened campaign in a difficult country. We have likewise the satisfaction of reflecting that the experience derived from Captain Welsh's eapedi:ion in 1793, will serve as a valuable guide to direct the operations of the approaching campaign. That expedition was undertaken under favourable circum stances, the object of it being the restoration of a deposed Rajah, who had fled into our territories for protection from the fury of a rebellious faction ; the commander was sure of the support of a very considerable betty of the adherents of the exiled prince, he experienced, therefore, none of the reverses, anti scarcely any of the obstacles which fonner invaders had encountered. He remained also in the country sufficiently ton:; to make a fair experiment:. The present invasion of Assam, if such it may be called, is un dertaken under auspices of a yet more favourable nature. The whole country is decidedly hoetile to its present rulers, it submits by hard compulsion: we leave not to fear, there fore, that the great body of the inhabitants will suddenly forsake the plains, and shelter themselves in the mountains, until a fair opportunity offers of cutting off the supple s of our troops, and pouring down upon them when dis tressed by famine. The converse of such a picture may be fairly . ioked for. Whatever resources the Burmese may have obtained from the country in which they are stationed, whatever supplies of provisions, and whatever CSlltillgelltS of troops, we know that the first will soon be exhausted, and that the second are but forced auxiliaries. The best resources of the country, including the active aid of a bold and fearless population, will henceforth be transferred to • Several gigantic causeways have been constructed by. the natives, for the convenience of passengers during the inundatioes„ which were inexistence when the Mobauonataas first invaded the country. t )lain Stewart. on the authority of minus Mohammedan writers, him stated, in his History ef firegid, that the result of this campaign was sucm4sfaL His account of its ritgress, how. ever, is eenainly not promising as to such result. Ferishta, who, as a Mohammedan historian, is anxious, of course, to draw a fa vourable picture, informs us that the campaign of the succeeding year was 112Mlilate.i by the death of the commander, who fell a victim to the 11.111:e pestilence that visited his troops. • The best information we possess respecting Assam is derived from the raids' surveys and inquiries that we:: mail: by TatiOlti ladiTillll4llthaing this opportunity'. MATRIMONIAL SCHEMES. Amotigst the number of new Institutions that bare 'prong up in this age uf invention, is one for affording facilities to persons who may be desirous of entering into the goodly inate of matehnony. The office of the Society is in the City ; and any lady or gentleman who may sigh for a partner has only to become a subscriber, and send a proper dneription of personal and other charms, which will be duly registered at the: office, and opportunities given fur apeetly introductions. The prospectus of the Institution lays i: down that " thousands live a life of celibacy, not freen choice hut prudent.:: and the reesnos arc obvious; it is because, iu a limited circle of acquaint4oce, persons of suitable ages, dispositions, and circumstances, cannot be feeni." After pointing out the especial ber.eftts of their plat), the projectors hold out the following inducement to there who will favour them with their money :—The Sub cirri:as arc to be furnished with a list of theeriptions, and whet: one occurs likely to suit, the parties may correspond; akul if mutually apprueed, the interview may be afterwards arranged. ' :Le projectors or the above scheme for limiting the rice of bachelors and old maids, no doubt expect to get a brokerage on fortunes, somewhat after the fashion of these things in Genoa. In that city, we arc told, there are mar riage-b:okers, who have pocket-books filled with the names of the martiagreable girls of the different classes, with notes of their figures, personal attractions, fortunes, &c. These broken go about endeavouring to arrange connections; and when they succeed, they get a commission of two or three per cent. upon the portion. Marriage at Gatoa is quite a matter of calculation, generally settled by the pa reatt or relations, who often draw up the contract before tbe parties have seen one another; and it is only when every thing else is arranged, and a few days previous to the marriage ceremony, that the future husband is intro duced to his inn n led partner for life. Should he find fault with her manners or appearance, he may break oft' thematch, on condition of defraying the brokerage, and any other expenses incurred. ' A recent travelier in the United States gives an account • of a matrimonial lottery, which was formed there with be nctielal ettects. At a wedding in South Carolina, a young lawyer meved, " That one man in the company should be seiected as president ; that this president should be duly sworn to keep entirely secret all the communications that should be forwarded to him in his official department that night; that each unmarried gentleman and lady should Write his or her name on a piece of paper, and under it place the name of the person they wished to many ; then band it to the president, for inspection ; and if any gentle man and lady had reciprocally chosen each other, the pre aideut was to inform each of the result; and those who Lad not been reciprocal in their choice, kept entirely secret." After the appointment of the president, commute canons were accordingly handed up to the chair, and it was found twelve young gentlemen and ladies had made reciprocal choices; and the traveller states that eleven of the twelve matches hail been solemnized ; and that the young gentlemen of eight couple of the eleven had declared, that their diffidence was so great, that they certainly should not have satire-arid their respective wives if the above scheme bad nut been introduced." The opening of Drury-lane theatre is, we understand, deferred until Saturday, the Nth of October, when Mr. Elliston intends, on the first night, to present the public with a new piece, by the author of Pride shall hare apt!. George Colman is said to have written a comedy for Drury-lane theatre, in which Elliston is to be the hero. Reynolds, the dramatist, has been rusticating at Bou logne 'luring the summer ; and it is reported his time has been employed in the construction of a new drama, in the perfermance of which Decrow and his equestrian troop will be engaged. Abbot, the lessee of the Dublin theatre, left town on Thursday evening, to commence his management. Several of our popular actors and actresses are engaged to perform in Dublin during the seam. When Cibbsr was within a fcw days of 84, a friend told him he was glad to see tam look so well. " Faith," said he. " it is very well that I look at all." The population of Rome, which in 1815 was 198,384 souls, amounts in 1823 to t 35,510. The new Church at Chelsea sill be consecrated on Mon day the 1811: inst. (St. Luke's day). Doves, Seer V9.—The new 'try dock is now in a per fectly fit state to receive shipping. Gatti Newarareas.--The following newspapers are now published in Greree:—At Missolonglii, the Greek Chrol:ele (in Greek); the Greek Telegraph (in several languages); at Hydra, the Friend of Me Laws (in Greek); at Athens, the Aliens Free Press (in Greek); at Psara, the Posra Newspaper (in Greek). All the above, in con sequence of an arrangement made, may now be obtained by giving ord e r s t h roug h th e English Foreign Post olnee. An arrangement has been made by the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital for the payment of the out-pensioners of that hospital in future at Oxford-market; instead of Chel sea as heretofore. For this purpose the Commissioners hare taken a lease for seven years of the large Hall in the centre of the market, which has been fitted up for the above use, for which it is peculiarly adapted, on account of its spaciousness, and also as having four distinct entrances. The new place veil be brought into operation for the first tic.:: this morning, when the quarterly payment of the pensioners will ceounenee. Extract from the Log book of the brig Courier, Captain Slainwaring, from New South Wales to London :—" May 1621, let. LS. 57. South, long. 138. 12. West, at r. w. strong brie.iea, with dark equally weather, felt a severe shock a-lna , l, as if the ship had struck; she would not answer her helm, but paid round off', the man at the helm saying he could not move it to bring the ship to her course; at that instant the Chief Officer, Mr. John Mor rison, observed the tail of a whale considerably above the water, with which it struck the ship on the larboard quarter with such violence, that it made her shake fore and aft; in consequence of which hauled the mainsail up, let run the foretop -sail halyards, sounded the pumps, and were relieved from cur apprebensiens by finding the ship made no water." THE BRITISH PRESS., us. The anticipation of these advantages has doubtlas eontriblteli grt:ady to render 60 war so populas, as we heal' it has b:!coine. amongst the British and native troops. When once we have ex"pelled the Bartzne, and re-esta b!shed the former Government, it will be easy to make such arrangements as may not only ensure the future hide per.denee of the natives of those mountainous regions. but render them, in every :oast of the expression, friendly and desirable neighbours. We have every reason to believe that the numerous tribes which inhabit the wooded and almost trackless mountains which are so broadly spread betwixt our own pmisessions and these cf the Burman monarch, are favourably disposed in gem ml towards the British power. When contrasted with their cistern neighbours, we doubtless gain much by the comrari:en. We have never interfered but to :twist them. Thy' Burmese, ea the contrary, have carried on fur many years a worse than predatory warfare, num b ers being an nually stolen to be carried into interminable bondage. The Rajalis of Tipperab and Jynteeah, and several minor chiefs, have been in strict alliance with the British Government for several years, and we are well informed that others are eager candidates for similar protection. The natives of Assam, and the mountainecrsin general, are far more open of instruction than our Indian subjects: for they appear to he neatly, if not wholly unshackled by that odious system of caste. which has hitherto bcen found so grand an obstacle to all improvement. Their progress will be slow and gradual, for their intercourse with us cannot be frequent ; but we trust it will ho sure. and that under oar pratectiii care they will ultimately renounce their predatory and tenacious Labia, and yield to the social and meliorating influence of arts, lett.ors, civilization, and Christianity. _ THE CHINENIf ETNCILTAGE. From the forthcoming number of the ()rienlal Herald we extract the following seer:int of the characters by which the Chinese express themselves. It is contained in a notice of the labours of the Asiatic Society of Paris, which was established in the spring of 1323, and includes among its members nearly all the principal Orientalists of the Continent of Europe, together with many distinguished names of our own countrymen : " Among the causes which have operated most r werfany to facilitate the progress of Chinese literature, must be reckoned the suxesstul attempts to analyse the characters, the multiplicity of which has funned the great stumbling-black in the way of its move general cultivation. On this subjeet al. Bemuses has presented to the Academy a very valuable memoir, an extract front which he has given in a subsequent number of the JournaL The ground, it is true, was not entirely new ; it had been in some measure pre. occupied by Barrow and mhos, to whose labours, we observe with surmise. that il. R. has not once thought fit to refer in the course of Os extract; hut we suppose that he has given them due credit in the memoir hale which is yet unpublished, and which, to judge from the specimen here given, certainly treats the subject in a more scientific and systematic manner than hal before been attempted. It contains an analysis and classification of all the primitive elle racters, in number about two hundred, consisting of representations of the most nullifier objects, and funning the basis on which the present system at Chinese writine is founded, and from the various contbinauuns of which its siting innumerable characters are de nted, in a manner perfectly analogous to that in which the innume. nada modifications of language, necessary to adopt it to the wants of a civilized state of society, have been gradually formed from a few primitive room item the knowledge of these primitive charac. tors, M. R. deduces a singular but apparently just result: he con. eiders that these signs must have been capable of expressing every object, the centmultication of which was cons:erred important by their inventors, and consequently that the whole of them taken together must contain a faithful picture of the ideas which they en. tertained, and of the knowledge which they loos easel. That this is actually the case is, he units, abundantly proved by the Indi ums of the Chinese themselves; fur proof of which he refers to the memoir itself. Descending into particulars, he divides these an. dent characters into several series. From the heavens, their phe. to mesa, Fee. only serer of them are derived; and among these there are no tracea of religious belief, unless we consider as such the representation of a victim taxed up as a sacrifice, and the head of a demon or evil genius. The earth furnishes more numerens mate, rids: seventeen characters-have reference to the configuration of its surface, and eleven to structeres raised on h by the art of man. all of which are of the most simple construction. n'wenty.three characters belong to man, and leis social and kindred relations; but among these we look in vain for symbols to represent king, man of letters, general, or 'Metier. Of the twenty-seven signs which represent various parts of the body, two only, the heart anti the wretches, relate to internal earls. Their dress is represented by six characters, all of the most simple and even savage form. Jewels, musical instruments, coins, glass, china, not one of these comparatively modem inventions, nor even gold itself. has any symbol in this barbarous vocabulary. The whole of their fern:. lure, utensils, and arms, is comprised in thirty-five characters, nine or ten of which represent instruments of destruction, while only three have reference to agriculture. Thor list of animals is very limited: five dmuestie end seven wild quadruped., eleven birds. , most of which are very imperfectly delineated, two fishes, end seven animals of the lower classes, complete their toologicel knowledge. One very remarkable fact deserves particular notice, namely, that none of those fantastic :minis's, the dragon, the pheenix, the aid corn, in which the tables of the Chinese abound, are here repre sented. 'lf,' observes M. R. the species rat writing which we are investigating is anterior to the ongin of fable, what hence proof can we require of its remote antiquity ?"Fhe vegetable kingdom is represented by twenty-six characters, among which the rice and millet hold the first rank ; wheat and barley are not noted; the mulberry, the paper-mulberry, the tee-tree, /tr. which have fur ages held so important a station in the domestic and rural economy of the Chinese, are all equally wanting. It is clear front this sum mary of the principal tracts in this interesting picture of the cmiii. tion of the ancient Chinese, furnished by themselves, that at the time of the invention of these characters, they could pretend to no higher a degree of civilization than the present inhabitants of New Zealand or the Friendly Islands. One circumstance alone raises them above the level of these savages: it is the happy idea of coin tuuniceting their ideas in writing, a most important step in the pro gress of human intelligence, and which many nations, much more advanced in the arts woich render life comfortable, have nut attain ed. fll. IL next proceeds to point out the manner in which this small number of simple characters wag subsequently modified to suit the purposes of a more advanced state of society. In order to represent natural objects, and many others, which were capable of being subjected to the same laws, the original symbols appear to have been considered as a sort of generic type, under which all similar objects were classed, while each individual wet distin guished by the addition of a sign indicative of some peculiarity in us conformation, habits, or uses ; thus emulating, in some mea sure, the binary nomenclature, which naturalists of the present day concur in attributing to Linnaeus. In the expression of abstract ideas, their ingenuity is no less remarkable: fur this purpose they combined together two or more of the primitive characters, forming a multitude of compound signs., which evince no inconsiderable de gree of imagination, wit, and knowledge of mankind, steel furnish a most interesting and instructive study. Thus, to express anger, they make use of a bran, surmounted by the sign of slave : to re present a friend, they plated two I:eerie side by shit, ate. But, on the other hand, as a striking proof of their barbarism, they assert steel with the image of woman the words expressive of vices and imperfections: thus, twice repeated, this image signifies dispute; t thrive, profligacy, ate. Such is the origin of the system of Chinese writing, which I. will be seen contains within itself the most ample , materials for the study of the manner., customs, habits, and trsdi. • trans of this singular people, at a period antecedent to history. In • this point of view it is deserving of the most serietts attention, and • the study of its innumerable couibinatior.s by no means deserves to be classed with those minute mid trifling discussions, which have too often exposed the philologer and his studies to ridicule and discredit." ENGLAND MID TUE UNITED STATIGL—From the last work of the Abbe de Pradt, we extract the following com parison of the commerce of the two greatest commercial nations:—" The world is filled with erroneous calculations respecting the spirit of commercial rivalry which subsists between the United States and England. The official tables published respecting the state of England in 11:42, render all misconception on this point henceforth impos sible. They demonstrate txtost satisfactorily the superiority of England over America in her commerce. In the year preceding England exported, for European consumption, to the amount of 26,706,333/. 6s. Bd. sterling ! and to other parts of the world 15,204,3331. Gs. Bd. ! ! while the American exportations into Europe amounted only to 4,166,1661. 13s. 4d. and to other parts 6,2.50,0001.! The difference, then, between the amount of commercial trans actions executed by these two countries is very great ; and as England enjoys the advantage of priority in commercial existence, and as she is able to oppose improvement to im provement, it will require a very long time before America shall be able to enter into effietive competition with her. The superiority of the United States is recognized cnly in the Antilles or Caribbce Islands. There the American merchant rules supreme, and has the decided pre-emitienex:l over all other producers, for he is able to furnish the pro. visions which those islandets are interested in taking di rectly from America ; but the moment the question turns on the objects of industry, that is, when it is considered whence manufactures should be purchased, the superiority of England is instantly asserted; and here, as elsewhere, the ready and invo/untary tribute is paid to the surl•asaing excellence of h•r looms, and the productions cf the genius of Ler people." FURTHER EX•IMINATION OF MR . FJUNTLERoy Since the tint eznee , nstint et Sk. Fraintleerie at Mel. bormunhestreet Office., a fortniith: sr. the ..itmnit anxiety has ere. trailed in the public mind, and cunstant ancliNitiars made to . . . keost o wit;t day tine nest investiot'on'of his ease WM to take place. (so the day of his firmer csankinatlett he es' nominal', remanded to the following Saturday, with a perfzet wteer.temling. however, among all the patties, that it was r.ot inttntled b- hire. up again upon the; day ; but. another week famine elanvil, it was ;nutty confidently expected that thia would be the day foe his second examination. To all ii-iptiries made upon ti:e at:hie:A. to other answer was given. nor indeed conid tit= be any outer. thaa that to day was livid, because we have reason to beliere. that an to Thipisilay morning litst, to dan win. in point of fan, appointed Cu the fur . er examination of the ntisoncr, whose friend/1. we are assiirmi, did not erne. it to Pike place arti some day in the next . week. - .. • . Some imp-nrci eenshlerattons. however. wr:gh:rxwith the Mteiiiirate, and urn, the necewtry communtetittoos with the fink of England upon the subieet. it wan on Tbuovlly deter iced that the priaaner a'L...auld be brought up yesterday for'a aminatioa of his coia. ..... --- Saone applicatimis, we midnotand. WeTt made no the pert of prisoner. who did r^t himself wish the examine:ion so mid. Werily.in alter this determinatiei^ : but ther were rat successful, and scoordtegt‘ fru& the chief offieer of this ettablialiment. pro. needed to the Houue. of e,orreztioe, l'oldhath-dads. where the mi. sever was confined, accompanied by Wescott a'd elements. two other officer*. They arrived at the prison a: hslf.pase 12 o'clock. and immediately received charge of the prisoner Crow the Governer, Mr. Vickery. tied he was conseyed by those officers in a hsckney. coach to the office. it: the sure unrestrained and unshackled man ner that he has been from the moment of his apprehension Plank arrived, with the pr;soner, luck to the office at about one o'clock. and placed Mr. Fauntlerdy tinier the charge of C.:entente anti Iffes. cot; in the strong room, until the hour of examination should ar. rive. In consequence of its not beirie at all gentrally known that this examination wettld take place, there were vary few perms in at. rendsoce during the morning; indeed, none hut :Ease wrio sone,: id upon other husiresv, until one o'clock; whe7 Mr. flume, Mr. Gnodchild, Mr. Graham, anions or two o'h•r ilentlerv.en, entered and took seats in the private room, from which the done former never moved outing the whole proceedings. except when called into the public office to give and sign their dep.rtitions. In a short time after the Governor ad Penuty Governor. and some of the other Di. rectors of the Bank of England. arrived atd took their stations at the rear of the 111agistratee chair; and. besides these. there were about two doyen other Gentimr.en, either friends of the Magistrates. or of some of the parties present. In the private nom there were 11:60 two ladies observed. from whvse state of sigiratton ano. apparent anguish, it was not difficult to conclude that they bore some intense interest in the proceedings about to take pla:e. Tncy were tirder the care of a gentleman, who seemed to use his best endeavours to soothe their anguish. Mr. Broderick. the Barester, who, with Mr. Forbes, the soltri. tor. and Mr. Butler, the Chief Clerk of Mr. Harmer (who could not himself attend), made their appearance on behalf of the pri.onee. about half-past one, and, in a few minutes after. Mr. Freahlield was in atter dance. on the part of the Bank of England. At precisely within a quarter to two o'clock, the Magistrates.. Sir George Fatrant„ Mr. Collard, and Mr. Dyer. having taken t heir sesta upon the 'tench, Plank was directed to produce his orison., ; but Mr. Butler said, that as Mr. Harmer, who had heard the for mer examination, was not present, perhaps the Magistrates would allow Mr. Broderick to look over the depositions for a few minutes in the Private room. This wish was acceded to. and the Clerk of , the Ohice took the depositions into the put ate room for that mu ! pose. In a very short time Mr. Broderick returned, and a final or. der wee now given to Plank to bring in Ale. Fauntli.roy, and within five minutes to two of chock the prisoner wan introduced as before, leaning on the arms of Plank and another officer. The prisoner entered, not, as on the first occasion, with a hurled step and agitated manner, but walked firmly into the Office, and, without being directed thereto, instantly took his station. leaning, as at the former time,. against and outside the ba•, within which prisoners are usually placed. but which now contained some of the witness's to be examined. IHr. fauntleroy weed:need precisely as on the former exernination, in a blue coat, blue trowsera, and white waistcoat, but now wore a black handkerchief round his neck. whereas, at the first examination, lie wore a white one. Ile leaned with his left side against the bar, his left elbow on it, and his !tend resting on his hand. Ilia right arm It. placed across his breast. holding his hat in that he'd! ; and out of this position he never once moved or stirred during the whole of the examination. His coon. tenance betrayed a much more settled state of mind than when we lest saw him; be seemed in goal health, not at all agitated, and almost, in point of appearance, indifferent to the whole pro ceeding, for the most part. He, however, oeczaior.ally heaved a deep sigh. The depositions, which were already prepared, were new handed to the Clerk to be read ; and before commencing, Mr. Freshtield, addressing the Magistate, said, that on the former examination there was one case, that of a warrant of attorney for 110,9001. corn. pieced on the part of the prosccution ; and they had also gone is part into the evidence resp,ming three other wrmants of attorney for other sums, namely, one for 46.111•11. one for a',,0001. and one for 8,30111. ; and lie would now proceed to complete the evidence Li their cases also. _. . . . . . . . . George Edward Graham, late partner with the prisoner in the Bank of Marsh and Co. was then sworn. and the following depo sition read over to him—" That on the Stith of October, 1820, he received from the prisoner, Henry Fauntleroy, the power of at torney now produced, fur 36,0001. 3 per Cent. Annuities, with di. 'tenons to sell the same, which he accordingly did on the 2d ofl November, 1C20; and the signature of 0. E. Graham to the war. rant of attorney, es haying so sold the same, was signed." This de peaition' Mr. Graham said, was true. The deposition of James Tyson was next read, and went to say. that the signature of ihis deponent, signed as an attesting witness to the names of Henry Fauntleroy and J. 1). Home, en this power of attorney, was the proper signature of this deponent, and that he I did so witness the said Henry , Fauntleroy subscribe his name to this documen• but that the wore,' " Clerks in the /linking House of Marsh an d CO." also witnesses to the signature of J. I). Hume, I were not then written; and that they, as well as the signature, J. D. Hume, are in the proper hand-writing of the prisoner; and de. portent further smith, that he never did witness the signature of J. D. Hume to any instrument whatever. This witness was sworn, and signed his deposition. Joseph Golightly, being sworn, deposed, that he, as well as the I I last deponent, was a clerk in the Banking-house of Marsh and Cu.; that he has examined the power of attorney now produced, and that the signature " Jos. Golightly," attached thereto, as an attesting witnens to the name of Henry Fauntleroy, is the true and proper signature of this deponent, and that he did no witness the signature of the said Henry Fauntleroy; but that the words " Clerks to MOOTS. Marsh and Co. Bankers, also witnesses to the signature of John D. Hume," were not then written; and that these words, as well as the name " J. D. Hume" signed to the power of attorney, are in the proper hand-writing of the prisoner at The bar. John ticxxlchild, Surgeon, of Lim Tree Road, Regent's Park, deposed, that in the month of May 1818, this deponent, together with J. D. flume, of Pinner's Park, in the county of Kent, hind henry Fauntleroy, of Berner's-street, Banker, were appointed trustees to the sum of 48.000/. three per cent. Imperial Annuities, vested by Francis W ahem Itellis, of Oxted Cottage, in the county of Soucy, in their funds, to be for the use and benefit of Susannah Belli., his wife, and her children ; that the said securities were deposited in Bank of England,with power to the prisoner, Henry Fauntleroy, to receive the usual dividends on the same, and place them to the credit of the said F. W. Dellis, in this account, with the Banking-house of Marsh and Co. in which the said Henry Faunt luny was a partner; that the said dividends were regularly accounted Mr by the prisoner until the death of the said Francis William Bents, in January last; that proceedings have lately been corn. menced in the Court of Chancery, to arrange all the funds of the estate of the said deceased Francis William BMW ; in consequence of which, this deponent, in conjunction with the other trustee, J. I). Hume, has had several interviews with the prisoner, within a few weeks, on the subject of their trust; and on all these omit sions the prisoner stated that the said stock was still standing in tlso names of the said neaten, in the Bank of England. And depo. rent further saith, that be bath examined the power of attorney now produced, purporting to be signed him, giving authority to the said lienry Fauntleroy to dispose: sit the said 40,0001. S per Cent. Annuities ; but that tile signature 6 ' John Gootichild," at. tubed thereto, is not his proper signature, nor did he ever give any authority whatever to the said Henry Fauntleroy to dispose of the said stock.-31r. Ooodchild signed his deposition. Mr. FRISHFIELD next produced a warrant of attorney for 17,5001. Navy 6 per cents, and called C. E. Graham, who, as in the former case, deposed to his having sold out this stock, under the directions of 31r. Fauntleroy. The attesting witnesses to the signatures of J. U. Hume and Henry Fauntleroy were, James Ty son and William Price, clerks in the banking-house ; and these I depositior * vent, as on the turner occasions to say that. as re garded the signature of Mr. Fauntleroy, their attestation was genuine, but talse as to that of Mr. Hume, whom they never saw subscribe to any document. Mr. Goodcluld again deposed as to the signature " John Good child," to this warrant of attorney, not being in his hand-writing. Another power of attorney was produced for the sum of 5.3001. I per cent. Consolidated Fund, and on this document the same evidence was given by Mr. Godchild as to the forgery of his signature, and the attesting witnesses. Trion and Golightly. as to their having witnessed the signature" Henry Faunticroy," but Lot that of J. D. Heron, as they were made to do; and this last signature they deposed to be in the hand-writing cf the prisoner. Mr. Graham, when giving his deposition as to the sale of the Stock under this last warrant or attorney, said,. that he had now to correct himself, as to the fact of his having received this power of attorney, as stated in the deposition, at the banking-house in Berner'e-street, from Mr. launderer. Ile co;:k1 not positively say w:ietlr rhe re ceived the powerof attorney from Mr. Fauntleroy, ea from his broker in the City, by the directions of Sir. Fauntleroy, but he vas sure that one or other was the case; if, from Mr. Fauntleroy himself, he certainly did receive it at the banking hi ; and if from a broker, it mu; be mini either Mr. Simpson or Mr. Spurling, who must lines accompanied him to make the transfer. Mr. Graham said, that this alteration in his depositions applied to ail the other eases on which he had before given his testimony. These depositions were acconlingly altered by the clerk, and Mr. Graham re-sworn to them. James Tyson, the clerk, was again called. and raked to look at request to act, written on the back of this power of attorney ; it ran thus Ve shall ftel cb:igtel by the within being acttd MVO to. I.°U. as the MOM Y is wazted fur a particular paryciee, ylisterday bring a holiday. " Nev. 2,1:30." " SIBPALD, &Ind Cc." The witnewa ?rano d&loaxl that the 'hair of tfisa request tie tfit Bank of Ene:atid was t....itetiand.writing of the pri•oner. Mr. PI muerte:A) said, that !taring tqw comp!r.rd an the cave amoected w,:h the aunt is whi,Th Mr. Ilene arc! Mr. IleaaiJuld'a manias were concerned, be attensil pocced to nothe: oe• aerie spinet the Nisei:ter. The first wee a wa.-rant rrorner. purperiog ti he signed be Mise Frances You: g, authoriains the orotoect to Owrhe of 3.0t7V. 3 wet Cent. Cur.scAn, dated the 31. t Aar Mgy. James ryso I.ele 7 rk in the lase Ranking-hoose' . et Msrsh awl Co. depost-d, that the signature of .7eioes Tyson, all eLe• stirs shirred to the ern- of Frances Young to the walnut of at;orner coo pro dune& vas not his signature ; nor did be ever ate !lids Yuw.g shpt her name to any instrument. _ John Wa:son, aim a Clerk its the Beak of Marsh and CO. th... Posed, that the 01131 e. John Watlo3, as as attesting *p.n.:so to the signature of SIN& Young. was r.o: in his hond.orriirg. A demand foe panriesion to n:t. on the back of ids power of 'tomer. the two Lut wisr..uses der used was In the Land-wr.Lng of the prisoner. s . . Robot Brawl:L.lg, jun. deposed , that in the mou th of May, 1314. he was a clerk in the Three per Cent. Gonads. Tr.=ler 'Mee. in thlrßarli of England i and that the prisoner applied in ilea: n:nr:11 with the bower of attorney row rroduced, to have the ttielif. S•cek. mentioned therein, transferred front the name of Frances Yeurg to that (48 - ilium Flower, of the S:ock Eachange, which wa s n ee*, (tingly done. Miss Frances Yams, Of Christchurch. in the county of Sammie a lade of middle age, who seemed in great digress of n:ird. was how led into the Otlice by the Oailentan ash,' accompsinled her, and being sworn, deposed, that in the en.tittlt of May. 1613, the stun of 3,410 L her p -, stood in the Bank of Eitgland in her name, in the 3 per Cent. sobi ; that Henry Faunderoy, banker, of Benter's-attect, had received itolial bee *power of attorney to receive the dividends due theta. and place them to ter aciaturt in the Bank of Matsb and Co. and that he alwapl continued regularly to account to bet for the amount of those ditudends. 'rust s',e nev,v gave the said Henr Fauntlerov any pecnleritog,hy ptilrer ~e attorney or ozherwiee. to dispose of the uriacepat Of •it e Er+;:t ; anti that the signatuee. " Frances Young," to Cue power el attorney now produced, Is not her handwriting or lie shat ore. 3h FRICIIIITIELD row produced moth ssent uf land - I', fey the WC of 5.000 t. of other 3 per cent. putpartia,s is be dieted by Elisabeth When.= Young. , et , „- 1n.% James Tyson. Clerk in the Bank of Marill ind Caederosed, that his name, as signed as attestin.g winless to'tifts paver ore:tn.. ney, was not In his band-writiez, tee ii.d •. e cvez ye .'l. Yo...ng sign her name to any document. - John Barber deposed, that in theyear 1313 lit was • del It - . the Banking-house of Marsh, Sibbalu, and Cr: but Inn rows via - wailer in LitSe Newport -street ; the: he re4n{vus having been re.. peatedly asked by Mr. Faunileruy to so w tf it.gr.aave to paperi, which he did, without knowing what they w I that t!te nainn as " John Barber." attached a subscribing w hat at the sigrusture t ' s " Elizabeth Wharton Young," he bats.' tole . ha.ustivrratng a hut he never did see Miss Young . sign &Acne any O th er dJC s . fluent, no: did be know th:d Ire was witneseing ary signature at the time. Miss Elizabeth Wharton Young, formerly cf lierfor4, now of Chichester. in the cnurty of Sussex. cisoosed, that in she :tooth u May, 1315, there was neucithed is the Bank of England. it. tr name. 3.3ie11. 13, 3 per Cent. Consols. her ;:roperty ; that Hoer/ Fauntlrroy, of Berner's.streat, hanker, hid troth :ter a poise ul tome,. to receive the Utterest, or di videotts. on this rum, s.d .1 leer the amour; to her credit L. the bank of Marsh and Ca. sheet at r had an account; that the said Henry Faanderity did con 3n is: to account regularly with her fur the divi aerids thia stock ; thin deponent never did give the said Bray F.:untl.wy, or a?t other person, atithority to dispose of the said stock ; alai that tl.l signature. Elizabeth Wharon Young;" to the power of a:. tomes , now produced. was not the hand.writirg of this depot:rt.. This lady, who is the sistet of lite other Mies Younig, a wi:tess in this case, wod twat. we understood, the sisters of aim Favor lercr, was so deeply afeetai while in the office, that it was with t.ity she could be suppored frbm fainting. When both leanest were retiring, it was n.anaged:by the groin:nen who eacortot them to and from the office, that they should not hate a tie* of the prisoner. S. lootingr droned, that he wig a clerk in the Three per C. Transfer emit)]. Office in the Bath of England, atol that :: was h duty to examine powers of attorney. That hating examined the power of amithey row produced, he recollers it harirg boas brought to hint by a person who stated his name to be Friontler..v, and that on the application of this person the 3,3061. ithi soot, mentioned therein, was transferred trom the name of Mimi y 0,,, ,; to that of Wm. Richardson, of the Stock Exchange, Gentler.. The witness was now desired to look at the prisoner, and say if C.l was the person who made that spplicatior. After vicwing 317 Fauntleroy's person for some minutes, tha witness said Le had co doubt he was the person. Mr. Fassnotetot now said, that for the present he did roc mean to go any further on the part of the prosecution. and thre. fore should not occupy any locget now the attention of this 3's. gistrates. Mr. CON ANT asked Mr. Broderick if he 'riffled to an Nor questions, or make any observations, on the wort of the ptitorr'' Mr. BIIODUNIC2 said he did nut, in the present sotto t proceedings, feel it his duly to do so, but he should wish the r elaminatom to be deferred to as late a day as convenient. Mr. CONANT asked what tree he felt disposal to wish fur ? DIODENtcx said a fortnight. Mr. COIANT said that it was not usual to remand a pr.so: r except from week to seek. Mr. Baongotco said ha should not wish the Magistrate la deviate front his uutal course. The prisoner is then remanded until Friday next, with at. understanding that it was not improbable but that the caatuitslic might be further deferred. The prisoner was conveyed back again to the House of (brine. Lion, by Plank, immediately after the cloning of the uei.:z. second examination lasted about an hour and a half. It is understood that those members of bis own family oho canto forward on this painful occasion against the prisoner, c.ll w wi•,. the utmost reluctance, and that it is the wish of the prisoner him.. self, that all of them who may have sulrered by his proceedings should do so. The Bank of England is determined not to be respoosible to a:y persons who hold back from the prosecution. The prisoner, in his confinement, is wonderfully at his ease; 100 eats and sleeps well, and his spirits are far bitter than could be sup. posed in his situation. The only change that took place in his appearance. timing this examination, was, when the 31 lases Young were cello! and VIICTCI : the Office: a sudden flesh at that moment pervaded ids whole ; countenance, but immediately subsided. 1 c'~ 41 1 , ISCH IE VO L'S 110.1 X. A very unmeaning, though most annoying. species cf • hoax was played off' a few days ago against Mr. King. of Snow-hill, which is attributed to the following eircum. stances :—Mr. King carries on the business of a tin-plate-'• . worker to a great extent, employing generally from oteatls hundred to one hundred and filly men, to wl:om he has always paid the most liberal wages. Finding themselves, perhaps, even too well treated, the journeymen seine time ago thought proper to strike for an advance, but as Mr. King already paid as high a price as any other master, he resisted the demand, ani according as they quitted hit r.."*. vier, he took in others, and gave every encouragement to country bands. When out of employ, the malcontents be came desperate, and took every possible mean@ to injure Mr. King in the way of his business ; they attacked such of the Strangers as they could nicer, and ore of his apprea. tires, who was taking goods home to order, was severely beaten, and the property thrown into the New River, near which the outrage was committed. Unfortunately, there was no possibility of bringing the offenders to ptuishment, and the thing was passed over. In consequence of the.., continued hostilities, Mr. King was couipelkal to employ to watchmen, at considerable expense, to !oak after his factories * at night, as there was no knowing to what eat suit those enca might be inclined to carry their revenge. Foiled by thesa precautions in doing any material injary to the concern, they hit upon a rnoct extraordinary and unFrecetlented species of annoyance : they got a vast quantity of bills stuck up about the town, intimating "that a number u honest men and women might learn an easy and lucrative business, at which they would get permanent et.: ploy, by applying to Mr. King, at No. Vti, The come.. quence was exactly what had bean anticipated by the Luis chicvous authors.—ln an hour after this Cacat LI appeared, crowds of people flocked to the appoint:in:it. all anxious to learn the nature of the lucrative business tint was to Le taught . for three or feur days the applicants were inces santly pouring in, so that it gave Mr. King and Lis' People quite enough to do to anvive r them. Determined, if sible, to punish the contriver cf this ingenious device; at • application was made, on the part of Mr. King, to the Ila gictrates of Hatton-garden Poliec Office, for a summons to the printer of the bills, (Mr. liatcheiea.) who, it war presumed. ?night be made to give up the author, but - this Siaing Magistrate, Mr. Sergeant Sellon, said, e lte .dicl 0-1 suppcse that the printer could have known aroithingabotlt the business, and therefore e! grunting the 1111111111Jr1. r Mr. King, however, iseleormine el to trace the matter to its : source, and prosecute the peaser.s cengeracil in this really t malicious procedure. It is unekrstocel that Mr. Fauntleroy wia, after the next examination, be fully committed to Ne.tvgate hr trial, the charges alre ady preferred by the Bank of Er.giand deemed sufficient to authorise that step, anti to requite his removal from t:oltibath-tielels prison to the usitiel platys lotted to persons in his situation. On Monday night, about ten ec:ecic, Liverpool aril its environs were visited by a most vicient storm of bait, le. companied by thunder and lightning. Tuce•Jay meriting the summits of the IVerh mount:l:4s were v. , verca wittt andisschttl hail. Nk • I I ° I II tr `I