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TRADE WITH PERSIA. (From the St. Pikriburgh Journal of Aug. 29 1 ST. PETE 114111•11011, AUG. 17, (29) 11126. N o twithstanding the importance of trade with Persia, it has been hide understood up to this time in Europe. -The merchants of Coustimtinopie know little of the market. The English is the only fo am which trades direct with Persia, by the port of Ilenderhuk. kir, in the Gulf of Persia, where they sell their merchandise either f or r eady money, or barter it against silk ; and the English trade is very considerable. The festival called Nourouz, which is celebrated tt Tauris, Teller-in, and in ell pars of Persia, at the end of Fe_ proper time for :he sale of European merchen bruary, is ihe most di s c. The fair, which takes place at this time, comitm • a whole Month. It is necessary to arrive at Stimuli In the mmth of June, (luring the annual stay there of the Shach. This is the only town in Persia where g oods arc sold for cash, because there is no barter trade; at Taur is , on the contrary, the principal transactions are by barter; nevertheless, European cloth, of gold and silver, as also • small assortment of other goods, are bought for ready money. Persia receives from Constantinople manufactured silk, cloth of gold and silver, and other French manutlictures, for the purchase of which 300 merchant% of Tauris make the journey annually ; the Prince Abbas-51irzs ordinarily devote,' 211,000 (omens in this sort cf speculation. The distance trout Tiflis to Tauris is about 600 *erste. This journey. which is made with the convoys of merchan dise in about twenty-two to thirty d uys, and which may be made on horseback in six to ten. is travetsed liv an infinity of rivulets, and must be forded, which occasions many diflicultirs at the e of the mountain thaw. At all times this road is f ree f rom danger, and provisions may be pro:tareil every where. The caravans con. some ten days in going front Tiuris to Sultanit, at which place a person on horseback may arrive in three. At this present time the Armenian. send by the way of 'Pala and (Milan. to the amount of 1,1;00,0100 of Russian merchandise. the chief of which arc glass ware, and crystals. coarse calicoes, refined sugar, nankee'', printed calicoes. common cloths. and suchlike TIM trade from Astrachan is carried on by sea to henkoran, from whence the merchandise is forwaaled to Tauris by horses. At Timis there is an annual arrival, by the way of Erzertim, of 10 to 12 caravans from Constantinople. According to the Persian Cue torn-house registers. Persia imports by this road to the amount of tour or five hundred thousand tonans of English and French was_ and gives in return raw silk. Cacimmere and Kerman shawls, to. bare°, indigo, god pepper. Very little is brought front Smyrna, because the gstoils must be bought with ready money. 200 or 300.hnewes bring annually from Trebizond to Tauris glass ware, pottery, porcelain, and ordinary cloths; from Benilerhukhir are brought sugar, cofiee, indigo, printed cottons, coverlids, and English cotton goods, toe considerable amount. The valtie of the imports at Teheran and Taints by this mail is reckoned at about a million of romans. The shawls of Cacheinere are also brought by the way of Ihriderbukhir, because the read by land is dangerotm. Ludy, by the way of Bagdad many English and French goods are brought. and by this Wad, at least to the amount of 100,000 romans, goods art brought to Tauris. Psspatches were sent off yesterday from the Foreign I I irks, to Lord Bloomfield, our Minister at Stockholm; also to Lord Granville, our Ambassador at Paris. It was Mr. Hunter, sen. the King's Messenger, who was sent off on ‘Veelairsday evening from the Foreign Office, to the Right lion. F. Lamb, at Madrid. WENTWORT It AND Cu ' s BANK lit" rTCV.—We are not quitejitstfied, perhaps, in saying, that the hints which we last week pretunnai to give the assignees under this commis tion were wroductive of the steps taken by them immedi ately afterwards, but e cannot repress our feelings of sa tisfactica that the course suggested has, whether for tuitously or not, been adopted. On the afternoon of Thursday, the negotiation with Mrs. Beaumont, for the Birthwaite estate, was closed, this lady agreeing to pay down for it, on the completion of the conveyances, the sum of 49,000/. and a fraction. The sth of October was also appointed, at the same time, for striking a first dividend of the monies already realized, and fixing a day for its payment, which will be probably between the middle and conclusion of next month. By this meets, at least 100,000/. will be circulated through the minty, and come, no doubt, as a very opportune aid to many persons long suffering, under the depress:on of the times and general scarcity of cash. The addition of the dividend under Dobson's Commission, nearly at the same moment, and which will distribute from 20,000!. to 30,10,2/. more. cannot fail to heighten perceptibly the bent• tit derived from the other source. With reference to the apparently partial indulgence experienced by individuals in paying up their balances, to which we adverted last week, the palliation put forth is a desire, " under existing cir cumstances, to use considerable forbearance." We are our selves satisfied, that this principle has been acted on with equal good feeling and advantage; but, it nevertheless would seem anomalous if while rigorous law proceedings were enforced against some persons, others, still better able to bar a moderate pressure, should be allowed to put off the evil hour, almost at their own pleasure. The 'amount of debts proved on the 6th and 7th inst. was not great. with the exception of 73,0001. in part of 110,0001. proved by Mr. Scawin, one of the York assignees, against the %Vali:field bank, pursuant to the decree of the Vice-Chan cellor. The 23.1 instant is appointed for further proofs of debts at York.—Lirerpcol Paper. CASTLECARY.—This town is situated in one of the most beautiful and fertile vales in the county of &NW rset. The gentlemen's and farmers' houses surrounding it cor respond with the richness of the country ; but the town, winch contains nearly 2,000 inhabitants, is exceedingly dull. This is a wheat and bean country, the land being strorg and productive. Wheat was never known better, whereas beans were never known to be worse. The Pictures are coverts! with verdure, and the turnips lank remarkably fine. There is a very fair crop of apples, and as the poor people are unable to drink cyder, it wilt be sold cheap this year. Barley and oats are very had. The late potatoes generally promise to be a good crop, but those sown early are growing out, will not Lep, and are not good now, being damp and waxy. The rows about this place are in excellent state. Coals are comparatively cheap. They are brought from the Mendip hills, which are near, but there being neither rail road nor canal the price is doubled in carriage. A remark ably fine and hard blue stone is found in great abundance within a few miles. The silk throwing has been carried on in this part of the country for many years past wtth great 'meals to the owners anti occupiers of the mills. The land is admirably adapted for growing flax, which would cause a vast demand fur labour, anti find a ready sale to the mills in the neighbourhood ; flax from this soil, when well managed, being preferred to foreign flax; but the great obstacle to its growth is the enormous price de manded for the land by the farmers, who demand as much now as they did during some periods of the war, whereas being admitted duty free it does not yield half the price. This causes great number of men anti boys to flock to the parishes, who used to grow it in summer, and work it c.it in the winter. A r(7ilAl.t. VrTERAN.--liary Hyde, now living at Chorleybottoins, Lancashire, is 94 years of age. On Sae' turdav, Sept. 2, she buried the last of her children, in the I whole, nineteen sons and one daughter. 'f he day following she said, " Now I have buried all my children, and my I two husbands ; thanks be to God, I have seen them all re move.] from sorrow and care, and I am ready to follow." —Site stated that she lost ten sons in the army and nay y. "My eldest boy," she said, " lost his It gin an engveement with De Grasse. He died in the Nest Indies. I trts not 16 when he was born. Two were killed at Guidaleupe, two with Nelson at the Nile—four of my sins we re there ; two died at Chelsea, one having lost a I '7" and the other an arm. One died at Newcastle, in the 20th regiment ; another at the same place, on board the Tender ; and the tenth lost his life in going to Pub• Ow" She was horn in Mecklenburgh, and came to Eng land with a Mrs. M'Mullin, when eleven years of age. She says her first husband was in the slave trade, but after wards became a soldier. She was nine months with him at Gibraltar, and then went to America, and landed at Boston. " I was never in the field," she said, " whilst the battle lasted, but I have been to plunder afterwards. They won't allow them to plunder now as they did in those days; there k a deal of opposition to it now. I can recol lect the first field of battle very well. I have reason to re collect it ; but one head cannot contain all—it was above Charlestown. I was wounded there by one of their bush fighters, who lay concealed. I have been upon many fields besides that, but never was wounded since ; my husband received a wound in America, and died afterwards in Eng land. I was with him eight years and three months." This veteran received ifid. per week from the pariah of Pendleton, near Manchester. She recently applied for some increase of allowance ; hut, shameful to relate, they threatened to place her in the workhouse !—Birmingham Chronicle. GREEK PIRATES. According to an article which we have extracted from the Oriental Spectator received yesterday, the Greek pirates surrounded the English brig Skylark, and carried off every thing that was moveable, and even left the crew without any revisions. _ " SMYRNA, JeLY 28. "Captain Davis, commanding the English brig the Sky lark, sailed again from Napoli on the 11th July, after having landed his cargo of cannon and military stores. The Greeks received with contempt this tribute of European enthu siasm, saying to the Captain, in a reproachful tone, ' What have we to do with cannon? It is money that we want— it is money that you should have brought us!' They suf fered these cannon and their carriages to be landed on the beach, and a month afterwards, when the Skylark sailed, the sand was beginning to cover them. The inhabitants of the neighbouring houses came every morning to break up the carriages to light the fires in their kitchens. " Captain Davis sailed for Smyrna: he had some pack ages on board, and furniture to the amount of 30,000 piastres. On the 20th July, at day-break, he was sur rounded off Capo Doro by seven mistics—resistance was vain. The deck was soon covered with 300 pirates, who stole all they could lay their hands upon. Money, goods, arms, provisions, clothes, cordage, sails—every thing, in a word, was carried off They even stripped the officers and sailors of their shirts. The unfortunate crew were two days without food, anti afterwards bad the good fortune to meet an American corvette, which kindly gave them provisions fur their support till they could reach Smyrna." PATRIOTS IN TILE CREEK CAUSEs irestrrday, tile managing clerk to Messrs. Fyson and Co. Solidi. tors, Lothbury, came before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion- House, at the head of a number of tine, trfl, re•pectable.looking young men, and in their behalf requested a warrant against one John Campbell, who had described himself as belonging to t he Royal Nary. The applicants stated, that they had been introduced to this per son by %lr. Currie, the army accoutrement maker, Regent•street. He was a person of gentlemanly manners, and held himself forth to them as an 0:!leer in the Royal Navy, and an intimate friend of Lord Cochrane, whom lie "id, about to join in aid of the Greek cause. He showed to them a letter, which he said he had received from his friend Lord Cochrane, and of which the following is a copy : " °liraltar, .lone 16, 1826. " MT DEAR St R —Yesterlay I received your letter in a packet sent by Lady Cochrane. lam not sorry for your misfortune, as it is probably a judgment on you, for not accompanying me to South America, where you would have got riches—sure to get honour. •, I hope, now, my brave friend, you will no longer hesitate to embark in a glorious cause. I offer you the sanie terms I did be fore. and shall be most happy of your gallant assistance. Noinde pendent noble-minded man can now ',mixed in England. Come, al dear fellow. and e ten the latirels that arc blooming for you.— Write me la the Crown Hotel, Mllslut, end let me know if you will join me or nut. I will keep an opening for you till I hear from YOU. " 1 am in great haste, my dear Sir, very truly yours, Cocnwrz. " Capt. J. Campbell, No. 9, Lower New-street, Stepney. " P.S. Send me, or bring w;th you, as anon as possible, a few active and enterprising young Officers, and two clerks of moral ha bits and good connexions." The applicants, each conceiving himself to come within the latter description, were exceedingly anxious to obtain appointments. These Captain Campbell readily accommodated them with, for the very small sum of 1111. each. To those who had been educated as cadets he pave commissions ; one young man, educated for the medical prol:•ssien, he appointed A rmy Stugenn to the Patriot Army, and Civilians he vpointed Secretaries, in which situations they would, with niece security, advance to posts of honour and profit by their diplomatic talmts. From the first he declared his entire independence of the (;rack Committee, of whom he apoxe slightingly, as an inefficient set of niece theorists and literary men. Each adventurer signed a document, the folic of which was as fol'ows _ _ " I do hereby engage to be emediyed, or eall3C to be employed, the bearer (as Secretary) in the Land Service of Greece, in the Mediterranean, and the seas connected with the same, provided that he embarks in the ship nr vessel which I shall provide, when required to do so, within not less than ton days from the date hereof; and that he be oblslient to oil lawful command. ; and I declare this engagement binding, in all intents and purposes, as any indenture or other engagement can be. " Given under my hand, thisllth day of September. "JOHN CAMPBELL." The signature of the bearer is in the margin. (Signed, &c. by the party) Jurist CAMPBE4L. The Captain kept a eourteroart himself. Ile impressed Upon them the neeessity of making immediate preparations for sailing. The friend' , of Cie parties busied themselves in fitting out the youths. Nearly all had new uniforms provided, some of which were actually sported in Bond-street and the Parks, where they excited much ad miration. They were lined with white, something like the uniform of the Artillery regiment, but neater, and were niade by Mr. Currie, the army-accoutrement maker. The cause, Campbell said, was glorious, end the prospects, for young men like the complainants, of the most glowing description. At length the time for their de. !nature was positively used. A yacht was said to be engaged. Unexpected obstacles, however. arose. Thursday every thing pre. vetted their starting ; Friday was a day the sailors thought to be unlucky, and it was proper to consult their superstitions. Sume- J thing very extraordinary occurred on Saturday, but Sunday was a clear day, a lucky day, and sail they positively should on that day, the first of their career in the glorious calm% Fortune, however, did not smile on the adventure, for the Captain was arrested, and thrown into a lock-up-house in the city, for a debt of 361. Then it was that the adveaturcirs ' for the first time, began to make inquiries as to whether the Captain was a person fit to be trusted. They learned from the Captain or the trading vessel in which they were to have sailed that he had done nothing to secure their passage, except the payment of IW. as a sort of earnest. but which, they now believed, was a mere colour. They went to the Captain, doubted his authority, and expressed so much determina tion that he was induced to give up the letter. They then went to the Greek Committee, to inquire into its authority, and it was at once pronounced to be a forgery. They were satisfied on that head by Major Cochrane. They were row desirous of getting a warrant icw Ins apprehension, on the charge of obtaining money under false pretences. There were 16 of them ready to come forward as witnesses. _ _ The Loan MAYOR expressed some surprise at the ready credence which the Captain had obtained. The applicants represented that the adventure had been spoken of in high terms by Mr. Currie. They had, besides, no reason to suspect the letter to be a forgery ; and what prevented suspicion on that head was the circumstance that it had, somehow or other, got the foreign post mark. &The Loan 31 Alcoa, observing the post-mark, said that was certainly a strong circumstance, and he supposed the Captain's defence upon that would be that he hail been himself deceived. Mr. Hont.En, the chief clerk, suggested, that as the Captain tan in prison, the beat mode would he to peeler a bill of in. dietment against him at once for fraud before the Grand Jury. The applicants were apprehensive that, before that proceeding amid be carried into effect, the Captain would get liberated. The Loan MAYOR, under these circumstances, did not hesitate ' so grant a warrant immediately. The adventurers were all appa rently ardent, active, and able young men, zealous in the cause and desirous of embarking in it at all hazards. One of them declared that go he would, if he went on a raft. All seemed animated at the prospect of fighting under Cochrane ; and from the Captain's suc cess in a short time not a doubt was entertained that upon the . slightest signal an army of the bolde,t spirits might be raised in a week tor any enterprise of the kind. One of the adventurers came I from Colchester, where he had heard of it accidentally, and but that it was represented as a thing which would require interest as well as money, plenty of others would have started with him.— Some there were amongst them, " the cankers of a long peace and • quiet world." One of them, on being expostulated with on the barrenness of the pecuniary prospects of the enterprise, replied in. dignantly, , f D-- money; it is a good cause. and that is enough. 1 Resides, what is the use of staying at home, where there is nothing for a man of spirit to do ? Ile added that, be the difficulties or con sequences what they might, he was determined not to be disap. pointed in his resolution to tight on the classic soil. o Yesterday Mr. William Henry Goore, the solicitor, of Boum. rie-street, appeared with a volatile gay-looking youth, named Ed ward William Jaques, before .1. E. IlitonoitToN, Esq. at Marylebone Office, to lodge another complaint against the soi-di. sant Captain John Campbell. Mr. Wore said, in consequence of the reports of the applies. lions :a this office, which he had read in the British Press re. specting the tricks of a imam styling himself Captain John Camp bell, he had felt it a duty he owed to the public to come forward and state all he knew respecting the nefarious conapiracy set on foot, solely for the purposes of fraud and robbery, by a cluster of per. sons pretending to have authority to raise volunteers for the service of Greece. The young gentleman who accompanied him was amongst the number of the dupes of these men, and by hie incautious enthusiasm had probably lost a noble friend and patron, Soma weeks since the following hand-bill was circulated throughout the Metropolis r— " %Vented immediately, for a particular service, a few active and enterprising young Nautical Officers, and two Clerks, of moral cha racter, conduct. and good connexions. They will be required to have an outfit of M. each." ' Mr. Goore, in continuation, said, that this young gentlemen, somehow or other, became acquainted with this, and immediately be abandoned all notions of persevering in the apprenticeship to an engraver of eminence to whom his father had bound him, at an ex -1 pense of 25W., and determined upon becomithe at once a soldier nd wham. He therefore got introduced to this Captain Cantpbell, THE BRITISH PRESS. and negotiated for a Lieutenancy In the Nary of Greece, for wisie he was topsy 10!. Mr. Ben t•c lITON—Why that is the same price for a Midship man's commission. Mr. Goore—Oh, Sir, any money, however billing, would sal tam the highest conatnissiuns, which, unlurki'y fur the hoider , merely existed in the imagination of thegiver. Well, Sir, 11.. youth wrote to a Noble Duke, who, from a knowledge of his its ceased father, had adopted or patronised the young man, stating the he had thrown up hie indentures for the purpose of joining a mit, tart' service, and requested the Nobleman's assistance to en..bi hint to join that new method of life with credit and respectability He received the letter which I now show you, Sir, and which eel. aloes, in strong terms, the folly of his condnct. Mr. linoutarrow perused the letter, and observed that th. youth acted very foolishly indeed, in nut attending to the advice o so distinguished a Nobleman. Mr. Goore—No, Sir, he was too fascinated with the pleasur 'of Greek warfare, and he wrote again, stating to the Duke that 1:e had entered the service of Greece as a volunteer, under Lord Cochrane, and was unable to join from the absence of mean. ; therefore requested the loan of 2111., and received a letter very meth censuring his conduct. The following is as extract from the letter : " 1 nu have, enclosed, a hank-note for 381. It is a very great pi y you will not attend to my advice, young man ; and it's a great pi y that you should have quitted the service of your master, for so rely foolish, so visionary, and so stupid a plan ; and I am afraid rot will much lament the course you are pursuing when you will haw. no means of relief or escape. Therefore Isrecommend you to sham don the notion altogether as poor, hopeless, and desperate." Mr. Goore said, notwithstanding, he still persevered, and be came one of this Captain's dupes. Mr. Dune a ITTON—It is to me perfectly unaccountable how y ta, young man, could have run headlong into this snare, Mt. Jaques—Why, Sir, I considered it fair and hoOourfb assn , e rm. Mr. Itaouciwrosr—Why, Sir, if you had given it a m• mates reflection, you must have seen that it was founded upon fr ud. All I can say is, that you have acted most unwisely. I have i suel my warrant against this Cemphell. Mr. Goore—Oh, it is not the only one that is out against him. Mr. BR ono strew—He is now detained in custody for a debt. Mr. (Loire—A debt. Why, Sir, he was taken by a Mr. Holmes, of Limehouse, upon a debt of 2W., for caulking a Graves end boat, which was the notable ship that was to carry out the volunteers. I myself lodged three detaitten against him on Thurs day, for three debts of 151 201., and 401. Mr. BROUGHTON to iaques—Esplain any transactions that passed between you and Campbell. Mr. Jnques—When I became acquainted with him, he said that he was afraid I would be too late, as the number had already been completed by some young men of very high rank indeed. This was about the 10th of July ; and a few days after I paid the 101., and the Captain borrowed li/. from me. I with and supported him for nearly three weeks, as he had no money, and did not know the moment he was to embark. I, in the course of that time, ascertained that 1 was the first name on the list. However, other young men soon joined; two of them the Captain sent down to Sheerness, to wait for the vessel's arrival. They stopped there three weeks, and came back quite heart-broken and disappointed. One young man was promised a Majority in the Marines, and an other a Lieutenant. Colonelcy. (Laughter.) Mr. Goore said he had made such inquiries as enabled him positively to state that the intention was, if them youths who had been duped became boisterous, to get rid of them by sending them out, with their "high hopes thick about them." But when they arrived at the scene of war and famine, as It decidedly was, he had ascertained that they would not be identified as holding any such commissions, and would only be recognised as • set of needy ad venturers; and if they escaped death by starvation, he had little doubt bit they would soon meet it Rom the Turkish fire. Mr. BttouGHTON—Have you inquired who this Campbell is? Mr: Goore—Yes, Sir; I have made a great number of in quiries, and I am told he never held the rank of Lieutenant or Commander in the navy. Mr. BROUGHTON—I am told he is a very old man. Mr. Jaques—Yes, Sir, quite eo; he is between sixty and seventy years of age. Mr. (More here produced some documents from his pocket, and said, that the public might the more readily understand, he begged to say, that he had ascertained at the Sheriff's Office that Camp. bell went by the name of James Palermo Stewart. I have also learned, front where he lodged, that numbers of persons have been inquiring after him. Ile introduced to Mr. Ray, his landlord, all his " recruits." as Lieutenant so and so, Major this, and Colonel that ; an that it will be seen the whole was a ridiculous and unfeel ing hoax. Mr. BROUGHTON—it is a most extraordinary thing, and yet there are circumstances connected with it by which Lord Cochrane's name is introduced. Mr. Goitre said, he was inclined to think that Lord Cochrane was not aware of it, but that his name had been introduced to give a colour to the proceedings, because not one word was said of the volunteering while his Lordship was here, or tat Brussels ; but had been delayed until he was too far to contradict it; but, to be sure, this was mere conjecture. Mr. BROUGHTON said, he was apprehensive the conspiracy was very extensive, anti you, Mr. Jaques, ought to consider yourself extremely fortunate at t his diragreery having been made. If you do not attend to tine advice of your friends, you may be assured you will come into great mischief. By your conduct already you have lost a good friand, and 2001. by throwing up your Is. denture. Mr. Jaques appeared perfectly sensible of the folly of his phantom pumult. . Mr. (More said he had taken the youth Into his own house, he having exhausted all his money • the Captain had got all his shirts, and upon his inquiring about them, he was told they were detained for an arrear upon a washing hill by the laundress. Mr. BROUGHTON—Have you got Jaques 's Commission ? Mr. Goore—No, Sir, we have not; but I have seen the form, and it is most absurd, I assure you. Mr. Deo vGHTON—Did you purchase any uniforms? • Mr. Jaques—Oh, no, Sir, only a second-hand naval coat, which was to be altered, as a pattern for the tailor. My uniform was blue, turned up with red, with the (health button, the device being the lion rouchan, guarding an anchort. The young man then exhibited a drawing of the Grecian bonnet. which he said was to be composed of silk, and was to be hoisted when the vessel set sail. It was to be square. and in the centre was to be worked a crucitix or cross, underneath which a wreath was to be formed wound a hand bearing a dagger. The only inscription as yet named was simply this—" Presented by Susan." (Roars of laughter.) Mr. Baoroirrow asked the youth whether his father bad ever been in the family of the Nobleman named. Jaques—Yes, Sir, he was librarian to his Grace. Mr. Genre declared his intention of laying a statement of the whole transaction before the Noble Duke mentioned. Mr. IlnoutanTow acid he was clearly of opinion that this was a most notorious act of swindling. He had issued his warrant, which had been lodged with the Sheriff, so the moment the sui-disext Captain Campbell was liberated he would be brought there for ex amination, and notice would be given to him ('tlr. Goore) of that • time. There was no other method of bringing him up, unless by Ilaheas, which was not worth applying fur now ; besides it was doubtful. Mr. Goore thanked the Magistrate, and said he would attend at any time. Mr. BROUGHTON complimented him for the intelligence and good sense he had displayed upon this occasion, and admonished t young Jaques to be more steady, and not quite so volatile in future. The Hampstead Vestry met yesterday pursuant to ad journtnent, and after spending a great deal of time in discussing whether the sum of 301., charged in the late Surveyor's accounts, as salary paid to the Vestry Clerk for assisting them (which several gentlemen said was illegally paid), should be allowed or not, they finally determined to express in a llesolution their disapprobation of the cir cumstande' and that the same should not be allowed in future. Much talk ensued as to the sum of 14.1. charged as eating end drinking expenses by the Sur veyors, and it was agreed that two guineas only should be the sum for the time to come. The accounts of Messrs. Newin and Hunkin, and Levock and Barker, were then passed, it being necessary to obtain the MaFistrate's signature to them before any summons can be issued to recover the arrears due to the parish for statute duty. lIUDDERSFI ELI/ ItEtrer Comma - res.—There is every probability that employment will be found for the distressed manufacturers in every part of the district. The subject has long occupied the attention of the Committee ; and in the country townships there has been less difficulty in finding employment than in procuring the necessary funds; not only the township committees, but the Deighton divi sion of the Huddersfield committee, have anticipated the wishes of the London Committee ; meetings were held last week, and on Monday and Tuesday evenings, where the subject with regard to the employment of the Hudders field poor was fully discussed ; a sub-committee has been formed to superintend a notice posted in the neighbour hood, that " the gratuitous relief heretofore given will be discontinued," and that the committee will meet applicants for work this day, at two o'clock, at the Court-house.— On Tuesday afternoon Mr. M'Adam arrived, and a con siderable number of gentlemen met him, and entered into a full discussion of the state of the neighbourhood; a circular was prepared, proposing necessary inquiries to all the com mittees, and Mr. M'Adam will return to attend a special district meeting on Friday, the object of which will be fully to ascertain the wants of the neighbourhood, and upon what plan they can most effectually be supplied.— The permanent character of the distress now renders such efforts necessary ; and it is fervently to he hoped that the bounty of the London committee, and liberal contributions from those who are able to assist, will at the same time carry into effect many public improvements, and supply the wants of the 'lady, BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE EOM Ir. • Yesterday a very numerous Meeting was held at theFramaMotwe +'warn, (heat Queen-street, in contequenm, of a printed pfeenrd, , 4ieh h.s within the last feW days been stuck up on the waif in very quarter of the metropolis, inviting the Christian ptiklie to tend this meeting, in order to hear certain charge*, to be then and 'sere brought fora/ant against the Committee of the British and , oreign Bible Society. At twelve o'clock, the appointed hour, the dining-room was lm. tensely thronged by gentlemen. many of whom we recognised as aunrh supporters of the Society, though no person attended , fficially to vindicate the Institution or the Malingers of it. There , ere a few ladies present ; but no accommodation having been repsred for them, the greater number retired before tiu: butine a •ommenced. The Meeting had been kept in painful state of suspense, look. ng one at another, and inquiring the nature of the object for which hey had been convened, but of which no one present seemed to tare any corr. ct idea; when The Rev. W. WILLIAMS, a Welch clergymen. and a 8.G., announced that the Mecting had been convened by him ; and that when the chair was taken, he wound explain his motives for ding and hoped for the support of every true friend to Christianity. R. then moved that the Rev. Mr. 3lutter Should take the chair , a ;reeably to promise. The Rev. Mr. Muvren declared that he never made any such promise, and begged to decline the honour. Mr. WILLIAMS strenuously insisted that he did ; but if the Rev. Gentleman persisted in his te'usal to preside, there were whets present who would not be ashamed or afraid to advoca'e the cause of Truth, in defiance of the Bible Society and its MI-powerful array of titled influence. (Cries of " Bravo, bravo! Hear hint, hear him !" on one side ; and " Shaine, shame ! t trder, order ! Ind Chair, chair !" on the other. In the midst of clamour and confeion, the Rev. Mr. Cox was called to, and, after some hesitation, accepted the chair. Mr. IVlLLtams then proceeded to explain the objects which hail induced him to convene this Meeting. Friendly at he was to the propagation of the Sacred Scriptures, lie could not without great pain to himself have now ventured to impugn the conduct of that Committee, whose peculiar province it was to distribute the Wor:l of Eternal Life ; but the respect which lie personally entertained for many of the individuals who composed that Committee wet as nothing, when compared to the strong indignation which their pubi tic conduct, in the management of the important trust committed to them, had awakened in his breau. Ile had already Mated his opinions on this subject in print; lie had published pamphlets, wherein he pointed out their errors; he had charged them with misapplying their funds; with deviating from those principles which formed the original foundation of the Society ; but those charges had never been answered. What then could lie, or what could any one infer, but that they were unanswerable. (" No, no," said a gentleman at the bottom of the room, " your charges have been fairly met.") Mr. Williams denied it; no notice had ever been taken of them that he could discover, though he had carefully perused every thing that had issued from the press on this subject, during the last thirteen years. He had come here to-day, in the spirit of candour, to meet some of the gentlemen officially , connect ed with the Society. Wlitre were they now ? (.' Oh." said a person near the speaker, " they are ashamed to come.") Mr. Williams said, it would seem as if the' were ashamed to hear the truth, because it would cover them with confusion and disgrace; but he, for one, was ready to meet them fairly, one and all, and they might depend on it that they should hear the truth, the whole (ruth, and nothing but the truth. An Irish Clergyman (whose name we could not learn) rose to order. The Rev. Gentleman, who by his own confession had called this Meeting, thought proper to make a sort of sweeping attack on the Bible Society, without specilying any particular ground of cogiplaint. Mr. WILLIAMS hastily observed, "S"ee, Sir, I particularized all my charges long ago. I ere!' offered the managers of the So ciety five shillings a minute if they would give me a patient hear: ing (Laughter.) A Gentleman here observed, that the subject could not be fairly discussed under the present ci:cumstances. The Gentleman who called the Meeting appeared to have brought with him a good deal of angry feeling, and it would be more prudent to afford him time to collect himself, by adjourning to another day. Mr. Witirams deprecated any idea of putting off until to morrow what might be better done to-day. A Gentleman inquired what was the nature of the charges. It could not be expected that the Society could vindicate themselves, unless they were made acquainted with the character of the offences with which they were accused. Mr. Wir.r.i•ms said, that the Committee were in possession of them long ago; a memorial had been left with them, of which printed copies were in the room. The following is the document alluded to :.— "YrxoWAL. " Proposition I. That the Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society have departed very far from the line of conduct pre scribed for them by that Institution's original laws, and have con ducted its concerns on principles which are contrary to its stipula tions with the Christian public, and totally different from those on which they were conducted during the first years of its existence. This the undersigned is ready to prove, from the Society's own showing. " Prop. 2. That the system which they have substituted is in. consistent with the interests of true religion at .home and abroad, the same is also prepared to denim:ovate. " The above propositions are respecqully submitted to the se rious consideration of the Committee, this 3d of July, 1326. (Signed) "W. WILLIAMS, 11.1.).„ 311 original Member. " Oar the 7th of August., the title page of a work intended to establish the truth of the above propositions, was delivered by the author, who is above named, to the Noble President, Lord Te itn. mouth, with a request that they might be properly discussed, either then and there, or any when and where it pleased his Lordship and the Committee, with en expression of sincere regret that the Com mittee's apparent unconcern had compelled the author to quote much of the works of their opponents in the North, in order to establish the truth of his second proposition ; and the oely aserra. thou that was made in reply was, that he could do himself no good by dependence on tke correctness or veracity of Scottish ar:ters. " On September 4. a written document was handed to the Noble President by Mr. Williams, as follows " Ido hereby respectfully submit that a motion should be made for a Resolution to this effect, viz.—That a General Meeting of the Members of the British and Forei gn Bible Society be convened by advertisement, at the Freemasons Tavern or elsewltere,withtintight days from the date hereof. N.B. The subjects of discussion at such a meeting to be the two propositions ri.lipeettnily sub • ted to the consideration of this Committee on the 3d of July last, dec.'— And, as no one seconded the motion when made, his Lordship did read, at Mr. Williams's request, the counterpart of the document as follows—' I give notice, that unless you advertise a General Meeting, and inform me of it by to-morrow night, I will adtertise one that shall be convened next week. (Signed) "W. WILLIAMS, B.D. " Earl-street. Sept. 4, Md.' , Mr. ‘VILLTAMS contended that the Committee had here abun dant notice of his intention to bring forward these charges, and he did not hesitate to ssy that they were only restrained from meeting the inquiry which he demanded by a consciousness of their own guilt. lie would again publicly call on them to stand forward and 'lndicate themselves if they could. A (irg t LEMAN observed—" You may call spirits from the vasty deep, but will they come ?" (Laughter.) Mr. Wtt.r.rams conceived that the Society was now arraigned at the bar of public opinion; and if it were to go forth to the Chris tian world, as it would. that they had fled from inquiry, and cushioned the question, the Society , must fall to ruin, for its Direc tors would scarcely have the hardihood to seek for support from a public they had so grossly deceived. (Hear, hear, Order, Qua. I 'lon. and Chair, from several voices.) The Rev. Mr. CROSDY said that though there were other So. cieties which Ito preferred, as the medium of distributing the Scrip tures. to the Bible Society, yet.he thought that the charges against that Institution could rot be fairly discussed in a meeting like the present. He was opposed to the British and Foreign Bible So. clety on principle alone, because he conceived that the Committee had deviated front the benevolent plan on which it had been origi nally established, and in this opinion he was confirmed by the opi. nion of several eminent Prelates of the Established Church. How ever, in a spirit of fairness, and of Christian charity, he would like to give the Committee time to prepare foe their defence, and on those grounds he would move an adjournment. The Rev. Mr. MUTTER seconded this motion on the same prin ciple. Mr. WILLI A sts wished to proceed to the consideration of the previous question, but wax strongly opposed. The CHAIRMAN pot the amendment, which was carried with • few exceptions, and the meeting was adjourned sine die. The Rev. Mr. Cox then left the chair, which was immediately assumed by Mr. %VILMA/NS, who entreated the company to re. main, and lie would tell them something they had not heard. He then adverted to the parable of the man who had built a house In which a plague was found. He shut It up for several days, in hopes the plague would leave it ; but finding that it did not, he took out the bricks and mortar where the plague had lodged, and put in fresh, and resolved, if that had not the effect of expelling the plague, to pull down the building altogether. Thus it should be with the Bible Society,sthich had got a plague in it. The rot. ten bricks (that Is, the Committee) should he taken out, and tithes. would not do, it should be pulled down. (Cheers and laughter.) A Gentleman of the Society of Friends drily observed, that the new mortar ought to be well tempered. Mr. WILLI/am here held up • blue hag, in which was a greet One closely sealed. " hook at that," said i.e. " What, is that a' , cure for the plague ?" inquired a Gentleman. " Yes , " said Mr. Williams, "itis a specific medicine." " Not a patent medicine," cried • third{" do take care of the stamp duty." Some hu malcontent moved aa adjournment to dinner, and it wag cacrltei GMs MN. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, •SLPT. •• OLD COURT. Before the RECORDER and Alderman Sir R. C. Guest. Brifywrile Rofrivans, wed 23, Wee indicted foi !feeling in thil deeding-house of Rsikes CUrrey, Esq eighe telble cloths and two towels, value lit, his property, on the I Ith of July last. Catherine Stanley, the Itutnekeeper of the proseeutdr, recoiled'sl her master's purchasing the property, about the Bth of July; aha put than into her mom; was sure that the cloths produced, ai found on the prisoner, were her master's. John Hasson saw the prisoner and another man go down the area of the prosecutor with an empty basket. on the 11th of. July, and return again, having the basket full ; the property *astound on him. Verdict—(iuilty. Cdheritte Hareley. aged 18; was indictt4 for stealing two table. cloths and five napkins; the property of Lord Howard of };Bing. ham ; rind a gown and other articles, the property of Jane Chilean, i on the 20th July last. Verdia—Guilty of steeling under the value of 40s. Gcorgc Williams, aged and Wm. iftf/rar, aged 16, were in. dieted tor breaking into and entering the dwelling-house of John Brown, and stealing font pairs of atorkings. The prosecutor staled that he live.l at King bury ; he went Cu: with his wife on the 20th of July last, locked his door, and gave ' the key to his wife; he rematned himself about the place, and on returning to the house, fiend the door broken open and the pri soners within. On examining futility, he discovered that a trunk had been broken open, and tour paint of stockings, which had been therein, under the bid . The prisoners Mid him that they had gone in fir water to drink. The priNuttent made no defence. The REcoactea told the Jury that the least removal of any goods, with an intention to stud, constituted a felony. Verdict—Guilty. Recommended to mercy on account of their youth. • MURDER. Riehrird Wells was indicted fo► having, on the 13th of June. while driving in a coach erawn by four horses, inn against a gig in which the wile of Ilenry Yarbr•dee was then riding, whereby she was thrown out of the gig, and the wheels of the coach passed over her head. She ling ,, red until the sth of July, and then ekpired. Alf. ANDRE we stated ti!' can. The prisoner, he said, was the servent of 3lr. With rhouse, of the Swan with Two Necks. in Lsd lane he had the character of a steady skilful coachman, but it was evident, notwithstanding this, that he was the cause of the death in question; he was charged in the indi c tment with the crime of mur. de►, and on the Coroner's Inquest with that of manslott;,hrtet it was for the Jury to dttermine whether or not he was guilty of whet the Grand Jury thought proper to present. There was one dr. cumstaace in favour 44 the prisoner, that he had surrendered him self spontaneously for trial. He then called the following wit. tresses Henry Farbridge was, on the night of the 30th of June, driving in a one-borne chaise, having his wife on one side, and his mother and a clii:d sitting on a stool. Ile set out from Barnet at rise o'clock in the afternoon towards Lomita,. When he came to Bar net Church. he heard the sound of a horn, and the noise of a mach behind him ; he Liu n made towards Iris own side of the road ; he came within three fe.t of the foot-path ; there was sufficient room for a large waggon to the other side, and, on looking behind, lie saw the leaders eo near his wheel, that it was impossible for them so pass Lint. lle loOked to see if the coachman was pulling up, and ouserving he was not, he endeavoured to get nearer to the near side. and immediately the hind wheel of the mail-coach struck against his gig ; his wife was thrown between the two.wheels of the mail-coach, and he himself thrown under the hind wheel of the coach. It then stopped, and he found his wife apparently dead he had not power to raise her. He said to the coachman. " You villain, you have been the cause of this ;" prisoner replied. ** It was no fault of mine; I blew the horn, and you ought to get out the way." The prisoner then said, ". There was no room to Nola." Witness said, " There was always room for another coach ; there were at that time six or seven feet to spare fur the mail to pass," He measured it since, and tonna it to be so. His wife was then taken to a home, and witness asked the coachman for hti address • which, after considerable reluctance, prisoner gave. It was on level ground, and witness was driving et the rate of seven or Oaf t miles an hour; it was as light as they ; his wife was brought butise after having remain, d there eleven days, and died. Cm's-examined I.y Mr. Bum:inn/et —He had taken a little wine and water, and some ale. previous to his starting from Buttes. Surgeon Morris attended his wile at Barnet, who said that it was dangerous to remove his wife hone, but said she would die, and that she alight as well die at home as at Barnet. John Robansm, a farmer, at Bernet, was walking from market on die evening in question ; saw the mail strike the gig, be was behind ; saw the woman al most immediately under the wheel of the coach ; the coachman had made no effort to stop the coach pre vious to the mail striking the gig. Witness knew that the mail would strike the gig trout the line it was going in ; there was pleat, Of midi fur the mail to pass without coming against the gig; could not swear that he had heard the horn ; the prosecutor was very name his proper ride at the time. Crias-exasuined by Nlr. BRODETIICK—The mail stopped di roc ly the a:edent happened ; he went to stop the gig horse, is. cold not set in what psisition the woman was lying. • Surgeon Mortise:et:tinned by Mr. A N nanws.. , -Attended the de ceased after the accident; there were three fractures in her lower jaw, the collar-bone broka,a : she had a difficulty of breathing ; vas vetsible, but coal I nut speak ; ha attended Isar after she had been. brought to Landau ; she died on the Jilt of July of Milausmatioo in the iungsi produced by external bruises on the chest. Cross.enationed by Mr. BUODERICK—The inflammation eom. mowed at the time of the injury ; did not imagine that there wall any dander in removing Ism, sir des Casa was desperate, and thud was no p.ospect of her recovery. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, on being called on tor hie defence, said, that he did all that was in his power to avoid the accident, and that lie was ty no means in fault. _ Mr. Faibridgc was again called by Mr. BnoDeticx—Wp, not aware that on hearing the horn he had pulled a little to the eight had considerable experience in driving. George—C triwopher !Judson, a postmaster at Barnet, saw tile protecumr driving in the gig in the day in question. Thought he drove like a person unaccustomed to driving. Cross-examined by .Me. A NDUE W3—The road was 2d feet wide at the place where the accident occurred. By Mr. Bum:flume—Knew the prisoner thirty years—had always the character of a good coachman. Edward Bans was guard to the mail on the night in question. On seeing the gig he blew the horn, and the C0:46114M haitt.oed.— the fore horses and the fore wheels of the mail passed the gig, and stopped a minute. The hoc es gibed back, and the step struck the gig—where the leaders and the splinter-bar pass, they consider that the entire coach will pass. Cron-examined by Mr. ANDREWS—The step was down when ihe accident occurred. Tie cause of the accident was the chaise coming rgainst the mail ; did not believe that there were six fe-t beyond the mail, but thought there were three; the mail would have p rased, were it out ter the backing of the gig; witness aid ncr appear at the Coronet's Inquest, cot being summoned; the ti- • allowed to the coach from Suu.h Mims to London (a dis ante of miles) was one hour and 43 minutes. Elizabeth Kit.g witnessed the accident from her own doer. distance of ten pods ; saw Mr. Farbridge on the wrong side of th mid before the horn blew, and then crossing to the right side, and pulling the wrong rein : it WAS the pulling of the wrung rstn that caused the accident ; the deceased was removed to witness's Lousi., and was getting I•etter when she was removed. Crass-examined by Mr. A xnagws—She heard Mr. Jarvis ca:l out to Mr. Farbridge to come to his own side of the road; meat to swear that the prosector.r had been on the wrong side of the road ; no person applied to her before yesterday to give evidence; it was at Mr. Banner's solicitation that she appeared. Sophia Betty lived exactly opposite where the accident hap. pened ; was standing in the window when she heard the horn. She saw the gig as much on the right side as it could be, as there was an iron railing which separated the t hurch-yard froin the wad. When the horses and the Pure-wheels of the mail had passed 'h.., gig, the gig drew back, and came in contact with the hind wheels ; if it had gone on straight nothing could have occurred. She aut hored the accident no the unskilfulness of Mr. Farbridge. Cross-examined by Mr. A win EW Farbridge was on his own aide of the road all along. James Choke witnessed the accident, was about thirty yard. oft at the time ; when the horses arid the front of the mail had passed the gig, Mr. Farbridge polled the wrong rein, acid put the gig back on the mail. _ . . By Mr. ANDREWS—If the gig would have gone straight for. ward the mail would have pulsed within a foot of it. There was nut a yard to the right of the mail at the time. John Clay came up after the accident ; there was only the length of his foot between the fore wheel of the mail and the post. The road was 22 feet wide only in that place. By Mr. A N DnEWS.—.lliree carriages could pass abreast on the road. Mr. Farbridge was in the middle at the time ; did not know any thing about Mr. Farbridge; he was, by all accounts, blowing the coachman up. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. Mr. Justice Lis T LEDA LE, in summing up, observed, that there were not sufficient grounds to charge the prisoner with murder, at it did not appear that the accident had arisen from wanton offstious driving. But, if the Jury were of opinion that it was mod b/ the Carelessness or negligence of the prisoner, they would find MI:, guilty of Manslaughter : or, if they thought it was the result of pure accident, they would acquit him. The evidence was so ton. tradictory, that it ass difficult to come to a satisfactory conclusion. The Jury, having deliberated for a few minutes, brought is a verdict of—Not Guilty. A isIOTHER MURDER. Isaac linkman, aged 36, was indicted for the wilful minder of Sarah Bateman ' hie wife, by kicking and beating her. Mary Haights, romined by Mr. Justice fiAsat.rr—Know she prisoner and his wife; they lived at the Old Greyhound piddle, house, in Fulham, wi thin 1.59 yards of witness's residence; **ray lived in the house with them ; prisoner was a labourer in theme/. bet gardens ; his wife worked along with him. At tvrelor delver at night witness heard a violent noise, like the breaking of erodes"; She supposed that it came from the Old Greyhound, to of which she went to about twelve yards of the risonsen and heard a groan. She went to the house, sop nem the peiMyr D e the door. She said, " I say, Bateman, you tom tsaeistflii pest wife; you thief, you have niurdered your wife;" them times - Mit Mid so. He said no, be had not hurt bee. Whale Washed the neighbourhood, and cried out " Morin!" He slid sheer* set murdered, it was only gin or gin and wafer she mewed, and mime he would see her; ; he went to the pump its the petdowtd limit a pan in his hand ; she saw him nu mare; pm wag Need In a I l T I