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7 , A, I • FINANCES OP THE COUNTRY. OUR ecztrcuLruza POOR. Accounts have been printed by order of the Ai it is emential tolbe welblelog of the consmanitv, that l o use of Contniona, chewing the *tumult of the. the amelioration ail* condition of nor spindle's' poor . of the funded debt G rea t Britain, should be immediately attended to, and skis humanism sub iial cap ital, jeet will most worthily octopi the carnotite of wrestle including e Austretti and Portuguese Insult, as it e minas generally, I hey to toffee some preliminary re/under, Amid oil the let blFehrunry, or sth of January , in trnatieg that a sober view of truth will accompany what a r etard to my country shall dictate. Ist this favoured laud, we recueniae !dewing, No where elm tell year, front the y ear 1786, to the y ear 1919, tn. to he funnel ; the sentiment of patriotism may, = : l us tre. 8 these account* it spiwars that the total ha presumed to burn more ardently than its has enontit of the unredeemed debt in the year 1796, climes. The , These remarks apply e q ually to every rook la ens 239.231,2491.. Of 14 la i r hOW total charge wan society. and since tlw happiness of each is necessary to lie health of the whole, when any member suffers the lebele H 002,40.21 The 4 1,61 thence was gradual. boat politic becomes affected. The adoption or a Moody, s i n ki ng to the year 172.3. whet) the unredeemed of cemiertmeoce, becomes the universal demand—the ma. chime again is I. its right enure.--the pablic safety is re debt amounted to 227,9e9,148/. Front that' yes,* entart4 it rapidly and constantly increased to the present But it has been that an attachment to our highly anti veal., and on the sth of J anuary , 1819, th e t o tal jowly appre , ;: l e i l l e o d ii-e.b'' ...coons betrays u f s into site extreme dj clig h.s4rding Melones debt of Great Britain a n d Ireland mounted ooe tl e fi en lC l A l7l ' invaluable, a i rn ly tir st i e ll o evil is its some period to 1.181 50a,3621.; of which has been redeemed, suffered to accumulate ere the needed redress of abuses is sun.::.:. '1;9.637. 04 9/.; ; leafing the e dal u iiredemed I t\tr a considerable time reflecting and statistic persons d e bt 791.867 315/. The sinking fund erunented to have perceived the progress of causes which could not fail to engender much distress in our labotring community ; hut l g 15,1315,0ftte ; and 'ate entite, includin the the moment, it i s folly hoped.is arrived for their removal. sinking tiusd. to 45.749,10 81 - Since the days of Chatham the pressure of taxation on the necessaries of life haul evidently disordered the cireamatances Au official account of the total weekly amount of these classes, but the constqmiscea of those buttilities of Bank ;inlet and Bank post-bills in circulation which attended th e F re n c h R e vol u tion, whets combined with from the 23.1 November. 1819, to the latest period sonar eaenie which are about to be named, have v i s i te d w i t h uverwhelming consternation and dismay. to which the same can be stated, states the total In the catalogue of national injary, the lerened number fur the week ending the 30th of November at of small farms is highly prominent. The public voice been long ranted on this subject, must he deemed sulfi• 03448,340/. of which 6 7 45 . 850/. are under 5/.1 leg ojeot sushi/61y. Not merely was the estimable body of small for the week ending the 711, December 22.536,6901. holden of land expunged, but it has generally been consi f which 6,694,04 0 /. are under 51 .; for the week dared ender the new arrangement, the country neither fur. Malted its accustomed supplies of food, nor of employ meet. ending lath December 22,4184201. of which But what it is the most eminently necessary here to imp r ess is, that those small portions of land which were held by the G,621,990/. are under 5 /. ; and for the week labourers were moat g Ily alienated. Thus whatever tugsuppi the 2lst of December 22 , 1 9 4,650 /. of which supplies were to be derived from the industr ious h efforts of 6 569,560/. are under 51. leisure horn, or, if having • family, from the dairying, Ike. were swept away,and leaving no profitable occupancy of such lime. Hence, with wages relatively depreciated, and those most important resumers withdrawn, have we witnessed, after the most ardent but ineffectual struggles on their part to retain independence, this large portion of fellow-subjects, eminently their country's stay in peace—its defence in war, s tidden hum is deeding is the British community. It is fleetness to detail the fatal results. The effects of aguey and despair are universally discovering themselves. But while agitating a remedy, we must also lake into ac count the myriads of manufacturers, which, in miserable stud portentous masses, are now calling fur employment and subsistence, and which the loom ceases to afford. The great resource, it is apprehended, will be found in land. The cultivation of the soil with spade husbandry being generally applicable, the whole of the industrious un employed, it is anticipated, may thus be provided with the means of realizing, at no ilistsat period, indepesident sub. sistence. Thus while large and populous places are extri cating by these and other means from their demented cir. cumstancea, our agricultural poor, through the medium of email portions of land, effurded on easy terms to every labourer, and which might be accomplished by indiv e idtsal and pariah exertions, will be again roused fu 'fort •. Hours of leisure occurring in long days, as well as is our climate in weather partly wet end partly fine, is all season,, will here find cougeisial and rational occupancy. The labourer's family will thee be supplied with healthful and profitable employment, and that must essential object, the interests of the rising race, he obviously provided for. Testae views being built upon experience, may be relied on. The d xample of perishes, and even of whole districts in our land, will be adduced to demonstrate the fact. Where poor persons have retained their land, or, if with families, suffi cient to keep a cow, the farmers are rationed with tildes- Whom labourers, sod the ennwrionity blessed with patriotic tad indepesdent members. By the scheme before its, the necessity far :vistas so masy millions, now exhausted in Pour's Rates, will came, sad the aged, infirm, and incapa ble be once again the alone and grateful recipients of such On these subjects the opinions of Bacon, Franklin, Dr. Adam Smith, and Mr. Fox. hove been lone before the public; also of Sir Thomas Bernard, as well as the Right Hon. President, and venerable Secretary of the Board of Agriculture; but in a cease so interesting the following names may be noticed with effect:—The late Duke led Duchess of Northumberland, Earl Winchilsea, Earl Car. nerve n, Earl Abergsvenoy, Bisbup of Durham, Bishop of Chester, Lord Carrington, Lord Crewe, Lord King, Lord Le Depeace', Mr. Coke, Mr. Denise's, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. &Wood, with a large number of sagacious characters, composed of Members of the Legislature, Magistrates. Clergy, practical Agriculteralisto, Surveyors Parish Offices I. manufacturing and agricultural diatuicts, and persona of intelligence and influence generally e. But to accelerate the accomplishment of imell event', jn. dicious and reflecting characters bare suggested the pm priety of a cooperation of the intelligent and influential; and presuming that such might far most advantageously he effected in connexion with the Metroplis, a meeting of the county of Middlesex bas been recommended. Noble men sad Gentlemen of every description (the subject soar ing above party,) might form opinions, decide, and recom mend. An effort like this, embracing the best interests of all, mast unite the most universal aid from the reflect. ing and worthy, with which our land abounds. The amis. factory hope which such a 'erasure would inspire, must produce the happiest effects. Gloom would lee dissipated and replaced by gratitude. The restoration of our tran quillity will, in shim way, he found most catty; nor may the most timid apprehend the visitatioss of the aeighbouring country, Ireland, where, though ender the ante sovereignty, the rich have been most miserably separated from the poor. la these epochs, she pressure of our debt is so consider able, when every class mast he called on to bear its propor tionate blades in supportiag the revenue, bow necessary that the exertions of oar country should be stimulated; that the higher, the middle, and lower racks, possessing a community of interests, abuold universally rally to upold the common weal. Tbe opinions sine submitted, being con ceived to be coincident with thine of talent!, enlightened sewage% a fervent hope is cherished that the menrity, happiness, sad prosperity of oar country will be established us the most tiros NW stable basis. BENJAMIN WILLS. Camberwell, Nemsber, 1819. GLASGOW, DIiCSIIBER 29. On Saturday evening last between twenty and thi r ty suspicious-looking fellows were observed training, armed with bludgeons, near Springhank, which information was immediately give's, whets a party of the county patrole were sent to watch their motions, They went out by the Girscube-road as far us Wyndford cotton mill, when observing that they were bogged, they, oil the word of coniniand—halt-- being given, turned back without attempting any thing. At one time they seemed inclined to attack the patrole. On coming back toSpringbank they dis persed, hut the patrole followed some of them home, and gave notice of the same. About two o'clock on Sunday morning tire of them were taken out of bed. and lodged in gaol. In one of their houses a dagger was found tied to the top of a stick. When examined, they said that they were only go ing to beg a few shillings to hold Christmas ; hot one confessed that there was a farm-house they had in view to attack, as they understood this farmer kept all his money at home, from a fear of the Books failing ; and that they also intended to have attacked Sir Ilay Campbell's house. but hail after varthc that lie had got a large bell liked on the roof of his house, with chains down all the chimniets, to alarm the country round. in case of at tack. Some of them are in custody."—(Glaigoso - • EMIGRATION Ti) SOUTH AMERIcA. Respecting the /Viedai. which, in the recent storm, wise obliged to run from Dublin Bay, the following letter has been received in town from General D'Evereux's Agent : Belfast, 44th December, 1819. MY MAIL Stn—The Nicolai, which iii the last dreadful storm ass obliged to put to sea from the hay of Dublin, car rying off besides the passengers a number of persons irlio hill Roue on board to see their friends, put in here, having suffered considerable injury from the storm, and being pre viously on the hank iu Poolbeg. From Dublin here she ran before the wind at least ten knots an hour, and with diB - culty made Carrickfergus hay. She goes into dock next week, and will be ready fur sea in eight or tea days. On one account I do not much regret this, as I shall here hive an opWisnity of putting on board an additional quan tity o f spa des , 'hovels, Dad other implements of husbandry, which her sudden depmture prevented me doing in Dublin. There are, I gad, •umbers of persons anxious to emigate from this neighbourhood, but it will be, I think, better first to clear Dublin and its vicinity of many of the unemployed there, and then I will engage and send out some vessels from Cork, Waterford, and this Port. Before the latter rail of was year 1 braise we shall be en. nbiell to send out ten thousand persons from Ireland. They mill forma respectable colony, and found New Dublin. Then the tide of emigration will turn from the United States to South America, an object of importance to the United Kingdom. I am, Dear Sir, yours very truly, MATTHEW MACNAMARA. Matthew Sutton, Esq. Emigration Office, 8, Lower sackville-street, Dublin. The Doke and Duchess of ST. ALBANS have left town for their seat, Cation. Surrey. General GREW/ILIAC entertained the Ambassa dor of the Netherlands and a party of distinction riot Thursday, at his house in Hill-street, Berkeley. square. Letters have been received from Lord WHIT. woant and the Duchess of DOUBT, dated from Italy. We have the pleasure of stating, that the Noble Lnrd then was to an improving state of health. They intend visiting Naples and Rome, nod a few of the Isles of the Archipelago, previous to their retort; to this country, which is not ex pec:ed till May or June next. Extract of a letter from St. John's, New Bruns. wick, :"Z .iv. 10 :—" The intended fortifications Grand Nieman, fur which 40,0001. were voted in Parliament at the last SVlPlian, are to he immedi lately commenced on the point of the island called he Swallow's Tail, being the spot most approved of for that purpose, and establishing • depot, in le vicinity of which there is * spacious bay and .fe ancliorsge for ships, secure from all winds ex. , vpt the eastward." The British brig Charles, Captain KNIGHT, it will be recollected, was detained at Co "ma oat the 19th of October, and the Master con ,bred lit the common gaol, in consequence of 90 l:erd dollars having been found on board of her, was n released Ms the Ist instant by a Royal order, ob. 'slued at the instance of his Majesty's Ambassador "t Madrid. The Cheeks sailed on Ilse 4th instant tiamburgli, and has since put into filillord. damage. • The Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, to " Amend the Laws for the Relief of the Poo►," autho ' g each Parish to take twenty acres fur the purpose of employ ment and letting. See the Minutes of the Committee for Encoaragemest of Industry and Reduction of Poor's Rates, King's Head, on Puuluy. - . The East ',Wirt transport, the vessel appointed to convey Mr. PA RKER'S party of colonists to South Africa, which had been under sailing orders at Deptford from the middle uf last week, bat was detained by the state uf the wind, dropped down the river on Wednesday. A considerable number of the including the Chaplain, Surgeon, Apothecary, &c. are on hoard. She proceeds to Oak in the first instance, to take in the remainder. It is understood that they are to be all assembled at that place on her arrival; and that from the other arrinigensents adopted there her stay will be very limited, previous to soiling on her ultimate denies lion. The kart India is a nearly new ship, of shoot sio ions burden. The Belle 41fiamee and Zusaaster, employed o►► the same service, were still iu the river uu Wednesday. IF . . COIiONIIMS is URSr. SHOCKING MISF.RY. Au Thsraday night au inquisition was taken at tte Stan, in (l Stroud, on the bodies of John 111a►ters, 710.1 Mary. his wife, same were both Need dead on Wellues day snorwiig. )Jr. John George, cbeeseusosiger, in Ohl Routal-court, Ihrausl, stated, tint be was arqunintell w;th the deceased about thirty years ; he ws. a johloug porter, employed by mmeril_pleeous iti the neighltuushood, and woof sober ha bits. Wined him wife lodged upwards of . year in a little bark rotAilltut fluor in a boom.: he (Mr. G.) by in !tumid court-pnamge, which he let out to lodgers. They being eU eettlingly pour, be charged them no rent the greatest part of that lime. .1.:14 Monday night Mrs. George informed him whets be came home that dreadful moaning was heard lu their room, mud next morning he sent his shows.° to see how they wire, when be I•utaal them both dead lying oa the Boor. Robert Wisdom, porter to Mr. George, said their door win found lurked on the inside, and a constable was called in, who broke it open, and found the man dressed, lying across, inside the done, and the woman tindressed, lying nu the flour, both quite dead; three was rouse bread and butter in the room, end the man had Is. in his pocket. Mr. Thomas Gomm, pupil of Mr. Simmunds, the perish Siimeon, said he aiiil his master examined the hodirs, but found no external marks of violence, or any appearance in dicating that they had taken any thing of a deleterious nature; could not tell what caused their death, not having opened their bodies. Mrs. Hannah Rarridge lodged in the room above that ise copied by the deceased persons; she said they were 00 years old, and had been ailing for,some time past. They were very pour, but some penults used to bring Skein food. Tues day evening all the linters came to their room door, in con sequienee of hearing them wean, and finding the dew *lint, called to them to open it; but they made no answer, al- Haugh the woman wee Imaribto say to the Mishima, " Where are you ?" and he answered, " Here 1 am!" This was about eight o'clock. Mr. James %I'Adam, printer, lodged in the next room to them, and knew them to be in gnat distress. A few days ago the man came to borrow ed. of him, and the* said they had nothing Iciest, and no fire. Monday night he ensue again mad paid the 641., with another lid. which had been previonsly owing. Their moans and groans were truly shocking to hear. Mr. Hartley, the constable, and Mr. Agar, the beadle, who opened the door, were of opinion they perished in consequence of the inclemency of the night—they had no bed nor firing. _ Mr. Taylor, one of the overseen, said he gave the wan a shirt, a pair of shoes an siockiliga--a shift. and a pnir of shoes and stockings for his wife, in Niieraisber last; and during the last fortnight lie paid them Gs. per week. The Jury, whets they viewed the bodies, were nearly soffo. ated from the stench which proceeded from the it was a most wretched sight to behold. These. tier« 11..1 2.. worth in the whole place, tool bosh the bodies were quite emaciated, teal exhibited a n.O t abject spectacle. The Jury thought, us there was bread arid hotter in the room, they were out starved to death; but not having clothing, lied, nor fire, durlag this inclement season, they were perished. Verdict to that effect. The Duke of WELLINGTON has received iu timation that all the improvements at the at Stratfieldsay are now completed. under the di. rectioss of that tasteful architect, Mr. BENJAMIN WYATT. From this it appears, that it is nut the intention of his Grace to pull down the house for some time. A pronortion of the valuable china, received from the Kings of PRU.SIA and Svxottlt. is gone down ; the plate, from Pori aigal. s. alvo re moved from Apsley House. The Duchess, the Marquis of DOURO. ttr,irt the other branches of the family, are wailing in expectation of the return of his Grace, who intends to keep open house during the Parliamentary tress. sliss WlTHass, on her first appearance at the Surrey Theatre, although immediately after a ni o.i seer re indisposition, elicited an improvement of talent which delighted and astonished every ama. teur in the hoar-e; her songs were deservedly and rapturously applauded. The other performers, new and old, have also characters well adapted to their respective merits, insomuch. that " Small Prqnts" are really doing " (.rent Things." and the tnrce gi Conseintee" obliges us to own, that " Mouse traps" baited with most powerful attractions are inglitly catching thousands of customers. The promised speeny productions of lranhoe and 7'he Giant Spectre. wail, of course, continue the very fashionable patronage this house is honoured with. OLIVER AND SHELTON.—This match, which mused so much mappoiniment lust week, in tint coming off, is renewed for the same stake 100 guineas aside ; and it is fixed to take piece on Thursday next se'imight, the 13th of January,— OLIVER:I backers give five guineas to the other party to name the place of fighting.—Betting is even on the event. An official return to an order of the House of Commons, states the total amount of recruits raised in Great Br►tain and Ireland for the land forces, from the 45'1► October. 1818. to the 25th October, 1819, at 5,071, of which 256 are fur limited ter• vice, and the resnriniler fur unlimited service. The diabolical passion evinced by some ruffians in Paris, of inflicting wouilds tq females, has, it would seem, extended itself to Bourdeasix and Brussels. Two young men were arrested at Brus sels on the 24th of this month, accused of having inflicted a deep wound upon a wontass, by means of a large needle fixed to the end' of a cane. Two others were pursued for a similar armee, but they unhappily effected their escape. Curacoa Papers arrived to the 17th October. The arrivals there for some tine preceding have been but f e w, and those furnished link worth notieinf. His Britannic Majesty's brig Parthiam had touched at the island, on her way from Puerto Cabano for La Guayra. From the latter place she vreis to go to the Roses Keys, and thence to return to Curacao: The Parthian has brought no news from the Main. We also learn from these Papers* that General MORILLO had marched to attack Santa Fe. Bot.t. VAR was in the valleys of Cucuta. from whence it was supposed he intruded to onsisce an attack upon Maracaibo, which place he supicosed would offer no resistance to him. Bermuda Papers have ale's arrived to the 18th November. On the 16th of November the Wu. House of Assembly met, of er an adjournment of some weeks. Committees st. ere appointed to inquire into the expediency of establishing Morisse Huspi. tole in the vicinity of St. George's and Hamilton, for the reception of sick • eamen. A Bill was also introduced, for the purport • of increasing the regular clergy. The House adjoel rued till the Monday fol lowing. 'l'lle disturbed sq.te of the Bahama islands, iu consequence of the prat :ceding* of Mr. %Virt.t.u, and the late cession of the! Flogsdas to the Amen. 1 cans, has , it appears , det imined many of the set. tiers to seek room more . fortunate country. Two weasels lately soiled with otovoo, sod their profane. tort, from Nauru to Delwara. , ;a ,. y:~ Ing , 7PWw - • POLICE. 9VILDUH.L. FORGED RANK VOTES. Yesterday Catherine Mattis sliss a respectable lookiug visa( woman, was chested with passiug two It. Bank of &island sissies knowing theta to be forgeries. Fiances Kuboor, alts;owsintais to Me ors. Giesler tad Co. funiers, Chespoidr, deposed, that between fuer and fire o'clock on the ereititig of the 19;b of Dfensher, the Pri soner come to her empltryi la.' shop, and purchased a sable ermine collar and ears, which ansoonted to elr. dd. and pre ss-wed a une pound Hank of England note in payment. She asked lwr for her name and sables's, and she gave that of Mrs. Smith, Clerkenwell dime, which Ilse witness wrote ma the note, and gave the Pria9sirr the 'haute. The witness are terwassts ants taineil it was a (Inger,. The bole saa nat.. bared 5,150, and dated October 19, 1819. The Prissiest rain, again to her employers ahoy on the 30th Dec. at rigid o'clock at nitlht, and pin cs::sed two swan stocks at is. eiteb o and pi misted a lf. note in payment. She asked her usiti and address, nod she gave the same of Smith, but slid had is lobos her address Tot witness wrote the 'mimeo( Ilkailh on the note, and called in another sbopwonnin of the Yen of Mary Webster to bring change of the note, on whkb the Prisoner wished to take her departsire, nod laid AB Wield call again fur Ilse change. The witness then nal/ bur g . die was not mistaken, that she preseestesl a note la heeds the 2911 i December. The Pronoun denied it, and said, she had been in the shop before, hut while the was speak., kept stowing town do the sbopoloor, we irlaki the witness se. eared it, mud called to the dertr, whit Web the Prisoner int* easterly. She afters ards said she resided Ws the ',earth house down Chequer.stl'ey, Whitreroas-rirrel. The witness IMP certain that the Priousser was the prison from wheat she re ceived the Ant note. She knew her immediately on emoting Who the shop us the 30th Dee. The second note she re formed from the Prisoner was numbered 10,712, and dated Nuventt,er 21,1919. Mr. Sitasiasu• Dobson, ronaithla (serving in..bia eon right), of the Ward of Farringdon.Within, deposed, that he searched the Prisons r, and nasty found on her Is. and two pawnbrokers' duplicates, soil had slimed ascertained, Dm! the last address she ease was the proper one, hat that her Mame was Catherine Martin, although she weal sometimes by 00 name of Smith. Thomas Glover, one of the inspectors of the Hank, on the notes helot produced, deposed that they were forgeries iu every respect. Alderman Magnay, the presiding Magistrate, at the in lance of he Solicitur of the Hank, remanded the Pri.oner for farther ex imiustion until Monday neat. BOW • ITR ZT. Yesterday was the day appointed for the mina respecting the robbery of Messrs. tlskepeace nad itirker, silversmiths, in Seelemtreet, Litieuslies.tun.fields, to bia wee., six aad seven bombed pounds, in silver plate, which haul been received is pledge by several pawnbrokers; and the insist question to he derided was, Its being found in the possession of the pawnbrokers, and their liability to be compelled to restore it without the thief b:iug in custody. At one o'clunk Mr. Birnie, the Magistrate, before whom this impart:sot questiosi has been under investigation some weeks pat, called On the ense, •t which time the (Mice was imeersively crowded with simersiniths, pawn brokers, and others interested in the question. The Magistrate first tailed upon Mr. John Harker, the plainer of Mr. Makepeace, to state the uature of his chin ge, which was to the effect as shine described, that they had hero robbed of silver plate in the amount of between 6 and 7001, and, (cum every information he had received, be had reams, to believe who the thief was, and his suspicion was, that it was Cheers Bloke. a young man who had been shop. man and clerk in thew service. Upon this information being taken upon oath, Mr. lltritie arose, and hound Mr. Harker, is the usual recognizance, to peusecute the law with cffeet against Charles Make, in the penalty of 401. which Mr. Harker very tradily ackisowledged. A pawnbroker, whose name we understood was Robinson addressed the Magistrate at some length in illgliiieliiioll4/ 1! his own conduct and that of his bretbreu in the business, of iiiwitliroking. He denied that any concealment of th e stoked properly had been used by him ; if he had, he should have considered himself to have c o m m itt e d as rest an offence as the thief in this transaction, and that he should have thought himself equally halite to hold up his band with the thief it) take his trial at J ustice Hall, in the Old Bailey. Mr. Plante, the Magistrate, observed, that a great deal haul been said said upon the subject of a quantity of plate which had been stolen from the premises of Messes. Make peace and Harker, siiverstnltha, in tierlemtreel, Lincoln's Inn-field', and also 34 great deal hail been said by the gen tlemen of the law as to a search warrant which had peen issued, and in coiesequience Ilse property was found on their promises, and the legal right of its being retained by them, or restitution of it bring made to the pawnbrokers. He wished that the decision tool fallen into abler hands, upon such ao important subject to the parties; however, as the quell ion was before him he would decide to the best of hi s ju dgment. As, allosson had been made to a case which was before him about a year and a half since, respecting some shawls and veils whirl were stolen, and foetid iu the plinienlion of a pawnbroker, in that case 1143 search warrant had been granted, and lie did nut cousider it to apply to t h e present case. The worthy Magistrate then said, that all who beard him might underdone, 'spun what he was about to decide, and that it was agreeably to the Art of Parliatnent, he proceed ed to read the whole of the 13th election. He (the Magis trate) was decidedly of opinion duo the property ender d it eoesion ought to be restored to Messrs. Makepeate and Hasher, from whom it had been stolen, and fooad in the pnmessiosi of the pwnlirolte, a, who, he confessed, be did sot think had used due diligence in receiving such • gran. lily of valuable plate from a woman, shill turned out to have rev, • false account of her 'sum, who she was, sad her resblenee. lie admitted that the pawahrokers bad need so concealment of the property after it bad bees traced to them. He was sorry iliat his decision would pot pawn. bruhera to very great inconvenience, bat they meet he - rncre cautious in future as to bow and from whom they re ceived property is pledge. He, sitting there ass guardian fur the public good sod protection, must make an order is the lust way he could. He hoped Messrs. kiakepeace and Harker world exert themselves fur the apprehension of the thief, even to as outlaw/Iy. One of the pawahrokers exclaimed, that it was • cons. plete miuspearditic of fetosy, as well as is soother case, which was positively and repeatedly denied by Mr. Make . Peace. .111 r. William% nip the part of the pawnbrokers, spisat the delivery of she silver 'Melee foetid in the possession of the pewahrokers, by duplicate% whirl" hid hem givea.br Blake, the aloseoaded mad suspected thief, except dierwevediestified. The Magistrate stated, that It was sot kir wieh that. the amides should be retuned 'to Messrs. Makepaace sad Mirk', for some time ;MLitt's' Mr. Williams gave notice to the officer is whose the phi. was, sot to return it to Makemeaceasd atter; agree. able to the opinion of the Commit torierst. • - • •••--- • •-- , A litter from St. .Battitoloturvit's states, that during the late hurricane in the West ladies, " tie. dead were washed out of their graves; entire b skulls bones. and coffins, were ecru, flo . atiag plldll the waves of the sea." Yesterday a Court of Directors sins hoblet,* Emit India House, when the.under..measiagiad menders took their final leave of the Quark *Vs sinus to deporting for their respective dteilsitaSamso via—Captain T. F. list.roacirrom. /is,: Cap tain F. Cattsasset.t., Astell; awl Cep,. 14. A. DIIIIIIIIO,IID. Cusfle Huitig—fee Swipe - .tom China. The &liaising Csptaina conninnid ar their respective slip‘, M. Hants:Tau, Ihthing—for mod. ism; and Captain A. 11. CAMPBELL, Driarel'erk-.. fur Madras and China. ... BLACKWOOD'S E DIN IS L'ICGII MAGAZIN& The Number for last month was published yestera day. It IS a very elliertainingssiiscelliniy. though the arrangement of the essay% is somewhat singular. The ininsatlions of the Dilethiati Society of Edinburgh, and Viator's Letters nu the History anti Provesa of the Fine Art., winch are iiiteresta lug specimens of the literature and taste of our northern neighbours, immediately precede the es. tracts from the pugilistic annals or our comers. which are developed with complete druriatir .tfect. 'flee name* of Miciniel A ilgtiu. 'lluan. Leonardo de Vinci, Curreggio, and (LIMN abuse works are spoken of by Viator. with admirable taste and judgment, are by the readers turning over • page, placed as it were in juxtepusiiina with the . champion Tom Johnson, the Croydon Drover, Steevy Oliver, Jack Towers, Ryan the Irishman. and all the worthier of the pugilistic art that have flourished in our favoured times. 'Chi. happy as sociation of trate a n d prowess, is yet perhaps strictly clas•ical. Vespirsion's magnificent Coliseum at Rome, the fimat work of art of which the Rotuma could boast, was climffy erected to display the combats of the gladiators. The most splendid edifices of Greece anti Rome were devoted to that combats of the Yellin ; but. alas I.uotwithstand ing the patronage of the great Duke of,Cumbera land. and all the other illustrious patrons of leuxing; thstan to the late Mr. Witsdhsm, our modern alst• distors must travel. like the followers of 7'hespi ) . stopping their waggon whet. Airy eau. sod fisiogr the pins of their ring upon some common drltitti h r art or nature the ornament of any more rural .111 k. As the noble art of poetry in general detatii Its lustre to the pugilistic art, which by the reality 4 its eaploita inviting all the feats of fiction, so ir is but fair that history should record its growth and progress with the due attention becoming what rile, Jack•on, Air. Cribb, and the historiaa M r. Egi... would , :dll the merus of the •• ennoLhi.lt science:" 81 , A-woods Magazine has taken li;' the subjes t of Barlow can airfare. The following extracts will skew the force of its erudition and extra,' of its inquiry. Mr. Egan ought to feel grateful fur such rits historiographer of his work : The character of a people is to he sought far and fo u nd iii their amusements. It i. Intlatichol?„ therefore, to reflect hit that of Englishmen, dur ing the period that elapsed hortateeh the tlrlest of Slack, and the first peeling of Tutu Joinison, lilies Jackling. There was his principle iii the ril l! . Honour bad fled to heaven from fighlia.: men. No dependence could be placed on tine favourite ac pt d :::ping or setting-io—and belltyg was 11111 e shoat of an act of insanity. Bolting was the order addle and it seemed as if pluck were rooted cat from the soil of England. This is not the place to cuter into a review of the governineut of the country during that disastrous era of our history. No doubt, the administration must hove been most corrupt, and a reform wanted in every department of the state, before the spirit of pugilism could It ive sunk so low among the most boxing people 111 the oinverse. But this ismisiry would lead us hr. yomi our limit., nor, vir eimfeas, does it ever please i as to dwell on the prospect of ontional riegratiationi. Soiet us hail the restorer of Isis country's honour in the champion Tom ! " Johnson'. first set-to, in 1783, was with a fighting cermet), of the iiasne of Jarvis; and though Toro was looked upon as a mere novice in the art, yet he displayed so much superiority over the carman, that his fame was soon made known. Jarvis had milled a kw good men himself—but in the hand. of Johnson he got most dreadfully beaten, that he was "tweet.) , able to walk out of Lock's-fields, where the contest was decided. " The Croydon drover, a man of pugilistic no. toriety, now fought Johnson upon Kennington Common ; but. Johnson finished Inin in a very short period. Steevy Oliver, the noted death, although growing old fast, and who had been fighting ever since the days of Broughton, entered the 11,1,, wilt: Tom Johnson, and proved himself a good bit 4f strif—but his day was gone by—and Johnson *a* nut long in getting the victory. Some thousands of spectators were upon Blackheath to witness this display of science. " Bill Love, a tutcher, challenged Johns°, for fifty guineas, which was decided in Barnet; but the knight of the cleaver was, in a few nannies, as completely cat up, as to leave Johnson in posses sion of the ground. " Jack Towers, who had overcome death, thought he had little more to fear, mid therefore, withunt hesitation, agreed to fight Johnson at the above place; but font had likewise got the better of deatls, and, in a very short time, Towers was com pletely satisjed that he stood no chance with John son, and so gave " A man of the name of Fry, offered to fight Johnson for fifty guineas at Kingston, which Tom cheerfully agreed to ; but, in less than half an hour, Fry got so mach broiled, as to be *cry glad tri put a • an end to 'the contest, and Tom walked off thi ground not even pinked. • Johnson shout this priod (1787) punished go many of the minor cods, that it was degqiedue l crusty, by the sporting world, to look out fur a, auto/net who might be able to stand sonsethisig likes a mill with hint. As the metropolis could prodigal. no such character, Bristol was searched (the hot bed for pugilists), when Bill Ward was selected. as a decent article that could he depended upqn ;, and accordingly he was backed to fight Johirititi for two hundred guineas, at Oakingliain, in Berkshire. In the first round Ward found out that he had deal with, by • -' got a tramp to deal with, by receiving new a doubler from Johuson, mid immediately acted upon the defensive. In fact, it ass scarccly worthy of being celled • fight ; and the amateurs werr not only disappointed, but much displeasyd. Ward was convinced that he c3ultl not beat Johnson by , stundiug up to him, and therefore. determined t• try, wbether he could nut tire hint oat ! And generally when Tool attempted to put in a good Wow. Ward was dowu on his knees. Thin Aumbeggise lasted for nearly Ittl hour and a half—Johnson anteltirit bring continually frustrated by Ward's d!wisiNg ea his knees. At length. a. prime-blowayd • eir-etit "i«Ni." sad he 00010011 M 4.4 "MP • weed* 41Rteeseesibeeesp of siessilii rusk sadletsis t t. Jamison was , establisbld es the disiitios—his fame ma •