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C~~ Lc, T) TO THE GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, YEOMANRY, FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY of SOMERSET. GENTLEMEN, • THE probability of a Dissolution of Par. liament being still so far distant, I might have oonsittered it premature to address you bad not other • Gentlenten preceded me; but I should show little gra titude f or t h e numerous o ff ers o f support I h ave rece i re d, dad 'I longer delay announcing my intention of soliciting your suffrages at the next Election. With the strong conviction on my mind that nn Repro ' seUtative can effectually serve either his Constituents or the Countrywho is enable to give a free and considerate vote on every question which is brought before him, I think it right to abstain from making any promises, farther than maturing you—that unconnected with any inlay, my political - principles are founded on those which in 1683 and 1700, secured to us our most - sscred rights, our reli lions and civil liberties, and placed the Family of our • Sovereign on the Throne of these Kingdoms,—that I am 4 neerely and firmly attached to our Established Church and State, and that I should support those measures, which, by a wise economy and prudent retrenchment, may tend to lighten the burdens now so heavily pressing on all claims of the community. As many unforeseen events may occur before you may be called on to exercise your Elective Franchise, I con ' Bider it improper to make any further application VI you, • or to request any pledges of support at the present moment, unless circumstances compel me to do an ; but, whenever the time of an • Election approaches, should I find the rime sentiments prevailing in the County, which I have every reason to suppose now exist, I shall hope to obtain your confidence, and beg to assure you. that the highest point to which my ambition aspires is that 1 may become your free and independent Representative. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and devoted servant, E. AYSIIFORD SANFORD. Nynellead Court, Sept. 26, 1829. T"E QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART, No. XI. Edited at the Royal Institution, By W. T. Brande, Esq: for October contains:—Experiments on the Force of tide Earth's Magnetism.by Capt. E. Sabine— On M. Han - steem's Recent Magnetic Observations in Siberia by Capt. E. Sabine—Remarkable Phenomenon of Sound by John Hancock, M.D.—On Classifications of Rocks by John ' Mac Cullech, M.O. F.R.S. &c.—Method of cultivating Plants in Walls for Ornaments--Remarks on the Worari and Sirvatan by John Hancock, M.D.—On the Construc tion of the Galvanic Battery by Robert Greenhow, Esq. +--Experimental Researches on the Diffusion of Gases through each other, &c., by Thomas Graham, A.M. F.R. S.E.—On the Oxidation of Phosphorus, by Thomas • Graham, A.M.—Apparatus for ascertaining the Value of different Alkalis, by W. G. Colchester, Esq.—Method of rendering Platina malleable, by the Lite W. Hyde Wollas ton, M.D. F.R.S.—Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, by R. It. Madden, Esq., M.R.C.S.—On the Use of Lights in the Cornish Fisheries, by J. Mac Cul loch, M.D..,..List of the Works of the late Sir Hum phrey Davy, Dr. Wollaston, and Dr. Thomas Young— ' • Miscellaneous Intelligence—Resistance in space to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies—Destruction of Vermin an Ships by Steam—Chemical Science—lnstantaneous Light Apparatus--Sympatlietic Ink—Odoriferous Lamp Peculiar Principle in Blood, Rte. 8:c. Printed for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlinston-street. TO BE SOLD, 1 y Messrs. THOMAS WINSTANLEY and SON, At the Clarendon Rooms, John-street, Liverpool, en TitutanAT. Oct. 13, at One, unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, AN Absolute FREEHOLD REVERSION to an ESTATE in FLINTSHIRE, producing a Char rental of 5571. per annum, viz. 257/. per annum at the demise of a gentleman, aged upwards of sixty-seven Years, and the further sum of 3001. per annum, at the de cease of a lady, his wife, aged upwards of sixty-one years. All the tenants on the Estate have been there for years, and are most responsible. - - For printed particulars apply to Messrs. Hodgson snd Burton, Solieitors, Salisbury- street, Strand, London ; T. L. Longueville, Esq., Solicitor, Oswestry, Shropslaire ; Messrs. Winstanley, Liverpool; Mr. Robert Winstanley, Exchange, Manchester; and of the principal Tenants en the Estate. COFFEE MART, 1, Skinner -st ree t, Snow hill, London, two Doors from Fleet:market ; Esta- . Wished in 1811, by W. DEACON, un d er th e di rec t sanction of the Committee of West India Coffee Planters 14, Merchants, for the sale of their Coffees on Commis . $ 1 . 441, of the fi ne st quality, and at the Lowest P r i ces th e 'auericete would admit of. S • DEACON having succeeded his Father and Part -11511 in the above concern, respectfully solicits a coutinu -6i44 of th e very lib era l p a t ronage so man y ye ars con ferred on the above establishment, and which he trusts the -1411 itY of his goods, and reasonable charges, will secure to m. Mocha, the finest imported, and fresh roasted 3s. Od. per lb. Malabar, ver y fine, often sold for Bourbon, do 2 6 .11rrtice, th e fi nest i mporte d , f res h roaste d 2 3 DBet Britishr o i o t d ish do 2 0 bo. Very do 1 9 C oe , Common do 1 6 °a Nub, the finest imported do OlO Raw' Coffee and Cocoa, 4d. per lb. less than Roasted. Sir liana Sloan's, Prepared, and Plain Chocolates— Conoa Paste, &c. A Quarter of a Pound may be had. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COM ANY, EST ABLISHED E PACT OF PARLIAYENT. Capital £3,000,000 Sterling. LIFE DEPARTMENT. HOARD OF DIRE4TION. PRESIDENTS. J 4 O Truing , Esq MP. M Rothschild, Esq. Francis Daring, Esq. Muses Montefiore, Esq. Samuel' Gurney, E. DIRE , O. R. 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Also may be had, Vols. I. to IV., price 21. 19e. 6d. boards. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. This day was published, Vols. 5 and 6, in the Pocket Size, 65., being a New Edition of Vol. 3, Bvo., of D EATH -BED SCENES, and PASTO RAL CONVERSATIONS. John Murray, Albemarle-street. " Greet was our admiration of the former volumes of this work,—we can safely recommend our readers to peruse the scenes here described, with an assurance that they are in no respect inferior to those which have already been submitted to the public."—British Critic. *,„° The above Work has recently been included in the list of publications recommended by the Society for Pro moting Christian Knowledge. Just published, A Third Volume of DEATH-BED-SCENES (being the same as the above vols. .5 and 6), in octavo, 12s. TIIE ARMY. MEMORANDUM. War-office, Sept. 15, 1629. The Secretary at War acknowledges the receipt of an anonymous letter, signed " A. 8.," enclosing three sove reigns, which sum is stated by the writer " to belong to the public, in consequence of a mistake of near two years in making out his register, and for which mistake he expresses his sorrow." The said sum has been paid into the Bank of England, to the account of the Paymaster-General of his Majesty's Forces, for the service of the public. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. CEsrEitaLs—C. E. of Harrington, G. C. IL, Col. of I Life Gds. Goy. of Windsor, Brighton ; J. Deapard, Os westry. LI6UT.-GENERAISir M. Nightingall, K.C.13., Col. of 49 F., Gloucester. MAJORS—Greene, 70 F. ; Taylor, late R. Ir. Eng. ; Keating, E. I. Company's Service, near Dublin. •CArrAlNs—Furuas, 27 F., Liverpool; Butler, h. p. 37 F. ; Clunow, 11. p. Watteville's Reg. ; Street, h. p. Unatt. Royal Art., Cheltenham ; Ganning, h. p. Unatt. LIEUTENANTS—Patterson, Royal African Corps, Sierra Leone; Fist, h p. 23 Dr., Hampton Wick, near Kingston; M•Lean, It. p. 4S F. ; 'Macdougall, h. p. 59 F. ; Hamilton, h. p. 79 F. ; Wallis, h. p. 2 Gar. Bal. ; Budder, h. p. 8 Line Bn. K. G. L., Badeweiler ; Goble, late Royal Art. Drivers, Houghton Bridge, Sussex; Corneille, late R. Ir. Eng. CORNET AND ENSIGNS—Dighton, h. p. 24 Dr. ; Morgan, h. p. 53 F. ; Robinson, b. p. 86 F. ; Prichard, h. p. 96 F. ; Simpson, h. p. 194 F. ; Cotterell, h. p. Hosp. Corps. ADJUTANT—EIam, b. p. S Gar. Bn. QUARTER-MA STE R—Boardm3n, h. p. 21 Dr. COMMISSA MAT DEPARTMENT—Dep. As. Comm. Gen. Deakin, h. p. MEDICAL DEPARTM ENT—Staff Sims. Batty, h. p. ; Staff Surg. Cobb°, h. p. ; Surg. Dougall, h. p. 3 W. I. R. ; Surg. King, h. p. Loft's Corps; As. Surg,. Paterson, 3 F., Sungarpoint, Bengal (on board the Rose, on passage to England) ; As. Surg. Minty, 31 F., Aberdeen. THE NEW SHERIFFS. Yesterday being the day fixed for the ceremony of swearing-in the new Sheriffs at the Exchequer Court, the Lord Mayor went from the Mansion house in his state carriage, and attended by the officers of the Corporation, to Vintners'-hall, where his Lordship met the new Sheriffs. His Lordship then proceeded to Guildhall, accompanied ty the new Sheriffs in their state carriages; after which the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c., went on board the city barges. The civic party took Ovate; at the South wark-bridge, but from the slow progress made by the heavy state barges, did not arrive at Westmin ster till late in the afternoon. Messrs. Booth and Copeland attended at the Exchequer Court early in the day, and rendered the accounts consequent on their shrievalty for the last year. The new Sheriffs, Henry Richardson and Thomas Ward, Esquires, gave their Installation Dinner yes terday, at the Vintners' Hall, and one better or more admirably got up could not well have been given; every luxury in season was on the table, and each was to be kad in abundance; and the wines were of a quality to do honour even to the Hull of the Vintners, whose Company must be presumed to contain the best wine tasters in the kingdom. The Lord Mayor presided; and the new Sheriffs were honoured with the company of the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer, the Solicitor-General, and some foreign Noblemen of distinction. Mr. Alderman Winchester was among the guests, and was warmly greeted on his entrance by his brother Aldermen. Mr. Richardson, of Golden-square, and Mr. Young, the two Under Sheriffs, took upon themselves the management of the dinner, and with admirable suc cess provided for the comfort of the company. The Loup MaYoft, who was in the Chair, after proposing the health of the King, and other loyal toasts usual on occasions of public festivals, pro posed the health of " The Duke of Wellington and His Majesty's Ministers." His Lordship, in giving this toast, took a review of the state of the coun try. He admitted and regretted the depressed con ditiOn in which many branches of industry were plunged ; but still he thought that no reasonable man would despair of the prospects of the country brightening under proper management and superin tendence. Ile therefore confidently proposed the health of his Majesty's Ministers to his fellow-citi zens, as being the persons who were likely to carry the country through its present difficulties. This toast was drank amidst general acclamations. The healths of the new Sheriffs, the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor elect, and of the late Sheriffs, were given, and received with appropriate honours. - About eleven o'clock the Lord Mayor left the chair, followed by the greater part of the company. It is but due to Mr. Richardson, of Golden-square, and Mr. Young, the Under-Sheriffs, who bad the superintendenc e of the arrangements on the present occasion, to say that the whole affair was managed in the most excellent manner. Both vocal and instru mental music had been prepared to enliven the com pany, if, notwithstandin g the quantity of good wine which abounded, they should need any excitement. At several country fairs large placards have been posted with the words " 13:ware of pickpockets and counterfeit money I." LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1829. WRIT DE LUNATICO INQUIRENDO. (Contintud from our Paper of yesterday.) After the evidence of Mr. Roots, a surgeon, Dr. Boreland, and Dr. Monro, had been given in sup port of the alleged lunacy, Sir George Tuthill said—l attended Mr. Jervis on the 3.1 of August. My opinion was that he la boured under great imbecility. I was desired by the Lord Chancellor to visit him, and on that occasion I signed a certificate of his insanity. Dr. Gooch, who had alsO visited Mr. Jervis, being unable to attend, his Report, which was to the fol lowing effect, was prodtved 4 Beruers-street, FA. 27, 1829. . , " My LORD-According to your Lordship's order, I went on February 26th to Teddington House, Teddington, to visit the Hon. William Jervis, eldest son of Lord St. Vincent, a supposed lunatic, and had a long interview with him. I found him in a state of mind scarcely capable of uttering one sentence collectedly, and either unable or un willing to give me any account of his past state, and what had brought him to his present condition of mind. The only subjects he was willing to explain were, who he was, and what he wished for; he was at first very violent, and wanted to drive me out of the room, but I pacified him by appearing anxious to listen to his statement. Ile toil] me that he Was not William Jervis, the san of Lord St. Vin cent, but that he was Augustus Frederick, son of his pre sent Majesty, by Lady Elizabeth Lambert; and that his brothers were children of the same father by the same mother ; that be wished to be released front his present confinement, and sent to Warwick Castle, to go in his own carriage and post horses, and to be attended by a re giment ofCavalry and a number of Gentlemen, among whem he named Sir James Scarlett, William Cobbett, Esq. sen. and jun., and Henry Hunt,. Esq. sen. and jun. I begged him to write down what he wished for. This I did partly to identify his hand-writing with several letters which I bad examined, and partly that your Lordship might see under his own hand the condition of his mind. The let ter marked No. 1 was written by him in my presence for your Lordship. These letters at first appear unintelligible; but they are in fact real words, written in separate capital letters, and, knowing this, may be easily understood.— No. 2 is a letter to his present Majesty, his alleged father, in small letters. He challenges his Majesty to a single combat, at four o'clock in the morning, in Winibledon Common ; and after that to a single combat with his bro ther, Thomas Jervis; and after that to a third combat with his younger brother.—No. 3 is a letter to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, Lddressing his Royal Highness as his uncle, and challenging his Royal High ness to a single combat, first with himself, and Olen with his brothers.—No. 4 is a letter to Lord St. Vincent, chal lenging his Lordship to a public combat on Wimb!edan Common with naval regulation swords, first with hitnsell, and then with his younger brothers. There are a number of other letters written by Mr. Jervis, but it is unneces sary to trouble your Lordship with more than these. He is clearly in a complete state of lunacy, totally unable to take care of his own affiirs, or even of his own person, and requires the' strictest vigilance on the part of those under whose care he is. ‘, It has been intimated that his present condition of mind has been brought on by his present strict confine ment ; but there is ample proof that it existed before this confinement, and rendered it absolutely necessary, befors Dr. Monro saw him. While he was attended only by the family physician, and under the care of none but his own servants, he escaped from his house, was absent three days, and was brought home by two Officers of the Cam den-street Police, who found him, without shoes or stock ings near the Canal. They took him to the watch-house, cleaned him, put him to bed, and the next morning, hav ing learnt from him who he was, brought him down in a post-chaise to his own houie at Teddington. This state ment they made on oath before a Magistrate. I have pro cured a copy of it for your Lordship's . satisfaction„marked No. 5. A few hours after his return }mime, and while he was still under the care only of his own servants, he escaped from the window by a sheet, and ran down the village, with nothing but a shirt and trousers on. It was in consequence of this conduct that Dr. Monro was con sulted, and that be was placed under the care of a regular keeper. " Mr. Jervis's present state of mind has been of short duration. He is thirty-four years of age, has been mar ried, and has a family of children. About three months ago his wife died in lying-in, since which he has appeared depressed in spirits, but not unusually disordered in mind. lie has always been a man of feeble understanding and shy manners, but be managed his own affairs ; with the advice of his friends he used to go into company with his wife, and play at cards not badly. Nothing unusual was observed about him till the begining of this month, when, immediately after a letter which he received from a soli citor about his affairs, he became suddenly unusually ex cited, talking much more than usual and laughing, and a day or two afterwards made his escape from his house. It was the second or third time of his quitting home, when he was found and brought home by the Camden street patrol, as I have already described. This account of his previous habitual state of mind, and of the commence ment of his illness, I received chiefly from Mrs. Gnttie, the lady who has at this time the care of his house and children, but the state in which he was found at Camden Town depends on the statement on oath of the Camden_ street patrol. " I have the honour to be " Your Lordship's respectful humble servant, " ROBERT GOOCH." " To the Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor. The following are the letters referred to in Doctor Gooch's Report. LETTER TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR -NO. 1. " Teddington-house, Teddington, Middle sex, February the twenty-sixth, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- God bless the King. " To the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, Scot land, and Ireland united—My wish is to be released this moment from my confinement, and my brother Thomas Frederick, my brother Charles Twiselton, to be released from confinement—my children to be removed from con finement, and to proceed to Warwick Castle, with a Re giment of Light Cavalry; Thomas Wrenham Southouse to go with me to 'Warwick Castle, Sir James Scarlett to proceed with me to Warwick Castle, William King, Es quire to proceed with me to Warwick Castle ; William Cobbett, E..quire, senior, and William Cobbett, Esquire, junior, to proceed with me to Warwick Castle. Henry." LITTER TO HIS :kIAJESTY..-.110. 2. " Teddington-house, Teddington, Middle sex, February 25, 1829. " FATHER-From the injuries, tyrannical, despotic, and unnatural conduct I have received from you, I challenge you to a single combat to-morrow morning, at four o'clock precisely, each armed with a naval regulation sword, to fight it out manfully on Wimbledon Common, in the county of Surrey—So writ." " Mr. Thomas Jervis White Jervis, your second son, will be ready on the ground, ready to take my place im mediately after you and I have decided the contest. " Your third son, Mr. Charles Twiselton, an Ensign of your Majesty's service, will be ready on the ground, ready to take your second son's place, after you and him have decided the contest.—God save the King. " WILLIAM JERVIS JERVIS. Addrtnsed " To his Excellency Ma;esty." day after to-morrow, February, the 26th, in the 19th year of our Lord, 1929, to fight it out manfully. For my defence, a naval regulation sword I will take to the ground; a naval regulation sword you will take to the ground ; a naval regulation swot' ; I will choose the ground. I will bring with me as any second Thomas Jervis White Jervis, Esq., a Lieutenant of the Royal Navy; be is ready to meet his father in a duel, on the same- ground, with a naval regulation sword, to fight it out manfully, after you and I have decided the contest. From the cruel, unmanly, and tyrannical conduct he has experienced from him, as a father, whose duty it was to be his guide and protector, from the day of his birth ; will meet you on WiMbledon Common, in the County of Surrey, the day after to-morrow, at four o'clock in the morning, February the 26th, in the 19th year of our Lord, 1529; and Thomas Jervis White Jervis, EN. will meet his father, Sir John Jervis White Jervis, Baronet, with a naval regulation sword, on Wimbledon .Common, to decide the contest at the same thm. God save the King. 6 ' The Honourable WILLIAM JERVIS JERVIS. Addressed" The Right Hon. the Viscount St. Vincent, " Ellis Hotel, St. James's-street, Laudon." Mr. HORNE said that that was the whole of the evidence he should lay before the Jury. Mr. PRXLLIMORE required that the alleged lunatic should be brought forward and examined. Some of the Counsel suggested ttutt there was no necessity for his presence after such evidence as had been given. One of the Jury, to chew the necessity of pro ducing the alleged lunatic, stated that he had been on a Jury when a Commission was proceeded in against a Mr. King, who, upon being examined for an hour, impressed the Jury so strongly against the Commission that it was dismissed. The Jury. retired about half-past one o'clock, to examine Mr. Jerv:s in private. After an absence o about two hours, considerable surprise was excited at their not returning. At length a post-chaise-and four drove up to the Coffee-house, and then it was discovered that, by some mistake, Mr. Jervis had not been in attendance, and was only then brought from his place of confinement. The Jury then sent for the Counsel and Commissioners to attend the examination, which continued for about half an hour, when the Counsel, Jury, and Commissioners returned. Mr. KNIGHT then stated that he felt it his duty to call some friends and acquaintances of Mr. Jervis, from the neighbourhood, to speak to his habits and state of mind, and suggested that the better mode would be to adjourn for the present, and proceed with the case to-morrow. This was agreed to, and it was agreed that Mr. Jervis should be in attendance to-morrow (this day) in case the Jury should wish to see him again; and that in the meantime he should be kept in as calm a state as possihle. It was also directed that all the witnesses on both sides should be in attendance, and that in the meantime Mr. Jervis's Counsel shotdd be permitted to see him if they thought proper. The proceedings were adjourned accordingly. LEPTF.II, TO THE DUKE OF CLARENCE. —No. 3. " Teddinnlon-house, Tuidington, in the County of •- - - Middlesex, so writ, February the 25th. it UNCLE-4 challenge you to a single comblt.—your nephew Mr. Thomas Jervis White Jervis challenges you to a single combat. Mr. Charles Twi,leton challenges you to a single combat, on Wimbledon Common. " WILLIAM JERVIS JERVIS, Esq.. Addre.sed—To his R )yal Highness the Duke of ClarenceOlushy Park." LETTER. TO LORD ST. VINCENT, NO. 4. " Teddington-house, Teddington, Middlesex, " February 24th, 1829. " Mr LORD—From the cruel, umnsnlv, and tyrannical conduct I have experienced from you, as . a father, whose duty it was to be my guide and protector, from the day of my birth, I ,challenge you to a public combat, in a duel, on Wimbledon Common, in the County of Surrey, the CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the sign of the Woolpack, in Gravel-lane, Southwark, on the body of Elizabeth Brockbridge, who died on Monday, in consequence of taking a quantity of the solution of oxalic acid. Owing to the strong sensation excited in the neighbourhood where the deceased resided, in con sequence of the melancholy circumstances attending her death, the jury room, as well as the thorough fares in front of the Woolpack, were crowded to excess du rip°. the investigation. The beadle intimated to Mr. CARTTAR, the Co roner, that a young man, named Bryan, who had been taken before the Magistrates of Union-hall by the father of the deceased, on the day his daughter expired, was then in attendance, and willing to an swer any questions that might be put to him relative to all he knew of the melancholy occurrence. The Jury having viewed the body of the de ceased, the following evidence was adduced for their consideration : Mary Ann Brockbridge deposed, that the de ceased (her sister) and she resided with their father, in Gravel-lane. About five or six weeks ago the deceased complained of being very unwell, and, upon inquiring into the cause, she told me that she had been violated by a young man named Arthur Bryan, who had been paying his addresses to her. This was three days after the alleged violence had been committed that she disclosed the nature of it to me. I advised her to get the advice of a medical man; and, at my desire, she went to Mr. Odling's, in Union-street, who prescribed for her, and, after having taken the ►medicines, she became better in health, and afterwards relapsed into a state of me lancholy. By the CORONER—Did you not, upon being ap prised of Bryan's ill usage towards your sister, ad vise her to complain to a Magistrate ?—The witness answered in the negative, and said that she had not even mentioned it to her father at her sister's re quest until after her death. The witness continued—My sister still continued in a very low and desponding state from the time she complained of Bryan's ill-treatment, and on Monday morning, after having had a restless night, she got up and complained of want of sleep. She said that she would go out and procure some lau danum, and took a small phial with her for that pur pose. In about five minutes afterwards she returned with the same phial empty, and placing it on the mantle-shelf, said that she could not get any. She then expressed a desire to lie down, and went up stairs, but descended again in a few moments, ex cessively agitated and crying bitterly. I requested her to be composed, anti tried to alleviate the suffer ings of her mind, but she still manifested great un easiness, and again ascended to her bed-room. Hav ing remained there for a short time, and not hearing her, I called out her name, and she came down, when I remarked an alteration in her features, and asked her the cause. The moment I spoke the words she clasped her hands together, and at the same time throwing herself back in a ;chair, ex claimed, " Oh, Mary, I have taken poison !" Im mediately afterwards she was attacked with a vio lent retching, and continued to labour under great pain and sickness until the surgeon arrived, and died in about half an hour afterwards. By a Juror—Witness and her sister and her fa ther uniformly lived in the most perfect state of happiness, and the deceased was always of a lively and animated disposition until the night she de scribed she had been ruined by the young man tel Bryan. The witnes,:, in reply to the CORONER, said that her si - ,ter told her where she procured the poison, but that she had since forgotten the name of the chemist, but recollected that he lived in Blackfriars road. By the Juror—After her sister complained of the violence used towards her by Bryan, their father no ticed her illness, and on inquiring as to the probable cause of it, the deceased said that she had over reached herself, not wishing to make her father un happy by relating what had happened to her. The witness continued.—My sister told me that on the night Bryan prevailed on her to get into the coach with him, when she resisted the attack he made upon her, he struck her a blow on the side, from which she felt great pain, in addition to tin other viol ence h e comm i tte d upon h er p erson . Al to the night in q ues ti on m y s i s t e r refu se d to see B r y an again, and shuddered even at the mention of his name. The witness added ; that she was Convinced PRICE 7D. her sister had destroyed herself in consequence of the treatment she had experienced from the person alluded to. In conclusion she said, Cult si nce h er sister's death she had asceitained that Bryan was a married man, having united himself to a young woman about a month ago. Her sister, she said, was not apprized of this latter fact. Mr. Sedden, surgeon, of Great Surrey-street, de posed, that on Monday morning last, between 11 awl 12 o'clock,_ he was sent for to attend the de ceased, whom he found labouring under the effects of poison. She was retching violently at the time; and on being asked what she had taken, she replied oxalic acid; but when further questioned as to where she procured it, she answered, that she pur chased it at Mr. Pollard's shop, in Blackfriars-road. Witness proceeded to use the stomach-pump, and drew off a portion of liquid from her stomach, which was strongly impregnated with the solution of oxalic acid. Afterward he injected water into the cavity of her stomach, but she continued to grow worse, and died in the space of half an hour from the time of his arrival. In a room up stairs the witness found a cup, which contained a small quantity of the solu tion of the above poison, and had no doubt, from a Pest mortem examination of the body, that the de ceased's death was solely produced from the effects of the oxalic acid. Mr. Sedden begged to acquaint the Coroner and jury, that subsequently to the de ceased's dissolution be called at Mr. Pollard's shop, awl having intimated to him what the deceased had stated relative to her having purchased the oxalic acid at his shop, that gentleman contradicted the assertion, declaring that he did not sell any thing of the kind. It being the decided wish of the Jury to have the young man Bryan brought before them, he was ac cordingly called up into the room. A Juror asked him whether he was acquainted with the deceased ?—lle replied in the affirmative, saying that theirs was but a slight acquaintance. Juror—Do you recollect having prevailed upon her to get into a coach with you about six weeks ago? Bryan (with astonishment)—Me I declare most solemnly I was never in a coach with her in my life. Juror—Did you ever pay your addresses to her? Bryan—Never. I have walked mi:h her upon one or two occasions in the neighbourhood of her father's house, but never ;vent over any of the bridges with her. In fact, I first became acquainted with her about ten weeks ago, when . I was in the habit of passing the house to go to my work. Juror Then you deny all that the deceased has stated to her sister in her dying moments, with re gard to ill-treatment she experienced at your hands ? Bryan—l do most solemnly and conscientiously say, that I never took an improper liberty with her or any modest young woman in my life. The CORONER observed, that it was perfectly useless to put any more questions to Bryan on the sukject, as nothing had transpired in the course of the evidence to criminate him. It was to be la mented, that the unfortunate girl had not at the time the alleged violence was committed, com plained as early as possible to a Magistrate, and then her violator would have come within the reach of the law. She did not, however, do this, and therefore Bryan was at liberty to withdraw ; the Coroner adding, that it would have been a most ex traordinary thing that the deceased in her dying moments should have asserted that which was sworn to by hei—siker, relative to Bryan having effected her ruin, if it was not true. The Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased destroyed herself while labouring under a temporary tit of insanity." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Mes.sager des Chumbres of Sept. 28.) VIENNA, SEPT. 28.—At the beginning of the ex change Bank Shares were at 1,193; towards the close they suddenly fell to 1,190. This decline is attributed to the news of serious disturbances at Constantinople, and of a definitive advance of the Russian force towards that capital. PROM TILE SECOND EDITION.-BY EXPRESS. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. s.—The negotiations for peace are opened at the Russian headquarters, and couriers are constantly going backwards and forwards between Adrianople and the capital. The Porte alone is informed of the conditions on which the Russian General insists. It seems to make a mystery of them to the Foreign Ambassadors. In general it has constantly showed itself distrustful latterly of the European Powers, and it seems more particularly disposed to lean towards Russia. The Russians, say the Turks, have handled us roughly, but at least there is frankness in them; whereas most of the other Powers conceal evil in tentions under the mask of kindness. The Prussian General Muffling is said to be the only person who is perfectly acquainted with the conditidns of Russia; but his active part in the pro gress of the negotiations is probably going to cease, since he is on the point of embarking for Genoa. It seems that the negotiations are founded on the manifesto published by Count Nesseliode at the commencement of the var, and that the Sultan is disposed to make immediately the payment of the indemnity claimed by Russia for the expenses of tho war, as well as all the necessary guarantees for the performance of the treaty. The conclusion of peace offers at present very few difficulties. We may be convinced of this by the despondency of the Turkish Ministers and the pompons terms in which they express their esteem and regard for the Emperor of Russia. It is affirmed that hostilities are entirely su=pended till the ratification of peace. Meantime the works for the fortification of Ejub are prosecuted with great dligence, under the inspection of an English officer of engineers. The well-disposed inhabitants of Constantinople are strongly urged not to lay down their arms, either to keep in check the ill. disposed part of the population, or to defend the capital is case of extremity. All these circumstances, and the appearance of the enemy's troops at Kara burna, near the Black Sea, and near Tchiarli, on the road from Adrianople,—the one 10, the other 20 leagues from the capital, —seem, however, to prove that General Diebitsch intends to continue his oper ations till the final conclusion of peace. (From the Augsburg Gazette of the 24th of Sept.) PARIS, SEPT. 2g.—lt is still said that letters from Vienna, more recent than the Austrian Ob server of the 19. h, have been received at Paris, and announce that the negotiations at the Russian head quarters had failed, the Turkish commissioners having declared that they were not authorised to ac cede to the bases laid down by the comm'ssioners of tha Ru-sidn General. In consequcice, the military operations have been resumed with the same activity as before. It must be observed, how ever, that the German Papers received this morn ing.are still tilled with details of the negotiations that have been commenced. FRENCH FuNns.—PAnis, SEPT. 2S.—Fire per Cents., 107 f. 30r. 25e. ; Three per GmtP., 81f. 20c. SOc. ; Bank Stock, 1,850 f. ; Naplts Stock 871. 25e. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 73; Rentes Perpetuelles d'Espagne, 501. —Ex change on London—One month, 25f. 63c. ; threr months, 25f. 43c .•— Coors Authentique. So cold have the nights already become, that the thermomn;ter, in a s';eitere 1 • itu ct:or, fell ou Ma tta j to 38, OIPSEYS-A SECOND DERNCLEUGII. The - sbuthetn declivity of the Ualiow-hill of Cromarty is steep and precipitous, over hung by a thick dark wood; and skirted by a rough and almost inaccessible shore.. Perforating the base of one of the steepest precipices, there is a huge cavern, which from time immemorial has been the haunt of rock pigeons, and which, according to tradition, once served as a garner for the corn of an eccentric speculative man, who, with much labour, dug up several little patches at the foot of the cliffs, and raised upon them crops of barley. About three years ago, the original tenants of this cavern were dispossessed by a tribe of gipseys, about fourteen in number, who, evincing a taste on the occasion which would have done honour to an anchorite, fixed upon it as a proper place of residence; and it has since become the Derncleugh of this part of the country. From the sequestered site . of the cavern, which is nearly inaccessible froM the sea, and only to be approached from above by a rough narrow path which winds along the edge of a lofty overhanging precipice, some time elapsed before this accession to the population of the country was known to the other iolnibitants ; and boatmen who passed the cave during the night, startled by strange sounds and sudden lights, concluded it was the haunt of evil spirits. Some time since it was suspected to contain spirits of' a different kind. A crew of coast guardmen who were stationed on the opposite side of the frith, when engaged in some night expedition which led them abreast of the cave, were surprised to see a large fire blazing at its farthest extremity. Their boat's bead was im mediately turned' towards it, but after some head rowing, their hope of a seizure was frustra'cd for the time by two legions of angry combatants who were engaged in a fierce and noisy strif'e within a few yards of the cavern's mouth. Rough pointed rocks and foaming waves: are head strong ungovernable things, so, without any mention being made of the authority of the King, the boatmen rowed for the town of Cromarty, a distance of nearly four miles, where they were informed that the poor inhabitants of the cavern, so fiir from being defaulters of the revenue, were, on the contrary, better supporters of at least that part of it which is de iived from the duties on ardent spirits, than tact who value themselves much more on their loyalty. A few days since there was a report current in the neighbouring town that a wedding was to take place in this cave; and it was visited on. Friday last by two men, who went thither in the expecta tion of seeing the ceremony performed. Some years since a couple of a similar tribe were mar ried in the vicinity of Avoch by an old gipsev, who read over to them the marriage service from the book of common prayer, a feat which he achieved without much spelling, and when he had concluded the knot was considered as indiss solubly tied. The visitors of Friday last were in the hope of witnessing something similar, but the gipseys of the cave, from their entertaining higher ideas of the sanctity of the marriage vow, considered that it could only be properly taken in the presence of thc priest; and in procuring one they were as much disappointed as the Cromarty men were in not witnessing the cere mony. The latter, however, did not entirely lose their labour, as it gave them an opportunity of taking a minute observation of the household economy of the tribe. The cave which they hOd formerly seen covered over with grey lichens ; and overhung with bunches of fern, now re minded them of Virgil's description of the wog k shop of Vulcan. A cloud of smoke issued from it as from the crater of a volcano, and through the haze two huge fires were dimly discernible. At one of these an old woman was employed in baking, and directly behind her a savage looking young fellow was busied in the manufacture of spoons. In one side of the cave, and coiled un in a heap of dried grass and withered fern, which served the double purpose of bed and couch, there was a young and rather good-looking woman (probably the bride) engaged in sewing. On the other side, and at the other fire, two women were watching the progress of a large pot. Near them a middle-aged man was ham mering a piece of tin ; and a whole horde of children, miserably deficient in the article of clothing, were basking at the fires, which, from their occupying the middle of the cavern, were centres of large circumference. In the mouth of the cave, and apparently regarding the whole scene with a quiet interest, there stood an excel lent study for Yorick, a young ass, the common property of the tribe ; and at the foot of a cliff a little distant, there were three stout young fellows engaged in gathering fuel. The visitors seated themselves in the middle of the horde on two smooth blocks of granite which had been rolled from the neighbouring beach ; and as a large snuff horn which one of them carried served as a common friend to introduce them to the gipseys., they were soon engaged with them ilicoirsa raa . tion. " And were you really in this avid cave ;' said one of the visitors, after a number of topics had been discussed in a manner by no means common place, " were you really in this wild cave during the late dreadful s t orm . I wonder to find you all alive," " Alive !" es claimed the aged matron, " alive, dye say ! what wad make us dee ! The ive buss aboon, there, made an unco sough a' night long, an'the sea yonner routed like a wheen o' mad kve, but ne'er a bit o' the storm came near us. :Honest man, this is a canny bield ; there were monv gentles waur lodged yon night. Dec, forsooth, my thither had a gay rough life o't ; a dikeside oftener far her bed than a snug hauld like this, an' it's only last year she dee'd. Her years were aboon a hunder, an' for the last wheen I had to carry her on my back." This was the first of a long and animated dialogue in the same style ; and when 'the visitors took their departume, it was under an impression that human happiness depends much less on external circumstoneca than the great bulk of mankind seem to ima gine.—lnverness Courier. DIEPPE.—We were most agreeably surprised by the unexpected arrival of the Duke of CLAnExcx. under the title of Earl of Munster, who came with his Duchess and suite by the Talbot packet, Captain Non- WOOD. Their Royal Highnesses are sojourning at the Albion Hotel, where it is expected they will remain about ten days, on a visit to the sister of the Duchess. His Royal Highness attended divine service on Sunday at the Protestant Chapel, and heard a most excellent sermon. by the Rev. Bishop LoscounE, who had the honour of preaching before their Royal Highnesses. The potato-growers round London are busily employed in dicging up and housing thyir crops, which are, in general, abundant in quantity and excellent in CHILD MurtnEn..---we have to state, in re ference to the murd. rat Stephenstoue, the seat of the Rig' t J-lon. Lord ItoLLE, that ANN SIITH has ma le a full confession of her guilt, and swore hef tie two Magis trates that ele father olthe child is WILLIAM Dr- TAME, a cook to Lord Dem. Site asserted that he first seduced her, and that by him, also, she had the murdered b the. She had made no preparation whatsoever fur the bi tb OF the child.