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The prisoner, Aaron Smith, is the same indi vidual who was tried at the Admiralty Sessions of 1823, for piracy, in having plundered a merchant man, called the Industry. But having clearly esta blished that he was made prisoner by the pirates, and compelled, under fear of death, to act as their commander, he was acquitted; and the present charge against him is for plundering a Dutch vessel of 300 tons, called the Breviente, on the 12th of July, 1822, off the island of Cuba, causing the death of two of the crew, and subsequently setting fire to and burning the ship. This offence was com mitted prior to that upon which he was tried, and he now declared he acted under the same compul sion of the crew of the pitatical echooner. The prisoner, after an examination of some hours, was remanded. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1829. No. 11,423. PRICE 7D. TAM O'SHANTER AND SOUTER JOHNNY. r rHESE STATUES, Illustrative of N. SCOTTISH CHARACTER, COSTUME, and the POETRY of BURNS, Seotiatid's immortal Bard, executed by the Self-taught Artist, Mr. THOU, ARE NOW EXHIBITING at No. 28, Old Bond-street. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. was formally divorced from her. He thought she was, for if she were married to-morrow she would be indictable for bigamy; or if she gave birth to a child, the latv Would consider the defenthwt its fal. ther. He could not, as a magistrate, divorce. the parties; but considering the woman's adultery prov ed, and being anxious not to hold out a premium for immoral behaviour, he would say she ought to have the lowest maintenance that could be given 4s. per week. Mrs. Flinton declared the witnesses against her had been bribed, and had told gross falsehoods. given the ring to brush up the day after he pur chased it, said that Mr. Stiles Then valued the ring at 8/., although he (the witness) did not think it worth more than 71. MANSION-HOUSE. A poor lad, named Thomas Cargill, who had been a dreadful sufferer in eonse'quence of being attacked by a shark whilst bathing in the river at Sierra Leone, was yesterday brought before the LORD MAYOR, by Mr. Laundy, the surgeons' instrument-maker to St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals, in order for his Lordship to see what could be effected by mecha nical aid, in substitution of the works of nature.— The poor fellow alluded to had lost both his hands. Nir. tam•, the barriaer who attended for Stiles, cross-examined all the witnessts at considerable length, but elicited nothing material, and the pri4 soner was committed for trial. Admission 19.—Season Tickets ss. DERRING'S PATENT LIGHT BEA• VER HATS ; at 21s. to 265. weighing only si ounces, are the best ever offered to public notice; for durability and brightness they are unequalled ; they are not more than half the weight of the common made hat, and will wear equally as long. Carriage, Opera, and Tra velling Hats and Caps of every Invention.—Establish ments, b 5, Strand, corner of Cecil-street ; 124, Edge ware-road; and at Llarnmersmith. Mr. Barry applied to have the prisoner admitted to bail, as there were, he said, several extenuating circumstances in the ca-ze, such as Mr. Stiles having come forward voluntarily, &e. Mr. ROE refused, and observed that the p►isoner's conduct, in purchasing such a ring for 3s. 6d. from a child 13 years of age, formed a strong contrast to the praiseworthy conduct of Mr. Harrison, the pawnbroker, in the previous case, who immediately sent for an officer, although the person offering the ring was a full•grown woman. Mr. Barry expressed his intention of applying to a Judge, to admit the prisoner to bail. The girl Hunt was committed to prison, to be detained as a witness. SOCIETY of ANTIQUARIES of LONDON. Mr. Flinton expressed his determination to allow her . nothing; and Mr. Heaton attempted to shake the Alderman's opinion. He considered Mrs. Flinton, a married woman, not legally entitled to a maintenance from her hu.band, she having committed adultery; and the words " whom he may be legally bound to maintain," had been inserted expressly to exclude from the operation of the law husbands who were not legally bound to maintain their wives, such as had married women who misconducted themselves like Mrs. Flinton. wArtm WATER a sufficient remedy and preventive against Inactivity of the Stomach and Irregularity of the Intestinal Canal. By means of G. 31).-W and SON'S Domestic Instrument, and a basin of simple Warm Water, the most obstinate case of Costive ness may be instantly removed, and the system soon re stored to a natural state of activity. The Instrument is so portable that it may be carried in the pocket, and no assistance in using it is necessary. Satisfactory testi monials of its efficacy may be seen at the Manufacturers', 55, Ahlermanbury, London. 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Notwithstanding these numerous and expensive embel lishments the price of the Work will be, as usual, 2s. Published by Mr. Bell, No. 3, Cleveland-row, opposite St. James's Palace, London ; and may be had of all Book sellers wheresoever residing. Lord REDESDALE gave a grand dinner on Wednesday, at his house in Harley-street, to the Duke of CIIMBEILLAND, and a very select part of the nobility and gentry. Count DE MoLTKE, the Danish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The lad arrived safe in this country with this cu rious coincidence, that the vessel which he would have come by, if the above unfortunate accident had not taken place, was wrecked on her homeward voyage, and every soul on board perished. After the arrival of the lad in this country the owners of the wrecked vessel directed every care to be taken of him ; but the question that puzzled all was what was to be done to put the poor unfortu nate lad in the way to maintain himself for the re minder of his life. Mr. Pirie, a respectable gentle man, residing in Freeman's -court, Cornhill, and who took a deep interest in the fate of the poor fellow, thought it was possible that the Lord Mayor might render him some assistance, and with that view he addressed the following letter to Mr. nobler : " Sir,—Having often noticed the interest taken by you in objects of distress, I take the liberty of sending the bearer, Thomas Cargill, a poor sailor boy, who has been strongly recommended to me for assistance, and - whose very appearance creates sym pathy. He was attacked by a shark in the river at Sierra Leone, and lost one arm and the hand of the other, besides being much mutilated in other parts of the body. " I have made a small collection for him, and in tend continuing my exertions; but it struck me that if you were kind enough to state the case to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor (who is always ready to assist the helpless), he might be pleased to recommend the poor boy to the notice of many charitable individuals, who might feel happy in having an opportunity of exercising their benevo lence on such an object. There is a full account of the transaction from the medical gentleman at Sierra Leone, reported in the Morning Herald, of the 23d ult. " I would wait upon yo❑ myself, but I am obliged to go to Doctors' Commons ; and trusting you will excuse this liberty, I am, respectfully, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " JOHN PIRIE." The poor lad was sent with the above letter to his Lordship, and the greatest difficulty was to ascer tain by what means any assistance could be rendered him, as he was totally unfitted for any employment. The lad answered all questions put to him in the most explicit manner, and evinced that he had had a tolerable good education. Ile also related sundry interesting particulars as to the mode in which he combatted the shark. The shark he said attempted to seize him by the body, and made several grasps at him ; but, as a dernier resort, he contrived to thrust his hand into the shark's mouth, in the hope of tearing out his inside. The shark was, however, too strong for him, and bit his arm off. However, as a last resort, he succeeded in thrusting his other arm into the shark's mouth, and go this hand down to its throat, and that II ad the effect of making the shark give way, and he got on shore; but it is strange that the shark kept by the ship for several days as if look ing out fora victim. The poor lad it appeared was a native of the Orkney Islands, and Mr. Hobler ob served that as he had some poor relations in those islands he might be made useful there as a school master. The LORD MAYOR smiled at such a suggestion. Mr. nobler assured his Lordship that the sur gical instrument-makers had, by exertion, arrived at such a degree of proficiency that they could make instruments that would supply the place of this poor fellow's hands, and not only enable him to write himself, but to instruct others. The LORD MAYOR expressed his surprise at this statement, but was perfectly willing to do all in his power to assist a poor lad under such unfortunate circumstances; and, according to his Lordship's de sire, he was sent to Mr. Laundv, and yesterday h e appeared to exhibit the e xt e nt of' the instruction he had received. In the first place he exhibited a pair of instruments by which he was enabled to dress and un dress himself, buttoning and unbuttoning his own clothes ; another set by means of which he could lift and carry great loads; another by which he conld carve his own victuals and help himself to any thing he wanted. But the most extraordinary of all, was an instrument that enabled him to write, and also to teach others to write. The poor fellow with this instrument wrote his name in the presence of the Lord Mayor, and astonished every body in conse quence of the facility with which he did it—and it was the opinion of every one that he was not only capable of writing himself, but of teaching others. The only question now remaining, was how the poor fellow was to be got back to the Orkney Islands, and what was to become of him when he got there. GUILDHALL. Yesterday a question of high importance to the whole community, as regards the public morals and the purses of the payers of the poor-rate, was de cided at this Justice-room. The question was whether a husband who had proved his wife to have been guilty of adultery is liable to be compelled to reimburse any necessary assistance which the over seers of a parish may have afforded the adultress. Wm. H. Flinton, the defendant, separated from his wife in November, 1826, and subsequently the wife instituted a suit for alimony, on the ground that her husband had been guilty of cruelty and adultery. The husband produced recriminatory proofs, and the Consistory Court dismissed her suit, intimating that it considered adultery had been proved against each party, and neither would be relieved there. These proceedings cost the husband 8001. The wife ap pealed to the Arches Court, but upon the husband pleading in forma pauperis, she discontinued pro ceedings, and threw herself on the parish where she was residing, from whence she was removed to her husband's settlement (St. Andrew-by-the-Ward robe), the overseers of which parish having re lieved her with 45., caused the husband to be brought before Sir P. LAURIE, to be dealt with un der the Vagrant Act. The parish having proved that she was chargeable, Mr. Heaton,- for the defendant, urged, that ac cording to the decision of the Court of King's Bench, in the case of " Govier tr. Hancock" (6 Term Rep. 603), adultery is a complete and perfect discharge in law of a wife's claim upon her husband for support. Sir PETER LAURIE deferred his decision till yes terday, when he said he had formed an opinion what he ought to do at the moment, and he had been re proached by some for not deciding at once; but finding there was a difference between his clerks as to what was the law, he deemed it prudent to pause, and obtain further ad v i ce . Hi g h er l ega l authorities had also differed in opinion, but having thoroughly considered th e su bj ect, an d fi n di ng the City Solicitor did not differ from him (Sir Peter Laurie) and the chief clerk, he should pronounce the opinion he had originally enter tained, that the husband was liable to the parish until he obtained a divorce entirely dissolving the marriage. The law held every man to be bound to maintain his wife, and the question was, whether Mrs. Flinton was not the defendant's wife until he BOW-STREET. Yesterday William Young, the man upon whose evidence the three men who were lately executed at Horsemonger-lane gaol were convicted, was brought before Sir R. BIRNI, in order to be re examined. According to the dying confession of the wretched men who were executed, the prisoner Young was the contriver of almost all the burglaries that took place in the neighbourhood of Staines and Hounslow within the last twelvemonths, and circumstances which have since transpired tend to a full conviction of that fact. Unfortunately, however, although several charges capable of proof have been brought against the prisoner (and amongst others a charge of murder), there is no evidence to show that he was concerned in the perpetration of any crime since the robbery at the Teddington lock house, for which his companions in guilt have un dergone the heaviest punishment of the law. The prisoner would consequently be entitled to his dis charge, it being the axiom of the Judges, that an admitted approver is absolved from the consequence of any offence which he may have committed prior to that upon which he is allowed to give evidence for the Crown. Sir Richard Birnie, however, not withstanding this dictum, has expressed his deter mination that a villain like Young shall not be let loose upon society; and he said he was resolved to commit him upon two or three clear cases, leaving his ultimate disposal to the Judge before whom he shall be tried. Several witnesses were in attendance, and the evi dence taken upon the former examinations having been read over, Sergeant Major Drind, of the lath Hussars, part of which regiment are quartered at Hounslow, was called forward, and deposed that on the 24th De cember last, he left Hampton-court for Hounslow barracks, at which place he was to receive the pay for his troop. About seven o'clock in the evening he went to the Canteen, at Hounslow, and had two glasses of gin and water to drink. There were two strange men drinking in the house at the time.— About a quarter past seven witness said he should go, and another Sergeant-Major, who was present, asked him if he proposed crossing the Heath, ad vising him not to go that way, as the night was dark. Witness replied that he intended to go by the Hospital Bridge•road, as he had 1001. in money about him. He said this sufficiently loud for the two strangers to hear. The Sergeant-Major then said" Take care of yourself, you may be robbed upon the road." " Never mind," said the witness, " it wilt take a better man than myself to rob me." He then mounted his horse, and was proceeding towards the Hospital bridge, when he heard the re port of fire-arms, and at the same instant a bullet whizzed by him, within a few inches of his face.— Previous to the shot being fired, he heard a whis pering a few yards from him, and upon turning his head, he discovered two men, one of whom had on a light pair of trowsers. It was not sufficiently light, however, to distinguish the features of the men. Sir R. BIRNIE told the witness to look at the prisoner, and try if he could recognize in him either of the two men who were drinking in the Canteen on the night in question. Witness—l cannot swear to the man. Sir R. BIRNIE—Is the landlord of the Canteen present ? Witness—No, your Worship. The Magistrate then directed that a summons should be issued, to compel the attendaßce of the landlord, or any person belonging to the house, who could prove that the prisoner was one of the men who were in the room at the time spoken to by Ser jeant-Major Drind. The prisoner,. an uncommonly stout-built, cool, determined -looking fellow, was then remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A young woman, named Susannah Gibbs, was yesterday finally examined before Mr. ROE, the Ma gistrate, on a charge of stealing a diamond ring, value 121., belonging to a Mrs. De El ve, of Broad street, Golden-square, in whose service she had for some time lived. It appeared that Mr. Harrison, a pawnbroker in Wardour-street, detained the prisoner in offering the ring for and sent for an o ffi cer , i nto w h ose custody On searching her lodgings where she had been since she quitted the service of Mrs. De Live, the ri pledge,he gave her. officer also found a great deal of wearing apparel belonging to Mrs. De Live and her daughter, that had been also stolen. The prisoner admitted the robbery, and Mrs. De Elve having identified the property, the girl was committed for trial. William Stiles, a silversmith, in Tottenham-court road, also underwent a final examination, charged with receiving another diamond ring, value 104, the property of Colonel De Terrade, of the Colombian service, knowing it to be stolen. A little girl, named Kitty Hunt, only 13 years of age, who stole the ring, was admitted as a witness, and stated that she took the ring produced from off the table in Colonel De Terrade 's dressing-room, at the house of Mr. Hinde, in Torrington-square, where the Colonel is on a visit, and where she (the wit ness) lived as servant. She sold the ring, she said, to Mr. Stiles, at his shop, for 3s. 6d., and he asked her no questions about it. She was instigated to steal the ring and other things, she•said, by a girl, named Kitty Barratt, an acquaintance of hers, and who went with her to sell the ring. Colonel de Terrade identified the ring as one that had been stolen from his dressing-room, and the girl, on being detected in another theft, admitted that she had stolen the ring. A constable, who accompanied the girl (Hunt) to the shop of Mr. Stiles, said, that the ring was for sale in the window; and Mr. Stiles said the price of it was three guineas; he admitted that he had bought it for 3s. 6d. from this little girl, but said that it was dirty at the time, and he did not know but it was a paste ring. The girl, however, denied that it was dirty any more so than at present. Mr. Stiles came voluntarily to the office, to have the case investigated. A working jeweller, to whom Mr. Stiles had Yesterday Chaeles Richards, an elderly ill-looking man, was placed at the bar, before Mr. TwYFORD, for examination, on the capital charge of violating the person of Thomasa Notley, a very interesting little girl, only seven years of age. The child appeared intelligent far beyond expec tation from. her tender age. She underwent a strict examination by the magistrate, who found her to have been well-instructed, and was so satisfied with her answers that he allowed her to be sworn. In her deposition she stated that she lived with her father, who is a watchmaker, at No. 12, George street, Islington, and had know❑ the prisoner about nine months as a lodger in the same house. He first took liberties with her on the Saturday after he came there. She was alone with him in the room, and he sat down and called to her to go to him, which she refused, saying that she wanted to go down stairs, but he pulled her towards him. [The child here described an assault of a gross and aggra vated but not of a capital nature.] On the Satur day following she was sent into the prisoner's room, to clear away some things, when he again commit ted an assault. The last time he did any thing of the kind was on 'Wednesday. She went up to his room, and he followed her. [The child here de scribed an atrocious assault, which formed the foun dation of the present charge.] Caroline Watts, a little girl nine years of age, proved that through a crevice in the prisoner's door she saw the prisoner's misconduct with the child, Thomasa Notley. Mrs. Hayes, a young married person, who lived on the same floor with the prisoner, stated, that on Wednesday she heard a noise, in consequence of the discovery made by the parents of the child, and was present in the prosecutor's parlour when the prisoner was accused. He declared it was false al together. The prisoner afterwards asked what amends he could make, as it might ruin his cha racter for ever. An officer was sent for, who took him into custody. George Abrahams, an officer of Islington parish, stated, that he was sent for to the prosecutor's, and apprehended the prisoner, who was greatly agitated, and begged that he might not be handcuffed. On the way to the office he said he would not have had it happen for 1,0001., for he had a wife to whom he had been married 30 years, and it would perhaps break her heart. He was a wicked man, he said, and asked what could be done to him ? The wit ness told him, that if the case were proved, he would be hanged. He replied, "Oh dear; it's a bad job." Mr. Henry Fuller, a surgeon, examined the child at the office during the investigation yesterday, and deposed to the violence and internal injury which she had sustained. The prisoner said the witnesses had sworn falsely, as the mother would have proved, had she been present. Mr. TWYFORD then informed him that he would be committed on the capital charge, when the whole case would undergo minute investigation by a Jury. The prisoner was accordingly committed. JOHNSON TIIE INFORMER AGAIN DEFEATED.— On Wednesday, this informer summoned a per- AOll named John Turner, residing in Paul-street, Finsbury-square, under the 57th Geo. 111. cap. 20, for having five casks placed on the carriageway op posite his door. Brooks, the informer, stated that on Wednesday last he saw the five casks standing on the kennel just off the foot pavement. Mr. Wilks, who attended for several persons that were summoned, said, that Johnson had not made out his case, he proceeded on the 64th section, which stated, any hogshead, cask, barrel, &c. on the footway pavements; but that part of it which re lated to the carriage-ways, states, " any ashes, dung, dust, blood, &c. or other filth or annoyance, or) any matter or thing, in or upon the carriage-way, or foot way pavements." Johnson said, that the words, " matter or thing," included barrels, casks, &c. Mr. Wilson.—No ; those words are not mention ed in that part of the section which relates to barrels, casks, &c. nor do they relate to it; they are only mentioned, and relate to ashes, dung, &c. which are certainly very great nuisances. Johnson—l contend that they relate to the whole of the 64. th section. Mr. Wilks—Certainly not; they only relate to those words to which they are attached. Mr. BENNETT to Johnson.—Your own witness said that the casks were placed on the carriage-way, which does not come under the 64th section, there fore the case must be dismissed. Johason.—l have a great number of summonses, but I wish them to be adjourned that I may have my solicitor. Mr. BENNETT.—Let the parties appear on Friday, and the cases shall be gone into. Johnson (in a violent hurry, probably dreading the extra expence of a solicitor, and fearing the other summonses might meet with the same fate,) said, if the parties will pay the costs of the sum monses, I will willingly withdraw them. Mr. Wilks.—Oh, no. lam sure not one of my clients will pay a single farthing to compromise their cases; they are obtaining their living in an honest way. The summonses, as you have obtained them and paid the costs out of your own pocket, must be heard by a magistrate. Johnson.—Very well ; if they must, let it be so. The decision was received outside the office with three huzzas. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday considerable excitement appeared to have been produced at this office, by the appre hension of Aaron Smith, commander of a merchant man from Batavia, upon charges of piracy and mur der. The prisoner escaped from Antwerp, where he was recognised, and was apprehended at his lodgings in Stepney, by Mr. Evans, Chief Surveyor, and Mr. Bligh, a surveyor attached to this estab lishment, on Wednesday week, but his capture and examination before Mr. Ballantine was kept per fectly secret until yesterday, when several comman ders of merchant-ships, whose vessels had been plundered by a piratical schooner, commanded by the prisoner in 1822, were in attendance. Amongst Yesterday being St. George's Day, the Society of An tiqoaries met at their Apartments, in Somerset-place, in pursuance of their Statutes and Charter of Incorpora tion, to elect a President, Council, and Officers of the So ciety for the year ensuing ; whereupon George Earl of Aberdeen Hudson Gurney, Esq. Thos. Amyot, Esq. Henry Hallam, Esq. Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. W. 11. Hamilton, Esq. Francis Douce, Esq. I J. H. Marklarol, Esq. Henry Ellis, Esq. Right Hon. C. W. W. Wynn John Gage, Esq. ElevenoftEe Council, wi cil ; and M. Bland, Esq. John Britton, Esq. T. F. Dibdin, D.D. Hon. G. A. Ellis Charles Lord Farnborough Edward Lori Bishop of Muni Edmund Lodge, Esq. Rt. Hon. Sir G. Ousely,i Bart. Thomas Phillips, Esq. E. V. Utterson, Esq. Ten of the other Members of the Society, were chosen of the New Council; and they were severally declared to he the Council for the year ensuing. And on a report made of the Officers of the Society it appeared that George Earl of Aberdeen was elected President ; Thomas Amyot, Esq., Treasurer ; John Gage, Esq., Director ; Nicholas Carlisle, Esq., Secretary; and Henry Ellis, Esq. B. C. L. Secretary for the ensuing year. The Society afterwards dined together at the Freemasons' Tavern, in Great Queen-street, according to annual custom. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. COALS. An ACCOUNT of all COALS brought into London (not Sea-borne), for the Years 1826, 1827, and 1828. Quantity of Coals brought into London by Inland Navigation. Years. Tons. Cwt. 1828 18 - 27 • 1828 WILLIAM Inspector General of Imports and Exports, Inspector General's Office, Custom House, London, April 11, 1829.. AN HOUR'S CONVERSATION WITH JONATHAN MARTIN. I spent nearly an hour with Jonathan in pri son, and found him a man of great powers of language, great acuteness of remark, fervour of expression, cheerfulness of temper,—and who, on every topic but the one respecting which his brain is turned, is precisely the man with whom it is a pleasure to converse ; whose sharpness, originality, and readiness, afford constant matter for thought. But on the subject of religion he is obviously a reasoning madman. His case instantly recalled to my mind a similar one which I had witnessed in Germany, where the lunatic fancied he had discovered the eleventh com mandment—and it was " Shoot your father."— So he got a rifle, loaded it, and laid the author of his being prostrate at his feet. This man talked very sensibly of every thing but his ‘, eleventh commandment," which he said was the hardest of all—the fulfilment of the law, the great test of obedience to God, and the most difficult to be received ; - but that God had in mercy communicated it to him. So Jonathan Martin fancies that, in his dreams, he constantly receives the Divine mandate in special communi cation ; and he gave me a picture, drawn by him , self, and well executed in Indian ink, of the dream in which he was told to destroy the Min ster. It represents a flaming sword in the midst of a cloud, out of which God is speaking—a hideous figure with its mouth wide open ; under which he has written— That's the aord, I am the hand ; That's the dud that God command. This is the sord I saw in a viaheon at noun day, This is the dud I saw on the Minestra. Jonathan Martin . , York C. G., Apin the 15th, 1829. His two visheona. He said he knew that the Lord would protect him in doing the Lord's work ; and that he was kept for greater things yet ; and that he had been visited in dreams since he came into prison, but it was not yet time to tell what they were.— " When I was taken into the Court," he said, " the peace of God entered with such power into my soul ;" and " when the Archbishop's son came to visit me, and to ask me to look to my defence, and to find a Counsellor, I told him that Christ would be my Counsellor, and that I had the best council in my own breast," placing his hand upon it. " Had my enemies hanged me," he added, " I knew I should go direct to glory ;" and no one can doubt that, had sen tence been passed on Jonathan, he would have gone triumphantly to the scaffold. He repeated to me the particulars of the dream in which he was instructed to shoot the Bishop, and said an angel appeared with a bow and arrow, and he pulled the bow, and the arrow flew straight to the heart of the man ; and when he (Jonathan) doubted, the vision appeared again, and commanded him to be doing.— 'I asked him if he had not read the com mandment " Thou shalt not kill ?"—" Aye," he answered, " I know the commandments of Moses ; but what did Moses do when he saw the Egyptian mistreating one of his brethren ? Why, he looked round, and found nobody was ;looking on, and he smote the Egyptian, and slew him." " Yes, Jonathan," 1 said, " but `the prophets of old had outward and visible signs, by which the world was able to see that they were appointed by God—they had their columns of smoke and their pillars of fire." " And had I not my smoke and my fire ?" re torted he, impatiently. " True," said I, " Jon athan—of your own making—when you burnt. the Minister." "No ! no !" he replied, " I don't mean that—but what I saw in my dream." In this way conversation was kept up ; and you will be able thus to estimate the state of this singular man's mind. I ought to add, that the gaoler, Mr. Kilby, seems to have formed a most correct estimate of the character of his prisoner, and says he has found him uniformly correct and veracious—and to be trusted, .except where re-; ligion is the topic. Mr. Kilby appears a very courteous and judicious man—and Martin could not have been in more appropriate hands. The accounts of Martin's having attempted to destroy himself are pure fiction.—Morning Paper.