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That quiet and pleasant retreat called Portland Island, near Weymouth, has been thrown into state of great excitement uithin the last three weeks, in consequence of the circumstances described in the following narrative : On the 27th of November, the Governor o Portland Castle, General Penn, received a letter, o which we subjoin a copy, and which was left at the Castle-hall by a man roughly dressed, whose face was partly concealed by a large woollen neckcloth, called a " comforter" : Articles. /e t Hundred Tons of BAY SALT, Stove -dried • .and thy Tons Of WHITE SALT. §tove-tiried. Thontand Quarters of WHEAT (to weigh and 601 b. to the Bushel) Inc Thousaml Quarters of PEASE, Periods of Delivery. Between the Ist day of May, and the Slat day of July, neat. One-half of each by the 31st day of January, and the remainder by tie PRICE 7n. No. 11,626 LONDON, THURSDAY :EVENtNG,, DECEMBER 17, 1829. THE BARONY OF OGLE ESTATE, NORTHUM BERLAND. HN ROBINS of Warwick • House, JO Regent-street, infornis the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that the SALE of the BARONY of OGLE ESTATE, 41- the - County of Northumberland, situate in the Patiiheii of S'tannington, Morpeth, and N'halton, eontairtinetsea.tly. Five Thousand Five Ilto.thvd Acres, of rich Meadow, ;Pasture, Arable, and Wood Land, Advertiser] to- bs Sold by Auction at Garraway's Coffee hOuse, 'Changealley, Cornhill, London, on Thursday, The 21st of January next, FOREIGN AFFAIRS. • THIRD EDITION, with Additions, price 2s. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Np. GALLY KNIGHT'SLETFER to the FART; of ABEIIDEEN,, on the Pleseitt State of our Foreigi Ilehitions; " In a word ; Minitttet:swill fin-1 Mr. Knight sPmpblet a bitter pill, which they must digest as they ern. To -con fute it is 7 ont of thtlir - Neics. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 16. FAWCETT, GENT. ONE, ev.C. V. HUGEL. THE ARMY. (NIE3IOIIANDUT,I. Horse Guards, Dee. 7. hi e ; . _ rtuadr e d T housand WIL-] StBth day of Fe- RODS. bruary next. Samples of the Wheat, Peace, and of the Willo w Rods !f not less than 500 great tale), must be pi minced by the lutY tendering, and not a'v Tender for Rods will be re -4"1 for less than One flandrisi•Thousand ; Samples of 8416' together with Ile Conditions of the Contracts, yy l ' 4 'nefett at thl4 61E.. 4 elk Tender must . specify"the price in - words at length, od ud h t delivered before One o'clock on the day appointed, the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on ' l4th alf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. It having been represented to the General COmmanding in-Citirl, that, in many regiments, both leather gloves and cap-covers are worn by the men, Lord Hill.desires that both may be immediately discontinued, the former li&tig, an article not sanctioned by the King's regulations which limit the provision to mitts on all occasions, and the latter entailing a charge upon the soldier, which in Lord opintol is not to be borne out by the utility of the article, except in Highland regiments, where cap-covers are necessary, and will be permitted in bad weather, for the pteservAtion of the plume,. lime sane inrlulgence is extendel to officers of all regi ments, their ornamental head-dress rendering this pro tection necessary. James Ridgivay,ly; and;-:,ly .,, order, of every Book elicr... On the 26kipst4nf will be publish►d, ie 2 vols. 12ater. IS POSTPONED, Until Txtunsualr, the 18th of February. 170, Regent-street,'lmndon, Dec. 14, 1829. 13s,_ boards, • Alf - ri:ArOnts of Rear-Atlmiril PAUL • JONES, Cliepalier of the,, liGtgry Order rf Merit, and of the Rtissian!Orderlicif:-Stiknne, Scc. Noy: first compiled : limn his erigintaltAir4ats and Corres- Pindeuce : including an Account-el' his Services under rince Potemkin, prepaid for pfililiciation by' iimself. 'Printed for Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh ; uad Simp kin and Marshall, London.. e ri ELEGgCE AND ECONOMY COMBINED, AT COOPER'S splendid Esta jd.A. , Bishopsgate-street Within, where the Nobiiityl.o4ttry, and the Public are respectfully in vited to insPortirich Assemblage of CABINET WORK, UPHOLSTERY, and LOOKING-GLASSES, together with the most ,thodern designs fur Paper-hanging and Or namental Decarations, from the simplest to the most mag nificent style, at prices decidedly reasonable for workman ship of_the first description. H. announces- to those parties desirous of sit e will.: 1 61 2 1L H - iiuting or selling Houses or Estates that they ter facilities through his agency than is usually For the further convenience of officers, Lord Hill is likewise pleased to direct, under the King's sanction, that a black frog waist-belt (pattern of which has been duly scaled and deposited at the office of Military Boards, No. 21, Spring-gat den) shall be worn over the blue regimental coat on all occasions when that coat is worn. Tl.is day was published, Second Edition, in 2 Vols. Bvo., price 11. 4s. boards, _ . MEMOIRS. of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS, with Anecdotes of the Court of Henry 11. during her residence in France. By MISS IIENGER. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brows, and Green. • Of whom linty be had, hrthesitineitrithor;'—'' •'' MEMOIRS of the LIFE of ANNE BOLEYN, Queen of Henry VIII. Third Edition, I Vol. Bvo., with Two Portraits, Its. beards. The above order relative to cap-covers is not intended to preclule the nRe of oil-cloth cases for the preservation of ihe feathet s of both officers and men in bad weather. By comm:ni of the Right lion. Gen. Lord Hill, Commanding-in-Chief. J. 11. TAYLOR, Adjutant-General. -' - ftli—pr;went tittle 'con: tains the greatest variety of Property fur disposal, &c., ever yet submitted to the Public. 93, 13ishopsgate-street 'Within. A detachment belonging to the 94th Regiment of Foot arrived uts-tise 14th instant at Nprivich, from Plymouth, • on the recruiting service. This day was published, in Four Vols. 12mo. with numer ous Engravings, IL 83. boards, Sev e nth Editi o n, ANIMAL BIOGRAPHY, or POPULAR ZOOLOGY ; illustrated by Authentic Anecdotes of the Economy, Habits of Life, Instincis, and Sagacity of the Animal Crtation. lIIS WIFE. ATTEMPT OF A HUSBAND TO HANG PRESII !ULU AT FALMOUTH. Is• Y I CTUALLING—OFFICE, Die. 9 ; 1829. 11 11 E Commissioners for Victualling his p Majesty's Miry, &c. do hereby give Notice, That "D A; the IStla inat., they will be ready to receive Vert • 91,writing (sealed up), and treat for the Supply VAS quantiti. a of FRESH BEEF as ma y b e de ed 4 igTei`trie see of His M a j est y' s Shi ps a n d V esse l s a t ~1 °" 1 4 for Twelve C a l ender Mouths front the „ d44b arY, 1830. Conditions of the Contract may be seen at this ' rby applying t o th e C o ll ec t or o f his Ma j esty's 1ab31 : 2 3 at Fahnorksh. v : 4 eh Tender must specify the price in words at p , g4 ; ll ' and b e d e li vere d before One o ' s l oc k on t h e d ay —.414 ; and must - be accompanied by a Letter signed responsible persons, engaging to b ecome b oun d ti at'party tendering in the penal sum of 300/. for Th e ge Performance of the Contra c t. 1 . 0 75'ma who makes the Tender, or some Person it— meat attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. ( 1741 ERNA L NA VIGATION of NOVA SHUBIENACCADIE CANAL COM ‘as,„ "114/Ine lion. Michael Wallace, Lieutenant- Goveraor of the Province, (locem tenens.) 4lLD etsinxxxs—The Hon. T. N. Jeffery, Alimber of for the C ounc il ; Samuel Cunard, EN. the Province in England—John Bainbridge, j; ana I 't 1. King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. Ti t "r° in London—Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. 4ii a l eil DAllD of DIRECTORS of the Shubenaccadie rf the 11°ml:tarty, incorporated by an Act of the Legislature ' rov • o f • the sum of 27,0 001. ,ae th e- pug ."'S are desirous L .„ ' whi Pq' of completing the works now in progre ss ,) . e the Co t • have empowered their Agents in ` 4 411 t o i s Nue,' ft 'lle Certificates of Shares of 25/ . . each . , Halifax k g .'W. 10s. B. itish sterling), hearing interest at be date °' Five per Cent. per Annum, (commencing from Ith of the cert ifi cate , and paya bl e h a lf- year l y , on the V a ltlity and sth of July i n ev er y y ea r, without de ~de~f. 4 ttl e Office of the Company's Agent in Lon don), _ also wiliare in the surplus profits of the. Na -4'l ,far the due payment of interest on the Cer -11, jeaned in London, th e C om p an y h ave s p ec ially •,7°Priated—first, the annuity of 1,5001. Halifax cur Ji(1,350/. British sterling), gr a nted by the Provinc ia l d ature in'aiti. - of thi s C ana l , for theterm of ten years, Pti.ll462cin g '.i alluarY 1. 1830 ; s e co n dly t h e surp l us re it:4le arising from tolls, rents, - &c., which are specially . ti bed with the payment of interest on these certificates, and in.preference to the payment of interest or divi ‘‘on-Sliares issued in. Nova Scotia. 'the exception of 2,739 yards only artificial 1tti 4 , 4 % the Shnbenaccadie Canal is a natural line of nevi-. 1p ZIP-Mending across the centre of the province, abaft Itlif a " t i n t ' : I , e nlt.b, from Dartmouth, in the harbour of 'Pea' 1 2 ! Bison of Mines in the Bay of Fundy, t h us , 1 111 "1 ; n a ' l tees communication with the most fertile parts l ivid 6 ,,d — v url trY• The works (including fifteen lacks), are d ' llt ° five, sections, of which three are already corn tile remai n d er w ill h e fi n i s h e d b y t h e y ear 1831, ;:flite entire navigation will be ready for the passage isehl of 100 tons burden, drawing eight feet water. I, e li n e to the usual agricultural produce of the country, '41, 14 ,. e through which the Canal passes abounds in slate, 1141) ", (of superiorquality,) and gypsum ; the latter Ittie. tat t ,,,. 4 e of regular export from to , 5,9p~l ems already expended , on this navigatior! are . Provincial granted a s mo,.i a donation by the Pro "littlre sad ri' *kit,16,2001, subscribed in shares at Halifax ; "I sa t , '!" to which his Majesty's Government have agreed n e llen an advance of 20,0001. • qi4 lle ause• ins erte d i n t h e P rov i nc i a l A ct, h o ld ers o f 414 - ' l4 this und erta ki ng are exempted fiom any liability P. 4l „ L e flatus partnership. to,k , '"er parti cu l ars, i nc l ud i ng plans and progress o f t h e 'sl ed L 144 a report thereon by Mr. Telford, may be pe j! ondon, a PPlying p ersona ll y to "d T. AIOXON, 69, Old Broad-street,,City. December 4 , , 1829. , JA MES'S FEVER POWDER AND ANALEP TIC PILLS. FEVER POWDER is universally 44:approved b the Profession and the Public—and is 14 . t fted With y equal Success in Fever, Inflammatory k to +, easles, Pleurisy, Sore Throats, Rheumatism, give in Cos, hs, e. it is generally 11 6 ka 4et. _ , 111 n 1r pro ld grcs , s Catarr or short & en their duration. A " ' 28 . 9d. and 24 5 . ANA LEPTIC PILLS, from their influence in ex- L ll N:ae,l ti 1141 batural s ecre ti ons , are an exce ll en t Alt era tive Chronic Diseases, Rheumatism, habitual Fe t.ltripi:;%_GOuty Affections, Indigestion, Bilious and other Of the S to mach and Bowels. In Boxes, at bdr rt 1244. 1 :!‘i Ii4NES thinks it necessary to inform the Public eat kt1 ) ,. "1. Newbery, the late Agents of his grandfather, and himself, are now vending articles of their 11,1 ~„a mPositi on , un d er t k e name o f D r. J ames ; an d t h at I .llPPaint e d i n t h e i r stea d , as S o l e A gents, M essrs. k`,ls6: R , Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, ; Sackville-streat, Dublin; Princes-street, Edin 441s14;i:"thvy may be bad retail of the principal Medicine P`ust, ""it'vva the signature of 11. G. G. James on the ltb HUGHES'S QUININE PILLS. `ItSE remarkable and celebrated Pills are 't e lnGst extraordinary Tonic and Strengthener t % to glint e d i n Medicine. They correct Gastrodynia 6 11 't 114thio Disease, Chronic Debility, and Lassitude of ( " 1 1 Expectoration of Mucus, or Spitting of Blood, - itik l l in th e i nc ipi en t or ear ly s t ages o f Decline are 'O% -11 P r eventive and, in all cases, an assured check to p r eventive, lit• Sulphate of Quinine acts with surprising efficae, 4,111-,lat unusual for it to produce such a change in I, 4 hloft 4t ance of invalids in a month or two, that the same . hardly known " Vide Essays on Morbid Senn- Pa ge 9' . D . Dr. Johnson, h t ,!,! l 4, 1 4 Ores at 2s. Od., 4s. 6d., 10s. 61 and 1/.ls. each. - 1 6 niy by HUGHES and Co. at the Chernica I'' ,'lir. "° l ; a I ld by their Agents, Barclays, Fleet- AN tt a ; b r ," l " ol , n C ( he s a o pside; Sangers, 150, Oxford-street, ;• "'aid and Piing, Dublin ; and by all Patent its'ae V enders in the kingdom. lll;t titt,. 474l ' for " Hughes's Quinine Pills," whose name 11 / 14 , 11 on the Stamp. a lao may be bad HUGHES'S TINCTURE, for fib• ",...'t....Toothayche in a Minute, in bottleslid. ;7tetum-i'IIESS ROYAL CORN PLAISTER, • - Y *neves on three applications, in boxes at la. I : id. pt ~l! °11 .---Th e remarkable success of MessrS. Hughes's to tihtt ati ot , .having induced some persons to advertise a, article under the name of the " Quinine Pills" : ti t t llt th .1 gi 'sm of Messrs. Hughes** Advertise y-4 " Treaties ei4 ar o i n Quinine," word for word, with ‘,,44-i;rPtion of the name, for which they have substituted leiskirux address in Wigmore-street, the public are ,par t 44 Co )'..t4 utioned to see. that ..the name of 514.taire, Hughes 744101, upon the etamP, ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, December 16, 1829. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give notice, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND of Four Pounds per Cent. to Christmas, 1829, agreed to by the General Court of this day, will be payable at their Office, over the Royal Exchange, on Friday, the Sth January next, and on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sa turd between the hours of Ten in the Forenoon, and Two o'clock in the Afternoon. The COURT of DIRECTORS do also give notice, That a General Court of the said Corporation will be holden at their Office, on the Royal Exchange, on Tues day, the 22d instant, from Twelve o'clock in the Fore noon, till Two o'clock in the Afternoon, for the determina tion, by ballot, of the following proposal agreed to in the General Court of this day : " That the sum of 689,219/. 17s. 10d. Three per Cell`. Consolidated Annuities, being at the rate of One Hundred Pounds Consolidated Annuities per Cent. upon the capi tal stock of the Corporation, be taken nut of the accumu lation of the profits and advantages attending the capital stock of the Corporation, and divided amongst the present Proprietors of the said capital stock, in proportion to the sums now standing in their names respectively in the books of the said Corporation. And that the transfers of such Consolidated Annuities be made amongst the Pro prietors, as soon as may practicable, after the opening of the hooks at the Bank in January next." SAMUEL FENNING, Secretary. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. THE NEWS WEEKLY PAPER. A -AT ENLARGED SERIES of this Paper, 111.. to the extent of TWO PAGES, beyond its present . size, will be published the FIRST SUNDAY in thq NEW YEAR: - Orders and Advertisements received at the News Office, 28, Brydges-street, Covent-gm-den, and 'by all the Newsmen. N.B. The News is published early enough to be sent by post into the Country on the Saturday evening. This day was published, 12w. 6d.'bohrds, THE PORTRAITURE of 4 CHRIS TIAN GENTLEMAN. By W. ROBERTS, Esq., Lincoln's Inn. Printed for J. 1-latchard and Sop, 197, Piccadilly. Tl,ie day was published, the Sixth Edition, 12:no. price 3s. 6 , 1. Fo {ids, AHE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS of th e ' CHRISTIAN TEMPER on DOMESTIC HAP PINESS. By Mrs. F. E. 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This day was published, AN EARNEST APPEAL to the BI SHOPS and CLERGY in' behalf of APOSTO LICAL CHRISTIANITY. Upon one point, Trinitarians and Unitarians, as P: o• testants, are unanimous : that the highest praise to which they can aspire, is, that of being "Bible-only" Christians. Now, if the one Sect wou!d abdicate the " mere" men, and the other the gibberish derived to them through the polluted channel of the Roman Catholic Ritual, might they nut one day chance to meet and shake hands on neutral g►ound as Apostolical Christians? The Disciples of the Prince of Peace may, perhaps must, differ amongst them selves upon many points, but whey should controversy be unnecessarily and for ever kept alive by the mutual use of contraband weapons ? Sold by J. R. Hunter, St. Paul's Church-yard. Books published by Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., Ave . Maria-lane. 1. PRESTON'S ILLUSTRATIONS of MASONRY. The Fourteenth Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements. By the Rev. G. 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MONSIEUR M A LLAN and SON, SURGEON DENTISTS, No. 3.2, Great Rus sell-street, Bloomsbury, grateful for the high and extensive patronage which has so eminently distinguished their priftlr sional exertions since their arrival in the British Metropolis, respectfully announce to their YEARLY PATIENTS It the West End, that anxious to consult their convenience, they have formed an ADDITIONAL ESTABLISHMENT at No 9, Half-Moon-street, Piccadilly, where they F erform all OPERATIONS on the TEETH and GUMS, :5 CLEANING, FASTENING LOOSE, and STOPPING DECAYED TEETH, with the CELEBRATED MINE RAL so universally Reconthu nded by the Faeulty of London and Paris, and SUPPLY WHOLE or PARTIAL SETS of TEETH, either NA I'URAL or formed of the above INCORRODIBLE MINERAL. . Mr. Secretary PEEL and L or d n o ucu bad interviews with th;- Duk e of wELLyi“IToN yesterday, at the Treasury. hr. L ENDO . Mr..HILL opened •the pleadings. This was an action of slander, to which the defendant pleaded " Not Guilty." Mr. Edward Pritchard—l am clerk to the plain tiff; he practises as an attorney in the Court - of King's Benda, and in the Court of Chancery ; I 'know the defendant; he was formerly a client of the Pleintiff's; he continued so till 1827; he was also an intimateiriead of the plaintiff's; there was some difference between them about that time; in June, 1828, an order was obtained by the defendant to ; tax the plaintiff's bill of costs ; there were many • meetings under this order before Me. Goodrich, one of the Deputy Masters of the King's Bench. On the 7th July we attended at the Master's Office; he came out immediately before us into the - King's Bench-walk, in the Temple ; he (defendant) turned round and said, " You are a thing, and no man, and a mere apology for a man," and immediately added, "I do not follow other men's wives." The plaintiff made no reply, but passed on.. I begged him to take no Notice. On the 7th of Nov. .we again attended at the Master's Office ; the plaintiff, defend ant, andWeCarlou, defendant's attorney, were there. eonsidetable bundle of affidavits was produced by the plaintiff.. As soon as he had stated what the affidavits were, the defendant replied, " I'll prove some of those affidavits to be false." The plaintiff said, " Take care what you swear." Defendant said, " If I had committed as many perjuries as you have, I ought to have been hanged; you have com mitted perjuries enough—you ought to have been hanged long ago ;" and he added, " He is keeping a woman—he has put that woman into a shop, and . is robbing tradespeople to supply her with goods;" and, addressing the plaintiff, he said, " You are a nice character—l once saw you strike out and alter a deed of Ritchie's, after it had been executed." On the affidavit of a female named Harkey being produced, he said, " That is the affidavit of the woman he keeps." Mr. Serjeant ADAMS said there were two motiv.s which induced parties in general to bring actions of this sort. The first was that high feeling which an honourable man entertained, and which would not allow him to exist quietly under imputations' un justly cast upon his charactee; the second was that feeling of anger and vindictiveness which made a man wish to revenge on the pocket of another those expressions which that person might have tittered in a moment of warmth. These were the two motives that influenced common parties. But there was a third which had often great weight with some attorneys; that was, a wish to obtain costs. Whether the plaintiff was not influenced by the latter motive in the present instance, the Jury would say, when they recollected that he was his own attorney, and that his own clerks, whose attendance he could have commanded at any place, and at any hour he chose, had been subpoenaed like other witnesses, as if, like other witnesses they could not be brought here but by • the authority of the Court. The plaintiff drew out Lis own briefs-his clerks drew out the proofs—he con duCted the case on his own behalf—and then, in order to . screw the last farthing from this ardor tunate defendant, he tummoncd twelve special jury men of the city of London to decide this trumpery case. He (Mr. Serjeant Adams) should like to know if the Jury had seen the Robber's Wife, which had recently been brought out at Covent-garden Theatre ? • If they had not, he would tell them something of it; and they would, he was sure, agree with him, that some of the scenes in that piece were an exact counterpart to this action. He was fortu nate enough to have been present. the other evening at its representation. There was in that piece a pettifogging attorney, called Penpuddle—(a laugh) —who was attacked as this plaintiff had been by a client that was dissatisfied with him, and curious enough the actor who represented the enraged client was that excellent comedian Fawcett. In a great rage at the mismanagement of his business, Fawcett (the respectable actor, not the attorney) came on the stage, and thundered forth his anger upon the attorney, who on that occasion was repre sented by Blanchard ; with Blanchard's merits the Jury were no doubt fully acquainted, and he could assure them that on this occasionßlanchard was more than usually excellent. When attacked by his enraged client, he looked exactly as the wit ness said this plaintiff had been called " a thing, and no man—a mere apology for a man."—(Loud laugh ter.)—Like this plaintiff, he wanted his clerks to write down what was said; he bawled for theta some time in vain. At length, however, a clerk, Larry O'Gig, played admirably by Mr. Power, came on the stage, and was ordered to write down all the words; bur, unfortunately, through his Irish blundering, he forgot everything that was said, and the poor attorney ran .off the stage, exclaiming in most piteous tones, " oh, what an action I have lost."—(Continued laughter.)—Just so was the conduct of this plaintiff—he had not, indeed, to call clerks, for they were with him; but, like attorney Penpuddlc, he no sooner heard the words, than he called out to his clerk, " write me down an ass," — (Laughter,)—and an ass accordingly he was written down.—(Much laughter.)—But then Ire thought one would not do, so he called on the other to write him down an ass too; " that I will," said the other—so down he wrote it. 'I o be sure this was a month afterwards ; but that made little difference; ire had his wish, and ire was twice written down ant ass, and now the clerks came to prove him one.—(Continued laughter.)— What did the Jury think of this action ? Were they not convinced that it was a trumpery case ? If not, why was not the Master called as a witness ? Why did not the plaintiff put into the box that gentleman whose gooil opinion he affected to be so anxious to retain ? lie was sorry he could not, by law, ask them for a verdict ; but, on the point of damages, he would tell them a story which would give what he thought to be the true measure of damages in this case—a measure which he trusted the jury would adopt. There was once a parrot which one person wished to buy from another, but they could riot agree about the price. The parrot had been taught to say a number of different things, and the parties at last agreed that they would listen to the parrot, and that the first sum it called should be taken as the price. The seller hoped it would call out the largest sum it had been. taught to speak, and the buyer hoped it would give the smallest. They waited for some time in anxious expectation, and at last the parrot screamed out " Give the rogue a groat."—(Much laughter.) —H e said the same thing of the plaintiff. The Jury retired for about an lama, and then re turned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages-51. • There is now in the possession of a gentle man at Manchester an old Bilde,in good condition, which contains about 1,000 copper-plate engravin g s and maps of all the ancient pkees mentioned in Scripture, as ale:o the Apocrypha, and the Psalms of David in metre. This Bible fornmrly belonged to the grandfather of JOHN %\'CJLtY. It also belonged to his father. It was in the hou'e• when it. was on fire, but was s wed from the con-. quering element, and handed down to the present possessor as a valuable relic. There is a good deal of saucy w.t in Lord BYnoN's anecdote of the lair astronomers. " Some lit,- rary ladies hying asked how they could be sufficiently inttrested in astronomy to spend to much time in watching the heaven , ' replied that.tbey had a great curiosity to we whether these Was Iliac , a man in the moon !" On Tuesday, flit k m Steer, a young man of re spectable appearance, was placed at the bar of the Worship-street Police Office, before Wm. BENETT, Esq., charged with attempting to strangle his wife, Marie. Steer, by hanging her up by the neck wit)] a rope. The unfortunate young woman, who appeared to be about twenty-five years of age, stated she had been married to the prisoner about five years, but has had no family. 0:1 Sunday afternoon last, about half-past four o'clock, she Was with her husband in the sitting-room, on the first-floor, she had occasion to go up stairs into her bed-room, and her husband followed her; when she got to the top of the stairs a clothes basket, which hung on a hook in the wall, fell down ; she turned her head round, and suddenly found a rose, which was tied to the hook, round her neck ; she fell oil the stairs, and clung to the rope with her hands. her husband vas behind her, and pulling her legs; instantly the hook came out of the wall which the rope was fastened to, and she fell down. She immediately ran down stairs, and went out at the front door. Her husband followed her, and said he only did it to frighten her. She went into her next door neighbour's house, and returned by the back door, accompanied by her neighbour, into her own house. She went up stairs, and called to her husband, who did not answer—he had gone to bed; she rook her bonnet and cloak and went to her husband's father, in Portsmouth -street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, soon afterwards her husband followed her, and at twelve o'clock at n'ght.they returned home together; she being fearful something might hap pen, told him she should speak to the watchman to protect her; he said, " I don't wish to hurt you, Maria; take the key, and go.and sleep by yourself." Yesterday morning she got up and went to her hus band's father, and remained there till this morning. Mr. BENETT—Do you feel sore, or have you re ceived any injury from the rope ? \Vitness—f am scratched, but I believe I did it myself in catching hold of the rope—l have a bruise on my neck. Mr. BENETT (to the prisoner's father)—Has your son any legal adviser here? Prisoner's father—No, Sir. Mr. BENETT—I would advise you to provide him with one, for he stands in a dangerous situation ; at present I can take no other view of it than that which affects his life. Ths prisoner's ife here burst into tears, and ex ellimcd—" Oh ! God forbid ; don't hang him, don't hang him." Mr. BENETT—Have you ever been in the habit of quarrelling with him ? Witness—No, Sir. He has frequently said he don't like me, and never gave any reason for it. Mr. BENETT—Do you really think he meant to strangle you ?. Witness (very much dis , ressed)—l don't know; I don't think he meant to kill me. Pray dont't hang him. Mr. BENETT—Has he ever left you ? . . Witness—Yes, Sir ; about a year ago he left ire for nearly eight months, without saying a worl to me; he was always a very kind husband and a very sober man. Waters, an officer, here produced the rope, with a noose it, which he found concealed in a cupbond in the prisoner's house. Mr. BENeTT (to the prisoner)—l shall not ask you any questions, and I advise you to reserve your defence until the next examination. I shall there fore remand you until Thursday next, to give you an opportunity of obtaining professional assistance, and which I recommend you to get, as you are in a most dangerous situation. The prisoner, who is a hair-dresser, residing in Crown-street, Finsbury-square, appeared very much agitated during the examination. We are happy to understand, that the Go vernors of Gonnotes Hospital have entered into contracts for the additional buildings to that Institution, which, when completed, will afford accommodation for a con siderably greater number of the sons and grandsons of Borgevies. This work, a , ong; with the Harbour and Polize improvements, will also have the good effect of giving employment to a number of workmen, during the ensuing year.—Aberdeen Observer. EXTRAORDINARY FACT.-A young woman was received into the Hull workhouse, about two years ago, who was labouring at the time under a severe com plaint, attended with a considerable degree of internal pain. As she did not recover, she was at length removed to the residence of her friends at Barrow, Lincolnshire, with a weekly allowance from the governor and guardians of tl e poor of Hull. About a fortnight ago she went to that place, and proceeding to the persons from whom the allow ance was received, thanked them for their kindness ; stat ing-, at the same time, that she was now nearly well, having vomited a large newt, which had, no doubt, been the moving cause of her complaint ! York Courant. While working a recently opened mine—cop per having been the olject of search—there has been dis cored a large and regular I,,de of silver and gold in the Wigford Mine, which is situated not far from Loddiswell, near Kingsbridge, Devonshire. It has excited a good deal of interest amongst the curious in such matters, and of late years the search for precious metals has aroused the curiosity of the scientific, as well as of those whose stimu lus was profit. The ore that cuntaina the precious metals discovered in the Wigfurd Mine, m y be considered, it is said by those who are conversant in such skill, a new pro doctimt in this country, it being dilferent both in appear ance and produce front any heretofore discovered in Eng. lartb In some perttru!ars it bears great similariiy to, the cOppiT t.re' of the liar z Mountains, iu , - strany. The ore of the Wigford Iline is ctf a dark grey colour, approach ing to black, with a metallic lustre ; and upon - analysis it is found to consist of iron, antimony, copper, silyar, and The lode is of consider:ll,le width, and the aceom italtyiog minerals are a white floor spar, spatose iron ore, art.l carbonate of lime. The mine has been worlic.l, and the discovery by some private indivititl*4--Wants • CTraniele, - " Friday, Nov. 27. " Governer Penn—Four desperate reduced tradesmen have walked many a dreary mile to come here. We are well armed with loaded pistols, and cane swords, two of us are quite well acquainted with you, your ways, and your riches. We have made ourselves masters of ell your movemen.s, and acquainted with every corner of your Castle. We have been here since this day week ; want 501., which you can very well spare, to purchase imple ments of industry to go to Swan River. If we sacceed, you shall have it back this day -twelvemonth. Fail not on peril of your life to have it made up in a paper parcel, at four o'clock to-morrow, on the seat of your new walk. Mark well the instructions. We coin mand you to silence, and that you take 501., chief part in sovereigns, to that seat unattended. Fail in ore tittle, and a troop of horse should not—could not—save your life. You love your money we know, but you love your life better. You have plenty-you do not want to carry it to the grave with you—you will leave it to those who care not for you, and who already pray for your death. If you have not 501. in the house, send your servant to Weymouth for it. Flinch not—peach not. Utter one sentence to human being, and your mangled corpse shall be strewed al.oat the island. We command you to total silence, and your life shall be saved. Every movement of your's we shall watch. Burn this—show it to no ens. We do not trolble you to walk far with the money, and in broad day light; let that assure you that you are safe, and that your life is held sacred. As soon' as you have put down the money, wrapped in brown paper, on the seat of the new walk, gd bark the same way you came, on peril of Yeitretittctfirwfoliffigiflitsiste a-short time in terror and fear. Mark well our commands, not a hair of your head shall he touclied; but if ybu dare disappoint, dread our utmost ven geance. We are desperate, and, you must perceive, de termined to have what we want. If you make any per son or persons a party concerned in this transaction, mark that you will be answerable for their blood. We shall no more mind running you through the body, or shooting, like a mad dog, you and them, than eating our breakfast. We do not want to shed blood, bat we defy all resistance, all pursuit. Rely upon it, if we find you more fond of your dirty dross than of your life, you will never behold either Stoke-park or any other place in this werld—never more, never. One of us a ill step and leave this at the Castle. What we want you will not miss. You have much more than you ever can want, while others have not the necessaries of life." The Governor, who is very aged and infirm, was naturally much alarmed at this strange and myste rious communication, but he at once deterinitied to show it to his friends, by whom he was advised to deposit a checque for 50/. in the spot rintcd °tit the letter, and he did so at the hour meiit:oned Lv the anonymous writer, having previon,ly pLeed two of his household within view of the seat to watch for the coming of the expected visitor. It so hap pened, however, that the General had scate,-ly re turned to the Castle, after depositing the parcel, when a labourer passing by, saw it, and to k it up ; and like an honest fellow conveyed it to Cast'e, where he gave it to one of the servants, wi..o took it to the Governor, and thus for that day the plan for the detection of the writer of the letter was foil. d. The servants placed on the watch saw, soon after the labourer took up the parcel, a lady apprnach the seat and look at it, and even underneath it; but she was well known to them as an occasioned visitor at the Castle, and suspicion aid nor, t:f course, attach itself to her for a single moment. On the following day a second letter w'as dropped in the hall, of which the following is a copy : _ . dovernor Penn,—You have f.,rfeitra your honour_ Your blood must be spilt; and that within thric days, un less you comply. Upon the receipt of this an application was made to George Murray, Esq., a resident Magistrate,- aed the - matter becoming generally known, a publ.c meeting was called of the inhabitants of the island at the principal church, and a resolution passed for publishing hand-bills, offering a reward of 1001. for the discovery of the author of the letters. At the same meeting it was resolved that an officer should be sent for from Bow -street, and on application to Sir Richard Birnie; Gardiner was sent down. In the mean time, suspicion had fallen upon the lady who was seen by the servants to approach the seat and examine it so narrowly on the 28th November, and she had undergone an examination before Mr. Murray, but was permitted to go at large on the un dertaking of a gentleman, of whom she rented a cottage which she occupied, for her appearance et' a future day if necessary. Gardiner, on his arrival, looked at the letters, and saw that they were writ ten in a feigned hand, and from a certain character in the writing, he felt convinced that they were the production of a female. The letters were written with remarkably deep-coloured ink, and on very tine paper. Gardiner, from a variety of circum stances, was induced to advise the re-apprehension of the female alluded to; and he also searched the house, and there found some Indian ink, some of 'which had been mixed for writing, and also a quaetitv of fine writing-paper, which bore the same N ater marks.of the name of the maker, and the date of its manufacture, as that upon which the threatening letters were written. On another examination, Gar (liner produced these articles, and declared his firm conviction that the female accused was the guilty party. She was then allowed, at her own request, to retire for a short time in ens•ody, and, during her absence, she confessed to the officer that site was the author of the letters, and said she would throw herself on the mercy of the Governor. Thii eolifession wan received by the Governor and the Magistrate, and by all who heard it, with perfect astonishment. On being asked what could have induced her to act in such a manner, she said distress was the cause. She added, that her circumstances had been in a very re duced state for some time, and that her finances were completely exhausted, when she made up her mind to adopt that extraordinary course. The Go vernor, on this ample confession, humanely consented to withdraw from a prosecution, on condition that she would leave the island immediately. The con duct of this person is the more singular, as she was considered to be in good circumstances, and so much was she respected that a direct application for pectt niary assistance to the Governor, or to any wealthy inhabitant of the island, would have been at once an swered by compliance in the most liberal manner. The female is about 35 years of age, personally at tractive, and what is called accomplished. COTTON MARKET.—The de7aand for cotton has been extremely limited since 11.; last. Some holJers having shown an anxiety to a'..11, prices, wit', the excep tion of those of Sea Island, remained firm, declined about II per pound. 'the sales, front Friday to Friday reached only 44.00. bags ; on Saturday alone they ainouwed to 1,590. Liverpool Albion. STATE OF TRADE AT BOLTON.--The demand for counterpanes, which has existed foe some tim ~ we aro happy to say, still continues t.eady ; but with the exception of thes e fabrics, and the narrow tape st:ips for printing, very little busitlut is doing. Tho bleachers in the ticighbotoboed art:, generally speaking, busy ; but we are given to understand that this apparent improvement arises ,olely fr(a.tn the holders of large stocks b!ing compelled to sell at uorne price; and the preparation of bleaching it van,, , asary, previous to the goods laeing brought into t 4 market. The shopkeepers and publicans "inplain I;i:icily of the decrease of business, and many of t iem decla; e that their receipts do not cover family ex pences. 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