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like all public men, to the tribunal of the public. He has laid down the canon that all parishes with a population equal to that of Bardney ought to have double service performed in them in the day, and he cannot enforce that rule in one case, and depart from it in another, without laying himself open to the charge of partiality. I►n these days a public man, if he would be esteemed, must show that his conduct is regu lated by some intelligible principle. It will not be contended that the country have not an inte rest in the character of the heads of an Esta blishment of which the object is to preserve the morality of the nation pure—an Establishment which consumes so much of the income of the kingdom. It is very well for a witty knave, like Sir John Faistoi; to object to compulsion ; but it will never do for a Bishop to say cava- lierly, " I will not be compelled to act impar tially—if you, Mr. Wray, had not insiited on my dealing out the same measure of justice to (.)thers which I have dealt out to you, I might have done so ; but nothing upon compulsion. Remember I am Bishop of Lincoln, and you are Vicar of Bardney—you owe an account to me, but I owe none to you."—Morniug Chron. It was not to be expected that the Speech cn closing the last Session of Parliament would open fresh twitter for speculation or discussion. The object of most discourses of this nature is to allay curiosity rather than excite it, and to send people home to their country houses with act impression that there is no cause for uneasi ness to the people or Government, but that all is right, and likely, for sonic months at least, to remain so. The King's Speech of yesterdny was of this cloudless and tranquilizing charac ter, His Majesty continued to he assured of the friendly sentiments of all foreign Powers ; o..ittl though he lamented the continuance of hos tilities in the East, his Majesty regarded them with no nearer interest than that of an coniczts curice, seeking to employ his best endeavours to prevent the war from extending, and to bring about the restoration of peace. His Majesty has (for these purposes amongst others, no doubt) renewed his diplomatic relations with Turkey, and through his Majesty's Ambassadors and those of the King of France, the pacification of 6reece is to be again negotiated in the name of tic Emperor Nicholas, as well as of the two former Sovereigns. The King adverts with " increased regret" to the condition of the Portuguese monarchy ; but will use his most diligent efforts ,to reconcile conflict ing interests, and to remove the evils which press so heavily upon Portugal. The Speech concludes with an expression of thanks to the House of Commons for the supplies, which his Majesty is determined to apply with eco nomy, and with a hope addressed to both branches of the Legislature, that Catholic eman cipation may tend to the repose and improve ment of Ireland, as well as to the strengthening of the bonds of union between the sister islands. This Speech admits of but little comment. — The surest mode of .preventing the extension of hostilities in Europe is to dissuade or deter the Power which bas excited them from aiming at such a military preponderancy, or at such terri torial encroachment, as must render an "ex tension of hostilities". a matter of self-defence for states at present neutral, and this very neces sary and-urgent object will, we trust, be stu diously - embiaced in the negotiations now, as we are told by his Majesty, on the point of re newal in the Turkish capital. For Portugal— wretched Portugal—there can be but two sources of hope—namely, Ist, the fall of her tyrant by the native hands of those to whom his continued atrocities and his contempt for laws have left no other means of retribution . ; 2d, that his abuse for time forbearance which he has long expe rienced from this country may be carried to such a pitch of outrage, as to force the King's Go vernment, in its office of protector of the lives and properties of British subjects, to seize the miscreant, and shake him from the throne which he has usurped and sullied.— Times. The search of the Ocean, Captain Locke, hound from Terceira to Portsmouth, by a boat from one of the Portuguese blockading ships, and the seizure of all Portuguese letters on board of her, occasioning much talk and irri tation in the city, we shall give our opinion on the subject as frankly and impartially as we arc able. As our Government has adopted (no matter now whether properly or improperly) the course of considering the partisans of Miguel —the King de facto —and those of the • little person now in England—the Queen de jure— of Portugal, as two belligerents, and ascribes to them all the rights of nations so circumstanced, we fear that the right of -search must be con sidered as one ; and then the rule of Vattel would apply, book 111., chap. 7, sec. 115--c , If we find an enemy's effects," (Qu. Arc not the letters addressed by the party of Donna Maria to their friends of the same party now in Eng land, the effects -of the acknowledged enemy of Miguel ?)—"•if we find an enemy's effects on board a neutral ship, we seize them by the right of war ; but we are naturally bound to pay the fieight to the master of the vessel, who is not to suffer by such a seizure." The Captain of the Ocean, therefore, would have a right to demand of the officer who seized the letters, or of his Government, the payment he would have re ceived on their delivery according to their several addresses. This, we fear, is all the redress that can'be claimed under existing circumstances ; for who are the persons injured? Not liritish subjects, the letters are neither from them nor to them.—/bid. Our Criminal Laws are admirably contrived to realize the Greek sarcasm of " catching the small flies and' letting the large ones break through ;" else how does it happen that so many petty knaves are, from time to time, made to feel the vengeance of offended justice, while the land swarms with plunderers on an extensive scale, who carry on their plans of robbery in open day, and in the most flourishing security ? Of such unpunished plunderers London has many classes, but none more indefatigably active and successful than the keepers of mock auction-rooms. Never were such " dens of thieves" so numerous in this metropolis as at the present time. Many of the joint-stock swindlers, who, by their nefarious contrivances a year or two back, richly merited the " honours of the hulks," and ought now to be " earning their bread with the sweat of their brow," with a log at their heels, have set up in this line. Not a few of them are actual pick pockets, and confederates with pickpockets, who find it safer, as well as more profitable, to " clean out" the purSes of simple people by the process of the tray and hammer than by the ap plication of Barrington's ingenious instrument to their pockets. Neither is there a want of real pickpocketing in those " auction rooms ;" while the inventive genius of the auctioneer gives new brilliancy to the articles which dazzle the eyes of the customers, the " conveyancers" of personal property are not idle. No places afford better opportunity to the exercise of the enter prising talents of the long-fingered tribe. They are schools of practice, where the principles of tine " art" are applied with the greatest success, and the " march of rapine pursues its course of refined improvement. AU this goes on while the officers of police walk about the streets in their scarlet waistcoats, and while the ac • tivity and intrepid resolution of our street keepers are displayed in putting beggars hors de , combat, and storming the quarters of old apple 'women. A scene which occurred at a police ' office the other day served to give some idea of the great profits which the keepers of mock auction rooms realise by their ingenious trade, as well as to sho.v with what barefaced audacity the work of plunder in this line is carried on and avowed. Two of those fellows, from " profes sional rivalry," quarrelled, and one of them sent emissaries to make a disturbance at the rooms of the . other. Afracas ensued, which was follow ed by a charge of assault before the Magistrates. In the course of the proceedings one of these fellows stated that he paid a rent of 3001. a year for the rooms in which he carried on the busi , ness! So successful is fraud in this age of gul libility ! He admitted that he was in the habit of " catching fiats," and twitted his rival by asking him if he wanted to know whether he caught as many flats as himself. Had this fel low been a petty thief, charged with some mi serable larceny, and pleading starvation as his excuse, he would have been sent to prison with out remorse ; but being a " man of property"— no matter how acquired—and plundering the public on a " liberal scale," he could admit that his trade was " catching flats ;" that is, rob bing all simple people who fell in his way with perfect impunity ! Why is not the law carried into effect against those mock-auction rooms ? why are they not suppressed ? The law, as it exists at present, is strong enough to do it.; but the apathy, the supineness, or sonic still more culpable motive on the part of those who ought to carry the law into execution, causes those nuisances to flourish, to the great disgrace of the police of the metropolis.—Morning Herald. The proceedings in Parliament yesterday were not wholly confined to its prorogation, and the address delivered on the occasion ; for Mr. Otway Cave, who has hitherto manifested a most laudable zeal for exposing abuses and advocating the interests of the many instead of those of the powerful few, made an able and eloquent speech, which we recommend to the attention of our readers, on the total ignorance in which the country has been kept of the real state of its foreign relations—the general distress of the country—and the utter apathy which has been manifested, by what has been sometimes termed, " his Majesty's opposition," to any discussion which was not likely to be relished by his Ma jesty's Government. On all these points we shall have something to observe to-morrow. If there be no direct understanding between the ministerial and opposition benches, as is gene rally alleged, the conduct of those who sit on the latter has certainly been such, for months past, as to give no slight semblance of probabi lity to, at all events, the existence of a tacit agreement.—Mornina Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday evening a respectable young man, named Richardson, who keeps a soda-water establish ment in the Haymarket, and also one in Cranborne street, was charged before Sir B. BIRNIE, with as saulting Major William Charles Green. The Major stated, that at about twelve o'clock on the previous night, he was standing under the por tico of the Haymarket Theatre, engaged in conver sation with the defendant's wife, when he (the de fendant) came up to him, and, assuming a threatening attitude, held out his arm, apparently with the in tention of striking him (the Major); and, fearing that he wouli put his design into execution, he (the Major) called the watch, and the defendant was taken to the watch-house of St. Martin's. Sir R. BIRNIE asked the complainant if the de fendant had struck him ? He certainly did not strike me, replied Major Green. • " What is your account of the matter, Mr. Richardson ?" asked the Magistrate. The defendant, who appeared to have suffered in the encounter, said, " I am a young man, your Wor ship, and having been rather unfortunate in life, I entered into business, and keep two shops for the sale of soda-water, ices, &c. About three weeks ago a neighbour informed me that the visits of Major Green to my shop in the Haymarket were very frequent, and . generally took place when I was absent and when my wife was at home. At first I did not credit the report, nor would I until another friend assured me that he saw my wife and the Major together in a glover's shop. On the evening of the day that this was reported to have occurred, I ascertained the truth of it, for I found that my wife had obtained six pairs of gloves, a present, as I naturally concluded, from the Major. In consequence of this, my suspi cions were aroused, and I determined upon watch ing my wife, who I had reason to believe was visited by the Major at one or other of my shops when 1 was absent. On Monday evening last I discovered my wife and the Major in close conversation to gether near the King's Theatre, which is no great distance from my shop. I immediately went up to them, when my wife, perceiving me, ran away. I was about to demand an explanation of the Major, when he assured me that he merely met my wife by accident, and was speaking to her about indifferent subjects. Although by no means satisfied with this explanation, I said nothing, and went away. Last night, about ten o'clock, however, I was sitting in the par!our of my shop in the Haymarket, my wife being behind the counter, when the Major en tered the shop and whispered in her ear suffici ently loud for me to hear him, Meet me to-night, my dearest, under the portico of the Haymarket theatre, at twelve o'clock.' I pretended not to have overheard this appointment, but determined to be present, and at twelve o'clock I went to the place of rendezvous, and there saw my wife lolling upon the Major's arm. Being naturally extremely angry at this, I went up to the Major, and holding out my arm, I exclaimed, By —,Major, if I find you coming to my shop in future, after what I now know, the consequences will not be agreeable to you.' This was all I said, and all I did, when the Major immediately struck me a violent blow upon the head with a stick which he carried, and felled me to the ground. Upon my attempting to rise he again struck me in the most brutal and cow ardly manner, and some half-pay officers who were present, and who I suppose were his friends, en couraged him, exclaiming, Go it Major ! Give it him well, he is nothing but a shopkeeper,' or words to that effect. In endeavouring to wrench the stick from the Major's hands I received this injury," con tinued the defendant, showing one of his wrists, the tendons of which were nearly cut through. "My hat also," added Mr. Richardson, " will prove to your Worship the violence with which I was assaulted." The hat was here produced, and appeared to be cut through in three places. The defendant then continued—" I was nearly in sensible from the blows which I received, and had only sufficient strength to call the watch and give the Major into charge. Upon arriving at the watch-house, I observed the Major whisper the watchmen in whose custody he had been, and they GERMAN AND LISBON PAPERS. immediately communicated with the constable of the night, whose name is Parker. I know not what they said to him, but whatever it was Parker Fr.ps:rtzts or SERvIA, JUNG I. —Profound Eilenv:l immediately asked which was the prisoner. The : : prevails respecting the operations of , the armies on the Drouge, and for some days past we might have fancied watchmen pointed me out, and I vainly endeavo ured th at it was a time of peace, did it not appear, from the to explain that the Major was the person and not 1• numerous convoys of military stores which are sent from I could not be heard, and finally I was locke d u p all Belgrade chiefly to' Widdin, that the Porte makes constant night, and the Major, whom I myself had charged, efforts to prosecute the -campaign with vigour. The ac was allowed to depart, upon Stating that he was to counts from Albania are unfavourable for the Turks; the be found at the United Service Club-house. This, tranquillity of teat province is said to be again interrupted, your Worship," added Mr. Richardson, "is the as the Greeks a have received great reinforcements in true statement of what took place, and the Major ' Epirus, do their utmost to extend the insurrection. The cannot deny its truth." a P s acli l aof Travnik is said to have received orders to rps in Bosnia, and, in case of need, march " Upon my word," said Sir R. BIRNIE, " you senble aco to Albania ; but this seems doubtful, as the Paella give a very different version of the matter to what of Belgrad i e, whose whole attention is . attracted by the See the Major has favoured us with. You are discharged, Mr. Richardson, and it is in your power, if you re ma ni n f s u , re a e n l i nen ts therefore is r e f l e o c n c g c sinced it applied thed , o a ttil,tae of Porte Bosnia,for wish, to go the Sessions, and indict the Major for if he should stand in need of y assistance. The Turks in the assault which he has committed upon you. If Belgrade are of opinion that the presence of the English he were a General, instead of a Major, he deserves and French Ambassadors, at Constantinople, will soon to be punished." lead to peace with Russia. They are accordingly much Sir It. BIRNIE then directed that Parker, the pleased with their return to the Porte. night constable, and the two watchmen whose con- VIENNA, JUNE i 981; Bank Shares, duct Mr. Richardson had described, should appear 1,115. before him, in order to account for the part which FROM THE LOWER DANUBE, MAY 26 ...A. 4 all t h e Turks in the interior have been either sent to Shumla, or they had taken in the disgraceful transaction. already fallen victims to war and disease, an insurrection The conduct of Parker has been the subject of I I of the Christians in Macedonia, &c. is thought to be severe reprehensbn on two former occasions. nearer than ever. The success of such an insurrection would be certain as soon as the Russians are in possession of Sophia. The Turkish plan of impeding the Russian armies in their principal operations, by constant attacks on their positions, renders the contest very sanguinary on both sides ; but this mode of attack in large masses will, in the end, lead to the defeat of the Mussultnen. As the cantonments on the banks of the Danube are so very unhealthy, the advance of the Russians is the more necessary. It seems too difficult to storm Shumla in front, and a diversion to Sophia would therefore be very advan tageous. Most of the Turkish magazines are there, and the supply from Salonichi might easily be cut off. The main obstacle to the march of the Russians along the coast appears to bathe want of ships to serve as transports, for the Black Sea is like a desert compared with the acti vity that is seen in the Baltic Sea. Good seamen and shipwrights are besid,s scarce. FRANKFORT, JUNE 16.—Exchange on London, two months, 149. Rio DE JANEIRO —The Diario Fluminense, from the 12th to the 25th of April inclusive, contains no news. The numbers from 15th to 22d April are chiefly filled with a Decree for the regulation of the Post-office, dated sth March, comprehending 155 articles. A decree of the Emperor orders, that no slave shall leave the city, town, village, fizenda or farm to which he belongs, without a certificate, dated and signed by his master, governor, factor, &c., stating the name of time slave, Lis personal description, the place to which he is going, and the time for which this document is to be valid. In cases of contravention, the slave offending will lie ar rested, and delivered to his roaster to be punished, or, if his master is not known, to the Judge of the district. Another decree announces, that many cases having lately occurred of murders perpetrated by slaves on their own Ina tees, his Majesty is pleased to declare, that as such criminals can never be wort!'y of his pardon, sen tences passed on slaves for the murder of their masters shall he immediately executed without being referred to his Majesty. Lisaosr, JUNE 12.—The Board of Trade gives notice that an official letter of the Hanoverian Consul at Lisbon, has communicated an article of a Treaty concluded be tween his Britannic Majesty, as King of Hanover, and several German States, in consequence of which the said Consul is charged with the duty of acting as Consul for the subjects of those States (except Bremen, which has its own Consul). This Treaty was concluded at Cassel, in September last, between the Kings of Hanover and Saxony, the Elector of Hesse, the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Brunswick, the Landgrave of Hesse Homburg, the Dukes of Nassau, Oldenburg, Saxe Altenburgh, Coburg, Gotha, Meiningen, several Prinees, and the free cities of Bremen and Frankfurt. The 20th article of the treaty stipulates that the Consuls of the Powers concerned in foreign countries, shall protect the interests of the subjects of all the other States, as if they were subjects of their own Government ; each Government to make good the expences incurred for its subjects. The Lisbon. Gazettes to the 13th June, inclusive, contain no news of interest. They give in 20 columns ie continuation of the decree of the Alcada of Oporto. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Mr. George Starkey, the superinten dent, as he was described, of some of the improve ments carrying on under the inspection of his bro ther in the vicinity of St. Martin's-lane, was finally examined before the Magistrates at this office, on a charge of having violated the person of Mrs. Cathe rine Glaseock, the wife of Joseph Glaseock, a trades man employed in the works. The prosecutrix, a young, respectable, and well dressed female, was accommodated with a seat, and having in seine measure recovered her self-posses sion, she proceeded to give her testimony at great length, the substance and outline of which is as follows :—On the morning of Tuesday fortnight, her husband being out of employment, she went to seek for a situation where he might obtain work. In the course of her search, she arrived at St. Mar tin's-lane, and the prisoner being pointed out to her as the principal engaged in the erection of some new buildings, she spoke to him about taking her husband into his employment. He agreed to do so, saying that he would call in the course of the even ing to see him, and settle the terms of their arrange ment. He called accordingly, but her husband not being at home, he requested her to send him to work. On the Thursday following the prisoner again called on her, relative to a letter which he al leged her husband had requested him to write to his father ; at that interview he took no improper liber ties. On the Monday morning following she re ceived a note from the prisoner, begging of her to call upon him at the building, mentioning as his rea son that he had something important to communicate to her. She went in consequence, and on meeting him he prevailed on her to accompany him to a public-house in the neighbourhood, where she had a glass of white wine and water and a pint of ale. After this they parted, and she returned to her lodgings in Aldersgate-street. On arriving there, she was informed that the prisoner had called a few minutes before, and that she had not herself come in but a short time when, while she %V as washing some plates, he made his re-appearance, and abruptly en tering into the room, threw himself upon the sofa. In a few minutes afterwards, he suddenly started up, pulled down the window blinds, locked the door, and having seized her round the waist, threw her on the fluor. She struggled and called out the name " Henry," a young man in the house ; but her efforts were in vain, for placing his arm over her mouth he prevented her further calls, and accom plished his purpose to the fullest extent. Having done so, be almost immediately departed, but before doing so, he requested her not to mention what had taken place to her husband. On 'his leaving the house she went down stairs and told the landlady what bad happened, and also informed her husband when he came home that she had been ill-used by the prisoner; but did not disclose to him the fullest extent of her injuries until the following morning. Mrs. Mary Phibbs was the owner of the house where the prosecutrix and her husband lidged.— They occupied the front room on the second floor. She recollected letting the prisoner in on the even ing of Monday week, and his saying that he wanted to see the prosecutrix. He remained for about 20 minutes, during which she heard some noise, but could not tell .from what part of the house it pro ceeded. After the prisoner left, the prosecutrix came down crying, and told her that he had treated her very badly, and asked what she should say to her husband. Witness asked her if he had ruined her ? and she answered, "that he had all but done so." She then told her, as such was the case, she had better say nothing about it. She (witness) heard nothing of the actual committal of the offence until next day. In her cross-examination by Mr. Wooler, the wit ness said that the prosecutrix had lived in her house for five weeks, and during that time went by the name of Nelson ; and in reply to the Magistrate, that she had always kept regular hours, and con ducted herself with the strictest moral propriety. The husband of the prosecutrix corroborated the primary part of his wife's testimony, as to his being employed by the prisoner, arid then stated, that On his return on the evening of Monday week he found his wife in tears, and bathing her arms .in vinegar. He asked tier what was their cause, and she - told him that the prisoner had called there, and had used her very ill, and hurt her severely. She did not then tell him the extent of his offence, but on the following evening she did. When she informed him of the assault, he went to Hatton-garden police-office, to obtain a warrant; but there he was refused, and was next sent to Worship-street, and from thence to this office; but before he applied here, his wife admitted to him the whole of what had taken place; and en hearing it he, accompanied by her, immediately applied for and procured a war rant for his being taken into custody on the charge of violation. On the morning of Tuesday week he went to the prisoner to demand his wages. On doing so, he asked him if he was not returning to work ? and he replied, that he could not think of ever again being employed under such a wretch. The prisoner then said, that he was a wretch and a vagabond, that he had daughters older than his (witness's) wife, and was an old married man. He also said that the prosecutrix was a most virtuous woman, and he had tried every means to seduce her but without success. The MAGISTRATE asked, did any thing more pass ? Witness—There did : be said there was no use in expecting to get any money from him, and accompanied the observation by remarking, that he had at one time assaulted a Scotchman's wife, and that the proceedings in that affair, together with counsel, &c. had cost him over 3001. He (witness) said he wanted no money, and that all he wished for was to make an example of him. Cross-examined by Mr. Wooler—He was mar ried in January last. The reason he went by the name of Nelson was, in consequence of a difference subsisting between him and his friends. He was not aware that the prisoner had seen his wife in The Journal des Debuts announces the exe cution of Gatorrr, whom the Prefect of Corsica so in considerately surrendered to the vengeance of the Neapo litan Government. Public opinion in France, both as ex pressed through the Chambers and the Journals, will brand this act of fraud and cruelty with a just indignation. The Neapolitan Government, aware that the French Mi nistry would never give up a political offender, especially a person whose only crime was an imprudent attempt to establish a constitution like that of Trance, claimed Gatorn as an 'assassin and highway robber. Yielding too easily to solicitations, the , very eagerness of which ought to have excited suspicion, the French authorities permitted his arrest. The unfortunate man was hurried on board a Neapolitan brig, carried to the shores of Naples, and on his debarkation was met with a gallows and execu tioners. The French Government will neglect its duty unless it insists on tie most ample reparation for this in sult offered to its dignity, and this atrocity perpetrated by a fraud upon its authority. About half-past twelve o'clock on Monday night, a fire broke out at the Spread Eaele public-house, Pratt-street, Lambeth, kept by W. FRANCES. The servant-maid, whose duty it was to see that all was right before going to bed, perceived a strong men of fire. She, however, went to bed, and about half an hour afterwards the flames burst forth front the skittle-ground. The watch man, Oa perceiving the smoke and flame, instantly alarmed the inmates, who all got nut safe ; and by the timely ar rival of the parish engine the fire was got under, but not until the back part of the premises were reduced to a heap of ruins, It is generally understood that Ashton-under line, near Manchester, is the Jerusalem of the Southcoto nians, or "Modern Israelites," who, during their " Feast of the Passover," come hither from all parts of the United Kingdom. The Passover commenced this year, at sunset, on the 29th of May, and was continued until the same hour on the 30th ; the whole of which was spent within their tabernacle, or temple, none being allowed to enter, save persons of their own creed. At the termination of the feast, they all came forth, and repaired to a brook in the neighbourhood, which they crossed, in imitation of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. The greater part of the succeeding week was also spent in religious ceremonies, at which many persons from Yorkshire, and from the South and West of England, assisted.—Leeds Mercury. STOCKPORT.—We are happy to learn that the tutu out in this town, which has continued six months, is nearly at adend. Several of the factories have been filled this week with their old hands, and above all ; the influence of the committee, who have been the chief cause of all the distress, seems to have passed away.--3fueeles feld Courier. Sunderland harbour, immediately after the late immense arrival of light ships, presented rather a sin gular aspect from the pier. The river, as far as the eye could penetrate, was literally blocked up with vessels, and their masts appeared to be blended into one solid mass.— The subsequent removal of many et them higher up the river has diminished the confusion in si great measure, and i like order into the port.--Durham nChronicle.trd introduced something o It was some time ago mentioned, that, owing to the depressed state of the manufacturing business, about 500 tailors were unemployed in the city. Since that time a considerable improvement has taken place in this depart ment of trade; and at the present time, comparatively few are unemployed.— Glasgow Chronicle. STATE OF TRADE.—We are glad to find that the improvement we have lately had occasion to notice in trade continues, as regards most of the heavier articles of production. The demand for mule yarns, of the common shipping numbers, It is been considerably better ; and large sales have been effected, at prices which buyers previously held out against. Water twist is still in great request. In fine yarns, however, we hear of no amendment. Printing cloths a n d some . o th er descrip tions of manufactured goods continue brisk, though without any advance in prices ; and some of the calico printers are very busy, The accounts from two or three of the new American states speak of a revival of demand ; and, on the whole, we find little exception to the opinion that, should we be blessed with a good harvest, a decided and general amendment in trade may be confidently anti cipated.—Manchester Mercury. A man named M'ILVEEN, and a woman named MAGEE, with whom he cohabited, have been com mitted to Carrickfergus gaol, cha rge d w ith the murder of a child two years of age, the son of the male Irish Paper. his absence. Mr. Nott, a surgeon in Aldersgate-street, deposed to his having been called in to see the prosecutrix on the evening of the day after the alleged offence took place. On examining her person he found several bruises, such as would be produced by severe violence. When he attended her, neither she nor her husband informed him of the cause that produced them, but he had since learned it, and he thought it probable that her resistance to an attack of the kind described would account for them. This closed the evidence, and Mr. Wooler ad dressed the Bench on the part of the prisoner, after which he was committed for trial. Last week the driver of the London mail coach from Bristol to Caine was fined 51., for allowing an outside passenger to drive. MURDER IN FRANCE. The Court of Assize at Paris was occupied for three days last week with an extraordinary trial for murder. A pock-butcher, named Man, living in the Rue St. Jacques, had a wife who brought him a dowry of 2,000 francs, with assured expectation of property to the value of 10,000 francs at the death of her father. This woman was not only unable to read or write, but possessed so little capacity, that she was only one remove from an ideot. Bellan treated her ill, and inspired her with such dread, that she durst not complain of his ill-treatment. On the 28th of June (M. and Madame Bellan living at that period in the Rue des Recollets), she went, according to her custom, to take a walk in the evening on the banks of the Canal at St. Martin, which was near her house. She was joined by her husband, and they went to a wine-shop and supped together. After supper they were proceeding along the bank of the canal, when on a sudden Madame Bellan fell into the water, by accident, according to her husband's account. Her shrieks brought three coachmen to the spot, who took her out of the water, and to whom she declared that she had been thrown in by her husband. Bellan also came up, embraced his wife, expressed great joy that the accident had not occasioned her death, and offered the coachmen forty sous for their trouble. Bellan, it appeared, had previously taught his wife to form the letters of the alphabet, and then had her combine them in. such a manner as to form words, the meaning of which the woman did not understand, in which she seemed to de clare her intention of committing suicide, on ac count of her husband having spent the money she brought him. The proof of this point was very strong, as copies of the letters, in the hand writing, of Bella), himself, were found in a heap of rubbish. After her fall into the canal, Madame Bellan was seriously ill ; and being unable to give suck to her infant, it was put out ' to nurse at Belleville, for the purpose of being weaned, and was there visited several times by the mother. On the evening of August 9, Bellan urged his wife to go and see the child. She went, but never returned. On the follow ing day Bellan appeared greatly alarmed, and went to Belleville to inquire after his wife. Vassoux, a dairyman, at whose house the child was at nurse, having heard that the body of a woman, with the skull-bone broken, had been found in one of the quarries, hinted the proba bility of its being Madame Bellan, in which opinion the husband coincided. They pro ceeded to the spot where the body lay, and found that the opinion expressed was correct.— At the back part of the head was a deep wound, which appeared to have been made bye hammer, or some such instrument. At a short distance from the quarry was a quantity of blood, and in one place the ground appeared to have been scratched with finger-nails, as if she had struggled with her murderer. A piece of wood, that seemed to be part of the handle of a hammer, was also discovered. In the pocket of the vic tim were several letters of the tenour of those above-mentioned directed to her relations. Upon copies of these letters being found at Bellan's house, he declared that having discovered his wife's letters he had copied them through curio sity, and that - considering them of no importance, he had thrown them aside, with the intention of wrapping up his goods in them. Some of Bel lan's clothes found in his house were bespattered with white mud like that round the quarries, and in the mattress of a child's bed was dis covered a bloody shirt. The prisoner, who is.in the 34th year of his age, protested his innocence, declaring his affec tion for his wife. The mother of the deceased deposed to the incapacity of her daughter, and the impossibility of the letters in question having been written by her alone. The three coachmen deposed to the declaration of the deceased, that she had been thrown into the canal by her husband. Vassoux and his wife bore testimony to the prisoner's having recognised the body to be that of his wife when at some distance from it. Two quarry-men stated, that from the position in which they found the body, it must have been dead before it was thrown into the quarry. The head of the victim, which had been preserved in a saline preparation, was produced in Court. Dr. Marc, who had been charged to examine it, deposed that the fractures seemed to have been occasioned by a blunt instrument, such as a hammer—but they might have proceeded from the head striking against projecting stones at the time of the fail into the quarry. M. Oudard, an expert writer, stated that the letterswcre in the hand-writing of the deceased ; the writing betrayed a want of skill, but he (witness) was of opinion that it was a current writing, and that the words had not been formed letter by letter. The Advocate-General remarked, that in one of the letters the deceased stated that she would not go on Tuesday next to a notary's, relative to the sale of some property, and that on this ac count she would commit suicide. The Tues day in question was June 24, even according to the prisoner's avowal, and yet in the same letter' the writer spoke of her child as being at Belle ville, whereas it was not sent there till July 10. The Advocate-General asked the prisoner to explain this contradiction, but received no an swer. The bloody shirt had been submitted to a Commission of distinguished chemists, with a view to ascertain whether the blood was that of an animal or of a human being. M. Bartle], principal of the chemical experi ments of the Faculty of Medicine, deposed, that the Commission was unanimously of opinion that the blood was not that or a hog, as declared by the prisoner, but was human blood. They had not, however, been able to distinguish whe ther it was that of a man or a woman. The list of witnesses having been gone through, the Advocate-General addressed the Court in support of the prosecution, in a speech which occupied three hours. Aa able defence was made for the prisoner. The Jury then retired, and after a long deli beration returned a verdict of Guilty. The Court in consequence passed sentence of Death on the prisoner. A correspondent in Drogheda informs us that on Wednesday moreing last a man, in the garb of a sailor, about 35 years old, well looking, and a woman, his on of having s t o len three chil dren. h The oldest im:icom panion, were apprehended in that town and brought befi.re theilgistr3tes'en sw child, a girl about 12 years old, with strong Scotch dialect, stated that she was from Glasgow, that she bad been inveigled by the man and woman, and told ate should have employment at Newry. She further stated.tlnt, at Belfast, they made her entice a little boy, about seven years of age, with light blue eyes, short face, and Pock -marked ; that when the party arrived at Newry they did not stop, but took the children on towards Dublin. _Newry Telegraph. THE MARKETS. GOAL MARK Addles ~l.* M.P.* 28s. 9d. 26 0 Boundary Moor.---, 25 9 Dean'S Primrose-- 25 0 HolywelL, 2B 3 Liddell's '24 6 Pvrey 25 0 Pontop Windsor 2l 6 WallsEndllewieke&Co. 31 6 Ditto Brown's 29 6 Ditto Carr and Co. 26 0 Ditto Cramlingtoo 26' 8 Ships at market, 31%--Sh urr.—June 21_ Walls r:nd Newmarcli,. Ditto-Hilda Ditto Northumberland Ditto IsTeshani Walls Cud He1t0n..,,..,. 33 0 Walls End '29 9 Cannel (per ton)..—.—. 41 0 Silk , tone Field and Co. '26 0 Hartley 39 0 Walls End Elgin 31 0 Tyne small 19 0 ips sold, 26—Untold, 5%. 29.3.1. 27 f; 28 6 :TS DU lit NG THE WEEK. :N MARK COUNTRY COR Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans. ---- - --. Per Ouarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. F. •s. Abingdon.---- 58 F 2 32 :8 21 32 - 42 Andover ~.....»...,.. 68 76 29 37 24 26 - 46 Birmingham---.. 72 82 32 36 24 36 - 411 rritlport -----. 56 71 92 39 26 34 - 54 Cirencester .---.. :.8 80 30 33 22 25 - 40 Faringdon.---. 54 86 36 40 26 38 - 46 Guildford ...-.-.. 43 74 22 36 24 34 - 46 Henley - 54 S 3 30 35 20 30 - 40 Hereford 64 84 38 45 36 40 - 60 Highwnrth --.- 62 801 32 42 28 34 - 56 Maidenhead .. 65 84 28 38 22 30 - 51 Oakingham .. .. 56 76 30 36 118 32 - 44 Itcading . 60 84 32 37 j 24 34 - 42 Sal i sbury . 58 76 34 39 2/ 34 - 50 Southampton -- 54 78 27 40 28 32 - 40 Stroud ---..-- 66 80 34 38 22 32 - 41 Tewkesbury .--- 65 87 10 42 30 38 - .58 Uxbridge ... . 18 84 30 36 22 31 - 41 Wantage---- 5-4 80 i2B 36 24 34 - 40 Walninster . 50 80 82 89 24 38 -.- 51 Windsor------ 56 76 ,34 38 2 3 34 -- •54 W0rce5ter..........-. SO 84 '32 42 32 36 - 50 CHELTENHAM MA lIKET.--June 23. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Pc! lb. d. to d. Wheat Barley Oats - - Per r usliel. s. d. to s. d. Wheat Barley Oats Beans 4 9 5 0 Lamb.... Pease 5 0 8 0 Pork .... Hay 3l. 10s. to 3/. 1. 6 S 6 if 6 8 8 9 6 7i 15s. pet ton. LEWES MARKET.—June 23. White Wheat (per quarter) £3 12 0 to £3 18 0 Bed ditto Barley Oats, New 1 3 0 1 4 0 Pease 1 17 0 2 0 - 0 Oil Cake, New l2 0 0 per thousand. HULL MARKET.--June 23. Since our last a good deal of rain his fallen, which will materially benefit the coming crop, especiary of spring corn ; this, added to the dull declining markets in the West of Yorkshire, and Lancashire, has caused a lifeless and inanimate mat ket here tc-lay, with vrry fevibus 7 n , ss transactions passing. The supply of farmers' Wheat was small, but still sufficient for the demand, and the best qualities may be noted 2s. to Bs. per quarter lower than last week, with little or no demand for the secondary qua lities : tht.re was a liberal show of samples of foreign from granary, which were offered ineffectually, at a si milar decline. Old. and the middling qualities, are for the present neglected; indeed, there is an unaccountable panic pc , rvading the markets generally just now. For Oats, Deans, and Barley, either free or in bond, we have no inquiry to-day, we therefore do not alter our quota- • tions, :int! note them same as last week. We have not much of either Rapesezd or Linseed offering, and prices as lit week. Wheat, Old 645. 63s -c 'cow -s. 565. 61s. - Foreign ...... -s. (its. 00e ln bond -s. -s. Oats, Poland s. 20s. 24a 01d......... -s. -s. 260. - Small or Feed -;. 12s. IS& -s. 21s. - Foreign -s. 21s. 2-ts.. .... s. -s. -s. Barley, Norf. & Sot -s 20s. 2Bs. Line. & %Vold -s. 28S. 30s. - Foreign -s 308. 325. Beans 365. 395. 30s. Foreign -s. 365. 38s. Pease, White -s. 365. 40s. Grey -s. 325. 31s. Taros -s 31s. 30S. Foreign 28s. 32'. -s. Rapeseed, in bond none. .RKETS.—June 17, DUMFRIES MA. s.d. s.d. s, d. s. d. Wheat, Imp. Bush 8 9to 9 0 Butter, M0z........ ..... 0 0 to 0 9 Barley 4 0 4 4 Eggs, dozen 0 0 0 0 Oats 9 7 3 4 Beef, per lb. Flour, I ilb. Oatmeal 2 3 2ti Veal 0 4 0 7 Potatoes. ctvt. CATTI.V.-The number of Cattle on the Sands to-day was 1126, of which not above 150 were left over. The prices are still considered law, but business was done more freely to-day than it could be four weeks since. In a certain company, a clergyman was quoting the text, in reference to himself, that " goodue•s and mercy had followed him all his days." " Then I hope they may get into your company soon," said a farmer, who had been a good deal persecuted by him. HUR RICAN E.—The oldest person living in Huddersfield cannot remember so violent a hurricane as that which took place there on Saturday week, about three in the afternoon. Suddenly, the whole town was filled with an overwhelming cloud of dust, which apparently came from every point of the compass. For about five minutes it was so dense that the people on one side of a street could not see the opposite houses, and passengers in the streets were in danger of suffocation. In the cir cumjacent villages it was equally violent. At Taylor Bill, near Lockwood, a large quantity of dyed wool, which was spread out to dry, was all carried away and not a lock of it recovered.— York C,traut. UNIQUE lIEBREW MANUSCRIPT.—The Literati are likely to be highly interested with an original ancient manuscript, of the Pentateuch, now in the posses sion of Mr. SAM, of Darlington, Durham. It is of goat skin leather, in two volumes, and measures two feet wide and sixty-nine feet long. Each sheet of skin is divided into pages, five inches and-a-half in width. The letters are very large, and not only most beautifully written, but ornamented with a number of tagin or coronal. The an tiquity of this MS. may be itferred by its being written on leather—a circumstance which would hardly have taken place after the invention of vellum was made. It is be lieved to be fifteen hundred yArs old, and has been above eight hundred years in one Jewish family, on the Conti nent, from whence it has recently been procured under the most interesting circumstances. During the calamities which followed the train of BONAPARTE'S wars, a Jewish family of opulence was reduced to utter ruin, and compelled to emigrate. They came to Holland in their exile, and were there so very much reduced as to be obliged to pledge, as their last resource, this precious treasure of their laws, under a limitation of a considerable time for its redemp tion. The time expired, the pledge was not redeemed, and the property was sold in Holland by the person who lent his money on it. It has been preserved with the gieatest care, in a rich cover fringed with a fine silk. The rollers on which the MS. runs, arc composed of beautiful mahogany. It has been seen by a number of Hebrew scholars and Jews, and it is generally thought to be the most ancient copy of the five Books of Moses in existence. BIRTHS. On the 23d instant, the Right Hon. Lady Petre, of a son. On the '24th inst. in Lansdowne-place, Brunswick square, Mrs. J. Booth, of a daughter. On the 26th March, at sea, the lady of Lieut.-Governor Stirling, R.N., of a son. On the 23d inst. the lady of A. Copland, Esq. jun. of Gloucester-place, of a daughter. On the 24th inst. Mrs. G. Corner, of Canterbury* square, Southwark, of a daughter. On the 23d inst. in Baker-street, the Right. Hon. Lady Clarina, of a daughter. At Hurfield Court, Bristol, the lady of W. R. Alder, of llorneliffe House, Berwick, of a son and heir. Oa the 24th inst. the lady of C. M. Elderton, Esq• of a daughter. MARRIED. On Tuesday last, at East Hendred, Berks, by the Rev. John White, Rector of Hardwick, the Rev. Nathaniel Dodson, Vicar of Abingdon, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the Rev. Charles Wapshare. On the 231 inst. at Exeter, B. C. Greenhill, Esq. of Puritan, Somerset, to Henr'etta Lavinia, d ►ughter of Lieut. -Co!. Macdonald, F. R. S. M. R. A. S. grand-daugh- . ter of the celebrated Flora Macdonald, and of the late S►r Robert Chambers, Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in India. • On the 2311 inst. at St. Pancras, H. Browning, Eeq• of Glaucester.place, Portman-square, to Anne, the eldest daughter of Thom,,s Bainbridge, Esq., of Queen-square. and Croydon, Surrey. At. Castle Craig, Sir D. liinloch, Bart. to Eleanor 11)/11(10'0rd, eldest (laughter of Sir T. Carmichael. On the 23d inst. at Mortlake, Mr. J..R. Elsey, of Wilmington-square, to Emma, widow of the late Mr.- 1 ; Roge:s, of St. Alban's. DIED. On the 18th inst. at Long Hope, Gloucester, Susanna' relict of the Lite Elialu Urling, Esq. of Mitcheldesot aged 78. On the 19th inst. at Teignmouth, Devon, Mrs. S. Ili" charilson, aged 73. On the 21st inst. at Gravesend, Mr. J. Millen, of th e late firm of Millen and Co. bankers, aged 66. On the 22d inst. in his 16th year, John, third son 0 Mr. Shuttleworth, of the Poultry. On the 23d inst. in Harp lane, Mr. G. Edgar, late ° I the Manchester lranch bank, aged 31. On his passage from Ceylon to this country, the Re o i James Chater, 23 years a missionary in different pa xt° the East Indies. PRINTED and Puausnzp by AIURDO YOUNG, at Onici, 112, STRAND, LONDON. , , ~