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- Til [ LONDON JOURNALS. " ° PIXTRACTS FROM TILE D 411. Y MORNING PAPERS, January 22, 18'13. [MORNING CHRONICLEd it Will be seen by the communication from the. king of Portugal to the Cortes, that the 'English, Urovernment has solemnly declared its determina tion to assist that kingdom, should its indepen , deuce be threatened in any manner whatever by afty . spewer. We have elsewhere alluded to the - projeCted cantonment of an Austrian force. in Upper Germany, with the view of awing the . French. The ]:toile, alluding to the disturb ekes in Belgium, says. that " this . news will hasten the concentration of a Prussian corps, trarrnee in the provinces of the Rhine." yhe French are not the people we take them to be, if this system of intimidation succeeds with them, Whatever (sults they may have as a nation, they .are unquestionably warlike and high spirited,and will hardly, therefore, allow themselves to be in su(ted in so barefaced a manner. with.iMpunity.— The facility with which the Neapoli tan Revolution iris put down certainly turned the heads of the Ultras of every country, and, filled them with '• an overweening confidence, akin to that which butried Napoleon to his fate in the snows of .' Russia. It may be that the intoxication has not yet subsided--that they really conceive Spain is to be won by a coup de maio, and,France is to be bearded by Austria and Prussia, while . Russia moves her legions on Germany and on Turkey. But, we.should think this infatuation cannot be shared by the Ultras generally. Property makes men Sharp-sighted to what may endanger it, and those of them who have estates will be cautious in hazarding them for the sake of those who wish .tO,Make a desperate effort to wrest their forfeited patrimonies from the purchasers 'of nationalpro , petty, or to endow a Church which wishes again ,to become rich in landed possessions. However, the ruling faction have brought matters to such a pass, that whichever way they turn danger stares them.,, in the face. (MORNING POST.) • ' Several Expresses ?arrived yesterday, and brought Paris Journals to the 20th inst. If we are.to believe the Montmorency Paper, l'Etoile, en Extraordinary, COurier was sent off .by the Minister for Foreigh Affairs'on Saturday night to Spain, with orders to the French Ambassador to. demand his passports and leave Madrid. This iktelligetke though given by the chief organ of the War Party, which has more than once im .lol'o4 to its own Wishes the colouring of facts, is :too probable not to he credited. even accord ing to the system of neutralized hostility which the des Debuts st4to some time since that, it was the intention of the Ministers to adopt, in case , Si ain should , reject the commands issued : to her.. in the shape of advice, the recall of the French Ambassador Would ensue as a matter of eoUrse.Whether such a step will.be followed by 'this proposed abanilonmeat,of Spairk:*herself, iu a state of political excommutticatiOni'or ihetber an atteMpt,,will be made to'realize the , menaces of war, uttered, with a faltering tone, and likely to • be. executed with a still more faltering heart and hand,i'there is nothing in these Papers; to enable us to us.certain:. A: very few days however 'Must bring the question to an issue,and whether the War be declared by Fra9ce.§r begun by Spain, if hos ..tiUties heonce comthenced,their seat will probably trowsorrtuch nearer every day,that public curiosity wilLtint 'have' long to wait to , know' the meve- Inont.s anti vicissitudes' of the contest. It appears the Anibtmadora of the . Allied Powers !sad left Sadrid;; buf Spain little cares about,the hostility of their masters, knowing that it Must • evaporate in threats, 'and that France wilt be tho.only Government (certainly not the peofrle, and pi:rhaps even not the army) with what :she , have 'I o grapple . . For no, sooner slut" the conflict. have begun in the West, than Ai raider, rid of the, dread of interruption, will I i a ] for, his' armies i n the 14'4t, rind Prussia i Atistria feel the necessity akeeping all t.l force for their own protection, .seeing too that even their union Will not be able to pre' the, aggrandlzement of their gigantic neighbo rind Unti heir late rent *- . [ BRIT/Sll PRESS.] . . . ,:. :The diplomatic; certflicts - between the - oly. Ailiance and the' Spanish Nation must no ,he, t ilw,ved to pass like slimmer clouds, wi iciut . both our special %yonder and our explicit o ser - vation. That• the Constitution . established in I 820 ii 'a restored and' *Tie new consiltit ti 00, and; that. - I it: had been recogiiized"by the Duly MINOT, is purely . end excldsiiely an airtmenium ild 140 mi• nein.'—a reply filial and complete ta , thtf Emperors . and.iiiitis cconhined,"htit by no means the! real and unchangeable . ground of defence for Spain. That groand*is . the right of:every 'nation to .to with - tbeir.own What they please. If ate SPilidsh natiOn please , that their internal regulaltiens shall be -framed. according tb the flight of liirds,, ~or the caprie'es of a bnman being more senieless ond' less inqpired than a Sybil, 7 —according to the pe , l ing.of, chic4eits, 'Or thedotage of de:spolism, too ginperor,..:. or King,: or nation, has a right. to quarrel with . this. their p lea sure. .W beware ISpa. iiii.,it notion con mite an 'act of hostility, *hither by verbal invective, %%critter' chicanery, or open t - sunit against: any ether nation, that nation has then a right tti resent the hostility and redress the, injury according to its disposition and power. The tiodency . of is stitutionsohe re.. mote, possible, constructive results 'of internal ,changreso—thestt are considerations as completely peyond the cognizance of foreign Powers as the, consauction or road.; _rind canals in Spain. The contrary doctrine would involve the plain,' sun pli.,intelligible law of notioa, in alt the abornin+ rfhle intricacy and. nitschievous obs'urdities al the ic. g lish law of libel. 'Pendency Is a term not .admissible into the code of international Let the Pyrennees .be plank ti With cannons as thick us they con'be Placed, and lnided with the roost destructive . materials,and let their tendency be pointedly against the Prole?) nation. If this a ground for interference on the part of France or her Holy Allies? No ;. they roust be fired, or breaterreti to be fired, to constitute an act of hos ility. This is an extreme case, and far beyond ,he necessity of our argument. [THE TIMES.] The news from Portugal, through France, yes terday was somewhat interesting, because we there view, as it were reflected, the likeness and portraiture of the acts of the British Cabinet. — The proceedings of the Portuguese Cortes are not quite so intelligibly translated as might be wished; and we have not ourselves received the original. Paper, so that we cannot correct the obscurity : but the Note of the British Mi nister, Mr. Canning, may, we suppose, be considered as containing, in substance, what he writ. The document, we think, will be found to do credit to its author, and to evince the liberality of that Cabinet of which he is the or gan, at least in relation to the affairs of our " Faithful Ally." Necessity, we recollect the present Lord Stowell said in one of his judg. meats, " is a great teacher of the duties which it prescribes," Perhaps, therefore, the necessity of being liberal to their own countrymen, if it be but unremittingly imposed, may at last be found by our Ministers to be not only the wisest, but also the most practicable course. Mr. Can ning's Note would seem to promise Portugal , as sistance, if her independence is attacked by fo reign States: but at least it assures the Portu guese, that the change in their internal political institutions has made none in their foreign rela tions with England. No one, we presume, can doubt the orthodoxy of this doctrine, whether Mr, Canning or any other preacher promulgate • [NEW TIMES.] It was with pain, that we yesterday felt our selves under the necessity of recording the auda cities of a wretch called Tunbridge (one of Carlile's shopmen,) who was convicted on an ex-officio information of the Attorney-General's, for vending a blasphemous libel. This unhappy man not only shocked the feelings of all pre sent 'by his horrid abuse of the Holy Scrip tures, but insulted alike the Judge, the Jury, and the laws of his country. Those laws however, have proved too strong for . him ; and we see that exactly the same result is produced, whether a, prosecution be instituted by the Con stitutional Association, and Socivty for. Suppres sion of Vice, (both of which proceed by indict ment,) or whether the law be set in motion by the ex-officio information of the Attorney Gene ral. All those measures are alike legal and con stitutional; butthere may be clrcumstances,which render one more advisable atone time, and another at another time. For instance, when factious clamour had succeeded in rendering the Attorney General's ex-officio proceeding odious, the two Associations which we have just named nobly and honourably stood forth to brave the odium of 'causing the laws to be put in forces They rescued their country from the deep disgrace of blasphemy and sedition ; and for this invaluable service to religion, to morals, and to true liberty, everlasting gratitude is due to the Constitutional . Association and the Society for the Suppression of Vice. , [MORNING 'HERALD.) Paris accounts of the 19th were received yes ;ertlay:` They state. alact of some Interest. It s that the French Minister had dispatched a courier, with instructions for the .French Ambas sador to leave Madrid. The other Ambassadors had already obtained their passports, and were expected to depart on the 13th or 14th. Madrid on the 1 2 th was perfectlY tranquil, though the public mind had received a powerful impulse from the crisis in which Spain is placed, and the attitude of unequiscotl defiance assumed' by the Cortes. A Spanish Journal remarks, that in the seats appropriated to the Foreign Ambassadors the' Hall of the Cortes, the English Ambassador, his suite, and some English travellers, were 'the only foreigners present during the memorable. sitting of the'Oth. It is' added, that our countrymen manifested the sympathy of freemen. All party distinctions at Madrid seem to have vanished. Their rallying point is the Constitution of 1812, which-was recogniied by the Sovereigns them selves in a treaty with Russia in 1812, and with Austria and Prussia in 1814. The Deputy Arguel-' the chief of the moderate party,.has declared himself so decidedly, that he was carried in 'triumph by the populace. On the 11th he de livered .a speech in the Cortes, which is described as having Produced a powerful sensation. Amongst 'other remarkable observations made by him was this I predict," said he,." that from the day that n . foreign soldier sets his foot upon the Spatiisk territory, there • will not •be a- single Spaniard in a , state of revolt. All, even to MOSen Anton (one of the Insurgent Chiefs), will unite to repel the invader." • PROVINCIAL JOURNALi. It is, not a little graiifying to observe, that there is but one .epinion relative , to the late No'fOik among loyal and intelligent writer's ; anti we therefore extract with pleasure the following. article frotn..so respectable a Jour ,nttl as ,the. Liverpool Courier. WHIGS AND RADICALS.—The - proceedings at the Norfolk County Meeting have the merit of being, at once,' both amusing and instructive. 'that Cobbett has fairly beaten the Whigs on their own ground • is clear. • It is folly to pretend, .after; the Petition which he had composed for the occasion was twice read and twice carried, that the, majority :did not• know for *what they were voting.-- `, They 'knew, probably, beforehand, - for those. who had in: 'vited the - dentivette were trot likely to Make any secret of their intention. A nutriber of gentlemen, it seems, kept' away upca hearing that Cobbctt would • be present, and' thui. they escaped the inditificatiOn of the poor Whigs; who were present only to be thrown upon their backs, and te feel ittt, among real Radicals, the only teen of influence are those who can go through a revolutionary project, and that he who gees farthest in holding to them the hope of plunder' is the Man for their caps and huzzas. But, 'now, lei us turn to the Norfolk SS themselves, who, on this 'occitaion;,have had, the mortification to be beaten, anti routed, and driven ofEthe field, and, to make the' vexation Mora cornidett, by a fel low so contemptible and worthless. Fur the most part, they rank, and have tanked . for many years, not among the respectable, moderate, and constitutional Whigs, but among the most intemperate of -that faction, embued with a pret ty large share of republicanism, and not very continent of temper and speech. For many years these men have been undermining the principles of the people, of Norfolk. At the very time their tenants were tolling in luxury ; when, by the system of large farming, the farmer was raised into an imita tion gentleman, and kept his carriage and his hunter ; when all but the poor labourer, whom this system reduced to a slave and a pauper, was in this state of unnatural excitement and artificial prosperity, the Norfolk people were constantly told that they were ill governed, that they had no liberty, and that reform of Parliament alone could save them from destruction. All public characters of opposite sentiments were, as usual, held up as traitors to- their country, and all hope placed in increasing the direct Influence of the people. This was very readily received. It had the sanction of men of great opulence and name. But, now there is a pinch felt, not among landlords only, but tenants ; now Norfolk (which ge nerally never could be cultivated, except at an enormous cost of production, and ought to ,go back to its native ster rility, and its farmers seek a better no longer , provides its four ample and luxuriant meals per day for its yeomen ; now they can no longer drink port at their inns, and hunt with their landlords, they ask, because they have been taught to ascribe all their Ills to the want of reform, what their Whig masters intend to propose. Will they propose to spoliate the Church ? This they do not appear Radical enongh to attempt. Will they lay violent hands upon the purse of the na- tional creditor? At this they hesitate. In this crisis Cobbett comes forward, and really proposes something tangible inhis pe tition, and by a people previously misled and perverted by their violent Whig landlords, it was carried as a matter of course. Cob bet; brought out their principles to their practical conclusion,and this, in such 'an audience, was sure to beat them downright.— Thus the connexion between the Norfolk Whigs and their tenants and political pupils has been broken ; and, in every place where violent Whiggisin has exerted a like influence, un der a pressure of circamstances or the prevalence of a strong popular feeling, the same edict would take place. No small part of the gentry of England have been playing with the same weapons in their different counties. Intemperate in their de clamations ; quite careless to make a distinction betweentheni selves and Radicals and levellers obvious; impelled by a blind party impulse which looks at no consequence, they have given a sanction to the opinions of men of far different designs, and to publications which hare been destroying all just and all loyal principle : and do they think that they' will govern and controul the very people who have listened to their intemperate harangues in former times with so much applatuie ? If sol let them look at Norfolk. That ought to open their eyes, for who took the " people" out of their. hand there Not an unknown, much less a man of character, but a man held up, by himself too, by his contradictions and changes, by his infamous public project*, and especially by his well-known letter to Sir Francis Burdett, as a man destitute of the principles of common honesty. Thus they prepare the mob for the demagogues, and them they will follow, however detestable their character. Nay, this want of character strangely becomes their reaommendation .; for let a number of people be once ernbued with the true spirit of Radicalism, and the leaders for whom they naturally look out are not Whig gentlemen, who have never thought of sur rendering their own property or seizing that of their neigh bours ; not Whig gentlemen, who had never aimed at breaking down the distinctions of society, nor wished to displace the stitution for some new device, Whether from the dark head of Jeremy Bentham, or the darker heart of Cobbett. These are not leaders for them. .They have created in them, it is true, this appetite for change and spoliation, but they have not where with to satisfy it; and they turn, therefore, to those who can cater more largely, at least in promise, and enchant with the prospect of changes so sweeping, that every needy wretch among them feels it a mortal certainty, that, in the new order of things, some post of honour or some slice of the general plunder must be in reserve for him. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. In the Duckery the principal operations have been again in Spanish Bonds, on which a farther decline of fay 2 per cent, must be this day rated. It was reported, that private bargains had been done last Sunday in Paris so low as 39. The French Rentes are.also lower, and' scarcely any business can be done in them. Every other description of European .Public Securities is also lower. The' Bonds of the Czar of Muscovy are very dull, and lower in proportion than those of his Prussian Majesty. Sonie ask how the two Monarchs are to pay for the necessary expences attendant on a state of warfare? Turkey, is a present pretty well plucked by the barbarians who now possess that fine country, and it is not likely that the pillage there will be very valuable. France, however, is getting rich, and it will be only such justice a s the cause requires, to levy such contributions in that country as will indemnify the High Allies fur their assistance, should it be found necessary for the maintenance of the present Monarchical system of Europe. Colombian Bonds are again lower. On the Royal Exchange, business continues very inanimate, and the frequenters of that former mart of wealth, prOsperity,, and liberality, are muffering fully' as much as the agriculturists, though they do not make any noise. The restrictions on trade, occasioned by protecting laws at home, and prohibitory re gulations in almost every European nation, have been severe ly felt amongst the merchants; and the. ship-owners, after the loss of half their invested capital, still find it difficult to, draw the current expences of their 'ships out of the. very !OW freight* which their employers can afford' to pay. The Agriculturists have at present a just -claim to expect from ' Legislature a reduction of those taxes which peculiarly affect them. For instance, the Assessed Taxes mig ht be repealed, and their amount might WI replaced in the . Treasury by the Sinking Fund without injuring any individual., The Beer Duty, amounting to 2,609,901)1. Aught also be repealed, and with an open beer trade an additiOnal consumption of nearly two millions'of quitters of barlerrnighi , be created, without injur ing the Revenue, farther than what could easily he supplied by encouraging the distillation of British Spirits, at the expence of smuggling. The Coal Duty is also an' unequal tax, for it is not levied elecept on those'. who are obliged to pay a heavy sea-freight, in addition to the arig_inal expence. Ten or twelve millions of taxes could be reduced without-any material injury to the revenue, and an additional market for nearly t w o millions and a half of quarters of grain could be created without any greatly increased expence to the consumers.—(4llorniag Chro. f)ick.) . . P l igsk tf e x Al; itorr.—lt . has been much queetioned amongst the, learned, whether there be such things . (or nothings), a s g h os t s; but whether or not, and leay. lug Lids argument to the curious,.the folloWing may be relied upon as an instance of extrabrdinary. presence of mind in an apparition. In the year 1421, the widow of Ralph Gran bourne, of Airtime .End, in the . parish .gandlittrst, Berk*, was one midnight alarmed by 4, now in her. bed-chaffiber, and looking up, she saw at her bed foot the appearance of a skeleton (which she vailly believed was her husband) nodding and talk. lng to her upon his fingers, or finger-bones; after the manner of 01 dumb person. Whereupon site was no terrified, that 'after striv., ingto iierenni aloud . which she could not, for her tongue chive to her. month, she fell backward as in a swoon ; ye: not so iusenii ble withal but she wild see that at this the figure became greatly agitated awl distressed, and *would have clasped her, but upon her appearance, of loathing' it desisted, only, moving its jaw up. •ward and downward, as if it Would cry for beiii,-bot could not for want ofits At P arN. Biwa ' slang t i ,s h :ec g tr i Ts i u n il n en i lt ry t : and More faint, and likely "tn die of ,fear, and as if Jit,a . thought, began to swing r9utiditi hand, which. Was loose at the wrist, with a brisk motion,,ind the finger bones being long and hard, and striking sharply ngainst each other, .fliimie a 10144 the aptifigitig of a .- watchman's rattle: 'At which idarni; the neighbours running in, stoutly armed, as against thieves or murderers, the spectre suddenly departed."_ Hitt. Berk:, vol. xxv. p. 976.) DECREASE of CRIME in the METROPOLIS. A very ,useful document has for- the last two or three years appeared in the public prints about this period under the title of " State of Crime in the Metropolis," which consisted of various statements made up by Mr. Brown, the late Governor of Newgate, shewing the number of persons of both tieices, distinguishing their ages and crimes, committed to that giol in the previous year, and the manner in which they had been disposed of. By these statements, it appeared that the number of -crimi nals committed to Newgate had decreased in the year 1821, compared to the previous year, by 236; the number committed in 11120 being 2,360, and in 1821 only 2,124. In considering the sum of crime, it must also be kept in view that these were not all new offenders, one in six of the whole number, in both years, having been in custody upon charges in the gaol before. No similar statement for the year 1022 will, it is understood, make its appearance. The prevent Governor of Newgate, Mr. Wontner, amidst his various occupations in entering upon his new situation, has omitted to collect together the necessary materials from time to time, and the opportunity is now most probably gone by. As Newgate is the goal of the county as well as the city, the numbers above quoted included the Middlesex, in addition to the London committals. The want therefore of a return for the year 1022, prevents further inquiry in this line for the pre sent. The activity and intelligence of his own mind,. now he is settled in his office, will no doubt stimulate the new Gover nor to a regular continuation of those statements for future years, without the necessity of any direct instructions upon that subject from the Court of Aldermen. Although in the absence of this document, no further light can be thrown upon the question, as far as respects the county and city conjointly, the inquiry may be pursued with regard to the city of London alone, from the information contained in the accounts annually made up by Mr. Teague, the Governor of the Oiltspur-street tompter i • the sum total of whose returns for the last three years is as follows PRISONERS CHAAGED AT THE MAgSION HOUSE. In the years 1820 1821 1822 Felony - 560 413 362 Assault - 189 184 146 Disorderly - 453 454 558 Vagrants - 809 596 219 Total . 2,011 1,847 AT THE GUILDHALL JUSTICE 110011. Felony - 621 633 526 Assault - 462 517 629 Disorderly - 1,125 1,422 1,431 Vagrants - 176 101 134 1486 2,386 2,673 2.720 Mansion-bonse 2,01) 1,647 ' 1,286 Grand Total 4,397 4,220 4,006 From these statements, then, it will be observed that there has been upon the average of the last two years a decrease an nually in the number of persons charged with offences in the city of London, of about 200 ; the number in the year 1820 ex ceeding that of 1822 by 391 persons ; and, secondly, that this decrease has taken place principally. in the capital offences ; the timber of persons charged with felonies being in 1820, 1181 ; and in 1822, only 8894 a decrease in the two years of nearly 300. It should also be remarked that the total number of offenders within these periods has been more than ordinarily increased from particular temporary circumstances. The unusual large number of persons charged as vagrants in the year 1820 and IP2} was occasioned by the great influx . of distressed objects into the city from all q uarters of London, inconsequence of the esta blishment of the Refuge for the Houseless, &c., then in full 'operation. SPORTING. PIGEON MATCH. A sporting match, at eleven birds each, took place Yesterday on Bagshot Heath, near Cbohharn between' tune Gentlemen of Hampshire, with a picked man captain Smith), and nine of Wiltshire, with a picked man ( Ir. 'Egerton), for 50 sore reigns a side, unlimited charge, at 18 yards front the trap s— , • HANTS. Killed; . WILTS. Killed. Mr. Mason - -10 Mr. Jordan - - 9 Mr. Maberly - - 9 Mr. Phillips - 9 Mr.•Somrnerville . 9 . - 8 Captain Smith . ... - 9 Mi. Ngerton . Mr. Fordyce . . 8 Mr. Oowran . 4.7 Mr. Cleaver - - 7 Mr. James 7 Mr. Carmichael - 7 Mr. Middleton - . 6 Mr. Ambrose - 6 Mr. Furnis . Mr. Ward - - 6 Mr. Carter . 5 Mr. Child - - 6 Mr. Kent - - Betting was 2 to I on Hants at but the Wilts men were unluek, • - 69 ter three on each side had shot, :y, in losing birds out of bounds. Join; O'GaoAT's HousE.—Johr.de Groat's house, a memorable' place. in the parish of Canisby,. in Caith ness, perhaps, owes its fiune less to the circumstance of its local Situation at the northern extremity of the island, than to an event whichit may not be improper to relate, as it inculcates an useful lesson ofmorality. In the reign of James the Fourth of Scotland, three brothers; Malcolm, Gavin, and John de Groat—aupposed to have been frotr Holland— arrived In Caithness with a • letter; 'from that Prince, re commending them to the countenance and protection of his loving subjects in the • County of Caithness. These brothers 'bought- some land near Dungisbay head, and in a short time, by the increase of their families, eight different pre prietors of the name of' Groat possessed these lands in e qua l divisions. These eight families have lived peaceably and com fortably' for a windier of years, established an annual meeting to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival of their ancestors on the coast. In the course of the festivity, on one of these oe elisions, a question arose respecting the right of taking th e door, the head of the table, and such points of precedency— each contending for the seniority and chieftainship—which increased to such a degree as would have proved fatal in its consequences, had not John de Groat, who appears to have acquired great knowledge of mankind, interfered. --He expatiated on the comfort they had heretofore en. joyed owing to the harmony which had existed between them ; he assured them that as soon as they appeared to quarrel amongst themselves, their neighbours who had till then treated them with respect, would fall upon them and expel them the country ; he therefore conjured • them, by the ties of 'Maid and their mutual safety,. to return quiet ly .to : their ' several home s , an d pledged .himself that he would satisfy them on all points of precedency, and prevent the•possibility of such disputei its future at their anniversary meetings. They all acquiesced 'and departed in peace. In due time John de Groat, to I'ollll .his engagement, built a room distinct from all other houses, in an octagon figure with eight doors, and placed a table of oak of the same shape in the middle : when the next meeting took place, he desired each of them to enter by his own door , and to sit at the head o f t h e table, he himself occupying the last. By this ingenious con trivance the harmony end 'good humour of the company were restored. The building was then named John de ciroat's House, and though nothing remains but the fooadetiop.of the building, the place still retains this name, and deserve& so be remembered for the good intention and sound judgment which gave it origin. - AFFECTING CASE or Al TEMPTED SUICIDE.--About a about twenty-five . years of age, of ead took .roa lo d ilg , itirsileraet she l m ela rt n n t o igt f m l m t ar ni n . eia m • aafentad 11,11ei4nerfttheadirigarnrity engaged for board and lodging, at thirty shillings per week. She became 'a most agreeable inmate of the haute the first fort night, since which she changed to a state- of dejection and me lancholy. She received frequent litters, but the only time she went out was on Saturday last, when it app eare d s h e pur chased a quantityof opium. T o indulge her, a daughter of Mrs. M. slept with her ; on Saturday night she was in a MOS t melan choly state, and preferred sleeping alone. Ilia manner excited suspicion, and abolit an hour after she had gone to }red, the ser vant of the house called as usual to take sway the candle, which was out. Suspicions were then verified ; the unhappy woman had taken a phial of opium, and she was in a senseless state.—. Powerful emetics were administered by Mr. Hatliway, a sur geon, and life witi preserved. The cause of the rash at. tempt was disclosed on Monday before a Magistrate The unfortunate woman was . a French teacher at a very - . reputable Ladies' Semi nary , a few miles from London, (in Kent), when a young man of family seduced her af. fections, find she gave herself up to his honour and pro tection at the Christmas vacation, under the promise of marriage. They took an excursion to Southampton, where the ruin of the unhappy female was effected- With a 51. note he scent nyLondon, promising to loth* - her in two or three days: but in a fortnight he wrote to state that he was that day about to sail for Italx, through embarrased- circuenstances._ Supposed pregnaney. t loss-of 'character, and being pennylesa, attain debt,' drove the unfo rtunate woman to distraction. We are glad to hear, however, that her cast hos %et the attention of some philanthropists. - From the LONDON GAZETTE, Jan.2l. BANKRUPTS. H. Smith, Tooting , Surrey , victualler, to surren der Feb. I, M a r c h 4, at t h e B an k r upt? Court, Basing Solicitor, Mr. Flaisted, East-place, Lambeth. janan J d. . l2lu V :tFierredb. Williams, er, wi P cik i ar n ,s n c. e hi : 4 ' , - c h ea, all to , tlhde o jua l e d wnr ß yk ro .ru a p d ts -s,tr ow ee t i rt: lne ßas i : nl : ll c ta o rs u I l l ' es ot s i rs. ltry l . hall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Swain, Stevens, Maples, Peir J. Chalk, Illackfriars-road, coach-maker, Jan. 20,.. March 4, at the BankrCourt Basinghall.street...._ lol , l W. and Kelse3r, Heckdyke, Nottinghamshire , dealers, Feb. 3,4, March 4, at the Dog and Duck Tars "oung, Hugh es, arid Vallings, St. Miro_ Kingston-upon -Hull. Solicitor, Sir. Hicks, Gray's-i 11 3 111 1; B. Stinson, Dudley, _Worcestershire, grocer? Feb.l March 4, at the Hop-pole Inn, Worcester. Solicitors, , r""' Collett, NVitnburn and Collett, Chancery.lane..;;: S. Brecknell, Whistones, Worcestershire, 1101 ) 4 21 ' . . -- ,1 Feb. 18, 19, March 4, at the Hop-pole Inn, Niro:testa, citors, Messrs. Cardale, Buxton, anti Parlby, Grar sti nil bg J. Child, B r i s t o l, grocer , J an . 29 , 30, March 4, ittlf,i inercial-roams, Bristol. Solicitors, Messrs. Vizard,o4mr Lincoln's-inn-fields. 410 lie J. Wright, St anw i c k, N ort h a mptonshire, horse 5,6, March 4, at the Peacock Inn, Northampton. . 31r.•Jeyes, Cha n c er y-l ane . Feb. 4 Ma r ' S. Safford, Metti ng h a m, Su ff olk, farmer, • 'O 4, at the Tuns Inn, Bungay. Solicitor, Messrs.' Richards, and . Aledralfe, Chancery-lane. t .:. DIVIDENDS Feb. 26, H. Clarke and F. Grundy, LiverpoolOnw"""' Feb. 12, T. Edmunds, Castle-bugged, Cardirtshir e t. l3lll .ji Feb., 22, R. Ball, Bridge-road, Lambeth, linen=doe4', 11, W. Nicholson, Kingston.upon-Hull, merchafiL . ~ CERTIFICATES, FED. 11. .I.IIM, Dover, saddler—H. Crockett, 0t 7,77 0 ,1 - 0 , Buckulgha - nshirc, - grocer—J. Heslington, jun. , T,,,„„, ta l l ier T. Cheetuam, Stockport, surgeon—G. French, IT . road, provision-agent. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. ..... J 4 6 W. Nicholson and T. B e ll, York, bricklayers. j.. ' g 1 Perrins, Evesham, Worcestershire, chymisu - 4_ o*-l i . . .1i and H. Greenwood, SL John's, Southwark, stirge,... g eist Matthews and J. Haselden, City.road, paper4norillW facturers—R. Gorton & T. Bent, Salford, Latlaullir e l..ol G. Hale, W. Wiggins, anti W. Lynn brewers. WI" erl spects W. Wiggins)—J. Kay and I). el ewor th, Ase,iji m di shiie, staymakers—J. Evans, S. Ince, B. Fox, and:iqog Oldham, ironfounders—W. Liddell & J. RolOr s s I %t ali/ printers—P. Leigh and J. Atkinson, Manchester, Sl ow , M. and J. D a vis, C o v e ntry-st r e e t, Haymarket, Manchester Chambers and J. Hepworth, Rastriek, Yorkshire. —J. Cormie and J. Bourne, Burslern, Staffordshh'et , ' , ware-manufacturers—W. S u tcliffean dW. Hartle!, L Lancashire, cabinetmakers—T. Reeve; junior, and ! DOI Ludgate-hill, tailors—T. De la Rue and .1- Wa r r 10 1 ‘ street, Finsbury-square, straw-hat manufacturers-- ' Hart, Norwich, Cheshire, linendrapers. OLD BAILEY, Jay. 2 . 1.• bO l BlGAuY.—Frederick J 9144 Haker was 03111-- committesl, the crime of bigamy, by intermatrying -- - - - . Dudmarch, his wife Harziet being still alive. e l The marriage of the prisoner with his wife Hemet 7"" to have taken place on the 18th of April, 1813. Mr. Stowjnan, who was present at this rnarri,ge! that be had seen the prisoner's wife this morning. . . 0 0 Mr. Price, parish clerk of St. Dunstan's, Ste a register of the prisoner's marria ge with SarshPt—wibti7 the Bth of April, 1822. The prisoner was therein ; il a widower. The prisoner, who i. 4 a German, told a long !Trc :so 4 l the medium of an interpreter, of the 111 usage whiff from his first wife. In consequence of her imprOPe r , e ool they separated, and she then cohabited with snow, whom she had had a child. He did not deny the fact 0 , , , „, • , too j marriage. .. , A 4 , ..5 The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the 1:7 0 4 - , lOW tenced him to b e imprisoned fo r si x months, linf'''' labour. THE LATE MURDER NEAR LEWISHA< I , re-examination of the., prisoners charged C''J, e t• picion with the perpetration, of this 0 1 ' . 0 which was appointed to take place hef' 4 v Magistrates at Greenwich yesterday, will poned to next Tuesday week, as the e vith4 os c it' not yet complete to warrant their final cp lroa ment, and the expence of bringing th 1,90 Maidstone is considerable. Oneof the Stni t ; he (there were three in custody),i.nephel'', n dir ceased, wasbrought up f or th e purpose of II,: 0 10 charged, it appearing that he was not at t''' llr where the murder was committed that nig b % Constable told hi m , h owever , t h a t it 'f s "lill he knew of the robbery. li e a lso info llle ,bf that there was anothe r c h arge o f feloo9, , 1 00 glary, we believe ' ) a ga i ns t hi m , anti required him to enter into his own re c " n' fal i ' to appear before the Magistrates on n e , l r t i ed/ 4 day. Smith did s o , an d was th e n It was after further proof of Coleman's e, obtained that h e ma d e hi s co nfessioos ! 0 1$ gaol.; .he will not be received as. Kingiser, It was Robert Smith, be says,who fired COURSE OF EXCHANGE, January ---...................... ty. - Arnstetdatu .. 0 6 Ditto, at Sight .. ' l2 3 Rotterdatu Antwerp ' . ,j: . 7 ' i ll Hamburgh . - .37 it t ~•••••• .., ~ Altona Paris, 8 Day's signt - 4 s 4s 83 , d' Ditto Boardeanz, ditto , PI tt vi Frankrorton the Main•• • 157 1 111 6 20 Madrid ..... . 37 too:, Cadiz Bilbea . Barcelona Seville ' •.. , .......... _,:. Gibraltat .. SOS .... Leghorn 461 . . .... .... 30 G o h pi s i ai e ponsi t we j t : tatituol . 4 4 3 i •";••• ......... V .N en ap i i c e e s : ... I . t... a i l ... .. L . 1 . 1 . . 1 5: 9 1 7 4 p cr 0 .0 RioJaueiro ~.... .. P D sr , i :l l ;:t c l u el i rg a g li a n :i t C: : : , : : l i i i n i t i . ,:e 1,. .),:.. C . 8 , 0u 0 r .... I : I .!! .......... .. .. :::: ".0 • : I" s - 1 7 New Uottbluults .. 4 New Dul lard. . Standard ..... .... . ,-.. ~. . . :41 ..021., 4. .. /k '4 BIRTHS. nini ttfl ' On the 20th instait; in Duke-street, BV O6 0 P John Campbell, t*a ttaughter. ' l' 9) of 1 -' 1 On the 18th instant, nt Sandwlth, the LsaY ward Ilaivey, R.N. of A SOU. Lec ln is th li e lo 2 y i tt:Es insta q:4l 4 a Ni l i A' '' "lge N n or li f l o E lk Dts 4 .C trec hu Z hillsl;l:34l l., 4l):3;l# Mary Chilarßioai of Otairenor.square. On-the 20th of Oci oher p la r s l i, D 4C Ne ;;(31 --A le l :P" if year of his age, Mt. Francis 'Croft, and s bervs4 iv) " wife and eldest child, - a boy . about font YeerV e stb, On Monday, the 20th Instant, at Black soot ear, Charlotte, aceond daughter Of 31 r . „d, Mawiey. , y On the.l9th instant, in Poplar-row, New ~Tut y the wife of Mr. rhilip Aubin, aged 77. - 1 0 7 IP. On the 20th mutant , afar a shortiliness; •!* "4 second ion of the late Richard TUCk e 1 Wilts. w M 4 01 ?tinted krishect for the P RO PAI E"I S I : 1 ' A I Ok' "'CC: 'O. In, StrAlSti, by .1, K