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Perhaps a -case never occurred in this island of an un happy and deluded female, whose miserable and long-pro tracted death has excited more mixed feelings of horror, sYmpathy, disgust, and indignation, than that of this truly ill-fated girl. The following verdict has been returned :—" That the death of Mary Ann Bethell was caused by taking arsenic, and th a t the said arsenic was procured for her by Marin, who w as guilty of assisting in the death of the said young lady" It appears in evidence that on his apprehension he was desired to relate all the circumstances of the fatal affair, when Marin said that, on Saturday night, between 7 and 8 o'clock, he went away from his house, in consequence of What had passed there, and bought of several apothecaries small quantities of laudanum, under pretence that he bad the tooth-ache, and filled two small bottles with it. A few seconds after, that is, about 8 o'clock, he met Miss Bethell at the corner of Burrard-street, near the house of Mr. 13 . Hotton. She told him that in consequence of what had just taken place, she had taken a phial of laudanum from Mr. Barber's, and had swallowed the contents. He wished to Conduct her home that she might take medicine to neu tralize the effects of the poison ; but she refused, and begged Ile would not use violence to compel her. He then said that he was decided to do like her, and told her to wait there until he had procured more laudanum, for he had not sufficient. She refused to wait for him in that place, lest she should be observed, and proceeded towards Clare street, behind the Parade, whilst Marin went to Mr. lean's, where he procured another small phial of lauda lun. He afterwards joined Miss Bethell in Clare-street, and there he swallowed the poison. They then took the toad to St. Aubin's with a view to die in some retired spot ; but they afterwards altered their minds and went on the toad to Rouge Bouillon. They went up the road of the Pouclae, beyond Clarendon-road ; and he having assisted • Miss Daibell to get over the wall of a small house, called „ tlibernia Cottage, they both passed the night under the Portico of the house, awaiting the effects of the poison. They came away at the break of day for fear of being seen, and repaired to the new road which Mr. Nicolle has been opening, near the nursery garden of Mr. Rene Langelier, Where they remained until the hour when the shops are usually opened. The rain beginning to fall, he conducted Miss Bethell to a small green summer-house in a field be longing to Mr. Ricard, and then came to town to buy more laudanum. He came down New-street, and entered Mr: Christie's, where he procured an ounce in a phial. He then went to Mr. Dupre, where he also obtained some in smaller phial. After which, he went back to join Miss Bethell again. It was then about eight o'clock, Sunday morning. After rejoining Miss Bethell, in the summer /louse, they repaired to a shed situated in a large field called the " Bullock field," near the Monts Millais. They Were about half an hour going to it. There they took a part of the laudanum, but towards the close of night, the • Poison not having yet operated, he divided the laudanum that was remaining in the large phial in two portions, about equal, and after giving one portion to Miss Bethel!, he swallowed the other. This not having yet produced the result they anticipated, he came to town again, about half-past eight o'clock in the evening, and after trying in vain to procure arsenic at an apothecary's down town, and at M r . Gallichan's, he went to Mr. Bannister's, where he complained that the rats ate his pigeons, and asked which was the best way to destroy them. He was told that in general arsenic was used against rats, and he then askel for and obtained twopence worth of the fatal poison. He also asked for an ounce of laudanum, but the apothecary replied that he could not give such a quantity without witnesses. Thereupon he left the shop, and went back to. Miss Bethell under the shed. They then took the arsenic by pinches, and laid down 'to await death. Miss Bethell expired on Monday morning 1 Mr. Perrot concluded by saying, that 'the doctors present baying declared that Marin could be re moved to prison without any danger, he had him put in a car, and sent him to gaol. The following is one of four letters from Miss Bethell :--- "My MOST ADOTIED L.—l am miserable. I had promised to see you for a few minutes, but it has been quite out of my Power to do so ; for Mrs. Westley has been taken ill with a fit of apoplexy, and Mr. and Mrs. B. were very much alarmed. But she is much better, and I have left them to come to my dearest Louis, for I am sure you will be very angry with me for not coming to you ; but really I could not do it. It is of no Use, I cannot be happy. In your last notes, you tell me again about that man, and you say he may find a road to my heart; but I can swear to you that neither he nor any one else No, Louis ; if an angel from heaven were to appear to me, it, could not prevent my loving and adoring you. Ah, good l what an idea, that I could ever love another ! You Must cease to write to me in such a manner, or you will drive lee to despair ; for I cannot bear the idea of any one but your own dear self. You are the true dear man of my heart. You are the partner of my life ; and if not, we must die together. Ah, you dear darling man They are going to tea, so I must leave you. It is nine o'clock. Then adieu." After the accusation had been read, and it had been agreed to resume proceedings, the prisoner was delivered into the custody of the Deputy Viscount, who conducted Lim back to gaol. In their progress to which, Marin was saluted with similar demonstrations of public dislike to those which accompanied his way into Court. At one time the crowd was so great, that the Deputy Viscount exhibited tome alarm for th safety of his charge, by catching hold of his coat collar ; and the constable of St. Saviour's also kept • quite close on the other side of Marin. In this manner, "Marin was safely conducted back to his former quarters. MISCELLANEOUS PARTICULARS. The late Miss Bethell was a highly accomplished girl, though very flighty in some of her ideas—encouraged, it is I , supposed, by a taste she had acquired for novels and ro nances. Till her unfortunate acquaintance with Marin, she was an affectionate sister, and to her mother every thing that could be desired. Marin was appointed, about two Years since, her music-master ; and, from that time, a change began to be manifest in his pupil's conduct. But their intimacy was not thought to be any thing improper, till recently, when they were often observed together in the private lanes in the country, with which this beautiful little island abounds. A friend once complimented her on her taste for rural scenes ; but advised her to choose a young single gentleman for ber companion, and not a mar ried man, of nearly 50 years of age ! To this she gave little heed , and the same well-meaning friend, seeing them Walking in a certain path, contrived to place a note near Where they would have to pass, which contained some Pointed allusions to the impropriety of their conduct. The friend placed himself, unobserved, at a distance where he could watch the effect this warning might possibly have upcn them. The young lady read the note, and handed it to her •Paramour ; but, beyond a smile, it appeared to be disre garded by both ! Marin has confessed that, during the Sunday night, Miss Bethell, gently pushing him with her hand, inquired if he 'vas dead. On his answering in the negative, she said, " Oh ! then let me die before you! " From a conversation with several of the apothecaries of Who m Marin purchased small quantities of laudanum, we learn that nothing in his countenance at all indicated a dis turbed state of mind. On, the contrary, he spoke with the Tuost perfect coolness, smilingly inquiring the best way of applying the laudanum to decayed teeth, with which he professed himself to be troubled. When he was satisfied With the directions given, he politely thanked his inform ants.; and in this way be procured the two bottles of Poison with which he ,proceeded to the place where Miss Bethell awaited his return ! When taken, Marin appeared to think so little of what he had done, as to request the constable not to take him to prison, but merely to accept his (Ivi ar i n , s ) word of honour for his appearance when called upon ! SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S. ) DEAL, Nov. 26.—Wind S. S. E., strong.—Arrived the Lotus, Whinship, from Quebec. Arrived from the River, and remain with the outward-bound, the Camilla, Marshall, for Hobart Town ; M. Stewart, Blenkinsof, for Honduras ; Charles, Milne, for Tobago ; Harriet, Warman, for Sierra Leone ; Froira, Ling, for Lisbon ; Pacific, Gardner, for Honduras ; Eliza Scotland, M'Kinnon, for Trieste ; and General Evans, Dear, for Santander. The Richmond Hill put back last evening, and remains. PORTSMOUTH, NOY. 26.—Wind S. E. to S., very squally.— Arrived the United Kingdom, Finlay, from Quebec. Sailed the Upton Castle, Duggen, for Bombay. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 25.—Wind S. S.E.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Stag, Lockyer, in six days from Lisbon ; the James Watt steamer, from London, with 5,000 stand of arms, to be put on board the Rodney for transportation to Spain. The Royal Tar steamer is hourly expected here from London with 5,000 more stand of arms for the same purpose. 10,000 More stand of arms will be put on board the Rodney from the gun-wharf here. These 20,000 will be landed by the Rodney at Barcelona. The Rodney will sail in a few days. MARGATE, Nov. 26.—Arrived off, the Deane, Herren, from the South Seas. Covas, Nov. 26.—Arrived the San Juan Baptista, --, from Bilboa. hasEy, Nov. 25.—Arrived the Pallas , Dupree , from Newfoundland. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 25.—Arrived the Sarah, Sadler, from Singapore—sailed July 12; Pekin, Blair, from Demerara; Marshall, and Mary, Morton, from Miramichi. FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 2.s:—Wind S., fresh breezes and squally. The Aurora, from St. Brieux, was wrecked at Jersey on the 20th instant—cargo saved, in a damaged state. The Greyhound, from Milford to Falmouth, foundered on the 2.5 th instant—crew saved. The Sylla, Salisbury, from Liverpool to Trieste, was driven Op shore near Drogheda, on the 24th instant—cargo dis charging. ,1 1 r. ~ ,' C .n 1 11 THE CANON RIEGO AND QUEEN ROYAL OF SPAIN. To the EDITOR of the MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR,—I shall be most thankful to you for the prompt in sertion of the inclosed translation of my letter, addressed to her Catholic Majesty, the Queen Regent of Spain, expres sive of my grateful acknowledgements for her Majesty's most gracious Decree of the 31st of October, sustaining the memory of my ever-to-be-lamented brother, General Riego, and sympathising with his surviving family. As I am indebted solely to the public Press for my knowledge of this generous exercise of her Majesty's Royal favour, I desire to make known, through the same channel, the sentiments with which I am impressed upon its consi deration. I owe this obligation to my countrymen, to Eu rope, and particularly to England—the asylum of exiles of every clime, and to me, especially the land of hospitable refuge and soothing condolence ; which I estimate the more highly, because I know that I am indebted for the favours which I thus most gratefully proclaim, not to any merits or claims of own, but to my near connexion with General Riego. I am engaged in preparing a translation of the documents referred to in my letter to her Majesty, and hope to be en abled to hand to you copies thereof very soon, accompanied with my request that you will gratify my desires to submit them to public consideration. I have the honour to be, Sir; . Your very obedient servant, MIGUEL DEL RIEGO, Canon of Oviedo. 57, Seymour-street, Euston-square, Nov. 25. " TO HER CATHOLIC MAJESTY THE QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN. MADAM—My heart never ceases to be deeply affected with the misfortunes of my country ; my mind has never admitted a thought which did not accord with the liberty and glory of Spain ; my lips never dishonoured the dying eloquence of the generous martyr, in the desperate strug gle on the plains of Jodar—General Riego. I have al ways kept an anxious look towards my expected return to my home ; I have bailed with rapturous joy the dawn of Spanish liberty, on seeing the throne of Spain occupied by that hopeful angel of our national salvation, your Majesty's daughter—nay, the daughter of Spain. I have joined my' grateful accents to the chorus of those truly•unfortunate martyrs to principles, woo, from their knowledge of your Majesty's liberal disposition and maternal anxiety for your beloved daughter, have anticipated the oblivion of all the horrid events which, for so long a period, lia%':l impeded the progress of those reforms required for the improvement of Spanish civilization, national independence, and the pros perity of my country. " Notwithstanding my vehement desire of revisiting my native country, the appalling sight of desolation and the yells of civil war have alarmed my sacred character, as one of the Ministers of the God of Peace, and I have preferred the protracted sufferings - Of exile to the soul-stirring bliss of returning to Spain. Methought the ghost of my murdered brother stood in my way, warning me not to return to a land still polluted with the sordid interest of faction, and agitated by foreign theories of uncongenial policy. " I was long wavering between the thoughts of prompt return to my country, and a still protracted exile, when your Majesty's decree of the 31st of October fell under my eye. That noble document .of your Majesty's devotion to justice ; that eloquent appeal to the anxious feelings of Europe ; those noble sentiments, alike breathing the tender sympathy of a feminine heart, and the stern decision of a judge ; that frank expression of patriotism which we thought for ever blotted from the pages of Royal records, struck forcibly home to my heart. Nor have those allusions to the desolate family of the patriotic victim, clothed in the fas cinating garb of a truly maternal anxiety, produced a less vigorous effect upon the almost exhausted resignation of my tortured mind. For this munificent act I have nothing to offer in return but my respectful gratitude. " After giving vent to my feelings for this unexpected happineis, I might have thought the moment for again setting my foot on my native land had arrived ; but I ap prehend that it would not be consistent with the respect which I owe to the memory of my brother, who fell a sacri fice in attempting to uphold the interests of his country, and still less with the dignity of an heir to his principles and the head of his scattered relations, to accept of a boon which, however generous,,however flattering, however consoling to my distressed feelings, still does not emanate from the coa lesced deliberation of the people ; and is not offered to the memory of my brother as an expiatory act of the nation, but is the individual offering of your Majesty's generous heart. into which, he said, he would not at present enter at length, ' but observed that they all tended to repudiate the notion of the Lord Mayor's assumed separate power being founded on prescription, as that power was neither uninterrupted and uniform from the period of legal memory, nor reasonable and consistent with other lights ; but, on the contrary, the exer cise of it had never been attempted without resistance from this Court, and such attempts had been as invariably fol lowed by a vote of censure on the individual practising them.—( Hear, hear.) The general right of the Court was also sustained, and the separate power of their president. repudiated by the analOgy between the proceedings of this Court and those of the House of Commons, which, however, it was also unnecessary to examine at any length. Having thus, as he conceived, established on the highest grounds the right for which he contended, he called upon the members of the Court not to shrink from maintaining it with the boldness that became them as the representatives of their fellow-citizens, and which bad ever been shown by their predecessors. The praise bestowed by the Learned Recorder on Alderman Win chester for preserving, as be stated to the Barons of the' Exchequer, the rights of the city, rendered the ex pression of a contrary opinion, when fairly entertained, doubly necessary at this time—(Hear, hear)—and the lan guage of the resolution was not stronger than was war ranted ; for it merely stated conclusions founded in reason, and did not impute criminal motives. To negative the re solution would be to repudiate the obligations of public duty, and an act of injustice not only to the individual who had so well merited censure, but to all those who had in past times been censured for offences of a much less de scription. It would also degrade votes of approbation to the level of mere unmeaning compliments, discreditable both to the giver and receiver, and would derogate from the value of all those testimonials of hone3t a dmiration, won by the manly and constitutional conduct of high-spirited public men, as the most valuable and highly-prized recompense of their exertions, when bestowed by a discriminating and high-minded public body.—(Hear.) After some further discussion a division took place, when .there appeared for the previous question, 30 ; against it, 100 ; majority, 70. Another division took place upon the question whether the Court should agree to the resolution, and there appeared for the resolution, 99 ; against it, 35 ; majority in favour of the resolution, 54. Mr. lIErrEL then moved that the resolution_be inscribed on a tablet of brass, and affixed in a conspicuous situation in or about the Guildhall, under the direction of the Com mittee of City Lands. The resolution was, however, after considerable dis cussion, negatived by a large majority. The Court, after transacting some business of no public interest, adjourned. The following, are the members of the Common Council who voted in favour of Alderman Winchester :—Alderman Marshall, Alderman Hunter, Henry Butterworth, John Brigge, William Collingwood, Jacob George Cope, William Curling (Deputy), Thomas Corney (Deputy), Josh. Carter (Deputy), Samuel Dixon, John Dixon, John Evans, Eu genius Fenning, T. Q. Finnis, M. Gibbs (Deputy), Thomas Green, J. W. Goss, R. Hicks (Deputy), Robert Haswell, Ford Hall, J. P. Hayward, G. Jarman, R. Jewesson, R. L. Jones, Charles Ingall, George Stewart, John Saunders, V. Rutter, John Roberts, Henry Verinder, T. Whitby (Deputy), W. D. White, Thos. Warne, and T. G.Williams. COURT CIRCULAR. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, and Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign-office. A deputation of the Australian Company, including Mr. John Smith, Mr. Hart Davis, Mr. Brown, Mr. Ravenshaw, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Crawford, M.P., and the Hon. J. T. L. Melville, had an interview yesterday with Lord Glcnelg, at the Colonial-office. • Tho POstmaster-General had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. Viscount Melbourne had a small dinner party !ast even ing, at his residence in Southstrect. BRIGHTON-THURSDAY. His Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Glocester, took a carriage airing yesterday morning, and again in the afternoon, to Rottingdean, in company with Mademoiselle d'Este. Yesterday morning the Queen, accompanied by Earl Brownlow and Mademoiselle d'Este, walked for some time on the Chain-pier ;in the afternoon Her Majesty rode out in her carriage, accompanied by Prince Ernest and Lady Falkland. The Princess Augusta took a carriage airing at noon, at tended by Miss Wynyard. Prince George rode out yesterday - morning on horseback, in company with his preceptor, the Rev. Mr. Wood ; the afternoon the Prince took a walk, accompanied by his preceptor, and Lord Falkland and Sir A. Barnard. Major-General Sir Hi]grove Turner, the Groom in Waiting,• arrived- at the Palace yesterday ; Sir Andrew Barnard - and Mr. Shiffuer left for the seat of Viscount Gage, Fide-place, near Lewes. Lord Augustus and Lady Loftus were among the guests who 'dined with their Majesties on Tuesday ; last night the dinner party comprised the Marchioness Conyngbam, Major-General Sir Arthur Clifton, Colonel Chatterton, and the Marchicness and Ladies Cornwallis. In the ab sence of Her Majesty's private band, gone to Salisbury, the band of the 4th Dragoons attended. The calls yesterday included Lord, Lady, and the Misses Howard of Effingham, and Count and Countess Pozzo di • Borgo. His Majesty rode out at half-past 2 o'clock this afternoon, in company with Lady Falkland. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Geor g e, Prince Er nest,. Lord Falkland, Mdlle. d'Este, Lady Louisa Corn wallis, Earl Brownlow, Mr. Davis, and Sir Charles Thorn ton, rode out at noon at horseback. The Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester are out together taking a carriage airing. His Majesty this morning honoured Captain Back, R.N., with a long audience. The Hon. Miss Mitchell left the palace this morning for town. General Sir John Smith, Lord Lake, Colonel Brotherton, Major-General Sir Charles Pratt, and Colonel Chatterton, are invited to dine with their Majesties this evening. General Phipps; and the Marchioness and Ladies Corn wallis, are among the calls to-day. DEATH OF MR. JAMES HOGG, " THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD." From the Dumfries Courier, received yesterday, an ex, tract from which we annex, we learn that James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, has paid the debt to nature. From his hale and robust appearance on his late visit to this metro polis, we should have expected that he had many years in store. James Hogg was unquestionably a man of great genius. As a poet, he excelled in many departments. Many .of his songs have become national ; and in his " Queen's Wake," he exhibited a vigour and richness of fancy of which there are few examples in any language. But Hogg's excellencies were by no means confined to poetry. As a writer of tales in prose he is, in our opinion, ' without his equal in the English language. We allude more particularly to his " Winter Evening Tales"—a won derful store-house of invention. In these he has portrayed the manners of the various classes of borderers with unrivalled fidelity. He throws such an air of reality round his inven tions, that we never for a moment doubt the realtty of the .occurrences described. -He has, in this respect, all the merit of De Foe. In his. "Shepherd'S Calendar," too, be has described many of the adventures and incidents of his own life in a most interesting manner. The shepherds of the south of Scotland are a peculiarly intelligent clasS of men ; and they are faithfully .portrayed in the pages of Hogg.': - There is little resemblance between Hogg and Burns. The-latter was a man of strong passions, and great energy of character. .He would in any walk of life have excelled. In the highest society he could be the highest, and in low society he could.be the lowest. Had he been at the bar, he would have distinguished himself as a first-rate advocate. He was 'a poet, rather because he was misplaced in society —in his own language, " unfitted with an aim,"—rather because he was shut out from more ambitious careers of in tellectual display, than from any peculiar attraction to the Muse. Hogg, on the other hand, was a man of great sim plicity of character, and it is difficult to conceive a part better fitted for him than that which be filled. He was a faithful observer of nature and character, and, like IValter Scott, whatever he observed, he knew how to turn to ac count. Without the energy or intense pathos of Burns, he possessed more of fancy and imagination. If he does not agitate like Burns, his tales and his songs are often very affecting ; and a vein of sly humour runs through his productions. Hogg was a kind-hearted man, greatly beloved by all who knew him. He bore no malice to any human being ; and if he ever sayingave offence, by w ritin g or saying what might. hurt the feelings of others, this was ascribable to his simplicity, -and not to ill-nature. He was ever ready to do acts of friendship, and latterly, from the unfortunate cir cumstances of several of his connections, there were bu` too many claims on his benevolence. He. has left a widow and several children. -are but slenderly provided for. It is with the deepest regret we announce, on the authority of a private letter, dated from Altrive Lake, and posted to a relative in this county, the death of by far the most remarkable man that ever wore professionally a shep herd's plaid. The sad event, in which every son of genius aid reader of taste, in broad Scotland, and far beyond its bounds, must feel-a melancholy interest., occurred . at his re.- We fear the; , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1851 " General Riego should be considered as representing a principle, for the support of which his memory still stands exalted as a warning and frightful monument, raised by the internal and external enemies of an ill-fated people, traitor ously compromised in their struggle for its maintenance. Alas! alas! no other vestige can now be traced but the desolations of the last twelve years, too horrid for the mind to contemplate. I feel convinced that my return now to Spain would be considered as the sanction of a measure which I conscientiously believe must have been at variance with my deceased brother's opinion, as it is at variance with my own ; therefore I still restrain my anxiety to revisit my country. " And here, Madam, allow me in the most respectful manner to represent to you that all measures which bear the individual stamp of your Majesty's good intentions, either affecting public ,or private interest, cannot re move the solicitude of a nation which has been blessed with constitutional laws, unless those measures are the result of the deliberations of the assembled delegates of the people. Indeed, Madam, the interests of your august daughter, and the stability of her throne, the glory and prosperity of your Majesty's name, and a speedy cessation of a fratricidal war, imperiously demand the substitution, in place of a painful surmise, of a positive and clear policy, in harmony with those institutions, for the maintenance of which our nation so profusely bled, both in the field and on the scaffold. The return to that healthy state of legislative certainty would surpass the most magnificent monument which a grateful people could raise to the memory of my martyred brother. " The eyes of Europe are intently fixed on the issue of the present struggle in Spain ; humanity claims its speedy cessation, and this cessation can only be obtained by the genuine union of all interests. It is, therefore, by the speedy adoption. of measures on this basis only that the civil war can be brought to a conclusion. Your Majesty has, in the most critical period of the present civil war, had too many proofs of the sincere and ardent wishes of the Spanish people for the consolidation of the constitutional throne of your august daughter, as well as for your indivi dual glory, to entertain any fear of an illicit use being made of the power which the constitution has conferred upon them ; and you cannot, Madam, have forgotten the late noble burst of universal indignation against the Minister, who, with a Spanish mind, dared to entertain the detestable thought of summoning foreigners to assist us in the extinc tion of Spanish quarrels. It was at this critical period that the different provinces simultaneously rose, in the majesty of their resentment, and putting aside all private cares, and setting at nought all privations and dangers, appointed Juntas, consisting of patriotic members, and formed them selves into armed bodies, ready to combat the internal enemies of your august daughter, and to crush treachery in your Royal Councils. " It is, therefore, I repeat it, by reconciling the interests of the different provinces, and blending them into a single compact principle of national policy, that the constitutional throne of your beloved daughter, Isabel, can alone be esta blished on an imperishable basis, the genuine love of heroic Spain. • But, alas ! Madam, in an ill-fated hour, your Ma jesty's new Counsellors, dazzled by, or subservient to, the interested views of proffered : foreign assistance, instead of cheering and sustaining by cordial co-operation the efforts of those patriotic Juntas to effect the development of the almighty national will, and securing them by the meeting of the restored general Cortes, the stability of your daughter's throne, and putting down at once a cruel and unchristian zivil war, have blindly and most presumptuously arrested their majestic course. " Allow me, Madam, on so momentous an occasion, on which I am called, for the first time in my life, by the gra cious voice from the throne of my unfortunate country, to beg your Majesty to cast your Royal eyes upon the two annexed documents,* to the principles and exalted sen- The documents consist, Ist, of a letter from General Riego to the President of the Permanent Deputation of Cortes, dated at Zaragosa, the 21st of August, 1821, in which the General expresses his sentiments upon his own position, and declines, in dignified, but respectful language, accepting the premium of 80,000 reals, proffered to him by the Cortes. The second document is the last will and testament of the amiable and high-minded widow of the General. This ex cellent lady died broken-hearted near London, in the month of June, 1824, in the bloom of years, another victim of the dis tractions of Spain, in every way worthy of being associated with the name of her honoured consort, who had been torn from her arms by murderous monsters; she could not long survive the separation, and blessed the decree of Providence, that in its clemency opened to her a way to him who never could return to her. Her last act illustrates the Christian spirit, the con jugal devotion, the generous patriotism of her nature. Among other matters of peculiar interest, Madame Riego directs her `executor, the writer of these lines, to search out the sword upon which her illustrious husband waved the flag of Spanish freedom in the year 1820, in the Caberas de San Juan ; which sword the Cortes declared to be national property, and con fided to the General as such, to be borne by him during his life; and, after that event, to he restored to the nation. The executor now holds that emblem of national resurrection, ob tained, after twelve long years of anxious search, on the 7th of the present month of November, the anniversary of that bloody sacrifice, which it is his first duty and desire to vindicate in the manner most worthy of the victim and of his own calling, by announcing his readiness instantly to discharge the trust reposed in him, when Spain shall become Spain again, by the re-establishment of ,leer national freedom, in the revived Con tsitutional Cortes. M. DEL RIEGO. timents of which I look as my authority in this unexpected hour for laying mine at the foot of the awful throne on which your Majesty sits, holding in your moderating hands both the good and evil destinies of your daughter, of yourself, and those of still fiiiffering Spain. " I have spoken, Madam, the firm, but respectful senti ments of a Spaniard, and of a minister of God, the brother of General Riego, who, I have no doubt, would from the bosom of his grave re-echo them, if mortal interests existed in the abode of eternity. " May the Almighty, ever gracious. God, vouchsafe to enlighten your Royal mind, and to uphold, by his all-power ful arm, your Majesty's generous and humane hand, in the accomplishment of that restoration clue to the noble Spa nish people of their despoiled c onstitutional rights, which restoration can alone secure to Spain her internal peace. " MIGUEL DEL RIEGO, Canon of Oviedo. " London, Nov. 19, 1835." COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday the first Court in the new mayoralty was held at Guildhall. The attendance of members was unusually great, and the Lord Mayor was received with acclamations. THE LATE LORD MAYOR. When the minutes of the preceding Court were read and confirmed, Mr. HEPPEL rose to perform, he said, a painful duty. He had waited in expectation that the Deputy of Alder man Winchester's Ward would rise to propose the .custo• mary vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor ; but finding' that the opportunity was not taken, he considered it ne cessary to come forward with a proposition of a very diff e .. rent kind, and to call upon the Court to do an act of justice in stamping a value upon the votes of approbation upon the predecessors of Alderman Winchester, by passing upon that gentleman a vote of censure. He was spared the pain of stating the particulars of the conduct which lie called upon the members to reprobate, by the fact that those whom he addressed had been witnesses to it, and he was convinced that the resolution he had to propose was an echo of the sentiments of most of those who were as sembled. He could not, in proposing a vote of censure, be accused of a breach of friendship. He had never shared the hospitality of the late Lord Mayor ; neither had he been amongst those who had been particularly active in their opposition to his Lordship. He came forward merely from a sense of public duty—(Cheers.) Mr. Heppel then read the resolution (for which see advertisement.) Mr. STEVENS said that he felt great pleasure in second ing the motion of censure upon the late Lord Mayor. He had not partaken of the hospitality of Alderman Win chester. Indeed he did not like to sit down at table with a man whose public conduct he had had no occasion or pre text for respecting. He stood forward upon this occasion upon public principle. Of what utility could a vote of thanks be if every Lord Mayor, whatever might be his .conduct in the Chair, were to receive in it ?—( Hear, hear.) The RECORDER said that he felt bound, as law officer of the Corporation, to state that the matter contained in the resolution was libellous. He did not mean to say that the Court had not the right to censure in severe terms ; but he meant to say that the words of the censure mustbe guarded, instead of being words expressive of charges, which, if well founded, would subject the person accused to a criminal in formation. It was his duty to mention his opinion that the publication of the matter in open Court would be libellous. Mr. JUPP asked whether, if the allegations .in the reso lution were capable of being proved, a criminal information would lie against the late Lord Mayor? The RECORDER replied that he bad no lieitation in say ing, that if it were proved that the Lord Mayor had done those acts of which he was accused from a corrupt motive, his Lordship would be held responsible. The objection to the resolution was, that those from whom it was supposed to emanate took it for granted that the allegations were true, and thus judged between the late Lord Mayor and themselves. Mr. CORNEY asked whether the putting of the question might not involve the Lord Mayor in a difficulty ?—(Laugh ter and cries of " hear.") The LORD MAYOR declared that he should be glad to hear an answer to the question put by, the last speaker. Mr. HALL insisted that the question of Mr. Corney could not be put without the sanction of the Court: The LORD MAYOR—WiII Mr. Corney withdraw his question? Mr. CORNEY--" No, my Lord—it is on your account'l put it." - Mr. GALLOWAY agreed in the view taken by Mr. Hall, and warmly praised the commencement of the labours of the present Lord Mayor. He regretted that the Recorder had volunteered his opinion upon a question on which that opinion had net been asked. He had a high respect for the opinion of the Recorder, and for that officer's anxiety to protect the privileges of the Corporation ; but he (the Re corder) had been rather too hasty on the present occasion. —(Loud cries of " No, no," and . " Yes, yes," and mur murs.) Mr. Galloway concluded by declaring that he was prepared to incur all the responsibility arising from the pub lication of the resolution. Mr. PRITCHARD deprecated the discussion of minor points, as calculated to _delay the decision upon the im portant matter at issue. The LORD MAYOR then put the question whether the Recorder should be called upon to answer Mr Corney's question, whereupon the Court divided, when there appeared Ayes Noes Majority in the negative —46 Upon re-entering the Court we found The RECORDER on his legs. He stated that he had, as the legal adviser of the Lord Mayor, advised that the reso lution contained libellous matter, and as in his judicial cha racter without the walls of that Court he might be called upon to preside during the agitation of the question, he na turally felt very repugnant to read the resolution of the Court —(Hear. hear, and loud cries of " No, no.") Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR had no particular wish that the Recorder should read the resolution. • Another officer of the Court might perform that duty It was the practice elsewhere to prevent the use of the King's name from being used in debate, in order that the freedom of discussion should not be restrained. Now, he did not wish that an officer of the Court should be permitted to overawe its members. Those who held offices in the law might have certain political predilections. There were no persons free from such predilections ; and he hoped that the Recorder would not give his refusal to read the resolution in such a manner as would be calculated to influence any of the mem bers of the Court. The Lord Mayor did not sit in that Court as a Magistrate, but as President of a deliberative assembly, and the Ccurt was to be congratulated upon that circumstance. Mr. BROOK—What officer can put the question but the Recorder ? Mr. TAYLOR—The Town-clerk. Mr. JUPP-- We will pledge ourselves that if this ques tion comes forward in a Court of Justice it shall not be tried by the Recorder ; we will remove it into the King's Bench. The RECORDER observed' that allusion had been made to him, that as a legal officer he had political predilections. Any suggestion of that kind would not, he assured the Court, have the effect of preventing him from discharging his duty.—( Hear, hear.) He had adviied the Lord Mayor not to put the question, because he considered, as the Lord Mayor's legal adviser, that his Lordship would become by the act responsible. He was bound to say that the paper reflected strongly, and in terms Ilot justified by law, upon the character of the late Lord Mayor ; and the discussion was not a question of privilege before the Court alone, but with open doors. Mr. ST A CEY—Let the Recorder point out to us where the resolution is libellous. Mr. WESTON also urged the necessity of requiring the Recorder to say where the libellous matter was to be found. He (Mr. Weston) did not think there was a syllable of libel in the resolution. - The LORD MAYOR then stated, after a consultation with the officers of the Court, that he had no alternative but to call upon the Recorder to read the resolution to the Court: —(Loud applause and clapping of hands.) The RECORDER said that he had a painful duty to per form. He was under the direction of the Lord Mayor, and all lawful commands issued by his Lordship he was willing to obey ; but he could not use diction in another place which he had used in that Court ; and believing the paper to contain libellous matter, be must decline reading it.—(Cheers and disapprobation.) The LORD MAYOR—The Court vvish to know from the Recorder where the libellous matter is to be found in the Resolution. • Mr.. R. TAYLOR ridiculed. the idea of being decided by the opinion of a Judge as to whether matter was libellous or not. By Fox's Bill it was settled that a Jury was to decide both as to the fact and as to the law on a question of libel. Mr. STEVENS said the Resolution had been drawn up by men of understanding, some of whom were of the legal pro fession ; and the Recorder had been the adviser of the late Lord Mayor, and could not be considered a very' impart ial .adjs.dicator on th e p r esent question. Mr. W. P RITCHARD thought that very little argument was necessary to sustain a proposition so direct l y recom mending itself to the common sense of the Court. If a loose general opinion, offered, unasked, by the Learned Re corder, that the Resolution contained libellous matter, was to be received as conclusive upon the question before the Court, there vas an end at once of the deliberative func t ons of the Court ; for the same sort of opinion might be given upon the phraseology of any resolution moved, and the effect would be to confer on the Learned Gentleman the power assumed by Alderman Winchester —that of pre venting discussion on all matters not in accordance with his individual opinions(Hear hear.) For this rea son, a s • well as for the assistance of his own judgment as a mem ber, he - (Mr. Pritchard) was very desirous of hearing the grounds of the Learned Recorder's opinion.- They would, when stated, have all the influence in the debate which the talents and station of that gentleman were calculated to give to them ; but they would at the same time be open to an answer from those members who, having thought seriously on the matter, might, in the exercise of their deliberate judgment, have made a different estimate of the data upon which they were founded, or have been led to contrary conclusions. He (Mr. 'Pritchard) considered a vote on the present resolution as a privileged act ; and as he was prepared to justify every averment in the latter part of the resolution, as a legitimate conclusion from the facts stated in the first part, and to maintain the therein rights claimed as belonging to this Court, and as having been violated by the Lord Mayor ; and also to show the truth of the assertion, that his assumption of a veto on the acts of this Court, was nothing but a usurpation of unconstitutional power. He (Mr. Pritchard) claimed to have the benefit of a candid statement of the antagonist opinion, clothed with the authority of the Learned Recorder, to assist him in the exercise of his privilege, and enable him to do justice to his own view of the case.—(Hear.) Alderman BROWN said that the Court ought to be satis fied with the opinion of a gentleman of high professional re putation and honour, when he declared that the paper con tained libellous matter. They ought not to be anxious to see how close to the Wind they could go. It was then carried in the affirmative, that the Recorder should point out where the resolution was libellous. The RECORDER said, that though it appeared upon the face of the resolution that the Court were, in entertaining it, acting in accordance with their rights and privileges, still the words were not warranted in point of law. . The Learned Gentleman then read some expressions, which, h e said, reflected upon the public and private character of the late Lord Mayor, and then stated that the general tenor of the resolution was libellous. Ile repeated, that be consi dered it to be his duty to act as he had acted, in mentioning the objections he_had taken. The TOWN-CLERK then, by the direction of the Lord Mayor, read the resolution of censure to the Court. Mr. CORNEY said that he rose without being influenced by any political bias, and he begged to call their attention to the numerous falsehoods contained in the resolution which had been just read. He disapproved of the terms, as well as disavowed the.truth, of the allegations. If, in deed, it said that • certain individuals of that Court had conducted themselves so ill as to deserve the public reproof, there would be some ground for trusting to its veracity. (A laugh.) It was well known that members cried out Shame, shame !" when the late Lord Mayor was engaged in the performance of his duties ; and if a vote of censure :were moved against those who so offended, lie should ac quiesce in it with all his heart. There were a great many points in the allegations which could not be proved.—(Loud cries of " Name, name.") He did. not choose to particu larise, but he would say that those points were numerous. His Lordship had been accused of having forfeited his word. That was not true. His Lordship denied that he had ever pledged himself, and, of course, lie had violated no promise ; and as to the denial of the legality of the Committee of the whole Court, about which so much noise had been made, that was a point on which it would appear that Alderman Winchester had exercised a sound judg ment. He contended that the Lord Mayor had peformed his judicial functions to admiration. — (Cries of `° No, nol and " Yes, yes.")- He would insist that such was the case ; but he saw the vindictive feeling that would set down his Lordship's evil acts in brass, and his good acts in water. — (Laughter.) This mode of objecting; showed the strength of the party feeling which existed. He did hope that the present mayoralty would be one of peace and quietness, in stead of commencing as if it were to be involved in legal litigation. Mr. Corney concluded, by moving the previous question. Mr. SAUNDERS seconded tne amendment. Mr. FRENCH-said that he was present when th e late Lord Mayor pledged himself to the deputation ; and he witnessed the utter violation of the pledges, and cordially advocated the resolution of censure. Mr. HUNTER., said that the Court of Aldermen having voted thanks to the late Lord Mayor, it would appear, if the Court of Common Council voted a censure, as if the Corporation were divided against itself. After some observations from Mr. Williams (of Cord wainers' Ward) Sir Peter Laurie, and Mr. Selson, Mr. W. PRITCIIARD begged to express his acknowledg ments to the Hon. Mover for the sentiments with which he bad submitted the question to the Court--sentiments which echoed so completely the spirit of the first branch of the resolution, and were clothed so appropriately with the sobriety of language suited to proceedings partaking in sonic degree of a judicial character. He was happy to see the proper grounds on which resolutions of this description were to be considered so fairly recognized. It was certainly most gratifying to the more amiable feelings of our nature—a gratification which, he trusted, none entered into with a higher zest than he did—to be able to accord to a public functionary unmixed eulogium for the manner in which he had discharged his public duty. ' To be able so to act was like the practi.!e of the virtue of charity, blessing both him that gives and him that receives ; but this feeling must not be 3ielded to the extent of forgetting the sterner obligations of public duty, when they required the expression of a con trary opinion.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He had no doubt that in such an event every gentleman present would be pre pared to discharge that duty with firmness, and at the ex pense of any private feelings he might entertain.—(Hear.) Mr. Pritchard then proceeded to examine the truth of the series of facts set out in the second part of the resolution. He felt, he said, much relieved on this point by the ad mission made by every Gentleman who had spoken against the resolution. One took credit for not having moved a vote of thanks, thereby implying at least some degree of demerit in Alderman Winchester. Another (Sir Claudius Hunter) admitted candidly that he could not defend his conduct altogether—an admission carrying with it a stronger conclusion of the same kind, morn especially as coming from a Gentleman who, only two days since, had in the Court of Aldermen moved a resolution expressive of his unmixed eulogium on the individual whose conduct he here acknowledged to be indefensible. It was hardly necessary to prove at length the truth of the accusations that Alder man Winchester had refused, contrary to his pledge, to perform his duty of 'calling Common Halls and Courts of Common Council when requested, or to put motions to the Court, or that he broke up Courts because they would not yield to his dictation. " Compassed about by such a cloud of witnesses" on these matters as he (Mr. Pritchard) now was, he need add nothing to the direct testimony of their own observations, except, perhaps, on the point of the violated pledge. On that subject not only had the Court received evidence, given by himself and other Gen tlemen present, but they had adjudicated upon that evi dence by voting Alderman Winchester's exclusion from a Committee, upon the ground of his violation of his word. In confirmation, Mr. Pritchard now read the writ ten statement subscribed by the twelve gentlemen at an interview with whom the pledge was given. The next question was the series of conclusions stated in this state . - ment as flowing from the facts established. Was any gen tleman present, holding an opinion in favour of the inde pendence of this Court as a deliberative and legislative body, prepared to deny the accuracy of any one of these con clusions ? The only ground upon which he could antici pate such a denial, was the notion that had been whispered about, but which had never yet been brought to the test of argument, of a separate authority in the Lord Mayor, enabling him virtute officii, to control the decisions of the Common Council, of which he was an individual member, only having, like other members, but a single vote, except: the usual casting'vote belonging to the president of a meet ing, in case of an equality of votes. Such being in prac tice the constitution of the Common Council, it was in cumbent on the adyocates - of the Lord Mayor's right to a veto on their proceedings, to prove the affirmation of their proposition, which could only be done by showing that such a right was conferred by charter, statute, or pre scription. He (Mr. .Pritchard) would not detain the meeting by entering at large into the numerous authorities on this point. He contended, how ever, upon a rapid review of them, that the charters recognized no such separate right of the Lord Mayor as that contended for, but, on the contrary, in conferring powers, always vested them in " the Lord. Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, in Common Council assembled." The statutes confirming the charters and other rights of the citizens (of which there were twenty-one in existence in . Lord Coke's time, and several others had passed since) recognised the powers of the Common Council as belonging to the general body, to - the sort -of political Trinity in Unity, particularly the Statute of the 2d William and Mary, which reversed the ro warranto proceedings of Charles 11., restored the City rights, and might- be' considered as the London Bill of • Rights, for it was contemporary with that which secured the general rights of the people, and the- succession of our present line of kings, at the much-lauded Revolution of 1688. The only exception was the Election Act of 11 Geo. 1., for the repeal of which this Court bad resolved on applying to Parliament. Mr. Pritchard gave a short history of the passing of that Act, showing that the veto on the proceed ings of the Common Council in that Act, recognised as be longing to the Court of Aldermen (not to the Lord Mayor alone), was. protested against at the time by the citizens, but. the question for referring their rights to the judges for their opinion was negatived ; and after the passing, of the Act, so grievous were the evils resulting from the exercise of the veto, that all parties joined in petitioning Parliament for its repeal, which accordingly was enacted by the 20th Geo. 11., and the uncontrolled exercise of the whole of their powers by this Court thereby confirmed. Mr. Pritchard then ad , verted to a series of authorities in Blackstone, Kyd on-Cor porations, and other writers, and to a succession of entries in th e Corporatien reg rds from 1724 to the present time, 6: Arlll . l . cti,:t Iw/►'~~N C y' sidence on the banks of the Yarrow, on Saturday last, the 21st current, at the hour of noon. For some weeks pre vious he had been confined to bed by a severe attack of bilious fever, Ivhielr latterly assumed the .form ofjaundie7F both, in all probability, originating in exposure to cold, or some latent affection of the liver. During the fever ;he suffered great prostration of strength, and for a week or more his friends and medical attendants bad begun to fear the worst, particularly after the accession of jaundice. And their fears, we regret to say, have been realized ; -for it is but too true that one of the sweetest poets that ever framed a lay, and by far the first man of his class, with the single exception of Robert Burns. will, on Friday first, fol low to the grave his illustrious friend Sir Walter Scott, at the distance of little more than three years; We believe they were born in the same year, and that- Mr. 'Ho..tg; had he survived till the 25th of. January next[iv6iild'llii.e reached the age of 59 or 60. " The above sentences, hastily penned, amidst other ,avo cations, a few hours after receipt of the mournful 'intelli gence, and before the hour of to-morrow's publication, : are merely submitted by way of intimation. Hundreds of pens will, of course, be employed in sketching the character of the Bard of Altrive Lake ; and though few, perhaps,-knew him better than ourselves, we dare not intrude farther until the last solemn duties have been paid to his memory. The funeral has been fixed for Friday, the 27th curt:, and his remains will be attended to a cemetery (Ettrick church yard) closely adjoining the cottage in which he was born, by a crowd of mourners such as has rarely been witnessed in the pastoral valleys of the Ettrick and Yarrow. The letter to which we have alluded states distinctly that the death of one who did so much to illustrate, the district in ' which be resided, has excited feelings of so vivid a nature, that the entire population may be described as one exten ded family of mourriers."—Dumfties.Corerier. DREADFUL STORM-FORTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST. The Scotch provincial papers are filled with the most lamentable details of the effects of a violent storm, which appears to have been - general on the northern coast of Scotland, on Wednesday morning, the 18th instant. The previous night was clear and calm, and the aurora borealis more than usually brilliant. The morning was equally fine, with a mild breeze from the southward, When, about half past 10 o'Clock, it veered suddenly to the north, and in a very short time blew a perfect hurricane. A great number of fishing=boats were overtaken by the storm, and notwith standing the most experienced seamanship on the part of the crews, were unable to survive the tempest. The fol lowing particulars of the mournful event have been gleaned from various sources : Coßingham 1 b3at lost, and 6 men. Peterhead .. 1 ditto, 6 ditto. St. Comb',l (Leaving 27 children to deplore their loss. Gardenston Cullen Bay 1 ditto, 8 ditti , . Johnsharen ... , Total 48 men In addition to the above awful catabgnc, several fishing boats are still missing, and there is much reason to fear that their crews have met a watery grave. Several coast ing vessels were totally wrecked, but providentially all their crews were saved. The hurricane is said to have exceeded anything 'of the kind ever remembered, unroofing houses, and driving slates, tiles, &e., before it like chaff. • In the country many stacks of grain were blown away. EXECUTION THIS MORNING. This morning John Smith and John Pratt suffered the extreme pena!ty of the law in the front of Nen'gate, being the first who have been executed there for thirty months. Since their condemnation, the conduct of. the prisoners has been exemplary in many respects ; but they appear to have been insincere, and had recourse to subterfuge, rather than a real repentance. They both denied their guilt, or, ad mitting it in part, they contended enough had not been prol • •e( 1 to —arrant a conviction. This they did in the face Of evidence, which was as clear as the sun at noon. Last . . l/a • night a Dissenting Minister visited Pratt, at. the request of some of his friends. The Rev. Gentleman being aware of the facts connected with his case, khOrtedhim to confess his sin, and not depart the world with a lie in his right hand. The culprit pertinaciously denied his guilt as to the crime for which he was about to suffer, but admitted that his life had been irregular. The clergyman left the cell, but no sooner had he gone, than the convict said to Severn, " I have told that gentleman a great lie—l'm sorry for it." •Severn (a respited convict) said, " Let him be called. back." He was so .called, and then Pratt for the first time declared that his crime was abhorrent, and his punishment just ; and after that he appeared to have dis burdened hi:s mitid, and became more tranquil. This morning, at an early hour, the convicts were visited bv the Rev. Mr. Cotton and Mr. Biker, who have paid daily visits to them for the last nine weeks. They found them placid and apparently 'resigned, hut extremely taci turn. A little before eight o'clock both the High Sheriffs and their . Under Sheriffs proceeded to the Tress-room, into which Smith was imMediately'conducted. He walked with a firm step, and his behaviour was extremely decorous. Pratt was then brought forward, to undergo. the ceremony of " pinioning." His groans and sobs were diiiressing ; he cried at intervals to " God to be merciful:" But al though, like his fellow-culprit, a muscular man, his physi cal powers appeared to have forsaken him. The awful pre liminaries having terminated they proceeded to the scaffold, which Smith ascended first, and was ftillowed by Pratt, whe _required the support of two persons to enable him to ascent the steps. Caleroft, with his usual celerity; speedily ad justed the ropes, and within two minutes 'the plank fell, and death terminated their earthly sufferings. Both the malefactors were formerly what are called " Gentlemen's servants," and their character, down to a certain period, was respectable ; but there exists but little doubt that they became leagued with a gang of miscreants. Upon this, however, they were doggedly taciturn. Tuesday night two thieves burglariously broke into the villa of Mr. Sergeant Arabin, at Walthamstow. They effected an entrance into the butler's pantry; fro* which they removed some articles of plate ; they were, however, prevented from finishing their " job," as their inroad was discovered by the inmates,' who routed the thieves, who decamped over the lawn in front of the house, and escaped with very little plunder.' FIRE AT EAS'fON HOUSE, NEAR COLTERS WORTILL-At an early hour on Tuesday morning a fire was discovered to have broken out in the. mansion of Sir M. J. Cholmeley, now undergoing very extensive repairs, from the designs of Mr. Salvin.• It broke out in the kitchen part, and was occasioned by the injudicious placing of some timber near a flue. By great exertions and a pleotiful supply of water, the devouring element was checked, and finally stop ped ere the arrival of the Grantham engines, which had been sent for express at four in the morning, and where great alarm was excited from ringing the fire bell. The damage, we are happy to learn, will not exceed amount. On Monday afternoon a shabbily-dressed man threw himself from the top of the column in the Place Vendome. He fell first-on the garlands which surround the basement, and thence rolled on to the iron rails, where he was fixed without sense or motion.—Galigtutnis Messenger. The inhabitants of Folkstone met on . Tuesday, and adopted resolutions with the view of encouraging the fishing on the south-eastern coast of England—a source of wealth and employment too long neglected. 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