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but for such appeals to the public as the one al- 1 iuded to, and therefore they ought not to be dis couraged, were it only to impress on Judges the necessity of making themselves masters of the most obvious principles of the law they are called on to administer.—Morning Chronicle. If any thing had been wanting to justify th e strong language which we employed yesterday, in speaking of the clubs and meetings, both Pro testant and Catholic, which are now holding throughout Ireland, and are be g i nning to be held in this country also, the proceedings of the Guilds in Dublin, on Saturday last, which will be found in a nother part of our paper, would fisrnish the most complete justification. The Protestant Clubs, as we then said, ought to be put down, as well as the Catholic Clubs. The !! ! violence of the one has engendered violence in the other, and both are anomalies in a well re gulated community—downright nuisances, with which there ought to be no ceremony, and which are as fatal to the well-being of Ireland as they are subversive of its peace. The Protestant Meeting to which we have alluded was, if any thing, more violent than even that of the Catho lic demagogues. Alluding to a correspondence which, it has been asserted, the Duke of Wel lington has entered into with the See of Rome, a gentleman with the jaw-breaking name of Mr. J. Judkin Butler, took it upon him to declare that " he dare not do so ; and if he did, that mo ment he would subject himself to death and confiscation !" Now every one knows that . there does exist an old and obsolete statute to that effect ; but what a spirit does it betray in those who, at this time of day, would even think of putting, it in force? Another 'gentleman, with equal felicity and consistency, declared that it was wholly useless " to attempt to conciliate the Catholics—Aat he was as strenuous an ad vocate for civil and religious liberty as any man, and it was for that reason, and because he was efriend to the real interests of the Roman Ca tholics, that he would refuse them the posses sion of political power !" It would be vain to attempt to expose the absurdities of such de clarations—they are their own best expounders, and only require to be repeated in order to meet with the ridicule and contempt which their non sense and hypocrisy deserve. But what shall we say of the insurrectionary harangue of Alder man Beresford, who, not satisfied in going over the same ground as his predeces sors, and asserting and re-asserting that " the Catholics had got too much already, and that he . would not suffer them to get more," read his Grace of Wellington and the whole Cabinet a round lecture on their conciliatory conduct, and concluded by characterising them as " lo custs !" He feared not " the thousands and the millions of Papists," he said ; for the avowal of which manly sentiment he was greeted with a round of " enthusiastic and long-continned cheering ;" but let us for a moment put it t( this Protestant A6'.erman, in what manner ale peace of the country will be promoted by such proceedings ? 'Will the Catholics become more quiet and orderly for being told that the half million of Protestants in Ireland do not fear them, and whom they know they could extermi nate in a moment ? Nothing appears to us more senseless than such proceedings. Ireland contains about seven millions of inhabitants, half a million of whom possess all the rights and privileges of British subjects, and about six and a half millions are deprived of them ; yet the half million has the egregious folly to talk of its " physical strength"--to speak of its " standing by England," and of " England standing by. it ;" thus provoking a spirit of retaliation where the most conciliatory demeanour would be'both prudent and just, and challenging those to the combat whose mere physical weight would anni hilate them ! We would just hint to these ultra gentry the propriety of lowering their tone a little. They may depend upon it that the system which has hitherto been pursued towards Ire land can be pursued no longer—that the times of their ascendancy are gone by, and that it would be much more prudent on their part to he making friends than to be so earnest in doubling the animosity of their enemies. It may appear to them vastly clever to speak of Judos Brown low and Iscariot Dawson ; but they had better not exhaust their vocabulary of abuse, lest a higher personage than either should eventually come in for a share of it !—Morn. Advertiser. THE NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL OF THE LONDON UNIVERSITY. (From the Lancet.) We should have rejoiced to announce the open ing of the new Medical School in the London University, which is to take place on Wednesday next, as an event likely to be marked by some in dications of an acquiescence in sound and en lightened principles on the part of those who at present possess the power of regulating the system of medical education in this country, and of pre scribing the conditions upon which students are permitted to become candidates for the privilege •' o f practising their piOfession. The Council of the London University have had duties of no ordinary difficulty to discharge. We believe that no of have been wanting on the part of this body to obtain from the Council of the College of Surgeons so me relaxation of thos e i mpo li t i c and mischievous provisions, by which th e inte rests of the whole profession are sacrificedfor the sake of perpetuating a corrupt system ; -but - it is not surprising that efforts which have been backed by no other authority that that of reason, should have failed to make any impression on the sur gical oligarchy in Lincoln's-inn-fields. Reason, public expediency, respect for justice or public opinixi—these are considerations of small weight with men who seem to regard the power they possess in no other light than as an instrument for extracting money from the pockets of the pro fossion, and transferring it to their own. The limbs of these persons are ever on the alert, but reason can find no access to their under 'andings. As far as any concessions from the Council of the College of Surgeons are concerned, the new Medical school, there fore, starts with no greater advantages than those possessed by any private establishment, conducted by teachers of acknowledged obi - Of such teachers the London University posesses a fair proportiUn, and it is to be pre sumed that those gentlemen, whose names are but little known in this part of the kingdom, have not been • elected without satisfactory evi dence of their competency to discharge with effi pieney the duties which will devolve upon them. 'Ow lectures - on surgery, as well as those on phy. fiOlogy, will be delivered by Mr. Charles Bell, whose merits as a profound and ingenious phy siologist and anatomist, are acknowledged, even by those who have an interest in suppressing them, namely, the foreigners, who have appro priated some of his discoveries.. Dr. Davis lec tures on midwifery and the diseases of women and children ; and Dr. T. Thomson on lqateria- Mediea and PhAtnntey. Thew gentlemen are v well known to be fully qualified for the situations to which they have been elected ; and of Mr. Benett, to whom the dissections and demonstra tions are assigned, we believe it is generally ac knowledged, that, for a clear and felicitous me thod of explaining the anatomy and physiology of the different parts of the body, he yields to no teacher in any public or private establishment of this or any other country. Mr. Pattison, the Professor of A'iiatomy and operative Surgery, Dr. Conolly, who lectures on the nature and treatment of diseases, and some other lectures or branches collateral to medical and surgical. science, are, in this country, at least, untried men ; but if the talent which may he presumed to have led to the election of these gentlemen, be set against the tried mediocrity of those who fill similar situations in some other schools, this circumstance can hardly be regarded as disadvan tageous to the new Institution. But, though the medical class in the London University are likely to he as well instructed as those of any other establishment, whether public or private, there are other circumstances which are likely to affect, for a time, the prosperity of the new Institution. The indisposition of the Council of the College of Surgeons to make any abatement of illiberality, is not the only difficulty which the medical department of the New Uni versity has to contend with. The Scotch Uni versities have refused to .recognise the certificates of the Professors at the London University, on the ground that the new establishment possesses no Royal Charter; and this refusal will have the effect of taking from the New Medical School all, or most, of those English and Irish students, who may be desirous of graduating in the Scotch Universities. It is the auri sacra fames, the hunger after pelf, which has induced the Scotch Universities to avow their determination of re fusing the Certificates of the London University, as the Council in Lincoln's Inn-fields- has been influenced by the same unworthy motive, in de claring four years' ho s pit a l a tt en d ance on our provincial hospitals to be equivalent only to six months' attendance in a London hospital, al though the facilities for acquiring knowledge may be, and for the most part are, far greater in the fbrmer than in the latter. But the certificate system is itself the root of the evil ; and medical education can never be much improved in this country, while so absurd and uncertain a test of qualification is admitted as that which is fur nished by the mere possession of certificates, which certificates are, in fact, no more than ac knowledgments of so much money had and re ceived by professors, whose interest it is to grant such acknowledgments to all that can pay for them, and in no case to inquire whether the party who pays has received an equiva lent in instruction. In a great number of instances, wherein certificates of diligent at tendance on courses of surgery and anatomy have been'granted in this country, the professors signing such certificates would be unable to swear in a Court of Justice whether they had ever seen the individual to whose diligence they have borne written testimony. We have ourselves stated before the Parliamentary Committee on Ana tomy, if we may be permitted to allude, in our character of journalists, to the evidence we gave in our individual capacity, an instance from which some conclusions may be drawn as to the gene ral value of certificates of attendance on courses of lectures. Such certificates prove nothing but tke fact of a certain sum of money having been received by the lecturer, and can never be relied upon as evidence of the pupil's diligence, or even of his presence at a course of lectures. The only certain test of Oalifieation is, as we have re peatedly urged, a searching, bona fide examina tion, without reference to the time during which, or the place where, the candidate for a medical degree may have obtained his information, The London University is constrained, fbr the pre sent, to acquiesce in the existing system ; but it has already felt the baneful influence of that sys tem, and the time, we trust, is not far distant when it will have the power, as we feel assured it has the disposition, to co-operate with effect in such measures as may lead to a reform of me dical abuses. The expediency of supplying better instruc•• tion to the inhabitants of the metropolis than they have hitherto been able to obtain, was the main principle on which the project of a new University was founded ; and this principle has received the strongest sanction from those who were upon another ground, perhaps honestly, op posed to the scheme, for they have imitated the example of the first projectors, and embarked in a similar undertaking. The plan of the King's College is, all respects, save the introduc tion of a compulsory system of religious in struction, wherein it is to be assimilated to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, a copy of that of the London University. The King's College aspires to no superior advantages, in respect to the power of granting degrees, to those possessed by the London University ; a circumstance which was not publicly announced until long after the scheme had been set afloat and largely contributed to, and which was even then announced in so modest and retiring a para graph, that the fact is perhaps to this day un knOwn to many of the contributors. The sole difference, then, between the plan of the London University and that of the King's College is, that . , whereas the former will not interfere with the religious belief of the students, or prescribe the mode in which he may best fulfil his religi ous obligations, the latter will combine, with its course of studies, a compulsory system of religi ous instruction. By a compulsory system of re ligious instruction, we mean such a system as is pursued in the Universities of Oxford and Cam bridge, where, if the student neglect to attend Chapel, and rece i ve t h e Sacrament at stated periods—a course of theology is not insisted upon—he is subjected to e c s e e r r t i a p i t n i a b l l t l i t es , su i ffi 'o - t indeed of a v ery severe d ciently annoying, in a majority of instances, to enforce conformity. One of th e severes t punish wilts inflicted for what is regarded in m a ny Colleges as one of the least venial irregularities, namely, the omitting, from whatever motives, to receive the Sacrament, is that of being out of sizings and commons. This phrase, b e i ng in terpreted, mean s that the delinquent cannot obtain his wonted hot rolls at that lie will be breakfast from the college butteries, an d excl del for a time from the common dining t a bl e . The consequence of this exclusion is, that he is compell ed to seek his dinner at a tavern in the town, where he is sure to waste his money and his time, and may, by possibility, impai for bringing a health ; an ingenious contrivan ce impair health morals and his thoughtless student with a pure unde filed heart to the Com n Table, munio and and recon ciling-him to a participation in the Lord's Sup per ! It would lead us beyond the objects which fall more immediately within - the province of a medical journal to pursiie this topic, hilt We would put it to the candour of dime who have enjoyed the,opposed advantages 9f a C9rilptil sory system of religious instruction at our Uni versities, to decide, whether such a system is - not calculated to generate an indifference, rather than an increased reverence, for religious obser vances. Compel a man to listen to a set form of words, on however sacred a subject, fourteen times a- week ; or rather, compel him to be pre sent at the delivery of such a form of words—for neither law nor religibn can compel to an im possibility—and indifference the mildest form of complaint with which the patient will escape from a performance of an obligation. It is with the piety as with the learning of most of the young men who repair to our Universities ; more, - we tear, is carried thither, than is com monly brought back from thw;e venerable esta blishments. The only point, then, wherein the plans of the London University and the king's College di&r, is a point in which men, of whate v er re ligious opinions, who reflect dispassionately upon the subject, will probably be disposed to con clude that the former institution has the advan tage of the latter. But we heartily wish success to b ot h es t a bli s h men t s . The patrons of each may, for a while, take opposite directions ; but they are destined, we believe, like travellers in a circle, ,to arrive at the same point. Increase of knowledge is, we trust, the common object of both ; and increase of knowledge will itself de , stroy the principle of intolerance which has, perhaps, given birth to one institution, hut which the founders of that institution vainly seek to perpetrate. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. Mornay, SEPT. 29.—Wind West.—High water :38 minutes past two.—Arrived the Tinley, Hall, fiord Q►ie bee ; Hannah and Eliza, Taylor, from Malaga ; M.Pher son, from New Orleans ; Aspasia, Bennett, from New York ; Parachute, Bitton, from Virginia ; Java, ---, from Virginia; Yarmouth, --, from Paraiba ; Lady Coote, from St. Vincent and St. Thomas ; Jonge William, Janzen, from Belfast ; Clara, Redle, from --; Science, Goodrich, from Charleston ; from Waterford. CLEARED OuTwAßus.---Lusitania, fur Bahia ; Mar wood, for Elsineur. THE ARMY. Horse-Guards, Sept. 29. The General Commanding-in-Chief will hold a Levee on Wednesday next, the first of October. LORD FITZROY SOMERSET'S LIST. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, as Military Secretary to General Lord Hill, Commanding-in-Chief, went through his List yesterday, at his. Office in the Horse Guards; A few Ge neral and other Officers transacted military business with his Lordship. A detachment of the 19tk Regiment of Foot has em barked at Kinsale; on board the William Harris trans port, for the West Indies. Detachments belonging to•the 27th and 35th Regiments of Infantry embarked yesterday at Portsmouth, on board the Marshal Bennett for the West Indies. The Hon. Colonel Molyneux is appointed Lieutenant- Colonel of the Bth Hussars, stationed at Newbridge, county Kildare, in room of Lord George Russell, who retires to half-pay. The Bth Royal Irish Hussars stationed at Newbridge, have received an order of readiness to wore. The 70th Regiment from Cork is to he moved to Butte vant. Sunday a large detachment of the 77th Regiment, from the depot in Belfast, sailed for Dublin, on their route to join the service companies in Jamaica. A detachment of the S3d Regiment of Foot embarked on Tuesday for Ceylon.—Limerick Chronicle. WESTMINSTER COURT LEET. POINTS OF BELIEF. Yesterday the ancient Court of Burgessrs; by whom all Constables and other Officers for the City and Liberty of Westminster are chosen, held the Annual Court Leet for swearing in Constahle3 for the ensuing year. The usual lists were handed in, and those who answered were either sworn in, ex cused, or fined, as the respective cases might be ; but one gentleman set up an excuse of rather a novel kind. Mr. John Brooks, of Oxford-street, stationer, on being called for the parish of St. Anne, Soho, came forward, and, addressing the Court, said he had no objection to the trouble and inconvenience attend ing the serving the office of constable, but he must object to taking the oath always required. Mr. ROBSON (the Clerk of the Court)—Upon what ground do you object to take the oath Mr. Brooks--I beg leave to inform the Court, that, some time ago, being a witness at the Old Bailey in a case of robbery, I was questioned as to my belief on certain points of religion, and OH an swering conscientiously upon the points mentioned, Mr. Serjeant Arabin declared that I was an unfit person to be sworn, and that, in fact, my evidence must be rejected. The Judge of a superior Court having refused to suffer the oath to be administered, I conceive that the example must he followed here upon the same grounds. Mr. ROBSON, sen. Ktlie Chairman)—Administer the oath, officer; let Mr. Brooks be sworn. Mr. Brooks—l will not submit to be sworn in one Court when the oath has been refused to me in another. Besides, I object altogether to being sworn upon the New Testament. Mr. RoßsoN, jun.—That is not a valid excuse. The Court here know of no objection to your taking the - oath faithfully to perform the duties of constable. Mr. Brooks—But what is the use of my under taking the office of constable, when my evidence is inadmissible in a Court of Justice, according to the declaration of a Learned Judge ? Mr. RonsoN, jun.—Then, Sir, you must be tined. The same objection vas made last year by Mr. Leigh Hut-t; but the Court decided that he was liable, and fined him in the usual way. The CHAIRMAN—Officer, call Mr. Brooks upon his tine. The officer then called John Brooks to-tome into Court, and save his fine of 81. Mr. Brooks—l am here, but I object to be sworn. Mr. ROBSON, jun.—You had better take the book, Mr. Brooks. Mr. Brooks---No, I will not ; in the performance of my duty as a constable, it is very probable that my evidence may be necessary in cases extremely important to the interests of justice. I might, for instance, be called upon to apprehend parties con cerned in great offences, and be able to give testi mony which would go a great way towards convict ing the offenders ; how foolish should I then look, and how justice would be defeated, when I appeared in the Court at the Old'llailey, and was told by some such sage as Mr. Justice Arabia that tny evi dence could not be received. Mr. ROBSON, .11111.-Y6u most either serve or be fined. Mr. Brooks—l object to be sworn. Mr. ROIIiON, jun.—You cannot serve without being sworn. ilfr. Brooks—Then I cannot serve at all. Mr. ROBSON, jun. then entered Mr. Brooks as fined in the sum of 8/. Mr. Brooks said he would not pay the fine, and would resist any attempts to enforce the payment. thereof. Mr. Brooks is the same person who was indicted with the Rev. Mr. Taylor for conspiracy. KING ARTHUR.—The following anecdote is current amongst the Court circles :—A potent monarch of our own times, whose Council of State is headed by a military dictator, not over remarkable for the diffidence or humility of hie. sway, upon being indirectly solicited in favour of an individual, who, like Sir F. WRANOE, was willing to serve his country as well as his King, answered the applicant by saying —"I have no patronage—you had lioto . apply to King Atattot," POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLIIOROUGH-STREET.—A Frenchman, one of the performers at the French Theatre in Tottenham-street, applied to the Magistrate to know if he could assist him iu compelling the manager of that Theatre to fulfil his engage ment with him. The applicant had been engaged to perform in a certain line of characters at 250 francs a month ; but now the manager thought proper to break through that engagement, and whistle him off altogether, without either cause or notice. • Mr. CONANT told the applicant that he had no power to interfiere in such matters, and he had better consult his solicitor upon the subject. A very pretty-looking young female, having very little the appearance of what it seems she really was, was placed at the bar charged with robbing au elderly gentleman, named Kebble, of one sovereign and some other monies of the coin of this realm. Mr. Kebble, who is a staid, grave, solemn-looking per simage, sinking fast into the vale of years, with a sleek head of hair, and a general appearance of sanctity about him, which resembled him very strongly to the Rev. Mr. Smith, the preaching sailor, said that he is a single man, having an accommodating sort of lodging, where he can share bed and board with the hungry and the houseless at his pleasure ; and on Sunday night, as he was progressing homewards, the prisoner at the tar crossed his path, and asked him for a share of his bed, which she agreed to occupy for Ss. ; which• terms, rather than she should be without a bed, he consented to accept; and to his single gentle man's lodgings he accordingly introduced her, and there she remained until the next morning, when he (Mr. Keb ble) discovered that his purse, which lay at the bottom of his trousers' pocket, had discharged its contents, a sovereign, and some silver including the aforesaid 35., in the course of the night ; and he then recollected that during the night he had had two or three curious dreams about a hole being in the bottom of his breeches-pocket ; hut there was no such thing in fact. Satisfied, therefore, that the prisoner must have taken his money, he called in a constable, who took the priioner into custody, and searched every part of the room, but nothing could be found 'of the money, though the empty purse -was forthcoming in. its proper place. " And pray, Mr. Kebble," said the Magistrate, "do you often lose money in) this way?" " Not very often, Sir," replied Mr. Kebble. " No, your Worship," said the prisoner, " I defy Mr. Kebble to say, that in all the times that I have been with him at his lodgings, he ever had cause to suspect me of stealing a farthing's worth from him." Sir GEORGE FA RRA NT—Oh, then you have been at his lodgings before ? Prisoner—Yes, your Worship, many and many a night. Sir GEORGE FA RRA NT--bi that true, Mr. Kebble? " Why, Sir," said Mr. Kebble, looking towards the gronnd and twirling his thumbs, " I can't say but that the young woman has bad shelter at my. place before." The MAGISTRATE asked the constable if he had searched the prisoner's person for the lost money. The Constable replied, that he bad not, he could not bring himself to do such a thing. Sir GEORGE—But it was your duty to have her search ed, for she might have the money about her person. Constable—Well, your Worship, I could not do it. I don't know how to go about it, for I never handled a wo man in my life. Sir GEoitoE—But you should have got some one who knows how to, go about it: you should have got some female to search her. Constable—So I did, Sir; I got Mr. Furzeman, the watch-housekeeper, to search her. Sir GEORGE--DO you call Mr. Furzeman a female ? Constable—No, Sir ; but he searched her as well as any woman could do, and she had no money about her. Sir GEORGE—Then he was not quite so nice about the matter as you were. The MACIiTRATE then told Mr. Kebble that he had better, in future, be less hospitably disposed towards the straying and wandering female than he had been in this in stance, and discharged the prisoner. II NI ON- A LI,. —Yesterday John Jordan, late acting bombardier in the. Royal Artillery, was brought before Mr. CHAMBERS, the sitting Magistrate, charged with having administered poison to his wife Mary, with intent to murder her. During the investigation the prisoner's wife was ac commodated with a chair, owing to the state of weakness and debility under which she laboured, in consequence of the effects of the poison. She is a very decent-looking woman, apparently about 34 years of age. The prisbner is also a respectable-looking man, about 40 years of age, and up to the present period has borne a most excellent cha racter in the regiment to which he belonged, testimonials of which were produced from the commanding officers under whom he served. The complainant stated that she had been married to the prisoner 16 years. In the latter end of 1624 he com menced ill-treating her, and continued .to use her with great barbarity up to 1826, when she made up her mind to leave him, he agreeing to give her a certain MU per week out of his regimental pay and allowances. Subse quently to their separation the prisoner, however, did not keep up his payments, and she was under the necessity of applying to Sir John Webb, at Woolwich, to whom she described the circumstances under which she and her hus band had parted, and owing to the interference of Sir John, she was admitted into the workhouse at Woolwich, and ss. a week deducted from the prisoner's pay towards her sup port. On Saturday fortnight, while in the workhouse, the prisoner came to her, and by his entreaties, she was induced to leave that place, on his solemn promise that he would treat her in future with kindness. He then told her that he had taken apartments in Theobald's-street, Kent-road, to which they proceeded together, he assuring her that the connexion that existed between him and a woman named White, with whom he had cohabited, was at an end. Notwithstanding his protestations of re forming, they had not resided more than a few days together in their new habitation before he began to evince his hatred towards her, by refusing to partake of any meals in the house, and allowing her only twopence a day to subsist upon. When she upbraided him for his conduct, in inducing her to abandon an asylum where she was so much more comfortable than since she quitted it, and threatened to complain before the Magistrates of this office of his harshness, be repeatedly said, " Either Mrs. White or I will give you something that will prevent you from doing that." On Monday morning he quarrelled with her again, and on her declaring that she would no longer continue to lead such an unhappy life, and expressing her determination to go before a magistrate, the prisoner said, " You shall have something that will soon do your job; for I am deter mined that I will not allow you a separate maintenance." Soon after he had uttered these words, the complainant went down stairs and filled the tea-kettle out of the butt in the yard, and on her return placed it over the fire. Having occasion soon after to go into an adjoining room, when she came back she saw the prisoner standing with his face to to the fire-place, with the lid of the kettle in his hand. .ti'he did not, howevet, at the time take any particular notice of the circumstance, and when the water belled she made her tea, and sat down at the table to drink it. Be fore she commenced her breakfast, the prisoner left the room ; and even this circumstance did not excite any sur prise or apprehension on her part, for he was in the habit of withdrawing himself when she commenced her meals. After partaking of about a cup and a half of the tea, she was seized with violent sickness at the stomach and vomit ing, and after this had in some degree subsided, she was attacked with excruciating pain internally, accompanied by swelling of the abdomen. Her cries brought the landlady of the house to her assistance, who immediately proceeded for medical aid. Mr. John Boast, surgeon, on perceiving the symptoms under which the complainant laboured, had no doubt they were produced by poison. The sides of the kettle had also arsenic adhering to them. Mrs. Jordan further stated that from the time she filled the tea-kettle until it boiled, and she had drank the tea, no person had been in the room but the prisoner. The prisoner exclaimed, " I am as innocent a man as ever stood before your Worship." He then proceeded to describe that in 1826 his wife left him, after having used him scandalously, and stripped his house of all its furniture. He had subsequently complained of her conduct to Mr. Massiter, one of the Magistrates of Woolwich, by whom he was advised to take forcible possession of his property wherever he might find it. lie afterwards ascertained that his wife, after having absconded, went to live in the family of Captain Stewart, whither he repaired, and tried every method to produce a reconciliation with his wife, but without success. She had frequently threatened him with having . him either hanged or transported, and _was constantly in the habit of upbraiding him aad scandalizing him, as all the. neighbours could testify. The prisoner here stopped, upon which— Mr. CHAMBERS said, you are charged with attempting to poison your wife : do you wish to state any thing in your defence? Prisoner—All I have to say is, that. lam innocent of the charge, and that I know nothing about the poison that was found in the kettle. The Magistrate then remanded the prisoner. The hops are so plentiful this year, that the brewers actually contemplate using thew ;ias , ,ead of quassia. NORWICH, Sept. 21'. We had a large show of Wheat at market to-day; good dry samples, both Old and New, sold readily about sa. per quarter dearer than last week, but the adVance was not so great on the inferior sorts. There was a fair quantity of Barley at market, which was taken off at an advance of 2s. per quarter. There is a ready sale for Oats, Beans, and Pease, with but little alteration in prices. Flour advanced ss. per sack. Wheat (per qr.) ... 555. 'lss. 889. Beans (per qr.) ...... 303.405. Barley 3os 343. 'l7s Pease, Grey '3os. 40s. Oats 2os. 28s. 30s. Flour, tine (per sack) 60s. 635. C A NFL , : RB U RY, Sept. 27 . We had an extremely brisk demand for Wheat to-day, at an advance of Ss. to Ns. per quarter, and though we had a liberal supply, yet 13110411 e-remained unsold at the close of the market. Fine Malting Barley is very scarce, and such realizes 40s. per quarter. Beans and Oats rule ra ther dearer, but Pease remain nominally the same. As yet but few sales have been made in Hops. Flour advanced this day to 735. per sack with us. Wheat, white 70% to 84s. -- red • tiOs: to 72% Barley, Malting 38s. to 40s. Oats Beaus Ws. to 30s. Pease 4os. to 445. CHESTER.—Wheat, per 751 b. 10s. Od. to les. ; Batley, 38 qrts. ss. 3d. to ss. 6d.. Oats, Vlb. 3s. 3d. to 3s. Od. NANTWICIL—Wheat, per 751 b. Bs. 2d. to Bs. ; Barley, 38 qrts. ss. Od. to ss. 3d. ; Oats, tOb. 3s. Bd. to 3s. Od. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) The demand for Raw Suoitas has been steady all the week ; the sales amount to 665 hhds. and trs.; more business would have been dove had the holders who were very firm in their demands, given way 6d. in their prices : the prices obtained were fully last week's rates. British MOLASSES have been in request; sales have been made at 225. 3d. a 225. 6d., and 235. is now demanded ; upwards of 300 puns. of West India have been sold ; Demeraras and Trinidads at 235. a 245. 6d. from the warehouse. The sales made in COFFEE are confined to 21 trs. of Jamaica, taken by the grocers ; very ordinary and broken, mixed, 285.; ordinary, 38s. ; good ordinary, 435.; and fine ordinary, 50s. • No sales made in PIMENTO, GINGER, Or RICE. The transactions in Rum have been very limited ; a small lot of good Demeraras in hhds . 10 a 12 0 - P., sold at 2s. 6d.; Jamaicas are still held at 3s. 4d. for 16 0. P., and Leewards 2s. for Proofs. In DYEWOODS there has been nothing done. The sales made in COTTON this week amount to 1109 package, and prices are without alteration. The particulars are, 10 stained Sea Island, 91(1. ; 567 Boweds, 6d. aid. ; 154 Orleans, GI& a ?id. ; 2.0 Pernambuco, Sid.; 120 Egyptian, Bd, a Std.; Linen Coals Iron • . . . 1 .. 59 Demeraras 731 a Sid.;- 116 West India, 8 1 4 " 53 Surat, 4341 ' . a I ENEF For ASHES there has been more inquiry.' 1: 1 be p sales, hoWeler, have not been extensive , • foga: • holders refusing to . give way in their pricesi,l';.` ,Ttneo, 6d. was refused for 2(g/barrels IVlontreal New 0 0 1- tt:tir the trifling sales effected were at • 305. ; d Gli ne Pearls, 30s, a 31s. -• w • In TonAcco there has beenmore doing; trstfr c o ,,, are taking off parcels at higher prices ; tine 01d,,': 1 ", "; ginia leaf and strips sd. a 6d.; best new, 51"' 6d.; and middling, 4,cd. a 51 . J . YELLOW CANDLE TALLOW is gelling stOsumY Tiek e ; 41s. p.' ` 14.43 FISH Otis, in consequence of the favottral o '" bo v .n m port from Davis's Straits Fishing, have becoilie flat, and prices giving way : far the trifling FO ~) r ' sold, 231. a 23/. 10s. was obtained for Whalfi "f" 24/. for Pale Seal, per tun, old measure. The limited arrivals of NEW GRAIN have inc, l 4 very ready sale, at improving priceS. For' Wheat and Oats there has been a specidatiks-7 mand, and considerable purchases were made-4211 the week at an advance of 124. on Wheat, and 6d. a Is. per boll on Oats. The supply Of Si" has not been adequate to the demand, and in O nse ,;' quence an advance of Is. a 2s. per boll has b e.- realised.. Beans and Pease steady. I; r• BRITISH EXPORTS. KA • Pec ept i, ,25th gt. kitt 1 1 E) L, ti Metal 4vER vi J. 'LI • LICE, r - " Ifas ju 4111eful,A1 Virorkmal Aireea Statement of the Quantities of the under-mentioned ALT i4 .* ries of British Manufacture Exported from LiY from the 19th to the 26th inst. inclusive. Cotton 16,502 Pieces. 198,460 18' Blanketing Kerseimeres Carpeting 1,560 ... Calicoes klannel Woollen Stuffs Worsted Stuffs 189 ... 24 , 2 Baize Inferior Woollens 357 ... Cotton Yarn Cotton Thread 6,000 Sail Cloth Cotton Hoge Cotton Handkerchiefs Cotton Braces Worsted Caps Hats Hardware Earthenware Salt, White ~,, Salt, Rock • 1,760 Tons, 138 ... - - 10,207 •• • 1,600 •. ' STOVE Pl} .." , • AND() 4,600 , 1,879 692 **a d , 23 £D 1,690 • 485 X-- 3,472 338 360 ". 6,000 '.: .. £1,973 it , 54,270 Pi "7 500 . ' CIO 0 Cwt. 0 9 ... EXPOR I'S or COTTON, CALICOES, AND TWI * kU,ssu NOI here h a y 41 1 sen, I all th e , Itoth s m'onals a N,OSO , it "Perial m : Benkl the pr NI roR THE WEEK ENDING STET. 28. Cottons. I I Twist. Calicoes. 6,876,8'79 yards I 1,485,870 lbs. 2,216,739 yrir" CATTLE. An Account of Cattle imported into Liverpool from 22d to the27th inst., both days included. .., Cows Calves Sheep Pigs Horses M u ''' . 1,910 231 5,923 3,742 15 0 AGRICULTURAL MONTHLY REPO FOR SEPTEMBER. The Continental harvests have partaken, 'genet!: ' of the defects of our own. Ireland seems to 'in' been more fortunate, few complaints having 0 01 ;1 from thenc e , a nd cons id era bl e i m p rove ment W I / taken place in th e con dition of h e r l a bouring P ° ' lation. Greater numbers of them have found ployment at home during the present, perhaps'!" during any past year within memory. As stal l Or for wonder will never be wanting, even 'relay at length, rising in the scale of natioes. scot' th e also boasts of a more prosperous harvest th,O rt fil generality of our more southern counties. r e to ol and the higher northern districts, though the vi ore tl was beat down by the winds, it has been set with little damage of complaint, excepting, in ' bo ‘lt parts, of a yellow caterpillar ; the, quantity a de two-thirds of an average; the late sown wheats s h fective, all of various quality. Oats, barley, bl it t peas, potatoes, a full average and of good Wool Turnips a vast crop. The oats are said to he_ d t. largest crop th a t h as b een. o b ta i ne d o f .l a te From Scotland we h av e rece i ve d hi g h panegyrie' bo t the Irish labou rers , as not only steady workmen , It able to cut a greater breadth of corn in a ( Ili" the same time performing it with greater ease' any other. Hopes are . 'expressed that their a p annual visits to Scotland may ever continueret various parts of England, complaints have v;01. made of a deficiency of labourers for the bar ;oil in consequence, labour has been so dear, that d ii )'• hands have earned upwards of eight shillings t i ray s This has chiefly arisen from the circumstance r te we have had less of Irish assistance during the I sent than in former harvests. • lof t The spring crops h ave b een -universally P ar e prosperous than the wheats, both in straw and c o il Beans and peas are the most productive; 00 standing next, th oug h muc h o f t hi s corn w as b„,. 0 .- away by the high wind s . B ar l e y i s . a grest,'oo but a considerable part of it di sco l oure d ; and ell which has been pit up in a damp state, will escape being mow-burnt, thence unfit for rna t : n 'j et Much corn of all kinds, indeed, was stacked i !r o f moist a Condition, as to induce the necessity making the rick, in order to dry the sheaves' 01 1 harvest has been most perplexing and expensivei„ to, to the fortunate few. The fen counties appe a r have suffered most, and the heaviest calarnit,„ 19 V the season have arisen from the floods. " i i i th seed, from the favourable c hange of the we st PO has succeeded beyond expectation, yet will 0' 1 ; 1 6 an abundant crop. T re f o il i s a cro p, an d °I tares particularly good. Tqnipo pafter'otateFt. oieo mange' wurzel are great crop r s ! —die o gr ta ivil most abundant, and the fallows green like a flier" and full of keep. But in the fens, both the'd, and turnips are • unproductive. Our late 90 e tion has been verified, as to the inferior quat",ir' grass forced into an inordinate luxuriance by . co s scant moisture. Beasts, in the great cattle distrii;k have net improved in proportion to the superab D a ance of grass. The present cannot be dee o V 'great fruit year, nor is the quantity of any speo,e st 4, titled to particular commendation.,---Monthiyfole A 8 A A A (: A ENGLISH AND SCOTCH MARKETS. (From the New London Price Current of Tuesday.) WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—The stock is 4,427 casks, the delivery (for Home Consumption) 74 casks; the only sales, inferior Demerara at 225. 6d., Antigua 235. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The Govern ment Contract for 100,000 gals. Rum, taken a shade undzr 2s. 1,41., had the effect of rather damping the Rum Market last week; and as many shipping orders are in town, buyers: immediately appeared, and the demand being aided by the rapid advance of the Corn Market on Friday and yesterday, we may estimate the advance about ld. per gal., and nearly 500 puns. sold chiefly yesterday, and two and three over proof, about 2s, 3d. the hief purchases. In Brandy there is little variation. Small parcels of Geneva have appeared at market. At a late hour the. demand for . Rum appears increasing, and the late Contractors are buyers. The stock is now. 2,000 puns. less than last year. HEMP, 'FLAY, and TALI.OW.—The Tallow Market which had become dull, the price receding to 38s. 3d., had yesterday a great revulsion ; the demand became general and extensive on account of the re ports of the probability of War with Russia, and the high quotation from St. Peter:. , :burgh, the advance was 6d. to 9d. per cwt., and a renewed firmness among the holders. Hemp is also held for higher prices, Flax little varied. The date from St. Pe tersburgh is of the 11th inst. Exchange 10d 7,16. Tallow 108,800 casks bought since last post. COTTON.—The demand for Cotton has rather im, proved, there is no alteration in the prices. The purchases are chiefly Egyptian, 1,200 bags, ditty paid, at 7id. Rtce.--- - In consequence of the great rise in the Corn Market,, Rice has again advanced about 2s. per . cwt.; the quantity of Bengal Rice sold exceeds )6,000 bags,' and - Within a month nearly our whole stock, 70,000 bags, is reported to have Changed bands, mid. Bengal Rice may he quoted 16?. good 16s. 6d., Carolina 365. a 38s. HOps.—The new Hops brought to market are of fine quality, but the crop is still reported deficient in quantity. The demand for the New Hops has been general and extensive ; au advance of Bs. to 10s. has taken place; the Sussex has sold 70s. to 845., Kent 755. to 955. TEA.—The market remains steady, lout little doing. SPIcEs.--- 7 There is little alteration in Spices; the inquiries are greatly increased. This forenoon 411 bags Pimento, good quality, sold at 9d. Otts.—ln Greenland Oils there are no sales, on account of its scarcity in this market; the quotations, of course, remain nominal. Seed Oils steady. About 77 tons American Sperm sold on Friday, at 74/. 15s. to 75/. 10s. IRISH PROVISIONS.—The Government Contract, for 26,000 casks Irish Provisions, equally in Beef and Pork, was taken last week about 6/. Bs.; no particular alteration in the Market has taken place. The prices of Butter are rather lower ; arrivals last week 18,279 Irish, the stock is now about 52,000 casks. The arrivals of Bacon, 559 bales; there is little alteration in price. TOBACCO.—Several parcels of Tobacco are taken for export, at 2,1 d. and . 2}d * A cargo of Virginia has been sold at 15s. per 1001 h. manifest weight. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK , Per Quarter. Boston Gainsborough Grantham .--.. Grirasby Ilorncastle Lincoln Stamford Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s, (30 :33' 1 i 42 - - (33 31 22 4 CO 77 3 L 53 58 24 27 50 70 26 33 58 '7O 31 39 66 '7O 30 36 50 17 35 38 60 '7B 28 36 21 :14 19 20 Hi 26 24 27 20 24 20 28 20 29 41 49 38 40 40 42 32 46 44 40 - 42 44 48 MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—Sept. 27. The consumers having bought freely during the last three weeks, the trade was languid at the early part of the present week at the advanced rates quoted on Saturday last. We had a small attendance of millers or dealers at our market this morning : the holders of Wheat were demand ing an advance of Id. to 2d. on Old, and full 3d. per bushel on New ; however these advances were only com plied with by the needy con'sumers. Grinding Barley is as last noted. Oats were rather dull at last week's queta tions.• There is nothing paising in Boiling Pease ; and Beans are less inquired for. tine Malt is in request, and a shade higher. The millers are asking about 2s. advance on Flour, however, the sales made barely exceeded last week's rates. Oatmeal is held at Is. per load above the quotations below, but the dealers would not comply with this advance. Customary Bushel. Wheat (701 b.) s. d. to's. d. English, 0 10 6 --- Fine 9 0 10 2 Second Rims -- 8 6 8 10 Scotch & Welch 9 0 10 4 Irish, Fine Old 8 9 9 3 New 8 9 1) 4 Inferior 9 9 7 10 Foreign, Free 9 9 10 3 Barley (601 b ) English, Fine .. 5 3 5 Irish Inferior for grinding 4 3 4 Oats (451 b.) English, Fine Poland 3 9 Scotch, Potatoe 3 8 Irish, for Mealing 3 6 ~—~ Provender 3 6 Foreign, Old Pease (Imp. Rush.) Blue, (boilers) White (ditto) Beans (Imp. Qr.) s. d. to s. d., English, Fine-- 46 0 47 0 Inferior.. 45 0 46 0' Irish, 42 0 45 0 40 0 46 0 Malt (per load of 6 Imp. Bush.) Nottingham, 48 0 49 0 Yorkshire 45 0 47 0 Irish and Inferior— 38 0 43 0 Par Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Flour, Notts. Fine 52 0 54 0 Sup. 550 580 Quar. of 8 Imp d. to s. d. 72 0 75 T 64 9 73 2 61 2 63 7 64 9 '74 4 63 0 66 '7 63 0 67 2 54 0 56 10 72 2 73 9, 38 4 38 1 31 2 32 11 29 3 30 7 28 6 29 10" 27 '7 29 2 2( 1 28 7 9 61 29 2 24 3 26 1. 3 3 5 6 & 9 56 0 59 0 46 0 50 0 2801b5.) s. d. to s. d. Hour, Norfolk and Suffolk, Fine 53 0 55 0 Yorks., Fine 50 0. 52 0 Seconds 43 0 46 0 Irish, Fine... 50 0 53 0 --Superfine 52 0 56 0 —Heated or stale 40 0 42 0 Per load of 2401 b. Oatmeal, Englisa.... 30 0 32 0 —Scotch & Irish 29 0 31 0 Feeding 22 0 23 0' 4 0 3 11 3 10 3 n '7 0 .7 ' BIRTHS. On the 29th ult., at Alfred-home, Camberwell) P.. Wanostrocht, of a daughter. • hat" Oa the 29th ult., at Grosvenor-gate, the lady of ' - Herbert Noyes, Esq., of a daughter. fli— On the 28th ult., at Colworth, Beds, the WV ° Magniac, Esq., of a daughter. 1 , V. At Beckford, Gloucestersh; :he lady of the ge At __ 4, Wow _are, the .Ay the Timbrill, D.D. Archdeacon of Gloucester, of A stuh RI AR RIED. 8 001 On the 30th tilt., at Tottenham, by the Rev. . 1 1 11 :jjen Wilkinson, Mr. William Burrows, of Saffron v" Essex, to Priscilla Mary, third daughter of the lat e Robert Adcock, of Haverhill-place, Suffolk. h ol On the 27th ult., a t P o tt erne , Wilt s , 'James Mo:I Esq. of Milton, to Miss Ferris, youngest daughter late Francis Ferris, Esq. of Weston, near Devigefi, DIED. 1 On the 30th u lt., R o b er t, th e on ly s o n o f Roberti% 0 Esq., of Upper Thames-street, aged 14. li" Wil On the 29th ult., Caroline, the only daughter of . Ogle Hunt, Esq. . '7 O ( . On the 30th ult., after a long and painful ilhl s t , two years, Mr. Charles Blizard, of Blizard's Hotel, Ir : friars-read. • e )'' On the 29th ult., at the house of his father, 811:0' green; after a lingering illness, borne with perfect It'' tion, Henry Warren Drysdale, aged 26. "11 0' On the 29th ult., after a short illness, James 8e1 . ,! Esq., of Greenwich, in the 66th year of his age. i i tt' On the 25th ult., at his residence, Hawley, n ear n ford, Kent, Richard Leigh, Esq., aged 67. • : .4j 9 On the sth ult., at Lambeth, Richard Bower, Es V I the 80th year of his age, who died with' a broken.'., through much-neglected merit— . "In him both grace and eminence did shine, ' ,;.- " The friend, the Christian , scholar most sublime`__ •._ / ....................... O. I . PRINTED and PUBLISHED by MURDO YOUNG) '. wort OFFICE, 112, STRAND LONrON Bus'h. gi• =.7, F Gt A c 7: ...., ~ 1 6, r