The Sun. — London, England, 1824-02-10 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS: DAIL ',l" E;rirrects from the Morning Papers, Feb.lo. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Letters have been received from Bahia, dated , an the Kith December. The violent proceedings' of the Emperor .Pedro at Rio de JaneirO, '136- twixt the 10th and 20th November, werelhen - known there, and had created a great ferment.---' - Strong measures had not actually been resorted to, by the natives, but the most determined resola lion to - • - xy4.?ose arbitrary Government, was-•uni 'versally and unequivocally expressed. The Por- - tuguese residents were obliged to appear as little •is ptiblic as possible, foi: -whenever any of them were met in the streets they were insulted, and their lives placed in danger. Northern Brazil, and particularly Bahia; has for some time en joyed the blessings of liberty, and of equal laws, . and it is riot likely that its inhabitants will again submit themselves to the will of a tyrant, with out making:an united effort to avert the calarni ties-of absolute despotism. The Brazils will se parate before long into at least two independent' states, for the country is too extensive-to be re-' gulated by one Government. The Consols opened yesterday at 91, and a great deal of busi pess was done in them. The actual intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the Finances, are not exactly known ; but the state of the 'Money i\larkft makes it sufficiently evi . dent that a considerable reduction in the. in terest of the National Debt may at present,. .with great safety,' be effected. The holders of Exchequer Bills seemed, yesterday, to be per fectly aware that the reduction of their interest to 11 . d. is quite practicable, and accordingly a decline to the extent 0f at least Bs. on the premium, which latterly they have borne, must yesterday have been `submitted to by those who felt an inclination to make sales. The Consols =advanced yesterday afternoon to WI . ; and wagers have been made that the Account will be .settled on the 26th February next, considerably above the price, which was the closing one of yesterday evening. [NEW TIMES.] The operations - in the British Money Market .yesterday were not very extensive. Consols for the Account opened at 91, and gradually ad -vanced to 9118, at which price they closed.-- French Scrip has been at premium, and all the Foreign Securities remain at very high prices. The principal feature of the Market yesterday ,w.as.the re-production of the " United Mexican Mining Association." This speculation was.pro duced some weeks since under the description of, the " Franco-Mexican Mine Association ;" but the prospectus was shortly withdrawn, for the.: Purpose of amending it ; and in its amended state it was yesterday introduced into the Market. _Upon its- first production in the morning the .shares were sold at a premium of five pounds per share; but the premium subsequently de clined to one and a half ; it afterwards, however, advanced to three, and filially closed at two and a half, the business transacted in it having been considerable. DI OR NI NG POST.] Considerable interest has been excited by the meeting about to take place of persons connected with the West Indies. The differences which have prevailed for some time in this country on the subject of slavery, have become more serious than heretofore, and though it is admitted to be one which ought not often to be brought into discussion, a necessity exists for taking it into consideration now. We feel all the importance' and delicacy of the question,. and could wish to temper the zeal of the advocates on either side. On the one hand, we deprecate that un reflecting benevolence which would at once pro- Claim emancipation as a blessing which can not be purchased too dearly; on the other, we condemn that exqUisite regard for the sacred chi, ratter of property which designates all commise ration for SlaVei as a maudlin sentiment and hy pocritical 'cent. We desire to take that 'course which humanity would dictate. But our huma nity is not like that' of Las Cases, who, to accom: plish his benevolent purpose for one race of men, had no objeCtinn to sacrifice another. We can feel for the Africans, but at the same time we have some regard for the interests of the Euro peans, and while anxious that every practicable amelioration should be made in the condition of the slaves,we are not disposed wholly to disregard , the claims of their proprietors. That the evils of slavery are not small, no Englishman can be ex pected to deny ; but that they are not so great aslto make it impossible for the descriptions of them to be too highly coloured, every one at all ac:. quainted with theoubject must allow. We' are not disposed to contend for the abstract benefits of slavery any more than for those of a national debt under all imaginable circumst-Ances. • But ; end such being the fact, we scruple not to assert, that at once to declare them at• an end would prove a curse fraught withthe most Appalling calamity. Could all the sieves in the 'West India Islands be at once made free, what must follow ? Would they 'work as free la bourers for such prices as their late masters could afford to pay ? Few will venture to answer this in the affirmative. If they could not get employment, what then must ensue ? We ap. prehend as they would not have means of -sub sisting themselves in a state of perfect separation from their former employers, that a struggle be tween the Whites and the Blacks for niastery and for dominion must then take place, and the result, let the struggle terminate as it might, flu inanity would bevel.° deplore. []►MORNING. HERALD.] The observaoons which have been made at various times on the non-publication of the ac counts of certnio charities, lead us to ask how it is that we submit so readily to a similar con cealment of much more important accounts ? We allude in particular to the very large sums of money raised, in the shape of Rates, upon the inhabitants of the metropolis. Even Parliament, we believe, has never yet inquired into the total amounts of them. At all events, it seems but reasonable that those who p a y th em s ho u ld know a little - more than they do both of their amount and application. The former would astonish even the Chancellor of the Excite-. quer. Of course large • sums must be necessary for parochial and other local purposes ; but in most parishes' (especially those governed' by pri vate Acts and select Vestries) very little is known of the matter. On the disappearance and defal- . cation of the late Treasurer of the County, an Act . was passed to prevent the recurrence of a si milar.misfOrtune ; : and one of its provisions is; that an account of the receipts and payments of his successor.shall be:sent . to the acting Magistrates, and to the Veitry . Clerks of all the parishes, at the end. of every quarter. A similar provision has likewise been. introduced in the late Turnpike Act. ,NoW s •What we would inftgest is, that,a like statement be made in all parishes of - the - sums raised upon the i n h a bit an ts f or a ll p ur p oses . If, the Trustees of any, one parish would set the ex ample,.others might, perhaps, be found to follow it ; though we'rnuch doubt whether any general , disclosure would .be made without a ,P.arlia mentary,ettactmenL If any patriotic Member of, Parliament mould take the matter in hand, we are mueltrinistaken if the result.wculd not he al speedy andimportant reduction in some of those burdens'which.,Oress most heavily•upon the in dustrions• trading part of the community. . • [ln E riatFs. • • • • We- haVe looked over the proceedings of the Subscribers- to the .Mendicity,SoCiety on Saturday last ; and we presume' that we shall 'not be chnii*od:With'giving a partial or imperfect report of their': (We cannot say all we might up - on this subject, beCause we must not dedicate too much of our room to the proceedings of a few indivi dualS;upon a subject of not u4iversal interest.) 7 -- Mr. Sturges Bourne was Chairman; and we shall begin with hiM fir'st, lie hopes, in his, closing speech, that "the public press will receive a '" lesson from the events of that day." So it will, no doubt, but very different from that which Mr. Sturges Bourne seems• to expect. We recollect a case, wherein a JOdge having given a .'Arimi natory charge to th e jury, on a . person - accused of .the O.P. riot, was simple enough to!" hope" in like Manner that the public " would receive a lesSon : " from : the, events of thatday ;". when lo ! to' as Lordship's surprise and great discomfiture 3 the jury pr4notinted a'Verdict of acquittal, quite contrary to las.expectations ;, and In truth we see equal reason .to doubt whether the Jury, - if we may so - call the will - be of - the same .opinion . with the learned, -but _somewhat premature Judge in this -instance, Mr. Sturges - Bourne. It is first oh- Vious to rernark, that the subscribers to the Men, dirity Society, Who met on Saturday, must have approved a Report of which they could know nothing . with Arta :accuracy ,WhiCh WaS noses sarv'either for the just approbation or re jection : for the 'Report contains a great vat .riety of .figures,: „requiring minute attention; t and was, we presume, then . o n ly fi rst put into the bands, or read: in the ears of those who instantly applauded and appr ove d. Whether this may he a proper method. of passing an account, in a great part arithmetical, we knew not ; but at least it . is a tiew method, and there , fore, we should - suppose, be s t suited for the -oc casion. -Whether our correspondent's figures were erroneous or not, it is not- now worth the while to inquire, for• it seems to be allowed that no important conclusions could be drawn from errors so trifling : but we shall just exhibit one instance of the manner in which one of those supposed mistakes WAS treated—a Manner of which we . are sure even the persons assembled could have had no idea, or they must have' in stantly cried down the deFusiOn with hisses. [BRITISH PR ass.] A few days only . havepa:skd since we had to bestow our reprobation on an arbitrary proclama tion of 'Sir Thomas Maitland's from Corfu ; and we have now to record his decease. The career of the High Commissioner, in all the plenitude of authority, has been arrested by the " fell ser geant," Death ; an apopleCtic fit suddenly cut him off, at Malta, or, . the 17th of January. No proclamation of his could stay the approach of this dread summoner. , • • Pallida mors tequo jaulsat pecle,pauperum tabernas Regumque turres. Jam ilium premet nox fahuheque manes. With all his power, and pomp, and authority, to this favour he has come at last. He is now no more ; and it is not our feeling, to war with the silent dead. But Sir Thomas Maitland's whole career, since he became the Represen tative of this country in . the lonian .1 sles, was one of great unpopularity : few will regret him, We should be anxious to know how long his statues will now be s uffered to stand in Corfu. Will that flattery, which fol lowed him while living, be, extended to his image when power and influence no more attend his name ?' • Will Flattery sog,the the dull cold ear of death ? We should be glad to see Lord Hastings appoint ed to this important situation : he was mentioned for it before. His Indian administration had few blemishes ; and such a man is now wanted, of high character and feelings, in the neighbourhood of Greece, to redeem the name of Britain. Sir Thomas Maitland did little for its fame. The £ssequebo, arrived at Greenock from De merara, brings no news. The colony was perfectly quiet. It was reported thitt Mr. Smith, the missionary, was sent home to Englatid..4Glavoi, Ehronide.) BOW-STRE . ET.-(DAR , ING ROBBERY.)---Yester day John gen.dly was put to the gar, charged with a most daring robbery in the shOp of a watchmaker in Castle-street, Leicester-fields, on Saturday night last. The p r i soner h a d bile impudence to go a second• time to the shop, under pretence of looking at a watch, chain, two seals, &c., when p he, as alleged, thr ew a quantity of sn u ff i n th e eyes of the prosecutor and ran off. Ile was pursued, but the watch and part of the chain only were recovered.— Remanded. HUNT'S CONFESSION. (CONTINUED.) ' s According to this arrang ement , I dressed myself in the clathei of Thomas XhurtelPs servant, Ennisono-thaois, I wore his fustian jacket and white apron, and went about seven o'clock in the morning to Wood's • lodgings, in Castle -street, and told • him (as had been, previously settled between me and'Thurtell) that a lady named•Bretv wanted to see him,.and sent me to fetch him to her at a friend's house in Westminster. This. Mrs. Brew is an old lady who lodges - at Cousineioaf Kensingo ton, and who has• a great, friendship for Mr. Witioff. .31r. Wood asked me if l•knew why, she, Wished. to see ,him ; I told him that she had had some words with Mr. Cousins, and she wished tb 30.6 hitiobefore she ieturned•td Keiisingoi7it ; 'He cprdingly accompanied me, and in the wilt; he asked the name of the street o wlfichl told him" I did not recollect,; btiO would -lead Inns to.the hccute. , • • :. . . -On reachino No 10 Manchester buildings I sail that was. . o. • . • • . • . theplace, and rapped at the door. Thedoor rfoun • was a-jai and give'way o 'on which' I pushed it open and erffCrd;.-expect ing that Wood , would 'follow me; he, however, stop ped on the threshold: ,he was no,doobt deteired from going in byobserv ing that - it Was iniinhabited, and; as I think; froths seeing Thor who-wassstonding' at the foot of the.stitirss close to the back parlour door; With• his coat and shoes: off, hiredhandker chief, overhissheod,io -disguise him, and • a dumb bell in each hand ready to strike Wood - on.the head. Acs,l foosid Wood did not' follow me, and Was gone f rom t h e d oor, I wept to see what had • become Of him, and I just saw him sunning round .the comer;of. the buildings. I then went tosJolini• Thurtell, and told him Wood had run off; Thurtell said , ." It was lucky for • seem he did ruo, or els e h e wou ld oevets h ave run ,again." In order to preVent any alarm in Wood'a mind as to the real intention, and as we knew he wait in. difficulties, we resolved to write to him to, make him believeit ivAIA stratagem of the sheriffs' officers to arrest him for debt; Vse therefore ran Across the Parkas fast as we could Thos. Thurtell's at the Hay market, and th ere J o h n Th urte l l wrote a note tO'Wood, as if coming from'a friend, 'to advise him to keep oat of the way, as There- were several writs out against him. . Ennison, who is .a facioturn of the Thurtells, was sent to de liver it, and I dare say it was at Castle-street a very few minutes after Wood got back. In order to keep up the deception, ano. ther letter was written the same evening by John Thurtell, in :the name of" Clark," to say that he had to thank: Curtis for the endeavour that had been made that morning to arrest him. This letter I delivered ; and to convince Wood that these letters were genuine, and that the object in getting him to 31anchester-buildings was an ingenious decoy of Sheriffs' Officers, J. Thutell prevailed on * * * ' 1 to swear a debt against him of 2•9/., and he was actually arrested the next day on this - false teeth. - • • After the failure of this scheme, Thurtell said he would buy a pair of .pistole, and shoot him some night as he went home from the house he used, which was kept bys man nine Thorn ton, in a street near t h e Haymarket. This, however, was af terwards relinquiihed, end Thurtell said he, should leave him for a month or two , and pick out another of his enemies. We is * was aware of the different plans against Wood, and frequently, when we were discoursing on. the subject, he used to say " D—n and blast Wood ; 'what ii the use of killing him ? Barber Beaumont is the man we want out of the way ; why don't you do for him ?" John Thurtell replied, " Never fear, he is booked. We shall ! have him safe enough, you may depend on it." The rea son why they wished Barber Beaumont to be destroyed was, that they thought he was the only cause of the money not being paid by the Fire-office, and 'they feared he would urge the prosecution to be carried on for a conspiracy ; and for seve ral nights and days John Thurtell laid in wait for him with the air-gun charged, in the neighbourhood of the Fire-office. lie generally took his station at the door of Mr. Ward's, the cor ner of Sherrardsstreet ; and he set me to watch at the office door in order to ascertain at what hours Mr. Beaumont went in and out ; if I discovered him, 1 was to run and give notice to Thurtell which way he went, and he was to follow and shoot him. I, however, could never make out which was Mr. Beau mont,' for I did not know his person until some one pointed him out to use at the inquest. The air-gun resembled a knotted walking stick, and held no less than 16 charges. It was tiger, and let off by merely pressing one of the knots with the. the only n o is e was a s li g h t w hi z , s c a rce ly perceptible to any one who might happen to be on the spot. . . • John Thurt e ll me n t i one d to me that same of Isis friend s were obliged to leav e t hi s coun t r y for France, and amon g others he nomedlVilliant o „„ ss and George * * ***',onotecount o f some 'lrifermations or prosecutions against.them for gaming, and he Jiad every reason to think Weare was One of the -informers. I was present at a public-house kept by Mr. Casely, in Orange-court, when a• man named ******.told J. Thurtell, that a young gentleman named Graham, who had lost money, and was prosecuting, or informing, and also a Captain Kelly, were obnoxious to his friends, and that if he, Thurtell, knetv how to get rid of them, he could undertake to soy that 5001. would be of no object to those who were at that time obliged to live in France, on account of those prosecutions. • Thartell said, " 'lf You can get George wee to pass his word for the money, it shall 'be done." ****ooott replied, Iwillspteoa ra to y George, r the m o ney ,an d I have no doubt h e w ill un dertakeif they are compl e t e ly out ge of the way ; and when r get his answer , ' you shall see me again. After *****_%** was gone, lohn • Yhurtell said to me, " If George *" * will pass his word fort SOL, it is sure to be paid ; the men he wants put out of th e : way shall be disposed of in a week, and I will do it in such a Way that the public shall believe they all killed themselves." The reason why Kelly was to be got rid of was,: that he was terribly violent at th e,g-houses ; fO r w h e n he l ost money he insisted on its beirestnored to him ; and if it was not, or if the proprietors did not tend him what money he asked for, he assaulted then,, and broke thelr glasses and furniture. The way Thurthell proposed to dispatch him was, by inciting hini to meet some young gentlemen' to plaY, from - whom money was easily to be .woriOOOnti he Was by this •pretence to be drawn into the Park, es Being in the way to the place appointed. Thurtell was thereto shoot hit, with the air-gun, and I was im mediately to fp ep - and place a di scharged pistol in his hand, and then make ate alarm and call out for assistance. The mo ment any one came, I was to declare that 1 had seen him en gaged in a duel, that he had fired without effect at his adver sary ; that the shot was returned, and he had fallen, whereupon his opponent ran off. John Thurtell frequently expressed his intention to kill an attorney named Springfield, who lived at Norwich, because he had used him ill idhis bankruptcy. About three weeks before Weares murder, Jahn Thurtell, Thomas Thurtell, and myself, were walking towards Spring gardens ; J. Thurtell said he would go and see Itexworthy, and we all went into his billiard-rciom, which had been newly fitted up. I there saw a-gentlemanly looking man sitting down. John 'rhurtell went up to him and said, " Weare, - how are you ?" The gentleman got up,. the y shook hands together, and appeared very friendly;' and after conversing together for about a quarter of•an hour, they - went out together and re mained absent an houro On their 'return, Thos. Thurtell said, he must be off; and w e went away. Wh en we got off, John Thurtell told me the man - I. had seen him in company with, and Bill ***** had. 'won 3001. from him in one night, at Blind Hookey. I said that was a great deal of money. " Yes," said he, " and what is worse, when I•asked them, and parti cularly Weare, to lend me 51., he told me, to go a thieving for it, as lie did ; and that I had better say nothing about it, as the nfoney was my creditors'." Thurtell alio said, ." I do not forget •thia treatment, and shall soon settle accounts With some of them, and shall never die easy until , I have my revenge of Weare." • Shortly after the indictment for theconspiracy was found, and when the officers were expected to he on the look-out for the Thurtelle, Probert introduced them to Mr.Tetsall; told him that warrants were out against•them, and begged he would let them stop at his house, and keep a good lookout to deny them, if, any person should make inquiries of whom lie had suspi cion ; and •Mis Tetsall accordlo let them have a p r i vate room.above stairs. P ro b ert an d. John Thurtell were almost continually in cernpany together, either idEiandon or in going backward and. forward to the cottage ; and I believe they ar ranged and settled the plan 0011... Ware's murder before the par ticulars were cOminuaicated tome; for although I heard it men. tioned several times that it was to be done, I was not informed of the manner in which it was to be perpetrated until just be. fore the murder took place ; but although I witsignorant, Pro- bert, from the observation •he made, and the directions - which he gave, appeared to know every particular. It was•not until the Friday morning that the murder was committed' at night, that I was let into the secret as to several of the arrangements. understood from Probert that he' was in great distress and difficulty, and that unless -he got some Money he should be compelledocoleave the cottage clandestinely ; and as lie was in daily expectation of his landlord coming to seize and take pos session of the place, he told Thurtell not to delay any longer than he could help, and said, " If it i s d one t h ere , i t can never be found out; , hecattse it is so by and private a place; for I kept a private jigger there, and it was oever discovered ;" and from his representations it was, as I believe, determined by Thurtell to commit the murder at or its neighbour hood. Thurtell told Probert and itie that Weare, the man it was intended to ssreenever carried less than from 1,000/. to 1,5001. secreted about his person, and that he knew where to find it; Ile besides said, that he should tell him that he had become acquainted with a young gentleman who had just come into possession of a large property, and who had an inclination for gaming, but could not be tempted to play unless it was for large stakes. 'That this gentle Man had given him an invite= lion to comedown to his country house and bring a friend with him to take two or three days' shooting • he should, th ere f ore, persuade Weare to 'accept this pretended invitation, and ins press on his mind the necessity of taking a large sum if he in. tended to do any good;because, as he (Thurtell) had no money to entice ihe gentleman to play Weare must provide it, and if he did so, they could introduce cards, hazard, or back gammon after dinner, and make a famous thing of it..— Thurtell said he :had no doubt this would be a sufficient bait to catch Weare ; that he would take plenty of cash with him, and they- should be sure to get 4001. or 500/. a piece, which would be no bad thing. Probert answered, " Noi that sum will just relieve me from my present difficulties." About two nights before the murder, a conversation took pla ce at Tetsall's between Prob er t and John Thurtell, in which Pro bert said." You had better m a k e it Friday night if you can, because 1 am usually down at the cottage on a Saturday, and by shewing myself to the neighbours; no suspicion will fall on me, if the man is missed. Thurtell'promised to arrange it for that night if he could. On the morning of Friday, J. Thurtell said he had settled every thing with Weare ; that he was to meet him that evening at .Cumberland-gate with a chaise, to take him-down to the gentleman's mansion ; and that no time was therefore to be lost in making the necessary preparations. In the forenoon of Fri day I went with .Thurtell to purchase the pistol s . Th e y were bought at tijeweller's in High-street, Marylebone, for 1/. 15s. At about two o'clock the pistol-balls were made. The two Thurtells, Probert, and, myself were present in the front room on the'first floor at Mr. Tamil's. The lead for making them was melted in a fire-shovel, which ***** * ** * * * held over the fire. Four bullets were cast while we were all present. Probert handled them, and said they did not a pp ear to him to be la rge enough to ki ll man on the spot ;on which John Thurtell replied, "You would be d—d sorry to have 'one of them through your head, small as they are ; and if you had, you would not get to Gill's-hill cottage in a hurry." Probert said he was sure the air-gun would not kill any one on the spot, and John Thurtell replied, " I know that as well as you, Bill, or what the hell should I buy these pops for, if it was not because I would not trust to the air-gun," and add ed, " I was a bl—dy fool to go all the way to my friend Har per, at Norwich, to borrow that air-gun ; but I will take care not to miss that bl—y thief Weare, as I did your short (using a vulgar expression) friend Master Wood." Probert laughed and said, You made a' bad business of that, Jack, for I ex tected Wood would h ave b een d ea d, an d you would have bad he girl long ere this." John Thurtell then made answer, " Well, you sh a ll see what sort of a miss I will mak e o f W eare before this night is out—and after him comes Wood and two or three more that you know, Probert said, " I hope you will do your business well, and that your friend may have plenty of money with him." Thurtell replied, ‘c "There is no fear of that, as he thinks 1 am going to take him into the coun try a fiat-catching." Probert and ***** ***** laughed heartily at this ob serva ti on , an d J o h n Thurtell'went on saying, " It will be pretty fiat-catching, Bill, for I will lay th e flat enough before 1 ha ve d one with him." We were also all four present when the pistols were prepared and loaded. The lock was tried, and being found stiffin con sequence of the pistols being new, I was sent to get some oil - to grease the hammers and the triggers to make the pistols go off readily. In the course of conversation, Thurtell said, " How shall we manage about yotir old woman, to prevent her looking out ?" Probert replied, ".oh, . never fear, I have a plan to get her ,to bed." Thurtell asked what it was, and said he should like to know it, so that we inight all know how to act when we got there. Probert said, " Why, Hunt must sing us two or three songs, and, after a little while, the old woman will get sleepi, and I can then say that, having my friends down, I must sit up with them to keep them company, and as we mean to er i joy ourselves, that she and Nancy had better go to bed ; and when they find we are determined to sit up, they will be glad to go to bed." It was arranged that Probert and myself were to watch Thurtell and Weare past Field's, and then to follow at a little distance, so as to prevent any onefollowing up the lane, to interrupt J. Thurtell and if any approached, we were to give him notice. Thurtell was to pass the cottage out of hear ing of pistol-shot, and then to shoot Weare while sitting beside him in the gig. Probert himself told Thurtell how to do it : he said, " Jack, if the man has any suspicion about the lane, you can tell him you think you have missed your way, and when you have got to a convenient spot, as you are the driver you can make some remark, and point his attention to make him look at the left; and directly he turns his head, that is your time to shoot him." After the act was done, the body was to be put into a sack and brought to Probert's, and thrown into the pond by him and Thurtell, while I was to be engaged amusing the people in t he house, as had b een b e f ore settled. CURIOUS GEOLOGICAL FACT.---.A. few days ago, a large piece o f c o a l, com pl ete l y covered with cockle-shells, was found in one of the coal pits of the late Mr. THOMAS, of the neighbour hood of Dewsbury, one hundred and fifty feet below the surface of the earth. This curious specimen is, we Rev. Mr. W ATERHOUSE, of Dewsbury.—(Shef believe, in the possession of the field Independent.) ELECTIONEERING ADDRESS.—The following let ter is as modest a one as could well have been written on such an occasion. It is an address from Mr. Morris, of Wood, to the Freeholders of the Congressional District of Kenhawa, Mason, &c.—offering his services as a Representative in the Congress of the United States. Mr. Morris has made a little mistake in ascribing the celebrated verses of Walter Scott to the American poet, Selick Osborn. Mr. 0. has a line genius for poetry—but it is a compliment which cannot fail to gra tify even him, thus to have the verses of Scott ascribed to him : ADDRESS. GENTLEXEST — I have taken this method of announcing that I am a candidate to represent you in the eighteenth Con gress of the United States. It is emb arrass i ng, if not indelicate, to be writing respecting one's self. To those that have known me in public life it is unnecesary--having been a Member of the Legislature for the five last sessions, where 1 was neither idle nor negligent.—Attachment and devotion to the public good, is what we all feel, and any professions thereof are super tluOus—for, in the language of Selick Osborn—. " Where is the man with heart so dead, That never to himself hath said, This is my own my native land." I can only assure you, Gentlemen that if I am elected, I shall feel the most lively gratitude; and all the talents I possess shall be unremittingly exerted for your, and the public benefit. I am, Gentlemen, Yours, &c. with the most pr o f oun d respect , ISAAC 1 1 /1 OR MS. Parkersburgh, Virginia, March 26, 1823. BURYING A LIVE.—An extraordinary event took place som e y ea r s ago , on the fi rs t appearance of the Epidemic at Madras, the circumstances connected with which are worth while communicating. It was in the month of October, 1818, that the Government were pleased to appoint Medical Officers to be stationed at different places within the precincts of the Presidency, for the purpose of affording immediate aid to the sick. A poor man, of the Roman Catholic persuasion, fell a victim to the cholera in one of the tents that were pitched in townsnear the Dispensary ; Dr. P. who attended upon him, called on a minister of that church to request him to bury the man for charity, to which the priest acceded ; the doctor then returned to his duty, but being fatigued through inces sant labour during the preceding nights, fell asleep in one of the tents; and rolled himself up to his head with a blanket for fear of the cold season; at this interval the corpse of the poor man was unexpectedly removed by some Portuuese people before the minister could reach the place, who, on . his arrival there, found a body l a id up i n a tent (which was the fatigued doctor) and under the idea of its being the dead one, proceeded with the usual ceremonies, and whilft corn ing to that part in the sprinkling of holy water, up started the doctor with great consternation, which alarmed the reverend gentleman to • such a pitch, as compelled him to pull up his gown, and take to his heels, with all his suite, as fast as ever they could; leaving the object of the resurrection behinl EXTRAORDINAIIy DISOVERY.-The Sexton of the parish of St. Mary-le-Strand, in clearing out a vault on the south side of the Church, on Thursday last, made an extraordi nary discovery. The vault had been entirely filled up with mould and coffins, leaden and wooden, in which state it had re-' mained for many years. The lid of one of the coffins having been sltatteredby the spade in digging, the interior presented a most singular appearance. The body was that of a female, the upper Part of which, on being exposed to the air, immediately crum bled to dust, but the lower part, from the middle downwards, wag as perfectas if only recently dead. The flesh was firm, and the limbs preserved their shape as in life. Even the nails on the toes were in their natural state, a nd no change appeared to have takemplace since the time of inhumation; except the dis colouration of the skin. The shroud too in which the body was wrapped, when examined, was found as sitropg and firm as when new, This is the more ektraordinary, as the coffins, even the leaden ones, some of which had not lain so long in Ole vault, were completely rotted, and had mouldered away. On further examination it was fully ascertained that the body Was that of a Miss Tonson, aged 10, who died in 1734._ .Eighty-nine years have elapsed since it 2nd been consigned to the vault. LONDON MARKETS, PRICE OF BREAD. The pi ice of the 41b. Loaf is stated at t id, by the fall-price d. bakers. There are others of the trade who sell from a ba ll ' penny to three halfpence below that rate. . IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. F u reign 9,054 • • .- Wheat. Barley Malt Oats Rye 5,456 Beans . l6O Peas 1,936 Tares --- 456 Rapeseed Mustard Seeds. Flour 1118 10,235 B4ank Linseed. r..... ........ SEEDS, Feb. 9. New Eng. R. Clover, 52s 77s 93s—fine, 1 05 s—new --' 5. Old Ditto 33s Ses 79s—fine, 98s —s —s new, --4 —s New Foreign ditt0,..703 77s 95s—fine, 103 s Old ditto ditto,— 37s 49s 6.55; fine, 9Es White ditto 65s 34s 88s—fine, 97s —S Trefoil .. p er ewt..los 2232i,s—fine 288 Os per cwt. s' Ribgrass .. " 4.5 s 53, —s—fine, 66; Carraway Seed s 4fis (ISs 50s 533 Coriander do ' Bs Os Ils—fine, 13s Tares per bushel 'Os 0(1 to 10s 6 , 1 Os St.loin 3Bs to 40s— Ilye-GraSs.fine 44s per qr. . 26s to 3 8s—Line, 42s --s —s per V"? Canary per qr 4ss 47s White fine, 49s perch. Nltistard Seed 71 lOs to 12s Brown ditto los 145 16s Od Winter Tares ... Rape Seed to 163 Od pr. bush. Linseed i4s 51;s—fine, 53s per qr. NESVGATE AND LEADENHALL AliltiKETS, Feb. 9 , By the Carcase. Beef 2s 4d to 3s • 41, Veal ..... Nluttoit 'is 8d to3s td I .. .3s4dt o 6 5 Ci Pork '4s 8d t o 5 5 04 Lamb, Os od to O s od. " - ST. JAAIES'S HAY MARKET, Feb. 7. 0. Hay 31 lOs Od to 51 t2s 0(1 I Clover, 610 s Od to 61 Os od New Huy 01 us Od to 01 0e Od / Shaw 21 ss 6(1 to 21 lis Od SMITHFIELD. St Old Hay' 4l 15 s Od to 51 7 ; Gii--Ayerage, .51 OS Oa , raw Clover 5l 1 09 O d to 61 6s 00-- Average, 61 Os 0 4 WHITECHAPEL. Hay 4; 4s (Id to bloc Od - -Average, 51 Os Od New ditto Ol O s Od to 01 Os Od - --Average, 01 us Od Kt raw Clover Si Os Oil to 61 lOs Od- 7 ge, 21 2s AVer/ge• 41.1 Ss CAL PRICK OF HOPS, per Cwt., Feb. 9. GROWTH, 192 3 Kent Pockets 81 10s -to tel Os to 121 03 East Kent, Camel bury 171 —s to —lo s Sussex Pockets SI Os to 91 9s to 101 5s Essex Pockets 81 os to 101 Os to 111 I Is Farnham, fine, 161 Os to 911 Os—Second, I/1 Os to 161 Kstot Legs, SI Os to 91 9s to 101 Sussex Bags, 71 10s to 81 Ss to 91 Os Essex Bags, 71 lOs to 91 Os to 101 01 'he old duty on the growth of 1523, is announced t o be 26,0571 It 3. 94d. and 6-90th. ...., RAW 1111) LS. Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .. • • Os Od to Qs Od 3s Od to 3s 2i: Market Calf • . each.. O s Od Middlings.— Qs sd to 2s 10d Lambs..., Os Od to sOd SHEEP SKINS. Polled I Shearlings Do w ns as Oil t o 4s Oil Lambs .OsOdt o e s Oa .............----____ PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 5611)s to each„ ......0 Ditto, 5t to ti6lbs each . "per 2l .. 4 to , 23d .. ,1 Dressing Hides ......... V ..... Coach Hides . . .. cod to , 2 - ... ..................... Crop Hities,'3s to 40Ibs f u r -- 4, ... cutti zlid Ditto . 45 to 5011 ..... iik . -......... 17d to !sid Calf Skins. ... n; .... ;. . , ......... 19 d to ii d .o 6 to 4011)s ... . ................... isd to .26d Ditto 50 to 70lbs Ditto 7O to tiOlbs .................... 22d to eat! Small Seals (Greenland) .................. 44d to 19d Large ditt o .. ................... ..16d t o 181 Spanish H orse Hid es . Tanned H orse Hides .................. • ... 14d t o 161 ......... .. ............ 14d to 19d I AP, &c. per I . . • 7Ol Mottled, .............. 736 Curd ............... Good Graves Ott Dregs Gs 04 PRICEN of Town Tallow 39s Od —s od Yellow Russia 36s Od —s od .White ditto .. 13s. 6d--s Soap ditto.. :12s 6d —s od Melting Stuff 49s Oil ;--s od Ditto Rough.. 16s od —s od PRICE OF CAM - ILES, FROM TALLOW CIIANDLiR'S Price of Candles, per dozen, B s,6d-77.Moulds,•10s od. • ed per dozen allowed for ready money. . • PRICE OF RAID' FAT,oer Stone of Slh.—Feb. 7. Price of . Tallow (es stated by the Tallow Melters), 2s lid COUNTRY Cl'tLlFoltn M Wheat per 1. 131 Os to 101 Os Old .Vheat 161 0s to 21) lOs Oats, per qr.... 11 Qs to /1 12s Old ditto .. 01 os to 01 Os MARKET., BRET, Feb. 7. Barley, 11 12s to 11 19F Beaus, per qr. 21 06 to 21 ftg , Pease, per qr. 11 17s to el Is Rye, per qr 21 Os to 21 4 COAL. MARKET, Feb. 9. Ships at Market. Ships sold. 38 Newcastl e a ..... 31s 6,1 41s Oi 16 Sunderl an d i 1 ........ 37s itid a 41s 9$ BI RTHS. , On Tuesda J night, the 3dat Bred-street-hill the ' lady of Lieut. .A. Collins, of the Ist Foot a (or Royal R, egi ment), of a son. On Saturday, the 7th inst. ' at Wallington, Su rrey, t h e lady of T. F. R eyno ld s, E sq., of a daughter. On Sunday, at Tottenham-gyeen, Mrs. George Shuttleworth, of a daughter. EXTRAORNINARy BlRTH.—Yesterday morning, at seven, o'clock, the wife of a journey - Man baker, of the name of Frazer, residing at No. 18, Bean-street, Friar-street, Blackfriars-road; was safely delivered of three fine children, two boys and a girl our correspondent informs us that one of the boys is since dead ; the survivors and the mother are in a fair way of doing well ; the parents have now eight children to support. MARRIED. On Tuesday last, at St. Ann's Church, Liverpool, Samuel Pope, jun., Esq., of Manchester, to Phebe, secon d d aughter o f 'William Rushton, Esq., o f the former place. On the 4th inst. at Gateshead, Durham, Mr. Wilam, Kell, solicitor, to Maria, dau g ht er of the late 'Mr. W. Ap li edaile, the same place. On the 7th inst., at St. James's Church, J. G. T. Hamilton, Esq., of Gower-street, Bedford-square, solicitor, to Maria, third daughter of William Mason, Esq., of.Brixton, Surrey. DIED. On the 9th inst., in Bridge-street, Southwark, Robert Esq., in the 68th year of his age. • Lately at Berlin, M. von Seegebarth' Post-master Prussia, of whose death i s a lo ss t o the State, as he was a and very deserving servant. At Munich, on the 11th ult., the Court Banker Baron von , Eichthal, in th e 77th y ear o f hi s age. • , . On the 7th inst., at Hampstead,* in his 39th year, John Watts, Esq., who was for many years Deputy Comptroller of the Post-office. At Edinburgh, on the 24th ult., aged 57 years, Thomas Hoivey, Esq. of Akeld, Northumberland, much respected and deeply regretted by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. On the Ist inst., at Camberwell, Mrs. Sarah Bailey, late of Speenhamland, Newbury, Berkshire, aged 76. On the 6th inst., at Islington, Mrs. Mary Radford, widow of the late Rev. .Josh. Rarlferd, aged 72. On the 7th inst., in the 35th year of his age, Win. Henry Majendie, Esq.. the eldest son of the Bishop of Bangor. On Saturday last; the 7th inst. at Burton-crescent, 'Mary*, the youngest dau g ht er o f Maxwell, Hyslop, Esq., of Kingston, Jamaica. On Sunday, the Bth inst., at Stockwell, Mrs. Ann Mackay, relict of the late Hector Mackay, Esq., of Streathain, Surrey, aged 66. Lately, at A yr, Capt. Nieven, late Surveyor of the Customs at Greenock.—By fame, he was reported to be son of that face tious and well-known character, described in Roderick Random, under the title of .Strap. Ptitted /Aid Pubiistied. for the PROPRIEcons, at the Sti*" OFFICE, 12'i *rand. by .f. B. CAB,STAIRA. •