The Sun. — London, England, 1824-05-13 00:00:00

i'`~ TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Pdpers, May 13. [MORNING CIIRONICLe. J We have already had the pleasure to inform the public that the . change which had taken place in the Executive Body in Greece had been a real benefit to the august and sacred cause which that country defends. We have now, how- ever, a fresh proof of the truth of that informa tion. The Members of the new Executive Body stre.so well convinced of the necessity of adopt ing:every means which can hasten the triumph of their country, that they take every step that can leed to that desirable end. Among other affairs, the Loan recently contracted in England has claiinEd their peculiar attention. They have, therefore, transmitted to Mesirs. Orlando and Liu- riottis, Deputies of the Legislativ e and Executive Bodies (and thus of the Provisional Governm en t otOreece); a confirmation, and, we may sia . y, an extension of the powers already vested i n them ; solhat all which they have alr".dyd6h ° to r tintahY.- yet do, or may have to "do, with regard Loan contracted with Messrs. Loughtian, Son , a n ti O'Brien, cannot b e s u bj e ct to the affirmation, that it is likely .to be affected by the chang e abovementioned in the members of the Executive "tidy. We hasten .to communicate this to the public of London, not'alone for the greater trail .quillity of the Greek Scrip-holders, but also that i s ti e7 may" be acquainted with all that relates to a nai,ton„ whose struggle se deeply interests the friends of Christianity, and of natiotial inde pendence aid liberty, [MORNING POST.] W e received last night by Express some of the French Pap irs . of Tuesday; • Ater having annou nced some tune sinc e th at all Peru was in rTHE TIMEs.I Letters of the 10th from Paris, received yes terday by express, supply the following explan ation of the recent movements of some ships of war along the coasts of Spain and Portugal. An order has, it is said, been given by the French Government, that the squadron before Cadiz shall take advantage of the favourable season to make marine excursions, for the double purpose of exercising the crews and preserving their health. it was in obedience to this order, say the letters, that Admiral Itntours lately paid a visit to the 1 7 . a Another arrival at Lisboa which c ause d 1,13 M. some speculation here, was that of two corvettes, which, it seems, had put in there on their voyage from Brost with provisions for the garrison at Cadiz. These facts are reinforced by the fre quently repeated argument, that France, during the progress of the great financial measurs about to be carried into effect, cannot but hare the most solid reasons for preserving peace in every quarter, and that, having established at this moment the firmest friendship and good under sianding with England, it would be impossible for 'her to embark in any designs against Brazil or Spanish America, without the full knowledge , and participation of this Government. This ar gument ought undoubtedly to hare weight in ~alming any apprehensions that may still exist on the subject ; but it is equally certain, that the daily increasing stake, both financial and com mercial, which this country has at risk on the other side of the Atlantic, predisposes those con cerned to the influence of ever idle rumour ; while numbers are deterred altogether, by the present uncertain situation of South America, from sharing in the benefits of that intercourse. [NEW MMES.] We have received The Ilemuda Gazette of the 10th of April, in which, somewhat to our surprize, we find The New Times made an ob ject of attack. Our alleged fault consists in having inserted the communication of a corres pondent, who complained that a fair justification of the conduct of Sir W. Lumley, the Governor of Bermuda, could not find admission into the pages of the Colonial Journal ; and for this state ment of our correspondef , t's, vulgar personalities are dealt forth against ourselves by an indivi dual too obscure to have ever attracted our notice. The fact is, that the Colonial Press is (with some honourable exceptions) a mere en gine of the local passions and interests of very limited communities. In Bermuda it has been directed against the Governor, because he is desirous of meliorating the state of the slaves; in Demerara the Governor is safe from at tack on this score ; but the Newspapers were employed to hunt down Mr. Sergeant 1 Rough, who had incurred th e G overnor ' s displeasure ; they were employed to justify the odious persecution of Mr. Smith, the Missonary : and they are now employed to decry the liberal policy of his Majesty's Government, and to load with invective the Colonial Secretary of State. To do the Demerara writers justice, they avow their principles without disguise—but such prin ciples!—The following is a specimen of them from the Demerara Coto/list of February 18 : " It is most unfortunate for the cause of the planters, that they did not speak out in time. They did not say, as they ought to have said, to the first advocates of missions and education— We shall not tolerate your plans till you prove to us that they are safe and necessary —we shall not suffer you to enlighten our slaves, who are by lino our property, till you can demonstrate that when they are made religious and knowing they will still continue to be our slaves."—" The obvious conclusion is this, slavery must exist as it is now, or it will not sxist at all."—" If we expect to create a community of reading, moral, church going Slaves, we are woefully mistaken."—" In what a per plexmg predicament do the Colonial proprietors now stand ! Can the march of events be possibly arrested ? Shall they be allowed to shut up the chapels and banish the preachers and schoolmasters, and keep the slaves in ignorance ? This would, indeed, be an effectual remedy; but there is no hope of its being applied." !!! Our Readers will hardly believe that such senti ments can have been avowed in the nineteenth century, and in the Engligh language —but there they stand in a newspaper published under the special patrOnage of his Excellency Major-Ge neral John Murray ! Observe, too, the reason ing 'has no reference to the peculiar tenets of Dissenter or Churchman, Catholic or Protestant —it is against giVing the slaves any religion, any morality, any instruction. Slaves are property, and therefore they cannot be reading, moral, church-going creatures ;—that is the argument. `the hands of the Royalists,' they now state, on the authority of letters from Chili, that an ar rangement was likely to be concluded between Bolivar and La Serna, by which that Chief would recognize the entire independence of Peru under a Republican Government, the country to be ruled during the first three years by a kind of Dictatorship, arid the Royal and Peruvian Armies to be incorporated together, liberty being left to the Officers and Generals to serve under the Republic or to retire to Europe. Can. terac, who is a Frenchman and a Liberal, is said to have used all his influence to promote the con clusion of a Treaty on those bases, and every thing seemed to hold forth a promise of complete success. These Papers contain no other intelli gence of importance. Mr. Benjamin Constant has returned from Switzerland with additional documents to prove his French origin and esta blish his right to sit in the Chamber. These do cuments had been submitted to the inspection of a fresh Commission, the report of which had not yet been received. A prosecution commenced by the Attorney-General, and tending to the sup pression of the Courier Francais, seems to an nounce that the Ministers considered themselves strong enough to attack the Press with impunity. This is resented even by the Quotidienne, which has declared itself the organ of the Royalist Op. position, and the language of which is become as liberal as that of the Constilutionnel. [BRITISH PRESS.] The work of violence is again commencing in the Catholic Association of Dublin, since the return of the " Lawyers " from their circuits.-- In their absence there was a respite from decla mation and folly for some weeks ; and Mr. Con way, who acted as Secretary, with a few sensible men about him, was quietly, but effectually, doing the business of the Catholics, and effecting more real good than had been done for years be fore. But this quiet conduct of business would' not content the " exaltados" of that body, or procure them the notoriety which is their only ob ject. Accordingly, at the last " May-day" Meet ing, all Mr. O'Connell's flowers of eloquence were again in full bloom. While proposing Mr. G. linsor as a member of the Association, and handing in the Radical Reformer's guinea as his admission fee, Mr. O'Connell eulogised the northern Seer, whose pen is just as ceaseless as the Irish agita tor's tongue; for both agree at least in one faith and one principle, that of ceaseless discontent and clamour, and eternal vituperation and abuse of the enlightened and impartial government of the Marquis Wellesley. Mr. Ensor is always writing some heavy thing or the other; few read and none remember what he writes; all subjects are alike to him—statistical, political,or religious. Unfortunately, every thing coming from him as yet has fallen dead-born from the press ; a single production from his unwearied pen has scarcely lived a day ; but he reads his endless essays him self, and has the indulgence of self-applause, and he is satisfied. The old subject of Par liamentary Reform having grown completely threadbare in his hands, though he turned it in all manner of ways, the gallant Major took latterly to finding fault with the policy and measures of the Irish Viceroy, and published a series of dull letters On the subject. For this wise undertaking, a young gentleman of th e name of Kirwan, just quitte d school, brought forward a ridiculous motion of thanks to the Armagh Sage, which the Association, in the ab sence of the " lawyers," and on the representa tion of Mr. Conway, had the good sense to reject by a large majority, and Mr. Ensor nor enrols himself a member of that body, who properly re fused to applaud his vituperation. [MORNING HERALD.] • It strikes us as extraordinary, that when money is so plentiful, that every day produc e s some new and abortive project for its employm en t, land appears to have been hitherto so little sought after, and not to have risen in value to any thing like the extent which might have been expected. The Funds have been generally looked upon as the thermometer of land ; and a scale which we have seen gives the price of the latter, as compared with the present price of the 3 per Cents. at least some five or six years higher than it has yet attained to. Not more than a twelvemonth ago, for instance, the three per cents. were at 77; they have since risen 20 per cent., and almost to par, yet the current price of land has not risen in that period above two years purchase in the market ; 28 years pur chase being now about the average price. Every one who, twelve months ago, had 10,0001. to lay out in land, has since had that sum converted into 12,0001., and can consequently afford to give exactly five years purchase more for an estate of 4001. a year which he may have been in treaty for. This is a tolerable increase of property—to have taken place, too, without any act or exertion of one's own ; but what is this to the situation of those who bought in or lent their money when the stocks were at 50 ? Their capital is now nearly doubled, and every farthing which they now lay out in and must, even at the present r educed rate of rental, produce them little short of six per cent., with all the prospect of improvement from the present depression. Now, when we see people lending their money upon all sorts of treacherous securities, some of which (as the Spanish and Poyais Loans for instance) already return nothing, and many others of which will, in all probability, eventually be no bet ter, is it not natural to ask how such per sons can pass by that species of investment which was formerly considered (and is still, perhaps, in fact) the only solid security ! Perhap s the landowners have in this respect much to blame themselves for. To use a very homely phrase, those who " cry stinking fish" are riot likely to find many buyers. And the landed interest, on the sudden depression their property experien ce d, were i n d uced, i n t h e i r pe tition to the Legislature, to tell such a woful story as was calculated to deter many capitalists from having any thin g t o d o w i t h t h em. L an d seems w itself, and landown ers a into bette r humour with their prop er ty ; and we cannot, therefore, h e lp sugges ti ng an d n r o e g'etting . ; hewever,to h e righting 'hoping, that the surplus wealth of the country, instead of being sent out of it to places, from some of which it may never return, will be em ployed at home in improving the value of our own soil and many of its invaluable productions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SUSPECTED MURDER. UNtox-HALL._Yesterday the two men, named Spencer and Johnson, charged on suspicion with the murder of Mary Wil kins, were brought to this Office before. L. B. ALLEN, JAMES SCRIVEN, R. HEDGES, and D. KING, Esqrs. Since the apprehension of the above men, an elderly person, named Tho mas Dawe, has been taken into custody by Glennon.—The fol lowing additional evidence was taken : Mr. Pritchard, a surgeon, residing in the Kent-road, stated that on the Ist of May he was called in to see the body of the deceased, which lay at the Lord Nelson public house. On examining the body, which appeared to have been recently taken out of the water, he found a fresh bruise on the left arm, above the e lb ow , which appeared to have been produced either by a squeeze or a blow from a stick. Mr. ALLEN desired the witness to state precisely the nature of the marks of violence he perceived on the deceased. Mr. Pritchard said, that the impressions on the deceased's arm appeared to him to have been made by the pressure of the fingers before the body had been in the water ; there was also a slight discolouration under one of the ears. The prisoner, Thomas Dawe, was now desired to give some account of himself. He had been seen raking the canal under very suspici ous c i rcumstances, on the morning the body of the unfortunate woman was picked up. He stated, that he resided lately at East Looe, in the county of Cornwall, and that he was Deputy-Conservator of the Salmon Fisheries in the neighbourhood, under Captain Faup Nicholas, of the Royal Navy. The evidence of Matthew Buck, of the Canal-house, Peck ham, was here read over to the prisoner. It stated, that an in dividual answering his description had been seen raking in the Surrey Canal, on the Ist of May, early in the morning. The prisoner Dawe said, that on the morning mentioned, the was told by Buck, the canal-keeper, that a bonnet had been found in the canal, and that was the reason he (Dawe) had commenced a search there, for the purpose of finding other property. Buck.—l deny ever having told the prisoner any such thing. The evidence of Lewis, the constable of Peckham, was also read over to the prisoner, who denied having told the con stable that he was in the employment of Mr. Carew, the Member of Parliament, or that he ever stated his name to be Johnson. Lewis said that he had not desired any man to go and rake in the canal for things that were suspected to have been stolen in the Peckham-road from a gentleman's carriage. He posi tively declared that the prisoner Dawe had stated his name to be Johnson, and that he had been in the service of Mr. Carew. The prisoner Dawe.—Gentlemen, I assure you I am inno cent of any crime, and can produce testimonials as to my good character. Mr. ALLEN observed, that it was a most extraordinary cir cumstance his having been seen raking in the Canal, and de sired him to give some account of himself up to the time he had been seen as described. The prisoner accounted for his time up to Friday, by stating that he had been on board several vessels lying in the river, to see Captains whom he had known. On the Friday night of the murder, he had spent the evening with Captain Clear, of the brig Mary, with whom he supped on board the vessel. On quitting the vessel, about nine o'clock, he walked into the city, and remained there discoursing with the watchmen until - daybreak. _ _ Mr. ALLEN.-It is very singular you should have walked the streets all night.—Prisoner.—l had not money sufficient to pay for a lodging. Magistrate—You state in a paper now before me, that you came up to town as an Excise witness, against persons who committed depredations on the salmon-fisheries. Prisoner—l have, Sir, as well as to see my daughter. Mr. ALLEN—Now state for what purpose you went to the banks of the canal. Prisoner—As soon as day-light came, I went towards. Peck ham, for the purpose of taking a lodging there, as I had lived in that neighbourhood about 11 y ea rs ago , an d kept a school there. On arriving at the canal,. I saw something floating on the water, which I picked out, and wrung dry. It was a piece of cloth. Buck here said, that the cloth was dry when he first observed it in the prisoner's hand; but he afterwards dipped it in the water, and wrung it out. Prisoner—lt is no such thing: the cloth was in the water when I first saw it. A Gentleman here stated, that he knew, Capt. Nicholas, of whom the prisoner spoke, perfectly well. Mr. ALLEN asked Spencer whether he had ever been at sea ? The reply was in the negative. Johnson also said that he had never been at sea. Spencer said, he had left the Wheatsheaf public-house, in the Mint, at half-past eleven, on the night in question, in corn nuly with the deceased and Johnson ; she was tipsy, and John. son was d run k. They all w ent on 0 another public-house to try and get something to drink, but they failed. Johnson fell two or three times, and the de cease d h e l pe d hi m (S pencer) to take Joh nson up . They then went with the deceased within 120 yards' of her mother's door ; she requested that Spencer would not go farther, as she did not wish her mother to know that she was with men. It must have been half-past twelve or one o'clock at that time, and they parted. Spencer and John son then went to other public-houses, where they drank, and in the morning they returned to the house at which they had drank last with the deceased, Johnson said, I was quite tipsy, and I have marks upon me of the fall which I had. Mrs. Keene, the landlady of the sign of the White Horse, in Union -street, where the prisoners Johnson and Spencer stated that they had been drinking on the night in question between one and two o'clock, was called in. She . said that she had not the slightest remembrance of either of the prisoners having been in her house that night. One of the watermen, also in attend. ance at the same house, declared that he did not recollect ever having seen either of the prisoners before. The Magistrates consulted together for some time, after which Mr. ALLEN observed, that the case was ■till involved in such mystery, that it was necessary all the prisoners should be re. mended for a future examination.—The prisoners were then sent off to the County gaol. CARLILE'S PUBLICATIONS. GITILDUALL.—Yesterday TTiontos Jcfrier, who had suc ceeded to the enviable preferment of being one of Carlile's shopmen, was brought up upon a summons which had been granted the previous day by Alderman AN SLE Y, for having sold a copy of Palmer's Principles of Nature and Paine': Age of Reason. This application was made on behalf of the Solicitor of the Treasury. Wm. Cousins, one of the Bow street patrol, proved the sale of the two works by the p r i s o ner; an d M r . Elijah Lichfield, a gentleman in the office of the Solicitor for the Treasury, de posed to the profane and blasphemous tendency of the works, passages of which, set out in the depositions, were read. Mr. Alderman A xstrir inquired of the prisoner if he wished to ask any questions of the witnesses, or had any observations to make ? Prisoner—All that is in those books I have read, and I be lieve all the observations made in them about the Bible to be true. Mr. Alderman ANsLEY—And you think you have a right to publish such b a l p h emous wor k s ? Prisoner (smilin g)-4 d on ' t con sider them bl as ph emous , Mr. Alderman A NstEr —Then y ou mean to persist in the sale of them ? Prisoner—Yes, I do. Mr. Alderman ANsLET_These works have already been declared blasphemous libels, an d the law say s th ey are not to be sold. You will th ere f ore be required to give bail to answer the offence at the Sessions. Are you prepared with securities ? Prisoner—No, I have not got them at present, but I shall soon get them. Mr. Alderman ArisLET—Then you must be committed in default. Prisoner (carelessly)_.4 suppose so ; I can't help that. The gentleman who attended on the part of the prosecution observed, that sufficient notice of bail must be given, as in the last instance the names of several persons were given in who could not be found. _ _ The prisoner, who seemed perfectly - tarele*is of th e i ssues w a s then removed . from the bar, and was immediately joined by the once-famed Dr. Watson, who, after some conversation with, him in a low tone, supplied him with a shilling or two, and then took his leave to go in search o f b a il for him. - Lieutenant Wit LEs , Royal Navy, stationed at M o nterief Batt ery, near flyth e , W unfortu nately as. drowned by -th e upsetting o f, a b oa t, off Tuesday Sandgate, on se'nnight, and one woman who was with - him. FOR THE SUN. PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. MR. EDITOR—At no previous period were the liberal, but especially the natural sciences, more generally cultivated than they are at the present day. This may be adduced as a proof that men tal acquirements are become, as it were, more fashionable, and arises, in a great measure, from the easy and popular manner, In which scien tific objects are now presented to the public.— Scarcely does a month pass without the appear ance of some work, intended either to captivate the attention,or to smoothen the heretofore rugged paths, which lead into the sanctuary of science. It may, indeed, be asserted with truth, that the facility now afforded to the acquisition of know ledge is such, that to be deficient in general in formation must prove either a deplorable want of capacity, or a most reprehensible indifference for mental improvement. The present age may be inferior, in point of depth, to some of those periods which will be ever considered as the most splendid in the annals of science ; and this may possibly arise from the extreme faci lity with which access may be had to the most abstruse matters —a facility which, by pre cluding the necessity of great mental exertions, restrains the bolder flight which the mind might otherwise assume. But even admitting this to be the case, and while we further allow that it will account for the apparent paucity of these great and striking discoveries which have handed down the names of their authors to the admira tion of posterity, we may still contend, that very far from being an evil in itself, it is a certain mark of a more general dissemination of know ledge, and of a more equal distribution of ta lents, which cannot but prove beneficial to so ciety. True it is, that we are not now astonish ed by the gigantic labours of a superior intel lect, compared to which the rest of mankind are only as pigmies. Nor are we surprized by the sudden appearance of truths not less great and sublime than they were unsuspected ; but this proceeds not from an actual'dimitition of ac quired knowledge, but from the greater number of laborious minds that are now employed in cultivating the field of philosophy. Each of these penetrating to some distance into the arcane of nature, paves the way for the further progress of those who succeed him, whence the hidden truth is gradually exposed to view, in lieu of bursting at once upon the mind, like a splendid and unexpected meteor. Hence, al though it may be safely asserted, that the accu mulation of knowledge in our days exceed, in stead of falling short, of that of which former times have boasted, the progress being more gra dual, is also less perceptible, and does not con sequently strike us with the same degree of astonishment. I do not intend in the least to call in question the singular genius which our predecessors in the scientific career are acknowledged to have pos sessed. For very far be it from me to attack their well-merited reputation, which succeeding ages have confirmed, or to deny the debt of gratitude which the present owes to the past.— Indeed, the more I reflect upon the discoveries of the early Greek philosophers, the more cause I find to admire the genius and the amazing in genuity which they almost uniformly displayed ; true it is that we see them often pass from the most sublime conceptions to the most ridiculous errors ; but the errors into which they fell be. longed to the age in which they lived, whilst the truths they taught were all their own. Great as were the perfection to which the ancients attained in the arts, they do not, how ever, strike me as equally surprising with the sagacity and genius they displayed in the creation of the natural sciences. Man has a natural pro pensity to imitate whatever strikes his eye, or captivates his fancy. If he fail in his first at tempt to produce an exact representation of the object that pleases him, the second will prove more successful ; repeated efforts will lead even tually to improvement; and if his models be cast in Nature's best mould, his works will, in time, attain all the perfection of which they are susceptible. In short, as the objects of his study are continually before his eyes, as the errors into which he may fall must be imme diately detected by his senses, he cannot deviate far from the course which he ought to pursue. But in the deep investigation of Nature and of her laws, man has no guide but his intel lect ; and here his senses are more likely to lead him astray than to keep him in the path of truth. The brilliancy of imagination which led him to perfection in the arts, often prove in the sciencies the most perfect source of his errors. Wholly to science the voice of fancy, when pride and vanity applaud its suggestions, is a matter of no mean difficulty : and not to foster the darling child it has brought forth, requires a degree of for titude and of self-denial of which all men are not susceptible. To form something like a correct idea of the surprising ingenuity displayed by the ancient phi losophers, we must consider them, entering alone, and unprepared, into unknown regions ; beset on every side by precipices; most frequently oblig ed to wander amidst the gloom of ignorance, and with no better light than the glimmering taper of reason to guide them in their dubious course. Thus separated, they were of necessity com pelled to grope their way as best they could ; and if we see them sometimes stumble, we are less astonished at this proof of weakness, than we are amazed at finding them so accurately distinguishing any of the objects by which they were surrounded. Let us bear in mind that Meg had to begin, whilst- fre have only to continue what we found already in a state of forwardness. It is' upon , the founda tions laid by the ancients; and not unfre quently with. the . materials which they had prepared at our hands,• t`hat - we' have raised the noble and' stupendous structure of human knowledge. In fine, were we' to compare the many" difficulties they had to - overcome, and their discoveries, with the improvements of the moderns, and the superior advantages possessed' by the latter, we should surely hesitate to determine that the intellectual powers of the early philosophers were superior to.those of their.suCcessurs. They did, indeed, as I have admitted before, fall into numerous errors-; but these very errors proved of infinite service to those who pursued the same course, serving as friendly beacons to warn them from the fatal shoals upon which their predeces sors had been wrecked. In the investigation of nature, no less than in the labyrinth of intellec.. teal researches, the human mind requires some assistance ; without an Ariadne's clue, it will wander for ever, amidst uncertainty and darkness , But while we are thus filled , with admiration at the labours of the ancients, and grateful!, grant them the meed of praise which is so justly their due, we must not depricate the merit of these luminaries, which here shone in most recent terms above the horizon of science. Even while we admit the advantages they derived from the materials they found prepared at their hands, we, must candidly allow that much genius was re quisite to employ them to the best advantage. But the glory of modern philosophers does not• rest merely upon this ground. They deserve praise, not only for having improved former dis', coveries, for having a d o pt e d a b etter mo d e o f investigation, abandoned obscure and uncertain methods, and introduced a more perfect mode of analytical enquiry, by means of which the mathe• matical and the natural sciences have been carried to a wonderful pitch of perfection, but for having invented sciences of which their predecessors had scarcely any idea. Experimental philosophy,or that mode of interrogating nature, by which alone man can penetrate her secrets, is wholly of modern invention. If this method of philosophizing, which consists in bringing every thing to the test of experience, has introduced in moral philosophy a fatal spirit of scepticism, it has, however, prov ed highly beneficial to science. A certain degree of scepticism is far from being reprehensible; for there is as much folly in believing all things, as in doubting of all things. Truth can be found in neither of these extremes. It is not, there fore, the spirit of scepticism itself that we must condemn, but the folly of attempting to reduce metaphysical effects to more physical laws, and of supposing that what eludes the grasp of our senses can nevertheless be brought to the test of experiment. With Chemistry the ancients were wholly un acquainted. This science is, indeed, of comps' ratively modern date.- Whilst we greatly ridi cule the efforts of man to attain whatever lies be' yond his reach, still we saw that these endea• yours have proved beneficial to science. Among the chimerical pursuits which long occupied the time, and wasted the life and the fortune of the adept, the attempt to discover the philosophical stone holds a distinguished rank. In themselves these efforts can excite only our pity and our contempt ; yet to these are we indebted fer many useful discoveries, arid for the origin and perfection of Chemistry. Hence, through the wise dispensation of that Providence, which froul the beginning preserves all things, are the verf errors of some men made conducive to the ad ♦antage of mankind. Froln all that has been stated it remains tain, that each generation has had its own pea' liar genius and merit, and each, in its turn, hs s contributed to the attainment of the great objeCt s of creation, the perfection of society, and the happiness of the human race. We must h o ld, therefore, the balance between ancient and trio' Bern times with an impartial hand • and whils t we liberally acknowledge the vast genius of an' cie,nt philosophers, and gratefully own the be' nefits they have conferred upon us, we must d 6 equal justice to their successors and fellow-la• bourers in the immense field of philosophy. Midhurst. A. P. Yesterday morning,a young man named Wzrr. TERBOTTOM, 25 years of age, who had lately been married to a young lady, residing at 359 Brunswick-street, Blackfriar's-road, attempted to hang himself. It appears his wife and he did not live happily, and yesterday morning, when he came home to breakfast, a disturbance took place between them in the house of a neighbour, on which the unfortunate man proceeded to hid lodgings, where he fastened a rope to a hook in. the wall, and suspended himself, in which sib*. ation he remained for about ten minutes. A stir-. geon attended and bled him, and soon restored him to his senses, but he now lies without hopes of recovery. COAL-MARKET, MAT 12. Ships at Matket. Ships sold 46 Newcastle - 39i Sunderland - 28 1 Stone Coal - - 1 1 IVelsh Coal - 4 Culm - Pl**. 3 18 Od 39. 01 1 -31 s Od to 401 6 - —s Od to 50a Od' —s Od to 133 s fie - 33sOdto36s Od BIRTHS. At Woolwich, the 7th instant, the Lady of Lieut.-Colonel Payne, Royal Artillery, Of a son. On the 11th instant, at his house on Denmark-hill, Surrey, the wife of Charles Cradock, Esq. of a son. On the 10th instant, in Portland-place, the Lady of J. Ricketts, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 6th ult., at Tenterden, Kent, T. 111, Hammond,_ Esq. of Brixton, S urre y, surgeon , t o M ar i a , s i xt h d aug h ter Of' the late John 'Neve, Esq. of Tenterden. On the ljth instant, at St. Margaret's church, Westminster , the Rev. Alexander Fownes Luttrell, Rector of East (1;1. 71-„, tockshead, Somersetshirc, to Jane, the youngest daughter ot, William Leader, Esq. M.P. of Putney-hill, Surrey. • - On Wednesday, 12th instant, at St. Mary's, Lambeth, Chas- William Tabor, Esq. of Balhani-hill, to Emma, eldest *daugh ter of Wm. Shadboult, Esq. of Stockwell-common. DIED. On Saturday, the 10th ult., at his house, in Acre-lane • ham, Mr. John Hamilton, in his 75th year, many years an inhabitant of Sloane-street, Chelsea. Suddenly, on Tuesday last, aged 63, James Buttivaut,Esq•, Of Kennington, deeply lamented. On the 9th inst., Hannah Maria, wife of Thomas. Green Simcox, Esq., of Harborne-house, near Birmingham. . At Henley-on-Thames, May Bth; in the 78th year of hit( age, ITenr7 Spence, Esq., of Mailing-house, near Lewes, Sussex. On Tuesday, in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, Elizabeth, wife of T. Raikes, Esq., of Welton, Yorkshire. At Cottartown of Logiealmond, Scotland, on the 14th ult., Elspeth Robertson, in the 100th year of her age. This vene rable matron retained her health and faculties to the last, She had all the predilections of the olden time for the days of the Rebellion, and, until within a few days of her death, she would trip' through' the mazy dance with any maiden in the district, when' John Dow's fiddle played It* " The auld Stuarts back again." She' was rather eccentric in her dress, always preferring the fashion of the days. of Queen Anne. She has left a goodly host of children, grand-children, and great-grand children. • • Printed and Published for the PRorntETolta, at the SuX- Oi•tfcr, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAMS. 1