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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, June 9. [BRITISH PR ESS.3 France, it appears, is endeavouring to revive her influence with the Porte, and taking mea , sures to extend it, if possible, in Persia, and throughout the East. Guilleminot, the new Am bassador from the Court of the Tuileries to Constantinople, had sailed from roulon on the Bth of May, and was expected to reach the Turkish capital by the close of the month. He was accompanied by a numerous suite of diplo- matic characters, and also by several able officers . of engineers, beside his Aid-de-camps, who served with him in Spain. Some of these indivi duals were appointed on missions into Asia, par . ticularly, it is said, to Persia, where the French had been intriguing before. France was the ancient ally of the Ottoman, from the period of the league between Sultan Solimp and Francis the First, formed against the powers of Charles the Fifth, and which drew down a load of re probation throughout Europe on the French Monarch. France possessed a large portion of the Levant trade previous to the Revolution, and had secured by treaties many valuable privileges in her intercourse with Turkey, which it is the object of Guilleminot's mission now to revive.— _ Lord Strang,forci's influence had for some time sunk with the barbarous Divan : the Porte was indignant at the aid afforded from this country to the Greeks, and nothing but jealous apprehension of the power of Russia, to controul which the superior ascendancy of Great Britain was consi dered necessary, enabled our Ambassador to succeed against strong prejudices, and obtain a promise of the evacuation of the Principalities. France cannot wish for the destruction of the Greeks, and, she must be opposed to the dangerous designs of Russia on the Turkish Pro vinces. The influence of Guilleminot will not, therefore, be opposed to that of Lord Strangford; but, on all occasions, we should expect, be given in aid; as the views of Great Britain and France, as regard the political state of Turkey, and the situation of the Greeks, must be in a great degree the same,. The object of our Cabinet is to pre vent Russia from gaining a more extended foot ing in the South East of Europe, and monopo lizing the whole commerce of the Black Sea, be sides raising a dominion, dangerous from its re sources and extent, to the independence and tran quillity of other nations. The policy of France must be in accordance with these views ; we can, therefore, anticipate nothing prejudicial to the interests of this country, or to the struggle of the Christians for liberty in Greece, from Guillemi riot's present mission to the Porte. [NEW TIMES.] Consols yesterday remained stationary at 95i for the Account, there being no Express or other Foreign arrival to produce the slightest influence upon the Funds. The only feature of public in terest in the Foreign Market was the rapid im provement in Mexican Scrip, and in the Colom bian Loan, the former closing at 2i premium, and the latter at 14-, after having been at a dis count for some days past. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Ad vices have been received from Buenos Ayres to the 14th of March, at which period every thing was quiet there. A material change had taken place in the sentiments of the leaders, of the In dependent .cause in the Capital, which, it was hoped, would tend to consolidate the interests of all the provinces. The latter haie always ac cused Buenos Ayres of what in the coun try is called capitalism, or a wish on the part of the capital to take an undue lead in the affairs of the whole. in fact, - has been one of the chief causes of those succes sive discussions w hich have separated the pro vinces from each other for the last fouryears, and caused each to form a Government of its own.— By this means the province of Buenos Ayres was left to itself, and the re-establishment of that mutual confidence, which had been destroyed by th 9 singular manoeuvres of the Congress of Tucu man, was !eft to time. M. Itivadavia, and those who act in concert with him, have long seen the insufficiency of this system, and they have now determined to propose to the local Governments of the several - provinces, constituting the former Viceroyalty of La Plata, a plan of federation, which it was confidently expected would be car ried into effect. [MORNING HERALD.] SundKy's.Paris Papers arrived last night. The French Funds had recovered a little from the effect of the rejection by the Peers of the pro ject for reducing the Five per Cents. The last quotation of those on, Saturday. was 103 f. 25c. Rumours, the natural growth of Ministerial.dis comfiture, were freely circulated in Paris. A change—at least a partial one —of the administra tion was confidently anticipated. The Prime Minister, however, M. de Villele, whose especial measure this was, is spoken of as likely to hold his ground.. Th e proposed extension of the du ration of, the Chamber of Deputies was again discussed In that Chamber on Saturday.-1 M. de la Bourdonnave vehemently oppos e d i t ; the Minister of the Interior as strenuously deH fended it. - In the course of his speech he madel an observation, whence it would appear that the French think they. may enjoy the good things in the gift of the Ministers, and vet give independent Votes at the elections. The - Minister, in defend ing his conduct, said that when a placeman is situated between his interest and his conscience, he should instantly obey the latter, and thus the Government, by calling for his resignation, only O bliged him to consult his conscience and inderpendence. M. de Girardin improvised a. reply, which frequently called, forth murmurs, from the indi screet frankness and' vivacity with which he expressed himself. In , thesE n refutin,! , the supposed analo g y glish House of'Corn mons, he pointed!one'difference, that persons are the 'age of forty only eligible wi.th -them at wherOfts hi" England w e have • legislators at. twenty-one. Adverting to the Chamber of Peers, who are admissible at five and twenty—he ob served that the latter would look like the barrack of the effective troops, but the Deputies (from their age) like the invalids. The debate was not yet near its close. Several orators remained to be heard on both sides. These papers 'contain no intelligence from the Peninsula. [THE TIMES.] A Marseilles article, quoted in one of the Frankfort Papers, throws out some hints respect.. ing the nature of General Guilleminot's instruc tions on undertaking his mission to Constan tinople. It would appear on this authority, that the new Ambassador is accompanied, not only by political, but by military engineers; and that among certain Asiatic missions which are to be thrown out as feelers from the main body of the Embassy, one is to take the direction of Teheran, and to push the French interests at the Court of Persia. What those interests may be, we pre tend not , to describe; though %4 trust that the Ministers of this country are more specifically informed on the subject. It is known That France, as well as Russia, entertains a deep, though we are far from saying an unlawful jealousy, of the influence exercised by the British Em pire over the East. This jealousy of British power is perhaps the only point in which, apart from the immediate purposes of the Holy Alliance, any sympathy can be found between the two great rivals of Continental Europe. But France can have no designs in that quarter, ex cept as an auxiliary to the schemes of Russia. There are no territories, as it would seem, to be acquired by France on the side of the Per sian Gulf. There is no temptation to obtain a footing for French troops on the soil of Persia, or to facilitate, through the friendship of the Schell, the march of an army of that nation to wards the Indus. But the work of France may he done as effectually by aiding the schemes of Russian aggrandizement in Asia, engaging the British Government there, and distracting its attention from other quarters, where France again may play principal, and Russia second. It may, indeed, be taken for granted that the Court of the Tuileries is anxious, either to reinforce directly the intrigues of Russia against England, in so far as concerns the politics of the Ring of Persia, or, in the shape of an amicus curia', to gain the ear of his Majesty to the counsels of France, and thus determine the pretensions of the rivals, as may best square with the interests of her own ambition. There is nothing illegitimate in this,—nothing censurable in point of morals, nor affording just cause of enmity or irritation on the part of Great Britain towards the French Government. France has the same right to try her influence over Persia that England herself possesses—the same right to prefer Russian po litics to British, as to make an opposite choice.— We are anxious only to put Ministers on their guard, that no advantage may be lost to this country through negligence or ignorance, that France and Russia, there and elsewhere, may, as Mr. Plunkett recommends with respect to the Catholic Association, be vigilantly watched ; and, above all, that men of repute and ability may be employed to counteract at the Persian Court those machinations which men of the very highest talent have been long directing agains the Eastern interests of Great Britain. [MORNING: Posr.] The Marine Insurance 13111 will immediately come before the House of Lords, and, there is every reason to hope, under different auspices from those which secured its success in the Corn mons. It must be admitted on all hands, that while the vast funds, resources, and connexions, of the greatest tnercantile Associatio n p er h aps i n the world, are employed in procuring the earliest and most correct naval intelligence, and in at tending to the fate of insured ships and cargoes in every part of the globe, the privilege of being an " Underwriter" of this society is absolutely thrown open, either directly or indirectly, to the whole mercantile community. If we mistake not, to become a constituent member of this firm, besides the necessary qualifications of character, &c. an annual subscription of thirty pounds or thirty guineas is required, and then the trade of insurance between such persons and the pub lic is perfectly free. There is accordingly no fixed or monopoly rate at which Insurances must be effected, but competition prevails as fully and beneficially as if no such establish ment as Lloyd's ever existed. Nor do the ad vantages stop here. While each House or each individual " underwrites" as suits his cir cumstances, or may be eventually arranged with those he insures, a sort of guarantee is 'given by the reputation of the Establishment and its offi cial agents, that whether in estimating the loss which may be endured, or in reimbursing its amount, fair dealing will guide the entire pro. ceeding. It is indeed superfluous to attempt enumerating or enlarging upon the great utility and high rank of Lloyd's Company. .The onus lies on those who would trench upon its honour. able usages to prove how, when, or in what in stance it has acted otherwise than advantageously to the public ; in other words, to state the injury sustained from its existence and mode of conducting business. During the progress of the Marine Insurance Bill in the House of Commons, we could discover no case of the sort even plausibly advanced, much less made out. Nay, have complaints of Lloyd's at any time come before the Public, either as to e manner in which the insurances of the House have been conducted, or as to its supineness on any question political or commercial affecting the interests of the country ? No such thing. — There is absolutely no ,charge whatever against it; but, on the contrary, volumes might be filled with the meritorious services rendered to the Government as well as the people o f England. if these circumstances are to be of no avail now, we confess it seems to por-1 tend much evil to trade in general. The real point involved in the fate of the pending mea sure, is not whether every reasonable freedom should b e given to commerce, but whether a temporary spirit of adventure should be more en couraged than a systematic and long-proved ad-, herence'to the highest principles of probity, com bined with the justest spirit of liberality. On the latter ground, as well as on every other consi deration we have mentioned, we conceive the present endeavour to establish a rival Company unworthy of support. We are fain to hope, too, that the House of Lords will concur in this opi nion, and that, like several other ephemeral pro jects which have recently strove to break the shell of speculation, the Marine Insurance Bill will be consigned by the wisdom of the Legisla ture to an early but timely tomb. OLD BAILEY NEW COURT. CARLILE'S SH OPMEN.—(FIIIITHER PARTICULARS.) Yesterday Wm. Campion, a youth apparently of about the age of 19, was indicted for having published and sold, in the shop of Ri c h ar d Carlile in Fleet-street, a book called Paine's Age of R eason , in which was contained certain libellous and blasphemous passages, disparaging and insulting to the Christian religion, and injurious to the public morals.— The prisoner having pleaded " Not ~ r uilty," Mr. HOLLAND (with whom was Mr. BERNARD) stated the case to the Jury. He then called a police-officer to prove the ' purchase of the book mentioned in the indictment of the pri-. soner. The passages set forth in the indictment were read from the same book, and this having been done, the case for the prosecution .was concluded. The RECORDER told the prisoner that he might ask the witness any questions, hut he declined to do so. The prisoner then entered upon his defence, which he read from a manuscript of considerable size. It occupied more than au hour and a half in reading, and consisted merely of a repetition of the diatribes which aave been published by Car. file and his adherents in support of their opinions. It began with an assuranceby the prisoner, that in the publication for which he was now indicted, he was solely actuated by a desire for the moral improvement of mankind, by directing the human mind to the pursuit of truth. He then went to examine the truth of religion, by negativing in gross all the facts upon which it is founded, and denying all its evidences, historical as well as re vealed. At length, the course which he had been advised to adopt became so offensive to Sir C. HUNTER, who sat on the Bench, that he stopped the prisoner. While the Alderman was conferring with the RECORDER, one of the Jury said-- " My Lord, are we to be compelled to sit and hear this ?" The RECORDER said he was willing to suffer the prisoner to go on uninterruptedly, that there might not be a pretence for saying that he had experienced a denial of justice : at the same time be could not but observe to the prisoner that he was not at all advancing his cause by such a line of defence. Sir C. S. HUNTER said, that while the defence was within the bounds of common decency, no man could be more unwill ing than he to stop it ; but he would not sit there to hear the indecent blasphemies which had lately been uttered by the. prisoner. The prisoner said then he should abandon that part of his defence; and, turning over a leaf, he proceeded to finish, as well as the hard words would permit. him; the stuff which had been put into hi s h an d s , an d of the import of which the unfor tunate lad was evidently ignorant. When he had concluded the RECORDIER summed up, and the Jury retired to consider of" their verdict. After being ab sent more than an hour, they returned to the Court, and the Foreman announced that they had found the prisoner Guilty. The RECORDER then passed upon him the sentence of the Court, the severity of which, he said; had been enhanced by the defence he had been persuaded to make, and the resolution he had expressed to continue, as far as he should be able, the practices which had brought him into his present situation. He was then sentenced to he imprisoned in the gaol of Newgate for the term of three years, and at the end of that period to enter into his own recognizance to the amount of 1001. to b e o f good behaviour during his life. Thomas Jecreys was next put to the bar charged with a si milar offence. - The Counsel . for the prosecution, who were the same as in the last case, stated the particulars to the Jury, and called a witness who gave evidence of the publication. Mr. FRENCII was retained for the prisoner, and made as in genious a defence as the unpromising nature of the case would admit. The main argument which he urged was, that while the doctrines of Unitarians, which he insisted were essentially blasphemous; should continue not only to be tolerated, bit their professors invested with of f ices of authority, it was un-. just to visit with punishment the offence of the prisOner, which was not more_hnstile to the Christian religion than those com mitted with impunity by the Unitarians. The Rx cORMEn Nuynmed up, after which the Jury, without retiring, found the prisoner Guilty. . The RE:CO/it - 4ER then Sentenced him to 18 months impristm ment, and to give his own security in 501. for his good beltzt viour during his life. John Christopher was then brought up, charged upon three separate indictMents for offences similar to the last. Mr. C—PifiLlors,- for the prisoner, objected to his being tried by the same Jury, on the ground that they had already made up their minds on the subject, as was proved by their last verdict. This objection was allowed, and the Jury was about to be dismissed, when a suggestion was made by the psi soner to his Counsel that he was willing-to plead guilty, and to throw himself upon the indulgence of the Court. After a few minutes' conference with his client, Mr. Phillips said the pri. soner had resolved to do so, and his plea of Guilty was accord ingly recorded by the Clerk of the Arraigns. The COURT then passed upon him a sentence of imprison ment for the term of two months on each indictment (making together six months), and to enter into his own recognizances for his good behaviour during life. AWFUL CONFLAGRATION.—New: Brunswick Papers to the end of April contain the following account of a dreadful fire in that Province :- 4 " ST. „Tomes, Aram I 3 a very early hour on Tues day morning last this city presented such a scene of devastation and horror as was never. before witnessed in the province.— A most alarming fire was soon after midnight discovered to have broken oat in a building at the farther end of the wharf, and a range of handsome stores, warehouses, &c. in Water. street, belonging to N. Merrit, Esq., which, in consequence of the lowness of the tide and a strong westerly breeze, soon spread and communicated with the opposite site of the street, bidding defiance to every exertion on the part of the military, fire clubs, firemen, and inhabitants generally, to repress its progress, and Prince William-street did not long .remain safe from the conflagration, and in the course of a few hours the whole range of buildings, from Mr. Nichol's to Mr. Lovat's wharf on the west side, and from Mr. Johnson's ware. house to Mr. Saward's shop on the east side of the water, in St. John's-street, from Mr. Wheeler's to Mr. Johnston's dwelling-houses on the west side, and from Dr. Boyd's to Mr. Lovett's on the east side of Prince William-street, were reduced to a heap of smocking ruins.—Upwards of fifty buildings, of one description and a noth er „,h ave b een e ith er re d uce d to ashes or thrown down for the safety of the others; and the loss of property on the occasion has been estimated at upwards of 30,0001. little insurance has been effected on any part of the property consumed. We sincerely sympathise with all the sufferers, and particularly with those who have thus suddenly and unexpectedly been called to sacrifice the fruits of many years of industrious exertion." ExEcurrioN.—On Wednesday John 111'Creevic was executed at Glasgow, pursuant to his sentence, for house breaking and theft. H e wa s doomed to suffer along with M"reagu e , w h o was executed on t h e 19 t h u l t., but owing to some strong representations of his innocence which he made, a respite of a fortnight was applied for,• and procured, in order to give him time to substantiate the solemn assevera_ tions which he had constantly continued to make from the period of receiving sentence. Unfortunately for ill'Cre . evie, and in sonic degree for those who interested themselves in his favour ' he completely failed t o , ma k e good t h e stateme nts w hi c h he had previously made, although he still continued to declare, in the most positive manner, that he was not guilty of the crime for which he was about to suffer. After his final doom was made known to him, he continued in a very weak and agitated state of mind, and-could not be brought to converse about his situation with any degree of calmness. At ten minutes after two o'clock, the magistrates came into the Hall, and the un happy prisoner was immediately brought up, supported by some of his friends, and passed slowly along to the foot of the scaf fold, where he again declared that he was altogether innocent of the crime for Which he was about to die. He then shook bands with one or two of the Magistrates, and thanked them for the kindness and attention they had shewn him; he also expressed his gratitude for the humanity with which he had' been treated during the period of his confinement. M'Creevie was then supported to the scaffbld, where the Heir. Mr. Muir offered up a prayer in his behalf. The apparatus having been adjusted, the unfortunate man was engaged for a few minutes in prayer for himself, which he did in a loud and fervent man ner, frequently ejaculating, " 0 Lord, receive me ! 0 Christ, he that died for me, receive my spirit." He then gave the sig nal, and in the course of a minute his sufferings were at an end. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. ON THE BEST MEANS OF RENDERING CHA RITABLE INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE POOR. TO THE CHURCHWARDENS AND OTERSEERS OF THE► POOR, IN AND NEAR LONDON. [From. the Gentleman's Magazine.] It has occurred to me that the laws and regu lations of the numerous Public Institutions with which this vast Metropolis abounds, for the relief of the sick and maimed poor, are very defective on the most important point for which these In stitutions were originally founded ; namely, that except in cases of accident, no person can be ad mitted a patient to the hospitals or dispensaries without a letter of recommendation from a Go vernor or Subscriber. From the great difficulty daily experienced by the poor in procuring such letters for any parti cular Institution, and from which the sick indi vidual is desirous of receiving the relief of which he stands in need, it has occurred to me that this grand defect in all our Hospitals and Dis pensaries may very easily be remedied without any expence to the poor—a mere trifle, and that only in the first instance, to the parishes, and to the charities themselves no additional expence whatever will be incurred. On the contrary, I hope to be able to skew that the plan I awn about to submit for your consideration will en sure the means of immediate relief, will tend in same degree to lessen the poors' rates of the nu rnerous parishes in London, and will eventually increase the funds of these charities by an addi tion to the list of benefactors and subscribers, supposing such to be necessary. If, then, these three great objects can in any way be effected, surely .nuch good will have been done, and I do conceive that individual charity is already exerted to a sufficient extent, if general effect could be given to such efforts, by making the poor better acquainted with their legitimate re sources. As surgeon to the most extensive charity of the kind in London— the Westminster General Dis pensary—l have but too frequent opportunities of learning from the patients the great difficulty they experience in obtaining letters for that and other charities, in consequence of their ignorance of the names and residences of the Governors— that such inquiry is attended with great fatigue, loss of time, and neglect of the sick, and in some instances the writer has even known death to have ensued before such recommendatory letter could be procured : whereas, on the otherhand, if the disorder have proved infectious, early re medies, or removal to an hospital, might have ar rested the progress of such disease, and possibly been the means of restoring a parent to the maintenance of his family, which, in the event of a protracted sickness, or of his death, must of necessity depend upon the parish. The plan I have to submit is shortly this : That in the vestry-room of every parish church throughout the Metropolis, or in such other place as may be deemed more proper, a copy of the Governors and Subscribers names to each and every public Institution should be lodged ; that the lists be street lists, corrected yearly, with the view that the inquirer may fix upon a few names in the immediate vicinity of his own abode ; that the Clerk of the parish, or some fit and responsi ble person, be required to attend a certain num ber .of hours every day, Sunday excepted, for the purpose of giving to the poor the information de sired, and that intimation of such a regulation and attendance at the Vestry be stuck upon the Church-doors for such time as may be deemed necessary, until this arrangement be generally known. It may be urged, and with" some , appearance of truth and justice, on a prima facie view of the case, that the Hospitals and Dispensaries them selves are the fittest places for the poor to apply for the information required ; but the thorough knowledge I possess of the manner in which these Institutions are constituted, enables me to state most decidedly that such is not the fact. The superior and inferior officers are, as they ought to be, too much engaged in the duties of their respective offices, for which these charities were originally founded, to have their attention diverted to other objects or concerns ; and these officers, from the highest to the lowest, become, from attachment, but too sensible of the superiority of their own Insti tution over that of every other of a similar de scription, so that if a poor person were to inquire for the names and address of the Governors of any other charity, it is not likely, in such case, that the inquirer would be well and kindly re ceived. But, independent of these arguments, there are others against the admissibility of such a measure, still more cogent, which prudence, on the present occasion, bids me refrain from ad verting to. It has been already stated that the above re gulations, if adopted, would much more effec tually answer the ends for which these In stitutions were originally founded, namely, the insuring prompt medical and chirurgical aid to the poor, and that they would tend very materially to lessen the poors'-rates--as, also, increase the funds of the Charities them selves. The first is answered by the greater fa cility this plan offers to the poor in ascertaining the names and residence of the Governors or Subscribers. The second, by procuring more early assistance to the father of a family, for instance ; for in that case the disease with which he may be attacked will be the sooner sub dued, and will also enable him the sooner to provide for that family, which, during his illness, is, it, most cases, of necessity maintained by the parish. Numberless are the instances of this nature which have fallen under my own observa tion, and on this point I have farther to refer you to the concurrent opinion of the profession, par ticularly those members of it who are attached to such charities. Surely, then, if self-interest do not call loudly u for ile r the o u s orea l n i d e f r f e r s o t m ri c t t h i o e n n s against such coif patients t charities in London, humanity will; and I am confident of the fact, that an appeal like the present need only be mentioned to Englishmen to insure the establishment of some plan, like the one described, having for its object, as that has, the amelioration of the condition of the poor in sickness. The plan I have ventur e d t o sugges t, is that which appears to me the best calculated to rernedt the evil, for it is simple, is easy of execution, an d will eventually be attended with no expence, an d very little trouble. The detail of the plan, and arrangements, I shall leave to the Vestries of the different Parishes, with this intimation, thil should any difficulty be started by individuals, I, shall be most happy t o o ff er t o th em th e resu lt o f my experience and reflection on the subject , either verbally or in writing, as may be most con' venient to the parties seeking it. Thirdly and lastly, to increase the funds of the charities.—We have only to mention the fact, that as matters now stand, many subscribing members who reside at a distance from the 100' tution to which they contribute, are yearly with drawing their names and support from them, be' cause they are not aware of the extensive benefits they are conferring, owing to their not being applied to for letters of recommendation , application being principally confined to such subscribing members as reside nearest to the Institution. Whereas, if the plan suggested be adopted, there is not any pal l of London, or of the suburbs, where sub' scribers do reside, that will not be visited by the' neighbouring poor, for the purpose above advert"' ed to, and thus the subscribers will become tha' more sensible of the charitable purposes for which they hare given away their money. Besides,' from local circumstances, the subscribers will ne' cessarily be better acquainted with the eharAc' tern of the applicants, and which latter circum . stance will likewise afford to them, or to their wives, the opportunity of occasionally contribut# ing to the domestic comforts of the poor labouring under sickness and disease. The publicity thus given to charitable Instiat . tions would, by demonstrating their usefulness to the Subscribers, induce many to add their dons• tions; and others to become subscribers who were before doubtful of the extensive benefit they thereby rendered society, and, in additios to which, it would lessen that degradation of spirit which is attributed to receiving parochial relief ; for it must be apparent to most men, that when the mind has once determined to receive such parochial relief, it is no easy matter to in duce such individual to return to habits of le' bour and industry ; but you, Gentlemen, to whom this letter is addressed, are better ac' quainted with this part of my communication than I can have any pretensions. to. The case of the industrious sick mechanic and labourer is one that ought to awaken the feelings of all men, and I am quite sure that I have now only to request a patient and attentive perusal of this letter, and of the plan suggested; to the Gentlemen to whom it is addressed, to insure its adoption, or the adoption of some other to answer the end in view. A. COPLAND HUTCHISON. Early on Thursday morning a lamentable oc currence took place in Leven -street, near to- the Links. An old maiden lady, who was reduCO to extreme destitution, she having sold ofrpit - ce• meal the whole of her effects to support !fir wretched existence, formed the singular resolu tion of letting herself down from the window of her house on to the pavement. As an accompa niment to this rash act, she twisted a hearth-rug round her person, and fastened one end of it to the window. Whether despair had prompted her to self-destruction, while fear had led her to adopt this method of defeating her own purpose, seems very uncertain; but suppos ing her to have been insane at the time, such an inconsistency, the result of two opposite and con flicting principles, is not improbable. However, the unhappy woman fell upon the ground; and. when she was found by her neighbours, it was discovered that her skull was fractured. Surgi cal aid was immediately procured ; but her case was hopeless, and she survived only an hour, during which time she never spoke.—(Scotsman:) COURSE OF EXCHANGE, June 9. . A nistel tialll Ditto, at Sight . Rotterdam l2 5 Antwerp l2 6 liamburgh 37 7 25 IA A Rona Paris,3 Day's sight , 25 45 0 Us. Ditto Boiirdeaux, ditto Berlin 7 10 Frank fort on the Main Petetsburgb • 9 Vienna lO 9 Trieste lO 9 Madrid Cadiz Wilma 35 $ Effesti 0 Barcelona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn 47 Genoa .. . 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