The Sun. — London, England, 1827-10-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TUE PUBLIC JOURNALS Until the publication of official despatches, completely authenticating the pacific settlement of the dispute with Turkey, we must lay our ac count for expressions of distrust from many quarters, as to the reality of an event so desir rable, and at one time apparently so, hopeless. Merchants, whose fears are naturally roused by occurrences tending to an interruption of the free course of commerce--Bears 'in stock-jobbing--- Bears in politics, not a few, who catch with eagerness at every shadow of evil—lastly, jour nals cut off themselves from the sources of early and valuable information, and therefore Jealous of their more active and successful neighbours— all these several sorts of persons and of things hesitate, honestly or affectedly, before they will acknowledge their belief of intelligence which the merchant may fancy is " too good .to_ be true ;" in which the. jobber sees an unseasonable disappointment of his avarice ; the factious poli tician a strengthener of the State ; and the news less journal, a mortification of its vanity. 'We; for our parts, have found as yet no reason to withdraw our full belief of the facts which were affirmed in our yesterday's article from the city. The non-announcement from official quarters, of official circumstances which are detailed in com mercial letters, proves nothing but That Ministers are tied up by rule, from stating on their Mini sterial authority as complete, a measure, whether military or diplomatic, of the consummation of which they have only a moral and not an official certainty. There seems at present little doubt that the Ambassadors of the three Allied Govern- ments gave notice to their countrymen on the 10th of September, to quit Constantinople without delay, as they were themselves on the point of departing: yet on the 17th, not a Frank had stirred. How account for this but by the fact of, a revived negotiation ? In truth, no alternative remained for the Turk, but acquiescence :in the terms proposed to him. What could his wretched navy hope from a conflict with the ma , ritime Powers of Europe ? And, with his fleet once destroyed, what was to save the armies in vading Greece. from almost immediate dissolu tion ? We repeat, . therefore, that no doubt can rest on any rational mind as to the straits to which the Ottoman Government was driven by the ultiroatum of the Christian Ambassadors ; and as little with regard to the peaceable sur render of the s .hole point at issue. For the wel fare, however, ofVreece, herself, it will be ne cessary to establish very soon a strong executive' power in the centre of the Republic, to restrain the wild spirits, which have sO long set her con stituted authorities at defiance, anal the fierce and sanguinary factions which, even while their com mon mother was in her agony, deserted her to massacre each other. The resolution of the Allied Governments is not yet known respecting the appointment of the Count Capo D'lstria to the Presidency or chief dignity among his couif trymen ; but in the absence of facts, it must strike most people that his Russian habits and pie dilections ought to be grounds. of severe sus picion to every Cabinet in Europe, except that of St. Pet ersburgli alone.— Times. England is 'certainly a very singular country with ;:expect to law. We yesterday received the famous Charge delivered to the Wiltshire Grand Jury by the Lord Chief Justice Best, as revised by his Lordship, with notes, in whiCh so many' fine things are said of boxing ; and in another part of our paper is recorded a sort of crusade of Mr. Swabey, of Union-hall ; the Rev. Mr. Gressett, a Magistrate of Bucks ; two Quakers, and a posse of constables, against a prize-ring. The. eloquence of his Lordship, had, it seems, contributed powerfully to increase the numbers and respectability (we use the word in the sense' which is popular in England) of the audience. If in the Diurnal of Parliament of that day, it' was not thought beneath the fame of the great Colonel Cromwell to record the success of his campaigns to put down bear-baitings, the histo rian of this day may be now excused for noticing the Magisterial expedition to Staines, whieh.was not attended with a very brilliant result. 'The worthy Magistrates were, in the first place, too slow in their movements, for the fight was "over before they appeared on the field ; in the second place, when they arrived, they were too quick in their movements, for they seized, not on any of the fighters or betters, but on one of the his torians of the fight. This injudicious selection was, it seems, regretted when it was too late ; for Mr. Swabey candidly acknowledged his error, and regretted that he had not secured some wealthy. inhabitant of the county on whom the law might take its course." Mr. Richard Martin used to find Members of Parlia ment participating in the amusements of bear fighting at Westminster ; and who knows !nit Mr. Swabey, if due diligence had been used, might not• have found a sprinkling of Justices, se duced by the Lord Chief Justice, in the as sembled crowd ? Fortune, however, willed it that Mr. Justice 'Swabey should reap no laurels at Staines. Never, to he sure, was a . campaign so ill conducted. The two Quakers , who might have been powerful auxiliaries in, the after part of the business; had the business of witnessing allotted to them, Mr. Swabey, having forgot that a murder even may take place in.pre sence of a Quaker, and the guilty person be no thing the worse for his testimony ; and the Rev, Mr. Gressett, who would have sworn through thick and thin, had no opportunity of turning his readiness to swear .to account, from his having been out of the way in the nick of time, Such is the anomalous state of England—Jiistices against Justices —Judges against Judges—one praising what another condemns, Each Magis-' /rate's whim is his la*. That is, we have laws of all sorts-=--some passed in wicked times, and others in saintish 'times. The saint takes one de‘eription of Acts for his guide , and the loose fish. takes another; As much has been said with respect to the expression used by' the Lord Chief Justice, of boxing being a law of peace, or, as it is now phrased, " I think the laws of boxing are laws of peace," we subjoin the following Note, added by his Lordship ;--" Six years ago I went the Northern Circuit ; there were then 25 prisoners committed in the county of Lan caster for manslaughter.; most of them had killed men in what they call up and down fights ; that is, the strongest person gets his antapnist clown, and is permitted to beat and kick him while on th e ground. I see by the newspapers, ,that at these last Assizes for - the same place, there were 20 prisoners charged with manslaughter. The. number o f d eat h s f rom bo x i ng a ll over the kiwi . - dom, iSisrlot equal to that in this one county where f air boxin g is unknown. .But then we must add t o this amount death from foul fiolit ing, and fro m assassination, or attacking with knives and deadly _);eapons defenceless people in other p arts Chronicle. 01 the kingdom."—Morinng Among the abuses of the poor law system which call most loudly for reformation is, the practice of compulsory marriages between pau pers. Such a practice kg,rades the marriage contract in the eyes of the.people, and can be productive of nothing but misery to the parties who are the objects of this absurd exercise of parochial tyranny. Indeed, those laws are, as at present interpreted and acted upon by Over , seerFiand a great proportion of the rural Magis tracy; the most effective engine for demoralising a peasantry that human ingenuity ever invented. There was lately an account, -in a provipcial paper, of one of those marriages, in which the Worshipful Beadle, in his gold-laced liat,aCted the part of "' Hymen," and led, or rather dragged the parties to the altar, after he had taken care the night before, in order to insure their attend ance,; to handcuff them together ! Poets are very fond of describing the God of Love as binding his votaries in chains, but here 'we have the manacles of courtship without any figure of rhetoric —and no doubt much more capable of keeping the parties in -a state of union, though not, perhaps, a harmonious one, than such a knot as the Clergyman could tie. What delicious anticipations of wedded happiness there must have:been indulged in by two human beings whom it was necessary to chain together with substantial links of iron the night before their marriage ! How voluntary must have been the ratification of the contract in the sight of Heaven, and how likely to be productive of the felicities of a partnership for life !. Great as is the mo rality of England, it is, pretty evident, from what we see happen every day, that no crime is so much abhorred, or so severely punished, as po verty. If a person swindles in the most impu dent manner on a large scale, as long as he is suc cessfnl, the law respects his character so much, that the truth dare not be, told about him with out incurring the danger of the penalties of libel either in the shape of loss of liberty, or of pro perty, or of both—but a pauper, however blame less his character may be, is supposed to have no rights—not even the right to feel a wrong in some cases. Yet we suspect that, if a sense of justice does not compel the Legislature to revise the whole system of poor laws, and rescue the deserving class of poor from the tyranny by which they are oppressed, the mischiefs that arise to society will bring the system to that crisis which will force a reformation.—Morning Herald. The points to which Emigration, whether ca sual or concerted, has hitherto been directed are three : Australia, chiefly Van Dieman's Land ; the Cape of Good Hope; and Canada. The climate of Van Dieman's Land is good, the country open, the soil fertile. It is extremely well adapted for sheep grazing, and, indeed, that is the species of husbandry which the most in telligent. writers on this Colony have principally recommended. Van Dieman's Land has, how ever, great drawbacks. The character of the ' chief, almost the only description of labourers to be met with in that country—convicted felons ; the bush-rangers, or runaway criminals, who keep the less protected settlements in a pprpe tual state of alarm ; the ferocity of the natives, who have hitherto resisted all _attempts to civi lize them ; and, lastly, the great distance from the parent state, detract very greatly from the comforts of emigrants proceeding thither. The ground at the Cape, at least at Algoa Bay, where an attempt at settlement has been made, so far as we may judge from the letters that have been transmitted to this country by the settlers, is 'decidedly inferior. The settlement is exposed to the inroads of one of the most formidable tribes in Africa, who, from the tyranny and oppression of the Dutch, are the inveterate enemies of all white men. It is, moreover, ren dered 'dangerous by the lions, panthers, and herds of wild elephants, with which the neigh bouring forests abound. Canada has none of these disadvantages. The tracts which are ' peopled possess a sober, moral, and, for their opportunities, an intelligent population: There is no danger to be anticipated from .wild beasts, nor from men more wild ; and, lastly, it is of easy access. The climate in Canada varies from extreme cold to nearly tropical heat. In Lower Canada, in the neigh bourhood of Quebec, the winters commence in October, and do not terminate until April, and the frost is throughout intense. Neither in winter, hoWever, nor in summer, is there any of the damp • foggy weather, common in woody countries. On the contrary, the sky is clear, and the air bracing. The borders of the great lakes, the tanks of the St. Lawrence, and those of the Outawa—the whole, indeed, of Lower Canada, with the exception here and there of a Pine, barren, is not only uncommonly healthy, but uncommonly fertile. Travellers luxuriate in their descriptions of the landscape ; which, in summer, nothing can surpass .for richness and beauty. Streams are so numerous, as considerably to impede travelling. The surface of the earth, where not cultivated, is clothed, in consequence, with the most lively verdure, so much the more agreeable to the emigrant from Great Britain, that it closely resembles the pleasant fields of his native land. The forests of Canada bear no resemblance to the jungles of India, or the twisted brakes of South America. The trees—the elm, the sugar maple, the hikory, and the beech—are, for the most part, of gigantic growth, and planted widely apart from each other , the surface of the ground being covered with close velvety turf, neither encumbered with brushwood nor broken by bogs. The process of clearing in such a country is simple and easy. During the first season, when the settler is struggling for necessaries, and when the object of primary importance is to raise, by as speedy means as possible, a sufficient supply of food, few think of cutting down, much less of rooting out, the trees of their allotment. They content themselves with the process termed " girdling," that is, cutting round the bark sufficiently deep to destroy the vitality of the tree. This, which is the work of a few minutes, prevents the pushing of the leaves, and admits freely the sun and the air td the crop below. The ground in the southern parts is then planted with maize, and in the northern with potatoes, and the crop thus sown is reaped in a few months.- -Supposing each family of settlers to get a grant of 100 acres of land, we have very little doubt that, before the expiry of the seven years, during which no return of principal or interest of the location money would be required, not only might nearly the whole of the grant, that was to be cleared, be under cultivation, but a very considerable farming capital might be accu mulated. It is usual, we believe, in Canada, to leave one-fourth part of the ground . uncleared, foi a supply of fire-wood ; and their great im portance to the settler naturally induces him to spare all the maple trees. • These trees, which foim a considerable part of the farmer's wealth, bear a marked resemblance•to our sycamore. In the month of February or March, when the sap is ascending, they are tapped with an auger, and a piece of bark inserted, by way of spout, to direct the flow of the juice, which is received in a vessel placed at the foot of the tree. This juice, when inspissated ,by boiling, granulates freely, and forms a sugar, which may be after sqrds refined so as very slightly to differ from that obtained from the cane: Throughout the whole of Lower Canada, wheat yields luxuriant. crops, and where fresh land is turned up, it is not' until it has been many years under Cultivation that it requires the stimulus of manure. In Upper Canada, 'where the temperature of the summer is higher, and the colds of winter much less severe, the agricultural produce is analogous to that of Spain and the South of France. The Indian Corn and the Vine are commonly cultivated. The peach, a favourite tree in America, produces frtiit in the third season after planting the stone. As in all new settlements, the fruits are, it must be, confessed, more• abundant than select, but there is but little difficulty in . introducing more valuable varieties. There can be no doubt that the silk-worm might be profitably. cultivated in Upper Canada. The whole of the country, both Upper and Lower, is admirably fitted . for bees ; and the tobacco, on the alluvial lands, by the banks of rivers, not only yields a plentiful return, but is said to possess a peculiar mildness and. delicacy of flavour. Hemp and flax, for 'which an almost unlimited market may be found in Europe, are also said to be excellently adapt ed to the soil of Canada. In short, to those who carry with them a tolerable stock of indus try and sobriety, no portion of the British do minions preSents greater advantages, nth* advan tages which may be more speedily realized, than that selected by the Committee of Emigra-, tion. While recurring to the . subject of Emigration once more, there is a circum stance which we feel called upon to notice. We observed last' week, of an' Evening Jour-. nal,- that its estimate--twenty-four pounds— was double what had, upon evidence, the most unbiassed and most intimately acquainted with the facts of the case, been assumed by the Corn mittee. To thiS it was answered— " With respect to the 25/. a-head, which we charge as the mean cost of an emigrant, it is double what the Com mittee estimates ; but we calculate on something more than bare transmission—some subsistence for the de parted migrant. - The following is one of the items of the GO!. allowed by - the Committee as the cost to Go vernment for a family of five individuals : " Provisions, viz., rations for fifteen months for one man, one woman, and three children, at 11b. of flour and 1 - 11 b. of pork for each adult, and half that quantity for 1 each child, making Si rations per diem, pork being at 41. per barrel, and flour at 11. Os. per barrel—currency 40/. 6s. 10(1." In point of fact, the estimate of the Committee does not include transmission. It is for loca tion only.--New Times. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, OCT. 9. RICHARDSON V. SIR GODFREY WEBSTER. This was an action for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiff is a haberdasher at Chichester, and the defendant was the candidate for the representation of the town at the General Election in 1826. The action was brought to recover the value of certain ribbons alleged to have been furni s h e d by the plain tiff to the defendant's procession men, Mr. Sergeant RUSSELL stated, that during the General Election of 1826, the defendant started as a candidate to represent Chichester, and was warmly, opposed by others. Before the defendant" went down, he had ordered Otis -A to the extent of 101., and on his-err/Val ordered a further supply of 11/. worth. These ribbons' were supplied by the ,plaintiff, but the bill so incurred had not been paid. The delay in satisfying the demand was considered so unjust that a Mr. Pascoe, one of ;the Committee men of the defendant had" told him that the debts he had incurred he ought to pay. The LORD CHIEF JUSTlCE—Doubtless every Chichester man thinks the same.—(A laugh.) Mr. Serjeant RUSSELL would now prove the de livery of the goods, and confidently rely on the Jury returning a verdict for the 21!. which the plaintiff claithed. Mr. Robert Pascoe, one of Sir Godfrey Webster's Committee-men, proved the supply of the ribbons, which were charged at 211. He thought this sum was the fair value. The ribbons were given to voters and to ladies. Another Witness also proved the delivery of the ribbons. Mr. Serjeant TARDY, for the defendant, observed, that the evidence of the delivery and the value of the ribbons was .extremely slight. The Treating Act seemed to him the most complete defence to the action. The Learned Serjeant then read a clause, which declared it illegal at electiOns to give any present, fee, or reward. The CHIEF JUSTICE declared his opinion, that the value of the ribbons furnished for the purpose of being given to voters, could not. be recovered in a Court of Law. • Mr. Serjeant TAnDY contended that the contract itself was void. The CHIEF JUSTICE was of a different opinion. Verdict fpr the plaintiff—Damages 21/. M. Bourgeois, of St. Denis, having accident ally encountered a person who had been taken out of the water, volunteered his aid in the process of resuscitation, in which he succeeded, although the man had been 20 minutes submersed, and been subjected to the " frightful" ordeal of hanging by the heels. Proper means of recovery were applied during a full hour without success, but at the end of that time circulation and respiration began gra dually to return ; the recovery was accompanied, how ever, with dreadful tetanic convulsions. Bleedings were made from the arm, to rather a copious extent, M. Bour geois infers, that a drowned person should never be aban doned until decomposition begins to manifest itself. Upon this subject M. Leroy d'Etoiles has addressed a communi cation to the Academy, in support of the claims of gal vanism in such cases. He maintains, that if a short and very flue needle be plunged into the side of the body, be tween the Bth and 9th ribs, so that it will reach the attach ments of the diaphragm, and a communication be established with a pile of 25 or 30 couples of plates, of an inch dia meter, the diaphram will immediately contract, and an inspiration be made. Then, by interrupting the circle during this inspiration, and replacing it in order to excite at length succeed in establishing a p er f ec t a re s sp ec i o ra n t d io , respiration. may - . A little matrimonial difference was settled on Timber Hill, Melton "Mowbray, on Friday, in a, manner that was rather amusing to the spectators. The parties were a man and his wife, who appeared to have b een spending their afternoon over their cups, and had touched upon topics that' had excited some angry words between them, which they agreed to settle by blows. The lady began, according to immemorial usage, by scratching the gentleman's face, but was floored by a push ; then rising greatly exasperated, she applied herself so astluously to her husband's face, that he, who had hitherto been rather pas sive, began to thwack her with his stick, amidst loud cries of" foul play," until the stick was taken from him. The lady, finding that she had backers, scorned to disgrace them by any further unscientific proceeding, and there fore, putting herself in a fine sparring attitude, fol lowed up her husband till she got him in a corner where she pommelled him a la Crib, until, she was tired. Having thus avenged the dignity of her sex (and the ladies in the neighbourhood could hardly conceal their satisfac tion at the result), a fellow in the crowd went and patted her husband on the back, saying that he had behaved like a man in submitting so quietly to the chastisement which he had received, when the lady, generous as she had shewn herself to be brave, took the pipe in her hand, which till that moment had never left her mouth, saluted him with a kiss ! and they walked off together, arm in arm, as if nothing bad happened ! to the no small amusement of the byestanders, one of whom, to make the sight more edifying, had placed the lady's bonnet on her husband's head, which was not discovered by the happy pair till they had proceeded together along the street a considerable d 'sten GR....Leicester Chronicle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—John Williams was charged - with stealing a cash box, containing about 401. in money r,0,1 some papers, from the premises of William Merchant, a dealer in shoes, in Field=lane. It appeared that the prisoner was discovered on the top of the, wall in the yard of the prosecutor's house, on Monday night, when he said he came there to look for his dog. Scarcely, however, had he uttered the words before he fell down into the water butt. He extricated himself before any person could arrive to his assistance, and was hastening through the passage of the house, when lie was secured, and the cash box found upon him. He had broken open a desk in the prosecutor's shop to get at it.—He was conimitted for trial. BOW-STREET.—CRUELTY TO ANIMALS,-Mr. Du. pree, of the firm of Dupree and Son, the contractors of the Savoy Wharf, Strand, appeared to answer the complaint of Mr. Docker, a gentleman residing in Prescott-street, Good man's-fields, for a violation of Mr. Martin's Act, in having treated a horse with cruelty. Mr. Docker stated, that he was a great admirer of, and much experienced in, the treatment of horses, and was therefore Very indignant at witnessing an act of unneces sary cruelty committed upon that noble creature. He saw the defendant's dray in the Strand, with a horse in the shafts, and he observed affixed to the harness of the head of the horse a piece of iron, which put the animal to great torture, as it prevented him front rising his head; there was also a corresponding piece of iron underneath, which prevented him from lowering his head, and the poor horse was compelled to hold his head in one position. Mr. Dupree admitted that what Mr. Docker had said was tree ; but stated, that the horse was a kicker, and could not be taken into the streets without danger to the public unless the iron-work was affixed to its head. Mr. Docker said, that the kicking-strap was all that was necessary. Mr. HALLS, the Magistrate, recommended Mr. Dupree to remove the iron from the horse's bead, and to use a kicking -strap instead. Mr. Dupree said that the iron-work did not exactly fit, because it had been made for another of his horses, and he was positive the horse could not be worked without that g lard Mr. HALLS said, that he must remove the guard, and the warrant should be suspended. Mr. Dupree left the Office, and said be must shoot the horse. Mrs. Isuaes, the keeper of a house of bad repute in White-hart-yard, Catherine -street, Strand, with three of her "dress girls," were brought before the Magistrate by Nott, a beadle, for disorderly conduct in the neighbourhood of Drury -lane Theatre, at ten o'clock on the preceding night. It appeared that a number of Jews and Jewesses keep bad houses in the vicinity of the Theatres, and incite girls to debauchery. They dress them up in shabby finery, and after the theatres are open they patrol the streets with the girls, to induce men to accompany them to their lodg ings. On Monday night, Mrs. Isaacs and her three girls were walking up Catherine-street—the former was walk ing at some distance behind the latter—when Nott, beadle, came down the street. The girls did not know him, because he had not his official dress on ; and not having the fear of •Nott the beadle before their eyes, they did not hesitate to surround him, and solicit him to visit White hart-yard. At the first glance Mrs. Isaacs recognised the beadle, though the girls did not, and she called. out, " Come away—come along—no go." Nott called for assistance, and took the girls and Mrs. Isaacs to the wateh-house. Mr. Harmer appeared on behalf of Mrs Isaacs, and con tended that she had not committed any act of disorder. Mr. HALLS said, that there were general complaints made by the inhabitants, in consequence of abandoned females stopping respectable persons in the streets, and Mrs. Isaacs was in company with the girls for no other purpose than to incite them to prostitution. Mr. Harmer said there was no evidence of that fact. Patrick Ryan, a watchman, was called, but he gave his evidence with great reluctance. He, however, finally ad mitted that Mrs. Isaacs was the keeper of a brothel in White-hart-yard, and that she patrolled the streets with her girls. Mr. HALLS said that he was determined to do all in his power to put - an end to this public nuisance, and he con victed all the four as disorderly women and common prosti tute.; and sentenced Mrs. Isaacs to one month's imprison•• ment in the House of Correction, and her nyniphs to 14 days each. Mr. Harmer said, that Mrs. Isaacs was provided with bail, and she would appeal from the conviction to the Sessions. Mr HALLS said, that he would accept bail if he deemed it to be responsible. Two Jews presented themselves; one of them said he was the husband of Mrs. Isaacs, and he was rejected.— Another man, who keeps a brothel next door to Mrs. Isaaep, .next appeared, but Mr. HALLS ordered him to be turned out of the Office. Kitty Lynelt was charged on suspicion of having stolen a boy, three years of age, and with taking him about from house to house, for the purpose of soliciting charity. ~The child was brought into the Office by two working men, who stated that they were taking their dinners in the tap room of the Savoy Palace tavern, Savoy-street, Strand, when the little boy entered the room with his hat in his hand, and asked for a penny to buy bread. They gave the poor little fellow some drink, and asked him who his mother was, and he said she lived in Drury-lane. They asked him who was with him when he went about begging, and he said a woman. One of the men went the door and saw Kitty Lynch peeping at the corner of Savoy .street, and the men took the child and pursued her into Lancaster-place. The child, on seeing her, said " She is my mother." The woman gave him a slap on the back, and said " I am not your mother, and knew nothing of you." Mr. HALLS directed Ford, the gaoler, to ask the child several questions, to which he replied that his name was Paddy Hayes, 'and his mother lived in Drury-lane.—The Magistrate committed Kitty Lynch to the House of Cor rection for one month, for begging, and directed the child should be sent to the Poor-house till its real mother was found. UNION-HALL—lheamy.—A young man, named Edward Green, was charged with bigamy. It appeared that the prisoner married his first wife, Hannah Wilson, on the 21st July, 1823. , —.He, however, deserted her ; 'and on the 23d January, 1826, was married to his second wife, Ann Palley; at St. Saviour's, Southwar.k. He lived with her a very short time and then deserted her, and was on the point of being married to a third when he was taken into custody. The prisoner treated the charge with the moat perfect indifference; and on being- asked what could have induced him to deceive so many women, he replied, that he was only trying to get a good wife out of the lot. He was corn tnitted for trial. MARY LEB ONE, tisA NIT . —Two women, named Proctor and Berger, were brought befor e the Magistrate to be examined before an order could be made for their conveyance to a lunatic asylum. Berger, who is 22 years of age, had recently been delivered of a child, and her in sanity had proceeded from having been seduced. She had for some time lteen.in Miles's Asylum, at lloxton, where' the paupers are now sent, instead of being placed in War burton's Establishment, and was sent back to the work house to be delivered of the infant, which had since died. The Magistrate put two or three questions to her, but her answers were perfectly inaudible. Anne. Proctor, the other female, was rather an elderly woman. Religion, and the dread of a future punishment, had deranged her intellect. They were both sent to the Asylum for an indefinite period. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--A young woman named Reed, of no very prepossessing appearance, was charged with having stabbed a young man named Egan. It appeared that on Thursday evening last, Mr. Egan was going home, when he met the prisoner coming out of the Intrepid Fox public-house in Wardour-street, with a mug of beer in her hand, and thinking that she was a servant, he asked her if she was going hone to supper ? " Yes," she replied, " and if you like, you may come and sup with me." Mr. Egan, without further ceremony, consented to her proposal, and walked with her to her do micile, 9, Meard's-court--a house kept by a man named Liscoe, one of the constables of the parish of St. Anne, Soho, and who, in the same establishment, accommodates others of the same class. Upon entering the apartment, Mr. Egan was invited to supper by his fair companion, but he declined partaking of the beer and gin, and other things whict were placed before him ; and suspecting that he had got into a house of ill fame, wished to leave it, but the prisoner said he should not depart, and since he would not cat himself, he must sit and see her eat. After supper the prisoner made some gin and water, and requested Mr. Egan would partake of it, but that he also declined doing, and the prisoner then drank it up. Mr. Egan now rose from his seat, and insisted upon leaving the room, but was stopped by the prisoner, who said, " I'll be if you leave this house unless you give me half a sovereign ;" and as Mr. Egan attempted to .force his way out of the room, she caught up the knife which she had used at supper, and making a thrust at him with it, said, " I'll mark yon."--- The knife slit the upper part of the prosecutor's ear, and the point entered his head. By the application of a little adhe sive plaster, however, the wounds were getting well. Mr. Egan, who resides in Portland-street, was ex tremely reluctant to send the woman to prison upon the serious charge which he is the first instance preferred against her. Mr. CortaNT said that there had of late been several attempts made by women to extort money from individuals, and he felt inclined.to commit the prisoner for trial for the capital charge. The prosecutor then said that he could not say that the prisoner, when she raised the knife, intended to stab him. She might have ,had the knife in her hand when he' endeavoured to go out of the room, and have held it up' to prevent his opening the door. He, however, ad mitted that she said, when she had the knife in her hand, " I'll mark you." After some further conversation, however, Mr. CONANT ordered her to find bail for the aggravated assault. THE CONFESSIONS OF AN UNEXE- CUTED FEMICIDE. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) Under this title a most extraordinary work has been re cently published by Mr. 111‘1 3 hun, bookseller, of Glasgow. We have' given it entire in a preceding page ; and, as many of our readers, after perusal, may be apt to con clude, as we at first did, that " The Confessions of a Fe micide" is a work of pure fiction, it is incumbent upon us to explain the reasons which have induced us to arrive at a different conclusion. Mr. M'Phua is a gentleman of great respectability, and we felt convinced that he would not have deliberately palmed upon the public, as true, a horrid and appalling story, which had no foundation in fact. There would have been no excuse for such con duct, as he possessed the means of detecting the im posture, by ascertaining whether any murder had taken place in Scotland, about twenty years ago, under the extraordinary circumstanees described in Mr. M'Phun's narrative. Ile might, also, with very little trouble, have traced out the register of the alleged trial. These were the reasons that led us to conclude that the story, shocking and unnatural as it is, could not be wholly destitute of foundation in fact. We also thought, that if the story had been entirely a romance, the author would not have ventured to make his principal character so thorough-paced a villain; for however strange the assertion may appear, it is a melancholy truth, that more unnatural crimes leave been perpetrated in reality than any writer of fiction has had the hardihood to introduce into romance. If any author were to found a story upon the circumstance of a father cutting off his own child's head, his readers would turn with disgust from so gratuitous an outrage upon feeling and probability. Sheen, however, did in reality cut off the head of his own child: and did that act, too, in a sane state of mind, if we may so conclude from the Judge suffering him, after his acquittal, to go at large. In conclusion, we assure our readers, that the main inci dent related in the " Confessions" is true. Motives of de licacy have induced the writer to substitute Stirling in place of Glasgow, and to take some other liberties with the narrative ; but the murder was committed ; the murderer was tried, and he escaped, as related, by his servants swear ing an alibi. HOW TO EVADE PROOF. An Irishman, charg'd with a crime, Was told it would be brought home to him : " No, no, (quoth Pat,) it shan't this time— " I'll keep away from home—and do 'em." Literary Chronicle. F. D , LONDON MARKETS (From the London New Price Current of Tuesday). STIGAR.-Muscovades last week remained languid till tog, duest b s ee t a h m e e %l ousie.oaft sated, an d hhds were sold ; the redaMuntd.a ti r a. k tn e atwohlfai which e F h r a a od y u , rt a t k v e h n e when nearlypltahleloroie the n thl price s pe nd a ; p t a h i e -ed lol t be the eh in low brown brownsolidef reatassroenthoieftitohneorfefvivnliayl ; the f ormer l is ately cwt.,aetelyi; as t r h a e ted go o o u d t aonfdalfil fine e ro r p at o ll r e f higherton, high being ab out 65s and fine Sugar 70s. The stock of Muscovades is to-day 5,229 hhds. and tierces less than in 1826 ; the deliveries last week were 496 casks less than the corresponding one of last year. At a late hour this afternoon the sales of Muscovades were estimated at 700 hhds. brown Sugars 635, which at the Isighest of the Market were 655. The low browns may be stated at the reduction of is 6d a 2s, other quali ties unvaried. The Barbadoes sale went off heavily, 66s for the lowest, up t0,72s 6d for fine white. Last week the Refined Sugars for export were offered lower, large Lumps 84s 6d and some at 84s, good 85s 6d —The Shippers came forward freely, and purchased to some extent, without materially advancing the currency. The Grocers for the home trade purchase stilt on a very limited scale ; Molasses were heavy at 275. The Refined Market this afternoon was without alteration, considerable enquiries for goods for export ; Molasses 26s 6d. In Foreign or East India Sugars no sales, were reported after Tuesday last week. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—SaIes of fine Dominica 33s ; the stock is nearly 3,000 casks. TEA.—There is not much doing in the Market,, the trade are looking for the declaration of the quantity for next sale, which is expected to be out to-morrow. COFFEE.—The sales of Coffee last week were very li mited ; a large parcel of fine ord. La Guayra sold at 435. No other sales of Foreign to any extent were reported. The Jamaica descriptions sold at former prices, fine ord. Jamaica 555, good ord. 45s a a 48s. The three public sales this forenoon consisted of 373 casks, 218 bags British Plantation, chiefly very ordinary, mixed, and rank Jamaica, which sold very heavily, but forms no criterion of the market prices ; good ordinary Jamaica, 48s; mid. 70s a 72. 6d. No alteration caa be stated in Coffee to-day, no Foreign has been sold. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLAND& —The only sales of Rum since the contract with Government is a large parcel of Leeward., 5 over, at 2s sd, and Jamaica, 26 over, Ss I la; Demerara, 28 ever, Ss 9d. The contract of fifty thousand gallons Rum for the Navy was taken at 2s Sid. In Brandy or Geneva there is no alteration. Matt, FLAX AND TALLOW-The accounts from St. Petersburgh are to the 21st ult. Exchange 10d 7-16th.. Hemp very firm, Flai dull.—Tallow, cash at 97, and oreeit 98 and 99 rubles. 5,000 casks bought sinee the previous post, and about 100,000 casks shipped off this season. The Tallow Market here was very brisk last week, and 38s 34 was currently realized, since which th!. demand has become languid and the prices have receded to our quota tions. Deliveries for consumption last week about 2,700 casks.—ln Hemp or Flax there is little alterktion. FOR DELIVERY. Tallow, delivery last two months 0 38 3 per Cwt. Shipment °nor before Sept. 80 0 38 S free on board Hemp, Shipment on or before Aug. 31 87 15 0 IRISH PROVISIONS.-There have been few transactions in Beef or Pork.—Bacon is little varied.—Butters are heavy. - - GOVERNMENT CONTRACT. sales 6d. F—, at the former. The remainder of the Government Contract was t a k en fast night; the prices have not generally transpired, b ut we believe it is about Beef and Pork all round 5/. 19 3 ., Po s rk it o r n p ly ET s ß /LOs s a ai s ti) / e l tl B:, 2 B 4s ee , f d on a l 2 y s 6 s l7 , Oir.s—The Oil Market continues very heavy, but no further material reduction in the prices can be stated. SPICE SALE YESTERDAY. Cinnamon, 50 bales first'quality 6 s 7d a 6 B 8d 162 ditto ditto Scscr scratched 192 ditto ditto scratchedched 136 ditto second qu a lit y 24; ditto third quality 4s 7d 66 ditto ditto scratched 624 ditto inferior ls 9d a2s 3d Pepper, 180 bags unsifted 3 - 1- d. a Sid white is tild a is '7 d Cloves, 300 mats is 4d als 6d Mace, 10 casks 1 ditto Ss lid Nutmegs, '72 ditty' 10 ditto shrivelled ..... Cassia - Lignea, chests 5/ a Si Is FRUIT.—By public sale this forenoon, 10 carroteels Currants '77s, 120 brls Red Smyrna Raisins 41s, taken in ; 100 boxes, 172 half ditto New Muscatel Raisins, in bunches 118 s a 121 s, 120 quarter ditto 134 s a 136 s ; 64 boxes Jordan Almonds 91 18s a 101; 250 quarter boxes New French Plums, taken in at 60s. PIMENTO--By Public Sale this forenoon 835 bags Pimento sold rather lower, ord. 91 d a sid, good 10d a 101 d, fine 101 d• Hors.—The hop-picking is finished ; the quantity is fully equal to the general expectation ; the quality in some inetances not so good as was anticipated. The duty is estimated at 140,0001. The fine Hops have been in better demand, 'and two parcels of Kent packets realised 955. to day, The supply at Market is still inconsiderable. Carrox..---The transactions in Cotton for export are considerable; the prices are little varied,—The bales for the week ending last night inclusive, 2,000 bags. I NDIG O.—At the close of this day 3,597 chests were sold out of 6,789 chests, the quantity dedared.v.The Bengal Indigo is 6d to Is 6d under last sale. The Oude at form' prices. The mid. and ord. Madras lower than last sale, the good nearly at the former prices. The Company's Wig° is now all finished ; the total sales are 2,525 chests Bengali 718 Oude, 354 Madras. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK, ' ''. Wheat. Barlay. Oats. 1 Beans. . 1—.....— , Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to i• • 805t0n.....—..—.-- 40 54 28 36 18 21 40 5 1 Grantham...,.,,.,...,.. 42 58 29 33 21 35 1;.9; Grimsby 46 30 23 35 41 5 1 H0rnca5t1e,....—.—..... 42 47 25 30 18 .21 42 t 3 Hull 44 54 30 34 21 28 42 4„" I ; Lincoln Maidstone ..--....—.... 50 60 31 37 20 211 35 5, ' 6u Stamford Stamford • . 42 59 24 32 .'22 31 62 ': u ; WAKEFIELD, Oct. 5. The arrival of Wheat fresh up here this morning i 5 pretty fair ; and there is a good supply from the farmers , but not so large as last week. Fine and good general run , of New Wheat sell at much the same prices as were 0 1,- tained last week, but the very damp and inferior samples are very difficult to quit ; there ia a fair demand for g ood Old English, but•the Foreign hangs on hand. Oats are without material alteration.—We have a very large supply of Barley for this early period of the season, and the rile has been very dull, at a reduction of 2s. per quarter; the alterations by the new Malt Act increase the dullness of the Barley trade, as many maltsters will not commence working at present. Old Beans are ls. per quarter• lower! and New are more plentiful, and very dull sale at a de , cline of 2s. per quarter. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, Red 625. to 575. fine 594• White.... 565. to 595. fine 61s. New, Red 46s. to 525. fine 56°. White, 4Bs. to 545. fine 395• Red _ 49s. to 525. fine 55, to 34.;. fire 355. to 325. fine 34g• ------ Forel) - r oreigh, Barley. Norfolk and Suffolk 32s Lincolnshire -- Yorks' A orkshire Wold 295, Beans, Small sss. to 325. fine 33a• to 58s. fine 60, -'rick 50s. to 565. fine 58s• Oats, Poland and Potato 24s. to 295. fine 33 , Friesland and Small 2os. to 265. fine 2S.s• Mealing is l2%d. to 14%d. per Stone. Shelling 32s. to 335. —s. to —s. per Load , Malt 34s. 425. fine 455. per LOad . Rapeseed NORWICH, Oct. e. We had less Wheat offered for sale to-day than for se veral weeks past ; good dry samples have obtained last week's prices, but damp and inferior parcels were Is. t" 2s. per quarter lower. The supply of Barley has consi derably decreased, owing to the reduction in price, which is not more than Is. per quarter this week. Our supplie s of Oats, Beane, and Pease, are very short ; all are full a. 4 dear as last week. No alteration in Flour. Wheat (per qr.) 455. 555. flOs. I Beane (per qr.) Barley Oats 22s. 265. sae. Flour, fine (per sack) 405.1 CANTERBURY, Oct. 6. The supply of Grain was not large upon our market Ur day. Wheat of fine quality fully supported the price of this day week. New Beans were Is. per quarter cheape C Barley, Oats, and Pease, are without variation. As Ye t we have had hardly any sale for New Hops, the prices of which at present are merely nominal. Wheat, White -- red Barley Oats Beans .. 565. to 60s. ~ 50s. to 545. .. 28s. to 345. .. 265. to 325. ~ 355. to 40s. . —s. to —s. Pease NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Oct. 6.- Our supply of Wheat to-day was limited, and the farroeo being themselves considerable buyers for seed, the whole went off briskly at an advance of 2s. to 3s. per quarter• Little done in Old Wheats. The supply of Oats WO likewise small, and the sale steady at last week's prices. The Barley trade continues heavy, and our malteterti very sparingly at the present price. Fine Malt free sale' The late glut of Rye still presses on the market, and s ale , to-day were extremely limited at our quotations. Beat ° and Pease as our last. Wheat, Northumberland, white,..sts. 605.... red 46s. 565.1 RYe o s N r in f o o al e l f i:a . 3oe Ms. R Bailey, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk, new 34s. 3t39. "4 ---- Grinding 9g s 325• co Scotch 5:13. 565. 4 Malt, Norfolk and Sutfcdk 5 4 sBeans, . fi6s. —s , Pease, White, Boilers 465. ... 408, 4.25. Oats, Northurn. Potatoe 36 5„38i...,Feed .. Flour, Fine (per sack)s. 41s. 455. There was a very full market of Corn at Aylesbury 0 Saturday, but scarcely any sales took place, from the pre' sent distressed state of the farming interest. At Croydon Fair also, last week, every thing was v ery flat; and out of an unusual number of Sheep sent for dis posal, scarcely one half were sold. COTTON WOOL, LIST OF IMPORTS RHO EXPI IMPORTED. Same pe- This nod last year. year. IRTS. Bags, &e. Bags, &c, Liverpool 669,401 440,164 London 57,187 57,773 Glasgow 56,069 20,914 Total exported in 1827 ...... ..... . BIRTHS. 58,978, On the 3d July, at the Cape of Good Hope, 111 11 ' George Greig, of a daughter. On the 9th instant, Mrs. Mackintosh, Cloudesley-ter' race, Islington, of a son. On the 7th instant, at Trafford Park, the lady O Thomas Joseph Trafford, Esq., of a still-born child. Ou the 3d instant, at Putney-hill, the wife of the Rs''' Henry Dashwood, of Halton, Bucks, of a son. On the 9th instant, at Roehampton, the lady of Ricliar't Price, Esq. of a daughter. On the 6th instant, Mrs. John M'lntosh, of 34, North Bank, Alpha Cottages, of a son. On the sth instant, at Catsfield, the lady of the Rev. G. Ash, of a son. On the 7th instant, the wife of H. G. Be'inage, Esq•' Berners-street, of a daughter. On the 7th instant, at Coborn-place, the lady of .fainee Sutherland, Esq. Fenchurch-street, of a son. EXPORTED. Previou s, ly this yea r. Bags, Sm. saga, B ‘ a 240 17,V' 1,550 39,7 7 " 120 MARRIED. On the 9th instant, at St. Giles's, Camberwell, by th e Rev. Joseph Mendham, A.M., of Sutton Cold&ld, WO' wiokehire, Joshua Field, Esq., of Lambeth, to Matilds, daughter of George Evans, Esq. of Peckham. On the 24th July, at Government House, Cape Tovio' by the Rev. G. Hough, Colonial Chaplain, Dudley Moo' tagu Perceval, fourth son of the late Right Honourabl e, Jane,eldest Bourke, c d ß au „ g L h i te eu r te o n f ai b it i ! H Mary Good Hope. SGpooeynneocruenrro Major - Genera l r c t e h y e a I Cape a tope Richardot . On the 27th ult., at Stebonheath, Mr. Joseph White bookseller, Rateliff-highway, to Miss Boddy, of the Corn' mercial-road. On th e 6 t h i nstant, at St. G eorge 'siChurch, Hanover , don-road, S ou th war k, square, R o b ert Li tt l e H ooper , Esq., surgeon, of the Lon' to Elies, eldest daughter of Mrs. Richardson, of Fulham. Baily, of Caine, to Alias Frances K en t F err i s, third &Light°. On the 2d instant, at Putterne , Wilts, Mr. Thomas P' of the late Francis Ferris, Esq. of Norton, near Devizes. i On the 6th instant, at Deal, Mr. George Greenwoo:l , c l i , London, to Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Dunn, (' the above place. On the 4th instant, at Bath, Robert Johnson . Esq. of ; Stoke, Devonport, to Miss Elizabeth Martha Draper, of Bath. DIED. On the 7th instant, Mr. Thomas Noakes, of Blackwel l ' in his 68th year. On the sth instant, at Lambeth, aged 20, Charles Ba ta '. man, late of Keppel-street, Russell-square. On the 4th instant, at Coombe Down, near Bath, Eli 4 P . Jane, the wife of C apta i n W e bb , l ate o f t h e 79t h reg i me & On the 15th of June, on board the Hon. Compare ship Cenoral Kyd, on the passage to India, William, $' third son of Richard Griffiths, Esq, of Thorngrove, cester, aged 21. On the 27th ult. , at Brussels, aged 29, Pauline Hen' riette, the wife of Mr. H. Schuster. On the 19th of August, at Charleston, South Carolina! Mr. Alexander Grant, late of New Broad-street. On the sth instant, John Edward Blanchard, of Grea t Poland-street. On the 7th inst., at Wilderness park, after a long illuesoi Lady Caroline Stewart, wife of Alexander Robert St e wart; Esq., M.P. for the county of Londonderry, and younge r daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Camden. - On the Bth inst., at his residence in Threadneedle_stree t t M J Mr. Joseph tiie 7 tShte inst.,tvart iv William Strange, E sq ., o f Upt on , in the County of EsseP On the sth inst., a t Ll ango llen, on his way to Cheltar r aed th 2 e 3 7 , 9 I tl 1 1 7illjam year of , his age. the sec on d s on ham, Thomas Hewitt, Esq., of 34, Guildford-street. On the Bth inst., at Banstead, aged 6, George, only B o ' l of Lieutenant-Colonel Gabriel. On the 3d inst., at Chardmouth, IViss Mary Sperliok aged 14 years, youngest daughter of H. P. t4erling, P l 4. of Norbury Park, in the county of Surrey. On the 6th inst., in London-street, Etzroy-square, fr e7 derick Latham, the infant son of S. F. Eyre, Esq. surge°l _ Faraway and PC/PLISEIRD by M. YOUNG, at the Urt-OrricE, NQ. 112, *Wand. SUNDRY r •- 7 for Sale, Jand, Dingestm Printed parti ' a short time for be announc For informati Koran Cock, of Afoktyn,' solicits • J SaHO mes's newly invented varicose veiny, w b ee p applied wi t on of the .block F.e.ures permane superior eonstr properties, canni MA STE] of the Broad-street, )al lour, 51asterm1n's nee and corking, an n( accounts, and to deliver in tow li4y), at the folio PORTER... 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"` l ng sery a , . es, meat French Sid e B oard in ax bZi l . ° T ruj eal Prim 4E RS (r a, he I rot Sup,i i 4 nd other Foi l ; Plated drapeßrass I Utensils, a 4: n G er ; t t ANS r wito are tC „ ate aer s rc th ßell s f rom well Ll4ll. There bet and `, 11 ' 43 , conmat •Airl f p- r , i 4() YAL MA o,lu mpton. B , III RMINGH, ' l neY Stratford IMISTOL, d C ARLISLE Qarstang. Cheater. FALMOUTt HOLYILEAI And Bangor. LI VERPOO MANCHES' MILFORD ford-west. NORWICH The followinl time specified:- Weymouth, t Norwich, tilt Nottingham Windsor and Birmingham, ;Light. Liverpool, th Canterbury E Seuthaniptol Eight. Exeter, Fain Brighton, at API Cambridge, past Two. Canterbury Carlisle and before Five. Derbj, thro before Five. Edinburgh a Quarter befit Maneheekv, furs Five. lifottingliara Five- Bristoland I Milford Hal Past Four. Taunton, tl Four. Windsor an Liverpool, t Norwich, it Derby, thri before Six. Edinburgh befor e Sik. Manchester Seven. Nottingham Birminghat quarter befor Holyhead a Manchester hPfore Seven. Canterbury N.ll. p turfing Town dV vn ever) Itib' The ] 44,01 11fttablia '4IY Passenger "Wes the ;ail ti lt , / of the ti 411ger's LugE