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` 4 l ( A 0....., 1 , ep •-•::;:tvtl,:<, :,-- - ; :,', 1 / , ~,,.,.4.,--_,,,-...7i- v , ..,,^1 I ,fG e/4..,v` --- 6 of //2 t, i r ~ 7 from IRCONOMIC LIFE - ASSURANCE soollaw, No.. 34, Bridge-street, Blackfrian.: DIRECTORS. • . • Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, M.P. Chairman. • THOMAS I'RANKLAND Esq: M.P. Deputy • Chairman. • - Lineelot.Baugh Allen, Esq. Capt. ,George Harris,, Stephen Nicholson Barb er , ' C.B. • Esq. Ft:ancis Kemble, Esq. Robert Biddulph; E s . q , Thomas Fenn, Es q ,, Adam Gordon, Esq. John Knowles; Esq F.R. S. Thomas Meux i Esq. , Henry Frederick Stephen son, Esq. ALIIIIORS:—M: NV. • Clifton, Esq. ; John Rymer, Esq. ; J. , Whishat v Esq., E.R. S. . PHlS;tcle.t.r.—John.Paria, M.D. F.R.S. 28, Dover-street. 5uRcF.R2.l.—." Benjami n Travers, Esq. F. R. S. 12, Bruton.st. &iitcnok.,--Ifenry Young, Esq. Essex .street, Strand. AVitTAP..i...-.2.1r. John Naylor. ADVANTAGES 'BELONGING TO THIS INSTI- TUTION PREMYLIMS on young and middle-aged Lives consider ably lower than those generally required. Three-fourths of the . present savings and profits, and eventually the whole profits, divided among the assured. 'Policy Holders (if assured to the extent of 5001. t'or the whole tam of Life) entitled, after five annual payments, to vote at all General Meetings; the Members of which have absOlute controul over the affairs of the Society. . ' Full partiplars are stated in the Prospectus, 'Which, with every requi;ite information, may be obtained by ap iilicatiott at the Office. -VERY FAST AND SAFE. TRAVEL ; • LING: to BIRMINGHAM andLIVERPOOL, Day and Night Four-inside Coaches; which keep good Time, FROM THE SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER-STREET, SNOW-HILL, LONDON, The following Light Post Codelats, Mails, &e. set out from the above Inn : Birmingham _Tally Ho ! in 13 hours (driven through • with two Coachmen only), Morning, through Redburn, Market-street, Dunstable, Brickhiil , Fenny Stratford, Sto ney Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Daventry, Dunchurch, COVentry, and Stone Bridge, to the Castle Hotel, Birming ham, to Shiffnall, Wellington, Bridgenorth, Shrewsbury, Shelton, Oswestry, Nantwicb, Tarporley, Bangor, Chester, and Holyhead. Birmingham Royal Express, in 15 hours and only two coachmen ; every Afternoon, four Inside, through War wick, Leamington, Southern, Daventry,Weedon, Towcester, and Stoney Stratford, to the Saracen's. Head, Birmingham, early the next morning. Barnstaple, Southmolton, Creditors, Cholinley, Tiverton, North Lawton, Hatherleigh, Oaklaampton, Torrington, Chumleigh, llfracomb, and Bideford, every Morning. Bath and Bristol, through Chippenham, Calne, Marl borough, Hungerford, Newbury and Reading, every After noon at one; arrives at the Greyhound Inn, Bath ; and - Landon Tavern, and Swan, Bristol, early next Morning. Boston Mail, to Louth,. through Royston,- Cambridge, Huntingdon, Stilton, Peterborough, Deeping, Spalding, Spileby, Alford, and Great Grimsby. Evening, at half-past seven, Sunday, at a quarter before seven. • Cambridge Mail, through Ware, Buntingford,Bucklartd, and Royston. Evening, at half-past seven, Sunday, at a quarter before seven. ' Carlisle Express, only one night on the road, to Peurith, and Whitehaven, with a Guard all the way ; through Ap pleby, Brought Bowes, Barnard . Castle, Greta Bridge, Richmond, , Catterick, Boroughbridge, Ferrybridge,Don caster, Newark, Bawtry, Grantham, Greetham, Stamford, Stilton, Biggleawade, and Baldoek. Morning- The' only direct Coach to Carlisle. Chester, througl\ Newport, Whitchnrch, Nantwicb, Tar .porley, Middlertnehy and Northwich, Morning & Afternoon. Coventry Tally Ho ! every Mornlng at half-past six, through Redburn, Dunstable, Stoney Stratford, •Toweester, .Vireedon, Daventry, and Dunchurch. Dover and Paris, Morning by Canterbury and Chatham. Dorchester, in 14 hours only, through Egham, Bagshot, Blaz:kwater, Basingstoke, Overton, NiTkitchurch, Andover, Salisbury, Woodyats Inu, and Blandford, at a quarter past , five and eight in:the Morning: , Dartmouth, Morning, to, Newton Bushel, Paignton, 'Etrisharo, Kingswear, and Torquay. . Exeter Umpire, Morning, through Honiton, Axminster, Charmouth, Bridport, Dorchester, Blandford, Woodyats Inn, Salisbury, Stockbridge,. Sutton, Basingstoke, Black water, Bagshot, and Egham. Glasgow, Longtown, Gretna Green, Annar, Dumfr ies, Brotenhill, Thornhill, Sanquhar Kiln, Kilmarnock, Kings well, and all parts of Scotland, Four Inside. Holyhead, through Shiffnall, Wellington, Shrewsbury, and Salop, Morning and Afternoon. Hull Express, through Northcave, Howden, and Don caster, Morning, to the Cross Keys, Hull, and also the "Rockingham - in the Afternoon at two. Kendal, by Lancaster, Prestos, Kirkby Lonsdale, Bolton, Chorley, Ormskirk-, and Garstang, Morning and Afternoon. Leeds Rockingham, Afternoon at two; through Ballock, Biggleswade, Eaton, St. Nests, Buckden, Stilton, Wands ford, Stamford, Greetham, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Markham-Moor, East Retford, Bawtry, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge ; arrives at the Golden Lion Inn, Leeds, next kfternoon, at three o'clock, in time for the Bradford, Hali fax, Skipton, and Huddersfield Coaches. With four Coach men only.--Luggage and Packages only 2d . per lb. Liverpool and Staffordshire Potteries, Morning at half past six. With four coachmen only. Liverpool Umpire, in 27 Hours only, Daily at One ; and arrives at'Liverpool next Afternoon, through Woburn, Newport Pagnell, Lathbury, Northampton, Welford, Lut terworth, Hinckley, Atherstosie, Tamworth, Litchfield, Rudgeley, Sandon, Stone, Newcastle, Congleton, Knuts ford, WiAington, and Prescot." t! Liverpool Royal Express, in twenty-six hours, with' four . coachmen only, through Prescot, Warrington, Knutsford, ernigleton, Newcastle, Stone, Rudgeley, t a wton, Litchfield, and Stafford (only one night on the road), every afternoon ; arrive s at the Saracen's Head, Liverpool, next afternoon. Manchester and Altringham, morning to the Moseley Arms and Swan Inns. Manchester to Congleton, Newcastle, Walsall, Wolver hampton, and Knutsford, light four inside Coaches. Marlborough and Swindon, through Maidenhead, Read iugeNewbury, Hungerford, Ramsbury, and Albourne, with • one ooaehman enly. The nearest conveyance to Lambourn, Parton, Wootton Bassett, and Pewsey. Newca.stle-upon-TYne and 'Under-Line, Morning and Afternoon. Only one night on the road. Plymouth Umpire, to Falmouth, Truro, Bodmin, Ash ' buaton, Penryn, Totness, & Newton Bushell, morning at 7. Ramsgate Royal Telegraph, to Margate, Dover, Deal, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Feversham, and Sandwich, morn ing a' half-past seven. Sheffield Express, and also the Rockingham, through Rothertm, morning and afternoon. • - Weymouth. Magnet, through Egham, Bagshot, Black water, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Salis bury, Woodyats IRS, Cashmore, Blandford, and Dorchester, at a quarter-past five in the morning (only one Coachman.) Southampton Union, to Lymington, Lyndhurst, and Winchester, through Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, - Black- Water, and Bagshot, every morning, and arrives at the Coach and Horses, and Vine Inn, Southampton, by five, a delightful conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guern sey, St. Makes, Havre de Grace, lee. &c. Staffordshire Potteries, Afternoon, to Lane-end, .Stoke, helton, Burslem, Tunstall, Lawton, Hanley and Holmes Chapel. The only Coach direct to the Potteries. Warwick and Leamington Day and Night, through Da sentry, Weedon, Towcester and Ston e y St ra tf or d. York Express, to Scarbo rough, Whitby, Shields, Sun derland, Newcastle, and Ed inburgh, with aauard through out ; Morning, by way of Newark, Retford, Doncaster, Ferrybridge, Tadcaster, Northallerton, Darlin ton Rush ford, Durham, Morpeth, and Berwick, arrives a t ' York early next Morning. pewciltlfnnlloyt he accountable Rams an(Margate. At Reduced Fares to S. A. MOUNTAIN and th C at o. th r e es y ' Friends and the Public, I for any Parcels, Passengers' Luggage, Writings, Plate, &c of more than Five Pouinds Value, if lost, stolen, or dame , red . unless entered as such, and the Insurance paid accordinglv, at the SARACEN'S HE-Al 3 INN, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, London. FOR WORMS, FITS, PAINS IN THE STOMACH, &c. 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HOME CIRCUIT.—HERTFORD, Jew. , 28.. MARQUESS OF SALISBURY V. WINTLE. This was an action of trespass for sporting on the plaintiff's land. Plea, the general issue. On the 9th November last, the defendant, who was stated to be a provision dealer in Mark-lane,, went down to 'the plaintiff's manor at Hatfield, iu company. with a. Mr. .Godesden, to fiave' a day's sport. Each had a double barrelled fowling piece, : and they had but • one sporting dog, the property of Mr. Godesden. At a place called - Pounds - Wood'l they made a stand, and the dog was sent into the wood. A pheasant arose and flew across the road, and whilst standing on the public highway, the de .fendant brought down his b►rd. Whilst so engaged the plaintiff's gamekeeper came, and warned the de fendant and his friend that they must not sport there, and demanded a sight, of their game licenses,. which was refused. For the act of killing the phea.. sant, the defendant was afterwards summoned I*.' fore a Justice of the Peace, and adjudged to pay a penalty of 51. Before the present action was brought, the defendant wrote to the plaintiff's attor ney a submissive apology for the trespass, and pro mising never again to go upon the Noble Marquess's manors. Notwithstanding this submission the action was proceeded in. Mr. ADOLPHUS, animadverted, in 'strong terms, upon the spirit in which the action was brought, and spoke of it as a most oppressive proceeding. The Jury immediately found their Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, One Farthing. • The Noble Marquis recovered a shilling damages in an undefended action of the same sort, against a Mr. Samuel Benningfield, of NO. 11, Hartstreet, Mark-lane. ARCHER V. GILBERTSON. This was an action for a libel upon the plaintiff, imputing to him that he had cheated his creditors, and that he had been guilty of perjury in an affidavit filed in Chancery. The defendant pleaded a justifi- Cation. After a trial of considerable length, and it being admitted that the defendant's plea of justification had failed in proof, , The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 401. The Assizes ended this evening, about seven o'clock. at the George, and afterwards at the Barley Mow. He boat about 17 or 18 pots of porter. Witness saw. him pull out two sovereigns and some silver; one of the sovereigns was loose among the silver, and the; other he unwrapped from a piece of whitish-brown• paper. The prisoner was very quarrelsome, And . stiatchirg-a hammer from Applebee's hand, said to Applebee, " I have knocked down a man this morn ing, and 1 could knock down you." He then flung the hammer into ale mud. The Jury, after a short deliberation, pronounced the prisoner Godly. The Learned JUDGE addressed the prisoner in a most impressive manner, and advised him to prepare for the awhri change which awaited him, as his case was one to ivhidr mercy could not be extended.' The prisoner, who throughout the trial, had di;.- played the utmost indifference, btirst into laughter, while the Judge Was,addressing-him. WESTERN CIRCUIT, WINCHESTER, JULY 27. Two men, of the name of IGeorge and Ashdown, were convicted of a robbery tinder the following very aggravated Circumstances :—A poor old couple, the man being eighty-three, and the woman eighty- . two, of the name of Frost, were employed at one of the toll-gatei; in the Isle of Wight, to receive the tolls, and, consequently, lived by themselves in the toll-house. One very wet blowing night, the old man was awakened from his sleep by somebody calling " Gate," on which he slipped out of bed, and unlocked the door, for the purpose of letting the tra vellers, as he suppoSed, through the turnpike. No sooner was'the key turned, and even before he could lift the latch, than George rushed in, and beat the poor creatures to the ground ; they then proceeded to ransack the place, making themselves masters of four sovereigns, two half sovereign, several silver spoons, a silver watch, and other articles, constitut ing all the worldly riches of the poor creatures. Finding a drawer locked; George insisted on having the key of it; and on this the old man, making a com plaint of the usage he was receiving, George seized on. a clasp knife, and swore with imprecations that he would cut him to pieces if he did not keep quiet, and following up these threats with actions; he struck the old man's head violently against the wall, and subsequently severely bruised him with a cudgelthat he had brought into the cottage with him, so that the day after, when the poor fellow went before the Magistrate, his arm was completely black and blue from the shoulder to,the wrist. Having taken all that they considered worth having, the men depart ed; but immediate pursuit being made, they were overtaken on the following morning, when the old man's • watch was faithd on the person of George, together with a couple of sovereigns, and on Ash down' was found one sovereign. The prisoners did not make any defence, and the Jury, satisfied with thetestimony of the old couple,who swore positively to the persons of the men, though they had previously been unacquainted with them, returned a verdict of Guilty." The JUDGE put on the black cap, and commented at considerable length on the cruelty which the pri soners had added to their crime of robbing the poor old couple of almost all they had k the world. He earnestly advised them to prepare for the worst, for he could not hold out to them the slightest sha dow of mercy. _ _ The Assizes ended this morning at nine o'clock, and the Judges will proceed to Salisbury, to open the commission there on Saturday afternoon. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.-BEDFORD, JULr £S Last eveaing - ,:,.the grand- Jury ignored. the bill I against Thomas... Jena and ThonicksP'gtt for the murder of Thomas Sheppard, in a pugilistic rencontre, at Leighton Buzzard. Mr. Baron GARROW, however, directed them to be detained, to be tried on the finding of the Coroner's Inquisition ; and .yesterday morning they were ac cordingly placed - at the bar. Mr. Sergeant STORKES said, that the prisoner Jeeves, and the deceased Sheppard, in the mouth of June last, had a quarrel, and agreed to fight for a sovereign, and the result was, that Sheppard re 'Delved in the end a tremendous blow on the neck, and he was carried quite insensible from the ground. The deceased languished for two days, and died in consequence of the injury which he received on the neck, in the fight. Mr. HAWKINS, Counsel for the prisoners, took an objection to the record of the inquisition, because it did not say that the wound the deceased received had caused his death. From the time he received that wound until the time of his death he might have died of apoplexy, or of other. disease. Mr. Baron GARROW saw the objection was fatal to the inquiry as soon as he read the record, and it did not surprise him; in fact, he should -have been more surprised if the record, like most of the records which came through the hands of Coroners, had not been of less value than the parchment on which it was written. The Jury found the primulas Not Guilty under his Lordship's directions. His LORDSHIP then addressed the prisoners, and told them they had had a very fortunate escape. He assured Jeeves that if the Jury had found them guilty upon the facts which were laid before him in the Coroner's depositions, he should have left him for execution. • _ Hem:, George, aged 20, was indicted for stealing a horse, the property of Mr. W. Chapman. There was another indictment for receiving the horse, knowing it to be stolen. At the last Assizes, a man, named Walker, was tried, convicted, and executed, for stealing the horse in question. As his friends were taking his body to Biggleswade for interment, a person was observed to enter the town riding the horse, for stealing which Walker was executed. The rider proved that he had purchased it from the pri soner George, who had been a companion of Walker's. The Counsel for the prosecution consented to an acquittal on the indictment for stealing; after which the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty to the indictment for receiving, and his Counsel pointed out a legal ob jection, in which Mr. Baron Garrow concurred, and the prisoner was acquitted on that indictment also. The prisoner wrs then discharged. THE HARVEST.—The reaping of spring corn has commenced in this neighbourhood, and in all pro bability a great quantity of barley will be cut next week, if the weather will permit. The wheat is ripening fast ; the bottom becoming white, and the top brown. In general, the spring crop is much inferior to the wheat ; which, for the most part, is strong in the stem, large in the ear, and bold in the grain.—Shejfield Courant. _ _ NEW LAW OF ARRESTS.—The following are the enactments of this law, which comes into operation on Ithe let August :—No person to be held to special bail where the cause of action is under 201. Defendant to be discharged from arrest upon making deposit with the She. riff, and may, instead of perfecting bail, allow deposits to be paid into Court; or if he remain in custody, or give bail to the Sheriff, he may pay the debt into Court, with 201. to answer costs, and file common bail. Defendant may receive deposits and payments out of Court, upon perfecting bail. Defendant, after perfecting bail, may make deposit and payment, and file common bail. Per sonal notice of summons to appear, and when defendant does not appear within eight days, plaintiff may enter com mon appearance. From the Ist of August, 1827, the provisions of 19th Geo. 111. cap. 70, extend to actions for higher sums. As to arrests in Wales, Cheshire, Lan cashire, and Durham, by process out of any of the Courts of Westminster-hall, Sheriffs, &c. not to execute process unless the writ be delivered by an attorney, Sze:and endor sed with his name and place of abode. Warrants, &c. con trary hereto shall be void. This act not to extend to Scot land and Ireland. OXFORD CIRCUIT.-OXFORD, JULY V 3. George Allum, a stout-built young man, stood charged with having assaulted and robbed William Peggott, on the King's highway, in the parish of -Nuffield, on the 17th of April ; and with having, forcibly taken from him his purse, containing four sovereigns and some lilver. William Peggott, the prosecutor, deposed that he was waggoner to Messrs. Tanner and Bayliss, and had charge of the waggon from Farrington ; on Easter Monday he had four sovereigns wrapped up in whitish brown paper, and which was pinned inside his purse, and about twenty-five shillings in silver; he reached Dorchester with the waggon by ten o'clock that night, at which place he had occasion-to take out his purse ; his money was then safe; from Dorchester to Gangsden Hill, is a distance of seven miles; there are no turnpikes between, and he had no occasion to take out his purse while journey ing thither; Gangsden Hill is surrounded on both sides with forest trees, and is embanked on both sides : there is a narrow footpath branching off to the left, which leads to Huntingham-lane ; at the bottom of the hill he saw a man ins short brown frock, and trowsers ofthe same kind ; that man fol lowed him up the hill, and was frequently so close behind him, that had he stopped a moment they must have touched each other; when near the top of the hill he was deprived of his senses, in a man ner of which he can give no account; on recover ing, he found' himself in bed in a cottage, about half a mile distant ; his head was dreadfully cut ; he waa confined to his bed eight weeks, and is not yet quite recovered ; it was about half-past three o'clock when he reached the hill ; a man named Ecklin was asleep inside the waggon ; he thinks the prisoner is the person who followed him up the hill, but will not swear to his identity. W. Povey—ls,driver of the Stroudwater coach ; on the morning of Easter Tuesday, about half-past three o'clock, he reached Gangsden-hill with his coach, and saw the prosecutor lying on the off-side of the road with his head towards its centre; he was lying on his face, with his whip under him, and his hat at some distance; the waggon was standing still, about 50 yards distant; there was a man inside the waggon asleep, who appeared to know nothing of the affair; there was a great deal of blood about where the man was lying ; a waggon, driven by Goodhall, came up at the time, and -witness helped to lift the prosecutor into it ;- he had then partially recovered his senses, but could give no account how he became insensible. Richard Ecklin was asleep in- Peggott's waggon, and was awoke by the coachman of the Stroudwater coach. On getting out of the waggon he found himself on Gangsden-hill, and saw the prosecutor lying senseless on the road-side :he was conveyed to Mr. Farr's, and there put to bed ; his head was covered with dirt and blood, and one of his arms was much injured. William Woking—ls a waggoner in the same employ as the prosecutor; on the Sunday previous to the robbery, he was passing up Gangsden-hill, and there saw the prisoner, who accompanied him some distance, and talked with him; he was dressed in a short smock frock, and trowsers to match. He said to witness, "•you have a waggon which passes here late every night," and witness replied, " we have." On reaching the footpath leading to Hunt ingham End, the prisoner left him, and went down that footpath. Mrs. Russel lives in a cottage about a quarter of a mile distant from Gangsden Hill ; about half-past five o'clock on Easter Monday, the prisoner came to her cottage, and staid there till two o'clock in the morning; he said he should probably have a new dress by the following day ; that he had no money then, but should have plenty by the following day, and would then give them a treat ; he took a ham mer belonging to witness's husband from off a shelf; it was one with a long handle, and was used for breaking stones; witness exclaimed, " La! George, what are you going to do with that ?" he replied, " it will be useful to me in my travels," and placed it under his short smock frock, so as to conceal it from sight; the prisoner, on leaving, said he had a person to meet at three o'clock that morning. There are two pathways leading from their cottage; one to Gangsden Hill, and the other to Hunt►ngham End, where the prisoner resides. Witness observed that the prisoner took the path leading to Gangsden Hill, which is the direct•reverse of his way home. Ann Richardson, a lodger of Mrs. Russel, confirmed her testimony. On the Sunday night, the prisoner wanted to borrow a shilling of witness ; he said he believed he should be obliged to go to Dorchester to receive some money from a waggoner. George Chiltern saw the prisoner the same morn ing at the same public-house, at Watlingford, and was treated by him with some beer, and a breakfast of bacon and steaks. The prisoner got tipsy, and wanted to fight with every one ; and on their re fusing, said, " Why curse your eyes, I have three "parts killed a man already this morning, and left him for dead." Witness saw the prisoner take a sovereign from out of a piece of whitish-brown piper, and also saw him produce a handful of silver. 1 - Thomas White saw th e prisoner playing skittles 1%1 , • • .7;1; • 2 .. ,•• • „ PRICE 7D. EGYPTIAN MUMMIES. (From a French Paper.) " Having lately come from Egypt ; where I so journed for one year, I felt it my duty to read at tentively the letter of M. Pariset,. respecting that country, and as some of the propositions therein are cantradictory to the information which I have collected, I think it right to reply to them. M. Pariset considers the embalming of mummies merely as a means of salubrity re- qnired by the climate and situation of the country, Ltnd full Of that idea, he pickles, embalms, and conveys to the tombs of the deserts and to the catacombs, all the dead bodies of Egypt, which he would there preserve from the plague,_which, however, he says, must return as soon as they cease to practice the method ofpreservation which he points out. A little knowledge of the country, and a visit to the catacombs, would hi \ tve ex- piained to him how devoid of a good foundation his ,system is. The habitable land of Egypt is a long gilt, or . tract of land occasionally wide, but always lying between two deserts. I sup pose that here are to be found the true and only cemeteries of the country, without reckoning those to be found in every city and village, built on hills, raised above the waters, and proportioned to the population who used to take refuge there during the inundations. We must go up to Thebais before we discover the custom of laying the dead in the hollows of the mountains. Lower Egypt, where the mass of the,population must have been, had no such resource. I think the practice of embalming was always reserved for the rich folk. The operation was tedious,• and required at least.thirty immersions in the water- of natron. It was also expensive, if we may judge from the quantity of pitch, bandages, and amulets deposited in the interior of the mummy, and finally by the coffins some times three, which received the body. M. Pariset; still pursuing his hygienic hypo thesis, subjects the bodies of animals, which died during the inundation, to the same operation, and deposits .these, salted and embalmed, beside their masters. He must have been led to adopt that ,notion..by reading in some histories that Egypt contains vast heaps of embalmed animals. But what proves that, at least - as regarded brutes, the embalming was a religious pre cept is, that it is alWays the same animals, reputed , sacred, that are to be found in these vast charnel houses. I have carefully examined those situated near the pyramid of Zakkarah, and have always seen the Ibis cats, and sometimes cameleons, but never any other domestic animals, of which there must have been abundance in Egypt, in the days of its glory. M. Pariset seems embarrassed by the number of bodies which the Delta must have received in consequence of battles. But he may rest at ease on this point, for the Delta is such . that it could never have been the theatre of great battles. Perhaps, after all, they used to bury. in Egypt, as they still do there and everywhere else, and that the dryness of the attriosphere.,, the nature of the soil, impregnated with narron, which received the bodies, and the Contilittfite of the etesian winds, were sufficient to arrest the pestilential results of the decomposition of such masses of animal matter. • In order to be consistent:with himself, M. Pa riset haS, after establishing it as a principle, that the embalming Of bodies preserved Egypt from pestilence, concluded that pestilence broke out there from want of embalming, and consequently that pestilence brings on and generates pestilence ; but if this new system were true, it would follow that a frightf'ul progress should have been made for a long time, which would extirpate the po pulation of Egypt ; but happily facts, well ascer tained, show the falsity of this system. Very seldom is one year of pestilence at Cairo followed by another of the same deadly description—nay, after one year of great mortality, they are confi dent for some time of safety: The last plague of Egypt carried away, according to some 90,000 souls.; according to others, 30,000 ; end since then the malady has not appeared. The plague, then, must proceed from other causes than the putridity arising from the non-embalming of bodies. But it is much easier to state that which does not engender pestilence, than that which does engender it in Egypt. It may be inferred, how , ever, that it does not originate in this country, and that M. Pariset has advanced an ill-founded assertion, NN hen he made Egypt the cradle of this malady, which is, I am disposed to believe, a sad and melancholy honour which must be left to Turkey in. Europe. In fact, the plague is permanent at Constantinople, very frequent at Alexandria, which is in continual contact with this capital, and very rare at Cairo, of which Alexandria thus becomes the lazaretto. When it arrives directly at Cairo from Turkey it is dangerous : when propagated through Egypt it is frightful. Besides this scourge, as capricious in its march as it is mortal in its effects, drives away science and observation. It carries its ravages every where and all at once, or rather, circumscribing itself, it depopulate's Cairo and spares Boulac, which is its fauxbourg ; it depo pulates Rosetta, and confines itself there. Dur ing the occupation of our first army, it destroyed our soldiers and spared the inhabitants ; but on its re-appearance in the third year, it respected Frenchmen, and struck its deadly blow upon the natives almost exclusively. After the departure of the French army, it left Egypt in repose for a long period. Winter rains and a greatinundation are looked upon in general as the precursors of this dread• ful visitation ; and yet sometimes it has happen• ed, that during the prevalence of both these causes united, there was no disagreeable result. In support of his opinion that the plague ori ginates in Egypt, M. Pariset speaks of the losses sustained by our army in the East, but he can not be aware of the medical history of that army, published by M. Desgenettes, who was physi cian-in-chief. He would there see, to his as tonishment no doubt, that our army consisted of 30,000 men, and during three years' sojourn, only 1,683 individuals perished by, plague, of which the greater part was in Syria; that the 21st Regiment of Light Infantry, stationed almost always in Upper Egypt, lost only 2C men out of the 2,000 of which it consisted.-- We shall, add, by way of interesting informa tion, and in compliment to the climate of Egypt,. as well as out of admiration for our army, that during its sojourn in this country, the whole athount of deaths wa.s 0n1y1a,915 Ater— What army in Europe, of equal numbers, suffered so little loss ? A lone and learn its e: diebas trees idt:i ile eNr o ,e,n n , w l p o ai c trth al i i co ti tui e lra s r c o o : u hd l ai d : alone arrive it positive; Stations: The climate Pl :ic farE re gY 4 rul F ca4m ati c i l ab be; ie to its indigenous produc tions, it rejects and destroys every thing trans planted into it. The produce of Europe soon decays there, and even men, strangers to the soil, can scarcely perpetuate their species, as has been observed by Volney ; and per haps this is one Of the causes of the continual despotism which has blasted this beautiful coun- , try, in which the masters have never been brought up with their slaves. As it may be sd tnitted that the son of Mehemet Ali will suc ceed his father in his Government, we shall then be able to see if the inheritance will be profitable to the unhappy Egyptian ; and if delivered by the parent from the pillage . of the Mamelukes, lie will also, by the son who has succeeded him, be freed from the ruinous monopoly. B. C. D. V. THE BREAKWATER. (FrOm the Plymouth Journal. ) Our statement that a great saving to the public was likely to result from the visit of the Lord High Admiral to that important national under.* taking, the Breakwater, has, we are aware, caused much speculation, and excited many doubts and fears. The 'speculation has been, as to the means whereby such, a saving could be effected ; the doubts have been, as to the practicability of any of the plans which suggested themselves ; and the fears - have been . , lest the work should be stopped altogether; or that the adoption of some new plan would so ' far tbrovi back the work, that many years would berequired to bring it again to its present superior state of organizati ono. To give a proper turn to these speculations, td remove the .doubts and ease the - fears," would have been an easy task to us in the first instance : and we should have done so, but that we held it our duty previously to sift the matter to the .bot tom, and to lay none but authentic information, before our readers. Having obtained such infor mation we now hasten to relieve ell doubts upon the subject. For several years past, much powerful interest has been used for the erection of a battery of 20 guns on the western arm of the Breakwater, near the intended light-house, and there was every probability that such an arrangement would b; , ,; carried into effect.- To have done this properly / the base of the . Breakwater must hive been con siderably extended on the north side, so as to give breadth - for the - erection of a barrack-room, store-house, and Magazine, without which 'a bat tery would be useless ; and - to have effected this extension in 66 feet of water, would have re quired many hundred thousand tons of stone, and an immensity of time and labour. Besides. owing to the exposure of the situation, where the sea in a. south-west gale breaks full 30 feet -high-,-tlle base of the building must be at least that height to render --it tenantable. Taking all these matters into consideration, it will be found that the proposed 'appeUdite to the Break Wafer could not, at the most moderate calculation, be executed for less than 300,0001. In this point it is that the saving is proposed. The subject was very minutely entered into by the Lord High Admiral and Sir Thomas. Byam Martin . and the result of their examination was, that a floating battery would answer-all the purposes, at one-hundreth part of the expense. A ship of war woofed within the Breakwater would i' . serve as a - convenient receiver for - seamen end stores, and at the same time present to an i enemy a battery of 50 guns. Such is the plan by which it is proposed to effect an important • saving of public money, and ive doubt not that it will meet the approval of all who maturely and i fairly consider the subject. We should never vote for the curtailment of public works, when r w e consider that-they promote public good ; but if the same end can be obtained for one shilling, upon which twenty shillings may plausibly be expended, we must not hesitate to vote . for the • one shilling plan. for rt h h iet eld ewreo s c a ut c li r d There is, moreover, a strong er o bj ec ti o n to the or h o e n de o xb f pyo a a l e ) l a lt t o t n e ad r yt nations-- the t i ah g tt i h uthe : a , l hu p is cel n on th light to guide the mariner in his trackless course. course. If in warfare, shot he fired from a light house, or its immediate neighbourhood, as a re turn in kind may be expected, it is impossible to foresee, although it is easy to imagine, the ex - tent of injury which may result to mankind. Lighthouses should ever be on neutral ground— they should ever be held sacred. Therefore we must condemn at once, without entering into the question of pecuniary cost, the plan which would place a battery beside a lighthouse. The plan, no doubt, was dictated by the best of motives, but it is, nevertheless, indisputably bad. It can not stand a. moment iii comparison with that of the floating battery now suggested, and which can be effected at an infinitely smaller expence. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.--It is rumoured in the circles of ton, that a certain Worthy Baronet, who does not reside at any great distance from this shrine of health and pleasure, meeting an Ex-Banker, who is als well known here, used such language towards him, relative to a late failure, as is said, no gentleman could patiently bear. ThiS intemperate effusion, so runs the report, called forth, not only an immediate reply equally intemperate, but shortly afterwards a billet, not a billet dour, but ✓hat is politely ycleped "a challenge." We have not yet heard whether the friends of the parties have interposed, or whether the honourable contest is to take place.—Chelten ham Chronicle. A few days ago, a gentleman and an Hiber nian were riding together on the top of the Newark and Grantham coach, when the foirna missing his hatulkir chief, very rashly charged his felloir traveller with having stolen it, but soon findilig it agaiiii he had the good manners , to beg pardon for the affront, saying, it was a m istake ; t) which honest Pat replied with the greatest. readiness , " " Arrah my dear then, it was a mu tual mistake, you took me for a thief, and I took yon for $ gildsman! years ago was Curate rwho was evidently ind, said he could rest BANEFUL EFFECTS OF SUPERSTITION.--- A few days ago, an old man, who resides at Chesterfield, e l s il: e o d p ia visited this town for the purpose of mking the advice and prayers of a Clergyman, who some olafbothuerinfogrmeundreprlagcre;at .dTishtereopooorf neither night nor day. It appeared he bad by some means incurred the displeasure of an old woman, who lives in'the same neighbourhood, and he said she had bewitched him. no oe argument g as . m fu e l n l yt o;impressedentreaties with were ee available idea o sh she alter supernatural powbr, to torment her fellow creatures, and nion. —Sheffield Courant. From the attacks recently made on the boats laden with flout' between this town and Carrick-on-Suir, it was found nessary to have a party of (the 88th) soldiers stationed in the old Castle of Poulakerry. On Sunday night some daring villain fired a shot through one of the port-holes, which is about six feet from the ground, and in the direction where the soldiers slept---the shot unfor tunately struck the sentinel on duty in the arm, shattered the bone, and rendered amputation necessary on Monday. This operation was skilfully performed by Surgeon Dum breck of the 88tla, and the poor felloW, we have just heard, is going on as well as can be expected. We trust the har dened perpetrator of this wanton deed will speedily be de tected.— Tipperary Free Press.