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.any spring that lie can_invent and apply to their direction. The result which Mr. Owen pro poses to himself; seems to be that sort of perfection of Mlich the amiable Archbishop of Cambrai deemed our nature capable, and which he called a disinterested love. By that love, according to him, " we desire, without self-love, the same gifts of God which the most interested souls desire. We suppose that mercenary and inte rested are the same thing ; and as the most of the ancient fathers assure us that the perfect just are no longer mercenary, we conclude that they were not interested, and that without losing the exercise of distinct virtues, they united all these principal acts in the charity which pre cedes them, which animates them, which com mands them, and which perfects them ; so that the natural and deliberate love, or mercenary affection which constitutes self-interest, is no longer to be found in their perfect souls." With all deference, however, to the Fathers of the Church, to Fenelon, and to Mr. Owen, the world never saw, and never will see, one single instance of this disinterestedness. All the im provement to which we look forward, reduces itself to the communication to men of a more correct view of their interests, which may prevent them from doing mischief without an object, or from promoting their interest by means either not cal culated to produce such a result, or which may expose them to the risk of greater evils, from the collision with antagonist interests, than would be, compensated by the good sought to be attained. Knowledge is power ; and in proportion as know ledge is diffused, we diminish necessarily the amount of evil, by raising up the means of re sistance to oppression. The Irish landlord, for • instance, is, generally speaking, a brute, because the people around him are entirely at his mercy. lie is, therefore, insolent and assuming, as a matter of course. The English Landlord is obliged to respect a number of persons, from their power of retaliating ; and even in oppress ing peasants he is obliged to take certain pre cautions. The rich inhabitants of towns, again, feel themselves under the necessity of keeping their persons under some degree of check, from a conviction of the danger of at tempting to injure men possessed of the power of protecting themselves. Woe to those who have no other protection to look to than the benevolence of their fellow-creatures ! Re ligious liberty has, in like manner, sprung out of a conviction of the danger of persecution. The multiplication of sects in our nation, so far from being an evil, forms the only security against re. ligious persecution and intolerance. Men may preach Christian charity long enough, . but we would much rather trust to Christian fear.— When the Athenians were routed, the pursuers passed Socrates, because hi had the air of one who would not be taken without trouble. In the cen tury before, a number of very amiable men were greatly distressed on -account of the numerous ,schisms in England. All their aspirations were after peace in the Church, as if, as long as men . exist, society could be without factions, and schisms, and controversies ; and as if the greatest benefit were not the result of mental collisions and differences. There are still well-meaning people in England, who think that if the Estab lished Church were to relax in a few of her arti cles, and the Dissenters were to yield something on their part, a most delightful harmony would follow. How little these people know of human nature ! On this subject a foreign writer tells a story which throws some light on the chance of uniting Sectarians. The Calvinist Churches. of Bremen chose their preachers in the republi can manner. One of them, distinguished for liberality, that of St. Ansgarius, on a vacancy, came to the determination in 1804, on account of the number of Lutherans residing in the pa rish, to elect a preacher of the Lutheran confes sion. The Lutheran inhabitants were invited to the election, and many of them appeared.— The newly elected Clergyman was, like his Calvinist colleagues, paid out of the Church fund, had an equal share of the casualties, had a seat and voice in the Calvinist Mi nistry, and was a participant in the widows' fund belonging to them. The congregation gave him uninterrupted proofs of their esteem and love, and several of the new Lutheran members un dertook, in common with their Calvinist asso ciates, the management of their eommon con certs. In solemnizing the Sacrament, all was so ordered as to offend no one, and there was not a shadow of animosity in the united congre elat• ion Yet a reflecting reader will perceive in s, this single statement, reasons why the greater number of Lutherans were highly dissatisfied with these proceedings ; and not only remained by their old Church, but expressed great bitter ness against their brethren who went over ; so that since that period, a sort of mutual distrust, formerly unknown, has arisen in the two confes sions. Supposing such a measure should be adopted in the other Calvinist congregations, and it were to be approved of, what would be the result, as far as the number and splendour of the Lutheran Church was concerned ? What would happen to their Orphan-house and the contribu tions to it ? How would it be with respect to the income of the Preacher in the Lutheran Church, which rested chiefly on c4sual fees ? How as to the influence of the Lutheran Clergy, and heads of the congregation ? There was no dogm a , no difference of creed, no Church prac tice in question—for on this subject the liberal thinkin g Pastors of the Lutheran Church thought like the Calvinist Clergy and the whole public—the jealou s y was caused by matters of a very different kind. This is the ereount given by a distinguished Clergyman. Such is human nature ; and those who think of changing it will find themselves mistaken.--Moe ring Chronicle. It is now, we believe, generally understood, that the intention of effecting a great retrench ment in the National Expenditure, which was so loudly boasted by the Administration and its adherents a few weeks ago, is likely to be limited to a few petty and frivolous reductions. From this vacillation in the policy of Ministers, the people of England will not fail to draw a great variety of inferences. Some persons will na turally imagine that either theinternal condition or the foreign relations of the country have un dergone a sudden and wonderful change ; that new symptoms of danger, or of convulsion at home or abroad, have become visible all at once ; and that thus the Ministry has been compelled to for ego a project of economy originally con feta, as honestly as it was loudly and vaunt - Ifteelaimed. It is, however, only a very s wan and, insienificant class that will reason in this way.-,i. e lase consisting entirely of persons shut their who wilfully • eir eyes to the progress of events, and rely in ignorant and indolent esolu se curity,- or in -te party spirit, upon the in fallibility and integrity of the present Athninis tration. The great hody of the nation—all, in ; short, who can lay any claim to intelligence or i m partiality, will enquire wit', an x i ety and sue ricipn what correspondent ampln pimix fairs has occurred to explain or justify so sudden and violent a change in the determination of Government. This enquiry already resounds throughout the country, without receiving (as indeed how should it receive ?) any answer. The change in the policy of Government with respect to retrenchment, although it cannot be ex plained upon national grounds, is nevertheless no mystery, since upon party grounds it may be ex plained clearly enough. The meditated reductions were not warranted by the political circumstances of the times. To have effected them to any consi derable extent would have been to take a step in one Session of Parliament with the certainty, as every man possessing a competent knowledge of the subject is fully aware, of being compelled to retrace it in the very next Session. The conse quences to the nation of these precipitate re trenchments would have been only confusion, embarrassment and loss. The whole project was, in fact, no other than a Whig intrigue, to secure by means of a popular clamour to be excited in their favour, their continuance in office for one year longer. To this intrigue the late Premier lent himself, as he must have lent himself to any other project of the Whigs, into whose power he had, from circumstances to which it is now un necessary and would be painful further to al lude, absolutely and irretrievably fallen. The intrigue would, therefore, no doubt have been prosecuted, and in all probability, would success fully have accomplished it immediate object— which objects were in the first place to excite for a time a strong popular clamour in support of the present and to the prejudice of the late Ad ministration ; and in the second place, to hold up to the view of the nation that portion of the Ministry which was formerly in opposition, as being more important and influential men in the State, and better entitled to the confidence, gra titude, and affection of the people, than either the Premier himself or those of his late Col leagues, who had followed him into the present Cabinet. This sinister contrivance of the Whigs, we rejoice to say, appears now to be utterly demolished. It received its first blow on the appointment as Prime Minister of Lord Goderich ; who, although he might have had the good natured weakness to submit to the project, could never certainly have entered into it very cordially, and who is distin guished from his immediate predecessor by the circumstance, that he still retains the respect and affection of men of all parties in the State, and cannot therefore be so securely held in thraldom by any party. A second and still more decisive blow was levelled at this base and selfish contri vance of the Whigs, by the nomination of the Duke of Wellington to the command of the Army. The Navy had an efficient protector already ; the Army required, and (thanks and honour to the truly British spirit of the King) it has obtained one. The Whigs are thus shut out from the most extensive field of their in tended operations. His Grace the Duke of Wellington is as little likely to be the assistant mar the dupe to the trickery of others as he is capable of trickery himself. So long as he is Commander in-Chief we may be assured that the Whigs will not be permitted to cut up and new model the British Army, or to harass and distress the brave Officers and men of whom it consists, for any dirty little temporary purpose of their own. The last and final blow to the scheme by which the Whig part of the Administration hoped to attain a tem porary and surreptitious popularity, to the dispa ragement alike of their predecessors and of their Colleagues in office, is the noble stand made by 1. the Sovereign in resistance to their insolent at tempt to force upon him a Chancellor of the Ea chequer devoted to the purposes of their selfish awl proud ambition. they will henceforth, we are persuaded, he more humble in their aspi rations, and more timid in their career.---Morn ing ina Post. In a former Paper we expressed our doubts as to the exportation of the precious metals, whe ther in the shape of bullion or of coin, being disadvantageous to the exporting country ; and, in particular, as to that operation having any, tendency to derange the state of its currency. We will now go a step further, and venture to question the possibility of such derangement, in the sense in which it has of late, and never till of late, been used, namely, as implying excess or deficiency of circulating medium. A deranged state of the currency was, prior to the publica tions elicited, and we cannot help thinking, con siderably influenced by the panic of 1825-6, cor:sidered to be : firstly, one in which the coin of a country had been debased—whether by legis lative enactments* or from tear and wear ; se condly, one in which the paper-currency had be come depreciated : the former, that which ob tained in this country prior to the great re coinage of the gold currency, we believe in 1772 ; the latter, that which occurred some time after the Bank Restriction Act, and eon tinned until the effect of that Act was antici- pated by the Act commonly called Mr. Peel's. It is, by the bye, somewhat remarkable, that this gentleman, then a mere Tyro in politics, and one of the most strenuous opponents of the doctrines of the Bullion Committee, should have, in ma turer age, originated and given his name to an Act acknowledging their truth. The currency of civilized countries is either wholly metallic, or mixed ; that is, composed partly of coin, and partly of paper (for no civiliZed country can alto ther dispense with coin), the latter being of two descriptions : one in which the paper is con vertible into, • and, consequently, on a par with coin ; and another, in which the paper is not convertible ; generally, if not always depre ciated ; and in which, consequently, the coin bears a premium. Now it does appear to us, that every one of these circulating media must, though in different ways, adapt itself to the de ! me.,nd of the market, for the double purpose (understood) of effecting payments and form .. Our eandid and certainly well-meaning correspondent " Verax," in stating the evils which he conceives to result from the debasement of our silver coinage, does net advert to the 6mm:stance of its not being legal tender for more than forty shillings, any more than our copper is so for sums amounting to lesa than a shilling. That debasement can never affect either prices of commodities, or foreign ex changes, of which the measure is gold, or (that, too, op tional we the part of the payer) paper convertible into gold. Neither zap we perceive the practical advantage of our coins being saleable at an As regards gold such a regula tion would be nugatory; it sever could obtain as long as the Bar! of England continued solvent; aid as regards silver, that won't,: be sold, if at all, at a discount, not of an agio or premium; and such discount w ou ld b e l oss to the seller of the silver, which, unless he coined it himself, would n an e k to n g ° ol 2 d or to s il ver , as a stan d ar d, or equal to gold. The question o c rt t li b e imgold preference o r due to a joint standard of bot h, at their Proportionate intrinsic values, is one upon which our limits do not admit of our entering. We shell only observe, that with a view to im mutability (as far as it can be obtained) g o ld or s il ver ap pears to us the best calculuted to insure that desideratum, because it exempts you from the relative fluctuations of the two. We particularly except to our correspondent's infer ence; that the debasement of the silver coin has a tendency to impoverish the market of it. Independently of the general principle which we are about to maintain, that in coin,' as in every other commodity, supply will meet de mand, the profit of the Mint is a security for there always being a sufficient issue of that description of coin. • ing deposits, to which circulating medium is applied. In'the first case—that of a currency wholly metallic—we cannot see how the propo sition can be disputed : for the precious metals being of universal value, and, of all commodities, those the price of which the most readily finds its level in different countries, it is obvious, that the slightest excess, necessarily followed by propor tionate depression of their value in one country, must immediately occasion their transmission to other countries, in which the level of their value has been maintained ; and that, vice versa, the slightest deficiency, necessarily followed by pro portionate enhancement of these metals, in one country, must lead to their importation into that country from others in which such enhancement has not taken place. Precisely the same thing will occur in the case of a mixed currency, in which the paper is on a par with the coin. Ex cess or deficiency will lead immediately to expor tation or to importation ; in the former case that exportation will take place ; first, in the shape of bullion, which that excess will have brought below its Mint price ; next, in the shape of coin ; that coin being either abstracted from the actual circu lation, or obtained by the conversion of paper into it, according as the excess has been in the paper or the coin. In the last case, that of an inconvertible paper, it is clear that the real amount of the whole can adapt itself to the de mand only by mutations of value—by deprecia tion, in case of excess—by recovery, if that ex cess is withdrawn, or absorbed by additional aati vity of internal circulation. We reserve to a future occasion the application of the general principle we have enunciated to our own cur rency.— Netu Times. We have some reason to believe, that it is, or rather was, in contemplation to apply to England for a new loan on behalf of the Emperor of Russia. The protracted warfare on the borders of Persia, we understand, has caused a great ex penditure of money, while the expedition to the Mediterranean has been attended with no little expence. Besides, the ulterior views which Russia may have with regard to Turkey, may render an addition to her financial resources very desirable. One would imagine, however, that England was hardly the country to which Nicho las would think of applying for the means to conquer our ancient allies the Persians, but it is hard to say how far the recent facility with which we have parted with our money to any Power that has thought it worth while to apply for it, may have operated upon the members of the Russian Cabinet. Indeed, we have good reason to believe, whatever course may be finally adopted that the Emperor had it in contemplation to at tempt the raising of a loan in this country. To us it appears most extraordinary, that the present attempt of the Russians on Persia, has not crea ted a greater sensation among us than it appears to have done ; or, indeed, that it has not been met by the most energetic remonstrances on the part of our Government. Persia is at present the great barrier between Russia and our East India possessions. The territories of the Shah once under the dominion of the Autocrat, and we may soon say farewell to our empire in the East. - Those who are acquainted with the very judicious means which Russia has adopted to conciliate the affections of the Georgians, and the nations in the neighbourhood of the Cauca sus, may well entertain fears for the safety of Persia. .A.ceordiTig:eo,ApyW. lately published the result h a pers a ser cations on the Russian policy in the territories alluded to, the power of the Autocrat is making rapid strides on the borders of Persia. We can hardly imagine, however, taking all things into consideration, that any attempts will be made to negociate a loan in England. If there should he, we think it would be high time for the Go vernment to interfere, and prevent money from being carried out of the country to enable a foreign power like Russia to carry on war against one of our most ancient, and what is of infi nitely more consequence, most necessary ally. Chief Justice Best, indeed, has intimated that it is at present illegal to raise foreign loans without the consent of the Government. If, however, it is not so, we apprehend that in the event of a loan being about to be raised for Russia, it will be highly desirable to make it so.--Ylorning Herald. WATERY HEAD.—Dr. E. Morton, physi cian to the Western Dispensary, and to the Royal Metropolitan Infirmary for Sick Chil dren, has observed, in the course of his exten sive practice among children, that those who have been suckled for an undue time (b e yond 10 months) are very liable to an inflammation of the brain, or its membranes, of which the effu sion of serum, constituting the disease termed " watery head," is a consequence. The Doctor has also observed the same effect to take place in infants when suckled by women who have been delivered an undue length of time, although the infants themselves had not been at the breast for too long a period ; and that, if they should not become affected with this disease durin g or soon after the time they are thus im properly suckled, they will, nevertheless, acquire a predisposition to it at some future periods of their lives ; and, likewise, that children who are suckled for an undue length of time, when la bouring under other diseases, are much more liable to have their heads secondarily affected than other children. These affections, the Doctor thinks, arise from the milk being so far deteriorated in quality, as to be unfit for the prevalent, purpose of nutrition.—Gazette of Health. CROUP.-Croup (ey wind, from that quarter. The nanßchEemtEraDcYheayliOsa) ha T s il o E flate been very at tended with an unus ually the a - owing t o along continuance hln ot d ea s s t t a e t r e ly of mosphere when blowing worst cases of this ailment, when treated in the earliest stage with vomiting and nauseating doses of tartarized antimony, have been s peedily sub dued. A dozen leeches may be also advantage ously applied to the skin opposite to the trachea, and in addition to the blood which they will im mediately abstract, a farther effusion may be pro moted by laying over the bitten parts a t hi c k warm bread an d wa t er poultice, which i n t h e course of a f ew h ours w ill be gorged with bl oo d. Vomiting doses of tartarized antimony, from o ne to three grains, may be given to children labour.. ing under croup, from the ages of six weeks to twelve years and upwards every eight hours ; and from an eighth to a fourth of a grain every two hours during the intermediate period. The in flammatory action of the mucous membrance of the trachea will be soon overcome by this treat ment, and the redundant secretion of mucus will be seasonably removed by the periodical vomit ing, so as to obviate all risk of suffocation. In adult subjects, blood may be beneficially drawn from the jugular vein to the extent of sixteen or twenty ounces, according to the urgency of the concomitant symptoms.—Gazette of Health. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-NOUSE.--:-Yesterday the Deputy and Members of the Ward of Bread-street waited upon the Lord Mayor, to deny the statement that had been made to his Lordship, by some wholesale warehousemen in the Ward, respecting the state of the nightly watch, which they had asserted was in a scandalous condition, and that nightly robberies were frequent in the Ward. The LORD MAYOR—Do you mean to say that no rob beries were committed in the Ward ?—The Deputy said that there had been four or so ; but then those had been warehouses, and not dwelling-houses. They had not heard of any more. The Loan MAYOR—I certainly must say, as I have said before, that it is a disgrace to the Police, that so many robberies are committed in the City, particularly in Cheap side and in the neighbourhood of Bread- street. But I think that it would have been more prudent to have made a private statement. _ . One of the Ward—The statement was made without any notice to us, and arose from a vindictive feeling. It was said that one robbery amounted to 1,600/. ; now that rob bery amounted to no more than SOU It was then positively asserted that the Ward of Bread street was as well watched as any in London. GUILDHALL.—A labouring man, between 40 and 50 years of age, who gave his name Isaac Gigetti was charged before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY yesterday, with a shameful assault upon a female in Bartholomew Fair. Mr. Edward Wright, of John-street, Hackney, stated, that he was in the fair, about eight o'clock the preceding evening, and saw the prisoner stoop down, pull up a young woman's clothes, and clasp his arms round her person under them. She screamed violently, and he assisted a constable from Richardson's show in taking the prisoner into custody. After sitting upon the steps of the booth to recover herself for some moments, she mixed in the crowd before her ad dress had been taken. Goodhall. the constable, had been stationed on the steps of Richardson's booth, and hearing the scream, cut his way to the place from which it proceeded, and found the prisoner standing behind the young woman, with his arms round her in the way described. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said, that as the conduct of the prisoner surpassed in brutality every thing that: had come before him from the fair this year, his punishment should he exemplary. He should therefore call upon him to find bail for assaulting a person unknown, and the city solicitor should be instructed to prosecute. The prisoner was committed in default of bail. Christopher Cormaek was charged with obtaining from Mr. Young, a jeweller in Newgate-street, two gold brooches and a paste pin, value 38s. by presenting a forged order in the name of Messrs. Darby and Co. of Fenchnrch•- street. On the 9th ult. the prisoner presented the order for the above articles, signed " Joseph Tyrrell," and was allowed to take an additional brooch and pin, that the lady for whom the articles were intended might have a better op portunity of suiting herself. The next day, the prisoner brought back the extra brooch and pin, with another order to have a better brooch and a brilliant pin in exchange— This excited suspicion, he was desired to call for them next morning, inquiry was made in Fenchurch-street in the mean time, and when the prisoner came he was given into custody. He had a third order then in his possession.— Gibbons, the street-keeper, who had him in charge, how ever, allowed him to go into a public-house near the justice-room, and also to go outside the street-door unac companied; he of course omitted to return, and was not again heard of until apprehended, upon private informa tion, on Tuesday night, in Long-lane, Southwark. The prisoner declined saying any thing in answer to the charge, and was committed. William Lindner was brought up on a charge of assault. The officer stated that the prisoner was an apprentice, and the assault was upon his master, but the latter did not at tend to press any complaint. The ALDERMAN" dismissed him with a little admonition. HATTON-GA RDEN. —Yesterday a person was brought up from Pentonville watch-houie, and placed at the bar of this office before Mr. Sergeant SELLON, under the fol lowing ♦ery peculiar circumstances : Mrs. E—, a young and rather delicate-looking mar ried female, residing in Chapel-street, Pentonville, at tended by her husband and father-in-law, made the an nexed statement. The prisoner came to our house about the Ist of March last for the purpose of repairing a table; he was not long there before he began to ask me many im proper questions, and to make use of a variety of indeli cate allusions, followed by a most unbecoming exposure of person. I remonstrat . ad t. telling hire how wrong it ittirw, .6.4.77,1 objectear 'irtild'Vaisa - told him" twit' ; c 7 t;rosig he'was acting. Heedless of all I said, he locked the door, threw me on the carpet, and having overpowered me, accomplished his purpose. I was afraid to tell my hus band ; but the circumstance pressed heavily upon my mind. Six weeks afterwards the prisoner called again at a time when he knew my husband was absent, and took a second advantage of me. This pressing heavily on tny mind, I determined on informing my husband. I kept my word, and had I not, I am sure I should have gone mad. The third time the prisoner attacked me (which was last night), I had persons concealed to watch his conduct, and who came to my rescue. In reply to Mr. Sergeant SELLON, the prosecutrix said her husband had three apprentice% ; they had also two children. The first occurrence took place in the begin ning of March, about nine o'clock at night, in the back parlour, when the prisoner had come for the purpose of repairing a broken table, to do which there was a candle lighted. The second occurrence took place about sevea in the evening about the middle of June ; at that time there was no candle, and he went away without bidding her as much as " Good bye!" Sergeant SELLow.—Well, did you approve of the job?— Prosecutrix.-oh, no ; I told him how wrong it was ! Sergeant SELLON. —You mistake me; I meant the , table job. Pray, now, did you tell any one ?—Proseou trix.-011, Lord, no ! I did not. Sergeant SELLON—I beg your pardon ; I thought you might have done such a thing. Prosecutrix, in continuation said, that the prisoner was a married man, and had two children. He and his wife were in the habit of visiting at her house, and frequently, since the let of March, drank tea and supped there. Mr. E., sen., being sworn, deposed, that having re t.eived information that the prisoner was to come to his son's house on the preceding evenin g , be placed himself in the back parlour, having previously bored a large hole in the partition between the two apartments, through which he was enabled to see whatever took place. He had not lon g been in his hiding-place before he saw the prisoner eater, fasten the door, pull down the blinds, and place Mrs. E. on the carpet. At this moment he (witness) burst the door open, and saved his daughter-in-law from violation. A constable named Buckley, who was in attendance, took the prisoner into custody. His daugh t e r-in • law had been in a most desponding state for the last si x months, and no one could tell the cause till she voluntarily revealed it a short while since. Such a circumstance could not be sup posed for a moment, as they had all .too high an opinion of the prisoner, be being clerk to a dissenting congregation in the neighbourhood. Sergeant SELLON—This is certainly the most extraor dinary case that ever came into a Court of Justice. I pity the parties concerned extremely : you, Sir (addressing the father), particularly. The conduct of the female appears to me the most strange, in not telling her husband the treatment she had received from the prisoner ; and I can only account for it by supposing that she was influenced by a dread of the consequences of a disclosure. The Learned Sergeant, after expressing his utter abhorrence of the pri soner's treachery towards his friend, particularly he being himself a married man and the father of a family, observed, that although lie had not the slightest doubt of his moral guilt, no legal charge had been substantiated. He must, therefore, discharge the prisoner. He was accordinglY discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—We stated a few day s ago the full particulars of a series of robberies committed upon the property of Messrs. Sewell and Cross, linen" drapers and mercers, in Compton-street, Soho, by a young man named John Powell, who has been for some time con fidentially employed by them, in the same situation which had been held by a young man named Henry Dunn, who was capitally convicted at the Old Bailey some m onths since for similar depredations. Yesterday Powell, w h o h as b een some d a ys in custody, w as brought before F. A. R oe , E sq ., the sitting Magis trate, for final examination, and Clements, the officer, who has been employed in the business, produced a vast quan tity of property, consisting. of rich silks, carnbrics, bom bazine, &c., which were fat - 'd in the apartment hired as a sort of depot for his stolen goods, in Carnaby-market, by the prisoner. The proprietor of the house in Carnaby-market stated, that the prisoner hired the room at 6s. per week, but a lthough there was a bed in the room, he never slep t t here , only calling occasio na lly i n t h e d ay - t i me . Mr. Sewell ide n tifi e d a ll t h e proper ty produced as belonging to himself and his partner. Mr. Sewell further stated, that since the apprehension of the prisoner, the latter has confessed to him (Mr. Sewell), in the presence of Cle mente, the officer, that besides the property found in the room, be sold vario us ot h er art i c l es o f va l ua bl e property without the knowledg e o f hi s employers. Nor did his de predations end here ; for he acknowledged that he had gone round to several ladies of rank at the west-end of the town, who are customers to the house, and whose accounts are only sent iu periodically, and obtained from them the amount of their respective accounts. Clements confirmed this statement of Mr. Sewell's as to the confessions made by the prisoner ; and the latter was fully committed to Newgate for trial. It does not appear that the prisoner, who is respectably connected, had any immediate accomplices, although he was known to associate a great deal with very showy and flashy females, and amongst them a set of dress-makers in the neighbourhood of Blackfriars. John Butchell, a very genteel and fine-looking young man, about six feet in height, who was apprehended a few days ago, on a charge of stealing a gold watch from the shop of Mr. Eley, a jeweller, in Soho-square, and who, on his first examination, was fully committed for trial on that charge, was brought again before the Magistrate, hav ing been remanded with a view_to the investigation of some other charges of a similar nature expected to be advanced against him; and in consequence of the publicity given by means of the press to the apprehension of the prisoner, and a description of his person, this office was yesterday crowded to excess lay jewellers, watchmakers, &c., who had been robbed in the same way as Mr. Eley was, and almost all of whom recognised the prisoner as a visitor at their shops ; but the Magistrate deemed it sufficient to go into the two following cases :- 1 Mr. Jones, a jeweller, residing at No. 78, Cheapside, stated that on the 17th of August last the prisoner came to his shop in company with a foreigner, who pretended, or really could not speak English, and for whom the prisoner professed to act as interpreter ; they asked to look at a great variety of goods, such as watches, diamonds, &c., and selected articles, which they agreed to purchase, to the amount of about *WM The goods were accordingly put aside by Mr. Jones, and his customers departed. But they had not been long gone before Mr. Jones missed the dia mond brooch now produced, worth about 15 guineas. Mr. Dlainwaring, a jeweller in Chancery-lane, preferred precieely such another charge as the last against the pri soner, except that Lis loss was a diamond ring and dia mond pin, and upon both cases the prisoner was fully com mitted. The prisoner is of a moat respectable family, and is a very highly accomplished young man, speaks almost every continental language fluently, plays on a variety of musical instruments, and slugs exquisitely. His foreign companion is yet undiscovered, but the police are after him. LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. A general meeting of the members of this insti tution was held in their Lecture-room, 29, South ampton-buildings, on last Wednesday evening, for the purpose of receiving the committee's report of the proceedings of the institution during the past quarter. About eight o'clock Dr. Birkbeck, the President, accompanied by Professor Millington, one of the Vice-Presidents, and several other officers of the institution, entered the room, and stated the objects of the meeting. From the committee's report, it appeared that the finances are improving, notwithstanding a small diminution in the number of the members since their last meeting three months ago. This was stated to be an usual occurrence during the summer quarter. After the report had been received, some routine business connected with their regulations was transacted ; and the meeting, which was very numerously attended, concluded by passing the usual votes of thanks to friends and benefactors of the institution. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—MONDAY, Sim le. Addis, J., Abergavenny—Angel, Abergavenay ll Ashton, E., Achill, Somersetshire—George, llminster ll Braithwaite, J. Leeds—Royal hotel, Birmingham Camberts, J., Clialtord—George, Stroud 9 Iggulden, J., Dover—Guildhall, Canterbury lO Mitchell, J., Liverpool—York hotel, Liverpool 1 Myers, P., Nottingham—Lion, Nottingham Partridge and Hancock, Kingswood, Wilts—Commercial rooms, Bristol l2 Stubington, P., 'Winchester—White Hart, Winchester Sudell, H., Woudfold Park—Hotel, Blackburn ll THE ARMY. LORD FITZROY SOMERSET'S LIST. Horse Guards, Sept. 6. Officers who may have business to transact with Lord Fitzroy Somerset, on Tuesdays, will express their wish on the previous day, in a Note addressed to him, to have their names placed on the List for that purpose, instead of personally attending to do so. They will be pleased to add to the direction of their Notes—" For Tuesday's List," and the Notes will he numbered, as received, to the extent of Fifty. With reference to an assertion made at Marlborough street on the 30th ult., by Mr. Jebb, formerly a Captain in the Army, that " Sir Robert Hill was obliged to quit the service," we are requested to insert the following letter:-- " Horse Guards, July 24, 1823. "My dear Sir Robert,—l have communicated your letter of the 21st inst., to the Commander-in-Chief, and I am directed to assure you that his Royal Highness will have much pleasure in recommending to his Majesty that you should retain your rank of Colonel in the Army. You are of course aware that it will not be progressive, nor en title you to military authority or command ; in short, that it is merely a nominal distinction. His Royal Highness is perfectly satisfied that nothing but strong family reasons could have induced you to retire from the command of a Regiment to which you have been so long devoted, and in which your service has been so distinguished. " Believe me ever most faithfully yours, (Signed) " H. TAYLOR." " Col. Sir R. Hill, Royal Horse Guards." Detachments belonging to the 4th, 11th, and 13th Re giments of Light Dragoons, have received orders to march this morning from Westminster, for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. Detachments belonging to the 1 4 th, 40th, and 54th Regiments of Foot, have received orders to embark, this morning, on board a steam-vessel in the river for Graves end, on route to Chatham. A MORNING IN BEDFORD-ROW. The next patient was a lady, about forty years of age, apparently in the last stage of consumption. Lady (exceedingly agitated).—Sir, I am come, far your - etivlce; I tan very nervaas: Surgeon---I see yon are; pray be seated. - - Lady (presenting a letter)-. - Supposing I might be too nervous to go through the whole of my com plaints, I have brought you a statement of them. Surgeon (opening the letter)—Now , can you be so unreasonable as to suppose that I would read all this nonsense; no, no (tearing it up), it will do to light the fire. I can tell you what is the matter with you better than you can yourself. Lady (much agitated)—Dear me, I wish you had not torn up the statement; it took me four days to draw it up.—(Less agitated.)—Sir, if you have not time to give proper consideration, I will call again. Surgeon—You may call again, but I cannot then give you more time than I can now. I see the cause of your complaint clearly. Your digestive organs are out of order. The liver does not act properly; your bowels are irregular, and— Lady (perfectly calm)—Pardon me, you are right, but I am very nervous. Surgeon—There, now ; if I was right, why in terrupt me ? If you possess common sense, you would know that your nervousness is the conse quence of the disordered state of your digestive organs. Now attend; you say you are very nervous; have you read my book ? Lady—Ab, Sir, I wish there were no such things as nerves. Surgeon—Oh, you do; and I wish there were no such things as fools. Lady (much roused)—lf, Sir, there were no fools, I don't know what would become of the medi cal men of London. Surgeon—Well, now, I see you are not such a fool as I thought you were; but enough of that. Now attend to me; (presenting a few blue pills in a paper) here, now, take one of these pills every other night, till you have taken all of them. Their take the aperient mixture I have ordered (present ing a prescription), as directed, and also the simple stomachic mixture, about two hours before dinner every day. Here (handing another paper), go to Longman and Co. the booksellers, and get this book, and read page 72, and attend to the instructions as to diet, &c. There, I can say no more. If you attend to wh a t I h ave sa id, you will soon get rid of your nervousness. Lady—But, Sir, my apothecary tells me I am gouty. Surgeon —There now, again. Well, suppose you are gouty, it is the disordered state of the diges tive organs that occasions gout. If you attend to my advice, your digestive organs will do their duty, your bowels will become regular, your nervous system steady, and you win enjoy good health and society. Now I cannot say more. you (presenting a fee). Lady—Well, Sir, I thank Good morning. Surgeon—Good morning. --Gazette of Health. Tasso was singularly TAsso's JERUSALEMDELI VRRED.-- interested the feelingso f all his readers. No poem exhibits such a variety of scenery—so sublime oraffecting fortunate in his subject. It many exalted and attracting personages—so many incidents , • yet each accords with the others—all tend to the same end. The unity of the design is invariably preserved. The characters of the persons brought into it are strongly and distinctly marked. Each has a physiognomy—a nature—an action that pecu liarly belongs to him : whatever he does, or says is his own ; nothing said or done by one indi vidual could, with propriety be said or done by another. The poetry of Tasso, like that of Homer, bestows on his heroes, in our concep tions of them, a real existence of form and cha racter : all are invested with dignity ; but all interest. Who does not feel for Erminia, for Tatiered, for Clorinda, for Solyman, or even for Armida? Is . not Rinaldo beloved by every read er ? Tasso can elevate, and can terrify ; but it i s his peculiar power to interest and delight.— Monthly Review. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—Sept. S. This day's market was well supplied, but the buyers having been pretty numerous, each kind of seat sold, with some degree of briskness, at the following prices per stone of 81b. to sink the offals : Beef 3s. 9d. to 4s. Bd. f Veal 4s , 2d.'to 6s. 4d. Mutton 3 6 410 f Pork .........-- 4 2 3 4 Lamb wn•••••••••••••••• 46. Od. to ss. 2sl The foregoing quotations are precisely the same as those of this day se'nnight. But a small proportion of the supply left the market unsold. LEWES MARKET.—Sept. 4. 8eef..,......... 4a. Od. to 4s. 10d. 1 Veal ..,..............,..., 51. Od. to ss. 4d, Mutton ~........, 4 6 5 0 1 P0rk......--...... 0 0 0 0 Lamb ........................ 4a. 4d. to ss. 2d. Supply good, and trade rathar brisk. RUMFORD MARKET.—Sept. 5. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef 3 8 4 8 I Veal Mu ttou 3 6 4 6 Pork 4 0 5 2 Lamb 4s. Od. to Si. Yd. Suckling Calves frein 14s. to 38s ; Quarter old Pigs 10s. to 15s. each. Supply good, and trade dull. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beane, Per Quarter. Blandford .--...». Brigg Cambridge Chard - Huntingdon Louth ...—..,..—... Newark Nottingham ...—.. Peterborough -- Plymouth —........-- Pontefract.—....... Sherburne ........«. pppingtram .....—.. Wisbech —.............. York s. to s. 62 34 60 56 '76 54, 58 60 64 55 6S 59 64 58 60 56 66 - 60 54 62 50 69 56 64 S. to 1. S.& SS 38 44 35 38 34 40 35 37 34 39 SS 44 37 99 - 35 so iii 39 38 •. I. •. 23 32 24 32 23 31 24 28 25 28 29 31 30 40 30 34 25 99 - 31 - 31 23 32 24 29 22 39 s. to s. 62 44 50 46 48 47 41 54 56 50 52 56 65 54 59 ea 60 64 48 50 56 60 LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Sept. 4. There was a good supply of Wheat, but little of other Grain. Fine Old Wheat supported last week's prices, but the demand was limited ; middling and inferior samples were dull sale, and rather lower. Several parcels of New Wheat sold at from 58s. to 635. per quarter. Oats and Shelling were each dull, and if any thing rather cheaper, and New Oats sold at 14d. per stone. English Beans ...English 144 5 .: :57. p er continue scarce, and supported prices, but toe; was little doing in Foreign. In Rapeseed no alteration. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. COlb. - Barley, Norfolk and Suffblk , --f. to Y Grinding orkshire and:n 4d co . l t n o eh l i sa re Rapeseed, English, 201. to 241. 31 el ln g Ms. to De l oad . MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD.—Sept. At per lb. sinking the offal. 3,609 Sheep.... 4d. to 6d. 12 to 74. 105 Cattle 13/ 6 150 Pigs I. 5 1,6'75 Lambs at qd. to 6d. MANCHESTER POTATOE MAREET.--Se; t. 1. Potatoes, 50. Od., ss. 6d., and ss. 9d. per load of 12 cere anti 121bs. ; New ditto, Os. Od., Os. Od., and Os. per ditto ; Turnip. 6s. Od., &dd. and 7s. 4d. per load of 16 peeks ; Onions, 13s. Od., 13s. 6d., and Its. per 12 score. .N MARK C.—Sept. 4. 30 11 to 12 40 12 12 50 16 17 60 14/ ISA 70 80 —..—... 24 26 100 -....- 30 32 1120.._ 34 36 8 94 14, 9 • 9 , 18 10 24 10 I THE One Day' Commie the Gre The Wido The Duke One•Day' Commh the 3d I The Perm The Bedfo W. G. S liospita Major Mo Subscripti One Day's of the C Lieut.-Get Lieut.-Col Lieut. J.. Major P. The Office of Roy braltar. Captain J. One Day's of th; 9 Two Day't bays' P Officers Regime] J. Batema Major-Go Major Rol The Down Sir Bohol Captain C W. Suerki The Glow ()De Day' oomatisi Wq~ ,till Ge Au Office: ft'ir H. IL Ilf.st re. .1 - 1 Messre. C 201eserv. MOM, JAW:4. ./.112OUD RUIL AT At the 0 of Mg( ICOM I of Buildii of Oakha Pasture Oakhaul iu the it 11lowbra) Prince Hotel, St Oakh am at the At Devon hi b 9, Cirea MPI PLA nently pt their Neg at the M Inventor Bridge-n ject•of C and Itin al:text is fi ab n 'ty. cATI: MR hick infi 111c4)th, on, Gold, Td(Oth tc the 'wear 11l impel to m \ ad co 4 ? A no c Aef isfacti 44untrY continue Surgery' tracting, shod of and seiel in Lonc ll SORE MA cious in ' uptiol gm tile Dancer, by this the Eyes or St. A Soldi Chemist Sackvill burgh; Regent the Kin. Of WICK • longing the Roy Corns, i *Lances into I 'laster olct MANCHESTER TAR No. d. d. I lb :vale Twist,2o 30 40 Mule copTwiati 3 .„ for warp -.7 11 to 12 121 134 17 18 Illule Cop 114 184 "'att.,: 14 15 17 19 2 9 22 i 5 I Weft from, ,28 31 waste HOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER, SEPT. s.—The picking has partially commenced ; it will be general next week. In some si. tuations the hops will be finer than was expected, though there will be much inequality in this respect. Nothing is doing in our market; next Saturday we shall probably have some new samples. Our duty remains as before quoted. BIRTHS. On the Nth ult., at St. Andrew's, the lady of , John Anderson Robertson, Esq., Writer to the Signet, of a daughter. _ _ On the 21st ult. at Ardbeg, in Argyleshire,, tJie wife of William Fife, Esq. late solicitor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of a son. On the 2d inst. in Dover-street, Mary, wife of Captain Charles Leslie, 60th Rifle Corps, of a son, who only sur. vived a few hours. MARRIED. On the 6th inst. Mr. S. E. Norris, of Shadwell, to gophia, only daughter of Samuel Sapsworth, Esq. of eldest nt daughtert h e t h :ut ii Susannah, t itan * ma. be e: s Claremont-terrace, Pentonville. Mr. Thomas Sapsworth, of Whitechapel-mad, to Miss M. A. Norris, second daughter of the intr. Samuel Norris, Esq. late of Shadwell and New-grey e, Mile-end. On the 6th inst. at Stepney, Mr. Thomas Samuel Cat terns, of Pope's-head-alley, Lombard-street, to Katherine Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. E. W. Bond, of Stepney. On the 6th inst. at the parish of St. John, Hackney, by the Rev. Edward Irish, Mr. Charles Edward Lillie, of G H eo od r ges, Esq. of Dorchester. Sion-college-gardens, Alderraanbary, and of Austinfriars, solicitor, to Anna, youngest daughter of Jesse Gouldstnith, of the former place, and of the Old Jewry, Esq. g ß e ar li th a o r l r o i Me E w ul Pries to t, M E a sit ry . A ß n . l3 N e . youngest daughter of the Rev. Al-. to E Lately, jisabet a h t lateon Burgh, of Hampstead. DIED. On the 3d June last, at Avezance, in Poland, Mr.. Robt. Ostle, only son of John Ostle, Esq. of North Shields. On the 4th inst. at her house, in Westgate-street, New. castle-upon-Tyne, Catherine, relict of the late Rear_ Admiral Charlton, much and deservedly respected. On the Ist inst. at the Rectory House, Alveretoke„ Hants, in the 24th year of his age, George William Bar nard, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, youngest sou of the Rev. Edward Barnard. On the sth inst. at his house in Cadogan-place, Fitz- William Rosier, Esq. On the 4th inst. at Garlinge, near Margate, Mr. Thos. Holmes, jun. late of Friday-street, aged 43. Ott the sth inst. at his sister's, in Nottingham-terrace; George Mungo Graham, Esq. of York-terrace, Regent's park. On the 15th ult t of a' severe attack of erysipela3, Joh n Biden, of St. Paul's Church-yard, in the 52d year of hit age, leaving a much afflicted widow and 12 children. On the 3d inst. at the Shrubbery, Ovum), Jane Anne Richards, wife of Captain Hood Richards. On the Ist inst. William Blunt, Esq. of Princes-street„ Hanover-square. At Ilekester, last week, Mrs. Grace Masters, aged 2L and mother of three young children. Previously ~to her retiring to rest, she was left by her husband, who went to give directions about his horse, and on his return, about ten minutes afterwards, he found his wife on the floor a lifeless corpse ; she had net previously laboured under any appa rent symptom of ill health. Pawn, and Pglll.lllolo by M. TOUn *Le Ovs-CTWVP) l it# Itra. '