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formers from all quarters, in hopes of '• entrapping" the man who ventures to appliithis it:fide - to any new purpose. The new manufactures which are stifled by the Excise regulations are numerous. Instead of permitting a manu facturer to conduct his business in the manner which the increasing lights of science may show him, they absolutely confine him to a particular mode of work, and prohibit him from deviating from it ; they keep him in the beaten track, and, narrow as it is, they dare him to touch the confines of it by threats of numerous penalties. I therefore trust that, as the time is fast approaching when the thunder of your oratorical demonstrations will again be required to overthrow the pretended (pinions of tbe'remaining part of the state quo men of this country, you will then, by the previous necessary alterations, be prepared to repeat ver batim the passage of your eloquent speech which I have herein selected, with the substitution merely of the word "excise" for " customs ;" and the gratitude of thousands will then be secured to you, who, to quote your own words, have now no means " of preserving themselves from those difficulties and embarrassments, into which, under such a system they_ are every moment in danger of being unwittingly entrapped." I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient hum ble servant, A SLA VE TRADER. Bristol, May 18.—Ibid. A question was asked by Lord Ellenborough, in the House of Lords on Friday, touching the state of Portugal, and of those negociations now carried on by the British Government, which have the interests of Portugal and of the Penin sula generally fur their object. The question was accompanied by the Noble Lord with a no tice, that if some satisfaction should not be speedily given to the public upon that very im portant subject, he would move for information respecting it before the ensuing adjournment. Were the execution of the Noble Lord's pur pose in this instance likely to embarrass Mini sters in their conduct of a negociation of which none can deny the intimate connection with some of our most critical relations abroad, we should be among the foremost in deprecating his Lordship's project ; but the fact is, that rea sonable men will admit the occurrence of events on the side of Spain and Portugal, quite suffi cient to render the friends of British policy and of general liberty uneasy under the darkness which now envelopes them. The Constitutional cause in Portugal has not made any apparent ad vances under our protection ; and, whatever may have been the predominant feeling among the Por tuguese, where Mr. Canning assumed that the mo ral power of the country was with the Charter, it is undoubted, that if Ferdinand were left un protected by foreign troops to morrow, he would not, in the present condition of his kingdom,remain Sovereign of it for a single month. Was this a state of affairs in which the liberal Spaniards ought to have been, by the joint Administrations of. Great Britain and Portugal, rebuked and even persecuted wherever they showed themselves, while every violation of public right and decency on the part of their tyrant was endured ? , It is not, unquestionably, a time to talk of entering into collisions with other Powers, when the finances of the empire afford so little ground of confidence or satisfaction in their prosperity ; but we must recall to the minds of gentlemen, that measures of energy are often resorted to, and more especially by enlightened statesmen, as the best securities for peace. Mr. Canning was loud in his assurances that the despatch of troops to Portugal, was, in its essence, a pacific measure. He then not merely hinted at, but enlarged and acted on the principle, that a timid and ac quiescing policy is but an invitation to further in sult. Well, then, as a continuance of the pacific system, we would have the British Government afford no ground for the accusation that it shifts from vigour, and takes refuge in fear. They are not called upon to give direct or open support to the Spanish Liberals as a political power : still less ought a free Government severely to repress and discourage unwisely—to mortify, disgust, and alienate its only natural friends-now existing visibly on the Continent of Europe. If it will not be the ally of freedom, which courts it, let it not (the British Government) seek the partnership of despotism, civil and religious, by which its overtures are naturally distrusted, and its very existence bated. Now fears are entertained at Lis bon, and hopes in many other quarters, that the Apostolical advisers of Ferdinand do at this moment meditate a military invasion of Portugal through the province of Alentejo; and there is something to be said for the sagacity of such an attempt, the decision and splendour of which might possibly affect the ;minds of thousands among the Spanish nation with v is;ons flattering to their Castilian pride, and thus di ver t the current of feeling from contempt for their present rulers and eagerness for public reforms, into a new, definit:, and highly dangerous channel. The British Ministers ought to anticipate such chances as this, and be preps: ed against them. The Spa- Piards who desert to Port:igal, or fly thither for an asylum from misery and bondage, ought not to be treated with cruelty and scorn, and . expelled with m itumely, to spread among their liberal country men despondency for themselves, and disgust against England and her ally. The patriotic spirit ought, as is most obvious, to be discreetly cherished and encouraged in Spain, by every effort short of those which might attract the notice, and sanction the di rect hostility, of the Government. Ferdinand has never yet been required to send . back the Portuguese refugees, or to expel them from his states. Why, then, should we suffer the Spanish refugees to be inhospitably pursued and tormented at his bidding ? The crisis demands a firm and uncompromising, but strictly defensive and guarded policy; for on none other can we build at any time those claims to the respect of other nations, which are the surest pledges ,of continued peace.—lbid. The union of Church and State works plea sandy eliough when the reins of Government are held by o t 2creet and sober-minded men, who have the tact to, administer the public affairs in such a way as to satisfy the best-informed aii2 most influential part of the community. If the State move in a proper track, it necessarily draws the Church in the same track. But when it unfortunately happens that the power which influences the Church moves in a wrong direction ~.—that is, in a direction not justified by sound se nse—the confusion thereby occasioned through out the country is indescribable. Fronrthe im mense 1 1 ,fluence necessarily possessed by the Church in E ngland, it can always command a number of adlierents to any opinion or system which it is led to espouse. Many of the Clergy are beloved in their parishes, and consequently have great personal influence. They are gene rally on good terms with the female portion of their parishioners, and the good will of the wife has often much to do with the favourable opinion• of the husband. Then the ownership , of great and small tithes places the parishioners in a hun dred ways at the mercy of the Clergyman, and all who are connected with the cultivation of the soil have, therefore, the most powerful motives for being on good terms with him. The generality of mankind have no very de cided opinions on any subject ; and when a Clergyman is on good terms with his pa rishioners, they will seldom feel disposed to refuse gratifying him with subscriptions to any Petition or Address proposed by him. Hence the . great difficulty in this country of ascertaining, in all vises in which the Clergy interfere in a body, the extent to which the opinions expressed by the people are genuine. It not unfrequently happens, that opinions expressed with much noise and apparent fervency die away at once the mo ment the exciting cause no longer exists. There are some curious illustrations of this in what may be considered our own times. The Unita rians have been always more distinguished for their property, commercial and manufacturing activity, and intelligence, than for their numbers. We do not believe they ever will be a numerous sect. No sect ever yet rooted itself deeply in a country which addressed itself to the reason of the people, and the Unitarians have no other re source than dialectics. The Ranters, in little more than twenty years, have multiplied like lo custs over England, being, we suppose, at least ten times more numerous than the Unitarians, by the use of means which leave it problematical whether they have passed the boundary between the hallucinations of enthusiasm and the ravings of downright lunacy. Now, in the present day, when no pains are taken to agitate the people on the subject, we do not believe it occurs to a single individual that our religious liberties are in danger from an Unitarian Parliament or that our bodies are in danger from Unita rian fires. Yet it is not forty years since an alarm of this kind was spread by several influential clergymen, countenanced by the higher autho rities. Every one who knows the history of that period, knows that the Rev. Mr. Madan was as distinguished a man in his day as the Bishop of Chester or Dr. Philpot is in the present.— Mr. Madan was one of the organs of a large and most influential party in the church, who held themselves up as possessed exclusively of zeal for our Protestant Establishment ; and the riots at Birmingham and other manufacturing towns may be said to have been caused by them. The alarm lately expressed on account of the Catholics, was not really greater than that expressed on account of the poor harmless Uni tarians. In the well-known letters to Dr. Priest ley by Mr. Madan (Dodsley, 1787), we have the whole gradation of awful consequences now denounced, as likely to flow from Catholic Emancipation, placed to the score of toleration of Unitarians. " You may perhaps think," says Mr. Madan, addressing himself to Dr. Priestley—" you may, perhaps, think, that the professions which you make of tolerancy must exe . mpt you from the charge of persecuting ; but if your attempts to promote a repeal of the Test Acts had succeeded, and by degrees we had had a Socinian, or, if you chuse to call it, an Unitarian Parliament—an Unitarian Army and Navy—how long should we have kept a Trinitarian Liturgy—a Trinitarian Es tablishment ? or how long should we have been suffered, with the Apostles and first Christians, to worship, or—to express it in Scripture language— to call on the name of Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours ? The zeal which you shew in your wri tings to make proselytes to your opinions, gives us but small hopes of your tolerating what you have undertaken to prove to be blasphemy and idolatry, if once it were in your power to be intolerant." There were hundreds of thousands ready to shout this extravagance at that time. Multitudes are sel dom twice made in exactly the same way ; but we are not sure if it were the wish of those members of the State who have the leading of the Church, that a cry should once more be raised against Unitarian Parlia ments, Unitarian armies, and Unitarian persecution, that notwithstanding the increased intelligence of the age, a very tolerable bawl might not be obtained. Now with respect to the No Popery cry, a few days have produced a wonderful change in its intensity. That which appeared to be the cry of a large part of the people, comes now from few throats. We see the Universities disdaining to identify themselves with it. We have a sort of exemplification of the trans formation which suddenly took place when Charles the Second landed among us. The roads and streets swarmed with Royalists, and the wonder was where they could have concealed themselves. A day or two before the difficulty would have been to discover one. Mr. Peel understands these things (for it is not in his head that he is deficient), for he did not hesitate to avow the necessity of patronage to keep alive the opi nions which he had been so unfortunate as to select. Without patronage to keep the alarm alive, we shall see it quickly yield to the good sense of the country; and we, doubt not, if we live but a little while longer, we shall have the satisfaction of seeing all those who affected an alarm which their understandings did. not allow them to share, profoundly chagrined at the result of their speculation.—Morning Chronicle. The Whigs are exceedingly anxious to con vince the world, that Lord Lansdown's accept ance of a seat in the Cabinet, without office, is a convincing proof that his Lordship is not actu ated by any " lust" (as they call it) for place.— What strange people these same Whigs are. Be cause they happen to have among them one man indifferent to the mere salary of office, they cry that one circumstance up as a kind of prodigy— forgetful that their whole tribe is just the re- j verse. No one ever suspected Lord Lansdown of caring for the sweets of office ; a self-denial, to be sure, uncommon enough among the Whigs. But though his Lordship may be, and doubtless' is, regardless of himself, he is far from being so about his friends, and has taken good care at least to carve out comfortable births for his own two nominees lit Caine. But what, we would ask, has the country gained by the Noble Marquis's self-denial ? Not one single far thing. The place and the salary which, but for his original coyness, the Noble Marquis would have held, are now filled and enjoyed by an other ; while the country has in exchange a gra tuitous and irresponsible Minister, and one who has taken good care to saddle his own immedi ate dependants upon her. So much for the wonderful interestedness of Whigism. We are not less amused with another ground, which 717e - Whigs take upon this occasion. They tell us, that becoming a Member of the Cabinet without office, is a return to the good old times of Queen Elizabeth, who, they say, called to her council' whom she pleased, totally regardless of of fice orno office; that her Secretaries of State were merely what their names impart, recorders and ex ecutors of the Council's orders; and that as for a Cabinet, no such thing was ever heard of till the times (the unwhiggish times, we suppose) of King Wil liam. If any thing can more than another disgust one with the names and principles which politicians assume, it is the facility with which they so often retain the one and lay aside the other. That the Whigs of the present day should decry the times of King William, and cry up those of Elizabeth, is of a piece with the consistency of those who can now join in an Administration with a man who, if he pos sesses one tittle of consistency, has been consistent all his life in holding them and their principles up to ridicule and reproach. But the country at large sees through all this shallow artifice, which resolves itself into a mere hunger and thirst after power and place obtained upon any terms. It is evidently a great improvement in the Constitution that the King's immediate Council should be composed of persons holding high, ostensible, and responsible offices-in the State:: To have a Cabinet composed, in whole or in part; of any but such persons is a re turn, as far as it goes, to the bad times of the Con stitution-0 those times which the real genuine Whigs spent their lives in reforming,. and the mo dern apostate Whigs, who can attempt defend'. that which is a manifest outrage upon the principles which gave them name, must be, to all intents and purposes, as lost to common sense and decency, as the man who should stand up and tell us that the terms Whig and Tory, as at present used, mean any thing more than a vulgar scramble for the loaves and fishes.—Morning Herald• We feel no surprise at the acrimony which has infused itself into the new Opposition, be , cause it is in human nature, that men who ate deprived, no matter by what means, of that which they covet, should rail at those who get what they have lost. And this feeling of irra tional resentment is the stronger in proportion as it is accompanied with the stings of self-reproach at the consciousness that they have only their own folly to thank for the plight in they find themselves. They are like gamblers, who not only deplore their losses, but, in bitterness of heart, curse the weakness that betrayed them to their ruin. These paroxysms, however, though severe, are commonly of short duration ; and after a little frantic writhing, and a few pas sionate ejaculations, the patient becomes tolera bly composed. At this point of exhausted tran quillity, those persons seem to have nearly ar rived above violent sufferings during the last three weeks, have attracted so much public notice. We were, of course, prepared for all they have done and said ; but we were not prepared for that bastard exasperation, that spu rious sympathy, which some of their followers have displayed, who care not one straw about them, and who, in playing the part of their echo, " yell out syllables of dolor, with most amusing gravity. At first they were in a state of whim sical perplexity, and did not know whether they should laugh or cry ; whether they should mourn or rejoice; but the moment they had their cue, they burst forth in one concerted strain of groans and execrations, such as showed that they had at least been disciplined. We are alluding not only to titled and untitled Senators but to those among our contemporaries who, in the space of a few short days have swung round from the super-loyal to the sub-radical. There was no gradual preparation of their readers for the change. It was, all at once, a transition from double refined honey to double distilled vinegar; and heaven help us ! what wry faces there must have been! Imagine a dry-nursed politician, accustom e d t o receive his morning meal of unctuous loyalty, sud denly suffocated with a dose of pungent radicalism ! This barbarity has been, in particular, committed by one of our contemporaries, who used always to pro vide their probations of the most harmless kind, but who now prepare, in the furnace of his indignation, beverage, compared to which the brimstone broth with which we are told his Satanic Majesty solaces himself, must be as refreshing as a glass of iced lemonade. We profess not to understand the mystery of all this. We do not comprehend how the idol of to-day can become the fiend of to morrow ; how unchanged, himself, his worship pers, and they too whose devotion was the most ardent, should become wholly changed. Yet, we have heard the miracle called consistency.— Were we, however, required to give it a name, we should designate it as the basest species of apostacy, because produced neither by private feelings on the one hand, nor by the spew of public principl e on the other ; but, springing from a sordid, though short-sigh ted calculation of self-i n t eres t.—N ew Time' s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—A master butcher in Fleet-market, •f the name of Weaver, appeared before Mr. Alderman ANs- LEY, on Saturday, upon a summons, to answer the com plaint of Mr. Wall, a respectable inhabitant of Fetter-lane. The complainant stated that •he was passing along the side of Fleet-market, on Thursday afternoon, accompanied by his lady, when he met the defendant, coming in a con trary direction in a state of drunkenness, and as he passed them he committed an indecent assault upon the lady. The complainant remonstrated, but to little purpose, as the defendant immediately repeated his brutal conduct. Witness again complained, and received a severe blow front the defendant in return, upon which he seized him, and ascertained who he was. Mr. Weaver, in reply, said he was ready to apologize to the gentleman now, and was really sorry for his ill-beha viour. The complainant would be contented with the apology, if Mr. Weaver would give 2/. to the Tilendicity Society in Ireland. The Alderman remarked, that it was customary to send such donations to the school of the parish or ward where the offence is committed. The defendant demurred a little to the amount of the smart money demanded ; but the Alderman hintin g , that he felt a strong inclination to send him to the Sessions, where he would probably be sentenced to three months' imprisonment, Mr. Weaver produced the cash, which the complainant requested to be applied in the manner recom mended by the Magistrate. BOW-STREET.—OnSaturday, a young man about five-and-twenty, of &is. complexion, and extensive whiskers, whose phisioguomy and the few garments in which he was clad gave positive evidence of his respectability, but who entered the office divested of hat, cravat, waistcoat, stock ing, and shoes, having on only a red morocco slipper on his right foot, was brought up by the night•constable of the watch-house in Covent-garden, for having attempted self-destruction on the previous night. The constable informed the Magistrates, Sir R. BIRNIE and C. R. MINSHULL, Esq., that at a late hour on Friday night, a person breathless from haste, cause running into the watch-house, saying that the presence of a constable was required in a house in Covent-garden, in ivisich a young gentleman, a lodger, had endeavoured, in a moment of mental aberration, to commit suicide. The constable at once proceeded to York-street, as he had been directed, and there found the young person before their Worships, who manifested so many symptoms of insanity, that he thought it expedient for his preservation, to take him to the watch-house, in order that a strict eye might be kept upon him. He was, however, provided with every ac commodation. The Magistrates inquired of the unhappy young man (who seemed very deeply to feel the unpleasantness of his Situation, and wept bitterly) what he was ? He replied, a musician, but at present out of a situation. A gentleman who at this instant entered the office, here addressed the Magistrates, saving that the account which the prisoner had just given of 'himself was not literally cor rect. He certainly was musical, but not a professor. In truth, he was in the employment of the witness, and had been for some time past engaged in making surveys of dif ferent places in England, for a work about to be published by Longman and Co., and this (handing a paper to Sir R. Birnie) is the prospectus. lam sorry, however, to be obliged to mention the matter thus publicly. Sir lIICLIARD BIRNIE (who had read the prospectus)— Why so ? By it you have got me a subscriber. There is one thing which places the work in a favourable light— no money is required of subscribers until it shall be com pleted. The witness thanked Sir Richard, and continued. He called at the young man's lodgings about ten o'clock on Fri day night, and, "imagine my horror" (said he) " when, upon opening the door of the room he occupied, I saw a man hanging suspended by a neckerchief from the tester of the bed, to all appearance lifeless." As soon as the witness had recovered the shock which this terrible spectacle occasioned he procured assistance, and had the body taken down and laid on the bed, when, to his great Joy and satisfaction, he perceived indications of returning animation. Restoratives were instantly applied, and the young man speedily reco vered; but his manner became so wild, and his conduct so furious, that he, the witness, found it necessary to send for the constable, and have him taken to the watch-house for safety. Mr. MINSHULL-Has he any friends ? The witness said he had, but that they resided in Scot land. He believed also that it was some difference that existed between him and his father respecting an attach ment that led to the rash act. The witness knew him for some years, and, except that he was passionate, could:.say that his conduct was unexceptionable. • • - ';'. The young man gave the most positive assurapcesila4 he would in future pray to God to preserve him from the Com mission of an act so truly horrible. His' shoes, &c. were brought to him from his lodgings, and after having put them on, he left the office, accompanied by his friend. HATTON-GARDEN.—Saturday Mr. J. Pratt, flour merchant, Wapping, appeared before the sitting Magistrate on behalf of one of his waggoners, to answer the complaint of E. Ramsdale, a toll-renter, for having refused to weigh his load at a machine attached to Islington-gate, the vehicle having approached within 100 yards, as specified in an Act of Parliament made and provided on that behalf. Complainant observed, that in order to leave the carman without a shadow of oceuse, he read over to hint at the time from a board attached to the machine, the clause in question. Mr. - Pratt, Who intimated that he had sent many a heavy load to the same spot without being required to weigh, deemed it important that persons similarly situated with himself should be explicitly informed, whether, when they had to unload within 100 yards of the machine, as in the present case, they were bound to weigh, according to the spirit and scope of the Act. The Magistrate (Mr. Rocaas), who, after a careful perusal of the clause in dispute, pronounced it perfectly ex plicit, decided in favour of the complainant, and fined de fendant in the mitigated penalty of 10s. and costs, the full amount being 51. A young man of genteel exterior, named James Beck, in the service of Messrs. Hicks and Dean, 5, Gray's-inn square, was charged by his employers with making false and exaggerated returns of monies paid by him to various pub lic journals for advertisements, &c., and with appropriating the overplus to his own use. Only three out of a great number of cases having been as yet fully established, the prisoner was remanded for one week. MARYLEBONE OFFICE.—On Saturday a grey headed old man, named Arundale, was charged with hav ing assaulted a female child. Jane Home, of No. 39, Praed-street, Paddington (not seven years old) stated, that on Friday, the 11th instant, the defendant took improper liberties with her person (of which she gave a detail) in the passage of her father's house, and that lie was interrupted by Mrs. Frost, the wife of a Life Guardsman, who lodges there ; for the door of Mrs. Frost's apartment was heard to open, and the de fendant abandoned his intention, but not in time to avoid her notice. Mr. RANVIINSON held him to bail in 50/., and two sureties (who were in attendance for that purpose) in 251. each. Mrs. Frost is said to be in the country, but her evidence will be required at a future occasion. WORSHIP-STREET.—Isaae Johnson, a young man, was brought up for re-examination before Mr. Buoy GILT° N, charged with horse-stealing. The animal was identified and the prisoner was fully committed for trial. Another charge was next stated against him of stealing a horse from Mr. Stovell, a butcher, whose stable was broken open on the night of the 22d of April. _ _ Mr. Stovell described the horse as a ,brown animal with a white star in the forehead, white spot on the chest, white legs, &c: The horse has not yet been found ; and in order to give time for further inquiry, the Magistrate again remanded the prisoner. Charles Randall was brought before Mr. BROUGHTON, charged with robbing his employer, Mr. Solomon Joseph, of No. 17, King-street, Tower-hill, a barber and musician. Mr. Joseph stated that the prisoner had been in his em ployment, only two weeks, and on that morning he left the prioner in care of his shop, and went to his private house l in East Smithfield, for the purpose of celebrating the Jewish Sabbath. On his return, a little after 11 o'clock, he found the shop nearly filled with customers, and that the prisoner had decamped, taking with him three violins, a case, two bows, two music books, two valuable tortoiseshell combs, and a gentleman's dress wig. Mr. BROUCIITON—I thought you stated yourself to be a barber. How came you to have so many violins? Mr. Joseph—l am a barber and a dealer in music. Richard Manning, an officer of Shoreditch, said he took the prisoner into custody, and on searching him lie found a sovereign and a half in gold, and 111td. in copper, and i n his hat he had a wig and two combs. Mr. Joseph identified the wig and combs as his property, and begged time, for the purpose of looking after the fiddles. The Magistrate granted the request, and remanded the prisoner. LAMBETH-STREET.—On Saturday night, about 10 o'clock, Sheen, the murderer, was brought into the office in custody of Davis, and placed at the bar before Mathew Wyatt, Esq., on the verdict returned against him on the Coroner's Inquisition of Wilful Murder perpetrated on the body of his infant son. , Immediately after the hour of post on the morning of the same day, two communications were received from Davis, dated- from Kington, or Kinton, in Herefordshire—the one stating the previous steps he had taken to secure the prisoner—and the other announcing his capture, and that he would arrive in town with him on that night. Though to prevent confusion the intelligence was kept as close as possible, the fact in some• way got publicity, and spread like wildfire, net alone through the eastern, bat western extremities of the metropolis. From half-past four the crowds began to congregate, and at seven o'clock the streets in the neighbourhood presented a dense and al most impenetrable mass of human beings, packed so closely, that it was with some difficulty we were able to obtain an entrance. Eight wag the hour at which it was expected the culprit would arrive, and up to that time the patience of the mul titude subdued itself, as much as might be calculated on, but when that period had elapsed, the most feverish anxiety was manifested, which kept on the increase until 10 o'clock. The most absurd reports and rumours, in the meantime, obtained ready credence, when the shouts, cheers, and mingled execrations of the mob announced to those in the justice-room that the barbarian had been taken, and out raged humanity so far avenged.—The prisoner was con veyed, manacled, in a carriage from the Bolt-in-Tun, and was immediately brought before the Magistrate. He is, in appearance, about 23 years of age, fair complexion, and ex hibits any thing but that ferocious expression of countenance which would indicate the murderer. His manner during the examination was quite self-possessed, and the only de gree of agitation that we could perceive, was a slight mus cular convulsion about the jaw-bones. The clothing in which he was apprehended was the same in which he mails his escape ; and even when secured the, identical plush waistcoat, a description of which was so widely circulated, was on his person. All the Parochial Authorities, Overseers, Churchwar dens, &c. were in attendance, and expressed their approval of the zeal and perseverance of Davis, the officer, which had led to the apprehension of so atrocious an offender. The examination was brief, and was as follows: Mr. Wyara—Davis, whom have you got in custody ? Davis William Sheen. -......-... Mr. WvATT—Charged on the Coroner's Inquest with wilful murder;? Davis—Yes, Sir. Mr. Wyarr—Do you know him personally, and of your own knowledge ? Davis—l do, Sir. Mr. WYATT-Where did you apprehend him ? Davis — At a village in Radnorshire, about two miles from Penny Boot. _ Mr. WYATT—He has been in your custody ever since ? Davis—He has not left my sight, except when I lodged him for security, - on Friday night, in Birmingham gaol. Mr.. WYATT—Did you find any knife or razor on him? Davis—None, Sir. _ _ _ Mr. WYArr—The prisoner's identity is established— that is now all that is necessary; let him be immediately taken to Newgate. He was at once removed from the bar, and after refreshing himself in the lock-up room, was placed in a coach, which was in waitin g for the purpose, and conveyed, under the surveillance o f two officers, to the Old Bailey, followed by the execrations of a most indignant multitude, a number of whom flanked the vehicle. When the office was cleared, Davis wail called in by Mr. Wyatt, who, conjointly with Mr. Hardwick, has left nothing undone to bring the. prisoner to justice, and gave the following interesting narrative of his excur sions, and the means he had pursued to accomplish his object. Davis—l left town last Friday night week by the Bir mingham coach, understanding that the prisoner had gone in that direction. While on my way thither, at about a mile beyond Stratford-on-Avon, a person got on the coach having the appearance of a discharged soldier, who, in course of conversation, told me he had exchanged a hat on that morning with a man who said he was going to Bir mingham, whom, from the description he gave me of his clothing, I believed to be Sheen. On my arrival at Bir mingham on Saturday, about four o'clock, I without delay commenced a most diligent search, which 1 7 continued but without success until half-past twelve; I resumed it on Sunday, and found the person spoken of about two o'clock, in the Lamb public-house, in Edgeston-street ; he how ever proved not to be the man I wanted. On Monday morning I proceeded through 'Worcester to Kington, Herefordshire, having reason, from the information I had received, to believe that the prison had taken that direc tion. From circumstances that occurred, it struck me that I was in advance of him, and, under this impression, I waited on the bridge at the entrance of the town for five hears., -While there considering the best plan I should 441, I came to the conclusion of going to the remotest *inn in the town, to evade publicity, and conceal the object of my journey. While remaining in the town I deemed it prudent to communicate with one of the Country Ma gistrates, and inform him who I was, and what I came down about. I in consequence called on Edward Cheese, Esq., a Magistrate and Banker, residing in Kington, and from him received every assistance in his power, both personal and otherwise; and, indeed, said Davis, I myself cannot be too gratefulyuor Worship, tcil im for his attention ; and the public, I think, are indebted to him for the great exertions he has made on this occasion ; from him I received a titrong introductory letter to Boyan, Esq., the present Itigh Sheriff for Radnorshire, and front him, also, I met with equal assist. ante. I still kept myself as secreted as possible, and when ever I received a glimpse of information, I, at once was on the alert. From the number of Sheen's relatives, living in the neighbourhood, and for twenty miles round Kington, I was kept constantly on the move, and traversed, and searched a number of places and houses where I thought it likely lie might be concealed. While traversing the country, I, from the fear of being recognised, assumed the dress of a countryman, and with a smock frock on, I casually went into a public house, where there were a number ef Cardi gan drovers, and here I thought my labours would be unsuc cessful, for one of them having read from a London Paper, an account of the murder, and a description of the murderer, who was at once known, I concluded that such warning would be conveyed to him as would defeat my object, par ticularly as they were goir.; among all his friends. I returned on the same night to Kington, and on the follow ing day a circumstance occurred, which, your Worship, is rather curious, and enabled me to secure Sheen. On the morning of that day, while cleaning myself, I left my coat (in the side-pocket of which I generally carry my handcuffs and pistols) in the kitchen, and on my return was surprised at finding the handcuffs had been removed and was lying on the seat. This was accounted for afterwards by its being told me that they had dropped out ; a circumstance that alarmed me a good deal, as they had my name on them, and would lead, as I sup posed, to the discovery of who I was and what was my business. I was not much mistaken, for while in my bed room the person called on me who picked up the hand duffs, and said, " I know who you are and guess what your business here is—l can give you some information which I think will be of service." I then collected from him such facts, and so distinct a trace of Sheen, as in duced me to go to Penny Bont, taking with me an active constable, of Kington, named Yates. On my arrival there I stopped at the Severn Arms Inn, and in the after part of the evening a man came in and asked for the London Paper ; this he read carefully, and when he had concluded, first looking inquisitively round the room, he then hastily departed in a very agitated manner. His appearance and ' conduct excited my suspicions, and I inquired from the landlady who he was, and where he lived. I heard that his name was James—that he was married to Sheen's aunt, and that be lived at about two miles' distance from the village. lat once followed him, and saw him enter a house, called tho Lane House, in Llanbadenwaur, in Rad norshire ; and having ascertained where he resided, return ed to the inn, and accompanied by Yates, went back with the intention of searching the house, but thought it pru dent not then to do so, as in the event of his not being there, he would he put on his guard ; on second conside ration I came back again to Yates's house, and having placed Yates at the rear of the premises, I burst in the door, first giving Yates directions, should he see any one coming out answering the description of Sheen, to secure him, and should he attempt to make his escape, to fire at him with out hesitation ; on going in I found several people in the house, but not the person I wanted, and a third time returned to my lodgings. In about three hours afterwards, accompanied as before, and snaking similar ar rangements, having received further information, 1 returned to the same house, and there secured Sheen ; he was sit ting at breakfast in the chimney corner, and on examining his person, I found on him a shirt spotted with blood, par ticularly on the neck and right wrist-band. He came with me very quietly, and when I apprehended him, said, " Oh, Mr. Davis, is it you ?—I shall go with you without any resistance." This terminated Davis's account, and to some questions from the Magistrate, Mr. Wyatt, lie said, that Sheen had made no confession to him directly, but that he heard him make one indirectly to the landlady of a public house in Radnor, to whom he was known, and who asked him, " How, in the name of God, came you to do such a cruel tiling ?" and he replied, " It was not God but the Devil." Mr. WYATT expressed himself highly gratified at Davis's exertions, and said he hoped they would not go unreward ed. So pleased are the Parish Officers of Whitechapel at his conduct, that it is proposed to add to the reward 20/. QUEEN-SQUARE.—Saturday a man named Huggins broUght up a young woman, about 18 years of age, in the family way, charging her, under the Hawkers' and Pedlers' Act, with selling sundry wares, contrary to the statute, whereby she was liable to a penalty of 10/. The - defendant said that her husband was a licensed hawker, and shewas to meet him at Hammersmith. Mr. MARRIOTT said, if it was true that the defendant's husband had a licence, he should not convict her in the penalty. . _ Huggins said that it was unlawful for two persons to hawk with the same licence. Alr. AfAunzoTr (to the defendant)—Can you bring for ward proof that your husband has a licence? Defendant--Ivan, Sir. Huggins—l admit, your Worship, that the husband has a licence. Mr. MARRIOTT—Then I dismiss the case. The young woman who trembled all the time, left the bar in a state of the greatest agitation, and Huggins, dis appointed, retired in rather a solitary mood at his unsuc cessful attempt to commit a poor girl to prison in default of paying a heavy penalty. The decision of the Magistrate gave general satisfaction. THE BRUCE MANUSCRIPTS. The fine collection of "'Ethiopic, Arabic, and other Ori ental Manuscripts obtained by the celebrated traveller, James Bruce, in Egypt and Abyssinia, were on Thursday brought to the hammer by Mr. Christie. They consist of nearly one hundi-ed volumes. Among the Biblical Manu scripts is an Ethiopic version of the Old Testament, in 5 volumes, containing the whole of the sacred books except the Psalms, made from manuscripts used at the Greek Church at Alexandria, at a remote, but unknown period. This copy is considered unique, each page is divided into three columns, and the MS. has a considerable number of marginal variations. It is written on vellum, in very clear and beautiful characters. It includes the Book of Enoch, which was first brought into Europe by Mr. Bruce. The three copies of it originally belonging to him (one of which is in Paris, and the other at Oxford), are all that are known to exist of it on our continent. There are also in this collection, two copies of the four Gospels in Ethiopic ; the Epistles and Acts of the Apostles in two volumes on vellum. The Song of Solomon in all the principal languages of the Abyssinian Empire, with a Vocabulary in each dialect.._ This MS. is considered a most valuable accession to Philo logical Literature. The Constitutions of the Apostles, or a collection of the Canons made by the first General Coun cil (which is the Statute-book of the Church of Abyssinia), in 1 volume; and the Synaxar, or History of the Saints venerated in Abyssinia, in I large vole. Among the his torical MSS. is the celebrated Chronicle of Axutn, on vel lum, in double columns. It professes to have been compiled from materials or records found by Damatious (Damascus), Bishop of Rome, in the Church of St. Sophia, and read at the First Council of Nice to the 318 Fathers assembled there. There are also a variety of Arabic MSS., including the Koran, and some works relating to the Histories of Syria and Egypt, and of the Conquest of Spain by the Sa racens ; a Topographical description of Egypt ; the Course of the Nile, &c. ; several works on Medicine and Natural History, and an unique Coptic MS. on Papyrus, said to have been found in the ruins near Thebes, in the former residence of some Egyptian Monks. It contains seventy six leaves, in small folio, of Papyrus, of a dun-colour, and exceedingly brittle. The character is neat, of the uncial kind, and consequently all in capitals, without any points, or spaces. This MS. is Supposed to have been composed in the second, or the beginning of the third century. It was brought from Scotland by Mr. Bruce, for the purpose of its being inspected by Dr. Woide, whom he permitted to c opy it. Mr. Christie, on introducing this extraordinary collection to the notice of the company on Thursday, ob served, that if Europe had derived no other benefit from the Travels of Mr. Bruce, she had been greatly enriched by his labours in obtaining these rare and valuable MSS., which ought to be purchased by the nation. There were several booksellers and literary men present, but no advance was made upon the sum at which the collection was put up on behalf of the Proprietor, vie. Five Thousand Five Hundred Pounds. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, MAY 19.—There having been a good sup ply of British Plantation Sugar at market this week from the late arrivals, considerable business has been done : both the grocers and refiners had become bare of stock, and have purchased very freely, at steady prices. The total quantity sold is upwards of 1,900 11116. ; besides which, GOO bags fine white Bengal Sugar have been sold at 735. to 735. 6d. per cwt. Nothing done in Foreign Sugar : our stock of this description is reduced to a small parcel of yellow Havannah, held at 335. per cwt. About 150 punchs. Demerara Molasses have been sold at 265. ad. to 275. per cwt. The few sales made in Coffee are confined to small lots of Plantation for• the home trade, at former prices. Cocoa, Pimento, and Ginger remain dull. The business done in Rum consists chiefly of 150 punchs. strong Demerara, just landed, at 3s. Bd. to 3s, Ild. per gallon. The arrivals of Cotton this week have continued upon a very extensive scale, notwithstanding which, there has been a good demand from the trade; the prices generally have declined about p. per lb. Yesterday there were sold by auction 480 Sea Liana at qd. to I hi. for inferior t fair ; 114 d. to 12P. for good fair to good ; 12/d. " 14d. for fine marks ; 107 Stained Sea Island at 6d. t° ; 400 Demerara at 71-d. to 9P. ; and a very fit 4 mark at 104-d. to 1044. ; and 60 Carthagena at 54d. tD 514. Of 1,350 East India offered there were only solo 214 Surat at 48d. to 5P., and 50 Bengal at 41d. per l b ; The sales by private contract consist of 5,540 Bowed at 6u-• to 7d., chiefly at 64d. to 6P. for middling fair to good fair; 2,390 Orleans at 64d. to 7d., chiefly at 64d. to 6i- 1 . l bc middling fair to good fair; 2,280 Mobile and Alabama at6a. to 6d.; 420 Sea Island at 10d. to 15d.; 280 Stained dittb at 6p. to 9P. ; 350 Pernambuco at 94d. to' 9d. (10 ro 106) ; 860 Maranham at Bd. to Sid. ; 47 Bahia at 81(1. to BP. ; 850 Egyptian at 64d. to Bd. chiefly at 64d. to 7(Li 90 Demerara at '7O. to Sid. ; 40 Carthagena at bid. ; Surat at 4p. to SP. ; 200 Bengal at 4P. to ing a total, including those sold by auction, of 15,Z"' bags, of which 1,500 American have been taken on or ciliation. The arrivals are 35,303 bags, beside a no i r, her of vessels not yet reported. There are declared auction on the 25th instant about 2,000 bags Sea Islan d Cotton, Imported into Liverpool, from the 12th to the 18th 1827, inclusive, by 2 vessels from Calcutta, 3 Jamal e* , 3 Barbadoes, 1 Demerara, 1 Honduras, 1 Callao, 31 4 e: York, 1 Philadelphia, 6 Charleston, 5 Savannah, 17 It Orleans, 3 Mobile, 2 Dantzic, 1 Newstadt, 1 Pillau, 1 Rotterdam. Jamaica Sugar, 402 *a.. 18 tees. 19 brls. ; Bart does do., 736 Mids. 116 tees., 7 brls. ; Demerarado., l ° . hhds, 40 brig. ; Molasses, 167 casks ; Rum, 355 puns. 80 hhds. ; W. I. Coffee, 609 casks; East India do., 1 % bags; East India Cotton, 753 bales; W es t I n di a do., 50 ; bales; New Orleans and Mobile do., 19,359 bales; United States do., 14,687 bales; American Flour, 3, 1 , 5 ; brie. ; Foreign Wheat, 5,500 qrs. ; Rice, 136 tees., 7, 1 ' bags ; Pimento, 38 casks, 123 bags ; Ginger, 83 cask! , 164 bags; Saltpetre, 3,046 bags; Tar, 1,500 brie'; Ashes, 200 brls. ; Madder, 62 casks ; Logwood, 35 too' Mahogany, 250 logs ; Shell Lac, 146 chests ; Lac Dye, S' chests; Indigo, 97 chests ; West India Hides, 750 ; caragua Wood, 25 tons. The only transactions in Rough Turpentine this 'V are two small parcels consisting of 600 barrels from th e Quay; at 12s. for good and 12s. 6d. for fine quality, beleg a decline of 6d. per cwt. ; the holders of the stock in ware' house do not offer it at present rates. Small sales of Stocir holm Tar continue to be effected at 19s. per barrel, a care, of 1,500 barrels American has arrived, 700 barrels ° which have been sold at 14s. from the Quay. Rosin re mains steady. There has been more business doing in Montreal NO / Ashes this week, but no improvement 'in price has 01° 1 place, the sales are a b ou t 520 b arre l s , o f w hi c h a parcek, Q 200 barrels new were at 235. 6d., the remainder in sraeu e : , parcels brought 235. 9d. a 245., and 35 barrels breed 1825 at 235. The sales of Montreal Pot do not ace' 200 barrels at 225. for old, and 235. a 235. 6d. __lfar SIP new ; for States Ashes some i n q u i r y h as a pp ea red, 120 barrels New York sold at 255. 6d. t o 26 5 ., with 1 ' ; barrels old States Pearl at 265. per cwt. Notwithstandi e ll the great improvement which has taken place in the OW of the manufacturing towns in this neighbourhood, o lf . market for Drysaltery Articles does not appear in the 100 to participate in this improvement, the prices of 04 are still declining with a very limited demand for all. , The sales of Logwood are 40 tons Campeachy at l i' 155., 10 tons Honduras at 71., and 10 tons Jamaica a tO . 15s. per ton ' • of Fustic 25 tons Tampico at Si., and 5 toile good Spanish at 71. 15s. per ton. On Wednesday 1 ,„ 2° tons Lima Nicaragua Wood were offered by auction on 1.1 7, quay, the quality middling and not fresh, it was put up hi the broker at 18/., and withdrawn, there being no bidrierot at this price it would be sold ; the only business in Nil; ragua Wood is five tons middling solid (rather weathere d } at 16/.. and 10 tons good fresh at 18/. per ton. In B ar '' wood and Camwood nothing done. A parcel of SO he", of fine Philadelphia Bark has brought 14s. 9d. per cvv i ,..," Small sales of Shumac are effected at 10s. 6d. a II& 7 "' Sicily, and 7s. a Ss. for Verona, no Malaga in the 1114 4. ket. There has appeared more inquiry for Valoniay tons Morea have been sold at 15/. 12s. 6d. a 16/., and la tons fine Smyrna at 18/. 10s. per ton. Arrd forgolsn and ery othing v done rlt t t h le e l a o t w m er a d rke esc t. ript i;mi .i° lo of AlnrgGolalals and reinquie demand for Saltpetre is trifling, about 150 bags have bt4, sold at 235. for ordinary, and 255. 6d. for fine. A f, t, casks fine Venetian Tartar have brought 795. per " 0 ,1 Cochineal is offering at lower prices, eight serousg ° silver have been sold at 12s. per lb. duty paid. Americo' Bees Wax meets a steady sale at JO?. 15s. a 11/. Per c l vt. Nothing has been done in Flax or Clover Seed, the owl. season may now be considered as over, and the prieet°r these articles nominal. About 250 bales Turkey bil l Roots have been of, part at 855., the price of 0 ' remainder has not transpired. There is a fair demand f° l. Madders, and about 46 casks Ombros and Crops have bee° taken. The demand for Olive Oil continues limited ; the eel ° of the week are five tons Gallipoli at 43/., and a few P i P e : Sicily at 41/. 10s. per tun. Seed Oils are steady. t o improved demand bas appeared for Newfoundland Cod . th and about 90 tuns have been sold at 241. a 24/. 5e. , 1 " .. .k a few tuns at 24/. 10s., the few remaining holders now a' 24/. 15s. a 25/. per tun. For Seal Oil, very little and prices rather lower. Palm Oil remains steady at ILd per tun. Oil of Turpentine in good demand. There 'I; , appeared a better inquiry for Carolina Rice and 270 o i i have been sold at 19s. a 219., with 300 bags East India 225. duty paid. The sale of Hides are 1,100 dry- 10 , Brazil Ox and Cow at 61. a ltd. ; 900 North Arner: i ea . salted at 4d. a qd. ; 200 Buenos Ayres salted at 611: and 100 dry Petersburgh at 644. per lb. In, Horse 11 „ 1 ,7i nothing done. Hemp is dull of sa l e . Th e sa l es Of ' 1 „; low have not been extensive this w ee k, th e pr i ce s regi s steady. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 2 .... 8 . a > . Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. Andover 54 65 34 41 30 34 Carlisle... 67 43 38 52 62 35 43 32 36 Morpeth 48 54 35 37 25 30 5 0 Newcastle 53 63 36 44 . 27 34 48 60 • Romsey 48 56 40 42 34 36 50 6$ Sheffield 58 65 40 45 30 40 60 Winchester 58 40 0 .4; • Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d, v„ Birmingham BO 88 53 59 53 56 74 80' Coventry 70 76 52 58 52 66 7g A In Newcastle ( Staff.) 9 9 10 0 6 6 7 0 5 0 5 6 1„' Northallerton ... 70 83 00 00 40 46 ° 0 0 Penrith 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 0 0 ' II Stafford 76 80 50 56 50 59 "• 9 Worcester-- 7 2 '7 9 5 2 6 3 4 8 5 6 B ,s Per WI:. n 15,1 Barnardcastle........ 12 0 17 0 0 0 10 6 0 11 0 4 Darlingtoft 13 6 15 010 6 00 66 70 b " it 6 Durban' 130 159 106 00 80 86 10 0 0 0 Stanhope 12 6139 00 10 070 00 0 0 0 0 13 3 14 6 00 00 I' B 90 " 0 0 Wolsingham 13 Q 15 0 ,11 0 0 0 9 0 10 0 0 0 SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET.—May 15.,, a t SO We had a middling supply of Wheat, which sold quiC.„ e rsr advance of Is. on the top, and 2s. 2d. 7-12ths on the he ape' Of Barley the quantity was small, and 2s. lid. lower;on t rage. Pease are also down. Oats and Beans are high er ' 3 ,o9. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. 5 6 s Od First 63s (k 1 43s Od 40s Od 52s 00 2 , Od - Second.- 60s Od 42s Od 36s Od 49s Od 49sO d Third There were 301 qrs. of Wheat its market, whereof 943 sold ho 50 ...at 63, 00 190 .at - 60 s. Od. 27 .at O,, ea 4,0 n I 91 -59 0 I 2 Wheat. First 63s Od Second 60s Od Third There were 301 qrs. et 50 ...at 63s. Od 46 21 Barley. 43s Od 42s 'Od 38s Od Wheat in 90 ...at 21 Oats. Pease. 40, Od 52s Od 36s Od 49s Od 33s Od 468 Od market, vet. reof 242 a :60s. Od. I 27 ...at.., 59 0 I 2 58 Ungqld-5 Grey N E 17. tier id saw 13 el 22 0 26s Od MINING INTELLIGENCE. Toni_ )uantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursday 2 , 48. k • :verage Produce 1 2 03 0 41 ! juantity of fine Copper 11 1 . 11 ‘ lanount of Sale, 15,8104 Os. (kl.—Average Standard, 1 • DALKEI The supply of all vily at a trifling adv Wheat. TH COR kinds of G. ince on last Barley. 3gs 6d 283 Od 26 Od . MARK, rain was mt week's pri( .171%—hlay tolerate, an, ices. Oats. Firgt . i2 (ja r Second 29s Od Third 29s Od 26s Od Pease. 28s Od 28s Od 24s Od 243 Od CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. The following is a summa. TINDAL. BANKEi. St. Peter's College 17 9 Clare Hall ls 28 Pembroke Hall Caius College Trinity Nall '7 6 Bennett College King's College lO 14 Queen's College Catherine Hall 6 8 Jesus College 2O 15 y of the late poll 400' TINDAu 0 7 9 Christ's College 9 1 „ St4.lohnis.College... 9 ' Magdalen College... g 7S Trinity College ...... 191 fig Emmanuel College to 1 6 Sidney C011ege...... 5 , Downing College, " Commorantes 41 9 _de:, stesvat 4 BIRTHS. On the 18th inst., in Craven-street, Mrs. a son. lea On the 14th inst., at Cheltenham, the lady 4 's Brett, of a daughter. - - MARRIED. of ean of On the 10th inst., at Reading, William Coird),.,%lr e ! of Exeter, to Anna, daughter of Wilson Lomer, Castle Hill. —........."";°' f .0 ED. 11 On the 14th inst., Sul Dl k, eeeond tinughtel . ach, Esq., of George-street, ovsa At 04 • PAINTED a A .PuRTJAHin .ftti Y _ s Sur-Orrics, - No. 112, .Straud.