The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-26 00:00:00

' USDA 0 MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) .rica, Liu ° , London t' ['rived fro° '; Berdor l P won, tlatils )Utb for ftv Covei ti glish . rsh . ........ '''''''• '• '' ARRIVALS. . —Arrive, X"eOrge of he AIWA r her erre 11 51P f the E lien in wI 15 0 4111, ear 7. Per dozen 5 o in e Q .......... . ......... . ................. tiGuvrte L.,,etioes: ' e Pe le 2 0 h r t .. i . r . e . 4.: .. p . ........ u o g , ,toundera, per t, 14, re Eels er 'ilb q - tern • f ,1 ''..n pi Plaice, per basket .. ite , p • • ........................ .. •• • 5 _ 3 0 4reah Herrings 11 ibtraetitopirtebru bushel e..r.. u.n. dre.k..l 43 (4 I,ilnferior ditto' Per tt°l4 •• • izine 8 ...................................... 0 0 me V a a r ; i n oth ter lb, Red Herrings. per hundred Scotch ditto . Whi te s . , ........................................ 0 0 0(„t alt ditto,.. JO - 0 nativeCo alt 0 ................. li:;1 .. Men, per bus ...................................... „ s ten. for of f a n y !, t he ore f e d n Ia a I ”: s pi e , : ' o Looa °° ' side of at tik de° CLo' were don e r first price loch better se nt er ect Ivey car. an d from : eat a re 1 " noPle tbs" i are gate d ile wen!' the y e'te ,. day , the t i ! ) esui ,t • s tate 3 vere beig repar awr {. h o 134 ° i 0 2 For ei g '' ; ari d CO' 0 1301: a$ 7 not° - a re been the Go' - :elider, i" l a nds COw rid Pa" i r il Brazilian he AccetTrit s, 53 3 Pw: e a, 48 gUi 59 i 805 ; Dive, 6 ase, 71 t 3; zili n, 70 per 19 18 di S 0 Or' ;rety ota te ' AccOU nt W 46 tO GG~CX" LICES , , , 5, , - r • 4 DAY') Carter , t 'olently 11, a, Heal plie d " Wind" of $ to P in fortli $0 nt„ ,o • I a pring i if v riga e 1. " , wo 110 USe pro Pa ir9 ,l of a Pel l — ire that to take her spirits into her 4 0 00 three 01)0 lei confine• house, and i n dividualif Ldustry au' dupe of by er to keel). well for . . [nn, urhP makorpo 7 dill of the e t he v4 iry7 'ted to the r tbe ce r P. s vi „ of l' i9 file se, r eg. rC file duty ed a o 0- 41 0 . - 0 ,4 of iefs,°l the . . 10 ly I Who, sen At t he d. ° c lainia e had d" : (3 j g disttsrb i lrel, 6 s l , itli a ll 3 1, Y Wanchester cTILO iI t : day vig, i - o h s o the h° - . 1 , north, t girl, ,_„ 0 from sn inking be clocked t" s, bows/ c i f; her 0 0 tj ' • vho is ad his ro0010; P h r o % t to a ,he robr tents Cog:, which " The arrivals CORN EXCHANGE. (i s! , thin repotted this week are very small, and there an attendance of buyers at the Coin Exchange kwi Y n, " r ". 4 ! it ma Y be denominated a holiday-market. 1e tinest tkl " of Wheat, Barley, and Beans, as are below fit,, quarry !ni g ht b e p urc ha se d at rather lower prices. " "&li are held firmly at the terms last quoted. Wheat. 1 - 11 arl;. Oate. I Flour. 450 qrs. 2,050 qrs. U 0 qrs. 1,500 sacks. r„,,, -- --,_.'..--- 11 ''tl-111ARKET, BILLINGSGATE. 4,t :17e wasilt tolerably fair stock of fish in the mar• th e ria morning. Cod-fish, Turbots, and Soles, were e i 'l lr ' lief arriVa h A small quantity of Salmon was in t h a e r ; r i t :4 )ll . t the q . uality . was inferior. The following were Prim e . r •-- Ditt o ,„,u,tho„ t. each iss.oa. to W s ' 1311 ' Pin. c‘.., per do /it'4l o , M- isil. each . ..... ~....... ............... s me r 'tato liad ( l each ................ li riii ock s , . .............. ...., einitSTMAS BOXES. 1 Amou r th° ' 4 ent --- o lterchange of courteous little gifts so Pr° , I°/ -es . ll 4 4 t , r th Present - season ; the following Christmas `9prep t i„ 'W. e understand, been . received—as the most lir Th....,e g ift l---....._ yb thrir respective owners :- 11--- '- --- -e Lindley'. Murray's Grammar 14r j et ,l.--..,..„ I 4 r. ii".....'' i l Memoirs of a Pensioner R sing the Wind, a fr.reo d c J l , 4.: 1 6% • ,ai ' o f Job, extra calf L rd - . 13, 4 der Sec di 4r. elz- . .:, ........... _ Miniature Engraving of S. Wilde ri - `u St. James's Hell A brace., of P country) , g pec eon i s aic ; s i ti!om 3 "' tit; :41 W..... 1 ...................... Beauties of Canning .41 t:-..--:::d......... A clean pair of top - boots . s ' .... D . , (. 7 '. . . ..„ t Hewlett on Resignation ~1 ''titor ,; X---11 ............ A view of Chester Cathedral ~ ...t i John Bull A bottle of Hartshorn _,. ---- Y Matrimony, a farce, and ffis. 7r. il .I; -...._. thus on Population f , b r i ----e ....................... Love's Labour Lost TD THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta to, I arrived from the country this morning, and has rietl,l4bluAist, through the medium of youtPaper, that i t n i y e 4 iatt ea , l4 , 4 the public will suspend their opinion in ll 14 Robert Evans on the ex-parte statement of Mr, sk til tu eY have heard both sides of the question. S'reatlitta- the Sir, your obedient humble se r v ant, 5, CHAS. ROWCROFT. A aturd4.l e"ut of the inhabitants was held last teolv, c 7 4t the town of Queenborougb, in which it was Phteel t° Petition Parliament against the res trictions tl4 titedt tlie Corp ora ti on on the fisheries. The meetin g tend ed. we4t interest, and was fully and respectably at- S TET 4 4 Y, th e TRADE.--- Thts being Christmas 411 gt h A M anchester market was h eld y esterda y . As 4 el cPeeted from the season of the year, and the f 'ua t rona the usual market -d ay , there wait not much t: ule4 Tin 4 3 , 4 l _ l3 ' 4 B;mt what was done, was on fully as good l etefore,--Blanchester Mercury. hart), , 4 _ B ° 4 of Mr. BROOKS, butcher, of Abbots ty d: Q of fourteen yeara of age, who was lately bitten o S OPpOeed to be rabid, bud been visited with son- I t i t lld other symptoms of that most dreadful malady. 4i:co to exist very generally among the dogs in that 'ep s " -1/( aithood, and the Magistrates have in consequence t their orders for destroying any of these an i ma l s 1 %4 in the streets.—Exeter Alfred. ;; it Sven o'clock on Saturday morning their 4-4 44t a t. .oies the Marquis and Marchioness WRLLESLEY, I. llo„Z!.tecpective suites, took their departure from the ilark edfor l itk, and proceeded to Howth, wher e th ey em - A44 4t. England, on board Captain Sr IN N ER ' s steam httetew We understand his Excellency's journey was in consequence of an express be received from the 4 ' 4 t of th e Channel. Freeman's Journal. i curre ntly e, - 14 reported that the ports of ll tathit liarnstaple, and Bideford, are to be classed to to . ° l* the p ur p ose o f retrene l imen t, a nd that Bideford one yap mother port : in which case there will be but of tl ,l'ator and Comptroll er , w ith a coast-office at each 4 1fr t ,17 4 a 1 ' places instead of a custom-house.—Exeter ,„ • " 4 11(1,1 1 'ultio. Owing, no doubt, to the over- - 14 , N1 1t a O f . forieer years, mason work is unusually dull at ; extensive builder, who has resided from his teis. 4 this states that there is lees building t - quarter, tZ t Meant than there has been any winter for at of :1 Years. The various trades, depending on the new buildings, are of course feeling the effects 4 ,. 114 loin s -11 , 4111 very severely. The wages of the masons Lat,,,, 0440, " ate at present from lls. to 12s. a week....- tl._ 2kfercnry• , • ao T leB Ponde nt at Appledore says, " The 41) Pleda 44 % of cr ime in the towns of East and West 11'ttili tes te te tlaire and demand the appointmen t of some duet of th t , a lld active Magistrates. The unrestrained of unr tn rs so esstrainngeedcon ."Y now P e ople renders the res idence 401 irre an t, that th e se places canno t be resorted to—. With intC atit Y and disorder are no where else to be met count Y ."Wad. • - Exeter-- 411, pt , W eek• but one we had to recor d an at 121kAl,:' b y a wo man of the name of 45v5(1 b ee lCkv_4o I t j ue g ti h en iself but was providentially r ted er „ ,Y 1,::" h usb an d. e We n ow have to inform ou ,tsar ft eon she effected her purpose. V t !: the family aern during the afternoon, sent for ale, and was heard to say, " She knew she '4\P - " 4 94s s „ t°the and she might as well go at once --"'• ifitttiew. w t calling herself LER, lately left her she bat never herobasket to the over ' *he had it chriliteneti. ve eti went te 6hance."..—Exttsr Alfred. The child ngyer a Bideford, of Alo nursday as War. MOGRIDGE bi to - , ,, geott, was about to eonS at tempted up' but ze hie dog, it when another brother succeeded i n ty i ng him Ward s I , l l n doing so the dog bit him i n the arm ; i t after stable, v t i t i l 'ronth a rope, and then was ch a i ne d u p in toe Cat W 45 put in it 'thowed every symptom of hydrophobia ; He then c a t! w hil him, which he instantly tore to pieces. two or I ' "in flesh as far as he could reach, —Exeter -4/ ./red. three ' 4 3 1 died in dreadful agony er _ _ _ N° VRL U N L i i. o n Monday morn ing, m r. T. b inIITAKING. nlinaecitn.ey, t t ,; i 4 aa llui a gentleman of fortune, residing near ii:,,lla --- watd, one backward , fm ,... nook for a wager of 500 guineas, to walk a —l. n ne mile d mile mile, and wheel a harrow ° Tie Mile, a ll f ' dr a w a gig one run one mile, bowl 0111 , 114 ... r.1...-4:-.un n; PWahrtleohfle h e is u t n as d k er w te as ok to do in fifty minutes. to trot one mile, gallop This to be "'mt, and d • • harness . was dOno i ll 4_ rive one mile in • mina minutes, for two hundred guineas more; be two h allow e d f • li then made a three h„_, or harnessing. e i n an bed guineas more, Thi s n 2 1 , 1; making the total undertaking for 1,000 that the whole should guineas.bdone tva r ld -. :""1 had been anxiously looked for by the spo rting i Sim , 4id aa d isetting ran thus :—Five to four against the and t w ttaking being done in fifty minutes; seventonfoteunr rnhaute:,7lltu against the second part being done i , a t th... 2 taste six and seven to four oue %lite,- taste la one hour. Owing to the unpropti _. against the compl . e . tion Tlaie kt al 64.tba weather, the ground was. but thinly attended n aha tether, tac k Place upon a one-mile piece of ground o 1 ,,, . - ; ,. l ' a luli and was done as follows : '` l uking t.. "'t Part sn. s. Second Part. en. st Vialki n k Zle mile AO 2 Trotting one mile .- • 3 ? Running n 4%1.'".11 r(1...11 24 Galloping one wile— 3 10 Bowlia, a i' m il .., 5 10 Harnees 340 Drawl; a ,°°; l'' •-..,, 6 20 Whetli '''. '''• • 7 66 ( 1, a bill r o ": 8 52 vr.. 9 56 Total, Pint Part 49 tS4 " Wi nn 4 Grand Total 59 40 ‘ognotoeuc an th n is 11 i % . r nat e, b y on ly 20 aacondatat the Te thing),ol 4041.4e'01a were lon rcie h a( W °94 NEW CATITOLTC ASSOCIATION. (From the Dublin Evening Post of Saturday.) P. COSTELT o, Esq., in the Chair. Catholic Rent received this week, 1001. 3s. 3d. Mr. O'CONNELL announced that the sum of 291. had been received this day towards defraying the expenses of the Rev. Mr. Maguire's late trial-10/. of which was from Lord Riveiston. Counsellor MURPHY described, in a speech em bodying much sound reasoning, the great advantages which would arise from education to this country, and from the collection of the Catholic Rent. Mr. O'CornoLL moved a vote of thanks to the Right Rev. Dr. Logan, for his successful and labo rious exertions in the cause of his religion and of his country, which was particularly exemplified in his acute and penetrating scrutiny into the frauds and falsehoods of the Irish Society.—(Carried.) Rev. Mr. L'EsTRANGE reported from the Educa tion Committee, and submitted to the Association its plan of converting the apartments at present un occupied in the lower part of the building in which the Association is held, to the purposes of a Model School, until the intended building to be raised for that purpose be completed. It was moved upon and carried. Mr. O'CONNELL stated, that he had reason to know that the grant to the Kildare-street Society would be discontinued by Government next Session. ,Mr. CURRLN, who asserted at the late Reforma tion Meeting, held at the Rotunda, that in the pa rish of Booterstown alone there had been no fewer than 119 conversions from the Protestant to-the Catholic belief -within the last year, came forward to reiterate the statement, which he now did by the authority of the Catholic Priest of that parish, and mentioned the names of a number of the most re cent that had abjured Protestantism. Mr. O'CONNELL, in an able and highly compli mentary speech, moved upon his notice for a vote of thanks to Mr. Conway. He said, that to men tion the name of Frederick William Conway was to eulogize the man. When first he became acquainted with him, it was in the year 1810, when Mr. Con way was Secretary to the Anti-Union Committee— he dwelt upon the talents he brought to the cause of his country and the Catholic religion, of which he was not a member; his letters to Lord Lansdowne, in the Dublin Evening Post, he saw translated into speeches in Parliament, and into - the speeches of orators elsewhere . ; be saw evidences delivered be fore a Committee of the Parliament, based on them; and while Mr. Conway possessed in his writings the varied excellencies of strength, order, precision, and phraseology, he bad the singular merit of always bearing out his advocacy by the exhibition of facts, and of never baying written a single sentiment that could, in any way, be detrimental to the interest of Ireland. Mr. SEEM seconded the motion in an animated and brilliant speech, and observed, that it was not merely among those immediately interested that Conway's talents and patriotism were appreciated— men of the first acquirements themselves, here and in England, had expressed their sense of his talents; among them he would merely mention the name of Thomas Moore, from whom he had seen a letter thanking Mr. Conway for the services he had ren dered his country: Mr. ENEAS IVPDONNELL said it was not merely in the Dublin Evening Post that Mr. Conway had applied the power of his energies for his country ; in private communications which he (Mr. //PD.) had from time to time received from Mr. Conway— he had become possessed of valuable facts and ob servations. _ _ _ The motion was then put and carried with accla. mation. The Meeting then adjourned. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LITERPOOL Telegraph Ol.ee, Dec. 24. The wind during the early part of the day was from the S. S.W. This evening, at fire p.m. it increased to a vio , lent gale from the westward, but is more moderate now, at nine p.m. We understand that some of the vessels in the King'e Dock have parted from their moorings during the gale, but have not received much damage. The Sir Howard Douglas, hence for New York, was spoken on November 26. in let. 21. 10., long. 61. 30., and was supplied with provisions by the Hegartb, from Charleston, arrived yesterday. Arrived the Pyramus, from Santa Martha ; Julius Caesar, M'Mullen, and Aleyope, Pearce, from Virginia. The British ship Fortitude, of ----, was fell in with, waterlogged, by the Ann Elisabeth, from Malaga, for Boston, U. S. The Ann Elizabeth had taken from the week some sails and other articles, of which she was in need. • MONDAY, b nllo. 24.—High water 34 minutes past three o'eloak.--Wind W.S.W.--Arrived the Martha, Thomas, from Waterford, with wheat, &c. ; Friendship, Clousten, from Sligo, with oats ; Perthshire, Dunning, from Sligo, with oats; Enterprise (steamer), Crawford, from Glasgow, with sundries ; Mersey, Johnston, from Glasgow, with sundries ; Sheffield (steamer), Richards, from)3elfast, with sundries; City of Dublin (steamer), Mul hollanu, from Dublin, with sundries ; Annan, Beck, from Annan, with barley ; Eliza Knightly, Berrell, from Drogheda, with wheat ; Lady Florence, Bishop, from Drogheda, with wheat ; Hawk, Sutherland, from London derry, with oats ; Jane, Wilson, from Portaferry, with potatoes ; Irishman, Lowden, from Dumfries, with barley ; Packet, Milne, from Dundalk, with grain; United Friends, Roberts, from Bristol, with sundries ; Marianne, M'Cullocb, from Killough, with potatoes; Stair Stewart, Steventon, from Sligo, with oats and butter ; Etna (steamer), Emerson, from Dublin, with the mail. One brig off at three o'cjock. CLICARED OUTWARDS. —The Leeds, Hibbard, for New York ; Star, Cook, for Lisbon ; Flora, Rooderkirk, for Rstterdam ; Julian, Johnston, for Africa ; Wm. Brandt, Bermester, for Rig Jdneiro ; Sea Nymph, Abbot, for Malta and Gibraltar. By letters from Simla, in Upperord A India, dated the sth of May, we understand that ET and his party " cont inued to en j o y their resid ence amongst th e mou ntains. The wea ther was 50 c oo l, as to render nece ssary morning an d evenin g . It was with much fires regr that the approaching period of departure was contemplated by all. The mission from Rutin! Simi - , arrived on the 4th, escorted by a party of Regular Infantry and Lancers, who are said to have made a respectable figure. The pre sent, were very costly, and a mongst them, is an entire tent, maths of the most valuable shaw ls ; this is intended for the with one of the King of ENGLAND. Captain WADI', Aides-de-Camp was to be scot with a letter and presents to the Court of the MANARAJA in return..-- Calcutta Go vernment Gazette. A great sensation was excited here on Mon day morning, by a wretch in the shape of a female, who was apprehended by CUALK, a constable, and taken to the town-clerk's office, where she underwent an examination before Sir larctraan BAsserr, Knt., and Tnos. Sxwar,L, Esq., Recorder, charged with administering poison to an other female named Coox, on Sunday evening last. It appears they were in habits of intimacy, and on the even ing in question, they had been drinking at a public •house here, in company with a gentleman's servant, w h en some jealous feelings appear to have manifested themselves on the part of Bistror (this being the name of the prisoner.) They, however, separated at seven o'clock, each oue to their own lodgings : scarcely bad two hours elapsed, when Mentor, as if meditating the destruction of her unfortunate rival, wet her on the road leading to Albany barracks, when she assailed her with language not proper to be named, and finally struck her a blow, which was follow ed by others. At length a sort of armistice took place ; Brsisor saying she was very sorry for her conduct, and added, I have a bottle of good stuff in my pocket ; we will drink together, and be good friends again. This the other poor creature assented to, and took the bottle from her, and drank a good portion, until, finding it having some pesuliar taste, she drank no more. They then parted. Between one and two in the morning, the unfortunate Coax was seized with those symptoms attending persons having taken any poisonous mixture, when James WHITE BASSZTT, Esq., an eminent surgeon of this town, was sent for, and immediately attended with the stomach pump, and applied it so effectually for four hours, that he was the means of saving her life. From want a a material witness, Bisuor was remanded until Tuesday morning, when she was again brought before the earn . 1 being sufficiently corroborated , the we was dismiseed. , - e Magistrates; and the evidence not licsenpah ire didthlrtilers AnCDOTtS OF GAMING,. " The first class consists of those newly intro duced, plenty of money at immediate command, sur rounded by the affections and esteem of friends and relatives, great in resources, of a contented, happy, healthful, and respectable appearance, with gold watches and a variety of other costly ornaments. — It is a matter of joke and speculation with the se cond and third class, how long these appendages to a gentloman will be retained, keenly recollecting how they had been compelled to part with their own. Some have carriages, horses, servants, &c. These are treated with marked respect ; bows and smiles at every turn, but in a short time they begin to feel the griping influence of such places, and all their advantages by degrees to wither, when most of them are seen descending to the second class. " The second class is composed of those who formerly held a situation in the first. These wear upon their visages a look of care and deep anxiety, and have nearly drained their resources dry, their friends beginning to shy and turn their backs upon them. From having a good change of habiliments, they now appear day after day, with the same clothes on, though still of genteel appearance. Their horses, &c., all sold off, and their watches and or naments at the pawnbroker's, when many of them rapidly descend to the' third class. This being ob served, an awkward show of respect is paid them by the creatures of the hells; in short, they can scarcely treat them with common civility. " The third class.—Here it would be well if there were nothing more to disclose. The third class consists of those who have descended from the first class to the second, and have at last reached a degree of abject misery truly heart-rending. Their money all gone, their resources wholly dried up, and their connexions and friends (hopeless of them) entirely lost to them. They present pictures of the deepest distress, want, and despair, not knowing where to obtain a meal one over anot her, or how to secure a bed night after night, their clothes faded and thread bare. The closely buttoned-up coat but ill conceals the absence of a waistcoat or ebirt, or the soil of them. These, then, are shut out from ' hell' to hell' till none but the lowest description will admit them. At night they flock to the English hazard houses, where they bury their miseries in sleep upon chairs, or upon the ground. Many will group to gether, and utter bitter and horrid imprecations upon their follies and unhappy condition." " Captain —, late of the Life Guards, was in the habit of playing daily at No. 9, Bennett s street, and coming in his regimentals. It had been ob served by one of the dealers, that the Captain al ways played upon the colour nearest to him, whether black or red, and that when that colour lost, be only drew a two one-pound stake, and when it won, he had to pay seven pounds to a five and two one pound stake. He communicated his suspicions to Fielder, the proprietor, who, on the Captain's next coming, narrowly watched him. It is a usual prac tice with players to put the face of the notes down wards upon the table. The Captain lost a stake, the bank drew two one-pound notes. The Captain won the next, and turned the notes to he ;paid. There Were two ones and a five at the bottom. A look passed between the keeper and the dealer. The seven-pound stake was paid without observation, and a closer watch kept, to ascertain how the trick was done. The Captain won another coup, and turned the notes up as before. The stake was likewise the same. The cheat . was effected by a five pound note being kept in the palm of the hand, which, upon turning up the two ones, was adroitly slipped underneath, and thus made it a seven-pound stake. The, five-pound note was examined, and the creases from the pressure of the hand left no doubt of the fact. The Captain was covered with shame and confusion, and received a torrent of the lowest abuse, in spite of his long sword and regimentals." " A well-dressed man, a native, went to a house in the Palais Royale, where they play from five francs to twelve thousand (about_sool. English.) , He threw a purse, containing that amount, consist ing of louis and billets de bank, upon the colour nearest the windows. The colour lost on which it was thrown. He snatched it up, as if in a great rage, and, with a few :acres, threw another purse, cor responding in appearance, out of the window into the jardin, and deposited, unperceived, the rich filled purse safely in his pocket. The other was fetched. It contained a few francs and two or three louis wrapped up in a paper."—Life in the West. LIFE and CONFESSIONS of a BURGLAR, The rapidity with which crime is spreading in all directions in this country, will at last, we should think, draw the attention of the influen tial part of the community to this most impor tant subject. If some measures of a preventive nature be not soon taken, it will be no easy matter to make head against the evil. Poverty and the Game Laws are, no doubt, the grand sources of this alarming increase of crime. Po verty cannot be prevented, but the spread of it may be arrested by such an improvement of the Poor and Bastardy Laws as may check the in crease of population, in which it has its source. The Gams Laws, again, hold out a temptation to the poor man which he cannot resist, and which ends by making him a criminal. The fol lowing account of a burglar and a highwayman, which we extract from The Essex Herald of yesterday, ought to be perused with something more than idle curiosity by our regular State Doctors : _ _ . John Turner, alias John Hardy, alias John New man, convicted of the burglary at Samuel Robin son's, at Runwell, and the robbery at William Dale's, at Ramsden Crays, suffered pursuant to his sentence on Friday last. His conduct after the re proof he received from Winters, who treated him most contemptuously for turning snitch, was more reserved ; and on being asked if he had any thing to confess, he declined, observing that he had already said too much. After a few days, during which he entertained some hopes of a commutation of his sen pththtmhlarelueeekecznoninhnreteopwlrmfirgneoreilipioivnifrgeuetiiseiwo:NyfiTyhnoe:isxucatiaelr,:detiNuicdvbtetaeiixoospbiti tence, Turner became more resigned, attended to anxiousiaesitl, observingtoh d i e m desire r e t oh f fo r after h t e a k condu c ted ing ol e sa h c i r m am se e lf n zi h th e ascended, with a firm step, the laddez which led to the scaffold, where he cast his eyes towards the multitude in front of the gaol, but said nothing. expressed tsbosafee dbit ul srent Chaplain with ap parent The usual preparations having been completed, a signal was given. and the drop fell. The criminal appeared to suffer but little. The wife, who re sides at Toppesfield, had been with him the pre ceding day ; she told him plainly that she should be at no expence as regarded the disposal of his re mains; they were therefore placed in a shell, and on the following night committed to the earth in Springfield churchyard. We have heard a report that several suspicious characters were seen in the vicinity of the burial ground about that time; it would give but little pain were we certain of that which is but barely suspected, viz. that his body is undergoing a further examination, and thus, after death, making some return to that society upon which he committed, during his life-time, so many depredations. John Turner was born at Finchingfield, but after wards gained a settlement at Toppesfield, where he married, and hes left a wife with four children. He lived there creditably until 1822, when his career of wickedness commenced by stealing wood. Having undergone imprisonment for this act of delinquency, in the following year he was apprehended for steal ing hop-poles. He had nearly put a fatal stop to his criminal p r oceedings, by striking at the constable who was taking him into custody with the poles in his possession, with a bill-hook; and had the blow not been warded off, the death of G. Smith (the constable) must have ensued, In March, 1824, he broke into, the ben-house of Josiah -Glasscock, at Castle,Hedingham, and stole nine turkeys and ten chickens, in company with several others, who have since been sent out of the country. He eluded the hands of justice on this occasion for ten months, when he was taken at his grandmother's house, -at Finchingfield, after a desperate atteult to escape, by jumping out at the window, he however hung by it hook, and was secured. Whilst confined upon this charge, and before trial, he effected his escape by scaling the walls of the prison, and was not heard of for two years and a half, during which time he mar riJd two other wives ; one at. Bristol, by whom he had two-children, the other at. Woolwich. Ile was retaken on the 4th of June; at Little Thurrock fair. Japes Salmon was at that time in his company, and appears, according to Turner's representation, to be a most notoriously bad character. He was tried, and in the absence of a material witness, acquitted of the charge of felony, and therefore could not be tried for the escape.. When apprehended for the robbery at Ramsden, which he committed a few days after he was discharged from prison, he con fessed having also committed the burglary at Run well. About the time of Robinson's robbery several other depredations were committed;, among others the house of Mr. Giles Wakeling, at Laindon, was entered; some spoons and a pack of 'cards were taken ; the spoons were traced to have been sold to Mr. Chapman, at Gravesend, and the cards were found in Turner's pocket. Turner requested to see Watts before be suffered ; he exonerated Watts from having been generally concerned; he said it was his first offence in his company, and that his .situation might be attributed to the villainy of J. Salmon. The following voluntary confession of Turner was taken before a Magistrate : " In the course of the spring of the present year I was working as a labourer in the Brick-yard, at Grays, in Essex, and had lodgings in the house of James Salmon, labourer, and soon formed an ac quaintance with him and his brother George Salmon, which led also to an acquaintance with James Phil pot and John Argent, labourers, who lived at South Ockendon, four miles from Grays. Philpot and Argent were out of work for a considerable time, and when we met together, used to consult with each-other how we could get money. James Sal mon, on one occasion, said, when he worked with Mr. S. Robinson, of Runwell, farmer, he had seen as many bank-notes in Mr. R.'s possession as would fill a stocking, and his brother and he had observed them when Robinson used to pay them and other labourers at the parlour window ; and added, he knew where the money was, and could get it if he had any body to go along with him, and it was pre sently agreed by George Salmon, Argent, and myself, to join in the robbery ; and Argent said that Philpot and he had been connected together before, and he had no doubt bet he would join in this, and we agreed to meet on Monday night, in a fortnight from that time, and which would be late in the month of May, and I believe it was the 25th,near Downham Church, and we all five did meet together at that place ; I was quite a stranger to that part of the country. We all went from thence together towards Mr. Robinson's; we passed over Laindon Hills, and by the Shepherd and Dog, at Grays Hill, and came to a place which they called the Castle—it was a farm-house, and the name of the farmer, Richardson ; we took from a plough of his, which lay by the side of a cart-shed, an iron plough coulter, in order to break open Mr. Robinson's house, and James Salmon had a chisel in his possession; we had no fire arms or 'other weapons. When we got to Mr. Robinson's yard, two dogs barked violently, but ran away when they saw us, and continued barking at a distance; but they did not disturb any of the family that I know of. We saw no light, nor heard any one move, during the time'we were there. We broke the parlour window, and so unfastened it; slid up the sash, and forced the shutter, which'was an inside one, into the room; this was principally done by James Philpot, with the coulter. Philpot was the first that went in, and James Salmon followed him ' • Argent and myself remained outside, about a rod from the window, and George Salmon kept watch in a gar den on the opposite, side of the house. Philpot and James Salmon were engaged inside about twenty minutes, as near as I can tell, and then came to the window, and brought some glass bottles. with liquor --nine bottles in all; and we afterwards found that they were eight full bottles of gin and half a bottle of brandy, also two coats, one wine glass (an old fashioned one), and James Salmon said it was the one the old man (meaning Mr. Robinson) always used, and it was afterwards taken Away by James Philpot, and I have eveiy reason to believe he has it now ; Ardent and he disputed about who should have it. We drank and emptied one bottle of gin close to the yard, near the house, and the bottle was thrown into a hedge. Another was emptied at the bottom of the first field from the house, and the bottle disposed of as the first was ; and we emptied all but three before we got to Ockendon, and those three were taken, one each by James Philpot, James Salmon, and John Argent. Philpot broken open the bureau in the house with the coulter, as I sup pose; he had all the money which was stolen in his pockets, and he said he dropt a bank-note in coming off the common, but did not know what one it was; he produced three 51. Bank of England notes, and in goldAsilver, and copper money, 15/. 13s. lid. ; this we divided equally as we went along ; each re ceiving 3/. 2s. 7d.; and we were enabled to do this exactly on account of the silver and copper money. Philpot also produced a pocket-knife, which was given to Argent. From Ockendon we went to Corbet's Tye, and at a public-house there changed the first 51. bank-note ; I don't know the sign ' • very old people keep it, and it is situate opposite a black smith's shop. From thence we went to Hornehurch, to a public-house there, kept by a Suffolk man, who 'has but one eye, and knows John Argent, and there changed a second 5/. note, and divided the 101. be tween us, as we went along towards Romford: Phil pot went to a clothes' shop to get the third note changed, and George Salmon went with him and - bought a jacket; we all received 1/. a-piece of this note also. James Philpot had Mr. Robinson's best coat, and John Argent had the other with plated buttons on it; I did not see or hear any thing of a waistcoat, nor, of a Chelmsford 10/. bunk-note. When I was brought to gaol for an escape in June last, I heard of some one being prosecuted about a 30/. bank-note, by Mr.. Robinson, and concluded it was the one lost by Philpot. Since we separated at Romford, I have had no correspondence with the Salmons, Argent, or Philpot. I believe James Sal mon is now at Grays, George Salmon at Ramsden Heath, Philpot at Ockendon or Aveley, and John Argent lately worked at Ongar Hall, near Bulphan Fenn. Philpot pawned• a coat at Romford, as I believe." In consequence of the difference in the Ex changes which has of late taken place, some considerable shipments of Foreign Coin and Bullion have been made within the last month, amounting in the whole to more [him 500,000 ouncea. We understand that a further ix portation of about 190,000 ounces of silver coin, took place on Saturday last, by a vessel which left the river for Calais on that day. There was also about 2,000 ounces of gold bullion sent to Rotteidam at the same time. Nearlf the whole of the above quantity has been shipped through the medium of an agent of Mr. Rornscnap.—Aew Times. At a dinner at Chelsea Hospital, the bottle had passed round pretty freely. The Duke of YORIC, who was in high spirits, having just emptied a bottle, said to oue of the attendants, " Here, away with this marine." Upon which a General of that body, piqued for the honour of the corps, whom he considered to be insulted by such an observation, said, " I don'tunderstand what your Royal Highness means by liking an empty bottle to a marine." The Duke immediately replied, "My dear General, I mean a good fellow that has done hie duty, and who is ready to do it again." This neat turn excited applause : and becoming soon known in the army, has since been re peated with eclat at almost every mess table in the service. ..•Clabs of 407140 n, STEAM CARRIAGES. As the subject of steam-carriages is of great public interest at the present moment, and as a considerable degree pf misunderstanding prevails respecting the origin and progress of this branch of practical mechanics, we propose, previous to describing Mr. Gurney's machine, to give a slight chronological account of the inventions of those projectors who have preceded him, or are now engaged in attempting to accomplish this important desideratum. In 1772 the late Oliver Evans, of Philadel phia, while apprentice to a wheelwright, first conceived the idea of propelling land carriages without employing animal power. All the modes that have since been tried, such as the wind, treadles with ratchet wheels, cranks, &c. to be worked by men, were considered too futile by him to deserve a trial; by some subsequent ex periments with steam by a high pressure, he was convinced that he had discovered a suitable power ; upon which he renewed his studies with Increased ardour, and soon declared that he could make steam-wagons. This assertion drew upon him the ridicule of his associates, but, convinced of its feasibility himself, he main tained his position, and confirmed it by nume rous experiments. In 1786 he petitioned the Legislature of Penn sylvannia for the exclusive right to use his im• provements in the steam engine, in the construc tion of steam-mills and steam-waggons ; the Com mittee to whom the subject vas referred consi dered him insane, as regarded the latter proposi tion, and granted only the former. A similar petition to the State of Maryland was, however, successful in both points, owing to the good sense of the members of the Committee, who urged that the grant could injure no one ; that it might produce something good. These rea sons obtained a grant to Oliver Evans, in May, 1787, for fourteen years. An interesting ac count of this ingenious man's improvements in the steam-engine, and his experiments with steam-waggons, is given in Galloway's History of the Steam Engine, pp. 94-101. The public mind, both in England and Ame rica, was not at that time adapted for the encourage ment of such an undertaking, and Mr. Evans's pecuniary resources were inadequate to over come the obstacles which he met with in his proceedings; although the public trials made in Philadelphia of his steam waggons afforded de monstrative proofs to scientific man of their eco nomy, and of the practicabilit) of their construc tion ; but no capitalist was found disposed to advance the requisite sum for carrying the pro position into full effect. Mr. Evans being at the same time successful iii the application of his Admirable high pressure steam engine (de scribed in vol. iv. p. 301, Register of Arta) to propel boats, mills, &c. the steam-waggons were laid aside for a more convenient and propitious opportunity. In 1802, Messrs. Treivthick and Vivian pro posed to adapt their high pressure engine to pro pel carriages on the common road ; the form of their carriage resembled the common stage coach. The cylinder and boiler in a horizontal 'position were placed behind the carriage, and made to vibrate on pivots, so as to follow the revolution of the crank.—(See Register of Arts, vol. iv. p. 441.) In 1801 Messrs. Trevithick and Vivian's lo comotive engine was successfully applied to the Merthyr Tydvil Rail road, South Wales.--(lbid.) In 1811,. some improvements upon Trevi thick and Vivian's plans were introduced by Mr. Blenkinsopp, of Middleton Colliery, near Leads —(described Register of Arts, vol. iv. p. 443.) In 1813, Mr. William Brunton, of Butterly Iron Works, took out a patent for a locomotive machine, in which were first introduced the pro pellers, in imitation of the action of horses' legs and feet. This contrivance was materially im proved upon by Mr. David Gordon, and was subsequently adopted by Mr. Gurney, with but little variation.—(Described, Register of Arts, vol. iv. p. 444.) In 1814, Mr. Thomas. Tudal, of York, took out patents for improved steam-carriages, which we shall 'probably describe at an early oppor tunity. In 1815, Messrs. Dodd and Stephenson in troduced their patent improvements, which re sembled Trevithick's, with respect to the contact of surfaces to obtain propulsion.—(Described vol. iv. Register of Arts, p. 445.) In 1816, Messrs. Loch and Stevenson took out patents for further improvements, which con sisted in a mode of supporting the weight of the engine and machinery supportable on pistons, moveable in vertical cylinders, filled with steam, which acted as springs possessing the nicest elas ticity.—(lbid 446.) In 1821, - Mr. Julius Griffith, of Brompton, Middlesex, patented a new and very ingenious arrangement for a locomotive carriage ; it was the first in which the engines and machinery were placed upon springs. We hope to, beable, ere long, to furnish a description of this machine. In 1823, Mr. Samuel Brown applied his gas vacuum engine to the propulsion of a carriage, which has made several public experiments. In the same year, Mr. James, sen. patented some new contrivances, applied to locomotive carriages on railways.—(Described, Register of Arts, No. 40.) _ _ In 1824, Mi.. W. H. James, of Birmingham, and Thavies Inn, London, introduced some valuable improvements, and subsequently, an ex cellent boiler and propelling machinery, all of which are patented, and accurately descriliod in Nos. 72 and 99, Register of Arts. In the same year, Mr. David Gordon, of Claremont-square, London, patented his new Arrangements, which are fully described, with engravings, in No. 45, Register of Arts. In 1825, Messrs. Burstall and Hill, of South wark, produced their first locomotive carriage ; described, with figures, in the new series of this work, No. 2. In the same year, Major M'Curdy applied his steam apparatus to a carriage, fbr the common road. In 1826, Mr. Gurney commenced the appli cation of his patent steam generating apparatus to locomotive purposes. • . - In the same year, Messrs. Burstall and Hill took out their second patent for flirther improve ments ; a carriage, according to which, is built, and is undergoing alterations from time to time, as suggested by;repeated experiments. In the present year, Mr. James Neville, of Shad Thames, has undertaken and patented a peculiar construction of locomotive steam car riages. , _ Also this year, Mr. Frederick Andrews, of Stanford Rivers, Essex, a new patent invention for a similar o bj ec t. There are now b u ildi ng, or altering, in Lonaon only, the following steamcarriages of differen t constructions :—Gordo n ' s , James's, Gurney 's, Burstall's, Brown' s , H ancoc k' s (or Stratford, not mentioned before), also Beale's (Commercial road, not mentioned before), besidel several others, respecting which our information mutt at present remain private. It is likewise to be observed, that the preced ing list of locomotive projector s falls far short of' the whole of them ; they includ e only such as occurred to our memory, or were of easy refer ence to us, by having already appea re d i n t hi s work. Ou , r readers may be assured of our g i v i ng them the earliest intelligence of whatever experi.. ments may take place of importance among these horseless charioteers, and that their vehicles shall be all faithfully described and registered by us._ Register of Arts. CLAPHAM COMMON. This beautiful open space—the threatened enclo sure of which by Lord Spencer has so justly excited the alarm of the inhabitants and neighbourhood— contains 202 acres of land, and lies partly in Clap ham parish, and partly in that of Battersea. In 1760 (three years after which his Lordship's interest in it was purchased of the St. John family, to which it had before belonged) the spot is described as being little better than a morass; the roads to it were almost impassable, and the whole compara tively valueless. The late Christopher Baldwin, Esq. who resided there many years, and whose name is well known to the amateurs of agriculture as a zealous promoter of the science, was 'the person who first began its present improvements. These'he in great part completed by a subscription of the inha bitants, aided by his own private influence an d exertions as. a Magistrate. ['hey consisted irk draining and laying out the ground, and plant ing that beautiful variety of trees, both English and exotic, with which it is ornamented; which give to it the resemblance of a park, and have long made it universally admired. As a proof of the great improvement of property on the split in consequence, and the great request in which it is held, Mr. Baldwin, some years afterwards, sold 14. acres of land near his own house for the sum of 5,0001. The increase of inhabitants of the most wealthy and respectable class has been great since that time. The new church of Clapham was re-' moved from its original situation by the Wandsworth road to the North-east corner of- this common' in 1774, and cost 11,0001. merely with a view to ac commodate this increase of inhabitants; and near the same time a reservoir of line water, from which the whole village is supplied, was constructed near the road from Clapham-common to Wandsworth; well.o ki N ei a n t g e r f° c r o ni u could formerly no s t ° , and may. be denominated no t one bf the least in.- psinroavliemtheanttsa place,osfuffiticieientquantity tiie f water without' much difficulty, hi:: procured from day to day. Not only has the common and its immediate vi- 2 cinity become the seat of numbers' of the greatest and most optktit City merchants, and mansions and grounds of the most splendid description been form ed there since, but the whole line of road from the . .Common to town has felt the benefit of theie im provements; and from being, a few years since, a dark, lonely thoroughfare, it has now become, on each side, a continued range of gentleman's houses. Kennington-common, with its handsome residences and church ; the whole of the Brixton road, filled with houses of the most elegant description; and even the Vauxhaq-bridge Kennington-oval, and the new-formed road le a d tig ;hence tss 'Camberwell, with all the immense neigh. ,ourhood, forming around them, may be said, in a gre, t measure, to have originated from the laying out 0; C i saphanncommon. The name Claphassi is in Doomsday Book called Clopeham, and V.; is there said to contain seven plough lande, or about 1,120 acres. Mr. Lysons thinks this name to have been derived from some farmer possessor, and hints at Os g od Cl a ppa—the cognomen of th e Danish Lord, at whose manor feast, at Lambeth, Hardiea naredietr-4iS havinif been, pro bahly, that person. • in the reign of Edward the Confessor, it was held by Turburnus, and valued at 101. Geoffery de 'Mandeville, a Norman follomr of the Conqueror, is mentioned as the owner in the survey alluded to, which notices a report of his hold ing it unjustly, to the nrejudice of ono Asps. In the reign of Edward the Fourth, Richard Gower was Lord of the Manor of Clapham, and sold it to Sir George Ireland, Lord IV. ayor of London. It passed afterwards through seve; al descents to Henry Atkins, physician to James the First, who purchased it for 6,0004, which money is said, by the tradition of that family, to have been the produce of presents be stowed on him by the King, after his return from Scotland, whither he had been sent to attend I :..;harles [., then an infant, who lay ill of a fever, His son was. afterwards made a Baronet. The manor de scended to his brother, and in 1790 wa'n the property df the Right Honoura:sle Lady Rivers, sister of Sir. Richard Atkins, Bart., witch whom the title became extinct. Lady Rivess's rental, in consequence of the improvements Inentioned, arose, between 1771 and 179 0, front 1,333/. to 2,0311. per annum clear value--an intssease of 700/., and has since continued to rise with the progressive improvements which have taken place. BatterseaManor was given by William t h e enn qn erar to 'Westminster Abbey. At the Dissolution it came to the Crown, and after being twice leased out, was assigned in 1610 for the maintenance of Henry Prince of Wales, and in 1627, on that Prince's death, was granted in reversion to Oliver St. John Lord Vis count Grandison, and continued in the St. John family till 1763, when it was bought in trust for John Viscount Spencer. There has Iseen a dispute of very ancient standing between the parishes of Clapham and Battersea, re specting this common ; the inhabitants of Battersea claiming about one-half of it as within their parish, whilst the inhabitants of Clapham, on the contrary, assert that the whole common, as far as Battersea Rise, is in the Clapham'Parish. In 1711 the inha bitants of Battersea enclosed with a ditch and bank that part of the common which they considered to be within their boundaries; this was resisted by the inhabitants of Clapham, who filled up the ditch, and levelled the bank, for which an action of trespass was brought against them by Lord 'Viscount St. John, the Lord of the Manor of Battersea. The cause was heard at the Lent Assizes for Oetober, held at Kensington in 1718, when, after a long trial, clu . ded i the o n disputed o feo min groundonabie lands,i n the those pe ram claims, ons. we Lord St. J o h n su ff ere d a nonsuit. The inhabitants of Battersea nevertheless, k e p t up the claim, and in- Speaking o f manor i a l claims, in regard to the ap piopriat are told by a late celebrated writer on the subject, " should b e regu l ated by the particular . advantage which th e l or d o f a given manor may enjoy, and which l ie may continue to enjoy while they remain open and uncu l t i vated, whether they may arise from mines, quarri es , 'water, alien tenants, fuel, estover, pannage, &c. Th e c l a i m o f l or d s , as guar di ans o f the soil, whi c h i s pro d uct i ve o f p as t urage on ly, i s in most instances merely honorary ; and it is for the Legislature to apportion the share of lands to which they are entitled, ac an equivalent for such. But their claims in right of the soil on which thriving timber i 9 standing, are more . substantial; as out s of them they have in effect a real yearly income, equil —young thriving timber, to the annual increasing value of the timber--a sorts of advantage which they, of course, will continue to enjoy, if the commons remained open and unens in value. Their claims in this respect, consequently, stand upon, the trees themselves; or closed, as long as the tim o b f er ti c m o: e t r in , t a te n a d t i o ts i s n t c a r t et elsoof if suffered to continue, whereas stinted trees not affording such ag d ffi c o p owr e d n til d ::g o .c n aonli t ja h on e i nn ut q lay u l a i n nt t ac i k t r y ee el of value, increase, or entitling their owners to any sha re of the soil they their intrinsic v alue, appear to be all-that the.hor.4 the manor low far this deli ' Lion ma y seem to justify Lord Spencer in his attemps to enclose Clapham Common, after the statement above made, has a right to claim." is for the public to d e t erm i ne . . - • ' mot