The Sun. — London, England, 1821-11-03 00:00:00

r 'l'llL DO-N . 7 `4. November 3. [MORNING POST.] DAILY EXTRACTS FRO3I T 111: 3101INING PAPERS. A Paper of yesterday was either misinformed, or wished to make it appear, that the Lords J us tices had been engaged at their last meeting in the consideration of some important business. There is no ground for the assertion. The meet ing was only the regular weekly meeting : it lasted the usual time,frorn one till between three and four o'clock, and their Lordships were only engaged in signing official documents. A procla mation from their Lordships is expected shortly to appear, for the issuing of farthings of a new coinage. The statement of our contemporary was erroneous in several other particulars. The Duke of York, who has attended every meeting except that of Thursday last, was not expected, cs the account said, and, in fact, is not expected in town for a week to come. It was also assert ed that Sir Richard Birnie was in attendance at the Council Office where their Lordships met, i..nd that Mr. Stafford was in attendance with him, whereas, Sir .Richard Birnie was in his office at the Secretary of State's office for the Home Department, Where his official duties call him daily in attendance as Chief Magistrate of the Police. Mr. Stafford was not present, being confined by indisposition. In fact, no person vas in attendance on their Lordships, except Mr. Goulburn, their Secretary. Most accounts also stated, that after the breaking up of their Lordships, a messenger was sent off from the Fo nign Office. This, we understand, was incor rect, no messenger having been sent ofl'from that, or any of the other offices. [MORNING HER A LD.] The independence of Mexico has beets pro claimed, and the basis of the new empire agreed upon between the Republican General and the Viceroy. The King of Spain, Don Ferdinand the Seventh, is to be " Emperor" of Mexico, provided he goes to America and establishes his Court there (which, were he so inclined, the Spanish Cortes would hardly suffer) ; or, in de fault of his not appearing there, to take the oaths to the Coustitution,the Throne is to be filled by a Prince of his Family, subject to ,the above condition, and to the selection of a Prospective Cortes. Mexico is to be a limited Monarchy, under the title of the Mexican Empire, wholly in dependent of Spain, and of Every other Power, even upon the New Continent. Thus has Spain lost her northern Colonies, and in the southern _ all hope for her is gone by. Bolivar is endea vouring to bring back the Royalists of the Ca raccas, who fled from the Colombian troops, abandoning their properties. Their flight is as cribed to their dread of the re-action of the Spanish Authorities, should the Royalists regain possession. But the victory of Carabobo makes such an event next to impossible. [THE TIMES.] Our statements of yesterday relative to the situation of affairs in New Spain are more than :COOfirmed. Mexico has declared her indepen kieriCe. She has become an empire—no longer to be ruled by Spain, on any terms ; nor by Ferdi nand, unless he shall repair thither to take the .oaths in person ) on which condition only he is to be acknowledged heir to the throne of Monte zuma. A plan of Provisional Government, long previous to the date of the, transactions now nar rated, had been proposed by Iturbide toApo daca, the late Viceroy, for establishing the inch - pendence and the imperial dignity of Mexico ; but the powers of the Monarch to be ascertained and limited by a Representative Constitution. In case of Ferdinand declining to visit the new imperial territory, such member of the reigning family as the Cortes should prefer, is to succeed him, who is to govern until the Cortes shall have met, and in the name of the nation them selves fixing on the Sovereign (failing Ferdi nand) of their choice. All the inhabitants, without distinction of origin or colour, are citi zens. But these are the only remarkable fea tures of the new monarchy, which contains, among other provisions, what may be deemed anomalies in the institutions of a country dictated by the voice of the people—the maintenance of the Inquisition, and its concomitant intolerance in religion. On the latter point they are coun tenanced by the example of Old Spain; though 'some recent proceedings of the Cortes have led. to believe, that this prejudice was giving way before the influence of political freedom.—On the 28th August, O'Donoju, the Viceroy appoint ed by the Spanish Government, and Iturbide, signed what are denominated " terms of adjust ment," in which the main points of independence —imperial dignity, - and a representation .by Cortes—are fully agreed upon ; and the clause which might have appeared more open to disputation, that Ferdinand shall actually come to Mexico, and establish his seat of Go vernment in the capital. If it were at all worthy of serious reasoning, we might show. what this stipulation must end in. By the Constitution of Old Spain, the King, if he leaves the country without permission of the Cortes, commits an act of abdication ; and, if that consent be given to Ferdinand, it will in all human probability be on the condition expressed, or distinctly under . - stood, that his Majesty shall not return.—The title of " Chief of the Imperial Army of the three guarantees," assumed by Iturbide, is now ex plained. Mexico is made an empire, and her new institutions are pledged-1. To secure the right to the throne in the family of the Boor .bons establish perfect equality be tween Mexican and European Spaniards ; and 3. To preserve to the old ecclesiastical esiablish ment all its rights and immunities.—This reyo lotion, indeedithongh long expected, forms an epoch in colonial history, and in itself decides the future relation between the whole mass of continent south of Mexico, and the parent states in Europe. [NEW TIMES.] The American Papers contain the Protest of )3on Joseph Callava, late Governor of West Florida, against theproceedings of Genera? Jack- I son. His history of the affair, for the truth of which he most solemnly vouches, is so plainly told by himself, that it would.gain nothing in clear ness or interest, by any repetition of the par . - ticulars. The general features of it are simply these. General Jack Son, it appears, made a cavalier and informal demand of certain papers in the possession of the Spanish Ex-Governor, and imprisoned a subaltern officer, who felt that he had no authority to obey the " orders" of the American General. Don Joseph, on being in formed of this, wrote to Jackson, requesting an explanation of his wishes, and afterwards sent messengers for the same purpose. All the answer he -could get was, that he should be sent to gaol as well as his , officer. Some expostulation and applications to the General from the Ex-Gover nor followed, which, if ,we may judge .from his own account of them, were exceedingly temperate, and far more strictly within the line of diplo matic decorum than could have been expect ed under circumstances of so irritating a na ture. They were all unavailing, and the strange threat of Jackson was at length carried into effect in as strange a manner. Colonel Callava's house. was entered by force in the night while he lay ill in bed, the depositaries of his papers were plundered, himself compelled to go before' the American General, and his house and property left exposed to the soldiers. His reception was not more agreeeble than the style in which he hail been summoned. He was not al lowed to say or write any thing by way of inqui ry or explanation. The General strewed." all the 'furiousness of a person bereaved of judgment or desperat," from which the unfortunate Ex-Go vernor inferred that he was " about to be assas sinated." 11l .as he was he was dragged to gaol. On the following morning, a writ of _Habeas Corpus was issued by a Judge, Don E. Fro mentin. This Jackson treated with contempt., and would not allow it to be carried into execu tion; but he gave orders himself in the evening, that Don Joseph should be set at liberty. His anger now took another direction, and he cited the Judge to appear before him for an " outrage upon . his dignity," and,' as the American Paper has it, ". had not the rheumatism very fortu nately come to the relief of Judge Fromentin, his habeas Corpus would probably have placed him alongside of Callava." This is all very well under a Republican Government. What Would it be called under any other? Jackson's version of the story is yet to crime. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Brussels Papers announce the hope enter tained in that city that our Sovereign will stop for a few days there on his return to England. The King of the Netherlands and his family will return to Brussels for the purpose of meeting his Majesty.—We find by intelligence from the French frontiers, that the Government of France is still further increasing the strength of the cor don of health which has been drawn round the passes of the Pyrenees. The cold weather un fortunately has not realized the hopes of those who had looked to it as the only means of checking the virulence of the yellow fever which ravages Spain. The disease, indeed, seems to have rapidly advanced within the latter days of September and the beginning of October. It is an unhappy coincidence that we should just at this time receive almost daily accounts of the ter rific effects of the yellow fever in Spain ; of the yellow fever in some parts of the United States of America; and of the cholera morbus in Batavia and other places in the East. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] A Morning Paper, driven from the ground upon which it hoped to make a stand against those who generously regard, as their own, the cause of an individual suffering in consequence of his endeavours to preve,nt an effusion of blood, has, by way of diverting the public attention from its defeat, thought proper to assail its opponent with all the malignity of verbal cri ticism; and certainly, had the powers of the writer been equai to his malice, the attack would have been most formidable. In our Paper of Thursday we commented on the Ultra's having ventured to contrast the magnitude of the sums advanced by public-spirited individuals to ob viate the effects of a forfeiture occasioned by an act of gross injustice, with seasonable and judi ciously-apportioned contributions to support the unfortunate and afflicted. Upon this the Ultra observes—" he talks of Sir Robert Wilson's for feiture having been occasioned by an act of gross injustice—be knows as well as other people, that it was occasioned by the interference to which he afterwards alludes, and which he cer tainly does not intend to call an act of gross injus tice. He appears not to be aware that a forfei ture means a penalty attached to neglect of or violation of some duty, and cannot be applied to Sir Robert without confessing him to have acted criminally."—The concluding sentence gives us credit for extraordinary simplicity or ignorance, in assuming that we were not aware that a forfei ture means a penalty attached to neglect or vio lation of some duty. But wesshould like to know whether a person suffering under a penalty must necessarily have acted criminally ? Is there no instance of a penalty having been illegally in flicted ?—ls there no instance of a sentence of forfeiture having. been reversed as illegal and unjust ? Alight we not assert that the at tainder of Lord Russell, and the forfeiture of his estates, were occasioned by an act of gross injustice, without admitting that he had acted criminally ? Have see not the authority of the Legislature, in its reversal of that attainder and forfeiture, for supposing that a forfeiture may take place without admitting guilt on the part of the individual ? But the Ultra thus proceeds— " Again he speaks of a- loss sustained by an in terference ; an interference sustaining a loss, is a sort of thing we never yet heard of." This is, perhaps, a more exquisite specimen of hyper criticism than the former. Did the writer never hear of a loss sustained by accident ? And yet an accident sustaining a loss is a sort of thing we never heard of! But to such futile cavil ling we disdain further reply. THE UNITtn StATtri. NIScELEANEOUS, AI. BAN , 20:0. case of Stre-rong-gisce otherwise celled Tommy .cony, a Seneca Indian, was argued at the bar of the Supreme e;ourt, on Tuesday and Wednesday of the present week- 'Tuffs Indian was initiated at a late court of oyer and terminer in the county of Erie, for the murder of an Indian woman. By his eettnsel he pleadedi to the jurisdiction of the-court, that tne Seneca nation of Indians was a sovereign andindependent.naTion, exercising exclusive jurisdie ion over all °inflicts comini , t4d by one Of the nation upon any other of the Same nation, w i enra the territory belonging to them ; and teat theprisoner, as well as the person killed, were persons belong ing t . .) the; Seneca nation ; and the off-nee, ii any, was noultny:- ted wiehin the territory. To this plea, -a replication was filed in the court below, denying the allegations of the plea, and an issue cl fact was joined, which was tried by a jury, who found for the prisoner, according to his plea. 'the court below tills pendcd „wing judgment, - acid the pi oceedings Were removed by certiorari into the supreme court. A motion was there made by the attorney general for judgment, that the prisoner answer fur ther, notwithstanding the verdict of the jury. The argument. was opened on Tuesday by Mr C. Spencer, in behalf of the people. He was followed by Mr. Oakley, -in behalf et the pri soner : and on Taxesday and Wednesday, .Mr. Talcott, the at torney general, replied. On the part of the people it was con tended, that the jury had undertaken to find inference of law, rather than fact; that the maxim which declared juries judges of the law as well as the fact in - criedinal cases, applied only to those cases where the merits had been put in issue by a general plea of n6t guilty. That, therefore, tine court were not bound by the finding of the jury to admit the conclusions of law con tained in their verdict. That the facts set forth in the verdict did not establish the sovereignty of the Senecas ; and that from treaties, laws,. and public documents, it appeared abundantly, that they had not claimed or exercised sovereignty since 1620; that they had repeatedly and formally acknowledged the ju risdiction of the English Government, and had by a formal grant, in 1726, transferred the whole of their territory to the British crown. It • was 'further contended, that during the Revolution,- the Senecas were the enemies of this coun try, and were conquered ; tleit they acknowledged tneir con quest and subjection' . by a ,treaty of peace, anl by variods treaties since. In behalf of the . prisoner, various technical ex ceptions were made, and - particularly chat the finding of the jury in a capital case was conclusive on the court, both as to the law and the fact. That if it was to be opened, the coun sel contended that it would appear that the Indian tribes in this country had. always been recognized and treated as indepen dent by the Date!' and English governors ; that although the Senecas were conquered did not necessarily imply a change of government or of laws; that since the conquest they had been treated as independent both by the United States and this state;- that if jurisdiction was acquired over them by conquest, it was that of the United States and not of this state, and that the United States had never ceded it to this state. It is impossible to state at length all the grounds taken in behalf of the prisoner, but these are supposed the most material. The discussion pro duced a very thorough examination of all the laws, treaties, do cuments, and public history of the Indians • and the Court in timating that there was considerable difficulty in the question, ' allowed the prisoner to be bailed in 1000 dollars, to appear at the next court of oyer and terminer of Erie county, and took time to consider the case. GRASS HOPPERS ! !—Extract of a letter from Fort Ossage, dated June 13, 1821.--immense swarms of Grass-hoppers are overrunning the whole country, and literally eating it up. Our gardens arc nearly all destroyed, and we have no reason to hope that any thing will be saved of them. ALBANY, AUG. 23.—[improvement of the Hudson River.] —A Troy correspondent informs us, that the canal Commis sioners, under a law of the last Session of the Legislature, have obtained a grant from the Commis.:ioners heretofore appointed to improve the navigation of Hudson's river between the city of Troy 'and the Villages of bangsinburgh and Waterford, of all their rights in relation to said improvements; and have already contracted for deepening such parts of the bed of the river as may require it, so that vessels navigating to Troy, may, by pas sing a single lock, proceed to 'Lansingburg and Waterford— thus connecting the Champlain Canal with the sloop navigation of Hudson's river. :SARATOGA SPRINGS, AT:G. 22.—,-PERPETL'AL MOTION. —There is a machine now exhibiting in this town, which is probably nearer a. perpetual motion than any thing which was ever before invented. It in fact possesses a self-moving power, and would, doubtless, continue in operation, until worn out, or prevented from moving by accident. It consists of a Wheel and ivory balla or rollers, so constructed, that while the balls on one side are protruded, those of the opposite side are inclined to- ' wards the centre of the wheel, thus keeping up a rotative and continual motion. This power is also applied to a clock, which preserves excellent time, and which may, apparently, be kept in motion for years. MECTIANICS.—I saw a new and novel machine in operation in tins House, (Shakers, Wateryleet Albany), so full of inge nious mactiniery, which deserves a place among the most use ful discoveries in mechanics of the present day. It is a circular buzz, of thin, soft sheet iron, six inches in diameter,which cuts the hardest steel. ; almost with the ease of tallow. The buzz is well secured by cotrels on an axis turned by a band, and Moved with inconceivable velocity, and the engine is so con structed as to secure in a proper position and bring into con tact whatever you wish to cut. A steel saw mill saw plate was placed in the machine, having the old teeth all taken off, and in four minutes it cut with perfect accuracy, 11 teeth—or half cut—. for in order to finish the cutting, the saw must be turned in the machine, so as to come work-wise for cutting the other half.— With a machine or this kind in perfect order, I should say the old teeth might all be cut from an old saw mill saw, into a perfectly straight line, and a new set of teeth cut, gaggisil per fectly, in less than an hour. The cutting is done so accurately, that very little filing is necessary to complete the dressing of the saw for business. The operation of this machine is a sort of phenomenon in mechanical philosophy. I saw it in opera tion in July, 1817, and immediately sent a description of it to the publishers of the new Cyclopedia, but I do not know whether it has been published. The Shakers consider the discovery too use ful to be monopolised by a patent, and consented to my giving it publicity as public property. - Like most others, this discovery was matte by accident. A piece of sheet tin nearly round, was put into a lathe, and a file applied to the edge in order to dress it down to a perfect circle. The file had no effect on the tin, but the tin cut the file, as in other matters it sometimes happens that the biter gets bitten. Learning this fact, an ingenious young shaker, Preegift Wells, tried the experiment, succeeded, and constructed the machine which I saw. I applied to it pieces of old files, and it cut them in two almost as quick as a candle could have been cut with a hot iron._ (Ballston Farmer.) CENSUS or NEW YORK.—The following statement is takerofrom the official returns of the population of every county in the state, under the late United States' Census :—Total, 1,372,812—0 f whom there arc tiB7,Biio free white males, and 653,223 females. Foreigners, not naturalized, 15,1111. There are engaged in agriculture, 247,1148 ; in commerce, 9,113 ; in manufactures, 60,038. —Ontario County contained, 30 years since, only 1;l00 souls—the last census gives it 83,260. Agreeable to the present arrangement of steam boats and stages, a person may leave Philadelphia at six o'clock in the morning, and arrive at the Springs the next day at 4 F.M. distance of 2134 miles in 34 hours. • An ingenious artizan, by the name of Brewster, in Norwich, (Con.) has constructed a machine for spinning woo',i which is now in . successful operation at NIL Watkinson's Factory, at I Middletown, Wolcott's at Torrington, Huntington's at Nor wich, and at several other places. It requires two females to work this machine. Their ordinary task is 200 run a-day : and what is more remarkable, the machine is so constructed as to gunge the yarn to any, and an equal fineness, and spool it at the seine time. The inn-door paupers maintained at the alms-house in Phila. delphia, amounted to 873, on the 28th ult.—The out-door pan- pers amounted to 1652—together 2525 t The population of the city and county, according to the late census, was 136,923—50 that the rate of paupers is . about as one to 51 1-4 of the whole population. Of the in-door paupers 382 were foreigners--291 of them natives of the British dominions. There are not less than 2500 islands in the navigable waters between St. Regis, on the St. Lawrence, and lake Superior.— Some of thtan contain from 10,000 to 100,000 acres. BOSTON, SEPT. s.—On Monday afternoon the• citizens of this town and vicinity witnessed the first successful aerial excur sion attempted here. Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Guille ascended in his balloon, (without a parachute) from Washington Gardens between four and five o'clock ;—rose majestically over the trees of the mall, passed at a considerable height, over the Common, and part of Mount Vernon, crossed Charles river, and landed in perfect safety near the Ten Hills farm, on the Medford turnpike—having traversed nearly 3 miles in about 14, minutes. If any man, ten years ago had said that a st.atni boat would arrive at Norristown on the Schuylkill, from Philadelphia, he would have been laughed at. The steam boat Norristown, Capt. Hewett, intended as a regular trader between Norristowa and Philadelphia foLthe accommodation of freight and passen gers, is about 100 tons burthen, and is intended to be a regular trader between Reading and Philadelphia. CANAL.—The contractors have commenced the excavation and embankment of the canal, through this city, with an ani mation which promises its speedy completion. The work hAs been progressing during the summer on the whole line from Utica to within a few miles of this city, and it is confidently said that the water will be let in this season as far down as the vil lage of Canajoharie. MILLIGAN TAYEN.—The steam b oat br ought intelligence 4 t Milligan,h o a nil t les tr o n who robbed Montreal, 0 ti the t hr p o t: a n i t x o bank,presc Prescott. Most of thea taken about money was found on him. He was, with his accomplice, Hugh IVelehman, immediately placed into safe keeping. LAW INTELLIGENCE: COURT OF KING'S BENCH . , Nov. 2. This morning, as aeon as the Court was open, an elderly gentleman, of decent garb and simple aspect, took his seat among the benches appropriated to Counsel. When the Judges arrived (about: half-past ten o'clock) the Special Paper was called; but tile elderly gentleman requested to be heard. The LORD ClilEr .Y sr: c E , •••=-W hat have you Weal', Sir? • Applicant—There is a conspiracy, my Lord, ag?anst this Court, and 'against the Royal authority, the secrets or which I will lay before your Lordship. The LORD Cm Er JUSTICE—Have yen any affidavit? Applicant--The case will not admit or it. The LORD Olin' JusTiez—Then we cannot hear it : we can only hear upon affidavit. Air. Justice BAY LEY--And we cannot hear you .at all now. The applicant, who SCCIIIf d to have a " methodic, his math ness," bowed and departed. MIJIIIIAY V. ELLISTON Thi; was the question between Mr. Murray, the bookseller, and Mr. Ellistou, of nury-lane Theatre, as to the performance of Lord tyron's ItiIAIIIYo l'AidEßo. The matter came be , fore the King's Bench in the form of a case directed by the Lord Chancellor, to try whether (for his performance, of that tragedy) any action could be maiotained.against Mr. Blliston. On the case being called, Mr. ADOLPHUS said that he was ready on the part of the defendant, btit that he saw no one on the part of Mr. Murray. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked who appeared for the plaintiff ? Mr. ADOLPHUS said that the case was signed by Mr. Shad well. The Loin) CHIEF JUSTICE. , --Perhaps the matter is settled? Mr. ADOLPHUS had received no intimation. The LORD . CHIEF JUsT ICE—You are to contend, Mr. Adol phus, that no action will lie for the performance ? Mr. ADOLPHU s was ready so to contend. No one appearing on the part of Mr. M urray, the case was struck out. At the end of toe day leave was asked, by the At , torney in the cause, to re-enter it. PHILLIPS V. BARBER. This was an action on a Policy of Insurance, in which the - Underwriters were liable for loss by perils of the Sea. The ship arrived in Octdber 182 'O, at 'St. John's Newfoundland, where she was put into a •Graving Dock to be repaired. By the violence of the wind she was blown from her lashings, and failing on her side, sustained the loss which the plaintitisought to recover. To the first count in tha' declaration, stating the lass to have happened by the perils of the Sea, there was a de. inurrer, and the Court had to decide upon -the validity of that coup t. Mr. CAMPBELL having been heard a g ainst the count, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE was of opinion, the plaintiff was entitled to recover. The question for the Court to decide was, whether the loss was within the meaning of the policy. It was clearly a loss occasioned by the violence of the wind, which was in his Lordship's opinion one of the perils of the sea. Judges BAYLEY, HoLuoyD, and DEsT, were of the same opinion. MUERAV V. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. The COURT now gave judgment in this case in favour of the plaintiff, upon the three points reserved for further considera tion-1. Whether the action was barred by the statute of limitations—L-2. Whether the plaintiff could sue upon the fourth bill of exchange, which did not come into his hands until after the death of the first Administrator ; and '3, Whether the defendants were liable to pay interest upon all the bills from the days they were due respectively, or only from the days of demand. The Court were of opinion that the action was within time ; that the plaintiff was entitled to recover on the fourth bill, as part of the testator's effects coming to his hands as admi nistrator ; but that interest was only due from the day on which demand of payment of the bills was made. Judgment for the OLD BAILEY. Y esterday ANN DAVIDSON, a young girl, only 17 years old, and of a very interesting appearance, was indicted for stealing on the 6th uf October a silk shawl, lace, &e., the property of two persons 'named Thorn and Stevens. With the latter the prisoner lodged in Quebec-street, Portntan-square. The pro secutrix gave the unfortunate girl an excellent character up to the period of this transaction, and the friends and relations of the prosecutrix also bore testimony to her good character. She seemed to have been actuated to the commission of this offence •by the greatest distress. Two most respectable persons declared to the Court their willingness to receive the unhappy creature into the bosom of their families. The Jury, after a short consideration, found the prisoner-- Not Guilty. During the whole of the trial the prisoner was weeping, and was so affected at her unfortunate situation, that she was un able to stand. A chair was placed in the dock for her accom modation. Immediately the verdict was pronounced, she was ordered to be discharged, and two ladies who had interes-A themselves in her behalf conducted her out of Court. Soon after two o'clock the whole of • the trials having been concluded, sentences were passed upohthe prisoners. The fol. liming prisoners received sentence of death : Joseph South, Edward Hill, and John Sowerby, for uttering forged notes : James Eddows, Edward John Franklin, Samuel Hayward, and William Hicks, for burglary ; John Jacobs, IV. Brady, and J. Linch, for higbway robbery; Ann Morris, Mary Palmer, Amey Steele, Elizabeth Davies, Mary Ann Sullivan, and Ann Turner, for robbery; Thomas French for house breaking ; Benjamin Abbot for horse-stealing ; and William Niars for stealing in a dwelling house: The following 12 prisoners, the principal part of whom were boys, were sentenced to transportation for life : John Waldron, Isaac Penn, John Smith, William Sawyer, Thos. Harris, Charlotte Fletcher, James Benny, Geo. Draper, Charlotte Smith, James WelSh, William Geo. Lewes, and ()co. Moore. Thomas Cook and Henry Drummond were sentenced to transportation for 14 years. • Twenty-eight prisoners were sentenced to transportation for 7 years, and 40 more were sentenced to imprisoned for various pe riods. The greater part of the latter were ordered to receive either public or private whippings. The whole number of prisoners upon whom sentences have been passed this Session is 101. It will be perceived that the punishments of transportation for life have much increased, and those for 14 years greatly diminished. This is partly owing to the very few Bank cases which hays been tried this Session, as the punishment for the minor offence of having forged notes in the possession is transportation for 14 years. SHOCKING ACClDENTS.—Yesterday a young woman, named Elizabeth Howe!, who was em ployed in the flock manufactory of Taylor• and Co., Red Cross-street, Southwark, was at work at an engine, at what is termed, " feeding the devil," by supplying it with pieces of woollen and flock, when unfortunately the engine broke, and her hand was drawn amongst the cogs and teeth, and was torn to pieces in an instant. She was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where the arm was amputated immediately. She is in a very precarious condition.— Yesterday a man was killed at Chamberlain's Wharf, in the Borough, by a bag of hops falling upon him from a crane. lie was dreadfully bruised and crushed. —Yesterday a Gentleman got out of a one horse chaise at the door of a house near the Obelisk, and entered the house without leaving some person at the horse's head. The animal took fright, galloped along Blackfriars-road, and came in contact with a Gentleman's carriage ; the concussion was most violent, the shafts of the chaise were broken off, and the body dashed to pieces. The horse ran along the foot pavement on one side of the Blackfriars-road with the shafts attached to the harness ; two elderly fe males were shockingly injured by being struck with the shafts. They were carried away in a state of insensibility. The horse was stopped at the bridge without doing further mischief.—Be tween eight and nine o'clock on Wednesday night, as a poor labouring man and his wife, the latter in a state of pregnancy, were pasting by the Angel public-house, at Islington, not per ceiving the flap of the cellar at the next house open, the unfortunate woman fell down into the cellar, a depth of eight feet, and was taken up nearly lifeless, having broken two of her ribs. The house was under repair, and the labourers had left work, and forgot to shut down the flap. ROBERT BURNS. The Ditii!fries Courier says, that on Monday (the 22d ult . .) Mr. J. BROWN, one of the stew ardSof a Society established in Sheffield for the purpose of celebrating the birth-day of ROBERT BURNS, went to the hotise of the widow of that universally admired Poet, attended-by: severa 1 other Gentlemen, and in the name of the Society, presented her, in appropriate language, with a very handsome pair of silver candlesticks, tray, and snuffers, on which the following '(from the elegant pen of JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq.) was engraved : " THE GIFT OF A FEW SCOTS IN SHEFFIELD TO THE WIDOW CF DUI:NS." "He past through life's tempestuous night, • A brilliant, trembling, northern light; • Through years to come He shines from far, A fixed, unsetting, Polar Star."--.T. N. The following letter from Mrs. BURNS, ad dressed to the Society, has since been received ill Sheffield, and handed to us by Mr. BROWN the Gentleman deputed to present the gift Dumfries, Oct. 25. " Gentlemen,--With the most lively feelings of gratitude I offer you my best thanks for the very handscnie present 1 have reeivtd by the hands of Mr. Brown—a pr. sent which combines so much elegance with usefulness, and which I can she* to niy friends with pride and pleasure. " I shall carefully preserve this interesting . gift while I liVe ; and when in the course of nature it passes into the possession of m y children, I need not say that it will be e qu a lly p r iz e d. .• " The value of this e.leg..nt gift is much enhanced by the tri bute paid to the memory of my husband froln the pen of a Poet not less celebrated - for his talent than for his philarahropy. r must at t e same time acknowledge me tharl-s to Mr Brown -for the very handsome manner in which he presented this flattering mark of your attention. " That the Society, to whom I am so much intlAtA, may long be united by all that of warmth of reeling lore of coun try which so eminently distinguish S.!cts,nen, is the sincere wish of; Gentlemen, your gratefully obliged, - 7 JEAN 1;: - IIN5, " To the Mehlbers of the Burns Society, 5ht.11 4 . - -q.1." (Sheffield Iris.) After the close of the MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, there were no less than 161 prisoners discharged from the New Prison, Clerkenwell, where 1',20 still remain. A hog belonging to Mr. Cnnuns AU TEN, of Chatham, was killed, o❑ Tuesday last, which, though only sixteen months old, measured seven feet from the nose to the tail, six feet six inches round the body, two feet across the loins and shoulders, and weighed twenty-seven score and a half. Robbery at Brixton House of CorrTtion.—A flour-mill having been erected for the purpose of giving employment to the prisoners, it was dis covered a few days ago, after they had done work, that a quantity of flour had been stolen- The same thing was discovered on the two suc ceeding days ; upon inquiry, an aperture was . found in the wall at the back of the mill leading into the prisoner's wards, through which they stole the flour, and made cakes of it. - DEATH THROUGH EXCESSIVE thuNkING.--Yes terday afternoon an Inquest was held before Mr• SnELToN, the Coroner for the city of London, at the Crown and Anchor, New-street-hill, Shoe• lane, on the body of an elderly gentleman of the name !of Battle, who met \yid; his death in the following manner:—From the witnesses exa mined before the Coroner and the Jury, it ap peared that Wednesday last was his birth-day ; that he had freely indulged in drinking that day, and that he did not return home to his lodgings until early on Thursday morning. On the.people of the house coming down in the morning, Mr. Battle was found lying at the bottom of the stair case quite dead, and there appeared a wound or contusion on the side of his head, which, from. circumstances, it is supposed he received by fall ing backwards down stairs. Mr. Wray, a respect able surgeon in the neighbourhood, examined the body, and expressed his opinion that the wound was not of so severe a nature as to be fatal, but that he believed that death was occasioned by apoplexy through excessive drinking. The Co roner and Jury were of the same opinion, and returned a verdict accordingly. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, November 2. _________ Anisteidaru Ditto, at Sight l2 11 Rotterdam • l2 15 Antwerp l2 7 Hamburglt A '37 10 li 1- 75 Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight es, 60 0 tiCe Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Franktorton tl►e Jain Madrid Cadiz Bilboa 3si Ettect► vo '. Barcelona 3rfi Seville Gibraltat Leghorn G. e vli :11-Venice, Ital. Lie. 27 60 Nlitlta "45 -Naples 99% Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin .... 8i Cori; 9 per Cult. BULLION. Portugal Cold, in Coin 1 .0 0 0 per ()%. Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 144 New Doubloons ' -... „ 0 0 0 New Dollars o 4 9.1 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 11 COAL-MARKET„ Nov. 2.. Ships at Market. Ships sold 29 Newcastle - 2c).i - 3.tm 44;s 5 Sunderland - - 4 - tid to 434 t" BIRTHS. Lady . Grantham was safely dcliver2d (q• a hmutiful boy a t two o'eAock on Wednesday morning, at his Lordship's residenl in St. Janies's-square. ire :egret to state that the infant die` in the course of the day. Her Ladyship is going on well. , 6 , On Thursday, the let inst., at (hingford Hatch, Essex, °- Lady of Ralph Ricardo, Esq. of a da:ughter. MARRIED. • At Bath, Mr.llitchman, to Miss Edmunds, both of Detrzes• Mr. J. NVilliam.s, excise officer, of Nunney, to MarY second daughter of Mr. Gill, of :i.theaston. J. J. Macbean, Esq. of the Field Train of Artillery, to l'a ri n f youngest daughter of the late Mr. Christopher Valianc e, - Newton-Abbot DIED. on On Tuesday, the 30th ult., at Moreton-liarnpstead, shire, William Era:Tg, Eq., in the (14th year of his age. „ate, On the Ist inst., at the house of her son-in-law, Mr - Mrs. Mary Sikes, aged 84, rlict of the late Bartbolonit- Sikes. Erq , inventor of the new hydrometer. Yesterday, the 2d inst. deeply lamented, Mrs. - Etz sbc . lll ,. Dobson, wife of Mr. John Dobso,l, chemist, of Coleman•:' 4 "` e i, On the 13th alt., at his halve in treat Denroark-t,re:t , Dublin, af.er only si:'days' illness, Sir klugh Nugent, i' 3. of lielanlougll, County of West.neath, in the 81st ye" r his a;e. Printed and Published, for the PnovatfiTOßS, the !" ojincE, 112; Siral4, by J. B. CAr.b.rniiis.. 6