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MASSACRE AT MANILLA, The followiriff extract of a letter, dated Macao, Nov. 24, 1820, with its_ enclosures, communicates a more minute detail than has yet appeared of this miAancholy.occurrence " At Manilla, on the 9th day of October last, the Indians, in a large body, excited by the Spaniards, rose and commenced the massacre and plunder of all the foreigners they could lay their hands on, and continued the bloody business un til 'the 'afternoon of the 11th. The following ac•;onnt is written by an American gentleman, Mr. 'Prince, who was an eye-witness to the mas sacre, and narrowly escaped death. Never was there aritore diabolical or 'atrocious breach of the laws of hospitality, 'religion, and humanity per petrated ! What renders it Particularly abhor rent to the rules of civilized society was its committed before the eyes of the Cap tain-General, and all the constituted military and civil• authorities, without producing the diclia.rge of a single niuslt.et to save those "de'- fenceless and unfortunate strangers living under their :U'otection ! The several governments to 'wham those unfortunate sufferers belong ought really tOdelliand redre;s - s,and have the heads of the Government, the Spaniards who excited the Indians, ..and the: ringleaders of the assassins, severely-punished. Nothing but a rigid exami nation into the business, and exemplary punish- - meta of the guilty, Imth"high and low, can ever place matters on such a' footing as to render it fo - r foreigliers- to establish themselves, or in deed even to go there Co. tralle. Most of those . ii;ho were murdered and plundered were casual residents, arrived to disppse of European cargoes and buy the productions of . the country. Could . there be a more horrible'and criminal act than to murder, in cold blood c a s6t of people cornlng on such an - errand, and entitled. in every way to the contideration, attention, and protection of the zovernment, as well as to the kindness and hos- Fitality . of the people? Whilst I write this I have received a letter from Manilla, which-states particularly that the government had refused to give fereigneis redress for the losses sustained, and has not punished a single personwho was engaged in the, late inhuinan carnage. Two thousand men, however, have arrived from the provinces to demand the punishment of those who, they very justly declare, have destroyed the commerce of ti.e country ; and it is thought the government NriUOon ; be forced to make some examples. The ri7eitCh are supposed to havelost2lT,ooo dollars plundered : and the Chinese, who *were assas sinated to the number of 85, it is supposed, have lost a much more considerable sum." MR. PRANCE'S ACCOUNT or THE MASSACRE AT MAI. NILL.t, ON TUE,. 9TII OCTOBER, 1820. • The-attack . coMmenced . a-hotit H a. m. on Mr. Godfroi, the_surgeon,in the. street of Santa Cruz ; they cut and mangled him in a shocking manner, and left him fOr dead ; :. he was taken to the guard-house, and - on his coming to a little, - his )rands Weret4d behind'hint by the Spanish set tliera., and he was carried into the corregidor's prison, where he• remained 2 -1 hours, without arty assistance ; Ite.wiis then sent to the hospital, and I am happy to say that when I left him he was re covering fasL The report of this act of atrocity . spread ,fast s but It Was reported that I had been .the stitTe rer. Capt. Nicholls, on hearing it, im mediately started to my assistance, leaving a note ,0 Warrington and :Wilson ; informing them of the event, and requesting them to follew. This note W as' 'shortly after received - by Captain War riris;(44; he and Mr.' Wilson proceeded towards the quarfen of St. Miguel,:witere I resided. At ;the . apothecary's shop, in the Escalta, they met Mr. Stewart, American COnsul, 'and Capt. Bal.; stop, Of the English ship Edward-Strettel. They infortned theß that Nicholls -- had ascertained it was. OodfrOi who was iv . o.inAe(r; and not me, as ,he Tiad supposed';'-and 'that he had met . Godfroi, "tlie naturalist, and ' that both of them had gone to -tbe palace to demand proteCtion and assistance ;front the Governor. . God froi . andNichells . shortly after joined them. Nicholls said, the only - satisfaction they could get . from the Governor was, ", that he would c0n...1 sider o( it." - The of• the' "company . (Stewart and Ralston - ' excepted) now 'start : . ;-.d to visit the wounded Godfroi. Warring' : tura Ras called back by - these two, and advised not to proceed ; Mitt he jumped into his carriage, . and- ordered . the coachman to drive and overtake his companions. The nlob at this time was large; .and. growing outrageous, he . was, trnable,to come up with them several attempts were made to pall him from:his carriage, his coachman became frikAterted, turned the carriage, and drove back .3s far as the apothecary's. Here they- rejoined ..Balston and, Stewart. The mob was now ap :..proaChing toff arils them,"and they could distinct ly. see that- Nichorls, and . Godfroi, were prisoners.- To provide for their own safety was all they cppld do. Warrington acid Balston ent— tered the house occUpied by . sorne Persian mer chants, and Stewart-the house of a•Spaniard : the two farmer were at firstsonc'ealedi a ,back.rown,_ which they had hardly entered, when- the Par . 'sees exclaimed., " Poor YV,--ilsonjs.murdered,;Nri - cholls is stabbed, in the back, and the Preach ; -man .they are cutting to pieces, and dragging about like a dog.. " , .Art. attack instantly commenced on the house -of Mr,Guillot, which was.exaCtly,oppoaite that of the Parsees : pour Cuillot was first-- fired at by a serjeant of the regular army, and afterwards li terally: cut to pieces ; and an Armenian,Mr. : l3:ap- Aiste, (who had been 20 years in this country, . where he had married), escaped badly wounded. The house was stripped and plundered. The Palsees, expecting the attack now. on their side .'of the street, insisted upon 'Warrington and Bii ston'sdescending into , the common sewer, where , Trey remained five hours, andafterwards (say the .next.day,at 10 a. in,) escaped into the.city in close carriage,.with a guard of dragoons. The Hotel for , foreigners, kept , by, Bernard :ifautelnaag, a. German, who held a commission as Lieutenant in ,ti 1 e.,.5p 4 n41-1- marine, was ,the next place they attached. The mob, width had greatly increased, now filled the street on which it fronted. Hautelman went to the door in full. Uniform, thinking they would respect him as tt Spanish officer, but he was deceived ; they cut .him down, left him for dead, and rushed ever his body into the house. At this time there were, luckily, only four. gentlemen in the house, viz. Toulon, Gautrin, Vose, and Duperat. Vose immediately leaped frOm the window into the outer-yard of a house belonging to a Spaniard, and concealed himself under aplatform, where he remained till night, when he entered the city blacked and dressed like an -Indian. Duperat was instantly butchered ; his grey hairs could not preserve him from the blood-hounds of Ma nilla. Toulon and Gautrin were in the same room —they took leave of each other, one concealibg himself under the bed, and Gautrin covered him self with a mat; the mob rushed into the room, drag ged out Toulon, and killed him by a thousand wounds, but - did not discover Gautrin. They again returned, and again left the room, one vil lain excepted, who stopped, probably to look for more plunder ; he discovered. Gautrin, who is a stout, powerful man, and from whom he received a blow that knocked him down, but before he had given the alarm, the mob returned, and Gau trin, with his fists only, fought his way through them, receiving terrible wounds at every instant, from the pikes; knives, and clubs of the assassins: just as he cleared the crowd that still pursued him, his sight failed ; a Spanish civil officer seized him, tied his hands, and led him to the guard house, when stnimeful to relate, the officers put him in irons, and were going to finish the work the mob had begun. He demanded a confessor, they sent for one, but in the meantime a Spanish officer, Senor ()lire, came in, and humanely pre vented the massacre ; he had Gautrin carried to the hospital on a bier. Gautrin was recovering fast when I left Manilla. Every thing hi the hotel was plundered or destroyed ; they even cut the poor horses and animals about the house to pieces. A simultaneouS attack now commenced in many places on the houses where foreigners were known to reside. The house of Mons. Pasquet was immediately forced; here Monsieur Debar was cut to pieces ; but Pasquet escaped into the house of a Spaniard, by whom he was concealed ; every article id the house .was destroyed. The house occupied by Captains 'Warrington, Nicholls, and Wilson, was completely stripped (several Lascars, and a lad belonging to the Addison, escaped by' the roof into other houses) ; the papers of the Addison and Merope were destroy ed, as was every article of • clothing, &c., con tained therein ; and so furious were the Mob at findink no blood to spill, that they cut even the ceiling and the sashes of the windows to pieces. I have made one omission in this nar ration (as I intended to relate the events of this bloody day in succession as they followed each other), that is, that the mob, after killing Nicholls, Wilson, &c. in the Escalta, separated, one part proceeding to St„Miguel's, and attacked the house of the Russian Consul Doball ; but as this comes under the head of my own part of the narration, I shall leave it till the last. I also forgot to'say, the Governor appeared in the Es-1 calta, and that directly after Wilson and Co. were murdered, while their mangled bodies lay exposed to his view, he expostulated with the mob on what they were doing; and said, " If the Frenchmen have poisoned you, why do you murder English and Americans ?" He soon after left them, taking no method or measure to stop the massacre; but on the contrary, his con duct so far encouraged the mob, that they after wards asserted what they were doing was by : the " GOvernor's orders." Mr. Dunsfeldt's , house was attacked about two p.m., the door of which was excessively strong, and resisted the .efforts of the mob to force it, three hours. Mr. Dunsfeldt had this day invited a number of friends to dine ; unfortunately several of them were in his house with him at the time of the attack. At three P. u., two hours before the door could be forced, the Governor, Don Mariano Fernandes Falgueras Menendes de Go din Fernandez del Reguero Valca Flores, Knight of several Orders, &c. &c. (I write his name at large, that I may assist in handing it down to the infamy it deserves) appeared in the front of the house, accompanied by several offi cers, and a guard composed of .50 foot and some dragoons. He implored the populace to' desist and retire to their houses ; they hooted, and even lifted their pikes to his breast, when, in• stead of ordering his troops to disperse the mob; which one discharge of small arms would have done in a"moment, he sneaked off, leaving the •unfortanater , entlemen to their fates. This pusil lanimous conduct ' : of the Governor can neither be excused nor palliated in the least point, as it is a notorious fact that at this moment there were from four thousand to five thousand troops quar tered within two furlongs distance, most of them Under arms, and might have been brought to his assistance in 15 minutes. Two hours after this, the mob bein! , left entirely toact as they pleased, and without fear of punishment, forced, the door with large pieces of timber they had brought from some dista.nce.for the purpose, rushed .into the house, mangled and cut every one therein in such a horrid r tnner that the bodies could not be distinguished. The following are the names of the unfortunate men thit suffered at this place : A. Shaffalitzky, T. Dunzfeldt, M. EStroup, M. Arnaud, Mr. Martin, and Justin, a French lad, servant of M. Estroup, and Joseph his cook. — The head of Shaffalitzky was severed from his, body, thrown from the window, and kicked, through the streets The other bodies were also thrown 'from the windows, dragged about by the mob, who jumped on, pierced, and mangled them till they hardly retained evidence of ,their ever having been human. The plunder of this house was immense, as was also that of the house of M. Pasquet, '40,000 dollars in specie, besides a large quantity of indigo and nankinsi.which were thrown, into the river. I resided in the quarter of St. Miguel (about two miles from the city), at the house of the Russian Consul, P. Dobell„Esq. His family luckily were with him at Macao, his nephew, Mr. Bennett, of Philadelphia, excepted. The house was attacked about one p.rai„ by the mob from the Escalta. Seireral of the peace officers of St. Miguel (say three or four) came to the door, and advised Mr. Bennett to open it, saying they . would protect Us. The doOr was openetl i and the mob rushed in with the officers, who succeeded for. some time in keeping out the villainS 'lion' the room we were ; but, notwithstanding their ex ertions, many of them entered from time to time, and at last I was driven at the point of their knives out of the window - ; from thence I had immedi-;. ately to swim 'the 'river, amid a shoWer . of stones and clubs. I landed on the opposite side, at the gate of a large distillery belonging to an Arme nian who had settled here. The gate Was shut, and I 'succeeded in climbing a-wall of 15 feet ; but no sooner had I shown mySelf on. the top than I was attacked by the p eo ple of the distil lery ; -was knocked off the wall by clubs, fell into the yard, and was made prisoner. Previously to the mob entering the *house, Mr. Bennet and Myself had determined to swim the river for the purpose Of asking advice of the Armenimi, and had stripped ourselves all but a flannel shirt : and in this situation was when a prisoner, having had.rio time to dress myself as Mr. Bennett had done before he opened the door. My arms Were lashed behind me so fast, 'that - the circulation of the blood being nearly stopped, my hands swelled and the_ pain became excessive ; in this manner was I led, or rather dragged, through the streets (the populace beating me, and throwing mud and filth on my head at every moment) to the house-of the head peace officer of the village, where I found Mr. Bennett, whom they had taken from the House soon after I was driven from it. Thn.y now put both our feet in the stocks, in com pany with an Indian arrested for robber y.-- 11th- villains at this time began to consult respec ting the manner in which they should kill 'us ;. they settled the point, and were about to put it into operation, when the presence of mind of Mr. Bennett saved us.'" I am a •Catholic and a Chris tian," lie exclaimed ;• 44 kill me without a padre to confess me, and the whole of you will die be fore morning."' Superstition induced them to believe that what Bennett had told them would take place, and they left us at rest a few mo ments longer. During the whole time (or rather till dark) the - mob remained Shouting and de-. manding us of the master of the house, making many attempts to burst in ; and it is truly asto nishing they did not succeed, asAhe 'place was a mere hitt of bainboo. About p.m.!we•were suddenly alarmed by the sounds - of-heavy blows, cries for mercy, and the shout of " Kill: them, kill them :" In a moment after, Mon-. siour d Arbell was brought' in, cut' and man gled in a dreadful manner, covered With blood,' his . skull fractured, and one of his eyes almost beaten from the socket.' Ile was placed beside us e . as was a poor lascar belonging to the Merope, who was also 'terribly bruised: - At 6 P. n; they took Mr. Bennett from the stocks under pretence of obliging him to cure a sick . woman ; but, in fact, they were carrying him to the house of a person who .had just died (one to Whom Mr. Bennett had given medicine, and,•as they said, poisoned), to sacrifice him upon' the dead body ; but a sergeant of the regular troops saved his life by proposing to the mob to carry him to the house of a sick person, who lay at the point -of death, to make him cure her. Tiffs they did, telling him that the moment the woman died they would bury their knives in his bosom. Luckily the woman, got better; and, night coming on, the mob agreed to murder these of us they left on the stocks, and return to their houses. 'Bennett's presence' of mind again saved us—" Touch one of my companions,' said he, 46 and this woman shall be a corpse." They even begged of him to . let them kill, us ; but he repeated threats and saved us. Towards midnight; a . family who had formerly Washed for me came to see me, and kindly- gave me some clothes; and a cup of warm chocolate, which'greatly relieved me, as I bad'been lying near 11 hours with only a wet shirt on, pinioned, and in the stocks, under- an, open window, with a shower of rain beating on me. About oue o'clock 1 was taken from the stocks, and allowed to lie down On a mat in a better apartment. I s,upposed Bennett was killec% ; and expected every moment to share his fate. At 8 A. kr. on the 10th, Bennett was brought back to my great joy, the sergeant having remained with him : this man swore to save us or die with usi At 9 A. S. we were put into canoes, and carried down the river to the COrregidor's house, and put under a .strong guard to protect us. I now felt safe : the mob at this time were assembled in the streets to murder-us as we came along; but were disappointed, for we came by water, and not as they expected, by 'the road. There , now ap peared to be considerable difficulty as it regarded the disposal of us. No corregidor was to be found. The person who held that office had got frightened, and run off, leaving every thing in confusion. At this time there were four com panies of regular•infantry, one of flying artillery, with two pieces of cannon, and a squadron of cavalry, drawn up in front of the house. A square was formed of infantry ; we were placed in- the centre, when they_ started 'with us for the- city. The mob at this crisis filled the streets to the number of -10,000 or 1 - 5,000 men. The soldiers had no orders from the Governor tts fire 1n case they attempted to seize us, and we were ' again carried back to the house ; after which a square was again formed that Condticted sis`to'the prison of the corregidor (about 20 yards distance only ), where we we're locked up until a favourable chance to convey us into the city should offer. Don Manuel Barrella • -(the' former corregi dor, had his'` house . adjoining the- prison,' into which communication was bad from' the second floor. He humanely conducted - us to his own chamber, gave his bed up to poor -D"Arbell, and assisted in washing his wounds : they were numer ous and dangerous, having had pikes and knives thrust into almost every part of his - body. About half past eleven there app - eared a great stir out side the.prison ; all the guards were called 'off but lour; arid about neon, looking' from the win dow, I saw the "troops draWn up in columns in front of the city gates... We were presently in formed that the mob were murdering and plun - - 'dering the Chinese 'ln the Escalta—that all the Spaniards were' 'getting into the city with their families as fast as possible: • Our friend,lhe former corregidor; -received a letter from the government, requesting him to-re same his olflce, as tyre old cowardly Count Lad disappeared. He immediately mounted his horse, and read a proclamation to the mob which the Governor had sent hirn,-ordering them to disperse, Or the troops should attack them, and hang every fifth.man they could catch. The mob immediate -1 dispersed, and went quietly to their houses. Why did not the Governor Issue,such orders be-. fine, when he arrived in the Escalta, and save the lives of - those unfortunates who were after ii-ards butchered ? We remained in the prison that night, .D'Arbell and the wounded being sent to the hospital in the evening. At 10 a. m. on the 11th, a guard, to our great satisfaction, con ducted us to the city ; we were placed in the castle of Santiago. Here we found about twenty or thirty gentle,- men, French, English, Portuguese, and Ameri cans, who had also been placed in the fortress for protection. My arrival was unexpected, as I had been on the dead list for two days, and the fate of Mr. Bennett had been also a myitery to them. 'We,even here found the same disposition against foreigners in the soldiery ; nothing but militafY restraint prevented their finishing what the populace had but to successfully begun.— Great talk was made by the Spanish officers and government of the satisfaction we should have that the leaders of the mob were arrested ; that they were to be burned, hanged, &c. &c., with out mercy. They were arrested, it is true ; but long before we left they gave them their liberty, from time to time, gradually dismissing the as sassins without any sort of punishment ; nay, even the - sergeant who was known to have fired at Mr. Guillot, and had killed him, whom they told us was to be shot, was seen, a week after wards, at the head of his platoon, escorting the host. - LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED AT .TIIF. MASSACRE AT MANILLA, ON THE 9TH OF OCT. 1820. Names Of those killed by 'the Inhabitants of Country. Occupation and • Remarks. Manila. Thos. V. 'Wilson, American, Midshipman United Staies navy, formerly of the frigate Mace- donia, going home on a sick certificate. D. Nichols, . English, ,Commander of -the country ship Merope, of-Bengal. Godfroi, . . French, Naturalist, sent out by the French Government ta make collections. Guillot, . . Ditto, Supercargo of the French ship L'Eglantine. • Toulon, . . Ditto, Officer of the Imperial French Guards. • Duperat, . Ditto, Merchant, formerly ship Master. Debur, . ,Ditto, Captain of the French ship Cul tirateur, of Nantes. . . J. DtinSfeldt, Dane, Merchant. • • • A. Shaffalitzky, Ditto, Ditto, of the house of Stevenson • - and Co.. Estoup, . . French, . Captain of the French ship - • Alexander. Arnaud, . . Ditto, Officer of the same ditto. Martin, . . Ditto,• • Pilot of ditto. Justin, . . . Ditto, IlOy, . . Ditto, E stoup's . servant. Joseph; . . Ditto, Cook of the Alexander. A sailmaker, . Ditto, Ship L'Orient, died of his wound's. D'Arbell, . Ditto, A respectable planter, settled here - two or three years since; his scull fractured, hand half int off; piked on the neck, back, and stomach, two sabre cuts on . his head, and other wounds. Hautilman, . German, Gautrin, . French, Head dreadfully cut, and wounds from pikes on almost every part of his body ; limbs ter ribly cuf and bruiSed. Godfroi, . . Ditto, T'ro terrible wounds on his head, a: el was left for dead. Baptiste, . . Armenian, Very dangerously. Ten seamen, English, at different places, not belonging to any particular ship. The'botlie&of these unfortunate sufferers were thrown - into the streets; treated with every indignity, and were afterwards at•night, by order of the government,-carried to the sea'shore;,. buried in a heap, .without the shadow of a religious ceremony, or a•sign to mark their graves. sr - rnore persons, Europeans, names unknown. Eighty-five Chinese -are known to have been murdered ; but it is supposed there were many more. . 'Three Spaniards killed - by mistake; the mob, not recognis ing them, killed them, supposing' them to be foreigners.—Note by the writer of the letter from Macao.—This seems to be a mistake; as most of the other gentlemen from Manilla assert positively that not a single Spaniard lost his life - , and no Spanish property was plundered, unless what might have been jointly owned by them and the Chinese. The sudden proclamation from the Governor, on hearing that the mob had begun to massacre the Chinese, proves that there was Spanish property in danger, - for the murdering and plundering of the European strangersseemed to have no effect upon him whatever ! !L . COURSE . OF EXCHANGE, APRIL 19. ?Amster dam Ditto, at Sight l2 11 Rotterdam l2 t 5 Antwerp l2 1 1 Ela.mburgli 4ltoua ' 38 8 2i,Us. Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 80 0 Us. Ditto Bouitleaax, ditto Frank fort on the Pain Madrid ' 36 Effective Cadiz - 351 Effective Bilboa ' 35i Effective • Barcelona ieville nlibraltar Leghorn ' Genoa 434---Venice, • Ital. Liv. 27 CO , Malta 45 -Naples 39 Palermo Lisb-un Oporto Itio Janeiro Onkit.n.... 81 BULLION. Portugal Gllll,in Coin ~.,L.O 0 0 per Or. Foreign flold, in Bars • .. , 317 104 New Doubloons New Dollar- , 0 4 10 silvor in Bars, StKndaril ‘ b ,SMrI:IIFILD, APRIL 20:—There was a good supply at .market this - morning of' all ,descriptions of Cattle ;• and the prices of Beef aria"Miittlin are' fully as high - as on-Monday.. The market is glutted with Irish Pork. • This being the first 'dayOrLainb, which is not so plentiful as was expected, thd prices are rather high. Beef - - 33 Btl to 4s thl I, Veal . 4s 6d to bs 6d Mutton -..3s fid to ,4s I - - 4s 4d to 41(1' ' Lamb - • -- • -76 Od•to• 8s Od. COHN MAILKET:—Not -open. [COAL MARKEL—The same. A few days since, a woman of the name of Thompson put- Chased a flannel petticoat, - which hung up for sale at the• shop Of a pawnbroker; Golden-lane, for which she gave 2s. On un - . doing one of the tucks to lenrhen it; to her great surprise she discovered a hank-note concealed in it. Elated with her good fortune, she went immediately to the same shop, and tendered it as all: note, .in order to redeem some - articles of wearing•ap parel. • , Tw 0-T d-ONE stared with astonishment. Instcail of a 11. note it was a fity ! Ile ouestioned the woman as to how she. Came by it, and on her •declining to 'tell him, took her to ,WorShlp.4treet Office, where,:the-business being investigated, the woman was discharged with her prize, to the no small cha grin of the pawnbroker, who claimed the found note as his pro perty. OLD DAILEY. ExTENst* - E RonaEtt - i - .----Yesterf.lay ; . White, Jas. Ford, and Jas,. Wells, were indicted for stealing 6001hs. weight of raw silk, 'Value 6001. and upwards, the - property of Messrs.: Doxat. Five witnesses were then called by the prisoners' Counsel, tho - positively swore; in the most .unequivocal manner, that the prisoner Ford was'at the public..; house of Mrs. Thotnas;: Worcester-street, Bi nn i ng h am , , oft 'Saturday, the 14th of September (the night .of, the robbery) and on..theSunday following. The witnesses were severally. cross-examined ; but their evidence was not shaken. They . all joined in giving Ford a most - excellent character.; Two other witnesses were also called to the cha racter of White. The Jury, after a short eon.: sultatiOn; returned, a verdict of Gado against White, and acquitted Ford and Wells. The COMMON SERJEANT immediately sentenced White to seven years' transportation. , CAUTION TO EAWKERS.—An Association is about to', be formed among th e t r ad e in Southamp, ton, for the' purpose of prosecuting per Sons, of this description, some of whom, accompanied by an auctioneer of celebrity, have this week visited • Southampton with a' large assortthent orjeWelleq, cutlery, plated goPds, stationery, &c. and opened a room at the Star Inn,for the sale of theSe articles by public auction. The goods Being Of a superior • " quality to those generally offered to the - public • throUgh the medium of these persOns; th e s a l es have been both numerous and respectably at tended.. As these persons getierdlly contrive: to carry Off all the ready money in the town, the inhabitant tradesman not only surfers fr - orn the loss of his profits, but the trade itself, for some considerable tithe afterWardS, suffers a great de= pression. The parties alluded to h av i ng - been' • nearly, a .week in the town; and intimating their, intention ,of remaining another, snrue of the prin cipal tradesmen met together upon the subject, and determined to put a stop, if possible, to the sale ; they according instructed their Solicitor to commence legal proceedings against the parties, for the penalties imposed by the Fruwkers' Acts. r As a matter of courtesy, the Solicitor gave no tice. of what was about to take place, and the • . partieS', aware of the consequences, Wert glad fo embrace - the Offer of 'quitting the town itritnedi-* ately. .The 'following is a 'copy 'of the paper Which they signed :--• " In comilianee'with the notice we hai:T this 'day received, or the intention of the trade 'in this town to mit in force aghinst, ili,the,Penaltie..s imposed-by -the Acts of Parliatrient relative -to Hawkers, Pedlars, &c. if we continue the sae latily commenced by usat the 'Star Inn, in this town, contrary to the said Acts, —We hereby proMiS e t o discontintid snch - Sale forthwith ; and upon being permitted t o • w ithd raw f rom t h e .town without arty of the said penaltieS being enftimed agtirnst as, we also promise in-future to refrain from attempting any such sloe in this town.. _Witness our hands, this sth d a y of April,'lB2l, (Signed) J. K. J. IL J. " We authorise the 'insertion of the foregoing paper in x/ t: of the Newspapers w hi c h t h e trade may. thin - k proper t° ' sele , • ' K. Jl l . J AV. At the earnest request of the parties, the • nil tills 0111. 1 inserted.l of th t ei i r s n t a o the b s e arre arneied that th e i public • preference to persons Of thi s classy give a s; while the trade are experiencing eve r y d a y a diminution in their profits, from the 'heavy rents, taxes, Scc which they are obli ge d to pay : and as fellow; townsmen, surely they have a superior claim to these itinerant traders.—(hlampshire Teteg-raph) DrdADrut. SUICIDE.—An inquisition was hela, on Thursday:night at the house of Mr. liarris, the sign of the George and. Crown, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, before THOMAS STIRE,INO, Esq./ Coroner for the western division of the Coma!, of Middlesex, on view of the body of Mr. Alex:- ander Murray, who shot himself.' After the Jur?' were empanelled and sworn, they proceeded 'V stairs-to view the body, which lay in its clothes otr the'lloor, which ,was covered with blood. it appeared from the view taken that the with which he committed the melancholy at t must have been over+loaded, as it lay - oil th : e floor near the body, .o'e - barrel burst to Ple c i e j s ;, and the pistol hand dreadfully shattered• it , must have put the muzzle of• the pistol;q u • de close to his heart, as the wound on. the l e "' l it ," • was wider than the mouth of a - quart r t, the heart and the intestines were exposed to v ,," e 'd The wadding and part of the clothes were t ou g h in the body ; but the. halls passed, quite thr on g: and lodged in the wainscot. From the .evide li e taken before the Coroner, it appeared th t at deceased was a stranger ; came on MMondayo. I t to lodge at Mr. Harris's. Ile had apartu' eilts himself, and had plenty of money to PaY for whathe wanted. On Wednesday night lie ca et „. home from a concert, went to bed, ail(' " c4 ,, g _,nt ting up at•hig - ustialliour next rnorniog. a se i ''h e Went up stairs •to his room to call him, wh en h i e was found as above desc4ibed. On the 7. 1 41 .„ was a sealed letter directed to,his father, --- fed • h ray, Esq., Brownlow-street ; Holborn, wh it- iv .. to the discovery of his family. Also the f° l l ° the ing note, in a female hand, lay open 9 _ l mr , table :---" Miss Hatfield's,. compliments T ecijoe Alex. Murray,' request• he-will in future " was his. visits." The remainder of the let ter- co torn•off; on the' back- was written with pert: in his own Itawd-:writiox,.the following lines;c_.... " I am tired of life; there is only one thing can tu , r f peace pod pistol and ball is the only Tenfecly left me. I 4"-cornelii, with'all mankind. In my pticket are two pieces of ; IVY which I wish to he given to Margaret to keep for my sake brooch I wish to be given to James. Adie 3 u ! „TiazAY two " ALEN. ° The report of the"' pistol was elr . ( l lrbotuknow o no , hours before he was found' dead t . d eabeed inff froth whence it proceeded; it passe deceased ed. s The pbor . afflicted . 'father of trie , _ ineu t lit stated several 'instances - of mental las t, the deceased,' and "paxticularly on !!.i.o lu: : Y The The deceased Was only. 18 ,'cars °/ ,:: 4t 44 Shot Jary,'after, 'smile time, returned a verdi,r himself in a state of me nial derlirig On the ,19th ciiodey, - MAR RIED. tarey , to Wooiton, of NiCliolasaane; of Merton, S nf. o th n t ..t s:474. Brussels, aged Bf> DCED. second Baron of Ireland. Cuthill, wife of Mr. 'n Ocor '?r,Ll mother of Pr. Vi drasArtillery.- LONI)ON : Printed byyeajr.s:Bit.unClialß'SthTi:lefteliSth, OI:Nrde.1)2191.:: .Ormor.d-street, Queen-square•; .and published by , Bloorns7)ury. Mars;ar,e:t SCR I PPS, of • No. 7, South 141°1ton-street, 'at St: OFFICE, No. 112, Strand; where APVEICTISOTEr'S. ORDERS, LETTERS, &c. (post-Paid) milifi-be,addrest= • , ;