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THE I.ONDON JOURNALS. ILIZTRAtTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS, September 2G, 18`42. [NEW TIM-ES.] Paris Papers of Monday, and letters from that capital to a late hour in the evening of the same day, were received in town yesterday. The Rentes opened on that day at 92.35., the closing price of Saturday, and gradually rose to 92, 65. at which price they closed ; Bank Actions were 1637. 50.; and Neapolitan Stock, 76 : 1, to iMORNING CHRONICLE.] The subjecl of the appointment of a successor to Mr. Canning, was incidentally brought for ward yeSterday in the Court of Proprietors at the India-House. Mr. Randle Jackson said, " Heimost sincerely hoped, that virtue, talent, and acknow ledged character, would decide their choice of a Governor-Ge neral of India—thatl the Directors would act a bold and mag nanimous part, and not appoint any man unless recommended by his integrity, his impartiality, and, he would add, some general knowledge of the afairs of India. The present was a period of all others, when such a general knowledge of Indian affairs was peculiarly necessary. When again convened, he fully expected that it would be found that the hopes of the country, and the feelings'of the Proprietors, were not disap pointed ; and that the Court of Directors had supported its own dignity by showing to the world that it was at length under stood and determined that the Government of India should not bend to the Administration of the day." Our readers will no doubt immediately put to themselves the question—which of the four Candidates (if we may so call them) has Mr. R. Jackson here in his eye ? The knowledge of the affairs of India will naturally suggest to them the President of the Board of Controul, particularly when taken in conjunction with the - virtue, talent, and acknowledged character. No doubt Lord Wm. Bentinck was several years in India, and for a considerable period Governor of Madras, during which time he too may have, acquired some knowledge of Indian affairs. We will lrave it to those who know any thing of the iCoble Lord's services in the Mediterranean (where his memory is still cherished) to say with what success lie may hope to contest the other branch of the qualification—the virtue, talent, and ac knowledged- character. We know, indeed, of another quarter where. Lord William Bentinck might be employed with great advantage to the country (though not perhaps with the same ad vantage to himself), and to the great happiness of a population now deeply and justly discon tented. 'We allude to Malta and the lonian Islands, where, from his knowledge of the cha racter of the people of the Mediterranean, and their confidence, from experience, in his virtues and honourable intentions, the wide breach which has been effected betwen the protectors and the protected, might yet, perhaps, he filled up. [THE TimEs.l The execution of General Elio has;it appears by the French Papers, certainly taken place. We repeat our former assertion, that though we can never exult in the death of any individual on personal grounds, yet, considering Elio as a great State criminal, we hail his punishment as an important advantage to the constitutional cause. His long impunity, after a former sen tence had condemned him to die, had encou raged the enemies of the Constitution in almost every quarter of Spain ; while the great and convicted criminal escaped, there seemed little to apprehend for all the minor disturbers of the public peace ; and insurrection began to assume a formidable shape. The new Ministry, however, have shown that they are no less energetic than sincere in their desire to maintain their nation's hardly-acquired free dom ; and we have no doubt that this act of vigour will crush the hopes of that insidious and servile party who would involve their country in all the horrors of civil war for the sake of re newing a despotic Government scarcely less horrible. From an expression said to have been used by Elio at the time of his execution, it appears that he had entertained hopes of again escaping the sentence of the laws, through 1r hat he misnames the justice of the King. [MaRNING POST.] The French Papers contain intelligence from Madrid to the 10th inst. All was tranquil in that capital. The King's order for assembling. the Extraordinary Cortes had given general satis faction; as well as-the activity of the new Ministry, and partiedlarly the exertions made by the War Minister to reinforce the Constitutional army on the frontier, and to put the Insurgents speedily down. Advices from Bayonne to the 18th inst. state, that the whole of Navarre, with the excep tion of the fort of Irati, was abandoned by the Royalists, who had concentrated their forces ia Catalonia. It is also acknowledged that the march of Quesada and the Trappist to Urge!' was not effected without considerable loss, eispecially at a, place called Bolea, where the Con stitutionalists took- from them 4 pieces of cannon aria Many prisoners. This is probably. the Ultra account of the' victory already stated to have been gamed by the Constitutionalists,. in which the features cf defeat are softened, though they can not be entirely 'concealed. - It is also -admitted that the Royalist Junta of Navarre ltad narrowly escaped being taken at Ochagavia4 and had only . been able to insure its safety by quitting Spain, and seeking a refuge, on the French territory. General Espinosa was master of all the vallies -ivhieliQUesada had previously occupie4.. He had even pushed, his posts as 'far as the fortress of Irati, which'he was preparing to besiege as soon as a train' of artillery should have arrived, from Pamplona. It is evident, from all these accounts, which are those of the Royalists them selves, that they are Rising ground on all sides, •and that in a short time all symptoms of insurrec tion will have ceased to disturb the peace and, the happiness' of Spain. [BRITISH PRESS.] ; The Paris Papers up to Tuesday have arrived. The most interesting portion of their contents is a detailed 'account of the execution of General Elio, which, it is now ascertained, took place at Valencia on the 4th inst. It is curious to ob serve how very differently the same circum stance may be represented by persons belonging to opposite parties, when one should think the awful and melancholy nature of the event would impose upon the narrators the obligation of a strict adherence to' truth, notwithstanding every adventitious excitement. The letter of a Liberal from Valentia, evidently written in a high tone of exultation, commences with stating that the " infamous" General Elio has at length suffered the pain of death-. He then describes the im patience of the people as such, that, if the execu tion had been delayed, they would have broken into the prison, and satisfied their desire for ven geance upon a person whom they regarded as an enemy to the Constitutional System, by being themselves his executioners. The letter con cludes with the following paragraph:—" The people maintained that demeanour which be comes an heroic nation, and accompanied the culprit to the scaffold with shouts of f ' To death with Elio !—his blood will cement the con stitutional edifice.' " Another letter repre sents the General to have died with the utmost firmness, expressing a wish that his might be the last blood that should be shed in Spain, and repels with indignation a statement in a Journal " distinguished for the violence of its principles," which said that General Elio fell upon his knees, and entreated pardon for all the mischief he had occasioned. We fear the Gene ral's dying wish will not be fulfilled. From the present aspect of affairs in Spain, it can scarcely be doubted that much blood will be shed, if not on the scaffold, certainly in the field (though in a civil war one is generally a forerunner of the other), before the termination of the present contest. [MORNING HERALD.] At a Quarterly Meeting, held yesterday at the East India House, a conversation was started on the qualifications which ought to belong to the new Governor of the East India territories. It appears that the Marquis of Hastings is not to continue in that office, and that no one has been yet officially named to the Court of Directors. If they act up to the resolution of requiring " talents, integrity, and a knowledge of their affairs," in the person of their Governor-General, the appointment will be attended with some dif ficulty. Although the outlines of his conduct are marked out for the Governor-General be fore he leaves England, yet much must still be left to his discretion. Events may happen, and emergencies may arise, that would demand quickness of decision and promptness of exe cution. The distance is too great, under such circumstances, to afford time for consulting the Government at home. The possession, therefore, of talents, is indispensably neces sary in a Governor of such extensive territories. But there is still more difficulty in finding a man sufficiently versed in the commercial transactions of the Company. High rank at home will, no doubt, be regarded in the new appointment.-- The last three Governors were men of the first rank in the nation. It Would be no easy matter at present to find amongst the Nobility any man sufficiently acquainted with commerce, so as to answer the expectations of the East India Proprietors. Although the Go vernment is now settled and systematized, and although general tranquillity has been esta blished by the talents and exertions of the pre sent Governor, yet the selection of an effective successor will be a matter of no small difficulty. It will he a considerable drawback on the me rits of the new Governor, that he succeeds Lords Cornwallis, Wellesley, and Hastings, with whom he may be certain to be constantly brought into invidious comparison, but whom he cannot easily excel. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. [From The Bury Gazette, Sept. 25th.] A whisper is raised or something like a dis union among the Whigs. • It is said, and confidently, that Brookes's is deserted by what may' be considered the legiti mate Whig Party, and left quietly in the possession of the mob-courting, church-slandering, radical-reforming, people, who have stuck to the Whigs like a kettle tihd to the tail of a yelping cur; which, although a troublesome appendage, at tracts more notice than the whelp could ever obtain without it. It cannot be doubted that the Whigs would be very glad to dissolve the tie which binds them .to this nuisance, could they retain the same portion of popular regard, without their radical kettle, which their noisy hanger-on has drawn towards them ; the only question is, whether,_ if they cut the connexion, they will be noticed at all. As a party, they are really powerless, and the knowy it. They have suffered themselves to be identified with the radicals, and have, in the mob assemblies, found themselves mere nullities. Cob bett in Kent, and Wooler at York, made the Norfolks and Fitzwilliams, the ITarnleys. and Honeywoods, give place to the majesty of mob and independence of impudence. What cor diality then can exist between men who, spite of their political aberrations, have some regard for the civil and religious institu tions of their country, and a set of reptiles who only intrigUe for power to oppress those who are - now placed above them, and practice tyranny. while they roar for liberty. Between the radi cal Reformer and the Whig, there is no one feeling in common but a wish to disseat men in power ; that once accomplished, their views would be found widely. dissimilar.. The Whig would wish to occupy the vacant place : the Radical to destroy it. The Whig wishes to govern ; the Radical not to be governed. In coalescing with the revolutionary knot of pretended refonwri, the party known, by the name of the Opposition have lost much on the score of re spectability, and they begin to feel it : their mob patrons rule thent'with a rod of iron; they have flattered the people, as they call them, into a belief that they, the people, are the "legiti mate source of authority" and monopolizers of wisdom, and the people have exercised the mower they are thus invested with, by making their deluders feel the Consequences of their own folly. It is now pretty generally spoken .of that the Grenvillei. may, if they please, be the means of drawing over to the existing ministry a very large propOrtion of that talent which has long been opposed to all the measures of government. Such an event is barely possible r . its probability we very much doubt. That they may be had, we firmly credit; that they are worth ,having requires proof, and that proof can only be furnithed by' an experiment which we believe will never be made. • SHOCKING MURDER. WASHINGTON (PENNAIiEVANIA), AVG. s.—On Wd nesday last, William Cranford, a wealthy farmer; of Fallow field township, Washington county, was committed to gaol, in this place, for the murder of his son Henry, the day be fore, at about the age of 28 years. This horrid deed is said to have had its origin in a disagreement which existed for Some time between old Mr. Crawford and his wife, ' the mother of the deceased, she living at the time the murder was com mitted in the same house with the son, separate from the re sidence of the old man. Oh the morning' previous to put ting into execution his hellish purpose, -it appears that he had declared, that he would kill his son that day.— The instrument of death, a gun, was attempted to be wrested from him by some person present, who desist ed, on the old man's threatening to kill him if he did not cease to - interfere. Ile deliberately took aim, we are informed, - placed the gun agaihst the cheek of th-. 1 door, before' which his son was sitting, and shot him dead on the spot. A person who was present at the time says, the deceased had been repeatedly threatened by his father, hut from the age and infirmities of the old man, he apprehended no danger • except from the gun, which he had put out of order for his security—the. father,- hoiv- . ever, had procured some person who repaired. it. 0,LI) BAILtY. [Further Particulars of yesterday's Proceedings:l HIGNWAY ROBBERY.—INTERESTING CASE. Joseph Redman, a respectable looking young man, was in dicted for assaulting William Brown, on the King's highway, and taking from his person a gold watch, &c. his property., Mr. ADOLPHUS stated the case to the Jury ; and Mr. AN DREWS appeared for the.prosecution. The prosecutor stated that he lived at Bethnal-green; was passing through Prince's-street on the evening of the 14th July last ; saw prisoner, who rushed towards him and took the watch from his person, which he handed to one of his confede rates : they assaulted witness, and afterwards ran away, and he pursued, crying " Stop thief!" He was ultimately secured, and identified; verily believes the prisoner at the bar was the man who robbed him. Cross-examined.--Had no doubt he was the man ; does not know that he said before the Magistrate he was like the man ; witness said he was one of them. The Court pressed the witness as to' this remark, as much depended to the prisoner on his accuracy.—Witness had no doubt but he was the person ; knows a man of the name of Greenwood, (who was yesterday convicted of a capital offence) ; saw Iffin at Worship-street Office ; he is so much alike with his 'hat on that he should hardly know one from the other. The COURT again examined witness.—Witness thought he was the same man. The evidence of prosecutor's wife was not more conclusive as to identity than her husband's. Mr. Brown was re-called by the COURT.—He thought that Greenwood and prisoner were near alike. Mrs. Brown stepped forward and said, Greenwood was two inches higher. The daughter of prosecutor was also caned, but all she could say was, that the prisoner was like the man who robbed her father. COURT.—Gentlemen of the Jury, Greenwood is in custody : perhaps you would like to see him. Greenwood appeared at the bar, and the similarity between the young men struck every one with astonishment. Mr. A zironEws—lll make no observation—l'll leave it for the Jury to say whether any man might not be mistaken. Gibbs, the officer, went to prisoner's house, and in conse= quence of description only, took him into custody.—Prosecutor afterwards said, " 1 have no doubt that is•the man." The witness, a Whitechapel constable, made an effort to set forth his own industry as an officer, and interlarded his evi dence with allusions, which, although not connected with the inquiry, might tend to impugn the character of the prisoner.— We hope the severe castigation he has received during the pre sent Sessions from the Bench and Bar, will deprive this con stable of his unwarrantable flippancy. The prisoner declared his innocence, and called Mary Allen, who is servant at the Portobello public-house ; she stated that the prisoner was at their house at the time the robbery was said to have been committed. ....... This witness underwent a severe cross-examination by Mr. ADOLPHUS, as did other witnesses, who came forward for the defence. The sweetheart of prisoner, an interesting girl, swore posi-, tively that she was present at the, Portobello, with prisoner, and had spent the whole day with him and while standing at the door with last witness, the thieves: ran by them. When Gibbs came up, witness was waiting in the street, while prisoner went into his brother's. Gibbs said, " What are you waiting for ?" She said, " Not for you. I am waiting for a young man." When he came out, Gibbs took him into custody. Witness said it was impossible he could have committed the robbery, as he had never left her. 'Was much hurt at being deprived of her sweet heart, who was conveyed to'the watchhouse.. . . Mr. ANDREWS.—As you have this intimate acquaintance with him, of course you know something of his character ? Witness, Emphatically.-0 yes ! 1 have known him as long ,as I have known myself ; he is an industrious young man, and worthy of notice. Mr. Constable Gibbs was recalled, and denied that the young woman had used such expressions. He afterwards admitted the fact. _ _ This witness was examined by the Foreman of the Jury, on account of the unintelligible manner in which he gave his evidence. _ Goddard, the constable of the .night, did not hear any con versation like that of the female friend of the prisoner; the impression, however, was, that from her manner, the prisoner was guilty. .11r. ADOLPHITS—I won't proceed any farther. The COMMON SERJEANT observed, that an alibi had been clearly established, and he hoped the young man would depart from the bar without any imputation on his character. Verdict —Not Guilty. William Smith was found guilty, and sentenced to be trans ported for life, for picking the pocket of John Rippirigton, of a sovereign and some silver. NORIVICIt, SEPT. 25.—Notwithstanding the united efforts of the Magistracy and the Peace Officers, and the severe examples made by the Courts of Justice on offenders,-the dreadful prac tice of machine breaking has been again resumed by the deluded populace in this county. A con course of labourers and others broke in pieces and destroyed a threshing machine at Attie borough, on Wednesday last ; and on Thursday a number assembled in the street opposite the premises of Mrs. Pilgrim, of Winfarthing, and although the Peach Officers most earnestly en treated them to desist, and pointed out to them the illegality and danger of such proceedings, and how determined the Magistrates - were to put the law in force in all its ri g our against the offenders, they immediately procee ded to invest the premises; and having taken up the outward parts of a threshing machine there at work, the property of Robert Copping, of Diss, mounted it on its car riage, drew it away with shouts of triumph, and plunged it into a large pit, in the parish of Shel flinger, leaving it sunk in LI feet• water, where it still remains.—(Bury Gazette.) SUICIDE.—The following letter, dated the 20th inst., has been received at the head Police office, Dublin, from the Coroner. at Athboy :-- " I send you the description of a man unknown, who shot himself in Athboy, about six o'clock, yesterday evening. He took a seat on the Ath boy car on Wednesday, near the Cross Keys, County Meath, and told the driver be was in search of a mart who had forged a bill for 1001. on a merchant in Dublin ; that he had been in Skreen and Navan in search of him, and would go to Clonard that day in hopes of finding him. An inquest was held on the body yesterday, when the Jury returned, a verdict of insanity.— The deceased was about 5 feet 8 inches in height„. a heavy full-faced man, slightly pitted with, the small pox ; sandy complexion, with large high forehead, about 40 years of age ; had on a blue coat, with gilt buttons, a narrow blue and white striped vest, blue cloth pantaloons, a new pair of suspenders, white cotton stockings, new thin shoes, a Caroline hat, no maker's name, a pair of slate-coloured gloves, a fine white mus lin cravat, without a pad, marked I. C. 7.' in blue silk, a fine shirt, with a frill, and marked with the same letter 4 in blue silk, a blue and, white cotton pocket handkerchief. The pistol brass mounted, a silver thumb plate with the letters' M. L.' and made by Davisson, Dublin ; •has a mark on the right hand, as if lately scalded. Ile appeared to' have been left-handed, having shot himself in the left temple, and the pistol found in his left hand when dead. lie repre sented himself at one titne , as a baker in search of work, but afterwards denied it."—(Dttb/iiz Freeman's Journal.) Mr. W. HUNTER, Of Rye,'has contracted to re move the vessel lately found at Matham, to Lon don, by land, which will be attqmpted in a few days. One thousand pounds was offered for her by some gentlemen from London, but refused. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Riot and Assault in. Calinell-Buildings. Yesterday James Callaghan, Patrick Sullivan, Philip Gre. gory, Michael Singleton, John Fitzgerald, and Johanna Ha naghan, were indicted for riotously assembling, with three others not yet in custody, in Calmell-buildings, St. Mary-le-bone, on the:2lst of July last, and cruelly assaulting Daniel Connor and others upon that occasion. Mr. ADOLPIIUs and Mr. Jong LESTER ADOLPHUS ap peared to prosecute for the parish, and Mr. WALFORD de fended the prisoners. From the statement of the Learned Counsel, it appeared that about II o'clock at night of the day mentioned in the in dictment, a dreadful disturbance broke out between two par ties of Irishmen from the county of Limerick. The prisoners at the bar were from Ardglass, and their opponents from New castle : and the prisoners, along 'with others, came into Cal mell-buildings shouting " Ardglass Boys for ever ;" they then proceeded with pokers, shovels, tongs, and other dangerous missiles, to assault whoever came in their way, in a most vio lent manner. Daniel Connor was most cruelly beaten, and his jaw broken by a blow from a cleaver or chopper (which was produced in Court), given him by the prisoner Qallaghan. Mary Connor was also assaulted while trying to save her brother from the violence of the prisoners. Patrick Herbert was dreadfully wounded by the rioters, and remained in the hospital for three weeks to get cured of his wounds. Mr. Anonrims, jun., then called Connor, Mary Connor, Herbert, and a number of others, who completely established the statement of the learned Counsel. A great many witnesses for the prisoners were brought for ward, but their evidence was only of a negative character. The Jury found the prisoners Guilty, and Callaghan, who used the cleaver upon the jaw of Connor, was sentenced to six months, and the other four male prisoners to one month's im prisonment in the' House of Correction, and the female to pay a fine of Is. and be discharged. William Ryan was found Guilty of an assault upon John Desmond, a watchman of St. Giles's parish, on the 24th of August last, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment the House of Correction. John Hogan' was found Guilty of an attempt to commit a nameless offence upon a young man of the name of Hughes, on the 3d of August last, in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields. Hogan was sentenced to two months imprisonment in the House of Correction. William Thomson, found Guilty some days ago of a certain offence, was this day brought up for judgment. He was sen tenced to be imprisoned 12 months in the House of Correction. Thomas Willman,alias Funny Eye , Was indicted for violently assaulting James Phipps, a constable of Pentonville, in the execution of his duty, on the 19th of August last. Mr. ADOLPHUS stated, that this prosecution was instituted by the Watch Committee of the parish of Clerkenwell, for the protection of their officers. That the prisoner and a number of his associates got up a sham fight in the streets, in order to attract a crowd of passengers to the spot, that he and they might then proceed to rob and pick their pockets. Phipps knowing the gang and their general character, at tempted to apprehend the prisoner, who made a desperate re sistance, and was rescued out of the hands of the officer by the associates of Willman. The case was proved to the satisfaction of the Jury, who found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment in the House of Correction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ALLEGED SALE OF CHILDREN TO GYPSIES. BlAxsioN-HousE.—ln the course of an examination which took place yesterday before the LORD MAYOR, relative to making a provision for an illegitimate child, an extraordinary fact was stated. The officers of a parish were summoned to appear to answer the complaint of the mother of a child, accusing them of hav ing withheld support from the infant, a very fine boy seven months old. She stated that the grandmother of the child had supported him up, to the hour at which the charge was brought, and that the parish officers, upon being applied to, thought proper to refuse assistance, on the ground that the father was able to take upon himself the task. She did not dispute the ability of the father to do so, but it was to be recollected that he was a sailor, and of course very uncertain in his engage ments as to money matters. The officers, notwithstanding this uncertainty, were willing to consent to an engagement with the father, the condition of which was, that he should himself take the child under his care ; an offer which she regarded with the utmost horror, but to which they listened with appro bation. Indeed they might very well approve of it,. in her opi nion, as it was calculated to save them all future trouble about the child. The Loltro Maxon desired to know why the mother feared so much to place the child under the controul of his father, who had, it was understood, offered sufficient security to the parish that the greatest care should be taken of him ? The mother replied, that the father had made up his mind, if his proposal should be accepted, to dispose of the child to a gypsy gang . at Norwood. The Parish Officers ridiculed this statement, and said they were perfectly well satisfied with the security proposed that the child should be out of the reach of danger. The grandmother of the child assured the Lord Mayor that the father had already sold a child, which his Sister had by a sailor, to-the Gypsies at Norwood; and that the gang had al ready stained the poor baby's face and body so that nobody Could recognise it but those who had been in the habit of see 7 ing it constantly. This humane and tender-hearted father had, moreover, told his intention to the mother of the child then before his Lordship ; and as he was a man of his word in such matters, and there was a .ready market for the child at Norwood, it would, as sure as it lived, become the property of the marauders, and never be heard of again in society. The LORD :MAYou. expressed his surprise at so strange an account, and asked the parish officers whether they were aware of the practice ? They replied, that they did- not believe such a practice _ ex isted. At all events they were convinced that the father of the j child would not think of such a sacrifice. There were nurses at Norwood who undertook the care of children, they believed upon cheap terms, and that might cause the mistake. The mother said she had gone to Norwood to see the little boy, which, the sailor had actually sold for a 'small sum of money, and the work of transformation had then been carried into effect. He was living with the gypsies, and had their com plexion. She could not think of subjecting her baby to so frightful a change, and never would consent to permit the father to have any authority over it. The Leiub MAYOR, who respected the feelings of the.mo ther and the grandmother very highly, requested that the pa rish officers would enable the poor affectionate creatures to'sup port the child, by contributions upon the father, without put ting them to. the pain of supposing that the •boy would ever become one of a gang of gypsies. The Officers, although they entertained no apprehensions of this extraordinary mode of disposing of children alluded to; considering indeed, that the mother's fears sprung merely. from imagination, assured his Lordship that they would supply the means requisite. A young-man of very respectable appearance, named Webb, was charged by Mr. Lawson, woollen-draper, of Cheapside, to whom be is clerk, and of whom he is a relation, with having embeizled several sums of money. M r.' Lawson stated, that he was not prepared with witnesses to' prove the payment of the monies; but he had seen the prisoner's receipts for several sums, and heard him confess that he had collected cash for which he had not accounted, and which was not entered in his book. 'Witness did not know to what extent he had been robbed by the prisoner, whom he had brought up from infancy, and educated, but he feared that the plunder had been going on for some time, and ascertained that the young man was connected with a set of bad people. The prisoner was reinanded to the Compter until further in quiries be made. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (BENEFIT SOCIETIES.) Yesterday a feeble man, near 70 years Of age, attended to ask the advice of the Magistrate under the following circumstances 'He stated that he had belonged to a- Benefit Society for the last 15 or 20 years, during which time he never had troubled the box, but age and infirmity had crept on him, and not being able to work at his trade (-a tailor), he was obliged to declare on the Society. He for a short time received the Society's Stipend; 15s, per week ;- but after a short time they refused to allow it to him, and from the Ist of September until the present time, lie had not received a farthing. The Secretary was present, and said that the applicant was able to work, and he affected illness. The Magistrate thought the man's age was sufficient to cause debility, and he was entitled to his claim, and ordered the sum from September to be paid, and tocontinue the weekly allowance. The Secretary reluctantly consented to the former, but re fused the continuance, threatening to alter the laws of the So ciety, and scratch the applicant's name. The Magistrate dared him to do it, and requested applicant to inform him if such took place, and the Clerk of the Peace should be immediately written to, to convince the Society of their improper conduct. The fine front of that ancient Palace,.Northum berland House, begins to assume a splendid and elegant ap pearance. The architectural ornaments, and particularly the armorial bearings of the Duke of Northumberland, have been repaired and beautified by the workmen—St. Pride's Church, Fleet-street, is undergoing .a thorough repair. # SINGULARLY ATROCIOUS CllAntir"C i a lt —..— e 01l During the awful prev a l ence o f th e OP the north-east of Spain, i n th e autumn o f -10 ' ll a foreigner, who wa s var i ous l y sa id t o be aJO se a Turk i an American, and a renega d o , but v 4l° _, acknowledged vocation w a s th a t o f a merch aa " in which capacity h e h a d amasse d a large Pr..,0. perty, visited the devoted city of Barcelo na ' ot A letter from th e n ce g i ves th e following ac,c o l s of this singularly atrocious character:--- h a man, who, from his l o n g w hit e b ear d, might ", e , been taken for a Pat r i arc h, h a d b e en an e J o f witness of all the plagues that had desolated! he late years, the Turkish Empire. As soon as d heard that a pestilenc e h a d b ro k en out iliato city, he immedi a t e ly h as t ene d to i t. He us e ti the account for these ext raor di nary journies, "; e a advantage which he found in such desol a te countries in purch as i ng hi s goo d s at a l o wec of than usual; but still it seeme d i nexp li c able 0 0 ( lust of gold could so far overcome the love t o life, and how the old man, who was already I t rich, could continually expose himself to 8 11 1 6 inevitable death. Questions put to the st ra n a bi traveller were never answered clearly. S' her e arrived at such a theatre of death, he wrlt i n re il himself from head to foot in tarred linen, ce l. . e llt his hands with black leather gloves, his fac e " a nti a glass mask, and thus mounted on stil ts U oo l; provided with a stick, which had an iron `'.." at the end, he entered the infected ha tlse di There he possessed himself of whatever he te:bie seized off hidden treasures and the most va,', ° : o f utensils, and tore their jewels from the lion ie b - ef e the dead. More than once he is said t° be e hastened the effects of the pestilence, and t° ho se given the death-blow to the victims ° d e cries would have interrupted him in biro trating his robberies. If chance led in° co r a house which was still free from the „„a tagion, he announced himself as a physic i n g led woe to those who confided in his skill. . 1-1 " - „icey with treasures he always returned to Yei t he where admired by every body on account ° t he success of his enterprise, he waited f er itti rk signal for fresh b oo ty, lik e t h e carr i o ntiih tel i The news of the distress of Barcelora b e „ e ilf glad tidings for thi s wre t c h , an d h e l a d ar for t , carried on his horrid trade among us for, a' e t of night y when he w as d e t ecte d i n t h e very a ye stabbing a pati en t w h o was quite delirj e abo This patient was a young Frenc h merchoP t / nt of was greatly belov e d at Barcelona on accloo his integrity. H e h a d j ust l ost h i s w if e ae • air sons, and was himself struggling against Mote temper, which had hith er t o spare d this c° o o4 geous young man, who most tenderly d e o3 oo himself to his f am il y . H e was mur d ere d al 00, in the arms of his countryman, Capt. g l o vi was near his friend i n an adjoining r e ",,i c to Hearing the dooor opened, he hastened b a t ; the the patient, s ees th e v ill a i n sta b h i s frien d refo heart, rushes on hi m , se i zes hi m, an d tb i e fa him on the groun d, a f ter a h ar d s t r ugg 0 ;01 which the o ld wre t c h shewed InuchoSir,, strength than could h ave b een expected. ..,tirea.l cried the wretch, fi n di ng himself overP" o rbil " surely you will not kill me."—" Villaitlt o too hast thou done ?"--" But he was so ill."' 1 0, " those things which you had already stole Pol cc I thought every b o d y was d ea d ; givn.aldeilore life ; I will make y ou a r i c h man. "—" 'on be to offer me your blo o d- s t a i ne d go ld 2" c, SO sill 4 without fear ; I possess severa l reme dies ag git iof the plague; I will give you a s many se er ple as you can carry."—".And were you to ou. ci ths two arrobas ?" 'c You shall h ave ten," sal or 4 murderer, and received the Captain'a t ed the through his heart. The Magistrates se, li t haa body of the pretended Israelite, and liar . i i , Of at the corner of Regomin-street. Tu e ,i'life"/ sent o ffi cers to the house in which he ha d for and ordered all they found there to be ol d/ the benefit of the poor. - The verysa id t o fe - ofl ie hair5e........ of the ..,.., -head sai el l" . influence ago, o w f drunkenn e sshenwigs v l„ere , me insomuch or 011 , 1 I s or ° pears generally ill' than they now are, the London wig -1°31° 00: scantly recognised the h a i r w hi c h had he en t of°' from a drunken m an , an d gave l ess for it t , that of others. i v 01 , We regret to state that the fire at the f live s ' Port has been attended with the loss °,. io lis' which from. the number of pOor people tiT` a t t ame bited the tenement, could not be ascertaiturdai the time the calamity haPpeued. On ' a lea rio°, afternoon, while the , workmen were c or aii'' away the rubbish, they discovered the r ry we of a man dreadfully scorched, and in a c e ji of tilated state ; the head and part of the "d it i 5 child was also found'at the same time, ' lot, a suspected that an o th er c hild h as bee" bt , l 9,3 , ) one is yet missing.—(Edi n . C oura nt, Ser _ • ---. COAL-MAREET, SEPT. ' 23 ' fric e i3s 6 'l Ships at Market. siiips sold ni pa t ° 44$ I F' 33,f Newcastle . - - 234 - 4cl t° 5 Sunderland - - 5 - p --.. r O i • lA ° BIRTS. On tho 24th inst., at Sutton-p ar H k, Bedfordshire . / the vte H. Russell; Esq., of a daughter. rob, Airs . On the 23d instant, at George-street, Edinbn v naldspn, of arson. ji. . be MARRIED. Yesterday, at Marylebone church, Francis Esq. of Troup, in the county of Banff, and - ~, fate - county of Perth, to Maria, . only daughter General Duff; of Carnousi ,e in the county of P,a. n 0.113111, Hey ,uf On Tuesday last, the 24th instant, at Gag i ii ier , Esliiciv Henry Bentiack Curry Hillier, son of Wm. .`"` f - 3,10,i° 1 Boleyhill, Rochester, to Ann, 'eldest ;laughter o fs e Vf John James Lacy, of the RoyarArtillery• v a llsee' ou On the 24th inst., at Cheltenham, Patrick ‘,._. ja ne %o Commander of the Orient East Indiaman, 1 4 1 Fare' - bc3 / daughter of Colonel. Sir John Sinclair, of Dun ' 0 0 f Air . DIED. r 0 On Tuesday, the 24th inst., the infant daugh ter o vert Mrs. Thomas Hankey, aged 6 'maths. lfr. John tld On Saturday; the 21st inst., at Windsor, 1 • f 31 0 o of On Kent-road, aged 67 . Esq'' On Monday, tire 23d inst., Benkunin Yates, borough-place, Walworth, aged 64. c, Vss. es, On the 24th inst., at Aylesbury, James Gea,c oose I O h e r _i On Tuesday morning, the 24th inst., at her n __ ar o f ~ ,,,,i i field -street, Mrs. Harriot Milks, in the t;sth,,rf , i s te v sole surviving daughter of the Rev. Dr. Mu' " e p . " Exeter. atr 7 4 # ,e s Onarleilnein Co,natoinety of tit. t. i t Printed and Published for the PROPRIF.TORS, Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. 13. Csitsil'i / . ' 1 C. VI 4 f „; tot er, iu c h 1q15( •S 4 itA Prl