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THE LONDON JOURNALS. IXTIt 4-CTs FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS, August 6, 182'2. [THE TIMES.] A Petition was yesterday presented to the House of Commons by General Gascoyne, and stated by him to have been signed by every mer chant in the great commercial emporium of Li verpool, the course of whose business gave him an interest in the relations between this country and the Republic of Columbia. It will be at once perceived that this Petition hinges on that very precise question which we pointed out some months ago, as of the tnost critical importance ; viz.—whether. a mere permission on the part of oUr Ministers for Columbian vessels to enter the British ports would be of itself sufficient to se cur e to our countrymen the benefits of a trade with the Republic. We then stated what we now repeat, and what the Liverpool Petition confirms, that the circular declaration of M. Zea offered a trade with Columbia as a favour to those States only, whose Governments should within a, spe cified period acknowledge her independence. It was obvious at the time, and we so described the case, that such a condition might not be satis fed by a simple admisSion of her vessels to our harbours ; or, in other words, by our offering as a favour to her, that which she had previously ten dered as one of great value to us. Now it seems that the mercantile body have been at length roused into that apprehension for which we so long - ago prepared them, and have actually begun to stop their ships and suspend the execution of their orders for Colombia : under the unpleasant prospect that the Government there may be as good as its word, and-may shut its ports against the commerce of,England, because her Ministers have been false enough to. the real interests of this nation to withhold from a free people the re cognition of their liberty. The reply of Mr. i.ushington - to General Gascoyne was in the na ture of a puff to Ministers; but.to the Liverpool petitioners, or to the commercial interest of the empire, he gave not the slightest satisfaction. [NEW 'rpm.] That there have been plots for insurrection in many parts of France is now manifest : and that there was a central Directing Committee in Paris, we think equally certain. This Central Com mittee, be they Deputies, Bankers, l'eers, Gene rals, or whatever else, must be traced out, seized, tried, and publicly executed, or Louis XVIEL is not King of France. It will naturally be caked why the French Ministers have hitherto proceeded with so much hesitation in bringing the criminals to justice. One of our correspon dents mentions a fact, which in some measure accounts for this. 44 There are" says he, " cer tain Liberals oho have of late assumed the garb of Royalists, and have been taken into extraor dinary favour by certain Members of the Ministry." These false Royalists, it seems, continue to help their former party in two ways; they first dissuade the Minister from taking strong measures, and then communicate to their old associates the appre heirsions which they have created in the Minis ter's mind. Certain Members of the Central Committee of Treason (or at least persons strongly suspected of belonging to that body) had actually taken passports, it is said, to escape from Paris ; but, encouraged by their friends about the Ministry, they have resolved to remain and brave the storm. Meanwhile great efforts are made and sums lavished in every direction by the heads of the conspiracy. It is believed they have obtained an influence over the Juries at Colmar and other places. Various plots have been laid to rescue the prisoners, or, failing in that, to destroy both them and the witnesses, in order to prevent the truth from coming to light. Hence the conflagration which took place at Par tlienay, where Berton was in custody, and the explosion at Colmar, where another set of con gpirators are on trial. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] •.,The• New Times, aliuding • to an article The Chronicle on Friday,. and, another in The courier on Saturday last, observes, " It will be seen, that the principle of foreign interfer ence is not only recognized by both Journalists,l but is the very basis of all their reasonings. One says, it is lawfnl.• for, the Spaniards to - invade France, the other that it is lawful for the French to invade Spain ; and they only differ in this, that The Courier gives an obscure and contin gent approbation to a measure on the one side, which Tice Chronicle distinctly recommends for immediate adoption on the other:' We _have only to remark, that our contemporary must surely have been under some singular hallucination *ten he wrote these observations, for our recom mendation to. the Spaniards. to avail themselves of the disaffection existing in France was expressly • 'adVocated on tho principle of retaliation, having rst endeavoured to chew that there was a gene ral Confederacy of the Kings and privileged classes of Europe against real- and effective po litical regeneration in any one country, and next that the .French Government had positively afforded aid and encouragement to the Spanish Insurgents, and- kept a large army hovering on the frontiers, which covered the rebels, and could only be destined to act hostilely against Spain.. We have ak condemned the system of foreign interference, when by such interfe rence is meant an attempt to prevent a nation from regulating its own internal affairs in what ever manner may be deemed' advisable by it. — We have always condemned, for instance, the frequent attempts made by the Bourbons, with the aid.of o.ur Tories and Jacobites, to oust the Hanoverian Family as usurpers from the Throne of these Realms, as we COndemned the involving this country in a ruinous was, bechuse the French chose to follow an example set by ourselves. But :though averse to unnecessary war, we are not (leakers, and never entertained the visionary idea, that a nation should not both repel foreign aggression, and retaliate • against the . aggreSsor.--- Whether and how far Spain ought to act on the principle of retaliation with regard to France, is entirely a question of prudence. [MOUNING POST.] One of the leading points insisted upon by the British Ministry, at the Congress of Vienna, was the abolition of the Slave Trade, and the princi ple was solemnly recognized by every contract ing party to the grand pacification of Europe. Yet year after year has negociation been spun out, by reason of the barefaced perseverance of Spain, Portugal, and France, in this nefa rious traffic. The voluminous and endless correspondence on this subject is truly sick ening. The hypocritical excuses and pro fessions of the perpetrators are nothing but disgusting. That France could at once ex tinguish this traffic, as far as regards her own subjects, cannot be doubted—but it is not her interest. 'Her West India Islands require fresh supplies of slaves—and in defiance of every prin ciple of good faith and of humanity, the Slave Trade is carried on more extensively by the traitors of France, than even by those of Spain and Portugal. The achievement of the boats of his Majesty's ships Iphigenia and Myrmidon, in capturing a whole squadron of French slave traders, Kill be read by every friend of humanity and justice with heartfelt satisfaction. [BRITISH PRESS.] Last night, the attention of the House of Corn mons, or rather of the half-dozen Members who were present, was called to the great and im portant question of Columbian Independence. Gen. Gascoyne presented a Petition, signed by all the opulent and respectable merchants in Liver pool, stating that the commercial interests of this country would be most materially affected by ab staining from the recognition of Colombia as an independent State. The same Petition mention ed one fact, of a most curious nature—namely, that in the beginning of April last au official communication had been made to all the Govern ments of Europe, and consequently to the British Government, that Colombia would hold no inter course with any country that did not recognise her independence. How comes it, then, that this corn munication,involving such important consequences to the trade of England, should be closetted up as a State secret, and no notification made by the Go vernment to those extensive interests whom it so deeply concerned. Surely we are not to be met on all occasions with the old stale diplomatic cant, that it would be " inconsistent with the policy of the Government to divulge confidential communica tions." Is the commerce of England, upon which its prosperity and true dignity depend, to be sa crificed to the bugbear of mere State courtesy ? If we are to wait the pleasure of the Court of Spain, the present condition of Columbia, like a Spanish welcome, shall continue for a thousand years (mil annos).—The system of piracy now prevalent in the West Indies is the consequence of this state of things. The Buccaneers in those seas consider all trade from Europe with South America fair game. They are chiefly Spanish subjects, who carry their prey to the ports of Cuba, where they find at once refuge for their per sonal safety, and a market for their plunder. To our disgrace some cases have occurred, in which, for the prctection of British property, our mer chants are indebted to American interference. This is letting down the naval superiority of England with a vengeance. Our recognition of the independence must take place ; but it will come too late for British interests. It will come after the United States of America shall have completely forestalled us in the Columbian market. [MORNING HERALD.] The several conspiracies in France, from the second restoration of Louis XVIII. down to the plot of General Berton, present a singular and uniform proof of the infatuated temerity with which Frenchmen attempt gigantic projects, with an utter blindness to the inadequacy of their means—perhaps, also, of the small pro portion of pure Buonapartists, compared with those who are either Constitutionalists or Roy alists. The only insurrection of any moment was that headed by a person named Didier, at Gre noble; and even he mustered only 1,500 or 2,000 men. Berton's, though the most curious, is, on the face of the legal documents which have been published, the most insignificant of them. Its chief interest arises from the connection which several of the leading Liberals in the Chamber of Depu ties are, no doubt, stated to `have had with his insurrectionary mission to Thouars and Saumur. I f the act of accusation may be relied on,these deputies are involved, though somewhat vaguely, by Ber ton himself. Ile is made to state 44 that he had intercourse with them" previous to his leaving Paris•. They have remonstrated with indigna tion, if not rage, against this 64 calumny" upon their characters, which they charge upon the spies and informers employed by the Govern ment, and demand an inquiry into the con duct of the law officer who took the exami nation,- for having received and recorded the declarations by which they are implicated.— This unreasonable demand was naturally re fused. It was the business of the law officer to transmit the depositions and declarations in tact. Still time French Ministry stand in a strange position. The DepUties dare them to proceed upon these depositions against them (the De puties) as accomplices of Berton. " No," say the Ministers, " but if the evidence shall be esta blished, will they dare to proceed against you ?" It is absurd to suppose that, after the Ministers themselves have discredited the depositions in the first instance, by declining to act upon them, they should turn out worthy of credit. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—On Thursday Mill ing as the Laplanders, accompanied by their rein deer, were taking an airing on the Cal ton Hill, Monsieur imagining he should have a finer view from Nelson's Monument, as cended that lofty structure, followed by the deer. The party remained on the top upwards. of an hour, and caused a crowd of astonished spectators to assemble in Waterloo Place:— (Edinburgh Courant, August 3.) ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. LIMERICK ASSIZES.—COUNTY COURT, Jute 29. ABDUCTION OF MISS GOOLD. This barbarous and pre-eminently atrocious case came on to be tried, which, when commenced, all parts of the Court be came instantaneously thronged with persons of the first distinc tion, and continued so until the verdict was announced. The undermentioned persons were put to the bar, in the fol lowing order, as the principal co-operators in the abduction : Daniel Doody, John Cussen, (this man was acquitted on Satur day, for assaulting the habitation of Michael Hartnett; he went by the name of Walsh to Miss Goo1d), James Leahy, Maurice Leahy, (a very opulent farmer), William Doody, David Leahy, and Daniel' Riedy. The prisoners were then given in charge, for having, on the 4th of March, at Glangurt, in the county of Cork, aided and assisted in forcibly and violently carrying away Miss Honorah Goold, in order that one Browne should defile her, and in order to compel, forcibly, the said Honorah Goold to marry the said Browne. This was the substantial charge. against the pri soners. There were various other counts laid in the usual tee - mica's. Mr. Quist - , as leading Counsel for the Crown, stated the case. Miss Honorah Goole was sworn, a young lady of delicate figure ; she appeared to be about 16 years of age ; she was in mourning dress, and gave her testimony correct and distinct, interrupted only by those bursts of acute sensibility which the narration of the unparalleled outrage committed upon her caused in the recital of it before the front of justice. Counsellor GOOLD examined the young lady. She deposed having lived with her mother in the county of Cork, in the month of March last • is now about 16 years of age; recollects Monday night, the 4th of March; a party came to her brother's house on that night ; four persons came into her bed-room ; she was in bed at the time ; would know some of the persons if she saw them who had come into her room. The young lady's attention was directed to look about and see if she knew any person or persons who had been in her chamber. She immediately, and without hesitation, identified John Walsh (who pleaded by the name of John Cussen), and Daniel Doody. The persons who had come into her room asked " whether she was the oldest ?" to which she replied " No." She was then advised 'by those very persons not to feel alanned, as it was not her they looked for; they proceed ed down stairs, but returned in a few minutes, and again put the former question, " was she the elder ?" answering it themselves, by saying "she was," and desired her to get ups one of the party said to the rest, " Came out of the room, and allow her to dress herself." Cussen said this ; after she was dressed in her usual way, one o; the party came in and took her up in his arms, and carried herout and placed her before a man named Browne, who was on horseback. ; it was John Cussen (Walsh) who did so; never saw Browne before this night; they rode to the house of Browne's father, Daniel Brown ; this took place entirely against her will ; it was very dark ; could not tell the hour ; there were 12 persons in the party and on horse back ; when they came near the house, the door was opened, and a pillion was brought out and put on the horse; she asked Browne, " For God's sake to let her go." He replied " he would not." She was then seated on the pillion, a man's loose coat was put around her, she having brought no cloak; they rode off, anti Browne continued before her on horseback, and arrived at Freemount, where they stopped for refreshment, but un fortunately there was none to be had ; and she meant by say ing " unfortunately," having subsequently heard that the army was there soon after her ; the party were travelling the entire night, during which she frequently fell from the horse, when they arrived at a public house, Browne still continuing before her, but could not tell the landlord's name of the public house; the woman of the house heard her cry, and askedher name, for which Guerin, one of the party, was going to strike the woman ; five came to the public house along with Browne ; the two in the dock she identified were of that number ; they proceeded from thence to another house, David Leahy's, sen.; identified him in the dock ; this was on Tuesday morning the sth ; .Cussen and Doody, the prisoner, came there also ; she was put ,by the kitchen fire; James seahy (identified him in the dock), who was there, told her not to cry, that she ought to feel glad it was no blackguard had taken her away, that he was a gentleman and a man of education. She replied " that she would never consent to marry him." She was next taken into another room, by whom she could not tell. Leahy's wife and a girl named Cahill were there at the time. She ' asked Mrs. Leahy's leave to sleep along with her. Browne and James Leahy, who told her not to cry, came into the same room, and breakfast was got ready. David Leahy, the father, his wife, James the son, Browne,and Mary Cahill, sat down to breakfast. They pressed her to take a little tea. When break fast was over, the whole party retired, leaving her and Browne alone. Browne approached his chair to hers, when she rose and ran to the door. Browne interrupted her. He then pro ceeded to force off' her clothes, When she screamed out " Help and save me !" Ile then wanted her to go to bed, and threaten ed to expose her to the outside party, and * * [Here the Court manifested a disposition that the young lady might approach near to the Bench, to tell any delicate fact pressing on her feelings. The answer .established the com pletion of the intended outrage on the part of Browne. Miss Goold was in tears at this stage of the trial, and the deepest sympathy seemed to pervade all who beheld her.] In this dwelling slusstopped until Thursday, but in the in terval was taken on Wednesday night to an adjacent cabin, and brought back on Thursday morning to Leahy's, where the pri soner, James Leahy, was before her, and domestics. She Stop- ped until three o'clock on Thursday. David Leahy, jun. did accompany her to the cabin (identified), and this was against her will ; she was next removed to the house of Maurice Leahy (whom she identified in the dock, a comfortable far mer), Browne along with her, and David Leahy. This was also against her will. It was the distance of two miles from David Leahy's ; she slept that night at M. Leahy's ; Brown slept with her; she stopped there a day and a night.; saw Leahy's wife there, and also a man named Connell ; she was next removed to Lane's house, Browne going with her, accom panied by the prisoner, M. Leahy, and a servant man ; she was next removed to Mahony's house ' Browne still going with her, accompanied by Maurice and James Leahy, prisoners, and upon her oath these removals were against her will ; she stopped a day and a night in the latter place, and was next taken to David Leahy's on Sunday, the first place where she had been abused ; Jas. Leahy, Browne and another accompa nied them, who stopped there until Tuesday night ; this was the 12th of March ; she was next removed to a cabin, as-al on Wednesday morning brought back to David Leahy's; at 12 o'clock she was removed to another cabin, but did not sleep in the latter ; was brought back to David Leahy's ; remained there until 10 o'clock. and at that hour was taken to the cabin in which she lay on Tuesday night ; and swears on her oath that these removals were entirely against her will and consent ; from this cabin she was brought back to David Leahy's, anti kept there until five o'clock ; this was on Thursday, the 14th of March. A paper was handed to Miss Goold for her inspection, pur porting to have been written in her hand, by desire of James Leahy, the prisoner ; it was substantially to certify that i'mhiss Gould had, of her own free will and consent, stopped at Leahy's house ; Miss Goold said the document was written by her, but it was under the influence of fear, and with the hope of being re stored to her family, she did so; old David Leahy, .James Leahy, and Browne, were present when she wrote the certificate ; she was three weeks altogether with Browne ; she was also on the hare mountain ; a man named Daniel Reidy was with her ; she identified the man in the dock ; Reidy came to the cabin to her ; Browne was not with her ; she was taken by Reidy out to the mountain ; the reason she was taken out was, that the army was about the place and near her ; Reidy fired after the soldiers ; Reidy delayed her on the mountain, and brought her back to the cabin, where Browne was before her ; she was on the mountain half an hour; she was taken to another man's cabin, belonging to one Leahy ; Browne remained with her ; young David Leahy (prisoner) and another went with her to the cabin ; she was released on Sunday, the 24th of March : on many oc casions, she saw with these men guns and pistols ; none of those in the dock were so armed, except Riedy, who fired a pistol ; she was finally left on the side of a road, in a cabin ; it was the army who at length released - tier ; when she was reeased, none of the party were along with her at the time. Here terminated the unparalleled narration of this young lady's direct examination ; she was listened to with a sympa thetic anxiety, commingled with the deepest indignation against , the brutality of her persecutors. Cross-examined by Mr. O'CossessEme—She was much frightened, no doubt, during this transaction. Tourmwilla, where the erasure appeared, was not in her informations. The Leahys forced her to say with her consent, in the paper she signed ; they often made her say so to different people, that it was with her will she acted ; she was brought by force to Leahy's house: the first time she was brought to Leahy's house, if she could she would not remain a minute with her consent in an of the places ; she would escape if she could y from the Ruffian Browne, from any of the houses; Browne has since fled ; the time she was out with Riedy on the moun tain it was to avoid the pursuit of the array ; Browne's father's house was in the county of Cork. [Miss Goold shed tears—Mr. O'Connell regretted to be obliged to ask the young lady so much. She then left the table.] AVilliarn Connell examined by Counsellor LLOYD.—Knows Maurice Leahy, one of the prisoners ; was at his house in, . )larch last in this county ; saw Miss Gould there about three o'clock in the evening; heard from the family the preeeding evening that she was expected ; James and David Leahy, the other two prisoners, came in shortly after her ; on her arrival she was welcomed " Miss Goold ;" she cried and wept bitterly ; witness told Maurice Leahy, the prisoner, it would be better to let him call the army, and restore the girl to her friends ; it would be an act of honour. Maurice Leahy said to the witness, " Mind your own business ; if you wish to stop here, do so as long as you like ; but don't talk so much." This same evening Maurice Leahy prepared his own horse, got a pillion, borrowed a horse for the use of Browne and Miss Goold ; on leaving the house witness called Maurice Leahy, and said to• Browne to use Miss Goold tenderly, it would be the judicious and likely way to gain her affections ; Browne said the more hardships she endured the sooner would she comply ; they said they were going to one Lane's with Miss Goold. This was the substantial direct testimony given by this wit ness. He underwent a long cross-examination by Mr. Jack son, in which various leading features of his life, reflecting on his character, were exhibited before him to his great amaze ment, and the great amusement of the Court, but he remained unshaken in his testimony. %Vm. Allen examined by Counsellor WHITE.—Is a Magis trate of the County Cork, and went many nights in search for Miss Goold. He at length found her near Abbeyfeal, in a most pitiable, melancholy, and feeble condition, unable to walk, to sit, or stand • so much so, that he was 17 hours conveying her thirteen miles ; he procured a cart for her conveyance, and also had her - brought on a litter home on men's shoulders; he went to Maurice - Leahy's, and saw the last witness, William Connell, there. Cross-examined by Mr. FREE MAN.—Thinks Maurice Leahy, in tlskdock, was the cause of Miss Goold's being found, as it was through him the information came; the Leahys are the first class of farmers in that part of the country. Thomas P. Yokes knows old David Leahy : went to his house at Tournavilla ; it is a suhdenomination of Clanduff in this county ; placed sentinels on the different houses ; said he wanted them as witnesses ; was shown the bed-room in which Miss Goold was violated ; old David handed him apaper writ ten by Miss Goold, already produced ; his sons were present ; said he would have the paper appear in evidence to benefit all parties. DEFENCE. Joseph Furlong.—ls a Magistrate knew the Leahys to be respectable, correct characters ; great terror prevailed in these mountains against any one who did not obey the insurgents. Richard levers—Knows David Leahy, sen. and jun., to be correct and proper always. Thomas Furlong—Knew Maurice Leahy to be always cor rect and well conducted. Edward Carte—Knew the Leahy family 25 years, respecta ble and well-conducted ; knew of no relationship between them and Browne. To Mr. Quirr—Knew people of good character to have been engaged in the disturbances. The Learned Judge minutely and perspicuously commented upon and narrated the evidence to the Jury. They retired for about ten minutes, and returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—EXETER, AUGUST 2. CROWN SIDE—MURDER. John Chapman," one who loved not wisely, but too well," stood charged with the murder of Sarah Chapman, his wife, at Week, St. Pancras, on the 20th of May last. It was a case of as deep interest as was ever heard in any Court of Justice, and one in which an unusual degree of pity and commiseration was manifested for the unhappy being about to be tried. We la ment that the limits of our paper prevent the possibility of going into a lengthened detail of the evidence, and therefore we can only give the heads of this and the other cases of the day. It appeared that this unhappy man had been married to the deceased only nine months, when he had but too much rea son to doubt her fidelity to him. The sequel proved his suspi cion to be well founded, as her partiality for other men became indisputable, particularly to a person of the name of W. Robin son, with whom she had gone so far as to have the ceremony of a sham marriage performed over a broomstick and a prayer book at apublic house, on the very morning of the day on which she lost her life. The prisoner was told by a person, that his wife was seen walking in a field not far off with this man, and intending only (as he said in a written defence put into the Court) to frighten Robinson, he went for a gun, which he did not know to be loaded, and which it was sworn to have been done by a person to whom it belonged, to kill crows in March last. • On his overtaking them, he desired the wife to go back, and on her refusing to au so, he lost all recollection of himself, and in a state oimind bordering on madness, fired the piece, which was loaded with small shot; she instantly fell dead. Several wit nesses swore to the subsequent agony of his mind. He had been a most kind and affectionate husband, and treated his wife in the tenderest manner ; at the hearing of which scarcely a dry eye was to be seen. The Learned Judge charged the Jury on the law of the case. There were two questions, said his Lordship, for the consideration of the Jury. Was he (the prisoner) at the time he committed the act, in such a state of mind as to know what he did ? for, if he were, then he was guilty of murder ; for the conduct of his wife, however bad it might have been, could not justify the act ; nor could passion, put in the scale, weigh in his favour. The law presumes a mad man to be a person not capable of judging what he said or did, and in such cases it did not amount to murder ; but if the prisoner was at the time in his right reason, and knew the gun to be loaded, then it amounted to that crime ; on the contrary, if he did not it would only amount to manslaughter. It was, therefore, for the Jury to consider this in their minds, and if any doubt ex isted, the prisoner would be entitled to that doubt, and he wished no misunderstanding of the law to go to the public—the case was left to them and the life of the prisoner depended on their verdict, which lie had no doubt would be founded on a right view of the case. The Jury consulted for a short time, and brought the unhappy man iu Guilty of Manslaughter, to the high satisfaction of every person in court. The Judge, in the most feeling manner, sentenced him to one year's imprison melt and hard labour in the House of Correction. ARSON. Mary Gibson, aged 15 years, a beautiful girl, stood charged with the capital offence of maliciously setting fire to some houses, the property of 'William Matthews and Ann Searle, in Staverton, on the 21st of March last. The first count of the indictment failed,inasmuch as it did not state the tenant's name who occupied the cottage—on the second, it went to the Jury, by the Learned Judge's directions, to say whether they could believe a girl, like the prisoner, could be guilty, from the evi dence they had heard, of wilfully setting fire to the houses stated in the indictment, and if they did not, of course she must be acquitted. All that had been said was, that she had thrown a lighted -stick into the pig-sty, 137 which two cottages were burnt down—and that, when questioned as to her having com mitted the act, she said, bursting into tears, " I am sorry for it !" and again—L" oif they had sent me but to London, this would never have happened !"—words, said the compassionate and feeling Judge, 1 think, two vague to convict the prisoner of this dreadful charge.—The Jury instantly acquitted tier. GMLDHALL.—CITY OF EXETER, AUG. 4. The following persons received sentence of death :—Mary Reddall and Hill, for stealing bracelets, &c. ; Mar garet Green and. G. Rowley, for assaulting Ann Dawe, and taking from her two shillings ; Charlotte Smith and William Axton, for stealing from a dwelling-house : John Davis and William Holding, for stealing a watch, &c.; Thomas Cosway, for stealing a gold locket ; and Jolm Abbott, for horse steal ing. Martin Nortliey, for an attempt to commit a rape on a child 10 years of age, two years imprisonment. Several others for transportation and confinement. Jaynes Macleod, otherwise Alexander Macleod, charged with uttering a forged Bill, on Messrs. 13rooksbank and Co. of , s, Lon don—put off until next Assizes. The Assizes finished this day, when the Judge thanked the Jury for their patient attendance to the duties of that import. ant day, and said they were at liberty to go home. The whole of the prisoners are reprieved. John Haddon, an unfortunate maniac, was charged with hav ing, on the 2d of May last, at Stoke Darnerel, cut, with a razor, or sonic sharp instrument, the throat of Mary Raddon, his wife, with intent to murder. The keeper, Mr. Brown, stated to the Judge, that ever since he had been in his custody he had shown symptoms of derangement, by his uniform silence when ques tions were put to him ; that he disturbed all the prisoners in the wards by walking in the night ; and that he was obliged to have a strait waistcoat on, and be chained to his bed. He was brought into Court pinioned, when the Doctor attending the prison was called in, and sworn as to his insanity (previous to which the jury were sworn to try the fact), which was proved to their satisfaction—the Judge having first charged them, that if he was a maniac he was not answerable to the law, nor was he a person who could be put upon his trial. The Jury found him so, when the Judge said, " Let him be taken care of until his Majesty's pleasure is known." NORWICH ASSIZES. John Parker, aliasylt;nore, a married man with three chil dren, was convicted of a - rape on Susan Ripper, a little girl about fifteen years old, living at Wilhy.—The Judge (BEsT) in passing sentence of death, thus addressed the wretched Pri soner :—" You pretend to be a religious man, and ought to have recollected that your offence was equally heinous in the sight of that God, whom you profess to serve, as it was in the eye of the laws of your country. But lam afraid you belong to one of those sects by whom the fashionable doctrine of a mere shew of religion is inculcated, while the duties it enjoins are totally neglected ; and should you have been a dupe to these most de testable doctrines, I trust it will be a warning to others, and that they will be induced to study that Book from which they pre tend to preach, where they will find it written, that ' not every one who says—Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of hea ven,' but he that doeth the will of Him who is in heaven." LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD THIS WEEIC• The highest price of the best Wheaten Bread thro u g l e the Metropolis, is stated by the p r incip a l Bakers to b e 91 7 the Quartern Loaf.—Some Bakers se ll the Quarter° Loa ' from one penny to two pence lower. lb• 4 ° g * lb. oz. }, 5 1 Peck Loaf to weigh .. 17 6 Quartern Loaf to wee g- - ggi Half ditto.. ditto 8 11 1 Half Quartern ditto .• IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEr" W heat Barley English. Malt Oats Rye Beaus . 1,534 Peas Tares Rapeseed Mustard Seeds 697 Flour Brank Linseed...- -.....--• --. '"--- ........., ammo+ 1,865 .....° ....-..... - .--•- __-. .0 , ....... ........ _ --- •.....'. .... , .. 1 . _... --- 106 ..---..., 5,740 SEEDS, Aug. 5. Red Clover (Foreign)..24s 32s—fine, 44s 52s --s Pe r c ,: s t‘ Ditto English R. 20s 35$—fin e new, 44s ses 0 White ditto 3os 46s—fine, 56s 606 1 ., Rye-Grass .. Turnip Seeds. —s Od Gs to 7s pr. bush. White Mustard Seed Bs to 103 Od Brown ditto 9s to 11s Od Spring Tares . • 46s Od to 30s- Od 345 Carraway Seeds s4s to 58s—fine, 605 ses Coriander do 9s lOs 14s r , a' . Cinque Foin 32s to 34s—fine --s P e c • ' Trefoil Ribgrass ... 2Bs 34s—fine, 405 445 Canary per qr —s 30s to 34s Od per qr. Linseed Rape Seed Winter Tares ST. JAM HAY .14AithE 1 , Aug. 3 . 15 1 Hay .. 31 14s Od to 41 4s Od Cloy, r, 3I 2s to 4po New Hay ;A ISsOd to 31 14s0d 1 SU:sty ti 7s Od to 2115 SMITHFIELD. It 1 55 Qd Old Hay 2l 15s Od to 41 Qs Od--Average, 31 ' 0 51 11 8s Od to 21 Os Od-Average, Strawll O '0 s 0•• , Clover 2l lOs Od to 41 lOs Cu -- A vera ge, 3' ''' WHITECHAPEL. 31 ,6 Od Hay 3l 8s od to 41 Os Od-Average, ' 6 56 Od New ditto Ol Os Od to 01 Os od-Average, 0 ' - 0 4 Straw , i lii i 11 8s Od to 21 2s od-Average, I i o 0° Clover 11 10s Od to 4! 15s Od--Avvrage, PItICk. tn. HOk'S, per 141., Aug. 5 . New Hops in Pockets - 565, to 84 6 New Hops in 13'ags - 50$ to 70 , Old Hops - - 28 s to 5 0 i Old Duty laid at 115.0001. _........... sNIIII - 11.ThLI) NIAI{KE . I.—Aug. 5. (To sulk the Offal—per Stone of 81b5.) 0 4 , 1 Beef 2s 4d to 3s 4d I Veal Mutton .... 2s 4d to 3s Od P or k 25 4d t to 4 o 4 , Lamb HEAD OF CATTLE THIS DAY. . 2,39 Beasts 2,348 1 Calves ... Sheep 27,00 I Pigs ............ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS' os By the Carcase. Beef 2s Od to 2s 10(1 Veal gs W 9s Mutton .......es Od to 2s Sd 1 Pork 2 , 4d to Lamb. 2s Sd to 3s Bd. RAW HIDES. „e 101 Best Heifers & Steers, per's . Ordinary ....9s 8d Iry ;n§ s 00 3s 4(1 to 3s 6d Market Calf .. eaell.• 1 „ -- , ocl 1 Middlings .... 3s Oct to 3s 24 En , * Horse Os Od to v -d to —d 1 Sheep ...... .. SHEEP SKIS. S. Fells ........ 18(....Lt°.% Downs PRICE OF LEATHER. Olt Butts, 50 to 561bs each per lb 313 d t° . ., 4 1 Ditto, 56 to 661bs each Dressing Hides , Isid to § l ' o j Coach Hides 194 Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting . I st] to ~.i kj Ditto .... 45 to 50lbs Calf Skins..f.:o to 401bs 22d t° od Ditto 50 to 701bs 27d . W ed Ditto 7O to 80Ibs 26d t° 1 9a _ i Small Seals (Greenland) lad 10 16d t ° l id Large ditto Tanned Horse Hides lsd to 9.," ~1 Spanish Horse Hides MI t .--,- &c. per I Islb.---A n g' Yellow Soap ......... • Mottled ................ ass Curd ................. Graves ................ 7,:0j Good Dregs ............ PRICES OF TALLOW, st Town Tallow 38s 6d —s Od Yellow Russia' 40s ad —s od White ditto .. —s ad —s ad Soap ditto.... 36s Od —s Od Melting Stuff 28s Od —s ad Ditto Rough.. ISs Od —s Od , PRICE OF CANDLES, rßoi: Price of Candles, per dozen 6d per dozen allow a TALLOW CfIANDLER's TOW 1 , 9 s Od lOs ed . d for ready money PRICE. OF RAW FAT, per Stone of Sl.--Atig•,,jd Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow COUNTRY GUILDFORD M Wheat per 1. 61 lOs to 151 ios New Wheat .. 14; Os to 171 Os Oats, per qr... 01 18s to 11 5s New ditto.... 01 Os to 01 Os IMAKKET. [ARKET, Aug. 3. ta 11° Balrley, new, 1 85 OO5 Beaus, per qr. 114 9 t u . 1 1 1 fis Pease, per qr. 11 ss a ' j o i Os Rye, per (p: COAL MARKET, Aug. b. Price" 6d Ships at Market. Ships sold. , „ 05 n a 494 Newcastle A 91 Sunderland 9, 3 31_,5 9" COAL TRADE.—The coal-heavers ge ° ger returned to work at the different wharfs Y e D i hen d , day morning, at the prices proposed to t - the wharfingers, viz. 3d. per chaldron eac ,dron ho, - which is at the rate of one shilling Per c-- ti nn y a e al• for loading at the wharf. About four teen 07 P en f ago the men's wages were advanced one o h r g each per chaldron, or four- pence each a i ,Doc e men, when provisions of all sorts we r n e r ice . ° l double the price they now are. Th e ir,. cbAl e ' cartage was then advanced one shilling P e " oces insis d dron, and the wharfingers have in many - An already reduced their charge to the A ti : l reO t e ; the public, and intend soon to make '"" I°- e ll • tion general. 'l' he charges of the ca r/13 shooting are also reduced. BIRTHS. On Saturday last, at Temple.place, the LadY Of' may 0- f La Esq., of a son. th e On the 4th instant, at Surbiton-place, Surrey f W ir ` Sheriff Garratt, of a still-born child. I ,a ay °, On Sunday, the 4th inst., at Queenhithe, th e Venables, Esq , Alderman and Sheriff, of a so"' 001011 MARttlli D. ett i a ,c On Saturday, the 3d inst., at the parish cho,,,r'„ier, 0 1)- t , Kent, by the Rev. Mr. Barnard, Mr. Thomas I d :00 111e' Fen, Kent, to Mary, eldest daughter of 31 1 .2 . : Lothbury, London. am ble DIED. e 1 0° 0.7 Last night, at her house in Albemarle.ts'V et l, th e f° s 2essa Mrs. Lane Fox, widow of the late Jame s alw 1 , 1 05 I.P. of Bramham Park in the County ofd or iurs. f Ore , Lanesbro' in the County of Leitrim, Irelan d t; islet to m ti t e Marcia Pitt, second daughter of the late, an„; dis s th sent, Lord Rivers and Lady Li g onier. n e '„,, a aner dropsy of the chest, and ended in the precis e pith oleo. illness of her relative, the Right Hon. NV years et , ov e On Saturday, tile 2cl instant, aged 75, Mr. William Chamberlaine, surgeon, of Al le. to, the a O ce j a fter l ay stre soc ietY of the institutors of, and till lately the Secretarymeo......a_ for, for relief of Widows and Orphans of 4letlic a ' "I c o n by he only declined with the loss of mental energY!‘n t 5h flew con; it sensibly decaying. Mr. Chamberlaine wait.l3, birth, and first cousin to the Right Hon• bore a 0 7 sc t . ise',. whose talents as a scholar and a wit, he also 31r. c, pr e c url sanguinity. For a period of nearly 10 Ye 3rs ' e o f a I° ,g e as surgeon-apothecary to the grea t advant ag - s , tear --- ; a re y n d of patients. The widows' sigh—the orp l l,. soc iety pathy of friendshiand the condolen ce orY of butes which will be — gratefully paid to the 11 , em and most useful man. t thq S °' Printed and Published for the Filarß jTo"' Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. 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