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44 THE LONDON' JOURNALS. ZXTRACTS• PROM TliE DAILY 'MORNING PAPERS, October 26, 1822. [THE MiES.] One of the Paris papers of Wednesday, which we received last night, contains a curious note, dated August 27, and said to have been pre sented to the Government of the Sublime Porte by the British Ambassador, Lord Strangford. This note complains that several British subjects have.claims upon the property of the Greeks who have fled from the fear of massacre. These claims the Turks will not liquidate" because, ac cording to the Mahometan laws; a man's pro perty cannot he made answerable for his debts, unless himself be present to admit the justice of the demands. " Therefore," says the British Diplomatist to the Court to which he is accre dited, " recall these fugitives indebted Greeks to their homes, that my countrymen may be paid !" An argument of great weight this, both to induce the Turks to call, and the Greeks to corm: at their call : " Come with a whoop, " And cone with a call; " Come with a good-will, " Or not at all." [NEW TTMES.] A letter was written on the 9th inst. by Mr, Croker to Mr. Bennett, the Secretary of the Committee at Lloyd's, which letter The Times designates as an " unlucky" one, and charges it with " fable," for having " described the Dot trell to have been stationed, as well as the Car nation, for the protection of trade in the same quarter," namely—near the Island of Cuba ; and it is difficult to suppose that The Times could have made its statement by mistake ; for it repeats the same twice over, saying, " Mr. Cro ker added farther that the Dottrell was also sta tioned in that neighbourhood for the like purpose." —Now, we subjoin a copy of the letter, from which it will be seen that the very assertion which The Times twice asserts Mr. Croker to have made, and which it charges him with falsehood making,.in he did not make at all! The argu ment of he Times is this :—Mr. Ccoker asserts that the Dottrell was stationed, on the 12th of August, in the neighbourhood of Cuba ; but she could not be stationed there, on the 12th, because she was at New-York on the 20th ; and - there fore Mr. Croker's letter is a " fable." Turn to the letter—what dUes it say ? It says, that the Caraationhad . been directed by the Admiral to take up a station in the neighbourhood of Cuba: and afterwards, - in a different paragraph,- and with a totally different phraseotogy, it men tions a simple matter of fact, namely—that the Dottrell was in the neighbourhood on or about the 12th; which is confirmed by Lloyd's account of her arrival at New York on the 20th; for in order to do this- she must have passed throtigh the Gulf of Florida, which was the very neighbourhood- in question. Now here in the letter, it is said 7 or intimated„ that the Dottrel) vVaS stationed there ;—and 'yet The Ti»zes twice asserts that this is said in order that it may con vict Mr. Croker of falsehood, by sheaving that though the Dottrell might haVe been in the neighbourhood, she could not have been stationed there ! Can any tiling be baser than such a mode of assailing private character ? (COPY.) . Admiralty Office, 9th. October, 1822. SlR,—Ravin g laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiraly your letter. of the 7th instant, respecting the capture of two-British vessels, the Vittoria and Industry,. by a piratical schooner near the island of Cuba, I ant commanded by their LOrdsbips.to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that their Lordships had already received art Account of that transaction from Captain Walcot, of his. Majesty's sloop Carnation, who has been di rected by Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Rowley to take up a sta tion in-that neighbourhood, for the protection of the trade, and who writes,.underdate of the 12th of August, 'that on that day seventeen sail of the Jamaica ships had passed safely round Cape Antonio, and that he was waiting. in that quarter to see the-remaining. vessels safe. His Majesty's sloop Dottreli was also in the neighbourhoOd;• 4nd Sir Charles Rowley, reports that his attention had been di rected to that quarter. In addition to which, my Lords•have taken further measures for the suppreSsion of these piracies.—.l` am, &c. (Signed). J. W. CROKER. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The letter from Sir Robert Wilson to the Electors of Southwark will fully enable our Readers to judge between the Bourbons of France and our gallant Countryman. They did not like to see him in Paris, and that we suppose must be accepted as a perfectly valid reason for the ungracious not to say harsh mea sure of compellin g himself and Lady Wilson, without regard to her infirm state of health, to take their departure at a few hours notice. No thing could justify such a measure (supposing it even legal) but the apprehension of serious danger from his presence, and if his mere pre sence filled the Government with apprehension, it must, one should think, be in a very critical state. We leave it to those who have reflected on these matters, to pronounce whether this per petual display of alarm, even if danger really existed, is calculated to strengthen the Govern ment. [MORNING HERAEM.I It is somewhat singular that we are even still without certain or authentic accounts from Spain. Some doubt is even thrown upon the fact of a battle having—taken place. The first accounts stated that the action took place on the 4th, whilst a more recent one asserts that Mina had not yet fired a shot on the Bth. It is very strange, that if a battle had been fought, as ori ginally stated, authentic intelligence of it should not have reached the Ph.ris Exchange—a quarter so interested in knowing the truth, and in such frequent and direct communication with the fron tier and Madrid. It is not at all improbable, that a battle may not have been yet fought. The tardiness with which extensive military combina tions are necessarily conducted, and the delay in supplying Mina with reinforcements of soldiers and artillery, from the financial embarrassments of the Government, easily account for his slow progress. [MORNING POSTd Paris . Journals" to the 24th instant reached u 9 fast night by express. :they have brought telligence from Spain, whichnOlOnger speaks of general action, but describes a series of skilful movements, but, by which the Constitutionalists appear to have gained as much ground as if they had defeated the Insurgents in a great battle. The weakness of the latter, long concealed by their dispersion in the shape of Guerrillas over a large extent of country, grows daily more and &lore evident, now that they are forced to collect themselves into bodies, and to act as an army. Indeed they seem unable to make head on any point, for we find them disbanding themselves without firing a shot, at the approach of the Consti tutionalists, and flying for refuge to the French territory, which they are not permitted to enter without first surrendering their arms. A detach ment of Mina's army having reached Scava and Ochagavia, the whole garrison of the fort of Irati, with the Commander and the Junta, ran oil to the French frontiers, and the Constitution alists might have entered the place without op position, had they been aware of the flight of the insurgents. But they halted at Ochagavia during the night, and the delay enabled the Royalist Colonel Aradondo to collect above two hundred fugitives, with whom he threw himself into Irati, and saved it from the danger of a surprise. ROMSEY, Ocr. 23.—ft is with the most pain ful feelings we announce the death of 30IIN LAT HAM, Esq. of this town, who, between twelve and one o'clock on _Monday (21st inst.) in a sudden fit of derangement, put an end to his existence, by discharging a pistol, loaded with ball, into his mouth, and literally blowing his brains out. His lifeless corpse was discovered in a few minutes by his eldest son, in a most shocking state, whose agonised feelings, as well as those of his mother and brother, can hardly be conceived. - It is impossible to describe the sensation evinced by the inhabitants on the first notice of the event. An inquest was held on, Tuesday, before A. Todd, Esq. Coroner for the county, and the Jury, which was very respectable, after hearing evidence, and a patient consideration, returned a verdict—" Lunacy."—( Southampton Chronicle.) TOWNSHIP OF WHITEHAVEN.---We are. happy to have it in our power to state that a very material saving has been effected in the expenditure for the maintenance of the poor of this township during the last six months. The following is a statement/ of the accounts :—Total expenditure for the year ending 25th September 1821, 2840/.,- and for the corresponding period 1822, 21211., being a redaction of 5191. This strikingly shews the utility of a vigilant superintendence of public ac., counts.—( Whitchaven Gazette.) Notice has been given at the Post-office of Liverpool, that from and after Monday, the 21st inst., the York Mail will be dispatched at four P. m., instead of half-past four ; and the Carlisle Mail at seven r: n., instead of half-past seven. We are authorised to state, for the credit of this neighbourhood (Sheffield), that the number of prisoners for trial at the ensuing Sessions is unusually small.—(SheSiehl Iris. ) The united ages of four ladies, who reside at Preston, in Lancashire, amount to 337 years, viz.—one of 93, two of 82, and the other 80. Two of the ladies are sisters, and the other two are their first cousins. Last evening a pc;or woman, upwards of 70 years of age ; of the name of Davies, was knocked down by a man in the employ of Whitbread's brewery, and a dray passing at the moment, went over her leg, and broke it in two places. She was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but, we are sorry to learn, little hopes are entertained of her recovery. AN OCTOBER SERMON.-In a village not far from Oxford a sermon was preached last Sun day, from Gen. 1. and 28th verse. "Be fruit ful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." After saying a few words on the nature of the command, the preacher observed, that it was ab solutely necessary various parts of scripture should be had in remembrance by his hearers ; particularly those passages in whtch the-Koly rite of matrimony was ordained, for this holy rite must previously sanctify obedience to the pre cept ; but as the wisdom of the Legislature had rendered the preparations for its celebration dif ficult and doubtful, he should strive to make less obscure by reading what the law enjoined to be read, viz. the Act to prevent Clandestine Marriages, and by explaining those parts which most affected his parishioners. This he did to the great satisfaction of his audience. Qn Sunday last the new Organ was opened at All Saints' Church, in this City,and although the morning was very unpropititious ? 'the congrega tion was numerous and respectable. The pieces of sacred Music, introduced into the service, were executed with great taste and barmy, and gave general satisfaction ; a very eloquent and ap propriate sermon was preached by the Rev. R. Kennedy, of Birmingham. In the evening the church was crowded to excess, and it is supposed that five hundred persons were unable to obtain admittance ; the selection of music was well ad apted to the occasion, and performed with fine effect; an admirable and impressive sermon was delivered by the Rev. W. A i . Pruen, of 'Flad bury. The total collection amounted to 811., including a liberal donation of 101. from Samuel Ryland, Esq. High Sheriff:---( Worcester Jour nal, Oct. 24.) A most important invention, for the relief of workmen employed at what is termed " dry grinding," has been, brought to perfection by a Mr. JOHN ELLIOT, of Sheffield, and is in opera tion in that town. This class of persons have long and greivously suffered in the exercise of their employment, by inhaling the mixed parti-1 cles or metal and dust arising from the stones ;1 and in most instances, the disorder so produced has baffled the best medical. skill, and the suf ferer have sunk into dremature graves, The re medy is described as most simple—the evolution of the grinding-stone,' by which the evil has hi therto been occasioned, being made, under pro per regulation, .its remedy, by carrying, off the prejudicial matter produced in the operation and enabling the workmen to breath a pure atmos phere.—Mr. ELLIOTT is about to introduce the invention among the needle pointers at Red-ditch. Mr. E. we understand, waves all " patent right," and most generously devotes the full benefit of his invention to the public. How to kill the D—l.—A lad, aged IS years, iu Westerley (Rhode Island), one day last week, while going to pasture after his cows, had occa sion to pass through a wood, where he discover. ed on a tree, at some distance from the ground, a a large and furious looking animal. The boy, ran home and told his parents that he had seen the devil l The father promised his son a quarter of a dollar if he would kill him. The boy took his father's gun, charged it well, and repaired with all haste to the woods, when he again found the aforesaid animal. Having placed a stake almost direcily under him to rest his gun upon, he fired, and down fell a panther, Weighing 140 pounds, which he quickly - dispatched.—(Nationa? Advocate.) MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OCT. 25. 2. WILFRED PARKINS V. THE PARISH OF MARYLEBONE. This was an appeal brought by the Ex-Sheriff, Mr. Parkins, igalnst an order of filiation. - The petition of appeal was read. It set forth by declaring Hannah White, the girl upon whose oath the order of filiation was pronounced, to be a common prostitute ; and entered into many particulars with respect to the frequent visits she received from many male acquaintances. The appellant declared that the girl h ad most willfully perjured herself, and solemnly affiiined that he had had no such inter. course as she had described. It went on to state, that when at the office where the order of filiation was pronounced, lie did recognize her as being a poor woman to whom he had given three or four shillings at Buckingham-gate, perceiving that she was almost shoeless. He was on horseback at the time, and rode off, followed by his groom. Mr. ADOLPHUS, on behalf of the respondent, first produced as his witness to prove his case, Hannah White. She swore, that, some time previous to June, she was in the service of Capt. Fozzard, in the riding-house in Hyde-park. One even ing in June she met Mr. Parkins, and an intercourse took place, which gave rise to another in August in Kensington- Gardens. He met, her then at the gate near her master's house, and they went into Kensington-Gardens together. The witness then described the nature of the interview. This was repeated afterwards at least three or four times. It might be more, but 'she would not swear to more than three or four. Afterwards, fearing a discovery in consequence of these various interviews, she assumed the name of Mrs. Jarvis, and went to lodge at the house of a Mr. Simmonds, in St. Martin's church yard. She was subsequently delivered of a child in Maryle bone workhouse. The witness underwent a long cross-examination by Mr. ALLEY, from which however nothing important was eluci dated. She answered the questions without embarrassment, or any contradiction. Mr. ALLEY, on behalf of the appellant, proceeded to detail the facts which he would prove in contradiction to the state ments of this young woman. He would call a host of wit. nesses, who would show to the satisfaction of the Court that not only the whole story she had trumped up for this occasion was a complete tissue of falsehood from the beginning to the end, but that the girl could not, and ought not to be believed upon her oath. The Learned Counsel, with considerable warmth, and in energetic language, observed upon the hard ship of the case as affecting the worthy Ex-Sheriff, and con cluded by calling the following witnesses : Mary Simmonds stated that her husband was a steel-worker, living in St. Martin's Church-yard. Hannah White took a lodging at her house in the character of a married woman, and called herself Mrs. Jarvis. She had a great number of male visitors. One of them, who called himself Mr. Jarvis, came to see the girl. The first time he came was about seven in the evening. He used to come sometimes five or six times , a week. Mrs. Jarvis said he was a clerk. Witness was present at an investigation which took place with respect to Mr. Parkins. A Mr:Jarvis was then produced, but he was not the man who had passed for her husband. The man who then appeared Was very young, but her husband was about thirty years old. The girl said to her at the time, that it was not Jarvis her husband. Witness afterwards told the girl to quit'her house, as she would not suffer such proceedings under her roof : she would not allow so many male visitors. The consequence was, that the girl went away. Afterwards witness saw her in illarylebone work house; she had been then brought to bed, and was not reco vered. The girl asked her if she .did not think the child was like Jarvis? Witness replied that she never saw a man and child more like each other. The g irl then said that she had sworn the child to Mr. Parkins. Witness asked why she had done so, since she was a married woman ? The woman an swered, that she had done so because Mr. Parkins could better afford to keep it than poor Jarvis, who was but a clerk. Mr. Parkins never visited the girl while at her house. She was re quested to go to the workhouse to ascertain if it were the same person who had lodged in her house. Cross-examined.—The girl stayed three weeks in her house. She could not say that any man stopped with the girl all night. Mr. Jarvis came to the house full a dozen times in the course of the three weeks, if not oftener. Some of the male visitors stopped in the house till twelve or one in thennorning ; but none stopped all night. A first floor lodger in witness's house, of the name of Mrs. Price, first complained of the conduct of Mrs. Jarvis, and said she would not "put up with such goings on." It was Mr. Parkins who came to request witness to go to the workhouse, and she went accordingly. One of the overseers of St. Martin's parish was then called. The girl had applied to him to be admitted into the work house, and had shuffled a good deal about her claim to admit tance. He thought she was not to be believed upon her oath. Cross-examined—He knew nothing of the girl, excepting that she had applied to the parish. Ile had never heard her examined upon oath. Sarah Thompson was then called, and Mr. Ex-Sheriff Par kins quitted his seat to bring her into Court. This course he pursued with some other witnesses. Mr. ADOLPHUS complained that this was not exactly the way to have justice done to all parties. Mr. Parkins was sent out for every witness, and thus the object of sending the evi dence out of Court was in a measure defeated. Mr. HrLr., the attorney employed on, behalf of the appel lants, said he did not know the witnesses. It was Mr. Parkins' own testimony. Mr. ADOLPHUS—Then it is still more objectionable. Sarah Thompson at length appeared in the box. She knew Hannah White when she lived at Capt. Fozzard's. When the girl left the service, and went to live in Crown-street, West minster, witness saw her, and she then said she was Marled to Mr. Jarvis. Witness had previously received a letter signed " Jarvis," and she went in consequence. Witness's husband lived in the service of Captain Fozzard at the time the girl was there. Witness afterwards met Mrs. Jarvis in the park with her husband. (Henry White, brother to the girl, was then called into court and shown to witness.) That was not the man Mrs. Jarvis called her husband. He was an elderly man, about the same age as witness's husband. Thomas Thompson said, he lived in the service of Captain Fozzard at the time the girl was there. About two months after she quitted the service, he received a letter from her signed " Jarvis, and dated from No. 4, Crown-street, Westminster. He went to her, and she said her name was Jartfis. A beadle of the parish of St. Martin's was called, but proved nothing. Another witness who had been subpoenaed, was obliged to attend on another trial in a different court. _ -------.. . Mr. Amor-ilus replied. He was commenting upon the de fldeney of proof with respect to the scene in the park, at which the groom must have been present, when Mr. Parkins inter rupted the Learned Council, and stated that he had omitted to call the groom. Mr. ALLEY declared upon his honour, that he had forgotten to call hith, or he should have put him into the box before. Mr. ADougrus was surprised at such a proceeding. Just as he had commenced his observations, and at the period of the case, then a new witness was to be called. John Thorn was then examined. He stated that he was groom to Mr. Parkins, and remembered riding out with his master to Buckingham-gate. He had done so several times. He never saw the girl in question-, to his remembrance, before ; and never saw her accost his master in the park. His master frequently walked in the park. Mr. ADOLPHUS then continued his reply, and began by observing upon the probability and -consistency of the girl's statement. It was a plain and simple narrative, and had been contradicted in no one particular. But, it was asked, was it likely that Mr. Parkins, with a groom behind him, should j thus publicly make assignations ? Nothing more likely. He remembered a well-known story of a general officer across the water, who was so little shy upon these, occasions, that he suffer ed a file of soldiers to wait opposite the gate of a celebrated house in Dublin until mornifig dawned. Degustibus On est dis putandunt, and Mr. ex-Sheriff might, and probably did, j entertain the same feelings upon the subject. As to the witness Thorn who had been examined, his evidence was indeed a thorn in the side of the appellant, for what did it amount to ? If the girl's story was untrue, how caine Mr. Par kins, as lie allowed in his petition, to give three or four shil lings to her ? And if so, hoiv came it that the groom knew nothing about the matter ? Were the charitable feelings of the worthy ex-Sheriff roused at seeing the girl's shoeless state, and was it for this only that lie became all at once so bountiful ? No ; it was but too plain why the tender heart of Mr. Parkins had been so wonderfully affected. The money was given for another and a very different object, and his generosity received its due reward. This, indeed, might be said to be the true " economy of love." 'The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upon the remaining portion of the evidence adduced j by the appellant. They were indeed all notable witnesses, and, except Mrs. Simmonds, proved nothing. That Lady, with a steel-formed conscience, - had sworn to a confession to which he believed very few indeed would give credence—a confession made by the poor girl while yet in bed at the workhouse, and still suffering under the pains of child-birth. After some fur ther observations, he concluded by earnestly entreating the Court to weigh the whole facts of the case. The CUAIRMAN made a few. comments upon the evidence., Unless, he observed, it was to be supposed that the whole,of the girl's story was a fabrication, there was no contradiction to her testiinkny, at feast as to the main point. He agreed with ' the Learned Counsel for the respOndent; that'the witness Thorn had bitter been absent, for his silence upon one point was very strong against the appellant's case. There was no proof of the fact, expressly :stated in the petition of appeal, that Mr. Parkins 'gave the girl three or four shillings,at Buckingham, gate, and yet the groom was present. This, was -indeed a very' great omission; but in fact, the assertion on the petition was expressly contradicted by the groom, for he declared he never had seen the girl before. If it were true, as had heen stated by the witnesses for the appellant, that the girl was married to Mr. Jarvis, why was not the husband produced, that the fact might be proved from his own lips? He would not declare his ilnmediate opinion on the case, but the evidence certainly, ac- Cording to his conception, preponderated on one side. Mr. Dyer, a Magistrate, pointed out an inaccuracy in the petition of appeal, which had particularly struck his eye, as it related to himself. He never said that he was taken advantage of while in the execution of other business. This was a state ment wholly unfounded in fact. Another Magistrate made some remark which did not seem to please Mr. Parkins, and the latter Gentleman jumped up upon the bench where he was seated, and demanded the name of the worthy Magistrate, for, added he, " I wish to record such wise speeches." Mr:Parkins was rebuked for his conduct, and he resumed his seat. The Magistrates, after a short consultation (and the bench was very full during the whole investigation), declared that the order was confirmed. The ordinary, costs were allowed. ETHELBERT'S TOWER. The work of destruction is complete, and it will be for the historian in a future age to record, that the Van dals of the 19th century demolished that fabrick, which the Goths of former ages had not only never attempted, but amid all their ravages (and they were not few) respected !—We stated in our last, that after having failed in every attempt to level the remaining part of Ethelbert's Tower, it was determined to batter it down by percussion, and certainly upon the principle that a drop of liquid hollows out a stone, not so much by its force, as by the frequency of its fall, the proceeding was just.—The attempt was accordingly commenced on Tuesday, and the end of the piece of timber used (for it could not be called a battering ram) was directed against that part of the eastern flank of the tower, which it may be conjectured had formed the arc of the roof of the magnificent choir of the Abbey, and which by Wed nesday night was in consequence considerably perforat ed, although from seven to eight feet in thickness, with out any apparently material injury to the superior parts of the building : and if the effort at destruction had here stopped none would have regretted the attempt ; but it seemed that the demolition of the last fragment of this beautiful ruin was de creed—the farther progress of annihilation was accordingly resumed yesterday, and at three in the afternoon, by the advice of those who, unless they had seen that the destruc tion of the tower was determined on, would not other wise have interfered, by directing the power of the engine to the northern side of the pier of the arc above-mentioned, that pier, with a large portion of the building resting on it on that side, was brought down. The greater portion still however stood, buoyed up, as it were, by its own weight, " pondcribus libratasuis," and by judicious means might yet have been pre served, rendering what remained more beautiful as a ruin than age or art could have effected; but as we 'have already stated its fate was decreed ; and the engine was applied to its base on a line with that of the other flanks of the tower which had already fallen from the effect of time and the elements; the result was (about four in the afternoon) the overthrow of the whole, the superior part with its beautiful pillars and orna ments entire and uninjured, notwithstanding the concusion it had undergone, sliding boldly from its base above described and sinking gradually and perpendicularly into the area, formed by its corresponding flanks, and forcing outwards part of its own base, and of the base of the southern side which yet re mained after the late fall of its superior part. So perpendicular and gradual was its descent, that the scaffolding of the engine erected immediately against it, remained standing, no part being in the least degree injured by its fall. However much we may la ment the destruction of this last remnant of the tower, dedicated to the first Christian King in England, it is impossible not to notice the manner of its abolition. Gibbon, the most elegant historian of any age, observing on the Progress of the Chris tian Religion says, " While that great body (the Roman Empire) was invaded by open violence or undermined by slow decay, a pure and humble religion gently insinuated itself into the minds of men, grew up in silence and obscu rity, derived new vigour from opposition, and fin•.lly erected • the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruins of the C . Invetvly of this proposition is the extinction of Ethelbert's Tower—that part of the hallowed Pane which first in this coun try contributed to the promotion of Christianity, and to the, extension of the Arts, Learning, and Arms.—After an ex istence. of upwards of seven centuries, it glided majestically from its base, with.its upper compartments nearly uninjured, either by time or violence, and sunk in a cloud of dust similar to a volcano, amidst the ruins of its own creation, evincing by its fall the strongest possible proof, if unassailed, of its stability. —The sensation which pervaded the assemblage of all classes that witnessed its overthrow, strongly proves the feeling and interest with which they had viewed the works of their fore fathers at the first dawn of their religion. A Roman coin bear ing a beautiful impression of the head of the elder Empress Fans tina,lias been handed to us as having been found in the ruins. And if so, Ethelbert's Tower may have been erected on the site of a more ancient Temple of Pagan Worship, a circumstance by no means extraordinary, when it is known that the first Christian Missionaries were instructed to fix their altars on the sites of the Heathen Gods._( Kentish Gazette, Oct. 21) CoBBETT.—The following character of this Writer is given by the Rev. ROBERT HALL, of Leicester, in a pamphlet written in reply to COB.. BETT'S remarks on the Leicester Framework Knitter's Fund : He (CossETT) is a popular declaimer—not a philosopher ; a fire-brand—not a luminary. He emits fire and smoke in abundance, like a volcano, but the whole effect is to desolate, not to enlighten. His principal artifice consists in the exhi bition of a few bold generalities, which he illustrates and con firms by a few prominent facts, culled for his purpose, without the slightest attempt at that patient induction and inquiry which alone can lead to solid and useful results. Shrewd, in temperate, presumptuous, careless of the truth of his represen tations, and indifferent to the consequences, provided they make an impression--he is well qualified, it must be confessed, by his faults, no less than by his talents, by his inflammatory style and incendiary spirit, to excite insurrection—the Polyphemus of the mob the ' one-eyed monarch of the blind.'—" Rome trembled when Cataline rejoiced. Let the friends of peace and order, then, let the landed proprietors especially, take warning; they stand upon the brink of a precipice, from which, if they suffer themselves to be precipitated, it will be no small aggra vation of their calamity to perceive the ease with which it might have been prevented;. together with the contemptible agency and the flimsy sophistry which accelerated their overthrow. if it is some consolation to the fallen to have perished by a noble hand, the indignation of being baffled and deluded by the au thor of the Political Register, must be more humiliating than words can express." The great cheapness of APPLES this season renders it practicable to use them economically in making jelly. Let them be quartered, pared, and freed from the seed vessels. Put them into an oven, or a pot without water with a close lid. When the heat has made them soft, put them into a cloth and wring out the juice. Put a little white of eggs to it. Add the sugar. Skim it carefully before it boils. Reduce it to the pro per consistency, and yon will have an excellent jelly. STEALING- OF DEAD BODI Es.—On Monday night one of those disgraceful scenes which have frequently occurred, and which we fear will con tinue to occur, unless some organised and legis lative means are adopted to furnish Surgical Stu dents with subjects for study, took place in Bristol. —A grave was opened in St. Augustine's Church yard, and a body stolen therefrom : owing to some altercation at the house where the dis secting-room is situated, a rumour soon spread of the fact, and a number of persons having assem bled, the doors were forced, and the body of a female recently interred discovered.— The husband and mother of the deceased' were soon informed of the circumstance, and in the morning, accompanied by a large concourse of persons, they reconveyed the body to the grave, no longer ) alas ! an asylum for the dead. The report of the above soon spreading in various quarters, numbers assembled in the evening, to watch the Church-yard, and serious ap prehensions have been entertained of riotous proceedings, but owing to a prompt determina tion in the proper officers to prosecute the parties implicated, it is hoped no further disturbance Will take place.—(Bath Herald.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE' LO PLOT AND COUNTERP- T igetiffkt i vtil MANSION-HouSE.—Yesterday a Jewess was es rof v; l 4 the LORD MAYOR, charged by one of the oe' ber has Baynard Ward, with having aided in the escaPe°' whilst under a charge of felony. l a id, an d ° d 4 A simple-looking y o un g ma n, dressed in a P tan ees&i, sun-burnt, stated in a Sc o t c h di a lect, the circums• to C U $ll l which the man who had e sc a p e d had been ,bn on ,iti, _. The compl a in a nt sa id hi s name w as Ronata d that he had be e n s ome ti me ago induced to leave who the representations w hi c h h a d been held out, that jinle P rd disposed to work hard might make their fortune% not p ie; , On arriving there h e fo un d thi ngs in a state which d i c k with, him ; c , and had he not made the best of his way, ba fst ol money which remained, he would have ran the risk t 'it t ,hoo l LoadolL A in the land of plenty." He was landed intp farthing in his pocket, and he should have been 01//liiiplY. home as a beggar, but that the Scotch Society advalim; cit t, tbd to convey him home. He was going to his lodgil an y s _ An ting money in his pocket, when a Jew stopped him,too!, a man dressed as a sailor, said, " that sailor has a wa tch it o s that is worth 20/. ; he won't sell it to nie, but he vni' s doubt, to you. Do you buy it of him for ten pound , ;40, , give you two for your bargain." Ronald went up who produced a weighty and excellent looking swore he would soon er give it to an honest man t"7:toe, at its full price to a Jew, and told Ronald a Il; shipwrecks and di sas t er , and want of shot ill ,. jicif_.; as the reasons whi c h induced him to p ar t with it. lad," said he, "h ere i s a t your etorr own price , an offer, but the sailor " d—d him away." R o nald c ( 7 - .„ it to be a fine opportunity of making a little m0 13 0' 9 5 E0 01 above what he had got, gave the sailor his five sovereign to td watch, relying upon the Jew's promise to reward illi t o th• a ti purchase ; but no sooner had he paid the money tha n .,, c i t and sailor made off. He found upon inquiry that cb was not worth more than 10 or 15 shillings. 1 1 _ _„is - kltur d or getting home was to recover his money. He b " — ,A4ktios_ d dr plan of catching the thieves, which he put into e X ,4oyr next day. He altered his plaid, put on a bat, alid n tli o it at the shops in the same street the 31' • ) J e mom • ceeded, he had not been long in the street before the be for the sailor came up, and performed the same Pa rts 60 , Ronald was not able at that time a n ° •" the Jew 11_, t( oti to procure % t told the sailor that he would meet him on the St. Paul's Church-yard, and purchase the wateh;°f,h-" a --on bes;' sailor attended pun c t ua lly, anti so did Ronald -1 "....1hf to Whom he gave th e p re t en d e d sa il or i n cus tody, "„,. or dra,J taken to Guildhall and examined. , The beadle aft_e j r ) ,' - the fellow to a p u bli c -h ouse , w h ence h e efiCarn' a "A l e Or door. His wife, the p r iso ner a t th e b ar , prevent. - from pursuing him. &gee d 41 The Loan MAYOR discharged the wife, and officers to look sharp after the two persons charged . . c .ATlW 4 DISTURBANCE AT DRU.RY-LANE T/I;.tprthi' Bow-ST REE T.—On Thursday night the audience on d Pp' lane Theatre were greatly disturbed by the turbulence, boS, lent conduct of two Gentlemen, in the second tier °:01, 1 4 Mr. Spring, the box-office-keeper, being on the Se , i n 0 l' to the assistance of the constables, and several of tnef, g e r minutes were in attendance. The Gentlemen ._,/e. ri ' t their charge, but they made a most desperate, Yw" - _,,, c 'rec tj ,,to termined resistance, so much so that all the tan tsitt,'o bruises and wounds before they could he secure d & o gbtlioo the watch-house. Yesterday morning they Were u „, t — anliof :be the watch-house to this office, and underwent an all" before Sir R. BIRNIE, Mr. IlliNsituLL, and Air , , t , Magistrates. gratl °3ll o/ ,' The prisoners, on their bein g b roug ht f ro m the,,---,,.dotr gave their names as Ch r i s t o ph er D o b son a nd tague. William Bond, the constable, proved, tha t lip s' vio l l s e a n a t c p s u a sh yer ba p ck rov wa e rd d p on w er cs D ing to keep the peace, the prisoner Dobson, gav e s tha th t a the t a lamp tbi dawn on the step under the colonnade. Thomas Jones and Thomas Drummond beinne ig dle bge tl office were both violently struck by the prisoners; t, had one of his arms so much injured that be was ° • 1 1 A have the assistance of a surgeon, and wore his ate. in yesterday. The Magistrates ordered Mr. Dobson -t satPr id to answer to all the assaults, himself in 1001. and w so in 501. each. The prisoner Harding Montague vaL,fi, ed to find bail, himself in 401. and sureties in 2 t . to broken. p o i Ad A Lac* of Rank is said to be on be,,,, r leg London from the Sussex coast to Os: frOO en/ measures respecting a family dispute IT- -hi coo :te.- its very singular nature, is li k e ly to eX ci considerable notice, and afford an oPr"nv" . for the display of the e l oquence of Gent ,,,e the Long Robe. COAL-MARKET, OCT. 25. plc* 0 Ships at Market. Ships sold o t t to 116$ ea 23 Newcastle - 18 . to 24 Sunderland - - . 22 - 38 s 71.0.. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, October ° 5 " F• Amite' tlam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam Antwerp I g ii if vf Hamburgh e; 11 939: . it ti , Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 50 s op Ditto - 25 80 ' o ' ilb, Bourdeaux, ditto E' t • f e Frankforton the Main M a d r id • . Sir e °. I Cadiz Bilboa , 36i Barcelona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn Genoa Malta Palermo Lisbon Oporto 4 4 3 5i - -V N t a .n p i i c e e s . ,...l . .t . .a . : l ...................1553,51:per 01, Rio Janeiro Dublin 9}. , Cork, 9i pet Celit. •••• B. OP . De Portugal Gold, in Coin L.O 0 `' ' Foreign Gold, in Bars New Doubloons • ••• ... New Dollars ............................ 0 . 4 91 Silver in Bars, Standard L.00:00,00° BULLION. -,,r -- 610 0 Williams,Ora, the I B 7t e h rt i , ns hi tan th t, e a c b t i l r t ß e h u e7h ß ot a . th se , ge of Sir 664)T 6. 111.1? lia o m h s, t o h f e a daughter.2sth ta ies grs / um rascos s al° e4 J • nt, on Stockwell Collenw n, Field, of a son. At Mitcham, on the 24th instant, CaPtain' Y ' --Inee i la ill lye s ii :t li tee MARRIED. R R e eg v. im s e . nt D N . a m ti y v e e rs lnf A ar i. ,vll,.licaedrr,asteELestaubilisaishinen ' o f tilF4,, idow,. ap" Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Roberts, of his lajestY ' giment. _, • Aga' -,- ,t t , On the 19th instant, 91, the Hotel of the itlb e ilth., of at Paris, PlacideltVasseur, jun ,Esq_ 2 • of ~ ~1:1; P 71 04 to Charlotte Mary, only daughter of rani .otev— l at o , Melksham, Wilts, and grand-daughter of d i . • Hust, Esq., of Sutton-hall, Essex. on A ti t t / A ndol l i DIED. _ _,,,;,he to. /An OA e l 2 V 2 i d nea hi n sta to h n t , , , o t n he he i r Ae r4u e rn f cfreoronamissllfracv•—ioner vio - o no , toil' Navy Board. , w i lthal er , of On Tuesday, the 22d instant, at his h" ge ..„ ll. eldeo l9 - r- • Essex, aged 69, George Ballantyne, Esq./ *"--- ' polio' the Trinity-house. StOckf fej4 On the 24th instant, at his house a p theP ( Flamini, Esq., aged 74. , , et ,, s hire, i r i or 0 On the 21st instant, at Lyme Regis, 1' ° : ....,, ' aoa „;.,-- ge;.. Henry Porter, Rector of Springfield, - E'''"''' paii;,l4oP Enfield, Middlesex, formerly - of Trinity Collegt,u a igit, , nr .`• 7 'of On, Friday, the 18th instant, aged 73,,,±:Lii' t fteii;.. t o county of Devon, the Rev. John Burgess I' l l;i - i diataiciiii that and the Consolidated Parish of East Bu c ,", ir e goad . 11 ' of Creacombe, *nil for a long period a InQs t4 '''''' • ,_ o f Magistrate. ai d; 'OO 4 ii c .en 0 On the 24th instant, at his residence, 1%-( iva d r 4 Esq , lingering illness of two months, Willui rd " 7,...110° 63d year of his age. On!, 461 s v ! . P ilu On Monday last, at her house in Stiall a , f _ late it e •e c tico ie Ann Wingfield, fourth daughter of toc_Ags f i e Wingfield, Patron and ReCtor of the clia_`:;. ,itad' r Ole and Market Overton, Rutland. She had, feu baler a few days, but felt herself well epooe°,,l4 tip aft . , o 'iiiii. o l with her sisters and family ; retiring in g_°r ;,; - ith!e v " — ~. to her own room she was suddenly ser a and died in a,few nainutes. °."-li • ' • • • ' V? • x iSS. Printed and Published for the PR OVA 11 CAS 'T Office, NO. 112, Strand, by J. •-• Q' 9 f N u ~ 1 PruE 13ti kst on l et oo, ; der 14 411 be t r n E % kw Poi 1 44 ,41 t- t , Per tp, Pect t hp 4h ev e r> Pp ovi 1 44 ,