The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-04 00:00:00

LO_VDOY POLICE REPORT. MANSION-HOUSE. ili/ottip.,oor man named Edwards waited upon the Lord Mayor on n t a gre al affliction for the loss of his two children, he said, he appreh nded some infamous wretches had 11 0 1 hold e t e tdirwstated that on F r id ay l ast , b e t ween one an d t wo o ' c l oc k , children, John and I sa b i lia Edwards, the b o y n i ne rears,.r_ two children the girl eleven y e a rs o f age , we re s ent f rom home in -e nurt, Chanceryelaue, to a respectable person's house in mother Chan cery -lane, for linen to take to the mangle, which their parents worked. considerable period having elapsed, th e called at the house, and were shocked a t hearing th a t the children had n o t b een there. The ueighbourhoou wa s Ther red ' .but in vain, and neither boy nor girl was to be fou n d. e Were several houses of bad repute in the immediate . net Were Jll Lord M ayor sa i d that he should give directions to his officers. which he accordingly did. Sharp, a boy who has been a long time acquainted With the interior of Newgate, was brought up, charged with ',',!‘ l ng delib era t e l y walked into a shoemaker ' s shop in Hounds `l'i'en, and stolen A pair of boots. Th e m a st e r o f th e h ouse saw e robbery w as comm i tted ii- . , although it was done with a pec liare. grace, and was ev id ently by the hand of a roaster, and he .pprehenl e d t h e pr i soner. who was carrying off the boots with Tae of an apprentice about to fit a customer. Lord Mayor, —The last time you were here, I told you meet again, and now we meet probably for the last time, wr e ,Yott can't be left on the town, you are too clever. • Prisoner.— don't remember that I ever saw your lordship's sac,:i afore. I'm sure I never seed it in ski( a place as this here. ,t he markY, we met on this very spot, and I have l ack in'the list against your name. rris oner.—Please you, my lord, it couldn't be me ; preps it's some fello w as took my name, cause his own was too bad to use. (A. laugh.) The Lord ;Mayor. —Well, how do you mean to get out of this scrap e ? . I Prisoner.—lt' s no f e l on y, pl ease you, my l or d . It ' s all a n 'stake. You see I was a passim by this here ge n tl eman ' s ' lll °l 7l 's. whistli ng Of Jack Cullen's " love," and up comes .. I pack o f evil-minded, wagabonds, and they does n o th ing but glee s m e a sh ove i n t o this here shop, so down I falls among the rots, arid so I gets up and takes this here pair as laid close to egY hand, for to fling at their heads, I. was so b--y - wild" (great laughter) ; but jist as I was a going to let fly, this here gentleman cotches me, and, says he to me, " Vhy, my young uu, you're a thieving; and so he cubes me of this here robbery. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor.—That's ingenious, certainly. I suppose You wish me to ask the hootinaker whether he saw all this P risoner.—N o please,you, my lord, I don't want him to be 'led auy thing at all about it. 'lt's no use, for his mind's made up to say-it's a ll a li e . (L aug ht er .) b_.rosee.- utor.—So it is. e,'F l loeLer e e.—There, I told you so, your lordship. You see,- as in this here dock, people won't blieve me no more nor if I t ree at the Old Bailey. But I arn't guilty of no crime, for I'd slave-brought the boots back error I used them. The Lord Mayor remanded the prisoner. bi r.BOW-STREET. Fletcher, a gentleman of fortune, residing at Pitfield- Place, Cheltenham, waited on Sir F. Roe, to obtain the assist ance of an officer, for the purpose of apprehending a female servant of his, who had plundered his house of money, jewels, and valuable dresses to a considerable amount, and who, he had reason to believe, h a d arr i ve d i n L on d o n that morning with her uoo . ty. perilhe magistrate immediately directed Gardiner, an ex nffendenceer,d ' a officer, nd to render every assistance in detecting the yesterday morning he stated to Sir F. Rose the result of his exertions. 41 . It aPpeared that on leaving the magistrate Gardiner imme lately p rat,ood that roceeded to a coach-office in the city, where he under a young woman answering the description of Mr. t he servant had 'arrived that day from Cheltenham, by • e Paul Pry Coach, having two large bundles in her posses al°ll, and that she took her place by the coach for Bath, with out snaking a n y stay in London. She had booked herself in narae of M ar y Green, the name which she gave on entering Ir. Fletcher's service being Emma Dawes. The officer lost time in hiring a post-chaise, in the expectation of being enabled to overtake the coach ou the road to Bath, where he arrived in the afternoon of Friday, about half an hour after the raeh had left that city for Bristol. He then proceeded to the wetplace, and on Taturday morning he received information that the female of whom he was in pursuit, on leaving the coach, t W o rt to the Raven public-house in Mary-le-port-street, Bris i- On entering that house Gardiner discovered the ob iect of his search, dressed in a e , valuable shawl belonging to er mistress, with a handsome crimson velvet reticule, contain- V,F some of Mrs. Fletcher's address cards, dangling on her arm. 'se wore also a corne li an nec kl ace , w hi c h wa s proved to be ,gt of the stolen property. In answer to questions which the eer Put to her, she at once admitted the robbery, and Gardi fer, „ost searching the premises, found two bundles in the - " il urY. which it appeared the prisoner on her arrival had de thatitther On searching these bundles, Gardiner found e they contained nearly the whole of the stolen property, woansinsting of jewellery to the amount of £2OO, (among which with an aqua ma r i na nec kl ace valued at 80 guineas,) together „ a£s note, several valuable shawls, silk dresses, &e. It t lPeared that she had also stolen 24 so v ereigns and four ati ipe gold Roman coins; but these she bad contrived to dispose shillih , iir as ugs one oue) , to a few ings T found on her person am 'tinted he Roman coins she had passed as sovereigns, through the exertions of the officer, they were subsequent- Jetraced and recovered. It appeared ,that the prisoner had tukaoked herself by the Liverpool coach which left Bristol for that place at three o'clock on Saturday, so that the officer had a few hours to spare when he made good his capture. The I'll...oiler was conveyed to Cheltenham in the course of the day, "nd Gardiner lost no time in conveying her before B. Cooper, sr Major B r i scoe, an d T. Nevill, Esq., magistrates acting tsle that place, when a lengthened examination toOk place into circumstances of the rubbery, and the following facts were. ted in evidence : pi aPPeared that about a week prior to the robbery, Mrs. etcher being in want of a female servant, and wishing to hire youngru woman from the country, accidentally met the prisoner ' n eltenhaut, in c om p an y w ith an e ld e rly" female, of rather r ai s P ee ta* appearance_ : She inquired of the latter if she knew ~iVespectabie young woman from the country who would be y ou 'ag to go to service, and the elderly female replied that the sheneg woman who was with her wed in. want of a.situation, as a "adjust entered her name at an office, in the town where eervants were provided with situations. Having made, some Xeuiries respecting the situation in life of the elderly female, result ,f whi c h a pp eare d to b e sa ti s f ac tory, Mrs.- 'Fletcher geed 7 to ult , take the prisoner, with whose appearance she was rat tier ple ase d , for a week on trial, and during that time she le`:uducted. herself. in a manner so much to her satisfaction, that olns, Pletcher agreed to take her as a yearly servant, and men tied the amount of wages she meant togive her. The prisoner lireared quite satisfied with the arrangement, and ou the follow evho she and her husband left home on a visit to friend, resided about six miles front the "town, le lying . the house in the• rge of the prisoner and a servant boy, and telling them that gA theirs not wait up, as they would take the key efthe back-door. e':eturn, at about half-past eleven o'clock at night, they bons surprised to find the street-door open, and on entering the .e, and bxamining the apartments, everything was discovered is disorder. tie s lt appeared that soon aftee her master and mis s had left home, the prisoner under some pretext, contrived '4' get rid of the boy, and being then alone in the house, she pro tehuered a hatchet, and broke open the door oats a ecretaire, from . • -grawers of which she took. the greater pof the jewels or mistress, which, together with the money and articles of tees, she packed up, and immediately departed ter London by e ach;e and, in order to give her pursuers the double, she tu tu , but ugly took her place for Bristol ou arriving in town, and have fcir the active pursuit which was made she would probably isom e e esc aped detection, by taking her pa.ssage at Liverpool hi . 11 vessel bound for a foreign port. The prisoner, when ex- L l T:ed before the magistrates, gave the name of Emma Pullen, Luse f9n l some circumstances that transpired there was reason .neve that her real name is Sarah Cam Roberts. She re fillm tuaay who her relations were, and the magistrates, after a the I nvestigation of the case, committed her to take her trial for the robbery at the next assizes foe the county, observing that tot e s ase was one of so aggravated a description that they would thebut judges. QUEEN SQUARE. On Tuesday, Mr. William Shelley, a gentleman of respecta b'tY, residing in the neighbourhood of Russell-square, was ra nelt up On a peace-warrant, oe of the officers of this v*vitathblighTent, before Messrs. White and Greeorie, charged „0 _ , . e :` senaiug threatening letters to the Hon. ALI . . Stanley, UK. 01.1)uial Secretary. , . Mr. Stanley, Mr. Mayne, the commissioner of police, and several other gentlemen, were in attendance. It appeared that so me time ago th defedant had addresed several letters t o the Earl of Ripon e (then n Lord Goderich) s to redress certain alleged grievances, and that nobleman had re ferred him to . Mr. Mayne, one of the commissioners of police. A short time ago he addressed a letter to Mr. Stanley, threat tening him with personal violence if proper attention was not aid to his demands for justice. The letter was of such a vio . eta nature that Mr. Stanley applied to the magistrates for a P e ace -warrant against the dei'ettaut, and he was apprehended. , Mr. Stanley was sworn, and produced a letter, which be ", ended to the magistrates, signed by the defendant, inn" which 45 believed to be in his hand writing. fr • The magiatrates read the letter, the contents of which did not transpire; but we understood that the threats were of a very violent nature. • Mr. Stanley said, that from the letter which he had produced he had no hesitatiun in statiag that he apprehended personal violence from the defendant. Mr. Commissioner Mayne said that he bad seen the defend ant's letters to Lord GodCrich, and knew his' handwriting. The letter addressed to Mr. Stanley, signed by the defend ant, was then handed to Mr. Mayne, who examined it carefully. • A lagistrat e .—D o you k now th e h an d wr i t i ng ?. Mr. or the Mayne.— nt To the best of my belief, it is the handwriting defenda. The M ag i strates as k e d t h e pr i soner if he had anything to say in answ er to the charge. , Mr r . Sh e ll ey said that he did not deny being the author of the lette produced, and went into a long statement of alleged grievances which he had suffered, for wnich, although he had heevery means, he could get no redress. All he wanted was F le i n t il, fair,- and impartial investigation into the merits of his case; h e "ad applied over and over again, but in vain. He .said that _ had goee out to Sydney on the promise of the government of &Ir. grant of land; on paying down a certain stun of money. He 1 fulfilled his engagement,and went out to the colony. When "4 .. R?t there he unfortunately had some disagreement with Ge e, !" Darling, the then Governor of the settlement, and the .A),,lquence was that he never got the promised grant of land. ylt t r o rernai . ning at Sydney for some tune, and finding that it count r totally tally , impossible to gain any . redress, he returned to this PecuniYa tut"' grievously disappointed, and suffering a great all to Air ' o6 s. He then applied to Lord Goderich, and last of ....__ 0 _ r. Stanley. - He stated his case, but no investigation ^',LI tiered to his requests. i t th i e d i "Aagistrates, after consulting together, said that they felt £2OO, a r n( L i 7 to order the defendant to find sureties, himself in Mr ' Staple vd. sureties in £lOO each, to keep the peace towards shel y l ior the next•six mouths. Mr. Th e ina . a Y 83 .41 that he had no bail in attendance., witted gistrates said, that being the case, he would be com- Mr. steel;othill-fields Prison. ; Ilia is the redress I get--to be plundered of n liroe. , ,r y, an d .., et . . tn i.tonsigned to a dungeon. r. S'her. 41.8114 hey was then removed, complaining bitterly of the s.._ ....eatment to which he about_sed Rantlernanl d ulr• Shelley appears to be 28 years of age, and of very Y emeanour and address. • The crop of apples in this county is so very abundant, that th now sell in our rnar:et at two-pence the qu a rt er , or two t he y llings 'the bushel. In the country they may litrge quantities at a much cheaper rate.—lierejordshire limes. AN 0-RTHODOX TEXT. —The fi st time that Mr. Pitt went to be. bought in Cambridge aftWr his election fothe University, all the clerical • , h ftst were, as might be expected, for lawn , 'lvey", and Rether good-things in the gift of t h e g aping - - r . e ached . .befor , - ' CANADA. It has been remarked that comparatively little attention is paid to the gate of our important colony in Canada, the in creasing prosperity of which is a matter of Such deep import ance, not only to the thousands of emigrants who have left the mother country to settle in the woods of that quarter of the world, but also to the relatives and friends of the emigrants in the United Kingdom. The following details relative to the state of things in the upper and lower provinces are gleaned from communications audressed to one of the principal mercan tile houses in the city, deeply interested in the welfare of the proVinces. EMIGIZATIONI. As regards the tide of emigration, the accounts state that the arrival of settlers this year had not exceeded half the number of that of last year, but the colonists_ were much better satisfied with the quality and condition of the settlers who have landed in the present season than with the quantity of some of the pre ceding years' imports. As respects the capabilities of Canada to receive constant and large arrivals of emigrants, the best informed persons in the colony are agreed that Canada, vear after year, could re ceive, without injury, 100,000 settlers. The introduction of -men of capital must tend to the future benefit of the colony; and., as, a general principle, it had been proved that the poorer settlers - could earn a better livelihood bymaunal labour than , by attempting to farm, such persons having tittle experience or capital. • Throughout the -colony industry and activity prevailed,— ToWnsliips were springing - up . in many directions, and at S a i n t A ug u s tine, where, 1 5 years since, nut a house Was to be seen, there is now a population of 4,0() souls, with well-built houses, saw-mills, corn-mills, arc. A aurch is in the course of being erected, which will cost £1,060. Not less than 100 miles of roads had been Made by the colonists. In Upper Canada the sales •Of land had been large. TRADE, AGRICULTURE, AND SHIPPING The number of vessels arrived at the colony from the United Kingdom this season, and their amount of tiiunage, were up'to the date of the latest accounts, about the same as last . year.— There were fears as to the commercial value of the Welland and Rideau Canals. Iu the former the locks were in the course of rapid decay. The latter does not ,answer as well as antici pated. The improvements in the navigation of the St. Law.; rence are a matter of much importance. The capitalists of London were to be applied to for advance's, and the interest and security offered, it was expected would lead to investments. Considerable excitement has prevailed iu the colony, among the mercantile and shipping interests, by the tariff, and the procee lingo of the Admiralty Court. Some recent cases of salvage have occasioned alarm. In a late instance an end grant ship struck on the ice, and was saved by the skill and decision of the master. The passengers on botird, whose lives were savedhy the skill of the captain, actually sued the owner Lthe master) for salvage services, auff,.4 has_ had to pay.some £1.4 tAU kl 6 each. Loud complaints were made of the present ate of"the law. . . . ""frade was active, but money rather in demand. There had been much rain, but in the upper province the crops were both good and large. On the government and other public works there was constant employment to be obtained by industrious settlers. The Governor, Lord Aylmer, had been through the town ships, to satisfy himself of their capabilities for settlement under the auspices of the Land Company, and had expressed himself in favour of the plan. His lordship was about commencing a tour of inspection throughout both provinces. The North American Colonial Association, and the merchants, have resolved to present a valuable piece of plate to Captain R. S. Piper, of the Royal Engineers, expressive of their feelings for the skilful, laborious, and gratuitous discharge of his duties as one of the Commissioners for the improvement of the harbour of Montreal. The mercantile community were in a state of great excitement in consequence of the expressed intention of government to in terfere•with the banks. A numerous meeting had been held at the Court-house of Kingston, at which resolutions were passed expressive of the opinion of the merchants, traders, &c., in fa vour of the security of the Canadian banks, and the mode in which they had conducted their business. • The following address to his Majesty had been numerously signed in pursuance of resolutions passed at the meeting just referred to : " To the King's most Excellent Majesty. " The petition of the merchants and others, at Upper Canada, "Showeth,—That your petitioners have learned with deep regret that it is the intention of your Majesty's ministers to re commend to the Colo nial Legislature, at its next session, the alteration of the charters of the two banks of this province. "'That your Majesty's petitioners place the utmost confidence in the stability of the two banks, as by law established, in Upper Canada. • That your Majesty's petitioners received every assistance compatible with the safety and good government of the banks during the last calamitous year when, in consequence of the dreadful scourge with which Upper Canada was afflicted, a general stagnation of every description of business ensued, the banks retrained from exacting payment due to those institutions which, according to established usage, they had a right to de mand. " That the forbearance of the banks towards your Majesty's petitioners during the last year, claims their lasting esteem and gratitude. •" That your Majesty's petitioners being satisfied with the stability of the principles on which the banks are established, are not desirous that any alterations in the charters should take place. " Your Majesty's petitioners, therefore, most humbly pray that your Majesty will be most graciously pleased to confirm the charters of the two banks now established in your Majesty's province of Upper Canada. " And, as in duty bound, your Majesty's petitioners will ever pray." LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. The Museum of Natural History of Montreal is increasing rapidly, and the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec is rising into notice; and hopes are entertained that, when the existence of these institutions is known in • England, books, tracts, and MSS., &c., will be sent from the mother country. POPULATION The increase of the population in the colony is proceeding most ra9id,ly... The .famines. of tha t earlier . ethigrants were he exceaanglV—ttilmerous. The eibellent spirits of the Irish, and their habits of living on the cheapest food, and en during hardships, qualified them as the first settlers 'of the bush, and they have 'succeeded beyond 6xpeetation. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. • FRANCE. . • Extract of a letter of the 23d ult. from Toulon :—" We are assured that the French Consul General at Genoa sent a person iu disguise on board the Carlo Alberto, to ascertain the num ber and quality of her passengers, and that, in order to.accom plish more successfully his secret mission, the latter offered his services to the adventurous Duchess. Upon the report .of this emissary. the Consul is said to have despatched two successive expresses to the Maritime Prefect of Toulon, and to have re-. quested the commander of the Perle to watch very closely the movements of the Carlo Alberto, which was going to Mar seilles, with a view to land arms at different points of the coast, and some individuals of high rank, who were to organize a second Vendee in the south, While the Duchess would await in Italy the result of this attempt to place herself once more at the head of the movement." 'rhe Aviv] of Toulon says:—" A report had been current for some time that the DUchess of Berry was fitting out in Tu‘scany an expedition against the coast of France. We are now positively assured that she in tends to attempt - to effect a landing on the coast or Provence. This movement is said to be combined with an attempt on the . part of the legitimists, who have organised themselves in Spain. The 30th ult. was pointed out by the Carlists as the day on which they intended to make a stir. The Countess Lucchessi Paili this time is to arrive soon enough to place herself at their head, and animate their courage." PORTUGAL AND SPAIN. 'COIMBRA, SEPT.'B.—A letter from Carton!), dated the 2d in stant, informs us that on the 31st of August a great part of the troops entered Campo Graudo, and the rest had advanced into the interior; it was expected that Lisbon would be taken be fore the end of next week ; the letter said that the rebels had lost many men, and a great quantity of baggage. We have received news from Santarem, of the date of the 3d, stating that on the morning of the 31st the army advanced to the suburbs of the capital, and that on the morning of the Ist instant the guerillas advanced to St. Antonio Beuifico. - LISBON, SEeT. 11.—By a decree of the 9th, the Duke of Bra gauze, Regent, in the name of the Queen, accepted the resigna tion of Joseph Thomas Olivient from the office of treasurer and receiver of the stamp paper rent, and named iu his stead Ma mie! Raines, in reward for the services the latter has rendered the cause of Queen Donna Maria. Manein, SEPT. 18.—Here is the official state of the cholera in Spain :—" Office of Health of Huelva—On the Bth, 52 cases, of which six died; on the 9th, 36 cases, and eight deaths; on the 10th, 14, and seven deaths. In Ayamonte, Seville, and Triana the number of deaths has been much greater. Seville, the 12th instant.—The amount of burials—total this day, 125; on the 13th, 117. In Liana, on the 13th, the number of bu rials was 84." The King, Queen, Princes, and Princesses continue to en joy good health.—Gazate de Madrid. GERMAN Y. 13oakmrs., September 20.—The Emperor Nicholas left Mun chengratz on the 17th, to return to St. Petersburgh by the shortest road, namely, by 13resta w and NA , arsaw. Thus the visit of the Emperor. fasted seven days. 'All accounts concur in stating that the two monarchs, notwithstanding the difference iu their ages, soon became attached to each other, and gave proofs of the most unequivocal mutual confidence. Several regiments of cavalry and infantry, amounting to about 10,000 men, were collected near Gitschin, and gratified the Emperor Nicholas by- their military, manoeuvres. The two monarchs also diverted themselves by several hunting parties, and by short excursion s in the environs. The Grand Duke and Du chess of Saxe Weimar, who came to meet the Emperor of Rus sia, waif _previous to their return to• Saxony, pay a visit' to rrince William, brother of the King of Prussia, at Fishbach. Count Nesselrode will return to Russia by Dresden, where he intends to remain a few days. Ou the nature and consequences of the resolutions adopted at Alunchengratz so many contradic tory and absurd reports are current, that it appears evident that nothin g has as yet been communicated to the public on the subject. Many assert that the journey of the Emperor Nicho las was n o t so much owing to the invitation of the other monarchs as to a wish of his own, and thence draw many in ferences. MUNICH, September 20.—1 t is reported that our minister of justice, Baron v. Sehrenk, will shortly retire, and be succeeded by Baron von Welden, president of the high court of appeal. Only 120 men are now wanting to complete the corps of troops for the Greek service, and these will certainly be enlisted in three weeks. • Some detachments will set out on the 25th of this month. This column will consist of 706 men, and is to go to Trieste by way of Brannan, Steyereck, Gratz, and Laybach, which is 35 leagues longer than on the road by way of Salz burg, and cannot be favourable to the troops at this season and weather. The second column, of the same number of men, will set out by the end of October. The conduct of this new corps is, almost without exception, admirable, wh a t ever ca l um ny may say to the contrary. 'I his may be expected both from the judi cious conduct of the officers and the composition of the corps, since, besides many young men of good education, five-sixths of the men are artisans of various descriptions, who leave their country in the hope of 'oettering their condition in Greece. In enlisting the men, the greatest attention is paid to good moral character. A bad character will now and then get in, but such are always punished and expelled from the corps. Some 'ttu dents have lately been releas e d f rom th e arrest un der which they were placed for political offences. The investigations respecting some others continue. Letters from Augsburg say that the account of the proceed ings of the Court of Assize at Landau, published by hitter, at Deux Poets, have been seized in the booksellers' shops at Augs burg. This pamphlet, which was furnished by permission of the magistrates, and submitted to the censorship, is publicly seid here by all thirbooksellers, and is found in all the reading rooms. M. J - book, , Iler of this city, has engaged to obtain, in as short a time as possible, the jour mblished at Napoli di Romania, in the 'ages, under the auspices of the Regency, ,ical literature and conscience. CASSEL, 'SEPT. 18.- - -The asseliibly of the States, in its vester day's sitting; resolved to renew the accusation against the Minister •of the Interior (Hassenpflug), for various : aileged vio lations of the constitution. The first application made to the High Court of Appeal on this subject was rejected bylhat court fora defect of form. This defect has now been remedied, which is comprised in five heads, and is to be referred to the Court of Appeal. The Swabian Mercury gives the following under date of Ber lin, September 17th :----Great movements have been observed in the Russian army in Poland, showing that the cabinet of St. Petersburgh is determined to be prepared for any event. Com. plaints are made of the deficiency of the harvest in the govern ments of Orenburg and Casan. Moreover; Orenburg is ravaged by bands of brigands, the chiefs of which the authori ties with all their vigilance have been unable to arrest." SUPPLEMENT LIVERPOOL STANDARD • M. Jaquet, a booksell vrtiactled•before'th-e—jv of their rep.esenta,tive.. .ur. Yale}' direct from Greece, and Premier, from the follo-viing,text "ThAr e is a lad h hug l 'hes ; but what are then hath five barley loaves and two small ; nal called the Helios, p Gi'eoiand French langtt Y ' " " n g su want' ?" and whteh treaLbuf politi • POLAND. Felix Bregayski and Silvester Raciuski, two members of the armed band which, on the 3d May, penetrated into the province of Kalisch, under the command of Faust, Salmirski, and Leo pold Polocki, killed two defenceless Russian soldiers in Sza deck, .and' afterwards concealed themselves, have .been taken, sentenced to death by•the military tribunal, and shot at Sza deck on the 19th August, in the morning.—Nareintsursi Corres pondent, Sept. 22. • • PRUSSIA. • . . BERLIN, SEPT. 22.--Gen. Count 'Lunen arrived here . yes terday evening ; he received at Landshut the Emperor of Russia, who was returning home, and accompanied him through Silesia. His nijesty, we hear, goes to . Modlin, in the envirous of which he rvill review a large. body of troops. A Prussian staff officer, who returned a few days ago from Russia, sa w be tween Pultusk, Naueisb, and Modiin, an army, which accord ing to his estimate, is between 70,000 and 80,000 strong, partly : n camp, . partly in cantonments. This review will be attended by many Prussian officers, especially of the Ist and sth corps ; General Van Wrangel is already gone from Konigsberg for that purpose. The King of Sardinia, who has assembled 25,0j0 men in a camp near his capital,. has sent to our army an invitation similar to that from the Emperor of Austria. The generals and officers going to Italy will th ere f ore proceed first to Turin, and then to Modena and Vienna. hch the Last Monday his Majesty gave a grand dinner to the Duke Cambridge in the state rooms of the palace, to foreigners presented at court, anclall the Urenerals and Colonels now here, were invited. Preparations have been making for some days in the palace of the Duke of Cumberland to receive the family; it is expected here on the 10th October. A Portuguese of _distincti on who has resided for these two years at Berlin, has receiv e d letters from his relations at Coimbra, who, though they have taken no direct part in public affairs, they openly declare tkat it cannot be disputed that Marshal Bourmont, from the first inomeint of his taking the command, has, by his judicious and eneigetic measures, whiclkare at the same time cautious and calculated to give the troops confidence infused neii spirit into them, part of which were very undisciplined, and every impartial person must allow that he is just the man to retrieve a lost cause, and that Lisbon. would be already in his power were the sea free. The great force which Don Miguel can command, even after 'the loss of the capital, proves, say the letters, that his party is much more considerable than that of his brother, NOM carried on the war with foreign rbsources and foreign troops. LATEST NEWS FROM THE LEVANT. Off Tenedos, 12th July, night.—The Hind had just arrived from Constantinople with a request from the British Ambas sador, that the combined squadrons of England and France would not anchor until the Meteor steamer be despatched to Sir Pulteney Malcolm from Constantinople, with positive ac counts that the Russians have made sail. On the 9th, when the Hind left, they were effecting an embarkation in line of battle ships but it is feared, if they hear the squadrons of England and France are so near, they will not leave. On the 4th July, the French squadron, sailing in company with Sir Pulteney Malcolm's consisted of f o ur liners ' three fri, gates, and several brigs of war. The combined squadrons left Bisica Bay on the 2d of July, at the request of the British Am bassador at Constantinople, as it was said the Russians would not leave so long as there was a force apparently (really) bully— ing them at the mouth of the Dardanelles. Sir Pulteney de clared he should return on the 12th, as he actually did. On the Ist July two Russian brigs of war, belonging to the -- Mediterranean squadron, pasied up the Dardanelles, saluting the English Admiral, but not the French. The rest of the Russian Mediterranean squadron have likewise a firman to pass up. Sir Pulteney Malcolm with his squadron reached Bisica Bay in eleven days from Malta. The Malabar proved herself the best sailer, and the St. Vincent the dullest. The French Ambassador has applied for another frigate of his nation at Constantinople ; but the tirman has been refused. The Meteor steamer, in order to pass through the Darda nelles, has taken out her two guns. Sir Pulteney Malcolm intended going up to Constantinople with his flag in the Meteor; but some objection was started to it on the part of the Ambassador. Three officers and four midshipmen from each British ship got leave from the Admiral, and visited Constantinople in the Hind. - Sir Pulteney has given Mr. Price, of the Meteor, an acting order as master. Rear-Admiral Briggs was installed, on the 2-Ith of July, at the Governor's Palace, Malta, with the Grand Cross of St. Mi chael and St. George. Sir Thomas entertained a large party at dinner on the 30th, and Lady Briggs gave a ball in the even ing, where all the distinguished passengers by the Neapolitan steamer were invited. MARINE INSURANCE Return to an address to his Majesty, dated 24th Mav, 1833; • for return of any information received from his Majesty's consuls .resident at Havre de Grace, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Hamburgh, relative to the amounts charged, as duties or municipal imposts, either by stamp or otherwise, on policies for marine insurance i at the said ports respec. tively; and that, in the - absence of such information, •his Majesty will be pleased to call fur such information front his said consuls, and direct the same to be laid before the house.' No. 1.--HA VRE DE GRACE. Mr.. Consul Gordon to John Backhouse, Esq. &c. i• Sir,—Agreeably to the circular from .the oreigo-office, (Ede - d time pith Say of June current, - directing site to procure and trans mit a return -" of the amount charged as duties or municipal imposts, either by stamps or otherwise, -on policies for marine insurance at the port of •Havre," I beg to state that there are no duties or municipal imposts charged in this port up on po li c i es for marine insurance, except the government stamp of 25 cen times, equal•atthe parof exchange of 2;5f. 25c., to lid. I am, &c. :Havre 28th June, 1833. • , . A. GORDON, Consul.. No. 2.—A N TWERP. On policies of mariue insurance at Antwerp there are no other expenses than those of brokerage, as the insurance must be made by law through a sworn broker, which are paid at the rate of 8 per cent., when the prime of insurance is. ab ove 1 ber cent., anti at ie rate of 10 per cent. whenever the'p r i me i s low the 1 per cent. The cost of the policy of insurance is If. 65c. Netherland money. for the stamp, which never varies; and when it is necessary. (in case of discussion between the parties) to have it registered at the stamp office, the cost of registration amounts to from If. to 3f. There exists no stamp or municipal tax on the same. - HOCHEPIED LA RPENT, Consul: Antwerp, June 13. No. 3.—AMSTER DA M. •The only duty to which marine insurances are.subjected at Amsterdam is a government stamp of ak, with 38 per cent. ad ditional thereon, making together 83c. or about ls. sd. sterling. A printed policy, including the stamp, therefore, costs no more than If. 41k. or about 2s: 4d. and is valid tbr all marine insu rances, without limitation of their amount. Amsterdam, June 10. No. 4.— ROTTERDAM. In this country marine policies, as well as all other officialdocuments, documents, must be written on printed or stamped paper, which may be done on one of two different sizes, the smaller of whi c h is 30 cents. (equal to 6d.), and the larger 60 cents. (equal to Is. sterling). The latter is usually employed for marine policies, and is augmented by 30 cents. additional duty,. making toge ther 90 cents., to which 30 cents. more are added by the broker effecting the insurance, in compensation for the expense of printing the policy. Besides the foregoing, no charge,- either of duty br municipal impost, is levied on contracts o f mar i ne insurance executed in the Netherlands. ALEXANDER FERRIER, Collslll. Rotterdam, June 7. No. s.—llmoturiGit. The stamp duty on sea and river insurances in Hamburgh is one-half per mile of the sum assured, and is rated as follows :-- Pence sterlint, Sums not exceeding .4;35 pay. • • 4 2-7thst'• Sums from £36 to £7O pay 8 4-7ths Sums from to £lO5 pay. l2 6-7ths • And for every additional EAS -7ths without making any allowance for the intermediate fractional sums. If the premium of insurance be under 1 per cent. the half only of the above stamp duty is charged in cases where it amounts to about 14s. 4d. sterling. HENRY - CANN ING, Consul General. Hamburg'', June 12. THE IRISH B)•:GGING-Box.—The tribute levied by O'Con nell from the . poor peasantry of Ireland, as a reward for his "patriotic services, and which in sonic previous years amounted to £lO,OOO or 12,000, is likely to experience a sad aininutieu this year. A meeting was lately held at Carrick-on-Suir, pur suant to a requisition signed by thirty-four persons, for the pur pose of adopting measures to raise the trihute, when four:een persons attended! This looks squint to the begging-box ! The Dublin Evening Post, in allusion to this public meeting, says, "Thank God! the reign of the most frightful tyranny and ter ror that was ever excercised over a suffering people by a knot of the most unprincipled schemers that ever mocked a deluded people or disgraced a country, is at end—the jackals of Daniel ••an no longer hunt down their prey, and plunder the people in the name of patriotism." The secret service money voted for the year is sowewhere about thirty thousand pounds; but it is generally believed that it will fall infinitely short of the numerous objects for which it is destined. Palmerston, the cat's-paw of Talleyraud, lays claim to the whole, it is said ; and even wants more to enable him to carry out the views of that illustrious diplomatist. Sometime ago, we asked who paid into the hands of Captain Napier £lO,OOO ere he undertook the command of Pedro's fleet and. who guaranteed him £l2 per diem while in that service ? No answer has been vouchsafed. But, besides this, there are other shrewd questions, and, if probed to the bottom, we dare' say disagreeable_ ones, regarding the appropriation of the secret service money to electioneering purposes in Scotland. At the dinner given at Hamilton to Mr. Gillon, we expected some light would be thrown upon the subject by those radicals who were, .or professed to be, in the secret.. Assuredly it was no part of their creed to be mealy-mouthed on the occasion, if they were sure of their authorities. The exposure of whig delin quencies is as much their duty as it is ours. But there is a good tune coming, we trust, when whig peculation and whig profli gacy will be shown up in their true colours.—Glasgow Courier. ELGJN CATHEDRAL.—On Wednesday last, John Shanks made one of the grandest discoveries he has ever done since the ruins of that magnificent edifice was placed under his care. On clearing away some rubbish at the west entrance, he came upon a stone which appeared as a step ; this induced hiui to continue his operations, when he discovered four distinct steps quite entire. The whole of the rubbish has not yet been Glared away; but on examining what has been done, we cannot but admire the addition which this beautiful and spacious flight, of steps must have given to the grand entrance. From this dis covery it would appear that the ground surrounding this beau tiful ruin must have been at sonic former period at least two feet and . a half lower than it is at present, and that the body of the cathedral church had been raised in the same manner as the old St. Giles's Church, which stood on the High-street. We can give cur readers no idea of the effect which the flight of steps now discovered gives to the grand entrance; they are twelve inches broad by six inches deep, and extend the whole breadth of the ornamented front, which is twenty-four feet. Formerly, notwithstanding the beauty of the workmanship of of this splendid entrance, the approach from the road being by a slight declivity, it did not appear to that advantage which it must have had when raised from the eye, and approached so as to have to Outer by this spacious flight of stops.-;--Elgin-Courier. THE NEW LORD LIEUTENANT, If we had not been so often deceived by the quips and quibbles of diplomatic jargon, we should say that th e professions made by Lord Wellesley, in his speech at the Mansion-house, were fair and candid. But, unfortu nately, this species of composition is so constructed —so ingeniously contrived to catch the ear while it deceives the sense, that we have resolved to judge of government s i n future by their acts rather than their words. Nothing 'cer tainly could have been more complimentary in language than his observations with respect to 'the Corporation —nor anything apparently more determined than his expressions of firmness with regard to the administration of the laws, and the preservation of the peace—but then, alas! let us turn from these specious " sayings" to the actual " doings" of those whose representative Lord Wellesley is. Are they not about to grind to very powder that body of which his Lordship speaks in such flattering terms ; and have they not probably aban doned the country to Priests and Popery—robbed the Church—destroyed the influence of the gentry—insulted the aristocracy—elevated the democrat—promoted the agitator—held out a premium to rebellion —encouraged resistance to the laws, and subverted all the principles upon which justice had heretofore been administered ? And with all these facts staring us in the face—facts that can neither be controverted nor denied, is it by a honied speech at a public feast, or the indiscriminate conferring of titles upon public functionaries—is it by silvery sounds, or the enactment of scenes outdoing in absurdity any thing recorded in tire "Arabian Nights' Entertain ments," that can restore confidence or re-establish faith ? No, no. The Protestants must look on. Government begin to feel and to know that the affections of this loyal and ill used people are estranged, andthat they contem plate protection and relief in the dissolution of tithes Which, seven years since they would have Maintained with the outpouring of their blood, and upheld by the expenditure of their treasure ; and thus feeling, and knowing, and, what is more, thus fearing, they foolishly imagine that soothing sentences and unmeaning sounds are to set all things straight again ; but they will find themselves mistaken. -The Protestants of Ireland have heit.. too often deceived again to trust themselves within the power of their enemies. They want no ascendancy excepting such as wealth, station, knowledge, and moral superiority entitle them 'to command—they seek for justice, nothing more—and they will not be contented with anything less.—Dublin Mail. A WORKING MINISTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING PACKET. Sir,—My attention has been directed to •an article in your publication of yesterday, headed " The Church," in which you, with so much justice, exhibit the duplicity of th e Whi g Administration, and in particular my Lords Grey and Plun kett, in their conduct towards the Protestant clergy of Ireland,and illustrate your obsktvations by a statement of the transactions connected with the appointment of the lion. Thomas Plunkett to the Deanery of Down. In quoting the passage from my Lord Grey's speech, which describes Mr. Plunkett as a " zea lous, efficient, and most exemplary clergyman, who was in every sense entitled to promotion as a working minister of the established church," you observe that he was at the very time of his patron's eulogy, " a non-resident, and dwelling above 200 miles from the parish in which he is described a work ing minister.'" I beg leave, sir, to direct your attention to another working minister of this amiable family, the Hon. and Rev. William Plunkett, the rector of this parish. This working ministel• of the established church has not, within the last twelve months, been resident for three mouths in his parish. In the parlia mentary sessions preceding the last, he was in attendance on his father in London. On his return, after presiding for map Sunday in this church, he went on a shooting excursion to the west of Ireland, in which clerical amusement he occupied him self with perhaps the occasional interlude of a fishing party, un til his presence was again required to accompany .his father to London, in his attendance in the last parliamentary sessions, from which he has just now returned. Whether or not this may in Lord Grey's view of clerical duty. be an exemplary dis charge of it, is not forme to say; but of this I have little doubt, that if any other clergyman held the living and neglected the duties of it in a similar manner, Loid Plunkett would have availed himself of the circumstance to enforce in the House of Lords his observations on the necessity of church reform. I recollect, sir, that in the statement made in the House of Commons, as I think, either by Mr. Hume or Mr. Cobbett, for the purpose of showing the moderation of my Lord Plunkett in the provisions made for his sons, he represents the income of Hannibal the Fourth (meaning, I believe, the Honourable and Reverend William Plunkett,) froni the parish of Bray, to be about four hundred a-year. This was an error. The parish, when held by Mr. Knox, the predecessor of Mr. Plunkett, was then an union of Bray and Rathmichael, rated at four hundred a-year, and never producing more. The late Archbishop of Ddblin divided the union, giving . Bray to Mr. Plunkett, the 1 tithes of which that "working minister" immediately raised to six hundred a-year, to effect which, some of the tithe-payers under the Composition Act are charged at the unprecedented rate of 7s. 6d. per acre ; and Rathmichael, the other diVi s i o n of the parish, given to the Rev. Mr. Hurst, pays him between 'three and four hundred a year.—Your obedient servant, A PARISHIONER OF BRAY. Our correspondent might have likewise stated, that the Rev. William Plunkett, Vicar of Bray, was, during the elections for the representation of the city of Dublin, • which preceded the reform bill, to be found continually at the, hustings, and that during the sittings of the committees who tried the petitions which _followed, the vicar was usually to be ,found eaves-drop tiltsabout-the nous'. of Obutmons. ...- • - POOR KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR. The following is a copy of an order issued by command of his Majesty for changing the title of the Poor Knights of Windsor: " THE MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR. " William IV., by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. To all and .to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas, by the sixteenth article of the statutes of our said Most Noble Order, it was ordained that there should be thirteen poor Knights attached to the service of our said order ; and whereas our royal predecessor, Queen Elizabeth, in the first year of her reign, made and established certain statutes, rules, aud orders for the government of the said thirteeh Knights ; and w hereas in the reign of our royal predecessor, King Chares 1., five knights were added to the said number, two of which were of the foundation of Sir Peter Le ;flair, Knt., and three of the foundation of Sir Thomas Crane, Knight, some time Chau 'cellor of our said most noble order : we taking into our royal consideration that the several persons who are now on the royal foundation,. as well as those on the private or lower foundation, have respectively served as officers in our army, bearing our royal commissions, have thought fit to alter the designation of the several nersons aforesaid : and we do hereby declare and or dain that they, and those who may be appointed to succeed to their places, shall henceforward and upon all occasions be de signated as 'Military . Knights of Windsor,' and that they shall wear the uniform which we as Sovereign have been graciously pleased to prescribe and assign unto them, any statute, rule, d ec ree, or ordinance to the cuatrary, or iu anywise, ,notwith standing.—Given &c. " T. SA UM, C.G." FEMALE SWINDLER EXTRAORDINARY. • Hereford appears to have rare attractions for the swindling tribe; we have this week to record the adventures of a lady, who appears to be on a swindling tour. In June last a respect able inhabitant, resident without one of our gates, was standing at her door in the evening, when she was accosted by a well dressed woman of genteel appearance. The stranger addressed her by stating that she was looking for some respectable lodg ings for a few days, as she had come to Hereford to transact important business with an attorney. The lady of the house tindiug, by further conversation, that the inquirer was an 'edu cated woman, and her manners those of a gentlewoman, rather incautiously proposed to accommodate her with apartments, and the proposal was instantly accepted. Here she remained, comfortably lodged, for about three weeks, when the mistress of the house introduced her to a dress-maker, thinking, of course, that she was doing au act of kindn'iss, by introducing a good customer to her friend. The lady gave her orders liberally, though with apparent prudence, and her orders were executed by the dress-maker to the amount of about five pounds. However, a month or six weeks rolled away, and the lady made no signs of paying her lodgings, which she was expected to do weekly : The master of the house now suggested to his lodger that a little money would be acceptable, in which suggestion she most politely acquiesced, promising to pay . on the next day ; that day and the fourteen following days passsed, and still the lodger was dumb respecting the payment.— Her.landlord again summoned courage, and pressed for the moa r: ---= • at the same time he hinted that he had heard of her , being under a feigned name. She replied, to his request for payment by pleading a disappointment, but that she would, in two or three days, visit an aunt of hers, and return with suffi cient money to discharge the whole of his demand. The aunt is a lady of most respectable family, residing about six mile from Hereford, and such was the air of sincerity in which this proposal was made, that the landlord had not th e s li g ht es t doubt of his lodger's veracity, especially as she also assured him that, after she had paid him, she would explain most sa tisfactorily the reason of her having assumed a feigned name. The day for her appointed visit to her aunt arrived, and accord ingly she left her lodgings in the mornin g o f th e 23d A ugust , and promised to return the next day; she took with her, as a travelling companion, an excellent shawl belonging to the landlady . Several days passed, but her lodgings still remained unoccupied; after a lapse of a week, the landlady received a letter from a friend at Brecon, who, among other news, men• tioned that she had been introduced to a lady from Hereford; that the stranger &Wing she was intimate with her friends at Hereford, had pressed her to accommodate her with apartments, , 1 as she was desirous of remaining in Brecon far a few days, in order to see the delightful scenery of that picturesque neighbourhood. The landlord in Hereford lost no time, but immediately consulted with his attorney, by whose ad vice he started from Hereford the following day. On his arrival at Brecon, he found that the bird had flown, and her flight was attributed to the lady of the house having hinted, on the previous day, that the morrow being Brecon fair day, she would, most probably, see some of her Hereford friends. The landlord now made inquiry at the co ach-offices, but could n o t gain any intelligence of the lady; however, on further inquiry, he learned from the Carmarthen coachman, that lie had, on the day. preceding, taken up a lady answering the description of our tourist about four miles from Brecon; that she had gut down at Carmarthen, he, the coachman, of course expecting that so res pectable a passenger would walk into the office and pay the clerk, but instead of which she had decamped, and he was there fore minus the lady's fare. Before she left Brecon, she succeed ed in obtaining, on credit, a dress from a respectable mercer, who had an order from her for two more; the abruptness of the lady's departure prevented the execution of the order, and saved the mercer from any further loss. Since that time, this female adventurer has preserved her incognito, but it is supposed that she is still in the neighbourhood of Carmarthen. In - Hereford, she passed under the feigned name of M`Mahon, but her real name is Hooper. It may be well to put the good folks of Car marthen on their guard, 'by a short description of liss M`Ma hon's person. She is rather under the middle stature, stout in person, featnres coarse and ordinary, complexion tanned, face much freckled, eyes and hair dark, and teeth good; she pro fesses the Catholic religion. We have, within these few days, ascertained that Miss M`Mahon has before honoured this city with a swindling visit; one of our innkeepers now holds in his possession a trunk, left about two years 86 7, 0 by this lady as a substitute fer money. Tewkesbury, Malvern, and Weobly, halie also been the scenes of her pirformauCes, which the has been enacting for several years. A RUSSIAN PUBLIC DINNER, in Silt No species of writing is more agreeable than that which ccen veys traits of manners noted on the spot whilst ,the impression upon the mind is fresh and sharp. From it we derive both ni -1 formation and amusement; information in a knowledge of forms of life, perhaps before unknown to us; and amusement, in con trasting the habits of other men with our own; whilst the ques tion of more or less refined is complacently left to our own judgment. Of this agreeable description are the characteristic notes made at Petersburgh somewhat above one hundred years ago, which we subjoin. They show that at that time dinners were not given there, in the intention, or after the manner of Spartan repasts; and that the refinements in social intercourse which prevailed amongst our neighbours under Louis XIV had not been imported by the courtiers of Peter with the arts and sciences which the Czar carried from • Holland and England. We hope shortly to have an opportunity of contrasting them with notes of the manners which prevail at the residence of the present Autocrat. The Dutch minister accredited by their high mightinesses to Peter the Great, made the following note in his journal:— " I was hardly arrived in this new residence of the Tzar, when Admiral Apraxin gave a magnificent entertainment to the whole court; and by his Tzarish - Majesty's order, caused me also to be invited. Being come to the door, I acquainted, the commanding officer who I was ; but instead of being ad mitted, I had foul language returned to me, and they kept me out by putting - the halberds across the uoor. I alleged the invitation, aud my character of minister; but these had so little effect, that with the greatest rudeness they thrust me down stairs. I forthiitli applied to a friend, who acqUainted the court With the usage I had met with. Soon after the officer came to me to conduCt sue in, begging my . excuse for what had. passed. On this occasion a certain minister gave me the following lesson :—That, seeing the Russians know nut hingas yet whence I came, I run a great hazard of the like treatment unless I changed mylplain dress ' • and appeared all trimmed over with gold and silver, with a couple of footmen walking before me, bawl ing out ' clear the way.' I was soon niade sensible I had a great many - things besides this to learn. After having gulped down at dinner .a dozen bumpers of Ilungary wine, I received from the bands of the Vice-Tzar a full quart of brandy, and being forced to empty it in two draughts, I Soon lost my senses ; but not before I had the comfort to observe that the rest of the guests, already asleep upon the floor, were in no condition to make reflections on my little skill in drinking." ADULTERATION. In allusion to the late seisure of sloe leaves, prepared, as it is suspected, to adulterate the China teas; the Spectator has the following remarks:—" Adulteration is one °S the west 'exten sive as well as pernicious practices of English tradesmen. Pay what price you will for au article you can scarcely get it genuine. The system is so universal, that we really believe seine stupid people would adulterate front mere habit, without first balancing the gain of profit against the loss of credit. High prices are not always a security against adulteration. Certain it is that the practice is not limited to the venders of cheap ar ticles; though of course it is more extensive in high priced commodities sold at a low rate. To get business, a retail dealer sells cheap; he first buys damaged goods to mix with the sound, then he adulterates with foreign substances. The dealer in high priced articles finds his sales diminish; and to make amends he adulterates in a less degree but without reducing his price; which maintains his credit until the fraud is detected. The - grocers cry out against the cheap tea-dealers; but they do not the less adulterate. We fear that they still convert black tea into green by means of yellow ochre; or mix sound tea with damaged, or good with that of inferior quality. That some of the necessaries of life are scarcely to be hadtree from adulteration, we all know from experience. Bread and beer, for instance — who that ever tastes genuine beer, home brewed from malt and hops, can recognise its flavour in the drugged compounds of the great breweries and small beer shops ? if a man were to setup as a baker of genuine bread, or a brewer of genuine beer, he would hardly succeed, for no one would believe him. Where is genuine Cognac, or the spirit of juniper, or the juice of Por tugal grapes to be tasted? Not in brandy, gin, and port , that is sold by even respectable wine-merchants. Accum's famous " Death in the Pot" was a bugbear only in its exaggeration of the pernicious effects of adulteration, not in its statement of f ac t s. Wh a t then i s th e reme dy? Not the prohibition of the article employed in adulteration; that is impossible, —in the case of milk, for instance; but in the case of fraud the forfeiture of the adulterated article, and the punishment of the offender. How is the fraud to be de tected? it is asked. We answer thus. Let chemical examiners be appointed iu London and the principal country towns, to whom any person may at all times send an article to be sub mitted to the proper chemical tests, upon payment of a deposit to prevent frivolous or groundless appbcations. The examiner's certificate to be a sufficient authority for a magistrate to issue his warrant to search and seize the adulterated article, and to inflict a tine upon the fraudulent vendor. The complai nin g party t o be reimbursed, and the test fees to be paid out of the line. The only difficulty would be tracing the offence to the guilty party; the retailer might charge it upon the wholesale dealer, anti rice versa. The aggrieved party wou ld apply for redress aga i nst t h e ven d or; ail the onus would rest with him to prove his innocence. This might seem difficult. But be it remembered, that lie is generally pretty well acquainted w ith the quality of the article he deals in, or at least sufficiently to form a suspicion of a dulteration; and the honest trader might protect himself by applicati o n, in the first instance, to the test office, or at any rate might place himself in a condition to pr ove his innocence. The existence of such facilities of detection would soon diminish the practice, or put a stop to it altogether in articles of f oo d an d o f genera l consum pti on a t least." HURRICANE AT CALCUTTA. Letters from Diamond-harbour state, that the whole country as far as can be discovered, both up and down the river, on both banks, is strewed with corpses of human beings and of the brute race. The carcases of two or three tigers have been drifted on Dia mond-point, besides many deer and cattle, and what is more - -esittraordinary, guaatitiec of larr-,, figl M-A-43-ampbelli from Mud-point, Who had fortunatef; reached Diamond-harbour, states, that of 4,0(X) people in the vicinity he had quitted, only I,0(X) had escaped drowning, to die of thirst, unless speedy relief was afforded to them. Water, however, has been ploruptly despatched and may, we trust, be in time to avert this dreadful catastrophe. Mr. Pickering, in charge of a new tripod, who has also reached Diamond-harbo ur , on the western shore, give s a most terrific account of the gale, its pronless and effects in that quarter. It is bad enoug l at Diamond-harbour, he says, but the conse quences of it in the place he left beggar description. The gale commenced at south-east, on the evening of the 20th, in creasing daring the nik„viit. At daylight the flags taff was blown down and his little shed unroofed; the vale continued all day ; the flo o d came on w i th awful velocity - ; they took shelter in the • tripod. At eleven at night the water lose - over the bund; in half an hour a breach was made in it, and it gave way, with a fearful rush, to the force of the flood. The wind shifted to cast north-east, and blew with increased fury, and t he whole countr y was inundated to seven feet high before one o'clock in the morning of the 21st. At this time the force of the waters burst the flooring of the tripod, where Mr. Pickering and his p eo p le had taken shelter, and they clung to the joists at t he sides of the building, almost up to their necks in water. As the water still rose, the sircar suggested that they should endeavour to get to the top of the building. They crept through the windows ; but, alas ! th e l ad d er for ascending was not there. By some lucky accident, however, a rope was left hanging there , which had been used to point the mast, and by this means they ascended, to their wretched place of refuge, where they pa s s e d th e night , ex pecting every moment that the tripod would be blown over and overwhelm them in the roaring waters below. When the gale abated they got down and waded, or rather swam, to the next station, No.lo, whence they got to Diamond-harbour, in a boat sent for them by Captain Cowles, and saw in the way thither not les s than 7Uodead bodies; and all the communications we have seen are of a similar tenour." ExTItACT OF ALETTERDATED ON BOARD THE LORD AsIHERST, HIGH AND DRY ON COWCULLY BEACH, MAY 22. By the zerev of God, we are all hands safe and comparative ly cornfOrtable, though regularly stranded, being high and dry on Co wen ._ _ ny beach, within. half -a-mile of the Kedgeree light house. * * * * •* A little below us lies the Honourable 2 y . q)any. b or chora Duke of York, blown over from the New l ge, an apparently settling.in the sand. About a mile a mile and a half to the north of us are three ships, not one of which is in such, good plight as ourselves, and two of them far worse, for they are almost on their beam ends. EXTRACT UP A LETTER DATED SHIKAPOR E, SAU6OR, MAY 22. The gale has made a clean sweep here, and, I understand, all over th e i sland. Forward water for the remnant of the people i mmediately, in row-boats, if possible. All is gone; no blinds, no tanks, no people. I think about sixty men, as many women, and about twenty children, arc left out of nine himdred and fifty souls, but cannot say yet correctly. As near as I can judge from the height of the bungalow, there were seven feet water over the land. It broke in at about a quarter before nine, a.m., and did not begin to decrease until one, p.m. Men, women, and children are lying dead in all di rections; many drifted over to Mr. Calder's and Mr. M‘Pher son's, and were found dead there. Accounts Were also received yesterday morning from Mr. Burt, .on the estate lately belonging to Messrs. Palmer and Co., stating the loss of lives and devastation there to be equal to the above. Kedgeree letters were, - late in the afternoon, received from the pilots of the Lord Amherst, the General Gascoyne, and Robert. These letters state that most of the cargo of the Am herst may be saved; the General Gascoyne entirely bilged ; the Robert may be got off. when lightened. All the pilots concur in describing the gale as the most terrific they ever experienced. One of the letters mentions another melancholy loss of_life. Mr. Morton, with his wife at the Kedgeree Light - house , nar rowly escaped fr om the gale which overtook so many natives; but their child was buried in the ruins of one of the out-houses, where they had taken refuge from the storm. Seine of the poor natives had been received on board the Amherst, and provuted with food. One of the wrecked vessels was laden with rice, which, we should hope, has been freely distributed; but they were perishing for water. The ships, however, would, we trust, have been able to supply all who could get to them with a small quantity, until relief reaches them. The following particulars, relative to tbe Sultan, are given in last evening's Courier:—" Mr. Duce 's account of the ship Sultan is, that on the eveuing of the 19th she put back from the. Gasper; he saw her last at 9 a. m. of the. 21st, at anchor off Saugor-point, with her top-gallant-masts struck. His opi nion is, that she must inevitably have been lost."— Bengal Hurkaru. Duc DE BORDEAUX. —On Saturday last this young prince attained his 13th year, the period at which, according to the laws of France, the heirs of the throne are considered of age.— This interesting event was celebrated by the French royalists now residing in this country with great enthasiasm, and most particularly at the seat of Anne, Countess of Newburgh, in her ladyship's private chapel, at Hinden House, Sussex. On this occasion the priest who celebrated high mass wore a splendid vestment painted on white velvet, and embossed with gold round . the edges, executed by Madame de Fleury, late Miss 'Welch, an artist of the French court, long iu the employment of her Royal Hi g hness the Duchess de B erri . Thi s lady was engaged by the Marquis de Montmorenci to prepare this vestment, but, it not being in readiness previously to his departure from England, the Countess of Newburgh &came the purchaser. The whole of the dress and its appendages is Fainted in the first style, both as to elegance of design and brilliancy of colouring. The ar rangement is allegorical, and appropriate to the Catholic faith. The clasuble on which the cross is formed represents, in a pro minent manner, the lilies, the emblems of purity in the Catho lic religion, and the armorial bearings of the royal Bourbons. These lilies are surrounded by the laurel-leaved passion -flower, whose petals are dropping blood, as symbolical of Christ's pas sion. The other. flowers are. selected from the most brilliant and lovely varieties, both Oriental and European. The sun flower, Tartariau violet, sensitive plant, corn flowers, wheat ears, and grapes, are all combined with the utmost taste and beauty, and prove the artist well deserving the distinguished patronage with which she has so long been honoured. Our readers may recollect, that in 1.820 Mad. de Fleury, then Miss Welch, executed some molt Splendid Oricuital . paintings on yel ' yet for the Persiau ambassador, Abul liassen. OCT. 4. 1833. AMERICAN G I MBLETS.—The Yankees are in a fair way to destroy John Bull's gimblettrada with this country. The new twist gimblet is almost as much superior to the old English gimblet as the screw auger is to the old pod auger. There is a a ginsblet factory at West Whately which employs fifteen hands, about half of them females, and manufactures twenty five gross per week. The steel is 'imported from England in round rods; the handles. are turned out in the vicinity.—New York Journal of Commerce. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night week, three Youths, to make what they no doubt thought a little sport, made up some gunpowder in six hard packages, and tied it to the knocker of Mr. Waugh's dour in Everton-road. The noise produced by the explosion so alarmed the fathily that they all ran out to ascertain the cause, when, unfortunately Mrs. Waugh, through the darkness of the night and the confusion and alarm into which she had been thrown by this silly and wicked trick, tell down the steps of the door, bj• which she received so much in jury that she now lies dangerously ill. An accident of a serious nature occurred at Hamilton on Monday evening. While a noddy, with two ladies and a gen tleman, was in the act of descending the Muir-wynd, a part of the reins gave way, which lett the animal at liberty; and, thus situated, - off it set down the street with fearful rapirrity, until, in turning the corner of Mr. Bishop's shop, at the Cross, the vehicle came into tremendous co ll is i on with the wall. The con sequences were serious in the extretue. The chaise was smasi;ea to pieces, the. ladies were severely hurt, and the horse wa3 materially injured that he h a d to be shot, while a l a d, a au Oar pened to be standing in the way, had one of his legs broke:l.-- Edinburgh Advertiser. • . IMPROVEMENTS IN CANADA.—The Receiver-General of'Upper Canada is now in England fOr the purpose of raising a loan, t proceeds of which are to be applied to the improvement of the river St. Lawrence, by renderingit navigable for vessels of 15a tons .burden, from. Montreal to lake Ontario. We undo - swam that the amount contemplated is a million; but iu the early stage of the business not snore than 1:150,000 will be reiinirect. This undertaking will be a most advantageous entelision- of the internal communication of Upper Canada, and afford commer cial facilities that must tend materially to develop the rescmcct and augment the wealth of this important and, valuable d:- pendency. • SICILY. —It speaks but little for the spirit of the Sicilian Government, that the population of the island shout have remained stationary . during the last sixteen years. The census of 1817, which showed the number of i,uhabitants to be 1,625,04), does nut differ.many thousands frtra their present amount. In 1826 the island contained 9000 nuns , 12 , 000 monks, and 60,000 ecclesiastics of all sorts. Palermo alone, though containing but-173,000 se*, possesses upwards of 3W churches and chapels. Neither have the clergy altogether driven the aristocracyout of the field; fur Sicily i s ho noure d with the presence' of 'GI Dukes, 213 Princes, 2.34 Marquesses, 308 Counts, and 4,161 Barons; to say nothing of the Ducherbios, Principinos, Baronsinos, et alii iinales, their honourable progeny. EFFECTS OF THE UN lON.—On Tuesday a stonemason, named Weston, was brought before the sitting magistrate, Thos. Case, Esq., b y warrant, to keep the peace t owar d s hi s w if e . Th e w if e , a very decent-looking Our woman, stated that she resided in Richmond-fair, and that this was the first time she had ever complained against her husband. Until he joined the union he conducted himself with the kindness of a tender father, but from that time to the present moment, now eight months, he had not contributed one penny towards the support of herself and her eight children. He spent in think every farthing lie earned or was allowed by the union, and one consequence of constant drunkenness was the daily abuse of his wife and family. Weston betrayed evident symptoms of having led a life of dissipation. and a fear was expressed that he had totally disqualified him self, by his recent course, for a life of future industry. 'Weston, in answer to the magistrate, stated that he wou ld h ence f ort h , if discharged, conduct himself peaceably towards his wife, and Mr. Case said he would take care that lie should do so, for he would compel him to find bail to keep the peace. CON'FESSION OF MU/WEIL—A. few days ago, a man died in, the vicinity of Ellesmere, who, whets on the point of death, confessed his having committed a murder twenty years ago, for which a blacksmith, named Preston, was soon after tried, con victed, and executed. The murder was committed on two aged people named Francis Bruce and Ann Taylor, who resided at Langford, near Drayton. The murder took place on a Sunday evening; the next morning the deceased were found with their throats cut, and the guilt of Preston was established by a chain of circumstantial evidence. He was known .to be poor, and was seen running from the scene of the murder on the evening it took place; the next morning he exhibited a handful of gotd and bank-notes. A stick and a hammer, with which the old Man's skull was fractured, were proved to have been borrowed. No doubt was therefore entertained of his guilt. When on the scaffold, be denied any participation in the murder, but admit ted his share in the robbery. It now appears from the con fession of the dying man that Prest on wa t c h e d a t th e d oor w hil e the murder and robbery .were committing; but counselled the robbery should be committed without violence, and was igno rant that the murder had been committed. The murder %yes perpetrated by two other men, one of whom was the dying man, whose conscience sought relief in the disclosure. Tim DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH.—It must be admitted that no thing can tend more to maintain the harmony and welfare of the country than a kindly intercourse between landlord a l io tenant, and nowhere has this feeling been more effectually culti vated than in Dumfriesshire, nor has any of our aristocracy contributed more to its practical ext e n s i on th an t h e D u k e o f Buccleuch. Short as his Grace's public life has been, lie has lived down the calumnies of his enemies, and, at this moment, we believe there is not a more popular landlord in Scotland. The whigs admire his condescension and affability, the racli eels toast his health at their political dinners, the country gen tlemen partake liberally of his hospitality, and the poor bless him for his princely charities. To these circumstances,. chiefly, it is owing that the county of DuMfries, which, like others, had allowed its reason to wander astray in the midst of reform, has been, with few exceptions, brought back to a sounder judgment, and become what it formerly was, one of the strong holds of conservative principles.—Edinbueo Advertiser. THE LARGEST.—STIa LIN SHIRE.—The weather for the last fortnight has been rather unfavourable for the important opera tions of the farmer There is still a good deal of beans and peas to secure on the verse lauds, and time muir l an d s are a l so i n want of a few dry days to place their crops out of danger. We are happy to say that there is no reason to alter the favourable re port;formeily given of the grain crops—the great bulk of which is safely housed even in the higher districts of the country. Turnips are still backward, and it is feared will not recover the injury received during the wet and•unprecedentedly unfavoura ble weather experienced in August. Potatoes -have ris en i n price ; but this, it is supposed, is more to be attributed to the farmers being occupied too much in harvest labours, to admit of bringing the usual supply to the marker. The crop will certainly . not turn out equal to what was anticipated;n July; pit, front all we can learn, the more recent diggings give reason to hope that the return wiil not.he so deficient as many apprehend. At all events, the crop - has not failed-to the same extent as in other quarters of the kingdom. We have heard of various returns from the-thrashing-mill this season, many of which give a flat tering view of the grain crop as au average; but as these would not of correct data for arriving at the truth, we forbear no-, tieing them.—Edinbaegh Advertiser, HtctitAND DESCENT.—Ou board of one of the steam-packets on a late trip to lona, there were two passengers that particu larly attracted the attention of the party. The one was a stout Irish gentleman, full of all that off-oand frisky humour said to be peculiar to his countrymen, and the other little under sized Celt, of the smallest vossible dimensions, who, covered With an immense broad-hricomed straw hat, moted about the deck more like an animated mushroom than any thing- that could be taken for a Highlander. Nevertheless, this little man nikin, as the passengers were told again and again by two gkir ralous old ladies, who seemed to have charge of Lim, was. mavyre his dwarfish appearance, the representative of a clan that had in the days of old been remarkable. for the production of tall athletic warriors; and to see the graves of souse of those was the object of his present visit to lona. On landing. the passengers, who were not numerous, were marshalled iuto Riti goran in the usual form by the schoolmaster, where, after show ing off a number of the remains of by-gone times, .he brought them to a row of large stone figures in armour, which he de scribed as the Mac—s of —, "a race of giants," as ho said. The Irish gentleman, looking down to their represen tative, who stood by enjoying his fancied consequence, asked him if these were the people from whom he was descended "Yes," said he, pushing himself upwards like the frog in the fable. "Then," said Pat, "by the powers, my little fellow, you may say you have had a descent, and a d—l of a one, too."— Perthshire Advertiser. Tit 'CRS OF A MONREy.—A Governor of Jamaica, who had his peculiarities, but who was nevertheless. considered a good Go vernor, was in the habit of noting down on the back of a letter. or any other slip of paper near him atehe moment, such matter as lie deemed it necessary to notice in his despatchee, and when these were to be transmitted, the notes, were all arranged to be officially communicated to the c olonial secretary. It happened On the eve of the sailing of a packet, that one of these scraps was missing, containing some memoranda of importance, which the Governor could not call to mind. The secretary and his clerks were set to work-to hunt for the lost scrap, arid whilst busily ransacking the cabinet a servant, entered with the stray frag ment. The Governor, pleased to recover his lost memoranda, and being tired with the search, summoned his suite to repair to the breakfast room, to partake of a lunch before they completed the despatches, which they had still time enough to finish; but, in quitting the cabinet, they locked up in it a huge Airkan mon key, who had been the curhsus spectator of all their proeeedingf. When they had nearly finished their lunch the'whole house echoed with an hideous. yell ; the monkey dashed into the room, jumped over the table, and bounced out at - the window. Ott repairing to the cabinet.the cause of . the outcry was explained. The monkey had imitated all he had seen ; h e had searched out and torn to atoms all the papers he could lay his paws on, and amongst others the recovered memoranda, and finally he raised the wax to the lighted taper to seal his labours, but, unluckily. catching at the heated wax, he burnt his fingers, whichecca sioned the yells which alarmed the executive, and which further caused the postpouetneut of the packet; an event creating, as usual, sundry conjectures and manifold .murmurs a_midSt. the Kingston ptiliticians.—Shoriclan's Jamaica - ,AlagaiHe for - -1 ".9" 1 . • The variety of human life is, after all, nowhere so strikingly or so whimsically displayed as in the world of politics; gene rally, too, there is a poetical justice at the termination of each man's. part, which gratifies our better feefing3, iu addition to the amusement and instruction afforded by the study. These reflections are suggested to us from a . querfer from which plea • saut reflections rarely come. .But it is another proof of " some soul of goodness in tiiings evil," that even the London Common Council occasionally affords matter for agreeable thoughts. We allude to the proceeciiug et the election of Lord Mayor, and to the handsome, but rot more handsome than just, unanimity of applause of which Sir Peter Laurie was the object. The history of this• excellent magistrate, during the last two or three years, has been -not a little c u r ious.. Two years ago, it will he remembered Sir Peter, though a gen s tleman of high commeicial rank, a man of the most amiable manners, and of unspotted private character, and though incomparably the best of all the city magis trates--we may safely say the hest of all the' metropolitan magistrates, for where shall we find any one to match him in the essential qualities of temper, acuteues,s, energy, and zeal ? —notwithstanding that he was all these, Sir Peter Laurie was, two years ago, put aside, somewhat disrespectfully, to make way for the second mayoralty of Sir John key, that gentleman's second mayoralty 'lacing undisguisedly designed to introduce him into Parliament as one of the city members. Two years - have passed : - circumstances, with which Sir Peter Laurie had no connexion whatever, removed Sir John Key from Parlia ment. -Nobody would have opposed him, because nobody could oppose him with any chance of success. . Ile declined the scat, very much, we believe , to the regret of the- city. His year of office expired. Th e . compliment paid to Sir John Key, and fought for in his behalf by canvassing, and brawling, and riot ing, is quietly, and by an unanimous consent,_ tendered to Sir Peter Laurie. And why ?• On account of his politics? - Cer2 taint) , not; for nothing can be more true than - his boast that, during the last year, the- Manaion-house has been, as it • always ought to be, neutral ground -between contending political par ties. No-Sir Peter's popularity, for popular he is is the best sense, is wholly unconnected with politics or party. He is pa. pular because he has steadily, ably, and with good humour, dis charged the important.duties of his office. This is the .conser vative style of. earning . popularity—for a conservative,•ce are proud to say, Sir Peter / is. tibi cruet artce.—Standard.