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Mr. Harmer attended to conduct the prosecution, end from the,
evidence it appeared that the prisoner entered Mr, Barlow's em-
ployment three months ago as the warehousenum, and b•ing
i married man, his master, as an entouragetnent, had permitted hit.
wife and family to reside with him on the premises, in Neirgate..._
street, Mr. Barlow himself residing in Goilliman:street. On the
12th of this month, Mr. Barlow having occasion to go intd the
country; the trek management of the bbrinesp was left.tO the pria
toner. A letter from a friend, hoirevee, brought Mr: Berlins,
speedily to town again, and on his return on Sattuday; at the
first glince over his stock, he missed a large quantity of slack
worsted. On referring to the sale book, there appestat no entry of
any sale whatever having taken place during his absence • and the
prisoner, when questioned as to the worsted, expressed himself as
I entirely unaware of any having disappeared. From the fatigue of
his hasty journey to town, Mr. Barlow did not pursue his in.:
quiries further that night, and on the following day. (Sunday )on his
return from Stoke Newington, where he had pissed the afternoon,
he found that the prisoner had locked up the preinhies iii Newite.;
street, and decamped with his wife and family, after leavin the
keys in Godliman-street. He, &item"; got WM. clue] an fbl-
lowed it up, apprehended the prisoner on Timbals, evening in the
neighbourhood of the New-road, and Subsequently, in a trUnk of
his, s, seMple of the stolen worsted was found, which wait now prod
duced and identified by Mr. Barlow as his property.
Mr. Harmer said they had not as yet had time to ascertain the
extenr of the prisoner'. depredations, which, however, it was feared
were very extensive. What he now charged him with was; steal-.
ing 26 bundles of slack emitted, value 401. Thin hdieever, he said;
was not the worst part of the transaction. They had trice() our
that the prisoner had connected himself with a gang of Swindlers
that he had furnished them with his master'. cards; Which it *as
feared they had made no sparing use of In their endeavours td Obtain
goods upon credit, pretending to be recommended t Mr. Bailor.;
giving reference at the same time to the warehouse in Seagate-
street, where the prisoner; being constantly engaged, and hosing
the auperintendance of ((he business, answered in the name of fhe
house for the reatiOnsibility of his acquaintances. . A friend of
Barlow's, frdtn whom the gang had thus attempted to Attain goods
to the Value of 1001., was the first to suspect the system that was ist
operation, from the circurnitanee of his being referred to the house
in Newgate-street rather than to Ocalliman-street, wheie Mi. Bar:
low was more generally to be met with i and the communisation st
his suspicion to that gentleman had been the cause of his hasty re:
turn to town, and the consequent discoveries.
Mr. Harmer, having made out before the Magistrate& Buff:semi-
to warrant the prisoner's detention, requested that he might
reod remanded to give tune for the necessary inquiries, and he •se
accordingly remanded for farther examination on Toesday nett.
BOW-STREET, AVG. 26.—The tifo feporters who were Yesteft
day expelled from the public police-Office, as slated in our Paper,
were permitted td resume their Stations this morning, and Maid
them, unmolested by Sir Richard Birnie, throughout the day;
Entelius Braadam, a Frenchman, of the Jewish persuasion,
who described himself as •teacber of languages, was brought be-,
fore Sir R. Bienie, • charged'irith attempting to shot* Miss Jane;
Brown, a younglady of considerable personal attractions' who at-
tended is praprio persona!, accompanied by her friends, W prefer • •
the coniplaint.
It appeared that the fair`prosecuttix is residing with the flee
Haliiheld Cosgayire Donaghuo and his lady, at their house in.
Lordship's-lane, Tottenham, and that the defendant, having occa-
sionally called to give tier instructions in French, he became
enamoured of her, and latterly he was received with encoutage• .
meat in the character of an avowed lover. His attention/ to bee
were ardent and unremitting; his vows of unalterable, love and.
adoration equally fervent.antfunceasing ; dad if his torn abcoitot a .
himself was to be implicitly believed, he we elf that OW just drul •
honourable. Both partite were looting' ioriard in 'agar aaticipa.,
don of the bliss that was to attend them when diArtleittnial should
be eternally united, when all at once, it did not appear how, Miss ; •
Brown made the irate:id discovery
'dam was already married to another, and that that other was stilt;,
in the land the living. This discovery was
e°thnini;filtelctor.•'
him without delay. lie was Thunder-struck, botedenLi
formai*.
" upon his homier," He said that, to be sure b
that he -
that Monsieur Binding Bran:

- upon rats nonoar. me sem ~..., ...
Port of contract with another, lady at date, but that he coital.;,
dual that contract not at all bindirg, and that he was et liberty ,
to enter into the Onfilige state ditb any lady at any lime. Tae,
Jersey lady, however, was found oat, and her aaeount of the " con.
tract." as M./Ira:Won termed it, was such al, levedne the moral (f). ,
hurrtodln sayhin some
i':
cents, were returned to him. In the a stmow or tfie lathe ay' e
'
ligation out of the question, convinced the Ilev. Mr. barn 'loo, M a,
Brown's protector, that a arcorid marriage would be decided illegal. .
V'ft
aerneifloorethdeirsmmiassettedral:ii:tallicterghlbethe hail
received
defendant made his appearance as Mt.neighoo s house, a;d re-
quested an interview with Miss Brown. Me request Was complied ,
with, and he was ushered into a parloid wkerSi .
that young lady was
sitting with Mr. and Mrs. Ddhathoo. He tonversOd foe some mu.
Sheboo 'sinks
h
rents on indifferent subjects, and wich apperitstiolnefs, but Miss
Brown, who observed him very attentively, thought she saw " cots-
chief in his eye," and moreover she perceived that he kept one hand
tinder his :oat, as if soucalfng sothettring there. ens *us*/ •

(/

, _ ...
;1i .s maniac; for
slalomed to Madame bi—__ .
, _ --- I lam latraml and proper wife, and upbraid-
... no amasured tame with lam traitorous conduct.
'my mooting dialogs, mommol between this happy pair, in the
course of which • very lealpose abet came out, namely, that
Aisdime Brandam's gunsmiths tans Monsieur had plenty of mo.
ney when she married him, arose from her having seen in his pos-
station, a quantity of the minimised by Macslpine, the Thread-
asedir.street, hair-draw, beginning "I promise to eat," Ike. i
These the lady, in her very impirfeat acquaintance with the Eng.,
lest language, took to be gonsine Book eit England notes.
Thieeirndant bad so more to Wilt answer to the charge than,
at he bad no intimates to inflict the least injury on Miss Brown.
ti
e comptaned, hatriver, of bruises which he received on his
est and b My, from haring "de fat parson" so long upon him,
add further declared that he could have done mischief had he been
so inciind, for he cocked his pistol four times while "de fat
pa son" watkneeling upon his stomach.
Sir It. BIANIE said be was too dangerous a person to be suf.
feed t i go at large without security for his good behaviour, and or-
dered him to find bail, himself in 10W. and two sureties in 401.
each. to keep the peace for twelve months, sad meanwhile to ap-
par at cite next sessions to answer to any charge that might be ex-
hibitei against hint.
lie was unprepared with bail, and was therefor:, consigned to the
Ca-41 of the gaoler.
Benjamin Foster, a deputy coal meter, appeared at this office,
la consequence of a summons issued upon the information of W.
D:w, charged with havir.g delivered to the lighterman, in the em.
ploy of Messrs. Sant and Co. of the Adelphi Wharf, out of the
ah:p nary, a quantity of coals, purporting to be live el:althea,
anti' a quarter. or one vat, but which was found, on admessurement,
ta be nine and a half bushels snort. The information arose out of
the fonowing chem.:tetanus: ...-
OP the 45th of July. list' Weller, the lightennan, went by or.
der of his employers, in the barge Freeman, No. 10,671, to the
,s`::p Hynry, to receive a loading of coals. Weller having had ens-
picion on • former occasion that short measure had been delivere4
he sent on board the barge an apprentice, named Crawley, himself
wpitirg near; when the quantity of coals had been got out of the
ship to the barge, Weller went on board the latter, and on Foster
giving him the certificate, he expressed his disapprole.eion of the
manner the cargo was measured, and at the same time said he
wou'd have them re.measured. The Captain of the collier and
Foster then wanted Weller to take away his barge, but that he re-
fusel, and made her fast alongside the ship, and went to his co-
rhoyers, to whom, having stated the case, they sent him to the
Coal Exchange, requesting that the cargo might be again measured
Sty the proper officers. This was done thi following day, by tit°
it the deputy coal meters. The return they made was, that there
rr-re 9i bushels short of the measure contained in Foster's certifi-
eutts.
This was the substance of the charge, and Mr. Atiotwans, who
at•ended no the put of glamors. Sant and Co., produced evidence
whit* folly substantiated it.
Mr. MMITHILL then ordered the defendant to pay the penalty
of 61. without the costs.

CAUTION TO PLACARD BEARERS.
• riATTON-GARDEN, Attul. W.—For a considerable time just
demplaints having been made, not only at this but at other police
(Aces, respecting the practice of hawking show-boards or placards
miseg the streets, to the great inconvenience of the foot-passengers,
tr.o patrol aid street-keepers were enjoined to secure all such as
wire within the operat'en of the Statute, commonly called Michael
Angelo Teller's Street Act.
Although the vigilance of the officers has served to abate the
musatoe complained of in a material degree, yet the cupidity of
csrtein claw of people will always keep it up, so long as the
law remains inoperative against principals. The persons chiefly
employed ere the lower order of printers, who disseminate accounts
at troy lone' tale, and disgusting occurrence, the perusal of
which has the most pernicious tendency on the minds of youth,
Mil 9Me generally the most eager to purchase them. It is impos-
:We for any respectable female, or any man of delicacy, to walk
along the most public streets of the metropolis without receiving
maelefrorn the venders of this odious trash.
Yerteeday mnrnirg, as Allan Stewart Laing, Esq. was going
seer, Holborn, lie encountered some of those fellows, who invited
bis Wbeship to take "the full and true account," die. Mr.
:toting deepatthed Weldron, the street-keeper, in pursuit of him ;
ea... lie and his placard, books, dm were soon after ranged at the
Ira cif shim office.

'Dee street-keeper stated, that the fellow who carried the plat-ant
with a picture on it, had effected hie escape, and that the prisoner
on hits tire street-keeper's; approach, had thrown bis placard down
on the earriage..way pavement.
Tan prisoner, in defence, Melded poverty as the cause of his
sailing setth sort of books, which were, in fact, the most saleable
deaf, bet protested that he did not know there was any harm in
del arma..* ft the offence was overlooked this time, he would never •
Whited in the erne Mutation again.
•,14t. ReeEes (the presiding Magistrate) raced that the
ms who carried the picture placard bad not secured, as
he ebsuld do all others who were feed is thelieweemion of
sop NMI teNnee against decency and idaibilly: Tb. opellegar
bid tardy evaded punishment by threes, de lideedi
lawid sot hope to get beck his Infamous pipe
-llleetoartee in waiting was ordered is tie sea book up
tbs flialadt mid efts* a suitable ellweaidefti • fdd
bear t; an a promise of future eckildifielliem ' '._."-•""""-.., •
Gorse Withers and Oar. • Terrell vele **ugh( 'flee lletelleol.
lustier WO it charge of bee floOmalig.-wbee A vary sod ildiamma,
loainglag er, the public dice, Romotreet, recapitulated ibis Maw
Jsbr f *okra deposed, that he is a butcher, I.4lolasfrary-
sant. Clerkenwell, and that on or abet 'i the 2d of the. mi-
re= Targett same to his residence, and offend MR a mare pony
fee ale i he said he tv is then too busy, but that be would see a in
u.e esaing if the prisoner would bring it then, which he did, and
ahead R. for it. Mr stokes said that he would not give MOM than
Et, itehith the prisoner agreed to take ,- he (31r. Stoltai)1•11 six
secedgers, and received a receit hem Targett, which be no, pea.
divot
the prisoners being called on for their defence, Targett soitatio.
1-dwittteliing the pony In Mr. Stokes, but said that every word Hie
rasi7ws had stated aim raise.
Hitters, who during the former investigation remained sliest,
whits,* fellow-primmer Targctt was endeavouring to char himself
fro* the charge, end lay all the blame on him, tmday condeatended
to Cr*, I.ld informed the magistrate that he was carrying earthen-
a/weary ertaia village in Wiltshire, when he met with Target;
who asked him If he was going to Gordon ; he replied hi a;:
&reels litrgett said he would see/sops., hint, and askail
whesYa be had any money; he said he had. He wee then ailed.
.trills he tied five shillinei t be said he bad a little more theft
ts.ari Irbicla Target% acid he would accompany him. He went
spa "Ai bew ail! oat a great cost, saddle, and bridle, saying
ht-*EO. Se bosses of Ili% own down in the grounds.
rtararate both remanded till Wednesday next for want of the
.v4ol* dllTr. Williams, from whom It appears the horse has
stelde.
ADULTRRATTON OF SUGAR.
Moat mioaouort•Ereter, A 1161. 16.—T wo mechanics in the
eaip.s, or Messrs. Slue yard, of Wardoor-strect, Soho, applied this
teccuingto .tae sitting klagtmrate, Mr. Conant, to sak his advice
h r. to 'reeved tinder the following circumstances
the statement of one of the mechanics, k appears that there,
erfc wont thirty men employed in the manufactory to which he'
LPisagetoilid that rearly the whole of them had beets much at
• *hit severe diarrhoea, and some had not been Al?. to at-'
i of %Vile work for two or three days at a time ; they were at a
e/14Ac., to know what they should attribute so •
t.. Cal several medical gentlemen attributed theft
tang whit they had *Am. This led them to
ti.u. Jinni every elide of diet; and In e.--`
•of the upoware 7'"
141' ideteration of sugar,
atich pft themM. In the ,
iteinfl,,bothlu the meriting &
Ord collo owl aduiCtoa*d

illaess. This morelng, esveral of the men examined the sugar,
and found that it contained, in their opinion, iciest quantities Of
but to be more convinced, they took the sugar to Mr
the experimental chymiat, of Old Compton-street, and sot-
to Mr. Accum, who, on analysing it, ascertained that it
med a considerable portion of salt, and eaggested the idea of
.ying to a police &lie?.
dlr. CONANT inquired at what shop the sugar was purchased?
Ile was informed that it bud been purchased at • shop In
Broad-street, Golden-square, and that the grocer's name was
Blake.
Mr. CONANT_ desired one of the officers to go to the shop and
purchase two parcels of the sugar, and wrote a note to Mr. Joyce,
request his aftwidance.
In a short rime the officer returned with the sugar he had pur-
chased ; the one parcel weighed two ounces, and the other weighed
I quarter of s pound.
dlr. Joyce, who had by this time attended to the Magistrate's
west, stated that he had analysed some sugar brought to him
ta Morning by the two mechanics; lie found tt to be adulterate/-
Rh a great quantity et salt, in the proportion of a fifth, or
Ii
tight be a fourth. The salt with which the sugar was adulterated
as good salt, and gave the sugar • damp appearance.
Mr. CoNASIX said, he feared that all that could be done in the
e would tie, to caution the public to be'pattiottar in the sugar
purchased; but he thought it his duty to send to the grocer
request him to attend at the office.
The grazer was accordingly sent to, but the officer who tent to
[s shop was informed that he was from home.
This being the case, the mechanics and Mr. Joyce left the office,
'stating their willingness to attend when the grocer came.
Alr. Joyce, prior to leaving the office, said that the smaller parcel
sugar was the same as that brought him by the mechanics, but
,t the larger parcel was not so much adulterated.
le had not long left the office when Mr. Blake, of Broad-attest,
~e retailer of the sugar in question, entered, and being told by the
Magistrate that there was a complaint against some sugar pur-
-1 chased of him, as having salt mixed with it,
Mr. Blake smiled inapparent security, and with the utmost con-
fidence in' what lie had to say, observed—Oh ! this is the old affair.
should have thought that the eatisfactory explanation given by
an extensive sugar merchant the day before yesterday, would base
satisfied every body, when he clearly proved that this sahish taste
arises from the land on which the sugar is grown. I know that
some of my wipe has a little of a salt taste, and that Is exactly,
cause of it. This sugar (tasting it) has a little cf that brae!.
taste, but to talk of salt being mixed it, the thing is ridiculous.
Softly, softly, said Mr. Conant, not quite so ridiculous as you
may imagine, perhaps you are not aware that this sugar of yottea
has been analyzed this morning by a cliymist, and found to contain
one-quarter par: of pure salt.
Oh ! has it indeed, said Mr. Blake, I did not know that ; but I
an only say that it' it was all salt, I purchased it from the people
deal with in the city precisely salt is.
Mr. CONANT inquired who it was in the city he purchased his
sugar of, or, at least, this sugar ?
Mr. Blake said he purchased all his sugars of Messrs. Sewell
And (Allard, in Lower Thames-street; of Air. Pagel, 67, Bishops-
gate-street Without ; of Mr. Gray, in the same street ; and of
Messrs. Fox and Price. The greater part of the sugar now com-
plained of, he believed, he had of Mr. ?oriel.
Cosater said, that Mr. Blake and every one else must be
convinced, front the experiment of Mr Joyce, that the sugar did,
In tact, contain one-fourth of salt mixed with it. It was true, to be
lure, that Mr. Joyce said the salt he found was of the best quality ;
but, independently of the injury to the health of the people, this
was a dreadful fraud upon the public, occurring some where, the
weight of salt being so very considerable, as compared with sugar,
and purehaseable at three farthings a pound. It was therefore most
'discreditable for tradesmen to sell such an article ; and the least
Mr. Blake could do would he to return the money to these young
men, and return the rest of this sugar to the person of whom he
bought in.
The young men who complained said, they eared nothing
about the money—it was for the public good they brought the case
fofward.
Mr. Blake said he would certainly send back to Mr. Powel and
the others all he had left of this sugar, and sell no more of It ; and
he was obliged to the Magistrate for sending for him to explain, as
lie hoped he had done, satisfuctorily.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
QUEEN.fIQUARE, Ai 0. 26.--Ifrilrlam Chul/4, a horse.keeper
at the Roebuck, in Turnham-green, was charged with wantonly
and cruelly beating a horse, the property of his master.
Mr. Poole, a jeweller. residing in Red Linn-street, ('le kenwell,
stated, that having occasion to visit his Luber at Turnham-green,
he put up his horse at the Roebuck, and on going into the yard to
fetch it 'away he saw the defendant holding a horse by the halter,
which he had, for better security, fastened under the animal's chin;
tie horse thus fettered, the man began beating the poor beast most
cruelly with a stick, till the horse was most ready to drop from the,
treatment. After belabouring the animal for some time in the,
yard, he led it into the stable, and fastened him in the stall with
the halter to the manger, and then the man again repeated' his
cruelty. Witness desired him to leave off; or that he would cause
him to be punished, but he appeared deaf to his complaint. '
The master' who was present, said, that the horse in question
was one of the best in the country ; but he was so vicious that he
would kick any body, and they were obliged to beat bin to make
him leave off his tricks.
Mr. Martin, the Member for Galway, who happened to be pre.
sent, merely said that he knew a great deal about homes, and the
hareher they were treated the more wicked they would be.
Mr. Gatooate, the Magistrate, was of the same opinion &sills..
Martin.
The master gave the defendant a good character for honesty, and
tenderness to the homes under his care, and hoped the Bench would
extend their mercy towards him.
The defendant himself did not attempt to deny beating the ant.

mal with a stick.
The Magistrate said the lowest penalty should be enforced, pro-
viding such conduct was not repeated.
The defendant promised to use more kindness to the animals
' under his charge in future, and he was ordered to pay a line of 10s.
and costs.
Mr. Edward Bright was brought before Mr. Markiand, the
Magistrate, by an officer stationed on Constitution-hill. charged
with having stopped M. B. 0. Valvois in the Park, and called
him many violent and reproachful names, and declared that he had
lived too long in this world, in consequence of which latter ex-
presaion Mr. Valvois declared that he went in bodily fear.
The defendant represented himself to be the cooper belonging to
Messrs. Coiling's brewery, and that he resided at No. 18, North-
street, Westminster.
Monsieur Vehicle described himself as a professor of foreign
languages, and living at Aldgate, In the City, but he did not know
the number of his residence.
The complainant stated that as he was proceeding up Constitu-
tion-hill, about two o'clock, alone, the defendant met him and, on
his coming up, he said—" What, you villain, are you still alive?
More's the pity, and find forbid you should be long so." Witness
desired not to be molested, and requested hint to be off, but this
only seemed to stimulate him to further violence, and his extraordi-
nary conduct caused several persons to assemble round hint, and he
finally pushed him and struck him on the breast without the
slightest provocation.
The Magistrate asked him if he considered, film the conduct
and expressions of the defendant, that he went in bodily harts
The complainant said he was convinced that had it been in the
night he would have used further violence. Ills conduct was so
dangerous that he was obliged to place himself under the care of the
military.
Whilst the complainant was making his statement the defendant
. conducted himself very indecorously, and was more than once re-
buked by the Magistrate.
Edward Spicer, a private belonging to the Sit fluravis, heard the
defendant make use of very violent expressions to the foreigner, and
saw the push, but did not see sny blow struck ; he also saw Bright
square his fists In the face of Monsieur Valvois, and heard him say
be had lived too long.
The complainant said that a gentleman who saw more of the
outrage than the last witness, and who had procured a constable,
wigetivitrizeeent.
1,, in answer to the charge, persisted in saying the
Felondsimats wits every thing but a gentleman, and that he felt pe-
aled in what had dome.
Magistrate—l shall order you to find bail, Sir. I will not let
thews outrages go over passive. Ile should therefore require him
In And sureties himself io 001. and two hmtsekcepers in 401. each,
to sawn the charge at the Sessions, and the complainant lie should
bind over to prosecute.
FURIOUS DRIVING.
WORSHIP-ST 11CIET. Auo. 26.—Thou. Screw, driver of the
Paddington stage, N 0.6177, was summoned before Mr. OSBORNE.
oo an Information charging him whit furiously driving.
William Coates, keeper of O.: City-road, deposed, that on the
99th July, the defendant drove along the lower eng of the City road
at a most furious rate, passed round another coach, and returning
at the same rate, stopped at the Star public-house; he thought the
defendant was driving at the rate of 16 or 10 miles an hour.
This being the second summons to which the defendant had ne-
' gleeted to appear. the service was Frud, and the Magistrate con-
victed him in his absence in the penalty of 101. anti ss, costs.
I.4OIIETH.STIREST. AUG. 26.—Information was received by
Mr. Miller, the chief officer of this esiablishinent, that the in-
habitants of High-street, Whitechapel, were much annoyed by a
person hawking about indecent pamphlets, and attracting a crowd
of the lowest description of vagabonds, by the exhibition of an
improper place:el. The man was apprehended and brought to this
of
, oce. Si hen placed at the bar, a respectable inhabitant of IVltite-
chapel stepped tersest!, and pointed out the dangerous tendency of
such exhibitions, and said, that on that morning his ann, a child of
ten years of aga, setiog dr.! placard, Caine to hint, and with the
natural inquisulveness of his age, questioned him very closely u
to its meaning. Be hoped his Worship would interfere, and put
an end to such disgusting exhibitions.
prisoner in his defence said, that he was a vender of pamph-
lets, and that those which were now the cause of complaint lie bad,
only an hour before, purchased in the way of his trade, but with
, no erintinsl intention.
The Magistrate (Mr. Wyatt) said, that so great was the outrage
oo society, end so demoralising its tendency, shut he would punish
the prisoner as an example to otheis. lie then convicted him
under the eth clause Gee. IV. chap. 85. and sentenced him to three
months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, there to be kept.
to hard labour.

SIR HUMPHREY DAVY'S PROTECTORS
FOR COPPER SHEATHING.
The application of copper to ships' bottoms was or
sally introduced to guard the lower timbers from the wt
and worms which continually imbedded themselves in long
voyages, thereby occasioning great impedimenta to sailing
and even endangering the lives of the seamen. In the ac-
tion of Sir Edward Hughes with the French fleet, under
Suffrein, in the East Indies, in the year 1782, the latter
obtained advantages over the British, having arrived from
Europe with eopper-bottomed ships, which enabled them
to maintain the weather gage of Admiral Hughes, whose
fleet was composed of wood-sheathed bottoms, overgrown
with weeds and barnacles. In fact, the value f clean bot-
tomed ships enabled the French to force the fleet of this
riflatintry into five general actions. They took Cuddalore,
and retook Trincomalee, and enabled Hyder Ally to with-
stand, with various success, all the efforts of Sir Eyre Coote
and his troops. Sir Richard Bickerton was afterwards de-
spached to the East Indies with copper-sheathing, for all the
ships whose bottoms were not lined with that material.
The first vessel known to have been coppered in England,
was the Alarm frigate, 1761. During the war, when the
price of copper rose from 1 lid. to 22d. per lb., various
substitutes were introduced. A gentleman of Devonpert
made an experiment on a ship named the Adventure. Ile
caused one side of her bottom to be coated in the usual
way with pitch and tar, and the other with what is famili-
' arty called burning-house-stuff, (poisonous particles taken
from the chimneys of tin manufactories) mixed with pitch
and tar. On the return of the Adventure into port, one
side, to use the owner's expression, " was like a hay field"
whilst the part on which the poison had been laid, was as
clean as when she sailer!. Mr. T. Locker, of this town,
also used a small barrel of burning-house-stuff, mixed with
the usual materials, on a large ship of 1,000 tons, which
was repaired by permission of the Navy Board at this
Dock-yard, and it was found to prevent the accumulation'
of weeds and barnacles. Sp strong is the poisonous quality
of this " stuff," that Dr. Edwards, of Cornwall, took out'
a patentlor the manufacture of arsenic from it, tons of
which are yearly exported to France, where they use it to
lay the colours in their silk manufactories.
But though copper was found to preserve the bottom of !
a ship clean, the oxidation of this metal is so great, that it
has frequently happened after a few years' service, when
the artisans have been ordered to strip the bottom to re-
pair the vessel, that the copper, from its reduced thick-
ness, could not be taken off otherwise than by dubbing it
down with the woad, thereby reducing the planks. This
waste, however, does not always happen in the same pro-
portion. The copper of the Ville de Paris, now stripping
in this Dock-yard, which has been on thirteen years, is
found not have lost an ounce in the pound. The quality of
the metal has an undoubted influence on its tendency to
oxide ; and the purer the copper, the less of course will it
incline to rust.

It was to prevent this waste from oxidation and its at.
tendant inconveniences, that Sir H. Davy, whose mind is
ever on the alert to further the interests of science, recom-
mended the application of pieces of cast iron, which, by a
'galvanic influcece, should protect the whole body of the
copper. The Pandora was one of the vessels fitted out un-
der his direction about 12 months since at Portsmouth ;
she is now undergoing repair in this Dock-yard, and par-
ticular attention has been paid to the experiment. It ap-
pears, as we stated last week, that the presence of the iron
has completely prevented the oxidation of the copper, but
the bottom is so foul with weeds and animalcule, that no
one would have imagined she had been coppered ; for al-
though barnacles and muscles are by thousands attached
to the lead of the cutwater and bows of ships, yet they
have rarely been discovered on the copper, the oxide ope-
rating to prevent their adhesion. The Nightingale, Druid,
and Harlequin, which were also fitted on Sir H. Davy's
principle, have been found in a similar state, with the ad-
dition of barnacles, on the non-appearance of which species
of worm on the Pandora the Trleglaph lava so much
stress. The chymical action of the metals anti salt water
has produced a total change on the iron protectors ; so
greedy is iron of oxide in sea water, that it operates to its
own destruction, and the iron used as protectors for the
copper of the Pandora has been found in a state of de-
composition, reduced in weight about one-third, with
all the appearance, when broken, of plumbago or black
lead.
In short, although the experiment of Sir Humprey Davy
has proved one thing—the power of iron to prevent the
oxidation of copper—it has failed to cure that far greater
evil—the accumulation of foul bottoms, to provide against
which, copper was first introduced. the application of
copper sheathing under this plan is therefore completely neu-
tralized, and eitht r the practice of copperiug ships must be
abandoned altogether, as a useless and unnecessary expense,'
or some other method must be devised, which at the same
time that it shall qualify the oxidation of the copper, will
prevent the adhesion of weeds and barnacles. This is the
difficulty which is to be overcome, and should the genius
of Sir Humphrey Davy remove this, he would then set the
question at rest for ever. Meanwhile, we repeat that his
Majesty's Government have decided on discontinuing the
practice of iron protectors, and orders have been received
to that efect in the yard. Various experiments are to be
tried on ships in the harbour ; but when such ships are
brought forward for service the protectors are to be re-
moved.—Plyrnouth Journal.

There are now in Newgate 300 prisoners for trial, many
of whom are for capital offences. The next sessions will
not be held till near three weeks hence.

LIVERPOOL Pone E.—On Tuesday last Hugh Briers
was charged at the Town-hall With practising the well-
known trade denominated " Ring-dropping. The pro-
secutor, James M'Knight, was one of those poor Irishmen
who swarm over to England to get employed during the
harvest, at the conclusion of which they return in similar
multitudes with the proceeds of their labour.' M Knight..
and one of his countrymen named Lackey Hughes, left
Warrington on Friday, and when they reacted the neigh-
bourhood of Liverpool, the prisoner joined them ; they
trudged on together until the prisoner pretended to pick upl
something, and requested the prosecutor to step aside while
they looked at it, adding, flint whatever it was, he,
Nl‘Knight, was entitled to halves. He then produced three
seals and a ring, which he said were worth V. The
prisoner however spoke :to another man, who said they
were worth thirty pounds. He was desirous of hav-
ing the articles, and said he would give the prosecutor
12/. for his share, if he would go with him to his master,
about four miles off. Some more conversation took place,
when at- length theanisoner proposed to leave the seals
and ring in M`Knight's bands, on condition that the latter
should give him 41. as a security, and he (the prisoner)
would go to his master for the 121. and return to
M`Knight's lodgings with it. *Knight ripped up his
waistcoat, where he had carefully deposited his harvest
' money, and gave the prisoner four sovereigns. They then
parted. M'Knight waited at his lodgings all the afternoon,
but the prisoner not returning, he began to suspect he wits
cheated, and on taking the seals and ring to a jeweller's, he
i ascertained they were not worth 4s. On Saturday, uhe
was walking in Pool-lane, he saw the prisoner at a
butcher's stall, and gave him in custody of an officer. He
was fully committed.—Liverpool paper.
MILANCHOLY OCCORRENCE.—A most melancholy cir-
cumstance took place about three o'clock on Saturday last,
at Seville-place, near the North Strand. A young widow
lady, Mrs. Dillon, had latterly been subject to a complaint
in her stomach ; for which a friend recommended a pre-
scription about three weeks ago, which, however, she then
declined using. On Saturday she was again taken ill,
when the gentleman who originally advised the medicine
administered it w her. It was attended with an instanta-
neous effect—the unfortunate lady expired. In two hours
her whole frame became black, and swelled to an enor-
mous degree. How the accident originally occurred it is
impossible to say ; but there is little doubt that the bottle
used by the deceaseel was poison; and it is a melancholy
illustration of the necessity of using the utmost care in
keeping medicines in the house labelled, and with proper
directions. What increases the affliction of this sad story
is, that the gentleman who recommended the medicine
was warmly attached to the lady, and was to have been
married to hoe in a few dirs.—Dublin Morning Re-
gister,
A large quantity of retnarkably fine mullets was caught
in our oiling on Saturday morning, and retailed about
the streets at foarpence and sittpenet, each. These fish are
sometimes mild as high as fink abating. and tire shillings
a posiade.itariviten diPinerio. •

LOSS OF THE JESSIE BY FIRE.
FURTHER IP•RTICULARS.
Senility afternoon, the tine brig Jessie, M`lienzie, mas-
ter, belonging to Messrs. Thompson, of Dumfries, sailed
from IWhitehaven for St. John's, New Brunswick, with a
valuable cargo, consisting of sails, rigging, and other ma-
terials, for two large vessels now building at the latter
place, besides a quantity of rum, brandy, wine, &c. The
wind was but light, and the vessel was in the offing the
whole afternoon ; about seven o'clock in the evening she
was not more than a mile from the harbour. About two
o'clock on Monday morning, a fire was discovered in the
fore part of the hold, where a quantity of oakum was
stowed ; the people below were instantly called ; and so
rapidly did the flames extend, that it was with the utmost
difficulty they all got upon deck, many of them in their
shirts, and others with only their trousers on. In a few
minutes the flames issued from the.fore batch, and raged
with irresistible fury. '1 he crew consisted of nineteen per-
sons, and two passengers, a Mr. and Mrs. M'Alliston ;
and the terror and confusion which reigned among them
may be more easily conceived than described. Three
sailors, James Hamilton, William Thompson, and Alex-
ander Hannah, lowered the jolly-boat, and getting into her
pushed off from the vessel, leaving the rest of their ship-
mates to the horrible fate which scented yawning before
them. The second mate instantly leaped into the sea, and
swam towards the boat, with the intention of inducing the
men to return ; but they rowed away, and with an inhu-
manity almost unparalleled, heeded neither his entreaties
nor the shouts which were sent after them from the ves-
sel. Finding his efforts vain, be returned to the brig.
Every exertion now was used to get the long-boat overboard,
but the fire having reached her, this was accomplished
with difficulty. At length she was launched, but not a
single car was to be found, the fellows in the jolly-boat
havirig taken three away with them. By this time the
fire had reached the rigging, and was blazing furiously.
A long pole was found, which was taken for an oar, and
the boat, with eighteen hands on board, pushed off from
the brig. As 53011 as the men in the jolly-boat saw the
others in the boat, they lay-to for them ; and taking the
boat in tow, the whole of tile people were landed about five
o'clock yesterday (Monday) morning. The people lost the
whole of their efothessexcept what they had on.
40 mM. past 4 p. 171.—The vessel has this moment gone
down. Her disappearance was very sudden ; the smoke
rose in a cloud as it does front a fire when a quantity of wa-
ter is thrown upon it ; in a minute or two the smoke` cleared
away, and not a vestige could be seen of the Jessie. The
boats returned about half-past six ; and the men report,
that they towed her in-shore about three miles, and
that she went down, St. Bees' Heads bearing E. by S. and
' Chapel Bank, N.E. 6 N. distant from the harbour four
miles.

lonia, just landa, it still held by the importet at 103 g. Tire
demand for fruit continues to increase.
COCOA.--By public sale on Tuesday, 70 barrels 30 bags good
Grenada Cocoa taken in at 70s.
INDIGO.—There is a considerable inquiry for Indigo; i large
parcel taken in at the late sale has been disposed of at 41.
per lb. advance: the general premium on the India House print
is 64. a is. By public sale this forenoon, 122 wrens Guatemala
Indigo; the good and fine went off at rather better prices; the in.
ferior low in proportion, 3s. a I Is. Id per lb. averaging Ga. 21.
HOPS.—The accounts from the Hop districts are favourable,
on account of the fine weather: the few Hops left have come
forward in an extraordinary manner. The duty, which had fallen
to Ib,ooo/., is again 113,0001. The few new Hops which have ap.
peared go off freely for home consumption ; the old are little
varied, 141. a 171.
OILS.—The market prices are nearly nominal. The Greenland
fishery has entirely failed, and there are yet no accounts of the
ships at Davis Straits. The holders are very firm at our advanced
quotations.
TOBAcCO.—The purchases of Tobacco continue contirtd
to small parcels to the trade, at very full prices ; one cargo of
Maryland Tobacco is the only large parcel in the market, it is cot
yet disposed of.
TALLOW.—The tequest for Tallow continues improving ;
the quotation of the new is 375. a 38s. ; and for late arrivals 393.

CORN-EXC II A NGE, FRIDAY, A co. 26.
We have reported this week 4.650 sacks of Flour, 2,700 quarters
of Wheat, 250 quarters of Barley, and 11, 700 quarters of Oats
The Wheat trade was exceedingly dull to-day, and moat of the new
Wheat sold on Monday arrivtng in a damp state, was refused, and
an only be sold at a reduction of 2s. to 3s. per quarter. Fine 01
was nut cheaper, but we had no buyers for middling and inferior
sorts. In Barley and I'eaae there is no variation in prices ; bat
Oats and Beans were each dull sale, and Is. per quarter lower that
on Monday.

1 UXBRIDGE.
Corn Inspector's Return, Auo. 25.
Wheat, per load - - 171 Os to 191 101
Ditto (New) - . . . 171 lOs to 11l 104
Barley, pet qaartas - - - II 18a to 21 it
Oats . .. - - - 11 7s to 11 13,
Beans - - - - - 21 tis to 21 12.
Pcas _. _ _

DEVIZES, AUG. 25.
Wheat and Beans at per sack ; Barley and Oats per quarter.
Oats
Wheat -211 s Od to 38s- Od - 25s to 315
Barley -115 s Od to 40s Od I Beans . , oCis to ?Zs Od

SS'heat •
Barley .
Besna -

Wheat -
New .
Barley .

2/ 81 to 21121
OS Os to 01 Os

NEWBITRV. BERES. .rtuo. N.
-60 a to 78s Oats If,. so 82.
60. to 84s Beans b3l to 60s

- -42 s to 48s I Peas - 6ts tp 64s
Bread, per gallon, Is 7d to Is tid

Wheat
Barley

HUNGERFORD, AUG. 14.
6fis to Ns Oath .
40s to 46s Ditto (New)
4tts to 60s

SALISBURY', Atm. 23.
55s to 67.1 Oats -
66s to 72s Beans -
-35 s to 44e

-28 s to 15e

Ms to 28*
- 60, to Ms

WARAIINSTER, Atro. 20.
. SO, to 71s Od Oats ns.to 12s•
-34 s to 48s Od I Beans

FLOUR.

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penuseine Iss mosested to ittii=, 1e.,, tie ptir, as
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the ado lip found his wife bolding the de. porch;
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Ow badambi t Monsieur Brandam on the fluor a attar,
slam
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teas lamed witi ball. and prinieu. The patrol searched him. and with a
toucsd it infra bras, no. samara • To the Coroner of the might
Castdr of seaDi *other to " Madam Brandam. Mao. „s ~,,
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Mattleldige ben ardsralp sod sitsestaly be loved Mass Brown, and his tti
web* In bp bpi se intention whatever to hurt her in 1 Thin
t too himself he wished to destroy and not after s,
her. .min .1• lire bu, that he would sooner the ten Aies
thousand tram rise don brat as much as her little finger nail. of sug
Sir R. Sitatrlovltyme latraded lily to shoot yourself, why that it
did you pus 8 .omaldesimmullesi pistol, and load both barrels He ,
for a the ret
The defendant aciddeb iiesiebeestl a double.barrelled pis- magi,
tol, in cadet that Jif Ira Mb is killing bhnsell with one tire, he chased
night have u N.tse/es. The ddendant bere, and at sere. 111 r.
rieriituttle itinei - the eataranadon,, turned towards Miss fidenci
sadis a rase mid, i Ali ! Miss Brown ! i shoo
seassrirlmoils, Mir &rankl_ne meld net live for you, I was dam- an eft
is die for yea r Luimi,
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The delkedent deeded_ thm_ba end air been legally married at. the ow
coiling es airs. sfarabiL Ms said be was living in the Isle ish ~,
tSfil able be Bassi ea iragrainsaims with a native of the soh
bin famplagra bed plerag albsater. rankled OD him one may it
Maillbehltlmill he s raise, Ire dip were joined together at is has br
private booms after the brae of the old 1410:61811 law. This he one-gr
contended was no namariaga TM pentrany of the Figlash church,. Oh
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under the British Government. I deal
There um one time is rmg traressaudie upon Monsieur Bran. me,
dam's construction o I die lei of miriage, for his declaration sugar ,
brought forward the .vidy Iris claimed is be Madame Brandam, )Ir.
sod aho declared shit was his labial sod proper wife, and upbraid- and U
to him in no oseaured scrums nide his traitorous conduct. gate.sn
A Tetfaispsipg dialog" !mid hrween this happy pair, in the mean
.

thsc. usual ever/ wide of diet; and In eonaequence of reading the Some of the moat respectable cotton-spinners have re-
'l4ll °diet "Ivant° which took Idat'e at the Mftottoo'hottee of solved to lower the price of their yarns. The first quality
tx4ctrtastxrlio= In they strongty suspected that the augur of Manchester cop twist held last week at Ts. 9d. for No.
nem, bodet: she owe_ gate aacnetng lie evils(' tiohge,ctowitant Pr Ter e
e 12J'a, is now reduced to ss. 6d. ; and in high numbers 4
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