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MOST MALAneIioLY 4CCIDENT.

SALEM (sEw YORK). DECIENESIL
It is our ',awful duty in record one ni the moat
dortiessiog incidents which has ever occurred re
this vicirrity. Early on Wednesday lasi Mr. nor-
vision 6. Make, en iolsalritaitt eof this tows, lett.
home with his wife and one of his children, abaiit
15 months old, intending to visit kis father.isrelsw
and other friends beyond the Green Mountain.—
They reached Arlington (Vermont) in rarity, about
eleven o'clock, sod WWI after noon proceeded
on the road, leading over the mountain, through
Sunderland. As they ascerithd they found i;:e
snow much deeper than they expected. cud after
two or three mtirs no sleigh hail passed mace the
lite snow, and on pooh or track was to be round.
With much labour, hieeever, they aloarly pressed
fit ward, hrroking their iosd through snow more
than two Lett deep, on the side of a steep rugged
mountain, and nearly fire miles from any homer,
habitation. Here slight overtook them; sod to
augment their dismay, their horse, fatigued by such
protracted eaertiutio sit the snow, began to lag, and
at leogth stopred. After some delibcrutiorl/4 they
concluded to loose buns from the sleigh, and made
lowlier vigorous effort to sive theinstive• and then
child.

The following extract from a letter, dated Strat-
ton, December I. written in Mr. Blake's neon.,
by his attending physician, to his friend here, ex-
hibits all the additional particular■ of this nielati-
choly affair, which have cause to our knowledge:a.-
" My wife rode and carried the babe a short dia.
lace only, when she said she could ride no farther.
Sne then aliAhled and told me she would walk as
far as she could after me, and auswer to my calla.
I took her amok, and gave iu return my greet coat
and mittens. Her .espouses soon became oft low,
that I could not helm thrm, unr could she 'wettable
bear either ray calls for help or my addresser; to het.
She advanced but a short distance before she left our
dear babe, wrapt in my great cost, in the snow. Sine
did nut uavel more than 150 rods, when she became
so chilled End frozen that aloe souk, never to rise
again ! She was found aline nest day, bet aye-
rived only a few moments. I was about forty rods
from lie► in advance, obviously in • perialiag eon-
dition. But a few hours more, deur Sire.sind I
too must hove been beyond the reach of human
assistance. I called aloud repeatedly before I
became benumbed with the oid ; but all to no
avail. We were all providentially found yester-
day oftertioon, and carried to the meanest habi.
ration in this town. Our babe was found hell a
mile from my deceased consort, with its fate asked
and iu the wow ; it smiled affectionately when
taken up; it is pot frozen, except one foot, sod
that nut badly. My feet are both frozen half way
to my ankles. My hands are also mach how',
and tu-day indescribably painful."— I A weeriten
Paper./

About eight o'clock on Wednesday night a man
chat :b neod luusee
of gentlemanly alyestionce, stool made, and
,biped
tio waistcoat,
couch dperesutsdeidooillii.a
ebrlraicvekd ycbout,a
of Mr. THACIHASS, the Crown Inn, at Chewy,
where he took up his lodgings for the night, Bohr
whence he contrived to escape, taking with hiue
twelve pair of Howie sheets, severs! pieces 1111 itakt:e
linen, aid other articles. llrifoemasallts •of the
rubbery was given ou Saturday at the different
police offices.
On %Vednesday bun an inquest sumo held st
Abingdon, before J. F. SPENI.OI,II, tkoq. 'Mayor,
on the body of Master Bzw.rarkali *44.usnro.
ogrd eight years, who was oats rtuaastglet:drawqect
in the river 'Thames the dry pircetfietg. The-Ar-
t-eased was walking with-the servaisioin titer effies-
noon, arid left them, who supposed 1111'mM:erne
home ; instead of which he returned to thp
Helen's Wharf, where it appears he I TT* a
boat, in which he was playing by hiMitir tet
-
-" AccideuUsi Death."
Among the many aceidenta occasioned by Abt
hurricane on the night of the gd imount,
what singular set its effects occurred 1., 4.:1e L t --
Park, at Windsor. A bur and votwia.bie .in ,
than was partly decayed in the body, wes by tt,,•
violence of Use wind broken off &bone futir lent
flout the gtound. and for head pircipitated
such velocity that it became compleierjAtiverukti,
Upwards of 40 rooks cud crows that IMO ;Will" -
uu the tree, were found deed among tiler is/anther,
At the Petty Sessions held at Alrooford. on
Thursditv, Mr. JOHN HOST, of Bishop', Sutton. which were broke° irr "u"leu'lrreuer47
wan convicted in -the flue of *OOl. for euseeoling lence of the concussion.
malt in en minutered room ; but in consequence of Last Thursday night, after twelve o'clnels, an
.eateontire
gang of idle and disorderly persona were dislodged from one of
it being his 'first offence the Magistrates lowered ot . . . • • • .
thou, sinks of ionenty recently cattsyl yany-srog alms in v
to 501. Immo is Athertua.sueel, Liverpool, sad canner:4lM
We are concerned to state find JAIISII GORDON, wett. from wheure they •erietireuilit befomthaillggiatvides V 4
Esq. aged 70, put a period to his existence jester- Friday. Them Weft is aflr, from 14 so tt years of bite.
• , , of which 22.wrre males, and live females, sod their ceevecti•
day morning, by blowing his brains our, at sm. (......I.eurcupitd a
very
conii je • . .
reale trexpeatisec
bootie in Hill-street, Berkeley-square. fiat with the exception oftpo Or three, who were asp:voile-es,
The officers of Excise, in pursuance of an eider sot one of them followed soy hnorst mesas of eaeinue
of the Treasury, are requested to specify the amount li.voirnri:c,tanond srsvarvistl um( themalt
of htandem"ewen„eialulanarltiel ustritatial"-
of
of their salaries, perquisites, &c. which.they ate andl-d
could uiruip fro de
ace
of good elittanfter, ita,ag.;:7
to enumerate the most trilling mat ters.toncbstig .the trate,,s2. r 4 rttient I 'tted Übe k-
we'll O. OB it) ues
product of income be}ond tbst.qf salary. T and vagabonds to the Flouted CoretttlioN.

Information being given on oath at this office that a qua*•
City of pearl ash, sal ammoniac, oe alum, were on the pre-
mists of Howe, a warrant was isaued,and Thiselios sod Ed.
weeds, officers, accompanied by Nem were deputed to pat
it in eaieslion, and they went to Bowes house to mike the
Necessary search. On their esteriag the shop they
produced their warrant, and staled that they were polite
officers, come by virtue of a warrant to ',arch t►e
mitosis's fur alum. or other pernicious iugredients, weed
in adulterating bread. The trap-doer which opened
from the shop fain the bakehouse being opened, Biers end
Thiseliun descended, Edwards remaining is the shop. The
alarm .as given from the stoup to the ►bree Prisoner., who
were at work in the bakehouse. The asp of she trap was
instantly closed, the lights eatingiiiehed, when the Pri-
mmer, tililstuck, knocked down Bier., and got OD top of hits,
and attempted to strangle him. Thtselluit went to his as-
Malone,, sad was kuucked Joel, by the Prisoner, Lloyd, and
whilst she four were engaged, Knight struck Thiieltaii
nn the back of the neck. The noise of the scuffle brought
FAlwarde to their assistance, when he was also koorked
(town. The Prisoner Oldsturk armed himself with a heavy
iron poker, and made a blow at wee of the officers, but
was happily prevented from striking. The periwig in the
shop called the officers thieve*, and called to the Prisoners
lo be watchful that they put nothing in their markets; the
officers were then beat, dragged, and (Wally kickedout of
the house; they returned to. the o6ice, shoe they made
their complaint OD oath, and a warrant fur assaulting them
in Ike execution of their duty was granted, and a 'strong
force sent to take the Prisoners into custody. The charge
being sworn to by the officers, the Prisoner, were iresnesitteal,
with orders to give twenty-four hours notice of bail, that
their characters 'night be inquired into.

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Mft Slat MANUFACTURE.

liNittra*Reis • pamphlet, entitled "Oieeroariors
Ms Me swamis Tendency of the Spita#felds Act
fo Me .‘ilk Mearfoclore of London:"—
. The present state of the London Silk manufoe-
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titre is much as to call for Ills serious consideration
of all who are interested is its welfare. The duty
..Ain the row material being great. the wags of la-
bour high, and the pressure of taxation heavy, the
manufactured commodity is necessarily very much
enhanced in price. This circumstance is render-
•ed mace injuriuna than it woeld otherwise be, by
•the..attive and vigilant competition of foreigners,
who, in consequence of labour being cheap, and
taxes few. in their respeltive countries, are able
7e produce on article at a much lower rate than
our-elms. The precise difference between their
Price and ours is not exactly itecertained ; but it
known to be so great as to render all compett-
'Pion under preaent circumetaners,totally impossible.
'Darin,' the late war, indeed, their rivalry did not
much alfect this country, the peculiar circumstances
of the times enabling as to monopolise nearly the
whole commerce of the world; but since the peace,

stuns, anticipated, their efforts have been strioody
trimental to our interests. Already, to the
great regret of every well-wisher to the 'prosperity
of this country, they have swept away •linciat the
whole of our foreign trade in silks; and by means
of pmuggling. which it is found imipoosible wholly
' so p;event, they are enabled to interfere to a very
itonsiderable extent with the home market.
But in addition to the loss of the export trade,
in consequence of the cheapness of foreign silk
goods, the London silk manufacturer is three-.
void with the loot of the domestic trade also,.
threvgh the competition of manufactories recently
erablished at Macclesfield, Manchester, Read-
ing, and other places. It is Well known to all
osho are acquainted with the silk trade, that the
-wea'vers in Spitalfields are entitled, by a special
Act of Parliament, to demand a fixed price for. their
tabour, to be settled by the Magistrate, sod that
the manufacturer is liable to heavy penalties if he
employ weavers out of the district. The natural
effect of this Act is to raise the rate of wages in
London very touch above that of the country, and
thus enable the country manufacturer to get up •
cheaper article, and eorninaild an extensive sale,
at the expense of the Loudon manufacturer.
Such being the situation of the trade, it becomes
the 4,lVty of those who are concerned is it to ascer-
tale what remedies can he applied to the evils
Complained of; to determine what measures ought
to he adopted to regain, if possible, the ground
already lost in the foreign markets; and to endea-
vour to meet the competiton of the home trade
upon equal terms, null with a fair chance of suc-
cess. It is seriously to be feared that if something
be not immediately done, if a more enlightened
system of policy than has hitherto prevailed be
not speedily adopted, the silk trade of London
will receive a vest, if not an irreparable injury.
The object contemplated should be • reduction in
the price of the commodity—and this, it appears,
csu only be accomplished by the abrogation If all
rerrirtions on labour, and u more Meatier use of
morhiairry. if these measures were carried into
effect, the establishments in London would tonne-

4:litatety be placed ou a level with those of the coyo-
tes., and an important inapt gained towards the
tsitimate design of competing with the foreign ma-
norst•turer.
This last object, indeed, competition with fo-
vrt go silks, has been generally held to be imprac-
ticable. it has been supposed, that use silk trade
of this country could only exist, as it was first
established, ender the protection of a legislative
Prohibition. But from the evidence recenly laid
trefnre the Committee appointed by the House of
Lord', to consider the means of extending our
foreign trade, It appeal probable, that if proper
use were oracle of the advantages possessed by this
I:triiiitry, its trade in bilk might. at a future period,
-tie left to its own resources, without auy prohi-
hilory 'regulations whatever. As we have now
free 'CCM to the raw materiel through our East-
ern coloilies—an almost uulunited command over
-capital and machinery—and artisans, whose io-
vhistry and skill cannot be surpassed—it is you-
ceived that we have it in our power witimuldy to
triomph over foreign competition. The Report of
the Lords' Committee speaks confidently on this
point, and also on the tendency of the Spitalfields
Act', -tO prevent the general improvement of the
manufacture, and depress the Loodou trade.

ifiltrlNCia OP CRROITORs AT Tim COURT
.OP COMMISSIONERS OF BA 111i7O1 P FS,
TO MORROW.
M. X.

R. Y. Birch, late of Hammersmith, medicine-versder 3 11
1. J. Cantos, late of Devosakire street, &dropsical,.
*reel, peu aad feather-mansfactirer
R. King, lain of Coventry-court, Haymarket, grocer Y 11
11. B. kJ. Ridgway, St. James's, wire-merchaat
)t. %tip', tate of King-street, Ostapside, Scoters fee

for •
•S. Suritie, 111ark•lana, esrpeater t 1
. W. H. Ilya*, Mama-square, publisher
J. Papoa, Strand, hatter 2 10
H. Cootie Bethnal. mem cabinet-otaker I 10
Messrs. Parker: and T. Roberts, lased Sircbiu laae,
nmbest*
T. Swami. Wardour-street, estimpboomAteeper 2 15
W. Carling, Shadwell Higli.street, tailor 1 Is
.1. llitsburaegli, Lower Mertes, cow keeper
.1. jun. Smokes, k, rope-roanufacturer
T. T. Carob Wardouraireet, coal-dealer
IQ% 11:14orgae, Qneerhitbe, wbalesale-Matiimer 1 12
DIVIDENDS.
T. Relines, Lome-acre, coach-maker
J. Jones, Muont.sirom. Lambeth, and J. H. Junes, Riot
roml, linen-drapers
S. Humphreys, late of Cbarlotte•street, Portland.place,
cwrchavt
S. Shingles, late of Basiargliall-sieeee. factor l2
F. Eybe and A. Sc hameck, St. Mary Az*, merchants ll
B. Finchien and Sons,Eppiair, bankers

J Peck, Black bestk-bill,"iarpen ter.. • l2
H. W. South, Islington, tea-dealer l2
J. Burn, Loshbery, wieldiest*
A. Gumpertz, Great Winchester-street, merchant 1
W. Lewts and .1. A. Henderson, Little Twwer.street,
wine.merchants
CERTIFICATES. •
R. S. Latham, of Bath, woollen drapery- J. Knowles, of
Salford, Lancaster, machine-maker.—H. Haab, of Oxford.
street, Middlesex, Chi miat.--.1. Flies, of Liverpool, neer.
drant.—./. W. Cole, of Peterborough, Northampton, banker.
—H. Smith, of Blackburn Lancaster, cetion.manufscturcr.
—F. Penn the younger, eiMersh-street, Ma/tbaanstow, FA-
WN, dumber.—J. Crump, late of Coventry, but now of Blf-
iikorhaa, mosey-scrivener.—W. Pool, of Suitt-street,
Cierkeswell, Middlesex, coal-merchant.

DASCRIPTION (F ATHENIAN GIRLS.

Our hostess, Signora Vitili, introduced at to our
next-door neighbours, who consisted of he► own
water, with three fair daughters, conside►ed at
this time the belles of Athens. They are kstiswit
by the title of Considine, their father having
held the post of British Vice-Consul. One of these
young Ladies w■e iuttpo.ed to be that J. Maid of
Athens," who is celebrated in some beautiful
verses annexed to Childe 'Jerold : her countenance
was extremely iriteresting, tool her eye retained
mach of its wonted brilliancy ; hut the roses had
already deserted her cheek, and we observed the re-
mains only 'of that loveline►s which elicited such
strains from au impassioned poet. Si, fading a
flower is beauty in these climates that a very less
years see It rise to sparkle like a meteor and to va-
nish. A Grecian damsel of sixteen is frequently an-
gehcal at twenty she becomes plain ; and, to five
years more, frightfully ugly. There is no tran-
sition. as with us, from the light beauty of the
girl to the mature graces of the matron and vene-
rable dignity of iktivaticell age: the race of a sylph
becomes almost transformed tints a gorgon's head.
Io discussing this subject with Signore Lusieri, lie
assured me, that the fault lay not so much in
tbe.climate as in the destructive habits of the Gre-
cian females, more especially in the abuse of the
bath, which they attend almost daily, remaining
iu its hot sudituries several hours at a time, where
they discuss more scandal than circulates at an
English tea-ta►ile in as many weeks: hence their
colour vaisiriltes and their fibres are relaxed ; hence
they beitinue datikaid and unable to take
some exercise; 50011 after the age of twenty wrin-
kles begin to appear, and they sutler all the incosi-
veniesices of prernittire deb:lily: Though the .
'Grecian females are not accomplished, yet they
'possess a considerable degree of elegance and ad-
dress in their manners; their *ululation is particu-
larly graceful, consisting of a gentle inclination
of the body, whilst the right bend is brought its
contact with the waist : they are generally Csond
by visitors recliniug indolently on the sofas of the
apartment, their silken robes bound round with
a silver-clasped zone, their hair pertly wreathed
with flowers or adorned with pearls, end partly
flowing in curls over their shoulders, their eye-
brows carefully arranged and tinged with *urine, a
powder of the blackest dye, their nails stained will)
henna, and their complexion too of en aided by
artificial lustre; exhibiting melancholy examples
of the neglect of nature's choicest gifts, the sub-
stantial graces of the mind.—(Hughes's Travels in
GI etre.)

PRICE OP HOPS, per Cwt.
Navy PUCKETI• New SLUM.
Kent ....V 16s to 51 6. Keut .... 4/ 10. to 41 15.
Soren ..21 10e to 3110 s Sussex .... 2/ Rs to 3/ 3.
Eneez....2l 16. to 41 10. Essex .... tl Hs to 41 4.
P 1116611% ine, 71. to 101. 04.—Secoode, 41. 10.. to 71. 79

CORNARO ON HEALTH.

(From " Tha Pasphlaharr.l

OF THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF MAIL.

Not to be wanting in my daty, that duty incum-
bent :Ton every man; and not lose, at the same
time, the satisfaction I feel in being useful to others,
I have resulted to take op my pen, and to inform
those who, for want of conversing with me, are
strangers to *lust those know and see with whom
I have the pleasure of being acquainted; but as
certain things may appear to some persons scarcely
credible, nay, impossible. though actually true. I
shall out fitl to relate them fur the benefit of the
public. Wherefore, !my, being, God be praised,
orrived at my 95th year, and still finding myself
sound and hearty, content and cheerful, 1 never cease
thanking the divine Majesty for so great a blessing,
considering the usual fate of other old men. These
scarcely attain the age of seventy, without losing
their health and spirits ; growing melancholy and
peevish ; continually hannied by the thoughts of
death; apprehending their la•t hour from one day to
another, so that it is impossible to drive such
thoughts out of their minds; whereas such things
give me riot the least uneasiness; fur, indeed, 1 cart-
not at all make then the object of my attention, as
I shall hereafter snare plainly relate. I shall, be.
• demoostiate the certainty I enjoy of living to
• hundred. But to ►ender this dissertation more
methodicad. I shall begin by considering man at his
birth ; and from thence accompany him, through
every stage of life, to his grave.
I therefore say, that some come into the world
with the stamina of life so weak, that they live
hut a few cl.p, or months, or years ; and it can-
not be clearly known to what such shortness of
life is nwit ; whether to some defect in the feather
or 'mother in begetting them ; or to the revolu-
tions of the heaveirs ; or to the defect of Nature,
st►lysct as she is to the celestial influence. For
I could never bring myself to believe, that Nature,
the common parent of all, should he partial to any
of her children. Therefore, as we caunst assign the
causes, we must be content with reasoning from the
elirchr, such as they daily appear to our view.
Others we born sound, indeed, and lively; but,
notwithstanding, with a prior weakly cotistitotton ;
and of these some live to the age of 10; others to 20;
others to 30 and 4u; yet they seldom live to be old
men. Others, agiiio, bring into the world a perfect
constitution, and live to old age; but it is gene-
rally, as I have already rand. awold age full of sick-
ness and sorrow ; for which they have to thank
themselves, because they most unreasonably .pre-
Borne on the goodness of their eoustitatioir. ; and
cannot by any means he brought to depart,
when grown old, from the mode of life they
pursued in their younger flays; es if they
still retained all their primitive vigour. Nay, they
intend to live us irregularly when past the meridian
of life, as they did all the nine of their youth ; think-
ing they shall never grow old, nor their constitutions
be ever impaired. Neither do they consider that the
stomach has lost its natural heat, and that they
should oil that account psyoi greater regard to the
quality of al►at tiny eat, and what wines they drink;
and likewise to the quantity of each, which they
ought to lesseu; whereas, on the contrary, they are
for increasing ; saying, that as we lose our health
and vigour by wowing pld, we should endeavour to
repair the loss by increasing the quantity of our
food, since it is by sustenance that we are to pre-
serve the individual.

In that, nevertheless, they are greatly mistaken,
since, as the natural heat lessens as ame grows in
years. he should diminish the quantity of his meat
mid drink ; nature. especially at that period, being
content with little. Nay, though they have every rea-
son to believe this to be the case, they ate so obstinate
as to think otherwise, and still follow their usual
diso,derly life. But were they to relinquish it
in due time. and betake themselves to a s,.ber
and segulur course, they would tint grow infirm
in their old age, but would continue, as I am,
strong and hearty, considering how good and
perfect a constitution it has pleased the Al.
mighty to bestow upon them, and would live to
the age of a hundred and twenty. This has been
the case of others, who, as we read in many authors,
have lived a sober life, and of course were born
with this perfect constitution ; and had it been my
lot to enjoy such a coinitttutioo, I should make no
doubt of attaining the tame age. But as I was
burn with feeble stamina, I am afraid I shall not
outlive a hundred. Were others, too, who are also
bort, with au infirm constitution, to betake them-
selves to a regular life, as I have done, they would
attain the age of a hunched and upwards, as shall
be my case.
. _ _

And this certainty of being able to live ■ great
age is, in my opinion, a great advantage, and
highly to be valued ; none being sure to lire even
a single hour, except such as adhere to the rules of
teurperence. This securny of life is built on good
and truly natural reasons, which can never fail ; it
being impossible. m the nature of things, that he who
leads a sober and regular life, should breathe any
sickness, tir die of en unnatural death, before the
time, at which it is impossible he should live. But
sooner he CllllllO die, us a sober life has the virtue
to remove all the usual cause. of sickness. and sick-
ness cannot happen without a cause; which cause
being removed, sickness is likewise removed; and
sickness being removed, an untimely sod violent
death must be prevented.