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MURDER OF MARGARET FLOOD:

DUBLIN, NOVEMIII.II. 20.

The unfortunate, wretched, and ybaurlour. I Nary
A►thurtoa, vino was serum to the deceared M.irg.ii et
Flood, it will he recollected, was convictr•l of the
robbery .r the &ceased; she received Aelitru.ee, utni
will expiate her guilt by an ignominious (leaoli on
Sattird,►y the 2911) initont: Sine* sentence or drain
him been pronounced upon her, she hi.' in the
exercised much apparent thritirin, and voluntarily
made a confebrion ►n substance as rolluC%

Mary Arthurtod; being penitent, and under remorse f
etbsecleoce, and hope fif disking *mends for put eel 1111 It 111 -
ties, Staten in voluntary confession, that about eigitirs ts
months previous to the 9th of Jtine last (the day that Nl:ti-
garet Flood was Missing), she became a kicker in her cellar,
la Thome-street, at the rent of 20d. per week ; the de-
ceased (Margaret Flood) finding ber, after some lime, in
great distress, and without means, kindly give her dirt viol
lodging gratuitously mail she could obtain a mode of In,
hood ; dialog this time she was frequently employed Clean-
ing the apartments of Officers of the 16th Liiiieris. at
Portobello Wrecks, and became acquainted with CO/ plllll
Alleged, of that regiment, and had illicit iatercesurse wsitt
him, after which he frequently called to see her at hies.
Flood's Cellar; ma the murutug of the 9th of Julie he called
to the cellar; some spirits were sent for, of which Mrs.
Flood, who was not iu the general habit of drittlititc, par-
took, which prbdneed so powerful an effect as In poi her I
sleep; while in this situation she (Mary Arthurtutt) w..*
gaged regulating a back apartmeist, these being Mt. e apan-
meets in the cellar ; whew sbe returuell to the middle apart.
mint, she observed corporal Alberti lemming over the iii -
teased, whom she discovered to have suffered death by Iteitie
strangled; the body then remained on the bid, but she sod
the corporal removed it to the back apt. hero, 11114 is they
placed it in a sitting posture on the grate, which win-,
very large, as it had been formerly used for the
purposes of a manufactory; fuel was Wiped, ist.tl run.
asaatly renewed until- the following morning, when shr,
Mary Artherion, entered the apartment, and (stood that ila•
head bad fallen off, which she took up mid folded ill A l'1", ,
and placed under her bed, where it remained for four day.,
when site took with bee an. Want child belonging to a ttetc It-
boor, under pretence of taking a walk, hired a ear, Nod
drove off towards the burial gruuud of the 11....pdal
near Kilmainham, previous to arriving at o loch sio. ell•
charged the car, tand vitt ing down on a new
her hands raised up the earth, and deposited the brad, c• llled
up is the cloth ; the hotly remained on the grate uuti it
wailed lath athea,,.the embers of which sdie gal lieu.d and
threw among the iithhish, at the old Marketattuve, its
Thowssamtrortf the blate commuuictittitg to the ClillUlleh
set live to die cellar, and caused the presence uf tin • u,lll. A
-the quantity of water thus employed, sei ved a, a ce
for removing the remainitig vestiges of the body; to the
middle apartment of the kitchen a hove hum aNA brolscis
open by her and the corporal, and a!tout SOL to notes tale. it
therrout, a watch, and palter articles; the notra wire lilt
with her, but the corporal took the watch (which, it ap-
peared WI the trial, had Ineu found with hint oil th, Cutle
guard); this was on Turtulsy, and the c, rpural did . r, -
turn until the Smirk, following, at night, when In soepi
there, and also on die nights of Sunda). and !Stolidity. She d./ea
1101 Slate that the COI-lA/1M gut any .ps rifle sum of it
taken, but after the sublserts she had vnuandered a tztt s sou.
lion of it in eutertmoingta v. rat stuldi of the lath Lan
and in !hr purchase of our:teapot articles of d, ;
351. 51. 6d. she ilepusi:ed fur safe keeping at a sh p :it

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reenvered, together
he had purchased)
transaction was originally
last, Major Sirr
the cellar iii
. some remains of a
_ *trot* suspicion of murder; the
body was .119 t, however, found; but coupled with
this olciervotion, and. the confession of the unfur•
toms!, MAIM: the Magistrates of the Head Police
Office felt it 'their duty to bring to examination the
person (Corporal Alliard) thus implicated by the
confession of Mary Arthurton. Alliard, it will he
recollected, gave evidence on the trial at which
Mary Arthurton was convicted. 'lle im Court ap-
plied to the Judges for the amount of his expeities,
which was granted to hint.
Alliard was aciordirtgly 'brought from Corey to
'Dublin, examined, and committed fur trial.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
'PARIS rAPEItt.
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PAM!. NOTES/DES 9.3.

The Duke of Oi,oucester arrived at Strabbifig
to the 17th of this month. His Royal Highness
was to remain there two days. The Lieutenant.-
Gemini commanding the division, and the Prefect,
hastened to offer their services to him.
The State Council of Geneva, has published a
Decree itiiipeorling from their functions the Clergy
of the Catholic village or Cooknon, fur having
whltdraysn themselves from the obligation of their
oath of biltlity to the State, for having attempted
to resist the orders of the Mayor of the Commune,
who forbade them to officiate until they were placed
smiler regulations, and for having incited their
parishioners to rebellion against the civil authority.
Yesterday the King signed the contract of mar-
riage between M. Voodoo de Chevigny, cite
ErEseadrom.end Mademoiselle Mimicry, daughter of
the Marshal Duke de Conegliano.
Conde has been evacuated for some days. On
the e 1 st the Russian head-quarter marched from
Maubenge.
The Grand Council of Berne, in the sitting of
the 2d of November, voted the adhesion of the
Canton to the Treaty concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle,
on the gth of October. There iii private aisocia-
tiou limbed it Berm, for the establishment of a
Swiss Colony in the United guiles of America.
The prospectus has been published. They ire
desirous of raising funds sufficient for Ilia. purpose
and have opened a subscription by school of 368
francs.

ioirsielicß 17.

Every thing was ready for the departure of the
Xing of Prussia for Brussels, bat since yesterday
the preparations have been discontinued, it IS said,
in consequence of the unexpected indisposition of
his Nlajesty. The Prince Royal and Prince William
have set off to assist to.nsorrow at the fete of the
anniversary of the birth of their aunt, tie Queen
of the Netherlands. The Duke of Wellington has
also repaired to Brus►els to participate, it is said, in
the negociations that are to be carried on there.

MX-LA-CHAPELLt AND eIteSSEIS k.APERS.

snussEt.s, wovestava Or

The Duke of Wellington set out for Ant-la-Chi-
pale this morning at seven o'clock ; he will be back
here on Monday.
l'lre Theatre Royal was extremely brilliant yes-
terrlsy evening. The Emperor Aleitander, the
Empress Dowager, the Grand Doke Constantine,
who arrived in the Morning from Paris; the Grand
Duke Michael, the Royal Family, aura ate illbstri-
ous strangers now in our city, bonoared it with their
presence. It Would he difficult to describe the en-
thusissin shewn by the numerous andienCe ou this
otcasion.
Alariome Fusil, with her adopted daughter., lie
Orphan of Wilnis, is arrive het*, as well as the ce-
lebrated Nlauleuruische Le Normand, coming front
Aix-la-Chapelle. The serangerS of distincti )))) ,
whom the Congress had attracted to that place, the
Artists, the visitors of every description, are daily
leaving it, and most of the& take the rood to
Brussels.

NOVEMBER 21.
The Empress, Dowager of Russia and the Eon-
',run Alexander have left us this morning. The
.e and Princeiti of Orange accompany their
asigii.t mother as fa► as Liege.
Yesterday evening there was a brilliant party at
Court. Madame Catslani sang, notwithstanding
her indisposition. She was loaded with marks of
kiiitineiai by the Sovereigns, who were pleased to
snake her the most flattering compliments on het
tare talent. Among the pieces which this celebrated
sniger executed with admirable precision wa4 Hil
air in the Russian language, and " God tore the
King.„
Yesterday the Prince of Hesse, Commander of

the IL.titsh troops, orriVeri here from France.
I i• with great ustouishment that we read in the
Journal de Fraeskfuri, of the 17th of this month,

Itte foltuwilig article, dated Brussels the 12t1► :-
0. A Pilot has just been discovered, the object of
nho h was nothing leas than to seize the Emperor
Alrionider on los journe!r hither, and In force him,
Twin of droll, to declare the Duke of Reich.
:Loft (young Napoleon) Emperor of Frillier, and
In r Nlaj, sty thr I)u'eliess of Parma, Regent. The

cmiliiralorm had gin proclamations printed, on
.0141 i they depended to excite au iiiburrection.

LON DON,

- FRIDAY, Novsmiza gt. Mb.

A Flanders Mail arrived last night with Papers
to the 25th inetent. The following are extracts:—

sausser.s, Wovskissa O.

It is • carious thing for the impartial observer to
hear the various conjectures on the arrests which
have taken place in this city. Some Gerinan
Journals speak of the discovery of a plot to carry
elf the Emperor Alexander. Paris Journals relate
worse spoken in an ale-house. A Journal of this
country doe's not believe a word doll these rumours.
In the midst of theses reports, which, to say the least
of them, are singular, our readers might say to us-
" You are on the 'spot, mioreil these intrigues,
and let us know the truth ?" Our answer is very
plain—" We knisw nothing ;" the examination of
the affair of the accused is still • Secret to the
public. However, in • State where freedom is
insured by the . Constitution, we must be cer-
tain that these extraordinary measures have
not been taken lint from imperious neces-
sity. We may depend on the wisdom of our
Magistrates, and believe that there will soon be
no more obscurity in this affair, whatever the
nature of it nroy be ; meantime endeavours are
snaking to And out the printer of an anonymous
pamphlet on the subject, bat hitherto without

On the three couriers passed through
Bruges coming from England and going to Aix-la-
Chapelle : they arrived et (Mend in packet-boats,
which succeeded each other at an hour's inteival.
MadaMe Reichard ascended to-day in her balloon.
the fine. though cold weather, favoured the enter-
prize, which was completely successful.
Their 'Majesties the Emperor and Empress
Dowager of Russia hare left numerous and splendid
Marko of munificence and liberality in this city.

COLOGNE. NOVEMBER 20.
Ills Majesty the King our Sovereign arrived
here this aiternoon.

The Aix-la-Chapelle and Brussels Papers are
principsNy occupied with the movements of the
Sovereigns and other great personages since the
breaking up of the Congrevs. The Dutch Budget
for the ensuing year was opened in tlie Second
Chamber of the States General on the 20th. It
represents the existing Ways and Means as adequate
to the expenses.

A Petition to Parliament, of which a copy gall
be found at the dote of this article, has been pre-
pared by certain landholders and farmers of the
counties of Essex anti Middleeet, io the hope of
inducing the Legislature to impose duties upon the
importation of all commodities the immediate
produce of the earth, for the purpose of protecting
the native growers in the home market from foreign
comptition, to the same eitent as the native ma-
nufacturers are secured from the effects of foreign
rivalry. The Petition prays that the matter may
he referred to a Committee of the House of Com-
mons, where evidence might be heard to guide the
judgment of the Legislature. The framers of the
Petition, who we doubt not were also firm sup-
purtets of thr famous Corn Hill, have at least one

point in their favour, but 'trent which in fair reason-
ing nu advasitage i47fitild be allowed them, because
it is of their own scrolling, The present system of
our Cora Liws is le extremely defective, ind its
priuciple so pernicious, that the change now pro-
posed could scarcely produce a greater evil. There
is nothing so injurious (particularly in a commer-
cial state, where it is of pecitliar advantage 'that the
value of labour should not be exposed to sodden
fluctuations) as great and rapid changes in the
prices of provisions, and nothing aOpears so well
calculated to ensure this inconvenience, ai the

occasional openings of our ports for the free im-
portation of corn, whenever its price in the home
market shall have reached a certain height. The
opening of the ports itispliei that corn has risen to
what may be 'considered • Maritimes price. An
immediate fall must be the necessary consequence
of this measure; and Is, from the pievinus exclu-
sion, the influx of low.prictd corn into the country
will probably be very co•sidelable, the increased
supply must, in that ease, calm • reduction in
price proportionate to its former elevation. A dif-
ference of from two to four-pence in the price of a
quartern loaf is an important consideration to a
labouring man with a large fatbtlly ; it is precisely
the same as if his day's wages here by so much in-
created br diminished—with this difference, that
the case being general, it must be sensibly felt
throughout the country, and, consequently. will
pervade eery branch or national induitry. A dif.
filmic** as consideloble as we have stated ha been
experienced Herten since the passing of the Corn
Bill, as the high piicits of born hate permitted the
benevolent part of that law to operate. This in.
convenience, we thin!, Might be avoided by more
ways than one; but that which we should recom-
mend would be to diminish, by at least 10s. in the
quarter, the maximum price at least of wheat.
Eighty shillings is much too high a price for the
labourer, depending on the market for his provi-
sions, to pay for his bread, considering the average
amount of wages in the country, and the prices of
all the other necessaries of life. This plan, how.
ever, we fear, will not satisfy the desires and projects
of the framers of the present Petition. Their ob-
ject is not so much to ensure regularity in the mar-
ket as high prices, and though the former would
Undoubtedly be a great advantage, yet, if accom-
panied by the latter, it would be • greater evil than
even the occasional fluctuations in the value of
money, of commodities, or, in one word, of labour,
that now occur by the temporary removal of the
restrictions on importation. The fluctuation we
lament injures not when it raises the value of a
Ivor man's gains, but when it efficiently diminishes
their amount, by requiring a greater sacrifice than
usual for the purchase of provisions and other neces-
saries for himself and family. We, however, would
hazard a conjectOre, that the people of England
would readily consent to the imposition of a duty on
corn, Ike. provided the duty were so proportioned
that the aggregate amount formed by price mud duty
should never eiceed, in wheat, seventy shillings;
in barley, 3551., and so On ; and that the duty
should altogether cease, and the importation be
perfectly free of all restrictions whenever the price'
should happen to amount to the sums so specified.
By this compromise we should hope that every
object desired by the sincere friends of the country
might be obtained—the husbandman w••Id have a
good price for his produce—the ports would always
be open to foreigners, subject to the duty—the in-
terests of the poor and labouring classes of society
would be better secured. and seem to have obtain-
ed more of the sympathy of their less useful, though
more fortunate countrymen,. than they do at pre-
sent. end the Value of !stair would become more
equable.
We have pirposely avoided the consideration
of the qUeition, how far any restriction on the
importation of corn is consistent with sound po-
licy ? Were the point to be canvassed in its
isolated state, we should have no. hesitation in
giving a direct negative to the proposition ; but
the commercial system of this country is un-
fortunately so essentially artificial, so clogged
with restrictions on one hand, and bolstered up by
bounties on the other, that we fear it would be ut-
terly impossible to leave any single point untouched
by the hand of the Legislature. A balance must
be preserved between the manufacturers of the

country and the landed proprietors, but we are at
the same time of opinion that neither of the parties
can be good judges of the weight they might think
proper to have thrown into their respective scales.
Manufactures, however, we must observe, are the
creatures of society, and can exist only by artificial
means ; they may perish by the operation of time,
by untoward accidents, or by making rash experi-
ments; but the land can never perish, and as long
as food is necessary for existence, it cannot fail of
being cultivated to the utmost extent of which it is
capable. The following is the Petition :

" TO THE HONOURABLE TILE COMMONS OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
LAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED:
" The humble Petition of the several Occupiers of
Lands hi the county of whose names are
hereunto subscribed,
" snewesn,

" That the soil of the United Kingdom is competent and
fully adequate to the supply of its population, eves. if it
were much more numerous than it is, with all the produc-
tions of the soil of the Unit 4 d Kingdom :—t14.01 is to any,
with Cons, Meal, Flour, kyr, Oath Pew, Deans, Buhl,

Beer ni Bigg, Woul, flax, Hemp, Hides, Tallow, Seeds,
Butter, Cheese, Poultry, Vegttables of all kinds natural to
the climate, Apples and Pears.
"Thal your Petitioners, with all humility, submit to the
consideration and wisdom of this llonipurahle 14ottsc—
That as the soil of the United Kingdom and its productions,
are the prime source of National Industry and of Re-
venue, it is impolitic, if this alteration he trite, to nd-
mit any productions similar to those of oar OIVII sod
and clin►ate, into this country, duty free, ',Mil the rut-
tivation of oar ow,, soil shall hate extended itself to its
utinost limitit'; but whether such alteration be earreet in all
its hart+or slot; it is unjust to the occupiers of the soil to
admit such pewits-ohms duty free, iIIaSMOVCii Its every such
admission tends to disable the occupiers of the soil front
payment of their resit, lithesi, taxes, and ,arcs, while it
leaves them subject to all the pains and penalties incurred by
the omission to tnake good any of these payments.

" Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray, that thin
Petition may be referred to a Committee of this Honourable
House, where evidence mar be given in support of the alle-
gations it contains) and if it shall there be made appear to be
• just, equitable, and necessary measnre—lhen, but not
otherwise, that all the productions of the soil of the United
Kingdom may in fut•re be protected from the import of
similar commodities, duty free, in as full, ample, and be-
neficial a manner as die Merchants and Mannficturers of
the United Kingdom are, by the Navigation Act. and other
statutes of the realm, protected in their shipping and ma-
n•factories, from foreign competition, fluty free. And th 4
your Petitioners may have Arch relief as to the wisdom of
this Mouse may seem lit."

Letters from the United States announce, that
Bank Stock had again fallen five per cent. Exten-
sive asks were made at New York at 112; a kw
weeks previously they had been 125.
JOSEPH Box APA Wilt and Mr. CLAY, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, had arrived at
Boston on a visit, but ►hey were not expected to
continue long.
It is now understood that Lord CAsYLEstraGn's
Valet was the private correspondent in early intelli-
gence from Aix-la-Chapelle to one of the Mo►ning
Papere.--This Gentleman is necessarily one or the
first to see any thiwg running in his Lordship's
head.
The new fortifications carrying on round the
town Of Ath, in the Netherlands, are nearly finish-
ed they are of immense strength. It may be ob-
served, however, of this, as of many other old for-
tresses newly repaired, that it would be utterly use-
less against a besieging army, as the surrounding
heights completely command it.
A letter has been received from the Agent to
Lloyd's at Genoa, dated Nov. 12, which states, that
■ notification has been published by the Austrian
Government at Milan, from which it appears, that
in future all cotton-yarn, known under the deno-
mination of sink-twist, from No. 1 to No. So in-
clusive, and what is called water-twist, from No. 1
to No. 12 inclusive, are prohibited from entering
■ny part of the Austrian Empire : the higher num-
bers, which will be admitted to entry, must pay •
duty of Italian byres, 139.29 cents per quintal of
100 kilogrammes.

The wind having veered to the East, Sir GREGOR
M'Gasoori, with the three ships under his orders,
sailed from the Downs on Friday morning.
The friends of W. B. Coot's, Esq. (the late
Candidate for York), presented him with an elegant
Gold Cop, on Thursday, the 12th instant, at the
Guildhall, in York, as a token of attachment and

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gratitude.
So great is the prog►ess or the steam-engine, we
may expect to see it shortly in use in every trade
and occupation. There is now a manufactory of
shoes by steam at Battersea, in full activity.
We learn with pleasure, that a new line of road
is contemplated between Torpoint and Liskeard.
which, by mussing through St. Germain•, will, at
once; shorten the distance, get mid of nearly all the
hills (now so much dreaded by travellers), com-
mand the Most picturesque scenery, and be infi-
nitely less exposed than the present road. This
iMprovement, should it take place, combined wills
the avoidance of the Haldon and other hills between
Exeter and Plymouth; fur which a survey is now
Waking, and the intended new road from Truro to
Falmouth, which has received the sanction of an
Act of Parliament, will greatly facilitate intercourse
between that port and London, through the three
towns, and at the same time render it not only the
pleasanteit track, but the quickest mode uf com-
moisication.
A letter from St. Quentin relates the following

event :
" Two men went into an inn, and fell dead in-
stantly, after having each drank a glass of wine.
Some persons present were going to arrest the inn-
keeper, when he, desirous of maintaining the ex-
cellent quality of his wine, drank 01l a glass of it,
and also fell dead. The vessel was then examined
from which the wine was drawn, and there was
found in it a serpent in a state of putrefaction."—
(Paris Paper.)
AMERICAN WONDERS !—An oil spring has lately
been discovered near Duck Creek, Ohio, from
which about five gallons of excellent oil has been
procured in a week. The oil boils up continually,
like the boiling of n large soap kettle. A boy, in
order to ascertain whether the oil would burn
water, touched a firebrand to that which was fliat-
ing on the Creek ; instantly it arose in a trestle',
dous flame, upwards of two hundred Net in
bright, and more than a mile up and down the
Creek, destroying many of the highest trees in the
vicinity ! !—A negro wom in, horn in Virginia,
about 40 years of age, originally very blai k. h.e
undergone a change of colour. Four parts in tire
of her skin are as white, smooth, and transparent,
as in a fair European. lier face cod neck iliscipir
the veins under the skin; and the blush of (he
rose plays beautifully over the lily-white skin, when
excited by the passions of shame or anger !
(American Paper.)
A Gentleman of some consequence in this
county, on Friday evening lost his pocket-hindc,
winch was found by a young prison, who rally the
' next morning tuck it to loin : it contained WI.
'Some bonus after this, a messenger was sent in the
young person with a guinea, and it rental Is, " Mat
had flee papers not teen examined," lie would have

wade re baffilsome present.—/,gory, flow
could the owner hove liven known hut by C/0111111 -
lug the coutents of the book ?—(Neric.oth- Paper.)

Nielonlatt.aireet Nair sumer has bare r
witb • piece of limo sod mate calico she
At the period that this trsnusctio
noticed try the Police. in June I
personally visited and inspected
Thomea-street, and there found son
nafiire fo eicite *trot* ouspickits