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London, England, 1836-02-18 00:00:00

the insidions designs of Russia, a►►il endeavoured to
counteract them. DI Bo P. GO is elllaged that the schemes
of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg should be detected by
the Austrian Minister ; and only derives hopes of the
C zA R'S success fl om the obstinate blindness of the Duke
of WELLINGTON, and the dotard policy of the millions
of CHARLES X. As the authenticity of these docu-
►nents is now fully established—for both the Duke of
WELLINGTON and Count MA TuszEvrc have declared
Clem to be correct and faithful transcripts of the ort-
.ginals—the British public cannot become sufficiently
acquainted with the important disclosures contained in
them.

A majority of one hundred and forty four of the
Members present in the House of Colunons last
night, decided in favour of Mr. EWA RT'S Bill for

allowing Prisoners on trial for felony, and other ca-
pital crimes, the assistance of Counsel. The Bill
was accordingly read a second time, and will pass the
House of Commons ; though its fate in the Lords'
is extremely doubtful. The principle of the pre-
sent system of English law is to protect every-
thing a man possesses, but his life. Breathe
but a syllable against his reputation, and he
can, if he pleases, retain an hundred Counsel to
plead in his defence ; but boldly attack his life—
charge him with felony, and the law places him at
once at your mercy. Wealth and fame are every thing
in England ; life only is of no value. To refer in
illustration to one of the most ordinary occurrences
imaginable :—lt took a Jury eight days, assisted by
nearly half of the most distinguished Members of the
English Bar, a host of witnesses, and all the mad
Doctors in London, to prove Lady KIRKWALL a
lunatic—though the fact, after all, was hardly ques-
tionable. Now, had the charge preferred against her
Ladyship been one affecting her life, and were she not,
as a Peeress, placed beyond the jurisdiction of the
ordinary Criminal Courts, we would venture to pledge
ourselves, that the self-same Jury would consider eight
hours too long to deliberate upon the question of her
guilt or innocence. The law is ;proverbially slow in
everything but hanging or expatriating. Twenty years
is a very short time for a decision in the Court of
Chancery ; twenty minutes is long enough for any de-
cision in the opinion, and frequently according to
the practice, of the legal functionaries at the
Old Bailey. No time is to be lost when the services
of Jack Ketch are to be put in requisition. It is im-
possible not to feel astonished sometimes at the intuitive
faculty of comprehending evidence which Judges
in criminal cases arc apt to display. Submit the most
trifling matter which regards the settlement of pro-
perty—the legal interpretation to be put upon a clause
in a will—the defining of a boundary Act—or the re-
dress to be obtained for the most trivial species of in-
jury—and their Lordships cannot decide without hearing
Counsel pro and con—without consulting their learned
brethren on a number of reserved points of law—and
without hearings, and re-hearings, and bandying and
re-bandying the affair from Court to Court, and- so on
till doomsday, provided you can satisfy the cravings of
your attorney, and defray the costs of action. But
ask the same Judges for a verdict which shall send your
neighbour to New South Wales, if not to the gallows,
and their Lordships will see all the bearings of the case
in five minutes. Place the accused in the dock, and the
whole affair is settled. In one case out of five, the
Judges have virtually passed sentence upon a criminal
before a word of evidence is heard against him.
It is a fiction i❑ law that the Judge is counsel for
the accused ; and it is indeed a fiction. Where the
Crown is the prosecutor the Judge is rarely found to
differ in opinion from the Attorney-General. The
annals of the last and the preceding reigns are full
of precedents on this head. In the trials of
trio-I TT, ~IDMfOUTtU, and UA-STrfLii:Ao,tlle
judges were the principal Crown prosecutors;-and it
was proved in the case of JOSEPH GERRALD, that
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE CLERK pronounced sentence
upon the accused several days before the commence-
ment of the trial—which sentence was subsequently
adopted by the Bench, with the omission of whipping
at a cart's tail r.

We are glad to find the present law-officers of the
Crown among the most strenuous advocates of the
improvement which this Bill will effect in the crimi-
nal judicature of our country.

By an article, which we extract elsewhere from a
Morning Contemporary, we observe with pleasure that
there is every prospect of justice being at length done
to the third class of claimants for losses in Denmark.

The Danish case stands entirely on its own
grounds—it is unique : it differs totally from French,
Spanish, or any other claims, and no other precedent
can be drawn from it than this, that when the
Government by any act of its own, contrary to the
laws and usages of civilized nations, comes into
possession of a large sum of money, and thereby
causes, by means of the retaliation on the part of the
aggressive Foreign Powers, losses to its own innocent
subjects who happen, from the nature of the locality,
such as the close sea of the Baltic, to be at the mercy
of the aggressed—the Government so having caused
such loss by its own previous wrong, is bound to in-
demnify its own subjects, and not to make a profit by
their losses. This is the pith of the argument, and
if justice were not done, the case would afford a prece-
dent for the Minister of the day, at any time that he
was momentarily pressed to provide money, to advise
the seizing of some 300 French, Dutch, or other fo-
i eign ships and cargoes lying in the Thames ; and as
this step would provoke reprisals on British property,
to condemn the foreign property in anticipation of the
war which might ensue, reckless of the consequence to
British subjects.

We are induced at the same time to draw the atten-
tion of Parliament to the consideration, in how far it
would not be advisable to lay down the principle, that
all extraordinary expenditure should be provided for by
loans, and that all surplus revenue should be applied to
such wholesome modification of taxation as, by relieving
the taxed, would in the end increase the amount brouolibt
into the Treasury. The subject is brought to our
notice, when we reflect on the possible large sum which
the new houses of Parliament and the National Gal-
, lery may require. These are outlays as much for
the benefit of future generations as for the present
and it would be fairer to spread the outlay over a pe-
riod of years, than at a time when we are burthened
with the expenses occasioned by the debt contracted
before our time—when the existing taxation presses
more on the wants than on the means of the com-
munity—and when the money can be raised at little
more than three per cent., while to a large majority of
the tax-payers, money is worth double that rate.
We hope, therefore, that Mr. HUME, or some other
public-spirited Member will take up this subject, as
we believe it agrees with the views Mr. HUME has
generally expressed.

candidate the only
FAFPTION AT MALTON, IN THE ROOM OF TIC:
LORD CHAN:, -0,1..pk.—0n last Friday morning, the electors of
Mahon, after the usual prelitiiinatics, prpee:ded to choose a
representative in Parliament for the borough in place of Eiir
to
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Childers,
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in nomination. He was PrPPDOe4 by Mr. Piglop, A gentle-
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The late enormous deralcß,tions the funds of two
of the largest City charities appear to rpflect lant little credit
upon the Governors as men of business,

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
(FROM LLOYD'S.)
DEAL,
FEB' 17.—Wind N. N. W., blowing hard, in squalls,
through the day, and still continues.—The Hythe, Drayner,
for Bombay, sailed this morning, with loss of anchor and chain.
—Arrived from the River, the Reliance, Luckie, for Deme-
rara ; William Henry Angus, Wilkins, for ; Meridian,
Harding, for New York, with loss of anchor and chain, remain-
ing with the outward-bound, who are riding mostly with two
anchors ahead.
PonTsmouTu, FEB. 17. —Wind N. to N. W.—Sailed the
Mountaineer, Sowerby, for Demerara.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 16. —Wind S. W.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind N. W.— Arrived the Pearl,
Nleede, from Figueira ; Eclipse packet, from Lisbon, sailed
7th last. ; Dispatch, Cumming, from Charente. Sailed the
Transit, Wrightson, for Lisbon, Oporto, and Cadiz.
MARGATE, FEB. 17.—Arrived the Speculator, Bishop, from
Cork.
RAMSGATE, FEB. 17.—Arrived the Hercules, Wilson, from
Cork.
DOVER, FEB. 17.—Arrived off, the William Ash, Rendall,
from Charente.
Bumf., FEB. 17.—Arrived the Mercy, Beazley, from
Demerara ; Azores packet, Williams, from St. Michael's ;
Vintage, Williams, from Oporto.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 16.—Arrived the Juliet, Wilson, from
Canton—sailed Sept. 18, Anjer Nov. 4, and St. Helena Ist
ult. ; Intrepid, Stewart, from Demerara ; Santherner, Glover,
from New Orleans, after being aground.—Off port, the Hec-
tor, Post, from Mobile ; Tagus, --, from Lisbon.
CLYDE, FEB. 15.—Arrived the Mercator, Mitchell, from
Pictou.

The Traveller, Cockburn, was run down, off Mundsley, yes-
terday; only one of the crew saved.
The Nancy, .Goldsworth, of Beccles, and the Catharine,
Kelt, of Perth, were ashore yesterday near Wells.
The Fanny, Oliver, from Liverpool to Boston, was on shore
yesterday near Hoppisly ; crew saved.
The Mediterranean, from Liverpool to Newcastle, sunk in
the Bay of Luke, 12th inst.
The Royal Victoria (steamer) was on shore near Leith,
15th inst. ; cargo discharging.
The Majestic, of Sunderland (timber-laden), water-logged
and abandoned, was boarded, 6th inst., in lat. 43., long. 28.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY .)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Our arrivals this morning are the Lisbon mails, by the
Eclipse, sailed on the 7th February; the French, Ostend,
and Dutch mails are due. We have ship letters from Canton,
Demerara, and New Orleans.

From the Canton Papers, received at the North and South
American Coffee House, to the 9th September, we give the
following :

COM►'ERCIAL REMARKS: IMPORTS.—Broad cloths continuo
without demand; in cotton, few transactions have occurred
during the week, and the market is without animation ; while
many of the holders of small lots are ready to sell at reduced
rates. Cotton goods continue in steady demand. The
dealers in cotton yarn are indifferent about buying at present,
being under an impression that heavy supplies are close at
hand. Bengal Opium has continued to advance, but sales
have been limited. In Malwa several time sales have been
made, but few cash transactions; our quotations are firm ;
660 or 665 dollars per chest, cash ; and 680 to 690, at a fort-
night or a month. Rice has advanced, owing to the dry
weather.

" EXPORTS : Raw Silk, Nankin—Most of the Tsatlee now
in Canton has we understand been purchased, and prices have
advanced to our quotations ; for superior qualities 430 to 440
per pecul is demanded.
" The following notice is hanging outside the gate of the
Factory formerly occupied by the East India Company's
Supercargo :
" ' Notice is hereby given, that the Hon. Company's agents
are ready to receive applications for advances on bills of ex-
change, secured by consignments to England of tea or raw
silk, to the extent of two-third 3 of their value, at the rate of
4s. Bd. per dollar—the goods to be shipped on or before the
31st December, 1835. Twenty-five per cent. of such ad-
vances will be made in cash, and the residue in bills on the
Supreme Government of India, at (210) Sicca rupees per
hundred (100) Spanish dollars.—J. N. Daniel and T. C.
Smith, Agents to the East India Company.' "

THE FUNDS.

Consols opened at the closing prices of yesterday, 919 for
the Account, and 91i for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 18 20 ;
India Bonds, 35 ; Bank Stock, 216 217 ; India Stock,
2551 256 k.
The Foreign Market is at present without animation. Spa-
nish Active Bonds, 47i i—the leaving off price ; Portuguese,
831 • Three per cents, 53} ; Colombian, 324 33 ; Mexican,
361 371 f ; Dutch two-and-a-half per cents, 554 ; Five per
cents, 103-13- 1044.
HALF-PAST ONE.

We stated yesterday in our City article that the British and
French Governments were about to advance a loan to the
Queen of Spain, and which was at present under considera-
tion. We can now state that the above report is gaining
ground, and that a leading capitalist in the city is to make
an advance of two millions sterling to the Spanish Govern-
ment, under the guarantee of England and France, and that
the negotiations are now so far advanced, that it is expected
they will be brought to a conclusion in a few days.
We do not hear as vet of the arrivaL nf-thn Renew-nail
stormy weather which prevailed during yesterday and last
night ; in consequence of which both the British and Foreign
Markets remain stationary in their prices, with little or no
business doing.
_ _

Consols ba;e been during the morning at 911 i for the
Account, and 9111 for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 18 20 ; India
Bonds, 3 5 ; Bank Stock, 216 217 ; India Stock, 2553- 2561.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds 478 A ; Por-
tuguese, 83+ Three per Cents., 531-; Colombian, 32i 33 ;
Mexican, 361 371 ; Dutch Two and aHalf per Cents, 551 4.
The Share Market continues to improve.

Consols for the Account, 912 THREE 0' CL 0 CB.

DANISH CL A ims.—There is at length some pros-
pect, it seems,
that the remaining classes of Danish
Claims will be disposed of. Those arising from book
debts are, as is well known, already provided for ; the
claims for goods are recognised as legitimate ones ;
and with respect to the third class, those arising from
ships and cargoes, the parties have been instructed to
prepare such a statement of the case as will establish
an equity in their favour, and they will then also be
submitted to the consideration of Parliament. That
so simple an affair as this appears to be in all its
bearings, should have been so long in making itself
really
comprehended by those with whom the redress lay, is
a stigma on a nation distinguished above all
others for its habits of business.—Times.

•
According to accounts from Milan, the rise in the
price of silk is really extraordinary. Within a few days it
has augmented from 25 to 30 per cent., and the finer qua-
lities even 40. Higher rates still are expected, as the ma-
nufacturers of Lyons, Zurich, and Germany, cannot get
silk enough to execute the orders they have received from
New York.
It is whispered in high life that an eminent indivi-
dual, long distinguished for his taste in the arts, and for his li-
terary attainments, has, during a long life, kept a diary of all
the remarkable occurrences, both public and private, relating to
the sphere in which he moves ; and that it is possible the re-
sult of his observations may appear at no distant date under the
title of Liber Veritatis.

A paragraph has appeared, stating that the bishop
of Norwich was married to a Catholic wife, and that the lady
had a confessor of her own creed in the house. The Bishop
of Norwich has been a widower for the last twelve years, and
was married to a sister (a Protestant) of the late Lord Castle-
coote, one of the most violent ultra- Protestants in Ireland
during his lifetime.

LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.-
About two miles and a half of this splendid undertaking are
now completed, and a train of seven of the Company's car
riages are making experimental trips ten times each way
daily, starting from the Spa-road, Bermondsey, and ending at
Deptford, which is performed in six minutes.

SWANS.-When the frost was pretty severe in the
beginning of January, a flight of swans, eleven in number,
made their appearance at Loch Kendar, in the immediate
neighbourhood of Ncwabbey—a beautiful sheet of water, fed
by springs, and the mists and rains that ooze through the fis
sures of the giant Criffel. Sweetheart Abbey, when entire,
looked beautifully out on this sequestered lake. Whether
these birds belonged to the tribe called wild swans, no one
seems to know. A few years ago a similar group visited the
shores of a parish not far from Dumfries—all of which were
attacked, killed, and sold for what they would bring. The in.
habitants of Castle Douglas would as soon part with Carlin-
wet k itself as the stately birds that give animation to the mono-
tony of still life, breed on its fairy islets, and browse along its
shores. _Dumfries Courier.

Salmon-fishing commenced in Scotland for the pre-
sent season, on Monday, the Ist instant. The first importa-
tion into London from the famed estuary of Tay, was on Tues-
day afternoon, by the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping
Company's smack Elbe, Captain Martin, an experienced na-
vigator, which arrived at Hore's-wharf, after a quick passage
from the flourishing port of Dundee. She had on board 26i
boxes of salmon, the first imported from Scotland this season.

ALARMING FIRE.---Yesterday morning, about two
o'clock, the family of Mr. Eagle, residing at No. 40, Milton-
straet, Boston-square, New-road, Marylebone, were thrown
into the greatest excitement by an alarm of fire in a bedroom
occupied by a gentleman named Oliver. It appeared that the
above-named gentleman had retired to rest a short time pre-
vious, and left a candle burning by the side of the bed ; in a
'44. time afterwards the room was filed with smoke and an
unusual heat. Ito rushed out of bed and raised an alarm,
when several policemen who were on duty near the spot ran
to his agAiStanP, 44!d qfter ogrlsl4eF4l* e3terliqni! succeeded
in arresting the progress of the fames,es! not, however, mail every
article of furniture and wearing-apparel the room contained
was entirely &greyed, The loss falls on the County Fire-
(Moe. 4.-. an inPFRdil4 short wape pt time si
engines, with
several rerPqn, iYerP in attendance, but fortunately the as-
sistance of Only two of theM was required. The fire was de-
„sioned by a spark from the candle falling on the bed-curtain.
None of Nr. 4affie's family sustained any ininiry,

PARLIAMENTARY SUMMAR Y.

The LORDS did not meet yesterday, it being Ash-Wed-
nesday.

Iu the COMMONS, after some business of no public interest,
Colonel Thompson gave notice that when the Bill for the
Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales was brought
forward, he would move as an amendment, that one half of the
composition be a money rent, and one half a corn rent. Among
other petitions presented last night, was one from Cork against
tithes. Mr. Hume moved for certain returns respecting the
state of the registration in Ireland, and the number and qualifi-
cation of the electors. Respectino. the Carlow Election, Mr.
Wallace gave notice that he should this day move for a Commis-
sion to proceed to Carlow to ascertain whether the allegations in
Mr. \rigors' petition, presented on Monday, were true ; and
to report whether the electors for the county of Carlow ought
not to have the protection of the ballot. Mr. En art moved
the second reading of the Prisoners' Defence by Counsel Bill,
which was eventually sent to a Select Committee--an amend-
ment that the Bill be read a second time this day six months,
moved by Sir E. Wilmot, being negatived by a majority of 144.

So great is the demand for seats to witness the per-
formance of The Historical Records of Music to-morrow
evening, at Drury-lane, that the theatrical orchestra will be
added to the pit.
SINGULA R NAMES or M.P.'s, 1836.—(From
Ackerman's Spanish Magazine, The Instructor.)—A Kirk, a
Church, two Speiers (Query, how Speirs is pronounced, if
Spears ?), a Bell, Chaplin, and a Clerk. A King, a Power,
a Law, a Leader, three Grants, and a Knight. A Fort, a
Wall, and a Trench. A Hall, a Tenent, four Stewarts, one
Butler, a Porter, and Cookes—a Guest, Tapps, and Knocks.
A Longfield, a Freshield, two Miles, East, with Sandon. A
Miller, two Hills, North, and South—a Hutt, a Cave, three
Woods, a Forrester, two Parkers, and a Sheppard. A Lake,
a Loch, Roche, and a Seal. A Hoy, with a Crewe. A Wilde,
Hogg, a Young, Fox, two Bruens, a Roebuck, a Pusey, and
a Wolfe. A Fowler, Tooke, a Finch, Hawke, Heron, Parott,
and a Martin. A Wyse, Marshall, with Manners. A Carter,
Dobbin, Hay. A Cartwright, seven Smiths, two Turners,
two Coopers, a Collier, two Chapmen. Two Walkers, with
two Hopes. A Bodkin, Sharpe, and Blunt, Poyntz. A Plum,
tree, with Bowes and Pollen. A Potter and Clay, Pryme,
French, Fellowes. Pease and Rice, with threo Prices. A
Lemon, with three Peels. A Ward, with Mangles, and a
Patten.

Last week Sir Robert Graham, ex-Baron of the
Court of Exchequer, who is now in his eighty-seventh year,
but hale and hearty, and in full enjoyment of all his faculties,
took the oaths in the Court of King's Bench before Lord
Denman, required by the Act lately passed, empowering re-
tired Judges to assist in trying prisoners at the Central Court
of the Old Bailey.

On Sunday morning a turf-boat, in ballast, from
this city, on her way to Beigh Castle, was upset in a squall,
and, awful to relate, 13 persons perished in the wreck ! The
owner of the boat, and his son and daughter, were among the
sufferers.—Limerick Times.

A shocking murder was perpetrated on Tuesday
evening week, in the parish of Whaplode Drove. A servant,
named Wilcox, was on that evening coming home with his
master's team from Wisbech, when he was way-laid and mur-
dered. Next morning his body was found in a ditch. The
unfortunate man has left a pregnant wife and eight children
to lament his untimely end.
According to accounts from Milan, the rise in the
price of silks is really extraordinary. Within a few days it
has augmented from 25 to 30 per cent., and the finer qualities
even 40. Higher rates still are expected, as the manufacturers
of Lyons, Zurich, and Germany cannot get silk enough to exe-
cute the orders they have received from New York.
CURIOUS MISTAKE.—At a village not 103
miles from Linton, a lady went to church to return thanks
after her confinement. The Rev. Gentleman when he came
to the words " 0 Lord save this woman thy servant ;" said
" 0 Lord save this lady thy servant ;" the clerk instantly re-
plied, "As her ladyship putteth her trust in thee, 0 Lord"
which caused a smile throughout the congregation.—Lincoln
Gazette.

LOSS OF THE OAK PACKET, SCARBOROUGH.
—The Oak Packet, which has been a regular trader for se-
veral years, between Scarborough and London, was lost on her
passage a few days ago, having on board a general cargo, con-
sisting of oats and furniture, and other valuable property.
The crew were saved in the boat, with the exception of the
mate, Mr. Ditchborn, of Scarborough, who, it is our painful
duty to relate, met with a watery grave.—Lincoln Gazette.
HIGH-BRED.--At Holton, near Wragby, a hen
has just brought off a brood of nine chickens, which were
hatched in a crow's nest at the top of a fir-tree, forty feet in
height.—Lincoln Gazette.
THE NATIONAL DEBT.—The well-pensioned
commander of the old ship of Fools imagine that our country
is enriched by Taxation I Let them " tell it to marines"—
but never attempt to instil such a doctrine into the minds of
our experienced and patriotic seamen, who well know that
they can never improve the sailing of a water-logged ship by
adding more weight to her cargo. Perhaps the following
attested facts will prove alike interesting to all parties—
George 111. came to the throne in 1760, and found the Na-
tional Debt 120,000,000/. ; he reigned 59 years, and left the
National Debt 820,000,000/.-700,000,000/. more than at the
accession ; increasing on the whole period about 36,0001. per
day, or nearly 231. per minute ! At the beginnir2i.mf
r.e.g,"2,Posb,lnt,"ooo/.

Our correspondent in Germany, who is usually
well informed, sends us the following particulars from Frank-
fort, dated Feb. 7. According to letters from St. Peters-
burgh, which are worthy of full credit, the Emperor Nicholas
intends to visit Warsaw in the spring, and thence to proceed
direct to the army of the south. The same news is given in
the letters from Warsaw and Berlin. We learn that the
southern army has already been reinforced by troops from the
interior, and will receive further reinforcements from the
northern provinces and the Asiatic fortresses. All the ac-
counts agree in stating that the guerillas, which have been
formed within these few months in Lithuania, are of small
importance. They are confined within narrow limits. They
have advanced, but it is not true that they have received any
succour by sea.—Courrier Beige.
MOST HORRIBLE MURDER.—It is our painful
duty to record one of the most horrible enormities ever con-
summated by the hand of man. This morning about eight
o'clock the wife of John Cowen, a cabinet maker, living in
Walnut-street, a few doors above Columbia-street, returned
from market, and a quarrel ensued between her and her hus-
band, concerning some change, and he becoming enraged,
seized an axe and struck her on the head, and completely
crushed one side of it; seeing the effect of his blow upon his
wife, the wretch assaulted his two children, who were shriek-
ing at her side; and almost entirely severed the head of one
from its bsdy, and with a blow despatched the other, The
eldest was about four years of age, and the younger probably
two. The murderer instantly fled, and had proceeded over
Mill Creek Bridge, about three and a half miles from the
scene of his crime, when he was overtaken by the officers and
conducted to the jail, followed by an immense orowd, who
were so exasperated that they would no doubt have Lynched
him had he not been hurried off on horseback to the prison.
On his arrest he stated that ho had murdered his wife ; and
he knew ho should be hung for it, and he killed his children,
because he was determined to leave no offspring to be dis.
graced by his crime. We have never seen our community in
a state of greater excitement than that occasioned by the hor_
rors we have described. The murderer is a man about 2$
years of age, medium height, dark hair and eyes, high cheek
bones, aquiline nose, narrow chin, a red scar on his left cheek,
and a countenance on the whole unmarked by any expression
of evil, but, on the contrary, of rather an amiable appear-
ance. Cowen was first overhauled by Mr. S. Lippincott, and
drew a knife from his pocket, but immediately gave it up, and
surrendered himself, on being threatened with a blow from a
stick by Mr. L. ; the two officers, Messrs. Madison and
Brooks, accompanied by another person, arrived at the in-
stant, and he was secured.—Cincinnati Post.
SUSPECTED MURDER.—For some days past con-
siderable excitement has existed the neighbourhood of Labe-
ham, Staines, and Chertsey, in consequence of the extraor-
dinary and mysterious disappearance of a young man, about
twenty years of age, named John Jones, son of a highly-re-
spectable farmer in Berkshire. The circumstances are as fel-
low :—The unfortunate young man, who was on a visit for a
few days at the residence of John Bennett, Esq., 7, Welbeck-
street, Cavendish-square, left that gentleman's house, about
eight o'clock on Thursday morning last, with a cart drawn
by a very valuable chesnut horse, for the purpose of convey-
ing some coals to Mr. Bennett's country residence at Chert-
sey, Surrey. Although he did not return that night, no fears
for his safety were entertained by his friends until Friday after-
noon, when a letter was received by Mr. Bennett from the
lock-keeper on the Middlesex side of Chertsey-bridge, in-
forming him that a cart, having his name and addressthere-
on, had that morning been found in the lock, Me. Ben-
nett's nephew and two friends immediately proceeded to Lale-
ham, where, on inquiry, ascertaining that in the cart had
been found Jones's hat, arid a parcel
containing refresh_
ments, which he had taken with him for the journey they in-
stantly set a large number of men to drag the river, and the
ponds in the neighbourhood; but, notwithstanding upwards of
20 persons have been daily engaged in so doing, na traces of
g
either the unfortunate young man, the horse,or the coals have,
up to yesterday, been discovered,
On Inquiry at the wharf
from whence Jones had to fetch the coals, it has boon ascer-
tained that he left with them shortly before 10 o'clock the same
morning, and might have arrived at destination bcfo-
o'clock the same day; and what renders; the oCcurr,nce m'eos2t
mysterious is the fact that, on examining t cart,d it was dis-
covered that the hooks of both the
cechm
unbroken, which would not Lave been thecgaseanhadtutges horse
broken loose from tlie cart, and that therefore it must have
been unfastened by some person. The cart was first discovered
by the look-keeper, between 7 and 8 o'clock on Friday morn - ing, Jones is entitled, on his attaining his majority, to pro-
perty valued at a considerable amount, and therefore no sus-
picions are entertained that he has absconded with the horse,
but It is strongly feared he has met a violent death.
A SPIDER THIEF.--The following anecdote is
from a French work :—" M. F___...., of Saief Omer, laid on
the chimney-piece of his chamber, elle evening on going to
bed, a small gold, whose head represented a AY.
Neat 4ay M. F. would have taken his piji from the place
where he had put it, but the trirko 104 disappeared- -A
servant-maid, 1.0.1 q tj.:l
ri qiiiY b,cen in his service a few days, was
solely Sull'eeto 9f h4vlug-carried Off the pin, And sent away.
But at length Mons. F.'s sister witting up some curtains, watt
extremely surprised to. And the lost pin suspended 4oin the
ceiling in a spide'si web. And thus Ivo the disappearance of
the bijou explained z—A spider, deceived by the figure of the
fly, which the presented, fiat drawn it into