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correct in point of reasoning when it places the
contest with-the newly formed South American
Staid ~on the same footing. as. the •struggles
ogainstiinstfrreetion.in the gather Country. The
roolutionsity, -principles brought into action in
the ue Mies ark,far from being.necessarily eon.
netted with the other ;„tend there is an obvious
difference between recognising the independence
of Colonies which are really independent, and
interfering between a Government and its sub-
jects. The great question to be settled is, vale.
thee that independence be firmly and decidedly
established. Whenever it is proved to be so
beyond all doubt, how can the Mother Country
be injured by the granting, or benefited by the
withholding, of recognition by other States ?

EMORNINO HERALD.]
,"Redundant population" seems to bethe hobby
of ,the many who write and talk, and even of the
very-:few who .think, on the .state of. Ireland.
There is inione of the philosophical tales,of Vol,
taire, a passage bearing a curious and even useful
Mpplicatiou to this subject.. It is
,the dialogue
of a geometrician with his disciple, on finance, in-
dustry, subsistence, and taxation—or, what is
termed political economy-rthe colloqUy must,be
imagined:' considerably advanced---the popula-
tion' of France ,settled at twenty millions—and
the Income of the kingdom such as, equally
divided, to allow each individual-of the twenty
millions, forty crowns for his share. The disciple,
who is called Phowne aux quaranto ecus—from
his.having exactly an income of forty crowns, puts
the case to the philosopher. " If we took a fancy
to get double the number of children we do—if
the population was doubled, and ~that instead of
twenty, we had forty millions, what would be
the consequence !" The 'Geometrician replies--
",The crilsequence would be that each would, be
reduced to expend, one with another, only twenty
crowns- or
.that the produce o(the laudshould be
' doubled---or that we should have double the num,
ber of paupers—or that we must gain double,(by
balance of trade) upon,the foreigner----or that we
must send half the nation to America—or that
one half of the nation must eat the other."--,This
disjunctive proposition .of .the philosopher in-
cludes every possible condition—quid,, therefore,
the actual condition ; every possible cure, and
therefore, the most Advisable cure .for:the ,condi-
tion of Ireland. As to .the actual ,conditiou of
Ireland, it seems combined, of the two first mem-
bers or. tin', sentenceTromittleg the exact propor-
tion ; individual income is reduced, and the number
Of poor is increased. The remedy also may he
found in u combination,of the two next members,
viz.:--stimulating agricultural and manufacturing
industry. Two possibilities remain to he disposed
off!-viz;: emigration and cannibalism---which
the author has combined, as being the extremes
of infatuation .and cruelty—both equally repug-
mint to good sense—and the only difference being
that sending the redundant Irish to Canada is
not quite so shocking as leaving them at home to
devour each other, until the means of subsist.'
once aqd the number of mouths should find
their inutile! ,levele,,-,-There is, in the. same
tale, * passage, a:_certein union of
hixard in expression and segipity i,tt thought,
may be celled piechcitan. It retatee to gegk.
Siastical property.
.',lllse man of forty crowns
is reduced to a b'effier by the collector of
the King's revenue,. and asks . charity at the
door of a well-endowed convent of Carmelite
Monks. epos the appearance of a fat, Monk at
the door, the mail once " of 40 crowll3,' and
whose bead, still turned upon prodese, taxes, and
the public good, took occaidon not only to ask
Tenet* for himselfS,butjo serve b4,cou.ory, by
convincing the Cartnelita. that his Convent ought
to contribute ,to the wants of the. State. The
Monk deliber.etely siapned thejleer in his face.
lie next unified, to the CarrecCs of the Grey
Nusqueteers, and ield them his Story. They
gave him a toed (limier and a crown—ind one
of them prPPoseCI to NO fo the cOnvenf. But
another, more kodent, shOwtA that it was not
yet lime for that' rind begged them to pUt it off
for, a few,.iears more. This was published
some years Before the French itevointion.

ritt?alstan cit a oNiai.l
~ .., . .
The unfortunate nitre, nf, smeempt to
smatter
~r attemptt„
~,,,e out is ()evil itt./relaittlt is deservflig or atten-
tion. it is oe:Y9 tine to expreis ' a r i3il disc the
Church of for
would renounce the ceiling out
devils, which can only be productive of the most
mischievous, results beeause that Church does
not; )4iit. „the Protestant Chnrchei, accotnntodate
its doctrines to tittles and seasons. With respect
to the ordinary
,r„uu of miracles, they do !Rae
harm, /f any one recovers, atiPertiatutelkyi•.a leg
or an arm, or escapes throtigh the intetcesiiln
af. Prince Itolletilolte from the jars of, ditilr
we do net see how any other person can object
to this. It
,is, otherwise, however, When per-
sons are deprived., of life, or Severely injitrld by
attempts to drive the devil out of litetni A gaillst
this branch of tfie, oiirtietiloiii ,powers
,Of life Church of /t,oirre,, Ouse preCantions Might Ult.
dotibiedly Jofretaleft. The I,lnglisli Legitilatuie,
in 'the analogOuscase of withcraft, att on a
means of putting an end to a dreadful evil, ~-i it ti:
out interfering with religious belief.. At, the ti Me
the Act or 173 P 0.11111.1p1; the belief in e the xiiteithi,
Of witchcraft was nearly universal i and it ryas
only by.e,,sidr7wind that the Member, thirst at
tack a tenet whicla it now ottly (relieved in a few
rentnte corners of tlie, island. ettnnot, in111(1.
blialilltqi the casting out devil's 'be made 'kite! ?
'`fhls would leave the doctrine, iiiitotiCh`ed, hid
would preserve the lives,of the eirple. To lire:,
vent peons knot pperstnit iitt`A ist il riler,clin hardly i
'
. f'
he,,tle,erufd relfgione persecuttouide`tirck
.of
Prtisitio, ilt t'lle , can taeOm de,vou t inlifier„
..Ifiri.4
tv,s, • stliposed,
,t 0 beets robbed an image of. the'
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ranging, rapt Dr. John Arlin!) 4.1111, it:m Itif q
Farts and scieures, the first essays are scinem per. 1

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'feet- they arrive not to their height at first,
they, requiro,,a_, gradual improvement. Aud
so it is ,bare--7-40: ,primitive Christians wore.
not grown ,up,tto ,that perfection' of knowledge
and understanding,, , which was . designed, by
the author of our religion. Christianity was in
its infancy, at most.ie its childhood, when those
men wrote, and therefOfe it is no .wonder that
they spoke as children, that they understood as
children, and that they thought as children."—
This principle of variation with which the Ca-
tholics reproacyptestantism, is what naturally
recommends it 0/the enlightened Legislator.-7
The Church of SCoiland of the present day, has
abandoned many of the notions of the Church of
Scotland a hundred years ago ; the same thing
may be said of the Church of England, and .the
Lutherans/would be affronted were nuy one to
charge them, with sharing all the strange notions
which their 'founder entertained.

MELANCHOLY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE

We have received intelligence from a Gentle.
man at Brighton, who was an eye-witness to most
of the facts he details, of a most melancholy at-
tempt by a young female of great personal beauty
to commit suicide. The circumstances under
which she was instigated to this act of despera-
tion are peculiarly distressing, and the apprehen-
sion- for her safety is the more alarming, from a
second, but unavailing repetition of the attempt.
It appears that this beautiful young woman
maintained an unblemished character until a few
days previous to the first attempt site made to
destroy herself. She had been some time past
under an engagement to a wretch, to whom she
yielded, under a promise of immediate marriage.
With a , brutal disregard to her feelings, and
bare
abandonment of his own plighted faith,
and after a sacrifice, in which he at least
ought to see nothing but what was noble and
disinterested on her part, he flung his victim
" like a loathsome weed away"—deserted her,
and left Brighton. Stung with disappointment
and despair, and feeling that it is not life, but
the condition of living, that makes human ex-
istence supportable, she resolved not to survive
the ruin of her reputation. She determined on
self-destruction ; and accordingly on the night of
the 2d of A ugust,at 11 o'clock, she plunged from
a retired part of the West Cliff at Brighton. It
was a clear moonlight night,and it providentially
happened, that one of the preventive guard was
near the spot. He saw a female form plunge
into the waters, and with that generous and noble
intrepidity which has ever distinguished the
naval character of this country, he plunged after
her. With considerable difficulty he succeeded
in seizing her before she was drowned, and
",buffeting the billows to her rescue," he bore
her in arms to the temporary barrack,
situated on the West Cliff, close to the
Artillery Fort. The Officer in, charge of
the party gave immediate attention to the
unfortunate unknown, and the sailors' wives
were ussiduous in adniinistering every assist-
ance in their power. Mr. Pitt, a surgeon, re-
siding in thee neighbourhood, was in instant at.
tentlance,, and with a promptitnde and. anxiety
that reflect much credit upon him, pursued those
means fOr ,ielitierhig. suspended animation' that
hive beau so successfully pursued by the Humane
Society. After s"veral hours of anxious vigilance
he bad the satisfaction to observe his exertions
were crowned with success, and that the hap.
IPIN female seas restored to life. The praise-
worthy and, hitherto successful exertions .1 Doc-
tor Pitt to presereeher life had, however,
weft. nigh , proved innvailing,from Is circum-
stance which occurred the following morning, and
which we would term an accident,, did we not
feel it,to he a highly reprehensilile negleCt On the
part of those who permitted it. The attendant,
most untleinkin:.ly (not to use a harsher and snore
ati:riiropriae im
appropriate Hord),
°rti!ft):left the room. The poOr in.
jed sufferer diately bethought herself that
this was a fit ting eppprtunity for putting herfatel
design into execution. Finding herself elone,
she immediately hung herself to a staple in the
wall, and would inevitably have perished, but for
tbethnelY arrival ()Ciente persons in her apartment.
A gentleentin high in the naval profession who has
taken, es indeed ell persons ,must, an interest in
the fete of this unfortunate temele, correctly and
humanely conceiving that it was not Median' ad-
vice she weeded now, het that it. was'ennre
requi-
sito '‘ to administer to a mind diseased," ac-
nu,tinted the Curate of, Brighton of her deplor-
titile Situ-Alois. We fire happy to learn that
"he has been benefited. by the instruction and
Isolaco i
on afforded by that Rev. Gentleman,
and gradually becomes more calm and collected.
We ut present fort. ,er from mentioning names,
until the particePtibi of the cetio are more. fully
inve.tiguted ; for we apprehend her friends
have not yet brio internee(' of the catastrophe
by
.which she had determined to teer herself
from their society and the world. The wretch
who has wrought thik ruin has not since been
heliFti, of; the, keduction is one of peculiarly
Reverted atrocity, loaded and d—el by
every
circternstante or. guilt.--.without one redeeming
pallbitive to retrieve. it from the Most condign
abhorrence. 'l`4, Master's mate of the Poo;
and titan in charge et the preventive service, de-
serve the bightbt commendation for the active
and available assistance which they rendi.ri4l On
his distreishigneciiiion,_(fifitio
.Preys.)

••• • .
LIIELA Nenovr A cciDENT.--Yestorilay .after.
noon, au inquisitiOn wail held the TOwn Honse, Mile End
Town, on the body of Thomas Cockbill. The unfortu.
nate father is -a catnap. in the thiplOy of Altis' Ins: Bail% bf
Milford-lanti,•attithd; !cent The it eased accompanied hint with
the ;wain.- On IViptulay tilormak 11,4 le tt the wharf, enel pro-
ceeded to Wulthamstoa.iwith a road ar corn on Arriting St the
cross-roads ut Clayton, tho fore-horee turned round, and the
second, ono, trod on the Imp, „,7 w,„,;„ ,„,,„lx, threw him
do*n, to tint preienet ey rat }alder the wheat, and hi
lex was .teuhhed to ithiihk. •ma ath6e). ,-greht itgor4,, pitied
font ptit the bithlc yo*-14144 anikopr.
71t!finded, IMO iiitiloyed,O) (11.0 Ifeiret, or2lk.
71Ctipiniri (;.14iOn, Toltrit Wefce ry to prepare
for amputation; liht thelafualloti iffordtml ttO eOhreniento rot
such an, operation, end the decegsed wig iftnivoYell thil.
Bern ilospitiii bin Aigi ttirivityg git the gates the 'vital spark was
#gtitlet. bat *Alders tint present. eircumatme.e. the .more Ms.
tbit, the derrattedis,.fathero.abeut seven utontho
r•ce'awf u'° Pu°4ll:rg witntssittgida eldebt 1011 being brought
wig corpic omaNuntil
.hy.>imake, sauldent. ,Evevy, person
palls .born leatitgotrylo the tam whiih the poor fellow had act.
iioi4 tbilmbeng-410„susalcion lethatever that the thxurreate
hod been caused by the slightest neglect, the Jury unanimously
brought in a 'verdict of" Accidental' death."

ASSIZg IgTELLIGhNCE:'

. „CHELMSFORD, Aug. 4.
CIVIL SlDE.—Beibit Mr. Justice Bvituouatt.
num.zw V. fiTIIINGFELLOW AND WIFE.

This was an action in case, against the defendant for mali-
ciously injuring a picture, the property of the plaintiff—Plea,
" Not guilty."
The plaintiff is an attorney; and the defendant a tradesman,
both residing at Southend. The picture, which was the sub,
ject of the action, was an oil painting of a horse, upon which
the plaintiff set great value. It appeared that the plaintiff
having in his character of attorney stied the defendant in a bill
of exchange, a day was appointed for the latter to meet at the
office of the former to pay the money. The defendant deputed
his wife to pay the money, and she went in company with a Mr.
Cobbold, to the plaintiff's house for that purpose. 'When she
got there, she found the plaintiff from home. She seemed
angry at the breach of the plaintiff's appointment, and broke
out. into some passionate expressions.. A female servant who
attended the door, invited her to sit down in the parlour,
and told her that the plaintiff' was in the neighbourhood,.
mentioned where he was, and said that he should be sent
for. Mr. Cobbold then went to look for the plaintiff: In the
interval the defendant's wife remained in the parlour, and, as
was alleged, maliciously injured the•picture in question, which
hung up in the room. The principal witness to support the
case was the plaintiff's female servant, who deposed that whilst
Mrs. Stringfellow was in the parlour, she heard her walk about
the room, go to a table drawer in which was a knife-steel, anti
then make a rumbling noise as if a picture was moving on its
peg against the wainscot. Before Mrs. Stringfellow came to
the house, the witness was quite sure her master's picture was
uninjured; but as soon as .Mrs. Stringfellow went away, she
observed the horse's eyes had been poked out with some such
instrument as a steel, there being two small holes punctured in
the canvass. Mrs. Stringfellow was altogether in the room for
about ten minutes. On her cross examination, she admitted,
that she had been a witness on two fonner occasions for her
master once in London, and another time at the assizes..
There was a peep-hole in the wainscot of the room, but the did
not look through it. Was quite certain that the picture was
safe before Mrs. Stringfellow went into the room, and that it
was injured when she left..
The picture was exhibited in court, but it was any thing but
a masterpiece. The utmost value set upon it was 51., but it
was obviously worth no such money. No objection was taken
to the form of the action, but the Jury found a verdict for the
defendant.

Auourr 3.
CIVIL. SlDE.—liefrre the LOAD CHIEF BAIIO2I.
YANDERMICULEN V.VANDIRMICULICX.
Thig was an action brought by a sister againit her brother,
to, recover the sum of 1561. for the funeral expences of their
father.

The plaintiff's case was, that her father. (Mr. Joseph Pom-
fret Vandermeulen) bad died in the year 1822. Being left his
executrix, with a very limited income (not more than from 60!.
to 1001. a year), she had intended to bury him respectably,•but
inexpensively, in Cambridgeshire. Alr. Frederick Vander-
meulen(the defendant), liqwever, who, by the bequest of his
grandmother, enjoyed a very considerable fortune, thought such
a course derogatory to the honour of the family, and insisted
upon carrying his deceased father to the family vault at St. Al-
, ban's. In doing this, a very heavy expence had been incurred,
which, in the first instance, he had declared should be his; but
which, when called upon by the executrix (who had paid it),
he now refused to defray. .
Mr. bewOrthy, a Clergy Min of respectability, and a Magis-
trate for Cambridgeshire, was called to prove the case. This
gentleman, who was married to the aunt of both the parties,
and in whose family the plaintiff lived, swore that tbe defend-
ant had undertaken the charge of his father's funeral, and had
employed him (witness) to give all necessary orders and direc-
tions. Witness had done this ; paid all the bills, and beenre-
paid by Miss Eve Vandermeulen, the executrix. In the course
of the funeral arrangements, lie (the witnesi) had frequently
spoken, to the defendant about the heavy expenee, incurred.
Defendant had answered, that he would hive the thing 30--.
that he would sell his coat rather than have his father buried
otherwise—that he would pay the expence.
Mr. H. Coop): n, for the defendant, endeavoured to show that
Mr. beworthy was the real plaintiff in this cause he having in
fact brought an action against the defendant, and failed in re.
covering at the very, last assizes. lie denied any intention on the
time, to render himself liable 64
part of the defendant, at any
his father's funeral. Alias Vandertneulen Was the father's
sole heir (and to considerable property) as well as his execu.
trix, Mr. F. Vandernieulen not being even mentioned in his
will. All that the defendant had wished was to see his father
buried respectably, which he knew his sister had assets suffi-
cient to afford.
The Lorin Cniiiir Bailor( nil, that the short question for
the Jury was, whether the defendant had undertaken to indent-
nify the Plaintiff for the expence of conducting their father's
funeral in the way in which he desired to see it done. His
mere wish, nor even his interference (which had evidently been
very active) with the funeral arrangements, would clo to sus.
lain the present action there must have been a specific under-
taking by him. Whether the defendant had ever given such
an undertaking, the Jury must collect from the evidence of
Mr. Lewortlty. It appeared that (as to some points of expence)
he had said, " I will have it so;" about others, " I would sell
my coat, &c., rather than it should be otherwise t and, upon
one point, "
,I will, pay for it all." How far these.declarations
would constitute an undertaking as to the whole charge, or as
to part,' it would be for the Jury, peculiarly, to consider. He
(the Chief . Baron) thought it questionable, whether the posi.
tive. undertaking necessary had been given.
The Jury. after retiring for hulf an hour, found their verdict
fur the defendant

YORK, Alto. 3.
SIeDUCTIO)L—ALICE THOMPtION v. FRANCIS COVIERVEY.
This was an action brought by the mother for the loss of ser.
vices of her, Alaughtert Miss Elizabeth Thompson.
(kir. SCATti;P:TT, Afr. 11110U01141111. and Mr. JONES, con.
lled the cello on the pert of the plaintiff: and Mr. WIL.
LIAM, Mr. TINDAL, and AIL ADOLPHUS on the part of
the defendant. The damages were laid at One Thousand
Pounds. , The defendant pleaded the general issue.
The defendant in this case, it appeared, resided at Bridling.
ton Quay, a watering place, about twenty miles from Scarbo.
rough, where he invited the daughter of the plaintiff to coma
and visit him in the absence of his wife, and where the de.
fendant accomplished the ruin of the young lady in the
*bort space of twonty.four hours after her arrival. A more
cold lover it was not possible for a warm-hearted girl to
passems—one too of the wrong side of forty, and- who
could begin his notes (for they were not love letters) in
in. this frigid manner Mr. ('.ovens), presents his coin.
pliments to Allis ThoMpson, and would -be happy to see her at Bridlington Quay," Ace. to which place Miss T. went forth.
with ; and in reply to a question from the defendant's Counsel,
she could not say whether her bcd.room door Will fastened or
not.

Miss Elizabeth Thompson, who appeared to be about 24
years of age, possessing blue eyes, and of interesting appearance,
was examined as to the fact, and she gave her evidence in a
becoming manner, shedding a few tears at drat. She admitted
on her examination, that 24 hours before she was seduced the
defendant never took the least liberty with her. It was quite
clear this young Lady
,k Never thought what love ,waadoing,
" ever dreamt of such a thing."
Nd witnesses were (tailed fir the defence, And the defendant's
Counsel chielly,pleaded in mitigation of damages.
Tko.Jury retired for about Italian hour, when they brought
In their verdict it half-past fonr o'clock for the planatill"--Dti
maps IOU!.

.titiNCHESTER, Avo. 3.
The rionp CUIET Jvcrice and Mr. Baron (3411110 W 1%;.
tended Divine SerViee this morning, at whirl) a iniiirstpproprinte
discourse Wii& delivered by the Itev. Hagirth, Chaplain
to„ the if igli Sheriff: AfterAetvico was coeclude4, the Joffe*
proceeded to Court, and commenced hintinesi. The Lord Chief
Jilstiee on the Civil side, end .31r. Ham airiote On the Cretin
side.
-.Atli! the [band Jury had been ..called over and sworn, his
Lcirilshipr 51r. I3aeonGArtii4 .
w, td iiddieis then) on
the Mite of the calendar. The folle*ing trials then tools'
Thlmit), Saatipk, aged 20, stood indicted with stealingi in the
*op of, hf c. Charles Dale., the. horoygli of Andove!rt shred
piecesof,ribbon (two of„blaek and One Of blue), Of the value of
I Is. ogthe 111th of May .
T.,l.l*Wkinet shoppien to Mr. pioe„.wai 'cillid
tothe flict,or bis laving lecrited the iblien UP hie coat %leave.
The J 1.7 no charged the Jury, who ieturnid verdict of 'Matey! •
.Th.priminiv iictiinpiended to mercy by Mi. Dale, the
irticecoror,,, in consideration of whiih the Judge sentenced' hint to six monthelingfionmen4 and iq be kept to bird latiOnr.—
I,llle,yoring ran Jetii:od front the dOck very Mich Abided,
thrldiiib iibunden.ce ottitiirc. ,
4410iw'ttrti...1to'cav/ii,nribi Ifieuiro44fttitiipti
pogiiret the roper:ty. rtf „Arr. . W. arid, on 414.0d1ky
nistit or Suifday iniirning,:the 3d 'or Alliof July' Diet. The pm:
;loner at flint pleaded Guilty, but being we/1164.01116 the'eonse.
qiieKces of such a plea' he'witfinfrevi ft, 'and On ti*-questiou be.
'big put th ?AWOL iectltiattlYte, its answered Not GaUty.
• Chaim being
.called, deposed that he lived in. the pa.
rich of Coirrilie; Ibuits ; lie went to a flub -51)14 34 of July
Ahrint In the .mdrithik he Wei oh the handfrom Mr. Turret's house; he met the
Iniso*eti he bad a tack
and a sheep, which he carried across his shoulders ; askid hint

t.. . • .
what he had got there ? he answered it was no business of his.,
and then put a down. Knew it to be Mr. Purver's sheep frogs
certain marks upon it, iutiongst others that of a- single P."•,5118
prisoner said he would carry it back, which he did, and returned
it to the fold..
Jonathan !fall was called, who swore to nearly the sant; ef-
fee! as the last witness.

J. Aker, the shepherd, on being called, identified the sheep
as his master's.

The JUDGE observed, that they had to consider the int.-
tion of the. prisoner as to the theft ; for Lad he not been de-
tected, he would, of a certainty, have carried it into perfect
execution.

The Jury then returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly re-
commended him to the mercy of the Court, in consideration of
his advanced age, and large and distressed family.
His LORDBIIIP passed sentence—Transportation for life.
John Hoare, aged 30, stood indicted for stealingon the 20th
of July, last, at Lumly, in the parish of SVestbourne, in the
county of Sussex, a quantity of bacon, the property of Charks.
Mont, a miller ; he pleaded Not Guilty.
It appeared that the prisoner was in the habit ofgoing to the
mill to catch rats (that being his profession), and thereby had
free access to all parts of the house and buildings.
Several witnesses were called, who proved h►s having taken
away the bacon. The prisoner being called upon for his defence
made one which excitedconsiderable interest, from the wanner
in which it was couched and.delivered ; it was certainly s
most splendid defence from such a man. The Judge appear•
ed astonished at the unhesitating manner in which he spoke.
He was a married man,. lie said, and had served in the army
nine years, and was discharged a serjeant, since which tins
he had maintained himself and family by destroying rats at
farm houses. ,
He called a respectable looking farmer to speak to his characi
ter, and who gave him•a most excellent one; lie never heard
any harm of him up.ta the time of the alleged theft, and he
had known him six years.
The prosecutor's servant also spoke well of him up W that
time.
They Jury, returned a verdict of Not Gully, and the pri'
soner was discharged.

COPPER ATui ship Mercy, the Ixolteiti
of Messrs. T. Daniel and Co., lately returned from the W.est
Indies, exhibits the first successful proof of an improvement
in copper sheathing. This ship was sheathed with Mr. .110,
shet's patent copper, whiCh, after her West India voyage,
remains with the same smooth surface as when manufactured:,
The test, no doubt, is short, but it is known by pilletic_t; men, that a disposition to premature corrosion can be trams
even on shorter trials ; and Sir Henry Davy's experiments
(see Philosophical Transactions for 1824, Part Ist) deseribeo
most accurately the' appearances of that corrosion freAssni
in common copper, the absence of which is the remark-
able character of Mr. Musliet's patent copper; and the same
' high authority bears evidence to Mr.
Mushet's that copper judiciously alloyed is advantageous to sheathing'
for he (Sir IL D.) found, on trying the action of sea water
upon two specimens of copper, sentby
J. Vivian, Esq. to oar"
Faraday for analysis, that the specimen which appeared
solutely pure was acted upon even more readily than the
specimen which contained alloy. These facts give us ittOot
hopes that Mr. Mushet has really obtained the object ofhts AO.'
bition, in having discovered the intrinsic valunof that sheath-
ing placed in his hands by the Nary Board, which after having
been 26 years in use on the Plymouth. Yacht, bad only lost
eight per cent. of its original weight, and had never fouled. .
Sim:sot:au CosmciutxcE.—At an obscuri house in a court in Piccadilly, appropriated for the purposes of an
anatomical school, a poor woman occupies the ground tiOat,
who actually deals in muscles, her husband is a bone-merchant,
and over the door is a board with this inscription—Monglfai
done here I

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On the 3d ingt., at SilverßlandsßT, in Surrey, the Lady Ftabae
nattier'', of a ion.
..At Tonbridge-place, on Monday, the 2d inst., the 1111474
John Reid, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 13th ult., at Marylebone Church, John Pattersoo.
Esq., of the Bengal 3letlical Service, to Anne Louisa, .11100/
of the late William O'Neil, Esq., of the BendEstAilliti.
ment.
On Tuesday, the 3d inst., at Cheltenham, Ralph Ber"),„'
Esq., ALP., of Park-crescent, Portland_ Mace, Londl'n—
Clara Christiana, eldest daughter of John bite, Esq.) 11.„.3•:".:a
At Ileckington, Somerset, on the 27th ult., Mr. NOWT.
Overbury, of Westbury, Wilts, to Charlotte, youngest &111 .
ter of James Evill, Esq., of Beckington.
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DIED.
On Monday morning last, Mrs. MARY PEARSON, Of Fit;
street. This Gentlewomen had reached the 92nd year of
age, and was universally respected for good sense, good bulngtt.
and good temper. She retained her faculties to the elms 0' estimable life. In her youth she was retnarkably Nindliirne.
insomuch as to give publicity to her house, where she kept t toyshop till her death ; but she preferred a life of celibecl• has left within her circle of action an exemplar,' moralM
amiable character.
At Mary's I'lace, Stockbridge, Edinburgh. on the 26th at.. Mrs. Susan Sangster, wife of Mr. John Parker, tacit"'
Supreme Courts.
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At Portobello, Edinburgh, on the 22d ult., Mr. WO
Dalmaboy.
At George Town,in the district of Columbia, North ATII:
tics, on the 27th of June last, Thomas %IP:them, .Bizi., of Thi
latur, advocate.

EAST INDIA BIRTHS, ItIABRIAGES, mod DEA -
At B airn madras, on
le 3d March, the 1.44
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tenant. Colonel Campbell, 41411 regiment, of a 40/3.
At Jahapatam, Illadrai, 7th March, the Lidi Of the I.g.f.
It. Carver, hi inionar y , of a daughter.
On Saturday ' the 13th March, $t *Madras, tlre'Lay of Li"-
tenant-Colonel Alolesworth of a daughter.
At Seetupore, Calcutta,
on the 21st February, the lA4 °f
Major Powell Comyn, 2d battalion 7th regiment, of .011-,..
lonel Blacker, of a
On the 31 Mardi, at Calcutta, the Lady of Lieutenant-6'
son.

MARIUS:rt.
On Monday, March 8, at Madras, John Babiri sad.. ofleMl ,
L—ss.'
the Civil Service, to Jane, eldest daughter Of 21. sPwrit
of the Medical Establishment.
On the 12th March, it St. Mary's, TrichinopOlh 16451114
QRS. Roberts, Esq. of the Civil Service,: to Emma 4,4241 r";;,1 0
eldest daughter of Lieutenant.Culonel Armstrong, td•P'
K.C.T.S. commanding his blajesty's Royal Iteglin"l'
On the Bth March, at St. Jolin's Cathedral~Yfiiia, Calcutta, taL Rev. Mr, ThbtuiesOn, Captain George
Aylmer
of the Bengal Nedra Infantry, to Caroline, second deo,
of Captain William Bruce, of the Honourable CuroP"'
Bombay Marine.

On Tuesday ns En.
Wife of , March 6, at Bombay, Mrs. Catharine NeY6'
betb, of Bombay. Captain Joseph Keys, Comm h. ander Of t %MP Bltxa
Oh the ISt March, at Calcutta, at the house of lieeiteoancti
Colonel Stuart, Anne, daughter of the late Doctor Pitch, 1g
6 years.
On the' 3d March, at Calcutta, at the house of heruibrise.
in4aw, M. Orn
isboe, Prance!, omley, third di °
the late Bev.ll. Brown.end Frances Ids wile*.sfled 10
On the 4th March, John Bentley, Esq. aged iv years.

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