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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ii',iVENING. AUGUST 9, 1e44

to excite suspicions that there was some object in view,
which the Government was afraid should come to the
knowledge of the seamen. Meetings had been held on
the subject of the merchant seamen at Newcastle, at
Liverpool, and nt Bristol, and he protested against the
Bill being pressed forward in this manner.
On the question that the Lords' amendments be agreed
to being put,
Captain PECHELL said—No, I cannot agree to the
eightpence ; but, the Hon. and Gallant Officer standing
alone in his opposition, the amendments were agreed to.

the trial to which the Hon. Gentleman referred. Having
finished that inquiry, he was as independent of any relation
with the Government as was the Hon. Gentleman him-
self. With regard to the conduct of the Government,
he had never read the letter to which the lion. Gentle.
man referred. lie had never seen or heard of it till the
present occasion. His time was too much occupied to
read the Guernsey Press, from which the Hon. Gentle-
man quoted so largely'. The Government had known
Mr. Dobree, but the Honourable Gentleman had not ;
he' had formed his opinions on greunds wltich the
Honourable Gentleman had not, and he stated that
hi. thought Mr. Dobree was a sane and a true man, and,
being of that opinion, he could not say it was at ali in-
consietent with his duty to certify to that effect. He thought
the Hon. Gentleman should be therefore mare certain
of his information. The Hon. Gentleman had also a few
days ago stated that Sir J. Walsham had interfered as a
poor-law Commissioner in Durham and Northumber-
land, anti had. introduced Welsh labourers to defeat the
colliers, who stool nut for hiuher wages.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE. said he did not say that. He
had read a paragraph from the local paper which he
held in his hand at the time, and he wished, to know from
the Hen. Gentleman whether it was true. It was be-
cause he did not know that it was true that he made the
inquiry. With regard to another point, the R ght Hon.
Gentleman hal made another misstatement.
Sir JAM GRAHA3I sail that Sir J. Walsham
had interfered as a poet, law-comtnissioner to put down
the strike for wages in a town with which he hail no
connexion. He (Sir J. Graham) stated that Sir J. Wals-
ham had been an assistant poor-law commissioner, and
had resided in Northumberland—that he was a pro-
prietor both in Lancashire and South Wales, and that
he might. as auindividual, have intim:K:l persoes to t.TO
to-those places and obtain wage:. He did not mean to
say that it was in the least dishenieirahlo for an indivi-
dual. He had not then seen Sir J. Walsham, but he had
since an opportunity of referring to hi n. and he was
authorised by Sir J. Walsham to say that he had never
directly or indirectly interfered in his individual capa-
city in the manner alleged. Nothing., therefore, could be
more unqualified than his contradiction of the statement.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he had never stated that he
had received positive information. He had founded his
question on a paragraph in the newspapers, and lie had
asked him whether it was true or not. The Right IL in.
Baronet had also fallen into an error in supposing that
it was he who stated that Mr. Dampier was the Crown
solicitor, it was Mr. Daniel Dobree who had stated this
in his letter to the Times.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS.
Mr. BROTHERTON wished to ask the Right lion.
Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, whether it was in the contemplation of
her Majesty's Government to introduce any Bill
in the next session of Parliament, either to-
tally to abolish capital punishments, or to
extend the number of cases (if exemption from that
punishment? fie was quite convinced that these public
exhibitions had a very injurious effect on public morals,
and the melancholy occurrence which had taken place
at Nottingham was a full proof of that. If the House
would permit him, he would just read an extract fr im a
letter which he had received.—(Cries of " No, no.")
He really thought it was more worthy of the attention
of the House than some :subjects which were intro-
duced in that House. (The Hon. Member then
read an extract from a letter relating to the accident
which had just occurred on the occasion of an execution,
in which thirteen persona lost their lives) ; and said he
wished to know whether it was the intention of her Ma-
jesty's Government to introduce any measure to put an
end to these disgraceful exhibitions. which,in his opinion,
did not tend to prevent crime, but only to harden the
minds of the people ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said he had no hesitation whatever
in telling the Hon. Gentleman that her Majesty's Go-
vernment had no intention to introduce any measure en
that subject. His opinion was entirely the reverse of
that expreesed by the Hon. Gentleman, as regarded the
moral effect of executions in cases of murder. At the same
time, he Must express his deep regret at the fatal occur-
rence which had taken place at Nottingham ; though he
must say he had never heard attinference which appeared
to him to have so little foundation, as that this fatal
catastrophe was at all to be ascribed to the bad moral
effect of a public execution.—(Hear, hear.) The event
might have occurred at a horse race, or even, through
sudden panic, in a chapel. He repeated that he had
no intention of proposing either the ab anion or the re-
missien in certain cases of capital punishments.
Mr. BROTHERTON said he had made no inference
like th.t which the lion. Gentleman hail mentioned.
The Rumen Catholic Penal Acts Relief Bill was read
a third time and passed.
Sir R. PEEL 'laid on the table papers relating to the
slime-treele ; aleo papers relating to Captain Warner's
experiment.
CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT AT
BRIG HTON.

Captain PECHELL observing that a portion of the
pipers which the Right Hon. Baronet had laid on the
table consisted of the correspondence with Captain
Warner, would ask him a question on the subject. He
did not man to say that Captain Warner was a fit sub-
ject for a limatic asylum, but he would state to the
House certain facts which had come to his knowledge.
He hall received a model of a vessel from Shoreham, the
port from which the ship destroyed by Capt. Warner had
sailed ; and from that it appeared the ship had ropes fitted
on board her, fastened from stem to stern, and that after the
process it appeared that from 150 to 200 fathoms of line
had been allow!' overboard from thq steam-vessel, show-
ing that a direct communication had been established be-
tween the steam-ve3sel and.the ship. He wished to know
if the Government had received from the naval officers
any communication calculated-to explain or to affirm the
suspicions which most people entertained with regard
to that experiment. The fact was, it was generally
looked upon as a complete humbug.
Sir R. PEEL had seen the reports which had been
made to the Admiralty upon the subject by naval
officers ; but those officers had. not been admitted into
any very close communication with the vessel,. He
could not either confirm, or deny the report to which
the Hon. and Gallant Member had referred. The ex-
periment, he took it for granted, had been performed in
the manner in which Captain Warner represented ;
but with respect to the ropes he had had no opportunity
of satisfying himself on the subject in such a manner
ai to enable him to answer the question, not that he
meant to imply that the vessel had been blown up
in any other way than the one which had
been represented. If the Hon. Gentleman had read
the correspondence, he would see that it was not likely
that he (Sir R. Peel) would enter into any incautious
engagement.—(Laughter.) He would not give 400,0001.,
or ever. 100,0001., for the blowing up of a vessel, with-
out having that vessel pretty closely examined before-
hand—(Laughter)—but he again repeated, that he did
not mean to insinuate that there had been any unfair
proceeding on the part of Captain Warner.
CASE OF THE CONVICT SIMPSON.
Mr. WAKLEY said he had had papers to present from
Mr. Humphrics, the solicitor, on the subject Of a convict
named simp.Fon, which he had submitted to the Right
Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment; that Right Hon. Gentleman had stated that he
saw nor, anon for interfering, and then he had determined
him to bring the subject before the House ; but, since
he had entered the House, the light Hon. Gentleman
had stated that he thought there were points in the case
des..rving of consideration, and, thezefure, he would not
trouble the House on the subject.
Sir J. GRAHAM thought there was one important
fact in the case which had not received the attention
it ought. He considered the Hon. Gentleman had exer-
cisal a sound discretion in acting as he had done.
LAW OF SETTLEMENT.

Sir d. GRAHAM rose---tOrWtlei.7.-ieave to bring in
a Bill for the alteration of the law of settlement. They
had had many important discus.ions on the poor-law,
but this was a stit,j,.
Ct of the utmost importance. Within
theii.st 'ext. 12,000 orders of removal had been made
for English paupers, and 5,000 for Scotch and Irish ;
and in the wholc! 19,000 orders of removal had been

issued, under which 45,000—p;;;;;had been removed.
'lle House we uld do well to consider the immense
quant;ty of human suffering which was inflicted by these
orders of removal. It had been observed by Adam Smith
that there vs as 1,0 poor man in England, who had at-
tained forty years t,f age, who had not Ie: son complain
of the lau of settlement. It was an important and diffi-
cult subject, and the course which he proposed to
take was, to repeal all the statutes at present in
existence on that subject, and to legislate de novo.
He should propose to the House, th, ref,re, an Act, re-
gulating the law of settleinent, and the appeal on the
order of removal. The subject was naturally divided
into three branches—the settlement itself, the power of
removal,and the law respecting the appeal upon the orler.
First, with respect to existing settlements, he proposed
wherever there had been an order of removal, and
a fixed settlement, that that settlement should not
be disturbed. He then proposed to repeal the existing
Acts of Settlement, which, he believed, were no less
than nine in number. Settlements were now
gained by marriage, by apprenticeship, by rent-
ing a tenement, by paying rates, by serving
an office, and, last of all, by birth. Hiring at ser-
vice was another mode of gaining a settlement, which
was, however, still somewhat in dispute. His proposi-
tion was, that henceforth birth, and birth only, should
give a settlement, and that the place of birth should be
held to be the place of settlement. Failing proof of
the place of birth, he proposed to admit proof of a
derivative settlement in the second degree. First, he
proposed to admit the tether's settlement, and fail-
ing that, the settlement of the mother. He would
not carry the derivatke settb ment any fartlur,
and he proposed that the settlement of the grand-
father and the • grandmother should no longer •be
received. He proposed that the regi-ter of births
and deaths, and the register of baptisms, should be ad-
mitted
as proofs of birth ; and that a married woman
should not be removed from her husband's settlement

during her husband's life. He had now exhausted the
first branch of the subject. He had thought that
settlement by birth Wai the most simple and that
the derivative ettlement, in ttte first degree from
the father and mo.her, wis also the mo,t
simple, the most sure, and the most advisable.
He now e'►me to the second branch of his subject.

Two c;Jer:ncesihen took place on the C ":unty Coro-
ners' Bill and the Art-Unions Bill, in which the House

of Lords disagreed with the House of Commons.
LAW OF SET I'LEMENT.
Sir J. GRAHAM. then resumed his arguments with
respect to this Bill. He pr/posed that parties Should be
irremovable under the following circumstances :—First,
he proposed that men who resided in or near a parish
for five years, and who had not been guilty of felon t• or, mis-
demeanour shoulJ be irremovable ; this applied to Irish
and Scotch paupers!' Secondly, no woman who resided
with her husband at the time of his death, in a parish in
which he'had been settled. shouA be removable after the
death of her husband to her own parish. Thirdly, no widow,
whether living in her husbani's parish or elsewhere,
should be removable until twelve mimtlis after his death.
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s. father's death under 16 years of age, and no illegitimate
child shall be removed under 16 from its mother. Fifthly,
no person who became chargeable throUgh sickness or
accident should be " removable till they received re-
lief for forty days consecutively. All psrsons
were to be relieved where they were resi .
dent, irrespective of settlement. With regard to the
order for removal, he proposed that the overseer of the
removing parish should send a copy of the order and a
statement of the grounds on which it was made within
seven drays. This statement was to contain not a copy
of the •examinations—(Hear, hear)—but a statement of
the grounds of removal. Then the parties receiving
this statement •of the grounds of removal are to have
21 days after the receipt of the notice to determine
whether they would resist the removal or not, and then
if they determined, after the expiration of twenty-one days,
not to object to the removal, but to the order, they were
compelled to send a statement of the reasons of ohjec.
:ion. They would then have statement of 'the reasons
on which the removal had taken place, anti a counter
statement of the reasons upon which the removal wss
objected to. And having obtained those statements both
parties should he concluded by them. and upon t he hearing
of the appeal, they would not be at liberty to adduce other
grounds. The overseers of the removitr.7 parish, if they
had no notice of appeal given, might remove at the e:al
of forty days after notice of removal had been riven.
The House would observe that there was great difficulzy
with respect to the removal of Scotch and Irish paupers,
because they were removed, not to a parish or district',
but to a country. He proposed that rules should be
framed by justices in their respective, districts, which
shoul 1 provide, as far as possible, for the removal of
Scotch and Irish paupers to the parts or places
of their birth and residence. It would be then
their duty to remove them, as far as as circum•-
stanc:'s would admit, to the nearest place to that
of -their birth. He was anxious to introduce -a
power of appeal with respect to the removal of Scotch
and Irish paupers, and he proposed to'do this .by in-
serting the following words When any removal shall
have taken placeon illegal grounds. either to Scotland
or Ireland, on the representation of local bodies or of
parties having an interest in the matter of removal,
on representation to the Poor-law Commissioners,
they shall have the power to cause an appeal
to be made at the sessions against the order
of removal, and if the order is quashed, the parish ob-
taining the order shall pay all the casts of removal, and
shall also pay the costs of bringing back the party re-
moved to the parish from whence he or she was so re-
moved." He had now stated the leading provisions
of the Bill. It was one which would require the utmost
attention. He was not so vain as to think that it would
not meet with many objections ; but, between country
and country, he had endeavoured to hold the balance
fairly, and he was quite satisfied that the provisions of
this Bill, as regarded the Scotch and Irish, were most
salutary and humane. He must now repeat whet he
had stated at the commencement, that if this arrangement
should be adopted, the effect would be to place the whole
law in a much simpler and clearer form than it was at
present ; and though there might be many objections to
the details, he believed that to the principle of the !nett
sure there could be no solid objection.
• Mr.',HAWEq. expressed his satisfaction with the
measure of the Right Honourable Gentleman.; and read
a letter detailing the sufferings of the Scotch and Irish
paupers while being removed to their parishes and
homes, that showed that no attention was ,paid to the
condition of these unfortunate paupers when they weer
removed. He thought the provisions of the prote.seil
Bill would greatly lessen the number of paupers
to be removed, and he hoped power would
be given to the Poor-law Commissioners to see
that a proper person should be appointed to super.
intend the embarkation of these paupers, so that they
might not be left utterly destitut He hoped every
Hon. Member would well consider the Bill during the
recess, and he, for one, should come to. the discussion of
it, rather with a view to assist the Right Hen. Baronet
in his attempts to amend the existing law, than in a spirit
of opposition to the Government.
Mr. BROTHERTON thought that if the money that
was expended in law was laid out on the peor, it would
be much better.

Mr. %VAKLEY thought the Government had shown
an honet.t intention in introducing the Bill.
Mr. WYSE said that the Bill was calculat,d to re-
move many of the grievances that now existt-I with re-
spect to the law as it at present stood. He thout:ht
the course pursued by the Government with re.p.•ct to
this Bill was worthy of following. After some further
observations,

Sir J. GRAHAM thanked the House for the attention
it had given to the measure, and he agreed with the lion.
Member for Finsbury (Mr. Wakley) that th«. Hon.
Member for Salford was mistakAt in thinking the
burden of supporting the po.,r would rest on the
manufacturing districts. The Bill would have hn en-
tirely different effect ; for if the Iltniiur7 ble Mt mb,r
would closely examine its workings, he would tind
that each district and parish, would he obliged
to support the poor persons who could prove
that they had been born within its or
within its jorisdicti.m. The measure would also attend
to the evil the Member who had spoken List had referred
to, as a clause would be found in the' Bill compelling
every parish and county to romme Irish pamper;.
Captain PECEIELL thought that the Gov«,rnuient
were entitled to the gratitude of the country for.intro-
ducing the measure, and he entld not see that any fault
could be found with its details.

Leave was then given to brine in the Bill. ,
QUARTER SESSIONS.
Sir J. GRAHAM moved for leave to bring, in a Bill
to regulate the appointment and payment of clerks and
other officers of the courts of petty and griartt-r sessions
of t',e peace, Dyer and terminer, and gaol delivery.
After some discussion, leave was given to bring in the
Bill ; and it was then read a first time, and ordered to
be read a second time that day three months.
POOR-LAW BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this Bill were brought up,
and agreed to after some discussion.

MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
A message from the L.►rds hniught up several Bills.
A RT-UNIONS.

On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the Lords'
amendments to the Art-Unions Bill was ordered to b
taken into consideration to-morrow.

Conferences took place on several Bills with the Lords,
and among them was the Insolvent Debtors' MIL in
which the Lords agreed to the amendments of the
Commons.

The Haase adjourned at Nine o'clock till t;;-morrow
at Half-past Three o'clock.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
Augustus Halifax, the young man who was, on Sa-
turday last, examined upon the charge of baying uttered
a forged cheque for 651., purporting to be drawn by
Wm. Edward Western, of Great Jame-street. Bedford-
row, upon the house of Sir H. C. Glyn, Halifax, and
Co., was brought up in the custody of John Forrester,
for final examination. Mr. Bush attended for' the pro-
secution, and Mr. Humphreys app-ared fir the prisoner.
Mr. Edward Western added the following to his
former evidence :—The cheque stated to be forged was
marked and numbered B X 1199, and th note prodneed
for 10Z, No. 56,322, had the words upo.i it "James Mar-
tineau, 9, Wiliam-street, isEngt( n.' These words were.
he believed, in the handwriting of the prisoner ; at least
they bete a resemblance to his handwriting.
Mr. Charles Francis Western, brother and partner to
the last witness, stated that he knew the prison,r's hand-
writing. He had examined the cheque for 6/, and the
101. Bank of England note, and he believed the writing
in the body of the cheque, with the exception of the signa-
ture, and the indorsement of the bank note to be the
writing of the prisoner. The signature to the cheque
was excessirely like his brother's, but upon /dose exami- ,
nation he thought it was not his brother's. The prisoner.
had been in his office about a year, but he had left it
about two years ago. He had since he left their em-
ployment occasionly been engaged in writing for the
firm. He had a Chancery suit in which he was in
terested. The last time witness saw the prisoner ut the
office was on the 221 t,f July, when he brought home
some writing.

In answer to questions from Alderman T. wooD, the
witness said he thought his brother was in town on
Sunday, and that the cheque-book was generally kept io
his brother's office.

Alderman T. WOOD—Won Id the prisoner, if he
brought home any writing on that day. have hail access
to your brother's office ? Witness—He might have
gone in, but he ought not to go in at all. The
cheque produced had been torn out of the end of the
cheque-book. and Was not a corsecutive cheque.
Mr. Mead statill that he had been clerk to Messrs.
Western eighteen years. He had known the prisoner
several years. The prisoner had been a clerk in the
house, had left the employment between two and three
years, but had occasionally since that time done home
writing for the house. Witness was well acquainted
with the prisoner's handwriting, and believed the
writing in the middle of the cheque to be his writing
' disguised, as well as the date. The signature very much
resembled Mr. Western's. He could not.state in whose
handwriting the signature was. It resembled Mr.
Edward Western's very much, but he did not believe it
to be his. Witness believed the name and address on
the Bank note to be also in the prisoner's :handwriting
disguised. He had frequently seen the cheque-book in
the offices of the partners. Witness had seen the prisoner
at the house on the 24th of July, and from or:e to four
days previously.
Mr. Humphreys did not consider it necessary to ask
the witnesses any questions. but asked the Alderman
whether he thought the evidence sulHeient to justify
him in sending the case to the jury ?
Alderman 'l'. Woon said, in his opinion, there was
enough to take before a jury, and committed the pri-
soner for trial at the Central Criminal Court.

RAILROAD TO FALMOUTH IN CONNECTION WITH
THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—A meeting of the subscribers
to this undertaking was held on the 6th instant, at Truro, at
which the Earl of Falmouth presided, and was supported by
Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., E. W. W. Pendarves, Esq.'
M.P., Edmund Turner, Esq., M.P.. and many other influen-
tial gentlemen of the county. The report of the provisional
' committee was read, which gave a summary of its proceed-
ings since the time of its appointment in January last, and
I embraced Captain Moorsom's report of his survey, and Mr.
Bond's on the traffic to be expected, which was founded on
actual observations during fourteen successive days and
nights, at twenty-three stations betiveen Plymouth and Fal-
mouth. In claculating the amount of traffic deduced there-
from, he had the assistance of Mr. Fisher, who was employed
by the Great Western Company to ascertain the traffic on the
South Devon line. These investigations make it appear that
the undertaking will yield a handsome per centage'on the
capital required, and the meeting authorised the committee
to take the needful steps to insure the construction of- the
railway at the earlieit possible period. The meeting sepa-
rated =dor the persuasion that the be applied for at
'AP SASPOSOit ef-Po.4o;g9te • -

•EXTRAORDIN A itY HOUSES.

A letter has been received from Mossul, of June
9, giving some details relative to the expedition undertaken
by M. Bette, the French Consul of that place, and M. Flandin,
an artist, to explore the ruins of ancient Nineveh. The ac-
count says :—" The works are going on actively at Khorsa-
bad (a modern village, built on the site of the old capital).
and the sculptures continue to present the same characteristic
trait—everything warlike, and nothing appertaining to reli-
gion. We cannot yet form any idea of the plan of these
buildings, although we have laid bare two halls, 108 feet in
length, and a number of smaller rooms. Khorsabad is built
overone corner ofan immense quadrangular inclosure, formed
of walls built of bricks, bearing inscriptions, with towers at
regular distances. The whole military and civil life of the
Assyrians could be made from the buildings and inscriptions
winch remain lo•re. We have hitherto not experienced any
opposition from the authorities ; though they in their igno-
rance imagine that to find treasure must be our object. We
have a quantity of objects to send home, as soon as our Am-
bassador at Constantinople furnishes us with means of trans-
port by the Tigris."

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A CANDID CONFESSION.—An informer, named
John Shanahan, upon whose testimony two men were exe-
cuted for murder at a former assizes in North Tipperary,
was again produced as a witness at the last assizes, to prose-
cute a man, named Wade, as being concerned in the same
crime. In the course of this wretch's cross-examination, lie
candidly stated that " he was a perjurer, a robber, and a mur-
derer ;" and, moreover, that the murdered lean never did
anything to him ; that he went • to his wake, saw the man
lying dead, and " smoked over the body if his victim."
FATAL ACCIDENT—BRAAIBER.—We have to re-
cord a melancholy accident that occurred at the turnpike-
, gate near the Castle last Sunday evening, between six and
ten o'clock. Mrs. Wii:ton, the wife of the renter of the tolls
and keeper of the gate, went out to open the gate and let a
donkey chaise through, and whilst standing there, and al-
most before the chaise had passed through the gate, she was
knocked with great violence against the gate-post by a a
horse which was drawing a four-wheel chaise, and coming
from the direction of Steyning. The poor woman fell, and
was removed to her house. where sire survived only two
hours, and never spoke during that time. It is supposed
that the collar of the horse cult. in contact with the poor
woman's chest. After s .patiefff investigation,' the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Accidental Death," with a deodand of
ss, thlainst the horse, a hack hired with the chaise of a horse-
muter in Brighton, who
.has had hiul iu work fur az years.
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and .comfert her in the hours of weakness, and diy that Mr. Vigo is much clearer in his interpretsre
by day renew her strength. P q rcsi.rve the infa, Prime various points that seemed to puzzle tt,e gr'e'at cettlt,
front whatever is hurtful either t,, body or soul; and, en- doctor himself when he so frequently vociferat op
due him, as he advances in years, with true wi'- assembed Commons, "What is the pound ? !
than and every Christian virtue. Regard- with is the nv.aiting of the pound ?" " Why," ;711
Thine especial farcur our Queen ' and her Hoye! Vigo justly ' remarks, "not at once gym'tb,
Consort, that they may long live together in the the nominal ' pound sterling' is merely a "►- gi'
enjoyment of all earthly happiness, and may finally order from Government, that from and aftor
milli
be ma,•le partakers of everlasting glory. Imptant day the pound sterling shall contain so manY g 0
in the hearts of Thy peol.le a deep sense of Thyi gold or silver (or bull). Admit the fact, the ire ,
Manifold. mercies, and give its grace to show forth our once, viz., that the ' pound sterling' ever has bete;)
thankfulness by dutiful affection to our Sovereign, by ever must be, changed and altered to meet the 5 , ife,
brotherly love one towards another, and by constant circumstances of the nation." The effect of thee
obedience to Thy coinnistidnients ; so that, - passing value affixed to the standard, as regards ogi.roatO
through this life in Thy faith and fear, we . may in The ' trade, is rather" aptly illustrated in the "
life to comea be received into Thy heavenly kingdom, extraets:—
'Olt
through the merits and mediation of Thy Blessed Son '. It is nri.At clearly proved by figures (queer f,'
f.
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." quarrel with); that the nation is suffering in herold
trade nearly as much from the error in her stari,t,i"
from the weight of her national debt, together, s'fal)i
stated, 18 per cent. within a fraction. Man/41
persons will cry out, th ! but ad this si,
settled by the exchanges ; nothing cof
so fallacious, it is only the balance. „erl,
account betwe,n nations—the growth, inatun'thet'
or pro:.luce, of a nation, can never be affa.ted hI 0
changes ; for instance, a demand for any
part of the.world, say a famine in the Meditellet o'.
and two vessels shall start (the one from P"'d ,
other from Calais,) leden with wheat, ari Y‘
I
arrive at their destination at the same tinie'dbli
what would be the risult ? Why, tht, .Fre,eid
would be able to sell his cargo 15 or 18 I ~,i'
cheaper than the Englishman, and would, co;
a good profit, and return. The other not liki, g.not/
criti,e, must lay on a few days. till presently .',A
vessel or two arrives from Holland or elsewhere,
even cheaper than the Frenchman ; the poor 0'
man, whom the natives by this time look uPniieti,
cheat, who having heard of their famine ciirliirl
10 .
their port taking advantage of their distress, by tr
force from them a price far beyond the fair `•,h
ba
.the corn, is at last compelled to cut and run aela,,el
like a dog with his tail in a split stick, having t;o:t
w,: I great way to get himself punished. No',,,it)t
:he exchanges have to do with this ? So it 11
and"
her foreign transactions—England is derided ay°
by every nation on the globe. befl
" Now, in the year 1819 our pound sterling, asmoiir
• stated, ought to have been 103,891 grains or l'rt':
stead of 123,274. What foreigner will take oli estt;
while he can get a profit of twenty grains on everfkr
sterling (ablut 154 per cent.) and no trouble ? , di
sell him no goods by which he can get half .I1131;(,;0;
" Further, to prove h, .w very erroneous thesnel
our Ministers are a ith respect to the exch 14, Oro
before stated, it is not in balancing our legitialslii,it,,;
that England is worsted, that is a passive triii r,
thing, arbitrary and adjusting itself ; but 'it ti f 4,1,1°
standard or difference of valise of the median-I (;s dor,
nations, that the permanent serious injury ' oli,'::
to the nation. To illustrate, I will take Franrenot;
our nearest neighbour, but.the same rule will 14liece
every nation on the globe. The one-franc 1,,,i/i
Buonaparte is 72 grains of silver ; now standtol.7o
3/. 1.75. 104 d. per ounce, is einal to 1,972,384 M
silver, which divided by the 72,
but gold at 87'27, equal to 1,309, divided by 72:0
is equal to a'i,eq",,
to 18f. 13c. Our exporters, therefore, receive I'l'
when they ought to receive 200 f. ;nstes3b!
" The exporters receive 27 francs 28 cents., ;;;:, ;
.0,
18 francs 13 cents.—this- is at the extreme. S'„oli!;1:
isw..iy of illustration, to make it clear, the differ 7, o:b7.j
30 per cent., if done at 103,891 grains of :401"00eri
ought to have been our standard, it woula c 0,04--
22 francs 61 cents, about 154 per cent. ; from
firoo
it is clear that France and other nations ealij/s/
and undersell us in any commodity, as before scurrrp,
" Ily sections 10, 11, and 12 of the precious dor,i
Bill of 1819, all restriction on melting down inrecea'df
ng-the coins. was t ,ken off. Having by the r Obi
;eetions raised the value of the said coins otes
cent., as near as possible, above the fair and jestibis:o
value of the last twenty years preceding, oar
opening the,floodtgate for scrambling and gate"
a vengeance."

The greicest excitement continues to prevail in the
neighbourhood of Wept-street, Smithfield, and the ap-
plications to Mr. Wakelitig, the Vestry-clerk of St.
James's, Clerkenwell, are h-Toming more numerous
daily for admission to view the two strangely con-
structed houses at the northern end of New Furring-
don-street. Up to the last Middlesex Sessions the
houses were inhabited by persons of dishonest and aban-
doned habits, but by the active measures of Mr. Wake-
ling and the Commissioners appointed to carry out
the intended improvements in this neighbourhood, pos-
session was obtained of the property, on compensating
the freeholders.

Since then some strange discoveries have been made,
the publication of. which has alike excited the- ettee-
tion of Loyalty and parties moving in the higher walks
of literature. On Saturday, at three o'clock, Lord
Lonsdale, accompanied by two friends, arrived
from his residence, No. 15, Carlton-terrace, and
inspected the houses, one of which, Na.. 3, is stated
to have been the residenc: • of the notorious-
Jonethan Will. Iris Lordship and friends ware shown
over the premises by one of the men in possession, and
they expressed their astonishment that such a place could
have so long existed in the heart of the m-tropolis. 0;1
the previous day his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge and a distinguished party inspected the various
'places of concealment and contrivances for carrying on
an extensive system of plunder, and appeared to take a
deep interest in everything that was pointed out to them.
The rooms on that occasion were lighted up by means of
illumination lamps, to facilitate the view of the royal
party.
A brief description of the premises may not be un-
interesting. The houses, Nos. 2 and 3, communicate with
each other, and are at the west sid:, of the Fleet
ditch. . The latter house was kept as a chandler's
shop, by way of lading suspicion, and immediately
behind the counter were the trap-doers, one of whiei.
was used as a means of escape, and the ether i- KIN] into
secret drawers or depository for stolen articles. Passing
down the I.4rger trap, the pmeued could elude the
vigilance of the police, by getting through a window
and crossing the Fleet-ditch over a plank, which was
kept at hand, and afterwards lawn into the opposite
house. The pursued might then pass into Black
Boy-Alley, and thereby get into Cow-cross, and the
numercus courts and alleys in that neighbourhood.
Immediately antler the basement there is a capacious
dark cellar, evidently constructed e• the purl:vises of eon;
cealeient; and here it is where a skull and some faunae
bones wer. found, and given over to the police. Thu:
top of a butcher's steel has also been. discovered, which
has studded in silver letters the following upon it
" Benjamin Turtell. Judy 19, -1787." At the wee
tern extremity of the cellars, and near to where
iVilliams, the convicted sweep, was concealed, is a
flirting wall, which, on being searched, left no doubt
that there is another secret chamber beyond this portion
of the premises, but owing to some legal difficul-
ties, this part of the houses has not hitherto been,
explored. The cell of Williams is a wretched excavation
in the rough earth, arid, as one of the Sheriffs who visited
the place remarked, was setficient to induce him to give
him-elf up, and prefer the horrors of transportation.
Upon the first floor of the building are several hiding-
places ingeniously contrived. In one room a sharp angle
is formed et the corner, sufficiently- large to conceal a per-
son, which is effectually done by replacing the screen cor-
responding with the other part of the wall. Numerous
traps are made in the various floorings, and have a
direct communication with the cellar on the back of the
Fleet-ditch, and a spout running the entire length of the
house is so constructed that stelen property could be re-
moved with the greatest dispatch, and the offenders escape
over the roofs of the houses, which are connected b)
means of a drawbridge. A private still had been fixed
in the basement story, and there is no doubt that some
curious discoveries will be made on a closer examination
of these remarkable premises. - Many of this visitors di.
not hesitate to deprecate the imperfect system of police.
which, with its detective officers and all appliances, suf-
fered such an abomination so long to exist.
Several artists. fin- sortie days past, have been en-
gaged in taking sketches of the premises. A disgrace-
ful system of extortion was being carried en by certain
parties in possession of the houses, until it reached the
ear of Mr. Wakeling:, who promptly suppressed it. The
Commissioners are desirous of making it publicly known
that no parties have been sanctioned to receive gratuities.

EVIL OF OVER-FEEDING CHILDREN.—On Tuesday
Mr. Waltley, M.P., concluded an adjourned inquest al
the Elephant and Castle, King's-road. Saint Pancras, ou
the body of a female infant, a fortnight old, the off-.
towing of Harriet Colby, a single woman. The chile
t in the workhouse on Wednesday morning last.
having been admiAed with the mother on the Thurs-
day previous. On , admission the child was in a
filthy and emaciated condition, and there was prima
.fiteie evidence that it had been maltreated by its parent.
lit nee a searching inquiry on the part of the Co-
roner. The result, however, was that the mother had
not behaved ill towards thir offspritrz, but that irom po-
verty and consequent debility, she was not able to at-
tend to it properly. Mr Cooper, the workh use surgeon.
said deceased died of -itianliol, the calls., of ss hich h.
could not ascertain. The ha.l not been stint,:
in food, and he knew that, welkly children were ofte,
killed by over-feeding. roo much food given to small,
delicate children produced starvation in a medical sense.
He himself had a child which, at, a month old, only
weighed 41b. 50z., and he hail caved it by allowing it
very little food; indeed, so little, that, in the opinion of
others, it . amounted to starvation. The Coroner
.said he did not see any ttround of complaint against tht,
mother of the deceased chill. Poverty was her mis
fortune, and want of money- produced exhaustion of
mind, and incapacity of maternal functions, as want of-
food produced exhaustion of the body, ending in a
general prostration of the system and mental decrepi-
tude. It was a curious fact that the body of deceased, a full
grown child, and a fortnight old, weighed only 31b. 10oz.,
whilst the body of a still-born child that lay beside it
in the workhou,e weighed i klbs. Verdict—" Died from
exhaustion produced by natural causes."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE',
PORTSMOUTIL—The Col;ingwood, 80. Carl'
is detained at Spithead, awaiting final orders Pot
to the Pacific. Rear-Admiral Sir George Sttiof
expected next week. She received a fine draftjo
from Plymouth, brought by the Mercury tender' 4
the week. for
Sir David Milne's flag was still flying on bob-tintly
Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley. in Plymouth 8° .1
the 3d inst. ; and there was no present probsbihOportel
ship returning to her anchorage at Spitheak,Orreoo,
It is not intended to re-commission the
at Sheerness. as reported. hog br
The Royal steam-yacht Victoria and Albert,
taken into the basin to be completed for sea 6411 oft'
is ordered to be rigg. d and stored by the cre,yi iii
Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant TrinAain, which ye6'',,
called from the coast of Sussex fur the purvoefoor:
tain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence havin, made' tul~
cessary arrangements relative to the yacht,
to London. Her carved work is being regilde(l.,
The new steam-s'lip F,rebrand. at this r"rpie'ef,
length to he commissioned, and it is generally 40(1'4
that Captain James Hope will have the cotnnWl. of '
She is taking on board the necessary quantiti I
and seagoing stores.
Vice-Admiral Sir Chitees Adam, TLC n" b'
n r,t
Halifax on the 20th July, with his flag tlying.'io,
the receiving frigate Pyramus ; the Itlitstri°ol4
Captain Erskine, having been dispatched to Of ovoed
nah, but was shortly to return, when the AdVIOO
proceed in her to Jamaica. The squadron„„
very healthy.
The brigs Waterwitch, 10, and Pantaloon, 1,,°:,..117
completed this week, when it is expected 001
experimental vessels gill he commissioned fur ij
6)*
their respective qualiti, s. rettil
The 11.11,Iagascar, 44, C ,ptain Foote, retwnt.i,onit-,
from the West Coast of Africa, is paid off in Oil
and the Vindictive, 50, Captain T Niehol°s' •
up di..11),
put out of commi-sion in this harbour on Tu,„„oeu,o,
The steam-ves,el Meteor. Lieut. Butler, ho
this port, for Cork, to join Sir Hugh PigottS ,67,0Pe
and the steamer Dwarf, Lieut. Chamberlain.
Woolwich, to have her boilers inspected, 80' ire
At Spit ead—Collingwood, 80.
In Harbour—Victory, Queen, Excellent. • tots
Echo, Cornet, Fearl,ss, Victoria and Albert'
tenders.—Brighton Gazelle.

, Sgrk
SINGULAR EVENT.—Last Item a u,,, tr,
by falling down an old coalpit-shaft at Disley. 10.
named Anthony Crowther, who had been stanueZetiltroVi
mouth of the pit while the body was being recover,.ret,,,led
to his borne in a state of nervous excitement-
rest, complaining of a pain in his arm and siae'
than two hours was a corpse.— Halifax Guardian'

„te
BIRTHS. A
On the Bth inst., at 16, Charles-street, Berkejej pig/
Ile Countess of Craven,. of a daughter. sr Of
On the 24th ult., at Thun, Switzerland, Mrs...-e ,
Phillips of a son. i „glinl.cil
On the 26th ult., the lady of T. Duffield, of a
.„(u3,,- I'4o
On the 3d inst., at Maitland-place. Cla t n 1"-. tli
P°, f t
Toulmin, of a daughter. isife e
On the 4th inst., at Rhvl, near St. Asaph, the -
Rev. H. J. Wharton, of a son. el fil
On the 4th inst., Mrs. H. Duesbury, of a son- of
On the 4th inst., in Montagu-square, the lady - vel,
Wilson, Esq., of a daughter. dale
On the 4th inst., in St. Martin's-place, the Wife -
e$ Of'
Richard Cattermole, of a son. JO
”On the 6th inst., at Hammersmith, the wife of Joe
English, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. gsses,
On the sth inst., at the Vicarage, Ea -t Han', - n
Emma, the wife of Rev. W. Streatfeild, of as° „ii,
MARRIED. pliiiifr 0 el
On the Bth inst., at the Independent Cliseel'jjer, liiiB
Essex, by the Rev. Thomas Binney, Thomas' tbter
Charles Reed, Esq., of Bristol. to Ellen. third drab , re4t"
late Benjamin Hanson, Esq., of Hackney. ~,,tener-t Or"
On the 6th inst , at St. Sepulchre's Church, '-'",", P'cire's lice'
Sarah Ann, eldest daughter of William E,irteselVi,sif'
geon, Smithfield-bars, to Mr. W. B. Cleaver, (4 OW
lane, Cheapside. 1 ~r
On the 30th ult., at St. Paul's Episcopal Cbill'eCI(1.11;e1
burgh,' William James Turquand, Esq.,4 13,1lbsfget*C°
vice, to Arne, eldest daughter of the late Lieutell- latch
James Michael, H.E.I. C.S. „ jos.el ~'
On the lst inst., at St. George's, Camberwei't giologro'l''
Jolley, Esq., of Stamford-street, Blackfriars, to ',. the v
beth:youngest daughter of Henry Gooch, Esq., 0' bt,
%Wee
Camberwell hi) '
On the sth inst., at Lambeth Church Mr. J° k.
to Louisa, daughter of the late Mr. R. Castendiec t
eioi`
D IR b. I jeat
•4' Of ' of
On the 11th ult, at Malta, Susan, the "cite r
Frederick Holland, R.N. ,h gel 013
rtau., 0.
On the 25th ult., 'the Rev. James Asti° ‘-. eiiiiet
1 Shirenewton, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieut
ter ofgr,
county of Monmouth.
On the 31st ult., Dora Margaret, youngest davo
poll'
James Savage, of Essex-street, Strand.
~ of Stc'c
tEI
On the 2d inst.. Augustus Schmaeck, r-A‘o 4 tVw
common, and Jeffreyquare, aged 61.
On the 29th ult., Emma Jane,
lalobos, of King's College, Londie, aged 20.. Cecil 1141,
On the 2d inst., at Clifton, Isabella Beatrt%'l.,,,inie
only child of the late E. Parker, Est , of Bro 'be
61°W
Yorkshire. Heart. tlif Loll"
On the 4th inst.. at the Rectory, 31aisP.F" BenX °
bed
cestershire, Louis Hodgson Lee, of the Colon
g`)
don, aged 21. Ater of
On the 4th inst., Sophia, the third dalo-
- WI
Wright, Esq., of East-place, Hackney.
Anne.
tohnel)s. tdhauignisitt.c,r atof
tShet. flea, toe'
wire of Professor 18.'
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td*
ifil
Suff ilk. NC a
let
On the sth inst., Salena, onl3, TOP
Esq., of Sunbury, neat Harrow-on-the-dill jaw
On the sth inst., at the Master's House, i.,iia..
Mary, the wife ,)t' the Rey. NV. IL R.oelatt. ...., 034 IP"
..ce, 134" i her
On the sth inst.. at Brunswick-place,
_., bite
ton. St, plien Lueas, Esq., aged 83. . ~ambier,
RGe,,e-i.e6.160-h-ntrele:eldeNroi),lqefft°P
jrS .1 tonr;,tt;eria,lo. ,
On the sth inst.. in P.dl-mall, .
Majesty's Consul-General in the United),l
co, es;
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Lotp.ic: : riiiited and Published by .kli- offee. 4 ,
N. 112, Strand: Printer, at Tke Sug ~,.t.he CA, Im'
1-anrl, in the P .reciect of ♦the Ssvoy, :a. .
dnighter of •
14041011024 giidayi 41;bcot 0, 00.

' IMPORTATION OF FRUlT.—Great quantities of fruit
of all kinds, are being daily imported into this country from
the Continent. The Sphinx steamer, from Havre, brought
with her on her last trip no less than nearly 1,700 packages of
fruit, of various kinds, which have been landed at the St
Katherine's Steam Wharf, and cleared immediately. The
very large importations of fruit into this country from the
Continent this season, facilitated by the advantage+ ofsteam.
is the cause of the great profusion and consequent cheapness
of cherries, pears, and all descriptions of fruits in the markets.
MORE INCENDIARISM.—On Tuesday information
was received and circulated throughout the Metropolitan
and City Police divisions, that on the night of the 29th
ult., a barn, in the occupation of Mr. George Alpass,
situate at Morton, in the parish of Thornbury, near Chip-
ping Sodbury, was wilfully set on fire and destroyed,
with a large quantity of wheat straw which it contained.
Mr. Charles Cullemore, the proprietor of the Morton
estate, has offered a reward of 20/. to any person who
will give such information as will lead to the discovery of
the offender or offenders.

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