Star.
London, England, 1831-08-16 00:00:00

THE EAST INDIA NI A °AMR

Tl.e ninth number of this usef,ll and ;0111-ost-
-41.1eteil periodical, for the present month, contains
a variety of excellent papers. This first article—
" On the alarming State of the Empire, and Free-
t!atle with the COlonies," we consider of great im-
portance, and therefore extract it, without any mu-
tilation. Before procZeding to do so, we have to
point out, that the motion to be made this evening
by Mr. Hume, regarding the necessity of having
representatives from our Colonies in Parliament,
was suggested by a valuable notice in the sixth
number of the East India Magazine, which gives
a schedule of the numbers to be returned :
4Carasinfi Male elf the Empire and Free Trade with the
Colonies.

" While we, in common with every inhabitant
of these realms, feel our hearts warmed with gra-
titude towards his Majesty's Ministers, for the
great and effective steps they are taking to reform
tie Commons House of Parlisment, and by thus
restoring to the country its natural rights, render
popular freedom, and the blessings inseparable
from it, more secure ; yet we cannot, seeing the
difficulties by which the nation is every where
threatened and surrounded, suffer the present
occasion to pass without urgently calling upon the
government to take into consideration, earnestly
and without delay, the alarming ctisis to which the
empire is rapidly approaching. Whether the at-
tention be directed to the foreign, colonial, or do-
mestic affairs of the country--whether we consider
the nation in reference to its agricultural, manu-
facturing, commerci .1, or monied interests, we find
the sante observation applicable to each and all,
that unless immediate measures be taken to restore
to them some portion of their lost vigour, by afford-
ing scope for enterprise, and emolument for in-
dustry, they will soon be plunged into those extre-
mities whence the worst may be anticipated, whe-
ther to the nation or to the government itself.—
Pauperism is every where spreading over the land,
crime on the increase to a frightful extent, while
wretchedness, suffering, and degradation, meet the
eye in every direction. Recitals of the most hor-
rible nature ; tales of blood wantonly shed, the
laws constantly violated, or massacres incessantly
committed, prove too well, the unhappy state to
which Great Britain is at length reduced. Yet
have eight months elapsed without the slightest
remedies having been proposed by the government
for the alleviation of these miseries. The occur-
rences of the past winter cannot sorely hare been
effaced from the recollection so soon, as to
leave no dread upon the mind as to the possible
results of the ensuing months. What other than
riotous commotion, incendiarism, and every other
species of revolutionary proceeding can be ex-
pected from a people rendered bondsmen by their
poverty, and exposed, at the same time, to all the
inclemencies of season, the cravings of inanition,
and to ignominious death, or to despair. But,
through the combined efforts of ignorant legisla-
tion, and a grinding system of taxation, not only
are the poor of this country goaded to madness
and desperation, but the same is the fact as to the
Colonies and every other dependency of the British
crown. In the East are no less than sixty millions
of British subjects, loudly agitating their com-
plaints, and firm in their resolves to obtain restitu-
tion of their civil rights and immunities. At
the Cape of Good Hope are large bodies of
our countrymen, warm in their indignation at the
breach of faith in the wine duties to which they
are so shamefully subjected ; who, beggared as
they already are by the innovations in the cur-
rency, have naturally acquired a deep rooted anti-
pathy to British rule, which moreover has loaded
the products of their industry, in defiance of the
high rate of labour and the great natural disadvan-
tage of sterility of soil, with enormous exactions
too onerous to be longer endured ; and this, also,
without affording them compensation in any shape ;
and even more by the now monstrous proceeding of
abolishing the Cape as a naval station ; withdraw-
ing the oniy remaining protection to their trade !
11 we look as far as New Holland, even there we
find a growing spirit of discontent, and a repug-
nance to, almost horror of, the system which has
operated with regard to her, that may well stipulate
the government to be prompt in their enquiries as
to the grievances by which she is affected. But,
above all, what is the state of feeling among
the cclonlsta of the West Indies, and the Cana-.
des ? Here, indeed, is a subject calculated to open
the eyes of ministers to the actual state of the na-
tion ; here indeed is a source of anxiety to that
Scatty in the country, whose fatuitous fanaticism,
with respect to the former, it is not too much to
add, has Leen itself instrumental in leading to this
fearful result. Wearied of submitting longer to
the yoke of a country, which, by an unprecedented
and erroneous line of policy, has brought them to
the brink of ruin, they are resolving to cast off
their allegiance to Great Britain, and throw them-
selves at once into the arms of America. America,
tco, let it be added, is prepared to receive them,
ready to risk a war, on their behalf, with a country
hich has shown so little regard to their interests.
How then, now we ask, is the Government pre-
pared to act under all these pressing emergencies?
la the same false system, which, during the last 40
3 ears, has brought upon the country such an intermi-
nable ticks of calumity, still to be continued ?
Are the san.e st•lfials and ruinous principles still to
be resorted to in regard to the colonies ? The cry
is, that we hare immense possessions, that the
Colonial power of Great Britain is the terror and
dismay of all the nations of the Continent; the
assertion is false, and made without knowledge of
the system which has been allowed to operate upon
the Colonies. Instead of uniting them to us by a
tie of mutual interest, our policy towards them has
ever been marked by the grossest fallacy and the
grossest selfishness. Our power, instead of being
strengthened by them, is, on the contrary, weaken-
ed, for we first impoverish ourselves to support
useless posts of honour, for useless local function-
aries of government, and then drain the Colonies
of their wealth by affixing grievous and iniquitous
imposts on their exports. The fact is, English
men have yet to lest n the true use and importance
of Colonies ; they have not, as yet, bestowed
:sufficient thouLlit on the subject. Colonies,
hetber in a political or commercial point of
view, should be considered as integral portions
of the empire ; they should be linked to the
mother country by the closest cl all possi-
Lle bonds; and until this be effected with regard
to the scattered possessions of Great Britain, we

may in vain speak of the extent of her dominions,
for, it the best, they are nothing but a loose and
floating mass. This is the period, however', amid
which not a moment should be lost, for ministate
to act upon a system composed of new principles.
While capital in this country is without vent,
while commercial enterprise, as all other, is without
scope, while people are burdened by taxes which
they can no longer contribute to, or endure, now
let the trade of the Colonies be thrown open ;
now let the colonists, with equal advantage to
themselves, as profit to the starving and des-
titute population of this country—now let them
enjoy that great boon, and the prosperity attendant
upon it, commercial freedom! This, we admit, wont
occasion a new era in the history of our commerce,'
and soon to the commerce of the world. It involves,
we are aware, a new principle, one never acted upon
before, and, as far as our knowledge extends,
never previously proposed. Its very novelty,
therefore, entitles it to consideration. We hare
the utmost faith in its beneficial tendency. it
would strike directly at the root of the innumer-
able errors belonging to the present system, and,
realise the flattering visions of free trade which
every merchant of Great Britain has so much at
heart. It is evident, at all events, that some
efficient plan must be resorted to, as well towards
the colonists as toward the tumid and hungry mul-
titude at home ; the aristocracy must era long give
up some portion of their ill-gotten gain, and
monopolists may no longer calculate upon enjoying
the spoils of the poor, as hitherto, undivided.
Changes in all these particulars are surely, how-
ever, latently operating ; and it would chew merely
a timely wisdom on the part of the nation and its
rulers, were they to coalesce in bringing them
about; which would be the only means to pre-
vent violence being experienced by one party
or the other. We say the Government must
quickly avail itself of some measure to allay
the feverish excitement at home, as well as
among the colonies, or the most fearful appre-
hensions may be entertained. The plan we have
indicated has justice for its basis; it is supported
by the soundest policy ; and, in every sense,
adapted to secure those results, which, at this mo-
ment more than any other, are necessary to the
consolidation, and even existence, of the Empire.
Let, we repeat, every commodity exported from
the colonies, be admitted into the ports of this
country free ; let them be trammelled with no du-
ties whatever,—affected by no other exaction than
what attaches to the manufactures, or produce of
Great Britain, in its transfer from one maritime
district of the country to another. The conse-
quences of this policy, however simple in itself,
would be the most important that can be con-
ceived ; its effect on foreign nations would
be remarkable and instantaneous. Even America
would be obliged to succumb to it. Correct
and generalising views would then come in
vogue, and the states of the continent would
And themselves constrained to open their ports to
us, on the same terms that we consent to receive
them, or suffer the loss of our trade altogether;
for it must be forcibly obvious, that, if the cotton
and rice of India, the wines of the Cape of Good
Hope, the tobacco and wool of Australasia, the
sugar and rum of the West Indies, the coffee and
spices of Ceylon, the fruits of the Mediterranean,
and the timber and corn of the Canada., were re-
ceived into this country duty-free, not only would
the articles themselves undergo amazing improve-
ment, from the encouragement extended to their
culture or preparation, but we might be enabled to
extend our trade with foreign countries to an
amount now scarcely to be calculated upon, thus
making Great Britain, in reality, the entrepot for
the whole world !

What principles, then, ministers can be guided
by., in levying increased duties on colonial produce
while abating even those on foreign commodities,
would be difficult indeed to divine. Do they allow
themselves a moment's reflection on the sub-
ject, and yet imagine that the Cape, for in-
stance—a sterile, unprotected territory, remote from
the mother country, and surrounded by an intri-
cate and perilous navigation—can longer hold out
against the unjust and oppressive restriction
they are now making on her commerce ? The as-
sumption is most monstrous ; and more especially
when neglecting to render her (as the only repa-
ration that could be made for the wrongs she al-
ready labours under) a free pert. We loudly call i
upon the ministers to consider this point,;' the co-
lonists are our countrymen—are Englishmen, and
it is fi grant indeed to rob them of privileges
which, as such, imprescriptably belong to them.
Again—is
America still to be called upon to sup-
ply us with cotton and Lbw*, while our pos-
sessions in the East, furnish the materials so
profusely ? Are the Canadas to be told to
cultivate the earth, to grow grain, without a
mart to carry the product of their labour to
Are they to be constrained to turn large sums
of capital out of their long invested chan-
nel, into pursuits whence no degree of profit
could be realized ? These are not times when
the public interests may be thus dallied with.
It was incumbent can ministers to know, that until
that curse which has so long weighed upon the
energies of this country, the Corn Laws, be re-
moved, it was madness to seek to impose upon the
Canadas an undue exaction, which would at once
drive their timber from the market, and destroy the
trade of the Colonists in toto. But let us hope,
that a reformed parliament may do sway with such
errors, and possess intrepidity sufficient to accord
to the Colonists, and to India, by expunging that
direful and gigantic monopoly which has so long
maintained itself upon her life blood, those privi-
leges which justice, and sound policy, alike dictate.
Let us hope that the plan, which we propose, of
relieving them from the unnatural burdens now
imposed on them, may be carried into immediate
effect; a plan, it may be added, which would
administer more to the want and penury now rife
throughout this country, than any other which
could singly be devised, and would be one means of
annihilating the radical defects of a system" under
which, we, in common with all Europe, have so long
suffered, and which, while it has administered to
the extravagant desires, and profligate interests of
the few, have chained own the multitude in igno-
rance, poverty, and crime !
is=e.m=2o2.ne
Mark Milbank, Esq. son-In-law of the Marquis
of Cleveland, has offered himself as a candidate
upon Constitutional principles, to represent the
North Riding of Yorkshire in Parliament, in the
event of a dissolution after the prising tif the
reform bill. .1

° PANORAMA OF THE HAMM

EMPIRB.-

ZWICIIESTATAIreariIIit; Aosta,:

)lark Philips having Medved a ietbia dyed by
1,160 Inhablunts Plarankl% °ft" hif ass reps.
santativir.
Mi Comas-ea ikarrionriliala fifths bow In-
gaited at oor oft; where they titsoliZr choler }lsigw
M,' foe Mt Cotten, or, in ' he 654 cslis-
trfr Wo think It propsr,,dnet. to she thlB froth of
what has been done to rams this die ahem to
Palliation at the sisstelstdloi ob • -
ematode... town_ Mot . . "Ials"
101hoolidi.niplas which drit moimetsilwith his
as w reaming insthil derby _ wYhase
otolioe,,_
__Re eseemy Lea we Nei meals= at
cases, to and )hie, "that It is_positfto
plie Mr. Gobbed in nomilation. To ht
would 11l become our cause. Fee us it is matoghr am-'
ornate, that the determination to nominate- 1114 Qabbatt
IS tam, hod will be 'dismal to. We simply appal to
the le to justify that deteemlnation at. the
—The committee of Mr. Cobbett's Mends, whb
day evening every week, at the White Lion, are amid in
feinting nob4omminces in the different districts out-
toollthips. They hive this week called twit abed**
for this ritree owe in No. 14 district, sad one in Hamm I
and in bout they have made the necessary arrangemonts.
Thoy willd
proceed in the same manner thtonghout the db.
trios sa township:Three sub-committees will take the ne-
cessary steps he maintaining the opinions of their neighbours.
Let the dieleaso, oneanwhile, move their votes.
Vert considerable interest was excited in town onToteday
and Wedisseday last, in consequence of a report that there
would be a grand revlow or shantjaght on Raul Moor, on
Thursday, by the mops from ThMlallti and the neigh-
bouring tswss. to puma of Lord Hill, the Commanderdn.
Chief, who was known to be at that time in this neighbour.
hoed. The bespiatire twice morchsd-peet kb Ler&bip in
Tetley or&m, hi *6 cabanas of complain, in slow and in
"MA time. The Isllosriog, wet believe, is a petty correct
statement of the stramithep limb corps present, via.—
Royal Artillery, reansobled by Col. Sfr H. D. Ross,
1 company foot, with !light fiehl piece% 8 pounders 60
And four troops horse, with four do. do. 120
3d Dragoon Guards or Bays, commanded by Colonel
Hm, six troops
• • •••
Bth Human, four troops, commanded by Major Britt 260
Bth Foot, a detachment under command of Major Ball 140
18th Foot, commanded by Captain Huddiestou 930
33d Foot, commanded by Major Omit ... ... 100
43.1 Foot, commanded by Colonel Booth
.- 400
81st Foot, commanded by Major Ross ... .. 260
60th Rifles, commanded by Colonel Rills • 700
And the 110th Foot. commanded by Colonel Pitt .. 480

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We regret to say that a fire broke out on Saturday night last, in the extensive millwright establishment of Melees.
Fairbairn and Lillie, in Canal-street, Ancosts, which ended
In the destruction of nearly the whole of the premises con-
meted with that branch of their concern. The form of the
,is nearly that of a square. The breadth of the
rusial:111; an the regular sides Is eight yards and the height
three stories. The oblique end is only one story, used as a
foundry, and is eleven yards in breadth. The whole range
of the third story Is aged as a store for patterns of various
pans of machinery thistly of wood, which may account for
the rapid progress of the Ike. The fire was discovered about
half-past eight et ides o'clock, and Is supposed to have
Woken out in the top story of the premises. From this
point it raged with funk' rapidity, laterally and downwards
to the middle story ; Its progress to the foundry, however
effectually checked by a wrong wall upwards of 10 inches
thick. Immediately on the discovery an alarm was given,
but it was full three quinces of an hour before any of the
engines from the police yard was on the spot. At the expiration
of this time two of the engines arrived, and were shortly
afterwards followed by three more. In the meantime, the
the had extended along the whole side In which it originated,
both in the top and snood story; but the second floor, for
the reason before mentioned, presented an effectual barrier
to Its farther peegreas downwards. In addition to the delay
la regard to the engines, it was found impossible en their
arrival to obtain the necesreerpply of water front the
p plugs,wing to some gross in the cocks being unturn-
ed. la consequence, three the engines, which were sta-
tioned in the menet be premises, were about an hour amen
inactive, and a portion of the water which was obtained,
'was conveyed in buckets from a boiler on the premises. The
remaining two, however, which were stationed outside the
premises, were mere plentifully supplied. In the mean-
time, as may readily be imagined, the firs extended very
rapidly, so that by ten &cloth the two upper stories of the
whole range of buildiog, on tire three sides, was one vast
sheet of flame. In the absence of means to stop the pro.
ss of the tire, the workmen of Messrs. Fairbairn and
Lillie, and the other persons assembled, directed their at.
tendon towards saving some portion of the property. Their
effons, however, were crowned with but small success,
owing to the rapidity of the flames. At length a plentiful
supply of water was obtained from the turning manufactory
of Messrs. Fairbairn and Lillie, on the opposite side of
Canal-street from which place there is a communkation
with the canal by means of pipes. Ons engine was sta-
tioned here to pump out the water, sad thus afford a supply
to those stationed in the yard. Notwithstanding the fury
shit which the fire raged, the root of the ground fluor, on
the two remaining sides, resisted its effects for a consider.
able time, being composed of three.inch plank,. and sup-
ported by numerous massive beams. The efforts of the
firemen were therefore directed towards Use preserved= of
the lower story, and particularly to that ponies of it con-
taining the steanhengine before alluded to. In this in.
steam success attended their efforts, but the other parts
of the roof to the lower story finally yielded to the !lames,
and thus, with the exceptions mentioned, the budding,
were reduced to a heap of ruins, nothing but the walls
being left standing. The lames were not completely
got under until five o'clock on Sunday morning.—
The stock destroyed consists principally of castings end
patterns of mill machinery. It is also worthy of remark,
that the firm commenced tU manufacture of steam engines
about twelve months ago, most of the patterns connected
with which department Lave been consumed. the wheel
patterns, however, which are extremely valuable, and,
as before stated, were contaiued in the comparuuent
were all saved, in consequence of that part being fire-
proof.
At Lauceaton Assizes, Richard Hargreaves, overseer of
Wardlewonh. Rochdale, and Elisabeth Borrows, governess
of the workhouse in that place, were charged with the man-
slaughter of Richard Puling, by putting him Into a damp
cell, which caused his death. Our readers may remember
the circumstances, from the report we gave at the time. The
deceased who was of weak intellect, was an inmate of the
workbags*, and for some slight offence was placed in a den-
gem, where be died frau the cruel treatment he received.
After the cams had been gene through, the jary retired foe
half an hoUr, and afteeleriberating, returned into coon at
two o'clock, with a verdict of Ciuilty. The sentence was nut
pseud.
It will be beard with pleasure throughout the country,
and with peculiar pleasure in Manebeitter, that Mr. Portman
has been dtiven into an abandonment of his new Highways
Bill, which, under the pretence of consolidation of the laws,
confirmed the arbitrary power of magistrates over the public
rights ; and, on the more hypocritical pretence of making
appeals effective, additionally guarded the wrong doers,
by making the appellant liable to costs before a partial
tribunal.
On Wednesday last, a meeting was held at the Town
Hall, King-street. to receive the accounts of the =astable,
for the last three months. On the examination of the =-
counts, It appeared that Lavender had paid a sum of about
431. being a per centage of 181. to the proceeds of goods
seised on suspicion of being stolen property, and never
claimed by any other panics than those from whom it had
been taken by the officers. Slr. Benjamin Braidky, in at.
tempting to deltad this misappropriation, said that the pro-
perty belonged to no particular person, and was as mach
31r. Launder's property as the town's.
ATZ or TOADS —The papers enttownoi salon tenure' in Galway, in the grain trade. And itt is added, that the
branches of the national and provincial beaks in that town,
have cased entirely to mash private bills.
LIVESPOOL COTTON AIatIOST, FRIDAY, Ana 12.
--We have had ea extensive import of eaten this week,
with a very limited demand, and consequently slat market,
yet we do net observe any desire to press sales at lower pries,
although it is with great difficulty that our last quotatiOns
ate obtained.
110 See Mends, Hied to led ; 40 =thud ditto, did to '
8d ; Bowes's, 4jd to sid ; 1140 Orleans. 64 to
1820 Alabamas, 4&d to S 4 ; RIO Perianth, Id to 7&d ; 170
Babies, 61 to gid ; 600 to 7tl'; 80 Dime-
rams, Ad ;Ha Rinitin, 70 wed INO Sims, Id 4ids
110

bomb! sm.Stained Sea blend, 13474 ; Abbesses,
:110111'; aid Matas, SIM I ft- miimboth, 2151
2407; Deesembs, 74; Common West India,
31114 ; Siaret, 17411.—Total, 47,713 begs-
tea Cosy MAINIZI‘ I.—During the
tbe trensectises la the sales of Corn, Malt.
soll'amieMeett been Ilbfitedob awe but needy consumers
would pemilmen Notwithsteallug that the replant from the
Com enealties bees bestir vainsurshlle Ittglialle the wet.
then, the miners hiss be- day mould not be Wand to in-
mess *dr elseklieltibe leer Rowdily et Shovel Flour
permed *hide VIM wonted ; the Idlllng else made
were attheoEnnef day wadi. Time le net mods
dein in Ilart4y. Old Oats are the tam shrew;
souse small of New Irish have heenasead mime
bet Saturday, the priors to the consumers :
bon 3s.
N se ds per bushel of 461bs. Boiling Peso purdesdar
lido" Par sound and dry Beans lest week'smies are
. It is only the !Inset samples of pale Malt that
is sold di at the present. such qualities folly support the
tlinstidiens sethjsbed. The near approach of new Wheat
Miss Ilms*Fleet wide to be exceedingly dell; parchoses of
Bomb might have been nude on lower terns; fresh Sack
its last nets. Old Oatmeal is from ed. to Is. per load
cheaper; sew sold to-day at Ms. to Ws. which is 2s. to 4s.
under last Saturday's rates.
MARRIRDO.—TIie Rev. Richard Parkinson, to Cattle-
rine. second daughter of the late Thomas Hartley, Req. of
dilfoot. —At York, the Rev. Cecil D. Wmy, to Marianne,
youngest daughter of the late G. Lloyd, Req.—At Eccles,
Mr. Samuel Wood, of Bedford-street, to Mrs. Tenon, of
Pendleton. Mr. Thomas Wheeler, of this teem, solicitor,
to Truces, fourth daughter of John WhittenWay. Req.—
At Stockport, Isaac Scott Hodgson, Req. to Elisabeth,
Lm Clark, daughter of the late G. 11. Clarke, Rag. of Hyde
Hall.

Jenamett. Esq. hemerly of Little
!Wilton, Oxford.

!URA/INGHAM' JOURNAL. Ike. 13.
At the Warwick Anises, the following sentences were
paned
Death, k 6 fee lestecution.—Mary Ann Higgins (nineteen
years of age). for the wilful murder of her uncle, William
Higgins, of Coventry; and Thomas Alibutt, for ravishing
Mita Dean, of Birmingham.
Death recorded —William Stanley, )Wert blineell,,
Francis Clay, and Benjamin Giles, for braking tato the,
house of John Penny, of Birmingham, and glean ;:iaz
glass and five handkerchiefs ; William Steward, Ow
a cow from William Browning, of Birmin LRAM
Doley and Milan Wright, for robbing Maw. of
Embolism t John Webb, foe stealing apparel
ntin
from Hannah Evans, of Warwick ; Edward Jet
stealing a horse from John AMIN of Fokshill ; Daniel Ds.
via, for stealing a horse from George Jones, of Old Strat-
ford; Daniel Birch for stealing a watch and other articles
from William Jackson, of Birmingham; John Wood-
ward, fbr stailag sheep at F.dgbaston ; John Copson,
, fee stadire money from Henry Lester, of Att.
:te:Maas Crane, for stealing woollen cloth and other
tram John Jones, of Birmingham; names Morris.
At a horse from Thomas Cashion, of Nuneaton;
Thema Baskin, returning from transportation before the
espleillett at his time ; William Cherry alias William
Oil" Ber .Mealing a fishhook and other articlee. from
hawk and Javan Masters; William Dee, for stealing
mimic Jan Maclaughlin, of Birmingham; James
fir inteling a hat and Other articles from Thomas
Wbeelley, of Illedworth ; Robt. Brown, far stealing money
=as illenses Hastelow, of Atherstone t John James, for
massy from Thomas Lowe, of Birmingham.
:ftaamortatian for Life.— Henry Dawn, fur stealing
matey from Joseph Butler, of Birmingham ; Min Ashton,
for steeling money from Marla Coster, of Birmingham t
John Bsylias and Edward Price. for ;telling a box sod
other property from Edward Hall, of Birmingham; and
Ebenexer Collins, he stealing wearing apparel from John
Denley, of Blrmiftam.
On 'Thursday, the awful sentence of the law was emend
into effect on Mary Ann Higgins. In pursuance of her pen.
tap, she was removed on Tuesday night from Warwick
lo the Gaol of Coventry, where she had been confined from
albs dos at her amellment is Mane last. =Lb:
harp item she Imil boa kipeeend with a
do obeediumai be egginet her was such as to
Mese no Roped and she mioshatingly, when
qtpeedined, hetadit. Het cemlinet up to the time
Mbar trial, aid.* ea iematly attended by the Rev. S.
I cub, jun. Oallawy et the Gaol, net/ mewl Dissenting
Ministers, was ash as anesunted to an *dose levity. She
talked at times at ha dash with mss and often ex.
pressed her eathilkiden at the hap Ala she entertained
that Clerke nail Weir ding OM Iles. Bite frequently as.
a zitzeribiss zerrebt detail be wsniewthetakciatt
MI tine or iri enentleas, that Clarke went with
ler Ms papas paillsking the potion on the day of
the maithe. but thee efts Ite got near Menlo. Stott and
411
sWeilleikabodisstugsvialaia:tsp be *Mad Aosien!in ; he ti
altordierthhe„
.II: was in the house before Yshe gave'
the poison, but
demise lett fee a garter or half an hae while she admi.
Nara it to the old men, and that on his return, on seeing
dm old mart, he said to her,' D...—n you, yen have not
ghat him enough.' She said be was not with her, after
ten o'clock at night. nor any other person except Mrs.
Green, whom she called after her uncles death.
Mr. Budawanalt.—This gentleman Ina, within the
pin wort, been lecturing at Nottingham, but not with much
taws as regards pecuniary profit. The 6 Nottingham
lbetiew' says—" It Is little creditable, either to the taste
of liberality et this populous and mercantile town to state,
Gat Mai the gratuitous lecture on the advantages of
=lt;delivered by Dr. J. P. Smith, to aid
Buckingham voluntarily gave up the Ex.
Rooms, and suspended his baton toe that
even ng—and to enforce which he came to give Ms voluntary
and gratuitous ambiance; while this gratuitous address was
etteedsd an animal of sewn or eight hundred arsons,
Ms. Asia ignores on the enormous Millet the
India moaspallp+oles enceinte 00 trade—its bounties to idols.
try--and be himeleseable honors of all kinds—had only an
audience et twenty.three persons, in the same room--tbe
price of shillala being only is fid for one claw. and Is Gd
for another..—and that even when the expense of the theatre
was incurred, and lower prices charged, being only 21. to the
bats, Is. to the pit, and 6d. to the gallery, acutely two
1 hundred persona were assembled on any one of the evenings;
so that Mr. Buckingham, besides the loss of his time, hoe
left Nottingham out of pottier.
Pommes Guam...We understand that very heavy
speculations In foreign grain have been entered into at Hull,
and several other places; and as these speculations are now
certain to prove most injurious to alleoncomed, and Daimons
to many, the former town is likely to experience much in-
cenvenhaa.
Coanainciat. Dentession.—We regret to state that
some heavy commercial failures have lately taken place
in the north of England. At Manchester, in particular,
things wear a gloomy aspect, and it must be admitted
=ia
all
that atts.thepeesenthet
gaussrse monaadiathere is aaateaymaaminagasertatilage.
POUTIOAL Ihrion.--At a =eft of the anion' of
the Birmingham Political Union. ea Tuesday evening a
as was brought forward by Mr. B. Hadley, the Se-
enemy. and parsed unanimously, inviting all the Po.
Weal Unions at present misting in the kingdom, to make
known their places of essablishment, Mambo •of indi.
victuals enrolled, and the residences of their Chairmen
Member of the Council. It was also contemplated, that an
address should be presented to the house of lords, en the
subject of the reform bill.
Fowox CONTRACT TOR aeses.—Our attention has
been specially directed to a letter in the 6 Menthes (penal.de,' of Tbutsday last, in which it is stated that the Russian
government ha contracted with the manufatturers of this
town far 49,000 stand of arms.
Our Metropolitan contemporary will give us credit, we
hope, for paying sane little anemia to the subject which
its correspondent has so properly introduced tato its
columns. The fact is, for the last few months we have made'
tee usary inquiries as to the truth of the statement set forth
in the above extract, and have been usable, from•the awns
maintained by the Birmingham manufacturers. to come at
the real truth of the matter. The reason given feetble'
Wilms is. the inconvenience °maimed to the trade by.
%al
aWe have ve not, how
foreign ever. the lea
for lwahaltationeina
nestract) Is now in sane et exesutlest. Sofa the.
elWillemillia Morning Chrsieide is correct.
a
thus much, we anat. on the 'Mho,
had, blame our guantanstattiuma fee supply* the Rue.
dans with arms at the paean •aisle, any more than we cr
cal** Mir Yokel, chidden fee applying 'Meal •vr
cloth. Both the mss and the inhume. co use •thei
traof
de ihe lawyers, "goods sold and delivered" In the
.

If Poland bas not been able to Tail itself of
supplies drawn from this country, Is not because
manufastemes maddest iiillbatty sepplytihem, Mafioso

sack is •hs Wake situatice, that inns cannot be snit,
wand fit safety. The Ruseiartmo rz are open to rectit,
our manufactures without on ;
this Mehl has no ports, and all arms seat hem this coutni;
must pea through territories pledged to observe a emit
nemailty. We cannot see how our Government, ae
seated by the Chremiele's correspondent could possia under such circumstances. interfere. We only wish the
geographical situation of unfortunate Poland were dif.
Welt.
11/1111'01110 MUSIC 31BETING.The principal singes
engaged for Hereford Bluaical Festival, which takes pi,"
next week, are Madame Stockhausen, Bliss Cr,ame, Mks
Appetley. and Miss Masson, Mr. Brabant, Mr, Paughin,
Mr. Tamil, and Mr. Phillips.
Ey a recent decision of the Court of Hines Book clergymen of ondenominations are tolerated in preaching j 4
the open air. where they please, provided they do not mitre
rupt a public 'thoroughfare.
Coax BURKE; AIIGUST 11.—We have had a sweat
supply of grain at to.day's market; with a fair delliard for
good fresh wheat. Wheat, per alba old and new, 14 to
sa Maley, per imperial quarter, f malting, 38e, to
dds ; for gloats', per Abe. 3s. 6d. to Is; Malt, per jou
penal quarter. old End Dew. Ms. to 6fle ; Oats, pm 3,,d4L
old and new, 3e. 3d. to de ; Beans, per bag, 10 score atom
old, Igo, gd, to 17s. 6d ; new 16s. 6d. to 17a ; nemr
per sack of 2801ba. ow, floe,' 601. to 521; seem*, 46,:
to 48e.

MARRlED—Captain White, to Mary Anne, youngest
daughter of the late John Ism, Esq. of Bourn.brooke Houle—At Clungunford, Mr. T. Hitchcock, to Elisabeth, eldest
daughter of Mr. J. Pate—Mr. Bright, to Alethes, fourth
daughter of the late Rev. John Pyefinch, rector of Westbury,
Shropshire.
DIED—The Rev. Thomas Ti Jayne, rector of Read.
cube—S7, Charles Watson Robinson, second son of the
late C. B. Robinson, Esq. of 11111 Rldware—ln New.mtet
Worcester, 57, John Carden, Esq. surgeon-17,,
on-17, &law
Septimus Hudson, son of H. Hudson, Esq. of Wick,age
Pershore—ln So. Mary's-place, Shrewsbury, Robert has
84-70, Mr. Joseph Woollatt, suleon, of
MEANIE Or • GREAT MAW IN THE FANCY,POCor add.
win, commonly known as " Whiteheaded Bob," from the
colour of his nob, fought his last fight, at his house, the
Coach and Horses, in St. Martin's.lane, on Tuesday . it
antagonist was an "out and outer," who was neva Het
vanquished. On closing for the last round, Bob find he
had not a chance ; and his eyes for ever, " bad.:
adieu to all his greatness." 's last public applaud,"
was at the presentation of the Champion's belt to Wud,
after his defeat of Byrne. He was only 211 years of age,
and was buried in St. James's buri.d.ground, Hampstead.
road, near to Norse, the Game Chicken.
ammawnsoma
POLICE REPORTS.
M.

,assiox•Housz.—Songe of the offices stated to the
LORD MAYOR that the inhabitants of New.sout were
subject to very great annoyance in consequence of the le.
hours of some gentlemen, at the bead of whom ea, the
nephew of Lord Gambier, to convert the Jews about the
Minories and Houndeditch to the Christian religion. A
house which had been a carpenters shop was she plea in
which the children eft heel congtepted together to hew
the effusions of those who wished to convert them to the
true faith a but the arena became a place very often of gibing
and mockery, and at such times presented a scene not at all
favourable to the interests of religion. Under at the rheum.
stances, it was hoped that the magistrates would interfere.
The Loan MAYOR attired whether ens breaches of the
peace had been committed there ? The caws mid
they had not aeon any violence, but that they bard
threats and cries of • pull him down,' from time to dins;
and they were antrehensive, that if great care was not taken,
manyese would be the name. The Lord Mayor
mid be sapped the licences. The officers
aid they certainly and were persona of unezeeptioosble
obeisant ; but the idea of attar.ltla the jews in the wry
bean of dear habitation, was quite absurd. It
did net watt to them that a single convert was likely to
be mode, although the teacners appeared to be very sincere.
One utak pried*. declared that they would persevere in
ths pod work, and they despaired not of accomplishing a
edam mange the jews. The Lord Mayor said, the
oases Rialst eke care that no breach of the peace should be
osinutitted, be declined so interfere with the convertors.
GuansiaLe.—A young man, named George Pilgrim,
was committed for time maths to the House of Coruna
for selling unstamped penny papers. His define no, tat
he was lending the papers, and did not know that be al
acting contrary to the law.
Bow-swaszw.—AJuvitelis HIRRIVAY Roassa.—A
assioned young delinquent, 11 years of age, named Patrice
LOW, was charged with bang concerned with two other eye
Masi fourteen years of age, an assaulting Thomas Octavio
Beat a boy emcee seven years daze, who (*faster child) re.
with a respectable tangly in Noefolk-atreet. &rand, sad
with robbing him of a silk purse, and a athpsnee of Witham
she You: th. It appears that blaster Howe was sitting on the
lege a boon in Norfolk-street, Strand, on Saturday, td•
miring his purse and a new alapeace, which had been given
to him by his friends The prisoner observed him, and be
waited, with his two companions, a few yards distant, till
he saw the little boy place the purse and siapence inside his
cap, and as be was walking towards home, the prison/to
two cowman set upon him, struck him, and knocked of
blow. Ths prisoner picked it up, and the lithe hey co.
asseured no prevent his taking the purse and its contests;
Mak* pilaw nothinsod, aim his eyes, but be would
do cent it its did net let it go ;" and being terrified, he
And as further resicaoce. 'Cho printer ran away, but
lha She et the bey indeed a fetaion, who was panong, to
pow the psiamaer, and tan learn Imo custody, with the
pane and money upon him. The primal was fully
mind for triaL

Lansins.ariatal.--Caanwtow.—.Beversi youths wen
bunight heron tM inagishatas by the Pelee &spied with
breaking down the banks of lift Hangs Uackeu's canal.
and othandasdassaging site-propart of sus gentians& It
appeared from the sawenionts of Sir tionsaadhis fotesse,
that his property bad nand lacaleakblo in by boys
and grown prams going to baths in the• canal; aildt Wt.
withstanding he kid put up largo boards, cauticeiag nes
nPallitnien contuatandeellagy emploallyeeteinimlllidairepairingh.theiraildiunagni.baligdebeyw ligtPlud
done. no boysivare convicted in MIMS of bs and it). cad;
or a fortnight's imprisonment.
WO/4111P.111TILICgT.—Dextel Adel, formerly a watch.
man, and May Jdealeised. a prostitute, were ninamied on
the following Gauge t 51r. David WA:bib, a gentleman
connected with the Scotch Bar, was mains tot 6atutday
night, neat ltarmlale, tiphallields, when in a state of it.-
wait:anon, and was bustled by a gang of thieves, men and
OVOISItIh who sobbed kin of his porket.book, containing 361-
in noun and sovereigns, and 17s. its silver. lie gave in-
formation to a police inspector, who, hom the description
given, appseh.u&g -die prisoners on r volley morning, and
found upon them 1111. It ma proved the female was in
such di: Isms on dentroday night, dun she hod raised the
small sum of tivepsnce at a pawnbroker's.
Union-Hsu.—S. L'iteep, a wretche44ooking
was comaitued for trial la the following assault upon a me-
chanic Was. Tribes The prosecutor was posies along
eke Wake road on Bata day wresting with a Eked, who i.
a wall.digga, when the prisoner, who was on the opposite
tai. e of the toot-path, jumped into the road with a sickle in
his hand, and approaching them, began to flourish his wet.
Ton and .neunsmatens eaproosions of anger. Be then Napa
upon the tompath where die untplainam was walking, sot
going up to him, with the sickle in his pup,
claimed, `• `• The Bret man that calls after me cut
his head The prisoner, without say rovocatioo
or telly Ming monde to die threat, thin 'mak at 114
conipimuast with die sickle; the blow tell upon the
collar of his coat, and cut the cloth, but did not biBt4l
bany injury. The Collll4llthlillt then retreated a few peas
owed by the•prisoner •who uttered curses, and sgii
attacked the former • who tell back, atilbfidtawad by his tb
salmi with the sickle is hie band. The Odour glossies t&
-a lunge at hint with the sharp point of the weapon, NA 'u
defending his body the fickle entered the complitinde
elbow and Intended him. During the stuck the well
digger was afraid to ustand against Owner, ado
lonrialsod the. sickle about,. sad seemed dataratinal to um,
nth murder if opposed. At kagth a policeman came ul
•amittn-the plsoucr In talk till use • well.digor wee' b
bial.aad secured him. The prisoner abed teats, si..l at.
2;lthat the couipishesm and his compasion 11:015 go'
, winch they pushively denied.
• Town Heat..—,l young man named Wm. Thompson.
•wu committed tot e 'Ho se of wan,
for fourteen day
(being his first ofehee)'for smiling unstainped penny paPn„...,
in the street. Hie swum was, that distress bad compene"

••••• w, auu WILMS 11•11
in wit can hint to sell Meas.
keen 'with
bedit'wPilsyialed The 14th instant, Aks. Ann Anderson, of Lard° awl'
eigial 6V. . .
kaxPost t !Matt/land row by our AlisTig, sr*.
vuore our STAR Orricv, No.' 4 tigage' /grallig 11°.
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