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London, England, 1829-01-07 00:00:00

be more etuly disposed of that persons In the vigour c
health:*

Such are the di.clo•ures which this wretched mum
has made, tinder ciicumstahces which can scarcely fail
to give them weight with the public. Before a guess.
tiun vas put 4o him concerning the crimes he had
been engaged in, he was solemnly reminded of the duty
i:.curnerelit upon him, shu.ted as he is, to bania's limn
his mind every feeling, of animosity towards Hate, on
account of the evi2ence which the lame gave at the
trial; he was told, that, as a dying man, covered with
y.uilt. and without hope, except in the infinite mercy of
ALMIGHTY GOD, through our blessed Rummell,
the LORD Jesus Curtsy, he, who stood so much in
need of foigiveness, must "prepare himself to seek it
by forgiving from •his heart all who had done lim
wrong; and he was most emphatically adjured to
speak the truth, and nothing but the truth, without
any attempt either to palliate his owe iniquities,
en to implicate Hare more deeply than the facts war.
rant, I. Tus admonished, and thus warned, he
answered the several inteir gatoties in the teems *base
stated; decl iting, at the same time, upon the word of
a dying man. that every thing he had said was true,
and that he had in n s respect exaggerated .or extenu-
ated any thing, either from a desire to i.tculoate Hate,
or to spare any one else. The uoliappy man is, m ire-
over, perfectly penitent, and resigned to his fate. Her
never deluded him elf with any hopes of escape oc
of mercy ; and he is now accor.tingly preparing him-
self for confession and for receiving ab uluti ~,, , by a
perusal of such books as his spiritual guides have pub
into his hands, and by listening with the most devout
ettesition to their religious instructions. lye fully ac-
knowledges the justice of his sentence; nay, he con-
sidet s it in some measure as dt blessing, the certainty of
his approaching fate having brought back his mind ton
sense I f religion, from w Inch it had been long estranged.
At first he expressed deep teArit that flare, whose guilt
he conceives as of a st.ll deeper dye than his oa ti, should
have escaped the vengeance of tl.e law ; but by the exer-
tions of his spiritual monitors, who have been inch fati•
gable in their efforts to impress hins unit a sireng
sense of the dreadful enormity of his own guilt, as well
as to bring him to a right frame and temper of mind,
lie no longer gives exptession to such I e'ings, and now
only bleat. es a will to die at peace with alt mankind.
A, often as ihe subject of the l ate trial is mentioned,
however, he never fails to assert that liars- perjured him.
sell in the account le gave of the murder or the woman ;
repeating the statement we have already givers, that, so
far Won' sitting by. a cool and unconcei tied spectator of
the crime, ll ire actively a.sisted in t!.e cumnsission bet
it, and was upon the body of the woman co operating
with himself in his efforts to tit anigle her.
We may wielition as a singular in tauce of the obli.
quity of the hum in untleistand:ng, or at least niche
effect produced upon some by the Dean of Fat tilty's
powerful speech for Burke, that two if the Jul, by
' whom lie was tried weir of op niou that the Prose-
cutor had not made out his case against that Indium
man, and consequently were for returning a verdict of
Not Proven in his case as well as that of ._n M _ ..olig4l.
No one who attended to the evider ce as it as led,
or who has examined it since, has been able to
discover upon what grounds such a verdict was
returned even in the case of the female panel ; but
had the opinion of these two Gentlemen prevailed, and
the charges against Burke been found not proven, Jus-
tice might have thrown away her balance and broken
her sword, arid the Prosecutor might well have des-
paired of ever again cbtaiiiiirg a verdict upon a charge
of murder. Happily nothing so utterly monstrous as
this occurred. Justice has teeeired one victim, tut she
will ni,t be sa isfi:d with this solitary sact 'flee. Others
yet remain to be claimed, whose hands ate dyed in
blood, whos: crimin lily is not, either in law or in mora-
lity, inferior to that of the unhappy man *hose days
are nuruhe eJ, and who is doomei to expiate his main-
. fold crimes on the scaffold.
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The first coffee tree was planted in Jamaica in 1728;
and the berries produced from this tree stele sold at
sixpen,e each; but in 20 years from that date, so rapid
had been the extension of its culture, tit,t the exportation
of coffee amounted to 60 0001bs. In 1808, the exports
were estimated at 29 528,273114.

Ti ere are a great number of counterfeit crown pieces
In circul,tion. They may be detected nut only by their slipperi-
ness between the fingers, and the defects in the ca-tiug apparent to
the eye, e-peetaily in the inscription round the edge, `• Deco',"
&c. but al•so by applying them, after being rubbed fur an instant
upon a cost sleeve, to the nose, when the zinc in their composition
will throw out a strong scent.
Y, sterday morning, between twelve and o-e o'clock,
a number of young, men atti :West, according to a no-
tice they had received, at the office belong', g to the
Home D.Taltmem. in Cannon-row, Westn,ins er, when
11r. D.sj, who is at the head of that department of po-'
lice, selected and appointed 22 of the most effective,
who were ordered to meet the conductors of the diffe-
rent divisions at half past four o'clock in the afternoon,
for the purpose of their being sent to patrol the diffe.
tent districts in the outskirts of London. The above
officers are engaged for three months Isubject to re-
moval according to circular:tante.), as it is in coctems
plation of the Secretary for the Home Dep ;timers., in
the next Session of Parliament, to make !ivy important
improvements in the present system of police.
A Letter of the 25th ult. from Dieppe; c mains the
following details relative to the berting fi.sely..." For
the last eight :ay% the boats have br en pievert sl going
to sea by the tempestuous weather. During the seasop,
up to the present time, aheut 89,000 meoiaes of her-
rings have been taken at Dieppe, which b, ing sold on
au average at Bfr. 75c. a mesure, have prooused the
sum of 800,1001 r. The product of the fi diet yat Yar-
mouth, in Norfolk, is 8,110 barrels. which, at 450fr..a
last, yield• 904,650 fr. For several kasons the herring
fishery at Dieppe has not lasted more than 15 or 20'
days; the fill have been fine but the quantity sm.ll.
This year the fight ry has lasted much longer ; and it
has been Obestred that tl.e hero lugs, instead of taking
a direction to the west of Dieppe, for England, havq
kept along the French shore. Within a 'ew days •
great quantity have been taken at S;. Va'ery'-en-Caux
and &camp. A'vinlent storm from the west forced
the boats to return to port, when they m'ght.still have
hoped for some abundant draughts. N • doubt the
fishermen will go out again when the wind subsides
but it would be a great advantage to commerce if the r
season was limited, for at the latter part of it the her-
rings caught are alwrgs of a bad qualify."'
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CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Ism. 7.
Our market was in a stagnant sate this morning, owing to tbo.
magnitude of our Foreign supplies (12,700 quarters of Wheat, and
20,000 quarters more io the River, that have not yet passed the
Meter's Office), with the wising), that in the course of the week
the further arrivals will make the total amount tamed one hundred
thousand quarters ; the buyers are alarmed, and prefer waiting till
next Monday. Friers nominal as on 116nolay.
urroavasurts sag MONDAY •
Wheat, English (qrs.) 040 Foreign 17,71/0
Irish ito Oats, English 0,700
Forvigu . 32.700 Irish • , 4,800 .
Bask/. guallib • 0,100 Fotelp /o‘6oo
Ahab ""••-• Flour (act.)

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The following Song was Written and Song by Mr. W. Truitt, of
Great Marlow, at Colonel Ctarsoo's Hosts* Warming, a abort
time slate :

Ant—Artn Liam Snug.
Shall these blight moments be forgot,
And never brought to mind;
Or can we leave this cheriohed spot
With no regret behind?
Oh yes, for many a coming day,
Our meneries will recall,
The beauteous smile, the joyous by,
Which graed our festive hall!
And long as friendship shall remain,

Our bosom's proudest guest,
We'll hope thus once to meet again,
To be thus kindly blest!
Oh yes, &c.
And many a tongue will live to tell,
The pleasure's or this day,
'Till Freedom's voice the song shall swell,
With her exulting lay !
Oh yes, &e.
Then 611 once more the circling glass,
And raise the bumper high ;
Then let this toast in raptures pa,ss—
Tree hospitality!
True hospitality is here,
And never may it roam,
But meet us thus for many a year,
AnJ be like this " At Home!"

THE LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND.

The office-of Lord Advocate is the highest and most
important, by far, of all the Government offices in
Scotland. He es an Officer of State, and his power is '
so unlimited, that at is controulled only by his tesponsi-
bility to the State. In so 14f as erg rd, criminal pto-
cedure, in :elation to which he is sty led " public pro-
secut"r," he may be said to hold the keys t f life and
de ith ;" for nn crin ;nal prosecution can be joint ,ted
without his consent. In Ea6land there is a 4• Grand
Jury" to investigate every male. ufa natme,
and when ti ev find a 4 true bill." the private pally is
48 bound over," as they call it, to prosecute; hut here we
have no Grand Jury. The prelispinAry inquiry is made
by the " ocuratir Fiscal" of the county within which
the crime is committed. This offic r reports the Inuit
of his investigation to the Lord Advocate; and, so far
from the private pasty being compelled to proseciae, he
has not even the power to do so without consent <1 his
Lqrdship, to whose discretion it is left to determine
whether any criminal pros. cutio, shall be inst.tuted,
and whether it shall be at the instance of the •' public
pro,ecutor," or, with his consent, at the instance of the
private party aggrieved.
Such being the powers t f the Lord Advocate, his
duty and responsibility are pror,rtionate. It is the
duty of his L ,rd-hip to watch over the safety of the
public, both in their persons and their property, with a
jealous case; and whenever any tumour of a criii e
having been c•inimi ted comes to his ear, it is his duty
to inve tigate. by himself or others, the matter to the
bo:tom. and satisfy bin:cif, and, if necessary, the pub-
lic, whether there be any ground for the tumour; and
when the e is ground, and probable chance if con-
viction, it is his duty to bring the accused to trial ; and
bete the Lard Advota e has a double duty to peif rm,
for the accused is une!er his protection a, se:l as
• the public in general. alai it is his L .rd -hip's
duty to judge iasfarii.Uy between them, and to
exercise. with a sound discretion, the power reposed
in him. This part of his Lnr.lstop's duty must oleo
he matter of great delicacy and diffi. ulty ; and it must
be obvious that it is here that his great responsibility tests;
for, if he recklessly and hastily bring a man to trial,
with: ut serious cause, he is guilty of oporessi n to a aids
the accused; and if he wilf .Ily and perversely refuse to
hying a man to trial, when there is serious cause, he is
guilty of treachery to the public; but for both he is
responsible; and should e tier happen, the public voice
would be t.i,ei, and would not e sily be slated. In this
awful responsibilty rests the smoky of the public. It
has hitherto been found sofficiect ; and N e have no
doubt that it will continue to be so. And hoe we may
remark, that she relati n in which the Lord Ad, cite

• stands to the public seems to be misunde, stun ', and that
the person holding the office has not, in our d .y at least,
been regarded by the public in his proper light. We
mean the officer—not the inJicidual.
Hitherto the public seem to have regarded the Lord
Advocate as an officer who ought to be viewed with
suspicion and distrust, and speak of him as a public
enemy, whose interests and incrinations are altogether
opposed to their own. If conviction follow a trial
'where public sympathy has been excited on behalf of
the accused, the publ c prosecut •r is loaded with ob-
loquy, and branded with every term .1 cruelty and re•
prose!' ; and if acquittal follow a trial where the public
prejudice has 13: en raised against the accused, the public
prosecutor is ch .rged with partial:v. and a desire to
screen the accused. In short, wherever the Lublit are
dissatisfied, blame is always imputed to the officers of '
the Crown. Now this, we say, is wrong, and in this
respect the public prosecutor is treated with manifest
injustice; for, instead of being regarded as a public
enemy, or as an officer whose interest, and duties, and
inclinations, ate hostile to the public, l►e ought to he
regarded as the public protector and the public friend
mod treated with every demonstration of confidence and
enceuragenrent. His interests, instead of being opposed
to those if the public. are evidently identitizd with
them ; and, instead of his being inclined to pe:secriti..n
and cruelty in the dircharlie of his duty, it miry f e
quently happen that the discharge I f his duty as a
public officer must be very painful to his feet gs as a
man; and that, if his personal feelings were alone con
stilted, it would be much more agreeable to lead fro
the accused than to crave a verdict against them. -
&aid Paper.

A CAUTLOUS ANSWER —s% Gentleman travelling la%t
week In the Hightands, pulled up his horse at a little solitary
public-house by the road side, to indulge himself with a dram, as
an antidote to the cold blast that was blowing in his teeth. /laving
t furled the quads, he exclaimed," That's capital whisky, Donald ;
is it legal?"—" Why,Sir„" replied Donald, hesitating a little tin he
got the money into bit hands, " why, Sir, that's a question!" and
be moved off with the bottle ender his arm.

t‘londay sennight a fire bloke out in a carpenter's
sln Jo. n-stieet, St. Philip's plain, Bristol, which en-
s ;e4 .destroyed the interior of three houses, occupied by
twelve different fonili,fs, and by which a child, aged
e:even years, was bum is de-th. The lower pat of
the premises was used as a carpenter's shop by a p r,Oll
named Batmen, who had gone to work that morning
befuse day-light, and had placed hi. lamp in the work-
shop, from which he had retired only a few minutes,
when the whole was in &ems. The mother of the
above unfortunate child was roused among the rest by
the fi.e and smoke rushing into her room: she had an
infant at her breast, and seising both her children, she
endeavoured to teach the stairs; but one poor child,
which was sick and weakly, fell floor her, and was
burnt to a cinder. We learn, that the loss of property
by this dreadrul fire csa a moderate computation,
amounts to at least SOOL exclusive of the loss to the
owner of the three houses destroyed. which is estimated
at act lea than 700 i.

MESSRS. FRY AND CHAPMAN.

Ye►terday there was s►h.t was termed the last Meet- '1
big of the creditors of Messrs. Fry and Chapman. It was again
fully attended. All the bank: upts wire present, as were all the
&Islam-es. The assignees, since the last Meeting, have arpninted
new Solicitors. Messrs. Young and Valiance are now the Solicitors
to the Commission. Many debts were proved.
Swarr claimed to have the holder of an ova-due check ad-
mitted to prove.
Mr. Commissioner SMITH said such course was impossible.
Mr. Swan contended that there was an equitab:e claim ; there
was an assignment of the cause of action, and that made out the
equity. The course was practised daily in bankruptcy cases.
The Commissimien Swung and Minos said that to checks the
bankers would be bound to attend; but the giving of a check did
not create a debt. as between the cheek-holSer and the hankers.
Mr. Swear—But Messrs. Fry surely would not avail them
wives of the ladles of um resenting the check, they having the
money.
Mr. Commissioner lineson—But is it not the duty of the as
signers to see that none but legal d: he praised ?
Mr. Commissioner Satiau—if the money be not paid, it is still
that of the depositor.
Mr. Swans—Yes; hut having given a cheek for the amowit,
how can he swear that the amount was still in the banker's hands
and due to him? Huth must swear, but the check-holder to an
equitable claim only.
. Mr. Commissioner Surma- We cannot admit such an oath.
The Solicitor to the Commission then banded in the balance
sheets of the debts, credits, &c. regularly signed by all the hanks
(apts. By these documents it app cared that since the continence-
Went of this banking establishment, the bad debts bail amounted
W about 330,0001 made out thus—
Doubtful debts
• Bad debts
Di:to

1822,000
85 000
220,900

.C.:29 000

Thi. amount spread over the period of the concern. Tile sheets
of the present state of accounts detailed these sums total :
Debts owing and outstanding . . . £401,000
Assets to meet the same . . . . 2630.110

£l;s otv
There were some other details, and the minus was thus entered :
De ficiel ic y . . . . . . £153,000
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Other items mentioned the Crown Claims to hare been 32,5201.
Fur Gurney's Bills. &c. &WOOL The Capital. in one sheet. was
steed to be 110,0001. The Profits were stated AO be 87,0 u
Mr. Talmo, the Solicitor, raid they were now prepared to pass
thew accounts.

Mr. Sruaa said there ought to be time given to examine these
accounta--(l.oud cries of " Hear," from ail parts oldie room).
Mr. Ystiatc ob d that every facility bad been afforded for
their investigation singe they bad puiseued the accounts, which
was since the 29th ult.

Mr. Commi+•iothr SMITII—There ought to be time and oppor
tuniales for such investigation, there were such numerou4 accounts,
and such large stints; for instance, the bid debts were mimed at
5112.0(VI.
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Mr. Commissioner iltinacia—Desides other items for bast debts
Mr. Your:a—We desire nothing more anxiously than investiga-
tion : by it flu baatrupts will be found to have been " nacre aim) d
against than si • g."
Mr. Manaus, the Calamine Banker, said, as time for inquiry
was at be, afforded, he would make no observ,tions ; but he could
adduce tscts that would warrant strict scrutiny.
The Meeting was adjourned to the 29th lust. •

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