The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-18 00:00:00

TM STATESMAN.

Irons THE LONDON GAZETTE, .11147 16.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
office of ardnence, 114,/ 11, Hilt
Roved Regiment of Artillery.
.'rent.,) Lieitentrot Charles A. Oldtuun to be First Lieutenant,
Connell, deceased. Dated April 17, 181 i.
Form Lieutenant William Vi'ebber to be ••cond Captain, rice
Latham, deceased. Dated as above.
*wont, Lieutenant Thomas Lovett to be First Lieutenant, vice
Webber. Dated as above.
. .

gricc •f Ordesect. Alay•lh. 181 e.
Corps of Royal Engineers.
?lest Lieutenant ,lehn Harper to he Second Captain, vicc
deer use Doted March tti,lBl2.
50.i.n.1 Lieu t'srlot Grimte! West, from the Royal Regiment of
trtillerv, :0 he Serood Lieutenant. eke Du Bernet, pro-
.
u!etl. Dated May 14811.

Commis.ions signed by the Ltini Lieutenant of the County of
N ntkingtotun.
• Nottinghannblve Regiment of Militia.
lienrr Metcalf Wardle. Esq to be Captain, vice Appesley, re-
It.,Ocd. Dated May 8, 112.;
fld. or Retford Regiment of Nottinghamshire Local Militia.
Pi. hard Roe. Esq. to be Captain, vote Potter, resigned. Dated
Avid A),11412.
4th, or Newark Reghuent.
Thoroton, jun. Esq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel-Cant-
viand:tat, vice Theroton, resigned. Dated pr.l 22, 11.12.
Commiision in the Ldinioirgb Regiusent of Militia; signed by
the Lord Lieutenant.
James ttrowa Patine', Gent. to be 141:1Am. vice Roberton, pro-
-ITU/till in the Line. Detest February 7, 1812.
e.manissions in the Rutland Local Militia, signed by the Lord
I.lentesmat.
:lames Tlptaft.'Esq. to be Cataire. Dated :414.cy 2, 1811.
Robert Tomblin, Gent. to be First ijetateolnt. Dated as above.
n.tvbil etoiries Louth, Gent. to be Send Lieutenant. Dated
pril .^2, 1811.
r.e,.er. *lissom Gent. to be ditto. Dated May 2, 1811.
.ciimatissions signed by_the Lord Lleatenant of the County of
Norfolk.
2d, or East Norfolk Regiment of Militia.
Francis Henry Noble, Gent. W be Ensign, vice Raabe+, resign..
ed. Dated April 24, 1812.
Ist Eastern Regiment of Norfolk local Militia.
Tr:deziek Woodrow, Gent. to is... Second Lieutenant, vice lA-
ton, promoted. Dated April 34, lilt.
f`enrort:•offlre. 18, 1811.
ENIEER RETURN F ITTO'SEKYE IN TIIIS I'RESENT
PA LIA CN T. •

County of•Auttjw..
The lion. John Brace Rlchnrd

BANK RU PTCY SU P ERSRDEII.
W. Vootner, liercules-lonildings, Lambeth, broker.
•
BANKRUPTS.
D. Baylis, Stroud, Gloncestershire, tlAtSier, to surredder
May 2,1, 30, Jon.- 27. at tist..King's Arms Inn. Stroud. After.
ales, Whitemnhe and Kiug, Serjeaot's Inn, Fleet-street;
and Mr. Newin, Stroud.
" R. V. W iblisior and G. IT.-Shotev, rhancerv-lane, law-sta•
tioneri, May 19, 2', Junel7, at Attorney, Mr. J.
Mills, Vine-street, Piccadilly.
P. V. Aa, Water-lane, Tower-street, merchant, May 26, June
5,7, at Gotildhall. Attorney, Mr. R. Anuesley, Augel-court,
Thrognmrton-street.
J. Broad-entort, Long-acre, tailor, May 26, 50. June
27. at t wild all. Attorney, Mr. llinrich, Ceeil-street, Strand,
T. Gaskell, Liverpool, rag and paper-merchant, June I, 2,
VI, at the SiAran,l qirtcr Tavern, Paradise-street, Liverpool.
Attornies, Mr. Sn iiatton, and Mr. C. Rowlin.son, Liverpool ;
ant Mr. F. Chester. Staple Inn.
. It. linicroft, jun. anti J. Pickering, Warrington, Lancashire,
nplmlwerers, JOU? S. 8, 27, at the Mosley Arms Inn, :Manches-
ter. Attorr..?..N. hlemrs. Hewitt and Kirk, Manchester; and P.
Hord, Temple,
K. Mitchell, Liverpool, merchant, June 10, 11. 27. at the
Globe Tav-rn, Jo:in-street, Liverpool. hitornies, Messrs.
toni,er and Lowe, South mptou-buildings, Chancery-lane; and
Mr. J. Kidd, 111.thesty's-lane. Liverpool
T. iksti, Liverpool. butcher, June I, 2, 27, at the Globe Ta-
fern, omn-.treat. Liverpool. Anomie% Mesas. Blackstock
and I.l..aice, Temple; and Messrs. fitrdswell and Stephenson,
Liverpool.
11. Sandwith, Lancashire, carrier. May. 22, 289
June Y 7, at the Sun Inn, Ulverston, Lancashire. Amnia,
Messrs Baxter and Martin, Furuivals Inn; and. Mr.-Dickin-
son, Ulverston.
It. Waite. cradley. Herefordshire, foro-dealer_, Mar 27.27,
June at the Ram lent, tilonentter. Attornies. Mr. bieekins,
ll:ire-court, Temple; and W. C. Ward, Gloucester.
S. ;aw mace; Mtroney-grern. Stepney, car enter, May 29.26,
Jun.. 27 at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Sabi. UMW Charles.
stmt. arrkenwell. _

It. CAA% Wood-atreet. Spite sillt-nsaoulketnrer, May !
.SJ .lane 27, at GuildhalL Attorney, Mr. Coate, Austin-
friars.
W. Pow,d, Castle.coort; Birehin-laste bin-broker, May 19,
95, Jane 27, at Guild'uall. Attorney; Mr. E. Clarke, Thavies
Inn.
J. Howse. Blandford Forum, Dursetshire, dealer. Jnnell, 9,
27, at the Gre.hoitud Inn, Blandford Forum. Attornies, Mr.
G. Moore, Blandfurd, Dor.setshire ; and Messrs. WL'on and
agsbohne, Liocoln's Ina-fields.
J. Gay, West-Cowes, Isle of Wizht, ship-builder. June
2, 27, at the liagle Inn, Newport, Isle of Wight. Attornies,
Mr. Wonky, Newport; and Mears. James and Abbott, Netv
Ina.
. G. Donadieu, Temple-'plare, Glarkfriars'-road, blue-maker,
May 1.), Jude 2;, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Patten,
'Halton-ga rd en.
J. Ellison, North Shields, draper, May 13, 26. June 27. at
sjie Northumberland Arias, North Shields. Attornies, Mr. be-
gett-caaet tValbrook ; and Mr. Barker, North Shields.
.1. Twigg. Ludgate-street, laceman, May 19, :in, June 27, at
Guildhall. Attorney, Mr Chambers, Furaival's Inn.
J. Robilnon. Bristol, victualler. May 27, Id, Jane 27, at
the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Attornies, Mr. James, Greif
Inn-square; and Mr. Goiske, Bristol,
D. Phillips, Bristol. haberdasher, May 21, 29, Jane 27. at
the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Attornies, Messrs. Whiteouthe
and King, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet-street ; and Mr. J.. 11. Fraukis,
St. John-street, Bristol.
T. F. Carlile, Putts y, Yorkshire, &palter, June 1,2, 27,
at the Hotel Inn. Leeds. Attoruirs, Mr. K. Fearufey, Ler& ;
and Messrs. Blaitelock and Makinami, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet-
arzet.
W. Lutin, St. Mary-at-Hill, slopseller, May 26. 50, June 27,
at tiuildhall. Atturnies, Messrs. Sweet and Stokes, BasingbaU-
strret.
DIVIDENDS. _ _ _

June 25, J. Eldershaw, horse-dealer—jape
ft, F. Allenby, Loath, Liattolitshiri,rocer—June V, it. Flack,
Castle Ifedingnam, Esser, !stitcher—June 6. J. W. Shen; no.l, '
Newole,street, eheese-onger—Anne 6, S. Lee. Birehin-lane,
merchant —Jnne 6, J. Woodford, Oxford-street, cheeseman.ger
—June 6, M. French, George-street, Portman-square, wine
merchant--June 6, J. Jackson, Farnham, Surrey, surgeon—
June 27, T. Hayward, Deal, attpkeeper—June id, J. /forth,
Norwich, uphol •teri —July 21, S. Ttmeriutd, Paradise-row,
Chelsea. rectifier u 04.127, T. Cis, yion,-Maidenhead, Berkshire,
afid 1,, Mash, .Old Jewry, men.
et:ants—Se= 9,-T. Atkinson, lama...quay, Wapping, whar-
f nger:—Jane 13. S. Knight, With!, ('ems-start, cloth-factor—
June 11, S. Tborpley, Manchester, manufacturer - June 6, J.
Ilayward and C. Tanury, Londtan-strret, City, mewthants—June
flarris.sea. R. Harris, Wilk MOP, and W. Harris,
Watling-atreed, Chenpside, wholesale linen-clearers-3 nue 6,3,
htomanith, Petworth, Sasses, . saddler—June 6, O. Davidson,
Essa India Chambers, Learttnball-streed, merchant—June 6, T.
illiams, Worcester, upholder—May 26, .1. Tigsvell, Gosport,
Imen-draver —June 6, .1. II Great Mary-le-bone-street, miler
1&,, W. Bodier. It. Newcottrh. and J. Si-son, Cannon.
street, tick hat-manufact nrks--J one TN .1. Johnson, Great Alie-
meet, Onadman's-hchls, wine and : purter-merchaut—June 30,
C. Ilerri-s and J. Nailer, bondott, tnercliants—Juhe S,
Hyper Thames-street, grocer—J nee 6, T. Herbert, Dovvgate-
MIL ention-micisant—Jtme 6, J. Stephens, Yeovil, Somerset,
11111 re. ;ranker ane 10, W. isaylis, Ledburv, Herefordshire,
baker—Jnne 6: N. Hayden, King-street, Bloomsbury, milliner
—Jane 6, J.' % slodselkr.

C ERT I INC ATES.—Jos s 6.
E. 11:ton, Bolton-lc-11 oors, milliner —J. fflibhs, Hailsham,
f:eissea, innkeeper—ft. Nicholson, Barton-upon-Honsber, han-•
ker-- I). Hunter, Slse-lane. merchant.-J. W. Bonney, Clapton,
eau keeper—J. Phillips, Counts Terrace, New 'Rent-road,
de !ler-13. Tao scr, Dartmouth, ship-hoilder —T. Starkey. Ching-
ford, Duel, Inakeeper—r, lien.ind .1. Rca, Inn. slim:fries,
Ken-makers—J. Nilson, Horton in Ribblesdales innkeeper—
J. Polemic, Bristol, wicks. 1,-3.g. 112sars, Wheler-street,
Upltalhelds, colour-dyer—J. Wilson, lin ton. Radnorshire,
tusuer—S. Peek, Cravesend, painter—M. laughton, H.ryley-
bridt% Cheshire, dyer—W. 'Grata to. Liverpo•si ligssor-asee.
squat—T. Jones, Church-rosin-e; Culleihall-yard, warehouse..
csao--W. Lashingion, son. awl W. Loshiuc.on, Jun. Mark-lane,
sorretsusi—Q. Levitt, MIIIIVISM-11pon-1 tu if snerchaot—W. Dor--
Cotton, Corsihill, Insurance-broker—J. Phillips, Edgcnare-
toad, timber-merchant—X. Phillips Brighthelnutonv,-"buil• er
•• Tarling,Wed Smithfield, hay-saliuman—T. Thompson, sea.
fin'..atoo Ji-dy-crtov, knx,thupkerre—J. Murphy, Howlau‘

street, shopkeeper—C. Railer, Old Jewry, broker—E. S. Nettle,
Chea side, shawl-manufacturer—J. llockenhull, [feedback,
Cheshire, cornfuctor.
l'A RTNERSIITPS DISSOLVED.
T. Watson, A. K. Cosset!. and W. Pollard, Ipswich, ansMrti
.1. Croft and E. Croft, York, plambera —.l. Spence and 17
Ainsworth, Leeds, corn-miller.---. 1. Fetch ssat's T. E. Fisher. St.
Ives, Rtornio at law—J. Barnett and T. Barnett, Kighley.
Yorkshire, iron-founders—W. N ichols and T. Barnett, Kighley,
Yorkshire, iron-founders—G. Mills, J. Mills, E. Smith and
v. Clam Nottingham, hosiers—W. Leggett and H. Parry,
Nynotton_vt-an-en, Warwickshire, mealmen-11. 11. !!temp-preys
.and P. Pearson, Green-street, grocers—W. Hodgson and H. E.
Payne. bong-lane, paper-hanging-Inane facturers—W . Ivey mail
W:11,11, Ilirnileghamat vmers—M.Williarnsand E. Copeland,
Abiogdost, milliners-O. Cross and .1. Green, Birmingham, gold-
key-makers—A. Cooper Intl 1. Sloddcn. !bill's-street, anisette-
m-...,„1,eact„ —l.3—w. Woodward and 11. Barrow, Bartlett's-
hulidings. jewellers—W. Ctockham and H. Hobbs, Stapleton,
~coil-mimes--G. Maw and W. T. Armstrong Leadealtall-street,
chemists—W. Harrison, W. Bowler, and S. LitehtleltLAshhorne,
, timber-dealers—M. Moore and • J. Pairisci. Croydon, machine-
"makers—H. Bogle, A. Bogle, A. J. Bogle; and R. Hamilton,
Kingston. •
The Average-Price or SUGAR, for the week, ending May
13, is 425, 101. per Cn t.
• Average Prices of CORN of ENGLAND and W ALES, per
(rawer. from Ike Return, ending May 9 :
rWheat. Rye. Barley. -Oats. Beans Pease. Oaten.
-- ---- ----: - -
a. .1. c. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. a. d. s. d.
112 4 79 6 75 9 45 7 69 0 74 6 44 U

The Vestry of St. Mary-1!-bonne, we understand
from a friend, has presented an Address to the Prince
Regent, through the Secretary of State, on the atro-
cious Murder of the Right Honourable Spencer Per-
ceval, and we believe it is to the following effect,

TO lIIS ROYAL HIGIFIF.SS THE PRINCE OF WALES.
.RFGENT OF THB UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
The hum*, dutiful, and unanimous Address of the Ministers
Churchwardens, and Vestrymen of the Parish of St. Marx-
le-bonne.
:" We, the Minafor' Churchwardens, and Vett-men of the
Parish of St. Mary-le-honor, in the County of Middlesex. in
Vestry assembled, deeply ;impressed with. horror and detests.
tion of the most atrocious act of assassination committed on the
person of the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval, so eminent
for his public and private virtues, beg leave, with profound re.
spect, at this momentous crisis, to express to your Royal High-
ness our indignatitin and heartfelt regret.
•• We trust that the same sentiments with which we are ani-
mated will excite the efforts of all his Majesty s dutiful and
loyal stshieets throughout the United Kingdom, to the due main-
tenance of the laws, and of the happy Govownment, under which
theigoodness of Providence has placed mi."-
Pen trots.—Late as it is in the season, incalcula-1
ble good will yet be done, if in every family and
establishment the following simpleand easy regulation
shall he adopted. Before the potatoes are washed,for
boiling, cut off about half an inch of the top of each
potatoe, and throw the cutting into a basket; every
top contains from four to six of the-mast productive
eyes, and may he divided into two, three, or (Our
cuttings, according to the size of the top, each cut-
ting will given set,' and each set, when planted, will
;We from three to 8 lb. weight of good potatoes the
ensuing year. The diminution from each potatoe,
will he wholly inconsiderable. Let this regulation
prevail in every family, from the highest to the low-
est. It imports all ranks to attend to it. At the
end of two, three, or four weeks, frombthls time,
the wealthy may bestow their cuttings for planting;
the poor may sell their cuttings by the bushel, for
nearly the first price of potatoes.—ln all garrisons,
barracks, hospitals, schools, and other public esta-
blishments, this regulation, if observed, will afford
infinite advantage; it wilt keep down the price of po-
tatoes, and preservefbr fond those that will be other-
wise bought for seed. Potatoes may be planted till
the middle of Jude: If parochial meetings were
held, and every householder requested to have the
foregoing regulation observed in their -families, great
public hetit•fit must be the result.
There has not happened in Scotland, for many
years, a more remarkable occurrence than the de-
struction of the estate of Culbin, in Morayshire,
which was occasioned by the sand being blown in
such quantity from the adjoining hilirof Mary-town,
as entirely to cover the mansion-house, orchards,
gardens, and every part of the estate. .his cala-
mity was owing to the pulling of bent (or starwort)
in great quantities, which loosening the soil, left it i
nt the mercy of the winds, which, in a short time,
destroyed this fine estate. An Act of Parliament
was made, which is still in force, to prevent the
pulling up of bent by the roots—pity it had not been
previous to this sad catastrophe. The estate of Cul-
bin was one of the finest and most fertile in the
county of Moray, and, for its fertility, was styled
tho Granary of Moray. It is now 688 years since
the estate of Culbin was given by F. de Moravia, the
progenitor of all the Morays, to his youngest son,
I Richard of Culbin.

A match against time took pike on Monday se'n.
night, upon Portobello Sands, near Edinburgh, be;
tween two Officers of the 6th Dragoon Guards, one
of whose horses wati to trot, walk, and gallop nine
miles itt an hour, which he accomplished in the fol-
lowing manner, gaining the het by half a minute:—
Trott..., 3 miles in 1? minutes.
W;il.eti 1 miles in 39e
Galloped 3 miles in 71 --••••••—...

We are sorry to have to state, that several seri-
ons disturbances took place last week betwixt the
soldiery and the town's people, originating, in part,
in the drunken tricks of two or. three of the Carlow
ml 4 tia, ,wean had_ been volunteering . into the line.—
'On Tuesday evening a butcher 'llo,lds fate tremen. '
deusly cut, and a soldier was (wantonly) shot at and
badly wounded in the thigh.' Much of the ill blood
manifested, we learn, has been produced by the
shameful and odious use of nick-names and national
distinctions, by the lads of the town, whose conduct we
must say, not only in this business, but on many
occasions, demands the serious. attention of the Po.
lice. No other serious mischief, that we know of,
has been. done in these quarrels; but, in White-
Margate, on Wednesday night, a corporal in the
above regiment, meeting with Mr. Knight, of the
Nag's-Mead public-house, in company with the mas-
ters of three vessels, attacked them furiously with a
stick, and not satisfied with assaulting them in this
way, ran his bayonet into Mr. Knight's body. The
wound is not mortal, and Mr. Knight is in a fair way
of recovery. At the town-hall, ou Thursday, the
man, who was almost instantly secured by Mr.
Knight's friends and the watchman, was examined ;
before My. Osbourne; and pleaded drenkenness as
the cause of his rash act ; and it is but justice to him'
*astute, that he received an excellent character front
his oftioers, and expressed the most serious contri-
tion, declaring that he cared not what punishment
he endured, so, that Mr. Knight recoved from his
wound.—(Hull Paper).

MR. PERCEVia'S FUNERAL.

Saturday morning the remains of Mr. Perceval
were removed from his h: use in Downing-street, for
Interment in the family vault, at Charlton, in Kent,
where Mrs. Perceval's mother resides. At eight
o'clock a great concourse of Nobleman's and Gen-,
tlemen's carriages were assembled at Whitehall, op-
posite Privy Gardens. At nine the proce%sion moved
from Downing-street in the following order :

Metes and Attendants on horseback,
Hearse and Sic with the Body,
Six Mourning Coaches, followed by 25 Carriages, she Carriages
of tbe Cabinet lfiaiurrs, Relatives of the deceased, lab
owl! Carriage, &c.
The procession moved slowly on towards West-
minster-bridge. In the first mourning coach was
Lord Arden, attended by hip Chaplain and another
Gentleman ; in the second wire the Lord Chancel-
lor, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Ilarrowhy,
and Mr. Secretary Ryder. Among the mourners in
the other coaches were Lord l'erceval, Lord Redes-
dales the Marquis Wellesley, the Earls of West-
morland and Buckinghamshire; Lords Sidmouth,
Camden, Bathurst, Castlereagh, Melville, and Messrs.
Arbuthnot, Wharton, Croker, Brooksbank, &c.

A party of the City Light Horse attended at New-
ington Butts, and accompanied the procession to the
Church, in order to testify their respect for Mr. Per-
cefal, who was a Member and Treasurer to that va-
luable addition to our Volunteer defence.

The cofl'►n, which incloses the corpse of the late
Prime Minister, was very superb. The inscription
was as follows :
Right Honourable SPENCER PERCEVA
Chancellor of tketitchequer, First horduf the Treasury,

- -
Prime Minister pf England,
Fell by the Hand of as ASSASSIN in the Common" asuse of
Parliament, May 11, A. I). 181 Y, ia the 50th year of his age;
born, Nov. Ist, A. D. 1762.

Cs.trvtom.—A few days since a swindler, calling
himself Mr. J. J. came to the Livery Stables of Mr.
Ballinger, of Chelmsford, and desired he might be
provided with a horse and gig, to proceed to Bur-
ford; the request was complied with, and no fraud
expected. It has since been discovered that this Mr.
J. J. left the horse and gig with Mr. Cox, innkeeper,
at Belford-bridge, in the county of Warwick, a. ;I
after giving a note for teu pounds, al a short date,
and receiving cash in exchange, proceeded with a
chaise and pair of the landlord's, to Warwick, and
has not since been heard of. The swindler is a man
about live feet six inches in height, marked with the
small-pox, dressed. in black, appears about f..rty,
and had a child near twelve years old with him,whom
he called. his son.

THOMAS PO-41.—A late author says, that he and
three other gentlemen, induced by curiosity to sec-a
man that had raised such a storm in the political
world, went to visit him a short time before his death.
They found him sitting behind a table, which was
necessary to his support, as he had received a par.ily-
tic stroke. He was endeavouring to shave himself.
After the usual compliments, the visitors drew their
chairs, and-sat down. The usual enquires were made
by Mr. Paine, about the news, &c. His appear-
ance was that of a superior mind. He had beeu a tall
man, and, as far as the writer could judge, well
made. His blue eye was full, lucid, and indicated
his true character. His conversation was calm and
gentleman-like, except when religion orparty poli-
tics were mentioned. In this case, he became iras-
cible.. His intellect did not appear impaired. He
died as, he lived, a professed deist, and refused . the
conversation of any clergyman, and was said to be
worth 7 or 80001.

Lomcevivir.--There are now living in a small
house, consisting of three apartments, on the estate
of Hugh Mossman, Esq. near Lesmahago, Lanark-
shire, Scotland, three women (Janet Young, aged
98; Janet Lindsay, 90; and Mary Lindsay, 82,
the two last sisters), whose joint ages amount to 270,
and eyesight and other faculties unimpaired, • are
daily employed in spinning flax and other necessary
avocations, and attend regularly on public worship
at some distance on Sundays, &c.
Naw AMERICAN MEER tNlSM.—Various have been
the efforts of man in every age, to render the differ-
ent laws Of nature, and the elements themselves
subservient to his use, with a view to lesson manual
labour. Wind, water, and fire, all have been sub-
ject .to the service of man ; and it is with pleasure we
see and hear of steam boats and steam mills succeed-
ing beyond our most sanguine hopes. la addition
to these, we have been recently informed of a new
mechanical power, or rather a new application of
an old principle, to obtain a power for a mechanical
purpose; end which has so completely succeeded,
that Mr. Samuel Morey, of Oxford, New Ilamp-
shire, has a run of mill-stones which performs oue
hundred revolutions per minute, and grinds wheat as
fast and as well as any mill those parts, by this power.
It is nothing more than creating a partial vacuum, or
rarifying the air, in a capacious and elevated chimney ;
the incumbent atmosphere rushing in at the bottom,
' sets a vibrating piston in motion, which communi-
cates its power to the mill stones. He asserts that,
Hthe inaohino (if it may be so Galled), exclusive of the
chimney and mill, cost less than five dollars, and has'
not one ounce of iron in it,.and has the advantage of
being free from friction, and consequently of wear.
This invention will furnish a cheap and simple power
for manufactories in every place, Mr. Morey has
secured the invention, by entering n specification at
the patent office; but is expected on to this city in
the course c.f the Spring.—(Philade4phia Freon:ate;
Journal.)

A melancholy accident happened a few days ago
in the town of Etallynahinch. A number of chil-
dren had been sporting themselves along the banks of
the river which runs past that town; upon their re-
turn home, four of them were taken suddenly ill,
and from the manner in which they were affected,
their parents became alarmed, 'lest they had eaten
of some noxious plant, ohen cisuftrf them confessed
they bad with the others eaten Of something they
found growing near the river, which, upon exarntna-
' lion, proved to be hemlock. Medical aid was imme-
diately procured :'three of them, after lingering some
time, recovered; but the fourth, a fine boy, six
years of age, expired in the greatest agony. It is
to be remarked, that tie survivors had taken some
.victoill prier to their eating this .baneful, plant) the
ether had uot.