THE MONEY MARKET. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The occurrences of the week have, in some measure, confirmed the anticipations of our last report, a grand improvement having taken place . in the prices of the funds, which, up to Thursday evening, amounted to nearly la per cent. on Consols, with the prospect of a further rise, the
price being then 871 a On Friday morning, however, Reduced Stock, which on the previous day had been unusually scarce, became all at once extremely abundant; and the suspicions of the dealers, excited by this circumstance, led to some heavy sales of Consols, which immediately depressed the market and alarmed the speculators, whose fears being further acted upon by a variety of rumours, so many sales followed, that the price of Consols fell in a very few minutes .frorri.87.a a a to 862; a reaction afterwards took place of about per cent., and the price settled about 87 for the rest of the day. As we do not pretend to be in the secret, our theory, which would ascribe this fall to the preparations for the French loan, may be no better founded than some others; perhaps its chief cause has been merely the over-purchase of the parties specu- lating for a rise. However this may be, the market opened with a very gloomy appearance this morning, and very soon afterwards the price was reported at Stia a 4, when the appearance of the Chancery broker to make a large purchase immediately changed the aspect of affairs ; and the sum he had to buy proving very large, the price advanced rapidly to 871; 'which last price he had to pay for a very considerable portion of what he had to buy. The amount actually purchased is understood to be about 4-10,0001.; nevertheless, the price has since fallen, and is now about 87i. It is said that the same broker has still a further investment to make; and if so, it is hardly to be doubted, that the scarcity of stock, which so large and unexpected a purchase must occasion, will lead to a rise in prices next week. Money is still as plentiful as ever. India Bonds have beend one at 114.—The transactions in the Foreign market, since our last report, have not been of the slightest interest.
Focit o'CLocx—CLosm; PaicEs.
Consols, 8G3 7 Danish,
Ditto for Account, seg 7 Greek, I825, lfrarilian Bonds, 62g Mexican, 1825, 391
Buenos Ayres, — Peruvian, — Chilian Ditto, — Russian, 941
Columbian, 1824, — Spanish, 1821, 102 The King came to St. James's Palace on Thursday, to hold a Court, and returned to the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park after the Council separated. Dr. Howley, Bishop of London, kissed hands on being nomi- nated to the See of Canterbury ; and Dr. Blomfield, the Bishop of Chester, (not Dr. Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln,) on being nomi- nated to the See of London. It is now understood that Dr. Stun- ner, Prebendary of Durham, is to succeed Dr. Blomfield in Ches- ter. The con ge (Mire for Canterbury, the first in order of these clerical movements, will appear in Tuesday's Gazette. The extreme modesty and delicacy of the Duke of Wellington have, it is said, prevented him from recommending his brother. The funeral of the late Lord Primate, on Tuesday morning, was, for the rank of the deceased, conducted very privately and plainly: the "magnificence" which the newspapers loved to dwell upon in anticipation, was limited to the ornaments of the coffin. But the rites were celebrated with every decent observance, amidst marks of respect from the people of all ranks and ages. The funeral service was read by the Rev. Mr. Lonsdale. The mourners seemed truly affected, and the Speaker of the House of Commons was bathed in tears.
Earl Cravdor, in a letter to the Lord Chancellor on the adminis- tration of justice in Wales, displays in a striking light the incon- veniences of thelocal courts of the Principalities. Eight judges of the Great Sessions in Wales are maintained to do the judicial bu- siness of Wales—or rather a small part of it, both as to the num- ber and value of the causes ; for the most important Common Law causes are carried to the next English county, and those in Equity to the Court of Chancery, while the myriads of petty suits, in which the ancient Britons delight, fatten the attorneys of the County Courts where the under sheriffs preside. Earl Cawdor's remedy is to divide the Oxford Circuit, making of it and Wales two new ones. He would propose to take Lancaster from the Northern Circuit, which is now too large, and add Oxford to the Midland. The two new Circuits would then stand thus :—l. Lan- cashire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, North Wales ; 2. Gloucestershire, Hereford, Worcester, Monmouth, South Wales. The Globe suggests a plan of reform, which would less interfere than Earl Cawdor's with existing prejudices and existing interests in Wales—namely, " to appoint, instead of eight counsel, who give a small part of their time to their judicial func- tions, two or three competent and well-paid judges, who might sit during a great part of the year in Wales for the transaction of Equity business, and perhaps of some of that business which is now transacted (Earl Cawdor thinks very badly) in the County Courts." The Report of the Committee on the Police of the Metropolis estimates the population of London and Middlesex at nearly four- teen hundred thousand, being an increase of 19 per cent. since I811. The increase of poptilation accounts in part for the increase of crime: other causes—cheap gin and high wages, neglect of children, improper treatment of juvenile delinquents, flash houses, compromises for restitution of stolen !roods, delay occasioned by the backing of warrants, a defect in the law regarding the proof of forgery. The immediate practical remedy suggested is, that a new police-office should be constituted, the magistrates of which should be relieved from the ordinary duties which take up the time of the present police magistrates, and should devote them- selves to the superintendence of the officers, patrol, &c. and to THE PREVENTION OF CRIME.
At most of the Assizes, ' the Judges have congratulated the Grand Juries on a considerable diminution in the average quantity of crime. In some places, however, the proportion of heinous offences has been greater haii usual. The price of wheat has fallen.
The silk trade, lately introduced in the West of Scotland, makes a remarkable progress there, and promises to become one of the most important branches of industry in that country. Another Russian fleet has passed the Downs for the Mediter- ranean.
The office of the French Ambassador has for the last fortnight been crowded with applicants for passports.
His Majesty, We hear, lately very narrowly escaped serious injury, by his luiR.itae attention-to the cameleopard. The animal, as wc are informed, heitid:put,intO an-out-house for inspection, on being loosed front the slings by astich. it "wds_LecTrifined.leaped with such force as to break with its bead the :.-bep*.or ROHM part4 theroof of the building, which fell very near the spot where his $ajesty-wees standinge—Morning'Pose
The health of the giraffe improves. The French giraffe is very well.
KING'S COLLEGE.--We are requested to state, that the paragraph which has been communicated to various papers, in which Lord Farnborough and others are stated to have been deputed in search of a site for this institution, is entirely unfounded; and that a most unauthorized use has been made of the names of the individuals to whom it relates (The paragraph alluded to was not inserted in the SPECTATOR.) FASHIONABLE PARTIES.— On Saturday, Prince Leopold dined with the Duchess of Kent. The Duke of Sussex gave a dinner to a select party.
Mr. Herries entertained a party at dinner. On Sunday, the Duke of Wel- lington gave a dinner. On Monday, Lord and Lady Granville, Prince and ' Princess Polignae, Duke of Dorset, and Lord Amherst, had the honour of
dining with the King. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a select party
at dinner. The Duke of Grafton gave a dinner. The Countess of Glengall entertained a large party in the evening. On Tuesday, the Members of the Cabinet and other distinguished personages, had their annual fish dinner at Greenwich. On Wednesday, Mr. M. A. Taylor entertained a large party at dinner. On Wednesday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer entertained the Cabinet Ministers at dinner. The last ball at Ahnack's took place. On Thursday, tiler Duke of Sussex gave a dinner to the Duke of Cumberland and a select party. The Earl of Aberdeen gave a dinner. On Friday, the Duke of Wellington gave a dinner to some of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers.
The Brighton fashionable-news-maker for the papers, appears to have caught the airs and graces of the metropolitan style. At the head of the "gathering" for the races, he musters the Duke and Duchess of Richmond; who arrived at the York hotel on Monday, " its opp;aition to a report that his Grace was seriously ill at Goodwood." The report, an airy nothing, was of course easily put to flight, when opposed by the substantial flesh and blood of the Duke and Duchess.
Sir John Doyle reviewed the S7th regiment on Monday last on Kenning- ton Common. The papers of the day informed us, that " the gallant colonel inspected the battalion in front and rear," and made a speech which was in- audible to the gentlemen of the press.
The friends of Major-General Stewart, of Garth, entertained the gallant officer at dinner on Saturday last, at the Clarendon Hotel, on his late ap- pointment as Governor of the Island of St. Lucie. Licut.-General Sir Fitzroy Maclean took the chair. General Stewart has long been a distinguished member of the Highland Society in London, and on this occasion he, as well as many of the directors and members of that corporation, appeared in the full and imposing garb of their native country, the manners and customs of which have been so faithfully described by the General in his Sketches of Highland Character.
The Recorder of London made his report on Thursday, to the King in Council, of all the prisoners lying under sentence of death in .Newgate. They were all respited during the Royal pleasure, except Richard Breach, aged twenty-three, who is to be executed on Wednesday next for high- way robbery. Crockford has again been held to bail for keeping a gaming-house in St James's S tree.
Laporte has taken front the assignees of Chambers and Son, the King's Theatre for tine ensuing season. Contracts were signed between the parties on Monday evening. The annual rent is thirteen thousand pounds, which is an advance of five thousand upon the sum paid for the year about to expire. The assignees of Chambers engage to put the Opera-House in solid and sub- stantial repair ; and the Court of Chancery have assigned to them, front the assets in their possession, seven thousand pounds towards defraying the ex- pense ; but as this sum may ultimately be found inadequate to the repairs, Laporte has agreed to give them the profits of one night's performance in the month of May or June. Laporte is alone the adventurer in this bold specu- lation. —Morning Chronicle.
Improvements upon a large scale are now making in the Inner Temple. The church has been completely repaired, and all the external projections of that very ancient structure thrown open to the public view. Tine hall and library have also been beautified. The range of houses on the terrace east of the hall has been pulled down, together with the buildings which ran back to Tanfield-court. It is intended to erect new handsome chambers, with a stone front, in uniformity with the façade of the hall. Several public offices, which stood among the houses pulled down, have been removed from the Temple to other inns of court. The expense incurred for furniture supplied and repaired for the Houses of Lords and Commons, the Courts of Law at Westminster, and the various Public offices, amounted, in the last five years, to the sum of 142,356/.
Two patent self-rectifying stills, erected on the premises of Ms. Nicholson, an eminent distiller in Clerkenwell, were christened on Thursday with all the formalities observed at the christening of ships. The larger was bap- tized George the Fourth, the smaller the Master of the Rolls.
By the death of Colonel Cuff, there is a vacancy for the representation of Tralee, the county town of Kerry. Mr. Huskisson embarked at Brighton on Saturday for Dieppe.
In the Ras Court, on 'Wednesday, the parties to a seven-years' litigation about the taxing Iml a solicitor's bill of costs, were sent back to begin their proceedings de novo.
Joseph Chatwin, an insolvent, has been refused his discharge, for giving an undue preference to his brother-in-law.
/NE HOSTITION ON H OR S E C E.—Mr. Charles Green on Tuesday made his ninety-ninth ascent, front the gardens of the Eagle Tavern, City Road. It was reported, but not believed, that Inc would ascend on horseback. To as- certain this point, a crowd began to assemble so early as two o'clock. The weather proved stormy till about half-past six ; wineut a very pretty but ex- ceedingly small Shetland pony, decorated with blue ribands, was led round the garden, to pay his respects to the company. The keeper described it as very docile, being accustomed to walk up stairs, and to lie down on the hearth-rug at the command of its master: it drinks tea ont of a cup, bows to ladies, offers its foot to gentlemen when it is commanded to salute them, and kicks them when they are rude. At seven o'clock, the car of the balloon was removed, and its place supplied by a rotund platform, made of strong and close wicker-work, and covered with green cloth. Its diameter was just large enough to permit the pony to stand in it, and the feet of the animal were fastened to the bottom by means of straps, which buckled round the upper part of the hoofs : it had a ledge round it about five or six inches high, and six strong cords, at equal distances from one another, suspended it to the usual strong ash hoop to which the cord net spreading over the whole balloon is fastened. The upper part of Mr. Green's body, when seated on the pony, rose through the hoop. Mr. Green himself shall describe the rest. The pony bad been annoyed by the pressure of the crowd, and had " be- haved rather rudely to one or two strange gentlemen. While his fetlock- joints were being secured, and other arrangements made, he was perfectly calm, and repeatedly licked my hands. The saddle was made fast to the hoop, to which also were attached my grappling iron, a bag of beans, and about 250 lbs. of ballast in II bags. Soou after seven o'clock, everything being in rea- diness, I ordered the last rope to be loosened, and we ascended slowly and nearly perpendicularly, amidst the acclamations of the largest assemblage of spectators I ever saw congregated. At the moment of liberation toy companion made several plungesback wards and forwarde, :Ind trembled violently, evidently alarmed at the shouts which I could distinctly hear until iliad passed the Thames. Ile, however, in a few seconds regained his %%emitted serenity, and became quite paesive, eating some beans from my hand, which, by leaning forward, I could easily give him. 1 now hung out my grapnel to be prepared for a descent, and dismounted to :mange some ballast; but finding that my weight on olio side threw the platform ute its perpendicular, and considerably discomposed my little comp:neon, I resumed my scat, and discharging a little ballast, attained the elem mem of about a mile and a quarter. Here we were visited by a descent of :new of the finest texture, which had, from the reflection of the direct ray of the sun from above, and the oblique rays front the clouds be- neath, the appearance of a shower of silver duet. On descending a little, the Snow appeared changed to rain ; but on a till further descent, neither rain nor snow Were to be felt or seeu, a circumstance not to me unusual. During these gradations the little animal appeared quite at home, and finished his bag of beans. Having been in the air upwards of half an hour, I began to prepare for a descent ; and there being scarcely a breath of air stirring, this was, with very little trouble, and without the slieheet injury to the pony or myself, elleeted in a clover field in the parielt of Beckenham, Kent. The moment my companion was liberated from his confinement, lie took advan- tage of his situation, and enjoyed himself most luxuriously amongst the clover, which lie devoured with every appearance of a keen appetite, although he had eaten more than a pint of beans while in the air." The weight of the eelloon, &c. was 508 lbs., of the pony 250, of ehe Green ide; total, 906 lbs. Next day, Mr. Green went up again. without the pony, to gratify the vil- lagers: he aecended. about a mile, and :meter remaining half an boor, lauded oil Bromley Common, about five miles distant.
Another Mr. Green, whose christian name is Henry, had signalized him- self on Thureday week, by a rash and dangerous ascent front the gas-works at Manchester. The balloon was considered fully inflated at three o'clock, and an immense concourse of spectators had assembled. The car WaS then attached, and Mr. Green proceeded to make an experiment of the machine's ascending power ; but to his surprise found its gravity eo great, that it would not rise from the ground. It was also discovered that the gas was rapidly escaping, met several injuries were visible in the varnish-work, which were im- perceptible previous to the expansion of the gas. Captain Ryan, R. N., who was anxiously waiting to accompany the aeronaut in his flight, was, to his great mortification, informed of the impossibility of ascending; but Mr. Green, in despite of every remonstrance that could be made, declared the yaddie should not be disappointed, and with the utmost speed detached the car from the ballooa, fling himself across the hoop to which the car had been appended, struck the last stay-rope, and without grapnel, hallaet, or any means of assisting in his descent, soared above the heads of the astonished spectators. The machine reached the altitude of about half a mile, when a rapid descent was visible ; and plenty of assietance being at hand, he landed safely in a field at Dallington, one mile and a half from the gas-works, and eight minutes after be left terra firma, the gas being in that time nearly all exhausted. We really cannot tell which of these Greens it was, Charles or Henry, but we suppose it was one of them, who ascended in company with a Mr. Strapps, front Manchester about a fortnight ago, and was pretty considerably damaged by being tossed front the car white throwing out his grapnels over the moors of the Derby Ridge.. Mr. Straps brought himself and his vessel to anchor about a mile further on.
Mr. Pocock has been making experiments with his kites on the water at Liverpool. The Liverpool 3J-eve/try, after giving an account of one of them, says—" The experiment has fully convinced us that, with a strong wind blowing front the north or south, a boat furnished with one of the largest pair of the kites could cross from Liverpool to Cheshire, and return, without making much lee-way, whatever might be the state Or strength of the tide. Since the Regatta day we have been several times with Mr. Pocock, jun., on the river, witnessing his surprising and most interesting mode of maneeuvring his kites. On one occasion, with the wind at N.W., we ran from the Floating Bath to the Rock Ferry; and the beatmen assured us that our course during, the trip was frequently less than five points froin the wind."
The Eton boys were disappointed in their :ileum' regatta on "Election Saturday," owing to the unfavourableness of Tie: weather. The "Speeches" were delivered on Monday at College to a numerous auditory, among whom were the Duke and Prince George of Cumberland.
The late Lord Melbourne's remains were removed front Whitehall on Wednesday, to be interred in the I.:tinily vault at Brocket-hall, Hertfordshire. The British Museum was closed on Wednesday for the season.
The south range of that fine old building Hereford College, was destroyed by fire on Saturday. Nearly all the public writings, the College Charter, and the plate, were rescued from the flames ; but we regret to add the but- ler was severely scorched in his exertions to save the property entrusted to his care.
The beautiful mansion of George Lane Fox, Esq. at Bramham Park, near Tadcaster, was totally consumed by fire on Tuesday morning. Several fine pictures were destroyed, with plate estimated at upwards of 4000/., exclu- sively of the value set upon it for its antiquity. Mr. Fox was in town at the time of the calamity, and all the family were saved, though several had a very narrow escape. The damage is calculated to exceed 40,000e, a very small part of which hI covered by insurance. The cause of the fire has not been accurately ascertained, but it is conjectured that a lighted candle must have been left in the butler's pantry, and that the flame had communicated to the tow, oil, or spirits of wine, deposited in that room. This splendid mansion was built by the first Lord Bingley, in the reign of Queen Anne, and has been always considered as one of the most superb residences in the north of England. The surrounding country sympathises very strongly with
Ls Fox and his family and the Duke of Rutland; Lord and Lady Harewood,
and many of the distinguished families of the neighbourhood, were at Braun- ham Park the day after the fire, making such offers of service and accommo- dation as they had to afford to the distressed inmates. Viscountess Ashbrook and Mrs. Cochrane were all but drowned last week in stepping from a sailing vessel to a boat in the Southampton river.
A hackney-coach, in which were Mrs. Newton, of Maddox-street, and her two children, with a youth about fifteen years of age, was overturned in Ox- ford-street on Thursday morning, by the coachman negligently driving against a broad-wheeled waggon, whilst racing with another hackney coach man. One of the children, a fine boy about live years old, died of his fractures ; and the other youth was so much hurt that his life is in a very precarious state. The coachman is secured.
James Carolton, a religious fanatic and itinerant preacher, committed sui- cide on Thursday morning, at Tosser-hill, under the influence of derangement. George ROA!, \Ow was ridden i mver by a mail-cart, furiously driven up Ludgate Hill, on the evening of time 10th of March last, has died of the in- juries he sustained ; and the Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Williant Lee the driver, with a deodand of 30/. on the cart.
Clarice Affield, a boy of fifteen, apprentice to a grocer in Bishopegate- street, was, on Monday night, found suepended by his apron from the led- lusters of the staircase in his master's house. He was quite dead. Front the evidence on the Coroner's Inquest, it appeared that the lad WaS remark- able fer a lively and cheerful disposition, and that it was very unlikely that he had inteeded suicide. William lUm \eget°, in time employ of el r. Taylor, maeter of the deceased, stated that within the laet six months, the boy had ptaceised hanging himself with the jack towel, which he so ingeniouely twisted about his neck, that he could raise himself ohl. time ground. Witness on one occaeion went into the room and saw him hanging; but took no no- tice, as he was in the habit of doing it, and went out. Shortly after, he . told witness that he had nearly hanged himself, for that he was black in the face. Witness replied, that he would try once too often, and do it effectit- ally, like the pawnbroker's boy Nvho had hung himself in joke. Ile invited the witness to try the experiment, but witness prudently declined. 31r. Samuel Taylor, thm inester of die deceased, could not account for the act ; he never saw anything about the boy like insanity. He really believed he was trying the sensation hanging would produce, and utmemrtunately for hint he bee carried the experiment too far. Coroner—" Was he on iJOICOOMS ited Nr. Taylor said he was very singularly ingenious, and was never happy but when he ua, trying or finding out experimeuts. It was his firm belief that it was his anxiety to discover the feeling suspension would produce that had led to his unhappy end. The Coroner said, that during his expe- rience of thirty years, certainly a few such cases had come to his knowledge. The Jury returned the following verdict : " That the deceased unwittingly, and against his own intention, strangled himself."
NVe are authorized to state that the paragraphs which have appeared, attributing- to Sir Hugh O'Doncl an attempt mu his own life, were founded altogether on misinformation. It is true the young Baronet has been wounded ; but his wounds is the consequence of one of tle use aCCI■tellig which occur every day from handling fire itruss without sufficieet caution, and had nothing to do with suicide, Which he never contemplatteI. It give; us sincere pleasure to add, that a letter, received in town yesterday, front Sir Samuel O'Malley, describes Sir high as considerably better, meld }wide out strong hopes of his ultimate and complete recovery from die effects of his unfortunate accident.---Feeeman's Journal.
On Saturday mornine, a meeting took place Dalkey Island, between a Mr. W-- and a Mr.'0—, when the parties fired three shots each. Mr. 0— was slightly injured on the knee, and Mr. W— received a contu- sion on the breast—immediately after which Mr. W— took his ground again, with a Mr. 31— for his opponent, but, upon the interference of friends, their dispute was adjusted.—Dub/in Freeman's Journal.
On Monday morning, in the neighbourhood of Maynooth, a meeting took place between a Mr. W— and a Mr. K—, when Mr. K— fired in the air, and received his adversary's ball through the neck. We understand the diepnte originated at a late ball at Kingstown.—Dublin Evening Post.
Mr.:Curtis, son, we understand, of the banker, laid time odds of 100 so- vereiens to '20, with Messrs. Hawes of Lambeth, stud Hemmings, all cele- brate'd amateurs of aquatics, that they, with three other gentlemen and a steerer, making seven persons, did not row in a four-oared cutter, from West- minster bridge to Heathley Lock, near Oxford (a distance of one hundred and eleven miles) and back to the place of starting, in seventy-two stem:is- :eve hours. The party started from W estminster Bridge at twelve o'clock on Saturday night, against the tide ; reached Heathley Lock in forty hours, including stoppages ; and returned on Tuesday evening at nine, three hours within trie given time.
Cootes, the pedestrian, leis again been matched to perform another diffi- cult task, viz, to row a boat one thousand miles in one thousand successive hours. A barge has been stationed at Little Chelsea, opposite Battersea- bridge, and another at the distance of half a mile, from which he rows up and. down. He commenced, precisely at six on Monday evening, and continued during the night until twelve o'clock the next morning. The bank is con- stantly thronged with numbers ofspectators, who freely sport their money on the issue.
At a cricket-match at Brighton last week, a farmer, in conversation with a gentleman on the ground, told him, with all the sincerity of truth, that he
had heard " how that one Captain Parry had been on a voyage to the North Pole, and had brought a piece of the pole home with him, with which Ile had made a cricket-hat."
• The shop of Mr. Russell, silversmith, of High-street, Woolwich, has been rob'bed of about seventy gold brooches, several gold seals and keys, and other articles, by some thieves who cut out a pane of glass in the shop- window.
A wasp got among the wigs of the barristers in the Nisi Prius Court at York, the other day; and "the circumstance caused considerable mirth" in that witty circuit. Several steam-engines have been sent to New South Wales within the last year.
The hearts of the Glasgow population are turned wholly to matrimony. The steam-boats on the Clyde are unable to contain the marriag,c-parties. In the village of Bridg,etou upwards of forty couple were united last Friday night.
By means of time steant-boats, Glasgow is now supplied plentifully with new potatoeee poultry, eggs, veautables, and even with butter milk, .front Ireland,
The Edinburgh papers speak of a "Six Feet Club" being constituted, as a guard of honour to the Lord High Constable of Scotland !
The Stirling newspaper discharges a shower of rhetoric on "some das- tardly-minded fellows," who have borne away the hole of the Bore Stone. The Bore Stone was a lump of granite, in a hole or perforation of which the standard of Scotland is believed to have been placed at the battle of Ban- nockburn. There it has lain since the battle, revered and neglected, till lately, that some patriotic thieves have carried it off piece-meal, to be fashioned into fanciful articlesand disposed of as relics. "A reward of twenty guineas is offered for the conviction of the offenders." A journalist of the metropolis remarks, that for the half of that sum the Bore Stone might have been enclosed with an iron railing, and effectually protected against "the chisel and the hammer of the idly curious, or envious and invidious visitors."
FARES OF THE THAMES WATERMEN.—A new code of laws, to insure the good behaviour and prevent the extortion of the Thames Watermen, came into operation on the 1st of August. Above bridge, that is above London Bridge, the regulations are to be these :—A passenger is to be charged three pence from bridge to bridge ' • there are to he ten fares from London Bridge to Chelsea Bridge, at three pence each (each
distance about half a mile); and from Chelsea Bridge to Teddington,
half-mile posts have been driven down to mark the distances at the like charge; from Teddington to Windsor fares to be paid in the same pro- portion. Below bridge, the distance from London Bridge to Greenwich, which is about five miles, is to be divided into ten fares, each to be charged at three pence; from Greenwich to Woolwich, a space of nearly equal distance, in consequence of the winding state of the river, half mile posts have been driven ; the fare for each half mile to be sixpence. No boats are allowed to he before the stairs, but as fares arrive, they are to be embarked, one boat at a time. Though only one man at a time is allowed to ply, the public may, if they think proper, reject him and select any other whom they may see at the stairs, in whom they may have greater confidence. Other regulations are to be enforced to secure order and good behaviour, and the Watermen's Company have determined to employ inspectors to visit the stairs and see the laws enforced.
GREAT FLOOD AT CHESTER.—In this city on Monday, the people were
obliged to take shelter in the rows (a species of piazza peculiar to Chester), and an impetuous torrent of water, almost sufficient to float a boat, flowed from the High Cross through the East-gate, The river rose to an unusual height, and two of the boats of the Chester Yacht Club broke from their moorings above the bridge, and sustained considerable damage. Even our ancient ramparts themselves, that resisted the repeated assaults of the Puritans, have been forced to yield to "the pelting of the pitiless storm." About 15 or 16 yards of that part near the Plurnix Tower (from the summit of which King Charles witnessed the defeat of his army on Rowton-moor) gave way with a tremendous crash, the foundation being quite undermined by the rains. At Sealand, lower down the river, where Mr. Wedge resides, the water has risen to a considerable height in his house—several inches higher than the great flood of 1795, the greatest in the memory of man in this part of the kingdom. Two large porpoises came up as far as the bridge, and were chased by a multitude of boats and men, armed with various mis- siles. The accounts from Wexham and the neighbouring parts of the princi- pality of Wales are most disastrous. A little brook that flows through that town, and runs into the Dee, suddenly rose to a height unprecedented in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, and washed down several houses, and inundated nundated the low parts of the town. In some instances breaches were made in the roofs of the houses to rescue the inmates from perishing. A great portion of King's Mills, on the same stream, was washed away, an the bridge, and two neighbouring cottages, were totally destroyed. One of the Oswestry. coaches had but just passed over the bridge, and another was within twenty yards of it, both heavily laden, when it gave way Several other bridges were also carried away, and among them Leeswood-bridge, in Flintshire, over which the Rev. Mr. Clough, of Mold, and his lady, passed scarcely five minutes before in their carriage. A clock, a bed, and other articles of household furniture, were seen floating down the Alwyn, an in- considerable stream that flows through part of Flintshire and Denbighshire, and also the dead body of a poor collier, who lost his life in endeavouring to save seine of his little effects. The details of the damage done here would fill a whole newspaper.
Tile WEATHER IN FRANCE.—NO instance exists of such a furious storm as that which ravaged La Reole (a village in the department of Gironde) on the 7th inst., and twenty-seven neighbouring communes suffered from its effects. The hailstones were as large as pigeons' eggs, and almost every fruit tree in the vicinity was destroyed. A coach on its way to Frimont was thrown down with such violence as to be broken to pieces. In the vicinity of Montpellier no less than sixty communes have been devastated by continued storms, which burst forth over a space of twenty leagues. The loss of wine is esti- mated at no less than 120,000 barrels, of the first quality; the olives also have suffered a great deal.,—French Paper. CROPS IN FRANcr.--L' Echo de la Halle mix Bles of Paris, a periodical paper exclusively devoted to agricultural matters, contains some interesting details respecting the state of the crops in France. We extract the follow- ing particulars. " Intelligence from Bordeaux states that the rainy weather is very prejudicial to the harvest. At Caen great anxiety is felt upon the same subject; the wheat is becoming black. A great part has been cut, which cannot be carried. At Gray, the constant rain has made the corn germinate. From Lisle it is stated that a number of private persons have laid in a stock of old wheat, in the apprehension that at a later period they shell not be able to procure any but of bad quality. At Lyons, the cold and state of the weather generally, have caused prices to rise. In Dauphiny, on the contrary, the extreme heat and the southern winds have ripened the corn prematurely. In Mozelle, the corn which had been cut during the rain, and which had not been carried away, has germinated. In Nievre, the markets have experienced a sudden rise of two francs per hectolitre. In the Aveiron, a continual drought and unusual heat have very much injured the crops, which wore previously a very promising appearance. In the department of the Seine and Marne, the continual rains have laid the corn, and all hopes of a good harvest have vanished. In the Lower Seine, wheat has been sold as high as 25 francs per hectolitre."
The Scotch papers contain accounts of violent storms of thunder and rain in various parts of Scotland. We are happy to perceive, however, that the crop, both of wheat and oats, is expected to prove an average one. The Seine rose the other day, in several places, nearly three feet in a few hours, in consequence of the great rains in Burgundy. A terrible hurricane took place at Hfivre on the 21st July ; and three ships were lost there.
The village of Groesbeck, in Holland, has suffered very severely; thirteen houses have been destroyed in a thunder-storm.
The herbage of Skiddaw was nearly consumed by caterpillars, till the rooks attacked them, and the heavy rains began to fall. The recent wet weather has caused considerable destruction among the partridges ; in many places whole broods have been found dead. Grouse are plentiful on the moor-lands.—Glusgow Chronicle.
The Princess Olive of Cumberland is now a manufacturer of mariners' compasses. She warrants her compasses not to vacillate in the Arctic regions. She expects that the longitude will be discovered by their use. Mr. Yardley, of the Surrey Theatre, who for some years had been totally blind in his right eye, partly recovered his sight by a stroke of lightning in one of the late thunder-storms.
Miss Smithson, on Friday last, received from her audience at Paris, after the performance of Jane Shore, the honour of a laurel crown. Macready, a few evenings before, was treated with almost an equal clistinctiou after his last appearance in Othello.
The ass used to be a meek and well-behaved animal ; but modern educa- tion spoils everything, and the ass has become proud, impatient under suffering, and revengeful, like human creatures. The following case in point appears in an Exeter paper :—" About a fortnight since, a donkey which was grazing in a field at Halberton, was much annoyed by a pig that kept rubbing against his legs, which at last so exasperated the long-eared animal, that he turned suddenly round on his swinish tormenter, arid bit off his tail !" We should have mentioned last week, that the Jury on the unfortunate bone- collector expressed an opinion, that the vicious donkey, "which is strongly suspected to be in Westminster," should be put to death, and the constable was directed "to use his vigilance in searching for the donkey." The constable's success is not yet reported. The French Government have refused shooting licences to several English- men, on the ground that the immense importation of sportsmen has reduced the game to a degree that threatens to annihilate the pastime entirely.
A new comet i:4 predicted by the French astronomers for 1832, to be the forerunner of most important events.
The octroi duty on wines entering Paris, which is now 50 francs per piece, is to he reduced to 25 : it is thought that twice the quantity will be consumed, and that Government will therefore lose nothing, hut that the vine-growers will derive considerable benefit from the new arrangement.
France appears to vie with England in the expense of its public buildings. The new prison for females, about to be erected in Paris, will cost three millions of francs. At Geneva, the penitentiary prison, which, though small, is reckoned the finest in Europe, cost only 285,000 francs ; and at Berne, a prison now building, which is to contain 400 prisoners, will cost only 750;000 francs.
CARRIER PIGEONS.—Filly-Six of these birds, brought to London front Liege, were lately started in the neighbourhood of Aidersgate-street, at thirty-four minutes past four o'clock in the morning. One of them, called Napoleon, reached its destination (a distance of about 300 miles) at twenty- four minutes past ten o'clock the same day, having accomplished its journey in five hours and fifty minutes. The others followed in succession, and most of them reached Liege at noon.
COMPARATIVE VALUE OF A CHURCH BELL AND A MELON.—Three little boys, the eldest thirteen and the youngest eight years of age, were tried last week in Paris for stealing from a church a small bell used at mass, awl worth about sixpence : and also witli stealing from a fruiterer a melon and 27 sons in money. The legal penalty of the latter theft would be about seven days imprisonment ; but for the sacrilegious part of the transaction they were sentenced to ten years imprisonment in a House of Correction. M. Broussais, one of the most fashionable physicians in Paris, has im- proved upon the system of the celebrated Pazori of Milan. and pretends to Iris patients, cure all disorders by bleeding and leeches. One of Ins patrents, however, lately died after the application of 800 leeches.
On Wednesday last, as the 'Wonder coach, on its return from Alnwick to Newcastle, was coming along the bridge at Morpeth, it was met by some carts, which caused delay, and one of the horses, eager to get on, began to plunge and drew the coach against one of the guard-stories on the east side ; on which the wheel rising, threw the coach upon the battlement of the op- posite side. Part of the battlement was knocked down, and three of the outside passengers, two men and one woman, trunks, coats, Sec. were thrown over into the water. One of the passengers had a very narrow escape from drowning. Doubts were entertained at one time for the safety of Mr. Thew and Mr. Elliot, who caught Thew by the legs, arid kept hint under water for some time; but they were rescued from their perilous situa- tion, and fortunately no serious injury was sustained. Scott, the driver, had a narrow escape, and it was owing to the firmness with which he held the reins that he was not precipitated over the bridge.—Neweasile Paper. 011 Friday evening, the Dart coach, on its way from Edinburgh to Berwick, struck against the corner of a house at Linton: all the passengers were hurt by the concussion, and a child in in the street was ridden over and killed on the spot.
A fatal accident lately occurred to an infant about nine months old, at Mead-row, near Godalming. From the evidence before a coroner's inquest, it appeared that the mother of the child had left it in bed in an en- closed apartment, on a stump bedstead, by the side of which was a bucket of water; and that about half an hour afterwards, one of the neighbouring cottagers' children, having accidentally gone into Duke's cottage, discovered the infant in the bucket, with its head completely immersed in the water, it having rolled off the bed into the bucket ; and, although assistance was at hand, avery effort used to restore suspended animation was unavailing.
On Tuesday, Mr. Samuel Siddall expired at Dronfield, under the dreadful influence of hydrophobia, having been bitten on the 10th of last month by a dog, which there is now every reason to believe was med.—Sheffield Iris. A person named Heaver, who was formerly an opulent timber-broker at Peckham, but latterly embarrassed, attempted on Sunday last to drown him- self in the Surrey canal. He was observed, and taken out, to all appearance dead, but is now recovering slowly.
A girl, two or three years old, was killed on Wednesday, by a fall from a second-floor window, at which she was suffered to play, in Clare Court,
Drury Lane.
James Hughes, a soldier, has been committed to Lancaster Castle, to take his trial under strong suspicions of having drowned a young woman in the canal near Blackburn. The circumstances of suspicion are only presumptive, and the soldier's comrades believe him to be innocent. Irritated by the Coroner's verdict, and taunted by some of the people, they ran about the streets with drawn bayonets; and fatal consequences Might have ensued, but for the energy of the officers, who succeeded in quelling the disturbance and sending the soldiers to their barracks. A gentleman direct from the neighbourhood, states that two young ladies, one twelve, and the other fifteen years of age, hung themselves in Palmyra, Portage county, Ohio, a few days since, on the same tree, with a skein of yarn, which they divided, each taking a half. They were apparently dead when discovered, but were restored. The cause was love.— Winchester Re- porter.
As the workmen were removing the tiles from some old cottages at Ba- singstoke, they discovered jammed in betweea the rafters the dried remains of a cat, with a rat in a similar state in its mouth. It appeared as though flue cat had made a spring at the rat, and falling into the situation where found was unable to extricate itself, and was, consequently, starved to death. Time has dried up the bodies of both animals like Egyptian mummies. They are now in possession of Thomas Wainwright, the ingenious polygraphic drawing-master of Basingstoke, and are well worthy the inspection of the curious.—Reading Mercury.
CONSTRUCTIVE FELON v.—Sentence of death has been passed upon a man for agreeing to purchase some oxen at Ampthill fair, and afterwards driving
them away without paying for them. The most that this offence can amount to is swindling. The sentence is such an outrage upon the sense and feelings of society, that it cannot, we imagine, be carried into execution.—Times.
Considerable interest has been excited in the upper part of Montgomery- shire, by the capture, escape, and recapture of a robber, who it is supposed has carried on business successfully many years. David Rees, a native of TrefeglIwys, near Llanidloes, was suspected some years ago of having broken into a flannel manufactory ; he absconded, and since that period has been living, as it now appears, in South Wales. After the death of the occupier of the flannel manufactory alluded to, Rees visited his native place, where he purchased a small estate, and settled there with his family. A short time ago, a piece of flannel, 120 yards, was taken, in the night time, off the ten- ter-ground near Llanidloes; Rees was again missed, and had gone to Mer- thyr Tidvil, Gla.morganshire. A description of the stolen property being ad- vertised, information was soon communicated from Merthyr to Llanidloes, that Rees was selling flannel there ; and when constables were about to de- part thither to capture him, he suddenly re-appeared at home at Trefegllwys, and was taken into custody. In his garden many kind of goods were found .concealed, such as ham, furniture, &c. and which, it is supposed, belong to divers persons in Glamorganshire. On Sunday week, the prisoner was lodged in a room at the King's Head, Llanidloes, guarded by two bailiffs ; but in the night, while they were asleep, he escaped barefoot through a win- dow ; thence he was traced to the end of the town, followed many miles on the road to Aberystwith, and again taken near the Devil's Bridge. It is sup- posed that Rees's journeys from North to South Wales, with his cargoes, and also his return cargoes, were performed over the trackless mountains ; and since his capture, he has been heard to say that " if hung or transported, it shall be in company : " the inference is, that he has accomplices. Part of a piece of flannel was found at Merthyr Tidvil, with an iron bar in Shrewsbury Chronicle.
At the last assizes at Nimes, a man named Fabrege was tried for the murder of his sister-in-law in the year 1826. The only evidence against the prisoner was the proof of his having, during the life-time of the deceased, frequently used threatening language to her, and the discovery of a quantity of bones, and a portion of the dress which the girl was known to have worn
at the time of her death. Upon this evidence, imperfect as it was, the Jury returned a verdict of guilty; but as they considered the proof of pre- meditation to be wanting, without which the punishment of death cannot be awarded in France, the prisoner was condemned to hard labour for life.
Mtn:nail Ar SEVILLE.-A rich Spaniard, seventy-five years of age, named Alcoy, had living with him, as a servant, a girl of eighteen, named RosaReys, to whom he had offered marriage. The girl, however, having formed a previous attachment for a man named Alfaro, was induced by the persuasions of her lover not only to decline the proposed marriage, but also to assist him in the robbery and murder of her master. One day, when the old gentleman was out, Alfaro entered the house, and in conjunction with Rosa, packed up the most valuable part of the property, with the intention, as it seemed, of carry- ing it away, without resorting, as at first had been agreed upon, to the as- sassination of Don Alcoy: in doing this, however, some words arose be- tween Alfaro and Rosa, which proceeded to such an extent, that Alfaro drew his poniard and stabbed her to the heart. He was making his escape, laden with valuable property, when he was stopped at the door by Don Alcoy and a friend, who took him into custody. He was shortly afterwards tried and condemned to death.
