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THE KING'S HEALTH.—The King came front the Royal Lodge, Windsor

park, yesterday, at two o'clock, to the Castle, where he remained some time. His Majesty was in a close carriage ; but in the course of this week he has visited the Castle in his pony-chaise, driven lty himself, two or three times; and those who saw him remark, that in exterior at least he exhibited all the appearance of a man in good bodily health. SomAnpression from increasing age is now naturally to be observed upon the King's countenance, and some remains may also be perceived of his recent indisposition ; but it is a fact, which may tend more than any other to counteract the notion which has got abroad of the King's being attacked with any disorder that threatens immediate danger, that his Majesty's looks have improved, and that he has visibly gained flesh within the last ten days. We sincerely trust these favour- able prognostics may continue.— Times.

On the arrival of the King at the Royal Lodge, from the Castle, on Thurs- day, he was met by the Duke of Wellington, who had a long audience of his Majesty, and with whom he had the honour of dining.

As we stated on Saturday, the King will meet his Council at Windsor Cas- tle on Monday next, to receive the Recorder's report. —Standard. THE DUKE OF CLARENCE.—His Royal Highness came to town front Bushy Park, on Tuesday afternoon, and remained for some hours in the residence of the Princess Augusta, in the King's palace, St. James's. Several naval officers visited the Royal Duke. He left town about four o'clock.

The Duke of Sussex, who is now on a visit at Ncwstead Abbey, Notts, has, within the last few days, suffered severely from an attack of the gout.— Lincoln Mercury.

The Princess Augusta, with improved spirits, continues to enjoy uninter- rupted health, at Brighton Palace.

DONNA MARIA—The Marquis Palmata has, it is said, presented letters of credence signed by Don Pedro, and constituting him Ambassador at the British Court, on the part of the Queen Donna Maria ; but it is understood that our Government cannot accept hint in a diplomatic character thus con- stituted.—Times, Saturday. THE NEW PALACE—The superb and massive iron gates to the grand en- trance to the King's palace were finished and uncovered on Tuesday morning.

They are about three inches thick, and of the richest workmanship, painted to imitate bronze. In the centre of each gate is the Royal coat of arms and supported in high relief, the shield being about two feet across. At the top are medallions with the cipher G. R. and the crown alternately. The weight of them is not less than seven tons.

GOVERNMENT DEFAULTE R.—A confidential clerk in the cash department of the Navy Pay Office, named Perryman, has just absconded with a sum of money, amounting to 20,0001. We learn that Mr. Cresswell, the cashier, has given security for 6,0001.; so that that amount will, we presume, be reco- verable.—Morning Chronicle.

The delinquent occupied a situation of considerable trust in the Chief Cashier's-office, and had for many years conducted himself in a manner that appeared to warrant unbounded confidence being placed in his fidelity. Some weeks since, however, the usual period having arrived when he had his annual leave of absence for six weeks, he obtained leave to spend that period in the country. The day before he was to start, he contrived to obtain possession of checks to the amount of 20,0001., drawn by Mr. Cresswell, the Chief Cashier, on account of the Navy Commission ; for which he immedi- ately obtained cash, and with which he started at once for a sea-port, and embarked for America. It was soon discovered that he had effectually baf- fled all pursuit; and all expectation of capture has been abandoned as hope- less.—Standard.

It is worthy of remark, that Perry-mau makes the fourth person in the same office who within a few years have become defaulters to very consider- able amounts. Mr. Villiers, if we remember right, was found deficient some 50,0001., for which he was turned out of office. Mr. Tweedie absconded to America with 18,000/. Mr. Slade, it was said, was minus 10,000/, on the discovery of which he shot himself; and notwithstanding these circum- stances, Mr. Perryman is suffered to possess himself of no one knows how many thousands of the public money, and to decamp with it no one knows where. It appears that the amount stated—viz. 20,000/., is by no means the extent of the loss. It was only on the first discovery of his delinquency that this deficiency was ascertained, and we are sorry to learn that further investigation has proved that a far greater' sum remains unaccounted for.— Morning Chronicle.

MILITARY SERVICES.—A circular has just been issued from the War- Office, which has occasioned a considerable stir in the military world. It is addressed by the Deputy Secretary at War to all officers receiving either re- duced or retired allowances, requiring them to transmit, in a form which is sent to them, full particulars of their "services and situations ;" and to in- sure a true and punctual answer, an intimation is added, that in case of its not being received, "just doubts will be entertained" of the party "being alive;" and the reduced allowance will, in such case, be suspended till the transmission of the returns. A good deal of conjecture is already afloat as to the motive which has led to this measure. For ourselves we entertain no doubt but that it.is wisely meant as a prelude to a thorough investigation of that enormous "dead weight" of which the country has of late years heard so much, through means of the famous h,ocus poems scheme to which it gave occasion.—Morning Herald. REDUCTION OF DUTIES ON CORN.—A great reduction on the duties of foreign corn is to-day announced. The duties are now—on Wheat Is. per quarter (the lowest duty in the tariff,) Barley 3s. 4d., Oats 7s. 9d., Rye 12s.6d.,Beans 98.6d., Peas 68.6d. The quantity of wheat in bond at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Hull, now admitted at Is. per quarter duty, is 323,038 quarters.—Globe, Thursday. CIVIC Batu—This entertainment was given on Wednesday evening; and . was attended by as many as the Hall could accommodate without being crowded to excess.

LONDON BRIDGE.—The ceremony of fixing the keystone of the last arch of this great public work, was performed on Wednesday, by the Lord Mayor, amid the cheers of multitudes and the discharges of cannon. It is expected that the bridge will be opened for foot passengers in about a year.

A suspension bridge is to be erected over the Thames at Great Marlow. .

THE THAMES TUNNEL.—The Committee for raising money- by dcinations and debentures for completing the Thames tunnel, have given notice, that in consequence of the sum of 100,0001. not having been subscribed within the period limited, the undertaking is, for the present, wholly suspended. UNIVERSITY OF Logoces.—The number of students at the end of last week amounted to nearly 900 ; of whom above 80 entered for the class of English law ; in the Latin, Greek, and mathematical classes, there are between 60 and 70 each • between 70 and 80 in the natural philosophy class; about 70 in that of gemistry ; and 120 medical students. Above ten new shares have been subscribed since the opening in October. SPANISH EKILES.—A meeting was 17W on Monday evening, in the Lon- don Tavern, to consider what means it were best to adopt for the relief of these sufferers. Though the meeting was only of 'a preliminary kind, it was i attended by about two hundred gentlemen,—Mr. W. Stevens n the chair. Mr. Galloway proposed that a requisition should be presented to the Lord Mayor in order that a meeting of the Coininon Council should be called, and a sum voted front the City funds. Mr. G. Merle seemed to think that a plan he had last year suggested, and which had met the approbation of Lord Lansdowne, Earl Dudley, the Duke of Devonshire, and other gentlemen of rank, might be acted upon,—that of giving an entertainment at the theatres for the benefit of the refugees; the whole expenses of these entertainments to be defrayed by the Committee, and the gross proceeds to go without deduc- tion to the charity. Mr.Merle stated that Government had refused to advance any more money,—though not, he believed, from any wrong feeling. also noticed the rumour that the Duke of Wellington was in treaty with the King of Spain for the return of the refugees, on condition that they should not be molested on account of their political opinions; but he showed that though the Duke was successful, and Ferdinand's vengeance slumbered, there was scarcely a possibility of their being able to subsist, since those who lived by their talents could not exercise them, and those who once possessed property could call it no longer their own. Mr. John Bowring praised the Government for what it had done, though he might have wished it to go still further. Mr. Freshfield, the Secretary to the Relief Committee' observed, that since the distressed state of the refugees became known, he had received many letters with subscriptions : Mr. Peel and other distinguished indi- viduals had written to him, and he had received both Royal and munificent donations. In the end, a deputation was appointed to wait on the Lond Mayor with a request that he should call a public meeting to aid the object in view. A subscription was opened in the room, which in a few minutes amounted to 2004

The public meeting takes place on Tuesday, the Lord Mayor in the chair. Mr. Bleaden has given the use of the great room in the London Tavern, without charge. The students in the London University had a meeting on Wednesday morning, for the purpose of promoting a subscription for the relief of the re- fugees; and their example has been liberally followed at Trinity College, Cambridge.

MR. G. B. WHITTAKER THE Puuttsnsa.—A meeting of this gentleman's creditors was held on Wednesday, to consider of an offer made to them in

July,—in which Mr. Whittaker proposed to re-purchase the whole of his stock remaining on hand, and also the copy-rights, on a valuation. The terms arranged between Mr. Whittaker and the trustees on his estate were unani- mously assented to by tilt creditors. That gentleman intends to return again to business in company with Mr. J. Treacher and Mr. D. 0. Amt. There Were members of Mr. Whittaker's family, who having embarked large ca- pital in the business, had claims upon the estate to the amount of 52,000/.; but it had been provided that they should receive nothing till the other cre- ditors received 10s. in the pound ; they were then to receive a like dividend, and to receive no more till the other claims were paid in full.

Bausiswice Ctuus.—Northumberland, Worcester, Caernarvon and Essex, have to he added to the list of English districts which have or are about to follow tile example of Kent. Then there are petitions and declarations. Since the Brunswick Club of Kent was formed, six-and-thirty places and bodies have publicly declared themselves against the conceding of political power to the adherents of the Pope. The clergy of Nottinghamshire dis- tinctly avow it as their belief, "that it is the design of the Roman Catholics to subvert the Established Church, and finally to substitute their own." They would extend to the Catholics all the political privileges of the consti- tution, if they would give the " same security with the Protestants of their allegiance to the Sovereign of these realms. At the Exeter meeting, the friends of the Catholics had the advantage in oratory—they mustered more • speeches than the Brunswickers' but when it came to votes, their amendment on the original petition was lost by a large majority. The burgesses of Caer- narvon, in North Wales, were more unanimous ; an address to the King, and paitions to Parliament, were voted, amidst cheers for Protestant ascendancy, without a dissentient voice. The Duke of Newcastle, Lord Winchilsea, Sir E. Knatchbull, and Sir William Curtis, figured as orators after a dinner at Ramsgate. At the meeting of the Colchester Pitt Club, the announcement of an intention to strengthen the constitution by forming a Brunswick Club was loudly applauded. Sir Thomas Lethbridge has come forth to rouse the sluggish energies of Somersetshire. On the other hand, Lord Darnley has addressed a letter to the clergy of Rochester on their declaration, in which he rather plausibly combats some of their positions as to the danger of admit- ting a score of Catholic commoners to seats in tile Commons, and the enjoy- ment of their hereditary privileges by two or three peers. The Irish Orange papeis contain abundant reports of tile proceedings of Clubs. in Ireland : suffice it to say, that there are now one hundred and eighty- three of theni iny:exigtence; and that their" funds ex.deed 60,000/.• Scuirie- of the speakers at the. wore at OSSquAblit6 have istiulge‘t iu 4r.eat asReritT 911apP34•4 CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.-•-•MF. O'Connell has expressed himself much dis- pleased with the Duke of Norfolk, and the British Catholic Association' for at all entertaining the question of securities. He has characterized the last meeting of this body as" scandalous and discreditable;" and gives it as his opinion that the Irish Association must separate themselves from the British.

Mr. O'Connell, at a meeting of the Catholic Association in Dublin, on Tuesday, said, that up to the 26th of October, three successive applications had been made by the British Ministry, through the Hanoverian Minister at Rome, for a Coneordatum, and that the Pope had declined entering into any treaty on the subject, until the Catholics of Ireland were emancipated. Mr. O'Connell said he was authorized to make this statement, but he did hot mean to say that the British Minister communicated officially with the Court of Rome.

The Association has invited Lord :Morpeth to a public dinner; and his Lordship has accepted the invitation.

LIBERAL PROTESTANT DECLARATION.—A correspondent of the Standard says, that the number of signatures to this document—" and heaven and earth were moved to procure them, in all parts of the country"—does not exceed, if they amount to, three thousand. It was sent off from Dublin on Saturday, to the Duke of Wellington.

SEIZURE OF An Ms.—The amplified story in the Dublin Evening Post has been wofully curtailed of its interest. The arms seized on board the Lord Blaney steam-boat are reduced to six fowling-pieces, value 91.; and they were only seized because they had been imported after a smuggling fashion, without the proper license.

The North of Ireland is become stocked with asses, which the Irish reapers have brought over in droves from Scotland.—C/omnet/ Herald. The Orangemen in the North have been, it is said, seen in cavalry equip- ments : perhaps the Irish reapers have been recruiting for them—Times.

Mr. Mahony, who was lately arrested for administering seditious oaths respecting Mr. O'Connell, has been admitted to bail by order of the Lord Lieutenant.

PROJECTED CATHOLIC COLLEGE.—The Dublin Evening 21/Hid announces that Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Shiel have it in contemplation to found a new College in Dublin, as a rival to Trinity College I COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—Since the opening of this house for the season, till its temporary close on Friday the 14th, the audience had been annoyed with the smell of unconsumed gas; and one evening the lights at the boxes, after flickering irregularly for some time, went entirely out. The evil seemed irremediable, and the proprietors determined to abandon the use of gas in lighting the interior of the theatre. The operations for removing the apparatus used in the manufacture of the gas have been attended with fatal consequences. On Tuesday several men were employed both outside and inside the theatre ; and of these, eleven were in the gas-room. A consider- able quantity of gas, it appears, had collected in the room ; and from the in- cautious use of a light by one of the men, the gas caught fire and exploded, with a loud report. The building and the neighbourhood were immediately involved in thick smoke ; and that part of the theatre under the King's pas- sage was found to be in flames. Mr. Milton and Mr, Phelp were the first who escaped, without much injury. Ramsden and Uxford, lamplighters, Pickering, a labourer, and Sigs, a coal-man, also got out partially injured. Mr. Cooke, a scientific gentleman, and Skinner and Berry, gasmen, were dreadfully burnt: their hands and faces were literally skinned. Douglas, the steward, an old aud highly-valued servant of the theatre, and Fennel, the gas-master, were still missing. It was known that they were next to the gasometer at the moment of the explosion; so that little doubt as to their fate remained. Every exertion was now made to save the theatre front de- struction. Mr. Charles Kemble, Mr. Fawcett, and a number of gentlemen whom the accident had assembled, exerted themselves wherever their services could be available, either to save the property or relieve the suf- ferers. The supply of water was abundant, and the chance of danger to the building was soon over. In order, if possible, to rescue Douglas and Fennel, attempt i were made to descend into the vaulted passage adjoining the gaso- meter; but the force of the impure air, and the quantity of water in the passages, rendered the attempt impracticable. Soon after, Mr. Corder, the vestry-clerk of the parish, with Mr Beazeley the architect, and some others, descended with a safety-lamp. They proceeded along the passages, knee.. deep in water, to the gas-room ; but the bodies which they sought were not to be found there. Mr. Corder waded about till, at the buttons of a flight of steps leading from the gas-room, he found the body of Douglas, in a positiou which indicated that he had fallen in his attempt to escape. The remains of Fennel were found at the door, at the top of the steps; and it is supposed that he might have escaped had the door not been unluckily locked. The bodies were not bruised nor distorted, and their death had been evidently caused by suffocation. From the evidence given on the inquest by James Bryant, fireman to the theatre, it does not appear very clearly how the ac- cident occurred. Immediately before, the workmen were preparing to get out the condensed water. All of them were near the gasometer ; and it is supposed that the fire was occasioned by a " back-lamp," which one of the labourers carried. Neither Douglas nor Fennel objected to the use of the lamp. Mr. Hedge was at the theatre on Monday, when he found a strong smell of gas and essential oil ; and he mentioned to Mr. Fennel at the time, that he never saw any apparatus so liable to catch fire. On Tuesday, shortly before the explosion occurred, he had cautioned Mr. Fennel against the use of lights ; but he was assured that no accident could occur. Joseph Hutch- insou attributed the, accident to Mr. Douglas having been induced, against his previous determination, to approach the gasometer with a light. Mr. Phillips, chemist, was in the theatre on Tuesday morning, and found the walls saturated with essential oil, but no appearance of gas. He carried a candle with him round the gasometer; and punched a small hole in it to try if the gas was entirely removed. A smoke arose, not from the gas, but from the oil ; and he cautioned Fennel of the dauger of bringing candles there, as, if the oil took fire, it would "roast them all." He attributed the accident entirely to the folly of poor Fennel in incautiously using a light. John Palmer, principal inspector to the Chartered Gas Company, described his attempt to proceed, in company with a man named Bliss, to where the deceased lay. Bliss exclaimed, "My God,.I hear some voices ; let us' obtain assistance, and break open the door." In .a short time, how- ever, Bliss said he was sorry he could not. afford any more assistance, as he had been ordered uff theawernises. glt. was ,.esplained, that Blisg „had been disCliaiged lãt year frOm the theatre as a gasman; and that Mr. Robert.. song the ttea4ttmr, hut urdeivd him off the premises, 04 he dict not think FIRE AT THE KING'S NEW PALACE.—The neighbourhood of Pimlico was thrown into a state of the utmost consternation and alarm on Thursday even- ing, in consequence of a fire breaking out in one of the large wooden sheds on the vacant ground in front of the new palace. The flames spread with such ra- pidity, that the greatest fears were for some titan 'entertained for the safety of the palace, the shed being within a few yards of the magnificent pile. On the alarm being given, a number of soldiers in the adjoining barracks imme- diately rushed to the spot, and a plentiful supply of water being obtained, two engines on the ground were brought into requisition, and in the course of half an hour the fire was subdued ; but not before the shed, containing a great quantity of workmen's tools, and materials used in the building of the palace, was entirely consumed. The light reflecting on the surrounding ob- jects rendered the trees in the Park, the Canal, and the palace distinctly visible, presenting a very beautiful appearance. The conduct of the soldiers cannot be too highly praised ; it is owing to their exertions that the palace was saved from destruction, and they exerted themselves effectually in pre- venting the immense multitude who had collected from gaining admission to the building. Several workmen will be great sufferers by the fire, the shed being full of tools belonging to them. It was for some time supposed that the palace was on fire, and the greatest anxiety prevailed. The shed was used principally for holding and preparing the Stanhope mixture with which the roof of the palace is plastered.—Morning Journal.

The premises of Mr. Willis, baker, Hanover-street, New-road, were on Thursday morning consumed by fire.

Captain Whyte, of the brig Tuler, was on Saturday drowned in theThames, having fallen between his own vessel and another while he was endeavour- ing to step on shore. He was taken out of the water in three minutes, but died soon after.

Last week, two watermen fell asleep in their boat, while they awaited the arrival of a vessel which they were to assist in bringing up the river : the boat floated with the rising tide, drifted a short distance, and having come against a chain-cable, suddenly swamped. The men were awakened by the concussion, but too late : both were thrown into the river, and drowned.

A serious accident occurred in Coventry on Tuesday last. The Lord Pri- mate of Ireland, accompanied by his sister, Lady Anne Beresford, and his niece, Miss Beresford, was proceeding on his journey towards Ireland, in his private carriage, when the axle-tree broke, and threw them with violence out of the carriage. The whole of the party were more or less hurt, but the waiting-maid of Lady Anne Beresford was most seriously injured.

COINERS.—A gang of coiners, who have manufactured and circulated au immense quantity of base money, and whose dexterity and vigilance had

hitherto baffled every exertion to discover them, were successfully unken- relied at the end of last week, and taken into custody, near Dog-row, Mile- end-road. They arc James Coleman, his wife, daughter, and mother-in-law. So perfect were their imitations of the current shilling, that Mr. Powell, the solicitor of the Mint, has said that not one tradesman in ten could discover the counterfeit. The officers found a complete set of coining apparatus in the house ; but it does not appear that any of their manufacture was detected. When Coleman was taken into custody, he exclaimed, " Well, thank God, you have not caught me at work, and therefore you can't hang me."

had any right to be there. Bliss informed the Jury that he had told Mr. Thomas, the constable, that he would probably have saved the men if he had not been ordered away. Mr. Thomas denied this. Mr. Fawcett stated, that owing to the bad conduct of Bliss, he was discharged about twelve months ago; "since which time," said the Manager, "he has been about the theatre, at the different public-houses, endeavouring by every means to revenge himself upon us by abuse and evil reports. Had he pointed out the means by which the unhappy men could have been saved, there were at least twenty men present who would have flown to the spot, with crow-bars and other implements to rescue them. The fact was, that the character of this man, Bliss, was bad before, and this attempt to throw blame upon the per- sons connected with the theatre, by charging them with a want of feeling, shows it in a still worse light. My God 1—(continued Mr. Fawcett, with great warmth of feeling,) is there one of us who would not have flown to the spot if we thought that assistance could be rendered ?" The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." Mr. Fawcett then stated, that it was the intention of the proprietors never to make gas again in the house, and never to use it as an interior light. In a letter to the Times, Mr. Fawcett has ex- plained his view of the manner in which the accident occurred. During the temporary absence at dinner of the superintendent of the workmen employed • in the operations, "one of the unfortunate men who has suffered by the ca- lamity, in his over-anxiety, it is supposed, to get rid of the gas, perforated a small hole in the gasometer, with a view of burning it out. The flame pro- duced by this unfortunately communicated with the volatile oil of the gaso- meter ; and the fire coming in contact with the gas which was unavoidably floating in the arched passages, it instantly ignited." The theatre has suffered but little injury ; for it is supposed that from 50/. to 100/. will repair it. The performances might be resumed on Monday, as was intended ; but the proprietors are likely to delay the opening for a few days, that there may be no chance of the slightest smell of gas in the house.

ROBBERIES.—Mr. Kingston, farmer, was hustled by thieves last week, -at Kingston fair, and robbed of 400/.

On Thursday night, a house in Lincoln's Inn, was robbed of a gold watch and other property. On the same night the shop of a silversmith in Green-

hill- rents, St. Sepulchre, was robbed of a large quantity of plate. A dwell- ing-house in Tavistock-square was entered on Friday night, and a quantity of plateand cash carried away.

Muenees.—Joseph Hutchinson, -whose father and brother are the joint occupiers of Cowley-house farm, in the county of Durham, has committed the crimes of parricide and fratricide, having murdered John Hutchinson, his father, and Israel Hutchinson, his brother. On Monday week, while the family were at dinner, Joseph rose from the table and went to the kitchen, -where he armed himself with a poker. He returned and struck his father a violent blow on the back of the head. His brother-in-law, with his wife and child, who were in the house, immediately fled. A maid-servant, who entered, saw him repeatedly strike his father. A man who came to the house after the alarm was given, found, the prisoner standing at the door armed with a gun and hammer ; and when he entered, he found the father lying beside the table quite dead, and the brother behind the door in the agonies of death. When this person opened the door, he said, "Joseph, you have done a bad deed upon your father." The murderer replied, "He is not my father; take

a spade or a hatchet, and cut him in two." The witnesses who were ex.

amined on the Coroner's inquest were of opinion that Joseph was sane. When apprehended, however, he betrayed evident proofs of insanity. When questioned about the murders, he stated himself to be happier than he had

been for the last six weeks, and spoke of the crime he had committed as a praiseworthy act. It is known that he was in a state of derangement three

years ago ; and within the last month his conduct was so outrageous, as to oblige his late father and brother to tie his feet, and flog him; the recollec- tion of which is supposed to have led to this most appalling event.

A young woman named Bing has just been assassinated near Lyons. Her father perished upon the scaffold during the reign of terror ; and a brother and sister drowned themselves.

The Jamaica Papers of the 13th give the full particulars of the trial of a negro for the murder of his overseer, at St. John's. The trial created great interest, as it was the first in which a negro had been allowed counsel. It appears to have been conducted with great decorum. The case was this-- the negro ran away, and, meeting the overseer in a lonely place, dragged bins from his horse and strangled him with his neckcloth. The murderer was hanged. The pupils of Dr. Spurzheim, who have made their way to Jamaica, inspected his head, and found (as usual) the organ of destructiveness fearfully developed.

Suicine.—The body of a female, about eighteen years of age, was on Thursday found in the Regent's Canal, near Macclesfield Bridge, Port- land Town. On the inquest, it appeared that she had left her father's house on the 1st July, to go to service ; but that a young man named Smith, who was paying his addresses to her, took her without the knowledge of her parents to a private lodging and made her pass as his wife. Pawnbrokers' duplicates, and the scantiness of her clothing when she was found, proved that she had been subjected to great distress. She had not been seen by her friends for three weeks, and from the state of the body, it is supposed it had been a considerable time in the water. Her thighs were found to be broken in two places, her ribs fractured, and other serious wounds appeared upon the body ; and these at first led to the supposition that she had been murdered : but Mr. Goodger, the house-surgeon of Mary-le-bone Infirmary, after a careful examination, declared his opinion to be that she died by drown- ing, and that the body was afterwards mutilated by the barges which navigate the canal. Smith, whose desertion and ill-treatment of the unhappy girl, seems to have been the cause of her committing self-murder, evinced the ut- most indifference at her fate ; and was severely reprimanded for his brutality. The Jury found—" That she drowned herself in a fit of derangement, occa- sioned by distress of mind, and Smith's cruel treatment."

Two suicides have taken place at Versailles within a few days of each other. The one was caused by love, the other by gambling. The lover snot himself in coming out from the mansion of his mistress, who had declared that he must renounce all hopes of her heart or of her hand. His last words were, "Site shall not refuse me again." The gambler, a young Englishman, a student of medicine, killed himself, after quitting the mansion of a restaurateur in the Rue St. Pierre, where he had ate a hearty dinner. His last words were, "I shall never dine again."—French Paper.

Colonel 'Ortega, a Spanish Constitutionalist, recently committed suicide in one of the dungeons in Barcelona, by opening a vein with a bone which he had sharpened.

PIRACY.—A Special Commission sat in the Admiralty Court, St. Christo- pher's, on the 22nd September, for the trial of the Captain and crew of the schooner Las Dames Argentines, the pirate vessel which captured th.-3 brig Carraboo of Liverpool, on her voyage to Buenos Ayres. The Carraboo was taken after she had been twelve days from Liverpool, abreast of the Out of Gibraltar, on the 21st July. She was carried into the island of St Eustatius, and there both she and the pirate were found by his Majesty's slip Victor, Captain Lloyd. Joseph Lazaro Buysan, the Captain of the Las Damns Argentines, was first put upon his trial. The circumstances connected with the capture of time Carraboo, were detailed by Henry Harrison and Elias Merryman, two of the pirates, who had been admitted King's evidence. The pirates took possession of the vessel, whose cargo was valued at 28,0001. sterling, and plundered the crew and passengers; but it does not appear that they were subjected to any personal violence,—except being put under hatches, and a sentinel placed over them. The crew of the vessel was landed at the Canaries. It appeared that a great number of vessels had been cap- tured and plundered by this pirate. An attempt was made to show that she was acting under a regular commission from some Government,—and the " particular instructions" of the pirate was read in evidence. It was held, however, that this was a desperate attempt to further the ends of piracy. The Captain was found guilty. Twenty-eight of the men were then tried in three divisions. Time issue was time same in all cases ; and all were con- demned to be hanged except one person who was acquitted. The prisoners were executed on three different days. The vessel on board of which their depredations were committed, lay at anchor opposite the gallows, and fired minute guns. There were in all thirty-nine men on board the pirate. Of these, twenty-eight suffered death, two turned Ring's evidence, one was ac- quitted, three were pardoned, and five were not tried, because they were taken on board aft_r the piracy was committed.

SIIIPWRECKS.—The Beaufort Castle of Liverpool, 400 tons burden, was wrecked on the 8th October, in latitude 29 deg. 30 min., long. 30 deg. She had taken in a cargo at Bony, on the coast of Africa; and on her return home, she was overtaken by a severe gale from the northward. She was thrown on her beam-ends. The gale, which had lasted all day, increased as the night advanced. A wave struck the ship on the larboard quarter, tore up the decks, and washed the Captain and nine men into the sea; and in con- tinued breaches which the waves made over the wreck, thirteen others of the crew were carried away and drowned. The eight survivors lashed them- selves to the Shrouds, and were for four days driven about without food, and with no hope of relief. A French brig at length bore down upon the wreck, and took the surviving seamen from it. The Frenchmen treated them kindly ; and they have since arrived at home.

The Weatherly, of Leith, 310 tons burden, was wrecked on the morning of the 18th ultimo, in the neighbourhood of Swinemunde in the Baltic. Ten of the crew were drowned.

The will of Luke Hansard, printer to the House of Commons, has been proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. His personal property is estimated at ninety thousand pounds, besides freeholds. He seems to have made a most equitable division of his wealth amongst his family ; he has left an immense number of legacies to persons employed in his large printing

establishment, and even his apprentices are remembered in his will.

We understand that letters have been this week received by the Trustees of the Brazilian National Mining Association, from their agent Mr. Oxerford, of his safe arrival at Rio de Janeiro.

Mr. Matthews, the author of the Diary of an Invalid, died at Ceylon, on the 20th of May, while performing his official circuit. For a considerable time Mr. Matliews's health had been declining ; but the immediate cause of his death was water in the chest, accompanied by some disease of the heart. We continue to live in (qu. on?) the ardent hope that his Majesty will shortly return to the Pavilion; hut upon that, to us important subject, nothing as yet, in this part of the world, is decisively known.—Brighton Guardian. 'fee Two PARES.—AS there are now two Parkes on the Bench, some doubt has arisen how to distinguish them. The wits at Westminster have, however, hit upon a distinction which may serve : James being the name of the elder, coupled with the odour of sanctity which accompanies him, they propose to call him Saint James's Parke ; and the younger, Green Parke.— Morning Chronicle.

An uncommonly fine leopardess, a present from the Emperor of Morocco to his Britannic Majesty, arrived inthe Thames on Thursday from Africa, in the ship Mary Anne, Captain Chapman. It is understood that his Majesty intends to present the beautiful beast, with several others from the Tower of London, to the Zoological Society.

THE CHISWICK ELEPHANT.—A considerable sensation was occasioned, a few days ago, at the Duke of Devonshire's establishment, at Chiswick, by the death of a very distinguished member of such establishment, and one that attracted a vast deal of notice, and excited mulch curiosity—namely, a remarkably docile and exceedingly well-ta.ught elephant. He formed a conspicuous object amongst the natural curiosities shown at the Chiswick Villa. At the word of command from his keeper, he would unbolt the door of the place in which he was confined, and trot out upon the lawn, to the surprise of the specta- tors ; he would uncork a bottle, drink out the water, and then recork the bottle, &c. The loss has occasioned a good deal of grief, as he had many real friends and admirers. The Duke is stated to have given the flesh, skin, &c. to the keeper, but to have desired that the bones might be carefully pre- served, for the purpose of having a skeleton made of such remains.—Globe.

that indispensable article of food. mieres, 4 sols ; secondes, 4 sols. On cornmencera a 61 heures precises."— Connerrs's CORN.—In a letter to the Daily Papers, Mr. Cobbett speaks Another of the pieces represented by this automaton company was " La Pas. of the introduction of Indian corn as an " event in rural economy, which will sion de N. S. Jesus Christ, sa resurrection et son ascension au del." The certainly form an epoch in this country as remarkable as, and more interest- place at which the performances were held was a notorious house of ill-fame. ing than almost any one found upon record." More than half of his crop —Globe. was standing in the field on the 13th current ; and he thinks that it will be FRENCH Posraces.—Letters which passed through the French Post-office, the end ofJanuary till he is able to ascertain its amount. Exposure at this from England, written on Bath post paper and sealed with wax, have lately season does the grain no harm. He has, however, ascertained the amount been charged double, and in many instances treble postage—only one-eighth

of the crop as nearly as possible. For this purpose he measured off a piece of an ounce being allowed for a single letter. .

a rod square,—not altogether at random, but still not the best in the field. The cultivation of beet-root for sugar still continues in France, and has He had the ears gathered, husked, and the ...rain rubbed off in his presence ; even increased of late. The amount of sugar from the crop of beet-root of and he found the produce of the rod to be four gallons and three quarts, this year is estimated by the Journal du Commerce at four millions of kilo- Winchester measure. " There being 160 square rods in a statute acre, and grammes.

there being eight gallons in a bushel, and four quarts in a gallon, the crop, ac- cording to this specimen, is ninety-five bushels to the acre." This calculaton the French Ministry. is short of his first anticipations ; but then he had not made sufficient allowance When Don Miguel was in England, he received the present of a horse for " gaps " made by the birds. Still it is a most valuable crop. " Very bad from the King. This animal was poisoned by the orders of the old Queen. and stale samples of corn now sell at Mark-lane for 45s. the quarter. So After the horse died, the farriers cut him into pieces, and threw the carcase on that the head grain of this crop would be worth, even at this rate, 26/. 15s. the sands of the Tagus to be devoured by the dogs, or carried away by the an acre, which is more than three times the value of the average crop of tide. wheat of this same year ; not to mention the loads of good fodder ; and, not The venerable Archbishop of Elves who, as a friend to the charter, and a to mention the fine state in which the crop leaves the land ; not to mention either that this crop is not six months upon the ground, and that it may fol- pation of Don Miguel, died lately of the plague at Gibraltar.

low, or be followed, by a crop of wheat, without danger to either crop." A GENUINE AMERICAN.—There now resides in Montgomery county, in Then there are the " nubbings,' and other refuse parts, which go to the for- this state, a lady in the fifty-fifth year of her age, who weighs 510 pounds. illation of the perfect plant, and are available for the purpose of feeding cattle Her stature is rather low ; she is the mother of ten children, nine of whom and pigs, which must also be taken into account in estimating the full value are living, and she says none of her relations are above the ordinary size. At of a crop of Indian corn. Mr. Cobbett is persuaded that had this corn been twenty years of age she weighed 1351hs., commenced being corpulent at in full cultivation at present, the 44b. loaf, in place of being 13d. would have about thirty: her general health is good, but from her unwieldy size she can been at about 4d. He is about to publish a book containing full instruc- walk but a few steps.—Nashville Banner. tions for the rearing and harvesting of this crop. He is also preparing to A Quebec paper of the 20th October, mentions that the frost had set in supply seed to those who wish it. The corn is to be sold in the ear—first, early, and very severely, having continued for a week without interruption. that it may be seen just as it grew in the field ; and next, the doing so will A considerable proportion of the potato crop was still in the ground.

prevent the possibility of either wilful or unintentional fraud on the part of In a proclamation of the Emperor of China, called forth a few years since corn dealers. Ninety ears, he thinks, will on an average, plant an acre, by the troublesome increase of appeals from the provinces, his celestial Ma. These are to be sold for 32s.; and any lesser number of ears in proportion. jesty enjoins "strict search to be made to discover all lawsuit-exciting

Even at this price it is far cheaper than seed wheat. blackguards, and when found, to punish them severely." PARISH AeLowasce.—In a country village, not twenty miles from Exeter, an able-bodied pauper, who is employed during the working days for her THE KING V. Gienoes.—The defendant George Henry Gibbons was for-

meat, is generously allowed by the parish sixpence a week for her Sunday's merly convicted of having been a party in an illegal m for the pro.

dinner, clothes, and lodgings !—Somersetshire Gazette. curement of a situation in the gift of the East India Company's service ; ARREST OF THE DEAD.—It is said that a Sheriff's officer, a few days ago, and he was now brought up to the Court of King's Bench forjudgment. The disinterred the body of a debtor, from Torrington churchyard, and conveyed sentence of the Court was, that he should be imprisoned for three months it to prison at the suit of the creditor 1.—Somersetshire Gazette, in the custody of the Marshal. ACHIEVEMENTS OF A POLICE.OFFICER.—MT. Armstrong, of Kingsland-road, THE KING V. Bucetaen.—The defendant was convicted at the Guildford formerly on of the Worship-street police-officers, on last Friday morning Assizes of having assaulted and obstructed certain officers of excise. The expired in the arms of an affectionate daughter-in-law, in the eighty-first defendant and his partners were in the practice of defrauding the revenue by year of his age, after living fifty-four years in the public service. In the list the clandestine manufacturing of candles. At midnight on the 12th of of his services the friends oi' Mr. Armstrong can boast that it was he who ap- January, six excise officers went to the defendant's premises, and attempted prehended the noted Barrington. It was he who also secured Huffie White, to gain an entrance. The defendant did not seem inclined to admit them; the most desperate character and greatest burglar in England. He also ap- and two of them having got over a wall, he set his dog at them. The animal prehended Edward Birkett, a noted burglar and desperate character, who shot had injured both the officers. The Court of King's Bench sentenced the himself on the morning of his execution, but lived long enough to be hanged. defendant to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, and to Armstrong also took into custody a gang of robbers, named Moss Room, pay a fine of 100/.to the King. Stepney, Kebble, Richardson, Jowell, and Ware, who had committed de- WESTBROOK V. Iturnves.—The plaintiff was the proprietor of certain predations in many counties ; they were at length all hanged in Horsemonger- stables at the Edgeware-road, which were let to a person named Smith. Thi a lane. He also apprehended Thurton and his five sons, for various burglaries man, with two others, Bull and Dowsett were suspected of having been en - committed in Cambridgeshire, and who were all executed. To this list may gaged in the robbery of the Post-office at Hounslow ; and a watch was set be added Hagarty and Holloway, who were executed for the murder of on the premises, with a view to discover his associates. While the watchers STONE FOR BREAD.—A correspondent in the Tunes would persuade us, that FRENCH Mrsreems.—The following was copied from a printed handbill at pure Derbyshire spar is pulverized by steam-engines, for the purpose of being Montpelier :—" Par permission de Monsieur le Maire. Les Sieurs Gaillard et sold and mixed with wheaten flour. So perfect is the counterfeit, that it is Combe, Directeurs des Automates parlans, auront l'honneur de dormer not distinguishable from flour save by the weight ; and travellers are actually aujourd'hui, Dimanclie, 10 Aout, 1828, La Naissance de N. S. Jesus Christ, employed to offer this poison to bakers, flour-dealers, and millers, as openly piece en 5 actes, tiree de l'Ecriture Sainte, ornee de tous les decors et ac- es a farmer would offer them his grain. The 7'imes suggests that this dis- cessoires convena.bles a la dignite du sujet, joue par des automates parlans cover)' ought to operate powerfully on the minds of Ministers, " to induce de trois pieds et demi de hauteur. On s'abstiendra de faire id 1' eloge de la them as much as possible to lower the price of corn." Another corre- partie mecanique, l'accueil distineue que les Sieurs Gaillard et Combe out spondent says that there is a day in Cornwall, which, from its peculiar fine- rep du public est un stir garant de la momlite des pieces qu'ils representent. ness, has been mistaken for flour, and which has been sold to be mixed with Le spectacle auraaleu dans la Salle de la Croix d'Or. Prix des places—pre- that indispensable article of food. mieres, 4 sols ; secondes, 4 sols. On cornmencera a 61 heures precises."— Connerrs's CORN.—In a letter to the Daily Papers, Mr. Cobbett speaks Another of the pieces represented by this automaton company was " La Pas. of the introduction of Indian corn as an " event in rural economy, which will sion de N. S. Jesus Christ, sa resurrection et son ascension au del." The certainly form an epoch in this country as remarkable as, and more interest- place at which the performances were held was a notorious house of ill-fame. ing than almost any one found upon record." More than half of his crop —Globe. was standing in the field on the 13th current ; and he thinks that it will be FRENCH Posraces.—Letters which passed through the French Post-office, the end ofJanuary till he is able to ascertain its amount. Exposure at this from England, written on Bath post paper and sealed with wax, have lately season does the grain no harm. He has, however, ascertained the amount been charged double, and in many instances treble postage—only one-eighth a rod square,—not altogether at random, but still not the best in the field. The cultivation of beet-root for sugar still continues in France, and has He had the ears gathered, husked, and the ...rain rubbed off in his presence ; even increased of late. The amount of sugar from the crop of beet-root of and he found the produce of the rod to be four gallons and three quarts, this year is estimated by the Journal du Commerce at four millions of kilo- Winchester measure. " There being 160 square rods in a statute acre, and grammes.

Colonel Fabvier is about to return to the Levant on a special mission from is short of his first anticipations ; but then he had not made sufficient allowance When Don Miguel was in England, he received the present of a horse for " gaps " made by the birds. Still it is a most valuable crop. " Very bad from the King. This animal was poisoned by the orders of the old Queen. and stale samples of corn now sell at Mark-lane for 45s. the quarter. So After the horse died, the farriers cut him into pieces, and threw the carcase on that the head grain of this crop would be worth, even at this rate, 26/. 15s. the sands of the Tagus to be devoured by the dogs, or carried away by the an acre, which is more than three times the value of the average crop of tide. wheat of this same year ; not to mention the loads of good fodder ; and, not The venerable Archbishop of Elves who, as a friend to the charter, and a to mention the fine state in which the crop leaves the land ; not to mention faithful subject of Don Pedro, was obliged to flee from Portugal on the user-

closin with him, tle fellow endeavoured to precipitate both into the street; but Armstrong succeeded in bringing him down, and he was afterwards executed. The noted Jeremiah Abershaw and Armstrong had a similar ren- contre in Bridgwater-gardens, but not with the same success; for "Jerry," after snapping his pistol, dashed himself through a lath and plaster partition, and escaped by the roof of the house. About seven years ago, Armstrong on going through Rose-lane, Spitalfields alone, and without arms, was suddenly rushed upon by a noted highway robber, named Barry, and four others, who beat him in an unmerciful manner. Armstrong, four years ago, petitioned to retire, and as his salary was only 25s. per week, he naturally expected full pay; but he was allowed to retire, after fifty years' public service,-upon a pension of 18s. per week.—Morning Journal.

At the termination of Macready's performance of Othello, on Friday, the Iago of the evening was nearly paid in good sooth for his assumed villauy. When uttering the words—" If thou art a devil I cannot kill thee," instead of passing the sword behind the back of lay°, Macready, miscalculating his distance, energetically drove its point through the doublet close to the very skin of Mr. J. Smith (Ago). The latter gentleman feeling the cold steel pass in actual contact with his skin, suddenly placed his hand on the spot to feel for blood, imagining that he was wounded. On undressing, he found that there were double openings in his dress, even unto the shirt, the sword having made a complete transit. It is not always safe to be opposed to an energetic actor. Mrs. Hannam, it will be recollected, was only saved from being stabbed by the same gentleman last year, at Norwich, when playing Virginia to his Virginius.—Bury Herald.

Sir Walter Scott was on Saturday last elected Lord Rector of the Univer- sity of Glasgow; but has declined the honour. were in Smith's stables, Westbrook knocked at the door for the purpose of gaining admission to cut some chaff ; and he was immediately arrested and kept in custody, till the defendant Ruthven, who is a Bow-street officer, was sent for. The plaintiff's person corresponded with the description which the officers had of Dowsett. Both wanted one of the fore teeth. Ruthven'on his arrival handcuffed Westbrook. After making some inquiries, Ruffiven was satisfied that Dowsett was not the person of whom they were in quest ; and he only took him (still handcuffed) to Bow-street, in order that he Might be discharged. The plaintiff was some hours in custody. • In Smith's house, a great number of pick-lock keys and other implements of house- breaking were found. Lord Tenterden held that the plaintif was entitled to a verdict: the defendant though he seemed to have acted with honesty in the affair, ought not to have handcuffed him without making more inquiries than he seemed to' have done. The Jury found for the plaintiff—damages Is.

THE NEW JuDGE.—On Tuesday morning, the Hon. Mr. Justice James Parke took the usual oaths of supremacy and allegiance before the Lord Chancellor, in his private room, and afterwards ascended the Bench of the Court of King's Bench, preceded by the other Judges. THE KING v. PRICE—Sir James Scarlett moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against a Clergyman named Price, residing at Kidderminster, for publishing and distributing various in- flammatory hand-bills in that town, when the carpet-weavers were in great distress front their own folly, by making a strike to force higher wages from their masters. The refractory workmen struck work in the month of March, and continued idle till the month of August. The town had been kept in great alarm by their movements: and notwithstanding the lenient and con- ciliatory conduct of the Magistrates, one manufactory had been attacked and considerably injured by the workmen. Though they and their families were starving, they not only refused to work themselves, but threatened and as- saulted all who were willing to do so. The aid of the military had at last to be called in to repress their riotous proceedings ; and severe measures were adopted against those who had been guilty of assaults. The danger and wretchedness of the town increased, and the flame continued to be fanned by anonymous handbills being circulated among the deluded people, of a most inflammatory nature, five of which the Rev. Mr. Price had avowed him. self Its the author of. These hand bills had proved most disastrous to the town and its interests. One was

" The Complaint of a Kidderminster Weaver's Wife to her Infant.

" Hush thee, my babe: thy feeble cry

Tells me that thou ere long will die.

I'm glad thou bast not lived to curse Our cruel masters; that were worse.

" Nor will I curse them ; though they be M—rs of thyself und me : Hush thee, my babe, close on my breast; In death and heaven we soon shall rest.

"Our sorrows soon 'will cease, and we

Meet in a blest eternity; Thy father too, escaped. the snare Of oppressors proud, will meet us there.

" Hush thee, my babe ! thou wilt not live, The living death such wages give

AS tyrants offer : heaven's thy borne— Tyrants there shall never come."

The libel was clenched with a Scripture text concerning " the oppressions that are done under the min." The defendant had avowed these publica- tions, although he was told. at the time that they would be used against him in a court of justice. The Court immediately granted the rule,

TRIAL AT BAR; ROWE V. BRENTON, DOE V. BRENTON, THE KIS.G V ROWE AND ResEN-ros.—In consequence of these causes being appointed lobe tried at bar, the cotirt was crowded to excess at an early hour on Wednesday, (the first day of the trial,) from the supposed novelty of the proceeding ; but this procesSis almost as old as the law, and to define it simply—it is in point of fact a trial by jury before the four judges of the court. The whole ques- tion in the present cases is, to 'Who:it certain Copper Mines in Cornwall belong. The 'first -elf 'the above actions was brought in &over., to recover the value of certain copper ore, which Brenton and other men had carried off' in the assertion of right ; the second was an action of ejectment, to recover posSession of the mine id question, of which the defendants had taken pos. session ; and the third was an action brought by the Crown to recover the pro- perty, asserting that neither of the other parties had any right, but the whole below the surface belonged to the King, in his character of Duke of Cornwall: Mr. Brougham, in the first instance, contented himself with proving the pos- session of the surface to be in Mr. Rowe, and the fact that after he had sunk a shaft and raised ore, the defendants came and took it away : here he pro- posed to close his case. The Attorney-General, and the other counsel for Brenton and the Crown, contended that the -case for the plaintiff was not sufficiently proved, as mere evidence or possession of the surface esta- blished no right to mines or minerals beneath. The Court, after deliberation, decided that they could not nonsuit the plaintiff in so important a case, and therefore it must proceed. The documentary evidence is of immense length, but devoid of general interest.

THE COURT OF ExenEcamm—It is said that Mr. Baron Hellock refused the late vacancy in the Court of King's Bench ; and that when the same vacancy was offered to Mr. Bolland, that gentleman declined the honour, in a view to the next vacancy in the Exchequer. These facts, taken together, afford a very intelligible comment upon the degree of alum cum dignitate enjoyed by the learned persons who sit in the Exchequer Court. The writer of this article walked yesterday, about eleven o'clock, into the Court of Exchequer. The three puisne Barons were upon the bench, Mr. Jervis, jun. was at his post, and Sir Wm. Owen in his tub. There was present in court one other barrister, who gave no Symptoms of any intention to interrupt, the tranquillity of their Lordships. After a pause; Mr. Baron Garrce said, " Has any gen- tleman anything to move P" yid quod non fuit responsum. Whereupon the three Barons burst into a simultaneous laugh, in which they were joined by the other patties present ; and, after a little winking and chuckling, their Lordships retired from court, about ten minutes after they had entered it. Well may Mr. Baron Hullock desire to keep, and Mr. Bolland desire to ob- tain, such a situation.—Morning Journal, Wednesday.

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THE KING'S HEALTH.—The King came front the Royal Lodge, Windsor