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mi nn a Port's Corner, LANGSYNE. [Since the famous LANGSYNE of BURNS, in the opinion of Aiian Cunningham, nothing has appeared more beautiful than the following stanzas on the same endearing theme. The Author is unknown.] When silent time, wi'-lightly foot, Had trode on thirty years, I sought my lang lost liame again, Wi' mony hopes and fears. Wha kens if the dear friends T left Will aye continue mine I Or, if I e'er again snail see The friends I left langsyne ? As I came hy my father's tow'rs, My heart lap a' the way; Ilk thing I saw put me in mind 0' some dear former day The days that foliow'd me afar, Those happy days o' mine, Which gars me think the joys at hand Are naething to langsyne. These ivy'd towers now met my e'e, Where minstrels us'd to blaw Nae friend came iorth wi' open arms, Nae weel keno'cl face I saw, Till Donald totter'd frae the door, Whom I left in his prime, And grat to see the lad come back He bore about langsyne. I ran thro' every weel kenn'd room, In hopes to meet friends there I saw where ilk ane us'd to sit, And hang o'er ilka chair: Till warm remembrance' gushing tear Did dim these een o' mine I steek'd the dour and subb'd aloud As I thought on langsyne.
Saturday to Monday's Posts.
Saturday to Monday's Posts. [Concluded from 1st page.] By the Turkey mail, arrived on Thursday, we have accounts from Smyrna to the 20th, and from Constan- tinople to the 27th, of June. All the inhabitants were flocking to the Government authorities to be inspected, and all the males from 12 to 70, capable of carrying the slightest arms, were sent off immediately to the army. The greatest preparations were continued, and the Turks, at the eleventh hour, appear to have been roused from their apathy by the successes and advance of the Russians.—The steam-boat lately purchased by the Turkish Government was busily employed in towing vessels with ammunition, &c. to a flotilla in the Black Sea. The Turkish fleet appeared to be in good order; and a report was circulated that it would sail in quest of the Russian fleet, and endeavour to put an end to the aid the latter affords to the army in their march to the southward. A general opinion was entertained by the Franks in the Turkish capital, that the battle, which would probably decide the fate of the present campaign, would be fought in the vicinity of Adrianople. But it seems not credible that the Russians will be al- lowed to pass the Balkan without a desperate struggle. In the letters from Smyrna it is mentioned, that the Russian Admiral had intimated to the Pacha, that, if Russian subjects were protected, he would consider Smyrm as a neutral port. All flags continued to re- ceive firmans to pass the Dardanelles for Odessa or Taganrog. The Russian bulletins last received, the 8th and 9th, are dated from the same place as the preceding—the Camp at Karassu, July 5. They do not announce any fresh military operation, but state that the immense trains of provision waggons, drawn by oxen, all the way from Podolia, bad arrived, and that additional supplies had been conveyed by sei from Odessa to the lately taken fortress of Kustendgi. The seventh corps, whose movements were intended to support those of the grand army, had advanced so far, that the latter was going to resume its march on the 6th. From the number of battalions, squadrons, and Cossacks regiments, of which it is stated to be composed, its force cannot be com- puted at less than 90,000 or 100,000 men, carrying with them above 250 pieces of cannon. According to other accounts, the siege of Silistria, one of the most im- portant fortresses still in the hands of the Turks on the Danube, and its bombardment, had begun on the 1st instant. Its garrison had been previously strengthened in one sense by the arrival of that of Brahilow, but weakened in another; for the addition of at least 10,000 men to the numbers shut up in a besieged place, must increase the consumption of food in such a ratio as greatly to diminish the period during which it might hold out. On the Asiatic side, the progress of the Russians, since the fall of Anapa, seems to have been sn rapid, that General Paskewitsch was preparing to undertake the siege of Erzerum. Calcutta papers have been received to the 9ih of March, One of them contains a curious and very amusing account o! a visit paid by the English Com- nrander-in-Chief to the Sovereign of Delhi. After the exchange of the usual presents, consisting of pieces of valuable coin, cloths, garments, jewels, elephants, and horses, his Majesty conferred on his Lordship, the dig- nities of the Fish and Kettle-drum," the rank of Seven Thousand, and eleven titles besides, among which is that of The Lord of the World." By accounts from Havannah of the 14th of June, it appears that the yellow fever had entirely subsided, and the harbour was more healthy than it had been for some years during the season. The Dandy fever had, also ceased after having attacked almost every indivi- dual in the place. The last New York Papers contain a proclamation of the President, stating, that vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, will not be, on their arrival in Hanoverian ports, subject to the payment of higher duties of tonnage or import than are'levied on Hano- verian ships in American ports. The several acts im- posing a discriminating duty on the tonnage of ships and vessels, and on goods, &c., imported into the United States, or vessels of the kingdom of Hanover, are suspended from the 1st July, so long as the reci- procal exemption of the vessels, of the United States, and of the merchandize laden thereof,shall be continued in the kingdom of Hanover. The King held a Court at Windsor on Wednesday, which was attended by the Great Officers of State, Ministers, &c. His Majesty afterwards held a Privy Council, at which the King's Speech, to be delivered at the prorogation of the present session of Parliament, was taken into consideration and agreed upon. Earl Amherst has arrived from India, in the ship Herald. He sailed from Calcutta on the 8th of March. At the Cape of Good Hope where he landed, he met his successor, Lord William Bentinck. Lord Heytesbory, Ambassador Extraordinary to the Emperor of Russia, has been received by the Emperor of Austria, in the most distinguished manner, on his way to the head-quarters of the Russian army. Viscount Melbourne departed this life on Tuesday morning. He was in a very advanced age, upwards of 88. He is succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son, tht Rignt Hon. William Lamb, late Secretary for Ireland. Official information has been received at Lloyd's, addressed to Mr. Bennett, the Secretary, that the mo. tives which gave rise to the Blockade of Oporto having 0 now ceased, the same has been raised, and that free ingress and egress is now permitted to all vessels trading with that port. Upwards of 300 Noblemen, Gentlemen, and military officers of rank—the flower of the Portuguese nation- are now in this country, who, on account of their courageous fidelity to their legitimate Sovereign, and adherence to the Charter which he promulgated, are stripped of their all, and deprived of the common means of subsistence. The 87th Regiment of Fusileers, 800 strong, quartered at Chatham, received orders very unexpectedly on Wedneday to proceed immediately for Ireland, by way of Liverpool. By the General Steam Navigation Company's packet, the Lord Melville, a French child has arrived with its parents, which has in distinct and legible printed capital characters, round the ball of the right eye, "Napoleon, Empereur; and ro.und that of the lid, "Empsreur Napoleon." The eyes are blue and the letters appear of the same colour. The Marchioness of Downshire is to show the child to the King, before the public can see her. The parents have letters to all the t hief medical men in London, and to his Royal Highness the Duke ol Sussex, who had been previously made acquainted with this most extraordinary phe- nomenon. t Mr. Justice Burrough is too ill to go on the Circuit. A Sergeant supplies his place. The London University is rapidly proceeding to- wards completion. Great part of the scaffolding is pulled down, so that the building is now expused to public view. The remains of the late Archbishop of Canterbury are at present lying in the apartment of the pa)ace in which he breathed his last. It is not intended that the body shall lie in state, as has been the frequent custom with most of his Grace's predecessors in the Archiepiscopal See. The funeral will', it is said, be a strictly private one, and none but the friends and rela- tions of the deceased, and the bishops and clergy of the diocèse, will attend. The Standard says, We believe it is definitively settled that the Bishop of London is to succeed to the Archiepiscopal See of Canterbury. It is stated that the Bishop of Chester will be translated to London, and that the Hon. and Very Rev. G. Wellesley will be promoted to the See of Chester."—The Globe says, Dr. Kaye, the Bishop of Lincoln, it is said, is to suc- ceed the Bishop of London; and the Bishop of Chester will be translated to Lincoln." On Sunday afternoon, the shop of Mr. Joseph York Hatton, watchmaker and silversmith, residing at the foot of London-bridge, was broken open, and robbed of property to the amount of 10001. No person was left to guard the premises.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LOHDS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23.—The Exchequer Bills Bill, and the Irish Butter Trade Bill, were read a third time and passed.:— Adjourned. THURSDAY, JULY 24.—The Sugar Bill and the WellandCanM Bill were read a ihird time and passed. On the motion for the third reading of the National Defc £ J$UI, Lord Bexley spoke at considerable length upon the subject of the Sinking Fund. The Noble Lord proved by official docu- ments, and principally by such as are embodied in the Fourth Report of the Finance Conjmittee, that notwithstanding the stu- pendous efforts made by the nation during the last war, and the great increase of the national debt, the clear annual income of the country, after deducting the interest and charges of the debt thus increased, was at the conclusion of the war, and is at this moment, three times as much as it was when the war began. He proved further, upon the same authority, that this immense increase of Revenue is not wrung from an impoverished, but yielded from the progressive enjoyments of a prosperous, people. He proved this by showing that the consumption of all articles which come under the description of luxuries rather than of necessaries (tea, sugar, coffee, tobacco, spirits, wine), had in- creased in a much greater ratio in the forty years from 1787 to 18'27, than the numbers of the people. Taking one and a half per cent per annum as the mean rate of the increase of popula- tion, he showed that the consumption of the articles we have enumerated, taking them collectively, had doubled during the last forty years, or in other words, had increased at the rale of two and a half per cent. per annum. His Lordship did not object to the measure before the House, which he understood to be one of a temporary nature; and he was not unwilling to try it as an experiment; but certainly he could not anticipate any real benefit to be derived from it.—The Duke of Wellington was ready to admit that his Noble Friend had managed the finances of the country with strict regard to the interests of the public, and at the same time lie was convinced the interest of the country required a real efficient Sinking Fund, consisting of surplus revenue. No Minister would do his duty to his country, if he did not urge the necessity of promoting such a fund first, by resorting to every possible measure of economy, and, if that would not do, other means must be tried.—The Bill was read the third time and passed.—Adj. FRIDAY, JULY M—The Royal Assent was given by Com- mission to the National Debt Bill, the Military and Naval (dead-weight) Pension Bill, the Customs' Regulation Bill, the New South Wales Bill, the Composition (Ireland) Bill, the Pro- missory Notes (Ireland) Bill, the Buiter Trade (Ireland) Bill, the Watching and Lighting Towns in Ireland Bill, the Deserted Children in Treland Bill. the Turnpike Roads Bill, and several others.—Adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, JULY 25.-The House met this day for the purpose of concluding the business of the present Session, when Sir J. Mackintosh presented a Petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Charlton, Gloucestershire, praying for the Abolition of Sla- very in the West India Colonies. He said he would take that opportunity of giving notice, that unless Government should, without delay, take means for carrying into effect the resolutions which the House had passed in 1823, the friends of this cause would themselves propose specific measures of colonial reforma- tion early during the ensuing Session.—Sir George Murray could not suffer the opportunity to pass without stating explicitly that it was not the intention of the present Government to depart from the principle of the resolutions passed in 1823.—resolutions which did equal credit to the feelings of the House, and the liberality of the administration. (Hear, hear.) It was the desire of Government to introduce, it possible, a system which would be beneficial to the slaves without infringing the rights of private property. (Hear.)—Mr. F Buxton, Mr W. Horton, and Mr. Serjeant Onslow, expressed their satisfaction at what had fallen from the Right Hon. Secretary and in reply to a remark of the first-named gentleman, Mr. Secretary Peet stated, that the Duke of Wellington never took any other view of the subject than that the resolutions of 1823 were as binding on the existing as on any former government.—Mr. 0. Cave gave notice that he should early next session move that all negro children, born after 1830, should be free. Mr. Attwood rose to move for a copy of an Order in Council of the 3d of May, 1826, relative to certain duties payable by French shipping on entering ports of this country. He regretted that the treaty between this country, called the Reciprocity Duties Treaty, was, in fact, not strictly reciprocal. French vessels, it was (rue, were subject, on leaving France, to a duty equal to that which English vessels were liable to on arriving at French ports. Here was no reciprocity, because the English Government received no reciprocal duties, but the French put both duties in its coffers.—Mr. C. Grant expressed himself always desirous to meet a discussion of this kind even in the absence of his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Huskission), because he was satisfied the interests of our commerce had in no instance been compro- mised or injured by the Reciprocity Treaties, as they were termed.—The motion was agreed to. Mr. R. Grant presented petitions from several individuals, stating that they had claims oh the French Government, and praying that the pledge held out by Lord Castlereagh, in 1819, in case of having a surplus fund, would be realized in their case. He hoped the case of the petitioners would in no degree be pre- judiced by the course he felt it his duty to adopt.—The Chan- cellor of the Exchequer could assure the Honourable Member that no prejudice would attend the claims of the petitioners until they were fully discussed.—The petition was ordered to be laid on the table.-The House then adjourned until Monday next.
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:1' ALTERATION IN THE CRIMINAL LAW. [The following Abstract of the important Alteration in.our Criminal Law, was intended for insertion in a former paper; but from unfore- seen causes we were unable to give it a place before.] By an Act of Parliament which received the Royal Assent on the 27th of June, and which came into operation on the 1st inst., most important alterations have been made in that part of the Criminal Law which relates to offences against the person. The 1st clause or preamble, after stating that it is necessarv to amend and consolidate the law respecting offences against the person, goes on to repeal wholly, or in part, nearly 60 Acts of Parliament; such repeal to take place on the 1st of July, when the present Act came in force. The 2d clause annuls the old distinction between petit treason and murder. The 3d renders accessaries to murder, before the fact, equally J gailty with the principals; and. by the 4th. the ancient custom of hanging murderers on the next day but one after sentence is directed to be retained, and the bodies either hung in chains, or given for dissection. If in Middlesex, the 5th clause directs the bodies shall be given to the Surgeons' Company. The 6th directs that persons convicted of murder shall be kept apart and fed on bread and water only, except in cases of sick- ness, and that no person shall have access to them, except the gaoler and his servants, and the chaplain and surgeon of the prison, without the permission in writing of the Court, or Judge before whom the convict was tried, or of the Sheriff or his De- puty. In case of respite, the Judge has the power also of re- laxing these regulations. The 7th enacts, that British subjects guilty of murder abroad, whether in the King's dominions, or not, shall be liable to be tried in this country by a special commision to be appointed for the purpose. If a peer of the realm, the accused to be tried by his peers as heretofore. The 8th clause directs that where persons shall die in this country of hurts or poison given to them on the seas, the offender shall be tried in the county where such party died. The 9th and lf)th clauses continue the old law as to man- slaughter and justifiable homicide. The 11th and 12th declare all attempts to murder, whether by poisoning, drowning, suffocating, strangling, or pulling a trigger 1 with intent to shoot, to be capital felonies. t The 13th makes the administering poison or other noxious I thing to a pregnant woman, if quick with child, a capital felony; and if not quick, a crime punishable with fourteen years' t transportation. ( The 14th makes it a misdemeanour for a woman to secrete the I dead body of her child, for the purpose of concealing its birth. The 15th and 161\1 re-enact the old law. I The 17th makes the carnal knowledge of a girl under the age 1 of ten years, even with consent, a capital felony. It the girl be above the age of ten, and under twelve, it is a misdemeanour. The 18th makes a most important alteration as to the proof I required in cases of rape, and of a more revolting crime. The < painful indelicate test before required to be sworn to by the fe- ( male is abolished, and the fact-of internal injury done to her perspn to be received as a sufficient proof, j The 19th and 20ih relate to abductiun.- If forcible and against f the woman's will, and for the purpose by marriage of getting possession of her fortune, it is a felony punishable with transpor- 1 tation for life. If not'forcible, but against the consent of" parents 1 or guardians, and the girl be under sixteen years of age, it is a misdemeanour, punishable with fine or imprisonment, at the I discretion of the Court. < « The 21st makes child stealing a felony, punishable with seven years' transportation The 22d relates to bigamy, and continues the old law, but excepts from its operation any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for seven years, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time. The 23d makes the arresting a clergyman on civil process during Divine Seryice a misdemeanour. The 24th makes the assaulting officers employed in assisling a --essel in distress, or in the protection of standard goods, a crime punishable with transportation for seven years. The 25th and 26th declare that persons guilty of assaults on peace officers, or to prevent the apprehension of offenders, or with intent to commit a felony, or in pursuance of a conspiracy to raise wages, shall be liable to hard labour in addition to im- prisonment 011 conviction. The 27th clause completely alters the law as to common as- saults, by giving a discretionary power to any two Magistrates of adjudicating. It dectares that whereas it is expedient that a sumhiary power of punishing persons tor common assaults should be provided, be it therefore enacted, that where any person shall unlawfully beat or assault any other person, it shall be lawful for two Justices of the Peace, upon complaint of the party aggrieved, to hear and determine such offence, and the offender, upon conviction before them, shall pay such fine as to them shall seem meet, not exceeding, together with costs, if ordered, of., which fine sitall be paid to one of the overseers of the parish where the offence was committed, for the use of the general county rate. In default of payment immediately after the conviction. or within such period as the Justices sharI appoint, it shall be lawful for them to commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction for any term not exceeding two calendar months, unless such fine be souner paid But if the Justices shall deem the offence not to be proved, or to have been justified, or so trifling as not to merit any punishment, and shall accordingly dismiss the complaint, they shall foithwiih make out a certificate under their hands, stating the fact of such dismissal, and shall deliver such certificate to the party against whom the complaint was preferred. The 28th clause declares, that where the party complained of either suffers the punishment imposed, or is discharged by cer- tificate, he shall be released from ull other proceedings, either civil or criminal, for the same cause. The 29th directs that if the assault be with intent to commit felony, or be in the opinion of the Magistrate a fit case for pro- secution by indictment, it shall be remitted to the Sessions. The Magistrates are further prohibited from determining any case of assault in which any question as to the tide- to any lands, &c. shall arise, or as to any bankruptcy, or any execu- tion under the process of any Court of Justice. The 30th makes it a misdemeanour for the master of a vessel to force a seaman on shore at a foreign part, or to refuse to bring him home. The remaining clauses set forth a form of a summary convic- tion, and limit the time for proceeding upon the summary con- viction clause to three months after the commission of the offence. No conviction to be quashed for want of form, or moved by certiorari into the superior Courts of Record. lhe Act not to extend to Scotland or Ireland.
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THE CURRENCY.—The Bank Directors, it is under- stood, have recentlyhad,colls.iderable apprehensions respecting the amount of their notes in circulation, and their balances due to merchants and bankers, which may at any time be demanded to be paid in gold. And under the influence of such feeling, they have made representations to the Treasury of the necessity of the Government paying back a part of the loan due to the Bank, in order that the Directois may have their circulation more under their immediate controul. Considering the price of Commodities, and the diminished necessity for currency, owing to the middle men and deaie's havingceased to traffic in com- modities for speculation, the amount of Bank of England notes now in circulation is remarkably large. In case of a necessity for a great contraction of this aiiiount, the Directors have not sufficienr power in their hands, because their funds are locked up in loans to the Government. Whentheserepresentations were submitted to the First Lord of the Treasury, the authoiity from which we quote has been informed, that the noble Premier expressed some anxiety lest the repayment of the Bank of so large a sum as the Directors required, might operate prejudicially in contracting the currency. But the Deputy Governor of the Bank (who, it is understood, is the immediate organ between the Bank and the Treasury), endeavoured to remove that anxiety, by an assurance, that if the Directors attained this object of having the circulation of their notes more under their controul, and became possessed of adequate available means to wairant and support their circulation, they would take care that no undue contraction should take piuce. And so urgent and im. portant, it is added, did this object of bringing the circulation under proper controul appear to the Deputy Governor, that he intimated the readiness of the Bank to discount at a lower rate than four per cent., rather than permit the apprehension of undue contraction to remain as an obstacte in their progress to the ac- complishment of their ultimate purp,ose,-Bristol Journal. POOR LAWS.—The Committee 01 the Poor Laws have made a report, in which they recommend the discontinuance of lhe system of paying wages out of the poor rales. They pro- pose that "it should be declared unlawful for hiiy overseer or other officer of any parish to make or pay to any Inbourer or person engaged or employed in any work, anyaHowanceor relief whatever on account of himself, herself, or his or her family, in addition to the wages or,emoltiments earned from such work of employment: that this restriction shall not appjy, 1st, to prevent parochial relief or allowance in cases of tem- f porary illness of such labourer or person, or any part of his or her family; 2d, nor to prevent parochial relief or allowance being given to any widow or wife deserted by her husband, left ivith a famity which she is by her or their labour unable to sup- porI; 3d, nor to prevent parochial relief or allowance to those who, through old age or any infirmity, are unable by their abour wholly to maintain themselves and their families; 4th, lor to preveut parochia) allowance to any labourer or person ;mployed by the parish officers wholly on account of the parish." The system here recommended to be discontinued was, beyOnd question, productive of the most injurious effects o the poor. It is truly remarked in the report, that the plan )f paying part of the wages from the rates has depressed the latural rate of wages. The employer now pretends not to be n want of a workman; and knowing that, under the practice vliicll prevails, such workman would (with the parish allowance) ake whatever was offered him, keeps back the demand tit) the ■ate of wages falls to his own terms. Such a practice is clearly iable in this way to the most gross abuses and the employers, vhere it prevails, have a strong temptation to pay a great part if their men's wages out of the pockets of the rllte payers. It vill be seen by the evidence of the Rev. Joseph Bosworth, that n Buckinghamshire the wages even of married men, with a "amily, were thus depressed in one parish to 4s. per week. In manufacturing districts, such Ian abuse might equally depress he real state of wages, which would be compounded of what was paid by the employer and what was received from the lurish." It is time that this injustice to the poor ihould be put to. THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS.—The Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the Police of the Metro- polis has just been printed. After noticing the extent of the population of London and Middlesex, which is estimated at nearly 1,400,000, being an incrense of 19 per cent, since 1811, it accounts for 19 per cent. of the increase of crime by the cor- responding increase of the population, and amongst the other causes they class the low price of giu, and the high rate of wages, which enable some mechanics to do without work for several days together. The Committee then notice the neglect of children as a cause of crime, and particularly the practice of gambling among them.—The more frequent holding of sessional trials is recommended, for the purpose of abridging the period between the apprehension and trial of juvenile offenders; and it is also lecommended that in their subsequent punishment intercourse with each other should be prevented.—On the sub- ject of restitution of stolen goods, bankers' parcels, &c., the Committee imprets upon the Government and the Legislature the necessity of some effectual stop to this increasing evil With respect to the part taken by police officers in these nego- ciations, the Committee say that nothing has been proved, except as to officers connected with Bow-street and the City but in these cases they are declared to have acted from no corrupt motive, and frequently to have been satisfied for their agency with less than they could have gained by the apprehen- sion of the guilty patties. The Committee, however, reprobate the practice with great severity, and recommend re-consideration and revision of the law which relates.to it.-On the subject of warrants in cases of felony, and search warrants, the Committee notice the evils occasioned by requiring the warrants to be backed as, whilst this is doing, the property may be removed or the culprit escape and they recommend that In future warrants, whether to iipprehend the person or to search the premises, shall be executed in all parts of the kingdom, under the authority of the magistrate from whom it originally issues, who alone can and ought to be responsibie for the legality of the proceedings."—The Committee next notice a defect by which persons who commit forgery sometimes escape for, as the law at present stands, although you can show the whole of the cheque or bill of exchange to be in the hand-writing of a certain individual, you cannot prosecute for the forgery, unless you can show where it was written, and in 19 cases out of 20 that is impossible."—The flash-houses resorted to by thieves, gambleis, &c. next come under consideration the Committee attribute to their existence much of the crime now prevalent. On the measure advisable for the improvement of the general police, the Committee enter at great lenglh into a review of the evidence offered on different occasions, and conclude with a recommendation that there should be constituted a new police office, the magistrates of which should be relieved from the ordinary duties which take up the time cf the present police magistrates, and should devote themselves to the superintendence of the officers, putrole, &c., and to the prevention of crime. IMPORTANT DISCOVEYY BY SIR J. SINCLAIR.-lalways thought that some important discoveries would be made, it the public attention were generally directed to a plant possessed with such peculiar and varied properties as the potato. Among those discoveries which have occurred, perhaps the most im- portant is one recently made by Mr. George Moir, Croftsnrigh, near the Cannongote, Edinburgh. He has ascertained that sprouted putatdes will produce as perfect farina, in the month of July, as they would have done in the month of December; that the produce is equal in quantity to what the same sortof pota- toes had formerly yielded earlier in the season, namely, 141b. perewt that the farina is, on the whole, more pure and that, when the potato is ground down in a state of fermentation, the impurities are more easily separated. I lose no time in com- municating this information to the public, that those who have sprouted potatoes may try the experiment without delay. The farina seems to be a most extraordinary production, as it is neither destroyed by frost nor by fermentation and it has been proved, that when once made, it can be. preserved in the greatest perfection for above thirty years.—Caledonian Mercury. SAFETY LAMP.—A Mr.Dillon has lately introduced an improvement on the Davy Lamp, which seems to promise great security. The theory upon which Mr. D. recommends his lamp is simple, and incontrovertible. He shows from experiments, that the lamp acts by its heat rarefying the surrounding gas and preventing explosion, and not from Sir Humphrey Davy's theory 'of cooling flume. According to Mr. Dillon, and, indeed, as late calamities would prove, the Davy Lamp is not a safety lamp in a current of hydrogen or carburetted hydrogen gas, as even a current of gas produced from a gasometer, or bladder and stop-cock, by cooling the wire gauze, brings the flame of the lamp through the gauze to the mouth of the stop-cock. Again, by immersing the lamp, when cold and newly lighted, into a jar of hydrogen or carburetted hydrogen gas, explosion takes place inside and outside of the lamp; whereas when the lamp has burnt sufficiently long to heat the wire gause, no ex- plosion takes place. It would appear, therefore, that the wire gauze is merely the rapid receiver and communicator of heat; and that it is the atmosphere of caloric which surrounds it that prevents the flame of the l imp from being fed by the oxygen of the atmosphere on the outside. Mr. Dillon has, by increasing the heat of the lamp by additional burners, and having a semi- circular shield of talc to protect it from u current, materially increased the safety of miners, if indeed lie has not, as w¡,uld seem from experiments, completely prevented the possibility of accident. Mr. Dillon has not taken out a patent for his new lamp, in order that its use may become general, and so tend to the preservation of human life. GURNEY'S STEAM COACH.A London paper says, this beautiful specimen of mechanicai invention appears at length to be brought to a state of pfeffectfon, beyond which we hardly think it possible to make any essential improvement. We had an opportunity of witnessing the operation of this machine on Wednesday last, through the Albany-road, and streets adjacent to the Regent's Park and we. should say its progress could not have been less than at the rate of 12 miles per hour and in some part of the road, where the rain had not rendered the gravel extremely heavy, the speed of the carriage could not have been less than 14 miles an hour. From the late improvements made by Mr. Gurney, with the view of pro- ducing a uniform supply of wafer to the boiler (or rather the steam-generating pipes) and also in order to produce a regular blower or current of air through the fife-chamber, the difficulties which presented themselves in the earlier stages of the invention to maintain an adequate supply of steam, appears to be com- pletely obviated. To persons not acquainted with the numerous difficulties which present themsetves in bringing into full oper, ation such a complicated piece of machinery, it would be diffi- cult to cOllýèy all adequate opinion of the merits of this invention. We have from time to time examined its progress in duait; and we have no hesitation in saying, that the arrangement by which the supply of water to the steam-pipes is effected by Mr. Gurney, is one of the most beautiful specimens of ingenuity we have ever witnessed, among all the curious applications of the steam-engine, either for stationary purposes, or for pro- pelling vessels. The difficulties are almost insuperable, in order to reconcile the necessary power required for propelling a carriage of this kind, with the prejudices or fashion which prevails, with regard to the appearance of a stage-coach. The necessity of consulting appearances hils, in fact, greatly-added to the difficulties of bringing this invention to perfection, as a vehicle for passengers. But it appears to us that the ingenious inventor has at length vanquished at) his obstacles; both wuh regard to maintaining an uniform speed, at discretion, of at least ten or eleven miles an hour; and, from having th^ centre of gravity below the horizontal lines of the axles, the risk o/ overturning seems to be entirely obviated. We understand a carriage will be compteted to carry passengers, in the environs of London, in three weeks or a month from the present time, and we should say there was scarcely a possibility of its not ultimately superseding the use of horses in running four-wheel carriages, for the conveyance of both goods and passengers. —~ OXFORD, JULY 26.—On Thursday, Mr. John Estridge, Post- master of Mertoii College, and Mr.Borrett, were elecied Demies of Magdalen College. Yesterday, the Rev. H.Jenkins. B. D.; R. Durnford, M. A.; and R. P. Morrell, B. A. were admitted actual Fellows; and the Rev. Roger Bird, M. A.! was piade Probatiohary "Fellow of tlie same Society.
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BANKRUPTS from Friday's Gazette. To Surrender in Basinghall-street. R. EDGAR, Hart-street, Crutched-friars, wine-merchant, Ang. 5, 8, Sept. 5. Atts. Osbaldeston and Murray, Fenchurch-street. To Surrender in the Country. R. CLEWORTH, Westleigh, Lancashire, cotton-spinner, Ang. 7, 8, Sept. 5, at the and Child Inn, Wigan, Lancashire. Atts. Adlington and Co. Bedford-row, or Gaskell, Wigan. J. BARLOW, Gainsburgh, Lincolnshire, grocer, Aug. 20, 21, Sept. 5, at Monson's Arms Inn, Gainsburgh, Spurr and Leach, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street, or Spurr, Gainsburgh. J. THOMPSON, New York, merchant, Aug. 8, 9, Sept. 5, at the Claren- don-buildings, Liverpool. Atts. Adlington and Co. Bedford-row, or Radcliffe and Duncan, Liverpool. T. BRAITHIVAITE, KegWorth, Leicestershire, wine-merehant, Augnl, 12, Sept. 5, at the White Hart Inn, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Atts. Long and Co. Gray's.Inn, ,or Snelson, Castle Doniugtoll. T. CLARK, Calthwaite, Cumberland, cattle-dealer, Aug. 4, 5, Sept. 5, at the George Inn, Penrith. Atts. Mounsey and Gray, Staple-Iun, or Dixon, Nordorie. S. ADAMSON and G. EARNSHAW, Thurlston, York, corn-millers, Aug. 8, 9, Sept. 5, at the Sessions-House, 'Wakefield. Atts. Preston, Tokenhonse-yard, or Pickard, Wakefield. J. PARKINSON, Louth, Lincoln, grocer, Aug. 7, 8, Sept. 5, at the Blue Stone Tavern, Louth. Atts. Edmunds, Lincoln's-Inn, London, or Lucas, Louth. S. INNS, Towcester, Northampton, stationer, Aug. 15, 16, Sept. 5, at the Union Inn, Birmingham. Atts. Holme and Co. New Inn, or Bartleet,,Birmingham. B. JONES, Tipton, Stafford, cordwainer, Aug. 1, 2, Sept. 5, at the Golden Lion, Worcester. Atts. Collins, Great Knight Rider-street, Doctors' Commons, or Baylis, Kidderminster, J. BRIOGS, Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, iron-master, Aug. 15,16, Sept. 5, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Atts. Evans, Chepstow; M'Donnell and Mostyn, Usk or White, Lincelfts-Inu. BANKRUPTS from Tuesday's Gazette. To Surrender in Basinghall-street. C. E. PotfRNAL,' Kentish Town, Middlesex, broker, Aug. 5,12, Sept. 9. ^Atts. Stevens, Wood, and Wilkinson, Little St. Thomas Apostle. J. BAÿoN; Commercial Road, Lambeth, carpenter, Aug. 8, 22, Sept; 9. Atts. Luttley and Son, Dyer's Hall. R. NEVINS, Austin-friars, broker, Aug. 1, 15,. Sept. 9. Aft. Bennett, giot's-yard, Bush-lane. H'. T*- HENRY, JJasihgifall-street, jeweller, Aug.. 5, 15, Sept. 9. Atts. Ewingtbri and Chilcote, Bond-Court, Walbrook. ) To Surrender in the Country. J. WtTHNALt. and T. S. LIVINGTON, Salford, Lancashire, machine- makers, Aug. 9, 11, Sept. 9, at the Star Inn, Deansgate. Atts. Ad- lington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London, or Claye and Thompson, Manchester. J. F. WILKINSON, Donington, Lincoln,, grocer, Aug. 12, 13, Sept. 9, at the White Hart, Splading. Atts. Tooke and Carr, Bedford-rbw, Lon- don, or Edwards, Spalding. R. NAYLOR, .Liggate, Yorkshire, cotton-spnmer, Aug. 8, 9, Sept. 9, at the Bull Inn, Burnley. Atts. Milne and Parry, Temple, or Back and Eastwood, Burnley. S. SIDWELL, Bath, spirit-merchant, Aug. 8, 9, Sept. 9, at the White Lion, Bath. Atts. Jones, Crosby-square, Bishopseate-street, or Hel- lings, Bath. J. SURIEES, Wortley, Yorkshire, grocer, Aug. 15, 16, Sept. ft, at the office ot Mr. John Dixon, Sheffield. Atts. Fisher and Sudtow, Chan- cery-lane, or Dixon, Sheffield. COPPER ORE Sold at TRURO on Thursday, July 24, 1323- MINKS. TONS. PURCHASERS. FUtTCK. Cons. Mines 123 English Co. £ )' 0 6 Ditto 17 Vivian and Sons 9 11 6 Ditt0 114 Ditto 5 12 o Ditto 113 Ditto 5 llg Ditto Ito Ditto .Sto Ditto 92 Birmingham Co. 4 9 6 Ditto.. 8S Shears and Sons. 6 4 6 Ditto 85 Daniel), Nevill, and C0.770 Ditto 82 Ditto, and Fox, Williams and Co. and Shears and Sons Ditt0 78 Ditto, DiU6, and Ditto 718 6 Ditto. 75 Daniell, Nevill, and Co. 5 8 0 East Crinnis 134 Fox, Williams, and Co. and She an and Sons .SCfl Ditt0 103 Daniell, Nevill, and po. 4 to Ditto 98 Fox, Williams, and Co. 5 16 6 Ditt0 93 Ditto 6 -7 6. Ditt0 91 Ditt0 4 15 0 Ditt0 76 Ditto, and Shears 4 15 o Ditto 56 Daniell, Nevill, and Co. 1 it fl Ditto 47 Shears and Sons .430 Lanescot 98 Williams, Grenfell, and Co 6 5 6 Ditto. 93 Vivian and Sons 4 9 6 Ditto 86 Williams, G;renfell, and Co. 4 1$6 Tingtang 124 Freeman and Co. 5 ijj 0 Wh. Leisure 59 Daniell, Nevill, and Co; 10 It 0 Ditto 57 Ditto 9 12 6 Wh. Danisel 66 Ditto 6 11 6 Ditto 35 Ditto s s,, o Great St. George 63 Ditto, and Williams, Grenfell, and Co. 4 18 6 Ditto 37 Williams, Grenfell, and Co.470 Harris's Ore 6 Crown Co. t 15 0 Quantity of Copper Ore sold, 2499 tons.—Average Produce, Si — Quantity of fine Copper, 212 tons, 5 cwt.—Amount ot Sale, £ 15,032 16s. Od.—Average Standard, £ 103 Is.
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HIGH W ATEIt ON SW AN SEA BAR FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. Days. Morning. Evening. j Height, H. M. H. M. F. 1. Saturday 10 24 10 51 16 Sunduy 11 18 11 48 i Monday- 12 () 1 0 it. 6 Tuesday l 40 2 20 11 8 Wednesday 2 08 3 31 11 f 1 Thursday 4 2 4 26 20 tt) Friday 4 So 5 11 14 1 HIGH WATER AT THE PASSAGES Days. Morning. Evening. H. M. H. M. Saturday 11 44 a 11 Stutday- 12 S8 1 8 Monday 1 '20 2 Tuesday 3 0 3 40, Wednesday 4 18 4 51 Thursday 5 '22 5 46 Friday 6 to 6 31
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MARKETS Mark-lane, London, Monday, July 28.—Tlie arrivals of. grain last week were moderate, and of flour also limited. This ruoru- mg there was a fair quantity of wheat fresh up, chiefiy froip Essex and Kent, and very little grain of any other description. The weather during the past week continued very showery, and the accounts from the country state the apprehension of mjury to the crops; but to-day there is a greater indication of fine weather than (or some time past. The trade for wheat is very heavy to-day, after having realized an advance of Is to 2s. per; quarter on the terms of this day se'nuight. Barley is dull in sale at last quotations. Grey pease are Is and boiling pease 2s. to 3s. per quarter higher than last Monday. Oats may be slated Is. per quarter dearer than this day se'nnight, with a slack demand. The top price of flour is unaltered.' Red, Wheat, new 52s to 56s Malt 48, 5. Fine 57s to 60s Fine 5ôilll$)jJ Superfine 62s to 65s Hog Pease 33s;to,3$ New While 52s to 58s White 4S» to 4jk Fine 60s to 66s Ditto, boilers,new 46; t" 4&i Superfine 68s to 72s Small Beans, new 44.8 to 4ai White old —s to —s Ditto, old ^-s to — j Red, old —s to —s Tick, new S3< to S?s liye, new 30s to 33s Ditto,old ■—s to —a' Brank 24s to 28s Feed Oats 19V to 20» Barley 26s to 29s Fine 2ts to 2$s Fine 30s'to 32s Polands 20i to 2S» Superfine 3Si to 35» Fine 24'i to 27s Price of FLOUR. F. Flour per sack 50s. to 55s. I Second, per sack 4&. to 4&<. AVERAGE PRICE of CORN, per Qr. For the Week ending July 18, 18f8, and by which importation is regulated. Wheat 55 6 I Rye 32 O l Beans 37 5 Barley 31 5 | Oats 21 3 J Pease 39 10 • Average Pripe for South.4- North Wales, and the undernettiiunea Maritime Counties of England, ending July \Q Wh. Bar.. Oats. II Wh., Bar. S.Wales 50 0 31 7 18 1 Monmouth 53 4. 0. oJ;0 0„ N. Wales|56 435 0 18 6j[Gloucester)5ii 0] 0 Ojl25 2 PRICE of SEEDS, &c. s. 8. S: s. Turnip,White,buslt. 6 a 8 Clover, Red, perewt. 30 a 50 RedandGreen. fa 8 White 50 a 70 Mustftrd, Brown 13 a 16 ———Foreign Red 40 a 55 ——-—White •• 6 a 9 ——— -—-— White 4p a Canary, perquttrfer 48'a52 Trefoil 18'a 3$' Santoin 40 a 44 Carraway 40 a4g Rye Grass 26 a 30 Coriander 12 a 20 PRICE of HOPS, in Pockets per Cwt. Kent 31. ()s. to 31. 15"1 Sussex 21. 16s. to 31. 85' Essex 31. OS. to 31. 10s. | Famhanvil. Os. to 61. fis. PRICE of TALLOW, SOAP, 4c CANDLES Town Tallow, p.cwt. 40< Od Good Dregs 5s Od Russiado. candle 38s Cd Curd Soap 84s;Od Wttite ditto. 591 od Mottled 8Qs Od Melted Stuff 33s Od YeHbw ditto. ?4s Od Diltorough 21s Od Caiidies, per doz. 7> 04- Graves 20s Od Moulds 85 <S&' c PRICE of MEAT. SMITH FIELD. L R A r> KN H All. ANBNEWOATI To sink the offal,per stone By thi Car case.^ Per stone orBl;, of &lbs, Beef 3s 6d to 4s 4d Beef 3s Od to 3s; 4d Mutton 3< lOd to 4s 6d Mutton 3s 4d,to 4* Od/. Lamb 4s Od to 5s Od Lamb 4s, Od to 5- 0^1 Veal 4i 4rt to 5s Od Veal St 6<l to 4<* Sail Pork 4s 6d to 58 6d Pork 4- 81i d 10 5V 6d BRISTOL PRICE CURRENT. Muse. Sugar very Br. 53s. 54s. Coifee, Jam..triage 25SV30tM.. Dry Brown.. 55 56 ———Ordinary 35 40 .Middling 58 60 Good ditto 42 45 Good ditto 61 62 Fine ditto 48 60 Good 6" 66 Middling 64 70 Fine 68 70 Good ditto 72 80 Brown Lumps 85 90 Fine ditto 84 88 Middling. 92 94 Fine 90 95 Good and fine 96 100 Logwood, Jam. 6LlQs. 71.0g„ Titlers and Loaves.. 91 110 —- St. Domingo 6 15 7 10 Double 130 140 Canipeacliy 7 10 8 0 Bastard 56 64 Fustic, Jamaica 8 0 8 1ft Molasses. 24 25 — Cuba 10 0 13 0 Rum, Jamaica" Ss. 4d. 4s. 6d Oil, GalipoJi ..33 0 34. 0, —Leeward Isle 2 12 6 Sicily 30 0 32 0' MCE of CORN. Spring Wheat, ) s. d. s- d. Pigs'peas,p.bush.4s.9<5s. Od,, per sk.61351 lb 39 0 40 6 Malt, Pale 6 6 J 7, 0.'( Wheat, foreign i a f 7 & Brown • •• 5 6,' 5' j per bushel •$Beans, Etlgjisli • 5 6 6 0 -English •• 6 6 7 0 — Heligoland 5 9 6 0 — Irish 6 0- 6 3 Oats, Poland •••• 2 6" 3,0 — Welsh 5 9 6 0 Feed• • •• r • t, 2 6-• Barley, Malting 4 0 4 6 Vetches, forse'ed 6 0' ———Grinding" 3 8 3 6 Flour, fine, per > </ Pease,White ••• • 5 0 5 3 sack,2c.2q.5lb. — Boilers • • 5 3 5 6 —— seconds 43 0 44 Q BRISTOL PRICE of LEATHER. Heavy Crops 17d to I9d E. Horse Hides 14d~to; I Light & Midd. 15d to 17d Spanish ditto 18d to 22d Buffaloes- lid to 13d B. Pattern Skins 25dto27d Rounded ditto I8d to 20d Common ditto 21d ld 24d Close Butts 21d to 23d Heavy ditto 18 to %)a BestSaddlers' i 10, to Welsh Skins I8d to 20d Hides 18d to 20d IrlsllSkins i6d to 21 d Common ditto 15d to I7d Kips 16d to Wd Bail ditto' 14d to 16-1 SiiiallSealk • • I8d to' Norwich Cattle Market, July 26.—We had a good snpptypf; fat cattle to this day's market; prices 6s to os. 9d. per sjone of, 14lbs. sinking offal and ol store stock al«o it was abundant Scots. 4s. to 4s 6d. per stone of whatthey will weigh when fat; shorthorns, 3s. to 3s. 9d.; cows and calves but tew jgo'od ones here, and those selling well homebreds, of all sorts,a fiat safe. The sale of horses may be considered nominal. The supply of sheep and lambs was good. Shearlings, 24s. to 39s.; lambs, 15s. to 2ls. each; pigs very dear; fat ones to 7s. per sl(;ne.-Meat.' beef, 6d. to 8fd. veal, 5d. to 7.}:d mutton and lamb," 6d. to 7|d. and pork, 6d to 8d. per lb.. v Norwich Corn Market, July 26.—The supply of wheat to-.d^y. was large, and in comequenceofthe terrible aspfectV>f the w.;ea-> ther, (he prices advanced about 2s. per quarter;—Red (wht?»t)1 from 53s. to white, to 64s. barley, 24s. to 29s. f oaisiWs. to Ms.; beans, 35s. to 38s.; pease, 3(5s. 'to ")5, j boifers, td 42s. p.er quarter; and flour, 44s. to 46s. per sack.
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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.A t the Worcester Assizes, John Cheese was convicted of a most brutal assault on Ann Ridley, a giil of lo, on the 14th of May, when, by forcibly dragging her down a lane, stopping her mouth to prevent her cries, and fastening her hand), behind her, he effected his pur- pose. He'was sentenced to death, without any hope of mercy. At the Salisbury Assizes, Robert Brown was found guilty of murdering Thomas Sherwood, an assistant ta a Sheriff's Officer at Littleton Drew, whilst executing an ejectment against the prisoner, ffom premises which he had held eleven years, without payment of rent, and which he refused to give up.—Nicholas Baker,agerl 71, was also found guilty, on his own confession, of murdering his wife, by violently beating her with a stick, in consequence of some unfounded suspicions of her fidelity.- Both prisoners were exec'uted on Monday last. At Bedford Assizes, John Eastaffe was indicted for the wilful murder ot Janet Eastaffe, his wife, at Tilsworth, in Blackgrove Wood, near Dunstable, on 14th August, 1821. This case strongly excited the public curiosity, from the mysterious cir- cumstanced attending the murder, and the lapse of time (now seven years) since it had been committed. The witnesses for the prosecution deposed to the body of afemale being found in Blackgirove Wood, and that the description of the person of Janet Lynch (Eastaffe's wife) corresponded wish the female found murdered. The prisoner in his defence called witnesses, who proved that the wpman was alive in the year 1823, and re- sided at Chelsea. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The trill I lasted two days. Sentence of death was recorded against W. Holland alias Allen, for stealing two sheep and two Iambs, the property of T. Davis, nt Luton; and R. Kempson, for killing and carrying away the carcase of a sheep at Chaul- tOil, the property of John Tatruan also against E. Southorne, for stealing a horse, the property of J. Lee, of Lutterworth. At the Essex Assizes, Lord renterden passed sentence of death on John Williams, convicted on Tuesday of horse-stealing, and he was ordered for execation on Monday last. His Lordship said, (he crime had been lately carried to sn great an extent, that it became the melaucholydotyof the Judges to administer the law, so as not to shew such leniency as would leave his Ma- jesty's subjects unprotected. At Aylesbury Assizes, Joseph Walker, parish clerk of Oving, was convicted of the murder of his wife by poison. He was executed on Monday, and his body delivered for dissection. "on At Buckingham Assizes, A. Buckland, only 20 years of age, was indicted for having cut his wife's throat with intent to murder her. Tlie prisoner was a labourer, and resided at Wraysbury. Oil the night of the 4th of April, he and his wife had a quarrel, when in the heat of passion he cut her throat with a knife, and then cut his own. Being tuken into custody, he admitted having committed the offence. Thewuund in his own throat was very slight, but that in his wife's was extremely dangerous. The wife, who had been in custody ever since her recovery, in consequence of her refusing to become a witness against her husband, was brought into the witness dock she at first refuted to be sworn, and said she would not speak against her husband.: on being pressed, she said that she cut. her own throat, and that the prisoner cut his afterwards. The Lord Chief Baron told the Jury they must entirely reject the evi. dence of the wile.-The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was ordered for execution.