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jgrintttfic N otíttø. SUBSTITUTE FOR STEAM.—At a lecture delivered at the Royal Institution, on Friday last, Mr. E. P. Fordham de- veloped a plan, for which a patent has been taken out, whereby a preferable substitute for steam could be applieri to the pur- poses of impelling carriages along a turnpike road. The prin- ciple is the compression of common air, which, on being allowed to expand, was shown, by experiments made with a model, to possess sufficient power to act, in all cases, instead of steam. CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—In ordinary cases, the sublimity of nature can receive no improvement from the efforts of art; but singularly magnificent as is the scenery of the Avon, where the Suspension Bridge is proposed to be erected, it has also the advantage of affording points d'appui as imperishable as the universe itself, and of presenting the means for the achievement of another triumph of science, in addition to those which have alreadv exalted the intellectual character of our country, beyond ail other nations of the earth. The structure is intended to cross the Avon in a direct line with Gloucester- row, at an altitude of 210 feet above high water mark. We can scarcely imagine a more beautiful object than will be thus exhibited amidst the gigantic rocks that skirt the river. NOVEL EXHIBITION OF A STEAM OMNIBUS.—On Wed- nesday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, an immense number of persons assembled in Osiiaburg-street, Regents-park, and the New-road, to witness the exhibition of a new invented steam Omnibus, which proceeded from Mr. Braithwaite's manu- factory, in Albany street, Regent's-park. The steam-apparatus is in the front, in a machine something imdar to II light cart, guided by two men and an engineer; and the Omnibus is at- tached to it, with a boy to attend on passengers, in the usual manner. The Omnibus wiis filled with passengers. The velo- city with which it proceeded along the roads was surprising, passing every other vehicle that attempted to compete with it. There were several gentlemen on horseback, and they were com- pelled to keep their horses on the full gallop to keep up with it. From the general appearance, there cannot be any doubt of its answeiing in every respect and there is a great advan- tage by the machine containing a plentiful supply of coals and water. From the speed with which it proceeded, passengers could at any time leave Paddington, and reach the Bank in a quarter of an hour. AFRICAN EXPEDITION .Lander and his brother sailed on Sunday the lotti ult., in the merchant brig Alert, from Spithead, for the western coast of Afiica. They take with them a letter from the Secretary of State, addressed, under a flying seal, to the Captain of the first King's ship they may fall in with after leaving the Alert, which is destined for Cape Coast Castle. The olders in this letter are to convey the travellers to Badagry, and to introduce them, in the name of our sovereign, to Adolee, King of that country, as persons in whose welfare the Biitish Government feels the most particular interest. From thence we understand they will proceed to Catunga, the capital of Yoiiba, and then to Boussa (where Mungo Park was lost), with the intention of tracing the river Niger to its termination. IMPORTANCE OF CHEM ISTr.Y. YOII will allow that the rendering skins insoluble in water by combining with them the astringent principle of certain vegetables is a chemical in- vention, and that without leather our shoes, our cairiages, our equipages would be very ill made you will permit me to say that the bleaching and dying of wool and silk, cotton and flax, are chemical processes, and that the conversion of them into dif- ferent clothe; is a mechanical invention that the working of iron, copper, tin, and lead. and the other mctals. und the com- bining them in different alloys by which almost all the instru- ments necessary for the turner, the joiner, the stone-mason, the ihip-builder, and the smith, are made, are chemical inventions; even the press, to the influence of which I am disposed to at- tribute as much as you can do, could not hdve existed in any state of perfection without a metallic alloy the combining of alkali and sand, and certain clays and flints together to form glass and porcelain, is a chemical process the colours which the artist employs to frame resemblances of natural objects, or to create combinations more beautiful than ever existed in na- ture are derived from chemistry in short in every branch of the common and fine arts, in every department of human indus- try, the influence of this science is felt, and we may find in the fable of Prometheus taking the flame from Heaven to animate his man ot clay an emblem of the effects of fire in its application to chemical purposes in creating the activity and almost the life of civil st)ciety.Sir l-I. Davy's Last Days of a Philosopher.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR JANUARY.—The com- mencement of the frost put an immediate stop to field labour, with the exception of carting manure upon the land, and taking back bank and ditch earth, as a fresh supply. To speak of the weather, during the last thirteen months, our climate, however proverbially variable, has sorely outdone all its former out- doings. No living man, we apprehend, ever before witnessed such incessant alternations of wind and weather. We now look for a cheering appearance of the late-sown wheals, which have lain dormant and hidden in the soil an unprecedented length of time. The deep covering of.snow has been beneficial to the lands in a double view-as a preventive of the frost from pene- trating too deeply into the soil, and as a manure, by its nitious and fructifying quality. Some time and labour have been thrown away, by attempting to cart and even plough during the intervals of frost and thaw, particularly upon heavy lands, •which such weather leaves in the same sodden and puddled state as constant rain. The snow has also protected the turnips, but they cannot be expected to remain long sound after a change of weather. The sheep are said to do very well upon them and these animals, to which moisture is known to be the great bane, are, by an English custom, left abioad in deluges of wet, their fleeces constantly soaked through, and their loins ciiilied yet they generally escape in some sort of condition. But surety a superior condition of our flocks, both on wool and carcase, would well repay the labour and expense ot sheltering and of supplying them with food, which, ul any rate, must be done, whilst they remain in the field covered with snow. The late crop of wheat is again represented variously, wish more complaint of late both of the yield and the quality. Those farmers who have no other resource, have nearly cleared off the whole of their corn and disposeable live stock. The rabbits and hares, near the great preserves, have done immense mischief by cropping the young buds of the wood during the hard weather. The former continue to increase in such multitudes, that neither the national consumption, nor any means that can be adopted, are sufficient to reduce them. Game is said to he scarce, excepting where preserved. The wages of labourers in regular employ, from 12s. to 9s. per week, in tl)e best counties; 8s. and 9s. in the poor land districts. The reports from Scot- land are more favourable in all respects than from any part of South Bi ilaiit. -{)(().

COPPER ORE Sold at TRURO, on Thursday, Jan. 28 1830. MINKS. TONS. PURCHASERS- PRICE, Cons. Mines 117 Daniell, Nevill, & Co; ig « Ditto 116 Ditto jQ jg 0 Ditto. 114 English and Freeman 6 9 6 Ditto 108 Birmingham Co. 3 16 r Ditto 103 Daniell, Nevill, and Co.. fi o n Ditto .102 Ditto s n « Ditto xoo Crown Co 3 Q n Ditto .99 Vivian and Sons 6 6 f! Ditto 96 Fox, Williams, and Co "sin Ditto 95 English Co. "ri^ir Ditto 85 Crown Co lizso 69 Freeman and Co., and O. Williams 7 5 o Wh. Leisure ..125 P. Grenfell and Co.870 Ditto .107 Vivian and Sons, and Daniell, Neviil' and Co 3 II 0 Ditto 90 P. Gi-enfell aiad Co. 4 8 6 Ditto 81 Ditto 5 5 6 Dilto 74 Vivian and Sons, and Daniell* Neviil", and Co. •• .• 4 o « Ditto. 65 P. Grenfell and Co 3 5 fi Ditto. 64 Ditto, aud Daniell, Nevill, and Co. 8 16 0 Ditto 63 Pascoe, Grenfell, and Co. 8 5 fi Ditto. 61 Ditto in ir « East Crinnis ..118 Vivian and Sons 4 « « Ditto 108 Ditto « Ditto. 105 Ditto •* f Ditto. 99 Ditto tit Dmo.96 Ditto 5 Jo R Ditto .92 Ditto 2 18 fi Ditto 57 Ditto J! Wh. Sperris 140 Fox, Williams, and Co., and Usborn'el Benson, aud Co. 1 i « S:: g I'l Great St. George 77 Fox, Williams, and Co." "1314 « Ditto. 66 Daniell, Nevill, and Co. 7 17 « Ditto 63 Ditto J „ Dmo 2 Ditto 24 Ditto. 1 Fox, Williams, aud Co i 40 16 0 Tingtang ..137 Crown Co. fl ifi o Ditto 64 Freeman and Co <> 7 « Lanescot 108 Vivian and Sons. • 4 « 0 Fowey Consols.. 104 Fox, Williams, and Co. 6 8 0 Wh. Falmouth 66 Daniell, Nevill, and Co. 2 8 0 Quantity of Copper Ore sold, 2621 tons.—Average'Produce, 8?- £ 22T4yi^ 6rtne .Copper> 310 tons, 18 ewt—Wunt of' Sale, £ .22,1.2 14s. 6d.—Average Standard, £ 103 7s. 6d. HIGH WATER ON SWANSEA BAR FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. Days. Morning. Evening. Height. H.M. H • M • F T Saturday 5 10 g 32 l5 A §Snd?y £ 53 6 13 17 0 Monday 6 32 6 49 17 Q Tuesday 7 0 7 7 TA Wednesday 7 24 7 41 18 6 Thursday 7 58 8 13 18 0 Friday 8 29 8 45 17 1 HIGH WATH. AT THE PASSAGES Days. Morning. Evening. e H. M. H. M. Saturday 6 30 6 52 Sunday 7 13 7 33 Monday 7 b2 8 9 Tuesday 8 20 8 27 Wednesday 8 44 9 0 Thursday 9 18 9 33 Fridav 9 49 10 5

MARKETS- Mark-lane, London, Monday, Feb. I.-Last week there was a considerable supply of barley, malt, and beans, but not much in»e^rafn" 1. I1" tlJre quanlit.y was moderate. This morn- ing the tresh arrivals afford Jittle addition to the quantities re- maining over from former sales. The millers being in want of MonHaoVn8;10 80 4 re^y at 2s. per quarter advance on lasi Monday s,prices middling qualities are also rather dearer; but there is no improvement in the value of damp parcels. Some prime old Uantzic sold at 84s. per quarter, and some was held even at a higher price. Barley for malting is unaltered in price, but other kinds are full Is. per quarter lower, with much un- sold. Beans aud pease lully support the currency of this day se nnjgnt. Good stout parcels of oats are rather dearer, but other qualities remain unaltered from the term of this day seln- night. The flour trade remains unaltered, all kinds supporting the prices of the previous week. Red, Wheat, 1828 43s to 64s Malt 44s to 54s New 44s to 55s Fine 58, lo 61 Superfine 62s to 65s Hog Pease 29s to 321. White, 1828 46s to 74s White 33s to 38s New 5Us to 63) Ditto,boilers,new 40* to 42s. Superfine 68s to 72s Small Beans, new 35s to 38s White, Foreign 44s to 82s Ditto, old -s to -s Red, do. 42s to 65s Tick, new 25s to 31s Rye, new 30s to 34 Ditto,old 33s to 36s Brank 23s to 25s Feed Oats -8 to —s Barley 22s to 26s Fine -15s to 20s Fine -s to -s Polands —j i0 —( Superfine 32s to 36s Fine 17S to 25, Price of FLOUll. F. Flour per sack 55s. to 6 is. I Second, per sack 42s. to 50.. AVEllAGE PRICE of CORN, per Qr. For the Week ending Jan. 22,1830, and by which importation is regulated. Wheat 56 2 I Rye 36 9 Beans Si 3 Barley 29 4 Oats 21 1 j Pease 3b PRICE of HOPS, in Pockets per Cwt. Kent 61. 0s. to 10I. Os. Sussex. 51. 16s, to 6K 16f. r Essex 61. 0s. to 8). 8s. | Farnham 131. 0s. to 151, 0s. PRICE of SEEDS, cfc. s' s> s> ». '1 urnip,White, bush. 8 a 10 Clover,Red,perewt. 42 a 84 Red and Green •••• 12 a 15 White 52 a 8f: Mustard, Brown •• 6 a 11 Foreign Red 48 a 95 White 5 a 9 White 56 a 85 Canary, per quarter 46 a 52 Trefoil. 12 a 40 Santoin 32 a 42 Carraway 46 a 34 Rye Grass 20 a 38 Coriander 16a22 PRICE of TALLOW, SOAP, # CANDLES. Town Tallow, p. cwt. 38s 6d Good Dregs Os Oil Russiado. candle 37s Cd Curd Soap 72s Od Wliiteditto. os 'od Mottled 68s Od Melted Stuff 29s Od Yellow ditto 62s Od Ditto rough 19s Od Caiidle5, per doz. 8s Od Graves 16s Od Moulds. 9s 6d PRICE of MEAT. 8 MITHFIELD. LVADENUALT, AND NEWGATR To sink the offal,per stone By the Carease.-Per stone of Mb. of Qlbs. Beef 2s lOd to 4s Od Beef 2s 4d to 3s 4d Mutton 3< 2d to 4s 4d Mutton 2s 6d to 31 8d Lamb Os Od to Os Od Lamb Os od to n, Od Veal 4s 8d to 5s 8d Veal 3s 4d to 5 4d Pork 45 6d to 5s id Pork 2s 6d to 41 6d BRISTOL MCE CURRENT., Muse. Sugar very Br. 49 s. -Coffee, Jam., triage Os. 25s. Dry Brown.. 51 53 Ordinary 28 32 Middling. 55 69 Good ditto ..34 3a Good ditto 60 64 Fine ditto 40 45 Good 65 66 Middling 46 6% ——— Fine 68 70 Good ditto 62 70 Brown Lumps 78 80 Fine ditto 72 75 Middling 84 86 Fine 78 80 Good and fine. 88 98 Logwood,Jam. 61.5s. 61. 10s, Titlers and Loaves 88 105 St. Domingo 6 0 6 5 Double 108 112 Campeachy 7 0 7 ly Bastard 46 58 Fustic, Jamaica 5 15 6 Itf Molasses 18 19 Cuba" 8 a 9 0 Rum,Jamaica •• 2i. 3s. 3J.2s. Oil, Galipoli 35 0 36 0 Leeward Isle 1 8 2 6 Sicily S20330 BRISTOL CORN and HAY MARKETS, Jan. 30. Wheat,English 50 0-64 0X hd Beans 36 0 64 0 per qr. Irish & Welsh 48 0-58 Oi 3 Pease ..36 0-54 0 Malting Barley 34 0-40 o' g* Wh. Flour 46 0-49 0 per sack Grinding ditto 26 0.8 05"0 Seconds.. 40 0-43 0 Oats 16 0.260Hay 40 6 85 0 per ton. Vetches 40 0-48 Q' ? Straw 0 22-0 SO per doz. BRISTOL PRICE of LEATHER. Heavy Crops I8d to 21d E. Horse Hides lad to Light&Midd.- l5d to lod Spanish ditto 20d t,o 23tt Buffaloes 14d to 17d B. Pattern Skins 26d to 28d Rounded ditto 17d to 20d Common ditto. 22d to 24d Close Butts 22d to 23d Heavy ditto 17d to 19d BestSaddlers' > lP, 10. Welsh Skins 15d to I7d Hides J Irish Skins 14d to 16d Common diuo 14d to 15ld Kips 16d to 19d Bull ditto 14d to 16d SmallSeas. 20d to 21d Norwich Corn Market, Jan. 30.—We had a good supply of all grain to this day's market.—Wheat, red, 42s. to 58!Í; white to 618 barley, 20s. to 32s oats, 20s. to 26s.; beans, 26s. to 34s. j pease, 29s. to 34s.; boilers, to 40s. per quarter. Flour, 44s. to 45s. per sack. Norwich Cattle Market, Jan. 30.—The supply of fat cattle to this day's .market was good; prices 6s. 6d. to 7s. per stone of 14 lbs. sinking offal: of store stock it was small. Socts 4s. to 4s 3d. per stone, of what they will weigh when fat. We had no shorthorns offered for sale. Cows and calves, but few of- fered, and a flitt sale home-breds the same. In horses nothing doing. A few shearlings penned, selling from 24s. to 28s. y fat ones to 36' > lambs, 17s. to 32s.; pigs cheap, fat ones to 5s. per stone.—Meat, beef, 5d. to 8d.; veal, 6d. to 8d.; mutton,5d. to 6 £ d.; and pork, 4d. to 5d. per lb.

TO T have pray'd for thee when wintry winds were blowing, A tenfless woods, in filful moods, -^rjjo angry blasts were bowing: ll*jl»:d when wild Ocean's turbid wave, JV ith sullen roar, lash'd the rude shore, And to Earth its foaming tribute g;\ve And shrieks ot deatli swept o'er the bounding seas, Borne onward, onward on the swelling breeze. Maiden, 1 have prayed tor thee when the loud thunder roll'd, And streams of light, to the tearful night, Did the secrets of air unfold When the dread Spirit of the Storm v Flash'd his dark eye, exulting by, Whilst demon Laughter shook his hideous form, And with strong arm huge clouds thio' space he hurl'd, Threal'ning to whelm 2it once the frighted world. Maiden, I have pray'd for thee when foul disease was raging With noxiou- breath, and leagued with death, Ruthless war on man was waging And when the muffled bell was tolling Deep notes of woe, and to and fro The plume capt hearse was rolling. In joy and sorrow I have pray'd for thee, And thou hast never, never prayed or me. Newport, Monmouthshire, Jan. 27, 1830. J. W.

PARLIAMENTARY REMANETS. It will be seen from the subjoined list, that the mo- tions which stand over from last Session, are of no trivial and unimportant nature. Amongst the many are the following Mr. Nicholson CAlvert-Bill to prevent Bribery and Corrup- tion in East Retford. Mr. Tennyson-Bill to exclude East Retford from electing Bur- gesses to serve in Parliament, and to enable Birmingham to to return two Representatives to Parliament in lieu thereof. Lord John Russell-Bill to enable Manchester, Leeds, and Bir- mingham to send Representatives to Parliament. Mr. Sykes-To move for the Equalization of the Duty on Deals imported into this country from the different perts of the Baltic; and therefore to propose that the duty should be esti- mated by the cubit contents, instead of their present compli- cated, imperfect, and partial standard. Marquis of Blandford-To move for a Committee to inquire into the causes why the people are not represented in this House according to the spirit of the Constitution or to bring forward some specific measure to restore the purity of re- presentation. Dr. Pltillimore--Bi II to alier and amend the Ecclesiastical Ju- risdiction exercised in the several County Courts throughout England and Wales. Mr. W. Steward (of Beverley)—Select Committee, to inquire into the Revenue, Expenditure, and Commerce of Ceylon. Mr Sibthorp-Bill for the Regulation of the Posting throughout Great Britain, and placing it on some regular system. Sir Henry Parnell-Select Committee to inquire into the best means of taking a Census of the Population of the United Kingdom. Mr. Harvev-Bill to render all processes issuing out of the Superior Courts of Records at Westminster or Dublin, ope. rative in any County or Place in the United Kingdom. Mr. Greene-Bill to enable the Incumbents of Livings in Eng- land and Wales, to commute their Tithes, by agreement, with the owners of hind within their respective parishes. Marquis of Chandos-Bill to make certain alterations in the Game Laws. Dr. Lushington-Bil1 to declare that all Slaves brought to Great Britain shall thereafter be free in all British Dominions. Mr. Slaney-Bill to declare and amend that part of the Poor Law relating to the employment and relief of able-bodied persons, and for the better rating tenements which are under a certain annual value. Mr. Sailler--tu introduce Measures with a view to bettering the condition of the Labouring Poor. Mr. Otway Cave-To move a Resolution that Children born of Slaves in the West Indies after 1850 be deemed free. Mr. Harvey to take into consideration the present state and actual value of all crown property, with a view to its benefi- cial disposition. Mr. Edward Davenport—Motion on the Pressure upon the Commercial and Labouring Classes, produced by high Tax- ation levied in Money of increased value. Mr. Edward Davenport—Motion on the Conduct of his Ma- jesty's Government respecting Portuguese affairs. Mr. Warburton-Bill for regulating Schools of Anatomy. Lord Nugent—Bill for establishing a Register of the Births of the Children of Dissenters. Mr. Cholmeley-Motioll for the Repeal of the Act prohibiting the growth of Tnhacco in the United Kingdom. Mr. Cholmeley—Motion for amending the Representation of such Boroughs as do not contain more than ten voters.

SWAN RIVER SETTLEMENT. Captain Dance, N.N. who went out in command of the two ships sent by government with stores and provisions for the new Settlement at Swan River, has addressed the following letter to Mr. Twiss, Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Department:— "After experiencing every attention and assistance that pub- lic or private good feeling could suggest from Commodore Schombergh. we lelt Simon's Bay on the 8th of May for our ultimate destination. We were thirty days on our passage, having had one continued gale of wind veering between N.W. and S. W. the whole way, with the most tremendous sea the oldest seaman on board ever remembered to have seen. Being quite a stranger on the coast, I intended to have remained, with a gfcod offing, until an opportunity of more moderate wea- ther had allowed me to run in but circumstances induced me, the morning after I made the land, to run the hazard of the dangerous and still unknown passage between the islands, ra- ther than remain at sea with a lee shore in a gale of wind, in a ship so deeply laden as we were. Thank God we got in with perfect safety, having only just grazed once, hard enough to perceive that we did touch. Once into Cockburn Sound, the anchorage is quite perfect, well sheldered from all winds, but particularly from the westerly winds, which appear to be the most violent that blow on this cuast. We found Freemantle here in the Challenger, but he had not been here long enough to make any great preparations for us; he had taken possession, and all that sort of thing and had been one short trip up the river; had had two or three inierviews with the natives, who had appeared very friendly, and. up to within five or six days of our arrival, had experienced very fine weather. I sup- pose the time of our getting here to have been about the setting in of the winter, for with very little intermission we have had one constant succession of bad weather—not very cold, the ther, mometer seldom below 60 degrees, but very strong winds and deluges of rain. Notwithstanding this serious obstacle, our in- defatigable and persevering Governor has not lost an hour that could be employed in forming and forwarding a settlement. For the first two months the settlers have remained on Garden Island, in huts trade from the timber, of which there is here abundance, and th itched and closed in by small brushwood, which is likely to be had here in any quantity. Within the last month, indeed ever since the arrival of the Marquiss of An- glesea, which brought out a number of settlers, and which ar- rived here on the we have removed to the mainland, where, at the entrance of the Swan River, we established a 'own, to be called Freemantle, and about eleven or twelve miles up the river, and immediately above Melville Water, on the left hand, on the Swan River, the town of Perth. By the bye, the laying of the first stone of this town, which took place on the 12th of August, and on which occasion we made as much noise and rejoicing as our limited means would allow, was per- formed by Mrs. Dance, she being the only lady who could be persuaded to venture so far into a savage country. "There has been so much-injudiciously, I think—asserted about the luxuriance of the soil, that many who have already arrived, and seen no farther than the immediate vicinity of the p'ace where they landed, have professed much disappointment; and you will very likely hear very exaggerated accounts from different sources. I am, however, quite persuaded in my own mind that there is much to hold out encouragement to perse- vere and I trust when we have made ourselves better ac- quainted with the country beyond the first range of hilla, thut we shall have much better accounts to give you. I have sent an expedition in charge of my first Lieutenant, a very zealous and active officer, to cross the mountains, and ascertain the nature of the country beyond. He started the day before yes- terday, with a fortnight's provisions; and I intend myself going in another direction, very shortly, and you shall hear all 1 have ascertained by the first opportunity that offers afterwards. I am sorry to tell you of the loss of the merchant ship Mar- quis of Anglesey, in Gage's Roads, last Friday. She drove with three anchors a-head in a gale of wind, and going on the rocks to the southward of the entrance of the River, was bilged, and I fear can never be got off. It is quite clear to me, and I have always given it as my decided opinion, that Gage's Roads are not safe anch orage in winter months but, as T hope, when we have made ourselves acquainted with the passage in here, that ships may run into the sound at any time, this will be very little drawback on the Port. Ships may lay in the Roads for even or eight months, in perfect safety and consequently, as is the case in many other parts of the world, seasons must be established for the arrival and sailing of merchant ships. The Challenger left us for India about a fortnight ago, and got out without any difficulty and the moment the weather breaks up, and will admit of boats going alongside the island, I shall employ myself and crew constantly, until we have got the pas- sage properly buoyed off. I am happy to tell you that I am on the very best terms and understanding with tiie Lieutenant Governor; and I do hope and think that through his persever- ance and exertion, which I assure you shall he seconded by me to the utmost of my power and ability, you will soon receive the most satisfactory accounts of our colony and proceedings."

CRIMINAL LAW.—One of Mr, Peel's alterations in the Criminal Law was this—that, where a person chatged with a criminal offence had been previously convicted, such prior conviction should be made a substantive charge in the indict- ment against him for the new offence, and a certificate from the Clerk of the Peace, or of the Arraigns, be produced as the proof of it. Some of the Judges at the Old Bailey have directed that that part of the indictment shall not be opened or made known to the Jury; and at the recent Wiltshire Sessions, the Magistrates came to an unanimous resolution not to allow of its use there. A similar resolution was adopted at the last Warwick Sessions and such being the general feeling upon the subject, it is most probable that in the next Session of Parliament Mr. Peel will himself relieve the Judges and the Statute-book from an enactment which, however well intended, manifestly inlringes upon that which has always been the characteristic of British jurisprudence, fairness and lenity towards the accused. {, IIEREFORD LONDON MAIL THROUGH CHELTENHAM.— Last week, a meeting was held at Hereford, for the purpose of adopting measures for the continuance of this mail. The meet- ing was most respectable, including Earl Somers, E. H. Clive, Esq. M. P., E.T. Foley, Esq. M. P., and a large number of the resident genllemen ot the vicinity and inhabitants of the city Jas. Eyre, Esq. Mayor, in the chair. In Nov. last, a letter was received by the Mail-coach Committee, from Mr. Neyler, of Cheltenham, intimating that the contractors had been such great losers by the present contract, that they were reluctantly compelled to decline a fresh one upon the same terms. In consequence an application was made to the Post-Office, for in- formation as to what should be done on the subject. An oil- swer was received from Mr. Freeling, dated Jan. 15, stating, that the contract (which the Committee understood would ex- pire on 1st March next) would not be completed till 5th April, and from thence until three months' notice be given to the Office, which had not yet been done. Under these circum- stances, the Noble Earl expressed a hope, that the present con- tractors would be induced to go on; he was certain the meeting would be unanimous in their wish to support the mail; and, in conclusion, proposed the following resolution That the Postmaster-General not having received any in- timation that the present contractors insended to determine their contract, this meeting trust that the mail coach from Cheltenham to Hereford will be continued by them. This meeting pledge themselves to support the present contractors; but in the event of their discontinuing the contract, this meeting (impressed with the greatest importance of the present mail to the county and city of Hereford) agree to give every support in their power to any fresh contractors." E. B. Clive, Esq. M. P. seconded the resolution. He said, it was stated that the contractors had lost fiOOI. by the contract; a circumstance, he was sure, the inhabitants of Hereford would regret; but still, not having given notice to relinquish, it was supposed they would continue the mail and he deemed it their just due to compliment them on the efficient mallnerin which they had invariably fulfilled their engagement. He, however, had felt it his duty to make inquiries, and had ascertained that other parties were ready to take the contract on the same terms, in case the present contractors declined entering into a fresh engagement.—-The resolution was carried utiriiirnously atid a Committee was appointed to superintend the arrangements te- lative to the future contract for the mail. PUBLIC MEETINGS.—At the Cheshire County Meet- ing, held at Northwich, on Monday week, a Petition to Parlia- ment, setting forth the unparalleled distress existing in the agri- cultural and commercial interests of that county, and requesting Parliament to revise the currency laws, and to reduce taxation by a rigid system of economy, was unanimously adopted. It is stated in some of the reports of this meeting, that Lord Dela- meie concluded his speech by saying, He was sorry to see so many opinions as to the cause of the general distress, and va- rious remedies were recommended: some said, take the reve- nues from the cliuicii but, in his opinion, there was only one remedy for the tigricultural distress, and that was a reduction of the rents by the litidlords.(Tremendous clieers.)-At the meeting of the county of Cumberland on Tuesday, at which the High Sheriff presided, a petition was agreed to, the prayer of which is as follows :-That your petitioners cannot comtemplate the enhanced value of money, occasioned by the suppression of the small paper currency, and the adoption of a high gold standard, unaccompanied by a proportioned reduction of taxa. tion, without entertaining an earnest desire that your Honourable House would be pleased to institute an inquiry whether these measures may not have caused the distress, which fills the nation with alarm j and whether the addition to the value of money be not also a corresponding addition to all incomes drawn from the public purse, and to all taxes borne by the people. And they would further pray for a repeal of the malt and beer duties. --A meeting of the inhabitants of Bristol, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament agiinst the beer and malt duties, took place at the Guildhall, on Thursday, John Scandrett Harford, Esq., in the chair. When three resolutions had been unani- mously carried, Mr. Webb Hall moved the fourth, fifth, and sixth. He combated the assertion that a reduction of the duties upon malt liquor would tend to increase drunkenness, and said it was unfair to reason on the use of any principle from its occa. sional abuse. The speaker proceeded to show that the aggre- gate duties on some articles of necessity amounted to 175 per cent., and strongly urged the meeting to co-operate in procuring the whole or a partial repeal of such duties.—Mr. Herapath then gave some particulars relative to the distress which existed at Bristol. He then contended that the cheap price of spirits, occasioned by the duty being taken off, had caused a great in- crease of the consumption of those pernicious liquors; and that the government would do well to .put on the duty they had taken off. Mr. HerBpath concluded by moving, as an amend- ment—" That the taxes upon malt, beer, sugar, tea, coffee, can. dies, soap, and other necessaries of life, are severely felt at this period of distress, particularly by the labouring parts of the population, and your petitioners, therefore, pray your honourable house to reduce the taxes so as to bring down the prices of such articles within the present means of purchasing That as one mass of his Majesty's subjects avoid paying the taxes levied in this country, although they receive their annual resources from it, your petitioners submit to your honourable house the justice of laying a tax upon absentees, which shall be equal to their contributions in case they had continued to reside here." Mr. J. Mills, of the Bristol Gazette, seconded the amendment, which was carried by a large majority.-Tlie Chairman having quitted the chair, Mr. Mills was called to that office, when a Petition founded on the amendment of Mr. Herapath was unanimously carried, after which the meeting adjourned. RETAIL BREWERIES.- The following is an instance of the beneficial effects likely to result from the establishment of Retail Breweries:—" A Friend of the Poor," at the village of Helhe, Oxon, has opened one, where he is now actually retailing good strong ale at fourpence per quart. A few years ago, in the same village, ale was sold at eightpence a quart, or double the price to what it is now retailed at. The consequence is, that five times the quantity of beer is brewed in the place to what was formerly, the poor man, from its moderate charge, being able to partake of a wholesome beverage. Let the landed interest, in their efforts to procure a repeal of the malt and beer duties, not lose sight of the encouragement of such breweries, but endeavour to obtain a removal of the absurd restriction—which prevents the renewal ,of a retail licence unless 100 barrels of beer have been vended in the yea, and the agricultural interest and the poor will be materially benefited. I ILLEGALITY OF PAYING FOR LABOUR OUT OF POOR RATF.-Tlie Duke of Buckingham, as Lord Lieutenant of Bucks, has published an important letter addressed to the Ma- gistrates of the County, upon the glaring evils which result from the system of pay iug for the labour of the poor out of the Poor's Book. His Grace's advice to the Magistrates is to take legal opinions, whether they cannot punish by some legal process, the parish officers, who shall thus persevere in misappropriating the parochial money and my advice to the owners and occupiers of land, in parishes where this practice is adopted, is, to appeal against the rate so levied; but the duty of the Ma. gistrates is, if possible, to punish the Overseer. I would re- commend in every case in which it can he adopted, the appli- cation of the wotkhouse system; perhaps the only change in the law which I would wish to see, might be, that that system should be rendered general and obligatory instead of being, as it now is, voluntary and partial. Let the labouring poor re- ceive the full wages for the labour which they perform if pa- rochial relief be demanded, let it be found for them only in pa. rochial houses, in exchange for labour. The means of employ- ing the poor may there easily be found. Straw-plaiting, knitting, and spinning, for instance, will afford resources, and others simi- lar will easily present themselves. Small cast-iron corn mills are cheap, and easily set up. But above all, let land, where it is possible, be procured, and upon it let the poor be put to labour. The Magistrates will soon find that the demand for relief will rapidly diminish, when it is found that it will be given only in exchange for work "-It may be gratifying to add the concluding passage of his Grace's Address-" I need not say, that feeling injself thus called upon to press my opi. nions upon their notice, I ihall feel it equally to be at their orders, and to assist them, in any manner in which they think I can be of use, to check this growing and great evil." DISCOVRRY OF THE BODY OF A MURDERER.—On Thursday se'nnnight, was found, by a carpenter named Charles Burton, employed to take down a barn at Netherwood, in the parish of Oddingley, Worcestershire, the skeleton of a man buried under the burn floor. His shoes were nearly perfect, and a two-feet rule by the side of the thigh-bones, not the least decayed. The person who found him is the brother-in-law of Richard Hemming, late of Droitwich, carpenter; and he knew the skeleton to be that of his brother-in-law, Hemming, the supposed murderer of the Rev. Geo. Parker, of Oddingley, who was murdered whilst walking in his own ground, in the afternoon, on 24th June, 1806; and a reward of 100 guineas was then offered by the Magistrates of the county, for the apprehension of the said Richard Hemming- Upon examination of the body of Mr. Parker, it appeared probable that the mur- derer did not quite effect his object when he shot that unfor- tunate gentleman; for the latter had evidently been beaten about the head with the butt-end of the gun, which was broken one part of it only, in his terror, the murderer put into his bag, which he dropped in his hurry to escape, and it was picked up by some persons who instantly came to the spot on hearing an exclamation of distress. On the day following the murder, an inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of Wiflul Murder by some person unknown, was returned. But although the evi- dence was not clear enough to warrant the jury in fixing the guilt on any individual, the desciiption given of the murderer's person, his being missing from the neighbourhood from the time of the murder, and other circumstances, lelt little doubt that Richard Hemming was the murderer. It was believed at the time, that Mr. Parker, who had lived upon very bad terms with some of his parishioners, had been murdered from motives of re.enge" and that Hemming had been employed to effect his destruction. Years rolled on, and the subject compara- tively died away. But, contrary to all anticipation, after the 1 lapse of three and twenty years! the body of the murderer has been djscoverd-discovered, too, under circumstances which seem to atflJrd dreadful evidence, that, after fie had been em- ployed by others to effect the murder of a fellow-creature, he himself, by the retributive justice of PROVIDENCE, fell by the hand of a murderer 1 Indeed, there remains little, if any doubt, that this was the awful fate of this wretched instrument in the hands of others yet more abandoned than himself On the left side of the forehead of the skeleton, and in other parts, the skull is fractured into more than twenty fragments— such must have been the violence of the b!ows! The grave was exactly of the same length as Hemming's body.—It seems probable that the miserable wretch was made away with soon after he had murdered Mr. Parker. He might have required more as n reward for blood than his diabolical employer thought him worthy of; or, what is more probable, the chance of his detection, after the hue and cry that had been raised against him, rendered it imperious that he should not be forthcoming The spot where the body was discovered having been minutely examined, the bones, together with the rule, &c. were removed to Worcester; and Mr. Smith, the Coroner, very properly summoned as witnesses every individual likely to throw light upon the subject, with the view, not only of identifying the body, but also in the hope that some facts might be elicited which would throw light upon one or both the murders. The inquest commenced on Tuesday morning, at the Talbot, in the Tything, near Worcester; and in the evening, the Coroner adjourned the investigation until Friday morning, to give time for the production of more witnesses. The evidence already produced, has clearly identified the remains discovered in the barn, to be those of the body of Richard Hemming; and it has also led to the implication of a respectable person, who died a few years ago, at nearly 90 years of age, as being a principal or agent in this diabolical tragedy. There are others, however, still alive, whose names have been mixed up with these bar- barous transactions; and it is generally anticipated that this enquiry will lead to proceedings before another tribnj)al. Several important facts were adduced on Friday and upon a deposition of the foreman of the jury, that the evidence induced him to believe that Thomas Clewes, of Oddingley, farmer, had a guilty knowledge of the murder, that individual was taken into custody, and committed for further examination on Friday next. FATAL ACCIDENTS OFF CORK HARBOUR.—We have received accounts, stating that the late sudden gale of wind from the south-east which arose on Thursday last had proved extremely fatal in its consequences, and destructive of several lives off this harbour. Indeed, from the almost instantaneous change from a perfect calm to a violent storm, fears were naturally excited that calamities had ensued on this part of the coast. On Thursday afternoon a large coaster, supposed to be laden with potatoes, from the westward, was seen to founder off Robert's Cove, in which three men perished. One of the un- fortunate sufferers was observed to ascend the mast us the boat was going down, and wave his hat as a signal of distress, but the sea running at the time mountains high, and no life-boat being placed in that district, it was impossible to render the least assistance to the perishing crew.—At nearly the same time, a hooker lying in Crusheen Bay, in order to take in a cargo of slates, was blown out of the Bay she had two men on board, no account had been received of her at an advanced hour on Saturday.-In addition to those calamities, we have the distressing duty to state, that a whale-boat, with five men, be- longing to Monks Town, which left that place on Thursday, in order to look out her pilotage, has also perished in the gale, and all hand on board lost. These unfortunate sufferers have left families to mourn their melancholy late, which are thrown iuto a state of the deepest distress. TALE OF MISERY.—A few days ago a weaver came to a Clergyman of this city, with the following tale of misery and woe :-He said that when employed he could only earn 4s. per week that he had a wife and six young children that he had tasted no food from Saturday to Monday, except some raw turnips which he had taken in a field in the neighbourhood on the Sabbath that his wife had lately been delivered of twins; that unable to move, the half-famished babes were sucking the half-famished mother, till they literally drew blood instead of milk from her bosom 1 The Clergyman, with an Elder, visited the abode—they saw—they wept—they relieved-what they were told was not a solitary case in this place.-Glasgow Courier. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 29.—On Saturday last, George Thackeray, Esq. Fellow of King's College, was admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. OXFORD, JAN. SO.—On the 22d inst. Messrs. George Cox and Thomas Broadley Fooks, Scholars of New-College, were admitted Fellows of that Society. In a Convocation, holden on Wednesday last, William Rosser Williams, Esq. M.A. and Michel Fellow of Queen's College, was unanimously elected to the Vinerian Fellowship, vacant by the marriage of the Hon. Philip Henry Abbot. On Thursday last the following Degrees were coiife,-red :-Bachelor of Ci-vil Law: Charles Barker, of Trinity College. Masters of Arts: The Henry Wm. Maddock, Fellow of Brazenose College; the Rev. George Landon, and the Rev. Thos. L. Wheeler (Scholar) of Worcester College; the Rev. Henry Spencer Markham, and the Rev. Philip Henry Nind, of Christ Church. Bachelors of Arts: John Thomas Ord, of Exeter College, Grand Compounder; George Robert Carter Petley, of St. John's College and Henry Edward Knatchbull, Scholar of Wadham College. At the same time Thomas Pad- don, Esq. some time Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundem. In a Convocatiun holden the same day, James Adey Ogle, M.D. F..R.S. of Trinity Col- lege, was unanimously elected to the Clinical Professorship, on the Foundation of the late Lord Lichfield, vacant by the death of Dr. Bourne.

BANKRUPTS from Tuesday's Gazette. To Surrender in Basinehall-street. H. HOOPER, Maiden-lane, Cheapside, hosier, Feb. 2, 12, March 9. Atts. Kirkman and Rutherford, London. H. WATSON, Willingate Spain, Essex, cattle-dealer, Feb. 5, 9, March 9. Att. Wigley, London. J. HOBSON, Leadenhall-street, wine-merchant, Feb. 2, 16, March 9. Atts. Bartlett and Beddome, London. J. CURTIS, Queen-street, plumber, Feb. 12, 16, March 9. Att. Turner, London. H. COOPER, Upper Clapton, paper-maker, Feb. 5, 9, March 9. Atts. Allen and Co. London. C. YOUNG, Osborne-street, brewer, Feb. 5, 9, March 9. Att. Fisher, London. J. M. SIMMONS, Lewes, linen-draper, Feb. 5, 9, March 9. Att. Farrar, London. R. and W. WINSON, Leeds, linen-draper, Jan. 29, Feb. 5, March 9. Att. Thornbury, London. J. HOLBEIN, Horseleydown, corn-dealer, Feb. 5, 12, March 9. Att. Sandgrove, London. To Surrender in the Country. J. TIPPETT, Bristol, ship-builder, Feb. 2, 4, March 9, at the Com- mercial-rooms, Bristol. Atts. Bevan and Brittau, Bristol, or Brittan, Loudon. C. ARNOLD, Walcot, Bath, bookseller, Feb. 9, 10, March 9, at the Castle Inn, Bath. Atts. Makinson, London, or Hellings, Bath. G. DIXON, Cockfield, Durham, brewer, Feb. 10, 11, March 9, at the' King's Head, Darlington. Atts. Newburn, London, or Newburn, Darlington. T. STONE, Weduesbury, innkeeper, Feb. 14, 15, March 2, at the Whiston Cross, Albrighton. Atts. London, or Caddick, West- bromwich. J. CARR, Barnsley, York, linen-manufacturer, Feb. 8, 9, March 9, at Abbott's Hotel, Knaresborough. Atts. Strangeways and Co. London Gill, Kllaresborough; or Mercer, London,. W. TURTON, Bushbury, Staffordshire, coal-merchant, Feb. 12, 13, March 9, at the Whiston Cross, Albrighton. Atts. Corser, Wolver- hampton, or Norton and Chaplin, London. R. MAKING, Liverpool, merchant, Feb. 5, G, March 9, at the Claren- don Buildings, Liverpool. Atts. Shackleton and Co. Liverpool, or Baxendale and Co. London. J. WHITELOCK, Durham, miller, Feb. 1,10, March 9, at the George Inn, Newcastle-npon-Tyne. Atts. Shaw, London, or Walters, New- castle-upon-Tyne. J. DICKSON, Liverpool, merchant, Feb. 17, 24, March 9, at the Cla- rendon-buildings, Liverpool. Atts. Blackstock and Co. London, or Birkett, Liverpool. W. ROBINSON, jun. Liverpool, merehant, Feb. 8, 9, March 9, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Atts. Chester, London, or Davenport, Liverpool. E. PITTWAY, Tewkesbury, butcher, Jan. 28, 29, March 9, at the Office of Messrs. Winterbotham and Weedon, Tewkesbury. Atts. Winter- botham and Weedon, Tewkesbury, or Bousfield, London. T. NEALE, Exeter, haberdasher, Feb. 2, 9, March 9, at the New London Inn, Exeter. Atts. Bruton and Clipperton, London, or Brutton, Exeter. W: KEIGIILYE, Bristol, woollen-draper, Feb. 5, 6, March 9, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Atts. Parker and Johnson, Bristol. W. and S. ROTHWELL, Elton, Lancashire, bleachers, Feb. 11, 12, March 9, at the Nelson Inn, Bury. Atrs. Appleby and Charnock, London, or Grundy, Bury. W. SPENCER, Coventry, ribbon-manufacturer, Feb. 15, 16, March 9, at the King's Head, Coventry. Atts. Austen and Hobson, London, or Throughton and Lea, Coventry. BANKRUPTS from Friday's Gazette. To Surrender in Basinghall-street. J. STRATTON, Midford-place, Tottenham-court-road, timber-merchant, Feb. 2, 9, March 12. Att. Williams, Alfred-place, Bedford-square. W. M. MAXFIELD, Leeds, silk-mercer, Feb. 2, 9, March 12. Att. King, Bedford-place, Russell-square. W. P. M. CROFT, Tulse-hill, Brixton, lodging house keeper, Feb. 2, 9, March 12. Att. George, Wardrobe-place, Doetors' Commons. ANN WATSON, Cannon-street, boarding-house keeper, Feb. 5, 12, March 12. Att. Hodgson, Broad-street buildings. MIGUEL DE PEDRORENA, South-street, Finsbury, nxrehant, Feb; 2, 16, March 12. Atts. Oliversou, Denby, and Lavie, Fnderick's-place, Old Jewry. W. MILLER, Tredegar-square, builder, Fep. 2, 12, March 12. Att. Robins, Bedford-row. R. JONES, Sheerness, grocer, Feb. 5, 12, March 12. Atts. Fisher and Blake, Queen-street, Cheapside. P. HARRIS, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, flannel-merclant, Feb. 5,12, March 12. Att. Rowles, King's Arms-yard, Colemanstreet. J. JACKSON,Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, man's-meicer. Att. Gore, Walbrook-buildings. M. CRAKE, Norton-street, St. Marylebone, builder, Feb. 9,16, March 14. Att. Beaumont, Golden-square. A. JONES, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, ch:mist, Feb. 5, 9, March 12. Att. Bostock, George-street, Mansiou-hfuse. S. GARRETT, Langley-street, Long-acre, currier, Feb.5,12, March 12. Att. Thomas, Dean-street, Southwark. W. and T. BARTLETT, Reading, Berkshire, canvass-imnufacturer, Feb. 2, 12, March 12. Att. Glynes, Vine-street, Americasquare. T. BRYSON, Jewin-street, Aldersgate-street, commissbn-agent, Feb. 5, 12, March 12. Att. Lloyd, Thavies-inn, Holborn. To Surrender in the Country. J. FOSTER, Derby, grocer, Feb. 10, at the King's HlIld Inn, Duffield, Feb. 15, March 12, at the King's Head, Derby. Ats. Green, Derby, or Austen and Hobson, Gray's Inn. O. V. HARVEY, Penzance, Cornwall, mercer, Feb. 16,17, March 12, at the Union Hotel, Penzance. Att. Coode, Guildforc-street, London, or Millett, Penzance. W. TONGUE, Birmingham, toyman, Feb. 12,13, Marcbl2, at the Union Hotel, Birmingham. Atts. Holme, Frampton, and loftus, New Inn, or Parker, Birmingham. H. HALL, Liverpool, linen-draper, Feb. 16,17, March 12, at the Gla- rendon Rooms, Liverpool. Atts. Norris, Allen, andAnthony, John- street, Bedford-row, London, or Toulmin, Liverpool T. RIGG, Liverpool, butcher, FeB. 12, 13, March 12, it the Clarendon Buildings, Liverpool. Atts. Grandy, Liverpool, or Cfester, Staple Inn. ¡ T. GftipftTH, Liverpool, linen-draper, Feb. 16, 17, March 12, at Mr. Payne's office, Liverpool. Atts. Payne, Liverpool, or Blackstock and Bunce, Temple. E. KNIBB, Liverpool, draper, Feb. 15, 20, March 12, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Atts. Brabner, Liverpool, or Vincent, King's Bench-walk, Temple. ° G. BLOUNT, Liverpool, iron-merchant, Feb. 15, 19, March 12, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Atts, Vincent, King's Bench waiu- Temple, or Birkett, Liverpool. J. EVERITT, Doncaster, painter, Feb. 5, 6, March 12, at the Reindeer Inn, Doncaster. Atts. Galsworthy, Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn, or Heaton, Doncaster. J. MOODY, Trowbridge, broker, Feb. 6, March 12, at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath. Atts. Berkely, Lincoln's-inn, or Bush,Trowbridge.