North Wales Gazette

SONG, To the Air of Lord Lennox WHEN the glen all is, stiH, save the stream from the fountain When the shepherd has ceased o'er the "heather to roam; And the wail of the plover awakes on the moun- tain, Inviting his love to return to berlhome; There meet me, my Mary, adown by the wild- wood, Where violetsand daisies sleep soft in the dew; -Our bliss shall be sweet as the visions of child- hood, Ana pure as the heaven's own orient blue. Thy locks shall be braided with pearls of the gloaming; Thy cheek shall be fann'd by the breeza of the lawn; The A n-el of Love shall be 'ware of thy coining, And hover around thee till rise of the dawn. O, Mary! no tiansports of Heaven's decreeing Can equal the joys of such meeting to me For the light of thine eye is the home of my being, And my soul's fondest hopes are all gather'd to thee.

THE LION DESCRIBED. (From a MS. Paraphrase on the 104th Psalm) THROUGH the wide forest jamble, uncontrolled, Unconquer'd hordes, fierce, ravenous, and bold, 'Mid fav'ring gloom to chase their destin'd food, With dreadful triumph roar, and dye their fangs in blood The lordly lion takes his rightful stand Full in their front- the leader of the band, Erect and bold, with brandish'd tail he moves His well-built form unrivalled prowess proves His port ii kingly-his larve features wear The mould of i-oyaltv- a princely air. juoiig TT- J r J „. his spacious brows adorn— His eyes are suns, whicn muun Diverging tresses, on his neck reclined, Start as he moves, and flourish in the wind On either side the bright encumbrance rolls, In many a ringlet, and his speed controls Like some broad bastion, or a mole appears H is bosom's breadth, and no beseiger fears. Pride of his ample rear, his ponderous tail Forms a broad arch, and swings with every gale. His massy foot strikes terror near and far, And when he stamps he shakes the club of war! lie snuffs the wind for food—then roves amain, And with a glance depopulates the plain He chaffs, he foams—he madly pants for breath, And opens wi:)) a yell, th' abyss of death His Stomach seems a cauldron—from his nose Condens'd. the boiling distillation flows. All creatures shun the grandeur of his form E'en his own tribes, which o'er the desert spring, Pay cautious reverence to the Woodland Kino. Despotic rule he holds, and none disputes Ijis empire o'er the commonwealth of brutes Omnipotent he reigns—from youth to age, The desert is his kingdom and his heritage.

TO THE EVENING SUN. "Prolld, glorious dav-star fiercely bright, Even now, when hastening to the sea, Say, dost thou posr thy flood of light On any heart that beats for me 1 I tread the brepzy path alone, Beside the world of waters blue While days and hours that long have flown Steal all itscharms from passing vit-w. Erewhile, beneath the greenwood shade, I sought a ray less bright than thine; For, oh J the form its beams display'd. Brought many a throbbing pulse to mine. That form that fixed my aching eye, Its conscious glance beholds no more-; 7'hab voice, that hush'd the deepest sigh, Is far beyond this sandy shore. Oh that the phantoms of the past Could rise to charrn lhe present hour, And o'er its lonely silence cast, Their spell. of fojiti and fatal power! Broad, daezling orb, that o'er the west Art flinging now thy dying fire. Where did he see thy flaming crest ? Or iiiwrk- its fading glow expire ? Oh were it ihine to bring to light, Ere yet. thy rauiant course be run, The being dearest to our sight, How should we hail to-morrow's suu Or, could illy wide-expanded beam ,q,vt,ai ,s softest vow. A Theil thou stielili.d,t bid him sometimes dream Of !er v, 'o sees thee sinking now. Farewell thy lingering light ha? fied, And darkness creeps o'er land and sea; A .id oh that rest may wrap his head I ask the 1"0 w er that kindled thee.

WORCESTER, MARCH 7. SUMMERS V. E EN BOW. Mr. Jervis opened the pleadings. Mr. C. Phillips stated, that this was a cause of very great oppression, committed by the defend- ant, an opulent fanner, on the plaintiff, who was it very poor man—a working gardener. In the year ISlg this poor iniiii was prevailed upon by his rirher neighbour to take of him the cottage in which the plaintiff afterwards lived and the defendant promised, that so long- as the plaintitV regularly paid his be would never turn him out of the cottage. However, notwithstanding that the poor man kept out of his hard-earned pittance enough to pay the rent regularly, this rich fanner, his landlord, gave him notice to quit his cottage on the 2d of February, 1823. This,how- ever, arose from the mere caprice of the defend- ant, he having had no right to complain but in the course of the month (the plaintiff not being in arrear for rent) the defendant came, with other men, and took away the whole of the furniture of the cottage, under pretence that double, vent was due, because the poor man had not gone out of the cottage on the 2d of February. The poor man's wife begged that their rich oppressor would but let them have time to get another cottage but to that very small request a deaf ear was turned.— She then asked that they would leave a bed for the children to sleep upon, but to this the defend- ant made no answer, but took the whole of the little furniture of the cottage away. This how- ever, was not all he had to complain of; for no sooner had the charity of the poor man's neigh- bours induced them to lend him some other furni- ture to use in his cottage, than the defendant came again, and, under pretence of making another distress, seized the whole of that, and all the wearing-apparel of the poor man's wife, "ven to her very shifts; and when she (beingvery much frightened) did not complain, the defendant said it was all through her d-d tongue. He supposed that it would be said on the part of the defence, that the defendant generously sent to the poor man's wife to say, thgt if they would but turn out of the cottage, they should have their goods again. But,on this the plaintiff's wife had very truly said that she and the children could not lie under the hedges. None of the furniture had ever been res- tored. He would call upon them for such a com- pensation as would teach rich men that their riches were not given them feu* the purpose ofoppressing their poorer neighbours. Richard Hodges stated, that the defendant said he would never turn the plaintiff out of the cottage as long as the rent was paid that he was with the plaintif when he offered the defendant six so- vereigns for a year's rent of the cottage, but that the defendant would not take less than 12l" as a double rent, which he said was due, as the plain- titf would not leave thecottage and that soon af- terwards the defendant, and some other persons, came to the cottage, and took away all the goods —every thing was taken, and the defendant re- fused to leavea bed,or the plaintiff's wi fe's clotheM, saying they should go out. Mrs. Rees stated, that she was also there when the first distress was put in, and that the defendant took the goods away, and that when the plaintiff's wife asked if they would either give her time to remove to some other cottage, or leave her a bed to sleep upon, the defendant made no reply, but removed away all the things. This was in the month of February. As to thp. second distress- James Hodges said, that the plaintiff having borrowed some goods of his neighbours, the de- fendant came again in the month of March, and took away the whole of them and when the plaintiffs wife, who was very much frightened, her dP" tongue. he Said 11 was allowing to Betty Roberts stated, that she heard the de- fendant say, that if the plaintiff and his /amiIy would go out of the cottage, he would give them their goods again, and that the plaintiff's wife re- plied, that she and her children could not go and lie under the hedge*. The inventories of the goods taken on the two distresses were put in. Mr. Curwood, for the defendant, first made a point of law, founded on the statute of the 4th George It but this being held not sufficient by the learned Judge, the learned Gentleman ad- dressed the jury. They had heard the address of his learned Friend, Mr. Phiilips, who was SOlne- times facetious,and sometimes pathetic,but always eloquent: and, on the present occasion his speech was of the oppressor and Hie oppressea-tht rich man and the poor man, from the beginning to the end; indeed, he had little doubt, that yesterday being Sunday, he had appropriately spent his evening in reading, again and again, the history of Dives and Lazarus, in the Bible, to polish his pathetics for his speech of to-day. The fact in this case was, that the plaintiff was a most obtiuate man, who would not quit the defendant's cottage though he had repeated nolice to do so and it was not till the defendant had been driven to the expense of an ejectment, that he had been able to get possesion of the cottage, and the costs of that ejectment the plaintiff was utterly unable to pav. With regard to these distresses, the defendant had mistaken the law, for he had .supposed that a tenant holding over after the notice was liable to pay double rent, for which the landlord might dis- train but the fact was. that he was unable to pay oouble the value Oftlit, premises, which could only be recovered by an action ofdebt. Theymust have observed a great disposition on the* other side to overstate the case—for such was the desire of his learned riiend to be elocjtieus on the sub- ject, that lie had pressed into the service of his case the circumstance of the defendant's taking the last dirty soiltot the plaintiff's wife (a lauyii), but i eally the defendant, did not intend to behave harshly to them, for he offered them not only iheir goods again, but to forgive them all the rent due if they would but go out of the cottage and be should give this as evidence, if an offer of amends for any informality in the making of the distress was not accepted and he should also prove, that they had notice to quit a year before the notice stated on otherside; o that tin- plaintiff had really held over in defiance of his htudiord,a vear after the notice had expired. Mr. Ballard, an attorney, said—I served a no- tice to quit on the plaintiff. It expired on the 2d February, 1822. Cross-examined by Mr. C. Phillips-I don't know that the plaintiff' is a verv poor man; 1 don't keep his purse. Mr. C. Phillips-I did not accuse you of keep- ing his purse he has too much sense to trust a lawyer with it (a laugb.) James Barber-I appraised the first distress. and went with a message from the defendant to the plaintiff, and informed him, that if he would quit within a fortnight, the defendant would re- turn him ail the goods and forgive him the rent. Cross-examined—'The goods were never in fact returned I am a butcher. Mr. Justice Littledale-I think this is no ten- der ot amends. Mr, Cui wood—If your Lordship think so, my client has no objection to return the goods, and pay five pounds and the costs. Tliis, however, was not acceded to. Mr. C. Pnillips replied — He would designate this case as one of gross oppression. He did not know much of Worcestershire, but if the value :!& set down in the appraisement were the real value of the gowns and petticoats, the Worcestershire ladies must be but thinly clad (a laugh.) lie found two pairs of stockings valued at Is. being only 3d. a-piece a gown Is. 5d. But as to the petticoat, the appraiser, having more respect for the garment, had put it down at half a crown (a laugh.) The appraiser on the second distress was a tailor, and he had valued three books at a shilling they would be worth more to cut into measures; and in the next item, with beautiful regularity, he clubbed a bird-cnge, a lantern, a frying-pan, and the kitchen poker, at 2s. The valuations together came to j,"ll 15s. that he was entitled to recover, and also any higher value the goods might be worth; but the greatest claims would he for the injury sustained by these op- pressions. Would they suffer any man to say, by reason of his ricties-" It is true I have ex- torted nIOIWV- true that I have taken you back- true that r lia Vp taken the bed from iiii(lel, voll- hut I am rich enough to pay damages for it. No they were bound to tell the landlords of the country (for it would be an important lesson to men much higher in rank than the defendant,) that, if they would be guilty of unjust oppres- sion, they would be bound to make ample repa- ration for it. Mr. Justice Littledale held that the distresses were both illegal, and left it to the Jury, on the facts, to give such damages as they thought rea- sonable from the value of the good»y<«oo also for the injury sustained. Verdict for the I)Iaititiff-Dainages £23, for the value of the goods, and £U for the injury sustained.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Aylesbury. Jini-ch t). TRIAL OF COLONEL WOOD'S SO. AND Mr. ALEXANDER WELLESLEY LEITH FOR KILLING THE HON. FRANCIS ASHLEY COOPER, IN A PUGILISTIC COMBAT, AT ETON SCHOOL. THE young gentlemen, since last Saturday week, the day on which they surrendered themselves, have been on a visit, young Mr. Wood at Mr. Rickford's, M.P. and Mr. Leith at Lord Nugent's. The trial had been postponed till Wednesday morning, but they were not early enough in Court to take their trial first, and a trial for murder was in consequence taken, which lasted till past five o'clock. When it was finished, Mr. Wood and Mr Leith were ushered into the dock by Lord Nugent they were accompanied by Lord Charles Fitaroy, Colonel Wood, Mr. Rickford, M.P. Sir J. D. King. Bart. Sir G. Leith, Bart., Lord Vil- liers, one of the Eton scholar, Colonel Brown, Mr. Hatrey, and Mr. Oakeley, the tutors of the young gentlemen. Mr. Wood was dressed in black, the right sleeve of his coat was cut open up to the elbow, and tied loosely with strings, as if his arm had been injured. He had the visible I remains of two black eyes. He is about fifteen years of age, and not seventeen, as has been stated, He is a fine, interesting, intelligent- looking youth. Mr. Leith wasdressed in a green oli re coat, buff waistcoat, and drab pantaloous; he appears to be about IS years of age. On their being placed at the bar, the Clerk of the Court told them to hold up their hands, and then he proceeded to arraign them as follows: PitHt you, Charles Alexander Wood, late of the parish of U, toji, gentleman, did, upon the28th of February last, make a felonious assault with both your hands, and did strike and beat the Hon. Francis Ashley Cooper, upon the head and strike him lo the ground, and did thereby cause the rup- ture of a large blood-vessel, of which mortal wound the saidHon. Francis Ashley Cooper died; and that you, Alexander Welleslev Leith, was I then and there present, aiding and abetting, and assisting the said Charles Alexander Wood in the said felony and manslaughter committed against, thepeace of oar Lord the King. Are you guilty "ot guilty The pn.u, ,v— Npt (}vr;Uv. Mr. Justice GASELEK then askeu u a.1 Tnroner was in Court. was in Court. I The Coroner came forward. Mr. Justice GASELEK asked him if due notice had been given of the prisoners surrendering X themselves, as it was very unusual that a surren- Itier should be made just on the close of the I A ssi zes. The Coroner replied that he had received notice from the partIes that they intended to surrender. The Jury was then sworn, and the Clerk read the indictment. Mr. Justice GASKI.EE asked if any of the Gen- tleiiptii) of the Bar held briefs from the prosecutor. He was replied to in the negative. Mr. Justice GASELEE.— Call Christopher Tees- dale. The officer called him three times, but he did not answer. Mr Justice GASELEE asked if the witnesses were only subpeened, or bound over on recog- nizances. lie was informed that they were only sub- pcened. Mr. Justice GASELEE then ordered Christopher Teesdale to be called upon his subpoena. He was called, but did not answer. I John O'Reilly was called upon his subpoena, as also Dorothy Large, but neither of them an- swered. Mr. Justice GASELEF. then addressed the Jury. — Gentlemen of the Jury, from the indictment which lias just been read to you by-the officer of I the Court, you learn the offence therein described to be that of committed on the )o,,I\, ot' tile loll. Cooper. The | witnesses who have been already examined before the Coroner not. being iii attendance. although due notice had been given them, therefore there I being no evidence whatever against the prisoners, if is mv duty to tell you you must say they are Not Guiltv. The J ury, under bis Lordship s direction, re- turned their verdict of Aot Guilty. The young gentlemen were then discharged, an,1 were attended out of Court by a numerous bodv of friends. Mr. Justice GASELKE said, the Coroner should know it was his duty to bind over the witnesses, in recognisance^, who appeared before him at the innuisitioii, so as-to come forward at the trial. The* Assizes then concluded. The following was intended to have been read by Mr. Leith, in case the trial had proceeded — Aly LOUD —I am anxious to state a few words, which must not be considered as an attempt to justify the part I took in the late unhappy event, but arising solely from the very great desire I feel to remove some impressions whichhave been cir- culated to my disadvantage in thr published re- ports of this most lamentable transaction, which 1 feel I do not inert, and which are calculated to increase very materially the peculiar distress of my present situation. I never can enjoy happi- neslI again till these iml)i,e-ssiol,s are removed; and 1 hope, therefore, that your Lordship will allow meto make a short statement of a fact which has been so cruelly misrepresented; that I did administer brandy to the unfortunate deceased is true, but the exaggeration of the quantity in the public prints lias beena source of much disquietude to my mind, and I feel myself called upon to make the following statement, in justice to my family and myself. The whole quantity of brandy brought into the field did not exceed two small wine-glasses, of which my lamented school-fellow sipped at intervals, but in all not more than one t small wine-glass full; in proof of this, I must mention that I welted my handkerchief lo rub the face and hands, and none was given by me with- out the knowledge and approval of his other friend. I beg leave alao to observe, that in former fights at Eton, I have seen (and which can be proved by witnesses now present) spirits given to the parties. This will prove that the giving it in this instance was not a novel practice. 1 have, my Lord, further to remark, that I was not the only second to the unfortunate and much lamented deceased that, in point of fact, I only gave him a knee the first two rounds; and that, for the last ton minutes of this unhappy fight, I was employed j Z, I entirely in keeping the ring. I acknowledge I was very much interested that my brave little companion should obtain the victory, and it is probable that this anxiety may have led to the expressions used at the Coroner's inquest, that [ was the avowed second. Having expressed my anxiety that my brave little companion should obtain the victory, I eannot omit this opportunity of bearing testimony to the generous" conduct of the adverse party in the fight. I shall conclude my observations on this point, with declaring most solemnly, that I was never second to any boy at Eton, except one foracoupleof rounds, and those the two last, when I fptve in for him, seeing that j he had no chance and I appeal to the whole school, whether I could refuse being second in j this case; and I beg leave to add, that during the four years I have been at Eton, I never fought with one of my school-fellows, though on one oc- casion, when I thought a little boy had been ill- t 111-, used by a man, I took his part, and naturally fought the man. As if misrepresentation had uot already been sufficiently used, it has been stated (though indeed justice illls sincH been done me on this head), that I was party to a conflict between two boys of a marked disparity of age. This was not the case, and I only advert to it now, lest there should be some here who had seen the imputation and not its refutation. In conclusion, I have only to say that I by no means intend to assert that no blame attaches to me. I admit there does, and most deeply lament that a shadow of blame should do so. But, my Lord, let me not bear the whole blame; and to whomsoever it may attach, let it be attributed to the real cause—in- experience.

TEA TRADE. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—Amongst the objections which have been urged in and out of Parliament to the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, one of the most forcible has been that which adverted to the continuance of the enormous duties upon tea. The Minister would destroy the Giant smug- gler," but the wise men in Leadenhall-street have taken such a fancy to him, that they care not how much they expend on his support. Let me call your attention to a few facts and figures, which will prove, that if the Minister were to extend his liberal reductions to tea, and were not th warted by the ignorance or avarice of the Com- pany. that the consumption of the article might be increased fourfold or more, to the real profit of the Company, the improvement of the re- venue, and the health and comfort of all classes of the community. The Company, it is well known, supply the demand by quarterly sales, in the months of March, June, September, and De- cember and being now in the former let us examine the supply and plice of each year from ISI-l; in that yeai- they gave for the supply of the ensuing quarter, of tea of all descriptions— 7,()()0,0!!01b.: and the average price, exclusive of duty, was, of low Holiea, 3s. and of lowest Congou, 3s. od. to 3s. Od. In March. 1815, 7,10l),000lb.: low Bohea, 2a. $,[(]. lowest Congou, 3s. March, ISl(i, only 6,000,0001b.: some very low Bohea. Is. Gd., but of the usual quality, 2s. 2{d. lowest Congou, "is. 7^-d. March, 1817, (5.150,0001b,: lowest Bohea, 2s. 7 £ d. lowest Congou, 2s. 9d. March, jsl, lowest Bohea, 2s. 6d. lovvost Congou, 3s. Is. March, lowest Bohea 2s. +d.; lowest Congou' 2s. 7^d. March, 1820, 6,(500,0001b lowest Bohea, 2s. lowest Congou, 2s. 5d. March. 1821. 6,800,0001 b.: lowest Bohea, 2s. 3-J-d. lowest Congou, 2s. 4^d. March, 1S22, 7,300,0001b.: lowest Bohea, 2s. 6id.; lowest Congou 25. Td. March, 1823, 7, 150,0001b. lowest Bohea, 2s. 5d.; lowest Congou, 2s. 6d. March, 1824. 7,150.0001b.: lowest Bohea, 2s. lowest Conóu, 2s. 7d. March. 1825. 7,300,0001b.: (at the sale now in progress) lowest Bohea, 2s. 5|d.: lowest Con- gou, 2s. 7d. and 7d. I exclude green teas, as scarcely known to the poorer classes, and because their enormous prices are even yet referable to the dispute with the Chinese Government; but you will not fail to observe with what tenacity the Company have II clung to the high war prices for black teas.— Bohea teas are little known except in the very poorest neighbourhoods, the descriptions chiefly in use, even by the employed poor, being those which are selling at 2s. 7d. to 2s. 9d. (5s. Sd. to 5s. Od.) so that tea being a ready money arti- cle, and chargeable with heavy expenses, the shopkeeper cannot, at a moderate profit, sell a pound of good common tea under Os, which might be afforded under 4s. In 181(3, when agricultu- ral produce was at half the price of the preced- ing years, it would have been some relief to those dependent upon it, to have had so important an article as tea at a reduced price also: but mark th., conduct of the monopolists of Leadenhall- sireet. They immediately withdrew one-seventh of the supply, and from that time have only fed the market with such small additional quantities as were certain to be absorbed rdthoul permancnt reduction in price. In March, 1825, after the re- turn to cash payments, and a reduction of taxa- tion, wlilch must have materially lessened the trade expenses of the Company, the price of low Congou is the same as in 1816, and that of Bohea, 4cl. to õù., (8d. to lOd. to the consumer) higher.— 1 shall be told the advance upon Bohea is owing to a new demand for the navy. (By the by, to my Lords of the Admiralty, why is poor Jack compelled to drink a rank and disagreeable be- verage, when, for only 2cl. per lb. more, he might have a common Congou tea intrinsically 2s. per lb. better, and which might be issued in less quantities?) This is not now a new demand, but the Company have not provided for it, only because they know that the price of Bohea ne- cesaarily raises and supports that of common Congou, upon which the great consumption runs. In the present month, the quantity brought for- ward to meet this new and all other demands, is the same as in March, 1822. Will any one out of Leadenhall-street say that the capability of the country to consums is only the same? To explain this want of judgment, The Board of Di- rectors appoints a sub-committee to determine the quantity of tea to be issued at each sale,- The sub-committee consults the principal ware- houseman, and the warehouseman consults his friends, very respectable" tea-brokers of the old school, who inform the said warehouseman that the trade" (meaning a few of their own friends, who have fallen into the common error of overbuying) are well content with the supplies ¡ the Company vouchsafes to the public, and that the trade" would he injured by having teas lower," and thlls tho thing goes on But, to re- turn to facts and figures. T.UOU.OOOlb.oftea. giving Guernsey, Jersey, the British West In- dies, &c. in as mere make-weights, will allow to the inhabitants of Great Britain, according to the late census, about five oz. per head for the con- sumption of 13 weeks, and supposing that a quar- ter of an ounce will, with management, suffice for the morning and evening of one day, it follows that the scanty dole of the East JndiaCompany allows only for every person drinking tea on one day out oj SITcn, Not to dwell upon the argu- ment that all exceptchildren in arms would drink tea if they could, can it be said that the non-con- sumption of those who cannot puichase it, is suf- ficient to give in proper quantities a supply to those who can ? 1 will conclude with the obser- vation, that, as the GiantSmuggler and Monopoly are twin brothers, and strenuous supporters of each others iniquity, he who, like the Chancellor of the Exchequer, declares war1 against the one, must enter the lists against the other also, and either destroy him, or compel him to succomb to the new principles of the present day. 1 remain, Sir, your obedient Servant, PETER PEKOE.

_< ILLICIT DISTILLATION. HATTON-GAROKN.—William Dradge, a young man dressed as 'a labourer, was brought np, charged by Mr. John Fitcherd, an officer of Ex- cise, under the 23d of Geo. 11 [. c.70. s. H. with being found on the premises where a private still was discovered. Mr. Fitcherd stated, that he an(I a brother officer, named Druett, went according to infor- mation. between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning, to a cottage near Newiugton-green, consisting of four rooms. In the back-rooms they discovered a sixty gallon still, which seem- ed to have been just worked otf, with head and worm complete also a large quantity of spirits, low wines, and wash in fermentation. The officer's entered the premises so suddenly, that the defendant had not time to escape with the rest of the party, who got through the distillery-win- dow. The prisoner when taken into custody ac- knowledged that he was in the service ofa person against whom there have been repeated convic- tions, that the present still was only set up with- in the last fortnight, during which period it had been worked oil six times. The prisoner was convicted under the statute in the penalty of S30. in default of payment of which he was sent to the House of Correction for six months. Mr. Fitcherd further added, in proof of the extent of the present system of illicit distillation, that since the commencement of the year up to the present period twenty-two private stills have been seized in the neighbourhood of London and brought into the Excise Office.

-MM— DEATH OF MR. ROWCROFT. The following details of the unfortunate death of Mr. Rowcroft, British Consul in Peru, are communicated by the gentleman who received the Intelligence by express from Lima, and con- tained in letters from that capital, ofthe 21st of December: Rowcroft was proceeding from Callao to Lima on the lfth of December, and was un- fortunately shot by the advanced guard of General Bolivar's army. The Royalists, at the time of this distressing event, occupied Callao, and the Patriot forces the capital of Lima. The advanced posts of the garrison of Callao, with two pieces of artillery, were very near to the advanced posts of General Bolivar. Mr. Rowcroft, having to j cross from the one advanred posl to the other. was hailed by the Patriot troops. Instead of answering the signal and stopping his carriage, Mr. Rowcroft got on horseback, and, with his servant, continued to proceed forwards. The sentinel again hailed, but received no answer, and vinjj, from the noise made by the trampling of the horses' feet, and the rattling of the wheels of the carriage, that the enemy with two pieces of artillery was advancing, fired two shots, and unfortunately one of them struck Mr. Rowcroft, which occasioned his death. Miss Rowcroft, his daughter, was in the carriage, and returned to Callao with Mr. Rowcroft, where he expired the next morning. It is stated that all the au- thorities, Spaniards. Patriots, and English, evinced the utmost concern for this unfortunate event, which appears to have been purely acci- dental. General Bolivar in particular appears to have shown an unusual degree of sympathy, and called himself upon Miss Rowcroft to condole with litr upon this unhappy event." The letters also state (and attribute in some measure this accident to the circumstance) that Mr. Rowcroft was in the habit ofrioingina military dress with a sword, by which he was taken for an officer of the Royalists. Mr. Rowcroft's remains were to he deposited at Lorenzo, but it was intended, when the new English Church was built, the body should be removed thither.

In the House of Lords the Royal Assent was given bv Commission to the Bill for Suppres- sing Unlawful Societies in Ireland." That Bill is now law. The Commissioners were Lords Tio Eldon, Winchester, and Bathurst and there were four other Lords present, Lords Cuthcart, Courtown. Corbury, and Radnor.—The Speaker was attended by eleven Commoners—Mr. W. Peel (the Home Secretary's brother), Mr. D. Gilbert, Sir E. Knatchbull, &c. There were only- six or eight strangers below the bar, but none of them were of any distinction. Mr. O'Connell pas- sed down the passage of the House of Lords, from the Committee Room, just as the Bill was re- ceiving the Royal Assent: but he did not go into the House. This was the first Bill that has re- ceived the Royal Assent this Session. 1 THE LUTHiE FRIGATE,—Our readers may re- collect the circumstance of the Lutine frigate hav- ing been lost on the coast of Holland, and the subsequent endeavouis of various enterprising in- dividuals of that country, to recover the vast quantity of property oil board her; which they succeeded in doing to the amount of 84,000/.— The Messrs. Bells, or Ifeartie Bay, also visited the spot last year, and applied to the Dutch Go- vernment for permission to regain part of the lost treasure; but they were refused and it was an- nounced, that, if they made any attempt, an instant firing would be commenced upon them; after a residence pf thirteen weeks, they were compelled to abandon all thoughts of the enterprise, and re- turned to their homes. The Lutine was lost, at a time when hostilities with this country were waged, and, on that account, and that only, the Dutch Government found their right to the pro- perty. Mr. Canning, however interfered, and it is finally arranged, that his Majesty's Government shall equally participate in the produce of the ex- ertions ot those employed in the undertaking.— This arrangement being completed, it became ne- cessary that suitable vessels, and a diving bell should be procured for the commencement of the work. The Messrs. Bells, who before had suc- ceeded in weighing property from other wrecks, have been appointed to superintend the manage- ment upon this occasion and, with seven men, they sailed a short time since. We understand, there is now on board, in gold bars and specie, nearly two millions of property the man thus employed will be well indemnified.—Kentish « Chronicle. Dr. Tronchin. a celebrated physician, who flourished at Paris in the latter part of the last cen- tury, always recommended his patients to use a spare diet, assigning as the reason for his pre- scription, that itcut off all the enemy's provisions, and starved him out. The durability of substances employed forpur- poses of sculpture and architecture is not pro- portionate to their ha-duess for marble, thofigh much sollcr than grante, is capable of resisting much longer than the latter the combined uttacks of air and moisture. The following is a statement of the highest ) current prieei of the very best corn, as it was selling at Hamburgh on the inth ult.: Best Anlialt White Wheat 2Ss 7d. per Win, Qr. liest Mad,-ebui-gli.13ai-ley ]7s 3(1. per do. Best Feed Oats 13s 9d per do Beans. 15s Od. per do. White Pease 17s 3d. per do- Rye 14s 8d. per do. ALTERATION OF STYLE.—When the forme'* Duke of Marlborough and his brother, Lord Ed- Spencer, were, in the year 1753, canvassing the county of Oxford, they were closely plying ari 1 old-fashioned of coiisictei,able iritliieitce.- May it please your grace and honour," said the old freeholder, to answer me onequestion T' J Any thing," quoth his grace.—" Then please- to tell me. what your parliament men. Lords tti.t Commons, have done with ihose 11 days you tofvte from the Calender ?" His grace was confounded the farmer chuckled and-the county election was lost! What dire effects from trivial causes sp ring! WOOLLEN Trade,The great demand for the woollen manufactures of England, both for foreign and home consumption which lias beeiv, gradually increasing for the last 2 years has caused a rise of 25 to 30 per cent, o I the various woollen goods, the produce of l'orkshire, and other ma- nufacturing districts. Wool, which is a very abundant source of profit to our graziers, has ex- perienced a rise of 50 per cent. For parcels, which brought IGs. 3d. per stone in July last, we hear that 25s. have been given by English pur- chasers within the last few days. Th^re has been also an advance of 40 per cent, on beaver (hatter's) wool. As a consequence of the ad- vance, blankets and indeed all goods made from ttie coii-sei- kinds of our nati ve fleece, have already risen full ten per cent, while cloths, the product of combed wool. experiencedanadvanceofneady double. — Carlisle Journal. AT AYLESBURY ASSIZES,-Edw. Tilley and Thomas Randall, dealers in horses, Were indicted for stealing, in October last. two geldings, value X50, the property of George Morgan, Esq. of Billesdoll Park,-The evidence against the pri- soners proved the offence beyond all doubt.—The Judge instautly passed sentence of Death upon them. He said, that the crime of horse stealing was increasing1 so rapidly, that it was necessary 1 public examples should be made. This was the third case of horse stealing tried at these Assizes, z!1 and was the most of the It zip- peared that the prisoners were men of bad charac- ter, and practised horse stealers. Tilley almost fainted. The prosecutor begged to recommend them to mercp after sentence was passed. NEW DUTIES ON WiNE.s.-Forelgn Wines may oe delivered out of Warehouses, or from the quays, for Home Consumption, on or after -ill March, 1825, on payment of the following rales in lieu of all other Duties of Customs or Excise, yiz.—French Wine, imported in a British' ship, per gallon od. in a ship, not British 0 6 Wine, the produce ol'His Majesty's Set- tlement of the Cape, of Good Hope, «r the Territories or Dependencies there- Imported directly from tlietwe, in a Bri- tisli 6 In a ship British 2 9 All Wine, not otherwise-enumerated or described, imported ill a British ship 4 0 In a ship -uot lt"iti5íih •- -t gt ;*•' —Artd upon the in caèt4 case, at the foot of the entry, a declaration in the forra I undermentioned, viz. The above Duty taken upon an understanding, that the importer or owner is to be answerable for the former rates, or such oilier as Parliament may determine iii. on if the Resolution of the House of Commons, dated the 2d of March, 1825, should not pass into, a law." The abolition of such taxes as are to be repealed will. take effect on theoth of April next. The Sligo Journal of the 23d nit. contains the following article, relative to the tampering of a Homan Cathoiie Bishop with the soldiers of his religion, which demands the most Serious atten- tion :— His stated, that the Couiljut&r Romau Catho- lic Bishop of Eiphin lately addressed the soldiers- present at fi-oitt the altar apart from the rest of the congregation, in a strain which their Commanding Officer considered so indecorous (lie termed it tampering') that he lias since pre- vented them attending the Parish chapel Dr. Burke, the Roman Catholic Coadjutor Bishop," having declared at a personal interview which h had with him on the subject, that he, the Bishop would continue, as he considered ha had a right to do, to address the soldiers in common with and as part of his flock, on any topics he pleased and that too, notwithstanding the impropriety of such a proceeding, having' been temperateiy pointed out, and convincingly explained to him by Capt. Bristow, the Commandant, in presence of a Ma- gistrate of this county. It is also stated, that tlie Right, tie v. Prelate did interdict the Friar of the Convent from admitting the inilitarv to 'his Chapel, to no purpose, it is true, because this could not be effected without dosing the doors, The troops did attend the Convent Chapel for two successive Sabbaths; to-day, they (the Ro- man Catholic part of the garrison),, remained in the barracks during divine service," whilt their Protestant comrades went to church asusual H Why have the soldiers themselves been interdict- ed from going there ? That such a threat was held out, is certain and by way of rendering this effectual, it was intimated that the rites of reli- gion should be withheld from those who refused to defer to it I!"

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