North Wales Gazette

APOSTROPHE TO BRITAIN. (FROM A POEM) OH, Britain! in this hour—this thrilling hour,* 1 feel thy grandeur, and admire thy power; Thy beauty in a thousand shapes I see, Pictured on land, or mirrored in the sea Whether I view the sunny fields extend, Or up thy graceful slopes and hills ascend Thy banner floating on each various gale, That tilts tt!y roving barks' advent'rous sail; And all the riches of the earth thine own, Borne from the torrid or the frigid zone; In arts and arms triumphant o'er the world, No longer echoing with thy tliunders, hurled From many a sea-girt citadel," whose sway "Rebellious winds and boiling *aves obey Or see thee in the dark and awful hour, Praising the bulwark of thy matchless power, O'er the last sons of Liberty who flee The rage of tyrants for a Home in thee, In mercy as in might victorious—great Among the greatest in thy name and state. I feel the patriot flame that burns and glows In British valleys, or in Greenland snows, 'Winging the wish that thou migbt'st rear sublime Thine empire to the latest hour of time, And ne'er by Heaven be doomed, in slow decay, To waste like mighty Greece, or mightier Rome, away. Ifthol1 would'st be immortal, learn to the Worthy of Him, who such a boon can give; Who gave thee all, who made thee what thou art- The Queen of Nations, and can more impart. Now that the haleyott hours of Peace are thipe, As thou hast shone in war, in virtue shine; 'No longer on thy public altars bring Unbidden offerings to the Eternal King; Nor mock his throne with human rites unknown 'Till priests and councils framed a church their own. Thou Empress of the Earth-awake, arise t Assert thy birth,'thou favoured of the skies. B. pure, be free thy race of slaughter close, Alone for India's blood—for Africa's woes Shake off thy follies, purge thy crimes away- So shall protecting Heaven maintain thy sway. March 10, 1625. AMYNTOR. The time qf the Poem is evening.

TIME. Ah hoary Time, thy hands remove, Alike each joy. alike each care Calm the quick pulse of happy Love, And bind the temples of Despair. The gay--the jocund laugh at thee, And youthful beauty dreads thy power And yet, 0 Time, thou bring'st to me More balm than Gilead's boasted flower! Censur'd by foes-by friends despis'd— Though pure my thought, and void of guile, I did as Wisdom sage devised, And sought a refuge in thy smile. And thou hast ever been my friend, Hast taught me to suppress the sigh flast taught my wayward heart to bend, Nor vainly cope with destiny. When giddy, in youth's path I stray'd, Nor knew experience—beacon hill; The moral precept truth display'd, And taught maturer counsel still. For three long years of tedious time I lov 'd- Can love exist so Ion, z, Nor deem'd presumptuous hope a crime. Nor dream'd aspiring love was wrong. Now torn, from all my former joys, And dnofn"d at distance far to rove ly talisman ic touch destroys The keenest bards of luckless love. Thy power has giant love o'erthrown, And giant grandeur bows to thee; The storied urn, the sculptur'd stone, Shew thy invincibility. Dust still must seek its kindred dust- This tbe dccree of righteous Heaven — Though whilst the polish'd pillars rust, To us mrmefito morVs given. There's yct a sentiment sublime, Thou m-ver, never canst efface, Deep in my heart engrav.d, 0 Time, In line, that Virtue deign'd to trace I The boundless debt of gratitude, O "tottiec I owe; Tho' my poor lays, untaught and rude, Can HI that gen'rous feeling show. Yet when the iands of Time are hur1'd Around earth, ocean, air and sky; When bursts this bubbl-e of a world, And all its splendid glories fly. A in tlat hour of holy fear, W hen shrinks the soul with awful dread Say. sis l each throb that thrill'J us here, Be then at iast extinct and dead 2 0 Iio < thou Gratitude shall live, Favmr'd by Heav'n's Almighty King, then eternal tribute give, and glad hosannas sing.

THE TRl A I, & CON VICT ION OF DESHA, 1'/1 L.; GP\,EIU";OR OF KETUCKY'S SON FOR .ViLHDEU. (From the Xew York Evening Pout, Feb. 2.) A letter from Lexington, professing to give an atjcouiit-of this interesting affair, lately appeared in Snowden's Advocate, w ittert. as it would ap- pear. by some disposed to screen the murderer from punishment, in. the course of which the writer asserted, that in order to iii-tiiiiidatetlie Jury who tried him, a piece of paper was by some nutans or other conveyed to the Jury-room, on which was written a threat in these words, If the Jury did not bring in a verdict against the prisoner. Isaac B. Desha, they should be hung in elligy and burnt. In consequence of this the verdict has been set aside, and a new trial granted. The following letter, detailing the circumstances of this atrocious murder, as they came out on the trial, was taken from the same publication, and writ- ten in consequence of the appearance of that Mr. Editor—Your Paper of the 10th instant, contains an extract of a letter from Lexington, which should not pass without some animadver- sion. The writer, it appears, had attended the trial of Desha, and is. therefore, the less iiiexetis- able for any misrepresentations, to detect which is the object of this communication. The late Francis Baker, Esq. was a gentle- man of teaming and talents from New Jersey, and was educated as a lawyer under the late Attorney- General Woodruff, and removed to Natchez about nine years ago, where he became the proprietor and conductor of a public journal. In September last he set out on a journey to his native state, on horsebackKand had necessarily to pass through the state of Kentucky. An at- tack of fever on the road compelled him to remain some days at Lexington to recover sufficient strerioi to pursue his journey. In this enfeebled state he left Lexington on the 1st Nov. and rode to a place called the Blue Licks, where he lodged. The next morning he rode to Doggett's tavern. where he fell in with Isaac B. Desha, the son (if I the Governor of Kentucky, and breakfasted In company with him and a large party of Desha's acquaintances. In this vicinity resided the mur- derer, his father, and father-in-law. The deceased was an entire stranger here, but he knew that Captain Bickley, with whom he had become acquainted at Natchez, lived in this neighbourhood, and feeling still too weak to continue his journey, he inquired the way to his house, with the intention of remaining there a day or two. Desha professed to be well ac- quainted with Captain ilicklay, said that he lived off the main road, that he was going to ride that way himself, and offered to show him the house. This fatal offer was accepted, and after breakfast they rode off together from Doggett's, each on horseback, in the presence of a number of per- sons, who witnessed their departure; Desha. with nothing about him but a horsewhip, heavily loaded with lead, and dressed in a round-about jacket, with no coat or over-coat, In two or three hours afterwards, or between ten and eleven o'clock, Desha was seen in possession of the horse, saddler bags, and pocket-book of the deceased, under the following cirettinstances -.Oil a bye-road, or bridle path, gloomy and retired, the country moun- tainous and covered with wood, leading from the main road to Desha's, lives a man of the lIalTle of Ball, about two miles from Desha's. To this man's house the horse of the deceased ran up, and one of his sons got on him and rode off in search of the owner. He had not proceeded tar when he met Desha on the path very much agitated, his hands and clothes stained with blood, and carry- ing a pair of saddle-bags on his arm, which were afterwards found in the woods with the ends cut open, and proved to be the same with which the deceased left'Doggett's, and the same that Desha was seen to carry on his arm. Desha claimed the mare (it was a white mare of a reinaikable ap- pearance the deceased rode) as his propt rty. and said he hadjust bought her of a man whoowed him money & could not pay the money got on her, and took the boy up behind him and rode off. In a few minutes afterwards, Desha's horse ran up to the same house, without a bridle, and another son of Ball's but on a bridle, and rode off in pursuit of Desha, whom he knew to be the owner. He had not gone far when he met Desha and his bro- ther on the mare a pocket-book was in Desha's pantaloons pocket, which one of the boys had a good opportunity of observing, for it dropped out of his pocket, and he dismounted and handed it up to him. The pocket book was afterwards found in the woods eut to pieces, and in evidence it appeared to be the same with which the deceased left Doggett's and the same that was seen in Desha's pocket. When De-sht left Doggett's, he had neither saddle-bags nor pocket-book it would have been observed if he had, for he was clad in ground-about jacket, with shallow pockets. It also appeared in evidence, by a man residing at Desha's, that he never came home until evening, that be then walked round about the house with a pair of saddle-bags on his arm, peeped in at the door, but went off without entering, and returned in two or three hours without the saddle-bag. He had been married not quite a year to a respecta- ble woman, who was so terrified at his manner and appearance, that she insisted upon going to her father's next morning, and actually left his house. The day after the murder a glove wa« found. which produced no alarm but the following day the saddle-bags were found in the woods, empio, and the ends cut open. This excited suspicious of some fout deed, and led to a further search of the woods, when the pockei-book was found cut to pieces, and xia. hollow tree not far disiant eight shirts, with the marks cut out, a vest, a handker- chief, and four pair of stockings, and Desha's bridle tied to a tree where his horse had slipped it. The search was prosecuted, nnd the spot where the murder was committed was identified from the appearance of the ground hut the body- was not found until the Slh, six days after the deed had been committed, when it was discovered in a gtiliv, where it had bCt'II(¡I'I!$l'!t about iOU yards dowu a hill. The scull was fractured by- repeated blows of a heavy loaded whip or blud- geon, one stab in the breast, two bruises in the shoulder, and the throat cut from ear to ear, a shocking spectacle of human barbarity. There was a deep cut on the left thumb, from which it would appear that there was an endeavour made to ward off the fttal knife, and that the helpless sufferer was tillconscious ot his dreadful situation. The body was stripped of every thing but ltle shirt, which was marked Francis Baker' with durable ink, a vest, stockitig-i and one glove on the right hand. The next day pantaloons were found, very bloody, and in the watch fob 7U dollars in United 'States' bank-notes, wrapped round a silver dollar v-hich had escaped the eye of the murderer; the watch gone; aml at the (is- tance of 200 yards the coat and hat were found, the latter much broken by the blows on the head and at a short distance, Desha's loaded whip, the butt-end shattered to pieces. The discovery of the horse of the deceased in the possession of Desha led to his apprehension, at the house ot hisfather-it-hiw. who is said to be a man of great respectability, and who, indig- nant at the injured honour r;i his family, declared that he should never enter His house again. whe- ther he was condemned or acquitted. So satisfied was he of his guilt, that he and his terrified wife at once abandoned himlo his fate. Indeed it is but too probable that this is not the first murder he has commuted. MI. D., a member ot the bar. recently from Louisville, and now residiug at Natchez, declares that Desha attempted to mur- der him in the same manner about a year ago. Tilev were riding together on horseback, when Desha made some excuses for falling behind. A short time afterwards he looked round, and saw Desha with a club uplifted in the act of follinghim from his horse; he clapt spurs to his horse, and escaped. He was silent from prudential consi- derations he was a young man, unwilling to pro- voke the resentment of a family so powerful and influential; tie was about to leave Kentucky."

A BRIEF SKETCH OF MR. MATHEWS' INTER- TAINMENT OF THE MEMORAN- DUM BOOK." MU. MATHEWS was certainly no-ver less abroad than in his At Home"of this season. We have no foreign incidents, no foreign caprices, no fo- reign characters, and, indeed, scarcely any charac- ters at all. His Molly drammachvee, the Irish beggar-woman, is the only exception worth men- tioning for the itroter Simple, the new-made Freemason, is rather a conceit than a character; the Mr. Adam., is an outrageously extravagant caricature, and most of the other personages COllie under one or the other of theso descriptions. The whole eutertaiuiiient is a miscellany of quibble, fun, and merry tale, deriving its effect from the actor rather; than from the author. Materietn superabat opm. We will not, however, throw the deep shade of critic dignity over the quips and cranks, and wanton wiles., which redticed, even ourselves, from the severity of criticism, to the Image of- Sport, that wrinkled care derides, And laughter holding both his sides.' It Is but fair to let Mr. MATHEWS speak for himself, and we will, therefore, give the most prominent of his good and bad jokes, verbatim et literatim Imprimis, a Ifr. Theopkilitl Outline enters upon M1"\ MATHEWS, ruminating over his Tril, to-Paris in a Balloon,' &c. until he was in danger of hav- lilg every trip fairly tripped up.' Theophilus Outlinei's a painter, with his brush in his eye, and his pallet in his mouth, who. without ever drawing a picture in his life, sketches every thing in life by his picturesque language; shadowing his eye with his hand,' he verbally sketches Mr. MATHEWS with his cheek in a pucker, his mouth in a maze, and the very picture of perplexity per- sonified.' But Mr. MATUEWs !s m"sing how to become amusing,' Anglice, is musing upon his next At Home.' He has, however, A Pupil in his eye that never forgets any thing,' and he therefore starts in quest of adventures and anec- dotes for his Memorandum Book, deciding that if his outline is good, and his sketch-book per- fect, every thing in it will draw,' i.e. an audience. This sketch or memorandum-book complete, he opens his budget at the English Opera-house, in what he calls, by way, we suppose, of a Bull, a debtor and creditor account with his ready money dealers,' and relies that his' public bills will be duly sealed accepted, and honoured. MATHEWS first meets with a Mrs. Tinsel taking a morning- promenade with her footman, with a tall gold, headed stick, and carrying a little ill tempered dog with two different coloured eyes.' Mrs. Tinsel tells our Dramatic Crayon, that it is de- co lightful to note down all the vices and lollies of the age how delightful to note down all the follies of this parish, to see the airs that some people give themselves.' Mrs. Overseer FugenJ shows her airs because her husband happens to have more money than other folks, but we.won't say nothing of the two bankruptcies and the fire which Mr. Fat/end had within.the last two yeirg.' Then Mrs. Tinsel exposes Mrs. Churchwarden Grumv and Ift-s. High Constables Knokes, who-read out of the same prayer-book in the Vestry pew-" Folks don't read out of I he same prayer-book for no- thing we h;»d not our eye off theta the w'li>le of; last Sunday we go to Chnrch on purpose to watch them.' So says J1, Tinsel, who had a good character of her footman from Lady Lnosefish, who had not much character of her own.' Mrs, Tinsel, moreover, can tell JUTS, Priseilia never goes out.' uDd who gave another lady the beautiful macaw it's a good thing to have an East India Director for a Friend, though I see but that's no business of mine."—Mr. MA- THEWS cuts Mrs. Tinsel for her private scandal, and starts in quest of more legitimate objects of amusement.' He now' opens his Memorandum Book, with its contents from 1S03, when he made j his first public appearance in London, at the Hay- market Theatre. We have first a song, termed Memoranda in confusion.' wJiich confounds, in a mass of the vilest doggerel. Four and twenty Actors all of a row, Four and twenty Authors all of a IOW. Four and twenty Critics all of a page, Fourand twenty Managers all of a row. These four and twenty actors, authors, managers, critics are sung in rhyme, with a volubility be- vond description. There's Mr. Wrench, who speaks French"*—" Mr. Gar-rick, not so tali as Guv of Warwick"—Mr. Kemble, makes you tremble"—" M' Arnold of the English Opera, than whom no man can behave pi-ol)ei-er" n-I The llaymarket was not always a Play-mar- kt.t- • ¡'VIr. Reynolds, who ttlt" fltlubolds' Mr. Kenny flncle a pretty pentiy' Nfr. Coleinall, I who wrote for Hobnail'—' Mr.' Shoe, whom we seldom see, all the worse for lie'—' All autliors in a fright on the first night, though the house with friends be crammed, for fear they should- be damned.' Then there's the 4 Old Tithes and Sen? Times, for which he can't and i-liviiiesl-, The John 'iull, of sciiii(la'il and muiice always full., attacking private character—There's the. Uorn- iltil Cii.ron.iele, sometimes ironical'—' Observe the Observer," &c. Surely all this ii the vilest of doggerel, and scarcely as good its the Hickery diekery dock,' 01' the Goosey-.got)aev gander' of the nursery book. If it makes an audience laugh, it ENn be only bv Mr. MATHEWS'S rapid enullCiatinn; and upon the principle that a pun often exefltes lawgbter, from its bhing >t*me- ness. Mr. MATHKW.S'S courage ia veilturing to sing such a song is beyond all praise. Thus ends the llaymarket season, ifod Mr. MATHEWS proceeds to an engagement at Liverpool. We iiave the landlord of tho Crown inn a greatiuan. behind the bar.' This Mr, KINO ought been christened Joe King he was bwwn stout in his conceit, and small beer in his wit.' His house, the. Crown, is like the Constitution. The landlord is the king, the parlour guests are the lords. and are the Lord knows who; the bump- kins in the tap are the Commons, and sometimes have very short commons; they are common in their conversation. His wife is a speaker, who sits in the great chairopposite the bar, and he is very strict in stopping all unparliamentary lan- guage. The boots he likens to the lower house; the ostler is secretary to the foreign department. The first lord in waiting is the waiter, who makes every body wait, and himself never waited for anything. This waiter's endless expression is to 11 make every body comfortable,' in his at- tempts to do which, by his troublesome officious- ness, he over-whelms the guests with attention, cent lives to make every body miserable. But this favourite character '?\'at-lilib, the waiter, is introduced by anticipation, for iMr. IIATYIEWSflas not. yet arrived at the Crown—he is only now starting in the Liverpool coach—and here we have a good specimen of his humour and ventrilo- quistn, in describing the loadingof the coach, with its passengers and luggage, and the dialogue be- tween the coachman, guard, porter, cum fnidtis aliis. One fat lady takes up the whole side of the coach, so that the passengers cannot. look out of the window-" porter, fetch me my bundle out of my ue(l-room. Yes inarm, in itich room did you sleep ? '*riit.(Iotil)leb(,dde(i room.'—[Aside] So I should suppose by vour size. Please to remember the portur, Sir.'—' Sha'n't forget it for a long time: I have tho nasty taste in my mouth now.' Mr. Frost is a poor shivering outside passenger, with his teeth chattering, and knees knocking with the cold. Coachman-- "Jump u,,I, can't jump up, it's so very- cold.'—'Hue you no great coat'(teeth chat- tering).—" Wlie e is you umberella 4 j have no umbrella.'—' Have you no gloves • I have one glove?' I li.,i ve n glove ( flave you no Yes. yes (teeth chattering), I liive oiio tie it round your lIeck: nllt what shall I do if I — I —I—wit—wa — wa — if if I want to blow to blo-blo—bio—my nose?—Coachman Those horses are like the discovery ships.—Why so, Sir ?-Bec;tttie they seem frozen to lilt,. I)ol,. But poor Mr. Frost consoles himself with the idea, that he shall be warm prt'st'ntly,}Jl'ha]Js! But the beit dialogue is between Testy, a surly passenger, whose pease and slumbers tire des- troyed by the incurable vocal propensity of his fellow traveller ycleped Qui verlon.—Coachman, I" \"ou'rø never behind time. Sir.—Quiierlon singing, 11 Tiiiie has not thinned my tiowing i hair.I'be co;Ach it ready, Sir.-Iiiii-it Ihenr thd sound of coaches.—The coach is ready to go. tiir-Go where glory waits thee—Mr. Testy. I hope that there Geniman is not corning for to go to be arter singing all night, I al wa ys enjoys a nap in travelling-singing may be very agree- able for the first mile.—Quive.rton. Twas within a mile of Edinburgh Town, in the rosy time of the year.—Testy This is wrry unkind of you, Sir —IMiou art not so unkind.I'esty I hate singing. As man's ingratitude.- Testy: Do put up the glasses. A glass is good, and a lass is good, and a pipe in very cold weither. — Testy: Zounds. Sir, you'll never cease.—Cease, rude Boreas, blustering rail er.-T here's no listening to a thing that's saitt-List ye landsmen all to me. Testy. I cant get-no steep for you, Sir. 0 sleep thee, my darling.—Testy. Cant you down with that voico ? -I)oNyn down, down derry down fit short, no word that the tormented Ali. Testy can use to stop Mr.Quiverton's singing, does aught but occasion this vocalist a reminiscence of a song, which he pours forth with a sovereign conteniDtof harmony. A telescope is now lent by a coachman to amuse the passengers, who endeavour by his direction, to see Wenus and Jupiter's set of lights (satellites) &c. But the first gentleman sees no- thing, and the second and third see nothing no more than nobody else. Why, I will give you a i-ational reftsoii why you don't see nothing, says the coachman it is because the brass top that kivers the glass har'nt been taken off at all, and this is the true solution of the difficulty. We have now introduced to us Mr. Alnm, a clivinist, with a sour name, a cross alembic face upon a crucible body, with two legs like re- torts, a flaxen scratch, two very piercing eyes, cankerous looks, calcined high cheek bones, nose add mouth like the vinegar cruet, sour aspect, and crabbed mode of expression, who has poisoned all the good things of fltis life by analysing them too curiousl v,' This is a most absurd andexlrava- gant. burlesque of the very useful analytical work of Mr. Alum, who is now the iiegius Professor of Chemistry, at Berlin, and whose Death in the Pot' was published to point out the adulteration ofalmost all the foot webuy as genuine and pure. This character Mr. Matthew* volubly to enunciate several whimsical associa- tions orolld ingredients used to form tea coffee. &c. But for this, the character, with the exclamations of beware, 'tis poison — I have analysed it—I have laMc-dJt'i and I know it,' would by dull amt hroringas It rs absurd ami silly. Thuai-When Jlr, Chijle,W\e maternal uncle of Almin., is'about to satisfy his appetite with any thing. Atnm, prevents his repast by exclaiming Heware, 'tis poison—I have analysed it -1 have tasted it. and I know it Poor Mr. Chyle's meat is spoiled.- We need scarcely remind the reader, that this is only another way of telling the old stdry of the feast given to the honest'Squire of Don Quixote. mndy, ays Al rm, is a villainous compound of British molasses, distil lad over vine-leaves mixed with saw-dust. Turbot cannot be an adultera- tion, thought the^^submissive Mr. C. and he forth- with proposes to eat some, but he is deterred by the exclamation, "How do you know what ket- tle \X was boiled in. Anchovies were nothing but red paint, and pick'ed sprats the mushrooms were, or might be, in a. state of decomposition, and over-run with a million of insects. Florence oil was nothing but whale-oil; claret was no- thing but an acid fermentation of bad grapes, with a long cork and a French bottle; tea was only sloe-leaves-dried over copperas, with clipped birchbroom and laurel leave,; milk was the es- sence of pump and chalk — the useful animal, the cow, was never employed in miking Loudon milk. Port, a decoction of logw ood, with a crust of red ochre blown in the bottle when manufac- tured. Bread, the sub-acid of pot-ash, and as for the flour, it was only the scrapings of white washed walls, &e. The disappointed Mr. Chyle is the Jerry Sneak of his wife, fttady absorbed in schemes, of bene- volence. She allows her husband to go without his dinner, while she is making soup by the wholesale for the poor; she cuts up all his shirts to make liut for the patients in the hospital—and. feels- all the fury of rivalship against a compe- titor who has given away more soup than her- self but has her levenge by a bountiful dotia- Jion of red night caps. She distributes also high-heeled shoes for limping christians, and I other such tracts in abundance, and puffs off her donations by a half guinea advertisement in the Newspapers. We do not see the wit ofitil this, ttor was it much liked by the audience. The jokes are all common-place, and stale to nausea. We ;Vgrt(- *M tfiftt the com- mon people will oftuu takt: good sentiments and í useful morals from a theatre, more effectually than fro n the pulpit; but surely all persons must conjiflar in-stigmatising any entertainment that nKttes benevolence the object of ridicule or abuVfe, Miv-M. at the opening of The Memorun- dnmj&fak, quits Mrs. Tinsel with disgust at her I priv to the audience that private vices of particular Individuals shall ne-viv, be raked up, and aggravatea by me. But in this ridicule of ivir. Chylp, is not the author of the piece raking up the virtues of a particular indi- vidual, and aggravating them, for the purpose of making them ridiculous or detestable. Perhaps, however, all excess of benevolence is an evil to be apprehended in society if this be true, the portraiture of Mrs, Chyle, upon the stage, is lau- dable rather thau reprehensible. [TO BE CONTINUED.]

NOTTINGHAM. If the universal testimony of all parties may be relied upon, the state of trade in Nottingham was never so flourishing as at t)iej)i,esent tilyle.- Indeed to such an extent have several branches of the late lace business been carried, that, to use the words of an old inhabitant of this town, it is impossible for a stranger to form any idea of it: and that such has been the effects upon the I minds of many of the workmen, that they seem to have forgotten that they were human beings." That this statement, is not greatty overcoloured may. perhaps, be deduced from the fact of there having aii, influx of strangers into Nottingham within the last year, to the am&unt of ten thou- sand This immense influx of population has caused a great demand for houses, and the consequence hus been extensi ve speculations in building, The supply of houses, however, has not at all kept pace wirh the demand, and at this moment heavy premiums are paid for th« occupation of dwel- lings, the foundations of which are not laid The dense state or the population has occasioned much disease the inhabitants having been in a very sickly condition during the whole winter. The lace trade at this moment is not quite so good as it has been. This depression, which is I probably temporary, is attributed by some to the increase of manufactories on the Continent.— Certain it is, that a great number of machines have been smuggled into France: and a great number of English people are now employed there in working them. The English lace-inanufac- turers, indeed are so numerous and important in the vicinity of Calais, that the French Govern- [ ment have allowed them the privilege of electing [ a Committee of Controul. to take cognizance of I all matters arising out of disputes among them selves, which are not violations of the laws of France. Many of the persons settled in France have accumulate considerable sums of money. The writer has liuard of a journey-man lace- makar. who left Nottingham about five yearsago without property, "aiid settled in tba.t country, who is now saii to be worth 000. or X5,000. The more intelligent of the Nottingham manu- factui-ers do not apprehend that the foreign ma-. nufactories viill evctitually he detriiiiental to-theits They say that there is no danger of the French people working the machine looms to any extent, supposing that the English would teach them, which they will not, the labour and application required being too great to suit the taste of the Gallican workman. Besides, the price of labour is now so high in Nottingham, that the induce- ments for a man to live out of his own country on the ground of superior gain is very trifling; and that, in fact, a great many of those who had emigrated have already returned. The most profitable business in Nottingham is machine making. This, however, cannot be per- manent, as the market will in time be supplied, and machines are not articles that soon suffer from wei r. Instead of the value of these ma- chines having been depreciated by competition since the expiration of the patent, the reverse has been the case. A good machine bought before that event for ^350., is now worth t700. The wages of the journeymen smiths employed in the making of machines are very great. A good workman will earn from eight to ten pounds a week. Indeed, the earnings of all descriptions of people connected with lace manufactory are very considerable. Many women will earn from thirty shillings to two poonds a week. The poor's rates are now very low indeed.— Some years a parish in this place, which contain- ed about 23,000 inhhbitants, had, out of that number, no less than 10,000 paupers, and many of those who were not nominally paupers were as poor, and perhaps more distressed, than those that were. Notwithstanding,however,this full tide of pros- perity, Nottingham still seems proud of keeping up political character. At the Town Hall yes- terday. one of the Judges was seated under a bust of Chartes James Fox, instead of the Kings's A and at an assize concert, under the direc- tion of Dr. Barker, at the theatre the other night, (ioD save the King" was hissed, although a very clever and interesting young lady-and a considerable favourite, by the by-was the prin- cipal vocal performer. Many gentlemen, even in the boxes. remained uncovered upon, the oc- casion. This place, it is said, contains a great O timber of persc^fiirMo, Use tW wards of »! witness in the T«m» Court yesterday, "believe: in Carlile works," An eminent physician here told the writer that he did not believe this was the case till he found a great number of the inha- bitants taking crufts mercury. Which, upon inquiry, he was led to understand had been recommended by i Carlile as a panacea, or something like one. If this man was to recommend his unbelieving fol- lowers to take poison, it is really a question whe- ther they would have not faith enough in him to take it. Carlile told his readers, some time ago, that he was god of gods, and lord of all spi. rituat things." and after this he still retains be. lievers. Talk about superstition, indeed was there ever any supersttion that could exceed the superstition of those meti who can believe in I such maniac ravings ? There is some talk of an opposition here to the return of Mr. Demuan, who has given great of- fence to some of the radicals for punishing, as they say. i" his capacity of Judge, one of Car- ina's men. for the defence which h* made before him at the Old Bailey. It is reported that Lord Bentinck, one of the Members of the county, is about going to the East Indies, and it is also added, that that event is likely to give rise to an opposition for the county. The other Member, Admiral womeron, appears unpopular. The-Wheat crops in this county are of a mixed descriptio"- Those on the. dry lands are looking. exceedingly well; Oil the low lands, on the con- trary, they are very indifferent; having suffered greatly from the wet and the grub. A great quan- tity of spring wheat has been sown within the last week of two, but this is but a bad substitute for winter wheat. The projected rail road between Bristol and Hull is intended to pass near this town. Bow-STREET.-Clnn-citRiforrn.-One Mr. Hale was brought before Sir Richard Birnie Monday morning, charged with having disturbed the congregation in the parish church of St. Clement. Danes, during Divine Service on Sunday last. 14ale was once a shoemaker; but finding hiruself nearly five feet three inches high, and cut a9e.tb iAg;t!fttter oat of leather, he abandoned his paring knife, bristle and fax-end, to the end that he might put an end to the wickedness of this wicked little world, Jn the first place he determined to put an end totl.,(t ,r nnd, in order to do it effectually, he went about distributing little books among the artillervRfcn at Woolwich, in whifth books they, the said ir- tijlerytnen, were plainly told that defending thlpir country against an enemy was a wicked and auti- gbristian thing. How far he would have 8c ceederfin putting down war bv this mesas there •JS no knowing; for certain Magistratesjathnt part of the country, having taken it ittfe) flteir heads that he might he in the pay of some out- landish Emperor who wanted to get hold of Old England witilo" figlitiig, had Mr. Hale taken up as a sower of seclitioft; and there upon he gave up the putting down war, and betook himself to re- forming the Liturgy of the Church of England, in form and manner following. Last Saturday night he sent to the Rector and churchwardens of St. Clement Danes, a bundle of hand-bills, printed by himself, of which the following is a copy TO ALL MEN WHO LOVE TRUTH GOD is a Spirit: and they that worship him s must worship him in Spirit and in truth." John, c. iv. v. 24. Consider, therefore, the following prayer:- Most gracious GOD; we humbly beseech thee, as fOr this kigdomin general, so especially for the High Court of Parliament, under Ott religious and gracious King, at this time at stIll" bled, &c." Is this worshiping our CREATOR ia SpirJt and in Truth I" Is itnotratherwaatOnlymooli.il'? GOD to his face, and tempting the HQlA; SPIRIT, by uttering that which is a and abominable Lie, even while in the soleI.IL act, of prayer ? Would not a Paine, or a Carlile, be ashantfd of such gross flattery- -wicked mockery—hai' hypocrisy-—and damnable heresy such lying the HOLY GHOST while in the soleinr act of prayer to GO D 0 ye wicked hypocrites do you think to de., ceive even GOD himself? how can ye escaj* the damnation of hell He that saith no to the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse-tiat;of)f shall abhor him," Proverbs, c. xxiv.-v, 2-t You are earnestly requested not to moleJl1 j this placard. Having thus given the Rector and Churchwaf* dens notice that he had got his eye upon them, N* repaired in his own proper person to the church on Sunday, and took his seat near the reading desk. The Rector himself read prayers, and M|V Hale sat very quietly until the Rector came tf the prayer for the High Court of Parliament when, just as the Rector had pronounced tiie word» under our most religious and gracious Kiug" up pops Mr. Hale, and bawls out you are lia.r I-you ought to be ashamed of yourstlf iof uttering such an abominable lie At least, suc^ were the words imputed to him by one of th" beadles, who happened to he standing near hi"' at the moment, and he had no sooner uttered til ,,qe words than he was quietly walked away to tK watch-house. Evidence of these facts having been given !«•" fore the Magistrate, Mr. Halet said he wished to ask the beaele a question or two before he signed his deposition. Let him sign it, Sir," said Sir Richard Birnie, and you may put your questions afterward." Very well, Sir," said Mr. Hale, let hitf sign-I only wished him not to commit himself by signing to a falsehood." The beadle signed, and then Mr. Hale but Iiii question-" Will you swear that those are tbl1 words I used They are-to the best of my knowledge a:d belief," replied the beadle. You swear that f said to the Clergyman/ You are it liar, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself for ultering such an abominabled lie?" repeated Mi-, Hale. I do," repeated the beadle. Then you swear to a gross falsehood," se, joined Mr. Hale; for the words I used 'were theio —'Sir, you are uttering that which you knoft to be au abominable fwd wicked iie Sir Richard observed that this was adistiiic tion without a differenee; It and then Mr. wfent on to defend his conduct in the church t)" impugning the prayer in question. it holds up every successive King," said lie, as a model of Christian piety—as most religious and gracious— when it is well known that they are neither th* ooe nor tlie other." Sir Richard Bimie told him he did no l sft there- to hear this matter called in question; and :1; Hale was then ordered to find sureties for his ap pearance at the Quarter Sessions, to undtrgosuch pains and penalties as should then and the re b awarded agaiust him by the Statute of Vv illiair; and Mary, commonly called the Toleration Act, which [ makes the offence, liable to a penalty of 201. INDIA. (From the Supplement of the Madras Gazette, October 16, JS24.) RANGOON.—Private letters from Rangoon, i" the beginning of this month, mention, that t',Ie enemy's main force still remains at Denobew. under the command of the Prince of Saruwaddy- It is sai<t,-«tiat UVirmeewB nrmy, there is a cnrps of about S.Mwmpn. specially denominated warriors: of these again, some hundreds asaum* the title of" itivulnerables," both one and othef vIIjOYing immunities unknown to other subjects particularly the latter clnss, who, in general, re- main about the person of the King. Lately if large body from tliiif redoubted Legion, made ft vow, that if his Majesty would send, or allof them to go to Rangoon, they would retrieve the national honour, by the immediate expulsion of the British army. Leave was granted, autl thf Iuvnlwerables," headed by the Attawoon of the Prince of Sarawaddy, proposed, in the first instance, to carry by assault, tbe great Pagoda- Accordingly, one of their party was sent t» reconnoitre, aud fix upon the best point of attack' Th« sig ht of our guns and troops upon the work* to use his own words, so struck him with awe and terror, that he was at onae Satisfied, that would be tnuoh better inside thau outside of ouf to use his own words, so struck him with awe and terror, that he was at onae satisfied, that h6 would be tnuoh better inside thau outside of out lines." lJeaccordrngly came in as a deserter, and comrtunlcated their plans, adding, that any one of four nights of the moon's age which tl8 specified, was declared by their astrologers to bit favourable for the attempt. On the evening of the 30th ult. a small force in the jungle waf looking out for them, but they could not see a war*. Invisible as well as invulnerable, they succeeded, after da<*k, in creeping, unobserved, to the edg» i of the jungle, and, during the darkest part of th<? night, rushed with great celerity along the road leading to the north gate of the Pagoda, firing and shooting in their usual style. An Officer's piquet of his Majesty's USth regiment was in- stantly under arms, and received them at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the place, with vollies, A 12-pounder of tlie Madras Artillery, mounted only a few hours before, open- ing upon them with grape, at the same moment, they found it prudent to retrace their steps, with all possible expedition. It has'been learnt frontt a wounded man, who has since fallen into our hands,. in an attack upon a piquet, that 20 of the 1st class wurriors were killed in this attempt. The brutal system of warfare practised by, the enemy, is alluded to in the Stm. letter. io which it is stated that the gig of his Majesty 9 ship Lame, found floating the remains of an E ropean sailor, supposed to be the gunner of this General Wood. It appeared, that the unfortunate man had been first tortured by pulling off bits of flesh, and piercing him with spears in parts not mortal, and then sawed in half.

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