North Wales Gazette

Yesterday saoming, about balUpast six o'clock a waterman onyaterloo-bridge, had hbatt^ntio,; attracted by a young woman, who aft*r walW backwards on the bridge, moused the balustradJ and precipitated herself into the water. }Je with another waterman proceeded to her assistanw.- They succeeded. getting her out ofthe water hi a state of insen»ib,Hty-; but by proper rewedie* she wax soon recoverwl, when she cried very much and said that she had been driven to the attempt upon her life through extreme distress, end the would rather die than live, ass life had become a burden to her. She stated that she lived in Dnirv- lane, where she had a child which she was nuabln to support. The waterman accompanied her boms and delivered her to her mother, a Poorold wo- man, who was excessively overcome by'grief, when informed of her daughter's rash determina- tion, and she was left ander her care ia t weak condition. DiftDS- VINDICATIZD. -The general practice of gardeners destroying or frightening away the fea- thered race from orchards, whether in blossom or in fruit, is founded on a tuistaken notiou of their destruotiveness. The fact is, that instead of de- stroying the blossom, tbey are merely seekW fo this respect; these birds n^ oSfi' k h^ Th? SIT' f?°d* bUt benefit the ProprJJ^y the destruction of numberless insects-" thi worms m the bud '—that lie jn the yet unfolded blossom, where they had been deposited, until the warmth, which swells the bud, acts uPMtlu-u> a so, bringing forward a inost numerous race already in the form of caterpillars, and ready to annihilate the early hopes of the year. Tit mseft are considered by gardeners as peculiarly ous, by destroying the bloom buds, and to coii- sequence are persecuted by them without mercy; but were they to examine carefully the fragroeufl* of the buds, which in this search the birds scattel, about the ground, they would observe that each had been pierced by an insect, which rilome bad been the object of pursuit. These insects wom-ld, not only have destroyed the buds the-y bad troiue- diately attacked, but would have givt-a birth tv selves^1- °fothers, equally injurious with them- A BANKRUPT'S ECONOMY.—A » i soner in the Fleet, against whom a cowmiUio^t of Bankruptcy had isSued. having been several times under examination before the Commission had been desired to furnish the particulars of c"- tain items which appeared in the statement of his aocounts, delivered to his assignees, One of which wits as follows:-Family expences in the PPret, and at mydwelliQg house for 210 days, for ts persons in and oat, and different visitors, f.6S& on which he gave the fbHow>»g remarkable ex- planation on Saturday lut I' Expencet M the Fteef. •- D. Sugar, tea. coffee, slices, chocolate, rice, cocoa, sago, &e. at the average of 11. 10s. per day 328 to a Bread, flour, biscuits, &c. at tne aver- age of 10s. per day ••• too m 0, Cheese, butter, eggs. &c. at the.aver- age of 12s. per day Meat, at 11. Is. per day g J Poultry, at 5s. per day Y Beer and ale, at, 10s. per day. A Brandy, &e. at 10s. per dfcy £ Wine, 10s. per day 'JjJg. JjJ. J> Confectionery, per day. IJJJ-iJ- J Fish and oysters, 6s. per day. [ ? J Vegetables. 6s. per day 2 [J J Coalsand wood 4s.ed! per day "JJ "H[- J Cooking in the kitchen, Is. fid. p«.r <w f? £ J Oils, soap, salt, &c. Us. pr d £ r 9 6 Fruit, 8s. per day ? Tallow candles, Is. 6d. per day ?« 'I Family washing. 4«. per day. H 1 f. Sundries, ISs.perdaiT. J D!fk-uCy nour explained;, but' Which mult have beea expended tlvtr- ing my confinement ,V.|5 ft Ji.sse (To These jmwieral?. reasonable, a fid probaMr charges, tiiot appearing altogether to satisfy the minds of thtj Commissioners, and ihfl bankrupt pertinaciously declaring himself iiitaoble of affording further elucidation* he was Newgate. PRINTED & PUBLISHED by C. BROSTER AT BJTFNGOK, CARNARVONSHIRE. Orders, Advertisements, and other Commu- nications will be thanlrfvUy re-ceiued by the Pro- prietor, and by the folUnting Agents Messrs. NEWTON-& Co. IVarwick.square, London Mr. R. BAEKEJR, 33, Fleet-street ditto. Messrs. J. K. JOHNSON & Co. Dublin. Mr. DAVIES, U]>holsterer, Che,ttr; Mr. GEE, diuo, Dembigh., Mr. SAUNDEBSON, ditto, Bala. a. Mr. R- JONES, ditto, Ruthin. Mr. C,&ItNES, ditto, HolywelL .» Mr. pUGH, dzUo, lgcUal. Mr. R. EVANS, ditto, Ltanricst. Mr. UOBKUTS, Postmaster, Comwiy. 'Mr. SALTEIJ, Bookseller,$ewton. POST OFFICE, Aberystnith. ,per is |pi" Th's pti to any part (tf'the Kingdom, at £ 1. 13«. per an* num, or ..ll.lO$. ij'paid in advance. The illier. lion of advertisements procured in any qfthe for. don or provincial papers^ throughout the Engirt*

THE WISH. Aitkin this street a lovely girl lives with an aged mail, "11" keeps A dog to guard his child, as far as btrkhif-can. ."That cunning father likewise kee.ps a cross and WTinlded dame. And she. as rur as lungs can go, by scolding does the sRtTtc- Sf Death desire man, dog, and dame, he's wel- come to the three. HTLeti I would fake the beauteous girl, and she, I think, take me,

A SPRING THOUGHT, The glad birds are singing, The gay flow'rets springing, 5<0'<jr~rr,endow and mountain, and down in the vale; The green leaves are bursting, "My spirit is thirsting To bask in the sun-beams, & breathe the fresh gate. Sweet season! appealing To fancy and feeling, Be thy advent the emblem of aut would crave- Of light more than vernal, That day-spring eternal, Which ifhaM dawn on the dark wintry night of the grave!

SPRING. 1IT TLTE LATE EARL OF MORRINGTON. "Coroe. fairest Nymph, resume tby reign, Bring all the graces io thy train With balmy breath and flowery head, Rise from thy soft atnbroslal bed Where, in elysium slumber bound, •^Swbowering myrtles veil thee round- Awake in all thy glories dress't- Recall the zephyrs from the west- Restore the sun-evive the skies, At Nature's ull and mine arise I Great Nature'lcall upbraids thy stay, And misses her accustomed May; See! all her works demand thy atd- The labours of Pomona fade; A plaint is heard from every tree, Each budding fiowl-t waits for thee Come. then! with pleasure at thy side, Diffuse thy vernal spirit wide; Create, where'er tboo. turn'st thine eye, peac,&Pleoty-Love, and Harmony I

THE WORLD WE HAVE NOT SEEN. There is a world we have not seen, That time shall never dare destroy; Wbere mortal footstep hath not been, Nor ear has caught its,souab ofjoy 1 There is a region lovelier far Than sages tell or poets sing Brighter than summer's beauties are, And softer than the tints of springI ft is all holy and serene, The land of glory and repose And there, to dim the radiant scene. The tear of sorrow never flow. 7t is not fannd by summer gale, TU not refresh'd by vernal showers It aevei needs the moon-beam pale, For there are known no evening hours 1 There, forms that mortals may not see, Too glorious for the eye to trace, And, clad in peerless majesty, Move with unutterable grace! In vain the philosophic eye May seek to view the fair abode, Or find it in the curtain'd sky; it is the dnxlling-place of God!

OUR LADY'S WELL.* [From the Sen Monthly Magazime-I Yount of the Woods! thou art hid no more From Heaven's Clear eye, as in time of yore I For the roof hath sunk from thy mossy walls, And the Sun's free glance on thy slumber falls. And the dim tree-shadows across thee pass, As the bows are sway'd o'er the silvery glass, And the redenning leaves to thy breast are blown, When the Autumn wind hath a stormy tone, And thy bubbles rise to the flashing rain- Bright Fount! thou art Nature's own again Bount of the Vale thou art sought no more Bv the Pilgrim's foot, as in time of yore. When he came from afar, has beads to tell. And to chaunt his hymn at our Lady's well. There is heard no Ave through thy bowers, Thou art gleaming lone midst thy water flowers ,D tit the herd may drink from thy gushing wave, And there may the reaper his forehead lave, And the woodman seeks thee not in vain- Bright Fount! thou art Nature's own again I Fount of the Virgin'* ruin'd shrine! A voice that speaks of the past is thine It mingles the tone of a tbougbtful sigh With the notes that ring through the laughing sky; 'Midst the mirthful song of the summer-bird. And the sound of the breeze, it will yet be heard. WhY is it that thus we may look on thee, To the festal sunshine sparkling free?— 'Tis that all on earth is of Time's domain- He hath made thee Nature's own again! Fount of the Chapel, with ages grey Thou art springing freshly amidst decay Thy rites are past, and thy cross lies low, And the changeful hours breathe o'er thee now Yet, if at thine altar ona holy thought In man's deep silil-it of old hath wrought, If peace to the mourner hath here been given, Or prayer from a ehasten'd heart to Heaven, Be the spot still hallow'd while Time shall reign, Who hath made thee Nature's own again A beautiful spring in North Wales, formerly cr^caied to the Virgin, aud much trequeuted by Jii ll{ I HilS.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. OITR readers will pertise the following letter from Gen. 1\1 iIlr, addressed to a friend in Lima, with much interest. It gives a detailed account of the great battle in Pern. in which he command- ed. It wiil be seen, however, that the state pf the Patriotic forces under Bolivar, previously to that victory, was far different from what we had- been led to believe, according to the accounts transmitted through the ordinary channels of in- telligence. Indeed, if Gen. Miller's statement be accurate, it is painful to think how imminently critical the situation ofboiivat. had become. Quenoa, four leagues North of Guamanga, Dec..11, IS24 I have written you long tetters from Chal- lunca, Mamara, Cusenchegues, Andegueylas, and Uripa. If those letters reach yon, you will he in possession of most of the particulars of the move- ments of our army up to the end of taat month; and of the error we committed after the affair of Junin, by not rapidly'following up the enemy, and destroying Canterac's force, before Valdez could have joined him from Potosi You wiH also learn of our retrograde movement from Lombrama to Uripa, and of the confusion, and sudden change of thef prospect of our hopes, which the offensive operations ofthe Royalists created amongst iig, by the advance on Guamftnga; As soon as the Viceroy ascertained that we had not commenced a Santa Cruz retreat, and knew our- posi I ioii, fear- ing that we might direct our course to Cuscp, he i counter marched from the vicinity of G uamanga towards Andaguaylas, and both armies met- at the bridge of Begucos as I stated in my last. La Serna thought to entrap us in the valley of Por- nocochas, for which purpose lie moved a few leagues to his right, that we might descend. the qvebrada, where he intended to attack us, bvt, luckily, he could not effect his- purpose. We arrived at Malara (six leagues from Uripa) before the enemy, and offered him battle on equal terms; but La Serna determined to play the sore game, and convinced he could destroy us without risking a general action, declined attack- ing us, and continued his advance* oat-flanking our right-or rather left, when retreating. We pursued our retrograde movement on the 3d, and on that very evening were attacked under vt*iy disadvantageous circumstances, whilst defiling down- a quebrada, two leagues to the northward of rvialara. We lost, in this affair, the general depot, out field pieces, nearly all the baggage 01 the army, and about five hundred killed, wounded, and missing, whilst the casualties of the Royalists did not exceed thirty. M This blow na turally created a damp upon the spirits of our troops, and what still increased our uneasiness, was certain information received, that La $erna did not bring with less than TO.000 ef- fective troops. We continued to fall back on this plain, the enemy always on our left flank, and taking daily many prisoners, and much bag- gage. Battle was again offered him in Caiigillo, but he a second time declined it. Our situation became more desperate every day the Pei-it viatils began to desert; and otir eaviiii-y tired, and dis- gusted at being obliged to walk on foot, having lost their horses, The mules de marclm had all been lost, or taken by the enemy, and not a horse- shoe or nail were to be had for love or money. Our army being arrived at this place, the euemy placed himself in Guamanguilla, two leagues to the nothward, and thus completely cut offour fur- ther retreat, even were we in a state to continue it. The aspect of our affairs became gloomy in the extreme. We could not have existed six uays in this position for want ofprovisions and either to have moved on the enemy or to have counter- marched towards Andaguaylas or Guamanga, wonld have been certain perdition. The enemy were confident of our destruction. He had sent strong detachments towards Marco, Mayoe, and other directions, tQ cut and destroy 1he bridges and roads, to prevent the e<caj« oi'a single itidiyi- dual. The Indians of Huanta, Huancnpili.cn, I Churcheros, and neighbouring towns, had all risen against us, and daily accounts being received of their having assassinated our stragglers and g small detachments, sometimes it was impossible to pfocure a guide. The moradc of onr troops also began most perceptibly to relax, and many de- serted to the enemy disagreeable news was re- ceived from the coast, as well that 1,500 Royalists Avers on their march from Cusco to reinforce Ta SernB. In fact, every thing indicated our ruin neither was it likely that generalship would save us. Under these critical circumstances, the Itoy- alistv., flushed with their superiority, attacced us, certain oftsuccess. Our position Was a plain fo aboqt two miles circumference, and in our rear, 4 gradual descent to a vast quabrada.- La Serna and Canterac, with two divisions, ad- vanced in our front, descending the hill, whilst Valdez, with his squadrons and four battalions, at- tacked our left. The Royalists were attacked on all sides, nearly at the same moment, in the most gallant manner and greatest pos- sible order, and after one hour and twenty minutes hard fighting, were completely ro uted —the Viceroy wounded and taken prisoner Canterac, Valdez, Citiratala, Monet, Ferraz. and four or five more Generals, with other officers, and about five or six hundred men, who were united after the action, with some difficutty ca- pitulated, giving us possession of Peru, from Tunibay to Desaguadero. Ten piecos of artil- lery were taken from the enemy during the action. We had but one miserable fpur-pounder to'rc- turn their fire. Our cavalry behaved nobly- that of Colombia advanced in the intervals form- ed by our columns of infantry on the right, and that of Peru charged, and routed two battalions of Valdez which had reached the plain on which we had formed, and actually began to flank our riglit. All, and every body, behaved well. General Cordola, a youth ef '), with his division. stood the brunt, and indeed, it may be said, decided the action. He was most justly made a General of Division on the field of battle. I charged at the bpad of the hussars of Junin,and reputed Valdez Who at fir-t had driven back our infantry. The hussars advanced in the most gallant manner, and j their good conduct has drawn forth unlimited praise from the General-in-Chief and the whole army. The enemy brought Into the field 7,200 in. fantry and 1,800 cavalry, whilst our disposahle force only amounted to 6,627, including 1,000 cavalry. Since leaving Andaguaylas x>yr effec- tive force bas decreased 1,500 men. Thc Royaiist Army was composed of excellent men. well cloth- ed and well equipped; their morale, far from being bad, was the reverse, and General Valdez has assured me there were onlySOOrecruits. The battle fought near Quenoa is called Azacucho (reucon do, log mu-crtos), because that is the name of tbe patnpa where it took place, and isoot more than a quarter of a mile from the village. With. out doubt, it is the most glorious, the most im- portant, and the most military action ever fought in South America. Had the Spaniards gained it, the struggle in Peru for independence must have been protracted for years and years to come and even Chile aad Colombia would have trembled for their safety. La Serna, Canterac, and Val- dez (tpserve great credit for having bronght their troops to such a degree -Of perfection. Their cavalry, in equipment nnd discipline, is perhaps, little inferior to the British, and that is saying all that ia possible that can be said in their favour. The Viceroy, Valdez, Canterac, Monet, Garcia, Comba and several others, have inquired very fvindly after you. I pay them, of course, every attention in my power, and they appear highly grateful. They are anxious to return to Europe. Olaneta styles himself General ell Jr/e tiel Exer- cito Real kn Peru. He may have from 3 to 4,000 men. Unless we take active measures against him. at once, he may yet cause much trouble; probtibly upwards of IOUO of Canterac's disperses may unite with him, if they be not pursued."

OLD BAILEY-WEONESDAY. Navv COUAT. The following prisoners were placed at the bar to receive senterice of death Henry Gofflictiry Williams, Win. Probert, John Thompson, Wm. Serjeant, James Gobbet, Stephen Midwinter, Frederick Morgan, Elizabeth Doyle, Wm. August, Edward David Dunn, James Goff, Ed- ward Crawly, Henry Brown, John Bowers. Ou Win. Probert being asked what he had to say why he should not rceeive sentence to die, according to law, he said, My Lord, I have made out an address, which, if your lordship will allow me, I will read." The RECORDER-if you have any thing to Urge, the Court will hear it curtainly. The prisoner Probert then took from hisbosoni a paper, and read in a faultering voice the fol- lowing address:— My Lord,-In soliciting leave to obtrude myself on the notice of your Lordship for ft very few minutes, it is not my intention to occupy your valuable time by any interruption on,my past life. but to urge a something on my own be- half, which may, perhaps, be of some service to me hereafter, when my unfortunate cd3e shall undergo consideration in a higher quarter.— Should f be out of order, your Lordship will have the goodness to signify the same, and, I shall think it my duty immediately to desist. I,, like all others similarly situated with myself, would naturally look up to my gracious Sovereign for some mitigation of that awful sentence which your Lordship is now about to pronounce upon me. I am confident that the public prejudice, which for some length of time has operated so powerfully against me, may still continue, but will not have any weight with his Majesty's Couneii, or fender me an unworthy object of the Royal mercy. I, therefore, humbly implore per- mission, before I shall be removed from this bar, once more to offer a solemn appeal to all who shall hear me, and to my country, that in the in- stance of the crime. of which f have lately been convicted, I did not act from any other motive than that of the most heart rending distress, which had put it out ofmy power to obtain, even a morsel of bread for the subsistence of myself and family. Whatever my final fate may be, I wish not to sink into my grave with the curses of my countrymen on my head. I can trul". declare thit the fatal eVlJt. which was the principal cause of my subsequent miseries and degradation, was in no shape contrived or executed with my concur- rence or knowledge, I possessed no more than after knowledge of the deed. My great distress nnd poverty at this time can be well known; for although Iwan assisted by my Counsel on my trial, the fee was kindly sent me, & the gentleman who prepared my case and assisted in my defence, I could not recompense with a single farthing.— The distress and poverty was brought on me by being almost an outcast of society, no friends, no employment, nor any could I prociti-e, with a wife and two children, who looked up to me tor sup- port. My Lord, when it is considered that no violence Was used, thelre the property of a rie. lation, 1 thought I should not have been pursued with, such severity. These circumstances, from your Lordship's great humanity, wilt, not be for- gotten. when my unfortunate case shall bo re- presented to bit most Gracious Majesty. Hav- ing said thus much, it will now become a duty re- qnired of me 10 prepare myself by prayer, by patience. andTfy resignation, that whether I live or whether I die, Imay be an object of mercy to my GOn, and of some commiseration to my fel- low-men. ) humbly implore your Lordship's pardon, and ollly pray that my wretched life may be spared on such conditions as my most gracious Sovereign shall graciously be pleased to extend, I return my sinceru thanks to Mr. Wontnei- for his kind attention to me, and likewise for the a4. tention he has shown to my aged mother, not for- getting the kind attention I have received from the officers of the prison." 11 The prisoner having concluded, the RECOR- DER said, You said'rightly, that what vou was about to urge to the Court would rather bea subject for his Majesty's gracious consideration, whenyonr case should come before hhn in Coun- cil. I have heard with attention what you have read, and it can be of no avail on the present oc- casion. What will be his Majesty's determina- tion it is not for me to state. The RECORDER then having called upon each of the prisoners by name, addressed them as follows: You have severally been tried by Juries of vour countrymen and the marked character of j the Juries of this happy country is, that if it be possible for them to find any doubt of the guilt of those who are charged before them, with a crime liable to the punishment of death, they will with the utmost eagerness embrace the opportunity to pronounce a verdIct of not guilty. Everybody, therefore, who hears the awful sentence which is about to be pronounced upon you, must be fully persuaded, notwithstanding one of you I think, has said that he is innocent that it, was impos- sible, consistent with the truth of the case, that any oiliei.* verdict should be pronounced against you than that which has unfortunately consigned you to that bar. Almost a majority of the num- ber I see before me, are melancholy instances in- deed that a life of crime is a life of short duration, and that the violation of your duty towards your neighbour, in being guilty of attacking his person, or taking away or destroying his property, must necessarily lead to an early grave. There is but oil,, who has attained to the middle age of life (Probert). There is no doubt that in this happy country, had you. pursued the paths of honest in- dustr\>instead of standing as an example forothers to shun the courses in which you have been en- gaged, you might have lived to acquire property, and every day of your lives might have been at- tended with respect and honour. You now ex- hibit a melancholy contrast, and it is my duty to exhort you, inasmuch as you are to receive the sentence that consigns you, in a short time, to death, to make the most diligent use of the period that remains, in order that you may receive that mercy from above which the laws of that country which you have rendered insecure to its inhabit- ants, denies you here, The law sentences you to death, but the law which passes that severe, though just sentence, looks upon you likewise with an eye of tenderness, and has provided a pjous and excellent Clergyman to point out to you the road to repentance, and prepare you by prayer aud contrition, to obtain pardon from the GOP whom you have offended." The Learned JUDGE then passed the sen- tence of Death. Probert several time? shed tears, lie was well-dressed, and appeared in every res- pect superior to the prisoners who surrounded him.

AGRICULTURE. ALTERATIONS in the CORN LAlYS. NORWICH.—On Saturday last a meeting of the coru-growers andothers-took place in the city of Norwich, at which it was resolved, that every Hundred should petition Parliament against any alteration of'he Corn Laws, except to amend the mode of taking the averages. Mr. Harvey, of AThurgh, slated, that the average Baltic price of Wheat at this tiilie was 22s. per quarter, and the superiority of quality would nearly make up for freight. The Norfolk Chronicle, in its remarks on this meeting, says, we think a duty of even 25s, a quarter on foreign wheat and barley would not 'protect' the British farmer. The marketsof the Continent are literally crammed with corn. li-r Germany the landowner (who receive. their rnt chiefly in produce) have most of them two years' stock in li-and. At Brunswick barley is now sell- ing for 9s. a quarter. They are feeding their sheep w th wheat. In short, so ruinously low to the Continental agriculturists is the price of their grain, iii consequence of its present accumulation upon their hands, that they are prepared to make almost any tiaci-ifice to turn some part of their commodity into money." CAMBRIDGE, — A meeting,, which was Nume- rously attended, was held at the Red Lion Inn, in Cambridge, on Saturday, to take into consider- ation the best-means to be adopted in petitioning the House of Commons against the proposed al- teration of the Corn Laws. It was resolved un- animously, That petitions be immediately pre- pared and sent from every village in the county. against any alteration in the corn laws, and that the County Members be requested to present the same. The petitions contained other resolu- tions and several reasons against the proposed al- teration, as being fatal to' the interests of the Jjtrnters in the first instance, and consequently to the country at large. -toiiDeN. A Court of Common Council of the City of London was held on Thursday, when Mr. Pavell moved a resolution, "That it was expedient to alter the present system of the Corn LaWs, and that a petition, embodying the resolu- tion, be prepared for presentation to the Legisla- ture.—Mr. Deputy Routh seconded the motion. Alderman Wood said he would give the measure his support. lIe believed when the matter was discussed in Parliament, the contest would be whether the duty should be 15s. or !7s. on im- ported corn.—The measure was supported by all present, except Mr. S. Dixon, who said a few words in opposition.—A petition was ordered to be drawn up conformable to the resolution, and to be presented to both Houses of Parliament. LIVERPOOL.—A public meeting was held at the Town Hall, Liverpool, on Friday, the Mayor in the Chair, to petition the Legislature for a revi- sion of ths Corn Duties.—Resolutions to this ef- fect were moved, and supported by the whole of the persons who addressed the meeting, except a Mr. Lafone, who contended that if the importa- tion of corn were allowed, the poor would not be at all benefitted, on the principle that more la- bour and profit would be deducted from our agri- cultural poor man than would be gained by the population employed in inanufacturif. Mr. La- lone added, that he was satisfied that when the price of corn was high, the poor man could al- ways get a remunerating pried for his labour.— The resolutions for a petition were nevertheless carried. The late Mr. Ricavdd, Who wrote at the time of Agricultural distress, and who strenuously contended that all undue protection to agriculture should be withdrawn, not only stated that it should be withdrawn gradually, but proposed the following scheme of gradation "The policy which we ought at this moment of distress to adopt, is to give the roouopoly of the hUIIIO mar- ket to the British grower till corn reaches 70s. per quarter. When it has feached 70s. a duty of 20s. per quarter on the importation of wheat, and other grain in proportion, might be imposed, i should further propose that the duty of :20s. should every year bQfeded one shilling, until it reach ten shillings. Beyond that reduction hu did not look.

HYDROPHOBE, John Wetherly, a boy about thirteen j'ears of age, the son of a widow, residing in Duke-strect, Lisson-grove. died of this dreadful disease on Tuesday. The following particulars of the case may be depended on-Sollw time in the month of February, the deceased, in company with two other.boys, was passing along the Edge ware-road, when a dog, apparently without a master, ran towards them, and without any provocation bit Wetherly in the cheek close to the mouth, then attacked another of the boys, alld tore his nose iii a shocking manner; and had just leaped on the other boy, and was tearing at the collar of his coat, when he was driven off by the people, who had collected on hearing the screams of the boys. The dog immediately ran off, and nothing further was heard of it. Unfortunately, the deceased did not apply to any surgeon till tiext iiioi-iiing, when the hi Ie was only partially cut out. The Wouud must have been severe, as the face was much disfigured by the scar. No particular afixiety was evinced by the boy or his relatives till Saturday last, when the symptoms were such that recourse was had to medical assistance, and from that time till his-death. Sir Astley Cooper, Dr. Hooper, Dr. Lardner, and some of the first medical practitioners, have attended for the pur- pose of observing the symptoms, and affording re- lief to the unfortunate youth. The principal symptoms were violent pain in the back part of the ha,ud, and spasmodic affections, approaching to shuddering, when water was presented to him. There was a considerable flow of saliva and as the patient had great reluctance to swallowing any liquid, he kept roiiing it about in his mouth, and at length spit it out in a half frothy state. When water was presented to him (which the attendants gave him commonly in a tea-pot), he had great reluctance to it till the vessel reached his mouth, and would repeatedly tell them to taka great care as they brought it forward, but when it reached hts mouth he drank the water apparent- ly with ease. He swallowed his food as usual, and seemed to find relief. from sucking oranges. The whole system seemed to be in a state of the 44mvibiiity. When he heard water pouring fromone vessel to another, he was affect- ed with spasms. The least current of air from a door, or when & person breathed strongly on him, gave him the greatest annoyance, and he repeat- edly complained of persons whistling in the street. In this state Mr. Baker, of Berkeley-street, Who attended him as surgeon, administered to him Goulard's Extract, a remedy which has been pro- posed lately, and which was said in one of the numbers of the Lancet to have been used on one occasion with success. He was likewise bled profusely, but all was without effect. He finally lost the power of swallowing, spoke at times in- coherently, the pain in the back part of his head oontinued, and on Monday evening the pupils of his eyes became dilated, accompanied with squint- i ing. He continued in this state till his death, which took place on Tuesday about noon. During his illness, he occasionally spoke of the dog, but did not seem conscious that his disease was the effect of the bite. The other boy is at present quite well, but his friends, as may be supposed, are in the greatest anxiety about him. It is to be hoped that tMs melancholy occur- rence will draw the attention of the public to the subject. Certaiuly some means should be devis«d to protect children and others against the strag- gling dogs that are to be seen in almost every street. Last summer scarcely a day passed but complaints were made at the Marjlebone-ofiiee against the grievance. All the magistrates uld do was to hold the parties to bail to answer for the consequences; but frequently the owner of the dog could not be found and besides, what money could make any recompence for the indescribable anxiety which the unfortunate individual must endure far many daysfcftar the accident has taken place. One poor old man who had been bit by a dog, stated to the sitting Magistrate^ that he had not slept for niae nights afterwards.

MANSION HOUSE. A merchant, who had been for many years in the West Indies, came to the Jtistice-room in the deepest affliction, accompanied by his son. who is 13 years of age, to submit the following case and request advice. He had two sons, the one who accompanied him, or rather whom he charged with having conspired with the other to rob him, being the younger by a year. Both had received, atnost excelient edu- cation, and could fill situations of considerable profits, so great were their acquirements even at that early age He had used the utmost industry to make them independent; but, unfortunately, when he began to entertain expectations of assis- tance in his mercantile concerns from them, he de- tected a plan which was laid by them to rob him of ingots of gold and silver which he bad brought from 8.1. Thomas's with him to this country. What increased his horror upon discovering that his own. children meditated a robbery upon him wn.s, that the person who instigated them was their own grandmother, to whom he had never done the slightest injury, but who bad been some time privately undermining their morals, and at last proposed to them to take advantage of his unbounded reliance upon them and rob him of the fruit of "his lonc labours. The eldest of the bovs. was now with his grandmother, who insisted upon detaining him, notwithstanding the frequent ap- plications and menaces of the father, whom she defied, even though backed by the whole city police. Upon the youngest he had prevailed to make a confession of all the circumstances of the intended robbery, and from him he bad learned that the grandmother had been for some time re- commending them to get hold of all the gold and silver and bank-notes they could lay their hands upon, in the possession of their father. The applicant burst into tears in the midst of this statement. He held his boy's hands fast locked in his, and said he did not apply to have his children punished, but to have them rescued from the danger of everlasting punishmen, by ad- vice & warning from the most respecablequarter. The boy said, in answer to some questions from the Lord Mayor, that his grandmother had coun- selled him and his brother to commit the robbery. He also stated thathe had taken down the old lady's proposition in writing soon after it Was made, being in the habit of committing to paper any serious occurrence. His brother was kept concealed by his grandmother, no doubt, for the purpose of being made more skilful in getting hold of his father's wealth. The applicant said, the old lady observed, upon being told that the Lord Mayor should be inform- ed of her conduct, that no offence had been com- mitted, and that his Lordship had no control over her to her grandson, whoshould remain under her protection as loiilr as lie pleased. The Lord Mayor then represented to the boy the probable consequences of the course in which h'ehad been engaged with his brother, & ordered an officer to go to the house of the woman who de. tained ttie latti-r. represent what had taken place, and desire that the boy should be delivered to his father. The applicant, in great agony, begged that the Lord Mayor would prove to his sons that he could punish a meditated crime with rigour, His Lorclship, who felt much at the distressed shof mind of the gentleman who made this solemn appeal to him, assured him that he would (io all lie cotili an's inagtstrate in the case, and desired that both boys should be brought before hiiii oil; a future day.

UNITARIAN MARRIAGES. The following is the Clause added to Mr. W. Smith's Bill on this subject Be it enacted. That in any case in which a marriage shall be intended to h solemnized either by. banns, or licence, under the provisions of this Act. notice thereof in writing shall be given twelve hours at least before such intended so- lemnization, to the officiating minister of the parish or chapelry, or one of the parishes or chapelrifs within which the banns of marriage shall r have been published, or of the parish or chapelry which shall be appointed in the licence for the re- gistration of such marriage, as the case may require, or in the absence of any such minister, then to the parish clerk or chapel clerk of such parish or chapelry and such minister or clerk respectively, is hereby authorised and required, immediately o'n the receipt of such notices, or as shortly thereafter as may be, to appoint a conve- nient time and place for registering the said mar- riage, before seven o'clock in the evening of the day of solemnization, in the usual Register Book of Marriages for the said parish and chapelry, at which time and place the said officiating minister, Or, in his stead, some minister of the Church of England, or other person by him deputed for that purpose, shall attend with the said Register Book, aud the married parties, after the solemnization shall have taken place shall appear before the said minister, or other person deputed a9 afore-1 said, and acknowledge such marriage, and shall produce a certificate of the solemization, signed by the minister solemnizing the said marriage artd by the married parties, and attested by two wit- nesses present thereat, and shall also produce their certificate orcertificates of baurcs, or their license —as the case may be, Ac.'