North Wales Gazette

THE LAMENT OF AGE, A violet in the priniy time of nature, Forward, not permanent—street, not lasting. SHAKESPEARE. Oh, the days of youth departed and the golden dreams that stole, Of pleasure and of promise, in that summer of the soul! Its love, that was hke music from a far and fairy land, Imparting deeper happiness than thought can un- dcrst.al1d. its purity of friendship its fervent faith that I dare, When gazing on the eye beloved, believe the heart shone there; The health-bloom of its cheek, and the spirii- breathiag balm Of its brow, that wt* as rivers bright, as skies of azure in Days, dreams, s.nd friends departed! love, joy. and bioom, no more Hath neither earth nor heaven a spell, your spi- rit to restore ? Or is if doomed for mortal sin, this weight of mortal woe, That only once in human life your buds of beautv I blow ? Give, give me back the feelings fresh that o'er my heart then blew, The world again a place unknown, and iife itself all new,— And let the grave again return what it hath torn from me, A ti l I have wealth unequalled by the treasures of the ¡

SHROPSHIRE ASSISES. SHREWSBURY, MARCH 19. R'chard Overjield, a labourer, aged 35, was indicted for the wilful murder of his infant son Richard, at the parish of Bridgenorth. Tlie prisoner, a decent looking countryman, objected to several of the Jnry-thy, of course, withdrew from the Jury-box, and others were swoin in their stead, Mr. Slaney slated the case, and called Louisa Davis, who stated, I am wife of Jona- than Davis. The prisoner and we are next door neighbours. The prisoner is a carpet manufac- turer ai Bridgenorth. I knew his wife. They had a child thiee months old, thatmorimig, whicn Was Sunday 2-l.b Sept. On that day I heard a very heavy screeching by the wifeol the prisoner. I went directly to the prisoner's houiw. I saw the wife of the prisoner who had the child in her arms. She was in the kitchen. There were three or four persons then in the house. The prisoner was there. The prisoner's wife put the child's lips to her own, and she said it made her lips smart; she then put her tongue to the child s mouth, and it felt hot, sour, and bitter. She said to the prisoner, what have you done to my child? "Nothinrr at all," replied the prisoner, but the black cat was on the child's mouth, and I knocked the cat olf." The child's lips were white and blistered. The prisoner's wife then left the house to go to a surgeon's at eight that morning, the child was well. Cross-examined by Mr. Corbctt.—l am their nearest neighbour. Edward John Spry stated, I was a surgeon at Bridgenorth. I remember \11£1, prisoner's wife coming to my house in the Buddie of the day, on Sunday the 24th of September. She brought her ctiil She cried violently and could not say what she wanted, but cniy pointed to the child' mouth. 1 afterwards at her request put my tongue to the child's lips, and they communicated a pungent acid taste; the lips were white, shrivelled and blistered. The mouth and tongue had the same appearances. The child appeared in great agony, and its mother could not hold it steady.— I considered the child had swallowed sulphuric acid (this is vulgarly called oil of vitriol); this is a strong mineral poison. Mr. Had, another sur- geon, saw the child before it left the house; we gave'it magnesia in water to neutralize the acid we gave also diluent drinks. The prisoner's wife left the house, and I followed her to get her to give the child more magnesia. I went to the prisoner's house, and asked the prisoner if he had given the child any food, or any medicine by missake. He sr.id he had not, but had only knocked the black cat oil the child. I asked where the black cat was. The prisoner said it was out. I directed the cat tu be fttellecl. The prisoner acknowledged it to be the same. I ex- amined the mouth and the paws of the cat, but there was no peculiar appearance about either.— I put ray linger into the cat's mouth and then tasted it, but there was no acid. 1 told them the child had taken oil of vitriol, which was a poison. I asked the prisoner if he had any acid; he de- nied that he had, and said he did cot know what oil of vitriol was. I told him its common uses, saying, it was used in making blacking and clean- ing brass; but he said he knew nothing of it.— I examined the child's clothes, and on its frock I saw t'.ree red spots, each of these spots com- municated an acid taste. I then went away, but in a few minntes went, down to the prisoner's house again. Mr. Hall, the other surgeon came, and we discovered a similar spot on the gown of the mother. On the breast, This might have come from the child's lips. I conceive the acid to have destroyed the sensibility 01 the stomach. I also examined the prisoner's clothes, hut they presented no peculiar appearance, nor Was there any about his 1. saw the child it was sinking very fast. The pu!se_ was low, and the extremities cold. The child died on Sunday at five o'clock. et Cross-examined.—i am used to children.— They are subject to sudden attacks of convul- sions. poisons may be administered as medi- cines by mistake, by giving the contents of one bottle instead of another. tie-examined.—The blistering of the mouth and the spots never accompany convulsions. Mary Nichols stated, I live next door to the prisoner, I remember the day the child died.— One of my windows overlooks the prisoner's gar- den. I was at this window at a quarter before twelve on tht, Sunday in question, when I saw the prisoner walk down his garden and he walked up. He did not stoop to pick any thing up, or put any thing down, but when he got to the bot- tom of the garden he gave a sort of stoop and ,alke(I into the house. I pointed this spot out to Louisa. Davies a short time ago. Where he made tlfs stoop, there is a railing which sepa- rated his garden from a fold for beasts. i Louisa Davis iecalle(I.-Slie stated, on the Sunday night the child died. On the Monrtay I went to the prisoner's. His wife and I went to the garden, because she was in a fainting state. As "we were walking round the garden, we saw a phiul just on the other side of the garden fence. There was a hole in the fence at the place. 1 got the bottle. It was corked. The stuff was fclack. 1 smcllelt it. They was a tea-spoonful ia the bottle. It smelled very strong. The cork and bottle were both clean as if put there but lately before we found it. Some time after Mary Nichols pointed 0111 the same spot to me as where the prisoner stooped. The bottle had no label on it. I then delivered tiie bottle to a person nimed Goodall. The prisoner never took much notice of the child. Thomas Ross Southwell stated, I am the super- wtenlent of Messrs. Michael's carpet manu- factory. The prisoner worked there. He washed the yarn. Oil of vitriol is used by us in large quantities. We use several gallons a week to get out stains. It was kept near the dye-house, and the door of the place where it it.. is always open in the day-time, but 110 one should go there but the dyer. Tiie oil of vitriol is kept in a glass vessel, and ^basket work round it. It weighs a hundred weight. On the day after the child's death, I said to the prisoner, What is this re- port about your child being being poisoned ?" He said I don't know." I asked Is the child dead?" He said Yes." I said, you being in the house, must know the cause of its death." He said he was standing by the fire doing some- thing to the pot. He heard the child cry. He turned round and saw a cat on the child sacking its breath. He knocked the cat oft', and he knew no more about it. I said there will be an inquest oil the child, and the body will be opened.1 Ho npLed. Let them open it, end th.y wili see." Cross-examined —A great many persons work i at the mill. The prisoner, in his" work, has no- thing to do with the vitriol. 1 have known the prisoner 20 years. He was always a hard-work- ing, peaceable man." t Tnmnas Goodall said, I remember Monday the 5th of September I went to the prisoner's house; a phial was given to me:, Louisa Davis saw it gi ven .o me.—(The witness produced the phial; it was a cowmen cne-ounce phial, wi;h the « pper part of the neck broken off", The lio uid contained in wits (.f black prisoner was in custody he was at my house.— His wife came to him she said My dear Dick, go down on your knees, and pray to the ALMIGHT Y io forgive you for what you have done, and al- ways have the truth in.v our inoath." The pr<- soner replied. I have the truth at my tor,fu«;s end, but I dare not speak it." He added, you have got my watch, keep it for my sake, as I shall never come back, and give my clothes to my poor old father." Mr. Joseph Ifall.-I am a surgeon at Bridge- north. I have heard the evidence of Mr. Spry, and perfectly concur in his testimony. I opened the child's body. In the abdominal cavity, I found a bloody fluid, near a pint in quantity.— A part of the stomach was entirely corroded, and other parts of it were like wet brown paper. I analysed all the fluid I found. The throat and iiioulli were corroded; the lips were black. On the analysing the fluids they contained sulphuric acid. The liq Hid contained in the phial was also sulphuric acid. I am positive the child's death was caused by sulphuric acid. Mr. -L\:ry recalled.—I am also of opinion that tiie chi'd died of sulphuric acid. Dr. Dvyard stated. I am a physician at Shrews- bury. I have no doubt the quantity of sulphuric arid mentioned by the witness would kill a child. cross-examined.—Children are particularly liibie to convulsions. Cats often will lie on persons when asleep. Sulphuric acid is used about cattle. The witness Goodall asked if ho might throw away the acid in the bottle, as it had burnt a hole in his waistcoat. The gaoler took the bottle out of Court. The prisoner declined making any defence, but at length said he was innocent of the crime. The Learned Judge in summing up the evi- dence to the Jury, observed that this was a case of circumstantial e vidence, and hi general such cases must be so, as men never commit these crimes in the presence of more persons than they can help, but if tiie circumstantial evidence here adduced convinced them of the prisoner's guilt, it was their duty to find him guilty. 'j Jury after a few minutes' consultation found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned Judge then passed sentence of death on the prisoner. His Lordship observed that no one could doubt the prisoner's guilt, i-uid the only difficulty was to conceive that all being having the lig'ht of reason could thus de prive of life his innocent offspring, who couid; not by possibility have offended him. The pii- soner, it appeared from some evidence given at the inquest, had married a woman, with whom he had no previous acquaintance, and four months after their marriage the child was born. The prisoner had often said he would not maintain her and her bastard. His Lordship then made a most impressive address to the prisoner, aud sen- tenced him to be hanged on Monday, and his body- to be The prisoner appeared quite unmoved during the whole of tho proceedings. â "{t">l<

LANCASTER ASSIZES. IIJSSRY GRIFFITH,aged twenty-six, wasindiet- ed for the wilful murder of John Jones, at Liver- pool, on the 9m of February, by giving him several severe wounds on the head. The deceas- ed had been a sawyer in Liverpool, ill theunploy of Mr. Smith. There had been a tui^i-outamongs' the, men for wages, since the 1st of September • and the deceased, who had at first joined tlk sawyers, went to work at his trade again, and brought on hunsclf tile vengeance of the others. Tiie fust witness called was William Jor.es, a boy about thirteen years of age, son of the de- ceased. He stated thatlii3 father was steward of a benefit society Iludd-sireet, where he went on Monday evening, the 0th of February. 1 went there to meet him; and after the society separated, about eleven o'clock, my father came along Pt-eston-street, natton-Garden, and alon:>- te Vitlixllall-road. We there heard three men walking after us, one of whom was the prisoner. They all had bludgeons in their hands, and when they came up the prisoner made a blow at. one of us whh his bludgeon; it struck me slight v.— Prisoner then struck my father with his bludgeon on the back of the head. He put his hand up Io it and exclaimed, "Oh, what have I done to deserve this The prisoner was going to strike again and ) said to him, Don't murder my father." But he told me to get away, or lie would murder j me too. My father got over to the other side of the road. The prisoner followed him and <nive liiiil !r, ve him a second blow on the head, which knocked him down. The prisoner then called out to the other two men that were with him, and they ail fell upon him aud beat him with theirhlu^'ons. I cried out, murder and watch." Tbey I heard a watchman's rattle and ran off—one of them, the prisoner, was turned back by meeting a watchman, and he came back again to where my father was lying, and said, d—-n him, I'll give him his death blow he then c nne over and s: ruck him. Helled. The watchman and I pursued him I never let him run more than three yards before me. II e wits stopped by a person of the name of A mbrose in the next street which he had turned into. My Father was brought home by some people who came up. A surgeon was called in to see him, but he died next day. He never spoke nor opened his eyes after he received the second blow. — (The witness was here so affected, that he was unable to pro- ceed for some time.)—The night w-as moonlight, and I saw distinctly what passed. (A bludgeon was here shown to the witness and he said it was with one like it that his father was struck.) Nothing material was elicited on his cross-exa- mination, his testimony was given clearly. Mary Ball and Sarah Ball, with the watch- man, continued his evidence in the most material points. The surgeon who examined the deceased stated he was called in about one o'clock in the morning. When he saw the deceased he was insensible. There were three wounds on the head t\vo were lengthways, and the other had the appearance of a punch. He had no doubt they were caused by such a weapon as the bludgeon and attributed 1 the death of the decease to the fracture running I' across his head. The next witness, Mr. Henry Ambrose, a brewer in Liverpool, stated that he was standing at his house-door, about a quarter to eleven o'clock, and heard a cry of Murder!" in the next street. Saunders, a watchman, was stand- ing with me, and lie ran down the street. I walked after him, and saw a man coming running u Ii on the same side I was; he crossed over to avoid me, but 1 followed him, and seized him by the collar we struggled for some time, and atlëngth fell down together in falling he dropped a roiii his under-coat; he said.—" It was I no thin) however, I detained him. The pri- soner at the bar is the same: I kept hold of him till Wrighton, the watchman, came up, and gave sp the bludgeon, and another that was picked up by my wife, to him. The other evidence offered was not material. The prisoner made no defence. Mr. Justice Bayley, addressed the Jury, and pointed out, where the boy's testimony, though at variance in some points with the two women and the watchman, was corroborated by them in the main parts. Several of the witnesses were re-called and questioned by the Jury. They then retired; and after they hast consulted for about half an hour, they brought in their verdict- Uuilty. Mr. Justice Bayley, after a suitable address, immediately passed sentence upon him in the usual form, and directed his body to be dissected and anatomised. Mary Polls, aged forty, was indicted for the j wilful murder of James Potts, her illegitimate child, at Great Bolton, by bunting it. It ap- peared that the child was found dead in a cellar, which the prisoner occupied. The body pre- sented an appearance as if it had been roasted at a slow fire. Two suigeons, who exaudned the body, gave their opinion, that the chiid died first, and was burned after; and that the burning could not have been by the child's clothes catching fire; but that after its death, it might have been held against or over the grate, and thus burned. Had the death been caused by the burning, it would have prrduced convulsions, which would have left visible proofs behind them if they had taXen place. Un 'er these circumstances, Mr. jmlice Bayley stopped the trial. The prisoner had been in- dicted for the wilful murder of herrhbd, by burn- ing, whereas, the of ll,.e to sJ!w tint the death might, have been occa- sioned by strangulation, or suffocation, or binn- in, hilt that the latter was Aery impiobable,— The Jury, therefore, acquitted file prisoner. -);:f,;¡,

EXECUTION OF GRIFFITHS, FOR THE MURDER OF JONES, AFTEH this wretched man had heard his AWFUL sentence,'he was taken back to his cell in a stale bordering on insensibility. In his Wiiy he had to pass part, of the Debtors-yard, aiid r"n.<:>' a nundnr of individuals waiaug to behold him, he cried out in a fathering tone, *• Grod bless you aii. Gentlemen," and staggered a* if Sua stab' intox'cation. On the following day (Sund.-iy) he attended Diviae Service in the prison t.i.upei, amongst the rest of the unhappy culprits who are left for execuiioH. all of whuPI, as usual,, veu placed in one apartment. The unhappy man ap- peared to be. excessively restless: his external demeanor amply spoke iha in was d emotions his perturbed mind— his awful fate seemed io absorb his Attention so much hS to render him totally unable to attend So She re'igi<Nis service. "< A session was preached on the occasion by the Rev. J. Rowley, from ilie 1*2-Heb. 2-1. v. Thr.- blood of sprinkling, which speakelli bettor things than that of Abel. JHs fe-rveul wish at i he fur- mutation of his awful sentence to see his wife aud children, and the promise that it should be <1. tended to, were faithfully complied with. They arrived in Lancaster (,:1 Sunday ebout twelve o'clock, accompanied by-his father and mother. He desired, from very prudential motives, not to see them till the conclusion of the afternoon service. The interview between his wife, children an 1 mother, took about five o'clock. He appeared cold and formal with the former, to whom he has t-evtt married only a few months (the children being by a foracr wife). The se- p?ration beUvcun this children and his mother, as Inhriit nu«-rally bo e.^pe-sted, was one of the most heart-rending and ai'd-tins description. To^ see him take;; blst an.I final a.iieu oi those to whom he was 3d w ariy r.died, aud from whom he was »oh-g to be severe for over under such ignonri- uious ci:eu;;eii;e>s, was certainly touching io the fxtieme. Upon parting, some verses were given to ins wife, which we understand were writ- ten by John Atkinson, the unhappy young man under sentence, of death for An gery.^ Tiiey prin- cipally consisted of advice for his wife and chil- dren,'hat contained nothing very renusckahle. Monday moiidog t<*e turn ey opened ho cell- door about 7 o'cieek, and notwithstanding ihe great noise made, fat nj h.in'i undressed in bed, in a deep slumber. Being awakened, he coot 1 need in rdigÎols coiners?!ion witli the complain for about an hour, He then acknowledged t-hu just- ness of his sentence, and prayed most earnestly that the blood of his brother be washed from his conscience." On the clock striking eight, lie remarked, with a profound sigh, in four hours mo:e i siic.li be in elerniiy." He partook of the sacrament about eleven o'clock, and was brought on the fatal scaffold as the clock struck twelve. "Flo was so much affected from exhaus- tion aud'his unhappy faty, lhal ii was with great difficulty he could stand. The executioner was longer than usual in adjusting the rope. the awful preparations were completes!, he ad- dressed die ITI\II!Í¡,ude assembled, and exhorted them to flee from all broils and quarrels, and take warning from his imdmely end; he then said, I die neither for highway robbery nor for thieving, but for interfering the trade, f hope you will never throw in the face of my ehildren my unfortunate fate. In the comsc ora quarter of an hour slndl be in heaven. The clergyman of the prison then read the usual prayers, and when he came to tl,ll; Lord s Prayer, he responsed it in a very audible, (iistilet voice, and laid remarkable emphasis on lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from e,il. The cap was then pulled over his face, the drop fell, and he was launched to that bourne Jrom whence no traveller returns. The body huug till one o'clock, and was taken down, and given to the surgeons for dissection.—We hope this execution will operate in such a manner as to aave a salutary effect upon the deluded men who have hitherto joined in the formidable and reprehensi- ble combinations in Liverpool, and teach them that the least defection from the path of duty generally terminates in awful consequences. -4r-

DISCHARGE OF CANNON BY STEAM. MR. PERKINS, whose inventions in the engrav- ings of steel, and improvements in the construc- tion of steam engines, are well known, has brought I to perfection a branch of art on which there may be some difference of opinion—that of the more speedy destruction of our species The fact, we I believe, is as follows Mr. Perkins, while ex- perimenting on the expansive force of steam, sub- jected to very elevated temperature, wiih the view of applying its power to the pm-poses, of the steam engine, was very naturally led to investi- gate its application in iriany other departments of I' art, where great mechanical force was required and amoiig-st others, to that of discharging' ord- nance. We are enabled to give a brief descrip- tion of the present apparatus, which is construct- ed with the view of showing the application of steam to this purpose, rather than as a IBo,id.- A copper pipe of two inches diameter is connect- e:l at one extremity with the steam ;eservoir be- longing to Mr. Perkins' improved engine, and at the other end with, a chamber formed of metal flanges; into this chamber a strong gun barrel is firmly screwed, so as to be perfectly air tight (and two others connected with it) and extended in an horizontal direction. From the upper por- tion of the chamber, two pipes or lubes project about 15 inches, of sufficient diameter to allow musket ballets to pass freely down, for the pur- pose of loading or shooting the gun. The steam being laid on the apparatus, nothing more is ne- cessary than to lift the short lever of a sliding valve, when the rush of steam into the chamber instantaneously discharges the bullet through the gun-barrel, with a force much greater than ordi- nary gunpowder. The bullets, being received against an iron target, are completely flattened. Mr. Perkins threw into the pipe or feeder of the apparatus three or four bullets at a time, which were stopped in the gun barrels more than once from want of sufficient steam pressure at the mo- ment. But it is obvious this may be avoided hy giving any degree of pressure recluisite. i I r. Perkins has not yet employed a greater power than about 83 atmospheres, though the strength of his apparatus would admit 5 times that power, if necessary. The apparatus is capable of dis- charging 100 balls per minute, or in fact as fast as they can be put into feeders, and the gun bar- rel may be turned into any direction.

LON DON^ARKETS. (Frcm the New London Price Current March 23.) COFFEE.—The prices of Coffee last week fell gt neraliv, 2s to 3s per cwt fine, and clean des- criptions, which have laetly supported the curren- cy so excessively well, participated in the ge- neral decline; large parcels of St. Domingo, nearly good ordinary pale, sold 64s. to 65s. (id. the damaged sold 62s to 65s; middling Sf. Lucia sel I 86s. to 87s; good middling Berbice 103s, fine midt.ling lOSs. 6d.—There were four exten- sive sales this forenoon, completely establishing a market ourrency. The ordinary descriptions of Jamaica are again Is. to 2s. lower all quali- ties of Di'ineiara and Berbice 3s. to 4s. lower St. Domingo, good ordinary colour 64s. da- maged C2s. SUGAR.—-The hope entertained by the West India merchants thai Government would, in some measure, give relief io the Planter, by allowing distillation from Sugar, wllPn the prices of grain were high, has been for the present completely disappointed. The Sugar market last week was iii a yery depressed state, and the few sales effect- ed were at prices a shade lower than the reduced quot ltinlS. Tiii., forenoon the market remained in the same languid state the purchases are quite inconsiderable, and there is an increasing disposition'among the holders to effect sales; the prices are nominally the same as on Tuesday last, but the few sales effected are at rates a shade iowe". There were a few purchases of crushed Sugars reported last week, and inconsiderable parcels of Lumps the business effected other- wise was trivial, and the market must stillba stiUed in a very languid stato, but without varia- tion ia price'—-Molasses were heavy at 27s. The refined market is uncommonly heavy this forenoon, and.purchases may be matlo on lower terms ihan last week. Molasses remain at 275.- Sy public sale this forenoon, 2£7 chests Havan- <sah i"(jg;ir were offered: but, we believe, there were no stiles effected the whole were white tliwriptions—white, good, withdrawn 39s. 39s. Cd iividdlir.s 35s. 37s. 6d. RUM. lift ANDY, and B,1LLANDS.-Since the Government Contract there has been a com- plete stagnation in the Rum market; we have heard of no sales of the least importance the quotations are in consequence nominal. Brandv j is also exceedingly heavy, and few purchases are reported parcels to arrive free on board are still (jnotod Ss. lOd. to 2s. lId.-In Geneva there is no alteration. WOOL.—There are few purchases of Wool lately reported; the quotations, in consoquence, must be considered nominal. A Committee has been appointed by the trade, and several inter- iews with the. Chancellor of the Exchequer and the President of the Board of Trade have taken place, but nothing decisive as to the return of duty of the Wool on hand has transpired. The declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night, we think, settles this question: gd. of tlie duty to be taken off in September, and 2d. per lb. ia December. TEA.—There are no alterations in the prices of Tea. The advices from China received yester- day, dated I;iti December, stats the trade with the Chinese was uninterrupted, but the differences were no j finally adjusted: the question as to giv- ing up men, &c. was put off till the next season. The Market r1:is forenoon has assumed a very heavy appearance, on account of the arrivals, and the opening cf ihe trade in China. OILS.—Vhe business done in Sperm Oil has been most extensi ve about 1000 to».s have been sold, but, as the stock is considerable, it has pro- pro duced no aHerationin the prices.—In Common and Seed Oils there -is no variation; the latter ureheavy. fExtract from the Lancet.) (.SE OF POISONING BY THE BITE OF A VIPJR, CURED BY THE EFFUSION OF COLD WATER.—Bv DR. G. PRINA, Carlo Nava, of Crevenna, aged 14 years, of a delicate constitution, in the month of May in this year, was bitten by a viper, while climbing over a rock in our mountains, situated to the south- east, to get a bird's nest, at the last joint of the index of the left hand.. A very acute pam at the part, which extended to the shoulder, and which made him utter a piercing cry, was the immediate consequence. He ran to his father s house, whence he was immediately brought to mine but as I happened to be absent on my professional duties, my wife poured a little spirit of nitrous aither on the wound, which was so small as to be scarcel y visible. This was half an hour after the accident, when he exhibited no other symptom, except great inquietude. On his return to his father's house, his prostration of strength was visible; a tendency to sleep was observed, and the slight swelling at the part increased, and ex- tended to the arm. In this state he was taken to the hospital at Lezza, which is distant about half a mile, where lie was made to swallow a few drops of caustic ammonia, diluted in an ounce of water. He was then brought back to my house, and upon seeing him 1 found that, in addition to the above-mentioned symptoms, there was loss ofvision; great difficulty of respiration; retching succeeded by vomiting, jaundice, and an ex- cruciating pain in the umbilical region, with ten- sion of the abdomen. The pulse was small and frequent. I immediately prescribed half a scruple of pure ammonia in three ounces of peppermint water to be taken every hour in doses of two table spoonsful. When I next saw him, his de- bility had greatly increased he entreated in a hearse voice, to be allowed to sleep, and expres- sed his indifference as to whether death should II ensue. Near his father's residence, there was a small cascade of water from a very cold torrent. which is chiefly formed by the snow collecting in the upper parts of the mountain. I prevailed ucon the patient to put the hand which had been hi'i under this cascade, and afterwards to exnn^' t^ head to the stream, which flowed freelv ™ 1 • breast, and upon his being immediately rubbed dry, beseemed to be greatly revived. This wis repeated three or four times, and always with tbl greatest advantage. Encouraged by this [ caused hnii to be stripped and immersed in a piece of water formed by this torrent, and at. the same moment, water was poured upon his head from above. He stayed two minutes in the wa- ter, and on coming out appeared to be still more revived ,• his pulse was fuller, and less frenuent through still Inegular. His sight was partly restorer, tnougii his eyes appeared turbid; his couiiienauce was improved he had less pain in 11110 aoaonien, but the attempts to vomit continu- ed. He could walk a little without assistance. which he was unable to do before, and persons who had been attracted by curiosity to the spot observed that the immersing him in cold water operated like oil in an expiring lamp. From this time the alarming symptoms ceased. He under- went live immersions within a short time, water being poured as before on his head, which was not immersed. The repetition of the effusions was strongly desired by the patient, as the pains in the region of the umbilicus ceased entirely when he was in the water. Two hours after he walked freely without any assistance and with the ex- ception of the jaundice, and some pain in; the ahdoiiu-n, all the bud symptoms had disappeared; his pulse had become nearly natural. Au tha was done to the part bitten was, to apply to it .1 piece of linen steeped in the decoction of marsh- fi S m^tUre, °f a™monia, which In* had finished, was ordered to be repeated Th.^ symptoms of jaundice disappeared on the next- day; on the third day the swelling had gone down, and left only a slight vesicle, which, on being opened, discharged a little yellow hoattet; two days after the wound was entirely healed and the patient perfectly recovered.

MISCELLANEOUS. n-th L5?°N;"TThe flsllifig for Salmon in the River w,. \S' near thiJ town, —commenced on Wednesday last and judging from what we our- selves witnessed, the take on that day must have been very considerable. Indeed, report says, that nearly 200 fish were caught in the pool btdow were /? )Ut ^se almost the wholo wm hggers or salmon that have newly spawned Whiie standing on the banks of the river, we ob~ served a number qfjouljish deposited in t'hemv/tf and on expressing our surprise at this, we i reviv- 'I ed rather a sharp rebuke from a man dressedViktr a master tradesman l,i,rgers slioulil bt- i %VIE n again, ye say: hut, if it's no a fish that coint-s in the net, how is the tacksman to pay his rout t r oi bye that, ninny a man has a shilling in hi.-# pouch that hasua a pound; and mauu the <)rit Ifolk keep a' the et,,iliies to them,f,].S?" To (his- we briefly answered, that foul fish were rw-kr,tied so unwholesome that they could neither be ™««t a°'fresh* <m!-V I d f.tsh sa*casm.— L nwholesome! let them pit plenty o saat on thein,aiw deil a fears-it's mr easy to puishen pui r fotik and bairns. Your laws about salmon wad thole a mens yet; for wha is't, I wonder, that buys frae the poachers in close- time, when the tacksman's net sees neither sun nor wind 1" Three penee per lb. is paid for liggers, and 2s. 6d. for new run fish l—Jjumfries Courier. A NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE IJ» SPAIK.—TIIB Spanish Government have just ordered that, as a new source of revenue, the sale of salt cod-fish shall be made a Royal monopoly, like j ha* of tobacco, playing cards. &c. This new regulation holds forth to the Spaniards the prospect of bei»>»- supplied with stinking fish, for, of all commercial articles, salt cod-lisli is the most precarious in such a climate as Spain. It is easily affected with i witii damp, and so particular are the sellers orttii., article, that when the westerly or damp winds blow, they shut up their stores to prevent its be- ing affected by the atmosphere, and again open them to the easterly breezes. When a fish is the leas, spotted, or it is noticed that the salt be-dns to give, it is culled out and hung up to dry, "and the examination of each pile is almost a tiailv operation. Wo can never suppose that the Royal. Administrators, when they have the monopoly, will obser-e all this nicety and if they do noi* the people will find that their Government is a wholesale dealer in stinking fish. THE REV. C. COLTON. (From the New York- Daily Advertiser, of Feb. 20.)_Fears were ex- pressed in the London papers, some time" siw for the safety of the Rev. C. C. Colton, auiho,' of Lacon, &c. &c. as he had suddenly disap- peared from London. The last time he appeal to have been seen was in company with Mr vVeare, who was afterwards murdered by Thur- I fProb8rt- The editor of "the New York Patriot \ately stated that a person answer- ing the description of ftir. Colton was in this citv some short time since, and, under the name of Clinton, hatt offered a work to a bookseller in this city, at the same time declaring he was the author of Lacon," and that he lately left this city for Charlston. In addition to the above, the Manufacturer's Journal of Providence, Rhode- Island, says Mi-. arrived at Newport, in September last, in the Ship Boy, from Bre- men, and, previously to his visiting New York, passed several days at Mr. Morton's hotel in this place, vibere he was remarked for the eccentricilv of his manners, and a profuse display of rt»ro'vrl. Aorz ^RL~M?nday forenoon »!><>«* 1'*? T eWctL neighbourhood of Cranborne-alley, ffreatest aiSqUarei! was throw« into a state of the and smnl I™' an volume of flame a a smoke bursting from the shop and first-floor windows of the house of Mr. Dunn, shoemaker, and from the amazing rapidity of the flames, it was at first thought that not one of. the numerous inmates could escape. However, several of the neighbours, with great activity, tore down the shutters, and with the aid of the parochial engine, confined the flames to the lower part ofthe house; and while they were engaged in this praise-wor- thy act, a distressing scene was going on among the lodgers, every room having its occupants, and all In a state of inconceivable confusion and alarm, were flinging from the windows their fur- niture, &c. into the street in every direction.— ^Ln ti °pper room windows was in the con- fusion thrown open, and directly after a large ^the Stfeet' with a loSd exclamation of take care of the nork •" nnH in its progress through the air, a leg of pork Jlv!" ral dumplings and some greens fell out; thisln-" cident had such a ludicrous effect, that shouts of SFOR1" ATPEEARRE7« I'H D °" AU SK,ES ? e Wln,1°w, and was with FCTSLV' <J was tn fl /af 111 ^am<!S 5 and his first impulse his f .m-i V ° fire' and hl,rl tl,e Pot containing Thp fl l3inner' for safety, into the street.— tn by very great exertion, were confined the to the lower part of the premises of Mr. Dunn, wtiich consist of a double house, with two shops, until the arrival of the Sun,Exchang-e, and Coun- ty fire engines, when a plentiful supply of water being obtained, in about an hour the fire was completely subdued, having destroyed the entire of the ground floor; the shops, and the valuable stock in trade, were completely reduced to I It is supposed that the fire was caused by the- » gas escaping, but how it originated was not pre- cisely ascertained the family were from home it is an extremely fortunate circumstance that the fire did not break out at night; had it done so, from the confined nature of the courts, in all probability the most incalculable mischief would nave occurred. 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