and finally, disaffection to the government itself must be the result of it. Though these were his sentiments, still he should oppose the motion, because it was founded on the false assumption, that the late Committee had attributed some specific parts of the disturbances to Oliver; aud because it involved an enquiry that could not be carried on in the Committe, and for which the Committee was not the proper place. The Solicitor-General viewed it in the same light; and remarked, that the honourable Mover had concealed his witnesses, yet the casual mention of Mitchell gave a clue to the rest, and he was not a proper person to bring to support charges against government; yet such as he were considered martyrs to liberty, and proper objects of public bounty; and such persons artfully designed, by raising a cry against Oliver and the spies, to shift all criminality from themselves, and basely lay it to government. The House divided, Ayes 53-Noes 111. Majority against the motion 58. SHEFFIELD CUTLERY. On Feb. 12, Lord Milton rose to present a petition from several manufacturers of steel and cutlery in Sheffield, and the vicinity, complaining that they suffered considerable iujury from the manufacture in their neighbourhood, of wrought iron, which was made to bear a polish, and resemble the steel they themselves manufactured. Iron articles were thus made to resemble cast-steel, and iron being manufactured at twenty per cent. cheaper, they found their way into the foreign markets, and from their inferior wear had atendency to undervalue the real Sheffield work, which, fortwo hundred and fifty years, had received an admitted superiority all over Europe. Lord Lascelles thought the petition entitled to the consideration of the House, particularly from the circumstances stated therein, that a sort of article had gone abroad which had an eventual tendency to injure the reputation of the real steelworker, who had previously found a sate in the foreign market for his goods. The petitioners did not want to prevent the manufacture of polished iron, but they did wish that the Legislature should make the manufacturer put a particular stamp on his work, to prevent its being taken for quite a different and superior article. He would only desire a Committee for this petition, as it involved the interests ofthree classes of persons, who certainly had each a right to be heard, viz. the manufacturer in cast-iron, the manufacturer in caststeel, and the worker in wrought steel. Petition referred to a Committee to report thereon. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN COUNTIES. On Feb. 17, Mr. M. A. Taylor called the attention of the House to his promised motion relative to the administration of justice in the Northern Counties, and indeed throughout the kingdom, and strongly urged an increase in the number of Judges, which had not been increased while the business had become threefold.The Attorney-General, and the House in general, admitted the importance of the subject, but thought the proposal premature, since no specific plan had been prepared, nor did they consider the urgency so strong as to justify entering at present into the subject.-Motion withdrawn. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. LONDON. Greenwich Murders. - It is a painful task for us to record two most horrid and barbarous murders, which were discovered on Monday the 9th inst. on the person of Mr. Bird and his housekeeper. This gentleman, far advanced in years, being near seventy, was a constant attendant on the Greenwich church, and always in his place as soon as the service began, accompanied by his housekeeper. On Sunday morning, it was noticed by the beadle of the parish, and others, that they were not in their seats as usual. At the conclusion of the service, the beadle mentioned the circumstance to some neighbours, and they having observed that the shutters of Mr. Bird's house had not been opened at the usual time, the beadle went to the house, knocked at the door, and called, bnt received no answer; they, therefore, had no doubt but something dreadful had happened, and determined on forcing their way into the house by the garden at the back. On their entrance into the passage, a most shocking spectacle presented itself on the body of the house-keeper, near the street door, lying on her face shockingly mangled. The horrid act was perpetrated by a blunt instrument. On proceeding from this scene of horror, another equally distressing presented itselfin the parlouradjoining the passage, on viewing the body of Mr. Bird, who was lying on his back with his arms stretched, and his head in a more shock ing state than his housekeeper's, as the wounds of ber's were more concealed from view. His forehead was drove in about an inch deep, and the wound as large as a crown-piece. The wounds of Mr. Bird were iuflicted also by a large blunt instrument, by some supposed to be a bludgeon, and some suspicion that it was by a left handed man. It is supposed that Mr. Bird was passing his evening, as was his constant practice, in reading, and that on his hearing the attack upon his house-keeper in the passage, he left his fire-side to proceed to her assistance, as his body was found between the fire-place and the door of the room, with his spectacles close to one hand, and a candle close to the other. Distressed Seamen. - The result of the proceedings which the public benevolence has enabled the committee for relieving these distressed individuals to adopt, is of ficially declared to be as follows:-1230 men have been received on board seven vessels granted by the Admiralty for that purpose, and supplied with necessary clothing. Of these, 349 have been disposed of in the navy, in the merchants' service, or otherwise provided for; 162 are on board the Dromedary, appropriated exclusively to the sick, of whom 61 are serious cases; three have been sent on shore for misconduct; five have died, and 711 remain on board the receiving ships, besides 162 sick. - Total, 1230.-The total amount of subscriptions received by the Treasurer is 11, 9387. 148. 10d. The monthly expenditure of the establishment is about 1000l. exclusive of clothes, bedding, and ship chandlery. The committee state that the subscription having answered its purpose, no further pecuniary aid is solicited at present. Feb. 2. A meeting was this day held at the Crown and Anchor to propose a subscription for the relief of persons who had suffered under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act. Sir F. Burdett in the Chair. Merchant Seamen's Auxiliary Bible So ciety. Feb. 3. A meeting was this day held at the Egyptian Hall, Mansion-house, for the purpose of establishing an Institution under the above head, for supplying British Merchant Ships with the Holy Scriptures. The assembly was honoured with the attendance of some of the nobi lity, and several members of parliament, and was successively addressed by the Lord Mayor, who presided, Lord Gambier, J. Thornton, Esq. M.P. Rev. W. Dealtry, Mr. Wilberforce, W. T. Money, Esq. M.P. Capt. Pakenham, C. Grant, Esq. M.P. &c. &c. New Churches.-Feb. 6. A meeting was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, London, for the purpose of raising a fund to assist in the building of additional Churches and Chapels throughout the kingdom. The Archbishop of Canterbury was in the Chair. - Nearly the whole Bench of Bishops, and at least 25 lay Peers, were present. A number of Resolutions were passed, and the assembly separated. Horrid Murder of Mary Minton.- This blood-chilling deed was perpetrated at No. 24, Union-Street, Mary-le-bone. The parents of the deceased were industrious poor people; the father being a carpenter, and the mother and daughters assisting in the common support. They are lodgers in the house, occupying the upper apartments. The assassin, William Hetch, was married to the deceased (a young woman of but 18 years of age), in November last, and basely deserted her after five days cohabitation; shortly after which the unhappy woman had to learn that the wretch had been previously married, and his wife and three children living. She was taken home by her parents, and had had no communion with her murderer since that period. On Saturday the 14th, a letter was addressed by Hetch to Mary Ann Phillips, appointing the deceased to meet him in Tottenham-place, the contents were told to the deceased, and she wrote to say she could not give the relief he asked, namely, a trifle of money to enable him to leave the country. About eight o'clock, however, the assassin called at the house, and stated that he wished to see her. She came down with her youngest sister, who was going out to market, and the deceased and this wretch were left together in the passage of the house. A strange noise being afterwards heard by some people below, they were induced to come up, when they found the deceased on the floor, pre senting a spectacle too horrid to describe, this monster having nearly severed her head from her body. From the marks of blood upon the wall, it appeared as if she had been thrust against it while the diabolical deed was committed. At half-past eight o'clock information was received, that the assassin was attend. ing divine service at a chapel in Lislestreet, the very place where he had become acquainted with her. Atkins was therefore in waiting while service was over when on coming out, he was seized, and taken to Bow street, where he was searched and handicuffed. He was a good-looking man of 35. On the morning of the day (Feb. 20.) in which he was to be brought to the Old Bailey for trial, he committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. An inquest was held the following day. Verdict felo de se. GENERAL. Guernsey. The Prince Regent in council lately sent an order to the Royal Court of Guernsey, to prohibit the importation of French silks, lace, &c. into that island. After the order had been read in open court by the King's Treasurer, the court refused to register it, alledging, that it militated against the long-established customs, rights, and privileges of the island; that the islanders had suffered great privations by the abolition of smuggling; and that should the importation of silks and lace be put a stop to, it would reduce many to poverty and distress. The court further ordered, that a humble representation should be made to the Privy Council of all these circumstances, and praying that the order might not be put in force in Guernsey. The late George Rose.-On Sunday the first inst. the Rev. F. Compton preached a suitable discourse, at Lyndhurst Church, on the death of the Right Hon. George Rose, to an attentive andience, at the close of which he delivered a written paper to the clerk, and left the church. The clerk then read aloud, that, from a codicil to the deceased's will, every male person then present was entitled to 10s. provided it was thought worth acceptance! Many others, could they have known the circumstance, would, doubtless, have given their attendance that day at church! Edinburgh.- Feb. 4. The commissioners appointed to examine the crown-room and chest in this Castle, directed the latter to be forced open, which was found to contain the crown, sceptre, and sword of state of Scotland, answering in the most minute particulars to their description in the instrument of deposition, 26th March, 1707. There was also a silver rod of office, of which the peculiar use is not yet ascertained. The workmanship of the crown and sceptre are highly elegant and in good taste. The sword being a present from Pope Julius to James IV. is of a pattern corresponding to the excellence of the arts of Italy at that classical period. Nothing else was found in the chest, excepting a copy of the act of deposition. The regalia were placed in the chest, which was again properly secured. Bakewelt.-A Savings Bank for the High Peak district, was established here on the 16th instant. President, His Grace the Duke of Bedford; Vice-President, His Grace the Duke of Rutland. YORKSHIRE. Murder. On the morning of the 11th ult. Mr. Tiffany, the constable of Deighton, was found murdered, on the floor of a barn adjoining the house of John Blackburn, atias Marsden, of Deighton. Mr. Tiffany had gone to apprehend Blackburn on a charge of robbery, and strong suspicions exist that he was killed by the culprit, who has absconded. Longevity. There are now living in the upper part of Wensleydale, in this county, three women, whose ages amount to 294 years; and at the small village of Gayle, uear Hawes, in the same Dale, ten persons are now living, the aggregate of whose ages is 860 years. Sheffield. - Feb. 6. A public meeting was this day held at the Town Hall in Sheffield, when the draft of a proposed Bill for the better cleansing, lighting, and watching the town was submitted to the inhabitants there assembled; and after some discussion it was unanimously re solved that the same should be presented to parliament in order that it might be passed into a Law. Climbing Boys. - A general meeting of the inhabitants of the city of York and its neighbourhood was held Feb. 9, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair, when it was resolved, that a petition be preto the House of Commons, praying, that the present practice of cleansing chimneys by means of climbing boys, be wholly abolished. the top of the stairs, (which were only a few yards from the door) and some of them were dragged down when the stairs were on fire: the remainder, it is supposed, were so terrified, that they ran back to the mill, and were instantly suffocated; for as soon as it was known they had returned, a ladder was immediately placed to a window at the opposite side of the mill, to which it was thought they would flee for safety (and near which place fourteen were afterwards found), which was forced open; but the smoke and flames issuing out with such violence, totally precluded all possibility of any assistance being given, nor could any thing be heard of them, although every exertion was made to stimulate them to approach the window. After this attempt to save them, no idea could be formed what point the poor children had fled to, and immediately a scene ensued amongst those without, which is beyond description, as the floors gave way, fire. Fifteen bodies are found, and a sented to the House of Lords, and another Most calamitous Fire. We are very much concerned to state, that the cotton factory at Coln Bridge, near Huddersfield, occupied by Mr. T. Atkinson, caught fire about five o'clock on Sunday morning, the 14th. instant, and raged with such rapidity and violence, that it destroyed the whole, with the machinery and stock in the same, in half an hour. But what is most tragical to relate, there were about 26 persons at work, and only nine escaped. Seventeen (all girls, the eldest about 19 years of age) fell victims to the devouring flames. The manner in which this awful and melancholy disaster took place, is related as follows, by a boy, about ten years of age, who was the unfortunate instrument of so calamitous an event. He says, that about five o'clock, he was sent into the card-room, (which is on the ground floor, but not worked in the night) with a lighted candle, to fetch some rovings, and in taking them, some loose cotton, lying near, caught fire. He says, he ran up stairs to inform those at work that the factory was on fire, and then ran to the top of the mill, under the idea of greater safety; but finding such intense heat and smoke, he again descended, and when he came to the stairs, under which the fire was, he laid himself down, and rolled to the bottom, and appears to be the last person who escaped. The two overlookers succeeded in getting all the children to and all in an instant was one volume of number of persons are employed in searching for the rest. Insurances on the property had been effected in the Sun and Phœnix Fire Offices. Singular occurrence. Last week, as a young man was blowing his cottage-fire with the bellows, at Hornsea, he was surprised by the appearance of a live animal descending the chimney; he attacked it with his bellows, which he broke, and then followed the intruder with the firepoker, and soon laid him lifeless on the spot. While he was engaged with the first, another of the same species had come down the same way unperceived this he also attacked with his poker and killedThey proved to be two female Foxes, which had most likely mistaken their way and intended to get amongst the poultry in an adjoining apartment, and as the eves of the cottage were low, they had found no difficulty in reaching the top of the house. Bishop Blaze. - Tuesday. Feb 3, was celebrated at Bradford, the Septennial Festival of Bishop Blaze. The procession was planned, and conducted with great skill. In point of respectability and numbers, it far exceeded that of any preceding period. The morning was propitious, and at the early hour of nine o'clock, the whole of the cavalcade, amounting to npwards of a thousand horse and foot, were in motion. We are sorry to add, that one person lost his life on this occasion, by the accidental discharge of a gun. MARRIAGES. Monthly Register. Jan. 17. At Darlington, Mr. John Overend of Bentham, to Miss Parker of Hough ton le Skerne. 20. Mr.W. Blanchard, of York, to Miss Ann Ashley, of Huntingdon. 22. At Brayton, near Selby, Mr. Thos. Pape, of Leeds, chemist and oil-merchant, to Miss Monnsey, of New Biggin, Cumberland. Mr. Thos. Hornby, of Hull, grocer, to Miss Ford. 26. At Scorby, Mr. Wm Rowland, of Hull, to Miss E. Smithson. 28. At Acomb, Mr. John Boulton, jun. of New Malton, to Catharine, daughter of G. Siddall, esq. of the former place.Mr. J. Clifford, of Hull, to Mary, daughter of Mr. Henry Townson, of York. 29. At the Friends' Meeting House, in Leeds, Mr. N. Cash, stuff-merchant, to Mary, second daughter of the late Mr. J. Walker, of the same place, merchant. - At Sheffield, Mr. John Curwen, of London, to Miss Mary Twigg. 31. Mr. Ben. Bower, of Carr-house, Huddersfield, to Miss Margaret Saile.Mr. Joseph Hinchiff, of Holmfirth, to Ann, daughter of John Roberts, esq. Linfitts. Feb. 1. Mr. Joseph Handley, of Pontefract, currier, to Miss Ann Brown.- At Pocklington, Mr. George Wardell, druggist, to Miss Jane Gibson. 5. Mr. Heaton to Miss Banks, both of Rotherham. 6. At York, Mr.T. Rooke to Miss Morley. 8. Mr. Ralph Jackson, grocer, to Miss Martha Williams, both of Hull. 9. By special licence, at Lambeth Palace, by his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Right Hon. Lord CLIVE, eldest son of the Earl and Countess Powis, to Lady Lucy GRAHAM, third daughter of the Duke and Duchess of MONTROSE. At the ceremony were present the Dukes of MONTROSE and NORTHUMBERLAND, Marquis GRAHAM, the Earl and Countess of Powis, and Lady CAROLINE GRAHAM. The happy couple left town for the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND's seat, Sion House, where they intend residing some time. Mr. John Hall to Miss Robinson, daughter of the late Mr. James Robinson, Ripon.-Mr. Wm. Robinson, of Hunslet, to Miss Addingley, of Leeds. 10. Mr. C. F. Gothardt, of Wakefield, woolstapler, to Miss S. Trotter of Newington-Green, London. - At Whittington mortal career. 23. Sincerely lamented by his family and friends, Mr. John Shaw, of the Wicker, Sheffield, partner in the firm of Shaw, Cutler, and Co. saw-makers. His death was occasioned by attempting to save a person from drowning, when he broke his thumb, which occasioned a locked jawIn the Asylum at York, from her clothes having caught fire, Charlotte Francina Lucretia Ratcliffe, aged 23, only daughter of the late Charles Ratcliffe, Esq. of Smithhouse, near Selby. 24. Of a paralytic stroke, Mr. Hepworth, of Osset, aged 64.- Of an apoplectic fit, aged 58, Mr. J. Whitaker, of Paradise-place, Hull. 25. At Bishopton, near Ripon, of the cramp in his stomach, the Rev. Thos. Pickersgill, A.B. aged 41.- After one day's illness, at his brother's house in Halifax, Joseph Watkinson, esq. of Ovenden, aged 62. --At Cross-street, near Manchester, 24 days after she had witnessed the sudden |