Wednesday. He said, "Now I have got the money I can begin the business." Gathercole appointed the day to swear the child to Howard; it was Friday. I told him I could not do it. Gathercole said, if I did not, he would drain away my life an inch at a time, and that he would lose his arm if I was not ruled by him. He said, Howard's wife's life should go before mine, if I would be ruled by him. He then opened a book and showed me a picture of two hands, and told me to lay my hand across them and say some words after him. I don't know what the words were. He showed me the shape of a spirit, and said it would take away Howard's wife's life, and if I was not ruled by him, it would take away mine. He said, I should be ruled by him; I could not withstand it. I went to the Ship, at Diss, and saw Gathercole and Hall there. Hall asked me to drink, and told me to pluck up my spirits. Gathercole was not there when I first went in; he came in afterwards, and said, I must swear the child that Friday to the married man. Gathercole told me to sit still, and he would see if the coast was clear; that he would go with me, and I should take no hurt. Gathercole went out, and came back in ten minutes, and said, he had seen Vince, and told him he had a cousin to swear a child. Hall heard him say this. Gathercole went out again, and said, he saw Cullingford, the Wortham overseer, and he must put it off till next Justice Sitting, as Cullingford knew him. I went home and drank with Hall and Gathercole. Gathercole told me to go to his house again, and he would tell me where he would meet me; I went to him, and said, I dare not lay the

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child to Howard; he said I must, and should eet him at the Sun, at Diss, on the Monday, and to bring a piece of each of Mr. and Mrs. Howard's clothes with me; I asked him if a piece of their children's would do; he said no, he did not wish to torment them, and that I must wrap the pieces of clothes separately, in three sheets of farthing writing paper, and put one in my pocket, and the other in my bosom. He showed me the shape of two hearts, and told me to run a hot tobacco pipe through them; I did so; and he then stuck four pins in the hearts, and said, if I was not ruled by him, my heart would be served so too; he afterwards put them into a book. the Monday, I met Gathercole and Hall at the Sun; we drank together. Gathercole went out, and said the coast was clear, and I might go and swear the child, and Mr. Clarke should go with me to the Magistrate's room. Gathercole told Clarke, if any thing should happen there, to come out and tell him. I went with Clarke, and falsely swore the child to Howard, on Hall and Gathercole's account. When I came out I saw Hall and Gathercole in the church-yard; I went to them, and said, I had sworn the child to Howard, Hall and Gathercole both said, "We will go to the Saracen's Head;" but Hall afterwards said, "No, there is a servant there who would know me, we will go to the Sun and spend 5s. I don't care what I spend, so long as I have got the child off." I went and drank with them; Gathercole said, he must charge 10s. for his two days' work, he could not lose his time for nothing; Hall gave him 10s. and me 17. and said, he would give me 15s. after the next Justice Sitting, if I did

which separated from it most of the substances that adhered to it, the bottom had become extremely foul, so that within ten or twelve feet of the protectors, it was entirely covered, in thick patches,' with serpula, oysters, muscles, and other shell fish. So firmly had they adhered to the copper, that it was found impossible in many parts to detach them.-The oyster and muscle were foreign, interspersed with foreign weeds. Some of the other species of shellfish were natives, and had, no doubt, from their size, been collected on the bottom before she left England. The bottom had placed upon it three cast-iron protectors, about seven feet long and five or six inches wide, one on each bow and quarter, about three feet below the surface of the water, and one on each side amidships on the keel. The protectors were removed, and the oxide caused by the iron cleaned as much as possible, previous to the ship being taken out of dock. It is now fully established that sir Humphrey Davy's experiment for preserving the copper on ships' bottoms has failed; that is, the cast-iron protectors doubtless preserves the copper, but they operate at the same time so much to increase the foulness of it, that the remedy is worse than the disease. The protectors are, therefore, ordered to be removed from all seagoing ships, and be continued only on such as are in a quiescent state. 5. CASE OF ALLEGED PERJURY. -At Ipswich Sessions, Frederick George Hall and William Gathercole were indicted for a conspiracy to persuade Amy Studd, of Wortham, to affiliate a child, with which she was pregnant, on Thomas Howard. The girl gave the following evidence" I live at

Wortham; worked with G. Hall, who is a spinning manufacturer; I am pregnant by him; he told me to lay it on a man of the name of Elwin, who is gone to America, . and then the child would come to the parish, and no charge would come to him; I said I could not do it; he said I must, for he had enough without mine, and if I laid it to him he would make away with himself. He then told me to go to Gathercole, and he would go with me; he took me in his cart within sight of Gathercole's house, and set me down ; he gave me ls. and told me to give it to Gathercole; I went to the house and rapped, and a man came who said his name was Gathercole; he took me into an unfurnished room, and brought in a stool and made me sit down; he said to me, you are in the family-way by a married man ; he told me, I must lay the child to Thomas Howard; I said, Howard was not the father of the child; Gathercole said, if I did not lay it to Howard, he would torment me and wrap me up in coals of fire for everlasting; he said, if I got him 21. I should be married to Thomas Howard; I said I was a poor girl, and could not get 21.; Gathercole said, Hall was a likely man to do it, for he liked to get into scrapes and liked to get out of them. I went home, it was Saturday, and worked at Hall's the Monday after; Hall asked what Gathercole said to me; I told him what took place; Hall said he would send 21. on Wednesday. I said it was a lot of money to fool away about such nonsense; he said, he did not care what he did to get off the child. Hall afterwards told me he sent the 21. I went to Gathercole again, and he told me he had received the 21. safe and sound, on

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Wednesday. He said, "Now I have got the money I can begin the business." Gathercole appointed the day to swear the child to Howard; it was Friday. I told him I could not do it. Gathercole said, if I did not, he would drain away my life an inch at a time, and that he would lose his arm if I was not ruled by him. He said, Howard's wife's life should go before mine, if I would be ruled by him. He then opened a book and showed me a picture of two hands, and told me to lay my hand across them and say some words after him. I don't know what the words He showed me the shape of a spirit, and said it would take away Howard's wife's life, and if I was not ruled by him, it would take away mine. He said, I should be ruled by him; I could not withstand it. I went to the Ship, at Diss, and saw Gathercole and Hall there. Hall asked me to drink, and told me to pluck up my spirits. Gathercole was not there when I first went in; he came in after wards, and said, I must swear the child that Friday to the married man. Gathercole told me to sit still, and he would see if the coast was clear; that he would go with me, and I should take no hurt. Gathercole went out, and came back in ten minutes, and said, he had seen Vince, and told him he had a cousin to swear a child. Hall heard him say this. Gathercole went out again, and said, he saw Cullingford, the Wortham overseer, and he must put it off till next Justice Sitting, as Cullingford knew him. I went home and drank with Hall and Gathercole. Gathercole told me to go to his house again, and he would tell me where he would meet me; I went to him, and said, I dare not lay the

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child to Howard; he said I must, and should eet him at the Sun, at Diss, on the Monday, and to bring a piece of each of Mr. and Mrs. Howard's clothes with me; I asked him if a piece of their children's would do; he said no, he did not wish to torment them, and that I must wrap the pieces of clothes separately, in three sheets of farthing writing paper, and put one in my pocket, and the other in my bosom. He showed me the shape of two hearts, and told me to run a hot tobacco pipe through them; I did so; and he then stuck four pins in the hearts, and said, if I was not ruled by him, my heart would be served so too; he afterwards put them into a book. the Monday, I met Gathercole and Hall at the Sun; we drank together. Gathercole went out, and said the coast was clear, and I might go and swear the child, and Mr. Clarke should go with me to the Magistrate's room. Gathercole told Clarke, if any thing should happen there, to come out and tell him. I went with Clarke, and falsely swore the child to Howard, on Hall and Gathercole's account. When I came out I saw Hall and Gathercole in the church-yard; I went to them, and said, I had sworn the child to Howard, Hall and Gathercole both said, "We will go to the Saracen's Head;" but Hall afterwards said, " No, there is a servant there who would know me, we will go to the Sun and spend 5s. I don't care what I spend, so long as I have got the child off." I went and drank with them; Gathercole said, he must charge 10s. for his two days' work, he could not lose his time for nothing; Hall gave him 10s. and me 17. and said, he would give me 15s. after the next Justice Sitting, if I did

Several witnesses were examined on the part of the defendant.

The Jury, having consulted about a quarter of an hour, said they were all agreed but one as to who was the father of the child. The chairman told them that was not the question, and they had better retire. After two hours they returned, and the foreman said they found the prisoners Guilty; but one juror said he was not agreed. The foreman said, they were all agreed but one; and it was hard they should be kept on account of him. The juryman said, he did not believe the girl: she had forsworn herself before. The chairman observed that her evidence had been corroborated in part by other witnesses. The jury were then sent back, and after an other hour (about 11 at night) they returned a verdict of Not Guilty; the eleven having in the interval yielded to the opinion of the one, and appointed him their foreman! 7. HURRICANE AT SANTA CRUZ. The following is an extract from a letter dated Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, giving an account of a dreadful hurricane with which that island was visited on that and the following days:-" The noise produced by the raging sea and wind awoke me very early in the morning, and, upon going to the top of the house as customary, I perceived

the S. E., and consequently that the vessels in the bay were in great danger, as it is only sheltered by mountains from the north and west. It increased progressively all day, accompanied by rain; three vessels were wrecked, but only two lives were lost; and at night it blew tremendously until about one o'clock, when the wind changed to the north, and the hurricane commenced. The noise caused by the wind and rain, which fell in torrents, was awful: the water in the street rushed like a river to the sea, and we were occupied all night in baling the water from the house, which is large, but not a single room escaped. The following day and night it continued, but with decreasing violence, and on the morning of the 9th it abated, and I was able to go out. I found that the change of wind had enabled the remaining vessels to get under weigh, and they were out of sight. The damage done to the town consisted in a few small houses having been blown down, the rest injured more or less, gardens destroyed, the pavement in the streets in part torn up, and strewed with stones, tiles, &c., the bridge washed away, and two 24-pounders driven from one of the castles into the sea: the water had rushed through the post-office a yard in depth, carrying away some letters, and destroying others, but, fortunately no lives had been lost. As the town is sheltered from the northerly wind, it was naturally imagined that the other parts of the island had suffered most, and the greatest anxiety prevailed. At length accounts arrived from different parts, all proving that our fears had been justly enter

tained, and that we had been comparatively well off. It is easy to imagine that water rushing from lofty mountains, increasing in its course, must necessarily carry away every thing opposed to it. Such was the force of the water from the mountains, that the stones, trees, animals, &c. which were brought by it, have caused the sea at Port Orotava to retire 300 yards, so that you can now walk on land, where there were previously five fathoms of water. In its progress it carried away a battery and the guard, with the exception of a corporal and one soldier, and two old dismounted guns remain to denote where it once stood. The beautiful valley of Orotava has suffered, perhaps, more than any other part, and the loss of lives and property is at present incalculable. Above one hundred dead mutilated bodies have already been found there, but these must be few in comparison to the number buried in the rubbish in one district alone, 112 houses had been carried away, with the cultivated land near them. Some estates have been entirely, and others partly, destroyed; small villages partly swept away, with their inhabitants, vineyards destroyed, cattle lost, and, in fine, all the numerous disasters which a catastrophe of this kind can occasion. On that side of the island where Port Orotava stands, two vessels were lost, one near that town, a French vessel, and only four seamen miraculously escaped; the rest, consisting of the captain, mate, ten seamen, and three merchants, passengers, perished; the other was a Spanish vessel bound to Havannah, from which, I be lieve, only three men were saved, From parts of wreck seen near

the coast it is presumed much damage must have been done at sea. In Candelaria, the convent containing the Virgin, so much celebrated for her miraculous appearance here at the time, or shortly after the conquest, and which was so greatly venerated by all the inhabitants of these islands, was washed away, and also a castle in which a soldier and his family had sought refuge. Not only has this island suffered from the hurricane, but also some of the others; and great damage has been done in Canary, where nine vessels were lost, with part of their crews."

TRANSPARENCY OF THE OCEAN. -Experiments were made during the voyage of the Coquille, to ascertain at what depth in the sea an apparatus became invisible, composed of a plank two feet in diameter, painted white, and weighed, so that on descending it should always remain horizontal. The results varied much. At Offale, in the island of Waigou, on the 13th of September, the disc disappeared at the depth of 59 feet-the weather calm and cloudy; on the 14th, the sky being clear, it disappeared at the depth of 75.3 feet. At Port Jackson, on the 12th and 13th of February, it was not visible at more than 38.3 feet in a dead calm; the mean at New Zealand, in April, was 32.8 feet less; at the isle of Ascension, in January under favourable circumstances, the extreme limits in eleven experiments were 28 and 36 feet.