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CHRONICLE.

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JANUARY.

HE following is the official

wine exported from Oporto during the year 1822, viz.-To England and its dependencies, 27,535 pipes; Hamburgh, 111; Holland, 37; South America, 20; Denmark, 19; Sweden, 16; Leghorn, 6; Trieste, 3; Genoa, 2; Russia, 1; France, 1. FOREIGN STOCK EXCHANGE.A room was opened in Capelcourt, closely adjoining the Stock Exchange, for effecting transactions in the foreign securities, which had been previously conducted openly on the Royal Exchange.

WILD WOMAN.-A wild woman was lately found in Spain, in the Sierra de Montero, a desolate and rude range of mountains in the south. She had been seen occasionally by the goat-herds, as they wandered through the mountains. The tale at length reached Cordova, and the authorities sent officers in pursuit of her, who succeeded in apprehending her, and lodged her in one of the public hospitals of that city. She was not altogether destitute of understanding, nor ignorant of language, as she could say a few words, such as pepa (papa), gato (a cat), campo (the country), and some few others. When she was asked, if she would like to return to the country, she nodded her head in the affirmative. She eat whatever was given to her, but preferred unVOL. LXV.

cooked meats and vegetables. At first, cooked victuals did not agree with her, and made her sick;

appetite; her clothes appeared as if they were placed on a stick ; her arms were tied, because she was always tearing her shoes, in spite of every care that was taken to prevent her. Sometimes she threw off all her garments, and ran out quite naked. She has been found, after an interval of two days, coiled up in a place full of mire; and at another time she has been discovered in the dunghill of the stable. She was about sixteen years old, of a short stature, a deep brown colour, protruding lips, and so rough as in appearance almost to resemble a wolf. She slept by day as well as by night, without any regularity, and generally coiled up. Sometimes her sleep continued for twenty-eight hours successively, either in bed or on the ground, with or without covering. She kept her eyes mostly closed, and when she was alone, she would cry for three hours together, and for the next three hours would laugh. The duke de Riva, the constitutional alcalde of Cordova, took a great deal of trouble to find out the origin of this female; but it baffled all his inquiries. It was supposed that she belonged to parents not less wild than herself, who were still undiscovered in the mountains.

FRENCH MARRIAGES. The following advertisement appeared lately in the Petites Affiches of R

Paris:-"Marriages-Are offered, 1. Three young ladies, aged from 20 to 25, with 1,500 francs portion. 2. Four young ladies, from 18 to 24, with 4,000 francs ditto. 3. Two young ladies, from 28 to 38, with 8,000 francs ditto, and 20,000 more in expectation. 4. Two young ladies, from 17 to 18, with whom can be guaranteed from 60,000 to 80,000 francs. 5. Two young ladies from 18 to 19, with 20,000 francs. 6. Two widows, from 45 to 50, with incomes of 2,400 and 3,000 francs. Address to M. Adolphe, rue Feydeau. (His office is open on Sunday.)"

2. EXECUTION.-Robert Hartley was executed on Penendenheath, near Maidstone, for wilfully stabbing captain Owen, of the Bellerophon convict ship, lying at Sheerness, on the 29th of August last.

From the time of his condemnation till the evening before his execution, the unhappy man behaved in the most hardened and impenitent manner; stating his disbelief of a future existence, and disregarding the exhortations of the chaplain to the gaol. He was wont to speak of his many offences with exultation, and confessed upwards of 200 burglaries and robberies committed by him from the age of ten years to the present time. On Sunday last, one of the turnkeys asked him if he was not cold; he said, "No; but I shall be a d-d sight colder this night week, or else hotter, I don't know which yet, but I will come back and let you know." On Monday he said, "If I was to be set at liberty to-night, I should do something before morning to get in again." On Wednesday he requested one of the turnkeys to go for the surgeon of the gaol, saying, he wished to sell his body, for he

was sure the resurrection-men would stick a knife into him. In the evening, he, for the first time, joined in prayer, and consented to receive the sacrament in the morning. The chaplain visited him again at eight o'clock on Thursday morning, when he said he had slept very well till about three o'clock, from which time he was much harassed with shocking dreams. He received the sacrament, and appeared much affected; but, upon being asked, whether, if he was discharged, he should lead an honest life, he replied, "No, he should go on the same way again." About ten minutes before he left the gaol, he requested to see Oliver and Lewis, two prisoners left for execution for a burglary at Charlton, but who had received a respite during his majesty's pleasure. The two unhappy men, upon seeing Hartley, shook hands with him. They were greatly distressed, shed tears, and ejaculated a short prayer to the Almighty to have mercy upon their fellow-sufferer. Hartley said, "Don't fret, mates; there's nothing the matter;" and after taking leave of them, said, in a firm voice" I am ready now." At ten minutes after 11 o'clock, the gates at the entrance of the gaol were thrown open, and the culprit appeared seated in a waggon, guarded by the usual attendants. He held in his hand a prayer-book. On his way to the heath he repeatedly bowed to persons in the crowd, and shook hands with two or three near the gaol. On coming to the brow of the heath, where the gallows first appeared in view, he looked towards it, and smiled; on arriving at the spot, the chaplain read a very impressive prayer, to which the unhappy man appeared to pay great

attention; at the conclusion, he ascended the scaffold, and in a firm voice said, "I beg you will excuse all imperfections in my speech: I hope you will all take warning by my fate; there are many persons in this assembled multitude whose faces I very well know, and who, I am afraid, if they do not alter their wicked course of life, will be summoned to appear before God with all their sins upon them; in whose presence I shall shortly be. There are many of you that may not perhaps be guilty of all crimes -you may not lie nor swear, but you have been guilty of many offences, for which you deserve to die in the manner I am about to do now." He stopped short, his feelings appeared to overcome him, and after a pause he said, "I must beg pardon, I cannot go any farther." He then turned to the executioner, and whilst he was putting the rope round the beam, said, "Do not be long about it-let me feel what drop you have given me." He then leaned forwards to try the length of the rope, and said, "That will do-the knot is too much under my jaw." The executioner moved it towards his chin; when he said, "It is now too much under my chin." When the rope was adjusted, he said, "Put on the cap now." When drawn over his face, he said, "Let me draw it off my mouth." When he had removed the cap, he said with a loud voice "Lord Jesus, into thy hands I commit my spirit-pray let this be a warning to you all-I wish you all a happy new year:" he was then launched into eternity; he was much convulsed, and struggled for 10 minutes after the drop fell.

2. DUBLIN. — CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE LORD LIEUTENANT. Dublin Commission.-About half

past two o'clock it was announced to the Court, that the grand jury of the city of Dublin, after two days close inquiry, had, in effect, ignored all the bills against the persons accused of the riot in the theatre. There were two bills— one for a conspiracy to riot, and the other for a simple riot. The first was ignored. The bills were found against two for a riot. But two cannot constitute a riot: so the effect was, a dismissal of the bills.

On the bills coming down from the grand jury, the attorney-general addressed the Court as follows:

My Lords;-Upon a case the most interesting that ever occurred in this country, two bills of indictment have been sent up to the grand jury of the city of Dublin, against five persons: one set of bills charging a conspiracy to cause a riot at the theatre, in which the person of the lord lieutenant was outraged and insulted; the other bills charging a riot generally. Upon the first indictment, the grand jury of the city of Dublin have ignored the bills against all the parties. Upon the second indictment they have found a riot committed, implicating two of the persons in the indictment, Graham and one of the Handwiches. It is needless to observe to the Court, that, according to the technicalities of our law, a riot cannot be committed by only two persons. Had even the bills been found for a riot only against all the parties, I should have then felt it to be my duty to adopt the line of conduct I am about to intimate in the presence of the Court. I will not arrogate to myself the office of arraigning the conduct of the grand jury of the city of Dublin; but I

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