Star. — London, England, 1830-10-11 00:00:00

. LITERARY INTELLIt:ENCE. • , " UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL." A large stock of important information and amusement, of the most rational kind, is presented to the Public this month in two closely:printed membets of the " United Service Journal." The publishers have this month found it necessary, from the surplus of communications, to pub lish an additional, or supplementary number. The strictly professional parts of the Journal we cannot pretend to judge of; but the military and naval achievements and adventures, related by the actual heroes themselves, form a species of reading of a most engaging description. We might particularize the History of the Attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, as a specimen of the papers to which we allude. On the whole, we are or.v , nced this Journal must prove of national benefit, affording a me. ilium for discussing professional subjects, and suggesting improvements- We shall select, as our extract, an adventure of our present justly beloved Monarch, when Dukc of Clarence. The Portrait given in Part 11. or supplementary number, is the most striking likeness, and most liet,titifully executed portrait, we ever recollect to have seen in a etagaxine. " I would not have intruded on the page' of the United Service Joursteß, had it not been to discharge a debt of personal gratitude to our tioveveign, King William ;—to the King's contempt of danger I am indebted for the preservation of my life. " When the British troops, in 1814, advanced on Antwerp, for the j.i.rp , •!-e of destroying the French fleet, we quitted the village of Bircham about an hour before daylight, in one of the most intensely cold morn ing; of that rigorous winter; it was, however, a positive comfort to be again in motion, as the march of the preceding day had been tedious, and our roads covered with wet snow. When darkness brought us to our halting-place, the rest we had anticipated proved to be visionary : aft, r providing for the shelter of the men, the only place left for the officers was a small room, without either doors or windows; I say doors, for in addition to the door from the passage, a doorway led by a few steps to the garden, so that Boreas had free scope for his gambols, which he performed in such perfection, that the recollection of them always brings on an attack of rheumatism. For our bed we had a little damp straw, on which we were obliged to lie as close as possible, to pre vent suffocation from the dense smoke with which the room was filled, tram the few green sticks it cost us much labour to collect; it was not at all Kilkenny fashion,' for we had smoke without fire. Sleep was out of the question, and it was only the good-humour and brotherly affection which existed (and to which all who have served must look Lack with r atification ) that made such miseries endurable. It was, therefore, notwithstanding the pleasantry of our Assistant. Surgeon, who pas selthe night in apostrophising a pair of shoes which he kept greasing whenever the smoke admitted of his sitting up,) a positive happiness to be called on to turn-out. The frost had become intense, so we were glad to push on; snow was falling heavily when we passed a column of Prussians drawn up on the road, having their arms most carefully covered by their cloaks: it was destined to act on the other side of Antwerp. Shortly after day-break, and just as we reached a wood occupied by French pickets, the sun broke out in great splendour, disclosing a magnificent scene : but who has not admired the splendid appearance exhibited by trees covered with hoar-frost under the spark ling effect of sunshine ? As the cheering rays of the sun reached us, our ears were saluted by the dropping fire of the skirmishers, which the frozen earth and wood made to reverberate with a thousand echoes. Aa our pace increased, so did the fire, and some heavy volleys, close upon our right, told of our tear approach to the enemy. On clearing the wood, we discovered the village of 3lerkhem, and advanced on it in double-quick, passing the dead bodies of several of the enemy behind low walls and hedges, that guided us to the entrance of the village by the church. On en. tering the main street, expecting to be saluted by the fire of the enemy, the leading companies commenced cheering, but were checked by the I:tir,-hearted Sir Thomas Graham's calling 'silence.' An advance of a tew paces brought us up with the skirmishers, and exhibited the French broken, and escaping over a sheet of ice. Numbers of them were over. taken by the gallant 05th, and brought back, to my utter amazement, in the highest spirits. They were certainly, to all appearance, in much better humour than their captors, whose havreaacks they commenced rummaging for bread; and on finding it, with an Oblige, Monsieur,' seteLd themselves on some trees which had been felled, and commenced eating most greedily. " Being halted and standing at case, all quiet except a few straggling s' sot to the right, I went to the head of the column to see how matters were goinf on, and had just got to the extremity of the village, and an:Oiled a glance of a road that turned off at a right angle, when a gentleman in a blur frock coat advanced from a house on the opposite side of the road, and laying his hand on my arm, said. ' You had better retire, or you will be fired on.' At the moment he said so, several balls struck the earth close to us, and went ricockeing past; 1 was so con founded that 1 had nut the power of thanking him, nor could I at the moment avail myself of the hint ; when I did, I did it well, for I did it quickly. As the gentleman moved off, smiling at my perturbation (it was the first time 1 had seen duck.and-drake played after that fashion,) 1 observed he had got a shot through the skirt of his great coat. 1 was not long in getting to the rear, where I found the men piling their arms, and was attracted to the door by seeing a crowd round it ; I learned that the smell of new bread had brought them together ; they were rapping in vain, when a hopeful son of St. Patrick, placing the inutile of his fire-lock to the key-hole. said it was quite a cosecs. nient implement for picking a lock with ; he was, however, prevailed on to stop,and3lynheer.being told that we were friends,and that he should be paid, we were admitted. As I saw the soldiers were paying cheer. fully, I obtained as much as I could well carry ME to the great solace of my brother officers, as we had subsisted the previous day on a small quantity of b:Latl and gin. When I mentioned my blue-coated friend, (the army at that tulle wore grey great coats) it was suggested, that although he must have had a bellyfull of fighting by that time, yet some new Inead,might be very acceptable ; just then an officer came up and infonned us. that he of whom we were in search was no less a per. nonage than the Duke of Clarence ; for, that his Royal Highness had spent a part of the previous night with hlin in a most miserable piquet. house ; shottlylaler his Royal Highness had 'left him, and while he 111106 lamenting having met so pleasant a person when his canteen was empty, lie was roused from a fit of bine devils by an aide-de-camp of Sir Thomas Graham inquiring for the person who had just left him, and who, he stated, was the Duke of Clarence. " It is correctly stated in the third number of the United Service Journal, that his Royal Highness occupied the house at the extremity of the village next Antwerp, and which was knocked about his ears; to the right and left of it were erected the batteries, in front were the furnace for heating shot, and the windmill and Dyke from which we had been fired on ; from the window was obtained a view of Antwerp, the fleet, and all that was going on, hut it was too hot a berth to attract many visitors. It was nearly in front of this house, and on the morning after we took possession of the village, that a singular circumstance occurred. Three officers of the 37th regiment, walking arm-in -arm, two of them, by the same cannon-shot, lost each a leg, the one in the centre escaping unhurt. I shall not trespass on your pages with an account of the occurrences of the week we remained at Nlerkhem in the attempt to destroy the French fleet. I am, however, certain, that the most vivid imagination among the Gentlemen of England who live at home at ease.' cannot picture to itself what his present Majesty must have suffered from exposure to the intense cold ; it was such as to make me frequently wish myself in the other world. It is true, at home they were holding fairs and roasting oxen on the 'Thames ; but then, John had his fireside and roast beef to return to, and he and his lady went snugly to sleep, without thinking of tools campaigning on the Continent, unless, perhaps, to long for another list of killed and wounded. P_ W—•" His Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer the honor of knighthood on Captain David Erskine, of I)ryburgh Abbey and Royal York Rangers. The gallant knight, whose literary lucu brations we have often noticed in our columns, lately paid a visit to Brighton, when he had the honor of dining twice at the Royal table, and was treated with great courtesy by both their Majesties. Sir David, we believe, was personally known to the King when Duke of Clarence ; and this circumstance, conjoined with his ancestry, his military services in Holland, and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and his many "right plessant and merry dramas," doubtless recommended him to his Majesty as worthy of wearing the gold spurs."—Edinburgh Observer. NA ROW ESCAPE.—As Serjeant Tyrrell, of L. division, was passing up Kennington-lane, at half-past one o'clock, a few morn. logs since, his attention was arrested by hearing some one in Vauxhall Gardens, and to satisfy himself who it was, raised himself to look over die fence, when he perceived a man, and on asking him who lie was, and what be:was doing there, the man presented a gun, at the same time stating he would shoot him if he did not get down ; Sergeant T. think. ing he might put his threat in execution, lowered himself from the fence, which he had no sooner done than the man fired, the charge passing through the paling within a few feet of the sergeant. On the circumstance being investigated, it turned out that the man who fired the gun so incautiously and improperly was the new watchman of the Gardens, and we certainly are led to believe that on Serjeant Tyrrell asking what he did• there. he became alarmed (the mitt:anon being new to him,) and thinking l'yrrcil had dropped inside the paling Instead of the reverse, 1w up with the gun, and, in his agitation, fired. The gun had been very heavily charged, anti in going off it • 4 kicked, 4 to use a sporting phrase, and laid the frigh weed watchman on his back, who, thinking lie had been tired at in teium, and shot In the breast, lay groaning and moaning till some one arrived and cleared up the business. It is, however, very fortunate that Strgeent Tyrrell escaped, for • had he not have dropped from the position lie was in when he ad dressed the watchman, he must have re ceived the contents of the gun in his face. tile upper part of the paling being alio• clean:away to the distance of many yards. It is to be hoped that the above circumstance will tend as a caution to watchmen, and rein:tit them acting so indiscreetly for the future. RimPFX: LINCOLN COUNTY MEBTING. At one o'clock on Friday a meeting of the Freeholders was convened by the High Sheriff, at Lincoln, for the purpose, as expressed by the requisition sent to him, of petiti oning for the reduction of a considera ble portion of the present enormons taxation, and particularly for the removal of the duty on malt. The place appointed for the meeting was the Castle-yard, which is a spacious quadrangle, surrounded by walls or buildings net either side. It is capable of accommodating very many thousand persons, and on an occasion about a year back, when a meeting was held on the subject of the beer and malt taxes combined, it was crowded to excess. On the present occasion it exhibited a marked contrast ; and although the time of meeting was postponed an hour, and it was market-day, and the city thronged with farmers, not more t han 1,000 persons were assembled.— These were, however, almost entirely of a respectable description. The general feeling seemed to be, that they ought to wait till the intentions of his present Majesty were ascertained. The HIGH SHERIFF briefly opened the meeting, and, after reading the requisition, expressed an intention of confining the discussion solely within the limits pointed out therein. Sir ROBERT HERON then presented himself, and commenced by lamenting the paucity of the attendance on the present occasion. They had at last certainly obtained a great deal off the beer tax, out to render the measure complete, it must be taken off malt also. The latter would enable the labourer to brew his own beer, and consume it at his home, thus keeping him from the demoralizing consequences of public-houses. The measure had never been opposed, except by that miserable faction' which had Lord Eldon for its head, Michael Sadler for its tail, and which was aided by the virtues of the Duke of Cumberland. He thanked GOD that the time was gone when the opinion of that party was of any consequence. They had now a most excellent King, who did not think gew-gaws and gorgeous display necessary to the dignity of the throne, anti who, he felt con fi dent, had the interests of the people at heart. (Great cheering.) They had a new House of Commons, one certainly not more corrupt than the last ; and he, therefore, felt a con fidence that their prayers, if earnestly made, for relief, would be at tended to. After adverting to the recent events in France, and then again to the topic of the effects of the Malt Tax, Sir Robert Heron concluded by moving a petition to be presented to the House of Commons. Major HEALEY seconded the modest. I J. C. CALCRAFT, EIR. M.P. said, that in the face of those who had laid on those unjust and ruinous imposts under which they were la. bouring—in the House of Commons to which they had sent him—they would always find him at his poet, faithfully and undeviatingly per. forming his duty. He had no hesitation in saying that the petition for the removal of the Malt Tax had his hearty concurrence; but it was not to that alone he would direct his exertions, for he would extend them to two weighty burdens on the people—the assessed taxes and the window tax. He would also labour for the reduction of sinecures. These were subjects compared with which the malt tax was unimportant. He was also an advocate for reform,provided it was a moderate and a prac tical one. In all these, he was ready to go along with them, hut he begged to impress on them that there was not only much for their member to .do, but also much for them to do. The petition had his concurrence, and he would advise them to petition and petition on till they forced a hearing. The SHERIFF inquired whether any one was disposed to come for ward and oppose the petition ? No answer was made. The Sitzairr, said, if the petition was not opposed, it was his duty to announce it to be the unanimous petition of the County of Lincoln. It was afterwards arranged that the petition should be sent round to the various County towns for signatures, for which ample time would be given, as it was not intended to present it till the month of February. Mr. HEALEY wished, as one of the County Members (Mr. Chap lin) was present. to call on him to state whether he would support the petition. Mr. CHAPLIN said he had no objection to the first part of the peti tion, but he did not think the tax on malt the one most necessary to be repealed. He would support any motion for a reduction of taxation, which he did not think detrimental to the country. Mr. HEALEY thought Mr. Chaplin was not the person in whose hands the petition ought to be placed. He therefote moved that Sir William Ingilby be requested to 'Resent and support it, and that Sit It. Heron and Col. Sibthorpe be requested also earnestly to support it. Mr. CALCRAFY seconded the motion, which was carried, and thanks being voted to the Sheriff, the meeting then adjourned. REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL We have stated already, that Sir Robert Peel had declined to become a candidate for the representation of Liverpool. Sir Robert stated, in his letter, that the pressure of his public duties, as a Minister of the Crown, would render it impossible for him to discharge, with satisfac tion to himself, the duties of a representative of Liverpool, and that he must therefore forego the honour of being put in nomination ; that lie assures the requisiuonists that he is gratified in the highest degree by this proof of their good opinion and confidence, and that it adds another to the many motives which will ever induce him, although not its repre sentative, to take the warmest interest in the welfare of Liverpool. Mr. Charles Grant, who had also been requested to offer himself as a candidate, has likewise declined to offer himself. The following is a copy of the letter in which Mr. Grant declines the intended honour:— " Gentlemen,—l huve been honoured by a communication from you, In reference to the representation of Liverpool. In acknowledging that communication, I cannot resist the impulse which I feel to offer my sincere condolence on the melancholy event which has led to it. In a remote quarter of the kingdom I have becu a fellow.moomer with you and the public over the grave of my much-lamented friend. On the loss which the nation has sustained , it is not for me to enlarge; but in the midst of the general distress you have been called to reflect on the means of supplying the void occasioned by this calamity, and you have been pleased to convey to me your request, that I should allow my. self to be nominated as a candidate for the representation of the borough of Liverpool. ' For this intimation of your desire I request you to accept my heart felt acknowledgments. You have conferred on me one of the highest honours to which a public man can aspire—the unbought and unbiassed approbation of a most numerous, enlightened, and high.minded portion of his fellow-citizens--an approbation, the result, not of al knowledge, but purely of public principle. That my public uct should have at. tracted the attention of such a community—that you, eminent is you are in that community, should think me in any degree worthy of a trust deemed but adequately reposed in the hands of Mr. Canning and Mr. Huskisson—that you should call me to a representation, at all times preeminent in the present crisis of peculiar importance—these circum stances affect me with emotions of gratitude to which I am unable to give utterance. " I feel that this honour would be more than an ample recompense for services infinitely transcending any which I have ever enjoyed the capacity or the opportunity of rendering to my country ; yet even with the conviction of my inability to justify your too indulgent estimate of my humble pretensions, I should, under other circumstances, exult to avail myself of your kindness, and to attempt, by the devotion of my life, to prove my sense of so signal a mark of confidence. " In my present situation, however, I must decline the acceptance of the trust so honourably proffered ; and I am induced to decline it, you will readily believe, by feelings of no ordinary description. Indeed, gentlemen, they are of no common character,—the feelings which con nect me with the county of Inverness. Highly as I deem the ho. ' nour of representing this great county, that honour is to me en hanced by considerations and circumstances peculiarly its own. To my connexion with this part of the British empire, it is mainly owing that I have had the opportunity of pursuing that line of conduct , which has been stamped with your approbation. During a mks of years through various fluctuations of fortune, whether in possession of official influence, or under the frown of Government, I have experienced, from the friends with whom Ism united, the same cordial and unvarying support ; and their generous zeal has, in the midst of many and formidable difficulties, achieved for the cause of liberality and inde pendence a triumph. en which my humble name is associated with re sults of great and universal interest. " With support thus uncompromising and successful, Is joined the remembrance of past kindness, evinced through long years, not only towards myself, but also towards those who are gone before me. " These, Gentlemen, are ties which, you will agree with me, are not lightly to be severed, ties of kindness, of affection, and of grad. tude; ties of personal friendship and political independence. Such a connexion thus formed,matured,and cherished ! thus endeared bymutual good offices,ennobled by lofty principle,suctified by sacred recollections; such a connexion, in the very moment, too, of hard.earned success, I feel that I cannot, by any act of mine, consent to impair, far leas to dissolve. To such friends, so long as they please to accept my services, those ser vices lam bound to devote. I once more request you to accept the sin cere expression of my thanks. " I have the honour to remain, gentlemen, with the deepest respect and gratitude, your faithful servant, " Inverness. Oct. 5." " CHARLES GRANT." LONDON PORTE% VERSUS FOREIGN WINE. —On the occasion of the King of Wurteniberg's late visit to this country, the whole of Grillait's Hotel, Albemarle-street, was engaged by Govern ment for his use. at a certain fixed (but liberal) sum, fur one week, it being stipulated that his Majesty and suite should be furnished with the most costly wines u well us viands, ad libituns ; but, on their arrival, the first refreshment demanded, was English porter ! which they so relished, that they stuck to it during their stay—to the no small contentment of their worthy host, who, in forming his estimates, had by no means calculated upon humble Porter bang preferred to intpetial Tokay, or royal Champagne. FAT LIVING.—The vicarage of Wybura, or Wiatburo, in Cumberland, is of the following tempting value—viz. 605. per ann. a new surplice, a pair of clogs, and feed on the common for one game l This favoured church preferment is in a wild country, inhabited by shepherds. The service is once a fortnight. The clerk keeps a pot-house opposite the church, and when there is no congregation, the Vicar and Moses regale themselves at the bar. -- "..111W .-- PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 9. His Majesty's ship Revenge, 76, Capt. the Hon. Charles 0. Bridge. man, arrived on Monday, from the Mediterranean, last from Gibraltar, which she left on the 17th ult. in company with the Musquito. She ,sailed from Malta on the 25th of August, at which time were lying there his Majesty's ships Gloucester, Blonde, Madagascar, and Rifle. man and a Dutch frigate. She touched at Algiers on the Ist'of Sep tember, and landed the Consul-General's lady and family from Malta. The French fleet at anchor in the bay consisted of four line-of-battle ships, ten frigates, one corvette, eight brigs, one schooner, and an Ames dean corvette. An interchange of salutes took place between the Re venge and the French Admiral. Captain Peebles, R.N. late of the Gloucester, and the gunner of the Rattlesnake, came home lava. lided ; also eleven seamen from the squadron, and two sergeants belonging to the rifle corps at Malta. The Revenge proceeded on VI ednesday to Plymouth, to be paid off into Orftary at that His Majesty's ship Druid, from Rio Janeiro, and Volage, from a cruise, arrived at Bahia on the 14th of Augut. The Algerine and Talbot were at Buenos Ayres on the 21st of July. The North Star arrived at Havannah from Jamaica on the 10th of August ; and Spanowhawk, from ditto, 11th of August. The Badger sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for the Mauritius on the 30th of June. The Chanticleer arrived at Barbadoes from Falmouth previous to the 11th August. His Majesty's ship Blanche, Commodore Farquhar, K.H. which encountered a most violent hurricane in the Gulf of Florida, by which she was totally dismasted, has arrived at Halifax. During the storm, Mr. Gill, the Purser, died from a nervous attack, produced on him by the critical circumstances in which the ship was placed, and three sea men were washed overboard. Two days afterwards, Mr. Kennedy, the surgeon, died: to what cause his death is attributable we have not been able to ascertain. The Winchester, 52, and Blanche, were to proceed from Halifax to Bermuda, the latter end of next month. His Majesty's ship Shannon, Captain Clement, arrived on the 24th of August, at Bermuda, with Commissioner Ascough and family, from Jamaica. - - - - The Leveret, 10, arrived on Wednesday at Plymouth from the coast of Ireland, where she had been employed with the Onyx, sur. veying. The Musquito, 20, Captain Charles Bentham, sailed on Tuesday, to Woolwich, to be paid off'. The Clinker, 10, Lieut. Matson, was paid on Wedneeday, after four years• service on the African station, when the Prize Agent, W.Holmes, lq. paid on board prize money for all captures, save the last made by' the Clinker in March of 230 slaves. The first-class petty Officers re ceived 1451. His Majesty's ship Galatea, 42, Captain C.' Napier, K.B. sailed on Monday, on a cruise. The transport, Stcntor, is fitting at Deptford, to take stores to Fer nando Po, and to remove the establishment from Sierra Leone to that Island. A question naturally arises, what becomes of all the slaves whom the British Government have paid for, emancipated and settled at Regent's Town, and other Colonies up the Sierra Leone River ? PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—LieUt. C. Blair, to the rank of Commander; Mr. R. S. Robinson, of the Undaunted, to the rank of Lieutenant ; Mr. Cullen, to be Surgeon, vice Kennedy, deceased; and Mr. Hislop, Clerk of the Winchester, to be Purser of the Blanche, vice Gill, deceased; Lieut. F. Wood, to the Tribune; Licut. Thaw Pen• nington, to the Coast Blockade; Licut. J. B. Driffield, to the Kest Blockade, vice Brooman. The following Midshipmen passed their examination in seamanship on Wednesday, on board the St. Vincent ; Mr. Robert Saunders Ma ling, late of the Medina; Mr. George Harper, Galatea; Mr. Thomas Rodney Eden, St. Vincent ; Mr. Henry Lincoln, Wellesley; the Hon. It. Le Poor French, and Mr. And. Snape Ilamond, Pearl ; Mr. Henry Cottrell, late of the Barham; R. M. Robertson, /Etna; and Charles E. Tennant, Revenge. In the Harbour—Royal George, Ganges, Wellesley, /Etna, Rain bow, and Onyx. POLICE REPORTS. GUILDHALL•-Mr. Alcock, an inhabitant of the parish of Allhal. lows, Bread -street, applied to Ur. Alderman Ansley, for advice how to dispose of two children, which had been thrown upon his bands against his wilL Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said a similar application had been made to him at the Town-hall, by a poor woman who had been asked to take care of two children for a few minutes, and bad them left with her. The applicant said his case was different in one respect, for he knew to whom they belonged, and where they were born. Some time since his wife's mother applied to come to London to nurse her daughter, and he consented, and went to the coach-office on IVelinesday to meet her. However, she did not arrive, but he saw two children to whom he did not suspect he had any relationship, and about :whom of course he made no inquiry. But at 11 o'clock at night, $ porter brought the two children to his house, with a letter, in which his mother-in.law thanked him for his kin dness in offering to keep her during the winter, and acquainted him that instead of availing herself of this kindness, she had sent him two children to keep, their mother, one of her (laugh. tors, being unable to support them. To avoid their being returned she had sold all her furniture, and had removed to another part of the country. This he had ascertained to be true by writing to the place, (Sproston, in Leicestershire) and also by the tale of the children, who slept upon stairs the night before they came away. He was unable and unwilling to support the burthen thus thrown upon hint, and on apply. ing to the overseers of his parish, they had declared they would have nothing to do with these children. The Alderman said this was indeed a hard case, and he would grant a summons to the overseers. BOW•STREET....It will be in the recollection of our readers that a few weeks ago a girl, named Sarah Ale:ander, was brought before the Magistrates, charged with being a disorderly prostitute, and that she stated, that having lost her father and mother, and having no friends, she had taken to the above course of life in order to enable her to sup port her young brother. Her story was, on inquiry, found to be par. tially true, and she was, by the direction of Str Richard Birnie, ad mitted to the Refuge for the Destitute, until something further could be done for her. Her brother was also taken to the same institu tion, and the particulars of their case having appeared in the public papers, several benevolent individuals forwarded contributions for the girl's support, and one lady offered to take her into her service after she had remained a short time at the Refuge. The girl expressed her gratitude in strong terms for the kindness shown to her, and her anxiety to abandon her companions and become once more a useful member of society. The expectations of those who assisted , her, however, were disappointed, for, on Thursday last, she left the Refuge, and rejoined ber former companions. Sergeant 31'Sweeny again took her into custody, and brought her before the Magistrates on Saturday. Sir R. Biaxta, in very feeling terms, pointed out to her the inevitable consequences of the course she appeared determined to pursue, but his admonition was listened to by the wretched girl with indifference, and she left the Office, and rejoined some of her former associates. It was conjectured, front her dress and appearance, that some wretches intend to , send her round to different benevolent individuals with a petition, suit- Mg, that she was the unfortunate girl whose case was recently mentioned 1 in the papers, &c. and soliciting money. In this speculation they will, of course, be disappointed, when the public are aware of the above facts. HATTON•GARDZW. young man, fashionably chested, named Frederick Middleton, was charged with having, in a most gross and indelicate manner, assaulted a lady named Burton, under tho tollowing circumstances : The complainant stated, that on Friday evening, between the hours of seven and eight o'clock, as she was walking along Oray's-inn-road, accompanied by her sister, the defendant came up and rudely caught hold of her round the waist, and began talking a great deal of absurd nonsense, and insisted upon accompanying witness and her sister home. Complainant then informed hint that she was a married woman, and in order to get rid of his importunities, observed to him that she was in the expectation of immediately meeting with her husband, who, if he should find a stranger annoying her, would, in all probability, inflict summary punishment upon him. This cau tion, however, seemed to have rely little effect, for the defendant not only insisted upon accompanying complainant and her sister, but also declared his deteiminaticn that deponent should hold his arm. She peremptorily refused so to do, whereupon the defendant used language towards her of the most disgusting description, and at the same time laid hold of her in a most brutal and indelicate mancer. She imtne diately called for assistance, as did her sister, and a police constable of the letter G division coining up at the time, the defendant was given into custody. Mr. Serjeant SELLON observing the defendant to be a well-attired person, asked how he could degrade himself so as to behave in the atro cious manner described ? The defendant,who appeared really sorry for what had occurted.suited that he had been dining with a friend in Wilmington-square, and had drunk too much wine, wine') operated so much upon him that he scarcely knew what he did. The Magistrate ordered him to find bail, and to give 48 hours• notice. BIAILIOROUGH-STREET.—With reference to as application made at this office on Wednesday last by a respectable aged gentleman, re siding in Buckinghamshire. for the Magistrate's assistance to recover his daughter, who had suddenly and unaccountably absconded from her place in Leicester-fields, where she had been placed to learn the dress making business. Andrews, the officer, who was employed in the bu siness, reported to Mr. CONANT. the Magistrate, on Saturday, that he had, after some difficulty, succeeded in procuring an interview with the unhappy girl,at the house in George -street, Adelphi ; and on his staring toiler the nature of his errand, and the state of affliction into which her absence had thrown her father and family, she burst into tears, and on hearing that her father was in town, she expressed the greatest readi ness to see him, and give him a full explanation of her situation. Her father, who was waiting outside at the time, witnessing the suc cess of the officer, was then introduced to her, and she embraced him in the most affectionate and dutiful manner, and while weeping bit terly, she told him the cause of her leaving Mrs. Marshall•s, to be, that unhappily she had formed an acquaintance with a gentleman, who succeeded in seducing her; and that, finding herself in a state or, ~. pregnancy, she quitted Mrs. Marshall's, before it could be discovered, to avoid the shame and disgrace to such an exposure, and the sam e sense of shame prevented her communicating her wretc hed situation to her Mends. She had no disposition or inclination whatever, she said, to lead the life of a London prostitute, nor had she, in fact, done so, al though she had been led to reside in that house. She had as yea. she said, been supplied with sufficient means for her support by kr seducer sod if she got safely over her present trouble, she would most willingly go home to her family, if they would overlook her present error a repetition of which she would scrupulously guard against for the remainder of her life. Her father, who treated hen with the utmost tenderness, and refrained from any words of re. proach, assured her that she should be received with affection by her family, as if nothing had happened, if she would at once desert her seducer and her present abode, and no longer be dependent on a scoundrel who had so basely brought her to shame; and, after a very trying scene, she agreed to accompany her parent wherever be thought fit, and renounce her seducer, and the residence be provided for hurler ever. The Magistrate said, that he was greatly pleased to hear such a rttui. of his interference, for he confessed it was more than he anticipated. QIIEZN4QII4IIII.T.-APPICS Cum, an Irish labourer, was charged by Airth, a police constable of the L division, with being drunk and th, orderly, but the charge was not made out. Curry then declared that the policeman had robbed him, by taking three half-crowns, seven shillings, and sixpence, out of his pocket while two other policemen had hold of his arms, in dragging him in the station-house. Mr. Smith, the inspector, said that he should have dismissed tic charge against Curry had he not accused the constable of robbing him, and he th en thought it his duty to bring the cue before the Magi.. traces. After the facts of the use had been gone into at length, Mr. Whitt. said he felt it his duty to detain the constable, and ordered him to IN• brought up next week. During the investigation, Mr. White said h,. understood that at the station-house two separate charge books, or sheets, were kept ; and that certain charges were entered in one sheet, which were dismissed by the inspector in the morning. This was ad mitted to be the case ; and Mr. White then said, that no man ought to be detained for one quarter of an hour, and then discharged, by a per ion holding the situation of an inspector. The party ought to be b ht before* magistrate. It was not sufficient merely to report to the Witmer,. W011111111..11T RE ET.DAIIL Ronazay.--Information was on Saturday received at this Office, of the following daring robbery : Robert Loxham, Esq. of Walthrunstow, Essex, stated, that about one or two o'clock in the morning, his house had been entered, by cutting a piece of the drawing room window-shutter out, about nine Mara square. The thieves then cut part of a pane of glass, by which means they undid the window fastenings, and entered through the window. They pro. ceeded to the kitchen, and from thence to the cellar, where they drank the contents of a pan of milk. All the drawers were ransacked, and a quantity of silver plate stolen, consisting of sugar-basins, spoons, knives, forks, ladles, &c. they took the tops from two sets of cruets, and 15'. from a purse; nothing was taken but silver. The villains poisoned a valuable dog, which was alive, but in great agony, when the family got up in the morning. Mr. Loxham shot the animal, and ordered the coachman to open it, when three pieces of poisoned liver were found in the inside. Mr. Loxham deplored the loss of the animal, much more than the property, having had the dog nine years in his possession. THAN= POLICEUTTERING COUNTERFEIT Motor.—Ami Hudson, a young man well known to the police, was charged with ut. tering and attempting to utter several counterfeit crown pieces. In the first cue he tendered a bad crown piece to Mrs. Dowling, the wite of Mr. James Dowling of the Three Foxes, Narrow-street, Limehouse, Cll Monday evening. The deception was instantly discovered, and the prisoner giving an unsatisfactory account of himself, was taken int comedy. Mr. John Groom, landlord of the Bricklayers• Anna, Limehouse, stated, that on the same day the prisoner offered him a base crown it: payment of a quarter!' of gin. He gave it back to the prisoner, who said he bad no more money, and went away. He told Mr. Groom that he lived within a few doors of the house. Mary Ann Kirk, step-daughter of Mr. North, of the Crown, Narrow. street, Limehouse, deposed that on the same night the prisoner called at the house for a quartern of gin, and gave her a crown piece. She handed it to her mother, who gave the prisoner his change. Mr. W. J. North, landlord of the Crown, stated, that won after the prisoner left the house, a men who sells fruit called upon him, and said there was a person in custody at the Three Foxes, on a charge of uttering bad money. On looking at the crown given to his step.daugb. ter, he discovered it to be a bad one. John Nicholas, a police constable of K. division, No. 38, produced the two crown pieces, and said he found on the prisoner a small jug, which he (witness) stated he brought to each public-house to hold the gin, in order to make it appear that he was a neighbour, and lived near the place where he passed the money. Mr. John Fields, the Inspector of the Mint, said the two crown pieces produced were counterfeit, and both from the same mould ; they were only leaden ones, but remarkably well executed. The prisoner was fully committed for trial on three charges. Nicholas, the officer, mentioned several other places where the pd. sorter had passed and attempted to pass base crown pieces, all dated 1 1819, but the witneases were not in attendance. Mr. Broderip ordered the prisoner to be brought before him on a fu. tore day, to have the charges investigated, and directed the officer to collect the necessary evidence. REGLsTER OF PUBLIC SALES, OCT. 9. GAIIIAWAY . B. MESSRS. WARLTEMI AWD Co.--The Leasehold Crown and Cushion public-house and wine -vaults, Marsh-gate, Westminster-road. held for 101 years at 501. per annum; goods, stock, fixtures, &c. to be taken at a valuation—knocked down at 1,0101 The lease and goodwill of the Castle public-house and premises. Notting.hill, Kensington; held for ninety-two years, at 251.55. ground rent-9801. A leasehold house, No. 6, Huishe's-court, Water-lane, St. Ann% Blackfriars ; let at 361. held for 38 years, at 61. ground-rent-2061 Two houses in the Tenter Ground, Prescott -street, Goodman's-fields, let at 321. 12s. held for 59 years, at 71.-1501. A leasehold house and shop, No. 13. Great Dover-road, Soutlistluk. and a ditto, No. 14, adjoining; let at 421. each ; held for 63 years, at 601. ground-rent.-5551. Six leasehold houses, Nos. 1 to 6, Lower Eland -street, Great Dover road ; let at 201. each ; held for 63 years, at 201. ground-rent per annum.-2901. HEBDOM ADA RY. SUNDAY, OCT. 10.—With the Jews this is the Feast of the Law, 1 Kings, viii. 65. blownaw.—Moon south, 8 in the morning. Day decreased 3 hours 37 minutes. TuESDAY.—Sun rises 33 minutes past 6. This was the festival called Augustalia among the ancient Romans, in honour of Augustus, foe settling peace in various parts of the world. WEDNESDAY—Translation of King Edward the Confessor's bones to a splendid cemetery. Tau ispAy.—Battle of Jere, 1806. FRIDAY.—There will be an occultation of the planet Venus by the Moon ; time of inurersion, 15 seconds past 5 ; emersion, 43 minutes past 5. Virgil born 70 B. C. With the ancient Romans this was the festival called Fontinalia, on which they crowned the wells Iva fountains. SaToetDaTo—New Moon 17 minutes pat 7 afternoon. Sun WO 19 minutes past 5. Georgium Skills apparently stationary ; smiths 1:: minutes put 7 evening. Ridley and Latimer burnt, 1:53. BIRTH. The 9th inst. at his house, St. Jolla's•w'ood, the lady of H. Gaitslicil. Esq. of a son. MARRIED. The Ist inst. at Newland Valley, near Monmouth, E. H. Sheppard. Esq. surgeon, of Somerset-street, Portman.squar , , to Mary Wct,.t, only daughter of R. Perkins, Esq. of Penmain, 31.mmoutlishire--The bth insu Stephen, second pots of Mr. J. Curtis, of the Grove. Hack ney, to Hulsey, second daughter of Mr. C. Wright, of Boston—The Ist inst. at St. Luke's, Middlesex, Mr. G. C. Kenrick, surgeon. of Uxbridge, to Marianne, second daughter of T. Hughes, Esq. of Fills bury-square.—The 9th inst. at St. James's Church, the Rev. J. Grif fith, Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Prebendary of Ro chester, to Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of the Rev. J. Barker. et Hildersham.hall, in the county of Cambridge--The 7th inst. at Hurt, near Twyford, Berks, Septimus, son of the late M. Turner, of Pluto stead, Kent. Esq. to Caroline, eldest daughter of C. E. Armstrong, of Twyford, Berke, Esq.—At St. Georges. Hanover.square, on the 9th inst. Lieut.-Col. A. Alec Donald, Royal Artillery, to Susan Fox Str:aig ways, eldest daughter of the Hon. oral Rev. C. Strangways. DIED. The 9th inst. at his residence, Garrett-lane, Wandsworth. J. Cole. mad, in his 67th year.—Tuesday, the sth inst. Mr. B. Jolly, late of Gravesend.—The 6th inst. in the 81st year of his age, J. R. 3lander, Esq. of Stake Newington and Cannon -street. In the framer place.—Td Bth inst. in his 18th year, Edward, the third son of E. Leslie. Pap of the. Hon. East India Company's home service.—The 9111 inst. at Put ney, W. F. Collier, Esq. of the Middle Temple.—The Bth inst. in the 80th year of her age, at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. J. Smith, Lark-hall-lane, Clapham, Mrs. Martha Summers, widow of Dlr. R. Summers, formerly of St. John's, Honlydown. LONDON : Printed and Published by Joan EATNI, at Slug. Orrici, No. 1, Piekett•plaoe, Temple Bar. Y 1 !y.