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i~ ~~~~~ I P LITERATURE. THE LIFE OF THOMAS MUIR. From an .4rlk!e in Me Englishman': Magazine. This work (his Life just published) may be called an appeal from the grave—an emphatic one --in favour of reform. It is a full and eloquent comment upon the nature of a system, which, in contradiction to reason and to fact, we have been assured has worked so well ; but to whose salutary (gyrations, a constitutional monarch, an enlight , ,ied administration, and an united people have de clared it to be their determination that the realm ►!:all be no longer subjected. Of the well-working it that system, Mr. Muir was an example—a re honourable, enlightened, brave and loyal man, who, because he dared to avow his disbelief in the infallibility of the system, was selected as a vi(!tiin, the sacrifice of whom was due to its in ,, lted purity ; and was accordingly impeached, hrought to trial, and immolated, at the instance of a venal prosecutor, through the instrumentality of corrupt and prejudiced witnesses, and under the sanction of a despotic judge, and a packed jury ! Such was the system—such, thank GOD, we may now assert, the system will never be again ! Tlae politics of Pitt have seen their day ! 'Tis past —never to return ! It was a day of error—of op pression, persecution, and blood ! And, strange to say, its hero had been the advocate of reform—re form upon a broad principle ! For three years was William Pitt an honest minister—the avowed enemy of the present corrupt system of representa tion ; but he had not the virtue to become a prac tical one; he found it to be incompatible with the enjoyment of power; his colleagues, regular out and outers—we beg pardon of the fancy—in the eause of legitimacy, prerogative, and passive obe thence, were little disposed to second the views of the young patriot; he perceived that he had no alternative but to sacrifice his consistency, or to break with them ; he chose the latter; stuck to them, was utterly debauched by them, and, as is ever the case with the swerver from high virtue, became the most depraved among them. These were the memorable days of expediency— when, not what was right, but what was convenient was the question : when the means, howsoever op posed to right reason, howsoever revolting to reli gion and humanity,were considered to be sanctified by the end—the maintenance of things as they were ; when to aide with power was assured im punity to the public criminal, protecting him not only from the award due to his misdeeds, but even from the exposure which must have inevitably at tended the permitting of an inquiry into them ; when the spy and the informer were rife in the land, the right-hand coadjutors of the executive ; each too frequently combining with his official calling, that of the instigator, or fomenter of the crimes which he was hired to discover and bring to punishment. But to return to Mr. Muir. We earnestly re commend his life to the perusal of every man who feels interested in the present struggle. It is a document that speaks volumes. It is a refuta tion, so far as past days are concerned, of the ex ulting position that Britons were freemen. It is the history of a Briton who was treated as a slave —who endured persecution as revoltingly wanton as the fiat of the most unblushing and insolent despotism could inflict, and this in the face of a station styling itself free. We shall present our readers with a brief abstract of the work, such as may give an idea of it, without superseding the necessity of perusing the original. Mr. Muir was the only son of highly respectable parents, who bestowed the utmost care upon his education, and whose pains were amply rewarded in the talents, acquirements, and virtues of a young man, who, among his contemporaries, had few com petitors, and was surpassed by none. At an early period of his life it was his fate to achieve the ho nours of martyrdom, and to experience a foretaste of the persecution which awaited his more advanced years. Being an alumnus of the Glasgow College, and having taken an active part in electing to the office of Lord Rector a gentleman of liberal prin ciples, in opposition to the wishes of the professors; by an edict of the faculty he was excluded, along with several others, from the benefit of attending the classes. This obliged him to change the seat of his studies,and he accordingly repaired to Edin burgh, where he completed his collegiate course, and was duly admitted a member of the faculty of advocates. His entrance into active life was distinguished by the display of all those attributes of character, which are ever the concomitants of a fine and ge nerous spirit—probity, benevolence, disinterested ness, zeal, and uncompromising independence He was endowed with a free and vivid eloquence,which he delighted to employ in the cause of the desolate and oppressed. He was a man qualified to exert an influence in society, to the effects of which the virtuous portion of the community looked forward with hope, and the depraved with fear. The call for reform was then general and loud throughout the kingdom, and Mr. Muir was a man to join in such a call. He did so with enthusiasm : he at tended meetings in favour of the cause, and spoke at them : he proposed resolutions ; he wrote ad dresses ; he advised and directed ; and at last be came an object of fatal jealousy to a government which had set its face against all concession, and with whom expostulation was a crime. He was apprehended upon a charge of sedition, taken before the Sheriff of Edinburgh for exami nation, but liberated upon bail. This step was merely one of intimidation. Upon Mr. Muir it was lost ; but upon the less robust spirits with whom he was associated, it produced its effect in change of demeanour, avoidance, or perfect alienation.— Hence a feeling of disgust was generated, which induced our young patriot to pay a visit to France; be accordingly repaired thither, having previously made an arrangement, by which he might receive immediate intimation of any libel or indictment that might be preferred against him ; being firmly resolved, in case of such an event, to return forth with, and boldly confront his accusers. What Mr. Muireanticipated occurred. He had scarcely departed a month, when he was indicted before the High Court of Justiciary for sedition. The war had broken out, he could not procure his passports, and not appearing on the day of trial— ir the most indecent haste was of outlawry was obtained with the view of perpetuat temporary exile.' But it is and innocence, not to avoid, :ion. Mr. Muir returned to of doing so was known to the government, for it had been published to the whole kingdom ; but the merit of a voluntary sur render must not be permitted him : he was expected, was duly waited for, and, as his biographer relates, had scarcely set toot upon his native shore, when he was arrested and thrown into prison. Of all the wrongs that a man can endure, the most atrocious and the most galling is that which is inflicted with a face of justice. To think alone of such a wrong, is enough to give one a feeling of th .t bitterness of spirit, which subsides into listless ness and despair, or corrodes all that is kindly in the nature of a man, and sets him against his race. The particulars of Mr. Muir's trial present such a commentary upon the law of Scotland, in that time, and upon the manner of administering that law, as upsets patience, and staggers belief. The judges, flagrantly partizans—before trial, animadverting upon the counts of the indictment, with a spirit which would have better become the prosecutor— deaf to every appeal for fair play—sanctioning the selecting of a jury composed of the avowed, political opponents of the prisoner, —men who had put their seals, as it were, to a document, in which he was prejudged and denounced—the majority of whom were pensioners, or servants of the government ! Such was trial by jury in the days of Pitt—such were the means resorted to, to ensure the convic tion of a man who was obnoxious to government ; decency flung utterly off—the character —the pro perty—the life of the accused in jeopardy, so im minent as not to leave one chance in fifty of an acquittal! In a predicament so hopeless, one would scarce expect a man to attempt the struggle of a defence ; but with a manhood which cannot be too much commended, this virtuous patriot, col lectedly and resolutely, conducted his own cause; and, undismayed at the thought of the certain wreck which awaited all his earthly hopes of for tune and of pride, persevered to the end in avail ing himself of every means of vindicating that which was dearer to him than life—his character —his fair, though slandered name. The charge against him, as stated, was sedi tion, and that sedition, consisted in what ? In being a Reformer, in wishing to bring about a Re form in the Commons' House of Parliament, by peaceful and constitutional means, and in reading Paine's Rights of Man and other political books, l and lending them. This was the sedition ; and upon proof being had as to these facts, he was found guilty, and sentenced to fourteen years' transporta tion. The manner of carrying his sentence into effect was worthy of the means which were resorted to in order to procure a conviction. Along with Mr. Palmer, another sufferer in the cause, be was shipped at Leith, together with a gang of felons, one of whom had been respited from the gallows ; and on his arrival in the Thames, was transferred to the hulks, put in irons, and forced to work with the rest of the convicts ! But was no notice taken of all this—did this wanton, infamous outrage take place in the sight and hearing of the whole nation without exciting any comment ? 0 no,—there were hearts in the country whose blood could boil at the thought of so atrocious ,an abuse of power, and perversion of principle and law. The cases of Mr. Muir and Mr. Palmer were brought before Parliament. Their cause was pleaded with all the force that eloquence, humanity, and justice could put forth—but the well-working system was then in its glory ; and the efforts of those who would have succoured afflicted and persecuted virtue were baffled by a majority of 171 to 32 ! We have done with the tale of oppression. Upon the succeding events of Mr. Muir's life we are induced to touch, from their exceeding singu larity, as well as from the impression which they give us of his character—one that indicated a man, qualified by nature to act no ordinary part in the grand scene of life. He was transported to New South Wales, where, in all probability, had his life been spared, he would have been allowed to com plete the long term of his banishment. But Ame rica felt for the suffering patriot. An association was formed with the view of rescuing him from captivity. A vessel was fitted out, and despatched for Sidney. She reached her destination and suc ceeded in her object. On the morning of the 11th of February, 1796, Mr. Muir was afloat and in full sail for the United States. But misfortune had not done with him—she loves to stick close to those with whom she once takes up company. The vessel was wrecked near Nootka Sound, and Mr. Muir having reached the land along with two sailors, the only individuals of the crew who escaped, was captured by a tribe of In diana. He subsequently traversed alone and on foot nearly the whole of the western coast of America, a distance of upwards of 4,000 miles : reached Panama : thence crossed the Isthmus of Darien, and made his way to Vera Crui, where he sustained a severe attack of the yellow fever ; upon his recovering from which he embarked for the Havannah. Here he was thrown into prison, whence, in about four weeks, he was removed to a Spanish frigate, in order to be sent to the mo ther country. The frigate was attacked and taken. Upon the British boarding her, Muir was found stretched upon the deck in a pool of blood. A shot had carried away his eye, with the cheek bone, his hands were clasped upon a sm a ll book which he held to his breast—he appeared to be dead. The sailors were in the act of lifting him to throw him overboard, when a sigh arrested them. The book dropped, an officer picked it up, and found it was a pocket bible, with the name of Thomas Muir in the first page. They had been school fellows ! Without breathing his name, the officer bound up his wound and caused him to be conveyed to the Spanish shore, which was only a mile distant. The sufferer was subsequently re moved to Cadiz, where he gradually recovered. His situation was communicated to the French Direc tory ; and the result was a command to their agent to pay every attention to tha unfortunate Briton, followed by an invitation to spend the remainder of his days in France, of which he availed himself as soon as he could travel with out danger. In France lie was received with the most distinguished honours. A public dinner was given him at Bourdeaux, and when he arrived in Paris he was welcomed by a deputation from the French Government. But kindness came too late. The victim of the Court of Session and of the Sys tem, was destined, in his asylum, to 6nd an early grave. His constitution was broken—his wounds were incurable, and, six months after his arrival in France, be expired at Chantilly, where be was interred with public honours. What a contrast between his times and those in which we live ! Let his memory benefit by the improvement. The lips are not all cold and mute, that pleaded for him on the 24th of February,) 1794, when he lay in irons on board the hulks. Lord Grey, then Mr. Grey, was the last speaker on that occasion, and in reply to Mr. Pitt, who stated, that " he saw nothing of promoting a par liamentary Reform charged in the indictment against Mr. Muir," he uttered those memorable words—" Had the Right Hon. Gentleman conde scended to read the indictment and the trial, lie could not have been ignorant, that whatever words might be introduced, the substantial part of the charge, in both cases, was promoting parliamentary Reform, and that, too, on principles much less ex ceptionable than those held by persons with whom the Right Hon. Gentleman himself had acted in concert !" The sentence passed upon Mr. Muir should be reversed. It is due to him as a martyr in the cause, which has now the King himself to back it. Lord Grey has the power to reverse that sentence. It will be a just and graceful act, to obliterate the wanton brand of guilt, and vindicate innocence and virtue. The ten derness which forbids us to speak ill of the dead, though merited, gives the wronged and virtuous dead a double—treble claim to vindication. It will be an act of justice to the relations of the illus trious victim—persons of high respectability and bigher worth. It is expected from an enlightened administration—the avowed and active enemies of corruption —men faithful to their principles—who know that public abuses are not to be repressed by pruning, and boldly pluck them up by the roots. The government of France inscribed the name of Citizen upon the tomb of Thomas Muir.—Let that of Britain do its part, and add the name of Patriot. PANORAMA• OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The STAR has for a l exhibited such a pie. tune of the Domestic Events of the Empire, as never before was attempted. It gratifies unspeakably the natives of districts who reside in London and distant counties, and is a LETTER IPROII HOME to every provincial in foreign countries, or in the colonies. It raises also into general importance the exertions of local talents in every public cause. Then as this is a duty performed alone by the STAR, those local patriots would ill deserve their name, if the STAR and its interests were not reciprocally promoted by them in every district. We know it has been so in many places, and the STAR in principles, and in all the best qualities of a paper, has justified preference; but we reasonably expect the same attentions EVERY wrist's, as the means of at once recompensing our diligence, and adding to the utility of our valuable and exclusive information. We call also on the Provincial Proprietors of Papers, whose local labours we thus illustrate, and invite with earnestness their powerful attentions in promoting those interests of the Paper which they best understand. We notoriously excel all ' London Papers in priority of Foreign News, and our display of the transactions of the country is equally exclusive and pie. eminent. SUSSEX ADVERTIZER, JUNE 6. Last Monday, the overseen In the different parishes of Lewes proceeded to take the census.— 'ln 1831. Male.. Females. Total. St. Peter and St. Mary . - 362 379 741 St. Michael's - - - 501 573 1074 &. John's . • - 1198 1179 2377 All Saints - • - 924 1186 2110 Extra-Parochial - . - 19 14 39 St. Thomas a Becket - - 614 722 1408 St. John the Baptist . . 407 424 831 South Mailing - - - 362 360 718 4487 48311 9290 Total in 1821 - - 7703 Total Increase • 1587 The population census of Brighton was taken this day se'nnight—that Is, the town having been divided into oue hundred and twenty-two sections, or districts, with two per. sons, making on the whole, two hundred and forty.four, appointed to number the persons in each, the task was com menced, and apparently finished. Enough has been per fected to show that our population is little short of Forty Thousand, though the number at present has only been made up to 37,993—via 17,018 males, and 20,975 females_ giving a majority to the latter of 3,957. In 1801 the number of persons residing in the town was 7514 ; in 1811, 15,012 ; and in 1821, 24,429. The present population, therefore, will show an increase of more than 15,000 during the last ten years. Mr. H. Blackman's statement of the growing poor rates of the parish of Ringmer. Z. s. dr. 1824, April.—Weekly Pays .. 216 1 0 Labour .. ... 162 0 641 Casual Relief .. .. 164 7 8 41541 10 111 1825, April.—Weekly Pays .. 901 10 0 Labour ... .. 54 10 4 Casual Relief .. ... 165 7 8 £421 8 0 1826, April.—Weekly Pays ... .. 186 11 6 Labour .. .. 258 10 8i Casual Relief .. .. 207 5 0 aITBSI 7 2 i 1827, ApriL—Weekly Pays .. .. 188 18 0 Labour • • ... 271 0 1 Casual Relief .. .. 226 6 4 £687 4 6 1818, April.—Weekly Pays .. .. 230 10 0 Labour _ .. 201 311 Casual Reid ... .. 322 14 8 .1754 8 5 1829, April.—Weekly Pays .. ... 283 15 8 Labour ... ... 365 3 8 Casual Relief ... .. 422 13 4 £lO7l 12 4 1830, April,} Weekly Pays ... .. 308 19 6 to Lady- Labour 583 4 11 Day,lB3l Casual Reli e f .. ... 441 15 6 .C 1338 19 11 The Shoreham Bridge tolls have again been let by auction to Mr. John Snow of this plate, for one year, at an increased rent of 151.—i. e. from 1925. to 19401. At Brighton Market on Saturday there waa a good supply of green peas at 2s. Bd. per peck, and new potatoes at aid per lb. Vegetables proportionally cheap. Brocoli and fresh greens in abundance. Fish rather dear for the season. Last Saturday, Mr. Gold, Secretary to the Bundle of Sticks Society, Lewes, received a very elegant and massive silver vase, forwarded from London by Sir C. R. Blunt, Bart. M.P. for this Borough, to be presented to that society as a token of the Hon. Baronet's admiration of the disintetested and ludependent part they took in the late elec tion. The vase will contain three imperial quarts, and is of the most exquisite wcrkmanship. Mr. Nlantellis preparing for the press Records of Prac tice in Medicine and Surgery," from notes of cues taken during twenty years of extensive practice. Also " Popular illustrations of the Geology of Sussex," In one volume, Bvo. intended to give a familiar view of the Geological Pheno mena of the County, and an account of the discoveries made by the author since the publication of his former geological works. On Monday week, &boat noon, a fire was discovered in a barn, at Bexhill, belonging to the parish, situate in a very public part of the street, which, with other premises, was shortly burnt down. There is no doubt bat it was the web of an incendiary, an attempt having been made some time previously to set fire to the same premises. A reward of 3001. is offered tor the discovery of the offender. Another Bre occured in this county, on Thursday night last, on the premises of Mr. Thomas Arkcoll, near the village of Gardener-street, by which a barn, containing about 30 quartets of oats, and other property, was entirely consumed. firm COON MARKETS, MAY 31.—White Wheat, 31 6s to 31 18s ; Mixed Wheat, 31 10. to 31 14. ; Rai Wheat, S 1 to 31 14s; Barley, 11 12. to 11 13s; Oats, 11 les Se 11 lls ; Beans, 21; Oil ake per M. 121. MARRIED.—At Brighton, Charles Rawlinson, Esq. of =ty-street, to Louisa, only daughter of the l a t e Almelo 1, Esq. of Great Corans.street. DlED. En. —At of ß t i h n e gm H e o r rn , eTt;aCoon activekson C oo kson, gl i stra a t g e ed for Bo m —jr any . =the Western Division of this county. FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, JUNE 4. A deputation, consisting of gentlemen and clergy of both religious denominations, arrived in town yesterday evening, 'from the Mayo Central Committee, for the purpose of laying the state of the sufferers before the Irish Government. The deputation consists of the Right Rev. Doctor Machete; John Browne, Esq. M.P. for Mayo; the Rev. Mr. Stock Protestant Rector of Crosamolina; the Rev. B. Burke, C.R. of Westport ; the Rev. Mr. Lyons, C. R. of Kilmore Erris ; G. V. Jackson, Esq. and Captain Stewart. We have heard one of those gentlemen declare, that if they fail in their mis. sion, he is afraid to return home ; that, if relief be withheld, it is impossible, unless by the miraculous interposition of Providence, for thousands to escape death by famine for tee days. According to the authenticated reports laid before the last general meeting of the central committee, the number he absolute want then was, one hundred and six thousand four hundred and one !! ! We have, amongst many others, sew • document from Galway, signed by the Right Rev. me French, and all the respectable gentlemen of that town, de. scribing most afilictiog distress there also ; and a portian•ed Donegal is likewise reduced to want and misery. The Mail is in high dudgeon, because the Attorney. General has been directed to discontinue his proceedings fa the King's Bench, and boldly asserts that the moat ill. advised and disgraceful prosecutions that were ever instituted in this country, since the days of Saurin and Lord Manners, have been abandoned by the Government, in order to give a civil "go by" to Mr. Blackburne. Meanly as we think of the Irish portion of the administration, we do not believe that they were influenced by so low • motive in the aban. donment of these odious proceedings. Reiurned reason and a sense of shame we think it was, that led to this—the only wise seep Lord Anglesey has taken since he returned to thb country. CASTLEPOLLARD SLemourza.—Another policeman of the name of Smyth has been identified as one of the cripple. and-woman.shooters, and is accordingly committed for trial. Two of the policemen now in prison for these alleged mur. ders at Castlepollard, were lately tried upon charges of murder. One Sherwood was tried for killing a man at the fair of Kinnegad, on the oth of May, 1830; another, Cody, for killing a man at Tyrrelpass, both in the county. We are astonished they were not ra ised for their tried merits to the dignity of chiefs. MELANCHOLY Occu ausrecx.— On Wednesday even. ins the Rathkeale day-coach was upset, near Balinacurra tollgate; many of the passengers, nineteen in number, were slightly injured, but the greatest sufferer was Mr. W. Corneal, postmaster, of Adare, and part owner of the coach, who had both his legs broken, one of which has been since amputated, and of his recovery great fears are entertained. Value of the Export of Provisions from the Port of Wa terford for the year ending the 30th April, 1831. 71 Tierces Beef at 115. 623 Tierces Pork ... 110 s 2,811 Barrels do .. 604 436,684 Flitches Bacon 28. 137,103 Cats. Butter 85s 26,837 Do Lard 129,599 Barrels Wheat 35s 104,576 Do Ums 14s 33,0 Do Barley 320.224 Cwts Flour 408 3,426 8,433 611,357 585,790 62,571 226.798 73,203 30,420 320,224 10,325 1,054 108,497 52,933 26,195 14.242 Do Oatmeal 133 611 1,454 Do Bread 14. 6d 48,221 Live Pig. 45. 6,887 Head Cattle 180 s 14,066 Live Sheep 36. Total 9,121,687 Do. 1830, £1,175,824 Do. 1820, 1,468,489 Do. 1829, 2,136,938 Do. 1819, 1,581,377 Do. 1828, 2,006,340 Do. 1818, 1,564,291 Do. 1827, 1,503,040 Do. 1817, 1,542,993 Do. 1828, 1,540,283 Do. 1816, 1,181,239 Do. 1825, 2,044,351 Do. 1815, 1,616,815 Do. 1824, 1,480,797 Do. 1814, 2,097,005 Do. 1823, 1,314,126 Do. 1813, 2,200,454 Do. 1822, 1,511,064 De. 1812, 2,021,143 Do. 1821. 1,891,230 Do. 1811, 1,733,184 MARRIED.—WaIter Hussey Hill, Esq. son of the Wei Archdeacon Hill, to Emily, youngest daughter of Thomas Quinan, Esq. of Leeson-street—Capt. Drummond, late of the 93d Highlanders, to the Baroness Albertine de Rotberg Rheinweild.—Joseph Francis Hopkins, Seq. of Priorland, county Louth, to Eleanor, youngest daughter of the Rev. T. Forster. of Kilmainham Wo o d. DlED.—Henry Leland, Esq. son of the late Counsel. be J. Leland, of North Frederick.street.—ln Belfast, 23, Mr. James Wallace, Student of the Belfast College. i ! i' l that might be preferred resolved, in case of such with, and boldly confron l' , What Mr. Muireantici , scarcely departed a mon • , before the High Court o I The war had broken out passports, and not appea , in appointing which the employed—a sentence , against him ; no doubt N 1. 1 ing his voluntary and to the nature of truth am but to meet accusation Scotland. His intentioi 11116111.15' F . , , I F , ,• I l i ' l' 1 i v tlill' I j!, .ii I , . ' A i el 1 ,1■ POLICE REPORTS. MAILBOILOUGZ-STREST.—Swnrinnto.—Early this year we stated the particulars of an application made at this Office by Mr. Harrison, a most respectable and extensive I pawnbroker, residing in Wardour-street, Soho, in order to obtain a warrant against an individual, who, under the garb of sanctity, had succeeded in swindling him of some gold watches, a gold snuff-box, and a very handsome enamel of the crucifixion, together with some other articles. From the length of time which has elapsed since we detailed the appli. cation, it may be necessary briefly to repeat the subject of I the complaint as it was then made. It appeared that an in dividual, attired very respectablin a suit of black, repre ocating himself to be the Rev. William Wheatley, of Fa ringdon Hall, Berke, late in the month of November or early in that of December, presented himself at Mr. Har rison's, making use of the name of some gentleman ac quainted with the latter • and having selected a gold watch, he was in the habit of :ailing in every other day, in order to see that the watch kept time with the clock in Mr. Har rison's shop. He frequently on these occasions argued with great fluency on the Scriptures, and in fact his specious sp., pearance and general demeanour was calculated to impose on any one, and unfortunately did on a man of so great know. ledge of the world and experience as Mr. Harrison. lade. pendently of this, he represented himself to be nearly related I to the Duke of Leeds and other noblemen, and also claimed close intimacy with several coroneted personages one of whom he said was about to interest himself to ' have be stowed upon him (Wheatley) the extinct title of the duke doff of Acaster, which be represented had belonged to his ancestors. A boy, who was the son of an indigent woman, and had been engaged by him as a servant, panted him on these °caudate, and represented himself to hal his son, he being dressed very handsomely, and eventually, some time in the month of January, the gold watches and ar ticles which we have described were ordered by Wheatley. and on a Saturday afternoon the lad was sent for the parcel. Mr. Harrison's shopman accompanied him to Walker's Hotel, where the et-dreamt Rector of Faringdon sojourned, with orders from his master to receive ready money for the articles. The parson could nut find loose notes enough to pay the money, and after a great deal of bustle gave the shopman a bill of cheque for the money on some house where it ultimately appeared he had no effects. The fraud was discovered early on the Monday morning, but the parson was Sown, leaving only a small trunk at the Hotel, with some linen of little value, behind him, and with him he also took the boy, his son by adoption, and although the warrant was granted there was no opportunity of executing it, as the Rector was out of England. The circumstances had almost been forgotten, save by the principal actors in it, when Mr. Harrison again waited yesterday upon the Magistrates, and made a further communication, at the same time applying for a summons to apprehend ie boy, the reputed son of the impostor, who has returned to this country under Mecum cumstances which he detailed, the substance of which was as follows :—He had succeeded in learning that when the Parson left the Hotel with the jewellery, he obtained a passport for himself and nephew (the lad betore mentioned) in the name of Walker, assuming the name and character of the hotel keeper, and he then proceeded to an hotel at Calais, where he obtained a carriage and SOL paying for it with another fraudulent bill ; he then proceeded to this English hotel at Emma, in Germany, where he represented himself as a member of the Established Church, and as a man of fortune and family; and having contracted a debt to a large amount, informed the hotel-keeper that a particular friend of his, Sir G. Nayler, the Garter King at Arms, had property dills to a large amount. He therefore proposed that his landlord, by way of recreation, should accompany him and his nephew to England, wher e he would introduce him to Sir and would pay him his mosey. The tavern-keeper cooked in him, andacoompanisd him. This acquiescence appeased to have been unexpected on the part of the parson, foe on their arrival at Coblents, on their way to this cours er , the primer feigned illness, and as a d em ~ier resort, proi,„,; that his nephew should alone visit London and Sir George, and then return with the valuables to Coblentz, where the expencee were to be defrayed. He was provided with less credentials, a large packet was sealed, which he was to re sent to Sir George, who would immediately recognise i l i a claim. Two or three days since the boy presented liiinselt at Sir George's, and that gentleman being aware of the f raud practised on Mr. Harrison, sent for him, and on his arrival broke the seal of the packet, which was found to contain nr. thing of the least importance. It is almost needless to add, that Sir George had no valuables of Mr. Wheatley's to give up. Mr. Harrison told the boy that he suspected him to have a thorough knowledge of the transaction, and assured hint he would apply to the Magistr ates to h ave hi m apprt. !tended. Mr. Harrison referred to his former application in confirmation of his suspicion of the lad, and begged parti. calmly to point out that the lad had considerably aided the imposition, and was the individual who was seat for the property at the time of its delivery by the ahopman. Harrison also produced the parson's passport, in the name of Walker, which stated the lad to be his nephew, after he had been the character of his son here, and was in the ha. bit of saying "my papa" very frequently. Clothes, to tbe value of 701. part of them for the lad, had been obtained from a tradesman who had also fallen a victim to " clerical agency." A summons was granted for the boy, and something may be elicited through his means. VOILIWINSTREET. ALICE GRAY AND THE Lora. SICK BUTCHER..-.. 00 Saturday, James Jordan, a butcher, residing at Stoke Newington, was brought before Messrs. BROUGHTON and TETFORD, upoa • warrant for assault. ing and beating John Lane, a boy about fourteen yews of age. The plaintiff, an arch-looking little fellow, stated that on Thursday he was amusing himself near the defendant's shop with a few juvenile companions, and began singing a tong, in which his playmates joined chorus, when the defendant came out and desired them to be off; not having oomph ttd the song, they did not obey the defendant's peremptory order immediately, when the defendant 'oohed out with a drover's stick in his hand, and belaboured witness till his arms and back were black and blue. The stick was here produced; it was about two inches thick, and the boy allowed the Magistrates several severe bruises he had received from the defendant. The boy's statement was corroborated by four respectable witnesses. 1 Mr. flitouourox—lt appears a mon unprovoked assault. Pray what song were you singing, to raise the butcher's anger so high ? Plaintiff—lt was " Alice Gray," Sir. Mr. Bboucitres—Alice Gray ! What can there be of. fensive in such a beautiful ballad ? The butcher appears to have a sorry taste for music. (A laugh.) I don't re. collect any thing offensive in the words—can you !Trot them, boy ? Plaintiff—Oh yes, Sir ; the first verse is— " She's all my fancy painted her, Ye gods, she is divine ; But her heart it la another's, It never can be mine. Few have lov'd as I have lov'd, My love cannot decay ; But my heart, my heart is breaking, For the love of Alice Gray." Butcher—They are always tormenting me with that song, your worship ; but I don't mind that so much as the parody they have made upon it. Mr. Twyford—l shrewdly suspect that the butcher ig Over head and ears in love, and these mischievous little fel lows sing this song to team him. Now tell ma the truth, boy, has not the butcher got a sweetheart wbo don't return his love ? Boy—Yes, sir. (Laughter), Mr. Twyford—And is her name Alice Gray ? Boy—No, air, Sally Gray. (A shout of laughter). Mr. Twyfcnl—l thought so. Then, why do you torment the defendant with these love ditties ? Butcher—But you should hear the parody what they have made, sir. Boy—Ah, but I don't sing that, it is another boy. Butcher—But you help him. Let their worships hear if it is fit to be sung to a young man what's going to be married. Boy—Oh, yes, if you wish is her I'd kill the finest ox, And bone for her the fat s For her I'd prig a prime sheep's head, And shove it in my hat. To make her fat as aoy hog , I'd feed her night and y ; But shescorns the heart's that's breaking, Does the naughty Sally Gray. —(Bi is of laughter followed this ridiculous parody). Mr. Broughton said such jokes were, no doubt, annoying, but they were no excuse for such a violent assault. The de , faidant must endeavour to restrain his passion, and take no notice of what boys said, or he might have nothing else to do. Some provocation had been given ; he should, there fore only tine the defendant 10s. and costs, with leave to speak to the plaintiff.. The defendant finally paid ss. and costs to the plaintiff. and finally made the best of his way home to Sally Gray. BIRTH& The 7th inst. the lady - Of - 1. Barnard, FAq. of Park-ter race, Brixton. of a son.--The 7th inst. Mrs. Henry Mayor, of Upper-etreet, Islington, of a son.—The 6th inst. at High. bury-place, the lady of O. Muria', Esq. of a son. MARRIED. The 7th inst. at South Hackney Church, Mr. F. Adams, of St. John's-square, Clerkenwrll, to Phebe, eldest daugtEcr of J. Scorch!, &q. of Clerkenvell-cluse.—The 7th it it. at St. James's. Westminster, the Rev. W. Sibthorpe Cele, M.A. of Worcester Collage, Oxford, to Mary, third daugh ter of the Rev. J. Maule, perpetual curate of St. Mary's, Dover. DIED. The 6th inst. T. Hall, Esq. late of the Ordnanct-oHnt. in the Tower, wheat he held an official situation for upwards of 45 years.—The 6th inst. at his house in Wimpole.atreet, Cavendish-square, R..:Kent, Esq. in the 84th year of his age. —The 6th inst. H. Harper, third son of Mr. W. 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