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.„,•• is 44 104, 6 F. MR. BUCKINGIIAM S STATEMENT RESPECT ING IllS RECENT CORR t:SPONDENCE. 0.. the 6th inst there Appeared in i the Times, a Liftt.:. signed " A NIOLD INDIAN." imputing to me certain misrepresentations with respect to the value of my property destroyed by the India Com pany's Setvants in Calcutta, subsequent to niy banishment from Bengal, and quoting at his autho rity an obscure pamphlet, entitled, " A Sketch of the History of the Indian Press during the last Ten Years." I was at that time in Staffordshire. On the very day of the appearance of this letter, however, Mr. Sutherland, a gentleman recently ar rived front India, and one who had been in my Office there for some years, and subsequently in that of my agents, Messrs. Ale:gander and Co. ad d essed a letter to the Times, refuting, in his own name, and tinder the authority of his actual know ledge of the facts of the case, the false and caluin nious statements inserted in the Times, on the anonymous authority of the " OLD INDIAN," and the Pamphlet quoted by him. To this letter the Times refused insertion, on tie alleged ground that it was too long,—that it would lead to endless disputes,— turd that it would render the Paper liable to an action for damages. The first objet tion was . a remediable one, as the Editor might have given the substance of the letter, if the is bele were too long : But in the announcements to Correspondents, even the subject of Mr. Suther land's letter was never once mentioned ; which would lead to the inference, that it was purposely suppressed or concealed ; and as to the two other objections, they would have applied with greater force to the anonymous attack of " THE OLD INDIAN," than to Mr. Sutherland's defence of me from his scandalous imputations. A short letter from myself, written front the Potteries, was subsequently inserted, but that of Mr. Sutherland, as the testimony of a third party, and an impartial witness was of more value, and ought on that ground to have been first given. To the letter inserted from my own pen, was ap pended an editorial note, stating that the con troversy must end here, unless the " OLD IN DIA w" chose to write a short letter with his real name. After which nothing more could be in serted but as an advertisement. The letter came from the " OLD INDIAN," but his real name was not made public, as the implied condition of further notice of the subject:—and the readers of the Times, therefore, have seen the most calumnious accusations against me, from an anonymous source: while the defence of my character from these ac cusations, made by Mr. Sutherland, render his real name rind authority, have been withheld from them :—and the accuser has been permitted to have the first and the last word, while the accused has had his most powerfyl witness silenced or suppressed by the refusal of the Times to let its readers see what he had to say. Since this period the calumnies originally printed in the obscure pamphlet already named, and then widely circulated in the Times, havimr, been re iterated in the Sheffield Mercury of Saturday the 17th inst. with a view to impede the strong current of feeling then running in favour bf my electien as a Representative of that town in the reformed Par liarrent. I made a journey to Sheffield for the express purpose of inviting the Editor, or any other accuser, to meet me in the TOwn Hall of that place on Monday the 19th of Sept. in the face of the w hole public, to st de their charges, which I un dertook to refute on the spot to the public satisfac tion, or abide the censure which would otherwise ensue. The meeting:Was attended by from 590 to t;')0 of the most respectable inhabitants of thel tua re Nei:her the Editor, nor any other accuser appeared, the former denouncing it ea " absard" fon an accuser to be made to meet the accused face to face, arid preferring to confine the controversy et his newspaper. I had ha.l tees Much exper;eneel of the injustice of such a tribunal generally, where the Editor sits in judgment in his own cause, and will only print what he thinks proper, when it come as a defence from his adversary's side, though he sets no limits to the accusati. n sent front those v hese party he espouses,—npt to know that a pub lic meeting in open court, face to lace, where both sides might be fully as well as fairly heard, was much better : and therefore I went into the defence before this public meeting, replying to every accu sation seriatim. The defence occupied mere than three hours ; and it eas &erne f so triumphant and complete, that at its close, when the shalt titan, Mr. Vickers,, a parteer la ono of the oldest and most respectable mtrcantile firms in Sheffield. summed .up the evidence, the following Reso lutions were pat and seconded by Dr. Idol laud, a physician of high character and prat:- tice in Sheffield. Mr. Ihhotson, of the firm I 1 Ihbotson, Fro:hers, extensive manufacturers, 1 Mr. Hoole, a Solicit- r, and' Mr. Benjamin Vickers, a merchant, all residents of the town. lat. That Mt. Buckingham has, in the opinion of this meeting, satisfactorily answered and refuted the charges against h s character contained :n the Sheffield Mercury, Sept. 17, 1831." `• 2d. That the meeting highly disapproves of the unsubstantiated wen pt of the editor of the Sheffield Mercury to asperse and vilify tt . e cha racter oil S. Buckingham, Esq. and cannot but regard the I,antrhlet entitled • A Sketch of tne History of the Indian Press uring the lot Ten Years; with feelings of indignation, and deem it utterly unworthy of cre dit." The The report of . this public procee ing occupie• six clesely printed columns of the Sheffield Iris of the day fullosing the nArtiug,Titeaday, Sept. 18, and the edi or says of the result, " A more manly, honest, and 'triumphant refutation, it is impossi ble to conceive;" and adds, "So far as we could ascertain, there was riot an i;aliiidnal present, Who'was not fully convinced of the justice of the exoneration of Air. Buckingham from the slan ders which had. been heaped upon his character." The report of the same proceedings occupies two eutectics of the Sheffield Independent, of Friday. Sept. 24, says, • Mr. Backinyharn imme diately' enlcr d upon his defence ;—and after cornrnandiny the earnest and undivided attention of the meeting for upwards of three hours,- a ver dict of acquittal was pronouoed amidst the loudest expessions Ofsatisfactioncina delight :" and at the close it adds, Loud and repeated cheers , were then Omit in ,ho?:our of he gentleman watt had thus hipiself, and qfter thanks 4ad been voted h 01..011airttion - . (Afr. ; Ficieere) the weeding disperser , ; • All thee! „Ow:aflame! pip kapott/ to the eon aur tors of the Tinto c for in-addition to die copies or the pipes ivilaithey a 6 doubt receive 'at their • ft::: •••• • b . • ' • • • . : • 0. • r • . 7-• own office, I have myself sent them extra copies, , as well as n condensed narrative, to save theln time and space ; and intrasted them, :*8 an act of justice, to give insertion to the !laudations or the Meeting at Sheffield at least, in order to shew the opinion there entertained of t' e Pamphlet flirted the " OLD 'Nowt," in the columns of the Times, as his authority for'his caloinnies against me. To all t• is, however, the Times has hitherto turned a deaf ear. My communications have re mained unnoticed and unacknowledged; ,toad the shortest paragra; h has been refused insertion,, eept as an advertisement, and at a heavy charge, vs that while the Morning Chronicle, and Morainy Herald, the Morxiing Advertiser And Public Led ger, the Globe, the Courier, the Sun, the Tra yeller, and the Par, to say nothing of the Sunday papers, have gratuitously noticed, at different lengths, the triumphant refutation made, andahe resolutions passed at Shetfieit,—the Times alone which, as the original vehicle of the accusations, ought to have been the first to advert to it,—has studiously avoided the slightest alltation to the matter up to the present moment, and will only insert my communication, on the payment of Tex Gutareas for its appearance. I can vouch for the strict accoracy of all the facts given in this statement, %Odell rest indeed on un impeachable proof. I shall make no comment on it, but leave the public to judge for themselves. I desire to add, however, a circumstance which' transpired at the meeting ; as throwing some light on the secret influence at work, to continue against me in Englaiid the persecutions originated in India, and from wi.ich I have suffered so much already. At the meeting, Dr. Holland, the gentleman who moved the first resolution, stated the following fact :—A resident of the town, known to Dr. Holland, had written from Sheffield to the East India Company in Londen, for such information as they might be able to furnish, as to Mr. Bucking hans's character, &c. (and the description of infor mation wished, may perhaps be fairly inferred from the hostility of the quarter to which the ap plication was made.) The Company acknow ledged the receipt of the letter, but, in sheir offi cial capacity, professed perfect neu , rality in all election matters, and declined taking any part, or furnishing any information whatever. Notwith standing this official disclaimer, however, there came down to She ffi eld, a few d ays afterwards, a small parcel, sent by the coach, carriage paid, and without note, invoice, or charge, containing a pam phlet full of the most slanderous imputations on my character and conduct, and addressed to the very . individual who had solicited the East India Company for information respecting me; they be ing the only party to whom he applied ; and they alone being acquainted with the fact of his desir ing the information so sought ; so that neither he nor any other person in Sheffield douhted but that it was the East India Company, who, in their official capacity had declined to take any part in this matter, that had, in their secret capacity, been eag , r to make up for that deficiency, by doing all they could to undermine my reputation. This pamphlet, entitled " A Skied' of the History of the Indian Press during the last Ten Years," the same that wasquoted as an authority by the OLD INDIAN in the Times and by the Sheffield Mercury, was produced at the meeting by Dr ° . Holland, as the identical copy so sent down to Sheffield : pnd its public exhibition drew' forth hisses, groans, and murmurs of execration from every part of the Whether similar influence i 4 exerted, and simi lar means used, to enlist any portion of the Lan don Press in the cause of hostility to me, as an op donent of the East India Company's Monopoly, it is not for me to say. But this, I think,,will be *- felled by most persons, namely, that where any Paper will open its columns freely to the circula tion of accusations against any man, under anony mous signatures, and will close the same columns against the admission of a refutition of these accusations, under a real name and address, except upon the payment of a heavy charge for the inser tion, there must be something not quite right, er in the Proptietore, Editors, or Superinten. dents, on who,e decisions, these admissions and suppressions depend. _ _ J. S. BUCKINGHAM. COLONIAL ORDERS IN COUNCIL. Extract from Mr. .lontsyn's Poop Mel o* She likgolily of eoniinumg ForeignLawsin . Biggish Co ord.'s. A large portion of the realm of England. in its colonial possessions, has now fallen under the ar bit,ary discreti ‘n of the servants of the crown. A system -o novel, so full of abuse and oppressi n, is growing into a magnitude to become alarming to esely class of his Majesty's subjects. In its continuance, it would go far to subvert the gene ral liberty and the fundamental laws of the empire. It is Illse to call t h e attention of parliament to an - uncontrollable power, new to the constitution and colonial policy of these kingdoms. An authority successfu ly assumed, by a perseverance in admi nistering in British colonies, the barbarous code of another sovereignty ; and now set up as recog nised law in those extensive and in-portant (fond. nions, ceded on the peace to Great B hair. In such an innovation, no discernible pubic object ran be discovered, other, indeed, than an inscru table source of ministerial dictation. It can be viewed in no other light than an attempt at irre sronsible influence, as full of syspicioa as of dan ger—it is contrary to our laws, to our jurispru - deface. to the inalienable birth- ight of the subject. No prerogative has been given to the crown to ex clude Englishmen in any part of the kingdom kkingdona and colonies being one and the same ; thin,) from the protection of English laws, and I the fundamental principles of ire Brit;sh Consti tution. The ceded colories are an integral part of the empire, and are dominions within the realm of England. The inhabitants of them are either its i subjects, owing to its sovereign allegiance , dience, or they are au alien people, not protected, by its laws, and not punishable for any acts cf treason or rebe lion. But, after the ultimate cession of a colony, the crown is stripped of all authority to govern British subjects, either by foreign laws, or by orders in council ; and its servants proceed, m their peril, in violation of that great national law.' The political axiom, that the subjects- of the . • Nothing it ;Liver than that thes4jecrs .4 realm have right to the. Lis fhdhipmAPtWo."Sir Jo kph Jekyl..:o The lilibtattiis are adopter of the realm pt * lkagland. aod-aatirrof Oa dominion, and the ltilliatatits Ore ekiti pain the Sipes allegiance, hart aabjeirt tb the Of pglegktl-'%i•-Crir'Part. • - • • • . •• • • same sovereign shOuld be governed in every part of his dominions by the same laws, is not peculiar to England. The , incoatenienco apd ' dei r gier i shown .by eXpe r i ence. to pr avail ., whenever . War-. ent system ofjerisprtidence ltiaa.besti tldfni9iftm.ild in the several Fins of the same empire, has intro duced the universal _practice of abolishing, on the ultimate session of - a ,territoty to another soveJ reignty, the law of. the fernier, and Anbatituting in its place that of the'lattek. The most enlightened statesmen, the m o m celebrated liwyers, the most 'timed doctors, have held that, 'when a colony has been united to e,kingslom,. it, on the instant of its union, acquires a ,vested right to ell the laws and immunities of the-kingdom to which it had been ceded. '6 Angmentum accedena per modem unionis, twines qualitates et conditiones rei eui unitur suscipit, et omnino jadicatur sicut eadem re -.and, hitherto, on the mutation of a colony to the crown of England, it has been the uniform practice to extend to it the pro tection of British laws ; whether it be A union, the fruit of treaties or of conquest. It is naw, .for the first time, that Englishmen, under.the sovereignty of England, are governed by Spanish, french, and Dutch laws. It has been reserved for :Great Britain, in this eoFghtened age of the world, to administer to the Britieh people, within .the realm of England,, foreign laws, repugnant to the prin ciples of its free constitution. This innovation on the ancient policy of the kingdom does not present itself in a less odious character, when it is known that those very laws, as. being arbitrary and op pressive, have been repealed and abolished in the ,mother country ,of, shc ceded colony, and given place to others of . a wilder and more enlightened spirit. 'Much happier woeld it have been for the British proprietors in the ceded colonies, had they returned under their original foreign dominion, in which the severity of obsciire and barbarous ordi nances have been abrogated, to introduce a re formed jurisprudence, adapted to the progress of civilisation, and s to the necessities of the times, than to have been ceded ,ta the crown of England, with • colonial minister, retaining as exploded foreign law, with all its unfitness to exieting cir cumstances, with its uncertainty, its secret exami nations, and arbitrary proceedings. The denying to British subjects the protection of the constitution may increase the influence of ministers in an irresponsible and .boundless. pa tronage, but it inflicts on the colonies remedileas oppression. Little concern, indeed, seems to be taken about them, or are .they considered in any other view, than as cleating a fund to provide for ministerial dependants and .nianagers of parlia mentary tactics. Where is now the controul to be found, against the influence created by the numerous offices of governors, secretaries, chief justices, marshals, fiscals, vendee masters, post masters, agents for coloties, now nominated by ministers, sad, in many cases, taken away from the Ho IS of As sembly ? I shall not on the present occasion go into the detail of the new offices created, the salaries and fees annexed ; all raised in taxes, without the.au thority of parliament, 9r an assembly of the repre sentatives of the people: Most of these offices are farmed at great rents by deputies of their principals in England. As in the instance of Mr. Sullivan, appointed secretary to the colony of Demerara, and the Court of Justice. The duties of the res pective offices are performed by deputies; and to secure to him an unearned sinecure, a large sum is levied in taxes. Be it remembered, not impoied by an assembly of the representatives of the people. A proceeding so directly contrary to Saw and the principles of the constitution, that the At torney General Lechmere, after Wards Lord Lech mere, told George the First; when be wished to, impose taxes on Jamaica, after its cession to the crown of England, without the authorily,of , ment or an assembly of the representatives of the people, that whoever shoUld,advise his Majesty to carry it into execution - would be guilty of high treason. I will not suppose that the unbounded authority of the Secretary for Colonies has taught him to disregard the wise provisions of the old law, and to contemn all its penalties;' but if ever a privilege was held sacred in this nation, it is that of not giving to the Crown, or to any of its servants singly, the power of taxation; of arbitrarily governing the Colonies by ORDERS IN Council., but of reserving it for the King, Lords, and Commons conjointly ; and if to be es • cised in the Colonies, for the Governor, Council, and an assembly of the representatives of the people. The law is clear on that doiot, it is settled and confirmed in a variety of legal de cisions. What can be the view of his Majesty's Minis ters in continuing iu a palpable innovation on the ancient policy of the nation, and is obstinately re fusing to Englishmen, within the Blidali domi nions, their inalienable right to a representative Government. remains to be explained. But the examples are many of the oppressive injustice stowing out of it. Until the present system had been established of conquering colonies to try experiments upon them, as avowed by Sir. Canning in the House of Com mons, in the e s tate of Trjnidad ; it bad been the uniform practice, that, when the British arms bad ei , nquerod a country, ii was un d ers t oo d .that s h e conitunn law of the !sod accompanied them ; other wise, to make conqUista, would be to forge feuets for ourselves, and the *inhabitants of England it self, by acquiescing in this claim of power to go vein arbitrarily their fellow subjects and country. men iu the colonies, by ministerial rescripts and orders in council, may.too soon find, by the vets blishment of such a precedent, bow .m.tch less able they will be, if hereafter inved , d, to defend their own liberties. I repeat, it had always been consi dered to be a safe and wipe policy, on the cession of a colony by 6(114 to Great Britain, to intro-. dune the laws.of England, as a strong ground of .union and mutual afectinn between tbeahohitente of the two countries. • Precedents of high authority are not wanting t, paoc*tn such ja fQIIII of prem. mant, either is ancient 9f .wodern times. On the conquest of Ireland, the 'bole of the English lattr pas introduced, the prt cm* kaps pf that kingdom oa tenures and descent of la d, not excepted. Tice W9O rule yai Followed its by principality .of A"; in whlcb, for Rote then. two bundmd yews, the English law hap been the. only. MM ad ritfrg ; and , in the las!,contioy, whoa Now Took * l ° 4 the_4 l .7 RoOorindo. woo Olgsa irtunl jo, hto, and wawa singly the donsjaion Eog. 14,4, the Pito . fee; Wers . totally fkoli*b;e4l, sad rni their place the English substituted,which have ever' since prevailed. In further corrsboration of my argument, I beg, , Wiost particalsrly canal' the attention of the reader to , t/re feliMvin, facts, that, 1n .tha definitive twisty of peace, concluded on the 26th day of March, 1763, the islands of Grenada, the Grenadines, Domi nica, Belot Vincent, and Tobago were ceded to Great. Britain, and.that, in the month of October in the same .year, . lris *Majesty's proclamation was published under the great seal, in,whieh it was de clared to be his pleasure to erect new governments in the territories lately ceded to the Crown— to wit, Quebec, East Florida, • West Florida, Grenada. &c. In this proclamation his Majesty ex horts all his subjects to resort to ,these new governments and .to settle in them, and he pro mises, that they shall be governed in I the same manner as the ether English provinces in America, by.a governor, council, and assembly of the peo ple, as soon as. the situation and circumstances of the said new governments will admit of the calling of assemblies ; and that, in the meantime and un til ,uCtiipogiernblies can be called, all persons inha biting in and re-orting to the said colonies, may confide in his Majesty's royal protection for the en joyment of the benefit of the laws t.f his realm of England. In pursuance of this proclamation, bianiejesty, in the month of April 1764, appointed Robert Melville, Esq. Governor in Chief, &c. over the Islands of Grenada, Dondaica St. Vincent, To bago, by* commission ender the great seal, nearly of the same tenor with those of the governors of Quebec and New York, end the other governments in America.—Governor Melville arrived in the island of Grenada in December 1764, and in pur suance of the powers contained in his commission, summoned a general assembly of the freeholders and planters of the island, which met in the latter end of the year 1765. I have mentioned these facts to confirm my rea soning, that it was, hitherto, held to be a sacred constitutional law , that the local government in the colonies ceded to Great Britain, were never to be administered by Orders in Council, but shout! be modelled upon that of England, and protected against the tyrannical and arbitrary gore. manta of their former sovereignties. In the French co lonies, for instance. the King's will is the law, ac cordipg to the emphatic principle sontained in these few words, ." Si veut le roi, si veut Is lig," that which the King wills, the laW ordains. That is to say, if the King chooses to banish a man, he must bannediately obey, and has no redress. He is linisle.to arbitrary fines and imprisonments, and to . he tried, not by known and permanent laws, bat by orders in Council, by ordinances and Ministerial edicts, which the governor and council are ear powered to make void at their will and plenum,. and the courts of justice can give no ressedys By the law of England, he is protected these oppression.. An Englishman, without legal cause, has his writ of habeas capes, to procure his instant release.—He can bring his . action of damages for false impi isonment, for the injury be has sustained, against the Secretary of State, or against any ,other, by whom he is im prisoned. The subversiqn of the constitution, in the continuance of Dutch, and Spanish laws, in the immense territories ceded to Great Britain, has deprived His Majesty's subjects in them, of their rights and franehient; ,which follow than, where 'never they clinese to fix Otemsebres, within .the British dominions. Until they ,submitted to the degradation of * Slavish Policy, pf the n:bit.iny bar:ovation lately introduced, of being governed by ministerial rescript, they, At whateves dist.soce 0 10 7 Wise 411 1 40Xed from ithe parent state, could exult in the ,session of . she .civil and political privileges of the free:ennntry iliey had left. The Habeas Corpus Act, apd the ineetiondde trial by jury, the double protection of a 6rand Jury and.a Petty Jury on the trial, is, in these colonies taken from .diem. Tile practice of the despotic and arbitrary government. ef.Hellend, France, and Spain, of imprisonments by lettres de Cach et, or by orders of tbe , Governor ; of proclaiming martial law to silence all opposition; of banishment, with out his assigning any rasson for it; of suspending or removing, at his will and pleasure, per sons holding important ofices, is submitted to in passive: Obedience in the ceded colonies, by British subjectsvowithOut any resistance legal stied constitutional se it would be, or even question rained as to thewjegality. One of the griatest pdvandages hitherto derived by England from her coloniee, by extending to thein the henefite of her free constitution, nee the excellent internal administration which re sulted from it. , Liberty, until the innovations here diannoced, was the portion of the English coloniep. Despotism to tyranny the fats of colonies modelled on the absolute governments, to which they belonged. On the cepion of some of them to the Crows of Great Britain, the des .pod's) and tyranny of their former sovereignties bas bees continued, in ,violation of.* constitution end the ay** policy of the ; kingdom. " But he, Who advised and maintains such an innovation, is liable by statute, to the heaviest penalties. " 6 This analysis, indeed, is only an imperfect out line and nucow **anent of w h at so grave and moat impnetatit subject demands. Yet, if the several facto, which I have drawn together, link themselves into a consistent' and necessary ,ton- 1111131i011, it will furnishno week argument, in Support of my honest i reprobation of arbitrary rescripts, of a barbarous klign cOrs PorilOtta to tunocence,und, except in the British doniiiions, !welshed frann All the enlightened tribunals of Europe. But such a system of jurisprudence, if jhrieptetlenee i. can be celled, having been continued in the Colonies ceded ; 19 Great *kaki, and unrestricted power assumed by the Minister, at his papricions will of issuing `orders in 0 . 66 / 16 .4 innifn. OPI 9: 1 0444 444. ,for ßink domestic iroverement, calls for immediete abrogation and tepee!. My remonstrance 9u the pubject to L or d Bathurst, its Celouiii Minister, has' been given to the public. But I was not, how per, to be pardoned for my attachment to the laws, pf ,England, nor firtuitteJ to breathe r however ti!..l ingt.4. Afpp.i;# o f tfrrePWA9. 1 ' *nnw 'l l4 t 1i.b . P14 and cAtnte!fti iintikkics l tich le preferment : that sycophancy and wmintinenon 109 the ordiniry piniobs of candidates for orrice.. l - 4 hint, that *sour and p a t ronag e was Miket:l .. . CaPscilitdeds omdd isiuttany eyes oaths pre- , rttr.vAT 9 f littietn.r.c, Ali ikd Pftmeitiosm.i .wa ening an interest to every mind not hardenell , py habit into insensibiljw.: and I must consider the silence of Al' WA. gals OW U 1 4 1 0 .0 0 11* * I • . ! 11 4 1 0 1 4 . 4 ' cretary of State for the Colonies,* on the complaiht 3 and grievances brought node!. , notice, as ;ma rcher lesson of experience, how great is the folk, gravely to regulate, our conduct by reason and jus. tire, in the vain hope that those with whom m e correspond, will lathe same thing. • The Burl Bathurst. .=ESlNTlVEffimiliffem ,PECULIAR imatrs OP MUSICAL COMPOSERS. GLUCK, in order to WarmMnsaginatlon, and trans. port himself to Aulis or Sparta. was accustomed to himself in the middle of a beautiful asendaw. In t. i s situation. with a piano before him, and a bottle of champagne by his aide, he wrote his two " Iphigniaa," his " Orphes.," and other works. SA RTI, on the contrary, required a spacious dark room, dimly illuminated by a lamp suspended from the etiling. aid it was only in the most silent hours of night he could summon mustcal ideas. CIMAKOSA was fond of noises be liked to have hit ftiends about him when he composed. Frequently in the course of a single night he wrote the subjects of eight or ten charming airs, which he afterwards finished In the midst or his Mends. CHERUBINI was also In the habit of composing when surrounded by his company. If his ideas did not How very freely, he would borrow a pack of playing cards from any party engaged with them, and fill up the pips with facts caricatured, and all kinds of humorous devices, for he was as ready with his pencil as his pets, though not equally great with both. SACCHINI could not write a passage except when Ids wife was at his side, and unless his cats, whose playfulness be admired, were gamboling about him. PA ISIELLO composed in bed. It was between lbws that he planned " II Davie.: di trariglia," ." La Malin. area " and other thrfs-tferestire of ease and gracefulness. Zi NG AKELLI would dictate his music after reading s passage in one of the fathers of the Church, or in Seale Ledo classic. HAYDN, sober and solitary as Newton, putting on his finger the ring sent him by Frederick 11. and which he said was necessary to inspire his imagination, sat down to his piano and in • few moments soared among the choirs. Nothing disturbed him at Eisenstadt, the scat of Prince Esteshasy ; be lived wholly for his art, exempt from woolly cues, and ef.as said that he always enjoyed himself most when he was at work.—Harwsoniceis. SPORTING. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER NIEETINO. MONDAY, OCT. 3. The Trial Stakes, a subscription of 10 sovereigns each for 3 yrs old. 71a 7lb t 4 yrs. Sat tlib ; 5 yrs, list. 2lb ; 6 yn and aged, list 61b. A. F. Sir M. Wood's Grumble, 3 yrs Lord Lowther's Spaniel, 3 yrs ... Duke of Purdaod's The Theban, 6 yrs Lord Orford's Naiad, 3 yes .. Lord Jersey's 'Juryman, a yrs. .. Won easy by a length. Sweepstakes of 100 eo n . each, h.. ft . D. M. Cabled Peel's Locbinver, Set lib. Sir M. Wood's Gelatine ' Itst. 71b. 2 Won by 2 lengths easy. Match, 100 sows. b. ft. A. F. Lord Cheetedield's Titania, Set Mb. .. 1 Duke of Richmond's Ciuded , Bst 71b. ... 2 Woo cleverly by 2, s. The fhb renewal of the Onad Duke Michael Stakes of 60 sovereigns each, for colts. Bat 71b, fillies, est , 3lb. A. F. Lord Orfurd's b c by Wrangler .. 1 Lord Jersey ' s ch c by Middleton Mr. Mills's c by Blackleck 3 9 ran; 13 paid. Won by a length. Match, Ost 71b each. D. 1. 200 guinea% h. ft. Sir M. Wood's Coptain Arthur bet the Duke of Portland's Amphisraas easy. LINCOLN, Tun 'SWAT. City Plate of 60L Two mile bean. Col. King's b. f. Frantic, 3 yr. (J. Orey) 1 -2 1 Mr. Broornlumurs b. e. Butcher-hey, i yes 2 1 3 Lord Quoisieherry's b. e. Raman, 4.yrs 2 3 2 Mt. Reed's b, c. Penton, 3 4 dr Mr, Brook's br. m. Fanny Kanble, S yrs .. 4dr Dr.! Willies b. g. by Mao. 6.yrs. ... 6 dr Produce Stakes ot 30 pap. aseb, , lloll. for wit 'id colts, Est 31b; and iires c asea 31b slipped, ate. Three quie ten ofit,mile: 4 subs.) Mr. MouMsworth a b f Clara Bilis's b c by ;Bratanderf .. I. .. roz, - /cE ,age9,#:,Ts. BuiCsTitaxT. .. I .1 paiturts Bustit,env.-4rostinday hUis.aad .iuseens, two of the printippl officers ,td,this eatablisfunert, succeeded in apprehending a gang of Medlin, who broke Into the house of Captain itichunnai, at Merton, Surrey, oo the night of Totu:sday last, and stole dhentio articles of apparel, piste, &c. It. appeats cleat the robbers, during she night, entered by cutting put a panne' in ,the grunt door, by means of a centre-bit, and six coats, seven !sleet waist. coats, as many pair d tremens, a variety of cloaks, Maus, shirts, audAiher articles of wearing apparel, to a great -laminas were =lied off. The isficen, filth and Stevens, in consequence of !dem**, prociedod to Westminster, and there took l imo cuAtoy J. CO - genet, Howard Grady, and Ann, his Wife. e pri soner Johnson was Imo .to cane out of a house, No. XS, Lewisham -street, with i bundle. Tbe offiten seised him and hie .FeePerT PleY afierWarda VlM:red tliebtfu e nAndOok die tidier pneenas. Upon Johnson p cloak And other arti cles niers y belonging to Captain .Itieloodson were found. •Tue scats diagnosed that the epithets wok a lodg. nas, in Ki%-atraers DlVY4f , nes Ani Ater Abe siNlesi and there " swag' bad breu.taken 0 " go - Cart, by which it had been removed ( r out Surrey to Middlesex. On Friday last the rooben removed the getater pert ot the stolen property front ,Ilisigsetreet, hut thejt hit pan behind, which the 4# ok:era took possession of. Aitiew sbe pepperty found there was a coat htiongins do Captain IlJebatdotp, and *pair of sinew. thi one of the prisoners a pair of shoes belonging to the Ca ptai n were found. There were also found at bowie in King-stntet, a age quantity of itotiselinaking nu pienients, dark-lantliorn, &c. The officers appear pretty sanguine they shall recover the whole ot the stolen property. The prisoners were remanded. QUEKN•SQUAKE. dolmens Y. 14006-4 n this case the &deaden' was, under the 4th Oro. 3, doused by Johnion, Ate hitorthe, with furiously driving a Fillopm omnibus, po the hlhh 01 September last, at Knightsbridge' dwas by which he was liab:e to &penalty of bd. and not Itaitluta 61. and he tar. vitted. Mr. Islanitiq or aped hsottopoy Apia:Ail of al- A whom attended tot Ow . 4144141 . 11 . 1, And opted that he should appeal against the conviction = but Mi. Malawi sand there was no appeal given undetAlie Act, and Luck was locked up. The solscitinpugued the caste, suid so 'hog the ,union 1 14-31aa .0 4 V* be .egsined the defendant to be hbeinted . on bus solicitor tuk4epajiimsfyf Atka/pats= on a future day. Yesterday the couptien was again argued berme lilt. MaAsitur and N mars, when it was de monstrated that there wean p l um of app e al, and It wool out that Mr. Onset:ins, the )la trite, had allowed an appal tinder theXaote Act on A turner day. The appeal will. Cll. therefore, be tried at the next Seining+ NA 13 , 444 " shutter caws wait the result of this. B 1 apiS. The Seth ult. in Pentium-square, the Hon. Mrs. 'loots. OP #.li. ro. 141—Was.16th ult. at Raub NU, prat South ;soli/ban, y_ of C. kay, .Eaq. oft *peon —ill ra 1% Hew* • •Kendigtoil, at a hter—The 30th ult. m i x s r. P 1 4 041 1, 4 refneft-Itlen, keeltimbursh-squart , of i atiU•boiii son -.llte lat *t. at Llarecootit Lutlie, *limey, the lady at J. likkisegatan. Esq. jun. of a son— At Haugun-411, pear I l incoin, au. haw ird. Howard, ef a son. --- -- MARRIED. The Ist lust. at St.Gturge'sehurch, Ramsgate, J. Owe. Fa* et the Poiustial Audit Mee, .to ' Sani, daughla '" Ictiat C. X ilt Y. UM' Qf PlYnkOP•AliOnAe PA , * 4; " 1- 15 P INEL:.:Thi Mli - e - ln"reli - laii,*it Triniailutlee. ir , IIip,MAD4 Of COIONO, Lieut. Z. Tindal, of the Hoy MEI. t.The *Spa uit. Aber', tip wits 0 D. Awn:aster. a L y, bgai.teerace Pentor.vent, 81—Theiiltli ult. at thirokre .4 th e 1 ;;Y• 1 ". Tifier, $6 , Mote slums 61.) years atinicer 111 . I 4 inbYt.l.4n Clinffrepttin in EnsAnce+l!", Thi HI-4U lat that. D. IVlseb; sPiq. King -street, Soho, 73 -- 4'hse . 1411 insitt lreet. ati.Eplkw, 410, sato, "ifs of J. Alums a.iq ,1, Kgr.l !YO KO enti livalisked by JOU' Vl s ‘ Tai Orr!FF; PIP I,licka!-pi4cs, Temple Po . •