The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-05-20 00:00:00

The Greeks, though gradually gaining ground wine their savage tyrants, are. still occasionally and too often In the course , of their arduous struggle, exposed to the revenge d, their relentless enemies. A foreign mail of yesterday informs us that a vessel with its crew, soi posed to have bete Greek, on being captured by a Tunisian Corvette and carried into a port near Smyrna, the crew were ordered to be the next day be beaded; but the French Consular Agent 'having beat apprised that there was reason to believe the vessel and crew to be lonian, got the order for the execution suspended ; and the vessel proving to be an lonian, be obtained its release. This is one among very numerous instances, where the officers of the French Government ststioard in the Levant have interposed to save the lives of devoted Greeks from the destruction that was awaiting them. It Was once the boast of Britons, that English men 'toad foremost in every kind of generous deeds, and that they were in a peculiar manner the patrons and pro' teeters of nations straggling for the recovery of liberty' we individuals struggling with distress. For a long timo those who sympathised wit.: the noble achievements, and itspfltsesfferings of theGrecke, frit surprise and sorrow , e 41id1i;t40744,ti wirr had been abandoned by the Power :2 . " conraged* them to assert their independence, wen ecniutenanced by Government that pro s_ to -be the friend of freedom. It was felt by tianal reproach, that while the Greeks veil,' staking eucls akonishlng efforts against so • Ifiritisliable and dreadful a power as was arrayed no attem?t was made collectively in this favoured land of ones, to afford k • I 1 4 1 • : 1 11 _ .. their temples, for the very existence of their altars and their homes. The alterwative now is, not only whether the Cross or the Crescent shall be triumphant, not merely whether Christianity shall with all its present professors be extirpated front one of the most interesting countries is the world; but whethel the blood of numerous than r• sands of innocent brings shall be sacrificed to the yes " geance of the cruelest of men, and civilization and ha : inanity, and every thing that is dear to feeling or ea. lightened minds, give place and triumph to the most ' barbarSas of superstitions that ever enslaved mankind. —.....- 2 .. '.,. Frankfort papers have arrived this morning, the ask of which relate solely to Turkey and Greece. The article worth iasertiog from them is the follow , . t og ~_.,,' • Cosircasyrtxof Le, APRIL 10.—It is generally asserted :'lire that the tirecks will not negotiate with the Porte, ~ *liept on the basic of their entire indepentlettce. Lord Zc",.. Oford appears to endeavour to effect an arrange ..l ' The negociationr with Persia are not near a con. ga n." The Porte is said even to have declined the .4 tilletliation of Lord . Strongford. The new Firma° lflefin g the trade of the Blink Sea, is very dis- Idto the Franks, as it is nearly equivalent to the passage of the Dardanelles, and is likely . 2: ie tirreat hindrance to the commerce of all foreign Paris pipers to the,lBth, have come to hand, bet bring wiling in an authentic shape, to allay the anxiety that h , Prevails respecting the positions of Moncey sod Mina. Thy state, Indeed, that accounts had been received from Byrom, dated May 11th, merely saying, " that nothing tow had occurred ; that Baron d'Eroles having the same aequistance with the mountains, and soldiers of the same inittiptlon, as kilns, was in pursuit of the Constitutional Chief, and that the other corps were beginning their move writs In invest Barcelona and take up their position on the Ebro." How these accounts have come, is not stated. By wee personxthey are supposed to have come from Moncey himself; and the idea of their coming from him cithout be lie acknowledged as such, occasions many reflections. — Whilst reports of military digesters prevail in Paris, it idght have been expected thatthe Gosernment would not have lases need that Baron d'Eroles was the only General who pur wed Mins; Haley could have better satisfied the public. The Qulidienne renews its attempts, to make it appear that Ilies's movement is nue of necessity, and that the manceti r yes et the French have p reven t e d him from effecting his salon with Milan. and Llobers, which, it asserts, he was most desirous to execute. Now the fact is, if we are to eredit the statements of former French official bulletins, that Mins bad suomplished Ms junction with those Command ers, sad that their united forces maintained themselves in a "rug poeitlo* before Vl*. until Moncey had turned their richt he erossing the Ter. and occupying Gerona. They hert fell bark together, and the enemy boasted that Mina was ng without waiting to hear a cannon fired. It was then TIM only that this enterprising Chief voluntarily s.sl tad from his companions, left them to retire slowly toutards, ' Rare-lona, and whilst the French imagined that he was carrying on the van of retreat, turned them by a s%Utel maneuver., and darting behind them towards Fromm, Tow , . palled them , to retries their steps, and exhaust tbessatilves in useless marches, to surround him or to arrest Iris coarse. We kayq already seen from the silence of the French papers, tbat all these attempts have (ailed: private letters from Paris, dated last Saturday evening, are More explicit. They not only confirm, but detail the adran. tages ehich lie was reported to have gained; add con 6. dently state, that, having, made a forced march of ten leagues in one day, he had fallen upon the division of , Roinagose, stationed at Ripoll, consisting of about three thousand men, and had cut it to pieces. They add, that he had afterwards turned round to encounter Eroles, had beaten him too, and taken from hint one thousand prisoners. Meanwhile it appears certain, both by the admilsions in the Journals, and the accounts given In private letters, that great dissatisfaction prevailed amongst the troops of the Faith, and that the siege of Sanwa, which had been entrusted to Quesada, had been raised le consequence of the self-disbandment of his soldiers, 4tie wished to indulge freely in plan ler, and three of whole he had caused to be shot in order to inspire terror lit, the rest. Fasmcn FUNDS, May.l6.—Five per cent. opened st 87f. 15c.; doted, 87. 501 Honk Stock, 15S0f. 1575 f.— Neapolitan Five per Cent. 711} ; Renton of SPIP4 I4 406.-- Exchange on London, 25. 75. ;—ditto, three months, 251. STOCK Ego' mix, Twscvs o'CLcieit —The Stock &ohmage and Foreign Market are open, but up to this hour very little business is doing. Consols opened At 7si to 79, at which price they remain steady, *Ala :are are no fresh prices of Stelk dart, opeoed at 361 to 4, lowered to 314 j that one of our first rate Papers Ins 'aria. ipanlsh.. 90—Coloml rate letter here that the assemble the Ferdinand of ' s►me month. al war I . from their.. Debalc choose - Oudinot, Sr irehlait on treat them affairsdo for, and ttoalr's sotior the repeal of Commons tO-111 , discussed at tireti in rokiktagr min that si 'inc. . th, . capital; Codaloila A In lasteros. -• wait f these 'tering _ -As petitions are pouring into the dement from all parts at the kiegdoin, on ly not be uninteresting to give some on at issue :—Coals brought or carried .o port of London, pay a duty of 7.. 6d per ton, or 9s. 41. the chaldroo, Winchester measure- Into any other port in England, 4s. per ton, or tie. per chaldron. into any port within the principality of. Wales, 9d. per ton, or ls. per chaldron. The duties pro- duced thereby were in 1820, 1026,733/, in 1821, 960,0361. 4 and in 1822, 937,943/. The amounts of duties on exports were, for 1821, 49,8511., and for 1822, 51,8241. These amounts are taken from the Parliamentary Re. turns, No. 299, printed a few days since. The applice-' tion of the duties is not mentioned in the Returns. It has been stated in some of the papers, that the Mar. quest of Hastings is going as Ambassador to the Neapo litan Court ; but this statement, as well as that of his Lordship being destined Cur the lonian Isles, is incorrect. His Lordship is going to Genoa, while his amiable Mar chioness and family return to England —(4lforming Post.) The following was this morning posted at Lloyd's : Extract of a letter from Brest, dated May 18.—" 1 arrived here this day to the French frigate Cleopatra, from Bahia to N days. When I left, the siege of that city was still con laced by the Brazilians, under the command of General Isdlitat, and its defence by the Portuguese, soder General Madeira. A Brazilian squadron had sailed from Rio Janei ro, and a Portuguese one from Bahia, and both were in the neighbourhood of the latter place. Fresh provisions of every kind were very dear at Bahia, which, added to the stagnation of trade, was producing great misery and wait among the lower classes of society. DRURT-LANE THEATRICAL FUND.-011 Saturday the Anniversary of this Charity was celebrated at the Free- Tavern. in a very splendid manner. All the galleries of the Hall, in which the company, to the num ber of 270 dined, were crowded with Ladies in full dress. In the absence of the Duke of York, who had been ad vised by his Physicians to abstain for some time from convivialities, the Marquis of Hertford was in th e Ch a i r . The colleition amounted to more than 11001. Tax Aawv.—The 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lan cers) has received orders to embark at Bristol and Bideford, between the 2 titi and Sloth Instant, for Ireland, for the pur pose of relieving the 7th Ha . The 7th (or the Qualm's Own) Light Dragoon Raisers Is ordered, on being relieved by the 9th Lancers, to England, to do duty at Brinton and Chichester. The 14th (or Duchess of York's Own) Regi ment of Light Dragoons, now stationed at Coventry and Birmingham, is ordered to replace the 9th Regiment of Lan cers, at Radipole. The 14 division of the 12th Regiment of Foot, which embarked at Jersey on the Bth instant, on board the Cato and Zephyr transports, disembarked the 14th inst. at Sheerness. The 9d division of the 72d Regiment of In fantry which embarked at Woolwich, on the 3d instant, on board the Loyal Briton transport for Guernsey, remained wind-bound In the Downs on the Ifith instant. The Ist di vision of the 10th Regiment of Foot, now stationed at Sheerness, will embank on board the Cato and Zephyr trans ports, for Ireland, for the purpose a rrlieving the Ist dill sion of the bid Light Infantry, which is ordered to Halifax. The ed division of the 10th Regiment of Infantry, now at sheeteetm will, on being relieved by the 2tl division of the itth Foot, hoe Guernsey, proceed to Ireland, in order to replace the 2d division of the 32d (Oxfordshire) Light Is-' fantry, which is ordered to Newfoundland. Duatag, Mar 13.—The funeral of Dr. Trny com menced passing our office at a few minutes before tam, and continue/ for about an WO. Several thous* mourn ers, with scarfs and bands, passed on foot, an/ is the rear of the procession there were 120 carriages. The crowd accompanying the procession was siumenur.— (Duban Journal.) = ...i.- - r FRANCE. azittitT OP A LeTTSR PROM PARIS, MAY 1 7. To-day judgment was given by the Court of Correc lioiril Police, in the use of M. Kachlin, the Deputy, who was prosecuted for a pamphlet published last sum mer, giving an account of the transactions in Colmar, which ended io the arrest of Colonel Caron. The ho nourable deputy has since written an additional memoir, containing proofs of his former statement. lie offered at the tribune Of the Chamber of Deputies to bring 2,000 Iwitnesses to establish urn oath the truth of his allego dons against the civil and military authorities of the de pertinent', provided a Committee were appointed to con duct the enquiry, and receive their depositiont. He made the same oiler to the Conn of Correctional Po lice, where his trial came bn, after six cases of fraud and petty larceny, and where he was placed on the same bench with the vilest of mankind. No doubt can exist in the mini of anrreasonable person that all the facts of the pamphlet are correctly given, and rather und-rstatea than exaggerated.. The Court has co-demed M. licech lin to six months imprisonment, and a fine of 3000 francs. The Honourable Member was accompanied by a great number of his colleagues of the left side. When they re tired from the .Court, in the passage they were saluted with great enthusiasm. A crowd cellected to learn the result of the trial. The gendarmes ordered the doors to be shutagainst the entrance of any additional numbers, and then cleared the pasea4es. Noluitlent happened. M. Chappe, director of the Telegraph, the son of tl e inventor, has been disploced because he refused to siert) his name to some despatches which were intended to be I published, but which were not transmitted in the form which it pleased the Ministry they should assume. , You may judge by this what reliance on be pl teed on other intelligence communicated by the Goverment where they have no person to cheek them. No nea s either from that part of the army which she :Ad be so active in Cotalonia, or that part of it which is pro ceeding on Madrid, has to-•lay transpired. The Alibis. try receive a courier every morning, but since the late affoir of M. de Villele and the Bourse, the President of the Couneil is not disposed to hazard military specula tions. Mina has defeated all their calculations. T s :iL Yesterday a letter was received from the neighbonr hood of St. Sebastian, dated the 9th inst. The French having found it necessary to give farther protection to the communications along the great road from Iran to Vittoria, had for the purpose withdrawn part of the force employed iu the blockade of St. Sebastian. On the night of the Bth the garrison made a sortie, repulsed the besiegers find took some prisoners. Several new leaders of cotistitetiooal guerillas have begun to distinguish themselves in this part of Spain: Mendoza, formerly the Aide-de-Camp Porlier, is one of these commanders.— Colonel Pablo, otherwise named Chapalangara, is another. He makes excursions along the road which leads from Pamplona to Vittoria, by the way of Salvatierra. On' of the sons of the Conde de Espelette, formerly Vice roy of Navarre, has, also put hicutelf at the Lead of a guerillas. Bread with the French army in Spain costs as much as 12 aesu (sispence) per pound. The extravagant price is widely to be ascribed to the enormous cost of transport. VI eNN A, May 3.—lt is affirmed that his Majesty . the Emperor, on the repeated representations of the Minister of Finance, has determined un a still farther and consi derable reduction of the arniv,bv which the hopes of peace are of coarse comfit-med. lfis Majesty is said likewise to have ordered that candidates fur public offices moat the first six years without a salary,and prove that they are able to a themselves for that lime. A'-ijq ireps.4l6• eaPitotoarsesis lava that the Sitapioessiost to oaa of the last numbers of Abe Kosiebcrg essetteMsisleiso, os the wild-woe _great emmosiaaion home. a notification for sale of upwards of lOU d welling boas-s, excAnsive of nearly 60 estates, the property of Noilemen..—" Thus it is ; adds the le ter alloded to, " every one is ignitions to sell; few, however, are disposed to huy;aisal these who are inclined will give only very low prices. tiod mead the times!" A letter, dated Marseilles, the 6th inst., says, according to accounts recently received from Tunis, the Hey had given orders for two Ambassadors to embark imme diately—the one for London, and the other for Copeo haven. The Joon& des Delves of Friday contains the follow ing paragraph :—" betters from Constantinople, by the way of Bucharest. announce that some commercial houses had received intelligence that a coalition has been formed between the Mabrattas and several Sovereigns of I adman, and that this coalition had, after the departure of Lord Hastings, declared war against th• English. According to the saute letters, the English had, in order to defend thembelees, withdrawn the garrisons from their posts on the Persian gulf. If this news be true, and if the army of the coalition be as numerous as the letters represent it, the event will be extremely important; but it is well koown that the newsmongers of the Levant are much to to be distrusted." • itAltrIfiRDAM MAT I4.—The Society Artie Salutiferic met to day to celebrate the anniver'ary of the discovery of Vaccination, by the immortal Jenner. M. Van der Breggen, President of the Society, made an animated address, in which he did merited justice to the illustrious deceased, whose ,bust, covered with a veil, stood before him. In the middle of his discourse be took off the veil, and placed on the bust the civic crown. CU AAAAA or Cowls s ace—We have In the following let ter, from one of our Representatives (says the Bristol Mer cury), a practical illustration of the utility of this Institu tion, and of the effect it may have on the future commercial prosperity °take city, from . the facilities it affords to com munications of public nature affecting the interests of the community, and which would not, perhaps ought not, be made for thallvidual advantage. When the benefits it is cal culated became better known, we are convinced that the pa tramp it has hitherto received from our (elk us-citizens, which Is very favourable, wid become general : House of Commons May W, ISA Dear Sir, 6 o'clock. • I beg to Inform you fbat Mr. Duskisson has this evening withdrawn from the new Registry Bill all the clauses that respect this Improved mode of taking the tonnage of vessels. That question is therefore set at rest for the present. I have had a Satisfactory conversation with him at the Board of Trade on the other objections which you lately traastait ted to me, and I think that you will be satisfied art& the al terations that have been agreed up:m. I have ordered the Bill, when printed, to be transmitted to you for the informa tion of the Committee. I write in haste, and am, Dear Sir, your faithful and obliged Servant. To ADRIAN MOANS, Esq. R. 11. DAVIS. Chairman of the Sub-committee. _ . _ CARLISLE, MAT It .—The weather for the first three days of the present week, was extremely wet sod bois terous, and had more resemblance to the beginning of Janney than to the second week in May. Since Wed- nesday a great quantity of rain has fallen, but the air continues unusually cold and piercing, the wind general. ly blotting from the north-west. Indeed the prevalence Of nertheely winds for several weeks past, has so great ly checked productions of the earth, that with the exception of wheat, a plant of great hardiness, there is little appearance of vegetation snore than is usually seen in March. In many 'parts of the country, though the state of the atmosphere bat not been so unfavourable as to suspend the progress of farm labour, yet the fields and beiges, and more particularly the gardens, exisibit every appearance of a very backward seasan. But should warm weather now ensue, attended with refresh lag showers, any cheek which the corn crops may have sustained, will soon be overcome, and a harvest may be reasonably expected equally abundant as when favored ttith a much milder spring.—(Carlisle Journal.) t.: , -- • . 't * ti em, no attemlt was made collectively Exchange and Foreign Market are open, but up to this '...- Ul na ' ' ' • hour very little business is doing. Consols opened At ''A ify lad tints in this favoured land of our., to a ff ord 7n to 79, at which price they remain steady, *Ala 1:I rs of that assistance which the policy heavy market. T.:are are no fresh prices of Stertk , :;. . tit %Vint prevented it from granting. At to-day. liligklsr the character of our country bas been Spanish Bonds opened at 361 to 1, lowered to 35f1 • it. ••- r eist gom meet i ng that was h e ld i n the metro- 36. It is reported that one of our first rate Papers bee ,* ' p% la ,in favour of the Greeks. will, we trust ' 'jaw!: eitalso fall amends for the backwardness that sia, 701 4 .- Dan ish, beenview Spanish. 90—Colombia, 6134.—NespelOst, 74 '': 1R44 kidierici litliihilad. It is impossible to read of thole toExi . . l. tract of a private letter from Paris, dated Saterday -, otirrlios., IP trishilhis leave alluded, and the oppressions night : •...• shit vatted them /forth, as they were depicted in the "It is asserted here that the moment our army arrive at ' Vglsi n el neoCe of II illicintosh, and a Hobbouse a •‘ : ,a ~ 8 U 4 l 4 • Ito t Madrid, they will assemble the Antient Cartes, conformable ' to the decree of Ferdinand of March 1820, anterior to the andillelliel - ''ll and 6 U lthant a feeling of horror at revolution of the same month. If this event take plane, It ..• • e "itl tfm4dkave Altai!, and ofadmiration at their i may cause a general war in Enrope,, We are entirety in .. ' t le dark as to news from the army, except what Tke Moldiest!. ""..' ' meibitole stnriggles to release themselves from the and Journal des Alma*. choose to give as . It Is certain Met c . • "Of tbiii /gloomy, sad merciless tyrants. The the first corps under thulium, and the with thi Bete -., .. • • . eWasaik they aid making, at a Period when d ' Angouleme , are marchin g on Madrid, and there is not di e . -i. . . • coma-least obstacle to prevent them tram entering that capihtlt -...- k i ewataps kit their suspicious friends but (*the other side affairs do not goons* well In CataloOla -••• •- ' theta ' 'Meek in abject servility and selfishness, as could be wished for, and It is certain that Mina has gut., . • ' • rang' . test pages of the history of their gene r a t ed his antagonists. Even at Gerona, by the last ac- . counts, Marshal Moncey did not know what direction Mina • 4. . ,• • • t s apathy to which a slavery b a d ta k en . O t h er information states he was marching In 1 4 44- . * • • . to have consigned them, they advance of Molitor. to Tons a junction with Sallasteros. i: -",-- we ," '''' .• Chains over the Leads of their tyrants. To be rightly informed of Mina's movements, we must wait - • - ',' - • .• •, • • . 1 , , • It , ... • is net yet secured. They have ...r..—...r.......... L 'lrt c . Atte etleeprrate effort of their +iodic- Yesterday the king received a visit from the Doke of we - , •-•, .• e lessened of most extensive Clarence . . We are extremely happy to say Lis Majesty •••:, . , • • ..„..44 . rest revenge . Now , t h ere. is going en very well.—(Court Circular.) On Saturday morning, at five &clock, his Excellency 1,•••• • 1 . tins the fie of Freedom, of Religion, Sir Henry Wellesley and his lady left town, and em -* f *. ty li,,stap fo •In their behalf. An barked oo board the Lord listlill. steam pacitet„ at We : li t . . 4 , ', . c ~ rear,' • yltiorttairit Dal" : ,pit ' . one who pea- Tare r stairs. for Calphs. • The state egeetitges Wen ) kink* • ' af 11 . - • . a ieri e s wen n miter , . r e akin** of the_ promos week. . Ste 11 4 4 0 40 , Eer - Ledy , based p ..to-Pep‘or • eleimaia. their, eisa. j aid. The considerati o n s t a fore dor , „‘„,- oft ... opt , to orwee d to nne ,_, ' • .Peenet Inn Poweald that can be wail wow Mirr-ihmeilessereeek leave of his Majesty it : a Private eared. -To such as beet hies blessed with a liberal audience. , education and with n and jin n .; the appeal i s ma d e i n Sir J. Mackintoshes motion on the criminal laws, and I fa • Mr. Sy key's for the repeal of the candle tat, cam* wn is . eGar of a . cauntry from Which the elegancies of their the Hones of Commons to-morrow. The second of these literature originally emanated. and to which every mild will probably be discussed at the usual hear foe entering sated mind must la• attached by numerous and engaging npoh the public business. • and call COAL Dovtxs.—As petitions . are pouring into the i classical associations. To tl*ise who profess Houses of Parliament from all parts of the kingdom, en ,-,. • . .abemselvas Chrietiaes,h premoted the interesting specta- this subject, it may not be uninteresting to give some fleet' a cation of Christiana, surrounded by the cruelest idea of the question at issue :—Coals brought or carried enemies of their kith, and fighting on the threshold of coastwise into the port of London, pay a duty of 7e. 6d - . .. • .. s .... 1,-.. mi. qt_ 4 •l_ the elislarno_ Winchester esessure• - • - ioncey did infoloatiOn .r. to OM t formai) of Mina' accouot. , _ •IR SHIPPINU INTELLIGENChi. DCA T ft MAT 19.—Wind avast.--Arrived last night.R. Dutch Brig of War, Godlier, Lacas, from Fleshing, aid_ sailed this morning for Olbraltar.—Canie dowo• from 410 River and silted. the Ann, Cordenor, for Pernambuco; it s Jane, Wyllie, fur St. Luck ; and the Avtr,o, Brows, f.r New Orleans. PORTSLIOUTN, MAY 19.—Wind ROI th.—Arrived the Greenock, Richmond, from the Downs ; and the Orlando. Coverdsla, for the Cape and Van Dieman's Ilia Majesty's ship Parthien, for Plymouth; the Widish', Spence, for Quebec ; and the No: folk, Andersaa ; for Alita , micLi. OLD BA ILE Y.—(Tii is LOANING ) Before the COMMON SERGEANT. - • . /f p m. Field and John Woodhouse, were indieted for • • ~..• ~,- 'i• stealing a truss of hay, the property of • John Curton. : E-: '.7 . ! The Common SaRGCANT stopped the case and sdJj 4- -...40 that it st as a pity it was sent there, as there did not appinit '.. .V . , to be any thing which in the least degr ee affstoteff the/ .... prisoners. He should therefore direct 4a • acquittal•—% , 1 - 7 1 , -.... 1.. Not Guilty. t z. : - 1. - ,—, Lyon Cohen and Sam. Cole, were convicted of stealiejt. - - l'i . , - ..7 .--, • .. dnlhs. of Bacon, the property of John Balogal White, ea '• ' ' , the 24th of April last, iii Cast Smithfield. It is renrak.: .." ' able, that the first inentioned of the bacon stealers is a - . Jen.. Taos. Richardson and James G roves w ere ,costa-•' vie eel of stealing a quantity of lead front the roof do' • Stanmore Church. • Beigjansin James Powell was Indicted for 'teeth's; a sii ace watch, the property of Lawrence Nntiey. I The prosecutor, a respectable salesman and pawnbroker in Broad-street, Bloomsbury, stated, that the prlsonachal . • bees in his service about two years, anti during th at tint had conducted himself wi!li great propriety. Ou theletfi - of **.-, ~ April he went into the privy, whither the prisoner had bhca shortly before, where he found a pocket book on Lie •t • , seat, which the prisoner had inadvertently left behind. Cpl. ' : ". nil extifrimil its content• , , he found it to contains doptice s te - • for a witch pledged at the shop of Mr. liamktris in Drury lane, and upon examiration he foni.d to be his property.— - There was also a sale bill in the pocket-book,lthir4l 'bed , ben previously attached to the watch in his windovf, pievi- , pus to its removal by the prisoner which had hit private i mark at the back. The Frieoner, confessed that he Vast . / ~. pledged the watch. bat had Intended to redeem It, which Was* ' the of his having kept the duplicate in his possession- : * The Jury found him Guilty, but recommended hire to mer cy ; in which the prosecutor humanely joined, suyipg be be tiered it to have been the prisoner's first offence, although he had considered it necessary to make an example for Isis, own safety. RECORDER.-" You have acted very properly, Sig" George Davis, aged 21, nos indicted for. stralingit gold watch, chain and seals, from the person of Jiiimette" Hunch, a surveyor, residing in the Cominercist-raml. The prosecutor was in the Pit of Drury-laJal. Ttinatra on the night of Mr. Young's benefit; it was verfreantbt . crowded. The prisoner was standing by. his Atkin shortly before the rising of the curtain, put lsite lept . . . 4 round his (prosecutor's) waist 'and endeavoired...e.g b-bind him, which he did, and in a minute or-a. he saw him about to leave the Theatre. At this*** • ••• " . he felt his fob, and found that his watch had been extra a : "%., . al. He called out stop him, and immediately pursued t a ~ ... N. ~... prisoner who, however, succrede,d in getting out of - . Theatre,ran down Brvdgea street , into T a vistoek . • - '. 1, -. • and thence ~,.. into York Street, wh e re b e was kn o cked down - , • ' • by one of the persons who had joined in the pursuit, anti :• ' ' taken into custody. The Watch was found in an alit- .. .;.-....'''.*.‘ coot area..-tiuiltv. . He was then cilkii up for judgment. The Recorder rib - - '.-- ...4. .. t om 'serving that be, the Prisoner, was one of those d , ..,•• , - - o es. thieves that infested the places of . public amusement 6 . 11. :- .. v e,.. •- . the purpose of plundering his Mail sty's subjects,and ith .--:. .., 4 .,... • i t .there was no hope of his returning to the patithof itsp•-•,...4.z.-.0-w: Autry. in this country, the motenceot the Court we. : .• • . • that be be transported for th e term of Klan ittirala l / 4 „......,„„ .., _ -~ 7 • " SPORTING IN ELLIUENCE. BETTING AT TATTERSALL% MAY 11L Daaav-7 to 4 apt Eruilius-9 to 2 ■gat Tapered-11 • to tt apt Nicolo-10 to 1 agst Paotina—i l to 1 apt P.- attic —2O to I apt Bertram. Oa►s-9 to *seat Pertoire—b to 2 apt Zinc-6 to 1 agstt Tint-8 to 1 spat Spermaceti. Sr. Lassa--b tot lizst Sherwood-6 to I apt Tittkor. • • NIATt AND SPlll24o.—Various reports were in cireilla• . Lion yesterday, calculated to throw a damp on the ex. relations of those who have so freely sported tise &P t-' • on the event of this great light, which should take lila* a to-morrow. It has been reported, that a retain hews* - lent latly,a member of the Society of Friends, has tempt ed Neate, by a very con iderable dosweur, to. relinquish the ring for ever. We should rather imagine Neete's pride would, at this late hour, prevent himtclosing with. so rational an offer. Certain it is his friends have reci iveil no official information from head-quarters i and eve:y vehicle has been engaged that the city affords. Maly pedestrians have already started for the scene of action: —(Bristot 'Mercury of Monday.) The spot now selected for the contest is, we under. stand, Weyhill, near Andover, on the ground what the celebrated Hop and Sheep Fair is annually held, e the Great Western Road, about sixteen miles on this silt( of Salisbury, and sixty-six from London. The bets, be. fore the sporting men left town last night, were eviiffi. Spring was rather the favourite ill the sporting clrcies. FIRE IN NEW STREET COVENT BARDEN.' (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) This morning . the remains of the poor woman who was des•royed in this very mysterious conflagration. whose name is Parry, were dAo the ruins b . • • th etireaseu, and conveyed to discover St Mar e tin's Worklionte.for y • an Inquest to be held there, and an enquiry to talus place into the various cirettaistancea of suspicion which " have been discover.:d against Uotl a• to his haying •vik. • folly set his premises on tire. There were six prisons in tbe house at the dote the alarm was given, vs. Mr. Earl the Ckrk of St. Martin's Poor-houie sod his wive. la. • the lir,t floor ; another cougle in the second floor, and tho, deceased and her husband in the third floor, and it is al- • most a miracle the whole were not consumed. The Fire. Insurance Company bare determined to prosecute, Outi 4pl for the setting . tire to these premises, besides for the. • other two charges which have heed enquired iao of Bow-street. The circutnstances of 'suspicion ag,•tast • Ciotti in this case are very strong, but as they will coins • out before the Corouer's Jury, we forbear to+detail theta • at p-esent. : We are informed that the nusbauct of the unfortunate wo man Who fell a victi a to t:43 flames at the house of Gotti, is New-street, was so dreadfully affected by the melancholy catastrophe, that he became delirious. Great apprehension/ are entertained for his safety, as up to yesterday tie had been missing several days The apple trees in lierefordshi represent the pleasingro. mise of a full blossom And so abundant prosuise is conndent. lyanticipated by the mostcompetent judges ; in saute situ ations tue trees are io full bloom, and they are generally healthy and tree front insects. The pear trees are very deficient in blossom. We are sorry to hear complainls of the bad appearance of the wheat in this couutyi its some places the ravages of the wire worm have ben most destructive. aed one farmer in the neiabboarhcoil of tuts city has ploughed up one or two fields of wneat to Liitr barley, in consequeoee of the devaatatioe. of bit crop by these worms—it is the present opinion 'of experic.uco - agriculturists, that in this county there "ajallibi be hr.) tit rds of a crop of wheat. The bar446oks s iat presets', hut tbe grass is b.ickwarrl, at-Wdrsgeo.firrarrit • • are inegovenieoceil for want of food far tteldeatsit,is.•••• ' (flcrejlad Joan') , '~ 0 I I ... 1 1 ii i~