The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-04-18 00:00:00

. . TO Till EDIZ'OR OF THE SI'AITESMAN. LINTTIEIt VI!. Sta—The mind, in -eontempluting so vast a ctsange, is naturally p tone to inquire how the lower eLi.;:es of society hove been enabled to procure the at.soliste reqisites to existence—rand, lodging, and ri.:ment Far he it from me to deny they have suffered mann. vmniany privations; but, as the .t acridity or artisani have seldom earned more tt:..ita sufficed to subsist themselves and families, the urgency of their necise7.lies has produced something lire a corresponding relief, and a proportionate ad ;ace of was has ever attended their increased es:.euces. In consequence we find the labourer in heabandry, who live and twenty veers ago earned • but "even shillings a week, now receiving from titteen to eighteen ; smiths' and shoemakers' wages ' e:ore,than doubled ; and tailors, whose allowance ..s then regulated by eu Act rf Parliament at shillings a week, now earning, under tae same authority, 111 AND THIRTY. Tradesmen of all description have also had some evilef iu these emergencies. If every new impost has not added TOW to the stock they had on t;:tuti, at least thry have been euabled to charge ell additional cants ae .the amount of the buyer. Without dread Of contradiction 1 will venture to essert, that in the whole circle of trade there does hot exist another instance, where the limited gains of those days are compelled to bear the expenses of the present. If this remark need* confirmation, I would refer to the speech which an enlightened Statesman made in Pariiament on the subject of t'.e Civil List.—" Had a fixed income," said hu ' Leen assigned to uuy individual fifty years ago, o man could have livfil upon it now ; and the r sse WAS the same with the Crown. The King t.-id then accepted a revenue neither improvable r augmentable; but he was not to be tied down to the arraile,:ements made so far back, and it would Le absurd to expect it." I will admit, if their profit had then been immo derate, something might be objected to this mode of reasoning; but the Parliamentary debates of that period yrill show it was not the fashion of the tittles to foster Pawnbrokers. I mean not to quo- Von the decisions of the State, but to maintain. that even• tl.ing relating to them was subjected to a verb elaborate investigation. The Committee was composed of the most intelligent merchants, t.-rakers, sad lawyers ; the Bill, !ranted by them, e dement long and repeated discussions ; and t lien it passed, the prevalent opinion of all un- I ;eitit:iced persons was, that it would scarcely be cssible to carry on the trade, under restrictions so mercies, and with a profit so reduced. Subse t rent Acts have, nevertheless, still abridged their tins ; and so detrimental were they felt, that on easing of the last, many houses immediately closed! it I am asked how it liapperled that mitre did not, rpd why so many still continue open I I must an- 1 SDI'S' —lt is DO easy matter for a Pawnbroi.er to re nvert his stock into money, or to turn his indus try to any other useful account; after hating been ail his life accustomed only to the business of his reenter. Rarely out of his house, he knows the 1. ••iits of other trades only by hearsay ; and having :imed his sons to his profession, he is desironsof , it %tiering. both them arid himself contented with it. r this purpose he is daily pointing to their no t re. how many fail who love risk and hazard; r.:.d of Incelcating as a maxim, that sure, though in 141 gains, is the safe method to accumulate iiches. Accustomed from infancy to this mode of tHilLing, they consider every thing dangerous that say way speculative ; and while they labour, . Pam day to day, unceasingly iii their vocation, they son scarcely conceive what the impulse is which prorni ts others to undertake severe and perilous , employ ments, protided it promises but *short con enuence. and . have rio idea corresponding with , the sentiments of those whose schemes are always *sat, and who put no medium between being great and being rained. That these men are, nevertheless, of much set y:ce to the community, I think I have demonstrated. A •el it discredit has attached to the trade through Cie mai-practices of some of its members, sorry Dm I to say,•the contempt with which they have t treated, and the insufficiency of their legal Kai's, hate too often occasioned it. It is next to 17:.eolzsible for any one to preserve a fair charac e•r whose faults are blazoned, and whose best d.e:.ls are either passed by unnoticed, or attributed t interested motives. And though it has been w II observed, " There it always something great in that wan against whom the world exclaims, at v;iin every one throws a stone, and on whose! cl:aracter all attempts to fie a thousand crimes, i without' being able to prove one;" yet it is too! much to expect a whole profession should console e.self with this reflection; and that mete who are eepposed so keen in their dealings. should be the only persona who have-not dist:overt-re that is 1101 always conYeelent in business, nor the rigid exorcise of siRTGE propitious to svordly success. I am not endeavour* to palliate guilt, but to account for it. The foregoing remark may teed to prJre, that contempt has rendered some of them careless. Allow me now to consider what is the effect of insufficient gains. In most other busi resses, if a man embarks three thousand pounds,! it is generally found a sufficient capital. He will , safely ironic on this to four times its amount; established credit, his knowledge of trade, good name, and punctuality, standing him instead of the remainder. But punctuality, knowledge of business, and good name, have no stick influence in limit of a Pawnbroker. He is incapable of trod.* 1W one farthing Leveed the money he possesses; avid three thousand pounds engaged in this con cern cannot, with the utmost frugality, defray a man's unavoidable e%pences. If, then, a wife and family look to hint for subsistence—if he cannot get out of this businesi without sacrificing a large pelt of his property—if his ignorance of any other destroys the rational hope of better success—and if,,notwitlistanding these, he duds himself com pelled to lend money on snore moderate terms Wail one friend can borrow of another on his note 1 ~" r. STATMAAN. —should we not lament the strong temptations' that mislead him, while we censure the laxity of his morals if he dares to do wrong/ A. P. B. (To be continued.) IRELAND. RIIMONMEN. •nSCoII)IVN CON% ILTIONS. Stephen Mstiarre, fur breaking into the dwelling house of Martin 11 . ..nsielly, at night, and demanding arms. ilAnged un the 6th of March. Thally Hanly am! Patrick Gulf, fur causing, by threats and men:sees, the door of the dwelling-house of Luke Bradley to he opened at night. Hanged on "tie iblii of March. Thatly hasty, for breaking into and assaulting the dwelling-house of James Coucaunon. Banged on the sth of April. Bryan Roche, for breaking into the dn•elling•house of a person named John Cruise, and shooting at the said John Cruise. To he'hatigetl on the Ist a May. Matthew Amnion, for causing a sword to h e &li ve r e d to at • forcibly taking it away, without die consent of the CM tier. Banged on tbe Sib of March. Patrick (lately, Bryan Ilardirnan, Thomas 31`4.;uire, Michael Costello. John White, John Ilullealy, Patrick Rocliturt, anal TI as Bryan, fur demanding arms. To be transported for teem years. 3lich. Fitzpatrick 2111 i Edmond Burns, for taking an unlawful oath. 'ho be transported for seven yeiri. Patrick l'iltrly, JohurCoyle, John Flanagan. l'atrick Conlan, and Ilugh 314.N:w0w-a, fur appearing tar night, armed, disguised, anal assuming the name of It i libounuen. To be imprisoned two pars, (two the 1.1 of March, and whipped three times. POLICH. ivizmetne-Iloess.—An elderly man, of respectable appearance, named Lawrence Powell, was charged with having entered the house of Mr. Deakin, Igo. 13. Cotnhill, with the intention of waking a booty of auy thing he should tint) convenient. Mr. Deakiu stated, that the houses, which were let out in 'suites of offices sad apartmeete, in the neigh ' Lourbood of Cornbill, hail recently been plundered very extensively by men of decent appearame, who tallied access to them under the pretence of making inquiries, and, on finding any of the rooms or chambers unattended, making off with whatever was portable. A watch was I kept up io consequence of the losses in this way which Ihad been soft, i-d in the neighbourhood, and on Friday tile prisoner was detected on Use third pair of stairs in Mr. Deakin's house by a lodger, trying the several doors with great caution. On being surprised, he said he came to see a Mr. Atalerton, who had directed him to I call there. He was unable to give any account of olio this Mr. Auderton was. and his person answering the ; description of a man who had been seen lurking shout the sante chambers ice the neighbourhood previous to their haring been stripped, he was taken into custody, when he was recognized by the officers, Ls a man oho had appeared in 'sahib. nosier 'mkt% aid circumstances. • Ile was, in spite of Isis protestations ut his respecta bility and his respectable connexions, collWiriril is a re puted thief, and ordered to heirless to Brideit ell to hard abour. On searching. the person of the prisoner, Dare, the officer, found two pape.s printed II au official eliararter, and tilled up. of oue of widen the follsoaing is a ropy : . " Bane of ENCLINP. the 15th of April. From the above date the hearer hereof is eivitiesl to the SUM of 50/. sterling, isayabie with legal hottest at twenty-une days. " Sill. Consolidated 3 per L',ents. (Signeil) )4 lien. Illotannsue. " l'he Cashier of the Bank of Engla iii." ' It it &Boost unneeessary to state, that the above, and another. Welt was found in his possession, seri. fraud.- "OM fabllyrtions ; as the prisonet himself confessed no tllsels discontents being ever given at the Bank. lie had i !earned to the Aker the mode of fraud, which was, to Ira .1 hititsdi off to some unitary persons as a Wan 4 haviug property in the Viands, and tip obtain a loan of Money, perhaps - one-half of their amount upon them. Clad he succeeded, Iseewoalsi then slain himself to a mote secure scene of operation. The Lotto NIATOII said, that this was a soya thiiitol-p -lion of fraud which wes extensively praetised, and against which the public ought to be put spun their guard. lITRAOttDINATIT CAM riew-ST;''‘Y.—Yestertlay, a genteel looking young man, shoot 17 years of age. was brought before R. I Blame, Esq. the sitting Magistrate, • barged with steal ing 661. in Bank-notes and other property, under circum stances of uncommon aggwteation. It appeared in evidence, that the prisoner is a profes sional singer, and being on his travels in the country, he arrived in tilosteester about three weeks ago in a state of the greatest pecuniary distress, and stopped there in the hope of finding a Mr. Martin, a respectable traveller for a ssicreantite honk., who had formerly been very kind to him. It happened that Mr. Martiu was absent, and Mr. Ueoroe Dutf, a tradesman of :melt re ' spev:ability in the city of Gloucester, hearing of the for ' lons situation of the prisoner, and b eing a native of the • same country (Scotland) to which he belonged, scut fur him and gave hint a dinner. Ile also gave him 4 sum of money, and by representing his case to several friends. • procured sufficient to snppnrt him until the arrival of Martin, which was daily expected. In addition to this, Mr. untr took the prisoner home to his own house, accommodated him with lodging and great part of his hoard. Sir. Martin not arriving so soon as was ima gined, the prisoner continued with Mr. Duffuntil Friday morning, when he suddenly decamped very early, after having broken urn a desk in the counting-house, and plundered it of a pocket-book, containing 66/. in Bank notes, some jewellery, and other valuable property. Mr. Duff pursued him to London, where hr was apprekended. 'lbe prisoner made no answer to the charge, awl was fully committed. 4CCIDENIS zIND urrENcEs. Yesterday morning, about one o'ckwk, an alarm of fire was raised in consequence of the games issuing from the second floor of the house of Mr..lohnson, No. re: Ogle -court, near Fitzroy-square. Shortly afterwards, several engines arrived on the spot, and, through the se- Airily of the tiruutt. the flames wore soon eirthrothilied, butt not before the upper part a the house, together with the furniture, were compktely destroyed. Luring the interval of the fire, a report was in circulation that an elderly woman, :timed Mathews. had perished is the 1 dames, and on searching elw wanfousti in the second Moor apartment, driadfallv burned, but symptoms of life being still remAining, she was conveyed to 3liddlesex Hospital, where she died yesterday matting. The above unfortunate w ttttt an was addicted to drinking, and on Sunday evening returning home in a state of inebria• tion, her clothes caught while sitting at the fire, which was the cause of the house catching Ere, and of her on a death. ILA anima Aectnestr.—Stindav morning, about five o'clock, the neighbourhood of the London Hospital, , Whitechapel, were dreadfully terrified ; their houses shook to the foundation, the.glass in their windows was broken, their furniture tossed about, and themselves thrown out of their bids, and this accompanied by a tre mendous explosion. All was consternation. supposing it proceeded from the shock of an earthquake ; the in habitants ran nearly naked into the streets unmindful of their property, and only anxious to save their Urea. Their fears, however, abated, on learning that it Wan vastvd by something of a combustible nature having es plotted in the oil and colour shop of Mr. 11011hron, op posite the London Hospital, in Otits, fortunately, me 1 person resided. The house was completely Worst frame the foundation; part of the timber of the roof. g, bricks and tiles, wore carried as far as the Lo Ilos p pital, on the opposite side of the street. The a sing , p tc r l op ier, it w a a :es. The shock was vs 1 keno , is ee j ett ored illed , ellt b it M it t. w i a 'i s lie n y ee , necessary sa p r 'r y ig to b ' ?Ai ti it_ ........ _170,116P0LY. Ain eilltilit and Sigh', respectable liteetlitg of the great part of die party wall fell is ell the few, a it ' g oi l inhabitant householders ei the parishes of Mary-le-boor. In which there acre tl.ree or four children , he who St. George's, mid St. James's, was held yesterday at leekile escaped without shy injnry. Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's-square. At one great dart Ilt. and Mrs. !alley were thrown eat of had, o'clock, Preemaatle, Esii. M.P. took the Chair, and the fornitiire was almost all Shattered ky hi s supported by Sir H. C. Engleheld , Bart., Mr. Wilmot, tossed about the house. We are happy, h owever. to 6s t ii M.P. for Newcastle J. C. Hobliouse, Ks+ M.P., and that no lives were lost. Jr. Flollistell locked ep hi other emir:rot henthemen. The present Meeting was shop about e i l si r i e roti e m n r o n ' si c sr l it o t c le k t o oi n ras. S ic a le ; ti r ai l tri la ur e ifi n rsois i a g c h s e, wiit aketadea...wwerent 4 , ealle.l by the Anti-3lonopoly Water Association, for tie to his house in lied Lion-street, Whiferhap s t, where i t : purpose of considering the best means of resisting die t r h es e ide ar s eide i n t i attempts of the West Middlesex Water Company. A series of resolutions were unanimously agreed to, only five pounds of gunpowder on the :,remi ses . ma this , ut co t n h b e in s l t n r g ape isfe nt i i t . expressive of the Association's determination of pro- was secured from fire. After the explosioa, ' ava st,' 00. curing redress either by legal proceeding or by Perlis- gines arrived, but no fire was to be seen. b enga l.... wont. A Committee of dl Gentlemen were formed with of glass, and articles of glass and earthenware is power to appoint necessary officers. and for managing neighbouring houses, were broken by th e s h nek. the subscription., which are very liberal. Yesterday morning, as Major-lieneral Bolton, of W Thanks were afterwards voted to Mr. Weale and to b es k. stees t , was l eaving t „„ i n h i s trato ll ieg el. the Chairman, who, in returning thanks, promised his fastened some vilalaii.onsrtmenarnletaeavouuarnerdl frank, utmost support to the Meeting.nk c was entered into, and dm MeetingAthl e ih n er ad al io s u u t j huiption I luable silver, plate, and other property, to a es- Plat i amount, with which they made their escape. DA NI so Romer it v.—Su ndav evening, about leech* as Mr. Joseph Temperton, of Illaekwall, shipwri g h t. was going along the Commercial-road, on 1 1 i 4 lt g h o p " y when near Linn-house Church, he was attacked-1 (use fellows armed with large bledereon., who, tier ha wk. ing bini down and beating hint in a most cruel assaaer robbed him of hit watch and some silver, and efi c e st i their escape. Nue est viten* sed Talent vita.— \ha L. '• Life is only Life, when blest wit'. lloaltli." THE finest system Er' due bounds. nod t strained and inotboritina barrierswhich Reifglon e etorli, but net aniitliiinte deuce. bust caie Anted to Eery disorganization medical knowledge W ref muted then processional of the envious andi:tterested) mem of those complaints ebullition of the passions strength of a nation cowsists it is melancholy to reflect ranee of unfeeling possible. Its further re: the result of oar own experience. Debility. The ununry liennt at *shoot, before rennin h-r will, In contemplaties bit. of enlivening sense: pliant:id state of esisaash Intense gra/ climes, sad man) WIC nii - ioas system; is sureties of re-aninsatiou, swered the ranruine hopes That bane to lumen hni be treated fearlessly ; the 'Hiving divested its antidot that so long rendered its We best explain our we bouring ender this main (paired for the removal of Telerate case sill yield' that in a person a hu of ease may be prevented . remark applies to man% , live system, as weakness, tyres, obstinate eases of w, the use of caustic ur stimulant gel to the softer sex have mildness. cotabiaed with usually adopted. In floe, 'not-Retie, and eminently successful. Educated is this our nathe city, schooled frost paw atonal attainment by its splendid Nletlical chersclees, tpi holing been able, personslly, to elf pare with edu the Rritish surgical practice' with the Continental. air re tensions to sipariurity (in a branch we have selected) are matured by experience, which is cstcrl'd by l b * d a ni cations we receive. even from distant ',anti-les. 0024$ end Cn. NI. It. C. Surgeons. 11. Roaverie-street, Fleet-street. Ineden. •.• Fur the general aceommodativm. a. do not Until our selves to stated periods of practice, I.ut ma) be coossited at all reasonatlie hoari.—eutinto P • ds en requested to describe minutely their symptoms, &c. when Mndieiant Advice, will be immediately forwarded to an) part of Sr Kingdoei.—A Dank note is expected to scecwerg l6 !.. case. • Just published (Tenth Edition), TEE EGIS of LIFE; • familiar estumentary stove Diseases.-11) Clues and Co. Addressed to sod Maturity of both Sexes. May be had at ltd. noster-row ; 00, Pal l p -Z; Liarrard-streat; 1/4, Flilb street ; and of R ern, Price ,is. •- , 1 Os Saturday, the 13tH Mast., the lady of Req.. •f • son, its Monday, the lath twit., Lady Jane Peel,fif Ns. e On /.1M lathiest., Mn.s J. W. lanes, el Rem' of a pos. MARRIED. On Saturday last, at Pslmiwiti.. Gloweestershfra. ?mow Jefery Ilumpstead. Esq. R. A.. . 4 Queen's College. Osise. • to kaos‘. wood daughter of the Iste Roger Smith, Esq. of Manor-House, Walrotth. At Man-le-bone etnisrh. Charles Rtrath. Esq.. of Upper Martel -street, to Emma Louisa, daughter of Josias Strawy. Esq., of Harley-piste. DIED. Yesterday morning. at Hampstead, Hsnottbegallo ll6 •' denititter of Thomas Ftiorel Roston, .r On Monday night. in Alutagu-plac-, Mont infant daughter of Wm. !Urgent, E 44. On the IPh inst., at his house In I. 1 • Yksroy-square, Mr. Abraham Dry, in the ditb met • On the lath Inst., at her house in South Am Mrs. Susanna Long, in the 103.1 year of het 140. ~. . COAL MARILET, APRIL IT. • Maria. ' !Alpe sold. WM trawls sr. N. toils. 14 Illerlas4l III ATER AT lONDON-BRIDtiE THRI DAT. I. 4101 n. IL—Aftersoon. IS min. am : Printed and "by the Paorflifcres. 14 11 1 • 41 VARDX1.1. Jan. as the law. No. 194. Sare49. e$ St. Ckeneat's Chard: : wher.. all Co •' et. dors. setd Ailiertbelients are rayileitail la ba adtreelial• t • Great apprehensions hate been entertained for many years, that our navy would want a laPPlv of timber; but then; is no fear of that circa/114d er occurring:, as we now obtain immetbe suppli es from various parts of the world. l'his yard h as lately received a vast quantity from the shores of the Adriatic, from Asia, Africa, &c. The timber from Dalmatia is ver y rod, easily worked, sad y useful, where pieces of a large scantling are re . quired. That from AfPica is very tine. AP'i scar ce ly inferior to llntialt oak. There is little ex!eose at tached to the procuring of it, except that of tatting down and the carriage; but the heal of the climate has caused the loss of several men empli. y ed in /h e service.—(Plyinoeth Chronicle.) I em of Ethics is v.) c,mitins d than lo morels,* the Pa aioas ; gyp. !lino thr) isapteuo taffy , ! , :sttoy thee on and Morality have made sacred; te ate them, 'meets the di.. to limit Visit. ellen ...weave. ion of the human (mine regains ged remedy, and the public veria en : t c , 'sal men (diaregarLiing die remittal) ;lei ore their startles tothatnag- iota gemerated liy imprbdenso f sad dim ions at an ettguarded mom*. "Tim Ambits In the health of the pee* bet 'Heel ea the doily saeribea Oa Itsblpe• pyud Sat, and to counteract, 11 :41 stages. we offer to authoring experience. in the wises dlse•sieit Int of solitary sire (early aegalrmil in hat welerted her light over theitttta his powerless axle, Morose suet te.i.)11,.. in know i .g that the most cona- :stion way be routed intu mealy enemy. lorate aantety—loag residence la Ilso• other elutses. P.; frequeelly tiessige le the eases we mon bold eetinlign on, by reinedies vildrii MU ilk* open of Patients of I:4th Sexes. t hnppindas, Lute Vesaar.s. hall the Improved state of medical edam altlote of those ilistresaioz its exhibition aneertain method by observing to Padget mini:). that a fee days le. I of early symptoms ; theg Sit tl to our remeoks widths' .ely . suspeets himself Itija altogether frvitit appead sty. other derangements less, of which are daily re timulaistr. Some peed(' ve not ramped our attends.; Ilk! Ith eileaey, hare sapersabdtha edam Inc., our system is uni.pie, paollety illy sueentsfat. SLIGO CONVICTIONS. Thomas Coollery, for ass.inlting the thc e lling-honqe of T. Beatty, and forrilily taking away a gun. To be executed .1U the 3cl of Mac. J o hn .11.1).in0u.411, fur i6r nilful ;nuttier of Ilan. Rey nolds. To he executed tin the 3.1 of March, but respited until the Ist of .11:iy, ow renson.able grounds appealing to the Court. M YO CROWN CONVICTIONS. Lack! Commons, for delivering a message tending to excite a tumultuous meeting. To be executed on the 21st of .Ipril. ,1% illiaoi Ilynea and Thomas Rafter'', for appearing by moo- I. us:aiming the name of itibbtettsprit, .ii.d takiug au tud.intul oath. To be imprisouesl out: year. CALWAT CONVICTION'S. Michael Vetchlan and 3lichael Finlay, for hreal,iiig into the dwelling•l:ouse of William Malaise, and admi nistering unlawful oaths. To he hanged at tiantrecii • Finlay on the 12th, and lughlan un the nth l'hirrles Langley, fur the same offence. Executed at Itlakericy un the lUtli of April. .%nthony Daly, for the save offence. Executed on the llill of Sealin, on the Ml' of .A)oril. Patrick Fordo, for the S:11110 offence. Executed at Brierlield, on the Atli of April. Patrick Nlealiern, Peter Connolly, James I lrmliids, and Thomas tireylish, for the like offences, received sentence of death, tint reconinieniled to merry (since reipited). Peter Kelly, John ',whim!, Th 1111 l as Coolahan, Thicems I , 4 triet; (node, Michael 'Fully, *nil Malaclit i r Egan, for ...Iministering unlawful oaths; to 'teens ported fur life. Pat rick( ion Lbilwnev, and Patrick l'orliett, :or deinapding tire•arms t, to fie transported fur seven years. Ito!fer Cioicantion and Patrick Nestor, fUr appearing by night armed, and assuming the natant of Kilebootoen. I'u be imprisoned two years, and whipped. Thomas Pr:etuu, for appearing by night armed. To , be imprisoned two years, and three times whipped. Patrick 31.1 tining, Jaffies Kelly, and Pat. Dowd, fur same offence. To lie imprisoned . one year. Thomas 111 , tglimi, Patrick White, and Pat. Hughes, for the same offence. To br imprisoned One year, and whipped. Edward Kenny. James 3furpliy, Thomas Roche, Reilly. John Ryder. 'Pinatas Fleming, John Kenny. James Ilyties, Mark Sheridan, Pat. Concannon. Owen Iteddingtam, Thomas .Inrphy, ulirhail Fletniug, Thomas Limit, Mieliael M•tiraili, Darby Keddingt.ou. John Donohoe, Reilly , Patrick Dal.' ey, Patrick Mitchell, William Kenigan, Hugh Petty, Thomas Jen minas, John liihbona, John Kith:my, Thorns* Kilroy, Patrick Higgins, Thady Mannion, sliehnel John Hessian, Thomas • Langley, John lair. William Molly, Edmond Ifoliohoe„ soil Michael 31`Nangliten, fur appearing by night armed, and assuming the name of Itilthonmen.—Tu be imprisoned too years, and whipped. MOST •TROCIOUA ATTENInt AT lasassiNATloN.—oh ll'eduestlay morning, between the hours of two and three o'clock, the sentinel stationed on the ministry road, lead ing from Usher's Island to the Royal !hospital, where the lace going to 31.selame Steven's Hospital intersect* . the road, observed four risen approach !sill!, lel he challenged, Who e es there ?" They anowen sl, " Friends:" they then pretended to have souse alterea won with themselves, in broken Spanish, until they crane close to bins. The soldier, who is a private of the lilt Foliates., of the name of George Boyd, Ironing served , in the Peninsula, conceived that they nere pen.ioners, I and unsuspectingly let them near hint, when tlsey hum.- diately demanded his asimmuition ; to which lie replied, "he would not part with it but with his life." They then knocked him down, and iiroceetleti to cut his great coat to get at his cartunclee-hux, upon which he cried out " murder !" as loud as he could--isuleed so loud that the watchman of the Pisani% !roll Foi t ndry„ Grow ittiklift, heinl the ea' Jibe river. 1 hey then said, tie must silence this fellow, i Of we will he discovered," and made a (Wolverine cat at his throat with Rouse very sharp instrument, which cut at the collar of his great coat, the uniform coat, uul the leather stock, whirls was nearly cut through: they then cut him in the left thigh, as if to hough him, and then dragged him towards the river, for the purpose of throw ing hint in. Luckily for the poor fellow, the sentinel at the gate heard the cries, the guard was turned out, and • d corporal and two men proceeded to the spot, which put the fellows to flight before they could perform their dia r boliral purpose. When his comrades cause to the spot where he was lying, they found hint in the way we have . described, and his arms and autniunition taken away the pouch was found at day-light, near the river, and one loall-'•artridge at the upper end of the lane to James's-nreet. lir was taken to the gnarol-house, and from thence to the Military Hospital, at Arbour kill, whera the surgeons, having inspected and dressed his woun ds, expressed their opinion that there are good hopes of Isis recovery, alihungls be received severe bruises from the ruffians. The unty description that ran lead to a detection as yet, is that of the %I:nebulas' in James's street, who ststeo, that between one and two o'clock he observed a car, with tour men, driving towards Kilonain hans, two of them habited as 'tailors % the taller two with friar coats. IVe trust that, through the vigilance of our excellent police (who are particularly on the alert), the wretches a ho hate committed this alYorioas orme may be taken and brought to justice, • • , Ship. 46 1 141 1 r r Ir 7 - ` 1 }