The Sun. — London, England, 1829-09-03 00:00:00

I INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) 1 , FROM LLOYD'S. 2.--Wind W,N.W.—Arrived from Lonoon, the ' 1 ', 2 "• , 3 4 _,.,f0r Calcutta ; and agnet, Grant," :MUM, Simpson, from Jamaica; urn Kitts; Edward Coldston, Dunn, from Grenada ; Charles Brooke, Bell, from St. Vincent's ; and IV • ta nning, Smith, from St. Kitts. P ORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—Wind N.E. to N.N.W. `--Sailed the Thalia, Biden, for Calcutta; and Lord Suffield, for Deptford. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Hope; Hick, and Mariner, Churchyard, from FALMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Wind N.—Arrived the Osborn e pac k et, Lesl i e, f rom B uenos Ayres, sa il e d ! the 28th of June, with accounts of pence being concluded between Rosas and Lavalle's party, and a convention being entered into for the formation of a new Government ; Lopez was not included, and still remained a belligerent. Arrived the James, Albion, from Aux Cayes. BRISTOL, SEPT. I.—Arrived the Mafflin, from Jamaica; Britannia, Strachan, from St. Andrew's, N .B. ; and Britannia, Wetherell, from Archangel. Hum, SEPT. I.—Arrived the Wilson, Ashton, from Chui ; Mary, Johnson, from St. Petersburg!' ; and Nancy, Booth, from Archangel. BUENO S AYRES, JUNE 27.—A Dutch brig is in the River, bound here, said to have been plundered off Ensinada. PARIS, AUG. 30.—The Emile, Oyer, of St. Malo, foundered at sea the 19th of July. The Lang, Lush, from New South Wales, has arrived off Plymouth, sailed the 7th of May. C OURT-MARTIAL UPON CAPT. DICKEN SON, R.N.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) PO RTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY—SEVENTH DAY. On the sitting of the Court, Capt. Dickenson requested that the letter which Sir Edward Codrington stated in his evidence yesterday to have written to the Lords of the Admiralty,from Malta, complAining of the conduct of the Genoa, should be read by the Court. The Court therefore ordered it to be written for. Capt. Tlairmts was then called to depose to the 6th and 7th charges, mentioned in our paper yesterday. The °b arges being read, he said th it the suspicion on hie niind Was, that the Genoa was tardy in her refittal. On the morning after the battle, he saw her m;zen-tnast fall over board. BY Sir H. BLACKWOOD—I wish Capt. Baynes would state his reasons for saying the Genoa was tardy. .Capt. B AYNES— F rom h er not being ready until the 2 , s tht and re ce i v i ng ass i s t ance f rom th e Glasgow, when tue A —a ‘a, who had received more injury, was ready on the 24 t h . 2 , C ,alrr• Ewan—Did you form any opinion before the -14 a, as to the tardiness of the Genoa 2—Capt. BAYNES don't recollect. ,Capt. ELLIOTT—Had the Asia any assistance from any e ther ship ? Capt. BAYNES—We had no assistance, ex cl' what we got from the Tender. th e aPt• ELL IOTT —Did you think that the mizen -mast of . e. Genoa fell for want of proper attention ?—lf precau .l°; bad been taken, it having stood 13 hours after the -e teue it would not have occurred. lj,n you r emem b er t h e G enoa pass ' ng th e Asia?—Yes. 0 "id she a pp ear t o h ave grea t su p er io r ity in sailing on - " at daY?—Stie did. Did the G enoa sa il i n com p an y w ith th e Asia and squadron previous to the action ?—She did. . Was the Genoa as ac ti ve as o th er ships in her evolu tle"?--I do n o t thi n k s h e wa s . , ; Captain D i c KENs oN—Where did you hitch your Ar Y•naizen-mast?-0n the main deck. e iPtain exsoll—lo what part of the hull of the V' A siGE did she su ff er most from the enemy's fire? Captain I ' 4 'l'l4Es—i n the after part on the starboard side. The PRESIDENT observed that a description of the injury the Asia sustained ought to be written for to the Dock yard, and directed the Advocate-General to do so. Mt- ANDREWS, the Purser of the Genoa—The Judge called on him to state what he knew of the mizen mist of She Genoct going overboard ? Mr. ANDREWS--I was on deck on the morning of the 21-t of October, at eight o'clock; Captain Dickenson was on board ; I observed to Lim if the ;nen were not called down from the top that they had a chance of going overboard ; they were called down, and shortly after the mizen-mast went overboard; I did not hear that any thing was done to secure it. The ADYOCATZ•GENERAL hid received letters from the t.titniralty; stating that the gunn er ' s h oo k s were sent to 'al, giving an account of the quantity of powder used on bord the Asia, Genoa, and Albion, at the action of Na 'aria. The books were then produced, but in the ab sence of th e gunner th e ev id ence wou ld no t be received.— The gunner of the Genoa was ordered to le sent fur. Captain DICKINSON stated that the extracts were in correct, inasmuch as he had received a letter from the gunner, who is now at Sheerness, stating, that in the action o f Nararin there was 11,375 lbs. of powder used, whereas, that part from the gunner's books states that there were ealY 7,059 lbs. made use of. Mr. Noon, the gunner, as also all other gunners who inade out the extracts, proved them, mil there appeared from them, that on the 20th of October, 1g27, _ The Asia used 9,298 lbs. of powder. The Albion 11,902 The Genoa .... 7.089 e extra c t s al,o contained the quantity of cannonades, grape.shot, es;c. Captain Dicazxsoti objected to those extracts as being in correct, and th ere f ore requ i re d the gunner of the Genoa to he written for. . The Cou r t was cleared for 20 minutes, when the Court laformed Captain Dickerson that the gunner of the Genoa s hould be written for. Captain SMYTH was called in sopport of the 7th charge, A to the mizen-mast of the Genoa going overboard. He aaid that after the action, when they had thrown the dead I ve ' bn ardi they made every necessary exertion to secu r e e le t uizen-mast by fishes. The injury which the mast suf . n ine was grea t ; i t was near ly cu t o ne-third through about ine or ten feet above the deck. On the morning the mast he observed it to totter, and the men who were aloft on it n ere called down ; they scarcely had got down when He attributed it to the injury it had received, as , r CS a sudden blast of wind coming at that moment. Ile I , ts tar stat e d ano th e r circumstance which contributed to 141 4 hich was endeavouring to unship the topmast. taken Admir a l OTWAr—Was every proper precaution en to save the mizen-mast ?—ln my humble opinion there was. Captain GORDON—State the condition in which the Genoa sailed from Navarin ?--I cannot from recollection Z t e -what quantity of sail we could make when we left ' / ' - ' 4 4-zs but this I recollect, that in such astate of 1111 1 11 4;A and *r was the Genoa put in at Navarin and • her " pm Padsage to slalta, considering the extent of damage • received, that comparatively noth;rg was left to be t u! at th e d oc k- yar d a t M a lt a . Captain G ORDON —Wh a t was the complement of the leno ,c's and was it complete at the time of the action ? ". I t:k it was, or nearly so,—it was between 530 and 0 inen. .PY Captain EtroxEmoN—What further assistance did ;hf:: deck-yal d at Malta fir the mast ?—Five e - rnoops pier Otis r io , C3 ,Ptain 011MANEY was cailztl, Vi know why he had l 'lgned the gunner's book. He replieil, that it was p a : gunner's business to have brought it to him—he ,ied his accounts at the Admiralty, and received his pay. laugh.) Ca ptain DicxralsoN—Did you during the battle , fire b o t hb;; Your b toa daities fired principally from the star 1' and sometimes from the larboard side. 11. You fire both your broadsides at once? —W e did. " , e B th charge was now gore into , w hich was the Ztuo having fired after the battle, when v, Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON stated, towards the close of ; el juni one of the Eyptian frigates nex t to Iklobarim , 6 b;j! Wls on fire, and appeared to be drifting dwwn 11 — a ,1" h e The last engagement which the Asia q6r With any s hip of et:ll4lcrerjile fai - Fe was this very i gale cn fi re an d M o h ar i in Bey's ship. The Biltption thety tis, Asi a a t t h a t momen t, being in a line with the . e 4 and her o pp onen t e ntirely enveloped with smo ke, 'n a great measme invisible with the ships of the up either side. A cessation of tl:e firing seemed to for t4 o l e ake place, and I subsequently learned their anxiety tle oo ' safety of the Asia was the cause, each . ship en the to get boats to our assistance. At this moment tjt e l ga,te in question blew up, and exploded—and upon ar, hit nt ute clearing away I had a good view of the . ships , 4 %Dui A g i n. Soule of them not immediately contiguous 4 re-commenced filing . , but, as I before stated, ()b se nnt think the Asia fired a gun after the battle. reas on the enoa fire at this time, and not seeing any 11 eher G so doing, but thinking she was likely to damage some of our own ships, I hailed her I think myself, and desired her to ceave, and she did cease. (The entry in t!it• 10 4 -I , ( W.Ab real, which corrobo rated Sir Edward's -.. • .qtt.) _ . —. l e after• four, mill it is ex- The Court ajmu peeled ttat tl:e ,:•-use_to • part o! ti,e pro,ecution will Tbe charge now to be disposed of rourpi roin." The Court wag is, that of Atm with ladies. The lady of Cipt. Diekcnon, M.udav last, at Mount Pleasant, Plymouth, was safely delivered jra -, —....5ud heir, and in anticipation of the result of the Court Martial; it said he has been ehri,tened Naval in. ASSIZES.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) WESTERN CIRCUIT-BRISTOL, SEPT. 2. The Assizes for this City commenced this morn ing, before Lord Chief Justice TYNDALL, CAVE, Esq., Mayor, and several Aldermen. The Court was occupied until one o'clock in dis posing of undefended causes. SPENCER V. GRANT. Mr. Scrjeant WILDE (with whom was Mr. Price) stated that this was an action to recover compensa- tion in damages fur breach of agreement. The plaintiff is a druggist in this city, and in August, 1827, entered into a contract for the purchase of the defendant's business in Broadmead, for which he agreed to give the sum of 3401., on condition that the defendant should not open another druggist's shop within the city. Some time after the plaintiff had entered upon the premises, and commenced bu siness, the defendant, in breach of the covenant, opened another shop in the immediate neighbour hood, in the same lbw, by which the plaintiff's business had been much injured; he therefore Taught this action for compensation. The Learned Counsel understood the defence was, that the agree ment had never been signed ; but he would find that defence avail him nothing, as it bad been held by the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, that if an agreement could be proved to be in the hand-writing of the parties, it was not necessary that the name should be affixed to make it binding.— Although, said the Learned Counsel, the copy of agreement held by the defendant was signed, and when he was applied to to produce it, he said he had burnt it; this caused thsonly difficulty in the case; but he would prove the terms of the agreement, and should be entitled to a verdict. The notice to produce the original agreement was admitted. Mr. Serjeant WILDE then called Mr. Williams, who proved that he was present in August, 1827, when the plaintiff and defendant entered into an agieement for the purchase of the defendant's busi ness. Witness signed the agreement. A copy of the agreement, with a receipt for 3401. was then put in. Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS objected to its being received as evidence, there being no proof that it was a correct copy. Chief Justice TYNDALL said he would admit it as evidence ; but in case the verdict should be for the plaintiff, he would give leave for the defendant to move the Court to set it aside, or enter a nonsuit. Mrs. Turnbull—Knew the defendant. He used to live in Broadmeail about ten months ago. He opened a druggist's shop in Christmas-street. She left the plaintiff's shop, where she used to deal, and went to the defendant's. Alfred King—Was in the employ of the plaintiff, and assisted in the shop. !lad plenty to do when he first went, but after the defendant opened his shop in Christmas -street, the business fell off. There was another boy employed in the plaintiff's shop, but the business declined so fast he was discharged. Witness could have done more himself than there was to be done. Cross-examined by Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS— Am nearly sixteen years of age. The other boy was between eleven and twelve. Was never in a druggist's shop before. Mr. WILLIAMS—Then you and the other child used to dispense medicines to his Majesty's subjects ? Witness—Yes, Sir, we did.—(Laughter.) Mr. WILLIAms—And then, they left the shop, and the business fell off?—Witness : Yes, Sir. Mr. WILLIAMS—I should think so.—(A laugh.) Wm. Cunick examined—Was in the employ of (he plaintiff at the time he commenced business. Remembers the defendant coming into the shop about two months afterwards, when the plaintiff said he was dissatisfied with the business, and defendant offered him 2001. to take it off his hands. Oa this occasion high words arose between them, and the defendi.nt threatened to knock the plaintiff's teeth do‘ln his throat. Plaintiff replied that he sbould like to see him at it. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS addressed the Jury in a humorous strain for the defendant, and contended that the decrease in the plaintiff's business did not arise from the defendant having opened anothershop, for, with all the exertions on the part of the pl►►intiff, only one witness could be produced who had lefr him. Why did not the pl.iintiff produce his books instead of the sharp young gentleman—the dis penser of medicine to his Majesty's subjects, and who he (Mr. Williams) should think, for the first time, had that day put on a pair of trou sers.---(Laughter.)--This, with the exception of another child eleven years of age (also a dis penser of medicines)—(a laugh)—were the only evi dence to prove a diminutiow of business. He knew the intelligence of a Bristol Jury, and was confident they would attribute the loss of trade to its proper cause, viz. employing children in petticoats to dis pense medicines. He felt confident they would think the plaintiff had not conducted himself in such a manner that entitled him to come into a Court of Justice and ask for damages for loss of business. The CHIEF JUSTICE briefly summed up the case, and the Jury, after a short consultation, found a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages 1001. The Court was occupied the remainder of the day in hearing a case which related entirely to a matter of account of no public interest. Special Jury cases are appointed for Friday morning. Mr. Justice Burrough remains at Bridgewater, but we are happy in being able to state that his Lordship's health is improving. MARGATE, SEPT. 2. Now that we have at last got a return of fine weather this favourite place of simmer resort is resuming its usual hustle and gaiety. The Concert last evening at Howe's Rooms was attended by nearly 30t) pet sons of the first re spectability. Our old favour ites, Missesainn, and Alessi's. Callyer and Foord, afforded the company the greatest delight by their chaste style of singing. " gentle Moon," by A I iss Dunn ; " Braccio," by tiiss M. Dunn ; and " The Sun his bright rays," by Collyer, were rapturously encored; " The Sea Fight," by Foord, was given in his usual style of excellence; the Duets, Trios, and Glees, (more particu larly " Oh Doke tranquillita") were also received with de served applauso 4 The visitants of Margate are much indebted to Mr. Bowe for the variety of amusement afforded them at so moderate a rate, viz., Sunday, Sacred Music; Tuesday, Concert ; and Friday, a very laughable entertainment, by Mr.Kni g br, entitled " Conversazione, or Two flours before Supper," to either of which the company are admitted for the reasonable sum of Is. each, non-subscribers, and the subscription for the season is upon equally liberal terms. In short, the excellence and var i ety of the performances, together with the low price of admission, give to Howe's Rooms the decided preference over every other place of amusement in Margate. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office, for the Hon. General PON6OIII3Y, the Lieutenant-Gorernor of Malta, and for Sir G. Dow, the Lieutenant-Govanor of Gibraltar. We are sorry to state that the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAn GRANT has been seized with a paralytic at tack, at his residence, near Wanstead. The side and face are affected—but tbeie is en immediate danger. We be., lieve the health of this learned person had been for sotoo time declining. The Union, OZental, and BoOdle's Club , houses are ail closed w•h : e undaping repair and new de, cora lions. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Aug. YS, 1829, madr on from the Returns cl the Inspectors in the din'erent Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Whett,...—..C6;. 4,1.1 Oats , 235. r.d.lßeans--- 3Ss. Id. Barley.--335. RI. I live Id.) Pease.-- NIPERIAL AGGREGATE A 1 / 4 1:ItAGEA OR Tun six WEEKS ertEcnniNn. NVheat...-- 0;s. 5 , 1.1 tints 3Ss. Barley.-- 3,25. 451.1 I:,e :;24. &LI Pease.-- ais. Pd. I,i"r; F. , ON FOREIGN coaN . „ . ' Z)at.s 128. .-- 3d .I Cd. 74, 21s. 3d.1 Pease t per Load tf 3 Trusses.) 3T. 3 A m 'IARKETS.- Coarse heavy Loulam: zi...;doti:lia; .:, „ .E 2 sto .£2 15 New Meadow Hay .... , l'i Useful Old Ditto - ... 3 U Fine Upland Mea,low and Itye-,rare Hay g-1. Clover Hay 3 10 — 5 • Oat straw £2 4.:0 £2 fi t Wheat Straw... 2 8 A great supply, and a very dull trade; prices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. —.....—. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow — Hay — £2 4 to £2 15 New Meadow Hav 2 11 2 IS Useful Old Ditto 3 3 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and llye-- 6 rass Hay 3 : 0 4 S ;'lever Hay (extra tine)...£s 10.. Generally 0,,t Straw .£2 oto £2 4 I Whpat Straw 2 6 2 10 A limited supply, and a somewhat brisk trade, at Tuesday's prices. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCIIANGE.—Sept. I. For some ch&ce parcels of Wheat an advance of 2d. to 3d. per bushel was realized at this morning's market, but the general runs barely exceeded the quotations of this day se'nnight, and very little disposition to pm chase. The Irish New Wheats sold at Os. 31 to 9s. Gd. per 701 b. Oats are Id. to Id. per 451 b. cheaper ; tine qualities of Ohl are not plentiful ; no New have yet appeared. Flour was dull sale, ,at 2s. above the prices of best week. SOUTH ALL MARKEL—Sept. 2. At this doy's mark( t, which was throughout largely supplied, am! not vtry numerously attended either by London or country buyers, each kind of meat met with an unusually dull sale, at the following prises per stone of 81b. to sink the offals:— 2.5. 10d. to Is Od 4s. Od. to ss. 0.1. I Mutton 3 4 4 6 Pork 319 410 • Lainl) Cd. to ss. Prices precisely the same as on this day se'oniglit. A great part of the supply left the market unsold. LEWES MARKET.—Sept. 1. Beet--. 3s. 6d. to 4s. Id. I Veal 4s 4d. to 4s. Sd, Mutton 3 6 4 8 I Pork 0 0 0 0 Lamb 4s. Od. to 4s. 10d. A gond supply, and a sluygish trade. RUAIFORD MARKET.—Sept. .2. r. d. to s. (I. a. d. s. d. Peer 3 0 4 0 Veal Mutton 3 2 4 2 Pork 310 5 0 _ _ Jan.!) '33. 1(1d. to ss. ed. Suckling Calves from I Is. to 48s. ; Quarter old Pigsl23.to 15s. each. Supply good, and trade dull. HOP INTELLIGENCE. EAST RETFORD, SEPT. 1. —The accounts limn the plantations this week are, if possible, worse than they were as reported in our last. The cold and ungenial wea ther up to Saturday last had a very ruinous tendency, which was greatly enhanced by the boisterous winds, which prevailed almost without intermission (luting the whole week. In the centre of several plantations, where a few hopes were eagerly anticipated, the t ffect of the winds may be traced in the prostration of hundreds of poles ; and in the rest the top tendrils have been so beat about as to have dashed the burr, and seriouly injured it, and frequently to tear it completely off. The duty, as estimated by our plantations in this p art of the country, cannot be esti mated at more than from 28,0001. to 30,1:001.—Newark Times of yesterday. illAinsToNE.--A few of the most favoured plantations hove improved and got into hop daring the last few days, ,ut by fir the largest proportion have made very little , gress, and are remarkably small. When we see that ust has passed without the much-wished-for warm days nights, and September commencing with cold north winds, we cannot but fear that the crop must be remark ably short of what was expected in the beginning of Au gust, and the reports from other parts being so much worse, the duty will probably come very short of ex pectation. Aug' and CANTERBURY'. —The hops in this vicinity present a very indifferent appearance. Some few grounds have got partly into hop ; but the growth has been so slow, owing to the wet and coil weather, that scarcely any progress can be perceived to have been made in the largest propor tion of our plantations. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Marquis of Douro, to join his regiment at Portsmouth, froma visit to his mother, the Duchess of Wellington, at Strath. fieldsaye ; the Marquis of Hastings, at the liurlington Hotel, from the Continent ; Earl Cowper, from Pansanger ; Lord Howard de Walden for the seat of his father, Lord Seaford, in Sussex ; Lord and Lady Grenville, in Bruton-street, Berkeley square, from Brighton ; Lady Augusta Chichester, for Horsham, Sussex ; Captain Peel, in Conduit-street, from Paris; Cap tain Gordon, in Bruton-street, from Malta; Major Rice, in Pell-mall, from Dublin; Mrs. William Lane Fox, for Ramsgate ; MrG. Goulhurn, for Dorking ; Captain Maxwell, and Captain Stavcley, in Regent-street, from Gibraltar; Henry Mitfcrd, for South: mpten ; Major Norton, in Piccadilly, from the Hague ; Mr. William Towline, for Riby Grove, near Brigg, in Lincolnshire; Mr. Samuel Stephens, for Te:regenna Castle, in Cornwall ; Lieut.-Colonel .1-toward, in Bruton-street, from Naples ; Mr. John Mitchell, Esq in Somerset-street, from Hastings; Andrew Stein, Esq. at the Burlington Hotel, from the Isle of Wight ; J. Jamison, Esq. at ditto, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Greenhall, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Leamington, Warwickshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Alison, at Talke's Hotel (late Miller's), Jermyn-street, from Ilerks ; Captain and Mrs. Moore, in Wimpole-street, from Paris; Gen. Harcourt, Peer of France, from Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's, Albemarle-street, for St. Leonard's; Mrs. French Simpson and family, from the Burlington Hotel, for the Continent. ARRIVALS AT BATH. His Grace the Archbishop of Tuam, Earl and Countess of Cawdor, Countess of Carysfoot, Lord anti Lady Dungarvon, Lady Dudley and Ward, Lady F. Bankes, Sir W. Cal!, Bert., Sir J. Duckworth, Sir H. and Lady Martin, Sir G. and Lady Way, Hon. Mr. Moreton, Hon. Miss Addington. Mrs. Le l'oer, Trench, Lieut.-General Palmer, Lieut.-Gen. Brown; Colonels Harrison, Coghlan, Franchlin Kennet', Wickham; Major Golds worthy; Capts. Webb, Godboy ; Rev. Messrs. Merch, Banks, Hum; Quiche, Wickham, Tucker; Drs. Bliss, Curry; Mr. and Mrs. Pierrepont and family, Lismore, Stay, Baines, Pateson and family, Bright and family, Bennett, Clutterbuch, Moreton, Jef frey, Slade, Quiche, Long, Tourton. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM._ Lord John Cecil, Hon. John Coventry, I - lon. and Rev. Thos. Coventry, Colonel Wood, Colonel Mahon, Major Richards, Dr. Egan, Dr. William Russell, Rev. Dr. Coleman, Rev. H. Daniell, Rev. Mr. Rutter, Rev. Mr. M'Donnell, Rev. J. James, Rev. T. Taylor, Rev. A. Platt, Rev. W. Cox, Captain Simpleton, Cap tain England, Captain Cowell, Captain Gardner. Captain Oates, Scrjeant Onslow and family, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot, Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Steer, Mr. and Mrs. Wyndham, Mr. and Miss George, Mr. and Miss Holland, Messrs. Young, Orme, U. Simbleton, F. Carmichael, Boyd, Silica and family, C. Pilgrim, Fetherston, Mandeville, Weston, Burges, Smyth, Herbert, Undo, Higgs, Elphinstonc, W. Hull, J. Pritchard, Custance, M. Hutchinson, C. Velirn. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE came to town yesterday morning from their residence in Bushy Park. Their Royal Highnesses left their residence, in the King's Palace, St. James's, at five o'clock, on their return to Bushy. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBEBLANp, accompanied by Prince GEORGE, visited the ;hihition of Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnny on -Tuesday, and peared to he highly gratified with the Exhibition. The Margrave of BADEN, Prince and Princess-EsTEnnAzr, Princess LIEVEN, tie Duke of DORSET, the Duke and Duchess of ST. ALIJAN'S, Viscount GRANVILLE, Count MUNSTER, Colonel and Lady A. PEEL were among those wl,o called yesterdsy and on Tuesday to make their in quiries after their Royal Highnesses. The Austrian Ambassador had a conference with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday afternoon, at the Ticasury, and his Excellency had an interview with the Earl of ABERDEEN on Tuesday. The Prussian Minister transacted business at the Foreign Office on Tuesda - , with the Earl of Auganrcgii. ViSIT OF TIIE LORD MAYOR TO GRAVES END.-On Friday the Right Hon. the Loan MAYou, the Sheriffs of London awl Middlesex, the Under Sheriffs, Aldermen HEYG ATE, LUCAS, LAURIE, FARERRCTIIER, &c. attended by the Law and other Officers of the City, and a large party of friends, arrived at Gravesend, in the Pearl steam packet, which had been expressly engaged by his Lordship for the occasion. The Pearl performed the trip from the Tower to Gravesend in two houra, notwith.: standing her reduced speed through the Pool, in compli ame with the new qt f - reg•dations, and alibfingh s:he to tow two shallon . s (belonging to Lordship) the wil , ilP di stane , Tl 4 Lori expressed himself highly satisfied with the trim and expedition of the vessel, and complimented Messrs. SAWARD, the engineers, and Mr. LAMBURN, the manager, thereon. On arriving at Gravesend, his Lordship was received with every demon stration of respect. A deputation from the Corporation of Gravesend, consisting of Joni; Esq. Ot' , Mayor; 'flips. ,Ntirisv, 'Justice; Und ' Alcssfs- BEcKET, Cuurirs, l'Art;; - , and EAcLE, attanded by Mr. A gN oLn, the Chamberlain, and b y t h e T own Cl er k, met !As Lordship on tie New Pier ; the bells gave a merry peal, and the inhabitants three hearty cheers, and the colours of the town made an additional display of the hearty welcome.--,Vaicis4one Gazette, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Ann liThee:er,;t servant in the house of Mi. Austin, a gentleman of respectability, who residcs Fin-burs-square, was brought before the LOR!., MAYOR, charged under strange circumstances. A gtuat deal of surprise was excited the menu-ic it was said that the pri-oner was a servant-gi,l, for she was dressed up like a dashing girl of the town, and wore a splendid white satin bonnet, which was adapted to the most elegant apartment, and never seemed to have descended to the kitchen. Evidence to the following effect was given : One of the watchmen (all of whom are now rather active, in consequence of the expected exertions of new police) found, upon going his rounds at : • . _.lock at night, that a step-ladder had been placed the area of Mr. Austin's house, in such a manner as to enable any thief to get down with great ease. lit: therefore rang the hell, and after some time Mr. Austin's brother, who happened to be at home alone in • - let him) in. It was then found that the area-uthir en the latch, and that the whole house was expoFe , ! to depredation. Mr. Austin's brother called in v:H , :or Ann, who, he said, had, by his direction, retired (after having fastened the doors and windows, 8:c.) to bed, at a little after 10 o'clock. The family of Mr. Austin were in the country at the time. It was determined that the watchman shotth: beep his eye upon the area, as the girl, it was evident, had put the step-ladder in the area fur her own accommodation. The watchman walked about the place, and at about two o'clock he observed a female advance to wards the area and fling one of her legs over the rails, but just as the other was about to follow, the guardian of the night caught her by the " calf," Land brought her back, notwithstanding her assu rances that she belonged to the house. Upon find ing that Mr. Austin's brother was acquainted with her departure up the area, die became quite con fused. His Lordship requested to know from the girl what could have induced her to leave her master's house at such an hour exposed to any gang of thieves, who might have robbed and perhaps mur dered them ? The Young woman said that she had acted im prudently, but not sinfully. She had, in fact, promised to meet a friend at the time she left the house, and not wishing to disturb her master's brother, she had climbed over the rails. It afterwards appeared that the white satin bonnet in which she had appeared decked out was her mis tress's, and it is believed that she had put on her curls and finery, in order to attend a " hop" in the neighbourhood. Ann Wheeler was then conveyed to the Compter. A complaint was made yesterday morning against one of the City Coal Meters, for neglect of dury in signing tickets without having seen the coals mea cured. The principal Coal Meter said that so much in jury was done to the public by such neglect that it was proper to make au example of any pet son offend- _ . Lug against the law. Mr. Bumstead, in reply to an observdtio'n from Mr. Woolfer, who appeared for the defendant, said that it was imperative en the Magistrate to dismiss the offender from his ofliee. The LORD MAYOR said the public must be pro :eeted, and dismissed the Meter. The case of another Coal Meter was adjourned for a fortnight, he having been charged with ab sence from duty. GUILDHALL. EXTRAORDINARY CH ARC; E. --Joseph 11 . 0 It, a journeyman printer, attended, yesterday, before Sir PETER LAURIE, charged with assaulting his wife, Phillippa, on Saturday last. The complainant, who is a rather pretty young woman, commenced by stating that she is eighteen years of age, and had been married almost two years, nearly all which time her husband had beaten and illttreatcd her, because she would not adopt a recom mendatinn contained in a honk, the title of which she would hand to the Alderman. To yield to her hus band's wish on this point would have been little short of murdering herself. The book she alluded to was Carlik's " What is Love, or Advice as to the Regulation and Numbers of a Family," contain ing suggestions for avoiding the expense of rearing children. Sir PETER asked her to state more particularly what her husband said. She replied, that he pointed out the paragraph to her, and said he wished her to comply with that for a short time, till he could turn himself, and then he should not mind hav ing a family. Hyatt said he suddered at the charge, which was utterly false. She had i❑ the same way charged him with occasioning her to mi,zcarry, by taking her to see an execulion at tl•,e Old Bailey; when, in fact, he had dissuaded her as strongly as he could, and had accompanied her only because he did not like to see her go alone. The complainant insisted that he had wilfully in vited her to see the execution, expecting the con sequence that followed her going to it. Hyatt declared all their unhappiness had proceed ed from her continually haunting the fortune-tellers, and pa l ing attention to their predictions. He pro duced a paper he had recently found. After laying down the position of the planets on the 3d of June last, at the moment she applied to him, the Astro loger proceeds—" The querent must not expect anything to be very kind to her until late in this year; say October next. This day will - not prove anything kind or pleasant. The 28th day of this month also will not be fi iendly. July 2—mind your phunny, and take no journey, and trust to no relative. The eighth day will not be unkind, I hope. Look to it. The 13th thy also pro mises you pleasure, and also profit. Attend it, and avoid all dark sallow persons (her husband nearly answers this description), for from such your dis appointments must come. August 2,6, 23—avoid them da}s—may be qualified to give you vexation —avoid them. September 1,6, will be naind ; but pray avoid 15, 20. October 4 avoid it—may be 'Vexatious. The 2Qth, Nl, 2T, 28, 29, 30, will be more kind-:pray attend to them, and make good use of them—they will not be unkind."—The husband said this fellow had predicted their separa tion for three months; what other things he had put in her head he did not know; ; but be led a miserable. life with her. Pe called a witness, who described Mrs. Ll'att as being a perfect virago. Mrs. Hyatt said her husband might scoff at astrology if he pleased; but she would defy him to deny that he teased her into leading him to the old woman in Orange -street, who tells fortunes, and that when lie was desired to silently wish some-. thin, he wished to find 2,0001.-,,(A laugh). The husband (sulkily)--7-1 wish I had never found 7ou.—(l3,enewed laughter.) Mr, Payne, the second clelk, said the husband ought to have foreseen that nothing but mischief could ensue from putting such an infamous book into the hands of a wife. Sir PETER said he had avoided speaking of the contents of this book purpo, , ely ; but he would say of all Catlile's principles, that those who them involved themselves in qliseq• The hush:md that when he was an appren tice he enfortunaiely . saw this book in CAtfile'S, ama and his lellOtV apprentices sttbscrid nal; pence etty:li, irid purebeg'o, it, it was consigned to ii lie;11)ng . ; and his wife, in rummaging over his books one day, had discovered it. The charge she had matte respecting it was entirely false. The Vestry Clerk of St. Dunstan's said he know the young roan had been brought t-1 ana creditably, iOrtlier disca - ssion olt family matters, " I , ls "glid was ordered to pay his wife six shillings a week as a separate maintenance. BOW-STE EFT. Yesterd a y no l ess than 15 vagrants , men an d b oys, were brou g h t belonging before Mr. HAW, by t 72, c;;;r4table , i to t he parish of :it. Martin-in-the-Fields, Oa:' vo With been found herding together at night, in the ruins at the end of St. Martin's-lane, wh;eh have been, it appears, the rendezvous for hun dred. ,:f houseless wretches during the spring and 7'lnl mei% Nothing could exee- , 1 the state of misery tri %\ he'," :1:' eir garments were ipy.e:ll,r by sloe.!s, a , none of them en- Hyv•: !he COTT , n .lairt which, the (.11:.!i , r, of htiN :4 -1 , ; t1:J; tiwir appearance truly deplorable. Mr. HALLS inquired if any of the prisoners could he identified as thieves or pickpockets, and as the officers did not know any of them as such, he ex pressed his determination of inquiring seriatim into the cases of the prisoners, in order to ascertain, if possible, how far they were objects of compassion. The first case was that of a miserable half-starved man, who said his name was James Grogan; that he was a native of Ireland, and had come to this country abrait two mouths ago, but being disappointed in finding work, and having no friends or relations to whom he could apply for assistance, he was forced to beg in the daytime, and seek for shelter in the ruins at night. He added that he had been a soldier, and had served at the battle of Waterloo in the 30th Regiment of Foot. Grogan, in reply to a question of the Magistrate, said he had no pension whatever, having served only 13 years in the army, two of which were not counted, as he had entered the service when under age. When in Dublin, he had made repeated applications to the Commander-in-Chief there, but he was al ways referred to the War-office in London, to which place he understood his papers had been forwarded. " Here, your Honour, is my discharge," added the poor fellow, drawing from the lining of his coat, where he had evidently placed it for security, a dirty tattered piece of paper, which time Magistrate, upon inspecting, found to be a discharge in the usual form. Let him stand aside, said Mr. HALLS, that his case may be further inquired into. An able-bodied well-looking young fellow was next examined. His name he said was Hoznessey, and being also an Irishman, he had no legal settle ment in England. lie was willing to work, he said, at any honest calling. Mr. HALLS—What have you been bred to ? Hennessey—l have followed no trade, your Wor ship, but I served in the coast blockade, until 1 was discharged from it. " For some misconduct, I suppose," observed Mr. HALLS. " No, your Worship, for nothing wrong," answered Hennessey. " I was paid off az the end of three years, according to the custom of the coast blockade, and I could get nothing to do since the time I was discharged." Mr. HALLS—" Pitt hint aside also," added the Magistrate," and we will see what can be done for him. I look upon both these poor fellows as objects of great compassion." The rest of the cases were then gone into sepa rately. 'nose whose examinations followed were lads whose age varied from 12 to 18. Some had lost both father and mother, and had led a vagabond I life from necessity. It was remarkable that in almost every instance the vagrants hail come from the place of their legal settlement to take up their abode in rm parish upon which they had no claim except as casual poor. _ _ Mr. • HALLS having patiently investigated each case, disposed of the batch of vagrants by sending seven of them to the House of Correction for one week, seven more received a shilling each from the overseers of St. Martin's, and were told to mnke the best of their way to their respective parishes, and an officer was directed to accompany the poor Wicerioo-man to the War-office, in order that his case might be propeily investigated. Ott Tuesday night a decent-looking elderly couple came before Mr. HALLS in very great distress, and told him that they came to beg assistance to enable them to recover their child, a girl only 15 years old, who had been seduced from her service in Long acre, and, they feared, induced to become an inmate of some neighbouring brothel. Upson, an active and intelligent officer, happening to be present at the time, Mr. Halls left the matter in his hands, with directions to use his best exertions to endeavour to restore the misguided girl to her family and friends, from whom, it appeared, she had been three weeki, separated. Upson promised he would do his best, and came yesterday to report to Mr. Halls the result of his exertions. After searching seve• rid houses of ill fame, he found the object of his search in an infamous house, in King's place, Pall-mall. She was tricked out in all the finery of a first-rate dress girl, and accord ing to her own account she had earned for her villainous mistress no less a sum than 30/. a week. She confessed to Upson that she had been induced to quit her service owing to the representations of a dress girl belonging to the same establishment, whom she happened to meet in Long-acre. On being a,ked if she would return to her friends she ex pres.sed her wilingness to go; and Upson accordingly conveyed her to the house of one of her relations, a respectable tradesman living in Wardour-street, Soho. Here she was immediately surrounded by 15 or 16 persons, her near relations and friends, all of whom expressed the most ardent joy at her rest° , ration, her fuller, mother, and sisters being upon her neck, and with tears in their eyes bewailed her degradation, yet expressed the most ardent joy at once more beholding the unfortunate girl. The officer observed that in all his life he was never witness to a scene half so affecting. The girl, although but 15, had a face and figure of perfect beauty. Mr. HALLS told Upson that he had executed his task in the most praiseworthy manner, and was en titled to the thanks of the parents end friends of the unfortunate girl. AI A ItLBOROC GH-STREET. A respectable-looking tnan, named William Thompson, was brought to the office in custody, on the ollowing charge : It appeared that a Mr. Henry Vravis,a gentleman residing at No. 7, Carmarthen-street, Tottenham court-road, and alsa having a country residence in Buckinghamshire, had placed a respectable female, named Ann Baker, in the care of a third hottsa of No. 36, Great George-street, HatupAte:,-,d,zoad, which was very handsomely furnished;' but a few days ago it was discoyeto that the female, Ann Baker, had stldph:y disappeared from the house, and that all, the furniture it had contained was also carriod away; and that the prisoner Thompson, who had been a lodger in the house, was no where to be heard of either, until Tuesday nie,t, when he was accidentally met with in the : - ,,treet, and taken into custody. Mr. Lamb, a surgeon, residing in Carmarthen street, who attended on the part of Mr. Provis, said that Mr. Provis was at pr esen t a tt en di ng t h e Lan caster Assizes, but he had had a letter from that gentleman on the subject of the robbery, for such It undoubtedly was, and Mr. Provis expressed his fears very strongly, and almost his conviction, that something fatal had happened to the woman Aith Baker—that she had been improperly dis2e.sed of, or she never would have absented 4.-w.eif from the care of the house. The prisons reused to answer any questins on the 4:.tbject at present ; and, under ult circum stances,' the Magistrate (Mr. .1, 1 _,,ye);) remanded him few another examinatie!), nntil the arrival in town of •Njr.. Pro Thit ‘viititan Baker was described as a good-look ing person, of genteel appearance, and about forty years of age, with light brown hair, and a.'44Aut five feet five inches in height, and dregli4 in black. She bad lost a front tooth, , rather disfigured her, AIAktYLEIIONE. young woman was brought to the office about twelve o'clock, dripping with water, who had just before attempted to drown herself in the Re eat She- was taken by force befm. t4-:••' agi let me go b ac k—l h ? ,d b .;tt a strate, wringing h er h an d s and. eNClttil nin g , " Oh, much rather jump in again." The particulars of her case tve4 rilde l a by Robert Craig, a labourer. As h e was at work he saw her jump into th ent's park, tie ran to assist her, but: b c reached g n o t back e — :e had tr corner of the barracks in Albany-road 7e-ore - 'he place, two °Owe persons kid pulled her nutiautt a gentleman came up and directed the wittletsfto take her to Marylebone-office. ITcr mind appeared to be in great disorder, but after a time she an swered the questions which were put to her IT Mr. RAWLINSON. She gave her maiden name, and then said, " Oh I remember, lam married. I was married on tl4. 20th of last June twelvemonth, and mv mime is now Elizabe!h Wolsey." Mr. 'RAMAN - SON—Where do von live ?—El;z beth-I'd better go back to the water. Mr. RAWLINSoN—My good woman, come nearer, and attend to me. is lizabeth—l'm obliged to ye,,, bur I had much rather jump in again. She afterwards said she had a daughter, and asked, " If she do wrong, had not I better put an end to myself, and not see it ?" " Certainly not," said Mr. RAWIANsON ; but how does she do wrong ?" Elizabeth—She does not get her bread honestly. Mr. ItAWLINSoN asked her again where she livod, and respecting her husbarcl. She said she hsd a home, and no home. She left her husblud on the 2d of March, and did not know what was be come of him ; arid the last place she lived at (pro bably she meant place of servitude) was No. 12, Gower-place, New-road. Mr. I(AWLINSON endeavoured to draw her atten7 Lion to tie consequences of self destruction, and sent her in a coach to St. Pancras workhouse, wiflt a request that the overseers would treat her a ith liminess, and inquire into her case. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday Robeit Corky', sen. was brought beforr! Mr. MARRIOTT, for final examination, charged with receiving one 30/. Bank of England note, th e prr:- petty of John Richard Farre, M.D., one of ;he executors to the late Mrs. Johanna O'Keefe. In addition to the evidence produced on the pre vious day, proving that the bank note belonged to the late Mrs. O'Keefe, and was changed by the pri soner after her demise, Mr. Harmer, who attun:led for the prosecution, called Mr. Farre and Miss Sprint-- weather. Their evidence was, however, only a re uitition of what they stated on the examination or the prisoner's wife and son, which has already been published. Mr. MARRIOTT said that he should be happy if the prisoner could relieve himself from being in volved in the transaction, but he felt it his duty to commit him for trial. _ . Application was male to admit the•prisoner in put in bail for his appearance, which was refused, and he was fully committed to Newgate. THE GREAT FONTHILL ESTATE. Our readers are so familiar with the name of Beckford, and the beauties of Fonthill, that we should riot be excused if we were not early in the field in imparting to them the joyful news that this seat, so renowned, and associated with our early and best recollections, was again to be transferred into other bands. The almost sacred, and certainly classic grounds and demesne of Fonthill, recall s 1 many and such pleasing feelings, that, seeing by our advertising department, it is announced for puNie competition, we shall take especial care to give a faithful outline of its leading features, for the amit-e -mem and (as we hope) gratification of our nume rous readers. The übiquitous George Robins (to whose direction and management appears congre gated all the large estates in England) has the good fortune to introduce this highly favoured property To public attention. We shall use our infineuc.f? ( which is not imaginary) in arriving at the facts that: have produced this unexpected sale. All we hav es vet been able to collect is, that Mr. Farquhar ( the rich East India Nabob) bequeathed it to Ii is nephew, George Mortimer, Esq.; and although the will was disputed, the high authorities in Donors" Commons have not interfered with this bequest in their late decision ; and the respected owner 1);?iNg invested with full legal authority, has (in conse quence of ill health) commissioned Mr. Robins to do "his possible" to find a more healthy occupant. The advertisement imparts much, and it shall he our business, as faithful narrators, to do the rest: CONSTANTINOPLE.--It is universally ad mitted that the account of this city furnished by Mr. MADDEN, in his recently-published Travois in Turkry, is by far the most interesting and satisfactory that has ever been given to the public, as regards the btate of society in Turkey, the laws, religion, public buntlines, condition of the women, marriages, funerals, &c. It is not surprising that the Author should be enabled to treat of all these subjects, since he had access every Where, sud.fretiv ming Ted with all classes. As a hakhitri, (or physician j, h e was courted by the great, and pestered by the poor ; the doors of the harem were opened to receive him, and to hint tho secrets of that prison-houto were unreservedly divulged, RIDE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—This plac4 has truly been called the Garden of England. Dest:,ite tit inauspicious state of the weather, 11v0Q. and its vici nity have been crowded by visitorg., arrived to gather. from the salubrity of the air ; the practice of Sea Bathing, and the delightful walks with which the place abounds, renovated, health, and exhilitzted spirits.— Among the many 3.musrs of entolaintuent the Hotel stands et:1;2 0 4)1(11.0ns, not only for the beauty of iz-s situation, oquimanding as it does a noble view of the sea, but for its elegant, extensive, and economical arrange ments. Parties visiting this delightful spot will, we teel assured, thank vs for directing their footstep% to the Pier hotel. WEDGWOOD'S manu.l'actory of splendid China, su long and deservedly ranking high amongst their re spected competitors, it announced in our columns this evening. Mr, GeoRGE ROBINS (comme a l'ordittaire) has the direllon of this extensive Sale. It appears he has, recently sold the splendid Freehold Mansion in St. James: square, (so long the ropositoty, of all that ingenuit:. / and good taste could devise) ti the Earl of Rostsrs: ; and the consequence has been, that all their immense stock must now run the hasord of the haunter in the c.usuing week. In spite of ,leis dull season, we shall be surprised if the temptatiom to get bargains does not congregate a vast as `enlhkge at the Auction, the more es p ec i a lly as we h ave good reason to know the whole Stock is to be said unre servedly. The sale will Colltßatie for eight or ten days, consmtncing on Monday neat. A guard-house is fitting up in ScotlantLyard for the central station of the New Police, So daring have the poachers got in this neigh bourhood, that they quite eO, the gamekeepers at defiance. A number of them, to gip- amount of 20, assembled a few days ago on the Moor, occupied or held by the Duke of LARDS. 114 Oract engaged several men to disperse them ; but OA poachers presented their artna,, and threatened to fire upon them. The Duke's party, consequently, returned to their post, leaving the polOter* to ramble at pleas,:re.— York Courant. Professional, raen speak in high terms of the manner in v. z lilph the new Chief Ju:alee of the Common Pleas, Sie. N. "CyNnaL, has perCartued the arduous &idea 4 '•ua first Circuit. At the Surrey p s etiourned Sessions, on MandaV; the I:usinels was very light, owing to the Asakes havin - g 4en so meuriy held. There were but twq or three trifling eases of felony, and about as many as,sault charges, all of which were disposed of by two oVec/A its the afternoon, The shoals of logmfisa every night ir. Fleet street are become pp i;rito,ierahle annoyance. The words " move on" Vvlve. tut effect, and instead ot the watchmen !leing tke. ‘ - o agate the nui , ance, man i rif them appear to 1 13 Wit:lva-petticoat government theAmoives. On Friday afternoon, at North Shields, tw o girls, each about 6 yearn of age, being in tt roo m b y them selves,. unfortunately isound a bottle filled with gunpowder, with which it appears they for some time amused them selves by fe,rnwing small quantities int o the fire, till a t length, ix spark WAS communicated to the bottle, and a dread Adi explosion ensued. Should the two young crea tures survive, they will be rende,,Te4 objects for life. The girl that is least injured has 15 4 ilrt eye,, one of ii r thumbs is nearly blown off, anA face is in a bad state : the other, a fine louki% gil;1, named SOUTHERN, is still in a worse conditio.A; 41 , face and neck, in fact, almost every. part of 4.4- Ludy, are dreadfully but nt, awl it is feared one of he; arms will have to he atnputatTl. The glass the window was shattered to pieces„ a large 'kail ;wt on the. fire was broken, and othtra; . ticles were daraged.—Tyra Mercury.