The Sun. — London, England, 1829-09-07 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) COURT•MARTIAL UPON CAPT. DICKEN- FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, SEPT. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ajax, Sims, from St. John's; Druid, Freedwell, from Montserrat. Arrived from London, the Mary Ann, Hiskers, for Barbadoes; and Tom BowliPs Beuston, for Malta. SEPT, W.--Arrived the Sappho, H olmes, from Sierra Leone; British Sovereign, Thompson, from Quebec; and L'Union, Therese, fro m Ni ce. ' PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 5 and 6.—Wind W.S.W. -7-Arrived the Woodbury, from New Orleans; and his Majesty's ship Druid, from Vera Cruz, &c. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 4 and s.—Wind S.S.W.— Sailed the London, Pratt, for Rio Janeiro; his Ma- Jesty's ketch Vigilant, for Lisbon ; Pigeon packet, for the Mediterranean; Princess Elizabeth packet, f or Brazils ; Swallow packet, for Jamaica ; and Opossum packet, for Halifax. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. s.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Lyra, May, from St. John's. CORK, SEPT. 4.—Arrived the Daniel, Dock-yard lighter, from Plymouth. LANCASTER, SEPT. s.—Arrived the Eleanor, Hathaway, from Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. s.—Arrived tha Superior Thompson, from Savannah ; Cornwallis, Baines, and Henry Grant, from Quebec; Ceres, Miller, from Richebucto; Hope, Roberts, from Miramichi ; and Perseverance, Tonge, from St. John's. COWES, SEPT. s.—Arrived the Calcutta, Molin, fro m Batavia; Quebec packet, Carr, from Bahia; Margar e t, M ac ki nson, f rom Havatina ' h ; and Wood berry, —, from New Orleans. .GUERNSEY, SEPT. s..—Arrived the Albion, Le chminant, from Rio Janeiro. GREENOCK, SEPT. 4.—Arrived the Richard, Brown, from Grenada; and Olive, Hawkins, Alex ander, I3ailie, from Virginia. DUBLIN, SEPT. 4.—Arrived the James, Laas, from St. John's, N. B.; and Coquette, Hirst, from St. Lucia. The Recovery, Patterson, from Trinidad to Lon don, was abandoned at sea the 28th ult., having 1] feet water in her hold, and soon after sunk. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN-EXCHANGE. There Was a large supply again of foreign Wheat and Oats last week, and a moderate arrival of English Grain and Flour. This morning the fresh supply of most kinds of Corn is small. The sales of good dry Wheat, both Old and New, have been more free than on Friday last, the best samples are Is. to 2s. and damp parcels 4s. per quarter cheaper than ma this day se'nnight, with a very dull trade for the latter. Barley continues without va riation. Beans are not so plentiful as of late, and they ful ly maintain la.t quotations. Pease of both descriptions are u naltered. Oats are quoted the same as on this day Neinight, with a very slack trade, except for prime par s. The The Flour trade is very heavy, at last week's rates. R ‘ :,f e ed is scarce, a nd rather d e ar e r, being quot e d f rom -"" to 33/. per last. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. ............_Wheat, ~..Re. d . ( 01d) ...._ - ...:Zrh_it , e (old) s4s. 78s. 5........_ Re d 0829) ... 50s. 545. - Tick (new)....-s -s. ........___---- Fine 55.....j...... -- z,,uperfine.. 665. 70s. - Harrow (new)-s. -5. .........___ white (1829). 545. 655. .................-- Superfine ne 6Bs. 725. Brank 225. 245. --............ Nlperfine.. 745. 78s. Oats, Feed 15s. 255. Ily. . Foreign free 48s. 808. New Bark; . : .................... 30s. 345. - Poland 16s 28s. New --s. -s. .."----" Inc .............. :2ige.. 325.. Potatoe 225. 28s. m.„ .. Su p e rfine .....1.1.-` 5 v.. n . .................... 48s. 565. - Scotch 29 s . 34 5 . Pe, e: l j I 60.. 64e. Irish l4s. 18s 265. re 'l6s. . Flour Town (per sack) 60a 655. .....___ '..."- Ma 40s. 425. Seconds 50s 56s - Wh P it e e 325. 345. - North Country 465. 555. .....--- Boil -_____ ers 365. 335. Bran 4 ! t RIVALs OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. 5 T F Pi F ' f ' From Whence. 2 i,-,• r • p l" v r ':' Qrs. Qrr. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Q rs. S c k s. Aldhoro ug h 277 5 12 36 ut Metnoh 184 fk4tang on . . '''''' .. .-. - -- 1017 -- -- 200 liriiOn -- -- 350 ti Lo a l r c w h i es ei t i er :: 44 11 3 30 0 2 ,7 7 4 17 IN 22 12 ,.T? gi2 Leigh - - 121 320 -- Maldon . " b ainsborough - 810 Hull 'synch 249 517 2154 )00 19 4 45 65 Inneat .. 587 9 228 20 130 336 9 5 7 Yrin .• . , •...••.• • - 1055 39 100 hw . oi c i ..... 65 4 ._ _. _.. 11 :4::::nridge 241 6° 20 / 4 14 h.ael ::, - 3 : - 3 - 6 446 Monh rtAb erdeel ... ... _69 _— _ 20 ervr e k '•••• Ij Un4o - -- -- 1117 :: - Uncle - -- 50 e wig 2720 5208 3634 912 1548 7366 °rk r, Lusa. ` . ni,j; WaterfoZ .. """ 80 —— 1® A _ FOREIGN. j.l.Changei .. 3315 23675 3 50 c'rene o vorso. Penhagen ' 990 1 = er - b antzic . ~,: - -- i r klsarald ... :::: sAA llO -- -- „alnburg... - __ __ _- -- -- 131Abeck 210 90 „ obi sbe - 780 -- N te 4 rg - -- :: :: :: 1,,,,4 urgh - -- -- 1iii,511...... - qto l6O 385 leriii3o, eartin:en..." -- Total 20563 6355 391 a 2602 --. -- 435 14 - 12 1988 1 - 466 . 160 350 = 20563 6355 1 391 QUANTITY OF OTH o —Linseed, 10677-1 Mustard, 627—Set Total , Ily 4 e ( Z,l .es ?aTE , ER XI . Rpesej DS 0 PULS' ;E. Ik, 0-- SMITHFIELD MARKET. ply At this day's market, which exhibited the largest sup for that of a Bartholomew Fair Monday for many ; a re, the trade throughout was very dull, with Veal, at a 1 131. 7 40 n of from 2d. to 4d. per stone •; with Beef, Mut ha•arnb, and Pork, at barely to Friday's prices. We be ei. the stock, on the whole, have been of fair average 1 4 44 ' , but the Beasts were so huddled together, owing tc, Pace occupied by the Fair, it was impossible to ascer ' pi tt:heth er any o f them merited particular notice. l ets PEP. STONE OF SIAS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d..to 4. d. s. d. to s. d. 'etotr Beasts O2 2 Large Lambs 32 0 0 P;iirea g u a a lV ditto 2 8 Er ar ime o s oa ma rso ll dat i o v . e ; 2 8 1 0 10 4 0 Prime small ditto 310 4 4 Evenr u f mice!) 2 4 2 8 ' Large Hogs 2 otricylallty ditto 210 3 4 Small . P rkers W°oll edditto 310 4 0 Suckling Calves 123 to 4 Bs. each -aw nWethers 4 0 4 4 Quarter old Pigs 12s to 16s. each. t eam surrLy, AS rEL STATEMENT. 2,74,Z• 'Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. rigs. 1 25,310 210 I 200 4 6 1 : 63, 1t 200, !'n 2 00 of the beasts cae up the different North 40 from k e nt ".,.uffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about 12 frorn ip the Sussex • and most of the remainder from the marshes, neighbourhood of London. lit 1,, " GATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. Be e At per stone, by the Carcass. Slul, . a. d. to s. d. s. d. tog. d. ............... 2 2 3 8 Veal " ..... . 6 310 Pork ... ...... 4s. Od. to ss. Od lit u,„, , it. — ASTLE-UPON.TYNE MARKET.—Sept. 5. ' , -)r t i - h eather since last Monday having been favourable 41 4 , ke ' t harvest we had several samples of New Wheat at "tild h t ° - day, the quality very various, but better than ' l4 krt e 4Ve been expect e d, and sold from 525. to 808. per (I f)ir l r ; Old 'Wheat was without change, and very little 4 14,1% 4 gran ar i ed parcels. Some N ew O ats were a l so at tl . l kt t t ; a nd sold a t fr o m 225. to 265. per quarter, but 1 '"lrl e ,„ aci ,„e gener a lly d u ll. Fine Malt in fair demand. ( hlir e ;i ) - "elms, and Pease, as our last. Fresh Rye in- Ikh after. Flour dull sale. ... s, N. No rthumberland New. Old. --..,......-1::: N o ' r thumberland —s. —s. , k e r fujk and Sullblk 78s. 84s . ty\. b, r wlek and Scotch —s. —s. `‹. Norn a g. lik t , , ,'i' g 'K and SutiolK —s. —s. —s —s. 32s. 365. ei l;' :. 114 ting, Norfolk and Suftblk -2:. - -s s . 32s. s 31s. t ,r, . t,,,... log and Feet - 1111g ~..., 1 1 s . o .k and Suftitlk — a. —s. Po' 4, a1l - *t e Tick —s. —a. —s. 04 zyhite .................................. zs s . 34 :. s ta, . ko ra y .. • • . ............ ...—s. —5. w —s. —5. —s. 'thl-trn"be"r.l ...n . 71 .. .............. —s. —s. t ore. Feed —s —s. 2Bs. 295. s kti ll i e n (per s ac k) _, ....„, s3s 565. 1 14; -- - ----- Pr°itrt. d "tr imonial alliance is said to have been sox eh ' d - Y their r es p ec tive families, between LordilloN .'" 4 At hA - aikriina, the b'autiful daughter of Lady Court Journal. SON, R. N. PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY-TENTH DAY. At the meeting of the Court at nine o'clock this morning, Mr. Andrews sent a message to the Pres:- dent, that he was desirous of saying q few words, in consequence of something which he wished to ex plain in his evidence of yesterday. He had under stood that he was supposed to be implicated in the ship's company's letter, of which he had already said he knew nothing, except what he had mentioned. His reason for troubling the Court was, that he had understood yesterday it had been intimated that Commander Dickenson and the crew of the Genoa did not get up this letter (the round robin), but somebody did ; and he understood his name had been used as that of a person likely to give farther information upon it. " I have already," continued Mr. Andrews emphatically, " declared that I know nothing about its origin. I have been 34 years in the service, arid I hope I know better than to be engaged in such an act, and when Captain Dickenson mentioned it, I expressed my opinion upon it." The PRESIDENT.-Mr. Andrews, we have not the slightest reason to suppose you were concerned in getting up that paper; and if we even had thought you were involved, your evidence of yesterday, in which you stated that you had endeavoured to dis suade the Captain from presenting it, would have completely effaced such an impression. Sir ROBERT OTWAY repeated the same opinion. The JUDGE,ADVOCATE.---I am bound to say, tha, Sir Edward Codrington had not the least idea that Mr. Andrews had any concern in getting it up. The following interrogotaries were then put to Mr. Andrews : Did you know at the time you were apprized of this letter, that any body had been appointed, or was about to be appointed, to the command of the Genoa ?—I did not. Had you heard any rumour or conjecture of such nomination ?—I had not. In fact, this occurrence, as well as I remember, took place only two days after our arrival in Malta. JAMES COLLIER was then called to speak con cerning the round robin. What situation did you fill on board the Genoa on the 20th of October, 1827, and subsequently?— Boatswain's mate. Can you read ?—No, Sir. State to the Court what you know of this round robin ?—A letter was requested to be written by the petty officers and ship's company at large to the Vice-Admiral, requesting )aim to keep Capt. Dick enson as commander. If you know who wrote that letter, name him ? I cannot exactly state who did, nor did I hear it read on board, though I knew it had been, and I saw the letter myself at the time it was agreed to on the lower deck, before James Burgess, the captain of the forecastle. The letter in Court was very like what I saw on board when 100 or 200 of the ship's crew were present, or more, attending to it. The PRESIDENT—Do you know what it was that led the ship's company to do this Being used to Captain Dickenson, we did not like to have a strange commander; we preferred to have him. Sir R. OTWAF—Do you know by any means whether Captain Dickenson, or any of the ward room (I don't mean petty) officers,had any thing to do in getting up that letter ?—No, Sir; none. Captain INGLEFIELD—You are quite confident of that, are you ?—I am, Sir. The PRESIDENT—Where were you stationed in the action ?—Third gun from the mast on the main deck. Had you hot work of it ?—Yes, we had. From what ship were you engaged most 2—The Turkish line-of-battle ship. For how long ? —lt might be four hours, I think. Do you know whether your gun was at any time pointed at any thing else than that Turkish ship ? No, Sir, we always fired at her. I was captain of ,t_ _ he gun. Had you to train it much to fire at her ?—Some- times we were about half a point forward. At what part of the ship which was so near you did you point your gun ?—Between wind and water. Were you lying head and stern ?—Yes. Could you see her bowsprit ?—Yes, and it was nearly in a line with my gun. Sir H. BLACK wooD—Does it come within your own knowledge that all or a great portion of your starboard guns were fired during the time you speak upon your opponent ?—Yes, Sir. Did the ship vary her position much ?—About half a point, I should think. Do you know whether springs were made use of and how often ?—Yes, Sir, once I can speak to. Were the stern guns on the main deck fired ? Yes, from the larboard stern port. Do you know that at any period during the action any and what number of guns were fired on the larboard side ?—None that I know of; but they might. Did you see the object on which the larboard stern gun was fired ?—To the best of my recollection it was at a double-banked frigate. I saw that myself. Could you see the Asia out of that stern port ? Yes, Sir, by looking two points on the starboard quarter, I think. _ _ Did you see a schooner or cutter lying near her or astern ?—No. Was that double-banked frigate a cable's length from you ? Two lengths I think, I can't be positive. Captain SCIiOMBERG-I ask you, as a seaman, was the Genoa placed advantageously to bring her broad side to bear upon her opponent during the action ? Yes, Sir. Captain MUNDY—CouId the stern gun have been Pointed to the Asia, if you had wished it ? I can't say, Sir. - Captain ELLIOTT—Was your opponent (the Turkish line-of-battle-ship) ever two points abaft your beam ? No, Sir, never, I think, above half a point. How often could you see your opponent so as to take aim ? I believe about every quarter of an hour, or 20 minutes. Could you at that time see the whole of the ship, or only a part of her ?—Sometimes part, some times the whole. Did you ever see the Albion during the action ? No, Sir. Were you ordered to point your guns at the water line ?—Yes. With what shot ?—Always round shot, sometimes double, sometimes single. The PRESIDENT—Were they constantly firing during the whole of the action, I mean your gun ? —Yes, Sir. Capt. INGLEFIELD—Was the Genoa raked at any time of the action, and if so, by what ship ?-1 can not say; no shot came in at my quarters in a raking direction. There were several shot next day on our side. Were any men killed or wounded at your quarters ?--None at my gun. Capt. GORDON—Are you sure that the starboard stern gun was ever fired during th© action ?—I can not say. Was it out at the stern port ?—Yes, Sir. Was that done before you went into action ? Going in. At what time of the action was the spring used, was it early or late ?—About two hours after we began, I think. Can you particularize any person, either officer or man, seen by you, hauling on the springs ?—I saw Captain Dickenson himself. Did you see the Turkish line-of-battle -ship out of your port ?—Yes. Was she before or abaft the beam ?—Abaft a little; she sprung, I think,:bo;; half a point. In answer to some questions from Capt. Mundy, he said he had been 16 years in the King's service, but bad never been in action before. When he mentioned hot work at his gun, what he meant was, the labour of pointing the gun, and the fire of the enemy. Captain MUNDY—But if nobody was hurt at your gun, your hot work must have been from mere manual labour.--The Turkish ship of the line some times ceased firing for about 20 minutes. The PRESIDENT—Its what part of the ship was the greater number of the Genoa's men killed ?-- About the main hatchway. Cross-examined by Captain DICKENSON—At this distant period, can you recollect whether I was on board the Asia a slim t time after the battle ceased ? I cannot say. Captain MORRIS, who was a Lieutenant of the Genoa at the battle of Navarin, said he was then quartered at the eight foremost guns of the main deck,andconsidered their opponent to be the Turkish 74, upon which they had brought their guns to bear immediately after the action began, chiefly upon her hull midships. They could bring the guns near his quarters to bear upon their opponent by training, ex c, pt the three foremost. The Genoa's position was first taken without using springs, although he heard they were used afterwards. She anchored in a pa rallel line with her opponent. He was on the main deck when the ship anchored, but he bad been on the upper deck previous to her firing. The Turkish frigate was lying broadside out when they went in. He had received and given directions to the men to avoid firing near the Albion, towards the latter part of the action. There were, at the 7th and Bth gun of his quarters, nearly all the men killed and wound ed by the shot of their opponent, as well as he could judge. They must have been in action with that. Turkish 74 about three hours and a half, or four hours. At this distance, it was impossible for him to speak upon details with minute accuracy. Captain CURZON was called, and at the same time a basket, containing several 321 h. British shot, was brought into Court, marked with the King's mark, as was said. When this shot was examined, no body could, however, prove it to be British ; and Sir H. BLACKWOOD said, even if it were, it would not bear on this case, for the Turkish ships had shots of all nations. PRESIDENT—HOW long was the Asia in action with the Capitana Bey's ship ?—I cannot possibly tell exactly. Were you two hours ?—No, I think not one ; she was silenced soon : and had not a gun out of her board, or a man to be seen on her decks, before she drifted. How many broadsides did she fire at the Asia ?— It is difficult for me to say, but I do not think she loaded her guns three times. How long was the Asia in action with the ship of Moharem Bey ?—Moharem Bey's cables were either cut or shot away in less than tee minutes, and she drifted away out of our fire. I think we gave her only two broadsides. After the first ten minutes, what fire did you keep up ?—I cannot exactly say. Cross-examined by Captain DICKENSON—Did the Capitana Bey's ship strike her colours when she went adrift ?—She did not. Did Moharem Bey's, or any of the Turkish ships ? —I saw none of them strike their colours. On the next morning the Turkish ships had both French and English colours up. How long did the Genoa fire after the Asia had ceased ?—I have really no precise recollection, for I was sent on board the Trident to stop her fire. Sir Edward Codrington here seat in a note to the Court, stating that he wished to explain the pro motion he made after the death of Captain Bathurst, and was introduced for this purpose. He said— " Thinking that I had left an impression on the Com t yesterday, that I had promoted Captain Irby to the vacancy caused by Captain Bathurst's death, in the Genoa, I beg leave to explain, that I gave that vacancy to Captain Davis, then commander of the Rose, by the concurrent testimony, I may say, of the whole Allied fleet, as to his extraordinary merits and superior claims; and I made known to him, and generally to the officers who came on board the Asia, that such was my decision on the 21st, before Captain Davis left the fleet with the despatches; and I will add, that if times had been chivalrous, and I had had chivalrous power, I should hare knighted him on the field of battle, such was my admiration of his conduct. My reason for send ing him off immediately with despatches to Smyrna was this—Admiral de Rigny, on quitting Smyrna the first time after receiving the treaty and the in structions of the 6th of July, 1827, concerted a pri vate signal between him and the French Consul for the information of the other Consuls, resident at Smyrna, in case of any collision taking place be tween the Allied and Ottoman fleets ; and also for the protection of the Franks in the Turkish do minions, by enabling the British Consul to commu nicate rapidly with the British Ambassador at Con stantinople, in the event of any re-action by the Turks. After some mere formal evidence was adduced, the Judge-Advocate announced that he had closed the case for the prosecution. The Court was then cleared for an hour; and, upon the re-admission of strangers, the President informed Captain Dickenson that the prosecution was closed, and he was now called upon for his defence. Captain DICKENSON—I would, if allowed that in dulgence by the Court, solicit until Wednesday or Thursday next for that purpose, promising the Court that my defence shall be as short as possible under the circumstances. The PRESIDENT—We rely upon your making it as short as you can. Sir H. BLACKWOOD—YOU had better take at once the time you think you shall require. Captain DICKENSON—Then on Thursday I shall certainly be ready; but should my defence Toe pre pared sooner, I will notify it to the Court, as I am aware they must mee t d a ily. The PRESIDENT—Yes ; the Court can only ad journ from day to day. We shall adjourn now till ten o'clock on Monday morning. Mr. Minchin, the solicitor for the defendant, pro mised that not a moment should be lost in com pleting the arrangements for the defence. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 5. The Court-martial on Captain Dickenson still continues to engross attention, and to excite very considerable interest, which has rather increased than diminished as the business has advanced towards a termination. The evidence for the prosecution closed to-day, and the Court have granted Cap tain Dickenson the intervening days to Thursday to prepare his defence. It is evident that the trial has occasioned a strong sensation, and given birth to a variety of feelings and opinions, which, with the extraordinary circumstances of the case, must render the event a kind of epoch in our naval history. All parties appear to be placed in a difficult and painful situation, arising from a complication of causes which it is impossible wholly to develop; and if ever there was a case calculated to show the necessity of abridging the limit of time for bringing accusations to trial, the present instance has established it, evincing, as it does, how imperfectly facts are re membered beyond a period even shorter than that which our naval code has appointed as a term of li mitation to prosecutions. By the narrative of Sir Edward Codrington with the Admiralty, which he gave to the Court, we have an insight into the ori gin of this remarkable trial, and little is now want ing to make the history complete. The narrative brought the correspondence down to the letter of information dated the 17th of July, 1829, which the Vice-Admiral has emphatically said at the table of the court, he placed before the Admiralty for their Lordships to consider, and out of which they might extract such charges, as they had witnesses to de pose to, and not as itself a charge, upon which Cap tain Dickenson ought to be arraigned. He has also complained that his statement so given in deference to the Board, who had decided on a trial which he had relinquished, has been put before the Court without the other letters, which would show that the line he has adopted has been forced upen him. He quoted on one occasion from Mr. Croker's letter, certain expressions confirming the impossibility of his acting otherwise than he had done under circum stances, such as, " you have brought charges—it is incumbent on you to prove your said charges---and I am desired to ask if you are ready to proceed to the trial," and so forth. The refusal of the Court to receive these letters has led the Vice-Admiral tai show the whole correspondence freely amoHg professional friends, who, to do them justice, wt. must say, follow his example of being pretty com municative; arid .we have therefore learned that the remainder of Mr. Croker's letters not gone into on Friday, arid which the Vice-Admiral referred to in an early stage of the proceedings, as material in elucidation of the one letter from him which was read to the Court by the Deputy Judge Advocate, upon the point of his own position, exhibits strong proofs of the first order for trial having been given ►n hostility to him. We have caught the following expressions—" Sir Edward Codrington not having asked for a Court Martial, could not, of course, be held bound to undertake the distinct character of prosecutor; but as charges were made by Sir Ed ward Codrington which their Lordships considered required investigation at a Court Martial, it was in cumbent on him to establish the truth of the charges advanced."—lt was for Sir Edward Codrington to take measures with the Judge Advocate to substan tiate the charges or, if he declined so doing, their Lordships would consider themselves at liberty to view Captain Dickenson's conduct as free from all imputation," &c. " Sir Edward Codrington was to state if he were willing that the trial should proceed" " And that if Sir Edward Codrington did not ap pear willing for the trial to go on as before under stood, the Admiralty had no alternative but to con sider Captain Dickenson free from all imputation." These extracts, as coming from the Admiralty's Secretary, did not deter the Vice-Admiral from moving steadily onward in the course he had chalked out for himself. Mr. GEORGE DAWE, R.A., who has recently arrived in this country from Warsaw, where he had been engaged in painting the Emperor and Empress of RUSSIA as King and Queen of Poland, and also the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, went to the Royal Lodge, in Windsor park, yesterday, by command of the KING, for the pur pose of showing his MAJESTY portraits of the King of PRUSSIA, the Duke of CUMBERLAND, and other works executed since his last visit to this country. His MA JESTY was graciously pleased to express his approbation of them, and honoured Mr. DAWE with some flattering commissions. The Earl of ABERDEEN arrived at the Royal Lodge on Saturday evening from town, on a visit to the KING. The Earl of ROSSLYN visited the Earl of ABERDEEN on Saturday. Earl FIT-WILLIAM arrived at Wentworth House on Saturday last from Ireland. His Lordship had a very rough passage to Holyhead, the voyage occupying fourteen instead of six hours. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE passed through this town yesterday, on his way from Bol ton Abbey to Chatsworth, where he will remain until Doncaster Races.—Sheffield Courant. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT came from Twicken ham on Wednesday, to dine with the Duke and Duchess of ST. ALBANS, at their house in Piccadilly. The Duchess has engaged a house at Brighton, where she will remain during the autumn and part of the winter. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT has likewise hired a residence at Brighton, for himself and family, to which they will retire when the period is up for which he engaged the villa of Archdeacon CAMBRIDGE, in Twickenham Meadows. The Duke of RICHMOND, Lord MOUNT* CHARLES, and Lord FIFE, are reported to have interested themselves in the restoration of the performances at Co vent Garden Theatre, and if their efforts be seconded by the opulent amateurs of the drama, and the play-goiag public generally, and a commensurate sacrifice be nude in their salaries by the principal actors, there is no doubt of a successful issue. ENGLISH OPERA• HOUSE.--A new pleasant interlude, entitled Sold for a Song, was produced here on Saturday evening. The title of the piece is derived from the strange fancy of Count Cremona (Mr. J. RUSSELL), who is afflicted with such a love of harmony, as induces him to determine that the hand of his niece, diddle (Miss CAwsE) shall only be awarded to him whose vocal powers are of the finest order. The interlude was received with the utmost satisfaction by a crowded house. Bolton Abbey, in Yorkshire, has become the favourite residence of the Duke of DEVONSHIRE during the autumn of the year. At Christmas the princely Palace of Chatsworth enables his Grace to entertain large parties, and in the spring, the Villa of Chiswick, and the dinners, balls, and routs at Devonshire House fill up the measure of his Grace's hospitality. MICHAEL TOLL has been lodged in our county jail, having been committed by Mr. HALLEN, Co roner, on a charge of causing the death of ANNE COOK, by pushing her into a coal-pit, at Lye-on-the-Waste, near Stourbridge. The parties were seen sitting near the pit on Monday se'nnight. The body was found on Friday.— Worcester Journal. NEW POLICE.---.lt has been determined that the policemen are not to wear swords in the day time. These weapons, however, will be kept at the different stations, to be supplied, if necessary. Deputations from several parishes in London and its vicinity have, we un derstand, waited upon the Commissioners of the New Police during the last week, to urge the adoption of the new system in their several districts.— Observer. MANCHESTER, SATURDAY EVENING.-- An attack was this afternoon made upon the Knobsticks in the employment of Messrs. SANDroan and GREEN, by a large body of turn-out spinners. The Knobsticks go to the mills on the Monday morning, and so intimidated are they by the threats of the tarn-outs, that they eat, drink, and sleep in the mills, and dare not, for any purpose what ever, venture outside the walls till Saturday night, when they are brought out under the protection of the soldiers and the police. This afternoon the Knobsticks in SAND FORD and Co.'s mill, who, I believe, are all from the coun try, were conveyed out of town in hackney-coaches. On Saturday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, a number of persons who were proceeding over Westminster-bridge, were horror-struck on perceiving a respectable-looking gentleman climb to the top of the third arch, and instantly precipitate himself into the river. The unfortunate individual instantly sunk, but in a few seconds after he was seen by those on the bridge and the Surrey shore, struggling in the water. Fortunately, however, the son of Mr. CARY, proprietor of the floating bath at the bridge, was at the time rowing across the water, and instantly pulling towards the drowning man, arrived in time to save him. Mr. CARY conveyed him to the Water mens' Arms, Stangate, where every attention was paid to him, and he was shortly so far recovered, as to be re moved to an hotel, in Bridge-street, Westminster. He was at the latter place immediately recognised as Captain COOMBER, of Lewes. DUBLIN, SEPT. 3.—A very extraordinary case of crim. con. has just transpired in the county of Mayo, at the residence of a young baronet of high family and fortune. The parties move in high life, and are con nected with the principal gentry of Connaught. The frail lady and her husband have been for some time on a visit at the splendid mansion of Sir the lady's brother. A gentleman well known in the fashionable circles in Dublin, and remarkable for his immense size, had been also on a visit at the same place. On Saturday evening Mr. —__ unexpectedly entered his lady's chamber, and was horrified on beholding her in such a situation with Mr. as gave ample ground for ap prehension that she had been regardless of her plighted vows. Her husband, as might reasonably be expected, proceeded to give very unequivocal proofs of his resent ment against the destroyer of his peace; and the noise occasioned by the boisterous altercation between the parties, which was rendered more alarming by the slit ieks of the lady, soon brought the young baronet and other members of the family, to the apartment. Sir aided the escape of the ponderous lover from the husband's vengeance—not, however, without appointing a meeting with himself a t G a l way on t h e su b sequent d ay. S i r accompanied by Dl r . was at the pl ace of meeting at the regulated hour ; but Mr. —, actuated, probably, b y t h e Ch r i st i an f ee lin g o f f or b earance where injury had already been inflicted, did not appear on the ground ; and it is said he has taken his departure for the continent. But there was a duel notwithstanding, quite unconnected with the faux pas. At the hotel where Sir ---- and his friend stopped there happened to be an altercati on b etween t h e latter an d a Mr. L---, of Dublin. The gentlemen terminated their dispute in the true Conna ug h t style by proceeding fort h w i t h to the place appoi n t e d f or the meeting with the h uge L othario, and after a n exc h ange of shots, without producing any injury, the p art i es returned to the hote l , an d b ecame totally oblivious of their brawl at the festive board. LITERATURt. LOVES 01.' TIIE POETS.—Two \Tots. LeIN Do N. }s':'9. In her book of the Boudoir, Lady Morgan has observed that Poets make bad lovers. A perusal of the present volumes will, we con ceive, convince her Ladyship to the contrary. She will here see of what materials a poet's love is made ; how pure, how lofty is its essence, how lasting, how imaginative, how disinterested its character and complexion ! Not that we ourselves believe in the celestial purity of such attachments ; far from it, we are of opinion that poets love pl•etty much as other men, only that they make more of it, and turn it to a better ac count ; but certainly no one can sit down to the perusal of the very romantic work before us, and not feel convinced, even against his inclination, that the love of a poet is a wondrous fine thing— a passion in short far exceeding in its essence the ordinary capabilities of humanity. And yet, if the true history of such a love could be placed before our eyes ;if facts could be allowed to displace fiction, and wild romance to give way to sober reason, how much of its high unearthly complexion would be lost ! How would Pe trarch's Laura, Dante's Beatrice, Tasso's Leo nora D'Este—but no, we will except this really angelic woman—Waller's Sacharissa, and Sur rey's Geraldine sink into mere ordinary females ; beautiful perhaps, and accomplished, and sensi- ive and innocent, but not a whit more so than thousands of others of their sex who have lived, died, and passed away into oblivion, because un luckily they had no enamoured historian to im mortalize their deserts. The love of a poet is a fine thing certainly, but it shines, we suspect, to greater advantage in fancy than in fact. It looks well on paper,decoratedwith the garniture ofa splendidly embellished duodecimo, but is apt to lose its caste when touched with the Ithuriel spear of reality. Despite the power of sentiment and the charms of verse, poets will sometimes lose their temper, and ladies the high tone of their romance. Quarrels, and those not of the most re fined character, will occasionally take place between them. They will now and then, not exactly pinch and scratch, but grumble, sneer at, and anathematize each other. But mark even here the advantages of the poet's calling. The simple expressive oath which an unsophisticated lover would utter—the honest, straight-forward " damn" into which he would epigramatically condense his wrath, is in the bard's hands con verted into an eloquent apostrophe—fierce, im passioned, indignant—fitted to make ladies weep, men envy, and the world admire. The present elegant volumes, however, keep up in a high tone the superiority of the poet's love. All that might be deemed too earthly in his passion is slightly glanced over, while its more impassioned spirit is dwelt on with grace, tender- ness, and animation. What, for instance, can be more interesting—more deeply affecting than our fair authoress's details of the love of Tasso for the Princess Leonora D'Este ? Without in the slightest degree swerving from truth, she has yet, by the magic powers of her eloquence, so heightened its interest that it possesses all the charms of romance. We annex as a specimen the description of Tasso and Leonora. The lady is beautifully pencilled : " No poet perhaps ever owed so much to female influ ence as Tasso, or wrote so much under the intoxicating inspiration of love and beauty. He paid most dearly for such inspiration ; and yet rot too dearly. The high tone of sentiment, the tenderness, and the delicacy which per vade all his poems, which prevail even in his most vo luptuous descriptions, and which gave him such a decided superiority over Ariosto, cannot be owing to any change of manners or increase of refinement produced by the lapse of a few years. It may be traced to the tender in flueuce of two elegant women. He for may years read the cantos of the Gerusalemme, as he composed them, to the Princesses Lucretia and Leonora, both of whom he admired,---one of whom be adored. Au reste—the kiss, which he is said to have imprinted on the lips of Leonora in a transport of frenzy, as well as the idea that she was the primary cause of his insanity, and of his seven years' imprisonment at St. Anne's, test on no authority worthy of credit; yet it is not less cer tain that she was the object of his secret and fervent ad miration, and that his hopeless passion conspired, with many other causes, to fever his irritable temperament and unsettle his imagination, beyond that " fine madness," which we are told ought " to possess the poet's brain." " When Tasso first visited Ferrara, in 1565, he was just one-and-twenty, with all the advantages which a fine countenance, a majestic figure, (for be was tall even among the tallest,) noble birth, and excelling talents could be stow : he was already distinguished as the author of the Rinaldo, his earliest poem, is which he had celebrated (as if prophetically,) the princess d'Este,--and chiefly Leonora." " When Tasso was first introduced to her in her brother's court, Leonora was in her thirtieth year; a dis parity of age which is certainly no argument against the passion she inspired. For a young man, at his first entrance into hie, to fall in love ambitiously—with a woman, for instance, who is older than himself, or with one who is, or ought to be, unattainable,—is a common occurrence. Tasso, from his boyish years, had been the sworn servant of beauty. He tells us in grave prose, che la sua giovanezza fu tutta sotto-posta all' amorose leggi ;' but be was also refined, even to fastidiousness, in his intercourse with women. He had formed, in his own poetical mind, the most exalted idea of what a female ought to be, and unfortunately, she who first realised his dreams of perfection, was a Princess—' there seated where he durst not soar.' Leonora was still eminently lovely, in that soft, artless, unobtrusive style of beauty, which is charming in itself, and in a Princess irresistable, from its contrast with the loftiness of her station and the trappings of her rank. Her complexion was extremely fair; her features small and regular; and the form of her head pe culiarly graceful, if I may judge from a fine medallion I once saw of her in Italy. 11l health, and her early ac quaintance with the sorrows of her unfortunate mother had given to her countenance a languid and pensive cast, and sicklied all the natural bloom of her complexion." " Ider eyes were blue; her mouth of peculiar beauty, both in form and expression." " Leonora then was not unworthy of her illustrious conquest, either in person, heart, or mind. To be sum moned daily into the presence of a Princess thus beautiful and amiable, to read aloud his verses to her, to bear his own praises from her lips, to bask in her approving smiles, to associate with her in her retirement, to behold her in all the graceful simplicity of her familiar life,—was a dangerous situation for Tasso, and surely not less so for Leonora herself. That she was aware of his admiration, and perfectly understood his sentiments, and that a mys terious intelligence existed between them, consistent with the utmost reverence on his part, and the most perfect delicacy and dignity on her's, is apparent from the mean ing and tendency of innumerable passages scattered through his minor poems—too significant in their application to be mistaken. Though that application be not avowed, and even disguised—the very disguise, when once de tected, points to the object. Leonora knew, as well as her lover, that a Princess ' was no love-mate for a bard.' She knew far better than her lover, until lie too had been taught by wretched experience, the haughty and implaca ble temper of her brother Alphonso, who never was known to brook an injury or forgive an offender. She must have remembered too the 12 years' imprisonment and the ai n n a lc r er i se • o sa w scead e u s s c eb a . y p e from death, t si,eheiva o extreme of af delicacyt her im andof un fortunate hreersercvoe m nds o t moth ttr forconstitution. : Her hand b a d freq uen tly been sought by princes and ~~~. Y nobles, whom she had Uniformly rejected, at the rink of displeasing her brother ; and tke eyes of a jealous court were upon her. Tasso, on 'the other hand, was impru dent, hot-headed, fearless, ardently attached. For both their sakes, it was necessary for Leonora to be guarded and reserved, unless she would have made herself the fable of all Italy. And in what glowing verse has Tasso described all the delicious pain -of such a situation ! now proud of his fetters, now execrating them in despair." Next to Tasso and Leonora in interest, is the account of Petrarch's love for Laura. Our fair biographer has taken considerable pains with this portion of her work, though she has failed in rendering Petrarch so interesting as we think he might have been made. But it is with her females that she is generally most successful. Here she is quite at home, and throws a remark able degree of grace, dignity, softness, And feminine sensibility into the portraits of her heroines. Waller's Sacharissa is a graceful sample of this talent, and we are pleased to find that incidentally in speaking of her, she has done justice to that intolerable old coxcomb, Waller ; a scribbler who, with scarcely one spark of poetry in his composition, has yet by some means or other contrived to smuggle himself into the good graces of posterity. _ With Swift's conduct to Stella and Vanessa our authoress is justly indignant. But the sub ject should be handled by a man—no woman can throw sufficient energy into her reproba tion of the Dean's behaviour to two of the most charming women that ever lived--both of whom died broken-hearted for him. Mr. Jeffrey has, accordingly, taken up the matter, and in one of the earlier numbers of the " Edinburgh Review" has done justice to Swift's character, in an ana lysis replete with eloquence and a high generous indignation. But we must here come to a close, though not without thanking our fair authoress for the gratification her very captivating volumes have afforded us. Her work is essentially a lady's work, full of grace, elegance, tenderness, pathos, and romance, and should be studied by the sex as a sort of text-book, or manual of the heart. STATE OF BARNSLEY. (Abridged from the Leeds Mercury.) The town of Barnsley has been greatly agitated during the present week. After the destruction of property at the house of Mr. Thomas Jackson, in the night of Thursday week, as stated in our last paper, no fresh outrage was perpetrated till Wednesday last, when, about nine o'clock at night, a large barn, 24 yards by seven, the property of Sir Francis Lindloy Wood, Bart., in the occupation of Messrs. Jacksons and Hoggetts, manufacturers, was discovered to be on fire, and on proceeding to the place it became but too evident that this conflagration was the work of an incendiary. The barn is situated at about a mile from the town, and almost close to it stood three haystacks, containing at least 70 toms of hay. The building hadbeen used as a deposit for unemployed looms, timbers, &c., all of which were consumed before the fire, which bad been lighted in several different places, could be extinguished. The loss in the barn is estimated at about 2001., and the injury done to the building is probably to about half that amount. The haystacks escaped almost miraculously, owing to the direction of the wind. A reward of fifty guineas has been offered for the apprehension of the offender or offenders, and about nine o'clock on Thursday night, John Atkinson was apprehended at the door of the King's Head-inn, in Barnsley, on suspicion of having been engaged in the attack upon the house of Messrs. Cordeaux and Sons, and Mr. Coe, on Thursday night. The agi tation of the town was considerably increased on Thursday morning by William Hill, a private in the troop of the Third Light Dragoons, now quartered in Barnsley, having applied a pistol to his body and shot himself through the heart, in his quarters at the Three Cranes-inn. The cause of this rash act is not satisfactorily ascertained, but it is said that Hill, who is very respectably connected, was subject to despondency, which had been aggravated by a love-affair in Ireland, and by habits of intoxication, which he had unfortunately acquired. _ . On Wednesday last a great number of applica tions were made to Dr. Corbett, one of the Magi strates for the West Riding, by the unemployed Irish weavers of Barnsley, for passes to return to their own country. The Magistrates intimated their intention to grant passes to all the Irish weavers that might apply to them, and it was expected that upwards of fifty applications would be made yester day by persons wishing to leave the town. Such is the state of public apprehension created by the riots and outrages of Barnsley, that almost every warehouse in the town is converted into • sort garrison, with arms, ammunition, &c., and persons are appointed to remain all night in most of the warehouses on the watch, to protect the property under their care. On Thursday night, at eleven o'clock, another troop of the 3d Dragoons arrived from Sheffield in Barnsley; and the military force now in that town, including the Yeomanry Cavalry, is from 100 to 200, while the special constables recently sworn in amount to about 150. Picquets of soldiers and bo dies of constables continue to traverse the town and its immediate neighbourhood, each successive night, during what is emphatically called " the reign of terror." It was intended to hold a meeting of the weavers on Thursday last, and notice was given to that effect, but the destruction of the premises of Messrs. Jackson and Co. on Wednesday night, and an in terdict from Dr. Corbett against holding any public assemblage, prevented the meeting from taking place. On Monday last a numerous meeting of the weavers was held in the market-place, in Barnsley, Peter Hoey in the chair. At this meeting a long discussion arose between Dr. Corbett, who with se veral of the manufacturers attended, and Patrick Flanigan and other weavers, respecting the propriety of s Mme expressions used at former meetings, to the effect that the master manufacturers were tyrants, &c. Dr. Corbett said, that he would not allow such inflammatory and improper expressions to be used on this occasion. If they were, he told them that he would immediately declare the meeting dis solved. It was stated by Patrick Flanigan, that out of 23 manufacturers who signed the former list of prices, only seven were in favour of a reduction of wages. He advised every weaver to go and throw himself on his parish rather than work at the prices proposed in the new list. James Bosomworth gave the same advice. The following resolution, moved by P. Flanigan, and seconded by J. Bosomworth, was the only resolution of importance brought be fore the meeting : " That this meeting views with disgust the con duct of the manufacturers, in thus persisting in their contemplated reduction, when they, the manufac turers, know that the weavers cannot get a living without parish relief, with the present prices ; there fore, this meeting is of opinion, that it is better for the weavers to cease working, titan work for next to nothing." A man named RYAN was murdered near Beechwood, county Tipperary, a few nights ago. The savages cut his ears and nose off:— Tipperary Paper. A very important meeting of the Magistrates of this county will be held at nudes, on Monday, for the purpose of taking into consideration its present state.— The Commander of the Forces, and Lord LxvcsoN GOWER, Chief Secretary of Ireland, will be in attend ance. It is generally rumoured, that besides Dr. FITZ GERALD, Who is to be stationed in Clonmel, the qu irters of the other stipendiary Magistrates will be . Thurles, Tip perary, and Borrieokeerl.--Chnirag .eleivarteger.