The Sun. — London, England, 1823-09-11 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURN.A.:4S. • • 1)4114y .ga:-.lracts from the 311».14inrrapers,-S9temberll . [MOILNII!JO eon.] According to some accounts the siege of Pam plena had commenced under Marshal Lauriston, and two of the suburbs had been carried by a brisk attack. it is very doubtful, however, whe ther that Commander will long be able to keep a sufficient number of men together to surround the place and to, carry , on the operations of the siege. The same cause which put an end to the progress of the Allied Armies in France, at the beginning of the Revolution, is now acting in Spain against its ruthless invaders, and the land betrayed by so nuinY of her child ren,fintis defenders in her climate and her fruits. To soldiers, overpowered by the heats of a burning summer, the refreshing abund anceof autumn offered dangerous temptations. That they have not been resisted by either of or men, is proved, not only by the death of General de Conchy, who fell a victim to dysentery before Pampeluna, and the illness of Major-General Guilleminot hom it has attacked at Port St. Mary's, but by the following passage of an Order of the Day issued by Marshal Lauriston on the `27th ult. to the troops ,by whom the siege of the former place is to be undertaken, 64 The Marshal sees with pain that a multitude of soldiers eat fruit in large quantities, and already begin to enter vineyards. His firm intention is to maintain the discipline which has hitherto honoured the ' Prench Army in Spain. He will cause plunderers to be punished with severity : but he takes no less interest in preserving the health of his soldiers, and putting them on their guard against dysentery. lie recom mends Colonels, Captains, and Surgeons in par ticular, to watch over the food and the clothing of their soldiers. And he orders that from the Ist of September soldiers shall wear nothingtbut . cloth trowsers day and night, and shall put on a capotte (or great cons) in the evening, and when ever the passage from heat to cold might occasion a sudden stoppage of perspiration. Colonels will give frequent returns of the number of their sick, the causes of their illness, and the number of dy senteries and diarrhreas which may break out in the camp in order that necessary precautionsmay l i immediately be taken to arrest the progress of the c it at its birth. The Marshal reminds all the soldiers of the army, that at the moment of commencing a siege which will , do honour to their courage, those who in disobedience to,the present order, should by their own fault cause themselves to he sent to the hospital, would justly pass, in the eyes of their comrades, for cowards mho ran away 'from danger." As the French army is scattered into small bodies over the vast extent., of Spain, the prevalence of such a com plaint amongst them might, if it continued or in creased, deliver them up helpless into the hands of the Coostitutionalits• ty T 11003.3 The best lwformed of those (...'orrespontleats Whose letters from Paris we have seen du rin g the . last 24 hours, agre e with us completely i n ascrib ing extreme ambiguity to the official statement respecting the most important part of the Traci., dere question, Niz. the precise amount of success o b t ii i „,d by t h e In ,, ,iegers. Doubts are in coast'. quence expressed among the Paris politicians, as well as by ourselves, whether the French have merely gained a landing-place on the Trocadero, or whether they JAV,e •carried all the forts,vpv. twined within the peninsula, including thOiti o't t St. Joseph and of Matagorda. The terms of the dispatch, we must repeat, are much in favour of the fornwr supposition ; and, 111 that case, it is as yet physically impossible for shot or shell to fall within the lines of Cadiz. In the mean time, taking it far granted that the whole western face of the Trocaderc• were fairly occupied by the French troops, it may be worth considering whether an attack might not be made in such a quarter as to supersede the necessity of a bombardment from Matagorda, and the probability of Ferdinand's combustion and explosion by a shell of Bourbon &iglu. Mutates, which stands between Cadiz and the Isla, is a point to which Victor, the pre seet War Minister, is said to have directed his attention during the former siege, and at which be bad resolved to effect a landing, had the ships Of this county not prevented him. If the Puntales be welt repaired and fortified, the Duke d'An gouleme cannot venture to make his attack in front ; but Victor's opinion is now asserted to be in favour of a landing somewhere between the Cortadura and Punta leS ; thus getting between the army of the Ulu. and Cadiz, rendering the Cortadura and Puntales lodes, and reducing Cadiz to the strength! uud resources of its own garrison. We are riot enough acquainted with the localities to pro name upon the wisdom of such a plan, or on the secrifice of life,(great, no doubt) by which the success of it must - be purchased.—Thu killed and weeded of the Fiench in the action of the Tro ceder° barn not been estimated at Paris to fall eh e rt o f 1,500 or '2, 7 0Q0 men ; and if the future lenses be but in proportion, it will not be easy to maintain beroafter that Boonaparte excelled all other French Commanders in contempt for the; lives of his troops. EMOIINING 11.1111.ALD.] The Paris Papers of Monday last bring the official account of further successes obtained by the French in Spain, from which it appears that they now have the undisputed possession of the -hole of Gallicia--an event which any one might have anticipated, after the defection of Morilio, and the consequent capture of Coruntia. The corps under the command of Palerea, consist keg of about fourteen hundred men and officers, when on the point of being attacked by General DaarPic, near Orense, surrendered as prisoners of war. it was lie to be expected that such a handful of men, cut off as, they were from all communication with the rulers under whom they acted, could have held Opt for a single day against the superior tuke , opposed to them . . This cap ture is, hotvever, of some ilnportinee to the French, , as , it leaves. the farce under General Uptirek' disposable for outer operations. Cata. lonia the affairs of the French seem to bear a very different aspect. If an account published in the Constitutionnelof Monday last be worthy of credit, the force employed in besieging Barcelona has met with a serious repulse ; not one of those petty annoyances, generally caused by . a sudden sally made by a party of the besieged, but a positive defeat, after an engagement of four hours. This is an event highly favourable to the cause of the Constitutionalists, because it shows how great are the difficulties which the invaders still labour under in that part of Spain, the undisturbed occupation of which would be of the greatest im portance to them, on account of its proximity to France, and its being a place which forms one of the chief points of communication between the two countries. If a force issuing from a besieged town in this province was able, after , a conflict of four hours, to defeat the besiegers, there is reason to infer that the French troops in other parts of the same province, and especially near those passes through which their supplies must be 'conveyed to them, are sub ject to similar disasters. Here it is where Mina constitutes the' life and soul of resistance ; and if Spain is to be saved from the grasp of the French Bourbons, the thing must be done by such dar ing and lawless bands as that enterprising man has now under his command. [BRITISH PRESS.] Monday's and Tuesday's French Papers reached our office, by private Express, yester day. The Eloile of Monday states, that an English vessel, coming from Gibraltar, had pre sented itself to the French fleet blockading Cadiz, and that the Captain of the ship and a Secretary immediately landed on the coast, and requested to be conducted to the head-quarters, to pay their respects to Angouleme. It adds, that the Secretary was Sir Wm. A'Court, and came to offer a capitulation under the mediation of England ; but Angouleme is said to have an swered, that the delay which he had allowed for negotiations having expired, he should trust for the issue to the valour of the French arms, and the justice of the cause the King had sent him to defend. If, as the Blade states (an authority, however, of no character), the me diation of Britain was offered in this degrad ing way, and rejected by the once mendicant Angouleme, formerly a dependent on the charity of,England for existence, is a blow to the pride of Britain not easily recovered, but one that her Ministry deserves. She might have commanded at Verona : if the E toile speaks true, she now humbly sues at Port St. Mary. Her influence and power are indeed reduced, when the con temptible Angouleme affects to lord it before her Ambassador. And, after all, where are her pretensions? The Trocadero, it is true, has fallen, but Cadiz is still inaccessible. The French were in possession of it fully during the last war, yet the effectual bombardment of Cadiz was not hastened by it. Th defend garrison within the place, detevnined to it to the last. Little doubt can exist that the French have not taken the whole of the Trocadero, with the forts of St. Joseph, St. Louis, and Matagorda, and that they are only in possession of the branch of the Penin sula fronting Port St. Mary, with the Fort of the Trocadero, known only by that name—that this important point was only defensible to a certain extent, anti defended by the Spaniards so far ; And that the French attacked it with great bra very, and carried it with immense loss, is equally clear. Its possession, as we stated before, will facilitate the communication between the land nud naval forces before Cadiz, inasmuch as the a'tOcadero cominands the entrance of the inner harbOur. But even the fleet cannot bombard Cadiz with any destructive effect ; and if An gonleme or the French Admiral could throw shells into the city w ith certainty, would they do so at the hazard of the lives of the Royal Family, and lay Cadiz in ashes without weakening its , defences for a moment ? The city, we are sure, will be most determinedly defended ; but great blame is due to San Miguel and his colleagues, that they did not, from the first threatenings of the war, bestow the fullest labour to render it completely impregnable. [SEW TimEs.] The accounts by express from Paris fully con firm the accuracy of our views relative to the fal of the Trocadero. So important was this even felt to be by the best informed persons in the French capital, that the Rentes rose nearly one per cent. A report prevailed at Pampeluna having surrendered, which obtained much credit; and another, of less probability, was the removal of General Guilleminot from his important station of. Major General of the Army on account of ill health. It is curious to observe how vaguely our cotemporaries talk about the late attack on the Spanish lines. One would think that they had never heard of the Trocadero before, and could not form an idea what was meant by the word. The Times copies and mangles an article which appeared some days since in the Journal des Debals, describing the Trocadero ; and then argues in its own confused way on the facts so distorted. The Trocadero, which we yesterday stated to be a peninsula dividing the Bay. of Cadiz from the inner harbour, is rather more than a mile broad, and is in length, from the Matagorda point to the cut which sepa rates it from the main land, about two miles and a half. This cut was fortified, anti no less than fifty pieces of cannon were employed for its defence ; so that the Revolutionists must have considered it, as it really is, a position of the utmost consequence. The Times suggests, that though the lines are carried, one or more of the forts on this peninsula may still hold out. Tlds is possible (at least so far as yet appears,) but even if true , it cannot long retard the ulterior operations. r —These will he steadily pursued, and we cam have little , doubt of the result from the simple consideration that the French can now act both by sea and land. The attack on Santi Petri may be expected to take place soon, as the French had already constructed their batteries against it. As - ,to the rumours of the large loss sustained by the French in carrying the Troca dem—undoubtedly lines defended by fifty pieces of cannon cannot be carried without some loss, but it seems to be overlooked that there was no mode of learning the French loss but by Tele• graph. Private letters had not yet arrived. [IIIO . prING CIIIIONICLB.I The nervous system of the Parisians is easily agitated, and the successful attack an the Canal of the Trocadero has elevated their expectations in a proportion equal to their late depression, when appearances were less favourable to their military operations. In , what manner, however, the prospect of the Bourbons, being successful in their iniquitous attack on the inhabitants of the Peninsula, can benefit the British empire, only those whose operations advance the Funds can explain ; for it is impossible to doubt that, to the mercantile interest at all events, the partial occupation of Spain by the French is already hurtful, and their farther progress in that coun try must be extremely injurious. Tho invasion of this Ally of England was made contrary to the declared wishes of the British Government, and it is certainly not probable that the time for its evacuation will in any manner be influenced by an Administration the weakest recorded in the history of this nation. It is impossible for England or Ireland to be safe while the French command all the harbours of Spain and Portugal, and an excuse for hostilities against the British nation when an opportunity occurs cannot be Tinting by that Government which found one for their present atrocious conduct towards an unoffending people. Some rumours were circulated last night, which, although most probably without the slightest foun dation, still shew that considerable apprehension has been created in the minds of some mer chants for the consequences of the successful is sue of Bourbon ambition. It was rumoured that his Majesty's frigate the Active had arrived at Cadiz, which was known a few weeks ago to have sailed from Portsmouth on a secret service with Mr. Ward, and that an arrangement had in consequence been concluded which would prevent the occupation of Cadiz by the Duke d'Angouleme. Although this report, proba bly, is unfounded, and although the Constitu tional Spaniards may still be able and willing to defend this most important station, still the idea itself of its occupation by the French shews how sensitive are the feelings of the British peo ple to an occurrence so very inimical to their in dependence, for they fear lest the French should wish to retain Cadiz as a set-off against our occu nation of G ibraltar. THE TRAPPIST. The following sketch of the history of the Trappist, is given in a book entitled,'. G a k r i c Espognote," published lately in Paris:— " I)ou Antonia Maranon, called the Trappist, formerly an Officer in the Spanish service, and now commanding it division of the Army of, te, Faith, was born at M aranon, in Navarre, .;6t " lie served during the war of independence, and acquired great reputation by a courage car ried to the length of temerity. fie had reached the rank of Captain in the regiment of the Prin cess, when, being quartered in the garrison of Lerida, his passion for gaming awakened with new fury, and deprived him, not only of all con sideration in society, but cut him off from all prospects in his profession. He gambled, lost bis own money, the money of his friends, the pay of his company, the epaulettes of his rank, and even was obliged to. offer for sale his officer's commis sion. It was then that Maranon, ruined, despised, and exposed to punishment, was reduced to the necessity of taking some violent step which might at once withdraw him from the reproaches of his acquaintance and the gaze of the public. Ire decided on that step. He fled from Lerida by night, and went to bury himself in a convent of the order of La Trappe. Thus Captain Ma ranon, the gambler and the peculator, became Friar Antonio the recluse and the fanatic. In that convent be begged for his community, and occupied that no very agreeable office at the breaking out of the insurrection last summer.— As his military taste and his incorrigible love of adventure and hazards could'not be reconciled to a kind of abode where there was neither a field of battle nor a gambling table, he eagerly seized an opportunity of issuing from his convent, and religion furnished the pretext. After having ex changed the epaulette for the begging wallet, and the wallet again for the epulette, he put himself at the head of some partisans, harangued them on the sacred nature of the cause which he invited them to support, and entered with them into the See d'Urgel to offer his services to the Regency. On presenting the guerilla troops to that body, he took an oath to serve it, and received from it the title of General. He immediately afterwards undertook an expedition into Arragon, from which he was driven by the Constitutionalists. — Being beaten on several occasions, and unable to .remain on the Spanish frontier, he took refuge in France last autumn ; proceeded to the convent of La Trapp e , at Toulouse, where he enjoyed the kind of notoriety for which he had been contend ing ; and was sent by the French Ministry into Spain, to command in Biscay, when the Duke of Angouleme was a bout to pass the Bidassoa." His proclamations and his adventures since, are faithfully recorded in the annals of the " Faith." Ife h a s contrived to give d kind of originality to his guerilla character , and has car ., ried the grotesque of his religio-military profes sion—of his canticle-couched denunciations of slaughter—int o his dress and military habili meats. He bears a great carabine over his monk's breast, a g n o d w t n h , e arit,treipmptnisevnssescocurrugcei,fidx` aangdloinrngsfrohmis his loins, seems either, fitted for penitence or vengeance. t.', xchange, a out of four e tw u o p; n a l : ti d e , a t e h c e u i r r e es d e t a w p o e APPREIIENSION OF IlousEnitEAKEns.--Yester . . day morning, on the arrival of the Woodford coach at the Royal ou r i t a rt:l pas fro se m nge l rs Voo ; through . Popea.head.alley ; but one of them in his flight d tl f t ° e r tltl r t u e d r droppedl a valuable gold watch, winch was picked up by flight Barnard, - the proprietor of the coach. The two apprehended were taker) to the Mansion -tiptoe. On searching them, up_ wards of 15L in money was found on them. It appears. that a house at. Loughton„ near Woodford, was broken open early in the morning, and property to toee amount stolen. From cir. eumstances which transpired, fellows were sitspected, and one of the Woodford patrol immediately followed the coach, and arrived before they had got off the roof. ST. FILLAN'S HIGHLAND SOCIETY. (FURTHER ACCOUNT.) 'The Annual Meeting of tbigSociety , took place at St. Fillans on Wednesday the 27th ult. The beauties of this 'romantic *t ' situated at the foot of Lochearne, are so celebrated that we will,not here dwell on them, but endeavour to 'describe the lively scene, which on this occasion gave ani mation to the place,. which appears to have been amongst the last and noblest works of nature, on which she seems to have bestowed much pains, and to judge from the sublimity and grandeur which it displays, she has been eminently successful. Though the morning was not very promising, vehicles of every description were in reat requisition, and it seemed as if th e whole population of ' e fertile district of Strathearn were at. tracted, and moving y one impulse, to witness the athletic exercises and various feats of strength and agility, to be displayed by their Highland neighbours. At noon a vast concourse of all ranks in society were assembled; splendid equipages filled with elegantly dressed females, the rank and beauty of the surounding neighbourhood, were drawn up on one side of the enclosure, and the heights on the opposite 'side-wete crowded by the inferior grades, all dressed in theirholiday clothes, and every one wear ing some trimming of tartan, 'of sprigs of heather is compli ment of the occasion. About this time the pipes were heard across the Loch, and the members of the society were seen at a distance, issuing from the village on the opposite aide: no thing can exceed the feelings of delight which must have filled every heart at this moment—the warlike strains of the pipes playing martial airs, were rendered quite melodious, as they were wafted across the surface of the unruffled Lake; and the column of highlanders all dressed in the ancient garb of their country, headed by their chieftain, Thomas Graham, Esq. of Airth and Strowan, supported by his vice chieftains and the office bearers and committee members, and followed by at least 200 of the society, carrying in their ranks the colours of a highly distinguished Highland regiment (which were born on this oc casion by the Hon. Robert Sandilands, son of Lord Torpid chen, and the eldest son of the most Hon. Chieftian,) was in deed a sight calculated to inspire enthusiastic and patriotic feel ings into the souls of the congregated multitudes. Soon after . they had marched into the area in front of the anxious specta tors, the competition • for the Prizes commenced ; the judges and competitors taking their stations on the elevated platform erected for the purpose. About two o'clock, when the weather was beginning to throw a damp on the sports of the day—the Chieftainess of the Clan Drummond arrived, accompanied by Lord Owydyr, and their distinguished guests, the lovely and accomplished Counties of Jersey ; Count Flahaut and Baroness Keith ; Lord Jersey ; Lord Melineaux ; Lord Villers and the Hon. Misses Burrel, Lady (Gwydyr in full Highland costume, wearing in her bon net the three eagle's plumes, the enviable distinction of chief of a powerful clan, was received by about SO of the Drummonds with rapturous applause, and she returned the cheering of her followers, with a dignity' and affability so peculiar to herself, and gratifying to all who beheld her. She was conducted by the Honourable Chieftain of the Society, preceded by the Countess of Jersey, under the escort of James Moray. Esquire, of Abercairney, and followed by her family and suite, to a capacious both, erected for the 'reception of those Ladies who honoured the meeting with their pre sence, most of whom had alrea dy taken their stations there . The sun had scarcely deigned to but this brilliant acces sion of rank and beauty, shed a new 'nitre And: gave fresh ani. illation to all present; the sports were resumed with redoubled energy ; and the exertions of the competitors were rewarded with smiles of , approbation from the ladies, and. the cheers of the surrounding multitude. About 4 the sports being conclud ed, the remaining company , were invited from the carriages to partake of a sumptuous plc-nic, provided by the ladies of the neighbourhood. The excellent accommodation afforded by the temporary building, and. from which the ladies witnessed the sports without being exposed to the rant, and all the other admirable arrangements for th e da y , .reflect great tae o f on the very zealous exertions of the most Honourable Chief tain, whose liability. and condescending attention to all pre sent, could not fail to excite the liveliest sense of gratitude; and we are sensible that pne sentiment alone pervadid the breasts of all--that whether he was engaged in promoting the interests of the Society,. or dispensing his elegant courtesies, none other can be found more calculated .to give tinivetsal satisfaction.—After the repast., the distribution of the Prizes to the successfid candidates commenced. . . G itEAT 'HIGH LAND BAGPIPE. Ist. The Most Honourable Chieftaireii Prize of a handsome Pipe—to the best 'player of Pibrochs on the Great Highland liegpipe. This prize was,awerded by the Jutlge to Alexander Bruce, piper to, illioliael Bruce, 'Esq. of telenelege being the hest player of ).,4 competitors. 2d. •N handsome' sibier-mounted Dirks.-aiverded to Donald 'Gunn, piper to the Royal .P ert h s hire-Militia. 3a. A Sporran Mollaeli—to John blqiregor, from For tingall, late piper to his ()nice the Duke of Ada& . . 4th. The lisieht Hon. Lady (Swetlyr's Prize Purse of Three SoVereigns to the beat player of Highland Bede on the tag pipe-.-was awarded to Donald Gunn, R.P..31. rtre veto- 'e'er sTosE--(a canntin bullet 221 b.) Ist prize, a largo Snuff.3lull, handsomely mounted with silver, with a Peeble oh top, and - an appeopriate inscription ; —Famed.by lSoheet , Carrick t from the Wive of ,llreip, near Stirling :throw, 2i feet 2A inches. 2d.. A Sporran Mellach4awartled to Daniel 3Pinnes, from from Ardoch. 3d. A pair'of Stocking TlOse—to Alexander Robertson, near Airth Castle, ire. Stirlingsh • . naiectxti. D.Artcpro •or VEXES.--A Sporran Mollach—awaited, to John Campbell, Edinimple. A pair of Stockings to each of the three next best eompa:. titors—Vi r m. M`Farlane, St. Fillan's ; James Millar, wright, Drammond,Castle ; 'and John M‘Gregor, Breadal. bane. ANCIENT ScoTch SWORD DANCE.—Prize, a Sporran Alaach,.gained by William M'Farlane, St. Fillies. IriGIILAND FLINO.—A Sporran Mollieh, given by John M‘Gregor—gained by William AlTarlane. • BOY DANCEs.—Lady wydyr's prize, a large Silver Broach, for the best dancer of Highland Reels, of boys under li years of agt? ; gained by Alexander Morrison, son of John Morison, Connie. 2d. A Plaid—by Finlay Carmichael, St. Fillan's. 3d. A Pair of Stocking Hose--by David Tainsh, jun. Crieff. Boys' SWORD DANCE.—Prize,_ a Plaid of the Graham Tartan, giVen by the Chieftain; and signed by Alei. Morison, Contrie.. 2d. A. Pair of Stocking Hose, given by ditto, and gained by Carmichael, St. Villain's. LEAPING. Fon hfiEs.—Prize, a handsome Snuff-Mull, silver mount ed,. with it largo topaz set on top, and suitable inscription— gamed by John M'Oregot ► Tullir.an, Brenda'bane. Bois' 'Highest Legp.-2Piize, a large Silver Brooch, given by ditto,— at leap,. by John APGregor, Ardounalg,-2tl do. by David Tainsh, Jun. Crieft, GAgLIC COMVOSITIOX. Prize,. a 'handsome Gaelic Bible, in 2 volumes, and Osslan's Poems, bound In morocco and gilt—gained by .. 314Naugh ton, Balgultidder. UA.ELIC Ossian's Poems in Gaelic do. do. —gained by Duncan 111‘Nicol, shepherd to I.IIL P. ill'lntyre, Glenartney. fltsT DRESS' incuLAxnEn. Ist Prize, a very handsome silver-mounted Powder Horn, givenby the Right Hon - . Lady Gwydyr, and awarded to RObt. vintnat, 2il. do. given by ditto, a very large Silver,Brooch—gained by James I)rumniond Castle. The three prine:ipal prizes were delivered by the Countess of Jersey, Lady Oulydyr, . anti the Ron. Mist Burrell to the suc cessful Conmetinne—the others by Ladies of the company ; and it hi impossible to deScribe the feelings evinced by the High landers, imperfectly eXpressed in the . English but forcibly given in the Gaelic ongue (as we were afterwards informed by one of die distinguished spectators); but every one witnessed the pleasure which beurned in the eye of each individual, as he received from the fair hands of the donors his well earned Prize, accompanied as they wore by suitable addresses on the distin guished occasion, by the most lion. Chieftain. In casting our eye ov:tr the names of the coinpetitors - it will be seen that many are inhabitants of distant parts of the coun try—although the Society is only in its infancy (being but of five years standing) it already itieliides Members front various and remote districts of Set tland—so anxious are the High hinders to avail themselves .of the opportunity thus afforded them of keeping up . the Garb of Old Gaul, and exhibiting their skill and prowess in the anitient games and exercises ot - their country. Amongst the numerous Members admitted into the Society upon the present occasion s we understand are to be.found the names of the followin% distinguished individuals. The lion. John .Stuart, the Rig t Hon. General Sir David Baird, .Sir Francis Sykes, Bart. Macdonald pf Clanionald and General TUrner. The office-bearers for the ensuing -year were thus elected. James Moray, E of Abereairney—To be Chieftain. Viec.Chh ain—'l s.'h e Mon, John Stuart. Right llon. Lo r d Gwytlyr, Major 3loray Stirling, of Ar docb, Anthony Maxten, Esq. of Cultoquhey, Stewart of Glen gyle, Alex. M‘Laurin, lisq. of Broleh. Martials.—Anthony Oliphant, Esq. Condie, Robt. Stewart Esq. younger or Ardovirlich, Lieut. Patrick Drummond, le N. Ijonahl M‘Donald, E,q. After the business of the day was concluded, the' Society adjourned to their Hall in the village, when an excellent din , ner serVed Up bylMr. Stewart, to at lth) of the nxembers. The Most Honourable the Chieftain in the Chair, supported by Abercairney (the Chieftain elect), and Colonel Stewart of Garth. The usual loyal and patriotic toastsvere given, with neat and appropriate- prefaces from the eloquent, Chairman. Ile made a very happy allusion to the gracious visit of our be loved Sovereign to his Scottish dcnnimons, which had given him an opportunity of knowing, and being known, to his faith ful and attached Northern subjects ; and " King George the Fourth" was drank amidst loud and reiterated che ers and rap turous applause. We need hardly add, that the worthy Chair man intitsed into the company that spirit of conviviality for which he is so much distinguished; and 'it was not untila late hour the company separated, regretting the time for parting had arrived—but sincerely hoping each succeeding year to be again enabled to witness a revival'of the' sports and festivities they had so abundantly enjoyed on the piesent occasion. Amongst the fashionables we observed— The Right Honourable Lord and Lady Gwydyr, Earl and Countess Jersey, Baroness Keith and Count Flahaut, Lo rd Villiers, the lion. Misses Burrel l Lord ,Molineaux, Right Hon. Gen. Sir David and Lady Baird, and*Miss Preston, the Hon. John .Stuart, Hon. Mr. Villiers, Gen. Turner, Colonel Stewart of Garth, Hon.-Robert Sandilands, M. S. Nicholson, Esq. of Carnock ; the Grahams of Airth, Mrs. Williamson of Lamers, and a large party; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce of Arnot, Mr. Moray of Abercairney, Miss Moray and Major - Moray Stirling of Ardock, A. Oliphant, Esq. of Condie; Mr. Dupre, Mr. and Mrs. 3lastone of Culioquhey, Robert Graham, Esq, and the Misses Graham, Mr. Chute of Sonna, Doctor and the Misses Rennie, from Dublin ; Count Haugwitz, from Moravia; M. Munter and Family, from Amsterdam; Cap- tain Riddock, from the Red Sea ; J. Andrews, Esq., and Miss Breedon, from Lynedoch ; the Stewarts of Ardvoirlich, Mr. and Miss Orreme of Inchbrakie, Mrs. and Miss Reid, of Culdees-castle ; the Murays of Dolleriel Mrs. and Miss Murray of Ardbennie ; Andrew Murray, Esq. of Murrays hall ; Mr. and Mrs. Al‘Laurin of liroich ; Robert Bower, Esq. and the Misses Bower; Miss Hamilton of Masse's; Patricia Smythe, Esq. Methven ; the Drummonds of Aberuchil ; Mr, and Mrs. Hepburn of Culqthalzie ; Mr. and Mrs. and their Family from Dunira ; Mr. and3lrs. Murray 'rs Comrie-house ; the Breretons from Warwickshire; Mr. Con nel : Major Drummond of Keltie ; B. Duncan, Esq. of Dernside; Dundas, Esq.; Lieut. T. Stirling ; P. Drummond, and Steele of the Navy ; Stewart of Glengyle ; S. 11. M. Binning, Esq. yr. of Argaty ; _Mr. Macdonald and his daughters from Callender ; Mr. Brook ; Dr. Rogers ; Dr. Robertson, and the Missrs Robertson from Calendar; Mr. Constable; Mr. Camp , bell ; Mr.. Robert Graham, and Mrs. Graham, Feddell; Mr. 0. Reilly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HORRID ATTEMPT TO MURDER. most deliberate and atrocious attempt to murder formed the subject of a long investigation at this office yesterday, before the Sitting Magistrate, Alderman CROWDEIt• The prisoner, John Kogan, an Irish lad scarcely twenty. had, it appeared, about a fortnight ago called at the shop of Mr. , Burnett, baker, No. 216, Upper Thames-street, to ask for employment as a journeyman. Mr. Burnett at that time hap pened not to be in want of a man, but finding in conversation with the prisoner that he had never worked at the trade in Lon don, and was desirous of getting an insight into the town me. thod of working, be kindly gave him liberty come there at nights to assist and see the business done; advising him, in the mean time, to look out for a place, and he might refer to him for any character he might he able to give him in case he was suc cessful. Hogan seemed grateful ter the opportunity, and ac cordingly did attend two or three nights. He had not, how ever, seen him from that time till Tuesday morning, when he accidentally met him on Bennett's-hill. He had .not .then heard of any thing ; but in the evening, between nine and ten o'clock, 'he came to the :shop,' said he r had got a place at Highgate, which he was to go to on Saturday, and begged Mr.. Burnett to let 'him work with 'his Men till then. At That hour Mr. Burnett's two men were taking their rest, and Hogan of course had the bakehouse for some time to himself. At half after, eleven the two journeymen, William:Weettonand John Robins, came to work, when the former offered the prisoner an apron in order that he might assist in making the dough, which the prisoner somewhat surlily refusedt saying, "No; happen to make it yourself and the little assistance he gave seemed to be very unwillingly. When they had made the dough they all three partook together of some bread and meat,' and in ' the course of the conversation over it Weetton told the prisoner he was too lazy, and would not suit for London work. This canstire upon him, vhich the prisoner did not seem to take at all amiss at the time, is all that appears in any way to account for the horrid deed that soon followed. Shortly after he was observed to be sharpening the large dough knife, and, when asked, assigned as reason that he wanted it to kill the rats with. On former oc casions the prisoner had been the foremost to go to sleep . while the dough was rising, but now he volunteered his services to watch tune, as it is called, and urged his companions to lay down and sleep, which they did, Weetton stretching himself out upon the dough board. Robins, who kept his eyes open some what longer, at length fell asleep also up the sacks, and at that time there was a light burning. What transpired in the interim does not appear; but at two o'clock in the morning Weetton warm awakened htiOnMOne in the act of .cutting his throat, and found himself in a gore of blood. .The light having been emit:washed he could not then see the person w o was attack ing him; he, however, lea r d up directly and seized. Win, at the sainetinie calling out murder !" as loud as he could: — The prisoner, for he now kriew.it was he, from hearing Robins's voice at another part, said nothing, but continued to cut at his throat. Weetton at length threw - him down, a nd succeeded in wrenchingfrom his hands a razor-blade , and imme di ate ly ran up the ladder to the shop.. The prisoner followed, and at tempted to pull him back, and when they at length got into the shop he still evinced his murderous intended, by endeavouring to tear open with his fingers the wound he had already made in Weetton's neck: The repeated cries of murder brought &Pin Mr. Burnett and a lodger with a light, on which the prisoner ran off; the watch was called in, and he was found secreted in the yard, with his hands and shirt:all bloody, and he was se cured in the watch-house. had 31r. Hurlock, jun. St. Paul's Church-yard, surgeon , ' dressed Weetton, said he had received a very extensive wound in the neck, but it was not deep, and no 'material part had beeti injured. There were several other cuts on the neck and shoulder. lie attributed the saving of the young man's life to the pri aoner's not having a sufficient purchase widr the instrument. the razor being without a handle. The prisoner, who had maintained . a sullen silence threugh• out, scarcely once lifting his eyes from the ground, when called On for his defence said he had 'nothing to say, butthat he was standing near the young man's head, and reached from the shelf' aver him the box, and took out the razor, and cut one of his nails with it, and was putting it up again, when it fell tipon Weetton's throat. He made a leap, and knocked down the candle at his head. " I was looking for the razor, and hail got it in my hand, when he caught hold of me, and that is all I have got to say." His person had been searched at the watch-house, and there were found on him nine Irish ten-pennies, and there appears no reason to suspect that robbery formed part of obt, Out that the atrocious act was purely one of savage malignity and revenge. The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial, under Lord Ellenborough's Act, for feloniously stabbing and cutting with intent to murder. • DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Bow-tkritk.vr.--Informatioti was given at. this Office yes terday morning by Mr. Barrett, a retired tradesman, residing at No. 2, in Bow-street, of a highway robbery committed Oe n He stated that he 'went about a fortnight 'ago him the evening before, under circumstances of great a trocitY• in his gig to Brighton to see his wife, who is residing there f or the bc-: nefit of her health, and on Tuesday at twelve o'clock , h e stall ed far London. goon after eight o'clock on Tumiday. evening-, when about half way between Croydon and Streathatu, he as"/ two men rise as it were suddenly tram the middle of the road, one of whom, with a single spring, leaped upon the step of the gig and seised him by the collar, white the other man rushed to the head of the horse and seized the bridle. The first rd ., tian dragged him from the gig, and with the assistance of the other threw hint upon the ground, anti prOteeded to rifle his :I)ockets. He struggled violently, but his efforts were of no avail against their united strength, anti they beat and . kicked bh u until he was completely exhausted. They robbed him of 107 s overeigns, seven 101. notes, three 61. notes, and a metal Watch and gold chain and seals. They then smashed the gig seat in pieces? and took out some wearing-apparel. Ile meanwhile reetiveted his senses a bale, and got up, but titer immediately recent ,menced-their brutal attack upon hirn, and kicked and beath i r until he was again insensible. He remained in this statte Until he was taken üby one of the' horse- patrol • and it al' Peareti, that while h w as lying insensible, the vill ains had 0.1 - the harness in pieces and let the horse go. The horse straytt,s to beyond Croydon, where he wits stopped. The gig "1 e thrown up at the side of the road. Diligent search was to o , by the patrol for a great distance on the road for the otfender!' but no trace of them could be diseiviered. Mr. Bartott.o4 answer to some questions, gave„some other information , wi„ it will be as well for the ends of justice to withhold for the P l '; sent. 'llia person bore marks of great voilenee having bee exercised upon him. Printed antt Published' for the PROPRIFIC OHS, iit the Svc* °Filet:. 112 1 Strand, by J. B. CAUST Ain& R~