The Sun. — London, England, 1823-07-26 00:00:00

TEE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Payers,. jay 26. [New TIMES.] No further intelligence having transpired rela tive- to the events at Corunna, conjecture and speculation alone have been busy on the subject since yesterday morning. Much doubt has been thrown on the alleged communication from Bor deaux; and it has been assumed, hut we think not conclusively, that the occupation of Corunna, if it had taken place on the 16th, could not he known at Bordeaux on the 17th. We do not see the physical impossibility of such a fact; but perhaps it is more' likely that the news should have been premature. That Corunna must shortly fall seems generally believed, inas much as it is completely commanded by the adjoining heights ; and though the French had probably no battering cannon or mortars with them, yet these might, easily be brought from the arsenal of Ferrol, which had surrendered to them on the 14th. Corunna, as is well known, stands on an isthmus and part of a rocky pe ninsula, having on one side the harbour of Co mina. and * *on the other the bay of Orson. The fortifications of the town cross the neck of the isthmus, but they are immediately overlooked by the rising grounds, along the base of which, for about two miles, runs the road to the village of Elvira, famous for the memora ble battle in which the gallant Moore fell in the arms of victory. In this neighbour hood also, not improbably, did Quiroga and Sir Robert Wilson endeavour, but in vain, to arrest The progress of the French. We do not awe bend that they will be found to have done much execution on the invading foece until after they had reached Corunna, and indeed, if there was (as is asserted) a destructive cannonade from the walls, it could only add uselessly to the waste of human life, since it is impossible that Commie can long hold out, with Ferrol in the hands of the French [MORNING HERALD.] We are well aware how little the Ministerial French Journals are to be relied on. But they have of Into so frequently mentioned the co operation of the Portuguese Government with the French in Spain, that this, joined with other ciiturnstances, renders the thing not improbable. Indeed, we observed on the establishment of the counter-revolution in Portugal, that most likely the next step would be to send a corps of auxili aries to the Duke' of Angouleme. It is stated that the auxiliary troops would be under the command of the Prince Don Michael. It has been the general opinion, and seemingly a just' ore, that the whole Peninsula will have the same fate. Whilst the Portuguese Government was Constitutional,it made common cause, at least in feeling, as it had common interests, with the Cortes. Now that the Government is framed on French interests,- it will naturally tend to pro.. mote the establishment of a similar system in Portugal. What then becomes of the old and faithful alliance between Portugal and England, under which each' was hound to regard the other as .a favoured nation, and which certainly had its advantages for this country auwell as'for Partu;. gal ? The Cortes of Lisbon are said to have been hostile to the favour shown to England, and' they undoubtedly abolished regulations of long standing with regard to trade,;' njuribuSly and unwisely to both countries: But how moth more anti-British must be the spirit of the Portuguese Government when' exercised by a' close Junta under French influence ? The great criterion is the verification: or non-verification of what the' French Journal's announce respecting ce-operation with the Freneh. If the Portuguese Government sends military aitflothe French,. can there be a doubt that English intUence is as completely exs tinct at Lisbon as! it is at Madrid.' A powerful co-operation frottrPortugal"would' most probably destroy whatever , of hope remains for the Spa niards, and as the provinces in 'which the war was most active when'the last accounts came away, are contiguous, it is probable:" that the Duke of Angouleme will no longer be - so fastidious as when he refused to receive Amararite. With re spect to the i Spaniards, it would apPearlhat their chief want is that of an enefgetic directing mind, honestly committed with the Constitutional cause. There is every reason to believe 'that if Morino had been faithful, and thought and acted In concert with Sir Robert 'Wilson, the French would have been repuls e d from the provinces•of Astoria and Galicia. In the course of yesterday, up to the time at which we write,, no further ac-' counts had been received, but it is most likely that the next will confirm the impression made by those already received--that whatever resist ance has been made in that quarter of Spain was inspired and organized by Sir Robert Wilson. It is impossible not to ask, with surprise, and even reproach, why Spain has not, in the ferment of the late war, produced some' men—nay, even a single man—of a leading capacity in war.— Not ono great Captain has been produced. Crest Generals grow in Clusters upon the French Revolution, at and'after'tha invasion of the Duke of Brunswi c k ; but the Spanish Generals, what ow may be their latent capability, have none of them risen above a certain respectable level. There have brim brave, indefatigable,-and skil ful partizan leaders—possessing, in perhaps the highest degree, the genius , of irregular warfare, bat no great master in the art of war. Perhaps it' is attributable to the particular state of Spain, which a writer, in ifslet, has described by 'say. hig, it The whole kingdom' was one large castle of intitience." The situation of. Spain, at pre. s ea, is' well calculated to awake and emancipate the genius of a State. The reveill,e is sounded, m a t the same time, by the seattent of nationality an d that o f -freedom—but not as . - yet with the ell'ect that might be-oxpected:- CTUE TIMES.] The state of - suspense in which affairs were Wt at Ccaruntia, and the interest felt by all in the issue of the contest, produced yesterday the most atticious inquiries after arrivals tending to throw any new light on the subject. No vessels were noted on the books at Lloyd's as having entered any of our ports from Corunna; there is, however, reason for suspecting that arrivals have actually taken place, but under circumstances which have rendered it prudent to conceal the place of departure, and of later date than those which were reported on Thnr§clay. These ar rivals are understood to be vessels captured by the_Spanish privateers from the French, and car ried into the harbour of Corunna, where they re mained at the date of the latest adcounts. They are supposed, on entering English ports; to have assumed new names, and given a false place of departure. Unfortunately for the gratifiCation of public curiosity, the same motives which urged this concealment, have prevented the sending on any letters, by which the situation of Co- . runna at their departure, which appears to have been as late as . the 18th or 10th, could be as certained. The fact of such arrival's; howeVeri having transpired, caused a very general appre- hension to exist that by the 10th the French were in possession of Corunna. Not that any k direct information of such an event has been obtained, but because it is concluded' that no-'1 thing short of the occupation of the city, or; the certainty of its immediately happening, could indute the persons in charge of the prizes to take them to any port not Spanish. We trust our inference is nott the correct one, but must confess that our fears are stronger than our hopes. [BRITISH PRESS.] . - South Americ - an and Colombian Papers,•t&the 11th of last month, reached our office yesterday. We may now give assurance of the Colombian Loan being in the fairest way to be settled : indeed, there can be now do doubt whatever of a stitisfactory arrangthrient immediately taking place between the Republic and its creditors.— We give, with great pleasure, an extract from the Message of the President of Colombia to the Legislative Body, which alludes in the most marked and favourable manner to the loan 64 I ought, however, to - observe (the Message says) that our national honour should supersede every other consideration or interest, sacri ficing to it that precision and economy, which it becomes us to exact rigorously in other cases.— We are debtors, and must pay under any sacrifice. The Executive hopes that the Congress will frame a law for the immediate payment of the interest of this debt, and the gradual liquidation of the prin. pal." Nothing can be more satisfactory than This ; we congratulate the' holders of Colombian bonds and the respectable contractors both sin cerely, on this most satisfactory result to all their anxieties. We own we think Mr. Re venge's conduct has not been what it ought; the holders of these securities owe him nothing. In coming to a decision of this sort, the Colombian Republic has acted in a manner worthy of its national character ; anti at the same time only consistent with justice to those who committed their property, and assisted the struggling Re public in its hour of difficulty and trial. [MORNING POST.] It will be found on perusing Bourck's bulletin, that the brilliant victory said to have been gained' by General Huber in Galicia, was one, of those feats of amyl fit to hav e h a d. ikoncey for its . re corder. The Constitutionalists amounting to two hundred, we are told, were attacked and defeated by thirty French Ilussatitithe fact is not impos sible,but the imPortance,of the victory's entirely? destroyed ;'. for what' consequence can" be at tached to."a' Skirmish' in whiCh Wit more than 260 men . oh both sides' were engaged The wonderful part of the action,' however; is what folthwa. Ohe hundred` of the Spaniards having entrenChed themselves in• a closeovere attacked by . five French heroes who after per forming "'prodigies of valour, "• and . prodigies were really necessary, put the whole hundred to flight,..k-illed elevertir and with the assistance of 'the other twenty-iiVe huSsars who cattle up, took eighty prisoners, laving had themselves all the while but one man slightly wounded'!- If Aloe 'bhautten be not dead he has certainly tlkett ser vice its the French army. [HORNING CHRONICLE.] • Tie Consols opened this morning at 10'for the settlement on the 28t1) August next, - although little inclination was exhibited to speculate on their maintaining this value. Real capitalists can perceive no chance of profit from investments in them at such high prices, and the . Bulls of a dif ferent description are too deeply interested in the last French Loan to possess the . ability of supporting the present value of the English funded•debt. ' The interest of the Sinking Fund, and 'the interest of capitalists who wish to ob tain an income from their money, are equally ! ' concerned in the reduction of the present unpro.: fitable prices of the Consols, vviiiCii benefit only thole, who without the' intention of •any perma nent invelfMent'in theM, reap their profits not from the half-yearly dividends, but from the gra dually inereasing,priCe of the Funds themselves. The hitherto unresisted progress of the iniqui tous `principles' of the Bourbons in Spain .has. given great confidence to this' class olspecula tors, and their operations consequently were unlimited, so long as tyrnni►y appeared to be all-powerful. The important news received from Corunna, however, was as 'unexpected by those whose well-being depended on the de struction of a nation's independence, as it was hailed with infinite delight by every disinterested friend to the civilization and freedom of man , kind. The French Papers received yesterday announced the surrender of Ferrol, on the 14th, and of Corunna on the 113th inst. because treason , was the Ally of the Bourbons, and they depended on its efficacy. No intelligence has arrived in „England direct from Ferrol later than the 14th, and consequently the French speculation on its Surrender that day by treason, cannot be con tradicted, but it IS , proved beyond the contra- diction even of the - subscriber's to the French Loan, that in announcing the surrender of Corunna on the l ath, the Bourborts sailed before their anchor. It has universally been the custom of the French to describe a battle before it was fought, when money hadTreviousiy decided the contest, gild no doubt on this occasion the de• graded Morino assured them that Ferrol would , submit to them on the 14th, and Corunna on the 16th July. In the latter place, however, the Spaniards, fortunately for their fame, found leaders worthy of the great cause in which they are - engaged, and Morillo's treason did not obtain for the French that easy victory for which he had received the wages. Corunna not only defended itself on the 16th against the most efforts of French soldiera, who braVely fell in the execution of the orders of their scandalous Government, but it even maintained the Contest 'luring the whole of the suceeding day. . On the 19th it is also certain that it hadnot surrendered, for there is an arrival from it which proves the fact, though circumstances, prevent for the pre sent any further explanation of this event. It may however, be fairly calculated that Corunna had not Submitted to the French on the evening of the 21st, or even on the morning of the 22d, be- Cense at the present moment its capture is of the higheit importance to the continuance of the Ultra GoiernMent of barbarism and absurdity Iri . l France itself, and` its surrender would have been', eagerly communicated at Paris.' FroM Co-' runna to Bayonne, - the' passage with a fair wind is not 24 hours, and the telegraph to Paris would speedily have communicated news so import ant`. Two days by land would be, sufficient . for the same journey. P'rom'Cape Ortega! to Cape Finisterre,'therun.is not longer than from' '22 to 25 houri. Vie Auguste, having run to' Ply- Mouth in five days proves the State of the . and the presnmption coniequ - entlY is that Corunna submitted to the French previously tothe morning` of the 22d, it must, hfiVe been known in Paris yes terday morning. These calCulationi operated this, morning on the funds, and caused the Coniors to decline to g2i +, making them to under the highest price of yesterdaY. The arrival of the vessel which quitted Cortnmit on the morning of the 19th, induces some to think that the defence of the place was considered desperate, but no . such' inference ought in justice to . be drawn from the circumstance. The French army before Co runna is not sufficiently powerful to carry it in honourable warfare, and neither General Qui roga nor Sir Robert Wilson are likely to betray the sacred charge with which the treason of Mo rillo has invested them. PROVINCIAL. JOURNALS. As The Liverpool Courier is distinguished for loyalty, good sense, and sound patriotism,"we ex tract with pleasure the following article from that' paper of Wednesday last : SPAIN.—The defection of Morillo has not been follow by his joining the Regency. That he has renounced the Cortes cer tain ; and the efforts of Sir R. Wilson, who seems to have put himself forward as a diplomatist on the occasion, have not been able to induce him to forego his resolution. Sir Robert has transmitted his correspondence to Quiroga, who, it seems, ob tained money from Morillo to leave the kingdom, but has got together a part of the army and people, and has assumed the command of the Constitutionalists in that part of Spain, or, rather,,of the faCtion which still acknowledges the Cortes. rillo, we think, has acted apart which, in its pri nciple, ought to be approved. He, like many others, and , we doubt net, the majority of the Constitutionalists, wished to impose limns on monarchial power, and to remedy the abuses e f ages. .They did not, however, wish to destroy Monarchy. None but the most desperate and ignorant men' could wish to endeavour this. Some there were, no doubt, who, like our own Radicals, wished first to make the 'Monarchy a shadow, and then to annihilate it. The number was, however, small ; "and of those who have gone into the recent violent measures of the Cortes, the greater part have been impelled by'fear fbr their own safety. Men [lime diatelYin the cartes, or with them; could not be expected to n et deliberately or freely; iiiirronfided, its they were, , with the most excited part of the army., It was.otherivisewith who saw, as every man who was not prepared to go all lengths must have seen,that the fOrcible deprivation of the King of his freedom discbarged them hatiourably, and even necessarily, as from the party of* the Cortes., The only thing to be that all the other commanders, Ballasteros, - Mina, &c.; did not, upon hearing of the ,dispositon of the King,. for such it really was, declare with Morilltilheir disavowal of the Cortes., and their determination a n yM neither to the Regency r l° lo a re l t i ted en 4, ... created by the Fre,nch, nor to other government not esta blished by the nation, left free from the presence of the.enemy.. If such a determination had been taken by these leaders, and . the support of the moderate part , of the peo-' provinces would have been secured ; the plc iii i t n he c t o i ru ; rea rn i lt e l, ti v e e v i olence of the fanatic ' faction been checked; and the French' . might not have been ,indisposed to leave them to forth" a Re gency in the name of Ferdinand, till he should be restored, having less of the appearance of being imposed by a foreign force than. that of Madrid; and have even been glad of the meant of relieving themeelvee of the difficulties in which they, are still inirolved, As thiS has not been, done, and we fear ' is not a likely event, we do not , see bow Morillo can main tain that suspensive kind of attitude in which he now reposes; 'and, should Quiroga make any head against him, lie must be driven into' concert with the French. It is very. clear that Spain, by all these measures, is about to be phinged into a most. wretched condition. The French, leaders complain that they cannot restrain the violence of the partilans of the Inqui altion and arbitrary power, lii them' the sanguinary spirit of Popery is excited • by the priests and their' . proposed measures of vengeance seem to know no limit, but the extirpa tion of every individual who has declared in favour of the Con stitution. One of two results, equally appalling, seems likely to follow. Either this impolitic and blind fury, with whichlthc Cortes and their adherents know them to be animated, will prop duce desperation among those who have the Royal Family in their hands ; 'an event which appears to be anticipated in the French papers ; and, in retaliation, the wild passion of revenge will be let loose Upon the innocent and the guilty throughout Spain. Ferdinand will be surrendered without stipulation, or under stipulations which will be no longer regarded than until 'his power is fully regained, and then the process of proscription and vengeance, in Anore legalized form, but still spreading throughout Spain, andin involving the best as well as the worst men, will inevitably follow. Such has been the etibet of the invasion of Spain by France. If left alone, there can be no doubt but that whatever there was of revolutionary intent in Many members of to Cortes would have been counteracted by the feelings of the nation, which, it is now certain, loves Mo narchy, and loves it not as a name and a phantom, but as a sub stantial and efficient power. It is our most firm belief; that, in such a country and among such a people, that part orthe Consti tution of MP, which encroached too much upon the power and place of the Sovereign, could not have been long maintained. It must: have given way to better opinion, or to the impulse of the monarchical party; and, if no foreign intrigue or hostile interference had taken place, that modification would not have involved, as it must now do, the destruction of all poplar rights and real liberty. To France belongs the guilt of arming Spain against Spain; of stirring up nassions which years will not allay; of - fomenting a civil war, the' termination of which cannot be ; of leadin g the way `calculated upon t o proscriptions, and mur ders, and ravages, at the inevitable prospects of which the Due d'Angouleme stands appalled, and which he feels himself un able to restrain. And, after all, what must be the issue ? The iminediate issue is Palpable enough ; but we mean that ultimate issue, which, though it may be thrown back a few years, yet beyond a very few year% cannot be postponed. Should Verdi, nand be restored safe, his govern m ent will not be suffered to be AS liberal as ev en the Bourbons, if they were not interfered with, would leave it; f or , l es t they shou ld alarm France as to their own design,they would .lot restore the Inguiaition in its full powers, and..the old government with its worst abuses. But they have given a party t eontroul over an ignorant and supersti tious people, b y means of the priests, which they confess them selves unable to restrain. livery thing, therefore, will be done in the extreme s the extreme of bigoted ignorance as to go. vernment, and the extrelue of rash and restless vengeance as to punishment. Anil is what this bu t pre p a re combustibles for a future explosion, more fell and more ?Weeping ?--The correspondence between Mr. Canning and. the Spanish Mi nister, by the latter i n b e h a lf o f t he Regency of Madrid, an nouncing its formation, and making an overture for its acknow ledgment, has been laid before Parliament. TO the overtures before made by t h e re gen ci es f orme d under the ' - influence of the French no answer was returned ; to this overture the answer was, that the, diapatches were returned unopened, because his Britannic Majesty had an Ambassador accredited to Ferdinand, This was the only message which could be sent, consistently with the. neutral - attitude in which the Ministry have wisely placed and kept the - country.. How the deposition of Ferdi nand may place our relations is a matter of more serious consi deration. `Pith the Cortes, who hold their King in durance, we can Maiptain no diplomatic correspondence, and the Re gency of Madrid have had their answer. For the resent, the official communication between this country and Spain must be suspended, and by ftiture events only, in this most per plexing affair, will Ministers be able to shape their course. In his Majesty's speech, at the prorogation of Parliament, it is satisfactory to observe, that our relations with the other great powers are reported to be perfettly pacific ; and we hope, not withstanding the difficult questions which have grown out of the State affairs in Spain, they Will continue so. The wisdom with which the country has been directed, since the troubles in Spain commenced, affords confidence as to the future guidance of the helm of State, so long as this agitated state of things shall continue. No principle of public faith, honour, or interest has yet been sacrificed or weakened ; the character of the country has been held up in honourable contrast to every thing aggres sive on the one hand, and to every thing passionate or quarrel some on the other; and, should the contending parties become cool enough to seek a mediator, the character we have acquired and maintained will turn their attention to Great Britain aft" the only power , qualified for that office, and on her good fai th and integrity bath will lean with the fullest confidence. NEW LAW COURTS. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.—The prepara tions for the other Law Courts by the side of the Westminster Hall, and on the site where the Courts of EicheqUer„ Common Pleas, &c. formerly stood, are now proceeding rapidly. The workmen were limited in their operations, so long as the Parliament continued to sit • but since the Prorogation they have actively removed the old buildings, the walls of som e of Which were a yard and a half in thickness. There hafe also been raised fences extending to the middle of . Mar: garet-street, facing Saint Margaret's Church, and enclosing, as well as half of the street, a large portion of Old Palace Yard. The bricklayers are now 'at work clearing away for, and laying down the foundations for the New Law Courts ; but they are not hi such a state of forwardness as to enable the spectators to judge of the plans on which the contemplated Courts will be guilt. The whole of the w es t sid e o f Westminster Hall. may now be seen. The new Courts will be built so as to be uniform, and in line with the. stone buildings, now mainly used as Committee-rooms," and leading to the House of Com Mons ; and also with the front of the Grand or Northern Entrance to Westminster Hall. There will be approaches to the Courts ,from the Hall, as well as from the streets by St. Margaret's ; ai was the case with the late Courts of Ex chequer and Common Pleas. All these works are proceeding under the inspection of the Board'cif Works;` but it is said that the time for completing them iiextended . to three years."_ —Some further improvements in Cotton Garden, which is at the Thames side of the House of Lords, are spoken of. *sides the houses already existing', there, now occupied by Mr. Ley, first Clerk of th e H ou s e o f Commons ;' Mr. Lee, of the Board of Works, &c. ; there is a considerable pace of ground not ..at pre s ent t u rned to any use. It is• in. agitation to form, on this spot a " Pailiarnent Office" for the use of the Lords,—that at present possessed by their Lordships is in Abingdon-street, at some distance from the House ; so that should their Lordships reqtiire any papers from the office, they have the inconvenience of waiting some time before they can be obtained. And in the present office, there is want of room. .By the projected improvement the ffice would be. connected with the House; and a large building also be provided, contiguous to the offiae, for the re ception of their Lordship's records, papers, &c. Such altera tion is, however, not yet determined upon. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE'. C T Il h E e L iza ll i f e S ty FO of ßp he RcoAurbseESw.as— (L n al t s o n t Ao a • t . th A e sT prece pA d Y in ) g day. The inns have been a scene of the greatest bustle during ' the three days, where hospitality presided. The ball on Wed nesday at the Town Hall was what is termed an undress one, but it had to boast again of the presence of the country Oen tlemen and Ladies in. numbers equal to the preceding night. Two hundred couples, it is conjectured, will be present this evening.- . Sweepstakes of five sovereigns each, with forty added frdin the Plate Fund. Winner to. be sold for 290 sovereigns;• if de manded. Heats, the New Mile. Mr. Dockeray's brother to Antonio,' 4 pra, 9st. 71h. I 1 Mr. Williamson's bl. f. Harriet, 4 yrs, 9st. 7th. 2 2 Mr. Strutt's Benevento, . 3 yrs, fist. 7th. - - 3dr 2tol on Harriet, and 4to I agat the winner. After the heat, 3,t01 on Antonio's br. The second heat was well contested. The Steward's Plate of £4O, .three-yr-olds, 7st. four, est. 41 1 6.* five, fist. 121 b. six; List. 21t. and aged, 9st. 4%. • . Mr., Rush's Pioneer f. 3 yrs - 1 1 - . Mr. Page's Prosody, 5 yrs , - -2 2 Mr. Wilson's b. m. Vectress, 5 yes - 3 . dr 2tol on the Pioneer f: Won easy. DERBY RA . CE&-- IVEDNESDAY,JULY 23. Tie day was rainy throughout, and the company was thin. The sport was ne.'ertheless excellent, and' he prizes , well con. tested. During the second heat, a boy"was unfortunately ran over, and very much injuied.' Sixty Guineas, given by'his Grace the Duke of Devoriihire, for maiden horses, dm—Two mile heats. Mr. Fisher's br. c. Puta . • I 4 1 Mr. Charlton's b. 1. lair Rosalind, by Filho da Puta 4 1 2 Mr. Polhill's b. h. Shamrock - - 3 3 3 Mr. WifUll's hr. g. Liule Driver, by Ardrossan 2 2 dr The Go ld Cup ,value 100 gs, the overplus irtgpecie, by sub scription of Mg* each, for all ages. The winner of the Cup at Nottingham to carry 51b. extra. Mares and geldings al lowed 21b. One three-mile heat. - Sir T. Mostyn's Princess Royal - - - - 1 Mr. lleathcote's brother to Antelope - - - 2 A Sweepstakes of 20gs each for two-yr-olds.—Half a mile. Mr. Elouldsworth's b. c. by kith() cla Puta . - 1 lAA Anson's br. 1. by Sir Oliver - - - 2 Mr. Platel's ch. c. (lap, by Seagrave - - . 3 Mr. Beareaworth's b. c. by Permian - - • 4 ROWING MATCH. The Twickenham Annual Rowing 111atcli took place on Ba. turday. ,The winner was presented with a silver cup, by Ba roness HOWe, in commemoration of the Victory gained over the French Fleet by the English, under the command of the late Admiral Lord Howe, in 1794. The residence of the Baroness is situated on the spot which formerly belonged to Pope. Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, there were a great number of Ladies present, among whom was the Duchess of Clarence. PEDESTRIANISM The veteran Wright, the celebrated pedestrian, who is now in his 50th year, is performing the astonishing feat of walking 630 miles in ten successive days, being 63 miles per day upon House, where half-mile piece of ground behind the Highbury Sluice where thousands of persons are daily crowding to witness this Herculean task, which, should be accomplish, will be th e greatest ever known in the annals of pedestrianism. PETER THE FIRST AND LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH. —When Peter visited Paris, Louis was a child, and one day, when they were going out together in state, some dEtculties arose in the French Court, how it should be managed that, in getting into the carriage, the little King should take place of the great Emperor. Peter perceived what they were about, and, not willing to compromise his Imperial Dignity, as they were passing through the crowd, between the palace and the coach, he pretended to take compassion on his baby bro ther, and, to save him from the pressure of the people, fairly took him up in his arms, and con- veyed him to the carriage, as a nurse would carry her infant ! INDIAN SuismiciTy.—Capt. FRANKLIN, in 1118 interesting JourneN to the Polar Sea, gives an amusing instance of the simplicity of the Copper Indians. The old chief had a daughter, who was considered the greatest beauty in the whole tribe, and so much the object of contest among her countrymen, that although under sixteen years of age she had successively belon ge d t o two hus bands. Mr. Hood drew her portrait, much to the annoyapce of her aged mother, who was ex ceedingly afraid, she that her daughter's beauty would induce the Great Chief who resided in England to send for the original, after seeing the likettesi SAMPSON PERRY, ESQ. Further Particulars.) On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, an In quisition was held before T. STIRLING, Esq. Co roner, at the Albion, Vernon-place, Bloomsbury, on the body of SAMPSON PERRY, Esq., a gentle man who formerly was connected with the public press, in the situation of proprietor and editor. It appeared from the evidence that he had latterly become rather deranged in circumstances ; but although very considerably in debt, his creditors entertained the highest opinion of him : he was obliged to go into Whitecross-street prison, and while he remained there his affairs were placed in a way of settlement, and on Tuesday last he was ordered to attend in the Insolvent Debtors' Court. Ou his way to Westminster for that pur. pose, the turnkey who accompanied him allowed him to call and see his wife, an aged Jady, living in Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, where he had held a house for twenty-two years. Having taken some refreshment, he proceeded to the Court% and no opposing creditor appearing s he was declar ed entitled to his discharge. He returned from the Court, in exceedingly good spirits, to South.' ampton-street, merely to dinner, as the officer who accompanied him was ordered to take him back to prison, from whence, on Wednesday, he would have been discharged, had he lived. Mrs. Perry had prepared some dinner, to which he sat downy laughing and making some humorous observation but just as he was conveying some food to his mouth he fell back in his chair, exclaiming % " Lord have mercy upon us !" and instantly ex pired. Surgeons were sent for, but of no avail, the vital spark had fled ; and on examining the body internally, it was discovered his death was occasioned by the rupture of the main artery of the heart. He was 78 years of age, and a Gen tleman stated to the Jury that his life was full of vicissitude : he had been opulent, and ex tremely poor ; he had had friends, and was be reft of them ; and he had had many narrow es ,capes with his life, in situations of imminent peril, and times of great danger, one of which the Gentleman instanced. During the French revolution, he was confined nine times in French prisons; and during the reign of Robespierre he was confined with Thomas Paine, and was by the ferocious assassin condemned to death, without 'the then thought unnecessary form of trial. He escaped his dreadful doom by the following sin gularly fortunate circystance :—his prison or cell doer was hung up3ri a swivel, and by the least motion' would turn round any way. — The custom was to mark with red chalk the doors 'of the cells of those who were condemned to death, and his door Was' marked ; but the turnkey leav ing the cell in the morning appointed for execu tion, accidentally let the door turn round, not observing by this motion the door was reversed, and the " mark of death" wag inside instead of being pUt, and before he noticed the circumstance the officers of execution arrived, and took front e revo l ver i e o l 1 1 1 a ma rk r yfu e r d with red id p e r c c h e a i l v k i n t g h v r c p t i e m r r s of y, s cell not Marked, they passed it, and when the ga hi ole w r as a and Paine alive; but ere he had time t o ` apprise infuriate any person, he was shot by some of t he . gtahinundcaenirsetrurocukndonan fi d n o d p i zed ivi t r h : e p d e o r: o r r ye , liberated the captives just as the monster Robes pierre led bleeding to the scaffold. The Jury was • t of 44 Die returned verdic d ,the Visitation of mob who had just burst open the p ri son , and who distress. God." Mr: Perry's widow is' left in very great Tut; POST OF Ilosoi;a:--It is impossible to set boimdi to the love of distinction, or disputes concerning precedence; of which we have a me morable instance in the account given us by Col. Murillo of a mutiny in the army in India, under his command. Having found it indispensibly necessary to punish some of the ringleaders, four were ordered to be tied to the guns, and the ar tillery officers directed to blow them away. Just 'as the dreadfnl sentence was going to be execut ed, four grenadiers stepped forth, and insisted upon it that, as they had always had the post of honour, they were strictly entitled to be blown away first ! The others, therefore,. were untied, and the grenadiers blown away according; to their desire ! COAL-MARKET, JULY 23. Ships at Market. 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