The Sun. — London, England, 1823-05-29 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, May 29. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The confident manner in which it is asserted in certain quartetsohat Morillo and Ballasteros are in an understanding with Abisbal, has evi dently produced a considerable impression in this country. It is natural that a disposition to suspect the men in command in Spain should prevail, the matter of corruption having been placed so extensively within their reach. His tory teaches us that men in important posts do not always refuse money, when it is offered to them in sufficient quantity, and that when they -can colour over defection with any thing like a plausible pretext, it is most to be apprehended. Hence all revolutionary periods have abounded in venal officers, civil and military. The civil wars of England furnish many instances, as well as the wars of the French Revolution ; and it is somewhat remarkable, that the American Revolution exhibited only one venal Officer of any note, the infamous General Arnold, a man of profligate and expensive habits. This class ought in all countries to'be most suspected ; for the traitors are , seldom found among the men who' like Andrew Marvel dine five or six days running from. the same shoulder of mutton ; and Buonapartey who knew but too much of the bad side of human nature i was not far wrong when he directed his agents for cor ruption to avoid the frugal,. and to commence their operations with men who lived habitually beyond their incomes. Mina is said to be dis tissguished for an almost Spartan austerity of life, and the money of the French may not therefore have charms in his ees, equal to the possession of a good name. But fear as well as honour may serve to keep the leaders of the Spaniards honest at this time. In an armed nation the enjoyment of the reward of treason may be extremely short. [Tito TIMES.; We can express unmingled satisfaction at the prospectof some degree of justice being at length obtained for the loyal and respectable body of English Catholics, long excluded from their civil rights: Of the merits of this portion of the Ca tholic community, none has ever doubted : their peaceful character, their temperate and unob trusive habits, and their large stake in the na tional prosperity, all plead warmly in ,their fa vour, and even cast a reproach on the country for having shown itself so much more blind to their merits than to those of the Catholics of Ire land, who many years since contrived, through clamour and intimidation, to procure for themselves a variety of indulgences of which the English Catholic Gentleman is to this hour destitute. That every poor turbulent peasant in Munster should have the elective frau. chile, annexed to his freehold of nominal 40s. value, while a Catholic of Lancashire worth 5,0001. a year should be forced to look on and witness the power of taxing and coercing him bestowed upon a candidate in whose election be can have no concern—that high professional ranks and important functions should be open to a Catholic middle-man of 2001. per annum, in Cork or Limerick, while here a gentleman of the same persuasion, however ancient in blood, affluent in fortune, and irreproachable in his conduct, is shut out from every corporate and magisterial office, is a galling circumstance to a proud and honest race of men. The inconsistency is now, we trust s on the point of being corrected. 141 EW TI M ES.] It is not unbecoming in a public writer occa sionally to retrace the statements which he has made, and the opinions which he has delivered, on any question which has long- occupied the at tention, and divided the judgments, of the public. In every such case it is something for him to be able to chew that he has preserved a singleness of design, and a consistency of principle : it is still more important to prove, (tom the evidence or facts, that his statements have been correct, and his prediCtions veritied by the event. This is what we shall endeavour to do with respect to -the view' at we have taken of the affairs of Spain. -In the year 1808 we first devoted our pen to this subject, in an article, now before us, relative to the entry of Joseph Buonaparte, on the 20th of July, into Madrid and we ventured to predict, that if he did not remove thence, 44 the Conquerors of An dujar would speedily besiege him in his capital." In point of fact, he abandoned that city on the Ist of August following ; and on the 9th the //Conquerors of Andujar" entered It in triumph. For several succeeding years we exerted our bumble endeavours (while the Spanish cause was despaired of by Lord Grey and other great . Statesmen) to cherish hope and perseverance in those efforts, which were ultimately crowned with such complete success anti we may with justice repeat -what we said on the 15th of last, July, that 44 From the moment the Spanish people first attempted to throw off the yoke of Buonaparte, we eagerly desired, not only that they might be successful in that sacred war, but that they might obtain the more gin riot's triumph of consolidating a free and happy Government, in time of peace.' When, in 1812, a very absurd scheme of Government was framed by some foolish visionaries in the Cortes of Cadiz, believing, as we did, that the intentions of these men were honest, and knowing that their system, not having received the Royal Assent, could only be regarded by the Spaoiards them selves as a provisional arrangement, we forebore to criticise it, hoping that, on the restoration of Fer dinand to his dominioni, all parties would concur in establishing institutions suitable to their country. Ferdinand, on his return, refused to sanction this absurd Constitution : and he would have dis graced himself, and injured his country, had he acted otherwise ; but on the 4th of May 1814, be published a Manifesto, declaring that be de. tested and disclaimed despotic power—that he Would convoke the Cortes in a legitimate form— that he would treat with them on the best means of securing " the inviolable rights of the people" —that he would guaranty " personal liberty," the liberty of the press," &c. and that the laws in future should be passed with the consent of the National Representatives. [MORNING POST.) From the obscyre and confused mass of infor mation respecting the state of affairs in Spain, which reaches this country from day to day, it is next to impoSible to deduce a satisfactory or consistent epfnion as to the value or consequences of any particular occurrence. The conduct of the Count d'Abisbal affords a striking istance of the truth of this remark. The conrie pursued by this Officer has been eagerly seized by the Faction in France, which has precipitated that country into a war no less dangerous than it is unjust, as a theme of loud and unmeasured exultation ; whilst in England it is viewed by some as the mere triumph of . French gold over the honour, the conscience, and the patriotism of an individual ; and by others as an event so impor tant as to bring peace between the conflicting parties and the belligerent States into immediate view. We have not yet any precise data upon which to reason in regard to the actuating mo tives of d'Abisbal ; but the mention made of him in the Paris Papers received last night, we regret to state, rather induce us to re-adopt our original idea, and to consider him less in the light of a patriot than in that of a traitor, who, entrusted with an important military command by the existing Government of Spain, strives to discredit and subvert it ; but whether with the purpose of placing himself at the head of the party in Spain, which is anxious 4'or changes in the Constitution, at the same time that it deprecates and resists Foreign interference, or with that of rendering substantial services to the cause of the invader, -is at present by no means clear. If he intended 'to assist the pro gress —to propitiate the favour, and to earn the rewards' of France, much of the language of his letter is wholly unaccountable,. unless by the supposition that he was desirous ofsoncealing his real intentions from the dread of popular or mili tary indignation. And this attempt at deception, unsuccessful as it was, would alone be sufficient to prove that, in his judgment, the people and the troops hold the invader in just detestation. If he is on the other hand chargeable only with the minor guilt of an act tending to increase the dis tractions of the country at a moment when the sole and universal object should be to repel or exter- , minate the unprincipled polluters of its soil, he is subject to the imputation of folly, or of treachery, or perhaps of personal ambition ; whilst his misconduct neither strengthens the chances of French success, nor conduces to a speedy termination of the conflict. [namsn pazss4 We refer with great pleasure to our report of Lord Nugent's motion, last, night, in the Lower House, for leave to bring in a Bill to - place the Roman Catholics of Great Britain on the same footing as those in Ireland. This most respect. able and deserving body, comprising some of-the oldest families in England, are still deprived of many privileges which their more numerous brethren in Ireland enjoy. If the Legislature will not perform at once an act of solemn justice, and completely emancipate the Catholics, of both Kingdoms, it is due to this respectable body in England to give them equal privileges with those possessed by the Catholics of Ireland. The last concession made to the latter in 1704, the result of the exertions of the venerable John Keogh', who bed an interview with the then Minister, Mr. Pitt, on the occasion, compromised the elec tive franchise, with many other additions denied to the British Catholics from that period, a me morable interval of thirty years. Nothing further has been granted the Irish Catholics, and those in England have been denied even the few privileges conceded to those in the Sister Island. Mr. Wortley seconded the motion of Lord Nugent, which from its justice met the qualified support even of Mr. Peel. We give with pleasure the humble mtled of our approba tion to the Right Hon. Gentleman for the in creasing liberality displayed by him on the occa sion. Were he always to display the same feel. ings, we should have little difference with him. ‘Ve trust Lord Nugent will carry his bill through. He has been since the death of Mr. Elliott the unceasing advocate of the English Catholics—most consistent and steady in their cause. This body in other days comprised all that was great and illustrious In the land, the Barons who wrung the charter of English liberty from the tyrant Lackland—those who fought at Azincour and Cressy. To this day it includes some of the oldest blood in England— the Howards, the Arundels, the Stanleys, the Petres, the Mounts, the Jerninghams, the Till. bats ; names and families that can be traced to the Conquest, and through every page of English history. In removing even partially the legislative taint which has long affected them, the Parliament will be only perform ing an act of impartial justice. Let us hope that the spirit betrayed on this occasion with the Commons s House is the harbinger of complete and speedy liberty to the Catholics of both countries, and that the degrading statutes affecting this numerous portion of his Majesty's faithful subjects will soon be expunged from the statute-book for ever--Thus ensuring the tran quillity of Ireland, and the permanent gratitude and attachment of the Catholics of both islands. DVIORNING HERALD.) No arrivals in the course of yesterday threw further light on the affair of Alisbal, the General intrusted with the military command of Madrid. Of the fact of his treason there appears no doubt. The only question is as to its extent and influ ence. If the other Generals, Ballasteros, Mo rale, and Mina, share his sentiments —or, more , properly speaking, his treachery, there is an end to the cause of the Spaniards. It would be rash to pronounce with any confidence upon the fidelity of these other Generals, placed in peril.' ous circumstances, and, no doubt, assailed by strong temptations. But the example of Abisbal does not amount to a 'presumption of further de fection. He is an Irish refugee, not a Spaniard,— a mere soldier of fortune, and already stigmatized. by an act of signal treachery. It may be recol lected that a military insurrection broke out among the troops under his command ) in the camp of the Port St. Mary, shortly before the success. ful one of 1820. The rising was quelled, and Abisbal (then General O'Donnell) affected sar much zeal, and, in point of fact, wreaked such terrible vengeance upon the insurgents, that Ferdinand conferred upon him his present title. The revolution, however, soon succeeded. What does Abisbal ?—He proclaims himself one of its most devoted champions, and boasts the merit of having been himself the author of the insurrection which he had been rewarded for put. ting down. The revolutionists were disgusted with his barefaced perfidy, and ha was obliged to retire from public affairs and from public ignominy. After near two years inactkon and distrust, he succeeded, by publishing ar dent protestations of Constitutionalism in the Madrid Journals, and by party intrigues, to pro cure himself the nomination of an Inspector-Ge neral of Infantry, from which he was after some time raised to the Military Government at Ma drid. The treachery of such a man cannot be matter of surprise ; indeed it might be observed, that even out of Spain, from the notoriety of his former treason, his movements were always fol lowed with something of suspicion. His treachery to Ferdinand' was, however, still more base than to the Cortes. He, in common with his family of four or five brothers, were not only unpopular but odious in Spain ; and the Chief of the Faith Charles O'Donnell (of four brothers, there are or were two on each side), in his letter, which appeared in all the public journals, reproaches him with his treason and ingratitude to the King, who had advanced him to rank and honours, and was his only protector against the enemies of their family. —We yesterday gave the letters which pas. sed between him and Montijo, That of Abisbal is the worst defence of treason we have seen. It has alt the profligacy of the Jesuit moral catechism without its finesse. He abuses the three Ministries which have succeed ed each other in Spain. It is probable they had and have their imperfections, of which, indeedove will venture to say they havegiven evidence. But if it had been otherwise,. would Abisbal have spared them ? Who , is the traitor or apostate that does not calumniate the party which he has be trayed or abandoned ? As to the conditions which he speaks of, they are all smoke—a deserter im pose conditions upon an enemy at whose feet he has placed himself 1 Ills confederate, Count Mon. tijo, is, we believe, a Member of the Council of State, and holds no other function, SOCIETY OF AnTs, &c. Yesterday this Society met at the Xing's . Theatre, in the Haymarket, for the purpose of presenting the Rewards adjudged to the respective Candidates , the great in.; crease of its Members renthrring it impossible U) bold this annual meeting in the Society's own house in the•Adelphi, spacious as it is. The Society has • indeed been compelled to move from place to place for several years; and notwttlistand• ing the enormous size of this splendid theatre, such was the desire to witness the distribution, it was crammed to the top seat in the gallery, and many visitors were obliged to walk the lobbies the whole morning. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX in the Chair._ The President, at half-past twelve, took the Chair, raised upon the stage, on each side of which sat the Candidates. The Secretary (Mr. ATKIN) read a statement of the rise and progress of the Society. His Royal Highness then proceeded to present the different prizes. The first was the Gold Ceres Medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Wilda n, of Newstead Abbey, for planting 500 acres with fo rest trees. There were about 00 successful candidates,to whom his Royal Highness presented the premiums. Amongst them was Mr. P. 1. Desvibmes, a Greek, wh o ma d e a ver y fi ne .. dr a wing from a bust, and also a drawing of a Corinthian Capital, and received the Silver Pallet and the Silver Isis Medal. His Royal Highness, in presenting the Greek with those premiums, congratulated him upon the station lie held amongst men of genius m this country, and stated that he would here have on opportunity . of sharing th e a d m i ra tion in which Eng lishmen held the Arts of his native country, as well as of oh. serving the feeling for the Greeks, which was so powerful through 'the country.--(Loud applau s e.) A large silver medal and 30 guineas were presented to Mr. JaMes Marsh, of Woolwich, for a portable electro-magnetic apparatus. Premiums were, a mong the rest, given to three young Ladies named Drummond, and their brother, a boy, for painting, and to Messrs. Cowley and Winslow, Bucks, for preparing a large quantity of opium from poppies grown in England. A premium had also been adjudged by the Society to C. Warren, Dig. deceased, for his improvements in the art of en graving on steel plate. The 'SECRETARY stated, that Mr. Warren had found out the art of softening steel in such a manner as to make it supply the place of copper in engraving, and that 6,000 exquisite im pressions were produced by one plate, the last of which was almost as good as the first, and exhibiting the very perfection of an engraver's proof. His Royal Highness presented the Gold Medal tnthe brother of the late Mr. Warren, in trust for his infant daughter. One of the last candidates to whom a medal was presented 'was Mr. William Cobbett, of Kensington, for Plat from Eng lish grass. . Before Mr. Cobbett advanced to his Royal Highness to re ceive the medal, The Stenzranx stated, that for three years the Society had been endavouring to find employment for the labouring poor in the country. During the war, English straw was manufac tured to a considerable extent, but since the establishment of, peace straw-hats had been imported from the Continent in such abundance, that the manufacturers in Bedfordshire, Leicestershire, and the other counties where the manufacture was carried on, were obliged to give up the experimeut. One hundred and sixty thousand hats were supposed now to be an nually imported, and if something were not done to check such an interference with our domestic manufacture, the British growth would be wholly useless. Mr. Cobbett was of opinion that the English grass was as good for manufacture as the Foreign ; he bleached it by a simple process ' and gave it to be platted by some of th e b est H ert f or d s hire platters, and then sent it to the Society, who were astonished at the extraordinary beauty and excellence'of the material, and at once presented him - with the mark of distinction which the President held in his hand. The Duke of SUSSEX, in addressing Mr. Cobbett, said he had great plea sure i n commun i cat in g to him the approbati o n of the Society for the valuable service he . had rendered, by his attention" to this very important branch of manufacture. The specimen of plats afforded a great gratification to the Society, as the suggestion presented means of employing great numbers of industrious individuals, who would otherwise have no way of living, and the communication by Mr. Cobbett was the more grateful, as it was made upon no confined principle, but upon that of serving the community.—( Loud applause.) • Mr. CODISETT begged that his Royal Highness would allaw him to deviate a little front what he observed was the usual 'practice upon these occasions, 'and to make a few observations. was always of opinion that it was of the greatest import ance to the people of this country, that the manufactures should be carried on-brthemselves. It was Impossible to look round, and not to observe that thousands of pounds; which ought to be expended in this country were sent into foreign countries. He w as satisfied that if the'Ladies and Gentlemen Of this Society,man yof whoin were present; would exert them selves, there would be very little sale for Leghorn bonnets, and this would be one way of putting a period to that despicable cant which was - daily dinned in to'the eats of the - poor, that they should.be content with their condition as patipers, and that the griree of God directed them to live in poverty, both of food and of dress.—(APplause.) His Royal Highness having performed all the duties of the situation of President in the most elegant manner, returned thanks to the Company for their attendance, and retired amidst loud applause.—Several of the works of merit were exhibited. THE DUKE OF YORK. " In mind and manners, princely; Brave, noble, generous, and compassionate : Feeling high birth exacts high duties from him, And acting as befits a Monarch's Son !" To record the virtue, and to do justice to the talents, of great and distir.guished Characters, has ever been an object of emulation to noble minds ; and a generous nation is always anxious to trans mit to posterity its grateful sense of the eminent services of those whose exertions have secured honor to themselves, and advantage to their coun try.—No Monument of human art can do justice to the merit of his Royal Highness the DUKE of Yana, and no tablet can amply record his in defatigable exertions, during, his long service as Commander-in-Chief, by which the British Army attained to a state of .di►scipline that enabled it in every quarter ,of the globe to achieve an impe rishable renown, and finally to obtain a peace as glorious to itself, as beneficial to our country--•- It is however but right, that an opportunity should be afforded to the Public in general, and the Army in particular, of embodying the senti ments of respect for his Royal Highness which pervade all classes of the community, and of leaving to, posterity a proud evidence that they are not unconscious of his virtues, or ungrateful for his services. To accomplish this object, it is proposed that a COLOSSAL EQUESTRIAN STATUE of HIS ROYAL IlionnEss, may be erected .by SUBSCRIPTION, in the front of the Horse Guards; hi St. James's Park, to be raised upon a Pedestal composed of English, Irish, and Scotch granite, bearing on the Entablature a suitable INSCRIPTION, recording to the present generation, and to a grateful and ad miring posterity, the Benevolent Military, and other Institutions, which have acquired a de signation for his Royal Highness, the dearest to his generous and patriotic heart, that of the Soldiers', the Widows', and the Or phans' Friend.—That a COMMITTEE OF GEN.. TLEMEN be immediatery formed to give effect to this proposition, and an Appeal be made to the Commanding Officers of each Regiment in the British Service, and to all those who value the honour of their country, calling upon them to unite their Subscriptions, that the required amount may be speedily raised, to complete the undertaking in a style worthy of the magnitude and importance of the occasion. To General and Field Officers, and those who have had the honour of transacting Official busi ness personally with his Royal Highness, little need be said ; they have seen, in his Royal Highness, united, the dignity of the. Prince with the condescension of the Gentleman,—the firm ness of the Soldier with the mildness of the Mau ; and proud will they be to enroll their names among those who are anxious for the opportunity of putting upon record a testimony of their grate► ful respect.—To those Officers who, though- they have " shared the honors of the hard-fought field" I have not had such frequent opportunities of wit. .nessing his Royal Highness's personal exertions in the discharge of the duties of his high situa tion, it is requisite only to point to the uniform kindness and liberality which hai characterized his attention to the Army—to the justice of his regulations, and the impartiality of his decisions; and the support of this honourable and meritori• ous class of Officers will, not, it is presumed, be withlteld.—The Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates of his Majesty's Army can never forget, that to their Commander-in-Chief they owe many of those regulations which, in inhospitable climes, and in services of peril and hardship, have given to the British Soldier comforts that would be looked for in vain in other ranks; and to his Royal Highness are they indebted for the selec tion of those Officers who shared nith them their difficulties, privations and dangers, and led them to the temple of peace and over the plains of victory.—The mite of the Private Soldier cannot fail to be as acceptable a tribute to his Royal Highness's feelings, as' will be the more splendid subscription of the higher ranks; and he, whose kind solicitude has extended to all,—whose ge nerous, warm-hearted feelings have taught him to look" upon every Soldier as his friend and his brother (and their orphan children as his own), cannot but be gratified to find among his brethren in the Army, from the highest to the lowest rank, a generous emulation, to give each an earnes t proof of their sincere attachment. The Public at large (by the voice of their re presentatives)have already declared their gratitude for his Royal Highness's exertions; and in July, 1815, the House of Commons unanimously ex pressed their gratitude, and that of the country, to his Royal Highness, " for his indefatigable exertions during a period of upwards of twenty years, in which the British Army had attained a state of discipline and military science hitherto unknown ; and which, under Providence had in a great degree contributed to acquire. for this empire its present height of military glory among the nations of Europe." It is now only left'to that Public to confirm the opinion so properly expressed by their repre sentatives, and by the Erection of the proposed Monument to signify their gratitude and respect for his Royal Highness, to whom is due the higk state of 'discipline that distinguished the British rmy during the late war; without which, though valour might have nerved the arm of the soldier, and wisdom have presided at the coun cils of the camp, this country might still have been waging a protracted war---or else have sub mitted to an ingjorious peace. The following Suggestions are submitted for the consideration of Ladies, Noblemen, Gentle men, and the Public in general : at. That Noblemen and Gentlemen (Military and otl3ers), and all those desirous of forwarding the proposed Plan, meet. at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's inn-Fields, on Wednesday, the 21st clay of May, at Two e'Clock precisely; for the purpose of taking into consideration the most desirable and speedy mode of carrying it into effect. 2d, That the Equestrian Statue maybe erected by the cele brated Artist Charles Rossi, Esq. R.A. that Gentleman having at 'this' inatant 'ready, the Model of - his - Royal Highness the Duke of York on horseback, by which the proposed Plan will be veryconsiderably expedited. - - 3d, That One Day's - Pay from eich*Officer belonging to the different Regiments in the British Service, desirous of sub scribing, together with Subscriptions from the numerous Friends of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, Ladies (and Noble men and Gentlemen not belonging to the Army), of any sum, in no instance to exceed Ten Pounds, will prove fully adequate to the undertaking. 4th, That Books may be immediately opened, and Subscrip tions received by every Banking-House in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Guernsey, Jersey, and Isle of Wight, &c. and by every Army an d N avy A gent i n the United Kingdom (and by no other person), and on receipt, be forwarded to the House of Messrs. Greenwood, Cox, and Harmersley, Craig's- Court, Charing-Cross. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 28. This was an action upon a bond for 4,0001., conditioned to pay 2,0001., dated 3d Noveinber, 1813. The defendant pleaded that he had delivered the bond as an escrow, and not as a deed. This was the second trial of the same cause, the circumstances of which we stated some time since. The plaintiff's case was conducted by Mr. SOLICITOR-GE NERAL, Mr. GURNEY, and Mr. CORMYN and the defend • ant's by Mr. SCARL ETT an d M r . E. L AwE S . The Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff: STEEL V. PHILLIPS AND WIL LUCAS. The plaintiff, a silversmith, in Oxford-street, brought his action against the defendants, who are his next door neighbours; * " to recover damages for an assault. The parties disagreed about a right of way to the plaintiff's' stables, and in January last the defendants committed an as sault on theplatntiff, who had ende a v oure d to rescue hi s groom from their violence. The Jury gave 301. damages. CHARGE. OF ARSON. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday at three o'clock, John Dottie was put to bar, and underwent another very long examination, when the following evidence was adduced :—• William Stuck, a butcher and broker in Initecross-street, stated, that in 1811, he lived at 197, next door to the house that wasburnt. He had now no recollection of the prisoner's per. son ; but a day or two after the fire he saw a man at the Eagle Fire-office, who said he was the m an w h o was burnt out of 196, a nd was come to claim his money. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs were there. Witness asked him how much he was insured for, and he said about 7001.; and upon being. asked what that insurance was effected upon, he said upon his stock and furniture. Witness said he was surprised ut such a demand, for he knew he had not stock and furniture to any thing like that amount. Witness and he went up stairs together before the committee, and witness repeated his opinion to Mr. Beetham, the Secretary, that the pri soner had no such stoek as he 'had described. The pri soner was then sworn to the amount of his claim, but was afterwards told that if he made it again, he would be taken into custody. The prisoner made no reply, but went aw a y. Wit ness, the morning after the fire, was present at the examination of the premixes, and he saw that part of the flooring of the first floor was burnt, and, part remaining. There were no fragments of furniture visible. Two years after this, the rubbish was cleared away for a new house to be built, and witness examined, and found the oven qUite entire ; the crown of the oven was perfect.- Mrs. Stuck, the wife of the last witness, deposed that the man who occupied the baker's shop, No. 196 (she could not swear to the prisoner), applied to her some time in the summer of 1811 to • get him a washerwoman, and to desire her to bring his linen home tretnthienlinreg,hhise things t l t u ll ee n e y, i f e her T n e w x t oo t S ot a re w , do b amys ut a to nbenr: leave them at witness's house, until he sent for them. This she did, and after the fire, homeie n v , e r a y n da: usu ale Sa t ur d ay . g et begged which took place on the Sunday night, a young man came and fetched away the linen. 'Witness recollected selling the prisoner some old articles of furniture, among which were two or three chairs, some time before the fire. Mr. John Carmichael, of Russell-street, Covent-garden, baker and pastry-cook, sworn.—Witness knows the prisoner very well. The prisoner was his journeyman in 1812 and 1813. They had frequent conversations upon the subject of the fire, and the prisoner told him , _ that on the night it happened he was in bed and heard a cracking as if thieves were breaking into the house. He opened the chamber-door and found-the staircase on fire. — He shut the door quickly, and, having no other means of escape, broke his bedstead to pieces, and with one of the posts he forced away the iron bars which secured the window, and jumped into the Street. He never said that any one was sleeping with him on that night. Witness asked him how the fire happened, apd he said that It was in consequence of the crown of the oven hav ing fallen in, and the fire bursting out from it. Witness said, • '? if that was the case, it was very Bard he should not have his insurance money, and asked how it was that he made no claim, and he said a friend of his was prosecuting his claim for him. Witness urged him, to go himself. and he's ai d h e wou ld. Walter ttigg stated, that he lived in Baldwin-street, City. road, and was a tin-plate worker. When the prisoner was living in Ratcliffe-highway, before he lived in ‘Vhitecross-street„ witness supplied him with utensils 'for his trade. Had no re collection of serving him with any after hp was burnt out at Itatcliffe-highway ; but soon after the fire in Whithcross-street, the prisoner came to him and said, " I have been to the case , and shall soon get my money ;*_you know I have had a great deal of goods of you, and if the Fire-office people apply to you, • I wish you w ou ld say that- • 1 have had 501. w ort h." Witness said, he would search his books and whatever goods he had actually had, h e wou ld report to t h e Fire-office, but no more. Witness distinctly under s t oo d t h e p r i soner to refer to the fire in ‘ i ir r. h l A tec n r n or p -s tins treet h , this ask e c d on 3r fv i erti stt taioncs if he intend e d t o ca ll . ,'llr. any more witnesses, because if he did, he thought the further othoeLßrioictyks,._ariHd othwecaAnlbthioenylpnrsouvreanacneyCoolimnzpanies, importantand hearing had better be adjourned, as it was so late an hour. . Mr. Isaacs said, he had only to call the secretaries to the f t r o o t m his th c o a s s e e, offi wh ces en to the tt p le ris p o ri n s e o r ne w r th ur e e r d fi a r t ea th ean.Ld'agthlaetlithe there. those gentlemen were not present. Ph l7 l lr. bil t: • • as for in o s Mr. Isaacs—They are to prove that the money was paid fore, in his conversation with Mr. B' h c ould r. e only have re ferred to the one in IVhitecross-street. All the witnesses present were then bound over to the Sea. *ions, and told they need not attend here again. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday, when he will be fully committed. CHARGE OF MURDER.—Christopher Waters, Chief Mate of a Merchant ship, named Alexander, was yesterday brought up to Worship-street Office, for re-examination before S. TWAYFORD and J. Mu.wARD, Esqrs , charged with th e mur d er o f G. Griffiis, a seaman on board the same ship, at Pernambuco. The evidence of Joseph Bland, examined on a former day, was read over by the Clerk, and two other witnesses were sworn as to what they knew of the transaction. The pri soner was then committed to Newgate to take his trial at the next Admiralty Sessions. Yesterday morning, the body of a female, ap parently about 30, was found floating in the River Lee, near Limehouse-bridge, and was con veyed to the Bonehouse, for the Coroner's In quest. , The deceased was dressed in a black gown, and light-coloured whittle; but had nei ther cap nor bonnet on. She had nothing in her pockets, COAL-MARKET, MAY 28. Ships at Market. Ships sold P r i ce . 17f Newcastle - -12 f -33 s Od to 42s Oct 5 Sunderland 3 -33 s 2d to 42s Oct t Scotch Coal - - b - 34 s 64.1 to —s Od BIRTHS. At 26, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, the Lady of Major Riddell, of a daughter. On the 28th inst., in Bedford-street, Bedford.square, Mrs. Win. Hurst, of a son. 31A RRIED. On the 9.7 th inst., at"Aiarylelione.Church, Capt. Johnston, of the Hon. Company's service, to Dorothy, third, daughter, of the late Henry 'Walker, Esq., of :Whitby, m Yorkshire. At Dublin, on the 10th inst., William Henry Orem, Esq. of the Royal Scots Greys, to Anne, daughter of John 13411, Esq., of Shannon, in the County of Donegal. . , DIED. On the 27th instant, at Cheltenham, Martha, wife of John Jones, Esq. of Salisbury square. At Little Spot!, Scotland, on the 13th inst., Mr. John At Blairgowne, Scbtlana, on the 21st inst., Mr: Andrew Lambe, aged 72: Printed and Published for the PnoPnrEcons, at the Sot' OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIII9.