The Sun. — London, England, 1823-09-04 00:00:00

if it has been thought proper to answer them at all, for the purpose of marking the contemp- tuous indignation with Which they have been 'viewed, the answer has been given by the KING as an individual, and without those forms, pre- scribed by the Constitution,necessary for making it an act of the Spanish Government, or d legal and acknowledged proceeding of the Executive Power. The following summary is extracted from the Postscript of the Elate of Monday : " Accounts from the environs of Seu, of the 24th August, state that they expected Baron d'Eroles, who was personally to treat with the Governor of that 'fort. A Colonel, with an Aide-de-Camp, left the Seu on the 15th for the nead-quarters. lie had not yet returned. The artillery of the fort was continually firing bombs and balls, and the advance posts were also keep ing up a heavy fire. They state from Perpignan, of the 25th August, that a report prevailed that evening that the fort of Figueras had surrendered. There was a great firing heard in the morning ; but it. requires confirmation. They state from Salamanca, of the 16th August, that the Captain- General of the Province has published a Procla mation, in which he announces the complete blockade of Cuidad Rodrigo. 46 They write from Gerona, of the 26th August, that on the '22d, at four o'clock in the evening, an Officer, who was very ill, came out of the fort of Figueras, for whom the Governor solicited permission to go into the town. With this Offi , car came a Chief of Battalion, as a flag of truce, who was received by Colonel CORMIER, Com mandant of the place, who conducted him blind fold to the Marshal de Camp, with whom he waited from five to seven o'clock." CITY, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened this Morning at 821, with little doing. The answer of the King of Spain to the Duke of Angouleme not being authenticated, various opinions are en tertained on the subject. A report prevails of an Express being arrived from Paris; but no parti cular news has as yet transpired. One o'Clock.-1 am informed ) on most respect able authority, that on the arrival at Paris of the intelligence that the Cortes had refused the pro positions of the Duke of Angouleme, an Express was dispatched to him at Port St. Mary's, to bombard Cadiz without delay, and to make an attempt to take that City at all hazards. DOCTORS' COMMONS.—Sittings appointed to be .held in the Ecclesiastical Courts, at Doctors' Com mons, in the ensuing Michaelmas Term, 1823:-- First Session.—Arches, Monday, November 3 ,• Admiralty, Tuesday, November 4; Prerogative, \Vednesday, November 5 'Delegates, Thursday, November II; and Cons i story, Friday, November 7. Second Session.—Arches, Saturday, November 6; Admi ralty, Tuesday, November 11 ; Prerogative, NVednesday, No vember 12 ; Delegates, Thursday, November 13; and Consis. 4ory, Friday, November 14. Third Session.—Arches, Saturday, November 15 ; Admi 'ralty, Tuesday, November 10; Prerogative, Wednesday, No vember 19 ; Delegates, Thursday, November 20 ; and Consis tory, Friday, November 21. Fourth Session.—Arches, Saturday, November 22 ; Admi ralty, Tuesday, November ; Prerogative, Wednesday, November 26; Delegates, Thursday, November 27 ; and Con. siitory, Friday, November 20. —The Courts sit at ten o'clock in the morning, e%cept the Admiralty, which sits at eleven precisely. Sir John Nicholl •presides in the Arches and Prerogative Courts, Lord Stowell In the Admiralty, Sir Christopher Robinson in the Consistory, and the usual Surrogates in the High Court of Delegates. The Duke of WELLINGTON and suite landed at Dover from Calais, on Tuesday last. Ilis Grace, after taking dinner at Wright's Ilotel, left this place at six o'clock for London, under a salute from the guns at the Heights. Mr. CONWAY, who for the last two seasons has occupied the humble situation of Prompter at the Haymarket Theatre, has resigned that office, and is going on a theatrical excursion to America. It is strange that, while in the prime of life, and with very respectable talents, he is not able to procure an engagement worthy of those talents in this country. He possesses a more command ing person than has appeared on the London Stage since the days of BARRY. He performed several characters at Covent-Garden Theatre with great success, and we know that his Jaffier, in particular, was highly approved by Mrs. Sinnosrs. Miss LACY is engaged to perform at Liverpool till she resumes her station at Covent-Garden. She ►is an actress of the true, natural, unaffected school, and, considering her youth, possesses an extraordinary share of merit. If LirroN's theatrical merits were at all doubtful, his performances in Sweethearts and Wives, and in Fish out of Water, the characters being essentially difficult, would stamp him as the most original comic actor that has been ever seen on the London Stage. The pieces them selves are highly entertaining, and they cer tainly receive all due support from the Per formers in general. Miss Love was sufficiently recovered last night to reumc' her part in Sweethearts and Wives at ; the Haymarket. Miss PATON, who took the part during the illness of the former, is so much indisposed herself as to be obliged to suspend her professional exertions. The Protestant Episcopal Church at East Shef ford, Upper Canada, was destroyed by fire on the evening of the 15th of July. I t was discovered about 11 o'clock, and so rapid was the progress of the flames, that in about a quarter of an hour front being first observed, the tower fell out wards, followed in a short time afterwards by the roof and walls of the. building. The origin of the fire was not known.(Montreal paper.) vic-) •zr -, 7, , , - §, 4 -7 . k • ,>) (---.. i ',. 7 ' - c -- o,' 1 .). -- , :p....4) ,:- --- . , 4 -, t i .„ , ..,, t., - ,pc -2 1 -F2R of s- .1 %v 1 .-Y 1 eA ) . ft. , % t 4.., ......„- 4 e i • Oh FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Strathmore, at the Hyde Park Hotel. from their seat in Hertfordshire ; Captain Crossley. at ditto, from India ; Mr. and Lady Ann Gregory, at Warren's Hotel, Regent street, from Ireland= Captain' and Mrs. Los sack, at Blake's Hotel, Jennyn-street, from Essex ; Captain and Mrs. Butt, and Family, at ditto, from a tour ; Sit C. Sax ton, Bart. at ditto, from Berks. CHANGES.—The Marquis of Titchtield„ from town, for the North ; 3larchionness of Cornwallis, for Scarborough ; Count Lieven, -for Brighton ; Major and Mrs. Dodd, from their house, York -buildings, for Kent; Lord and Lady James Hay,' from the Royal Hotel, St. James's -street, for their seat in Scotland ; Sir John Miller, Bart. and Miss Nagle, from the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Northamptonshire. MILITARY EQUIPMENT_ FOR THE PRINCE OF PORTUGAL. The Chevalier FREDERIC ANDRIEU takes out with him, this day, for Lisbon, some exquisite specimens of workmanship, executed by our ingenious artists. They consist of Hussar ap pointments for Prince Michael. First—the Shabracque is the most finished specimen ever seen : the embroidery redly matchless. The crown of Bra ganza is in the centre, having at its base ornaments comosed of rubies, emeralds, and pearls. The initials "D . M. " are richly emblazoned in gold at the four angles. Second—the Bridle (which exceeds in splendour the cele brated Imperial one) is fully decorated with ' the Star of the Order of the Tower and the Sword ; it is of gold, surmounted by crowns of silver. Third—the Rose-buckles are of gold, beautifully chased. Fourth—the Stimips, are handsomely gilt, and ornamented with a profusion of shells. In short, such taste and elegance have been displayed as will, no doubt, excite universal admiration in that country. BOMBAY HIGHLAND SOCIETY. (From the Bombay Courier Valfarch 29, 11123.) Bostuatr, MARC'S 21. —At a Meeting of the Highland So ciety, held this day, the following Gentlemen were unanimous ly elected Members of the Society r—Bazett Doveton, Esq.; George Smytton, Esq. surgeon ; Wm. Cunningham Bruce, Esq.; George Forbes, Esq.; Wm. Gordon, Fisq.; Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Esq. We announced in our last, that a Dinner had been given by the Highland Society on the evening of the 21st ; but too late for us to notice it at length in our paper of the following morning. On occasions like this, the pleasure does not lie in the excel lence of the dinner or the fineness of the wines, the number of the party, or the eloquence displayed by the speakers which compose it. No ! there is a calm feeling of satisfaction which brooks not the interruption of common place oratory or of boisterous mirth, and which scarcely dwells on what is passing at the moment. The recollections and attachments of our early wears are brought before us, in the language and dress of those around the board. They remind us of the scenes and of the friends who are far distant, and bring with them a throb of pleasnre which is known only to those who cherish the re membrance of their native land. These are the feelings which throw an irresistible charm over national associations in this country. The party assembled at Lowjee Castle on this occasion, amounted to about eighty ' • the Members of the Society were all distinguished by some badge or ornament peculiar to the Highlands; a few wore the tartan dress, and one Member of the Society (Mr. Macleod) appeared in full costume, with the kilt and spleuchan. Justice having been done to an excellent dinner, excellent even in the absence of " the great Chieftain of the pudding race"—the cloth was removed, and gave place to an honoured substitute, the magnificent punch-bowl. Never, we will ven ture to say, did the immortal Burns fan his poetic fire in better tree *an was dealt round by the worthy Secretary, who did the honours of the bowl. After the usual constitutional toasts, " The Highland So cieties of London and Edinburgh," and " The Bombay Branch of the Highland Society," were successively drank, " the Me mory of Sir Ralph Abercrombie and of the heroes who so nobly fought and fell with him on this memorable day"—drank in solemn silence. " The Governor-General and Presidencies of India"—" Sir E. Paget and the Army in India"—" Commo dore Grant and the Squadron in India" — were given, and re ceived with applause.—" The immortal Memory of ' Wallace and Bruce"—drank in silence......" The Land of Cakes"— " Chieftains and Clans"—" Absent Members." Our northern brethren being more faMous flir the willing hand and heart than the ready tongue, had -previously arranged that no healths of those resent should be drank; but the song was hot forgotten.—" Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled."— " The Death of Abercrombie."—" Donald M'Donald."— " The Kail Brose of auld Scotland," and many others, were sung in excellent style, and added not a little to the hilarity of the evening. The _party . separated at " some wee short hour ayont the twal," in as joyous a mood as good Whiskey, good snuff, and good company could make them. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 2.—The Duke of York remains at the Palace. His Royal Highness visited the Count and Countess Lieven, at the Royal YOrk Hotel, both yesterday and to-day. The Count returned on Saturday evening.—The Commander in Chief, accompanied by Lord Alvanley and Colonel Cooke, joined tine promenaders on the Steyne yesterday. His Royal Highness, often unattended, has been much in public to-day. The Earl of Uxbridge and Lady Tullantore were at the York Hotel, on Sunday, but returned to Worthing in the evening. The Duchess of Bedford arrived at the York Hotel, last night Her Grace has been looking at various of our best mansions to-day ; her object, it seems, is to engage one for the Du ke and family for the autumn. Lord Arden, who is arrived at the York Hotel, Lieut.- Colonel Saville, and Lieutenant-General Sir W. Cockburn, paid their respects to the Commander-in-Chief, by leaving their names at the Pavilion this morning.—The Lord Bishop of Dromore, Mr. Saurin, the Dowager Lady Rodney, and Mr. and Mrs. Vines, are arrived ; the three - land on the Grand Parade.—The enclosed lawn of the Steyne, for the first time since the plough destroyed its former verdant surface was opened for the fashionable prominade on sunday. The Band It was el o e- gantlY an d n umerously covered by pedestrians. f the 7th Hussars diffused their melodies from t he York Hotel Gardens. The Earl of Uxbridge,Lady Tullamore, Count and Countess Lievien , L ord Alvanley, and others of Nobility, overlooked the assemblage from the several balconies of the York Hotel windows. The scene was indescribably cheerful and replete with interest. Mr. Angerstein's beautiful grounds and gardens, on the ex tremity of Blackheath, are now in the greatest perfection. — The exotic shrubs and plants, some of them of the greatest rarity in this country, are all flourishing and healthy. In the centre of the large greenhouse, w hich is more elevated than any other in the neighbourhood of London, stands a magn cent and lofty pine, from Van Dien Land, for Which the late proprietor was offered 1,000 guineas, a few years before his death. ANECDOTE.--11l CLAUDE'S reply to AnsAun ) the French Papist, we are told, that it was the hu mour of the Prince of CoNnE to have a Man of Wood on horseback, dressed like a Field Officer, with a lifted broad sword in its hand, which fi gure was fastened in the great saddle, and the horse it was on always kept by the great CONDE'S side when he travelled or engaged in the bloody field. Fearl ess the Man o f Wood appeared in m any a well fought battle ; but as they pursued the enemy one afternoon through a forest, in riding hard, a bough knocked off the wooden warrior's bead, yet still he galloped on after fly ing foes, to the amazement and terror of the elle. my, who saw . a hero pursuing Without a head.— CL.,ton e applies this image to Popery. ANDREW ItYDING.—An account has by some means got into the London papers, stating that this individual had been removed from the Castle to the Lunatic Asylum at Lancaster. We can assure the public there is no truth in this statement. He still remains in the Castle; and is not likely to b e soon re moved t? a less secure place of detention. Although on the i;round of insanity, his derange acquitted by the. PtrY • meat is not CODSldered of . such a nature as to preclude the tear o f an a ttempt to escape, if a favourable opportunity should offer itself.—(Presto Chromic.) PO£TR • TO THE HARVEST MOON: Moon of Harvest, I do love O'er the uplands now to rove, While thy modest ray serene • Gilds the wild surrounding scene; • And to watch thee riding high In the blue vault of the sky, Where no thin vapour intercepts thy ray, But in unclouded majesty thou walkest on thy way: Pleasing 'tis, oh, modest Moon ! N ow the night is at her noon, • Neath thy sway to musing lie, While around thee zephyrs sigh, Fanning soft the sun-tann'd wheat, • Ripcn'd by the summer's lint, - Picturing all the rustic's joy, • When boundless plenty greets his eye. And thinking soon, Oh modest Noon ! How many a female eye will roam Along the road, To see the load, The last dear load of harvest home. Storms and tempests, floods and rains, Stern despoilers of the plains, Bence away, the season flee, . • - Foes to light-heart jollity; May no winds careering high, Drive the clouds along the sky ; girt may all nature smile with aspect boo, When in the heavens thou ahoweat thy face ; oh Bah/dist Moon ! 'Heath yon lowly roof he lies, The Husbandman, with sleep sealed eyes: Ile dreams of crowded barns, and round The yard he hears the flail resound ! Oh ! may no hurricane destroy His visionary views of joy : God of the winds ! oh, hear his humble prayer, And while the Moon of Harvest shines, thy blitstiring whirlwinds spare. KIRK WESTMINSTER. PALACE, Title various improvements which are proceed ing rapidly in the Palace of Westminster, will contribute very much to the splendour of the ensuing opening of' Parliament by his Majesty. The new Royal en tr a nce, and grand staircase f Scala Rcgia), have been completed some time. The Prince's Chamber, the Old House of Lords, with the Lord Great Cham berlain's Office, and apartments arc being razed to the ground. The workmen have experienced great labour in pulling down the old walls as the materials are so firmly cemented together. The Old House of herds, and Prince's Chamber, with the cellers underneath are the same as when Guy Fawkes was going to blow up the Parliament House, and all the Nobles of the land, in James the First's time. On the site of these' will be built Committee Rooms for the use of the Lords, which the Great Chamberlain will' occupy at the opening of Parliament, pro temporc, till a house is built in Cotten gardens, forming a terrace facing the River Th amen,suitable to the dignity and high rank of his official duties. The prin cipal apartments will be furnished in Royal splendour for the reception of his Majesty, who never had any rooms to retire in, except the Robing-room, and other apartments which he passes through, which are always filled with com pany to witness the Royal procession. The. King being from the moment he enters the Palace in the custody of the Great Chamberlain, who is answerable for his person should any thing happen. The whole of these improvements are from the designs and under the superintendence of Mr. Soane, to whose taste and judgment they have been intrusted ; but what ever Mr. Soane or any other architect may do for this Palace, the whole of it will appear as a mass of incongruous architec ture, which was began by Mr. Wyatt and added to so often since, that the erect of the exterior is completely spoilt; the best way, and probably the cheapest, would have been to pull the whole down, and erect a Parliament House suitable to the high station which Great Britain holds in the affitirs of the world. The new Courts of Law adjoining Westminster Hall are proceeding very rapidly. In point of convenience and elegance they will be unequalled. They will have entrances from Pa lace-yard and Westminster Hall, by a passage which runs alongside Westminster Hall from Old to New Palace-yard. We understand that the office of the Board of Trade and the Privy Council, which adjoins the Home Department in White. hall, will be pulled down, and larger and more capacious pre mises erected in their stead. On the ground where Richmond House stood, the corner of Parliament-street, eight houses of the first iste are erected, built of brick, with handsome stone pillars, and a balustrade running along the top. This row of houses looks down White hall topards Charing-cross, and commands a view of the Thames back and front. The new Union Club House, In the King's Mews, will be ready for the reception of the Members in the ensuing Spring. The new University Club will be ready about the same time. The College of Physicians is in a state of forwardness. The new street, called Pall-mall East, will not be fini shed for some time, as the new Royal Stables in Pimlico mu st be com p leted before they can build on the ground in the King's Mews. All tlietabovehandsomedieiflicutesi quitemak ly e li t v h e en : eighbourhood of ctaring..crou and vilit SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. --mr- •,...........- WARWICK RACES, TvEsDAY, SEPT. 2, 1023. His Majesty's Plate of One Hundred Guineas—Four-mile heats. Marquis of Exeter's b. h. Ilolbein, 4 yrs, lOst. 41b. 1 1 Mr. biolony's b. m. Fuss, 6 yes, 12st. - . 3 2 Mr. Clifton's b. h. Lytham, 4 yrs, lOst. 41 b. . 2 3 Mr. Pickernell's b. M. Clausina, 5 yrs, 1 Ist. 61b. - dr 'rite Guy Stakes of 50gs each, 1 1. r t . for 3 yr-olds, 16 Sub scribers—One mile. ' IA Warwick's b. c. Cardinal Pull, Bat. 41b. Ld Grosvenor's ch. c. Adroit, Bat. 31b. . • Four not placed, nine drawn. A Sweepstakes of bOgs each, h. ft.—One mile. • . Mr. Jones's Champion, 4 yrs, flat. 61b. - i Mr. Mytton's Sir VlTilliarn, 4 yes, Bat. 31b. - • 2 Colonel Yates's Delusion , fist. 71b. . - A dr The St. Leger Stakes of 25gs. each, 10gs ft. for 3 yr olds.— The St. Leger Course—about a two-mile heat. Ld Grosvenor's ch. r. Adroit, fist. blb. - 1 Mr. Nayler's b. c. Triumph , fist. bib. - . A 2 Mr. Bardsworth's b. c. Birmingham, fist. blb. - . 3 Mr. Sadler's b. c. Triumph , Bat. bib. - . dr A Hunter's Sweepstakes of 10 guineas each-2 mile heats. Mr. Platers b. g. Thurlby, aged, l Ist. 121 b. - 3 1 1 lion. C. Percy 's ch. g. Deputy, 5 yrs, list. 41b. 12 2 Ld. Plymouth's b. m. Clausina, 5 yrs, llst. 41b. 43 dr Mr. Whitehead's b.g. Young Sir Peter, yrs, 11 st.l2lb. 2 4 dr Two other's drawn. A Sweeepstakes of 5 gs. each, with 60/. added-2 mile heats. Mr. Itlytton's b. f. Ostrich, 8 yrs, 7st. 101 b. - 1 1 Mr. Stevens's b. c. Bertram , 3 yrs , list. - - 3 2 Mr. Day'f ch: C. Melampus, 3 yrs, 7st. 121 b. - 2dr In the first heat Bertram run on the wrong side the post, but returned to his ground and ran in third. Lord Barley, Colonel Yates, Mr. Nayler, Mr. Sadler, and Mr. Whitesides were subscribers, but did not name. . 2 CRICKET. Yesterday a Match was played in the London Field, by the Gentlemen of the Hackney Club. The fineness of the day col lected a great concourse of people, among whom were a numer ous assem blage of elegantly dressed females. The following 47 ; 2d innings, 58. not hurtto the brains ? w" Ist inni n gs,titetitate of the game :—lst innings, 21 ;2d innings, 54. . --„,, --- --- A HINT TO S NUFF-TAlwomanS.A. woman asked a ‘‘ doc o tro , ir. "Hat w i l :i , e d ti tl 'e l r e D ta oc ici to ng r, " " take u f fr or he was that h a s a f ro ul brains will not A late Chief Justice of the Superior Court, h a ving not unfrequently m ade use of the words " this here," and " that there," f or the simples this and that, a wag at Dover published ,' the Session of the Court at that place, the following epitaph :-- " Here lies the body o f Ichabod Hare, Who's left this here world, and gone to that there." An Irish schoolmaster, on heing asked what was meant by" two twentitica tions make a fortification. It was erroneously state d in a contemporary Print, yesterday morning, that our celebrated characters,' the word filtification, re p li ed, countryman, Tnot4o Aloottc, bad left town 14 ot to Lord CLoticuutty , at" Y ls• T he fact, upon a visit, witwhhootrit::etiliasitlidnglnuniysh,eadt how ever, is not so. We the present r egret to learn that the Poet and Patriot, of day, be mo st proud, has taken his departure for England, in compauY wi th his Noble Friend the Marquess of LAssonws. -- (Dublin Morning Yost). MERCANTILE SHIPPING. FALmouTIE, SEPT.2.-2Wind W.S.W.--Arrived the Jane,' Ball, from Petersburgh ; Trio, Bexfield, from Smyrna in 56 days ; Colombia, Perkins, frotu Virginia in 29 days. galled the Creole, Brewer, for Brest.—The Spanish privateer cutter Tartar, which sailed from hence the 27th ult., is off the port thin morning, waiting a supply of provisions. On her cruize she captured, off the Caskets, the French ship Ouitave, of 250 tons, from St. Domingo to Dieppe ; she afterwards fell in with a French convoy, and boarded a brig, but from want of men, and the French men of war chasing her, she was obliged to give up her prize. DEAL, SEPT. 3.—Wind W.—Sailed the Cambrian, Clark son for India. The Crichton South Sea ship made her number, coming in from the Westward this afternoon. The Minerva, Bell, froth Calcutta, passed this morning—sailed from Calcutta Bth April, stiA from St. Helena lath June. SIX P.M.—Saiiell the whole of the outward-bat Pd for their different destinatiomt. Off Dover the Alfred, Twigs, from Tobago. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT: 8. Wind S.W.—Arrived tha Oreenwell, from Gibraltar ; and his Majesty's ship Menai, from the Isle of France. Sailed his Majesty's ship Seringapatun, on a cruize. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—Wind W. to N.W.—No arrivals or sailings. Yesterday a Court of Directors iris held at the Eat India Hbuse, when the following ships were taken up, viz. Princess Amelia, Marquis of Huntley, and Astell. The. East India Company's outward-bound ship Kellie Castle, was all well at' ea on the 29th of March. THUNDER, The stOlin of Titesday week seems to have extended ovef a great part of sussex, Kent, tssex, and the adjoining countiek. The following , accounts describe some of the injurious effects which attended it : KENT.—On Tuesday se'nnight, a violent storm of thunder and lightning passed over this place : the lightning struck the parish church, and tore a very considerable portion of the tiling from the roof, taking it at one corner, and strip. ping it o ff diagonally. The flashes were extremely vivid and luminous, and the awful pealing of the thunder was calculated to impress every mind with terror. Happily the rain descended copiously, which cooled the atmosphere, and prevented any further mischief. CANTERBURII7.—On Tuesday week, about twelve o'clock, a most violent storm of lightning, thunder, and rain, passed over this city. The lightning was alarmingly vivid, and the thunder rolled with a roar so awfully loud as to appear Weed " heaven's dread artillery." During the thunder storm on Monday, the 25th ult., Mr. W. Bushel, butcher, of Martham, having just turned off his horse to marsh, was struck dead by the lightning. This is supposed to have occurred about nine o'clock, but the body was not dis covered until three in the afternoon, by a girl going into the same marsh to fetch up her cows. He had a stick in one hand, and his bridle in the other, when found, and wait laying with his face to the ground. The body was much disfigured by the electric fluid, and hisliair and clothes nearly reduced to tinder. A wile and six children are left to bemoan his loss.—(Bury Post.) During the storm of Monday morning, the 25th, an oak tree, containing three loads of timber, growing in a field at Melba. in Suffolk, belonging to the Right lion. J. H. Frere, was struck with lightning and entirely stripped of its bark and thegreund excavated to a considerable depth. The trunk of the tree is completely shattered, so that in many parts it is divided into fibres not bigger than the twigs of u birch broom, and some pieces were thrown to a distance of 00 yards. Two men were hoeing turnips in the field very near the tree when the storm came on, but they prudently declined sheltering under it, and went to a cottage at some distance, by which means they saved their lives. It is not true that any cottages were burnt down at Bacton ; but a barn and stable were destroyed at Wickham Skeith by the lightning.—(/bid.) CO RON ERS' INQUESTS. MELANCHOLY EFFECTS OF INEBRIATION. A Coroner's Inquest was held, at twelve o'clock yesterday, before 'l'. Stty.t.ToN Esq. Coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Iloa pital, on the body oeCharles Combes. Eliza Combes, daughter of the deceased, who resided at No. 7. Honeysuckle-court, Moor-lane, deposed, that on Thurs day morning last she was in the front room, on the ground floor, her father and mother were in a back room—she heard her father take a dish out of the cupboard, and let it fall, knocking down a teacup at the same time—she instantly rah into the room, and saw her father in the act of putting, a •saucepan on the tire, without any water in it-:-he next took up the dish, which wax not broke, and put it on the copper; her mother told him to take It off—he _said he should not, but shortly afterwards he attempted to do oio, and caught his foot in a stool which crossed the room, and fell with the dish in his hand, which then contained a large piece of beef—the dish• broke into two pieces, and his head came in contact with the one part; be was much intoxicated at the time, and his head bled profusely ; he rose up and attempted t o strikewitncss's mother, but for what witness cannot say; a su r g eon was then sent for, who came immediately, but her father said he wanted'no man's assistance, and refused to let him dress the wound ; he then rose up and walked to the hospital • witness cams with him, and before ping in he said he would something to drink, which he did. The surgeons of the hospital shaved his head and dressed the wound, and he then went out and stopped in a pub lic-house three hours, after which he came home, and on Fri day got up in the morning, and was tipsy again the whole day. On Saturday he came to the hospital, where he remained until he died. Coltoemit—You are sure he fell without being pushed ? Witness—lie did. CoaoNEß—Did not your mother push him P Witness —No. The Sister of the Ward observed, that when the deceased came in, he said he was pushed down. CoßowEn—" That cannot be received in evidence." Mr. J. fl. Perry, house surgeon, deposed, he saw the de ceased on Thursday last—he had a severe cut on the top of his head, four inches m length, which was dressed, and witness told him the consequence might be fatal if he did hot remain in the Hospital, but he would not—be was much intoxicated at the time. On Saturday he came again, and had considerable inflammation in his head and face—every thing was done that was requisite, but he expired on Monday evening, about seven o'clock, from the effects of the wound, aggravated by intem perance after receiving it. The CORON En addressed the Jury on the melancholy occa sion, observing upon the deceased's intemperance ; and that if any one had pushed him down, It wat his wife, who could not be examined on oath. _ _ Nrerdict—" Accidental Death, through intoxication." Yesterday an Inquest was held before Mr. Moos, at the Feathers, Dean -street, Westminster, on the body of Henry Gerrard, a journeman carpenter, who was on Monday found in the ditch that surrounds the ineiosure of St. James's, in a tit of apoplexy._Verdict, " Visitation of God." esterday evening, at seven o'clock, an Inquisition was taken before T. Sur I..rokr, Esq. Coroner, at the Star in Nag's Ilead-court, Gracechurch.street, on the body of Elizabeth Saunders, who was found with her throat cut, in a cistern.--- Several witnesses proved per disordered state of mind for time timeliest. The Jury returned a verdict—" The deceased laid violent heads upon herself in an unsound state of mind." Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, a respectable Jury as sembled at the Portland Arms , l'ortland Town, before Mr. Sr i n.- LING, Coroner, on the body of Daniel Woodcock, a soldier, who committed suicide on Sunday last at noon.—Verdict, " That the deceased Daniel Woodcock did commit the dreadful act of suicide, being at the time in a state of temporary mental derangement." — . YELLOW FEVER.—The following circumstance is a remarkable instance of the non.contagion of the yellow fever :—A young Englishman, who arrived at St. Themes with a young and beautiful country woMan, whom he had secretly married, was attacked by the yellow fever. When the disease was at its height, and the symptoms of inevitable death became apparent, the young wo man, in despair, and determined not to survive the object of her affections, undressed herself entirely, and placed herself by the side of her dying hus band In bed, embracing his body. She remained for ten hours in this situation, and was with dif ficulty removed after he had breathed his last. She did not experience the slightest symptom of the disease. BARONY OF STAFFORD. 'We have already mentioned that Mr. Pets, had informed the agent of Sir GEORGE ER NINGIIAM that the Crown would offer no opposi _ Lion to his claim to the Barony of Staffurd. The circumstances of that claim are as follow :7- In the year 1807, on tile decease of Lady Anastasia Howard, the niece and surviving co.heir of John Stafibrd Iloward, loot Earl and Baron of Stafford, the late Sir William Jemingitam. Baronet, cousin and heir to Lady Anastasia, and gieat nephew to the Earl, presented a petition to his late_Majesty, claiming to be summoned to Parliament, in respect pf the Barmy of Stafford, which had devolved upon him. Sir Vicary Gibbs, then Attorney : General, to whom the ped., don was referred by the Crown, in his Report thereon, after ' stating that the pedigree of the petithiner had been satisfactorily proved before him, recommended the Crown to refer the peti, - don for further consideration to the House of Lords. • , Sir William Jerningham died in 1802, and Sir nente; eldest son and representative, has, from that period to the sent time, continued to prosecute his claims to the Barony. The Barony of Stafford is very ancient. Edward Stafford, descendant and sole heir of the . body of Thomas Plantagenev younger son of King Edward 111., was Duke of Ruckilfgham and Earl of Stafford in tl:e reign of Henry ViII., when 14 was beheaded far alleged high treason. Ills only son, &levy Stafford,' was restored in blood (1 Edw. VI.), but admitted Only to the Barony of Stafford, which descended thimigh 'rata generations, to Henry, Baron Stafford, who died without eaving his sister Mary his sole heiress, and she afterwards married. Sir William Howard, second son of the Earl of Arundel.- The Barony of Stafford was reskrred or reLcreaied, by letters. patent (12 Charles 1.), by which Mary was made. Baroness of Stafford. Her husband also was made Baron, and subsequently Viscount, of Staffbrd. The only doubt which has been suggested as to the validity of Sir George Jerninghtim's claim to the Barony under thls,pa. - tent is, that it may possibly be affected by the attaindet. of 'hie ancestor, Sir William Hovinird, the Viscount Stafford pist mentioned, which attainder took place in the reign. of king Charles IL ; but Sir George's claim is founded solely on his being the great grandson and repret-etitative of . Mary, 13b sonesI of Saffordabbve4nentioned, the wife of the Iriseount, and wha after the death and attainder of her said husband was summon ed, as a Baronesi, to thp Coronation of King James 11. In re spect to the attainder, however, it may be proper to state the following circumstances: In December lOU, the House of Commons, in the then Par. liiuuent, impeached Sir Wilburn Howard Viscount Suiffind, The high treason, in conspiring the death of King Charles tilt; Second, And the subversion of the Government; amid in De• cember lop, the Viscount was tried before the Peers in Perlis ment ; and 54 of the Lords finding him guilty, and only 31 of them finding blot not guilty, lie was adjudged to death, and executed accordingly: About four years and a half after having so condemned Via.; count Stafford, the House of Lords becoming convinced of his entire innocence, and of the perjuries of the witnesses against him, passed a Bill, by which, after reciting its being then ma nifest that the said Viscount was innocent of the treason , laid to his charge, and that the testimony upon which he was convicted was false,—lt was enacted, That the said judgment and attainder should be reversed, and made void,- to all intents and purpose.-: The Bill of reversal was immediately sent by tit:, House se Lords to the then House of Commons, and was read twice in the latter House, and ordered to be committed ; but on the day subsequent to the one on which it was committed, news of the landing pf the Duke of Monmouth arrived in Londe). which caused an adjournment of the two Houses, by command of the King, and nothing further appears to have been done OA the Bill. Some time after the dissolution of the Parliament, in which the Lords so Jimmied the Bill of reversal, the Viscount Sta. ford's eldest son was created Earl of Stafford by letters patent, with limitations to the belt's-Male of her body, and with re» mainders over successively' to his brothers-in.tailanale ; anti the letters patent recited the innocence of the Viscount, and his having been convicted on the testimony of perjured witnesses, and made his widow Countess of Stafford, jin. her ly?, and gave to her daughters and younger sons by him, the same precedency as if their father had been an Earl, and remitted all forfeitures from die said attainder; and under the same letters patent the Earldom of Stafford continued, till thete.was a failure of issue male from the Viscount Sudford, by the death of John Stafford Howard, last Earl and Baron Stafford, without issue, in the year 1762, leaving his three nieces, the Ladies Mary, Ann, and Anastasia Stafford Howard, co-heiresses. Between these Ladies the Barony of Stafford descended in abeyance; and to the survivor of them, who died without issue id the year 11107 as before stated, Sir William 3 erningham Was heir. VESIALE Rennes:.—For the last ten daj►s SM.. ral Harts of the outskirts of town have been in-; tested by a powerful woman, who makes her appearance on the road after dark, and robs any lone female or infirm person with the greatest irn. punity. About a week ago she attacked an el derly man beyond Camberwell, on his way to town from Sydenham, and robbed him, of his watch, some silver, and a small bundle which he carried in his hand, with which she escaped acro. the fields. On Saturday night the same depreda tor robbed a female near Clapham Common of a shawl and about 15s. in money ; and last night she made her appearance near Stoke New ington, and plundeted a lad of a bundle of new clothes, with which he was returning 'to that place from town, and in about an hour after wards she succeeded in robbing an elderly man of all the money he had about him, and a gotd headed cane. It is supposed she is attended by an accomplice, who is near at hand to aid her escape, in the event of resistance or pursuit. The Police Officers are on the alert for this lady, and they will no doubt secure her in a few days. ROBBING ERRAND.CAIIM—The practice Ot.t stealing boxes and parcels from errand-carts in going out of or returning to town, has become very prevalent, but in no neighbourhood is it carried on to such an extent as at the east end of the town. On Tuesday, a box was stolen front the Romford errand cart, which contained property to a very considerable amount ; among the articles were the following :—An Indian crape scarf, a lace ditto, engine-turned gold watch, tine gold chain, &c. i two white morning dresses, a brooch, a pearl necklace, three white muslin skirts, three petticoats, three pair of silk stock ings, &c. They were the property of a lady in the Commercial-road. Information was given to Forster, of Lambeth-street Office, but although he found the box (empty) in George-yard, none of the property ln.s been found. Two men were stopped in Wentworth-street, with a box con taining a great quantity of bed-linen, and, from its appearance, there is little doubt but it was stolen from some errand-cart. No owner has, however, yet been found for this box and its contents. A young man, named Walter Clark, has just committed suicide upon the ramparts of Boulogne. The evening before he had been at the tavern of M. Dupuis, to whom he gave two Ivbiell p i ec e s of gold for two glasses of brandy , had called for. M. Dupuis not being able to induce this young Englishman to take back his two pieces of gold, repaired next morning to the Commissary of Police to give them up f an d ob served that the owner must be out of hisniind.— Three hours after the unfortunate Walter Clark confirmed the justice of this remar k , by putt in a an end to h i s fir e ,—(Jdurnalckt Debates)