The Sun. — London, England, 1823-09-03 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY' Extraet3 from the Morning l'apers, September 3 [MORNING POST.) The illoniteur and all the other Paris Journals of Sunday arrived by Express last night. The former contains a telegraphic dispatch from Bor deaux (which is only remarkable for the utter insignificance of the event which it records), and a n k eport from Marshal Oudinot, announcing that the troops of General Bourck - had entered Co. mum on the 21st ult. The garrison of that place is said to have still consisted of 4,000 men at the time of its surrender, and a great quantity of warlike stores and provisions to have fallen into the hands of the enemy. There is no other military intelligence in these Papers : neither indeed any of a political nature. [THE TIMES.} The official correspondences, which we now publish, relative to the blockade of Cadiz (See another Column of THE Sox), and its operation upon the interests of British commerce, deserves to,be considered with attention. The masters of English merchant ships which bad entered the harbour before any announcement of blockade, having reason to fear that their vessels, if at tempting to sail after, the 15th of July, would be there impounded by the Bourbon squadron, applied to the British Consul for instructions how to act. The Consul on the 14th of July wrote to the French Admiral to ascertain his intentions. Hamelin returned for answer, that be would let the ships sail, subject only to his visitation,: but requesting the Consul to prevent tht British Captains from taking on board any pas sengers whatever. This was the sole condition which on r countrymen were called upon to fu till. On the faith of the Frenchman's written, formal, and official promise, Capt. Win. Robert Airey, of the schooner Susan and Maria, of London, attempted to proceed net his voyage home, but at the har bour's mouth he was laid on board by two men, OgLwar's boats, well armed, and threatened with immediate capture if he did not return to his an chorage. The English tar complained, and the Consul joined him in protesting before a Notary against this gross abandonment of good faith, in being robbed of his liberty of navigation, after it had been solemnly guaranteed to him by the Cenurionder-in-Chief of the blockading Power : for it is to be remarked, that the prohibition to go to sea was`peremptory and unconditional, not a question being asked about passengers, and not even a pretence suggested that Captain Airey bad violated the previous conditions. The Con sul, on going to wait upon the Admiral, was told by him, that. "in consequence of instructions " from the Duke d'Angouleme, no vessel would " be allowed to 'nisi." Such is one instance of the innumerable vexations to which the trade of this country has been condemned by the feeble ness and low reputation of its Government. Time was when such nit indignity to the flag would have brought a speedy downfall to the insolence of those who had offered it. Hamelin was of course justified in'obeying his orders ; but had Lord Chatham been alive and in power, although the: French Admiral would not have been re proached, he would have been unquestionably sunk or captured by the first ship of equal force 'that could be employed, against him. It is not merely an unjust blockade, the corrupt offspring of an iniquitous. war, that we have now to tole rate, but the open disregard of the very principle by which the belligerent had, of his own accord, agreed to set bounds to his vexatious ! We, however, have already declared our selves in this journal against the legitimacy of the blockade itself no matter in what spirit, or with what seeming forbearance it might be enforced. To our simple view of public morals the original sin of this impious aggression vitiates every subsequent act of the aggressor, and de prives him of every right accruing to an ordinary belligerent. A deliberate crime against the law of nations—and such, if ever that crime existed, is the attack on Spain—cannot entitle its perpe trator to the known advantages of that law : a lawful blockade, and olio binding on foreign Powers, cannot grow out of an illegal and pira tical invasion.—“ Primurn ergo decimus, si belli 4 " causa injusta sit, iiduntos ease, interred in. miles status qui rode nascuntur."- Grotius de Jur. Bell. ac Pac. 1. 3. Let this Cabinet, therefore, look to their obligations, and if they will not espouse the Spanish cause ,for, its own sake, let them at least perform the obvious duty of protecting British interests, and British subjects, from what they, the Ministers, have recorded as an unprincipled and dangerous offence against the independence of nations. The excuse will not serve Mr. Canning or Lord Liver pool, that by another maxim of public law, every war must, to certain purposes, be regard ed- as a just war ;" for this is a contest on the parr of the House of Bourbon, which they have 'isked their own honour, and that of England, in pronouncing to be intrinsically barbarous and atrocious. Let the British Government, we again say, do its duty. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Mediterranean packet arrived yesterday, luiving heept ordered at. Gibraltar to touch a; Cadiz, and land her letters, and take on board those intended - for England. On making the harbour at Cadiz, she was tired at by the French cruizers, and haying fallen to leeward, cninpelled to come .to an anchor near the Admiral's .ship, to the flay of Rota, late in the evening. The wind blowing fresh, the French did not send a boat on, bnard the packet till the next morning, when they asked the Ca ptain l why he sought to enter a blockaded port? lie answered, that he was ordered toenter Cadiz . , and he was unaware of any block ade; be then gave in a protest against.the act altos- in not allowing him tility committed against him, to enter the harbOur, and came away with all his correspondence on board. Letters brought by ber.state., that on the 6th ult. a strong Levant - wind commenced, and blew three days, which enabled many vessels..to leave the harbour, and ninon them, it is reported, one from Itavannah, with a large sum of money on board, presented to the Government by the inhabitants of Cuba. No less than 48. Spanish gun-boats were plying about,. From Gibraltar, we have by this convey ance received a file of the Espectador to the el of July ; but in consequence of the delays and circuitous nature of the route, it is not so late as we could have wished. It nevertheless serves to fill up an interval from the 16th, corresponding to which date we published the official report of the gallant sortie made by the La Isla Army of Re serve. This file conveys to us also some idea of the spirit of the Cadiz people, as well'as of the kind of negociations the French had been preparing for the arrival of the Duke, and in anticipation of, that interesting compromise the French have so exultingly announced. The description of what occurred on the sending in a flag of truce with a Present of ice for the palate of the King, is cu rious. We also subjoin a correspondence between the Spanish Commander of the Reserve and Count Bourdesoult, respecting the exchange of two soldiers, an opportunity of which the latter availed himself to insult the former, by entering into a review of the conduct of . the French army in Spain. This gave rise to a very severe retort on the part of the Spanish General, reproaching the Count for his impertinence. From a va riety of concurring accounts, it appears that Cadiz is amply supplied with provisions. [NEW TI➢IES.] The Bank and - Stock Exchange were yester day closed, and consequently very little business done. Consols remained nominally at 82i 83 ; but we believe no private transactions of any extent took place in the British Funds. As little, or perhaps less, was done in any other Stock except Spanish and Colombian : The former was somewhat depressed in price, hav ing closed at 351 i ; the latter remained nearly as the day before ; it was done at 44, but closed at 4t3. It is scarcely worth while to notice Poyais Bonds ; they were nominally at 11, but we do not believe that a single real purchaser could be found at any price. No express arrived from Paris during the day ; it was therefore con cluded that nothing had transpired in that capital of sufficient importance to affect the Rentes. At a 'late hour last night we received the Etoile of Sunday evening. It gives intelligence from Port St. wary to the Vd of August. That day a Flag of Truce had arrived from Cadiz, and much intercourse had for some time before been going on ; but the particulars, of course, were not suffered to transpire ; and it is probable that what was related in The Times of Monday, as the terms offered by the Duke d'Angouleme, is mere fabrication. An immediately pacific result did not seem to be expected at Port St--Mary's ; on the contrary, the idea there prevalent was, that on the 25th of August, St. Louis's Day, a grand attack would be made, by gun boats and troops, on the Isle of Leon ; and, if that were successful, Cadiz would lie almost at the mercy of the besiegers, who might bombard it with destructive effect. Most probably the near approach of such a danger would cause the inhabitants to open their gates. The Aloniteur of Sunday contains the official account of the en trance of General Bourck into Corunna on the 21st ultimo. Accounts from Barcelona represent the SWiss Revolutionists ,us exercising a tyran nical sway there; but the sallies which the garri son has attempted have been uniformly unsuc cess fu I. (Ibid). [MORNINGHERALD.] Sunday's Paris Papers reached us last night by express. There is not in them the slightest no- Lice or indication of any pacific arrangement pending between the French and the Cortes. On the contrary, it would seem that an attack, with all their force, was about to be made on the Isle of Leon and on Cadiz by the enemy. The works were in train before the Isle with the utmost ex ertion. On the 21st the French were within pistol shot of the battery of Trocadero. The pos session of this post is reg arded by the besiegers as facilitating, almost d ecisively, the capture of the Isle of Leon. This, however, is a gross exaggeration of its value. 'When the Isle of Leon was besieged by the French in the for. mer war with double the number of troops, and an artillery which is very likely to have been much superior to the present, the post of Troca dero was possessed by the besiegers, and yet they failed against the Isle. The taking of the Tro ceder°, therefore, which is not impossible, as it will be the first point attacked, and no doubt with all the force and skill which the French can command, is not to be regarded as deciding or compromising the fate of this chief refuge of the Constitutionalists. Some surprise has been felt lat no attempt at negociation on a moderate basis was made after the pacific and semi liberal articles in some or the French Ministerial Journals. The rumours afloat at Paris on the sub ject are the following :—Upon the arrival, it is said, of the Duke of Angoulemo at the gate of St. Mary, his first step was to call a Council of War, to which he submitted the practicability of taking the Isle of Leon and Cadiz. The re sult of this deliberation was, that a simultaneous attack should be made by sea and land. It is a strong proof of the extraordinary strength and difficulty of the place, that this resolution was not formed alone from the confidence of the besiegers in their own strength. The calcula tion of the Members of the Council was, that the echo of the attack upon the Isle of Leon by land, and the discharges from the blockading squadron at the same time, would excite eon. sternation in Cadiz, and give the partisans of the Faith an opportunity of rising against the Constitutionalists. It seems almost certain that this attack will soon be made ; and it is easy to perceive how important must be the result.— From Barcelona, the accounts are to the 20th.—. The Governor, Rotten, is described by the French as exercising there the most harsh and ab solute authority, and as resolved to defend it to the last. The population is great, and consider ed eminently Constitutional. For strength and importance it stands next to Cadiz. Three sue. cessive sallies were made on the night of the 19th, with cries of " Live Liberty !" 44 Live the Con. stitution !" which, however, were, according to the French Ultra Papers, repulsed. At ten o'clock, on theeoth,, the besieged made demon strations on the glacis with a large force, and maintained for some time a constant fire from various kinds of artillery, but did not make a sally.—The French say, that under this heavy and continued fire, they lost but one man ! There is evidently some mystery in the affair of Ballasteros. His utter inaction, and that of the 4000 men who are said to adhere to him, displeases and probably disquiets the French.. Some doubts are even expressed of the ratification of the convention with him. Sars field, another renegade General, who made his submission, as it is termed, to Aloncey, was on his way to France, to enjoy retirement, like Abishal. Accounts from Algesiras state, that the " Green Island" (Isle Verte), which was was not taken in the first instance, had subse quently fallen into the hands of the French. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Courier, whose rank in politics is gone, and whose trade for some time has been slander and defamation, standing second , only to its re cent associate, the infamous John Bull, in that pursuit, has two paragraphs, completely sui gene ris, in its paper of last night; one taken and gar bled' from a respectable Morning Paper, and the other extracted from the Bucks Gazette: one is in-. tended as a foul and dastardly slander, and the other as a servile tribute of base and interested adulation ; and both, as affect the respective par ties, are equally undeserved. The first is headed A Snug Radical Party," and, from the politics of the Courier, we expected to read something of Mr. Hunt, or Wooler, or Carlile ; but, in place of it we find, that the respectable veteran, Major Cartwright, rntertained on Monday Mesdames Quiroga and Riego, M. Rieogo Canon, the General's father), and a great number of Spaniards well known for their liberal opinions; and that the day before, the same respectable gentleman gave a dinner also to General Romay and his wife and nephew. These acts of gene rous and enlightened hospitality, creditable to. an English Gentleman, and worthy of the character-of this Country, are sneered at by the Courier, while it deals its venal adula tion to the Duke of Buckingham, ht a suc ceeding paragraph, for an act only border ing on liberality, and with little pretensions to any thing `generous. We are not friends to the politics of Major Cartwright ; but we must respect his consistency and his character. He never can be mixed, up with others of the sect in politics to which he belongs : he stands in repu tation and in conduct far above them. In private life ha is truly estimable and respected ; iu ptiblic, however erroneous his politics may be, he has been, at any rate, unvarying and disinterested.- lie is attached, we believe, sincerely to the liberties of his own country, a nd is equally interested in th e . freedom of other nations. lie feels, as every honeit and enlightened man does, indignant at the atro cious attack on Spain, and testified his feelings by taking an early-opportunity of welcoming to the hospitality of his table Mesdames Quiroga and Itiego, the wives of those illustrious patriots, the founders of Spanish liberty, who fled from the dangers of successful tyranny to .the shelter Of our shores. These ladies are entertained at the table of an English gentleman, and the act of unpretending liberwlity is made the subject of a coarse and unmanly slander by the Courier. Well may we say, " Oh, shame ! where is thy blush ?" 'The Sunday coadjutor of the Courier is known to make the assassination of woman's character its . constant pursuit; but the poison is spit by a, wretch whom no woman would approach. Is the Courier ibout to take up the same trade, and to join capitals in infamy ? And what, may we ask, has his Grace of Buckingham done to deserve the' praises of the courier ;—the disinterested Duke, careless alike of titles and of wealth ; he Who . never oppressed an honest man in private, or bartered a just and honest cause in public; whose career as a Legislator and a Magistrate has been equally patriotic a11(1 creditable ! Let his bargain f or t h e d u cat coronet he now wears, and his con duct to Farmer Doller, speak to both, but the Courier praises him, " laudari u lauduto viro," therefore the Duke must. be every thing that is generous and just. His Grace of Buckingham, says the Bucks Gazelle, and it is echoed by the Courier,. directed his steward to take up a bill, foikwhich the unfortunate Faulkner (whose wife applied to him) was detained in jail : Generous Bevil !” " Let those now praise who never praised before, And those who always praised, now praise the more." But 44 praise undeserved is satire in disguise." We never remember a single step of the Duke or his' party, that was not marked by the most sordid and interested motives. The Gebnville faction are a bye-word for venality. At their head stands his Grace, who purchased his coronet by a compact with Ministers, and ,the transfer of his party to their side of both houses.—" So much for Buckingham !" The pavement in the streets .of London is, geoetally speaking, in a sad state. This is, in great measure, to be attributed to the ground being undermined by so many sewers, water, and gas -pipes, Szc.a t i t i n d to the almostincessant passing winch it will be eve ry day of heavily lad en carriages, the consequences of more difficult to i oh. viate. At th e en d or th e eleventh ce n t ur y, th e streets of London were not paved at all, and then only b ecarn , par ti a lly so, as trade and opu lence increased. H o lborn was not paved till the year 1417, w hi ob was by th e K ING ' S or d e r, i t being" so deep an d m iry that perils were thereby occasion e d to the King's carriages, as well as to those of his own subjects, passing that way." BUONAPARTI: had little love for physic. He used to say, " M an iy a machine constructed to live, and the functions of nature are more power ful than the science of men." A. short time ago the parish church of North Leith was broke into for the second time, and a considerable number of bibles and psalm books ghctionr carried off. Th e d e predators havo - as yet eluded oete , . , . —(ndi n b u "Conran* SURREY SESSIONS. ALLEGED ROBBERY AT VAUXHALL. Yesterday John Whartoit was indicted for stealing a twenty pound note from Mr. Clifford Elisha at Vauxhall Gardens. Mr. TUESSAGEit stated the case for the prosecution, which he said was carried on by the Proprietors of Vauxhall Gardens, where the Prisoner was occasionally employed as a waiter. Mr. Elisha stated that he went to Vauxhall gardens at about ten o'clock on the evening of Wednesday last, having at the time, in a pocket-book in his pocket, two 201. Bank -notes, a check for 3001., another for M., and a Cambridge note for 5/. Witness was not exactly sober when he went to the gardens, and he drank some punch there. He asked the witness, who waited upon him, to chew him the water-closet. Upon his coming out, the prisoner handed him his pocket.book, which he (witness) bad not before missed, but then supposed he had dropped. Upon examining his pocket-book he missed a twenty-pound note. . Robert Hall, Chief Constable of Union Hall, stated that he saw Mr. Elisha receive a pocket-book from the prisoner. A Gentleman (Mr. Oraffam) came for Ward, and said, Mr. Elisha was a neighbour, and he would take care o f t h e notes , an d h e accordingly took them. The prisoner at once snatched them from his hands, said that the prosecutor was an old master of his, and nobody but he (the prisoner) should handle the notes. The prisoner then folded. up the notes, and put them in Mr. Elisha's pocket-book. Witness went to inform Air: Hughes, and on his return the prisoner said all was right, the Gen tleman had got all his . money back, had got 250/. Mr. Hughes took out of the prisoner's hand a written paper, which he held concealed. The prisoner made resistance; and Wit ness struck him. Mr. Elisha desired him not to ill-use the man, and that the prisoner had not robbed him. The prisoner put his hand to his mouth, and made a great effort to swallow ; after which he said " it's gone." Witness forced open the mouth with his staff, but there was nothing in it. The prisoner kept rubbing his feet on the ground, which was wet, all the time they were near him. The prisoner was then taken to the watch-house, where Mr. Elisha examined his pocket-book and said he had lost a 201. note, and who would have thought this man was such a rogue.• Mr. Hughes stated that he was manager of Vauithall Gar dens, and on the night in question he took the paper produced from the prisoner's hand, and on the following Friday he found the 20). note, produced in the part of the Gardens where the prisoner had been standing. Mr: Grafram confirmed this account, and added, that the prisoner told him he and Mr. Elisha would be in box No. 36. When the prisoner returned the pocket-book to Mr. Elisha he said to witness, " Now, Sir, you are witness this Gentleman has all his money. :rhe principal waiter at the Gardens, proved that the pri soner was not a waiter in the Gardens on the night in question, but was there waiting to be employed. Mr. Elisha proved that the 20/. note was his. It was much torn. The prisoner made a long speech in his defence, in which he asserted his innocence, and called three waiters of the Gardens to prove that Mr. Elisha invited him to drink in his box, and had his notes on the table, which witness several times recom mended him to put up. The Jury, after deliberating two hours, returned, a verdict— Not Guilty. CURIOUS POINT. Two boys, named Nall iinCllo - iiiiant;, were put to the bar, charged wit?) stealing a'saw, value tire shillings. The prose cutor was not present, and although called upon his recogniz ances, still did not make his appearance. The Chairman, therefore, directed the Jury, in the absence of evidence, to ac quit the prisoners, which they accordingly did. Just. as the verdict was delivered, the prosecutor entered the Court, and stated, that not expecting the trial to come on at that moment, he had left the Couit for a short time, for which he was sorry, and was ready to proceed against the prisoners. The Clerk of the Court informed the Chairman that the ver dict of acquittal with respect to Hall was recorded, but that he had not had time to record the acquittal of Williams, before the presecutor appeared. The CHAIRMAN expressed an opinion, that as the verdict of acquittal was not recorded as to Williams, that prisoner could be now put on his trial; but as the question, as tar as he knew, had never before arisen, lie wished to have the opinion of Counsel on subject, and for that purpose he addressed himself to the senior Counsel (Mr. Cowley). Cowir.Ey said, that he entertained no doubt that Wil- Hams might be put on his trial, notwithstanding the verdict of acquittal, as it had not been recorded. The (Inman/ix, howeVer, after consulting' with his brother Magistrates, observed, that although he agreed with Mr. Cow ley in thinking that the Court had the power to try the pri soner, he thought it inexpedient that it should do so, on ac count of the awkward situation in which tho jury would be placed if the evidence should incline them to return a verdict the opposite of that which they had previously given. Hall and 'Williams were then removed from the bar, and the verdict of acquittal, as we understood, was r ec o r d e d with respect to the latter. Geor s ge Wilkins, a boy aged 13, was convicted of stealing three fowls, the property of fieorge Reed, of Diamond-row, Peckham, on the night of the 28th of July last. The prisoner admitted that he stole the fowls, but said that the door of the fowl-house was not locked. The Court sentenced him to be imprisoned in the Brixton House of Correction for three months; and to be kept to hard labour, and to be once publicly whipped. POLECE INTELLIGENCE. BATHING IN THE CANAL IN ST. JAMES'S PARK. QUEEN-.SQUARE.—CoIoneI Thornton, Deputy Ranger of St. James's Park, called at this office yesterday to consult the Magistrates on the following subject very p . erniCiOus prac tice has lopg prevailed of bathing in the canal in St. James's Park. It was so public and so offensive even to those who were not over fastidious, that every exertion had been made to sup- . press it, but hitherto they had proved unsuccessful. Notices were recently placed there, warning all persons on pain of punishment to abstain from such bathing, yet, in defiance of these notices, the nuisance still remained in all its original ac tivity. Under these circumstances, he ventured to solicit the advice and assistance of the Magistrates. Mr. ItairrsFoun said, " The evil of which you complain, Sir, is one in the suppression of which I am most willing to co . - , operate with you ; and I can assure-you that every person con victed before us of such an indecent exposure as the bathing in so public a situation necessarily implies, shall be punished as far as we have power to punish turn. Our officers, too, will give every possible assistance to your servants for the sup pression of this disgraceful practice.' CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. OuILAHAI.L.--Yesterday, Mr. Martin charged an ass-driver with cruel treatment to his animal. The accused declared he had ever treated his ass with the greatest attention to his food and comfort, and had beat him only because he was apt to take fright at stage coaches. Ile expressed his sorrow for hiving, in any instance, beat so favourite an animal • in consequence of which, he was fined only in the mitigated penalty of Ws.; one half of which Mr. Martin paid. • 'FIRE IN SPITAL-SQUARE. P-ST nE ET.— Yesterday Sarah lifelshji,rd was brought up for re-examination before ROBERT IIEvILL and JOHN MILWARD, Esqrs. on a charge of wilfully setting fire to the house of Mr. Addington in Spital-square. This case raised much interest in the public mind, and particularly in the neighbourhood where the fire took place. The Office was crowded with most respectable individuals anxious to know the I result. Mr. llarmer appeared as Solicitor for the prpsecuton, and Mr. Price and Mr. Child as Solicitors for the prisoner. Mr. Addington, who, on the news reaching him in the coun try, had hastened to London, appeared at the Office. He con. fitmed the testimony of Mr. Lewis and Mr. Berry, as to the directions he had given before leaving town of, the course to be pursued in case of ilre. On his return he found that no property was gone. In addition it was stated by Mr. Berry, that a piece of iron made for a pulley on the top of a door, but which might be used as a crow, was found by hint in the surgery on the morn ing of the fire, behind the door. Mr. Addington knew this piece of iron, and the last time he saw it was m a box in the .prisoner's room amongst some old iron. It was also in evidence by Mr. Harmer and Air. Robert lianbury, that they went into Air. Addington's back kit c h en tm M onday, the day after the fire, and underneath a tub, partly consumed, they found amonet the embers the burnt articles produced, consisting of a habit. shirt, and some ribbon tied up, and other things ; and it was ' proved by Jane Burton, a servant, who left Mr. Addington's at the time her master and mistress left town, that the habit. shirt and the ribbon were the p r i soner ' s, who never k e p t th em in the kitchen, It appear e d a l so t h at on the morning of tile' fire the prisoner went into Mr. Chubb's house next door, and there a conversation took place between her and Catherine Ann Goring, the servant, to whom she had said she left the kitchen fire and candles safe, and she was afraid it was the gas. The witness observed also that her hair was in curl, out of paper. Jane Burton further stat e d, that previous to Mr. Addington leaving town, the prisoner said she did not feel comfortable Omit going, for site was afraid the b a y s would not be careful about their candles, and that the house would take fire. This witness, however, admitted that two or three days before the fire happened, the prisone r did say to h er t h a t sh e hattsinva or scorched her dap the last ironing day, and the servant boy Beard her kay so at the same. Mr. BEvit,t. was of opinion that there were so many circum stances of suspicion against the prisoner as to leave no doubt of the duty he had to perform, and accordingly he committed her for trial. Bow.sTREET.--Yesterday an old man of decent appearance who gave his name as Thomas Pastes, was brought up from the watch-house, and underwent an examination on the.following charge. A short time ago he kept a shop' in thilywelLatreet; Strand, in the watch-makin g lin e , an d h a d got into his posae#.• sion about 80 watches, belonging to different persons who had intrusted them with him for the purpose of repairing them; they however could never get them returned, and a suspicion was entertained that he intended to defraud them of their property ;' and this idea was confirmed by the shop being shut up all day, and he never being at home, one or two persons de termined on watching him, and on Tuesday evening they traced him to a public-house in the neighbourhood, where they fou nd him smoking his pipe at his ease. They demanded restitu tion, of their property; but he said it was impossible, as a dist!ess had been put into his house, and every thing on the premises was seized. They were not satisfied with this account, and put him in the watch-house; and, on the following morning, several of them had their watches returned to them, and refused to appear against him. Two persons, who were not so fortu nate, attended before the Magistrate, and demanded of hin:ia return of their watches. He reluctantly produced from h is , pocket nine watches, two of which were directly identified by the persons who appeared against him, and the remaining ones were ordered to be detained in the office, for the purpose of storing them to the right owners ; and, after a suitable repri. mand, he was discharged. CONJUROR AND NO CONJUROR.--A woman ' whose husband has attended Henley and the neighbouring markets with spectacles, &c. and who conjointly took up their abode at a lodging house at Henley, about six or eight weeks since, so far ingratiated herself into the good graces of Mrs. Ridgway, wife of Mr. Joseph Ridgway, mercer, of that place, as to obtain, on Wednesday afternoon last, an in troduction to an up-stairs room, for the purpose of practis ing the sibylline art. Nothing could be done, however, until the following articles were provided : —Twenty-five one-pound notes, 25 hairs from Mr. Ridgway's head, 25 pins, 25 needles, and 25 cards ! two mould candles were also to hi lighted and placed on the table: These mystifying preli minaries were at length completed, and Mrs. Ridgway was directed to pay particular attention to what she (the enchan tress) said. The order was immediately, " back towards , me." This position, very unfavourable for inspection, ex cited something of fear in Mrs. Ridgway's mind fer the safety of her notes, and turning her head, she thought some ope ration touching the said notes was going forward, and instantly left the room to fetch Mr. Ridgway. On his appearing and asking for the money, the woman said, his wife had vexed her, and she had put it in the fire, They immediately searched her, but no notes could be found, nor has she yet given any other account. It is supposed by some, that her husband was waiting outside, and while Mrs. Ridgway was out of the room, she threw the notes (which were made into a little roll) to him. They were both taken before a Magistrate but we have not heard the result of the examination. RATS.—The highlands of Perthshire have lately been overrun by rats. The lowlands used to be the favourite residence of this enterprising species of vermin ; but within the last two or three years they pushed their settlements into the districts of Strathsay, Appin of Dull, Fortin gall, and Breadalbane, most amazingly. During the present season, they have been known to de. , your whole litters of pigs and broods of poultry ; and mothers begin to apprehend danger from them to their helpless infants.—(Dundee Adver tiser.) COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Soptumber 2. .. itnstetdant Ditto, at Sight l2 8 ' Rotterdam l2 11 Antwerp Hamburgh 3B 2 2f Us Altona Paris,3 Day's sight 23 85 ocs ___ • . _ ... 26 5 it Us. Ditto Bout deanx, ditto Frankfort on the Nl.titi Madrid ' atif F.ffective Cadiz Million Barcelona - 35. Seville Gibraltar Leghorn. Gevott ••• 'A-Venice, Ital. Liv. 28 . 10 Malta 45 --Naples 391 • Palermo Lisbon s. Oporto RioJetteiro Doblitt .... 91 ........ Cork 9! pet Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.0 0 a per Oz. Foreign Gold, in. Bars.... . :i 17 e New Doubloons New Dollars . 0 4 84 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 I I BIRTHS. On Friday last, at Billineamr, Berks. the Lady Jane • Ne rifle, of a son. On Thursday, the nth ult., Mrs. Eihnund Belfour, of Lin coin's Inn-fields, of a son. On Friday, the 211th ult., at Whatcroft-hall, Cheshire, the Lady of David Francis ones, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. On Monday, the Ist inst., at Walthamstow, Mrs. Allist" of a daughter (still-born.) On Monday, at Commercial-road, Lambeth, Mrs. Thomas Lett, of a daughter. lIIARit TED. On Tumulay, the 2d inst., at Marylebone New Church, by the Very Reverend the Dean of Rochester, Charles 11. .C. Plowden, Esq., son of R. C. Plowden, Esq., of Devonshire place, to Elizab e th, on ly daughter of general John Cuppage„ Of York-street, Portman-square. On Tuesday, the 26th ult., by license, at Northwood church, Isle of Wight, Captain W. A. Montague R.N. and 'C.B, to Anne, third daughter of Sir George Wm. Leeds, Bart., of Croxton-park, in the county of Cambridge. On the Ist Inst. at Lambeth chtfrch, Henry Sparks Bowden, daq. of Bradnin c h, Devonshire, to Eliza Packman Sharpe, aughter of the late Samuel Sharpe, Esq. of Clapham-commons. On Saturday, the 30th ult., at .Aldgate church, Mr. Thorns. James Dent, of John -street, America-square, solicitor, tr! Miss Mary Elizabeth Brigg, of East Grinstead, Sussex. On Sunday, at St. Paul's, Covent-garden, Mr. Roberts, of Tavistock-street, to Louisa, eldest daughter of Mr. John Her non, of King -street, Covent-garden. On the 2d inst. at St. Pancras New Church, Mr. John Sim mons, of Tonbridge-street, New-road, to Mrs. Elizabeth Peary son, of Union -street, Clarendoni.stprare. On the 26th ult. at St. 31ary's, Dover, Mr. Henry Matthew,. , of Upp er Thiunes-street, to Ann, youngest daughter of the late 31r. Jeffrey Morphew, of Dover. On the 23d ult. at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Ralph Park Phi. !ipso!), E. Solicitor of that Town, to Jane, second daughter of Mrs. Hilton of Jesmond, Northumberland. Lately, at Wallsend, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, John Potts,. Esq. of the Northumberland Militia, to S'arah Ann, daughter of Edward Ilenders9n, Esq. of Newton by the Sea,' Northum berland. , . DIED. On the 31st of August, at 'Wellingborough, in the County of. Northampton, Dowager Lady Isham, in her 80th: egr• On Friday , the 29th ult„ at Pooley, near Venri.th, ombpr— land, Christopher Wilson, Es q., *of Fenchurch-stree t, sailing on Thursday evening with a party of ladies, . while " water Lake, in the act of drawip,, ,, the charge from barrels of his un, with which he had been shooting'ithe tents of the ot t er barrel were lodged in his left side. 0 0 r eac ing the shore; and being taken to the inn, medical assistioca was procured, but a few hours terminated his existence. On the 24th ult., at Marte Emily, the youngeat 'daugh,tYr. of Charles Clarke, Esq. of U p p er Woburn-place; Tavistocit square. At Dover, on Sunday evening last, at an advanced lye, 4 1 ,;- Henry_ Thomas. 'His death was occasioned by a fall Oh ' e day preceding over' the quay, on board a small vessel in _ t he harbour, a distance of nearly 16 feet (it being at the time low water) by which he was so severely injured,ls to leave ritiluTeo one of the of thin h g is tr reco ied ve th ry nt . p A rn ith fes o s u i g nn h a n i tet h i n i n eal w ia nd id ge wa n s n a 4 t aintyti:ceaverY n 0 suggest, he lingered until Sunday night, and then expired. Printed and Published for the PRbralY,Toll3, at thr OrFlet. 112; Strand, by J.' 11.• C.s Ares.