The Sun. — London, England, 1823-09-05 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY - Extraik from the , Marning Papers, September 5. [MORNING, CURONICLI.] It is curious to see how strength* resemblance isin malty respects between the situation of Spain at. thee present moment and that of England at .the ,time of the Reformation. In Spain it is well, known that the wealthy and educated are almost to.a tannin favour of the Constitution,(with the exception of the Grandees ,about the Court) ; but that the very lowest of the people, ma n y if:whom were dependent O n the charity of the F,rifilits, have been influenced by them to become the enemies of freedom. The greatest blunder committed by the Cortes was the intltrlgence 'she wn by them towards the P`riesti, and the not parcelling out a consi derable portion of the Church lands among the people as a compensation for the soup and other food received • by them from 'the . convents, &c:—• The miSfortune of the ceites, however, was that instead of doing what was requisite, they too often did what they thought would be acceptable to the English Government, allowing themselves to be deluded by the idea that the Government in question would be able to protect there against foreign aggression.—King Henry was less scru pulous than the Cortes in the means be resorted to for getting the better of his enemies. lie had, however, a severe struggle with them, and at one time the chances appeared almost against him.— Ttie priests were not more willing to quit their estates than the Monks of Spain now are, and -they 'were equally successful with the latter in intlueoCing the lower orders. ",.Tile bc*iolig that were . published of the disorders in these houses (says Bishop Burnet) had no great. effect - on the people : for it was said, there was no rQa son to destroy whole houses for the sake of some Persons, who ought to have been driven out of them and punished.-- But to remove this general discontent, Cromwell advisedt the. King to sell these lands "at very easy rates to the Nobility and Geutryiand to oblige them to keep up the wonted hospitality. This would both be grateful to them and would engage them to assist the Crown in the maintenance of the changes that had been made,.since their own interests would be interwoven with the rights of s the Crown, and the commoner sort, wheselrudges Tay Chiefly in their stomachs, for the want of , the good dinners they used to.fihd, would, be easily pacified if these were still kept up." What an impediment Ole Roman Catholic Religion every where interposes in the way of Reform in the de moralization of the lower orders . . LMORItING POST. j The French Papers which -reached us las 'night by express only serve to disaPpoirit the expectations which their arrival had excited. — At a moment like 'the present, when . lt has been publicly announced that the greatest operation "`gf the whole war was to be undertaken, and when sufficient time has elapsed for the result -. or that operation to be known, it is natural to look for some intelligence on . the subject. — 'The most . complete silence, however, is oh served by the Ultra and Ministerial Journah, * . hlist those of the Opposition, barren of . news ihenisolves, are filled with expressions, of `-asto. niihinent at the sudden - incommunicativeness of .their more favoured coternporaries. This sijence would be provoking, if it were not of good, omen tothe cause which it. was the boast of the French Government would be entirely crushed and anni hilated by the tremendous blow which was pre- Bad any thing occurred on which to found *even a 'pretension to success ? 'the Royal • French Preis would have strained Ifk hu ndred , voices to ,proclaim it. But if the ,rumours which continue to circulate through ; private channels be correct, it is dumb, not because it has nothing ..to say, but because what it has to communicate is of a nature which it is vainly •'"Woped . to keep secret. As this is impossib le for any length of Aline, Many days cannot pass without our becoming acquainted with ,the real state of the case ;'• for whether the French sue. needed in the intended storm, or experienced a signal de r,at, the event will certainly have been deemd of sufficient importance by our Ambassa , dor' to justify hint in -wilding ,art account of it •by a special rne l senger, whose, arrival cannot now lie 'for distant, The Journal des Dbuts contains intel ligence from Madrid to the (28tit ult., but it only - relates to the 'manner in ,which ,the Festival of St, Louis was celebrated in that capital, and the description of ,bullfights, reviews, dinners and concerts, 'supersedes the storminis, slaughters apd' Military bc•astings, with which it was ex ' peeled that the communications from that quarter would have been filled. [THE TIMES. A number of . our fellow.subjectl,oti their turn rrpm abroad, complain of a grievance which tts : become quite intolerable—we mean the per , sepal search to which they are exposed from the subaltern cancers of the Customs. Au English. man's person is inviolable : so says the Jaw. lie can neither he searched nor touched, unless on a charge of felony , substantiated on the oath of a informer, .and backed by the warrant of a'' Magistrate. Such exemption, indeed, is a part,and a necessary part, of 44 personal' liberty," being in itself the tuw,t sacred right enjoyed by us under the Constitution : but how , little the yright is respected, every packet arriving from .the Continent furnishes abundant proofs. We have b e f o re us the letter of, a Clergyman and "County Magistrate, giving details of an outrage to which he was very recently stibjected, and deserving, as it appears to us, ciThsiderable untice. This Gentleman arrived from Calais at' the Custom -house wharf of London, in the Liverpool steam packet. A Custom-house officer stationed himself on the gangway, for the *vowed purpose of searching every passenger who should be ready to leave the vessel: A pubmitted, and had some foreign, gentleman letters taken from him. .Our correspondent re 'mated th‘• search, stood upon his rights as a Uritishlsubject,4threitened the myrmidon' of the Customs with lego process, and compelled him to give over the unlawful and odious attempt. — It appears, however, that the officer produced a . printed instruction from authority, as a sanction of his proceedings ; and it would be unquestionably desirable to ascertain what Board it was, or, what individual, that could so have construed the laws and constitution of this country. The gentleman ' states next, that he addressed a letter to the Com missioners, remonstrating against the practice, and calling upon them to prohibit it ; but that they deigned no answer to his complaint.--Now it is more than possible that a few yards of lace, or other petty contrabands, may be sometimes con cealed in the dress of a passenger bound home wards from a continental port. A prohibited ar ticle may thus be occasionally introduced to a competition with the home manufacture, or to the partial loss of .e revenue, an oppressive duty may be evaded. After making this acknow ledgment, we assert that it is incomparably less injurious to suffer one or both of the above evils, than to break bown a barrier of personal liberty, coeval with the constitution itself—to subject the dignity of Englishmen, and the shrinking deli cacy of their wives and daughters, to the familiar hand of ruffians often lifted from the dregs of so ciety, and to make the application of the law nu :- der which we live depend on the caprice of its lowest ministers, on 'the degree In which their insolence may be soothed, or their rapacious ap petite contented, . _ [BRI ISIIPRESS.] Up to a late hour last eight no intelligence more recent than what Tuesday's French Papers contain had reached us, and any thing important in those Papers we had inticipated in sue columns yesterday. No ' accounts hid :reached town of the result of the meditated attack on the Isle. of Leen:and Cadiz. The deepest anxiety universally exists on the subject. Any thing knewu on that head we shall have immediate intelligence of by private express, and ,give, if necessary, in a se cond edition. The French, we do believe, had attacked, as asserted, the fort of Matagorda, before whieh they had pushed their approaches within pistel-shot. Reports were prevalent yes terday, that they had been repulsed both in the attack on the Trocadere and an, attempt to land on the Isle of Leon, with great loss. Cadiz un questionably is not as efficientlydefended now, as in the' former sett!. : our fleet then, held the sea with numerous gun-boats, and prevented annoy ance or bombardment from that side, and provi sions in consequence abounded in the city. More than' 20 1 000 regular Spanish and Portuguese troops then• also held. .the . place, and - defended the, authority of the Cortes. The French are xtow unfortunately in superior force outsidelhe Bay of Cadiz,. and it is blockaded on both- sidesby their army and fleet. Accounts from Bayonne to the 23d, represent Madrid, with the exception of some: passing acts of vengeance against the Con.. sti,tationalists, as tolerably tranquil. Ballasteros and his army still remain in .the positions assigned , them by Molitor.' The Regency were increasing their Worts to form e. royal army, but they had no funds whatever to meet the expences. In Arragon and Navarre the French troops were in securely scattered thrpughthe Ilifferent towns. — The Immense preparations , for the siege of Pain peluna were. said ,to be completed • and it was asserted, that , on the festal-day 'of old Limis, the French "would firi‘ritit;their heavy artißery on the place. The- corps of the Spanish Colonel A.mor and 'of Lopez Banos, were said An be .in .strength and ,-Estremadura,. and . car rying alarm through that province... heavy firing was heard on the 21st,. in the direction of St. Sebastian, supposed to-proceed from,a.new silly of the ' Accounts from Perpignan to the 23d, state that 'the troops which set out a few days before for Montlouis and Arles, to prevent ,a 'violation of the French territoryovere again re turning. , T he h e Constantionalists, itls asserted, had retired from Began and the neighbouringpositions occupied by hint : ;they had moved, it was sup posed, on.Lerida. Tromelin and,d'Eroles 'till af fected to watch their movements. Old• Moncey hiaself, with a column,also aided in the chase. It is imagined that the large convoy of cattle which Wil iam had with him was intended for the supply of Figueras. Reports were circulated at Perpigean, on the 23d, that Figueras had surrendered, whieh were, considered utterly destitute of likelihood or authotity. Public attention is now, however, exclusively directed to Cadiz. It is said, 'that on tho French Ministry beincapprised that An gouleme's propositions were rejected, instructions were transmitted to him to attack the place- with , all his force, a toute hazard. If he has been re. pulsed, the game with hint is completely up; he must retreat immediately. [NEW TIMES.] Consols scarcely varied an eighth in the course of yesterday : they opened and closed at 82-1 ;. nor, was there much dpne either in the British or. Foreign Funds. Colombian Bonds, however, unaccountably 'rose to 514. The most remark able transaction, hewever, is the attempt to im pose new Spanish Bonds on the too credulous English capitalists. It is now just two months since we heard from Madrid that this scheme was in agitation ; and indeed we alluded to it soon afterwards. Matters were not then ripe for the execution of the plot; butlis it was at that time described to us, it was as,swindling a transaction as we ever -heard or read or. That these new Bonds will ever be recogni,sed' by,.the Spanish Government we think there is not, the slightest. chance. Directions, we know, were ;given by, the parties interested at Madrid to watch the market ,here, and -as soon as the Spanish Bonds in general touched a certain point, then to throw these new securities suddenly one the market.' We have, however, done our duty in sounding the alarrn : if people will be duped and plundered, they must be so. ' According to the Male, the Rentes, at three o'clock on Tuesday, were at 92.65. Accounts had been received from Madrid to the 28th ult.. and from Port St. Mary to the 24th. The attack on Cadiz r it vvasnow undersiood,would not take place till the 28th. Meanwhile,•the naval forces which are destined to acCagainst Cadiz augment daily ; more especially the lightvessels,which,drawin gbut little water, can approach nearest to the walls, and consequently can cannonade and bombard the city most effectually. It is calculated that more than a thousand pieces of cannon and mortars will be ready to play.upon Cadiz at once. This makes a great distinction between the present siege of Cadiz and the former one. In 1812 the French could not approach within cannon shot, nor even throw a shell into the city, because the English squadron occupied the sea; whereas now the chief attack will be by lbe tirefich shipping and gun boats'. Riego wasp rudently withdrawn fiom Cadiz, II as Quiroga did from : Corunna, under pretence of raising troops elsewhere. The house. is near its -fall when the rats begin to run from it. General Zarco del Valle, who some months ago ,was one of the Revolutionary Commanders in Chief, and named. as Minister of War, made his submission to the Regency on the 20th ult. at Grenada.-- (Mid). We rejoice to learn, that there is, every pro spect of a 'plenteous harvest, and of cheap provi sions throughout the year. Wheat and Flour have.,both fallen.: .considerable supplies, -are brought to market; :but the pt rchasers bold off, being well assured .that.,there ( must, be a marked reductionl, so that the kricep hitherto quoted may be regardea - as inerely nominal. The Moniteur Of Tuesday contains the French prices of Corn, which Are periodically published pursuant to the provisions,of Maw, on _that subject. The system on which the French table of prices is framed is rather compleX. We have not time at present to enter upon its explanation ; but This we will- do at, a future opportouity.- (Ibid.) . . • mOnNIN9 - .We -yester d ay received • the follo wing latter tom our Madrid Corrospotident • • - .. • M sp nr n; A ga. e yet remelt withouts.nyintelligence to be relied on, of the exact nature of the transactions going on at Cadiz. The Duke..ti'Angoulertie neither, consults. with, nor communicates to the Regency any of hiatneatu.geSt and appears as indifferent to that body. as iEit.did - tart-exist,, so that the Ors. vernment isabout- as. ignorant,of the most- important eircunr. -stances as. those Ilia have rio , SCee3SctO to the 'Palace , 2 4E144 confirmation - of thus nssertion,the Ministat of State •Is lulown,to have declared, sone days'after ttut = news , wita:..given Ant of , the King . being at liberty, ..that, he. htut , perscins at., Port St.. Mary's employed to . obtain. , - and . -- sen&.lim pews, and:. le had , not then reeeived:a vold . of :'political information', and nothing further "than -that the: although 'at that , time, the. propositions : for.; =grog:way* pints have „ -been determined upon in Cadiz. :CcuCinfonkation,. theretOre, comes-from • the French . officers, who . repiiii.:44N4ouch as. the Duke de Re. - TiO pleaseir to ,commideafe4acceorditig to this channel, we:learn. that 104011119g..-V`4o: , hided on ,the 17th inst., 'the treaties, being sigriedhil.,(QPoerAtieS;,,fthe.Cortes • r. and two of the Ministers frein A 740 I:;.: iw e radr iul D f An ake go d u e - i i letrie and his Generals... p ! , : tli e. Dsy Si. Louis, , it was to be Publicly made know i) Rq6.4gY.Adppn. Victor Damain.' Infantado,.President of the 'Sae? , 'Minister or State, 'ser off-pes4-,rUtylthe,night of the 'loth, .for'Pori St: Mary'o; fo r the prirpost ataitl sl44.cd.in the cir cular sent to the Ainhassidor; of be present le-felicitate the King on'the part or the Regency, when his litafesky maybe at liberty. It is whispered 'Oat- anotlier of. their otneeis 'Arai, to procure better terms for the Clergy, who, by the basts.o the arratigements which - we ' , have? seen..'iierai• are. excluded from' voting at elections Mr Deptittesi--telieing - .electedi but, if it be true that the dif&raneeg aietetrairrated, these-gentlemen will have the'farther . raortitlitati coins both the Objects of• their mission. The French . have _been'. disgusted at the de.. ceptiens,.they have witnessed* Their .a . epeetations have been disappointed, and the proniiies nisdelo•them unaccomplished. .L.The Constitution was the.onerband, as the . King's absolution hod - teen on . tlidsodivi4 but the former held . out the hopes.—nay, the certainty , Of ;amelioration ; and , this heti been the cause of the abs ence - of SO matfyfamilies• wherever. the French entered, or-of keeping. invisible.' In Madrid, the..ofticers have had, and haye Tinto solitary life of it. The , rejoichiga have, been mostly tionfined,, ,- to the lower orders.—..: They have had to fight an . battlestand. ;to bear, every expence, for where the'Fr.ench not;the 'Constitutionalists show them. eclvcs, and the RO y, aliStii . have neither strength . nor energy to cOpe_with them, as no*.the ease inEstremadura.. : Added to these circumatancei, the miagoverprnent, the: vengeance, anti monkish implacability of the . Regency and Ministers, make the idea of tranquillity under such a rule.quite absurd. The • French 'Goireinment; therefore, seeing their. army likely to be entangled in difficulties of all kinds, should the war .be. pro tracted much longer, hive, to. get out with , a tolerable: good grace, .very . wisely offered concessions (if the copy I sent you be correet), :Which , have. as wisely . been accepted by the Constitutionalists t both sides lowering their pre tentions. A Freirdi - Offieer has said, we entered Servilis, „and we return Liberals. suppose they find the latter better L feirote l l. About one-half of the Frgrich'anny will remain, it is said, until the Uovernmeht shall "be perfectly' consolidated.'- ' There is no account to he -relied upon of the surrender of Co.: runna, nor of the further movements of Morillo after entering • Vigo. I n Vittoriannd,in Saragossa there have been some dbl . tur-bances on account of the: release of the Constitutionalists, but they have been Veiled -again. The French are determined to carry this meas ure through. None of the fortified places have yet surrendered on the recommendation . Ballasteros.. I am sorry there is such a dearth of information in Madrid. In the Palace. they' ae dumb ; the. Friars and Absolutists have - kert a good deal from public observation. The Liberals are afraid, and will not express. themselves. The letters, if any on politics, are confided to a very few indeed, but from interrup... tions and interceptions, most writers have had the prudence to confine themselves to their particular businest, lest they or the receivers should find their }lonics in a gaol. A friendof mine, a Madrid militiaman, who went to Seville on . private affairs, was immediately arrested on his return here, in consetwence,of a letter directed for him at Seville detained at this post-ofliee;•. not a word of ,political matter , was contained therein. Before , leaving Madrid he had retired from the militia, and was only released by the Duke d'Angoulime's order. . - A few minutes after twelve o'clock on Mon. day night (or rather on Tuesday morning) a beautiful meteor passed over the southern part of . , the metropolis. itr direction was from east to . . . , west,'. with a slow mo tio n, remaining visible for . . about three . Seconds and could be traced by a ~ , . . flaming tail resembling that of a comet, but emit tin;; • innumerable sparks. In less ' than a mi. . .. . • note afterwards another meteor arose in that , • • - •• • , part, of the heavens in which the first had •, • • disap peared, hut infinitely.less brilliant, and was visi.; readers:-" Wet or 'little than a second. • more . -- , The foll o win g irhe taken asit specimen of ra, . - last the wonderful stories with which American Editors regale their fell from ' Amherst, tNew Ilarnpshire,) • August 4.—A Young. girl, of about fourteen' .years of ago, was assisting Or 8 feet, on to a stake of the week in the taking awaY of grain in the sheaf upon a scaf fold on the greit b e ams of the barn, when • she accidentally cart which had just been Unloaded. The stake entered her bodY, and eame out on the left side, near the breast,so that she was com pletely transfixed upon it. The stake was so attached to others by the scaifold;u descent of 7 the rove of the cart as that it could not be removed until the others were broken oft, when it was forced from its place in the cart, and the in carried out of the barn before it could be ex tricated from tier; during all, which time - the girl held on by the tip of the Stake; which had passed through her side suffi cient for her to take hold of with both hands, six or seven inches "least. A more distres,iing situation cannot easilY be imagin ed. The length of stake which passed through her body mea..' sued full 27 i nc h es ; a nd in circumference was five - inches at the largest, and at..least three inches in 'the • firmillest part. of it, ' . And what is equally remarlcable , e the girl is doing very well,. and likely soon to recover ; • anti . ipparently undergone less stiffering than could postibly be conceived of in such a ca5e.”...4 (Cabinet. ) . . POLICE INTELLIGENCE• FLY VANS. MANSIow-Housz. — A question of sonic interest to the pub lic, and to coach-proprietors, came on before his Lords hi p yes telay--:namely,, whether those dangerous vehicles called fly , vans`should be considered within the meaning of the Act of Parliament, as coaches br waggons. A tradesman attended to - request a summons for the attendance of the owner of the Sa lisbury. Fly Van, to shew cause.why he neglected to deliver a parcel in proper lime. A parcel of fish was sent from Salisbury to the complainant by the Fly Van, w hich arrived at the Ele phant Inn, Fore-street , at five o'clock on Wednesday morning; the parcel was not delivered until eight o'clock in the evening, and in consequence of the delay thelsh was spoiled. The complainant submitted that those vans came within the meaning of the Act as coaches, and, in fact, paid mile d uty, and were considered as carriages by the stamp-office. As the -Act directed that every innkeeper should deliver every parcel that came by a coach, within six hours after its arrival, under a penalty, the innkeeper had incurred that penalty by the non delivery according.to the terms of the Act. It was desirous to have the case before the public, that the owners of caravans might be made acquainted with their res p onsibility. The Act was then referred to. It stated that any parcel ar riving by a ".public stage coach or carriage, other than a corn monitage waggon," should be delivered within six hours; and that if the•parcel arrived by the waggon, 24 hours were allowed for the 'delivery. - • ' • • • The LORD MAYOR asked at what rate the van travelled. .The complainant sai4, he understood it went at the rate of five rands an hour, including stoppages ; besides, it , went on sprifigf, was drawn by four horses driven by a man on the box, and had a guard. • from the bill. that it The Loan MAYOR.—I observe, too, is calletta fiy-van." Alderman VEN'ABLES.—Yes, but they call all the waggons ' fiy-waggons." The broad-wheeled waggons lutve pens for these forty years. The Loan Mntoa said, .he considered that the van came within .the meaning. of 't t he Act as " public carriage, other ~t han a common waggon. His Lordship directed that the inn keeper should be summoned to answer the charge, when he might show cause againkt this construction. • • • LADY DASH WOOD'S ROBBERY. Bow-STREET.--Ifilliam Darby, her Ladyship's butler, and Daniel 21PCarthy, were yesterday again brought up for exaMination•before Sir R. Bins iz. Since the last examination, a third person, (whose name we fprbear mentioning,. :salt subsequently turned , out that he was perfectly innocent with what he was charged,) has been appre. hended through the information of the. prisoner, ,Darby, who alleged that this person had frequently pawned plate belong ing to her Ladyship, which he ~ Derby, had commissioned him to do. It however , appeared, 'that, the man, who is a Gentle man's servant, had been for some time past acquainted -with Darby, and had been applied to on one occasion -by Darby to lend him 151. -Darby appeared to be in great trouble at the time, and stated that he wanted the money to redeem sonic of the family-plate, which he had been foolish enough to pledge Anil, that Lady Dashwriod was coming to town in a d a y or tno'to - look'dverThe plate, and the deficiency would then be • discovered and he should be totally ruined. The p erson to whom this application was mad e from no other feeling butt at h of relieving Darby, contrived to rais e the sum required by bor . rowing the principal part,of his fellow-servants, and'adding the punz he had contrived to save out o f his wa g es. Darby promised to return it in aihort time, but failed to do so, and onlicing pressed for the money gave the person alluded to several ar ticles of plate, and directed him to pledge them for 151., winch lie 'did, alibis fellow-tereants had repeatedly applied to hhn for the-money he had borrowed of them :on this explanation he was of course dischargal. • . • . The Prisoner, M'c'arth, who, there is sonic reason to be lieve, was induced to paw y n 'the goods by Derby's representa tions, without any sinister motive, was admitted as would-be an evidence fer the Crown, as withoht hips the case against Darby incomplete. • General Maitland; *ho attended Lady Ann, took occasion to observe that the circumstance stated on the former examins-' don, o ethere being 41. or 51. due to M'Carthy for *nit which he had. supplied her Ladyship with, wa s incorrect; or if the money WAS-ever owing, it was entirely without the knowla.gl e of her Ladyship; who always was very particular in paying reedy Money for such articles. , as when the- prisoner was em plops' by her Ladyship to pledge the spoons, it was to prevent a bill of a similar description remaining unpai d . The prisoner was fully 'committed, and the parties bound Over to prosecute. • 111.tuvLunowls-Orizez..--Yesterday•Mrs. Lee appeared to prefer a charge of assault against the Duke de St. Lorenzo, whom she accused -of hiving kicked her, and turned her out of the hall, when 'She went to claim a small debt due for millinery :furnished to the Duchess.—The Duke WAS present, And solemnly denied the charge ; and it was proved by the servants that his Grace. merely turned her out, In consequence of the violent - noise she made in the hall while the family were at dinner. It was also stated that she had several tUnci , an noyed the Duchess, insisting on her Grace paying for millinery for which she was not responsible, it having been furnished to a woman who was , formerly one of her lady's maids, whose present address at Paris the servants had given her. The ..magistrate censured the conduct of Mrs. Lee, and drimisscd the warrant. • MURDER OF MR. SMITH. Yesterday the town of. , Greenwich was a scene of the greatest bustle, in consequence of there-examination of That. Tirnotl4,. and the apprehension of James Webster, another of Coleman's accomplices in the murder ef,- - the above GefitleMail• The investigation took place in the office of Mr. IC&NE LL; E the Clerk to the Magistrates in London-street, and the greatest, privacy was obserVed throughout the proceetiure. After Timothy's examination on TnesdaY last (frotn - circum. stances which are at present withheld) a warrant was granted for the a pprehension-of Websteri who, it will be remembered, was one of the men, amongst others, named by Coleman in his confessionin Maidstone Gaol." This Webster soon Vier the murder was perpetrated, was arrested on suspicion of being one of the murderers,•but for want of sufficient evidence he was set at liberty, andhas been at large ever since. It being we ll known that Webster used the Noah's Ark, Deptford,' Bowditch the. constablekept watch for him all night, end - About Seven o'clock on Wedn esd ay morning be'saw ,him enter the houie, and thereupon seized him upon the charge al leged in the warrant. When taken, he appeared to be un. daunted, and exelaimed, ".What am I wanted again.", . When brought before the Magistrates, the evidence of Con: lay and his•wife, Whittle, foreman in the Patent Ship-builders at Deptford, Anne White (alias Swedish Hannah), and Ann Steele (who lived with Coleman), was adduced, after which Timothy, the prisoner, was interrogated for nearly two hours, in private, and from what we could - learn, he made a full con fession against Webster and one or twoothers., The prisoner, Webster, was then brought into the presence of the Magistrate, and the testimony, of the various witnesses were read over. to him, and he was asked what be had to say in: his defence, the Magistrate cautioning . him to beware, lest he should criminate himself: • - Webster protested his innocence of .the crime, and was ready to tueet any consequences that might befal him. He was then fully committed to' take his trial for the murder. And Timothy was again remanded. Exccuvor4.—Qn Wednesday last John Tar , tor, convicted at the last AsSizes for LSomerset (with John Pap:tuts ) who had been previously re prieved on account of his age), for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Mr. Collett, at the Red Lion, Woolverton, suffer e d the awful sentence of the law on the New limp in front of lichester gaol. Ever since his conviction he has conducted himielf in the most hardened manner, relying on his being enabled to effect his escape from his cell, which hope he cherished until a few hours before , he suffered ; having on that morning wrenched a bolt from the door of a cell in the . passage in wjfich he was permitted to walk, during the momentary absence of the person placed to watch himovith Which be ineffectually endeavour ed to force the lock of an iron gate leading to a passage over a part,of the debtors' rooms, with the hope of crossiirg the walls. At_9 o'clock the Chaplain administered the Sacrament to' him, soon after which' the Under-Sheriff arrived. At eleven o',elock the unhappy culprit ascended the platform, where he continued in prayer with the Chaplain for twenty minutes, when he was launch ed into eternity. lie was a native of Notting ham, and only 24 years of age ; he had com menced his carer of crime a shprt time Only ; but had been concerned in numerous burilaries B ath, and its vicinity t and was only acquitted at the last Salisbury Assizes. FRENCH CRIMINAL LAW. ASSIZE COURT OF ROUEN. - ASSASSINATION... /A - •• On Friday last a prisoner, was placed at the bar of this _ Court, charged with an attempt to assassinate two men, named Labaume , and_ Godefroy. - • It appeared that on the 28th of July, as Labaume was Ps“.. ing through the forest of Heuppeville he was accosted by a man who asked the way to Rouen. 'Labaume was going to. that city, and they proceeded together, the stranger turning the conversation on different persons with whom Labaturie was ac quainted. They had got about three-fourths of the way through: the forest, when the stranger asked him what o'clock it was 'Labaume pulled out his watch, and while saying—" It is 29 minutes past ten," be.heard the report of a pistol. On turning round he saw his new acquaintance with a p istol in his 'hand, looking at him, and doubtless astonished that his victim was not stretched at his. feet. The assassin fled, and Labaume pursued, but soon found.that he was wounded and in. danger of fainting from loss of blood. He crawled to a cottage in the forest, when he became insensible. He had received the pistol. ball in his side, and his recovery was for a considerable time considered uncertain. He gave a description of the assassin, but little hope *at entertained of discovering him. On the Ist of August a weaver named Godefroy, returning from Rouen to Devine, the place of his residence, found a man asleep in the Bois de l'Archeveque. On approaching him he awoke, and pretending to have occasion to go the same road as Godefroy, they walked a short way together. The stranggrf however, soon pulled out a. pistol, .and ordered the weaver to deliver his purse. Godfroy said he had no money, apd throw. ing down a bag of cotton which he was carrying, took told* heels. But the robber, who did not chose to let him escape .se easily, pursued him. The weaver fell, and was thus in the power of his enemy.. The stranger put the muzzle of his pistol to the unfortunate Oodcfroy's breast, drew the trier, missed fire. Godefroy pleaded for. mercy, acknowl edg ed that he had 'slink money which he had just received ; but, he had eight children, and this trifle was to provide them with food.. The ' r obber replied that he must share it with them, and immediate ly took possession of the purse. - It contained 30 francs, 27 of which the robber appropriated to himself, and returned three to the poor weaver. On arriving at Devine, Godfroy . relatecT his adventure, akd described theperson of the robber. - Different persona wettin pursuit of him, and the prisoner was taken, and on Wm was found money of the same amount and description al was that which had been taken from Godefroy. On his examination be fore a Magistrate, he stated that his name was Etienne Cyrille Letellier, but denied, all knowledge of the offence with which he was charged. On the trial of the prisoner, Labaume and Oodetboyfdenti fied him, and.the Jury having found him Guilty, he received p e r x it , c d,t eed ua gs .in he a e t i on hi e b .o it f ed arr th o e ga m n o c s e t , of death. whole of the sentence During perfect indifference; and on-the: judge endeavouring - to call him to a sense of his .crime, he " You have tried-my body, but pin cannot try my soul l" ' .It is said, however, that on his Vemoialote the pnson_ , and when . he-was put into fetters, his resoltitioirapwared to abandon.him. He shed tears, and evinced marks ofoxtremedespair. • •.•. COURT OF ASSIZES, PARTS, AUG. 30; A few days since, a young man named Alexander Goujon, ned 24, ,was tried upon a.charge of, attempting to assassiqata Antoine Reboul, aged 67. Re boul kept a lodging..house in the vicinity of Paris, and the accused was one of initiates. Goujon' had fbrrnerly:tried:his hand at : papet and cabi,pet; mak.. Ing,.but neither of those handicrafts being to his taste i lite &then doned them; - and at the period ofhis residence at 'RehouPs'he , gave himself out as elector, and in that character *purchased a quantity , of woollen stuff from .his landlord, who *p urchased been s,. cloth merchant, ; for which he engagoil-to pay.:l,Duu francs. ...Goujon. was not so ready to pay as to purchase, and - Reboel was obliged to dtsn him frequently for his money. It was upon one of these occasions, as it was.alleged, that the of fence_was committed for which the prisoner was tried.' Oiou jon, it appeared, had taken some pail' to 'male it'be be lieved that he was •a man of importance,. with ths , vlsw, it is supposed, of entrapping a. young lady in, the neighbour hood, to whom he was paying his addresses,. into Marriage. Reboill deposed that he sold Goujon some cloth, for which he was - to . ..receive I,ooof. in payment...../tia never could get Goujon to pay him_ on th e 15th of Mae teproachedlim for his tardinecs. U pon that Occasi ylt on Goujon attacked hint with two, knives,. and stabbed hitri lin thebreast and in the hand. 1 Here Gouj on told his. story, , Reid, that R eh.o first at tacked- him with a knife' upon . his refu s ing to pay . 'hi* - . the 1,000 f., which he bad in his pocket, and - would not mete :Re m h', because he was displeased with his importunity. • . Reboul denied this stoutly, and then proceeded to say, that Goujon , was constantly endeavouring to- make hiniself pass fot a great man. He asserted thut.hi hail so estate in Germany ; that be was a daily visitor of.the.Ditke,and Ilancbess.of Angou. leme ; a Knight of the Onier . of. St. Michael; ace." The Judge (to the accuied)4 l What Was your objeCt in re. lating all these fabler ? :.Goujon--.4'sever. stated moreArtim an eighth part of what they imputed to me.. . . , . Judge—By that answer you admit that You * did draw upon your invention to some extent? GiOnjOrg--Oh, is - ntirejOke just to - keep the conversation alive. 5. o;•-. blei r eaux, a lodger in .gebot4l:A.bous t gtge { lo,44t bear. ing a cry of murder, he ran to the spot from whence It "Proeeed• ecl, and saw Goujon deseending the stair.; - hist.hands'aoSered with blood, He proceeded coolly to wash hi. hands in the well .in the yard. This s,t.gbtput poor 411..Mezeattx corripetely.be• side himself.. 14 i : however, recovered his lenses in time t 4 send for a doctor to prevent old Reboul front bleeding.teAleath .The Jury declared, by a majority of -seven. to five, that tht accused was guilty ot, an attempt•to murder, without prexiedi . tation; which failed of execution oti account of cireumitancti independent of the will of the aCcused. • The Caurtiittritencestirim to be imprisOned for ten yam, 50 ' to be pilloried. . • RuatovAL or PRlSONERS.—Yesterday the pri. soners who standcommitted on charges of felon) were removed from the several gaols in the citj of London and county of Middlesex to Neiigate preparatory to taking their trials at 'ale erisuin; Old Bailey Sessions, which will commence 01 Wednesday next. he Sessions of the Peace for the county o Middlesex will begin at the Sessions House or Clerkenwell.green on Monday next, Iyhen the trials of traversers and others, out on bail or matters of assault, nuisance, and misdemeanours will be proceeded in. On Saturday W. Hargrave, about-23 years o age, of diminutive stature, was committed to the gaol of Canterbury for an attempt to strangle hi! own mother. A shark was taken a few days since in a seen in pristol harbour, Rhode Island, which mea sured ten feet 110 three ied ncfhull-sized es i nlengman. th. He wa coul( easily have swaw a cut open, and found to contain a s hee p , a ate head and feet, a horse foot (marine animal), a se owl, and several articles to serve as tiimmings. - (New York Paper). On the Minst., at Teddington, the Lady of Lieut..Colont Mercer, 3d Guards, of a son. MARRIED. • On Thursday; the 4th inst., Mr. Thomas Boys, of - LudgnU _bill, W. Miss Caroline Rutter, third daughter of Mr. Valentin _Rutter, of Newgate-market. Yesterday, at St. Leonard's; Shoreditch, - Mr. George Hocken hull Steele, of the Bank of England, to Mrs. Sarah Lawe, Harwich, widow of Win. Lawe, Esq, surgeon in his Ms ,jesty's Navy. On the Ist inst., at St. Martin's Chureh,'*Guernsey,- Danis Tupper. Esq., third son of the-late Daniel Tupper,ai Liao Ville, Esq. to Maria, youngest daughter of. the late 1 General John ' 1110 Gaspard Le Alarehant, the first Lieutenant Governor of the Royal Military College. . . DIED. On the 2d inst., at Ewell, Surtey, Thomai Williams , E iq aged 85. - , , . • ~ ~ .. ~ . - ti On the 31st ult., at the manufactory at Glasgow,. VOT' Sc° Esq., of the firm of Kilgour, Savage, and Scott, Landon, aged 47. . . ..._. .........:...i..... Friday-stree Printed and Published for the Pitbritit E 0 RS, M die ott ' .Orates. /12; Strand; =by IL (.;AILS'I'APBS4