The Sun. — London, England, 1823-12-10 00:00:00

I to make a bold stand, and hence the Independents are tow ex tending their preparations. They do not, in fact, consider themselves safe as long as the Royalists home so ominous a footing in the country ; and, besides, their pride is up at the idea of the place continuing to bid them so bold a defiance.— Renee General Paez swears he will have it, coute qui coute, and he is in the right. " Our latest advices here, from the seat of government, are not later than the end of August, or beginning of the present month. Many of the laws and regulations enacted by the preceeding Congress have been 'annulled or modified by the last one, as when carried into operation it was found they would not answer. In a disorganized country, governed by new authorities, on a plan which must be considered a novel one, much is to be done, and many things can only be learnt by experience. Hence it will take time to establish regularity and uniformity in several departments of the administration, more particularly in those of Justice and Finance. Theory alone does not answer the end in view, however good the wishes of the parties ; and hence some time must elapse before good systems can be adopted and take root. Military matters are on a good footing, because the whole experience of a long war has brought forward some good officers, who conduct and administer the concerns confided to them in an able manner. According to the advices from the capital, the whole of the Di plomatic Agents residing in, or at one time intended to be sent to Europe, have been changed, some of them by the express injunction of the Senate, who formally disapproved of one of the nominations made by the Executive. The candour end firmness of the Senate on this occasion are highly Voken of in letters from the Deputies belonging to the two houses from this province, and it is to be hoped that the new nomination to England will do the country c redit. Some time must certainly elapse before the diplomatic relations of a new country can be established in Europe, and it must be equally long and tedious before the irregularities of M. Zea and his abettors in England can be adjusted ; but these difficulties increase through distance, anti that want of suitable Persons hitherto so lamentably felt. President Bolivar's un avoidable and protracted absence from the seat of Government ha s been deeply regretted by those who wish well to heir coun try, as, besides being a good officer, he has en extensive know. ledge of the affairs of Europe, has a tact for business generally, and besides a quickness and readiness which would render him a valuable acquisition in the new organization of the Government and the establishment of its relations, in which, IN Material error is comm itt e d, th e consequences , b es id es " 5151 exPensive, weaken the confidence of the reflecting part of the community in the acts of those who, under a repub lticall,farm of Government, are open to censure, even although intentions were the best. In the Congress and in the r a te) there are some men of strong and discerning mind, ~/ T o hav e the real welfare of their country at heart— "uo Are disinterested and dispassionate. Indeed, when one N r eelects on the degraded situation this country was kept in at colony h ave dp on Spain e ff e ct also that nearly `“e whole youth been sacrificed in ing its hot , emancipa- It excites astonishment to behold the enlightened (I do ,hesitate using the word) body of men collected in the cap'. ' 4l as the representatives of Provinces which formerly had scarcely any intercourse with each other, labouring, with the I t ntost zeal, to heal the wounds o f th e i r country, and to cor en errors which have been attended with the most fatal conse quences. The difficulties to be overcome, of which the want at intercourse is by no means the smallest, render them slow 10 , d cautious ; but if they continue with th e same firmness as heretofore, their object will be attained, and then their me& *al be proportionably greater." Loss or THE SHIP TIGRIS. --We regret to an %ince the loss of the Tigris, of London, Captain POTHER hinuall, about 60 miles East of Trinity Castle, in the night at 4 'Vlwaliday last. Th e Ti gr i s l e f t Gravesend the preceding 47, (miter voyage to Newcastle and St. Helena, and on the following llionday arrived off Shields, but before she could s nake the c Poct wa s bl own on by a v i o l ent ga l e of wind, which in points of the compass until Th urs d ay even . hg o ntinued f rom all , when t h e sea running tremendously high, the ship shifted et b allast and part of her cargo, and her pumps became Pftl P le telY choked up, and notwithstanding her flaxen and inain•lnaats were cut awa y, t h e s hip wou ld not r i g h t , and ii : th e 11 p . m. she went down. The Captain, his wife, and 0 whol e of the crew (excepting the second mate and boat. th who w ere unfortunately below) had just time to get into to : l° 4-boat b e f ore the ship foundered. Indeed, so little time , PreP a cation had th e survivors, that they were not enabled Put Into the boat a single article of provision, or a drop of wad ' and were obliged to cast off' without rudder, mast, or dqtand with only a single oar ; and if they had not provi. h _ " au . , been picked up the next morning, at eleven o'clock, an Aberdeen Smack, bound to London, it is more than Frobable they would never have reached land. pests It oYI - "day afternoon at four o'clock, M a i t. i t , a iighaeSS the Duk e o f Toa st h e ld ihll.: I /, n g Command er -i n -Chi e f, at hi s O ffi ce i n e f ,"?" Guards w hi c h was atten d e d b y t h e Wie /vd) g : - ---The ' Earl of Cork, Viscount Ber. scm, General Si r C harles Green, General . fishes, Lieut ena nt-Geneial Maitland, Lieut thlral Wetherell Lieut.-General Sir Fitzroy 4,-1,44,,n) M ajor - G ' eneral Sir Charles Greville, V r t "tienoral Widd ring ton, Major-Gen. Fuller, iioPr•General Eden, Capt. Harris, Royal Navy, ittboot 30 others. l eft e i lter dilY afternoon the Earl of LIVERPOOL evil for Coombe Wood. 1144::!OCretary PEEL transacted business at the Ti; `!. i nce yesterday. le ts f t ' Leeward Islands' Mail has brou ght . let hey ~r 4l St. Thomas's of the Ist ultimo, but Thee "toin no intelligence of the least import 0f 444 the Colombian Maine. The o f decree t 14tito"gress, ordering the departure from l t . le t Serli ti r r Y d °f the greater part of the 'top' is 1/l and ' . 4 had made a great sensation in the Irscl o ' ll , B it was through those houses that the Loslil -,wlth Colombia was chiefly conducted, and o„'"erchants of St. Thomas had, therefore, itiftbrounter the sudden loss of their most va ts th e 411 regular correspondents. Numb ers c tat o ; "iiPs had arrived at the islands of u ow; "Id Porto Rico. As a. measure of policy ) it tio . t ver hn rsh in its operation, its prudence ,lorehil imPugned. The Government of Go ttiti 7, most at that period have foreseen the NI t h e of the war iu Spain, and were aware, i Ilittr;""Pon declarations of the French M t*i o '1 that it would be followed by some at: I Pt, di re Pp e ,,., ct or indirect to their in overthrow h r i t o i r t e; t 7 n r c e o rt ; It beho ved . the Government, t ere tigae ° ve a n time all those elements . for I lit s B...and treachery through which their en . ttpe' ct ` l , l , l More than by open force, oolivheg to assail them. The administration o might be it: " 114 s been distinguished by few acts of so hel, arid there are none we apprehend, that l4t ,x'4ll,nnit,lhibess di fficulty en justifying than this. oth • will probably be followed by all Cher Inde pendent Governments. : FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Colonel John Duff, in town, from a tour; Mr. Andrew Drummond, in Bryanstone-square, from Surrey; Mr. Lewis, in Albemarle-street, from St. Petersburgh ; Mrs. and Miss Bosanquet, from a tour ; Mr. John Fitzgerald, in Portland place, from Suffolk ; Mr. Jas. Dunlop, in Russell-square, from Ramsgate; Mr. Lindo, in Russell-square, from Boulogne; Sir James and Mr. Langharn, in Langliam-place, from a tour; Captain . Percival, of the Guards, in town, from the south of France ; Mrs. and Misses Mitchell, in Upper Harley-street, from a tour; Baroness de Rolle, at Scaife's (late Payne's)lioteJ,Lower Brook-street; Thomas Barnard, Esq. and Mrs. Barnard, at ditto; Miss Porter, at ditto; John Hanson, Esq. and family, at Batts' Hotel, Dover-street, from Paris ; J. Stellock, Esq. at ditto, from Northampton ; Mrs. Cotton and Family, at ditto, from Newport ; Sir Stephen Glynn, Bart. at Lord Braybrook's, in Burlington-street, from Audley End, Essex ; Captain Charles Fox, at Lady Afileck's„in Clarges-street, from Brighton; Lord Henry Bentinck, at his father's (the Duke of Portland) in St. James's-square, from Oxford; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott and Family, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkley-square, from the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. Knight, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat, H Hall House, Manta; Edward Markham, Esq. at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Yorkshire ; the Dowager Duchess of Rutland, at Lord Forester's seat, Willie Park, Salop, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Iluskisson, from the seat of Edward Jolm Littleton, Esq. M. P. Teddesley Park, Staffordshire. Ctrarams.—Col. O'Neil, from Ramsgate, to Bath ; Capt. Fawcett, for Bombay ; Captain Henry Leader, from town to Dublin ; Major and Mrs. Armstrong, from Brighton, to Bath; Captain Blathwaite, for Bath; Mr. B. Cave, for Kenilworth, near Coventry; Colonel Hay, for Bedfordshire; Mrs. and Miss Lemon, from Boulogne, for Bath Mr. J. Mackinto s h from Brighton, for Bath ' • Captain Wh i chcote, for Olastnn , in Rutlandshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Howard, from Ramsgate, for Bath ; Sir Robert Arbuthnot, Bart., for Dublin ; Mrs. and Miss Harley, from Scarborough, for Cheltenham ; Mr. C. Wynn, for Bath ; Major and Mrs. Carterett, from Brighton for Bath; Mrs. and Miss Allen, from Calais, for Bath; General Harcourt, from Paris, for Nice ; lion. Berkeley Craven, from Boulogne, for Calaia; Captain Coles for Alt on , i n Hamp shire ; Major Cockburne, for India; Major Robarts, for York. shire ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss S. Smith, from Ramsgate, for Bath ' • Miss Godfrey, from Boulogne, f or B at h ; M r . an d Mrs. Windsor, from Paris, to Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Bour. cherett, from Boulogne, to Bath ; John Moore, Esq. from his house in St. James's-place, for Edinburgh ; C. Ponsonby, from H a w Hotel, for Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, from ditto, for Wales ; Count and Countess St. Antonio, from their seat in Wimbledon, for Brighton ; Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart. from the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat, Hants ; Captain and Mrs. Meyrick, from ditto, for Brighton. FASHIONABLE PARTS'. Count Lieven entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday at Ashburnham House. The Right Hon. William Huskisson arrived in town yester day from Staffordshire. Captain Parry, R. N., passed through Winchester on Fri. day, on his way to Bishop's Stoke, where he will remain a few days, on a visit to his sister, Mrs. T. Gardiner. Here the music of bidding grows loud and more loud Here the sweetener is conning his hints for the day ; And here by the rostrum, apart from the crowd, Billy Thus and his brethren are scribbling away (Striving who shall bedaub Mr. Phillips the most) Their puffs for the Chronicle, Herald and Post ! Let us pause ere we blame, for 'tie well understood, Though some things are so so, Harry's dinners are good; And since paying and feeding the piper's no jest, Sure they ought to play for him the tune he likes best. Here a black-letter hero, with rat-smelling air, 'ripping winks full of me an i ng , squats down In his chair, The veteran of many a Book-auction is be, And he'll not be bamboozled, we think, Mr. P. ! If the item is genuine, away goes his nod, And if cheap, is knocked d own w ith, 'ti s your ' s Mr. Redd. ' If a "foist," and his glance of co n t em p t is enough, Why he dives for his snuff-box and only takes snuff! Here the man who is neighbour to famed Mr. Squib, (He may call us obscure and p er h aps te ll us we fib) The' spirited bidder'—for whom we cha'n't say Is beginning as usual his work of the day, And before the great clock of the Abbey strikes four Will have made some two hundred bold biddings or more. Till Clarke justly incensed at the fellow's assurance Lets him in with a look of affected endurance, Saying Sir, 'tie your own,—give you joy of the lot, it Has long been contested and now you 'Ave got IL' Oh to see how he changes from . yellow to blue, As he answers ' I'm ready to yield it to you ;' I have run up the thing, but if called on tops:, Why I think I must finish by runniee away i' But a smile from his Patron sets all matters right, And he boldly bids on in his pocket's despite 1' Here the famous Count Buj"—witli his eye-glass and seals, His rings on his fingers and spurs on his heels, His straw-colored wig and magniloquent air, And his hat cocked aside like a clown's at a fair Strutting up to some daub—with his hand o'er his brow, And wiping the canvas, cries Runxsts I vow ! ' His coloring—relief—light and shadow are there— ' His expression—his grouping—his breadth to a hair ! Then that Cull. there beside it's as pearly and clear, As the first break of day at the spring of the yeae; Tho' it can't be compared with yon dewy METxtt, So melting and mellow, so tasteful and true : They've a charm above all that must make them divine, (Speaking under his breath) 'entre nous, Sir, they're mine.' Yes, you're doubtless surprised that a man of my air, Should thus chaffer in pictures, but lid while I swear, 'Twas my love for the Arts—and I'm master of some— That first made me a DEALER and led me to roam. As for money, my friend, I would have you to know, ' I care nothing about a few thousands or so ; ' There's my own private income—a mere bagatelle,..... Just five thousand a year, which you know's pretty well, — A trifle admitted, but surely enough • To buy ;.few baubles—and pay for one's snuff; ' Then my wife, besides beauty of which we'll be mum ' Has, 'fore God I d ec l are it, two-t hi r d s o f a PLINK ; , To say nought of an Uncle who lives in th e I n di es , (By the by can you tell me my friend how the wind is) ' Who has promised—and sure he can do it with ease, ' To send us erelong a few lacks of rupees ! ' Then my private ' collection' is worth—so they say, " Just a cool hundred thousand (not much by the way) And my house and its trappings—(pray speak if I bore) Has been valued by some at a good `hundred more ! As you guess, in my own hackney coach' I came down, '"ro see how matter s go — an d look after my own— And thanks to yon pliable knights of the quill I shall do pretty well by the sale at Fonthill.' Here the white-trowsered Dandy and black-whiskered Swell, The lean sprig of fashion—the beau and the belle— The Lord and the Lady—but few of the latter— Have all journeyed, post-haste, not to buy but to chatter,... To lounge, look about them, and prate At their ease, Of Mieri, Correggio, and Paul V eronese ! But vainly the vender directs his keen glance To many a gay groupe as the biddings advance ; Inattentive are they to the beam of his eye, And he turns to Clarke, Lawford, and Roild with a sign,— Mid sunshine and storm, mid report good and ill ; The heroes and props of the sale at Fonthill! Here Colnaglii, Thorpe, Phillips, and Farquhar, good men, We could sketch to the life with four strokes of our pen ; But we think we had better not touch ofa verse on all Lest some ill-natured booby should say we've grown personal However to prove that no evil we mean them, We'll give then: a sweet-tempered couplet between them. The two first are good fellows we own with good will, The two last are as good—as the sale at Fonthill ! There are auctions for ever unchangingly dull, Like a long winter night ere the moon's at its full, Selling on—selling on, but in bidders so slender, That ere buyers are caught half asleep is the vender; Where excepting for brokers, booksellers, and one Like the spirited Lawford, no sale could go on. Where Report, like a spectre call'd up . fforn the tomb, Whispers Humbug, ' and "rrick, and bids bidders be dumb These are not the Auctions,—'tic nothinglike these That has taught Jemmy Christie all parties to please, That has given him a power lie can wield at his will, With the flower of west-enders his sale-room to fill : And sans sweeteners and spoonies, to kick up a pother, To get bidding. in plenty of one sort or other 'Tis plain honesty lifts him so far o'er his peers, And has crowned him the Emperor of Town Auctioneers ; With that sprightliness ever in motion which plays On the eye and the pocket, and charms us both ways ; Now here and now there, wiling cash as it flies, From the eyes to the purse from the purse to the eyes ! If in pictures he deals,—such his elegant ease, You would swear he was born to sell nothing but these ; And his passing mistakes do but serve to awaken New mirth, while his credit stands Finn and unshaken. If on Books he dilates—he's as deftly at home, Be they Novels from Paris or Classics from Rome; If on Music—he knows the deep art to unriddle, When from f ar -f ame d C remona h e s e ll s you a fi ddle • In short, such the power of his spells, I've been told, He can turn wh at h e touc h es , like Cronus, to gold : And dull before him, you may say what you will, • Is the keen Auctioneer of the Sale at Fonthill ! The chief part of this Fragment is an imitation, or rather Parody, of the celebrated description of the Vale of Caslunere, in llfoore's Light o f the Harctn, beginning : Who has not heard of the Vale of Cashmere, With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave; Its temples and grottos, and fountains as clear As the love-lighted eyes that looks Over its wave. Oh ! to see it at sunset—when warm o'er the Lake, Its splendour at parting a summer eve throws ; Like a bride full of blushes, when lingering to take A last look at her mirror to bed ere she goes. Here the music of Prayer from a minaret swells, Here the Magian his urn full of perfume is swinging, And here at the altar a zone of sweet bells, Round the waist of some fair Indian dancer is ringing Bcc. &c. &c. t There are beauties for ever unchangingly bright Like the long sunny lapse of a sunner.day's light ; shining on—shi n i n g on—by no shadow made tender, Till Lore fail, as l ee p on its sameness of splendour. This was not the beauty, %was nothing like this, That to young Neumuthal gave such magic of bliss. &c. &c. er„e.— Vide Lalla THE THEATRE. DRURY-LANIL—The return of Mr. BRANUM, udgiug fr o m th e a tt ract i on of his talents last light, may be considered as a great event in favour of this Theatre. He was very well re.- ceived on his entrance. The part in which he appeared was Henry Bertram, iu the Opera of Guy Munnering, which is by no means an un skilful compression of the celebrated novel into a dramatic form by Mr. Tzuay, the actor. Mr. BRAISAM seemed to possess his vocal powers in unimpaired energy. He was encored in most of his songs, and gave Bruce's Address to his Army, in the bold and animating words of BURNS, with such emphatic zeal and effect, as to call for a third repetition. His " Nelson's Death," "Love's Young Dream," and indeed all his airs, were given with force and varied expres sion. He had full reason to be satisfied with the audience, and they with him. Miss STEPIIRNII was not less favourably received, or less success. ful in her exertions in the part of Lucy Bertram, We hardly need say that her 46 Hush thee, my darling," and 41 . her songs, were heard with de light. LISTON'S Dominie Sampson is an admirable conception of the scholar bewildered by his learn ing and philanthopy. BROWNR is rising fast into public favour, and it is no slight proof of the variety of his talents that he can appear charac. teristic as Lord Foppinglon, and not less so in a part so widely different as that of Dirk Hatte raick. It is difficult to conceive the wild part of Meg Morrilies more justly, or to present it with more terrific effect, than it was assumed las night by Mrs. BONN, who now justly ranks as a actress of great talents, and who was peculiarly impressive. AN ELEGANT CHRISTMAS PREssirT.---Within the last twelve months several elegant Pock. Books have been published, after the fashion o e Gorman Almanacks. We have been ,nos highly pleased with that entitled " Friendship's Offering, or the Annual Remembrancer," and therefore we take this opportunity of recom. mending it most cordially. The contents, which are various, are highly useful and interesting, and in a great measure from the pen of that public favourite, Mrs. Ong. The embellishments are of the very first order, and consist chiefly of Con tinental Views, which are accurately delineated. But we must not omit to notice the two illumi nated Title Pages, which are singularly beau tiful and perfectly unique. As a whole, it forms a most delightful little volume, and we wish it were in our power to place a copy on the table of each of our readers on the morning of New Year's Day. Extract of a letter dated Barbadoes, Oct. 20: The Collector of the Customs has . shewn me a letter he has received from Sir THOMAS Coca.. ILAN; for the information of those interested in the trade to the Main, dated about the middle of September, from Demerara. Sir TIIOIIAS regrets that in consequence of the unfortunate occurences in the colony, the service will not permit him to send up the Ringdove as he had intended, to take charge of what trade might be ready ou the Ist of October, and had no idea that he would be able to pick up another vessel for the purpose.— lie says be does not apprehend the smallest dan ger to vessels bound to the Main with harmless ca rgoes, and advises such to proceed on." POETRY. FONTIIILL SALE. . A PARODY. (From the I,iterary Museum.) Who has not heard of the Sale at Fonthill,* With its bijoux the brightest that earth evor gave Its pictures and books—and its knights of the quill Who of all its attractions' so ceaselessly rave. Oh ! to see it at mid-day, when warm o'er the HALL Its full gather'd splendour an autumn sun throws ; Ere the smug auctioneer to his scat in his stall Like a bride full of blushes,' so smilingly goes ; And punctual to Time, without stoppage or stammer, Reads his List of Conditions' and raises his hammer. 'hen gems, bronzes, and paintings are gleaming half shewn, (Mr. Beckford's we mean—Vother half would not please Sir) From tables of ebony—rosewood—and one Which they tell us belonged to the Prince de Borghese, Sir; But geese we should be all we hear thus to hug, Since we know many come from the Prince of Mama Then to see all the china from Nankin and Dresden, The ' rare Oriental' and fam'd Japanese,' Mixed with all kinds of trumpery, but recently pressed in, Our judgments to dupe and our pockets to ease ! With bronzes and boxes,—cherdimurres of skill,. Made' order' they say for the sale at Fonthill! t o- rd (-, , 9 . ... .....„ . ' le . , , A . , .. . , ... , A. - --• `. - - 3 :., - 0 '‘,l, . o. , i r • ~',..., ir,- t, 4 , -,. ~•i:i.. --zt . \, i, 'pia ? , • vo v si, • c . . i ..4....-- . z ....... ~s v -fei 1 s eli TUE ARMY. The several detachments of Non-Commissioned Officers of the Line, which have been under instruction, for some time, in the Improved System, and which were inspected on Monday, in Hyde Park, by his Royal Highness the Commander-in. Chief, were ordered, in consequence of their approved profi ciency, to proceed yesterday to join their respective Regi ments, for the purpose of instructing them in the Improved System. The detachments belonging to several Regiments in India, which have been ordered to prepare for embarkation by the 31st instant, will proceed from the Isle of of Wight and Ports mouth, on Friday next, for Chatham, where they will arrive on the 19th an d 20 t h i nstant, preparatory to the ir embark ing on board the Berwickshire and Duchess of Athall, for Bengal ; and the Duke of York, foci Castle Huntley, India. men, for Bombay.. From the LONDON GAZETTZ of Last Night. Commission in the Ist Royal Surrey Regiment of signed b the Lord Lieuten a nt o f t h e C ounty of Surrey. William flolme Sumner, Esq. to be Capt a in. Commission in th e South Shropshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop. Thomas Beale, Esq. to be Captain, vice Baxter, resigned. FALSE EVIDENCE DETECTED. Two unfortunate &flows, named Henry Bar. don end John Elgar, who were convicted at the September Old Bailey Sessions of a highway robbery upon a labourer named William Thorn, have been, by the exertions of Mr. Sheriff Lana tr, taken out of the hands of the executioner. Ever since the conviction of these two men the greatest interest has been excited in the parish of Malehone, wh ere t h e robbery was sworn to have b een committed; fur their characters formed the most marked contrast to the circumstances of the .obbery with which they were charged, and most important evidence was brought before the Secretary of State in consequence of the ex ertions of Mr. sheriff Laurie. Thorn bad positively sworn, that on the night of the la t h o f September, as he w as wa lki ng along the Edgware.:road, with. I3s. lid. or I4s. in his pocket, about eleven o'clock, the psi. loners passed him twice near the ilop-Poles public-house, and then 'with a desperate blow knocked him down ; that one of them knelt upon his chest and held his hands down ; that El.. gar turned the money out of his pockets, and then proposed to his companion to take him by the heels and throw him into the Cut, to prevent him from telling talese-it proposal to which the other would not agree, although urged repeatedly to put an end to the business in that manner by Eiger, who swore, that if the least noise or resistance were mad 4 the prosecutor should be killed ; that next morning, at an early hour, he (Tho r n) went to look for his assailants, whose feces he had clearly seen by the light of a lamp, as well as of themoon, and observed them drinking in the King's Arms public.house, In the Edgewarc-road, and that he informed a watchman both at night and in the morning of the robbery. The watchman swore that the prosecutor only informed hint of the robbery in the morning at five o'clock; that there was dry blood on his face, and that his clothes were spotted with blood from top to bottom ; that upon being charged with the robbery in the house, they said nothing bin their to the watch-house, they declared that they were innocent. we l s his witness heard no noise on the night of the alleged robbery, al though his beat was near the Hop-Poles public-house; but the prosecutor told him the robbers had put their bands upon hie month. Four men who had been drinking with the prisoner at the Devonshire Arms public. house, swore that they did not quit that houite, until within a quarter or ten minutes to 12, anti that that house was distant from the hop-Poles public-house three quarters ofa mile. Thorn was then called back, and he said he had sot men tioned the robbery to any one on the night it happened, for he was glad to get out of the way, and that the robbery took place its nearly as he could recollect, at ,twenty minutes past 1 I o'clock. The inhabitants of the parish in which the robbery was said to have been committed, struck with the nature of the evidence upon which the two men were convicted, and the improba. !nifty that a highway robbery could have been committed at so early an hour of the night, in so public a thoroughfare, without causing the slightest disturbance, m a d e a representation of their suspicions in the proper quarter; but Mr. Sheriff Laurie and Sir Richard Birnie had already engaged in the investigation, and the whole of the past week has been passed in examining witnesses, and taking the depositions of respectable persons, whose testimony contradicts in every material circumstance the evidence of the prosecutor. Eight depositions were taken by the Sheriff to the Secretary of State for the Home De partment. A plumber, by whom the prosecutor said he had been paid the night before some of the money of which he had been robbed, swore that he had not paid any money to him, and that he had not seen him for three days. The landlord of the Swan public-house, Park-street, de posed that he had known the prosecutor for some time ; that the prosecutor was at his house on the night of the 13th of Sep tember all the afternoon, till seven o'clock, and had no money, and said he did not know where to go to get any, and wanted to borrow lid. !Vont his servants, which they, knowing his character, would not lend him. A woman named. Ann King swore that she saw the prose cutor on Sunday, the hith of September, and asked hint how he hurt his face, and he said he had been sleeping among some straw in the Cut-yard, and that the boatmen belonging to Chu Paddington Canal had knocked him down, ill treated, and robbed him. The landlord of the King's Arms public-house, where the prisoners were apprehended, deposed, that the prosecutor entail not have seen them from the street as he'swore he had, drinking in his house, the room in which they sat having no communt cation with the front at all ; that the prosecutor's statement was in that respect false ; that t h e p rosecutor ' s assertion that he was not in the house before the prisoners, was also false ; for he had had a half pint of beer there before they entered. A man named Fowler deposed, that he had conversed with Thorn on Saturday, the 4th of October, at Croydon, awl watt assured by him that he hail sworn away the lives of the pri• boners, and was sorry for it, for now he came to recollect, they were not the persons who robbed him ; but as it was done, it could not be undone, and that the prosecutor had told him nos to say that he haul seen him, nor to mention his name. The other depositions in favour of the case of the prisoners, stated that the prosecutor had been in 'l'OOlM-fields prison, concerning the taking of a gold watch out of a gentleman's car riage ; that he took a pa i r of b reeches and a pair of shoes front a place where lie was permitted to sleep; that he was known to steal other articles worth IN. fkl., and sell them for sixpence; and that his name was found on the Marlborough,. street books, for stealing three brass cocks; and also that lie was distinguished for living upon his daughter's prostitutien. Those important depositions were not produced at the trig/, in consequence of the suddenn dayh which it been it forward, there being only one for the preparation of their defence. Barden had been recommended to mercy by the Jury, in con sequence of his interference to save the life of the prosecutor. — After the additional evidence had been given, the Recorder ex.. pressed himself not xatistied of the innocence of the convicts, an they had not accounted for their time; but we understand his Lordship declared that lie did not believe the prosecutor lied been robbed, although he believed he had been attacked. He declined giving his sanction to the application for a pardon on the ground with entire innocence. Under these cireums!ances Mr. Sheriff Laurie put the depositions into the hands of Sir Benjamin /lob. house, anti asked whether, if the prisoners had had time to pro. duce this strong chain of additional evidence upon their trial,they would not in all probability have been acipiitted. The answer was in the affirmative, and the Sheriff then argued that they were now, therefore entitled to stand in the situation of innocent men, as, had they not been hurried in their defence, they would have brought forward those persons whose statements were so touch in their favour. Ile also urged the strong arguments that the pro secutor had actually abscondeil, and was no where to be found ; that he was a lazy, drunken, loose character ; that the public, condition of the place selected for the robbery, the quictneas with which it was said to have been effected, and the threat to throw the prosecutor into the cut, were irreconcileable with the whole account given by that p erson , Yesterday a tree pardon from his Majesty was sent down to the prisoners, who were immediately liberated. Mr. Richardson, the UndereSheriff, has called upon the five, last masters of the prisoners, and been assured that the untln.- tenat e fpllows have always acted with the greatest integrity, and that they should have received into work immediately der any one of those in whose service they had been employed. Mr. Sheriff Laurie has most benevolently pledged himself to use every exertion to repair the injury they have sustained. For many years such a detection of a false charge has not been known in the prison of Newgate. OLD BAILEY, ('Cats DA y).--7-EtiroardCarstoart indicted for feloniously forging and uttering, as true, divers pieces of paper, purporting to be recelptsfor money. The pre« sent case was for defrauding Win. nester of three and it turned out that 80 expert was the prisoner that he bail duped many by watching the principal out and then preltenting himself with a jar, for which he received payment. Thi?, when searced, wa s o f course found to contain only Water and soot for Ink.—After hearing th e ev id ence, the Recorder said the charge would not amount to forgery, but for the pro.. tection of the public b e s h ou l d order the prisoner to be detained. until the next Sessions, to be tried fur the fiand. A short time Once, no some labourers were ploughing in a field, about six miles to the South of Chiches ter, they perceived the plough strike against some hard sub. stance, a little below the surface of the earth, which, on being removed and inspected, proved to be an earthen vessel, eon taining is large quantity of silver coins, chiefly e'f Gordian, Phi. lipp, and Postumus ; the granter part are in good presart•ntinti. CORN.EXCIIANGFI, Disc. 10. The arrivals of this week Are—Wheat, 6100 ; Barley, 4700 ; Oats, 7160 quarters ; Plax, 10,200 Mars. The top pr eof Flour being unexpectedly established at. Ott. per sack ort, Monday, has occasioned a brisk demand for 'Wheat, anti this article is advanced in priee from 2s, to 3s. per quarter, an t i nearly all the service a bl e parce l s are cleared'off the market Barley sells very heavy, and is rather lower; livens and Peas continue to meet dull sale ; good Oats remain at Monday's prices, but such Mare soft sell at rather lower prices. 1114.RCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, Drc. 9.—Wind W.N.W. light breezes and hazy.— Sailed the Lord Cranstoun, Marlbrough, Princess Charlotte, Britannia, and Waterloo, for Jamaica; Nassau, for the East Indies : and Egeria, for St. Kitts. P o :yr 111110 uTiit, DEC. 9. Wind Northerly—Arrived from the Downs the Duke of Manchester, Wood, for Jamaica John Shand, R ees , f or di tto ; Renewal, Cromartic, Barbadoes. Sailed the George, Wiseman, for Terciera. PLYMOUTII, DE c. B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Lord Wellington, Ward, from Memel, in 35 days. FAI.IIOIITir, DEC. B.—Wind W.S.W.---Arrived the Stan mer packet from Lisbon : sailed the 30th of November ; Nymph, Sumwaya, from Gibraltar, bound to Newfoundland. out 85 days; has been as far west as long. 50., and is in want of pro. visions. Sailed the William and Thomas, Smith, for Naples, and Lord Sidmouth packet, for Jamaica. GRAVESEND, DEC. 9.—Arrived the Marquis . Huntley, Thomson, from St. John's, N. 8., in tow of a Steam-boat dismasted, and full of water, having been on shore on the Mouse Sand. The William, White, from Shields to London, foundered on Thursday off Untidy Point ; crew saved. The Commerce, Sc ot t, frotn Dundalk to London, got on shore the 4th instant in taking the harbour of P ort G or d on And bilged; crew and cargo saved. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held at the Plough, Carey-street, Chancery-lane, before mons, Esq., Deputy-Coroner, on view of the body of Mr. David White. Rich. Hunan d, of No. 44, Carey-street,Chancery-lane, sheriff's officer, deposed, that on Monday morning, about half-past eight o'clock,he arrested the deceased at his house, No. 21, Dorse t-cres cent, lloxton, and conveyed him to No. 44, Carey -street aforesaid (a lock-up house), belonging to Mr...Radford. The dece ase d seemed to ho In good health when he arrested him ; about half past ten o'clock, witness heard the deceased was taken ill, and he went to him. The deceased was carried into the yard, and appeared to be in a tit he was able to speak, and complained very much of his head—he seemed to have lost the use of his left side. Mr. Walne, a surgeon, of Chancery.lane, was vent for, who bled the deceased in the arm, and used other restore tives, but ,no hope was held out that the deceased could live long. About half past ~ deven!o'clock he died. Mr. Daniel henry Walne, of No. 100, Chancery-lane, sur geon, stated, that he was sent for to attend the deceased, be tween 10 and 11 o'clock, o n M on d ay morning. Witness found him in a small yard at th e b ac k o f t h e h ouse of 44, Carey -street ; there were several persons attending him ; he was in a state of almost entire insensibility, and took no notice of the questions witness proposed to him ; witness had him removed up stairs to a bed, and had his feet put into warm water, besides opening a vein In his left arm, whence blood flowed pretty freely ; but his breathing was very stutterou s , i n di cat i ve o f a pressure of the brain. lie expired about an hour after witness saw him, as he supposed from apoplexy. Wm. Hobbs stated, that he was present when the deceased was taken ill; he was sitting in the parlour between two gentle men who intended to become bail for him, and was talking very cheerttd : he got up, as if going towards the tire-place, and was seized suddenly by a pain in his side, he staggered, and would have fallen but for the support of the persons with him ; he was led into the yard for air, and soon after became speechless ; Mr. NiTalne was then sent for. The Jury returned a verdict, th a t th e d ecease d di ed of " Apoplexy.,, A notice of application to Parliament next Sea. sion appears in last night's Gazette, for leave to bring in a 13i11 for erecting a patent wrought iron bar bridge of suspetision over the Thames, for carriages, waggons, foot passengers, &c. in the several parishes of St. Botolph, Aidgate, and St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey. The height of the said bridge to admit of ships and vessels to pass under at spring tides, without striking or lowering their masts. RomE, Nov. 22.--His Holiness Pope Tao the 12th appointed the morning of the 20th for a Public Corisia. tory, in which Cardinals Hats were to be conferred on Mgr. Solaro de Villanuova; Solaro, Bishop of Arvitc, in Piedmont Mgr. Clermont-Tonnere, Archbishop of Toulouse ; and Mgr. Henry de [Afore, Archbishop of Sens. Th e i r E m i nences, in consequence, rep a i re d t o t h e Quirinal palace, with their attend. ants in splendid liveries, and alighted at the chapel of Saint Paul, in order to take the oath prescribed by the Apostolical Constitutions. The Cardinal of Solaro, as the senior, read aloud the usual oath, which was successively taken by their Eminences on the holy Gospel. Those assisting at this so. lemnity were the Cardinals Somaglia, Pacca, ltufib, CACCIU, Pats, and Mgr. Mash), the Secretary to the Sacred College. These returned to the Hall of the% tinsistory ; while the three Cardinal Candidates remained la "the Chapel, where the cho risters of His Holiness daunted The sacred verses. nAitwicil, S.---On Sunday week, being St. Andrew's [My, the Corporation proceeded, according to an.. cient charter, to elect a Mayor for the ensuing year when John Hopkins, Esq, w as unan i mous l y c h osen to that office d walleye pleasure in recording it to be the lath time of his being elected to the honour of that distinction. On the following day, the Corporation, the naval and military officers on this station, with the principal inhabitants of the town, sat down to a most excellent dinner at the Three Cups, where the evening was passed in doing justice to those loyal sentiments for which thi s Borough is well known. ItiPRESENTATION OF HEREFORDe—A very ac tive canvass has been commenced, both by Mr. CLive and Mr. BLAKEMORE, among the freemen of Hereford, to secure their suffrages against the next vacancy which may occur in the representa tion of that city ; and both parties express them. selves confident of success. A vacancy is now rendered certain, by Mr. R. SCVDAMORE'd de dared intention to retire, from ill health, on the next dissolution of Parliament. These proceed ings have elicited an address from Lord EArrtiott to his Constituents, in which he expresses his re liance upon their support whenever he shall have occasion again to solicit it from them, and his readiness to wait upon them personally, " if it should appear his doing so would be considered an acceptable mark of respect for them ; ' (Gloucester Journal.) Tuesday se'nnigbt Mr. F. RAMAY (son of the late Alderman RAMSAY, of Beverley) made his debut on the Hull stage, in the character of Norval. The hous e was f u ll, an d very genteel; the receipts were 1711. 10s. The young debutant was most favourably received, and his perform. ance was highly creditable to him. He is only 17 years of age.