The Sun. — London, England, 1828-08-21 00:00:00

. tr _s VERY Fast and Safe TRAVELLING to BIRMINGHAM and LIVERPOOL, Day and Night, by Four.inside Coaches, which keep good time, FROM TPIE SARACEN'S HEAD S KINNER -STREET, SNOW-HILL, LONDON. The following Light Post Coaches, Mails, &c., set out from the above Inn:— Birmingham Tally Ho ! Fast Day Coach in 12 hours (driven through with Two Coachmen only) Morning, through b Redburn, M a rky a t e Street, Dunstable, Brickhill, `,.ennV Stratford, St one y St ra tf or d, Towcester, and Wee • Daventry, Dunchurch, Coventry, and Stone Bridge, to the Castle Hotel, High-street, Birmingham, to Shiffnall, Wellington, Bridgenorth, Shrewsbury, Shelton, Oswestry, N antwich Tarporley, Bangor, Chester , and Holyhead. — [ln consequence of the decided preference giveoo the Tally- Ho Coach, the Proprietors are determined no expense shall h e spared to render it the first conveyance on the Birming ham road.] Birmingham Royal Express, new light fast Night Coach, 'tad driven through with Two Coachmen only, sets out every Afternoon, carrying Four Inside only, passes through Warwick, Leamington, Southam, Daventry, Weedon, Tow tester, and Stoney Stratford, to the Saracen's Head, Bull street, and the Castle Inn, High-street, Birmingham, early the next Morning. Brompton, Chatham, Rochester, Stroud, Gravesend, Sit tingbourne, Rainham and Ospringe, every Morning. Barnstaple, Southmolton, Crediton, Chuhnley, Tiverton, Northlaw ton, Hatherleigh, Oakhawpton, Torrington, Chumleigh, Ilfracombe, and Bideford, new light Fast Coaches every Morning and Afternoon. bath and Bristol Cheap Coach, through Chippenham, clue, Marlborough, Hungerford, Newbury and Reading, every Afterncon ; arrives at the Greyhound Jun, Bath, the London Tavern, Thomas-street, and Swan, Bristol, early nett Morning ; at Reduced Fares. Boston New Royal Patent Mail to Louth, through Roy iit°o, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Stilton, Peterborough, ,"Ping, Spalding, Spilsby, Alford, Horncastle, and Great "eitnsby, Evenin at half- p ast Seven, Sunday at a quarter before Seven. g Cambridge new Royal Patent Mail, through Ware, Bunt- I t . n g f "d, Buckland, and Royston, Evening at half-past ..even, Sunday at a quarter before Seven. Carlisle Express only One Night on the Road to Pen ilth and Whitehaven, a new light Four Inside Post Coach, Wit h a Gerard all the way ; p Sigh, asses through Appleby, 4 4 11 , Bowes, Bernard Castle, Greta Bridge, Rich „,- Catterick, Borough Bridge, Ferry Bridge, Don ;steerStilt, Newark, Bawtry, Grantham,ock Greethans, ou Stem- A ': 11 , on, Biggleswade, and Bald. Sets tin the 'sraing, and performs the journey with the gre a t e st faci htY•s—The only direct Coach to Carlisle, Cheltenham new light fast Day and Night Coach Daily thr ough Oxford. ,Chester li g ht C oac h e s t o N e wp or t, Whit c h urc h, Nant xvx: h, Tarporley, Middlewich, and Northwich, every M orning and Afternoon. Coventry Tally Ho ! light fast Day Coach, every morn 'sn:l at Half-past Six o ' c l oc k, th roug h R e db urn , D uns t a bl e , r."IY Stratford, Towcester, W e edon, Daventry, and s- mochur c h. Dover an d P ar i s P atent S a f ety C oac h every M orn i ng , th tough Canterbury and Chatham. eDorch ester new l i g h t D ay an d Ni g h t C oac h es , i n 11 t ore O nly, through Egharn, Bagshot, Blackwater, Basing )se, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Salisbury, Wood- I lt a i e Inn, and Blandford, at a Quarter-past Five in the wili ng, and every Afternoon at Two o'clock. • Parttneuth light Coaches Daily, to Newton Bushel, ain tnn, Brixham, Kingsvrear and Torquay every:Morning and Afternoon. Eteter C e l er i ty new light Fast Coach every Afternoon, thro ug h Honiton, Aminster, Charmeth, Bridport, Dor chester, Blandf or d, W oo d ya t s I nn , S a li s bury, Stockbridge, Sutton,shovt and Egh am . -... B asingstoke, Andover, Overton, Blackwater, Bag reter Pilot new four inside Coach at a quarter past seven o'clock in the Morning through Basingstoke, Andover, Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Henstridge, Sherborne, Yeovil, Crewkerne and Honiton. Glasgow, Longterm, Gretna Green, Annan, Dunsfries, 13 " nv aii Sanquhar Kiln, Kilmarnock, Kings • a 117'arts of Scotland, a light Four Inside Post &aei t , Havrowgate and Ripon new light Post Coaches every Afternoon at Two, and in the Morning. Hertford Coach through Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Hoddesdon and Ware. Holyhead New Light Fast Day and Night Coaches, through Shiffnall, Wellington, .Shrewsbury, and Salop, every Morning and Afternoon. Hull Express, a new light Post Coach, through North rave, Howden and Doncaster, every Morning, to the Cross keys, Market-place, Hull, and also the " Rockingham" in the Afternoon at Two. Kendal Light Post Coaches to Lancaster, Preston, I Cirby•Lonsdale,l3olton, Chorley, Ormskirk, and Garatang, every Morning and Afternoon. Kidderminster, Stourbridge, and Dudley, through Bir kilogham and West Bromwich, light fast Day and Night Coaches. Leeds Rockingham, light Post Coach, sets out every Afternoon at Two ; and passes through Baldock, Biggles `vade, Eaton, St. Neot's, Buckden, Stilton, Wandsford, tatarford, Greetbam, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Mark ham Moor, Eastford, Bawtry, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, S trive s at the Golden Lion Inn, Leeds, next Afternoon at Three, in time for the Bradford, Halifax, Skipton, and Huddersfield Coaches.—Driven through with Four Coach -11.1". --Lugg age and Packages only 2d. per lb.--[Not *ithstanding the uncommon expedition of this Coach, it is allowed to be the most agreeable and complete public convey 'nee on the North Road, being unequalled by any other.] Liverpool and Staffordshire Potteries new light Fast Day r''el), every Morning at half-past Six, driven through *ith Four Coachmen only. Liverpool Royal Express, new light Four Inside Fast e° a cb, in 25 Hour s , an d d r i ven th roug h w ith Four Coach- Ren only, th roug h P rescot , W arr i ngton, K nu tsford, Con et on, N ewcas tl e , S tone , R u d ge l y, Lawton, an d Li c hfi e ld, t „ O "'Y Afternoon ; arrives at th e S aracen ' s H ea d Inn, Dale ',Pet, Liverpool, next Afternoon.—[The Royal Express pe rforms its journey in less time than any other Coach to Li verpool, and is driven through with less Coachmen.] Liverpool li g ht F our I ns id e C oac h, arr i v es at Liverpool : ea t Aftern o o n , th roug h W o b urn , N ew port Pagnell, Lath :rY, N or th ampton, Welford, L utterwort h, Ili nc kl e y, theratone, Tantworth, Lichfield, Rudgely, Sandon, Stone, "twcaatle, Congleton, Knutsford, Warrington, and Prescsat. Lincoln and N ott i ng h am new l i ght Four Ins id e P ost --oach, every Afternoon at Two o'Clock. t lanchester and Altringham new light very Fast Day N •ch, every Morning to the Moseley Arms and Swan Inn. h k lancheater to Congleton, Newcastl e , W a l sa ll ; Wolver tit pten, Stafford, and Knutsford, light Four Inside Coaches. til Nlarlb oroug h an d S w i n d on Four Insid e D ay C oac h , iitttigh Maidenhead, Reading, Newbury, H unger f or d , (,t',lslorry, arid Albourne. Driven through with O ne Ochonan only. The nearest conveyance to Lambourn, arton, Wootton Basset and Pewsey. ~N e wcastle-upon-Tyne and Under Line light C oac h es A e 'Y Morning and Afternoon. Only One Night on the ttd. Oxford new light Four Inside Coach every Morning and 'llft• e rnoon, through Southall, Uxbridge, Beaconsfield and i b l4ll Wycombe. I t ' l Ylnonth Celerity new light Fast Coach, to Falmouth, 11:1 0 , Bodmi n , Penrvn, Ashburton, Thum, and N ew t on 4 , every Afternoon. Al t "Yrnonth and Falmouth Pilot, ew . Fonr I ns id e C oac h I s ;Vog at a quarter past Seven° Clock, throughClMdleigh, l a v Liskeard, St. Austle, Grampound, Traro, and Co ll ‘ i Pgate Royal Telegraph, new superior Fast Safe l ever'r to Ma rga t e , D over , D ea l, Broadstairs, Canterbu r y, stvi ll ain, and Sa n d w i c h, every Morning at Half - past to ti".--[Io consequence of the decided preference giver. Tele grap h S a f e C oac h , t h e P ropr i e t o rs ate dt r vey;'` Tio expen ce s h a ll b e spare d t o ren d er it the first con s'? on the Kent Road.] ~I t iry, Wellington, and Shiffnall light Post Coaches , eve r I. ' v lb 'taming an d Afternoon, Guarded. in gt °llth ampton, E c lipse new F our I ns id e C oac h, t o Lym • no art I'do, Lyndhurst, an d Wi nc h ester, through Basingsto k e , Bridg e , I3lackwater, and Bagehot every Morning, This is Coach and Horses and Vine Inn, Southampton. This i j er... a Most delightful conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Re e r r , ) ,.', a 6 ,`,'erosey, St. Maloes, Havre de Grace, &e. At - ktir This Coach performs the journey complete in This Honrs only ! 7,_veSrytaffAofrtdtsrhnioroen,PototteLlies, a nd n , ew light very fast Coach, nstall, Lawton, Hananl Stoke, Shelton, Burslcin, 'ily Coach direct to the Potteries. , e a -e nd Holmes Chapel. This is the Stamford % light Post Coaches ever y Morning and after tr, through Baldock, Itiggleawade, St. Neot's, Buckden, `;" i n bilrY, Stilton, and W an d s f or d. Aloranderland, Stockton, and Yarm light Post Coach every Ri ne at the Geor through Starcross, ge Inn, S un d er l an d . D!ignmouth Coach every Morni n gAliali and Sid mou th. g, , H ai ,)tt en am and Edmonton Coaches, Daily at Eleven, W akefi e ld Tw o , Fi ve , an d Ei g h t o ' clock. "akefield Four Inside Post Coaches every Morning and Aft /futon. War_ i • coa,.hevse.ek and Leami ng t on D ay and Night light fast above till pith them) one, that eaeary trot, the artiell, a wrett Kelly, ``, ?" asked lock the e. t half an If I no °the, )ted for 1)6.. for what t im it too all Chriso ; Bu t ere's not al ful affair, with the! d them v on, cote •. to the Fee er much b. :he ces'l d f , who keel r-street, son of . V It apPe ge, had at noyances having ed as the 0 the Pre/ 'a garden' . rlour win of the Y e° any perl was GE. lin. past l'' r), ToSS , Scotia; M I nella, Par from Na la, Roth « ni St. John, y from diti 'W 6 6. 1 S . I s. to ere goo- ,1 ; g o ! rtial shOi r , :cared in uncut, `'i r y it rainedi (Iff toe gian t " .day has farmers Old WheP O 4 of Nevi : er i iality. ited the P r o ration jo ..... des' !ay lass, t° ht Le, C 811941 %0 82s. f or was gen er ,lo , eurnaler ie w Jake but,, r . below. v„ t Beans t ` ° :ii are of vo rl ; e 4 annot be ° or s of the cr . 725. t° 5; 0. 68s. to p. ~ 305. —5. to —6. tO £4 - 0 (3 0 3 12 0 0 0 t , I 3 0 r thou 0 0 a tat ley. 354' 1, Barley', 'alma Pro t ho a• so .• 133 1 7kc.05 .„, 11 ' 3 0 io frow tbe ro( Wed. Goats t i_ s quare , law, of a °°,ll rg SchsV erl . Hoban( the 14(1Y r. t he th e kale, WM, the Britisii , courteas, q tore, Aft' f' -Hereford. Rev. 11 , L e° ,,,, r, :uun i r ,go2l.• r ep yoling ed , Of 11i1X100 1 Slixdfort, ;liter of d' lesex. b the ver, yof Mp e 3(1., t t( lest eI ; and d. lianov e iant-Col 1-oo°, e late in bland 11l dau g hter °I ; d o. Esq, 4 Free6eli' of Dart, :on, S u v rre' irder , C od pootlw NG - , t tl'l ttf .1 ~jT ~--,,~ ~~ / j - -" t ez• . 4 f.t • .400 1 ' t , \ n c ~yfiii r o . ; .„et , • • `f ;\•- v 1 ,7/ .• V' , • ~•-? , 1 1$ s , 74 11 , - . 1111 4ft "^'% A . V . " (: • fai c '•%%' • ,tr „ • --4 " , • 11A $, 4 . , 11123 -`frl.lo- No. 11,216. TO LADIES, WRITERS, CADETS, AND FAMILIES GOING OUT TO THE EAST INDIES. FIENRY HEBBERT, No. 187, Strand, - 1 . corner of Arundel-street, respectfully begs leave to state to Ladies, Gentlemen, and Families going out to India, that they can be supplied at the shortest notice, at his General Outfitting Warehouse, with every article of equipment necessary for the Voyage, and for a residence in India, viz. : FaShionalde Millinery and Dresses—Ladies' Linen of every description—Gentlemen's Linen of all kinds, such as Shirts, Handkerchiefs, &c. &c.—Table and Household Linen—Hosiery—Cocked and Round Hats, and Travelling Caps—Bedding—Military and Naval Appointments, such as Military Caps, Swords, Belts, Epaulets, Lace, &c.— Saddlery—Stationery—Sea Steck of•al1 kinds—Boots and Shoes—Knives, Brushes, &c. &c. &c. H. H. warrants every article to be of the very best quality, and he charges them on the very lowest terms. THE NEW LONDON BRIDGE. WE are authorized to say, that the LORDS of the TREASURY have not, as has been erro neously stated in some of the Daily Papers, come to any Re solution in regard to the specific Main Line of approach to the New London Bridge, and that with a view to have this important point settled in a way that will be satisfac tory to the Public at large, and best correspond with the character ef the Bridge itself ; it was proposed at the New London Bridge Committee, held yesterday at Guildhall, to obtain the evidence of Scientific and other Persons, in order to rebut that of local injury, brought forward by the Inhabitants of Thames-street, in opposition to the pro posed Arch over that Street, and to show that a direct approach to the Bridge by means of such an Arch, will be most convenient to the Public at large, and beet corre spond with the grandeur of the Bridge itself, as a great National Monument. LANDS IN SCOTLAND. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE BARGAIN, 1. THE LANDS AND FARM OF AUCHENBEAN, lying in the Parish of Lochwinnoch and County of Renfrew, with the TEINDS of a part of the LANDS, and privilege of a proportional part of the MISTILAW MUIR for fuel. The Lands are beautifully situated a few miles west of the village of Lochwinnoch, and have a fine southern ex posure, commanding an extensive view to the south and west. The Lands are all subdivided, and inclosed with dikes and ditches. A complate and substantial steading of Houses was lately erected on the Farm at considerable ex pence. The Lands were lately let on an improving Lease, to substantial tenants, for nineteen years, at a reduced rent of 1501. sterling per annum. The Lands hold feu of subject superior. 2. The LANDS and FARM of MIDHOUSE and TURNERSHIELLS, with the privilege of undivided MOOR and TEINDS, Parsonage and Vicarage, lying in the same parish and county. These Lands are mostly arable and pasture. They are all subdivided, and in closed with sufficient stone dikes and ditches, and there is a good slated eteading of houses and offices on the farm. There is grouse and partridge shooting on the moor and low grounds. The farm is at present let under a lease for nineteen years, which commenced at Martinmas, 1824, at the low rent of 100/. per annum, besides paying the public and parochial burdens. Thellands hold of the family of Castlesemple, for payment of a small feu duty. For farther particulars, application may be made to John Blair, W.S., EdinburgbfillC i Andrew Anderson, Esq., Greenock. TCLARK'S GENERAL OUTFIT • TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. Officers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gen tlemen proceeding to South America, or any other part of the Globe, will find in this Establishment the whole of their Military Appointments, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, Belts, Pistols, &c., together with a large and well-manu factured stock of Sea Cots, Couches, and Bedding ; Cabin Wash-hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps; Sea Chests, Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every ether description of Travelling Equipage. AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisites for India and other tropical climates ; likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable for families going abroad ; Military and itindostannee Books, Maps, &c. A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, Tandem, Phaeton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every description of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, and Seuth America, which merit inspec tion from their excellent quality, first style of workman ship, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of asking one Ready Money Price, bet from which no abatement is made. WSTEVENS, WINE and fl • MERCHANT, Nos. 7S and 80, Biabopsgate Within, begs to apprize his Friends and the Public, that he has considerably enlarged his Warehouse, and extended hia Vaults, and that he has obtained a distinct and convenient entrance to his Counting-house and Vaults, at No. 80, the second door from his Retail Concern. W. Stevens trusts that the fact of his being engaged ex tensively in the Wine and Spirit Trade for twenty years in his present Establishment and immediate neighbourhood, will exonerate him from the suspicions usually attached to the professions of an Advertisement, and that the reason ableness of his prices will be fully demonstrated by the quality of the Articles. W. STEVENS begs respectfully to state, his undeviat ing terms are Ready Money, and that Orders from the Country cannot be executed unless accompanied with a re m a goods and packages; and t o i nsure con fid ence , should the sent fail in giving entire satisfaction, the money will be returned. FOREIGN SPIRITS. Best Old Cognac Brandy ... 268. 6d. and 255. per gallon Ditto, 12 years old (Champagne) 3OB. ditto Good Cognac Brandy Hollanda (finest Shedara) 26s. ditto Old Jamaica Rum 106.8 d. and 12s. ditto Ditto Weeidorburns l3s. 4d. ditto Ditto 10 years' old, Hydrometer proof lss. ditto Rum Shrub lOl. Bd. 12s. and 13s. 4d. ditto ENGLISH GIN. The flavour and quality of W. STEVENS' ENGLISH GIN has long borne the pre-eminence, the price is accord ing to the strength. Good Gin 6s. 94. and be. 4d. per gallon. Excellent The Idighast Strength lns. Bd. ditto FOREIGN WINES. Good full b o di e d P ert 275. and 30s. ditto Ditto, finest i m p or t e d Sherry, warrante d genu i ne ... 245. ditto Ditto, fine quality, Ditto, straw colour, soft and nutty 40s. ditto Old fashioned Brown Sherry 42s. ditto The Armontil!ado Sherry Bucellas, finest imported West India Madeira, cariou s East India Ditto, very old Lisbon, Vidonia, and_Mountain 2Bs. and 32e. ditto i S m T p E or p ted P f O ro a m TB th e most cel e b ra t e d Wines w C e ß re tj These Oporto !louses, selected from the most approved Vintages, have been in Bo ttle from three to five years, and are worthy the attention of the Connoisseur. Old Port, highest quality, 5 years in Bottle, 425. per doz. Ditto, Choice Light Wine, ditto (Crust loose) 365. ditto Five Old Port, four years in Bottle s6s. ditto Ditto, two years in Bottle FRENChI WINES. Good Claret... .......................... 425. per doz. Lafitte, 1822 .......................... . 725. ditto Sparkli ng Champagne .................. 665. 6d. ditto WINES FROM THE CAPE. Madeira Good ....................... 15s. and 18s. per doz. Finest imported .. ................... 20s. ditto Stein Wine Collison) ............. 245. ditto Pontac (Port flavour) ............ ... ISs. and 20a. ditto -Ditto, finest imported 24s. ditto Constantia PACKAGES.--Casks at Cooper's p r ices, Stone Bottles, 7d. per gallon, Glass Bottles, 3s. per dozen ; Hampers, 6d. per dozen.—Money returned if sent back. The trade supplied. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1828. PRIVATE PUPIL. AMARRIED CLERGYMAN, for some years Tutor to a Nobleman, and subsequently re ceiving Six Pupils into his House, a moderate distance from London, would be glad to fill a vacancy with a gen tleman's son, whose Health or Education may require more than common attention. _ _ Letters addressed to the Rev. H. S., Messrs. Harding and Lepard's, llooksellem, No. 4, Pall-mall East, London, will be duly forwarded to him in the country. This day was published, a Genuine and Complete Edition of DON JUAN, ill two vols. foolscap Bvo., price 145., and in demy 18me., price 9s. Printed uniform with Mr. Murray's Editions of Lerd Byron's Works, and illustrated with Two beautiful Engravings by Finden, from Westall's designs. Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars. To be had of all the Booksellers. In 2 vols. post Bvo. with plates, U. Is. THE PICTURE OF SCOTLAND. By R. CHAMBERS, Author of " Traditions of Edinburgh." " Not only the most amusing,' but the most useful com panion for the Northern Tourist."—New Monthly Mag. " By far the most readable topographical book we ever read."—London Weekly Review. " It is quite impossible to dip into any part of it with out having the attention riveted."—Literary Gazette. Printed for William Tait, 78, Prince's-street, Edin burgh ; and Longman and Co. London. THE GRAVEL AND STONE, LUMBAGO, &o. HICKMAN's PILLS are allowed to be the most successful Preparation for effectually remov ing and preventing the future recurrence of those Disor ders, which arise from an imperfect action of the Urinary Organs, as GRAVEL and STONE, LUMBACSO, P UNS in the BACK and LOINS, &c. Composed of the most innocent ingredients, this truly valuable Medicine relieves the suffering patient from the excruciating tortures of those diseases without any violence or injury to the constitution, and requires no confinement or restraint of diet during its use. It is one of the oldest Public Medicines extant ; and its peculiar virtues and efficacy have uniformly maintained the highest reputation. Sold in Boxes, at 2s. 9d. and I Is. by Messrs. Butler, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, London ; Sack ville-street, Dublin ; Princes-street, Edinburgh ; Savory. and Co. 136, New Bond-street ; and the principal Medi cine Venders. Of whom may be bad MORRIS's BRUNSWICK CORN PLAISTER, an excellent Remedy for eradicating Corns, Bunions, &c. In Boxes at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. OFFICIALREPORT ON RATS IN FRANCE. REPORT OF A FRENCH COMMISSION APPOINTED TO IN- QUIRE RESPECTING THE IMMENSE SWARMS AND DE- FREDATIONS OF RATS AT MONTFAUCON. PARIS, JULY B.—The section of the Report re lating to the Rats of Montfaucon is not a little curi- ous :-- To ascertain the number of these animals is, of course, impossible, but that it must be enormous will be judged of, from the facts we arc going to state, and from the circumstance that one of the chief obstacles to the removal:OfAhe horse slaughter house to a greater distance from Paris, is the fear entertained of the dangerous consequences that may result to the neighbourhood from suddenly depriv ing these voracious vermin of their accustomed sus tenance. The carcasses of the horses killed in the day (and sometimes these amount to 35) are found the next morning picked bare to the bone. Now, as besides that it is known that they devour a con siderable quantity of the muscular parts and intes tines that have been thrown together in heaps, arid the quantity necessary to the support of a single rat being ascertained, some idea may be formed of their amazing number. Dussaussois, a proprietor of one of the slaughter-houses, has, however, made a still more conclusive experiment. A part of is esta blishment is enclosed by solid walls, at the foot of which are several holes made for the ingress and egress of the rats; into this enclosure he put the carcasses of two or three horses, and, towards the middle of the night, having first cautiously, and with as little noise as possible, stopped up all the above mentioned holes, he, accompanied by several of his workmen, each having a torch in one hand and a stick in the other, entered the yard, and, closing the door behind them, commenced a general massacre; it was not necessary to take any aim, for no matter how the blow was directed, it was sure to immolate a rat; and those who endeavoured to escape by climbing up the walls were made to descend in double quick time, by applying the torch to their nether ends. By a recurrence of this expedient, at intervals of a few days, he killed in the space of a month 16,050 rats. After one night's massacre the dead amounted to 2,650, and the result of four hunts was 9,101. Even this can give but an imperfect idea of the number of these vermin, for the enclosure in which they were thus killed contains not above the twentieth part of the space over which are spread the dead bodies of horses, which it is but natural to suppose must equally attract the rats upon all points. These animals have made burrows for them selves, like rabbits, in the adjoining fields, andhollowed out into galleries all the surrounding eminences, and that to such an extent that it is not unusual to see Pthe latter crumble away at the base, and leave ex posed these subterraneous works. They have undermined all the walls and constructions in the neighbourhood, and it is only by taking the most particular precautions—casing the foundation with broken bottles, &c.--that Dussaussois has been able to preserve from falling a small house attached to his establishment. So great is the number of these animals, that they have not all been able to lodge themselves in the immediate vicinity of the slaughter houses, for there are most distinctly traced and well known paths leading across the fields from the en closures in which the horses are killed to a burrow about five hundred paces distant. These paths are particularly remarkable in wet weather, as they are covered the whole of their length with a clayey mud, that adheres to the feet of the rat on coming out of their burrows. There is a peculiar circumstance worth relating relative to the predilections which these animals show to one particular part of the horse ; they always invariably begin by devouring the eyes, drinking the liquid contained ►n them, and eat►ng the fat at the bottom of the orbit. There never has been an instance of a dead horse left one night ex posed, the eyes of which were not devoured before morning. During very severe frosts, when it be comes impossible to flay and cut up the bodies of horses that have been for any time exposed to the air, and when even the fragments of flesh lying about have become so hard as to render it difficult far the rats to feed upon them, they resort to the following expedient :—They penetrate into the body, either through the wound, when the animal has been put to death by plunging a knife into the breast, or through the anus when the skin is not cut, the animal having been killed by a blow of a sledge. They there establish themselves, and devour the flesh, so that when the thaw comes, the workmen find nothing but a skin and a skeleton us derneath, as clean and clear of flesh as if it had been prepared by the most skilful operator. These ani mals are extremely prolific—the females bear five or six times a year. In several that we opened we found, 14, 16, and even 18 young ones. It is only necessary to turn up the earth with the foot to find nests containing as many. Their ferocity and vora city surpass any thing that can be imagined—to prove which, we need only state the following fact : " M. Magendic having gone himself to Montfaucon, to procure twelve rats, upon which to make experi ments, had them put together into a box. On his return home he opened the box, and found but three rats, the others having been devoured by the survi vors, and nothing remained of them but their tails and bones. The fact appears incredible, but we have it from M. Magendie's lips." The fetid ema nations arising from this horrible nuisance, not only render almost uninhabitable the neighbouring villages of Pantin and Romainville, but infect the Boulevard du Temple, several of the streets in the Maraes, and extend their influence even to the gardens of the Tuileries. This last extension, however, only takes place when the air is cairn, and the weather heavy and cloudy." The remaining extracts we shall take at random from the Report :—" Near to the slaughter house of Dussaussois, is a large room set apart for the flaying and cutting up of the dogs and cats either found dead in the streets of Paris, or stolen and killed by the cheoniers (rag-gatherers)." From what follows, it appears evident that the flesh of these animals figures, of course, under a different same (rabbit or hare most likely) amongst the deli cacies served up to their customers by the minor re staurateurs ; for the Report goes on to say—" A man and a woman are employed the whole year round in flaying and cutting up these animals. The skins of the dogs are hung up to dry; those of the cats are carefully stuffed with straw ; the fat of both is seduously collected and melted down, and the paws sold to the glue-makers. We never entered this esta blishment without finding a great number of dogs and cats flayed, and embowelled, and trussed with the greatest care, and quite ready for the spit or stewing pan. Whether they are eaten by the slaughterhouse men (their numbers would seem to preclude this idea), or sold to other persons, we were not able to learn. As the heads and tails are always cut off, these cats and dogs, thus prepared, present a very tempting ap pearance, and it would Rot be a little difficult to dis tinguish them from other animals of the same race which are admitted to our tables. In the room, or hovel, in almost all the cheifoniers, of Paris, is a little gallows, in which are hung up the unfortunate dogs which they steal or find wandering about the streets. They have also dogs trained to bring to land the dead dogs and cats floating in the Seine." The abominable and permanent stench which pre vails at Montfaucon exercises, it appears, no in jurious effects upon those employed there ; for the Report states that all the workmen, their:wives, and children, though living in the midst of eternal filth and corruption, enjoy the most flourishing and bril liant health. One of these women, remarkable for her fecundity, has a house full of the finest and handsomest children it is possible to see. The members of the Commission have often seen her place the child that she was nursing in the skeleton of a horse, as in a kind of cradle, while she proceed ed to flay and cut up another carcass that lay close to the spot. The workmen employed in these slaughter-houses attain to a considerable old age, and preserve, is general, their activity and good looks to a later period than those of Paris and the sur rounding country. It is also well known that, during an epidemic disease which prevailed in the neigh bouring villages of Pantin and La Villette, not one of the workmen of Montfaucon was attacked by it. The new site to which the members of the Com mission recommended that the horse slaughter houses should be transferred is on the left banl, of the Seine, some yards below the village of Anteuil, which is on the right bank, and about half-way be tween Paris and St. Cloud. The average rate at which the different objects of commerce furnished by the horse, are sold, is as fol lows :—The skin, 15 francs each ; the long hair, 10d. per lb.; the flesh, whQn fresh and wholesome, 3d. per lb.; the tendons, 6d. per lb.; the oil, 7d. per lb. ; the hoofs, Gd. per lb.; the bones, 4 cen times, or something less than a farthing per lb. A few days since, in the neighbourhood of Pegwell, Isle of Thanet, a girl collecting the scattered ears in a corn field, was discovered by the owner plundering from the sheaves ; no sooner did she see him, than to escape punishment, she took to her heels, and heedlessly leaped over the cliff, a height of SO feet ! Both her thighs were broken, and she was otherwise sadly mutilated.— Maidstone Journal. ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF LONDON.— The number of oxen annually consumed in London has been estimated at 110,000, calves 50,000, sheep 770,000, lambs 250,000, hogs and pigs 200,000, besides animals of other kinds. The total amount of butchers' meat sold at the principal market, which is Smithfield, is estimated at 8,000,0001. annually. There are on an average annually brought to Billingsgate Market, 2,500 cargoes of fish, of forty tons each, and about 20,000 tons by land carriage ; in the whole 120,000 tons. The supply of poultry being inadequate to the demand, the prima are consequently high, and that article is mostly confined to the tables of the wealthy. The consumption of wheat in London may be avernged at 900,000 quarters, each containing eight Win chester bushels; of porter and ale 2,000,000 barrels, each containing 36 gallons; spirits and compounds 11,000,000 gallons ; wines 65,000 pipes ; butter 21,000,000 11)3., and cheese 26,000,000 lbs. The quantity of coals consume 4 is about 1,200,060 chaldrens of thirty-six bushels, or a ton and a half to each chaldron. About 9,600 Cows are kept in the vicinity of London, for supplying the inhabi tants with milk, and they are supposed to yield nearly 7,900,000 gallons every year; even this great quantity, however, is considerably increased by the dealers, who adulterate it, by at least one-fourth with water, before they serve their customers. The difference of feeding cattle about the year 1700 and. at the present period, 182 S, is strikingly illustrate'? by the following comparison :-1n the year 1700 the average of the oxen sold in the London market was 310 lbs. ; of calves 50 lbs. ; of sheep 23 lbs. ; and of lambs 18 lbs. ; the present average weight is, of oxen 800 lbs. ; of calves 140 lbs. ; of sheep 80 lbs. ; and of lambs 50 lbs. TILSIT, AUGUST 4.—DUrillg the night be fore last, a fire broke out in the South-eastern extremity of the ancient castle of Ragnit, at present made nse of as a house of correction ; and such was the violence with which it raged, that it was only with the utmost difficulty that the greater part of the prisoners in confinement could be saved. The different partition walls of the great building being almost entirely of wood, and not one of the five floors into which it is divided separated from the other by vaults, tho smoke soon forced its way into the different apartments, and apprised the prisoners of their danger. Some succeeded in forcing open the doors, and those of others were opened by the inspectors, and the unfortunate people thus rescued, were then conducted by the military to a neighbouring barn. The task of the guards and firemen was peculiarly severe, having to struggle, not only with the raging ele ment, but also against the efforts of the inmates of the building who were making incessant attempts to effect their escape. Several prisoners sought to save themselves by jump ing from the windows, in which two succeeded, while a much greater number either lost their lives or were seriously injured. Seventeen escaped, but of these the greater part have since been recaptured. As it was impossible to Provide for the safety of so many prisoners in so small a place, 200 of them were the following morning brought to Tilsit, and lodged in the barracks.—ln the northern wing of the building, four women, of whom several were already condemned to the wheel, were placed in the most immi nent danger, their rooms being entirely surrounded by fire, and the only possible exit being by the windows, which were secured by strong iron bars. A reward of 150 dol lars was offered to any one who would save them, upon which a mason's apprentice offered to hazard his life in the attempt, but declared beforehand that be would not accept the proffered reward. By means of ladders he climbed tip to the window, and there, surrounded by flames and smoke, he succeeded in filing away several of the bars, and rescuing the unhappy creatures from what appeared a certain death. It was remarked as a singular circumstance, that those already condemned to death, and whose execution was fixed fur the 18th instant, were exactly those who seemed to return the warmest thanks to Providence for their preservation.—Hamburgh Re porter. FREE TRADE. (From the Nambur9h Reporter.) From Lyons we learn that the operatives are to be seen every evening begging in the streets. This is melaucholy, but is there any thing strange in it? Is it not rather the inevitable and natural consequence of that disastrous and miserable policy, copied from the former folly of England, and adopted after the absurdity had been recognised in the latter country by an abolition of the greater 'part of the system. France has all those glorious laws which the bigots are brawling for in England. No foreign wool, no foreign corn, no foreign manufactures, are admitted into her ports ' • a loathsome line of douaniers extends along the whole length of her frontiers, and not a foreigner can enter France, unless he travel in the suite of an Ambassador, or some other privileged person, without being subjected to the most insulting and revolting treatment at the hands of the eustom-house officers. For these worthies, being entitled to the half of whatever seizures they make, are exceedingly diligent in their vocation, and take care never to let the person of a stranger pass, without defiling him by manual examination. And yet a wonder is expressed by the Parisians that the delicate fabric of Lyons should remain un purchased, and the generous produce of the vine yard cease to be demanded ! Is it at this time of day that nations have to learn, that trade can never be anything but an organized barter, and that in the exact proportion to the amount of what they receive from foreign nations, will be the amount of that which they return in exchange ? The foreign trade of France is sunk to a degree of insignificance, conspicuous even in comparison to that of countries her inferiors in wealth, population, and extent of sea coast. The flag of Prussia, Den mark, Sweden, Holland or the House towns, are seen displayed in every friendly harbour of import once over the whole globe ; but how rare is the ap parition of the drapeau sans tache in any of these ? The only official document immediately at hand, is the Sound list, and though we are aware that the trade of France is comparatively greater to the New World, yet some idea may be formed of the self inflicted injury which France suffers in consequence of her disastrous restrictive policy. From the Ist to the 9th of August, inclusive, 261 vessels of different sizes passed from the Baltic through the Sound. Of these 115 proceeded to British, 8 to North American, 42 to Dutch, 9 to Hamburgh or Bremen, 2 to Mediterranean, not French, and 27 to French ports. The vessels entering the Baltic are much in the same proportion. Now to judge correctly of the disadvantage under which the trade of France is here found to labour, it must be recollected, that independently of the quality of her wines, France is the nearest country from which wine can be received in the Baltic, and that in their trade thither, England and Holland have the solitary advantage over France, of not re jecting the productions which those countries have it in their power to offer in return. French manufactures may, by the fatal restrictive policy, be forced into an unhealthy state of existence at the expence of her agriculturists, whose most vu luable productions, wine and fruit, will have to re main upon their hands : but then again a sop is thrown to the agriculturist in the shape of an exclu sion of foreign corn, and the two interests are thus conciliated by the injuries inflicted upon each! Le pauvre genre humain ! PRICE 7D. POLITICAL DUEL. A duel arising out of what may be termed a po litical quarrel, took place on Monday morning, be tween two Portuguese officers of high rank, Count and Colonel —. Both gentlemen on Satur day evening were at a party given in the house of a Portuguese Nobleman, and the Colonel was engaged in narrating to a small circle which was collected round him, some movements of the Constitutional army, in the course of which this expression occurred, " When the Generals ran away," and reaching the ears of the Count, who stood at no great distance, he interrupted the narrator, by asking him what the remark was which had just then fallen from him ? The Colonel at first was disposed to soften the ex pression into " when the Generals had retreated," but his interrogator fiercely resumed, and charged him with the words he had used, calling upon him instantly to retract them. The Colonel thus pressed, repeated the obnoxious sentence, which he affirmed conveyed the truth of what occurred ; adding, that if the Count felt disposed to take offence at what had occurred, he was ready to give him any sort of satis faction he might require. Some violent language followed, which ended in a challenge being given to the Colonel by the Count, and the former made his election of pistols as the weapon by which the quarrel was to be determined. Seconds were im mediately chosen, and it was arranged that the meeting should take place on the following morn ing ; but some friends, who entertained the hope that the differences might still be adjusted, urged ! very strongly the indecorum of devoting the Sab bath to such a purpose, and a postponement conse , quently occurred till Monday morning. All the at tempts made in the interim to prevent the meeting proved wholly unavailing. The conclusion of the affair was conducted with a degree of coolness and sangfroid which, while it is characteristic of the high est courage and self-possession, will be thought in the estimation of an English reader to partake some what of the burlesque. The place fixed on for the encounter was a field on the Surrey side of Hammer smith-bridge, whither the whole party, including the two principals and the two seconds, set out in the same coach, at an early hour on Monday morning. When they reached Hammersmith-bridge; all the gentlemen, none of whom had ever seen one before constructed on the suspension principle, were ex ceedingly struck with this very fine specimen of it, and agreed to alight and walk over the bridge, that they might examine it more minutely. This was accordingly done, and some time was consumed in an elaborate discussion on the merits of this compared with other forms of architecture applied to the erec tion of bridges. They then re-entered the carriage, and drove to the place of meeting, and there happen ing to be a tree in the field fixed on, which was somewhat rare as a botanical production in this coun try, they occupied some further time in a discussion on its properties. The business on which they m et was then proceeded on ; the seconds loaded the pistols,and the distance being marked out both par ties fired by signal at the same time, but without the weapon of either taking any effect. Tile_ setre7nv.da, then interfered, and having represented the have been of the original offence, which u been meant to convey any personal Bffro the nt, and do ample satisfaction had been alrea d y given, par ties were reconciled, and proce e same manner as they went.—Timts• d to town in th e co uld not have An individual is now v isiting the country fairs real invisible girl to be seen here —adroit hid, is inscribed the following • not ifi_ with a caravan, on " 1 • nthewesCopaipaenri.it?teeToofwThiacte theoo ofteniltte latter men tionedl • • A country gentleman, sitting near an ignora ctaanticoen one: MUS yesterday evening, in Peel's Coffee-house, asked him swered,—" They were a club of chaps, fend of eating and drinking, who dine once a week on rarities, at the City of London Tavern." w lat wall; meant t th b e y ;ninny.. toT ' 4.k‘:_" 4 ; % 1 '; - 4 1 it, ~~~ 1 Y r - rit 11 • tlif LAW lifißLLlGilget SECONDARIES' OFFICE, Auc. 20. CRIM. CON. AUSTEN ESQ. V. WARES. ...... Mr. RYLAND opened the pleadings. The Jury were to assess the damages to which the plaintiff was entitled to recover from the defendant, for cri minal conversation with his wife. The plaintiff laid his damages at 10,0001. Mr. LAW stated the case. The plaintiff, Mr. Austen, was a gentleman residing at Goadherst, in Kent, of which county he had long been an active Magistrate. He had formerly been an officer in the army ; and the defendant was also a member of that honourable profession, holding a lieutenant's com missiongßtr aaveneegdtahlteo i ends an nfahebenil defendant athiEatlimmstaea intimacy . o d pt i a iipTaothr Company's ivan cdit yrlongc oufmss committinget subsisted c sei e ss , t e o d n e which the the offence of whi c h h e h a d b een gu ilt y , we re to be tween his highly estimable father, the , Rev. Dr. Nares, and the plaintiff. Dr. Nares, with whose high reputation as an auth or t h ey were we ll acquaint ed, had a living in Kent, at Whi c h h e res id e d, ne ar the place of the plaintiff's residence, and their fami lies had been on terms of the greatest intimacy for many years. he defendant was a young man about 21 or 22 years of age, and had been some years in India on military duty, from which country he returned in May last ye ar, f o r th e benefit of his health. The plaintiff had been married to a f ormer wife, by whom he had two children ; and in 1821 he married his present wife, who was then a widow Springet, and had two children by her former hus band. This lady is much younger than the plaintiff, but still of mature age, being now about 37 years. The defendant, from the time of his return to Eng land, was a frequent visitor at the plaintiff's house; but down to the very hour of . the elope ment, the conduct of the plaintiff's wife was unim peachable,—perfectly free from any appearance that could excite suspicion ; and the conduct of the plain tiff towards her was that of an attentive and affec tionate husband. On the 31st of last October, on pretence of going to pay a visit to the family of the Rev. Mr. Cornwallis, in Seven Oaks, the plaintiff's wife left home in a public stage, with her husband's perfect approbation. Mr. Hay, a friend of the plaintiff's, was in the stage-coach at the time, and to his care he recommended her. She proceeded in the coach as far as Tunbridge, when she told Mr. Hay she would take a chaise to go to Mr. Corn wallis's, and left the coach apparently for that purpose. She did take a chaise, but instead of going to Mi. Cornwallis's she proceeded by another road towards London, and was met by the defendant iH a chaise which he had brought from London, and by him she was brought to Fladong's hotel, in Oxford-street, where he had taken lodgings the day before in the name of Wait. There they remained but a short time, during which they occupied the same bed chamber; and from thence they went to Margate, where they lived together as man and wife, in a lodg ing-house, for eleven weeks, still passing by the name of Wait. After the discovery of their retreat, the parties no longer sought concealment, but proceeded to Calais, where they lived together as man and wife in the defendant's real name. A copy of the register of the plaintiff's marriage, on the Ist of August, 1821, was put in evidence. Miss Aux Austen examined.—l am the plaintiff's daughter by a former wife. I was present at his marriage with his present wife, which took place at St. Paul's, Covent-garden, the Ist of August, 1821. I then went to live with them at Goudhurst, and continued to reside there principally till Mrs. Austen's elopement in October last. To the time of Mrs. Austen leaving her husband, their demeanour towards each other was tender and affectionate. Dr. Nares's family was intimate with my father for 30 years; they constantly visited in the most friendly manner. I knew the defendant from a child : he was always intimate at our house. Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—My lathe age is about 67 at present; the age of his second wife at present is about 31: I never saw any thing between them that was not tender and affectionate ; there were differences of opinion sometimes, but never any thing like a quarrel : I believe the de fendant is now about 22 years of age; he was in India two years ; he had frequently visited at my father's after his second marriage, before he went to India. Re-examined—l saw an unfinished letter in Mrs. Austen's hand while the defendant was in India, which she told me was for him. I should not have known whom it was for had not she told me. She used no concealment. There was nothing in her conduct that called for reprehension. Colonel Austen, examined by Mr. Lavv—l am nephew of the plaintiff, and was in the habit of visit ing him from the time of his second marriage to the time his wife eloped, generally three, or four, or five times a week in winter. His conduct was that of is tender and affectionate husband. Elizabeth Higgins—l lived housemaid with 111 r. Austen 11 years. I lived in the house from the time of his second marriage till Mrs. Austen went away. He was always kind and affectionate to her. She was always kind and pleasant to him. Her conduct was always that of a lady. Never saw any thing different, to the time of her going away. John Beresford, a waiter at Fladong's hotel, ill Oxford-street, in October last stated, that the de fendant called on the 29th of October last, and asked for apartments. He was not seen by the other waiters. He chose a drawing-room and bed-chamber on the same floor; there was a passage between. De fendant slept there on the 29th and 30th, and went, as he said, to Seven Oaks in the morning—ordered a dinner for himself and a lady, and returned between five and six in the evening, with a lady. They slept in the bed-room. Defendant said his name was Wait. All but witness supposed they were man and wife. They left the following day at dusk. Mr. John Hay examined—Witness was acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Austen for some time. On the 31st October, he was a passenger in the Cranborne coach to London. The coach stopped at Majo r Austen's (the plaintiff's) house, and took up Airs. Austen. Her husband attended her to the coach, between 20 a n d 30 and said to witness he was glad to see him. Mrs . Austen was going on the road as far as S even Oaks, and he would be much obliged to him to take charge of her so far. He said she was going on a visit to Mr. Cornwallis's, and Mrs. Austen be gg ed her hus band to come and fetch her the foll o wing Satu r d ay , which he said he should do. The distance betw een Mr. andAusten al ' i s 4sa w Sevennosnore Oak miles. Before Mrs. Aus ten was lon g in the coach. she said she thought s he had changed h er mind— woulda take a chaise at Tunbridge, and go t h e cross road. She left th e coa c h at Tunb ridge, and ordered a chaise at the Crown-inn. Witness wen t on by ores is her. of the coach, A usten is a woman of c erabie personal attraction. Mrs. Johnson examined—Wit ness li ves a t N o . 10, Lower Marine-terrace, Margate. The defendant „„d a lady came to her house on the 2d of Noveni ber, and lodged With her 11 weeks. They said their name was 'Wait ; they used the same bed room, and desired her, if any one called, to say they were not there. They had no servant; the lady she would call a very good-looking woman. By the Coutur—They lived while in her house as man and wife. Wm. Hazledine—Witness is a butcher at Gond hurst, and served the defendant and Mrs. Austen. Went to Calais the Ist of April, to serve him with process, and saw them walking on the public pier. Mrs. Austen said to him, " Good God, 14azledine, where did you come from ? I know your business ; but you don't want to make any thing unpleasant here. Come to the Crown Inn, and inquire for Mr. and Mrs. Nares, and you will find us." Witness went with them to the inn, and served the process. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. ALEXANDER addressed the Jury for the de fendant; after which the S ECONDARY rea d over t h e evidence, making observations as he proceeded, and the Jury, after a short consideration, assessed the damages at 1,0001. ~ f ..