The Sun. — London, England, 1816-10-31 00:00:00

= Pill Nf,;E GO RTSC LIAKOFF. The name Of this, 1'1;i-rice is 'now so often before nor visitor to that they tuitsi to feel some-kind of curiosity about him . The illustrimis stranger Prince 'Alexey Ivano• w i :c h Gortsellakoff was born in 1769 at Moscow, %t here 1 is father, Prince and Field Marshal, re , - after the seven years' war, in vt birth he ac tptirril• great reparation. Ar a eery early age the Not::Ig Prince began his military career, thootth et iO son of n Field Marshal, as a serjeant P reo hy ntre u,skoy Guards: but the Father, Nviihwg him to begin by a different sort of service, retiitestrd of the Empress to send him, with the ri,uk Of Captain to one of the Regiments in the nviglibunthood of (Munson. on the, Black Sea,. ut,uer the command of General SonvOinit '1 hat celebrated General first made him serve ac a Silifide' infantry soldier, where he lived and did duty with the priV'ateL men; he was then raised to tha„raidt of set joint, and after some time he was transferred to a regimeht of cavalry n ri v ate dragoon, where he dressed his horse, and Aid duty like his eunuattys. Raised to the rank of seijeant, he sei Yeti in that capacity for awhile, and then he was made to serve in a Cossack rugiment.• After this rude apprenticeship to the military art, Souvornff being satisfied with his conduct, made the Prince his Aide-de.C..any, in which ca. pacity lie went . on . the (amour journey of the En►- pt to she Crimea. As a war with the Turks Was immediately after , declared, Sonvoroff, under Pence Poteinkm, at. tacked them at Kilburn, on the 1313 ck Sea, where the Turks tette defeated with great losS, and our y,A , ng Prince, obtained the rank of scumrd Major tor his good conduct. In 1788 he served with a battalion of infantry :in the flotilla commanded by the Prince of Nassau, %rho) in six engagements by sea the 'Twits were completely defeated, when the Prince was placed under the command of Paul Jones, and finished his naval career wilt great eclat (mom whence lie recut immediately to the siegeof Otschakciff, which had already commenced. Pf ince Potemkin, knowing his conduct and braver y, immetliatcly made him Major de Tra• noke, in which capacity he eninnianded Les En fans perdne3 in the forlorn hope untlerthe Prince of ,Aulutit, and for his bravery he received the Cross of St. George pf .. The 4th class. fie was then made Aide-de-eamp-General to Prince Potemkin; distinguished himself at tlie taking of Bender, matte so famons by Charles XII, of S‘veden, and sva made Lieutenant-Colonel: •At the furious and fatal attack on lsmahil he dis tinguislo-d himself as usual, and vas, made foil Colonel, Tle diploniatie talents of the Prince . were next trial, dud lie was sent io treat and sign :pries vrilh the Grans! Vizier in 1791--a proof that Ilia abiliiies 4 . 1u1 conduct inspired great eon. I ; tdeme, for he Wa then but io 22A year. T. In 1 lie commanded under Count de' lersen In l'ol,na!, where, he commanded the advance golrds, and greatly distinguished himself, and ;....c.e . iv,ed tut' order of St, Whidimer and the Golden tworii ; and was afterwards sent to reconcile two powerful Polish mp Princtclis , which by his s t hhe 3 S he, accomplished, thereby. cppsolidatiog the union of the I) . oii.sh Confederation,' • 10'1794 he again served under .souvnron at the taking of \Varsaw, alter thy Ptuistitus had Ethan. &fled the sirge ; and for his bravery received the order of the Red Eagle of Prussia. in 1796 the Pt ince rose to the rank of Majnr- Oeneral ; and in 1797 acquitted himself so Well in (=pulling a diiturbance 10 the interior of Rus sia, that he was made Lietitenant-General, and recei'vcd the Gram! CrOss of St. Anne, and was made Comilla (lei' of the Serninotiskoy Guards. At the end of the same year he was matte Go vernor of Siberia, with the military command and , the . management 'of the rich,mines and coin tn'rce of that:country, which' received great be pcfir frotli'the exertion of his talents. ELs penetrating eye, though bred to a military lire, perceived that Kiaclita, which was the chart i< a . through which . the cotntnerce with China was I: ,,vrica on,' was not so well situated for that pur - pse Ili iluchterma : he accordingly applied to die . I.;:mperm Paul to permission to change that In termediate - station, and to fortify it. The former • • 11 jeg lieSt eras granten , Etta feat' of giving umbrage `to the Chinese Government occasioned hesitation as, to the lilttCl': here the Prince displayed great iddri9R, for lie found means to bring the Chinese, not 10 Consent, hot to make a request that Hitch - terma silrtcilcl be fottified, it being for the safety • of the 111e11:1 $;n0":' , or botn' 00ontries. At the inolovot that lit receivcd the Chinese de pittatiou ft,r that porpose, he received orders to i'ettml to 14:e eotnotiolki nutlet. General tiouvoroff Li lI aly'. tiftii Seta to tiAvel above GOO() - to cotnni 4 o(t,' is a ,proof of the tsti ii hit V. 15 held, In this eq,nipaigo hiorels, and ohNiined the. Order Newsiw cif )114s - sia', of Maria , or •St. I : lnbert and the. GOlden whose tri)ops I n . ccimmanded, no d St. Maurice and another order of Sar . 'i n t he T s t A llan itniipaign the , Care of provision. ing the arrity,fatohAn most he well remembered how the iluslians, at such a distance from home,were all at voce de•sellcd by Germemy, who.had called them there.; brit it is. not so generailly known that thev refused either money ar provisions. in this Aileibma, Prince Oottschakoff prevailed on the King of Bavaria.. vvhirm he visited in person, to give the necessary aid, and thus - extricated the rainy lrolll I verY diAressing siniation, n e ±;°v t, sent to Sweden, .to assist at the, Ao,,iphus.wh,en the people baths, tin 1V :1!4461*1 1; 0 1 4, :3I10t1 u i tatt‘,., Fifoamd rei,ise.(i to I,lfie 11;e tar,. per Lt,i,i , )l) tittd them.to snbmit, and was nominated thierrunr•Gmteral of Itussian Finiawl ; and it is sitigu'iiir z:hetrat&tance.tiif4_ tie tOtLs ..afterwtirds employed under other 'circumstances to. separate thin same cm:Wry from the Crovvi, Of Sweden. t4e yetis of the memorable battic of Auster. lita he presided at the Senate of Moscow, and hn►! the military arrangements of that province. In 1807 he commanded a corps that went to as sist Prussia against the French ; at the lmttle of [lei!she, g t he commanded the whole Russian army, when 'Gen, Benningsen was indisposed ; .and for the signal serr;,ces he performed received the Order of St.. George of the third class, and St. Wl:stainer of the second class, Irag his own So vereign; and the Black Eagle from the King of Pruasiss. .was after-the Treaty of that terminat.• erf the unfortunate was with Prussia, that the Prince was sent to conquer 'Finland from Sweden, where he received a wound in thegrOin, which compelled hint to quit the command, when he •re turned to St. Petersburg") ; and in 1812. the most important moment Raissia ever saw, he'was made Minister of War; and it WR$ under his auspices that those military measures were taken, and. those armies organised and sent out, that. repul.ed the Despot of France' with' his 600,00 tote„ ‘l ,, ierti from 15 different notions, and sent him back beaten and alone to' call for new conscrip-. tions. During four years that the Prince'sv4Minister, Russia rote iron) a defensive attitude to he the first military Power on the Continent ; end dur ing the :mine period Paris was twice entered by the Allies, and twice saved by the magnanimity of the Conquerors. 'lke Reader must have remarked the severe training which the Prince received on his first en trance in the army, and his very gradual -advauee ment, notwithstanding his rank and service 43 but what is still more curious and important to l; now is, that when Minister at War the armies of ani» sia at one time amounted to 1,180,000 men ; and though in the field and in activity, by means of his, economy and good order, the expense • only amounted in the year to 155,000.000 roubles, or, at the present exchange at 9ifl. per rouble, 11,135,101. steeling; a stint equal to L. 4s. a man by the yea', . The Prince is now a Field-marshal, and Mem ber of ,the Great •linperial.Cotmeil, and Senator. ~-=- CORONERS' INQUESTS. Yesterday evening an Inquisition was bald at the Carpenters' Arms'," cornier of Howland street •and,John-street, Fitzroy-square, before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq. Coroner' for Middlesex, on' the body of MrsT Catherine Swale, a lady aboint eighty years of age:, whotie death was caused by her clotheirtaking fire. - Mr:Thomas Nash---1 am an artist, and live nt NO. 12; Howland-street. The deceased orenpled the first floor and other apartments in my hoarse ; she kept two servant maids, and was very ailing. About six o'clock on Thursday evening I was in my parlour, and [maid a noise,!iis if of kicking with feet against the floor of the drawing-room over my head : imagining • that the old lady might have fallen in alit, I ran upstairs to ascer tain what was the matter I found her standing in tire middle of the room with her clothesytall in a blaze ; I tore up the carpet which was nailed to the door, wrapped it' round her, • antl , extltr;• anished the fire ; bee maid servants stripped off her clothes, put a sheet round her, and carried her up stairs to bed, and a surgeon was sent for. She died between:nine and ten o'clock on Sunday morning ; there was no person in tire drawing room lint herself at the time the accident happen ed, and I. believe her clothes caeght . fire accident. ally in lighting the candle, as a candle and candle. stick was fonml on the hearth. Robert Adams said, Tani a surgeon anti spathe. wiry, and live at No. 27, Charlotte-street ; about six o'clock on Thursday evening, being sent for, I vi s ited the deceased . ; I found her lying on the bed cover dd ever with a sheet; examined the injury she had removed, and found her back, arms, and legs, much burnt: but I do not think that the in jnry s h e rece iv e d termtine cause of her death.; 1 think if she had been a young person sue would have got over it. I attended her nor several tnouths, she was in a very debilitated state, azld inclined to apoplexy; I aw of opinion that the burning brought on the symptoms I was striving In, pre vent, and that she died of apoplexy in consequence. Verdict*" Accidental Peath:hy Bur.uing." Yesterday an Inquest watt betel at : the Horns, Shoreditch Church, before 3. W, I.Tsww, Esq. on the body of Robert Waterhouse, aged 46.--it aPpeared in evidence, that on Friday !minting the deceased went to Billingsgate to buy fish for his wife's disposal in the. course of the they; lie was proceeding down Shot edirch, when he sturnbled forward, fell on' the pavemeot, and died instantly.' A Medical,Gentleman was called for, who pro nounced him dead; and gave - it as his opinion that he died from a rupture of some blood ,vessel. Ver dict---'` Pied by the Visitation of erid.' Another Inquest was held by the same Coro ner, tit tine same time and place, on the hotly of Mary Smith, aged 52. ,• Mrs. Osborne stated, that on Friday afternoon whilst the deceased was Sitting on her, chair, she told witness and others itt the room she was very ill, and thought she had brolien.a blOnd vessel its her leg. WitneSs saw the blood streaming co p,i o ooy down her leg, and the deceased seemed faint ; she immediately sent for a sturgeon, who said her situation was hopeless, as the artery gonld not lie taken up in time to save her life ; she died in less than five minutes. ' ' Other persons were examined, whose evidence colifirmed that of the above witness. Verdict as above. THE CONSPIRACIES...ine LORD MAYOR receives. ed a letter from the three 'lrishmen who are so fa mous for their unmerited sufferings. It expressed their thanks to his Lordship for his conduct in their case, and stated that any commands with which he might be pleased to honour them, would be received if directed to Mr, Lynch, Dttrirtl-Patk, Galway, where they had arrived in health,atter a properous journey and voyage. His Lordship also received a letter from Wflouald, who is distil ) . guished for his activity in apprehending one of who were concerned m the conSpiracy. It 10,:•f: ' that he had very little money to sup representt.- cltild,:•,aml.axpoed n h rsop.s that •,• . . • pckrt, a wife a , tre tOl M plit liiS Lordship " t" ' to Fromm 11!:11 so= humanity by ( ;2:::•rusattun lot zits troui,:e ,2"44*"l"cds* OLD BAILEY, WtiontsDAY, Ocr. 30. Before iilr. Baron Gtt Ali AM and Mr. JataCCDALLAS. The SesSion this day commenced, and we un derstand that it will be comparatively short to the, last pratracted SesSitM. • TI following - are the only trials of any interest : James Luke was found guilty.of burglarionsly breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Jo nathan • Tatnall in the night-tithe, and stealing therein a considerable quantity of wearing ap parel. William Williams was capitally convicted for bur gloriously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Thomas Gray, boot and shoemaker, in the Strand, in the day-time, and stealing therein two boots, his property, value 245. Charles Williams was capitally indicted for as saulting Thomas Cotter on the . King's highway, and taking from his person a watch, chain, and seal, value I 11. _ _ The prosecutor is a tailor, and on the 6th of Oc tober, as he was on his way to his own home, iu Charlotte -street, • Portland-place, at about twelve O'clock at night,•he was followed by three or four men. One of them came up and spoke to him, and the prosecutor being a little us liquor, in the scuffle fell down. Immediately he missed his watch, and they ran away. He could nut iden tify the prisoner. Piggot, on the night in question, lit twelve o'clock, saw the prisoner running,. pursued by some men, but did not see. him ta ken.. He. knew the : prisoner by the light colour. of his dress. Robert Murray, a watchman, on the . 6th e of October, while in Marlhounnigh-street, heard a cry of " Stop thief !" and seeing the prisoner run ning he took him into ~custody. The property was afterwards picked up in the street. James Curry was proceeding along the street at the time, and saw the prisoner running : after he was' apprehended witness picked up the watch as it was lying in the street, and took it to the watchman, who gave it to Townsend, the con stable of the night. The watch was produced in Court, and identi fied by the prosecutnr.—Arnt Guilty., Ahli curter and liaert clineh.,;%yo young boys, were capitally, indicted for cointnittiog an assault upon '.llorsh, in the King's highway, and' taking : from his per,sen a_watch, 4c, . It appearecinpoO the testimony of the prose cutor, that as he was ,proceeding .tbrough St. Georges-Street, Grosvenor-Squor!, on the sth of October, at half-pasi 10 o'clock at night, he was . met by ,a party of Men and boys, about 6 or S in number, Who as soon as' they came up knocked him down. Onb of them attempted Its seize his watch ; .but just as it was out of his fob the pro seentor seized hold of it, and would not let it go; upon which, one said to the person who made the snatch, " yon, have you not got the thimble ?" (watch). They all then ran *witty: but Ulrich and Carter were afterwards taken into custody: could swear to both the prisoners. 'Tie :fury found a verdict--Guilty--Death, against both the prisoners. illarguret Fisher was pUt to 'the trnr on the 'charge of haring, on the 9th of August, stolen 15 pair pf suspenders, and a great variety of pen knives and stissori, the property of Mr. Weiss, a cutler, in the Strand. The prisoner was his ser vant, and on the day mentioned in the indict ment, being suspected of the robbery, her trunk was opened by an Officer, and the property dis covered. At different times the prisoner had taken out of the shop and pawned'a considerable quan tity of cutlery ; • butlhe capital 'Tart of the charge was done away with, it not being proved that on any Occasion did she steal above the value Of Guilty of stealing under the value of 4 10 s. • John Rout ledge was indicted capitally for steal ing 25 yards of floor-cloth, value 81. the property of John Hare, privately in his shop. John Butler proVed that he saw the prisoner go into the prosecutor's shopin. Bond-Street and take the floor-cloth in question. Both the property and the prisoner were fully identified. ,The prisoner, in defence, accused Butler of hav ing stolen the goods himself ; and that, it ap peQred, was his material objection to Butler's evideh;e.—»Guilty—;Death. Al ter t!te verdict was given, the prisoner said, te B ut l er , k, ;,ti will never prosper : you have sworn my life away." . MIDDLrJ , ;-,%; S OM. Mr. Smartt, a Solicitor, was indicted for as , ' aaulting Thomas Leath. The,nrosecutor stated, that on the 22d of August the.:l4endant, accom, puttied Bitimont, the Sheriffs eyficer, intro- Anted himself at the residence of the prznecutor, who, on making his appearance, was immeibatrly Collared by the defendant, and that his waisNoat was torn. On, his cross-examination by R 3); Anocruus, it appeared he resided at the house of a Mrs. Steward, at Edmonton ; that he bad accept, ell a bill drawn by that Lady (w!ro was in Court, but not called), which had been over-due two months ; that, after several applications for pay.; ment, a writ was issued, but uifnre its execution prosecutor left the amount of the bill at the house of the defendant, and conceived that be was not liable to any expenres, but afterwards lodged the money, under the Act of Parliament, in the bands of the officer. On the petit of the defendant it was proved no •assault was cominitted by him, but that be entered into a particular explanation with the prosecutor, and several times tendered him the money he bad left at defendant's house;which he refused to receive, but knocked it to the ground, and that the defendant picked it up, and attempted to lodge it in the bosom of the prose. tutor, whose conduct appeared very violeat, and that his waistcoat was not then torn, The Jury immediately returned.a verdict of Not Guilty. Mr. MosaLEY of Hampstead had his pocket picked yesterday ot a bill-book, containing a number of valuable papers, and about 71. in bank notes, in passing a crowd collected in front ot a cheap baker's, on • Yesterday the shaft of a brewer's dray meeting a poney near Nelson-square, 131acktriar's-road, the point entered sestral inches into L„d,„ of Me** e-•- et •" " .•.4 011 the eget. POLICE IN Is bLUGENCE. MANSION.HOUSE. „ CIT4RGE OP TM rr CONIkIT,TRD it; Rooms--While SusTici:. Roo--While the Lord Mayor was yesterday engaged in transacting the routine business, his attention was suddenly interrupted by a voice which appealed to him for justice : it proceeded from a person in the crowd below the bar, who loudly declared that he was innocent of some of. fence imputed to him, and would prove it to, any man of understanding. The , Lots M4voa having ordered an officer to bring before him the man rho so boisterously as serted his own innocence, and the man who sah. pected it, an aid man, named Thomas Bailey,, stepped to the bar in the former charaCter, and a Mr. Dattingly.in the latter. The complainant said, that as he was endeavour-. ing to get to the table, for the purpose of forward..., ing some business, he felt a " pull" at his pocket.. Riley was close to him, and seemed, whet' Mr. Diatinely turned about, to be employed in hiding something. Riley .endeaVoured to prevent any suspicion of hiMself, by saying, that the Lord Mlsyor would soon scour the streets of all "the robbers atid vagabonds. " Yes," said Mr. Dot tingly, " and he must scour the offices too," and seized the prisoner,who was shocked at such ti cat went. The complainant pulled open his coat, and took from underneath a handkerchief which he had put into his pocket a few minutes before. Two gentlemen stated that they saw the CO"m plainant take the handkerchief from the prisoner. Riley most solemnly asserted his innocence spoke of the absurdity of committing sach.an of'`. knee under the very nose of justice ; and claimed, that his age and former character should be cowl dered a sufficient evidence of his integrity. He' had been, he said, commander of a ship 22 years` ago ; and although lie was at present unemployed,, he was likely to be engaged as soon as his chi" racier was duly 'estimated. The Loan MAYOR-sail!, he understood severs!` thefts of this kind hot been committed in his pre", .sence. In the application of punishment, place in which the offence was committed, aid per Son in whose presence it was- committed , an" the circumstances and the experience of the °f''' fender, should be all taken into considerati on. Mr. Roatatt..--" What brought you herel"... Prisoner.—" I came with a man who %WIW I ' to present a paper." Mr. 1:10B ER A ver (11.1iCidy.'"" What men ,„ti; Prisoner, as quickly..-.." A long, tall zcois man,---bat I see he is off." The LORD MAY0R......" All this will not gavel" from transportation. I know von." --Fully mined. the DISORDSRLY CITARACTSRS..••-•-•Y'ester da y seven individuals who had been examined the Lord Mayor on Tuesday, and who v oil. found in company with certain notorious aers ic l on Tuesday morning, were again brought op a, " 1. "; examined.ss-The friends ()family of the prio",. If hat as, now appeared to -speak in their beka though their testimony did tint afford tlost.se:.,, COI faction to the Lots) Mayor that was destra7 i ,', his Lordship nevertheless discharged then, giving to each N aep A ratc swarning , atul.rfriry ing them that their characters werelothviu known. MAIU.DOROUGH-STRE ET. Yesterday the eldest son of a Noble Lord, ant i another Gentleman, were brought np t(011 S!" James's trateh-hotise on a night charge, 01 1 ;0' tutting under the following circumsta nc es :---Til prisoners were proceeding then itnagio ed. brit' almig the str eets, go" tally ill-treating as, y unfortunate wo u“ni of 'h e town : they went tip and remonstra ted tk ith WM* 'saying, if he wanted assistance th e y would 'vitals' it, it, but that he s h ou ld not so . abuse his 'the pow"' saw a ' watchma, over a wretched rernitle. e 'watchman olts proceeding to give an explanatinn , in the em ir of WiliCh they di scover ed that he was Off 141 beat, and accordingly contended he had no prig diction there. A"l o ng argument took place , in the s! course of which the woman effected her o,ol l ° l the watchman-having a serious charge against bet' immediately insisted upon their accompanyinge him to the watch-house, as the authors of he _ rescue. They went to the watch-house,• of they gave . wrong di rec ti on s, and were sh ortl y in terwartis bailed out, and now a ppearedlin 14 °. t . Pgrate charges of assault and false imprisonines against the watchman : but this the worthy 11.1 s; gistrate could net listen to, as it did not aliPe tt the watchman had been g ,weruilty e ordered to p 4 of any to iAt. mianottr ; and the prisoners a .shilling each to the King for their tli“.°):4„e,.; which they very reluctantly! did, at the same oa# expressing their determination to indict the watc than at tile Sessions. _......--- COAL MARKET, OCTOBER SO. ;.,„ Ship at Market. Ships said . .Frire• el, 1? • Noreacie Vi• ........ 93i. t)d. to 490. to. e. t Sunderland. s.. - 41 s. fkl. t 0 . 4": d "" " o ' . • • •••• "! I- -• 'L—....----. BIRTHS. On Zhe,teth inst. at Dermot', County of Sligo, the O a f *f John Atzestrong, Esq. of a sou and heir. - ,__ %So. Aar Ott the i7th inst. at Letootuba Bas s e tt, BerAsr dolpb, of a soo. MARIED. o n thito On the 17th inst. at Chatßhatn, Mr. J.lltis s, , Dock-yerd, to Miss E. Larin, daughter of the late /4 ' Esq of his Majysty's ship 13stanswieli. Pl* On the 'Pith inst. at St. Anst:::, John Yards t oval to Nlissflearn. n DiariO( . ' On the .29th inst. at St. Leonard, Shareditch,iol2 eldes t tro o Etq. of Stianebottse, Gloucestershire, to Einni-4• ter of James Parkinson, Esq. of Hoxton-square. ar 20th inst. suddenly, Di * F a P 4antcrbutio Mr ' wa—g • ' ..........on the -------o----- y ra i V" lA O sa n tl ' l l' i u :s g th e t d y , I llit e cr fi s i ,at n ewton eat ' o n St. : s c o n erse.. Im , dr hatat liarsm O . n w A W i n i e l d i d 4 e a r tu r s Esq.o s i d n i a:;, w th t e h :.<2.1 7 9 t kilnst year. at f ti W is o a l 5 ,5 1 e ns . h a .. rny 1 - - .., nen rf Ott the 24th inst. in George's-street, Cork, alii3 o ' ochefort, at the advanced age of 79 . • re hir e' S lr ' R On the 27th last. at Westow Lodge. Cantbrui,_e' ' rtan..l, IVilliam Btackett, Met. of Matfett-Hall, in Nortri""" And Thope Lee, in Surrey. r tt fob" On Satnrdity, in Ilerrford, aged 2 4 pearl, the * -1. Barrolt, itia years Sitar of Ainteloy, in liertrorcisbiyee. re.los, et Sltru itisted da h l is Kingdom. ipt7bHil:sroefpohrlidea, Illr,,i.rl.;e_twoorkret,sty;nhovfbstriongnploYit:a tais, —.el L0?P974.; Printed by B. OARS Al N 7 Crave' buildinp; and publ i shed by W. A. SClttPre.Yelirilt,4..: et th e Sint-Orme, sn. it. Stated ; where Ativert was, GA M, s)st-pitid) sustbotdaressol