The Sun. — London, England, 1828-11-27 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. . (From the Gazette de France, dated Nov. 25.) TRIESTE, Nov.l2.—A vessel, which has arrived here in 20 days from Smyrna, brings word that au Austrian vessel, coming from Alexandria with a cargo of rice and other goods, bound for Constan tinople, was stopped near Tenedos by five ships bearing the Greek flag. After examining the papers, the Greeks put two men on board, and forced it to sail for Ipsara, tinder the pretext that it was not per mitted ,to take wine to Constantinople. During a storm, the Austrtan captain escaped from the Greek vessels, and arrived at Smyrna, when the two men that had been put on board Were given np to the Austrian Consul. He was then escorted to the Dardanelles by the Austrian frigate fiche. Many Turkish families from the Morea have ar rived at Smyrna. Accounts from Smyrna announce. that the three Ambassadors are still at Poros, where they had con ferences with the President. It was believed that Greece will obtain entire independence, and that the fortresses of the Morea will I:c^ delivered up to the Greeks. On Sunday, an Egyptian corvette arrived here from Alexandria, and another this morning. They bring the captain and crew for the Egyptian frigate belonging to the Pacha„,whkh „has long been at anchor at Tirano. This moment a vessel arrived, which left Alex andr lon the 13th of October. Ibrahim and the rtmai 'der of his troops had arrived,.there on the Bth and 10 h, on board French transports, under convoy of the Ildlona and Cfrcc.French frigates, and the Dal-iv:ou I: English frigate, and of the armed brigs Anna and Amelia. --- Ibrahim was to set out on the 13th for Cairo, where it is said that his father intended to join him n ten days or a fortnight. In Candia the insurrec tion is daily spreading; the Turks have been obliged to retire into the fortresses, and an attack by the Greeks, supported on the sea-side, would suffice to expel the Turks entirely from the island. FRENCH FIUNDS.-PAats, Nov. 24.—Five per Cents. 106 f. ; 106 f. sc. ; 105 f. 95c. Three per Cents., 74f. 65c. 70e. 75c. ; Naples Stock, 791. 95c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 79i ; 1-faytian Loan, 637 f. 50c. ; Exchange on London, One month, (paper), 251. 25c. ; (money) 25f. 25c.; Three months (paper); 2 . 5£ 15e.'; (money), 25f. 10c.— fours Authettique. LATE ACCIDENT AT COVENT-GARDEN. Last evening, at six o'clock, M. STIRLING, the Coroner for Middlesex, and . a respectable jury, as sembled at the Board-room _of. the Middlesex Hos. pital, to inquire into the cause: of the death of Mn James Coolie, the .tinfol,tnuateLge,ntleruan . who has fallen a victim to the inprjas q zeee,i:ved at. the late zleplorable accident ait...l::!nticar4eri.Thcntre. William Mitton,p4,,xa, , ,l_k briCklayer,and lived in Hail-street, Covent-garden. He, saw Mr. Cooke and the Ater persiiiis in the Vaulted room below on the day of the accident, He sate Mr. Cooke, with a back-lamp in his - hand; : approach one of the gas ometers, and in 4-few moments after heard a noise, and witness looking! jowards.Mr...,Cooke, lie saw a tremendous burst I-kescaped as soon as possible. _ - • . James Bryington, the fireman of Coi , ent-garden was sworn, but his7evidenCe. was a mere repetition of the statement which he gave on the former inquest. Mr. Gude—Do you ,know the exact cause of the fire ? Witness...4doot, only, as.. I guess, that the gas caught fire. Mr. Gude—Because:it was pretty ciairly stated at the former inquest that there was no explosion at all. JnrOr—Do you know of any former fire in the theatre ? Witness—Yes there was a fire four Weeks ago this very night. Juror—. From what cause (lid that fire take place ? Witn,-2ss 7 —lt.originated in one of the. gas chimnies. Juror—At .what..pact of the .house ? Witr.ess— At the top 01`,1.4t art% Juror—At what time did it commence, end bow long did it last ? Witness—lt was discovered at ten o'clock, and it was thoroughly extinguished in two hours. Coroner--Two hours Y. Then 2,000 or 3,000 per sons were for two hours hi imminent danger of being , destroyed by fire ? Witness--It was just as I have stated. Juror—Was the theatre itself on fire, as well as the chimney ? Witness--Yes. Juror--How did the chimney take fire ? .Wit ness—Why, Sir, there was a timber joist in the chimney. Juror—What ! timber in the chimney of a theatre ? Witness--Jt was so. Mr. Gude—You will recollect, Mr. Coroner, that the theatre was built in a great hurry some years ago. The Coroner—That is no excuse. Proper care surely ought to be taken, when the lives of so many persons are at stake. The witness added, that men were now employed night and day in removing the gas apparatus, and it would be all cleared off in a day or two. Mr. Corder said he had the authority of the ma nagers for stating publicly, that gas would never be manufactured on the premises again„ Mr. Charles Wait, the junior surgeon, stated that the deceased died from the injuries he received from the fire.. After a very long and uninteresting discussion, . the Jury returned•this verdict—" That the death of the deceased vras caused by an explosion of gas, he having incautiOnsly ! ialcen a common lamp into the gas-room of Caiient.i. arden Theatre, instead of using the safety-lamp Mr. Gude said, remarking upon the verdict, that a scientific gentleman (Mr. Phillips, the chymist) had declared at the former incluest that there had been no explosion o f gas, but that t h e mischief was occasioned solely by setting fire to-We essential oil generated by the gas. A Juror said they had g iven their ertr et.upon the evidence before them. The body of the unfortunate deceased was in most shocking state. We regret to learn that, in various parts of the country, the winter has commenced with a variety of de predatfols of an alarming character. On Thursday last, the 20th instant, about three o'clock in the afternoon, the Eye-pit, at Washington, exploded with tremendous violence. The heavy frame work erected at the:pies mouth, with the large pulley wheels attached to it, was thrown down ; in fact, the whole of the machinery wain destroyed; corves and other missiles were projected from the bottom of the pit, and scattered in the surrounding fields. An immense cloud of smoke is sued from the shaft, accompanied with a report surpassing that of the largest piece of artillery, which was heard ,through all the surrounding villages. The immediate as semblage of persons interested in the safety of the work rney was great ; wives anxiously looking for their husbands, parents for their children, sisters for their brothers, formed a h eat t_r e nding spectacle. By this catastrodhe 11 boys and three men have been deprived of life. There were 15 persons in the seam when the explosion took place, and only one man, ithcitant. fla.t.t., the onsetter, oscaped ! lie is severely burnt. A coroner's inquest was held on the body of JonN HALL, on Saturday last, by IT AE L HALL, Esq., and a verdict of " accid en t a l d eat h" was returned.— Tyne Mercury. THE LATE STRIKE OF THE PLIJIKEERS AT ins MAJESTY'S PALACE. —MIIe whole of t he plumbers engaged on the KiNG's new Palace, is St. James's Park, after being unemployed since the dispute with Mr. NASH, about an alteration in the time for refreshment, were finally discharged on Saturday night last. The Pliunher s offered to agree to the time proposed by lilr. NAST'', if they were permitted to have their dinner in the building, which was refused, with the exception of one man, who did not strike at first. A plumber's day of work consists of only ten hours, in consideration of their being exposed to heat and cold, which frequently produces contraction of the fingers, and the had health they are subject to from the business, seldom allows them to work more than , ten months in the year. Jo a society of sixty-one men (plumbers) there has died, witl4in seven years, fourteen members, all under thirty-six years of age, of diseases brought on by the business. The plumbing work at the Palace is now doing by one man and two or three lads. All the discharged men have since got into work, Vesll - LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1828, In our Paper of yesterday, we gave a full ac count of the very animated proceedings that took place on Tuesday last, at Leicester. At the present crisis, when the state of parties throughout the country is so unsteady, when clay after day the..pendulum of power, settling neither towards the side of Ultra-•Thryism nor Liberalism, keeps. vibrating with an uneasy motion between both ; it is gratifying to find a respectable town like Leicester coming forward vigorously, but in a constitutional spirit, to place on record its opinions respecting the comprehen sive question of Civil and Religious Liberty. It was with this view that the mechanics of Lei cester presented their energetic address to Mr. OTWAY CAVE, in which, while they depre cated, as becomes independent freemen, every species of religious and political intolerance, they rendered a full measure of justice to the gentleman who, throughout the last Session, so zealously advocated their cause in Parliament. Mr. CAves . reply was eloquent, decided, and impassioned. He professed himself the friend of freedom, the sworn foe of intolerance, and fully prepared, under every possible variety of circumstances, to prove practically the sincerity of his principles. _ His observations regarding the Corn Laws, though advanced in too desponding a spirit, were eminently cha racterised by that species of sagacity, which, joined to moral courage Qua unflinching perse verance, forms the staple of the successful poli tician. 'While s!.ich is the temper of Mr. CAVE'S mind, he has but to go on in order to ensure succecg, The French Papers are extremely barren of intelligence, at least of any important character. The G:azette de France states, in an account re ceived front Smyrna, that the three Ambassadors are still at Poros; and adds the welcome, but as yet unauthenticated information that the Greeks will obtain entire independence. A vessel which left Alexandria on the 13th October, mentions that IBRAHIM and the remainder of his troops had arrived there on the gth, and both on board French transports, under a respectable convoy, formed of the Dartmouth English frigate, and of the armed brigs Anna and Amelia. It wac reported that he was to join his father at Cairo in a . few days. German Papers have been received, but they contain nothing of an important or decided character. The Journal de Frankfod states that durin g the last c a mp a i g n the sw o rd h a d not be en• so. destructive as pestilence and famine, both of which tad meted out a liberal and equal measure of justice to Turks and Russians. FRANKFORT, NOV. 19. The mails from St. Petersburglt, Vienna, and Berlin, have not arrived this evening. FROM THE LOWER DANUIW, NOV. 5. Since the fall of Varna the hopes of the BoY ards in Moldavia and Wallachia, t h at they should soon be relieved from the Russian provisional Govern ment and its requisitions, have greatly abated.. The hospitals and the wa nts of the Russia n corps before the Turkish fortresses on the Danube have 'augment_ ed i as the army has bee n increased, and the pl an seem 3 to be, instead of a winter campaign in the field, to take these fortresses in succession. N ow that the principalities have lost their trade with c on _ stantinople, we have no market for our corn, cattle, wine,&c.,but such as is caused by the Russian army, the burden of quartering the soldiers is heavy, and the consolation of being freed from our humiliating condition as vassals of the Hospodars and Boyards seems to be very remote. The accounts which we receive respecting the Turks say that it is not so much fanaticism or attachment to the faith of Ma homet, or to Sultan Mahmoud, that induced the Ayans to furnish large reinforcements to the Turkish army at Shumla, as the fear that the power of the Porte, and especially their own aristocratic sway over the Greek and Catholic Christians in Rumelia, may be overthrown by a Christian Government. The desertion that usually takes place in the aut.i.oti is not so great at Shumla and Adria nople as on former occasions. The Turks felt the necessity of being prepared to oppose the Russians in a winter campaign, and submit to thiS innovation, in hopes that diseases and Turkish perseverance, with the ardently-expected diversion' of some Chris: tian power, will, preserve the beautiful edifice of Turkish sway in the south-east of Europe, and compel the hated Russians to recross the Danube. The sword has not been very destructive this war; want and diseases have cost the Turks many men, and undoubtedly the Russians also. The Christian inhabitants, both of the towns and the country, are reduced to the greatest distress; every thing that the Turks want is extorted from them. If the Rus sians should reach Adrianople and Seres, they will find only a desart, and a small number of Christians, reduced by want almost to a state of nature. Want of money hinders the Porte from raising Albanian troops. They will not serve without high pay, and if it remains in arrear they become the most.formi dable enemies. By the French mail, which arrived this morn ing, we learn that Count Pozzo DI BORGO, the Russian Ambassador at Paris, has received from the Russian Ambassador at Frankfort the news of the taking of Silistria by storm. The accounts from Gibraltar, of the 7th inst., l state that the fever continued to abate. There had been about 1,500 sick ; arid at the above date there were only 700 in the hospitals and private houses, amongst which were 250 seriously ill, 340 slight cases, and 110 were recovering. The number of persons that had been attacked by the fever were computed at 5,000, and the number of deaths were 1,122. By Honduras Papers just received at the North and South American Coffee-house, we have been favoured with the following extract of a letter, datel Guatemala, Aug. 18.: "We are here in continual alarms. On the 12th inst. martial law was proclaimed in the city, all and every one to take up arms. We are at a loss to know the cause. As the &feat of Demengne took place a few weeks back, there fore there is every reason to expect that ancther disaster has befallen our army, though we understand that General AIZIA was, on the 31st July, on the Lempa, with 1,400 men, and his passage impeded by the Guerillas ; while Morozan was at San Miguel, with 1,500 men. But it is stated that Arzu has entered San Miguel. We are informed thst a division of Honduras troops has arrived at Coma yogua, and sent strong detachments to take possession of Onma." The last advices from Omoa state, that the troops of San Salvador were daily expected here, and no opposition would be made to their taking possession of the town and fortifications. It it also reported that in Gnalan the Creoles had fallen upon the Europeans, and committed great excesseF. The Lisbon Gazelles, from the 10th to 15th inclusive, contain no news whatever ; that of the 10th announces the accident which occurred to Don Mrourt, and the INFANTA, by the over turning of their carriage ; and the subsequent numbers give the Bulletins of the morning and evening, which announce almost in the same terms, that his MAJESTY sleeps well, and is going on as favourably as possible, as well as the Infantas. Accounts from Lisbon state that M. PEREIRA had left the above capital for Rio Janeiro, on au important message, as it appears that Don MI GUEL becomes seriously alarmed at his critical situation, as well as at the anger of his bro ther ; therefore the mission of PEREIRA iS .to prevent his brother coming to extremities. The following Portuguese ships are now in the Tagus, ready for sailing :—The corvette Lealtado, 24 guns and 200 men ; Providencia, of 12 guns ; Saint Sebastian, 10 guns ; the Bonaventura, of 6 guns ; the frigates Aniazone and Perola are arming. The following ships have been put into commission, with the Spanish Refugees on board :—The Relne, of 74 gulls, and the Saint Sebastian, 74 guns. The Magistrates have received orders to arrest all persons in favour of the young QUEEN. The Jersey Free Press announces that Go vernment has it in contemplation to remove, next spring, the Post-office Packets which convey the mails from Weymouth to Southampton. Letters from Alexandria, of the 10th Nov., bring the interview between IBRAHIM PACITA and his father, which took place in public. The price of corn has been considerably augmented. The following are extracts from Brussels Papers to the 27th inst., received thismorning : BRUSSELS, •• NOV. 24. We have received from Dresden the news of the death of her Majesty Maria Amelia Augusta, Dow ager-Queen of Saxony, on the 15th inst. She was sister to the late King of Bavaria, and widow of King Frederick of Saxony. Her Majesty was in her 77th year, being born on the 10th May, 1752. Nov. 25.—M. Coche Momens, printer of the Courier des Pays Bas, has had another action brought against him for two articles inserted in that journal on the Bth and 9th inst. The Central Section of the Second Chamber has made its report on the proposal of M. de Broukere to discuss a project of law for the abolition of the law of the 10th of April, and the decree of the 20th of April, 1815, by virtue of which the proceedings against the gentlemen connected with the Courier des Pays Bas have been instituted. From the account of the discussions in the seven separate sections, it appears that the general opinion of the members was in favour of the object proposed by M. de Broukere, but that his Majesty, in his opening speech, had promised that a law for the pur pose should be presented to the Chambers, and which as they in their address had engaged to take it into their serious consideration, the majo rities of the members in each section thought the proposal unseasonable. The Hague Gazette says that private letters from Batavia, brought by the Zephyr, announce that the apinst the insurgents proceeds with the greatest success. LONGEVITY.—During the last fortnight, three persons have been interred in Haddington Church-yard, whose united ages amount to 272 years, viz. EI.I2:ARETIf BALD, 86 ; JAMFC HAMILTON, 90 ; and - WALKER, 96 —Dumfries Courier. 1 SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov. 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Montrose, from Demerara ; George and Mary, from Rio; and Alexander, from Port-au-Prince. Arrived from London, the Alexander, Alexander, for Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 2.5.--Wind S.W.--Arrived the Ark, Morris ; from Honduras; she was run on board of last evening off the Eddystone, and carried away her bowsprit, and otherwise damaged. FALMOUTH, Nov. 25.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.— Arrived the Stanmer packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 16th.: Arrived from London, the 'Woodbridge, Dunlop, for Sierra Leone; Rosanna, Forster, for Berbice; Four Friends, Dunn, for St. Michael's; and Four Sisters, Rutter, for ditto. PADsTow - , Nov. 26.—The Mary, Wardle, from St. John's, N. B. to London, has been brought in here very leaky, and must be repaired before she can proceed. COWES, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Medora, Mac cracken, from Virginia. ' GREENOCK, Nov. 24.—A rrived the Friends,( .!raw ford, from St.Johp's, New Brunswick; Sarah, Frank, from Liverpool, New Brunswick. • BELFAST, Nov. 24.—Arrived the Hope, Saunders, from Pictou ; Bure, Miller, from Palermo ; Regent, Stubbs, and St. Patrick, Buck, from St. Peters burgh ; Superb, Beck, from Memel. The Nereid, Whitehead, from Bay Chaleur to Annan, is on shore near Skimberness. The Sarah, Robinson, from Maryport to Belfast, is stranded in Glenluce Bay. The Tobago, Beattie, from Jamaica, is supposed to he arrived in the Downs. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE o' aner. The - settlement of the account, which takes place to-day, has nearly absorbed all the attention of the Brokers and speculators in the English Funds. Con sols opened at 86k, and have remained at this rate, alternately buyers and sellers, the whole of the morning, at present they seem firm and buyers; the Commissioners paid 864. India Bonds, 65 7 ; Ex chequer Bills, 64 6 pm. Scarcely any business has taken place in the Foreign Funds, and the prices remain nearly at y'es terday's quotations ; Russian Bonds are 95 ; Danish, 62 ; Portuguese, 534 4-1; Brazilian, 621 3 ; Mexican, 314 24; this stock appears to have little prospect of being better so long as the country re mains in such an agitated state, which will require all the energies of the new President to repress ; in addition to these domestic troubles many expect that Commodore La Borde is in communication with Santa Anna, and may probably make some demon strations on the coast, and consequently increase the spirit of insurrection in the country ; should this be the case, it will leave the poor Bond-holders a mise- rable prospect. In Shares every thing is idle, and prices nominal. Letters from Palermo, of the 9th of Nov., state that peace had been concluded between Naples and Tripoli. Three per Cent. Consols, 86i a ; Ditto, for Jan., 87, sellers. India Bonds, 65 '7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 64 6 pm. }ORElGN.—Brazilian, 62 3 ; Buenos Ayres, 461 71; Chilian, 26 7 ; Colombian, 21 1 ; Dankb, 62 4-; Greek, 17 18; Mexican, Five per Cent., 251 61 ; Six per Cent., 311 2 1 4 ; Peruvian, 17 IS ; Portuguese, 531_41 ; Russian, 941 . 51 ; Spanish, 101 M12.7E5.-Anglo Alexie;n, 74 2 dis. ; Brazilian , 43 45 pm. ; Bolanos, 130 50 pm. ; - Colombian, 12 11 dis. ; Real Del Monte, 150 NO per share; United Mexican, 21 20 dis. TWO O'CLOCK. The Account is passing off very quietly, and as the difference between the highest and lowest prices has not exceeded more than per cent. no mischief has hitherto taken place. Consols are 86i h for money, and 86i 7 for January account. Exchequer Bills and India Bonds have advanced to 70 pm. THREE O'CLOCK Consols, 86i j; Ditto, for Jan. account, 87 At a Catholic meeting of the united parishes of St. Mary, St. Thomas, and St. George, held last week in Dublin, Mr. O'CoNNELL repeated his conviction, that the administration of the Duke of WELLINGTON, was " deeply, bitterly, perseveringly hostile to the Catholics of Ireland." He recommended, therefore, the general adop tion of Liberal Clubs. The petition for not granting any further con cessions to the Roman Catholics, agreed on at the late meeting in our Guildhall, had, up to Saturday evening last, received at , the Guildhall alone between twelve and thirteen hundred signatures.—Exeter Alfred. We understand that a counter-petition is in course of signature, by the party opposed to the above.— Exeter Alfred. A CHEAP DINNER !—Three women a short time ago dined plentifully at a public-Louse on the Sand hill in this town, off a beatment of sprats, price one half penny, and a third off a beatment of potatoes, price one halfpenny—total l d. ! ! ! Tyne Mercury. It is astonishing with what celerity that most beautiful bird in the game list, the pheasant, has of late years multiplied in, different parts of Scotland, Twenty years ago, the pheasant, in Stirlingshire,;if not altogether unknown, was certainly a ram (iris in terris. Now it is quite the reverse. It was but the other day that a gentle man, who resides in our immediate neighbourhood, told us that they are so abundant in this quarter, that he is in the habit of seeing them frequently running about his grounds. While walking lately in his garden, with' his wife and fa mily, he observed a fine cock pheasant, in the hedgerow. Nothing could prevent the boys from giving it chase; and, strange to say, the bird suffered itself to be laid hold of with little difficulty. This gentleman, not being a sports man himself, consigned the pheasant to the larder without the least remorse. —Stirling Journal. The following anecdote was communicated to me by agentleman who hail received it from Mr. BURKE, BARRY'S early and steady friend. This great orator, with whom the painter had frequently dined being aware of most of his eccentricities, and wishing much to see in what way he conducted his houshold concerns, requested to be asked to dinner. Baany,replied, " Sir, you know, I jive alone, but, if you will partake of a steak, I can an ewer for your having it hot, and from the best rump in the most classic market in London." " I will dine with you," replied 31r. BURKE ; " hut mind, you must not let me put you in the least out of your way." " You shall dine as •T do, Sir," observed B ARRY , " t h ere s h a ll b e no auxi liaries," turning his head to the sideboard of glittering plate and glass. A day was then fixed. Upon Mr. 13u aFE's arrival at 36 , ( caitie-street, Oxford-market, his tiQ4 carpenter's wateV e r sh f o r p7 It the w period partly when et bad host condtletP,l him iota the pai n ti ng - room , which had undergone oc cupied by his large pictu re o f P ANDORA ; h u t principally w ith whole length po r t ra i ts o f t h e persons w h o sa t to him ar for his Adelphi pictures*, together with numerous old strain ing'-frames ; a printing -press, for lie printed his own plates • and thousand s of cobwebs. Most of the windows of this painting-room were either cracked or broken ; the tiles of its ceilingless roof were a, wide apart and as much mutilated, as those which appear in the first state of Ho on RTII'S print of the Strolling Actresses in a Barn; and the s mall fire-place was filled with a grate large enough for the carpenter's glue-pot. However, it was un der this roof that the great BURKE was to dine. The fire burned clear, the steaks were put on, and BARRY, whir assumed no false p omp, t h oug h h e h a d means o f com f ort w ithin his reach, after spreading a towel upon a small, round, three-legged deal table, just large enough for two p l a t e s, the beer, and bread, put a pair of tongs into his visitor's hand, requesting him to turn the steaks while he went for a pot of porter; and, upon his return, with his usual consistency of bluntness, swore that the wind had taken off the head just as he was crossing Titchfield-street. —Nollehens and his Times. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT. ,OF KING'S BENCH. • CRIMINAL INFORMATION.EX HIGGS. Mr. BROUGHAM moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the Rev. John Knight, clerk, a Magistrate of the county of Oxford. The Learned Counsel moved upon the affidavits of several persons. The first of them was that of Ann Higgs, the wife of a licensed victualler, in the parish of Chorlton, which stated that on the 3d of June, 1826, at about eight o'clock at night, the Rev. Gentleman came to the public-house of her husband, where the constable of the parish and two or three more persons were then sitting, together with a farmer named Allen, who came in just before him, and said, " I insist upon your turning all those riotous drunken people out. Mrs. Higgs swears that the four persons then present had only had three pints of beer among them, and that there was no riotous behaviour and no drunkenness in any of the persons then present ; and that in consequence she refused to do what the Rev. Gera fleman directed. He then went away, and shortly afterwards returned with five persons, two of them labourers employed by himself, and telling them that he made them all constables, he charged them all to aid and assist in turning them out. The men, however, seeing nothing that called for their inter ference, refused to act, and two of them, named Parker and Powell, laughed at him. He then be came more enraged, and fetched another la bourer, whose name was Sergeant, and charged him, ' but Serjeant treated him in the same way, and when the Rev. Gentleman found that he could receive no assistance, he attempted turning them out himself, and getting into a scuffle with Mrs. Higgs' son, he left the house. Mrs. Higgs then fattened the chain a-cross the door. Mr. Knight, however, returned, and after making a violent noise at the door, burst it open. He then abused Mrs.. Higgs, calling her a "lying —," and struck her two violent blows.— In consequence of this assault a bill of indictment was presented to, and found by, the Grand Jury at the following Quarter Sessions against Mr. Knight. On the licensing day, in December last, Mr. Higgs applied for his licence, with a certificate signed by the Churchwarden, and both the' Overseers •of the Parish, and most of the respectable inhabit an t s . It was handed in by him to the Justices, of whom Mr. Knight was one. The latter took it from him, anal then addressing himself to the other Ma gistrates, and alluding to the certificate, he said, " These are all rails." He then returned the certi ficate, and told him that he and his bondsman might go out, and would be called in again. He was called in and told that he could not have his licence granted. Mr. Knight subsequently called on Mr. Murrell, the owner of Higgs' house, and complained of both Mrs. Higgs and her son; saying that they should hot have a licence till they had made Min an apology. Mr. Knight had also presented a hill against Mrs. Higgs' SOD, and on Mr. Murrell speak ing to her, expressed her willingness to withdraw her bill, if Mr. Knight would withdraw his bill, and make any apology that any friend of Mr. Knight would think proper. This, however, he refused, and said that the license should be refused. Me afterwards wrote to Mr. Murrell, and still complain ed that his tenants had not apologised. He also said in the letter that Priest and Savage, two of the persons who were in Higgs' house on the 3d of June, Nere the next day to be convicted for steal ing a gate from Bonner, a butcher; and that if they could not pay the fine which would then be inflict ed on them, they would probably pay a visit to Mr. Dilley, keeper of the Oxford gaol; " thus," continued Mr. Brougham, " trying and fixing the punishment on men before they were tried." Lord TENTERDEN.—Take a rule to show cause. THE ICING V. PRICE. - LIBEL. Sir J. SCARLETT moved lo make a rule absolute, for a criminal information, against the Rev. Henry Price, relative to some libel published by him at Kiddermirmer, during some excitation among the weavers there last year. The defend I t addressed the Court in Pronria persona, but admitting that he published the libels, Lord TENTERDEN ordered the rule to be made ab solute. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. GRAHAM moved for a rule to show cause for a criminal information against John and Thos. Keen, the proprietors of Keen's Bath Journal, for a libel reflecting on the character of the present Mayor of the city of Wells. It was published in that paper in the form of a letter, and purported to have been written by a person who had been formerly an in habitant of that city, and reflecting in strong terms on the present state of the city of Wells contrasted with its former state. The Learned Counsel here read part of the libel, which stated that the former Mayors of the city of Wells were men whose habits of life enabled them to fill the office of chief Magistrate with credit, and who would not have disgraced it by tippling in a public-house, by boozing with every person who offered a glass to them, and by occupying the principal seat in a tap-room from morning till night.—Rule nisigranted. CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-LORD STRANGFORD V. THE SUN. 'We regret we cannot, from the lateness of the hour, give the proceedings in this case to day. We, however, have the satisfaction of informing our readers that the rule for a criminal inormation was discharged. WESTMINSTERSESSIONS-(THISDAY.) These Sessions commenced this morning before FRANCIS CONST, Esq., and a full bench of Magis trates. On the name of one Gentleman being called who had been summoned on the G•and Jury, a person Informed the Court that he was requested to ask that he might be excused from serving on account of illness. CHAIRMAN—Do you know of that fact of your own knowledge ? The Applicant said he did not, but he had the certificate of a medical gentleman, stating that it would be dangerous for him to attend, which he Ivolqd hand up to the Court. CEIAIRMAN—WC cannot receive that certificate as an excuse, without the party presenting it can de pose to its truth. The Court used 'to allow it as sufficient, but •it led to such' an inconvenience and abuse,"that in future the Court will not attend to any excuse, unless depo se d t o up on oa th, a regula tion which hope after what has now passed will ob tain publicity. _ _ ederick Thomas waE indicted for stealing a• re ticule, containing some silver, from the person of Miss Susannah Beeton. The prosecutrix, a very interesting young female, stated, that on the 4th of November she was walking up the Strand, when she felt some one push against her, and immediately perceived that her reticule was gone, the strings of which had been cut; on look ing round she saw the prisoner putting something into his pocket, and directly charged him with the theft; he denied it ; "but I was so confident," said Miss 8., " that I laid hold of his coat-skirts, and held him fast, although not without some trouble, till au officer came up, when I gave him into cus tody." The Officer said, on searching the prisoner, b e found the reticule crammed into his trousers, which he now produced; he also• found a pair ofscissars. The prisoner, who is rather a respectable-lookin g youth, said it was his fist offence, and called several witnesses, who gave him an excellent character, up to within a few weeks of his being apprehended, when his father and him had a quarrel, and he left home ; since which time he had not been heard of, until he was taken to Bow-street: but from what they had since learned, it appeared he had unfor tunately fallen into the company of a gang of thieves. The Jury found him guilty. The CHAIRMAN said, on account of his having re ceived so good a character, up to nearly the time he committed the robbery, he would only sentence him to three mo'nths' imprisonment. John Kelly was convicted of picking a gentle 10°' man's pocket of hi s h an dk erc hi e f un der the _ A O of Covent-garden, an d sentence d to be transro for seven years. The prisoner's mother, W thetk i tiel in Court, on h ear i ng t h e sentence , we nt ii% tic ak t tt most violent hysteri c s, an d it required the asr 1 4 ,t! of several officers to remove her; Y 4 John &riven,' an elderly man, was c harge llow i t, indictments, with obtaining goods under fr , it hi I fQ pretences. LP sot t , s . e Mr. ALLEY sho r tly s t a t e d to t h e J u ry t,.',-.eof prisoner had for several years lived in the se,rrput- .set, Mr. Cartwright, th e em i nent d ent i st, o f O l d lington-street, as b ut l er , b ut f rom which .he Ari a l' i t t of charged nearly th ree years s i nce. O n the =.,, .n ts October he went t o th e s h op o f a M r. Steori g es s'oe4 ivory turner, in Oxford -street, and obtained t ool tooth brushes and two hat brushes, which bee Bri ic were for Mr. Cartwright. However, tllA,,,Oer 1 14 man would prove that he never sent the'r kp ole for them, in fact he could not, for he did o ° ..ar t f ire, ,v 4,•• what had bec ome o f hi m s i nce h e left his,7nist° never having seen him until after he was tilter t'nr s c o u i s d tod t he brushes y, andheshoaut the ho should so proveuse of th that the e poi dyer Gloucester. 0 (4) ' Mr. Cartwright and a gentleman from W a di° .4 . 0 k where the prisoner obtained the brushes, dee - 411;1;e1:. the facts stated by Mr. Alley. Kai be °I 44 8111 A bill was produced, which was proved toy the prisoner's handwriting, and which he 1 11 % 1 7, ; the time he sold the articles. It was as follows' 14, " His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester , . fits i., t11 0 , t ,: 1 1 Bought of Richard Cartwyg •144 , l m " Oct. 26.--1 dozen tooth brushes, 14s. ........ ' itttr,n Received for Ri c h ar d C ar t wr ight, 1' 1 44 v . " J. T03a10 0 .1 bf The prisoner denied that the bill was writn:fir NeZ" him, and in the most supplicating manner begroß *4lv mercy. He could have the best of characterS;2o w the families with w h om h e li ved were unforturge, out of town. " Ne ver ," sa id t h e pr i so ner," N eor `!1 - :;! ray Lord, in all my life, did I, before the preseP ke y ' casion, see the inside of a gaol —never had I before turned upon me; but have, by my hon . e . T e , Lour, brought u p a l arge family, part of whom r i t va ettisi now depending upon m e f or support."--..“ He was again indicted, under a charge of obtSmii t o • %.i 'l th e under false p re t ences , a b ott l e of anchovies thhil the shop of Mr. Law, and found Guilty. The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to be imprildl ohs three months for each offence, and kept to iNgAr ► labour. TIIE MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS—(At pe r L oa d of 36 Trusser ) , 1. ST. JAMES'S. i f 0 Coarse heavy Lowland M ea d ow H ay £2 2 15 s to S 4 1 , Best New Meadow Hay Fine Upland Meadow a nd Ry e-grass H ay 3 5 5/4 Clover Hay 3lO 1 . Oat Straw £l 10 to £1 12 1 Wheat Straw 1 12 A good supply, and a dull trade; prices as last quote • SMITHFIELD. SI li / ; Coarse heavy Lowland Meado w H ay £2 5 to a ' Best New Meadow Hay 3 0 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 5 Clover Hay (extra tine)...£s 5. , Generally 3lO 1 , Oat Straw ..... XI 10 t o X I 14 — Wheat . Straw 1 14 Supply good, trade dull, and prices as last quoted. Thy 'Nerd, Thi .4terdi SOU'I'HALL 1 1 1ARKET.—Nov. 20. At this day's m ar k et , w hi c h was rather scantlloo plied, and n o t very numerous l y atten d ed b y buyer* ice. kind of meat m e t wi t h d u ll sa l e , at t h e f o ll ow i n g Pr per stone of 81h. to sink the offals Beef ---. 3s. 2d. to is. 2d. I Veal— M' 4s. (Xl. 5 Mutton 3 6 4 6 Pork 4 6 , The foregoing quotations are Beef, Mutton,' and Vex , r advance of 241. per stone; Pork the same as on this dal night. A pod many of the Sheep and Beasts were driven " unsold. LEWES MARKET.—Noy. 10. ss• Beet Ss. 6d. to 4s. 2d. Od. to A 0 Mutton I 3 6 4 6 Pork 4 4 A good supply, and a dull trade. RUM FORD MARKET.—No v . '26 ' d. tl• - 0 S. tl. to s. d. s. 5 , Beef 30 44 1 Veal Mutton '3 6 4 6 Pork 4 6 o cli• suckling Calves from I4s. to 355. ; Quarter old li ge 15s to 19. 4 .,014 Supply limited, and trade somewhat bri s k, a t prices V a little.upwards. t T v, 4ki , 4 ~ L.-. 1 • .4 14 ; tk_to lb h Sir L out 4 . 1 ttt 0 4, 4 xng the PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank stook 3 per Cent. Red. 85% 6 3 per Cent. Cons. Sti% 354 per Cent. 4 .94% a Ditto Red. 941 3 4% 4 per Cent. 1 0 `2 74 Ditto, 1526 16 3 3,4% Bank L. Ann. l9 5-16 7-16 India Stock - Ditto Bonds 56 73 pm PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds ........ Buenos Ayres Bonds — Chilian Bonds ......... Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 22% Danish Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 G uatimala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1825 • 3-2 PRICES OF SHARES Till BoLinos Mining Co. Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. Real del Monte Mining Co. Tlalpuxahua Mining Co. Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Provincial Bank of Ireland DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock " Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills; Xl,OOO 2d. 64 '7O pm. Ditto 500 2d. 65 '7O pm. Ditto Small 2d. 78 '7O pm. Ditto Commercial Bank for Account India for Account !Cons. for Acct 86% 7 6% 7 THIS DAY AT ONE o'CLoot. Neapolitan Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old Ditto, New Russian iSpanish. 1821 101yi4 1823 French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. ---- Exchange ...... —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. ----- Exchange • —t. —c. DAY AT ONY O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. ,ZlOO 430 . pm.) £2O fig - 400 1575{, 320 13 •e Co lO gy, 25 22..4 PRICES OF IRISH STO( Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 91% Ditto, New 4 per Cent IOIIA Gov. Deb. 31.6 per cent 95% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c - MA Arrived_ Due, O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin 0 1 Flanders 0 I France 0 O Gottcnburgh., 0 1 Guernsey&Jcpcy- 0 Arrived. Due. O Hamburgh 0 .Holland Q Jamaica O Leeward Islands 1 Liabon 0 0 Malta 0 O Mexico 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...13 minutes after 6. I Evening....3s minutes after 6. ERRATUM.-in the account of the Spanish Refugee Meet ing, in our Paper of yesterday, for "Mr. GEORGE, Ed mond-street," read " Mr. GEORGE EDMONDS." TS, DUBLIN, NOV. 21. lit. l'atrick !mut% (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto I Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine....— Imperial Mine Mining Co of Ireland Commercial Buildings '. SINGULAR METEOR. We have received the following from a fet. the accuracy of whose observations full reliant; be placed :--While walking in Prince's•street afternoon, about three o'clock, I observed'a ream , te a. able meteor, like a ball of fire, of the co l o ur 0 f di . hot iron, from the leavens, nearly in a westerit, rection from the Castle, and could not be snore a mile distant ; its fall was qsiite perpendicular , not in a parobola, as is generally the case with el . teors. It appeared to ignite about a mile in o . erl i eh ,r slicular height above the earth's surface, and It` spot left a long upright pillar of light blue ti, e 4 , 0 ,. smoke, which continued withsant any visible 6 ,. i t t ! e d tion for nearly a minute; it then gradually ttl'ir' fis / a triangle, and afterwards became sespentsnes ° ): ,f ultimately assumed the irregular appearalg e , ; a cloud. It moved in an easterly (lit e t: o s ' and was not completely dissipated for 20 01) ",,i o l l ; after the fall of the meteor. So slow was its 0 1 °`cht that it had not travelled farther than in a str, ° _, l %, southerly direction from St. Andrew's.street,ri s ie that time. It was then blowing a pretty /is''' . at the earth's surface, from which it would q rr ii i that the lower current did not reach quite an a perpendicular height from the . earth. At till let tance the ball was from me, it had the appeal*, of being somewhat less than the moon in diasaw:„:" so that it must have been of considerable tude. I think, in all probability, it must have a meteoric stone, and that it had burst at the was seen, and probably the small fragments were visible at that distance. If this should be the c!L e I think it likely the stone will be found. sornelvw . , to the west of Fountain-bridge,—Scotsman. 'lO !PO THE SEVEN DISASTROUS YEARS' From 1697 to 1704 were years of almost til l ai elt ; ampled sterility in th e No r th o f S co tl an d ; and rtile a touching tale is found in Mor a y s hi re an d along y e coasts of Aberdeen and Banff, of the distress to 0 11 ., 1 0 the famine gave rise. In the. parish .of only three smoking cottages were left ; the inho' v i ants of the others having all died during this he ll o visitation. From poverty and the awful prevs l l o l of mortality, the ordinary rights of Christian 10 ja were denied to the poor, large holes being dugd, many places, into which the bodies were consigalo One maiden lady in Garmouth, whose memorY,.l. still gratefully embalmed in the traditional re7;t% lections of the peasantry, provided shrouds and I # o fins for such as wan d ere d to h er d oor to di e , 0 11 " 1 , 0 1 anxious were the poor to avail them se l ves of thi 9 : o l privilege, t hat they husbanded their little stno;tht meal, and journeyed far and near, th a t they2,f l . l t itt close their eyes secure of decent interment. W ' the same period, a calamity of a different nattire;ir curred, which has entailed a still m ore l a sting , fortune on many proprietors of the soil. Bet g •` Findhorn and Nairn, below th e l a tt er place, 7 :01 chain of sand•hills, and the p eo pl e on the b e et e coast having pl uc k e d f or f ue l t h e b room a nd ; t 1 grass with which they were covered, the vi,.. / 0 )13 1 which in thi s p ar t o f t h e countr y bl ow s P . t - t i e the west th ree -f our th s o f t h e veal% caught 4 - 0 sand, and blew it like chaff upwards of twentr d e miles along the shor e . Th ousan d s o f ac res no in this manner overlaid. In some places I '. f o not above a foot in depth, but in vales and hul l o it lay so deep that many gardens were comPl et a engulphed, and apples might be seen shooting the from the topmast branches, and rolling up o "L c i sand. In the parish of Dallas, above 15 00 a'ao were rendered useless, but the proprietor a ftenvt r o o obtained some compensation in a grant of 200 1 .' 1 ,he Government. The estate of Coulbiti, which i 0 : 0 1, assessed books of that period, was valued at 1Z se • Scots, shared the same fate,,and is still totally 0 less, though the lands might be now worth fr c , 1500/. to 1800/. sterling." One gentleman of o ur .„ s ‘• quaintance has, by patient digging and tren ch ' r escued about 300 acres o f g o o d l an d from the of this destroyer; b u t partly f ro m the extent 0 ' 0 1 evil, and partly from the benumbing tendell e foa the entail laws, many hundreds of acres yet fl it of in their dr ear y st er ility, the calamitous effe c ,, the Seven Disastrous Y ears.-- Inverness Cogret _. -'j 4 oliz -e is;