The Sun. — London, England, 1816-07-16 00:00:00

oms. ti ‘VAII:LANT'S of Elt '6l , I.IZS aOSEtIII - 1 AND 'INEDITED MANUkitIPTI3 TO THE tRITIiii i AlustuA. I- • . Mons. Le VAILLANT, s)l) well knoss';•ti. Ify . his travels in Af r i ca , and his Magni fi cent works oh , ' Ornithology, resides at P;iris in Rue du Petit Van , girard) and not(vi th standing'the advanced age of nearly 80, is in e xe e lle n t health, ( fossession of his t a ci l ltiis. and the fall • M ; Le ,VAILLANT is below the Ordinary height, and.very thinl the hair on the forehead ha's long since taken its leave, and 'the fensainiler is com pletely-blanched wiih agel his eyes, however, still sparkle with the vivacity of geniiis; the mouth, sunk in Iron] 'the loss of all the front teeth, characterises still . More forcibly, heneio lenee and amiability of disposition. During his travels, M. Le Vatt.t.'iNt Collected a most extensive Museum rif Natural History, prin cipally Ornithology, including 'ii.ll the Birds of Africa, and to this Collection lie his matte con siderable additions since his 'reihrnto,Europe; the whole is in the highest possible pre servation, This Museum. ) , with nearly a Thousand beautiful Original Drawings, exactly coloured, 'enid the full ' size of the subjects represented, .M. LB 'VAILLANT wished to dispose at, abel in addition to these, various manuscripts on Natural Hist o ry, litherto enedited. The Emperor Alexander, 'on the first entry of the Allies into Paris, often called on M. Le Vail lam, an d was,for a considerable time in treaty With_bins for the purchase,' as the King of Naples 'tad previously been. Why the purchase was not 4.o inpleted with the Emperor is not stated, but his Neapolitan Majesty offered below a third what AL Le Valliant expected. since that period, M. Le Vanua has offered his collection to the British Museum, and proposed as a prelude to nego chtthig, that he should be ! permitted to convey the various dessins origivaux, Museum, &c. to London, free of d ut y for the inspection of the TrllttteS 0f th e Mus eu m, in which case he would accompany them himself. M. Morier, the Consul General, and 11.Dritm• " . .' a nd, oue m of the r es id en t Commissioners, thought t_hicrequest inadmissuble, bat recommended M. 1 ,, ,..e Valli ant to tend his collection to tae King ' s tyarebous es , where a pr o p e r p e rs on deputed' (ro t a the Museum, might view and report upon them. sn r_while, however, M. L e V a lli ant was d e lib erat i ng uP01) this, a lett er arrived trout the British Mo. *emu., dat e d May 13,.1815, declining the oder. NATIONAL MEDALS. That true glory which reSides in - elevated Minds, find charariterizes noble actions;snivives the ruins of mightiest empires ; "for History transmits to I) °sterily the gloryiof 'those of whom valour and Virtue are proud, and Whii have assisted to raise the colossal Governments tbat have experiented the inevitable decay and dissolution of all thiN's Thus the characters of Nor4A, the le- FABIUS, the saviour, and liamstßAL, the . , 4 „,re'ad of Rome, with Scum, the conqueror at 11 kniqtaAL, are cherished in the mite!?. and in 11 .,,,i5ny respects in the heart, beinr c6i,secrated by' nistory to the imitation and •:• of succeed •• Mg generations. in like r: will the virtues am talents of modern ,pies be perpetuated, Ind none so much as tl of Britain, Our WEle i! . 'Noi•nN attd his hrit,(: :11.64 will be thtis cat:- prated, not only by Literary but Metlailib .I( , ) tY, which has this advantage over the fortifier,, That it embodies narrative and sentiment la the corporeal and tasteful eye. Such is the Beautiful 'Property of the forthcoMing Set of WaLLll443Tott EDALS, Which we, have before slightlyanoounc td. and 'four of which are already submitted to 1 1 1 e'Pithli c , and are to he continued is fast as the :ngravers can execute such elaborate Art.. From t hese, four admirable SpOCllllellti it maybe confi ”utly asserted; that England, in the present day, Pus not produced such a Medallic Work, and that it Will fully rank - with . the faitinns Series Of Na iVeo, Med a l s , as many o f them will come from t he hands , of the . ce l e b r i tte ll Medallists whiz pi . o- 4 . l ,"ced that Serie s* a ' s well as froM 6or best native 11.neravers. •will indeed be a Work ivorth'y 114 subject, and of the British nation. have seen a leterfroth , , nton, Niaetti Car M in a, daten ,„,, ' tilt., itating, that the BritiSh Ship Waierloo,.frontJatititica to Yuri; -.. l and, had arrived there, 'in "ctinse(pteltee of the :re w baying m u ti n i e d, heitiled by the 'hate, ‘vlio :11.tl attempted to cut the Captaio's throat ; and ,2114(1 sir ter socce ttled WI to St riroff his cravat whets fallen in with by the Diligence leventte-eiitter. was, whellb,,,o•dod, standing directly, for the Lind, with pin t-,„it set; and it is tapposed 'the mutineers intended to inn her do shore. We were sorry to iiiiders'taiid e that the old esta tlisited Union Bank of by rim 'wade tip - 'on them from a very errithttras report which had 'gon e abroad, have liven obliged to suspend their Vityineats ; but its Itie cciiir,e of rt veryiew days, they have reason to hope they will resume them. qh (:ourant. ) Her Grate th e Duchess of ROXBURGH E tea; this fOrenoon safely delivered of a sine and heir to the 7 1 uketlom of Roxburgh. The union flag was hlie tittil4teiV cii Oil tilt top of our venerable Ab “lnt the brlls are ringing u merry peel on this -Joyful event.----(Kelso Weekly Journal.) The new announced for representation at the ilaymarket Theatre, is by the Author of 4 ovelma Goia, tk.c. A whimsical Farce; by the 'aktul*or of The Steep Welker, is also in firepara‘ tiow. The preventive boat system is aboxit to tin c l ergo 44 entire revision to render tt efficient, in hopes putting stop to the severe loss the revenue I . l t fre es nt suffers f r On i the great illi c it trade which 1)0 \v carried 'on : it is .only by it vigorous anti 've4everlit4 system that these depredations cart be tits, k is to . be entrusrellato a Naval Officer riutit and some merit, whit' Las actively served t ig cama s) , d ur i„ g J- the l a ic wars, and it is to- be D l)eti the country will benefit by his, C er t iang ' t Uri Thursday, JAMES I,,Atti.c,i, a :mason, fell li e n „ 11111 tiedtfrol(i Quarryliolts, Scotland, and 1 41 ' 1 ' 11 1)g with his heed ou the fout scraper at the 4 "ur) al ,g • IitGIEVCOCIIT dr ':II.ISTICfAitY, EDISTCURGE . T. Ott Friday car ne an beffrre this Court, the trial 'a Niel Douglas, accused offaiSelloi4, 'fraud, and iviltul imposition, by falsely jtretending to.bave a great intimacy and influence With the (tight lion. Robert Lord Viscount Melville, 'first ,Lord a the Admiralty ; Robert William Seeretai'y ; stud ‘Vitblaines Cobb, Esti: Secretary to the East India Company; and did give out and persuade t niiiniser of per sons, thne,:hy influence. will) these Gentlemen, the pannel procure theirs places tinder Go vernment, or in the India . 'Company's service, and for dOing 30 the:Num:l gut money Irons these per sons under false .p re t e ce s. The indictment stated 'four MT,A•ent acts Of fraud, In obtaining money in this manner. Atter the indictment was read, the pantiel pleaded Nut Mr. MAITLAND, junior, counsel for the iiTi• loner, admitted that the libel was relevant. He stated that the paunel's mother itnd the late Vis count Melville were full cousins, being descended from two daughters of Sir John Gordon of 6or donstoun, one of whom was the late Lord Ale,- ville7s mother, and that the present pannel and Robert, now Lord Melville, were second cousins . He also stated, that the pannel was at times itt a deranged state. A Jury was then chosen, and the trial proceeded. The. first witness called was sir William Rae, who identified two declarations emitted by the pannel, and also several documents, which were founded on in the indictment. Said the pannel, while before him, did not seem in the smallest degree to be in a state of insanity. James Currie, writer, Sheriff Clerk's Office, also proved the declarations, Sic. Robert William Hay, Esq. Private Secretary to Lord Viscount Melville, said he did not know the pannel, 'but had had a correspondence with hint about three years ago, relative to an application by him • for ;spinet under Government. That an answer tVaitgiven him, but no hopes held nit of success ; and that he had never received any ino ney from hint on any account. Being shown a letter front Henry Switoston, datei Glasgow, 17th December 1815', said he had received that letter, Which was then read by the Clerk of Court.--4. It contained a complaint from Swanston for not . procuring him the situation of a messenger of the Admiralty, for w hich . he had given the pannel IUI. which he said bad been sent to the witness. Said he never received any money front the pan tei on any account, Mr. Hay identified several letters, some of which were :addressed to himself, and others to Lord Melville, All the patinel's applicatioos were reNcted, both fur himself and others. .A letter was next read front the panne! to Lord Melville, soliciting a commission for a Mr. nutrias Robertson. Thinks that in his ap irlications the pane 1 looked to a situation in India ; he neve: rote him to say that lie had got , a situatio uc Admiralty. .Ts , •• Secretary to the East India r: ,npany, sad he never had a letter !root the panne', but had one from a person of the name of Thomson, to wthich he returned an answer, which stated, that he knew of no appointment for his sun, as the writer believed, and that he never received the 501. mentioned, as no money either was or 'Could be received. Said he never received any application from Douglas, nor is there such an office as a wettet's clerk in India, and lie never ! • inohey or a bill front either Thom stin or ijoughts. Believes there is a Mr. Caldicott, a clerk in 'the India-house. James Thomson,' jun. at lllllhead, near Patrick, 'said that he knew the panne' and had some Cow. MUniitltiollS with him relative to procuring a place for his son as a writer's clef k in India. 'that he had beard lie had !uncured such a situation 'for some persOn, but who it was lie could not That Douglas 'read a part of a letter, which tie said he had 'received from 'Lord Melville, which appeared 'cbiiiplimentary. That he applied to Dougialt 'for his *soil', and be said he would do something for hiM, as lieumlerstood be, the witness, was au old aectuaintaiteeof his father's. Witness's ion was sent for from Paisley, and the Pantiel read . 16 hint a proposed letter, which Was to be 'sent to Mr. Cobb, applying fin' his 'si) ; and also anotherictter to the Directort,thanking them for his own typointnient. Has heard that the pannel was to marry Lord Melville's daughter. That he gave the punnet tt guinea to pay for postages, which wit': never returned to him. That in eon.; * acquenee of it 'note froth Dongla's, 'they met at witness's house, when he read a printed letter, appointing his sun a writer's clerk, and it vEts 'signal by Mr. 'Cobb ; and there was atso a 4ritrett letter on the same piece of paper, which the pan nel tore off, and took it with him'; arid thinks thitt he 'read the Written part to him ; recollects it mentioned Something about a Charles Gowan to go out as a servant with the i)annel, That some time afterwards the pannel culled on hint, and said he had paid 101: for stamps for his sot's commission, whiSh Mr.:Cobb butt wrote him- he Lad received. Thivt he afterwards paid Douglas the 101. in thel,iwati Tavern in Glasgow. It wa's atterwirrds tutiMated to the witness, by the pan.. nel, that It was necessary to , giv'e Mr. 'Cobb present, and he :thought bOl. would du, which the witness agreed to with great satisfaction. — That lie bought a bill for 501. from a Banker's in Glasgow, whett• Douglas wrote a Aettei to Mr. Cobb, in presence of die witness, 'and Mr. Gibson, son-in 7 law, in which the bOl. bill was incloved. That it Witt hest scaled With wafer, 'which the panne! said was rather 'Ais le-pi:Wu' to Mr. Cobb not to seal it With Wak, and in con3egnence they went into housei when it was sealed with was. The lett& was in the bands of the witness at the time, but the panne! snatched it from hint, and said, be wotsh put it into the Post`Offiee. That they botit went to the iVolt Office, when the panne' put itta letter into the office, but, having a suspicion it was not' properly bone', they went back to the 0114 e, but got no satisfactory answer, as the mail 'was just going off. That he afterwards wrote to Mr. Cobb, and received an attswer, which he iden tified, and else the bill. That he understood the panne! was a leiation of Loa Melville, as he ha l l often heard 1t mentioned. That. they frequently.on this boinen 4 and he Was situ! to treat him, not like i 5 golo as be had a t ate*. mother, Which was the occasion at going t > pub- 'Etat lie had Mentioned this, 'trans action to 'a Mr. MacMillan arkfa N r. AndieW Reid. Belot; tAked, it he thonOt there vie:, any thing like itisanty Munn. the patina, said, ltrr thoitght he was rather . flighty and unstable in his manner, arid has.heard 'there wits toinbthing of the kind in the family, but, at the time of this trantiactidn, thought the panne' capable of doing business. That be had a sister, %Vito had contined for mildness in the Lunatic Asylum, Glasgow, and saw her this . day itt the witnesses' rbout. Thinks her name isleaoDouglas. Itimes.Thomson, sou ortlie preceding witness, sitid, that, in September lest, sae. , 'hemit:l at his lather's, whO sail, he was a relat ion of Lord Me!vines. That lie was intimate with Mr. Cobb of the Intlia-lanete, and he was Slim he could procure for the 'l , VittieSS 'a writer's Clerk's plate in India. -That, he read some letters as from Lord Melville, which seethed very That the pound 'said, it would not .00 for Mr. Cobb to pay the 'Postage of the letters, and his father then gave Mitt ii guinea to paY frit them. That he afterwards met the pannel at the Swan Tavern, when he said the witness was Apr,Vint, ea a writer's clerk in India, and added, that 101. must be sent to Mr: Cobb to pay for the stamps. bonietinie atter, the patine! said, that - a present must he sent to Air. Cobb, other vile: would do nothing fat thee in the business, raid added, that sortie gave 1001. but bethought 501. would do, That the witness wince it fett(ir to Mr. Cobb, thauking him for his gOodness for obtaining his appointment. That he expected Mr. Douglas and several other yomig men were 'to go' rout Glas gow to India along with Masi. ' James Gibson, brother-in-law •of the last wit ness, said, he saw Dcinglas atMama, who said he corild procure a place for t he preceding witness as a writer's clerk in India. 'That Dou glas said he Wits going to ivottld several young men in histinit. Remembers bear, ing of 101 being spoken of fur stoup, ana'also that 501. should he given to Mt. Cobb as a pre sent, and'he saw a bill bought, which was payalde to hint (the witness) and Idatrk S3tV a letter wrote by l)uuglas, in which the bill was enclosed. . Mr. James 'l l utnbull, one of the partners of the hok4se ut James and Robert Watson, bankers in Glasgow, identified the 501. bill, which returned from London paid. Mr. Williant Gardiner, surveyor of taxes, Glas gow, said, that in the beginning of October met the pannel and his own brother in a house in Gallowgate, Glasgow. That Douglas said he was short of cash, as he wished to go to 'Green'Ock, and offkred the 501. hill, when the witness oh served it was H foolish thing to discOnat such a bill, drawn at so short et date, on the same (hy it !. was drawn. That Douglas was pressing for cash, and he went nut and got the Monti' for the bill from Mr. King of the Falkirk Mink. That he gave the punnel nnly 201., us a Mr. Ainnro said be woold spend it all in his Greenock journey. The pannel came back some days after, and re ceived the other 301.' fie bas heard that the pan ' stel7s sister was in the Glasgow Asylum, and has beard he was rather flighty, but he has not knotivn him long. Mr. ,ioltn Gardiner, irtititnoniter, Glait , OW, said, fie rel . Wilibers being in company with the panttel, his hcother, the preceiting witness, and Others, in Forrester's, in GallOwgam, when the bill was produced. He corroborated his brother's testi . - tunny, as to the bill discounting. Thinks the pan,. ncl rather flighty, and drank a gond deal. Has beard him any be Was a friend of Lord Mel'iille's, and that ha expected it situntion throngh hiS•in- Thience. - Mr. James Xing, itih. Agent 'Mr the •Falkirk Uanking tossipanSr, said, that lie ifisenttated the , 501. bili slow shOwo 'and gave all . tife tnotityi but the premium to Mr. 301 m thirdiner. The deciatatiOns of the i)itairiel ivee'tbeil Mr, James ‘Thimson, jun. ealiediis 'again, and being shown two letter's, said he had received them from Mr. Do u glas, They were read by the thin*, Whiel concluded the proof faille:Crown. axcoL P AttritY PROM The Counsel for the tiiintiel, then 'firOthieed certificate of marriage anal a . ttelioOtiOn from Mrs. Douglas to MI husband, the Rev. Mr. Neil 'Dou glas, the panties father, to prove that Mrs. Doti glas and the late Lord Melvillewerectinsins, and there were also lei ters from Lady Arniston, ne kridwledging Mis. Doilies as her niece. These were not read. Miss lane 13otiglas, sister to the pittrnel, 'that. list •year the iffinnel wits in bad health, °that she ,canie to blinbtirgh to see him, and fatind hint in Leith ; that he wiu in a poOr state Of mind, and thought lihr;‘ deranged • that her fit ther wrote to Mr. James Laidiew, W. S. about tier brother, who advised the witness to send him to Glasgow, which Was done; andthe witness and Mr. John Donglatv, teacher, went with hint; that after his arrival in Glasgow. he was confined (Or 'some time, and 'was never suffered to 'go out by himself ; Wiff sometimb lit a very high state of mina, and at other times quite-10* , spirited ; that lie otten 'talked of his high prospects - front Phis csitmeetion with Lord Melville, and has heard Of one Swanston applying to hiM to procure him a plate. : It was , in ApriF, he came to Was tow, and he was ill Aunt four motAhs. • Mr. James Laidlaw, W. S. said be hnows the and his fath er , t h e Rev . Mr. DOligiati•, was Opirried to Miss Itabeita Miller, only daughter of Mr. Miller, of Star, Laidlaw ithen pro4uced a letter which ha sent to .his uncle, Mt. Miller, describing the partners Situation, which he considered as that of a deranged person, and proposed that he should be confined. The letter was read, in part, to the Court and Jury ; it was slated March 20, 1815, wi l d at-that time he thought the pannel behaved very ill, slid from what pass ed in conversation with him ; about places in the Admiralty and in India, 144 thought him :in a de ranged John Douglas, 'reacher, Edinburgh, said, that he itnovvs the panncl, and had teen him in Fe bruary, 1815, In the Crown Hotel, where he re" iieved him from a small debt, lie afterwards saw WA ift Leith, and at tttrit time lie appeared nut to be in a solid *rate of mind s which he inferred That he trecoinpanied the panne' and sister Qlaiko'io,:ihen there'wei a t a lk among his friends of con fi ning - him itt the blinitt i e Any.. lust. The'%virness tbobglit that it he was not in sane he h , i;i11(1 net ran tie `risk of lisObliging hi* religions by his fOolish conduct, . The cviderice wits surt n up for the Crown, by the SOLICITOR-GENEttAL, and by Mr. .1,04 Es MONettErFP, Advocate, for the panne!. The LORD .. 'JUSTICE di:Eltk concluded the Wholeby,s very inipartial charge to the Jtiry, w.hir retired, for a very siort time, and returned a verdict, 10 1111 0 , findiitg pannel Gaitry. Thyiy Lord• ships, altir severally delivering their opinions , sentenced the vintrel to t‘ Valve tnout6' iniprisuu4 . toseili in Glasgow Sail. * EXECUTION RESPITED. Ftitt'D tdia l'Aaricut.mts.-*-Vesterday mashing, 'at tWQ o'clock, an order was sent to Mr Newman, Keeper !Allis Majesty's gaol of Newguii., to stay the execntion of fb.4ph Peru, who was ordered for etc:Ochs'', having been folincl guilty on Friday, at the Ohl Bailey, of the wilful murder of I3en-. lamin Twigg, a soldier in the 'Guards, on the • 18th of June fast; The circumstances Aich led to this unex pected 'eveitt are, as far as we have bee n . able to collect diem, as follows :On Saturday two women applied tOthe Sheriff, and stated, that had they been examined on the trial.of, this unhapliy man,.. they could have Proved that the •tleceased was thefirst aggressor, and that what the prisoner did ivas'in iii, own defence. Mt being interrogated as to 'the cause of their not coming forwarel before, they stud they were , alarmed lest any 'Coneetpienees should result to theniselves.*--1n H case 'of such 'importance, the sheritt - considered it Proper that no time sh'euld be lOit, and therefore got these women to make affidavits of the facts which they stated, which he witnessed Itithself, ind tarried to the Seereta'ry of States Office, kt k t hree' hour in the evening. Sunday *the'sulqict 's taken consideration, and the staidavit, ' Wit tit well as all the other enettm stance's atteitcliii the case, were reNrred to Mr. • Justiee Pka WhO tried tie The "result of their of was', that an order was sett to the gaol of Newgate, at the bonr we have mentioned, of Which.the followitrg is the substance , • execration he stayed tonJtife'ph'Peru till 'Wednesday, the uth day of jaly, fur which th i s shall; be y!mr,sottitiet* `autittnity. JUG . PAWL , 4 tie SWl'afs of Lehdan and Mititeiex, :the Goaler of ,gesvgotte i witotal'os eve: . it may'con4;erit,' , • 1n coliseipi6iCe of this, directions were given not t'ai make the preiiarations which usually attend such asvitil occasions ; and the immense crowd which as i sekibled to witness the4ceinioa, depart* ed, happy in'the anticiptition that the lily of a ,felinte•creature 'may be 'saved, 'I he Wretched i'et►ic, 'fruits ille . kiement Of his receiving sentence, expresser) a perfect resignation to his fate, but denied that he was guilty Of the crime imputed to Ile solemnly declared that what he had done was his own delence. ISLE OF MAN% Dottit..ss, l'uot ItArai air.bness 'the Prince Regent has been pleased, at the rretnu.' umndittion of his Grace the Duke of Atholl, It) nottinare Thelmis,G;l'vrife, ‘'th'e acting At.k , torney-General cif this file, to the seat 'scam Olt the Mancha ileneb by the death 'of the late thetu ster"Ct‘eilitt. Yin l'hursilnylatt n very loge and well-fed hali. 'but %vat taken oti Peel bye common hand-line, and on the 'next - day it t p.p eare d iri ot e r Its length, tom the tip of the► nose to the ex. tremity of the till, was six feet five Inches g its breadth, behind the shoulder, three feet two inches - , mid its main girth five feet four inches. i JL`l►e fish was cut up, and sold in small pieces at from 3tl tolitl. per pound, weighed nearly 2001bs. and nit hear eat rcaurkably The herring fishery, since Toesday last, has proved unntually suctetsful ; but that on Thurs. day night, we believe, exceeded tiny thing hither to known upon this coast. The number of boats 'from the different ports was certainly great, and it is scarcely possible to ascertain the quantity of herrings taken ; the fishermen d escr ib e t h e sea at literally swarming with them. The space be , fween the old and the new harbour of White. haven, on Friday morning (after the ti t le h a d ebbed out)., had all the appearance of a fair, finely Wpotted with booths ; fur there were counted at one time no lets than ninety-four boats or smacks, genme of them very large, within that compass.; besides ,eight or ton inside of the New Tongue, and as many, or more, between the Old and the New tlusty. Ws have heatd of one boat having caught twenty-one maze; and several others sp., pmeed to be nearly equal. A yot‘ng women, of fittr cottiplexion„ drest very genteely in * chip hat and orange-coloured scarf, went yesve day afternoon into Parlett's tea ware. house,,in Newgate-street, and having bought a quarter of a pound of tea,. tendered a one-pouad note, and receked 18s, silver in change, previ. ourly writing her address on the face o the note, " Smith, No. 7, Shire-lane ;" she afterwurds went to a mioen-draper's in Rtdcross-street, anti changed another note, and ,received 15s. more - silver. Mr. Perim tensed her to be still ed to Furnivol's-ion.court, No. 11, where she went in, and he, Mr. P. relying on his own know.. ledge of the notes being both bad, procuretlßead, the Offices., from liatton-garden, and searching the lodging, foutrirthltitHAS other bad notes, a neat of homebreaking implements, several pieces of rioted cotton furniture, a piece of block kersey.. mere, four %vetches, and many suspicious articles. kOte, with her husband, will be brought tep at the Mansian.house this day. Thurstloy senoight, Helen Reid, for the murder of her husband, but whose seurence of death was under the particular circumstances of the case, commuted, and Elizabeth Grant, for theft, Acre shipped at Aberdeen, on board one of the smocks for London, thence to be transported beyond seas the former for life, and the latter for seven years.