The Sun. — London, England, 1824-12-18 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morni►rg Pipers, Dec. 18. Darr tsn PRESS.] From the further accounts of the late dreadful inundation at St. Petersburgh, received yesterday through the French and German Papers, it would appear that that tremendous calamity was more extensively destructive than the first ad vices would have led us to believe. The surviv ing' sufferers were not aware of the vast and ter rific ruin from which they had escaped. The wretched inhabitants, of the lower classes, are now menaced with death by cold and famine.— The Emperor had been visiting the scenes of de solation, and exerting himself to mitigate the distresses and supply the immediate wants of the destitute. A subscription has been opened to which he and all the Imperial Family have con tributed liberally. A Rescript has been issued, directing the appropriation of this money. The' Emperor orders that relief shall be strictly con fined to those whose extreme poverty renders it absolutely indispensable. The ravages of this overwhelming and prodigious evil have, however, by no means been exclusively felt by the poor : merchants of eminence have been, in the course of one night, reduced from opulence to beg. gary. We can imagine no situation so in tensely horrible as that of the sufferers must have been, while the resistless =SS of water was gradually, but not slowly, rising upon them, sweeping before it all the obstacles to its pro gress, and bearing on its surface the wreck of all the works of man. Powerless and passive, the victim of the elements retains the full possession of his faculties only to see his own inevitable fate approaching, and to witness the dread de struction that previously engulphs his friends and kindred. During the late catastrophe at St. Petersburgh, it required only an earthquake to have combined all the elements in a league against its unfortunate inhabitants. While the wind was shaking down the edifices which the waters were undermining, the Government establishments in the vicinity of the city, which were removed by their position beyond the reach of the inun dation, were destroyed by lire ! The sufferers are, by this most untoward accident, deprived of the immediate relief they might have ob tained from those considerable magazines. Under such a Government as that of Russia, however, assistance will perhaps be render ed more promptly than under a less des potic system. The supply must be immediate, as the price of provisions of the first necessity had increased in some instances nearly tenfold. Rye bread was selling at 40 copecs (very nearly '2O pence) the pound, and salt at 45 copecs.— The Government had attempted to fix a maxi. mum for provisions, at the usual prices: we may be sure that this measure will prove ineffectual; and unless a large and instant supply be fur nished, at the cost of the Imperial Treasury, it will only tend to aggravate the distress it is meant to alleviate. Before we close our observations on this subject, we may be per mitted to ask why no subscription has been com menced for the general relief of the sufferers by the late inundations in our own country ? There is, we know, a subscription in progress for the sufferers in the Island of Portland ; but there are thousands of individuals in other parts of England who have sustained severe losses by the floods. Why has no appeal been made in their behalf to benevolence—an appeal, as the proceed ings of yesterday show, never made in vain ? It is not yet too late to begin this work, and we earnestly recommend it to the attention of those who can bring it forward with effect. [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] All the Foreign Papers which arrived yester. day, and which comprehend German, Dutch, Flemish, and French, present a harrowing pic ture of the calamity which has visited the seat of the Russian Empire. The number of human vic tims-is immense ; the loss of property, we be lieve, unparalleled, considering the cause, and the damage in buildings, public works, and ship ping, almost general. It is computed that eight thousand persons have at least perished ? entire streets,. together with all they con tained, having been swept away by the' irre sistible fury of the inundation. Where villages stood the day before, there was scarcely a wreck the next morning, to indicate that they once were. Some noble instances of zeal and courage are recorded ; and we have heard, without any surprise, that the Emperor had exposed his person, and braved every hardship, whilst the rage of the elements lasted. He dew from place to place, though frequently at the risk of his life, in order, by his presence, to support the fainting hopes of the vast number of persons, whom a few hours had made houseless outcasts. IVe readily believe this account, for Alexander is generous, humane, noble-minded, in every thing but poli tics ; and in this if he could only expand his views, and follow his own natural impulses, in stead of the sophistries or his courtiers, he would be one of the best and greatest Sovereigus of this or any other age. To complete his merits on this mournful occasion, ho has devoted a large sum (a million of silver roubles) froth his privy purse, to the relief of the sufferers.' The loss of property of every kind, is esti mated at the enormous sum of one hundred and fifty million of roubles; and a prospect of famine, joined to a scourge, fully as frightful in that climate—scarcity of fuel, adds to the horrors . of the, picture. It is customary in Russia, and most 'Northern countries, for every family to lay in a stock of provisions for the winter, of which we frill., the greater part has been destroyed. In a few days also the price of bread and other neces saries, rose four-fold, and was even sextupled in some instances. To remedy this hardship, : a Proclamation was 'published, and posted up in all the streets of Petershorgh, prohibiting higher prices than usual ; but, if it were to be inforced, it would, as every one knows, only aggravate the evil, by adding fictitious to a real scarcity. The Government, however, has not neglect " those expedients, which would prove really useful ; and orders were sent to Riga and other places, to send off provisions with the utmost possible expedition. As the sea would be probably closed, it is much to be feared, even should all the horses and wag gons in the country be put in requistion, that the supplies by this long and slow mode of convey ance, would only slightly mitigate the evil. Whence are the payments too to come, some of the sufferers having lost every thing, money us well as goods, and the rest having sustained more or less injury ? Even the Imperial Treasury, were all its spare funds to be applied to this hor rible emergency, would prove insufficient, as it probably contains very little beyond what is ap propriated to the different branches of the pub lic service ; and a loan, if it could be raised im mediately, would be the best resource to meet the difficulty. Let our countrymen contrast this appalling picture, with the security of their own situation ; and their hearts must overflow with gratitude to Providence, for having rendered such visitations amongst them, more rare than perhaps any other people. [MORNING POST. We received last night, by express, French Papers to the 16th inst. and the Mode of Thurs day. Preparations were making in Paris for the opening of the Chambers. The Deputies were to meet on the 20th in the Hall of their Sittings, to draw lots for the great Deputation which was to go and receive the King on the day fixed for the opening of the Session. By a new Royal Ordi nance, Charles X. has limited the period of vo luntary re-enlistment iu the army to two and four years. The intelligence from Spain states, that some vessels armed by the Constitutionalists hail appeared off the coast of Andalusia, and had filled the Government with apprehension, as since the retreat of the French, and in the pre sent irritated state of the public mind, it was thought that if they lauded the result might be very different (ruin that of the unfortunate capture of Tariffa. It was generally reported and believed that they had obtained possession of [vice, one of the Balearic Islands. If this be true, Ivica must have been delivered into their hands ; for its strength was such that it baffled the efforts of the Cortes to reduce it when they had all the mi litary and financial resources of the State at their disposal. It was said that the greater part of the troops assembled at Corunna had embarked and were ready to sail for Havanna, front whence they were to repair to Vera Cruz, to reinforce the garrison of the Castle of St. Juan of Ulloa. Two new frigates had been constructed at Ferrol, and were to be sent to the South Sea to fa voto the operations of the royal armies in Pm. Should they ever sail, however, it is rather doubtful from the nature of the events which have taken place in that quarter, whether they will find any Royal armies to assist. There are various accounts in these Papers from Con. stantinople. They state that the Porte had at last published an official explanation of the cir cumstances which had led to the execution of the Moldavian Officer, whose death had in- terrupted the progres's of friendly negociatious between Turkey and Russia. In this Report he was represented, not as a political delinquent, but as the secret associate of a band of Robbers, and therefore entitled to no protection or pity from any regular Government. The evacuation of the Principalities is mentioned, but in a very doubtful manner, in the letters from Constanti nople. It seems, however, to have been at length carried into effect, for the Eloite says with an official tone : u We have reason to believe that the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia are now evacuated in consequence of fresh remon strances made by the Allied Courts at the be ginning of the month." Some attempt is also said to have been made to induce the Porte to enter into negotiations with European Powers on the great question of the future fate of Greece. But it continued to protest against all foreign interference on the subject, and when Lord Strangford introduced it in his last interview with the Reis Effendi, the latter is said to have immediately changed the conversation. [MORNING HERALD.) Wednesday's Paris Papers arrived last night. The Chamber of Deputies is to hold a Meeting on the tOth, preparatory to the opening of the Sessions by the King in person. The accounts in these papers from Madrid are to the sth inst. It appears the King of Spain has just conferred titles and other honours on several Generals and Officers serving in Peru. The Viceroy Lacerna, and Canterac and Valdes have been created, the first Count of the Andes, a gigantic title, and the two last, Grand Grosses of St. Ferdinand. It appears a mere trick to tell the Spanish people that Ferdinand has still a footing in Peru, The troops destined to reinforce the garri son of St. John de Ulloa are stated to have sailed from Corunna and Ferrol, and two frigates are stated to he fitting out for South America at the latter place. Some vessels with Constitutionalists on board, are said to have appeared off the coast of Andalusia. Whence did, or rather whence could these euestit is ti on . alists possibly come ? The Turco-Russian nego. ciations go on with more than Turkish sloth. M. de Minziacky had not , yet, when the last ac. counts left Constantinople, presented his creden. tials, waiting the evacuation of the principalities, which was deferred. The T ur k s re f use a ll con . cession, acid still, it is said, object to , any foreign interference between them and the Greeks. The Russian Emperor, his family, and his Ministers, are in the meantime occupied in relieving, by .861)8cl1owns, those who suffered by the late dreadful inundation, The Austrian Government pursues a truly ridiculous system, of .publicly ,proscribing individuals from its territories. A list is given, among whom are M. l)evergier, son of the French D e p ut y ; Jules David,son of the painter, and tutor in the f Jerome Buonaparteaaii, at Rome Italians ; C al a n d il lliis o o f , Orselli, Cesali, opar Guil lord,. French marine Officer ; Zay..Deyauz ; and lastly, Frc of the Greek Refugees in lt publicatiws Sub. scription favour France !" Limperorof Austria is not a bad man, and still less is he a wise one. A Professor of Natural Philosophy being presented, talked of 44 the Constitution of the Atmosphere." 44 Ah !" said his Majesty, " Constitution, that wicked word which has done so much mischief of late." A stock broker is under trial at Paris, for an offence somewhat similar to Mr. Fauntleroy's. He is charged with fraudulent bankruptcy, spe culations on his own account, against law, and mis-appropriation of funds confided to him as a broker. He fled, but was apprehended. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The French Papers up to the 16th, which we received late last night, contain one article of intelligence, which, if it be true, is deserving notice. The Courier Francais says, " that it is not Majorca, but the Island of Ivica, of which the Constitutionalists have made themselves mas ters." It seems also by the same Paper, that the Constitutionalists have contrived to fit out several armed vessels, with which they are cruiz ing in the Straits of Gibraltar. Several parties of Constitutionalists have also shewed themselves in different provinces. We had previously heard from Paris—" What was foreseen with respect to Spain after the retreat of the French army, begins to be realised in that unfortunate country, where there is a general fermentation. Bands of malcontents have already collected in Navarre, Biscay, Galicia, Old Castille, and Estremadura. At present their numbers are but small, but they will serve as rallying points to the Constitution alists, who will have no other means to save their lives or their personal liberty." The mere report of the French withdrawing their troops, and the preparations for doing so, have roused the Con stitutionalists into activity, and Guerillas are form ing in various parts of Spain. From Ivica, whence Ferdinand will scarcely be able to dislodge them, they may stir up all Catalonia, and the more per sons he proscribes, the greater will be the number eager for vengeance, and the more readily will a force be collected to overthrow his Government. Under such circumstances it is scarcely possible that any considerable number of French troops should now be withdrawn from Spain. If the Spanish refugees can keep up their hopes, and preserve the vigour of their arms some few months longer, they may again see_realized in their own country that guerilla warfare which was formerly so destructive to a more powerful foe, and may have an opportunity both of taking revenge on their oppressors, and of proving their love of liberty. in another column we give a paragraph from the Bury Post, containing the particulars of more mischief occasioned by the use of those murderous engines, spring-guns. One individual, on his way home to Holbrook, pursuing a certain path, on the assurance that the spring-gun usually set in it was not loaded, accidentally trode on the wire, and received the charge in his left hand, which was so shatter ed, that am putation was necessary. The keeper of Sir`" ". Agar, of Brenteleigh Hall, it appears, has been shot in the thigh in the same manner ; and lastly, it is reported, that a gentlem an who preserves game has been overtaken by retributive justice, having fallen into his awn snare, and been slightly wounded by one of his own engines. These are the casualties caused by these abomi nable contrivances, as report e d i n our P aper . At the year's end it would be well to compute the number of killed and wounded during the last twelvemonth by spring-guns, in this laud of justice and humanity, that we may see at one view the lives that have been lost, and the limbs that have been mutilated, in the cause of partridges and pheasants. We despair, however, of seeing the use of these formidable engines discontinued so long as human beings are the only victims to it; but if a cock pheasant, or a line pointer dog, should chance one day to come to an untimely end, and to fall by the ran dom shot of a spring-gun intended for a poacher, may so serious a catastrophe, so irreparable a loss, possibly touch the hearts and open the eyes of country Gentlemen to the cruelty of this mur derous machinery. But till some signal mischief of this nature occur, we cannot hope to make any impression on the feelings or understandings of the 'Squires.—(ibid.) [NEW TIMES.] The Prussian Stantszeitung of the 28th of No vember, contains a formal reply to the complaints of several French journals on the arrest of M. Cousins at Dresden. We do not mean to enter minutely into the merits of -the question, nor to give any opinion whether the part acted by the Prussian Government on this occasion is or is not founded in right and justice. We only remark the fact of this formal defence, as a proof, that even in the most absolute Govern ments of the Continent a deference is shewn to public, opinion, hi the best sense of that word. The Prussian . Government by this publication tacitly admits that if the facts had been as they were represented in certain journals, the arrest of this Frenchman could not have been justified. Now we say that this ad mission of a general principle is of infinitely greater consequence than the establishment of any simple matter of fact. Whether M. Cousin really was or was not an emissary of the Revolutionists, sent to stir up the youth of Germany to insurr e ction, is a matter which may be easily determined on evidence; but whether the M onarc h o f one kingdom could, on any pret ence , exerc i s e independent juris. diction withi n the territory of another Sove reign, is a quest i on pregnant with the most se rious consequences. Buonaparte seized the book seller Palm on a neutral territory and hanged him ; the same l3uonaparte seized the Duke d'Enghein on a neutral territory, and him ; anti the servile hypocrites who nilvi ous c i r l y i most loudly against the arrest of M• d e d the were as silent as mice ; nay, they lau ded shot murderous despot—he these base of their idolatry ! We are indignan t . at forsooth slaves, now strutting anti talking dig, t out " the about " high Tory princiP leets"—and '‘ the was the very Go ,lang tl ege of despotic Governmer,t Sycophancy ! sycophancy to mere Royalty' to why we re you not the basest o f sycophants ten o ou no ev the bloodiest of all tyrants ? 1 - 1 y now canonize the memory of the butcher who massacred in one morning three thousand un armed defenceless prisoners ? Is there a de gradation of intellect, a prostitution of prin ciple like this, upon record, in the annals of servility ? We are ready to allow, the profligate baseness of extenuating Buonaparte's murders is the justification of the arrest of M. Cousin, if that arrest was really contrary to the Law of Nations ; and we grant that the of ficial article in the Prussian Shuststeitung is not conclusive proof of the legality of the proceeding. But before we give any opinion for or against the measure, we shall desire to see a fuller statement of the facts than has yet met the public eye. If M. Cousin was an innocent traveller arrested on the Saxon territory by a mere arbitrary act of the Prussian Government, the act was almost as bad as one of Buonaparte's slightest violations of law and justice, and we should therefore raise our voice in its condemnation. But if M. Cousin was a democratical emissary employed in sowing the seeds of Revolution among the German States generally—if those States, by common agreement, were bound to bring to justice the dis turbers of the public peace—and if he was ar rested on the Saxon territory with the acquies cence of the Saxon Monarch ; then the case as sumes a very different complexion ; and nobody will complain of the event, except those whose wishes are directed to the success of " privy con spiracy and rebellion." [TIIE TIMES.] The Marquis Camden has again fulfilled the periodical engagement which he imposed upou himself, by paying over to the consolidated fund 0,3441.. being the amount of fees for 1824, which his Lordship, as Teller of the Exchequer, sur rendered of his own free-will to the country.— Lord Camden, at his entrance into life, was by no means embarrassed with riches. He has had a family to provide for, numerous enough to plead his pardon had he looked with as much anxiety us many others of the same rank, to mutters of mere vulgar concern. His Lordship, however, chose to take a more generous view of the relation in which he stood to society ; and by the noble sacrifice which he has made of that whole tribe of contracted feel ings by which rnen in his predicament, and, alas ! of his station, have been too often actuated. Lord Camden has proved himself not only ge nerous but wise. His Lordship has, in our humble opinion, shown himself no bad econo mist by this departure from the ordinary modes of selfishness. He has made a descrimina ting and profitable bargain, as may be fairly said of every man who gets more than the value of his money. He has laid out 10,0001. per annum in a magnificent improvement of his patrimonial estate—of that inheritance which no vicissitude of fortune, which nothing but ig noble conduct on his own part, could deprive him of—the name and honour of an illustrious pa rent, whose virtues and whose moral dignity he thus hands down, not merely unimpaired, but augmented. It is due to Lord Camden, and still more so to an age which stands in need of high incentives, that his claim upon this honest grati tude recalled of this o m countrymen ; nt a r 1 3; d m e t r h i should oou fair b a en examplefrequently r public spirit should not sink into utter forgetful ness, either as a recompence or as a lesson. An opinion prevails at Paris, that the Prince de Polignac, Ambassador to England, who has gone to Paris for, the avowed purpose of being present at the opening of the Chambers, will not return to London, but will become a Member of the French Cabinet. The Prince is not, as some of our cotemporaries have stated, a friend, either personal or political, of M. Villele ; and his admission into the Cabinet must be con sidered rather an act of the King whose partiality to the Prince is well known, than of the Minister, who cannot be supposed to have any violent regard for the intimate► associate and ardent admirer of M. Chateauhriand. This al teration in the composition of the French Admi nistration is not likely to lead to any change of measures, as the new member has neither the ambition nor the energy requisite for the over throw of such a subtle and practised intriguer as [From the same Paper of yesterday.] An Express arrived yesterday from Paris, and so far as the present hour is concerned, we may presume to be of a tranquillizing nature. Indeed, t a h t e nu pr esent dess cr ippled ig n brings accounts which, i s b ta iti te on o , f ev by ery wh E om uro so p e ean ver who Power,eve rmust seeconsiders th sofan entertained, must, for some time to come at least, be postponed to the urgent necessity of repairing shattered resources and creating new means for future exertion. Without, therefore, laying any stress on the moral motives for pacific conduct, we may feel some reasonable confidence that a pacific policy must prevail, while Cabinets can devise no effectual means for one of aggression or conquest. We should scarcely waste the time of our readers with such obvious remarks as these If it were not that we saw among many persons a disposition to impute the present unwarlike (for such it is, rather than peace.. able) state of Europe to the principles of the Holy Alliance:-- principles which we have always and still maintain to be at once so unnatural and so unjust, AS to have a constant tendency to snap asunder, rather than consolidate, that compulsatory union of heterogeneous parts, which nothing but the via inertia of poverty has held thus long . together. The holy principle of legitimacy , together with mis taken calculation that it would cost nothing, made France invade Spain but would the same holy principle have allowed, or would it still allow, England to look on as a quiet spectator, if England felt she had the means to drive France out of Spain ? The holy principle of legiti macy made England—Christian England—take part with the Infidel Turks against her fellow-Christians, the Greeks: but' would that holy principle have prevented Russia front march ing to Constantinople, if she had felt that she possessed the means of overpowering the united force of Infide Turkey and of Christian England ? T he holy principle of de l gitimacy acts as a check upon Englan d, deterring her from the recognition of the South American States; but does the same holy principle prevent her from holdim, • over the head' of France and Russia a constant threat of recognition, it they presume to stir against those States, which it scents their interpretation of the principles, of the Holy Alliance wou l d lead them to do, if they had it in their power? Having this given a due value to that pacific" principle which is alleged to keep the European States in.harmony, we will state what we be lieve front very good authority to be the actual result of these views. It seems, then , that England and France having first agreed to the arrangement, Turkey end Russia consent to adjust their ling er ing quarrel under the medium of the Austrian d o v e rnment. The troops of both nations are entirely to eva cuate Moldavia and Wallachia, and two independent Christian Chi e ft a ins are to govern those principalities, who are to be chosen under the joint influence of Turkey and Russia, which powers engage to refer any question of dispute to Austrian arbitration. The reeks and Turks are then to be left to themselves (not nominally, as now, but actually), the Great Powers reserving to themselves a right of at least diplomatic interference, if, after a definite interval, (perhaps two years), the war between G re ece and Turkey should be no further advanced than at pre sent towards some definitive issue. With respect to Spain, it is agreed that France shall continue to occupy that country six months after January next, from which time it will be a quells non whether she shall be compelled to retain possession, or to forgo her dearly bought and dearly-continued conquest. pretty well understood that France would most willingly if she were able) undo all she has done ! She feels that she has coin mitted an egregious error ; that the invasion, which she sup posed would be a mere holiday pastime, has cost her not merelY her national honour, but a great expenditure of life, and—what is more—of money ; while she sees no feasable, or even proba• ble means, of recovering the point whence she so indiscreeq started, Certainly, if it were not for the painful reflection whim the atrocious motives of the Spanish invasion must excite ill the breasts of freemen, the situation of France with respect t° Spain might be enjoyed by a calm spectator, as one of the most ludicrous dilemmas which bad logic and bad principles had ever entailed upon a blundering politician. With respect to the South American States, England has no immediate inten• tion of recognizing them; but her Ministers imagine, that by holding the threat of recognition over the other Cabinets of Ea' rope, she ties their hands, and renders them in some degree • amenable to her own general policy. This policy may be very shrewd, but we doubt its soundness; because its integritY 111/* pears to us to be rather worse than questionable; it olaY.an swer. as a partial check upon Europe, but to the Alliere a ,, n States themselves, it toast have the appearance of selfish 4, 0 1 dealing, and may perhaps be visited with the ordinal% Tate 4 ; cunning, that in attempting too much over-reaches an hl defeats the very purpose which frankness and sincerity all ej have accomplished. It may be found, that those conune . treaties or arrangements which England meditates with faindless e pendent Governments, will be concluded on terms ver y r aj favourableus:ground grOP t o o d of a t once recßritishognizing an i i f zi Eng t l h an ei tl r by the law of nations, they had achieved a n u ndoubted to recognition. taken the " bbiow_Lgb: WINTER. ASSIZES. 'MAIDSTONE, THURSDAY, Drc. 16. John Ingrain, alias Brown, alias Turner, and John Sedge,. were indicted for burglariously b reakin g and entering the dwel ing-house of Abraham Abrahams, and stealing, on twatches,he 13throf November, at Minster, in the Isle of Sheppey, plate, anti money, exceeding in amount 2001. Mr. A snit EWs conducted the prosecution, and Mr. CIA• RIDGE the defence. It appeared in evidence that the prosecutor was a pawnhrolcer and silversmith, at Blue Town, in the isle of Slieppey„ and that in the course of the night of Saturday , the 13th of November, his house was entered by fb r ec, and property to an enormo us amount taken from his shop and pawn-room. On dwde,in consequence of suspicion of the prisoners. pursuit Sun was ma and they were both traced to the White Swan public-house at Chatham, where they were found drinking in company. were immediately apprehended, and on their p ersons WAS found almost the whole of the property lost by the prosecutor. Several witnesses gave hedger a good character from his In fancy., and described him as a person of whom they had heard nothing prejudicial. for the Mr. Justice Duanounir su mmed up the evidence Jury, who immediately found both prisoners Guilty. The prisoners being called upon to say wh ether they hod any thing to urge why judgment of death should not her that upon them, Ingram 1 p ended strongly mary declaring that he had purchased the property of a called Cheshire Charley The other prisoner seemed affected by his situation, but said nothing. f The prosecutor . recommended Sedges to mercy, on account o t in th i a li t s .S a e d d d g r er es , his previous character, and also with reference to the situation he T h l ad ie L re ea u r o n n et t i o J s t u id sp g e e c , of his parents, who were overwhelmed with grief at his igno minious situation. They of the seen • t.. of the robbery, had been in communion with his fellow-prisoner, who was a notorious London thief; hut, in consideration of the testimonials to his character, and the ha' mane recommendation of the prosecutor, he should not kno him for execution. W . th 'sorer, the i respect to the other pri . 6 law must take its course. There was such a load of cr un upon his back, that it was impossible for his. Lordship, con sistently with his duty, to interfere on his behalf. His Loned ftroomthehpisrilsoantdersk,nsoalwiLtah4ate ship thought it necessary to state publicly, as the reason ~ . .,"r this distinction between the prisoners' cases, that Ingram " I T at the last Summer Assizes for Hertfordshire, been 110, 1 1` - , ted as a witness against three men, one named Cartivrl", and the others named Marshall, charged with a hu ig g r,:t lary in the bause of Mr. Gordon, of Berkharostead , s" whom had been convicted and executed upon his testimony On that occasion the prisoner had confessed h imself guilty no no less than fourteen other felonies, many of which were oar tal. It was impossible, under such circumstances, for him i° expect mercy. A man so steeped in crime, and convicted at upon the clearest evidence, of a most daring burglary, O t t not hope to escape unpunished; he must,: therefore, make t+le best use he could of the short time left him, to prepare for , death ; and his Lordship conjured him, by hearty rePLEI`; ante, to render himself not unworthy of the mercy of "' il ' God in whose presence he was about shortly to appear. o Lordship concluded by passing the awful sentence o f the law in the usual form. • We never recollect having witnessed a liner display of Christmas beef than was yesterday exhibited by 111r. st 11Axtr M rErt and Mr. ADAMS, his Majesty two butchers, Windsor. One ox killed by Mr. BANISTER, whi ch "3 been universally admired for its quality and completeness for size, weighed upwards of 210 stone. The show of mutton at Air• ADAMS'S was remarkably fine. COAL MARKET, DEC. 17. Ships at Market. Ships sold ft Newcastle - . 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BULI.IO.N• BIRTHS. Corn hill, 01 On Friday, the 1 7th inst.; Mrs. Newton, 39, a son. On Saturday, the 4th inst., Mrs. Edward Farn' of C°ll' ming-street, Pentonville, of a daughter. raham, Esq., On the 14th inst., in Grafton-street , G t he lady of Sandford On Monday last Mrs. S. R. Heath, of the C,omm of a son. -- . MARRIED. q r Vornal. On the 16th inst.. at St. Gabriel's, Rood -lane, P ' niece ot Phillips,.of Fenchurch-street. to Miss Sabina 1100 The late George Tarington, Esq., of Mile-end-roo d • or Jones On the lath. inst., at St. Mary's, Nowingum: • kehecel Peart, of Charlotte -street, Illackfriar s -road, to 11 ' s Hinton, of Canterbury-place, %%'alworth. ...------- On Wednesday last, at Brighton, MED. Vsq. the 40th year of his al,re. Es 3n Thursdaevening last, at hit house i On the lath inst., in New Bridge-street, Vivilliam Le OW: ' . .y _ 1 t E t wad fields, of a brain fever, Edward, eldest son of t he . 3-e Horne Esq., of the same place. wife I - On Horne, morning last, aged 60, Ann, the Richard • Joseph d e ll , —' ~ Lartwnght, Esq., of Hunter.street,run is4tviniccin7 ' ---=---------.........."' Printed and Published for the PROPIRIETORfi, lath e 61 "‘ Orrics, No. 112, strand, by J. 11. CAavrtaus•