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LITERARY NOTICE. +t . WORLD Di MINIATURE; edited by FREDERIC tuoatur.. The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, being ei Dest:riptiou of the Mannerh Customs, Character, aml . ~ eat society of the various Tribes by which they are in. 14d. In Iwo Volumes. -he present volumes constitute thirty-three of p; Atie'beintiful and instructive series which have al ready been submitted to the Public, and which are welt entitled to its protection. It is but justice to Mr. Sli 0 DER L to state that he has diligently ex. pior4td every source calculated to afford informa skint with the zeal of the philosopher and .the, caution of the. Historian. We have attentively maned the. whole of the series from its com- Menternint, and feel ourselves indebted to this valuable Work for much amusement and instruc- Aiwa.. in fact, this Miniature of the World centsins the " pith and marrow" of all that ap pears iu more bulky volumes, and by which we are gratified with a description of the character, manners, and peculiar qualities of the inhabitants •of the various parts of the Globe. We are also enlighted by such reflections as are calculated to impress us with a duo sense of the wonders of ‘Creation, and with the deepest veneration for its Divine Author. The convenient size end elegant form In which the whole of this Work is presented to the Public, render its exterior beauty correspondent with the solidity of its • intrinsic substance, and must secure it a place, in the library 'of every person of taste. The em 'belliehments in the two -volumes before us are -not only illustrative of the costume of the various people who are described, but coloured with -exact accordance to their respective compleXions and habiliments,as well as representative of many •of their countries and domestic 'habitations.-r The Natives, also, are exhibited in RIO- Andes and situations conformable to their elle racters and employments. In a brief and modest Prefece the Editor says—" The countries at whose inhabitants a delineation is attempted in •these volumes, form, as it were, the connecting ''link between the Continent of -Asia and the in 4nunerable Islands distvibuted over the vast Pa cific Ocean. A very slight comparison of the inanners, customs, and character of the one with those ,of the other will scarcely fail to produce a •conviction that the original population' of the' latter was 'derived from the Indian Archipelago; -indeed, we mny safely affirm, that there is not a p e culiarity among the savages of the South See o f which the type may not be found among the numerous tribes drat people the Asiatic Islands. Many points of resemblance are indicated in the course of the Work, and many more will occur to the. Reader who peruses these volumes and those devoted to the South Sen Islands with any degree of attention--a circumstance that mast'censider enly enhance the intrinsic interest which the sub jects here treated may possess, especially for those who are fond of tracing such analogies be tween distant branches of the great Family of Man." This observation is corroborated by the remains of Ancient Mexico, brought forward by the ingenious Mr. BUL LOCK; compared with those of Ancient Egypt, which ,apparently Indicate a common origin. We cannot. dismiss the present article' without a tisCie''tikbUte - ',Of praise t 6 A "“""A"ii Whose , thivetilitL and .lwa it Wu! pub. licetions have certaitsly- improve4': Or stmttrol taste by the Ornstatintalf eleganCe:With, which they are accorryanied, and which is not less eon spicuous in the tweaty-six'coloured Engravings that embellish the preient interesting volumes. ITALIAN REFUGEKS. We have been desired to ingert the following article in behalf of a number of foreigners who have liven obliged to aband ou their country, and to throw th e msolves upon British humanity. A list of the t:entlenittn who have formed themselves into a Uoinfoli.tve for the laudable prpose of obtaining •rellef for these victims of political severity, if not of oppression, lotion's the statement of their de ,p/arable condition, and after that appears a list of tiie several victims, whose initials are given, with a lisieluccount of the rank which they held, and Abe .punishment to which they were doomed, and the employments for which they are qualified.— Many of them appear to have held high military earl civil stations, .men of great talents and accom. plishinents, and others to have been respectable' members of medical and mercantile professions, all t 4 whom, amoonting, to the number of eighty thret, ate now, solely . dependent on the benevo 4elicii of rho British Public. We deem It our duty 'to publish the statement of their pitiable situe tion, and to recommend them to the humanity of owe countryme ;, for though we have distress I -enough at borne, yet then is affluence enough for the support of all, if it were exerted with u due spirit of benevolence by those whose enjoyments .6bould, impress them with a grateful sense of the b orni ty.of Providence, and of cOnarolseratlon for , the sufferings of. their fellow-creatures:---- 'CASE. The p9litic.al emit which have of late so agitated society, 'have thrown upon the bounty of the British Public large num.. bersof,espstriatethForeigners, whose situation is one of great these, a considerable proportion hairs b een generously relieved.; but many arc left, principally PAWN, who, unless some provision be made for them, will be reduced lotto:teat:at stage of want and misery. A few Gentle men, eyre l pithi4Ds with tliefr sull'erinp, have associated them. waives for the porpOlie of making a temporary provision fur them, until meseures - cin lie taken to give them permanent wilistri4e - r and with this rclew they would appeal to all who caw realer the 1/Relation of those exiled strangers, who have tipir prospeet,4, and lost their all, in the attempt to issailloretri the politic/4 institutions of their country. Among them are marry Men of education and accomplishments, fur soberer situations might possibly be found , if an efiiirt were suede by those Ofinfluenco in society; and such relief would be In every respect more honoureble and more gratifying than any • mho. imeovaatatiors .rN 11 AMPSU fit IC AND Salirl ' —i " hawn to congratulate the Public +that Mr. Horan h'ss commenced a great improve ment by cutting ii road through his property .adjOhing STONAic litra., near Petersfiald, which will he Ore ,means of avaidiag that hitherto datt erqus rind . almesi imptoisehie hill. By this mea -ogre, and the new turwpike-road from Midlturst 40 poterfirseld, the plihtic at large are likely very 1 . o " to accommodated with a safe and easy its nearer cothmunicstipn between Wind sor, lirightou, :nut! PlM:mouth, and also Win , e h og ter, Oxfoe,(l.. and'Vheltenhairt, and all_ parts art the' Vest of Enghed. „ t. • FRENCH PAPERS. From the Moniteur of Wednesday, Aug. 15.) Montt) AUG. 14.—(Non-Official Pal t.)— SinCe the return othis Majesty, we hear no more of the change of the present Ministers, all of whom have given proofs of royalist sentiments. M. Salazar, Minister of the Marine, has been erroneously called a Liberal ; for in 1814, after the abolition of the . fortes, and the soi-disant Constitutional Government, he was charged by his Majesty to collect all the papers in the archives of the dismissed Constitutional Ministers, which the Liberals did not forgive hint when he was named Minister of the Marine, at the time of the revolution in 1820, for be did not take posses sion of the office, 'but was forced by the perse cutions directed against him to return to the re treat which he had chosen in Biscay. M. Cruz, Minister of War, who, with the► Ex-Minister °retie and M. Salazar, was said to form the liberal part of the Ministry, has given proofs of contrary sentiments, both dnring the revolution, when, on his return • from America, he resided at Santander, an object of suspicion to' tt►e Con stitutionalists,and by ill the acts of his Ministry. The Govertimentcontinues to employ several persons who filled important offices during the . Constitutional Government, because these per sons are not revolutionists, and on the contrary always endeavour to avert,misforttines. A great deal has been said about the . dearness Of corn, but the 'reports have gone beyond the 'Oath. The fanega of wheat was never worth Irss than 50 reels, except in these latter tittles, when the low price of grain has been a most se rious injury to agriculture : thus it is not stir. prising that wheatshould now have risen to N reals, when the harvest of this province and La Mancha,• which supplies Madrid, is lost. Our subsistence must now be derived from Old Cas-, dile, where they have still in hand the produce of three years, which secures the supply of this capital. A UG. 19.—The King, the Queen, the Infants, and Infantas, arrived at the Escurial on the 18th, where they stopped only 24 hours, and then proceeded to the Royal Palace of St. Ilde runs.. The. King has ordered that his genies du corps shall be increased by a foreign company, whieb iohimour of the Queen, who is n Princess 5..... of Saxony, is to be called the Saxon Company.. !No• foreigner shall be admitted into it, unless he Profes i etr the Catholic religion. -Ilia Majesty's -schooner the Condor, on its passake from Martinique, whither it carried dispatches' to the flavannalt, encountered of Peint.Materttillos, hie of Cuba, the Colombian schooner,l4 Juanita, which it took by boarding, after having killed twenty-six of its crew, among whom was the Captain of thelnsurgents. . . (Irons tlit Joittnal des Debuts if Wednesday. ) . 0 puss A, , jul.Y . 23.—A vessel from Constan tinople bringS the following news, dated the 15th : On the 7th a Tartar, from Smyrna, announced to the Divan the news that the Greek squadron, consisting of 45 vessels, including 14 fire-ships, after having landed troops at Ipsara, had gained a great .victory over the Turkish fleet and the Barbarians ow shore. ..The fleet of . the Cap itain Pacha was compl e tely .. defeated, and lost several . vessels, among which are three frigates destroyed by the fire-ships. ' The Admiral's ship was much damaged by the fire of the batteries, of which the Greeks made them. selves masters, and was dismasted. It is sup posed it will require two months to repair the damages sustained by the Turkish fleet, and en able it to go to sea. News from Corfu, of July 14, and from Trieste, of Aug. 10, confirm this statement ; and it appears that an extraordinary Gazette was published- at Missolonghi, on July 16th, giving an account of this successful attack. .(Fronuthe ('ontatutionnel.) COUFtI, Juts '21.---At the capture of psara, some of the inhabitants escaped on board French, and Austrian vessels, and they say that they were betrayed by the Chief of the Albanians, named Cotta, a man who hail been first a Greek, then a Turk, and hud again pro. fessed Christianity at the beginning of the Greek Revolution. Ile had served for a long time with the Captain Pacha, and was very intimate with the Commandant of the Turkish Albanians who were on board the Captain Paella's ship. In. formation had been previously received that there Was some treachery going on, and though Cotta W 1.13 pointed out, no guilt could be brought home to him. The 'forks efferted their first landing at a part of this island confided to his care, and considered impregnable, which leaves nu doubt of his treason. ST. PcTErtsnuitott, AVG. 4.—We expect here Mr. Worrell, who will be appointed Alinister at our Court by the Cabinet of London, till the arrival of the new Eng lish Ambassador. Letters from Hamburgh say that the des. tination of Mr. Warell Is changed, and that Mr. Stratford Canning will come to St. Petersburgh as Envoy Extraordinary, and Afterwurag take the character of Ambassador.—Sir C. Bagot and Lord Cathcart are departing for England, The former, it is said, will succeed Lord Strangford, o.Constan. &wide, and the second is already nominated Minister Pleni potentiary from 144,4 and to the German Diet., rrluee Felix of ,fiehwartzenberg succeeds M. de Bombe - Iles as Counsellor of Legation from the Court of Vienna, and he will also act as Austrian Charge &Affairs during the absence of Baron Leh steitern, who is going to leave us for a time. The negociations between our Cabinet and the Courts of Paris, London, and Madrid, respecting the affairs of the South of Europe, and with the Court of Vienna, on the affairs of the East, are prosecuted without interruption, and have latterly been carried on with in. creased activity. Extract of a letter from a gentleman high in the civil service of the East India Company, dated Calcutta, 9th March, 1024 : " The Bengal excepted, every disengaged ship in the port his been taken up for the service of Goveroment. Sluce 1 last wrote, however, the destination of the expedition has been changed, from the minor object of Chedoba to that of Ran goon, and, ultimately, Anirapoora, the capital of toe Burman Empire, in consequence of. the very large force which the Ma dras Government has placed at the disposal of this fir foreign service. The expedition will consist of 11,000 men, 8,000 from the Madras, and 3,000 from this Presidency, and will proceed, about the middle of next month, to Rangoon, and thence gri to A mrapoorts, as soon as die periodical rains have filled the rivers .suiliciently to admit of water carriage for the heavy ordnance and equipage, Ace. of the detachment. The 13th, 38th, 41st, and another King's regiment, will form port of the force, with which there will be at least 3000 Europeans. Some think the force unnecessarily large; but this, I am persuaded, is not the case. Besides here, where the loss of men is not easily sup plied, it is erring (if at all) on the safe side."—(Liverpool Courier.) The " Good Aleni" Chelsea stage conch wi completely overturned yesterday, opposite the Green Park in pi m a ' , by one of the wheels coming off. There were only twos wads paucogers, who fortunately escaped unhurt. EMBEZZLEMENT AND DREADFUL SUICIDE. GODALKIWG, gamy, Thursday night. A Suicide has just taken place here, under cir cumstances of the most appalling and affecting nature. The evidence at the Coroner's Inquest, and communications made by several respectable persons, have furnished us with the fol lowing particulars : The deceased, Mr. Edward Chapman, was the son of a gen tleman of consideration residing at Croydon, and having been placed at the mercantile house of Messrs. Paxton, Cockerell, and Co., in the city of London, at an early age, conducted him self with so much propriety and attention as to gain the esteem of these gentlemen, to win their confidence, and finally to be intrusted by them in a situation in the' counting-house of the highest importance. For some time- his conduct was marked by the same close application and devotion to business for which he had been previossly distinguished ; but as his connexions in lite were most respectable, the number of his acquaintance daily enlarged, and his income, a hich increased with his pro motion, gave him the means of joining with them in scenes of pleasure from which hie limited means before debarred hint. The. love of pleasure as been the source of ruin to many young men, and the ardent and nay temperature of poor Chap man was not proof against itseillurements. One excess led to another ; extravagance dissipated his resources, until pecuniary difficulties, and habits which he could not shake off; corrupted his principles, and eventually' prevailed over his integrity. The confidence of Messrs. Paxton and Co. left him the command of their funds. It would seem thatahis wretched victim to vice and folly took advantage of their-goodness, and made small peculation., as his necessities compelled him. These peculation., he contrived, by management in his accounts, to keep undis. covered. In some time he was led into more serious expenccs the love of play—the turf—engaged his attention ; and his ruin is said to be accelerated by one of those thoughtless connexions where the heart and feelings of a young man become enslaved to one calculated to be the blessing of man, but in this, as in many other instances, proving his greatest curse. The de predations on his employers' capital became of considerable amount—it is said to 1 .0(1111.; and Chapman'e ingenuity was successful in concealing it.' One cannot help being surprised that such practices can go 'on under the strict and systematic eye of a London merchant; but in concerns of great magnitude, confidence must of necessity be placed in some person, and it was the province of the wretched man in question to see that the accounts of the other clerks were correct, rather than have his own subject to inspection. Vice and virtue were strangely combined in this unhappy man's disposition, and though perhaps his good actions may mid the name of hypocrite to that of a more criminal character, yet, in justice to him, let the good be recorded With the bad. There are many instances given of his actions which would do honour to the most refined and generous mind. To sum up this sketch, Edward Chapman was of gentle and refined manners, combining all the graces of good breeding to the charms of a cultivated and improved mind. A few weeks since, distress of mind affecting this young man's constitution, he solicited and obtained leave of absence, and went to Brighton for the benefit of sea-bathing. In the mean t i me , at the counting-house, it became necessary to refer to his papers, and some errors being discovered, suspicion was awaken ed : a further investigation took place, and the wholti system of fraud laid open. The shock which this discovery occasioned to Messrs. Paxton and Cockerel' may he easily imagined, and how ever enraged these gentlemen may have been at their confidence betrayed and their property plundered, considerations fur the young, man's family, and perhaps some remains of kindly feel ing to himself, induced them not to make a public exposure, until they gave him a full opportunity of explaining the trans. actione,and of making, with the assistance of his friends, some reparation of their loss. With this view a letter, not calculated to alarm him, was written to Brighton,. recalling him to town, for the purpose of arranging some business of the firm ; but, however cautiously the letter might have been worded, suspicion tortured the unfortunate man's mind, and he saw in it disco very, infamy, and ruin. He instantly left Brighton, where he was last seen on the race.ground, and went, in company with a lady, whose name or situation in life does not appear, across the country to Sutton, near Epsom, panion were lost to those who followed his movements by order of th whose e firm in London, where all trace of him or his come confirmed After some e on their ri not receiving an answert: tl e tel tsin et p te ic ro n f swere recall. being expended in vain to discover his route, bills were pin carded describing his person, and Offering a reward for his ap prehension. oan( up to the K 1 i sinceprovett o o g,s be the A t i :n o f t o lt rtu th n r a e t e e i w n e d e i l v t i s du s a in l e in e question) ti u t e g st e i n onr drove Arms Inn, at Godalming, in a very handsome dennet. The horse was a remarkably ne animal, and the appearance of the gentleman and carriage was calculated not to excite any doubt of his respectability. He said he shoaid haVe occasion to stay a few days, and he was treated with suitable attention by the landlord and his family. Ilis habits were regular, and he was supposed to be by the Inhabitants of the town and the people of the inn, a gentleman etearied front business to n f e w day's Ti,:eatr o Fpfr t ow o n t ia t l i ki m s,o co nio n d tr u , the v i c ini t y of es, • and being frequently visited by , Gothtiming affording London for recreation aid change of lie rose early, and retired at night 'at seasonable houre-Se r ead a great deal, and afalked.ahnektitht country. He lit4ll moderately, and never exceeded One *nth of wine af tertlinne. horse, r but t or lounged em ge r da a bo rk a ab r le th l o bit vi l l t4ti o te s e tret r 'a c ed gig short rural exeursione; on foot. 414 Mild d e epOrtment, gene tlemanly appearanae, and addreate 'wow. he mixed in society was At the trieketomonfachi, Mr. Moon, the laridlateVof the, inn; The on l i ne 'confidence of an enthusiastic admirer of the genie. the tiodalming Club played . te grend match aga te lin: 11 B' when he took a very prominent Interest in the sport,' and :an several small wagers, by backing the tilodalming Club, who ; vend the victors ; and with the liberality of a gentleman of fo lnvesl , refused to take the bets, but gave them in liquor to the l rt yers. une The cricket-match collected a great meny of the gentry of oth the counties of' Surrey and Smelt, and it _ appears one of' the strangest parts of "he unfortunate man's story, that he had the hardihood to appear at a place where he was almost certain to be recognized. It is equally _unaccountable that he never affeet ed any concealment of hill"eif at the inn, hut stood at the win dow where the London coaches went by at every hour of the day; looked on as the n wer i e s changed , and made remarks t i s r on the paseengers. was Cluipman'e every-day cultomaanaatell'osttibng cows, ant e carriages us they drove into the town, and, as if boosting of , his knowledge of society, recognize to the landlord the sons end equipages of the nobility and principal gentry, with whose names and per sons be was evidently well acquainted. This was his regular habit, and it is almost incomprehensible that he could have the boldness to appear in public in a market-town on the London road, every day for three weeks ; and still more unaccountable that the police who were employed to apprehend bins should have failed to trace him from Sutton to fiodalming, and should have been tot oliontl!hin'enossreewmthooren: ally at fault, thought he remained open and un concealed within 34 miles of town. On Saturday fast; the hand-hill, of which the following is a copy, was put up ut the window of the Post-office of this town s— . " Fifty Pounds Reward.—Whereas Edward Chapman, late a clerk in a mercantile house in the City of London, stands charged upon oath with felony, and ha~ absconded from his employers; whoever will apprehend or give information by which the said Edward Chapman may be apprehended, and lodged in any of his Majesty's ganls, shall receive a reward of 501. from his employers. The said Edward Chapman is about 30 years of' age, 5 feet 7 inches high, slender made, dark straight hair, sharp nose, salloW complexion, but now rather tanned, stoops in his walk, and generally wears a black coat, drab kerseyniere breeches, and top boots, and resided in Covent Garden Chambers. lie wits seen last on Tuesday, the 3cf of August instant, at the Cock-inn, Itt Sutton, in Surrey, which place he left on that day, on his in from lirighton to London_, with a lady, dressed In bisisk, in a yellow dennet cut in with black, drab lining, a' bandiotrie chestnut horse, fired in both hocks, and brass harness. Apply tnAlr. Harrison, one of the Marshalmen of the City o f L on d on , at t h e Mashal's Office, Mansion.liouse, Landon.--20th-,August, 1824." This was au accurate, though not flattering portrait of the unfortunate subject; but even with his face and person answer. ing the description to a nicety, lie might have remained still undiscovered in a town where each mats has only a thought for his own business, and where the waiter of an inn, as that of the King's Arms, said of himself lie had not been as far as the Post-office for six months, but for the acuteness of the stable. boys, whose loye of borse.fiesh excites curiosity even in their sluggish natures. pm! of t h ese lads had aeon the hill at the Post.office, and was struck with the exact description of the donna and the fine horse,belonging to the strange gentleman, and was communicating the circumstance to his companions, when he was overheard by Mr. Moon, the landlord, who pru. dently notappearing to notice their conversation, went instantly to the Post-office, and was struck with grief and Vain by the certainty that the person described was the unfortunate visitor at his house. It will be Otateried that the horse is described as being fi xed in both ho c k s , an d Mr. Moon having return e d to the stable, found the., horse exactly to correspond, and thus the fact was placed beyond.a- iltaubt. The discovery of' the land. lord took place on Tuesday laat, and at that time3hoehnw,asj n ohi o l t , informed that Chapm a n h a d any no ti ce of the bill at th e P ost . office; but it has since app ea r e d that, on the prievous even i ng (Monday) the unfortunat e man s aw tht record of his shame and guilt, at which he was so. s ho c k e d that his reason gave w a y, and be returned to the inn in state of the'most acute mental suffer.. ing. On the waiter attending him, he exclaimed, " it is time to be offs, therei s a rewa rd offered for me ;" and „ n saying . so, appeared told' into a most desponding' state. Th e waiter, not understanding' what he meant, tried to rouse him, ;did said, !‘ You: must be gaistaken—it cannot be y ou ." on • - • •• which he flew into a most violent fit of passion, swore at the waiter for contradicting him, and asserted that he only was meant. Having exhausted this fary, he fell again into low spirits, and seemed quite heart-broken. It w ou ld appear that waiters at country in are itt the httbit9f meeting strange ens tnnlars, for these acts of extrivagsitee4lid not make any itn pratsion on Min of ',the King's 'Arnlii; but with the usual " C o ming, Sir !" - went his way, acid sent the _chambermaid with a light. The Chambermaid found hint buridid in profound grief,.his elbowa, resting-on the -uible -and his face covered with his hands. Ile started on her entering the room, and then at tended her to his sleeping apartment; :where he left him, gave hint the light, and closed the door. The next morning (Tuesday), the last of his existence, the ill-fated young man came down to breakfast at his usual hour of nine o'clock. lie had paid the common attentions to his person, and was neatly dressed : he wore a green riding frock coat, light striped waistcoat, white ribbed small 'clothes, drab gditers, and shoes ; he ate some breakfast, but still seemed to be in the most desponding state, wretched and dejected, though he made no observations to the waiter who attended him. lie remained within doors until twelve o'clock, when he walked a little on the London road, where he was noticed by a son of 31r. Parsons, the surgeon. About two o'clock. he was noticed again in the town, and on passing the Post-office saw a person with whom he had formed aslight acquaintance at the cricket-ground, and nodded to him, at the same time pointing to th e bill for his apprehension, which still remained at the window. Ile passed on his way, and was not again noticed, until after the commis . sion of the dreadful act which terminated his existence. It should be observed, that the wretched being wrote on the Monday two or three letters, one of them to a clerk in Messrs. Paxton and Cockerell's house, and. another to a gentleman of great respectability, well known to the landlord, to whom the letters were given for the purpose of being forwarded to the post. The dreadful act of self-murder was committed about three o'clock, in a lane called Sand-lane, at a spot called Love Barn. The place was well suited to a work of secrecy and wickedness, being a retired lane, a quarter of a mile from the high road, with high banks at each side, thickly planted, still and gloomy even at full day. Not far from the place were a parcel of boys playing at cricket, and a little time before the fatal act, the workmen employed at a neighbouring bleach-green passed through the lane. About four o'clock one of those workmen, returning the same way, saw a gentleman lying on the ground, as he thought, asleep, with his face. under. Ile attempted to rouse him, hut found that the body was without life. Another man coinin ,, up at the instant, one of them ran for Mr. Parsons, a respectable surgeon in Godahning, and the other remained to watch the body, but did not attempt to disturb it. • Mr. Par sons lost not a moment in hastening to the place, but found that all medical skill was of no avail—the vital spark was fled for ever. From the appearance of the body, and the situation in which it lay, the wretched suicide must• have been kneeling at the time of the dreadful act, and die pistol put into the mouth and then discharged. Death must have been instantaneous, as the body presented no symptom of a struggle having taken place ; it appeared to have fallen forward, and remained, with the head slightly averted, in the exact situation in which it fell. The body being recognized to be that of the unfortunate Chap man, was taken up, placed on a hurdle, and left at the parish workhouse, and notice immediately sent to Mr. Jemmett, the Coroner, at Kingston. Such was the shocking termination of this young man's life; and, as if to render the event more tragic and impressive, it ap pears, had he deferred the dreadful purpose for one day, he might have been re-established in society, as the friends to whom he had written had exerted themselves most powerfully in his behalf, not only in procuring for him pecuniary assist ance, but in softening the severity of those gentlemen whom he had treated with so much ingratitude as well as dishonesty. CHI Viredneaday two gentlemen came to the King's Arms, and in quired if a person describing the deceased, was staying there. The landlord recognized one of them to be the gentleman to whom the deceased had written, and with whom he intended to communicate in town. Mr. Moon made him acquainted with. all the particulars of the melancholy story, at which he was deeply affected—the more so, as he was the bearer of good news,. having made sonic successful arrangement for his misguided friend, and then had with him three hundred sovereigns; to be devoted to satisfy the immediate necessities of the case. In the course of the sante day Mr. Harrison, one of the Marshalmen of the city of London, came to (odalming, accompanied by the clerk of 11lessrs. Paxton and Co., to whom the deceased had also , written, and which being communicated by hint to the house, was the first intimation. they had of the unhappy man's residence since the trace of him was lost at Sutton. All these • parties were admitted to see the body at the workhouse, and identified it as that of the guilty but unfortunate Chapman. It was understood-that, though Mr. Harrison was sent by Messrs. Paxton and Co. to take him into custody, it was not the intention tlw severity e t r h i o ty se h r i sn e s e p o ee , ta l gentlemen to have treated him with conduct td g ese This day a Coroner's Inquest was held on the body at the whenworkli t o h u e s e m , a b n e u fo l r i e n iiNrlsrt. sawir t h s e t sLe y, a j n o d h nastreelsrpoeics .Iwaiter,ti3, and Mary lioodchild the chambermaid, and 1)r. Parsons, were • examined. .... After a patient investigation, and after the deliberation of the Jury, a verdict of " Temporary D2rangement" was given. The friends of the deceased, who, as it may be imagined, are plunged in the greatest affliction, have given orders that his re mains should be treated with becoming respect. A leaden col fin has been ordered by them, and the body is to be deposited in the church-yard of this town on Saturday next. The body was laid this evening in a shell, clad in the sad fur niture of the grave. The face was not disfigured in the ktst, save a s light discolouration at each corner of the mouth front whence the blood had flowed. as o mitted to be stated, that in the pockets of the deceas ed l at W few shilling . * only were found, a letter to the ostler at Piccadilly, informing him where the horse and 22 1 : 3 ; 1 ( 1 , 1 r e e v. : 5 1:nd a check addressed to a Mr. S., to pay Mr. Moon 201. - A k e T e p B . e r u s I an n t 11 : e . ril Regent's tj r S C ( ii i p i I r l o i i c g e c i d i i n ); P P:cf a k ncras i nfliction -gate, he observed an elderly Gen f l lenly spring into the water, and sink immediately ; (tit t li t t' , elw e evnAa m ortn i tmhstr i e l at ;stened to the spot, and being a most excellent swim mer, plunged in before the body had risen, and grappling with the object of his search, both soon attained the surface ; but owing to the incombrance of clothes, and the weight of en al most inanimate body, the poor fellow must eithet have perished himself in the laudable endeavour to snatch a fame creature from destruction, or have consigned the self-devoted victim to We fate, had not one of the workmen belonging to the Gas Company, who had beheld something struggling in the water, conic rapidly to their assistance, and flinging a rope to the lock keeper, both were drawn ashore. The stranger was conveyed to one of the lodges, and being well rubbed, soon exhibited signs of returning animation. When somewhat restored, he begged that a message might be sent to his lodgings in Oxford -street for the assistance of a friend, who speedily made his appear ance, with a coach, and the unhappy Gentleman was taken home. He Is said to be a Captain on half-pay of the sfith re. giment, and highly connected in Vales; but owing to some family dissensions his mind has for some months been so much agitated, that his friends were compelled to keep a watch on his actions ; but owing to the neglect of the boy instructed to follow him, he had been absent front his lodgings two days, during which time he had been sought for in every direction without effect. On recovery, his replies were calm and dis tinct, and his faculties altogether appeared to have acquired a more settled tone. by imspiwrrioi:gB As the Sportsman's Jubilee is now about, and every Shooter is intent on his dog and gun, we conceive we shall render an acceptable service to many of our readers by calling to their attention n practical work on the subject, by Mr. T. B. JOHNEON,of Liverpool, entitled "Tree SilooTgrt's COMPANION," which contains a rich fund of in formation relative to Pointers and Setters, and such birds as are the objects of the Sportsman's pursuit. The training of dogs Gil. the gun is well detailed in this volume, and also the proper treat ment of diseases to which they are liable ; t e different species discriminated, and the reason why one dog's power of scent is superior to an . other's ; the fowling-piece fully considered in nil its improvements, and the properties of percus. sion.powder investigated, and compare d . with with common powder; the art of Shooting Flying illustrated, as well with respect to grouse-shoot ing and moor.gnme, us partridge, pheasant, snipe, woodcock, &c., wild-duck, and other &c., &c. The Gume-laws als o f a _ t(r:laislehstr.lyrgpelavizcrineanids fiullrutshterrateitillustrated three exquisite engravings by Landseer ; and th e pr i ce b e in g o nly 95., it stands a fair of beingman in the th. po k c in k g e d t. o c m o:pa r n u itr; ise i d every r s y m ick wool) Sic Co. ) Paternoster-row. CHESTER, POLICE. EXTRAORDINARY NARRATIVE. A few days ago a person made his appearanto at Parkgate in clothes that had been of a fashionable cut and quality. He called at the house of Mrs. Briscoe, the Morin Arms, ordered a dinner, drank two pints of wine. and was about making his exit. At the door, however, certain customary in terrogatories took place, and there being no probabillity of early payment, Mrs. Briscoe seized the gentleman's chapeau+ she retiring into the bar with her prize, and he marching off, in a country direction, with his dinner and wine. In a day or two after he was seen in Chester, and apprehended, and on Sa turday last was brought up for examination before the Mayor and Magistrates. Mr. FINCJIETT-MADDOCK—What is your mune 1) Prisoner—Thompson ; Charles Thompson. Mr. FINcHETT-MADDOcIC—You have not sl ways gone by that name ; you assumed the name of Thornhill at Parkgate. Thompson—Aline, Sir, is a most extraordinary case, And, l will readily give you my history. Might Ibe permitted,hen J ever, to solicit the indulgence of having the Court cleared. Of course 1 mean the general hearers, and not the respectable gee , denten I now see around me. The Maron consulted with his brother Magistrates; 1114 at they expected somewhat might be elicited of public interest, the favour was granted, and the room cleared. Mr. Thompson then advanced to the front of the table, and' addressed the Court to the following purport:—" Gentlemen , • you see before you, I may say, the last remains of an unfortun: ate young man—a gentleman by birth, family connexions, Add education. I was barn to affluent circumstances, and liberal- 1 r . educated, few in the kingdom more so ; and, as it sometimes happens, I nevertheless travelled into the path of nave- 114 1'7. ; My father possessed an immense property, and I was broug h t up in the lap of luxury, wad I may add, indolence. Ile en ter ,. ed into art unfortunate speculation, the consequence of wh;c'i was, that he failed for ne a rly 500,0001. I was then at a very great expence, indulging in all the extravaganves of dissipation, flattered and caresse s` ! by highly re.apeemble P et. sonages, and by some of the-nobility : I was not then 2% yea old, anti 1 had at my command an income of 2,000i." - Y e4r * The recollection of my father's misfortunes led me to furtilif dissipation, end an unfortunate female attachment compleuu" my ruin. Wishing to emancipate myself from. my e ca ",.: nions and from my follies, I determine/I oh gain t° Artr u ,; - ; I embarked at Leaden, and land e d s a fe at New York , I n e s hope that in alit young • but enlightened country. mitt 'ge l a respectable li;ing. I remained there seven or eight rlt °ll and then I found that the young native talent of the counn7., was RO great, that I had no chance of gaining •EnPlOY s i t t _, I obtained an in , roduction to Counsellor Emmett a, ll "„ e s Webbe, (.Jr. Emmett is the brother of hint who was 1 " 3 " 1 '; Ireland) ; and from them I have the hig hest testimonials as to my talents and literary acquirernen 11. At this tune yellow fever broke out at New Yo r k, and so Brest was tb, panic which it excited, that sixty thousand of the inhsin tents fled to the n&glibouring towns. I also left that coy+ and proceeded to Pniladelphia, where 1 endeavoured to,g.se`rt: employme it, but without success, and then I determine": goiug to Baltimore, where I got acquainted with Mr. , t" . !_, ker, brother of Mr:Anthony St. John Baker, the British "" sul at Washington. Iw. a equally unsuccessful at Baltimore:, but I could not bear to return to England hi a gate eons; than I was when I left it. I there experienced all the honor's ' of a visitation worse titan that of a West India hurricane ; resolved to go to Boston ; but fate followed me. Off tho C aid d P, e d of Virginia was shipwrecked, and seven of the people on hos' I were drowned. I succeeded in- getting into Hampton Itnadir and thence to Norfolk, where 1 was teniporardy relieved bt Mr. Gray, the British Consul. I reached Poston, and had possessed money my object was to o )en a school there, hut, m.fortnnately had none. I then crossed the country, end hue Lakes Erie and Champlain to Plattsburgh, and afterwards Pr ° ' , ceetied to 3lontreal and Quebec. I there took my passage t° ' Newfoundland, and reached New Brunswick; but there 14111 nothing stirring at those places. I embarked for Halifax, Ness Scotia. and obtained an introduction to Mr. Lawrence Hartshorn• a highly respectable gentleman and moat worthy man, whom I had before known in the days of my prosp.-rity: He did all he could for me, but I had no hope of improving my situation a place so distressed as that country is, and I was advised ton turn to England. I was at Halifax nearly 15 months, an d " t .' Inglis and Mr. Hartshorn gave me the most flattering testa - monials as to my character and conduct. These docuMent s : . Gentlemen, I will show to you. I embarked at Halifax tor my native country, and landed at Hull. It has been My "Pi fortune, gentlemen, to be at variance with my family ; an" A had been told by some of the branches of it to whern I hitt' previously applied, that they could do no more for me. ever, I determined nn writing to them once more, telling what I had done and what had occurred to me, adding 6,14 RS there was a chance of my succeeding in obtaining a lir" ing in South America, I had determined on proceeding to VW' paraiso or Rio Janeiro, could I raise wherewith to pay for gl e e' passage. I received no anewere to toy letters; and tinder theor painful circumstances I went on to Plymouth, to Bath andish er ' places, in the hope to get a situation as teacher in an acmalt,r"i f —as a translator of languages, or, indeed, to avail myselt " d. any situation in which I could obtain an honest livelihoo I was again destined to be disappointed. My father is Itu.7 at a very advanced age, between 80 and 90 ; mv m other I , s nearly the sense, but they do not know that I am in Engla rw ' and circumstances prevent me communicating with thenasr At one time I resolved Swa n o to Liverpool, and put 00 a 0 1 2; or's jacket. I went tosea, from thence to Ireland, .aT_ 0103 recelrfe: at Watford I wrote to a relation—to my sister; an answer, but it was not satisfactory. I re-embarked 111:1 Liverpool, and arrived there on the 25th of June. I Peal do o'er time shipping intended to sail for various parts of world, but had no success. They wanted men, not like air ' they employed only able-bodied se amen , s uch as could moue the mast, and reef a top-sail in a ga l e of wind. I remain ed the Dublin City Hotel, in Red Cross-street, and there I o i l a , carded in obtaining a remi t t ance o f 101. from my brother' e , law, stating at th e s a n te t i me , t h at h e wou ld a dvance no nt s I paid the landlord ca. for my bill, pinch:tied , necessary clothing, and then I resolved to come to Ches te j which I heard was a quiet, retired place. I arrived here. an a applied to this good lady (a Mrs. Davies, Park-street) fo ul lodging at 11. per month, and I appeal to her that no one e t " d t o behave with more propriety since I have been with her. I h ;i f means left me to obtain sustenance, and at last I wasp ° l ' it i lv ser short of food. On Sunday and Monday I had none. -such circumstances gentlemen it was likely my mind woal" come depressetl-1 'knew not what to do. At last I took a O b i, book in my hand, and walked slowly along the road from city to Purl:gate. 1 proceeded in s en s ibly on my .I'l a tt e s et till I discov ere d I was gett i ng very near to P ar k a te. e ' n t „ s on, and on arriving and making some inquiries, I I there was a gentleman there whom I formerly well kne*,'o l mo 3 s i t nt i . ti c le_c:ion , at o e t ,. c an a d atio w , el p i r ' re w . i ri atat t itio r n 0 1 / 11.5,00icr i r mean the Reverend Mr. Hamner. went to schen ) n , son from react itts sie a ter n , him at Rugby." [in this part of his narrative Mr. Thrj e s r, letter, he explained, was in an answer to an him for 20/. as a fit-out for South America.] " 1 sout e t s „ ° an . It is sister, and the answer received on Thureelay last w "'" ttel* of no use he.eafter to write to any one.' As I before ste al I had taken no food for sonic time; I was Wig:mi s t / the walk, and under the impression that I should soon L t . ista receipt of money, from a quarter to which I had aPP" ea ncercr this I solemnly declare is true, it' it is the la.at word nkr — ,4l. speak—l went into time Mostyn arms, and asked for o' ll- . 0 1 made inquiries for the Rev. fir. 'Limner; he was 1 0 . ,ti m est called for a pint of wine ; but soon afterwards I was tol d eaeoll go into the b ar , a l a d y ant i gent l eman b e i ng about ted-porte the room in w hi t e ' I d i ned. I called for another pint d and this, a s m i g h t b e expected, soon lightene d m y hed much ; I then made up toy mind not to see Mr. nitwit" t nr i.! Briscoe . shortly afterwards brought to me a card, an" .. ,'. tee . to my Maker, without thinking at all of what I was d wg iri c hilt advertently wro:e upon it the name of " Thornhill." was then brought to me; I told the waiter I then hag r';' ,) is et but I wo u ld pay tomorrow. lie said that would tw i t "; y bet, in the mid st o f t h e altercation, Mrs. Briscoe setz e " t Tn pl"" gave vent to ver y strung language, rind loaded me w „- brioum epithets. These ,gentitmen. are the real circnins of the case, and 1 t!;raw myself on your humane consideraintily; were Soni c t t l u es . .i"lls were hem put to him as to hia ... !;" d t hey ut he eclined hivin the proper names. lie who° from Kent, and lie did not wish them to kucw s onic_ t o he and was. Ile had gone by the name of ThntstPw" id a letter t'rom .r. was addressed to 17„ 0 „ " Charles Oetavitis Thimpson " lie sa id he bad Mrs. Powell's, a t • •e* t he e lv. -• uguT, anti quitteu schoo l th e re T eo , 1806. In order to ascertain the truth of this statanc co o, ence . was made to .Mr. Thomas Finchett, then present up inent who was oducatt-d at Rugby. and who put several pe''' r o ut 9uestion s to Thompson as to his knowledge of that scim°,, ess er intim (;neck), Alessrs. tinnier (an excellent name for a Pr e u e " to l. lie Imgan, &c., of which were entirely 1,4 1 1 , 1 %00 0.. hie still loft a little reversionary property ; but if Ist° l hi . relative s were so hard as not to a attentiOn t° his ,sot application s to them be I • 1111° , . tad determined to en list India The AI •,• ) 6 servic. otc• men a„istrates heard the whole of this extraonlinaila obe t . with the greatt.:st iatention, and ultimsely me!' t one, scription for hint of between 21. and 31. to relieve.,„"'" did nary went,. It was intimated to him that Mrs. bi f ibs" intend to pra ee m a , • • a n d ,h would Won im unit him, mat e Mr. Thiioel 4 Of 0 . 1 11,50 n left the room, apparent., e , preeistd with the kindness he had received. In the ed l) .3 and hie address , • itcrar/ lie trequentl alluded to his hi h 1 cal attainni t. I y ed talent' "bill' en e a nd " the acknowledg e friends were aw a re h e d I deSaibed possesse d me hi 86 years old.