The Sun. — London, England, 1824-01-17 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY :''.streets from the Morning Papers, Jan. 17. [MORNING POST.] We received last night by express. the Etude of Thursday, with all the French Papers of the day before. The most interesting article is one from Trieste, announcing, on the authority of letters from Corfu, that ail the English men of war in the Levant had received orders to as semble at. Malta, to prepare for an expedition against Tunis, the Dey of that place having re fused to restore the Greeks taken by his cruisers on board British vessels and carried • into capti vity. On learning this intelligence the Tunisian ships are said to have quitted the Turkish squa dron, in the Gulf of Lepanto, and to have hastened back to the assistance of their So vereign. This alone would be an important result, as it must compel the Turks to abandon ,the blockade of Missolunghi, and de cides the campaign in favour of the Greeks in that quarter. But we trust that it will not - be the only advantage which it will secure to the• cause of justice and humanity. .We trust that this assemblage of. British vessels will not be a mere demonstration, and that Tunis will be dis armed of that navy which it has only used for piratical purposes. The Trieste article hopes that the result of our expedition may be " more decisive than that against Algiers.". We do not well see how that can be. Not only was the whole Algerine fleet destroyed by our arms, the batteries laid in ruins, and the city saved from a similar fate merely by a prompt surrender, but all the Christian slaves throughout the Regency were - liberated, and conveyed back in triumph by our squadron to the various countries to which they belonged. What could be more decisive than this we are at a loss to conceive, unless it be meant that we should have kept possession of the place. This was undoubtedly in our power, but the wish of showing the.world that we had acted for the general , good, and net from interested motives, induced us to restore. our conquest to its ancient .masters after binding them by treaty to refrain from those practices which had brought dowii so severe a chastisement upon them, and which we had destroyed their means of carrying On for a number of years. in a fresh instance of Arab insolence and atrocity, however, after in flicting condign punishment, we may be less dis posed, to trust to the strict observance of treaties by Governments whose existence has been proved to be so precarious. We may, therefore, and we think we should, take the advice of all the European natiops who blamed our former forbearance, and by simply retaining our con !pests, give security to the subjects of all coun tries, and establish order, civilization, and Chris tianity on the coasts polluted for centuries by the excesses of pirates and barh.,.trians. [BRITIOI PRVIS] The Courier of last night has come forward with its eulogy on the prosecutors of Mr: Liunt. f the 'Association, of - which Murray is the,or gall, needed any added taint of infamy to blast them in the eyes of all honest and impartial- men, it would be sure to follow from the praise of the Courier. This paper. has over been a vile jackal! ici the_train of corruption—its hollow bark haS always announced the approach of the domestic foe. 'Where is the measure that has been vir tuous this journal has ever applauded ? Where is there any thing profligate or %.ile if has not eulo gized and supported for years ? Like Don Mat thias do Sylva, in Gil Bias, who wrote forged billets dou.i' to himself, the Courier daily pro claims its false news and self-invented in telligence to those who are weak. enough to swallow it ; it, blows its brazen trum pet in the public way, and, while the cheeks of its mercenary are inflated with the effort, it imagines the miserable puff succeeds, and that hollow sound can be a substitute for both truth and common sense. If the prosecution of Mr. Hunt, as the publisher of Lord Byron's writings, had been one demanded 'by public justice, the Crown would have come forward on the occasion. The first Law Officer was silent; and it is a proof he. did not think the case was one that called for his interference. - Let an indictment, with its numerous counts and inuendoes, be pre pared, and there is no action ^of a man's life it may not render criminal. No publication is safe from legal sophistry, as no individual, Unsupport ed, can stand against the array and purses of an Association with such a mercenary as Murray in its train. If all the libels the Courier has ever written against private and public character, were made the subject of indictments, its ex istence would have long since ceased : if its ally, the Sunday Paper, whose trade is defamation, were prosecuted fe- all its nefarious slanders, its managers would consume lheir.lives in jail; and years in place -of months would he added to their prison calendar. The poem in question I was in bad laste, and can add nothing to Lord Byron's fame. -It was forgOtten when this pro secution called its memory .up again, 'and ; every stanza is now in the hands of thousands: — But Lord Byron's faults, whatever they were, should not have been visited on his publisher.-- ft was a crusade worthy only of the gang from ; whom its malevolence proceeded : all their efforts have been of the same description—they never yet flew at higher game. Has the Liberal ever been half so vile as the pages of Blackwood ? • Could any thing excel the infamy of the Beacon, the &Wind, the John Bull . Yet these pulica tions have passed, in a great degree, unnoticed ! But they are the Gazettes of Murray and his crew : their principles and their objects are the same ; and such a Press, however licentious, publishes its slanders with impunity, while a solitary bookseller on the other side is imme diately hunted and run down. This Messrs. Murray and Adolphus call Justice !. [BIORNING cintorticLE) We have been favoured with a file of the Ga zette of the Government of Guadalajara, capital of the free State of Xalisco, in Mexico, relating to the dissensions between the Assembly and that Province, and the Congress and Government of the capital, on the subject of the plan of Federa tion recommended for the.general adoption of all the Provinces of that valuable section of Ame rica. From these Papers we have made some translations, which will be found in another part of our columns (see another part of THE SUN), and the first open day we shall publish the re mainder, with some introductory observations. — This series of documents will be found more in teresting and explanatory than any thing that has hitherto reached us from the same quartor ; more particularly the letter from Gen. Negrette, whose frank and manly language cannot fail to be ad mired. The whole, nevertheless, discloses an important fact, which ought not to be hidden from the people of this country, and this is, that hitherto no other than a provisional form of Go lernment has been established in Mexico, and that, on the subject of its future organization, the provinces are by no means unanimous. • [THE TIMES.] We witness with extreme concern the violent, and it is to be feared, the growing irritation in . the minds of our fellow-subjects of the West India colonies, on the question of British inter ference in the relations .between planter and slave. The present instance of this unfortunate spirit is one which occasions more regret, because the scene of its activity is the valuable island of Jamaica. It appears by the Royal Gazette of the 15th of November, - that a bill has been brought into the House of Assembly for the re peal of the Registry Act, which is strongly in veighed against by all the Members who speak upon .it as a measure at once obnoxious, expensive, and useless. Now, undoubtedly, great indulgence —nay, tenderness—ought to be exercised, not only by Parliament in its measures, . but by individuals in their judg merits, towards a body of men whose lives and fortunes they themselves consider to be deeply . compromised by that policy of which they com plain. But we do confess that the repeal of the . Registry Act seems neither justified nor fully explained, by the arguments adduced in favour of the proposed Bill, by the Gentlemen of the Jamaica Assembly . The repeal is not recom mended on the simple ground of the mischiefs inherent i ln : the Registry Act itself, but as a Mode of taking revenge the Abolitionists, for their -imputed scheme of finally ruining the planters ; and on the Ministers, for an alleged breach of faith, in countenancing,. as they unquestionably have done, the project of emancipation, after pledging themselves to the colonists, that in enforcing the re gistry of slaves, they entertained no thought of further interference. between them and their pro prietors. It would be more consistent and praise worthy in the. planters to show their disappro bation of the _corning measures by some different means than by declaring war against the past...— ft is, neverthel e ss, th e shuffling and subservient . policy of Ministers that is the real origin of the mischief, bring blown about one day by the murmurs of the 'West India interest, and the next (las , by the threats and denunciation of its enemies ; so that neither party knows what to rely upon as the system which Government will steadily pursce. ' [NEW TINIES.I [ / Yesterday was the settlity;' and as yet only one failure, in day in Consols -') addition to those noticed in our last, has been a nnounced. Consols for th e nex t Account o p ene d in th e Morning at ' 87i, and from tha • t reached 8811 , at which they closed. It must be recollected that the half year's dividend of If per cent. w a s deducted from the market price of ve t"l.il ' -ay ; taking which into consideration there will be found 01) ltil . ! provensent of nearly one h a lf p ercent. in Consols for the 26th Fe b. from their closing price of Thurs day. A . day or two since we noticed that. Consols for the next Account were three-eighths per cent. higher than for the Account which closed yester day ; but the demand for Money Stock has since been so great, that Consols for Money were in the course of yesterday an eighth per cent. higher than for Time :—a most convincing proof this of the unprecedented plenteousness of money, and a complete answer to the war rumours of one of our coternporaries. The business done in the Foreign Securities yes terday was prety considerable ; Spanish Bonds improved a little in value, as did the Bonds of Colombia and Chile.—The Paris Journals to Wednesday night have been received. •The most interesting intelligence contained in them is a corroboration of former advises, in which it was mentioned, that a British naval expedition was about to proceed to Tunis, to demand satisfac tion for an insult offered to our flag. The French Ratites closed on Wednesday at 941. 20c. Spanish Bonds 251. An article from Vienna in the Etoile of Wednesday remarks that since the successful termination of the war in Spain, the prices of Austria Stock have sensi. bly improved in all the markets of Europe. The funds of the Monte-Lombardo-Veneto at Milan, have risen to 884, and the Metalliques at Vienna to 834. From Constantinople, it is said, that the Captain Pasha is busily employed in refitting the 15 vessels which he brought back with him (and which are - said to have suffered from a tempest), and that he will put to sea again without delay. [MORNING HERALD.] The 46 Constitutional Associations," as Mr. Murray, the attorney, has nick-namt•d it, has been again at work. We gave an account yes terday of a trial in the Court of King's Bench for libel. The prosecution was instituted i by this Association. It is satisfactory that the Attorney- General bad nothing to do with the matter. He has had the good sense to give himself no trouble about a transient squib which had already died a natural death. That the poem was extremely , improper, and perhaps libellous, must be al lowed.— It is to be lamented that such a taste should exist, as to render, the pub lication of such poems worth the printer's while, in spite of the risk of prosecution. ----If there have been a suctliciency of readers, it proves tl►e present vitiated taste of the public ; but of this depraved taste, we have sufficient. proof in the anxiety of the public to read the details of the late shocking murder ; and in the artifice of attraction the manager of the Surrey Theatre has recourse to, to fill his The atre, by placarding, in alt the streets of Lon don, that he exhibits the identical sofa, chairs, and other things, which figured in the mur der. But the great qpestion is, whether prosecution corrects this bad taste, or checks the gratification of it 2 It is a question whether it does not, on the contrary, cause the people to purchase and to read the books proceeded against, when probably they had otherwise nevlr heard of them. That the Jury were correct in finding it to be a libel, we will not dispute ; and if the Attorney-General had brought the matter into Court, no one would have reasonably censured him for an abuse_of authority. But at the same time, we are con vinced that most persons would have said, he had better pass it over, since the thing itself had sunk into oblivion—just as the caricatures of the late, and of the present King, have been forgotten. In a country like this, where freedom of speech and publication is allowed by law, we are of opinion that one especial officer for the purpose of prosecuting offenders is quite enough. We do not . like Constitutional Associations.; in fact, it is al most a question whether it be not an unconstitu tianal body. It appears to us to be in the nature of a combination of one set of men to harrass persons, by dragging them, when they please, into the dreadful expences attending the Law Courts of this country. Were law cheap, it might be another thing ; but every body knows that in England it is horribly expensive, and that to have any thing to do with it, ex cept a man be rich is almost certain destruction. —lt is wonderful that any body will subscribe a farthing to such a combination. We know no thing of this Constitutional Association; but it appeared to us to be like many other things, got up by some attorney, with two or three of his friends as secretaries. Now every body knows that attorneys are regularly on the. watch for business. CAPTURE OF A NOTORIOUS GANG. Toww-HALL.—This gang, so long the' pest and ter ror o f the neighbo ur h oo d o f B ermo ndsey, Newington, &c. received on Thursday night a complete rout. Three days since a young girl of respectable parents who had absconded from them the eveni ng before, was found b y Kinsey, the officer, in a brothel of the lowest description in Kent-street in the Borough, in company with the most abandoned wretches of both sexes, and was taken before the Magistrate ; but in spite of every effort she refused to return home, and wa s discharged, there being no other charge against her. In consequence of this circumstance, and the nu merous and accumulatin g robberies of late, the premises were placed under strict surveillance for the purpose of bringin g to Justice the lawless gang, an d c l ea nsing the Augean stable; and last night Kinsey and Samuel Giles, of the Bow-street Police, and others, succeeded in surprising the gang in the act of assort ing plunder, newly brought in, Of which the officers took pos session after securing the leaders and their companions, nine in number; namely, William Carter, Benjamin Rawlins, W m . Coleman, John Oliver, John Foster, Elizabeth Holloway, Mary Oliver, Mary Britton, Sarah Foster, and the wretched girl before mentioned. Among the property. found is a valuable time-piece, several books on religious subjects,richly bound, and among them a snuff-box of papier machee in imitation of the book of Common Prayer, and lettered on the back, "Crumbs of Comfort."--:All the parties are committed for further exa mination to give time for the property to be claimed. WEYMOUTH, JAN. 15. --On Monday morning last the New Bridge was thrown open to the public, and as early as four o'clock M r . P."G. SCOTT drove over the Magnet coach, the four high-mettled horses bei ng decorated with r ibands H entwined with evergreen. e had the h o nour of payin g the first accustom e d toll. Next followed two wagons fully ladenwith strong beer, fron Col. Bower's brewery at Dorchester. The firm ness of the fabric is evident from the stifle( sou n d which is heard when vehicles are passim over the centre arch. Many good judges 0 1 architecture have expressed unreserved enco ....- miums on the whole b uilditig, -- fo; beauty, sym metry, and solidity. It is undoubtedly a great and useful orname nt to th e town, and we antici pate that the drives towards Wylie and Portland, will be more . frequent than they have ever been display e d i n the iron known. Th e m echanism swing entitles Mr. Jones, of Bristol, to our highest praise. The facility with which vessels will be enabled to pass through is a great accommodation to those trading to this port. Indeed, on sur veying the w hole, we feel it a d uty aga i n to re vert to the ability and ingenuity displayed by G. Moneypenny,-Esci-, the engineer, and D. Macin tosh,' EN. the contractor. The following are the p ar ti cu l ars o f t h e at tempt to assassinate Mr. Nagle, as stated in our lives at Ballinacar, Barony last :.--" Mr. Nagle of Coshma. H e had gone to hi s es tat e , near Ferrnoy, to receive his rents, and on his return to his house he was attacked at his hall-door by Sullivan and Meehan, for the purpose of robbery and murder. A most deserving resolute woman (Anne Adderley) leaped out of a two-story high window, and called assistance, one of whom ran for three Police fyom the town, who cap-. turgid the two culprits, on being pointed out to them. It was under Providence, by this girl's exertionS the diabolical murder was prevented ; avid Eyre Eva ns , .Esq. - was enabled to commit to the county gaol these ' two wretches. Every praise is due to th e Police for their exertions on the occasion."—(Limerick Chronicle.) CHANCELLOR TREYOR.—TREVOR, Lord Chan cellor of England in the reign of CHARLES the SECOND, was mud"' to a second wife with the consent of the first. lie and his two wives lived perfectly happy for many years ; and, when he died, his wives lived together for some years,: strictly united in the bonds of friendship. A BULL.—A Classical Attorney, late of this city, describing certain Premisses, in a Lease which he was employed to fill, inserts " hound ed by the' North by a wall, which is to be built, by the Lessee within forty days from the date of these Presents."—(Cork Mercantile Chronicle.) FossiL REMAINS.-Every day produces some additional evidence of the existence of the ele phant and other quadrupeds of the larger class, in this Island, at some very remote period, in all probability anterior to the deluge. The fossil remains of the head of an elephant, the bones of which prove it to have belonged to an animal nearly double the size of the' present species, was lately dug up from-Solway Moss, and has been presented to .the Philosophical Society of Leeds. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JAN. 16. THE TRUE BRITON NEWSPAPER. JONES BOWDEN V. LORD KENYON. This was an appeal by Lord Kenyon against a conviction ' before Mr. Minshull, at Bow-street, in August, 1823. When it was called on to-day in its regular turn, the appellant did not appear; and it being understood that an application was about 'to be made on his Lordship's behalf to have the case further ' postponed, Mr. C. PHILLIPS, for the respondent, addressed the Bench, and said, he would object to any farther postponement. He stated to the Court the reason why he objected. The case came originally before Mr. Minshull, the Magistrate, as a summons, calling upon Lord Kenyon, who was described as the proprietor of the True Briton evening newspaper, for the payment of (we think) 3/.128.6d., due to the respondent Bowden, who was a journeyman printer, and had worked on the paper. Mr. Minshull decided that his Lordship should pay the money. Lord Kenyon, however, for very good reasons no doubt, ap pealed against the Magistrate's decision. The case had been put off once before, and he (Mr. Phillips) submitted, that it would be injustice to his client, who ought to have received his money long since, to allow it to be farther postponed. The Noble appellant was absent, and could not attend. He was in fact in the country. Under those circumstance, he hoped the Court would affirm the decision of the Magistrate. He acted in this application by the earnest desire of his client. The Con n.T, finding that the appellant was not ready to proceed, affirmed the conviction. COBBETT V. WEBB. This was an appeal by Felix Webb, one of the toll-collec-. tors on the Hammersmith-road, against a conviction made before Sir Richard Birnie. The conviction was read. It set forth, that on the 27th of November last, Felix Webb, being then a toll-collector on the HauntnerAnith-road, did use and utter certain abusive words to William Cobbett, being then a traveller or passenger along the said road, to wit—" You dare not show your face in any court of justice : there is no .Magi strate who would believe your word." This was alleged in the usual way to be contrary to the form of the statute, and the defendant was fined W. Against this conviction the appeal was made. Mr. ADOLPHUS, who appeared for the appellant, was pro ceeding with some preliminary objection to the conviction, on the ground of the want of jurisdiction in the Magistrates, when Mr. FRENCH, who appeared for the respondenA interfered. He said that he had an obj ec ti on t o ma k e, which must take precedence of that of his Learned Friend. He objected to the notice of appeal as irregular, or, he would rather say, he would admit the receipt of a certain paper, which he did not allow to be a sufficient notice, as the Act directed. He then referred to the Act, which stated that the, notice should (amongst other things) contain an appeal against the conviction, " and set forth the matter thereof." Now the paper which the respondent re ceived, alluded to the matter of the conviction no further than these words—" considering that I am not guilty thereof." This, he maintained, was not sufficient. The Magistrates held this objection to be valid, and affirmed the conviction. Mr. FRENCH applied for costs. The COURT refused, on the ground that the respondent need not have appeared with such a notice. MEETING OF SILK-WEAVERS. REJECTION OF THE JOURNEYMEN'S PRICES. On Thursday night the meeting of Silk- Weavers took place at the Red Lion, Pbcenix-street, Spital fields, in order to hear the Report of the Committee who were appointed at the last general meeting to wait upon the Masters, for their approval of the list of re d uce d prices agreed upon.-- Shortly after eight o'clock, Mr. BENSON took the Chair, and briefly stated the great im portance to themselves and families of the business upon which they had met. felt it t i The committee h a d , agreeably to their instruc tions, waited upon the Masters, and th ey were t h en prepared to return their answers ; and he hoped, w h atever pr i vate feel ings some individuals might entertain, the same good order which had hitherto been observed would be strictly adhered to. Mr. mr 3l. BAKER, one o f t h e committee, then rose, and, after a few observations, read' the resolutions, 'empowering the comm consequence, edy to issue he said; of i these ea in circular 'strtzc leter, - tions, and to have it left a t t h e residence of each Master, l of , committee toor- committee} In cn which letter-the following is a copy ;__ " 14th January, 1824. 4, s in —The Committee of Journeymen Engine Weavers, appointed by the t ra d e to revise and correct their list of prices, having revised and corrected the same, most respect fully request you will meet the rest of the Manufacturers at g's Head Ta vern, i n the Poultry, at five o'clock this afternoon, when . the. Committee will submit the list of pricei for your inspection a n d approval. then am, Sir, your humble servant, " BAxEn, Secretary." Mr. BAKER continued, and said, in consequence of dial letter, they (the Committ ee ) were i n attendance at the place iad hour appointed. That only six masters attended, namely, Mr. Thorpe, Cheapside; Mr. Newberry, jun. of London-wall; Mr. Williams, of Stewart -street, Old Artillery-ground ; Mr. Gil bert, Fort-street, Liberty of the Tower; Mr. 'Underhill, of the firm of Jones and Co., Wine Office-court, Fleet -street; and Mr. Spires, of Church-street, Spitalfields. That the mas ters, shortly after the meeting, retired for a little to the Man sion -house, and returned with a new list of prices, which he would then read. The masters at the same tkine observed, a good deal would rest upon the Committee recommending their adoption to, this meeting. The Committee however re nlied, they could not then, nor would they now.; offer any thing in the shape of an opinion, b u t i n their i n di v id ual capacity [several voices, " read, read," and one .voice exclaimed, " si lence for the condeMned sermon"]. Mr. Baker then read the masters' list, which in almost every article went below not only the standard of 1805, but was nearly 20 per cent, below the standard of 1795; one article in particular, which in 1795 brought the journeymen Is., the masters marked for 9d., being even under the standard of 1774. The reading of these prices of the masters gave rise to a warm and a lengthened discussion, in which Mr. J. Lewis, Mr. Yeller, Mr. Funnel, Mr. Simmonds, Mr: Charlton, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Richardson, took an aetive part ; they (the masters prices), were however rejected in toto, and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted :- 1. Resolved, that conceiving, with every justice to our families, we cannot accede to the list of prices (in the whole) as given by our employers to our Committee--2. Resolved, that in order to keep the door of accommodation still open, we do again request our Committee will wait upon our employers, for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation. —Thanks were afterwards voted to the Committee and Chairman, and the meeting, about twelve o'clock, separated. ' . - COAL-MARKET,- JAN. 16. Ships at Market. Ships sold Pries. 57i Newcastle - - ni - 35 s 3d to 45s 3d 251 Sunderland - - 13 -41 s 6d to 45s 6d 1 Cinders - - 0 - —s Od to —s Od [ COURSE OF EXCHANGE, January 16. I instei ditto Ditto, at Siglit , Rotterdam l2 4 Antwerp • le 5 liatoborgh 37 7 34 us Aituint Paris, 3 Day's sight Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Berlin Frankfort °utile Main ' .... 1561 Ex. Money Peteisburgb . 9 . Vienna. .1 Trieste • 10' 11 'N/aelrid - Effective Cadiz Bilboa 35:3 Effective Barcelona ..... 35 Seville Gibraltar • • Legliorl 464 Gem.ts . Malta 45 -•Naples 3Bi Palermo Lisbon Oporto 49 Bahia . 51 1)t11)1;t1 .... 91 OkiI; 9/ ye; Colt. BULLION. Portugal Go1(1,i ti Coin 1.0 0 0 pttt Oz Poreitzti Gold, in Bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 94. Silver in Bars, Standard 0 0 0 THE PARKS.—..Oaring to the comparative mild hess of the Weather, Hyde Park yesterday boasted a very nu merous display of gay and elegant pedestrians, the carriages of a great part of whom were in waiting for them. The Serpen tine River was alMost entirely free from ice; but the basin in the Green Park continued nearly frozen over, the ice having given way only in * . .very few places. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. WHITE. [FURTHER PARTICULARS.] .. It has already been stated that Mr. WHITE or the Quadrant, Regent-street, disappeared under, very . mysterious circumstances, after having re', ceived 6181. from the Board of Works, on the 12th February, 1822. Mr. Thomas White sra', smith to his Majesty, and although it was know° that he was going to receive so large a sum frog' the Surveyor-General, his family were not made acquainted with his intention to proceed into the City to deposit it for special purposes, having few days before borrowed nearly 300/. of MP Lee of Westminster. He forwarded 6001. for Nr. Lee to pay himself the borrowed money, and deposit the remainder in the banking-house of Messrs. Farquhar, Herries, and Co., Saiat James's-street, ,which was done.—When IVI?‘ White left home on the morning of the 12th of February, 1822, he stated to Mrs. White tha t he should that evening go to Bishop's Auckland, Durham, on a visit to his sister,; but that he should return home, after having been into the City, and dress, and get some things ready for his journey. He did not return, but sent a letter to his wife, stating that he was " almoit crazy'' with what had happened to him in the City , was a curious circumstance that a Mr.' Cruikshank, a jeweller from whom Mr: White' had a bill, received a letter on the Htlt • February, announcing the forwarding Such bill, and stating - that he had taken the docu ment with him out of town by mistake. The letter was dated " Huntingdon," but the post mark was 66 Coventry ;" and the letter stated, that the parcel enclosing the bill would arrive by the Huntingdon mail. Inquiries were made about it, but nothing of the kind was at the Hunt ingdon mail coach office. It was learned, by the inquiries of Mr..l.ee, in consequence of the letter, being dated "'Coventry," that such parcel had' Come by the Coventry mail. This circumstance led to further investigations, whether any such, individual as Mr. White`had gone to Liverpool, Coventry, or Huntingdon, on the night of 12. In the way-bill of the Liverpool mail of that night, it was found a Gentleman had taken place in the name of " Evans, to he taken up ac • the Peacock, Islington." But whether such ilia dividual was Mr. White or not, could never be ascertained. It was found that the Mr. Evans, whoever he was, left the mail shortly before its entrance in to Liverpool, facing some private houseS on the road. As the letter's post mark was " Co; ventry," Mr. W.'s foreman, Saunders, made in quiries there, and found that a 46 strange , Gentleman" had appeared at an inn there, and retired after taking breakfast. He thence • went to Liverpool. Inquiries there also failed: The offer to produce the body of Mr. White for, 301. has already been mentioned. No effects Suited from • the offer; it was made by some re puted " agents" for aiding peOple to get out of the country to Ameriaa, &c. A curious circume stance occurred at Liverpool during the inquiries for Mr. White. A,reward of 1001. having been offered for his discovery, and placards having been circulated in Lancashire, Durham, Ikc it Was said there- was a gentleman living mysteri ously in a private house near Liverpool, and that in fact it was Mr. White. Saunders went there, gained admission, and found a secluded .gentle man there. He explained the reason of•his se clusion, finding himself an object of suspicion- 7 -it was in consequence of the loss of a wife. Mr. Beard soon after the disappearance, went to BoW-; street;. and presented himself to Sir R. ilirnie: Mr. Beard said he undoubtedly was a " play- man," he was.accustomed to " play," but of Mr. White, whose brother An-law he was, he knew nothing. He , in common with others, had . made all possible inquiries about Mr. White,- but he 'could not imagine what had become of him. Mr. White, thou4h he had excellent connections and a good btisines, had involved himself in some diffi culties by his buildings in the Quadrant. Bills were • circulated toatid,his affairs ; and some of those, it is stated, got . into' Prohert's hands 'through Mr- Beard, and thus Probert may have become' ac quainted with Mr:While's affairs. Probert isnot in custody, nor has any sea rch been m a d e a ft e r him oil account of Mr. White'i disappearance; et .• least, not with the knowledge of Mrs. White, or of any of his creditors. - Mr...White bird only • 181. about his person when he disappeared. His sister, in Durham, never heard any thing of him- With the family, when Mr. White' th• - cre • were only 30s. in Money, though there was t plenty of property ; and Mrs. White, and her four children, after the bankruptcy, which was deemed necessary, must have known immediate want, had not the creditors, mainly through the humane and active interference of Mr. Lee, a 1 ... lotted 501. for her use. • Her present situation IS humble enough; she resides in Somers-town ; she has seen her brother, Mr. Beard, but once within the last two years. IRTHS: On Tuesday, the wife of John Hinxman, Esq., of Great Russell-street. of a daughter. On the 26th of October, 1822, at SWetton Dalagill, in the parish of Kirby Malrard, near. IVlasharn, the wife of Leonard Hodgson, farmer, of three remarkably fine boYs. The same. Woman : was, on Christmas-day last, delivered of three-fine girls ' • so that, in the short s p ace of one y ear an d ten weeks, she . gave birth to six fine children, five of which are now living,_- Unfortunately one of the finest boys. died when ten weeks old- AlthoUgh the poor mother is labouring under the most extreine debility, yet.ll.lr. Lightfoot, surgeon of Masham, who attendeci her in both her confinements, entertains the most sanguine hopes of her recovery. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at St. Mary Cray, Kent, WUBath Bent,. Esq:, of Lane°ln's Inn, to Martha. Amelia, the eldest daUghter of Thomas Morgan, Esq., of the former place. On Thursday, the 15th inst., at St. James's church, Natha niel Bingham, Esq., of Piccadilly (late of Jermyn-street), to Miss Fanny Hunt, of Kensington-square. On Thursday, the 15th inst., at St. Pancras new church, ff. Ma.miac, Esq., of Kensington, to Helen, youngest d aug ht e r of the fate Captain Peter Sampson, of the Hon. East India Com pany's service. DIED. On Tuesday last, the infant son of J. G. Croker, Esq., of Bovey Tracey, in the county of Devon. On Wednesday, the 14th inst., Matthew Spragg, Esq., or Kingsland-crescent, aged 70. On Tuesday, tile 13th inst., at Peckham, Surrey, Mal", widow of the late Rear-Admiral Samuel Wittewronge Clayton, in the 78th year of her age. On the. 10th inst., in Newgate-street,, after an illness of two days, Mr. Thomas Breach, late of Paternoster-row, aged 56. Printed ani Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the StlPfr OFFIQE, 112 i Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS. r ,