The Sun. — London, England, 1824-09-16 00:00:00

TilE LONDON JOURNALS. DA 11X Extruvtv from the Morkins Papers ) Sept. 16. [TIIR TIMES. We give in the following statement, and in the official bulletins published in Paris (see Extracts from the French Papers in another column), all the intelligence which has yet reached us con cerning the health of Louis X VIII. There is little doubt that his Majesty's dissolution rapidly approaches, if it has not already taken place ; but we think it rather cruel that our cotempora ries should have killed him by telegraph, when his physicians were announcing to his Parisian subjects, that he was " eating broth, and getting free from fever." The people at Paris, since the theatres have been shut and exchange business interrupted, think and talk of nothing else than the state of things at the Tuileries. When the letters of our correspondent were closing on Monday at six o'clock, the palace wassurround ed by immense crowds eager for the last news of his Majesty's health. The Court carriages were ready to start for St. Cloud as soon as the event of the King's death should take place. Already politicians begin to speculate on the conduct which his successor, Charles X., will pursue. It is said that he will immediately convoke the Chambers (though not bound to , do so, as with us), and assure them that ho means to pursue the policy by which he finds the State now governed, and that he will change nothing—not even his Ministry. Whether this last circumstance will be thus announced or not, M. de Villele seems to believe in its correctness. Accordingly, he is reported to have said in his saloon on Sunday, " 6 France is menaced with great misfortune : she " is going to lose her King ; hut Monsieur is in " the secret of State, and every thing is so or " ranged that there will be no change or com " motion." [MoaNiNo rorr.l The Eloile of Tuesday brought us yesterday two additional Bulletins, by which it appears that ut two o'clock on Monday afternoon the King of France had not breathed his lust ; or at least that from political and prudential motives it was not thought proper to divulge the secret of his decease. For all the private letters received from Paris assert in the most confident manner that the crisis of his existence was passed, and that, his reign bad terminated. According to the Bulletins, he received the last consolations and Sacrament of Religion on Monday morning; the whole of the Royal Family attended the cere mony with lighted tapers. ile is said to have preserved ,at that time his wonted presence of mind and ,firmness, and to have bestowed his b!essing on the Princes and Princesses in the.fol lowing words Adieu, my children—may God be with you !" The " prayers of " forty hours," commonly called " prayers for the ago. , nizing," had commenced at the chapel of the Tuileries, and no doubt con be entertained, as we stated yesterday, that if Louis XVIII. bad not expired at the date of those Bulletins, he could not survive many hours. rNEW Consols were rather higher yesterday, and closed et 9411 for the account. South American Securites continue depressed. The intelligence respecting the landing of, Iturbide produced some variation in the price of Mexican Bonds, but they ultimately closed at nearly their former price, 491. Colombian Scrip 121 discount ; Bra. zillion Scrip 51 discount ; and Buenos Ayrean Scrip 4to 4f discount. In; the European Secu rities there was no alteration deserving notice. Another day has elapsed , without any official notification of the death of Louis X VUL , al though, from the melancholy ceremonies which have been gone through at Paris, no doubt can remain that the event has taken place. There may be sufficient , reasons for a certain delay in making known the demise of the King. It may be necessary to make arangements, and adopt measures, for securing the nation against all danger of even momentary disturbance. On this subject we CUD only speak, conjecturally ; but even if such causes have operated they cannot be of long duration. A. few hours will no doubt bring the formal notification that Charles X. has succeeded to the throne of France. Ills prede cepsor appears to have met the approach of death with the firtnnPss and resignation of a Christian, bud to have evinced to thelast a parental affec tion towards the Members of the Family.—(lbtd.) [MORNING ItERAT,Rd It would be curious if, after the announcement of _Louis the Eighteenth's death ki second edi tions of some of the Evening Papers, he should not be dead, or that he should recover, and live a short time longer to plague those who hope, by his decease, to get into the good things belong ing to the French Ministry. But whether he continues to reign, or dies, and his brother suc ceeda, appears to be of very little consequence to France. The latter country is well off; the Revolution put en end to the old tyrannical No bility, who, in the -Course of ages, had grasped and divided, a mong a few families cornpa rativelY, that large country. The Revolution also did away with the tithe system, and with it, in all probability, much of the taxi liras and profligacy of the old French Clergy, and Instead thereof, France may have a more virtuous and more industrious Clergy, which : may be more equally paid than the old were. France also rid . herself of her enormous debt—the land haul become more equally divided ---and frorn the State every now and then exhi bited, it appears that the Government does not spend more than it, raises in taxation on the people. France being therefore well ofT. it mut ters little to the people who is King, so 'long as he conducts himself with any degree of decency. Tim only things to he disliked in France are their vile passport system, cud the mortification i o f k no wing when a man reads a hook or a news. paper, that all is not put into theta that the au.; thors intended. if we we.e the new King, we would alter both these foolish Ordinances, and trust to chance whether the alteration was found to be detrimental. In our opinion, the Press --traveiling—and trade, cannot be too free. The freedom of the Press especially is the best sup porter a King can have ; for the Presi, take it in generd,proceeds on the principle of individua I self love. If it be the interest of A, who may have, or who fancies he has, a radical class of readers to please, to sell .as many papers as he can, by abusing the King, his Minister* or the Church, up starts B, in opposition to A, whose interest is to .extol the King, his Ministers, and the Church, and thus sell as many papers as he can to a class of readers totally opposite from those of A.— Both sets of- readers are deluded to a certain extent by A and 13 ; but as the sale and the talent may be nearly equal, the Throne and the Altar are, as it were, better supported by the parties being in collision, than if the Paper full of Court sycophancy were the only supporter. — Therefore we infer the wisdom of leaving this thing, which for time immemorial' has puzzled Kings and Ministers, to itself. [BRITISH PRESS.] In another column we have given the Proclae mation issued by General La Serna, at Oruro, on the 21st of March, on the resignation of his au thority as Viceroy of Peru. We stated our rea sons on Saturday for believing that this fact would be confirmed. The difficulties of every kind which were daily rising round La Serna have most probably been the causes that led to this determination on his part. llis pretended veneration for , the absolute Ferdinand will riot even impose upon that infatuated Sovereign. It is singular, by the way, that the resumption of his uncontroulled power should have been as signed by the last Viceroy of the Indies as the reason why he resigned his authority. The an nihilation of the power of Spain over her late co lonies'on the continent of America is now so somplete,that there remainsnotonelieutenantof the King in any one of those provinces ; and we will venture to predict that at this moment there is not a Spanish soldier in arms against the cause of independence. On the resignation of La Serna we dare say that each officer would feel himself at liberty to make the best terms for himself. The stability of the New States is now assured, whatever changes time and experience may sug. gest in the form and administration of the Go vernments, which under the pressure of circum stances they had hastily adopted. An expedi tion from Europe will have no party to receive it. Land where it may, it will meet only with enemies, and enemies, too, well prepared to defeat it. [MORNING CHRONIC[.E.] We are sorry to see the violent proceedings of the operative weavers of the district of Glas gow, who having been freed from the restraints imposed on them by oppressive Acts of Parlia ment, and equally oppressive Common Law rules, by which they were laid prostrate at the feet of their employers—not satisfied with the liberty of striking when they please, and adopting in common such arrangements as they may deem best calculated to raise their wages,,bsve for cibly endeavoured to deprive part of their own body of the liberty of either acceding or not acceding to their measures. This violence, of course, cannot be allowed, and instead of serving their cause, it will be of the greatest injury to ft.—Every reflecting man must wish to see the working classes in possession of good wages. That society is in an unsound state, of which the greater part, namely, the working classes, cannot earn sufficient for a comfortable sub sistence. Vice and misery go hand in hand, and improvement in moral and intellectual character is dependant on improvement in cir cumstances. These act and re-act on each other. The deterioration of the condition of the weavers, w hose earnings have since 1814 beeu gradually reduced from 17s. and 18s. to 7s. a week, is therefore very much to be deplored. The main cause of this is, no doubt, to be found in the in crease of the numbers of the weavers themselves in a greater ration than the increase of the em ployment for there. If the employment had in creased, while the number of operatives continued stationary, the competition of the masters for hands would have raised wages. The only hope Of an increase of wages must be founded on the possibility of reducing the number of workmen below the demand. LONDON SESSIONS. These Sessions commenced .at Guildhall yes. ierAsy, before the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the REcoa. Dim, and the bench of Aldermen. The REcoonr it, in addressing the Grand Jury, after notic ing that the calendar was more than usually heavy, and re marking particularly that there was one prisoner charged with murder, and explaining at Rome length the legal definition and description of that offence, took occasion to allude to a charge of bigamy, which, said the Recorder, " though not upon the calendar, is likely, as I have understood, to be brought under your consideration, and it becomes necessary, therefore,-for me to explain to you the law as it stands upon that subject. It is not absolutely necessary by the law of England to constitute the offence of bigamy that the first marriage should be con tracted within the kingdom ; it is sufficient that it be con tracted agreeably to the legal rites of the country in which it is solemnized ; and the second marriage in England will render the party liable to be indicted here—the latter marriage making the offence of bigamy. So, on the other hand, though the first marriage took place in England, yet if the second marriage he contracted out of the country, no in dictment for bigamy will lie, the offence not being committed within the kingdom. Nor is this restricted merely to fbreign countries : a secondmarriage contracted either in Scotland or Ireland, however punishable by the laws of those kingdoms, would not constitute a charge of bigamy. If, therefore, you should find in any case brought before you, that the second marriage had been contracted out of .England, you would do right to throw out the bill. There is a statute upon this subject, which forms an exception .to the general law ; hut it is not ne cessary that I should explain it to you,. as I understand that the case to which I allude does not come within that i ex apt ion. " After the Grand Jury withdrew, the Court was occupied for some time with several cssesof trifling assitultlt, none of which possessed any feature of public interest or importance. COAL MARKET, SEPT. 15. Ships et Ntsrket. . Ships mild Price. 47 Newcastle - 384 -29 s Od to 38s 3d 11 Sunderland - - 11 -30 s Cd to 394 61 The Frankfort Papers of the 28th ult. report the death of a young woman (a widow) of hp drophobiai at Augsburgh. She had the misfor tune to 'be bit by a mad dog about - ten weeks ago. EXTRAORDINARY VISITOR. [From the Eto;le, Sept. 12.] BA R.I. UC.—The monotony of political in telligence has recently been in some measure re- lieved, by the occurrence of a trilling event, which, however, has created considerable noise. It is about three weeks since "a lad, about fifteen or sixteen years of age, arrived suddenly in a ber lin with four horses, and alighted at one of the principal inns in this town. In his route, he fell in with a little grinder of one of the neighbour ing villages, and he proposed to him that he should become his groom. lie gave him a livery, a watch, and money. On the stranger's arrival, his expences were so profuse as not only to fix the attention of the public, but also to attract the notice of the Authorities,--After a residence of about five or six days, he repaired to the vil lage where his new domestic was born, paid his respects to the Rector, visited the Church, and announced his intention of presenting such ornaments as it was then deprived of. According to his promise he was soon seen to return with chalices, and silver gilt pyxes (boxes where the Romanists keep the Host), purchased from a goldsmith, which he generously offered to the Pastor. Not content with this pious liberality, he brought with him a great number of rings and trinkets, with which he delighted the young girls, whom he had gathered together in a dance chain petre. The report of this munificence soon spread throughout the surrounding villages ; it was re. garded es something wonderful, and the most ex traordinary rumours were speedily credited by the inhabitants. According to one the stranger was a young Prince, who preserved the strictest incognito, and who, charmed with the picturesque views of the ancient Barrois, came there to build a palace, and to diffuse the treasures of his im mence fortune. In the opinion of others he was the nateral son of some foreign Monarch or Asiatic Prince, who had escaped from his father's Court, and had chosen Ancient Lorraine for his residence. Nothing was talked of but his magnificence and his generosity ; he spread everywhere gold and diamonds like the Genius of the Arabian Tales. The local autho rities were astonished, and thinking it necessary to take some precautions, they kept a particular watch over the proceedings of the supposed Prince. He was accompanied by a female of a certain age, whom he had at first wished to pass for his mother ; but the moment she perceived he was watched, she disappeared without any one being able to discover the road she had taken. At length this mysterious personage was informed that it was necessary for hint to exhibit his pass ports, and he replied that his Gouvornante had curried them away. His name was demanded, but he gave nothing but mysterious answers, which only tended still more to excite the ima gination, and give rise to the most absurd conjec tures. A Gendarme was then ordered to accom pany him in all his excursions, and he continued nevertheless to lavish his expences. The multitude of workmen e m ployed at the buildings crowded before the Hotel where he lodged, in the hope of enjoying a single instant of his presence ; and in his general manners and language he affected a givek nd ofco n firmation mysterious to careless th em d o i s g t n r i ridiculous i cwuhlu which hs served to and ex traordinary reports. He had so completely fas cinated cineted the people, that two individuals, without knowing who he was, did not hesitate to answer for him, and to defend him from ings which he might have incurred as suspected of vagabondage. In a moment, however, this wondrous romance was finished by the forced an d sudden departure of its hero. He set 'out post haste in his magnificent berlin for the capital, ac companied by a subaltern- officer of the gen-d'- armerie, without any one having been able to de velope the mystery of his arrival and sojourn among W. As might be imagined, thi s hasty de parture has not failed to excite s till ly the public curiosity, and to continue the pre valence of the most wild conjectures ; and really from the respect with which he was treated, and the manner in which he was conducted to the capital, it is difficult to believe diet the lad is any ordinary personage. We shall doubtless soon hear the truth, and very probably the mountain will produce nothing but a mouse. (From the Etaile, Sept. 14.) BAitsr.E-Dtio.—We promised our readers some particulars in relation to the mysterious personage who was lately arrested her e, _ and who, at present, is detained at Paris in the prison of La Forte. The young vagabond in question is named Antoine Fourouge; he is sixteen years of age, and son of an artificial tooth maker, who resides in la rue du Bac. This youth, who possesses an understanding far above his years, was placed at au early age in the house of M. I I •••••••, banker in rue Godot. He knew how to insinuate himself into the confi. Bence of his master ; and everything attests his abuse of it.—A sum of 15.000 francs was stolen from his master's chest, and also a dividend of 40,000 francs upon the Bank of France. At the beginning of August last Fourouge disappeared. Happily the dividend, to which he had forged the signature of M. I,—, was not paid ; but possessed of 15,000 francs, Fourouge re paired to Bar-le-Due, accompanied by a Germanwoman named Molter. It appeared that it was to this woman he had entrusted the stolen money.. The origin of the female Molter, her age (40), and her German accent, all, without doubt, contributed to inspire both these fugitives with the singular part they played off' for some days. They were furnished with a passport, by which Molter was authorised to travel in company with her son (Fourouge), fourteen years ohl. On reaching Bar-le-Duc, the' adventurers Soon perceived that some suspicions had arisen with regard to the fortune and rank assumed by them ; the female, Molter, took , secretly a passport for her pretended son, under the fictitious name of Molter, by which subterfuge she escaped, and returned to Paris with 2000 francs. Antoine Fou rouge still adhered to the part he had originally taken. He continued to multiply his dupes ; and we are assured that even an excellent man Mayor of the 'Village where Fourouge had kid the scene of his'action, presented him (it is reported) on the 15tli of August, with a magnificent bouquet, which, doubt less, was accompanied by some congratulatory speech. A beau tiful ribbon, attached to the bouquet, is, it is said, still in the possession of Fourouge, who delights in displaying it, while speaking of the stratagem by whichit fell into his hands. But at length M. 1. who caused inquiries to be made, disco. vered his clerk in the environs of Bar-le-Duc, where he caused him to be taken up. Fourouge was conducted to Paris, which tie reached on the G t h i nst. I n conseque nce of his informati on the woman Molter was shortly after taken, and also three other of her accomplices. An Emperor of CHINA, making a progress,dis covered a family, in which the master, with his wives, children, grand-children, daughters-10. law, and servants, all lived in perfect peace and harmony. The Emperor, admiring this, inquired of the old man what means he employed to p re . serve quiet among such a number of persons, `fl e man, taking out a pencil, wrote only these three words—patience, putiehce, patience. POLICE • INTELLIGENCE. THE MURDER AT BECKENHAM. UNION 'HALL.—Yesterday Thomas Coombs was again brought up for re-examination 'on suspicion of being con cerned in the murder of Mr. Gocidhart's under-gardener. Job Post, servant to Mr. Thomas Tyler, farmer, of Black fen, Bexley, said that about five or six weeks ago, he saw the prisoner come out of a wood called West-wood, sometime about four o'clock in the morning. He had a basket slung over his shoulder, and a bag on his back, and was walking on towards Eltham. Witness was quite certain that the prisoner was the man whom.he saw. • Mr. Thomas Tyler said the last witness acquainted him that he had seen a man (whom he described) come out of the wood in the manner stated. Witness, on hearing this, went to hill neighbour, Mr. Robert Green, a farmer, and they both went into the wood to search, suspecting that they might discover something which the man had done. After looking about some time, they found a quantity of hot-house gr a p es , which had been covered over with some willow twigs, which bore marks of having been recently cut off. They also found some wad ding of a pistol or gun, which appeared to have been unloaded. There was likewise found by them a piece of tile, on which a knife or some sharp instrument had been whett e d. They found a gun, inclosed in a sack, which had had the owner's name cut out, and the part was mended with a thinner piece of stuff. The gun was loaded with powder, some large shot, and four rough pebbles. Witness and his neighbour took the powder , out of the gun, putting in its place some leaves, which they gathered from a tree, over which they put the shot and pebbles, and then placed it and the grapes in the same situation they discovered them. They armed themselves with plenty of fire arms, and kept watch in the wood on the Thursday and Friday night, but no one appearing, on Saturday they did not watch, and when the place was examined, it was discovered that the gun and bag were taken away. A hay-fork was then found, on searching about the wood ; in all probability it was there when the other things were found. Mary Wright Lawrence was then called from the private room. As soon as she appeared the prisoner seemed a good deal agitated. She was decently attired, and is rather an in teresting looking young girl. On coming into the Office she betrayed considerable emotion, and cried bitterly. She was con ducted to a seat, and a glass of water was given her. The pri soner said, " Don't cry Mary." After a few minutes had elapsed she deposed as follows : lam a single woman, and resided at No. 12, Fox-buildings, Kent -street, Borough. I have lived with the prisoner since the 22d or 23d of July last. I remember the Sunday before the murder of Mr. 0 ootlhart's gardener. The prisoner was not from home the whole of that &ay, except going to the 'White Bear public-house, in Kent-street, to fetch some beer. I remem ber the day very well ; it was exceedingly rainy, and my mother and sisters came to dine with us at Lindsey's. ‘Ve all stayed at home together until after dark, when my mother and sisters went away and the prisoner and I went to bed shortly after wards. The next morning (Monday), we got up about seven o'clock and breakfasted together. The same day he dined at home with me about 2 o'clock, and he went out directly after wards, taking with him a bagging-hook. He told me that lie was going to a relation of his who was a master gardener, and that he lived about four miles on the other side of Eltham.— He said that I was not to expect him that night if he was not back by eight o'clock. He did not return that night; but about eight o'clock the following (Tuesday) morning, he came back, bringing his bagging-hook with him. I perceived that his coat was torn in the arm. My mother was with me at the time. He told me lie had been to Seven Oaks. I asked him how his coat came to be broken, and he answered "It was a good thingg, that his neck was not broken." After my mother had breakfasted she went away. The prisoner then laid himself down upon the floor, and I put a blanket over him. He lay there until tea-time, when he got up to have his tea, and he then laid himself down again in the same place, until nearly dark. He then got up and sat by the win dow, and said, Mary, I shot a man." I said, Oh my G o d ! what did you do that for ? Ile answered, "If I had not done it, he would have shot me." He then added, " I did not hurt him ; I only blowed a little powder in his face." I again said, What did you do it for ? Ile answered, " That the man was run , ning after me, and I only blowed a Lute powder in his face to blind him, that lie should not see which way I was going." On the Friday afterwards the prisoner went to Camberwell fair. During his absence my aunt came to me when I was washing, and told me that n gentleman s gardener had been shot, but she could not tell me where it had ,happened. The prisoner came home before eight o'clock that evening. I told him what my aunt had mentioned, and he replied, Thank God, I did not do it; and them that did it, I suppose, did it in their own defence." I then asked him where he had been on the Monday night, and lie said at Sevenoaks. I said, you told me that you were going to your relations at Eltham. We said that he did not go there, I replied, it is very curious about this murder, that you should be out that night. I told him I was very un easy. lie said, " I had not the least occasion to make myself uneasy about it, for that it could do him no harm." I then re minded him what lie had told me about shooting the man. And he said it' ever I mentioned to any one what he had told me, lie would shoot me the first time he caught me. I replied diet I never would say any thing about it. He never slept at honie after that night, except on Saturday, Sunday, and Mon day following. I was in the habit of seeing him generally in the day time when lie slept from home at night. On the Mon day before lie was apprehended lie left me, and I dill not see him again until he wastaken away a prisoner to Union-hall. The Magistrate inquired if the prisoner wished to put any questions to the witness. Prisoner —It is no use my asking her any questions ; she having sworn what she has, you would not take my oath. Sarah Lawrence, the mother of the last witness, sworn—l came from Islington, where one of my daughters, who is mar ried,ias liNvie.ah,etrio I Fo w x e i n s i b i u n ilti as nir e , d o w n h T er tl e es T d o t the 17th t rn h y of e o au c g to h b ce e r r said that he was gone out, but she expected him to return every minute. In a short time the prisoner came with his coat torn on the arm. I offered to mend it, but lie answered crossly, and rejected the offer. I heard him tell my daughter, when she re marked that his coat was broken, " that it was a wonder his . I t Scarcely breakfast, w e n tar ywithc 0 1 which n er . neck was not s b h r aowkweel toil op l s r r notc words oe wt t nh o et t o h pg a rei t tsh e o fl enr e e. c r i v t'o e e r iP s nl a ge t d ir g i e l t pn oo 'ayr k ed p , lace during breakfast. The prisoner seemed to be very melancholy. Several material witnesses yet remain to be examined, who have been summoned to attend when the prisoner is again brought before the Magistrate. A piece of canvass was missed from the rick of a farmer near Bexley', about the time the prisoner was seen coming out of the wood in that neighbourhood. On comparing the trousers which the prisoner had on with the canvass remaining, it cor. responded in quality. Mary Wright Lawrence was again called, and she recollected the prisoner bringing home a piece of canvass some time ago, with which he made a pair of trowsers, and which she hemmed. The prisoner was then remanded to a future day. ALLEGED ROBBERY AND FORGERY. MANSION-Hours.--Yesterday a porter, in the service of Mr. Lee, a hardwareman in the city, was charged with robbery and forgery. Mr. Lee stated that lie had, several days ago, sent the prisoner to the Swan with Two Necks Inn, with a parcel, containing bills of exchange to the amount of upwards of 1801. and direct ed to a gentleman in Birmingham. The parcel ad not been heard of since it was delivered into the prisoner's hands. Upon the file of the prosecutor's office was found a piece of paper pur porting to be a receipt for the parcel, and with the usual sigria. W tore (aterhouse) upon it. The clerk at the Swan with Two Necks, before the loss was mentioned ? upon being shewn the paper, denied that any part of the writing was his ; and it did not appear from - his hooks that any such narcel as the prisoner was intrusted with had been received. The prisoner, upon be ing suddenly questioned as to the writing on the paper, appear.' ed at first greatly confused, said it was not his hand-writing, and . afterwards that it was, with the exception of the abreviauon of the name of Mr. Waterhouse, the proprietor of the inn, which he asserted, was the hand-writing of Mr. Watexliouse's clerk. The Lon la Marcia asked to see some of the receipts which were signed by the inn-keeper's clerk, and after a close examl. nation of the signatures of those receipts and the supposed for gery, said lie really believed them to be all the hand-writing of one person. Mr. Lee said his clerk was in the habit of filling up receipts for the innkeeper to sign upon occasions of' the kind, in order to have business dispatched more quickly. Ile admitted that the signatures exhibited were extremely alike. The prisoner attributed the confusion he had betrayed to the sudden manner in which he was charged with the crime. lie declared that lie had, since he delivered the parcel, been in pos session of a sum of money belonging to 11Ir. Lee, which it would be naturally supposed he would have been likely to have gone off with, had he acted dishonestly in the first instance. The LORD MAYOR gave directions to Mr. Cope, the Mar shal, to make some inquiries, and remanded the prisoner for further examination. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. Mr. Alderman Thompson, accompanied by Mr. Stanley, of the firm of Ilawkes and Stanley► came barge the Lord Mayor, to complain of a very serious robbery which had been eonu n i t . ted on the premises of the latter gentleman, in Duck Foot L a ne. 'rhe warehouse and premises were left strongly Be. cured on Saturday night last, and on Monday tnornin► it was discovered that they had been entered, and robbed of bills and negociable securities to the amount of 3,000/. be- Sides forty sovereigns. The locks of the front door had been picked, which was, in all probability, a work of some time' Stith of the locks in the inside which could 'not be picked were forced, and the thieves must have been for a long time occupied by about a dozen patent locks. It was very extraordinary , that although it was well known that no one lived in the ware house and that it was shut up from Saturday night unti l Monday morning, no watchman or ward officer observed the unusual circumstance of persons going in or out during that time. Mr. Brown, the City Marshal, said several serious robberies had been committed upon the premises, left unguarded as in the sresent instance. The impression of a front door lock was very speedily taken and it did not occupy a long time to try the key that was generally made from it. When it fitted, admis sion was gained in a minute, whilst the watchman was going his rounds; and when the thieves got in on the Saturday night, they often remained on the premises during the whole of the day, and occupied themselves in packing up. and preparing the property for removal. On the Monday morning, after the watch had left, a coach drove up, and the property was openly taken . away. A case of this kind occurred a few days Once in Jury-street. A person unexpectedly returned on Sunday to the premises, when it was found that the strong box, which contained a large sum, had been prepared for removal, athat agreat Ton ti ty of valuable goods hadbeen packed up. Information ofthui cumstance was given to the police, and some of the wanlogicere were stationed in the house to surprise the thieves. The Affair, however, had been injudiciously mentioned in the neighbour.. hood, and early on the morning, when a coach drove up the street, some servant girls, who could not restrain their curiosity put their heads out of the windows to see the capture of the thieves. This was doubtless observed in the coach, which lin' mediately drove off with great rapidity. The Loan MAYOft requested that the Marshal would go and examine the spot, and take such steps as might be deemed prudent. One hundred pounds reward has been offered for the apple' . hension of the thieves. They left 4,0001. in -Navy Bills aa' touched. CURIOUS CHARbE OF FRAUD. GUILDHALL.—A very elegantly dressed female ly about 30, who stated herself to be Mrs. Ann 'Field, the wife of a cattle jobber, was brought up yesterday before the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman SCHOLEY, on the charge of having defrauded one Isaac Hicks, a farmer and grazier from Wisbeach, in Cambridgeshire, of the sum of 5001. — The prosecutor, a plain-looking countryman, apparently old enough to be the prisoner's father, contented himself with say ing that she had asked him for the loan of 6001. to redeem some money that she was to get out of Chancery ; that he was de rous of assisting her to obtain the property, and had according lyt furnished her with a draft upon Messrs. Fuller and Co. , ie c _ t ; 4 , apparent amount. That he waited at the Goose and Gridiron, n T' h il „ Paul's Church-yard, while she went to get the money, an': 7, her return he allowed she spewed him the notes, and also - paper upon which she had taken down the numbers of them. They then walked together to Southampton-buildings, liolborni where they went i nto a tavern to ta k e some refreshment, a nd while there, she pretended to miss the notes, and still perai.l ts that she has lost the whole of the money. He had since Site; tamed that she had no money to redeem out of Chancery, and he therefore conclud e d th at t h e w h o l e story was a trick to fraud him of his property. The pri s oner, who is a woman ° i much personal attraction, seemed perfectly at her ease tin der the accusation. She declared that the complainant (who by the bye has a wife and family in the country) had deluded her away from her husband, and that She had been living with hi r as ins wife ever since l as t Easter-day was twelvemonth. 8,6 then, with great fluency, went i nto a minute history how t he first cheque which Mr. Hicks had from a banker in Smith , ' field, the same he h a d so ld some s h eep for, was refined payment, when .she took it to M essrs . F u ll er ' s , because there was a name wrote across it ; that Hicks went buck with her to Smithfield, and got her another cheque; how she g. ° ' payment of it, shewed him the notes at the Goose and Orir iron ; how she put them all into her glove ; and lastly, bori., A e missed them all at once at the tavern in Soutliamran.bum , ' ings, and that two men- had just left before. She, however, c omitted all mention of the money that she was to get 00 0 ' Chancery ; but she was extremely sorry for the loss, and sh e , was willing to try if site could - 'raise him any , mo ney to suPPLY a part of it. She had, it seems ' intimated that she could bor row a couple of hundred pounds among her friends, but as the complainant seemed so suspicious of her, site now refused to try, unless an officer was sent to accompany her. She had , she said, lent Mr. Hicks a hundred pounds, . for which she had his note, and she had given that up h im up to hitn.—Mr.A l derman ScrtoLEY—And yo u h a d b etter , I think, give o up the other notes, for I cannot help suspecting that you know very well where they are...-Mrs. Field—l would el them, up directly if I knew where they were. He know* „ 4 would not keep them. I have frequently , had money of ' l ' in my hands. He has o ft en left his pocket-book with * me."' A Friend of Mr. Hicks observed that he had never left any thing like that sum in her hands. Ile might have left his pocket-book with some 401. or 601. in it, with her.--- 31 ., r ' Alderman SCHOLEY—I cannot believe but that you and w' A e i r n r e s l notes . a t y h F e i b e e ld t — l e fi r ruin .ls of been ileevnethmane hundred andrinh oi p pounds family.und s me—he a large so-, h o s deluded me away from my husband, and I can never go back to hi m :„. Mr. Alderman SCHOLEY—Oh yes; with this 60- Per i t e 4 you mean to make your pence with him.—Mrs. Field. I have not seen him for upwards of a twelvemonth, bu t I .ar. tl no ill will to my husband, and I dare say he has do I 0 will me ; but, as to the notes, I assure you I have lost them Mr. Alderman SCHOLEY observed, he was extremely 5r,4, 1 , but it was wholly out of his pow er to afford the complain:v.. any relief. Ile.had parted with the money to the prison fi rst luntarily, and whether she h a d imposed upon him i n 'the. instance, or whether she had re a lly lost the notes or not, t h ere was no criminal offence in the transaction of which he coul d take cognizance, and the prisoner was accordingly disch ar g ed Maitir-ta-Boarati;.—A Roman Catholic Priest, who star. t w h i e th p!i a s ro im b e b r e to ry th .o e f himself to be the Reverend Michael Gougliagan, was char ged with nature, which he admin e :._ On searching his pockets the constable found a printed pait,:- and several letters couched and written in an elegant style, In";:. of finishing a chapel and , school-house, in the parish of 8a. 1 ,1 slarens, Ireland. He had testimonials from the Rev. P. der, Bishop of Bilalla, Bolinna, &c., and the Rev. ['One Reiley, the Rector-General, which certified that he wes„.. ,. soliciting their aid for the pure: Clergyman of "tried prudence and integrity," and declaril that the cha ' pel, &c. was partly commenced, but from the v r i :d„ , of means could not be fi nished, therefore an apPeal Was l o p to the known liberality of the British nation. "Added to w was the o f h ave rlowingec r eceived a letter from a highly respectab le f. r of ours in Dublin, with a copy of the annexed printed co ' sre i , We h i ment, recommending the Rev. Mr. Goughagsn,. the b b o re, and requestipg us to forward- the object of his journey. which, we believe, to be most deserving of encouragentem" (Signed) " Viscount Du.nore, Nerot's Hotel. " Dowager Viscoutess DILLON, FitS:ol.s4 Dated July 24, 1024." le recon l ; In addition to this was a similar certificate, stro ng of Ito mending such subscription, from Owen asbiller , " --1 ; Lion-square, and Martin Flowers, Esq. of Eafle-streecv.iderio The defendant stood leaning on his arm in wire d by bl_ A r " labourin under great agitation. On being eselainr Griffi that o account for his conduct, he, with sf,t i a eontinu"! in Latin, " Oh Lord ! make haste to help the,' t o le n he O M ' ing, said , he had an illness in his head, an o " N yeertY milted the crime be was reduced to the extrem e , ; „ t r e - pe uttiat but he was sorry for what lie had dome, and 1 "' prayers were refused, he was shut out from nocie t t h t,bet be He was also charged with stealinganother wen s a w ned the said he intended making a reparation when he had fog ; goods.—Mr. GRIVVITHs sand that be mutt Ott OP° before him, and commit him for trial. The prisoner said lie was very sorry for it, but as lit tl e vet was shewn to the unfort un a te on this earth, he We° t ai pi it hereafter from the m os t Hi g h Judge, before wh' n wo re stand.—Hurley and Lowry, the constables, said he ..aleato l , vented from o ffi ciatin g as a Cl erg y man , being exceon nu for drunkenness. tee in t ' ) ti a On the clerk calling on some of the witnesses to en __ nt itself,riiecoo However gnyi as e z r a oh e e e w s trt others e p ne r x o s dw e c eari u em t e be d, bound : h u e , 4 Irish .p rosec c haracter u t efordll3l th°oloclef, Father I will not prosectite a Priest," _mid ran oat ot . . BIRTHS. ucester" On Monday the 13th inst., at Painswick-house , 0 ° shire, the l a dy of N. ['yen, Esq., of o d a ughter. ivrot On the lath i ns t., th e l a d y o f G eorge Buckton, . 4( 1" Corastreet, Russell-square of a son. Hal On the 15th inst. at Ealing the lady of the Rev. Harvey, 51. A., of ;son. MARRIED. - of At lfandsworth, Staffordshire, James Traile l .1' g ' yt Middle Temple, Esq., Barrister -at-law, to Carollol 4 daughter of the late Williaiii Whateley . DIED• , On Monday last, at Brough-hall,.after few ' 346 1; 1 004 Q f t of o C hf a e g iro l a a te r u i g n l e tiez.i L ri a li dy Flner L ith a n w ore so „c n nou ; c at y ed oorfe b es t, tore w rk tf , e Enart e sq f . Si: Cls i ni el d i .u r l aus g ug hta tg : On the 6th inst., Amelia Catherine , Carpoe,ho. Joseph Constantine Carpue, Esq .of Dean.itreet • ba r ock On the 11th inst., at Ipswich, Liout.-(leners l P hn aged 74. ...••••=11•1111011111=1.111.1•111111 4 Printed anti Published for the PROPRINTOSS. e t th e OrrzcE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. Csas'raltt4•. I 1 ~,