The Sun. — London, England, 1824-12-23 00:00:00

1 I i i the original documents, which mdst belaresenta, specifying the individuals of the Army who have a claim to a share of the said prizr money, his Majesty has determined that the Committee, of which you are Presi dent,. shall inform me, Without losS of time, how far its labours are advanced, and when the said documents will be ready to be, sent to Eng land, a.fid the Committee is to Understand that his Majesty's wish is, that the said Money be re ceived 43 soon as possible. CONDE DE SUB.SERRA. Palace of Bemposta, Nov. 29, 1824. • • ANSWER. • . TO lug EXCELLENCY THE CONDE DE 31/11-BEII.ItA. Alost Illustrious and Most Excellent Senhor, The Committee of Prizes in reply to your Ex, ePilency's communication of the 29th ult. has the honour to inform you, that since the Ist June when it was charged with its arduous la- I..ffirs, eight persons,: have been constantly ern ).yefi on the Papers in question, ,which have t,en sent hack two or three times to the corps and civil departments which furnished them to correct the errors made. in them, and also to exclude from the corps, the civil officers who are to be placed in a separate list, this being a most arduous task, as the number of names is 147,645, more or less. The Committee hopeS to have them finished by the end of this month, as the copies of the documents which are to remain the archives of the Committee are nearly con cluded, the originalo being to be sent to England. 1 );:cc:Ilber I, 113'2 Signed by Baron de ABULFEIRA, and the other Members of the Committee. • By the packet-ship James Crosser, arrived nt Lbierpool from New York, we have received files of American Papers to the 2d December. (From the New York Gazette of Dec. 1. ) Bogota Papers to the 7th October, received at Philadelphia, contain no neWs. ( Prom the National Gazette. By the Trimmer,' from Alvarado, we have re- . . . ceived a file of The Sun, published in -the Mexi ' can capital, down to the 28th ult., and letters .k., Na dated edt.he 12,dheinscot.nftteonmts: o: f e t C h o e r m res a p r o e mlentatAl. , 1 , interesting. "We are indebted to .a friend for a copy .of the , • . Mexlean Federal' Constitution, as it was. ratified by th e Supreme Congress on the 4th ult.—General Victoria has been elected President of the United Mexican States, and Gen. Bravo, Vice-President. The Province of Chiapa, which was claimed by the United States of Central America, and the Mexi can Union severally, and to which the option be tween them was left, has incorporated itself with the latter, while Soconasco has declared its in tendon of adhering to the former. The Mexi can Government has established a regular escort every two months, from the Capital to Vera Cruz and Alvarado, for Specie, when any con siderable quantity is collected. On the 6th of October the Supreme . Executive Power issued conjointly a long manifesto to the States, which ' is full 'of the noisiest prindiPles and most li beral doctrines ; and on the 10th the President published a separate address from himself of a similar character. 'llis inaugural speech to the Congress was delivered on the same day. Ile refers to the examples of Penn, Washington, '' Jefferson, and Bolivar ; and exhorts the Mexican : . — *nation to endeavour to raise herself to the level . of our Republic. In these publications allusions . . are made to the fate of Ituvbide. A report was made by the Commit tee of General Congress, recommending that the city of Mexico should be eltbsen as the seat of the Federal Government. We do not . discover from our Papers that any popular or militarftoinmotiens exist in any of the States. The Authorities of Yucatan had un dertaken to suspend the execution of the retieral laws there, and the. circumstance has become a subject of inquiry in the Supreme Congress. ' The police of .the capital, however, must be in a ' bad condition, since parties of seven or eight armed robbers on horseback attack persons on the . : - Public walks and roads in the neighbourhood of the town and plunder them. . . . The Cavaco(' Courant of the 30th Oct. says, that Caracca Journals of the 29th had been received, which stated that, by a Decree of the Colombian Congress, all the property of Spanish subjects and Spanish Royalists was confiscated, and the amount placed at the disposal of Go vernment. Mr. Secretary CANNING, we aro sorry to state, is confined at the Foreign Office, by an attack o gnu t. Yesterday morning the delivery of letters through the General Post-Office was delayed considerably after the usual hour, in consequence of the \Vans ick having been accidentally Upset near Windsor. The London Northern Rail Road Company have determined upon one line, which will go direct from Birmingham to Hull, passing by Derby and Nottingham, and thus uniting these r ,laces together. COL. BERKELEY AND MtSS FOOTE. It was our intention to drop the subject of the action that took place in the Court of King's Bench on Tuesday last, having given so copious a Report of the legal proceedings in our Paper of yesterday, but we deem it proper to insert the following letters, in compliance with the na tural impulse of public curiosity : TO THE EDITOIt. Berkeley-hOUSe, Sprint,*-gardens, Dec. 22, 1824.. Sir,—Having, in the letter which I addressed to you in October last, stated my readiness to give an explanation of my motives for seeking an interview with Mr. Bayne in the month of June, I find myself called on by some passages in the Attor ney-General's speech, as reported in the Aforning Herald of this day, to redeem that pledge. Miss Foote never would RC. knowledge to me that,Mr. Hayne bad, at any time, made a pro posal of marriage to her :on the contrary, till in the spring of•this year she invariably and positively denied it; and not till My arrival in London in,themontit of May did I discover that any overture of such a nature had been made to her. I immediately *rote to Miss Foote, and reqUested, either to be assured that the marriage was iotakeplace, or that my two children should be given pp to, me ; and that, in ,the latter event, she was as completely independent of me as she could wish to be, and perfectly mistress of her own actions. In short, that I dis claimed all right to interfere with her directly or indirectly, on receiving the children.. Neither of these proposals was ac ceded to, and 1 intimated the necessity rshould 'feel under, if this line' of conduct was adhered to, of seeking an explana ' tion from :Mr. Ilayne himself; and that a discussion with him might lead to the detail of circumstances which I had every wish to conceal. , • The extracts from my letters on this subject I herewith sub join ; and they will prove the feelings I,had for her, and the deception practised on me. , In almost every part of the Attor ney-General's speech (as it relates to me) there are misstate ments, arising, doubtless, 'from- the incorrectness of his in. structions. Among many others, that of my having commu nicated, through the manager of the Cheltenham Theatre, my wish to act for her' benefit. For two seasons I was solicited to do so by herself, her father, And her friends. The first season I refused; the second, I complied. There are likewise some expressions imputed to me so dis gusting and indelicate, that I feel it would be degrading to myself to enter into a refutation of.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. FITZHARDINGE BERKELEY. ExTRACT OF A LETTER FROM COLONEL. BERKELEY TO MISS FOOTE, DATED MAY 31, 1824. 44 I really am at a loss to understand and to reply to your last letter. Unless you know of something which, if made known to me, would cause me to lcse all further in terest in you and yours, I am not at present aware of any circumstances in my conduct which can justify you in such a supposition. You have not replied clearly to the important part of my letter—viz. the money borrowed by your father. If you know nothing of this circumstance, it's time you should, and of its consequences. But, from the nature of the trans action, and your manner of writing, I suspect that you do know. The time is fast approaching, when some decisive step will t o taken between you and me. It may probably involve my hap piness for a time ; it must your welfare to the extremity of your life. A correspondence of some length on this 'subject must necessarily pass between us, and I leave it to your option to decide whether it shall take place now, or after an event which must be very near at hand." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM COLONEL BERKELEY TO - . MISS FOOTE, DATED JUNE 18, 1824. •" Do not complain of the style of my letters; you adopted that style first, because I did not comply with a demand that un controulable circumstances, and your own conduct, did not autho rize you to make. When I say your own conduct, I do not apply the expression so much individually and personally to you, as to your father and mother. But you have identified yourself with them, and have given Me up, to follow their counsels. They presumed to ask me to make you my wife, at the same time that they gave positive encourageitent to two other men ; and you yourself told me that, even to become my wife, you would not give up their society. I think I am warranted, then, in including you as responsible for some of the acts which they have committed. " I take it for granted that you will not think me as exact ing too much in a determination, that if I were your accepted and acknowledged lover, no other person with the same pre tensions should be received or countenanced by you, or your family. Now, Mr. Bayne is openly and avowedly a lover of yotirs also : - • • • • Now mark, during the very period that your family were mak ing the modest request that you should become my wife (the demand at least should have been sustained by perfect correct ness of conduct on their part), your father went to this other lover, Mr. Ilayne, and borrowed a sum of money from him. —What has been the consequence ? This fact is universally known, and Mn. Hayne's friends have asked him, naturally enough, what his intentions were respecting you. • If I liad looked on you in the light of a mercenary mistress only, I should not have endured this. Does this justify me, or what other indignities would you have real and proper :dic tion' submit to ? I never should have abandoned you, but you have abandoned me, and the degradation which.l prophesied in November last is approaching you with hasty strides ! " With regard to the children, your last letter implies they are both girls,. though you did not do me the honour of making that communication specially. They shall be educated as gen tlewomen, and fit to hold that place in society which the impro bability of m,y marrying may render rather an important one; but whether I shall allow you to have the charge of their edu cation, is not altogether so certain. • • • It is neither my wish nor intention to do any thing harsh by you, and to you I shoUld not fear to intrust the education of the girls to a certain point ; but your father and mother (and the society which I foresee they will fall into, and drag you with them) shall not be the guardians and companions of my daugh ters, even though I should be obliged to resort to legal :means to obtain charge of them myself. • , • • • I have heard that he (Mr. Hayne) has actually made written proposals of marriage to you through yaw father: Deal with me honestly : if it is so, and you think your happiness would be consulted in accepting such proposals, I pledge my word that I will not only not throw any obstacle in the way, but I will fur titer the accomplishment of your wishes by every means in my power. Tell your father and mother this from me, and that if they shew me these proposals, I . can give them that advice, without which your father is wholly incapable of bringing the business to an honourable conclusion. But if there is no truth in the report that such proposals have been made, I insist that nothing further is heard of Mr. Ilayne, as connected with you ; that is, if you mean to have any thing to do with me or the children. Is not this fair? And do not fancy, that in offering to assist in making a marriage far you, that I have ceased to love you. I love you tenderly. But I hold myself bound in ho nour to give way to a man that really will marry you, if cir cumstances (of whatever nature they may be) prevent my doing so. Let me know where your picture is ; I feel the waat of it now that there is a probability of losing you." EXTRACT OF A I.F.TTER FROX COLOWELRFREICLET TO MISS FOOTE, DATED JUNE 20, 1024. " I have now nothing further to add, but that I request to be inftirmed when you arrive in London, that I may then be acquainted with the proposed residence, and future plan of life for the girls, which must be determined on with all convenient speed. • I quite agree with you that I have no right to impure into the pretensions of any one towards you, and that you are as completely independent of me as you can possibly wish to be, —that is, it you give up the children, which I had rather you did. at once. But if I suffer them to remain with you, I shall take upon myself to examine gave pretensions of every one with the strictest scrutiny ; and you fair notice, that I will not be trifled with, either on the subject of Mr. Bayne, or any one else, nor be put off with the subterfuge of their being your father's friend's ; and therefore I peremptorily repeat my demand of being informed of the nature of those proposals mentioned in my last letter. If this demand is not complied with, I shall without loss of time apply to have the children given up tome. COPT OF A LETTER FROM COLONEL BERKELEY TO Miss FOOTE, DATED JUNE 29, 1824. " You arrived in Keppel-street on Thursday last, and yes. terday afternoon Mr. Ilayne paid a visit there, which he repeat ed at night. I merely mention th is to show the inutility, as well as bad taste and feeling, in endeavouring to keep secret, or at least not to acquaint me with those circumstances which I have a right and am determined to know. It can answer no good pur. pose thus to treat me, and may be productive of unpleasant consequences to you. You have known me now long enough, and well enough, I hope, to be aware that I am not inclined to act rashly, or to make empty threats ; but if these visits go on without my sanction, and unless the gentlemen's marriage with you is placed' beyond the possibility of doubt, T shall take the liberty of giving the company the benefit of my presence and good counsel at one of these same visits, when certain mat ters shall be explained ; whether to the satisfaction of all par ties or not will remain to be proved. Do not think me harsh ; I loie you new sincerely; and the deep interest I take in you and, the girls makes me thus decide in my, conduct, and impels me to try to save you from the fate which is impending. —The business is now reduced within a small compass. In a letter which you inclosed to me from your father, be states, that Mr. Bayne has actually and positively proposed marriage to you. Do you mean to accept it ? • In justice to Me—to Mr. Hayne—and to yourself, act openly and honestly ; consult your own happiness; and however keenly .1 may suffer, at the idea of our eternal separation, I again solemnly pledge myself to stifle all selfish feeling, and to ea-operate with you by every means in my , power. I had intended to have seen you ; but now I had rather not. • But your father I must see. I. have been informed that you intend going to the play s or Opera, either in company with Mr. Rayne oi in his box ; I advise you not to do so till I have received the explanation I have asked for from your father. If you do, you will place me imme diately under the necessity of seeking the explanation from Mr. Bayne himself." COPY OF A LETTER FROM COLONEL BERKELEY TO S. T. FOOTE, ESQ., DATED WEDNESDAY NOON, JUNE 30, 1824. "Sir—ln spite of the repeated warn ings that I gave to you and your ill-advised daughter, your want of candour and plain dealing has reluctantly forced me to call on .14r. Bayne fur that explanation which I wished to have received from you. Into what detail that may lead it is impossible for me to fore see : you heard me make an appointment with him for four o'clock this' afternoon. If, therefore, you have any thing to communicate which may avert an exposure of your daughter's situation, you - must be here by half past two. But recollect, that unless you are prepared to give up all mystery, and for your own sake to act as I have entreated you to do, your Nish :will be wholly useless. " I ) .S. You had better send an answer about 12. " lam &r— -. " IV. FITZHARDINGE BERKELEY." FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Etna) , Marchioness of Londonderry, at her house in Saint James's.squarc, from Miss Byng's Beat Twickenham; the Marquis anti 31archioness of Chandos, at their father's (the Duke of Buckingham's) seat, Avington, Hants, for the boll. days; Sir Henry Fone, Bart. from his seat in Hants; the Earl of Besborough, at his hotise in St. James's square, from his seat, Roehampton. CHANGES —The Earl and Countess of Sefton and the La dies Sefton. for Paris ; Lord Kensington, for his seat in Nor folk ; the Lord Bishop of St. Davis's ' for the College of Dor. ' ham • Major and Miss Fitzgerald, for Brighton ; Mrs. and Miss Clements, from Bose Cottage, Lymington, for Brighton ; :qrs. and Miss Hastings, from Salisbury, for Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Lanford, lbr the Parade, Brighton; Mrs. and Miss Arthur, from Lyme Regis, for Bath ; Capt. and Mrs, Barker, from Cheltenham, for Bat h; Colonel and Mrs. Twyford, for Brighton; Mr. and Airs. James Wade, from Osborne's Hotel, Adelphi, for Brighton ; Mr. and M.S. Littleton, from their house in Portman-square, for their seat, Teddealey, Lich. field; Mr. and Lady Georgians Neville, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their seat in Leicestershire. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENIIAIL—Lady Spencer Churchill, Captain Baker, Colonel Sir .1. M. Tylden, Captain Broker, and Captain Dashwood; Messrs. Willson, Last, Whend, , Boon, Black, Gordon, Dawkins, Creaves, Strachey, Welch, Campbell, Johnson, Briggs, Sawton, Smith, Kearsley, Colbe, Humphreys, Campbell, and Weird ; Mistresses Ricketts, Welch. LINTom Ptacr.—This delightful residence was the scene of much happiness on Friday last, in consequence of the birth. day of Lore. Viscount Brome, son of the EatiCornwallis.—The bells in the village Church were • rung merrily, and the poor were liberally supplied with meat, bread, and beer, according to their respective families, and in the evening the servants and nearly 100 of the respectable tradesfolk and tenants were grati fied by a ball and supper. Lord Brome and his sister, Lady Jentima, joined in the dance, and the evening was spent in rational pleasure, highly gratifying to the visitors, and ho nourable to the benevolent feelings of the Noble Proprietor of Linton Place. 0 UTLAwny or TIM BISHOP OF CLOGHER.— On Sunday last, after a very excellent sermon had be e n red by the Rev. Dr. BUSFIELD, been Evenin Lecturer at Mitriehone ch ur ch, and as g the congregation were on the point of departing, a well dressed man arrested their attention, by reading, in a very lou d the following.words from a paper be held in his hand : " 0 les, 0 yes. 0 yes—Come forth and surrefider yourself to the Sheriffof Middlesex, en the octave of St. Ildary, for a certain misdemeanour, or you will be outlawed. " m. !UM , . " Bailiff to the said Sheriff: " Marylebone, Dec. 19, 1824." The congregation were astounded, and as many could not distinctly hear, it wa s a considerable time before the church and its spacious yard could be cleared. The notice is now to be seen posted on the principal door of Marylebone church, and which, it is , astonishing, has not before been noticed in any of the Papers. A MILITAWY RILTORT.—FREDERICIL the Great asked a soldier, who had a deep cut across his cheek, at a review, " At what ale-house didst thou get that scratch ?" " At Coslin, please your Majesty where your Majesty paid the reckon ing." The King was beat at Coslin, in the wur of 1756, and in 1780 the lluisians reduced the suburbs to ashes. 'FIIE TAMING OP THE Sliatw.---The way to tame a shrew, or the devil, is told in a Spanish story, of which the original is in 1575, impresso en Sevilla. Mr. Doucs alludes to the edition of the book where this story is found, in 1843. Both the publications are iu quarto with the title of El Conde Location THE UNCERTAINTY OP PIIYSIC.—A high German Doctor had been called en empiric, and accused of being a quack, a Bornbastus Pura. celeus, or a great braggart. The Doctor answered, 4 1 t is kill or cure with us all ;' regulars and irregulars, licensed and unlicensed, as I shall show you; and what is better, you will allow what I say to be true. ' We send to the physician, he comes with a great cane in his hand, and his eyes blinded, to put an end to the strife between the patient and his malady : if he strikes the sick man, he kills him ; if he hits the case, he cures it.' WIT NOT EXTINGUISHED DT WINE.—FHEDE. d she re d ad to y h w a i v t, e and confessedly so su - a poet.laureat. Three candidates were named for his hlajesty's choice. One of him. It was p :lnl e e r c ror Tw t i o al: the other two, that not the least doubt was enter. mak e ake him drunk, and e, before they there forerainede y a a .gr:ka a g ree d, d at I : et betweenhKe i n K g ' : I n c g thh 's oelce b o u ti t lf l ea e rl r ltin f w or go'ut e poo hampan were called for, in order, as they pretended, to put them in spirits for the trial of their extempore talents. The wine was brought , and they drank their man so completely down, t h at w h e n his and in making fiat obeisance , , hickurp turn came he could Inirdly stand, and went reeling to the ped in his 31 3 - i face, while the champaign ran out o his mouth. He his presence of mind, and ad,kessed the King in the following words :...... 6 Thee, Sire, on bended knees let others pest, I east my soul for rev i rence at thy feet. ITpon which the Ki ng perceiving the trick his brother candi. 1 dates had been playing him, named him his Peet-laureat ; say. i r K t int lt i ned, nevertheless, ing that ' If he can do this much when drunk, I shall be cu rious to see what he can perform When sober." A punning bibliopolist, on p ass ing the butchers' shops the other day, said that they , seemed to up the whole hi stor y have bought o f Grease. POETRY. The late Dr. Wor.coi's Character of DRYDEN and POPE, versified. , DRYDEN, embolden'ti by his sturdy Muie, Comes in drab jacket, and with hobnail'd shoes; Arm'd with an oaken club, the moral Clown, Your vices to correct, , will knock you down. PorE with his sword and bag, in Court array, By polish'd manners wins his easy way, Thrusts his keen rapier with so sure an aitn, Knaves feel abasli'd, and are reform'd by shame. '' ..0 t 'l4O . - , • "- A 114* 6 ' , d l , • ' 1. 7% - s .).,,,,,.r44 ''l , • (~''',A t'os A. ,, , ... ' • • f:A v ;. THE THEATRE. Daunir-LANE.--It has been justly observed that the Opera of Guy Mannering the best of the dramatic productions which have been derived from the Scottish novels of " the Great Unknown." To Mr. Teat - v, one of the most ,respectable at. tors of the day, is the merit of having transferred the plot and chief characters.of this interesting novel to the Stage, where it is likely.to keep its ground with the most popular of our musical dramas. The theatrical novelty of last -night was the appearance of Mr. SAPIo in the charac ter of Henry Bertram. That he did full justice to the songs cannot be doubted, as he was so. succesful in those . of. the Se , raskier and Prince• Orlando, and accordingly he sung last night with the, same taste and ex pression. It is but justice to him to state alsO, that practice has imparted ease to his theatrical deportment, and that he is a valuable acqoisition . to this theatre. The rest of the .characters were supported by the usual. Performers, and they all acquitted themselves to the satisfaction of a nu merous audience. . RIOT AT THE LIVERPOOL THEATRE.—Extract of aletter from Liverpool, dated Dec. 21 : - - " This outrage continued on Wednesday last, and assumed a more violent shape than on the previous Monday; 'a knife, penny-pieces, and other missiles, were thrown at the performers, the scenery, and the curtain, and the whole time which should have been devoted to attention to the performance of the afterpiece, was occupied In riot and outrage. The Managers had publicly answered Miss Cramer's Appeal,' showing her statement to be erroneous; to this Miss Cramer replied ; and this step induced the Managers to publish the whole of their correspondence with the lady. Much, tumult was expected on Friday the last night of the season, being the benefit of the veteran flank, the Stage Manager, and partner of Mr. Lewis in the theatre. In the afternoon of that day it was publicly an nounced, that Miss Cramer had sent an apology for her con. duct to the managers, which they had accepted, and wished her to join in the national anthem of " God save the King," which is always sung on the company bidding their annual ' Farewell.' The apology, and .the Managers answer, were read by Alr. Vandenhoft, at the end, of the play, and received with great applause. Miss Cramer appeared, and took a part in' God save the King,' and Rule Britannia.' The audience manifested a desire to forget the tumult, and forgive the cause of it, and the curtain dropped, for the last time this season ? ' in the midst of warm expressions of approbation at the termina tion of such outrageous and mischievous proceedings as had for two nights disgraced the character of the Liverpool audience." PRUSSIAN LOAN OF 1822, NEOOCIATED BY MR. N.M.ROTHSCHILD IN LoNnox.—The Half-yearly Dividend on the above Loan, which becomes due on Saturday the Ist of January next, will be paid by Mr. N. M. liontscumn, on that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted), be tween the hours of ten and two. The dividend warrants, with a list thereof, in numerical order, must be left one dny previous for examination. NEAPOLITAN LOAN.—.The Half-Yearly Divi dend on the above Loan falling due on Saturday the Ist of January next, will be paid by Mr. N. Rocuscnun, en such bonds as have been nego dated by him. The dividend warrants, w ith a list thereof in numerical order, must be left One day previous for examination. The Morning Chronicle of yesterday, Dtrem. ber 2/, containing sixteen columns of the Trial (Miss FooTa), will be kept on sale this day, and the whole of Friday, at the Office, No. 170, Strand. MELANCHOLY CASE.—Yeßterlay ) between 11 and 12, o'clock in the morning, a most melan choly accident occurred in the river. A party consisting of five privates of the 57th regiment of foot embarked at Gravesend, with their wives and families, on board the sailing packet King George IV., in pursuance of their route from Chatham to Chelsea, when off Busby's-hole, Woolwich-reach, a sudden squall laid the vessel on her beam ends, and, lamentable to relate, in volved in its consequences the death of two indi viduals, the wife and child of William Hilliard, one of the soldiers, who was standing upon 'the deck, his arm encircled round the waist of his wife, who held the child in her arms, all of whom were washed overboard. The husband kept his hold until rendered senseless by being dashed again - st a boat towing at the stern, and was saved from death by the exertions of his comrades, and one of the sailors ; his wife and child became a prey to the watery element. On the person of the soldier's wife were seven sovereigns and fifteen shillings in silver, her and her husbands little all. ACCIDENTS.-- Yesterday afternoon, as a youth named Browning, about 14 y ears o f age, was proceeding in a boat towards a country barge then lying in the river above Westminster Bridge, on his endeavouring to get into the ves. sel, the boat, by a smirren squall of wind, was drifted down the current, at the same time the lad fell overboard, and was unfortunately drowned.—Another accident happened to a child five years old, in Hide's-row, Westminster, who had his right leg broken and shoulder dislocated by falling out of window. Yesterday morning, between four and five o ' c lock, a daring burglary was committed in the house of Thomas Brodie, Esq. No. 16, James's street, Buckingham Gate, Pimlico, and a quan tity of plate, with other articles, consisting of an old-fashioned silver tea-pot, table-spoons, &c. were stolen therefrom. The thieves effected an entrance at the back part of the premises, by passing over several garden-walls from William street, and by the aid of a centre-bit cutting a hole in the pannel of the kitchen window-shutter. Fortunately Mr. Brodie, having occasion to rise very early, rang the servants' bell to call them up about five o'clock, and it is supposed alarmed the robbers, who made a precipitate re treat, which prevented them from obtaining a considerable booty, as Mr. Brodie had a large sum of money in the house at the time. MERCANTILE SLIIPPING, DEAL, DEG. 22.—Wind W.S.W., blowing a gale.—A sloop and two brigs lost their anchor*, -and-run for Ramsgate; the rest of the outward-bound opeat to ride well. Arrived the Creole, from. Pernambuco; and. Juno, Coul, , on, front Trieste; also several vessels from the Westward.. but in conse quence of the weather we'can have no communication. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind P. has blown a heavy gale the whole of this day. We can have no communication with the outward-botintl, which appear to ride well. . • PLYMOUTH, DEC. 21.--Wind W.S.W., blowing a gale.-^! Arrived the Success, Russell, from St. Andrew's, N.B. FALMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind W.S.'W.—Arri tied the Duke of Kent packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 12th instant ; Amity, Arrowsmith, from St..lohn's, N. 8., in 31 days, and "ailed again for London. Put, in the Augustus Caesar, Selby, and four Friends, Roberts, far Jamaica. Put back the . Proid. (fence, Griffiths, for Lisbon. 1 41 Vt:RPOOL, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Kezia, from Buenos Ayres; Ranger, Bowman, and Ayrshire, Messenger, from Pictou ; Cicero, ---, 111irainichl ; - Dart, Sex, Sicily Dart, White, Pernambuco; Calypso, Chimer, Charlatan, sailed the 3d instant. Off the port the James Cropper, Marshall t from New York. Con'Es; DEC.29....—Arrived the William, Johnstone, from Batavia; the Duckenfield Merchant Ship got foul of hiN jesty's ship Niemen in these wads, and received considerable damage in her yards an d rigging. rThe Sceptre, Norfor, from Gibraltar to London, was driven on shore yesterday, near Hastings, but expected to be got after discharging. The Dale, Dunlop, from St. John's, N. B. to the Clyde, was driven on shore at Holyhead on Monday, and bilged. The Leander, Fisher, from New Orleans to Liverpool, was driven on shore, near Crookhaven, on Saturday, and it is feared will be wrecked. The Fame, Williamson, from Stralsund to Bristol, was driven on shore on Yarmouth Beach yesterday; crew saved. [PRIVATE LETTER.I DOVER, DEC. 22.—1 ant sorry to report to you the loss cif the ship Palmyra, of lAntion, Captain Trroatas R YWOLDi v from St. Domingo, with cOffee, for London. She most unfor tunately grounded yesterday morning when following a pilot boat into this Bay, for the purpose of receiving a River pilot, who had been unable to board her from the very heavy sea run ning in the offing ; and the wind and tide setting on shore,.the attempts that were immediately made to get her off failed. She very soon unshipped herrudder, and was driven on the rocks under the Castle. At .this time very great apprehensions were entertained fbr the safety of the crew, the sea running very high; and breaking over the mast head. As tht Ship continued to beatin she cut away her main and m'aen masts,. spin after which boats from the shore succeeded as getting alongside, and in resetting the crew from their perilous situation. As soon as the ebbing of the tide allowed it the saving of the cargo was attempted, and by very great exertions about 1,800 bags of coffee were landed and housed during the tide, but the major part in a damaged s t a t e . Thi s morning early the landing the goods was resumed, and I believe about 1,000 bags more were saved, chiefly in bulk, and greatly damaged. About noon. to-day there was a very heavy sea running and the ship parted in the middle, and I suppose little or nothing more will be saved. She was fortunately a very strong built ship, having been the Argus sloop of war, or she must have gone to pieties during last night. Very great credit is due to the Coast. Blockade for their exertions to prevent plunder.—The stormy weather has prevented the sailing of any vessel for France either yesterday or to-day, and we have no arrivals. The Earl of Sefton and his family, LOrd Glenlyon, Mr. H. 'Baring, and a great number of' other passengers are waiting here, for oh barkation. SUICIDES. A Coroner's Inquest was taken on Tuesday, at the Hare and Hounds public house,- Newington, on the body of Charles Fennell, who put a period to his existence on Mon. day. Deceased had been for nearly four years confidentially engaged in the management of the estates of Johnson Lloyd,_ Esq., near Southend, and had continued so Ontil• about three or four months ago, when some inaccuracy was detected in his accounts by his master, who informed the deceased that unless the deficiencies were made up within a car. twin period, legal proceedings would be taken. Unfortu. nately, it appeared that he either could not or did not make any attempt to remedy those ;errors ; anti fearing the come. quence of a public exposure, about a fortnight previous to ti a time of settlement; he absconded, .taking with him, however, no property belonging to his employer. 'When his Might was discovered, Mr. L. imagined that he had carried off money to a considerable amount, which was then unaccounted for; but on breaking open the desk in the office, the whole sum was found, together with the following letter, addressed to Mr. L. " Honoured and much injured Master—There's no aye i n saying any thing as to what a past—l have wronged you, and am sorry for so doing ; but as a proof that I am not a con. firmed rogue, I have not touched one penny of money or any other thing belonging to you. You will find all right, save only the deficiencies in my last settlement, which 1 have at present no earthly means of making, good. The supply which I have on leaving. your house is, God knows, very small ; neither have I a friend to whom Lean apply for assistance-;--so that when that is run out, I do not know what shall become of me, or how to subsist. Do not pursue me with the Jaw—it can do you no good to punish me--and believe. me, that had no intention to defraud you of one farthing. The account; up to the moment of my quitting your service, is along with-the books—and the money, being 751. 13 s . Bill, is tied up in the cash bag. Forgive me, worthy Sir, and God Almighty will bless von and yours for ever and. ever. " C. FENNELL. For J. Lloyd, Esq." Measures were instantly taken to discover the fugitive, not with a view to hostile proceedings, but to invite his return, and to announce forgiveness; but, unfortunately, he evaded all inquiry. The unfortunate young man sough t refuge is. London, and attempted to enlist in the East India Company** service, but was rejected, being under the stand ird height. After which lie went to the house of Mr. James Tamworth, his maternal uncle, at Newington, where h e cont i nue d unt il the commission of the fatal deed, which terminated his exis-. tense. For sonic days previous he exhibited extreme depres sion of mind, and retuned almost all sustenance. On Monday morning he rose early, and walked into London, but was buck about ten o'clock, and, complaining of a pain in his stomach, retired to bed, where he remained undisturbed for four or five hours; when his cousin, Martha Tamworth, went to call him up, in order to have some tea, and then• found him quite dead and cold. Surgeon Crook examined tho body, but no chance existed of restoring animation. The body was opened, and found to con. twin nearly two ounces of laudanum, which was the immediate cause of dissolution. Several persons spoke to the generally deranged state of the deceits A's mental faculties. Verdict—" That deceased committed suicide by poisonmiten in a state of temporary insanity." On Monday week an Inquest was held before errant,Es IiTHITAXEIt, Esq. Coroner, on the bodylof G. Trippet„ a soldier in the 17th Regi ment , now stat i one d i n . Hell garrison, who shot himself on the afternoon preceding. This is the second instance of self-destruction which has occurred in that garrison within a short time. The unfortunate man was servant to the surgeon of the regiment, by whom he had been treated with great kindness and liberality. It seems that he had lately fbrinett sotne bad connexions, and his conduct, in several respects, suffered a car responding alteration. During the preceding week he had been three whole nights out of the garrison, for which he was sen tenced to fourteen days knapsack drill ; but, through the intor. cession of his master, the punishment was entirely remitted on the preceding Friday. Notwithstanding this lenity, his miscon duct preyed on his mind, and he was observed to be in a low, desponding way. On Sunday afternoon, during the absence of a comrade, he effected his purpose, by leaning; forward upon the muzzle of his gun, and putting the shaft of a brush upon the trigger, which he pressed down with his foot. The ball entered his belly, and came out at his back. Immediate as.. sistance was rendered hint, but, after languishingseveral hours in a state of insensibility, he expired. The deCeased was a native of Doncaster, and about twenty-one years of age. Ver. diet---" Lunacy.". BoW , STREET (This Day.)—The notorious Johnson, the informer, still continues to haunt the Licensed Victuallers of the metropolis, and this morales; he attended to prefer cbarges against a host of that class of persons for keeping open their houses later than allowed by la w . M r „ Osborne, of The Ship, James street, Covent garden, was convicted in the penalty of W s . an d costs for selling gin at three o'clock in the morn. ing. Mr. Osborne defended himself by sayi"g) that be kept open to accommodate market people. A number of other persons were convicted in the same penalty.