The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-13 00:00:00

Ar ea t "' of's' effect utions •eport, would en or nien 3, and His cruise px•o- the tud a make latest 11th from very of rs, and thing to the •eports retend inland others ill not iou of !y and ion of eat of from oisian !ared ' oturert INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.) FROM' DEAL, SEPT. 12.-=-Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ethelred, Sutton, from Jamaica; the Percy, from St. Vincent's ; the Louisa, Damburg, from Grenada ; the Saltown, Melville, from ponainica; the Findlay, Curren, from Montserrat; the Rubicon, Mackin tosh, from Jamaica; Persius, Jackson, from Quebec; the St. Mary, Burton, from Jamaica; the Fortitude, Sayer, from Antigua; the Brighton, Phillips, from Singapore; the Nimrod, Allen, from New York; the Jessie, Lawson, from Demerara ; the Magnet; Taylor, from Teneritii ; Chas. Brooke, Bell, from St: Vincent's. A number of homeward bound vessels passed w'thout signals. The Lonach, from India, has arrived.. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 12. Wind S.W.—Passed the Thomas Naylor, Tomson, from Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the. New Bedford, Babb, from Prince Edward's Island. FALHIOUTH, SEPT. 1 I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Gipsey, Brag, from St. Domingo ; and Chance, Ablett, from -London,- for Teneriffe. The Tally Ho, from Virginia to Liverpool, was on shore on Goose Hill Flats, 13th ult. ; got off, and put back.., The Race Horse; Evans,,from Sligo to Liverpool, was on shore near Bally %Taller, Bth inst., but ex pected to be got off, after discharging part of her cargo. The Fortune arrived in the Clyde, from Bombay, sailed Bth May, with the Allerton, for Liverpool, and Minstrel, for London; the Berwick, Gilbert, from Bombay, sailed in the middle of April. The Mount Stuart, Elphinstone, was to sail for the Clyde, 24th May ; the Mangles and Spring, for London, 25th May; and Sarah, the end of May. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY) CITY, Twszr E o' CLocr. The business in the British Funds still continues very limited, but the appearance of the market is evidently for a rise ; this' morning Consols opened at the same price they left off at 'yesterday, viz. 87i, but subsequently an advance to 88 took place, when, after remaining stationary for a short period, they took a further step, and are now full 88i for money, and 884; buyers, for i, account. In consequence of some sales Yesterday in Exchequer Bills, the premium declined to 58 9 ; to-day there is no alteration ; India Bords -.remain at the same rate, being 92 3 pm., and have sufiered little or no diminution. In the Foreign Securities, the chief attention of the speculators has been paid to Mexican Bonds. A number of reports have for some time been put in motion, as coming through the medium of New York, and since then have lost their effect. Others for the same, purpose to depress the Stock (which it seems is left to its own resources) have been issued, the principal of which is to, create doubts of the ensuing dividend being paid, and that the Mexican GovernMent • require a further loan ; the first report is not well supported, ,and to the second, if this was required, they haie bad it offered them in their own country, as we already in ferred some time since; it has had the effect previously of causing a fall of full 11 per Cent. viz. frOM 661, the first priee of to-day, to 64i ; the Bonds are now recovering,, and are 644 6a ; Colombian are 294 SO; Portuguese Bonds are ad vanced full a half per Cent. and are 764 7; Spanish mere trifle to 104 4. Shares are without any prominent feature worth reporting,. and prices remain nearly the same as Yesterday. Three per Cent. Conic,* 884; ditto for the Account 881 ; India Bondi,' 92 3 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 58 9 pin. FORElGl24.—Brazilian, 67 4; Buenos Ayree, 61 2; Chilian,27 9; Colombian, 1824, 291 30; Danish, 634 t; Greek, 15 16 ; Mexican 5 per Cent.; 521 3#; Mexican 6 per Cent., 641 5 ; Peruvian, 244 5 3 ; Portuguese, 761 7 • Russian, 9S ; Spanish, 101 1. ..,.vas.—.l k o g lo Mexican, 55 21 ; Brazilian, Q 3 5 Pm. ; Colombian, 8 9 per Share; Real del Monte, par; Tlalpuxalma, SO die. ; United Mexican, 21 20 die. Two o' CLocr. ConsOls for Account, after remaining firm for som e time at 88*, have receded to 848. The Mexican Bonds have been seized with a complete panic, and after, recovering, to 6.5 i, have fallen in a few minutes as low as 62i, they are now ‘3. The reason given for. this heat) , decline is, the refusal of the bankers to make advances any longer on this Stock, and others who have already done so having expressed a desire to realise that advance; this added to the market being weak, and heavy sales made, has occasioned the pre sent depression. THREE O'CLOCK. consols for account, 87i, sellers ; Mexican 6 per Cent. Bonds, 634. The, Marquis de PALMELLA and the Count (1 5 VILLA REAL, the Portuguese Minister (the latter on a Veda! mission to this Court) transacted business yesterday 4 t the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Despatchis were received yesterday at the colonial Office, from Sir WlLLiwsi CLINTON, the Com kander-in-Chief of the British Forees in Portugal. Des- Pitches were also received at 'the same office from Sir H. WARDS, the Governor of Barbadoes,. and Commander of the Forces in the Leeward Islands. Mr..WILNIOT HORTON left town yesterday for Richmond. Viscount PALMERSTON laweturned to town, from his seat at Broodlands, Hants. „ DOVER, SEPT. 12.—The Right Honourable 4111 X Crtaar.Es HiRRIES embarked this morning, with Lis family; 'in his Majesty's steam-packet Crusader, for , Calais. The Danish ship Christians Haven, Captain LAasru, from China, last from St. Helena, and the ship honaeh r Captain Dai scorr , f rom B om ba y f or L on don, hav e passed to-day with many other ships from the west ward. The Marquis of °amour's, and Lord' BARHAN with their families, embarked here yesterday for Boulogne. Prince LIEVEN entertained a distinguished Harty at dinner yesterday, at Ashburnham House, Dover greet. Out of respect to the memory of the Duke of Toxic, Stafford Mime was closed last season to the Fa kllionable World ; the Pictuii Gallery was an exception. O ne of the Stanley family, a son of the Earl ti Derby, is engaged in building a spacious mansion in the vicinity of Tipperary. —Dublin Morni ng Re g i s t er . His Grace the Duke of ,Richmond is at Good pleasure of sh oot i ng daily, in company y°°ith d, enjoying the a few select friends. The birds are .very plentif u l an d 41 64 e - condition. —.Brighton Paper. „The Music 'Meeting commenced on T uesday t.4'itrercester with unexampled patronag e . Y esterday and uay are the great days. Nobleman, against whom Fortune's wheel i:k run so long, has checked its course. We have heard t a 4lo vements are now the opposite way, and th a t h e h as NO, fromooo/brother Peer. a ZWASHINGTON IRVIN . G has just finished a 'e of Colu m b us , w hi c h will be published during the ilter, in two octavo volumes. Rumo ur has it that Lord Wellesley, on retir 41g frc'En the I r i s h Viceroyalty, will be appointed Ambas - Ador to the Court of Austria. Dublin Morning Register. A Buildin g has been lately erected for the mid's College, near Ch 'n ; and on the first t'hursd ay of every 'mouth a ar cha g p - t c r r 7 held, in which he kldic matters are discussed, 1 • plt is .•, 1 that 114- cli, the well-known .4 4 itieil Economist, is about to make a visit to Dublin.— 'Qin Morning Register. OLD BATLEY SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice GASELIE, Mr. Baron VAUGHAN', and the Loan MATOR.) To-day these Sessions commenced, and, after the Jury were sworn, John White, aged 52, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Sissell, and stealing therefrom two gowns, value as.; a hand kerchief, value ls.; - and a shirt, value Is. John Sissell lives at Wilsdo'n; on the 12th July last he went into a field to work ; .he saw the pri soner coming out of his house with the goods wrap. ped up in the shape of a bundle; he recognised it, and asked what he had got there he said, nothing but what was his own. Witness stated it was his, and proceeded to take hold of it, on which the prisoner ran ofT.- Witness followed him, crying stop thief, and he was caught. The daughter of, witness lives with him ; she also_ was from home on that day. When she mint out she locked the door, and when witness returned he found one of the windows open, through which the house had been entered and the goods' taken out. Ann - Sissell, the daughter of last witness, proved that she left the articles in the house when she went out, and that those now produced by the constable were the same. Mr. Justice GASELEE left the case to the Jury, who, after considerable hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty. SHEEP-STEALING. Edward Sadler, aged 30, John Sadler, aged 20, and Wnz. Tool 4, aged 26, stood indicted for steal ing a sheep, on the 29th day, of May last, from a field near Hampstead, the property of John Smith, residing there. Mr. CLARKSON was Counsel for the prosecution. John Smith sworn—l live at Hampstead; lam a butcher there. In May last I had 43 sheep and lambs; I missed one of those sheep; at about ten o'clock, - on the 29th of May last. It was a Lincoln. shire sheep, marked across the back and down the loins. The skin was brought to my house on the 30th. lam sure it was the skin of the sheep I lost ou the preceding day; . it was brought to me by a boy named Howell. I also saw the head and pa r t s of the mutton, which,' on comparison,- corresponded with the skin. I know the prisoner Tooley ; his father is a respectable milkman at Hampstead. The pieces of the mutton I saw were cut in a butcherly manner, and not slovenly. Cross-examined by Mr. PntutPs.—l bought the whole of .the sheep' in Smithfield on the 28th of May. I had no other means of being acquainted with the sheep except what I had on that day, pre vious to the loss on the 29th. The mark by ocre is a very common character. I did not' brand my initials on' the sheep. I made the mark with the ocre myself. Thomas Ashby—l am a watchman at Hamp stead. At five o'clock on the morning of the 29th May last I saw the two Sadlers on Highgate-hill ; John Sadler had a bag on his back; I asked what they had, and Edward said it was pork. I told them I wished to see it; Edward said, if you will I come to my .house I'll sho w i t to you. I asked where they lived ? Edward said, they lived just I over the way: it turned out that they did live there. I asked them to show me what the bag contained. Edivard asked if I had any search warrant ? I observed no; but it was my duty to inquire into every thing of which I had a suspicion. Edward then said, " well, if I must tell you the truth, it is mutton." I found it to be a hind quarter, a fore quarter, and some fat; it was warm. They said they bought it of a man. The prisoner, Edward, told his wife to go and tell the man of Whom he had bought the mutton, that he had been taken to the watchhouse. On going to the watchhouse, be said it was probable the man might have gone to the races. Edward said had bought mat 5 o'clock on the preceding night; that they. bad been to Hampstead; to get paid by their club; that they had got six shillings as a week's allowance, having been out of work, and that they had spent it all, with which they had got drunk, which was the reason why they had been out all night. Thomas Grafton, the night constable, deposed that last witness brought the two Sadlers to him at the watchhouse on the 29th of May. The bag produced contained the pieces of mutton and fat mentioned by the last witness (Ashby.) At the request of the Magistrate, the mutton was delivered to- the prosecutor; witness on th e same morning went in search o f Tooley, whom lie met on the road at seven o'clock; he asked if he had sold any mutton on that morning, or the preceding night to any body ? he said no. He took him into custody; witness searched Tooley's house, but found nothing. Cross-examined.—Tooley never was out of wit. ness's presence till he was taken to the watch-house John Bustin.:--Is a cOnstable'of Harnpstead. In consequence of inforMation received lie searched Tooley's house on 30th May, between It) and 11 a.m., in presence of another constable; in a basket in the area he found the gut of a sheep ; in a cellar, he found a piece of suet which appeared to be sheep's fat; on searching the privy and stirring up the soil, he found coagulated blood -there; a handkerchief stained with blood under a 'sink, and at about a dis tance of thirty yards from Tooley's house, he found a hind quarter of mutton which had been drawn out of the soil of, the privy: S u b sequent l y , Witness went to examin e a pond, called Blockhouse Pond, at a short distance, and saw persons, who ac companied him, pull out a shoulder, a piece of fat, and the pluck of a sheep, all fresh, as7well as an old mutilated skin. Saw the former pieces compared at the police-office, with the pieces that had been foUnd on the Sadlers,as well as with the skin, with which all corresponded. • Cross-examined—The privy out of which the mutton was taken was open to the public, and much nearer several houses than to Tooley's; the pond was also public, and a road round it. Tooley had alWays sustained an excellent character. John Phillips, another constable, corroborated the testimony of last witness. Tooley had been at large on' bail ; attended his business as milkman ever since; had to-day voluntarily surrendered to take his trial, and had always sustained a good character. Eldridge, another constable, supported the former evidence. Jas. Howell, in fishing in a pond in the Vale of Health, found a sheep skin, which he washed,' and took it to the house of the prosecutor. Cross-examined—Tooley s house is situated in the midst of many others, / in what is called Golden square; many houses are much nearer to the pond than Tooley's, which is,the Most public pond on the heath. Charles Muller, a butcher, found a sheep's head on the 30th of May, in Racket pond, in the Vale of Health, which lie supposed corresponded with the skin found by last witness. John Kerridge, a butcher, living near Hampstead; counted the prosecutor's sheep on the 29th, and found the number to be 42; he also counted them on the preceding day, to the n um b er of 43. He took them home to the prosecutor &Om SMithfield. On making a careful examination of all the different parts of the mutton found, he found theta exactly to correspond with the skin, and was perfectly satisfied that the skin was the skin of the absent sheep that he had driven home for the prosecutor on the pre ceding day. • William Lloyd, the servant of the prosecutor, counted his master's sheep on the evening of the 28th, and also on the 29th; on the 28th the number was 28, and on the following day 29. Eldridge re-called.—On searching the house of Edward Sadler he found a meat-saw, chopper, and several other thin gs used in slaughtering sheep. This closed. the evidence on the part of the pro secution. The prisoners left their case to their Counsel. A long list of very respectable gentlemen gave Tooley a most excellent character for sobriety, ill dustTy, and honesty, from his childhood.. His family had always borne an unimpeachable character. One or two 'witnesses spoke favourably of the honesty of the Sadler% Mr. Baron .\ T AUcHeav summed, up the evidence, observing that it was of the. strongest ,presumptive nature against the two Sadlers, but not ,so strong as against Tooley, but on the whole it wai'for the Jury to say what they thought of the crime imputed to the prisoners: The Jury acquitted Tooley, and found . the two Sadler' ." Guilty.". NEW COURT. Before the COMMON SERGEANT and a Middlesex Jury. George and Charles Clinton were indicted for stealing two gold seals, said to be the property of Barry E. O'Meara, Esq. William Marshall, a pawnbroker, residing i n Leonard -street, Shoreditch, proved that the two seals were Offered at his shop by the prisoner Charles for three shillings. This was so small a sum to ask for articles of So much value, that the witness's sus picions Were' excited, and he took the prisoner to Shoreditch police-office. Lady Theodosia Leigh is the wife -of Mr. O'Meara; the seals in question are her property, and were usually kept in the library. . Anne Bennet is din the service of Mr. O'Meara. She remembered giving the. seals to the. prisoner George; they were on the library table, and she at the time thought they were sent for by Lady Leigh. JaMes Brown, a police-officer, proved, that upon discovering whose property the seals were, he ar rested the prisoner George at Mr. O'Meara's house, in Montagu-square. Mr. PHILLIPS, for the prisoners, called Mr. Barry E. O'Meara, who proved that George Clinton had been in his service for the last five • years; .he was an excellent servant, and until this re cent transaction his character was unexception able; the seals which were stolen are the sepa rate property of Lady Leigh ; at the time of her Ladyship's marriage with the witness, her property was vested in trustees for her benefit. Mr. PHILLIPS submitted that the property had been wrongly laid to be that of O'Meara, and that therefore the indictment must fail. The Commos SERGEANT thought the objection fatal, but said that a fresh indictment might be pre ferred against the prisoners. The prisoners were accordingly acquitted. Brown, the officer, applied for his expences. The COMMON SERGEANT did not think the wit nesses, upon such a prosecution, entitled to their expences, inasmuch as justice had been defeated through negligence in forming the indictment. Brown replied that.the fault was not his—he had nothing to do with the indictment, and it would be a severe measure to punish him for the ignorance of the persons at the police office, whose duty it was to attend to that particular department. The COMMON SERGEANT, upon this explanation, allowed the expences. PUBLIC SALES.-(THIS DAY.) BY MR. DANIEL SMITH, AT THE MART. A Freehold and part Leasehold Estate, situate in the parish of ,Datchet, adjoining Windsor Park, comprising the residence occupied by Dr. Heberden, containing numerous .rooms, domestic offices, stabling, double coach-houses, out-buildings 'court yard, lawn, walks, gardens, and conservatory, the leasehold part held for between 800 and 900 years, at a pepper-corn, land-tax redeemed—knocked down at 2,490/. A Freehold and Tithe-free Inclosure of Meadow Land, containing about five acres and a half, with a cattle-shed, near the preceding lot-5001. A Copyhold Farm, in the village of Whitchurch, between Aylesbury and Buckingham, comprising a small farm,house, garden, barn, stabling, &c., and 38 acres, 1 rood, 48 perches oemeadow and pasture land, tithe free, land-tax 3/. 1 15..4d., copyhold of the Manor of hitehurch, quit-rent lls. 6d., "a.fine of the same sum upon death or alienation, and a he riot of 3s. 4d.; timber, &c. to be taken at a valua tion-1,6201. A Freehold Estate, known as Cannon Hill, in the parish of Merton, comprising a villa residence, with out-offices and buildings, productive garden, stabling-, double coach-house, &c., and about 70 acres of park-like meado'w, orchard, and arable land, tithe and land -tax free-13,9501. . . A Freehold and Copyhold Estate, at the western entrance of Egham, consisting of a residence, large garden, stabling, meadow land, &c., in the whole 5 acres, 16 perches, the copyhold. part held of the King's Manor of Egharn;' subject to a quit-rent of 7d., and the usual fine on death or alienation— BY MR. MORES. The Lease of a Public-house, known as the White Horse, in Brook's-mews, Hanover-square, and a Range of Buildings adjoining, comprising a veteri nary forge, stabling, rooms, kitchen, &c., held under Earl Grosvenor, for a term which expires in March, 1832, at 60/. a-year, let at 65/ fixtures to be taken at a valuation-22gs. Two Houses, Nos. 52 and 53, Davies-street, near the preceding, and held for the same term at 65/., let at 801. per annum-14/. Jos: ADY.—As printed or engraved letters, beitring this signature, have been and are in circulation, offering his services to the parties to whom they are ad dressed, on receipt of 205., with a " reference" (amongst others) to W. Heygate, Esq., and Alderman, we are re quested to state, that such reference is entirely and in every respect unauthorised. As these letters are now chiefly ad dressed to persons in Scotland, Ireland, and. the distant parts of the country, it is hoped that the:Editors of Papers connected therewith, will have the goodness to insert this notice; to prevent trouble and expellee to individuals. A rare example of liberality has .been recently manifested in'-the parisli of Sturminster, .Dorset, by the Rector; the . Rev. Thomas Lane Fox; who is nephew to Lord Rivers. He became the proprietor of the rectorial tithes by purchase, and his interest in the vicarage is only contingent on the death of the present incumbent, who is a healthy man and in the prime of life. The produce of the tithes does not eXireed 701. a-year to Mr. Fox, for which lie is . understood to have given above 1,4001. He supports schools in the parish at his own expense, to the extent of 2001. a-year, and has lately rebuilt the church at a cost (the whole of which he has defrayed from his own pocket) of about 10,000/. ! ! FANCY BA LL.-A fancy dress ball was given on Tuesday by the gentlemen residing at the Wellington Mansion, to nearly 200 of the votaries of gaiety and fashion. 'Dancing commenced at eleven, and continued until one, when the doors were thrown (men, and a scene at once picturesque and delightful was unveiled, inviting thoie rho had exhausted nature, in. their devotions to Terpsichore, to partake of thOse delicious luxuries Which are at such moments so peculiarly grateful. Dancing was resumed at two o'?lock, and continued with admirable spirit until the approah of Aurora became the signal for departure. Many of the dresses were exceedingly splendid, 'and. the characters were sustained with a great degree of spirit.-- Ch eltenkam Chronicle. Amongst the antiquities recently brought to light in digging the bed, of:the river Witham, near Lincoln, one of the most interesting. is that of the skeleton of a human being, having the remains of a metallic circle of some kind round the .skull, being most probably the me tallic girdle of a leather or other species of helmet. In one hand was a dagger or short weapon, and at the feet a piece of metal like a pewter plate, near which were several copper coins not decipherable. The works are now pro ceeding with great expedition; the foundation of the river walls are laying near the High Bridge, .after which the whole will be speedily completed.—Boston Gazette. When. Napoleon returned from Russia, there was no small murmuring in the capital; and one of the courtiers took upon him to inform the Emperor of the general dissatisfaction. After a ° moment or two of thoughtful silence; Napoleon exclaimed, " gild the dome of the Invalides !"......:And never was a knowledge of French char'acter better evinced than in issuing. this command. No Sooner Was the work 'commenced, than the Russian campaign began to be forgotten ; its progress was watched with; the most intense eagerness ;--as it proCeeded, all Paris was in. ecstacies. : " Que c'est beau !" " Magni fiqud!" " Superbe !" were the delighted exclamations of thou Sands: and when it was finally completed, the Russia❑ reverses were remembered no more,..Literaqi ItTagnet. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.-(A1 JA t per Load of 36 Trusses.) Al ES'S. 17. s. s Lowland Mad. Hay 3 5 to 4 5 Upland Ditto 4 10 5 15 Rye-grass Hay 4 10 5 15 New Meadow Hay 3 10 4 13 A moderate supply, and a bri SMITIC s. Clover llay ...... s. 4 15 to 7 0 Oat straw Wheat Ditto 1 14 2 •isk trade at Tuesday's prices. FIELD. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 sto 4 5 Upland Ditto 4 10 5 10 Rye-grass Hay 4 10 5 10 New Meadow Hay 4 0 4 10 Straw from 2s. to 7s. per load 1. of Hay no alteration. Supply gr s. £. s. Cloy. Hay generally 4 10 to 6 0 Do. extra tine 0 0 t 10 Oat Straw 1 8 1 'lO Wheat Ditto llO 113 lower than last quoted. I n prices reat, and trade very dull. MOURNFUL CATASTROPHE. On Tuesday last, the 4th current, George Walter Maxwell, Esq. of . Carruchan, proceeded to bathe in the river Nith, and entered the water from a point of the embankment a little below Castle-dykes garden. This occurred about eleven o'clock, arid as his friend, Mr. Kenneth Thorburn, was disporting in the tide on the opposite side, it is generally believed, that the two young gentlemen met by appointment. Be this as it may, more than one of our townsmen wit nessed the heart-rending scene which followed. Mr. Swan, in particular, although he was himself prepar ing to bathe, could not help watching the motions of Mr. Maxwell, and remarking to Mr. Blair, " See how he labours. But as the tide by this time had begun to turn, he had to contend against the ebbing waters of the Solway —waters which, when pent in a channel of not more than eighty yards broad, re -cede and ascend with a very unusual degree of ra pidity. When at the middle of the river, or per haps beyond it, Mr. Maxwell exclaimed, " am I half way over ?" Mr. Swan distinctly overheard the question, and as he feared he was struggling, and wished to encourage him, he immediately answered " Yes, yes, you are more than that; carry on, and there is no fear of you." A little while after he in quired of Thorburn, " Will I be able to make through ?" and when one of the pointers, which was seen straining hard to overtake him, neared and came in contact with his body, he faintly articulated " Good God !" And these were the last words he uttered, for the animal, from fondness or some other cause got upon 11'M shoulders, and the back part of his head, and, by impeding his motions, and forcing him to swallow a quantity of water, occasioned a catastrophe which thousands deplore as well as his relations. Once or twice he appeared to re-ascend, if we may judge from thg, apparent gurgling of the stream ; but £he dog, by plunging and swimming about, rendered it ~extremely difficult to tell what took place ; and though something should be allowed for previous exhaustion, the strength of the current, and perhaps a slight degree of trepidation, we fear it may be said that he fell a victim to the mis-directed fondness of a favourite pointer. And thus perished Mr. George Maxwell, in the prime, or rather morning of his days, and amidst the fairest prospects of future usefulness ; and it adds not a little to the poignancy of the regret, which all ranks and classes have expressed, that . lie should have been drowned at the hour of noon, in a stream little broader than a common canal, within the view of several persons, and not many hnndred yards from home. His age was 22, his fortune •indepen dent, his talents respectable, his principles and dis position honourable: and amiable in a high degree; and we may state in addition, that he was the male representative of the once noble family of Nithsdale and Herries. Mr. Maxwell's funeral, which took place yesterday was more like a public than a private ceremony.— His remains were interred in the family burying place at Troqueer church-yard, and the hearse was followed by 33 carriages, most of which belonged to private gentlemen.-- , -Dunlfries C'ourier. On Saturday last (being • Charter-day for the bOrough 'of -Ipswich), John' Denny and John EddoWes Sparrow, Esqrs., were nominated a s candidates for Eai for the year ensuing, and Simon Jackaman, Esq., as ToWn Clerk, in the Blne interest ; and Frederick Francis Seekamp and Joseph Pooley, •Esqrs. as Bailiffs, and Elea zer Lawrance, Esq., as Town Clerk, in the Orange inte rest ; and a poll being demanded, a spirited contest was carried on till near ten o'clock in the evening ; and on casting up the pail, the numbers were declared to he as follow, viz.:— ORANGP. ' ' BLUES. 'or Mr. Seekanip 249 For Mr. Denny' . - ..... —.216 Pooley '. Lowrance 242 Jackaman 216 Majority for Mr. Seekamp 33 ' Pooley 3l Lawritnee °6 Suffolk Herald. SALISBURY, TUESDAY.—Themarket to day has been dull and ill-attended, which is ascribed to the circumstance of the Wilton great Sheep Fair being to be held to-morrow. A larger quantity of sheep by many thousands are come in, than is usual at this fair. New wheat it worth, in this part of the country, from 13/. 106. to 141; los. per load.' Best old, for seed, from 15/. to 161. New Barley, 40s. Bets have been offered amongst a large party of farmers attending the Sheep Fair, that wheats will be two pound per load lower within a month. The Cranborue Chase buck hunt has been given up this year, on account of the proposed disfranchisement of the Chase, although it had been kept up from time immemorial. DARING ROBBERY.--Yesterday evening, between seven and eight o'cloCk, Mr. Buckingham, of the Gravel Pits, Kensington, drove up in a tilbury to the corner of Regent-street, Oxford-street, having occasion to alight, and call at the house of a tradesman, where he re mained only about five minutes, when on his return he dis covered that a case, containing two valuable fowling pieces and apparatus, made by Stendemayer, had been taken from the vehicle. Upon enquiry, it appeared that the fellow who committed the robbery, was dressed in the style of a gentleman's groom, which had the effect of lulling suspicion. Pursuit was immediately made after the delinquent, but without success. A " FAR-FAMED" PARSONAGE.—In au account of the sale of the Reverend Mr. Waterhouse's ef fects, the place of the murder is described as the " far• famed parsonage." We have heard of places famous for ale, cheese, butter, cakes, but never before of a parsonage famous for murder. In conclusion, the reporter says, "I t seemed as if our agriculturists, having made a sacrifice to attend the sale, on account of the harvest, were individually determined to purchase something in memory of the sin gular Rector of Stukely, and of the event by which the village has been distinguished!" a village distin guished by a murder ! The vocabularies of the public in structors would seem 'to be strangely deranged, or else they have marvellously odd ideas of things. Murder is, as the proprietor of a morning paper observes, though disagree able to the sufferers, an excellent thing for the newspa pers—pleasant, indeed, to read, but wrong to do ; but we had yet to learn that :villages and towns obtain re „owe by it. Little Stukely, formerly so modest 'and ob scure, will henceforth assume consequence, and give itself airs, as a place di s ti ngu i s h e d f or murder. It is greatly be holden to the genius of Slade, who has so ennobled it. We only hope that the ambition of distinguishing them selves in the same wag' may not possess other villages, for the manner tould be painful to the parsons.—Diary for jugust.--7-London Magazine. A FIRE PUT OUT BY ALE.—On Triday se'unight, Mr. John Cass gave his usual annual harvest home- (in the old style) at his farm, Rush Green, near Ware, and about twelve O'clock, p.ni. the cry of fire was heard, on which Mr. William Cator and Mr. Thomas Cobham, who were present, 'rushed to the spot, and dis covered the stair-case leading to the men's room, in which were several men and boys asleep, in a blaze. On investi gation, it appeared one of the harvestmen had gone to bed, Pipe he h a d h a lt smo k e d i n t o hi s smoc k - f roc k ' which he laic} on the stair-case, a n d w hi c h had tet-i 'i n g lk the nit e e t' d and occasioned the fire. Fortunately there were about twenty of Mr. Cass's friends from Ware at the entertainment, who all set to work .with pails to' fetch water (for the harvestmen having, supped at six o'clock, were at this time useless); a difficulty now occurred which increased the fears of all present—namely, that owing to the drairght, little or no water could be got. In this di lemma, and the Ames . spreading,,. Messrs. Cator and which done, 4r, and Cass had is the a di dreeseitroerd) , effectw as ; *th saved.us The gat Cobham suggested to Mr. Cass (who' immediately a sse nt e d) to ane kiliso:kivihnictilhewas ale - barrels and thro w t h e i r contents on the flames, propirty to. a very heavy amount, insured in th e Hertford shire Office (of greatest praise is due, to all present (the ladies not .ex cepted) for their voluntary exertions. Every thing made secure, the entertainment was continued, and the party did riot s eparate till a very early hour in the morning...- Essex Orrald. SPORTING. RECEIVED THIS DAY, NORTHAMPTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1?, Sir R. GUNNING, Bart., Sir G. ROBINSON, Bart., W. • L. MABERL-r, Esq., Stewards. Mr. T. DUMBLETON, Clerk of the Course. The Gold Cup, value 100 gs. the surplus in specie. Twice round. (12 Subscribers.) Colonel Maberly's Monarch, 4 yrs Lord Exeter's Hobgoblin Mr. Payne's hr. c. by Octavius The County Plate of 50gs. was not rua for. LICHFIELD RACES..--TUESDAY, SEPT. 11. Viscount ANsos and E. C. HA RTOPP, Esq., Stewards, Mr. W. Hut., Clerk of the Course. The Staffordshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 30 added by the Ladies, for threeLyr-olds. One mile. (4 Subs.) • Mr. Yates's Sharpshooter The Gold Cup, value 100 sovs., the remainder in specie. Three miles. Mr. Giffard's Leviathan . ....... walked over. The King's Plate of 100 gs. Heats, four miles. Mr. Mytton's Euphrates 1 1 Mr. Gleave's Miller of Mansfield 2 dr Mr. Barrow's Alecto Mr. Chandler's Queen of Hearts dis. BETTING IN ST. JAMES's-STREET.—SErr. 12. The betting was slow, although the " Corinthians " mustered numerously. Mameluke has advanced a trifle, nobody offering more than 2i to 1, and 11 to 4, being in quired for. Medora not so much looked after as rester day. Reviewer, however, is still getting on, takers being found at 12 to 1. Mameluke was offered to be back's(' largely against Mr. Petre's lot, and an opinion prevails that Granby will be the favourite before starting. Seven to one was bet against Matilda and Lunaria. The following may be quoted as a correct list at the close :—. ST. LEGER. 10 to 4 agst Mameluke 11 to 1 agst Matilda (taken) 5 to 1 agst Granby (taken) 12 to 1 agst Reviewer (taken, 10 to 2 agst Medoro '2O to I agst Lunaria 500 to 5 agst Nonplus. GAME. We hear from the neighbourhood of Andover that Co lonel P. Hawker killed and bagged 214 head of game in three days' shooting, viz.:-102 partridges and a hare on the Ist ; 50 partridges and 2 hares on the 3d ; and (after resting the 4th and sth) 56 partridges and S hares on the 6th. He had only two old dogs (though plenty of markers), and never started any morning till after nine o'clock. He had to contest with wild birds and an easterly 'wind, and consequently a bad scent. This is by far the greatest shooting on record in that county, and mat perhaps not be surpassed this year, even in the abundant counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. CRAM) SAILING MATCH, IN HONOUR OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CLARENCE.-The superb Silver Cup and Cover, given by the Thames Yacht Club, in ho nour of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, Patron of the Club, will he sailed for on Thursday, the 27th inst., from Black wall to Gravesend, and back to Blackwall. PROGRESS OF THE KING OF FRANCE. His Majesty left Douay at nine in the morn ing. At his departure the Municipal Body, accompanied by the National Guard, presented their homage. His Majesty, as well as the prin cipal Officers who attended him, were on horse back. He was escorted by the National Guard, mounted, and by a detachment of Chasseurs. On arriving at Lille, the Mayor, Count De Muyssard, accompanied by the Municipal Body, addressed his Majesty to the following effect, on presenting him with the keys of the town, under a pavilion. The acclamations of the crowd were so loud, that the Mayor found considerable dif ficulty in rendering himself audible. " SIRE—Your good city of Lille recollects, with grati tude, that a Bourbon, your ancestor, has placed it for ever under the dominion of the Lilies. " To perpetuate the memory of this happy event, our ancestors erected in honour of Louis-le-Grand, the triumphal arch which embellishes the entrance to this city. " In the rear of this monument, a population, faithful, and always devoted to your glorious dynasty, awaits,. with impatience, the arrival of their august and well-beloved Monarch. " Your presence, Sire, will soon give accomplishment to the wishes of the numerous inhabitants of this great City. Let me entreat your Majesty to permit me to present, on their part, the keys, together with the homage of our re spect, our love, and devotion." The King answered— " I accept the keys which you present to me. I shall restore them at my departure with equal confidence. " Assure the inhabitants of Lille, that I feel happy in being within their walls. I know they have hearts truly. French, because they are attached to the Monarchy. I have no ddubt of finding in them fidelity, constancy, and courage, under all circumstances." A discharge of artillery announced his Ma jesty's entry into the city. He alighted at the hotel of the Prefecture amidst acclamations from the people, who pressed upon him in all direc tions. He was presented with a basket of flowers from some young ladies, and after a few moments' repose, received the different Public Authorities. e in st g y Addressin your good vod - , s x The x . IVI - 1: h o e r delivered o f t he yourf o 1 1 A o l i a v j city of Lille has filled all its inhabitants with joy. This memorable day shall be numbered among our festivals, as one of the most fortunate of days. The Municipal Coun cil, Sire, are eager to lay at your feet the expression of their sentiments. They supplicate you bountifully to ac cept the homage of their respect, and the vows, they offer up for the prosperity and continuance of your Majesty's reign." The King answered— I thank you for these sentiments, and likewise for the zeal with which you have disckurged the duties entrusted to yos. If the town of Lille feels happy in having me within its wells for a short time, I can assure you that my heart shares in the same sentiment. Tell those over whom you preside, that I shall always bear in mind the reception they have given me, and that I count upon their fidelity and attachment." His Majesty returned answers equally gra cious to the Addressee of the Civil Tribunal, the Tribunal of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce. In reply to the Address from the • Mayor of Dunkerque, his Majesty said— " I shall arrive at Dunkerque in good time, and shall remain there as long as I can. It will give me the highest gratification to revisit that city. It is now fifty-two years since I was there." After visiting the Hotel-de-Ville, and some manufactories, his Majesty, about nine, pro ceeded to the Concert Room, accompanied by the Mayor. Having conversed for a short time with some of the ladies, he took his seat in an arm chair, Ind seemed much pleased. Having re m A a t in e e i d oli f t or n e a x n t h our nlor: his Majesty re tired a midst i the acclamation s o f the company. ing his Majesty proceeded on foot to hear mass at the church of St. Andre. The Bw - badoes Globe of the 16th of July contains the following tantalizing paragraph :—." Just as our Paper was preparing for press, which would have con tained a correspondence of a very delicate nature between some individuals of high rank in this community, the same was requested to be withheld for the present from the public eye,---a circumstance, greatly as we have been incon venienced by, we nevertheless feel pleasure in." STURMINSTER, DORSET, SEPT. 10.---The grass on the fine rich grazing lands in this parish and the neighbouring parts of the Vale of Blackmoor, is far more abundant than is general at this season, and the graziers are doing extremely well, finding a ready demand for their fat cattle, at high prices. There is some flax growing thie year. at Stalbridge, on the lands of Alr. Cree and Lord Anglesea, and the crop is said to be large and good. Po tatots are very cheap, a bag of two cwt. being sold in thi, place for Ss. ; but this low price itt rather the effect of th( extreme poverty of the growers, and the necessity of their selling to pay.the rent, than the abundam.e of the crop.— Thepri„ r equired of the poor for potatoe land is still very extortionate. The price per perch being is., the produc , of which is selling for 2s, leaving only lc for seed and la hour;—A, new road from this place to Biandford has heel just completed, Which extending also on the other side to Sherborne and Wincanton, is a great improvement to thi, part pf the country, i n w hi c h if good a road has never beenknown before. THEATRALIA. LISTON AND ABERNETHY. The visit of Liston to Mr. Abernethy for a cure for his low spirits, when the latter recom mended the former (not knowing him) to go to see himself in Paul Pry, has lately gone the round of 'all the London and Country news papers. There was not a syllable of truth in it, and mutatis nominibus, it is only a new ver sion of a very old story in a French Collection of Jests, respecting an Italian Buffone of the name of Carlini, very well known and highly popular. He, like Liston, and not a few other comic performers, was subject to fits of melan choly, and the anecdote is told of him in the fol lowing manner :--" Carlini being very ill with the spleen, to which he was a victim, heard that Dr. Sirat was famous for his cures of disorders of that kind. He went to him accordingly, and without mentioning his name, stated his case.— ' I can do nothing for you,' said the physician, but I will tell you who can—Carlini ; go and see him at the Italian Opera House, and if he does not cure you, your case is hopeless.' " The Doctor, though in error, was right. The cure of hippishness (or more learnedly hyp o _ chondriacism), in' all cases depends upon the patient himself; and, as Abernethy says, the physician can do nothing for him, but " keep his stomach in order." WYCHERLY. Another instance of the appropriation of a story belonging to one man to another, may be found in some of the lines of Wycherly, where the following is related of him :—" He was over head and ears in debt, and one of his most im portunate creditors called while the barber was shaving him, resolved to catch the Poet before he went out. Sit down, sit down,' said Wy cherley, you will have no objection to wait until this man has finished shaving me, and I will then pay you ?' Certainly, Mr. Wycherly,' replied the creditor,: astonished at the near pros pect of his money, lamin no hurry.' That is lucky,' answered the debtor, as you will have to wait a good while. Ido not mean this man to finish shaving me as long as I live.' " In Domenichi's Collection of Italian Facetice, this very joke is attributed to a merchant who was indebted to a Jew. The merchant put it more generally. " I suppose you can wait till I am shaved ?" and the reply being in the affirma tive, the merchant from that day never was shaved at all, but wore his beard. He thus avoided payment altogether, and the barber was called by the merchant as a witness of the contract. M. P. ANDREWS AND SUETT. Said Miles Peter Andrews to Suett one day, " My Muse has conceiv'd !"—" Aye? of what'".-.." Of a Play : She's already far gone.--I may tell you, in fact, She's is her ninth month ; I've begun the fifth act."— " Her offspring (said S.) you're before-hand in owning, But I shall be sure to be by at the groaning !" MISS BRUNTON. This actress (a relation of the present Lady Craven, whose beauties were so often displayed to such advantage as Anne Boleyn when the late J. Kemble played Wolsey ) was highly po pular, and of great personal attractions. She had many suitors, but was ultimately married to Mr. Merry, the author of Lorenzo, and several other dramatic pieces. She left the stage in 1792, and while she was performing the princi pal female part in Lorenzo in 1791, the follow ing lines were written upon her by a fellow.per former of the name of Taylor, who published a volume of Poems in 1795, remarkable chiefly for having been dedicated to the celebrated Mrs. Robinson. Thos. Morton and Fred. Reynolds appear to have been among Miss Bruntou's " humble servants," if we recollect rightly, al though no trace of the penchant is to be found in the latter's Reminiscences Dear Brunton, how' oft by the hand o f re p ort Have thy beauties been led to the church, Where still the old gossip, in mischievous sport, Has left thee as oft in the lurch. 3 : I At first the dame whisper'd that Holman, the smart, • i Flew to thee from the bachelor's s pl een : 'lli it soon was confess'd he but acted a part, And was merely the spouse of the scene. Then Morton, the airy, a wit of the town, Was suppos'd thy affections to draw, But he was soon caught by a barrister's gown, And would only be wedded to law. Then Reynolds, a whimsical good-humoured wight, Was to open the conjugal page, But it quickly appear'd he lov'd only to write, And to nothing would fix but the Stage. Last Merry, the tuneful, 'tis said, is the man, Thy worth is to lead to the shrine, But the rogue is too fond of the libertine plan, And of nymphs is devoted to nine. ELKANAII SETTLE. Elkanah Settle is well known as having been the City Poet (an office abolished at the same time with the appointment of Lord Mayor's Fool), and the author of about twenty dramatic efforts, of various degrees of worthlessness.-- He died one of the pensioners of the Charter house, after having, been reduced to play a green' dragon in one of his droUs at Bartholomew Fair. No man was better versed in the art of enduring damnation ; and after any failure on the stage, it was his custom, of an afternoon, to console himself with "a whiff and a pottle" (when' he could afford them) at a small public-house in a turning out of Fleet-street, called the Cat and Bagpiper. It is recorded of him, that he some times read his pieces to a female with whom he cohabited, and having finished the perusal of his Virginstahiu thought te o ) p it h l et wa e mo s t s :lad o fr r da t io h: Fate of Troy, ha asked her, on the night it was to be performed, I " s A ha h ll ! •l E ose lk Yy' - ornuYr d if ea s r l , le ( company this evening. You will spend your money at the Cat and Bagpiper." A NEC DO Tt.---After M. de Chateaubriznd had written the Abencerrages, he found him self in want of money, and sought every where to procure same. A banker, whose name we re frain from giving, in order to leave him all the satisfaction of his generous deed, heard of the embarrassing situation in which M. de Chateau briand found himself. He went to him, and, as it is assert e d, sa id, ~ I wish to oblige y ou, Sir ; allow me t o l en d y ou the money y ou want, but grant me at th e same time some pl e d ge ; your portfolio is, no d ou bt, well filled w i th unpub lished w or k s; give me one by w a y o f b ond, and I will advance you without int erest the sum you desire." M. de Chateaub r i and, upon this, pre sented the banker with hi s Ab encerrages, an d asked about 5 , 00 0 fran cs upon 'i t . Th e l atter took' the manuscript, l oo k ed ove r i t attent i vely, docketed it, put it into his strong box, and en tered it in hi s bill book as a Bill of Exchange, accepted f or 50;000, which sum he accordingly 'sent the aut h or of; t h e G en i e au Ch istianisme. When M. de Chateaubriand became Minister, and when lie had made - some savings, he with drew hi s man uscript from th e hands of the ho nourable financier, who 'had obliged him in so delicate a manner, inure, chin *hips, 'al. are of an , close 0113&12 RSlEit 'ranee per of to go ice of Setrs le his ill be ffered re are ludo, very roles ned, hree e.— pears 'tures pears, ch is ported e cut 'essels btless )le or argue r sale ierine vhich lonies The arta The Riled ay be 20 .xclu !quire ist be Ta- 7ica) sts in have said nine- the 0 per half rthe if you make —for table situa ie day 'righ- man, odd; sical laron louse,