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GREECE. (From the Journal de Frankfort, 23d August.) The following are some particulars of the mas sacres which took place at Syra, when a Turkish corvette stranded on the coast of that island in the naval action off Capo D'Oro : " When the Turkish corvette, pursued by the Greek vessels, tan upon the rocks of Syra the Turks landed, and after :hawing set fire to the corvette, set out on their march perfectly well armed. Some time afterwards, they -saw a multitude of men, for the mostpart.without arms, coming towards them. 'These _were all Greek strangersresiding at Syra, whom the Captain of the port had assembled, and who, preceded by a white'flag, came to meet the Musselmen. The latter received them with every ap .pearanceof friendship, and though they might have fought with probability of success, preferred entering into a parley, and declared that they believed themselves in a friendly country, and were ready to confide themselves to the faith of the Greeks, if the latter would confirm by an oath the assurances which .they gave them, and would insure their lives. The Greeks swear by every thing that they hold most sacred, and by the protecting flag which they carry, that- the lives of the Turks t,hall be spared. Then the Turkish Commander, as a sign of friendship, took off his belt, which was full of gold, and gave it to the Greek Commander, the Captain of the port. At the same time he ordered his crew, about two hundred men, to lay down their arms. This done, the Greeks seize them, and they all proceed together. " The Greeks, having nothing to fear, become insolent and barbarous. They begin by sabring the Turks in the moun tains ; 27 are shamefully murdered and mutilated. As for the 25 Franks, who formed part of the crew, their hands are tied upon their backs like criminals, and in this manner they are dragged to Syra, where they are exposed to public view before they are sacrificed. The vessels which had pursued the corvette, arrived in the port of Syra, and in contempt of an oath and convention, the Turks who had been spared are delivered up to them. These vessels then sail to join the fleet of Admiral Mullis at Milo. "The Greek islanders were in agitation and perplexity. There was no doubt that the Ottoman fleet, which had sailed through those seas, and proceeded to Suda, wa* come to guard the operations of Ibrahim Pacha, which were already so far ad. vanced. " Confusion and exasperation increased on board the Greek feet, when illiaulis assembled his Council. They deliberated on the imminent danger which threatened the country, and on thy necessity of perishing or of conquering by some brilliant exploit. After the most violent debates the latter is resolved upon. " Lots are drawn to determine which three fire ships shall de. vote themselves for the public good, and penetrate into the bay of Soda to burn the Ottoman squadron, and which shall be the three brigs which shall second the enterprise, and endeavour to bring off the crews of the fire-ships. This being determined, prayers are put up for a benediction on the vessels, and to prepare for the consummation of an act of heroism, which is to save the country. They resolve to give to the world the spectacle of human sacrifices,which have been abolished for centuries among the cannibals. With this view they land six Turks, who are sa crificed in the morning, and ten others in the evening. The creek islanders resolved that the bodies shall be deprived of sepulture. " What could Heaven refuse to such fine acts of religion?— The Greeks sailed towards Crete: they launch the 3 fire-ships, but t:ey do not dare to introduce into the bay more than the 3 brigs ; and their oath to sacrifice themselves has the same fate as their ether oaths. No Fire-ship enters the port of Suda, and all three are burnt ir. the open sea to no purpose whatever. The Capita:: Pacha and Hussem Bey, after having embarked 7,000 Albanians and 700 horses, quit Crete, and passing through the enemy's squadrons, which they brave, land in the Morea. 'The Greeks detached against them two fire-ships, which were burnt without advantage, like the three others. All that the Creeks could do was to set fire to a Turkish corvette, which had stranded on the coast of Candia, and of which part of the crew had perished. Thus we have a butchery of defenceless Turks, under the protection of the law of nations at Syra, Hydra, Spezzia, Napoli, Scc. The Greeks end as they began at Galatz, by murdering, which is easy, as it requires neither talent, virtue, nor courage." CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Extract of a Letter from an English Traveller, now in the In terior, to D. P. TAYLiatt, Esq. Cape Town, Notary Public, dated 19th May " I remained several days at the Moravian ae.tcleu:ent of the 'Witte Rivier, and found great pleasure by the delay. This institution promises to be the most flourishing cue in the colony; the natural advantages it possesses are supe rior to those of Guadendal itself; and although the water is not so plentiful, there is a sufficiency, and the lack of abundance is more than compensated by the superior fertility of the soil; rnd •it is almost incredible what the indefatigable and truly devoted missionaries have done, since the devastation made here by the Caffres during the late war. They have raised the water, by .the means of a simple hydraulic machine, to the height of 20 feet ; and in a comparatively short period, through their quiet and persevering industry, a wilderness has been con -verted into a beautiful and productive garden : they have like wise provided themselves against any future exigencies; the smiths and carpenters' shops have been so erected as to serve the purpose of a fortification, Capable of being defended against any body of Caffres. The Hottentot children at the school read much better than those belonging to the Boors, and pre sent an interesting view- of what Christian education produces. I returned yesterday from •vislting Rethelsdorp and Port Eliza. beth : the progress made by the children in the Sunday school of the former is highly creditable to their teachers; but I have no where seen such a vast expellee laid out in building,: upon a place so little adapted fOr a missionary institution. The .111issionaries seem to consider its sterility as an advantage ; this is quite beyond my comprelie,tsiori. Pore Elizabeth, if the pri vileges of a free port are granted, will, at no very distant period, prove an interesting and flourishing town. It contains about.2,ooo souls, is the only English-built place in the colony, and the whole wears a homely and British appearance. But there is no church, and this fact tends to corroborate the charge of foreigners, of the remissness of the English as to their reli pion, when theyleave the home of their fathers." THE PLAGUE.—(Marseilles, Aug. 244)—N0 new case of plague' has manifested itself on board the brigs 14 , -. Cinq Sceurs and L'Henreuse Sabine, or in the lazaretto, thanks to the extraordinary precautions that have been taken. The pestilential boil which exhibited itself on a sailor belonging to L'Henreuse Sabine, has been cauterized, and cicatrization has taken place. The second , patient landed' from the, same vessel is getting better of the pestilential fever with which he was at tacked. This fever, indeed, was not accompanied by.any swel ling, but all the symptoms sufficiently. indicated the nature of the disease. The landing of the cargoes of these two vessels, after having been thoroughly fumigAted, has not produced' any bad consequences. When they shall all have been conveyed to the lazaretto, the quarantine of the men will commence, and the vessels will undergo fresh purifications, and all the precau tions usually adopted in such cases. The French brigs L'Es perance and L'Eugene, from Alexandria, where each had a man attacked by the plague, are arrived at this port. No ex. tension of the disease has taken place. Their cargoes consist of cotton.—{French Immense shoals of mackarel were observed Allying- last _week, near the mouth of the old Shoreham Har bour; a gore-bill, a fish which generally accom panies th e niackarel, was driven on shore and taken up alive. Had the fishermen seined off, it is thought they might have netted up. wards of 301. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A VILE IMPOSTOR. GUILDIIALL.—Yesterday, Mr. Butterworth, the Common Councilman, and another gentleman of the parish of St. Dun stans, Fleet-street, attended before . Mr, Alderman ATKINS, for the purpose of entering in some explanations relative to a case that occurred here cn Saturday, reports of which that had appearecOn.-the Sunday . Papers, and copied-into most of the dAtily journals that morning, reflected very strongly upon the rcliaracterof the parish-officers. The short facts of the case..were.thesez—A poor woman ap plied to Sir James Shaw for his interference in her behalf. She stated, that though she was residing in the parish of St. Dun , stacclind the overseers had actually relieved .her more than ortEe, they had suddenly come to the determination of refusing her all further relief. The assistant vestry-clerk had been to the house where shelodged, and by using threats of 'having the person with whom she was Imprisoned, if she harboured her any longer, had been the means of forcing her to walk the streets all the previous night, all admittance to the lodging being posi tively denied to her. Another woman, who rents an apartment at \.o. 2, Apollo-court, Fleet -street, and whose bed the appli cant had shared, corroborated her account of the threats used by the ass6tant 7 vestryclerk, not only to her, but to her landlord also, if they harboured her anTionger. -The applicant said, all that she wanted was about Bs., to enable her to get a pair of shoes and a gown, that she might go, to a place of serv►ce, where she had been recommended. Sir James Shaw reprobated in very strong terms the very improper mode adopted by the parish to rid themselves of this poor watilan. He gave her a half so vereign out of his own pocket, direete+l an order to the overseers for her immediate relief, and after coinmending the conduct of the woman wha had shared her bed with the applicant, told her she might continue so ,to do without fear of ham' or mo lestation. Mr. Butterworth now said, that he wag quite apfe, from the statements of the case that had appeared, some eiplanation was due to the public as well as to the parish officers, whose conduct was seriously impugned. The woman dime to them under very suspicious circumstances. She had been residing some time in St. Andrew's, Holborn; she had been relieved by the magistrates at Hatton-garden, with a shilling, and had slept in St. Dunstan's only one night, on purpose, as it appeared; to claim relief in the morning, and saddle herself upon that parish. All this looked very suspicions. They had, however, relieved her with 4s. which it would be allowed was a suffici ent sum for a single woman for one week. She had no sett'. ment with them, and had she been able to give any account-if her settlement, they would have passed her to it. As to the story of her being expelled from her lodging, he had brought the landlord of the house, who would state that he had express.. ed his disapprobation of the conduct of his own lodger us soon as he discovered she had taken in a bed-fellow, and had threa tened to shut them both out of the house, before he knew any thing of- the woman's application to the parish officers. Sir James Shaw would feel he had been entirely imposed upon with respect to the character of these women, when he should learn that the pauper, instead of fitting herself nut for the place she had spoken of, with the money the worthy Alderman had given her, had, with her companion, got beastly drunk, behaved themselves very riotously in the course of the night, and on the landlord's going up-into the room to remonstrate with them, he found that each of the, women had got a man in bed with her, and he, for the credit his house, bundled the whole four of them into the street together. Mr. Payne, the clerk, said, the statement before Sir James Shaw fully warranted the expressions it called from him, as it did appear they had attempted to rid themselves of the pauper in an unjustifiable manner. Mr. Alderman ATKINS declined hearing,the witness or wit. nesses Mr. Butterworth had brought, and expressed some sur prise that the parish officers did not inquire more promptly and thoroughly into the cases of persons claiming relief as casual poor, with a view to their immediate removal, and the saving of the parish purse. If this woman did, not belong to St. Dun. , stan's, she ought to have been removed legally befor e It b e - I came necessary to relieve her a second time. The reports in the newspapers did mischief sometimes, but they often proved of immense advantage, as had been experienced by him in a case that morning, where some journeymen hatters had corn. bined and subscribed to keep cut of the way the material wit. ness in a deeply-laid system of robbery upon a country menu facturer. The Newspaper reports, however, had led to the discovery of his retreat at Gravesend, and lie had been brought up by warrant this day. Mr. Butterworth expressed himself strongly in favour of police reporting, and hoped his answer to the charge against the parish officers would be allowed to go to the public, and here the matter rested. A THIEF AND A WATCH3IAN. lliAßLßOitouoin-STnEET.—•Yesterday James Clarke, a powerful-looking fellow, was brought from St. Pancras watch. house, upon the following charge : Cousins ; the watchhouse-keeper, said, that about 6 o'clock 'on Sunday morning he saw the prisoner passing quickly along through Buckingham-street, Fitzroy-square, with a bag appa rently well filled upon' his shoulder, and a parcel of umbrellas under his arm. He came up with him, and asked him what he had got in the bag, and not being satisfied with the answer given by the prisoner, and suspecting it was stolen property, he insisted upon seeing the contents. Upon hearing this de termination, _the prisoner suddenly threw himself against a po s t and pretended to be taken very ill, at the same time that wit ness saw him gradually disencumbering himself, and prepar ing to make battle ; but he told him, that if he attempted any resistance, lie would knock him down ; at the same time tak ing; out his staff, which, however, he had no sooner done, than the prisoner sprang at him, snatched his staff from his grasp, and struck him a desperate blow with it on the head, which cut him severely. 'Witness then closed upon him, and they both came to the ground together; but the prisoner bging a much stronger man than him, he (witness) called out to a man who was just then passing, and whom he knew to be one of the watchmen of Marylebone parish, to come and assist him, in the King's name, but the watchman refu se d, an d gave as an answer that he was come off' duty, and he had no business to interfere. After rep,eatedly calling to hiM, and threatening to report him, he did cohse up, witness and prisoner still struggling on the ground, and ultimately assisted in securing the prisoner. Cousins now produced the bag and its contents, which were a large leg of mutton, a sirloin of beef, a pair of shoe brushes, a bottle of blacking, a roll of butter, a pair of iron pincers, a loaf of bread, a fishing-line and hook, with some pheasant's feathers sticking to it, besides the silk and cotton umbrellas, five in number, which he carried under his arm. A young woman in the service of Mrs. 'robin, of No. 3, Great George-street, Ilamstead-road, as cook; stated that the leg of mutton, the sirloin of beef,' and the butter produced she could identify. and she left the whole secure, as she thought, in the safe under the area, on Saturday night, but when she got up in the morning, she missed them. There were no owners to the umbrellas or other property. The prisoner told in his defence a long story, as improbable as it was long, " the burden of which was that he met a man dressed in a shooting jacket, &c., on that morning, who asked him if he wanted a job, and gave him all these things to carry, but he neither knew the man's name nor address. He was com. mitted for trial. ANOTHER ICARUS. A young roan of respectable appearance, who gave his name zs Joseph Thompson, but afterwards acknowledged that this was only his travelling name, and that his real name was Joseph Larnan, was brought from St. Ann's watch-house, charged with being drunk and disorderly in the street the night before. The Magistrate haling asked him to give some account of himself, he said, that at present he lodges at No. 20, Newman street, Oxford-street, where he has been about a week ; he iS a native of Manchester, but has not been there for a long time; he seldom stops above a week jp, any one place, having given himself a sort of roving common ; is of no trade, profession, or calling, but is a gentleman at large, living upon his pro petty, which he thinks is nothing to any body else ; has come last direct from Calais. " And pray, Sir," said Mr. CONANT, " what might be your business at Calais?" Defendant—My business !—a strange question ; why, the same to be sure as every other gentleman—my own amuse ment. • " Oh! I thought yoU might have gone on some business," said the Magistrate. Defendant _And so I did partly go en business, and partly on• pleasure. , ::What was the business-part of your journey ?" asked the Magistrate. IYelenclant—That's best known to myself; .I don't choose to tell you my business. Mr. UONA NT—You really give a very sharp account of your self ; I cannot discharge you, until you-send forsome one .who knows you. , Defendant—lndeed ! that's curious, •too : pray, what is my offence? . _ . ' Mr. CoNANT —Yon ate charged with being drunk and riot ous in the street, and at the watchhouse you refused to give yourinarne. Defendant—So I did; because 'think no one had a right:to demand my name. This is an odd sort of busines altogether ; but I can send for a friend who knows me in • this neighbour hood, Mr. Behnes, the sculptor in Dean-street. The Magistrate ordered Mr. Betimes to be sent for; and in the mean time the defendant was locked up. When the officer returned f rom M r . Behnes, he told the Magistrate that Mr. Behnes said the defendant was a conjuror. , The defendant was then again brought forward, end ques tioned by the Magistrate,• when it appeared that he went to Dover, and from thence to Calais, to examine the ground a both-places, with a view of flying from one of the Dover Cliffs to the French coast ; but h'esaid he had since changed his mind, and he supposed any gentleman had'azight to do so. Mr. CONANT asked him if he had his wings about him ? Defendant—That is a question I shall not answer. " Because, if you have," said Mr. CONANT, " you may fly' out of the. Office as soon as ,you please, when you pay ss. for, being drunk." The defendant paid the ss. and preferred walking out. ADULTERATED ' SUGAR. • 'Yesterday another investigation took place before MsCO. WANT, the Magistrate, of the pickled sugar case, whiclitp-. peared in our Paper of Saturday. Mr.. Powell, of Bishopsgate-street-without, of whom the re tailer, Blake, of Broad -street, Golden-square, said on a former ' day he had purchased.a greater part of the salted sugar..com-' plained of, addressed - himself to Mr. Conant, and said, that having read in a Morning Paper, on Saturday last, a report of a statement made at this office by a person named Blake, who was charged with selling sugar mixed with' salt, and that state ment being very detrimental t o hi s c h ara ct e r a nd int erests as a 'trade; he lost no time in taking all the necessary measures in his power to prove the falsehood of Blake's assertion, that he had purchased of him any sugar having a saltish taste. On the 13th of July, Mr. Powell said, he purchased at the Commercial Mart, of Messrs. Wiss and Ripley, sugar-brokers, in Mincing lane, a certain quantity of sugar. then lying in the .London Dock, and of that sugar Mr. Blake purchased one of the packages, which was delivered to him by Mr. Powell's porter, driven out of the London Docks, without its having even gone to Mr. Powell's premises at all, and this was the only sugar he had sold Blake. On Saturday, after reading the report in the . Paper, Mr. Powell said; he went directly to the offi'...; of Messrs. sWiss and Ripley, and took their clerk (Mr. Warren, who knew the sugars sold from the London Docks) with him to the house of Mr. Blake, and requested to be furnished with a sample of the sugar that had been delivered to him by the porter fronithe London Docks. This lie received - and then went to Mr. Munyard's factory, in Wardour-street, and got from the men there a sample of the sugar of which they complained. He had brought with him from the city a sample, taken in the presence of Mr. Warren, from the sugar in his warehouse, where it is at present, purchased of Messrs. Wiss and Ripley, just as it came from the Docks. Thesa three samples he took to Mr. Joyce, the 4hymist, in Compton. street, who analyzed them in the presence of himself and Mr. Warren; and in the sample got from Mr. Blake, and that got from the young men at Mr. Munyard's, there was a quantity of salt detected, but not one grain of salt in the sample brought from the city, of the very sugar he had s old t o M r . Blake. Was it not then cruel (Mr. Powell said) to attempt to ruin his character by a falsehood such as that put forth by Mr. Blake ?. Mr. CONANT said, that this gave the case a very different complexion ; but the most satisfactory way would be just to send for Mr. Blake, and for Mr., Powell to repeat his statement in his presence. _ Mr. Blake was accordingly sent for, and soon made his ap. pearance ; upon which the above statement of Mr. Powell, 'which was in very respect corroborated by Mr. IVarren, who was present, was communicated to him. Mr. Blake, who seemed to be in what is vulgarly called a mess, said one thing, and said another, not very intelligible for some time;..hut at last he came out with a total denial of laving said that he purchased the sugars in question of 1%l r. Powell, and 'that he only said he had dealt with Mr. Powell, amongst other persons in- the trade. He did, however, recol lect complaining to Mr. Powell of his sugar having had too much foot in it (this foot was explained to be .a sort of molasses, which cakes and falls to the bottom of the cask or bag, but has nothing whatever to do with salt.) Mr. Powell said, that every sugar was liable .to have foot. in it, and was no ground of complaint at all, because it could not be avoided, particularly in this sugar, which is an East India sugar, and comes from the Mauritius in mat-bags; butit has no more of salt in it than the best Jamaica sugar. Mr. Blake said, that really he did not at all recollect impli cating Mr. Powell ; he mentioned several other names as well as his ; and he must say, that the report of the proceedings in the newspapers was 'greatly exaggerated and incorrect, and so the young men at the Factory said. Mr. CONANT said, that he read that report, and be thought it in every main point and on the whole perfectly correct; but it would be very easy to send for the men from the Factory who had complah.td, and hear what they had to say on, the matter. The young men were accordingly sent for, and on being told that Mr. Blake said they had complained of the correctness of the account given of i%ie proceedings, they positively •If•nied having said any such thing. Indeed, there was notl , incor. rect in the report, except something trifling as to the uumber of men who were taken ill • but this, they said, was not the only misrepresentation that Mr Blake wanted to bring forward, for he had been endeavouring underhand to preVail on the porter of the factory, who generally bought.the sugar for the men, to come to this office, and den y that he bought it at his sh o p, in 'order to contradict the complainants' statement. Mr. Blake said, he only wanted him to tell the truth, be cause he did not believe that till the sugar complained of had been bought at his house. _ _ The young man said, that there could scarcely be a doubt of that; for, independent of their buying it there frequently them selves, the porter was always directed to go there, and said he always bought the sugar at the " old shop." Mr. CONANT said, that he thought the ex Planation given by 'Mr. Powell very satisfactory, and that it did him much credit to take such prompt measures to contradict the statement made respecting him. Mr. Powell said, he was much obliged to the Magistrate.; but how was he to disabuse the public mind—would the Ma gistrate permit himself and Mr. Warren to make affidavit be fore him of the facts they had stated ? Mr. CONANT said, that he really did not see the use or ne cessity of such affidavits; but if Mr. Powell wished to make them, it would be better to make them before the Lord Mayor in the city. Mr. Powell then addressed himself to Mr. Blake, and told him, that unlesshe made a public apology for the use he had made of his name, he would make him repent it ; and asked if he would then apologise in the office. Mr. Blake said, he had no apology to•make, and he should do no such thing. " Then," said Mr. Powell, " you may rely upon , the matter shall not end liere."-L.The parties then withdrew. COMBINATION AMONG SHIPWRIGHTS. Mir ox-El AL 1..-It Will, be recollected that last week several, shipwrights in the employment of M essrs . Ki ng an d C o ., t h e ship-builders of Rotherhithe, were brought up to this Office for striking work and refusing to perform a contract into which they had entered with the firm. In the course of the investi gation on that occasion, it appeared th a t a ll the def en d ants were members of the " Union Provident Society"—a society which, since its formation, has caused considerable dissensions between the ship-builders and their journeymen, and has thrown impediments in the way of the latter since the general strike, of returning to their work, by , holding out encot ragement for them to " stick out," and granting twelve or thirteen . shillings ;per week to those who were unemployed. The whole of the men, however who were brought up on ,the former occasion, were set a t liberty on their : promise of re turning to work and finishing the contract into-which they had entered with Mr. King. On Suturday last, however, Mr. Kin g w a s under the necessity of again making application at the office, for warrants against several more of his men, under circumstances precisely similar to those already stated ; and yesterday morning the defendants were brought up in custody before the sitting Magistrate R. J. CmaisinEns, Esq. The names of the men are Edward Coleman Eager, Samuel Eager, John Avery, Thomas Makan, Samuel Smith, John Phillips, TVilliam Munroe, and James Barron. The contract into which the defendants had entered with the above.firra was pro duced, when the Magistrate asked them whether .they were willing to return back to their work on the ship which they had stipulated to finish, or to work at the Brixton mill for three months ? One of the defendants (Eager) said that he was per fectly willing to work for =. lr. King, if that gentleman gave him a particular job, which would be more advantageous to him (the defendant) than that which he had left unfinished. The Magistrate observed that this was a most unreasonable request; the defendants had all contracted to perform a cer tam job for their ;employers, had overdrawn their wages for that particular job, and now they wished to relinquish it alto. gether, in order to be put upon work which they considered more profitable to -themselves without once reflecting o n th e injury and de t ri ment which such conduct was likely to prodUce on those that employed them. Eager said, that the work lie contracted to finish, he since found was not sufficient to support his family. Mr. etrAmtEns—" Why don't you let that part of your earnings which you. -subscribe to the Union Society go for the support of your family ? I don't at all wonder at your complaints of distress, when you- pay six or seven shillings a week each to a club that has created nothing but disorder and disunion between the masters and their journeymen since its formation." —After the Magistrate had made the above re ' marks, Eager, Who appeared to be the spokesman for the rest of his companion's, in a loud and impertinent tone, addressed Mr. Chambers, saying, " What we give to the Union is nothing to you—that does not bear upon the question before you, and I have a right to give my money to whom I think proper, just as m u ch as you have."—The defendant was pro.; seeding on in a rud e a nd insolent strain, when the Magistrate interrupted him, by threatening to have him locked up, if he did not desist. The Magistrate then Observed, that what called forth the remark "from him respecting the " Union So ciety," was the complaint Eager had just made of his being unable to support his family on the wages he had from Mr. King, when it was a well-known fact.that out of them he paid this society five, six, or seven shillings a week. Mr. Chambers 4, then put it to all the defendants whether they would consent to go back and finish their work ? ... To this question they all remained silent, except the two Eagers, who said, they would prefer going to Brixton, if any persons would take upon themselves the responsibility of sup porting,' their families while in prison. Mr. CNAMBERS said, that no two men were ever brought before him who deserved the punishment of the tread-mill more than the two defendants, and advised Mr. King strongly not to take them back again, and he should send them for three months each to the House', of Correctiort , Both of:the defendants the Eagers) aNared perfectly indif ferent as to the manner in which they should be dislvosed of. The Magistrate and their employer perceiving this, the former immediately ordered these two men to he taken from the office, and locked up, preparatory to their being sent to Brixton for three months. The rest of the defendants being questioned in dividually by the Magistrate, as to whether they would return to finish their contract, all, with one voice, seeing the fate of their " mates," proclaimed, said that they would return to the yard and work, in preference.to working for the county in Brix ton, .for nothing at all. Mr. CHAMBERS desired the complainant to give any of his men in custody who acted in a similar manner, and he should send them to Brixton. HACKNEY-COACH FARES. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Goodwin, the driver of a hack ney-coach, appeared at this office to answer a summons, charg ing him with having taken more than his fare on the 25th inst. This charge was preferred by a young Erneralder, just im ported, in the following manner :.—" Please your Worship, I' wish to inform you that the lady with whom I Teside, on the 25th of the month, made up her mind that we should go to Peckham Pair, for which purpose a coach was obtained to con vey us , _ but previous to our starting an agreement was made with the coachman." Mr. 111 IN L L-Sir, I never allow agreements to be made by coachmen—they , have no right to make th3tn. A coachman is entitled to his fare and nothing else.. The Complainant—But, your Worship, he did make 'an agreement, which was that he would take us to the fair and back for 10s. 6d.. ) , and were to. give him 3s. for himself. Mr. MiNstiuLL—Pray, Sir, where did he take you from? Complainant—From King -street, Soho-square ; we went away at four o'clock, and arrived at home again about half-past twelve. During the time we were at Peckham, I gave the coachman 2s.- 6d. for himself. When we came to pay the man ,I put a-sovereign into his hand, desiring him to gi7e me the change after' having paid himself according to the agreement. Mr. 11 , IINsittmt..—Agreement, Sir, I tell you I never allow an agreement to be made by a coachman. 'Complainant—Well, Sir, but one was made; however, hav ing given him the sovereign, he put it into his pocket, saying, we might summons him-for the rest. This, Sir, is the charge hive to make against the defendant, which is the breach of our agreement. llr. 31INsuum.—I have-told you twice, Sir, that Ido not allow an agreement to be made, and that must consequently be entirely put out of the question—the man is entitled to his fare. Pray, what is it, coachman? Cochman—lt is 3s. more, your Worship, than .1 have re ceived. It was calculated that the time was about eight hours, for which a charge of 21s. was to be made. Mr. MINsuuLL, to the complainant. —You must, Sir, pay the 'coachman Is. more, and the expences. The complainant said he had paid for the summons already ; he thought it very hard that the man was not to be made to stand to his agreement. Mr. MilisnuLL—How often arn+l to tell you, Sir, that there can be no such thing as an agreement made by a coachman. The complainant then left the Office, observing, that it was very bard he should be compelled to pay so dearly for a little experience of the ways of London. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—A young man yesterday applied to Mr. RAWLINSON for advice how to proceed under the following extraordinary circumstances stated in a tone of considerable melancholy, that about eighteen months ago he became enamoured with a young woman whom he mar ried after a short acquaintance, and they lived together hap pily until very lately, when she completely neglected the domestic affairs of the house, and was continually quarral ling with him on the most trifling occasions. The produce of their marriage was one child, upon whom he placed the most tender affection, but latterly she had sent that out to nurse against his will, and every thing she did was in opposi tion to his desire. But what was worse thSn all, he said, was, that about a week ago, on his return home, he found a strange man sitting in his apartment with his wife, which excited his jealousy, and urged him to remonstrate with his frail partner, whom he struck, and for which she prosecuted him ; and when before the Magistrate she wished to have a separate mainte nance, which he granted her on the interference of the parish officers. He, however, ultimately made 'inquiry relative to the individual whom lie found with 'his wife, and ascertained that it was her lawful husband, and that-slie.had been married three times, he being the third husband ; and on visiting his child's nurse for the first time since she had been out, he found that she was with a vagrant bone-picker, who carried her out begging, &c., and used her cruelly, not giving her food, and that the mother entirelyneglected the-child, and never visited it. Mr. RAWLINSON—DO you want to proceed against her for bigamy ? Applicant—Why, no ; I don't want to do that. Mr. RAWLINSON-1 can do nothing but grant you a war rant for bigam. Applicant—l y should wish to punish her 'for neglecting her child. 11r. Rawx.rwsmcr ordered an officer to proceed and ascer tain how the child was treated before any steps were taken in the affair. DEATH OF LORD IL MOORE.—We regret ex ceedingly to have to announce the death of. Lord HENRY SEY mouR MOORE, which took place at Bath a few days ago, and must have occurred after a very short illness. his Lordship was the second son of the late Marquis of Drogheda ; and, from peculiar circumstances, seemed destined to have inherited all the titles and estates of his noble ancestors. He had been mar ried somewhat less than a year to the daughter of a distin guished patriot and Senator, Sir Henry Parnell, Bart., who had lately presented him with a son and heir. Lord Henry Moore was a Nobleman of strict honour and integrity, of a ,sound.understanding, and a feeling heart, and seemed formed for longevity.—(Dublin Freenzan's Journal.) DESTRUCTIVE.FIRE IN LTVERPOOL.—Yester day morning, about 4 o'clock, a destructive fire broke out in the building-yards beyond the Brunswick dock. There are five building-yards together there; the fire broke out in that one nearest the south,; and as a considerable breeze was blowing from that point, in less than an hour the whole of the wood in the yards (with the exception of the northern one, nearest to the dock) was . in flames. Five vessels that were in progress of build. ing, more or less advanced, *ere consumed ; one a steam-ves sel, was nearly ready for launching ; another, a ship of 4th) tons burden, was little less forward. In two hours the whole ,pro perty was destroyed, and the fire sunk to the embers. The property being wood, caught fire with the greatest rapidity, and was destroyed immediately. Fortunately in the yard next to the Brunswick Dock no vessel was on the stocks—by reason of that the fire did not catch upon that yard. Had it done so. the vessels inehe dock could hardly have escaped, and the destruc tion of property might have been immense. As it is,` they loosely reckon the loss to amount to about 40,0001. or 50,0001. A distressing loss has also been experienced in the hooks of three of the proprietors, which could not be saved from the flames. An engine got down to the yards before the destruction was complete, but the tide being at Incase ebb, lit tle water could be obtained, and the serrice of the engine Con., sequently was .very little. The scene of the confl a gration yes terday was striking, from the Altera . annihilation of the pro perty which presented itself; some heaps of smoking ashes, and a few half-consumed planks, were all that indicated the , spot where, a few hours before, active industry had toiled in the fabrication of. the solid and valuable instruments of com merce. No suspicion is entertained of any one's having kin dled the fire by design ; negligence m ust b e presumed, but nothing else. It is said that one man was seen to be over whelmed by the fall of the burning frame of one of the ves sels that was on the stocks ; no assistance could be rendered him, and he of course perished. The stocks were only in sured to a trivial amount. Several of these builders, proprie tors Of the yards, were enjoying, the ni g ht b e f ore , t h e f es t iv ity of the Mayor's table, little dreami ng of the serious injury which impended over them. A correspondent adds, that the loss •by this fire is estimated at 40,0001., of which only about 5,0001. worth is insured.—Another fire took place on Saturday, about oe7N(2l:yeeftAo several .tah the Old i A i gohelwt highway witnesses. a T r ilo T eb y A b L e rs . y - 17:1 noon, in the sopery of Mr. Airey, in Dale-street, but it Was put out without material injury, it only having commenced in a shed.—(Liverpool Paper of Saturday.) • A dj i t li e‘ s 'peit d efence, he persisted in his innocence, and said his witnesses and his i o s a n l edde the ntt namedp/t yo4nt post.h r would prove it. These witnesses were the boOks of the Court, Male, PROVIDENTIAL m 1 I s was eo i ,n i tF t7 i by which it appeared, that on the very day and at the very IxTO wheel lie was stated to have committed the robbery, he was on trial at the bar, where lie then stood for a similar offence, 114 which he was likewise unfortunate enough to be mistaken for o the to in l'etierebe. the guilty p erson : he waseof course, honourably acqUitted. Canongate,i a s b a o v t ; leoos, yearse f t l r to of documents age.o h e H e ae lived ' en s n ni a o i o p ne sh e s sn slivingieo ,nearis ete the Old A ssem bl y i,l ose, from Which he was driven by the ,latefires.—(:Ediribergli Courant, Aug. 27.) WEST INDIA DOCKS. STOCK ACCOUNT for the IVeek ending Saturday, the :?; wt' '' of August, 1825. Stock 493 Hand. 35, 571 3,1 62 1,1 40 1,5 17 8,1 35 20 14 2,5 0 ° 22, 913 1,46 1 217 28 Of 1,7 330 51,1 0 ! I,o' 20, 3 51 Articles. Bls Sugar Brazil Chests - 1 ags Casks Hhds West India iTrs . Havanah Boxes East India & B :Mauritius , ( Pns : 1 lids ( Pns ' - 1 lids 1 Pns . - t. lids . - Casks f Pipes • - 1 lids Trs • - / Bls Bags • _ f Caiks 1 Bags . d• S Casks 1 Bags Ginger - I Casks 113ag s Pepper . . - tla- a sk s Cotton - - Bales t Bags Molasses - Ruin - Brindy ,Hollands - Arrack Wine Coffee* Cocoa Pimento Aloes - Gourds Arrow Root - Casks Boxes Balsam - - Boxes Jars C Serous Bark - Bdls Bags Cassia Fistula - Casks Cloves - Casks Bags Serons -,ags Cochineal - Bags Elephants' Tfeth . `No Ca . Chun Boxes Hemp - Tons Hides No. Horns - . No. Indigo - Serons Ipecacuanha f Casks Bags Jalap____ . _ Bales - Whale - Galls Castor . Casks Oil Coco Nut Casks Palm - Casks Pearl Shell - { Casks Serons Pine Apple - Casks Rice and Paddy j Casks Bags Sago . - Boxes Sarsaparilla - Bales Tallow - Casks Tortoise Shell . Boxes 2,897 290 2,997 151 252 23 Turtle . Casks Tapioca - - Casks lir 0 OD. 3,020 {Logs Mahogany , Pieces • Plks &13d: Exporta. tion. CS .{ Cedar Logs Pcs & Plks African Timber f Logs I Pieces Santa Maria 1 Logs Pieces Ebony - Tons Lig. Vita ' Tons Box Wood Tons Log Wood Tons Fits ti c . ,'ions ' Nicaragua Wood Tons Cam Wood Tons Tons 1 Pieces Bar 7ood Brazilletto Tons Saunders Wood Pieces 195 20 2 2 1,271 2,000 385 , 55 3 ' ,1190- 141 22i 111 • 4464- Lancewood Spare No. Staves . . 3, 6391 i 13,6 59 b ' • 578'" 110 f ?fit : 1971595'4'; 182 T ,f , OlO 39$ 45 6, 074 6 9. 44 43,703-/' I , s 16, 04 Cas. I3 arr els !:;;; Bags 1, 647 East India Coffee - . Bagsarr 11 St. romingo, Brazil, and Ha. Casks 1,9(15 4 liv4nnall Coffee - Bag s 100,5° 4 els , * British Plantation Coffee _---------1 IK, GENERAL BESSIERSES.--The fOHOWing aCC°II-0C,.. of the Spanish General BESSIERES, who h a t 3l i 5 himself at the head of the revolt ag ains ) 01. Sovereign, is extracted from a Paris psP er . us t.. Saturday :—" At a time when Bessieres ~,i": making so much ado about nothing, 50 m 0 re ;( 1 ' niscensei will perhaps be very glad'''. re,f. el on tl , concerning this man, on whom King Feru i t ioo- ( , VII. has showered so many marks of distiaciirs and favour—whom he has raised to confide grid" the ranks of the army—and to whom he c oaau l important military command of the caPit ° i of province. of Madrid. Bessieres, a Ge" p ra dr elf recent date, lived some time ago, very abs'ci 104 w it in the city o f B arce l ona . Being c oncern e t the year, fu r d at e tte f d. object of which was to establish a rePu bi l c 'oo l4 criminal tribunal of that province coauTh i jyt t r , 1821, in a' conspiracy at Catal ol3i° / i to - -;. him to suffer death. The scaffold was a c t ° , nis erected at Barcelona, and Bessieres was ° G e n-4 way towards the place of punishment, wheneodej i Villa 'Campa, gove • rijof o f t h at c ity, SLI S P o p of Stupor his "C"tiQ" His pardon was aft • e !gra tj ' • d a b an 4 Or so much generosity, rage me w. freeb h. oters in Arragon. By a rapid mc'v e a lit • iti.is buccaneer, he, in January, 1823 2 13 7 — N elf,e l\lav , f mlBa2d3e, was even equentl k i i rl el f Bessieres, as a testimony of I si s PA Ai" within a short distance of Madr i : c h $ st place which a o tp t vi '' g ave him an advantage at Breihaeg a 'ft ( he is making the scene of his P a o: a n d e v e enture of a day) over General O'Dall ; pie finallyu became notorious for beis:,g the " it of ruch blood being Uselessly sp lit o n tbP, 19 1 : utiutedcery evacuation uGyinainitebidite:etrseaousilfotbv)ireylliaastcstetet:caeiefttcxyiicarolibuitanr:itsry t0:11:::,,,Y:e.r5:.017-islboutieot e " orders of Genera.i' "Zayas'' fed a' u:,-- • an observatory, but was a b an d on (.4 THE MONUMENT, when firF,t built, w ag tof ° n ac coun_. nec i A (. 4 as suc h i 0 ...,....,,, s w to vibrations ons preventing the nice; t y required; I this l ion to some degrdefancF ,ht report that it was unsafe—an 'idea that io this day. But its scientifiz construction niaY bi t i „iferY liug ,all attacks save those of lightning '(to which its bra' i s coin e • k I.Servtlti 6, conductOr) or tin carthquake,'tor centuries. . wee'" of the Foreign Alissiohar, / The Rev. Rowi,Atin 11 Irho t hl ' NOP ILL, • t he entered his list year, has been preaching here far ble oti l P l °.. r• ,ursea s pular advocate of reliioi Y i is acaompallied i bY osn i— di , r•s v Atkins, of Southampton, whose and e4e ' t ''''t el chaste' but ban,. te formed a 1 • g easing contrast to the, eccentric, mat the, ho ot i =era sincere logic of his aged compeer. Th& great was filled on Wednesday evening to hor the an nua the Society.-4 Exeter Gazette.l - Society. - This verse R e v. i IDelivered. Home Con sumption