The Sun. — London, England, 1825-08-12 00:00:00

PROGRESS OF THE BURMESE WAR. Owing to the irregular and disjointed manner in wt►ich the dispatches concerning the Burmese War are communicated to the public, we think - -we shall perform an acceptable service to our Readers by laying before them a plain and con nected View of the Operations from the com mencement of hostilities. Our information is Jerived from the dispatches and other official re cords alone. - SrisT. 23, 1823.—Island of Shapurec attacked and taken by is Burmese force from Arracan. Nov. 21.—Same Island again taken possession of by the British, without opposition. JAN. 17, 1824.—Burmese stockade at Bickrampore, on the Sylbet frontier, attacked successfully by a British force under Major Newton. FEB. 13.—Enemy driven from their stockades at Budder pore, by Captain Johnston. 18. —Also driven from their strong position under the Ber -leaka pass, by Major Newton. 21.—British-fail in their attack upon the Burmese stockades at Doodpntlee. }lAticm 28.—Gowahati, in Assam, occupied by a force under Brigadier AI 'Morin e. - MAY 9.—Small detachment under Captain Noton defeated by the Burmese at Rutnapulling, in the Chittagong district. 11.—City of Rangoon taken by a British force under Brig. Gen: Sir A. Campbell. 12.—Island of Nef,Trais occupied by a British force under Major Wahab. On the 17th, this force captured a stockade, fourteen pieces of cannon, and twenty-eight boats, on the main land. 16.—Some boats and stockades up the Rangoon river suc -‘cessfully attacked by Captain Birch and Lieutenant Wilkin son, R. N. 16.—Detachment tinder Captain Noton entirely cut off by the Burmese, at Ramoo. 17. Burmese driven from their stockade at Haulbar, in As atam, by Lieut. Richardson: 20.—Island of Cheduba attacked and captured by a British force under Brigadier M'Creagh. 23.—Burmese defeated whilst attacking the British in the stockade at Haulbar. 28.—Several stockades near the village of Jauayhyvang car ried by a detachment from the British force at Rangoon. JUNE 2.—Stockade at Nik Naaf (garrisoned by a few pro. vincials) captured by a large Burmese force. 3.—Burmese attempt, but fail, to cut the H. C's cruizer Vessal, with her-gun-boats, in the Naaf. JUNE 18.—Burmese fortified camp and stockades at Kern mendine successfully attacked by Sir A. Campbell. JULY I.—Burmese force, amounting to 12,000, repulsed near Rangoon, by three companies of sepoys, and two pieces of artillery. 2.—Burmese detachment dislodged from the town of Dalla, on the Rangoon river. 6.—Colonel Ines fails in his attempt to shell the Burmese out of their fortified position on the hill of Tiloayn, on the Syl- Act frontier, B.—Same officer, and his ally Gliumber Singh, forced to fall back upon Juttapore. 8..-Ten Burmese stockades, neat/Rangoon, assaulted and captured by a force under Sir A. Campbell. A uG. 4.—Burmese dislodged from some works they were constructing on the banks of the Pegu or Syriam river, near R an goon. SEPT. 2.—Several stockades and 25 Burmese war-boats and canoes captured by Captain Marryat and Major Evans, on the :Dana Creek.- 6.—Burmese repelled whilst attacking a small stockade be longing to the British, on the Della Creek. O.—Sea-port town of Tavoy, on the Tenasserim coast, taken _possession of by a force under Lieut-Col. Miles. 10.—Four Burmese war-boats attacked and defeated by two Cutters belonging to the H. C. frigate Hastings, on the coast of - Ramree. 21-25.—Burmese fort and numerous stockades near Pauling destroyed by a detachment from Rangoon under Brigadier- Gen. Fraser. OCT. s.—Stockade at Todgahee (aboutl4 miles from Ran goon) carried by a British force. 6—Sea-port town of Mergui, on the Tenasserim coast, taken - by a force under Lieut. Colonel Miles. 7.—British detachment from Rangoon defeated and driven from before the stockaded position at Aunauben and Keykloo. 8-9.—Fortified village of Martaban, and several stockades on the Syng river, taken by a portion .of the Rangoon force . under Major Evans. 12.—Position at Aunt:l.ll;m and Keykloo destroyed by the British on its evacuation by the enemy. Is.—Several stockades and breastworks on the Rsmree coast, destroyed by a party of sepoys and the seamen of the .11 . . C.'s • frigate Hastings and Planet pilot brig. 25—Burmese army in Cachar obliged to retreat. On the enemy's evacuating Tiloayn and Doodpatlee, these posts were destroyed by the British. 28.—Burmese detachment surprised at the village of Haut- gong, in Assam, by Major Waters. 30.—Port of Martaban (about twenty leagues east of Ran goon River) stormed and taken by a force under Lieutenant '‘..3olonel Godwin. The capture of this town was followed by the voluntary submiasion of Tenasserim and the town and pro vince of Yeah" _ 30.—Small party of Burmese surprised at Dickaree, in Assam, by a force under Major Cooper. - Nov. 2,—Stockades and village of Itahachokey attacked and taken by Major Waters.' 29.—Ancient city of Pegu taken possession of, without oppo sition, by a British-force under Lieut.-Colonel Mallet. Dec. I.—British post at Ketumendine attacked by a numer ous force from Bundoolah's army. The enemy persevered in -their attack for seven days and eight nights, but were foiled by the gallantry of the troops under Majer Yates, and the seamen -in the boats. G.—United force of the Burman empire, under Bundoolah, attacked and defeated by Sir A. Campbell, near Rangoon. 7.—Reinforced army of Bundoolah again defeated by Sir A. Campbell. e. - -Strong Burmese force, on the Dalla side of the Rangoon river, attacked and dispersed by Major Farrier. 1 6.-8 u ndoolah's army, re-collected and reinforced, defeated iby .sir A. Campbell, at the village of Corkain. JA tf. ID, 1825.—Small stockade .of Deeorgong, in Assim, carried by Capt. Martin. 12.—Burnieie post at the old Portuguese factory at Syriam attacked and taken by a detachment from Rangoon under Lieut. CA. Elringtou. 11.--Stockade neat hloora 3lookli, in Asam, carried by 4,14 ;Amt. Walden. n.--Burmese army in Asam defeated at Natndong Nulla Au a force under Lieut.-Col. It ichards. Q9.--:Stockade and fortified tank near Rungpore attacked and captured by the same oScer. FEB. 2.—Burmese army at Rungpore obliged to capitulate. fly an arrangement with Lieut.-Col. Richards the Burmese , are rgreed to retire out of the country, thus leaving Assam in i - ras,;esgiso of the. British ,troops.-4 Telescope, Sunday, Aug. 7.) GENERAL STEAM ,NAVIGATION COMPANY. 'rise first Ifaif-yearly - Meeting of this Company -iecolc place yesterday, .pursuant. to advertisement, at the City of Lender Tavern, Rishopsgate-street, .111 - LTON JOLLIFFE, Yaq. M. P. in the chair.—The Chairman, in addressing the leeting, stated, that by the indefatigable exertions of the Di rectors they had surmounted all the difficulties which had pre ivnted themselves; but that, owing to the extensive business of the Company, they had not.been able to make up their accounts Gtstate to present them to the auditors. They were, how ever, enabled to declare a dividend; which far exceeded their ex:pentatifsna. The Chairman then said that the receipts of the Copipany would appear by the Report of the Directors, which mr2tild be read. Mr. [lessen then read the Report, by which it appeared that in April last the Directors were intrusted with the slim of 10,000/. for the purpose of carrying the object of the Company into execution : with this sum they built and pur chased no less than fifteen steam-packets, which convey pas sengers from London to Ostend, Calais, Dunkirk, Hatnburgh, Margate, Ramsgate, ard Yarmouth, and from Ramsgate to Boulogne., and from Margate to Calais. Up to the 31st July, the total receipts of the Company amounted to no less a suns than 5?7,n2/., out of which sum the Directors had to deduct the sum or 16.€481. .for salaries and expences, leaving a balance of /0061. clear profit, being a dividend of 8 per cent. on each ishare, which is at the rate of 16 per cent. per annum—a divi dend which the Committee had very just expectations of being able to declare at the next half-yearly meeting. The Report . then proceeded to state that the Directors proposed to the con sideration of the Shareholders that the sum of 1,0391. should be paid to them for expences incurred in the formation of the Company, out of the sum of 8200/., being the amount of the profit arising from the sale of shares which remained trndistri- Lived at the commenc , enent of the Company, leaving a ba lance of 7031. at the di3posal of the Company. The Report: was r3ceived by the Shareholders wilt considerable satisfaction. Upon the motion of Mr. Harvey a dividend of 8 per cent. was then duly declared, and on the motion of the same gentlemen the ivim of 7,000!., tit: net profit arising from the sale of Olarts,.was ordered to be paid over to the Shareholders in the shape of boners. LONDON SHIPWRIGHTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sia—On my return yosterciuy from Portsmouth your Paper was put into my hand, in which a letter is inserted, signed " J. Purdy,",containing'the most atrocious attackupon the character of several shipwrights now in my employ, and the most calumnious aspersions on my own. Had the writer con fined himself to misrepreFentation alone, his refutation might possibly have been attended with difficulty ; but the whole of his assertions, consisting of gross and unfounded falsities, are best met by a simple denial, leaving the public decision to rest on credibility of evidence. But, in justice to the shipwrights al luded to, I feel it right to record my testimony to the uniform propriety of the conduct of those individuals since they entered into my employ ; and whatever were the views with which they embarked in their present engagement, I have their own un-. equivocal assurance that those views have been more than realized, every one of them receiving 7s. per day, instead of at which latter rate they entered into a written contract with my agent at Poole. Under these circumstances, I have yet to learn that the pursuit of his lawful occupation, in that mode which may appear to a poor man most conducive to his own welfare, and that of his family, but which may be objection able to others, constitute in any opinion but that of Mr. I'urdy's school, an offence of such magnitude, as to render the offender deserving of the penalties consequent on the commission of the highest crime known to the law. I pass over the clumsy and disgraceful insinuations thi-own , out against the ability and in dependence of the highly respectable gentleman with whom I. have been associated, only assuring John Purdy, that whatever be their qualifications in his estimation, they trust they under, stand the duties attached to their station of life, at least as well as he does his own, and - are confident they practise them a great deal better. It is with the deepest reluctance lam induced to obtrude my name on public attention, but a sense of duty irn pels me to demand that protection which the exposure of false-, hood can afford, - from the foul attack made on the characters of others, even Inore than my own, and to hold up to public re probation the malignant and ferocious system by which some of the leading members of the " Unions" practise a course of moral intimidation againstanasters who perceive and dare at tempt to frustrate their dark designs, or workmen who have the spirit to refuse lending themselves as the tools fer carrying them into execution. I shall of course decline further discussion with John Purdy, and, apologizing for this intrusion on your columns, remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, Limehouse, Aug. 11. GEO. FRED. YOUNG. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE TIMES. Sin-,-Having seen a paragraph in your paper, dated August 10, concerning melt that were engaged 'at Poole by an agent for Messrs. Curling and Young, that " they were promised constant employ at the rate of 7s. per day; but they are most egregiously mistaken, for they are now regulated in, three classes, and the greater number, we are inormed, are only receiving 4s. 6d. per day," which is altogether untrue ; for in the' first place, as I am one,of the party, I can certainly tell better than any other man t the men that. were engaged at Poole were not promised constant employ, they agreed for six months certain; and, .secnndly, the price they agreed for was .not 7s. per day—it was only 6s. ; but since our arrival, instead of being paid according _to our agreement, we have been paid" 7s. per day by the voluntary offer of our employers, who handsomely wished to put us on the same footing as other men then at work ; thirdly, our being divided into three classes, and the greater number only receiving 45.. fid. per day, is equally untrue, which I could attest on oath, if need be, and I am confident that no classification has taken place directly or indirectly, and instead of being egregiously mistaken, we have found every expectation held out 'to us more than fulfilled. I should not have troubled the public with this, but seeing such barefaced misrepresentation of things. and such a stigma on gentlemen's characters, induced me to write this. An early in sertion in your paper will greatly oblige your humble servant, . A SIIIP WRIG T, - In the employ of Messrs. Curling and Young. Limehouse, Aug. 11. DISTURBANCES AT SUNDERLAND. The followin4r, is a copy of the letter transmit ted by the Associated Seamen of Sunderland to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with the exception of one or two suppressions of passages, reflecting on of individuals : " TO THE SECRETALLY OF STATE ..FOR TIIE HOME DEPARTMENT. "Sunderland, August 8, .1825, " llomounantE SIR — In justice to ourselves, and in order. that truth may he discovered, we take the liberty of addressing you on the subject of the late melancholy affair which occurred here on Wednesday evening last. We are informed that two ship-owners set off from• hence 'post on Thursday, to lay the case before his Majesty's Ministers ; and from their anxiety to fly (like the murderer to a sanctuary), we trust from your dis cernment, they come in a questionable shape I"The one can he proved to have acted most cruelly on the river, on• Wednes= day night--the other CO have been * * • • * The seamen of the Benevolent Association, entitled .the Loyal Standard,' can appeal to every honest man in the port of Sun derland, that under the heavy privations and irritations occa sioned them by the ship-owners, they have always conducted themselves peaceably and orderly, and have, time after time, made .propositions to the ship-owners to accommodate the existing differences, which, instead of being met, have always been treated contemptuously. 'ln fact, the inclosed documents prove an overture.being made by Mr. R. Sc u REIF:nil, a ship owner of considerable interest, to mediate the existing differ ence 4 • this elated the hearts of every seaman, and the sug ' gesteS proposition was immediately made; anti on Wednes day (the ever-to:be-remembered 3d of August) the reply and refusal to the terms were read at a public meeting; it greatly agitated and worked upon the minds of the seamen, who im mediately resolved to man two boats or cobles, to invite the men •out of :the light ships coming into. port; -this they considered would cause an accommodation to take place, and in proceed ing up the river they met some ships going to sea, protected by the police and a large body of ship-owners, armed with pis tols, staffs, &c. as special constables. An altercation took place between the men in the cobles and those sailors on board the Busy, concerning their clandestine manner of-going to sea. The consequence was, from the threats and provocation re ceived from the whole posse on boatd, the men in the cohles were irritated to board the ship under great disadvantages, being cruelly beat by handspikes, capstan bars, staffs, &c. (they, the men, not being armed.) But what will `not the prowess of a British sailor accomplish ? They carried the ship; and drove their assailants aft. But even at this juncture they strewed - their natural •disposition, humanity, And took no furthetead vantive6e of their :victory, but ' hoisted up the sails of the ship, and allowed her to proceed. " This affray drew together a very large concourse of people on the North Sand, from whence some stones were thrown_ The Riot Act-was nor read, bat at such a distance from where the mob had actually assembled (being across the river) not one syllable was heard. Mr. DAVISON, the maeistrate, instead of crossing to the north side, embarked, in boats, and before a quarter of an hour had expired after reading the Act, gave orders to his party, the Third Light Dragoons, to fire amongst a promiscuous crowd of men, women, and children ! Eleven , shots were distinctly counted, and it appears they have all told ! There is room for strong animadversion on the conduct of.this magistrate, especially at that moment ; also upon the military,,for their aim was cool and deliberate, as if firing at a target. . . " Three of the unfortunate. men were interred in one grave, in Sunderland church-yard, on Saturday; a young man, a car penter, who was shot off his stage while at work at Illonkwear mouth, yesterday; and to-day another will be interred along. side the three; a labourer returning from his work to his home, received the fatal ball. The funeral procession of the three un fortunate men excited strong se ns a tions• of sympathy, com bined with h orror , i n t h e breasts of the inhabitants. I fact, hardly a dry cheek was to be seen ; and a spectacle so melan choly was never before witnessed in Sunderland. They were followed to the grave by about twelve hundred as fine looking fellows as ever graced a British navy. The coffins were co vered by the British flag, and fOur banners in mourning , and a band of singers p rece ded the corpses. - The effect was truly solemn, and the procession quite naval ; the men having k crape round the left arm, walking two and. two, hand in hand. Although the multitude assembled to witness - this awful scene was enormous, the greatest tranquillity prevailed. It has long been wished, so populous a place as Sunderland, whose police is acknowledged to be weak, that it would be desirable to - have a presiding Magistrate from London, whose judgmenet might prevent the recurrence of such awinl scenes. It is de voutly to be hoped this catastrophe will bring aboutso desirable an end, as there is great scope for investigation. The Jurors were badly selected, and only visited one of the bodies. The account up to this moment, is 5 killed, and about the same • nurnbcr wounded: We trust the above statement of facts will excite your most serious attention. _ _ " Wezeznain, Sir, with due respect, "THE SEAMEN OF THE LOYAL STANDARD ASSOCIATION." LONDON TITHES. MEETING AT SAINT OLAVE'S, HART-STREET. - -------- - Yesterday a MeetinEr of the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Olave, Hart-street, was held in the Vestry,for the purpose of taking into consideration a letter which had been sent by the Rector to the Tithe Committee of this parish. An application had been made by the parish.to Parliament, for re lief from the claim of 2s. 9d. in the pound, set up by the Rev. Dr. Owen, the Rector. The Bill has beck carried through two stages, and will be read a third time next ession. The . Chair was taken by on: of the Churchwardens, and the following letter, addressed by Dr. Owen to Mr. Jones, the Chairman of the Parish Tithe Committee was then read " STK—Since the Tithe Committee" of my parish must be aware that their application to Parliament bath imposed upon me a heavy expence, I should - hope that•their sense of justice will induce them to defray it. An. early answer will oblige your's faith fully,. " B. OWEN. " Rectory, flart-street, Bth July." Mr.- Nonni said, that this extraordinary demand was either for the payment of his expellees, or for an increase of the tithes. Before the Committee had time to send an answer, the Rector had applied to a number of the inhabitants for an ; increase of tithes ; and it was singular that, as, far as had been yet ascer tained, he had confined his demands to these who had signed the petition. to Parliament for relief against him.—( Hear, hear !) Several of the parishioners having declared that the Rector had intimated to them that he enforced the demand from them as a punishment, considerable feeling was in consequence ex- 111 r. RY LAND expressed his regret that the Rector had not been content to wait. until next Session, when the matter Would be taken before Parliament and settled ; and he entered at great length into a discussion of the merits of the question at issue. _ _ A resolution' was then moved by Mr. Hill, and seconded by Air: Barklamb, expressive of .the opinion of the Meeting that the demand was unwarrantable, and that the tendenCy•of the letter was to excite strife and disunion amongst the parishioners. Mr. ILL, in moving it, said that, he did not come there in hoStility against the Doctor,,but he must say, that he had been for 18 - years the medical attendant of the poor of the parish, and that during the whole of that .period he had never heard of one instance where the Re - vol., who wished for 2s. 9d. in the pound on a supposed rental of 18,000/. per annum, had attended One sick bed, or ever - gave the laSt consolations of religion to the dying.:—(Hear, hear !)—Neither had he ever , known him to give more than five shillings in charity. Mr. RoLFF, (who, we understand, is a medical gentleman), said he had various conversations with Dr. Owen, in which he had ventured to remind him of the precepts of his Master, and of his own practice, which he (Mr. Rolfe) conceived were some what at variance. He had told him that • all the writings of Hobbes, Paine, and Carlile, would not do so much mischief to Christianity, as this manifestation of excessive attachment to the things of this world, and. this oppression of his flock, to obtain that for Which a return was not made in service. —(Cheers.)— The Lord Chancellor had often said, - that in construing a will or a-deed of gift, the intention of the donor shouldalways, be looked to, and the decision made upon the.apparent intention. Now was it not well known, that when this allowance of 2s. 9d. in the pound was given to the, clergy, it was given to them that they mightmaintain the poor out of it and repair the church ? (Hear, }Par;)—He had opposed the practices of the Doctor, as he considered them *Dosed •to the principles of equity, and. not, as the Rictor alleged,- because. he was a Catholic. If the Doctor would make his practice _ conformable to that or the priesthood of the faith to which he was' opposed—if he would imitate. die charity of William of Wykeham, the - Bishop of Winchester—if he .would, like • the clergy of the _Catholic Church, attend to the poor, and administer to their wants—if, like them, - he would appropriate the portion of the exorbitant revenue -which he received for the embellishment:of places of worship, -and emulate those splendid Catholic edifices which were now the best belonging to the Church, which was said to be Reformed, then .would be (Mr. Rolfe) consent to pay the DoctoeS illegal demand for tithes without a single objection.— (Cheers.)--4:et him adhere to their practice and not make the' pulpit a counter, the Bible a day-book, and the Parson a term to denote money, getting. ;When was he seen in the parish ? On a sick man's call? No, hut on the appearance of a. new comer, to see what rent he paid, that .the 'demand for tithes might keep pace :with it.—( Hear, 'hear!)—He _concluded an exceedingly violent speech, with a further comparison of -the conduct of the Clergy of the . Roman Catholic, with that of , those of the Protestant. Church, and be moved a Resolution expressive of the opinion of the Meeting, that the conduct of the Rector in demanding an 'increase of his tithes under the: circumstances in which,the parish .was placed,.was highly un justifiable. Mr. ST ÜBBS strongly reprobated the speech of the last speaker, speaker, -who had entered into an examination of the private conduct of the Rector in his absence. These were not matters which ought to be discussed at that - Meeting. -A PariShioner.— Aye, but they are all true. Mr.. ST U BBS denied this. He admitted that 2s. 9d. in the pound •was a seveic exaction, but it was the law that it should be exacted. here there was a loud ,and general denial that the demand was legal.- Several parishioners' declared their conviction that it was as illegal as it was manifestly unjust. 111 r. STunns,-Then why do you pay if it is illegal? Will one of you say that you pay it out. of loving kindness to the. Rector? Why do you pay it, I ask, if the law does not force you ? - A Parishioner—Why do.I pay money to a highwayman who . holds a pistol to my head ? Here an, extremely Violent altercation arose, and one pariSh ioner declared that though he was sure of gaining the suit if he resisted payment; yet it would cost more than 2001. expences if it were carried through the Law Courts. Mr. ST unas—l'll speak no more. I see you are like Lord Truman's cocks, and have all come to .fight on one side.—_ (Laughter.) . Several parishioners' then earnestly requested Mr. Stubbs to speak again, -as he was the only ,one on the side of the Rector. Mr. ST iTitns was at - length prevailed. upon. - He said he had known the .Doctor fur a number_ of 'yeais, and knew hint, to be an honest man. He understood it was the intention .of the Doctor not to have more than his old stipend after be had de• frayed the experices of - the law suit by Means of the increased demand. Ha understood.this from the Doctor's son. One of the Tithe Committee declared,that no reliance should be placed upon such a statement. The Resolution, after some exceedingly warm discussion, was carried, and 'copies were ordered to be transmitted , with the foregoing Resolution, to the Bishop of London, to 111 r. Secretary ,Peel, and to'the Rector liimself. It was also ordered to be ad vertised in the public papers. Thanks were voted to the Chair_ man, when the vestry dissolved. 311 t. DAVY'S PROTEST AGAINSTTaE INCREASED TITHE.' ' Reverend Sir,—.l woirld.not have allowed you to be at the trouble or calling. and sending 'so often for payment of the tithes, but for.the extraordinary increase of your demand, the rewions for which I am not yet satisfied with ; but as you tell me that I must pay you 3/. Os. 6d., instead 11. 12s 6d. (the most I have ever paid you for a quarter of a year), and that if I do not pay this amount immediately, you will institute proceedingi against me in the Court of Exchequer, when even my first ex. pence will be'atleast . l.l/„ I judge it prudent, rather than be exposed to such expence and trouble, to send the amount—viz., 31. Os: 611, to your collector, but think it proper to protest against this new claim, that the pqyment thereof may not be construed into a willing acquiescence on my part, or to be made a precedent,or ground for any claims on me in future, beyond what I have hith er t o , an d f or near l y 30 years, 'paid you. I am, Rev. Sir, your obedient servant, To the Rev. Dr. Owen, St. Wave's, . THOS. DAVY. Hart-street. MP4tOyEMENTS.—YCSt6rtiay, for the accommo dation of the workmen engaged in , rebuilding the Duke of York's house, his Royal Higkness's residence in the Stable yard.; St. James's Pal a ce, a large inclosure was commenced in the Green Park, on the site where the fireworks were collected on the celebration of the general peace in 1815. Within those high teneirpgs temporaly workshops were also begun. But the walk from the basin near Piccadilly, into the ride of St. James's Park, is still left open for promenaders. Yesterday the work_ men likewise commenced the unroofing and' the pulling down of the large square building by the right of the outlet from the Stable-yard into ,St. James's Green Park and at the end of the Duke of Cumberland's apartments. Such passage, heretofore op e n to th e public, is of course temporarily closed. —ln Hyde Park many masor,s, bricklayers, smiths, &c. arc employed in pulling down the dead wall from Hyde-park corner to Knightsbridge, &c. Already has a straight line of iron-railing; and consequently a much widened path in many instances, taken the place of the . dead wall, once extending from the " Curds and Whey House" at Hyde-ark corner to the ancient a nd memora ble " Knightsbridge Bank;" lmit such house, with the cow-houses ' &c. remain ; however, yester day, notice of preparation for their removal was given by the raising of poles to mark the course of projected improve ments on removing the park gates, and adding to the ground, as it is said to be the intention, of Apsley-house, the Duke of Wellington's residence, by inclosing within its garden walls or railings that portion of ground now constituting the entrance into Hyde Park from Piccadilly. The new Park-gate will be on the present site of the buildings, and facing Grosvenor -place, and just below the toll-gate, which nuisance, by Act, will be sent a little further out of town, by way of beginning, by being removed to facing the Cannon Brewery, at Kinghtsbridge.__ The new light iron railing along Hyde Park i 3 a great improve ment ; it is to be hoped it will be c4rried.on to Kensington from the barracks. • NEW JURY BILL. The following Circular has just been issued from the Home Department to the Clerks of the Petty Sessions, directio'g them to. procure the Justices of their res;.)<•ctive Divisions to fix a Petty Sessions within the last seven days of Sep tember, and pointing ottkthe business to he (hell transacted : " WHITEHALL, AUGUST 10,1825. " Sea—l am directed by 111 r. Secretary Peel to refer you to the Act of the lastsession (cap. 50), for consolidating and amending the - Laws relative to Juries and Jurors (which has -been circulated , by the King's Printer in the usual manner) ; and to remind you, that it is necessary for you, without delay, to procure the Justices acting for your Division to fix a Petty Ses sion, to be held within the last seven days of Sept. next, for the purpose of carrying that •Act into effect ; so that before the 20th of this month, you may - give notice to the High Constable of each Hundred, and to the Churchwardens.and Overseers of each Parish within your Division, of - the time and place fixed for holding such Petty Session. • " You will find by the 10th Section of the Act, that at the Petty Session soto he held, the Parish Officers are to Produce the Jury 146; prepared by them in confOrmity to . the Act, and to answer npon oath such questions relatiVe thereto as may be pot to thein by the Justices present; and that the Justices are. empowered to strike out of the lists those personS who are not qualified or liable to serve, and those who are disabled from serving by imbecility of mind or infirmity of body, and - also to insert the name of any *qualified person omitted. by the parish officers,- and to reform any errors or omission .in the descrip tion of the parties. No such insertion; however, or correction is to be made, unless the party - affected by it is present, or 'has had notice that an application will be made for that purpose ; but the Justices are empowered to adjourn the Session, and to • direct notice to be given - to the party in - the mean time. When any list is duly corrected, it is to be allowed_ by the• Justices. present, or two of them at the least, " To the Clefk of the Petty Sessions for the Division of Upon the subject of the qualifications, which have undergone a material alteration by this Act, ,it may be fit to explain to you that they stand thus.:— Every man between the ages of 21 and 60, (unleis within the exemptions which are specially set forth in the 2d section of the Act) is qualified and liable to serve on Juries, and is therefore to be inserted in the Lists': • 1. If he has a clear income of 10/. a year, arising from lands (freehold, copyhold, or customary) within the county. 2..'1f he - has a clear income of 20/. a year, arising from lease.: hold lands Within the county, provided the lease be for 21 years or more. or fora term of years determinable With a life or .3. If he is a householder, rated to.the poofrate for hisloUse. at 201. a-year. 4. -If he is a householder, assessed to the inhabited house duty at 20/. a-year. • ti„' If he is a householder, and ocCupies a house with' 15 or more windows. . • • • You will observe, in regard 'to the qualifications depending on the poor rate and on the house duty, that they are• made to depend entirely on the value at which the house stands in the rate or assessment, without entering upon any inquiry as to its actual value; and you - will see, that by thellth Section of the Act, the Justices as well as the Parish Officers have a right to refer to the rates and assessments for this purpose. I am, Sir, your obedient.servant,' ` H..HOBHOUSE. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Bow- STREET. --Last evening, Mr. William 'Christmas, the late clerk of Messrs. Hoare, the bankers, in Fleet-street, who has been several weeks in custody on charges of embezzling-Exchequer bills to the amount of 1,000/. and upwards, the property of his emplbyers wasbrought fromthe House of Correction, and underwent a final examination. • Mr. LAW attended for the prosecution last evening; and Mr. HAttmun.appearedaA the prisoner's Solicitor. - 'lt appeared .from the evidence of Mr. William.Watfield. a paymaster of Exchequer bills; that it is the custom' every year, upon a new issue of those bills, to call in. the old ones, and per sons presenting thqatter have the option either to take the new bills in exchange, or money. In September,.lB24, the bills paid ifx SePtenther,lB23, Were called in and new bills given in exchange. -This witness produced a list of Exchequer bills of 1823, to the amount of 475,400 d., brought into the Pay-office to be exchanged for' the'same amount of bills bf .1824, with inte rest, on account of Messrs—Hoare. The witness next produced a receipt for the bills, signed on the back, Wm. Christmas, for ,Messrs. William Hoare and C 0.," and a draft for the amount of the-interest upon the bills. Mr. Watfield further stated, in answer to a question from. Mr. Law, ,that there were never two ExChequer bills of the same number issued in the .same year. The issue of each year commences at No. 1, and went on. - .Mr. Robert-Cotton, -of the house of Messrs. Hoares, deposed that the memorandum' and signature on the receipt produced by Mr. Watfield, were the hand-writing of the prisoner. Mr. John Turner Watts, a stock-broker, stated, that on the 22d of June he received-from, and sold for Mr. W. Christmas (the prisoner), Exchequer bills, Nos-3,534, 5, and 6, each for 100/. and paid the produce, with.the usual deductions, to him. They, were' bills.of. the last new issue of - 1824. On the 25th of June witness received-from the prisoner three more Exchequer bills for 1001. each, NoS. 8,527, 8, and 9, which he also sold.— On the 14th of Jul!" he received and sold .four other bills of the sameissue, for 100/. each, Nos. 10,530, 1,2, and 3, makipg al together 1,000/. IVitness received drafts for the amounts of these bills from Mr. Harman, and paid over the money to the prisoner. The witness .was never concerned for. Hoare and Co. Mr. Meyrick Hoare was called to prove the. name of the seve ralyartners of the firm. _ _ _ .Other evidence was then called to prove that the prisoner had brought to account 1,0901. less than he had received in the Ex chequer bills mentioned. • •Sir R. - tint:cm havinc , understood that this was the whole of the evidence intended to be offered on this charge, asked the prisoner if he had any remark to make • at the same time cau tioning him that it was not absolutely necessary for him to speak. ' ' The prisoner said he should have an observation or two to make before the close of the examination. A second charge was then preferred against the prisoner, arid substantiated by evidence, for embezzling a 301. note, part of the interest upon the bills, which was paid to him in money at the Bank of England. • 31r. LAW said this was the close of his case against the pri.: soner, and he presumed Sir R. Birnie would think there was sufficient to warrant a full committal. • fir R. Biiiier.E. replied in the affirmative. 31r. Harmer said he had one request to make on behalf of the prisoner. He had been in an ill state of health almost from the moment of his apprehension on these charges, and had indeed been in the infirmary the greater part of the time of his con finementin the House of Correction, and it would be a very great indulgence to him to be permitted to go back there till the Sessions; instead , of being sent to Newgate. His comforts would be greater, and he would . have. the benefit of the attend ance of the winte medical gentleman. Mr. Harmer added, that he believed it was the wish of the prisoner to make an ob servation himself on a subject of co.usiderable delicacy. The prisoner, advancing to the table, said, " it has gone abroad that my present unhappy situation is owing to my ac quaintance with a certain lady (Mrs. Chatterley is the person here alluded to), and I wish to take this opp or t un ity o f de claring publicly hat there is no foundation whatever for such a supposition. I solemnly 'declare that it is not true, and that my present predicament is owing entirely to unfortunate specu lations on the Stock Exchange." (The prisoner here produced a written account, in which it was made to appear that he had lost upwards of 6,0001. by speculations in the funds, or in Joint Stock Shares.) Sir 11. BialerE—You had better have said nothing. You don't know what you are doing. I cautioned you before, but if yOu will talk 1 must \hear you. Prisoner —My only object was. to clear the character of a lady who has been most unjustly calumniated. Mr. LAW said this was all extraneous 'matter. He had to , apply to the Alagistfate on another subject: He understood that Air. Vickery, the Governor of the House of. Correction, had seized 1,3001., and upwards from the prisoner, and as it was already proved that h e had em b ezz l e d more than 1,0001., belonging to Messrs. Hoare, it was more than probable that part of this money was the produce of that embezzlement, and he(i%ir. Law) had to request that the 1,3001. might be impound.. ed; to be dealt with hereafter as the Judge should direct. In a conversation which folloived upon this, it was explained that after the prisoner was first sent to the House of Correction,. some friends sent him about 1,300/., in the hope that he would be permitted to make up his deficiencies. Mr. Vickery took it from him, from a fear that some fellows in the prison might rob him of it, but gave it up again upon his Counsel's demand. The prisoner was fully committed, with permission to go to the House of Correction till trial. 1 • THE THEAD-MILLs.—At Lewes,each prisoner walks at the rate of 6600 feet in ascent per day; at Ipswich, 7450 ; at St. Alban's, 8000 ; at Bury, 8950 ; at Cambridge, 10,175; at Durham, 1,000; at Brixton, Guildford, and Read ing, the summer rate exceeds 13,000; while at Warwick, tLe summer will be 17,000 feet in ten hours. rf i ERRATUM.—in the Leading Article from The British " of: yesterday, one of the paragraphs should have b . fe n t i l e follows :—" The reason appears to be, th a t i n comptilo. quantity of good which such p r in c ipl es are fi tte d to Pr ) 0 , we ..lo not take the bad passions of mankind haw tq ac ii, count." In the extractkesteitlay the word not was WI PKICE OF STOCKS THIS HAY .14‘ ONE 04pG--neg / Bawl Stock :. 229 3i Old Annuities ............. ..., 34ter Cent Red 04. g New Ditto ......... ............ , d 3 per Cent. Cons. ... 89 1 ~ Ex. Bills 1000/. lid- 20 ,p . , 0 3A per Cent. Ditto Red 9Bgs Ditto Small lid- ........ 4 per Cent.• New ... 103;i 3 -„k - Ditto Conamei•cial .......... Bank Long Ann. 224 5-16 3-16 Bank for Act.: .. ....... .•.. , , India Stock 46 44 pm. Cons. for Opening Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock lOOl,l. • • , PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O' cLO C " ',,, , Austrian Bds, 5 percent Nsapolitanscrip .......... ;;„ I Brazili:m Bds Peruvian Bonds ....... •• ° J .,' 1025 ... 4i dis. Do. Scrip .................. l i ^ii Bitenos 'A yres 13d. - Portuguese Bonds ......... 10 0 Cbilian, lids. 6 per cent..' 80i I Prussian, 5-per cent. -- 1 0 Colombian lids, 6 per ct B5 Ditto New .................. At Do. - do. 1824 Danish, 5 per cent. Do. Scrip ................. Greek Bds . 3B French Ilentes,s p. ct. f. ~ ... ...-c. Do. Scrip, 1825 14i 154 dis.' Exchange .... 4 01/e . Al exican 13ds Do: , Scrip 1825.31 431 dis. Exchange ... Neapolitan; s.per cent. ... • PRICES Or SI L AT ONE. O'CLOCK• t, Anglo-Mexican Mining Company 111 Anglo-Chilian Mining Company .........::...........••••; 141 Castello and Espirito Santo Brazil Mining Company 15 4 if Chiiian and Peruvian. Company .. .......... . ............ rsi Hay tian M Company London United Mining Company Potosi LaPai and Peruvian Mining Association pOJ Royal Irish Mining Company • Royal Stannary .and British Mining Association .... Welch Iron and Coal Mining Ccmpany ........ ...... !! American and Colonial Steam- CoMpany ............ 14: . .• British Iron. Company • British Rock and Pateni Salt Compahy • ............... t; Droitwich Patent Salt Company ..................... • 1 ' O O 14 French Brandy. Distillery Company General Steam Navigation CoMpally .................. London and .Boulogne Steam Packet . Company - . . .... 8 London and 'Bourdea m i Steam . Packet Comp a ny 41 q London, Gibraltar and Genoa Steam Company 5i 5 5! ' . . London _and Dieppe Steam Packet, Company ............ London and Antwerp 'Steath Company' ............... . • ••• Patent Steam Carriage Company ......... ................ ••oil Provincial Bank of Ireland . . . . ... .... . ..... UOIZEIGN MAILS, ARRIVED. P 0 0 Ouernsey and Jersey Gottenburgh Hamburgli - Holland - France • Flanders - Amcrica .. . . . ___ O lt ' , . • ti 16; If WAi'Elt, AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-11108 - ,,,, l' Morning, 11 minutes after 1. I Evening, 40 minutes ;"&r t ',4 _...--'i r 11 1- 5 17 1 :' 41 3 A_ • SOI,Eill QUIS DIOERE FALSUM AUDE•4T LONDON, 05' AIDA' EVENING, AUGUST - The French Papers of Wednesday arc , u nsu- , dull. They do riot contain the slightest tion except .the commencement of the evac tlati a o ti' of the :Neapolitan territories by. the A u-it t o troops: A large body .of these troops thousand , men) are expected 10 pass th r°(' ; 'Florence on their march to the Milanese, b l of Bologna. The last division will pass"tiir° • on:the 28th August. . 1 0 '; FnEwcrt FuNns.'-1 3 Ants A 'c . o. 9.—Five per Ce!!!„.'"geo'e, , 10cee per CentS. 7e. 30c.—Bank Stock, 2, 19 :,p 3 0, , 'de Naples (Ccrq. Falco s nnet) 89f. 35c.—Rente 9l 171f.—Royal Spanish Loan, - 1823, 53if.—E xc hange ° pi don, one month, 251: ; three months, M. 85c *thentique.) • • - 113 It was this morning reported upon 'Cha n g pot the Minister, M. de VILLELE , had resigned' i$ we now understand, by a Private Express, great coalition is forming in Paris against of VILLELE to keep the Rentes down, and t.t)at fief 3 per Cents. were done a,s low as ,- 'Change. Letters from Trieste, under date of the ; ar' of July, say, that the Captain of a si~d rived from Odessa, states that he 11 '" t le Calmata, an Austrian ship which gave l ' in :e s news that . IBRAHIM PAcitA, after two "" t o leo the interior of the Mores, had been W°lji s , and afterwards taken prisoner by the Greek This account is confirmatory o f "at g' vell the SUN of last night. 5 °( Intelligence has arri ve d from the b erder Spain, that a battalion of the th e ment had revolted at Saint Ander, orders for their embarkation for the 11313 d or' arrived. They were disarmed and force board. Ate The late riot at Sunderland, occasin ite A d : i A: conduct or the seamen of the Loyal ta iwr tro ll ; sociution, has produced a sort of wan ife v s e tv a d ihem, in the shape of a letter to the S ecl-t f e eli l : State for the Home Depattment. The r 0- a it which gave rise to this document is 11°-° 00 (1 r , to the body from whence it emana ted ' Die (1. only, increases our grief to behold me" e-4Pl iiit ti‘4 , e rp• c o the sentiments there promulgated I . ;fl to to themselves t o b e m i s l e d an d excite d per tionsnoVv of bay creditable, countryd ha itable,an d full °f the honour e seem so to • venerate, and whose Presl) at have so much at heart. 014' J 5 'o' -dr t The., etter has produced (on ° least) a con v icti on t o t a lly o pposite-,to0" tended by it s au th ors . It stlev l 9 o' 6 have been the exciters Of, the