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- - - - MEMOIRS'y' RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN. As this work, besides the interest which the ...Public must feel in relation to departed Genius that was so ornamental to the country, whether in a political or literary point of view, and as it. was written by an author of -congenial powers, and merited celebrity, we cannot be surprized at the extraordinary eagerness with which it has al ready been received, and that considerable por tions of it s'iould occupy the columns of ,the Daily Journals. 'We have selected, at present, an account of the duels which took place in conse quence of Mr. SHERIDAN'S elopement from Bath wit:► Miss LINLEY, one of the most beautiful, amiable, and accomplished Ladies of her time. - °' On the first discovery of the elopement, the landlord of the house in which the Sheridans resided had, from a feeling of pity -for the situation of the young ladies,--fiow left without the pro tection of either father or brother,—gone off, at break of day, to the retreat of Charles Sheridan, and informed him of • the event which had just occurred. Poor Charlesovholly ignorant till then of his brother's attachment to M iss Linley, felt all that a man may be supposed to feel, who had but too much reason to thinkhilnself betrayed, as well as disappointed. He hastened -to Bath; where he found a still itrore furious lover, Mr. Ma thews, inquiring at the house every particular of the affair, and, almost avowing, in the impotence of his rage, the unprincipled design which this summary step had frustrated. •In the - course of their conversation, Charles Sheridan let fall some unguarded expressions of anger against his brother, which this gentleman, who seems to have been eminently qualified for a certain line of characters indispensable -in all romances, treasured up in 'his memory, and, as it will appear, afterwards availed himself' of -them. For the four or five weeks during which the'young couple were absent, he never ceased to haunt the Sheridan family, with inquiries, rumours, and other distinbing tions ; and at length, urged on by the restlessness of revenge,. inserted the following violent - advertisement , in the Balk Chronicle:— " ' Wednesday, April 8, 1772. " 4 Mr. Richard S having attempted, in a letter left behind him for that purpose, to account for his 'scandalous 'method of running a,w.y from this place, by insinuations de. ; -rogating from my character, and that of a young lady, inno. cent so far as relates to me, or my knowledge ; since which he has neither taken any notice of letters, or even informed his - own family of the place where he has hid himself ; I can no longer think he deserves the treatment of a gentleman, and therefore shall trouble myself no further about him than, in this public method, to post him as a LL. . ~ and a treacherous S - " ' And as I am convinced there have been many malevo lent incendiaries concerned in the propagation of this Infamous lie, if any of them, unprotected by age, infirmities, or profea sion, will dare toacknowledge the part they have acted, and affirm to what they have said of me, they may'depend on re -ceiving the proper reward of their villainy, in the most public manner. The world will be candid enough to judge properly i(I make no doubt) of any private abuse on this subject for the future ; as nobody can defend himself from an accusation he is ignorant of. • ` THOMAS MATHKWS.' " On a remonstrance from Miss Sheridan upon this outra geous proceeding, he did nqt hesitate to assert that her brother, Charles was privy to it—a charge which the latter with indig. nation repelled, and was only prevented by the sudden depar tare pf Mathews to London front, calling him. to a more serious account for the falsehood. • • • • On his arrival in Bath, .(whither he travelled with Alis _ Linley and her father), Sheridan lost not a moment in ascer-. taining the falsehood.of the charge against his brother. - While Charles, however, indignantly denied the flagitious conduct im puted to him by Mathews, he expressed his opinion of the step • mbich.Sheridan.and Miss Linley had taken, in terms of const . fierable warmth, which were:overheard by some of the family. .As soon as the young ladies had retired to bed, the two bro.. .titers, without any announcement of their intention, set off post together for London, Sheridan having previously written Mr. Wade, the Master of the Ceremonies. * • • "On the arrival of the brothers in town, Richard Sheridan instanly called Mathews out. His second on the occasion was Mr. Ewart, and the particulars of the duel are thtis stated by himself, in a letter which he addressed to Captain Knight, the -second of Mathews. soon after the subsequent duel in Bath " 61a—On the evening preceding my last meeting with Mr, Mathews, Mr. Barnett* produced a paper to me, written by . Air. Mathews, containing an account of our former meetings in London. As I had before frequently heard of Mr. Mathews's relation of that Tfair. without interesting myself much in -contradicting it, I s•tiould certainly have treated this in the same _manner, had it not been seemingly authenticated by Mr. Knight's name,being subscribed to it. My asserting . that the paper contains much misrepresentation, equivocation, and .ta:sity, might make it a ppear strange that I should apply to you in this manner for . information on the subject ; but, as it likewise contradicts what I have been told were Mr. Knight's sentiments and assertions on that affair, I think I owe it to his credit, as well as to my own justification, first, to be satisfied from himself whether he really subscribed and will support the truth of the account shown by Mi. Mathews. Give me leave previously to relate what I have affirmed to be a real state of our meeting in London, and which I ant now ready to support 'on my honour, or my oath, as the best account I can give of Tyjr. Mathews's relation is, that it is almost directly opposite .to Mine. "Mr. Ewart accompaniedme to. Hyde-park, , about six in the evening, where we met you and Mr. Mathews, and we walked . togethebto the ring. Mr. Mathews refusing to make arif other acknoWledgemeiit than he had done, I. observed that we were conie to the grounds M. Mathews objected to the spot, ard appealed, to you. We proceeded to the back of a building on the other side of the ring, the ground was there perfectly level. I called on him, and drew my sword (he having pre viously declined pistols). %lr. Ea-art observed a sentinel on the other side of the building; we advanced to another part of the Park. I stopped again at a seemingly convenient place: Mr. Mathews objected to tile observations of some people at a great distance, and proposed to retire to the Hercules' Pillars till the park should he clear : we did so. In a little time we re 'turned. I again drew my sword ; Mr. Mathews again objected to the observation of a'person who seemed to watch us. Mr. Ewart observed that the chance was equal, and engaged that no one should stop him, should it be necessary for him to retire to the gate, where he had a chaise and four, which was equally at his service. Mr. Mathews declared that he would not engage while any one was within sight, and . proposed to defer it till next morning. I turned to you and said that ' this was trifling work,' that I could not admit of any delay, and en gaged to. remove the gentleman (who proveti to be an officer, and who, on my going up to him, and assuring .him that any interposition would be ill-timed, politely retired). Mr. Ma thews, in the mean time, had returned towards the gate ; Mr. Ewart'andJ. called to you, and followed. We returned to the Hercules' Pillars, and went from thence, by agreement, to the Bedford Coffee-house, where, the master being alarmed, you came and conducted us to Mr. Mathews at the Castle Tavern, Henrietta-street. Mr. Ewart took lights up in his hand, and almost immediately on our entering the room . we engaged. I struck Mr. Matthews's point so much out of the line, that I stepped up and caught hold of his wrist or the hilt of his sword, while the point of saline was at his breast. You ran in and caught hold of my arm, exclaiming, Don't kill him.' I struggled to disengage my arm, and said his sword was in my power. Mr. Mathews called out twice or thrice, 4 I beg my life.' We were parted. You immediately said, These, he has begged his life; and now there is an end of it ;' and, on Mr. Ewart's saying that when his sword was in my power, as I attempted no more, you should not have interfered, you re plied that you were wrong, but that you had done it hastily, and to prevent mischief—or words to that effect. Mi. Mathews then hinted that T was rather obliged to your interposition for the advantage; you declared that 'before yoft did so, both the swords were in 'Mr. Sheridan's power.' Mr. Mathews still seemed resolved to give it another turn, and observed that he had never quitted his sword. • Provoked at this, I then swore (with too much heat, perhaps) that lie should either give up his sword and I would break it, or Fo to his guard again. He refused-,but, on my persisting, either gave it into my hand, or flung it on the table, or the ground (which, I will not absolutely af f irm.) I broke it, and flung the hilt to the other end of the room. He exclaimed at this. I took a mourning sword from Mr. Ewart, and presenting him with mine, gave my honour that what had passed •shOuld never be mentioned by me, and he might now right himself again. He replied, that he would never draw a sword against the man who had given 'him his life :'—but, on his still exclaiming against the indignity of breaking his sword (which he had brought upon himself), Mr. Ewart offered him the pistols, and some altercation passed between them. Mr. Mathews said, that he could.never show his face, if it were known how his sword was broke—that such a thing had never been done—that it cancelled all obligations, &c. &c. You seemed to think it was wrong, and we both proposed, that if he never misrepresented the affair, it should notte mentioned by us. This was settled. I then asked Mr. Mathews . whether (as he had expressed him self sensible of, and shocked at the injustice and dignity he had done me in hls advertisement), it did not occur to, him that" he owed me another satisfaction ; and that, as it .was now in his power to do it without discredit, I supposed he * The friend of Mathews in the second duel. would not hesitate. This he absolutely iefused, unless con. ditionally ; I insisted on it, and said I would. not leave the room till it was settled. After much altercation, and. with much ill-grace, he g*e the apology which 'afterwards appear ed. We parted, and 1 returned immediately •to Bath. I, there, to Colonel Gould, Captain Wade, Mr. Creaser, and others, mentioned the ?Slur to Mr. Mathew's credit—said that chance having given me the advantage, Mr. Mathews had consented to that apology, and mentioning nothing of the sword. Mr. Mathews came down, and' in two days I found the whole affair had been stated in a different light, and insi nuations given out to the same purpose as in the paper which has occasioned this trouble. I had undoubted authority that these accounts proceeded from Mr. Mathews, and likewise that Mr. Knight had never any share , in them. I then thought Ino longer owed Mr. Mathews the compliment to conceal any cir cumstnce, and I related the 'affair to several gentlemen exactly as above. a * * *~ * • * * " I am your very humble servant. " R. B. SHERIDAN. " It was not till Tuesday morning that the young ladies at Bath were relieved from their suspenie by the return of the two brothers, who entered evidently much fatigued, not having been in. bed since they left home, and produced the apology of Mr. Mathews, which was instantly. sent to Cruttwell for in sertion. It was in the following terms Being convinced that the expressions I made use of to Mr. Sheridan's disadvantage were the effects of passion and mis representation, I retract what I have said to that Gentleman's disadvantage, and particularly beg his pardon for my advertise ment in the Bath Chronicle. " THOMAS MATHEWS.' " "With the odour of this transaction fresh about him, Mr. Mathews retired to his.otate in Wales, and, as he might have expected, found himself universally shunned. An apology may be, - according to circumstances, either the noblest effort of manliness; or the last resource of fear ; and it was evident from the reception'which ' this gehtlernan experienced every where, that the former, at least, was not the class to svhieh his late re traction had been referred. In this .crisis of his character, a Mr. Barnett, who had but lately come to reside in his neigh bourhood, observing with pain the mortifications to which he was exposed, and perhaps thinking them, in some degree -tin- merited, .took upon him to urge earnestly the necessity of a second. meeting with Sheridan, as the only means of removing the stigma left by the first; and with a degree of Irish friendli- , ness, not forgotten in the portrait of Sir Lucius 0' Trigger, offered himself to be the bearer of the challenge. The desperation of persons in Mr. Matthews's circumstances, is in general much more formidable than the most acknowledged valour ; and we may easily believe that it was with no ordinary eagerness he accepted the, proposal of his new ally, and proceeded with him, full •of vengeance, to Bath. • • " The account of the duel, which 1 shall here subjoin, was drawn up some months after, by the second of Mr. Matthews, and deposited in the hands of Captain Wade, the master of the ceremonies. Though somewhat partially . coloured,- and (ac cording to Mr. Sheridan's remarks upon it) incorrect in some particulars, it is, upbn the whole, perhaps as accurate a state ment as could be expected. * * • " " - COPY`OF A PAPER LEFT BY MR. BAItNETT IN THE HANDS or CAPTAIN WILLIAM WADE, . MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES AT BATH. " ' On quitting our chaises at the top of Kingsdown, I en tered into- a conversation with Capt. Patimier, relative to some preliminaries I thought ought to be settled in an affair which was likely to end very seriously;—particularly the method•of using their pistols, which Mr. Mathews had repeatedly signified his desire to use prior to swords, front a conviction that Mr. Sheridan would run in on him, and an uhgentlemanlike scuffle probably be the conseluence. This, however, wad: refused by Mr. Sheridan, declaring he had no piStola : Captain Paumier replied he had a brace (which I know were loaded): By my advice, Mr. Mathews's were not loaded, as I imagined it was always customary to load on the field, which I mentioned to Captain Paumier at the White Hart, before we went out, and , desired he'would draw his pistols. He replied; as they were already loaded, and they going on a public road at that time of the morning, he might as well let them remain so, till we got to the place appointed, when he would on his honour draw them, which I am convinced he would have done had there been time ; but Mr. Sheridan immediately drew his sword, and; in a vaunting manner, desired Mr. Mathews to draw (their ground was very uneven, and near the post-chaises.) Mr. Mathews drew ; Mr. Sheridan advanced on him at first; Mr. Mathews in turn advanced fast on Mr. Sheridan ; upon which lie retreated, till lie very suddenly raw in upon Mr. Mathews, laying ,himself exceedingly open, and endea vouring to get hold of Mr. Mathews's sword ; Mr. Mathews ' received him on his point, and, 1 believe, disengaged his sword from Mr. Sheridan's body, and- gave him another wound ; which. ) , I suppose, - must have been either against one of his ribs or his breast-bone, as his sword broke, which I hnagine happened from the resistance it met with from one of those parts ; but whether it, was broke 'froni that, or on the closing, I cannot aver. " ' l',lr. Mathews, I' think, on finding his sword broke, laid hold of Mr. Sheridan's sword.arrn, and tripped up his heels: they both fell ; Mr. Mathews was uppermost, with the hilt of his sword in his hand, -twang about six or seven inches of the Made to it,: with which I- saw him give Mr. Sheridan, as I imagined, a skin wound or two in the neck ; for it could be no more—the remaining part of the sword being broad and blunt; he also beat him in the face either with his fist or the hilt of his sword. Upon this I turned from them, and asked Captain Pau mier if we should not take them up; but 1 cannot' say whether -h heard me or not, as there was a good deal of noise ; however, he made no reply. I again turned to the combatants, who were much in the same situation : I found Mr. Sheridan's sword was bent, and he slipped his hand bp the small part and gave Mr. Mathews a slight wound in the left part of his belly : I that in stant turned again to Captain Paumier, and proposed again our . taking then: up. He in the same moment called out, 'Oh! he is killed, he is killed I' I as quick as possible truned again, and found Mr. Mathews had recovered the point of his sword, that was before on the ground, with which he had wounded Mr. Sheridan in the belly : I saw him drawing the point out of the wound. By this time Mr.. Sheridan's- sword was broke, •which he told us. Captain Paumier called out to him, ' My dear Sheridan, beg your life, and I will be yours for ever.' I also desired him to ask his life ; he replied, " No, by G—ds I won't.' I then told-Captain Paumier it would not do to wait for thos punctilios (or words to that effect), and desired lie would assist me in taking them up. Mr. Mathews most rea dily acquiesced first, desiring me to see Mr. Sheridan was dis armed. I desired him to give me the tuck, which he readily did, as did Mr. Sheridan the broken part of his sword to Captain Paumier. Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Mathews both got up, the former was helped into one of the chaises, and drove off for Bath • and Mr:Mathews made the best of his way for London. . * * , * • - • . " Mr. Sheridan was driven ,from the ground to the White Hart • where hitcher and Sharpe, the most eminent surgeons of Bath, attended and dressed his wound, and, on the following day, at the request of his sisters,' he was carefully removed' to Ins own h o m e . The newspapers, which contained the account • of the affair, and even stated that Sheridan's life was in danger, reached the Linleys at Oxford during the perforMance, but were anxiously concealed from Miss Tinley by her father, who knew that the intelligence would totally disaule her from ap pearing. Some persons, who were witnesses of the performance that day; still talk of the touching effect which her beauty and singing produced upon all present, aware, as they were, that a heavy calamity had befallen her, of which she h erse lf was per haps the only one in the assembly ignorant. -" In her way back to Bath, she Was met at some miles from the town by a Mr. Panton, a clergyman, long intimate with the family, who, taking her from her father's chaise into his own, employed the rest of -the journey. in cautiously breaking to her the particulars of the alarnimg event that had occurred. Notwithstanding this precaution, her feelings w ere so t a ken by surprise, that, in the distress of le moment, she let the secret of her heart escape, and passionately exclaimed, 4 ‘ My hus• band ! my husband ! "—demanding to see him, and insisting upon her right as his wife to be near him, and watch over him day and night. Her entreaties, however, could not be complied' with ; for the elder Mr. Sheridan, on his return froth town, in censed and grieved at the catastrophe ,to which his son's im-, prudent paision had led, refused for, some time even to see him, and strictly forbade all intercourse between his daughters and the Linley family. But the appealing looks of a brother, lying wounded and unhappy, had more power over their hearts than the commands of a father ; and they, accordingly, contrived to communicate intelligence of the lovers to each other. 44 The following Lent Miss Linley appeared in the oratorios at Covent-garden ; and Sheridan, who,'from the nearness of his retreat to London, (to use a phrase of his own, repeated in one of his friend's letters,) 1 . trod upon the heels of perilous proba-- bilities,' though prevented by the vigilance of her fattier from a private interview, had frequent opportunities of seeing her in " It appears, however, that a serious misundersta nd i n g a t this time occurred between them, originating probably in some public. Among many other stratagems which lie contrived for the purposeof &changing a few words with her, he more than once disguised himself . as a hackney. coachman, and drove her home from the theatre. - of those paroxysms of jealousy, into which a lover like Sheri dan of his mistress attracted. Among various alliances in vented .for her by the public at this period, it was rumoured in the Bath Chronicle of April, 1773, a correspondence is ; and though pretty evidently a fabrication, yet proves the high opi nion entertained of the purity of her character. The corres pondence is thus introduced in a letter to the editor :.-,4; The following letters are confidently said to have passed between g d i i n m a u s st au h t a h v e e n b ti e c en bt c t o w n e t e i n nu h a e l r ly an diroin o , r , d by u t r h o e sv n e u n m or er ,, numerous ad -miners mirera and pursuers of all' kinds which the beauty and cele brity that she was about to be married to Sir Thomas Clargei Lord G . --r and the celebrated English syren, Miss L-y. send them to you for publication, not with any view to in crease the volume of literary scandal, .which, I am sorry to say, -at present needs no assistance ' but with the most laud able intent of setting an example for our modern belles, by holding out the character of a young woman, who, notwith standing the solicitations of her profession, and the flattering example of higher ranks, has added incorruptible virtue to a number of the most elegant qualifications.' ' " Whatever may have caused the misunderstanding between her and her lover, a reconcilement was with no great difficulty effected, by the mediation of Sheridan's young friend, Mr: Ewart ; and, at length, after a series of stratagems and scenes, which convinced Mr. Linley that it was impossible much longer to keep them asunder, he,consented to their union, and on the 13th April, 1773, they were married by licence; Mr. Ewart being at the same time wedded to a young lady with whom lie also had eloped clandestinely to France, but was now enabled, by the forgiveness of his father, to complete this double triumph of friendship and love." ' We may very properly add to the account of these fero cious duets, which excited great curiosity and universal atten tion at the time, an Anecdote which we 'heard from the late Mr. WILLIAM WOODFALL, a gentleman on whose candour and veracity the utmost reliance may be placed. A gross and most malignant misrepresentation of Mr. SHERIDAN appeared in a Bath 'Journal about that period. ~ 1 11 r. Sheridan waited on his friend Mr. Woodfall, who had founded, and then conducted The Morning Chronicle, requesting that the latter would insert the account in his' Paper. Mr. Woodfall naturally expressed his surprise that Mr. Sheridan should wish to give increased publicity to a narrative which he described as altogether malig nant and fallacious. Mr. Sheridan, in answer, alleged as the rea son, that it cottid not be sufficiently known in the limited range of a Provincial Journal, and theretbre, by inserting it in a Lon don Print of high reputation, it would circulate through the country ; and hence the contradiction,. which he would bring the next day,..would be equally , in possession of the People at large. It was therefore inserted in the Morning Chronicle; but Mr. Woodfall never heard from Mr. Sheridan on the subject again. Mr. Woodfall used to relate this anecdote in palliation of Mr. Sheridan's negligence in relation to others, since he had shewn such carelessness respecting himself, after having extend ed the circulation of a false and malicious attack on his cha racter, and laid it as the basis of his intended refutation and defence. i7ll-tX- * • fi * ‘%` //\ - --- e ," - - -W - :.--------I'-•-- - ,---- - 1 --A,-, il. cr C. Affb" MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, Oct. 10, LONDON. Nos. 40, 143, 241, 319, 329, 335. COUNTRY. Nos. 131, 243, 320, 378, 433, 473, 517, 536, 546, 570, 574, 578;701. Tuesday, - 11, Lorrnwr. Nos. 12, 23, , 62, 100, 128, 290, 300, 367, 421, 479. COUNTRY. Nos. 24, 67, 138, 1-15, 211, 263, 292, 427, 604, 626, 668. 714. Wednesday, - 12, LONDON. Nos. 3, 11, 16, 19, 29, 47, 96, 237, 257,334; 353, 435. COUNTRY. Nos. 159, 213, 215, 232, 314, 344, 440, 442, 447, 478, 647, 661. Thursday, 13, LONDON. Nos. 6, 18. 25, 34, 79, 194, 271, 299, 301, 326, 338, 499. Quart. Gen. Court Fern. Sch. at 11. COUNTRY. Nos. 110, 111, 153, 172, 178, 269, 278, 354, 397, 531, 540, 591. - 14, LONDON. No. 275. • COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 282, 283. 15, LownoN• * * * COUNTRY. No. 64. Friday, Saturday, FRANCE. The following from the French Papers is interesting to the Craft : " CADIZ, SEPT. 16.—Although the King's decree ordered the authorities of Grenada to execute, in three days, the eight freemasons taken flagrant/ delicto in their Lodge, the letters of this city announce that these.individuals have not been put to death and that, so far from it, their affairs take such a turn as to make us think they will be acquitted." FRENCH PAYERS. (From the Etoiley Tuesday.) PARIS, OCT. 3.—Private accounts from Vienna received at Frankfort, announce the death of Count Dietriechstein, Director of the Bank.—lt is probable that the Commissioners of Hayti will make public next, week the obligations towards the French Government, which will have been fulfilled by the subscribers to the loan which they are commissioned to contract at Paris, and the means by which their Government proposes to effect the redemption of this loan. The Austrian Observer of 24th September, has the following article : " Forlt long time past, and while the most false reports rela tive to the real state of affairs had beet, circulated in Europe, and in part by the leaders of the insurrection of Greece them selves, that insurrection, if we except the islands and the for tress of Missolonghi, has been confined on the Western Conti. nent of Greece, by the arms of Ibrahim Paella, to the town of Napoli di Romania. " The Deputies of the Several Philhellenic Societies, affect ing especially of late the character of real diplomatic agents, and taking sufficient care to make it believed that the Govern ments of their respective ..countries were. not, entirely strangers to their missions, could not fail to.increase by their conduct the internal dissensions of the Greeks; " Thus General Roche and Colonel Fabvier endeavoured to form a party for France, and the Deputies of the English Com mittee for England. He first proposed that the Greek 'Crown should be given. to the Duke of Orleans, while part of the others demanded it for the Duke of Sussex. The Deputy of the American Committee, finding himself in the midst of these parties, declared for the Republicans. " In this rivalship the voice of the English Deputies natu rally gained the ascendancy, for it was England that had fur nished large sums by way of loan, and the imaratime assistance of that Power would, doubtless, be the most prompt and easy support. " It Is not yet known what answer was given by Commodore Hamilton to the Greek Senators, who went to solicit 'the pro tection of England." (From the courier Francais.) _ _ (In answer to the Quotidienne, which said C' We have certain knowledge that the loan which is to serve to indemnify the planters of St. Domingo has been offered tit London, and that the proposal has completely failed." The Goa vier Francais contains the following article) : " The Llaytien loan was not proposed at London, and conse quently cannot have failed there. If it had been proposed either at London'or elsewhere, it could only have been by tier sons who had no authority to treat on the project. The only person in Europe who has power to treat about the loan of the Republic of Hayti, conjointly with the Commissioners, is. M. Tornaux. Now it was only last Monday, that the dispatches of the Haytian Government were delivered to M. Tornaux;and it was only on Wednesday that the instructions were communi cated to him, by which the basis of the loan are fixed. Now it will be allowed that it was necessary to know these instructions previous to forming any project whatever. On the same day (Wednesday),ll, Tornaux set out to visit his manufactories at Louniers, and is not yet come back. We cannot acquaint the public with the terms till after his arrival. We affirm, be sides, that far from this loan having been opened at London, and having failed there, several foreign houses of the first rank have expressed a. desire to take part in it, and were actually on the lists. In fine, the Hayden loan has not yet been proposed to any body, either at London or Paris, nor is it concluded by the Syndicate, or any one else, for it still remains to be con cluded. [This article is copied, without quoting the source, by the dated the 4th.] FRENCH. FUNDS.—PARts, OCT. 3.—Five per Cents. 99f. ISOc.—Three pev Cents. 71f. 40c.—Rente de Naples, (Certificate Falconnet,) 861. 30e.—Rente d'Espagne, IsE—Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 51f. gc.—Exhange on London, one month, 25E: 20e. ; three months,' 25f.—(Cours Authentioue.) The following spirited proceeding is related in the Malta Gazette of the 10th of August:— ‘.‘ We understand that the Seringayatanz 'accompanied by the brig of war Alacrity, proceeded about the middle of May last to Rh o d es , to demand an explanation from the Bey for an outrage committed against our Consul there by some of Ibra him Pael la ' s t ro ops, who broke into his ho use a nd ro bb e d him of 11,000 piastres. The Bey admitted the fact, but refused to make restitution, or even avow it in writing. Captain Sotheby, therefore, th oug ht proper to embark the Consul and his family, telling the Bey that if he did not comply within a given time he would fire on the place; and in the mean time the frigate and brig were brought to an' anchor close in. The time being elapsed, and the document not forthcoming, Captain Sotheby very coolly fired'a shot into the Bey's own house, and sent a flag of truce to try its effect. The Bey had not anticipated his puting his threat into execution so promptly, and the acknow ledgment was no longer withheld. The Consul's flag was con sdisplayed, and the Alacrity was left at Rhodes t take uenti c Y a are gn t a l i iat the Consul receives no ill-treatment on account of this affair." We perceive by the French Papers that a translation of Miss FERRIAIL's clever no vel, " Marriage," has been very successful in France. TwIE SUN- SOLEM QUIS DICERg FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1825. The French Papers of Monday are perfectly destitute of interest. A few extracts, however, have been selected, and will be found in another column. An article in these Papers, copied from the Austrian Observer, states . that the English Deputies in Greece had been intriguing to ob tain the new Greek' Crown for the Duke of SUSSEX. The subjoined extract from a private letter from Buenos Ayres professes to clear up the darkness in which the cause of the quarrel between the Emperor of littAztt and the 'Government of Buenos Ayres is at present involved. If this ac count is true, the question raised upon the occu pation of Monte Video is only a pretext, and the ultimate object of the new Republic is the ex• pulsion of the Kingly authority from American shores. The only evidence in support of this al legation, however, is the publication referred to in the annexed letter, and wherein the South American Republics are directly called upon to unite to expel the Brazilian EMPEROR from his throne. But in the absence of any, link to connect the author of this rhapsody with the Govern ment of. Buenos Ayres, it would be unjust, uloptn them, grounds, to impute such motives the i same time we cannot but remark, ttaotitsusc a o h u ts i slight would behove them to place their conduct in a less equivocal point of view ; for however unlawful may be the possession of the Banda Oriental by the EMPEROR, it is clear the province appertains, by quite as little right, to Buenos Ayres ; and when neither party is invested with right, possession, we should think, ought to de termine the question between them. This pretext is therefore scarcely sufficient to account for the hostilities existing between these States, the more especially because the province had fol • ti c► lowed the examp . le of Buenos Ayres, i" tt drawing from the domination of the l* tl ' er d d e- Country, and under A R TIoAs, its Chief) ' l5 Glared and maintained for some time i ts 43"11' independence. EXTRACT OF A LETTER. FROM BUENO S AIRES/ Di t °l7 JULY 4, 1825. " I arrived here at an interesting but unfortunate 111°11telitf when political ferment is at its height, and commercial en d prize at a very low ebb. All business is nearly at a s tand, t ltt . f this port expected to be :very moment declared i n a state ,, ° blockade by the Brazilian squadron, under Admiral liu°'a whilst nothing is talked of here but hatred to Monarchy lowing specimen, translated from a Work lately abuse of the Emperor of Brazil, as you will perceive by the ° , l, under the title of ' P erdaderos Interesses del Erni) p ubliSh' , Brasil ;' that is, The true Interests of the Emijeror Brazils ;' and almost daily similar publications are iss ul ies from the Buenos Ayres Press, showing clearly the• by which the inhabitants of this town in general are actuateu• If the Monarchs of Europe are so much alarmed at tilt establishment of the Representative System, because it ig ' the Political World, like the rays of light that disperse the the clouds of darkness on which their thrones are founded, 6°l how much more.reason ought free States to put themselves ~3 their guard, on beholding installed amongst them a Soete t b . who is surrounded with that darkness which extinguishes it't light ? There is only one Crowned Head in America ; bu t th ! one may be sufficient to destroy the social order of those heroic( people, who have so happily thrown off the shameful Yoi te c c( slavery; and to propagate the Royal authority by inc ani li , others equally ambitious, who may aspire to the chief ment under its auspices; in the same manner that one ° ti o sufficient to fill a house with its species, in which there are .Irador.do, cats to destroy them. The Emperor of Brazils, placed in a situation so repugu3r:t and, i to the principles exclusively proclaimed and professed this part of the world, appears in it like a luminary that dis fi g teli Female Alliancew hsuorvsyeyrnsbforolinicalElyurreolpnee,sewnittshAguireer3„,tot • d if the o f the Holyti; the tention, the American Crown, and consid ers it as the oath the which to rest their hopes of one day o btainin g , through tile means it would afford them an opportunity of adoptiPg' t desired end of again subjugating those countries, the frateroo band of Americans, united by mutual confederation, ooght; be equally disposed to get rid of this impediment in that cBt- n j of glory which they have so well known how topursue' 5.11 which the friends of freedom will record with so tou ch e.' ners , thusiasm in future ages. The ROyal Authority of the -DA in this Hemisphere is diametrically oppos ed to iibertY, c(PI4 ,J quently it is the duty of the Republican Governments to esi i " him from the throne he at p resent occupies.' " Such is the language of the day and the question I, if about the possession of the B an d a Oriental,' an old d ia tbe of nine years standing, is nothing but but a cloak to the bli Old World as to their ulterior object. To give e ffect t ° whole, the Government of this Province (J uan Gregorio deoo, Hems and Manuel Joze Garcia), acting as the Provisio3l pr o vernment of the United Provinces de la P lata, tendere: 01 forma or mock resignation of their appointment to the Congress, who, instead of accepting it, confirmed t bol3 o 'dished them more firmly in power. S o they rnaol'll e g things in this part of the world. ,I$ PO' " The hostility manifested by this Government totw" ri o zils has not been occasioned by any real offence, billt t ; ) „, wholly from the strong aversion it ente rtains to Mouarcer:,,,F its neighbourhood. And all its labours are the other Republican Governments of South Aulefica a t ri a if conspiracy against the only Monarchy established in it they succeed in that, I suppose th eir next step will be t° ° ft take a crusade against the Monarc hical S y stem in I ,, P „ e r ld t is therefore high time for the s overei g ns in the 011 11 ' - of die look with a jealous and cautious ey e to the Reeblics New." directed to 0 The Allgetneine' Zeitung, to th 0,2 901 SvP teri f e tri t --rose.--- c,tNAuis Alexandria, t 0 and bu r received this day, brings some intelligence `rfjt, e d harbour. failed a n m t o h l e rg i s . t u i r t k a i s fuller r t i c i ;icor: t.1,11/10: has been hitherto given of the bold attellli ;,, til e fortunately T h 'phis v Iv e European merchantmen would have been 'nv°oet attempt, had it will i ' t i n kbeen re7coetni'le°°,i in the destruction intended for the Turkis h ": 'P c only, and the wh ole town reduced to roill 5 ' . i p new expedition was preparing with a ctil s i e r and was expected 'to sail at the end of nple ternber. The accounts from Constgothlveot come down to the 2d September, and reP res . e -11 l the internal state of Greece as still criticl• ot 0 , events at Missotonghi and the insurrectio , I , ,4 0 1 ' Candra, had inspired the independent Pa r ' ) cof ir fresh courage, especially as the latter orsio, stance was considered as an important div er f t , g o to st i r . l / and 1,600 men had sailed from Ifydra the insurgents. The following are extracts:o,re " ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 22.--0/1 the 10th Augut 1 , g sf e o'clock in the afteinoon, the advanced post of the pilo;iot the s i gna l usual on the arrival of ships, that other threepilots lti, go out to bring them into the harbour. Soon after,. O5! gantines w ere discovered, which at five o'clock h ' sle d one a R uss i a n, the second an lonian, and the third 3 9 ; Ira, e ry an Austrian flag. The first baying taken a pilot nn b t 110 41111; tered the harhoui half an hour before the other% an d i car o re" the direction of 'the wind, sought an anchoring, pla ce l' et D rite 4 : ral Turkish vess els,two of which were frigates. The ot b erc. ..pit. tines f o ll owe d a t some distance : all three were Greek ilreeviiecii,‘ The first was soon recognised, and those on board o P t i le WO this, set it on fire in the middle of the harbour, French. aildtbr''' 1111:0 ward of 100, European naerchantmen and a t. je l v v ilot eri crew got into their long-boat and ded, leaving :foto/30 :: board the fire-ship, which burst into flames, liuLostilk7t, did not explode, perhaps for Want of sufficient C O c7,l,De otP . ~ passing through the forest took masts it ran agroun l of bail: , il b /c; two tire-ships seeing this flight' a could . % ..„ a ebe' l ' .0 the French brig fired at the lone succeeded, of the li r : t t : or i v i ou tto did not injure it. If this attempt. badsucceedecla, to°roills'''fi'lee have escaped, th e tow n would have been reduce Pro...,cielle, 1 c ~, sailor s and inhabitants have been sacrificed. s. i ' ve illcorveri, ever, protected both the EgYP dos and poor/el:1'0o n o . et of, of Egypt, whO was at Alexandria, ordered , t 1 the loth , t i . ' l ' cio r Eillel Aga, to put w sea, on the evellir'g °!erner itild 131,re11/c/ suit of the fireships. On the 11th the 00 secon d es , . ,iitp f of the Marine followed with several Or .the w il°le r c. lb aiie rl Governor in pursuit o: the Greeks. Purntile Gr eek c the lith a heavy cannonade Was heard. i D k Y AT ONE O'CLOCK PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. - shut 3.per,Cent. Cons. 3A per Cent. Ifitto Red. shut 4 'per Cent. New lO2/Wa Bank Long Ann shut India Stock Mao Bonds South Sea Stock 99,f PRICES OF FOREIGN Fl Austrian Bds, 5 per cent Brazilian Bds 1825 Scrip Buenos Ayres Bds Chilian, Bds, 6 per cent — Colombian lids, 6 per ct. 76 Do. do. 1824 Danish, s'per cent loli} Do. Scrip Greek Bds 29i 30 Do. Scrip; 1825 25 23 j dis. Guatitnala Mexican lids ' 704 Do. Scrip 1825 Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. BiII 10001. lid. par 1 dis. Ditto ... 5081. lAd ... par 1 dis. Ditto Small lid. 1 dis. 2 pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Opening 88 71 8i 8 NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 5 per cent. — Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Bonds 66 Do. Scrip PortugueSe Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent 9Bii Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per ct.... 93A ' Spanish 1321 5 per ct l7 1823 French Rentes, 5 p. c. 99f. 50c. Exchange ... 25f. 15c. 3 per cent. ... —f. —c. Exchange ... —f. —c. PRICES OF .SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Pasco Peruvian Mining Company • - PotOsi La Paz-and Peruvian Mining Association Royal Waldeck Mining Company New United Mexican Mining Company Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company British Rock and Patent Salt Company Droitwieli Patent Salt Company General Steam Navigation Company Imlierial Estate Company • - Tobacco, - Snuff, and Segar Company Per Share. 10 9h 4h4i _ 14 24 23 124 13 10 f 11 FOREIGN MAILS. Hamburgh - France - ARRIVED. DUE. HUHH ‘VATER AT I.ON DON'BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Mornin - q, 25 - minutes after 9.1 Evening, 2 minutes after O.