The Sun. — London, England, 1825-09-08 00:00:00

I t , 11 , 6 longer exposed hi m to t h e d anger of having conlinunications cut off, or his supplies inter cd!Pled by the Greek scouts. Indeed the immo late ca Pture of Napoli was essential to his v t ery e xistence, for without possession of that for 'sess } l's defeat, if not his total destruction, teemed inevitable, when opposed to an ° N ye, united, and determined foe. It is true tl tir accounts this day contain rumours of bat tles and reports of defeats, but they are es , t ,: i ng more than the conflicts of the skir- Llling Parties of the two armies, and' the ;Ple and unavoidable effects of the pre ottlce of foes as natural as the effervescing of and acids. These accounts also speak conferences between the different leaders.— ( 413 0 app ears that the SERASKIER, now and for 1 : g V irile previ ous l y b e f ore Mi sso l ong hi, h as receivedi ord ers to effect . a junction with the l ek gY e tia ° forces i n t h e M orea, b ut h e, neverthe sh-103 determi ne d not to move until that fortress all sur render to him. The report that the Greek fleet had compe l le d the T ur ki s h fl eet r aise the blockade by ben, and had vic b4lleci le tow n for a year, is not spoken of, v ilt i ts otter incompatibility with the news f:i sir this day publish would seem at once to b . a ''' . the whole. General GounA. is occu ;hele`!` by defending the Isthmus of Corinth, on little side, and appears to take but vey I) ti e i?art in aidin g the town, or annoying . the . tl'Narmy. Th e f a ll o f this fortress is still refor e do_ ty expected. GT 4 13114 "-tR) AUG. 18.—Th e packet from 4 ft g l and, w e h ear, was this morning fired at by e Fr "c l l mein of war h i C a di z , an d cou ld no t and her mail. THE THEATRE. lI NGL t wo ISil acts OPERA HousE.—A new Opera of ~le. was rep resente d last n i g h t at th is 1.4-14,ttre fu r the first time, entitled The Shepher t, The 1. DRAMATIS PEP.SON/E• Al_starque,ss de la Tour - - Mr. Coorra. ;Mist KELLY. )11 . '1', (the Shepherd Boy) - ' ER AGatliii:e!.rvaelh(ibn'rt!e.k.nedepof the Marquess) Mr. BAK L er) . - Mr. BARTLEY. crELET. AL t a , le (the Marques's Steward) Mr. 141.14ttgoret (the Baillie) ' cetl4 atier's Daughter) - i M it is.s .W (io C w il w A n v :. l". Th e FABLE. l iell by 112,Cene lies in France. The Marquis de la Tour had a 4 ° ill t r ' 4 ilit wife, who at about the age of ten or eleven was iy mansion, kill !..lted by the:second, that he quinted the wif e le:Zned himself to chance for a livelihoo f c a l. nn the w !vo Children, which was her reason driving away The second The A1 1 4 ) ..'"1g of the tirst. She, howeveit, and her children died. so n oile..hrris bitterly laments the loss o f his son, his crimes who had been titi 'l , ' fa med by leis late wife, that horrorr , that at the Marquis,. tlirlaucgringrba?vil-lZair',-.7s — d Ly eserted lL h b a y P.mla his followers, *eacued b y e i Tg killed by the enraged an imal, o o a rt n u A d n l a e i t s x e i l i s n y , who now ‘ h!' Ic 'n, a peasant boy, undtr . thenamef vithoeuk-wndart i h st r l i o nl f a t ' all w l- h° 71, seizes 4iisL • a -.pear, which he thrusts into e pound gi ve , ~ in . ,„ e i‘ial.(; .. u t u n h o c t o w ns i e tr o o u u s t ti re l ; t ei t v ‘ i i n e g xli a s severe s v h r i e s t° t he spo‘t: large 81 . 1 rn to a shepherd who accidental s y cOmes to a niad..h This shepherd keeps the money and d Alexis whtrado"n s,en bewcilo able, an t ouse L innkeeper, m er e % after a time he is discarded as incur dependent on a benevolenti boy's story The of h„„ i „,, , , , min, and stiles him his nephe w. ' the m to n of r ' ,., re cned the Marquis is considered as r "e.. einaining insanithow- After a variety of incidents, thero':ine of a verysanity, ere crea -1 affecting, Y" and some. of a ludicrous nature, kteiv •el4 and chilu become known to er,c . li other, and the lat o te n r . Th ere r i _ all th e i.. • oeneht of parental fondness and marriage be. - .Ne ez .: an nnder. tlot, consisting of are intended h k eepe r ixl btoise Inn (t e Steward of the Marquis) and the im. teal featitdanghter Lucet. ln order tn do honour to the •allti v i , Arnbroise brings h iota some of the best wines . tr, and 3 bele •• to t e • The Marquis and his fi le ,0 nging to the Marquis. . , wh o , e tOe i rl lmbroise, 4 •-dsguise to the inn to the horror of . la ti t , guilt is thus detected, and a' luaicrous scene folloys, but y o e nd the Steward is forgiven, and all ends in happiness.this 4s,...exPect mere probability in dramas of J,,te'riPtion, or indeed ill any other composition be ev„ 11 , 41 for the stage, would be absurd. 1. • ti, o ,"` 3 of cormnou 1 are not calculated to excite tiiiil:l emotions, except they are deeply tragical, are It ritt t dramatic performances require. t Playscircle or ~L , ', for mix ed audiences, and not for a 4 too - t..." c8 . It is sufficient if they do not d . e i lT ia r! teete4r from p r obability in the events an ( l . ', l )e. .4 v0 . 1 1.8 5 and that ire the progress of the fabi_e 1 r. PoN, zelit f elings are exercised and a moral Pu th e i 1 the general result. Upon these roundsg . teetl )l4 ' of last night deserved the warm pro- tlirntal which it received, particularly as it was the fall supported by admirable acting. l b , tieo ather should be so easily misled as to a a the an erniable child, anti not to know him after o po ahse nee of a very few years, is some trespass lernn er"lulitY• That the child should not at. e ce4 l , t to tnake himself known, when so fai_r l i f t e t eci t s" ,i ' as that of having saved his father', : t ed t b r p e ' l l lo resign himself to a low occupation, ~,,._saiii; tcmtinually insulted by the imputation of We -15 is another ground difficult to believe. a se e see no reason why the Marquis should It vra, titne visit his estate in disguise, or how , IN - Pessible for none of his tenants to know 41I Pp .„, 1 11e 'on, too, falling in love with 1 114 °'" cousin, the Innkeeper's daughter, km reject,g her when he . might have her, the 4110%1S she is attached to him, is ano tot, doubtful c ircumstance. The daughter, thls't):Baretuctant to be married to I .ier intended . a htid ; II ') Yet that was finally her doom. It is a ,louß hl)etlient for Alexis to relate his story . in 1 !tt4ii":eLeause the words cannot be sufficient y f it tO - t Ul e to convey the most interesting part of sttn ie the audience: we men ti o n these circ i. nm ei: Pa4, z e . a to chew that we do not deal in unqua l_fi.nol til '4 '3l. }, i .: c. The piece, however, notwithstar.ifft in,., the a113.-iectotts, is not only highly interesting Verti,ali and essentill insidents' but is , very di - I .is - g in tile • ' ' fable. 1 he music, 1 ) 1e 4 , 1 cormc part of the Nis " g* . T he given to oo tin , •I praise cannot . and 8 i( 'L 1 fi LLy Lag s, UAi• ' and COOPER, in the ' jolly rr..Ey. was very amusing in the tq r d •I' •01 when de ' "d • ' ‘ir-ELY admirably sh" 131• 1411 111 l'ay.." master's cellar a • nd Nvoi l e'r. N I , despoiled his herself very I'S whop Attu acquitted Lo h ' 4 Od ti t ,,, • With ~, - Whole was announced for repett uktni mous and hearty consent. ..•..: • 7 '-: i,_..L...- Co, 1.." . ,: - , ( Wi ."„_ ~;..5 . ,e , ,, 6 „?.-,,,,,, , ),.„, ....,,,,,,...„„,„ .. •._ .., ~._, (~,,,,,,. ~, 4, d 5 Ik)f , :s. ~_...5„..t.„.4,., •. 24, ;',:i 4 -4 y t ;.z...a. , ,cx.f<„...e.t,\,- , , ';11.4 .7 - ~i..5,-,.7., ‘,. •. , . , r. . . - • - - . . *,...,54 •44 . • .....,..., __ _____:_....„--:: • .. :,.. „,,a, el 4 THE KING, &c. WINDSOR, SEPT. 7.—On Monday his MAJESTY did not visit Virginia Water, but took some drives in his pony-phaeton in the Great Park. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, his Majesty with his usual household attendants, and regular re tinue of domestics, left the Royal Lodge, and proceeded to Cranbourne Lodge (which his Majesty has latterly visited almost daily in the course of his drives), and by Sandpit-gate, to China Island, and from thence along the drive on the margin of the lake, to the Royal Marquee, where his Majesty arrived a little after three o'clock, and on his arrival dinner was instantly served up. After dinner his Majesty, with his attendants, em barked in the Royal cutter, and enjoyed their usual excursions until seven o'clock, when they returned to shore, and arrived at the Royal Lodge at half-past seven. This day his Majesty's phaetons, and attendants, are ordered to be in readiness at the usual time, and dinner likewise at Virginia Water. It is strongly rumoured here that his Majesty will leave the Royal Lodge the latter end of October, or the beginning of November, for the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 7.—His Royal Highness 4 the Duke of York has. consented to patronize a " public aejenne a /a fourchette," at Ireland's Gardens, which will take place in a few days. It is expected to be numerously and fashionably at tended on the occasion. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &e. Viscount Deeriturst, for his seat in Worcestershire; the lion. William Ponsonby, for Dorsetshire ; G. Brand, Esq. for Lord Macdonald's seat, Armadale, Isle of Sky.—From the British Hotel, Jermyn-street—Captain and Mrs. Price, for Worthing; W. Marsh, Esq. for ditto ; C. Pownall, for Paris.—From Long's Hotel, Bond-street—Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner. for their seat in Staffordshire ; Lieut. Jackson, R.N. for Chatham ; Captain Harvey, for Brighton.—From the Royal Hotel, St. James's street—Sir C. Ibbetson, for Brighton ; the Rev. G. May, for Bath ; the Hon. T. Fiennes, for Buckinghamshire ; Captain Mousley, on a shooting party. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. At Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-Square—The Dowager Coun tess of tiosfort and Lady M. Acheson, from Brighton. Arthur Stanhope, Esq. entertained the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury and a select party to dinner yesterday, at his villa, Bute House, Brompton. The Duke of Portland has arrived at his seat, Welbeck, Notts, from a tour. The Duke of Gloucester is at present entertaining a large party of sporting friends, at Lulworth Castle. The Royal Duke himself is a skilful and indefatigable sportsman. A N ECDOT ES, &c. WIT OF OUR FOREFATIIEIIS.—The peace of 1713 gave great satisfaction to the citizens; and the proclamation of it was honoured with the usual State ceremonies, the responses of shouts and bonfires, and with general illuminations. Al though many eccentric methods may have been taken by indi viduals to express their joy, one only of those has been re corded, which was the thought of the keeper of the Spread Eagle Inn, in Gracechurch-street, who advertised one shilling tickets for a PEACE pudding, nine feet in length, twenty 'inches in breadth, and six inches deep. PERFECTION.—A French preacher was once descanting from the pulpit with great eloquence on the beauties of creation : " whatever," said he, " comes from the hands of nature is complete. She forms every thing perfect." One of his congre gation very much deformed, and having a very large hump, went up to him at the close of his discourse, and said, " What think you of me, Holy Father, am I perfect :2" To which the preacher replied very coolly, " Yes, for a hump-backed man, guile perfect." ANECDOTE OF TALMA.—The French arc notoriously de licate in murder upon the stage ! In the height of the Revo lution, when the guillotine was permanently patriotic, and the Judges fell asleep, wearied with signing sentences of blood shed, a dagger lifted upon the stage would have thrown the whole mob of regenerators into hysterics. On the first repre sentation of Othello, the death of Deadeniona before the au dience, raised an universal tumult. Tears, groans, and me naces, resounded from all parts of the Theatre, and, what was .still more demonstrative, and more alarming, several of the prettiest women in Paris fainted in the most conspicucius boxes, and were publicly carried out of the house. Ducis was alarmed for his tragedy, for his fame; and for his life. The author of so much public combustion might have been sent to expiate his temerity in the Bastile. He took the safer mode, anti altered the catastrophe. At the moment when Othello lifts the dagger over lledelmone (the name of Desdemona was too unmusical for Parisian ears), °dallied ! the heroine's father, Loredan, and the Doge of Venice, rush in. The latter per sonage seizes the dagger, exclaiming— " Mallieureuz, qui fail to ? Tu vas de ce poignard imitaoler la vertu ! The play was published with both catastrophes, for the Pari sians to take their choice, and the coteries found an interesting and unending topic in the respective merits of the denouement funeste and denouement heureux. But the actor, probably from his English education, was less tender, and more natural, than his audience. The denouement heureux sat uneasily upon him; and a few nights after its adoption, as Ducis, the author, was passing behind the Scenes, he saw Talma striding away in one of the dark passages, in full soliloquy. " Shall 1 kill her ? No, the audience will not suffer it !—Yet, what do I care—l will kill her—they shall learn to suffer it—Yes, 1 have made up my mind—she must be killed !" Ducis, who stood aloof from the whirlwind of this debate, now came forward. " What is the matter with you, Tat= ?"—" I ant determined—l must put her to death !"—" lam of your opinion, Talma ; but what then ?"—" Her fate is fixed !"—" Then go through your de termination !" Tlie actor went through with it, to the surprise of the general audience, and to the peculiar agonies of the most obviously handsome and fashionable ; but there was so much truth and dramatic feeling in his performance, that the death became the established mode, and Talma had all the honours of a successful intrepidity. DJ EP:E, SEPT. 3.-1 V e have the happiness again to behold w . ..hin our walls the Duchess of II Rah DEATH OF TILE EARL OP CARLISLE.—This much respected Nobleman died on Sunday last, at his seat, Castle Howard, in the 78th year of his age. His Lordship was a Knight of the Gar ter, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire ; and had formerly held the offices of Lord Privy Seal, and Lord Lieutenant of Ire land. He is succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son, Lord. MotterrH, now Earl of CARLISLE ; who becoming thus a Peer of the Realm, vacates of course his seat in the Com mons House of Parliament. The Baron d'EttoLEs died lately at La Mancha (returning from a watering place), of apoplexy. He was but forty years old. ELLISTON, by the aid of the sea breezes, the baths of Ramsgate, and gentle exercise, in the Isle of Thanet, is advancing rapidly towards re covery. He is expected to return to town be fore the end of the month. Drury Lane Thea tre will certainly open at the period that has been announced. CHARLES KEMBLE is OR his return front Ge rmany, to resume his Management of Covent Gar den Theatre, at the opening for which (natters are now in an active state of preparation. Mr. KEMBLE'S intention was to pass a few -days in Paris with his friend and relation Mr. HonAcc Twrss, and TAL3tA, the actor. The latter, how ever, we suspect, has left the French capital, on a professional excursion to Lisle and Brussels. Those retired veterans of the stage, JACR Jo lINSTONE, and Alm. K ELLA', are both at Rams gate, inhaling fresh health and spirits for their comfort, and the advantage of their convivial and intellectual friends, during the winter. I' 0 E T li, Y. TO MISS PATON, On her successful Debut at Covent-garden Theatre, Oct. 19, 1322. " At last divide Cecilia canie."—DßY DE If. The Palm is thine, angelic, graceful, maid ; Thy Country crowns her scarcely mortal child The First in melody !—since Heaven convey'd The charms of music to our sea-girt isle— Sweet harmonist ! •We love thy wood notes wild— Their liquid softness breathes seraphic joy ! We feel our sorrows by thy power beguil'd— Thy influence o'er our hearts exalts them high O'er Earth, and then we think—'tis angels' harmony. Lady proceed !—and blest be thy career ! Sweet songstress, sing that matchless lay again ! The stings of Envy now you need not fear_ For Albion's sweetest voices wont complain ! They all confess thine is a matchless strain, • Sublime and grand, as soft and sweet, as high ; And crown'd by nature—Pleasure without Pain Bestows our bosoms !—O then haste thee, fly ! And spread o'er earth the sweets of Heavenly melody ! HUGH CAMPBELL. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BARNET RACES.—WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7. A Silver Cup for all ages. Mr. Wyatt's b. m. Maid of the Mill - - 1 0 1 Mr. Charlton's ch. nt. Malvina - 2 0 2 Two others started.-7 to 4on Maid of the Mill, who in all the beats made the running, and won very easy, without either whip or spur. The second heat was a false start ; and in the third, the boy who rode Malvina was thrown, in consequence of his stirrup-leather breaking off; he was not hurt. The Ladies' Plate. _ Mr. Chase's May Fly __ - - - - 1 1 Mr. Shepherd's Creeping Jenny - - - 2 2 May Fly took the lead in both heats, kept it, and won easy. A Purse for Ponies. Mr. 'Wilson's bl. m. Surrey Lass . - - 1 1 Mr. Parry's h. f. - - - - - 2 2 Polly Hopkins - - - - 3 3 Two capital heats—the first won by a neck, the second by a length. WARWICK RACES.—TtirsDAY, SEPT. F. The Guy Stakes of 50gs each, h. ft. for Three-yr-olds. Lord Stamford's b. f. Linnet, by Bustard -.- 1 Sir T. Stanley's Dr. Faustus - . - - 2 Mr. West's Mystery - - - - 3 Lord Warwick's Mephistophiles - . - 4 The Leamington's Stakes of 20 FOY. each, h. ft. &.c. Two miles. Mr. Craven's Triumph, by Fyldener, Bst. 121 b. - I Mr. West's Claude Lorraine, list. 101 b. - '2 Mr. M - ytton's Euphrates, aged - - 3 Mr. Gisborne's Susan . - - 4 Mr. - Tomes's Sir Guy ' - - - 5 Sweepstakes of 5 soy. each, with 50 added. Two-mile heats. Sir T. Stanley's General Mina, by Camillus, 3 yrs 1 1 Major Gore's b. f. Spree, 4 yrs - - - IS 2 Mr. Sadler's Warwick, 4 yrs - - - 2 0 Three others started. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 soy. each, 10 ft. for Three-yr-olds. Sir 'l', Stanley's Dr. Faustus, by Filho da Puta - I Mr. Bartley's b. c. Flexible - - . 2 Mr. Yates's Madame I'oki - • - 3 Mr. Rawlinson's Rarity - - - - 4 PONTEFRACT SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1825. TUESDAY, SEPT. 6. Sweepstakes of 50gs. each, 11. ft. for the Produce of Mares covered in 1821 ; colts, Bst. 31b. ; fillies, list. ; 31b. allowed, &c. One mile and three-quartqu.s. Lord Milton's b. c. Humphrey Clinker, by Cowrus Mr. Lambton's b. f. by Leopold, out of The Duchess - Mr. Petrc's br. c. Lord John, by interpreter,-Agatha Two others drawn-Won easy. The Sandbeck Stakes of 50gs. each, h. ft., for the Produce of Mares covered in 1322 ; colts, Bst. 31b. ; fillies, fist. T. V.C. Ld. Scarborough's b. c. by Calton, out of Henrietta - 1 Mr. L. Fox's b. c. by Magistrate, out of Trictrac - 2 Mr. Petre's ch. f. by Catton, out of Agatha - - 3 Mr. Houldsworth's b. f. Elephants - - 4 Won by half a head. Sweepstakes of 30 sous. each, 10 ft. for three year old colts, Bst. 31b., fillies, Bst. One mile and three quarters. Mr. Richardsons br. c. Brownlock, by Blacklock Lord Kelburnc's eh. c. Actaeon, by Scud - - - Four others not placed.-Nine drawn.-Won in a canter. The All-Aged Stakes of 20gs. each, with 201. added, for horses, ; three-year olds fist. 91b. ; four, fist. ; five, Bst. -91 b. ; six and aged, 9st. Mares allowed 31b.; the winner of a Plate, Sweepstakes, or Subscription, this year, to carry 31b. extra. Two miles and seven furlongs. Mr. Lambton's b. c. Buzzard, by Blacklock, 4 yrs - 1 Lord Sligo's h. c. Centeen, 4 yrs - 2 Lord Milton's b. c. Whiskerandos, by Whisker, 4 yrs 3 Lord Scarborough's ch. c. Diadem, by Catton, 4 yrs - 4 A fair race. Match.-Mr. Milne's ch. c. Actaeon, 3 yrs old, lOst. agst. Mr. Ramsdell's br. h. Hexgrave, 5 yrs old, 9st._-Two miles, 100 gs. h. ft.-Gentlemen riders.-Off by consent. The Corporation Plate of 501. for horses, &c. of all ages ; three yr.olds to carry fist. filb. ; four 7st. 101 b. ; five, fist. 61b.; six and aged, 9st. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. A winner of a 50/. Plate, Match, or Stakes, in 1825, to carry 31b. extra ; of two, 51b. ; and of three, 61b. extra. Maiden horses on the day of entrance allowed 21b. in addition to the above allow ance. Heats, one mile and three quarters. Lord Fitzwilliam's br. f. Parthenessa, 4 yrs - Lord Sligo's b. g. Be9uest, 4 yrs - Six others not placed. The clay's sport was good ; and the result of the race for the three years old produced a great change in the betting for the St. Leger (on the outsiders), as soon as it was known. The ex peditious travellers had the advantage, but it was upon that race only ; the result of the others was unknown. The winner being in several other stakes, the watchfulness of the men of the turf will be called into action during these races, to square their books for the great St. Leger. - 1 - 1 1 1 2 2 CRICKET. The Match of Cricket between the Bury and Nottingham Clubs, for 1001. aside, is fully agreed on, and will be played at Rougham near Bury, on Monday next. . THE HIGH 111 ETTLED RACER. A favourite Hunter that cost upwards of 600/. and was sup posed the best horse of his day, was sold about two years ago. to a Paddington coach master for only 111. and he may be seen every day about three o'clock at the Bank. Even now he is a fine racer ; though lame, blind, and the breast stripped the whole range of the collar, he yet outsteps every horse that draws any of the coaches travelling the Paddington road. If the former =vex of this noble animal knew his misery, who knows but he might give the price of an Opera frock coat, and release him from - his present misery. DESPERATE AFFRAY.—About four o'clock this morning, a dreadful uproar was occasioned in Smithfield upon the removal of some of the Show Booths. A parcel of fellows, evidently thieves, assembled near Hosier-lane, and attacked every body indiscriminately that passed that way. Several females • had their feelings outrag ed in the most disgraceful manner by the ruffians, who tore away their shawls and bon nets. At length several persons interfered, and commenced an attack upon the gang, but they were, overwhelmed by numbers, robbed, And beat in a shameful manner ; one man was re moved in a state of insensibility, his scull being said to be fractured. Several of the ruffians are in custody. One woman was taken to the hos pital very seriously injured. The body Of MARGARET SIMPSON, who but a few months since was a dashing courtezan under the protection. of a gallant Colonel, and who af terwards figured away in the lobbies of the thea tres, was found dead yesterday in her apartment, a third floor back room in Duke-street, Oxford street. She had not been seen since Monday ; and die landlady of the house suspecting she had fled, got the door opened, and found the unfor tunate woman dead .upon the bed with her clothes on. On the table was found the rem nants of a poisonous draught of sugar of lead.— The deceased was in the most abject state of poverty. CORONERS' INQUESTS. A ROBBER SHOT.—ALTEItATION 111 VIZ LAW. An Inquisition, which had been adjourned from Friday last, was on Tuesday afternoon resumed, at the Jolly Gardeners public-house, Peascod-lane, Windsor, before JAMES Alar Esq., the Coroner for Berkshire , on the bod y of Thomas Cooper, a young man about 24 years old, who was shot last week by Mr. William Blowsfield, a market-gardener in the neighbourhood, whose grounds at the time, in con junction with two others, he was in' the act of plundering.— Till the passing of the Act, rendering it a felony, at the close of the last Session of Parliament, the stealing of garden-pro duce from the grounds where growing, was accounted a tres, pass, and was only punishable by the infliction of a fine equivalent to the amount of damage done, or in the event of non-payment, by : imprisonment in the House of Correction. —The inadequacy of this punishment was severely felt by the market-gardeners, of whom there are many in this county, and whose grounds are continually being plundered by gangs of lawless fellows, who, emboldened by the smallness of the penalty, and calculating upon the probabilities of escaping de tection, had at last attained to such a pitch of insolence, that it was no uncommon thing for the plunuered party to be taunt ed by being shewn some of the fruit procured by the depreda tions of the preceding; night. In this manner the deceased man , happening to meet Mr. Blowsfield in the street, not quite a fortnight back, insulted him by pulling some apples out of his pocket, and holding them up exclaiming, " Here, you old tool, will you have some cheap apples ?" The deceased's family have long borne a very indifferent character in the neigh bourhood; two of his brothers have been transported, and he himself has been repeatedly convicted of robbing orchards, and other petty depredations. The publicity given to the new law by the present inquiry has quite elated the farmers in the neigh bourhood, and our readers will see by the sequel that the pro tection it affords extends to the justifying them in firing upon the felon, on his refusing to surrender himself, an Act which, by the old law, would have amounted, in the event of death ensuing, to the crime of murder.-The Jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the body, which was covered from head to heel with shot marks. On their return the following evidence was given : Wm. Cooper, labourer, residing in- Peascod-row, deposed that he was the father of the deceased. On the night of Satur day week he went to bed about ten o'clock. About two hours afterwards he heard the deceased open the street-door and go to his own room. He groaned very much, and, in consequence, witness and his mother went to him, and inquired what was the matter ? He answered that lie had been shot, and requested a doctor might be sent for, which was accordingly done. Wit ness observed several gun-shot wounds on different parts of his son's body, and from which the blood was flowing. Mr. Hol derness, the surgeon, soon after arrived, and examined and dressed his wounds. He gave him no hopes of recovery, and at subsequent interviews which witness had with his son, the latter expressed his conviction that he was a dying man ; and after so saying, he, in answer to witness's inquiries, stated that " he went over into old Whackey's—lneaning Blowsfield's garden—with Thomas Field, of Datchet, and another man who worked at Slaughter's, in Chewer parish, and that a man sod. denly came upon them from behind an apple -tree, and called out, who's there ?"They did not answer, but turned to run off, when the man fired upon them, and wounded hint and one of his companions." Mary Cooper, the mother, corroborated this evidence, and in addition stated that on the Sunday morning Fiel d called upon her, and showed the wounds on his arms and side which he had received on the same occasion, and which he said he had got dressed by a surgeon at Colnbrook. Mr. Ilolderness, surgeon, had been called in to attend the deceased ; there were nearly 70 shots in different parts of his body, but principally on his left breast : six of them had pene trated to his heart, and there were several in his lungs. Wit ness attended'him till the time of his death, which he was of opinion was caus,-.1 by the effusion of blood into the cavity of the chest, and by the inflammation of the heart and lungs, both produced by the gun-shot wounds he had received. Mr. Blowsfield, the market-gardener, after being cautioned to say nothing that might criminate himself, was next sworn. He stated that he resided in a cottage in the garden, and that his most valuable fruit having been continually plundered, he determined on keeping a watch, and on the nigh -t of Saturday week he saw three men gathering apples from a tree near the centre of the garden. 'He called out to them to desist, and stir render themselves, telling them that if they attempted to move, he would fire upon them. They, however, ran off , and he fired his gun at them when at a distance of about 40 yards. He was not aware that he had wounded any of them till the following morning. This being the whole of the evidence, the Coroner summed it up, when the Jury expressed a pretty general opinion that the case was one of justifiable homicide. The Coroner said that was the opinion he himself enter tained ; but as the Act making the robbing of gardens a felony had been but recently passed, and as it was by that Act that the deed of Mr. Blowsfield was, if at all, to be justified, he should prefer adjourning the inquiry till he could procure a copy of the Act in question. Accordingly the Jury adjourned from Friday till Tuesday last, when they re-assembled at the same place. The Coroner, after adverting to the object for which they had again met, produced the new Act, which it appears was passed on the sth of July, and became operative from and after the Ist of August last, being, as the Coroner observed, just in time to comprehend the transaction out of which the present inquiry arose. After reading the Act (which is a very short one) the Coroner proceeded to state, that the case being a new one, he had, for their and his own satisfaction, taken the opi nion of Counsel thereon, and which he would now read to them. The Coroner having declined giving a copy of it, we give the following summary from memory : " I am of opinion that the dying declarations of the deceased under all the circumstances ought to be rejected. By the old. law, Cooper and his companions would only have been com. mitting a trespass, and consequently the firing upon them so as to cause death would have been murder. But by the new act, the sth of Geo. IV., the offence in which Cooper and his com panions were engaged is rendered a felony, and I am therefore of opinion, that as from the evidence it appears they had com mitted the felony, for is law the removal of the apples from the tree was an act sufficient to constitute that offence, and as they were called upon to surrender themselves up to justice, and as they refused so to do, and attempted to escape, Mr. Blows field was justified in firing upon them, so as to secure them by killing or slaying them, for it is laid down by Hawkins, page 70, that if a felon refuse to surrender himself to justice, and do flee away, it is lawful for any person, whether a public officer or a private individual, to pursue and kill and slay the said felon.' In the present instance there were three felons, and only one man to take them ; and it is idle, therefore, to sup pose that he could have secured all, or even one of them ; lam therefore of opinion that his firing upon and killing the deceased was an act of justifiable homicide.' The Coroner, having finished reading the above opinion, ob served, that it was one which had been drawn up on the evi dence they had before heard. The case in his opinion was a very clear one, and he should therefore leave it to them, merely observing that his view of it was similar to that taken by the counsel. The Jury without hesitation returned a verdict of " Justi fiable Homicide ;" and their Foreman, after delivering in the verdict, expressed their thanks for the assistance the Coroner had rendered them, by procuring for them the opinion of Counsel. The Coroner said, his was a public duty, and he was always anxious to perform it to the best of his ability. Several jurors declared their satisfaction at the result to which they had been enabled to come, and expressed a hope that the alteration in the law, and the example afforded in the present instance, would operate to the prevention of crime. The Coroner remarked, that the alteration had taken effect just in time ; and but for it, Mr. Blowsfield must have gone to gaol, and have lain there until next March, unless one Of the Judges admitted him to bail. A juror replied, that there were many persons in Windsor, who, if necessary, would have bailed him to any amount. A proof of this kindly feeling was given soon afterwards, as Captain Taylor, of the Blues, came to the house to tender him self as bail, if necessary. There was some talk of the two companions of the deceased corning forward to give evidence; they, however, thought it best to keep away, and it is said have left the neighbourhood. It is intended to proceed against them for the felony. One of them (Field) has had seven shot extracted from his arm, and several from his left side ; none of his wounds are dangerous. The deceased was buried last Sunday in Windsor church yard ; his funeral was followed by the greater part of the rabble of the place. MURDER. Yesterday afternoon an Inquisition was taken before Ricn- Ann CARTER, Esq. the Surrey Coroner, at the Carlisle Arms, Carlisle-lane, Lambeth, on the body of John Furlonger, aged 27, late in the employ of Mr. Jackson, the landlord of the Shades Tavern, Charing-cross, who was found drowned in the ' River near Westminster Bridge. William Carey, a Waterman, sworn ; he resides on board the Floating Bath, stationed on the river at Westminster Bridge. On Monday evening last, between 6 and 7 o'clock ; he saw something under water foul of the mooring chains, he took his hitcher to clear it away, when he discovered it was the body of a man. Witness procured assistance, and conveyed him on shore. In clearing the body from the chains, he struck him several times with the hitcher, but whether on the body or head he could not sa y , as he renitned under water; p art of the hand from the wrist, which was clenched to the tiooring- chain, came away, in . consequence of the putrid state of the deceased; it presented a most horrid spectacle. John Berry, a waterman to the hackney-coach-stand, at Spratt's Bottom, otherwise Charing-cross, said, that the de ceased was an assistant to the same rank : he attended his duty on the evening of Friday the 19th August last, and left the stand between 10 and 11 o'clock at night, and went towards his master's house, the Shades, at Charing-cross, and from that time he saw no more of him until yesterday, when he waslying dead in the bone-house at Lambeth. ConoNEn—if the deceased had been found without his clothes, should you have known him ? Witness—No, Sir ; I merely go by the clothes he wore, and those I can swear to. Mr. Jackson, the landlord of the Shades Tavern at Charing cross, begged also to say that he accompanied the last witness to view the body, and knew it was the deceased in consequence of his clothes. CORONER to the witness Berry.—Do you know, of your own knowledge, of any person ever having threatened his life ? Witness—No; I only know at the time he parted from me that he wns perfectly sober and in good health. The deceased did tell him, on the evening preceding his being missed, that he had taken up two men before the Magistrates at Queen-square' Office for an assault upon him, and they were committed to prison and that part of the same gang had threatened life. The deceased resided in Duck-lane, Westminster. Diana King sworn—ls not married, hut lived at No. 9', Duck-lane, with the deceased, on the day that the two men were taken before the Magistrates and committed for assaulting. John Furlonger. On their return home, a young man named Spratt, standing opposite the house, said to her (witness), don't be surprised if your husband is brought home on a shutter; for he would make one to do it. A young woman named Bowen was present • she had given evidence against Hinton and Chester for the assault, and said to the man there, if any thing happens to Furlonger we shall know who has done it. Catharine Bowen also resides at No. 9, Duck-lane ; she de . . posed to seeing the assault committed, and gave evidence against the two men at Queen-square ; the man Spratt was in the prisoner's company wheh the assault took place. She fully corroborated the testimony_ of the last witness as to the expres. sions being made by Spratt, but thought at first he alluded to her husband, upon which she asked for what cause f he replied, for Bob Hinton's sake; afterwards it was understood it meant , Furlonger, now deceased. CORONER—How many were included in the warrant ? Witness—Only Hinton and Si , .4er. CORONER—How was it that Spratt was not taken up, as you say he was in their company ? Witness—He could not be found. CORONER—Where is the man Spratt now ? Witness—l believe he is either in Horsemonger-lane or at Brixton. I have been told he was apprehended last Friday fortnight. There being no other evidence to adduce, The Jury consulted for about ten minutes, and returned a Verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." MERCANTILE SIIIPPINC;. DEAL, SEPT. 7.—Wind W.—Arrived and sailed for the. River, the Regent, Gibson, and Amazon, Holder. from Jamaica; Sir C. Price, Durkin, South Seas; Lady, Lloyd, Seville; Phyderca, Hill, Cadiz ; Barbadoes Planter, Redman, Batbadoes ; Hannah, Webber, Quebec ; Ann, Nash, Cuba ; and Wellington, Edwards, from Cadiz. Came down from the River and remain, the Resource, Tomlin, for CaLaitta ; and the Amelia, Bully, for Cadiz. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. S.W.--Arrived the Alexander, tiPlienzie, from Riga. Sailed the Alfred, Mead, for Guernsey. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Chase, Shotton, from Charente. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 6.—Wind N.—Arrived the Marquis of Anglesey, Steward, from London for Buenos Ayres. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 6.—Arrived the Superior, Itidley, from Bahia; Sereno, Thatcher, and William Penn, Dixey, from Charleston; Iris, Rice, from New York; and John and Isaac, from Genoa. Off the Port the Kingstone, from Africa. COWES, SEPT. 7.—Arrived the Marquis of Huntley trans port, from Sierra Leone in 44 days ; Industry transport from Chatham. Sailed the Zepher transport for Chatham. Off Dover .the Ann and Maria, , from St. John's, N. B. Off Margate the Trusty, Henderson, from Buenea Ayres. The Earl Morley sailed from Rio Janeiro the sth of Juue, for Gibraltar, and put back again with loss of rudder. Off Brighton the Lawstoff, from,Tenerifte. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Capt. Henry Bonham Bay: was sworn into the command of the new ship building by Henry Bonham, Esq. consigned to Bombay and China. The Glasgow frigate, one of the finest in the British Naoy, was off here yesterday, she stood in close to the Chain Pier, and was for a considerable time an object of much attend= to a large assemblage of spectators.—(Brighton, Sept. 7. ) LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITuTTON.—YfSter. day evening the seventh quarterly meeting of this Insimtion was held at their theatre, in Southampton-buildings—the ?resi dent, Dr. BinKßEc K, in the Chair. A report of tle, committee of management, detailing their proceedings during the lest quarter, was read by the Secretary, from which it appeared that the progress of the institution has been such as to exceed the most sanguine expectations of its friends and supporters._ Five hundred and twenty-five new members were added during the last quarter, making the whole number at present 1.133. A considerable number of the members receive instruction, in the schools, of arithmetic, mathematics, drawing. arid French, and their great attention has been amply rewarded by a rapid progress towards proficiency. The philosophical atm mecha nical apparatus has been greatly increased ; and the library so extended by liberal donations and extensive purchases, that in the course of the ensuing month the committee will be able to establish a circulating library for the use of all the members. The report concluded by congratulating the members on the bright prospect of the realization of the highest hopes they could have formed of the success of the institution, and on the zeal, activity, and harmony by which all their proceedings were characterized. 'Mr. Cope, secretary of the building com mittee, read a report which detailed their proceedings in the erection of the new theatre, and other buildings on the pre mises, by which it appeared that the theatre cos: 3,7001., the whole of which was advanced by Dr. Birkbeck, and that 1,1701:- had been expended on other buildings and improvements.— One of the auditors read a report on the state of the accounts of the Institution, by which it appeared that their finances are in a most flourishing condition, there being a balance of up wards of 1,0001. in their banker's hands. All the repor s were agreed to. An adjourned motion for allowing ea• Is member to introduce a friend to the lectures was tal e into consideration ; and after a good deal of discussion was re jected on the ground that the rapid increase of members made it impossible at present to afford accomodation to strangers.— One of the Committee observed that the members would Not), outgrow the size of the theatre, capacious as it was, and th, they would he obliged to attend the lectures not altogether st.. heretofore, but by turns. Thanks were voted to all the officers of the institution. On thanks being voted to Dr. Birkbeck, which was followal with the greatest applause, that gentleman in making his acknowledgements, observed, that the example of the London Mechanics' Institution bad excited such a desire for a participation in the blessings it was calculated to impart, all over the country, that the most gratifying accounts were con stantly receiving of the formation of new institutions : he had received two such accounts that day. And it must be delight ful to every friend of human improvement and happiness to find, that their establishment was uniformly attended with in creased order in conduct, and respectability in character, con firming in every respect the opinion formed by those who assisted in the establishment of the London institution of their important results and extensive utility. The meeting, wYe‘i was well attended, then broke up. MARRIEI2. On Tuesday, the 6th inst., at Iver, Bucks, the Rev. Wil liam Gay, 8.A., second sort of the late James Gay, Esq., of Champion-hill, Surrey, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Chippendale, Esq., of the Lodge, Hillingdon, Middlesex. On the 6th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Dover, Mr. Rouse. of Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of James Bardwell Browne, Esq., of Dover. On the 7th inst., at St. James's, Garlick-flithe, Charles Henry Blake, Esq., of Poorneah, Bengal, to Frances, eldest daughter of the late William Denis, Esq., of Thames-street. On Wednesday, the 7th inst., Philip Samuel, Esq., of Guil ford-street, Russell-square, to Pheebe, youngest daughter of Solomon Israel, Esq., of Stamford-hill. DIED On the 4th inst., at Castle Howard, the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., in the 78th year of his age • On the Bth inst., in Montagu-square, General Stevens, in_ the 83d yeAr of his age. On Wednesday, the 7th inst., at his house in Lower Thorr.- haugh-street, Bedford-square, John Lane, Esq., in the 74th year of his age. On Sunday evening, the 4th inst., at William Rayley'A., Esq., at Niraddon, near Croydon, in the 50th rear of her age, Mrs. Green, relict of the late James Green, Esq., of the Fal• con Glass-works, and Brixton, Surrey,