The Sun. — London, England, 1821-11-15 00:00:00

.i .t., i . TIIE LONDON JOB:!':, GALS, DAILY EXTBACI3 FROM TILE - MORNING PIPERS, November 1 5 . CURITISII PRESS.] It will be seen in our Court Circular that at a Court held yesterday at the King's Palace, Pall- Mall, a further adjournment of Parliament was agreed upon. It is stated, but not positively, that it is adjourned from the 29th instant, the day for which it stood, to Thursday, the 3d of January next. The precise time of the meeting of Parliament has been hitherto regulated chiefly by the vibrations of the financial pendulum in the Minister's pocket. From the circumstances of the moment, we are led •to hope that to this cause we are indebted for the present postpone ment. The Financial Minister has been of late particularly lucky in what is vulgarly called windfalls. The establishment at St. Helena, re quiring full 300,00 W. a year, has been broken up by the death of Buonaparte. The death of the late unfortunate Queen Caroline has also produced a Saving to the public purse of upwards of 50,0001. Added to this, Ministers have commenced the work. of retrenchment in the several departments under Government, and although not executed in the most gracious and efficient way, yet still its operation, to a certain extent, must be admitted. —All these circumstances must assist to lighten the burden of public expense,and consequently, we hope, enable Ministers to postpone the neces sity of calling together those who have the com mand of the public purse, whom they have hither to sbewn no great wish to meet for any other purpose than that of opening it. [MORNING ncnAtn.] Some impression has been produced on the public mind by the accounts of his Majesty's re ception in Belgium. We are happy, however, to be enabled to state, from unquestionable au thority, that the apparent neglect with n Ilia his Majesty was treated, on his return through the Netherlands, originated solely In his own express desire to dispense with the honours due to his exalted station, wishing to travel as a private in dividual. Of this fact our Correspondent was not aware at the time, and, in deScribing events as they came before him, he delivered his opinion . with•candour and sincerity, consulting only the interests of truth,unbiassed by party, uninfluenced by prejudice. It is true, he did not speak in very measured terms of the King and the Government of the Netherlands, on witnessing what he conceived to be reprehensibte inattention towards a Sovereign to whom they -were so deeply indebted ; but lie could have .no object in advancing any charge against either which he did not believe from ocular demonstration to be well-founded. That he has not been singular in his imputations, will fie seen from a letter Bigned " Au Eye Witness," which has recently appeared in a Ministerial Evening Paper. In that letter the very same charge is urged, though the writer forbears to offer those comments which might natura I ly sucrgest themselves to an Englishman of "tin independent mind, tenacious of the honours which his Sovereign had a right to expect in a foreign country. But under all the circumstances of the case, it gives us very great pleasure to understand that his Majesty has not been intentionally slighted by a Potentate who on es him so many lasting obliga. tions. We have been assured that the King of the Netherlands and his son, the Crown Prince, were most anxious that his Majesty should be attended with all the attributes of Regal pomp; and though they might not have been able to in fluence the feelings of a disaffected ~population, England ought ) in justice, to give them credit for their own. {NEW TIMES.] It will probably be recollected by many of our Readers, that a new systm of taxation was pro posed iu the last Session of the States-General of the Netherlands ; and that after a violent oppo sition on the part of the Flemish Members of the Second Chamber, it was adopted by a majority. of a single vote. We have inserted the law embrac ing the new regulations, and it will be found neither unimportant in a commercial view, nor uninteresting to general curiosity. With refer ence to commerce, the most striking feature of the law is the intended repeal of import duties on certain raw materials. The subject will, no doubt, receive the attention it deserves from the parties interested in it. The attention of the general observer will probably be di rected to the miscellaneous imposts, some of which may a little surprise those admirers of emigration, who fondly believe that out of England none of those demands are made on the Public, which we here distinguish by the name of Assessed Taxes. 'lt was, indeed, the Taxes on Horses, Hearths Windows, nous'ehold 'Fur niture, &c: which principally induced the Flem ings to declare themselves so strongly against the new system. Engaged in manufacturing and agricultural pursuits, and influenced by different habits from those of their fellow-subjects, the Dutch, they are more liable to imposts of this nature, and regard the distribution of the public burthens as unfair and partial. Some persons go so far as to express strong doubts whether the law can be carried into execution at all in Flanders. PrIORNING CIIRONICLE.I In noticing the able Pamphlet recently pub lished on the subject of the Greek cause, we quoted the charge brought forward by its author against the country that advocates the cause of the black savage of Africa for her assisting AsiatiC slave-traders against European slaves, and against Mr. Wilberforce and the Societies Vith which he is connected, for the unconcern with which they view " the Christian blood now flowing in Greece." Nearly the same senti ments have been expressed-by as individual of a very different sciiool in politics. We allude to the well known Ultra Royalist, M. de Bonald, the ablest writer, and most respectable member, perhaps, of his party. Struck with the horrible consequences which would follow from an ac knowledgement of the Legitimacy of the Turkish Governiiient, - M. de Bonald distinguishes the legitimacy of things frost' that of persons. in a letter lately published .by him in the io :ti-nal des Debuts, in answer to a M. Achille de Joutfrey, he says, " he cannot Understand how his adVer sary should talz. an interestin the legitimacy of barbarous people, who are even, unacquainted with.its name, and when he asks me whether, under the pretext 'of the illegitimacy of their laws, we ought to attack them? I answer him, that if we were their' neighbours, the noblest use that we could make of .our knowledge would be to constrain them to renounce their abominable customs. Strength has only been, given to Chris tian nations to enable them to extend the benefits of civilization, and in the mean time, till policy, distracted by miserable commercial quarrels or deplorable systems, shall be willing or able to concur in this object, religion has alone taken the charge of it by its missions among savage or barbarous nations. The legitimacy of things or institutions, or their conformity to the natural relations of . beings in society, or to the rules of natural justine, is, as was observed by. M. Malt-Brun, like the essences of things, inde pendent of God himself, as it is the expression of.his will which cannot change, and constitutes .the general laws of the moral or physical order, which is / also called the nature of things.—lf the Creator has - given to the society of bees or ants general laws to secure its duration, and to regu late its destination, can we suppose that he has not given such laws to the society of intelligent beings, made after his image, and who ought to know and serve him ?" [TIM Mr. Scarlett moved yesterday for a criminal information against the proprietor of the Durham Chronicle, for a libel contained in that publication on the 18th of Atigust last. The matter charged as libellous reflects strongly upon the Clergy of the city of Durham, for not Winng thei - r bells on , account of the death of our late Queen, of " in jured" memory. The omission, if intentional, was, no doubt, no less an insult to the whole of the reigning Family ; and those who revere the Ilouse of Brunswick may be allowed some warmth on such an occasion. Mr. Scarlett, however, obtained his rule. In reading through the paragraph complained of, we derive some consolation from observing, that however it may deal- with the clergy of the city of Dur ham, it speaks with just reverence of our holy religion and its divine Founder. It indi cates no infidel principles, it puts forth no blas-, phemous expressions : nay, .as opposed to the established Church, it even treats with contempt . " the brood (as it calls them) of wild. fanatics and enthusiasts," and deprecates, as we do most sincerely, the " increase of conienticles in every corner !" It will not be contended, therefore, we presume, that the author was actuated by a hatred of religion. It is equally obvious that the whole cler gy are not censured: for the paragraph begins with these words :—" So far as we have been able to judge from the accounts in the public papers, a mark of respect to her late Majesty has been almost universally paid throUghout the kingdom, when the painful tidings'of her decease were receiv ed, by tolling the bells of the cathedrals and churches. There is one exception to this very creditable fact," namely, Durham. It is totally repugnant to common sense, therefore, to suppose that the writer in the succeeding sentences meant to reflect upon the great body of the clergy, whom he has just declared to have " almost uni versally, and with only one exception, done their duty, to have acted properly ; and their conduct is expressly affirmed to have been " very cre ditable" to them. Let the Clergy, therefore, of the six Churches, and of the Cathedral of Dur ham, strive as much as they please, they will not succeed in diffusing over the whole body of the Clergy that. obloquy which was cast ,only and exclusively upon themselves, for a most unbe coming omission of respect to the Royal Family, on the demise of one of its members. And that the insult, though probably not, so aimed by the incumbents and prebends, could really only affect the surviving Members of the House of Brunswick is obvious: for the Illustrious Dead was beyond the reach or cognizance of human insolence and malice. Mn. MURRAY, late of CO VENT-GARDEN THEATRE. This gentleman, many years a most distin guished favourite on the COvent-Garden boards, died at Edinburgh (as we have formerly stated) on the Bth instant. Ile was the son of Sir JOHN MURRAY, Bart., of Broughton, Secretary to Charles. Edward the Pretender, in the rebellion of 1745, who, after the final ruin of the cause of his unfortunate master, retired to Cheshunt, in Hertfordshire, where, in the year 1754, the sub ject of this memoir was born. Charles; under the immediate guardianship of his father, reeeiv ed an excellent classical education, and was at a proper season Bent in to France to perfect himself in the language of that country—a language which, from his youngest days, he spoke with the correctness and fluency of the most accom plished native.- Being designed .by his friends for the medical profession, he was, on his return to England, placed as a pupil with a London practitioner of eminence, and having obtained a competent knowledge of pharmacy and surgery, entered into the sea service as a surgeon, in which capacity he made several voyages. Being tired of this service, he entered into an engagement with Mr. Tate Wilkinson, and made his ftrStappearancel on the stage at York in 1775, is the character of l Carlos in the Fop's Fortune, under the assumed name of Mr. Raymer. Thence he went to Nor wich, and afterwards to Bath. At the death of the late Mr. Farrell, he enterer - ii into an en gagement with Mr. Barris, at Covent-Garden Theatre, where he appeared in 1797, in the part of *flock, in the'Merchant - of Venice. In cha racters of sensibility and deep "pathos. Mr. Nur. ray has been unrivalled ;' and in much parts as Old Norval, Lusignan, and 4dani, " we shall, never .look upon his like again'." Mr. Murray has lefta son and a (laughter in the profession. — The latter (Mrs. Henry Siddons) is highly tiuguished as an actress both in tragedy and in anted comedy, and is the present proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. Her brother, Mr. William Murray, ttie acting Manager of that respectable Theatre ) is also a great favourite iu that Metropolis. LITERARY AND ANTIQUARIAN SO- CIETV OF PERTH. (From the Pk:uTit„Coultiß.) The Anniversary Meeting of this Society, held on Monday, (the sth inst.), afforded a very gratifying proOf of the increas ing prosperity of the Institution. The meeting was not only more numerously attended than was remembered on any former occasion, but the number and value of the donations—the many names that were laid on the table of Gentlemen desirous of being elected members—and the various excellent Essays on subjects not more suited to the peculiar objects of the Society, than interesting to the community at large—all bore testimony to the interest which is now generally felt in the progress of an association, by whose labours a Museum of interesting sub jects of natural history, curious relics of antiquity, and valuable books and MSS. has been collected, to which the public at large and strangers visiting the city, have at all times access when in troduced by a member of the Society. The meeting on Monday was gratified by seeing the various specimens'of minerals and other objects of natural history_ the' coins and medals—ancient seals and casts—and the various cu riosities that have been from time to time given to or purchased by the Society, displayed in 'glass cases around the room. Ac commodation, however, could not be found for all the members who attended; it was therefore with much satisfaction that they were informed by the committee who were appointed by t:;o subscribers to Provost Marshal's Monument, to provide a flail for the Society and for the Pnblic Library in the proposed build.' ing—that the obstacles which had so long retarded the opera tions of the Committee were now apparently removed, and that they confidently anticipated the speedy fulfilment of their own and the general wish on that subject~ After the appointment of th e office-bearers—those in office during the preceding year being all re-elected—and various new members ballotted for—candidates' names laid on the table, and corresponding members chosen, the following donation* were presented ; _ - 1. Volumes Seventh and Eighth of the Public Records of Scotland, now re-printing. Presented by his Majesty. The Society is also indebted to the royal munificence for the former volumes of this valuable and important national work. 2. Twenty-six Seals of Ancient Charters, from Gen. Hutton, an Hon. Member. 3. Plates of the Antiquities of Stratford upon Avon, four parts, imperial folio, coloured. From Thomas Fisher, Esq., East India House, London, who was elected' an lionarary Member. [Mr. Fisher was one of the Gentlemen examined before Par liament, respecting the number of copies of new Publicationsre quired by the Colleges and other public bodies ; and this work was cited as one in which the publisher was deterred from pub lishing the letter press, in consequence of that requisition.) 4. Vovillan's Commentary on the Sentences of Aquinas ; folio. Black letter. 1489. 5. S . cotus Lanrentius, or Passages of the Evangelists ; folio. Black letter. 1480. Both these works were presented by the Rev. W. Orthe, as perfect and good specimens of early topography. 6. Notes onj the Priory of Inchmahome ; 4to. plates. Chart of British History and Explanatory Work. From the Author, the Rev. W. IWGregor Stirling, •of Port, who was elected a Corresponding alember._ 7. Two Terra-Cotta Vases, and two Lachrymatories, found in Tumuli, in the Greek Islands. Presented by A. Ande rson , .Esq. from Captain Robertson, of Carie. B.' Lock of a Musgtiet from Moscow, found after the confla gration in 1812. By Mr. Anderson, Academy. 9. A very large pair of Antlers, lately taken out of the Tav, near NeWburgh, in a fisherman's net. From Captain MoncriefF, , of Culfargie. 10. A tine specimen of Sulphate of Barytes, found at Barn hill. By Captain Monerieff. 11. Ten Roman Coins, including one of Carausius. From the Rev. 1). Duncan, Abernethy. 12. A Groat of James I. ; Penny of Edward 11. ; A Danish Silver Coin ; and a foreign Coin found on the site of the an cient Parliament House. From Mr. Ogilvie, Druggist. 13. Admission Ticket to the Coronation of his present Ma jesty, and copies of the " Observer" newspaper, giving repre sentations and details of the Ceremony. From Win. Oloag, EN! _ _ The thanks of the'Society were 'voted to the donors. The following papers were then presented and read to the Society. Extracts from Notes . on the Ancient History of Perth, in which the ancient site of the capital of Scotland, the events which occurred in it at the Reformation, the Gowry Conspiracy, the proposed transference of the University of St. Andrew's to Perth in 1697, and other subjects of interest, were rapidly but powerfully sketched. By the Rev. James Esdaile. Two papers were read by Mr. Anderson ; the first related to the quantity of water discharged by the Tay during its very re duced state in July last; and the second, which he illustrated by a beautiful experiment, to the influence which the hygro metric condition of the air exerts over the minimuth tempera ture of the night. A continuation of a series of Essays, formerly read, on the Early History of Scotland. By the Rev. Dr. Irvine, of little Dunkeld. A summary Review of the Gowrie Conspiracy. By the Rev. W. iU'Uregor Stirling, of Port. The thanks of the meeting were given to these gentlemen for their excellent papers. A Committee was . appointed to examine the papers in the possession of the Society, and report at an early meeting such as they considered worthy of publication in the intended volume of the Society's Transactions. The meOting unanimously agreed to recommend to the gen tlemen of the county, .members of the Society, ,; r o transmit to the Secretary, as they have opportunity, specimens of the ani ma's, plants, &c. indigenous to the clinic; as they consider a collection of Scottish Natural History would be a valuable ac quisition to the Museum. It was proposed to purchase a copy of Dibdin's Bibliornania cal Tour, and to add it to the library of the Societie • The Secretary then presented to the meeting the New.Seals ' which had been cut by Air. Deuch a rs, Edinbur g h, a ft er th e drawings which the Secretary had,.submitted to the Society at a former meeting. He also subMitted a specimen of the style in which he proposed to execute engravings from the .Lithographic Press of the Society, of various valuable and rare Medals, Coins, and Seals, which appeared to him deserving of being thus copied in the Catalogue of the Museum, now in the course of publica tion. This proposition met with the cordial approbation of the meeting. At the same time he illustrated the process of en graving and printing from stone, by producing in a few minutes, lac similes of a writing by the President, done for that purpose, with chemical ink, on prepared paper. The Members afterwards sat down to a very sumptuous din, ner in the Salutation Inn, the arrangements tor which by the Stewards, and, the style in which Air. Stewart served up every course, were much admired. The President, the Right Hon. the Earl of Kinnoull, was in the Chair, who after dinner stated to the Members, that he had at one time expected Sir Walter Scott, 'of,Abhotsibrd,. to have .1 met with the Society that day, toireceive the Diploma from them in their own hall ; and had accordingly sent that illustrious in diVidual of their number an invitation to Dupplin Castle. His Lordship regretted that in these pleasing anticipations he had hem disappointed, havin received a letter from the Worthy Baronet, which was read to the meeting, in which Sir Wal ter says, "h e esteems • hi mse lf extremely unfortunate, that j he is prevented from accepting these flattering invitations by the necessity of remaining at Abbotsford to receive company previously invited. Ile requests his Lordship to have the goodness to state to the Society his due sense of the honour designed him, and his extreme regret that circumstances pre vent him from receiving the Diploma in the flattering manner des geed by the Society." On receipt of this letter, his Lord ship had forwarded the Diploma (being the first to which the New Seal of the Society was 'affixed, and bearing, in addition to the usual form, the words " Et Scotit Dulce peens") to Ab botsford, and his Lordship trusted that, on some future occasion, he would, along with tha Society, have the satisfaction of wel coming the pride and ornament of Scotland to the ancient capital of the kingdoni l and to a Society in whose interesls they had every reason to cmclude, f r om the terms of Ilia communi cations, he would ever f ee l a -lively interest. • Letters were also produced to the Meeting from Sir A. M. Mackenii e and' froth Professor Lee of St—Andrew's, by whi c h but T imp b a i n cgthe health of th e D onors it appeared the y• had designed meeting with the Society, h il e a4 E b a e rr of i l( a rn i o d t a t b l, 4l det6ned. of the valuable presents which bad been that day given to the Society, adverted, in very animated terms, to the circumstance of his Majesty's name being among them—a name that would on all occasions be found the first, in every endeavour to promote the advancement of Science and Literature.. The topics introduced, and the toasts' given, in the course of tlio.evoning,. by the Noble Chairman, were most appropriate, and the company separated at a late hour, highly pleased with the proceedings of the day. The followine , are tile Office Bearers of the Society fez the present ye a e : _ PREsmExT—The Right Hon. The Earl of KinnoulL VICE -PRESIDENTS—The Right H on. Lord Gray ; Sir David Moncreiffe, Bart. ; Rev. John Dowe, Methuen ; Murray, Pig., of Ay-ton ; fames Hay, Eiq., of Seggieden ; and Rev. James Esdaile. . Mr: D. Morison, jun.,' General Secretary and Treasurer. Rev. Jam:es Esdaile, .Latin Secretary. Mr. Whiteheli'd. French Secretary. Rev. D. Macfarlane, Gaelic: Secretary. Adam Anderson, - Esq. superintendent of Natural History. Coanua"fr.z. FOB. INSPECTING THE. MANUSCRIPTS— Rev. James'Esdalle; Rev. Dr. Irvine ; Adam Anderson, Esq.- ; Dr. W. Malcom ; and Mr. D. Morison, jun. STEWARDS-73. G. •Sandeman, Est}., of Springlan ; Dr. W. Malcom ;. David Beatson, Esq. of liirkpottie ; and Adam Anderson, Esq. PAPERS READ BY MR. ANDERSON, REFERRED TO ABOVE. It appeared by the former of these Papers, that in July last. the stream of the Tay had become so contracted in its dimen sions, by the long-continued drought of the preceding summer months, that, at the bridge of Perth, where a section of the river was carefully measured, it was yielding at the rate of only 450 cubic feet per second. By comparing this discharge with the quantity of ram which fell from May to July, on the area of the great basin of the river, formed by a line traced along the most elevated ground il\ln which the di:ierent tributary streams that flow into the Tay take their rise, it was ascertained that the quantity of water, conducted off by the river, was less than one fiftieth part of what actually descended from the atmosphere.— 'The rest it was inferred had disappeared by evaporation, or been applied to maintain the necessary functions of organic beings. In the other paper Mr. A. brought forward some original views respecting the connexion between the lowest temperature of the night, and the contemporaneous state of the air in point of humidity. After proving by arguments drawn from the ge neral doctrines of caloric, that the transition of the aqueous vapour of the atmosphere to the liquid form, is necessarily at tended with ,the extrication of heat, And illustrating this pro-. position by an interesting experiment, he detailed a conside- 1 rable number of meteorological aservations, which seemed to put the truth °fills theory beyond all doubt, and concurred in es tablishing the important fact, hitherto unnoticed, that the de pression of temperature during the night is powerfully coun teracted by the humidity of the air. From these hygrometric researches,. Mr. A. concluded that places, in which there is little difference _between the greatest heat of the day and the extreme cold of the night, must be exposed to a moist atmosphere, while those situations which possess a' wider range, in respect of the extremes of temperature, must enjoy a corresponding de gree of dryness, and probably too of salubrity. PROPOSED REMOVAL OF THE UXIVERSITY OF ST. AN DREW'S TO PERTH. In thepaper read by Ilr.Esdaile to the Literary and Antigua. rian Society, a circumstance was alluded to, which seems to have escaped the notice of all our National or Local Historians— we mean a negociation entered into and nearly completed, but broke off for some inscrutable reason, for the.transference of the University of St. Andrew's to Perth, in 1697. His informa tion on tliis subject, Mr. E. dreir from copies of the correspon dence taken from the Records of the University, and presented to the, Antiquarian Society of Perth by Professor Lee, of St. Andrew's. Some of the reasons for Transference are curious enough— whether they still remain in force we pretend not to determine —let the lieges of Fife look to it. " 6th. This place (St. Andrew's) is a most thin and piercing air, even to an excess, seeing that nitre grows upon the walls of chambers where fires are used, if there be a light to the north for the most part of the whole year. And this is the rea son why old inen coming tO this place arc instantly cutoff. " fith..Thikplace being now only a village, where most part farmers &ell; the whole streets are filled with dung-hills, -which are exceedingly noisome and ready to infect the air, es pecially at this season, when the herring Butts are exposed in them, or rather in all corners of the toune by themselves. " 9th. It may be considered whether the dissention betwixt the University and Citie at present be a reason, seeing it may prove impossible for us _to keep Gentlemen and Noblemen's children from incurring great hazards, considering the disposi tions of youth to be reversed, so that if 'the Magistrates should offer to meddle, they would endeavour to resist them and tu multuate, and so expose themselves to the rabble of this place; or else be in hazard of burning the toune, which this last year they had certainly done in the case if Mir Henderson, had not, by a particular providence, thedesign been known by one of the Masters ane Iniur before it was to be put in execution. " 10th. The disposition of this people (there being few of worth eminent above the rest,) is much set upon tumulting, as did appear in the year 90, when they chased the students intothe Collect es and brought their cannons to the very gates to throw down the Colledge, and in one of their tradesmen drawing a whinger to Dr. Skeen, went in the Colledge, threatening to Murder him tht same year, as also Ja. Smith's threatening to drag him to prison. " 11th. The aversion and hatred they have to Learning and Learned men, which appears not only in the former instances,. but in that since our foundation there was never a farthing doted to the University by any Burgess in St. Andrew's: 2d, that in our knowledge there was not any capable to win his bread by Learning (except our present Bibliothecar) who was born in St. Andrew's ; :td, their entering college vassals by their tonnes, and so robbing the several colledges; 4th, the unjust and base methods they have taken to break the new mylne belonging to the University, and, in innu miserable instances of their encroach ing upon us by imposing, at their own pleasure, annuities, taxes, &c. upon our vassals—their present design of robbing the Colledge, which they are not ashamed to publish." " The contrar of all these," the AI S. affirms, " may be rea sonably expected in Perth." NVe hope so. There is one rea son alleged, however, which we fear we cannot even yet (and to our shame be it said) boast the contrar" of—viz.:— " sth. This place is ill provided of -fresh-water, the most part being served with a stripe where the foul cloths, her ring, fish, &c., are washed, so that it is most pairt neasty and unwholsome." SUDDEN DEATH.—Tuesday, Mr. JORDAN, a respectable broker, residing in Sun Tavern-tields, St. George's in the. East, while sitting with his family, apparently in good health and spirits, suddenly fell off his chair, and expired. FlRE.—About six o'clock on Sunday morning, an alarming fire broke out in the baking-house of Mr. CONSTABLE, situated in the rear of his dwelling-house in Old Gravel-lane,Ratcliff-high way. There being a plentiful supply water, it was confined to the premises• where it originated, which were completely destroyed, together with a large portion of the stock in trade. Monday night, two young men of dashing exterior obtained lodging at the Globe Tavern, Blackheath. They retired to rest at an early hour, having previously paid for their beds : and on the servant's going up next morning to cal them to breakfast, it was discovered that they had decamped, and carried off with them apparel and money to the amount of 1001. from the room in which they slept and an adjoining one. On the 2.6 th ult. a Bench of Magistrates at Barnstaple, discharged, the apprentice of a seater, residing at Stoke Rivers, for refusing him to attend to be confirmed by the Bishop, and for inflicting corporal punishment on the lad in con sequence of his attempting to go.—(Pl3onouth Gazette.) On the afternoon of Sunday, the 4th, during the performance of service at the Parish Church of Aldertcn, in Suffolk, as the Minister was ad dressing a numerous 'congregation from the pul pit, a portion of the old steeple, which has been for many years in a very ruinous condition, fell down with a tremendous crash. Happily the wind was in such a direction that no part of it fell on the church ; otherwise the effects would have been appalling and disastrous in the ex treme. The scene, however, which ensued, may be more easily conceived than deicribed. The shrieks of the females, the tamultuons rush of the congregation to the east end of the church, the terror a d nd alarm depicted on every counte, nance, and the roar of the tempest. from without, produced an impression on tho minds of all pre sent which will probably never be erased. But no actual injury was Attstalacd by wur.one. POLICE UNTTELLidEI‘tg. EXTRAORDINA.ItY CASE. BOW-S - TnEET.—Yesterday, before Mr. the Sitting Magistrate, Thomas White. a young man, in the dress of a groom, was charged by Caen now of the Bed ford Hotel, Covent-garden, with stealing harness,,vrearing ap parel, and other property, to the amount of 1001. and upwards. Captain stated, that the - prisoner was in his service as a coachman some time ago, when he kept an establishment, and had been so for a considerabie time. In September last, wit ness came to town, from his cottage, at Southampton, id re sided at Hatchett's Hotel, where.he had been but a short time, when he was unfortunately arrested for debt, and taken to a lock-up house in Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. At- that time he was indebted to .the prisoner about 201. - for wages and other matters. The prisoner and h boy, named Charles Meads, also a servant of his, came and attended upon him for a few days in the spunging house, and witness employed him to go down to Southampton, to acquaint his friends there of what had be fallen him, in the hope that they would be prevailed upon to release' him from his difficulties. The prisoner did not return to him, and he soon learned that he had been to Hatchett's, and in his name obtained all the things he left there, and that he had with the'assistanee of a relation of his got a great number of things into his possession at Southampton, by the same device. He had made application several times to the prisoner to restore his property, and offered to pay him his wages if he would deposit the things in the h a nds of a third person, but he refused, and witness was for nearly a week at one time without even a clean shirt. 'When .he was released from confinement he found that the property obtained by' the prisoner was to a much greater amount that he at first imagined, and he caused him to be apprehended. Major a friend of Capt. J s, proved the part of the transaction which occurred-at Southampton. • • The prisoner m his defence said, that Captain J— sent him, for the property in question, and authorized him to receive it.—When the Captain' was first confined, he went to the Spunging-house to him, and waited upon hint as a servant ought to do. The Captain one day said he wanted him to assist him in making his escape, which he refused. Subsequent to that the Captain had asked him to hire horses in his name,.anc/ sell them, and many other things of the same kind. . Captain J solemnly denied every assertion of the pri soner, but that respecting the escape from the spunging house. He was almost in a state of frenzy at the time, and he knew if he got out he could immediately procure the money, and return perhaps, almost before he was missed, Upon reflection, how ever, he was ashamed of himself for having even thought of an escape. Charles Meads, a boy of 15, said, he was in Captain racing stable when he kept his establishment ; he swore that the Captain did give the prisoner orders to procure the clothes from Hatchett's and disguise himself. lle also related the story of the intended escape. Captain J said, upon his oath, he never gave the pria soner any authority to receive the clothes, &c. Mr. IlliNsirtrnh said it was altogether a strange piece of busi. ness, and the Captain, he thought, was ill-advised in bringing it forward. There was no doubt that the prisoner had conauctel himself very ill and had taken advantage of the misfortunes of his master, but he (Mr. Minshull) very h;luch doubted whether he had been guilty of felony. He should consider further of the case, but at all events he would not let the prisoner go until he gave sureties, himself in 1001. and two responsible persons in 501. each, for his future appearance. The case was then postponed for further hearing, and the prisoner detained until he should give the required sureties. •_ Yesterday the case came on far further hearing, when a great deal of recriminatory matter passed between Captain J.:iv:it - be' prisoner. Mr. Mugsmum. observed, that the prisoner had behaved ex• tremely ill to the Captain, and certainly deserved severe punish ment; but he must ray this much in his favour, that his master had set him a very indifferent example. The prisoner was then held to bail, himself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. each, and set at liberty. A shout of triumph was set up by his friends at this termina tion of the case ; and we regret to add, that Captain wso grossly insulted by them as he came out of the office. Captain J. expressed a fixed determination to prefer a bill or indictment against the prisoner at the ensuing Sessions. ASSAULT.—WII:LIAM BEN Ow, a well-known publisher of pamphlets and caricatures, was brought up to answer to charge preferred by William Drake, for an assault of a ver, outrageous nature, namely, biting his thumb nearly off, anl beating his head with a bludgeon.. Mr. MixsuuLL, having heard evidence on bOth sides, au' considering the balance of testimony to he in favour of Drakt..,. ordered Ilenbow to find bail, which he immediately did, and was liberated. • MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--(Selling 13.zd Sovereign s.) Yesterday George Crutchfield, a young man, fashionably attired, was charged with selling base sovereigns. Informa tion having been received at the office that. the prisomx dealt in this spurious coin, a person, employed fcr.the purpose, was furnished with a quantity of marked silver to ,m,etice pur chases of him. On the 6th of November he bought one sove reign for nine shillings, and on the two following days he purchased two others for seven shillings each. On the l.(hlr three officers • went with the.. man employed, who bought five others of the prisoner at seven shillings each, in a public -house in Rupert-street. On apprehending the prisoner, the marlit•d silver paid for the sovereigns was found upon him, and the base sovereigns upon the other. The base metal is ?carcely to be detected by the/ring, but the heaths clumsily manufactured, alai they are much short of weight —The prisoner was remanded- ATTEMPTED CHILD MURDER.-011 -MODdIIT night as a carpenter was passing along Cross street Islington, the door of Dr. Cr.lF•rov, heard something like a suppressed sigh ; on look ing upon the steps of the door, he found an in fant child apparently just -born,. in a state 0 77 perfect nudity. He knocked at the'door, and finding that the child did not belong to any per son there, he wrapped-the infant in his apron, and carried it to the. workhouse. On its arrival there, though it had I;early bled to death for want of proper assistance, yet signs of life re mained, and medical aid being at hand, the in fant soon revived. The officers of the parish have offered a reward for the-apprehension of the in human wretch who exposed the child. CHILD DuorelNG.—A. few evenings back, .4 fine female child was discovered in the passage of the house, 26, George-street, Blackfriars'- road. It appeared to hare been newly horn, and was wrapped in an old piece of flannel. The infant was taken to the parish workhouse, where a nurse was provided for it, and it is now doing Well. • The Norwich Papers announce the deaths of no less than five children, between three and eight years of age, in consequence of ,heing, dread fully burnt in the absence of their mothers COAL-MARKET, Nov. 14.. Ships :A Market. Ships sold Pnet. hi Newcastle . 1. - 393 thfio .t7t; Ott 1 Sunderland - - 1 - tid to t):; BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., at 31anchster, Cie lady of G. Gumpel, 0 a datighter. At his house, in Xorli.place, Portman.4luare, ye; erclg morning, thel4th inst., the wife ofJoscpli Hum; f.'sq., of a daughter. MARRIED. Yesterday, the 13th inst., at St. Alban's, Wood..street., the Rev. E. G. Beckwith, of Tiliingham, Essex,. to, Elizabeth June, only daughter of Joseph Hanbury, Esq., of Layton stone, Essex. _ Yes' tertia - y, at St. George's Church, Hanoyer.g.qUare, Fovitfr Price, Esq. of Ty-_v-coed, in the county of Breeknock, tii Anr , eldest daughter of alter Boyd, Esq., of George-street, 1101 1 4 - ver7Square. DIED. On Tuesday, the 13th instant, at lirormholt Farm, Sher' herd's Bush, Elizabeth, relict of the late Richard Hunt, Esq . of Hammersmith. On the 13th instant,lat Clapham, the infant. 'daughter of Alexander. Gorden,- ENci., of 01:1Broad-street. On Saturday last, the 1411th inetcet, . Mr. Thoinas Grime , jun., of the Strand,. wooliz:n-dTa: , o, aged 34; of a cleclin*• On. Tuesday, the 13th instant; at ‘Vanstead, Thos. Srq' s ' Esq., aged 73. Printed and Published, for the PROPRIETORS, at the SO" Orrlcx, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRf.