The Sun. — London, England, 1821-08-09 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON JOURNAL& DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS August 9. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The news of her Majesty's decease must reach her Royal Husband before his entratice into the Sister Kingdom. We can have no doubt that the good sense and feeling of his Majesty will suggest to him the .propriety of renouncing, for the present, his intended visit. His Majesty knows too well the course which duty prescribes, to think of presenting himself tv the gratulations of any part of his subjects on an occasion, when they would be so very discordant with what is required by the usages of society. We do not now wish to intrtide on his Majesty's feelings, and we can make allowance for the motives by which he May have been actuated. It - is the base herd of sycophants who, without having any cause to' dislike, her Majesty, real or imaginary, have en deavoured to inflame the animosity of her royal husband by every artifice that baseness and ma lignity could devise, that deserve and will obtain the lasting contompt of the better part of their countrymen.—The death of her Majesty Will produce a considerable change in the situa tion at the Bar of Messrs. Brougham and Den man, her Attorney and Solicitor-General. A sense of equity 'will, however; *e should think, induce those who haVe the 'power to confer on them professional honours, which may prevent them from being thrown back to their former po •sition, and thereby suffering in their practice. [BRITISH PRESS.] The dissolution of her Majesty was preceded bv an illness so extremely short, that in the view of the greater number of persons it bore the awful aspect of a sudden death, but the sufferings were at the same time so singularly severe, that to the illustrious patient herself the event was by no means unexpected. Indeed it would seem that even in those flattering moments of the dis ease, when the skill of the physicians was de ceived into a hope that danger was no longer to be apprehended, the Royal Sufferer herself was never diverted fur an instant from the fixed and resigned anticipation of the most fatal conse quences, and whenever her faithful friends and attendants would congratulate her or them selves upon some occasional improvements in the appearance and character of the malady,' her Majesty would uniformly check the ex pression of their hopes by a firm but gentle declaration of her own conviction that she could not survive the attack. To those who were acquainted with the unyielding energy that distinguished the Queen's character, it will scarcely seem necessary to say that her Majesty endured her sufferings with a constancy and a - patience worthy of her illustrious descent. She frequently during the course of her illness spoke of the cruel persecutions of which, since her first arrival in this country, she has been made the object and the victim, but she spoke of them with such feelings as might become a Christian, con scious of the awful change which was about to be effected, and repeatedly, even to the last mo ments of her existence, expressed a forgiveness of her enemies. 1 _ ENEW TIMES.] " If any evil-disposed individuals, to serve their own selfish interests, or to gratify their own malignant passions, should attempt to plant the .banner of dhcord over the grave of the Qaeen, let us, with one voice, reprobate the un- Worthy artifice ; and, treadinff lightly over the ashes of.the Deceased, let us stand firm and united in the common cause of our King and Country." Such was our expressed wish on Monday morn ing, whet) an .attentive consideration of her Majes ty's, case led us to anticipate the fatal termina tion•which, a few hours afterwards, ensued. The unworthy attempt to perpetuate discord has since keen made, but it.shall not induce us to swerve a hair's breadth from our purpose. The same wicked and heartless . Journal which insulted the memory of . Queen Charlotte before her corpse was yet cold, has sounded the trumpet of de fiance to loyalty over the dead body of Queen .Caroline. Which of the two paragraphs was th e most diabolicalwe will not pretend to deter mine. Both proceeded, front one.and the same odious spirit, and both - have excited, in every honourable 'mind, the 'same feelings of' disgust and abhorrence. This is notice enough to take of a reptile. Let us now turn to the hopes and prospects of union th4t are before us ; and, as a first step towards that union, let us agree to speak of the deceased with respect—to think of her With pity—to remember that she stands at the- Bar. where :the best' of us may tremble to appear, and where no angry discussions among her surviving fellow, mortals can in the slightest, degree affect a., decision which must be just, hut which, ,we humbly hope, will be mercifnl!--- in these sentiments' we sincerely join with the most . sordial . :friends' of the late Queen, and it shall certainly not be '-our fault, if we are ever compelled again to; advert to occurrences, re specting which we 'differ widely from them in opinion—Occurrences •of which we deprecated the publicity,- before it took place, and lamented it afterwards. Her Majesty, it is said, has ex pressed a wish to be 'interred in her native coun try. We trust that that wish will be held sacred. It is natural in itself, and it may remove the last possible'sOurce of disSenSion respecting her : for whatever obsequies might be performed here, the rites would to some appear maimed and imper fect, whilst by OtherS they would be thought un called for and superfluous. [MORNING POST.] It is: probable that some of the individuals who were in attendance on the last Moments of her late Mpjesty, will draw up a regular and scien-. tific account of the whole; but it is not likely that it will make its appearance until after sur gical investigation shall have ascertained• the exact nature of a disease, which in a few days baffied the utmost exertions of professional skill, and levelled a royal head with-:the dust. In teresting, however as this report may- be, it will "bat give a portraiture of bodily suffering and of its causes. Who shall attempt to paint the secret emotions of a departing spirit! Who can tell what views it took of futurity, what glance it threw over the past ! For us the volume is Closed : it is only read by. that Intelligence for whom night has no darkness, and death no cover ing. t vett if we could pretend to unfold its pages, charity to the de i ld would forbid it. For who that is conscious of human fallibility would draw the frailties of a fallen being " from their L dread abode ?" But charity to the dead must ' not induce us to overtook the audacity and in famy of the living. It must not prevent us from expressing our abhorrence of those who wish to enlist the grave itself in the cause of disloyalty and sedition. It must not silence us, when we hear the main agents of tire impostors by whom the Royal victim was misled, be trayed, and destroyed, tell those by whom her seduction and betrayal were opposed, that they were her enemies, and that their" day of account draws near."—But in vain do they provoke re taliation—in vain do they attempt to perpetuate feelings, which every honest man, every patriot, every Christian seeks to bury for ever with the ashes of the departed. Their arts shall not suc-j ceed. They shall not drag us again into the dis cussion of the past. They shall not prevent us from showing mercy to the fallen, and dedicating all our care to the promotion of peace and good will throughout the country. [THE TIMES. The scraps of intelligence conveyed to us by the foreign Journals from Turkey continue to be of a warlike cast ; but their interest is almost wholly destroyed by the difficulty of conjectur ing what share of authenticity belongs to them. From Trieste it comes in rather a circuitous way, viz. through a commercial house at Marseilles to the Journal de Paris, that the " commercial in " terests may almost depend on a war between " the Turks and Russia." By the same oblique channel it is communicated, that " the Austrian " Ambassador is personally guarded at Constan " tinapfe in the same manner as the Russian Mi " nister." We had not before learned from any credible source that Baron Stroganoff was" person ally guarded :" it is possible, therefore, that both may be equally true. The authority of the official Gazette of St. Petersburgh is also dragged into the scale of warlike evidence on this occa sion. " information" (says a paper which proz-, fosses to quote the words of that Russian print) " has beeti received that the Porte will imme " diately close the Dardanelles ;" 'but if true, that would still leave the question open, whether such a measure might not be directed more against the Greeks than any other maritime power. There are reports from Vienna likewise, but they pretend to be nothing more, which talk of the Russian Emperor having quitted St. Peters burgh for the army ; and of the Divan having positively refused the satisfaction called for. These Vienna paragraphs are of the 25th ult., but we should deceive our readers by inferring from them anything conclusive upon the subject ' of peace or war. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH or HER LATE MAJESTY Her Majesty was the second daughter and fifth child of the [ate Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick Wolfen- blade, by the Princess Augusta, daughter of his Royal High ness the late Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, and sister of our late revered and Most Gracious Sovereign King George 111. The Princess was considered by the Court and the people of England as a most desirable match for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The marriage of their Royal Highnesses, after a short negociation, - took place on the Bth of April, 1795, in the presence of the Royal Familkand of the principal Nobility in the kingdom. Nothing could be more magnificent than the celebration of these nuptials. But short was the space in which England could congratu late herself on the union which promised to be so auspicious.—• Within a very few months after the Royal Nuptials, domestic differences arose, but we do not wish to repeat the rumours of the day. These unhappy differences terminated in a sepa ration within three months after the birth of the lamented Prin cess Charlotte, which happened on the 7th of January, 1796. —The Princess of Wales became the inhabitant of a separate establishment on Blackheath. During her residence here her Royal Highness for Med an acquaintance • with Sir John and Lady Douglas, who were her constant associates. After a lapse of some time her Royal Highness was informed of cir cumstances which inffuced her to decline the connection, which laid the foundation of what is known by the name of the " De licate Investigation,7 and the disclosure of occurrences which • ought never to have escaped the portal of domestic privcy.— , But though the Princess was cleared of the capital charge then imputed to her by two successive commissions of the Cabinet Council, and subsequently by her Sovereign and uncle (with, however, a severe reprimand from the latter for the proved levity of her conduct), she was still an exile from Court, her intercourse with her daughter restricted, and her actions as clQse_ly_watched as ever. She then adopted the resolution of going abroad, and accordingly, in the year 1814, the Princess quitted England, very much against the,advice of herconfiden tial friends; Mr. Whitbread and 111 r. Brougham. The cir cumstances attending her residence on the Continent are too voluminous even to admit of a satisfactory analysis, and too re cent in the recollection of our readers to require enumeration.. The same observations apply tothe interval from her Majesty's return to England in August twelvemonth, to the commence ment of her malady, which terminated in her dissolution.—Her Majesty was born on the 17th of May, 1768, and died on the 7th of the present month, at the age of 53 years, 2 months, and 21 days. RISK OF SENDING WHISKEY TO LONDON.-The sending of Highland whiskey to London in quan tities of a few bottles, has been by no means in-, frequent of late years, and little risk 'attended the doing so, where the seizure of the spirits was the only penalty. But, by a law, passed towards the end of the Session, in a ldition to forfeiture of the spirits, the seizing officer may either exact a penalty of 40s. upon each gallon, or 100/. 7 at his option ; and the forfeiture of the vessel, or, carriage and horses conveying the spirits, being also declared by the Act,—the oonveying a sin gle bottle of Scotch spirits, of the value of a few shillings, to England, may be attended' with a loss of some hundred pounds.'--'-(Edinb . ur g h Courant, Aug. 6.) PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. The following article has been sent to us for the purpose of appearing in THE SUN ; and as it exposes anonymous malignity and, falsehood, and vindicates a character unjustly assailed, we deem it our duty to insert it : TO THE EDITOR OF THE COVENTRY MERCURY. have to request you' will do me the favour to insert in your next Journal the paper transmitted herewith, being a copy of a most malignant and calumnious lib e l, on my character ' and reputation, and prefixed to a publisjled letter from Mr. • in • . Moore to myself; and appearing a handbill printed by Mr. Wm. Rotherham, of this city, and published on Monday last, subsequent to the copy of the same published at, my request, appearing in your Journal of that d a y. I feel quite aware, Sir, it will be conferring a personal obli gation on me, by giving up, your time and a place in your pa per, on a subject rather applying to personal feeling than public interest, but as the attack made Upon me applies to my conduct in the discharge of a public duty, it will, I trust, justify the request lam now making: It is ata old adage, that " Cmsar's wife ought not to be suspected ;" therefore it is I am desirous of placing my conduct before a liberal and candid public, other wise I should have rested perfectly at ease, under a conscious ness of my own rectitude. __ I am, Sir, your's, obediently, • Cross Che.apino• Aug. 4, 1821. S. WHIT WELL. " Perhaps a more invidious and mean attempt never was made to detract from the merit, or. by implication to injure an individual in public estimation, than has been practised by a member of the Corporation of this City, towards Mr. PETER MoonE, one of its Representatives, in Parliament, who had been wrote to by the Committee appointed to-arrange the man ner of conducting a public festival and rejoicing here on the day of till Coronation of his Majesty, and- requesting his (Mr. P. Nloore's) presence and co-operation therein. This application, it was supposed by . many in this city, had been treated by our worthy member with indifference or neglect, when it appears' the person above alluded to had the following letter in his pos session, which he suppressed." July 28th, 1821." TO MR. WILLIAM ROTHERHAM, PRINTER'. Six,--A handbill having been.printed and circulated by you, containing misrepresentations and falsehoods, only to be equal led by the malignity of its author, which you have obtruded on the public, taking the whole responsibility upon yourself of the veracity of the charges and assertions therein contained, I can only address myself to yon as its au th or , when stating to an unprejudiced public a refutation of those averments, so wan tonly, and I may say, wickedly advanced. Whilst I feel je a l ous f or a reputation which I trust calumny has seldom attacked with its poisoned arrow—and I hope never with success —it is probable; had this mischievous publication confined its .malignity to an attack on myself in dividually, I should have suffered it to be consigned to the oblivion and contempt that it merited. But feeling, as I do, that a latent principle of political rancour, and party prejudice against. the Public Body .with whom I have the pleasure and honour to ..be associated, actuated the author of the publication now referred to, as much as a direct attack on my personal conduct ; I cannot refrain from animadverting (although in the most limited compass) on the illiberality of its author. Your handbill states that the person whom you hold f ort h as having been guilty of such a dereliction 0 duty as can. only be characterised by expressions and epithets applicable to conduct the most nefarious and cri minal, is a Member of the Corporation. Now, Sir; why advert to the .circumstances of the person whose --conduct you was arraigninie as one of th e C orporation ? You knew at the time you made this observation (because every one knew it) that the station I filled, connected with the question now before the public, had no more to, do with the Corporation than it had to do with th e Charter Companies of the City, who joined in the festivities of the day - ! for you give, at the foot of the letter you have published, the designation given to me by, Mr. Moore, which was as Chairman to the Committee, &c. &c. ; but it proves, what is to be lamented, that when, on an extraordinary occasion like that lately celebrated—when all political prejudice —all party feeling, all personal animosity, appeared annihilated, in rallying round one common centre, expressive of attachment to our Sovereign and the glorious Constitution of our happy country (Which, on the occasion referred to, his Majesty entered' into a sol emn engagement to maintain and support), fears were excited, no doubt, in the mind of the author of the paper to which these observations apply, and o f t h ose w h ose views are like his, th a t it was more than possible that this union of sen timent, anti co-operation of action, might do away those local prejudices which' have been heretofore so baneful in their influ ence, so fatal to personal friendship, and so injurious to,the community at large; but notwithstanding the wishes of the author of this libellous attack, I feel a m ost grat if y i ng h ope that the pr esent unanimity of those who rally round the best interests of the country is a happy presage, that liberality of emulation we shall witness will be, to demonstrate that he is the best citizen who best' promotes his country's welfare. Having endeavoured to remove tile prejudices intended to apply to the Corporation, I shall only claim your attention, Sir, to that of the calumny which applies to myself personally ; and in doing which I shall occupy a very small portion of your time as I consider the refutation of a personal -calumny of leas importance to the public than the exposure of an intended iin .putation on a Public Body. The allegations in your handbill, Sir, bear two aspects—the one a base motive ; the other, a corrupt and venal - practice. You charge me, Sir, with having " invidiously and meanly attempted to detract from the ment, or by implication, 'to in jure an (individual in the public estimation. 'When I meet with any event of a painful or unpleasant nature, proceeding through tile medium or an individual, before I draw, a decided opinion on the conduct of such individual, I always look for' the obvious, probable, or possible motive inducing the same, and in proportion as these views elicit the conduct of the party, my conclusions are analogous thereto. Now, Sir, the in of prejudi ce or ma li ce cannot trace the probability of su g ch enuit any intention being in exercise on this occasion. With whom did the invitation originate ? under what circumstance ? -and by whom were the invitations transmitted ? They originated with the Committee, of which I was one. The circumstance giving birth to the'same was a hope that the coMPany of the Gentlemen invited would promote mutual - gratification ; and knowing the intentions of the loyal inhabitants of Coventry, that they might possibly give their aid in support of the public festivities ; and to me it was designated to transmit the same. The communi cations received in answer thereto speak for themselves, as to the discharge of my duty ! So much for a motive to injure one of the four Gentlemen invited. Now the charge of corrupt practice—," Having treated our worthy Member with indif ference or neglect; by having had the f o ll ow i ng letterin his pocket, which h e suppressed." Here the present charge and the former are different in their nature and character. It is possible the former might be a visionary view of the matter through the bewildered state of the personmaking the charge= but here is a matter of fact at issue. The narrative of the hav ing possession of, and suppression of this letter, shall speak for itself. I received it by p os t, o n Thursday morning, the 19th, a few minutes before the procession took place ; but so pressing were my engagements connected with the same, that . I believe I had no opportunity to peruse it until after the procession had closed. Immediately, or very soon after the cloth was removed from the dining table at St. Illary's Hall, I mentioned to seve ral Gentlemen that I had that morning received a letter from Mr: .Moore, and immediately gave it to those near me to peruse. The Gentlemen passed it to each other to a considerable distance from the spot where 'I sat ; it was afterwards -return e d to me.-- I inquired if it would be right to call the attention of the company to it, and it was universally decided in the nega tive ;- after which one of the Committee requested a sight of it, and it escaped me that I had nut received it back._ But on learning, on Saturday last, that a letter had been re ceived. by the Post Master of this City, from M r . F reeling, of the Gen era l Post Office, to make' inquiry if such a letter had been 'received, I was aware, fur the first time, how much importance its publicity was considered an, object by Nir.Moore. The Committee happening at that moment to be met for the purpose of. adjusting the accounts, I observed I could not find Mr. M's letter; • which was a matter of concern to me,' under these circumstances ; when one of the members of the.Cominit tee said he had it, not attaching any' particular importance to it, beyondits havingbeen submitted to the Committee. I observed, that as Mr. M. seemed to attach considerable im portance to its publicity, was it their wish that it should be printed and published in the Coventry papers ? This was una nithottsly objected to. • When Ileft the Coininittee, I was de ,sirous, it' possible, to meet Mr. M.'s views ; and I resolved upon L. 4 alling on - Mr. Reader, requesting lie would insert it in the fol lowing Mercury; Which, to oblige me, lie kindly consented to do ' and im,F9nday it was before the public. Witt; an earnest to•reinove any- unfavourable impression from the mind of Mr: M. - I 'at the same tinie wrote to that Genelentan, explain ing as - far as lay in my power all the circumstances of the case. Having detailed these facts, the public will easily conceive how, great must have been my surprise on having,a bill put into my hands on Monday, containing the charge's therein brought forward, and a printed copy o?' the Letter from Mr. Moore ! This,-Sir, is an undeviating statementof facts. Whether I have deservedithocitaiges'your handbill has so copiously heaped u p on Ane, theptibJic will decide; an d o f their decisitia I ca n h ave no ap prehension.' Cerfainly have to regret that my time find attention, •so getrertillYqully occupied, should hive been - put in requisition on this,occasion ;: but, as observed before, persons, holding `PUblic Statinfts ()tight notto : be satisfied 'with conscious -recti- tude ; it is an indirect impeachment of .their conduct, if they allow an imputation to lie against them unmet and unrefuted. West Orchard. WHITWELL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE COVENTRY MERCURY. SIR-A report having been circulated that I was the author of a handbill reflecting on a Member of the Corporation, for 'suppressing a Public Letter, addressed by P. Moore, Esq. M.F. to the Chairman of the Committee for conducting 'the Festivities in this City on the day of his illajesty'4 Coronatioif, - I bet', through- the means of your Paper, to say most de cidedly that I had nothing whatever to do with that handbill. And as I expected that a copy of Mr. Moore's Letter would appear in the Meicury on Monday last, no 'one was more sur prised than myself at a handbill being . published on the subject at all. In justice to the worthy Magistrate who is there made the object of attack, I have to say, that several . Gentlemen, Members of the Committee, have since assured me, that the Letter was laid . before them by the - Chairman at the dinrer after the procession ; and on Saturday last, being the first time the Committee met in their official capacity since the festi val, the Chairman proposed its being printed and circulated by handbill, which was Overruled"by a great majority. I am, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, Spon-street, Aug. 2, 1821. P. GREGORY. POLICE INTELLIG ENCE. NOVEL CASE OF CHILD STEALING. HAT T 0 IC' GA RD E -- Yesterday information was-given at this Office by Mrs.' Hurril, wife of .a boot and shoemaker in Goodge-street, llaxylebone, respecting two of her children, the eldest, a boy aged 13, and the youngest, a girl aged 11, who had been stolen, or to speak more correctly., seduced from her. It appeared from her statement, that in March last a person, who gave his name as the Rev. Mr. Probas, and represented 'him self to be a Minister of the Established Church, applied to the Echo-office-in Oxford-street, for .a smart boy to wait on a young gentleman at a genteel' boarding school, and this application was answered by ✓ Nirs t lluirill on behalf of - her son. The soi disant reverend gentleman4fected to - be extremely- scrupulous . .in obtaining a testimonial of the boy's character. His scruples, however, were effectually removed, and the boy surrendered to 'his protection, under the most flattering appearances to the eye of the mother of an eligible situation. At the termination 'of this arrangement he ascertained that the, boy had a sister, an engaging child ; and by similar specious representations he duced the mother also to surrender her to his protection. lie left town with the children under care, and in a few dais ' after the mother. received a letter from him, dated Yak ? ". and signed by a different name from - tlfat under which he was in trusted with the charge of her children, from which she ascer tained that her boy and girl were performing on a public stage in that city. Both parents 'were extremely alarmed at this dis covery, and a letter was immediately sent to reclaim them, as they objected to that profession for their children. An answer war returned stating in substance that his• ebgagements would not allow him to write oftener than once a neonthl; that her chil dren, were doing very well and had ad reason to complain ; re questing her not to make herself uneasy about them, as they were soon to be in London, never to leaVe it again. He repre sented that the boy was getting on well, and would make a good singer in time, that the girl was wonderfully iraproseed, belt he did not mention a word about their restoration. - Shortly after (in the beginning of May) Mrs. Hurril received a third letter from Hull, in the hand-writing of the person who had seduced her children, but signed by the children theMselVes; in which chi), informed her of their performances in public, and of the great profits which they obtained by them. The letter enclosed a paragraph cut out of the Hull paper, like wise a copy of the bill of performance, to shew the progress which they were making, 'concluding by saying that they bad changed their names to Jameson. Th e p atagr aph above allud ed to is as follows :—" There is now performing at the M usic hall, Albion-street, in this'toWn, a Miss Jameson, only if years of age, a most beaittiful and interesting child. In dancing she is, for herage,'unrivalled, and her singing is admirable. tell-. Jameaon's slight of hand performance gives th e e greatest satis faction., and Master Jameson as a singer, though only thirteen years old, is a second Braham. Mr. Jameson, and his inte resting young family, will perform, in 'Leeds this present Saturday evening, and on Monday and Tuesday , next, when they will quit Leeds for Wakefield." The bill of performance was under the patronage of the Royal Family, at the Free masons' Hall, Mylongate, Hull, in which he stated himself to he Mr— Jameson, the celebrated juggler, pupil of the renowned Indian juaglers ' and Miss Jameson, only nine years of age, from the Opera-house, the most 'elegant • dancer in England. The first part was to consist of leerdemain tricks by - Mr. Jamesoin The second part consisted' of singing and dancing, viz. the, comic song of" Polly Parker," in character; the L a die s ' Hornpipe ; the comic. song of " Nobody coming to marry me." A Scotch Pas Seul and " Little Sally" were to be enacted by Miss Jameson. " The Fashions of London," in character, and the "'Nightingale Club," by Mr. Jameson. " Scots wha hae, wi' Wallace bled ;" " The trumpet sound s a v i c t or y," " When the rose bud," &c. " Love among the roses," by the boy, Master ; Jameson; and to ceenchide with "All's Well,, ' by Mr. and Master Jameson. The price of admission was Is. fid. Mr. and Mrs. Hurril wrote twice on receipt of the above letter, requesting to have their children, but received no ans wer ; th ey consqUently became very uneasy, fearful that they might be ear ned out of the country. Having pledged every article they had to raise money for his travelling expenses, Mr. 1-i urril set off on the Ist of July from London, in quest of the fugitive and his children. He first went to York, where, be learnt that the person above alluded to-had passed by the name of the Rev. F. NVillianrs, -had given out that he had buried his wife about four years, .and that he was left with the.two children, without means of support. On the strength of this tale, and by means of advertisements and peritionS, he levied a large contribution on the public: Shortly after, the fellow absconded, having de-- frauded the shopkeepers to a great amount. From York Mr. Hurril traced them to Leeds, Wakefield, Hulk, and Stamford, where he assumed the name of Jameson, and performed his slight of hand tricks as - 'above stated. From thence they were traced to Coventry and Leicester, where he assumed the name of Monro Ridgway, and where he also exhibited in the same .• line. Mr. Hiirrif then proceeded to Doncaster, Birmingham, and various other towns ; in all of which the fellow assumed different names and characters, viz. doctor, half-pay officer, clergyman, &.c., defrauding every one. The 'anxious parent, after spending a month ip search of him from town to town, - but without success, and his finances being exhausted, returned home, where he arrived at an early hour on Thursday morning. The purport of Mrs. Surril's application to the Magistrates was for their advice how to regain her lost children. The Magis trate expressed a wish that the reporter would give this distress ing case all publicity, in expectation that it would meet the eye of some humane person who might rescue the children from de struction. They expressed their regret that thcy.could not ren der her any service, having no clue to find the fugitive. Mrs. Duna left the office in tears, QUI;EN-SQ.tran.—ln consequence of numerous complaint; being made at this ofgee of the diSgrae:eful,skenes daily in' St. J4rnests Park, Mr. Raynsford, the Magistrate, on Tuesday night, gave orders to Grist, the Park Ranger, to procure assis tance, and take into custody all disorderly eharact_rs that he might meet with at night. Grist, in consequence went with a party of the dismounted patrol, and they apprehended upwards of 30, many of whom said they . cainefroni the Cotintiv, and that having no money to procure a,lodging they slept on the benches in the park. They were yesterday examined before-Air. White, and, 'not being able to give a satisfactory account of themselves except four, 'they were remanded till their friendS,.. if they have any, can attend. CALAMITOUS FIRE.-Yesterday morning, be tween one and two o'clock, a lire, attended with a most distressinc , accident, occurred at the house of Mrs. Alexander, of No. 18, 'Cumberland streetrNew-road, Mary-le-bone. It originated in a back parlour on the ground floor, in which Mrs. A. usually slept, and was first discovered in consequence of the family being alarmed by 'violent screams an d a t hi c k smoke about the house, which being found to proceed from the apartment of Mrs. A. the door, which was lock ed on the inside, was burst open, when a most horrid spectacle presented itself to view, by the unfortunate Lady being found most dreadfully burnt, lying on the floor almost dead. She was removed from the room, which was all on fire, and Mr. Keys, a surgeon, in Homer-street, at tended, and administered such remedies as he thought proper, but to no purpose, as she died in a few hours. Several engines soon arrived, by whose aid the fire was allayed, and kept confined to the apartment where it commenced, and which, together with the furninture therein, was com pletely destroyed before it could he extinauish ed: It is supposed the accident occurred from the curtains having accidentally, caught fire, by placing the candle too near them. Ta AS,SI Zgg, CHELMSFORD, AUG. 7 The Summer ASsizes for thiS Counfy co ni menced here to-day, before Mr. Baron Woov in the Crown ,Court, and NIT. Justice BURROuGH in the Civil Court. In the former Court the Ca lendar contains 58 cas e s ; a nd i n t h e latterlatterthe , entry of cau'ses-anounts to about 16,. a number infinitely less than has been known for antili years at the Assizes for this County. CIVIL SIDE. CARROLL V. NELSON - AND .ANOTHER. This was an - action on the case against the fendants, who are proprietors of ," The Times' light coach from Colchester to. London, for the neglio,ent driving of their servant, wherebi , the coach was • upset, and the pl►►intiff, an , outside passenger; had one of his legs broken, and the a.ncle of the same leg dislocated. Mr. GURNEY and Mr. ANDREWS conducted the plaintiff's case, and Mr. MMIRYATT and Mr' WAr.kouo the defendants'. The facts proved were these plaintiff who is a carpenter by business . , residing' at Bear nal-green, had .taki n an outside place on the . Times coach, on the 29th of December' last, ae Colchester, for the purpose of coming to London" • The - coach came with safety as far as Ilford, a t its usual rate of nine Miles an hour, includi l 4 Stoppages. In coming down the hill at the ClOcl 4 HOUst", at Ilford, the near leader Started; and al' the horses set off at a furious rate.. The coach' man gave his whip to the passenger on the boVi and with both hands - tried with - all his vigour tc f . pull in the horses; but in the effort the coach was upset in the foot-path with a tremendou s 'crash. The plaintiff, in endeavouring to say' himself from harm, jumped off'the roof, and sus' tained the damage stated in the declaration."' With assistance he was conveyed to a neighboDr' ing house, and was afterwards carried in. a post „ chaise to his l o d g i n g s at- Bethnal-green. seven weeks he was confined tu his bed, and the expiration of that time Ire was removed ftl f the benefit of country air to Ilford, where he r ft e i sided until v er y l a t e l y . His surgeon's 1314 " amounted to 531. His expences for nursing, 4 5 ; c : incident to. his misfortunes, came to 671. He %VS stated to be a young man of 26 years of a2,7e,- to have lost the use of his limb, and likely to be cripple for life. On the part of the defendants it was pro' - - - that their coachnrarp, named Gobbold, was a c: 3 ' re-- 1 , ful, steady, and attentive man ; that no sing . accident accident had ever happened to the coach dul i '',"` c a great number of years of its travelling t l ' 4 . road ; that on the day in question, - col -131 ' 1 4 down.llford Hill, one of the horses took fright at a heap of ashes, which hadibeeu collected o a the snow, Which then covered the footpath, 311 ,, also in consequence of the splendour of the 55 ,,f shining upon-som'e frozen wat e r i n th e m iddle " 4 the road ; that the coachman did every , thig man could do under such circumstances to P re , m vent accident, b u t th e h orses b ecame un an:4 e able, broke th e i r t races , an d t h e coach, if' the shock, was up se t ; th a t t h e acc id ent susta ined ,;( „ vr i)/ 11. the plaintiff aros e a great measure from his° imprudence in' jumping otr the coach in its f 3: instead of keeping his place as the Other p/.57; gers did, who sustained no damage whatever. was stated 041 the behalf of the defendants. t l ' i 6 lo they had offered a liberal compensation to t , plaintiff in consid era ti on o f hi s mo d erate circuar of stances, but without prejudice to the questi", o r their legal li a bility, it b e i ng conten d e d, ' lest though they we re answera bl e f or the careles 9t and negligence of their servant, or for ail cident in default of providing a safe conveP' l , o - they wer e not li a bl e f or t h e casua l ty w hi c h ore' signed the i n j ur y th a t happened to the pla-i9t: l el A negociation took place bet ween the C OO 0 5 on both sides ; b e f ore t h e d e f en d ants ' case s ',o closed, and, un d er th e circumstances, i t . 4 agreed to withdraw a Juror. of letter' EXPORT OF TOBAXCO TO IRELAND.—COpY -- dated Treasury Chambers, July 1, 1,821 Co rl !' "GENT , LE mEN—With reference to a Report a the. , f 1 9 sioners of. Excise of the ult. on a statement from N''''''Se 4( Ireland, in regard to a consignment of TobaccO 1 1-0 ; 11 o f the • Yolk. • and with reference also- to a letter of this 1.30at u : 1,, i - e,f° 23d W i t., to the COmmissionera a Excise, directing a 4 1: 1 - n d 14 ` be prepared, allowing Tobacco to be exported to 11 ' ; ':" e ,-;+. , ''i vessels of 70 tons ; the Lords Commissioners of his Mlj De Treasury desire that until the pleasure of Parlistneat known, you will give general directions for rantin?' dulgence. (Signed] "S. IL LUStil - NLY " Commissioners Customs. * 44 Note.--Orders have been sen t t o th e ou tp or t s in con—r, -„ i HOP IN LLIGE NC E. $ O3 SOITTiTIVARi, Al 7 G. 6.—lt cs'inipcssible to have T oc - ler° for .Hops than there is at present. The duty - is at ++cdtl! MAIDSTONE, A UG. 6.—The late showers have iti plantations to look luxuriantly, and the Hops are 4.85 t into'bur. The mold has made its appearance in manY e l do civ% and is extending its ravages , t h e prc...aent isre4her (3 . 14 much to its extension. . . COAL-MARKET, AUckusT'EL , • k Ships at Market. Shi pssi .)l44 P ri ce , 241 Newcastle - - 3 6 5 ; , ,d, to 4 :;", li 3 Sunderland - 2 Q a. t° 4 During a seveji6lorin thr fe Fiiday week of 3,-year old steers were struck dead by liditt i at liayod-han g i n th e p ar i s l & o f lianfibaff geneter-lyn, Cardiganshire. tt..._ BIRTHS. rr , IP I On Stpday morning, :the iith instant, the Lady of ~sit Esq., of CharleS-stre e t, Hatton-garden. of a son. AO , ' ()n the 23d ult. at Annan, Scotland-, the Lady 0 e Little, sen. Esq. of a sun. - —•---'.. tl4 MAPMED. •„. e . Yesterday, at St. George's Chuich, ITnnover-W - e )3as'"d; Rev. Saxbv 'Penfokl, Sir Fran c i s ,Syketl, vale* - Park, Bucks.; to Henrietta, eldest daughter of Hen r y Esq., of GlOu etster-pl ace, Pronnitn -sqv are. t -;11* , lED. On the 7th inst., at his hOuse,ta s ' s . Archer' Willson, aged 74. - vre.lo )4P On the 6th• inst ., Christian Dettniar, of . square. aged 67. t; - At Petersham; on the 6th inst., the lion. CierneC' stone, daughter of John, the lith Lord Elpl;itaf: 3 04: 1e On the 7th inst., at his residence, mpion t' 11 1 3 , 0 °Urea Lawson,Reed, Esq., one of , the d d e ,.brethr.. Trinity-ho - use, in the 91it year cif his age. 1111431 q 9,, °refi t T.i,dNDON : Printed by J. B. CA RSTAIRS. o f Ormond -street, Queen-square ; and published bf 502 4 . -.SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South- Ajolten-street, ' 1 ff 11 4.0, OrF.xcE, - No 112 Strand ••' -r T)v Ytt . riq;• ll 1. e , (WARS, LETTERS, &e. (post-paid) must be