The Sun. — London, England, 1821-08-30 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE 'MORNING PAPERS August 30. [mOuNpi . G POST.] It - was - reported last night that Earl Bathurst had sent an answer to Mr. Waithman's letter, in 'which his Lordship stated that he also bad received details . of the affray at Knightsbridge, and that those details materially differed from those sup plied by the worthy Sheriff. We give this merely as a rumour to which we attach little - credit; for we can hardly believe that the Noble Earl would think it necessary to honour. such a confused, contradictory, and unfair statement as that con tained in Mr. Waithman'3 . letter, with an answer. he'.has condescended to reply, it shews a de gree of polite attention, which we have no hesi tation in saying will not be duly appreciated by the person who is. its object. Of the fact itself we have no means of ascertaining the correct ness ; though Mr. Waithmau had no oh- . jection to send his own letter to all the Papers - (being no doubt conscious of its utter worthless ness), a reply so unexpected, because so little deserted, must of course have appeared too pre _ cious a treasure not to . be kept for the exclusive use of the Journals, which proclaim him a patriot and altn6st a martyr. If this be the case, we are not disposed to/complain ; for gratitude is a vir -the, and we should be . happy to find that the worthy Sheriff, after so long a course of radicalism, r had still the command of one. Meanwhile we have. not lost sight of his own letter, and after setting him right yesterday with respect to the commencement of the affray, will continue to morr6w, in the same spirit of charity, to refresh his treacherous memory on other important points. [HORNING CHRONICLE.] The unremitting sophistry of the Ministerial writers, - 'in their endeavour to confound all dis tinction between the rights of citizens and sol cl. diem-,. deserves to excite public 'attention, since nothitig more seems iva. - nting to the quiet esta blishment of military despotism, than to acknow ledge the doctrine, that the "soldier does not change . his character, even when embodied ; mounted, armed in phalanx, and employed on actual ditty: - Nothing can be more clear than that the individual soldier possesses all the rights of tfte 'individual citizen, and that he is equally entitled to protect himself against personal at tack;: but - the exercise of that right ceases when he is 'arrayed and Commanded. Ile has then no ' will of.. his, own. The duty of obedience imposed .on him, and if one of a. body em ployed' to quell a riot, or diverge a multi tude, lie is justified only in executing the or ders which . .he receives. No provocation, ,nor_ insult, nor danger, can authorise hini to act . from his Own mere motion —nay, s o j ea l o U s i s . t he law Of the consequences of the power thtit would otherwise belong to the military when in b a ttl e array, that even his own officer cannot command him to. exert his murderous.-strength until a 'civil magistrate has sanctioned such officer by the for mality;required "by law. Such is the deal- dis tinction between the rights. ot embodied troops _and of s.assembled citizens ; and every English man) -- ceosible of the s e cu r ity whi c h th e Constitti- Con, has - granted to him by this salutary provi- Sion, :rntist regard' with abhorrence the insidious atterni)ts which are daily making to undermine, in .pu bliC.'opittion, this great principle of difference in th'e - two orders. of the community. If th e Teopte camb.ecome so negligent of the value of liberty-as to countenance thii doctrine,- the bles sing of domestic security has been wrested by our fosef4th,ers from prerogative - ,_,in vain, and with ail our light and knowledge, we are ripe for'the degradation of slavery. -It cannot have .passed the Observation of our readers that the ail thors *of•thiS new doctrine are also the daily s : lan- . iff deretthe - peeple.:7,The great overWhelmitig' ma jority:Of-our population they stigmatise with the opprahrio u S nickname of _rabble. All the rndus trious, skilful, and labOniing elassei of the corn munity.the artisans and mechanics of the me -- tropolts---the manufacturers Of the countryth e real, working, intelligent artificers of all our en gines, instrume.nts and powers which contitute the strength and 'opulence -of . -the country, are branded with one general'dlsguSting- mark of rabble. ~ A nd thus the whole multitude .ot.the produCti-ire Classes of the people are pointed out to the . ,derision:of the military. " Such," say the Ministerial Journals," are the despiCable mob that attack the - Life . Guards !"—From what class then d - O- the . Life Guars proceed ? The wisdom of these journalists is not apparent in this divi 'sionfcr'it is•not true that our army is recruited from the upper - . claSies of life. Do they thitlk that they can, by this miscreant abuse, stifle •in the . bteastsof the soldiery all remembrance of the refation which they bear to 'the order from whiCh they sprung.? But we will not iinitate'the mischievous example of thse writers by pursuing this subject through .the train of argument to Whichlt would lead. INEw TIMES.] • We are'happy to find, that one Uniform senti inkt of'deep indignation pervades the gfeat•rnass of the iltitish. people, at the'recent endeavours fo 'ex . c.ite a revolutionary - spirit among the popu lace of 'London. To the numerous inquiries of our Correspondents, what legal measures have been taken to bring the plotters and contrivers of . the late riots to justice, we can only say, that this is a matter which must rest with his Ma jesty's Government. We have reason to belieVe that evidence is collecting which will fasten the guilt on the.proper individuals ; but on this subject it might as yet be wrong to be more 'explicit. When evil men are bent on disturbing the peace and good order of society, they are never at a loss for pretexts. The legal dispersion of a riotous mob at Manchester formed the pretext of 1819, the Parliamentary proceedin g s against the Queen formed- that Of :: 1820 ; an d the con duct of her Majesty's funeral forms that of 1821. That all these events are connected with a pro ject for effecting an entire Revolution in the Government, Constitution, and Property of the couutry,..ia:hardly dissembled. Such a Revolu- tion is annenuced with exultation, and without disguise, in the writings of Cartile : it is not many weeks since a , Provincial Paper (often quoted with praise in The MO;llin . g Chronicle) contained a bitter philippic against the British Constitution, and a most extravagant and hyper bolical eulogy. on the Republican Government of America. We see, among the Committee at Freemason's' Tavern, Thelwall, who was tried for High Treason in 1794 ; and among the pro moters of the funeral procession of last Sun day, Galloway, who in 1794 was AsSista4 Se cretary of the London Corresponding . Society, pronounced by both Houses of Parliament to have been a treasonable Association. Mr. Galloway, too, communicates on this occasion with Watson, who has himself been tried for High Treason, and who was the bosom friend of This tlewOod • and the savage conspirators of Cato street. In all revolutionary movements for thin subversion of a Monarchy, the first step is to render the Guards of the Monarch hateful in the eyes-of the populace ;to load them with insults and indignities to which brave men cannot submit ; and to represent_ their discharge of a pain ful duty as an act of wanton aggression on their fellow...subjects. Thus it was, that in the fatal insurrection of the 10th of August, 1792, when Louis XVI. was hurled from his Throne, the Re bels had the audacity to ascribe the - horrors of the day to the Guards, who were forced to fire in defence of their own lives,and of those of theßoyal Family.—lt is in close imitation of -these ex amples, that a'Set of traiterous villains have con, spired :to load the Heroes—the glorious Heroes of Waterloo—the pride—the boast—the sal vation. of their country, with epithets the most degrading, the most foul, false, and calum... nious. .The lOvvest wretches . in the Metropolis are set on to call these braVe men C 4 Butchers," 4C Piccadilly Butchers," " Cowardly," - yes, " Cowardly Cut-throats"—And itis said that a . .. Ma gistrate sta n d s by,and hears these inf amous asper sions on brave and honourable men, if not with complacency, yet certainly without testifying -any of those feelings which would have become him as an Englishman, and Without taking those steps which he ought to have taken as a Conserva. tor of the - Peace. The Municipal Officers of Paris, in the early stages of the French Revolu tion, from a culpable love of popularity, connived at the excesses- of the mob ; and the result was, that they'Were'eventually -dragged by that same mob to the guillotine. AI. Bailly was a far better informed man than Mr. Waithman ; he was •at one period quite as p o p u l ar ; b u t we s i ncerely hope -and -trust, that Mr: Waithman will never encounter, a t th e hands..Ortas' present adhe rents, the indignities, the tortures, and the death, width fell to the lot of the Parisian "Magistrate. If he can be savedf rem stith'afate by the energy of the present laWs of his country, he may be very . thankful, though these - laws should subject Mai to a moderate fine and imprisonment. "Mr. Waithnian'i - .Conduct," says one of our COrre spondeutS, trinsti and shall be inquired . into. If . .-others will ii.ot . dO it; and an individual can, his proceedings shall'be exposed to - a severe ordeal. He shall-not . escajm f the Law can punish him.' So far our Correspondent! [BRITISH PRiSS.] Russia, in entering now into a war with Turkey; appears to the world to be actuated less by a con sideration of her private and individual wrongs, than by a strong sense, shared with the greater part of Europe, or the necessity of interfering in the concerns of the Ottoman. Empire for the prevention of a 'system of cruelty and persecu . - tion which has seldom been _equalled in the an nals of mankind. It must, how_ever, be admitted, that a right of interference in the affairs of an independent State cannot easily be maintained upon a plea merely of humanity; but undoubtedly it any case could be imagined which might war rant an invasion upon the'principles of humanity and expediency merely, we think it could not in strength of circumstances exceed that which is now presented by the aspect of affairs in Turkey. Russia, indeed, has a private cause of quarrel with the Porte, arising out of the severe and - harsh treatment which Baron Strogo noff experienced at Constantinople; but the cir cumstances that marked the intercourse between the Porte and-the Russian Ambassador are not fts yet sufficiently known to us to warrant us in forming an opinion upon the conduct of the dis puting parties. It is, howA•er, to be observed, if the sketch of the Russian ultimatum, which we published a few days since, be true in substance, that the Russians have ranked the apology to Baron Strogonoff among the lowest and least im portant of their demands. The surrender of Moldavia and Wallachia, and the free-passage of the Dardanelles, form, as the Marquis of Londonderry would say, " the prominent fea tures " of the requisition ; and it must be ac knOwledged, that these claims bear as little refer ence to the angry squabbl e b e t ween B aron Stro gonoff and- the 'Vizier as can well he itnagined.-- But, in truth, if the Emperor of Russia were to put forward the griefs of his Ambassador as the only pretence of an invasion of Turkey, no one would believe him ; and this being the case, it would he much wiser and 'more manly to place the affair upon its proper footing. Austria, it is now confidently asserted in some of the German Papers,-will concur with Russia in her-projects, and assist the proposed invasion with 40,000 men. There are no movements in Prussia which justify the presumption that the arms of that Power will be united With those of Russia and Austria. The Cabinet of France has resolved to observe a strict neutrality, ,but ,Great Britain is represented throughout the East as being resolved to unite her Red Cross in strict alliance with the Crescent. The Sultan in the mean time is making the most ex tensive preparations for war which his 'resources will admit. The contest, if it should take place, will undoubtedly bear upon the parts of Russia and Tnrkey, all the characteristics of a religious war, and will therefore be waged with all the energy of passion which religious contests never fail to inspire. The Turks are brave, but they are ill disciplined and ill armed ; so that in op position to an army of Russians and Germans, their chances of success seem to be very slight. Their country is naturally well capable, of being defended, but that portion of the inhabitants who are best qualified for desultory warfare, will, in the event of an invasion, be nutnheted among their enemies. [THE TIM ES .1 The presence of - Mr. Adolphus, the barrister, at the Coroner's Inquest on Monday last, gave rise of necessity to many serious reflections ar , ong those who compared the avowed purpose of the Learned Gentleman in appearing there, with the well understood uSeand object of that ancient and constitutional Court, When an Advocate presents- himself before - one of the Courts of Westminster, he introduces himself to the Judge and Jury in the form of. a delegate or represen tative of some specific party, being either the plaintiff or - defendant in the cause ; and why ? Because every'subject has a right to speak in his own behalf, and ,may by custom do so through the medium of his Counsel : but that party must be already before the Court; his name must have al ready appeared on the face of its proceedings; and the character which he has to support be well ascertained and defined. If the Judge thus interrogates a Counsel who rises to add ress him—" F or w h om d o you appear, Mr. A, B, or " C?" and the Counsel should reply,." I appear, " my Lord, for any one of 500 individuals, bone " of whom are yet known to the Court, but " ' who may by possibility be implicated by its ‘" proceedings ;' " would not the learned Judge's temper or his gravity Kull the risk of being dis— turbed by such a preposterbits answer ? - Where there is no principal there can, be no represen tative ; and in what shape do the Life Guards exist as a party before the Court of the Coroner, to justify the declaration of Mt. Adolphus, that he appears for the first regiment of 46 Life Guards—or such portion of "it as may be implicated ?" Whither will such a practice lead ? To the discovery of truth ? No, unquestionably ; but to render it far more, difficult of access. If a Barrister come with an admitted purpose, to throw every obstacle which his experience can supply in the way of such a course of investigation as he foresees from the outset must tend to fix the charge of murder on any one of several hundred individuals, how per plexed and thorny will be the path by which the Jury .have to travel ! The very-approach of an advocate is hostile to the success of a prelimi nary inquisition. There are no p a rti es b ut t h e King, who has lost a subject, and who requires no advocate to plead his cause. The Coroner and the Jury are presumed by the law to. be compe tent -both . by 41-teir intelligence and their honesty to: the whole community, repre. 'Sks'i4d...i;yilthe Sovereign, . and to prosecute their examination: into the facts .of . the case, without . wishing to find one man more ,guilty than ano ther. Then,see-how inconsistent, Day, how im politic it must be, for any one person, or any bOdy of individuals, to .draw the suspicions of the' Jury to themselves by this premature em ployment of an advocate. If it be done by a hundred men, why not by one, who fancies that appearances are , somewhat strong against him ; and will not such an . expedient 'strengthen every unfavourable conclusion? '" .he.found "'Self so hard run . - by - . yesterday's evidence, " that he• has, sent a lawyer' to .try and save " ... him." AI - titagain, non coastal, at what . stage of tfieinqiffiy, . some - fact may , be st a t e d by some wiiness Which will remove every reasonable 'ol6picion - fiom those who were at first suspected, and iMPliCate a party before unthought of. In that CAS-‘how ruinous to the principal will have heen the Introdiretion of his advocate; . for it must require a :tenfold . weight of testimony to transfer the charge from his shoulders. We will assume-for a moment - that the . poor man in Ox ford-street was not killed by the Life Guards, but by a' pistol in the hand of one of the, as sembled Populace; This fact. is given in evi -deuce on . Saturday ; and on Monday two bar risters make their appearance, before the Jury,— one, Mr: Adolphus, .for. the, Life - Guards, or '4 . those who may be implicated ;" and some one of his learned brethren, who, when..asked, informs the Coroner, and may do so on exactly the same principle—" I, Sir, am Counsel ",for those who may be implicated—of the mob !" Would this be according to law, or' custom, or public convenience, or consistent with - the nature of an abstract inquiry into facts, whose bearing upon particular persons no man hasa legal right to anticipate ?. Would it be endured that, a barrister should offer to debate with a Grand Jury whether they should find - a bill ? Yet there the proposal would be even less absurd than in the preSent in stance; for the G rand Jury have cognizance of cer tain definite parties, in whom it might not indeed be legal to depute a laver to battle for them at such an early stage of the proceedings, but for whom at least it would not be so monstrous and unin telligible that a representative should endeavour to appear. We are happy to find that this plan for impeding the course of justice was dropped in yesterday's investigation, and that as the Co roner had hot called for an assessor, so he and the Jurors were left unimpeded in the discharge of their anxious office. ROBBERY.-About twelve o'clock yesterday, a great quantity of plate was stolen from a house in George-street, Hanover-square, by some per son who contrived• to pass down the area steps, unobserved (the gate having been left unlocked), and entering the butler's pantry where the plate was deposited. Tuesday evening (in consequence of some cif-, cumstances having transpired which it would be improper at present to disclose) Thomas Bar rail, the man who gave evidence before the Co-, roner's Jury which sat on the body of the watch man, who was murdered o❑ Friday morning last,. on the premises of THOMAS HALE, Esq. of High gate, was apprehended by one of the Bow-street Officers, on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery and murder of the unfortunate deceased. Some parts of Barratt's statement before the Jury were considered suspicious. The prisoner arrived in London yesterday morning, haViqg been in Highgate watch-house during the night ; he had left his home at Southend when secured by the police ; he is very reserved, but strongly persists in his innocence. HIGHLAND SOCIETY. [ESTABLISHED BY LORD GWYDIR.] • Lord GWYDIR, whose judicious regulations and handsome conduct at the late Coronation„prol cured him general notice and approbation, esta blished some years ago on the Drummond estates in Perthshire, which he acquired by his marriage with the heiress of the Perth family, an annual meeting for the preservation and display of the arts and accomplishments peculiar. to his High land tenantry. The meeting or society is called St. Fillan's, from a romantic village situate on the banks of one of the most beautiful and picturesque of the Scotch lakes, and is generally attended by all the noblemen and gentlemen of the neigh bourhood, in the Highland costume, from among whom the judges are chosen to decide the qualifications of the competitors in the va rious proposed exercises, and to adjudicate the prizes offered by his Lordship. The following is a short account, extracted from a Scotch paper, of the last meeting, held on -Monday se'ennight " Early in the morning the company began to assemble ; the different clans appeared descending the stupendous inountains for which the country is so remarkable, all dressed in the full Highland costume, with bagpipes playing in front and clay. mores drawn. As th e y a pp roac h e d t h e groun d of competition, their appearance was noble and warlike in the extreme : the different - .gentlemen appeared to vie with each other in the ele gance of the ancient garb, and in the athletic appearance of their clansmen:' The company being assembled, - thousands of pe destrians were seen - seated on the front of the hill overlooking the stage, and the carriages belonging to different Noblemen and Gentlemen, exhibited in the midst of those sequestered-moun tains, a display of beauty and fashion that would have graced the ball-room of any metropolis. The ladies were in-general dressed in the tartans of their respective clans. "The signal being given to 'commence the sports, the nrarks men fired at a target at a- considerable -distance, and displayed evident proofs of their superior skill. Tbe bagpipes Were keenly contested, and exhibited a knowledge of music which had a most interesting effect, favoured by the situation. The competition for dancing immediately followed, which afforded great amusement, and was executed with grace and agility. Three successful candidates were chosen from the first twelve dancers, and a Highland gentleman handsomely volun teered to make a fourth to dance a reel, which excited general admiration, diSplaying the Highland style ordancing,inperfec tion. The ladies; who were tbe exclusiie judges in this case, seemed highly delighted and.!satisfied. The sly-old dance was very well received. Next followed the putting stone, in which great strength and skill were displayed. • The Gaelic compositions gave .universal satisfaction ant. excited great inter es t among -- t h e Highlanders,- and-reflected much honour on the competitors. The foot race for one mile was gained in grand style ; the winner ran the last half mile, with-evident ease,, in less than two minutes.- The.spo r t s o f the day terminated With a bo a t race for two Miles, on Lochearn, which was decided in- favour of. Mr. M'lntyre's boat. Imme. diately after, the Stewards awarded the prizes giVen by Lord Gwydir, which consisted. of -.bagpipes, dirks, snuff-boxes . , Ossian's Poems, suits of Tartan, &c. • '" Thereafter the Members , 'sat - down to an elegant 'venison dinner, four deer having been presented by Lord Gwydir,whieb . was followed by profuse libations of the genuinellew." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. . . 31E,1SIDIP - HEATH RACES, TI7II4bAY, AtGMT 23, Sweepstakes of . 10gs each,. for all . Mr. Metcalf'S Off-she=goes -•-• • - -- Captain - Mprray's rilch - - - • - Mr. Humphrey's ch. c: by Waxy • - - . rive started-6 to 4 agst the winner. Hunters' Stakes of Cgs each, with 1.0 added from the 'Mendip - Club.—(Six Suhscribers.) Two-Mile heats. Mr. Marriot's Distiller - - - - 4 1 1 ,3,4. Forster's Penelope . - - - 2 4 2 "Mr.Jones's Miracle -.. • •.- - - -7 1 2 sir Mr. Giles's Pilot ' - - . - - - 3 3dr Captain Swain's Bobtail - •-—.'. - -.- - -5 Jr Mr. J. R. Fortli s J eza b e l -.- - sdr Penelope the favourite ; after the heat,. even on Miracle; and after the second heat, 6t04 CM the winner. -; Mr. Ruth's Porcupine b ea t M r . Lath ' s Jupiter. Two miles 502:5. . The Grand Jury of the county of. Bedford, at the late As sizes, entered into the foildwing Resolution - " We, the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury of the county of Bedford, assembled at the Summer Assiies, having taken into consideration the very backward•state Of the growing crops, and the injury the cultivators of land would therefore sustain, if their farms were to be interfered' with by sportsmen so early as the Ist day of September, do resolve;•that we will not begin , to shoot, and that "we will make the of 11 legal means to prevent others from Shooting upon our estates respectively, before .Fri day, the 14th of September, in the preseut year; and we recorn- mend this. Resolution to the adoption of the land owners of the county in general, for the protection of the farmers." SHOCKING. ACCIDENT FROM FIRE AR,Ms.--.On Tuesday evening an inquisition was taken in the 'Board-room of St.-Thomas's Hospital, before Tv osAs - SHELI•ox Esq., Coroner for London an d S out h war k, on . v i ew of the body . of William Claridge. A ylate of'WOit4hipr, .ealktl the ‘" penderft Tabernacle," in the Greenwich-road, having been. sa crilegiously entered, and plundered several times within a few Months back, the trustees caused, spring guns to be set i n a piece of' waste ground behind' the chap 1, through which it appeared access: as generally gained to, the premises. The deceased, whose business it was to charge and adjust the gunk each. night, Was: employed in 'so doing, accompanied by the pew-opener, on Thursday evening last, after the con gregation 'had left the chapel, when just as he had charged one of the guns, and was about laying it - down it unfortunately by some means went off ; it was c h arge d with large shot, whicll coming right against one of his- cheeks, fractured - his head in a shocking manner • he instantly fell to th e groun d, an d ex claimed, Oh,. dod ! I'm lined !" 4He was conveyed soon after to the above hospital, m-here he lingered until. Sunday evening, when he exi)ired. Verdict—" Accidental Death."— The Coroner and Jury, in very strong terms, Censured the con duct of persons setting spring guns. DARING ATTACK BY THIEYES.—About four o'clock yesterday morning the house of the Hon. Mr. M'llonald, Connaught-place, Tyburn.turn pike, was attacked by two fellows, who were, forcing an entra nce into thelibrary on the first floor: they had bored a hole in the shutter.; sufficient to admit a hand to loosen the fastenings,: which alarmed the butler, who slept under the t library and commanded a view of the leads orn which the thieves stood. One of them instantly: fled, and the butler, with, a pistol in his , hand,, demanded of the other not to fly or he would:' 'shoot him. The robber drew a pistol from his, pocket and shot at the servant,, who.had a very narrow escape, as the ball made two perfora-* tions in his shirt, when he ivas climbing up the ; leads. He discharged his pistol at the thief at the same time, but without effect,•as tie escaped, also. Officers are on inquiry on •the•subject. We lament to state, that on 'Thursday, the , 23d instant, as two of the Students of the East India College, near 'Hertford, were bathing in. the river Lea, one of them, Mr. JAMES. GRANT, a most amiable and promising young man, wan dered out of his . depth and sank. His companion, ; who had left the water, plunged in again to his relief, but in vai n . A ss i s t ance was procured,', courageous and persevering efforts were made, and the body was at length found ; but, as it had lain four hours in the water, the exertions of the medical men who had been called to the spot were unavailing to restore animation. It is some' consolation that no one of the - members of the; college or others who - Itakened - to the spot in,, numbers has sustained any serious injury amidst ; the - anxious and hazardous endeavours which were made to recover the 13)dy. POLICE INTELLIGENCg. Bon' - STREET.—Yesterday a shabby_ dressed lad, about 18 years of age, Who gave his - name as "‘Villiarn, Hughes, wa.." charged befor e RICHARD BIRNIE, l; q. the presiding s Mag,is- trate, with having fired off a certain gun 'Riad - ea with gun- , powder and small shot, whereby the persons of Hannah Ste yens and,— Whitehorn If ere seriously in jurei3. SeVeralwinieSieS were examined, and it appeared from then-statement, that the prisoner had been shooting sparrows in a -field adjoining Stingo lane, Marylebone, and had placed airiark m the hedge that se parates the field from the lane, at which he discharged his piece, and owing to its being levelled above the hedge, part of the contents struck the witnesses, - Stevens and Whiiehora, the for mer in the face, and the latter in the, legs, who were_ passing along the lane. The Worthy Magistrate gave him. a s evere reprimand, in which he pointedputto him the dreadful conse quences that were likely to ensue from the careless discharge of fire arms near any public highway, and then ordered him to find bail for the misdemeanor, which he being unable to do, was accordingly committed to prison. . 111 ARLEOROUGH-STREET.--SING DEAR "DriCOTERY" STOLEN PLATE AND JEIV'ELS.—SOTTIe months since, the house of a Mr Elmore was broken open and robbed of t wo g old .. watches, diamond ear-rings, and other articles of jewellery, tO, the amount o f more than 2001., b u t no i n f ormat i on was h ad either of the robbers or the property. A. short time since three fellows were convicted of a burglary at a jeweller's at Bright4n,, and sentenced to be tr a n s p or ted fo r life. They - are now at Ports mouth, preparatory to their being shipped for .Botany Bayer Last week Mr. Elmore received a litter from one of the cul prits, stating, that he and his two companions, in guilt, saw the persons who broke into his house, and stole the property, which was sold to Mr._.__,. who ke e p s a silversmith's shop in very extensile trade. The articleSwere stated in - the letter, to bate been sold by a person of the name of Kelly, and upon forth& inquiry circumstances transpired which corroborated the state ment in the convict's letter, and asearch warrant was graiittti' to search the jeweller's house. A perfect description of the pro perty was given, even to a flaw upon one of - the - stones, and se - - veral articles were found in the • jeweller's possession, which were described before - Mr. Elmore saw. thetn, and lookin , at them, he swore they Were part,of the stolen pioeentr. he jeweller refuted to give an account of how he came 'by the pro- perty, or the purchase-money, and - he was held in strong secit rities to appear again at a reekiturinatitm, and in the interita- • 'other witnesses will be produced: -• e , • TOWN HALL, SOUTHWAII.X:—A fellow, named Thoma' Cartwright, was brought before, the l'residing , Alderinan, ;/'• SAIITH, charged with an assaalte on a little boy, icamed At drew Vanderput.—lt appeared, from the comlainant's state," - ment, that on Satu r d a y nig h t, about nine o'clock; asS -- he iva s 3C play in Broad-yard, with some other lads about, his, awn a-Sel the defendant . was passing, and by some accident, a smut Switch which he held in his haud e came gently in. contact witn the prisoner's arm, but could - not yhurt.hiipM"ch" The latter ran•after comidainani; apparently. in a Viorent Pas' • sion, and when he overcook Vim; he dashed - hint on the gratin °. With great force, and afterwards kicked him in the small of if)e back with all his mi eht, infildine... bruises on hi s a ides and back,' which were still - ViSible. - -,- * Smie persons Who we t° passing upbraided him with his bratality,,but their - Terence only atriaid ... a' vOTIEY of agisive aeia threatentng',' language. from the - prisoner, who, to .shew that' he wag i afraid of repeating the outrae, again sei ze d th e - pear ,bovl: t ° ttie his own words), twice threw . him up 'i n th e a ir anili him fall again on th e stones." Fortunately, he, only rec' i ‘f d le - a.few - slight contusions, and he Wag at length rescued from fellow's gripe by two men who- were, witnesses of the transo:: tion. • J. 11 ilcox and M r . W. Pilgrim, Of 15, Great SuffolK .street, confirmed the boy's statement in, its most mnterral - ta. 5 ' and added, that they rescued him from the defendant:,g e gl; • . :for which the latter threatened -to serve them worse. Worthy Alderman __said, there could but one petting the - defenda‘nt's conduct. With be sun 'a man it • be idle to expoatulate, and he . should therefore order h:h 11 1 ' find bail, or be committed. ' HAT TON , GAttREX,—A,NOTTIEF:CARE O,F CHILD-5 11 7. - 1 ; ING.—This i s t h e fifth case. of .e„.l;ild-stealing that 'heard.at:this Office.within a 'month and three d'theni areftwf, committed for trial. Mary Ford was charged with .steal e it two children, one 'a girl.tilioitt fire years of' age, ad tg li ter tq Mr. John Thomas King 13 - Chichester-rents,haiiccry n e e : _ , , and the other the child of a 'Poor maiitetwolitaii • prisonersame pla cc place.. ri ..T u h tt e eti c f h o a r rgl l t!'as -satisfactorily Made out,.alid LONDON MAIL TO Cucsrca.--Mr. Jou.ssOs7 a most active and intelligent.ge,ntlernan, who. hai s the chief direction of the mall coaches, has arty-, some time' been zealously eriipioied in lerating the London mails to different partvT° the kingdom, particularly to the manniacturiqg districts. In Many places the beneficial resu lts of his improve m e n t s -have be'e'n' `sensibly "felt. -I . t f . has been kno w n f or some time, that' the city .° Chester was included in the, ktrmber of plac es intended to be benefitied by this arrangerno' t ; by which it was prop ose d , that 'the mail shoul"., arrive here at s i x instead of t en . We understan d a meeting of the-Coach Proprietors- has lat 6l s r f been held at Northampt on , f or th e ; purpose -f ) carrying this purpose into effect ; but it s eems' the object is a t p resent d e f eate d , b y th e i r on+v - il• ingness to - comply with -thk. accelerates,' moth ) h ! without additional pecuniary eompensation. their contract, hoWever, expires in April Ilex!' will direct -th e , p ropose d npet li t i on . t we haveko'doubt, ifs-retrewal by thou or others, city of Chester,-the arrival‘of-the mail - at-socartYr an hour would afford trad esmen . o pportunity r of answe r i n g their London letters b 3, the the followin g morning, and wOuld.consequ'onVe save a day in th e ' corres p on d ence - to and'frarn! metropolis. .Should th e proposed . plan of Wishing steam 'packets at Davy poofbe'safictiorig,u, of -which we entertain little doubt, 'the earlY rival of the m a il- i n Ch es t er may be calculat e' upon with certainty.—(Ch es i er Courant,) FIRt . .-Nbout half pa4stwo o'clock on T ler day afternoon, a fire broke out in-thelowerV io. ' of a new house, •intended for a publicThou se %* Lancaster-street, Brunswick-stjuare.- e 130 . 41 i was finished pai n ti n , an d paper i ng , and t he !: w , . - re men at work in it at the time the fi re "'Ti f f ; menced. The house was burnt to.the'grou nd ie j a few minut es . Much plunder- was commit` ri i , by a formi c Ubl e ga n g or thieves, eleven of 10( i. e i t through 'the exertions of the 'Hatton - P r qits Police, were secured and brought before the.dis ting Magistr a t es f or exam i n a t i on; two cre re -itei Charged, and, the f o ll ow i ng n i ne were co' llt r i , l nec to prisnn- . ---Samtiel Chapman, John 'Davis , Fred. Ea Stone,dy John Charles iisabiio l i : , rk .ta:dr,so'sep Win. lt Ead v.. --••••=". BIRTHS. e . 13"F i j n 7,1* 0, On Wednesday, August Bth, at her Father's hqus ic i , lA , ton-street; Bath, the Lady n? Jahn 'M. .14 7 110 e ..5.:„,.' Market Overton, Rutlandshire, of a son. and heir. N.-Com`"' On'tht 28th instant, at Bitiiton the LatlY-iif ,• Esq. of a daught er .. , . . __________---0 31ARRIED. • - sir . v 3: o l' On'theit7th instant, at Conway, 'Mirth Wale s ' ' e .Ear Erskine, of Cambo, Fifesiiire, Bart., grandgon vt Hu gh 1 , / .• i i ia t: m lii s e , , E ; l J ., a o n f e c S o il n e w nc a e y ,.ordy . dangliter of the late • DIED. t e of : P i thy In George- s t reet , Portman-squsrc. , , Ann, Charles , Steuart Corry, a Es ti. 'of Rod; CorrY County of Illonaglian, nd sister of Sir-Charles Ed\vi Early on TueSday morning last,cin Oudge-tow , s , NichoP 4 ' , Gillow, youngest son o f Th omas G i llow , Thanet. On "Friday last, a t B r o mpton, after a Th".--g i ll6° "' 31r. Tiw4. Sorel Banister, in the 17th year of his Cameron, of 1 11 . 0 At Banff, on the lath instant, Major ;John Majesty's late Scots Brigade. sarmaswiermin. C id t rANDON : Printed by ./. B. 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