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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FR0 . 14 THE AIORrINC i'XPERSS September - 2 1 . [MORNING POST,] The Apologist for Sir Robert Wilson 'tells us that his sole offence consists in having ridden• up, on the day of the Queen's funeral after the firing . had commenced, to Captain Oakes, and remit -strafing with him on the conduct of the soldiers - under his command, which he Said was dis graCefll to tlic_Regiment and injurious to the character of the service." This, which is given as the whole amount of his offence, also forms, fAange to say, the whole defence urged in his ,behalf,; Suspicions had been previously enter tained and publicly expressed that the_ gallant Knight had.availed himself of,his military expe rience to organize the military obstructions ,hich were opposed to the regular progresS of the Funeral. These suspicions " appeared to his friends too serious not. to be rebut ted, and if they could not plead complete iilnocence on the part- of their. adopted client, they thought that the best mode of clearing him from sa grave a charge; was to substitute another which they considered lighter in its nature. But 'nova that they have executed their purpose, do they really think that the situation of .their hero is improved ? Ike was suspected of secret.man agernent to resist the Civil Posier and the Mili tary--they convict him at once, if they are to be .believed, of a most audacious and .most dangerous -interference at a moment Of open battle between the . people and the_tnilitary, in favour of whom.? —not of a derided and overawed ,- Magistracy .not-of insulted, wounded, bleeding, and almost overpowered soldiers—no ; but in favour of . a furious mob, engaged in acts of assassination, and in the violation of all the laWs of the land ! They -proclaim - him guilty. of having - come forward .at a period *hen little less than :successful rebellion was carrying on, to reproach the defenders of order. with the con - starfc.'y and energy of their efforts to restore it! . Nay, to reproach them, not only in language z .the . most offensive, but in the hearing of that very Mob, whom every word from such an ally was caleulated to fire with tenfold. audacity and des • feration ! If this be justifying their friend,. the adVocates of Sir Robert Wilson. have done it with a vengeance. They have. changed._ the na ture of the charge against him. But how ? By substituting one still darker . and more offensive. They havecescued him ..from the imputation. of " obscure plotting, to present him in the light of ...bold, undisguised rebellion! From such friends fleaven defend us all. Let us trust that they had no grounds for what they haVe said, and that . the gallant Knight will . be able, at his retnrn, if . .not to clear himself from all blame, at least to . shew:that he has not acted in base . 'and cri .minal.a. manner, as he has been represented by ..his apologists to have done. .. . . , - [MORNING cnnoNict..c..] We have heard it said that Sir Robert Wilson, in consequence of some: reports which had come to his . knowledge,` waited on the Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, with - a view to know . whether any circumstances existed which might :render it inexpedient for him to leave the country as business' of an urgent nature required his-pre sence at Paris;"and that the answer 'he received was so far - satisfactory, that he did not hesitate JO set out for Paris. . In consequence of the •pro ceedings which have taken place in his absence, he will, no doubt, return without "delay, and in the mean time, we think it right to abstain'from entering farther into the subject: When . the - natiire of the: circumstances, and of the inquiry into them, which preceded his . formal removal from the service,are laid b fore the public, -we shall then be enabled to decile how far the discretionary • power in the Government has in this case been properly -exercised. • [NEW T. 131 ES:I * The - Morning Chron i cle yesterday attempted to be very pathetic, and Succeeded in .being very ri diculous in its observations respecting the reduc tions which his Majesty's Government may have resolved to make- in different departments of the. public-service: In one part of that accurate Journal we were told that retrenchment was to be:confined - to a particular class of' persons, and in - another that was to - be -universal,.and so•vigotous and efficient that it, would " have an effect on prices in' general." There are few, if ally, subjects respecting which Tice Morning Chronicle is regarded as an authority by the pub. lic- - and this is certainly one of the very last on which obtain attention, however fearless its asseveraips pry be, and however pompously. pronounced: - It is not. necessary, therefore, for us to say any thing in . contradiction 'of either of the conflicting statements, : nor to endeavour to reconcile the contradictions between them. .I.t may be proper, however, to notice the , remark which follows—that " it must have struck . every observer with surprise, that notwithstanding the fall in the whitilesale price of the first and most essential materials, no reduction , has taken . place in - any one article, by the retail dealers." This, to _say the least of it, is a very sweeping asser tion,. and could not be made with propriety by any one not, possessed of an universal know ledge of the retail trade of the country. Unfor tunately • for this wholesale dealer in mis . - statement, - facts - are - directly opposed to his assertion. It is notorious to every one who has obserVed what is going on around him, that a fan is taking place in all articles of ordi .nary'c'onsumptcon. This decline of prices must of cout•se be gradual, but it must also be certain, competition is active and unfettered.— Alreadyl diminution of from 20 to 50 per cent. has taken place, with respect to many articles, and the reduction in the retail will, we believe, be found upon inquiry to bear generally a - fair • proportion to- that which has been effected in the wholesale prices. Take for instance the articles ' ifit tea, sugar, soap, candles, spiritvand clothing. . It is both mischievous and foolish to cast an odium upon an industrious, body of men who have necessarily many difficulties to contend with, and who, if : disposed to make extravagant demands,_ would . be sufficiently hecked by the natural course of trade. [MORNING HERALD.] The vgriable ,state of the weather still keeps alive some. apprehension respecting the result of the harvest. It does not appear, however, that there is at present any ground for alarm. The crops in Ireland are, we hear, in a more promis ing condition than might be expected from recent accounts.' Some local and circumscribed instances of injury, or failure in the crops, put forth. in the Irish Papers, have excited an undue degree of alarm. From Scotland the accounts are favourable. The latest :English Provincial Papers also give more cheering reports. Even should a rise take place, it is not expected to be suLh as to cause the opening of the ports in No vember. A, tolerable harvest will be sufficient to keep the ports closed. A reduction of price is expected to take place to 7 day, in London, as there are several vessels laden with corn in the River, and others are expected. • • [THE TIMES.] . A Court of Proprietors was held yesterday, at the Bank of England, to " sonsider," as it is expressed, , of a dividend,' The proceedings "of 'fere(' more interest and .novelty than usual. Gundry Started again the important ' question which he has within.these five years agitatectboth in the Court of Proprietors and in that of the King's Bench, respecting the propriety of some communication by the .Court of Directors to their constituents Of the general affairs of that immense concern. Mr. Gundry reminded the COurt of the effort he had: madoin 1816 to procure for the -Proprietors an increase of.4lalf yearly. dividend from five to six per cent.; of his failure, -and of the subsequent and. althost immediate proposal of the Direction to grant a bonus of 25 Per cent. to each'Proprietor on .the - capital of his stock.— The affairs of the ..Bank of France :have been annually subjected to a minute and : detailed exposition ; nor have we heard 'that the Go vernors and Directors of that ; reat establishment ever yet predicted danger, or Saw any. thing but a stronger-assurance of prosperity from the practice. Where, then, would be the risk to the Bank of England in pyoducing a semi-annual balance-sheet.at least, as suggested by the-Pro prietor above named ? As for application to the Courts of. Law, Mr. Gundry, we calculate, has had quite enough of that; and still fewer charms had the :Court of Chancery for such an attempt, seeing that a suit to compel an account would in all likelihood outlive, not only .the existing Di rectors of-the Bank, but the very -charter:under • which it - was incorporated. --No judicial remedy can be thought of ; the' cure is' with the Propri etors, and that has, little - Chance of-being effected. If a large proporiion of holders of Bank stock would attend, and force' a ballot, the accounts might be got at, and satisfac_tion-, he finally obtained. Wheal. the intimate -connexion formed by -fite Directors of the. Bank. with the• Go vernment is considered, :and .the evils which have been the fruit of that connexion are traced from the year . 1797 i ..wilett. Mr. Pitt -made the Bank stop payment, to. they present day, when the Company is. in advance - to the. Exch equer the , clear airfount of a quarter'S revenue, amounting to 10 9r 11 miflions sterling, it is, one would suppose, incumbent on the Pro prietors to strike out some method of - regulating or controlling that state-partnership between their own officers and .the Treasury.. Vlore up right Or respectable men, cannot - be found than the actual Court of Directors of this establish- ment. But good men may be involved in an im perfect or vitiated system, and may require to be ,extricated even by the aid which they re nounce. Mr. Gundry on this occasion moved for a dividend of 6 instead of 5-per cent., and his hand was the single one held up iii support of the motion. [BRITISH PR ESc.l - The present Ministers have shetvn themselves on more occasions than, one. so exceedingly ready to punish an obnoxious: individual, without the formality of a previous inquiry, that the recent dismissal of Sir Robert Wilson from the army ex cites less surprise than might otherwise have been expected. Every one looks upon the event as a part of a system which has been for a long time efficiently tfiough silently operating, for the pur pose of establishing within the whole frame of the Government a strictness of discipline and suborL dination, and of reducing to the level of a mere machine - every _individual subject to its control, .whether in a civil or a military capacity. The Marquis of Londonderry some time ago in the "House of Commons distinctly - avowed that the Cabinet was pursuing this• principle, and defended it .upou its supposed power of giving energy and effect to the operations of the Government. This is precisely the - . principle upon which a. despotic Govern ment is formed and proceeds, and can be suited only. to a nation of slaves, where the indi viduals. raised by the caprice of their masters to -occupy- a certain place or station in the system of -public - affairs are contented to act as the mere tools of power, and to.surrender every pretence to the exercise of their own sense and discretion, for the comfortable privilege of some time .longer wearing, their heads.. What is despotism but a Government of terror,? and whether the terror 'applied relates in one country to the pro bable. loss of . life, where human life is counted as of little worth, or in. another modification of society to the probable de privation 7of those comforts and conveniences which give life its value, the actual nature of despotism remains• unaltered. Agents .will not be wanted under the Government in either coun try to execate - every project of power with re lentless punctuality ; and the sense of propriety ‘ Which -in a freeform of government prevails generally throughout every department, and often modifies the asperity of power, cannot be expected to operate under a system where no merit is. recognized but, Mat of a blind-and des- Iperate obedience.. •• -. 3A OF .ENGLA-ND. Yesterdaya Meeting of Proprietors took place , for the purpose of considering of a half-yearly , divider 1. The CHAIRMAN produced a Resolu tion of the Directors, recommending that the dividend for the half-year ending the 10th Octo ber next, should be 51. per cent. which Resolu tion he proposed for the adoption.of the Meeting. Mr. GUNDRY rose and said, he had his usual task, he feared as ineffectual as ever, to perform, that of calling for some specific and detailed in formation respecting the -concerns of the Bank. He then said - that his age and infirmities pre vented his delivering himself as he was wont to do in arguments in support of that motion in a speech, and on that account he solicited permis sion to read his speeclr in I,i-thing. He finale diately re-asserted the arguments which he has been in the habit of using at former meetings, to spew the necessity of the Bank concerns being submitted to the inspection of the Proprietors, to enable them to say what the dividend Ought to be. This information, he contended, they were entitled to by law, by charter, and by common sense. Standing alone when he applied at his own expence, in the King's Bench, fOr a manda qzys to compel the Directors to produce their ae-• counts as by charter they were bound to do, the Judges there did not controvert his construction of the charter, but pointed out a different form of preliminary proceeding for his adoption. After coruulting able lawyers, he at length found that the remedy prescribed for him was in the Court of Chancery ; and need they wonder that, -.ap proaching his 80th year, on a subject dear to his heart, he felt little disposition to accelerate his object by embarking at that period of his life in a Chancery suit. Not feeling any inclination to pursue his object through the Courtb - he had re curred once more to the bye-laws of that Court for the support of his proposition, feeling this much confidence in his • present mode of appeal, that it could not . be got rid of by a side-wind, but must be determined by a ballot. lie hoped at.they, a very, limited number of proprietors the metropolis, were not prepared, without e fullest consideration being first given, to bal- lot away the interests of thenumerous Proprietors scattered over the kingdom—some in Cornwall, some in Yorkshire. After dwelling on this topic he promised them, that, though living at a dis tance, and being' advanced in years, he would carefully and regularly attend their meetings and enforce his proposition. He then moved an amendment, to substitute 6 per cent. for 5 in the original motion. The amendment waS put, and the band of the mover being the only one held up in support of it, was lost. Mr. GUNDRY required the ballot to be taken. After some conversation, i❑ which Serjean BOSANQUEI' participated, it was understood that a ballot could not be had without nine or ten proprietors subscribing to demand it. Mr. GUNDR Y insisted that he was right, and that no other than ti►e course proposed by bin' was taken at the last ballot. This was contradicted by several of the Pro, prietcirs. A Geiitlemtn, who was Understood to be a banker of Bath, wished to know if the Directors had any objection to state if the Bank transac tions had been prosperous or not last year, as he . conceived that information to be necessary to enable them to understand the propriety of the proposed dividend. The CHAIRMAN replied,' that it would be to encourage great irregularity in their proceedings to answer the questions of any Gentleman who thought proper to call on him . , respecting' the opinions of the Directors—that the Proprietors no doubt had the fullest confidence in the Di rectors, who would not haVe proposed the divi dend without the fullest consideration„ The present dividend had been determined on after a full consideration of the Bank. Another Gentleman pressed the Chairman to say if the Directors were not about to reduce the rate of interest from 5 to 4 per cent. and en forced. the necessity of determining such a rumour by admitting or denying it. The CHAIRMAN again objected to being. ques tioned on behalf of the Directors, assuring the Court that the Directors would take no step not calculated to promote the interests of their con cern ; and he cautioned Gentlemen againit lend ing a ready ear to such • floating rumours, the best way for discrediting which would be to dis regard them. The same Gentleman again pressed for some general answer, on what he conceived to be so important a subject. . The CHAIRMAN declined any reply, for the reasons before stated. Another Gentleman desired to know what steps were taken respecting the new. Bank notes ? He was led to this inquiry by observing the per kVeratice of the Bank in prosecutions for for gery, with. a penalty attached, which, as he thought, with many other's, to be more than com mensurate with the offence. The CHAIRMAN replied, after some observa tions on the pains taken by the Bank to promote the suggested project, that the result was an en tire failure. The subj•ect was, however, conti tinually under the consideration of the )3ank ; nor would they neglect any measures found to . be conducive 'to the end in view. As to the prose cution and. punishment of forgery, the one was undertaken by the Bank for public security'; the other rested entirely with the Legislature. The Bank had to obey, not to dictate the law. They were anxious to give every facility for the ex , change of metallic currency to the holders of notes, not alone of the small, but of all others of their notes. The dividend was agreed to unanimously, and the. Court adjourned. EXECUTION.--On Saturday last, John Turner, for stealing 21 sheep, the property of Mrs. Lea, of Claverley, and Richard Davis, for a burg,lary in the house of Mr. Francis Lloyd Bayley, of Preston, Brockhurst, were executed in front of .the county gaol, at Shrewsbury, pursuant to their sentence at the late Assizes there. OLD 8 .. AILEY: THE EXCISE. Xesterday, Nirst. i TuERAN was indicted for wilfdlly, knowingly, and feloniously accepting . a counterfeit certificate 1 relative to certain Excise Tobacco Duties, with, intent to defraud 1 his Majesty of the duties. The prisoner is a gen tlewunly looking man, and holds a situation in the Excise. BoLLAxli opened the case for the prosecution,call ed the following evidence : Richard Jones, Surveyor in the Tobacco Warehonse of the Excise, had been 47 years in the Company's . service • all to bacco was warehoused under lock of the Excise and the Lon don Docks. When a merchant wished to get tobacco out of the warehouse, he applied to the office, in which the prisoner was a clerk. Tobiecoes are weighed, and a certificate is made out in the. weighing office ; the merchant also MakCs out an account, which is signed by the officer, and tht amount of duty being ascertained, the broker or merchant pays it; the collector then . gives a certificate that the duty is paid; the merchant then en dorses on the certificate theJanding marks and numbers, the im port weight, the delivered weight, and the house , to which it is ,to be delivered. The witness then described the further course of procedure, and said, the duty of the prisoner was to look at the signature, and enter the permits in the ledger. Though no particular attention was paid to the signatures great care was taken in comparing the welshing notes with ' the certificates. The prisoner was a clerk in the permit seat, and has the 'weigh ing officer's notes in his possession ; it was also the duty of the prisoner to make out the vouchers. On the 6th of . July, wit- Hess, from information he had received, made some inquiry, and found that there. was a double entry in the ledger. The wit ness then - Went, to Mr. Mayci's office with the priSoner, and in the - course of conversation, he said, " 1 think I had better say nothing about 202:" Witness examined the certificate with Mr. Phipps. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY.—The prisoner had been about 'four years ; knew a Mr. Grant, who had -absconded, about a month since ; the numbers of the permits do not go in regular - order ; the permits were put into- a- drawer to which other persons had access ; the prisoner had complained of Grant's conduct with respect to the double No. of 198 ; the seat in which the priSciner eat was railed in. James Crouch, tobacco warehouse-keeper, in the same office with the prisoner ; - was desired by Mr. Jones, on Monday the 3d July, to go -to the office on Tower-hill, and receive the duties of the preceding week ; he handed over the account to the pri soner, it was 83 boxes, 113,2321 b. • it was the duty of the pri soner.to check his accounts, ancl.ieboth were right they would agree; the amount of the duty of that week was £22,646 8s; prisoner saidto witness the accounts did not agree, and the dif ference-of. £327 arose from a forged certificate, presented by Mr: Grant ; the prisoner named the circumstance to Mr. Jones; Witness knew Mr. Grant, with whom .the prisoner appeared to be on terms of friendship ; Grant,. in a conversation, said he knew he had paid the duties, and that . was all he cared about ; this took place on -the 3d of July; next day witnessmade in quiry, and found there was net any signed bill tallying with the certificate; in the course , of further -inquiry; , the warrant pro duced was found, the signature which he did not think was that of the Collector ; the warrant in question was loose in the drawer, and there was also, a number of vouchers of the pre ceding week tied up ; tha witness produced the _ledger, and found there was an entry of 202; there are two entries of that number, the latter one having, been subsequently made ; saw Mr. Sutheran making an entry on the Ist of August, from a loose leaf ; on the Wednesday morning saw but one entry of 202 r but after Sutheran had been at the book, there appeared two mimbers of 202. Witness knows that a leaf bad been taken out of the book : believes the leaf from which Sutheran was seen copying was in his own hand:-Writing. - . • Cross-examined by Mr. AbOLPIIus.,---Grant appeared to be a respectable man ; had seen the prisoner and Grant go out to gether ; theprisoner was the first person to speak of the irregu larit; it was this that set the inquiry on foot, with respect to the Co. 198 ; the prisoner spoke to Grant publicly about the double numbers, and the latter imMediately disappeared ; tak ing up the warrant in a cursory way, the false signature might escape the notice of the witness; the prisoner was absent from the office some days before he was taken before a Magistrate. Win.' Paul, Clerk in the Tobacco Office, knew the prisoner's hanthivriting. - The duplicate of a permit. The counterpart of the warrant was in the hand-writing'of the prisoner. In the voucher there was a No. 202, as follows :—Philip Cabb; wheeler ; Wm. Murdoch, merchant and iMporter, 2 hogsheads, 2183. - Recollects seeing the ledger in the hands of Sutheran., At that dine it corresponded with the voucher, and there was then but one number of 202. Alexander Grant, a broker, of George-street, Tower-hill. In the course of his business cleared great quantities of tobacco. On the 26th of July directed Robert Grant to clear five hogs heads of tobacco, and was furnished with a check for 3031 - ,195. on Messrs. Ladbroke to-pay for the same. The amount - Of the duty on one hogshead was 3031. lfis. duty, 2s. rent, and Is, dock yard. The duties on the other four hogsheads, 11351. Is. 2d. The whole amount paid was 11391: 2d. On the 31st witness went to the office for the purpose of clearing sonic snuff,' and learnt from Mr. Crouch what had happened. Went to the of fice on Tower-hill, brit could not find the duplicate of the .war rant. Acquainted Mr. Crouch of the circumstance, who in formed him that the certificate was supposed to be, a forgery.— On returning home met the prisoner at the corner of the street in which he lived. The prisoner asked witness where Robert Grant was, or where his friends lived, as he " must see him, and would see him ?" Witness informed him where Grant's mother lived, and being -requested to ac company him home, observed, that he was going to Clapham, - and could not. Witness, from what he learned, went in pursuit of Robert Grant, but did not find him, nor had he ever _seen - him since. 'The'date on the warrant was not Robert Grant's hand-writing. The Witeiess had twice paid the duties, once to Grant, and once to the Excise. On a subsequent in terview the - prisoner asked the witness if any thing more had been discovered ? and- was answered in the affirmative ; on which he replied, " What an unfortunate thing it is for me." 'rise - prisoner also-observed, that he and Robert Giant had once some money transactions, ; and that he thought he (Grant) led rather a dissolute life. Francis Fish, tobacconist, of St. John-street, produced the check on their house, gig en in- payrnent of the duties Mr. Alexander Grant proved the figures on the back of the check to be in the band-writing of Robert Grant. ' James Smith, collector- of the Excise, proved the signature, purporting to be his name not to be in his hand-writing. Mr. Wright, clerk to the Comptroller of the Excise, proved that the name of Wright was not his signature. - Mr. Kennedy, 'of the house of Ladbroke and Co., was called to prove the payment of the check, but could not say to whom it was paid. Mr. Gillman, also a clerk in the same house, proved giVing note, numbered 10,461, for. 51; amongst others, itnpayment of a sum of 1,4391. Os. 2d. Win. Iletherington proved receiving this note at the Bank. James Ball, - servant to Mr. Absolani; tailor, proved receiving the note of the prisoner- in payment of a_ bill, on the 26th of July last. The case for the prosecution being closed; the, Prisoner was called on for his defence. Ile declared hi'sinnocence; and ac counted for having the - 51. note in his possession by saying that he received it from Grant in payment of a debt chte from - hint to the prisoner, about the time of the forgery. A considerable number of respectable persons gave the pri soner a most excellent character. Mr. Justice RICHARDSON summed up, and the Jury, after consulting for half an hour, retired, and- ontheir return found the prisoner Guilty. - FORGERY ON_ THE. PRUSSIAN , GOVERNMENT. M. I. GOLDSTON was this day again put to the bar. ,Mr. PLATT said 'he had to rifler some farther arguments to those adduced yesterday, in support of his application for setting aside the present indictment, which was framed under an Act of Parliament, which made it felony for any person to make or forge, or cause to be falsely made or forged, any•document or note of a foreign Prince. In the present instance the indictment contained a copy of the instrument in the German language, but no translation of it in the English language, which he contended was a fatal objection under the statute. of Chaves IL, which required that ,the indictment .should be drawn up in the Eng lish language. In fact it might as well' have neen drawn up in the Chinese language as the German, and no one could-con tend that - the note was a promissory one, or an order for pay ment, as there was no promise in the whole of the document to pay. He noticed the difference between an indictment for-libel in a foreign language, and an indictment for a contract, as in the former. case it was specific, and might be translated word by word, so as to show its intent and meaning. After citing various cases in support of his argument, he concluded by mov ing an arrest of judgment. Mr. Bo LLAND.WaS about to reply, but . Mr. Justice Ric DARDS oar postponed the hearing Counsel on the present oceasion, as none Of theLearnedJudgeS - svere present. DAVID BURTON,- an Officer of the Customs, was indicted for stealing a quantity of seeds, roots, insects, and stuffed birds, the property of his Al ajestjr; ' John Goodge Wilkinson stated, that he was a land-waiter to the Customs, and was on duty on'the day mentioned in the-in dictment. The prisoner was a tide waiter on board the Venus, and the witness having seized four cases, containing the pro perty in 'question, on board the - Charlotte, put them on the quay, from whence they•were removed by the prisoner and put on board the Venus, where they were found. Several witnesses were called who proved the robbery. • The prisoner in his defence said, that having received an in jury in his head, and having taken a considerable quantity of wine, he was in such a state as to be unable, scarcely to know what ha was doing. . The prisoner received an excellent character from several per sons, for honesty, &c.—Not Guilty. - EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY. Between 'the hOtrrs of two and three o'clock, on the morning of Thursday, the 15th inst.. an armed mounted party of White 'Boys, to the number of aboUrforty, attached tiye.hOuse of Mr. JOHN BLAKENEY KITSO.NS, of Kerry, county of Kerry, Chief Constable for the Barony of ir raghtyconnor (who has long•been an object of their vengeance, in consequence of his continued and unremitting exertions in . causing the appre hension of a number of their as"SOciateS, (and de manding his arms, accompanied with a threat, if he did not comply, to burn his house and his family. His reply to their demand was a shot, having•takeii, deliberate aim from a window, owith afow ling-piece heavily loaded, • at three of the party, who were in close.conference within about fifteen yards of )he window, when he perceived one o!'therri fall. The -party then retreated, after firlnggOreyeral shotsinto the house.. Mr. KITTSON kept up 3 constant -fire as they crossed his windoWs. lit about ten minutes they returned again, and put their threat in execution, by setting tire to the habitation, which : being thatched, was Mune diately in a blaze, and burned most Mr. KITTSON and family, consisting of his wife, six children, and two maid-servants, continuer: in the house, but at Jength were forced there from by the alarming progress of the fire, when he pushed out in his shirt amongst the assailants , who were still firing shots at the doors and windows. Being armed with a gun and a case of pistols,The party retreated from him,to the rear - of the house? . and Mr. lit'ursoN' , having pursued in that direction, fired upon them, when the whOle party 'fled ; he, however, continued the pursuit a lone distance, when he perceived theme taking off one dead body, and leairing a horse behind, covered with blood. 'lt is to be hoped , that the Meritorious conduct so'evinced by Mr' KirrsoN will not pass unnoticed by those whose peculiar province it is to reward merit., Info . ' Illation of the above transaction having -bee t ` 'sent by Mr. KITTSON to PIERCE' LESLI E ' Esq. a Magistrate of the County, h e ' with several - Gentlemen, • and the Tarbert Volunteer Corpi of Yeomanry, immediately re' paired to the spot, and being - .joined by a se r : jeant and six privates of the 78th foot, made di'', gent•search iu every direction they traced .the blood of tile wounded for some miles. tpwurtis, the County of Limerick, hut could not succee4 discovering any of the party : he, however, fou l ! cd several horses much wounded and two saddles 33 potatoe gardens, covered with blood. --7_( Chronicle.) was proportionately ti9e:11;0. There was a radical row at Astley's ThPa7 SllocKl\o a few evenings since. The conduct of the.ttati ale orderly - cals was of the most disgraceful description, 311 7 i suicide Was committed in Dodbrooke, neztr bridge . , on Friday,'the 14th inst. Mrs. Iticharus/ a very respectable widow, who' had :for h°' l ', e time past been in .a desponding state• of fri 9( :; put an end to her existence by cutting her 01 0 ' 4 ' awful instance of she divided both carotid arteries, and died be fcr' ; assistance could be procured.. She NV LIS 011 ,: weltering in her htood. What makes th is cir cumstance the more melancholy is, the same P c son, on Wednesday, the 22d of August last, c u her throat from . ear to ear, With a clasp 10 ' e ' completely dividing•the windpipe and part o f ° f ; but, through the skill and assidcit9.be the .IViedical Geutleman who attended hn er, , 5 r perfectly recovered. Being thuS b affled.i first attempt, but determined on self destruct.ll.lll; she procured a razor on Thursday, whi cl ,' ed carefully concealed until an opportunity ofier;t for her purpose, and on the following d4tY we : ' into a lodging room at the upper part o f the lous and perpetrated the horrid deed a secon d tiul t e , No real cause can be assigned for it, but rePt ir say it was a love affair.—( Exeter Paper.) come NW A AWIc.ARD Tilltr.-A. fee days ago, -- robbers broke into the hou4e . of a Gentlewan:„ Everfon Breck, near Liverpool, and took 8 plate, linen, and other articles to a .considers ft amount. FOrtunately one of the dep redator: I a. behind him, in the hurry of their proceedingsc/e. letter which contained his name and residetn - By this he was succeisfulLy traced, take n bel° a Magistrate, and finally committed to pris' ili ;ii , Wm - Amu nALL, a. pilot of Deal, havillg.o'ic, cautiously overcharged a swivel, at the ri d, it lugs for his MAJ Lsry's arrival at , Of °. d e r burst, and a piece of the barrel struck ilj a ' v • t i o cl the arm, and killed him,on the spot. A Pe t - 1 be having been prepared by some gentlemen, ii_der 'half of Hall's iiidow,"and time cfreumstoce:o%/ Which the poor man (who had served .1701, years in the Navy) met his death, haYil“,4 re d to please , to ed his " 'Majesty, he was graciously order 20/. to be paid to the poor witI"A„FP which the officer added a guinea, and the be y to have her husband's pension continued t° —(Hereford Journal.) yeNterclay, at No. 7, Da ri. % , • - h id ur G se r a e y e , n ;e o ,n f n a ig s i‘ 'f ii i i lt bc, T ni l . lS. ~ vire • stm I..rstcr, I) 1 l''' %-street, - been married twenty'-four street, Glasgow, was delivered of a daughter. r e ' c Novetuocr, w n the this is their first child. r O P - add , . , On Wednesday, the sth ' ay, inst: John DaintrY,J',s+ 0,•ko-, of John' Smith Daintry, of Pod-en-bank, , in tlic ofcounty. loot f ter, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter.of John 116c.t,1%g,(1- se rf niel-park, Cornwall. • - ,^I.OIY , 0 On the 17th inst. at Pinkston, M ti nder LT— Or r. t eICS 13 chant ~Glasgow, to Janet, daughter of John tjouf . : ..„ /"' Cowlairs. i ,„ Johint:hinL, 7t:hiileir.,,,u6pireini;ei FlSirttatcladoe,nlzsq, n—Tb—'---7--" 1 M e lo . a,frettedrar nti. a w S n °s bv at th iS. the celebrated piano forte i plaVer, .ag • I Lo• , c co'i rit h l t ; siXt'l On the 2'il .July last, at his residence in I"Pir‘f f•ee t ' - n r thi6 Mr. Robert Thomas, aged 107 years... Ile -li\"4,'-':e.°nilants,, i.:sbiti .generation, anti perhaps the number of tlie,t4ools',' 1 :5 bi t, man in is unequalled in history.. Although' N. ll ' I -ove r "' lica } ye - wereunrestrained, complying with the olt r e :ii in W e ' ele 'drink, and be 1 • " nary, he was never knOwa- to, or s to 1 3 ' aid Burin r 1 • life, .., his and retained his intellectual • bi 4 last moment.' pa 6r 3te ' ze • A few days ago, at IVarsop, George IVrog, a Oat td” . " witilin tile wife, aged about 00. .They both expired of half an hour of each other ! the a n r a g n a i t e e 0, f.rb_rni.atesi, a rti,kra.: LONDON N• Printed bi B. CARSTAIRS:of IC°.-‘9d-rg Ormond-street, Queen -square ; and published 1 ;1, Stl 4 SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molten-street, at . 0.51 OFFIC,:E, No 112, Strand ; where Any EsttqlsOl.ics- d. ORDERS, LETTERS (post-)raid) must 14 aallPe'