The Sun. — London, England, 1821-09-12 00:00:00

Confinettent for refusing to consent to the new Constitution, was liberated, but s h ort l y afterwards was murdered, with se 11441°thel's, in the street : all was quiet there when the Decatur The three deputies who had been elected at Madeira, Un der the new Constitution, sailed for Lisbon, carrying with them re monstrances of the people against the enormous duties e lacted on their wines by the American States. It Was sup- Aed that a countervailing duty would shortly be laid u pon meric an pr9duce imp or t e d i nto M a d eira. Brandy was about prohibited. The vintage was promising, but the vines about the western part of the island had suffered from strong Westerly winds. Extract of a Letter from Hayti, dated July 17. " Every thing goes on well and quietly here, since the de- Partite of Boyer, except the jealousy of the natives in trading with Foreign Merchants; as many obstacles are thrown in our Way as they can invent, and attempts will no doubt be made the ensuing year to exclude us altogether. For these last six ecits the coast has been lined from Monte Christie to the Mole by Aury's fleet, which has proved of great annoyance to the trade.—From these, and other causes, we are kept in hot hot Water continually." CAPE OF GOOD HOP The following infor- Illation has been received : T ," "PE Tow zr , J UNE 23.—11 is Excellency, Sir Rufane } 3li ki'll having during his stay at Gr a h a m' s T own , mature d le atrangernents for the future Government of the Albany 41,,,13ttict, by the app o i ntment of Major Jones to the Civil and Mar y Command on ft the Eastern frontier, and by his selec he le tion +. • °' Messrs. Campbell and Bowker, as Special Heeroradm ; that cation Place on the 28th o f M ay , f or M a j or Pi got ' s lo ' welco m 'w h ere his Excellency an d su it e were most cor di a l ly ed. have I t t ow * a3 highly gratifying to his Excellency, not only to found i nessed the pr ogress ma d e on t hi s locat i on, but to have tie rs t h4t. the best spirit prevails amon g th e w h o l e o f t h e st,.t who are sanguine in the hopes of the ultimate success of their un dertaking an d i n d efat i gable in their exertions ; the grey -confidence has been kept alive among them, by the un 'etnitted attention of the general and local authorities to their necessities. Neat and beautiful cottages are fast spreading over the sur -ic °‘lthepcituresque district of Albany, and the town of Ba th rapidly increasing; several excellent houses are already finis is and many more are in a state of great forwardness. 41," uitlExcellency arrived at Bathurst, on the 29th, where the ce:dve-loentioned improvements forcibly struck him, and far ex ec' nY thing h e could have anticipated ; on the following tla Y' his Excell ency installed Major Jones in his office of Landdrost. 1‘ 111 e h opes of the new Colonists are strongly excited by the h e ' r°s P e ct of the navigation of the Kowie River being found to Practicable." 111 Gibralt ar P apers arrived yesterday to the 21st 1 1 ,:* The fe e li ng entertained in that garrison ° I -2 to so me measure b e i n f erre d f rom t h e fol je , - , n g extracts, w hi c h show that' the chief ob i,:," of interest are those connected with the guerings of the Greeks : ° t I , I : k4LT AR, AUG. 20.—Th e latest Madrid Gazette says 1117 - as th e P l ague is making very great havo c i n E g ypt, an d t h at Y lett eve n sPread amon g t h e crews of several European vessels. ers f hit 4 fro m Egypt we are assured that Ali Mahomet Pacha his refused,uw all co unication w ith t h e O smanl i , and promised jerful protection to the Christians. it is believed that he %L n In a tre a ty w i t h t h e Greeks of the Archipelago, and "`ins t he most intimate relations toward s th em , e i t h er f or pl eree . , At °I to carry on t h e no bl e war against the Osmanli. " T he ord vlt‘gA GAZETTE OF THE 14TH AUGUST. ] i *ith nar Y Courier from Const an ti nop l e i s arr i ve d here cor ui lette rs ters HP to the 25 t h u l t . T he massacre and excesses without ceasing in that capital. No European en -4,e the least s . —en tity, and the Dipl omat i c A gents t h emselves 4netu Pted to been `.l)oseel to various vex a ti ons , w h enever t h ey h ave afford ;protection to the Franks of their own na. ab le COurt d e f„ ' Lutzow , the Austrian Minister, has not been bet;' Prevent the Turks from violating the treaties existing e en hi s tges • C ourt and the Porte. A Captain, and several ma e44, th e Austrian service, have just been arrested and be- A y eci hY the Porte without any ceremony. The Turkish e°6 ‘.--:„ Pl'ead s desolation wherever it marches. Many of the ft -nes of Moldavia and Wallachia have been given up to ' A kPa 1:1-°") and the Principal Greek merchants, at Bucharest, ee n , ueneaded.,, Th ec ...........„ lit tie °ro ner's Jury re - assem b led this morning 4t ree ; l 'en o'clock. W e have Reporters in attend- N I an d) if the verdict be delivered in time, pr ess, announce it before we put this Paper to '-the charge of the Coroner (see the 0 1414 b i lt 1 1 Page) will be read with great interest. 4 4 4s clearly pointed out the coolness and for ranee n 44 0 re o f the military ; and the gross insults jett ed r°cious attacks to which they were sub- Prki se ' 44 ' 1 which they endured with the most w orth v btrq, oie Y patience, until they were at l ength . t hei r 01 4 t° use their arms for the protection of th . 1,..11 o' - --It is deserving of remark, that ei ther ''''''' ie,,, as to tree s not once express any doubt,. tr„-,41eal p i n ' 'Vac* or the law of the case beta; 11 ° "ged to favour of the military. He is not p ss °r rao, ex Piain any appearances of wanton -otif • —.lie s 4 sio„ ,by a reference to the hurry and . tatio4 of the scene, or to the feelings of irri sib, under --led which the soldiers might be pre the - t ° hav e ti : nilonlellt acted, from the provocations of t th ey lab° ileation v i le 'r ju stig • . He is not obliged, even, to r es t upon the necessity under which 4l ight h ave ure d of executing their orders. Lives the bee n 1 t riot ous ost, in consequence merely of ch°roller obstruction of the funeral ; and the ar , ev er , ;,,... i s ,. • ged the j in t ha t case, would probably have 4 1"1 ArurallrY, that that could not havebeen 4aaughte,,, if , ef ; but amounted only to Man ‘ Weil • ) i ndeed, it would not have been, I), a s In t toutring_ T b . case respecting which they were Slay ' dus talabl e to th e • j homicide. In explaining „ o r) ury the Coroner saw that there 'tics ne cessitr 2 li e• lii s ,to enter upon such points as t:ati on ofwhole charg e is a clear distinct jus- I tir eirc olust the soldiers, tracing the whole of i th f ances, t erminatinc, in the tmeessitg NNt °r eed th e '• e ?. and by fi m .n to repel violence o e with vio ndanger fl . : l4t l e tt e r es of som n e g o t he ir _ D o r i e s ssors for the L 'ici ° C their r & , • .• , 0 " gives to own, on the same principle Ivillcl_if..defenc ev.,?ry private citizen the right 4 arts love W ere it not that so many been employed to deceive and mislead the Jury, and did the question not involve political views and party feelings, it would be easy to anticipate the verdict. We do not mean to say that there is any danger of the Jury being influenced by improper motives ; but it is impossible not to be aware that certain habits of mind are very unfavourable to •the promotion of an impartial and just judgment on such transac tions as those which this important inquiry has embraced. A party in the Common Council of London have been guilty of the disgusting indelicacy of violating a Standing Order of their body, in order to carry, by that trick, a vote of thanks to Mr. Sheriff WAITH MAN, for his conduct during the affair at Knightsbridge Barracks ! Some well-meaning persons, we believe, are disposed to think that the conduct of Mr. WAITIIMAN was very praiseworthy, merely because he was very active ! It is certain that there was a violent and long continued disturbance in front of the Barracks : the Sheriff of London, it is admitted on all hands, was during a great part of the time on the spot, EXHORT ING one party, making his horse plunge, and scolding at, and ordering, and FIGHTING with the other, and, with. out some careful attention to facts, and particularly as to which of the two parties,—the people, or the soldiers, were to blame, it is very natural to think that all the eloquence, and the valour, and the activity of the SHERIFF, were employ ed to protect the INNOCENT,—to apprehend the AUTHORS of the TUMULT,—and to DISPERSE the mon ! This, however, would be a very mistaken view of the matter. Mr. WAITHMAN, certainly, was desirous of MAINTAINING THE PEACE ; but he was for maintaining it, and he did suc ceed, as he says, in " RESTORING TRANQUILLITY," by giving the RIOTOUS MOB a VICTORY over the UNOFFEND ING SOLDIERS, who were shut up in their barracks,—while the mob were left by the Sheriff in possession of the ground, where they continued to assail the barracks with stones, and the military within them with execrations, until Mr. CONANT found it necessary to disturb the " TRANQUIL. LITY," which had been so gloriously established by Mr. WAITIIMAN, by reading the Riot Act, and clearing the neigh. bourhood of the worthy friends of the Sheriff!—Mr. TH MAN made prodigious efforts of courage and magnanimity, during a great number of hours, to get the soldiers locked up from the insults and injuries of the populace. In ten minutes-, if he had directed his officers to seize a few of the rioters, whom, he admits, he HEARD and saw insulting the military, he would have dispersed the collected crowd, and preserved the peace in the manner which common sense and the duties of his office equally point out as the most effectual.— Mr. CONANT took the old-fashioned and shorter way, of en forcing the law which provides for the dispersion of a tumul tuous assembly ; and he " restored tranquillity," in such a manner that it has been preserved ever since. The Common Council havin t , voted their thanks to Mr. IVAITIINAN for his conduct, are bound in consistency, we think, to express their abhorrence, by a solemn resolution, at the proceedings of Mr. CONANT ! Extract of a letter from Paris, dated Sept. 8 : ' The Turkish fleet, after having retreated to Chio, and received on board the troops which had arrived from Asia, set sail for Samos. Having disembarked on this island, the Turks fell upon the Greeks, but they were repulsed, and obliged to regain the port. At the same time the Greek fleet, to the number . of 100 sail, a tt ac k e d t h e Turkish ships. The Greeks directed their principal efforts towards the centre of the enemy's fleet, succeeded in throwing fireballs into it, and blew up eight of the Turkish ships. The Otto. man fleet then sailed off. The Greeks took four ships, sunk several, and pursued the remainder. It is probable that the wreck of this fleet will fall into the hands of the Greeks. It was composed of four ships of the line, nine frigates, five or six corvettes, and 30 or 40 transports. It is said that Cara Ali, the Admiral, has been made prisoner. The battle of which the above is an account, took place on the 24th of July, in the view of Samos," A letter from Madrid of the 27th ult., in refe rence to the affair of the 20th, says--" You will of course have heard of the trifling disturbance which took place here a few nights ago; but it was so trifling, that notwithstanding my house is very near the spot where the people were collect ed, neither I nor any of my family heard any thing of it until the next day. Do not, therefore, give credit to every rumour you may hear, as the French and some of your papers endeavour to magnify every trifle in order to create alarm." The Arabella , packet, Captain PottTEous, ar rived at Falmouth on Monday last (3d inst.) from Lisbon ; on the 27th ult. the brig William arrived there in 37 days from Pernambuco, with EDWARD THORNTON, Esq. his Britannic Ma jesty's Envoy, on board. Nothing new trans pired on the Austrian and Russian Ambassadors quitting Lisbon. His Majesty's ship Niemen, with Sir THOMAS MAITLAND on board, was off the Rock of Lisbon, as the packet came out.— (Cornwall Gazette.) The Right Hon. EDWARD THORNTON, British Envoy at Rio Janeiro, arrived in town yesterday from the Brazils. Advises were received on Monday at Marl borough House from his Royal Highness the Prince of SAXE COBURG, who is at present on a visit at Coburg to his mother, stating that his return to this country may not be expected till next spring. His Royal Highness has sent out orders for the whole of his establishment in Eng land goin g into deep mourni ng f or her MAJESTY. Prince \TICHOLAS ESTERHAZY and suite left town yesterday for the Continent. Prince Paul. ESTERHAZY accompanies his Serene Highness as far as Rochester. Prince NICHOLAS ESTERIIAZY and part of his suite intend passing a week at Paris, previous to their going to Vienna. The Duke of WELLINGTON, the Marquess and Marchioness of LONDONDERRY last night visited Drury-lane Theatre to see the Coronation. They sat in the KING'S box. His Grace of Duke of MONTROSE has resigned he Lord Lieutenancy of Stirlingshire. Accounts 'rom"Dumbarton have reached town, stating that Grace has alsorresi ned the Lo r d Li eu t enancy Dumbartonshire.—( ,Stirling Journal.) Last week 80 workmen in Portsmouth Dock yard, were superannuated, upon a stipend of 241. per annum. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAL, SEPT. 11.—Wind S.W.—Came down from the River the Thornley, Canard, for Halifax; and Oronoco, Cum ming, fpr Demerara. Sailed the Britomart, Peach; for Van Diemairs Land ; Samuel and Sarah, Campbell, for Africa and several coasters and colliers. Arrived and sailed for the River the Queen, from New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 11.--Wind S.W.—Arrived the Royal Charlotte, Ford, from the Downs for Halifax; and Albion, Stephens, from ditto for Honduras. Passed by the Lady Kennaway, Beach, f rom B enga l f or L on d on ; and Antoinette, Dunstan, from. Bengal for Copenhagen. Sailed his Majesty's ship Confiance, for Woolwich ; and the 'Williams, Smith, for London. PLimouTH, SEPT. 10..—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Branstons, Slett, from London for Pernambuco ; Sicily, Cupper, from ditto for Gibraltar ; Como, Wilkinson, from ditto for Mogadore ; and Betsy, Hunter, from Prince Edward's Island. Sailed the Union, Jeffery for London. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 10.—Wind W.—Sailed the Stanmer packet for Lisbon; Lady Mary Pelham, ditto, for the Medi terranean and Francis Freeling, ditto, for the Brazils, each with a mail. Also the Success, Lillicrap ; and Loyalist, Par kin, for St. John's, N. B. ; and Urania, Cocq, for Cork. COWES, SEPT. 11.—Sailed the Clarkstone, Service, for Quebec, with troops. LrvEßPoor., SEPT. 9.—The Juno, Doak, for New york, has put back, with loss of both topmasts. THE ARMY. REDUCTIONS.—The General. Hospital at Fort Pitt, Chat ham, is to be reduced immediately, and in future to be con ducted on the same plan as the Detachment Hospital in the Isle iof 'Wght, by which as •zonsiderable saving to the public will be occasioned. The following are the Officers, Clerks, &c. employed in the General, but whose services will not be required in the Detachment Hospital, viz.:—The Commandant General of Hospitals and two Clerks; Deputy Purveyor and two Clerks; Apothecary ; Matron • Principal Medical Officer's Clerk ; Steward, and several other subordinate servants. THE LATE 18111 HussAits.--A circumstance connected with this distinguished regiment deserves to be noticed for its extraordinary singularity. The corps was raised in the year 1759 (in the reign of King George the Second) by the present Marquis (then Earl) of Drogheda, although not numbered until 1762, consequently it has existed in three reigns (one of them of 60 years duration); and this venerable Nobleman has to say what doubtless cannot be said by any other person living, and which, perhaps, is unparalleled in military history, that lie raised a Regiment of Dragoons 62 years back—commanded it in chief during the whole of that extraordinary long period— and, after all, is still living and well, after having seen the regiment finally disembodied, anti its name and number wholly blotted out of the list of the army ! 'ORTSMOUTII, SEPT. 10.—An unusual degree of interest was excited in the neighbourhood at an early hour this morning, by the firing of se veral salutes, which aroused even the sluggard from his bed, in the joyous expectation that the Royal Squadron had hove in sight. The first was from the Tartar frigate, Commodore Sir GEORGE COLLIER, K.C.8., at day-break, on her arrival from Jamaica, last from the Havannah, with the Duke of MANCHESTER (Governor of Jamaica), and Sir J. KEENE (Governor of St. Lucie). This was no sooner returned by the slag-ship in the harbour than the Salisbury man of war ar rived from St. Thomas's and Tortola, and fired her salute, which was likewise repeated by the Port Admiral. Their Excellencies, who had come home passengers in the former, now came ashore, and in their turn were saluted on quitting the vessel. All this occurred in such quick suc cession, as to convey some idea of a bombard ment, which naturally gave rise to the impres sion of its being the return of the KING. The Tartar is to be succeeded by the Iphigenia, now fitting out at Plymouth. The Salisbury, of 60 guns, constitutes a part of the late re duction, and is not to be replaced. The Tartar has brought to England a very small amount of specie, and a very few elephants' teeth. A few days before the Tartar reached the Havannah, as much specie as was ready to be transported had been shipped on board a merchant brig. The Duke of MANCHESTER appears to have recovered from the accident, from the effect of which so much danger was apprehended. His Excellency repaired to London immediately. The term of Sir GEORGE COLLYER'S command on the coast of Africa has expired ; the Tartar, therefore, will be immediately paid off. Sir ROBERT MENDS, who will hoist his broad pendant on board the Semiramis, in succeeding Sir GEORGE in the command, will proceed shortly from Plymouth. It is not intended that the Commodore shall re turn to England every year as heretofore ; the ships during the wet season are to repair to St Helena and Ascension. HOP INTELLIGENCE.- SOUTHWARK, SEPT. 10.—There has been about a dozen Pockets of new Hops at :Market, but the quality is only indif ferent, and consequently there is a difficulty in selling them ; the prices asked are from 40s. to /Os. cwt.—Nothing doing in last year's Hops. The duty is at £200,000. .MAIDSTONE, SEPT. 1 0 .--Hop-picking pretty generally commenced in this neighbourhood to-day. The old sorts, viz :—the Golden and Canterbury, are particularly unkindly this year, and it is expected that there will be but few good samples of either kind. The Grape are healthier and in much better condition, the mould having affected them but little in comparison to the other sorts, which are evidently get_. ting worse with it daily. The Hops, we are informed, come down equal to what was expected in quantity, but not quite so good in quality. The Duty is still doing here at £lBO,OOO. CANTERBURY. The principal planters in this vicinity commenced picking on Wednesday, and this week the picking will become gener a l. Th e mou ld i s said to be making rapid progress, although in general the appearance of the hop is bright and healthy. SussEx.---The Hops in this county are generally of fair promise; but it is doubted if the best of them, when sent to market, will produce profit to the grower. Some, we hear, to prevent the risk of loss, from expenses, have offered their growths gratuitously, and others at bs. per cwt. CORN-EXCHANGE, SEPT. 12.—The supply of this morning very short, having had but few fresh arrivals since Monday. The demand being rather brisk for fine runs, causes the best Wheat tf. maintain fully Monday's prices, and little alteration in other Grain since then, which we may refe r to Monday's quotation for prices. The agricultural accounts from Ireland, we regret to say, are very unfavourable.--A private letter, dated Saturday last, says—" The harvest, every one agrees, is as bad as possible ; for whe ther the corn is cut or left standing, it is alike malted, and the weather still continues so wet, there is little prospect of saving even as it is : the millers r a is e d th e pr i ce of flour 20s. per bag in one week. The floods (the consequence of the great rain) have swept all the hay off the low lands. All the hay for 20 miles along the Shan onn has been swept away." The Earl of TALBOT is now making a marine tour in the William and Mary yacht along the Northern Coast of Ireland, accompanied by seve ral of his Excellency's suite. Lord and Lady C. SOMERSET are arrived at Saltram, the seat of Earl MormEy. The Hype rion is expected to sail with his Lordship and suite on Monday for the Cape of Good Hope.— (Plymouth Chronicle.) REGISTER OF FASHION. t CHANGEg,—Lord Grenville, from Dropmore, on a tour; Mr. John Vernon, from a tour, to Buckhurst 'House, in Berk shire ; Lady Young, for Maidenhead ; Mr. N. Eamondstone, for Hampton Grove, Middlesex ; Lady Anne Rodney. for Leominster, near Hereford; Earl of Shrewsbury, for Her-. thorpe, in Oxfordshire ; Mr. and Miss Simeon, for Ramsgate. DEPARTURES.-111r. and rs. Camac, from Mansfield street, for the D on c as t er Race s; Miss Blake, from Henrietta street, Cavendish-square, for Buxton, Derbyshire ; William Cunninghame, Esq. from Steven S's Hotel, for Paris. The Marquess Wellesley, on Saturday', visited Ulcomb Place, the seat of the late Marquess of Ormonde, which is now offered for sale, and from what we have heard, it is likely that the noble Marquess will become the purchaser of this desirable sporting manor. The English people, resident at Gen e v a , gave a b r illi ant ball lately, in th e hotel the National Museum. A trans parency of the arms of England, with the initials of George the Fourth, were placed against the facade of the building. CHELTENHAM, SEPT. 9.—The Earl and Countess of Co ventry arrived here on Thursday evening. Among the last ar rivals are Countess Dowager Brownlow, Mr. Cust, the Misses Cust, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Basil Cochrane. THE KING.—The inhabitants of Milford con fidently anticipated the landing of his MAJESTY, but it is not believed that after having made so much way through the Irish Channel, his MA JESTTY would alter his intention of sailing round the •Land's End, and coming either to Ports mouth or to Brighton. Had their wishes been fulfilled, and the rest of the Royal journey been performed on land, his MAJESTY would ere now have reached his capital, where he has been for some days anxiously expected.—(Morning Post.) The Emperor of AUSTRIA has presented to the POPE a collection of impressions of the most beautiful antique cameos; amongst them is the celebrated Apotheosis of AUGUSTUS. The Gentlemen of the Stock Exchange (to their credit be it mentioned) have it in contem plation to raise a Subscription for the unfortunate sufferers in the late fire at Princes-street, Sir WILLIAM BEECUEY has just finished a fine portrait of her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT, and the interesting infant Princess ALEX ANDRINA. The LORD LIEUTENANT of IRELAND iS to continue a year longer iq the Vice-Royal Go vernment, as a mark of Royal favour .of the KING. Of the thirty-one Noblemen who have filled the station of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for the last century, only six have had the ho . - nour of the regular period being prolonged by the Sovereign. LORD COM BERMER E.—Tile freedom of the Borough of Liverpool was presented in the most handsome manner to our Cheshire hero, Lord CO2II MERMEP.E, on Friday last, by the Worshipful the Mayor and Council of that Borough. The karl and Countess of BELmoar., after their long absence, were welcomed to their princely mansion of Castleroote with every demonstration of joy, and the most conspicuous hills in the de mesne - and its vicinity were illuminated by tar barrels. It is five years since the Countess was last in Ireland. When the Earl of FING kL was at Powerscourt with his MAJESTY on Monday se'nnight, the SO VEREIGN put his hand in the kindest•manner on his Lordship's shoulder, and said, " My Lord, you will see my letter to-morrow; I am sure it will please you." On Monday night Mr. BAYLEY, the Roya upholsterer, and his men, who conveyed the re --- ains of her MAJESTY to Brunswick, arrived it :o w ii. Miss STEPHENS is engaged for a few nights by e Manager of the Bristol Theatre, and was . to make her appearance there on last Monday even ing in the character of Roietta. We are sorry to learn from many parts of this county, that the late rains have considerably in jured the wheat and other kinds of corn, which, in many places, are sprouting afresh, and the dampness has alike tended to increase the mould. Much of the corn about here remains unloosed, the weather having been so particularly unfa vourable for getting it in. To this cause is to be attributed the late rise of grain in the market. —( Maidstone Journal, Sept. 11.) DREADFUL A FFMA Y.—AllOther of those la mentable scenes which it has been frequently our duty to detail, took place at Apple Bay, near Birchington, on Sunday morning last, between the men employed in the Preventive Service, and a large party of ,smugglers, who had assembled, armed, at that spot, to work a vessel loaded with contraband goods; the country was alarmed by the report of fire arms, and a desperate conflict ensued ; the officers resolved to do their duty, and the smugglers determined to secure their cargo. Mr. KERR, the 'officer commanding the Preventive party, received a desperate sabre wound on the head, and three of his men were also disabled ; the smugglers suffered materially, but ultimately succeeded in carrying off the whole cargo, as well as their wounded compa nions, who must have suffered much, from the quantity of blood which marked their retreating track. We understand a man belonging to Mar gate has been apprehended as one of the party, and committed for further examination,—(Maid stone Journal, Sept. 11.) ESCAPE FRO3I CHESTER CASTLE,.—RaIph Deane, a most notorious character from the neighbourhood of Maccles field, who was committed to Chester Castle in the month of April last, by the Mayor Of Macclesfield, for a burglary at the house of Mr. Clark, confectioner, made Ins escape from that prison on Tuesday morning last, Tins is not the first instance of this man's dexterity; about three years ago he was taken up on suspicion of being concerned in an extensive robbery at Mr. Samuel Bradley's silk factory, in Macclesfield, and pl ace d i n th e strong l oc k -up room of Mr. Frost, the chief constable, in the third sto r y o f hi s h ouse . In the course of th e night he made a small aperture near the window, through wnich he contrived to creep, and let himself down into the street with the assistance of a short blanket. After the lapse of a few weeks, he was retaken near. Manchester, and placed in Macclesfield Gaol, strongly ironed and chained to the floor, but even this would not hold him—he again escaped. •in a short time afterwards he was apprehended upon a charge of burglary at Rainow, near Illacclesfield, and committed to Chester Castle for trial. Ile pleaded guilty to the.indictment and was sentenced to two years imprisonment in the House of Correction at Knutsford. In the evening of the very day of his liberation from Knutsford-gaol, ha committed the burglary with which he now stands charged. A reward is offered for his apprehension, by the Constable of Chester Castle. _MELANCHOLY EVENT.—In Bantry Bay, on Tuesday last, a boat having broken away from her moorings, nine men got into another boat to recover that which had gone adrift, and having succeeded in this object, were returning, when both boats were dashed to pieces against the rocks by a breaker, and the nine men perished. The fragments of the boats were scat tered on the strand at Newtown, and some of the hats of the unfortunate sufferers were, found, but none of the bodies have yet been picked up. Six of the men were married and have left families.---(Cork Advertiser, Sept. 8.) ..; GREAT BOXING MATCH. No battle for many years had excited so much interest as that which we are about to record. The men fought on the 4th of May, MP, and Randal won cleverly; but since that, and not many months ago, Turner, who had fought a gallant battle with Randal, le , :t the second fight with Martin, after winning the first, and this induced the backers of Martin to make the present match, for a sum no less than 3001. aside. Randal was at the time of match-making BESPOKE, according to the opinion of some; but his ardent friend the General took his word that he would leave off the effusions of HODGES, and being 27 next muss, could get well enough to win this fight. Randal realised his promise, and he never went into a ring in such a condition to conquer as yesterday. The frame and tone of the man were invigorated, and his muscles firm and hard ; he was backed at 3to 1 to win. Martin's notion of himself was quite as grand as his adversary's, and thus they began their work. At least 20,000 persons were assembled. To dispose of this said 20,000 assembled required room. The Commissary-General, who still clings to the money getting GAME, has a friend named Jarvis, a good caterer for REAL flashing in the wilds of Copthorne or Crawley Downs, and the Commissary and he worked the white bag game; and that the motley crowds should not escape their polite attention to their interests, they caused placards to be issued, directing the groupes, for the benefit of Martin and Randal, to assemble in a meadow on Jarvis's Farm, where they were taxed according to appearances. Some country gentlemen however, interfered, and insisted that the battle should not elite place there, the approach to it being a narrow-lane, where many accidents occurred. Randal was in waiting at Crawley Common, a mile and a half distant from the other place, and the ropes and stakes were removed thither. In this bustle, helter-skelter was the order; gigs upset, horses too tired to get up, bloody noses, and all the other et cetera, not often seen. The mass at length got together, and between two and three o'clock Randal entered the ring, unbuttoned a loose Benjamin, and peeled as if for a sparring match. The opposite party distinguished themselves in white casters, backers, seconds, &c. and they advanced full of confidence to the combat; but strange to tell, this great artist Randal ran away with it all in one round. The seconds for the phenome non were Harry Holt and Tom Jones, and for Martin, Spring and Turtle. _ ROUND FIRST AND LAST.—Four minutes elapsed in mea surement for the first blow. Randal confined himself together very close, waiting for his antagonist to make the play. Randal made a left-handed hit to draw his adversary to close quarters, but it was parried. Martin hit out left and right, but his were parried also. Randal placed a heavy hit at the wind, but it was an inch above it, and it left its mark on the breast. Martin got into a close, and was served worse than Randal had ever served any of his adversaries. He never leaves them unpun ished, and delivers them from one hand to the other, as he would a school-boy, grasping with the arm he is not at work with-- He never executed so well ; Martin was hit dead at the time, and was floored as if a pistol ball had given him a finisher ; he was hit in both juular veins, and dropped claret copiously.— On time being called, after lying on the ground till then, he was as dead as a knacker's lacquey, and had no sense to the call. Randall won it m seven minutes ten seconds, with one solitary slap in the mouth. A second battle was fought for 25 guineas aside, between Parish and Lusbrook, watermen, and it was in their way a truly china game. It was brought to a wrangle, and there was to feather-weight interest about it. eILCFLARD FISHERY. —Another week had nearly elapsed, and we were without information respecting the fishery; but on opening our letters y es t er d ay evening we were gratified to learn, and with the greatest pleasure communicate to the public, that one of the seans belonging to Mr. Blewett of Ma. - - razion, enclosed a shoal of pilchards on Thursday evening, mid way between the mount and the Pier; the quantity taken was not ascertained when our letter was dispatched, but the utmost acti vity prevailed. This is the first catch for the season by the scans in the Bay, to be followed, we hope, by many others in succes sion. Several other scans, it is supposed, would havebeen shot, had not the awful state of the weather, on Thursday evening, prevented the fish from rising; these were taken by some fish having been observed to jump out of the w; ter. We have the satisfaction to add, from another correspondent, that on the same evening twenty-five hogsheads of very fine fi s h were ta k en in Gerrards Bay.—(Cornwall Gazette.) . FATAL OccunnExcE.—On Saturday morning last a me lancholy) circumstance occurred at Sellinge, in this county.— A man, named Hayward, lodged in the house of a small farmer named Impett, of Sellinge, and on the above morning, after Mrs. Impett was gone to milk her cows, he came into a room below stairs, and, having a gun in his hand, said to a child (of Impctt's,) L 6 I will go an d s h oot your mother." He then went to the place where the woman was engaged in milking, and accosted her by saying, " I have loaded my gun, and will shoot myself." She remonstrated, and intreated him not to do so when he immediately replied, " No; I will n o t shoot myself, but will shoot you," and instantly discharged the contents of the gun into her side ; the whole charge lodging in her body. The poor woman lin gered till seven o'clock the same evening, when she expired.— Hayward told his brother what he had done, and also mention.. ed the same to another person. lie is now in custody to await the decision of the Coroner's Inquest. The poor woman h left six children, the youngest only seven months old.—(Maid as stone Journal.) Ax INFANT SMOTHERED.--On Tuesday, an inquest was held at Ancoats Brow, before J. Milne, Esq. coroner, on the body of an infant; when it appeared on the inquiry, that the father and mother of the deceased, Irish people, went to bed drunk, on Sa turday evening, and that about five on the Sunday morning, a lodger was alarmed by the cries of the mother, the infant being dead. It proved very evident, that the unfortunate infant lost its life through the drunkenness of the parents; and, under the circumstances, the jury found a verdict, " That the de ceased had been overlain by its parents." At the same time they regretted most exceedingly, that they could not, by any existing statute, make an example of them.—The Coroner thought they might be punished for a misdemeanor. It is shockin g to think, that this is the second case o f t h e like description, within a fortnight, through drunkenness:--(Leeds Intelligencer, Sept. 10.) ATAL MISTAKE.—On Friday night, a lovely infant, the child of Mr. Richards, Master of the Diocesan School, in this City, met a prematur:, death under the following cir cumstances :—Mrs. Ri c h ar d s , h av i ng occasion to go from home for a short time during the early part of the even i ng , left the serv a nt g i r l i n c h arge of the infant, which, becom ing very cross and uneasy, the girl took from the cupboard what she supposed to be a cordial occasionally given to the child, and administered a small portion of it. The infant presently became more violently affected ; in which state the mother found it on her return home ; and on inquiry whe ther the young woman had given any thing to it, she told her she had, shelving her the bottle from whence it had been taken. The afflicted mother immediately discovered that the supposed cordial was a poisonous mixture termed Jacob's water, and in a state of distraction, cried out, " You h ave poisoned my child." —Medical assistance was immediately had recourse to, but in vain ; the infant continued to labour under excruciating agony; convulsions ensued, and about midnight, its short earthly career was terminated. The young female who had been the unhappy, but ignorant cause of die calamity, on being told that the mixture was poisonous, said she had taken some herself; to her also medical applications were administered, which we are happy to say proved more salutary and effectual than to the more feeble and tender victim of her indiscretion.—; We sincerely trust, the above occurrence will operate as a cau tion to parents not to suffer deleterious substances to remain within reach of their servants or children.—(Chester Courant, Sept. 11.) On Thursday night last, about ten o'clock, a boy of the name of Charles Pierce, was apprehended in the act of damag ino• the Maidstone b r id ge , b y t h row i ng the coping stone from oft top, (in company with another person, who escaped), and was on Saturday taken before the M ayor, (J o h n Wise, Esq.), and convicted - in the penalty of 11. and cots, and in de fault of payment was committed to the House of Correction for one calender month. Workmen at present are employed in digging a trenith, immediately behind the garden of Holyroodhouse palace and chapel, which will extend from the base of Salisbury Crags to the Abbey Hill, for the purpose of conducting to a breweryat the latter place, a stream of water - which flows from a fountain known •by the name of MAGov's WELL. This spring is much resorted to by the neighbouring inhabitants, and is on a level with and borders on the stagnant pool at the foot of the Crags. In digging the trench, a great number of human bones, and some handles of coffins, have been thrown out, even some yards southward of the line which divides the garden from the open space behind the chapel. Fr om thi s , i t wou ld appear, that the burying ground attached to the ancient abbey, sub sequently the pansh church of the Canongate, and latterly a chapel royal, extended at some former period into the park or ground known by the name of St. Ann's Yards. Some of these bones are in a state of tolerable preservation ; but most of them, from their extreme decay, notwithstanding the dry and sandy nature of the soil, are evidently of great anti quity. It is known, that the use of the ground, as a burial place, was discontinued, with one or two exceptions, after the appropriation of the chapel by James It. to divine service, ac cording to the Catholic ritual.,--(Edinburgh Courant, Sept. C.)