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TIIE LONIYON JOUR NA LS. bAILY EXtIiACTS FROM THE MORNING -PAPERS, October 5. [THE TIMES.] The Southwark Meeting, with a view to con .sider the propriety of a public subscription for Sir 11.".• Wikoa, is to take place in the Town, Ilan at one o'clock this day. We trust the at, .tendance will he as numerous as it is likely to be .respectable. The 'object, 'we have before said, is One. of high importance. ,It not merely to enfOrce a generous feeling, nor to redress a pri vate wrong, nor to reproach a vindictive Minis try, nor even to reward. the spirit, the persever ance, and noble disinterestedness of Sir R. Wil son, displayed by him on every great scene of acCon abroad and at home, where liberty was, to be redeemed, or humanity succoured in...-t r ne face of .tyranny, of slander, and of These area manly and laudable - ends,-'and thy. of calling forth strenuous ; but 'were such the only purposes , rjf the Ateeting proposed by the electors of Southwark on this occasion, we should not hare deemed it Z. subject requiring to be so seriously and repeatedly im pressed upon their- rn.';lids. The. true aim of the electors ought to.-'oe, to 'seize the opportunity which chance (iv. our judgment a happy casualty) has afforded, -of providing for thcnselves during,. We.hope, a - Jong series Of_ierg, - an holiest mime- - seritativ in Parliarriz:re,' No reflection iS riieant Whe - throWn Mr. CaliTert-,-farfrotn it: his conduct - in the House of Cornmons has deserved DO blame'. Jut it is only a inan in Sir it. Wil son's - circuristatices, whom injustice has.deprived.l - of 'the f;, , Uit Of his honburable exertions," for whose ',/upport in life it Would be' decent or poisiblk to come forward with a public sub - - He haS qualities . which are worth the unioriey'ef his, constituents. • Ile bas intrepidity, TA the love of freedom. But to . give fair play "fi) these manly virtues, the electors'ought to se cure honest and unVarying exercise. -This they can never do, without making him at once independent of the smiles of power, and invul lierable to its resentment. The constituent will thus have a freehold in - his representative-;- and if it' was the pride of Mr. Grattan's life, that he was ' 4- bought bY•his grateful countrymen," Sir H.. Wilson unqueStionably can feel no shame in selling himself to the people of England.—We insert some particulars of "a conference which was held:yesterday at Guildhall on-the same subject, atid l 'in which. Alderman:Smith; the Magistrate for SoUtliwark, gave hints riot unworthy of atten tion. It is undoubtedly under the memorable Six ActS, One of the. weapons provided for putting dOWn public liberty that a Magistrate may, whenever be thinks fit,' dissolVe any meeting of the King's . stihjects. The worthy - Alderman above-mentioned appeared . under-no small dread, of being called upon to exercise this branch of his prerogative upon the electors of Southwark.. We suspect he need not discompose himself• on the subject. NOthing is meditated :which can involve the pub lic peace ; and even the merits - of , those with whom the six acts originated-will be introduced ,but incidentally, as subordinate topics. [MORNING . POST.] The - Electors of the Borough of Southwark are to -Meet -this- day to consider the propriety of commencing-•a Subscription, not to remunerate Siißobert Wilson for his services, but to•indern nify him for the loss Nviiich he has experienced in being dismissed from thd.army. An indemnifi cation, strictly Speaking, is "an equivalent, or w - bat it is 'agreed upon to - regard as an equivalent, patd by• the party through . whose agency the alleged loss has been occasioned. Do the:Elec- ! tors-of Southwark ,stand in such a relation to wards Sir" Robert They do not.• It is evident, therefOre;that- the term has been misapplied.— They.rnay relieve, they miry reward, they may puichase Sir R. Wilson,:if he could be suspected to have a price, but they cannot properly indern nifyitim. Unless indeed they should •so far libel themselves, as . to contend that the-. wish- of pleasing•the.m.having been the chief inotive by whiCh the.gallarit knight Was actuated, when he adopted the . offensive line of conduct for which the has suffered, they: have a right-to- be consi ktared by implication as the original anthers of his' disgrace and disaster. In that case they might possibly justify their present interference in the way of • indemnification but •it is-SO strained, so unnatural, and we are.cOrtvinced; so unfounded, that.-we do-not syppoSe that•even . the Radicals by whom- the meeting is Galled will venture to make it the groniid Of theii iags... We do. not belieVe that the Southwark PleCtors; the great Majority. at. .least,,if not the *hole, are so olltitse.iir understanding,: or so lost In every - sense of firOpriety, as, to .have been pleased by any - part of Sir Robert's 'conducton the : day of _ the Queen!s- - finteral. - ...We doubt neither their sense nor their loyalty, and . we trust .that, if..tbey think proper to at- tend this day's assembly, it Will be .to Vindicate the character of the Borough frorti the intputa-• tions to which it may become liable by the _mere announcement of such an - meting for such a purpose. ror, in fact, what is.the call made upon the South wark Electors? - They are asked to do that which the friends of Sir Robert Wilson themselves have represented as a great and flagrant injustice. They ere asked to decide upon. hiS case, withoUt trial or inquiry I If it was wrong, as the.. Radicals allege, in his Majesty's Ministers' to . advise the dismissal of Sir Robert Wilson from the service, after a private investigation into his conduct had taken place, can it be right in the Electors of the Borough, not only to declare that they ap prove of that conduct, but to sanction 'it by a public subscription - without any inquiry at all? Are the preSumptions of -the case so strong on the -side of innocence, as to supersede the ne cessity of all explanation ? -:What are those pre suniptions ? Do they not, according to the Ra dicals, centre in this : : that Sir Robert Wilson has been punished, ..and therefore must be faultless and. injured ?..Since when has punish ment-been wade a :proof. of innocence ? And what sort of. punishment -too ? Was it punish ment inflicted in the pride ? .caprice ? and security of arbitrary aepotism, accountable for its acts to no human tribunal ? No ; it was punishment inflicted by constitutional authority,_and advised by responsible Ministers. It . was punishment, therefore, hich, impartial minds, would have created no oter presumption than that it could neither be .wanton nor unmerited. It is butler these circumstances 'that Sir Robert Wil son is to be indetiOfied,! As a matter of cha rity, if the gallant Knight be really in want of such humiliating 'relief, far be it from us to object to the proposed - subscription. But than let it be .represented• as it reallx,.if, ati act of humanity and not-one of Whilst we are upon. this sabject,we cannot refrain from adverting to the stai‹e .inconsistency displayed by no less a Jor.n than the ~ present Lord Mayor of Lone› . .1. .1t few days since this Civic Monarch rev;. - ved an almost forgotten . branch of his Prero 'gative, for the express pUrpose of geanting the use of the Southwark. Town' Halt to the Friends of Sir Robert Wilson, in opposition to all the Borough Authorities by whom it has been de nied.• Yesterday, an. application Was confidently made to his Lordship for the use of the Egyp tian Hall to hold a City meeting on the merits of the gallant Knight. How astonished must the applicants'have been to find•their suit firmly l iutd properly rejected ! They had 'no doubt that he who could strain a- point to dispose of the localities.--of-others against their will, was too utnn in the cause not to grant the use of his --owwWith-gladness when required. They have been taught a different lesson, and his Lordship hidisfelf will, .We 'trust, profit by the example which he has given,. and will in future, suffer others to act:within theiroWn districts and juri‘ dictions, as he thinkS proper to do in his ow n. • [NEW TIMES.] Letters-from Odessa to the 4th September have leached. town. At - that period Baron Strogonoff had not taketrhis departure., It- seems that some sensation was created 1.4 the arrival of .an ex traordinary courier from St. : Petersburgb, on his way to the Turkish_ capital. As this, is the same courier who was entrusted with the delivery of the note-of the Reis Effendi f in-answer to the demands of the Russian Cabinet, it was pretty generally conjectured that he Was - also 'the bearer of some answer to that -note. From the necessarily . imporCant ; and confidential nature.-of the 'which the courier was charged, it was not to be expected that any thing beyond surmise should reach the public ear.; .but it was understood, that previously to :his departure from St. PeterAurgh, several in iervien s had ..taken. place between the British Minister and 'Emperor A-lexander, the sub ject of which was supposed to be the dispatch of the .Reis. Effendi—and it „was whispered_ at Odessa ; that .the .. contents of that dispatch had produced a very material alteration in the .mind of the Emperor. respecting the conduct of .his Minister. No recent accounts had been received . at Odessa from Constantinople_ up to . the dept . * tare of these letters. [5-top.xiso crtaoNke,r.,g.] There SR o -rk.s.sou for dotbling.the l correctness of the accounts of successes gained by' the Greeks. An extract of a letter from Leg- . born of 'the' 18th September,. states, that vessels!' had left Constantinople - the 16th, 18th, and 22d August, and reached Genoa and Leg horn at different times, all agreed in their ac-, counts of a-somplbte naval victory having .been • gained by the _Greeks, • over the combined Turkish . and Egyptian fleet: Letters from tl,e Peloponnesus, Of the. 23d..August, 'and from_ Zante -of the •26th, confirm - the accounts -of the taking of 111a1Vasia-Cor _Monembasia, in which were found .abundance of 'warlike stores, of 'Which the= Greeks. are in much want. The sur render of Neocastro is 'considered certain, and . the siege of Patras is . said to -be carried on vigorously. The idea alinoSt universallyenter ,tained. in- the commencement of - Ptis contest was, that the Greeks could do nothing of themselves, ,and that . ve hid' merely 'to chooge bet Ween Turkish and -Itttsstan ,ascendancy.-- suc cesses, however, by- sea and /and; prove that both the power and the spirit of the Greeks' are greater than they are imagined to be. If they can_once drive their enemies.out the„Atorea,- with their -superiority at•sea,,they may be enabled at all events to secure that important pro,vince from the. Muasultn.en.- ,When the Greeks show that they can defend _themselves, they will soon _obtain -friends in this - country. We are not certainly iu love with the Turks, though we. may have been afraid of the Russians. One of our contemporaries observeS, /C we lament the, sufferings of those unhappy people (the ,Greeks) ; but what_ are they, compared to the miseries of the most gallant, accomplished, and amiable body of people on the Continent." 'We could say much with respect to this gallant, ac complished, _and amiable body, namely, the french Nobility ; but the contempt of Europe, which their follies and their vices so richly. merited, revilers it unnecessary. To them the character given . of the Spanish k Nobility by Lord Byron, might truly be applied, that they were the only part of 04 nation not noble. But what a piece of impudence, to compare the, cruel persecutions which the un happy Greeks have suffered for four centuries, with any thing which has happened to the French emigrants. This Ultra writer would have us-believe that " the excesses. of a few Ja nizaries at Constantinople and Smyrna " are all that the Greeks can comphiin of. 'What does he think of the destrustion of whole cities, such as kydonias? But we would refer him to the Pineraire of the Ultra Champion, Clrateau briand, for information respecting. the nature of Turkish persecution. MURDER IN 1818..—0 n Monday, the 24th Adam Ache and William knight were fUlly com mitted to Nottingham town gaol by J. 11. BAR BER, Esq., Deputy Mayor, for trial at• the next Assizes, on the charge of feloniously and Nvil fully killing. and murdering JOHN Timms, on the I,9th Sept. 18.18. This is the case . of murder to which we made reference a few weeks back. . MISCELLANEOUS. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.— Yesterday, between the hours one -and two,a shock. of a most violent description took place in the neighbourhood of Oxford-market, in cone,eqttence of the falling in of several houses Containing farnilies,who 'narrow ly escaped With their lives: The leases of some houjes in Castle-street, Oxford-market; if ap pears,,had expired last week,.and it was intended to have them pulled down; but Mr. Brown, a Ir,rea; grocer, who resided in the house that first fell in, mit being prepared to leave diately, was allowed to remain a week 12.e.rond the eXpirdtiOn of the lease, but 'the whAO of the lodgers fortunately quitted the- Iti-ef.`se at the ap pointed time.. At the - 'aboyeritour ti. , ;• Inmates were alarmed by a creaking. noiand shortly after the house of Mr. Brow; if gavQ way with a tremendous" shock. Th.,:iiriCets were ithmediately with dust-r - the neighbours rushed out of their--dwellings in a dreadful state of alarm. The falling, of Mr: BroWit!s'houSe brought; own with it that of Mr. _Bridges, in which some persons narrowly . f..2.-sta * Ped with their livei. At the time - that the honses fell in, "an elderly lady, named Allen, was with her son in . thewets m site ' garret ; she gon the side of her bed, whilst her son was at work near her; they were both suddenly precipiwed in with the floor, and covered wtth:a ;mall quantity of 'Dicks, tim ber, and rubbish : however, they were got out . with their liveS. - Mrs. Allen was Much injured on the ' - legs and arms,' and, received various bruises, and likewise her son•: she-was carried to a nejghbour's houser and from thence to the Middlesex Hospital. A cobler, who was busily employed in_ his stall opposite Mr. Brown's, made a ludicrous escape. The first signal he received was from a piece of timber falling on the.top of his stall : poor Cris - pin with his strap and ham mer, made a precipitate retreat from his humble dwelling,. and—ran_ Off leaving hiS awl behind. The neighbotirs , Wee'busily employed during the day, removing tiled goods to places of safety, and about half-pa'st two an adjoining (third) house fell in with a tremendous crash. Other houses in the street were so much-shook,.that labourers were immediately-employed to place supporters against them to keep them up: There were no less than twelve 67milies altogether, who proyi dentially escaped, ..,We did not hear of any per sons being . under the-rains. CORONERS' INQUESTS.— Yesterday an. inqui sition was taken before - the Coroner; at the Fox, in Ilillingdon, Middlesex, on the body of Lau rence Lambert, a mendicant well known in the streets of 'this- metropolis and surrounding who was fow.ud_ dead on the top of a brick kite,. in a brick-field ; where it, is .supposed he weofto sleep for: the sake of warmth, and was suffocated from, the- effluvia.. Verdict, " Died from' suffocation by sleeping on a brick-kiln."— There was a second inquest held before the same Coroner, at the Hand and Flower, Old Brent ford, •on..t,he body of Aaron Wyatt, a poor man, *I died in the strftt of an apoplectic fit. Ver dict; " . Died by the visitation .of God."—A t.biiipsLwas W e e - arse arid Sacks, ilarrow i'O.ittr, on the body of WilHam - Symonds, a baker, found drowned in :-the rescohroir of the Grand Junction canaL It appeared from the evidence Adduced, .ptt the deceased had been for some wpoo-pCeteding his death in a melancholy state, and .exhibited symptoms. of . derangement; so mush so, that it was expected he would make away with himself. Verdict, " Insanity;?' . PUBLIC FLAGELATioN.—Yesterday an old offender, named - Jack Haigh, who was notorious for robbing orchards, was publicly whipped in SpitalfieldS-market, at a cart's-tail, a.distance of 100 yards, for robbing the orchard of GOD FREY, Esq. near Wanstead, - in Essex, of about 40 pounds - of grapes,, which - he afterwards sold to Mr. CIIAPICIAN; 'a - fruiterer, in Paternoter-row, ti - pifalfields - .• The punishment was inflicted by Jack Ketch, amidst a multitude of persons. Ile appeared to receive • _his punishment without wincing. • - DELICATE._ C-I;NEIIO.4TY.----A French • Abbe, celebrated for his_ wi . t well as his political knowledge, was mach•embarrassed for .the sum of five hundred Innis d'ors. The Abbe was high minied,. and. being constantly at Versailles, he carefullyavoided.every liking that might lead to a discovery of hiS embarrassment. ,Some person, however, ‘vhispered "the secret to the Queea, the bf an.zifu). but unfortunate ALkat}; ANTOINETTE. On the same ev-ening l her MAJ tisTY meeting the Abbe at the Duchesse de PnraoNAc's, engaged him in a pasty at trictac, her faVonrite game,. in which she • counived,:in a short time, to lose- . the sum Which the Abbe wa:lted: then smilingly she rose from tbe- table,: and .relinquished the amp, while the astonished Abbe sat losl, in ad _ . , R E-M AII K A O,IIE, IZZ%.,AJZZ Licraim,—On Satur day week, a draught horse, the property of Mr. JAMES FITZSIMON.S, of Whitehaven, suddenly becithe dangeously ill, and on the succeeding day died in great agony, notwithstanding .every effort being used to promote its recovery. .The body of the ho q e Jias since been opened, and in the straight gut a .Solid ball was found„ measuring about twelve inches in circumference, and weigh ing somewhat more than eighteen ounces, which appears to be.the immediate cause of its death;-- The hall has been cut ,in t%fb, and siubmitted to the inspection of-a scientific person, and found to consist of a cemented mass,,of excrement, nearly 48 hard as a stoue. Until Saturday. the horse cDntianed in excellent condition, and was allowed t9_ be one .of the finest animals, for strength and bone in this country. A seaman, of the name of It BERT REI.7, died a few days ago, at Haverfordwest, in the 92d year of his age. Thin veteran tar. served in the fleet und - er the command 'of Admiral Hake in . 1761, and was after Wards 'engaged in the reduction of Martniica, St. Lucie, &c. and has lost an.arin on board the Dragon, at the taking of the Havannah. In the vale of 'Llangollen 'and its romantic neighbou'rhOod in Denbighshire, there has scarce ly been one hour's rain. during the last fortnight. POLICE INTELLIGENCE: A.GAIN3T A SOLDIEI—A gentleman avplied to the Loxi) :VI AYolt for a warrant against a corporal of the Coldstream lOot Guards, under the Ibllowing circumstances The applicant stated, that on the 17th of last hicath, as' he was walking up Ludgate-hill, he was suddenly, and with great violence, forced-into the carriage-road, when, on turning round, .he perceived a band of soldiers, to one of whom he addressed himself on the unnecessary and outrageous violence with which he bad been pushed into ab-e.. - iltreet. The leading soldier, who was a corporal, aae:ered him in the most inselent manner, cursed him; °rat - red him to get out of the way, and raidins hand alif •iti - vas his intention to stab him. The ‘‘a-api a iri a nt w_,.o<iiich alarmed at this action, and retreated.- to the shop o . 23, for safety. lie appealed to the I. o aZi i\iayor whether an assault of such a nature, commiate, by a soldier with his j bayonet fixed, shoull be suffered ) 'pass without punishment. 'The complainant said, he followed the soldiers to their barrack 4; and obtained tito same of the aggressor, and he now wished for a wariaut from his Lordship to apprehend and bring him to punishment The Loi n 3.1.aY0R sail, that however the aggressor might' deserve - tt, suffer punishment, it was not for him to adjudge or inflict it. All he could do was, to hold the aggressor to bail or to keep the peace, or to answer the charge at the sesaions. As• there was little fear that the soldier would run _ away, the best way to act was to indict him at the sessions; and then if a true bill were found, a warrant would follow of, course. His Lord ship expressed his strong sense of the nature of the .outrage which the soldiers were but trio prone-to commit in the crowded streets of London. _ _ _ The complainant said, he should follow -his Lordship r i sug gestion, and left the office. He, however, soon returned and said, that probably the it Wier would be removed, when it was heard that this complaint was. made against him:, Indeed it. was possible, that before the indictment could be prepared, he might be removed by course of service. Upon these grounds he had thought it prudent to return, and submit to his Lordship the necessity of issuing his warrant to secure the offentier„and oblige him to and hail to answer the charge, Whieli he conce.ivcd to, be one of the most serious nature.: He knew there was some law . orregulaticu in country towns, for obliging soldiers with -fixed arms to march in the carriage way. lie did not know whether there was any obligation upon them to dU so hr the crowded; streets, -where such a precaution was so much more - necessary. The Loan mayon said, he. was aware of the serious nature of the assault, but as the matter had been sufiered to sleep so long, it would appear unnecessary now to issue a warrant, par , ticUlarly as the Sessions were-so near. - . The complainant accounted for the charge not being brOught : forward at an earlier period, , by assuring his •Lordship that he had been obliged to go out of town immediately after..and had but just returned.- lie.had applied at Bow-street, supposing that the Magistrate for Middlesex had jurisdiction over_ all within the county, but was informed that he had no jurisdiction over the city. The complainant ndded, • that he did not know but that the soldier might have - been removed - during his ab sence. The Lon!) . Moron suggested" the 'propriety of ascertaining Hatt fact. . The complainant said he should make the inquiry, ond : wait upon his Lordship next day. _ Bow-STltmr.—Nov OCCV unExet.—Yesterdaymorn ing Dr. Veitch, of Charlotte-place, Pimlico, a . gentleman whose attention is chiefly directed to the cure of persons labouring tin der mental derangements, applied to G. it. ).‘lINStitiLl..,ESq. the sitting magistrate, and requested his assistance • to recover as patient who had been surreptitiously remoyed from_his care and proteetion.—The Doctor stated, that a gentleman who had been long deranged was placed by his relations under his care some time ag and he appointed a man whom , he thought compe, tent and trustworthy, to watch (ier him. The man•executed the truSt reposed .in him with 'fidelity, Ural' a - few days ago; when he absconded, taking the -patient , with him, and was no where to be found or heard of. Ile (the Doctor) however, had some hope of finding him, if the worthy Magistrate would give him the assistance of au active and intelligent Officer. Mr,:Mieslital.--I do not thirik-I have power to interfere in .sueli a matter. Ido not know that you have_ any authority over the patient. Dr. Veitch.—l have authority both is the physician and the friend of the patient. I have known him many years. . Mr Minshull.--Have you other persons afflicted with the same malady under your care ? ' Dr. Veitch.—l have. • Dr. alinshull.—Where is your establishment ? - Dr. Veitch.—l have no. distinct establishment. I. have many patients under my care; but I place them in separate cottages, or loclgin,gs, with proper persons to-attend upon them. • Mr. Alinshull.,—That, I presuniei is paztof your: mode of treil.tmci%l? _ _ . ; .•_ • _ Vr:Veitch.—ft is, Sir ; because I am of opinion that a cure is much more likely to be effeCted when a patient is kept by himself, than when he is suffered. to mingle with others simi larly afflicted. Such an associatizn often tends to confirm the malady beyond the reach of cure. ••• ' • • . • - Minshulli—l am afraid this is-a case in which.l have no • power to. interfere. I know of. no law which:authofizes me to order lhe.apprekensiOn of the man who 'is said to have ab sconded-with the patient; or'even to detain the -patient himself forcibly. Veitch.—l spoke to Sir Richard Birnie early this inoiri ing upon the subject, 'and - he said that in such a case; perhaps I should do right to act rather with a vigour . heyond the law. Mr. Alinshull.—lf ..you ; cbooSe so to act, - you.may . ; but it must be entirely upon your own responsibility. Remember, 1 give you no authority. Dr. Veitch.—Oh, certainly. I shall eicolierate you, Sir, from all responsibility, rely upon it. I only wish to have an officer with me, to Tender me proper assistance,. if necessary.. Mr. Illinshull.--You may take an officer With you, to see that the peace is not broken, but his power will not extend yond the t. Dr. Veitch.—l will take all risk uponTmYself. - The_ patient is a man ,of high family and connections, and.lhaire.nb doubt he lic,m taken away for - some sinister purpose.: I de termined to get him back, if possible. .. . The Doctor then left the Office, and drove ofl'in a.Coaeh ac companied by two of the patrol. . . • ... . . HAT T ON-PrAILDEN.—FURIOIJS DRIVIXG ! —YeStaday case which excited considerable interest catrie to. be heard at this office : it was.aninforruatibn against Thomas Hall, a driver of one-of the Paddington stage-coaches, for furiously. driVing, sa as to endanger the .liVes of .the passengers, and refusing to stop when desired, to suffer them to dismount. The defendant did not attend, but the person who attended for him stated that he was very ill in bed, and not .able to attend, and that some witnesses. who were necessary were not now in town, not having time to send to them since the seryice of the strumrsurs, which .was only served at 11 .o'clock the preceding_ day; and requested., for the ends - .of -Justice, that the farther hearing of • the case might be postponed a few days. The Magistrate, after consulting with the v4tncsses for the prosecution, post poned the further hearing of the ear.P.until next week,_ on the understanding that the defendant is to pay any expenses the .witnesses for the prosecution. are at, on account of the indul gence granted to the defendant. • MiIi.F.BOROITGII-STREET.—PoonLAws.—A poor wornan, with a child, in, her arms, and.. who stated that she ,l,tad another at home, and had been destitute of food for some apPlied to the Ma b .ristrate to know,how she should procure relief from her parish, which she considered to be St.:Gilea's. _The Beadle of that pa riirbp contradiacd ilf97 stateruPpt, « th4,,64. her parish," asserting that she belonged tosj.rerand. The woman was at a loss to know how that could be When she was not born there, and, in fact, had nev,r been• in that country in the whole course of her life. She V.%:.5 informed that her husband was an Irishman, and during the period of his existence, she could not claim any-s-Atlement - ,afher own, even her zrniden settlement. — The poor woman told the NI agistrate that her husband. had I,fc her to go to America four years ago, since which time she had rot hard from him, and for what she knew be might be tlead..--, The Magistrate said, he might be alive, and until, his death was proved, she could not claim any other settlement but that of her husband's.—The Beadle,. in consequence of her: distress, said he would speak for . her to the Overseers. • . MAII.Y-LE-BONr.—NEW MODE OF RoBuEnY.--William Hicks, well known to. the Police of the Metropolis, was put to the bar, charged by r. Mills, of Seymour-place,. Edgeware road, tail or, under the following circumstances:—lt appeared that abourhalf-past 9 o'clock On ight some boys catue ant:l - rapped at the prosecutor's door, which, on being answered, one of them Said 1w had dropped some money down the area; and requested to have it; the application being credited, Mrs. Mills took a lighted candl • from a parlour insiete the shop, and went down to look for ilia money, leaving ills. Mills sitting . in the dark; he had not bet!) long us obscurity, when he perceived the shop door opened, and a person walk softly in, upon which he went - out, and after a hard struggle secured the prisoner, who was just going behind the compter, and gave him in charge to the watchman, but'his accoMpliCes effected their escape..- , The prisoner was committed for the attempt at robbery. StiocitnrG.ACCHlENT.—Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock,Mr. W. Woodin i a master bricklayer,_residinfT in Grub street, was repairing' the roof (if the house belonging to N.r. Wheatby, a fruiterer, in Crown - -street, Finsbtlry;square, Who: suddenly his- foot slipped, and he was precipitated into the strea, nearly fifty feet, and falling on his head;bis'skull was dashed to pieses.—Nr. W. has-left a large family to bewail his loss. • . ASCENT of MR. GItEEN at B7:.i7itrilTOZl. [FURTHER PAIZTI-CUi.!titS.l • NEWHAVEN, Oct. 3, 12' 10, A. M.—Mr.: GREEN, who ascended, front BlaCk Rock bottom. yesterday, erri , ;.:.:l-in this port, in the . Unity packet, Captri Clear, this morning about two - . ?...s t observed yesterday, he descended, in .cin'isequence of the balloon having unexpect-. edly taken a course to . sea when over this place, and observing the packet . and another vessel, ha deemed it prudent that no•time should be lost in descending as near to those vessels .as possible. The balloon, after having reached the water, drifted-nearly a mile before it could be.sectired, and in endeavouring to secure it, the jib-boom of. ,the itesSel pitched into it,. and did, in. conse- quence, considerable. injury. Mr. Green had great difficulty in extricating himself from the ropes attached to the car, and considers he should not have been able •to have sustained himself , more than five minutes longer, had not the crew of the packet rendered him the assistance they did. The crew, of the King's boat from*Birling - Gap put off, at great risk,. to render M.r. Green every assistance in their power. When he first ascended . lie bad no doubt but that iie should have kept along the land for-a . considerable tance, :but the current of air 'being, different above from what he expected, defeated his-in tentions, otherwise, there is no doubt; he would have gone many-miles' before he alighted. 000 of the crew of-,the packet, in-his eagerness to res. cue Mr. Green from:a ' , ,vat-(7y- grave,.- nearly Jost hiS own life by jumping into the sea instead of the boat. He was save d by a rope being throwii to him from the vessel, the vessel at -the time beitg under a press of canvas, and going fast through the water. The Unity has on board the corpse of Thomas King, Esq. who died i$ Paris on the ]9th of September last: The Unity' has been at sea ever .since Friday last, and has ex perienced'very heavy gales. 'l'h6 principal part . of-her passengers were landed at the port Ent Dover : the vessel,however, being very superior; has not.sustained the least injury. " FEMAI:E . NRoNAuT.--On Sunday, the 9th ulto Mlle. Cecilia ascended in-a balloon at Marseilies,; the-event nearly proved fatal to the intrepid he" tome. The balloon having struck against a mast became entangled, and haVing lost its power t° ascend, it could not cletit:ti - neighbooring house without beating hard Agtiin4t - a halcony. Cecilia received a violent contusion 'on her side? and-a severe injury to hi!t. hand. She was 1 41 " dt . bted for her safety -to 4 4rer unshaken courage 4 aware of the full extent of the 'danger, and tiA C she . must be precipitated from roof to root, sh a determined -to throw out the ballaSt ; but havill aught hold imperfectly with her wounded hail of a sand-bag, the contents of which fell into th e boat : her courage enabled her to despise th is new accident. The balloon, after much e%er tion, was extricated from the mast and th e house , and taking a sudilen spring, mounted majestical l y to the height of toises. The-grits escaping inthe ascent through an aperture, the lady carol down sooner than she expected, at the distanc d of a league front the town. I F!aEs.—Yesterday morning, at three o'cinc' a fire broke out in an uninhabited heuSe, " mouth-street, which is undergoing a thor - d 6 .4 repair, beloriging•to Mr. 'Nicholls, a builder, siding in . ColethanAane; Caimon-street,, ht o"rr ginateciin• the cellar, in consequence of som i a unslacked lime which' Was there having which burned with'almosf iricredible-rapidityf c ' r some time, and, before it was got Under, stroyed the cellar and althost the whole - of t" first floor,—Yesterday morning, about 4 o'clo°!' 4 an alarming fire broke out in one of those rr treats of poverty'iMtl wretchedness;'situated iu Church-lane, St. Gil - es's-; The housea recer tacle for the accommodation of persons of the v 6 " 1. .! lowest description, wh take up their nightly totig ing-;, was much crowded. On the alarm of fire hei ll g given, a scene took place which baffles• all de scription. Men, women, and children, were - 1 running in all directions, in a half state o f 1.1 10 dity, to escape from the - devouring elemen t, poverty-stricken appearance or whom presen . :i v a most finished picture of human misery. I - : 7 - the active eXertiotis of the watch Men and n ther :l the tire was fortunately subdued, without tending its ravages beyond the; hOuse in NO lit; beVIII. 'The fire is supposed to have been ° cc ,, sioued by one 'of the lodgers coming honlii 11i • -toxicated. Alatal ac!ident lately-occurrpd at Nantes As Field Marshal Rona-F.14. was proceeding ( O w( review,, his horse,it is supposed, being stung t , a fly, started and, threw him on the pave0 0 ,.. 5 tlis foot being i caught in the stirrup, h e `". O dragged some distance before it was possib lo s t stop the animal. th uo e- Generai expired..a.lll3:4s- lnediately in consequence of the fall.--''C 4 -wr" - Pper.) BIRTITS. At Tarnerion,the Lady of Col: Sir E. K. Williams" 11,6".`' and E.T.S., of a daughter. On Sunday, the 23d ult. at Glossop,. Doi-by-shir' wife of Aar et Howard, meclumic, was saff,ly d.livere` `_ ) ./Oth child, by one husband. The child . a:id mother are ti;; 411 well. 'fifteen of the above family were. born alive and lA' 2...rxi .13 are now living. MARRIED. I~A On. the 3d inst., nt Honiton, Devon, by the ltcY• th:3 Rev. John Everitt Good, Of Salisbury, to :431/d ,Ote r daught€i of John Nturch, the.forrot-r Flaa, "A l f to the Rev. W. 11. Mural, of Frome . , Somurs::t. %NO , ° On the 4th inst., a Cheltenham, Mr. Augustus. 1-4 eoleford, Gloeestershire, surgeon, to Enrita `'gip, .Pa"' At 44'. Helena, on the 12th of 'July, Geor`ge Wats .) ; - ' - V 4 " urgeon, to,Eleanor, daughter . of Thomas O'CoDO 3lerehant there. . DIED. PC' On the 3tl instant, William, son of Thomas Davfm „--,3, " ' of Woodford, I.4sex, ), of ill \Wednesday evening, the 31.1 inst.,' Sarah lle. l of ivife of Mr. Crosier, of Chancery-lane, in thy 2 . Bth Y° l.. age. - Suddenly, on Wednesday eveniug, at uppor 110 1 - I °‘: 4l ' . Wm. Oaks, sen., of Hottraisditell, eelyerSuoth, *-! , . . SCRIPPS, LONDON : Printed b V.I. 11. C.Aft.:!;'l`.k RS, "f Ormond-street, Quoen-squaye ; and publigketi ;61.;. 14 OF F ICE, No. 112, Strand. • where .' Dv EAT I el: ,; 7, 0 ORDERS, LETTERS , &C. (post - paid) 11111 St b* at -16 °i ° ' of No. 7, South ;Holton-street, '.-1:11t,017,