The Sun. — London, England, 1821-10-04 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS PROM THE MORNING PAPERS, October 4. . [MORNING HERALD.] DRUSSELS, SEPT. 29.—Yesterday our Sovereign dined. with his Belgian Majesty at the Palace of LitCken. Three of the Royal carriarr ° es-weie in readiness at half-past three o'clock, when his Majesty, who was dressed in the full uniform of a' Field-Marshal, took his seat, attended by Lord ClancartY,and the Marquis of - Conyngham. Sir Beniamin Bloomfield, and some other Gen tlemen of his Majesty's suite, followed immedi ately after. The announcement that his Majesty was to set - out brought together a crowd of spec tators; but there was no demonstration of feel ing on the occasion, and they hehaved with a cold indifference, appearing as if - they were utterly Unmindful that the greatest Monarch in the world deigned to honour them with his presence. The conduct of the French was far different ; and his Majesty's recep tion, from Calais to Tournay, was surpassed only by that which he experienced in Ireland. At Tournay, which is in the Belgian territory, the Authorities had neglected making any previous arrangements ) and the consequence was, that the Royal suite were delayed an hour and a half waiting for horses. An English Gentleman, who has been a resident here for thirty years, informs me that the Belgians detest the people of our country. They regard us as commercial tyrants, and say we have boUnd them in an unnatural *al liance with the Dutch, in order to insure more effectually the thraldom of both countries.— There is but one opinion here as to the sen timent of the inhabitants in the event of the country being invaded by France. it is uni versally believed that the population would rise to a man In favour of their late mas ters. • His Majesty did not return from the pa , lace till past one o'clock this morning, and I understand he was much pleased with the style in which he was received there. A company of French performers, from the principal theatre, acted a private play for the entertainment of his Majesty, and a.few select individuals received invitations to attend. Sir Edmund Nagle was to have been presented yesterday to the King of the Netherlands, hitt was seized with a sudden indisposition - , which prevented his joining the - Royal party, ana the 'consequences might have been serious - to the gallant Admiral, had it not been for the prompt and skilful aid of Mr. Walker, the King's Apothecary. This day -our Sovereign will dine alone in his apartment, and afterwards his - Majesty will honour the theatre with his • presence. The Duchess of Devonshire is here, and was one of the party -yesterday at the Palace. His Majesty will leave this city to-morrow for Waterloo, where the troops will go through some manoeuvres re presenting the movements that took place on the •day of the battle. His Majesty, on quitting•that memorable field, will proceed to Namur, where. he is to sleep to-morrow night, and thence con tinue his journey with all the rapidity that bad horses, and still worse roads, will admit. I can inform you as a certain fact; that he will not this year visit either Berlin, Vienna, or Paris. [THE TIMES.] As the 10th October approaches, on which day the accounts of the Michaelmas quarter must be made up, the probable complexion of the statements then to be published becomes a sub ject of natural anxiety to the fundholder. City rumour anticipates a rise.of 300,000/. or 400,0001. on the gross - revenue, as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1820—an expectation which we devoutly hope may be more than realized : as we do likewise, that some improve ment in our state system of economy, long though it has been promised, may- come at last; and thus enable the country to take advantage of such accidents as in themselves are favourable to an extension of the national resources. The ex cise is at present assumed to be the principal field of increase in the quarter's revenue; and Ireland, owing to well-known circumstances, is alleged to have .contributed much more than her average share. How far the aagmentation of income may have been balanced by an unusual growth in cer tain branches of the expenditure—in some of the charges, for instance, on tfie consolidated fund— a few days more will determine. From hints given to us, we recommend to those whose part it is to investigate the accounts which are to be laid before Parliament, a close and unsparing scrutin Y into all the papers and documents con nected with the several branches of the civil list. Miscellaneous and extraordinary charges will, if we mistake not, have spread themselves before the end of the year, over a surface of more than common magnitude. NEW TIMES.] Sir Robert Wilson, it seems, has written to his constituents, informing them, that when he learnt lie had been distrOsled from the army, he in stantly wrote hyne to demand a Court Martial ! If the gallant 'Knight had been born on the other side of St. George's Channel, we could have better understood the nature of such a proceed ing. When he was a half-pay officer he was not subject to Martial Law, and now that he is no officer at all, we humbly conceive a few legal difficulties would present themselves in constitut ing a military tribunal to take cognizance of his conduct.—We believe there is very little real difference- of. opinion respecting Sir Robert's conduct on the 14th of August; but any dis cussion of it at present would evidently be premature. The Times has threatened us that it shall be brought before Parliament. Per haps there may be some other Court which may have occasion to consider it previously.— At all events, if it is to be hereafter submitted to judicial or parliamentary investigation, that is a conclusive reason why we should not suffer our selves to be enticed into a discussion which may prejudice the question one way or the other.— No doubt the Opposition Papers would gladly learn, if they could, what sort !of a case is to, be Dike out against Sir Robert, that they might an ticipate it.by delusive appeals to public Opinion ; but as it is not our wish to assist them in this me- , ritorious work, we must leave them to pur,ne their fishing inquiries, without any hope of ob taining the required information, until it comes in a shape which they may not gyeatly admire. DTOILNING POST.] " The Duke of York has refused to grant Sir Robert Wilson the Court:Martial which he de manded." This information was given last night with several marks of admiration and surprise, by the very same Evening Paper which stated on the 2,5 th ult., whilst announcing that Sir Robert had written to the Commander-in-Chief to re quest a Court:Martial, that 44 upon the receipt of an answer in the negative (which might be expected in course), he would immediately ad dress a public letter to his Constituents, and take no other public step until the meeting of Parlia ment." Surprise at a consummation which might " be expected in course," is rather an unusual feeling with those mho are accustomed to th,,.! natural progression of causes and consequences. However, as it would' be a hopeless task to un dertake to reconcile all the inconsistencies of Radicalism with sense and reason, we shall not attempt it, and shall at once proceed to - examine Sir Robert's case as it now stands. If the 44 expected negative answer" has been re turned by the Commander in Chief, who could not, consistently with the rules of the service, return any other, Sir Robert's threatened letter to his constituents has also been written, and is now before the public. A copy of this extraor dinary document, which was to satisfy the doubts of the Electors of Southwark till Pbrliament should do justice to the gallant Knight, will be found in another part of our columns. It is cer tainly rather brief, but then it possesses the high merit of being concise ; a merit the more to be admired, as self is generally a subject on which most men are apt to expatiate with compla cency. To Sir R. Wilson's credit be it spoken, therefore, his letter to the Southwark Elec tors says nothing whatever which the ut most ingenuity of his most sanguine oppo nents can possibly construe into any thing so egotistical as a defence. He tells his Consti tuents, that " . they have read his condemnation," an important fact, which Ministers themselves will not dare to controvert, and which shews the strict regard which Sir Robert Wilson pays to truth. He then adds, that 44 he cannot suffer another post to pass without assuring them "—of what ?—Here the libellers of the Loyal Press, no doubt, expected tlat he would have conde scended to assert his innocence. But no such thing. Sir Robert was too clear sighted to fall into the snare which the turn of the sentence seemed to haVe woven for his alleged egotism. He magnanimously rejects all that might look - like explanation of his conduct, and the only assur ance which he deigns to give, is, not that he has been unjustly dismissed, but that his " demand for charge and trial was instantly despatched." how prodigious must not have been the effect of this assurance on his constituents, who had been informed beforehand by his own friends, that trial would be denied when asked, and who knew that, as a military man, he, their Representative, could not be ignorant of the inutility of his demand ! Their admiration will have no-bounds: For where could they find another man on earth, who, when labouring under the disgrace of a dismissal from the Service of his Sovereign, and under all the imputations attendant on such a measure, would - display so lofty a dis regard of personal character and public opinion, as to reject every opportunity of clearing him self which lay within his grasp, in order to knock at doors which he knew could not be opened ? They will think that their Member is a pheno menon amongst men, and for once we shall not be tempted to differ with their opinion. As a proof of our incipient disposition to unanimity, we shall venture to suggest to the Southwark Elector§ the propriety of expressing the admira tion of the Borough to Sir Robert Wilson for the skill with which he has contrived to write an exculpatory letter, without introducing into it a single word of exculpation. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] That Ireland might be made a highly valuable portion of the British Empire, if properly go verned, none will doubt. Her natural resources are very great; but hitherto, in a financial view, she has been rather the cause of weakness than of strength to England. The preference con stantly given to the Protestant Ascendancy in terest • has disgusted and irritated four-fifths of the people, who think the Government their greatest enemy, and they identify all Protestants with it, because every sort of official employ ment is bestowed on them, to the utter exclusion of Catholics. Experience has taught the people of Ireland that Orangism is the best passport to employment and power, and it is no w onder that it should flourish in a country at once poor and de pressed. 'When Mr. Grant accepted the Chief Se cretaryship, the Catholics rejoiced,as they thought they had a friend in one who had advocated their cause in Parliament; and fur the same reason, the Orangemen were proportionally mortified. The Right Honourable Gentleman bad scarcely been a fortnight in office when cabals were formed against him under his very feet some high characters were engaged in this mean work, and he seriously felt the awk wardness of his situation, from which he is not yet entirely relieved. When the period of the King's visit to Ireland was approaching, it was deemed adviiable to unite all parties, if possible, that his Majesty might experience the unanimous testimony of the people's loyalty and attachment. A command from high authority induced the immediate offer of conciliation on the part of the leading Members of the Orange Faction ; they promised to lay aside their insult ing insignia, their offensive toasts, and daring out rages. The Leaders of the Catholic Body were eager to enter into a treaty of peace and concilia tion, and met the proposition more than half way ; but they had scarcely exchanged mutual declara tions, when the terms were infringe by dressing the statue of King William, on the 12th July, in all the pomp of Orange triumph. The Catholics indignantly felt this new and unexpeCted insult. Explanations were attempted, and the Catholics being sincerely desirous of conciliation, admitted a plausible excuse for a premeditated and gross breach of faith ; but the secret of this affair was never searched to the bottom. At the dinner given by the Lord Mayor to his Majesty, an in dividual, who bad been one of the most forward to propose conciliation, gave, at a late hour, " The Glorious Memory," which was drunk by the company, then present, amidst loud shouts and cheers. This addi tional insult roused the indignation of the Catholics, and also of all the Protestants who were not violent Orangemen. The individual, being in office, was severely reprimanded, and Lord Sidmouth's letter to the Lord Lieutenant gave new and strong assurances of his Majesty's desire to promote conciliation and good-will among all classes of the Irish people. The appearance of this celebrated letter astonished and confounded the Orange Faction, for a ,time, but they have now, we are sorry to understand, assumed their former tone of confidence. The most violent of the Faction style themselves " The True Blues," and are ready to evince their hostility to the Ca tholics on the first favourable opportunity. The new Lord Mayor's first dinner, given on Monday last, will likely afford them what they desire ; and it would not surprise us to hear that the 64 Glorious Memory" will find its usual station amonc , the toasts of the day. Mr. Grant has quitted Dublin, and we shall be anxious, to learn what part the Lord Lieutenant will, take, if another insult to the Catholics shall be offered, and another breach of agre6ment made, by crea tures under the direct influence and entirely in the power of the Government. HORRIBLE MURDER.—On Wednesday a me lancholy affair occurred on the Passage-road.— On that morning Joh❑ Moore, one of the con stables, received a warrant from Alderman New som, to arrest a person named - Michael Lehane, of Rochestown, within the liberties, on a charge of assault, at the suit of Denis Driscoll. He ac— cordingly proceeded to the place, accompanied by his son, John Moore, jun. and Driscoll, who went for the purpose of identifying Lehane.— Upon arriving on the lands, they saw a man at a short distance, and having ascertained that he was the person they were in search of, the party went towards him. lie was standing on a ditch with a musket and a bayonet in his hand, in a position for charging. Moore also had a musket and a short stick, and when within six or seven yards of Lehane, called to him that he had a King's warrant for his arrest, and requested him to surrender, saying that the offence was bailable, and not to give any opposition. At the same, to shew that violence was not intended by his party, Moore dropped his musket to an order position, and put the stock under his arm. At this time Moore was upon the ditch, opposite Lehane, and his son was in the rear of Lehane, farther off, being also armed with ,a musket, which he had got on his way, in a house which had been searched for arms. After the elder Moore had rested his musket on the ground, Lehane sud denly turned round, and deliberately fired at - the' son, who, exclaiming " Oh, God, I am shot !" instantly fell dead.—An Inquest was held on the body by James O'Brien, Esq. one of the Coro ners, and the above is briefly the substance of the evidence given before him.—(Cork Southern Re porter.) ROBBERIES.—About eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, Mr. MAURICE HUSTLE, of 12, Park street, Islington, was stopped in Holywell-lane, Shoreditch, by three villains, one of whom knock ed him down., and the gang robbed him of a va luable gold repeating watch and appendages, and 15s. iu money, with which they escaped.— The same night, the coach-house of Mr. PETER, coach-maker, in South Audley-street, was broken into, and robbed of eight plate glasses, a dashing iron, covered, with patent leather, and two new leather-aprons from gigs.—Yesterday some dar ing villains found means to enter the house of Mr. STONE, No. 1, Paimeris-terrace, Islington. The cloth was laid in the parlour for dinner, in which there was no person at the time, and a valuable set - of eight castors, cut, richly mounted in silver with a silver stand, boat shape, was carried off by the thieves. A few evenings ago, Mr. STONE was stopped at the end of the ter race near his own house, and robbed of his watch and money. • Yesterday the neighbourhood of St. Giles's was thrown into the greatest confusion, in conse quence of the following circumstance :—A young man, decently dressed, was observed going about the streets, knocking down the stalls of china and apple women, and in other, respects conducting himself in a very strange sort of manner. Ile seemed to have an extraordinory antipathy to china, for whenever he came near a stall or china shop, he would seize on the articles and dash them on the ground. A mob of persons assembled, and Bartlett, with Kenrick, the bead les, on passing by went to take him in custody, but he took to his heels, and in Broad-street he rushed into a Cellar, where, after remaining for some time, he came up, armed with. a knife, which he brandished, and dashed through the crowd by whom he was followed ; he ran on with the - greatest fury, aim ing blows at every body he came near, and clear ing all before him. He made an aim at one boy, who narrowly escaped. He was at length taken into custody after a desperate resistance, and the knife taken from him. He was brought to the Police Office, Marlborough-street, where he was recognised to be the son of a most respectable gentleman holding a public situation, and was stated to be insane. lie was ordered to find bail, and his friends to take care of him. Contracts were entered into on Friday last, by the Guardians of the Poor of this city, to supply the Workhouse with Mutton by the carcass, at 31d. per lb. and 1 penny in the pound discount for prompt payment : Butter at 725. per cwt.: Gloucester Cheese at 48s. per cwt; Salt at 18s. per bushel; Soap at 725. per cwt. ; Candles at 7s. 6d. per dozen; and Bread at 52d. per gallon under the assize price—the whole for 3 months, except the Bread, which is for one month only.— (Kentish Gazette.) POLICE INTFILLIGENCE. . _ kozsrox-HousE.—YeSterday Mr. Todd, of the firm of Todd and Co. appeared to answer an inforMation fbunded 'Upon the 34th section of the 2tlth of George the third, commonly call ed the. Wool Act, charging him with having, on the 22(1 of September, in the Port of•Condon shipped a quantity of worsted: yarn, without having procured a license, or provided that an of ficer should be in attendance. Mr. Todd said been done entirely in ignorance, and pleaded guilty. The Loim MAYOR was anxious to know whether he could not reduce or do away with the penalty. He knew the circum stance originated in mistake, and that an hundred such were likely to happen every day. The Act,. however, was found to be imperative with respect to the penalty. Mr. Todd observed, that the penalty was greater than the amount of the value of the yarn. _ . The Officer said, that if he chose to follow the matter up, the ship in which the offence was committed might be for feited. The LORD MAYOR assured Mr. Todd that he regretted the Act spoke of no mitigation, and established the conviction. G u ILDII f...—Two very dashingly dressed lasses, entirely new faces at this Justice-room, who gave their names Mary Williams and Ann Gordon, were brought up yesterday before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, charged as pick-pockets.. By the de scription given of their dexterity and address; by the prosecutor, Mr. Kernot, of Paul's -court, Huggin-lane, these female pro fessors have arrived at an eminence in the art, which bids fair to surpass the male competitors ; for in the short space of not more than a minute and a half, which it,took him to get rid of their affectionate importunities in Skinner-street, on Tuesday evening, the nimble fingers of:one of them had contrived, un perceived by him, to ease his - pocket of four sovereigns and some.filver. He lodged themin Giltspur-street.Compter ; but though the whole transaction had not occupied five minutes, yet in that time they had managed to get rid of the money, no part of it being - found on either of them when searched in 'the Compter ; one sovereign, however was discovered on the floor near where they stood. In the gloVe of the girl, Wil hams, - a Note was found t which she said was a 11 Bank Note, but which, upon , inspection, turned out to be a 101. Country Note, of the Rye Bank, No. 5210, dated Ist October, 18113, and ,payable at Messrs. Percival and Co.'s, bankers, London.— While this evidence was being detailed yesterday the girls el., fected perfect innocence, occasionally lifting up their eyes and hands in surprise that such shocking things should be laid to their charge. This, however, did not serve their turn, for Har= rison, the Marshalman on duty, recognised them as old practi tioners, who had only strolled out of their usual bounds, their regular scene of action being Cornhill, Leadenhall-street, and about that neighbourhood, and although new corners at this office, they were very well acquainted with. the Justice Room at the Mansion House. The Alderman was about to commit them both for trial ; it was, however, subsequently deemed more ad visable to afford the opportunity of discovering the owner of the Country Bank-note, and they were remanded for another exa mination on Saturday next. . . _ MARLDOIIOUGH-STREET.—Yesterday the celebrated Miss Dickson was brought up by . a warrant, in the custody of Cle ments the officer, and examined before Mr. DYE a, on a charge preferred against herby a Frenchman, named Lacore„ residing in Poland-street. The _complainant said he was a fancy mita box maker, and having been acquainted, with Miss Dickson when she kept the English Hotel, near the Tuileries in Paris, he entrusted her with 78 snuff boxes, gold.itiounted, of consid erable value,. she having promised to dispose of them amongst her friends in London, upon the usual commission ; but he could not get either money s or the boxes from her since, and he was compelled to adopt this course. Miss Dickson, in reply, entered into a long detail of the conduct of the complainant in Paris ,_- he promised to promote her interest by introduc ing friends to her house, drew upon her, and contrived by various arts to entangle her in such difficulties that she was ultimately cast into priSon, and left. destitute, without a friend in the world. At last some British Noblemen, who fre quented her house, interceded and advaneed . 2ooo francs for • her release, which sum was paid to Mr. Lacore, who converted it to his owituse. The Governor of the gaol wherein she was confined advanced 1000 francs for her, and she succeeded in obtaining her liberty. Smile time after the battle of 'Waterloo, she met Mr. Lacore on the' Continent, and he then offered her only six francs and a bottle of wine, which . she declined to ac cept. When she came to London she found him in the utmost distress, and he begged of her to dispose Of a few boxes for him. In consequence of the kindness she experienced from the Frencli people whilst in'prison, she took a dozen to a friend's house in. the Strand, but the articles would not suit, and they remained upon her hands. She brought them to the Office, and would willingly give them up if-he remunerated her. The Magistrate ordered her to leave the boxes in charge of the officer, and as she had a claim against Mr. Lacore, he would postpone the case till a future day, in order to enable them to settle the Matter in the mean time.—Three urchins of 12, 13, and 14 age, of e, Were charged with attacking the child of Mr. Wright (a book seller in Bloomsbury), aged four years, and robbing her of a coral necklace.—The whole were committed for trial. . A DANCING-MASTEII AND A MUSICAL LADY.—An affair' of crim. con. came up on inquiry. The • dancing master de scribed himself as living upon good terms with his wife at an obscure village in Buckinghamshire, and on Saturday last he accompaniedier to witness an exhibition of strolling players in a barn. The husband left his frail rib to see Pizarro, while 'he took a glass of comfort with a neighbouring farmer, and did net return home till after the play was over ; and, to be brief; the musical lady had become enamoured with the performance of Rolla, and she eloped with him in a neighbOur's chaise cart. • The husband discovered the retreat of the fugitiVes at Somers town, but the wife refused to leave Rolla, and the former sought advice how to make her. The only answer given was,— by an action for criminal conversation . " 'What," said the husband, with much emphasis, " an action against a strolling player !" MARYLEnoNE-OFFICE.—.A youth about l( years of age, very genteelly attired, and who appeared to have been well brought up, . was brought before the Magistrates by George Iluggett, butler to the lion. Miss' Forbes, in Baker-street, Portman-square, charged under the vagrant act. The pohr fellow on entering the justice-room made his obedience in a most gentlemanly manner to the Magistrates, and was then placed at the bar. The butler stated, that yesterday about one o'clock he was in the kitchen, when the prisoner descended the area steps, and in a most pitiful manner implored his charity, at the same time presenting a. petition. His habiliments not appearing like those of a beggar, and having read in • the pa pers of . yesterday, under the head of this office, of a nest of thieves who plundered the passages and areas of gentlemen's houses, lie considered him to be One of the gang who had as sumed that character as a cloak to facilitate plunder. Ile there ' fore. considered it his duty to bring him before the Magistrates. The Magistrate asked the prisoner what he had to say why he should not be committed to prison. The poor felloW; - shedding tears, stated, that he was an orphan, and a native of Hereford shire; that' he came to - London four days agO to get employ ment, but could not ; and having no friends or relations to assist Jinn, he had written the petition, thinking he was not offending the laws. The above narrative was. delivered with great expression, and excited the sympathy of all around him. The. worthy Magistrate told the butler that his conduct was very commendable, and expressed his wish that - every person would act with the sauce discretion. The examination of the prisoner was.then taken, and he was ordered to be passed to his parish (Bullingham) in Herefordshire. • TOWN HALL, SO UT HWAR N.—J. LA3IDERT, the prisoncrin custody under the warrant of the Coroner, on the charge of manslaughter, in killing his father-in-law, James Allingham, was brought up yesterday for re-examination, before Mr. Alder man J. J. Smith, agreeably to the order of the Magistrate, as previously noticed in our Paper. Mr. Shelton, the. Coroner, was in attendance, and previous to the commencethent of the examination a long consultation -ensued between him and the Alderman, in which the Learned Gentleman endeavoured to impress on the mind of the Magistrate, die propriety of the general custom of considering a Colunntiwnt under the Coro ner's warrant, by virtue of a verdict of a Jury, as removing a prisoner out of the further cognizance of ;the Magistrate, home whom he might previously have been examined. The conver t sation was carried on in so low a tone of voice, that the argu ments made use of by the Learned Coroner could not be dis tinctly heard. They, however, had the effect, if not of con vincing the Worthy Alderman, of inducing him to forego his intention of proceeding further in the business. On the Coro ner's quitting the Office, Mr. Alderman Smith-desired to see the authority by which Mr. Lawes, the keeper of - the Borough Compter, detained the prisoner, Lambert,. and having ascer tained that he was in custody under a full commitment from the Coroner, he formally communicated that fact to the pri soner, with the information that he would be tried for the of fence at the Surrey Assizes, in March next. - HAT TON-GAWDEN.—Y estcrday two Italian boys, who were found begging in Somers"rown, carrying each a racoon in a box, were brought up, by the constable of the Mendicity Society, and committed: for a month each, under the Vagrant Act,: to the House of Correction. At the expiration of which time it is expected they will be sent to their native country. Bow-STREET.—Late- on Tuesday evening, a young man, of the most gentlemanly manners and appearance, was brought to this office, and underwent an examination before Sir Rim. Ann 11 - inxin, charged with obtaining, by false pretenees, from William Sheerly, of Rocknigham-rOw, New Kent-road, Surrey; surgeon, the sum of two 'hundred pounds.—On the priwner being placed at the bar, he solicited that the inves tigation might be private ; but this was not acceded to.— Mr. Sheerly stated, that in the month of April last he answer ed an advernsements,which appeared in - " The Times" news paper, of an advantage to any person ' who could command a certain Mini of money, and in a few days received a letter from a Mr. Hodgson, of Gray's Inn-squ4, referring him to Mr. Benjainin 'Blom:field, of NO. "Lincoln's Inii;fields. The preceding day the prisoner had called on witness and stated that his name Was Bloomfield, and that he came' in consequence of his ansivering•the advertisement to inquire as to the respectabi ,, lity of the person he had to treat with. Witness informed into who and what he was, and the prisoner was quite satisfied. - lie then told. witness that it was a "searcher's" situation in the. Cu stom. House, worth 5001. per annuni;•and he -represented thai , he could procure the situation through the interest.of Sir Benjamin. Bloomfield, to whom he was related. He added, that he should not only do it thsoUgh that channel, but that be had collateral interest with Lord Liverpool and the Marquis of Headfort.. The prison et at first proposed that the sum of 6001. should.be ad vanced for procuring the situation, but that was dissented to by witness; and an agreement was entered into that the witness should 1•?ay down the sum of 2001. on a bond of the prisoner's . and a 111 r. Dunbar, who it appears is a colleague. • • 'fitness directly put down the 2001, and the prisoner assured him that. he should have the situation in the course of two months. Wit ness has repeatedly called on bith since, -but could never tee hiin;'' he, therefore, procured a warrant against him, and after a great deal of trouble succeeded in apprehending him. Some discus sion took place as to admitting the prisoner to bail, which was.. decided by Sir R. Br uNIE, who suggested that if the prisoner' could procure substantial sureties.- himself in 4001. and his, sureties in 2001. each, he would take them. Prisoner was un able to find such sureties, and was accordingly committed for' re-examination on Friday next.. SAFE-COACHES.—A case of some importance to the proprietors and patentees of the new safe coaches was decided on Saturday last by the Magistrates for the Deptford division, Kent, of which the following is a brief account : _ . • An information had been laid. against the driver of the .Chat ham safe coach, belonging to Messrs. Waterhouse - and Co., OF the ... - an.avitli-two-Necks, charging him with carevine two grown persons on the coaelt , box 'besides- himself ; •cCintriry the-statute, and on Saturday the proprietors attended to a-nswer the intbrinatiOn. The depositions of the witnesses in sup port of the information being taken, it was contended on ( 11 , , part of the proprietors that, the. statute of the 50th G:0. 111. cap. 48, did hot extend to coaches of this descriptor when it enact(' that no more than one person shall sit on the box with the coachman. liZ;cause this was a patent safe coach of a new description, having no coach-box, bill merely a, front seat (usu a lly in oth er coac h es as we ll as ibis) attached to the frOnt of the roof, and- being 16 inches wider than the box of any coach ; whereas a. box extends only two-thirds of the width of the coach, and is not in any manner attached Or' fixed to the roof. Now this coach, by authority of this statute, can legally carry three persons on this front seat;- and the pro prietors for the greater safety of the passengers have - built this coach without a box, and placed besides the coachman two per- sons on the front seat, ail they had aright to do. It was.ti r her c intended that the 21st section of tile same statute protect ;din the clearest manner all coaches of this description ; tOr this car riage does not carry- the smallest quantity of higgage on the roof; but in a fore-boot and beneath the body. And the std' tute•enacts, that as several of the restrictions imposed by this Act would lie randeredless necessary if no luggage were carried on the roof, all coaches which should in future carry -all their• luggage in a boot or beneath, should be licensed to carry t',velve instead of ten passengers, and without stating where such addi . tional passengers should be placed, goes on to pr o t ec t the 01 411 .7 ers or drivers of such coaches from any lof the penalties irn' posed by the Act, notwithstanding any clause to the control. Upon - these grounds it was' - submitted that the informatic ° should be quashed, and the fine 'remitted. After some delibe" ration the Magistrates decided that the front seat was not a b6ic within theineaning of the Act, and "released the defendant frail , the pen ilty of the information accordingly. •, r ATOCIOUS PARRICIDE.-----A most norrrbie pn•" riide has been lately perpetrated in the arrondisement of Br ice / (Corrego. The circumstances which attended the commis - c f the crime heighten, 'if possible, its atrocity. The Sie° ls , father. and son, the latter an unemployed c a ptain in the army; and a Chevalier of the • Legioh of Honour, ill' 'habited together a' house in the. country, occupying, however , different apartments, and keeping in a manner separate esta blishments. Disputes had arisen between them respecting some property, and proposals fOr adarrangemerit had been - made by two friends of the family; who oh the 3d ult. Waited Cirftht father for his consent, but were told, by him that he required further time to make up his mind, a nd request ed t h em to come to him again in the course of a few days. Th e t wo f r i en d s h av ing re", Paired to the son to acquaint him with• 'his ans w e r , h e in-the most furious manner la d hold -of a double-barrelled gun, ac t ' _provided himself with powd e r an d' s h o t. H e a f terwar ds ran into his bed-room, where he was'folloved by one of the friends , and having seized a pistol, h e t oo k some p a p ers out o f a closet; at the same moment he tore from hi s b u tt on -h o l e th e inSigni 3 othis -Order, thrust it with viol e n ce i n t o th e poc k et (tithe friend , and holding out to him the packet of papers— I'Herr,"said h e ' ii'rtiycominission,' take care of it." The latter -refusing , " Take it," he added with oaths, ccor I will force you with th e pistol at your breast !" After saying this, se e i ng the person 11 addressed retire a few paces, without pe r si s ti ng f ur ther, he placed the papers on a bed, and desc e nd e d p rec ipit a t e l y into the garden to prime his pistols. The friend who had followed this despe rado approached him for the purpose of soothing him ; but •the 4 latter, turning-towards him, said, Leave rue alone, Six, An a of one evil do not make two." The'-friend, alarmed - menace, quitted the'garden, when his companion' joined . bilr;; , and said, " Let us retire; I have taken care that nothing Oa" happen to the father ; his room - is harricadoed in such a mann" that his son cannot penetrate to him." Unfortunately thesere cautions were. insufficient, and a few minutes after their delY ar ,, ture the son Succeeded in gaining'admittanee into his father, _ apartment by. forcing in a window. H e a d vance d towards !n; old man, who was seated in an eaSy . chair, which his infirmitl e , , • seldom permitted 'hint to quit, and shot him with one of ',, e piStols in the breast. The Sieur , th e son -i n -law of t" old man, who was present, having laid hold of his brothcr-i n : law, a struggle ensued between them, during which the sln e e e n deavortred to discharge the othe r pi s t o l in to the b re ast 'O l i ' 4 s brother-in-law, but as it burnt priming, he d rew f ro m under h' be coat a short two-edged sword, with which he stabbed him iri t he stomach. The thrust, howeyer,_was ill-directed , ii i wounded man proving stronger than the aggressor, suceeedes', disarming him,-broke the weapon into pieces, and h a ving dr?., 1 4 - 1c his' brother-in-law out of the room; he fattened the door. 'l s Son-ih-law .naturally concluded that th e sc e ne of horror terminated. His father-in-law was not dead, and he ran up l,(ci hitn. AVl'eahe was engaged in rendering- the unfortunate ,eaa man his assistance, he saw the assassin . , ar m e d w ith' a Floosie( barrelled gun, re-appear at the same window by which he t i !. l ' 4 before entered the apartment. The monster discharged the , 14 ,1 , barrel at - his father, who died almost instantly,' and the szeon n- i, his brof ler-in-law, who fell in consequence, but not danger o9s 4 ' wounded. The assassin fed, but on -the sth the corps w r e found in a wood near the little towa-of_St. Pantaleon, *MIT had blown out his brains with the fatal double-barrelled gn.n : by means of a string, 'of which ore end was attached to the tr l g (ear, and the other. end wound round his foot. BIt.THS: At Caroline-place, Haverstock Hill, Edward Harper' of a daughter. lest-I.day, in Hill-street, Perkeley-square,. the Lady o f H. Brougham, Esq.• of a daughter. • On the 25th ult. the Lady of tine Rev. John Tryon, of wick, 'Northamptonshire, of a son. MARRIED. On Monday morning last, ,at Bengeo,•near II ertford, Maria, second daughter of R. W. Elliston, Esq. Stra# ll ' . place, to ,Mr.. Charles Marmatiuke Wilson, of Voris-str os, Portman-squ'cre. On Wednesday, the 3d inst. at Halton, H. W. Sober, P` l , of Whites Stanton, Sornersetshire, to Nlis4 Elizabeth J 1 r y wood, youngest daughter of Sir, John Dasliwood KiDgf. At Edinburgh, on the Ist inst., by the. Rev. David An, son, Kirkcurd, Mr. James Denitani, of the Register Edinburgh, to Isabella, youngest ila..lghter of James tilnv e Esq., Broughton. . DIED. . or On the Ist inst. at her house in Rithmond, Surrey , PS' years of inKring, borne with exemplary fortitude, 3.Ers• , therine Leslie, esteemed :Ind 'lament2d. t I , o' On the 29th ult. Wm. Arch, late of Cullum-street, le 3-. s2ller, in his 48th year. ' 10 1 ' On Sunday last, at. the house of her brother, New Ell e- fter ham, Norfolk, Mrs, NI arg :Ira Taylor, in the 7 .. m y e ar of, age. resterday morning, at Little ChelTea, Frances, wife of of Stoneham; Esq. and - eldest daughter of J 4- ohn Peacock, Ei Bruton-street, •Berkeley-souarc, aged 32. sg e ' On the 18th inst., at tfarlyn, in the 69th year of 'A T- fo ro• Henry Peter, Esq., formerly. Llentealant Colonel of the wall militia, and for many years a iliagistrate of that eolinf Aged 18, at OrHton. the ,John Owen 3 Bart. b ohc .. his guardian, Rd. Le Hunte, Esq. of St. Batolples, l'en t4r shire, and Artramon, county Nce:ford. LONDON : Printed by J. D. CA I , ..STA IRS, of No- 29 ',1 41 A- Ormond-street, Qufjen-spl.re ; and published by SCRIPPS, of No. 7, Syath :qc.ltan-street, DIV OFFICE, No 112, Strand ; w]wre A riv ,1 9 " ORDERS, LETTERS &c. (130St-pia) must be iithir •