The Sun. — London, England, 1822-08-28 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURN 4.LS. EXTRACT'S FROM THE DULY AIORNING PAPERS, August 28, 1822. [MORNING POST.] gLORIOIT3 TRIUMPH OF THE GREEKS.-We received last night, by express, French Papers to - the 9.6 th iest, They contain highly gratifying and triumphant intelligence from Greece. The great -blow seems to have been struck ; and i-f the .accounts- be not grossly exaggerated, the fate of the war may be considered as . decided. Since the month of June both parties had been collect .ing their forces for some mighty enterprise, which would- bring the contest to a termination. The Greeks, on quitting the Morea, and driving the detached corps of the enemy. before them to the very extremity of Thessaly, had been joined pro gressively, by ail the patriotic divisions, which had long maintained a partisan warfare in .the p.revinces of Greece Proper„ and leld not only produced effective diversions, hot Ind acquired a degree of d'scipline and experie”ce which rendered them equalto more than double their numerical strength. The latter, however, was by no means inconsiderable, and after their union with the Morean army, the whole presented an imposing mass of force, which gave a new character to the war. The Turks, on their side, had not been idle. Though worsted in almost every encounter, they still retained a great superiority of numbers, and when' they found that, instead of being able to invade the :Korea, they had to repel an inva sion from that quarter, they rnada the most vigour ous efforts to do it With effect, and to annihilate at one blow the collected strength and the whole - hopes of Greece. Chourschid Pacha armed as many of the inhabitants of Macedonia as he could ;trust, and having with much difficulty effected his junction with the Paellas of Negroponte, Larissa, and Joaonina,found himself at the head,according to some accounts, of 70,000 men,and according to others of 90,000, but badly disciplined and daunt ed in spirit by the successes which the Greeks had obtained by sea and land. With this force, teowever, he awaited the might of Greece, and on the 7th -of July succeeded in repelling all its attacks in a sanguinary action, in which the most active and enterprising of the Greek Chieftains, the brave Odysseus, was killed, and the Greeks suffered considerably. This temporary success, however, -was the cause of his ruin; .for thinking his triumph complete, he blindly .pressed forward to annihilate his wary opponents, who had made an orderly retreat to the other side of the Ther nropilx, leaving a strong portion of their force in ambush cn the mountains.. These Chourschid Paella took no time to explore, but on the Bth engaged his whole army in the defiles of Zit tory (the ancient Thermopil) on the one side, and in those of Neopatris on the other. No sooner had he penetrated too deeply to be able to extricate himself, than the Greeks attacked him in front on the ground which had drunk the blood of Leonidas ; the ambushed legions fell upon his flanks and on his rear,. and the result 1 , 785; that three Pachas and 11,000 Turks were taken, and between 30 and 40,000 killed and wounded, Chourschid escaping with only 4,000 men back, to Larissa. [DIORNINGI- CHRONICLE.] Letters from Constantinople of the 25th, re ceived by the Turkey Mail yesterday, mention the prevalence of a report at_ Constantinople of a - victory on-the part of the Turks, but no particu lars had then reached that capital. In the Augs burg account, Chourschid Pacha. is reported, after thel.battle"of•the 7th, to' have prematurely dis patched a -courier to Constantinople, announcing the extermination of the Ghiaours. So stands the matter at present. A battle has very probably taken place, and we think the balance of probabilities is also in favour of a victory on the part of the Greeks. In a little time, how ever, we may expect to hear farther on the sub ject. God grant that the good cause may have been triumphant !—The Russians, as is well known, avail themselves of a particular species of tactics in fig tin the Turks. They contrive that the Turks should always be the assailants, and as the onset of the Turks is irresistible (at , least by troops disciplined in the European man tler,) they oppose to them a small part of their force. The 'lurks having driven this force in, get immediately into confusion, when they are routed by the reserve with the greatest ease, and run off as valiantly as they ad vanced. The Scots Highlanders, before they were regimented and disciplined, used generally to break by their impetuosity the regular troops opposed to them, but if the first onset was un- successful, they were i❑ like manner soon thrown into confusion. Though less powerful in body perhaps than the Turks, they had the advantage of being more agile ; and they contrived gene rally 'to engage at .the foot of a hill, which, if unsuccessful, they could ascend without danger sof being reached by a less long-winded enemy.— Count Normann, in whom the Greeks have great confidence, has the reputation•of being an able and experienced officer; and it is probable that he would avail himself of the most approved means for discomfiting such an enemy. [MORNING HERALD.] The•procecaings of the Court of Assize, in the affair of Rochelle, are but of little interest, except as they display the barbarous state in which the tkchninistration of justice in France still remains. There is no doubt but that the principles of freedom "may be a long time esta blished in the body of a Constitution without making their -way to the subordinate Courts of Judicature. But once having triumphed over the old traditions of those tribunals, they make rapid progress. The administration of justice in our own Courts of Law, particularly in cri minal cases, testifies this truth with force.— In the reign of Elizabeth our Judges refused to hear a witness against the Crown. The Courts of Star Chamber and High Commissions were not more remarkable for their oppressive and sanguinary rules than the humblest tribunals of the country. The spirit of slavish veneration for authority, which pervaded those tyrannic tri bunals, was sometimes carried to excess by the Judges of the inferior Courts. Who is there that looks back to the ignominious conduct of Sir Edward Coke, in some particular instances, whilst he filled the office of Attorney-General and Judge, but must exult that he lives in a day when the administration of justice has arrived to so great a degree of purity, and when the esta blished rules of our Courts of Justice are such as in almost no case to give innocence a fear ? The state of Criminal Justice in France seems to be stationary. The example of England, as it has showil the value of a Representative Govern ment, will surely provoke some improvements in the administration of justice in France. [NEW TIMES.] The Paris Journals of Sunday arrived last night. They contain little besides the Report of the proceedings in the case of the..conspirators of La Rochelle. This, like other trials of the same kind, proves in every stage of its progress that inadequacy of the French laws to punish persons which we have often had occasion to point out. — The most notorious culprits not only shelter themselves under technical forms, but even pre- tend that they are the injured parties in being brought to trial at all. The impudence of these men, however, is almost eclipsed by that of their apologists and admirers in this Country. Can there be a greater insult on the understanding and common sense of the public than a passage in The Times of yesterday, which speaks of" the absurd prosecutions now carrying on i❑ all parts of France against absurd and im probable conspiracies ?" Improbable Conspiracies! when all the world knows that attacks with an armed force were made by several parties of rebels on different towns of France—that the Flag of Rebellion was openly hoisted—and that General Berton was in arms for several days— and when this same journal The Times has been for years past asserting that a powerful faction existed in France hostile to the Government ! With these considerations before our minds, what words can we find to characterise the conduct of a journalist, who now pretends that there has been no conspiracy at all [THE TIMES.] Our report of the Edinburgh dinner to his Majesty, on Saturday, will be read with atten tion, and we may add, in reference to some of the proceedings, with keen and rare surprise.— The King on that occasion was pleased to give two toasts, and to make three speeches I—better speeches, more gracious, and exhilarating to the hearers, we confess they must have been, than any of those laboured and formal productions to which the •term " King's Speech" has been hitherto exclusively appropriated; but the won der is, upon what precedent they were mo delled, or by what resolution of the Cabinet they were authorized. Mr. Peel was absent from the feast; but does that contingency render the Right Hon. Gentleman less responsible for sucl a tremendous innovation ? The ice of eti quette thawed at once I—the venerable frost of antiquity dissolved ! It is all up with the craft when the Ministers have no longer a bridle upon. the Royal emotions,when Kings deliver their own sentiments from their own lips, and invite a personal contest of courtesy and joviality with their subjects. It is a remark, however, prompted by the nature of the Royal experiment itself, rather than by any cirCtunstanee.which ap pears on the face of things to have produced it, that a sombre, proud, and wary people, are now and then salutary remembrancers to a Sovereign. The teach him that lie is not always to meet un conditional smiles, or gratuitous eagerness of ad miration. By their stately gravity of demeanour, they call upon hini,even at the banquet, to pay his club. The poor prodigal Irish gave all for nothing. Ile mustgo half way who expects to meet the Scotch. His Majesty's .condescending eloquence would, in that point of view, have acted as a seasonable stimulant, and have been considered less as a su perfluous boon than as the discharge of a princely obligation. It is of the French that Goldsmith speaks, as of a people who begin by commuui cating pleasure, and end by securing it— " They please, are pleased : they give, to get esteem ; " Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem." The converse of this description may, with some degree of accuracy, be applied to the native cha racter of Scotland. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Paris Papers of Saturday report the conti nued, proceedings before the Assize Court in the affair of the Rochelle conspiracy. Harshness to wards the accused of the most gross and disgusting nature, amounting almost to injustice, distinguishes the conduct of the President of the Court, and perhaps accounts for the rudeness and intemperate conduct of some of the prisoners. The advocates too display in the conduct of this case an extraor dinary Want of propriety. It happened that one of the prisoners, in explanation of a charge that was urged against him by the President,stated that Gen. Despinois had told him he incurred no danger in announcing himself a Carbonaro, for that he (the General) himself was one, and had resolved upon ,leading an insurrection at Nantes. Here certainly was a serious accusation against General Despi nois, but the allegation, however improbable, was within the range of possibility, and might at all events have been made the subject of further in quiry, if it were only for the purpose of ascer taining the degree of credit which should be attached to the further statements of the ac cused. No sooner, however, had the sentence been uttered than the President fiercely rebuked 1 the prisoner for having dared to utter such a slander against " a General of France." The man repeated his assertion, and was again re proached for falsehood. The Counsel for the ac cused very naturally observed that the statement might possibly be true, and added, that " they had known some Generals of France faithful to their honour, while others had betrayed it."— The remark was at all events founded on truth, .and seems to have been in its nature extremely innocent,. but it had the effect of exciting all •the indignation of the virtuous President and of the King's Advocate-General, and even, as we are told, of the body of Advocates present; and they were all with one accord actually about to apply to the offending Counsel the penalties of the crime of slander, for having by implication defamed General Despinois ; but they were at length, and with some difficulty, pacified by his submission. The apparent object of a public trial in France upon a criminal charge, is to en trap the prisoner into some admissions, which, by the ingenuity not of the Advocates alone, but even of the Judges, may be construed into a confession of guilt. With this view the accused are examined in private by different persons at different times, and every apparent inconsistency that may be discovered in their several state ments is carefully marshalled against them. — They are tampered with by various persons who affect a power to discharge them, and under pro mises of favour they are tempted severally to make statements which may tend to criminate others, and all these statements, thus made under threats and promises, are urged as good evidence against the parties whom they seem to affect. HOP INTELLIGENCE. [From the Maidstone Journal, Aug. 27.1 We are this week favoured with letters from several respect able Hop Planters, and we cannot do better than to lay extracts of them before our Readers. NORTHIAM, Au G. 24.—" The opinion of the hop planters in this neighbourhood is, that the improvement in the planta tions has been very considerable indeed, and we expect the average crop may be at least four bags per acre." WAGnuasT, A uG. 24.—" We are likely to average in a few parishes around us, from Bto 10 cwt. per acre. We have many plantations of our best bine touched with mould, so that we shall have a deficiency there." CANTE RI) u RY, Au G. 24.—" Some of our grounds are much improved within the last week, and where they are free from mould, will grow a very fair crop--say from 4 to 5 bags per acre ; but many of the grounds are much affected by the mould. Several plantations probably will not be picked. Some have already made a beginning ; they come down very short. The Duty is doing here at 145,0001." YALDING, AUG. 25.—" From the appearance of the hops in this neighbourhood, the Duty may be estimated at about 140 to 150,000/., and some of the grounds in this neighbourhood at a little more than 4 bags per acre." STAPLEHURST, Aun. 25.--" The crops in our neighbour hood are various in appearance, from 3 to 5 bags per acre ; and two or three particular pieces, 6 bags and upwards. The thunder storm on Thursday has lessened the vermin. The Duty round this quarter,—say Cranbrook, Hawkhurst, llar h den, Rolvenden, Benenden, Headcorn, Tenterden, and Staple hurst,—will come up to, if not exceed, the last two years. Se veral will begin picking this week." HEADCORN, AuG;25 —" The Hops in our neighbourhood are very much improved. Those which have been good hither - to will produce from 5 to 6 bags per acre ; the slack grounds I from 3to 4. There are not many slack grounds in this ; neigh bourhood, and very little vermin. ' In addition to the above intelligence, we learn from the planters in the neighbourhood of Maidstone that the hops con tinue to grow out surprisingly ; many of the grounds are ex pected to average 6 bags per acre, and a few even more thau this ; the celebrated College ground, near our church, is laid we hear at 9 bags. In some of the plantations the red mould is fast increasing, but we believe this complaint is at present very partial. It is generally allowed that the hops about here excel those in other parts. The picking will not become gene ral till next week.—The Duty is estimated to pay from 1401. to 150,0001. _ _ _ Goudhurst Fair yesterday was but thinly attended ; the plan tations about there promise an abundant crop. The bets at the Ordinary averaged from 150 to 160,0001. Sou THWARK, Au G. 2G.—Our Market continues very heavy. All the accounts we receive, say the Plantations are improving daily. Duty at 160,0001. PIGEON SHOOTING.—The match for 200 gs, between 15 gentlemen of Hants and Wilts, with three of the Midgham Club, against all England, took place on Monday at Bradford, at seven birds each, and it was decided as follows. The Midgham shots are marked thus *. ENGLAND. Killed. WILTS AND RANTS. Killed. 7 *Mellish 7 Knowsley 7 *Gibson - 7 *Coward - G Hart - 5 Frederick 5 Jones - Cuffnell - Jones - Seymour - Roland . 'Mew Coulthard Kent Harris Downes - - Hart - - Brougham - Morden - - Holt Eaton - - Stubbs - - Howard - Petit - James - Duckett - - Carter - Gyblett - Doveton - - Hemp - 6 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - - 4 5 4 - 4 81 Ctr.krun ar MURDER: .An Inquest was held on Monday night, and by adjournment to last night, before Thos. STIRLING, Esqi. Coroner, at the Lion and Lamb Tavern, Somers"rown, on the body of an infant child, said to have been murdered by its mother, a woman of the name of Jones, and her paramour, a man named Morrison, the sup posed father of the child, who has for some time cohabited with her, and who assisted her at her delivery. The woman concealed her pregnancy, till it was discovered when she was in the pains of labour. - The supposed father of the child, though by trade a shoemaker, has pretended to be a doctor and ac coucheur. The Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Elizabeth Jones and James Morrison. Ile was taken into custody by the beadle, but Mrs. Jones was found to have left home. On her return, the Coroner issued his warrant to convey her to Newgate with Morrison. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.—Yesterday af. ternoon a robbery of a most curious nature was discovered to have been committed at the house of Mr. Hetherington, the • White Hart Inn, in the Borough High-street. The landlord's mother came from the.eountry for a visit, and was lodged in an apartment over the gallery, amongst the rooms usually appro priated to travellers. Her portmanteau was always in this room, 'and contained a number of valuable shawls, jewellery; and all the old lady's plate, which she had brought for safety to town. It was remarked that a countryman, with a large basket, came to the house each night to sleep, and it is strongly suspected that he had the address to abstract the contents of the portman teau into his basket, for when the former was opened yesterday it was quite empty, and what adds to the supposition is, that the sheets were also missing. ESCAi'E OF CONVICTS.—Our readers will recol. lect that we gave an account of the apprehension of George Barnes Harvey, who was taken by Gill, an active officer of Union Hall Police, at his house in John's-place Lock's-fields, on a charge of burglary in the houses of Mr. Tindy, in Regent street, Snow's-fields, And Mr. Badd, of Ford's-terrace, Lam beth, whereof he was convicted, and sentence of death passed upon him ; but the Royal- mercy was shewn to him, and he got off with transportation for life. It will also be recollected, that Harvey was strongly suspected to be the assassin of the un fortunate Mrs. Donatty, and that Mr. Taylor, the Vestry Clerk, and all the individuals who saw persons about Mrs. D.'s house on the night of the murder, attended at Horsemonger-lane, in order that they might inspect the person of the supposed mur derer. However, they could not recognize him, and therefore all suspicions on that charge were afan end, Harvey admitting all other offences he had been guilty of, but solemnly denying that of murder. After he had been ordered for transportation, he was taken on board the Bellerophon hulk at Sheerness, thence to be drafted to New South Wales. However, on Sun day morning, before day-break, Harvey, and two other con victs, named 11Tm. Wootten and Charles Yates, contrived to make their escape from the hulk ; and although they were soon missed, and vigilantly pursued, they baffled their pursuers, and no trace of them has as yet been discovered. They are sup posed to be now in the metropolis, and their description being so well known amongst the Police, there is but little doubt they will be soon recaptured. While a party of sailors, on the 4th of July last, were engaged in firing a national salute, on board the steam boat Exchange, at Louisville, Kentucky, one of the men, with a lighted cigar in his mouth, took up a keg of powder and carried it to the bow of the boat. Just as he had laid it on the deck, a spark fell from hi s c i gar i n t o it, and it immediately exploded, t ear i ng b o th o f his arms from his body, and blew him about 20 feet a corpse. Three or four others were consi 'derably injured. FlRES.—Yesterday morning a fire broke out in one of the new houses, No. 184, in Regent-street, belonging to Mr. CHANDLER, the builder. It originated about 8 o'clock in the morning, during the absence of the workmen at break fast, when a spark flew on some loose shavings. The flames soon arrived at a great height, and burst with much fury through the first floor windows. The alarm soon reached the fire of fices, and the Sun and other engines shortly arrived and ex tinguished the flames, but not until much injury was done.— Yesterday morning between one and two o'clock, a very 'alarming fire broke out in the upper part of the house of Mr. LAWTON, Clothes-salesman, tipper East Smithfield, near the Mint. After reducing to a 'heap of ruins the house, the whole of the stock in trade, and furniture, the flames com municated to the two adjoining houses, the one occupied by Mr. SHEARMAN, gun-manufacturer, and the other by Mr. METCALF, Oilman and Colourman, both of which were ma terially damaged before the ravaging element could be sub dued. Several workshops and other premises in the rear were destroyed. AMERICA. Correspondence between Sir CHAS. ROWLEY, commanding the British Naval Forces in the West Indies, and Don PEDRO GuAL, the Colum bian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs : OFFICIAL CORRESPONENCE. " To the Most Excellent Signor Don Simeon Bolivar, Presi- dent of Columbia. " On Board his Britannic Majesty's Ship Sybille, in the Bay of Porto Real, in the Island of Jamaica, Nov. 20, 1821. " It has come to my knowledge, that the fate of war has placed the Portuguese renegado, Emanuel Nieves, in the hands of General Arismendi, one of your Excellency's officers' " When Nieves commanded an armed force, consisting of four gun-boats, fitted out in Carupano, under the Spanish flag, he murdered, in the month of October, 1820, in a manner re markable for its barbarity, the Englishman, George M'Arthur, Master of the British schooner Eagle, while on the high seas' trading peaceably from St. Vincent to Angostura, the master not having offered the slightest insult or provocation. " I have requested of the General to have Nieves delivered up to the Commander of his Britannic Majesty's sloop Falmouth, that he may be judged for the crime he has committed ; his Excellency being perfectly informed of all the circumstances, having on his Staff Captain Fraser, who was on board the Eagle at the time the assassin ation took place. " The high character of your Excellency, and the just horror your Excellency must feel on being informed of such an atro_ cious action, renders it only necessary on my part to express the conviction I feel that your Excellency will immediately issue the necessary orders for the fulfilment of the demand stated above. " I have the honour, Sir, of being your Excellency's devoted and humble servant, " CHARLES ROWLEY, " Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of all his Bri tannic Majesty's Naval Forces in the West Indies, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable and Mi litary Order of the Bath, and Knight of the Most Il lustrious Austrian Order of Maria Theresa." ANSWER. " Department of State, and of Exterior Relations. " (Palace of Government in the Capital of Bogota.) " March Bth, 1822. " To his Excellency Sir Charles Rowley, Admiral and Com mander-in-Chief of his Britannic Majescy's naval force in the West Indies, &c. &c. " Your Excellency's communications of the 20th Novem ber last, addressed to the First Magistrate of the Republic, de manding the person of the Portuguese, Emanuel Nieves, for merly commander of a Spanish flotilla, in consequence of his having in the mouth of the Oronoco, •in October last year, as sassinated George M'Arthur, master of the English schooner Eagle, only came to my hands by the way of Caraccas, on the sth inst. " As your Excellency mentioned Captain Fraser, and as this gentleman is at present in this city, Aide-de-Camp to Ge neral D'Evereux, I thought it right to require of him a detail of the transaction, in order to instruct my Government in all that might tend to the formation of a correct opinion on so la mentable an occurrence. " From this detail, and other information which I have ob tained, it appears that Nieves is in fact guilty of the horrid crime of which he stands accused. It also appears, that he was taken prisoner by one of our flecheras, and that subse quently, at the time when Cumana surrendered, he was ad mitted into the Columbian service. " When the General-in-Chief of the eastern provinces ad mitted Nieves among the defenders of the Republic, he was undoubtedly ignorant of the crimes which rendered ilm un worthy of being the companion of brave patriots, who, during the space of II years, have given such eminent proofs of virtue and moderation. " It is not by any means the wish of my Government to see in our country men of this description, whatever in other re spects may be their personal qualities. " Nieves was made prisoner by the arms of Columbia, and consequently must be responsible before the tribunals of this country, until the condign punishment due to his atrocities shall be inflicted on him, as an enemy to human kind. " The better to carry this into effect, I have on this date com municated to the Signor Intendant of Venezuela, by order of his Excellency the Vice-President, orders to have the person of Nieves secured and delivered up to the competent autho rities to be tried and judged, soon and executively, accord , in g to the laws. As soon as I shall be informed of the issue of these orders, I shall communicate it to your Excellency for your satisfaction. " I dare anticipate, that your Excellency and the British nation will rest fully satisfied of the promptitude and impartiality with which justice is administered in Columbia. Permit me, how ever, to add, that if Nieves had not been taken prisoner, a cir cumstance that has placed his fate at the discretion of this coun try, it would have been very difficult to have accomplished the desire of your Excellency, for our constitution and our laws prescribe to us an inviolable observance of the right of asylum towards all foreigners who take shelter under the protection of this Republic. " They (the constitution and the laws) consider as innocent any individual who may come from other countries to establish himself among us, and without inquiring into his anterior moral actions, his present conduct is only to be watched, and punish ed or rewarded, according to his deserts, in the same manner as those who enjoy the right of citizenship by birth. My Government is fully resolved not to deviate from this path, traced, as it is, by humanity, which cannot but be agree able to your Excellency as a friend to mankind, and as a mem ber of a magnanimous and generous nation, in which the wretched of countries less fortunate have always found an un disturbed asylum. " I have the honour of renewing to your Excellency the most sincere expressions of my respect and consideration, and am, Sir, your Excellency's very devoted humble servant, " PEDRO DUAL." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. B o w-S TREET.—Yesterday, John Gillespie, second Inste ll the merchant schooner Ate, no w lyi ng i n t h e L on d on docks, accompanied by James Nowlan, the cook, and two others of the crew belonging to the same vessel, appeared before•Mr:HALL a t the Sitting Magistrate, and requested him to assist them in ob taining redress from their Captain, fsr very gross and unwar_; rantable outrages committ e d u p on t h em w hil e on t h e co ast of Africa. The complainants then entered into a narrative of al leged acts of unprovoked cruelty committed on them, by co n ; mand of their Captain, named Webb, soon after their arriva+ on the coast of Africa, on a voyage of speculation, which we c forbear giving, as being in the p resen t state b ut an statement. Mr. HALLS said, their story was a very extraordinary one' and expressed some doubts about the truth of it. The complainants declared 'their readiness to swear to a ll they had stated, and one of their shipmates, who had not bee n a suarer, stepped forward, and assured the Magistrate it Was perfectly true. Mr. HALLS asked what speculation the vessel went upoo%a s he strongly suspected, from all he had heard, that she was 111- tended tor the Slave Trade ? The men said, they could not tell exactly what was intended to be done, but there were no irons on board, nor any oth er appearance of preparation for a human cargo. or The MAGISTRATE said, he was g l a d t o h ear th em sa y -- .p ,f e he assured them, if it had been as h e sus p ec t e d, t h ey wou ld ha% had no redress from him. A c om pl a i n t o f cruel treatroe°, would come with a very ill grace ind ee d f rom men engage!! ;"; that diabolical traffic. As it was, however, they might " 3 ' their warrant. A warrant was accordingly made out against the Captain fa t an assault. • .MARY-LE-BONE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday the Sitting Zags tsj; trate, E. GRIFFITH, Esq., was occupied a considerable leng of time in the following investigation : of A young man applied for a wa r rant for th e a ppr e hension f the son of a respectable tradesman, residing a t th e west end ° the town : he deposed, that the young m an h a d b een t he allege d cause of his brother's death, James Kelly, by f orc ing upon a quantity of spirits, of which he died on Monday-evening- The Magistrate granted a warrant, and pl ace d it 11 1 t he hands of Morris,the officer,who speedily arrived with the pug gentleman in custody. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased Was st work in the shop between two and three o ' c l oc k on 1110 n ~ ~ ...y afternoon, when a quantity of dirt or gravel s tones were f lll ll from the defendant's shop windows, and b ro k e one squar e- glass, part of which lodged in the deceased's head but was 9 n; taken out, and he bled profusely. lie immediately went 0er,,,„ the opposite shop for an explanation, wh en it a pp e ared e th ss l e i had been given to him a quantity of liquo r , w hi c h comPle te stupified him, and in less than an hour aft erwar d s , the dec was found lying on his back, at the defendant's door. . 11 re persons came up and carried him to his b ro th er ' s house, vt e A he was put to bed totally insensible, in which s t a te lie rernaln - { until he expired. A surgeon and other medical a ttendee ti l came, who bled him, and administered emetics, but witligg effect ; and from the general appearance, they had no hopes his recovery. The young gentleman, in his defence, stated, that when ' deceased came to his shop he was called down saying, Mr- g wished to speak to him, and on his stating what had haPr ot A the defendant said lie was very sorry, and made an lule j a . inquiry. The deceased replied he would freely forgive t' o l4 and asked the defendant to lend him two shillings, wh° him he would not : the deceased then said will you O w , something to drink, and he replied that he had no obJec t it ou t and brought forward a bottle of gin, of which he drank fie glasses—the deceased appeared to have had a little before• ce s, had known him for some time, and no animosity wka te t he existed between them. Had he had the least conceptio n it, liquor would hurt him, he certainly w ou ld no t h a ve givr i os and the deceased drank it with his own fr e e w ill. The is the same he drinks himself, and is positive nothing de la rious was in it. The clerk to the young man's father stated, he was p when the deceased came in, and witnessed what occarr,d, this witness fully corroborated his young master's defence! T of further said, he wished him not to take the last glass; the deceased fall, but did not observe his friends carrY only lead him by - the arms. iy Here the persons who assisted the deceased positive dared that they carried him. and Another witness fully substantiated the latter evidence4sid, begged him not to take the last glass, when the deceaSe!'' wit " 0 yes, I will; I drank ten glasses yesterday." Th l9 w ipt ness saw him go up to the Cock shop ; they were common glasses. bL The brother of the deceased and another person den' having drank the ten glasses. ont li The Magistrate said, the matter must rest at presen,- 0 10 the Coroner's inquest sits on the body, which will,n o esO, opened, and the medical gentlemen will attend. In tne.,, time he should hold the defendant to bail, in two Or e° 1001..acli. blO GUILDHALL.--Yesterday Charles Bond, a tCSPe the looking young man, was charged by Mr. Fisher, on e- Ware,= firm of Fisher, Stroud, and Robinson, wholesale Wa d y of housemen, Cheapside, with obtaining from them a qnan" p ooa thread bobbin lace, of the value of 651., by assuming we try's and address of a respectable dealer in lace in the enn a ho oo Mr. Fisher stated, that the prisoner came to his Wa r : IV on the 13th of this month, and said he was Mr. Jawe ner, of Woodstock, and that he wanted to purchase W e ' sen'' selected several pieces, and desired that they should no, to the Swan-with-two Necks, in Lad-lane, directed fo r 0 ,00 James Turner, Woodstock. After he had purchased the r efe l i ill the usual trade way, the witne s s asked him for a 0 once; he referred him to Messrs. Rogers, in Bread.streLeors• to Mould' and Co. Cornhill. The witness called on lor Rogers, and was so perfectly satisfied of the respeeta b 1 11 ;: i Mr. Turner, from the character given of him by 3le as is,l gers, that he thought it was unnecessary to apply tom and Co., and sent the lace to the Swan-with-two-ISee is oc"" rected by the prisoner. About ten d a ys afterwarn,.., s9 war, eight pieces of the lace were brought by a person w . ; to house to be valued, and he immedi a t e ly recognised toy part of the lace purchased by the prisoner in thal l e yosl h a Turner. He made inquiry, and found th e y were II with Mr. Reeve, a pawnbroker, by the prisoner; alto by Gentleman suspecting they had not been honestly '?„ ; d detained the whole 21 pieces that had been purcharl the witness by the prisoner. The invoice value of tiS e liv sixty-five pounds some odd shillings. He stated tha t e f t; received a message from the prisoner that morning) ing that he would consent that the examination ~'e ct ioL postponed to Monday next, to which he had no ofv e i t he xi; A Clerk of Mr. Harmer, the Solicitor, stated, thte getja soner wished to have the professional assistance of t" . •:a W'r": r man on his examination : but he was out of town, i" - ThOr h is not be able to attend before Monday next.—Alderen sl 2, Orr son, the sitting Magistrate, remanded the prisoner • examination to Monday next. o a e FLAGITIOUS OUTRAGE.—MOndaynight, O OfFO4-1 execrable ruffians broke into the stable of Mr. Wew-a s) _,, American Farm, Dagenham, Essex, and cut the m 5e71 1 ,.. manes of eight valuable horses, laid thei r flesh open. Of oi o r parts by some sharp instrument, and cut a large I s f flesh completely out from between the cars of one , r ektfi . animals. Mr. Webb attended yesterday at Laxubetb;'" . lice-office, and gave information of this act of brutal 3, 'gs' a Some poor wretch, in. attempting W rob 0 den in Lyncombe Vale, late on Sattaday night7 A t s Sunday morning, was caught in a steel trap, __nn",cnlit legs must have been mucu lacerated, as there w''',;" e lting 0 able effusion of b1„od, and a shoe and part of A 6 . ; 11 2 iff behind. There must have been several thieves in u"or,,, part of a wall was pulled down, and the wounded t f f r ay been conveyed away, as the traces of blood were "s"" ( Gloucester Journal.) COURSE OF EXCHANGE, August '27. Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam l2 8 Antwerp l2 6 Han►burgh 37 9 if Us Altona 37 10 2/ Us. Paris, 3 Day's sight 24 60 0 Us. Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Frank forton the Main Madrid Cadiz Bilboa 361 Effective Barcelona Seville Gibralta► Leghorn Ultima 'Jai-Venice, Ital. Liv. 27 50 Malta- 45 -Naples 3.91 Palermo .. Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin .... 94, Cul k 9i Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, i u Coin 1.0 0 0 pet Oz Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 111 ...-...—,„ -----...-..--.....,---- ' BIRTHS. r , P ( A iit On the 25th inst., at Hampstead, the Lady of s' a ' t. al of a son. ~.., k the P August 16, at Denford Lodge, Hungerford, m er- s ' of Edward Mount, Esq., of a daughter, otr i ; MARRIED. r e 'lle On Wednesday, the 21st instant, at Friends' 3.1 ' e -ti $ 4353 0 Shipston-on-Stour, James Sessions, of CharlbarYlies, io Mary, eldest daughter of Wm. Gillett, Esq., °f Dra 1 /0 1 " County of Warwick. miss 3 131 o f August 21, Mr. Edward Wood, baker, to pod' de August both of Whitstable. Jone' 17, Mr. Williams, farmer, to M iss 1 6e 5 Willesboroug qr. •'.,:." August 19, at St. Mildred's Church, CanterbuVA Ter Porter, sen. to Mrs. Catherine Bange, being i t . ./0° DIED, , 0 years', yir At the Vicarage, Lavendon, Bucks, ag ed ,; rii i )ie: a. 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