The Sun. — London, England, 1822-09-25 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. t:CTRACTi FROM THE D%1(.1' MORNING VA-PERS, September 25, 1822. [monNtslG cifitoNfcr.E.l There Call be no doubt, we understand,- but the Duke of Wellington'S !late . indisposition, from the effects of which, it appears, he has not yet been completely released, originated in the melancholy fate of the Marquess of Londonderry. It is said that the violent shock which his Grace received on his first learning the fatal news, was rather increased than mitigated by the re f.ections to which it gave occasion. The sincere friendship entertained by the Duke of Wel lington, in common with his whole family, for the late Minister, whom. in some respects, they iiewed as the head of their party in the Cabinet, cannot be questioned. His Grace, it is therefore alleged, laments exceedingly that he should either have so unguardedly mentioned his. apprehensions regarding mental delusion to Lord Londonderry, or after such a circumstance, have quitted the country without being secure of his Noble Friend's perfect safety. The re:,ult has been, we regret to add, a serious and almost uni form depression of spirits, which up to the period of his Grace's departure, neither moral nor medi cal assistance had been able effectually to remove. Perhaps, however, exercise and change of scene on the Continent,- together with the active em ployment of his mind at Congress, will restore the health of his Grace. - [Tile TIMES.] The official copy of a Royal Decree for the convocation of the Extraordinary Spanish Cortes is a most important paper, and will be followed,. we hope and trust, by consequences equally sa lutary to Spain herself and satisfactory to every constitutional Spaniard. The cause of freedom in the Spanish part of the Peninsula has been shamefully betrayed by the Court, by the func tionaries 'of the Executive Government, and in some cases, if not betrayed, left to shift for itself, even by the majority of the national re presentatives. By the Nation only has the Con- Ntitution been cherished and protected. Had it not found a sanctuary in the heart of the people, the conduct of their rulers would long ago have obliterated all trace of liberty from the soil of Spain. One promising characteristic of this Decree (the production of the present liberal Ministry). is. the frankness with which it avows the public emergencies, and enu merates those grand - objects to which the cares of the Legislature must be directed : sup plies of men and money are required, " to deli ver the country from-the factious bands which in fest the frontier provinces." There is no con cealment here—no vamping up of smooth and. groundless boastings, as to the strength of the GoVernment, and the insignificance of the dan ger. The language used is that of men who see their own situation, and are resolved to struggle with it, instead of flattering the people that they have no enemies to fear, and no obstacles to sur mount, in the road to f e rce and freedom. Nor are the Ministers less manly in their declaration, that many points of the highest importance await the Aie ' cision and activity of the Cortes in regard to Foreign States. How far we ought to-extend our construction of this (tile second) division of du ties assigned by Ministers to the Cortes, may be a matter of some hesitation„ Whether it he con -sideted applicable to• the disputes long since avowed with the Court of the Tuileries only, or to others less notorious With Austria and Rus sia, and which, it is presumed, may take a more serious character pending the assembly of the Congress, it affords a proof both of. spirit and wisdom in the Spanish Councils, that the Mi nistry should thus throw themselves - at once upon, the nation, and make common cause with it,. in determining the principles on which those who would separate the Crown from the people of Spain are to be treated with by the King's Go tern ment. [NEW TIM ES.] Our philanthropists and philanthropic News papers-having failed in their efforts to conjure . up a drasade in favour, of the Greeks, we wish. to. point out a new object to= their philanthropy. — The assembling of the COn.gress renders the present an auspicious moment for calling for the final extinction of the Slave Trade,. and we trust. they will combine their energies with ours- in pleading for so desirable a consummation. The whole Press of frurope r . ands the' voice . of every Party in Europe, might,. we think r triumph over the. efforts of two secondary Powers, when they would be supported by , every thing that could sanctify a cause, and would - only- be opposed by whatever could disgrace one. The aspect which this question at- present assumes is suf ficiently curious. The whole civilized world re-echoes with denunciations against—uot merely gross, corporeal, and visible, bat contingent, impersonal and impalpable slavery. Slavery, or ' whatever is mistaken for it, is made the object,. not of-passive animosity, but of fierce offensive. warfare ; and this, in violation of the highest moral and social obligations. However mankind' may differ in opinion as to what is, and what - is. not, freedom, all are unanimous in declaring that . what is actually slavery ought not to be tolerated. ieovernment and subject—legitimate and liberal, here forget their differeaces u and speak the same sentiments so far as regards.the question-in Me abstract. So much for the professed opinion• of all.,Esurope, and particularly of those countries. bir- which the Shire Trade- is exclusively carried on; and still 'this trade- is- continued , ! he . -children of Africa are still plunged into slavery,, not figurative, but real—consisting, not of fancied restraints, but of actual whips and' thains—and indicated,, not by the power or - Rulers, bat by the tortures Of victims— _ and this is dime - by that Europe whiali: is so' in cessantly birasthig of 'its detestation of slavery. -- 'Touching the law of the matter , --if 'it bb 'com petent for the great majority of nations' to decide on :points of. national la wr. the Slave Trade is a' gross infra - et - Ibn of the. law of nations. All the leading Powers, and - in truth alfthe Powers- of &trope, with two or three exceptions ); have solemnly declared it to be criminal and infamous. They have thus constituted it a crime, and their not having prohibited it is a matter purely technical. [MORNING POST.] - We received last night, by Express, Paris Journals to the 23d inst. The execution of Bodes, Goubin, Raoulx, and Pomier, the four officers sentenced to death for the Rochelle con spiracy, took place at a quarter past five o'clock on Saturday last. They were brought, at five o'clock in the morning, from the prison of Bi cetre to the capital, and shut Up in the Concier genie, where they received from the Abbe Montes the Consolations of religion.—At nine o'clock they offered to make revelations, and their late Judge, M. de Montmerque, President of the Court of Assize, repaired to the prison, attended by a Secretary. The interview lasted nearly two hours, and the nature of their revelations was probably communicated to the Ministers, as the execution was suspended for a time. It appears, • however, that they were not considered of suffi cient importance to save their lives ; and indeed, according to the Quolidienne, they were of no importance at all, and had no other object than to retard the fatal moment which was to put an end to their mortal existence. A little after five o'clock in the afternoon they were conveyed in two carts, and between two lines of soldiers, so great was the apprehension of some attempt being made for their rescue, 10 the Place de Greve, where they underwent their sentence. The Journal des Dc'iiats (a Ministerial print), and the Constdutionnel agree in stating that their conduct was manly and appropriate, and that all of them were attended by Ministers of Religion, to whose words they were listening with pious attention. The Quoiidienne alone, unwilling to allow that Liberals could show any respect for, and belief in, t!:e truths of Religion, even at the awful hour of de - - parting existence, asserts " that the condemned affected all the way to turn their heads in a di rection opposite to the Ecclesiastics, and that on reaching the scaffold Goubin exclaimed 'long live Liberty.'" Here the Ultra print and the Ministerial are quite at variance ; for the latter positively states that on reaching the scaffold - , in stead of displaying any political spirit, the four prisoners devoutly kissed the Crocifi:t. [51111:18I1 PRESS.' New York Papers to the 29. d last, state, that the yellow fever still existed in that city, but the cases reported were not numerous, and were con fined to Rector-street and its vicinity, the district where the infection first appeared. The Board of Health held daily sittings in New York, Sun days not - excepted, and exercised the strictest vigilance to prevent the spreading of the fever into' other quarters. Some doubts were ex pressed at one of the meetings of the Board, whether the physicians scrupulously fulfilled their duty in reporting all the cases of fever that came under their cognizance, to which course it was- insinuated they might he prompted by the anxiety of many families to prevent their s'tua ioa being publicly known ; but this charge, which, if true, would tend to keep the inhabi tants in ignorance of the real extent of their eanger, was by no means substantiated. The New York Papers bring intelligence from South America to the end of July, which states, that General Morales had embarked with his troops to join the Royalists at Porto Cavell°. He had been, chased by the Colombian squadron, which had touched at Curacoa, but the appear ance of a Spanish frigate caused the latter to give up the chase, and shape a different course. It must have been a feeble force that was frightened by a single frigate. Morales, thus left to pursue the object of his expedition,• has no doubt entered Porto Cavell°, the Patriot squadron by which that port was blockaded having found it necessary to retire, in order to escape the contagion which swept away great numbers of the garrison and the inhabitants.- [itORNINO IitRALD.] There is every • reason , . to hope—(it will, we 'do not hesitate to say, be matter- of hope and gratification to- every: person who - has not the' misfortune to have a taste for gross ignorance, superstition, and slavery) —that the servile • in surgents of Spain will; within a short time, be , 'annihilated. The total' defeat of the Navarrese .faction, though' still palliated by some of the Paris Journals, is. placed beyond a doubt. This was the sheet-anchor of the factious, not' only from superiority- of force, but' from propinqnity 'to the French frontier.- But the market at - , Bayonne for supplying the Spanish insurgents , -- and the Bayonne Committee for the fabrication and-circulation of false news in - their,favonr, are' also'likely to find a more'powerful remonstrant 'against their practices, than the Spanish Ambas sador has-yet proved, with the French Govern ment, The losses-and disappointments of the mer chants of Bayonne r and'other . great towns having commercial intercourse with Spain, have induced them to complain of the aid supplied from the frontier territory of ?ranee to the banditti on the other side,. who injure/ and embarrass; commerce, by - plundering couriers and' travel lers,.. and retarding or intercepting. correspond ence. These,. however, are - net the: principal data frorn which we infer the speedy-extinc tion of the insurrection , . The important •fact is the convocation - of the Cortes ow the 7th of October,• and the frank and derisive :manner in which the exigencies of Spain are Sulk- Initted to them. It has a-lways been the pol-icy • of the weak or wavering. Ministers hitherto, who Were anxious to keep well with the party that' ruled the Kit% in the Closet---but who wanted daring openly. to at-tack the• Constitution—to evade the calling of the Cortes-'—or to sub.... mit -to them imperfect measures when assem 'tie& The present Ministry has, on the other 'hind,. procured their early • romvocntion„ aits.d sub:. .initted to them with frank cess the two great exigencies which they-have to - provide ..fOrre- Sources- in' men and-money to' enable the Exe .Cutive to-c-ensh fottioe—anet aistrong resolution, and 'adequate . national defence, . to guard the independence.. of Spain- agititist those - Foreign 'Powers,. who have shown- a.. illsposition; to con• ,spire against it.• If the Cortes and , the Exrcn-' tive prove as energetic and successful as there is every appearance that they will be, the Congress of Verona, when it ultimately resolves s will no longer find an auxiliary, or a pretext hi the in ternal disorders of Spain. SAD CATASTROPVE-TWO FEMALES LOST THEIR LIVES. Monday evening, about six o'clock, a most melancholy occurrence took place in the Braad way, Westminster, and two females, we are sorry to say, Were killed. By inquiry on the spot, we learn the following particulars :—The house of Mr. Fox, a grocer, hr the Broadway,- was about to undergo a repair in front, and for that purpose scaffolds were erected: There were two large scaffold poles more than were netes. ,- sary, and Mr. MASTERS, Jun. the builder said they should not be‘ sent home, bat he would have them lashed to ale poles already fixed. Mr. MASTERS ordered the men to place them by the side of the scaffolding, and himself went up to the top scaffold, to tie them with ropes ; whilst so doing, the ropes slipped, and he fell backwards,. and narrowly escaped being precipitated to the • ground and being dashed to pieces. The moment the ropes gave way the poles fell, and Mrs. Bisnop, a married- woman, far advanced in preg= nancy,-and Miss ALDRIDGE, the daughter of Mr. A. a plumber in l)acre-street, Westminster, who were passing by, were both struck by the poles. They fell upon the groulicl' _in a state of insensi bility, both sadly injured about the head and back. They were conveyed to the Westminster Infirmary. One of them died the moment she arrived, and the other soon afterwards. Several persons passing at the moment very narrowly e,caped.- Miss ALDRIDGE was a very interesting young woman, and the grief occasioned by the fatal circumstance to her family is scarcely to be conceived. Mrs. Bisnor lets left one child, and her husband on hearing of her death, was in a state of inconsolable grief. An Inquest was to . be held on+ the bodies this day.- BuLLoCK HuNTrso!—Yesferdav a great many fellows amused themselves in the I\f'ew-road, near Pentonville, to the imminent danger of those who were going quietly about their business, with the brutal pastime of bullock-hunting. The poor animal they goaded was enraged to a very great degree, and must have done mischief had' not the utmost activity been used by those who found it necessary to avoid him. His pursuers were frequently obliged to climb upon railings and lamp-posts, as he often turned round to resent such cruelty. Application was made by some of the respectable inhabitants of the neigh bourhood to the constables, who, surprising as it may appear, were' not to be seen where the bullock hunting took place. It may be neces sary to give a spur to the zeal of the constables and persons who are often engaged in informing where the business of an informer is not quite so honourable an employment, that the New Police Act has increased the penalty for bullock hunting considerably, and that the whole of the penalty is given to the informer. The following is part of a section of the Act which punishes the of fence :—" And whereas, by an Act passed in the 21st year of his late Majesty, entitled, An Act to prevent the mischiefs that arise from driving cattle within the cities of London and Westminster, and liberties thereof, and Bills of Mortality, a penalty not exceeding 20s. nor less than 55., is imposed on every person not being hired or employed to drive cattle, who pelts with stones or brickbats, or by any other means drives. or hunts away, or sets any dog at any ox, without the consent of the owner er his servant ; and whereas the said penalty has been found insufficient to deter evil disposed persons from the practice of hunting bullocks, be it therefore further enacted, that if any person shall pelt, &c. contrary to the provisions of the said Act, such persons shall, upon being convicted thereof, for feit and pay, on the first conviction,-any sum not exceeding 40s. nor less than `2os. to the person shall prosecute such offender to conviction ; and in default of payment shall be committed to the House of Correction, there to he kept to hard labour for any term not exceeding two months on the first conviction, nor five months on the second ; and every future conviction in the manner prescribed by the said last recited Act." There were some amongst the most active of the bullock hunters well able to' pay the heaviest penalty. ACCIIANT.-The following fatal accident oc curred on Wednesday night last, at Brompton Pitra more, widow, of Wood-street, feeling herself unwell took sonic opium before retiring to rest, and had prepared some other me dicine to take when she awoke next morning. It appears, however, that she took too large a dose of the opium, as she never awoke more, though her pulse continued to beat the whole of the ensuing day. ALARMING FlttE. 7 - 7 -Tflursday night, about II o'clock, a fire broke out in an old tenenierit, at the corner of Lady \VM, at the foot of the West Port, which at one time presented a terrific'appearance.: The building was inhabited by several' families of poor people, the noise and screams of whom, in effecting their escape, occasioned greet and immediate consternation in the - neighbourhood. The engir et were promptly , on the' spot, and by their exertions the fire was confined to the premises where it originated, which, however, were burnt to the Vound.—There arc va rious reports as to the origin' of the fire, but it is gene rally understood to have - been occasioned by a candle inmatci, fall ing on one - of the miserable pallets of the coin posed of shavings or straw, on which most of the wretched inhabitants slept, and from concurring statements, there is too much reason to believe it occurra during one of those drunken broils for which the late premises *erelong notorious. There was a plentiful supply of water, IVIr. Lamont, the brewer; and `others in the 'neighbourhood' ivho hadwells, having with praise. , worthy - alacrity thrown open their premises. No lives were ,lost, but one man got his leg fractured by a beam falling upon The pickpockets were extremely numerous and active on :the oceasiOn, several of whom were apprehended. A detach-. ment of the 13th regiment arrivetlsoen after the fire broke out, by-whom order was preserved. The building hasiong been condemned, and, exclusive of the . turbulent inhabitants it har boured, cOnld only be considered es a' nuisance, projecting, 4.4 , ktdid, in the narrowest part ()idle Set.----(/;diaLurgli Cot wont, Sepf;2l.) ' The oil ( 9 tuns and 158 gallons); the produce the wluile which was taken a few weeks Ago. upon the coast of Vorthutoberl f intl; and the right to which had become an oh ,iect of disptite betwee.n.tivn great landowners; upon whose pro perty it had. been "essi4 wail on Monday last Ltlie JOth) ,ta ken PQ3sestion of in behalf Of the (grown; by a special 43 .& r f rom the AdMioilty...—(2V`eatOdtk .C ' °ltra" ) On Wednesday last' new ;viteat of good qua, lhy was selling.: in. Edinburgh-market it 44, and 4s. 3d. a bushel.—(Seotsman.), POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Gi/ADHALL.- - --Aurt Freeman, whose first examination was • detailed in our Paper of yesterday, was again brought up before Mr. Alderman Cox, and notwithstanding the very inconclu siVe nature of the evident produced to criminate her, Mr. 3lonney, the solicitor, again attended to persist in prosecuting her for a felony, He commenced his proceedings yesterday by desiring a small quantity of tea, wrapped up in a little bit of whitey-brown paper, to be thewn to her, and wished her to say how she got it?—The girl very readily replied she bought it. Mr. Money was abotit to proceed further in this curious sort of examination Of a prisoner, when he was interrupted by the Magistrate; Who said bcfore he could suffer such an un usual course to' be proceeded in, it was his duty to caution the prisoner, and accordingly addressing the girl, told her that she was not bound to answer any q:tieitions that might criminate herself, and consequently, she might, if she chose, refuse an swering Mr. Monney's questions. Mr. Monney, however, proceeded, and asked the prisoner where the got a small quantity of coffee there was in a bag pro duced ? The girl, notwithstanding the canner', fearlessly replied that she bought it. Mr. Monney, with a view of catching her in Some contradic tery statement, was proceeding to question her as to time, place, and quantity, when the Magistrate again interrupted. He could not, he said, suffer such an examination of a prisoner to go on. If Mr. Monney was prepared to swear that any of these trifling articles were his property, or if he had any other evidence of her guilt, it would he his duty to commit her for trial ; but at present there was no evidence that the prisoner had purloined the articles ; they were not found in her posses , sion, nor did it appear that such articles had been missed. Hawkins, the Marshalman, begged to be heard a few words: The prisoner, he said, had applied at this office on Friday to obtain a summons against her master and mistress for detain ing her clothes, and refusing to pay her her wages. He in quired of her what was the reason of the refusal, and learning that her mistress had charged her with stealing some tea, he cautioned her, if she had done so, to mind what she was about She replied she had nothing to be afraid of, for she had bought it, and some of it she had had by her for four or five months, and on this assurance he agreed to go to her mistress. She boldly accompanied him . . Mrs. 3lonney refused to do any thing till her husband came home, and the girl was to call again. She went again of her own accord, and it was not till then an officer Was sent for to take her into custody. Mr. Monney was highly indignant at this interference, and applied the epithet " fellow" to the Marshalman, who was about to reply with some warmth, when the Magistrate in terposed, and begged Mr. Monney to proceed with his evi dence. Two sheets of half-dirty draught paper were then pro duced by Mr. Mooney, which his lady swore she found in the servant's drawer in the kitchen. The drawer, however, was always unlocked ; nobody could swear how the paper got there; nor could Mr. Monncy identify it as his property. The Alderman again observed upon the impossibility of his committing the prisoner upon such evidence. Was there any property he could swear to found in the possession of the pri :soner Mr. MorineY, finding the opinion of the Magistrate against him, turned to the girl, and said openly,—" If you choose to tell me who broke my window, I'll net proceed any further against you." Ile had previously assighed as a motive for not desisting from the prosecution, that if he did, all his win dows would go to rack through some of her acquaintanceS; The Alderman was obliged again to interpose, and asked, Was there any other evidence to produce? Mr. Monne) , here exhibited an old dirty gilt seal, not intrin- - sically worth a penny, which had been found placed openly on one of the shelves in the kitchen. The feelings of a large audience, which had with difficulty been suppressed at the exhibition of the dirty paper, on the pro duction of the seal broke out into a very general and: audible titter of laughter. Mr. Folkes, a grocer, in Silver-street, who was accidentally at the office on parish business, recognized the girl, and spoke of her having frequently purchased articles of grocery from hinn. Ile thought it impossible to swear to the identity of the articles by comparison. A former mistress of the prisoner's, a Mrs. Lee, of Basing hall -street, pressed forward and gate her an excellent charac ter: The girl had lived with her seven months, and she had never missed the value of.aneedlefull of thread ; her conduct for sobriety and civility was exemplary, and she zlfould be most ready to take her again if she wanted a servant. " What !" said Mr. Monnty, " after this charge ?" " Yes, Sir," replied Mrs. I.e'e, " after this Charge." .. The Magistrate at length put an end to this curious affair by declaring that there was no sufficient evidence of the prison er's guilt to warrant his committing her, and he" should there fore order her to be discharged. The girl now applied to have her clothes deUered to her; which Mr. Monney consented to do at the same time request ing that the Artitlcri tied uplit a handkerchief might be detain ed by the offiter; as he should certainly prefer a bill of indict ment against her before the Grand Jury. Bow-STREET.— TIIE COAL TRADE.—Yesterday Mr. Martin King, of Back-lane, in St. George's in the East, ap-- peared before Mr. Minshull, on an information charging him Under the Coal Act, with sending out and vending 32 sacks of coals (two and a half chaldrons), they being under the statute measure. A variety of eVidenee was given to proVe that the sucks did not contain the quantity specified by law. It was proVed on - the other side, that instead of thirty, there were thirty-three - sacks in the waggon, which made up the full quan tity. After some discussion, the Magistrate expressed his de termination to fine the accused in 2s. per sack. Mr. HARMER. for the defendant, gave notice of an appeal, not to the Q.zarter Sessions, but to a' higher tribunal.- lIATTON Ga F.N.—S3t AL - PDX.—In consequence' of an anonymous letter received by the Magistrates at this Office, that a most pestilential small-pox was' raging in Great Saf fron-hill, of which upwards of sixteen children then lay dead, and that it was dangerous for persons not having had that 'Oath some disorder to pass that way for fear of the infection, from the manner that the children, covered with disorder, were suf fered to be - carried about and exposed in the open air, they caused the Parish Of to inquire into the case, and yester day Mr. Savingnay, the' Beadle, waited on the Magistrates for that purpose. He stated that the small-pox was very com mon in Great Saffron-hill and its vicinity, but that it was not attended with the great mortality represented, as from what he Was able to learn, the number of deaths from that disordtT not exceed aboN'e ten or eleven during the last week or fortnight, and that persons going along the street were in no danger hom the disorder, as the children who had it were not perniitted to be taken out into the street, but were kept within doors. That the cause of the disorder being so common about that neigh bouritoOil; was the neglect of the parents to take them to be vaccinated. The Magistrate complimented the parish officers for their vigilance in preventing the danger from spreading. MARLIIOROUGII-STIVEZT.—WAN TON ASSAULT.--Yes terday a Nlr. King, a gentleman who sings in the chorus of Covent-garden Theatre, appeared on a warrant charging him With an assault upon the person of Capt. Hall, R.N. on Saturday evening last. It was stated in evidence that Capt. Hall was, on the above evening, walking with a lady, and followed by a beautiful Spanish dog, through Russell-street, when the de fendant, who was in a state of inebriety,- crossed the street, and, staggering towards the lady, abruptly prevented her from proceeding.- The Captain remonstrated with him on the im propriety of his conduct, and begged him to allow the lady tb proceed ; but this address only produced a repetition of the insnit, and a volley of terms not always used among gentlemen. The captain then made the defendant loose his hold of the lady, and gave him a slap on the face. The de fendant then, with a large stick, proceeded to inflict summary punishment upon the Captain, who quickly disarmed him ; but the defendant then made use of his feet, and kicked the Captain several tittles violently ; and having regained possession of the stick, he struck the little dog who was following the Captain a violent blow on the back, which killed it on the spot. Captain Hall then gave him into the charge of a watchman, who lodged him in a watchhouse. Several persons of respectability, who witnessed the transaction, confirmed the' Captain's statement. The defendant declared he was first insulted by Captain Hall, and the dog few at hiin, and attempted to bite his heels.— Capt. Hall denied this ; the animal, it would be proved, actually did not interfere; it was only' folb., and it could not he sup posed that so small an animal would act so decidedly ; the poor animal as a very great favOttrite, and he would not have taken 500 guineas for it.—The Magistrate informed the defendant he must find bail to appear at the Sessions.—The defendant har ing no bail ready, and stating he was a house-keeper, he eras ,allowed to depart on putting to his own sureties of 801. to at)- Jear when called on.—The Captain. declared he should indict ima. QUEEN SQUARE. —lVlYsTritious AFFAIR.— A little chimney sweeper, Awned nomw Jqinel, apparently not wore than ten or eleven years old, was hrought . up on a charge of robbing two master sweeps. It was proved by.two waster chimney sweeps, whom the boy bad successively served, that he had _stolen a silver watch and aPPendages, and six or seven shillings in money. He had run away from his first master after robbing him of his watch. James Shield, the Bow-street patrol, stated, that while in his custody on Monday 'evening the prisoner told him that hei,a sold the watch and appendagesfor one'shilling, to a short stout gentleman, at a shop in l'oohqtstreet. Shield and another of the P4O O l took the boy over to Tooley-street yesterday morn ring; and desired him to walk on and show them the shop he had ,spoken of. He led them a considerable distance down that street, and coming to a shop which answered the description hc had mi vnutely given the . night before, he'said that warthe shop, and 151 going in he singled out the proprietor from three or fou r? sons who were present, and said, th a t was the gentleman fir? , gave him a shilling for the watch. The person so point ed answered the personal description given by the prisoner 034 i), previous night, but on being charged denied the truth ° I prisoner's statement, and readily consented to accompany officers to this office for examination. thst The prisoner again repeatedly averred and maintaine 4 the person whom he had pointed out was the same, that he given him a shilling for the watch, which he divided with 8 1 ,01 he had before named, as his accomplice and seducer, and he has not seen since. th e The tradesman in question disclaimed all knowledge ° f boy, and of the transaction. i The Magistrate said, that from the respectability of h °tiler pearance, he should by no means be inclined to entertata Tv, • smallest suspicion of his character ; b u t th a t he must rec :gic mend to him to accompany the officers an d Mr. Monre/ H to Tooley-street, and permit that p er s on to examine 7 - bo a watches and other articles in his possession, such as ha d g ot described; and under the peculiar ci rcums t anc es of the P re o, case, he must request him to enter into his own recogni z e for and to find two sufficient persons as s u reti e s in 401. ca c r' to r, his appearance to answer any charge arising out of this o' that may be hereafter preferred against hint. a 3 0 . The boy was committed for furth e r e xa mination; a ll dep Moore, with the two Bow-street Pat r ol, accom p a nied the tra man in question home, in order to inspect the watches, St c 'i. his possession. GLASGOW ASSIZES, SEPT. 17. Thomas Brown, Catherine Coote, James llolrnes, allag Leti 0)40 tern, and Mary Jarvis, alias Nimmo, a li a s Ruth Law' „ l ici the Badger, were found guilty of severa l ac ts of thef t, " Ihdines and Mary Jarvis of being reputed thieves. l ying Lord 31EADOWBANK addressed them in nearly words :—You have all of you been convicted of the v loo, crimes of theft, aggravated by being habit and repute colnlo, thieves. Catherine Coote is the only one who has made a ce i. o f did confession of her guilt. All the rest of you, in the fs your own denial, after a patient trial, have been convicted f the an intelligent Jury, and had it not been for the leniency o ut. public prosecutor, all of you had forfeited your lives to the . 0 , raged laws of your county. The law has annexed a of ment to your crime, and the sentence of the law is—th at you be transported for fourteen years.—(Here Jarvis ex.c .1 , 3 t or nut 14 ',', 3e , " That's no lang !")—His Lordship continued.of you shall be sent to the east or to the west, to a he a Toate unhealthy climate, I cannot tell. Here Cathcrine,, said—" Send me to the west." Never in my life " a 'tf'. seen females' so hardened and so deeply sunk in depraY e i l u Your sentenced is not yet pronounced, and it might b o# creased in' severity ; but never shall private feelinV ehe re• my mind, or cause me to aggravate punishment. " laf f, ever you do go, you will not meet with such lenien t tlt or experience so much mercy, as you have done J r ' i n be country. In the place to which you will be sent, you l e' . a nd kept at hard labour by persons whose duty it is to do sc;011 if you deviate the least from good conduct, your crinlej. conduct you to trial, and from trial to the scatfold. ship then in an impressive and feeling manner advised tliceftlie consult the welfare of their immortal souls, and repen t . crimes of their past lites. In your present temper and atsf ol f Lion, continued his Lordship, I have no expectation ti? observations will awaken you to a sense of your wickear'out but when you are stretched on a death-bed (if you die i f,'o4 the follo beds), you will wish you had attended to their import when kept to hard labour by t h e l as h o f a t e mporal v s , tioner, you wlll be made fully sensible of the hapPin e l a t." have forfeited. in this country by your criminal con the sentence of transportation was then pronounced 0 1 ) ,,. ° 1 t h prisoners, when Janis, before . being led off, cried out INV a very indignant and audible voice—" You're se nding " es , o fine thieves to Botany ; when go there I'll be the nits° , s DO them. Ye might a gi'en us the rape, I'm sure the belt PC sae deaf—ye may—(the concluding sentence is too inde e d cis!' repetition). Catherine Coote was eually hardened 51) 1 0' lous; she continued laughing, a nd making inaudible elist`eucte dons during Lord- Meadowbank's address, and when was pronounced upon her, she cried—" Thank Y o ' l ' !, skipped lightly down stairs. . - g i POLICE COURT, EDINIIURGII—A case °fu ;I „ npo fti f me •- ;to the public was decided in this Court, on the 19th inst-'lbef' ',at an auction of what was stated to be a bankrupt stick 'dashery goods purchased 2 plaids for the sum ot 2l.BS. 4( ''„f . the auctioneer described as consisting of silk, as being; e rsly, "size, that they h a d cost e ac h th ree guineas, and were I. jo in , sold for threeguineas and a half each. On afterwards esiora her purchase the Lady discovered that she had been 101 l upon by afalse description, the attached fringes and how,: c are' being of silk, while the large figured ends, and the '', r o e , borders, were of cotton, and they were b es id es of a sroal le i er&, than usual. She therefore applied for h er m oney, and ° Oil': back the goods ; and the auctioneer not complying. sb°, b, a complaint against him. Upon the hc-iring of wh ic ch , tb" Court ordered llim to restore the price, he getting 01 ,Vir goads, and lie was also found liable in the expences. burgle Courant.) rB On Saturday morning two good swinuil e a r c °l 4; one equipped with Lieutenant Morton's invention' , ;I d w he natcd his Marine propelling Gloves and Slippers , . t in t ' n f other unaided by artificial means, started from a o " fo ose,,r, middle of the River opposite to ;Hill-bank, for the 1 .11 making a comparative experiment upon their velocitie7oall water was rather too cold for the occasion, notwith s . rie d which, however, the contest was vigorously main t tio bA about a minute, when the former succ e eded in siw d bin) '', adversary the soles of his slippers, and soon convince the inutility of further pursuit. The above simple S l i o caaP c o attaches to the hands and feet nearly in the saT e ne rti; and with as much facility as a pair of gloves and sl i P n onl i o, a precautionary step they are made sufficiently b , °- ./ 11 04,, 0 t guard against accidents from the cramp. The pri°,4 i , vantage is not, however, derived from their hnoY B "reli from the extended surface, which, on the sligh 03t h iliog they oppose to the resistance of the water, thus en 3 " 0 .4 wearer to propel himself forward with much greater o fforO to j velocity than can be effected by the inadequate mealtoeB , by nature. This invention may probably prove ins . ,a Pge in effecting a communication between the shore o",,,ith wrecked vessels by enabling a person to swim on $ llO3 O lO O end of a lead-line, &c. in cases where it would bc cable without such assistance. ..---, COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Septenibrr g 4 'c,f , xnistvi dam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam l2 9 littwerp. 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Cie , On Tuesday, the 24th inst., at Christchurch, Se,Tre.napiY' John Allen, R.N., to Mary, y oung est daughter 0 1 .`" 0 0 " - ley, Esq. • fitrec t ipolo 4 ' On the 31st ult., Mr. Samuel Cook, of Alle:,. r d man's-fields, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Rac 1 ' .............., 1 .... . ~...., ,,.....0 " Esq., of Calipers-hall, in the county of Herts. - , f 5 4 / 4 DIM) ' Cifor' On Monday the 23d inst., a . t his son's bop:e J r , m ... . , ,- 11 -• ) Wm. Dowding, Esq., of Upper Thoinhatigh-wog of. square, aged 70. • c rinF i coi l ' On Saturday last, at Peckham, after a 1 11. 1 g- Ore/ near 20 years, Mrs. Bee, aged 69, wife of Mr...t.'••• t o nn. merchant, Bankside, Southwark. *pal, ; l ow. On the Kith inst. in the 24th year of her age , to ja,. daughter of the late Rev. 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