The Sun. — London, England, 1822-09-28 00:00:00

Ti! E • LONDON -.IOtAt•NALS. 'EXTRACTS FltdM 411:0:" DA li.Y ifORN-TNG PATERS, September 28 ) 1522. • 11149RN'ING POST.]' . WhUst•MOilarehS withhold even the most corm rnonanarksi:of sympathy from the Greeks, indi vidual,zeal, is actively employed.hr their behalf on some- parts of the Continent. At Tubingen, Schatfenhausen, Zurich, Stuttgardt, Darmstadt, and - other towns of South. Germany, the Profes sors, the .Literati, and distinguished men of all classes-, who. are not immediately dependent upon power,. have united to form a Society for• the en couragement and assistance. of the Greeks.. A general assembly ,of the Dirputies of these dif ferent Associations was held.:at, Stuttgardt, on the 15th inst. under the presidency of Mr.. Schott, an able Counsellor,.. , Ancient Member of . -the Chamber .of Wurtemberg, and- one of those whose intelligence has most effectively contributed to the preservation of the ex-' isting Constitution.. In this Sitting it was agreed' to organise a battalion of sik hun ,dred rnen l which, should be put under the orders of Kephalas, of Greek extraction, the r same individual who iwas 'the first to mountOe breach at the storming of Tripolizza, who, fought at Leipsig under German colours, and who has been for:sorne time an inhabitant of 'Zurich. This. battalion is destined to serve as a nucleus to other—auxiliary corps. It will be. equipped completely in the European fashion, .and furnished even with a military band. None will be received into it butindividuals who have, served a certain number of . years -in European armies, and can. prove their characters.by unde niable certificates, and those besides who can freely dispoSe ,of their persons without con :travelling . any of the ..duties ..which they may have contracted: towards their country.. They be required i -to make their way. singly' to a . port fixed upon by the Association, where they will receive' their arms _and baggage. M. Hoff man, a richmerchant of Darmstadt, has purchased ,for the Association, at the very moderate priced" about four . 0131Angs. and• si.x.penee each, fol i N thousand muskets, which were formerly destined for the armament of .the Laudwehr, suppressed in 1819. It has been ascertained that the Prus sian Minister at Darmstadt has been authorised to grant passports to, those who -wish to . go the destined point of meeting, without asking any queOions on the subject of their journey. •. [THE TrnEs.] The Paris Papers Of Wednesday, which arrived last night, have brought no intelligence. There'are in all the Jonrnals, accounts from Madrid, but not, of later, lite _than those we have already given. The kurniti des Debuts, bas given some details respecting the Greeks, from the Oriontal Spectator; but the events alluded to are prior. to the alleged. defeat of the Mks in the Pelopon, riesuS: The article itself uninteresting, and the French , JOurnalist . Perhaps inserted it for the .oppor,tunity it has afforded him of'making some comments which he has appended in tlie,..form of notes„ He ridicules the idea that the Turks, in the ease of .their complete, triumph, would: 100k,.t0. the advantage which might be derived from the Greek marine, and therefore refrain from destroying it. The Turks, he observes, make no such calculations ; and they are,. besides, counselled by certain Europeans who like to see no marine,' either military or mercantilei any where else except in their own ports England (for it must have " been already understood that we allude to.her) 4C has great interest in permitting the destruction " of' the Greek mercantile marine, which con " sists of froM io,dpo to 112,000 vessels, and . has engrossed all the carrying track; of the Levant." Such are the insinuation's which, with reference to the Greek contest, now frequently find a place even in •the most respectable of the Paris journals. [RRJTISU PRESS.] The Paris Papers - to the . 25th bave arrived. T.he defeat of the 'Turks, in two successive battles in the Morea, which has been so long the subject' of discussion, is repOrted in the Drapeazt Blanc, with the important addition that the Greeks have be - en masters of the town and citadel of Corinth since the 21st August. The,Drapead Blain:, as may be, inferred from its title, is an Ultra Paper, of no friendly disposition to the Greek cause. — This circumstance strengthens the credit due to the intelligence, w Welt is also copied into the Moniteur. It is likewise to beobserved in its support that the intelligence comes from Y,enice. It ,has been objected to the. previous accounts that they. had been all derived from - the saMesOurce;and rested upon a single atithority, viz. Captain Vidali, who arrived at Leghorn from Spezzia with the Greek bulletins, given in The. British Press of the 23d inst.. The present account free from' that ob jection ; it comes through a new channel. The news from Spain is in general of an uncertain character. General Mina had arrived at Lerida with an intention to attack the seat of the Ser vile Regency. -'Tie. Chief of Quesada's staff boasted thatiP a few days .they should. sing 'Te Deuni in. Pampeluna. , [NEW,..frlmts.] At an advanced hour last night we received. the Paris Papers of Wednesday last ;but the in telligence they supply ivith respect to Spain and Greece has been anticipated, end the domestic news they contain has nothing to recommend it to the attention .of the 'reader. Advices from Augsburg of.thel9th of this_ month assert that the principalities of Vv.Tallachia and Moldavia still, remained on their. ancient footing, and the llospodars, who left- . .. Constantinople on the 25th .of August, last„ found the princi ,•' ,pahties overwhelmed. with misery. It is added, ihat t the Turks overran the country for the pur poses of assassinAtio,u,a,nd..theft.—Accounts from Berlin of the 15th mention the rumour of a mar r . riage ,between the King ..of Prussia_ and the divorced Queen of Sweden,-, who was formerly the consort of Gustavus : the Fourth-; and it is added, in corroboration, of this report, that his . Prussian Majesty,: iu, his way. to Verona. will pass through CarlSruhe, the usual` residence ofl the Ex-Queen - and her Son, and that he will be attended by M. de Witzlebec and M. Albrecht,. It is asserted that the Spanish Government have applied to the Court of Rome in order to obtain a Bull of Sechlarization in favour of such persons - who shall forthwith quit the nunneries and cloisters on the assignment of pensions for life. Letters Porn Vaucluse state that the vintage was completed on the 10th of the present month, and observe that the vines bordering the Rhine were much superior in quality to the produce of Igll. It is remarked, in a recent letter from Vienna, that, notwithstanding the great circumspection with which the Austrian Observer is conducted, it has inserted a literal translation of the ani mated and loyal Address from the Regency of Seo d'Urgel to King Ferdinand VII. [MORNING. HERALD.] It has been said that the Government derives more advantages from the freedom of the Press than the people. One of these advantages is, that the language of the Press, where publication is free, can never compromise the Government with foreign nations ;—whereas in countries where publication is under absolute controul, the Government may be supposed to speak in every Journal. There is, hoWever, a partial exception where the Press is free—in the case of those Journals that enjoy the patronage and are recog nized in some degree as the echoes of the Ministry. These are supposed to utter the sentiments of their patrons, and in some degree to compro mise them. How are we to understand the lan guage, which a Ministerial Evening Paper ap plies to the present Monarch and Government of Spain ? Is it to be supposed that his Majesty's Ministers sanction this patronized Journal in calling the Government of Spain a band of " rebels," " traitors," anirchists," "%Oast that Government is in a state of amity with ours, and whilst there is a Spanish Minister duly received in London ? It is true that such language is not peculiar to this paper. But the other soi•disant Ministerial Journals which indulge in this gross treatment of a friendly power, are excused by a daubing style of declamation—a want of discrimi nation and taste, in the use of words and topics, which can scarcely be urged in excuse of this Paper. But that it misinterprets the sentiments of the Ministers of this country, seems to us beyond a doubt. Referring to Lord Castlereagh's protest against the doctrines put forth by the Northern Potentates, upon the violent occupation of Italy, is it possible to suppose that the colleagues of the Noble Lord could now abandon the very principle which he then reserved ? He contended' (as clearly as his peculiar style would admit),. that nations had a right to "effect internal changes in their political institutions—and that foreign Powers should interfere only, when these changes directly threatened them with danger. [MORNING CIIRONICIA.] If the Marquis of Anglesea should obtain the Government of India, we may expect to see a strange revolution either in the society of Cal cutta, or in the habits of the Noble Marquess. We would not prematurely express an opinion upon this subject ; but we cannot resist the temptation of making a few, remarks for the benefit of those by whose decision - our antici pations may be destroyed or con*med.—The establishment of an " Almack's" at Calcutta would be a most edifying improvement to the society of that place. We understand, that at present, the best society of Calcutta is com posed indiscriminately of all persons who have the means to share its expenses, and whose edu cation, station, or character, give them the disk tinctive appellation of " respectable." But a man's respectability would, by a London 46 Fa shionabla Exclusive " be considered a most bar barous, vulgar reason fur admission into " good so ciety." Rank, ancient lineage, or fashionable noto riety, can alone preserve a respectable Gentle man and his family from being classed by "'Tie Committee of AJmack's" amidst the ‘C Tag 'Rag and Bob Tail" of this low lived world.— " The Bengal squad—nobody—some new people from India—a bedizened Indian Queen—a vulgar Nabob;" " Tag Rag and Bob Tail— ppople whom nobody knows—impertinent up starts—black blood !" These are- the familiar phrases of our fashionable exclusives, when speaking of a respectable family from India, the Chief of which has perhaps ruined his hehlth and wasted the best years of his life in banishment, and in the acquirement of a fortune for his children by the exercise of his talents,. industry and patience.—These exclu sives make themselves sufficiently notorious.— We need but name one of them; but we do know a f6mily, the members of which, men, women, and children, may be considered perfectly pure and fashionable par excellence, the stem and main branches of real good style." The ititroduc , tion of these polite refinements would be a pleas ing novelty to the Society of Calcutta, and its members could not but feel grateful to the Hon ourable Directors for such an attempt to enliven their dull and respectable amusements. Almost everybody has heard the hacknied JOE MILLER joke of the Irish footman, who refused to tell his master's name, when he called at the post-office for his letters. This, however improbable, is -equalled, by the following lact, which occurred in this country, not many years ago : A countryman, residing between Arbroath and Montrose, was in the practice of depositing small sums occasionally in the bank at Arbroath. At last, from some motive which he deemed prudential; he conceived it might be as well to make his next deposit in the bank at Montrose: He accordingly went there, and handing a certain sum across the counter, in quired if they would keep that fothim ? "0 yes," replied the banker : " What is your name ?" " What's your business we my name, Sir—Just gi'e me a bit of paper," said the coun tryman, with an indignant air. "We cannot. give a receipt till we know your name and place of abode," replied the Banker. " Od, you're owre quisitive fo'k for me !—Provost —of Arbroath never speers my name, ner yet where I bide : Ile just gi'es me a paper at ance: Sae, Sir, either gee me a paper, or my Biller back at ain, ony of them you like." Would you let us look at one of Provost —'s papers," said the Banker. "0 ay, Sir." A receipt from the Bank in Arbroath was now produced : in consequence of which they were enabled to give a proper voucher for the deposit.— " Now, Sir, could ye no-dune that at first, an' 'saved yoursee a' that fasherie ?" said the countryman, putting up his papers without looking at theat.--(Edinburgh Observer..) PIRACY AND MURDER. (From the Jamaica Raja Cet-ctic of Ake. 3.) The following affidavit details a most horrid and diabolical 'att of piracy and murder. The circumstance'- M been laid before the Admiral, at which he expressed great abhorrence : he stat ed that the ,f4st brig of war he could get hold of should be stationed in the quarter where the piracy lvds committed ; and that he was in hopes that some of our cruisers would capture one of those scoundrels, to enable him to make an example : (COPY.) JAMAICA, SS.—Personally appeared before me, one of hiO Majesty's Justices of, Peace, Hugh Hainilton, mariner, win; being duly sworn, rnaketh oath and saith, he sailed as mate on board the sloop Blessing, William Smith, master ; and had made three voyages from the port of Gracabe - ssa, in this island, to St. Jago de Cuba ; and that in the return of the fourth 'voyage of the said sloop, about the beginning of the present month (but the deponent cannot name the day), were fallen in with by a long black Schooner, with black mouldings (then), the name of Enianuel marked on her stern, and commanded by a white man, with a mixed,crew of colour and countries, among whom were English or Americans ; that •after bringing the sloop to, the privateer or pirate's boat came alongside, and took out the captain and his son with all the crew, and carried them on board of the schooner, leaving the sloop in possession of his people; that he demanded of the captain his money or his life. The captain persisted that he had none, but proffered him the cargo, which consisted of one hundred barrels of flour, and fifty tierces of corn-meal (marked " S" within a diamond) ,•. that on the following day, not producing any money, a plank was run out in the starboard side of the schooner, upon which he made Capt. Smith walk, and that as he approached to the end, they tilted the plank, when he dropped into the sea, and ihere, while in the effort of swimming, the Captain called for -his musket and fired at him therewith, when he sunk and was seen no more. The rest of thedcrew were ironed below; with the exception of his son, a boy of about fourteen years of age, who witnessed the fate of his father. < While in the agony of tears and crying, the Captain took the butt-end of the musket .and•knocked the boy on the head,. thereafter took him by the foot, and hove him overboard ; that on the clay folloWing this sad event, having previously taken out all•the rigging, sails, &c., of -the sloop, he set her on fire and burnt her ; and on the -same day gale the crew, consisting of three others, and he, this• deponent, (having stripped us of every article but what we had on our backs), the jolly-boat, with a bucket of water, and one' biscuit each person, without a compass, which we asked fot, but were refused by his saying, " he would sooner give Hell! to be off, or- he would sink them." Thus we parted, and in the . afternoon of the same day were picked up by the schooner -111afy Ann, belonging to Black River, -and were landed at Port Moraut on the 18th of July, 1822. .(Signed) HUGH HAMH;TON. Taken and sworn befbre in - thepresence of George Mac kay, Esq., at Roselle Ettate o in St. Thomas's in the East, this 29th day of July, 1822.. (Signed)' R. FERGUSSON. ME m.-The Captain of the pirate is a tall robust man, swar. thy complexion, Roman nose, long visage, but cannot speak to any other particular marks. About the middle of last month a suspicious ' looking sehooner,. very probably the one alluded to above, was . seen hovering off the east end; and very shortly after she had disappeared, a vessel of war, supposed to be the Tyne, hove in sight ; and the Bustard could not have been far ,off at the time. It is to be regretted that she was not fallen \ in with by either of ,them, that some of these freebooters of the ocean night have been brought-to public justic, to atone for such daring crimes, and lie the means in some measure of de terring others from continuing in them. ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS. (FROM TIIE MONITEEP. OF SEPT. 23.) Mr. CASATI, a traveller recently returned from Egypt, has brought besides many other antiquities, several ancient manuscripts, written on Papjrus. Amongst the number are two -in Greek, and, one in Greek and Egyptian.— He has also collected several fragments of Pa pyrus, which seem - to have belonged to Latin manuscripts. The mast important pieces of this collection have been purchased by the Go vernment ; and the three Greek manuscripts, the Latin fragments, and a superb Egyptian manu script, in a state of perfect preservation, and co vered with hieroglyphic characters and drawings, are now deposited in the Museum of Antiquities of , the Royal Library. Mr. de ST. :MARTIN, Member of the Institute, read on the 16th of August last, at the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lcttr•~s, a memoir on the three Greek Manuscripts, which, will shortly appear in the Journaldes Savants. The first of these manu scripts, which is 16 feet 6 inches in length, and 7 inches in breadth, contains a deed of sale drawn in the Thebais, on the 9th day of the month of Epiphi, and in the 4th year of the reign of CLEO PATRA, and of her son PTOLOMY SOTER which corresponds to the 25th of July of the year 113 before our Saviour. This Deed was re gistered the 28th of the ensuing Mesori, which is the same as the 12. th of September of the same year. It is, therefore, indisputably, the most ancient Greek Manuscript in existence. Ano ther Contract of the same kind was published two years. ago at Berlin, by Mt:. BOEKII, and has since been republished by Mr. JOMARD, of the Institute, but its date does not go back ear lier than the year 105 before our saviour. FEVER IN IRELAND.—At DO period, we re gret to state, has Fever , been so prevalent with us as during the last week, and the mortality has been very great, not so much from the fever itsolf, as from the inability of the poor to re store themselves after its effects. Labour they are incapable of, if that were to be had ; and what must be the fate of i.hese poor people when they recover from the disease, find all their means gone, their strength wasted, and no gra tuitous food to be obtained ?—(Galway Ad- vertiser.) , I On Wednesday George Chandler and Isabella Coppoek were convicted- before N. FAIRLES and B. ABBS, Esqrs., at South Shields, of peijury. It appears this loving couple, not relishing the ne cessity of having their names placed upon the church door in their, own parish, appeared before the Surrogate - at North Shields, and took their oaths of being inhabitants in that town, when, iu fact, bothof them were residents in South Shields. —( Tyne Mercury.) _ ' Twelve acres and a half o f land, belonging to Mr. DOUGLASS, of Crofts , n ear W hitehaven, have this autumn produced the extraordi nar y num b er of one thousand three hundred and forty-four stooks of oats.' One wo man, employed in reap ing.this amazing crop, earned five shillings a day, at 94 per stook, POLICE INTE'LLIQENCE. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. • Bow-STREt RictfAitti BtrixtE was engaged until a very late hoar: on ThiirsdaY night, in an investigation of an extraordinary nature. very respectable looking - Middie aged . . .1 man, named Samuel Bedlow Szoietmad,. w as 'brought •to the. . . Office in the custody of Bishop, on a charge of stealing a bill of exchange for 3,5001. the property of Richard Thornhill. . Richard Thornhill, a man of gentlethanly exterior, was ex amined byMr. POLLock-L-He stated•hinaself to be an Officer in the Army. The bill of exchange in question was.hia pro perty; it was drawn by Thomas Claughton Upon Thomas Legh, and accepted 'by the latter for 35001. dated Nov. 5,18•2 l, at 18 months. He received the bill from Messrs. Knight and Pye son, Solicitors, in Cornhill. He took it without an. inderse ment, giving them an undertaking for it.—[ The undertaking, was4produced.l—Last Tuesday witness delivered the bill to Captain Barford, in Bedford-street, Strand. Captain Barford was to present it at Couttsh banking-house in the presence of the defendant, to' satisfy him that it was a genuine acceptance of Mr. Legh ; and if he was satisfied witness was to receive the sum of 30001. immediately. • They defendant told witness he had discounted several bills for, both Claughton and Legh ; that the former was not worth a farthing, but Legh he knew to'be a man of of 4,000./. a year. The defendant repre sented himself to be a merchant in the City; in. the habit of eiscounting bills to a great amount, often at Coutts's. The defendant was introduced to witness by Mr. Walker, whO said he (defendant) was a man of property—a monied man.. He .did not know that the defendant was clerk to Mr. 'Walker, the attorney ; lie had heard so. • Mr. Walker, who was instructing Mr. Platt for the defence, said the defendant was not his clerk. - Captain Edmund Barford, residing at No. 10, Carlisle-place, Lambeth, sworn.—l received the bill in question from Mr. Thornhill on Tuesday last. I went with the defendant to Coutts's, to prove the hand-writing of Mr. Legh, in order to the discounting of the bill by the defendant. I saw Mr. Antrobus (the chief clerk)in a back office. I held out the bill, and asked him if that was the acceptance of Mr. Legh ? The defendant was then standing beside me. Mr. Antrobus had a.letter in his hand which he handed to the'defendant, saying,." I believe this is for you, Sir." The defendant at this moment, and be fore Mr. Antrobus could look at the bill, said, " I believe there are some indorsements on that bill ; will you allow me to.look at it. ?" The bill was given to him - by Mr. Antrobus, and he immediately squeezed it up in his hand, and proceeded to read the letter which Mr. A. had also given him. I asked him for the, bill, saying, "it is as well in my possession as yours;" but he replied, when he had read the letter, that he should not give the bill up to me or any one else. I said, "if );au do'nt give it up, I shall take .you to Bow-street ;". and without re plying, he walked out of the house. Before the presentation of the bill, the defendant said that Mr. Thornhill had offered him very handsomely ; lie was to have 500/., and he certainly would discount the bill. , Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT—The defendant said he would go to Bow-street, or anywhere else we cliok. Ile said he had received a letter from Mr. Claughton to stop the bill, and lie therefore should keep it. .-.• Mr. Antrobus, clerk to Messrs. Coutts, confirmed the-pre • ceding statement as to the seizure of the bill. The letter to the defendant had been left with witness, and the .defendant's person described,' in order that he might give it him. He would not take the letter when witness first offered it to him; and he looked angry. Witness thought when he was asked, if was for him. The letter was as follows : '‘‘ To Mr. S. B. Sweetman. " SIR-If a Bill of Exchange for 3,5001., drawn by:me, should be presented to you, I hereby authorise you to take and detain it, no consideration having been given for it, and notice having been served many months ago upon the holder to return it. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " THOMAS CLAUGHTON." Witness continued.—We should not have discounted a bill' for the defendant. It is not true that he ever discounted bills at our house. 'I saw no other indorsement upon the bill than Mr. Claughton's ; I had no opportunity. Mr. Charles Knight, solicitor, of•Cornhill, examined.--I re ceived this bill, as the solicitor of Sir Peter Pole, and 'Co. bankers, from a Mr. Pullen, the agent of Mr. Efurth, pr'oprie tor of a gun manufactory, as a security for 1,0001. to be ad vanced by Messrs. Pole to Mr. Efurth. I gave the 'bill sub— sequently to Colonel 'Thornhill, upon his giving me an-under taking for the 1,0001., which had been advanced upon it. I knew the defendant to be clerk to Mr. Brumniell, a solicitor. Mr. PLATT (attorney for the defendant)-You have been in the army ?—I have What are you now ?—I am, like a great many more, unfor tunately, I am on, half-pay. • You were an adjutant at Bath, I believe ?—I was. Pray did you pass your accounts to Government there ? Mr. 'Thornhill—What's that to you e How dare you ask me such a question ? Mr. PLATT—I shall let you know presently how I dare ask you. Did you pass your accounts, I' say ? Mr. Thornhill—You are a d—d impertinent fellow for ask ing such a question ; and I shall not answer it, because you have no business to put it. Mr. PLATT—I am perfectly content with your refusing to answer such a question. Mr. Thornhill—What do you mean by that, Sir ? What do you mean by that ? Ask Lord Palmerston if I passed my accounts. - Mr. PLATT , —YOU dare not answer the question. Mr. Tbornhill—Dare not, Sir ! You are protected now on your own'dunghill, or I would let you know whether I dare or not. You darenottell me so out of this place. • - • Mr. PLATT—Is this language to be used before a Magis trate ? Sir R. BIRNIE desired Mr. Thornhill to be more cool, Mr. Thornhill—Sir, I have great respect for the Chair, but el—n me if ever I saw such a fellow as this. 1 won't be ques tioned by a ruffian like him. He a member of the law ! Why he is paid for concealing the law, and not for expounding it; for he has no law in him. _ Mr. PLAT T coolly remarked that the abuse of some men was an honour. _ _ • Mr. Thornhill here indulged in a strain of coarse invective for some time ; and told Mr. Platt he was to be found at 43, Ludgate-hill, if Mr. Platt had the courage to meet hint, or had any thing to say to him. This hint being repeated, Sir R. BIRNIE told Mr. Thornhill he should certainly exercise his authority in a very decisive manner, if be did not restrain his tongue. Mr. PLATT—Did you not leave Bath because you could not pass your accounts ?—No, I did not; 'answer you that. • Have you ever offered to give up this bill to Mr. Claughton, on receiving a sum of money ?—No, I never did.. Did you ever see Mr. Claughton ?—Yes, and shewed him the bill ; but I took care to keep on the further side of the table from him. Whence are the funds derived from which you were to pay the 1000/. to -Mr. Knight, as you gave an undertaking to do ? —1 shan't answer that. Did you offer Mr. Walker money to discount this bill ?—I was introduced by him to the defendant, whom Walker said he knew to be a Gentleman of fortune, and it was agreed upon that I should 'give 5001. •I knew that Mr. .Claughton was en deavouring to hunt up the bill. ..Don't you know the bill was stolen ?-L , No, I know it was not. I saw Claughton, and he said he bad been as bad as robbed-of the bill, and that a Mr. Farquharson had got bills from him to the amount of 6,0001. or 7,01 K, and had sent them into the market without ever giving him a farthing for them. He observed, however, that if I were a bona ‘ de holder of the bill, I must be paid. To some further questions, Mr. Thorn hill said, that Mr. Walker certainly stated that the defendant was a monied man in the City, and in the habit of discounting bills to a large amount. Mr. PLATT—WiII you swear that Mr. Walker said the de fendant was a monied man, and in the habit of discounting bills ?—Will I swear it ? Why, Sir, have Inot sworn it al ready ? What do you mean ? • • Mr. PLATT—I do not mean to offend you by these ques tions ; why not answer them coolly ? Mr. Thornhill—Now, why did you not say that before, anet all would have been good-humoured enough ; but you're such a humbug, there's no knowing how to deal with you. • - Mr. PLATT, addressing Sir R.. Birnie, said his defence to the charge was a right to the possession of the bill, and he had no objection to allow it to be impounded with the Worthy Magistrate, until the question could be settled elsewhere: Sir R. I3IRNIE—Did you ever know an instance, Mr. Platt, of a Magistrate taking such a step ? Mr..ALATT—We will give you indemnity, Sir. Sir R. BiniirE said he must decline the honour of holding the Bill. - - _ . Mr.. Turtill proved that the defendant at that moment was clerk to Mr. Brummell, a solicitor. • Mr. -- King deposed, that he heard the defendant repre sent himself to be a man of property, and that he hid , often dis counted bills. Mr. PLATT proceeded to call witnesses for the defence. Thomas Claughton, Esq. M:P. for Newton, Lancashire, and a Magistrate for that County, sworn—l know this bill for NL It was drawn by me upon Mr. Legh ; I gave it to Farquhar- . son with others, and' have his receipt for them "(receipt pro duCed) ; I never received one farthing for them, and I gaVe him notice many months ago to return them ; I issued 4dver k- fisements to stop them; I also. filed a Bill in Chancery ; and p e oclee several persons were served with injunctions nOt•,t° 11 Ttion; them. I wrote to the defendant to stop the bill in cl.. .: • I know' iil elad dealings •iiith him. ~,, ' a on t 4" ~ Mr. PLAT'T—We are free to cOn.fcss %that th i s 'was - plan get possession of the 'bill. • ' .' ' • •,111r,%Pqr.LocK,—Tbat is candid, howeyer. • and i r. p. C u l t au fo g rth hio a n d c i o e n rti tin ie u m et tis l de h sie i id n b g ee a n n defra l sw d if f o b at llj g b ei g i Meet with them to stop them.. 1 put the word person stolen Thom' .top of the tiavertiseinent: 'ln the interirieW:l h . d w o .hill, I told him -I had been robbed of this bill and o hers, al or General he said - he' had taken the opinion- - of the' Attorney' we re 10 some other eminent Counsel, and was told .that if he he rer innocent'holder of the bill, he could recover: I my pal htaine3nileyrv.could.-* He did offer tugive me up the bill I W ° , bar Pa r l jase ing him 600 t, 'and appointed a meeting for that er Po ca rlo e. c - K-And Yo - u are Claughton ?--Yes, ncas ire. . sa g Mr. PoLLocx=-Aye, and have been ushered in 3 t o get UharSOß _ , ber of Parliament. 'P'ray; Sir; was not Farq these hills discounted.for you ?—Yes, he was. ' not ?"' You arrested him for the 6,0001. or 7,000/., did yo u . I . • - . . the , 0 i ii Did you know of Mr. Sweetman's going to C.ou tts manner described?-L-Yes, he did: 1 so, dia And the Magistrate and Member of Parliament.,4t . : he'? Yes, he did. - -. • ' ' • be °' a 31e111 And he thought it becoming a gentleman and Parliiment to engage in such a transaction ? w ith, Ir e Mr.: Claughtou—then we have the deVil• to ilea/ iritii bi§ Must meet him upon his own ground, and tight him a / toot' o:wn•Areapons. I did •not know that Sweetman was a n that ney's clerk. A - partner in Sir P. Pole's house told and said, if money had been advanced by them upon this bill, A n m Fa o r l ei d u , h a ars n A on t , to to rn d e eli y f a n 'Thomasoti Cup it ever came in he would . tell Me.. ' ii Magistrate, are you, ,Iqr, 's ve Ci r a u e p rk tli ton, onWill of prosecution. • • :A ot TeP I. SI ' Mr. iain Walker; the Attorney, sworn --1 (11 " r) i sio'h sent the defendant to ' Mr.' Thornhill as a monied hilmer to g et , he was a man of respectability, and had it in his r to g e ' bills discounted. I was employed by, Mr. Claus, iton, _ e a t o p thi ro s sec bi ti ll t , c a ,F nd ani ff u lr h . Sweetman, in consequence, was e n riras t 0 get it. I told Sweetman the object 'of getting the con cerned. Sir R. BIRNIE—I should be sorry to attempt to esPT' t l i n is la* in 'the presence of.the two' Learned Gentlemen ; 1 ,7 A moil' roPe rlY arson, Mi. Thornhill, and all the parties a the case it appears to me, that my daty is perfectly' Plai n ' is the stealing and taking away the goods, money, o r p rop of another ;• and. 1 certainly cannot view this charge 'l n tl I Mr. Sweetman as a fony. Ulterior procng s rnaY jd Il e ' have no doubt Will, arise; but as far as leash concern ' Sweetman is discharged. • : ; n g ill t he The. arties then quitted the Office, thebill reMain.-- possession of Mr. Claughton's party. eprboillsvedtothileirs.e:clainugghe, ' Maxsio'N-HousE.---LA young woman, who is a s er aii cal :on l a public-house, having sworn a child to a marri ed Tbrootg ht f the parish officers having taken him into.custoly, an „ p ent ° I him before the Lord 3layor tO find security for the Teri fi bers a weekly sum for the maintenance of the child, a s' cr i to. th e offer was made by the wife ; she attentively .listen%terigt: whole of the evidence,_ which her huiband repeated l Y "I`Pn irate whole ed by assertions that he was not the father, and L-"- ---a phiki, 1° , 4 ..him to offer, that she would herself take home 1.11. - da ncJ treat it as one of her own, three of which she had, an _A youn. • • - - •• - '' s prefF" The Beadle, who. protected the mother of the child/ F, i t we e a doubt of the continuance of kindness to the child i' the given into Such strange custody. ' A she child 0 -: The defendant then, • pointing to his wife, sai d .„,,, ch . best woman in the world, and would take lon e ---' a ti distreas; sooner than it should come tO harm• ight u" xs The LORD MAYDR observed that a man's Wife xn,, at it Ir a a act of humanity, such as had been just described ; '-'_, li ia lib a very different thing to take under her protection e' b would be a memorial of her husband's infidelity an d thOg The defendant said he had no fear of reproaches t a ken _ o f it- A the child was not his, the greatest.care should be take'esatis6ol' The Beadle said the Parish Officers would not b _ i rade• a g with such an arrangement- r and of coarse the order w , r,.. ti o be „ The LORD MAYOR observed that the Parish w i l f oisfl '''- mild as possible in their dethand upon a man whole 1 much virtue. „t ''' • • . ------- iallt ja ;:4o DARING ROBBERY.---011 TUeSdal it t he 4e , room. in:the Prince of Saxe Coburg public-house, 113 -I', Duey, P:of road, wtiS feloniously entered, anda quantity °fill the , f° l - 01., and. other' valuable property, stolen therefro m; consisted of three Bank-notes of the respective value y v i a te,7 4t it and SL, together with 32 sovaeigns. Among ti l lAics, 13 table, 4 dessert, 21 tea, and 7 salt spoon, 2 sauce fis iptte' ll g, cellars,. two . butter-boats, pepper and sugar-caste r ! ic , ale-TI T O two pair Sugdr-tono . s, two cream-jugs, large bucs .r i o gs,, ° , l Oll tea-strainer, gold' watch, two pair garnet ea l o ld b °s ' brooches, three punch ladles, pap boat, and one crown. No trace has as yet been discovered mm==r----- • - - COAL-MARKET, SEPT. 27. vice. Ships at Market. Ships sold ad t.O 455 • 6( 1 49i Newcastle - -33 i - 3 33 6tl 12 . Sunderland - - 11 37$ COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Septelloer ;' • C P f•. Anistetslam Ditto, at Sight l'i 4 Rotterdam ' Ei ,, Antwerp .c., 6 - ~,, .......... , 0 et T .. Hainburgh Altona Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto 9 0 O OP Bourdeaux, ditto ......... 2 5 9 , 0 , /41006,, Frank fort on the Main , . , 1 5s P-' ef fectr v e ..... .••• Madrid Cadiz' 364 Bilboa 35i Barcelona Seville ' • • 30 Gibraltar Leghorn ! 47* Genoa ' 434-Venice, Ital. Li. ... .72 - ,„ Malta 45 "-Naples .......... "; at v Palermo Lisbon Oporto ' .... . ltioJaneiro .... . .... . ................ Dublin .. • • 9 . 1. ~., .. , c o o, ... ... .. n • Pe t cent• os , BULLION• . 0 P er Portugal Gold,in Coin ....... L• l3 i '' 6 Forciin Geild, in Bars New Dbubloons . ................... ..... •'' 0 4 *; New Dollars .......... ... : - I '' Silver in Bars, 5tandard ............ ... 0 4 . , ~ BIRTHS. On Monday last, the 23dinstant, at Clumber, abe the oaf j ' n o l ' Grace Gra the Duke of Newcastle, her Grace tilc ll castle, of a son. b the Wednesday, at Widcombe Crescent, 1 13 ' Capt. Rowland Mainwaring, of a son. o rl4 • . . ' MARRIEP. 1 Cha, el 4 l3i" On the 21st inst ,at the Foundling Hospits to - 0 Capt. Robert GraMshaw, 'of the Bengal ArtillcToct 0 second daughter of Benjamin Bunn,'Esci../ F al v A lfe rci f 39th regiment. . gr• " 4 11 0- ' On Thursday, the 26th instant, at Ni'illestlenlhira ao, Barnard, jun.' of Patertinhter-row, to 'Carol*, ' ..iiiste of Mr. Chard, oT Cornhill. - b lirw;olf re - , , ; On Sunday last, the 22d hist , at Lambeth Che,, o Anoa t t% Thomas, •of Charing Creiss; purveyor' of Lambet h i io dgel daughter of CiedrgeWheeler,Esq of Frien' Y P' .1 ton; Sarrey; • • . flae" e ;lt iri° - , 's, •ss , i On Tuesday last, the 24th inst., at St. Joon Edward Haydon, of Colebrooke-row, i gi il gton, t ° :511 of rrig . g::/e 1 : 1 Jane Davis,_of . Mare-street; Haekney• quart' !On Monday week, at Hatfield, Mr. li'l nrof)}7a ir Christmas Carrol notoriety, aged 70, to Miss A l .i r s i noll t ri lti l l. $O, both of that place. The nuptial bliss of ,r",ii", ,, a1?`2,0 07 had beef' twice interrupted by " the rtiot of ayliist this not until the . second day`of the present we ' to the " tender passion" c ould be dislodged. , 0 19 '' h T h le' On the 24th instant at MponieEylijiill. , Riclooansflartrra'tt7,l rill' only son of the late italph Day, jun., F'sq' o forkS6 aged 13. . 0f St 3ll i' io P o , On the 26th instant; James Griffiths , I : sc ilion, ` v i,ol l P s q., Middlesex, and of .Doctors'-commons, If e ci t y of I ' oo S years was one of the'Comrnen Council ef ti; rh oloas 1 , 151 0, Suddenly; . at Alik-enil, on the 23d last. , A. *s, 1 itlo o r in the 67th year of his age. . catt k i e r ...3o On the•23tl inst., of a rapid consumptionV' o f P ' itill youngest son of the Rev. Joseph Brooksb An ' nee of i t 3 . ,5 4.1. buildings, City-road.. • cons e e e 'sp le 'alie f°' On Tuesday morning, the 24th inst., m . ~ D o o„_„, on boartrthe - Cornwall Eait India.man, Chs ,, q__ eot , t , r'' Captain in his Britannic Majesty's 60th rer,".0,..0ce• ' the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour of 1— 1 A ib g I 0/ g't •. - - " if , ro ll ~g 5, • Printed and Publish ed for the Pi orn . . ,isTA' D 0' [ Office, No. 112, Strand; .by J. - • I cti, tr Portio