The Sun. — London, England, 1817-10-24 00:00:00

DU I'CLI MAIL. FRO'-1 TFIK FRENCH FRONTIERS, OCT. 19. Le G Reviem. , of the Brirish troop took . . e on the.lStii; and was tivoored by very fine r. The martial. appearance, and the rthe .01 the" troops excited the admitation of the nurneroas spectoors The Generals of the Rns- siaj, I " 'sign, and Austrian CoOtingents, Ge- nerAs. \Vnronzow, Zietlier, and Frimont, were present The Commancler , in-Chief„ Field-Mitrshal the ' Duke iogtrin, lia4 givens . several rnagnifi cent ewertailifocias ; and it has been observed on these occasions, that the best understanding, / rirevail;) betty rt the different Commanders. All exert themselves to make the situation of the in- habitants of the country as easy as . they can. There is no idea of any reductiMi of the Army of Chen.: patiou this year. If any shoiild take place, it will not be till some time next. year. Many vessels laden with corn have arrived tvittim these few,days iti . the ports of the Chauntl, , both from the Baltic and 'North America. The prices are-declining in the principal inarkets.— Public spirit greatly improves. • 1t is supposed that the present Minister at' War will succeed in bring flog the Freneh artny, at the litginning of the en -suing year:, to double its present strength. HAGUE, OCT. so. • To-day the ordinary annual session of the States 'General was opened with the usual solemnities.— 'The King deliVered from the throne a speech, of -which' the following . is 'substance His Majesty began by noticing' the happreVent -.of the birth,of a on to.the Prince, Of Orange, and added, that his education should be so dire'eted . as to inspire him from his earliest childhood with a sense of his duties, and with the Most' ar , l,p , t zeal for .the freedom and welfre of his t'Oolitiwinen. The general . peace, said his ;Majesty, has been toll disturbed ; and every day, prOveS that the . CO vernmews, as well as the people, kc unanimous. in the desire of maintaining it. O i my side I baye neglected nothing that. can . tend to.ensure to this kinHotn and its inhabitants the good will of foreign Powers. . . His Majesty noticed at length the difficulties caused by the'imfavoutable . seaion, but which the richisarvest of .this year will put art end to. The distressedhsve been relieved, partly hyftnding ttiein work-, partly •by giving them assistance; the local Authorities have done their utmost ; and private clarity; the fairest trait in the nalonarcharacter, leas kept paCe with the increasing distress. His Majesty. observes, that some effeetnel regulations relative 'to, the poor are necessary. - and hopes to see :the basis laid in , this Session. Some measures will be proposed that experience shots to be tiseful to industry r(meaning probably tuantifectines). Nothing has beep .more injurious to this lban the dearness of provisions, which .has checked the consuniptio» of manufactured goods among the niost numerous classes of people. His •Majesty states, that the Government itself has felt the in , .-fl'oence of this state of things, by the great increase ' •Aif its 'expences, and the diminution of its receipts. Besides this, a great deficit has 'been caused by the not levying of-a Tax upon inherited property, - tor tr Legacy Tux- ' • = ' 'The taw respecting the Militia has been put in • t scetutinnfor the first time, and has answered every • expectation. 7 'Agriculture .is flourishing. The fsheities, the Colonial trade, annallhranches con nected with them,•have improved and the free-. lorih ofthe corn-trade by sea, white it secured the kingdom from scarcity at kome,• and 'kept the juices of bread in the country lower than amongst 51sneiklibcoirs, has confined to the ports of the Netherlands the privilege of being the granaries of ell• Europe, His Majesty notices the great expence caused . by the fortification of the southern frontier. , A 'great many public works, as harbours, Etc. have been begun 'and- continued, and even completed ; and in some provinces great roads have been -wage, 'which. the Most enlightened inhabitants have for years desired in vain. - ' HisNajesty speaks with satisfaction of the great joy which has been displayed at the installation of the Universities, and expects the - happiest results • for the whole•kingdom. • ' • ' His'Majesty conclude§ as follows : " Thus the number. of objects is considerable, on which We can look with . satisfaction, and we can with the more tranquillity attend, to the means .of extricating ourselves from tempora ry ditlicut ties which were independent of the human will. .B it the surest pledge of this is sought by the ha the. cordial co-operation . of the King and .the Skates-General. Neither t nor vonr High Alighlinesses, whose seniiments - end example have 'so pOwerful 'an influence, will diSappoint its con fidence ; and the farther confirmation of the social . sy,teir, founded on principles of liberty and order, will be, with the blessing of Gtid, the 'reward as . well as the fritit of our indefatigable efforts." The Second Chamber of the States-Getieral was .taken up, in its meeting on the 21st, 'chiefly 'in forms; as admitting the new Mem bers ; chooSing three Members to he proposed to .the King, • to select a President fiorn the number. O'clock i n On Sunday last, a little before eight ,the evening, Mr. Gee, the gaoler of Newc as tl e , accompanied by the turnkey, proceeded to exa m the cells for the night: On opening the Jloor,of that, which eontaims the convicts Of the iait Assizes, be perceived Henry Scope (who was under sentence of death, though since commuted to transportation) holding up a scuttle-full of .vhichhe threw towards Mr. Gee's eyes, "innvionsly with'•an inteni to blind him, and to fa,. onr kiss escape.. howtver, Mr. Gee in stitiviy (wilted it aside,. notwithstanding s)rne se blows received from Seoperwith a stnall hand and .. by,thy qssiStanee of the turnkey,- soon blgc t-d.:d in. closing the. door. A smith .being, bent for, the priioaer was tioub4e7.irohell., Aa: SHOCKING DEATH'of a POOL LITTLE SWEEP BOY. Last night, at eight o'clock, an Inquisition was held at the house of Mr. Alford, the sign of the Lord Somers Arms, cornerof ,Qrenville-street and Union-street; 'Somers Town, before THOMAS 'STIRLIYP, Esq. one of the Coroners fOr the .connfy of Middlesex, on view of the body of Ro bert Dowland, a poor little orphan sweep, aged eleven years, apprentice to —=—• Hall, chimney sweeper, of . St.yancras, whose death was caused front suffocation in a chimney, as appears front the tOilowing evidence : Mrs Ann Bishop, sworn, said, she.is wife of Alexanderßishop, a I.),Aker, and.lives at No. 10, Union-street, SCniters Town. Site frequently saw the deceased, he being in the habit of buying rolls at her shop ; he was . a siVe - e.p. On last Wednesday moriiii,g the. decdased and two other little sweeps, accompanied by their master, carne to her house for the purpose of sweeping the chimnies; the deceased's master ordered hint to go•up", and sweep a chimney, Which was over a new oven that hadbeen lately built the deceasedwent up accordingly; lie went up to the top, as she heard hiM beat Ills scraper against the chim ney.-poi, which is a usual thing with sweeps:; lie catne down again without receivingmuch injury, except a slight burn or graze on his left arm she supposed it proceeded front the bricks being hot, or tha , something in the chienney scratched liint ; he cried, and said that sormithing burned his arm, and panted him very much. lie was then sent up the Hui of the old oven, but Witness was not present ; he remained abu'c an hour in the flue after he went tip, though he was only a quarter of a n hour in the new Hue. tVitness not . seeinu, the deceased come down, she asked his master if be thought there was any fear. ; lie answered no, - there was no danger, he Was only taking a nap. The fire .had been out tour hours bet Ore the de- Cetti'ed cathe to sweep . it, ' Whenfthe deceased was in the chimney crying, his Master . IsieW th. part of it he was in, as' be poilne , t out the place to them. Another boy was *then put up after the deceased, whom he found in the slant of the chim . ney, where there was a deal of soot, 'She was not present, but her journeyman baker. — ;the flue lo toe shop was then opened,. and the deceased taken out, thickly covered with soot, so that they had much difficulty in taking it off with their hands; the deceased was then carried out into the air,, and a surgeoti was sent. for; who came and robbed him, with some 'sort of spirits, but„what kind she did not know, but the deceased never spike or m o v e d atter.— .%Viien tl►e'dect sed,fitst Came down the 'hone' of ~ • I the new oven, his Master ,tisld him lie ought to have a good tht , ihing for stopping there go long. lie was yeri;inuen exhausted,' and complained greatlylaines of her own gave bins some water to drink, Arlit iiitess',:hearing his master speak - so cross tt) 7 l4lo7 ; ls!e,'s'iritl,fse . u - sesl hint very nattily, on which -the matter replied he knew better how to deal •Wlien the'deceased was going - up toe 'ltt'se '•'of' - the ot!en,' his master sa,brlie would quicker if'be was near him. One sweep oleo/pied previi , usly togo up but cold 66t, too - small or him. The tine b u id not been' sWelit f 'a cOnsinetable time ;. she dreaded drtnge'r to the boy, and told his master to deter sendiog "Linn up ,to another day, as the .hatches were drawn so very Jate ; hismaster'sisked her when the fit'e [tad been put out, she ,tohl him about four o'clock, he said the flue would not be too hot,. Nirhen the boy was crying in the chim ney, he said a nail stuck him ; she tapped at the wall and told him to, come - down, and she would give him , some. beer ; there were some potatoes baking, in the over}, at . the time the deceased was' up-the 110ei she- went for her husband to the Lord Somers Arms,., and he,came and' agreed' with her that the boy was dying,' front his cries of dis tress being so verrlow ; he was only four feet from the mouth of the oven; the master said he would go for another boy, but there was no dan ger, as - he:was only stopped by a nail. IVittsess's . , husband seized the poker, and br o k e i n th e wa ll, avid took, the boy out. The master was present,l , the whole time, and told Mr. Bishop that he was' too hasty. In the morning deceased's master asked witnets whets the oven would be ready to sweep She told hiM she hatch would be drawn about six' o'clock, but the fire was out at four ; the master said it would not 'be too hot. They came to'sWeep it about eight o'clouk -the oven would bake a joint of treat after the fire was out ; site heard Ili& boy cry ti,considerable time before he was taken .out ,; _the. pry, : proc ee d e d f rom one ' part ; she was ► in,t4.e„shop, and was much distressed at the boy's ,cries,„bot thought -no harin as the master did not -go to assist him ;: another of the boys.' hallooed up the„Atte of -the chimney, in the next hOuse, Bobby, come down, had, time lady will , give'you soMe . beer.'_ Deceased made no answer., When her _husband took the boy out of the chimneY, be said he wished it was his master that was there •she was of opinion his life might have been saved , if there was timely Thos. Smith deposed, he lives at No. I, Bridge water-street, St, Pancras. When the accident ,happe ne d, he was sent for : he built the old flue, but not the 11C%T. The heat was so great that when he put his hand -on time deceased his fle s h gave way, and the skin came off; he was literally baked. It was with the greatest diftioculty Ire could get 111141 out ()Lame flue. He saw the mas ter there ; he did not scent uneasy; he might have taken . him out himself. There 'was a great deal of inattention to be attributed to him, either through Want of humanity or through ignorance. He did not see the master attempt to assist tose lease the:body.. In answer to a question put, by a Juryman, be said that the flue could not be cleansed by the ap plication of gun-powder. • . Jane Cater, of No. 2', Sidney-street, wife of John .Cater, wine-cooper, deposed, that otrTuq ddy evening, about nine o'clock, she went fora .104 to, the baker's ; the deceased was then on the _top of, the chimney ; Mrs. Bishop said, " Thank . God when .s-he heard him at the top ; she thoug . ht the chi m n e y was on tire ; she inquircd of 1 *Y. , ..:441151); .. who 7said, No, he wag sweeping' 'lcune. iws..4s..appeareu as it sue 1110UgIn SL W. dangerous ; the deceased came down, and she bear( him cryin the flue; thought 'then there Wias much danger., Mrs. B. called down to the master, and told•him she thought thei.e., :was danger,- He said No, he . was doing very well, and called lip to the boy to ,know what Was the matter ; he said the soot was coming down upon him. • The master desired hint to go up the chimney.alittle.way, and shake it off of him, to Conie down quickly,, not to mind sweeping, and not to be alarmed ; the de 7 ceased kept crYing.' ~The .witness received her change, and left the shop, but returned some time after,..and asked was the boy out ; Mrs. Bishop called down the stairs to know if he was, and she ryas answered that 'he was corning over the oven. Daniel Mend, servant to Mr. Bishop, deposed, that they took the fire out of the old oven about half past three o'clock. The sweeps came abOut a quarter before eight o'clock ; the master-sweep said the flues were•tiot too hot, be had sent boys up hotter:onei ; the boy went up the .new flue first ; when lie came dawn he Was very hot ;. some water was given hint ; he seemed faint,.and per spirekl•very much ; he said the oven was very hot, and that he burned. or grazed his arm against one of the tiles ; he seemed willing to go up the second fine the master told him to make what haste be could. The.master told him, when he came down the first flue, that he-deserved a good -beating for staying up so long. No person at tempted to go up the old flue before the deceased did; heard him about nine o'clock say he was hung bra nail ; he sobbed . very much ; the mas ter said there was no danger.. The witness went to bed, and left the deceased up the chimney. The ,master sent another boy up after him, who reached the feet of the deceased. '1 he master desired him to pull him down ; the boy replied that lie would not come down, when the master said, " Then - d—n him let him stop." He was about 25 minutes up the chimney before the witness Went to bed. In about a quarter of an hour Mrs. Bishop called him up; they Were then taking down . the flue in the slid') to get the boy out. It was very warm where the body . lay. There was one bushel and a half of soot about the boy. tle was not quite dead. discrt n his breath on alooking-glass, which was held berme his mouth. The body was so hot, it smoked. -In answer to a question from a Juryman, he said, .that when the' other boy touched the.deceased's , toes he was crying. ltichard , l3arry, a sweep, aged 13, servant to John Hall, the (Mister sweep, deposed, that on yuesdaY last he went to Mr. Bi s h o p' s w i t h t h e deceased, who vent up the' new flue and came down, again ; the skiti was off his elbow; he did not sky how lie had done it ; he said he would go up the second chitnneywith pleasure; be -went up the chimney after.;the deceased ; he tonehed his toes, but the deceasedimlled them away, and said, he could not come down. Told his master what he said ; eid not bear hiS master say any think ; he sent him for another boy. His master beh Aired very well to them. • The deceased was an apprentice. Tid not hear his master say, " Let hint stop there and be d--d." , The flue was too narrom for the witness t o go tip.ific master , ' never 'behaved ill to the deceased. In answer w a question by a Juryman he said,. lie had been up -an oven flue se verml times, but there were always two boys, one to.ciear away the soot. Coming down a chimney the, soot :goes down before him, which (ight to., be cleared The . witness swept a chimney that day in • St. Pancras Church, the flue of Which n°•as not so wide as that where the deCeased lost his life, Alexander Bishop, of No. 10, Union-street, Clar.endon-lquare . , Somers Town, barker, saki, 4hat on Tuesday last he had the fl ues of hig ovens swept. Thilast fire was put out about -four o'clock.. He was not at home when the sweeps came; he was called frotn the Lord Somers Ariiis about 10 o'clock ; did not - know there was a sweep in the house, as he told them in the morning he would not haVe•. the flues swept .'Saturday, as they would be more cool ; but' Hall told his wife that he desired him to come at eight o'clock. Mrs. Bishop, and the landlord of the - pulac'- honse were in the shop'when be went, in. They told him a boy was in the fine,; he asked the Mas ter how long ; he said an hour; wifness said, " My good God ! why don't you break down the flue, and ran down to the bakehouse?'.' -Got poker ; Hall followed him, and said he was too hasty ; witness put his head up the chimney and could , hear the boy breathing hard; took_ the poket' tin stairs, and began to break open : the flue ; in 11 moment he had room to .pu( hand and cleared away the soot from his head ; held it up, but seemed not have life in it ; went down stairs and broke the flue below, and got at. his feet ; when the master ,saw that, he said, " Let me get at him, and I will get him down, as he is only sulky, and is taking - a nap." Mr. Smith theft came arid made a 'greater aperture above, and he and witness lifted bim out; there was something running from -his' month, which he wiped away; thought when he. first got hold of his forehead that there, was life in , him. The waster did not express any sorrow until he Was told what the consequences might be. He never .attempted to assist in cutting down the flue. The witness believed he told Hall, if be (I . ld. not get,. out of the way he would throw him into the oven. Whether Hall acted from ignorance or inhuma— nity he did ant know. The medical men said ,he died from sullocation. The. CORONER then asted the Jury if they wished for any further evidence ? and they an swered in the negative. Th e J ur y then went and viewed the body. It appeared very much swelled. The CORONER, on theiryeturn, observed it was melancholy that a fellow-creature should bee.e- privet! of his life in the way the deceased was.— There certainly was great inattention on the, part of the master—and if the Jury thought it was wii ful Neglect, they would bring, in their verdict against him for murder. But if they thought it eras inattention, caused by i gno r an ce, they m i g h t return it manslaughter ; and if.they thought there was no inattention, they would return a Verdict that the deceased (lied by suffocation. The Jury, after a few minutes consideration, re— turned their Verdict—Died' by ,Sufocation, through the Culpable Neglect of gall, the Master. The Forentaii of the Jury requested thitt the, coroner would cerafy to the parish officers that it was the opinion of the Jury that they ought to prosecute Hall, the Master. The Coroner observed, that their request should be at tended to This Inquest occupied from eight o'clock last night till two o'clock this morning. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS-. SEQUESTRATIONS. •7• EXAMINATIONS, DIVIDENDS,: &c. • Ewen Macwaster, drover or cattle-dealer, Traigh of Moror, to be' examined' in -the ordinary Court-house, Fort William, 27th October and 11th November, at 12. . , William Middleton, .merchant, G 'avow, to be - examined .in the Sheriff-Clerk's _Office there, 2Uth October and lath November, at 11. , Jawes.llrgie, merchant and ship-owner, Johnshaven, to be examined in the Court-room, Stonehaven,-, 28th October and I tth November, at . 12. , Creditors of R o b er t G unn an d S on, dyers, Brownfield Glasgow, meet in the office of Peter Stewart, writer, Glasgow alst October, at 12. Creditors of John Rutherford, junior, merchant tailor, KelsO, Meet in Lauder's Inn the're, 6th NOvernlyer, at IR. Creditors of William Scott, merchant, Falkirk, meet in the: office of Win. Stdrie, writer there, 3d November, at 2. • , Creditors of the Merchant Banking CoMpany of Stirling, meet in the R yal Exclithige Coffee-house, Edinburgh, 12th November, at 2.. Creditors of Janes 'White and Co. merchants, Glasgow,, meet in the o ffi c e of Macpherson and Maelachlan; writers. there, 6th November, at:l2. Creditors of John Craig, jun. shoemaker, Glasgow, meet' 'in the office of Duncan Kennedy, accountant there, 4th No at I. - - Creditors of James Walker 7 „late merchant , -Cupar-F ife ' now'resiaing in Stenton, meet In the Tofitine Tayern o Cupary .„., 15th Novemb er . __ __ ,Creditors •of William., tii%irart•; Eilinburgli and Glasgow' Cartier, and-dealer in salt, at Cockenzie, meet i'he Royal Exchange Coiree-house, 4dinburgli, sth Novem ber, at 2. ' • Creditors, of Aberdein, Machattie and Co. merchants;. Aberdeen, will receire ajlividend from the Trustees, 18th November. - - Creditors of James Brown, merchant, Alyth, will receive a dividend frOm John Duncan, jun. manufacturer there, 30th November. states of the affairs of William Riddell, glue-manufacturer,. Glas ,, "ow .lie with the Tr us t ee till 20th November—No divi dend. • States of the affairs of Andrew Oliver,. writer and builder at Watehall, near Annan, lie with the TritsteeNo dividend. Th om as Watson, partner of homas•Watson and Co. latter merchants and agent;, Glasgow, has applied for a discharge. The following commnncation has been' made public by Mr. J. B. Gmt.., Royal Lecturer to the College of France, and Keeper of the Monuments in Library . : Abbe Chimnpi, Professor of Pisa, and M. de I-huse at Palermo, unwilling to subscribe to •,;11 the assertions which the moderns . have. made concerning antiquities, *have.bOth, at dif ferent perkds, emPloyed themselves in inquiring if there ever existed af;ity of Olympia, and hotli have declaied that, upo n this point, the ancients have been .very badly interpreted. To which of the two does-the honour of the discovery belong? To neither. • It-has been proved in 'the Report of the Institute, July 2, 1813, page 42. A MemOir is there announced, in which I endeavoured to prove, that there never had been a - city of Olymr via—that the city which had been so described by Geo:!rophers, -sci well represented by learned en gravers, never had existence ;. and that, conse quently; the Chronologers and Grammarians wouldl do well, the former to desist from citing the epo ehas•of the foundation' and destruction of a, city which never had existence, and the ether to avoid , a wrong interpretation, five or six hundred times 'repeated. I read this memoir in' 1812, an d i t w a - s - attested by the Report of the Institute,. 2d July, 181, p. 42. I have, then, .taken nothing 'from M. de Hause nor : the Abbe Chiampi. -The advan tage of priority is mine; and I have felt it incum- ' bent upon me:to make this remark, because it ha's. escaped the F.ditor of the Join-it'd des &leans, for August, 1.817,.when he wits giving some account of - the'opinion di M. Ilause on the' pretended city of Olympia." ,i:C21431.9t , f PLE4s,—,,Sitlings before the Right VICABY, GIBBS, Lo_ rd Chief Justice, in tr`na•cifter Micha . elmas Term, 1817 : IN TERM. MIDDLESEX. LONDON. ,E 1 May . 4 ' : "Nor.' 7. 'Saturday - Nov. S. Thursday 1.... 13 Friday ,. , l4, 'Thursday .. so. Friday ... .... 21. AFTER 'TERM. • . • Saturday .. Nov. 29. 1 Monday Dec. 1.. • ANOTHER POOR CH/LO BuabrED.--Yesterday mot ning,,John, the:soii - of Mr. Chitten, of Click him-street, Saint George's in the East; as left by his mother in the , kitchen playing with some ()Ibis brothers and sisters a little older than him self,' while mhe went up stairs to Malte . the bed.— The 10'4 screams of the-children brought the mo ther down stairs, where she youngest child envelOped 'in flames. With great difficulty ...s.be:extinguished the fine ; but the child was so dreadfully scorched about the breast and abdolnen; that the most distant 111)16 'are,..not entertained of his' recovery. BIRTHS. On the 15th inst. at his house in Welbeek-street, the'Lady of John Leckie, Esq. of a,son.. On• Wednesday last, at his louse in Clatges-street, the Lady, of Henry Jeffreys, Esq. of a sun. • 7, MARRIED. At Limehouse Church, on the e.23d inst. - Depnis- Esq: of: Lainbeth, to Martha Middleton, of Limehouse. •On the 20th inst. in tho clotpel of Henry Knight, 'Esq. his- Majesty's,3.iye-Consul at Boulogne,' Captain Jerroisi: of the 9th Reghnelit of Foot, to Harriet, the daughter Of .Captaim Amid. . DIED. 0n Monday morning, suddenly, at VaUxball, MissGrahau4 sister of Sir Robert Graham, Bart. Lately, near Dublin, Jeremiah D'Olier, Esq. 'an eminent merchant, and one of the Directors of the Bank of Ireland.. On the 13th instant, at the very advanced age of 104, Mr, Patrick Fitzpatrick, : of Deep Park, Queen's COurity, father to , the Rev. John Fitzpatrick, Parish Priest of the: united pa-. rishes of Sliereroe and Gletnnore, county Kilkenny. On the 16th instant, at Rochester, Mrs.. Dowton, aged 49 years, the last surviving daughter. of the late Mrs. B a k e r,. many years proprietor of .the Kent Theatres. kler, talents as an actress were formany years justly admired by the public and a numerous circle of friends. She survived her elder sister (the late Miss Baker) . only four slayi; and what is very remarkable, this is the fourth death in the family, at the same residence, within the last two years. On the Ist instant, at Genoa, Miss Eliza• Weston- daughter of John %Vebbe Weston, .ef-Stittnn-place, in the county of Surrey, Esq. . . . LONDON: Printed by J. B. CARSTAIRS, of N0..29, .Great . Ormond-street, Queen-Square; and published by W., A. StRLPPS, ,of No.' 7, • South MOlton-street, at THE Stria 01lice, No. 112, Strand ; where , Advertisements ) . o,tderi a - Letters, &c, (post-paid) must be addressed. - , . \' ~ ■~ Rh ere 41R O , kti (1 N All in SIN N( - 6 . 1 cb Op ktoic thw .D.• 't'''"'". ty X! IR x or i tid. In S tra thst •-c •I 1