The Sun. — London, England, 1817-09-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY. CounT-MutTIAL.-- , Wednesday last the Court ris. , : , !iled in Dahlia', on the trial of Capt. John WH ITE, eldest Captain of the 4th Dragoon Guards, five different charges preferred against him by 06tt.Btu. • Ist Charge.—For conduct highly Prejudicial to military discipline, in conducting:him ,, elf in the most.disrespecfnl manner tOwards Ilk command ing Officer, Major Ogilbie, when attending a meeting of the Officers o►t the twn - squdrons of - the regiment, as , embled at Tullomore, on the 10th day of May last, by order of'M►+jor Ogilbie pursuance of Lieutenant-Colonel Ross's orders to that effect.) 2d Charge.- . -For insubordinate and unofcer• lilce conduct, highly subversive of military disci - One, when attending the meeting of the Officers on the said Mb - day •of May last, in. declaring -.that had he known the titroose for which .Major' Ogilbie'had ordered time Officers to assertible, he would not have .attended the meeting-ordered. 3d Charge.—For conduct highly subversive of military discipline, in refusing, at the meeting of the- Officers- on ►he said 10th day of May last, to . obey Major Ogilhie's order to read a letter (when handed to him by Major Ogilbie), addresseal to ],Major ()gable by the Adjutant, for the purpose of desiring him to call on Capt. White, to state,. for the 'domination of the Officer coMmanding fhe 'regiment, why be bad not complied with the: order of the 21st of January last, relative to the men's overalls. 4th Charge.—For 'conduct unbecoming of an Officer and a Gentleman, in ►writing a letter to 'Lieutenant-Colonel Ross, dated May 14, 1817, saying that he, Captain White,' email have wished that the copy of the Rcport made to Lieut.-Col. 'Boss, on the 6th instant, sent by Major Ogilbie -to Captain White, agreeably to his r.riiiests, had been attested by him Lieutenant-Colonel Ross ; thereby insinuating, that tl►e copy of the Report sent to him by Major Ogilbie was nut a true, and correct copy. • Additional-sth Charge.—For conduct unbe- ' ' -coming an Officer, and to the prejudice of dis•ci pline, in hiving acted in an improper and disre spectful manner before a Regimental Court-Mar tial, assembled at Philipstown, on the 3001'3une . last, such conduct being calculated unjustifiably to encourage in the minds of certain soldier‘ be longing to his troop an impresiion that they had been furnished with overalls charged at a higher price than they ought to have been, and tending to excite in the said soldiers a feeling that . the Court were not•disposed fully and impartially to investigate the justice or otherwise of the objec tion stated on their parts to the prices so charged in their seconnts, for ' which purpose the Cou rt was specially instituted. • • A Court-Martial will be held in Portsmouth garrison, On. Thursday, to try Lieutenant-Colonel. -ALAN, of the 55th regiment, on charges preferred a LI -tiust. that Officer by Major-General BAYLEY, Lieutenant -Governor of Guernsey. Major-Gen. Lhrd HOWARD will preside, and Captaii, E YRE , late nu -the Staff at Hil• , ea, will sit as Deputy Judge-Advocate on this occasion. WINCHESTER, AUG. 30.—Yesterday the anni versary of the Club for the support of the Ind,e pendence of this County was celebrated at the George Inn, in this City The meeting, though not numerous, was highly respectable. Among the company present we noticed the Earl of Car 'larval', the Earl of Northesk, Lord Portchester, Sir Henry Tichborne, Bart. Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. and other gentlemen of the county.—The Wittier and wines did great credit to Ashcombe, aPd gave general satistaCtion. TEILINDER STORM.-On Tuesday afternoon, pliant six o'clock, Edinburgh ‘vas visited by a tremendous torrent of rain, preceded by three vet y loud peals of thunder. The lightning struck the railing whiA encloses the Earl of Moray's pleasnre-ground, opposite the north end of Cha lotte-street. It passed on in an easterly direc tion, carrying off the ra.ling and cope -stone, till it came to a stone pillar, where, being inter rupted, it seems to have exploded, and razed the parapet wall to its fonnaation, carrying the rail ing and stories, in fragments, into the grounds, and destroying the shrubbery. The railing and cope-stone, for the first - eight or ten yards, were merely carried off the wall, and placed in a virti cal posture ; this may have arisen from the easy conduct that iron Abrded ; but when the fluid met opposition, it seems to have exploded with tremendous force, as the wall is there razed to the foundation for many yards, a considerable part of the street carried away, and the iron-rail ing shattered to pieces. The effect of the shock ex tended to at least 40 yards. The violent rain for tunately was not of long continuance, otherwise June . damage might have been sustained in tlie lower parts of the city. As it was the Cotvgate was for some tune flooded ; the water extending the full breadth of the street in many 'Nees, and presenting the appearance of a rapid stream. A most remarkable and interesting occurrence took place at the foot of St. Mary's Wynd ; a boy, about seven or eight years of age, was carried away by the torrent, and swept into the common sewer, the grating of which had been lifted to carry ° if the w a er. All hopes of his recovery scented lost. Tr . e mother stoo d by (encircled by a prodigious crowd) in the greatest agony of grief : when a eiroutryman, driving a flock of lambs, came up, and learning the circumstance, borrowed an um brella front one of the by-standers, and descended into the sewer. The boy had recovered himself while in the sewer, and attracted by the voice of rthe countryman, laid hold on the hook end, of. th e umbrella, by which lie was ; drawn towards his deliverer, who produced hittt alive•to;the- over, fi l ed mother and - the astonished spectators., after. •he bad been upwarils of 20 minutes in the sewer. , . . . We are nitieli'cririerlied to state that a typhus leyer, of vyiy tnali itxnt nature, prevails in va ij(stis interior of Ireland. The cou togioil most rapid strides in all direc tions......" • " ItE✓iGIOU3 A nreelillg Was held last week at the 11J1e . Vue Malvern, forestablishing a District Com mittee of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge within the Deauery of Powick (the sanction of the Lord Bishop of the diocese'having been duly obtaincdy, when. the Right Hon. Earl Beauchamp was nominate& President of the Dis trict Committee, the Hon. Henry Lygon, M. P. Gen. Dowdeswill, Anthony Lechinere; Esq. and the Rev. Joseph' • Martin, Vice- - Presidents ; the Rev. H. Pr. Domvile, au& the Rev. 11. Card, Joint Secretaries ; and Wm. 11 7 all, Esq. Trea snrer. Earl Beauchamp was not able to take the Chair, but hai'vlsothely transmitted a donation of 201. to the - Committee : his brother, time Lygon, likewise sent a donation of 101'. • ' The Rev. 11. Card, the Vicar of Great Malvern, last ‘vrek preached a sermon for the benefit of the Sunday school established in that parish ; and the eloquence and persuasivene,s of this discourse may be well imagisted, 'when we relate that the Collection 'at the doors amounted to the liberal sum of 611. is. 6d.—The plates were held by Ladies Calthorpe and Lyttelton, the Hon. Miss Addington, and Mrs: . Wall,. who were •attended by Mr. Lechmere, Mr.Mildmay, Mr. H. •Adsiing'. ton, and Mr. Wall. Last week, in consequence of a communica tion from the-Lord Bishop of the diocese, a Ineet• in of the Clergy within 'the Deanery of Droll wicli, took place at the George Inn, Droll wicb, the Rev. J. Wingfield; Prebendary of Wocgstei, in the chair, when it was nuatiittiously agreed that A District Committee of the Society for Promot ing Christian F.'.owledgc should: be formed within that deanery.- was resolved that the Lord Bishop bt the diocese should be requested to act as Patron, the Earl of Plymouth as President, and J. Phillips, Esq. of lianbury Hal!, as Vice President : the Rey. T. Blackhall, Vii ar of Tar debigg, accepted the offices of Treasurer and Se cretary. The thirteenth Anniversary of the. Sund'ey Schools, established in the parish of S.t..Mary de Crypt, in Glouce i ster, was celebrated on Sunday se'uoight. A most excellent and appropriate dis course was preached on the occasion . by the lion. and Right Rev: •the , Lord Bishop of that diocese. The cause of this admirable Wa, so very successfully advocated by his Lordship, as to produce an accession to its funds of 431. 7s: 10(1. Sunday week a sermon was preached in the pa rish church of Newest, by the Rev : R. F. Onslow, the Vicar, for the benefit of the Sunday School established there. The ditty of affordiog instruc tion to the tisialt eeneratlon of the poor was en forced with impressive earnestness by the preacher, and the collection for the charity amounted to the sum of 311. 10s. On Tuesday last was held at Dorchester the third Anniversary Of' the Dorsetshire Auxiliar'y British and Foreign Bible Society, and not the nniavoinable state of the weather, the 'Nisi Prins Court, where the. meeting was held, was tilled at an early hour. 1116 st of the members of the General Committee, • anti many Clergymen of the established Church, 'Protestant Dissenting Ministers:, and other 'gentlemen, were present. , -- The Rev. Dr. Cracknell read tire animal report, which gave a most pleasing aocoturt.. of its lions and fund. of the society. Several Gentle men then addres s ed the ceinpany on the subject of the meeting, and their speeches were heard with great attention rind satisfaction. SINGULAR CHAR ‘CTER. IYed, in Glen-street, Kilmarnock-, on. Friday, 17th of July, 1317, XVit.a.rAM STEvENsoN, aged fq years. lie was originally front amity, and hued a mason ; but during many of the latter years of his life he wandered ai>out as . a common beggar.—Thirty years ago, he •and . his wife sepa rated upon these strange conditions . , that the first that proposed an agreement forfeit one hundred pounds. This singular pair never met again, and it is not now known Whether the he roine vet lives. Stevenson was nine!) afflicted; during the last two years of his lite, with the stone. He often grieVously reflected why Provi dence should keep him in such lingering torment. Nothing seemed to give him more concern than his inability to earn his breath ; or that the money he had 'scraped together should he exhausted be fore he died. As hist -. disease• increased, he was fully aware of his' approaching •dissolution ; and for this event he made the following extiaordinary preparation :—He sent for a baker, and ordered twelve dozen of hnrial cakes, and a great pro fusion of sugar biscuit ; together with•a corres ponding quantity of wine anti spirituous - liquors.— He then told the baker, that if this quantity was not sufficient, he should provide more, as nothing but whole cakes were to be served about at hie funeral. He next sent for the joiner, and ordered a coffin decently mounted, - With particular instroc-; tions that the wood should be. quite dry, at 4 ,the joints firm and impervious to water. The grave digger was next:sent for, and asked if he thought he could get a Place to put hint in after he was dead. He said, he dare say he might. The spot fixed upon was in the church-yard of Riccarton, a village about half-a-mile distant. He enjoined the sexton to be sure and make- his grave roomy, and in a dry and comfortable corner ; and he might rest assured, that he would be well reward trd for his care and trouble. -Having, matie these arrangements, he ordered the old woman that at (-ended him to go to a certain nook, anti bring out. nine pounds, to he appropriated to defray the funeral charges: He told -her at the same time not to he grieved, for he had not forgotten her in his. will. In a few. hours afterwards, in the full exercise of his mental powers, but in the most excruciating agonies, he expired. A neighbour and a man of business were immediately. sent for to examine and seal up his effects. The first thing-they found was a bag, containing large silver 'pieces, such-,as crowns, half-crowns, , and dollars, to. a large amount. In a corner was secreted, amongst, a Vast .cptantity of musty Tags, great unrulier of guineas, anti seven-shilling pieces. In-his trunk Was found a bond. for 3001.. and other bonds a - nd securities to a Very considerable anniunt.• In all., we heard, the property amounted to 9001. • }Rs wiil was found among souse old paper,.leavin.g.So his housekeeper 201. and the rest of , his property to be dr, Ned amnnz, 11ts distant relations. As II required sonic titnel.o.give his. relatives intimation of liis death, and to make preparations for his fu neral, he lay in state four day-, during which pe riod- the place Where he was resembled more ari Irish wake than a deserted room where the Scots lock up their dead. The invitations to his funeral were most singular. Persons were / not asked in dividually, but in %Oink families ; so that, except a few relatives ' dressed in black, his obsequies were attended by tradesmen in their working clothes, barefooted boys and girls, an immense crowd of tattered beggars ; to the ages; among whom , he left sixpence, and to the younger three pence. After the interment this motley group retired to a•krge barn fitted up for the purpose, whet e a scene of profusion and inebrity was ex hibited, 'almost without 'a parallel. Scarcely one of them that were there Could Stagger home without assistance and some were obliged to re riain.all night among the torn sacks in a nook of the barn. After all this profusion, a few worthies, who were neglected to be invited, threatened to raise the corpse, if they were not allowed to do honour to Stevenson's memory, 'and in order to, prevent such 'a catastrophe, the place became once more a place of dissipation.—(Glasgow Courier) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ''SCANDALOUS RIOTS .—COrtlel ' illS Marin and an other man were brought before the Magistrate, charged with being leaders in one of those riots by ‘vbielt the Sabbath is profaned almost every week in St. Giles's. It wears that a body of desperadoes, amounting to 200, wet about eleven 'o'clock (in Sootlay morning in Auckeridge 7 streetl. They were so numerous and so determined that the Constables and Parish Officers were at first feat tit; of attempting to secure any of the party. Towards evening their numbers increased to 6 .or 700 ; and the oeighboathood was so terrified by 'the preparations for attack, that the inhabitants durst not op,•ear out of their houses. The Vestry Clerk informed.the Magistrate that the same scene was exhibited almost every Sunday, and the peo ple w e re kept in such terror that they were oblig ed 'to bar their doors and windows. and keep them so through the day. The Constables, at length finding a' proper opportunhy, secured the prisoners. They' wet e ordered to find bail for their appearance, to .answer the charges against them. BARROWS UPON THE•PAVEMENT.---.Mr. Duncan Campbell, a gentleman. who seems •to interest himself in enforcing the act respecting the pave: ments of the metropolis, appeared at the office, charging two persons with wheeling barrows. up on the . pavement. They Were convicted, and ordered to pay a penalty of 40s. each. This sum Mr. Campbell hiMseif discharged for one of them, who, it appeared, was unable from poverty to p meet the demand. J-lecomplained to the Magis ti%tte that much partiality was• practised by the Officers w'aose ,b(isineSs'it q to see ,that Act carried into execution thin they frequently . seized . upon: poor people tell() cc ere incapable of paying the penally, while they permitted others to trespass in the siune manner without attempting to convict them • Roaar.B.Y.--=John Riddle . and Hall, both members of a desperate gang who infest the .neighbourhoo d of Prury-lane, w_ ere . bruight . to the oflice,charged with assaulting nod robbing Mr. Thomas Doyen, ahon't half-past 8 n'elnek on Sunday night --7Mr.Dnyer Stated, that . iu passing through Drury-lane on his' way home, lie Met the prisoners, in company with some others, (I ho'attended for the purpose of blocking ,up the passage, and affording to the-it-Companions a greater facility of escape. The prisoners -ap peared to be'the leaders of the party. Hall, itn mediately on coming up - to the prosecutor, made a. sudden grasp at his watch, and succeeded in taking away Will the seals and the chain. No sooner was this accomplished, than -Riddle, the other pi isoner, struck Mr. Duyer on the "bead with .a bludgeon, and having knocked him down, repeated his blows in the most brutal manner, while he lay on the ground. The-watchmen coin ing tip, the ruffians were secured, after consider-:• able difficulty and resistance.--They were fully committed. . COAL MARKET, SEPT. U. Ships at Market. tl Ships sold. P r i ce . 3 Ne v , ,n .. ••• • • 3 .•.. • ..... 36 5 . 3d: t o 435. 9C es 2 Stune Coal. ............0... —s. do. to —s. da I Forest of Dean C0a1... .0..........—5. O. to —s. Orl, WORSHIP-STREET. NAVIGATION AND nifiERY ON THE RIVER LEA. —Yeterday Charles Miller was brought before the Sitting Liagistrate, charged with illegally hav ine fished on the River Lea. This river abounds .with all kinds of fresh water fish, and which was prdteeted by the statute of Geo. 11.1 7. s. 54, sod the U)th, cap. 58, which proVides, that any person found fishing, or destroying fish, in the waters of certain parts of this river, will forfeit a fine of 51. unless he is .anthodzed by the proper and right proprietors of the fisheries so to do.— The prisoner was convicted in the penalty of 51. hfrORTANT TO MAGISTRATES. -Power to commit Peryous for want of Sureties to give Evidence against Offenders. —At the last -Assizes for the County of Cornwall, Mr. Baron Graham strongly reprobated the practice7of committing- persons to gaol who were unable to find sureties for their appearance to give evidence in, prosecutions. In such cases, Magistrates (his Lordship observed) had no doubt been misled by custom, and he had not the most distant idea of imputing blame to them ; but he felt it his duty to state, that the Law of Eng laud, •which was always jealous of the liberty of the subject, did not allow any person's liberty to be. restrained in that manner. He comld find no authorised precedent for the practice. Magistrates must be content with the evidence they can obtain in a legal manner ; and if a poor man is unable to find . sureties, he most be discharged tsu his own recognizance. PARISH ACCOUNTS.—A very excellent plan has been adopted by the township of Northallerton, viz. to publish an abstract of the annual accounts of the Overseers of the Poor ; by which the pa rishioners may see, at one view, a statement of the receipts and disbursements of each year. The abstract also contains the names of objects re lieved, from which aireidea may be fOrmed . of the worthiness of each person so assisted ; and an op portunity is,thereby afforded for-the detection of ',lle most highly beneficial effects are expected to arise to the township from this system, which is worthy general adoption,' LONDON: Printed by B. CARSTAIRS, of No 23, Great Ortnond-stret, Qucen•syuare; and published by W. A. SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molton-street, at Tan Surf Office, No. 112, Strand ; where Advertisements ) Ordess o Letters, ete. (post-pa; (J must be addressed. LONDON ISTAIIKETS. PRICE OF BREAD THIS WEEK. • The highest price of the best Wheaten Bread threngbost the Metropolis is stated by the Bakers to be ts. 2d. 0 8 Quattern Loaf.—Some Bakers sell the Quartern.Leaf fro, one penny to three-pence lower.- • lb. oz. lb. O_,P Peck Loaf to weigh .. 17 6 Quartern Loaf to weigh 4 Di Half ditto.. ditto_ ... a 1 i Half Quarter') ditto .. 2 gl SEEDS. Red Clover (Foreign)..., - 7 1_908 to 112 s per cwt. *Ditto English . . 70s 105 s to 124 s Whiteditto ' -60 s 95s to 120 s Rye-Grass . . 4os 56s to —s per qr. Turnip, White .. Red and Green ... • • • 4os Od to 30s od White Mustard Seed -0 Os to 148 Od Brown ditto • lss Od to 203 od Carrawav Seeds Cinque Aril] l6s Od to 18s Od per qr,.. Coriander do lss Od to 17s Od Trefoil Itingtass ~. —s 20s to 52s Caimry (new) Ditto (old) • 60s —s to tibs. Linseed Oil Cake at th . e Mill, 111. I is. to 144 12s. per thoie , , saud—Rape Cake 71. 10$. to 81. Os: per ton.' UXBRI: Corn-Inspector's Return. NewWbeat per 10ac1401.105.281. Wbeat peril!. 151 Os to 201 103 I Barley, per. qr. ;32s Cd to 42s oc: Rye, 40s. Od PRICE 0. _ F HOPS. New Bags. New Pockets. Kent Sussex 1(1 Os to 9.21 Sursex —1 Os 191 Os toe.% 0 0 " Essex 191 Os to 961 Ob Farukuu..sul ,us to 301 Of NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. By the Carcase. Beef - 2s 4d 'to 3s 4d I Veal as Od to 4s OiC Nluttuii • .... 2s 8d to as Sd Pork 4s 4d to .5s 0# Lamb, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ST. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, August 30. Hay 3l lOs Od to 51 12s Od--Avvragtt,, 41 Its Oft Stiaw Clorcr .41 OS Od to 61 Os Od--;—Average, 51 03 04 WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. Hay 4l lOs Od to 51 . 12 s Od---Average, 31 Is 0# New ditto.. 01 Os Od to 01 Us Od-Average, 01 Os 0 4 Straw ll ISs Od to 21 4s Od-Avcrage, 21 Is OA Clover 6l its Od to 71 12s Od Average, 71 2s OO PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 561bs each per 16 .. 2 td. to 2511' Ditto, 56. to 661bs each --d‘ to —d ' ' Dressing Hides J 43 ,, to 19 , 1 Fine Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 to 40163 for crating 'Bid to 22d Ditto Calf Skins , 30 to 401bs ' 1* o to tf4d • Ditto 5O to 70105........ 22d to 27d' Ditto 7o'to Btili)s. ( ' 22d to 9,4i1 Small Seals (Greenland) I 2341 to 264 Large ditto , per dozen ' 70s to 9.027 Tanned Horse Hides _ Spanish Horse Hides , .. l7d to 204 RAW HIDES. Best Ffeifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary ....2s OLL to 2s 9.41 '2s ext to Ss Oi: Market Calf .. each .. 7s 041.` Middlings 2s 4d to 2s Gd En. Horse Os Oci tu , Ds t SHEEP SKINS. Polled ' —d to —di Shearlirtgs ....es Od to 2s -6,', Downs . PRIGS OF RAW FAT, p , As slated by the 7all.slitlter.s,..l James's Market ..3s 11 d• ,Whiteeltapel Market 8s Ili! ler St-one of slb.--Ang. 29. stated by the iinteltenn, [tit. James's Murket ..3s I Id Whitechapel Markel es 11. !Clare Market .39 lld Newgatc Market 10d 7s )(td Arente Averaz ....as jI d PRICES OF TALLOW Town Tallow.. 68s 6d —s Od Yellow Russia 69s Od Od White ditto .. —s .Oil —s Oil soap ditto.... 62s Od —s Od Melting Stull sls Od —s' Od Ditto Rough.. 845..011—s Od SOAP, &c. per I Iglb. PRICE OF' CANDLES, from Tallow Chandler's Hall. •Price of Candles, per dortn,. Its Od—Moulds ) ,l2s 6d Gd pe.rdozenallowed for ready money.. Yellow Soap 9'?* Mottled.._. Curd Palm 9 O- Graves lSs 04 tioud Drcgs i s Ott HOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER, AUG. 29.—Our plantation has n ot• improved, and though there is a, probability that the plant may partially revive, yet the prospect l. at present so unpromising, that almost unprece dented prices are given ; good. 1815's average 271. per cwt. ; and on Saturday a very curious sample was sold in our market at' the enormous rate of 30 guineas! but this of course is a soluary instance. A letter from Herefordshire received yesterday, states that the frosty rights have been very injurious, and that very little blossom is to be seen. The accounts from Kent and Sussex are not better ; some planters on badlands have even pulled and stacked their poles atid sown turnips i t i s , h o wever, acknowledged that on rich lands an improvement has taken .place. The planter has , sold the whole of his growth to the dealer at 231. Per cwt.—The duty on the kingdom now varies between 70 and 73,0001. 11l tTHS. On Friday last, at Nlichaelstaw Hall, Essex, the Lady of , N. Garland, Esq. of a sou. On Saturday last, at lloehampton, the Lady of Richarcl Price, Esq. of a daughter. • - MARRIED. • - Yesterday. at St. George's, Hanover-square, Charles San ders, of Grosvenor-square, and Deomark-bill, Surrey, to • Anne, widow of the late Richard Shawe, Esq. of Casino, Dul wich-bill, and Hamell's-park, Herts. On the 12th ult. at Lambeth Church, William Sibbald,, M.D. Surgeon • to the Forces in the Isle of France, to Eu plieinia Anna Amelia Wright, only daughter of the late Dr. John Wright, of Oporto. DIED. On Sunday last, at Church-lane, Chelsea, George Dobree, Esq. of Oxfurd•street, in the 701 h year of his age. On Thursday last, Mathew Michell, Esq. of Grove-house, Enfield, Middlesex, and Hengar in Cornwall. ' On Wednesday, the 20th ult. at his house,. Bond-street, Hampstead, Richard Bolt, Esq. aged 70. On Sunday last, in her 52'd year, Mrs. T .lunt, of Canonbury; place, Islington. DGE. ,—Tiltutday, Aug. 28. I Oats Beans 43s Od to RI, Oit Pease 46*oci tv 61s pA L. to 42s Od.