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London, England, 1815-09-08 00:00:00

Gll4il4CT2.' OF DON,MIRTE.

Na character was ever inore likely to attract the
attention of posterity than that of Bonaparte. Not
oats the conquests lie has achieved, the capacity
he has displayed, and the desigis to which those
con.itiests, and that capacity were directed, bnt his
reveries his errors, and his fall, must render him
sn nhject of peculiar interest, in the times that are
to suteved us. Acting iii the most eventful period,
and influencing its evenwi orertioreing and erecting
depa-ins; anti crooning Soyereigus, and
declining from all this into the condition of an exile'
naval a pri,oner, his refines have secured him a
place to the studies of future Stateinen,astal even
ill the assiduities of those who read history
as they read minatice—for the eutertaiiiment of its
remarkable .and splendid vicissitudes. We may
notice amalig the number of those instances which
illustrate the prtiterlice inseparable from enutem-
rocuiy :Inclement, find the talents of this extraorili-
wiry 01:01. have been often disputed. Hiselevntion
from private life to the dignity of a throue, at u
period when Franee was not deficient in the produc-
tion of able men; the variety and the inegui tilde of his
su•Terzes ; the extent of his power, and the terror of
tiame, hare not succeeded in rendering his ititelec-
tual elaitnA intelligible, to all understandings. But
tale jitages from whom his reputation has most to
apprehend, are those who, allowing his talents, eon-
tiartthein with the jnerposes to which they have
been rendered subservient. At the satue time it
wool,' not be fair to charge upon hint, exclusively,
the evils of that military system under which the
world Inai so long grained. Part of it must be attri-
buted to the restless disposition of the French people;
pot to the unruly spirit which was generated by the
Revolution; part to the indignant recollection of the
conduct panned by other countries at the period of
that great struggle, and, certainly, no small part to
the genius and character of an individual who was
Laairil by nature to govern its times of tumult, to
supply the want ui hereditary claimity the exercise
of !personal conduct and severity, and pour the torrent
of threw conflicting principles, which threatened
ruin at lionie, upon the tuitions of devoted Europe.
In the iirosevutiou of this arduous talk, which
seems tit 140 Yr been "Winn eOII4IMGELMI into a system
for the establisliment of universal Empire, no dif-
ficulty could present itself that was not undertaken,
110 danger that was not encountered, and no prin.
tilde that was nut either adopted, comproiniaed, or
alraudottell. as the occasion might seem to require.
Terrible alike to Monarchies and to Republics, he
dictated siteceasiow., altered constitutions, blended
or dissevered territories, and subverted laws. An-
t tent limit and ancient usage were equally the sub-
jects of a moving mid arbitrary scale. Ile dis-
turbed the geography amid •disdained the d of
Europe; he defaced the regale,' of treats, and
proseriptiou, nod opposed himself to the habits of
centuries. ]low fir he might have succeeded to-
wards the accomplishment of his vast lb sign, it is
imptmosilde to conjecture now; one thing, however,
is clear, that his overthrow was prodma-d rather be
a con, urrence of accidental circumstances, than by
any direct eotiseeptence of the s) stilts 011014 which
lie acted, orthe attempt to which lie fell a Perri-
aice—the premature said unexampled severity of
the sinter, said the burning of Moscow, decided
Lis fate.

Were we to judge of loam at a monarch, according
to our English 000t.ons. we ,Itutild find much to cell-
tore. stool even to detest ; but perhaps the Monarch
of the French should be n mail that would lose his
head in Englund. At all eve" it cannot be fair
to try his merits, in this respect, by a standard to
"itch he had we ides, and was hound. by no oh-
li'4ol.lll to morons them. The French People ure
the best judges of the Governorate they would re-
fer, and it is No small evidence of his skill in the
adaptation, that e•eio after this disasters, he lots
kit rco;ret behind him, and that his slime is still
citerishetl,rad his memory still dear, at a period
when elosiste all utracloonents, whether natural
or politleal, were nearly philosophized away. As
a winvenr, he haul fstv superiors io the ages that
have passed—it will be for history to determine
boweeto him and the most illustrious of his con-
tensporarit s. As a man tried to the extremes of
hoirsen Inatome, be seems to have heen more capable
the frowns of adversity then the intoxi-
Nouns of stiece:s. However some of his friends May
lament, and some of his enemies may decry, the
!riot of that stage etfict which suicide won hl, its
their judgment, loose etudes red upon his exi o titan
power, the omission is entitled to the praise of for-
titude.

It is front the meridian of his prosperity that the
amities of hitoimpedehmeot must be collected. To
slit' that he wits the worst of conqiiernirs tYIIIII4I be a
stretch of invective, which, with all his violence, he
kis not thisoreett; but he Wag ttrittitute•nithat hit Ii
Sell.* of honour which is necessary to constitute the
hero, and should Ise the more. rigidly tlis.
asoodeil at their lama-, :is it is often their only sir-
tin.. It islortimate-fr•los torero, and mu); one
1,1;A poweifully martini-I lite iiiikatirm Of lien vet--
iiiet which :in iinparti:tt posterity trill prithotioce
illittil hnn, that he is to Lie -compare:l trttll Jltose
.haracters rt ho Iwvr.. twat,. it their bosiniss to sub-
due; that heento eurrostl ve•topy to it -gsvot height,
himself by Licilisatiu4 the sir-
structinii Of-his own sprcies. lie his token his pace
nArnes, aisiniig whom h.: will titre! many
to countenance the most outrageous of his

411

M►MR. PEEL .IND MR. O'CONNELL.

TO THE PROPRIETOR OF THE FREEMAN'S

J OU lIN AL.

Merrion-ainare, Sept. 3, VIM.
Sin—The very “nypt andre‘lr:VirdllllVV course pursued by
Mr. Peel and Sir Charlea Saxtmi having termin•tted in a
Newspaper public:oMo, Ib. of you to publish for me the
clielost d biter, which I reerrved (loin my friend Mr. Lid.
The dexterity of my aileers4ry in publishing on SOnellay
cerniar. has ziveti I what I suppose he eatimate. !kid-v—
-ow it:!y's leaking at me. This paltry trirk he resortS lo
and vet he declares that lie " feels thiamin, for an earflAilte.
Dwelt of a transartmoi" which occurred two days Ix biro!'!
The conversation bet wern S:r Clarks &won and lac is
curl snaccnrattly stated by that Gentleman in The Corres-
pondent.

I will only notice two partienlars :—First, his omitting
Nt mention, that on my expressiii•x OTII Op; 4111 011 the
Moots of my sending to lir. Peel, I added, :my friend
would disappoint my Wipes and wishes. who should advise
me not to call on 3l r. Peel ;" and, secondly, his initialing
the last reply, whieh he has altriltnted to himself, nap 0111,
ward of tt4joh vi;,! kr rifler fa not prosenee. For tha
rest I have the case to the Irish public. I have disavow,*
nothing. I have retracted nothing. I have refused the Gen-
tlemen nothing. I have only to regret, that they Meru ulti-
mately preferred o paper war.
ani, Sir, your obeilientandlininlite S-reiont.

D.tNIEL OTONSI.LL.

Saturday, September 1, 11,1 I S.
Kraria's Hotel, Kildare-stiect.
. .
My Dean O•CowwELL-I'he ttatement relative to your
affair with Mr. Peel, mad., by Sir Charlet Saxton, iii 77as
eutretptiadent of this night, in which he says so little, and
iiiimwessts no mach, of what premsl between himself and
in on that :subject, renders it nes...miry that I eihool.l
munirate to you, iu re4iilar nett r, Cite whole of what oc-
curred between us on both the days he waited uu me here,
tray'lig you at libel ty to niake use you &raga of the
information. When the public shall be informed, that be
spent twenty minales with me on Theirtday, and forty-twn
• ten gm Friday (the visit or which day, and the tilsjeet of
it, be atudiously conceals), in discussiiig the tr.inszu:tiona
which ranged both interviews, at.l shall contrast it wills the
little he reports of what at have passed in such a space of
time, they will naturally draw a cuarlasion different from
the ohject he had in view, in making that statement.
After lieariee", from you Sir Charles Saytun's communica-
tion buns Mr. feel, amt sat:sting the view you took ou the
subject, I went to tie Otley's, where, lint Sliding Sir
Charles., I mentioned to Mr. °Hey I came I.w the purpose of
letting Sir (7. know :had he been (hnte) that I did not eon-
crive any 'hing which had passed between yon and him on
that day, altered the relative positiou in which you and Ste.
Peel heretofore stood, or rendered it, iu any way, .ueces-
nary that unit should main through me nay hostile comnia-
nicatinu to Sfr. Peel, but that if (*liar es uhtni:.l wish to
sae me MI the subject, 1 would wait at home until six
o'clock, leaving him my address. He came to sue nearly at
that hour, and was prareciting to detail what passed hetwet n
y.m and himself, until !interrupted him, by inentioning ahat
I said an above, to Mr.( ft ley, and giving it :is say fixed opi-
nion that it aas not you a ltoshould cuminroce any hostile
penceedisig _

Ile the; re.s,med his narrative of what passed between
himself and you, and added, that yon thliaglit Jiff:icon)
Gene me eiti the .objet, for llioiezh you said yon would act
under the cu:ktrul of your friends, yet, that ir.y friend win,
would advice you not 10 staid to Mr. Peel, would be, in
yk ur opinion Inuit, mistaken, and disappoint your wishes,
sir words to that effect. Th's was the only point iu which
your report and Sir Charles Staxom's, of your interview in
Ibe moniing, did not exactly agree; hut this, and some ob-
servations on his part, tendiug to alter my opiuiuc, com-
pelled me to assign the reasons which determined me to de-
clic for yon as I hail done. I then told him, that the aspe-
rity of the language you hail used resperting Mr. Peel,
while under the impression of receiving iil treatment from
him, had hero so grossly offensive, that I still considered you
to be the aggressor—that the English language did not
admit of an expression more galling and de haring, than to
say of any snail, he would not dare to do, in the presence of
another, what 1w did in his absence—that it was a broad and
niopialified eharze of (.1111'3111C1., which a denial, or even an
offer to 'Wiwe minimideil, was lost sitifwient to repel—that
thong!' it may tend. in soma resiwet, to Bit up the joins 'dual
guAbused,yct it 111111111( go to punish the insult;—that this
impressiiiii unit no strongly Axial on my mind, that I tubl
you that if oil persisted in wishirg 11/ send a hostile com-
munication to Mr. Peel, I mast decline any further inter-
fi mom un yuun pout ; for that it would be an iinjutitiable
prodigality of your owu life, and a wanton aggres-ion eon that
of another.

Aft. r some little pause, Sir Charks Saxton asked tne, if
I knew what were the observations of Mr. Peel its Rodin-
mem, of w-hich you complained I c stolidly ark a !edged
I had not seen any report which could justify your charge
on him, hut that you socattunted to nee, lee had said, in
quoting some /Passage of a speech of ..... that io 'studio.
soils it was but nut ortlittury ofidieidual, but MO' who could
kid the Cat bulbs of Ireland to his own purpose*, aiod
broadly insinuating that these stilettos:, were dishonest. Sir
Charles instantly replied, t, Mr. Pull never said any smolt
thing, nor any thing which justified personality to him ;" that
he got every report he could, and tint no one bore any such
featnre ; that he would avow every 1111 e he saw, or any thing
he hod said. I agreed with him us far as those I had seen,
and mentioned my regret al the observutibits which you had
made respecting Mr. Peel. He then apologized for tees_
passing sue long on toy time, and as he was going, I
le.saiti
repented. to avoid ally IlliArlollCl ptami, as I then tobsers eel,
toy tot . i .. i . on, that it was nut tlon frOli any hostile pro.
cesvliuq should ettine, Cie the reasons I before stated. Thus
ended the hitsiness of l'hurorley.
' Ott l'riolny, I waited nt home until one o'clock, thinking it
probsthie that, on etensiolaratioti, he might judge it necessary
to Conte to me again. Between that hour and half after ta ti,
he called twice, and the het time he left the note I herewith
ettelose—oS4V Ao.I ) In gene etpreaue of my aterputintitig
him I was then at my hotel, he inotteoliett ly .nine tlwre. I
moat here oltseree. 'lint at the moment I sent In inform him
I was at home, I ninel White it 1101 W to you (which I sup.
pose s-no liner) desiring that the horses might be in waitino,
as I would Nypoint an immediate hour, anal the nearest field '
iu the C.ntity 'Kildare, to the hiwo of Celbridge, fur the
meeting which I conceived Sir Charles wns coming to
qniri---(Ari• NOW 2 and 3.).-I'ou may judge my stirprisr,,
whets, tot hts tottering my room, I saw hits hold 0111 MPH'
papeis which he said he wished to sliest Inc. as come • R ,
the sobstattee of what passed heteten us oat the day preced-
ing. Before he read two paragraphs of the first papa e, I oh-
served, I could not acre'. with hint. He attempted to alter
to soy vivw. IL- did nut sneered. 1 Offered to meet hind
with ury notes, mid to agree inn a mutual statement if-we
could. He deeiitted it. He told toe, while alb riot:, he its.
I coded to publish, but very briefly. I answered, I
could neither ngree to the correctness of a partial pub-
lit atitou'sashnor admit the correctness of sash part as he
read
Lad lle then said, for the first time, that, when
I told him the they before. that I did not judge the coin-
tonnteation he. Sir Chart. s, lend 11111111 e to )041, rendered
a tall on Mr. Peel nee, wars, on y part, he considered
his mission as at an end, and that wits dung I said after-
wards was restsonieg. I told him I emoted shot agree with
hoist, for there was no other subject common between
nod that 1 rousidered he was even then 4to that tots-ohm.
Ht risked, were there not noun, thines said by aao, winch I •
1",.1.1.1 got wish to trays pithlitheal ? 1 replied. laud; for '
every word which I hail used wetdd only more strongly
prose how firm my conviction was, th-t it 'was nut from
woo soy thing leietile should proceed. This rising to de-
part, he sash •110 .ye ahewn you this paper. I answered, I•
will not admit «gat 1 lime siren lie it to be correct, and
I shall make i.iy observation's on whatever you publish, nod
add those I bare givro fur the opitliton I cutirtain. .
He then left one i',.it:t four o'clock. While he was Olteriug '
*hat hr hart le 'meet rich ham, I %Troe nut fhe paragreplp,
its which I iron! ~,,,.,, opinion, that yen stoned nut be •
justified by rusyeleng which had passed, ill calling on
Purl ; he writ it sty sole.tonatolly ruercet. and I must say, • "
it was neat 'y trhat hr Iris nn head.
Tins is the'snbrauee'dY Fliarias;e4l,'einetufitted to riper

no earls slay, as soon as Sir Charles Saxton had left me.
Yost know 11.1.HC1,X1. my 'ileac wy is, and liow pi.efectly
this ags s sib 11.113( 1 1,1:111.1I to y. us after each intervew. If
1 delivered it message under these circomstaares, to what re-
proaches \,41111,1 I have expmcil myself'. Should Ido so, he-
cause his friend had said, lie would Ilion a report, u hide
would prove you had been unjustifiably r.ertre MI .4r. Peel '
Did lie say he %mutt! avow any 1111114 it hick was either insult-
ing to, or itulime ui y.ii? Did 1,, tell yam you were either a
calunittiatui sor liar No. he simply said, lie would avow
any patter which he himself bad seen, or any thing which he
himself bail said., neither producing the one, our re-assert-
hug the other. Did his simply deayissg your reflection 1111
his waist of spirit was neither just or well-founded. inflict
any punishment on quit for so modifying an issmit ? Ilea-
suit by analogy. It a mao tell. sue I on .1 liar, In a cep lava
asseetiou, will my slcuyitsg it, and t via uttluz-ing circus as-
stau yes to prove I was correct, set me right antler such a
charge ? I would thereby *hew I did snit dela rve the ins ins I:1-
liala ; Lot uurl Out I, (u ease my tram reelitogg, mist satisfy the
public opinion, seek other reparation fur my wounded
Imune?

If 1 had delivered n messatre, and was called on to RtlilC
Mr groan& for it, would it be deemed a sufficient exess..r,
that Air. Peel had said lie was responsiihte for what he had
said, or what Go lusrl arta reported of him 1.. have ken
Said, without kuuwitig,tle his avowing what that was, or that
Cllllll W0S1.1111:11.111' No, there was hat I.lle plain and ob.
cr to be pursord Ly mr. That wa, (iii ease you
had livea approached in a stiffs rent snasiner,) to call 011 1011
either to produce some document to justify your asperity, or
if ynst coldd not du so, to advise you to admit you had act-
ed under na erroneous
.111110T11/1100, and to express your
regret.

I 81111 not inclined to (Toted the courage of any man ; if I
was, the citaaacter of Mr. Peel in that way wnolt out 1.12
raeitil in my estimation, by his conduct OR the present occa-
sion. lahouritig tender a charge which, he has given anip!ri
evidence lie deeply feels, he might hove led you to (1w field ;
but in place of that, lie has compelled you to fable him to
the Print Mg-sillier. In a transaction, iuwhirl, I know I nag
not only accountable to the Public, hut eventually might he
awfully responsible to my Mirtmr, l acted with the most iris_
tore deliberation. Whether lam as competent to fonn as
just a conclusion on such a subject as Sir Charles Saxton,
our countrymen most judge. But whatever that jiillgturnit
shall bc, I should be unjust, if I did not take the tin ire, re-
sponsibility on myself, for I acted throughout without o:,ce
respecting your feeling on the OC:1141011.
Yours, tsc.

Daniel O'Connell, Esq.
Merrion-eqoarc.

GEO. LPJWILL.

(Nu. I.)
Sir Charles Saxton did himself the honour of calling on
Mr. Liawill this inorniiig, fur the purpose of askinz a few
. Oniites cooversation with him, on the subject of their confer-
ence of yesterday; bat unfortunately findiug him from home,
is tinder the necessity of trunbliiie him with this ewe, to re
(nest he may tit• informed, as soon TN Mr. Littwill returns to
his hotel, by a line toldressetl to him at Mr. 08la y's, N 0.4,
in Ely-place, where Sir Charles Saatua will /cumin, in ex-
peer•atiun of Mr,Lidwill's answer.

4,tly-plare, !gyp:ember 1, 10 15. •
George Lir:rill, F.pq.
Hutel, Kildare-street.

(Nu.
fir DFAR OTONNSLI,

Sir eitarleS SaNtoll Called on Mr twice while I will atuoint
from this The 13,4 time he I. ft a unit., to inky u him lie would
hear 1 was nt hUlne, he would call on me. I t viten him
every 111411114.11 t, and the. efoe wiitii this to you, to have
hortm ready, at I will anoiiiiit the 11..4 held adjuiiiing Cel-
hritlce, in the County Kildare, and an immediate hour fur
Meeting, which I must naturally think he is now coming to
require

Friday, Twits,
Daniel O'Connell, Esq. L.
(No. 111.)
DEAR FRIEND,
Du kcal as yon please ; I nuly think the county of Kil.
dare et erIT to Re the place—l care nut where !lure. Every
thinT will he pi* tiPtIVITIOILIM.Y.
My family viola, b. hes Amin, d pestrie It till
morning i but do just us you please. 1 will reptrun KEIL
Yours, D. O'CONNELL.
Ilaseourt-sttrct.—Friday.
To G. Lidwill, Lsit.

SADLER'S BALLOON.

NEWCASTLE, SEPT. 5.

Mr. Stu Der's 47th ascension took !love as an-
nounced, on Friday last, from the Bowling-green,
in \orthuail►erlaurl-street, in this town. The pro-
ves,' of inflating the ballots confluence(' at twelve
o'clock, awl continued without interruption or ac-
cident till a little past three in the afternoon, when
the car was:lunched to it and removed to a platform
in the middle of the green. A little time after-
wards the rermiunt and his resplendent machine de-
parted from the earth; and the following, ilescTip-
tiotrof the voyage, from the pen of Mr. Sadler
himself, will convey to onr readers every incident
attending that hazardous though interesting expe-
dition:—

" I ascended front the stage at 2 minutes past three
o'clock. 'rise balloon, from a number of people pressing
round, was not regulated as to ballast, as is usually dune,
from which circumstance it rose with violent agitation, in
an oscillating manner, which caused the removal of the
whole of the ballast from that part of the ear opposite me,
(weighing about 4at.) to the end at which I was seatt d.
consequerice of the removal of the ballast, two of the cards
Windt fa ,tell the ear to the lijop gave way. I 00000 ly
rt moved the ballast, and the difti rent iastruitieuts which
had intermingled with it, to their former sittialion, and per•
ceiving my ascension to he rapid., I opened the valve, mid
in two 11111ellteti, has lug suffered a su(lieleut escape of gas, the
car instantly resumed a steady posit' ; the curds alor.h
hadgiven way I likewise secured. The violent motion of the
• &Moon and car is•to he attributed to a ilium; gust of wind,
whir Is took place at the moment of :tact:ninon, anti front
the want e of ballast. direction, on asccoiliag, was
; live initinti s afterward., the town of Newcastle,
with hit adjacent towns and villagi s, and the rivers Tyne
suit Wear, atria:Jed a most grand and pleasing view : to the
west were risible the toss ering hills of Combo:land, and to
the east, the Yorkshire coast. Emilia:: I gained fast mi the
si a, I judges! it prudent to prepare fur my descent. At
ten minutes after my ascent, the carnal of wind altered
mon: southerly; I was now at my greatest altitude, about
niiL. Oil throwing out my anchor, tau of the hakes
broke, which caused 'me to be dragged some distance. I
seenredvlie balloon awl car ne to the seat of Wright,
Esti. at Whittle). Park, and within tau hundred ynaii: of the
sea, hying twenty-one 'Mantes from the period of toy leaving
the Bowlitig-green 1 think it lint justice to told, that from
Mr. Wright, and several nth' r gentlemeo in the neiglitiour.
hood, I recrived the most polite owl friendly attrition"
Thy day, though the wiral nlew fresh front the
west, me: remarkably An immense concourse
of people Irma all parts of tliv surrounding country,
filled every open space of moist,g stud every height
.hi or aboot this m.,%‘ ()Ile tilllttniml and maxty-
Sour ladies teol gentlemea were in the Bowfin
green, to witio-ss the prod s of satiation, and 3lr.
Sadler's ascent ; stul never was It Sight so mmezni-
ticemmt, or tt scene more grutif)log, ever witnessed
jet this town, whether we consider the order and re-
..gulttrity which prevailed in the preparations for as-
.cending, mad time ascent, or it, the pleasume felt by the
turn-occurrence of any accident, and the favour-
ableness of the weather to enjoy the whole without
annoy. "Mr. Sadler, after his descent, 3'lll%er! 0:1
Friday evening in Newcastle, about half-past seven
etilaek,autid.the aCeltunations of the people.

. POLILR.

MANstOs-K6Ust.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

Eliz4lielM Dock ell, Surce.te kii;;;,laad Eliza Jacques,
were yesterday charged with assaulting Thomas Springfield,
and robbing him of his watch. The Prosecutor, who is
*.caul 10. a Gen:imam irsi time% nl‘Vattlininstow, stated,
that on Monday evening. he was for Ins master, at
the ;ate of a livery.stables, in tii,hopsgate-street, and stole
there the tutee Priso rear came up, and asLed loui to gii7
them something to. drink. This Rims& he doelaiiiii.d to
comply with, and lie accompanied them across Ole st vet t; tin
picific-house, where lie called for n quarterii of Kin, the
greater part of which he gave to them, reserviug only' half
a glues fur himself. He was then goiug to return tuithe
liriry.stabics, out as he (pitied the house, the 'cisaners
*vizi d him by the c,llar and raiiiil the body, and lie felt
sue Or thew draw his watch from Iris fob. lie it:slimly
s.iz“l the wronati's hand, and lilt his watch in it. By main
("ice, however, they vit fi ion 10:111, and rani 1110W11
alley (a well known r‘coptack fr bad eharactelti. lie
pursued them, awl heard one say to lb. other, " Have you
gtii tile key of the room ?" Au mister was givivi in the
a Hi, inutive, and they all rushed into a lactase, awl up staiis.
The Prosinaitur atilt followed Iben, whets Imo of Ilium
Dock' ell and Fie g, went into a flk.Blll, into which the Pru-
seett tor !nevi pitted himself. II c I'lll /WI Dotterel I's
hail, in whidi he still felt his watch, awl desired her to
deliver it. She refused, however, and both tier nod Fogg
swore a dreadful oath, that as they knew be liad.inuiacy, they
would have it from him. They then attempted to rltl, his
pot kels, but this he resisted, and ut last escaped with great
The next morn Ito; he west to Sapwell, the Offi-
cer, awl desiTibrd the girls, awl they were iu CUnSIAUCIII'e
apprehended.
Dockrell and Fogg, who seemed to have been most active
in the lut,iness, were cumulated icor trial. Jacqaes was dis-
elm, ;ea, with an admonition froiu the LORD AIAYOR, to
uvuid placing herself is a similar predicament in future.

GUILDHALL.
ABOLITION OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW" PAIR.

Alderman J. J SM/TII atteuird swain yesterday inuriii,l at
MI early hmir, to pursue his iequiries respecting the regula-
tions of Bartholomew Fair, part of whieb we detailed yest, r-
day. Previous to exaiiiihd,g the persons whose iliforma-
timi he sought, however, Int had himself gone ruund the fair.
nun employed Brandi., a most intelligent and active mar-
slialsman, to go round to every lamb, stall, and swing in the`
fair, and to ascertain the sums which each of them paid for
their standing._

Mr. Bryce, the steward of Lord Kensington, again attend-
ed, and prothaced the patent, under which the tolls Ow the
booths and swings, were, 2:l.aittvd to Sir Richard Riche, nn-.
der whose title Lord Kensington held. This patent distinct-
ly confined the fair to St. Etsefludontew's-close, and West
Smithfield. :lib. Croce rept.ated that the toll taken by him
as steward of Pied Poudre Cuntt, was eight shiLiii,as per,
booth, the whale of which did nut exceed front 30/. to 35/...
a stain not, adetlitate to tkfrav the expenses of the Conn. As
far us his ono judgment went, he thought Lord Kensington
would, [or att nth mute compensation, be ready to relit:tots:l
the patent by wh;ch tolls were granted ten him on the fair.
%Ir. Perks was then exmniuctl. respecting the sums paid
to him, on account of the City, for the standing of the dif-
ferent booths. He stated that the prices were various—
Mr. Riehm dson ',aid 321, Saunders 201., and four
others paid a like sum; the other booth proprietors paid ac-
cording to the ground their booths covered. The swings
all paid 'a guinea, and some went as high as three gui-
neas and a half; some were lower. The swings in the fair
amounted to about one littildre.l. He received money only
fin dm, stalls and booths within Wet 4 Smithfield, and un-
derstood from those persons without the fair, that they paid
nothing.

Mr Solder was then examined. His evidence went to
prove, that the City Marshals received various sums from
the proprietors of booths, for the kst day of the fair—some
paid as high as three guineas. They received nothing for
the stalls without the fair, lu• had been told by those per-
son..., that nothim: is as paid by them fur their standing.
Mr. Brande, the Marshal's matt, said, that he had gone to
the persona last alluded to by Nir. and they told
him that they paid the inhabitants of the houses before
which they stood, for the privilege of erecting their stalls.
Four stalls opposite the Giltspur-ittreet Compter, paid six
guise is to the Turnkey.

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After obtaining this irformation„ the Worthy Alderman
declared his interition to bring .tlie subject before the Court
or Aldermen at the ensuing Court, nimbi he wouitl lay he--
tore theta *II the particulars he hail been enabled to collect;
and he trusted, if the fair was not totally altolit lied, that
such regulations would be adopted as would tend materially
to diminish the unisaticb in a future year.—That suceesa
may attend the exertions of AMITIII4II Slilith must be the
prayer of all those who biteu witnessed the critnes to which
this sink of infamy gives rise..
CRINITS OF Titr. FAIR.

St veral of Vac Mekie,ekt.t. who were apprehended in Dar-
tholontcw fair, nirmy of them the ut honest traoetunen,
whin had been tennited to he dishom st for the sake of fur-
nishing' the lovans of dissipation ill the fair, were then
brought up. Sonic were discharged, while others were ecut
to the House of Correction.
CHARGE or RAPE.

Mork Legg, a porter in the house of Donaldson, Mason,
and Co. in Friday-street, was bmuglit up on a charge of
the perSUll of Martha Prigmore.
The Prose-calm, who is an interesting looking girl, about
fifteen years of age, deposed, that shu lisad serva at with 31r.
Mason, of Friday-arta; that un NI ..... :ay ccrniui, %that!
sitting in the parlour at work. her master and mistnss being
out, the Prisoner came in and eat his supper; after thai he
shot the back-door and barred the kitchen windows, and
then taking her round the F':1:14, hr threw her on the floor,
put a handkerchief in lice month, and violated her pet-son.
As saint as she could w-t the handkerchief out of her
uwiuh, she screamed " .;larder :^ The Prisoner, after this
outraga, went out. This was at lialf.past ten at night. Vier
insister came in about ekven ; she was ashamed to tell him
or what had happened, but went the next morning to the
sister of her mistress, to whom she detailed a hat had oc-
curred. She was then examined by a surgeon, who spoke to
the ViOIC:ICV she had sustained. She afterwards aetptainted
her mothi r with the transaction, and on Wednesday she ob-
tained a warrant for the apprehension of the Prisoner.
As neither the Surgeon nor the Lady to a hom the cirenna.
stance was first co tttttt nun:tiled were present, the Prisoner
was remanded till this day.

BOW eTREET.