The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-31 00:00:00

fID DL'ES'EN

, Tire Freeholders of this. County havirig been con-
'yetted in conseqnence of a rohtlisitiou to the Sheriffs
Of the County, they attended yesterday at the Mer-
maid at Hackney ; and Mr. SMITH, the.senior She-
riff, having in a short speech stated !rite purport
th, Meeting, Major CiitTWRIGHT arose,. and pro-
posed a string of Resolutions relative to the cause of
Spain. He disclaimed all -cOnnexions with phrty,
.and declared himself to be only a friend to his coun-
try. Government, he thought, desered thanks for
its conduct towards Spain, and the intercourse which
had taken, place between the two countries was, in
his opinion, hanonrable to both. He compared the
present situation of. Spain to that while it was under
its monarchy, and 'the former he considered as the
result of national spirit fighting for liberty.
We should observe, however, that the Major is
mistaken if he supposes that the Spaniards ire
.fight-
:irtgfor such wild notions of liberty as he has always
inculcated. They VA' for their independence
in-
deed, against a foreign invaderi but they fight also
Tor the restoration of their.lawfUl Government; and
we refer our Readers to an
4rticle on this subject,
which appeared in THE gtriv, in which we had
autirbrity for saying what we did:tesPeging thearin-
ciple's and ViewS of the Spaniards, who, whCrt the
abu-sed name of 'Patriots was applied to them, were
reasonably apprehensivelhat they might be compared
with the ruffian Revolutionists Of Franced, wlio
trampled upon the altar as well as the thiOne, and
violated all human ties lb h vain pursuit of imprac-
ticable freedom.

.
In one of the Resolutionsmoved by MajOr CA 4T-
he-Seethed disposed to have this country,m-
terfere in organizing the future GoVernment of. Spain
when She haS secured her independence. Has time
so mbeh impaired the faculties of the Major, that
he does hot remember the zeal with which he op-
posed any interference of this country in the- affairs
of France, convulsed as -she was by a Revolution
that threatened every surrounding State, and when
she was issuing Decrees to anhihilate the allegiance
Of every Other people ? Surely the Major ought to trust
the wisdom as well as the valour of the Spaniards,
and if any reform in their government should hereaf-
ter be deemed necessary, leave them to make it them-
erve.s. "But.t he Major, though he disclaimed all party
feelings, could not help throwing out a few common-
place sneer's at Emperors and Kings. After a very dull
harangue altogether, enlivened by nothing but what
was ca ct lculateto please the loweSt auditors, he con.;
eluded by subtnitting the whole of his Resolutions to
the Meeting, as well as his sentiments drawn up in
the form or a Petition to the House of Commons;
and, an Address to his‘Majesty.
pia was followed by Mr. MELLISH, who corn-
plained that due notice had nut been given of the.
Meeting. When he first saw. the Advertisement
by which it was announced, he was 150 miles from
town, and he Inferred that for want of this due
notice there were se few Freeholders present. The
truth' is, that though the company amounted to less
than fifty persons, several who were there, and want-
-ed• to attract notice, had as little right to pass for
Freeholders. of Middlesex, as the natives of Ota-
heite. Mr. Mellish procedde'd, however, to ani-
madvert on that Resoleltion which proposed toive
advice to Spain on the measures which it would be
proper for her to adept. • These sentiments were in
unison with the opinions of the majority of the
company, but some discussion arose. _ _

Mr. -NARY in a very temperate and judicious
manner, supported the sentiments of Mr. Mellish,
85 to the impropriety and indelicacy of at all inter-
fering in the Counsels of Spain. He heartily joined
in the complitnents which had. been paid to this
Country on the generous assistance which it had
rendered Spain; as well as in all that bad been said in
honour of the latter Nation, for the glorious spirit it
had displayed. Mr. Perry, for the sake .of preserving
a !!pirit of union and harmony in the Meeting, ad-
vised the mover of the Resolutions to withdraw that
which_ expressed so indelicate an interference with
the conduct of a high-minded, honourable, and
gallant people.
After Mr. Powtit and other parsons had deli-
vered 'heir: sentiments,

Baßth.—lreterday the Loan MAYOR examined
the.Mealweighere reports, and ordered the price of
Bread 'to be raised half an assize, or ed. in the Peck
''a,.;tO commeace to-morrow, when the price of
the Quartern Loaf of wheaten will be one shilling
and three-farthings,, and household .eleven-pence
farthing.
SwasibuNcs LADY.—On Saturday last, as a re-
:Ma rkably Well-dressed young Lady, accompanied by
ga serVont in rich livery, was walking in Hyde Park,
.she avas. suddenly seized with
.a violent 'fit :it sick-
A maid servant, who had the care .;.)f some
Children, 'seeing her distressed situation, recommend-
edsher to repair to her master's house, which was
at no great distance in Park-street, where she would
experience every kind attention. In pursuance of
this advice, the Sick Lady, leaning on her footman's
arm, accompanied by the girl, went to Mr. C-so's
house. Being shewn into a room; a
.surgeon was
immediately setts for, to render her every assistance;
Her arm was bled, and it was recommended to her
to repose herself for some time on a sofa. In about
two hotirs after she rung the bell, and ordered her
servant (who is Supposed to be an accomplice in
man's attire) to bring a coach to carry her to her
place of residence, which she stated to be in Upper
Cadogaa-place.s--After returning a thousand thanks
to the hospitable Hostess for her kind attention, the
recovered Sick Lady droVe away ; but how great was
Mrs. astonishment, on finding that a number
of silver spoona of different sizes, and other valuable
portable articles, had made their exit out of the cups
board, along with her late sick guest. She dismissed TPOKEY AND MAIL-COACH.--irbe Poney
which has excited so much interest in the sporting
the coach at Hyde Park Toll-gate, and has hitherto
world, and started with the Exeter Mali on Saturday
eluded every search and inquiry.
MAR T.3OHOUGIT-STREET.-It has been alrea last, is the property of Mr. WARDELL ; it is only
stated, that two men a few days since made an am.lls'
twelve hands high ; three grooms have the leading
of it, and Mr. WARDELL went off with the Mail.
daviretathis Office, that they stispetilea the wife of
It was accompanied from town by several amateurs,
a :reputable tradesman at Bayswater had been poi-
staned, and that they were desirous that the body, as far as the second stage. The poney and its eon-
which was buried on Sunday se'nnight, should be duaor arrived at Salisbury at the same time with the
'taken up and examined. The report having spread, mail coach ; there they gave it a feed of ale and
to the serious injury of the hiasband of the deceased, bread, and started as the mail coach horses were put
the two men, of the names. of Martin and Like, were to, keeping the lead from Salisbury-6 to 4 were
yesterday brought to this office, 'charged with cans- -4 betted at that time on the poney, who appeared
'hta a riot at the funeral. The affair was investi- quite fresh. Within forty miles of Exeter, it was.
gated carefully by the Magistrate, when it turned three miles a-bead of the mail : bets at that time
out that the report was as malicious as it was dan- were 2toi in fivour of the poney. Accounts there
erous. Surgeon
received yesterday, that the poney entered Exeter
4. e
deceased for several days previous to at Kensington proved - that he
forty-five minutes before the mail, which is equal
attended he
to
her death, and that she dted of a fever. Other wit-
a distance of tea miles. This unfortuaate little
nesses proved that the husband waited on his wife
animal lately carried a .weighty rider seventy miles
it) one day. It is accustomed. to drink. ale and
with the utmost solicitude, and no blame could be
bccr, and has frequently drawls pint of port as a
possibly attacirM to him. The D:fendants Were
held to bail: • i Lillie.

_ .
Mr. Mmisti again addressed the company,
observing, that considering the respectability of the
persons who composed the dinner given in honour
of the Spanish cause, which was attended by some
of the most distinguished charter hi the coun-
try, and particularly of the greatest city in the
world, it world he highly improper to carry
an Address to the Throne, signed by the few Free-
holders then present. He proposed, therefore, that
the present Meeting should adjourn, and a new one
snould be convened, of which such repeated notice
should be given as might ensure' an assembly so nu-
merous, and so respectable, as to give due weight to
a roessure of such importance in the eyes of the
Country and of Europe.
Mr. WAIVIMAN followed, and delivered jcst such
a speech as he has delivered upon many other public
occasions.

At length, after some further discussion, it was
resolved to publish the proceedings of the day, and
adjourn the Meeting. The Thanks of the Meeting
were, as usual, voted to the Sheriffs, and the com-
pany separated, without, however, nominating any
period fora future Meeting.

TAE UNFORTUNZM CAMPBELL,

. ,
Qn M dsdl lt:ist this unfortunate Gentl4nan
suffered the, sentence of tile law at Artmgh. When
he found that no hopes el a pardon were to be en,
tertained, he hurried t he hop; of his eXeCiltiOn, and
appeared impatient to die. He repeatedly supplicat,
ed that- he might be shot ; but this, for obrious rea-
sonS, was refused. At twelve O'clock he was led
out l'oreitecution,' and the moment he made his ap-
pearance the entire of the guard took Off their caps,
and he, in return; saluted them. His father:in-law
and another Gentleman remained With him all the
time of his confinemetn, and received his corpse,
Which is to be taken to his native country*(ScOtlatid)
for internient. During the time, of the awful and
atfeding ceremony,-,we are informed that an Officer
of another Corps took the guard, while the Regi-
ment were .waffled to their barracks. It is truly
lamentable, that the arm of the Li w, the,
guilty, must reach the innocent. This unfortunate.
tuan, we understand, haS' left a distraCted widoW
and five children.; and Captain BOYD, Who fel by
his hand, had
.a wife and seven ; sixteen victim,-
immolated at the bloody Tribunal of Erise Hondur
(From the Dublin Correspondent, Aug. O.)
BELFAST, AUG. 26.—The sentence of the law
was on Wednesday last carried into etiai on Major
CAMPBELL, who at last Armagh Assiies was found
guilty Of murder, by shooting Capt. BOYD in a duel.
After hanging the usual time, the body was taken
doWn and delivered to the friends Of the deceased;
and yesterday the 'corpse was carried through this
town, to be conveyed to Scotland. Vie had received
two respites, the last of which terminated on We&
nesday.
The unfortunate catastrophe which prodneedimch
an awful result to Major CAMPBELLy it k to be
hoped will not fail of leaving a lesson 'to mankind
Of salutary influence. Both of the parties were Gen-
tlemen eminent in dim profession, of high charac-
ter and honour, who had long lived on terms c.f
mutual friendship and esteem. The unfortunate ir-
titation of a moment at once deprived' society of one
of the best of men, and left a widow and infant fa-
mily to mourn their 'irreparable loss. Retribution
of the most awful kind has fallen to the tot of the
othek. ;. and his 'amiable wife and infant family are
also involved in all the distress which the human
mind can conceive'.

From the period cf the unhappy event to the
dosing of the tragic scene; Major CAM PBtLL evinced
the most heartfelt grief for what had happened to-
his friend. • The. sentiment of the Poet was truly
his :

• Happy in my mind is be that died,
For many deaths bath the survivor sulE-rect.
•(Beffast Paper.)
. - -

FUR. THER PARTICULARE.--MajOr CAMPBELL suf-
fered at twelve o'clock -.at noon, on Wednesday,
amidst a vast multitude of sympathising spectators;
and his behaviour on the scaffold corresponded with-
his
.unifortn conduit through life: He met his death
with pious and becoming fortitude, after, having
spent his last moments with Dr. Bowl, the father
of his amiable and distressed widoW... His body,
after having been suspended the usual time, was
put into a hearse in waiting; which left the town
immediately, escorted lay Dr. B. for Ayr, in Scot-
land, to be interred in the family vault. To de-
scribe the distresses of the fond wife of the deceased
would be impossible. Mrs. CAMPBELL, who, it,is
already known has used every effort to solicit for the
life of her fond and endearing partner, left London
by the Glasgow Mail on Saturday night, frantic
b'etwixt hope and despair, but still cheered with the
probability of her solicitude obtaining at least an-
other respite. On Monday morning the friend of
her husband, at whose house, in Bury-street, St.
James's, she resided_ whilst in London, received a
letter from the Lady's_father, with the intelligence
that ." Major CAMPBELL Was no inore.". The dis-
traaed Mrs. C. would reach Ayr yesterday morn-
ing, the very time the corpse of her husband would
arrive, and ;we must here. leave the tragic event.—
Major CAMPBELL, in his conversation with his in-
timate friends previously to surrendering himself,
had lilWays said, that if he were convieted, of mur-
der he should• suffer, as an example to duellists in
Ireland; but it was Always his opinion that a Jury
would not ace:wick him of Murder. It has been
erroneously stated, that the Jury recommended the
deceased to mercy from his universal good.charac-
' ter ; ,but the Jury recommended him in conse-
quence of their opinion tlig,duel had been a fair
one, although by the dire4tion of the Judge they
were bound on their petits-I.e convift the Prisoner
of murder. 'Major CAMPBELL, previous to his
death, observed, that life was not an object so dear
to him as the refleaion was distressing that his
children and family should bear the stigma that he
was executed for murder.

On the Bth April died at Rio de Janeiro, whither
he had accompanied. the Royal Family and -Govern-
ment of Portugal, his Excellency 'General Jox:c
Fortp.rs, of Sltillator, in the County bf Aberdeen,
in the 76th year of his age. He was senior General
Officer in the Portuguese Army, General and Go-
vernor 9f Rio de brieiro, a Counsellor of War,
General of Cavalry, and Knight Grand Croix of the
illustrious Order of Avis in Portugal, and Carlos 111.
In Spain. This much respe&ed veteran was a Lieu-
tenant at the siege of .Maestricht, in 1748 : he served
all those campaigns as well as the seven years war, at
the conclusion of which he entered into the strvice
of Portugal, where he contributed much to the esta-
blishing the Tadtics of FREDEMCK the Great (then
introduced into most of ,the arrnie;i of Europe) into,
the Portuguese Army, ..wydier. the iinnaedtate protec-
tion and friendship of Marshal count LA LIPPE.
During a period:..sf.ne.tir sti years, he ,distingu,shed
himself in that country bplhk activity, his zeal, and
his' incorruptible, integrity, to which last c 4 um-
stance it was perhaps owing, that he enjoyed lanin-
terruptedly the favour of four succeeding Sove-
reigns. The tears and unfeined sorrow of the
reigning Prince were the most affecting testimonials
of his attachment to the General, as the public and
sincere regrets of the people were of his real worth.
He was indeed a virtuous. and an honourable man.
As a soldier he possessed nt4aunted courage,. inde-
. fatigable activity, promptitslge and decision. He
commanded wit h reputat the Portuguese Army in
Rousillon, at the comV9Pceinent of the Revoln-
tionary War, and he wit hereafter be classgd.among
those of 'our Countrymen who 'have -added to the
respeetability of the national- chataCler among fo-
reigners..

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