The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-21 00:00:00

DUBLIN, OcT. 15.

CITY QtJAsTER ASSEMBLY.—In the Commons'
1-1 ..se. M. tiiFFAttD ooved, That the Thankt of the
Shliffs ;it'd Comentini shotild he giVeo to (filch dis--
tirr.titely) the tate Sheriff: Alky and' Montkontery,
fol- their upright, actit'e, spirited, just, itniiiartial,
awl honourable conduit. in their high office ; whiCh •
Re ,:rit'o!i-paised unanimously. -.•
ran ordt r from the Board of Aldermen, granting
100.::. the tisnal sum, to the late worthy Lord-
Mae . Alderman Hugh Trelor, was presented to
the Sheriffs.and Commons, which was, upon a bal-
lot, agre..rd to by a very large majority.
Mr. GIFFARD then ,moved, That the Thanks of
the Shcritf.,.,arict- 'Commons be given to Alderman'
Hugh Trevor, for his upright, just, impartial, and
hon,,urable conduct in that high-office ;,,-,-this Reso.-
baton was unanimously agreed to.
.Mr. WAULEy staled to the House the outline of
the late transa6tions in Portugal, and the general dis-
appointment aid indignation whiCh bild'fbllowed the
Convention of Cintra ; to hint it was indifferent who
was implicated in the disgrace-of that transaction ;
the delinquency should be investigated and punished.
• He moved, in terms of indignation, that an Address
should be presented to the King, entreating his Ma-.
jesty to cause inquiry. to be made, and punishment
to be inflicted on those who had thus tarnished the
national honour. .
• Mr. GIFFARD said, he hoped the enquiry would
prove that the national honour -had-not been tar-
nished; at least the honour of the Irish nation;. for
certain:it was, that while our, gallant countryman,
Sir Arthur Wellesley, commanded, viaory . waived
upon' our handers, and glory attended his foot-
steps, as it had done in India and in Denthark; at
the Equator and at the -Pole. As to the.. other
General, who superseded Sir Arthur, he might
have 'nu"h to say in his justification-,-bur as to our
Countryman, there could be no doubt--tie
fought—he had conquered. The-Oflicers who acted
under him Itad applauded his conduCt,anciconfirmed
their applause by a, splendid gift-4,the.. P.uk(Pguese
and the Spi'enish `nations had approvechlil42on(lnd,
and celebrated his praise in songs of triumph—why
then should Iritihmen, who derived so much ho-
nour from their Compatriot, pass . any resolution
which by the remotest possibility could implicate his
honour.—He desired therefore, than tpe resolution,
without prejudging any one, should be framed so as
to applauf and perfe&ly exempt from reproach Sir
Arthur Weltesley.—And this appearing the'ubini-
mous sentiineteof. the Louse, the Resolution was
passed iu the following terms:—
" Resolved,' That an humble and datiftil Aartress'and Pe.
Ction be presented to his ,Majesty, expressing our astonish-
ment at the:;Terins.uf tits Conventiomlaiely euteredi•nto by
the Cointeinder... of his Majesty's Voices in .Portugal, with
the Commander of the Fiench Anny,*tiotviiithsblicling the
glorious victories of the r7rn and 215 t of. August fast, and
praying his Majesty to institute an Inquiry into that. trans-
'T
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PreedotThof the City and a suitable. Ad-dress
were voted to Lieutenatit-General Sir John Doyle:,
Knight.oC. the. Order of, tbeCt•pscent, &c. for Lis
gallant couaduti up:4.1:04v (442casions,wticularly in
the gioribps Campaign in Egypt.. y.
The Vreedotti ot...iiie.qity was also .voted
Literal 'Spencer. . . ,
A let ter .from was read,SirS. B. Littlebales,writ ten
by-Command of his Grace the Lord .eutenant,stat:-
:ing, that Lord Castlereagh had it it, cQrnma, ou froM his
Maje Sty to communicate his
satisfa,'.-tion at the Address of,. the , City, upon his
Majesty's protethott atforded Co the, oppressed Na-
tions of Spain and Portugal. .
he other business of the, chi); ,Wa3 merely mu-
nicipal, and at seven o'clock the, Assembly; ;was dis-
solved.

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A letter is received in this city,'Wought-by'a ves-
sel which is arrived at Belfist, dated auehec, S -
lemher the sth, which mentions, that they had just
received an account that the Embargo was taken off
in the tnited States:
•

A Correspondent in the .COunty of Cavan has fa-
voured the following notice which his been
cimulated in that county, which .for its public spirit
and patri.,itikn, well deserves to be known and re-
commended :

" Lord Frankfort will give -a loom, value .51. tbs.
to each of the first five tenant's on. hts,estate in the
County of Cavan,. who shall properly cuiti'ate five
acres of hemp; and in the samw.propOrtion to the
nest sik.who s'ball cultivate a quantity of land., not
less than two acres each ; this to. be over and above
all
.pUblic encouragement for the-year 1809. His
Lordship also
_engages to take on himselfany:loss or
failure which may be occasioned by the attempt.—
Further particulars may. be bad by application to
John Tatlow, Esq. Agent to Lord Frankfort."
We are sorry to learn that the road leadingfrom
'Wicklow to kklow 'has been lately infested .by a
gang of robbers. On -Saturday. evening last two
gen:letnen travelling to this city on horseback, were
stopped by, four armed -villains, but being well
mounted and ckpping spurs to their horses they
escaped---the robbers disappointed in their.
intention, fired two shots alter them. ..And on the
evening following, two ladies who were in a car-
riage, were robbed near the, same place; probably by
the tame gang. As the Mail pas;;es by this road, it
is to be hoped that the Post-Masters-General, with

their atteution to its couveyanec, will procure a
guard until Mail-Coaches are established on That line.

In the month of November last, whist a cargo 4af
'btiNeks was putt* on hoard a.retseiTgt Ponagha-
dee tbr Portpat rick, one of them took fright, ran2tii—
•iiously through the .streets- and rinto the country,.
where he remained Until This present, mouth. •Soon
after sailing, the vessa was driven by a gale of wind,
otr tholsle of Man, and ail the cattle-drowned. A
few days ggcrthe bullock that. formerly made its-
escape was again brOught
.from the country, to be,
shipped with another cargoat DOnaghadee for Port-•.
patrick, and, what is remarkable, liras put on band%
the same vessel (the in which it was. intended'
to haire been formerly-shipped. The bullocks were
landed in safety; bat the one alrelid:Y'rnefitioned'
,turned frOm the beach, telok the sea, (as if imeuding
to swim over to, his waive col nary) and next days
.
t~asfound two or miles from the Scots shore,
fl!•ating, almost dead ; he ',,ras picked up, bled freely
snd.lound to be exccllent,beel.

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them op in the prisons of this Country. Who
maintain that in this there may not have been
finitely more of prudence and wisdoin
.thaq of in-
Capacity and dishonOur ? Who will say,' that_ it is
wise to aim at extremes; and to sacrifice to false.
glory the solid interests of a
,Stive ?, Wi=dom is
with reasonable advantages; it does not,
seek extravapnt benefits.
Virtus eat medium vit orttln et utrinque riduaum.

Let us assume, thereforeohat Sir Att-rnutt Wet.-
Ly.sLEY even apptoved of such a Convention, in.the
altered State of the case, when he had seep his vic-
torl: crippled by the delay„ hich rendered it most
probably, expedient, what is, the just inference for
the Public to make frets, such-a.cireutustance ? First,
that being on the spot, and master of all thecir-
eunpnances of case, he was more likely to have
formed a wise'opinion On 'the stihjea,: than thou,
who, less informed, condemn hint unheard ; ,and
next, that , being every • way more, competent,
from past experience, profession al. knowledge, and
enlightened .understancliAg, to judge wisely on the
sutlett; the presuntion is, that h opitiion is in!.
finitely more likely to be a just one than
,that of
his base and Jacobinical detra6tors ;• or, of the igno-
rant multitude, whom, bylalsehood and calumny,
they. are endeavouring to mislead, and inflame
against him.

Whatever line, thekefore, Sir ARTHUR WELLES-
' LEY Was 'taken with resped to this 'Convention, I e
is, most likely to have.aiited, as he has always done,
with propriety and good. sense, with integrity and
honour; and it is not an unreasonable claim on the
justice ••
of a Public for whom he has so often fought
and conquered, that it.will suspend its opinion ,until
Inciuiry is failly instituted ; 'and that, in the recoi-
leatois of his former glori„es, it will be :disposec tb
ty.tlieVe that whenever
~.this period arrive's, he will
baffle the toes of his fame as successfully as he has
hitherto defeated the enemies of his country.

MARLBOROVGA-STREET.--Butchers v.' Butchers.
Foiseeral weeks past several butchers in the differ-
ent markets at ilie•Wesi End of the town have been
in a broil, in . consequence of a certain number of
them having formed combinations to prevent others
from profaning the Sabbath
.rnorning, by supplymg
their customers. The former alternately depute
certain number of their society to watch for info.;
orations against ,their Sabbath-breaking brethren;
and they have so far succeeded, that a.great number
of fines have been imposed. No less than eleven
rhaster butchers were included in the information
list oil Sunday last, and their hearings took plaCe
yesterday, at this Office. About halt the number-
were fined, and the others discharged, the infornaa-
tions being incomplete. One of the masteril.tie--,
claimed in. strong language against thOSe:whO al,- •
.peared as, Informers, and' submitted to the Magi-
strate, that
,it would be impossible to carry on busi-
neSs without accommodating those custotners woo
chOse 'to" send early on a Stinday morning for what
they required.. The fmlt,_ if it were any, did not
rest with the butcher, for several Magistrates and
other Gentleinen constantly sent to the shop on a
Sunday morning. The butcher obserircd, that lie
was a mart deeply impressed with religious principles,
and never Suffered his family to omit going CO church.
He concluded with some observations on the con-
clua of his accusers.
_The Magistrate, however,
thought the informers aged in a manner best calcu-
lated:to put down a bad system.
On the evening of Tuesday se'nnight two villains
of the names of Boxall and Hall, inhabitants of
Midhurst, were apprehended, and afterwards com-
mitted for trial, to. Horsham gaol, on suspicion of ,
having, a fortnight' before, robbed the Rev. J. HAL:-
SEY, near Midhurst, and for haVing,assitulted, with
intent to rdb.; Farmer. CHALCROFT, of Farnhurst,
when.returning . from Midhurst market; in vhich
last attempt to commit, a robbery they were seized, ,
IlirOugh the well-concluded exertions 'and pititcd!
behaviour of Mr. BAKER, of the Angel Inn, at Mid-
burst, who, perceiving the
.Farmer going out of the
town on horseback, and apparently in liquor, about
ten o'cidoek at night, and ,also observing these two
fellows (one of whom had very lately been liberated
from gaol) at no great distance after him, called one.
of his post.;•chaise drivers to his assistance, saying,
some mischief was afloat. .Having armed themselves
from a faggot-pile, they followed their tracks, t4ll
they heard the Farmer's horse stop, and an'alterea-
tion ensue, when, on coming up, Hall,
.who had at-
tacked the Farmer, and been resisted, endeavoured
to get .back to'Nidhurst, but was- knocked down and
secured by Mr. 13A .t(a, after having made some re-
sistance. Boxall, by'escaping over the fields, got '(o
his house, and at three' o'clock in the morning, by
the warrant of W. S. PcrYNTz, Esq. of Cowdray
Park, was taken in 'his bed, when both of Ulm-it con-
fessed the two robberies.

Sunday se'cinight a circumstance of an unpleasant
nature, and Which., might have terminated most fa-
tally, took place inithe Rev. Mr. HOGAN'S Chap,
in Limerick. The congregation, amounting to about
two thousand, had assembled to celebrate the second
Mass, when an alarm was spread that the gallery
was giving way, and the house falling in. The io- -
formation was eleCtric, and produced a scene of con- .
fusion and distress, which, as it can scarcely be ima-
gined, cannot well be described. Thn-first impulse,
of course, was escape at the doors; bat the exer-
tions to effeCt this defeated the purpose, and hun-
dreds 'precipitated thetnseives from the windows of
the galleries, a height of twenty feet, while Others
threw themselves into the aisle below. The • win:
doves above trod below, and the doors, were at length
burst open, and the distraCted.congregation rushed
in - wild -dismay into the street; bewildered an'cl,
astounded, and incapable of answering the inquirio'
of the thronging multitude, who had flocked to the
spot from -all parts of the town. Of the immense.
concourse of persons engaged in their religious du-
ties in- the. Chapel not one was materially injured,
and in about fifteen minutes peace .and•order were
so far restored; that the congregation returned it.io.
the Chapel, and bent the knee before their MerCiful
ProteEtor, in humble gratitude and adoration.' •
A shocking accident occurred last night, about nine
O'clock. A poor woman t lodger at a cabitlet-lila
ker's, in Burleigh-street, Strand, left a child,aboUt
9 years old on a chair, while she was. gone to:
pitcher of water. On her return she waJzpresented
with a melancholy spectaclo. of her pour a 1,.:
most burnt to ashes.

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rot' :he Pezt)er, I eiters for tile (b 9.4-paid)

• rusrmhysTsii- SESSIONS, OcT, &o. •

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This day the Court velled for- the dl4p4tten
business :

ASSAULT;

. .
John Aries was indiawl for an ls,4tult 'committed
on a_peO,nn of the name-of Bell, w!io is the t‘:nliSta7
.;)tte kind keeper of Covent Garden garket. ap
Reared trotn the statement of the Counsel for the
prolecvion, that the defendant, Who is _a market
gArdenner, and in the habit of attending th Garden'
for many years, had recently left his cart in the pub-
tic highway, by which the,patiAa ft-6m the Ptazta;
across the street. .was.inweded frotn've o'clock. in
the mornin;, n-od ; that the pros:-cnior bew
Called upon to remove ihenuisluee., ,A-as !szssnikld' by
the DekuAant and his confederates, an,: tl4:tt 'the
yesx.dt. was ;i:perfe,-1 riot, in which,the ~yas
This wad -tipported by some
Oti behalf of the defendant, a young man
who;' kith anothiT witriess.on the swt)e side, gave
Suet), testimony as inclined the Jury rather to think
that the case. on behalf of the,crown was, confirmed?
and 'he vas found Guilty. The Chairtnan 6b:erve4
that the Offence was, of a prthlic nature in the origins
abd mach enhanced,by the aggression of private
itiry. On that-account, and to deter others, fronS
the like crime; he thought that pectiniary,fine w 01.44
not meet the exigency of- the case, and lierelaZi'
sentenced him to ten days imprisonment_
- . DISTRAINtNO FOR T-AkES. •".

David gilliams and his wife were india 0 for as-
saulting a person of the name of Munday, aild an-
other of the name of Moore, for distraining his good.
on account of the ['lon-payment of fifteen shillings
and seven-pence-halfpenny, land-tax; .stated to
due.

The.COunsel fOr the prosecution Stated, that the
Defendant not only resisted the payment of the vico
but assaulted the person and his assistant .Ivho tuatO
the distress ; and their testimony went, in the firFt
initJrice; to establish the ilia ; but On cross-examina-
tion, it did not-. appear that any injury was actualif
done to either.

Ch) bellaif of the,defendants it appeared, that tbi,
tax-gatherer was not . the' man. that ['fade the levy;
ihatiie employed a broker of the9rititne of Monday,
Xh .prosecutor, who, by his own shewing, had taq
legalwat:rant to make
the distress; lutther, ti)OP
the proper charge tie. making the levy was no moie
than ss. ; wherens Mr. Monday no' only charge
11. 1 ts..6d, for his levy, beSides the 105..7id.. bqc
carried. off the man's tnatrass for the money, m 7,14
it, and paid himself-; and, not content with Olaf,
indiaed him and his wife, under two indit:qmentss
and b.roUght him and her to-answer the.ctitirges, a 5
above-tnentioned.

"The Jury, without hesitation, gave credit to the
testThiony adduced on behalf of thedereodauti, uody
to the great satisfaction of a crowded Court, aca,
quitted both.

BUitGLARY.—On Tuesday morning, so early ss
four O'clock, the house of Mr. Owen, No, 13,c-or--
On-street, May--fair, was burglarionsly enleped bl
somexilleins, Who, by the aid of iron crows, con-
trivet', with much violence, to wrench open the haa
door, and carried off every article of hOuselnild fur-
niture that came within then' reach partou
story. Their apprehensions luckily did not. allow.
themPrev"'''
to proceed further. For some dayS Prev
several fellows, of a very suspicious appearance, wet°
'observed lurking in and about the opposite pti 1)1 ie"
-house, the Sun, appaiently reconnoitering the prOf
mises of Mr. Owen. Soon after four, on Tue,Oli
morning, a Mr. Sparksall, Surgeon-dentist, 100
occupies part of . the house, and bad heen out. at
tehcling his patients, came home, and on approacb'
iugthe door, observed that a breach 114 beers. triaLP'
11'.6- ball dutir had been forced nearly off the bingl..s,
anif.l the pilastres Of the dOor-fraMe rntich 'shatterea'
aAt a ihort dit;tatice from the do6r, on the pnvelVe. :31t"
was found part of a girandole that had been carrilvi
off.. The robbers, however, escaped, without 110,47-
ing any trace that could lead to a dikovery of t'
persons.