The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-28 00:00:00

MR. A. B. RICHMOND.

In our Paper of the 20th ult. we inserted a paragraph,
abridged from a Scotch Paper, stating that a person named
Richmond, who was designated as " the Glasgow spy
of the Castlereagh Administration," was " again in the
field, trying to inveigle the Radicals into violent measures."
We have since learnt that this paragraph is wholly untrue,
both as to the imputation made against Mr. Richmond
for his former conduct, and also as to his having taken
any recent measures whatever on the subject of Par-
liamentary Reform, or in connection with the Radicals.
We inserted the paragraph in simple reliance on the
authority of the paper from which we abridged it,
and having ourselves no knowledge either of the tran-
sactions alludes! to or of Mr. Richmond, except that
we remembered his name to have been implicated in
the affairs of 1817 in Glasgow. We now feel ourselves
fully authorized to say that the charge made on Mr.
Richmond is altogether unjust. His " Narrative of the
Condition of the Manufacturing Population, and the
Proceedings of Government which led to the State Trials
in Scotland," published in 1825, is now before us ; and
we do not hesitate to assert, that it contains a decisive
refutation of the charges so often made against the author,
and proves him to be a talented, public spirited, and
honourable, though ill-used and unfortunate man. Ifs
personal narrative is full, explicit, and ingenuous ;
and though it appears that he was placed in an
ambiguous situation in the year 1817, by attempt-
ing, with disinterested views, to dissipate a conspiracy
actually formed against the Government by a few des-
perate men in Glasgow, in the course of which he was in
contact with Mr. Kirkman Finlay and other Magistrates
of that city, he satisfactorily proves not only that nothing
of the odious character of a spy belongs to him, but that
his conduct was calculated to save the lives of the deluded
conspirators, whilst it also rendered them harmless. His
narrative appeals in every page to living. testimony of the
most unexceptionable kind. The present Lord Advocate
(Mr. Jeffrey), and the Solicitor-General of Scotland
(Mr. H. Cockburn,) Mr. Kirkman Finlay and Mr.
Reddie, Magistrates of Glasgow, Lord Meadowbank
(the Lord Advocate of 1817) and Mr. Henry Home
Drummond, are all mentioned as having borne testi-
mony to the innocence of his conduct and the integrity
of his motives; and some of these individuals are them-
sel7es freely censured by Mr. Richmond, so that they
would be disposed to contradict his statements if they
were not indisputably and exactly true. That he enjoyed
the esteem and friendship of Messrs. Jeffrey and Cockburn
after 1817, as well as before, is of itself an ample proof of
the integrity of his character. The circumstances in
which Mr. Richmond was placed cruelly deprived bins of
the opportunity of vindicating himself till of late years ;
but we think he has completely succeeded in doing so, and
we sincerely regret, that, from not having previously seen
his book, we did him the injustice to designate him as a
spy. Mr. Richmond is now living in London, respected
and useful, and has not for some years taken any part in
the question of Parliamentary Reform. We hope that such
of our contemporaries as copied the paragraph aspersing
his conduct and character, will do hint and us the justice
also to copy the contradiction. —Leeds Mercury.

HUGHES'S TRAVELS IN GREECE AND AL-
nANIA.—The new edition of this most valuable work in
2 vols. Bvo., has, like the Tour in Italy of 1111 r. EUSTACE,
met with great success, as containing a body of interest•
ing illustrations of the works of the ancient poets and his-
torians. But though this quality alone has rendered the
volumes of Mr. iluoints a standard work, the reader also
po►sesses in them a series of descriptions of scenery and
customs, together with personal memoirs of living Out.
ractera in Albania and Greece, which contribute greatly to
the more perfect enjoyment to be derived from the perusal
of Lord Braon's " Childe Harold," " Giaour," " Bride
of Abydos," " Core iir," &c. Indeed this latter purpose
seems to have been fondly enter tamed by the writer in
every part of his Travels; and he has succeeded in col_
lecting many curious particulars which throw much light
on the romantic stories and allusions of the Noble Poet.
The following is an amusing instance of the
tenacity with which the Highlanders hold to the honours
and antiquity of their kindred :—A dispute arose between
CAMBRIA% and M‘Lirast upon this never-ending subject.
lIPLEan would not allow that the CAMPHILLES had any
right to rank with the APlAtaiss in antiquity, who, he
insisted, were in existence as a clan froth the beginning of
the wird& CAMPIIRLI. had a little more bathos! lore than
his antagonist, and asked him if the elan MlLatarr was
before the flood. " Flood ! what flood ?" said M'LaAN.
" The flood that you know drowned all the world but
Nom' and his family and his flocks," said CAaaraat.L.
" Pooh ! you and your fined," said 111‘latati ; " my'clan
was afore to flood." " I have not read in my Bible," said
CAMPBELL, "of the name of 11PLEAN going into Nomes
ark !" " NOAH'S ark !" retorted 11PLvati in contempt,
"who ever heard of a 11I'Lltaat tat had nut a boat of his
own?"— Glaagouv Courier.
ANCIENT VINEYARDS IN ENGLAND.--

There are many grounds for conjecturing that the vine was
cultivated at a remote period hi this country. The ques-
tion has, indeed, given rise to much discussion, and the
fact has been warmly disputed ; but a strong presumption
in favour of it is to be found in the term vineyard being
applied to many ancient spots in various parts of the king-
dom : among others, at Denny Abbey, in Cambridge ;
Vine streets in East-Smithfield and in Piccadilly ; the
Vineyard in Houndsilitch, in Southwark, and in Rich-
mond, Surrey ; all which piece* were, in all probability,
formerly gardens belonging to the palaces of the Nobility.
—History qf Ancient Institutions, is•c.
PROVOKING CA EF ULN ESS.--LINNIEUS,
the celebrated Isotanist, conceived the idea of propagating
the cochineal insect in Europe; and, after many fruitless
efforts, he ut length succeeded in obtaining, through the
medium of one of his pupils, who was in Mexico, a nopal
(a species of fig-tree on which the insect is bred) coveted
with cochinrilas. The plant arrived at Upsal, et a moment
when ho was busily engaged ; hut his gardener immediately
planted it, and cleaned it so effectually of what he imaginer!
to be vermin, that when lattx/eus hastened to view this
rare acquisition, he did not find a single insect alive.-
111810,11 of Ancient :Institutions, Ice.
SINGULAR CI RCUMST A NCE.---WO MOll-
- in our last that a 51. Bank of England note had
been received by a mercantile house in Liverpool, on the
back of which were writt-n the following worth If
this note gets into the hands of Joust DEAN, of Long-
hills, near Carlisle, his brother ANDREW is a prisoner in
Algiers." The paragraph was read by a person in Car-
lisle, who knew ANDREW DICAN, and is acquainted with
his brother Joule DEAN'S family, who arc residing at
Uongtown. Joust Deau's eon wall in Cialitaa on TIMES-
day last, and heard of the paragraph horn the person above
alluded to ; he culled at this office, in company with a
friend, and (rain what he related of his uncle there ill
every reason to apprehend that Le is the " Arinngw
DEAN" whose imprisonment in a distant country has by
this singular means been made known to his friend, in
England. Atsnitew Dean, it appears, was formerly in
the British navy, which be left some time ago, anti
settled in business in Algiers. Communications will ha
made to the Liverpool house, and also to Sir JAMES
OILAIIAAt, to ask his assistance in the interesting in.
quirt' ; but of cdurse the matter cannot be decided for
some time yet. We shall not fail, however, to learn and
acquaint our readers with the result.—Carlisle Patriot.

A French Paper gives the following account
of the manner in which the condemned Ministers received
the information of their sentence:—" At six o'clock yes-
terday morning (Thursday), M. GAVCIIY• Secretary at
the office of Archives, and Registrar to the Court of Peer*,
proceeded to Vincennes, for the purpose of reading to the
four Ex.litinistere the sentence of the Court. He was ac-
companied by one of the officers of the Court. Having
arrived in front of the Castle, they Were obliged to send to
the Governf,r a letter, which was attached to a chain of
the draw-bridge used for these communications. The
bridge wan instantly lowered, and they were conducted to
the dungeon by General Dauatesna. The fottr
Ministers, and even the, Governor himself, were dtinorant
of the result of the proceedings; for, on the eventng be-
fore, as soon as the accused had retiwnel to the Castle, the
bridge was raised, and no one wall allowed to enter the in.
whir of the prison. M. GAvvity and the officer were at
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first led into a large room, at the end of which were the
four apartments of the Exslinietere, who wereatill in bed.
AI. CIIANTICIALUZit and M. Lintel-MON rtAtIVILLIC were the

first drum), and got up with great haste. M. PaAltos.
Nx.r made them wait for nearly half an bum., and then all
three went into the room belonging to M. Oa Par.tanac,
who had intimated his wi,ll to remain in bed, as he was
indisposed, OA Leering the word., " Death in the eye
of the law" (more doge), he seethed agitated. An
unbroken silence was ob,erved during the reading of the
sentence. M. CIIIANTSLAIJO fit.bt spoke, and said to M.
Guannos RANIIGUr, " Well, my friend, we 4411 have
some time so Ow chess."