The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-03 00:00:00

lish merchantman, The Chronicle most consist-
ently sneers at the " delicate honour of the
British Commander.'! !—lt is also assumed
by The Chronicle (for we see no proof of it
in the documents yet published) that the trans-
action took place " in the waters of the Buenos
Republic." The locality may be material, in
the view which his Majesty's Government will
hereafter take of the transaction. At the same time
it is to he remembered that the Republic itself not
being yet formally recognised by the British Go-
vernment, the extent of its maritime jurisdiction
could still less be admitted by a British officer.to
interfere with his professional duties ; and at all
events it would have been prudent, to say the
least in the Buenos Ayres Government, not to
have pushed its supposed rights to such an ex-
treme as to fire on an English boat. We are
quite certain that
,his Majesty's Government
would not uphold any insult offered to the Au-
thorities of Buenos Ayres ; but we are no less
assured that it would not tolerate a direct insult
from those authorities to the British flag.

CITY Busuless.—Yesterday the LORD MAYO it
held a Court of Aldermen, for the general dis-
patch of public business ; and it being the first
Court in the; Mayoralty, his Lordship, attended
by the Sheriff's, came to the Guildhall in state.
The Sheriffs reported the state of the several
gaols. The Inquest of the Ward of Farrington
Within attended with a presentment of sundry
non-freemen, and the nuisance occasioned by
slaughter-houses : the latter was referred to the
consideration of a committee, and the non-freemen
to the Chamberlain. The Lord Mayor dechtred
a vacancy of Chief Clerk to the Sitting Justices
at Guildhall, by the death of Mr. Payne ; and
the next Court was appointed for the election of
a successor. Several persons were sworn, and
others allowed' to be admitted, brokers, and some
discharged from that office. The Court were
occupied a very considerable time in hearing and
investigating complaints against brokers.
WIDOW Or THE MURDERED RIEGO.--011 Sa.
turtles.' last, at a meeting of the contributors to
the late Spanish Subscription in this' town, it was
unanimously agreed that the sum of Fifty Pounds
'should be offered to the widow 'of the patriotic
martyr RIEGO.--,(LiVerpool/t/r/TUra.)
DESPERATE GANG Or VILLAINS..-...We have
more than once observed that Barrack-street was
the focus of villainy ; a fresh proof was fureished
on Friday night, when the brother-In-law of our
respected Secretary of State ll—Goulbourn, Esq.
was dogged by two or three villains from Bar-
rack-street, through which he passed on foot, to
the Viceregal Lodge, between six and seven
o'clock on Friday night. Colonel Bowles had
passed the pond, and was between that and the
Secretary's Lodge, when he was overtaken by
three villains. He had observed that he was fol-
lowed., and took the shortest 'way,' as the night
was dark. The three fellows encircled him, and
ordered him to stand and deliver his money ; one
of them dressed inn light brown coat, armed with
a great stick, aimed a blow at him. This the Co.
lonel parried. The other two exclaimed, " shoot
him if he does not deliver his money." The Colo-
nel cried out " Murder and robbery ;" his hat was
knocked off; but the villains, apprehensive of
being taken, on hearing a noise at a little distance,
fled, and the Colonel reached the Lodge in safety.
The Magistrates have, in consequence of this dar-
ing attack, with their usual vigilance, placed a
strong patrol of horse end foal!) the Park, who
are to remain on duty from nightfall to day-light.
Three men of suspicious appearance, were observ-
ed loitering in Blessington-street, between , six
and seven o'clock on Friday evening., A gentle-
man who resides in that street, seat to the watch-
house. On the constable's arrival they were not
to be found ; but on searching the waste ground
adjacent, they discovered a large carpet, the pro-
perty of a gentleman in Blessington-street, stolen
a few moments before.—(Dublin lnlidote, No-
vember 29.)
SINGULAR MARRIAGES.---A. circumstance of
some novelty in the annals of matrimony occurred a short
time ago at Rugely, in this county: it was the union of two
couples, whose previous. relative connexion was such as to
produce consequences, :a the sequel, of a most extraordi-
nary and ludicrous description. An old man, of the name of
Martin, of I.singdon, aged 76, appeared at the altar with
a girl of seventeen, as ilia intended bride ; while her sister,
two years older, was led thither by the, grandson of Martin,
aged 19. The carton!: results of these alliances arc as follow:
The old man recognizes a brother in his grandson, and a sister
in his wife ; his spouse must submit (how much saever against
her inclination) to the venerable epithet ofgrandmother from her
elder sister; and the young man may address the damsel of 17
as his grandmother or sister at pleasure ; while his wife may
claim, as her just right, by reason of maturer age, the submis-
sion of her sister, or to be called Upon to exercise all the re-
spectful docility of a grand-daughter towards her.—(Stafford
Hcruld.)
ALARMING FIRE AT BATTERSEA.--Yesterday
morning, at an early hour, the inhabitants of
Battersea were suddenly roused from their sleep,
and thrown into considerable consternation, by a
dreadful fire breaking, out on the extensive
,pre-
mises called Mr. Flockton's turpentine manufac-
tory. The fire when first discovered, soon after
three o'clock, proceeded from en out-building
occupied as the spirit-room, which fortunately,
however, was situated from the manufactory, but
where a vast quantity of valuable stores in
the business was deposited, and, from the velocity
of the flames, an apprehension was entertained
that the store-room might contain some combus-
tible matter, and cause an explosiou; but al-
though its ,ravages assumed ki most alarming as-
cendancy, and illuminated the horiion for
several miles romtd, yet all fcars were soon sub-
sided by the above building and a stable in tho
possession of Mr. Kerr immediately adjoining;
being levelled with the ground. At , length a
number of engines from dm metropolis, eccorn-
panted by firemen, arrived on, the spot, and by
their. active exertions they
,precured a supply of
water, and lost no time to save other buildings,
but commenced playing on the burning ruins ;
and the flames, by six o'clock were so completely,
subdued, that not the slightest apprehension was
entertained of the destructive element extending
itself further., How this. fire originated is an.
known, but the loss on the occasion to the pro-
prietor, who we understand is Mr. Kieg, amounts
to several thousand pounds. The premises were
insured in the Phoenix and Imperial Fire Offices,
Happily not tires were lost, nor have we heard
that any person received the .slightest injury.