The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-02 00:00:00

M ERCA NT 11. E Sill [TING.

DEAL, MAY I.—Wind S.E.—Sailed the Thonns Couttst
East Indiaman; Timor, Ford, for the South Seas; Hannah,
Wardle, Miramichi ; Criterion, Day, New York ; Blossom,
Williamson, Genoa ; Neid, Wade, South Seas ; Mariner,
Herbert, Van Diernan's Land ; and Pomona, Richmond,
Quebec. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Joseph, Christo-
pher, from Demerara, and James Sibbald, Forbes, Bombay.
PonT s mouT MAY I.—Sailed the Atlas, Clifton, for
Bengal; Agenonia, Whitway, for London. Passed by down
Channel the Vansittart, for China.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 30.—Wind ‘V.S.W.—Arrived the
Thomas, Bell, from St. Vincent's; Lipsiq, Wardell, front
Alexandria, and William and Henry, from NapleS.
FaLsrotrn, .A PL 30—Wind N.E. to S.2.—Arrived off
the port the Fortitude Increased, Manning, from St. Kitt's.
HULL, APRIL 30.—The Fame, Scorsby, Greenlander, was
totally consumed by fire on the evening of the 23d ihatant at
Deer Sound, in Orkney ; sonic of the crew arrived at Leith'on
the 27th, on their way home. It is said to have originated in
the gun-room ; they were obliged to run her on shore, and the
men had scarcely time to save their clothes.—The Warne,
Murray, of this port, was totally lost near Memel the 12th inst.

The Farmer, Lancaiter, from Honduras to Liverpool, is lost
in the Gulf of Florida—crew saved.

The Minerva, Shackel, from Amsterdam to Havannah, and
Success, Rae, from Matanzas to Nassau, have been taken near
Havannah by a pirate.
The Ceres, Braithwait, from New Orleans to Liverpool put
into Nassau for water and provisions, having been plundered
off Havannah by a pirate. •
The Isabella, M'Donald, from Newry, sunk at Liverpool on
Tuesday night.

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE,.MAr_2,

There are moderate arrivals of most kinds of Grain this week,
and there still remains a disinclination in our millers to pur-
chase Wheat, and this article does not maintain the price of
Monday. In Barley there is no variation. Beaux and Peas
remain at Monday's prices. Oats meet a tolerable free sale,
and fully support the last quotations.

SAIITHFIELD MARKET, MAY 2.
There was but a short supply at Market this morning, par-
ticularly in Oxen ; and the prices of every description of Cattle
remains much the same as per last Market-day.
To sink the Offal, per stone of Bib.
Beef 3s 4d to 4s 4d I Veal
Mutton 3s 44 to 40 4d I Pork
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Lamb 5 Od to 6s Od.

HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD.
Hay £3 103 to £4 4.4 Clover £4 Os to £4 lOs

Straw .1:2 'los to P 2 18s.

VAGRANCY.

Bow-STREET.—Yesterday Davis and Read, two of the day
police, brought in a venerable looking man, with a long white
beard, habited in a plaid jacket and trowsers, on a charge of
vagrancy. The officers stated, that they saw him that morning
carrying a garland of flowers in his hand, and going into seve.
ral shops, and asking alms.
An Agent from the Mendicity Society said the prisoner was
well known at their office, he having been relieved there several
times, and had clothes given him. He pretended to be ltiti
years of age, but was in reality only 79, and was altogether a
vile impostor.
Sir R. BIRNIE—What is your name, prisoner ?
" Allan Johnson, your honour," said the prisoner in a broad
Scottish accent.

Sir It. Brasau—How old are you ?—I was burn, Sir, in
1717, and am 106 years of age, whatever that gentleman may
say to the contrary.
Sir R. BIItNIE then proceeded to ask him a great number
of questions ; in answer to which he stated, that he was born in
the year mentioned at Campbell Town, in Argyleshire, and
when 26 years of age or upwards (he was then married and had
two children), he enlisted, with five of his brothers, into the
Scotch Grey's, then raising by the Duke of Argyll on behalf of
King George 11. against Prince Charles. He was 16 years in
that corps, and fought at " Culloden \Var," where his father
was killed ; and three of his brothers fell at Bunker's Hill, at
which battle he was also present. When George 11. died, in
1760, the Scotch Greys were disbanded, and he returned home;
but in a short time re-enlisted into the 42d Highlanders, or, as
they were then called, the " Highland Watch," for which he re-
ceived fresh bounty. After remaining in that regiment 20 years,
he was drafted into the 04th ; and, finally, when the 95th Regt.
was raised he recruited for it at Leeds, joined it himself, and
went with Sir D. Baird to the Cape of Good Hope. He was
then a very old man, but remarkably strong and healthy, and
as able to do duty as many to whom he was old enough to be
grandfather. He was discharged when completely worn out
in the service, and he now received a pension of Gd. a day ;
but that was too little to support him, and he was too old to
work. Ile was wounded in the shoulder and fingers at the
battle of Minden, when Lord Sackville, who commanded the
cavalry, made his famous attack, after our infantry hint been so
much cut up. During the time he was in the 42J, they had three
different Lieutenant• Colonels, but he could nut recollect who it
was that raised the regiment, and was Colonel in Chief for many
years. He once saw Prince Charles on his way to Culloden.
bat it was only for a short time, and he could not recollect
whether he wore a wig or his own hair, for his memory was not
so perfect as it had used to be.
Sir It. BIRNIE said he was afraid the prisoner was endeavour-
ing to impose on hint. It was impossible but that he must re-
collect the name of the Chief Colonel of the 42d, if he was in
the Regiment twenty years, as he said.
The prisoner said he had told nothing but the truth, and beg-
ged his Honour would recollect the lapse of time that had in-
tervened and the great age he had arrived at.
Sir R. BIRNIE said he regretted very much that he was
obliged to send an aged man like the prisoner to a jail, but he
must do it. Why did he not go home to Campbell-town, where!
he might live very comfortably iipera his Gd. per day, and be
among his friends and countrymen
prisoner—Friends, your Honour ! I have no friends there
now. I went down last summer when the King was in Scot-
land ; I had not been there for 60 years before, and I found
only one man alive that knew me.
Sir It. BIRNIE---Well; the law says you must not beg, anti
I shall send you to the Sessions. You will moat likely be I+,ol
clothed, and sent to Argyleshire by the Court; and that, I
hink, is the best thing that can be done for you.

A GIPSY FOATUNE•TELLER.—Yesterday mottl-
ing, an ill-looking old woman went into the shop of Mr. Bu-ro
baker, Great Portland-street, and bought a penny roll, ',hick
she stayed eating till all the people were gone out, except Ar.l.l.'s
daughter, who had the care of the shop,when the old wretch fixed
her eyes on the girl for some time, with great attention, arid at
length told her that by thanes in her face she could perceive that
she was born to good fortune, and if she would give her a
shilling she would direct her to a place where there was
a great deal of hidden treasure concealed ; accordingly
the girl gave her a shilling; the gipsy looked at the palms
of both her (the girl's) hands, and after pretending to exa-
mine them, she directed her to go into a certain-corner of
the cellar, and dig up the earth, and at the depth of a few
inches, she would find a stone jug full of gold and silver
coin ; and she hoped.when she found it,she would give her
a piece of gold in addition to the shilling. The poor simple
girl went as directed, and after searching some time and
finding her expectations disappointed, returned to the shop,
when she discovered that the old. woman was gone, hay-
ing stolen a silver watch with two gold seals and key, a
silk shawl, and other articles out of the inside room : for-
tunately the till which contained some money was locked.
The young woman ran immediately to the Duke of Sussex
public house, and informed Mr. Forester the landlord of
thb robbery, and he, with some persons who were in the
tap-room, followed in pursuit; but although she and her dress
was very remarkable, she had effected her escape. Mr. Burton,
in the course of the afternoon, gave information of the robbery
at the different police-offices, and a description of the old gipsy
fortune-teller ; and we expect from the vigilance of the police
officers soon to hear that she is in custody. She appeared to
be between 40 and 50 years old, middle size, rather thin, very
black hair and eyes, olive complexion, long, sharp, piercing
visage. She wore an old dirty threadbare red cloak, and an old
ragged black straw bonnet..,,

CRUELTY.—An orphan boy, a mulatto, the
som of the poor black woman, who, last year was 'bond
drowned in the gait of the Nether- Milla, has been
brought to our workhouse, his knees and elbows ITIUCII
excoriated, having been compiled to climb chlinnies after
the skin had been rubbed off his limbs. From the
Cious treatment of his wounds, and the kind attentions of the
:'Mis'te'rs of the Workhouse, the boy is in a fair way to recover
the use of his limbs. We understand an investigation of this
transaction will shortly take place ; and we trust that such mea-
sures will be adopted as will put 3 total stop to the cruel prac-
tice of forcing boys to sweep ehintnies when incapacitated by
wounds or ill health.--( Leeds Intelligence r, April 2d..)

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DA 1 LY

Extracts f ion! the Morning Papers, May e.

[MORNING CHRONICLE...I
Nothing could be more paltry than the trick
resorted to on Wednesday night to get up a di-
vision. The object of the Opposition was to
follow the course pointed up by Mr. Brougham.
After the declarations of all the Members of all
parties against the French Government and the
Allies, and more particularly after the change of
tone of Mc. Peel with respect to both, it was re-
solved by the Opposition not to press any motion
to a division, the result of which might induce
foreigners, who are in general ill acquainted with
,our forms, to suppose that a division really
existed among us with respect to the nature of
the proceedings of these Powers.---The object
was not to seek any triumph over their opponents,
and they did not mind ally apparent triumph over
themselves ; but they didlnind the avoiding every
thing which could in any way induce other
countries to believe that all were not united upon
the question of abhorrence of the conduct of the
Allies and of France. This determination to
divide haVing been taken, many of the Opposi-
tion quitted the House. Mr. Macdonald's ori-
ginal Address was negatived without a division.
On the question of Mr. Wortley's Amendment
being put, the larger portion of the Opposition
arose, meaning not to vote, when Mr. names,
the Government runner and agent for them in
the House of Commons, and the Treasurer
of the Ordnance, salt, the Noes have it, with
the intent of forcing the Opposition to divide. The
result was, that the Opposition divided for the
amendment, and the few who voted against it,
did so, by mistake, as the intention was to leave
Mr. Holmes, Lord George Lenox, and the few
who countenanced this unworthy Parliamentary
manoeuvre, to vote by themselves. This trick
was tried ten years ago by Mr. Swann, who was
left to vote by himself, and the same thing would
have happened on Wednesday night, if the hurry,
noise, and confusion had not so puzzled several
Members, as to prevent them from understanding
the bad joke which was played off. We wish
Messrs. Holmes and Co. joy of their manoeuvre,
which must raise them greatly in the estimation
of the country-