The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-06 00:00:00

ACCIDENT AT BILLINGSGATE.

The opening of the oyster sPnson commencing,
according to ancient usage, as the clock strikes twelve on the
night of the 4th of August, a fleet of more than 70 smacks
reached Billingsgate on Monday morning, and by the afternoon
tide increased to between 80 and 90 vessels, of from 20 to 60
tons each—.a greater number than is remembered to have been
seen on any former occasion. . Between five and six in the
afternoon. one of the pile.' to which ser...ral smacks were
warped gave way, but fortunately no person being in the
apace between the pile and the edge of- the quay. the crash
was unattended with accident. 'lt was, however. appre-
hoteiniedredambak
ycnstav,n.yer,
et hwaatrpac sunk
~.mciaindnoinv.e to
awyb
tramichalstohes
heavy
strain of so many cables ; but the bustle and confuelon
consequent on the crowded state of the river, preventing tine
attention being paid to the fears that were expressed, no pre.
cautions were taken, to prevent accident. At an early hour in
the evening, the number of light carts and carriages ih Thames.
street was considerable, but long before midnight the street
might be said to be impassable. From the numbers aweiting
the opening of the market, .The bustle, as may be supposed,
WAN considerable ; and as very many had beguiled the dreary
hours by deep potations of Whitbread's Entire, and tiodge's
full-proof cordial; the confusion and tumult became great as
the wished for hour approached. As the clock struck twelve, a
general rush took place; and each striving to gain a foremost
place, ,made the best of their way to the smacks. Suddenly's.
crash announced some accident, hut df what nature was disco-
vered only by between thirty and forty vessels finding them.
selves adrift—the gun to which they had been moored having
actually snapped asunder, as bad been anticipated in. the after.
noon. Fortunately there was no .strength of tide. it being' just.
about high water, and no person received any Injury from the
accident; and the boats were subsequently brought up again,
though amidst indescribable confusion. Some short • time
after, a man, to appearance a regular porter, as he had a
silver badge, fell off the quay into the dock, and was not
afterwards seen. To this succeeded a yet more fatal and dis-
tressing accident, arising from the following circumstances:—A
vessel, termed the " Dumb Lighter " is always lying near the
quay, rising and falling with the tide. Over this Lighter the
people began to pass. in crowds for the 'purpose of teaching the
boats as soon as the. clock had struck.. Amongst the'. crowd
which pressed, it was evident that a very large proportion were
'intoxicated. The tide now running down had fallen, so that
the Dumb Lighter had sunk below the quay. Seventeen per-
ton!, forgetting this natural vonsequence, to returning with
their loads attempted to step from the lighter to the quay,
and were successively precipitated into the dock. Front the
darkness of the night, and, as it is feared, perhaps from
inebriation, they had not seen the impracticability of step.
ping on the quay, nor could it be ascertained at first flow many
had fallen i twelve, however, were rescued from the fate
which threatened them, but five are believed to have perished
—four men and one woman are certainly missing. Every exer-
tion which the confusion of the scene admitted was made to dis-
cover the remainder, but without effect. It was not practitable
to use Braga or grappela, from the closely compacted crowd of
vessels off the quay; nor at one o'clock had any of the bodies
been found: Various inquiries were made in the course of the
morning by the relatives of the persons missing, but hitherto
neither the number of lives lost nor the names of the indivi-
duals are yet known. '

Niw ARSOCIATION.--There has just been
formed at Caen a societfof mutual reliance, of
quite a new species. Several anxious husbands
have entered into an arrangement for stricter
surveillance over the conduct of their wives.
Each of them undertakes to watch the conduct
of his neighbour's better half, and then charita-
bly worn the other of whatever he may have dis-
covered. Thanks to this system of anti-cicisbeo-
ship, the httsband will not be the last to be in-
formed of whatever is his particular concern.

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THE SUN.

SOLE. OUTS DiCERE FALSUM' .lUDLAT

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 0, 1823.

We have in our preceding columns given
ropious and interesting extracts from the Pari9
Papers of Sunday, and from the other foreign
Journals received since our last. The Duke,
d'A NGOULEMI: departed from Madrid on the 28th
ult. The only garrison left in that Capital were
the Cuirassieurs of the Guard,J—a force which
Will probably be found insufficient fOr its
maintenance, threatened as it is already by
guerillas in its very neighbourhood. Indeed,.
rumour says, that immediately on the departure
of the Duke, the Constitutional part vf the popu-
lation of Madrid flew to arms, and that a terrible
slaughter of the Royalists ensued. This intelli-
gence, however, although far from being impro
bable, rests on no certain foundation. There is
another garrulous report from Marshal MoNctT,
from which it can only he gathered that he has
had some sharp fighting with MILANS3-,--.
that the Marshal had been afraid to engage
the Constitutionalists, but had been forced into
an action by the discoMfiture and rout of his e
advanced Parties,—that the Spaniards fought
asifbh. sdaei ncrtgtti claims's
vvi oice an
bu: rissg
fruitseeai '!'des advantage,s
al
%icy'
lehr
which,
alarming
admissions, aR

• The confidence of the friends to the cause of
Greece continues to be strengthened by every
successive arrival. Disunion and counteraction
appear to be paralyzing the efforts of the Turkish
commanders. The Paella ,of SCUTAR/, instead
of leading alorce of 40 or 50,000 men into the
field, has only been enabled to furnish about 2,000,
Under the command of one of his officers. jou3i,
sour PAcRA has completely failed in his exertions
to.organiTe a force to be employed in covering
Epirus; and between Jonsson", and .ofdea
PAULI a spirit of hatred and of. jealousjr
Only " been successful in enabling thoie two.
Chiefs to thwart the designs of each other ! • The
:Greek fleet ism search of the fleet of the Otto-
mans, and as the• latter has not yet been joined
by
the squadron of the Pacha of EGVPT,' the.
Greeks are 'equal to their enemies-on the oc'eati
in number, and are infinitely superior to them in
naval skill and courage.

"Ye quote. the Subjoined article from the Con.
,stitutionnel..;—:•Not wit listand ing the prohibition
'against THE Suw, it is, as we expected,, egularly
_sent into France, and ;s 'eVen daily quoted by
.the :Paris Papers, under the very eyes of the
Police. It is curious to see how the straight-
forward conduct of Tug Stir( oil the
question puzzles the Ultra Politicians •• of Vaiis,
accustomed Ss they are to attach - etweys
different weaning to politiCal writings than
that Which is expressed by the plain and obvious
Construction of the „language . in which they
are uttered; and to arrive at direct conclusions
only by crooked and circuitous paths. It now
appears that the French Ultra, accuse us of
having sold ourselves to the-Spanish Cortes; and
that although it was but the other day when the;
vilified us as Jacobins, they were glad to avail
themselves of the qualified contradiction which we
exclusively gave to the `threatening annunciation
of their own ally, the Courier; respecting the nl'
leged intention of the French Government to
withdraw their armies to. the Ebro 1:--The Con'
stitutionnel, hoWever, shall speak for itself. It
is only necessary that we should state, that we
are as free from the corruption of the Cortes as
from that of France, with this additional cir-

cumstance, that no attempt has ever been made
by the former upon our intvvrity

" Oar Readers cannot but remark, (although the lie has been
given to it by our Ministerial Journals, and even by THE SUN,
whom the former accuse of being sold to the Cortes), that the
London Courier persists in maintaining that it has been well
informed respecting the project to concentrate the French army
upon the banks of the Ebro. The Morning Chronicle says
on this subject, maliciously enough, that the Courier is gene-
rally better informed of the inter.tions of the French Mini-
stry than it is dr the intentioni-of the Ministry of England !
rut at all events, it is certainly curious to see such an in-
tention on the part of France, published and contended for
by a Paper which the Quotidienne told us the other day had
an official character, and was entitled to confidence, whilst
THE SUN, which has.refuted it, and declares it to be false, is
proscribed in France by the Ministry ! !"—" What can be
more remarkable, than that our Ministerial Papers should cite
with eagerness, as an anthrnitv, that very Paper (THE Suy),
which they themselves denounced but yesterday, as radical,
jacobin, and revolutionary !"—( Conttitationtel.

Yesterday morning, at three o'clock, a Mes-
senger arrived from Paris with important
dispatches, from Sir Cn,tniEs STEWART, which
ivere forwarded immediately to Mr. PANNING,
at Coombe, Wood. The dispatches had been
forwarded to our Consul at Calais, and were by
him transmitted by an estafette, without a mor
ment's delay.—On the return of the Messen-
ger to Town, from Coombe Wood, eight differ-
ent Messengers were sent off to those Cabinet
Ministers who are out of Town, summoning
them to attend a Cabinet Council. The only
Ministers in Town were the Lonn CHANCELLOR
and the Earl of WESTMORLAND. A Cabinet
Council has not yet been held.

SUN OFFICE, Half-part Ore o'Clock.

A Messenger is held in readiness to go off with
dispatches to the KING, at Windsor Lodge.
We have many reasons for believing .that
H negociation will be entered into, immediately
on the arrival of the Duke d'ANootnntE in
Andalusia, and that the French Government
have even requested the mediation of England !
We should deceive our Readers, however, if
we gave this statement as authoritative. It
is an opinion formed from a variety of facts and
circumstances brought to our knowledge, which
give it the stamp of probability, and which, we
believe, will be verified by subsequent events.

An Express from Paris has brought the French
funds 91f. 75c. They had been done as
high as. 9ef. 10c.—It was reported nt Paris
that the Duke d'ArquotmcmE had quitted Ma-
drid, for the purpose of getting rid of the
Regency of the Faith, as it was positively
known that the Cortes would never negociate, if
the Regency continued to be recognized.

A.X rs.—A. very important document has lately
heen issued from the Office for Taxes, addressed to the Select
Vestry, Churchwardens, and Overseers of Parishes, where ar.
rt.ars have 'arisen in consequence of the neglect of Collec•
tors of Taxes not enforcing and paying the sums due
from their respective tithing% After stating the powers
of 43 (leo. 111. cap. 92, sec. 42, which authorises " the Se.
lect Vestry,. Churchwardens, and Overseers, to require of the
Colleetors, in their several parishes, an account in writing
(after 14 days' notice) of the sums received by such Collectors,
of the sums in arrear, of the sums remaining in hand, and
also of the sums paid by him or them to the Receiver-General
defeult 4.f rendering such account subjecting such Collector
so refusing the alone to a penalty of twenty pounds;" it also
refers to 43 George Third, chapter 161, which states that the
pftrl3h or place " shall be answerable for the amount of the
duties charged thereon, and also for the said duties being duly
demanded within ten dsys after the same are payable, and
every arrear of the said duties, arising from the default or fail-
ure of the Collectors shall be re-assessed on such pariah or
place." A statement of the arrest in each tithing is furnished,
and the Select Vestry and Parish Officers are required to ex-
amine into the cause thereof, and obtain from the Collector of
such tithing, so in arrear, an account Li writing, as stated in 43
Oeo. c. 99, which is to be sent to the District Surveyor,
"In order that immediate steps may be taken to obtain
an extent against the said Collector or Collectors who shall
not forthwith pay, the money in their hands, as. the Act directs;
and that the parish may be discharged from the assessment."
When"..ive consider the evil consequences. which a few years
ago arose from suffering the Collectors to retain so much of the
public money in their hands, the Conimissieners of the Board
of Taxes cannot be too much praised for thus giving timely
notice to the respective parishes, where the Collectors are re.
turned in arrear, and thus preventing such very unpleasant
measures as a reassessment would lead to. • • •

The Kum, we are happy to state, suffers very
little from his present attack of the gout. His
MAJt9TY Was yesterday considered so far re-
covered that hopes were entertained of his, being
able to set out on his projected aquatic excur-
sion in a, few days.
Extract from the ngents at GPIIOO, dated.the
nth of July We. have just seen a letter
from Barcelona, dated the 15th instant, which
arrived by a vessel this morning. It states that
MINA. marched out of that city on the 13th, with
about 600 horse and 3,000 infantry, and that the
French were very near that place."
Madame QUIROGA, the wife of the Spanish
General, has been captured by the French on her
Voyage from Corunna to this country, and carried
into L'Ortent. A letter was received yesterday
from this lady, from which it appears that she
has been refused permission to proceed on her
Voyage, and that she is detained a close prisoner
in the house of the Prefect. Of. this arbitrary
proceeding, so contrary to the acknowledged
gallantry of the French nation, Madame Qui-
roga complains with justice, and has addressed a
memorial in very strong terms to the French
Government, demanding exemption from personal
restraint, and to be allowed to go where she
pleases. She has forwarded letters through this
country to'her illustrious husband, who will only
receive information by this circuitous route of
the misfortune that has befallen her. It is sup-
posed Ana Minerve, the vessel in which Madame
Quiroga was captured, contained the letters and
dispatches from Sir Robert Wilson to his friends
in England.