The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-01 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EAGLES.

The ceremony of depositing, i'. Whitehall
'Chapel, the Eagles and Colours heroically wrested
from the French in Spain, took place yesterday
morning.
boon after nine o'clock, the Ist regt. of Guards,
./klio were to do the duty of the day, formed on
the parade facing the Horse-guards, with their
Tight resting on the wall of the Treasury. On
their lett the 2d regiment formed, With side arms
only, their left tvertninating near the great gun.
T!“. 3,1 iegiment, also with side-arms only,
formed with the. Admiralty garden in their rear.
On theirleft were stationed, with fixed bayonets,'
thirty rank .and file of grenadiers of the ist re-
giment, _thirty of the 2d, and thirty of 3d regi-
ment, and nine serjeants, who were to carry he
eagles am-,1 colours. The line was continued tolhe
Horse Guards, and consisted of the horse and foot
Artillery stationed inthe•metropolis ; with the.se-
veral recruiting parties belonging to the cavalry
and infantry. In the rear of the first line, facing
the "Horse Guards, were formed the two regiments
of Life Guards, with their full bands, their left
extending to the wall of Carlton-house. About
half-past Dime, General Sir HAIlitY BURRARD ar-
rived, and .assuMed the 'command, when the bands
belonging to the three regiments, in their full
dress, took their stations, each 'in the centre of
its regiment.- '• •
Soon after ten o'clock, the 'Duchess of YORK
arrived. Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, in,
two,carriages, soon followed, and were received
bythe troops with presented arms, the different
bands playing "God save the King,'" They
then took their station' in the Levee-room of the
Norse-guatds, which commands a 'view of the
parade.
The.
,Paitsicis REGENT, on a white. charger,
came from. Carltou-HOuse at half-past ten, ac-
companied by the Duke 9f *YORK on foot, the
Duke of KENT, Colonels 13LOOINIFIELD, CON 7
GREVE, and TORRY.NS, and several other Officers

_ . .
on horse-back. His Royal Highness, on reaching
. the parade, was received' with the usual honours,
• and took his station' in front. The - PRIN. E
REGENT then proceeded to the right .of the line;
accomparded by his Royal b ro thers, their 4ftides.de-
Camp , &c. and passed down the whole, the Duke
of Yoiu.-; on foot at his right hand, and again re-
sumed Lis station. The usual ceremony of the pa-
rade commenced, the bands belongingto the second .
and third regiments proceeding -to troop ,the
colours., • This being gone through, the sub-divi-
&ions of grenadiers, stationed on the left of the
line, were ordered to wheel op the right, and,.•
Preceded by the band of the Ist Regiment,
marched round the square, and halted facing the
Tilt-yard'. At this instant the bands of the Horse
and foot regiments bjgan playing, and the
Xagles, five in• number;'were brought out and
given to the_ sei jeants, who marched' in the ,
rear of . the first sub-division. Three . stand-
ards, and one regimental col Our.,• were next
brought and given to the remaining serjeants, who
marched in the rear of the second sub-diVision.
11 e band of the first regiment began the ' ' Grena-
dier's March," and proceeded round the square. On
teaching the station ofthePRINCEREGENT&RoyaI
va:uily, the Eagles and Colours were lowered amid
the aeclatnations ofthousands of spectators. The
_three sub-divisions then halted; . and advanced their arms, and 'in ordinary' time <paraded round.
On reaching the colours of the first regiment, the
,I°,llole of' the trophies were lower ed to the, ground.
alley again passed the .Roy'al.Family, the Eagles
and Colours. being drc plied, and marched through ,
the Horse Guards to Whitehall Chapel. Ihe re-
!l' 'tinder of the infantry were ordered to wheel on
elicit
left backwards, and, in open order, passed ;
rile PRINCE REGENT to the Chapel, with the ex-
ntion of the guard for the day. The Life Guards
jawed in the samenianner, and occupied their
ot.',ginal grotind. The PRINCE REGENT, Dukes
to -I oat( and KENT, &e. proceeded to Whitehall
bear Divine Service. . .
sk:the concourse of people assembled'on the °em-
ir 4 Was immense, and the spectacle altogether
_,4s of the tnost gratifying description. It was im-
f'lsible to view, without feelings of exultation, ,
• otPse trophies which bore Witness to the prowess.
tle sritish soldiers, and which were won from no
te3Pieable eneiny, but froth troops whOse military
ere
stands so high in Europe. The Eagles
of '.,,e 5 in number; 'two of them taken at the battle
otCalatnanca, were very.. much mutilated ; two
%t,ers, taken at Madrid, were in. a more perfect
4,4(7 ; and the, fiftli, we undeirstand, was found
lo 'e channel of' a stream, near. Ciudad. Rodrigo,
3,`,°.which it was thrown when the rear of MAs-
tav A's arm its; closely pursued by the British
1 t. `11r7,. on retreat from Portugal. Four of the
ail
.4 es are numbered 13, 22, 39, 51.
there -
.14 8
,were also four standards ; bnt they were
vic:leh a tattered state, that there was not _a de-
,,,,a„7 leiter legible..,The garrison flag of Badajoz
vpi:, like a sieve, and great part of. it quite red
",11- hulnan blood.
1141`a' I,'alf past eleven the procession moved to the
specri amid the acclamations of many-thousand
fo,v.at°rs ; the PRINCE REGENT continued. 'in
rovietnear half an hour, and the troops passed in
sped order. The Life Guards gave some fine
b Ataihenis, of the rapidity of their evolutions.
"qui, a(L past two, the QUEEN, PRINCESSES,.
,qzl,z-e3S CHARLOTTE of WALRS, the PRINCE RE-
tip, g and Ihkes of YORK and KENT, came again
I ton the Parade. All the Cabinet Ministers in , •
....
Were present. .
..., . -,e,

Potirct.

LIVER PIRACY.

• '
TITA.MES POLICE-OFFiCE.--"jt was stated hi July
last, that a most daring robbery bad been com-
mitted on the river Thames, by a gang of villains,
who,ln the course of the night, took a barge from
its moorings at the Custom-housequay, and though
Custom-house'bfficers ere on board, they robbed
the vessel •of a large quantity of ,Valencia silk, and
Some boxes of ostrich .feathers. The matter has
now been &ought to light by the persevering ex-
ertions of the proprietors of the silk, who have at
length *livered into :the hands of justice several
of the villains concerned in the iniquitous trans.:
action. First and. last, it appears that 17 persons
have been IMplicatecr in the robbery ; but only 7
persons have hitherto been committed for trial :
and with regard to their nefat ions transactions, the
following. particulars have transpired :---
A gang of fellows consisting of Joseph Winter (1),
William Henry Winter '(2), George Brown (3),
William Armstrong (4), William Allen (5), Ralph
Fenwick (6), the first five watermen, the last a
ship chandler, at Greenwich, associate for the
purpose of plundering propeity on the river, and,.
after various other depredations, they get intelli-
gence of a quantity of silk and 'ostrich feathers be-
ing arrived at Stangate-creek, and there put trn.
der quarantine (out of the brig Velocity, Captain
Blyth, from Gibraltar) . This was about the middle
of June ; and they immediately take their
sures to. gain information by what hoy these goods
are to be sent up from the creek. They learn
that The Sist4rs, James Bampton (7,) master
(owned by Tlit3, Hotchon), is appointed for that
purpose ; and they find out Bampton, who had
previously been concerned with theth in some jobs
of this nature,. and without any difficulty perstrade
him to become one in their plan. He, in his turn
communicates the business to Joseph Knox (s) , his
mates and only, assistant on board the 'boy; who
appears also to have given his consent irnmedi-
The plan arranged was, that Joseph Winter
and his five' associates should go down ,to the
neighbourhood of Sheerness, in a barge sailed
by Winter, in what is called shares, for his mas-
ter; Mr. Mason, of Greenhithe, and wait for the
coming out of: the creek of Bampton's boy with
thegoodS. They were to.follow this boy up the
river; and, according to circumstances, Bampton
was either to run her on shore, or bring-to at' a
place called DagenhaM-breach, a little below
Woolwich, •when the other party were to board
him ; and after fastening him (Knox) and .the
two Custom-house officers belOw, they were to
take the goods out, or, in other wOrds, to• corn-
•
corn-
mit the robbery: They,had previously arranged
with. Robert Cooper (9), a publican in- Rateliffe:
highway, and Charles Ingram (10), of Chadwell,'
in', Essex; that ..they (the two last m...l\itioned)
should be waiting with a covered waggon at Da..-
genhani-breach, to take the goods when 'landed,
and convey them to a place of safety: •
Banipton accOrdingly'leaves the creek, with the
silk ~4c. on board, on Saturday morning, the 4th
of July ; and Whiter and his party, as concerted,
follow him in their barge ; 'hut Bampton neither
ran his vessel on shore, nor stopped, as agreed
upon, at Dagenham breach. - appears to have
taken fright ; and alleges; as his reason for not
sticking to the original plan, that one or the CO',
tom-House officers be bad on board was so well
acquainted with the river, that, if the boy had
been either run ashore 'or brought-to, he -Would
.have known there - was roguery in the business,
and he' (Banapton) would have been expOsed to
trouble.

Bampton, however, finding himself unable to
execute the original design, sent, ou their ti ay
the river, liis partner Knox on board Winter's
vessel, to say, that he durst not stop ; but that
he should bring up at the Custom-house-rOad for
the night, and they .might do it there. Winter's
party, however, did not 'relish: this plan ; they
were afraid of the police-boats'; and the matter
&opt there for the time.
W. H. Winter, Win, Alen; and Joseph 'Knox,
do.not appear to have had any. thing to do in the
business after this. R. Fenwick also quitted the
party on their return up the river ;' but onlear-
ing of the subsequent robbery, he again sought
them out, and assisted in the sale and conveyance
of the goods, &c. Banipton, althoug,b not after-
wards-an active agent, yemained in the secret; and
kept purposely out of the way on the.night of the
robbery. :• - •
_

Afar the hoy was moored at the Custoth7
house-road, Joseph Winter, BrOelvn; and
strong, continued to make their observations';
'and thinking the business could • still be done,
they determined on carrying it into ex6cution on*
the night of Tuesday, the 7th of July.; but their
party being now diminished by the absence of
W. .11. Winter, Kiidx; - and. Inenwick, they
plied, through Arinstro.g, to an acquaintance' of
his, one key ,(11), Ihy-merchant,, in Artillery-,
lane, Bishopsgate-stteet, who agreed to join
them, and 'alio to bring two- more with
men who feared nothing ; and accordingly the
whole party, viz. Winter, Brown, -Armstrong,
Ivey, Ben Caddick (12), William Taylor (IS), and
__Benjamin
.Allan' (14), (the latter .enlisted by
BrOwn), met at nine o'clock ontuesday evenihg,.,
at .the sign of the Three Tuns; in Thames-street,'
where they finally concerted their plan; and car
-
• ried itinto effect the same night, by three of the
party (Brown, Caddick, and Tayloi) going on
board of the hoy; and moving her .off from the,
quay at which she lay, alongside of Winter's
barge, at what is called the road, where she had
been brought for the purpose the night before,
and where they found the rest of their patty ready
for .

During this time they do not appear to have
met with any interruptiop, except from -one'of the
Custom-fionse Officers, who when they first 'came
on board, looked up from below; and asked,'" Is
that you, Jem ?" (meaning Bampton). Caddick,
who it was previously agreed upon should per-
sOnate Bampton, answered " The Officer
then asked where they were going with the vessel;
and Caddick answered, " They were going to haul
off to the road, as the goods were to go into the ton-
don Dock, and they must be ready the next tide ;"
adding " so do you go below, and turn into my bed,
._out of the way;" 'which the officer appears to
have done. _ When , they got the hoy alongside

Marge; they fastened the satile dow
where the two officers were, broke open < the
hatches, and took 6U-ten lietti of Valencia raw silk,
and four trunks of .ostrich feathers, .put them into
Winter's barge, and immediately proceeded up the
rives to Baker Dock; a place below BlackfriarS-
bridge, on the Surrey side, and-there land athem A
person of the name of Norman (1:5) . [by_ whotn• he
was engaged does not yet appear] had; previously
hired of one Isaac Wentworth, a butcher, a stable
in Woolpack-yard, Woolpack-ailey;. Gravel-lane ;
and Norman was waiting at Baker's Dock with a
cart, and conveyed (at twice) the goods to this
stable,, assisted chiefly. by Caddie& and Benjamin
Allan. . .

Shortly after the alarm had been given of the Sisters
boy havingbeen robbed, Charles Sayers) a water-
man in the employ of Lucas and Co. informed
his employers of his suspicions ._against Brown
and Winter, he (Sayers), haVing been tampered
with by the former, previously to their- excursion
down the river on this business, to be one-of the
party, he refused ;_ and from having heard
the same two -persons, after their return., •damn-
ing, &&. Bampten, for having deceived .them,
swearing at the same time,
." they would still
haVe it." This led .to the apprehension of Brown
and Winter, Who stoutly denied all knowledge of
the transaction ; but it .having been judged pru,
dent: to question Bampton also, (never before
suspected), he let cut.the whole of the. particulars
of the original conspiracy to rob his vessel, as
above detailed ; in consequence of which, W. 1-1.
Winter, Wm. Allen, and Josepb Knox were also
apprehended. FeriWick. and Armstrong had both
absconded, and could not he found.

Information had likewise been given in the
meanwhile by Wentworth, the. butcher, of im'pro-
per doings going. on, .as he thought, from his
stable, and of his having taken the,name and I.urp-
bet of a cart employed taaonvey away goods from
thence, in consequence of which the Union Hall
oMcers searched the stable, and found aboat,loo
pounds of silk and a quantity of ostrich feathers.
Norman, who had hired .the stable, was looked
for, 'but was not forthcoming. Sprigs, (16), the
owner of the cart, was taken into custodY, but
nothing could be got from him, except that he had
been-hired by a person, a stranger to him, to do a
'job ; that his cart had been loaded, without his
assistance, and that
,lie conveyed a number of
bags. containing, "as he was told," and as
he supposed," clothes, to the top of Water-lane,
Fleet-street, where they were put into another.
cart, by the person who accompanied him, and
who, -after giving him haelf-a7crown, drove off, he
did not know where. Sprigs, with the .other six
mentioned to• be apprehended, remained in cus-
tody from about the middle of July, to Saturday,
the 22d of August, during which time they under-
went several: examinations, but,nothing transpir
ing which could fix them with.actual felony, the
Magistrates judged it ptoper to- discharge the
whole of them. -

On the same day that the parties were dis-
charged (Aug. 22) from the Thanies POlice Office,
information reached the Consignees of the ,silk,
that a quantity of raw Valencia silk was woiking
at the mills of Mr. Theophilits Perceval, at Bru-
t6n, in Sornersetshire, ,and as no other silk. of the
same description had ,been imported for many
Months, two persons were immediately' sent down
to Bruton, and there learned from Mr: perceval,
that about 600 pounds of Valencia silk had been
sent to him to be thrown, by Mr. Thomas Green,
Worship-square, London, against whoin a war-
rant was immediately takea out ; but he being at
that time at Coventry,-it was with some difficulty
got from his people, that be had purchased the
silk of persons of the firm of Stevens and Gibbs,
Cumberland-street. They were waited on, and
after considerable hesitation and threats,.acknow-
'edged they had bought it, under the impression of
its being smuggled, of Robert. Cooper, Ratcliffe-
highway, shewing at the same time his receipt for
part of the Money paid him. Cooper was t;lken
into custody the same evening, and confronted
with .Gibbs, but steadily denied haying. ever had
any dealings with liim whatsoever. He, however,
within a day or two .thereafter, sent for Mr.
Harriott, the Magistrate, and disclosed the whole
circumstances of the robbery, and, the parties to
it, bffering at same time .to produce five hundred
weight more of. the Silk; provided be were admitted
to bail, which was refused.

The. offenders were.then again sought for,•and
George Brown, who was •the first taken, very.
eagerly let ou(the truth. of the story. Fenwick
also spOke. Within a short time Winter, Allan,
Ivey, Bampton, Kndx, Sprigs,. and. Taylor, were
taken, and. now remain in custody. Norman,
Caddick, Ingram, and Armstrong, have not been
found, but rewards have been offered for their
apprehension of -401. each man. Cooper stead 7
fastly refused to' give up the silk still under his
controul, unless admitted to bail, or to he King'S
eYidence ; but finding no conditions would be
litened to, he has at. produced it, by
sending his wile with an officer down to Horndon-
on-the4fill, in Esiex, where 5161 b. of it were
ttelivered up V,- a perscin of the name of Thomp-
Son (17.) The whole .quantity of. silk contained
in the ten bales,. was-about 1 600 lb. and there has
been recovered at Bruton 630.1 b, ; in the stable,
&c. 1201 b.; at Horudon 51616.; together
12661 b.; leaving about ::.1001h. still AO account
for, which cooper 'says Caddick rind Norman dis-
posed of for their own private accounts.
Cooper, the receiver, Winter,, Allan, Knox,
Ivey, Taylor, and' Sprigs, have been fully com-
mitted for trial, and sent to Newgate ; BrOwn,
Fenwick,. and Bampton, have been adMitted as
evidenpe, for the Crown.

FURTHERS PARTICULARS.

itiappeared,- by the evidence of a Mr. Ferrol,
that the younger Harris had, not Many days 'after
the robbeq, Whited upon him, and offered - a
quantity of silk for sale, at 265. per lb. leaving.'a
sample ; adding, that he had a considerable quan-
tity to 'dispose of.. Mr. F. then directed him to r.
Mr. Paten, a silk dealer, who agreed' to become
a purchaser. There was some delay in sending the
silk after it had been ordered, but at. length the
silk was sent to. Mr. Paten, containing in bags
19014. by an old woman: Mr. G. H. it appeared,
had particularly requested the , witness to keep the
matter an entire secret from every. body, and, as
the witness conceived, he particularly wished him
neither to mullion his own or his brother's name.

alteing riityWiSe *Cni'iriected With the
at the same time, he said, he had the silk of a per-
sou of great respectability, but whose name, fdr
priv ve. reasons, he was anxious to conceal.
Niv nen the prisdners had withdrawn, an estaz
mination took plaCedpon the charge, which' in OA
course of the evidence had transpired against
G. Harris. This person had been summoned at
an evidence; and regularly attended the Court;
his brother likewise attended die Court in the
character, of an Attorney for the prisoners. , . ,
The .1141,4.7,,i5trate left it to the Gentlemen for the
prosecution whether they chose to lodge an i
illation against him, to which they answerc.-d
the affirmative.,

Mr. Harris,; the eider, and a -Mr. Bellis rose
on behalf of the accused, and hoped the. Magis-
trate, as weld as. the Gentlenien for the proseca
ti:)n, would withdraw sue.,h notice. Mr. H. pro:-
tested that his brother wasentirelY:innocent as to
any participation of the guiit of tbe:prisoners.
Harris was ordered to be detained, to be brough;
cep forfarther examination..
We subjoin an abstract of the most material
testimony of one of the party, 'admitted as.iiing's
evidence :--

George Brown, a *aterman, (sworn.) -"
the beginning of June, Wiliio.m Armstrong, a
lighterman, told me, there were some valuable
goods expected to arrive in Stangate Creel; that
be,should.have inf9rmation when 'they were deli-
Nering, from the master of a hoy, about stealing
them on their:way from the creek to London.
agreed to-be..concerned.. The prisonerJ. S. Win-
ter agreed to assist; they. next spoke to Ralph
Fenwick, who promised to join theni.wben called
upon. , . -

..As soon as the,barge got char-geol. the goods,
it was determined to go down, seize' upon, and
plunder-it. It was agreed that Brampton. would
kills know when he went to 'the creek for those
valuable goods, and we.were to wait‘ and follow
him for the purpose, of stealing them.
" On Thursday, the 25th of June, Bampton
came to my house; and told me be was going down
of chance, with .ten bales of silk and four boxes of
feathers, and ha would let us know when he
started, so that we night get ready. On Friday
I met Armstrong, Winter, Fenwick, and W.
Allen, at. the White Horse, in the iorough.—
Armstiong and Winter said they had seen Bamp-
ton, and arranged with him when .to go down;
and it Was agreed upon that Winter and Arm-
strong should go,to Greenhithe, where Winter's
barge lay, an(111., Fenwick, W. Allen, and my-
self to' get to- Gravesend, and Fenwick, was to
-speak to Incrram about receiving in the ,barge the
property.' They: Were to follow, and keep the Sis-
ters in sight.. Ivy, Craddock, ,and Taylor w-:.re •
also of the-party. (After' concerting these mea-
sure's, he proceeds)---they went to the 'Newcastle
Arms, .and drank each a. glass of gin.
,We then
separated our parties in Thames-street—Winter,
'Allep, and Ai-last:A.)llg, went, towards the. Tower;
Myself, Allen, and Taylor went down to the Cus-
tom-house-passage, and got on. the quay, from
which we stepped on board the boy, and began to
cast off. Winter came on board, and assisted. I cast
off the head-rope,to run up the boy to the tier;
as_ she was a-going, one of the officers looked up
and said, Is that you, Jun- Craddock?' He an-
sweyed Yes. He then asked, Where are -gun
going with the Vessel ?; Craddock answered,
!.We.are going to the road, and in the morning to
the Tiock ; so you go beio'v and turn in to my bed
out. of the way.' It-was agreed on, in case any of
.officers spoke to us, Craddock was to _personate
Bampton. The officer returning below, the
scuttle was lacked over, and secured. We then
sheered up the• Hoy alongside Winter's barge.—
The locks were then broke open, and the hatches
taken off. The good‘; were taken out of the hold;
we worked the barge to, BaketC,s Dock, near Black-
friars ;;Craddock went -to fetch .the carts ; ano-
ther man came with him afteir the second load was
housed, whom I knew to be Nor Man. It was
then about day-light.;- a watchman was sweeping
the causeway;. we gave him money. to .hold -his
tongue, The next Thursday. the parties wet at
the Royal Oak, Vauxhall. Ivey, who. undertook
to. dispose of the goods, said, there- had been so-
much stir about them be. could not get rid of
them, but if they were .housed some time, and
the bustle blown
.over, he could. Craddick.and
then.said, we knew.a man, named Cooper, Who_
would put ready. money into their hands. Ivey
theh said they 'might ,do so. Cooper agreed to
give 20s. a lb.- for the silk, and agreed to take
from 12 to 14 hundred weight ; he said he did not
care if it were twice :as much, he would pay us as
be took it ; Cooper knew of the robbery,*and ad-
vised us to keep snug; there was an appointment
to meet Cooper, Craddick, and Norman,, next
morning, at an old iron shop-in Golden-lane, to
see the silk weighed ; we' were desired by Crad-
dick to ask for him by the nattie of Jackson as I
and Winter were going up the BcirOugh;ive were
taken into custody by. the -officers; GOff -and
Hutchins. Mr. Harris, the Attorney, came to'
me in Clerkenwell Prison, :11)(1 said nothing could
hurt us if we kept our-own counsel ; he also- said
lie had an order from Cooper to let us have what
money we wanted. Mr. Harris's brother first
gave me 201. e'en 141. and afterwards 81. Harris
hiinself.gave me 2L at the Thames Police, the dry
we were discharged. . Two or three-day& alter 'we
were discharged, we met at the Sir William Wl.l-
- Camberwell Road. Cooper said the whole
amount he would have to pay would be 900/.4
we said this was not half, enough. He paid us at
diarent times, 3001. and 2001. On the Monda:t.
'following he was to pay the Balance of the 9001.
when
.he was taken into custody by Mr. Gutty.

City Wit.---WooD, it seems, has split froth
WAlT.nmArri the latter, it is said, resolves to try
his own strength,: alleging that lumber will not
keep him afloat.
A prodigious number of Performers are engaged
for Drury-lane Theatre, and according to account
there are " more cats than will catch mice."

The Drury-lane Committee, it "is said, have
made their decision on the Address for the opening
of the Theatre. It has been very properly sug-
gested, that to chew their impartiality, and that
they have not beam unconsciously biassed by the
influence of a name, they should not open. the
paper, containing the author's signature; till after
the Address has actually been spoken.'

" We shall naturally be expected to say -some- .
thing of Mr. Tooke's philosophical writings; but
this, is a subject into which our limits do not per-
mit' us to enter at large. Besides, it has been
lately discussed with midi ability, and in a man-
ner, to us at least, so satisfactory, that, we could
do very little more than repeat to our readers
remarks that have already been made with infi-
nitely greater force and authority.
" Shortly, however, our opinion is this—that
though Mr. Tooke's philosophical works are the
esult of no common talent and industry, yet they
are neither written in a. true philo optical
nor display traces of, a mind Which; if even it had,
been wholly dedicated to the'study of metaphysics,
would have mulch enlarged the bounds of our
,knowledg-c in that nice and intricate part of sci—
ence. His objects have been ratter to retard
than to adyance the progress of philosophy, by re-
calling us from those sound conclusions as to the
nature and operations of the' human mind, which
are built upon observation and experience, to vague
.speculations drawn from the imperfect analogy ex-
isting bett!Veen the moral and physical world.—
There can be no doubt that the proposition which
he has succeeded in establishing is highly interest-
ing and important 5 and that in the illustration of
:t he has shewn great "learning, ingenuity, and
research. But then, on the other hand, he has so
monstrously exaggerated its importance, and so
widely mistaken its tendency, and has attmpted to
raise so vast a superstructure upon so narrow, slip-
pery, and inadequate foundation, that we are quite
lostqn amazement when we recollect how com-
pletely the sa;,acity which guided him so well in
the investigation of his principal fact, appears to
desert him when he domes to apply that fact to
the plirPoies of a theory. The'distance between.
what be has proved
.and what he wishes us to be-
. lievetbat he proved, is enormous. What be
has!proved is,'that all words, even those that are
expressive of the nicest operations of our minds,
were originally borrowed from the objects of ex- I

The body of the unfortunate man who leaped off
Blaekfriars 'Bridge last week has not yet been
found, though several attempts have been made
for that purpose. •
Stapleton, the accomplice of Murphy- in the
murder of the Rev. Mr. Tisdal, has been recognis-
ed by an 01ficer who lately joined the 52d,regi-
inent in Snain, as a private soldier M that corps.
We understand he is now on his passage to this
country, under proper care.—(Cork Paper.)

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