The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-03 00:00:00

[NEW 'TIMES.)

We observe and some of our cotemporaries are
labouring to alarm their readers with apprehen-
sions of approaching wars and commotions. They
remind us of the political Physician in The Bath
Guide-
6, What does Portugal mean? Is she going to stir up
Convulsions and heats in the bowels of Europe?

—The first grand invention was a letter from
King Ferdinand to the Emperor Alexander,
begging him just to send a few Cossacks into
France to correct the liberal opinions of the
Bourbons in that country, and to put an end to
La Monarchie scion la Charle." This clumsy
fiction was too gross to impose even upon Lord
Wuithman ; it was scouted even in the Common
Council, and that though it came recommended
by the authority of The Times. Then follows
the Duke de Itauzan's letter to M. Chasseriau,
instructin►; him how to bamboozle the good
people of Colombia. But every body naturally
asked how the Duke de Haunt' or M. Chas
seriau came to let The Morning Chronicle into

this notable secret. Besides there was a little
slip about writing by the Brazil packet, when
no such packet ever existed. Oh! says The
chronicle, we translated the word wrong
it should not have been a packet, but a
dispatch boat. Even this, however, does
not solve the difficulty ; for the fact is, that
the mode of communication by Brazil would
be so much the reverse of dispatch, that
no man in his senses would have recourse to it.

These two unlucky- fabrications having failed,
we come at last to a document that is really ge-
nuine—the Austrian Declaration addressed to
the German States. Now here we have a fair
right to be frightened ! Here is a Power (to
use the expressive words of The Edinburgh Re-
view)," equally worthy of our curiosity and our
fear." !!! And accordingly The Time?? and Chro-
dole vie *ids each other in painting this raw
head and bloody bones in the most terrific Colours.
As to the Edinburgh Writer, he is quite sublime.

, Austria, be tells us, is " labouring systematically
to roll buck the tide of civilization, and to bury
alive (Heaven defend us !) the people whom it
holds in bondage." Austria, " like an opaque
body, intercepts .the light which is growing
around it." This last simile may truly be said
to be "dark with excess of -light," That Aus-
tria, which contains a tolerable number of square
miles of land, should belike an opaque body, we
can very easily comprehend ; but what is meant
by " light growing around it," never having at-
tended any lecture on the growth of light, we
cannot say. Moreover, what'harm the opaque
body could. do to the said crop of light, sup-
posing that the former were placed in the
very centre of
,the latter, we own we are
not clear sighted enough to perceive. For our part,
we draw consolation from the very idea which seems
to have been intended to exercite oar terror.--
The light which is thus said to surround Austria,
must certainly shine' on England. Austria, we
are elsewhere told, " possesses no great men, no
civilization, no internal commerce, no flourishing
manufactures, no national wealth, no thinking
and reflecting subjects"—" the revenue is small,
the Government is poor, the population is estimated
at about 28 millions, and the annual receipts
amount to little more than 12 millions sterling."
Of the Austrian Navy, no one has ever heard ;
her foreign commerce is trilling, and Colonies
she has none ; and yet this is the Power which
we are to look at with fear ! We,. with a native
population of twenty millions, and a dependent
population of above eighty millions more, with
the largest Revenue, the most unbounded Com-
merce, the bravest Soldiery, the finest Navy,
the freest Government, the most active in-
dustry, the most enlightened population in' the
worldwe forsooth are to be afraid, because
the Emperor of Austria recommends to the other
German States measures, which we are as little
disposed to adopt, as he is able to force upon
our adoption. No, no. Let us dismiss all this
nonsensical talk about danger to be apprehended
from Austria. Our great object is to maintain
the Peace of Europe, that Pence which has en-
abled us to take such vast strides in wealth ,and
substantial power.. If the Continental PoWers
be in truth retrograding so fast, .as we are told
they are, into the ignorance and weakness of
despotism, every year of Peace will place us

igher in the scale of comparison with them.

PCrhaps, indeed, the writers in The Times, The
Chronicle, and The Edinburgh Review, may
not be very intimately acquainted with the se.
crets of the Foreign Cabinets—perhaps other
nations as well as ourselves may perceive the ad-
vantage of cultivating the arts of Peace on sound
and rational principles. But, however this' may
be, our path is plain. We have only to adhere
to the principles we have ever maintained : and
we need fear nothing from Powers, which are
either disposed to lag behind, or which fancy
they can outstrip us in the race of freedom.

ExTRAORDINAItY CASCS OF If YDROPHOBIA.—
' driver of one of the short stages,
and
had a favourite pointer, which regularly slept in the stable with
Mr. It—, the proprietor
his horses ; about three weeks since the dog was bitten by a
rabid dog, and shortly after went mad and was killedi A few
days after, a favourite stage-coach horse was taken ill ; the horse
doctor was sent for, but could not account for his disorder; the
animal kicked, plunged, beat himself about, and appeared quite
mad. The doctor recommended a medicine made up as a ball,
and Mr. IL undertook to administer it ; the horse was dread-
fully 'enraged when an iron instrument was put into his mouth
to force it down, and while Mr. lt.'s hand was in, he bit the
iron flat, and lacerated the hand dreadfully ; wan after he beat
his own brains out in the stable ; a week after two more horses
went mad, and both *ere shot; on Tuesday a fourth was taken
so. bail that he was obliged to be left at the Four Swans, in
Ilishopsgate-street. 111 r. It. had his hand cauterised, and. 'has
•since
arise been to the stmaide, and no ill consequences Are likely to
f the accident.
Stv I NALINtI.-09 Wenesday evening last, a
person presented himself at the shop of 11Ir. Harris, a Chrono-
meter and watch-maker, No. 70, Cornhill, and describing him
self as Sir Charles Farrington, Bart., and that he resided at
Steven's Hotel, in Bond-street, selected some articles In the
shop, to the amount of OW. 16s. He produced his blank cheque
book, paid for them with a cheque on Sir P. Pole, Bart. and
evening the goods were sent for. On the following morning
Co., who fie said were his bankers, and Iti the
course oi* the
time
cheque was presented for payment, but the answer was—
" No effects." Surprised that such an answer should be
given to one of Sir Charles Farrington's cheques, Mr. Har.
ris repaired to Stevens's Hotel. He made inquiry if Sir
Charles was within. The waiter readily replied, (Ayes, Sir,
lie is up stairs;. but.what was their astonishment, when, on
opening the door, they found the bird was flown, and that, too,
without recollecting to pay for his two days' tavern expellee.
Mr. Harris immediately went to the Marlborough-street Police
office, when Valentine, an officer, was put in possession of the
facts, with directions, if possible, to discover the offender.—

.0 is described to be atiout five feet six inches in height, sal

low complexion, thin and dressed in black. Seveiitl 'other
tradesmen have called at the hotel since his departure. It is a
singular circumstance, that when the swindler took up his quar-
ters at the hotel, he gave directions to the waiter to have his
name inserted in the list of arrivals.
Yesterday morning, at half-past six o'clock, a
young man, suppesed to be one of the unfortunate youths who
lost their lives by the. boat they were in being run foul of a few
days back, on the river near Battersea, and concerning which
an application was made by the disconsolate father of one of
them to the Magistrates of Bow-street, was picked ,up. by the
crew of the Prosperous brig, off' Battle-bridge-itaws.
DREA.DPUL FIRE AT PUTNEY.—On Tuesday '
night, about twelve o'clock, the inhabitants of
Putney were alarmed by the discovery that the
factory of Mr. DA ',LETT, wax and tallow-chandler
to his Majesty, was in flames. The 'parish
,en-
gines were instantly sent for, and were plentifully
supplied with water from a large cistern in the
adjoining premises of Mr. CUAPIKAN ; they were
not, however, saffiCient to check the progress of
the devouring element, whiCh, from the combos=
tible nature of the stock on the premises, spread
in a 'most alarming 'manner. Sharplathl, a fireman
of the Guardian Office, was dispatched for the
town engines, and, on their arrival,
,the firemen
commenced Playing in the most active manner on
the adjoining houses; but all attempts to save
any part of 'Mr D.'s
fruitless. premises were altogether
The firemen succeeded in removing
several hogsheads of tallow frOm the prerniies ;
but, not withstanding all their exertions, the whole
was reduced to a heap of ruins by about five
o'clOck in 'the morning.
SALE or A
WIFE.—On Saturday evening the
helium') of Carlisle gave notice, that a lads would
be sold at the hour of Seven o'clock on that even-

ing, in consequence of which a great number of
persona attended. At half-past seven
,o'clock
Mr. Arinstrung; alias 4cArpen," 56 called fromhis haying once been the parish clerk of St.
Cuthbert (no.w an auctioneer), approached the
Cross preparatory to the, disgraceful act taking
place, when the mob -g-rew outrageous, abd•he
was obliged to seek shelter iu bis own house.

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POL.fet INTELLIGENCg.

• Mafesiosr,lrousE.--4 number of persons were summoned,:
before:the LORD Maxon for tie nonpayment of the pavement-
rate. Some pleaded poverty, and obtained time; others cons.
plained that the rate was .not properly appropriated, and: des
tdaretlahat the pavement before their doore-was in a break-heck
state; whilst others reprobated the
.rate Merely as a rate, and
objected to pay It because they considered themselves suffi-
ciently burdened with other rates.
The LORD MAYOR observed, that the pavement rate was the
last rate to which he should expect a shopkeeper, would object.
was greatly to be lamented that the pavements generally
throughout the City were in such a deplorable state ; the neglect
of the inhabitants to the subject was highly injurious to their
own interests; and it would soon be found, unless a more ge-
neral attention were paid to the condition of the streets, that
the superior order and comfort of the public ways at the west
end would in a great measure draw the shopkeepers in the City
of their customers. He was glad to see that in some of the
streets the Macadam system was going forward, and that. the
inhabitants took care to widen the pavements—an improve-
ment greatly wanted in many crowded thoroughfares. In one
instance, that of Chatham-place, some respectable individuals
considered their streets as injured by the public improvement,
and threatened opposition. With respect to that spot he had
received a letter some days ago confirming the view which he
had been led to take of it. The writer
.alluded to a letter which
had appeared on the subject iu the public Papers from Mr.
Bousfield. It stated as follows :—" A complete refutation of
his arguments may be found in an accident which happened
this morning--A gentleman's gig being dashed to pieces, and
himself being dragged several. yards ; this horse ran away along
Bridge-street, broke one of the rails where there is a quantity.
of dirt deposited. If any one had been passing along the foot-
way at the time a fatal accident must hate happened. The
horse fell down and was much injured. If your Lordihip will
cause inquiry to be made of the street-keepers, and make'
public the result, it would be a well-timed act of charity done
to those who pass over the bridge, and I should thank the
Chatham-pladeites themselves, who must have hearts as hard
as the very stones if they can be silent witnesses of the num-
berless accidents which daily take place here."
It was here observed that the foot of the bridge was a good
place for attorneys and surgeons; the former to heal with a
parchment, the other with a plaister.
The Loan MAYOR said the veterinary surgeon must have
jobs there.
The defendants either paid the collectors or promised 'to pay
them after the above hints.
• BOW-STREET.—Mr. Millwood, a tradesman, residing at
Hammersmith, appeared before Sir RICHARD PlinsuE, anti
THOMAS HALLS, Esq., at the instance of the Parish Officers
of that hamlet, for refusing to maintain his wife and three cliff-
dren, who have become chargable to the parish., Mr. (farmer's
Clerk attended on the part of Mr.. MillwOod. The Overseer
stated that the wife and three young children were now in the
work-house, and the Parish Officers wished to relieve them-
selves of the burthen. Mr. Millwood stated,.that the children
were not his ; and lie never would pay for their support.
Sir R. Fluor lE—What are the ages of the children ?
Overseer—The eldest is not five years of age.
Mr. Millwood :—Sir Richard Birnie, I have not come within
arms' reach of my wife these six years. Between six :Ind seven
years ago she ran me in debt, she sold my furniture and betli,
and her score for gin was 201. at one place. I could nolon"er
live with her, and agreed to allow her 12s. a week for her
support. A deed of separation was drawn 'up, and a
Mr. Clarke, who is a tradesman in the same parish, was
appointed trustee. I regularlyy paid the twelve shillings till
I found that my wife and the Trust (Mr. Clarke) cohabiting to-
gether, and then I discontinued it. Mrs. MillwOod and Mr.
Clarke now wish to make me support their children.—Mrs:
Millwood, a female of no very prepossessing appearance, ex-
claimed in a loud tone of voice from the lower end of the
office, " what you say is false, Millwood."—Sir Rn. BrinetE
very politely asked the lady to step towards him, and she said,
that after the separation, her husband refused to pay her the stipulated sum, and when she went to the Trust for it, he sent
her to her husband,-and on applying to her husband, he sent
her to the Trust ; and the result was, that she put all her trust
in the Trust, having no one else. to look to for support.—Mr.
Hanner's Clerk said, that Mr. Millwood had been summoned
five times by the parish officers of Hammersmith, to different
Police offices on this business. The lest time was at this office,
and Mr. 111. then appealed against a conviction of the Magis-
trates for not maintaining his wife and these threethildren, end
having entered into recognizance's to prosecute the appeal, he
attended at the Middlesex Sessions, but the solicitor on the
part of the parish did not appear, and Mr. Millwood withdrew
hie recognizances, anti was discharged.—Mr. Millwood here
cOmplained of the hardship of his case—he had now seven
children, which were born in lawful wedlock, to keep, and he
hoped the Magistrates would not issue another order to compel
him to support the fruit of his wife's illicit amours.
Mrs. Millwood here exclaimed, " You shall support them,
and me too."—Sir R. BIRNIE : Stop, Madam, it appears that
your husband has had no intercourse for six. years, these child-
ren cannot therefore be his, and I am of opinion they ought to
be affiliated to their real father. Pray, Madam, who is the
father of these three children ?—Mrs. Millwood : I do not be.
lieve lam bound to say who is the father: and if so, I shall
not: so.

Sir R. Butrur here said, that he almost felt it to be his duty
to commit her under the statute us lewd woman, for by her
own confession she had brought three bastards upon the parish:
Mrs. Millwood tossed up her head almost in defiance.—The
Magistrates dismissed, the case, and said they thought the
Mr. Clarke, Ifhe.were the father, and they advised Mr.
Overseers ought to oumpel Mrs. Millwood to swear the chil-
dren to
Millwood to prevent his wife being further chargeable to the
parish in Mitre,
A 0.011-6TREET.—A young .man of rather re-
spectable types ranee II
named James Lovell, was charged with
threateningl
r. Brooks, the Anatomist, and with cre-
ating disturbance about his house. Mr. Brooks stated, that
on some previousto
occasion, he had been waited on by the pri-
ani a h
soner, who charged him with having taken up the bodies of
his uncle, father, and mother, who were deposited in Acton
church-yard. He had repeatedly informed the prisoner that
his surmises were grounleas; but last night, about 12 o'clock,
the prisoner again called at his house, charged him with bay.
ing stolen the bodies, and in the end threatened to shoot him.—
He was persuaded the young man's mind was injured,
.and he
ordered him to be put outside the house. There his
conduct
was as violent as inside. He threatened destruction to the
Anatomy School, and, finally, Mr. Brooks was obliged to lodge
hint in the watch-house.
Sir GEORGE FA,R4ANT• &lied upon the prisoner for an ex-
planation of his conduct. He replied that his relative, Major
Lovell, when he (lied, had left Win 10001., and he felt so much
respect for his memory that he was apprehensive the body
would be disturbed. •
The MintsTaaTir inquired when his uncle died ? he re-
plied in 1809, and that his father and mother were also in-
terred in the same churchyard, the fortner eight years since,
and the latter twelve... The Magistrate put several questions
to him respecting the accusation he had made against Mr.
Brooks.

The young man said he had heard that Air. Brooks was in
the habit of obtaining many dead bodies, and he felt persuaded
that lie bud got his uncle, mother, and father ; and although lie
admitted from the lapse of time they must be reduced to mere
skeletons, yet he was satisfied that experiments could be made
upon them.

'Sir G. FARRAWT endeavoured to convince the young man
that lie had. got a most, ridiculous notion into his head, and that
the bodies, which must have been completely decayed, could be
of no possible service to Mr. Brooks.
The young man said hie iinpression rose froth a circumstance
tressed state,
Nttthat had a short time since happened to him, and which had in
apnideresa,idw,h.o, rdemo,
fact quite unnerved him. Ile was met in the street by Scalp.
nani
Inarky dear remarked
dhab l toyhe, appeared
dir idnrianklitsq;
eliquor, and let me feel your pulse;" ho did so, and from that
time he found virtue had gone from him, and he had not been
well since. lie had called on Mr. Brooks, considering he
might be in the business of a Sculptor, to inquire the reason of
the sudden change in his frame.
Sir G. PARRANT consulted with Mr. Brooks on the subject;
and we understand that an application will be made to the
parish on his behalf.
Garret( Pearce, an old man, residing in Carnaby-street, was
charged with purchasing various articles front boys- and wo-
men, they having been stolen. The prisoner's mode of deal..
lug was discovered in the following manner s—A little boy,
who was placed with s boot and shoe maker, had been dis.
covered by his parents with some headier in his posseasion ;
being interrogated, he admitted that he had stolen it, and sold
it to the prisoner. Be was accordingly apprehended, and with
the greatest effrontery he said that he had twenty or thirty cos.
towers of a similar kind, but how they obtained the goods
was to him of no importance. Unfortunately for the purposes
of justice, the owners of what he hail in his possession could
not be discovered, and he was discharged;
Usetote.HaLL.—Yesterday Mr. ALLEN, the Magistrate,
was occupied the greater part of the day investigating a charge
against a man named Thomas Coombe:, who was taken into
custody that morning on suspicion of having been concerned
in the murder of Thomas Morgan, the gardener of Mr. Good.
hart, at Beckenham, in Kent, on the 16th of August. The
prisoner is a stout man' apparently about 45 years of age ; he
was dressed in an old light coat and canvas trowsers. on his
non were found a steel charger; containing slugs and shot
together with some gunpowder, and a gardener's knife, The
tbnowing is the evidence at present against him ;
Thomas )look, of Orange-court, Kennington, stated that he is

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0 green-grocer., About the latter end of last May, Or the begin.
ning ofJune, the prisoner came to his house, and asked him if ho
would purchase two pine-apples. IVitnessreplied, that he would
buy them if he had them at a fair price. Witness then asked
him where he had brought them from when he replied, from
Kent; but •expresslydeclined to state from what part, adding,
that it was about seven miles from town. Witness then look-
ed at the pineapples, and asked the price, when the prisoner
said he should have them both for 4s. Witness's wife, who
was in the shop remarked that it would be dangerous to pia.
chase them, as she thought the prisoner had stolen them. The
witness then perceived that the prisoner trembled upon hearing
what his wife had said, The prisoner immediately
left the
shop ; and it afterwards occurred to witness that he should
have arrested him : however„be went in quest of the prisoner,
but could not find him. About the 18th of August the pri-
soner again came to his shop, and brought about four pounds of
black hot-house grapes, saying, that he wanted two shillings a
pound for the lot. The price was paid to the. prisoner in the
absence Of witness from home. Witness did not hear any thing
of the prisoner since,, until' yesterday, about 12 o'clock, Oa'.
the prisoner again made his appearance at his shop, and offered
the fruit (now produced), consisting of two Canteloupe melons,
and 31 peaches. The prisoner asked Is. 6d. for the two melons,
and 3s. a dozen for the peaches. Witness told him that he
could not buy them, as he was ordered to take him into cos.
tody ; the prisoner said, " Do not take me irtfo custody; you
may take the fruit, but let rue go." Witness then called Dunne,
his neighbour, to assist him in bringing the prisoner to Union"
ball : the prisoner requested that he would not ell,Pl°Y.
another man for this purpose, but this was not acceded to. On
the road thither, the prisbner made Many excuses,
In order to
be permitted to go into the public-houses on the road, but this
was refused; and on his arrival at the office, he was searched
in the presence of two constables, and the charger, containing
the shot and slugs, together with the other articles, found onhis person.
Blithman and Elmes, constables, stated, that when the
soner was handed over to them by -the .two last witnesses, he
put him into the privy, wheie he said he wished mgo. It wag.
afterwards mentioned to them,*that some slugs,.shot, and PO',
der, were found in his' possession, • when it occurred to thetn.
that he had a pistol, or some other.weapon, concealed on 111;
person. They asked him the question, but he denied it; and
they proceeded to search the hole of the privy, when the l'is!°
(now produced) was found. The Magistrate ordered the Ins•
tol (a large cavalry one) to .he unloaded, when it was found ttti
contain a heavy charge of powder, sings; and some rutin
pebble,titones.
The prisoner gave a very confused and unsitisfacterTf
om
Park Corner, whom, he thinks, he should trace a
chum of himself; lie had bought. the fruit Wow r°Chleedlivrde,
a. man that morning, on the high road, three miles from *J h
had heard of a gardener being shot down at 13eckenham, wh
lie was at the late Catnberwell-fair, but that he had no hand
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it. With regard to the pistol, he said he never Saw it berorti:
and as to the powder and slugs, he did not know he had such
things about him until he was searched. e..
blonds!
Ile was asked were and ham he was. occued on •
fortnight ? The prisoner replied, that, as well as he could re.'
dollect, he was at home, at his lodgings in Kent-street.
r. A I.t.E observed. that he would defer the further Inv":
tigation of the case ; and in the interim, by the publicity give"
of it in the Newspapers, further evidence would be brought
Ward..—The prisoner was then remanded.
gain—that 0