The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-04 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday William Mason, one of the thieves
called dragsmen, who infest the suburbs of London
for the purpose of stealing trunks and other descrip-
tion of luggige from post-chaises, was brought be-
fore Mr. WEDGWOOD, charged with a robbery under
the following circumstances :
On the preceding night, between eight and nine
o'clock, as Mr. James Moor, the army accoutrement
maker, of Bond-street; was driving along the New
Kent-road, in a cabriolet, accompanied by a lady, he
heard a noise behind the vehicle. The tics(' of the
cab was down at the time, and on turning round he
saw the prisoner in the act of taking a reticule which
was laying in the pouch, and which contained a
miniature set in gold, together with a purse and
money, and some other trifling articles. The pri-
soner having taken the reticule jumped down and
ran off with great speed, pursued by the complainant
in the cabriolet, and he continued to call " Police"
until he was taken into custody. The reticule and
its contents were found in the possession of the
prisoner, who belongs to a gang of thieves who
infest the Kent-read, and whose depredations are
confined chiefly to the plunder of vehicles to and
from town. He was fully committed.
A man named Bowton was charged on suspicion
with stealing a sovereign, the property of an old
pensioner. .

The pensioner came up to town for the purpose
of receiving some prize money for the capture of a
frigate in the West Indies. Having received his
share, amounting to 3/. 18s., he retired to a grog
shop near the Admiralty, and had a glass to
the memorable action which entitled him to the
cash. When he came out and was going along
the Kent-road, he wanted to see how much
his purse contained, and for this purpose knelt
down on one knee and emptied the money 011
the pavement. An old shipmate, who happened
be in his company at the time, immediately snatched
up a handful of silver and the three sovereigns, upon
t o

SMUGGLING.--Yesterday urge man, a Dutch
seaman, belonging to the Batavier, Holland steam-
ship, was brought before Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr.
BRODERIP, charged on a Custom-house information
with smuggling six pounds of foreign manufactured
tobacco, which bad not paid duty, by which he had
incurred a penalty of 100/.
Geolge Walker Judge, a Thames Police cur.
veyor, stated that on Wednesday evening he met the
prisoner in Upper East Smithfield, opposite the St,
Katharine's Dock, and on searching his person
found six papers of tonere° concealed between his
body and his linen. Another paper of tobacco
which had escaped his search, was subsequently
found in the cell where the prisoner was locked up.
The Batavier arrived on Wednesday afternoon, and
the prisoner had but just left the vessel when he
stopped him.
The prisoner, through the medium of an inter-
preter, said he bought the tobacco in Holland for
75., and he brought it over here, thinking to make
something by it.
Mr. Bullock, the Customs' solicitor, said a good
deal of smuggling had been going forward on board
the Balmier. Several men belonging to her had
been frequently convicted, and a few months ago
there was a violemt obstruction of the revenue
officers in attempting to seize some smuggled goods.
Mr. BRODERIP explained to the prisoner that the
ease having been proved, they were bound to pass
the sentence of the law, which was that the prisoner
should pay a fine of 100/. to the King, or be impri-
soned until such fine was paid.
The prisoner said he had only ten dollars and a
watch, and King 'William might have that.
Mr. BRODERIP told the prisoner that any appli-
cation for mercy must, be to the Board of Customs.
Captain William Fairburit, master of the brig
Robert and Ann, from Petersburgh, was next placed
at the bar, charged with smuggling, and illegally
unshipping six quarts of rum and live pounds of
tobacco, by which he had rendered himself, as a
seaman and a British subject, liable to serve his Ma-
jesty in the navy for five years.
The prisoner had no sooner entered the office
than Mr. Bullock stepped up to him, and received
two 5/. Bank of England notes from his hand.
Mr. Bullock, addressing the Magistrates, said in
this case, in which the prisoner had been arrested
and detained, he did not intend to offer any evidence.
Mr. BRODERIP said he trusted the Commis-
sioners of Customs had got some rule to make these
selections.

Mr. Bullock—Yes, Sir, they have. The defen-
dant has sent in a petition to the Board, who do
not intend to proceed alpinist him.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Let it be understood we are
no parties to any compromise. We discharge the
prisoner because there is no evidence against him.
The facts of this case, as detailed in evidence
before Mr. Ballantine, on Wednesday evening, were
these :—Mr. William Judge, a Surveyor of Thames
Police, saw Captain Fairburn and a boy named
George Johnson coming ashore at Execution Dock-
stairs, and observed the Captain hand a bag to the
lad, which he took from him. The Captain said it
was his, and on being asked if it contained any
liquor, said it did not. The officer felt the bag and
said he thought there was some liquur in it, but the
Captain a second time declared there was not any.
The bag was opened, and among some dirty linen
a bladder, containing six quarts of rum an'd a paper
of pigtail tobacco, weighing 51b., discovered.

CORPORATION OF DERRY.--On Monday
last, a meeting of the creditors of this body was held in
Corporation Hall; to which was communicated the row-

lution of the Corporation to assign its property in trust
for the creditors. The meeting having considered the
resolution, approved of the same, and made choice of
t r ustees. —Londonderry Sentinel.

The sea serpent is said to be very unlike what
it is asserted to be--even by the Salem Register, that had
been an ardent stickler for its existence. The supposed
monster is now ascertained to be but a shoal of black fish,
that keep congregated, and move some of them occasion-
ally in the manner described as the undulatory motions of
the Pontoppidan servant. The gentlemen who last ob-
served them, supposed the aggregate body (from the de-
scription) was the serpent ; but curiosity having induced
them to approach near for are purpose of observing mi-
nutely its appearance, &c., the shoal or school soon be-
came disarranged. Similar shoals have been since observed
and scattered, so that the arcanum is solved.

Yesterday Messrs. Thompson and Keene,
the revising barristers for the city of London, opened
th,ir Court at Guildhall. No claim of any novelty was
preferred. In the last year the total constituency of
London was 18,584, of which 9,527 were Liverymen,
and 9,057 were 101. householders. The lists of the
latter show a decrease of nearly one-half, as far as can at
present be calculated. One circumstance, however,
which makes the decrease the more prominent, is the fact,
that last year many of the Livery were also returned as
101. bouwbolders, but this year have withdrawn their
names, and now stand only on the lists of their severa
Companies.

Yesterday a great crowd of persons was as-1
smibled at Whitechapel church to witness the interment of
Samuel Draper, the rich beggar and miser, who bad died
at the London hospital during the previous week, and who
by his will had directed that the sum of 501. should be
expended on his funeral, as he did not, he said, wish to
be sent to his grave as he lived, a common vagabond. The
appearance of the funeral caused much disappointment. It
was generally expected, from the large sum left for the
purpose, and the shortness of the journey, that the number
of coaches and cavalcade would be very great ; but instead
of this it consisted of a small hearse, drawn by two horses,
in which was deposited the body of the deceased, in a coffin
covered with black cloth, followed by a single mourning
coach, with only two i ones, and in which was the nephew
of the deceased, to whom he has left 500/., as chief mourner,
sttzl three others. It was very generally remarked, thst
notwithstanding the strict injunctions of the deceased
to have the sum before mentioned expended to the decent
interment of his remains, the display and expenses could
not have amounted to any thing like 20/.

DEPARTURE OF TROOPS FOR PORTUGAL.
—A schooner in the service of the young Queen of Por-
tugal sailed from Gravesend on Wednesday, with a com-
plement of 150 young men of the finest grade on board,
and destined instantly to take the field, should their ser-
vices be required. When leaving their native shore, they
cheered and were cheered in the most enthusiastic manner,
and continued to wave their hats until the vessel bad eOO
veyed them out of sight of their friends, numbers of whom
ff.
went down to Gravesend from London to see them
.Fo
The schooner is to remain in the Downs, until the !t
more, which
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join her, when they
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it is understood will sail this day, shall
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will proceed in company to b
the British service, and been
a distinguished officer in
his
youth. He the utmost
brought up a soldier from
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the schooner
ch,awsfibdienuceseilnechteisd to commandLtihis7n..ew regiment,. has been
returned from Gravesend to Lon-
don, for the purpose of enrolling motile more old soldiers
doubtless be speedily successful.
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PORTUGAL.

(From the Times.)

LISBON, SEPT. 24.
Some days since, about 250 infantry and 30 ca-
valry were embarked at the arsenal, accompanied by
two gun-boats, and proceeded tin the river to Al-
coxete, where the troops were disembarked, and
marched on to Samora, arriving there on the 14th;
the object of the expedition being to gain possession
of a large quantity of grain and cattle, collected to-
gether in that place for the supply of the enemy's
commissariat, and a portion belonging to the Infan-
tado estate. The gun-boats and others intended to
being down the supplies, followed the course of a
narrow creek in the Tagus, leading to Samora, and
reached that town about the same time as the troops
which had been landed at Alcoxete. The enemy,
consisting of about 100 militia and guerillas, retired
on their approach, and being pursued, some were
killed, and the remainder dispersed by the cavalry
in the neighbourhood of Bonaventa. The 14th,
15th, and 16th, were occupied in loading and send-
ing away barges and boars of provisions to Lisbon,
Without interruption, until the evening of the latter
day, when a body of the enemy appeared on the
opposite side of the creek, below Samora, in the
rear of the gun-boats, with a field-piece. The gun-
boats then stood down the river, under a heavy
fire of grape and musketry ; and one of them suc-
ceeded in getting past ; but, the mast of the
other being shot away, she got aground, and
they were compelled to abandon her, as well a,
a number of other boats they were engaged in load-
ing at the time of the interruption. At this time a
considerable force of the enemy had passed over the
stream a little distance above the town; therefore
our troops considered it best to retreat, which was
done, and on the following day they reached Barroca
de Alva, where they formed a junction with the
main body of the small division on the south of the
Tagus, operating under the command of General
7. sgallo : the seamen belonging to the lost boats
marched from thence to Alcoxete, and then em-
barked for this city. We lost 1 gun-boat, 2 ships'
cutters, 2 men killed, and 5 wounded, and shipped
off and drove away 4,000 bushels of grain, 130 bul-
locks, 200 pigs, and a few horses.
General Clouet wrote the other day to the Conde
de St. Leger, requesting him to pro',-ure the Duke
of Braganza's permission to err:oark at Lisbon for
Falmouth, he being woundeA and having quitted
the service of Don Miguel. The Duke said that
not Clouet alone, bat all the rest of his fellow-
countrymen in Miguel's service, might ensbaik at
Lisbon with pleasure. The news from the enemy's
camp is that thn resignation of Bourmont and a
number of other French officers has been accepted,
that a General M'Donald has taken the command
of tlAe army, and that the Conde ae St. Lourenco is
'.ence more Minister of War. Clouet goes home to-
night by the African steamer. Bourmont and the
others prefer to return through Spain. Several
Fidalgos of consideration are negotiating for their
return to the city and their allegiance. Miguel
spends nearly all his time shooting with his game-
keepers, and comes every day to an elevation called
the Monte Santo, close to the Ajuda, to take a view
of the city and the Tagus.
The Duke of Braganza is pleased in a high degree
with the reception his daughter met with in Eng-
land, as well from the hospitable people as their
Sovereign. The Queen of Portugal entered the
Tagus on hoard the Soho steamer, accompanied by
his Majesty's steamer of war Salamander, about
mid-day on the 22d. The Duke of Braganza in-
stantly rode to the Arsenal, and embai king in one of
the Royal barges, in company of the Viscount Cape
St. Vincent and Conde de Farrabo (Quintella,)
repaired on board the Soho, and presented these
noblemen to her Majesty on the occasion. The
members of the Duke of Braganza's staff, and the
commandants of her Majesty's vessels of war in the
river, went on board, and had the honour of kissing
her Majesty's hand on arrival. A salute of artillery
from the different forts, and all the ships of war in
the Tagus, echoed to the hearty cheers of the
crowds collected on the shore, and filling the boats
of every description with which the river was co-
vered.

The public landing took place yesterday, and is
described at full length in the daily bulletin from
the Palace, but it fe.iis to give an idea of the joyous
and enthusiasti;; greetings which welcomed the
Queen's return, and seemed to spring from the very
souls of the delighted people. Every face beamed
with harrpiness, and although the crowd was im-
mense, neither outrage nor disorder of any kind was
heard or dreamt of. On this, as well as the pre-
ceding evening, the city was beautifully illuminated,
and groups of musical parties and peaceful inhabi-
tants paraded the streets at a late hour. What a
contrast to a Miguelite festival, with its bull-fighters
and bludgeon-men ! The Chronica No. 47 contains
an advertisement for the purchase of 130 chairs for
the members of the Chamber of Deputies.
The Queen, accompanied in an open carriage by
the Duke and Duchess of Braganza, reviewed the
whole of the troops round the lines this morning,
and it is judged that military operations will be re-
newed in a few days.
The Edward transport, in the service of Donna
Maria, has arrived from Terceira with a reinforce-
ment of 370 men of the 4th battalion. There has
been some slight skirmishing in the neighbourhood
of Peniche, but without results.

(FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.)

LISBON, SEPT. 21.
Since the 17th instant, when I last addressed
you, Don Miguel has made no further attacks on
our lines ; this we attribute to the discouragement
which his troops must necessarily lie under, for our
fortifications are getting stronger every day, and the
longer he delays attacking them the less chance he
bas of success; they may, in fact, be deemed im-
pregnable against any force he can now bring against
them.

It is said, and currently believed, that Genera!
Lemos has been shot on some charge arising from
the non-success of his attack of the 14th. He was
a man greatly respected by both parties, and his
supposed inclination in favour of Donna Maria may
have hastened his fate.

The state of Don Miguel's army is represented as
most wretehed. The French officers are disgusted
with their situation, and only wish for a good excuse
to retire. In fact, it is positively stated that Ge-
neral Clouet, and several other of the superior
officers, have resigned, and that Don Pedro has
given them leave to embark at Lisbon. Situated
as we are, it is very difficult to get correct informa-
tion, but I have every reason to believe that the
above is true, that some of the French officers retire
through Spain, and some are going to embark from
this; among the latter Clouet, who is reported to
be already on board the English squadron.
Bourmont's resignation is not yet stated so po-
sitively, but as we are told that an English General,
under the, probably assumed, name of Macdonald, is
to lead on the future destinies of the Miguelite
cause, it is more than probable that Bourmont, in
such case, would not retain his situation.
Who this General Macdonald is puzzles us not a
little. lam assured it is a Colonel or General
Hamilton, of English family, but born in Spain, in
whose armies he has served, and chiefly at Buenos
Ayres. Whatever he may be, it gives us no cause
of uneasiness here. If Bourmont, and the other
French officers, retire in disgust, it is because
they find Don
Miguel m
's causeen to
w
i wish to
hopeless, and
on are
probably too honourable
for go
sa-
crificing the whole of the provinces
of mere dastardly revenge. If Miguel wishes to
go on gratifying this paramount passion of his, he
may prolong it possibly for a short time longer, but
eventually he must give up the contest, either by a
shameful flight from the country, or by a compromise
with his brother.
Wet re all impatiently awaiting the result of the
despatches supposed to have been sent by the Echo.
Many are inclined to believe that Don Miguel has
proposed to come to terms, and that he in the mean-