The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-28 00:00:00

HATT ON- G ARDEIV.

On Saturday this office was thronged with mer-
chants and tradesmen of all descriptions, in conse-
quence of it having been intimated that William
Wadsworth would be again examined on various
charges of swindling. When Wadsworth• was
brought into the office the numerous tradesmen
could not restrain their indignation, and they vented
it in a volley of epithets.
Mr. Benim, an ironmonger in Blackfriars-road,
said that in July last the prisoner called on him and
ordered a tea-urn, a shower-bath, and some other
articles, to be sent to Cumberland-grove, with a
bill and receipt. Witness's porter took the goods
as directed, and a young man, dressed as a porter,
asked him to walk in and wait for Mr. Aylett, the
name which the prisoner had given. Witness's
porter had then a quantity of ale given to him, and
after remainieg some time, the pretended footman
said that his master would not be in till the follow-
ing day, and therefore he (the porter) had better be
off. The next day witness's eon went to the house
to fix some stoves, which Aylett had likewise or-
dered, and his suspicions were awakened on finding
that a quantity of property had been removed from
the house. Witness then went to the house, and
succeeded in getting back the shower-bath. He
had ascertained that the tea-urn had been pledged
at the house of Messrs. Barber and Jupp, pawn-
brokers, in the Borough.
Mr. Murphy, of the firm of Thomas and George
Murphy, coal-merchants, St. Pancras, said that the
prisoner ordered two tons of coals to be sent to
Mr. Aylett's house, in Milman•street, Bedford-
row. Witness intimated that it was their custom
always to send a bill and receipt to their customers,
and the prisoner replied, " Oh, certainly, the money
shall be paid on delivery." When the coals had
been shot the coalman delivered in the bill and
receipt, and he was then told that " master we
out," but that, when he came home from the city

A poor Irishwoman, who keeps a chandler's-shop,
said that when Wadsworth lived in New-street,
Bishopsgate-street, Mrs. Wadsworth and her son
called her to their door, and bought 16d. worth of
greens from her, and then they shut the door against
her, because she had not change for a 201. cheek.--.
(Great laughter.) " Well, your Worship," conti-
ed the witness, " says I, this is strange behaviour,
and so I made bold to call again and ask for my
money; and when I knocked at the door I was
politely asked into the passage, but one of the
blessed swindlers soon makes his appearance, and
says he to me, You're come for your money ?'
Says I, I am, Sir, with your leave;' and says he,
Then curse me if I don't burke you,' and -he had
no sooner said it than he took me.by the.shouldertc,
and kicked me in the back, while the youngcst,,son
of Mrs. Wadsworth grinned at me like a devil, and
said he would bring a pistol and shoot me; and so,
your Worship, this is how I have betin served." -
Mr. Taylor then stated to Mr. Laing that one
half of the prisoner's swindling transaction's had not
been disclosed. In consequence of its being Satur-
day, the busiest day in trade, he might say upwards
of 80 tradesmen had been unable to attend.

Mr. LAING said there was quite sufficient evi-
dence to, warrant him in remanding the prisoner,*
wtrich'he did to Monday, February 4.

BRANDY. AND WATER.--.4`r.YOR remember
Mr. , Sir ?" •" very' well." " Were you
aware of his fondness for &randy'and water ?" No."
"It was a sad habit; but it grew out of his love of
story-telling ; and that;ralso, is a bad habit, a very bad
habit, for a minister* of ,the Gospel. As he grew old, his
animal spirits flaggedtind his stories became defective in
vivacity; he, therefitre,-took to brandy and water; weak
enough, it is true, at first, but soon nearly half-and-half.
Ere long he indulged the habit in a morning; and when
he came to Cambridge he would call upon me, and, before
he lia,l been with me five minutes, ask for a little brandy
and water, which was, ef course, to give him artificial
spirits, to render him agreeable in his visits to others. I
felt great difficulty, for he, you know, Sir, was much
older than I was; yet being persuaded that the ruin of
his character, if not of his peace, was inevitable, unless
something was done, I resolved upon one strong effort
for his rescue. So the next time he called, and, as usual,
said, Friend Hall, I will thank you for a glass of brandy
and water ;" I replied, ' Call things by their right
names, and you shall have as much as you please.'
Why, do I not employ the right name? 1 ask for a
glass of brandy and water !' This is the current, but not
the appropriate name ; ask for a glass of liquid firs and
distilled damnation, and you shall have a gallon.' Poor
man ! he turned pale, and, for a moment, seemed strug-
gling with anger. But, knowing that I did not mean to
insult him, he stretched out his hand, and said, Brother
Hail, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.' From
that time he ceased to take brandy and water."....—Dr.
Gregory's Memoir of Robert Hall.

The estimated expenses of the navy during the
year 1833 at e 3,176,766 dollars 87 cents. In this
calculation, provision is made for holding in commis-
sion one ship of the line, three frigates of the first
class, and one ditto of the second class, eleven sloops
and seven schooners, with an aggregate of 3,025
officers and men, viz.—for the ship of the line, 835
men, first class frigates, 454 each, secoNd class, 368,
sliVOps, 188, schooners, 56.
The deaths among the officers of the navy, as far
as ascertained, since the Ist of December, 1831, are
as follows:—Three Capmins (George W. Rogers,
B. Thompson, a:,d James T. Leonard), six
Lieutenants, one Surgeon, one Assistant-Surgeon,
two Pursers, one Passed Midshipman, nine Mid-
shipmen, three Boatswains, two Gunners, and one
Marine Officer. The dismissions—two Lieutenants,
one Assistant-Surgeon, one Passed Mid,hiptikri, six
Midshipmen, oue Boatswain, and two Marine Offi-
cers. The resignations—two'Pursers, three Passed
Midshipmen, eighteen Midshipmen, two Siilmakers,
and one Marine Officer.—New York Paper.

A LINCOLNSHIRE PATRIARCH.—AC Co-
ningsby, on the-14th instant, died Mr. JAMES WARD, of
Tattershall, aged 101 years. He Was a native of Wad-
dington, near Lincoln; he lived 53 years with Mr. Twos.
DlexiNsorf, sen., as shepherd and farming man, in which
situation he was greatty respected by the whole family.
His harmless disrogition, ConThined with honesty, ittclustry,
and sobriety, gained hiotilhe respect of both rich and poor.
For 40 years his five was never out, and the use of a tinder-
box his ramify never knew. 'I he house he resided in was
called the Pirk-hous-, situated in a lonely part of Tatters-
hall-park. . In the year 1816 it was forcibly 'entered and
plundered by two villains with their faces blacked, name
ROBERT FRANCIS and JAMES TAYLOR. From his evi-
dence at the age of 81 years, given at Lincoln Assizes,
they were transported for seven years each.
The following curious occurrence took place
a few days ago in the Forest of Fontainbleau. An old
charger that had been used a long time at a retired post of
gensdarmes, stationed in the forest, becoming almost wore
out in the service, was tethered in a fertile spot, with the
hope that ease and the freshness of the grass might in some
degree restore his exhausted strength. A thief, pursued
by the police,
falling in with the old campaigner, mounted
his back, and hoped by this means to effect his escape.
All the exertions, however, the fugitive could make were
not sufficient to induce the animal to take the desired road.
who galloped away through the forest till he arrived at his
old quarters, and deposited his burden in the hands of his
masters, the gensdarmes, who delivered him over to jus-
tice,--French Paper.

I cannot pay so poor a compliment to your• Excel-
lency, as Commander-in-Chief of an army of opera-
tions, as to anticipate so poor a plea in excuse as
that of uncontrollable troops, because such a plea
would at once amount to a libel upon your own au-
thority; nor do I altogether complain of the conduct
of your soldiers during the heat of action, but I must
complain of that unmeaning and unmilitiry practice
of keeping up a fire for hours after the retreating
party had crossed the river. The fire of which I
complain was opened in the direction of his Britannic
Majesty's ships by your Excellency's troops long
after any necesaity had presented itself, and they
were even seen scattered behind trees and rocks ap-
parently taking deliberate aim at the Echo steamer.
Fortunately the commander of that vessel did not
communicate to me the circumstance at that time,
or a broadside of the whole of the British squadron
would have been the consequent result; and had but
the British once commenced hostilities in the Douro,
the example would have been followed by the line-
of-battle ships at Lisbon. I caution your Excellency
in time, and must again reiterate what I have already
stated in a former communication—" British for-
bearance has been carried to its utmost limits."

In conclusion, I have only to regret that the con-
duct of your Excellency's troops on the morning,
and more particularly in the afternoon, of the 17th,
should now compel me to adopt a tone so contrary
to that which I have hitherto observed in all com-
munications with your Excellency.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed)', W. N. GLASCOCK,
Commanding Senior Officer of his Britannic Majesty's
'Ships in the Douro.
Viscount Santa Martha.

To his Ex
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TO CAPTAIN GICASCOCK, COMMANDING HIS BRITANNIC
...rIAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES IN THE DOURO.

• Agoas Sdotas, Dec. 20, 1832.
It was with surprise that I received your letter
dated yesterday; and expressing thus my regret, I
see myself obliged to declare that I find even extra-
ordinary the manner by wh;:-.h mention is made of
a sailor of the Orestes corvette being severely
wounded in consequence of the want of care in the
firing by the troops under my command, whet! they
were in the heat of an engagement with the enemy,
whom they charged and dislodged from their posi-
tion, pursuing them to their boats, and firing upon
them during their passage to the right bank. Re-
gretting, however, this unfortunate circumstance
of the sailor, as well as the damage which you
state that your vessels sustained, I cannot omit
observing what are the unavoidable consequences,
on such occasions, to which the British Govern-
ment has. subjected your squadron when at anchor
in the Douro, as your instructions will be always im-

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DEATH BY AN ELEPHANT.'--MADLLE•
D'Jecx.—On the 26th the two elephahlTeTtely seen at the
Cirque Olympique, were exhibited at Pacaudiere, in the
department of the Loire, in France. Two Englishmen
acted as leaders to those animals, and at night they marched
them off to La Palisse, a small town within four leagues
of that village. The owner having observed in the eyes
of one of those elephants, named d'Jeck, that it harboured
some ill-humour against one of the leaders who had ill-
treated it some days before, warned him of his fears, and
recommended him not to accompany the caravan. This
the leader did not attend to, but on the contrary, affected
to be more severe than usual towards the beast. They had,
however, scarcely travelled a league when the elephant,
stung by its conductor, who wished to force him on,
turned round, seized the man with bis trunk, and lifting
him off his horse, flung him several feet above his head.
The unfortunate leader, having had his leg broken by the
fall, was unable to escape, and the elephant laying hold of
him a second time, threw him into a ditch, and trampled
him under his feet. The infuriated animal then ran to-
wards a carman, who was journeying along the road, seized
him and pitched him into a field. The, poor ratan fortu-
nately came off-with a few slight, bruis butNi bis horses
took fright, and bare probably Ocl to the confu-
sion had not the car upset ip a • along the road,
where they were compelled to sto All:those misfor-
tunes would have been but the pr eof others, bad not
the horses of the Paris, mail-coach, which was passing by
at the moment, stopped in good time, and the other leader,
at the risk of his life, succeeded in calming and securing
the elephant. The unfortunate Englishman was conveyed
to St. Martin d'Etreaux, where he expired in a few minutes.
ANECDOTE OE THE LATE PRINCESS
CHARLOTTE -When the Princess CHARLOTTE. Was very
young, the lady who was her governess, instead of cor-
recting her for any fault, used to say to her, " Why
Princess, what have you been doing; you must surely have
behaved very ill to-day, for I p-Tceive your nose is very
much enlarged—you are absolutely a fright." At which
the child would cry, and most times confess her fault;
and, on promise of amendment, w,s persuaded that her
nose would resume its natural size. One evening the King
(GEo. III.) desired the Princess to be brought to him at 4111=
Buckingham House. When her Roya,l.lNliog,hngrestsmaiir)raipvaet;l
his MAJESTY and the Qui:EN were rklyiog whist with
sLroeorrtdieamtniaindneLaaotdnyLv,ir,ifiluorolool.eofi:.Tisai':eindd,P;s,iGnereaTsne,hdepailpiTlN,l,(aihokoir:Ds:tio:::
" Lord Hoc D, nay dear, Lord HOOD-don't you know rill
Lhtettrdwihlaotoap?n'a'utgahwtyhichlujyshleieantsn'tvisetre(hia've been to-day, for
what a large norm he has got."