The Sun.
London, England, 1803-12-22 00:00:00

0011,110%COUNCI:L ELECTiONS.

YE7I,; R DAY being the day on-which the CoMmon
Councilmer4,4reychpsqn for. the ye:tr ensuiog;,,Ome
ehoinz,:s ant(, .oppositions took,plAc,e.
teteven -,:u'elock, the Loun' NIA+ ort went ,to:'
the-1/44d rLime.street, and, in the • ab&elice of
their- 41Niertyiadi Sir. Arn:ric traßw,ts, Ward;.s
more ; nuAtter4tion in the Go:lnt:non -q.iunciltuett'
took placetc, neu. wen t tp_his .o.wn.WArdi
suee..tcan4theJtita Wardmote io:Drapeei Hall, when,the old Common Councilmen *ere re-chostrt.ll :`"

'FXRA o:ltt W TLititt Ala,s . Ward, the re
eras of course a ,strong efmtv.st., Sixteqn Getttle—
men were returned ,by their Precinai ai!':.proper
persons io.serv.e the ntfice of Common :Om,' neiltnen.
They consisted of all the old Members.i'excipt.Mr.
Jon.N.,DAwsoN , in the room of Mr.' JON/Mt Aid;
P.E R INS', who 110 been for some:timeabsent from
London. At the.nomination at..the Wardmote yes,.
terday, a.Mr. BAR DEN •was proposed; wlw obtained •
a spew of hands in his.favour against Mt.. tkio*ths
Rertlis.: The latter Gentleman detnan'ded:a,poll,
which ended at,thiee o'clock, ;The. numbera 'were,
for .4 ~•
Messrs. 1314,rden - 48 Messrs, Thiwsgri :, 4o
aithman - 46 • Wright' "38
Brewer 45 .Ri es 37
Herriiig 4s Doug
Brawonlse - 43 ' Harper 36
Boucbcl; -42 Reeve - '2B
Shears - 4z 72g
j. Brewer • - 41 Newman - 26
- a Nichols -40 • Blitkit - 13

nILLJNOSATI WARD.—A strong opposition.
The three, new Candidates were Mr. A. Ettoww,
Mr. T. Doltrisotto, and Mi. NOBLE. On the
dose of the Poll, at three o:dock, the numbers were,
MOUS. Pashley 34 Messrs. Ramsay -
flearsey - 34 nornford - - '2
33r0W11 34 Baxter'. - 2g
CieSSWei; • 33 Hanson - 2u
Ord . 31 Mankin - 26
Noble - 3t ' Bea son - t 5

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• COR NII I I. THO. G,ottiltic and
Mr. C. CHArmAt,r, instead of Mr. 1-I.Tußrist,:and
SHRARmAriesigned. • `• •
COL RMAN.STE SET WAR CHAPMAN, in
the room of-Mr.,EDWARDt;, resigned.
CiIEAP WARD.-"Mr. JOHN W124.011'1% and 'Mr.
THOMAS SWIFT,' in the room of Mr.' TAvuott. and
Mr. IDLE, resigned.
tittooa WARD.,—Mr. JOINER, in the '.,,t00m of
Mr..llR own, deceased.
F4RE I Napo WARD 'WITHIN.—Upon Show of
,han'ts, there appeared a 'considerable majority in
favnur of those Gentlemen who had represented the
Ward list year, and for Mr. Lewis, in the room of
Mr. ASHBY', resigned; but a poll being demanded
in favour of Mr, 131tIRST, of Burcherhall.lane, and
Mr. Cooste, of Paternoster.roW,. the same corn.
mencid about two o'cloci,t, and closed at three, when
the numbers stood as follo*s : •

Messrs. Cadwell . 31 Messrs. plitson a. 29
Roberts = 3t 14 eydon - 25
Powell • 3o Motcalfe .., 28
Stakes . 3o Wilkinson . 27
Wiustanley . 30 Leigh „, % 2
John Smith . 30 Lewis ... 26
`Thos. Smith 3o Horton . ac
times Smith 29 Priest .
rowder . 29 Cooke - 5
At. or It 3CAT It WAttia.—.There Are three Candi.
dates in the room of RT. A1.2101'1 Cox, Esq. re.
signed. A poll was opened, and will continue this
day and to-in grow. . .
PO ILTSOIC IN WAN.I9 e•-•Slie fa SHAW. 99 Alder.
man, held his Wardnigte in Ald4ate Church, hut
no alteration tuck place in the Common Council.
,men.

131511014C1AT11 NVAltD.'— Sir RICHARD CARR
GLYN. held Mc Wardthote in the Church, when Mr.
DAVID Sutra was Chosen Conlmon Councilman in
the zoom of Mr. FAssEN.

DowoArt IVARD.--!Alcierman Lac 'Minn! I R
held WardalOte in 'the Church of Ailalows,
IktiCn Mr. KZ NT was chosen in , the roam' of Mr.
P,s It RING, regigiird.

CASTLE 13AY HARD SMITH
held hi.; Wardmote in the Church of St. Gregory,
when Mr. Hun LOC* was chosen in the room of Mr.
Flo W I Lt., deceased.
BROADATIIIIIT WARD.—Alderman AIME, FY
held his Wardmote in Cordwainersi-Hall. Old
Members re.eleeted.
CKIPPLIGATIC WARD.....*SitAVILLIAM
held hia Wardmni te in,Cripplegate Church, no change
of Common Councilmen.

LANoBoURNE WARD.--Sit JOAN' EAMER . held
his Wardmute in Pewterer's Hall, when Mr. WM.
WIITHERBY was chosen in the room of Mr. WRAY.

An Account of the Amount of the Notes of the
Bank of Ireland, in -Circulation, (including B4ink.
Past Bills Payable after Seven Days Sight) on the
reit Ottober 1803, distinguishing the Amount of
the several Descriptions of Notes below the Value
of Five Pounds.

Vsluentsl. and Upwards - 1,769,950 9 r
of Jl. 141.314 o
or I Guinea, - 544.99% 3 6 :0,109 t 7 43
off 4:1 . 312,661 Is 7i
of 3 „ , . 10,923 3 3
Pebbet Ist: - X. 2,71i1,841 17 3

Yesterday at noon, the Officers of the Bloomsbury
and Inns of Court Association assembled at the
Secretary's Office, adjoining the George and Six
Clerks' Coffee-house, Chancery.lane, to hold a
Court Martial on one of the Drummer -Boys for
desertion, when after a long investigation of the
charges exhibited agailist the Prisoner, the Court
adjourned till this day.
An erroneous Paragraph has appeared in most of
the Papers, stating that one of the French Generals
lately gone home, was, exchanged for Gen. Berta.
General BAI FtD was taken on his passage bottle, but
retaken off Ferrol, so that he did not come'
as a Prisoner, nor was in. the situation of being ex.
changed.
On Sunday week 'William Hagar was ignomi.
niously dismissed from the Bridgnorth Division in
the Morse Loyal Volunteers, for having been guilty
of gross miscondnet and scandalous behaviour to the
Commanding Officer of his Division on parade.
Hiatty Daqiis has been dismissed from the Loyal
Worcester Volunteers, for improper nnwl unbecoming
language, as a soldier, towards the c9tain of the
Company.

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Tins was an action on 'th&sStariste.. of a Geer. IL
e.' 24.. to 'recover the penaltrof eodls Of the,"De.
fentlaor,sfor given4oldsse /sows
Sharp the torn of el s' for the 1,111-00 Se of :indileihg
him' to give his vote at the:last EieCtion for,the Ers•-
fendant to serve in Parliament tot zits Borauglf, of
eletion, in •Yorkshire.
:1 hot lasted for' upsvards. of three hours, and
therefore any thi'eg but an account of the general
()Udine of it would eitteed our limits.
slsLa DsJendant was 'a Candidate at the list' Gene.
rel Elation' for this Orough;and 'the chase.- eegiinst
him was, that he had attempted to corrupt James
Stuart, to giVe him a vote at the last General Elec_
tido, he being a Burgess 'of the Corporation of that
Borough. •
• Mr. Ea9tiNE cl*TVeti, that the present :talon
was, upon the 'Bribery' Aft, which was one of the
most valuable Statutes- on the Statute Book;,' hilt In.
'to the detall.of which Ii 'would not be necessary tcir
hip) to go' before such Gentlemen as he had the ho.:
noorof addressing, and therefore he should proceed.,
to a statement of the circumstances of this ease;
which were, shortly, as followt:s—James Sharp,
the person who was- the subjed of the Defendant's
Bribery; Was taylor by trade ;he was also a
labourer in one of the Warehouses of ;he East India
Company, and also a FICCIII an, of the Corporationof
the Borough of liedon, which had some very par.
titular custom, : the Candidates were all of them
men of honour, so that they never made any, peOmisie,
to give any money to one of the Voteri`by way' of
Bribe; hut it was always understood that each
Voter. Should have 201. from every candidate to
' whom he gave a PlUmper, and tot. from each Can-
didate whenever ha gave his vote for, two. This
person, James Sharp, comp:tined chat at the Elec.
tlon of 1;796, Sir Lionel Darsell, lately deceased,
owed hint 171. tB.. he having, received only two
guineas out of 'the 361. that lie ought to have re..
ckiretl--so thatllCe' was deteithinen not to vote for
any other Candidate vvielitaut assprevioos promise.--
This was before the last,, EleCtien for this . 80.
rough, This person, Jaines Sharp, called on Mr.
Mestaer, it his huuse, having before seen him,
at a public meeting 'where he made a speech to the
Eleelors of this Corporation, and declared himself
a candidate to represent them. Sharp received no
money then, but at a subsequent period he did;'he
came to Mr. Mistaer, and said he was distressed,
and asked him for the loan of 4. or el. and requested
Mr. Molars to lend him that sum. Mr. Mestaer
asked Sharp if '2 or 31. would not do ? The answer
was that 2 or 31, were too little, bu: that 41. %sapid
do. Upon this. the Defendara turned round and
gave this ma a .51. note. This man afterwards
voted for Mestaer and Johnson at the tleaion, and.
afterwards the sum of tot. was made up to him by
the payment of 31. Ss. by the Defentslent.llitmelfs
and two guineas by his Agent.
James Sharp was called, and he proved the case •
which had been thus opened by Mr. EIOKINE.
After this isdlowed -evidence of ati nature merely
formal, such its related to the EleCtion having taketv
place, and the retort) fnade upon it. 's
The next Mines's, and indeed the only one, was
Christopher Saville, E,c. -
His •esidencessvas ohjeded to. by Mr. DALLASJ
who asked the Witness whether he had not beers
conviCteci of wilful and corrupt perjury.? To which
Mr.'Saville answered yes. me. DALLAS then asked
him, Whether as a punishment for such offence, he
had not stood in and upon the pillory P To-which
he answered yes. . •
Upon 'this Mr. DALLAS rut in the Record of•the
conviction of Mr. Saville of wilful and corrupt
jury, under' the name and addition of Christopher
Atkinson; Esq.' • •
Then, Mr. sEasetste in answer' to this pleaded
His Majesty's pardon ; on which Mr. Da t, L.ll
still, continued to 'objee.t to Mr. Saville as a Wit.
ness, on the ground of his having suffered an in.
famous punishment.
Lord Etst,eneolotrott saidrthet as this teas an
IndiCtment for Perjury, ,not upon the Statute, but
RP the Common Law, and as the Witness • had re..
,teived His Majesty's patdons, he thought he was,
by virtues of that pardon, restoretf theses4apeteney
of a witness, but the malt of the Witnessiwas still
a question for•the Jury to determine ; upon which
Mr. 4aville was examined. But previous to his
examination, he said he wanted very much to say a
few words to the Courts but Lord ELtasstaoitotrott,
said he could not hear him, he Stood precisely in die
same situation as if not a word had been said upon
his competency, anti he must, like every other
Witness, give his evidence without any preface.
Mr. Saville was then exinnined, and his testimony
went to corroborate that of the witness Sharp. Ile
said, that before the elation came on Mr. Mestaer,
the present Defendants called upon him, and it was
understood between them, that they were not to he
in hostile interests; that he asked Mr. Mestaer,
how the business, meaning that of the eleftion, Was
going on To which Mr. Menges said, very sue.
cessfully. He then asked hien, how the business,
was going on in. London Mr. Mestaer said, thar
Sharp (the last Witness) bud been with him, .and
that' he had given him el.' He.asked Mr. Mestaer
What he thought that success was owing to Mt.
Mestaer said lie had promised the voters fifteen
" eoiineas instead of tin,
.upon which the Witness ex.,
Rrested great indignation andatbhorreriee, for that
r. Mestaer did not stand to the point of honour,
meaning that theroought not to have been any pre.
vious.promise from the Candidates to the Voters,
but that the money should be delivered afterwards,
and that was the course and custom of the Borough,
He admitted that an anion had been brought against
him by Mr. Mestaer for a similar penalty as that.
which was now sued fur, anti that if the, Plaintiff
recovered in. this Aaiun, lie, the Witneas, should
he exonerated from that *ditto, as the verdict in the
present ease would be an answer to it,under the At
of Parliament which excused those whose evidence
convicted the Pefaulter in thefirit instance.
This was the subatince .01 the case or the Plain.

I iii`' befeciAr,: V.,. D ; ..A.-; iria:ic t.:l f,l ..:
1 ireltr;Tril`rfre. 7t;'t'rr-;e-''iif 7i:1ii7:17-TieT.-tittietiltlY- tii:.#:
I the chatadet of the. twill fnen w.hp,hivtiven 11,,;;. '
1 evidence fur the Piaintiff" and lil,:.,zwise upon tl:7.
I,
fc!?nsistenc of that evidet,ce. Ire observed it wd4,,
timi-16sAble leVr- 'trier it t' Me .sirusaiihn of the jury:-
I; antiAtio wess, t,iptloubtedtY honourable dien—intn
It of corit.,idlrartton, in the COW try---men Of kno,v.
I;l'gC In the'wtril, !,:io:'CFrivi'Et 'illother'llormuratilt '
min,rietne lU;:e`'l ny alongfiten.pileli'es, and tot, wli .).
'crt'aiter r.iii-.'li,:x.ir,7i,' 'Cin'fier.for.the Plainriff,
tlty .
Ii ~,1 I)&tne. honour,:ble testiintiny, iri the pena ni•
soc,lr:V ,in the evllence' oil' two such lierstins:'a,t
thw.Vad just' heard xamittfed.- The sum of sorDl
wasp sOmpai-4fively spe,iki,T, but a trifle to rite'
consequences of a Verd;h apainst the Defendant in
i this,enge ;',for if-they f?tn;:l a verdict against him; •
he coUld7not'aperward3 either fill 'any . coritotate
office, pr voiti for a Member to serve in Parliameia:'
The ' first
..Ofttlie.te Witnesses for the, Plaintiff,' fif;'
obserVed,'Wai a man of the trade of a taylor, PicAL -
in up work as, he could, anti. he was also a labnuret-
in one of the warehouses of the Fist India Coin. r
pally,
_Thii than had had The audacity to come
Into-a Cotter of Justice and express his disappoint.
menf'becanSe he had not received 'a brib: of 171. ; Bs.
at a fotner,eletfritin. The 'learned, Counsel said,
he was perfealfceitain that Men in the situation
of the Jury he; had now the honour of addressing,
.would never helieve such a Witn.-.l*.s'ai'this. ' Eta
even believing !lig evidence, it would only establish '
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this—that Mr. Meitaer. lent him s!. -for' it woohi
:appear that 'he 'had aOuntly given 'l‘,lr. Meiral'e•a-
promissory 'riote.for the money, by ivhich he 'engage('
to return this ..urri he had borrowed of Mr.. Mestaer.
—Milt respeii to the other Witness who
,had cd:la
t.,.
(forward to g n i* ive.'his evidence ohi's OCeirsion, 'he
had admitted that he *was 'iqtere,,tel'in 'the-event 'of "
this Cause, itri..sMuch'as it woUL!, 'Cif a Verdiet was
'foinid for the naintifo he an ;In,wer to another Ac-
tinn which had been kought against,' him for the '
like, penalty, as was here Ailed f ir, . because the Act
of Parliatnent excuse'd those who Were, guilty of this,'; .
species of bribery? provided they titif dißcovered it
in others. This considerariOno therefore, most ma.'
terially 'diminished hitcredit ; and further, all thae'
he knew of the case was the result of 'a'confidential c
~
conversation, the IWO Of whiCh he had betrayed.—
But, independent of this he submitted, that when the''
former charaEet of this Wines was considered, and '
particularly the nature Of' the offence of which hi
was convinced, it WaS impossible for a Court of'
Justice" to have the least 'reliance on what he said.'
Mr. DALLAS said it was painful to him to put the'
,questions he had to put to:thiS Witness, .and it was
!scill more painful to him to Make the observations r
:he was now makitig, but his dory td hip Client de.:
manded it, and that was a suflicleot'apology ; he
should therefore add, that he did as:a Gentleman de.'
dare, that he was in" his conscience convinced, that
as to Christopher Atkinson, Esq. now Christopher
Saville, Esq. the day of his public exposure on` the
Pillory for Perjury was a day Of tritutph, compared
'to 'the exhibition he mute in. Court this day. This, : '
Mr. DALLAS said, was his firm conviction, and he
believed in his cimscietice he should never alter that
opioioo,` ,
..

It was then proved by a Nlte iven in evidence,
th*t Sharp kw pcomi:tc.l to 'filtun-the $l. 1113 ft"
ceived theDeteildant.

•
Mr • Eltit Ittlt • crintendedit that this et/tuella
being given on behalf.. of-:.she Defendant, entitled
him to make: a reply on behalf of the Plaintiff,—
but
Lord ,ELLI/46611tOUGit said, dust the Pleinfiff4.,„
Corunsel,i in this. ease; had •no right 10 reply, uniesel!:
a Witness had been examined for the .Defendant. 7—.
His Lordship then proccedekto address the Jury,
in the course of which. he 'Observed, that the tines..
tion.was brought to a narrow compass. This was
an anion brought .upon. the 13 ribcry
.Aft. I.t was •a
siMple question that 'nest decide it. It was a,mete
question of fad—or, indeed, i t 'might he said. there
were two questions of fad to he decided'hy the Jury.:_
.The first was, whether the Money mentioned by the
.Witneas Sharp, was received by hirn.or
which there could not be inuelt doubt, since it was
part of•the Defendant'iCase that he had received it,
,only it wasebntended by the Defendant,, that it
was not a gifr, :but a loan. , The second question,
and, indeed', properly siteaking, the only question
whether, supposing.
,the money was received,
it was received as a 'Loan or ass Bribe? That was
really the question, and it was a very plain and
simple question, so that it would be unnecessaty.for
him to say any thing more about it titan to recite
the Evidence (Here his Lordship summed up the
whole of the Evidence.] , On the' first question,
namely, whether Slurp had received the money,
that was clear, as he had observed already.—
On the other question, he' left it entirely to the.
Jury on the evidence to say whether ir was a.
loan of a bribe, and ,as they were .of opieion the •
one way or the. other upon that point, upon the
evidence, their verdiet would he for the Plaintiff or
the Defendantie His Lordship observed thet the
ideas of . Mr, Saville, the Witness, on .the morality
of this, case, were a little whimsical, for whether the
101. was given to the voter for his votebefore he voted
or after he‘voteti, it was the same thing provided he
was corrupted by ir. His Lordship observed also' that
'undoubtedly Mr. Saville was considerably interested
in this matter although the Ad of Petliament male
a Witness of him, for certainly he would be entittisi
to Use this vertu( if it passed for the Plaintiff, in an,
saver to. the Mill's instituted against him by Mr.
°Nlestaer, fur a similar penilty. However, the iu
made him a witness; It was observed in this ease
that .Mr. Saville had divulged the confidence of 116.,
vote communication .rtigle to him—upen which
Lordship said, that however: r. Saville might think
that 'public duty paramount. to the feelings of it Gen.
tleman, he would say for himself, that if any chn.
denim had reposed a confidence in him, anti find
afterwards treated him ever so in, 'he she uki. have
doubted very much how far his feelings as a Gentle,
man would have-allowed him to divulge, fit ;he
• sake of a 'pecuniary advantage to himself, the secret
of such a confidential conversation. however, the
Jury were to judge of the whole, us it ape.....e ted to
them upon the evidence.

The Jury retired` and were out for near three
quarters of an•hour, and then zetutned a vetdia fur
the Plaintiff; dama3es soot.

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111ANCIIE.STiiR RIFLE CORPS.

EAST INDIA INIELLICEATE.

BOMBAY, APRIL Z.

On Thursday night, a most desperate affray took
place on bJard an' Arab vessel now lying in this
harbour :--"-Two Abyssinian slaves belonging to the
owner of the vessel, had formed a design of rttur,.
dering their Master ; and to. prepare themselves for,
the-executiou of this horrid deed, they intoxicated
themselves ,with bang and opium, in which state
they, proceeded to the cabin, but by mistake entered
that of the Captain of the ship, a Frenc)l 'Gentle.
man, against whose life it would appear they had no
design, for.; on discovering their error they rettirned,
and were about to enter the cabin of their mister,
who fortunately made!his esCapefrom the cabin win_
do v 'into the sea. ' Finding thernselves diSappoint:
ed,.dity rushed despera4ly forward, "dealing death,
and destruelion among the crew, two of hom were..
;kilted on the spot, and thtee-tmire so deiperatelY.
:cur, that their lives are despaired of, and many'
slightly. wounded.. Mean time signal. of. disy4Sti
laaving been made, some bdats from the men' of,
war prOceeded to‘the ship to quel the mutiny, as it
was it 'first supposed. , The two assassins finding
theMselves likely to be-therpOwered, 'threuitl em...
selitCa'inio: the sea, where they resisted every at.
tempt to seize them, brandishing their daggers with.
ineonceiveable fury in the water. At length' one ,
of them having received" several 'wounds, was With,
difficulty' got into, one of the; boats, and conveyed on
.bnard the Arrogant, where he expired in.a few mi..
,nute.4 ; the other,. through severely cut in his legs ,
ittatl.body, succeeded in making his escape; to the,
shore.
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:(A!.6.ITTA, APRIL 28:4-7Accounts.have reaCheal
Biighine of the los's qf the o:tn. company's' et u zee
I,ACUL Be NN ?TT, Mt the island of liusheeb;'
which, -it is ,suppose4l, Must! have happened abOut
the ioy
*or Febr'uary,; all the crew were saved.
She had tin'bOard a quantity .of treasure, besideS
dispatChes: • •
We learti,' that . the ,BhoWany Pattamin -boat,
!mounting 'four carriage guns,, lately arrived in. the
'harbour, on her passage on the Ctia'st,, was attacked
oft teVeindrong, by s,ir?(!aige piraf;kclat boati. After
alghort, bUt sptrited,.,wa.fOught
,action, she sac.'
cieded in beating theni3Ofr„. without loss, When they
;hauled their wind and stood to the weStyiard;bUt
sOon:aftertViids tacked and stood in, apparently for
Severmircjog. These boats appearett to froth
abciut
,fifty to sixty tons burthen, .and, besidei
swivels Mad muscinetry; carry, each a heavy bow`
chace gun,, and are full of Men. ..

AMERICA.

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• BOSTON, NOV 10.11111 i. 10.
Att'acsouni having been brought from 'Cape
Francois, by Car. Mut it, a fcw'days ago, respett,
ing some proceedings that'had ..taken'place there,.
Which was publicly' contradiCted by Adjutant Corn.
mandant Ga.ANOVAIONS, a. passenger with 'Capt.
Mum, has since cOmt forward publicly in support'
of the latter Gentleman's statement, which he so.
leinnly avers is correct. " I assert," says he," that
the circumstances of the attempt to subvert The
E!esent Goveirpent at the Cape, by Generals
CLAUSE', Mid OU VE N ET, Was litrialy true, with
this exception, that (in additiOn to the arrest of
Generals C. and 'l'. and upwards of 44 others, and
th it the two cooks of the Commander in Chief and
l'refeEt, were executed) forty persons were hanged
at the yard.arm of a Frigate in the harbour, on
account of the plot. I must further remark, that
Geo. Lgpoyrg was appointed to the command of
the Army of the North, in the room of General
CLAUSE e, and Adjutant Commandant BOY a was
made Chief of tile Staff in lieu of Gen, Thouva.
Nei.. I forbear to mention any account of the
colfee concern, so advantageously carried on by
Generals Cwkosst, and TnouvErtsT, with the
Brigands. lam sorry to see the remarks of appeal
to the good harmony in commercial relations, which
the Adjutant General pointedly hints at, jas exist.
ing between this Country and France. It is an in.
suit to American feelings (as least so far as relates
to our countrymen at tile Car), or else they wuuld
not lave flogged three. ArnericaU.Captains on the..
most frivolous pretences, one of whom was Captain.
131NOLEY, belonging to the Port of Norfolk, Vi
ginia."

. .
PUBLIC OrfiCß, SliAnwaLL.—Saturday a fo.
reign seaman wakexamitved, being found at :large,
for not conforming to:the,clauses. in the Alien Mt.
Gray, •an .Officer who apprehended him, stated, that
on aearching him. lie found, a passport upon him
from France to Genoa; which he meant to secrete.
The Prisoner passed, himself fore seaman, but he
had the manners of the Gentleman about him, and
not, the least appearance at a man who had ever
:pulied-a rope, 1-le M 139. comrnir tett to Prison for re..
.examination. The landlord of the house at which
he lodged was conviaed iu the penalty of tot, for
haihouring of him, without making a return: of him
under the Alien At.

The fire in Frith.street, which caused so mush
mischief and desolation, about a fortnighr ago, not.
'withstanding the constant efforts of the engines for
upwards,of a week; broke out on Sunday in the coal
cellar of Mr. Staastt,, belonging to one,of the
houses which hall previously fallen into.. the mass
with the general ruin, The 'Smoke that issued froth
thencelcionded all the adjacent streets, and excited
,consiclerable:alarm ; but by the timely 4rrivalvf the,
engines, the fire . was extinguished_ without • any fur.,,
, titer mischief than the consumption of the contents
of the.coal vault. .

A short time agora young man of Berwick.upon.
Tweed hats x child sworn on him, and being in Ain_
wick' at the time, NIA Lough, a' petty constable,
was Sent after him, who, mettiog him in the streets,
tnisl him he was his pritoder, and must 'go along
with him. Unwilling to comply with so unpleasant
;t demand; the young man, was making Oft, when
Lough fired a. pistol at him, anti wOunded him ih.Bo
dangerous a Manner, that he anion-atter died. Lough
was iMmediately committed to Durham gaol, 'to
await the constipienees of his rashness,.