The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-27 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS. .
(From the Gazette de France, dated Nov. 25.)
TRIESTE, Nov.l2.—A vessel, which has arrived
here in 20 days from Smyrna, brings word that au
Austrian vessel, coming from Alexandria with a
cargo of rice and other goods, bound for Constan-
tinople, was stopped near Tenedos by five ships
bearing the Greek flag. After examining the papers,
the Greeks put two men on board, and forced it to
sail for Ipsara, tinder the pretext that it was not per-
mitted
,to take wine to Constantinople. During a
storm, the Austrtan captain escaped from the Greek
vessels, and arrived at Smyrna, when the two men
that had been put on board Were given np to the
Austrian Consul. He was then escorted to the
Dardanelles by the Austrian frigate fiche.
Many Turkish families from the Morea have ar-
rived at Smyrna.
Accounts from Smyrna announce. that the three
Ambassadors are still at Poros, where they had con-
ferences with the President. It was believed that
Greece will obtain entire independence, and that the
fortresses of the Morea will I:c^ delivered up to the
Greeks.

On Sunday, an Egyptian corvette arrived here
from Alexandria, and another this morning. They
bring the captain and crew for the Egyptian frigate
belonging to the Pacha„,whkh „has long been at
anchor at Tirano.
This moment a vessel arrived, which left Alex-
andr lon the 13th of October. Ibrahim and the
rtmai 'der of his troops had arrived,.there on the Bth
and 10 h, on board French transports, under convoy
of the Ildlona and Cfrcc.French frigates, and the
Dal-iv:ou I: English frigate, and of the armed brigs
Anna and Amelia.

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Ibrahim was to set out on the 13th for Cairo,
where it is said that his father intended to join him
n ten days or a fortnight. In Candia the insurrec-
tion is daily spreading; the Turks have been obliged
to retire into the fortresses, and an attack by the
Greeks, supported on the sea-side, would suffice to
expel the Turks entirely from the island.
FRENCH FIUNDS.-PAats, Nov. 24.—Five per Cents.
106 f. ; 106 f. sc. ; 105 f. 95c. Three per Cents., 74f.
65c. 70e. 75c. ; Naples Stock, 791. 95c. ; Royal Spanish
Loan, 79i ; 1-faytian Loan, 637 f. 50c. ; Exchange on
London, One month, (paper), 251. 25c. ; (money) 25f.
25c.; Three months (paper); 2.5£ 15e.'; (money), 25f.
10c.— fours Authettique.

LATE ACCIDENT AT COVENT-GARDEN.

Last evening, at six o'clock, M. STIRLING, the
Coroner for Middlesex, and . a respectable jury, as-
sembled at the Board-room
_of. the Middlesex Hos.
pital, to inquire into the cause: of the death of Mn
James Coolie, the .tinfol,tnuateLge,ntleruan . who has
fallen a victim to the inprjas q zeee,i:ved at.the late
zleplorable accident ait...l::!nticar4eri.Thcntre.
William Mitton,p4,,xa,,,l_k briCklayer,and lived
in Hail-street, Covent-garden. He, saw Mr. Cooke
and the Ater persiiiis in the Vaulted room below on
the day of the accident, He sate Mr. Cooke, with
a back-lamp in his -hand;:approach one of the gas-
ometers, and in 4-few moments after heard a noise,
and witness looking! jowards.Mr...,Cooke, lie saw a
tremendous burst I-kescaped as soon as
possible. _ - • .
James Bryington, the fireman of Coi,ent-garden
was sworn, but his7evidenCe. was a mere repetition
of the statement which he gave on the former inquest.
Mr. Gude—Do you ,know the exact cause of the
fire ? Witness...4doot, only, as.. I guess, that the
gas caught fire.
Mr. Gude—Because:it was pretty ciairly stated
at the former inquest that there was no explosion at all.
JnrOr—Do you know of any former fire in the
theatre ? Witness—Yes there was a fire four
Weeks ago this very night.
Juror—. From what cause (lid that fire take place ?
Witn,-2ss7—lt.originated in one of the. gas chimnies.
Juror—At .what..pact of the .house ? Witr.ess—
At the top 01`,1.4t art%
Juror—At what time did it commence, end bow
long did it last ? Witness—lt was discovered at
ten o'clock, and it was thoroughly extinguished in
two hours.
Coroner--Two hours Y. Then 2,000 or 3,000 per-
sons were for two hours hi imminent danger of being ,
destroyed by fire ? Witness--It was just as I have
stated.

Juror—Was the theatre itself on fire, as well as
the chimney ? Witness--Yes.
Juror--How did the chimney take fire ? .Wit-
ness—Why, Sir, there was a timber joist in the
chimney.
Juror—What ! timber in the chimney of a theatre ?
Witness--Jt was so.
Mr. Gude—You will recollect, Mr. Coroner, that
the theatre was built in a great hurry some years ago.
The Coroner—That is no excuse. Proper care
surely ought to be taken, when the lives of so many
persons are at stake.
The witness added, that men were now employed
night and day in removing the gas apparatus, and it
would be all cleared off in a day or two.
Mr. Corder said he had the authority of the ma-
nagers for stating publicly, that gas would never be
manufactured on the premises again„
Mr. Charles Wait, the junior surgeon, stated that
the deceased died from the injuries he received from
the fire..

After a very long and uninteresting discussion,
. the Jury returned•this verdict—" That the death of
the deceased vras caused by an explosion of gas, he
having incautiOnsly!ialcen a common lamp into the
gas-room of Caiient.i. arden Theatre, instead of using
the safety-lamp
Mr. Gude said, remarking upon the verdict, that
a scientific gentleman (Mr. Phillips, the chymist)
had declared at the former incluest that there had
been no explosion of gas, but that the mischief was
occasioned solely by setting fire to-We essential oil
generated by the gas. A
Juror said they had given their ertr
et.upon the
evidence before them.
The body of the unfortunate deceased was in
most shocking state.

We regret to learn that, in various parts of the
country, the winter has commenced with a variety of de-
predatfols of an alarming character.
On Thursday last, the 20th instant, about
three o'clock in the afternoon, the Eye-pit, at Washington,
exploded with tremendous violence. The heavy frame-
work erected at the:pies mouth, with the large pulley-
wheels attached to it, was thrown down ; in fact, the whole
of the machinery wain destroyed; corves and other missiles
were projected from the bottom of the pit, and scattered
in the surrounding fields. An immense cloud of smoke is-
sued from the shaft, accompanied with a report surpassing
that of the largest piece of artillery, which was heard
,through all the surrounding villages. The immediate as-
semblage of persons interested in the safety of the work-
rney was great ; wives anxiously looking for their husbands,
parents for their children, sisters for their brothers, formed
a heatt_rending spectacle. By this catastrodhe 11 boys
and three men have been deprived of life. There were 15
persons in the seam when the explosion took place, and
only one man, ithcitant. fla.t.t., the onsetter, oscaped !
lie is severely burnt. A coroner's inquest was held on the
body of JonN HALL, on Saturday last, by IT AE L
HALL, Esq., and a verdict of " accidental death" was
returned.— Tyne Mercury.
THE LATE STRIKE OF THE PLIJIKEERS AT
ins MAJESTY'S PALACE.—MIIe whole of the plumbers
engaged on the KiNG's new Palace, is St. James's Park,
after being unemployed since the dispute with Mr. NASH,
about an alteration in the time for refreshment, were
finally discharged on Saturday night last. The Pliunhers
offered to agree to the time proposed by lilr. NAST'', if
they were permitted to have their dinner in the building,
which was refused, with the exception of one man, who
did not strike at first. A plumber's day of work consists
of only ten hours, in consideration of their being exposed
to heat and cold, which frequently produces contraction
of the fingers, and the had health they are subject to
from the business, seldom allows them to work more than
,ten months in the year. Jo a society of sixty-one men
(plumbers) there has died, witl4in seven years, fourteen
members, all under thirty-six years of age, of diseases
brought on by the business. The plumbing work at the
Palace is now doing by one man and two or three lads.
All the discharged men have since got into work,

Vesll-
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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1828,

In our Paper of yesterday, we gave a full ac-
count of the very animated proceedings that
took place on Tuesday last, at Leicester. At
the present crisis, when the state of parties
throughout the country is so unsteady, when
clay after day the..pendulum of power, settling
neither towards the side of Ultra-•Thryism nor
Liberalism, keeps. vibrating with an uneasy
motion between both ; it is gratifying to find
a respectable town like Leicester coming forward
vigorously, but in a constitutional spirit, to place
on record its opinions respecting the comprehen-
sive question of Civil and Religious Liberty.

It was with this view that the mechanics of Lei-
cester presented their energetic address to Mr.
OTWAY CAVE, in which, while they depre-
cated, as becomes independent freemen, every
species of religious and political intolerance,
they rendered a full measure of justice to the
gentleman who, throughout the last Session, so
zealously advocated their cause in Parliament.
Mr. CAves.reply was eloquent, decided, and
impassioned. He professed himself the friend
of freedom, the sworn foe of intolerance, and

fully prepared, under every possible variety
of circumstances, to prove practically the
sincerity of his principles. _ His observations
regarding the Corn Laws, though advanced in
too desponding a spirit, were eminently cha-
racterised by that species of sagacity, which,
joined to moral courage Qua unflinching perse-
verance, forms the staple of the successful poli-
tician. 'While s!.ich is the temper of Mr. CAVE'S
mind, he has but to go on in order to ensure
succecg,

The French Papers are extremely barren of
intelligence, at least of any important character.
The G:azette de France states, in an account re-
ceived front Smyrna, that the three Ambassadors
are still at Poros; and adds the welcome, but as
yet unauthenticated information that the Greeks
will obtain entire independence. A vessel which
left Alexandria on the 13th October, mentions
that IBRAHIM and the remainder of his troops
had arrived there on the gth, and both on board
French transports, under a respectable convoy,
formed of the Dartmouth English frigate, and
of the armed brigs Anna and Amelia. It wac
reported that he was to join his father at Cairo
in a .few days.

German Papers have been received, but they
contain nothing of an important or decided
character. The Journal de Frankfod states
that during the last campaign the sword had not
be en• so. destructive as pestilence and famine,
both of which tad meted out a liberal and equal
measure of justice to Turks and Russians.

FRANKFORT, NOV. 19.
The mails from St. Petersburglt, Vienna, and
Berlin, have not arrived this evening.

FROM THE LOWER DANUIW, NOV. 5.
Since the fall of Varna the hopes of the BoY ards
in Moldavia and Wallachia, that they should
soon
be relieved from the Russian provisional Govern-
ment and its requisitions, have greatly abated.. The
hospitals and the wants of the Russian corps before
the Turkish fortresses on the Danube have 'augment_
edi as the army has been increased, and the plan
seem 3 to be, instead of a winter campaign in
the
field, to take these fortresses in succession. Now
that the principalities have lost their trade with con_
stantinople, we have no market for our corn, cattle,
wine,&c.,but such as is caused by the Russian army,
the burden of quartering the soldiers is heavy, and
the consolation of being freed from our humiliating
condition as vassals of the Hospodars and Boyards
seems to be very remote. The accounts which we
receive respecting the Turks say that it is not so
much fanaticism or attachment to the faith of Ma-
homet, or to Sultan Mahmoud, that induced the
Ayans to furnish large reinforcements to the Turkish
army at Shumla, as the fear that the power of the
Porte, and especially their own aristocratic sway
over the Greek and Catholic Christians in Rumelia,
may be overthrown by a Christian Government.
The desertion that usually takes place in the
aut.i.oti is not so great at Shumla and Adria-

nople as on former occasions. The Turks felt the
necessity of being prepared to oppose the Russians
in a winter campaign, and submit to thiS innovation,
in hopes that diseases and Turkish perseverance,
with the ardently-expected diversion' of some Chris:
tian power, will, preserve the beautiful edifice of
Turkish sway in the south-east of Europe, and
compel the hated Russians to recross the Danube.
The sword has not been very destructive this war;
want and diseases have cost the Turks many men,
and undoubtedly the Russians also. The Christian
inhabitants, both of the towns and the country, are
reduced to the greatest distress; every thing that
the Turks want is extorted from them. If the Rus-
sians should reach Adrianople and Seres, they will
find only a desart, and a small number of Christians,
reduced by want almost to a state of nature. Want
of money hinders the Porte from raising Albanian
troops. They will not serve without high pay, and
if it remains in arrear they become the most.formi-
dable enemies.

By the French mail, which arrived this morn-
ing, we learn that Count Pozzo DI BORGO, the
Russian Ambassador at Paris, has received from
the Russian Ambassador at Frankfort the news
of the taking of Silistria by storm.

The accounts from Gibraltar, of the 7th inst.,
lstate that the fever continued to abate. There
had been about 1,500 sick ; arid at the above
date there were only 700 in the hospitals and
private houses, amongst which were 250 seriously
ill, 340 slight cases, and 110 were recovering.
The number of persons that had been attacked
by the fever were computed at 5,000, and the
number of deaths were 1,122.

By Honduras Papers just received at the North
and South American Coffee-house, we have been
favoured with the following extract of a letter,
datel Guatemala, Aug. 18.:

"We are here in continual alarms. On the 12th inst.
martial law was proclaimed in the city, all and every one
to take up arms. We are at a loss to know the cause. As
the &feat of Demengne took place a few weeks back, there-
fore there is every reason to expect that ancther disaster
has befallen our army, though we understand that General
AIZIA was, on the 31st July, on the Lempa, with 1,400
men, and his passage impeded by the Guerillas ; while
Morozan was at San Miguel, with 1,500 men. But it is
stated that Arzu has entered San Miguel. We are informed
thst a division of Honduras troops has arrived at Coma-
yogua, and sent strong detachments to take possession of
Onma."

The last advices from Omoa state, that the troops of
San Salvador were daily expected here, and no opposition
would be made to their taking possession of the town
and fortifications. It it also reported that in Gnalan
the Creoles had fallen upon the Europeans, and committed
great excesseF.

The Lisbon Gazelles, from the 10th to 15th
inclusive, contain no news whatever ; that of the
10th announces the accident which occurred to
Don Mrourt, and the INFANTA, by the over-
turning of their carriage ; and the subsequent
numbers give the Bulletins of the morning and
evening, which announce almost in the same
terms, that his MAJESTY sleeps well, and is
going on as favourably as possible, as well as the
Infantas.

Accounts from Lisbon state that M. PEREIRA
had left the above capital for Rio Janeiro, on au
important message, as it appears that Don MI-
GUEL becomes seriously alarmed at his critical
situation, as well as at the anger of his bro-
ther ; therefore the mission of PEREIRA iS .to
prevent his brother coming to extremities.
The following Portuguese ships are now in
the Tagus, ready for sailing :—The corvette
Lealtado, 24 guns and 200 men ; Providencia,
of 12 guns ; Saint Sebastian, 10 guns ; the
Bonaventura, of 6 guns ; the frigates Aniazone
and Perola are arming. The following ships
have been put into commission, with the Spanish
Refugees on board :—The Relne, of 74 gulls,
and the Saint Sebastian, 74 guns.
The Magistrates have received orders to arrest
all persons in favour of the young QUEEN.

The Jersey Free Press announces that Go-
vernment has it in contemplation to remove, next
spring, the Post-office Packets which convey the
mails from Weymouth to Southampton.

Letters from Alexandria, of the 10th Nov.,
bring the interview between IBRAHIM PACITA
and his father, which took place in public. The
price of corn has been considerably augmented.

The following are extracts from Brussels
Papers to the 27th inst., received thismorning :
BRUSSELS, •• NOV. 24.

We have received from Dresden the news of the
death of her Majesty Maria Amelia Augusta, Dow-
ager-Queen of Saxony, on the 15th inst. She was
sister to the late King of Bavaria, and widow of
King Frederick of Saxony. Her Majesty was in her
77th year, being born on the 10th May, 1752.
Nov. 25.—M. Coche Momens, printer of the
Courier des Pays Bas, has had another action
brought against him for two articles inserted in that
journal on the Bth and 9th inst.

The Central Section of the Second Chamber has
made its report on the proposal of M. de Broukere
to discuss a project of law for the abolition of the
law of the 10th of April, and the decree of the 20th
of April, 1815, by virtue of which the proceedings
against the gentlemen connected with the Courier
des Pays Bas have been instituted.

From the account of the discussions in the seven
separate sections, it appears that the general opinion
of the members was in favour of the object proposed
by M. de Broukere, but that his Majesty, in his
opening speech, had promised that a law for the pur-
pose should be presented to the Chambers, and
which as they in their address had engaged to
take it into their serious consideration, the majo-
rities of the members in each section thought
the proposal unseasonable.

The Hague Gazette says that private letters from
Batavia, brought by the Zephyr, announce that the
apinst the insurgents proceeds with the greatest
success.

LONGEVITY.—During the last fortnight, three
persons have been interred in Haddington Church-yard,
whose united ages amount to 272 years, viz. EI.I2:ARETIf
BALD, 86 ; JAMFC HAMILTON, 90 ; and - WALKER,
96 —Dumfries Courier.

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SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, Nov. 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the
Montrose, from Demerara ; George and Mary, from
Rio; and Alexander, from Port-au-Prince. Arrived
from London, the Alexander, Alexander, for Jamaica.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 2.5.--Wind S.W.--Arrived
the Ark, Morris; from Honduras; she was run on
board of last evening off the Eddystone, and carried
away her bowsprit, and otherwise damaged.
FALMOUTH, Nov. 25.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.—
Arrived the Stanmer packet, from Lisbon, sailed the
16th.: Arrived from London, the 'Woodbridge,
Dunlop, for Sierra Leone; Rosanna, Forster, for
Berbice; Four Friends, Dunn, for St. Michael's;
and Four Sisters, Rutter, for ditto.

PADsTow-, Nov. 26.—The Mary, Wardle, from
St. John's, N. B. to London, has been brought in
here very leaky, and must be repaired before she
can proceed.
COWES, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Medora, Mac-
cracken, from Virginia.

' GREENOCK, Nov. 24.—A rrived the Friends,( .!raw-
ford, from St.Johp's, New Brunswick; Sarah, Frank,
from Liverpool, New Brunswick. •
BELFAST, Nov. 24.—Arrived the Hope, Saunders,
from Pictou ; Bure, Miller, from Palermo ; Regent,
Stubbs, and St. Patrick, Buck, from St. Peters-
burgh ; Superb, Beck, from Memel.

The Nereid, Whitehead, from Bay Chaleur to
Annan, is on shore near Skimberness.
The Sarah, Robinson, from Maryport to Belfast,
is stranded in Glenluce Bay.
The Tobago, Beattie, from Jamaica, is supposed
to he arrived in the Downs.

THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE o' aner.

The- settlement of the account, which takes place
to-day, has nearly absorbed all the attention of the
Brokers and speculators in the English Funds. Con-
sols opened at 86k, and have remained at this rate,
alternately buyers and sellers, the whole of the
morning, at present they seem firm and buyers; the
Commissioners paid 864. India Bonds, 65 7 ; Ex-
chequer Bills, 64 6 pm.
Scarcely any business has taken place in the
Foreign Funds, and the prices remain nearly at y'es-
terday's quotations ; Russian Bonds are 95 ; Danish,
62 ; Portuguese, 534 4-1; Brazilian, 621 3 ;
Mexican, 314 24; this stock appears to have little
prospect of being better so long as the country re-
mains in such an agitated state, which will require
all the energies of the new President to repress ; in
addition to these domestic troubles many expect

that Commodore La Borde is in communication with
Santa Anna, and may probably make some demon-
strations on the coast, and consequently increase the
spirit of insurrection in the country ; should this be
the case, it will leave the poor Bond-holders a mise-

rable prospect.
In Shares every thing is idle, and prices nominal.

Letters from Palermo, of the 9th of Nov., state
that peace had been concluded between Naples and
Tripoli.

Three per Cent. Consols, 86i a ; Ditto, for Jan.,
87, sellers. India Bonds, 65 '7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills,
64 6 pm.
}ORElGN.—Brazilian, 62 3 ; Buenos Ayres, 461 71;
Chilian, 26 7 ; Colombian, 21 1 ; Dankb, 62 4-;
Greek, 17 18; Mexican, Five per Cent., 251 61 ;
Six per Cent., 311 214 ; Peruvian, 17 IS ; Portuguese,
531_41 ; Russian, 941
.51 ; Spanish, 101

M12.7E5.-Anglo Alexie;n, 74 2 dis. ; Brazilian, 43 45
pm. ; Bolanos, 130 50 pm. ; - Colombian, 12 11 dis. ;
Real Del Monte, 150 NO per share; United Mexican,
21 20 dis.

TWO O'CLOCK.

The Account is passing off very quietly, and as
the difference between the highest and lowest prices
has not exceeded more than per cent. no mischief
has hitherto taken place. Consols are 86i h for
money, and 86i 7 for January account. Exchequer
Bills and India Bonds have advanced to 70 pm.
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols, 86i j; Ditto, for Jan. account, 87

At a Catholic meeting of the united parishes
of St. Mary, St. Thomas, and St. George, held last week
in Dublin, Mr. O'CoNNELL repeated his conviction, that
the administration of the Duke of WELLINGTON, was
" deeply, bitterly, perseveringly hostile to the Catholics of
Ireland." He recommended, therefore, the general adop-
tion of Liberal Clubs.

The petition for not granting any further con-
cessions to the Roman Catholics, agreed on at the late
meeting in our Guildhall, had, up to Saturday evening
last, received at,the Guildhall alone between twelve and
thirteen hundred signatures.—Exeter Alfred.

We understand that a counter-petition is in
course of signature, by the party opposed to the above.—
Exeter Alfred.

A CHEAP DINNER !—Three women a short
time ago dined plentifully at a public-Louse on the Sand-
hill in this town, off a beatment of sprats, price one half-
penny, and a third off a beatment of potatoes, price one
halfpenny—total l d. ! ! ! Tyne Mercury.

It is astonishing with what celerity that most
beautiful bird in the game list, the pheasant, has of late
years multiplied in, different parts of Scotland, Twenty
years ago, the pheasant, in Stirlingshire,;if not altogether
unknown, was certainly a ram (iris in terris. Now it is
quite the reverse. It was but the other day that a gentle-
man, who resides in our immediate neighbourhood, told us
that they are so abundant in this quarter, that he is in the
habit of seeing them frequently running about his grounds.
While walking lately in his garden, with' his wife and fa-
mily, he observed a fine cock pheasant, in the hedgerow.
Nothing could prevent the boys from giving it chase; and,
strange to say, the bird suffered itself to be laid hold of
with little difficulty. This gentleman, not being a sports-
man himself, consigned the pheasant to the larder without
the least remorse.—Stirling Journal.

The following anecdote was communicated to
me by agentleman who hail received it from Mr. BURKE,
BARRY'S early and steady friend. This great orator, with
whom the painter had frequently dined being aware
of most of his eccentricities, and wishing much to see in
what way he conducted his houshold concerns, requested to
be asked to dinner. Baany,replied, " Sir, you know, I
jive alone, but, if you will partake of a steak, I can an-
ewer for your having it hot, and from the best rump in the
most classic market in London." " I will dine with you,"
replied 31r. BURKE ; " hut mind, you must not let me
put you in the least out of your way." " You shall dine
as•T do, Sir," observed BARRY, "there shall be no auxi-
liaries," turning his head to the sideboard of glittering
plate and glass. A day was then fixed. Upon Mr.
13u aFE's arrival at 36,(caitie-street, Oxford-market, his
tiQ4
carpenter'swateV e r
shforp7 It the w period
partly when et bad host condtletP,l him iota the painting-room, which had
undergone
oc-
cupied by his large picture of PANDORA ; hut principally
with whole length portraits of the persons who sat to him
ar
for his Adelphi pictures*, together with numerous old strain-
ing'-frames ; a printing-press, for lie printed his own
plates • and thousands of cobwebs. Most of the windows
of this painting-room were either cracked or broken ; the
tiles of its ceilingless roof were a, wide apart and as much
mutilated, as those which appear in the first state of Ho-
on RTII'S print of the Strolling Actresses in a Barn; and the
small fire-place was filled with a grate large enough
for the carpenter's glue-pot. However, it was un-
der this roof that the great BURKE was to dine. The fire
burned clear, the steaks were put on, and BARRY, whir
assumed no false pomp, though he had means of comfort
within his reach, after spreading a towel upon a small,
round, three-legged deal table, just large enough for two
plates, the beer, and bread, put a pair of tongs into his
visitor's hand, requesting him to turn the steaks while he
went for a pot of porter; and, upon his return, with his
usual consistency of bluntness, swore that the wind had
taken off the head just as he was crossing Titchfield-street.
—Nollehens and his Times.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT. ,OF KING'S BENCH. •
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.EX HIGGS.

Mr. BROUGHAM moved for a rule to show cause
why a criminal information should not be filed
against the Rev. John Knight, clerk, a Magistrate
of the county of Oxford. The Learned Counsel
moved upon the affidavits of several persons. The
first of them was that of Ann Higgs, the wife of a
licensed victualler, in the parish of Chorlton, which
stated that on the 3d of June, 1826, at about eight
o'clock at night, the Rev. Gentleman came to the
public-house of her husband, where the constable of
the parish and two or three more persons were then
sitting, together with a farmer named Allen, who came
in just before him, and said, " I insist upon your
turning all those riotous drunken people out. Mrs.
Higgs swears that the four persons then present had
only had three pints of beer among them, and that
there was no riotous behaviour and no drunkenness
in any of the persons then present ; and that in
consequence she refused to do what the Rev. Gera
fleman directed. He then went away, and shortly
afterwards returned with five persons, two of them
labourers employed by himself, and telling them
that he made them all constables, he charged them
all to aid and assist in turning them out. The men,
however, seeing nothing that called for their inter-
ference, refused to act, and two of them, named
Parker and Powell, laughed at him. He then be-
came more enraged, and fetched another la-
bourer, whose name was Sergeant, and charged him,
' but Serjeant treated him in the same way, and when
the Rev. Gentleman found that he could receive no
assistance, he attempted turning them out himself,
and getting into a scuffle with Mrs. Higgs' son, he
left the house. Mrs. Higgs then fattened the chain
a-cross the door. Mr. Knight, however, returned,
and after making a violent noise at the door, burst it
open. He then abused Mrs.. Higgs, calling her a
"lying —," and struck her two violent blows.—
In consequence of this assault a bill of indictment
was presented to, and found by, the Grand Jury at
the following Quarter Sessions against Mr. Knight.
On the licensing day, in December last, Mr. Higgs
applied for his licence, with a certificate signed by
the Churchwarden, and both the' Overseers •of the
Parish, and most of the respectable inhabitants.

It was handed in by him to the Justices, of whom
Mr. Knight was one. The latter took it from
him, anal then addressing himself to the other Ma-
gistrates, and alluding to the certificate, he said,
" These are all rails." He then returned the certi-
ficate, and told him that he and his bondsman
might go out, and would be called in again. He was
called in and told that he could not have his licence
granted. Mr. Knight subsequently called on Mr.
Murrell, the owner of Higgs' house, and complained
of both Mrs. Higgs and her son; saying that they
should hot have a licence till they had made Min an
apology. Mr. Knight had also presented a hill
against Mrs. Higgs' SOD, and on Mr. Murrell speak-
ing to her, expressed her willingness to withdraw
her bill, if Mr. Knight would withdraw his bill,
and make any apology that any friend of Mr. Knight
would think proper. This, however, he refused,
and said that the license should be refused. Me
afterwards wrote to Mr. Murrell, and still complain-
ed that his tenants had not apologised. He also
said in the letter that Priest and Savage, two of the
persons who were in Higgs' house on the 3d of
June, Nere the next day to be convicted for steal-
ing a gate from Bonner, a butcher; and that if they
could not pay the fine which would then be inflict-
ed on them, they would probably pay a visit to Mr.
Dilley, keeper of the Oxford gaol; " thus," continued
Mr. Brougham, " trying and fixing the punishment
on men before they were tried."
Lord TENTERDEN.—Take a rule to show cause.

THE ICING V. PRICE.-LIBEL.
Sir J. SCARLETT moved lo make a rule absolute,
for a criminal information, against the Rev. Henry
Price, relative to some libel published by him at
Kiddermirmer, during some excitation among the
weavers there last year. The defend It addressed
the Court in Pronria persona, but admitting that
he published the libels,
Lord TENTERDEN ordered the rule to be made ab-
solute.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.

Mr. GRAHAM moved for a rule to show cause for
a criminal information against John and Thos. Keen,
the proprietors of Keen's Bath Journal, for a libel
reflecting on the character of the present Mayor of
the city of Wells. It was published in that paper
in the form of a letter, and purported to have been
written by a person who had been formerly an in-
habitant of that city, and reflecting in strong terms
on the present state of the city of Wells contrasted
with its former state. The Learned Counsel
here read part of the libel, which stated that
the former Mayors of the city of Wells were men
whose habits of life enabled them to fill the office
of chief Magistrate with credit, and who would not
have disgraced it by tippling in a public-house, by
boozing with every person who offered a glass to
them, and by occupying the principal seat in a
tap-room from morning till night.—Rule nisigranted.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-LORD STRANGFORD V. THE

SUN.

'We regret we cannot, from the lateness of the
hour, give the proceedings in this case to day.
We, however, have the satisfaction of informing
our readers that the rule for a criminal inormation
was discharged.

WESTMINSTERSESSIONS-(THISDAY.)

These Sessions commenced this morning before
FRANCIS CONST, Esq., and a full bench of Magis-
trates.

On the name of one Gentleman being called who
had been summoned on the G•and Jury, a person
Informed the Court that he was requested to ask
that he might be excused from serving on account of
illness.

CHAIRMAN—Do you know of that fact of your
own knowledge ?
The Applicant said he did not, but he had the
certificate of a medical gentleman, stating that it
would be dangerous for him to attend, which he
Ivolqd hand up to the Court.
CEIAIRMAN—WC cannot receive that certificate as
an excuse, without the party presenting it can de-
pose to its truth. The Court used 'to allow it as
sufficient, but •it led to such' an inconvenience and
abuse,"that in future the Court will not attend to
any excuse, unless deposed to upon oath, a regula-
tion which hope after what has now passed will ob-
tain publicity.
_ _

ederick Thomas waE indicted for stealing a• re-
ticule, containing some silver, from the person of
Miss Susannah Beeton.

The prosecutrix, a very interesting young female,
stated, that on the 4th of November she was walking
up the Strand, when she felt some one push against
her, and immediately perceived that her reticule was
gone, the strings of which had been cut; on look-
ing round she saw the prisoner putting something
into his pocket, and directly charged him with the
theft; he denied it ; "but I was so confident," said
Miss 8., " that I laid hold of his coat-skirts, and
held him fast, although not without some trouble,
till au officer came up, when I gave him into cus-
tody."

The Officer said, on searching the prisoner, be
found the reticule crammed into his trousers, which
he now produced; he also• found a pair ofscissars.

The prisoner, who is rather a respectable-looking
youth, said it was his fist offence, and called several
witnesses, who gave him an excellent character, up
to within a few weeks of his being apprehended,
when his father and him had a quarrel, and he left
home ; since which time he had not been heard of,
until he was taken to Bow-street: but from what
they had since learned, it appeared he had unfor-
tunately fallen into the company of a gang of thieves.
The Jury found him guilty.
The CHAIRMAN said, on account of his having re-
ceived so good a character, up to nearly the time
he committed the robbery, he would only sentence
him to three mo'nths' imprisonment.
John Kelly was convicted of picking a gentle-

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man's pocket of his handkerchief under the
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of Covent-garden, and sentenced to be transro
for seven years. The prisoner's mother, W thetkitiel
in Court, on hearing the sentence, went ii%ticakt
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most violent hysterics, and it required the asr 14,t!
of several officers to remove her;
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John &riven,' an elderly man, was charge llowit,
indictments, with obtaining goods under fr, it hi
IfQ pretences. LP sot t, s. e
Mr. ALLEY shortly stated to the Jury t,.',-.eof
prisoner had for several years lived in the se,rrput- .set,Mr. Cartwright, the eminent dentist, of Old
lington-street, as butler, but from which
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charged nearly three years since. On the=.,, .n ts
October he went to the shop of a Mr. Steoriges s'oe4
ivory turner, in Oxford-street, and obtained tool
tooth brushes and two hat brushes, which bee
Bri
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were for Mr. Cartwright. However, tllA,,,Oer
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man would prove that he never sent the'rkpole
for them, in fact he could not, for he did o°..art fire,
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what had become of him since he left his,7nist°
never having seen him until after he was tilter t'nr
scouisdtodt
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where the prisoner obtained the brushes, dee- 411;1;e1:.
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A bill was produced, which was proved toy
the prisoner's handwriting, and which he 111%17, ;
the time he sold the articles. It was as follows' 14,
" His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester,.
fits i.,t110,t,:11
Bought of Richard Cartwyg •144, lm
" Oct. 26.--1 dozen tooth brushes, 14s. ........ ' itttr,n
Received for Richard Cartwright, 1'144v.
" J. T03a100.1 bf
The prisoner denied that the bill was writn:fir NeZ"
him, and in the most supplicating manner begroß *4lv
mercy. He could have the best of characterS;2o w
the families with whom he lived were unforturge,
out of town. " Never," said the prisoner,"Neor `!1-:;!
ray Lord, in all my life, did I, before the preseP key '
casion, see the inside of a gaol—never had I
before turned upon me; but have, by my hon.e. Te,
Lour, brought up a large family, part of whom r itvaettisi
now depending upon me for support."--..“
He was again indicted, under a charge of obtSmiito •%.i'l the
under false pretences, a bottle of anchovies thhil
the shop of Mr. Law, and found Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to be imprildl ohs
three months for each offence, and kept to iNgAr ►
labour.

TIIE MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY.)
HAY MARKETS—(At per Load of 36 Trusser) ,
1.
ST. JAMES'S. if 0
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £22
15 sto S 4 1,
Best New Meadow Hay
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 5 5/4
Clover Hay 3lO 1 .
Oat Straw £l 10 to £1 12 1 Wheat Straw 1 12
A good supply, and a dull trade; prices as last quote •
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/ ;Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to a
'
Best New Meadow Hay 3 0 4 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 5
Clover Hay (extra tine)...£s 5. , Generally 3lO 1,
Oat Straw ..... XI 10 to X I 14—Wheat. Straw 1 14
Supply good, trade dull, and prices as last quoted.

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SOU'I'HALL 111ARKET.—Nov. 20.
At this day's market, which was rather scantlloo
plied, and not very numerously attended by buyer* ice.
kind of meat met with dull sale, at the following Pr
per stone of 81h. to sink the offals
Beef ---. 3s. 2d. to is. 2d. I Veal—

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4s. (Xl. 5
Mutton 3 6 4 6 Pork 4 6 ,
The foregoing quotations are Beef, Mutton,' and Vex, r
advance of 241. per stone; Pork the same as on this dal
night. A pod many of the Sheep and Beasts were driven "
unsold.

LEWES MARKET.—Noy. 10.
ss•
Beet Ss. 6d. to 4s. 2d. Od. to A 0
Mutton I 3 6 4 6 Pork 4 4
A good supply, and a dull trade.

RUM FORD MARKET.—Nov. '26
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S. tl. to s. d. s. 5 ,
Beef 30 44 1 Veal
Mutton '3 6 4 6 Pork 4 6 ocli•
suckling Calves from I4s. to 355.; Quarter old lige 15s to 19.4.,014
Supply limited, and trade somewhat brisk, at prices V
a little.upwards.

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