The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-26 00:00:00

NORTHERN CIRCIIIT—LANCASTER, Auc..

THE KING V. HORROCKS.
This was a prosecution against the defendant for
a certain scandalous writing, composed and publish-
ed by him, against a person named James Clegg.
Mr. BROUGHAM stated the case. Mr. Clogg was
one of the-firm of Messrs. Clegg, cotton-spinners,
Manchester, and the defendant Was, or had been
one of his weavers. On the 2Gth of December laA
he had brought home his work, and Mr. Ashton,
the putter-out of the firm, measured it. According
to the measurement at that time, made in the pre_
sence of the defendant, with which he found no
kind of fault, the work measured forty-eight yards
and a half. He was paid at the usual rate, and hr
went away. He received another warp, and ro--
turned it, worked up, by his mother. In one of the
cuts he found a letter, which formed the sub.ject of
the present indictment. It commenced
Ashton—The measurement of the two cuts of my
last work, particularly the latter measurement, I look
upon as the most scandalous, sneaking, tip-top in-
stances of knavery, roguery, and robbery, that ever I
heard of. The cuts, I will swear, were fifty yards
long each, and they barely measured forty-eight and
a half lengths of your stick ; I do not say yard
stick, and I was paid for forty-eight yards each,
But your honourable rascal of a master thought E
was not cheated enough by being done out of three
yards each piece only, as he gave you, as 1 have
'heard." It then proceeded—"l shall, however,
have the pleasure of adding another stain to his most
detestable character; and if Mr. Robert Phillips
asks me whether Jemmy Clegg cheats the poor
weavers, I shall have proof enough that he does so."
The letter then continued in a strain of sometimes
ridiculous, and sometimes disgusting language. One
sentence was, " How I shall lough to see how piti-
ful Jemmy will look, when hell shall gape and
beckon." He (Mr. Brougham) would prove the
facts he had stated, and it would be for the Jury toi
say, whether they could rettu u any other verdict
than that of guilty.
The letter was here read by the officer of the
Court.

John Ashton--I believe that Mr. James Clegg:,
jun. is meant by that letter ; he is commonly called
Jemmy in the warehouse; he never cursed me
about the matter.

Samuel Edmondson measured the cotton niter
Ashton had taken it in, and the measurement was
forty-eight yards and a half ; he was paid accordingly.
Mr. COLTMAN addressed the Jury on the part of
the defendant. After which, Mr. Baron HILLOCK
summed up, and the Jury returned n verdict of

Mr. Baron Ilm.Locx hoped that the prosecutors
would be content with the defendant's own recoir-
nizances to appear when called upon.
Mr. BROUGHAM Said, they were afraid of com-
bination amongst the workmen. The expences uti
this prosecution were paid out of a stock purse.
However, they would think about it.

EDWARDS V. DALTON.

This was an action to recover from the defendant
the value of a quantity of jewellery and other goods
left in his care, as an innkeeper, but which, by his
negligence and carelessness, were lost from his hothe.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—da-
mages 401.—costs 40si

James IVhitleg, a man of very powerful appear-
ance, was placed at the bar, on a charge of killing
and slaying his wife, Mary Whiteleg, in May last.
The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS AND

WAREHOUSE-KEEPERS.

SHERIFFS' COURT, LANCASTER, Auc.
MURPHY V. uATHSONF. AND OTHERS.
Mr. COURTNEY opened the pleading., which
stated that the defendants, Wm. Rathbone, Richard
Rathbone, and James Powell were entitled to use a
certain warehouse, and also certain tackle, and that
they did use the said tackle in hoisting and pulling
up certain bales of cotton, and that they did not take
care to use strong and sound tackle; and the said
tackle and ropes gave way, whereby a certain bag of
cotton fell to the ground, by which the plaintiff was
cast down, and one of his legs and one of his arms
were broken, and divert; of his ribs fractured and
broken, and was otherwise greatly bruised, lacerated,
and wounded, to the injury and damage of the

The defendants had suffered judgment to go by
default, and the Jury were impanelled to assess such
damages as they thought the case merited.

Wit.l.invs stated the ease. The plaintiff
Lawrence Murphy, was a young man of about 34
or 35 years of age, in the employ of the defendants,
who were eminent merchants at Liverpool. In May
last,.year, the defendants had to unship a large plan-
titiof cotton, and not being able to warehouse it in
their own warehouses, they took others of Messrs.
Allison in order to store it. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded to give the details of the work the
plaintiff was employed at, and of the falling of the
bale of cotton, and the injuries he sustained, and
stated that at the time it was thought that th.,
pn
ulatienst i;ff t
hcaotu
held
vn;aost
and that he, although recovered, was 'disabled tor
life, tlhiiert e efonr wtelleek ssipna thelitremna ;1,1 -;

plaintiffthe
fo camei ead, o'clocktw\ .7
ihri
iles:
am in the service of the defendants, and was at the
John Collins, examined by Mra.sChoiguhaTat.NrsoExio—.4sl;
time of the aheeci,dyea
othnenthheookloeldonodnayonemboarnlein;gi,t
goabtoniitp.
room, when the rope broke, and it came down ; it
struck at No. 3 room, and then bounded upon Ole
plaintiff thet
o:ibe:f:do f
pllcaailmitieffd;o‘hven,waarsidatfotiliinedtilhniemniiiiisiiiiiicghaawsatyate that I
did not think he would live five minutes; his ribs
is't.cutriolline
cotton ••
weighed about
4. cwt.
me call out before the
INevgerewabsrobkieonk,en;
W'AS the
Cross-examined by Mr. J, PARK--It
plaintiff's business ix the hooks on ; I cannot
rope before to pull up ;h , 3he stood at the bottom ; I
might be about flinty yards from 1. iii
. m um, in the ware-
house; I. was going up stairs when I spoke ; I was
up stairs when tl breaking;-'
the rope was I told him
to take care,
By M. j, WILLIAMs • •
—The plaintiff was not
there untilthe '-
morning; 1
Monday morning; cannot say that
he heard
--- inc say that there was any thing• wrom,
..,
with the rope.
say that the
By the ASSESSOk—Allison's clerk was told about
the rope, and requested to get a new one.
Thomas Swarbrick—l am a porter to Messrs.
Rathbone and Co.; I saw Murphy after the acci-
dent; he was so badly hurt that I could not bear
to look on him; it made me sick to look at him.
By Mr. PARK—The plaintiff's wages were 3s. 6d.
per day.
Mr. PARK addressed the .Tury:for the defendants ;
after which the Jury consulted together for about.
ten minutes, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff
—Damages 250/.

The Catholic Rent was collected in the Chapel
~f Enniikilleu for the first time on Sunday latt,—,Dutlin
Evehing Post.

SIR HENRY TORRENS. PUBLIC OFFICES ESTABLISHMENTS.
The late Sir Henry Torrens, WhOse death we
A RETURN of the NUMBER of PERSONS employed, and of the PAY or SALARIES granted to such Persons, in all PUBLIC OFFICES or DEPARTMENTS, in the
mentioned yesterday, was a native of the city of
Londonderry, where he was born in the year 1779. Year 1797; and in the Years 1805, 1810, 1815, and 1819, showing the INCREASE in each of those Years, as compared with 1797 ; also, a RETURN for 1827, show-
He commenced his military career as an ensign in ing the REDUCTION that has been made since 1819.
the 52d Regiment, in November, 1793. In Jnae,
1794, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 92d 1797. 1805. 1810. lBl5. 1819. 1927.
•
Regiment, and in December, 1795, was removed, . . r-...----.............-_, ~.-----, I .......
t ? ~-------, I I
with the same rank, to the 63d Regiment. With OFFICES. No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount
Per. of Per- of Per- of Per- of Per- of Per- of 1
this latter regiment he served in the West Indies, sons. Salaries. sons. Salaries. 1 sons. Salaries. sons. Salaries. sons. Salaries. sons. Salaries.
under Sir Ralph Abercrombie,where he was wound- - - - - -.-.
x. s. d. X. s. cl. X. a. d. X. s. d. Z. R. d. X. s. it.
ed in the thigh at the siege of Morrie Fortune, Dur- Treasury, including Commissariat Department ll2 46,154 18 6 228 73,450 15 4 154 67,681 13 3 154 78,639 19 9 119 70,347 12 6 118 67,138 10 0
ing his residence in the West Indies, he was ap- 26 14,770 16 8 3'2 17,535 8 4 31 20,772 510 31 22,323 17 8 30 21,258 15 0 29 20,980 14 4
P to a company in one of the West India corps secretary of State, Home Department
Foreign Ditto 24 12,393 12 0 26 111,360 18 0 31 20,469 11 8 34 23,59. 8 8 34 23,412 S 8 49 24,536 4 5
12 6,850 0 0 16 12,540 0 0 21 16,265 13 0 21 18,394 18 0 16 14,900 8 0 33 21,849 7 6
then forming, and gained, in an eminent degree, the Privy Council Office
Colonial Ditto
16 '7,888 18 4 16 7,888 18 4 20 11,590 0 0 20 10,030 0 0 20 9,880 0 0 18 9,655 311
attachment and admiration of the officers and men for Trade l9 3,928 10 0 20 5,790 0 0 20 5,061 2 3 19 5,835 12 6 20 7,997 '7 6 26 11,431 7 1
under his command. In 1798, he returned to Admiralty 45 14,140 0 0 54 24,300 0 0 59- 10,660 0 0 65 31,059 0 0 52 29,850 0 0 47 25,655 0 0
160 32,890 0 0 171 34,860 00 , 231 54,910 0 0 225 56,180 0 0 166 59,980 0 0 140 50,790 0 0
England, and at the close of the year went to .Traavvyy %ffiyce . 73 16,435 '7 0 101 24,539 12 0 116 29,319 9 G 120 32,866 14 0 95 30,998 9 8 82 25,141 4 8
Office
Portugal as. Aide-de-Camp to General Cuyler, ' Royal Marine Office
Victualling Office llB 18,887 0() 148 28,939 0 0 174 37,463 0 0 209 44,740 0 0 147 513,400 0 0 31. 31,420 0 0
who commanded a body of auxiliary British troops 33 8,500 0 0 105 27,990 0 0 128 40,665 0 0 125 39,145 0 0 118 34,840 0 0 '79 27,185 0 0
in that country. While holding that situation he Audit
i offi
c i ial Auditce
Office l7 5,550 0 0 17 5,350 0 0 23 '7,140 0 0
was removed from the West India corps to the 20th Ordnance Officef 353 46,031 10 2 606 95,505 15 0 815 140,237 '7 (3 886 177553 16 0 '760 178,387 5 6 528 116,688 0 0
Regiment of Foot. He served with that Regiment ctisroms, United Kindom 6,004* 338,648 16 8 '7,211* 470,752 6 9 8,809* 873,814 '7 3 10,807 1,048,341 14 6 10,873 1,038,795 15 0 11,316 964,750 10 6
Excise Ditto 6,530 413,281 17 11 7,102 532,817 15 0 7,473 792,013 13 11 7,639 868,712 9 8 7,986 894,862 19 4 6,491 768
131,795 5 5
11
10
in Holland, under the Duke of York, and was des- Stamps Ditto
IP.oaextesOffice, Great Britain
perately wounded at the battle which was fought be-
-957 54,030 12 0 1,063 65,993 1 4 1,129 13,167 2 4 1,214 83,380 12 4 1,214 84,502 19 4 1,377 85,970 3 4
tween Egmont and Haarlem. On his return from -- Ireland 153 9,278 11 3 153 10,063 3 8 347 21,555 5 3 377 23,559 16 11 376 24,123 11 9 333 21,961 12 11
mint Office 33 9,725 11 6 33 8,317 19 6 33 8,317 19 (1 28 10,313 0 0 28 10,631 10 0 90 10,952 601
Holland he was promoted to a majority in a fencible
:8 36,617 13 7 127 31,500 15 4 183 46,776 4 0 909 59,837 19 0 141 44,483 9 0 107 33,614 13 9
-3%.17
regiment, with which he embarked to North Ame- ay r
Office
e 24 11,340 0 0 41 15,339 16 5 '76 21,388 10 0 81 22,295 0 0 74 20,562 0 0 65 19,746 10 0
rica. In 1801 he exchanged into the 86th Regi- Commander in Chief's Office
~,,'utant Quartermaster General's
'cseOffice •••••• 2 6 30 8,798 2 8 22 5,172 17 9 21 5,531 18 8
meat of Foot, then serving in Egypt. After talc- 4,00 d 14 0 24 7,815 17 6 23 7,943
2,350 14 2 22 5,328 10 8 35' 8,16-2 14 6 33 8,626 1 3 94 6,558 13 9 28 7,496 18 8
2 1,662 2 6 2 2,312 2 6 3 4,380 0 0 3 4,630 0 0 3 4,630 0 0 2 4,120 0 0
in the command of that corps, he marched with it Lutige Advocate General's Office 6 1,409 15 0 11 1,531 0 0 7 1,092 15 0 6 1,075 12 6
across the Desert to India, where he remained till A Office for
Chaplain General's Officefi‘°aliilardoaOrdtlice 6 2,191 10 0 13 5,739 16 0 14 6,835 18 0 17 7,758 19 0 10 5,241 5 0 12 5,617 5 0
1805. He then returned to England, obtained the2 535 0 0 12 '735 0 0 5 1,270 0 0 5 1,270 0 0 4 1,210 0 0 5 1,417 5 0
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was employed on Secretary's Office, Chelsea Hospital 4 6 0 22 3,272 16 0 59 '7,957 17 0 81 10,811 4 9
850 0 0 6 1,130 0 0 12 1,956
1,600 0 0
the staff as Assistant Adjutant-General for the Deputyaenr's j?
Trffieacesurer's Office..ntittoo
district. In 1807 he joined the expedition against Alien Office
- Stationary Office 2 651) 0 0 21 3,450 12 0 23 4,116 0 0 30 4,791 3 4 10 1,651 6 0 8 1,166 16 0
17 2,045 0 0 43 4,376 18 0 43 4,597 2 0
•45 5,779 ,8 0 40 5,607 8 0 14 4,756 4 0
South America, as Military Secretary to the Corn
of Colonial Slaves Office 4 1,210 0 0 4 1,210 0 0
mender of the Forces, and at the attack of Buenos liefe"tpraraper Office 6 '760 0 0 6 1,130 0 6 6 1,130 0 6 *"."6
1,130 0 6 6 1,130 0 6 . 6 1,300 0(1
13 4,470 0 0 13 5,520 0 0 30 11,798 17 9 31 12,065 14 11 29 11,910 910 29 12,125 4 0
Ayres received a contusion of a musket ball, which Comptrollers of Army Accounts Office
7 1,621 18 6 8 1,911 18 6 11 3266 7 8 11 3,566 611 15 5,422 18 9 21 6,090 11 9
shattered a small writing apparatus slung to his side. Lageornyal
office
Office 115 12,175 17 0 111 11,685 IS 6 93 9,587 14 0 93 10,382 8 6 93 10,590 10 0 13 2,561 3 4
On his return home, the Duke of Wellington, then Hackney Coach, and Hawkers and Pedlars' Office-- 42 3,966 3 n 44 4,001 8 6 44 4,024 19 3 44 5,1X17 16 6 47 5,250 8 8 44 5,309 15 2
Sir A.Wellesley, saw his rising talents, and appointed Auditor of the Exchequer Office
Teller of the Exchequer ...Ditto 6 5,600 0 0 6 5,380 0 0 6 5,556 14 0
him his military secretary. In that capacity he em- Ditto Ditto 6 4,700 0 0 6 4,700 0 0 6 5,350 0 0 6 5,800 0 0 6 5,800 0 0 6 5,800 0 0
barked with the expedition to Portugal in 1808, and Ditto Ditto 6 5.800 0 0 6 5,700 0 0
Ditto t3
Ditto
was present at the battles of Roleia and Vimiera. palls Office, Exchequer 23 6,915 0 0 23 7,980 0 0 21 9,845 0 0 19 11,095 0 0 16 10,507 10 0 16 7,35210 0
.4 When the Duke of Wellington was superseded in Exchequer Bill Office
8 1,690 0 0 12 2,960 0 0 12 2,960 0 0 13 3,800 0 0 11 3,650 0 0 11 3,T20 0 0
his command, he returned with his Grace to England. Woods, Forests, and Land Revenue Office
tglitsandltevenue Office
1,270 13 4
The Duke of York immediately afterwards appointed Establishment, Isle of Man 4l 2,214 19 8 41 2,604 011 40 3,224 0 0 46 3,224 0 0 40 ' 3,6 W 0 0 44 4,725 15 0
8 '760 0 0 8 628 111 11 8 760 0 0 8 760 0 0 8 760 0 0 8 560 0 0
Trim his military secretary. The manner in which AlaieretionnOdffice
Scotland 1 100 0 0 1 100 0 0
he discharged the duties of that office are too well Baronsw Hawkers and
39 10,548 3 4 41 12,938 3 4 il 16,858 3 4 11 16,989 3 4 40 16,188 3 4 39 13,223 3 4
known to require notice here. In 1811, he obtained IRELAND. 23 11,496 6 0 23 13621 3 3 23 12,596 3 8 25 12,480 13 '7 30 12,775 16 0 28 12,876 13 3
a company in the 3d Guards; in 1812, he was Chief Secretary's Office, Civil Department
Military Deartment l2 3,348 12 10 25 5,157 11 0 30 6,346 8 6 29 6,535 13 3 20 4,158 18 6 12 2,418 11 2
made Aide-de-Camp to the Prince Regent, with the
rank of Colonel ;in 1814, he was made Major- Chief Secretary's Office, London lO 2,130 0 0 11 2,43.5 10 0 12 2,770 0 0 12 3,680 0 0 12 3,773 8 0
General, by brevet ; and in 1815 he was appointed Privy Council Office '7 2,577 2 2 7 2,577 2 2 '7 2,577 2 2 1 2,577 2 2 '7 2,577 2 2 7 2,577 2 2
2 1,391 12 3 2 1,394 12 3 2 1,394 12 3 2 1,391 12 3 2 1,361 12 3 1 1,394 12 3
to a regiment. About eight years ago he was ap- Privy Seal ,17.avOotirse 22 4,107 12 9 27 4,693 4 1 28 4,848 11 1 25 4,765 11 0 24 4,738 5 0 17 3,029 0 9
pointed to the situation of Adjutant-General, and Office for Auditing Civil Accounts l5 4,085 0 0 20 5,774 0 0 32 7,432 18 0 28 7,754 0 0 29 '7,773 10 0 28 7,823 10 0
as such revised the old military regulations, and em- Board of First Fruits 3 75 13 9 3 '75 13 9 4 321 7 6 4 540 0 0 4 540 0 0 7 775 8 0
Hibernian School 26 512 1 6 27 '753 2 3 31 1,538 18 3 33 1,656 1 6 31 1,899 310 .33 1,691 0 4
bodied into them more rapid and masterly arrange- Inland Navigation Office 33 4,892 8 6 45 5,033 2 8 65 6,232 15 1 70 6,418 4 4 65 5,763 19 4
clients. At the time of his death he was Colonel of Office of the Lieutenant-General commanding 3 270 0 0 9 1,470 15 6 8 1,802 2 5 10 2,011 16 11 8 1,847 13 10 '7 1,169 1 7
the 2d Regiment of Foot. Army Medical Office 5 972 10 0 6 1,902 10 0 7 1,842 17 6 7 1,934 2 6 4 1,240 12 6 5 1,380 12 6
Military Account Office l4 1,080 0 0 42 '1,494 0 0 4'7 7,974 0 0 49 9,689 0 0 46 10,374 0 0 27 5,549 0 0
Quarter Master General's Office 6 525 0 3 '7 691 13 9 9 1,122 3 0 8 1,116 1 4 10 994 19 3
3 133 0 0 3 242 10 0 3 242 10 0 3 242 10 0 2 212 10 0 1 182 10 0
APPREHENSION OF MR. AUSTIN, OF PAr,TuotsatntMaresnhearlAemacle's Office
4
`Commissariat
1,017 37,601 2 6 976 36,518 5 0 164 11,618 15 0 93 8,87914 7 18 5,768 16 10
GREENWICH HOSPITAL.
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham 53 ,809 2 8 55 3,917 9 3 57 4,217 12 9 as 4,643 0 6 60 4,809 3 7 55 3,403 7 4
Military Hospital, Phoenix Park
(From the Cork Constitution of Saturday.) Vice Treasurer's Office 34 15,320 10 840 17,028 4 6 42 20,280 97 43 20,266 '7 728 13,881 3 5 16 6,302 7 8
- -
----
As we anticipated in our last, this unfortunate *16,26'7 1,374,561 3 1 20,221* 1,939,641 '7 1 22,931* 2,822,727 7 11 24,598 3,202,439 5 5 24,414 3,167,441 17 10 22,912 2,788,907 11 9
'
gentleman was arrested; but the difficulty was much ESTABLISHENT of 1797 16,267 1,374,561 3 1 16,26'7 1,374,561 3 1 16,267 1,374,561 3 1 16,267 1,374,561 3 1
- ,
greater than was at first imagined. The two Lon- INCREASE 1 3,954 565,080 4 0 6,664 11,448,166 410 8,331 1,827,879 2 4 8,147 1,792,880 14 9
don Officers (Farmer and Salmon), left town at a ESTABLISHMENT in 1819 24,414 3,167,441 17 10
late hour on Wednesday evening, accompanied by - --
REDUCTION since 1819 ... 1,502 378,534 6 1

(From the Cork Constitution of Saturday.)
As we anticipated in our last, this unfortunate
gentleman was arrested ; but the difficulty was much
greater than was at first imagined. The two Lon-
don Officers (Farmer and Salmon), left town at a
late hour on Wednesday evening, accompanied by
Mr. Goodwin Young, one of our City Peace Officers,
and arrived at Buttevant at seven o'clock, and im-
mediately proceeded to the house of a Mrs. Fether-
ston, a relative of Austin's, but he was not to he
found, and the woman was quite unsatisfactory in
her replies to the officers. She admitted that he'had
been there—indeed this she could not deny, for the
officers found some of his linen—but asserted, that
he had left it on the day before on his return to
Cork, where they no doubt would find him if they
returned ; but of this the officers knew better.
Accordingly they began to make enquiries, and by
a mere accident they discovered that he had his
twill: entered at the Mail-Coach Office, for Charle-
ville, in the name of Johnson, and that he walked
there himself, a distance of about 10 miles, on Mon-
day last. The officers then procured fresh horses,
,and arrived in Charleville about eleven o'clock, and
they ascertained that a person answering the de-
scription (ironing white hat and spectacles), had
been there at the hotel, for the last two days, and
only left it that morning-14 boy having carried his
portmanteau, but they could not say what direction
he took. The officers then continued their route, as
they were already aware that be had friends in that
part of the country with whom lie could remain, and
they were determined to makes vigilant search for him;
before they should go on further, and having reached
Bruff about half-past two in the morning, they ascer-
tained that he entered the Coik coach at Killmallock,
still in the name of Johnson, and that he went on to Li-
merick. The officers procured fresh horses there, and
drove off with rapidity—determined to intercept
him if he intended to take his departure by any of
the morning coaches from that city. They arrived
there at five o'clock, and Mr. Young took the ne-
cessary steps to have the warrant backed by a Ma-
gistrate, and while he was so doing the English
peace officers retired to a hotel. When returning
from the Magistrate's
.about seven o'clock in the
morning, Mr. Young most opportunely fell in with
a man answering the description of Mr. Austin,
nearly opposite the Commercial Buildings, and lie
watched him closely until he sawhirn turn up a private
t-areet, and enter a public house. He was then satisfied
of his man, and lie ran back for Farmer and Salmon
(the former of whom knew him very well for a ;;.,ries of
years), and on their coming up they discovered
coming out of the house,and took him prisoner. lie did
not seem much embarrassed at the moment, and
being interrogated, he informed them that he had
put up at the Canal Hotel, whither they went ' • and
only found 60 sovereigns
on search baing made they
about him. Having refreshed themselves they im-
mediately took their departure for Cork, and arrived
here at the Brulewell on Thursday night, where
they safely lodged him. On passing through Mal-
low, while taking refreshment, he saw the Constitu-
tion on the table, whichcontained the particulars of
his having absconded, and the pursuit that was in-
stituted, which having read, he seethed
affected. He denies that he has embezzled-. any
money ; lie mentions the large sums that went
through his hands in his situation, amounting some
years to two millions and a half, and says that any
apparent deficiency must be the effect ol an erroF in
the accounts. He will be sent to England in a
few days.

It has been suggested that there would be
fewer stage-coach accidents, if greater publicity were given
to them when they do occur. At present one half of
diem are hushed up, and never beard of.

..149 successful have the sportsmen been on
some of the moors, that it is calculated that not less than
30,000 headt:f game were sent from Galloway, during the
first week of ti,,s season, to London, Edinburgh, Liver-
pool, Glasgow, and o:.her- places.

A correspondent, who has just had a ride of
about ISO miles, between Fort George and Alontron, Ears,
4, Along the whole way the crops look very well—the far-
mers are making no complaints of too much rain, and they
are now busy reaping in all directions."—Scotsman.
REMARKABLE SAGACITY OF DOGS.
short time back a gentleman residing in the upper part of
Carnarvonshire received an invitation from a gentleman re-
siding in Middlewich, to spend a, moanthdwthoithklwiiimth him a. The
gentleman accepted the invitation, n
',.•vourite greyhound: The next day after their arrival, a
irtstiff belonging to the invitor attacked the greyhound,
and gave him a good drubbing. The greyhonnil imme-
diately took to his heels and fled home to Carnarvonshire, a
distance of about ninety miles, and the family there were
surprised to see the dog return without his master. Next
.rnorning the greyhound and a remarkably strong bull and
mastiff dog, belonging to the same gentleman, disappeared,
and no trace could be found of either of them until a few
,days afterwards, when a latter was received from the Welsh
gentleman, saying, his bull-dog and greyhound hash arrived
in Cheshire, and both had attacked the mastiff belonging to
nis friend, and had destroyed him before they ceuld be sPpa-
rated.

This Return is incorrect as to the number of Persons employed in 1797, 1805, and 1810, the Customs Returns of the Port of London for those years having been destroyed
in 1811 by fire. The Amount paid for Salaries in the Port of London is however included in the Totals. The number of Persons employed in the Port of London in 1815, was
2,043. A considerable part of the Emoluments of the Officers of the Customs formerly arose from Fees : these Fees were abolished, and the Salaries increased in the years 1806,
1807, and 1811.

t The Barrack Department and Storekeeper General's Department having been transferred to the Ordnance between 1819 and 182'7, and being included in the Returns of that
Office for 1827, they have, in order to make a fair comparison throughout the account, been added, so far as the accounts could be prepared by the Ordnance Department,
throughout the whole period.
• Whitehall Treasury Chambers, July 10, 1828.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Gazette de France, Aug. 24.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 26.—The Porte has just
been informed, by the Minister of the Netherlands,
that its efforts to induce the return of Hr. Stratford
Canning to his post have failed. A courier from
Vienna, who came to the hotel of the Minister of
the Netherlands, has brought this news, which has
much disappointed the hopes of the Turks. The
Divan deliberated, on the 18th, upon this message,
and considered all the documents relative to this
negociation. This is a proof of the importance
which is attached here to the sentiments of the
English Cabinet.
The sitting of the Divan lasted six hours, and
when it terminated, at eleven o'clock at night, the
Mufti, the Grand Vizier, the Reis Effendi, and three
other Members formed themselves into a Secret
Committee; the Sultan himself was present at it,
and caused the questions which had been laid before
the Cieneral Assembly of the Divan to be again dis-
cussed. The questions are said to have been to the
following effect :-
1. Not having succeeded in effecting a separate
agreement with one of the Powers respecting the
stipulations of the Treaty of the 6th July, is it for
the interest of the Porte to accede, without restric-
t;on, to this stipulation, and send an Ambassador to
Corfi4?
2. Is it for the interest of the Porte to endeavour
to come to an agreement with Russia, or ought it to
try the fortune of arms till the last moment ? Would
it do better to treat with Russia than with the two
other Powers ?
The opinions of the Committee were divided on
the first question, and it remained undecided.
With respect to the second, the debates were very
stormy ; the pa,cific party insisted upon sending two
Commiisioners to the Russian head-quarters ; but the
opposite party appears to have preponderated; and
the Sultan exclaimed, at the conch Sion, " Let the
horse's bridle be cut, if the shock is to abide ;" that
is to say, the war will be carried on to the last ex-
tremity.
PARIS, AUG. 23.—A letter from Bucharest says,
that th.e Russians have commenced the bombardment
of Silistria ; and that the fire was so vigorous and
well supported that, on the 21st and 22d, the can-
nonade was heard at Bucharest.

(From the Constitu6oonel.)
PAats, Auo. 23.—We are sorry to bud ourselves
obliged to retract the praises we gave our Ministry,
fur the haste with which they had outrun the
national wishes, and succoured the Portuguese who
had taken refuge in Spain. The following are the
facts :—When the blindness of some Powers and
the perversity of others sent Don Miguel to Por-
tugal, and treason at home conspired with intrigues
abroad to give a shameful triumph to a perjured
brother and an unnatural husband, there were some
persons in Portugal who attached importance to
their pledged fa,itli; those in the ports found refuge
on board foreign shipsz and left the country. The
inhabitants of the inferior
and the garrisons of the
frontiers were less fortunate ; and, to thg Dumber of
10,000, they wer,,?, obliged to flee into spain. ifrve
and 0)1'11 he He Qrdere
can easily coneetv.e that the presence of these
' emigrant:. must have been trowl4eoT.Ne to the King
most have had some appre-
d them to leave' the
and gave them a month to bud the
Spanish terrttory,
°life nSsPi oaritns' from
Don Pedro, for whom they
means, To whom could they address themselves
but to the Envoys of
Ministry
f their ambassadors to
Eng-
land, who had caused sm.:a of their had suffered so much ; and to the of Eng-
" The Brazilian En-
be the bearer of their Charter .
of no refusal, and they applied to the English Mn
voys felt that the honour of their SlOveyeignall_owil,
ter for vessels. At the same time Mes
yana and Besende, the Brazilian Ministersat Lon on
and Vienna, drew up the Protest, srs. Itadba-
wirio has already
appeared in the
.Journals. They also wrote a teWr
to Don Miguel to remind him Of his duty. They
showed to the Duke of Wellington the letter they
had written to Don Miguel, and asked him for ves-
sels. He received them badly, found the letter
:: wproper, and di4.lqed no pity for the Portti-

geese and Brazilian Refugees, and declared that
he would not expend a farthing to extricate them
from their difficult position. On the contrary, the
Minister for Foreign Affairs approved of the tone of
the letter to Don Miguel, and caused some severer
words to be added, but he referred them to the
Prime Minister for the vessels. Deceived in their
hopes from the Duke of Wellington, the En►oys
applied to the French Government. Its answer was
what it ought to be, noble and generous. The Mi-
nistry showed itself worthy of the great nation at
the head of which it is placed. Let other nations
obtain prosperity by consulting the cold precepts of
interest : it is the glory of our country to rise at
times above such vulgar calculations, and to trample
under foot temporary interests to obtain that ho-
nour of which nothing can tarnish the splendour,
and which no nation can envy us, for it is founded
on morality and disinterestedness. The French Mi-
nistry immediately made the finest promises. It
declared that it would interfere immediately and ami-
cably with the Spanish and English Governments ;
that it would send vessels to take away the Portu-
guese; and that when they reached France, it
would supply their most pressing wants. Accord-
ingly both Governments were wtitten to. One
was asked for delay, and the other for assistance.--
The Spanish Government appears to have granted
the request, for the month granted to the Por-
tuguese has long since elapsed, and they have not
been sent away. The Duke was not so accessi-
ble to pity. Not only did refuse to send
vessels or to intercede for 1.. e proscribed—he
showed his discontent with the generous and dis-
interested protection granted to the Portuguese.
Not willing to succour them himself, he dreaded
that another should obtain the popularity he lost for
the sake of Don Miguel, whom he proposes in a
short time to re-acknowledge. It is melancholy to
add, that the French Ministers did .not dare to give
way to their generous expressions in opposition to
the cruel egotism of the English Minister, and that
' the Portuguese, who in their distress had appealed
to us, and placed their hopes in our humanity, will
only have to die from hunger on the Spanish soil,
if they wish not to perish more rapidly under the
sword of Don Miguel.
_ _

The ordinance relative to the hulks, which we
subjoin, is preceded by .. report made to his Majesty
by the Minister of Marine, which is replete with
truly philanthropic intentions. He reminds his Ma-
jesty of a Commission in 1819, which decided in
favour of transportation, admitting that the esta-
blishments, like those of the English at New Hol-
land, might be formed at some of the islands of the
great ocean. This report led to no results. Subse-
quently the memorial of Col, Quentin,and a pamphlet
of the Marquis de Barbe-Marbois, attracted the atten-
tion of M. Hyde de Neuville. In the former transporta-
tion is admitted for one class of condemned persons.
M. Marbeis proves, in his pamphlet, that transpor-
tation would be always difficult, sometimes imprac-
ticable and very expensive. The discussion is only
adjourned, and the state of the Hulks is, in the
meantime, undergoing revision, From the report
of M. Hyde de Neuville, it results, that the number
of convicts at Brest, Toulon, and Rochefort, is
8,564, of whom, 4,403 sentenced to ten years and
yn4er? 1,616 to more than 10 years, 252 to more
than 20 years, and 2,293 for life. At Toulon there
are 4,373 ; at Brest, 2,532 ; and at Rochefort,
1,654. The following is the Ordinance, dated
august 20th.
Article I. The convicts shall henceforth be di-
vided among the naval ports of the kingdom,according
to the length of time they are to suffer, as follows ;

GEORGE R. DAWSON.

bour shall be sent to the different places where they
are to be kept, according to the extent of their
punishment.

(From the Constitutionnel of Saturday.)
TURKISH BULLETINS.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 26.—The hope which
the Porte had conceived that its position on the
northern side of the Balkan would form a bulwark
against the Russian armies, has, been nearly justified
by a series of successful engagements fought since
the beginning of July. It appeared that the Russian
Commanders had not collected imposing forces upon
any particular point, but lost much time in partial
attacks, which having been frequently repelled by
the Turks, inspired the latter with great additional
courage, and confirmed the Porte in the system of
operations which it had adopted.

The first Bulletin from the Turkish head-quarters
arrived here on the 12th. It announced an attack
made by the Turks on the position of Hadschi-Oglu-
Bazardschik, between Chumla and Varna, and their
defeat, after having experienced a loss of 1,500 men.
The day after, says the Bulletin, the attack was re-
newed, and repulsed as before, chiefly through the
courageous defence of the regular troops. The
Russians lost, in this second action, many men and
six pieces of cannon.
The same day a very sharp encounter took place
between a Russian corps of about 15,000 men,witli
20 pieces of cannon, and the Turks stationed at
Moldaviz, opposite Widdin, on the left bank of the
Danube. The Russians, after an obstinate action of
five hours, were repulsed, and lost on that occasion
2,000 men in killed arid wounded, and a greater
number of prisoners. They were even pursued to a
considerable distance on the Wallachian territory by
a column which debouched from Kalifat.

On the 10th, a Russian corps of 4,000 cavalry,
and from 4 to 5,000 infantry, was defeated by Alisch
..cha at Taschilitope, and lost 600 horsemen, who
were killed, and some prisoners, among whom was
a staff officer.

From the 10th to the 15th, there were several
conflicts less favourable to the Turks. Here there
is a chasm in the communicatious made by the Porte,
which leaps at once to some skirmishes which oc-
curred :in the environs of Varna, and at a short dis-
tance from Choumla.

On the 15th, 16th, and 17th, the Russians made
several attacks on the Turkish positions near Varna.
They had succeded in approaching that town, but
the arrival of the Captain Pacha with considerabie
reinforcements, compelled them to fall back. On
this occasion they are said to have had a Colonel taken
prisoner, on whose person important papers were
found.

Yesterday, several couriers arrived from the head-
quarters of Hussein Pacha, at Choumla, and from
the Capitan Pacha at Varna. These dispatches an-
nounce victories. The following is their substance:—
" The Russians had approached within a league
and a half of Varna, and had attacked the Capitan
Pacha on the 20th, with considerable forces : but
after an obstinate conflictof twelve hours, they were
repulsed, after experiencing severe losses. Mehmed
Pacha was even preparing to attack them the next
day in their positions, but they had quitted them
during the night, and fallen back a whole league.
During these events the division of the Russian fleet
had attempted to effect a landing at Varna, but bad
been also repulsed by the Turkish batteries, the fire
of which had damaged several transports. An at-
tack made the same day by the Russians on the
position of Choumla, had not a more favourable re-
sult. They were beaten off, after losing 2,000
killed, and many prisoners," Such is the substance
of the Turkish bulletins.

2. Tho-se sentenced flir ten years, to Toulon.
3. Those sentenced for upwards of ten years, to
Breslaw, Rochefort ; and so divided, that those who
fi.ice to be punished for 20 years and upwards. The
division by made according to the wants of the
respective ports.
4. The hulks at L'Orient shall continue to he ex-
flusively appropriated for the punishment of military
insuhot'dipo9ll

PARIS, AUG. 23.--The report circulated last night
jll Paris, to which we have reason to give credit, is,
that the Russians have experienced before Choumta
3 terrible check. The details with which this pin-
pipal fact is accompanied arp so extraordinary, that
w 0 rnust wait till they are confirmed before we pub-
lish them.—Journal du COillniC;T% Aug. 23.

5. The separation of the convicts on this principle
shall be made with the shortest delay possible, and
On shall be removed in his Alajesty's ships.
6. The persons in future sentenced to hard la-

Letters from Vienna, received this day in Paris,
announce that the Russian troops were preparing to
blockade Chownla. As that blockade noutit last at
least tWO months, we may consider the campaign as

terminated ; the Russians will not get to Constanti-
nople this yeare—Gazette de France.
FRENCH FUNDS. --PARIS; Ano. 23.—Five per Cants.
107 f. 25c.; Three per Cents. '72f. 65c. ; Bank Actions,
1,860 f.
FoitztaN FUNDS.—Neapolitan Renter, Falc. Cer. '76f.
35c. ; Mentes d'Espigne, 71f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 74f. ;
,Spanish Perpetual Annuities, 46if. ; Haytian Loan,
6211 L 50c4