The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-20 00:00:00

POLICE I :C;iI'ELLIGENCE.

MANsroN IfousE.—A. number of silversmiths
of the City applied to the Lonn'Mktort, requesting that his
Lordship a ould, if possible, give them authority to employ work-
men who were not freemen of the City, the masters being likely
to suffer much in consequence of the high price demanded tar
Work by the spoon makers, who were so privileged. It was repre-
sented, upon the part of the masters, that the spoon-maker; of
Middlesex worked for wages considerably smaller than those for
which the London spoon-inakers were to be hired ; and that,
consequently, the silversmiths of the City, if they were obliged
to employ the latter, would I,)e subject to great inconvenience,
to an eXpence that would give a considerable advantage to the
Middlesex trade, which must, under such circumstances, be the
successful competitor in the market. The London silversmiths,
were willing to pay as full wages as were given by those of Mid-
dlesex for the work alluded to ; but such a proposition upon the
part of the trade would not be lietened to. After hearing the
representations of the parties, the LORD Mavoit said, the case
was one in which he could make no decision. The question
was not whether the silversmiths had a right to employ other
journeymen, while the city of London spoon-makers were un-
employed, but merely a question as to wages. His Lordship
observed, that the subject would conic with propriety before
the Court of Aldermen. He at the same time intimatnl that
it was necessary that the journeymen should take care how they
discussed this matter. The refuSal to work at the prices de-
manded by other workmen of equal merit, might pth;sibly be
considered as the result of a general understanding, and that
understanding might be construed into a combination, if great
care were not taken. The case is to be forthwith submitted to
the Court of Aldermen.
GUILDIIALL.—TIIE LAW RELATIVE TO VAGRAMTS.—
By a statute of the last session of Parliament, Ist and 2d George
IV., cap. 64, nearly all the provisions of former acts rela-
tive to vagrants have been repealed, they having been found
inadequate to the prevention of vzgcancy, and a new spteni
of treatment adopted as an experiment, to be. in force fur
one year from the Ist of this present month. By this stat-
ute no reward can now be claimed for apprehending a vagrant;
but the Magistrate may, in his discretion, order a sum not
exceeding 55., to be paid by the parish officers, as a reward in
such cases. To direct the passing of vagrants to their parishes
the presence and consent of two magistrates is required, and no
person convicted of an act of vagrancy is to be committed to the
House of Correction for less than one month, nor longer than
three months, except by the Justices in general or quarter sessions.
Discretion is allowed the magistrate to discharge a person brought
before him for acts of vagrancy, if he shall think fit; but in
the case of a conviction, he can no longer send the party to pri-e
son for seven days to be passed to the parish, but must commit
the person so convicted, to actual punishment, hard labour, for
at least one month. The full punishment of the new Statute
was inflicted yesterday by Mr. Alderman Brown upon a sturdy
ill-looking fellow, named Michael Mamey, who infests the city,
beggingin the guise of a distressed sailor. Smith, the street-keeper
of Fleet-street, had found the fellow that morning at his usual.
avocation, begging, at the corner of Bell-yard. When desired to
desist and go away, he became abusive, impudently refused to
stir, told the officer it was his duty to look after thieves, and not
beggars ; and that he would beg in spite of them, all overthe city.
When brought to the office he was immediately recognized as an
old offender in this line. He had, it appeared, been several tithes
at the Mansion House on similar charges, and when last be-
fore the Lord Mayor, about a fortnight ago, had been clothed
to enable him to get a situation on board some ship ; he had,
however, sold the clothes, and resumed his old occupation.—
These facts being proved, and the fellow himself derlanng he had
no way of getting his living but by begging, Alderman ISAOWN
adjudged him to be a vagrant within the meaning of the statute,
and committed him to Card labour in the House of Correction
for three months.

FIRE IN GRACECHIJRCR-STREET.-It has not
been ascertained who the unfortunate person was that perished
with the fireman and turncock, while removing some of Mr.
Ryan's property. Bustin, a fireman, had the good fortune to
escape from the window of the first floor to the balcony of the
next house ; previous to which he had placed in safety an eight_
day clock, which has been thrice rescued from the devouring ele-
ment. This spot is memorable in religious history, as the first
place in London where the Quakers (or Friends) assembled—.
Wm. Penn herepreAched the sermon for which he was prose-
cuted, his Juryintimidated, and every insult heaped upon him
and others who differed from the religion of the Court. Happily
these days passed away with the Revolution of 1688. The house
in which Penn or Fox resided is still left, attached to the pre-
mises of Messrs. Masterman, which narrowly escaped destruc-
tion. The Friends' NI eeting-bouse is destroyed, with a vaiu:lb/t
library of books and various documents belonging to that re-
spectable sect.

REMARKABLE CROP OF PEAS.—TIie pro..
duce of a pea, planted in Swans Acre, Kin-
ross, was 1090 full sized peas. TI e stern
struck off into about twenty branches, and i.,
along with the produce, preserved by the pro-
prietor.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS,

S'eplernber 20.

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[THE: Trirtr.s.l
'Si. A.OBERT, WILSON.
[Great mystery is affected by the Ministerial
Press respecting the real causes of the dismission
of this gallant officer from the British service.
We'cannot say on our direct knowledge how far
the annexed solution of it is entitled to credit, but
we receive the narrative from a respectable Cor-
respondent, who announces it as the accredited
explanation in the military and ministerial cir-
cles] :
" On the day of the Queen's -funeral, at the
time the procession was approaching Cumberland-
gate, and after the firing by the military at the
people had commenced, Sir Robert Wilson rode
up to Captain Oakes, then on duty near Cumber-
land-gate, and, remonstrated with. him on the
coltduct of the soldiers under under his corn-
maud, which he said ' was disgraceful to the
regiment, and injurious to the character of the
service.' Captain Oakes replied, ' Sir Robert
I know you perfectly well, but I shall
cister into no discussion with you on this point at
present. I
.shall do my duty, and my Men will
do theirs.' Nothing further passed on that occa-
sion. 'On the following day Captain 4:)akes ,sub-
mitted the occurrence to the other officers of the
-iegiment, in order to obtain their opinion on
the course which it became him, as a man
,of honour, to pursue on the subject. He was
-willing to regard the affair as one of a per-
sonal nature, solely affecting himself, and only
required their sanction to take immediately the
proper measures to obtain reparation. The other
Officers of the regiment, however, rtfused to
allow a transaction which they considered to im-
ply a general reflection on the regiment to be
adjusted on the terms of a private difference,
and would not consent that Captain Oakes should
take the affair upon himself in the manner pro-
posed. A statement of what occurred at Cum-
Perland-gate between Sir R. Wilson and Capt.
Oakes was in consequence drawn up, and trans-
mitted to the Duke of York. His Royal High-
ness, qn receiving it, caused a private inquiry
into the correctness of the facts to be instituted,
and having found them established to his satis-
faction, he referred the whole affair to the King,
Vilio in consequence caused his Royal pleasure
to he declared, that Sir Robert Wilson should
be dismissed the service."

After having said " we cannot say on our own
direct knoWledge how far the annexed (above)
solution is entitled to credit," though avowedly
received from. 46 a respectable Correspondent,"
The Tunes presents its own narrative, with its
own comments and reflexions, as follows:

" W e shall now proceed to give another state
went, the particulars of which we have received
from Gentlemen who were near Sir R. Wilson
at the time, and who had, when they communi-
cated to us the intelligence, no more idea that
Sir Robert Wilson would have been so punished
_for his humanity, than we had on Tuesday, when
Ave saw the Gazette, that there was the most
distant connection between the-gallant General's
address to Captain Oakes-and the subject of the
olLcipl notification. It was only yesterday that
we had certain ground for ascribiti, this brave
man's punishment to a cause, prima facie, SO !Vl-
natural. The 14th of August was indeed a day
fertile in topics of something more than regret ;
sifice on account of the same anxiety for
the preservation of human life, called forth
from two honest hearts by its outrageous
proceedings, the country has incurred the
double loss of a benevolent Magistrate,
and a gallant and skilful Soldier. Sir Robert
Wilson was riding at the moment alluded to in
our printed- statement with the other gentleman
who-attended to pay the last tribute of respect
to her late Majesty. When he heard the pistol
shots, he expressed a desire to go up to the spot,
and at least ascertain the cause of them. His
friends would have detained him, from consider-
ing that his presence at such 'a scene might, like
many other innocent and well-meant acts, be
liable to malicious
,construction. This, Sir R.
Wilson declared to be unworthy his regard, so
'long as there was a chance of saving one life, or
dissuading the military from the smallest exer-
cise of violence. He therefore accosted the
commanding officer, simply asking him whe-
ther it was by his orders that the soldiers fired.
The officer replied " No." Sir Robert then
begged him " for God's sake to interfere and
prevent the effusion of blood." The 'firing
did, as our informants have assured "us, -cease al-
niost immediately, and by the interposition of the
officers. We are therefore 'bound to say that,
-with the materials for deciding which are as yet
before us, this brave and animated officer has, in
-our opinion, been harshly and illiberally treated.
We know too weil the force of the prerogative,
to question that the King has power,if he pleases,
to take away an officer's commission. The prac-
tice of late (very late) years has been such as to
remind us that the power exists-4nd -that there
•tre those who seem averse to its ever becoming.
obsolete. We admit also that to chastise the re-
fractory Opposition Voter, in the person of a
Major-General, may be with some certain classes
of Ministers a temptation too powerful to be
withstood ; but, let the culprit be ever •so ob-
noxious; is it. not necessarily a wise proceeding,
" With barefaced power to sweep bun from my sight, _
" And bid my will avouch it ?"
It is not wise, because it is not just. No pre-
rogative of an English King is of such a trans-
cendant and arbitrary nature, as to " be avouched"
by mere will„ All discretion is-given him to be
discreetly exercised. The advice under 'which
he acts is liable to be questioned ; the motives of
his advisers to be -scrutinized ; acts of midis*
put-ed prerogative- may be condemned for indis-
putable folly, malignity, or unworthiness, in the
feelings whence they flow."

[NEW Tißits.]
The Old Times, at last, confesses that " to
great surprise," it has "discoveted it is under in.
dictm&it for a Libel en the veep person whom i
on Saturday last accused of cowardice for not in.

dieting the "Leading Journal." ft has taken a'
few days to deliberate on its surprise, and it cer-
tainly does acknowteclge it-in a very subdued
tone indeed !—Let any one look at the atrocious
article of- last Saturday, and compare it with
that of yesterday. A more profligate abuse of
the power of the Press was never exhibited
than in the former : nor a more ridiculous at-

tempt to sneak out of overbearing insolence than
in the latter. In the first instance, all the low,
Billingsgate vulgarity of Mr. Waithman was re-
peated,-and chuckled over, and commented upon,
if possible, more offensively by the Editor; the
injured individual, it was presumed, lay at the
mercy .of the Tyrant of the Press, and
it was determined to crush him into the
earth with the memorable "-reams of wet
paper." Now the scene is changed. The
Editor " neither claims the merit nor the
demerit" of his friend Waithman's scandalous
tongue—it is not -he that gives currency, and
add% venom to the original slander—strange
that any man should think of indicting him !
stranger still that any Grand Jury should find
the bill.—He is a mere channel through which
to convey the news of the day—and " by this
test he is willing to be tried."—Miserable sub-
terfuge ! Paltry, pitiful equivocation ! and to
come from the very Journal which had not
merely challenged attack, but had made its sup-
posed exemption from prosecution the ground of
a new and more odious insult 1. Certainly the
offender will not be tried by the test which he
now supplicates. He will not be regarded as
one whom a -painful public duty compels to re-
cord language a thousand times more disgraceful
to the man who uttered it than to him who is its
object. We ourselves are too frequently placed
in:that unpleasant predicament when we have to
record the harangues of Mr. Waithinan, who
seldom speaks in public but to slander his betters
in rank, in worth, and in talents. But it is one
thing to the unwilling historian, and another to
the confederate in calumny. The public_ can-
not have forgotten the unmanly advantage that
the Director of The Times took of the com-
mercial difficulties in which Mr. Sharp, like .a
thousand other honourable men in this great me-
tropolis, had been casually involved ; they can-
not have forgotten the disgust which was. univer-
sally felt at so base an attack from such a quar-
ter—for surely if the writer in question had had
the slightest regard to the feelings' of his own
family, he would not have ventured to allude to
a commercial failure as a subject of reproach.—
We, for our part, shall be more considerate ; we
shall not touch upon incidents, which, in stinging
to the quick the upstart vanity of an insolent
individual, must inevitably give pain to his un-
offending connexions. It is, however, a part of
our duty to notice the abuses of the Press, and
a more gross and offensive one than that perpe-
trated in The Times of last Saturday, it certainly
never fell to our lot to encounter.

[MORNING Pon.]
The Radicals and their Whig Allies pretend
to be highly delighted with the manner in which
the subscription for the relief and remuneration
of the Life Guards wounded on the daY of the
Queen's funeral, has terminated. As usual they
express what they do not feel. They may, in-
deed, rejoice that a just and salutary object has
been dereated,for to defeat such objects has been
the constant study of their lives ; but they can
feel no delight at a termination which raises still
higher the character of those soldiers whom they
have joined the populace in defaming. They
who have hitherto done every thing in their
power to create a breach between the military
and the people, cannot see with pleasure the mi-
litary act in a manner so delicate, so manly, and
so honourable, as must conciliate the respect and
admiration of even the lowest -alnQngst the mob.
All that tends to produce harmony must prove
unwelcome to those who have shewn that tumult
and disorder were the elements of their hap-_
piness. We, make therefore no unfair assertion
when we say that we do not believe the sincerity
of the delight expressed by the combined organs
of the Whigs and Radicals. In their own view
of the question they have no cause for rejoicing;
and that which, when it reaches their lips, is
triumph, would, if seen at. the .moment of its
birth, in their hearts, assume no other character
than that of defeat.

[MORNING HERALD.] -
The question respecting Turkey and Ruisia
no longer excites the same curiosityperhaps
from having kept men's minds so long on- the
stretch without any final satisfaction. It would
appear, indeed, that the march of the negocia-
Lions has slackened. Prince Metternich is about
to submit to his Sovereign a DeClaration, to be
pbblished in the name of Austria, respecting'
the Greeks,, and, if we may trust the specula-
tors upon politics in Paris, England is labour-
ing to 'persuade that Power into 'a Convention re-
specting the Turkish-gmpire, calculated to restrain
the projects of the Emperor Alexander. It is
also stated that England is drawing still closer the
bonds of amity with Spain, in order to wield
the greatest possible weight of authority and
power against the Autocrat of the North. The
probability 'is,-as we have already stated from
the 'Foreign Journals, that another Congress will
take place, and that until then the pending .dif-
ferenceS witl 'linger on undecided. The state of
Europe is certainly such as to call for a Con-
gress, now that Congresses, for the last half
dozen years, are so easily got. His Majesty's
visit has, we have no doubt, a reference to iti
and, if we ate correctly informed, he will pass
more ofhis time at Vienna than at Hanover. It

is there, We hear, that the Sovereigns will meet
each other, and not at Frankfort. In the mean
time, this protraction of the negociations will
prove favourable to the Greeks. Whilst the
question of war or peace remains unsettled,_and
the Russians continue in-force on the frontiers of
Bessarabia, -the Turks must oppose a propor-
tionate force in the same quarter, and thus a di-
version is operated in favour of the Greeks.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The scheme of retrenchment, adopte4.by Mi-
nisters, has begun precisely where, in justice and

mercy, it should have ceased to opefate, They
haye, indeed, begun at the. wrong end, but then

that end- was the furthest removed froin'them-
selves,, and in the true policy of
_Frederick of
Prussia, they have lain any '4' thing but tha table.
cloth as far from home as. possible. The' Petty
Cle-rks ant./ Subordinate Officers of Government
are _destined, first, to feet the measures of re-
trenchment. Long practised in etonomising-their
narrow- Means, it is probably argued, that they
are better qualified and adapted to-endure pri-
vations than those accustomed to riot in the in-
diligence of every luxury. Were the object of
Ministers to render the, very, name of Re-.
trenchment odious, a more happy expedient
than that we have alluded to could not

have been devised ; the consequences of which
are as abortive as the principle is unjust.—
The underlings of office, when thrown out of
employment, have no resource but in crimes or
the parish, and of necessity become either -curses
or burthens to their country ; and what,-at best,
is the saving effected at this price ? Does it
amount to one of those salaries, in the enjoyment
of which Ministers and their servants have grown
old and wealthy ? No; but theatree is.not to be
lopped at the top, quoth Ministers, let us begin
at the bottom where the leaves are rare and
ragged ; do not think to profane with the rude
pruning knife our luxurious produce, we are
above its reach. Respect the foliage that has.
cast a shade like that of the Upas tree over the
surrounding country, that like it desolates all
within its fanci;;;f. shelter. The poor resource-
less clerk is thus to be thrown an- outcast on so-
ciety. They, 1;11e beggars' children, are to be
pinched to cry for food; in order that their well-
fed masters may live and thrive in comfort.—
The moan of distress wrung from them will;

it is thought, be convincing evidence of the
inflexible stern severity of Ministers in the
work of Retrenchment ; a grand instance and
example to the world of unbending Roman
virtue, unattended with the inconvenience of Ro-
man self-devotion. To call the measures to
which we have alluded retrenchment, is an insult
to the necessities of the public; it is only iu effect
laying that burthen on the community that is
taken off the Government. Nothing but the
strictest economy, it is admitted by all parties,
can save the country. Let then Retrenchment

lop something from the superfluities that abound
in 'Downing:street, and the Treasury Chambers.
We do not apprehend any danger of Lords Li-
verpool, Sidmouth, or Londonderry coming on
the parish ; ❑or -indeed of any of the many
Noble Members of the Council of Regency.
• .It etas it proverb of Frederick's, applied to his custom of
carrying the war into the enemy's country.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 18.

The vicinity of these towns has exhibited a
gay scene of bustle for the last two days, to
witness our Regatta, which has ended with giv-
ing satisfaction to an immense concourse of spec-
tators, and the parties-more immediately con-
cerned. The scene on the first day (Monday)-
was heightened beyond all description by the
arrival of the Royal squadron from St. Helen's,
where they anchored the preceding night. In
the very height of this sailing match, the KING'S
own yacht, the Roy Al George, stood into bar-
boqr, encompassed bynet:e numerous yachts and
sailing craft_ of every description—her appear-
ance was grand, and gave a high colouring to the
busy scene. The Royal yacht came into the
harbour in order to have a few internal altera-
tions made.- Orders have been received to refit
the Royal squadron with every possible dispatch.
The -Kula is expected again to embark from this
port, The highest panegyrics are passed on his
MAJESTY'S conduct during _the heavy -gales of
wind which the Royal squadron encountered.
At first his MAJESTY felt those consegnences
generalry attendant upon a rough voyage—he
soon re-appeared on deck, looking much better
for his short illness. He landed in the highest
spirits, graciously thanking all the squadron for
their attention, and duty towards him._ All
the nautical men who- witnessed the conduct of
the Royal: George pronounce her to be the best
sea-boat that ever swam. The escort squadron
-received considerable damage from the, press of
sail they were obliged,to carry to keep up with her.

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Extract of another Private Letter, same date.
With the exception of the Grecian, which met
with some disaster, and put back to Dunleary,
the whole of the KING'S flotilla is arrived at
Portsmouth. The Royal George went imme-
diately into harbour to refit, and the Royal
Sovereign and Prince Regent (yachts), with the
Liffey and Active (frigates), the Cameleon and
Lee (sloops of 'war), composing the escort,
brought up at Spithead: The Prince. Regent
has sailed for Deptford., and the rest of the fleet
remain at their moorings in readiness to attend
his MAJESTY to the Continent.—Circumstances
seem to confirm the rumour of the KING'S return
to this place, 'in- order to embark for the Con-
tinent. The Royal George yacht is refitting
with all expedition, and is expected to be ready
for sea again on Saturday next ; and his MA-
JESTY, it is stated, will be .positively here about.
the middle of the ensuing week. The. Prince
Regent sailed this forenoon for Deptford, to
be dismantled ; but the Royal Sovereign, with
the whole of his MAJESTY'S convoy, still re-
main at Spithead. From the advanced state
of the season, his MAJESTY will land, it is sup-
posed, on the contiguous coast of France, within.i
the pier, in all probability, at Calais. Remain'
likewise at Spithead, the Agnes and Gannet
sloops, and, the Glasgow frigate, at Cowes. The
annual Regatta, of which the first day's exhibi-.
tion took place yesterday, was renewed to-day,
under the. most favourable •auspices. The sports
were a repetition of boat-races. The first course
was a match between sailing wherries of a par-
ticular size; second, sailing.vessels of a certain
tonnage ; the third, vessels of a larger class ; and
the last, a rowing match by five wherries, each
carrying a pair of oars and a coxswain. The
different races were admirably contested, and
did not terminate till nearly sunset. The plat-
form, the ramparts, and South Sea Beach, were
covered with spectators.

OLD BAILFIY.

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,
' YeSter4TRIVIN alfig§theT6 , stood inlcto for
being at large in the county of Middlesex, he having been trans-
ported for the terin of his natural life in7June lust ; the pri-
soner had beerr found in the city of London, and tried for the
()Enda of being then foundi, and the plea he now set lip was,
that he been tried and acquitted fox. the offence with which he
now stood charged.
Furzman, the officer, and other persons, were called:to-prove
the fact of the prisoner being at large, and
Mr. LAW having addressed the Jury, :
Mr. Justice RICHARDSON observed, that the mere question
here was one of law', and should the Jury find : the prisoner
guilty, he would reserve the point for. the consideration of the
judges.
. The Jury having consulted for some time, found that the
present was the same charge as the prisoner had before been ac-
quitted- of. -
Mr.:II.I.n.DING,: aged 55, stood capitally indicted for stealing
six sheep value 101. the property of Thomas Billings, dn the
sth of July last, from a field at Mill-hill, Middlesex.
. The prosecutor stated, that' on the Monday following'the rob-
hery, he found the sheep in Smithfield, in die custody of a boy
named Abrahams.

Abrahams swore, that on the 7th Of July he saw the sheep
in the possession of the Prisoner, and on the Monday 'fel,:
lowing was sent by a Mr.
,Cox, a droi'er, for.thsm at Hackney.
Tilley, a drover, swore that he purchased six sheep'of the
prisoner on the 7th of Jnly,and that the prisoner drove them to
Hackney for him. Witness gave IL Os. a head for•thern, Which
he considered a fair price. • .
Thomai Sternage also proved the prisoner to hare had the
sheep his possession. •
T. Austin, a constable, went with another officer to the resi-
dence of the prisoner.at Winchmore-hill, where they, after some
difficulty, forced open the door. On going up stoirs the wife of
the prisoner seemed to. he alone, but the other officer noticing a
person .walking about in the kitchen, dressed as a woman, 'kept
his attention directed to the object, and on seeing the person so
dressed attempt to go out of the house, followed; and took the
prisoner into custody in consequence of observing that the sup-
posed female wore man's shoes ; and on taking the handkerchief
frOna his face, the prisoner Was immediately detected, and' of
course taken to the police office.
The prisoner put in a written defence, in, which he stated that
he purchaSed the sheep of a man named Thoinas, and on his
way sold theM for 11. 7s. 6d. each, and exposed the rest publicly
fcr sale at Smithfield. ' He strongly protested his innocence, and
accounted for plating on female attire by saying:that he was
fearful of being arrested for debt.
A man named Stowe Swore that he saw the prisoner purchase
nine sheep in the London-road, on this side. Enfield. ,1
A considerable number of witnesses were called as to charae-
ter, but none of .them could positively say how the prisoner
got his livelihood. They all thought him to have an bide-
pendence. .
Mr. Justice Iticuaillissoil summed up, and the. Jury found.
him—Guilty. •
The prisoner was again tried
,on another Indictment for a
si-
milar offence 'and. acquitted.