The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-20 00:00:00

RASH f ONATI LE MOVEMENTS.

The Earl of Athhurnharn, fur Ashhurnham-plaee, near
Battle, in Sossext Major and Mrs. Dawson, for Bath, front
Cheltenham ; Mr. Walter Burrell, from a tour, to north:on,
in Sussex ; Mr. W. Freetnaotle, M.P. for Enxlefiiiiil-green ;
Earl of 'Temple, from a tour, to Aringrion, near Winchester
lion. William Ponstinhy, for Althorpe, in Northamptonshire;
Ron. Captain Gage, R. N. from Portsmouth, to Westby-
House, near Alton ; Earl of Blessington, from 'Dublin, to
Mouotjoy Forest, near Armagh, in Ireland; Mr. John Bound,
M.P. from a tone, to town; the Lady of General Adams, fur
East Griostead, in Sussex: Lord Frederick Bentitick, from a
tour, to Welbeek, the seat of the Duke of Portland, at o:ler-
'tint, in Nottinghamshire ; Mr. S. Aeott, M.R. for gootsobe-
placid, near Godalming, in Surrey; Colonel Baird, from the
North, to Edinburgh ; Lord Francis. Osborne, for G%'n►agog-
hills, Cambridge, from a tour; Earl of Cork, from a tour, to
Marston-House, rear From/. Somersetsbire ; Captain Sykes,
for Dorking, in Surrey; Earl and Countess of Clontnell, to
Hert ford•street, May-fair, from Weston•HAll, near Shipton-
011..stour, Gloneestershire ; Marquis of Illandford, if;
car-street,• liaiover-square, from White Knights, in Berk-
shire; Marquis of DOwnshire, from Dublin, to Hillsborough,.
in Ireland ; Sir W. Pole, Bart. for his seat, near Axminster,
in Devonshire.

A letter appears in one ot the French Journals
'rem the bri,ther ot the late General Plcuttoet►,
n which he cautions the British public from he-
nag imposed upon by a female itvindier, who calls
►erself a (laughter of the late General. He Inv*,

he hiveitigatetl her claims to that honour with
great care and anxiety, anti rowuci them tOtolly
titifoundetl.

The 'Piers Cansolides are not, as erroneously
stated., French 3 per rents. The French funds all
bear I) per cent. interest and the origin of the
phrase Tieri ConsoHiles is, that they are mealy
the consolidated thirds of fragments of the old
dchr,

The collection of casts from the choicest speci-
mens of ancient sculpture, which the Nitwit Ka-
GENT received lately from Rome and Paris, have
'wen very handsomely presented by his. Royal
Iliehttess to the Royal Academy.
-.• Sir Josertt UANKS is now perfectly recovered
!Prom his recent indisposition, %ili, was not of
the serious nature apprehended.
• The Countess Low', of Dunmore, lies danger-
ously ill at her house in Gloucester-place.
A Punster, ou reading the lately published Vo-
lume respecting BOONAPARTIS, Snit, it wiis Thiortlyi
curious front the prisoner bovine confessed !Mune.
of his crimes to the Warden of the Fleet. ' * •
The people of France are represented as being
Hs fun of iarriog matter us it the Lilly had its old
Lat n signification, and the intendoctiou of strife
3Vel..tt co•existent with titat of the /ii,

The Academy of Bologna proposes for the sttb-
jeet of. M prize the following lineation
ix the class of citizens most interested in the pre-
servation of Goverment I'4—Tlo prisv is a metrat
of 3VO sevios.

. .
The Court Wait CM Slit MAI !Ws: Iseenpleii %\ittii
the tollowih,lcitne :-...+
. . !j..
.1h:1811 a Monsieur Crtvelti
.and pd.sohoned
the management of the. theatre awl "gambling-
, ,
botiso of Nlilao. . ride, tiii)s view, it was pro-
posed .'to make a magnificalit 4resvnt to Prince
-.I a' Kerte, the son..in-hry of !loon:parte. M.
,Pusi, the Prince's jeweller at Milan, was,' in
il4r0111:111Ce of the plim, ordered to' pnrchase 1.1
famous Oriental Sapphire, in the possession of
M. Ferret, a jeweller at Paris. The bargain wits
conehided for 150,006 francir; of ..dtieli nait
.
‘wmt pt w down in ',VS.?! 5 anal ti in mnit 'i, ts , and
•114 remainder secured by a bond for forty Cain.
..smitil franc's, payable' at ‘‘hint. Aleanwhrie the
,Mail fur the direction Of the theatre aiiil gottn.l
bling.hittliie at Mild!' 'failed-, and the sapphire
was left; on the hands 6I the phrcha.ser„ who its
h.feli days prisentedit to, the seller, and 'insisted
he Sliotilti take it back. alleging that tlie'b,argain
was'colutitionA. M. Fusi refused, and M. Perret,
ill ,a rage', threw. it upon the 'counte'r and left
it. there... A 'suit was instituted, but the news-
.,
, papers -of .the. day were not at liberty_to men-
tion it, and lifter a long and expensiVe procesi it
was decided againit M. ferret 's bat this judg-
ment was afterwards re'veised, and M. Fuse was
ordered to
.pay the 40,000 fraks, besides damage's,
as at libeller. M. Fits i since failed', and the sapphire,
which remained in the possession of M. ferret,
kr.fl S sold under the judicial decree. .1t 'produced
only 40.100 francs, instead of 150,000; andpi, the
distribution of this stun became the 'Subject
Oa new snit, .in which the creditors of M. 'Fusi
succeeded an the first instance against M. Perret.
who insisted upon retandr.g the whOle in dii-
charge of the bond. The Royal Court,
.after a
long hearing, confirmed the decree, and directed
that M. Ferret should be allowed to come in only
fora share itt common with the other creditors u
the bankrupt.—(Paris Paper.)

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Nttiisiol42l-16usit --Yvstertlay Thoma's nrrell,
the tirayman, was brought up, and
tou'vrtvellt a
6041 examination, 'chart:et' with being cO4c.ertted
, , ,„ ,
14 the (list 'trounce of the 2(1 instant,
A wit'iies's int 'the part of the prisonir was
brought forward to prove that the latter was. seers
in the Bitch'Eagle publieslionie,Briek-latte,Spital-
Adds, on the day it► iplistiou, about 114)1:past
three pl.elork , but another liidividitat ialtetr,
.t hitt
rhe prisonii' cVaS at H eonsidsrtlfile distatteetrora
the niftirterAnentionett at four. The former ac-
count the
,prisoner. lout himself given to the Lot d
Ma'yo'r.iiii Wetknestlay..

, The rariat ions of the statement atm induced his
Lordship to send for some of the flames, in or
abinit Mr. Beckwith's, but they havin4 been cill-
ed +gm to view the person of the pr'isoner, were
unable to ideality him.—He Was accordingly
dis-
charged, with a Suitable admonition from the
'Lord Mayor."

• .
The Loitl MeSoar having adopted the expedient
of ascertain-I* 'Through the:medium of the rider
IY,:444ll')witteAlter Any of time cornmonicat inns lately
rereiVetilAyollis Lordship, purporting to be the
hand-writtni, of young Watson, were genuine,
they have been clearly proved to he fabricat ions.
. . .
Yesterday hit Lordship received at least a dozers
additional letters upon the subject, one of which
was front a fisherman in x sea-port town, stating
that he had landed young Watson in France, and
enclosing another letter, purporting to Come front
the latter person, in which he declares most so-
that althoitgh heltbeyond the reach of
the " blood Money gang,',' he was not the person
Who shot Mr. Platt, but repeats that he knows
Who did.
‘Vith regard to young 'Watson, hie Lordship is
desirous it should be understood, that the descrip.
Lion given of that person is not so accurate as it
should be. Ms Lordship, besides other lamina-
lion, has obtidued from the Mayor of Lynn, a here
Watson went to school, an account, which states
that young Watson had a mark on the eye, rather
than a mole beneath it. The mark is represented
to be a sort of protuberance or heaviness, which
during.:ponversation, or his looking an indkiduat
straight in the face, constantly falls down.

Ilow"-Sraztur:—YesterdLay the witnesses en.
gaged in apprehending Dr. Watson at Highgate
attended at the Office, and their evidence reepect-
Mg that transaction was formally taken in writing;
•but we do not yet understand whether it is deter•
mined bow he is to be prosecuted, !dative lks
political condttet and actions solubirred with it, o
for being found at Highgate with lire.tirms, under
suspicious ,circumstances.

PR EsToN. ►
•
Qn
Wydnesday last, Wore Prestoni tens called
to f ht." iev ot.lll, he'showed very great ills-
13r.opsriotri)ofuo iitishet4lilea,t,l„o.f
71thhee,iNt.,1rlitii,s,li.iirtisig-hiesriaisnentcocog,ilat•let
of his observations as they fell from him. His
menne,r WAS gellenitly Cain, : at intetvels, how.
ever, he. 'ased his voice, when he uttered tiny
words which he supposed contained. more than
usual force and meaning. '' I attribute," Wit
he, ." all the savage injuries we suffer to the
fanded.:.system, which will, run door every thlisK
until it is given up. lam not ambitions : I arts
an humble indreidual, very Willing to give up
my blood, if it. is wanted, for the service of
the. country ; I Want to relieve my comitrymen,
for I have feeling and humanity, and I hate the
funded syaini." Mr. HUM'S Haute being men-
tioned " Aye," said he," I admire the political
bravery of that man's conduct.. lie was thought
dangerous ever since he put the coestitutional
Motto ' trptirf till house, when Sir Francis Burdett
was sent to' the Tower."—" But thisfunJed sys-
tem : I have.written a book upon it, Sir, and will
soon blaze it. forth ."—" Poor pyrtil 1 1 was wrong
in saying. thatbe was Chairman at the Carlisle ; but
I Wlls giving my directions at the time to the
15,000, and was mistaken ebouthim. However, lie
hes promised Rot to prosecute nte.—Po yeti know,
that I wrote to Perceeul, when he wns slice, about.
a scheme of mine for removing thisforndefisystem ;
but there wus
,no use in vet king : very little.no-
lice was given to sae.: my plan, I suppose, inte?.
feted ss itlihis 'own." Upotebeing asked what his
plan Wm, he replied, "'That. every man 611401 d
give tip a' teeth pert of his property-,every man
in the Statesto pay oirthe National I.)ebt. But,
Sir, Mr.' Helit was not areuainted with any se-
cret ; he merely Caine to Spa fields upon my in-
citation." Here Preston made a rapid and extrava-
gant transition to the subjeet ofthe t tuespirit of pa-
triotism, and the.advantages nt liberal edocation and
gentlemanly 'wooers.. His tongue was, however,
divertedttrowthat subject, upon looking out at the
(low of 1,181161(111.1s4/114e. That, Sir," point.
Tug 134 t.ilc. 40. " is the cause of all our mist-
rtes. A few are fattened by and they eep tr.va
us not only of
•the luxuries, but,
,of the neces-
saries of lite. The'.oenk has raised the price of
bread and of inetir..:l-ori kitow what Adam Smith
says of labour and of money : I know it
Atter all this- diatribe, lie seemed willing to hear
about Mr. ,Platt„:.• Somebody mentioned that
Mr. Plait was the prifiriple of a re•
term in Parliament ; srpcsn which he said, "I re•
Bret that event of shooting ; but to say any more
about it would be treachery. I have written a
letter to poor Mr. Platt : I wish I had it to show
you ; but I sleep on Illy hvii of straw soundly,!'
Being as:ied whether such reform 00 Was
fated was not rather ebbord, especially with regard
to the stand whiei ;nob %you'd be likely to make
befote the' soldii ty, be veld, " 1 know the sob.
diera well.' You haye sere what the etimilar4
said. If the Bank goes on thus, nit:shall no toiler
be a nation : we Must either be a colony, Or be
assisieuce front toreigners. Watson 'vas,
admit, precipitate: ;Goveentnent are touch
debt ed co him for his precipitancy:"

Mr. JRB9l)f, tVII knoctlieti down end robbed of
his thatch tool netbrelin, near the Debtors' poor,
Newoue, tin Wedoestiny et ening, %total sit
o'clock, wlr44pseveral persons :vere
Thrre appettretl to be a gang of About six pteratons
emniecteti with the wan who actually cottobitted,
the, rubbery.