The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-17 00:00:00

CURIOUS MARRIAGE.

Baussr.t.s, MARca I2.—An inhabitant of Corti'
ntioes,. Blain, died there on the Gth of this
Intim h, aged eighty-fonr. This man was [lo'l
married, and what is very remarkable is, 00,
his second wile was horn on the very day that irllj
first wife died, and hr then declared that be wortio
never have any other wife than this infant.
fact, he waited till she was twenty years 01';
when he married her. He was then sixty-fouryo'i
of age ; he had a daughter by her the first Veer
his marriage, and a second 20 years afterwards, t°
the month of Jan. last ; be leaves several childit;
the eldest of whom is 60 years of age', anal 1/',l
youngest scarcely two months. This man liveo,
20 years with his lii st wife, remained 20 yitorsoq
widower, anti his second marriage lasted als°
Yiais.—(Erir.ssets Paper)

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BRIGHTON, MARcu 16.—There noir appeg•-,/
be no doubt of our being ogaiil hogioutcd
presence of his Royal Highness the Puli4cs 1
-GENT, during the holidays of Eistcr.
to
The Prince of HessE HOMBERG reilMeG
,town yesterday .from Bushey, and rn,de st)":0
visits; and in the evening 11a41 a select party
dinner.
Yesterday afternoon the Duchess of Yor-5
lte
town for Oat lands. Her Royal Highness 411°1
herself in her curricle.
Yesterday the Duke of YoRK transacted. ot
tl'
tary business With the PRINCE REGENT, a. -6
ton House. AE

The Marquis of ANGLESEA had an audience 11'
the PRINCE. REGENT.
M. A. TAYLoa, Ecy. and Mr. WHARTON, °
of the present Members for Durham, ale
canvassing the City of Durham, and the arr*o
of Mr. ALLAN is daily expected, for the
purpose. of
A Paris Paper relates the foll.wing inst""e
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real benevolence On Sunday, the sth, l'1)7,11
nine at night, two women and an infant b6fir
into the Seine, at Rouen, near the .01
racks of Saint Sever. A soldier of the Or
Regiment of the Royal Guard, named 10:4fid
heard their cry for help. This brave to""
not hesitate an instant to fly where ti0n4,31;),i0
called him ; he precipitated himself in
art
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equipment into the river, very rapid in that
and happily saves! three of his fellow_creBture9'it,
the moment when their death seemed
IU afterwards refusedevery thing but the 0/-1),
of those whom he had preserved."
YORK-CASTLE, FRIDAY NIGHT.—The tfreal
William Greenwood, for setting fire to the 1;d
poi tery, came on at 2 o'clock ; upwards of I°?tc'
witnesses were examined on the part of themlitet,
scenti'>n. Tie trial occupied the Court utiti'ecO'
nine o'clock. The evidence consisted of '1
number of minute cir,;unistances. The
without a moment's hesitation; found 016
soner—Not Guilty. oft"
ATTEMPED ESCAPR.-0!) Friday evening' 10.(
the examination of Claxton, alias ChaprOrl'k,
passing forged rotes, he was conveyed i°3oo
the House of Collection in a coach with „,11/
Foy. The officer perceived that he was test
e-jae°
If (row the burthcn of his irons ; but on
he extricated himself from them, and atten)Pl,;ol/
escape. A violent scuffle ensued, but 81(`)n 001
officer
the was opposed to a poweettil yo'lngtt
he prevented his escape, and safely
prison. In his pocke:s were found files with o'
lodged hill'iiCll
tie had cut the irons off. Ord'

Blown into I'ORT.-1n the Hurricane last du
ncsday week, a Sailor svalldng ujigh_str-00
Portsmouth, was driven with such violence 001.0
the door of a Lottery Office, as not only to 11Opt
it open, but to give Jack a /loorer in the Cpl
who, springing up, apologised, by swearTr'diel
had lost his rudder; but 'twas an ill win" :,10
blow'd nobody good, and he'd try his lock .
'em su bought a Sixteenth of 6,963, which Pcl6
ing the first-drawn Blank, gave Jack a Q"5-,kt
of a Pipe of Wine of his own choosing, ‘vh''l,,l!;i
swears be was blown into the bast Port in
land.

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PRIVATE AND AtTHENTIC COIIII:ESPONDEXCE

rAzttss MAttch seems certain that the
Bank of France will undergo a nees, organization.
I have made the enquiries on the sthject. The
insolence with which LAFITTE, elle Governor,
Las treated Government whenever it 'Wanted any
assistance, and the usurious terms dernandet: by
the flank
of
Government, even with ample security
in hand, has determined the latter to re-organize
the
sank, that at least it shall not find an enemy
where it was entitled to find support, and not sub-
Alit to the insolence of those it has enriched by
the exclusive privileges it has granted them. M.
LAFlrre has converted the Bank into a political
engine to thwart every measure of Government,
Which the latter seems determined to suffer no
tiger. It may not be amiss here to state to your
headers who M. LAFITTE is, and what ke was.
Ile entered, as I understand, the Banking-Louse
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PERREGAUX as an under clerk, at 600 francs
c 261.) per annum ; lois good natural abilities, his
'land-writing, and excellent conduct, soon
g1a,14.4 loin] the esteem of his master, till at length
1). Was taken into partnership ; at this time the
.ii:useniPeRREGAUX. had an opportunity of gaining
irltnense sums ; the great number of Emigrations,
'a 111.4. e vast fortunes the parties possessed, fell in
,' ,44e0 measure into their hands. They alone,
iv!ring the war, bad the privilege of an intercourse
)441' tegland. PRREFGAUX, rich and amorous in
t/hi age, left Abe management of the Bank to
LArrtre, iWiio soon became his master's
't-a"er, till at leneceven the name of PERRE-
i:htIX is no longer thought necessary. M. LAFITTE
ecanle (I,vern,,r of the Ba't-A. of France, as well
tlihtinK the first private Banker iso Europe, and at
last Election he was elected for the Depart-
!itt of the Seine (Paris) : whether it be'teorn gra-
iitittl
-or r from prinLipl, I know not, but M. Le'FITTIS
tilts close to his old tri. lids, who are now distin-
lailished by the name of Independents, and On the
e Election, he exerted all the influence of sveelth
f 4
.°
Procure the election of other members hostile
to Government ; and, though he made a great
llctise about the obese of the laws by Government,
yet' to carry his ends, he hesitated 110 t to pia=
thsse a house in M. NIANUEL'S name, to give him
; but net sUcceeditig, he lest no
tents in reselling it, and getting back the money.
lino his own pocket. :11 ANUEL is an advocate of
great talent, and he writes•the speeches, as it is
said, Of M. LAFITTE, the Duke tile BROGLIE, and
several of the independent orators. We under-
t=itti he has speeches for every question ready,
c."1.40d dried, and the Members have only to
choose which they will make their own. This
s hrin„
s elm not fame, but money, and that is
‘vhat he wants.-1;rom this short sketch it will
be teen, that the Government cannot log suffer
the hostile elferts of such a man as M. LAFITTE ;
:it the saute time that it enables hirri to gain a co-
. l"sal fortrine, it has the means of proving to hint
that he cannot do this with impunity, and none
titn doubt its right to exert them.
It is scarcely possible to conceive the pleasure
"11 the satisfaction the Law on the Recruiting of
the Army has given to all classes of the people.—
it replaces France in the position of a great but
141eific Power, able to protect her own indepen-
4"ee, and causing, in case of need, the inde-
,.NnAlettee of others to be respected.
En:dand talks of strengthening the Low Coon-
Irirs Neßinsißinsi France. I greatly doubt the policy
'llll the measure. These fortifications are to be in
irlgittm ; now, Belgium detests the yoke o
''ullend, and the first favourable moment wil•
it'elt to unite itself with France; consequent-
'. /, We are paying for these fortifications, which
ewll' fall of themselves into the hands of the
N ."er against which we intend, d them as a
ban.itrier„ As to the policy of assisting Holland,
is more than doubtful toe other
h.luiland is or weld(' be our Rive', as a Maritime
4110 Commercial Power. She cannot subsist nit
e produce of her soil, and moat have COnirt.“•rCe
elite qUi conic Her Alliance with Russia is
I'oureole to her, for she has thrown herself int,
ole hands of Russia, whose deep designs soon
lOpe themselves ;
toese teewers milted nlay
it—'?e England much trouble. The Emperor of
master as he is of Finland and Poland,
t"d the Allv,sVlio can command Prussia and the Low
nontries, can,whenever lien leasesonarch straight
In, the French Frontier, without impediment
tri therefore, %A- e con.ttuct barrier!, they ought
obe against the colossal power of Russia, from
>n eh Europe has eery thing to fear, and there is
:harrier that can be apposed against her With
41-eet but France. This the Emperor is well
"s'ate.of, therefore he is assiduous to cultivate a
pod understanding with France, to have her on
1,1'3 side ' • be tenders her every good (office, and
"comes the mediator between her and England
Ilnd Prussia. Let England look to this It
of the highest importance for her to con-
!tact the closest alliance with France, and win
'ler friendship. She is the only efficient Ally we
suet ever have in c ise of another war, which
it, pee-baps, nearer et hand than is suspected.
We received this disy two Letters froth our Correpondent
et Paris, one dated the 12th instant, dud the other the 15th.
As we have not room fur the insertion Of loath tins U\v and
as the latter is more innueeiatetyiateresting, we skill defer A
the other till to-utereew•

SPORTING IN'FELLIGENCE.

TETE GREAT FOOT RACES.

No matches since the days of Captain Barclay's prowess
hare excited so Much interest as those fined for to-morrow
(Wednesday, between the celebrated Ruiner and OltlTo»z
(15 miles), and Brazier and Appleton (4 miles), for 100-gui-
neas each race. I,.:r.r3kekson, who was left to name the
ground, fixed on the pl:IcV yesterday by consent of the parties.
The ground named is Maidenhead Thicket, Berke, over two
miles. Thousands are depending upon the event, as the four
men are decidedly the tautest in England at their matchcs.--.
Bettin4, 5 to 4 on Old Torn, andsto 4 on Appleton; 8 to 1
betted against naming two winners, and 4 to i that Rainer
and Brazier do nut both win,

STATEMENT OF THE ODDS ON THE DERBY,
OAKS, &c.—MARCH

DERBY.
Taken-10 to 1 agst c. by Waxy, out of Miltonia. ,
Taken-10 to 1 agst c. by Orville, out of Allegretto.
12 to 1 ar.st Dictator, out of Hornby Lass.
13 to I agst c. by Waxy, ont of itingtan.
13 to 1 apt Brother to Crecy.
13 to 1 agst c. by Seymour, out of -Rosa!lila.
OAKS.
Taken— 5 to 1 a,tst Lou, by Waxy.
to 1 against any other.
• KIDDLEsWOt4TH STAKES.
Taken— 6 to 1 apt c. by Waxy, out of Ringtail.
l'aken— 6 to I agst Harraton, out of Lancashire Witch.
Taken— 7 to 1 agst Dictator, out of Horuby Lass.
7 to I agst Brother to Crecy.
10 to 1 agst Sister to Nectar.

THE HORRID MURDERS AT GREENWICH

Yesterday an examination took place before W.
SMITH, Esq. Colonel FOREMAN, and a number of
Alagistrates for the county of Kent, at the office
at Greenwich, when the several witnesses were
examined, charging William liazeldon on suspicion
heing accessory to the murder of Mr. George
Bird and Mrs. Mary Simmons, and Charles Hussey
(not yet in custody), with being the actual perpe-
trator of the said murders.

The business of the town was in a great mea-
sure suspended, hundreds of persons followed• the
prisoner from the cage to the Magistrates' Office,
and numbers of respectable • persons were unable
to gain admittance. The town was not in greater
agitation on the day the murders were discovered.
In the course of the examination, Mrs. Godwin,.
the sister of Hussey, the supposed murderer, de-
posed that he came to her husband's house at
Peekham soon after the murder was committed,
abut left a box there which he never took away.
She suspected all was not right, and accordingly
opened the hot, is which she found three
watches, a silver ladle, some silver spoons, and a
quantity of linen and .other articles, which she
believed was the property stolen from Mr. Bird's
house. She took the property down to Green-
wich, where they had been regularly identified by
the so, of the murdered Mr. Bird as the property
of the deceased. •

The brother of litmey, the supposed murderer,
has give!' stuilar evidence ; as has also another
relative (Mr Goddard, near Deptford) in whose
house Hoss.i left a trunk, containing sotne more
of the articles stolen from the house of the de-
ceased.

A-washerwotnan proved the linen found in the
trunks to have heionge,l to Mr. Bird. It was also
proved that at both the above houses Hussey, by
his behaviour, manifested every symptom of guilt.
—Ail his relatives think he weal to Dorsetshire,
where his wife lives with her friends.

A man of the riame of Hazelton, who is in cus-
tody, charged wiilt being 811 accomplice, on being
questioned by the Alagistrate, said :—I acknow•
ledge that I was with Ilussey on the Saturday; I
drank with hint at the Tyger's Head, and after-
wards we went to the Ship and Billet, on the
Woolwich roal, where we parted. and I went to
my falter's, where I slept that night. I hope
you will take bait for my appearance, as 1 aru as
innocent of the charge as the child unborn.

Magistrate.—l -cannot take bail at present.—
There is such evidence against you as warrants
me to detain you for the present Ido not say
you were concerned in the murders, but you were
the last person *%itti the mats who, I ant satisfied,
oid commit the murders : he probably will be in
custody in the coarse of to-toot row (this day),
and circumstances then may occur that will cause
we to hold you to bail.
Prisuner.—l wish he may be taken to-night,
for-the cage is a shocking place to be confined in.
Magistrate.—lf you arc innocent, this will be.
a warning to you (as I hope it kill be to others),
nut to keep had company. At present you must
be committed for re-rxaminatii,n on a future day,
There are more than 20 officers in pursuit of
Hussey; there is little doubt but he will he taken
and very sotto. Officers were dispatched to search
the Indianien now lying in the River, at Wool-
wich, Greenwich; &c. Lavender is gone down to
a relation's of Hussey's ; Vickery is gone in an
her direction ; Adkins set off on Sunday morning
to B,:rton, near Bridport, in Dorsetshire, as it is
supposed that Hussey went to see his wife when
he left Peckham on Tuesday last. The Magi-
strates are in hourly expectation of hearing of his
being in custody.