The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-31 00:00:00

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS.

Among the letters sold at the recent sale of
Autographs by Mr. Sotheby, were the following,
which we have translated from the French, in
which they were originally written. The first
is by James 11. when Duke of York, to Mar-
shal Turenne, and its contents establish, beyond
controversy, the share which Lord Clarendon
(then Chancellor) had in the sale of Dunkirk.
It is a valuable historical document, and has not
ever been made public :

" St. James's, Sept. 13, 1662.

" I cannot refrain from writing to acquaint
you, that the desire I entertain for the termina-
tion of this affair about Dunkirk, obliges me to
seek with the Lord Chancellor every expedient
imaginable for its completion, and that he desires
it as ardently as myself. Nothing interferes on
our part but the want of money, which the King,
my brother, cannot procure in the present pos-
ture of his affairs ; and we know of no other
means to procure it except to issue our com-
mands to the city of London to negociate a loan
for relieving us in our present state. In accept-
ing the terms which the King of France offers,
I can assure you that in this pressing necessity
the King, my brother, would have accepted all
the conditions the King of France could have
wished, it being my greatest desire, and that of
the Chancellor, to cement a bond of the closest
friendship with him—which I flatter myself you
will at once acknowledge, from the resolution
which the King, my brother, has taken to part
with Dunkirk--a step to which I would never
have consented, if it had not been for a King
whom I regard next to the interests of the King,
my brother. I beseech you to exert yourself as
much as you can to bring about the conclusion
of this affair. I likewise recommend to your at-
tention the affair of my regiment, and pray you
to write no more to me with any ceremony, for
you may look upon me as entertaining for you
much friendship.
" A. mon Cousin le Visconte de Turenne."

This letter is without a signature, but it car-
ries internal evidence of its authenticity, and is
in James's well-known hand-writing.
The following is from Marshal d'Estrades,
the French Ambassador at London, to the same
(M. de Turenne), to whom the former letter is
addressed. It is dated London, Feb. 20, 1662.
It is curious, from recent events with respect to
Portugal, to read the French Ambassador's com-
plaint of the apathy of the British Monarch with
respect to that country.
" I have received your letters of the Bth and
11th of this month at the same time. I have
spoken to the King of England (Charles IL)
with respect to the officers and soldiers which
could be sent to him if he pleased to give them
employment, or to defray the expetices of their
embarkation. He told me that he could not do
so : that he had destined for this service three
thousand Scotch soldiers with their own officers,
and that he has kept them in pay for the last
three months, waiting to embark, which he is
making every exertion to hasten, in order to pre-
pare against the bad news which I have commu-
nicated to him from your letter of the 11th. He
does not at all relish the proposition I have made
of withdrawing 2,000 men from Tanjer (Tan-
giers) and ordering them to join the 3,000 that
are about to leave this country. He appears to
me to prefer the preservation of Tangier to that
of Portugal. I doubt if after this succour he
will trouble himself about sending more troops
out, and unless some more close treaty be en-
tered into between the two Kings, to make them
exert themselves with greater energy in the com-
mon cause, the affairs of Portugal will be
but feebly supported. You will find ill the in-
closed all that I have communicated regarding the
reports which are circulated here about the
guarantee ; and they are followed by the many
advices I have given the King of England on
that subject. He thinks he ought to be held in
greater estimation by the King (of France) than
the Dutch, and I have found him rather delicate
in that point, and lie waits, apparently, to see its
result before he comes to any determination.
He continues in his speech and actions very
moderate, and desires passionately the friendship
of the King.
" D'ESTRADES."

The following letter is from Devereux, Earl of
Essex, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth, to the
Duke de Bouillon, dated December 10, 1598,
and is at once a specimen of his epistolary
powers, in the original French, whence it is
translated, and a proof of the ardour of the
writer in the cause of the Reformed Religion :
" By the paper* which accompanies this, you
will see what we think of the state ofyour affairs,
and the conversations we hold in matters gene-
rally. Explain to me, I beseech you, what you
think of both. If you think us in error, put us
in the right road, and if we be not there already,
let not your scruples or partiality prevent you
from telling us so. I exhort the Duke and
Marshal de Bouillon, to conduct this affair with
the greatest caution and prudence ; and I like-
wise exhort him, as my dearest brother and most
honoured friend, to assist in strengthening the
cause of our (the Protestant) religion, and as far
as may be in his power, to unite with us in
maintaining it. Let no one see this letter but
yourself, and permit no person to decypher the
accompanying but your most confidential Se-
cretary.

" ESSEX."
* A letter in cypher, since lost, accompanied this letter.

A woman named Ballinamallard, in this
county, not forty years of age, and not twenty
married, was put to bed last week of her 25th
child.—Enniskillen Reporter.
ACCIDENT AT THE NEW LONDON BRIDGE.
e
—Yesterday, at one o'clock, Miller, a workman
to watch the works, fell into one of
the coffer-dams, a depth of 25 feet, and was im-
mediately buried in the mud at the bottom ;
although the accident was perceived by other
men it was some time before the poor fellow
could be extricated, and unfortunately too late.
CO
RONER'S lNQUEsT,Yesterday afternoon,
an inquest was held at the Queen's Head, Green
Arbour-court, Golden-lane, on the body of Ro-
bert Tilley, before J. W. Unwin, Esq. It ap-
peared that the deceased entered the house on
Monday evening, about half-past seven, accom-
panied by two females ; after remaining there
some time, he fell on the floor, where he was
left by the women who accompanied him. The
landlord, on going. into the tap-room, observed
the deceased, who appeared to be in a lifeless
state. He sent for a surgeon of the name of
Jackson, living in the neighbourhood, but before
he arrived the unfortunate man had ceased to
breathe. The surgeon, on being examined, gave
it as his opinion that the cause of his death was
apoplexy. Several other witnesses were exa-
mined, but their evidence led to the same con-
clusion. The Coroner summed up, and the
Jury returned a verdict of " Died by the visita-
tion of God."

Lynn

SHERIFF OF SURREY's COURT, HORSE-

MONGER-LANE.

TRESPASS.......PEA RCE V. CARPENTER, &C.

Yesterday a Jury was empanelled before Mr.
ABBOTT, Under-Sheriff of Surrey, and Mr. BARNE-.
WALL, his assessor, to determine the•amount of da-
mages which the plaintiff in this cause was entitled
to, for a trespass committed by the defendants.
Mr. CHITTY opened the pleadings. The decla-
ration stated, that this was an action of trespass,
committed by the defendants, who unlawfully en-
tered the plaintiff's timber-yard, on the 15th of
February, seized his stock in trade, of which, to-
gether with his account-books, papers, &c. they
kept possession until the 28th April following, to
his great loss and injury, &c. An action had been
brought to recover compensation in the Court of
King's Bench, when the defendants suffered judg-
ment to go by default. Damages laid at 2,0001.
Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE stated the case. The
plaintiff, Mr. Mark Pearce, was a respectable young
man, who had lately commenced business as a tim-
ber-merchant, in New Park-street, in the parish of
St. Saviour. The defendants were also gentlemen
of respectable rank in life; one of them, Mr. Car-
penter, possessed considerable property, and resided
near Paddington; another of them, Mr. Hugh
Thomas, was an attorney ; and a third, Mr. Dyson,
was also an attorney. The injury for which Mr.
Pearce now sought compensation was for a trespass,
committed by them, and other persons acting under
their immediate direction.

The Jury, after consulting a few minutes, return-
ed a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 5004

THE MARKETS.

SOUTHALL MARKET.—Aug. 'A.
At this day's market which was moderately well sup--
plied, and rather numerously attended. by buyers ; each
kind of meat met with a steady sale, at the following
prices per stone of Bib. to sink the offals :
Beef. 3s. M. to 4s. Bd. Veal 4s. 9d.'to ss. 4d.
Mutton 3 6 46 I Pork 4 2 5 4
Lamb 4s. Od. to ss. 2d
The foregoing quotations are Beef, Mutton, the best Lamh,„
Pork, and Veal, 2d. per stone higher than those of this day se'n-
night ; in prices of inferior Lamb no alteration. Some of the
Sheep, Lambs, and Beasts, but not a great many, lett the mar-
ket unsold.

HAILSHAM MARKET.—Aug. 29.
Beef 4s. Od. to 4s. 4d. 1 Veal*. 4s. 841. to ss. Od.
blutten 4 0 4 6 I Pork 0 0 0 0
Lamb
A great supply, and a dull trade, at drooping prices.

STEYNING MARKET.—Aug. 27.
Beef ...—...—.-- 4s. Od. to 4s. 6d. Vea1.,,..,,.,.,..... Os. Od. to Os. Od.
:Mutton ......... 310 4 8 I Pork -- 0 0 0 0

Lamb
A good supply, and a sluggish trade.

ARUNDEL MARKET.—Aug. 28.
Beef..--- 4s. Od. to 4s. Bd. 48. Od. to ss. 2d.
I Mutton 310 4 8 0 0 0 0
Lamb 2d. to ss. ed.
A good supply, and a sluggish trade.

CHICHESTER MARKET.—Aug. 29.
Beef 3s. 10d. to 4s. 6d. 4s. 4d. to ss. al.
Mutton --... 3 10 4 S 0 0 0 U

Lamb Od. to 4s. 10d.
Supply of both Fat and Lean Stock tolerably good, and trade
with every thing but Store Pigs, which were in demand, dull, at
drooping prices.

RUMFORD MARKET.-Aug. 29.

s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Beef 3 6 4 8 1 Veal
Mutton 3 6 410 Pork 4 0 5 2 ,
Lamb 4s. Od. to ss. Od.
Suckling Calves from 14s. to 36s ; Quarter old PigelOs. to 15s. each. '
Supply moderate, and trade somewhat brisk.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.

Per Quarter.
Blandford ---
Brigg..... ..
Cambridge,........
Chard WNW VOYMPOOM.

Huntingdon —.,....
Louth .—,---..,.

Newark
Norwich

Nottingham —,—
Peterborough „
Plymouth .„,..,.....
Sherborne „,.........,
Uppingham „........
Wisbech —,,,.......,
York—..----„....

1 Wheat.

S. to S.

54 60

56 76

58 63
58 64
59 64
53 61
61 66
58 60
56 66

Barley.

s. to s.
40
3t 38

33 44
35 38
34 40
38 40
34 38

Oats.

S. to 8.

25 32
- 25
24 32
24 30
22 28
25 28
27 37
23 26
30 40
30 34
25 28

38 46

Beans.

S. to S.

58 61
52 61
56 64

37 38

:30 36

44 48

30 35
24 •l 9
25 30

45 48
46 50
62 56
50 52
52 61
39 40
54 .59

54 65
48 • bt)
56 60

32 36

LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Aug. 28.
There was a good supply of Wheat, a large arrival of •
Oats, and a fair quantity of other Grain. The weather
being fine caused the trade to rule extremely dull for all
kinds of Grain ; fine Wheat was 2s. per quarter lower,
and other descriptions were almost unsaleable. Oats and
Shelling were both rather cheaper. English Beans were
scarce, and obtained more money, but Egyptian Beans
continued very dull sale. In Rapeseed very little doing,
and prices muds the same.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b.
- York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding
Beans
Oats, Potatoe
—Healing, Foreign 14d. to 15d....English 151 d. to IGd. per et'
Shelling 33s. to 355. per load.
Rapeseed, English, 201. to 241. Foreign, —l. to —/. per last.

MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD.--Aug. 29.
At per lb. sinking the offal.
4,014 Sheep...—. 44,d. to 6d. 33 Calves. 51d. to 7d.
503 Cattle 31, 6 150 Pigs --- 4 5k
1,007 Lambs 41d. to 6d.

MANCHESTER POTATOE MA Rl{ ET—Aug. 29.
Potatoes, ss. Od., ss. 6d. and 6s. Od. per load of 12 score and
121bs. ; New ditto, Us. Od., Os. Od., and Os. per ditto ; Turnips.
is. Od. '76.6d. and Bs. Od. per load of 16 pecks ; Onions, 15s. Od.,
15s. fice., and 16s. per 12 score.

- MANCHESTER YAR.
No. d. d.
Throstle Twist, 20..11 to 12
30 121 13t
40...17 18
MulecopTwist} 30 11; 121
for warp
40.~14 15
50 17 19
tiO 20 22
70 —24 26
80..28 31

MARK

r. —A ug. 28.
'SO— 11 to le
40 12 13
50 16 17
60 174 181)
70 ...—,.— 912
SO 24 26
100 .-- 30 22
.120 34 36
'10._.., 8 9
14 911
18 9i 10
2▪ 4.---. 10 11

Mule Cop
Weft..

Weft from
waste ....

BIRTH.
On thee 30th inst. at Great St. Helens, Mrs. John
Meadows White, of a son.

➢TARRIED.

On the 30th inst. Mr. George Westlake, solicitor, of
Chelsea, to Augusta, third daughter of Mr. Carter Drapers
solicitor. _ _

On the 30th inst. at St. Dionis Backchurch, London,
Frederick Harrison, of Bow Church-yard, to Marianne,
third daughter of the late John Lashbrooke, Esq. of
Trinity-square.

On-the3oth inst. at Hampstead, by the Rev. Thomas
Mortimer, Mr. Wm. Pownall, of Staple Inn, to Elizabeth,
second daughter of Henry White, Esq. of the Mount,
Hampstead.
On the 28th inst. by the Rev. Neville White, the Rev.
Benjamin Cubitt, of Sloley, in the county of Norfolk, to
Miss White, of Bracondale-hill, near Norwich.
On the 28th inst. at St. Martin's•in-the-Fields, by the
Rev. David Morgan, Wm. Dallas, Esq. of the Hon. East
India Company's service, to Louisa, only daughter of the
late Mr. Joseph Barnes, of Bishopagate-street.
On the 80th inst. at Compton, Berks, by the Rev.
Head Pottinger, Mr. Wm. Knight, of Reading, to Dorothea
Eliza, second daughter of Wm. Clarke, Esq. of the former
place.

DIED.
On the 29th inst. at Peckham, Ann, wife of Mr. Ful-
brook, of Fenchurch-street.
On the 29th inst. of apoplexy, Mr. W. Bampton of the
firm of Peacock and Bampton, Salisbury-square, Fleet-
street, in the 48th year of his age.
On the 29th inst. at the residence of his daughter,
High-street, Shadwell, Charles Brenan, Esq. after a short
illness of eight days only.
On the 26th inst. at West Cowes, Carolina, daughter of
John M. Winter, Esq. of Shenley, in the county nf Herts.
On the 21st inst. Octavius Frederick, the infant son of
Mr. W. B. Diamond, surgeon, Weston-house, St. Pancras.
On the 27th inst. at Hampstead, John Robert, the eldest
son of Henry Rodolph Wigley, of Essex-street, Strand, Esq.
On the 28th inst. Mrs. Parr, wife:of Thomas Parr, Esq.
Appleton, Cheshire.
At Llandovery, after a few hours' illness, aged 80, the
Rev. Morgan Jones, late of Bludbury, in the county of
Berks. This venerable clergyman bad never been elevated
above a Curacy, which he diligently served for half a
century. By real economy, he had increased his paternal
fortune to the amount of 18,0001. which he has left by his
will to his relatives and next of kin, Messrs. Jones, the
grand-children of D. Jones, Esq. banker, of the said town.
On the 28th inst. at Hastings, the Honourable Orlando
Bridgeman.
On the 27th inst. at Langley Park, Jeminla Jane, the
wife of Robert Harvey, aged 29.

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