The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-22 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY-(THIS DAY.)

NEW COURT.
(Before the REcoanga.)
Tbomas Harding and James Jackson, two chim-
ney-sweeps, were indicted for stealing two silver
spoons, the property of Joseph Quarterman, on the
14th of this month. The prisoners were engaged to
sweep the prosecutor's chimneys, and on being ap-
prehended immediately afterwards, the spoons were
found upon Jackson.
The latter made no defence, but Harding stated
that he did not know Jackson had taken the spoons
till they got to the watch-house.

The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Jackson was again indicted for stealing eight silver
tea-spoons, three table-spoons, and one pair of sugar-
tongs, on the 30th of Aug., the property of Isabella
Charlton, of Princes-street, Cavendish-square.
The servant stated, that the prisoner and another
whom she could not'swear to, came to sweep the
chimneys on the above morn;ng, and after they had
left she missed the above property. No other persons
had been in the kitchen. None of the property has
singe been found, and the prisoner said in defence
that he had never been near the house.
The Jury also found him guilty on this charge.
The prisoners were then called upon, and sen-
teneetidackson to seven years' transportation, and
Harding. to be publicly whipped, and kept to hard
labour in the House of Correction for 12 months,
the Learned Judge rematVng that they had made
use of a profession by which tVt:y might have
honestly supported themselves for the purposes of
theft. .

The Calendar having been gone through, the
Recorder proceeded to pass sentence upon the
prisoners, mid the following received sentence of
death :

Charles Hendrick, John Powell, Sophia Gunyon, Wrn.
Goodrich, Richarti Barnett, G. Nelson, James Bushel,
Sarah Elliot, James Gardner, and James Knight, for
stealing in dwelling-houses ; G. Haigh, for forgery ;
Henry King, Timothy Dogherty, William Rarnsdale, John
Keeton, Ambrose Blackford, John Riley, and Edw. Reed,
Ihr highway robberies; T. Heflield, alias Brown,W.Watson,
and Charles Hawkins, for horse-stealing ; Catherine Con-
just, Henry Hall, Thomas Ferry, Jas. Davis, Geo. Ballard,
William Cain, Henry Rogers, John White, and Robert'
Martin, fur house-breaking ; Edward Sadler and John
Sadler, for sheep-stealing; Margaret Cavenagh, Ann Lynch,
and Edward Lowe, for coining ; James Const, for rape ;
Wm. Penny, otherwise Buckley, for returning from trans-
portation ; James Southgate, for cattle-stealing ; James
Langhan, for a robbery. Const stated that he had been
convicted by the perjury of the prosecutrix, as he could
find friends to prove.
Three for transportation for life. Anne Solomons, and
32 others, for 14 years; and 108 for 7 years.
Before the rising of the Gantt this day, thirty-
two male and ten female prisoners, were discharged
by Proclamation, the Grand Jury having ignored
the bills.

THE MARKETS.-(TNIS DAY.)

COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.

There was a good supply at this morning's market, but
the trade was rather dull. Prices of both Fruit and Ve-
getables about the same as on this day se'nnight.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d
Potatoes (per cwt.) 4 0 toll 0 Spinage (half-sieve)... 0 6 tot) 9
Cabbages (12heads) 1 0 2 0 French Beans .... ..... . 1 6 3 0
Ditto Red 3 0 8 0 Small Onions 1 3 2 0
Cauliflowers 2 6 5.0 Apples, Common 1 6 0 0
Cos Lettuces (score).. 0 9 1 6 Ditto, Choice 0 0 7 0
liorseßadish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Damsons
Celery 1 0 1 6 Common Plums 1 6 7 0
r.rocoli
Carrots (12 bunches) 4 6 9 0 Span. Cheenuts (peck) 3 0 6 0
Turnips 2 6 5 0 krench ditto 2 6 5 0
Onions
Colcworts or Greens .1 6 3 0 Spanish Hazlenuts 3 0 4 6
Leeks
Radishes (12 hands)... 0 9 1 6 Elderberries (bushel) 2 6 4 0
Mulberries (pottle)... 0 4 0 6 Ilazlenuts 3 0 5 0
Grapes (per lb.) ...... .. 0 6 4 0 Cucumbers (12)
Peaches (pummel)... 10 5 0 Ditto small (100) 0 6 1 0
Orleans Plums 1 0 1 6 Lemons 7 0 14 0
Green Gages 1 0 1 6 English Walnuts 1 0 2 0
HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load 01343 Trusses.)
ST. JAMES'S. _

s. s
Lowland Mead. Hap 3 5 to 4 5
t7planti Ditto 4 10 5 15
Rye-grass Hay 4 iJ 3 15
New Meadow Ha, 3 4 15
Supply good, tr.:•te n,,derately I

s. 8.
Clover Hay ' 4 15 to 7 0
Oat straw llO 114
Wheat Ditto

brisk, and prices as last quoted.
[FIELD. _ _

Z. s. X. s.
Lowland Mead. Hay 3 sto 4 5
Upland Ditto 4 10 5 10
ItTe-grass Hay 4 10 5 10
New Meadow Hay 4 0 4 10
A good supply, and a dull

•
.r. s. £. P.
Clolr.flay generally 4 10 to 6 0
Do. extra tine 0 0 610
Oat Straw 1 8 11Q
Wheat Ditto llO 1 IS
trade, at Thursday's prices.

FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.

The market this morning was not well supplied with
fish ; Cod was the principal attraction. A few Severn
halmon were also in the market.—The following were the
Prices
Prime Turbot, each l2e. Od. to 18e. Od.
Finest Salmon, per lb. 0 0 1 6
Ditto Grilse 0 0 1 0
Salmon Trout 0 9 0 10
Live Eels, per 51b.
------- per draught 0 0 16 0
Fine Soles, per three pairs 4 6 6 0
Live Flounders, per quartern
Fuze Lobsters, per score 0 0 40 0
"ii.,! Prawns, per lb.
li9 6 8 0
MITTS, per gallon .
Pine lin:mouth Red Herrings, per hundred 0 0 20 0
Scotch ditto 5 0 8 0
Pickled Salmon (Newcastle), per kit OO 0 55 0
Best Common Oysterz, per bushel
Natives 2O 0 25 0

SPORTING INTELhIGBNCE.

TaORCASTER MEETING, 1807.

The Gad c DONCASTIR, THURSDAY MGM.
nor has it al' day is always one of great intereet here,
on th, ,_
tance ; indeed, it resent occasion lost any of its irnpor-
ings in the celebrityissofthis year surpassed ail former meet-
lation. Its result h., the horses, and the extent of specu-
Leger, and it is l)en quite ue unexpected as the St.
on Tuesday were in thoughtfor it again
most of those who suffered
to-day. We have not yet
heard of any defaulter Of
moment, and the whole settling
seems to have gone off very
The weather to-day has ZeLY•
able, and the ground is in a dirty by any means favour-
Y. slippery state, notwith-
standing which the assemblage
almost, if not fully, as muneronsn
fashionable as on
himnshire Went to the
ernderalandeur
Tuesday. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire
ground in the splendid carriage used by
Embassy, and surpassed all others in the in his Russian
of his retinue. Lord Fitawilliam and Lord
also in carriages and six. Lord Londonderry's, were
moat's, and many other equipages, were- also' Mr* Beau-
much ad-
mired.

The ball en 'Wedneeday night weft attended by upward.
of 700 7Doouke o
fashhrapyoiisl
helee,airitrl under the liberal patronage of
c, every thing went off iii the
highest style ; it was a dress ball, and the noble Duke I
was dressed in the Windsor uniform, decorated with the
star, garter, and collar. The hue of carriages extended
considerably more than a mils. The new French quadrille
band of Lintolff and Adams was in attendance, ad gave
general satisfaction. Lintors two new quadrilles, called
the Swim and the Freebooter°, composed for the "cui°ll'
were repeatedly
understand
called for.
w
nderetand that James Robinson, who rode the win-
ner, has had presents made him to the amount of 1,000/.
whoml%l v
Mr. Cr‘in
uicki:ha
nksand Captain Doubiggin, the former
18,0001., and the latter 9,0001. Mr.
Petre, the proprietor
of Matilda, presented
masters, preeented him with2ool.
morrohaving been
Purchased by Mr. Dilly, and to-morrow
has again changed
morning he starts
for me. Dilly's stables at Newmarket, His n ,
is
off.
sirmatch with
Granby, which wax fixed for to-ruorrow
We subjoin an authentic return of the races this day,
which have been excellent ;--
vsaslin.elollsl,o.ges,ixfosrutldirseeasidr,-o9hslse., f
To sotsinir.;
The Gold Cliste,,
Bs`. Slb.
at the Red Bouso Itnd run once round to the Ending Post.
Lord Fitawilliam's b c Mulatto, by Cotton, 4, yrs 1
Lord Cleveland's b h Memnon, by Whisker, 5 yra 0
Sir W. M. Ridley's bin Fleur de:Lis, by Bourbon, 5 yrs 0
Lord Kelbarne's b 6 Reviewer, by Abjer, 9 yrs: 0
Lord Sligo's br h Starch, by Waxy Pope, aged 0
Duke of Leeds's h a Moth, by Blacklock, 3 yrs
by Whalebone, 6 yrs 0
Mr. Nowell's b Longtvaist,
Lord Scarborough's b e Tarrare, by Cotton, £ yrs
A great deal of confusion prevailed last night, from a
most shame-el trick which was played off respecting Mem-
non. Some person circulated a report that Lord Cleve-
land did not intend to start Memnon, which having been
brought to the New Betting-rooms as a fact, the horse's
name was scratched out, and the cards printed without it.
When the subscribers came to the rooms to proceed with
the betting about the cup, they were thunderstruck to
find hint struck out, and some noblemen instantly declared
that it could not be correct. Some of them immediately
waited on Lord Cleveland, who was at a dinner party, and
who was as much surprised as themselves at the circum-
stance. His Lordship instantly left hie company for the
rooms, wb6T6 bt save the most explicit coutidietion to

the mischievous statement, and proceeded to back his
horse to a very heavy amount, stating that since his de•
feat by Fleur-de-Lie on Tuesday, he had given him a
sweat, and had every reason to think he could win the
cup. The betting then became very heavy, and we are
well assured that more money was staked on this race than
on the Great St. Leger during the few days previous to
its decision. It was 5 and 6 to 4on the field aget Fleur-
de-lis, 4 to 1 aget Memnon, 5 to 1 agst Mulatto, 6 to 1
agst Longwaist, 6 to 1 agst Tarrare, 20 to 1 agst Actaeon,
20 to 1 agst Starch, and 100 to S agst Reviewer. At
the word " Go !" off went Tarrare, Starch, Fleur-de-lie,
and Reviewer abreast, the others close at their beds, and
the whole beautifully together; but in passing the St. Le-
ger turn they tailed, Fleur-de-lis and Starch leading,
'farrare and Mulatto next, Memnon very near, the others
not much out of place, cud the whole going at a terrible
pace. At the flat Mulatto got up, and came out with the
mare, but she could not live with him, and he won by a
clear length. Is was a dead heat between Fleur-de-lis and
Memnon, so that the judge could only place the winner ;
Tarrare was fourth. Run in 4 minutes and 46 eceonds.
Although this race has been run in less time, it was one
of the finest we ever witnessed, and its result, added to his
general good running, convinces us that, but for the very
heavy state of the ground, he would have won last year's
St. Leger easy. The winner was rode by T. Lye ; Mem-
non by Chifney ; Fleur-de-lis by Conolly (who rode also
in the Leger of 1825) ; Reviewer by Fisher ; Actaeon by
H. Edwards; Starch by Scott ; Moth by Down ; Long-
waist by Dockery; and Tarrare by G. Nelson.
Three-yr-old Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft. for colts,
Sst. 61b. fillies, Bst. 81h. St. Leger Course. (6 Sobs.)
Lord Fitzwilliam's b c Medoro, by Cervantes
Duke of Leeds's ba by Whisker, dam by Trophonius 2
Four paid.-2 to lon Medoro, who kept the lead
throughout, and won cleverly ; rode by Lye.
The Gascoigne Stakes of 100 SOY& each, SO sore. ft. for
three-yr-old colts, Sat. 61b, Rice, Set. 31b. 'St. Leger
Course. (11 Subs.)
Mr. Petre's eh e Granby, by Cannon Ball—Shoehorn 1
Lord Sligo's b c Pelican, by Oiseau—Miss Aide 2
Mr. Russell's eh f Emma, by Whisker—Gibeide Fairy
Duke of Leeds's gr e Moonshine, by Grey Middlehant 4
Sir W. M. Miluer's ch a Malek, by Blacklock, 3 yrs 5
Six paitl.—As this stakes brought some of the St. Leger
holies again together, there was some interesting betting
on it, at the following odds :-5 and 6 to 4 on Granby
at first; it then changed to 6 to 4 the field, and closed at
even betting on him ; the odds were 5 to 2 agst Moon-
shine, 4 to I aget Emma, 10 to 1 agst Malek, and 20 to
1 agst Pelican. Moonshine started off with the lead, and
kept it to the bill, where Malek got up and ran him to
the rails ; they, however, then began to give way, and
• Granly having got up, soon passed, and beat them all
easy ; rode by W. Scott. The distance was run in 3 mi-
nutes and 26 seconds, being 2 seconds more than the St.
Leger time.
Two-yr-old Stakes of 20 sovs. each, for colts, Sat. 51b.
fillies, Bet. 21b. T.Y.O (26 Subs.)
Col. King's hr f Beesy Bedlam, by Filho da Puta
`Mr. W. Scott's ch c Velocipede, by Blacklock
Mr. J. Lee's b f by Blacklock—Miss Paul
Lord Cleveland's gr aby Jonathan, dam by Shuttle 0
Lord Kennedy's be by Chanipignon, dam by Shuttle 0
Lord Kelburne's bl f by Blacklock—Marchesa 0
Mr. Watt's eh f by Whisker—sister to Deport 0
This stakes was originally started i❑ the year 1800,
when it was won by Lord Darlington; it is always a good
betting race. The odds at starting were 3t02 on Velo-
cipede, and 5 to 1 agst Bessy Bedlam, and plenty of
business. The young ones went off well at the first trial,
and came at a great pace, Velocipede making the play, but
Bessy Bedlam's speed brought her out, and she won by
nearly a length, rode by T. Lye ; Velocipede, by George
Dockery ; Lee's filly, by G. Nelson ; Lord Cleveland's, by
Henry Edwards; Lord Kennedy's, by Templernan ; Lord
Kilburn's, by Johnson ; and Mr. Watt's, by W. Scott.
The distance was run in one minute and 46 seconds.

SHREWSBURY RACES...—MURSDAT, SEPT. 20.
ST. JOHN CHIVERTOW CHARLTON and CHAS. KTNASTON
MAINWARING, Esqrs., Stewards.
Mr. SAMUEL LEE, Clerk of the Course.

The Severn Stakes of 30 sous. each, b. ft. for. three-yr-
old colts, 88t. Sib. and fillies, Set. Once round and a
distance. (5 Subs.)
Sir T. Stanley's Joceline, by Cattail 1
Lord Grosvenor's Mavrocordato • . .
Lord Grosvenor's Gros de Naples 3
A fine race.-5 to 4 on Gros de Naples

The Halston Stakes of SO says. each, is. ft. for three-yr-

Olds, 7st- four, Bst. 41b. Once round and a distance.
Mr. Yates's Little 80-peep
Sir W. Wynn's Sangrado 2
Won easy. One drawn.-2 to lon Little 80-peep.
_ _ _

Hunters' Stakes of 10 Boys. each, with 20 added by the
r,' awards. Heats, twice round and a distance.

Mr. Painter's Fitzwilliam
Sir W. Wynn's Antiope 2 dr
`Mr. Charlton's Gluepot
Won easy. One to lon Fitztvilliam.

The County Members' Plato of 601. for all ages. Heats,
twice round and a di6Sance.
Sir T. Stanley's Grenadier
Sir W. Wynn's Sangrado 2 2

Won easy. - Five drawn.-10 to 1 on Grenadier.

DOVER RACES.—Tituß.spnr, SErr. O.

These races, -which were revived last September, after a
lapse of several years, and which then, from the trifling
bait held out, seemed to promise a favourable resnit, this
season have been crowned with complete success. The
same ground was again fixed upon as last year, with
the difference only that the horses .run a left-banded course
instead of a right. Nothing could exceed the fineness of
the weather yesterday, and the thousands collected on the
hills on either side of the course sufficiently evinced the
interest felt m the oecasion. Independent of the boeths,
which were numerous, we were glad to observe that a re-
gular stand for the convenience of the stewards, and a pa-
vilion for the accommodation of the ladies, were erected on
the Dover side of the course.
The number of gentlemen's carriages, and. vehicles of
various descriptions, surpassed expectation.
Members Plate of Fifty Pounds.—Heats, two miles and a
distance. .
Mr. Dickenson's Roswell, 3 yrs old 4 1
Mr. C. Wright's Honeysuckle, 4 yrs old 2 2
Mr. Fuller's Ducheis, 6 yrs old • 3 3
Mr. Howard's Kent, aged
Mr. Kennet's Wildgooee, 5 yrs old
The second heat was well contested between Roswell and
Kent, hut was won by the former by a few lengths. Ros-
well walked round the course for the third heat.
Sweepstakes of 5 sort. each, with 35 added.—Heats, two
miles and a distance.
Mr. Kennett's Alexander, 5 yrs old 1 1
Mr. Maplesden's Maid of Sussex, 4 yrs 4 2
Mr. C. Wright's Salamander, 5 yrs old 2 3
Captain Hamilton's Crusader, 6 yrs old 2 die
Mr. Howard's Ploughboy, 5 yrs old

FRIDAY.—The Town and Visiters' Plate of 50/.......Heat5,
two miles and a distance.
&Ir. Brown's Tom Thumb, 3 yrs old
Mr. Dickenson's b c Roswell, 3 yrs old 3 2
Mr. Kennett's Wildgoose, 5 yrs old 2 3
Iggnlden's b g Ripton, 5 yrs old
Mr. Wright's bin Honeysuckle, 4 yrs... 5 dis
The Hunters'
Stakes, of 5 sous. eack, with 351. added.--
Heats, two miles snd a distance.
Mr' C. Wright's Duchess, 6 yrs old 4 1 1
Mr. Howard's Kent, aged 1 2 2
Mr. G. Belsey'e Regulator, 5 yrs .
Mr. Back's Skyeblne, aged

The Return Match CRICKET.
between Kent and Sussex was played
on Monday and Tuesday last, and was won by the latter.
ICKNT.
SUSSEX.
First Innings . . .......... SS First Innings l4l
Second ditto ............ 101 Second ditto 49

Total lB9l Total I9O
The Return Match between the Officers of the 7th
Hussars, and those of the 62d Regiment of Foot was
played on Saturday last, and was decided in favour of
the former, in one innings, as follows :---
b2n root. . 7T31 FIUSSA.B.S.
First Innings
Second ditto 74

Total l4O

DIED.—On the 12th inst., RHODA, the wife
of Lieutenant-Colonel PEARCE.

Our season may now be fairly said to be at its
height. The arri►als are anginenting daily ; the Steyne,
Marine Parade, and Chain Pier, &e. constantly present the
gratifying scene of being crowded with fashionable equi-
pages and promenaders. —Brighton Herald.
On account of frequent showers, during the
past fi►e or six days, very little has been done in the
way of housing or stacking grain in this district.--Stock-
port Advertiser,

SIR WALTER SCOTT AND GENERAL
GOURGAUD.

(The following letter has been addressed by
Sir Walter. Scott to the Editor of the Edinburgh

Weekly Journal) :
observed in the London papers which
I received yesterday, a letter from General Gour-
gaud, which I beg you will have the goodness to
reprint, with this communication, and the papers
accompanying it.*
It appears that the General is greatly displeased,
because, availing myself of formal official docu-
ments, I have represented General Gourgaud, in
The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, as com-
municating to the British Government and the
representatiVes of others of the Allied Powers,
certain statements in matter, 'which he seems at.
present desirous to deny or disavow, though in
what degree, or to what extent, he has not ex-
' plicitly stated.
Upon these grounds, for I can discover no
other, General Gourgaud has been pleased to
charge me, in the most intemperate terms, as the
agent of a plot, contrived by the late British
Ministers, to slander and dishonour him. I will
not. attempt to imitate the General either in his
eloquence or his invective, but confine myself to
the simple fact, that his accusation against me is
as void of truth as it is Of plausibility. I under-
took, and carried on; the task of writing The Lffe
of Napoleon Buonaparte, without the least in-
tercourse with, or encouragement from, the

Ministry of the time, or any person connected
with them ; nor was it until my task was very far
advanced, that I asked and obtained permission
from Earl Bathurst, then Principal Secretary for
the cAlonial Department, to consult such docu-
ments as his office afforded, concerning the resi-

dente of Napoleon Buonaparte at Si. Helena.
His Lordship's liberality, with that of Mr. Hay,
the Under Secretary, permitted me, in the month
of October last, personal access to the official re-
cords, when I inspected more than 16 quarto
volumes of letters, from which I made memo-
randa or extracts at my own discretion, unac-
tuated by any feeling excepting the with to do
justice to all parties.
The papers relating to General Gourgaud and
his communications were not pointed out to me
by any one. They occurred, in the course of my
researches, like other pieces of information, and
were of too serious and important a character,

verified as they were, to be *Omitted in the his-
tory. The idea that, dated and authenticated as
they are, they could have been false documents,
framed to mislead future historians, seems as ab-

surd, as it is positively false, that they were fabri-
cated on any understanding with me, who had
not at the time of their date the slightest know-

ledge of their existence.
To me, evidence, ex facie the most unques
tionable, bore that General Gourgaud had attested
certain facts of importance, to different persons,
at different times and places ; and it did not, I
own, occur to me. that what he is stated to have
made the subject of grave assertion and attesta-
tion, could or ought to be received as matter of
doubt, because it rest only on a verbal commu-
nication made before responsible witnesses, and
was not concluded by any formal signature of the
party. I have been accustomed. to consider a
gentleman's word as equally worthy of credit with
his handwriting.
At the same time, in availing myself of these
documents, I felt it a duty to confine myself en-
tirely to those particulars which concerned the
history of Napoleon, his person, and his situation
at St. Helena ; omitting all subordinate matters,
in which General Gourgaud, in his communica-
tions with our Ministers and others, referred to
transactions of a more private character, personal
to himself and other gentlemen residing at St.
Helena. I shall observe the same degree of re-
straint as far as possible, out of the sincere respect
I entertain for the honour and fidelity of Gen.
Gourgaud's companions in exile, who might
justly complain of me for reviving the memory of
petty altercations ; but out of no deference to
General Gourgaud, to whom I owe none. The
line which General . Gourgaud has adopted,
obliges me now, in respect to my own character,
to lay the full evidence before the public, subject
only to the above restriction, that it may appear
how far it bears out the account given of those
transactions in the History of Napoleon. I
should have been equally willing to have com-
municated my authorities to General Gourgaud
in private, had he made such a request, accord-
ing to the ordinary courtesies of society.
With these observations, I request you to
print two documents. No. I. is a series of ex-
tracts and notes of passages which I did not think
it necessary to take down at full length, because
I found them scattered over an extensive corre-
spondence in the Colonial Office, and bemuse
the facts they contain, so far as I meant to found
upon them, are more fully and officially detailed
in that which follows, viz, the document No. 11.
—No. 11. is an exact copy taken from the record
of a letter written by Mr. Goulburn, Under Se-
cretary for the Colonial Department for the time,
giving to the Principal Secretary of State for
that department, Earl Bathurst, an official and
formal report of General Gourgaud's communi-
cations on the subject of Napoleon and his resi-
dence at St. Helena. This letter, attested by
his subscription, the truth of which, all who
know Mr. Goulburn will consider as undeniable,
is fully corroborated by the previous extracts, and
throws light on them in its turn.
In availing myself of public documents, placed
at my disposal by those who had a right to do so,
I hold myself fully responsible for the fidelity
and accuracy of the notes and transcript, which
can be easily verified by collating them with the
originals. Verbal errors there may be, but not
a word is added or suppressed which could alter
the sense of the passages referred to. I have
shown. what my authorities are, and where the
mia) s exist. I trust that, upon reference to
The Life of Napoleon," I shall be found to
have used the information these documents af-
forded with becoming respect to private feelings,
and, at the same time, with the courage and can-
dour due to 'the truth of history. If I were
capable•of failing is either respect, I should de-
spise myself as. much, if possible, as I do the
resentment of General Gourgaud.
The historian's task of exculpation is, of
course, ended when he has published authorities
of apparent authenticity. If General Gourgaud
shall undertake to prove
forged, in whole o
rovethat the subjoineddocu-
ments
par
tthe burdenare false a
of the proof will lie with himself;
and something better than the assertion of the
party interested will be necessary to overcome
the testimony of Mr. Goulburn.and the other
evidence.

Thera is, indeed, another course. General
Gourgaud may represent the whole of his com-
munications as a trick played of? upon the Eng-
lish Miniaters, in order to induce them to grant
his personal liberty. But I cannot imitate the
General's disregard of common civility so far as
to suppose him capable of a total departure from
veracity; when giving evidence upon his word 0.