The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-19 00:00:00

UNION-HALL

Three girls of the town were charged on suspi-
cion with having robbed a man named Fortier, of
his watch and umbrella. The complainant, it ap-
peared, accompanied one of the prisoners to a house
of ill-fame in Tower-street. lie sent out for some
liquor, and having drank a small portion of it, ac-
cording to his account, was soon seized with stupor,
and tell asleep on the chair in which he was sitting.
When he awoke, he not only missed some loose
silver he had in his pocket, but also his watch and
umbrella;, and when-he made a noise in the house
about his loss, two other women came into the room
and he Was " bundled out neck and crop," as he
described it. In reply to the Magistrate, the com-
plainant admitted that he had been drinking pre-
viously to his having entered the brothel, and was
therefore. unable to swear distinctly to the identity
of the prisoners. The Magistrates said there was
little doubt some narcotic had been administered to
the complainant in the brothel; but, admitting even
that he committed the prisoners for trial, they must
be acqui:'!ed, in consequence of the complainant
being so much under the influence of liquor at the
time, as to be rendered wholly incapable of speak-
ing with accuracy as to the identity of the parties.
The prisoners were therefore discharged.
Dix, the driver of a hackney-coach, and his
mother, were charged with stealing a reticule, con-
taining .a valuable gold chain, a pair of gold scissors,
and sundry other articles, the property of a Mrs.
Gilbert, of Earl's-court, Old Brompton. The com-
plainant, it appeared, had hired a hackney-coach on
the lath u1t.,,0f which Dix was the driver, and on
getting out left her reticule, containing the above
articles, by mistake, in the vehicle. The property
was afterwards advertised, but nothing was heard of
it until Wednesday last, upon which day Dix's
mother offered the gold chain in pledge. The pawn-
brokers suspecting she had stolen it, sent for an
officer, who on searching her, also found a pair of
gold scissors in her possession. It was subsequently
discovered that Mrs. Gilbert had lost the property
in the way above mentioned. The prisoners were
remanded.

Charles Moakes, a coal-merchant, residing at
Bankside, Southwark, was fined 201. for having sent
out five sacks which were four and five inches defi-
cient in length.

STATE, OF PORTUGAL.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph )

The Briton, 46, Captain Hon. W. Gordon, M.P.
arrived on Wednesday from Lisbon, which she left
on the 2d instant, after having landed there the
British Consul-General, Mr. Mackenzie. The ac-
counts from that ill-fated country are of the most
gloomy character, and teem with descriptions of acts of
tyranny which the Government of Don Miguel still
continues to exercise towards the unhappy subjects of
Portugal. The Usurper, whilst the Briton was at
anchor in the Tagus (where also was the French
man-of-war Pomone), embarked and passed near the
former ship; and although his standard was hoisted,
no salute was given him, nor was the slightest no-
tice taken of him either by the Briton or the Po-
mone. Captain Gordon received some communi-
cation from one of Don Miguel's Ministers, but the
nature of it has not transpired. The following is an
extract from a letter, dated

" Lisbon, Oct. 2, 1829.

" Affairs here remain in a lamentahle state of un-
certainty—an uncertainty most injurious to British
interests, British commerce, not to say British cha-
racter. Business is completely at a stand, and mer-
chants, prior to Don Miguel's usurpation of the
throne, of some eminence, have closed their este
blishments and retired into the country. This has
necessarily thrown upon other resources for their
maintenance hundreds of individuals heretofore in
their employ, and their resources are pillage. A
night does not elapse but we hear of assassinations
and other acts of the most atrocious cast.—lt is dif-
ficult to speak of am Miguel's Government arid
tyranny in terms strong enough to convey that feel-
ing of disgust which they merit. That which marks
its cruelty, among other measures of a more repulsive
die, is the incarceration of the whole of the family,
children and all, of any individual accused of enter-
taining sentiments favourable to the Constitution.
The number of persons now under confinement in
this country is 25,000 Within this day or two a
bill has been found against a Portuguese lady, for
performing on the piano-forte the Constitutional
Hymn; she is at this moment unconscious of any
proceedings having been taken against her; but the
British Consul-General, who has, I learn, from the
circumstance accidentally coming to his knowledge,
humanely interfered, may probably save her from a
punishment that might otherwise be awarded to her.
Don Miguel took occasion, since the arrival of the
Briton, to go afloat with the Portuguese standard
flying, and pulled towards that ship under an idea
decidedly that he would receive the compliment of
a Royal salute; he was, however, quite disregarded
by the British man-of-war, as well as by the French
ship-Ponrone, also lying in the Tagus. his ire at
such a reception was so great, that on landing he
displaced from office one of his Ministers, who had
instigated him to try the experiment. He has no
money in his Treasury and the troops are unpaid."

A fine male infant, about a month old, was
left at the door of a house in James-street, Adelphi, one
evening last week, nicely dressed, and folded in a blanket.
The person who deposited the child on the steps rang
the house bell, and instantly escaped. The innocent
victim was taken to the work-house, where it was re-
ceived and treated with humlne attention.

THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.---NOVEL Ex-
PERIMENT. —The Buffalo Journal, which recently ar-
rived, states, "that matters are in train, by a company of
gentlemen in Canada and in that tows, fur a singular and
complicated exhibition at the falls on the 6th of October.
There exists a fissure in the rock, at the very brink of the
fall, of one hundred feet in depth, and about ten inches in
width, at the top. This is to be charged with powder,
and the explosion is expected to tluippgage a mass of ten
millions tons of weight, which will thus be hurled into the
yawning abyss below ! To succeed this earthquake, a
leap from Goat Island, by Mr. SA4ytor his daring leaps at
Pa EL PATCH, has been
bespoken.
elwATJersey,Piriso famed
nli
and elsewhere, has been writ-
tenrkek n.
fills, 111 r.
N to, and an offer made linn which be will dotiesa ac-
cept. le,so chances of disappointment, however,
in case this leap should not be made, the schooner Supe-
rior, which has been purchased for the purpose, Will be
to the stream, to follow
predecessor, the
miphis,„„. 4s this vessel, tatinga pot nearly so large as
the illicki!int does not draw so much water by several
feet, there is little doubt that ee will, under the direction
of Captain WEICSOON, of Chippewa, who assisted in con-
ducting
inher predecessor, reach the brink of the fall unin-
jured : which ease her descent would be most splendid
and imposing."

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LOCAL GRIEVANCES IN IRELAND•

(From the Tipperary Free Press.)
When this Journal was first established, we,
promised that our attention should be devoted
to the local grievances that oppress this coualt
and amongst these, the gross exactions levied nil
the poor under the name of tolls, we-stated ilnit
it should be our endeavour to put an end to.--"
This we promised, and we think we may now
say that promise has been redeemed. Aloe
we arc conscious that a newspaper cannot effect
much, and if not supported by the honest We'
tions of the people it will be of little avail.
is in vain to expect that tyranny or avarice pill
cease their operations merely because they are;•
exposed, and their machinations laid bare to the.
public scrutiny. Ihe honest and the indr '
pendent newspaper can but speak the feelings
of the people, point out to them their rights, and
show how those rights can be vindicated, ant'.
their wrongs redressed. When the mode of r&
dress has been shown, it then remains.for the
people themselves to assert their rights ; if thel
will not do so, then they may blame themselves;
and deserve to suffer the wrong that is inflictea„
upon them.
The county is now completely aroused glo,n
the subject of Tolls—Carrick-on-Suir has many
felted a spirit which is quite worthy of its inhe' •
bitants ; and, we hope and trust, that its example •
will be universally followed. Let an Association
like that which now exists in Carrick, be pa.,
into formation in every town in Tipperary. These
Associations can serve many useful purposes •
besides the protection they will afford to pro-
perty—they can also tend to the maintenance 0(
the people's rights, and the security of the inde'
pendence of the county. We are not the para'
zans of any candidate or candidates who loek for
the suffrages of the people at the next election
for this county ; but we think that the only wei
to have honest representatives of the people, is 14
the people making their representatives attentive
to their duty. No fair, honourable, or just mei
can have an objection to his actions being can'
vassed.

If associations such as that established in Or
rick be formed, amongst the other good cones'
quelices that must ensue from them, will be the
putting at once a complete stop to the exaction°
of the toll-gatherers—and they will by bringing,'
the people together, establish a community of
sentiment, and an union of opinion, which neither
local oppression nor a local tyrant will be able
long to resist. From these associations, peti-
tions against the horrible Vestry Bill and the
atrocious Sub-letting Act, could emanate, be
organised, and forwarded to the Legislature. ,
The middling classes are as much interested lig
the poorer in putting an end to the Vestry Bill,
and it is the duty of every class in society to
protect the peasantry from the dreadful conse'
quences of the Sub-letting Act. Those who
wish for insurrection will be quiescent with re'
spect to the Sub-letting Act. With the Sub'
letting Act there is no middle course to he take!'
—the man who does not petition against it 0
favourable to it. We know of no matter the
would give us more sincere gratification, than:
that our humble but honest exertions shot&
have incited the people in every parish of thie
county, to pour into the Legislature petitio►s
against the Vestry Bill and the Sub-letting Ad'

The body of a fine male child was found list
evening, at the door of the house, No. 10, Howard-litre!:
Strand, wrapped up in a piece of linen rag. It appeared
to have been recently born, but whether live or dead,
cannot be distinctly ascertained. Police constable TnoVo
SEBLEY, who was on duty in the Strand, was called 3I
and carried the body to the watch-house. It is
petted that the hapless infant was the offspring of sOO
servant in the neighbourhood.

DIED.—On Tuesday last, at Rawcliffe, neat
Snaith, the eccentric individual, JAaexs at the sd'
vanced age of 91. He was by trade a tanner, and findia
that his business much interfered with his odd ways, be
freed himself from its trammels, devoting himself entirelf
to his whimsical and eccentric propensities. One of the
first things he did, when disengaged from business, was
purchase for himself a coffin, which be made a practice
exhibitiok for any small remuneration, and in this CO"
was deposited his food. His habitation was one of the
most curious places in Yorkshire, the roots being b?"g
round with agricultural implements of every descriptioo'
and pieces of old iron, nails, &c., in a rusty state. 111!1
inmates consisted of himself, and a man and woman Ref,'
vant, to which he added a tame fox and otter, and a bs"'
The carrisge in which he appeared at Doncaster Rase
was of his own workmanship, and was generally drawn
by asses or dogs. He was on the ground on Theis' ,
day in the lust race week, distributing apples to WI
whose attention he had excited ; and his eceeritnfif
appearance during his annual visits for a long serieo:o'
years, will be in the recollection of thousands. WS,
shooting excursions he rode a bull, attended by pigs
dogs, the former trained to scent, the latter to earl b
game. He set the greatest value upon a waistcoat
he had formed front the front parts of the drake's nr „,
and to obtain which he had solicited the surrounding /le
lager. He had three bulls, 'which were kept for the seje
pm pose of baiting at country feasts, after which Lisj
man generally collected from the populace. He uhf
notes engraved at Hull, and printed on a paper
ea
to the Bank of England notes; they were embell'i.„' J"
with representations of himself in his curious carriage, 1:„3
in his shooting habiliments, also mounted on a ball, 'ebe
attended by his pigs and dogs; and were couched is "to,
following language :—" Bank of Rawcliffe—No. 84s 113,,,
mime to pay to Joi{ BULL, or beam, on demand, the soui,
of five halfpence, 1824, Aug. 26. Rawcliffe Aug'
off
1824. For the Govr. and Compy. of the Bank of
cliffe. JAS. 111 R ST."—Doncaster Gazette.

BIRTHS.
On tlje 17th inst. the lady of the Rev. C. Wodsivordu
A.M., Prebendary of St. Paul's, &e. of a daughter.
On the 18th inst. Mrs. E. Heilbronn, Finsbury-circan
of a son.
On the 16th inst. the Ihtly of Chas. J. Manning, 04.
of a son.

MARRIED. Of
On the 15th inst. at Oxford, Mr. W. H. Tilbury)

London, to Miss Ann Randall, of Oxford.
On the 17th inst. Wm. eldest aon of W. Morgan, EWE
of Colney-hateh,!to Ellen, only daughter of H. Stub
Esq. of Sutton, Surrey.
At Kensington, on the Isth inst. R. Plimpton, 'l'
to Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr. Sams, of floddesl°P.
DIED,

On the 17th inst. at Exeter, Jane, the dearly bel°'
wife of P. E. Famin, Esq. late of Upper Holloway. g,
On the 16th inst. at High Haldon Rectory, by '1.1,,11:-0,
den, Kent, aged 18, Robert, third son of Dr. 1.34'
Professor of Medicine, Glisgow. 110
On the 16th inst. at Canonbury-lane, Islington,
G. King, aged 67. wreph
On the 6th inst. at the Mount, near Stoke-upon-'4OOl
in his 53d year, Josiah Spode, Esq. He returned 4 po
London, only two days before, in good healtill bat
Tuesday morning was seized with apoplexy, wieilat 0001
fully conversing with his family, gy this calamitous et,
the manufacturing district, i;; which Mr. Spode's valtdef
cerns have go important an influence, has sustained
and distresSing blow.

EAST INDIA.—DEATHS. (141
At Fort William, May 9, Brevet Clliii. p. MO ,
16th Regt. aged ps. •-• ,! . • • 0
At Icurnaul, 4p)-ii 20, Frederick, }lie a
O 0
only n
Vent. F. B. Rocke, sth Cavalry. itollf
Near NungkloW (Assam.) April 4, Lieut. P. 13113011;
of the Bengal Artillery, youngest son of the late Vl...:',hcs'
ton, Esq. of Wykin H.ll, Leicestershire, and 0
Lodge, Wilishite, aged 25. 11. lh
At Serampore, May 9, after a severe illnesh
Toulmin, Esq. a4ed 35. steel,
At Pursewaukum, April 2:3, Mrs. Charlotte
aged 36.
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