The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-07 00:00:00

[From " The Times" of this day ]

'Ch, letters received yesterday to no _pain throw
no light on the transactions of Riego, and the
Constitutional Army under his command, trout
the petiod of their (pistil% Algesiras to their ti—
tian to the Isle de Leon. The last step appenis
to be a vittnal abandonment, for a time, of the
plan described to be in contemplation, of march.
lug its succession to the ditfartnt towns on the
coast, and proclaiming the Constitution. This
change of purvose, whether rendered necessary or
not, is the more to be regretted by the friends of
their cause, as they were nearly certain ot, suc-
cess. Letters trolls Malaga of the 16th ult. ex-
piess strong expevatious of the speedy arrival ot
the Constitietionalists at that place, and add,
that the.town was neither in an efficient state of
defence, nor the inhabitants indisposed to receive
them. Had. Itiego'si detachment matched on di-
rect from Algesiras to-Malaga, it would have de-
rived at the date of these letters. The Patriot
troops, its all their movenseuts, have conducted
themselves with a degree of moderation which lids
gained them the universal good will of the popu-
lation, and which operates the more its their 14-
your as the Royalist forces have uniformly pursued
the opposite course. At P,rt St. Mary's, ashen
its the occupation of the Constitutionalists, Lo ra-
tions were aibi,iarily demanded, and ;he lodg.
logs were paid tor ; but the King's troops, Who
are now its possession of that place, live at tii:e
(porters, are billetted on the private houses,
lie-
tluently insisting on excites ye possession of them,
and claim of the Governor a tegolor sopply lo-
tions for their use. The letters from Cadiz du not
mention any attack by the King's party ou the
Constitutionalists, and express still mitre conti-
detvly the opiniou that the- troops of Gin. Freyre
will refuse to tight against their connirymen.—
The letters from Billion are wholly silent 011 the
subject of the insurtection its Asturias ; but to
those who know the tetuper of the novince the
event is considoed by 110 means improbable,

[Pram the .same Paper]
MADRID, FEB. .21.
We hear from Algesirus, that Riego's troops having arrived
at that place on the 31st of January, their Commander ex-
acted rations in greaternumber than was requisite that he
ordered, on the following day, a new Municipal Council t, be
appoioted; and that, finding only six individuals prepared for
the election, he threatened the principal inhabitants with the
must severe chastisement, if they did not realize the choice;
that he ordered the whole neighbourhood to surrender their
horses, which he distributed among his troops r that he com-
manded the persons who had composed the different Coun-
cils since 1314 to the present day to prepare an KCCOUIII Of
the produce of the different branches of revenue which they
bad received; and that he finally imposed a heavy contribu-
tMit ors the most wealthy inhAstants. After committing all
these acts of violence, which titled the town with tei for and
dismay, iiiego left Algesiras, giving liberty to the prisoners
who were confined iu the gaol of the place. The ilitireertts
then proceededao Vvjer, with the object of penetrating thence
Tutu the Isla, as they WO at first intended ; but nut being
able to realize this plan, they thought of penetrating into the
Sierra, by Alcala de has Gazale,4; but the division of General
O'Donnell having' interposed, they halted xtu.,ng some cot-
tages, betwcen 'faiths and Bairn's, where they remain at pre-
sent in an exhausted condition.

The ~:surgenti of this party are so much reduced, that
they amount to no more than a thousand. lin the Isla they
are daily losing by desertion ; they are therefore ob!iged to
order all the inhabitants to take up arms..
Colonel Don Nicolas Santiago, who succeeded in effecting
his escape front Cadiz, after having attempted to excite a
revolt iu that city, is now in command of Torregorda.
General Frtyre having commanded a reconnoisance on the
br,dgc ot Snazo, the provincial grenadiers manifested such
courage and intrepidity as to excite the admiration of this
whole army, a id to create a f‘ar in the Isla that a general at-
tack had begun.
In the Isla there has been formed a junta of Government,
under tine Presidency of the Marquess de Urena, a rich Pro-
prietor of that riace and a Journal has been established,
under the name of the Nitti,,,al Gazette. On Saturday last,
Gearral LIM left this capital. fit- proceeds to Valencia; and
it is said that his departure was hastened 11 the report which
was in circulation, that the Partisan Chief, Fray Asensio
\tout,
liaj. lett Gibraltar for that province.
It is likewise said that Nlina is now at Bayonne.

Husr's auvs.—Young Lee, whom fiutir
took with him to London after the 16ih of Au-
gust le 04, to exl'ithit his wounds at the noted
Cr o n and Anchor Tavern Dinner, as one ot the
innocent surf revs on that occasion, was on Th.,-
day committed to take his trial at the ensuinic
Session., tOr stealing a top coat. He was appre-
hended, with an associate in the felony, by Mr.
lieHoEss, the con.lable, pl Chorltou-row, who,
before he succeeded cavuring Lee, was knock-
ed down► by the to isoner. Lee, on being asked
who he W 41.4, S.lidboldly,l 1 am the person that
?Jr. IioNT took to London." Lee's mother was
one of the witnessea brought against Meaonert•
the trumpeter clot it is teporteti that Lee him-
self intended t. 6 have fid.uren in be same enp.i-
cil on behalf of HUNT at YUlk —(Manchester
Chi onie:e.)

A me, tint; took pbee at day•break yesterday
ino,ning in a field between the third and.fouith
toile-atone on the Kilbniti-road, between Captain
lI—N—N and a Mr. B—R—E, which arose it./
cooscgstence of Ibe latter having imputed to the
C,;plain ungentlemanly conduct tovraids his sister,
The first shots rms,ed, and in the-second file the
bAll of Mr. B. passed through his adversary's attn
below the e!borv,

Mr Youso has finished bit engagement at
the Nor wich Tficatte, )111(1 is finiteeded tlicre by
MissTatUNTON, as a oaatrupotilan theatrical sta!,

`fps 41,1,1:DEROUS c:UNSPI RACY:

110 W-ST
Yesterday another man, who, there is :little
doubt, WHS one of the Cato-street 'gang, 31'11:3
' 'brought to. the Office his discovery and appre.-
Itensiou arose •ont of the following extraurdiaary
circumstances :—At the time the Coroner's In-
quest was sL tiog on the body of the' Murdered
Smithers„Ptrry, a Conductor of the Patio!, who
was then in attendance, was called out by two
soldiers, who informed hits that a boy had corn-
noroicated to them the discovery' of - a depository
ot fire-arms and other deadly. weapons. •The boy
been playing at mat bles in Chapel-street,
Paddiogton, and losing one heltiod route
builtl-
ings, he went in search of it behind the hearse of
a•Mr..Gr;orge, haberdasher and tailor, and oh-
• serving- in a closet some fire-arms, a swlrd, &c.
he .by chance mentioned it to the above-meotion-
ed two soldiers, Who itnnit diateir communicated
it toPerry. ihe officer hastened to the spot,
. where: he.toned a narrow passage leading to the
Kuck 'ill!. of Mr. Gent-I:Cs premises, and. a closet
lasteued by a r•aple, multi- a stai.rease, which
sus 'erred the desi:riptimi given by . rite
11r inquired to -whom the auset belonged, and
was informed i belonged to Mr (J urge.—Mts.
• George .soon after ..uppeared, 'of whOto Perry
• ionttited how the censer became fas;cned,- %vireo
he teas informed she h,.1 tastenvil it in conse-
quence of the wind biowing it open. He asked
for the instromeat wi.h which she had 1-ustened
the staple, which, '
on being produced, resembleil
a Hammer, and wi.h which she also nniastentd it.
Ott the doer britso' ()petted, Prrty discovered a
musket, a bayooit, a pistol, sword, powder and
Ile then inquired it those amides belong-
ed to them, and the mother denied that they did.
The.daughier, who was pr4Serit doriog the inveS-
. • ligation, wrurig her hands, and appe,lrett greatly.
distresSed. perry then procretieti-iuto the house;
and. found Mr George employed in his business
of a !Ar., .>•loo also denied any knowledge of the
fire-arms and deadly weapons, but.adinitted that
his son octnpictl a house on the opposite side of
- the sneer, and might hare deposited-the fire-arms,
tliat place. Oreioquit)., i; was ascertained
that the son had absconded since IVeditt-sday
sennigio, the night of toe meetiug. Petry de-
sired that Mr. George would attend at The ()dice,
and he hiurstlf aceompaoied- Airs. George and
her daughter. On: their arrival, they under-
, went private t: Xantinat ions netot e Mr. ,BIRNIK,
but .00thitig appeared which could' crinninaie
nuy of them ; but strong suspicions existed that
their son, Itobeit George, was present at the.
Cato-street meeting at the time Thistle ts cod
teureered Smithers. —Sioce that time the offi-
cers have used every sigdance• in endeavouring
to trace. hires out. - liuthveo and Salmon received
information of his being concealed et a house in
Cosavell .street, wi!ith'er they -rep iired on Stniday
- morning, hut were unsuccessful in hrid;ng liiut •••-.7
They nevertheless had'discovered that, his anxiety
to lease this country was so great. that ite trA
offered tints& in any eapa:city whatever, in any.
vessel -to the East Indies. They also
learned that he (being a seafaring man), had en-
gaged himself as a servant on hoard an Indianian,
and traced hit: to.the Dundee Arms, Wapping
Ile was in full expectation of joining the vessel by
the Gravesend boat on that est n.in, the ludiamen
in the !liver intendiug. to sail yes:erday. The
offi-
cers, however, waited for Itin till about 7 o'clock,:
when he made appearance, and inquired for
the Gravesend. boat,, and was
.told that it bad
Ile was much agitated and disappoint-
ed. He called for some brant!yand water, and
seated him Self. Doting this time, Ruthven and
Selrrion had satisfied' themselves beyrind a doubt of
his identity, and having had reason to believe that
be would be fully prepared wiliarnts for •-• despe-
rate resistance, 6almon systched an Opportunity,
when he instantly rushed upon him, and present-
. inn a pistol to his bead, exclaimed, " If you. offer.
to stir, I will fire." Itothven then ha.ndctified and
properly secured him. Ott searching Elias, they,
however, found. that he was not prepared with
any arms, and -his luggage consisted only of his
clothes. The officers brought him in a backoey-
coach, and lodged hint in Covent-gardeb watch-
house. During yesterday they made diligent in-'
. quit y how\ he had disposed of his titne toter: his
escape front. Cato-street, when they learned that,
a lodging had been procured for hint in Earl-
street, Brick-lane. They also traced out his
brother, is ho lives in that neighbourhood, si-ho
denied any knowledge- respecting. where lie
. lived, but the officers • discovered that the
brother rind procured the said lodging for
and, in his -possession they. found a large
- stick, at the bottom of which was a thick iron
ferrule, about two incites long, which was hols
10-ett ooe,etl, and appeared calculated to re-
eeive•a pike, or dagger, which he acknowledgei
to have received of his Int:niter, on his parting
with him on Sunday evening, previous to his en-
tering the Dundee Arms. Ott searching Robert.
George's lodgings in'Eutl-s-tleet, they'did not dis-
cover any thing of, a serious or danr4eious rr;trttre.
At three o'clock yesterday the Officers arrived,
and reported to Mr. Ilirnie the result of their
in-
q The prisonei had previously undergone
a private exivosinAtion before Mr. Lerner, which
was reported to the Secretary of State's Office fur
the flume-Department, and no orders having been
sent for his-eonveyante there, a cominitment Was.
made wit for, the prisoner, Robert George, to" the
noose Correction, on re charge of High Trea-
son, where he was conveyed in a hackney-coach,
ice the custody of Mr. /lain, the Governor of that
Filson, Perry, who was otigiOally in pursuit of
Aria), and one of the patrole. •
The six Prisoners, who have been; committed
to_the..llouse-of_Cortection on charges of High
'Treason are kept closely confined in separate
intons as State. prisoners. Proper persons have
also been appointed as guards over each, with
strict orders: to prevent any communication with
th;ein whatever, except by a special order from
the Privy Council.
Ihformation ,1 as yesterday morning received at
P.,10.1-street, that a man exactly answering the
of POW had been seen at Tonbridge,
~.0n,,,,,fr0ur thence towards Graveaeted.—
~• to be a chairl-maker, and ap-
..:, in that trade for employment..—
t4EI dispatched in pursuit of

()
LAW IN:eItLLIGENCE.
COURT OF MU', MARCH 6.

THE SUPPOSITI TIOUS CHILD.

AERGI3Oi3 U. BEKGISUN.

Mr. TYING FIELD Said it would be in the recok
lection of the Court, that an order was recently
made directing an-issue to try the question of le7
gitimacy of Miss Sergison, the supposed daughter
of the late Colonel Sergison. It was arranged,
that Mrs. SergisOn, her danghter, and the two
trustees, Nir..SeWell' and Mr. Grainger, should
he plaintiffs. in the action. The true tot the
trial to take place 'having, nncv elapsed, the
Learned Counsel, on the part of the Trustees,
most.ed that it he enlarged, and the minutes of his
Lordship's order should be varied for the purpose
of excluding Mrs. Seigison from being B.plaintill
in the action, 41r having the management of it,
and in ease be Court should not think proper to
grant it, that the trusters might he al liberty to
svithdra'v themselves from being c.-plaitititls.-•-
Eke moved this on the gtonnd that Mrs. Seigisou
had interfered in the management of the suit, and
ws;►, trying to take it out of the bands of the. soli-
titor, who hitherto carried it on for the benefit of
the infant.

Mr. fIART said•,, he thought it was !lOt in the
.power of tlie-Coort to courpel par•ies to engage as
plaiiitifi in any snit contrary in their iticlittation,
au it o,(crkie the trustees bad it in their power to
abstain Ironi all further interference at once:? The
exclusion of thin lady, as• now meditated, al:-•
geared in his,miod sonte.,that suspicions, and be
could only sniquise that the Trustees had resolved
tot to e xamihe her, but leave tier to be called as
a witness by the deirodai.ts. By this arrange-
ment, 'eiiber of ti,e'r) putto-es would be effected.—
If the defendan's called this lady, it would not be
in their pother to impugn their own witness, aud
if they abstained front calling on her, their for;
bearanee could bti.converted into a. very. plausible
instrument fur prejudicing the Jury against their
case. . ,

It appeasing in the course of the discussion,
that V A. Sergisons was not Sc' %red with not ice t?f
nr,:ion, and that therefore it could Hist be
aseettetined whether-or not she concurred its the
tnntion,-

The 'Loan' CHANCELLOR said, be thooglit.it
would be a most. uninstifi.thle act, if he were to
strike off Iron the record the name of a person
who stood before him in the character of mother
of the infint, without her consent ; and, even al-
though. sheltad consented, be 110111)ted in-ith the.
proprioty of releasing her from the sitnatinn iii
Which 'she was !toils,' PL:ced. ltwoohl be recOl-
le:.ted the mints...s of the order contained a
&rection to have Mts. Sergison examined on. the
This direction specifically implied that she
shwild cot be considered as the winesir of the one
si,le or of other, IntleA all directions of this
nature 4ercframed with a view to prevent Witnesses
from h&ng so Coosiactea ; but unfortunately this
impartial intention almost universally tailed to be
carried into. effect in the Courts of Law. At ttlf•
events, if she were not called upon the trial, ire
would foribuith stop the allow3nee to the child.
If the motion proceeded upon the ground of some
itnpriwer conduct on her part„ he should be in
pobsus,iop of. the nature of that conduct, ,as, in,
fact. it might in *this wAy become unnecessary to
direct an issue at all. His Lords'.ip directed
motion to stand over to Thursday, and in the
meantime that. Mrs.
.Sergisou should be served
with notice.

COME 1"1"S
(Froyz the New Times.)

-..-Severe! of our friends seem to have supposed
that the statement in Our Paper of yesterday,
lative to the (11) Pound Subscription, was a plea-
sail; fiction, I idicule of Cohbett's repeated mid
shameless attempts to milk !he parses of his cre-
dulous folloWers To ob‘iate this idea we shall
here lay before client a faithtnr transcript of the
Citctd:ir to which we yesterday alluded, an,]
which is signcti in Cwbbett'o own lia4d•writ-
in7

London, 25th February, 1820.

SIR--Yon have already heard that I am a Candidate for
the City of Coventry.. There is a subscription on foot to de-
fray the lawfitl expellees; but so sort 'is the time to be al-
lowed us, that I fear that the sum necessary to carry iu the
voters will not be sntficient, if we rely solely upon
the ordinaiy comings-in of the subscription. Success err-
fain, if we raise the money. We shall -be, I think, about
700 f. deficient, at, the time when it will be wanted; and the
object of this letter is to obtain yo,/,asSistance upon this oc-
A A letter in the same words as this, is this day dis.
patched to scvLnty gentlemen ; and if :Nu, together With the
rest 9f the seventy, send us, each ofyou ten pounds, I shall to
a certainty he returned a Member -for Coventry. 'There is
nodontit at all that the whole of- the money will be finally
collected, and therefore when that comes in from the public
subsctiption, the ten pOunds, u;s/css you express your-ul.Ol
to' the contiary, shall be returned to you.

casion

hardlymeces.3ary,for me to_state to you, what
are the uses of the power that you would thus be the cause of
putting into my hands. It Setm3 dear as day-light, that a
change in the manner of conduLting public affairs must take
or that sse arc hastening with kran,l strides to a bloody
revolutitm..And I ant of opinion that my stock of knowledge,
my industry, and my recent 'experience, if they had a sphere
for their full exertion, would greatly tend to pi mince, without
any rizor, at ally that so Anxiously desired change.: For the
express purpose of doing -My utmost to save my country,. I
have returned to that country. I ant now bound up in po-
litics with NO MAN. I'dy mind is my own. I will pursue what
that mind Itrsll dictate. My love for ray country and my
dread of bee dangers have swallowed up all, private resent-
ments. I most anxiously desire to. sec the present form of
Government preserved. I wish to sec my country again free
and prosperous; and I am convinced, that in one montlr I
should he able to suggest the means of effecting, in a Com-
paratively short time, her complete restoration.
Whether I -shall have the. power of doing this will, Sir, de•
peed op you, and On the other-Gentlemen to whom this letter
is addressed ; arid if 1 should nut obtain that power, 1510511 at
any rate. secure the approbation of, my own heart, by haying
thus made a teuder of my services to mycountry, and haviirg
done all tyithin my pulse:- to I,e enabled to render those ser-
vices.. " dig" I can not " a&hapwil ;'' and if Ibe doomed
to see the wreck of my country, my daily bread Will be sweet-
ened by the reflection that I have bad no baud in the causing
of that wreck:

I am, Sir, your most obedient,
•
and 11.W8t bumble Servant,
- IVm. COBPETr.

P. S. If you shnnia accede. to the application, please to di-
rect, posta :Tr paid, to we, at No. 269, Straw!, Lundun.—The
money will be wanted by the seventh of March.
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