The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-17 00:00:00

~IIILLAND.

DARING NrtEmirr l'O 1111F.AK our or puttLINI NEIVGAT4',.
Doaettii, 111AT12.,—Ahnot, the hour of t wcive.
inforniatiou seas given to the Keer r of ;Newt!). ite,
\lr. Butanes, .that it Conspiracy was going for-
ward amongst the prisoners; phrticularly those
under sentente of transportation's to break the
prison and effect. their escape. Air.-Hoonet; on
receiving this inforniat ion, took the necessary steps
to kern the tiuth and extent of the danger, and in*
eery little time found it was more alarming thri it had
beet) described to him. The Whole of the transport
convicts that belonged to what is called the trans-
port-yard,very near forty, assisted be a number a
other prisoners, had, it appeared, dug a hole
through the wail of the prison, about ten feet, in.
-to the officer's necessary, opening into liaiston-
street, and tieing resolved on miktog the attempt
to escape t hrougiet his hole it) mid clay, thevseized
rind bound in eords-tne t tvo sentinels phrtil over the
transport -yard, and with their 'trots, tar of the
most desperate, that is, two with the loaded stns..
kets, and to 0 more atoned with then.iyonets, were
to guard the entr.ince to the yard to the last rxtrtqui•
ty, while their conipanionsshould he tnals'in.ti their
escape. Mr. lourties,on this discovery, madeevery
possiole effort to Impress ott then, •a sense of their
rash .tiled extra-vagant,deigo, to esope Bout a priis
Soo so welj gpaeded, attet 4 tick plot hail been ilit-:
coverer; and homanely ex hioti.il t iielo TO Sir,Olit to
their tate, Which, no itever dis.ipeeable i: was tor
the time, 'Wolliii only be iii ire siggr,ivated ii) per-
severing in.their 'tintless iutention lo swum did
Mr. Bout tics, mid others Who accompanied him,
remonstrate ; they appeared .otaiiitnously resolved
to try their fortune, and brave- all dangers fin. oh- wining their fiber y. The strong.military i;ttard,
always stationed at the prison, were accordingly,
placed:in the best sitoations- to resist the draper:.
does ; and a loud and continued .hirtza, or shout
from those within, atutounced to time guards-with-
out that the attempt was going to be put Olt)
execution. Au uofortunate young man, it:Jaw('
Peter Woods, was the first who made his way
through the breach-Hhe was instantly shot dead,
by one of the guard. Three others pressed forward
utter him, erne of shoat Was "coy badly wouoiled
through, the leg. 'By this time the passage-was
closed up, and, we presume, the desperate spirit of
the couspiators somewhat subdtted. A parley
ensued, when, convinced of the tenterity of thdr
ondertaking, and the Madness of persevering in it
any further, they submitted to their keepers; and
the High Sheriffs having arrived a little before
this submission look place; a number of the ring»leaders were secured, and trausinit tell forgreater fie.
curity to Kilmainham gaol, and every 'necessary
exertion inktie to secure the prkoo front any tor.
titer outrage. it it clunpoted that 'wally three
hundred prisoners of various descriptions, most
Bate escaped on this occasion, had not the plot
been timely discovered. It should be observed 4
m
gt lei at
yt nt:it onetltat. ii)sf t‘ivi ea
spearisi oyn sw c.iyottivolicpseticdati'oedr t
ihne fttitiri; •
CQnspiracy.—(bitetaa7tl-.$ /vernal)

TO THE EDITOR OF TUE, SUN.

Stn,.—Foleartraged by your iosertion of tuy last
in your valuable publication, 1 ventore to trotibic

you again 'with a-tew remarks on the queries of,
'and answers to those of the Board of Agrienlinie
iti,ertecLin your Paper of the 3d instant, 'I must
piciniae, that the queStions are proposed by per-
sonslhemselves deeply and exclusively interested
iti trie subject, and the answers given by others
greatly und'er their inAuence, and whose opinions
extend solely to, relieving their' own branch,,bf
track, "nt to thioiv the weight upon the rest of
tl,e community ; hence we may eddlv foresee the
result of these enquiries, and the remarks of the
Board on these answeis have all the same Object
in view—they act mid reason exactly as those
dealing in wine, leather, &c. and all want-to I.
Vance their.own interests and prtlfitS, at the ex.
peuee of others : 'were the dealers in wine,.lem her,
&c. to decide, there would not be a tax raised
upon a single article ; let us hope the judges in
the cause before us will act More honourably and
disinterestedly : let them
,recollect„. (as, among
many'other very valuable considerations, is oh•
served by Senex) that the landowners " in 25

years.luive doubled, trebled, yea (in some cam)
quadrupled their rents," have avbiled themselves
(if every temporary circumstance forAlsis
and now that these no longer exist, and
clan mist absolutely, take glare, althrnlgh-of 'only
alurit 25 per cent. they falsely cull it 4,`
tura! Di'stress'," and use every means in their,
power to throw as peat a part as they can ofi,
this reduction on the nation, omitting as of no.
consideration, how small is this reduction, in
comparkon to the; enormous advance of rents
just mentioned.—But to the queries and the•,

answers :--
Ist, Occupancy.—The farms are thrown on the
handi rind uncultivated, C.), the I,imple
reason, that the rents tvere f.+. too ; we need
look,/Iry furtiter.-41tose Which Hee Still occupied,
were eiilicr at it proper rate of rent, of the rent
has teen lowered : tie retnafks of the:board on
this, and every other answer, are. all -to- put the
.sole cwbsc as inttelL out of sight as possible ; the
:hoard consists of Landowners, the queries are put
t.t) tgnants„ parties concerned,' or tinder their in-
-fluettee.- and to country illagistratei
crested in the cause. • • ,

aci, Notices to tptit.-At the present rents, the
.fitrmer mint (pit Or be mniritd;
3(1, Itrduction of Rents.. average of those
recinc,4l is ealculateil at 25 per cent, a to Arrears
Inerttioird in the remarks, they are.the natural
Consequence of the ,rents being, so beyond nil
reason; the renews of course cannot pay them,
4th, General state of Husbandry,,--,St ill the dis-
tresses wefithineti in the remarks mist- from the
tatnelcansei, etILI the 'application of the saute re-
ntedy must hu resorted t' o; when tin. (armor fiks4l3
Wrtilleit so oppressed by the4h4gli rant, that be
cannot possibly pay, h calmest be atpecten that
he should give that attention to the cultivation of
his farm, or put himsulf to arty 4tispeßte for its
future produce, and of, inutile thivetate of hut-
biotiry must he c„ousiderably on the whata
this is the case. -Not .tri the public must the
farmer Apply for filial',. but so the landlord., who
6)r- many years hes received most etorbitant
rents, levied, we msy say, upou. every other class
of the station, then stiffering under every priva.
ditiqulty from the conseqtteneaaof the
tionnentous and extensive wars, itkwhich we were,

epgageti.
ails and stb, OCAS% 4114, Arabic trawls tom-
pared.---Stock Grillers, of courlo, have not suf.
tered so greatly as arable ; the' providential abun-
dance and well secured crops ut corn (air to
ectloill degree, the importation front nbroarlT. ac-
count fur this ; but it,
,as is to be liOpett awl ex-
the pt ice of stotk,will fall in proportion,
the smite etfer.t will clime. -
itb..Circulittion,of Paper.,--No doubt the fai-
lure of assistance from the Country Banks has pro-
duced much uti,c/tief, us t bey or. pleased.to call it,
to them,-but great benefit to the rest at the
inhuity, for it has retta6:Ai. that artificial price,
arising if um the ulcances at ateSt, 11sitlis on the
secnrity
bleu of land,. anti thereby en-
shinut the fanner
'Jo keep it front the market till
at I,is own luice, '4or to a.. price in RropoitiOit to
the Itii..;ll rents.
.be has to pay.""A few of ilte an-
swers on t )ittbject, acknowledge --that ". the
'present amotilit at .ciretilating paper is ~aklegitate
to the object-of buying and telling at ilia present

• prices.II
Bth, State of the' Labouring Poor and Poor
Rates.—With retr,atti to the first, since on account
Of the high rents, twiny f.itins aril and touch
land nticitit iv,ticu, there most necessarily be a pro.
p.,,rtiouttic tr of labour required, thence
considerable thlgree of distress front want of ens-.
ploynont and increase of p Irish poor rates. The
ourahle reports on this subject are at.
ft towed in be tionc away by the remarks—the
c,ise crf laird-iiitionyers is very different from that
of,manoliter laves in the latter a deficiency of de.
!WA 111051 cause that branch to decline, and of
course a loss of employ, but In that arising from
T,igticulturei this cannot be the case; consumption
must continue, neither fashion nor ungbt else can
affect it, man must eat, bread must be had, and
the want of employ Can arise only from the same
Cause to W4itil we must ever recur ; remove this
nod the farmer will be able to afford A full am.
ployment to the labourer,
1. Poor Rates, Farms given up, Farmers Pau-
pers themselves, etc....-The weight of the' pour
races mast then undoubtedly fall upon the pro-
prietors of the land, tinder the above eircum-
htallees, the number of persons requiring paro-
chial aid must increase, nor is it at all surprising
that this should (item when provisions are cheap.
The_ cheapness has nothing, to do in this easel If
the litiOntlllll of labour is diminished, how is the
nuemployed labourer to subsist He must apply
to the parish or starve, We mina recollect that
all the ati.xieties and apprehensions manifested by
the country magistrates and others, come from
the very class of people, to whom the eause
theses of
chiefly to be attributed. Theobservation

absolutely uncultivutLd„ tkA grcat number of farm
thrown upon the sands.of the landlord, at..a j)e.
rind lie cannot attempt their clikivation,sind other
causes, must create a grezit defalcation in the pro-
duce of grain, together with the general neglect
of purchased Manure, and-the discharge Qf la-
bourers, must considerably affect the future milli-
vation of the soil, and . such an effect -arise as
Woulil be severely felt. But,:Sir,-I can front tmV
own perisnal knowledge affitrtit that none of,
these consequences have arisen, nor pre to be ap=
Trekended, wltere.the landlords have had the jus-
tice and gond sense to reduce thuir . rents. Not
one tenant .has quitted, or given notice to quit,
not one acre kit uncultivated, nor any improve-
ment neglected, or a deficiency of employment to
be found.

Whales!! ftctitions means are used to,keep tip
high rente of land, however it may suit the gree-
diness of the land-m6or, is a positive injury to
every htifieh' of induitty, end to the nation in
gener:ll.•!* Let these peoplit compare their sitna-
tMry with that of the stockholder, the man' who
ltadju 1791 a property in the 'stinks of equal ea-
Inc then to that of ahoiliel• in land, iimis his pro-
perry s‘ationary in rent;, anti reduced in value to
just two-thirds of what it was then worth, where-
as the landed property has 'more than trebled in
value in both. •
I remain, your Constant Brauer,
. IMMPALLTI4LIS.

LAW INTMAAiKNCE.

couitT OF KING'S.IS,ENCII,Ay IC.
LIBEL.

itnt.ty.sra N. w. wRAXALL, BART.

This defendant,. stiff, red jud..4iiient to go. hy.ile-
hi nit to a crimitt4l kufortnat ion filed 'against him
Mirhaelllias Term last, hilt,' With a
lihel upon Count 'Woronoff, formerly Faterry
traordinary from the Court of St, Petershargli to
this comitry,'. published by the detendant in a
‘Vork,ent ,t led " The Iltstiny of his 01VII Times;".
The ATTneNP,v-ORNERALIIOW prayed the* judg
ment orthe :Court.
The .libellons matter imputed to the defendant
was contained in xn anecdote published in the
work in question and %yds to thiS effect, that the
,first wife of the) present Kiag of Wirtemburgh,
was.related to the EmpreNs eAtherin,i of Rus-
sia, had, after her marriage, resided at St Peters-
-burgh in the year. 1787. when she "was .Ituldenly
removed from public appearauce, whether by tut-
toral death or Other imitll4 it was impossible to
ascertain. Suspicion eNiSitni ill tile IllintiS,Of Some
persons that she had conic by her death elder by
poison, administered by the Empress herself, or in
consequence of her reniOrul to the polar deserts.
Doubts had likeviise.existed in the minds of some
persons, whether the Prince of ‘Virtemborph was
nor also implicated in the guilt; and when that
high personage was db!llit. ;If coollar't a,ta Mil-.
since with the eldest daughter of Oco. 111. doubts'
had existed in his royal mind, whether the PI ineit
was innocent of the death of his %vile. The an•
thor then ‘Vent nn to shoe, that be had heird this
subjectmliseussed between Oh; years 1789 and 1795,
and that when thee Malice in question was in 40-
tuition, an agent was sent over from the Court or
Rustk, for the express purpose or removing from
the King's mind the impression %silk which it
was imbued, of the Priutuec's guilt ; and 00 that oe-
casino, Count Woronzoff, the Russian Ambassador,
who had pteviously asserted the guilt of his'impe-
mistresi. earnestly defended her front the int •
potation. The libel then went On to ridd,.-
" There still remains .4110thet impOrtim fact,
which merits consideration. We have.se'en that
Count IVoronzidt originally maitu3iiird 1 s Soye-
reign's innocence of the Princess's deittir, thatigh.
lie teas 'afterwards •Imtteed to depart
,from Haiti
acsertioil; When did he make that.
Mitch depends upon the time; for Catherine died
on the 15lit No%. 1796, Ole crime More or less
might not appear 'to' but of 'much consequence,
when—so • many' could be justly attributed to
her." The Author asserted in the libtd, that he
ea)/ well knew the agent who ha 4 been sent over
to' this country, to defend the „Empress from the
imputation which was then abroad respecting the
hue of the l'rineess of Wirteuburgh. la the
mouth 'of May 130, the publication appeared, and
the first edition rapidly sold, Shortly afterwards
the libellous matter chine to the knowledge of
the prosecutor, who immediately wive to the de-
fendant, desii iag. to know the, sources of hit in-
formation, and particularly to be informed of the
name of the agent, whom the defendant stated
hiaasseif to have been intimate with ; and from
whom Ire derived his knOwledge of the Facts in
question. To this letter a polite answer was retai).
ed by the defendant, stating, that he had forgotten
the name of the agent; that he could not remem-
ber from whom be derived dais. information ; but
which he believed at the time to be true: I!", bon,
ever, that Tart of the statement, whiet, roa k,t,to
cooot Wnronzotf, was without foundation, it was
merely an tailor-4%a error, and he shouhl be happy
to have the honour and pleasure of , correcting it
in his secmid which was then going to
the press, In two months afterwards a second.
edition'of the work appeared, in which
of the libel which.rclated immediately to the pro-
secutor
was expunged, but the other part of the
ativedate were retained.-

Affidavits were now put in on the part of the
Count., which directly negatived the whole,of the
libel, and denied that there was one word of truth
in it, troni beginning to end.
The defeuitant also put in affidavits, disclaiming
all personal feelings towards the Count in the
publication „tad asserting, that the imputed libel
was tic, inure than an hitorical error.; but profes-
sing his willingness to make every reparation in
his power, to the injured feelings of the Count.
1 he ATTuRNEY GENBRAL mid Mr. WithaEN ad*
dressed the Court for the prosecution.
Mr. Roe was heard in mitigation, and, urged
the topics of the defendant's affidavit, with consi-
derable ingenuity.
Mr. Justice 13.1YLEY, in prou,ouncing the judg-
ment of the Court, dwelt with much feeling upon
the seriousness of the defendant's ntrel)cv, and

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h.

`Bench for six month's, and to ply a: film to the
Xing 0150111..
Sir N. Iy, bnwed to the tourt, and
retired.. '
itobr? Cailey , fOund guilty at the last
Aislies of entering. into K conspiracy to defrann
,
the revenue, he being an officer ot the Excise,
„Was gentcticed to 1/3 mouths' imprisontheat.
Join //a#lchid, for a violent assault ti3Oon: Cos,.
toni-lionse officers, was sentenced to 12 months'
imOrisounient.
Several oilier iiersnns Charged with similar Of-
fences were Sentenced to various terms a COn-
linenient. .

,
COliglgTORT COURT, DOCTORS' CONINIoNi.
slit WM. ABDY tl. LADY ADDY.
Thin was a proceeding for a divorce, at the in-
stance of Sir Wm. IsOihst Lady Abtly, oti the
'ground of adulter.
•
The circtunstancei of ibe ctise hiving been
• lately before the public, in a report of the trial
of an action for erint. con. againit Lord Charles
)3entincic, .a short, summary of diem sill only be
necessary upon the present occasion. .
It appeared that the parties were married on
the. 3d, of ,191y,-1806, 'by consent of the Marquis
IVellesley, Lady Atulyss,. then Aliss Wellesley's
guardian„ An 'acquaintance bad subsisted between
them and family of, Lord .Charles Bentinek,
which on the death of his wife, in 1513, wezt in-
creased. in consequtnce of the great attentions
paid by Lady Abny to Lord Charles's only daugh-.
ter, au infant about three years Of-Uge. Lord.
Charles's visits at Sir William Aluly's house from
,this time became very frequent, particularly in.
the absence of the latter, and several, letters.
passed from him to Lady Ahdy, whiat were after-
' wards found in her portfolio, couched in terms of
the warmest affect ion, and those of a more recent
d.ite alluded to their, haviug vivified an jut-,
proper passion, On .the sth of September last
'the (sloped together front Sir W. Ahdy's house,
in Hill-street, Berkeley. square, and resided front.
that hate in lodgings at Croones•hill, Greenwich,
Irtssing as Mr, and Mrs. Brown. Lady Atply.
'afterwiards ivrOte. a letter to her Itteihmiti, and an-
o'ther to his ,inter Mrs. Caldwell, deploring. the
misery she saffored from the step she had taken;
anti Sir Willion brought his Action against Lord
.Charles lientinck, who suffered judgment to •Ko
by default, and a verdict was obtainedfor 70001.
damages. These facts were fully substantiated m
evidence, and no defence being rate rug!,
Sir WILLIAst SCOTT shortly e,cpres,ed hims,elf
satisfied as to the sufficiency of the proof, and acr
cordingly signed the sentence of divorce.