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The Times, 1824-01-22T00:00:00

By the Hambu rgh mail, via HolIand, letters were received yesterday from Stockholm, dated the 2d instant. M. d'Oliveira, late Charge d'Affaires from Portugal to the Court of Sweden, had unexpectedly returned to Stockholm. After waiting some weeks at Ystad in expectation of a fa- vourable wind fot his passage to Stralsund, he reteived an order from his Cout not to prosecute bis journey. to Rome, but to return to Lisbon M1I d'Oliveira, consequently, was prep,ring to embark at Gottenhlrgh for Harwich, with the ntctutiots of t8kiP9 lits Vas3age for Lisbon by the Fal- mouth packet.. Letters of tlhe loth inst., reMevea yesterdav from Copen- bagen, aDnoUnCe the death of M. Rosencranz, Danish Minis- ter for Foreign Affairs, on the night of the 6th, after only a few days' illness. He had occupied that situation in the Ministry from the year 1810; - Thsb department of.Foreign ffiairs htas been confided ad interm to Count Schimmel- maan, but Clount Wllohm5 47ib4ssador at. Petersburgh, was intended to be- the successorof Count Rosencranz.; Should his Excellency, howevvf, of-Which Xlere wras some expecta- tion, decline the offlcej it would thou be coufetred on Count Eyssen, The Bishop of bichfieeld i's sAid t6 be dangerously ill. Yesterday a Court of-Directors was held at the East In- dia House, when John Pearson, Esq., took the usual oath on being appointed the Company's Advocate-Ger.eral in' Bengal. SANDWICH, Jan. 20.-Yesterday being appointed for the fimeral obsequies of the late Joseph Marryat, Esq., N., P., the in- habitants of the town of Sandwich, actuated merely by a simulta, neous feeling of respect for the miemory of their departea represcaea. tive, evinced their sense of daty on the inournful occasion " by closing the windows of their houses- shops, &c." The mbst decorous and respectful silence seemed to pervade the dwellings of far the greater part of the inhabitants,:both freemen and others; for even those who possessed no direct interest in the representation of the ancient borough, xvery properly inited in testifying their esteera for integrity, merit, and departed excellence;-EWeniish Gazett.e, unt's sentence of death, it is maid, will be commuted to transportation for life. We understandtoo, that the Royal mercy has been extended to him, upon the condition that he should make a f ull confession of aU he knows respecting his late associates, and that he is now actually making such disdlosures through his solici. tor, 31r. Harmer.-_vcni paper. A Special Cout of QuarterSessions for the couinty of Surrey was held yesterday, at the Court-house, Newington. The magistrat;s were summoned to approve certain rules which had been drawn up by a committee of their own body in consequence of the late gaol act; but as the rules were very numerous, and also very voluminous, the consideration of the ma or partof them was deferred to Thursday, the 26th of February. I we heard these new regula- tions rightlv, one of them was to this effect:--Thbt no person con. fined in the county,gaol under the sentence of any Court shall be vi- sited by his friends except between the hours of 11 and 12, and then only once a weelp We trust thatsno body of magistracy will be found to sanction so oppressive a 'eaassre .witlh their approbation. The Court was then occupied in deciding on a plan for rendering tle pri- son in Horsemonger-lane more secure than it is at present. It was understood that the question of the tread.-mili would be reconsidered on this occasion ; butIt was determined that, as the magistracy were summoned for a specil purpose, the Court was incompetent to en- tertain it. The Comet on the 7th of January wvas in the right shoulder of Hercules, thking a direction towards the tail of tho Dra- gon. It moves with astonishing velocity, as it has since passed mid- way between the back of Eercules and the nortlier Crown, through the right leg of HIercules, aid is now continuing its course between the right knee of Hercules and the right hand of Bootes, and at the present time does not set. . lIthe brilliancy of the Comet continue, we may expect a tmore favourable opportunity of seeing -it aboutthe 38th of this month, when the Moon will be absent; and should the atmospheTe be cear, it wiLl then be distinctly visible between the Pole and the extremity of the liiI of -the Ursa Major, at any hour of the night. Notice has been given in the Gazette, that itis intended to apply to Parliament, intoe next session, for leave to bring in a bill for erecting a patent wvought.iron-bar bridge of suspension upon and over the river Thames and the adjoining lands and premises, for carriages, carts, waggons; horses, eattle,:. and foot passengers, and for making the necessary roads and- commumications thereto ; such intended bridge, lands, premises, roads, and communications to pass ovor and lying in the waters of the Thames within the conservancy of the city of London antd the several parishes of Sr. Botolplh, Ald- gate, and St. Catherine near the Tower, in the countvy of Middle.- sex; and St. John, Horselydown, and St. 3Iary Maadaleni Ber. mondsey, in the county of Surrey; and the height of the. said bridge to admit of ships and vessels to pass under it, at spring tides, without striking or lowering the masts. It is understood that the corps of Officers at presenit un- - der bstn in Dublin, applied to the proper quarter to have the order, forbidding their frequenting plaes of public amusement, rescinded. The answer is said to be, " Do tbey want to be confined to their barracks ?"-Dublin Evening Post. ARtWOLD.-The traitor Arnold possessed, undoubtedly, animal courage; he could stand before a battery, and call on his men to advance. He was once at a royal levee, directly after the close of the American war, when he was introduced to an English l5ord as the American (ieneral Arnold." What, thetraitor Arnold?" exclaimed the nobleman, turning on his heel with disgust. Achal- lenge was given by the General-accepted bv his antagonist, who re- ceived his fre, and discbarged his own pisto in the air. "W 'hy do you not return the fire," exclaimed the General, " Because I am not an executioner," replied the Nobleman.-Philadelphia Gazette. WVe learn with satisfaction that the cotton-works in Renfrewshire are again at work. The combiedtion amiong the workmen to force obnoxious individuals upon their emiployers has been broken up.-Glasgo' C7hronicle. BOW-STREFT.E-Yesterday two brothers, named Ws. aud Jo- smp7i Thompson1 were brought up by Bishop, and underwent an examination which lasted till a late hour in the afternoon, charged en suspicion of having stolen jewcDery and trinkets to the amount of more than 1.051., the property of T. Potter M1acqueen, Esq., DlI.P. lTue subsianceof the evidenpe against the prisoners was as fol- lowS :-MWr. Macqueen, 'whose town-honseis at No. 15, Park-lane, went to his country seat early in December, leaving the house in Park-lane in th care of a man servantand s wife. In some draw- ers and some other places of deposit in his bedroom, which was next to a small breakfast room, was-a large quantity of jewellery, con- sisting of ornaments of brihlants, pearls, amethysts, &c. ; and among other things was. a Highland dirk, mounted withi sil. ver, and. set with cairagordms (a species of Scotch stone), and having a small knife and fork in the handle. Some repairs and decorations heingnecessary irnthehouse, Mr. Hudson, a house de. corator, received orders upon the subject, and sent the two prisoners, and a third brother, and oneor two other-nen, to work there. Ar. A1acqtieehireturnedroto*n frirfewdys- upon business-, end-while he remained the work was Atopped, as he could not bear the smell of paint. He left on the l8th oFaDecember, having a dav or two pre- viously examined his drawers, &c., and found every thing safe. He took the man-severt with Uim, and left the hsus,etlhetn irn the came of two fenmale servants both married women. Some part of the va- luable property descri?ed was deposited in:the small breafast room; the dirk among other thing-. 'In this latter room there was a small breach in the wail, which the prisoners and their brother bad orders to repair. One day while theywereat work in the house,oneofthe fe- nmale servants having occasion togo into the drawing-room found the other brother (James Thompson) crouched behind the door. She was alarmed, not then knowing who it was, and ran up to Joseph and told liim there was a man behind the drawing-room door. He told her not to be frightened, for it was only biis brother. The next daey an elderly man came and inquiredfor the painters, and wentup stairs. Hc went away in a short tinie, and left the street-door open. She inquired of the prisonerswho he.was, aiid they said he was their master. On Sunday (we believe) Alr. Alacqueen returned to towni and upon exainining his drawers, found that he had bcen plundered of upwards of 1,0001. worth of jewellery. The thieves evidently were not pressed for time, for they had, with considerable judgment, selected the most valuable articles; and left the restbehind. The Highlanddirkwas taken.Information wasinstantly given atthisoffice, andl Bishop determined after sonie inquiry to apprehend the three brothers. He succeeded in taking the two prisoners, but the third had quitted his house and all search for him has hithertobeen fruitless. Bills describing the property were sentto the pawnbrokers' shops, and at Mr. Harrison s9,.5, Wardoar.street, it was recol- lected by his- nephewv, who assists in the business, that a dirk exactly answering the description of Air. Macqueen's hal heen pledged with him and redeemed. He attended vesterday's exami- nation, and swore that the. dirk was pledged by the prisoner Wm. Thompson, on the 18th of December, and r.deenmed on dbe 9th inst., by Joseph or James Thompson, he could not swear positivily which, unless they were bofi present, they were so much alike. He he liad seei all the three brotlers before. He gave -a minute de- scr;ptioi of the dirk, and -Mi. Mlacqueen- said it corresponded in eve,y particular w ith the one stolen from him. oddi Wifiliarp ThomDpson, indet'ence, declared thatthe dirk'hc pledged wasliis owi6property, and~l belonged to hm *vhen he was a member.l -of. the Society of " True Bighlanders,' at the British Coffee- house. He had aince sold it to a Jew in the street. It was set with topazes, and mot cairngorams. Asa proof of this, the pawnbroker's sTiopman said they were not oriental but common topazes, ai. the dirk would be very vduable. The wvitness -denied having said so, hSrt admitted that another young isan who w as thleremight have, said so. Witness, however, kcnew tney were not topases. - : - Joseph Thompson protested his innocence, anid seemed very in- dignent at being detained on such a charge. - O ?hce prisoners were rcmnanded for fethber'exaniination . Erratunm.-In the list of bankrupts inTuesday's Gazette, Charles Rooper, of Mlarston.Bigott, in the county of sQwuct, edge-toolmani-er, is roneously called (7ierlss Cooper.