Yesterday the despatches ...
The Times, 1824-06-24T00:00:00

Yesterday the despatches for Bengal by the ship Astell, Captain John levy, wete dosed at the East India House, ant de- livered to the purser of that ship. LIVERPOOL, Jaue 22.-The arrivals at this port from forcign ports have, since Sun~ay been more numerous than In the same space for many years past. bn Sunday rearly fortY merchant. men arrived from the East Indies, Africa, the West Indies, Brazil, South America, the United Statet, &c., with valuable cargoes. Yes- terday and to-day the arrivals have also been numerous, and more are expected every tide. Not less than from sixty to seventy vessels from ibreign ports have entered the port since Sunday. The Lan- caster, ilYding arrived-here en Sunday, from Barbadoes; sailed on the 17th of }blay. The Barbadoes paDers are wholly barren of intelligence. All was tranq%uil on the liland whaen the .Lancaster sailed. The Rockethasarrivedatthisport from Jamaica, whence she sailed on the 3d of illaY. Not any inteUigence, we understand, had beea received at Kingston, up to that date, from Lima, via Panama, later than that brought to England by the Dave packet. The Jane atrived here on Monday from Valparaiso. As she has had a longpassage fronm the westcoast, she has not, ofcourse, brought any very late neivsfrom Chilc. KINGSTON, May 8.-We are happy to state, that the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Dawson, who was lately reported in the Guiana Chronicle to have been mumdeTedin St. Domingo, butwhich waa, howeyer, afterwards contradicted, arrived safe and sound in the Forte frigate. He is Colonial Secretary at St. Vincent's, and the brother of Lord Portarlington." COVENT-GARDEN TiiEATIE.-MiSS Nesbitt, wh1o ap- peared in the part of Juliet at this house on Friday last, was to have repeated the character yesterday evening, but was prevented by ill- ness. A notice was posted at the doors of the theatre stating the fact, and also that .Miss KeUy had undertaken the parL Mr Cooper played Roneo creditably, but the house was not very fullyattended. Ialiss Nesbites iUness, we are gl to bear, is not of a dangerous description. FATAL ACCIDENT.-STIRLIN1G, Juno 1.-The fol- lowing particulars regarding the overturning of the Gla,gnw and Pcrth maai have been received from an authentic source:-On Wed- nesday, the 9th inst., at 9 o'clock, the coach was on its return from Perth, and had one inside, and four outside passengers. As the coach entered the east end of CrieW, the hors became un. manageable, and made off. The guard attempted to throw on the drag, but without success. They accordingly drove through the town at fall gallop, the coachman quite unable to restrain them: the consequence was that when near Mfr. Robert. son's inn, the coach was overtrned toh the middle of the street and the pessetigers,guarel, and coneban, were dashed to the ground. An inside passenger, Mrs. Fenton, fronm Leith, but anrnally of Crieff and who had again returned to reside there, bad her arm laroken above and below the elbow. She is, however, in a fair way of recovery. John MI'Gregor, gamekeeperto Wi. Stewart, Esq., of Ardvorlich, and officer to the Saint iaHiandSo ietey, had his skul fractured, and fron the quant ty of blood which issued from his mouth, it is supposed he had recenved some severe contusion from his dirk, pistols, or powder.horn, when he feU, as he wasin full Highland costume when the accident happened. Un- fortunately for his wife and family, he died at eleven o'clock the same night, much regretted by all who knew him. A gentleman from Dunfermline, who was sitting beside the coachmxn. and whn actively assisted to stop the horses, had his leg much hurt, and his body injured; bat was, in course of the afternoon, able to resume his 3ourney in postchaise. Peter 'Laren, from Dalremch, near Comnrle, overseer of Ir. Angus's woods, had his shoulder dislocated, and his face and knee much cut, but is now in a fair way of recove- ry. A young girl from Perth? going to General Drummond's, of Culdees, received some contusions, but sbe is also in a fair way of recovery. The guard and coachnman received tome contusions, but not of a nature So serious as to preVent them from resuming their occupations. One of the horses is since dead. A few days ago, as some men were mowing in a clover- field belonging to Mir. Wm. Ripping, at Golden-green, Nadlow, they discover a partridge sitting upon 16 esgs. The bird did not fly away, but suffered herself to be carried some distance to Mr. Kipping's house. She was there put into a large parrot cage, and then sat upon the eggs as if thd had never beeni disturbed. She went out to take food and drink, and returned with the greatest re- gularity to her task of incubation.-Maidsto,e Gazette. MANsION-SOUsE.-Yesterday AMr. Hilyer, a merchant resid- ing in the city, appeared before the LORD AIAYOR to answer a charge of assault preferred against him by a female, the wife of a lieutenant in the royal navy. The tarties were before his Lordship a short timne since, wben the complarinat stated, that aboat 10 years since she was seduced by the defendant4 arnd had a child by him, which she had eversince kept at boarding-school; that she subsequent- ly married her present husband, whose family increasing, and being reduced to depend on his half-pay, she was unable to maintain her son any longer as she had done hitherto, atid she applied to the de. fendant to support it. She represented that he treated her with great harshness and even brutality; and that on her attempting to follow him to his solicitor's, where he said be was going to settle the affair, he struck her on the breast to drive her backs She statetd that her health was seriouslv atfected in consequence. The LORD 11AYOR said lie remembered, that when the case came before him, the assault was not entered into, and the parties retired, as he understood, to settle the mnatter amicably. He con- ceived, that when the child bad been sworn, it was to be provided for, and tbat lie should hear no more of the case. The Solicitor who attended on behalf of the defendatt said, that the complainant was a woman of such a character-she had pursued the defendant so incessantly into his places of business, and to his private house-she had used such threats to expose bim if he didi not comply with her exorbitant demands, that he could view her pro. ceedings in no other light than an endeavour to extort imoney, which he was determined to resist. He was prepared to answer the charge at the sessions. The defendant was ordered to find sureties to meet the charge at the sessions. This he did immediately, and was discharged. BOW-STREES.-Pctcr Octcoisr, a young man of respectable ap. pearance, was brought up for final examnination, charged with em- bezzling sums of moncy to c lar e nmtunt, the property of his em- ployerss, Messrs. Pickford indC., the eatriers, In th City.-road. MIr. HAl.sRERt attended tor the prosecution, and lrlf. 1iftu PHREYs appeared to take care ef the lnttrests of the prisoner. It appeared from the testimony of Alr. Langdale, one of the firm of Messrs. Pickfordi and ochet witnesses, that the prisoner had been in the service of tha htidste fot letsteen three anid four years,. as col- lecting clerk; and it was-his duty at the cloie Cdf each day, to pay over whatever surms he might receive to thecashier, snd to enter them in the cash or pIaynicntzbook. In November last, a yoting man of the name of Veale was appointed to supersede the prisoner in his aituattioa. and tile latter ias to remain for some time to instruct him in the buLsiness. Towards the lattet end of (be same month, the prisoner obtained leave to go into the country for & f w days) and during his absence some discoveries were made which gave rtie to a suspicion thai, he had been dishonest. Upoi his return, Mr. Lingdale saw him at the office lip Wood-street, Cheapside, and tak- ing hini into a prirvte ridill4 hesrlfotme4 him, in as delicate a man- ner as possible, that the firm had reason to dstpect his integrity. The prisoner did not seen at all confused, and assured Ir. ftangdie that there was no foundation whatever for the suspicion, as he should be able to convince, him, upon an inspection of the accounts. They went together to the wharf in the City-road, where the prisonershow- ed Mr. Langdale tke cash.book, and spoke of several sums which the firrm had reason to believe he (the prisoner) had received and not accounted for, mentioning, among others, one of 104L 7s. 3d., and another of 431. 19s. 6d., paid by the British Plate Glass Company, on account of Pick-ford and Co. The prisoner repeated his assurance, that it was all a mistake, and that ho could set matters right, observing, that if Mr. Langdale would permit him tostep over the way to his own office, he would produce some memoranda, which would convince him of the truth of his assertion, and fully establish his innocence. The permission wasgiven, and he went our of .lr. Langdale's office, but never re- turned. A warrant was procured on the same day, atthis office, for the apprehension of the prisoner; but he was not to be found until a few days since, when Ellis, one of the principal officers, pounced upon him at an-old haunt of his in London. Several witnesses were examined to prove that on the 18th of Oc- tober last 1041. 7s. 3d., and on the 21st of November following 431. 19s. 6d., were paid to the prisoner on behalf of the British Plate Glass Company, those sums being duefrom that Companyto MUessrs. Pickfords; and that theprisoner had never accounted to his employ- ers for the montey. - Some documents, which were partially burnt at the great firat the wharf in the City-road, on the 26th of February, were handed in, in proof of rhe charges, but the cash-book could not be produced, it having been completely destroyed at the same time. Tile prosecutors would also have tbought it expedient to call Mfr. Veale. the prisoner's successor, but thi,s the same awfil calamity had pieveured. The untbrrunae young man was burnt to deatlt while sitting at his desk. The case, -ho wever, was made out to the satisfaction of the magistrate. lr. iHAtMiER said, there were siX or seven other cases against the prisoner, bus he ahould content himself with adducing one more. - Evidence was then called to show that the pris oner had received from Messrs. Dobsonand Cu., factors, the sum o, 24L oa account of his employers, wbich he had embezzled. The priwner made nto remark, and was fully.c o0nmi}ttd foF tTial. The.ace.occspied nealy th cwhole oftltemoming-