MR. FLETCHER.-Yesterday m...
The Times, 1824-10-04T00:00:00

VI R. kLETCREP.-YeSteTdlay snorrinr1 thig rainister preached to a congregation as numerous as that which 'a- sembled to hear himii on the preccding Sunday. No attempt was made to interrupt his progress to the pulpit, or to place another minister there. At the conclhsien bf the service, Mr. Fletcher addressed the congregation, and stated that one of the memiibers of the Syniod at Edinburgh, a-Ad who had dissented from. the proceedings which his col- leagues ha(i adiopted regarding himi (Mr. Fletcher), had written to inforis him that the Synod, wouldl do nothing furtlier until next May, wheni that assembly was again to mect. The same gentleman also infornrd him that he might then 1petition the Syno(d to review and alter the de- cisioni wlhich it had come to regarding him. That couisehe wouldl adopt, and if the Syno(d refused to alter their scin- teice, he would then make his bow, and leave them (the Presbytery). On tVednesday the Blonde frigate, Captain Lord Bvroni, Hailed for the Sand wich Islands, with the remains of their late lila- Jesties, and the Giovernor, Admiral, and suite of the late King and Queen of that nation. Previouslv to their embarkatinn. the minis- ters of religion, and pastors of Cthristian churches in the borough of Plortsmouth and town of Gosport. accompanied bhr Captain iienrv Moncke Mason, of the Royal Navy, wpatte(l upon the officers and gentileien composing the suite ofttheir late Majesties, to testifv their sympathy ancl condolence on thie much-lanenited death of their Ia- jesties, whiici they, as friends to societies forned for the purpose of sendinig the Christian religion to other nations, haye dleepIV to sle- nlore. They also tendered expressions of their gratitude to the Sandwich gentlemen, and through them to their nation, for the re- ception it has given to the mosionaric& of the gospel of the one only living and true God, sent to the world by his son Jesus Christ ; and msost respectfully commended to their patronage and protection, the missionaries, ard 4hc catue of missions, in their islands, arden'Iv hopingK that the whole suite and attendants on their late Majesties and all the islanders of the Sandwich nation, mar partake of the ad- vantages of thatgospel which has proved of such inestimable benefit to Britain as a nationi, and to many thouisands of her population as individuals. Thc venerable and able tutor of the lissionary Aca. (leamy at Gosport (thc Reveretin Dr. BageC) was Drevented from ac- coinpanying the gentleinen alluded to by a most severe domestic af. fliction.-Hempshire Tclegraplh. On Thursday last, twvo transport ships, the Grenade and the I/eri, sailed from 'Woolwich with 1fiO female convicts on board for Sydney and Van Dieman's land. 'Ihe delay in sending away female convicts has been for soRme time matter of complaint, and we undxerstand that a representadon is to be imnmetliately made tby thc magistracy of some of the adjacent counties to the Secretary for the Ifomc Department, of the vast inconivenicnce arisig Jfrom the long deteition of feniale convicts in the several prisons after sen- tence of trantportation has been passed upon them. Vithin the space of two years there have heen no inorc than three transmissions of the women to the usual place of destination, and die prisons throughout the country have been so crowded on account of ihii arrangement, or rather this want of arrangement, as to prevent the possibility of classification-an expedient in prison discipline re- commnmlend as the most effectual meant of improving the habits of the persons confined. Most of those females who went ail in the last batch, as it is c,alled, have been in confinemetit eleven or twelve months, to the cerious expense of' the several coutities in which | they had been committed, and the irreparable injury of tie less guilty, who have been conspcllcd to associate with them, and thits delay is permitted to take place when the necessity for female servants is so pressinig in New South WVales, that letters front thence state, tnat thie inoment a fcmale transport ship arrives, the beach is crowdedl with settlers, who at once take into their employment whatever women are not irrecoverably abandoned. It is known, tOO, that matrimony quickly follows transportation. and then Governmnent re8igns its control over them. By the last New- gate Calendar, it is to be seen tlin t nearlv fi9 wonsen eier that prison on the occasion altidedl to, and that the RecordeT's report is not now, as it usel to be, delayed until time most daring criminal expected mercy, but, on the contrarv, is madci with the most punctuial and humane regularity. tlrithin the last three or fbur scssiotns, the re- port has been received without any more delay tihan was necessary for an investigation into the canese of time condeiimned'. The cause of all formiser delays in the present reign, assigned by tie Secretary hin. - self, isacis as to reHlect gest hoi,our on the Sovereign. His ab- horrence of signing deathi-warrasts is SO strong, that he trembles at the tnane of the Recorder, and of coursc he wishes to receivc as few visits as possible front tan ofSicer wvith so awful a character. At the close oi the examlination on Fuiday. Mr. Faunt- leroy retired to Mfr. Conant's private residence. which is next door to the office, and was tishered into the drswing.room, where he sunh i upon a chair, and exclaimed " Thank God, it is over !" To thc I offcers who were present, he remarked, that the exawidnatiht had been painful; butL that his mind was too agitated to recognize anTi one, or to enabic hitn to pay tiny attention to the progress of the in.. vestigation. To Mlr; Broderick, and Mlr. Butler (ilir. Harmer's clerk), whio came into the roomn and conversed with hin, he pro- nmised to commitnicate whatever was deemiied necessary to the ar- rangement of his defence. The extensive accounts of the late tirm of Mftrsh and Co. were also incidentally mentioned,ar.d the prisoner expressed tie titulost anxiety to affbrd every assistance towards their elticidationi. Between f6ur and fiveo'cloclk, be wasinfortned that he must be conducted back to Goldhatrh.-felds, when with an alacrity that showed he had soniewhat recovered from hbis ?onMer depressioni. lie caught tip Ihis ftat, descetide(I the stairs without assistance, anti tookc hisseatin the coach, with an officer on each side. At the gate of the prison, the coach was tret bv Mir. Vickerv, the governor. On alightin, and going lip thc-steps leading to the cletk's office. he said to Mr. Vickery, " I ain very happy once more to see the inside ofl the prison, as one more day is dver:." Sinice his cornivnittal. lie has occupied one of the state rooms. It ie one of the lost desirable in ithe prison, and cotliiw~nils an extensive view of the Iiighigate and lJampsread hills. He passes hlis time prinicipallv in writing amd rad,- ing. '?wo men attend htim throughout thle day, and take their mim1iisi in the samne room. At night one Of then is withidrawn. These pec> cautions arc deciem necessarv, to guard against any attenspiat tself destruction. To his keepershe is extremely courteouw. Ue istreat- ed with indulgence, and he is allowed wine at his dinner. The re- strictions appear to have no other object than his safe custodv and self.preservatior,. Mr. Vickerv yesterday stated to Mr. Conatit, the Alagistrate, the mode in which he trealed his prisoner, which etpt the entire apfprobation of the .Magistrate, who at the stine itie ob- servedethattihe legal- advisers ofthe-prisoner were to imvC tree aecess to him, but on no accottnt was any friensd or relative to be permitted I to see hini wvithotJt t4le Magistrate's permission. Mr. Fauntlerovs- I mother is, wiC uinderstand, In her 70t]1 vear. Severe illness has con- fined her to her bed. Hlapp-ily the prudent foresight of those around her have; by conrcalibg the late disclosures, spared her feelings the ! hlmock they muust hav6e \udergoue from a knowlicdge of the situation in which her son is pl;Wed.-S.'idoa paper. a Mrs. Henry Fausleroy aughter of the late Captain John Young, of the Royal Naryv, but not a sister of aMiss Frances and Mlisis Elizabeth Young. DEscErNr 0F' A YOUNG LADV IV NA ir-DALLOON.-An extraordinary sensatiotn was produced the other day at Cuckfield Fair, in Sussex, by the descent of a large balloon in tbe midst ogthci crowd assemtble(l at thef&e. It being a great horse and cattle fair. as well as one of amusement, there was a vast assemblage of persons i of all classe,, and the aeronau,ts, whose names we have not learnt, descended in the very heart of the fair. Thie .first rensation pro. duced on the-crowd of peasants, nian y of whom had nevcr seen a balloon before, was very great, and their astonishissent was wnsicr. ably Increased by secing an elegant young lady step out of the car. The patties iirnmediately set off in a post-chaise for London. We have not yet heard whenice the balloon ascended. Going up in air- balloonshasoflatebecomea very fashiionable recreation. It is a remarkable circtuinstatee, thatDmore ladies have ventured to make this thfan al4sest tnF other novel. eapariinent, in -which there * certausy i6smelittl& tanger. Upwards of forty-five felsal aero nauta may.be cinurnerated, out of which oaly two have Met withl