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j Urittst). STAGE COACHES DISTURBING DIVINE SERVICE.—The City Solicitor applied to the Lord Mayor, requesting that he would permit the drivers of the Greenwich stage-coaches to drive into the City on Sundays, during divine service, as far as Gracechurcb-street. The petitioners were ready to make his Lordship the most solemn assurances, that they would do little more than creep" in and out of the City at certain hours (laughter); and that each coach should dis- appear in a quarter of an hour; and that there should be no cadging, nor touting, nor barking. (Loud laughter.)- The Lefd Mayor said he did not know that he could refuse such a request, particularly as it was backed by so delight- ful a promise. (Laughter.) A few days ago James Ward, of Tattershall, who is 96 years of age, was employed in the harvest-field, and cut several sheafs of wheat with a hook, in a piece of ground belonging to ,Mr. A. Beeby, with as much facility as many persons at 50 or 60 years old. He enjoys excellent health, and appears as vigorous as many persons fifty years old. From his birth this aged man has known very little illness, i and for 53 years of his protracted existence he superintend- i j ed the management of a farm belonging to Mr. T. Dicken- j son; a situation which he filled with honesty, and is now y reaping the reward of his fidelity in the constant kindness | of his old master. He resides in one of the alms-houses I belonging to Earl Fortescue.—Boston Gazette, j Tuesday se'nnight was married at Fakenham, for the third time, Mr. Thomas Hubbard, of the juvenile age of 79 (who for many years lfas supplied the town with matches and water-cresses), to Miss Martha Frary, of the same place, aged 21. It was ludicrous in the extreme to the multitude assembled, to behold Hubbard limping along with the bride's maid, whose age somewhat exceeded 80, preceded by his daddy, also of dot and go one celebrity, and followed by an unfortunate cripple driving his curricle of dogs to the church, where, to the great mortification of the unfortunate lovers, they had to wait a short time the arrival of the cler- gyman. Immediately after the hymeneal knot was tied, the bridegroom was torn from his fainting partner, thrust into an open carriage, decorated with rams' horns, and drawn through the principal streets of the town, amidst the firing of guns, and the shouts and ridicule of the people. Norwich Post, The postponement of the Cornish mine cause occasioned Some loss, jT rather the prevention of some gains, to the tradespeople of Bridgewater, and particularly the innkeep- ers at whose houses the witnesses were stationed. At one of these inns one party actually drank, in the night of Tues- day only, the quantity of 370 grogs and 50 bottles of wine! On the ensuing morning, each man on his departure pro- vided himself with a pocket pistol," containing half a pint of brandy.— Taunton Courier. A most daring and extensive burglary took place about four o'clock on Tuesday morning in the house of Obadiah Elliot, Esq. a gentleman of fortune, residing at Spring-hill, Plaistow, Kent. The burglars carried off a large quantity of bills of exchange, together with a valuable watch, seve- ral gold rings, cash, &c. to the amount of upwards of £300. About nine o'clock on Thursday night, a respectably dressed young couple entered Waterloo bridge from the Strand, and walked to and fro thereon for some time in earnest conversation. After wishing each other a good j night they parted, the gentleman returning towards the Strand, and the lady proceeding in a contrary direction. The female passed the watchman, to whom she wished a good night, and in about three minutes after a splash was heard, when it was ascertained that she had thrown herself from the parapet of the bridge into the river. From the time of night it was impossible to get boats immediately to her assistance, and the body was not discovered at half-past eleven o'clock. ExEcunoN.—On Monday morning Edward Reed was executed at Ilchester gaol for the murder of his wife, by poisoning her. Immediately after his conviction, he made an ample confession of his guilt, by which it appeared that, for the trifling sum of £6. 5s 6d, which he became entitled to on the death of his wife (he belonging to a burial soci- ety), he committed the horrid deed for which he has paid the forfeit of his life. After hanging the usual time the body was cut down, and delivered to the surgeons for dis- section. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—It is said that there is still some hope that Covent-Garden Theatre may now be reliev- ed from its difficulties, and its ruin consequently averted. Mr. C. Kemble has, it is said, expressed his willingness to undertake the management, provided the creditors are dis- posed to make some sacrifice of their immediate interests, -and accede to a proposition for postponing the settlement of their claims. It is requisite, however, that a sum of money should be raised to relieve the establishment from the sale of the furniture under the distress for taxes, and to furnish a fund for the purpose of defraying the expences attendant on the preparations for opening it next month. If these two points shall be accomplished, Mr. Kemble en- gages to conduct the theatre with the strictest regard to economy, and to abolish the ruinous system of arrears, by ready money payments. The commissioners for victualling the navy took contracts on Friday for 50,000 gallons of West India rum, and 100 tons of sugar, to be delivered into his Majesty's victualling stores at Deptford on or before the 1st of October next. The rum was contracted for at Is 9fd per gallon, and the 4 sugar at £50. 7s 6d per ton. We are sorry to hear that William Kendrick, Esq. one of the Welsh Judges and Recorder of Dover, is very seriously \1:11; no hopes are entertained of his recovery. The front of the Duke of Wellington's mansion at Hyde Park corner is now completed, and, it must be admitted, presents a very cbaste and elegant appearance. At the same time it evidently partakes of the fault of most modern buildings, that of the windows being much too narrow. The Duke of Gloucester has regularly conveyed to each theatre he may please to visit his tea equipage; and the Duchess of St. Alban's has adopted the same plan. There are rooms attached to the private boxes occupied by these personages, where the hissing urn or more humble tea-kettle areputintorequisition. A most melancholy occurrence took place at Marazion on Wednesday morning: between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, Mr. William Millett, surgeon, of that place, shot himself through the head. The unfortunate gentleman had previously exhibited symptoms of a disordered mind. Exeter Flying Post. YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—We understand, according to a fresh regulation, the whole of the Leicestershire Yeomanry, when on duty, will-not be allowed as formerly to appear in plain clothes after each.day's exercise; but they shall, whenever in public, appear in their full dress uniform, with a cap in lieu of their-helmets. We think the above a whole- some regulation; for if men are to be soldiers, let them appear to the public as such, and not as we have frequently witnessed some of them, with a white hat, blue coat, and grey trowsers. A non-compliance with the above orders will subject the party to a fme.-Leicester Herald. There are eight presses at the mint, which, on cases of emergency, can all be put in action, and each press coins 40 sovereigns in a minute, making 820 sovereigns by the whole eight presses in a minute, or 19,200 in an hour. Allowance must, however, be made for the breaking of dies, &c. As many as 150,000 per day have been coined.—Me- chanics' Magazine. DONCASTER MEETING.-The Earl of Chesterfield, who is steward of these races, contributes in every way to their being more than usually celebrated this year. His Lord- ship has taken four houses near the race-course, and sends his establishment in order to entertain a very large party from London to meet the Duke of Wellington. RIOTS IN MANCHESTER.—Another of those alarming riots amongst the operatives which, for the last thirty weeks, have been so frequent in Manchester, took place on Tuesday af- ternoon se'nnight, with the power-loom weavers, to whose infuriated conduct, it is feared, that one, if not two, lives have been sacrificed. We are sorry to state that the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Grant has been seized with a paralytic attack at his residence near Wanstead; the side and face are affected, but there is no immediate danger. We believe the health of this learned person has been for some time declining. IRISH TITHEs.-The Cork Constitution states that, owing to some remarks which were made at a vestry, convened under the Tithe Composition Act, the Rev. Mr. Mongan was induced to address a letter on the subject to Mr. Goul- burn, the author of the bill. The following answer has been received by the Rev. Gentleman :— Downing-street, Aug. 25, 1829. "SIR,—I have had the honour of receiving your letter of the 20th instant. I am not surprised that interested persons in Ire- land should circulate unfounded reports with respect to the inten- tions of Government, with a view to serve their own particular interests; but I am astonished that any well-educated person should give credit to rumours so destitute of probability as that to which your letter refers. I have only, in reply to your inquiries, to say, that I know nothing of any intention to place the payment of tithes on a different footing, or to deprive those who have or may compound, of any advantage now enjoyed by them under the existing law.-l have the honour to remain, sir, &c. Rev. J. C. AIongan." "HENRY GOULBURN." AN ATTEMPT TO ROB THE MANCHESTER POST OFFICE.- Between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock on Wed- nesday forenoon last a most daring attempt was made to rob the Manchester post office. It appears that the clerks on duty were busily engaged in sorting letters, when a noise was heard in the private box office, and the falling of some money. The clerks immediately rushed to the spot, and discovered a man, who had, no doubt, ,been concealed in the entrance lobby, with his hands forced through the win- dow, in the act of stealing a quantity of money, which had been left there for the purpose of giving change. On per- ceiving the clerks the thief instantly drew back, and made a bolt to the street, but was pursued and taken. In the afternoon he was brought before the magistrates, at the New Bailey Court House, when one of the clerks attended to give evidence, and the prisoner was committed. No money was found upon his person; but the clerk stated it was impossible amongst so great a quantity of money to say what he had taken. The fellow was recognised by the police as a notorious thief and an old acquaintance. There is little doubt but an accomplice was at hand to receive the booty; and had the thief not been so opportunely sur- prised by the clerks a serious robbery might have been the consequence. THE BARON-V OI > >> —The question OF the legal representative to this title,, which is claimed by Richard Stamp Sutton Cooke, who in addition to the barony pre- tends a right to the whole of the borough of Stafford, and very considerable estates in Wales and elsewhere, which claims have been before his Majesty's law officers for some considerable time, we have reason to believe will be finally set at rest on the meeting of Parliament, the law officers having prepared their report, to the effect that the claimant is not the legal representative.-Brighton Gazette. COBBF/IT'S CORN.-(From the St. James's Chronicle.)- We have received the following communication from Mr. Cobbett, together with the articles therein described. We can safely say that Mr. Cobbett has not overrated either the bread or the cake. The latter is really delicious; and the former is as white and as light as the best London bakers' bread, and in our opinion much more agreeable to the taste. Kensington, 3d Sept. 1829. Sia,—I send you herewith a small loaf of bread, consisting of two-thirds of English wheat flour and one-third of corn flour. I also send you a piece of plain cake, made wholly of corn flour, except the sugar and other ingredients. You will find, I think, the bread some of the best that you ever tasted and the cake is certainly the best that I recollect to have tasted, though I am no very good judge of that matter. As soon as my corn is fit, I will send you some ears for eating green. They ought to be boiled in clear water-for about twenty minutes; you then take them out, drain the water from them, rub them slightly over with butter, whilst they are hot, sprinkle them with a little salt, and bite the grains from the cob. The loaf and the cake were purchased from Mr. Sapsford, baker, No. 20, corner of Queen Ann and Wimpole streets, Marylebonne, who never in his own family uses any meal but that of the corn.-I am, sir, your very much obliged and most obedient servant, WM. COBBETT." An Agricultural Model School is about to be erected in the province of Munster, for which the London Irish Relief Committee has appropriated a grant of £3000. The Rev. Edw. Andrew Daubney, M.A., domestic chap- lain to the Right Hon. Anne Margaret Dowager Viscountess Anson, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester to the vicarage of Ampney Crucis, on the presentation of his Majesty; a dispensation having passed the Great Seal to enable Mr. Daubney to hold Ampney Crucis with Hamp- dett cum Stowell, both in Gloucestershire. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT.. 5.- The court-martial on Captain Dickenson still continues to engross attention, and to excite very considerable interest, which has rather increased than diminished as the business has advanced towards a termi- nation. The evidence for the prosecution closed to-day, and the court have granted Captain Dickenson the inter- vening days to Thursday to prepare his defence. It is evi- dent that the trial has occasioned a strong sensation, and given birth to a variety of feelings and opinions, which, with the extraordinary circumstances of the case, must ren- der the event a kind of epoch in our naval history. All parties appear to be placed in a difficult and painful situa- tion, arising from a complication of causes which it is im- possible wholly to develop; and if ever there was a case calculated to show the necessity of abridging the limit of time for bringing accusations to trial, the present instance has established it, evincing, as it does, how imperfectly facts are remembered beyond a period even shorter than that which our naval code has appointed as a term of limitation to prosecutions. By the narrative of Sir Edw. Codrington with the Admiralty, which he gave to the court, we have an insight into the origin of this remarkable trial, and little is now wanting to make the history complete. The narrative brought the correspondence down to the letter of informa- tion dated the 17th of July, 1829, which the Vice-Admiral has emphatically said at the table of the court, he placed before the Admiralty for their Lordships to consider, and out of which they might extract such charges, as they had witnesses to depose to, and not as itself a charge, upon which Captain Dickenson ought to be arrainged. He has also complained that his statement so given in deference to the board, who had decided on a trial which he had relin- quished, has been put before the court without the other letters, which would show that the line he has adopted has been forced upon him. He quoted on one occasion from Mr. Croker's letter, certain expressions confirming the im- possibility of his acting otherwise than he had done under circumstances, such as, "you have brought charges-it is incumbent on you to prove your said charges—and I am desired to ask if you are ready to proceed to the trial," and so forth. The refusal of the court to receive these letters has led the Vice-Admiral to show the whole correspondence freely among his professional friends, who, to do them jus- tice, we must say, follow his example of being pretty com- municative; and we have therefore learned that the remain- der of Mr. Croker's letters not gone into on Friday, and which the Vice-Admiral referred to in an early stage of the proceedings, as material in elucidation of the one letter from him which was read to the court by the Deputy Judge Ad- vocate, upon the point of his own position, exhibits strong proofs of the first order for trial having been given in hos- tility to him. We have caught the following expressions— Sir Edward Codrington not having asked for a court mar- tial, could not, of course, be held bound to undertake the distinct character of prosecutor; but as charges were made by Sir Edward Codrington which their Lordships considered required investigation at a court martial, it was incumbent on him to establish the truth of the charges advanced."—" It was for Sir Edward Codrington to take measures with the Judge Advocate to substantiate the charges; or, if he de- clined so doing, their Lordships would consider themselves at liberty to view Captain Dickenson's conduct as free from all imputation," &c. Sir Edward Codrington was to state if he were willing that the trial should proceed." "And if Sir Edward Codrington did not appear willing for the trial to go on as before understood, the Admiralty had no alter- native but to consider Captain Dickenson free from all im- putation." These extracts, as coming from the Admiralty's Secretary, did not deter the Vice-Admirai from moving steadily onward in the course he had chalked out for himself. The weavers, we regret to say, are again at work with the old story of riot and insubordination. During the past week they have been distinguishing themselves at Barnsley in that particular line of business, which will, no doubt, en- title a few of them to take a high rank as convicts on board his Majesty's hulks. At Manchester, too, if not absolutely riotous, they are still sullen and threatening; and, after twenty weeks' suffering," (we quote the language of the Manchester Times of Saturday) still seem determined to starve on rather than submit to the terms offered by their employers." Now can any thing be more preposterous than this ? Sooner than accept a little, and wait confidently and unmurmuringly the approach of better times, which cannot be far off-for we never yet knew a period of com- mercial languor that was not almost immediately afterwards succeeded by a reaction in trade—these unfortunate me- chanics prefer taking nothing at all! Starvation, they think, is better than poverty, and perverseness the certain key to success. For their own sakes, we hope they may find it so, but the experiment at best is dangerous, and should it not succeed, cannot fail to involve them in distresses, deeper- far deeper than any into which they have yet been plunged. Sun. STATE OF BARNSLEY.—(Abridged from the Leeds Mer- cury.)—The town of Barnsley has been greatly agitated during the present week. After the destruction of property at the house of Mr. Thos. Jackson, in the night of Thursday week, as stated in our last paper, no fresh outrage was per- petrated till Wednesday last, when about nine at night, a large barn, twenty-four yards by seven, the property of Sir Francis Lindloy Wood, Bart. in the occupation of Messrs. Jackson and Hoggetts, manufacturers, was discovered to be on fire, and on proceeding to the place it became but too evident that this conflagration was the work of an incendi- ary. The barn is situated about a mile from the town, and almost close to it stood three haystacks, containing at least seventy tons of hay. The building had been used as a de- posit for unemployed looms, timbers, &c. all of which were consumed before the fire, which had been lighted in several different places, could be extinguished. The loss in the barn is estimated at about £ 200, and the injury done to the building is probably to about half that amount The hay- stacks escaped almost miraculously, owing to the direction of the wind. A vftwai-J fifty guineas 1 » i fur th,) ppr, hension of the offender or oricuders; aiM about nine o'clock on Thursday night, John Atkinson was apprehended at the door of the King's Head inn, in Barnsley, on suspicion of having been engaged in the attack upon the house of Messrs. Cordeaux and Sons, and Mr. Coe, on Thursday night.— The agitation of the town was considerably increased on Thursday morning by William Hill, a private in the troop of the Third Light Dragoons, now quartered in Barnsley, having applied a pistol to his body and shot himself through the heart, in his quarters at the Three Cranes inn. The cause of this rash act is not satisfactorily ascertained but it is said that Hill, who is very respectably connected, was r subject to despondency, which had been aggravated by a love affair in Ireland, and by habits of intoxication, which he had unfortunately acquired. On Wednesday last a great number of applications were made to Dr. Corbett, one of the magistrates for the West Riding, by the unemployed Irish weavers of Barnsley, for passes to return to their own country. The magistrates in- timated their intention to grant passes to all the Irish wea- vers that might apply to them, and it was expected that upwards of fifty applications would be made yesterday by persons wishing to leave the town. Such is the state of public apprehension created by the xiots and outrages of Barnsley, that almost every warehouse in the town is con- verted into a sort of garrison, with arms, ammunition, &c. and persons are appointed to remain all night in most of the warehouses, on the watch, to protect the property under their care. On Thursday night, at eleven o'clock, another troop of the 3d dragoons arrived from Sheffield in Barnsley, and the military force now in that town, including the yeo- manry cavalry, is from 100 to 200, while the special con- stables recently sworn in amount to about 150. Picquets of soldiers and bodies of constables continue to traverse the town and its immediate neighbourhood each successive night, during what is emphatically called the reign of ter- ror." It was intended to hold a meeting of the weavers on Thursday last, and notice was given to that effect, but the destruction of the premises of Messrs. Jackson and Co. on Wednesday night, and an interdict from Dr. Corbett against holding any public assemblage, prevented the meeting from taking place. On Monday last a numerous meeting of the weavers was held in the market-place in Barnsley, Peter Hoey in the chair. At this meeting a long discussion arose between Dr. Corbett, who with several of the manufacturers attended, and Patrick Flanigan and other weavers, respect- ing the propriety of some expressions used at former meet- ings, to the effect that the master manufacturers were tyrants, See. Dr. Corbett said that he would not allow such inflam- matory and improper expressions to be used on this occa- sion. If they were, he told them that he would immediately declare the meeting dissolved. It was stated by Patrick Flanigan that out of twenty-three manufacturers who signed the former list of prices, only seven were in favour of a re- duction of wages. He advised every weaver to go and throw himself on his parish rather than work at the prices proposed in the new list. James Bosomworth gave the same advice. The following resolution, moved by P. Fla- nigan, and seconded by J. Bosomworth, was the only reso- lution of importance brought before the meeting" That this meeting views with disgust the conduct of the manufac- turers, in thus persisting in their contemplated reduction, when they, the mailUfacturers, know that the weavers cannot get a living without parish relief, with the present prices; therefore, this meeting is of opinion, that it is better for the weavers to cease working, than work for next to nothing." MANCHESTER, SATURDAY EVENING.—An attack was this afternoon made upon the Knobsticks in the employment of Messrs. Sandford and Green, by a large body of turn-out spinners. The Knobsticks go to the mills on the Monday morning, and so intimidated are they by the threats of the turn-outs, that they eat, drink, and sleep in the mills, and dare not, for any purpose whatever, venture outside the walls till Saturday night, when they are brought out under the protection of the soldiers and the police. This after- noon the Knobsticks in Sandford and Co.'s mill, who, I believe, are all from the country, were conveyed out of the town in hackney-coaches. THE INSOLVENT ACT.-The Act for the Relief of In- solvent Debtors will expire after the-next session of Parli- ament. Out of sixteen millions of debt wiped off by this court, the dividend to the creditor, it is said, has not aver- aged more than one farthing in the pound. OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.—-Mr. William Ahem, of Herns- brock, and Mr. Michael Goold, of the county of Cork, were fired at by an assassin near Castletown Conyers, in this county, on Monday evening. One of the horses was slightly wounded, but fortunately the riders escaped unhurt. Wm. Walsh, a labourer, was fired at and severely wounded at Anglesborough, in this county, on Friday last, by a man unknown, who rested his gun on the hedge while he aimed at his object. The ball entered his right breast, and passed out under the shoulder. Little hopes are entertained of his recovery. On the evening of Sunday last, an armed party of about forty men, most of whom were mounted, entered the premises of a farmer at Liscarrol, in the county of Cork, on the borders of this county, and forcibly carried away his sister, Margaret O'Brien. Miss O'Brien and her brother resisted, but were assaulted and overpowered by the ban- ditti. On their departure they left three men as a guard to prevent pursuit. Her brother nevertheless escaped, and followed the party into this county, near Ballingary, when George Massey, Esq. immediately sent the police in pursuit of the offenders, who, it is said, remain in that neighbour- hood in arms. A few nights back four cows, the property of Mr. Robert Cussen, of the Courtesy Arms, Newcastle, were disfigured by cutting the top joint off of each cow's tail. Mr. Cusseu had lately got possession of the lands they were grazing on.Limerick Chronicle. I- MajestyVship Draid has at tength arrived at PortS- mouth from Vera Cruz and various other places, last from Curacoa. She brings a large amount of specie, and a quan- tity of cochineal, on merchants' account. Mr. George Dawe, R.A., who has recently arrived in this country from Warsaw, where he had been been engaged in painting the Emperor and Empress of Russia as King and Queen of Poland, and also the Grand Duke Constantine, went to the Royal Lodge, in Windsor-park, yesterday, by command of the King, for the purpose of showing his Ma- jesty portraits of the King of Prussia, the Duke of Cumber- land, and other works executed since his last visit to this country. His Majesty was graciously pleased to express his approbation of them, and honoured Mr. Dawe with some flattering commissions. The Earl of Aberdeen ar- rived at the Royal Lodge on Saturday evening from town, on a visit to the King. On Saturday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, a number of persons who were proceeding over Westminster bridge, were horror-struck on perceiving a respectable- looking gentleman climb to the top of the third arch, and instantly precipitate himself into the river. The unfortu- nate individual instantly sunk, but in a few seconds after he was seen by those on the bridge and the Surrey shore, strug- gling in the water. Fortunately, however, the son of Mr. Cary, proprietor of the floating bath at the bridge, was at the time rowing across the water, and instantly pulling to- wards the drowning man, arrived in time to save him. Mr. Cary conveyed him to the Watermens' Arms, Stangate, where every attention was paid to him, and he was shortly so far recovered, as to be removed to an hotel, in Bridge- street, Westminster. He was at the latter place immediately recognised as Captain Coomber, of Lewes. A number of Spanish constitutionalists, who have been sent out of Portugal by Miguel at the desire of Ferdinand, are on their way to this country. They amount in the whole to 700 persons, of whom 400 have fixed upon England as their place of asylum but as it is understood that the re- maining 300, who had determined on a residence in France, will not be suffered. to stay there, it is likely that they also will bend their course hither. A small party of these, con- sisting of twenty or thirty, has already arrived in an English port. As the Spanish committee state they can afford no additional assistance, the refugees have a deplorable prospect before them for the winter. MR. CHANTREY.—This eminent sculptor was applied to for the purpose of ascertaining whether he was at liberty to undertake the execution of a bust voted by the Cutlers' Company of Sheffield, in honour of the thirty years' services of Sheffield's chief magistrate, Hugh Parker, Esq. There is something so feeling, honourable, and considerate in the reply, that we give it with a pleasure that will only be equalled by the reading of it:— Belgrave Terrace, Aug. 29, 1829. My dear Sir,-It is with extreme reluctance I am obliged to say that my present engagements are such as must deprive me of the pleasure I should otherwise have had in placing one of my works in the Cutlers' Hall of Sheffield. And as you are so well acquainted with the particulars of the engagements to which I have alluded, I shall beg of you to render a full explanation to the gentlemen who have done me the honour of proposing to place the work in question in my hands. When I recollect that I received my first commission for a marble bust from Sheffield, I cannot help expressing a wish that you would employ your townsman, Law, who has shewn much talent and may require only proper encouragement to bring that talent to maturity at any rate it would be a laudable act, and the probability that you may bring a second sculptor into notice is well worth experiment. In furtherance of this plan, I shall be glad to add ten guineas to the subscription-if I may be permit- ted-er double that sum, if it should be required. Very sincerely vours, (Signed) F. CHANTREY." To — GALLANT ACTTON.-Extract of a letter from an officer on board his Majesty's schooner Monkey, dated the Havannah, 11th July, 1829:-—"Early on the morning of the 27th of June, perceiving a very suspicious looking brig a-head, we made all sail in chace, the wind being very light; we gained upon her considerably after a chase of some hours at length about noon she anchored, got a spring upon her cables, and cleared for action. We could distinctly see six guns on each side, but were ignorant of the number of her men, while the little Monkey had but one gun, mounted on a swivel, so as to traverse in every direction. As we ap- proached she hoisted Spanish colours, and as soon as we were within musket shot she poured in a broadside, which. had her guns been pointed with precision, must have swept our decks, and in all human probability, have sent us to the bottom. We, in return, kept up a brisk fire with our long gun and small arms, which did great execution, and after an action of about 45 minutes she struck her colours, when we immediately boarded, sword in hand, and secured the prisoners; she proved to be the Providencia, formerly a 16- gun brig in the Spanish service, manned with 68 men and officers, and having when taken about 400 negroes on board. The Providencia had her chief officer, supercargo, and one seaman killed, and four seamen wounded—while on board the Monkey, though so much exposed, but one person was wounded. Among the crew of the slaver, we found five Engi ishmen ."—F/ywoM<A Journal. They write from Bermuda that the island is about to be- come a place of great strength and resort as a naval depot; upwards of 1800 men were, by the last accounts, employed on the fortifications, which when completed will be mounted with 500 pieces of cannon.

FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 4. BANKRUPTS. i nomas Alien, Uxiord-street, bookseller. Ilyam Ansell, Colchester-street, Savage-gardens, watch maker. William Butler, Birmingham, mother of pearl manufacturer. Robert William Gardner, Harpur-street, Red Lion-square, engraver. VVilliam Kenrick, North-row, Park-lane, livery stable keeper. Joseph Linsell, Fichingfield, Essex, grocer. James Marsden, Bryanstone-street, Portman-square, paper hanger. William Petherbi idge, Whitechapel, linen draper. Samuel Stone, Redhill, Edgware, farmer. Joseph Alexander Taylor, Birmingham, iron founder. Thomas White, Johnson's-court, Fleet-street, printer. Michael Fitzpatrick, Manchester, shopkeeper. John Parnall, jun. and Wm. Parnall, Bristol, coppersmiths. John Robinson, Manchester, publican. John Smith and William Fletcher, Pendleton, Lancashire, dyers. Joseph Spark, North Shields, victualler. Francis Wyatt, Plymouth, grocer. Elizabeth Yeo, St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucestershire, inn- holder.

41fottign. I HAMBURG, AUGUST 31.—Private letters from St. Peters- bonrgh of the 22d instant announce, that shortly before the departure of the steam-bort official news had been received that Count Diebitsch had entered Adrianople, and Count Paskewitsch Trebisond. However, as we learn from Bel- grade, that on the 13th instant Adrianople was still in the posession of the Turks, and as the report of Count Paske- witsch, which came down to the 22d of last month, does not speak of operations against Trebisond, these statements require confirmation. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUGUST 10.—The Treaty of the 6th of July was definitively agreed to by the Porte on the even- ing of the 7th instant, subsequently to the receipt of an ur- gent note from the British Ambassador, in which he is said to have declared that on acceding to the terms of the Treaty, to which England had bound herself, the Porte would be immediately taken under the protection of that power, and might rely on her assistance." A Hatti Scherif is shortly to be published, proclaiming liberty to Greece. No intelligence probably ever caused such a sensation here, and general anxiety is felt respecting the influence which it. will have on the march of the Russians. It is said that an English advice-boat has sailed to-day for Bourgas. The Russians are advancing rapidly towards Kirkkilissa, and the force that can be opposed to them is not sufficient to stop so enterprising an enemy. It is known that Count Diebitsch has 60,000 men under his command. The Porte has published no account of recent events, but it is affirmed that the Grand Vizier has left Shumla with most of his troops and gone towards Selimno, whence he hopes to reach Adrianople, which has not been put in a state of de- fence. The Sultan is sometines at Terapia, and sometimes in Ramis Tchiflik, and neglects nothing to forward the mea- sures taken for the defence of the capital. Tranquillity pre- vails every where, and the government doubles its vigilance to maintain order. On the approach of danger this is the more necessary, as several of the great men advise peace, and this wish is even repeated in the Divan. Of the levy of 80,000 men, ordered some time ago, about the half have been raised. BELGRADE, AUG. 17.—This afternoon, the Pacha received dispatches by a Tartar, who came in four days from Adria- nople. The Grand Vizier is said to have arrived from Shumla, with part of his troops, for the defence of that important city, leaving Hussein Pacha to command in Shumla. Accounts from Valparaiso state, that information had been received from Lima of the 19th March, and from Truxillo of 12th March, stating that the Peruvian army, under Gen. Lamar, had obtained a victory in a pitched battle over the Colombians; An action has just been commenced in the French courts, of a nature to excite a great sensation among our sentimen- tal neighbours, from the romance of the details connected with it, and one at least of the parties who are at issue These are M. Persat, a ci-devant officer of the imperial army, plaintiff; and the Baron de Damas, preceptor to the Duke of Bourdeaux, defendant. M. Persat, it appears, was among the first of the Philhellenists who drew the sword for Greece, and distinguished himself by his courage in the cause on more occasions than one. In the month of October, 1821, he arrived at Tripolizza, of which the Greeks had just succeeded in destroying nearly the entire population—a few women and children alone had escaped the general slaugh- ter. At the sight of a French officer these unfortunates re- vived to hope; one of them, a girl of fifteen, possessed of considerable personal attractions, by name Adele, more es- pecially threw herself upon his protection, and implored him to carry her with him to his native country, promising to be his servant for the remainder of her life. Moved by her forlorn situation, he complied, paid her ransom, and took her with him on board a corvette, the Lydia, which arrived Safe at Marseilles in April, 1R22. No sooner was the story of the young stranger known, than the sympathy of the public was strongly excited in her behalf M. Regius, the King's Attorney, sent for her, and informed her that slavery was not permitted by the laws of France, that she was free, and might, if she pleased, return to her own country—for which purpose some persons profess- mg the same religion as herself were ready to give her their assistance and protection. Adele, however, refused to forsake her deliverer. It being inconsistent with propriety that a female of her age should continue to reside under the immediate protection of an officer of 34, the Baroness de Damas, wife of the then governor of the eighth military division, generously offered her an asylum in her own house, and having procured her the means of religious instruction, Adele in a short time became a Christian, her protectress and the Count de Villeneuve, prefect of the department of the Mouths of the Rhone, answering for her at the font. This event became subsequently the sub- ject of an effusion from the pen of M. de Villeneuve, entitied Adele, or the young Turk." There was one circumstance, however, to which the noble author, doubt- less from ignorance of the fact, did not advert in his production, but which is the chief cause that has given rise to the present suit. We have mentioned that the benefactor of Adele was yet a young man it is but a single step from gratitude to love, and that step was taken. Adele, confiding in the honour of the man who had saved her life, and relying on his solemn promise that he would make her his wife on their arrival in France, gave herself up without re- serve to his passion. The natural effects of this connection were become visible when she was received into the family of the Baroness, who promised M. Persat to take equal care of mother and child, till he should obtain some situation which would enable him to complete the marriage: M. de Damas himself assuring him of his interest, which eventually became the more valuable from that nobleman's appointment to his present post. Difficulties, however, opposed themselves to the re-entrance of M. Persat into the army, from which his name had been erased during the troublesome times, and from some cause or other, all access has been denied to him for the last two years, both to the young Turk and the in- fant; and at length all other means having failed, M. Persat has commenced judicial proceedings to compel M. de Da- mas to restore to him, if not the mother, who is at liberty either to accept or to refuse him for her husband, at least his child, whom he has recognised by the usual forms of law. The trial of this singular case, in the main incident of which will be readily recognised a strong resemblance to a prominent one in Don Juan, is expected to come on shortly before the Cour Royale of Paris. M. Victor Augier is re- tained for the plaintiff. A trial on a charge of aggravated assault has lately excited a great sensation in the vicinity of Cahors, where the case came on for hearing at the assizes which have just con- cluded. Bernard Curairon, a dyer, ofFigeac, had reason to suspect a. young man, of the same surname with himself, of improper views upon his daughter Rosalie, a girl of eighteen, possessed of considerable personal attractions. He in consequence forbade Emile Curairon his house, but the lovers found means to meet in spite of this precaution, and on the evening of the 20th of June last, the father de- tected the young man in the very act of inveigling Rosalie, partly by entreaty and partly by force, into a coppice at some small distance from her home, not ill-adapted for the purpose of a seducer. The impulse of the moment induced him to snatch up a large stone, with which he inflicted so severe a blow on the head of Emile as to stretch him on the ground bathed in his own blood. The injury received confined the young man more than forty days to the house, and a criminal prosecution was commenced in consequence. Bernard Curairon, alarmed at the turn the affair had taken, absconded and fled to Paris, where he was at length arrested 4 by the police, and passed from station to station to Cahors (a distance of one hundred and forty leagues) as a maleiac- tor, on foot, with his arms pinioned behind him. The whole journey appears to have been performed quite according to the convenience of those who had him in custody, and to have occupied nearly two months. In the mean time the real-facts of the case became well known at Figeac, and a strong sympathy was manifested towards the accused, with a corresponding degree of indignation against the prose- cutor, neither of which feelings were lessened by the ani- mated and eloquent appeal made by M. Ferric Nicole, the advocate for the defence, to the heart of every father who heard him. It is almost unnecessary to add that the prisoner was unanimously acquitted.