Star. — London, England, 1824-03-29 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. -....-- MATHEWS Trip to America attracted such numbers again on Saturday, that the Theatre and all its lobbies ~crre completely full a few minutes after the doors were opened. The applause was immense throughout, but the definition c.:l the word " Yankee," and the French; man's petite chanson (consisting of 33 stanzas) in praise of General Jackson, were the points which excited most laughter. At the end of the second part, where he in akesMr.Penninglon, an American, hope that nothing will ever separate Euglani hot!) America hot the bil lows of the Atlantic, a sentiment so congeni 11 to the liberal and friendly policy adopted by both countries towards each other, the audience testified their acqui escence and approbati , :n by lung continued rounds of the loudest applause. tiAPLEs. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. . . ...... _ _ _ IZA :VA ItC 14 9, ls•'4.—ln the spring of last year, Mr. I fart is and Mr. Angell, two English students of architecture, who, in the course of their tour.through Sicily, remained a long time on the un explored ruins of Selinunte, discovered several nielnpes bin led under the ruins of the fallen columns, &c. of the Greek temples of that place. 'the prosecution of this discovery cost them infinite labour and considerable expense, and as they stayed on the spot after the un healthy season set in (the advice of their friends and their own rea sonable apprehensions being °vet come by their zeal for the arts),poor Harris caught the malaria liver, which sent him to a premature grave in Jime last. While Mr. Aiigell was busied in putting the fragments of the %metopes together, and making drawings, an order came front the Iniendente of Palermo; orderieg him to give up the things discovered immediately. Mr. Angell had scarcely time allowed him to fioi,d e his - dlavrings. The fragments were placed in the Museum of Pa lermo, where they were put together under Mr. Angell's direc tion, without which they would have lain as useless unsightly rt.bbish, for there was not an artist in that city capable of exe cuting the woik. • As his only recompense, Mr. Angell sup plizated to have plaster Casts made of the objects under his guidance; and, strange as it may appear. he was not able to Obtain this after six months lust iu application. Mr. Angell, on his return to Naples, addressed Mr. Hamilton on the sub ject, who, in this case, uniting his love for nit and antiquity to his activity in advocating the interests .of his countrymen, applied directly to the Marchese Ruin), Minister t)1 the Royal Establish ments. After some time an' answer was returned, stating that casts could not be taken widicnti injuring the tic-tapes ! and offering no , indemnification to the person through whose so:e exertions those valuable remains of antiquity had been added to the collection of his Sicilian Majesty. This is much to be regretted, as the casts would have been prized and of use in our collections at .home, fur the figures are executed it, that very peculiar and little known szyle , possessed by the Greeks when they first began to free themselves front the trammels of the Egyptians, and to open that wittoticlen path which led rapidly to perfection—they are, indeed, the conn log chain between Egyptian and Greek sculpture. Yesterday we had a dashing horse-sae:: on the Campo di 'Marie, which was numerously attended. Among' the distinguished Eng-, Ii h were the Marquis of Northampton and family, Lord and Lady Ponsonby, Lord Biesington and family, Lord W. Russell, Lord Augustus Hill, Sir W. Ger'ard, Captain and Lady Agnes Buller, and several others, " too. - numerous to repeat."—An astonishing slumber of English have arrived here lately: above IA English passports have been given in within the last eight days. Count H. qui:amid, the Austrian Ambassador, and his beautiful Lady, ar rived last Wednesday. It is announced in the Journal des Debats, that on the 13th instant the Duchess ofLucca, formerly Queen of Euutia, Infanta of Spain, .and skter of the reigning King FiRDINAND, died at Rome: Her Royal Highness has left a son, married to the datighter of the late King of Sardinia.. i$ the treaty of Vienna, this son will be come Grand Duke of Parma on the death of the Arch eachess MARIA LOUISA. • - NORTHERN EXPEDITIoN.—We stated in a former Pa per, that tlic. North Pole Expedition, under Captain !'AIRY, will be accompanied by the William Harris transport, Lieut. J W. PRITCHARD, for the purpose of carrying out propelling wheels, to be used on the ships among the ice. It is now intended that another trans port shall prckeed• at once with canoes and various necessaries for Captain-FRANKLIN's part of the service, which canoes are to be forwarded to the mouth of Mac- Icenzie's river, to which spot Captain FRANKLIN will proceed early in the ensuing year, to endeavour to pe netrate from that spot westward to Behring's S:raits— i. making_the.North Pule passage.. The ca troes . are of a light description, but as they are to be ca rried over the projecting headlands and promontories, they are to be inflated when thed. Captain LYON will endeavour by the use of similar canoes, to trace the coast from Repulse Bay to Copper-mine River, whilst Capt. PARRY will again pass into Lancaster's Sound, and in the neighbourhood of Melville Island renew his endeavour to make a saccessfill passage thence to Behring's Straits, and thus accomplish the great object of the expedition. Every cite will be taken to prevent similar privations to those experienced by the former land expedition. The Survey of Ireland is finally decided upon. Maj..r CoLav is to have the direction, and to increase the rapidity of it, 20 Cadets who have left the Woolwich academy, and are waiting for Commisaions in the Ordnance Corps have been ordered on that service. By the 29th instant they are to be at Cardiff for fur ther instruction in Land Surveying, under Mr. Dawson, of the late Corp 9 of Draftsmen, with whom they will remain about six weeks, an.l then proceed to Ireland. It is supposed they will be encamped during the progress of the survey. Their pay will be augmented front 29. 6d. to 6s. per day. SINGULAR ANECDOTE OP A MAN &WAR'S MAN.— When his Majesty's ship ACTIVE was employed in the Mediterra nean in the late war, a seaman was pressed front a merchant-Ves sel by an Officer of that frigate. Jack felt his lot so extremely hard, that he remonstrated with considerable nautical ability 2nd eloquence upon the folly of pressing for the King's service a man who had only the use of one arm. The Lieutenant, however, sus petted his arm was more sound than his logic ; but cut the matter short, by promising him his release upon his removal to the frigate, if the Surgeon pronounced him unserviceable ; but as no disease was at all discoverable, or any apparent cause for its hanging by his side like a supernumerary limb," he was in consequence de tained for his Majesty's service. Two years, however, rolled dyer the ACTIVE'S servitude on that station, and though narrowly watched night and day, never •did Jack's faithful arm betray the slightest muscular emotion. As he was an excellent seaman, every induce ment was held out to hinh to disclose the deception—hat he, bent on his discharge, though subject to the most degrading duties, con tinued indelible to the last. It, however, happened that the Ac- THE was, in 1811, engaged with the enemy's squadron, and Jack, in order to be under the eye of the Captain, was stationed on the quarter-deck. During the heat of the action, though he " lent a seining hand," he never lost sufficient presence of inii.tl to cause hint to forget his arm was the reverse, yntil just at the montent that the pliant Captain (the present Sir JAMES Goitomi) fell, wounded— when that, which neither encouragement, time, threats, nor danger could accomplish, did—for Jack was, with a truly generous tar like feeling for his esteemed Commander, the first to run and pick Nifll up with froth arms. This semi-comic circumstance drew, al t ough dreadfully wounded, this cool observation froM the gallant Sir Jasses—" Well, my buy, if I have lo! `a leg, d—n ir ,you have r:d an arm !" Monday, James Bridgemon underwent the awful sentence of the law, at the drop in front of the county of Limerick gaol, for the barbarous ass:.ssination of Richard Going, Esq. Chief Alagistrace of Police, near Cappagh, in 1821. Previous to the unfortunate wretch leaving the cell, he acknowledged the justice of his sentence, and net bred he Was not only a participator in that inns-der, but was uPo present at four other pturders in that county. On reaching the scaffold he appeared perfectly resigned, but his countenance betrayed strung emotions of fear. After praying for a few mo ments, the signal was given, the drop removed, and he was launched Into eternity—he appeared to suffer but little pain, and died with out a struggle. The hand of litvise Patovinennx, iu bringing This wretched criminal to an ignominious and just fate, was truly exemplified, as he . was three times in gaol under charge of Mr. r;oing's murder, and was discharged without trial. It is singular that Bridgman was married a few hours before his execution, to womais who cohabited wth TIE ArooN-COMMUNICATION COMPANY. At an epoch when the .moniedi interest find so much ' difficulty to obtain interest, a discoiery of the greatest importance has been made, and which promises to open up new and unexplored methnds for the investment of capital. We have heard, fraritour own peculiar sources of information, that the particulars of those satisfactory a discoveries which German. • Astoonomer has lately made in the moon, have been communicated to a highly respectable member of the Stock Exchange, and that he has digested an able and ingenious plan for rendering them available to the piesent exigencies of the money market. We are not yet at liberty to communicate all we ,know on the subject; but. this much we believe, without - any breach of the , confidence reposed in our honour, we may venture to state, as the outline of the project in contemplation. It having been ascertained, in the most scientific man ner th'at the MOON, is not only a habitable but an inha bited orb, the inhabitants of which are-in a most envi able state of refinement—that they have not only splen did mosques with domes, which prove them to be of some oriental faith, Hindoo or Mahomedan—but high ways lighted by gas lamps, carriages driven by steam, wcods, bridges, and canals—Lord Mayors,. Aldermen, Kings. and Common Councillors; that they possess large and flourishing revenues, and articles of the most singu-- lar beauty in raw materials, fit for our manufacturers,' that they are actuated by the most amiable sentiments of liberty—are greatly dismayed by the machinations of a Holy Allaince, and have every feeling congenial to the natures of Englishmen—in a word, that they as far excgl in every amiable quality the sordid citizens of Christendom, as the Moon is above the Earth. To open a correspondence and commercial inter com se s% ith the Moon is therefore an object of the highest i wpm tance, both*to our national prosper ity and the cause of liberty all over the world. It must indeed be mani feat to every liberal and enlightened Gentleman who has got any money to lay out, that he cannot dodo with more effect than. in promoting the establishment in an Association to be called the Moon-Communica tion Company. .• _ _ To shew the practicability of the objects of the com pany, it is only necessary to observe, that the high state 'of refinement and the adaptation of the scientific arts to cammon pm poes among the inhabitants of the moon, justifies the friends of the proposed undertaking in be lieving that were a method once devised of opening a communication with them, there is no doubt that such is their desire to procere articles of British manufacture, that an immense trade woald be speedily established.. Various schemes have been suggested with regard to the means of attempting this ; the most approved is. a balloon filled with a highly aerial gas, to be prepared by the President of the Royal Society. On this ballcion is to be inscribed, in large and luminous characters, "The Capitalists of London to the Inhabitants of the Moon." It is supposed that when the balloon is once inflated, that it will rise to within such a distance of the moon as will enable the inhabitants with their ordinary opera glasses to read the inscription, and that then some among them will send out another similar balloon, in such a manner that, the two balloons will meet, and as each will of coutse have a string appended to it, the proba bility is, that atter a few trials of We same sort, the strings become entangjed; when this has once taken place, the communication for correspondence by letter will then be established, for either the Gentlemeu of the Stock Exchange will draw back their balloon and with it'that of the Moon, or vice versa. A communication by string, thus connecting the eanh and the moon, being once completely established, it is then, proposed to construct small traversing bal oons, which, being threaded as it were by rings upon the strings, and filled with a still-bighex aerial gas, the result of the progress of chemistry in the meantime, these balloons, with letters appended to them, will then ascend, traversing thirst' ing one . after the other with the greatest certainty of arrival. By this means the , terms of future intercourse will soon be adjusted, and , the inhabitants of the ►noon, whose-liberal opinions on all matters of trade and commerce cannot be questioned, will readily assent to a more effective species of com munication; accordingly, balloon after balloon, each tra , versing the suing, and each carrying with it another string, will be sent off, until the number of strings are of a sufficiency to sustain a balloon capable of carrying up an agent, who shall be intrusted with full powers to negociate the offer of a loan, or the establishment of a splendid Company for the purpose of expending exces sive capital. But, in case of accidents befalling the first agent, a series ale intended to be dispatched daily, until such a number of ropes and strings shall be carried thither by therri, as will unite the two orbs so effectually, that a ladder for any purposes of commerce may be con structed upon them. But further upon this subject for the present we shall say nothing. We have stated enough of its leading fea tuiei to demonstrate the practicability of the proposed undertaking; and we earnestly request all our Readers who know not what to do with their money, to get upon the lists of the contractors without delay ; assuring them that the profits will be such as fully to justify their most sanguine 'expectations. They may rely upon it that the shares will come out witlr a proper moonshine premium. Accounts from Hanover say, that the people hope to see his MAJESTY there this year. MEETING OF THE SILK WEAYER34.—.LaSt Saturday night, pursuant to adjournment, a General Meeting of the Engine Silk Weavers was held at the Red Lion, Plicenix.stt eet, Spitalfields, when it was resolved, " that James Lewis, William Charlton, Thomas Saurie, Robert Sellers, John Hart, Thomas Wilson, and William Baker, do on our part attend the respective Magistrates, in Sessions to be held for the City of London and 'county of Middlesex on the sth day of April nest; and also to attend the Magistrates of the Liberty of the Tower on the Bth of April, for the purpose of having the list of prices between us and our employers duly ratified."— Thanks were afterwards given to the Chairman, Mr. Rawlings, and the Meeting separated. The Petition in behalf of Mr. Connolly, which was delivered at the Hume Department on Thursday even. ing, was laid before the KING, at Windsor, on Friday. His MAJESTY has declined complying with its prayer —Au en oneous notion has prevailed that the sentence of Mr. Conolly, to transportation for life on account of snail:laughter, is the first so severe. The Act autho rising such sentence was passed in June, 1822, and not .many weeks afterwards one Thowas Mills, who was convicted of that Offence at the Summer Great Sessions (or Assiies) at Chester, received the same Sentence. — Last year too, at the Lent Assiies,(lB23) at Durham, John Stanwick Newton, for manslaughter, was sentenced to be transported for life; and both were sent off. THE ARMY. The • payment of three mooth s ' half-pay to the reduced Of f icers of his Majesty's land fortes, to the 24th instant, including those here tofore borne on the Irish establishment, will commence on Tues. dayi the 13th Of April nett. The undermentioned services, due the 24th instant, will be in course of payment on Tuesday, tlfe 13th of April next, viz. Gene ral Officers' Unattached Pay, Royal Bounty Allowances. The undermentioned services, due the 24th instant, will be in course of payment, on Tuesday, the 13th of April next, vie. Re-- tired Full and Ilalf-pay ; Pay of Adjutants of laical Militia ; Al lowances to reduced Adjutants and Serjeant- Majors of Militia; Foreign Half-pay. . The 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Ilussars)*has received or ders to march from Brighton to Hampton Court, where it will ar rive on the 31st inst. • A troop of the 15th Hussats, under the command of' Captain C. It. O'Domm.r., marched into Maidstone rill t'riday, on th,it route from Canterbury to (7hichester, to relieve a trooa of the 7th Hussars. Thursday, the third Regiment of Dragoon Gu-irds rtctived a route at Manchester for Liverpool, fer which place they imme diately marched. • Two detachments of the Scots Greys left Carlisle, where - they have been stationed for some time, fin- Newcastle, and are to be re placed by two other detachments belonging to the same Regiment. Colonel Sir JAWS C. SMYTH (King's Aide-de-Camp).. Sir Joins Ouseter.o, arid Major FASSIIAWE, who left thil couLtq in o:caber last, on a special mission to the different West India Island-;, to in spect barracks and fortifications,as a Check on she late annual esti mates for money required for buildings, repairs, &c. hive termi nated their labours and arrived in London—lastlrom Jamaica by ,the packet. Their Repoit is now before the Master-OenerAl of the Ordnance. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. , I WAR-OFFICN., 11A11011 2a, 182*. 10th Regiment of Light Drag sona--Liqutenant-Colonel henry Wyndham, from halt-pay of the 19th Light Dravons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir (; orze Augustus Quentin, who ex changes, receiving the dgerence between full pay of Cavalry and Infantry coif. 4th Regiment of Foot-.-Lieutenant William la - misdate to be Adju ' taut, vice Gregg, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 10th Ditto—Ensign William Ilenry Adams to be Lieutenant, by . purchase, vice Lane, who retires; George Julio Crosby, Gent. tope Ensign, by pureha-e,v.iee Adams. 14th Ditto—Major. Charles Gudiner, from hali-pay of the 60th Foot, to be Major, vice Peter Johnstone, who exchanges. 17th Ditto— Assis:ant-Surgeon James Ward Martindale, from half pay of the 67th Foot, to be Assistant-Surzeon, vice William Ileory Fo.ee, who exchanges. 23,1 H.tto—Surgeon Edmond Weld, from half-pay of the 67th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice John Dunn; who retires upon half-pay. 24:11 Ditto—Captain lion. Carlton Thofisas Monckton, from the Cape Corps, to be Captain, view William Gill, who retires upon ball-pay of the 27th Foot. 34th Ditto—To be Lieutenants,Ensign John Montgomerie, with out purchase, vice Shaw, deceased ; Ensign Thomas I ladwin, by purchase, vice Crawford, who retires. To be Ensign—Edward BrUdtieir, Gent. withopt ptirchase, vice Montgotnerie. 36th Ditto--Hospital-Assistant Daniel °Scott to be Assistant-Sur. geon, vice Lindsay, promoted. 40th Ditto—Major Tobias Kirkssioixi, from half-pay of the New Brunswick Fencibles, to be Major, vice Michael Chamberlain, whose appointment has not taken place. 43d Ditto—Matthew Lushington, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,. vice Capel, appointed to the Ist Regiment of Life Guards. 5:;(.1 Ditto—Brevet biajor John APCaskill to he Major, by pur chase, vice Ingleby, who retires; Lieutenant Jacob Silver to be Captain, by purchase, vice APCaskill; Ensign John Little to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Silver ; Yhilip 11111, Gent. to be Fr sign, by purchase, rice Little. 63d Dltto—Captait, Henry Knight, from the half-pay, to be Cap tain, vice John Marshall, who exchanges, 65th Ditto—Brevet Colonel George Viscount Forbes, from half pay of Neuron's Regiment, to be Captain, vice William ,Hinde, • who exchanges. 75th Ditto—Lieutenant Simon M'Queen, from half pay of the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant ) vice William Moncrief Taylor, who ex changes, receiving the difference. 83d Ditto—Serjeant-Major John Stubbs to be Quartermaster, vice hail, deteased. 84th Ditto-s--Captain William LeadCr Maberly, from half-pay o f ' the leOth Foot, to be Captain, vice brancis Blosse Lynch, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 98th Ditto—Serjeant- Major Luke Cartray, from the Royal Stag Corps, to be Quartermaster. 99th Ditto—Lieutenant James Burke, from half-pay of the 44th Foot, to be Adjutant and Lieutenant; Alexander Forbes, late Colour.Serjeant in the Ist Battalion of' Royal Artillery, to be Quartermaster. Cape Corps (Infantry)-"-Captain John Espine Batty, from half-pay of the 27th Foot, to be Captain, vice Munckton, appointed to the 24th Foot. HOSPITAL STAFF. Hospital- Assistant James Brydon to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Johnson, deceased. To be Hospital-Assistants to the Forces—Alexander Eison, Gent. 'vice Brydon ; John Hennon, M.D. vice Henry James, deceased. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 22, 1824. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet Major William Reid, from the half-pay, to be Second Captain; First Lieutenant Vincent Joseph Biscoe, from the half-pay, to be First lieutenant; Second Lieu tenant Richard John Stotherd to be First Lieutenant. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Berks. William Mount, Thomas Garth, and Philip Browne, Esqrs. to be Deputy Lieutenants. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Ayr. Ist Corps Yeomanry Cavalry—Alexander Cunningham, Gent. to be Cornet, vice H. Cowan, resigned. 2d or Cuningham and Cumnock Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—John Richmond, Cent. to be Surgeon, vice William Donaldson, ap pointed to the Royal Ayrshire Regiihent of Militia. DUEL. —A Gentleman of the name of NIEADows re ceived a shot in the hip, on Saturday, in a meeting with a Captain B —s, on Twickenhani Common. The dis ptite originated at the Heston Coursing Match, on Fri day, respecting a dog. The ball was extracted at Rich mond, and Mr. M. is nut of danger. MEETING or THE WOOL AND WOOLLEN TRADES —A Meeting of the above trades was on Saturday held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee appointed at a former Neeting.—Mr. BISCHOFF was called to the Chair, and observed to the Meeting, that, as he had filled a similar honourable station on their Committee, he should pro ceed at once to the reading of the Report prepared by the Committee. The Report was then read, from which it appeared that the Committee had had an interview with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, at which they pressed on his notice the granting of a drawback on all foreign wool remaining unopened in its original packages, but that the CHANCELLOR had assigned as a reason for refusing their request, that he had found lie could not allow a drawback on manufactured and ma nufacturing goods, and was therefore determined not to grant any advantage that would reach to only one part of the trade. He Should propose reducing the duty as under:—The duty of sixpence to be lowered to threepence on the 10th of September, and a fin titer re- 1 duction to one penny on the 10th of December ensuing. The Report was moved to be received and printed ; after which the usual ictitine of motions were made and agreed to, and the Meeting dissolved. ltlNG*ooD, MARCH 25.—Thursday last, ut Gordy, a child named James Shutlen about a. year and a hall old,. whilst left amusing itself at the door, was bitten by an aiJdOr ; the rcreams of the child alit:tete,: the mother, 'si, found its finger bleeding, And at the same limeots seried an adder clan-ling on the ground, which she im mediately killed. In a leiv minutes the child was seited .with a vinleix %ft:nriting, and medical assistance are. sorted to, but proved ineffectual in counteracting the effects of ' the deadly poison, as the child died the -fol lowing day. The body was swollen to an immense size, and very much resembled in colour that of the ve nomous reptiles • o!e): .rEty;: KING'S TIIEAT,RE. Il Fellation per la Muskca was repeated on at'irday night, and Madame CATACANI gave .some further in troductions. They consisted of the Cavotpite Piece from ZINGARELLI, which she has been singing with so much effect at the Conceits, and a Cavatina of Ross:Nes.— Tpe air of the latter has art sufbeient variety or force to render it striking; but it is capable of much fine pression, and in that respect CA rALANt made it highly effective. We regret to state that CA !LABOR! was ill, and un;isle to sing her, songs. In lieu of ker delightful song in the Ltst acr, KIESEWCTTER played a concerto.. ;' r NA VAL 1%1 Lidac;ENCE. The Vrow Gcsina, Jarrs, horn Lubeck to Grimsby, was total:y lost, with the crew, it11.7.•24th 011 the Linco'aishire coast. The Jupiter,•llinici.Ettx, from 'London to Dartmouth end foundLutd, tau on shore the 25111 inst. on the Nesa Point, near Teign,,nouth, ard bi!ged. Admiral Sir J. liar:mu:l.2; Bart. G.C.B. received his Commission on the 24th inst. appointing him Conunander.in•Chief at Plymouth ; and he wilt assonie the comotAld on the 10th of April next. JOHN Mac Aitinna (2), Esq. Secretary to the late .Ad ndral CAIIPBELL, and Purser of hi s Nlajt:sty's ship Parsec 11LcrsT, is to be Lis Secretary. The Sastrotaisc, 2S, Captain Sir Wm. Wisp:alas, Bart. is ordered to be fitted for the North Americ in station. Illsjor-General Sir lion...sten DOUGLAS, appointed to a command in North America, and Suite, will go out by her., ISu male convicts were removcd from the hulks at Portsmouth, on board the Chapman, fur Vau lhemen's Land. The Vicaour, of 100 guns, at present in dock at Portsmouth, will, it is be removed to the River Medway, as the flakship, , and the PitiNca RECENT, of 120 guns, be brought to Portsmouth', from Chatham, to receive the flag of Adm. Sir G. ;MARTIN, FALstottair, MAitcti 27.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Siciliar4 - r110!Cr, froM Rio Janeiro in eighty-six days. Sailed the Walsinga . ham picket, for Buenos Ayres; John and Mary, STEPHE:4IOI4, for Triesle; Hope, Parrisnitt, fur Malta and Corfu ; Orestes, NICHOL.. soS, for Leghorn ; Duke of Marlborough packet, fbr Lisbon; and Nocton packet, for the Hands. Pt.rsto . trin,Ascii 27. Wind W.N.W. Sailed the Kains, .CLINNINCIIAII; and Layton, Mit.Lim, for London; Nautilus, SMITH, for St. Juhn's New Brunswick; Elizabeth, MOORE; and I'riscilla, limo Lt., for ditto. Puttrsatuurtq MARCH 28.—Arrived the Nestpr,AVEACNER, front Ihinduras—out fifty-three days ; Hebe, Davisost ' front. St. Kitt's ; his Majesty's ship LIELV, from Chatham, and sailed again for Plymouth. Remains, the Catherine, MI Itrostt, for India. DrAt., Ala nefi 27. —Wind N.N E. to N.N.W.—aPassed through : the Eggerden Castle, Pirnwt, from Jamaica ; and John I'iera, front London. Remain, the Honourable Conti:ally% ship Royal George, from China; and Jack Tar, front Jamaica. The schoont:r Jane,bf Loudon, from Oporto, lost an anchor and cable this morn ing, and proceeded to ILantsgate.. 11Am:it ea.—About nine, the Royal George, Jack Tar, a SOutloseanuin and the rest of the homeward bound proceeded-for ' the River. The wind Ihis been fruit E: to N.E. with an increasing strong breeze. _ _ 1./;7.RPOOL, MA fir', 27. Arrived the William Galt, Wm sit, from La Guyra ; Nancy Davis, trout St. Domingo; Everton,. R YERSON, (rain St. Vincent's; Montrose, I)tvis, from Demerara; and William Thongson, bite:Kra., front NeW York. Dovslt, Rell em.-011" tile porr, ttfe Demerara packet, VE. NA Imes, from Demerara ; and Maria Jacoba, BART, from Curagoa. CUSTOM-UOUSE, MA [ICU 27. Snips EMTFRES) Iffwmtns—The Royal 0 tk, froni Ostend ; Flora, and Providentia, from Gottenhurgh ; Malvina, from Peter burgh ; Vrow Elizabeth, and Ilentich Benjamin, from Dantzk ; Maria Adulpbitta, front Antwerp; Fadres Nlinde, from Christiana; and -Ida, Irani Stettin. • Ettilearn Ourwaans—The Peterel, for Dunkirk ; Aid, for Elsi neur ; Margaret, and Goede Verwagting, for Rotterdam; Bee, and Robert Edward, for New York; Asia, fur India; and Claremont, for Malta. CLEARING OurwA ens—The Rover, for Rotterdahl ; Rose, ford the Cape of Good Hope; Maria, for Ilintburgh ; Mary, for St. Vin. cent's; and George, &r Rouen. ANECDOTE OF' SIR GEORGE CoLLIER.-k ,, ApT. FcAtS, of the Royal Navy, who was Firit Lieutenant of the LEANDER, under Sir Glance CoLLIER's command; when blockading the American ft igate Constitution, iii Boston harbour, relates the following anecdote of this gallant and lamented Officer :-A fishing-boat came off with several Americans, who asked permission to visit his Majesty's ship, which was immediately granted: Sir Cieortoz Cot.r.tett and myself accompanied them round the decks, when one of them observed--" You are at larger-ship; but I do nat think your men are so stout as ours -oil board the Constitution:" To which Sir GEORGE made teply-" They may be very little, but their hearts are in the right place t and I will thank you to inform the American Captain, that if he will come' out and meet the LEANDF.R,.I will !ledge my word and hofiour that it° British ship .hall be within itVenty leagues ; and further, it my ship. mcnints more guns than the Constitution, I will throw the additior:d ones over. hoard." This challenge the American, .rho appeared to be an Officer, promised to convey; but I do not asset t that the Ametican Commander ever received it. Some Officers of the 10th-nor rather some persons in the eosthme of that Regiment, were not many weeks sit:te invited to a party given by a Lady of fashion residing in one of the squares in Dub lin. The invitation was accepted, and the Lady, aaxioris to lose no opportunity of contributing to the entertainment of her guests, seeing these affected cozci.mini standing aloof from the social circle, and appearkpg to look discontented, asked them to join the dance. The stiff an conceited reply was, " The 10th dot'tduate." She then asked them to go to the card table. The reply was, The 10th don't play at cards." The Lady, even after the.se ridiculous replies, still anxious to please them, asked them to join the party in the music-room ; " The 10th duset like music" was the reply. The Lady naturally chagrined at such Impertinence, left them to Mat for themselves till supper time. (hi supper being announc e d t h e expected the 10th wont.' be consittent in their negative character, but having mote regard for their appetite th in their consistency; they were proceeding to the supper vaunt, when the Lady said in a loud tone, she supposed the 10th did nut sap. The gentlemen went .ff, regretting the loss of their supper. . ' CORN-EXCHANGE. MARK-LANE. MARCH 29. ' The arrivals of last week Were again tolerabiy gocd, but of. Oats they were very large. This morning there Is ot4 a moderate quan tity of Wheat, Barley, , Brans , and Peas, from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, and but few vessels fresh bp wph (MS; so that the Mar het today is botuposed chiefly of good quantities of Corn which re main over from former supplies. Pilule dry samples of Wheat have sold freely, and rather exceeded the terms of last Monday; but all other qualities sell heavily. Barley, for malting, fully supports the rates last quoted. Beans have no variation in value from this day se'nnight. Grey Peas fully rapport their la•t quotations. Boiling Peas are very dull. Prime Oats sell more freely, and the quota tions of last Monday are fully maintained for this article. The - Grain - trade is unaltered. PHNAS ON IKSARD !hit'. Wheat, Red (new), 525. 645. Bye, new, 311 s. 445. -....... old, 61s. 704. .-.- 7 old, 58s. 445. White new, 58s. to 70s. Beans, Small, new, 425. 451. -- old, 635. 781. I - olil, 455. 475. Bailey, Netv, 525. 595. Tick, new, 555. 599. Old, 'Os. 375. - old, 536. 445. Peas, Grey, Nese, 535. 355. Oats; Feed, nt-w, 20s. 235. Old, 355. 38s. ......- old, e.tis. :At% Maple, new,•s7s. 40s. , Poland, new, Mg. 275. old, ON. 00s - ---- old, •235. 29,, White, new,iia4. 425. Potatoe ' flew, 255. 29a. :-...-. old, 40s. 425. -.. old, 205. 5:95. • Boilers, new, 425. 445. . --,---- Scotch, 51s. 525. ....--i- old ; 40s. 47,1. ' Flour, per sack, 50s. 60 1 . .: • Ilak;ted, per Lbt. 425, £27. . • Mistretta isle West., Wheat; English: qrs. ".3,674 1 liCattS'' -, 1,947 Barley - • .4,471 1 Peas •• . - .''. . 901 Malt - 4,574 1 Irish Oati ' 2,240 Oats - - ' 21,715 1 English Flour,,sacks 5,646 §MItiIOIRLD 'MARKET; MA RCH 29. There wai a good supply Sit Oxen at Market this morning; but in Sheep there was a shun supply. ' Owing to the coolness of the weather, high prices were-asked (or all articles of good quality.- The current prices are- - ' ' , . - Beef, per stone of Whs. 'Ss. 4d. tb 4s. 4d. Mutton, 3s. fld. to 4s. ad. Veal, 4s. tid. to 65. Oil. Pork, 4s. 4d: to ss. 4d. Hay, 41. 10s. to 51. 10s. Straw, 11. Ids. to gi,..if ! Cluvcri 54 to a .. •I • • _. ~. r