Star. — London, England, 1824-05-26 00:00:00

!n iht prove a very salutary experiment. It was some tine in the year 189 that accounts were received i n t:;;; conntry what had been done by the Marqui s of ji,,Hes respecting the Press in India. It was about IS2O, that th& draft by the Directors of the East I ..ji a Company had been sent to him, to which draft, t !, , 3 reason he had already assigned, he felt it iiis duty riot to give the sancvion of the Crown. That cinc i o n lie continued to xvithhold until the end Of the' sane rear, when he ceased to fill the office of Presijent of the B , iard of Controul. He repeated, that his object vithheld:ng it was his desire that the new system tautly ti icd ; but really before llo nntir ,,bi e i i, lt iefren bestowed any high panegyi is on hi mse lf , or t!x I,. ng iris of Hastings for his atta c h ment to t h e ;F of the Press, as manifested on that occa,ion, t i, e r ryt'z . ht to know exactly the state of the ca , e . Th e ic , v l, l nons respecting the Press, which the Marquis of found when he entered on the Govei nment of 1 .„:6, had ;Jeen established by Marquis Weiie,ley. He c,i,.Gini.ing) would read them to the House : Luvry proprieor of a newspaper shall place his name at tL!bota,:n 4 that newipaper. 6 , qiy. T:u• tome and abode of the Editor shall he made known. „ , ;117. N , n6.wspaper shall be published on A Sunday. .1;14. No raper shall be published previously to its being in- • ,I:all. ~ ,;tsons offentli.ig against any of these regulations shall ,stined z!) enthallia!ioa." it was truc-, abrogated these hitt wii,tt were those which he introjuced? ,t Editors of 31 cwipapers are prohibited by tile ,ILrq•:is of regul,ti , Ja front pu'Ailling any matter under the follow- • ••• i,z. Aeintativer,ions on the Court of Directors, or the public , • is the G overnment triattrs uf a poll LiC.ll tendency, off.•t•.;ive to the Pre !:,t, or the i i,Lop of Calcutta—(.l 14ugh). oat copping L.. Lcts of any I.tv. , ,paper under the above ~.±•'; l p. Front the 03 1 J:tea:ion of private scandal." booing throe egulations, he thotight the House : -.-i!ad ;tare:. \• file him, that the I-am-gyms eat the Mar ;.4 hal ilaaings had been a little too %%I:J. They wo u ld lazagra lAcve that the Nrible Mal fpli had left the L p, of ladaa free as air; that havitig abolished the , aslap, loaf:flossed it to riot iii tiacontruuled aas ioas. Ile (M! . .. Canning) hoped he a ,tb not say ; .• a > traach, alien he declared, that %% ere he possessed •aAer which nothing mild controul but the press, 4-Late that pies, limited as it had been limited in ia by the Marquiseof Hastings, he should certainly caaaatin no appreben.ion of its restraining desnoying the illusion which existed on this subject, aal i 1 trakin : .; what might be considered a :elf-, aeri- E a ., b e bc.4ged not to be understood as exiaessiug his , a a a t ion of the regulations which he had just quoted. ;,at, ane :y, ticatlemen of all parties woold a ll o w, wh e n appantred that pan such minds as those of *Marquis Wellas:r.'y and Lila Marquis cf Hastings—men as vir- Nous ;Lad lion curable as they were great and dighitied — a . mach :attached to the pa inciples of liberty as the must e:lightetied . Statesmen that ever lived—co n cur la the necessity o f some collo ind over the pies, in India, la waft! not say that their judgment should be subjn alaad to that of these diAinguisbad persons, but that they re. ht well pause before they declared that the Marquis of Hastings ought to be condemned for the cause of conduct which he had pursued. What he had stated were the authorities on which he had founded his opinion; and ha was sure that the llon. Gentleman who, had introduced the subject with so much temper and abi lity, would not say that they ought to be put out of the question. What the decision might be on the parti ci:jar case under consideration, he would not anticipate. is his opinion it neither would be nor could be decided atatotract principles. It must be looked at with refer ewe, not to the happily t nlightenea state of this country, b a: to those modifications which belonged to a state or s arty not metely different limn our own, but which had no resemblance in the whole world. In such a country, and under such regMations of the Ps CiS as he load described, Mr. Buckingham did that which he (Mr. Canning) would not charactetiae. His condact must be Aged with reference to the law under which he lived at the time, and net with reference to the law by which ilapply we were governed. As to Mr. Adam, with :hat Gentleman, he (Mr. Canning) hal no personal con aexion. But he should be doing great injustice to him, i; he did nat say that he was a man who had raised him self by his 'meritotioas conduct ; a condact, the value o which had been acknowledged by the successive in dividuals who had held the Government of India, and who had, therefore, the oppoatunity of witnessing and ;appreciating it. He (Mr. Canning) could truly say ':urn experience, that in a situation a f great difficulty !a had known that Gentleman exert himself in the :,at manly and creditable manner. If he were to ;I:ige of Mr. Adam's general character from his con rinct as a public officer, he would say that he was a man evidently determined to act honourably and uprightly, out what it would. Mr. Adam might, in the pur suit of aeliat he considered a just object, have been of vialeice and oppression in the exercise af the alni . oraty alitholity with which he was invested. It s.'; air ‘‘ as in that course of tlial which Parliament had appninted to take cogaizance of such misdeeds; and n'euld he be proved guilt; , Goo forbid that he should rat be visited by the punishment awarded by law to ch an offence. But it was impossible that that Iluu:e ould step in with an extra judicial piucee3ing ; and hove all, that, while the pat ocular case was under the .'risideration of a Court of Law, it should step in to try a..e merits of that case, and of the general system loge abor. That House, if it entered at present into the in vstiqation of the subject, could not separate the imii vidual case from the system. But a Court of Law would separate them. It would try Mr. Adam by the law aiaich he was bound to administer; and would consider Mr. Buckingham's case by th.s law under which he lived. `•c hen the individual case should be once out of the way, Le (Mr. Canning) should have no objection whatever to conaaa, nail only that the whole question respecting the India should be brought under the view of Par ' avnent, but that it should also take into con-dderatien aa other modifications of the system of Indian Govera - eat, which the progress of knoa ledge and the int a7aving condition of the population el our Asiatic Ent 'rare might appear to dernaVid. Mr. IJENM All stated, that unless be were perfectly soisfied that At proceedings were at an end in a Court 01 Law on Oh• subject, he should not have sapported this vaition ; but as he had professionally been eon and given an opir ion against the suit of Mr. he was desirous of stating, that his °pi ' "al }.needed not upon the want of met its in the pc titioian's case, but From the difficulties which the attire had parposely thrown in the way to guard toe randuct of tkir Clovelitor. He was not surprised, a;awever, at the hacknied argument. It had been dis c/timed, on the part of Mr. Buckingham ) that he meant to proceed beyond this appeal, but still that assertion' was eiscredited and di-re'Tarded. • Mr. LAMBTON, in moving that the Petition do lie on the table, was anxious to advert to one or two togics . which had fallen,flOm the Ri g ht Honourable Gentle- ' man. If be (Mr. Lambton) had made any state ments which were incorrect, and contrary to facts, let them be contradicted by the Court of Directors. 'lllO, Chairman had declared that warnings had been given to Mr. Buckingham, and that afterwards the to cceedings against him were justifiable. He (Mr. Limbton) wcald state what some of those warnings were. One of them c.miisted in an application Which had been made to the Advocate-General, to kuoiv whether an action would lie against them for certain publications relative to the late Queen; but the Advocate General had said, that there would be no chance of a verdict. Another warning was, respecting charge, against the Bishop of Calcutta, which chat ges were not against the Bishop, but against one of his curates, for neglect of duty. The Bishop had asserted that they concerned himself perscually, and appealed on the sohjczt ; but on inquiry it %Vas ascertained that the charge, were well founded, and a remedy was provided. For himself, he (Nlr. Lambton) would say, that if he could discover and remove abuses, he would do so in spite of the Go vernor-General. Another of the warnings was, for ptsb lications relative to military statements, which it had been asserted, were ca!tulated to promote military in subm dination. Sir J. Malcolm had declared, that free discussion in India was absolutely necessary, and more particulaily as it related to the at my; ard that such free discussion wa. i ro,silile, except through the medium of the public 'Hess. Ile (Mr. Lanibtoa) would prove, if the House would oaly giant bins a Committee, by the teiti. ninny of v al Utlicers, that in the army cf India tlieic was 1: 0 such sovereign remedy for abuse as the pie-s. Ile ..1d ka.r,v 'lr. Bockingliam, nor Mr. Ak!am, nor the sI rduis of Hastings, nor Lord Amherst; he could , not tell wi:e.her the latter we're 3 tyrant or a tiger; he might be what an Honour:Ode Meniber had described hint, 11. e :eatlc'st of human beings. But when he saw such statements lei wine then laid before the House, c , ,nfirined by the testimony of many unexceptionable rerons, I.e thought it his du - y, as a Member of Parlia ine,lt, to place we matt2r before the Commons of Log -1 rid ; and if they ‘:id nut inquire into it, on their head, he the CousequenceS.—Toe Petition was.then ordered to he printed, vinsr FRUITS IN IRELAND. Sir JOHN Nli WPOLIVF, after stating that the First Fruits in Ireland iht'l been gtauted by Q u een Anne fur the building of chutelo, endow ment of schools, and had been valued so low by the Clergy, that they were quite inefficient to the purpose for which they were SO licAtt: volt:tidy intended, moved that a Commission should be apiloi.:teti to inquire into the value and application of the First Frnit, in Ireland. 111 r. I' EU 7:K rrr opposed the motion ; he said, the rate at which tin. Clergy paid First Fruits in Ireland was so lung established, that it woull he imploper fur the [louse to interfere with it. b:r J. NEWPORT replied.—The I louse then divided : Ayes - - 71 I Noes - - R 5 The a:mouncement of the numbers was received with cheering. The I lnlise resolved itself into a Committee on the Exchequer Bill, (I 5(000,G00/.) Bill. 1;1111ODEN brought up the Report of the Beer Bill,which was azr.od to, and the third reading was fixed for Thuriddy. The Wool fill was read a third time and passed. The other thiltrs of the day were then disposed of, and the House utljteartied at Ilnif-past One o'Clock. EVENING STAN... LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1624. TILE FUNDS. s roCK ANuE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consais opt lied this morning at 93n, M, for the Account, and for Money 951 ; since which till , have lowered to 95i fur the Ac e:war, and for Money 95 to L. Money is still very scarce. PoREIGN FUNDS. All S.luth American Securities arc exceedingly heavy, nu account of gle.a sales having beta made to pay the differences for the Con w-day. :Mexican Scrip lias fallen, owing to a report that our lloversitucnt is going to acknowledge the independence of Co lombia, and not of Mexico. Curlew. :—Old Sp-inish 201 to 21, New 15, Chilian 80, Russian'Lincs.! Sli.ires 16 to Mexican Scrip 43, Austrian 96, Iris') Sli,4res par, P..l.ii!iunt par to 1, French 171 to 6, Co lombian Scrip ato Colombian 8:4 to 86, Greek 41 7 dis. New Prussian 99, Old 93, Portuguese 94, Equitable 11 to 3. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 231-3 per Cent. Reduced 91 3 / 8 Vg A 3 pet. - Cent. Cons. 95 1 / 4 95 1 / 4 -3i per Cents. 101 4 per Cents. Old 100 is %. 4 per Cents. Nev 107 A 4. per Cc-nts. Assented 100.V, 3 Batik Long Awls. 22% 11-16 India Bonds 75i. 735. 76i.—New Annuities 94 3 / 4 Elt.nequer (L1,000)2121 30—Small 24 21 30 Cun.ols for July Opg. 95 7 / 3 3 4 1 7/d We have received the French Papers of Sunday, w the illonitear and Pitete of Monday ; the two latter by Exp..es>. The Pllote does not contain an =tick of in telligence wottlt quoting, and the Itioniteur is entirely filled, with the except:oa of one column, with the lte , port of the Due de Levis, in the name of the Commis sion on the new financial Foject; and the speech of M. IIEsJAMIN CONSTANT in the Chamber of Deputies, on hl, eligibiiity. General FOY supported his right in a long and eloquent speech ; but the chief interest of the debate re vol Jed about the conduct and the speech of M. DE LA BOLA:DONNA YE, the leaJer of the anti-ministerial Ultras. The Honourable Member contended with considerable 'al nail, that the Chamber could not refuse the rights of citizetv.hip to M. CONSTANT, without shewing an en ti.e disregard of anterior judicial decisions, without ad'ectiog the interests and security of great classes of his :‘l2sJx.,Ty's subjects, and v:ithout bringing into Juubt and di,cussion the repose of a whole population. At:cr M. CONSTANT bad been himself heard, and the Itepot ter of the Cwornission had declined the exercise of his right to address the Chamber, the rote was called for. Tine:: of :ix Ministers were present, but took no pat tin the decision. The number of members in the Cnamber :.S2: or the,e 211 voted for the adioissi- Aity of the I 'mum! able Deputy, and 168 against it.— The PttEsinEst. then, to the ;Meat sati , faction of the left side, declared M. B. CONSTANT, who was waiting the decision with anxiety, duly electeJ. No other busi ness of importance was t.ransacted. The Moniteur quotes, from the Austrian Observer, the statement of the Ottoman Porte having agreed to eva cuate Wallachia and Moldavia . ; and a paragraph stating that a treaty has been entered into between the Porte and Sardinia, by which vessels of the latter country ate to have free navigation in the Black Sea. The Journal des &bats mentions that Prince POLIO NAC, the French Ambassador at London, is shortly ex pected at Pat is. The Journal du commerce of Saturday states, that recent letters from Madrid allude, in marked terms, to the extraordinary efforts making by the Spanish Go vernment fur the invasion of South America, and notice particularly the decree published in The Madrid Ga zette, for the levy of 36,000 men 'by the I st of August. One part of this Decree, which is printed in italic, is exceedingly curious. It is said that the force in ques tion is to he raised for the " security of the Kingdom, and for other objects of veater and more urge:a far- norinnee." A letter from Toulouse, in the Etoile, says, " In private adviees from Paris, it is stated that ti.e Count of Carthagena, General Mortitt.o, who has :tr:i ve..l in that city, has furnished important information to the Government te,pecting the French tefugees, who are to he tried on the 21st of next month, in this city. It is known Oa'. the ;'eater part of these refugees were at Cul unna, iihete General Mortir.to commanded." Frans.—May 24, Five per Cents. 104 f. 40c. New Yolk Papers to the (25th ult. have reached us. They state, on the authority of accounts from St. Thoma,'s, that an American brig and a Sparish schooner had been boarded on the 24th, in Sail Rock Passage, by an open boat full of pirates, and all hands murdered except a boy, who saved his life by swimming, being near Porto Rico. He reached land, and gave information. The next day the pirates began to circu late the money which they took from the vessels, in Porto Rico, and were apprehended, confessed their guilt, and seven were banged." The last accounts from Buenos Ayres state that all' was quiet, and the Government had adopted measures to concentrate the forces and resources of the countries on the La Plata, in the event of any landing of Euro pean troops. The King of the Musquito shore was aecid.mtally dro►vned a short time ago. Mexican Papers to the Ist March have been received. The counts y at that time was perfectly tranquil, and the Sovereign Congress in Session. On the sitting of that body on the 6th February, a Petition was read From a Provincial Congress, praying that Government might prosecute, with all possible expedition, the negotiations which had been commenced with Great Britain. In the Times of this morning there is a paragraph, stating that intelligence had been received from Sr. Vincent's, of the date of the 13th of February, of the death of Colonel DAWSON. We are happy to state that letters have been received at the Coloaial Depart ment, dated the 13th of March, which do not mention this event, and which therefore render the correctness of the statement contained in The Times extremely improbable. THE, KING'S COURT. Yesterday morning, at twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY held a Court at his Palace in Pall-mall, which was at tended by—. The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the ltlaster-General of the Ordnance, the Secre taries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial D.-partments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Cotni ul, the Treasurer of the Navy, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward of the Household, the Groom of the Stole, the Treasurer of the I louseholtl, the Comptroller of the liouehold, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, and the Lord Chief .Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Clerk of the Closet, Earl Cathcart, the Earl of Errol, the Bishop of Gloucester, Colonel NVlaatley, the IZez,n-Jet of Loudon. The KING held a Pt ivy C , Juncil, at which Mr. BuLtErt attended as Clerk, when Lord Chief Justice Bcsr, of the Common Pleas, kissed hands upon his appoint. meat, and was sworn in a Privy Counsellor, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. Alter the close of the Pi ivy Council, the Recorder of LoltooN was admitted into the presence of the KING in Council, and made his repo: t of the Convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey. At the close of the RECORDER'S Repot t, the Rev. Dr. BETH ELI, was introduced into the presence of the KING in his closet, and did homage before his MAJESTY, upon his election to the I3ishoptic of Gloucester. The Bishop of LINCOLN attended the ceremony, as Clerk of the Closet. Earl CATHCART attended as Gold Stick in Wai:ing. The Earl of Elmo', and Colonel ‘VIIATLEY were the Lord ani Groom in Waiting. The Court broke up at a quarter past four o'clock. YesterdaT, a Board of the Lords of the Treasury was field at the Treasury Chambers, Whitehall. The Earl of HAJIROWRY, the Duke Of WELLINGTON, the Right lion GEORGE CANNING, and the CIIaELLOR of the Ex enEnuEs, had, audiences of the KING yesterday. Monday night Lord MARCUS HILL, attached to the Embassy in France, arrived in town, with dispatches from Sir C. STUART, our Ambassador at Paris. Monday evening, her Grace the Duchess of WEL riscnnit entertained a select number of Fashionable.i, ler the second time this seasc-n. WINDSOR, MAY 2J. —Saturday being the birth-day of her Royal Highness the Princess of Ilcssn Mimetic, the bells were rang as usual. The fourth bell being overturned, an old ringer, of the name of Gregory, w‘nt up among them to return the rope to its proper place in the wheel. In passing t:te second bell he accidentally sliPl•ed from the frame, when the bell followed, and came in contact with his body with such force as completely to stop its motion ; it was with same difficulty he was extricated from his situation, and by the assistance of the ringers taken down to the clock loft, and front thence r: moved to his own house, where he expired on Sunday night. Ile was by trade a shoemaker. He has left a wife and family of little children.. Lieutenant Jour Evcar - r - r; on the retired list of the late Second Royr.l Veteran Battalirm, was lately installed with the usual cere mony in St. George's Chartl, as ore of his ajesty•s l'oor Knights of Wind For. Last night, at ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the ex tensive premises of Mr. Ms:IEN, bacon-drier, Half-morm-alley, Sidtopsg.:te-street, which cmisumed the building ;' but the great exeitions of the firemen I - cat:lrately stopped the flames from com municating with the stabling of Mr. Seristattn, who, to prevent ac cidents, caused upwards of WO horses to be removed to pla tes o f safety. TIIE 4ltAft Duca orYortev T.astat.—Yencrday afternoon the Duke of Yuan held a Levee as Commander-in -Chief. at his Mc: in the Horse Guards, which was attended by the Duke of Iticuttoxn, the Mar quiss.s of liesTr.v and Lnanosratay, the Part of Iltaarato mid SHBURNIIAM, Lord LEsxox. Lord Wu. Itussat.t.. Generals Lord LYNEUOCII acrd Sir Grantor. Nuourtr, Lieutenant• Generals Sir It. SHEA vre, Sir G. Lut..tri•r:::), and Str Joust ()swain ; Mai9r.(l::ur rals Sir Itstes KEiirr, un :ris arrival front (7atr tda, Sir CHaaLrs I):M.E, HALF:OUR, ECF:ItTON, GUARD, BROWN, and iTrIVART; Rear- I Admiral Sir Itowcxv. and :Mout sixty other aticers. The 3d cf the 94th Regiment tm:rarked this day at Greenock, tor Gihr.titar. The Ist divd.ion of the 34tli (or Cumberland) R..giment of Foot has arrived at Dublin, from Porttmouth. The 75th Regiment of Pont, new stationed at Windsor, has re. ceived Older, to hold it: if in re:itlitiess to procetd to Ireland. Commissions in the I t Regiment of Oitoc.2. hire Yeomanry Ca valry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Oxford. George llostyn, to he Ciptain, vice Cnttcrell, re,iianed; John Looker, GLitt. to be Cornet. vice Lei -411, deceased. NAVAL I.‘IELLIOENCR. The Amity, PEASE, from Liverpool to New York, WTS driven on shore the tilt. tan , ;Siltiam near Satidy Hook, and bilged —the tn . ; goods would really a:I b, t rot out w;thout A 1 -rig, .1.pp05,...1 to be the CIIIPUCELIIItI, Spurn, front Liverpird to Nlontreal, wti seal rho 10th inst. in Lt. 45. long. 27. aban dor - by the 11.:artol, liasxs, arrived at I.:verpoid. Tile following have been spoken with :—T•ltnerald, from f.iserpnol to Bostrei, on the 13th inst. in rut. 49. loniz. 26. Lord Col .irgwooti, from 11ri,t;..1 to New Brunswick, on the Lsth inst. out five days, ni h loss of min and ntizen.mast ; Nlirintaineer, from. London to Nlirrimichi, in lat. 45. hng. 38. Atlas, WATTON, front London to Lima, on the lit of 3hricli, 8. long.:A. and :Wry Ann, CH AIVIE, Rant London to Bombay, on the tBth of Fe bruary. in hit. 23. S. tong. 28. FALliontrit, M:Av 24.—Wind N. W.—Siited the Lady Mary Pel ham packet, for the Leeward Islands. A large brig pw-strl here this morning, to the Eastward, with loss of fore and main-topmast and bowsprit. PORTSMOUTH, 3rAr. , 24.- Wind 8. w. -- Arrived his Majesty's ship SPA 1:120WIIA WK, front a eruize:; and SOCCt,3 transport, from Cork. Sailed the Triumph, GREEN, fur Bombay; and Aurora, for Dantzic. DEAL, MAY 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived . aad remains, the Zephyr, Annowsmarit, from lilimduras. through last evening, the following outward hound ; viz.—The Bedford, MARTIN; Mirahies, Runienvonn . ; Esther, CARR ; and Sceptre, NORFOR. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—Arrived the Thomas Tycon, STOCKDALE; and Commerc.., DALRYMPLE, from Jamaica; Marquis Wellington, Ross, from Antigua; Barton, Basta, front Barbadoes; and Wil liam Byras, Coss, from New York. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE. DRAT FL OF MR. HARRIS, TilF. AERONAUT. In another page we have given anatcottnt of the aerial ascent of yesterday, And it is with regret we have to add An account of a fatal Aciiittnt which followed. The balloon proceeded in a south westerly direction over the county of Surrey, and ascended to an altitude, it is supposed. of two miles. It was first discovered rapidly descending over Croy don ; in fact, with such swiftness, that the persons in the villages around entertained the most serious fears for the lives of the intre pid adventurers. On reaching within half a mile of the earth, the balloon darted suddenly down, and on touching the ground, in stantly bounded severe' yards into the air, and then twirling round, in a miented dashed trust the e2l - Air. Harris, who fell tb the earth, and on being lifted up, immediately expired. The young Lady, on the halloos becoming entangled with the trees, was thrown out with great violence; on her being raised she was insensible ; one of her thighs was snapped in two, and she was discovered to be otherwise dreadfully injured. The balloon was secured a few yards from the spot where this mast shocking catastrophe happened, which was on the demesne of Mrs. Gee. about a mile from Croydim, and in the village of Beddiogton. The body of Mr. Harris was removed on a shutter to the Plough Inn, in the village: it presented a trust shocking spectacle ; one side is nearly crushed in. When first seen, his body was doubled up, afel a medical Gentleman, who e s xamived him, said he scarcely ever saw such an instance of dreadfully complicated injury. The young Lady was removed to a neighbouring house, where every possible attention is paid to her: she was this morning considered in a dangerous state. The thigh has been dressed, but it was thought amputation would he necessary. From the best inquiries we were enabled to make, as to the cause• of this dreadful affair, of the persons who had perceived the Balloon descending, we gather the following particulars.—From the decrease in the hulk of tale Balloon, it is supposed Mr. Harris must have commenced opening the valve when at its altitude of nearly two miles in the air, and from accident or mismanegement, the gas was allowed to escape too freely, and thus, from being unable to check the rapidity of his descent, the accident happened. If he had had a grappling iron to throw out, it is believed, although sonic slight casualty must have happened, the fatal consequences would have been avoided, as on the Balloon coming down and ascending the second thee, it would have been stopped, and the aeronauts released from their pet none situation, Mr. Harris refused to take the grappling iron, determining to try some experiment with the gee, as it applied to his descent. The melancholy account of his death, reached his wife and family in the course of this morning, and their sorrow may be better con ceived than described ; sonic of his friends, who composed a Com mictee of Management, immediately left town, and arrived at Bed dington as early as seven o'cluek this morning. The dreadful. catastrophe has produced feelings of tine deepest commiseration in the village, and the demesne was covered, as our informant passed, with clowde of persons. Mr. 'Lens :weeded to ascend in the same balloon on next Tuesday. The Inquest will be held before Mr. JEMNIETT, the Coroner, this evening. We have received Rio Janeiro Gazities to the 6th of March. They contain no news of much interest beyond Brazil. The preliminary proceedings for the election . of Deputies appear to be going forward, and a list of - parochial electors in several provin ccs is given—a fact, which disproves a report formerly in circulation, that the Emperor did not intend to allow the convocation of the Congres appointed to meet by his published plan of a Constitution. _ _ . Accounts from Alexandria, received by way of Leg horn state, that the plague was raging violently there. So great a scarcity of money prevailed yesterday in the City, owing to the extensive speculations for i rise in English stock, that the continuation on Consols for the next account was at the rate of betucen 9 and 10 per cent. per annum. Thete has not ,been known for a very long period so heavy a continuation. • Letters from Malta fully confirm the account of the explosion at Cairo, which appears to have been more extensive than at first reported. Fivo thousand persons are said to have lost their lives, and property to the amount of more than half a million ster ling was destroyed. These letters stet: that the Turhish troops wil fully set fire to the magazines, to avoid mari:hing arAinst the Greeks. It is stated in a private letter frcnr Li, bon, that be tween six And seven hundred persons were arrest.id during the re cent events, and that among those still remaining in confinement are the following prisons of dittiliCl.oll :- -The Marquis d'Angeja, Marquis de Fronteira, Count de I'arati, Count de Taissa, Gaspar Teixeira, lieutri Pereira de Cantu) ; Mozinlio, of the Custom-house ; Candid() Jose Xavier ; Jose Atria° Falcao, son of General Azedo; of the Secretary of War's Office ; 13raudao, junior; the two Franque:ros ; Felipe Ferreira il'Ari:ujo ; Silvestre l'inheira, iVlinis ter during the Constitutio• al Government; Brigadier-General Sousa, together with a great number of the Officers belonging to the gar rison. Many of the persons arrested are perfectly opposed to each other in politics, and sevnral are deckled enemies of the Freemasons. Several Officers, who executed the lirst arrests, by order of the In fante, it is said, were themselves afterwards taken into custody by the same authority. Yesterday afternoon, the parochial children of the different parisues in the Metropolis, to the amount of 4,000, as t CORN-I:AC!! ANC; . . % IA U K-LANE, MAY 116. r ie n a l r b s l i e n ti g, it; r C ev b i r o i t s ts t to their a N n e n lV a g l ia m t ee:bettritntst 1 : s i :or ( s o . rpose of re- The arrivals n! this wed( arc—Wheat, `-,050 quarters; Earley; 3713 ()at' ' 4.500 `1". Irish Oats, 1,500 or ~ Flour, 2,'00 sacks.' 1a is a ood*Lieniand for These quantities are only moderate. • 6 such parer!, of ._ and mot , .e money is agaht asked, wait wbi;h u J to compy, ti though!cluctastt do. u so; in other •quinias thorn is no t much i business wag. Bar ley is Peas no altrilitit,n. leas rd sale much the same terms as Monday scarce, and rat!:::r dear er. Brans are also held on higher terms. In 5y ~a I • A ~ ; i .I • , 4 p i.