Star. — London, England, 1824-01-24 00:00:00

?I3 7• - Trl 1 • Ot at as st in ci 21 SC fc • t 1 tl • ti n it 11 C C t ▪ tl • si it r ti 1 ▪ 1 C r F I t i It d Se r, st is )f v. er is it ry 7. k- le 3: 1.1 at krt. Ito sas O CA or Sa• sa w- -111. ts er- -4 I••'`{i 4 . EVE'NING TH 'AR,. iONDoN. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1524. • ."1 . ,L1N FUNDS. : * • sTact E/CCHA N C TWELVE O'CLOCK. Cooials opened this morning at, 901 to f t for the Accourn,, and te r i for )Toney,-aids s a Fond deal of business doing in the early .-t of the morning. They afterwarth got up to 00i, }. Consols re row 901 for the 4ccount. Express reached town ibis morning ftom Paris, bringing the Trench Fands of Thursday at 95f. 20c. Spanish 24i. FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Bonds opened' at .1/1, and got up to 25i. The cause )f.this rise is not known, but is supposed to be mere speculation. There is a great deal doing in the Mexican Loan, which opened at 21, and got up to 4 per cent. prem. French Scrip has also risen, as well as the New. Austrian Loan. , Current Prices :—New Spanish 171, Old 291,, Colombian 631, New Austrian s}, Chalon 76, Russian 891 I, New Prussi.m 89j, OldDli j, Neayolitan 82 to French Scrip 61 to 7 , l'ort u gu ese rr, 3lexican Loan si, Poyais 31. PRICE OF sTocscs AT ONE O'CLOCK. , Bank .StocklS9 %-3 per Cent. Reduced 90% 91 3 /s per Cent. Cons. 90 1 / 4 897 s 90% 1 / 4 . Y!! per Cents.loo l / 4 3 / 4 $ 4 per Cents. Old 102 1 A Vs 'er Cents. New 105 7 / 8 106 1 4 Bank Long, Antis. 22 1 / 2 5 / 4 —lndia Bonds S3s.B2s. E z aest. ifills of £l,oco, 521. 54s.—Small 525. 555. (. ; .omols for Account 903/ 91 1 4 90%. In our preceding. columns we have given a circum stantial .narrative cf the recent evetits at Rio Janeiro, in a letter from an intelligent merchant residing in that c ity. The facts stated bear every mark of authenticity, and are, indeed,cotroborated by intelligence ft om another i source: the reasons and inferences ate those of the writer,' for which we do not consider ourselves responsible. ,1 In addition to the information contained in the pry sate letter, we have this morning received a Brazil Mail, bringing the Dia,io of Rio Janeiro to the 19th of November, the file of that Journal from the 20th to the 25th Of /hit month having previously reached us. Ihe Papers contain. an account of the last sitting of the. Assembly, on the 12th, in which, after some debate, ea: decree of the EMPEROR. dissolving the Assembly, was . read. It confirms. the accounts in the private hair of the arrest of several of the Deputies, the illu mination of the ,pity, and the ride of his MAJESTY thiough the streets., The Diana of the 14th contains the PrOclamation of the Essezztoa given in a preceding column. That of the following day, contains two decrees: in th:: fit st, the Estrenon declares that he convoked the Assembly. to save Brazil from-imminent danger, but that the AsseMbly having perjured itself, violating the solemn oath taken to the nation, to defend the integrity aa.l independence of the Empire,. and theZIPEAOR'S dynasty, he, as Exezaort and perpetual defender of Brazil, had resolved to dissolve the Assembly, and to call another, to deliberate on a project of a Constitution which he will shortly present to it, &c. In the second Decree, his MAJESTY, feeling perhaps that he had gone too far, aays,ahat in using the .expres sion pe rj ured, in the former Decree, he was far from intending to confound the worthy Representatives of the people with the factidn that swayed the Aisenlbly. la a subsequent Manifesto, the -Eiarzect further ex-, plains the necessity which compelled him to put a stop to the mad proceedings of the restless and revolu tionary fiction, which had succeeded in obtaining the, preponderance in the Assembly." Ample as the details may.seem, they are not to us so decisive of the real object or motives of the EMPEROR as they appear to others. One of our contemporaries, not proverbial for his accusations against crowned eads, unhesitatingly asserts, that " the conduct of the, I;>trirtor. bears unquestionably a-very treacherous com plexion." Nor, although we have some doubts of the attachment of any member of the Houses of Bouneme or BRAdANZA to Representative or Constitutional Go vernments, yet the conduct of the Emperor of BRAZIL Lad, up to this period, been prudent, temperate, and con ciliatory. It t.ppears also, froM the letter of the Merchant at Rio, in a preceding page, that the first symptoms-of discontent were.manifested.loi Brazilians, who excited hostile feelings against the European Portuguese settled in Brazil, and teprabated the principle of employing European Officers or soldiers in the army. These attacks were so frequent, that some of the Officers determined on chastising the supposed author, one DAVID Plow 10N.1, a Brazilian apothecary. PAMPLONA petitioned the Assembly, who referred the affair to the Committee of Criminal Justice. The Committee very properly directed the petitioner to prosecut at law the parties. This decision, than • tvhich nothing could be more prudent, did not satisfy the most violent part of the Assembly, who insisted on a public discussion. On the day appointed for the debate, the populace was admitted into the body of the house, and proceeded so far as to interrupt the proceedings.— One person even stopped one of the Members while speaking, ::'.led him a fool, and bade him hold his tongue. Noe/ we do think that an Assembly that could proceed so intemperately as it did in the case of the apothecary, and could suffer - stlCh an outrage, was very t:Lit to legislate for any country; and it can ezcite ;itlie surprise, that the EMPIMOR dissolved it. When the news el these proceedings first reached us, re stated our suspicions that they rather originated in a disimEitim on the part of the Brazilians to form a Re public, than in the design of the EMPEROR to brir.g the krazils again under the yoke of Portugal, and•there is nothing in the more explicit details which we nor; give to make us alter our opinion. This morning we received a file of Lisan Gazette,, from the 31st December to the 4th inst. They are prin cPo7 filled v 6.11 extracts ficrn the English, Frencli, _ . :~:- i • % • ... 'and Spanish Journal's, and some ordonnances relating to the army of no intergist. The only intelligence they contain from Brazil, is copied from the London Papers. The Gazette of the Ist init. however, contains an article on the subject of the Colonies, in which it is boldly avowed, that the European Powers are determined not only " to exterminate from the face of the earth proud Liberalism" in Europe, " but on the other side of the Atlantic, whee this hydra furiously discharges its mot-. tal venom." This is all mtre declamation, which can have no effect on the fate of South America, chose independence will not depend on the fiat of a King of Portugal, or the Manifestoes of an Euiopean Congress, shciuld one be held for that purpose. Were a war to be commenced in the New World, on the principles avowed in the Lisbon Ga .ette, the President of the United States might well consider it directed against that country as well as against South America. The following are extracts : • • • -it a ARMY. • Monday the first division of the 77th Re frimeqt of root, bound fdr Jainaica, marched froM Fet moy for Baninacurra, where it is to be met by th% City, of Cork stearn-packet, and proceed in her for the Beaufort tfansport, at Cove: thE seconti division took the same route on Tuesday, and was put on board the Dorothy Forster and Faleinbang transports. It is expected that the* vessels would be ready to sail yesterday or to-day for their destination. A Gentleman who was present at the late embarkation of Re cruits at Waterford, states, that the average of 390 lads did not ex ceed 90 years each. The Recruits which were'enlisted in Ireland for the 95th Regi ment of Infantry, and which embarked on the 12th iust. at Water ford, have disembarked at Bristol, and will arrive in divisions on the 24th, 26th, and 97th inst. at Winclwster, where.the head.quar ters of that Corps is at present stationed. The William Harris, Fanny, Indian Trader. and Prince of Orange, transports, which sailed fro,n Cork, having on hoard the .25d (Royal Welsh Fusileers), will, on their arrival at Gibraltar, bring home the 75th Regiment, and subsequently convey the 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot from Cork to Jamaica. The detachment of the 7th (or the Prince Royal's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards, which arrived at Liverpool on the 19th inst. is ordered to embark forthwith for Ireland. The 26th Regiment, under the command of Colonel Ost.menza. which was quartered in Cork for a considerable time, has marched for Kinsale, to exchange with the 57th, which has since arrived in .the harbour of Cork. 1 Cowes, JAN. 112,—There were embarked here this morning from Albany Barracks, two Officers and 53 men, on board the brig Ann, for Cape Coast Castle. • EREATInt IN THE STAR or THE 17TH INSTANT.—Where it is stated the 73d Regiment was to proceed from Ireland. to Gibrakar—it should h4ve been, the 2.31 (or Royal Welch Fuzilecrs). .r , ^ •OLD BAILEY S ,,-TH.j • The Sessions haling the:Costmos; SER. JrtAt4 / 1r prodiedal to pass the awful senteiic'e eu D..ath Williath Henry Retnelds, for shooting at General :Ilu t Ed mund Burton, for.stealiog in a dwelling-horse; Junes Walkir, for burglary; William linnter, for a similar offence; linb;!rt Smith, for a like offence; John Hutchins. for stealin in a ; Marla Williami, for uttering forged notes; James !lode*, for bur glary ; Isaac Cannon, for burglary; George t)wen, for a like Offer/re ; Samuel Rayner, N ilium Elliot, and John Austin Wren, for cuuing and maiming. Transportation for tife•L-Joseph Hendon,Solomon Nathan,Thos. Starling, and Henry Taylor. Transportation for Sevell Years—Charles Pearce, Robert Willis, Thomas Antony, George Burgess, Joseph Searle, Andrew Wal ker, Evan Davis, Ensanuel Phillips, William Sidebotham, Richard Clarke, Richard Owen, William English, Charles Irlston, Charles Brudalt, Robert Wilson, James Brownlow, Charles Green, John Reesby, John Williams , Mary Owen, Rnbt. Smite, John Richards, William Laidlow, Sarah Deland, Sarah Wird,otbitrwhe Barber, William Garman , Charles Thomas, Ann Kent. John Gibbs, John Sheen, William liampstall, Charles Giblett, Mary hardy, Has! RUSitii, Margaret • Kenneth, Margaret Bryan, Peter Glover, Thomas Richardson, John Mnrice, James Gordon, Samuel Salter, William Brandon, William Norman, William Smith, Peter 'Keen, Henry Thom, William Reiworthy, Michael Teens, ThomanPros aer, Thomas Turner, Benjamin Edwards, David Hope, John Well, Thomas Gleed, Charles Barlow, Rorina Coahead, and Mary Gray. A great number of prisoners were sentenced to va rious periods of imprisonment, one to be publicly whipped, and a considerable numher privately. The Sessions were then adjouined to Wednesday, the 18th day of Fcbivary.—The Recoancn, we regret Co state, is stillcontined with the gont. DYING 4 114MORIAL OF RI EGO ra HIS WIFE. The following well-authenticated particulars' of the last hours of General lliego; are exceedingly interest ing, as they speak volumes as to the treatment of that nufottunate patriot while in prison, and cotnpletely re fute the calumnies with which his memory Was' at tempted to be sullied by the propagation of his pie• tended recantation and confession. Indeed the docu ment which appeared in same of the Ft ench Papers, purporting to be the confession of General 11,:ego, needed no evidence to convince the world of its Want of authen- ticity, the bnngling fabricator of it having made the General sign r. two days after his execution !! General Roche, who lately artived in England, was the bearer of a small parcel addressed to a Mr. Binder, an Italian Gentleman, now in London. The General was quite ignorant of the contents of this parcel: On its reaching its destination, hqwever, it was found to ' contain a black and awhile handkerchief; enclosed in an envelope, with a letter, from' which it appeared that they had been transmitted to the Duchess de Frias, by General Riego, a few ?burs previous to his death. On the .51h Oc tober, two days before the execution Of the' unfortunate patriot, a Confessor, whom Itiegaltad prevailed upon by the most ardent entreaties, waited up - on the Duchess to as certain whether she would receive a memorial from hisn,, —....... „.. to transmit to his Wife. It appears that this Lady is related by marriage to the Riegos, General Valdes, a cousin of the late General Riego, having married her sister. The Dachess immediately consented to receive the memorial. The COnfessor went away, and a few'hours afterwards returned with a black handkerchief, which Riego was desirous should be forwarded to his wife. The next day, that is the day before the execution, the same priest broUght a white handl:erchief to be transmitted to General Valdes. The man positively refused to enter into any explanation. He was deaf to all entreaties. In he wa s evidently afraid to answer questions, apparently the most indifferent. He had no doubt been prevailed upon, out of cempassion to the victim, to undertake the chat (table commission of delivering these memorials of love. The manner in which'it was undertaken and executed, clearly proves that it was contrary to the orders of those tvtio had the superintendence of Riego's imprisonment; and the affair altogether is confirma tory of his having had opiates administered to him to prevent him from speaking at the place of execution. Had his jailers not been•convinced that he could have written.in such a manner to his wife, that would have completely falsified their tales of his confession, he would not have been prevented from writing : or had he been inclined to have recanted, they Would, 'no doubt, have permitted him to send letters to any part of the world, provided such recantation made a part of them. But Riego could not be prevailed upon to disgrace himself, therefore was he cut off from44l intercourse, either by message or - letter, with the world, to which he was doomed so shortly to bid an everlasting fareiveil. The story too of his having written .a letter to solicit his par don is completely falsified, by this anecdote. The handkerchiefs are both at present in the hands of the Canon Riego, General Valdei not having ar rived in England. UNIVERSITY and CLEiti CA INTELLIGENCE. .ise-- CAMBIDGE, JANUAY 23. The Rev. Henry Farish, L.A. of queen's College, was on Fri day last elected a Foundation Fellow of that Society. The subject of the Seatonian Prize Poem tot the present year is—The Death of Absalom. His Royal Ilighness the Chancellor of the University has ap pointed Mr: William Jiggins Yeoman Bedell, in the room of the late Mr. John Laughtan. • ECCLESIASTICAL. PROMOTIONS. The Rev. Hein William Blake, B.A. FelloW of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, was on Tuesay last presented, by the Master vi Fellows of that Society, to the Rectory of Tinerning, Norfolk. The Rev. Charles Kingsley, LL.B. hat' been eollated•by the Bi shop of Peterborough, to. the Rectory of Barnack, in the county of Northampton, vacant by the death of thq Rev. John Lloyd. The Rev. John Ousby, late Minister of Tavistock Chapel, in Broad-court, Long-acre, has beeu elected Chaplain to the House of Correction, .Coldbath-fields. Saturday, the Rey. Wliliarn Barlow, Ai. A. and Domestic Chap lain to the Duke of Clarence, was inducted to.the Vicarage of St. Mary Bredin. The 14th init. the congregation of Old Presbyterian Dissenters, 'in Craigs of Stirling, gave a unanimous call to Mr. James Dick, of Strabane, county of Tytone, Ireland. The 12th ult. a harmonious call was even by the first United As sociate Congregation in Selkirk, to the Rev. Andrew Lawson, of Ecclefech::n. Wednesday se'nnight the Rev. Win. Steel was ordained Minister of the second congregation of the United Associate `Synod, of the Secession in Falkirk. • OXFORD, JANUARY 24. Thursday, the following Degrees were conferred: • DocloK Lv Cram Liw.—Rov. David Williams, Head Master of Winchester, and late Fellow of New College. ' BACRILOAS tie DIVINITY.-• Rev. William Thomas Phillips.. FOUGAV of Magdalen College ; Rev. N. Davy, Fellow of Magdalen College. hlastras or Atm.—Philip William Douglas, Student of Christ Chinch, Grand Conipouheler; Ncv. •iainsagu Menden, Exeter College ; lie,. John Morse, Pembroke College; William , Gray, Christ Church ;: Thomas Lloyd Pain, Rrasennose MC441.045 or Aays. 7 --Chatles Oakes, St. John's College P • Tho mas Sbaw HeWrr, EallibitiaLer of Lincoln College; George Henry Webber, Student- of Christ Church ; lionniatus Leigh Thomas, Student of Christ Church; Francis' Acres Ilydc, Christ Church. The same day, in Convocation, henry Dean, Fellow of New Coney, and Student ire % Civil law, was unanimously elected Scho lar in Common Law t i the Winerian Foundation . A . patriotic bather, in New Yolk, has offered to share and cut hair, tole week, for the.benefie ot safe 'Greeks. ,A picture of the loquisition, called I•he 11 'bona' of 'Blood," has also beet, exhibited a week, for. the same purpose. LISBON, JANUARY 1. After the many vicissitudes Which we have- witnessed', in Europe since 1789, it seemed that humanity might hope for the repOse which, before that fatal year, it had enjoyed, without any remarkable interruption for some space of time : the Revolutionary volcano, however, by its first and dreadful explosion in France, left the social edifice in such a ruinous state, that it has never since ceased to experience, from time to time, shocks more or less violent, which threatened total destruction. —Furious and terrible was that which, in 1820, re moved the Peniasula from the hinges of its ancien t Monarchical Government : this destructive spirit, with which a sect, the swora enemy of the throne and the altar, taking advantage of 'detestable Machiavelism, proceeded to seize the reins of the Government which it usurped, was at length stifled by loyalty, and by the powerful aid of a Monarch s who is doubtless destined by PROVIDENCE, to close the abyss of Revolution both in his own kingdom, and in the other countries of Europe. All its Monarchs now know ti-at there is no comprqmise to be made with the Revolutionists, without undermining the foundation of their thrones ;and they are all convinced that it is only by a constant union in principles and practice, that it will be possible to check, and gradirally to exterminate from the face of the earth, proud Libe ralism, which, supported by the secret fire of secret Societies, with great dexterity, and a fixed plan, long meditated and established, does not lose a moment to deceive incautious people, to excite them against the Governments, and to bring on new disasters. All are convinced of the necessity of extirpating the evil, not only inEurope, but on the other side of theAtlantic,where this hydra now furiously discharges its mortal venom. Thence, if it is suffered to exist, it will infect Europe in such a manner that, tearing it to pieces amidst the fury of cruel and opposite parties, it will reduce it to th e e ne cessity of interminable wars, and expose It to become one day the prey of some adventurer who shall know how to take advantage of so many misfortunes. This, there.' fore, is the object which at present more particularly interests and occupies the attention of the Cabinets of Europe; they have, however, some difficulties to van quish ; some time is necessary to balance the recipro cal interests of all nations, which are more or less in , tolved.in the affairs of America. They have to weigh the means which stem the best calculated to recal to reason and duty their people, led astray by the fac tious, whose only object is to make themselves the dictators 'and governors of those whom they have de- laded by their impostures. The )e.ar 182.4 will therefore present, in the annals of the world, new events, which, we hope, will put an end to the disasters with which the spirit of rcbell?on of the Revolutionary sect has afflicted all nations, and abase the pride of those whose only - aid is their private inte rest, to the manifest injury of-the rights of others, and of everything that is legitimate and rational in the or der of society. Several changes are talked of in - Indian Administra tion. The Morning Chronicle asserts, that Mr. CROKER, the Secretary of the Admiralty, is to succeed to the Government of Bombay. This is not likely to be the case, as . -the India Company are too well sati,fied with the present able and worthy Governor (Mr. ELPIIIN• STONE), at that Presidency to think of any changes there, except indeed that the latter Gentleman may be called to fill the superior situation of Governor of Ma drass, where a change is also talked of in the Govern ment, to which, report adds, Sir Joiu MaLcowsr is likely to be appointed. The Marquis and Marchioness of CHOLLIONDELEY are expected in town this day, from Hastings, Sussex. The Marquis and Matchioness of LaNsnowN and fa mily are expected in town on Friday, front Bowood Park, Wilts. The Eat], Countess, and Lady JANE COVEwrnY, have arrived at their residence, Piccadilly, from Creme, Worcestershire. The E.trl of EZEEOROUGH left town yesterday, for Brighton. Gen. PowLeTT has left town for his seat, near Reading. Mr. and Mrs. Gaortos ACK ERE left Warren's Hotel, Rernt.aureet, yesterday, for Brighton. the Hon. W. VANE Powurrr has left town for his seat, Somerby, Melton :Howls:ay, Leicestershire. Lord H. BENTINCK left town yesterday, for Oxford. Lord FOLKSTONE left town on Thursday, for Hast ings, Sussex. tier Ladyship is expected to follow on Monday next. Vi.,catintess and the Hon. Miss ALLEN have art ived at Meares Hbtel, Lower Btook-street, from Tunbridge Wells. Mr. Secretary CANNING will entertain a d;stinguished party to dinner to-morrow, at Gloucester Lodge, Old Brompton. C. GREENWOOD, Esq. will have a grand dinner party on Thursday next, at his house in Audliy.equare. ViSeolla GRANVILLE is confined with a fit of the gout. , AWFUL VISITATION oe . PaovtDiorcr....—Mr. LOVE. jeweller, of Bond-street, after walking with his funnily in Hyde Patk on Sunday last, apparently in perfect health, went home, and ate his dinner. In the evening he eon:Om:ad I.‘f being tither unwell. and retired at an earl. hour to bed : upon which Mrs. Lovs, thinking it would prove of service ir. such a case, Lad a bath of warm water instantly provided tor his feet. The operation, how ever, had not been gone through betcre he fell trout the chair in which he ass seated, and never afterwartis 'poke. NAVAL INMLLIGENCE. The Penelope, SHIM from Cron to London, wil cm shore yes terday near Wells; bur, after being tighteued, was got off without much damage. . 1 Commodore Sfr 'l'. M. Harroc, Bart. K.C.B. has arrived at Ply- raeuth, front fhe South American station, in the CREOLE frigate, ' Hon. Captain F. SPENCER, having been relieved in the Naval Com mandon that station by !tear-Admiral Sir G. Evett, K.C.B. who arrived out in the STA RTIATE, 74 galls, Captain G. T. FALCON. The Ciixora is en her way to Portsmouth, having on board a large quan tity of treasure on merchants' account. -.. . The PIIA rum frigate, Captain If. E. P. STURT, fitted for Channel. service, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Friday last, and -re mains at Spithead. The CALLI3TE, 10-gun'sloop, Lieutenant Jos- MI:, arrived on Sunday from Plymouth, with a party of Royal -Marine Artillery, lately diremb..riled . from his Majesty aathip Ac- Tree, with which she sailed the same afternoon for Chatham. The BULICART, 74 guns, gaptaio 'f. Dermas, one of the guard ships at Plymouth, is ordered to be removed to Portsmouth, and placed as a guardehip in that harbour, in the room of the Garcoxs. Site is expected to arrive there in the course of a few dip., accom panied by the Arrive frigate, Captain A. KING. The MENAI, 26 guns, Captain H. STEWART, intended for the North American station, is ready for sea, and expected to sail for her destination in the course of next week. Lieutenant J. R. Movt.o, First of the Quarts Cnattiorra, is pro. rooted to the rank of Commander. Mr. A. KARR, Surgeon, is ap pointed to the Coast Blockade Service. Fa LHOUTII, JANUARY 22.—Wind V.S.W.—Arrived the Prince Regent packet; from the Brazils—sailed from Rio Janeiro 21st Nosietyther ; Poke of Kent picket, from Lisbon—sailed the 6th inst. spoke con that day, off the liar, beating in, his Majesty's ship GLiascrow, fourteen days front Plymouth ; also, arrived the Mary 'forrde, from Lisbon in twenty-two days; Siren, STAT.:IUDS, from Newfoundland ; Hope, Rnacti, from ditto; his Majesty's brig Lima, from Plymouth for Lisbon ; and Lord Hobart packet, from the Mediterranean—sixteen days from Gibraltar. Pocrsoottru, JANUARY 25.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the William Harris transport, front tlw Mediterranean. The PHAETON is the only ship of war at Spithead. In Harbour -.--QUEEN CHARLOTTE, AMON, JUPITER, 'Maio, KANDER, MENAI, PANOORA,_GRIASHOTPER, ARACHNI, SPARROWHAWN, ARROW, CYG NET_, and PLOVER. - Drat., JANUARY 270.—Wind W--Arrived the,Lton, TONG, front Caen; Diana, LORD, from New York ; Euphrates, :thane, front Bombay; and Hoogly, LAMS from Gibraltar. Came doWn front the River and remain, with the rest of the outward-bound, the .11i .11Ierva. 'Date, for V;:ginia ;. Posthumous, Strome ; John, Poe-- s LL, for Jamaica; and Barbadoes Planter, Remus. for Bar bpdoes.--Five, it. as. - Two ships are coming in from the Westward, see reported to he the Mellish, from India. The Claudine, from gal, passed this morning. LIVIRTOOL, JANUARY 2:l.—Arrived the Minstrel , 110110 ES, front &MOE Ayres; Union, PEAK; front Macaw; Elizabeth,—, fr o m Jamaica ; Frolic, --•, front Newfoundland ; Adeona, , —. from , St. John's ' • and Rapid,.Mitaxa t from afaotina. - Cowes, JANUARY 2.l.—His Majesty's ship Skaraaararam, from laitlOD, got ashore by Garnett Lodge last night, and remains high and dry. It is supposed she will get off next tide. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JANUARY 23. Sores ENTERED INwanns-write Heroes, front Calais; Ibis, from' Charente; -Alexander, from Cadiz ' • Alacrity, from Rotterdam ; ' Margaret from Seville ; Atlantic, front Boston ; Robert, from Ostend; Concordia, from Antwerp ; Erin, from Waterford ; and Gratitude, from Dublin. CLRAagn Oualcraaps— The Eagle, for Port-au-Prince ; King George, and Perseverance, for Calais; Three Sisters, fur Rutter dar.l ; and Ruby, for Genoa. CLZAKING OCTWARDS—The Turners, for Cape Coast Castle; and ; Montrose, for Trinidad. PROBLRrs CHARACTER. We understand that Probert is about to prosecute Messrs. Knight and Lacey, of Paternoster-row, for pub lishing a woi k reflecting on his character! The following is a copy of the letter of his Solicitor :-.-- 71, Reel Lion-street, Jan. 22, 1824. Gincrurntsx—l am desired by Mr. Win. Probert to institute proceedings against you, as publishers of a work entitled, Recollec tions of John Thurtell, for certain libellous matter contained therein, highly injurious, prejudicial, and hurtful to the character of the said JVm. Probert. The present as to request you will forthwith fortlish us with the name of your Solicitor, in order that I may forward communications to him relative to this unpleasant affair. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, • (Signed) JACOB H. MANN. • To Messrs. Knight and Lacey, 24, Paternoster-row. KING'S TIIEATRE.—A Grand Rehearsal of the new Opera of Zelmira twit place at this Theatre yesterday, with all the performers, a full band, and the whole of the scenery and splendid properties. It commenced at twelve, and was not over till past , four. Madame Cousteau Romani, who plays Zelmiro, is new to an English audience : in person, she may be safely, pronounced a fine commanding figure. ller execution is very great, and her articula tion distinct. The solo parts allotted to•Mailanie Coes/Tan Hosnm, produced a striking effect. The combinations of scenery and stage incident were highly effective. Itossixi conducted the Opera in person, and gave great delight to the performers, by the distin guished union of great judgment with the most gentlemanly ur banity of deportment. .• BELZONI.—By a letter recently received from a Gen tleman from Cape Coast, of so late a date-as the 21st of OCtober last, sse are informed that BELZONI was then at that place, whence he was liertly about to penetrate into the interior. The whole course of the Niger will, we may confidently anticipate, if BELZONI be successful, be now explored. Mr. Roacaysos, author of Notes on Africa, who is stow at Cape Coast, asserts that the Niger discharges itself into the Gulf of Guinea : this is very probable. 4 . y As a proof of the mildness of the present season, there is a pear-tree in full bloom, in the open garden of Messrs. Dockray and Company, at Burnley, in Lanca shire ; and primroses, snow-drops, St:. are quite common in the. hedges and sheltered places, throughout the neighbouring country. hlelancholy Accident.—We regret to state that three Frenchmen belonging to a fishing vessel in our roasts,_ wet e unfortunately di owned on Saturday evening Amer . . si; o'clock. Tltey had been partaking rather I reely trf. Sir John BarlOycorn, at a publit.house at Itches, and were returning to their vessel, when me of them tum bled overboard, and the others inende4vottring to save . him, upset the punt, and all were lost. The bodies hair .lot yet been found,. Southampton Chronicle. • - . ' . rr. SiLat.: Y ..s ..wr .+..` __jj • ~~'._ ._ ,1 ~~ • 1, r: • I~ ~~ I I ~' r 1 pig ~~ *. l { i 1 ..; ' 1. 4 • lb 1 Arina....r....SIODALA . T . . r s . •