Star. — London, England, 1828-06-19 00:00:00

agata I„,a WATERLOO tt EGAT'TA. TROM TUB COURT CIRCULAR. PS.t . It ii In commemoration of the Battle of Waterloo his liciyal Highness the Loan MOH ADMIRAL gave a very splendid Regatta yesterday, on the river Thames. For this purpose the Ltd Mayor.granted the use of the C . ty Navigation Barge, which was towed down from Kew on Tuesday morning and was moored off White hail Stairs. At an early hour yesterday morning four of the City Barges Were brought up the river, and sta tioned in the following order—the Lord Mayor's on the right of the stern of the Navigation Barge, the Mer chant Tailors' on the left ; the Vintners' on the right c f the head., and the Drapers' on the left. The men belong ing to the different barges appeared in their various uni forms. The barges displayed their lull complement of standards, and were under the direction of the Lord Mayor and Captain Woolmer. The arrangements were the same as those adopted on similar occasions at Ve 'dice. We believe this is the first time any thing of the bind has taken place in this country since the reign r f Charles 11. The Navigation Barge was chosen on this 'occasion, on account of its great size, being 146 fei t song, and 19 feet wrde on the deck, which was entirely 'covered with an awning ; the Royal Standard was hoisted at the mast-head, a Union Jack at the bowsprit, and the City Ensign at the stern ; she was also com pletely dressed with signal flags; at the stern of the vessel was a shallop, from Woolwich, containing the Trinity Band, and at the head was another boat, in which was the Band of the Ist Regimentof Foot Guards. A short time before two o'clock, the Admiralty Barge arrived, having on board Admiral Sir James Whitsi.ed, Lady Whitshed, two Misses Whitshed, and Mr. Croker, who immediately went on board the Navigation Barge, communication with which was established by means of platforms from the four barges already named. About half-past two o'clock the Duke and Duchess of CLA RENCR, the Duke of Sussex, the Princess Au- CUSTA . the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the • Princess SOPHIA MATILDA, and the Duchess of SASE MEININ-• URN, arrived, and were followed shortly after by Prince LIOPOLD. Their Royal Highnesses were received by' the bands playing " GOD save the King," 8 6 Rule Bri tannia," and •' Britons strike home." There was also a. discharge of cannon on the Lambeth shore. The company (which amounted to between 400 and 500) continued arriving till about four o'clock, from Somerset House Stairs, where boats bad been stationed ter their conveyance by command of his Royal Highness. ilnen after the Duke arrived the Regatta commenced. The . Prize, were contended for by. the following watermen— MIN. COLOUII. bill. COLOUILL Hoary Norris . Scarlet William Robins . Pink William Fish . Purple F. Norris . . . Green David Rid . Light Blue James Colcomb . Yellow They started from Waterloo Bridge, rowed round a boat moored eilf the House of Commons, down the Middlesex shore, round a boat moored off Somerset House, and up through Waterloo Bridge, and again round the boat at the House of Commons. They then returned down the Middlesex shore, round the boat off Som,liet House, and up through Waterloo Bridge to a boat with a flag moored off Whitehall. The three first were Scarlet, Light Blue, and Pink. This heat ended at a quarter before four o'clock. Shortly after the Duke of Clarence conducted his Royal Sister, the Princess Augusta, to the State cabin, and Prince Esterhuy conducted the 'Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Sussex the Princess Sophia Matilda, and Prince Polignac the Duchess of Clarence, and the Duchess of Saxe Meiningen. The band then struck up " The Roast Beef of Old England." Tables were laid in all the barges (except the Vintners'). The refreshments consisted of the choicest delicacies, including pines and other fruits in th.tgreatest abundance. The wines included Charn pager, Sauterne, Claret: and most of the other French and Ger man ones. Not hing could exceed the regularity with which every thing was conducted in this department. At haltpast four o'clock the Duke of Wellington arrived, at tended by Lord Arthur Hill. His Grace's arrival was hailed by load cheers from the populace,who thronged the shores of the river, be . .. Wes thus who were in boats. The Band struck up " See the Cootoering Hero comes." His Grace was received on board the Marasant Tailors' barge by the Commander of the Forces, and was thence conducted by Captain Spencer (the Secretary to the Lord High Admiral) to the Duke of Clarence, in the state cabin of the City Naviption Barge. After the dcierune the second beat commenced. The three first meet in the former heat started for the first, second, and third pilau, rowing the same distance as in the first beat. The men came in in the same order u they did on the previous heat, Norris on both omissions being considerably a head. Captain Woohner then hailed Ns three victors, and also desired the three unsuccessful men to ail* on board the Navigation Barge. The company formed an avenue, through which the men passed, in drder to be presented by the Captain to the Lord High Admiral. who presented Norris with ten sovereigns; Fold with six • and Itobbins with four; and also very liberally presented the unmet:m*4ml candidates with one sove reign each. The men afterwards partook of refreshments on board the barge. About half past five o'clock, the Duke and Duchess of Clarence look their departure in the William and Mary yacht boat, and were received by the people with long continued huzzas; about the same time most of the Royal Family took their departure in the Admiralty Barge. The Duke of Wellington left about a quarter to six o'clock, in a six eared cutter ' rowed by young Noblemen, who landed the Hero si Water* at Whitehall-stairs. The amateur boatmen took a their Naas when his Grace alighted. The Duke was received with Iced cheers. The whole of the tiompany bad landed about seven o'clock, among whams were— PsiOce RearliszT, the Austrian Ambassador, and Princess Es. tertiary ; Prince PoEgnac, the French Ambassador ; Monsieur Feick, the Ambassador from the Netherlands, and Madame Faick ; Cann d'Alcudia, the Spanish Minister, and Countess d'Alcudia ; Bison Below, the Prussian Minister, and Baroness Ilulow ; Count 411 Moltke; the Danish Minister ; 13aron Ralamb. the Swedish Charge d'Affaires; Baron Cetto, the Bavarian Minister; Count de Mandeslohe, the Wirtemberg Minister; Count Ludolf, the Neapolitan Minister; Count d'Aglie, the Sardinia' Minister; Monsieur Biedermann ' the Sa s so Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. Law rence, the Americas Charge d'Affaires; Senor Madrid. the Co. lombian Minister; Monsieur Rocafuerte, the Mexican Minister; the Archbishop of York, the Lord Mayor and • Lady Mayorem, the Bishop of London.' Doers—Weillegtou, Northumberland, Gordon, Newcastle, and 3anwrset. Duciimara—Welifogion, Gordon, Dowager Richmond. hiaanoisms--Wincheater, Londonderry, Camden, Graham, Tavinock. Malconnenssis--Seadford, Runlet looodonderry, Winchester, had Westmeath. Baru—Grey. &attliope, Brecknack, Talbot, Darnley, Gower, Zenon, Chesterfield, Grosvenor, drab, Warwick, and Jersey. Courvesees— Grosvenor, Jersey * Dankly, Gower, Athlone, aid Camillis. Viscoesm—Strongford and Mollie. Loom—lillenborough, Hill, Parnborougb, and G. Seymour. La De Roos, Keith, Lyndlnist, Grey, Thyme, Whitshed, Aon Beckett, Cooper, and A. Fitzclarence. Hen. Miss Stanhope. Stns---W. Fs-vellumle, Wathen Waller, J. Becket, H. Cooper, W. W. Wynn, G. Clerk, W. Gordon, and H. Torten& flonraark—Sir W. J. Hope, Sir J. Whitshed, and Sir E. Owen. Casonzu--Higgins, Wood, Trench, Fitsclarence, and F. Fits dorm s*. Carra.uos—Spencer, A. Fitzclarence, and Woohner. Mourattaa--Arbartknot, Greenwood, Barrow, Croker, Sneyd, Sydney, and Barton. lidistausso--Haysky, Kennedy, Fox, and Sidney. Nifeszo.--Walker, Hawley, Sneyd, Osterhausen, and two Whit- The Lice Coarse, or Travelling in Fine Weather, is often aubverdve of comfort in the skin andcomplexion sustaining %jerks from the heat of the sun, or overwhelming clouds of dust. To oppose these innovations, the most infaailde specific is Row. taints Csavoos woick immediately affords soothing relief in cases tt tors-parched shin sun burn, sting! of insects, or any infiamina don, psirdeciag s deightfill and pleasing coolness. truly comfortable and refreshing; it also removes freckles, pimples, spots, and all ostaaeous eruptions; sad thus prevents those disorders which dig.' organize the beauty of the female countenance. It imparts a bivalent and matchless beauty to the complexion ; affords a sooth ing relief to Ladies nursing their °lrving. To Gentlemen, after skaviag, it allays the irritation and smarting pain, and renders the skim smooth and pleasant. DREADFUL CATASTROPHE. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM EDINBURGH, DATED JUNE 16, 1828, HALF PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK. " Yesterday being the Sacrament at Kirkcaldy, the Reverend Mr. Irving was to preach in the evening sit six o'clock, for his father-in-law, when, a minute or two before he entered, the gallery gave way ! The number stated to be killed (as might be expected) is various. By a litter from Mr. living, seventeen; by a Gentle man from the neighbourhood, thirty-three; and by a Gentleman who was in the church, with three sisters, and who lay a considerable time before extricated from the awful mass, thirty-five; this last person further states, that the lives lost by the falling of the gallery were only three, and the remainder by suffocation.— The scene in the churchyard was awful—parents re cognising their children lifeless corpses, and in one in stance a mother and two daughters lying together dead." ANOTHER LETTER, SANE DATE. Last night at six o'clock, a tremendous crowd con gregated in the church of Kirkaldy, to hear that extra ordinary character the Rev. Edward Irving. He had net entered the church, however, and thus his life is not among those that are gone. The galleries of the.church fell—thirty-two were taken out dead, and upwards of one hundred shockingly bruised. There being no boats across the Firth last night, the news did not reach this till this forenoon ; but a Gentleman this afternoon in forms me, he saw twenty taken from the ruins, and that of the wounded, eight died this forenoon, thus adding to the list of killed. The anxiety of friends here this day, to know the names of the sufferers, is beyond descrip tion—whole families having been exterminated by this calamity. GRAND DEJEUNE. The Duke and Duchess of ST. ALBAN'S gave a grand dcjeune on Monday, at their villa, Holly Grove, which was attended by nearly four hundred of the 'taut ton, among whom were— The Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Cumberland and Sussex, Prince Leopold, Prince and Princess Polignac, Prince Puckler kluskaw, Prince Cemitelli, and mast of the Foreign Ambassadors, Ministers, and their Ladies ; the Marquis of Bute, the Countess of Guilford, and the Ladies North ; the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Deerhurst ' lord Castlereagh, the Earl and Countess of Abingdon, and the Ladies Bertie, Lord and Lady Peters and Miss Howard, Lord and Lady Normanby, Lord and Lady F. Beauclerk, Lady Stepney, Lady Caroline and Miss Dundas, Lord Norris, Sir Ed ward and Lady Antrobus, Sir Coutts and Lady Trotter, Sir 'ltobt. • and Lady Gardiner,Sir John, Lady, and Miss Paul. Sir Roger and Lady Greeley , Lady and Miu Knighton, Sir F. Burdett, Lady C. Bury, Colonel Fitzclarence, Colonel and Mrs. Hughes, Colonel and Mrs. Lindsay, Sir Thomas and Lady Farquhar, Sir Charles and Lady Cockerel', Lady C. Buggin, Colonel Hill, Colonel and Mrs.Long,Mrs. and Miss Rothschild,Mr. and the Misses Nash, &c. The Company began to assemble about two ticlock,, and at four, Breakfast, which was laid is eight rooms; was announced. During Breakfasr,lis Royal High ness the Duke of Sussex, in a most flattering and con descending manner, proposed the health of the Duke and Duchess of St. ALBAN'S. The Duke of St. ALBAN'S modestly returned his and the Duchess's thanks, and mentioned how happy he was, surrounded by his illus trious guests, and dear filen& and relatives, thegreater part of whom were present at his marriage. He said be would, if he could, have revived an old custom of claiming a flitch of bacon at Dunmow; but, as he could not do that, he begged the Duchess, as a mark of his affection and regard, to accept a silver fruit basket, on which was engraved a flitch, .with the blowing lines, which his Grace repeated remarkably well, to the gr eat amusement of the Royal and distinguished Party : " In love connubial, formed to live and last, This gift records a blissful twelvemonth past; We claim then; boldly claim, thy flitch, Dunmow, First of the blest, who keep the Marriage Vow." The DUCHESS said, she wished she could answer the Date in a proper manner, and though she bad spoken in public on former occasions, she could not do so on this; but, in return, she begged the Duke's acceptance of a six-oared cutter, called the Falcon, in allusion to his elks of Grand Falconer of nglandintmediately afterwards, the boatmen, dressed in yellow silk and green, the livery of the Duke, with their oars, and the steersman with his fag, made 1 their appearance in a Conservatory adjoining, in which the " radian Boat Glee," with many other Soap, were then 'admirably sung by Mr. Beaman Miss Ssurnxis, Mr. and Mrs. Kitrerrr, ' Miss Gams?, Miss GC:WA ILD, the Misses Caws; Mr. VAUGHAN, Mr. Lana, and others; with which every one was highly delighted. The morning exhibited a constant succession of amusements, dis. persed in various parts of the grounds. At some distance from the house, Russian, Spanish, and German Ballets were danced in a tent erected for the purpose, near to which others amused them..hea l with archery; the intervals were enlivened by the Military Auld and Bugles. The whole concluded with Quadrilles and Wilk:lea,' in a temporary room erected near the house, whi c h was ilkitiddated - ; and at the close of the day, the ground assumed the appearance of Fairy Land, from the number of variegated lamps suspended from the trees. Soon after eleven o'clock the company retired, much delighted with the hospitality of the Noble Host and Hostess. The accounts from Montieal state, that the weather had been cold and chilly to an unusually late period of the season, so that, with the exception of a few dry and elevated situations, very little had been done towards the labours of the field, and a late seed-time was anti cipated. The cold weather, however, had been favour able to the manufacture of maple sugar, which bad be come so very abundant that the price in some parts of the country h d fallen to the moderate rate of twopence per pound. The Glasgow Herald contains a letter from the island . of Coll, in.sehich it is stated that on the 29th ult. a boat, with twenty-six passengers, from the island of Tyree to Mull, struck against a rock and sunk, by which acci dent twenty-one persorts out of the twenty-six perished; the surviving five were, by the exertions of one of their number (a noble swimmer) placed upon pieces of the wreck, where they remained from four o'clock, P.M. till nine o'clock, A.M. next day, when they were observed by a patty of fishermen. The following are the names of the sufferers : John Maclean and sister. Hector, John, and Mary Cameron, brothers and sister. Charles 2/4 1 Lean, Mary AtDonald. Jean Campbell. Mary Sinclair. William MsLean and spouse. Donald and Mary td.Leao, brother and sister. Catharine Galbraith, Makoim Whines, brother and sister: Alexander Rainy. Alexander Cameron. Ned bf , Dooald and daughter. }lithe:to only five of the bodies have been found. A truly remarkable circumstance occurred this sum• I mer to a fisherman belonging to Milford Haven. He was fishing with lead and line near the ruins of Benton Castle, when a conger eel caught the bait, and the line being only calculated for small fish, it soon broke; part of which, and the lead (weighing about six ounces), the eel carried away. Three weeks afterwards he was oc cupied in a similar manner within a mile of the place, when be was again assailed by a conger, which on pulling up he Woad to be the identical one that had robbed him on a former occasion, for there was the line And lead attached to it. with which be must have beep tormented the whole time. The hook had not been swallowed, but, as is customary, bad perforated the lower jaw.—Carmarthen Antrim,. wlw brio es Do° po les sfGr° t Meet' ti 111. • ir e t 0010 OW° MARY-LA-BONNE PARISH. A Meeting cf the Ritishioners of St. Mary-la.bonne was yesterday held at the Horse Bazaar, King -street, Portman-square, WM. CRAUFORD, Esq. in the Chair. The Meeting was declared to be held for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee appointed to conduct the management cf . a Bill in *Parliament for opening the Parish Vestry to the general body of pa• rishioners, and to determine on future measures. The CHAIRMAN having stated the object of the meeting, the Se cretary read the Report. MAURY DAWSON, Esq. in moving that the Report be received and adopted, briefly addressed. the meeting on the state of their affsirs, and exhorted them to per severe in their laudable efforts-to free themselves from the Select Vestry. Colonel Dacia seconded the Resolution, which was carried una nimously. W. SIMI, Esq. after a similar strain of argument, moved the next Resolution:—" That the thanks of the Meeting be presented to the Committee, for their con stant and unreserved atttintion to the interests of the parishioners, the zeal, judgment, and ability, with which they have directed the proceedings before Par liament, and fur the promptness with which they have, presented to the Parishioners a • Report of their pro ceedings." General Fri.:ear seconded the motion. It was also carried unanimously. Colonel JONES moved that this Meeting views with indignation the Ike proceedings of the Vestry, in op posing the Bill of the Parishioners introduced into the House of Commons, and that the parishioners are de termined to pursue any legal measure in their power to obtain a remedy for the grievances arising from the unconstitutional and pernicious system of a close and irresponsible Vestry, and that the following Gentlemen be appointed a Committee to watch over the interests of the parishioners, and to check the: proceedings of the Vestry, by adopting such measures as may hereafter be necessary to secure the objects the parishioners have in view, viz. W. Crauford, Esq. Admiral Dishy, Massey Dawson, Esq. G. Hibbert, Esq. Col. Dacre, A. Burrel, Esq. R.Weymouth, Esq. General Warren, Han. Captain Waldegrave, Colonel Alston, W. Skene, Esq. Major Naylor, R. blacontichie,Esq. Col. Reeves, and General Fitzroy. W. JACKSON, Esq, in seconding the motion, detailed the mis management and extray..gance of the Select Vestry. Carried unanimously. Thanks were voted to the Treasurers and Auditors for their care and superintendence of the funds committed to their trust. It was moved that a deputation from every parish within the Bills of Mortality be invited to meet and wait on Mr. Peel, with a view to explain to him the injurious nature of Select Vestries, and to ask the aid of Government in the attempt to abolish the system ; but this resolution was not carried., The thanks of the Meeting were then moved by E. GOLDSMID, Esq. to the Chairman, for his very proper conduct in the Chair. The motion was seconded by Captain Maltase, and carried unani mously.—W.Csauroatr, Eq. returned thanks, and the Meeting then broke up. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday a Quarterly General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock was held at the India House, for the purpose of declaring a Dividend for the last Half Year, and for other general business. The Court was made Special, for the .purpose of confirming the grant of opt. a year to Major Cunninghame. The CHArtimitx moved that a dividend of 5 per 'cent. on the Company's capital stock be declared for the half year ending the sth of July next.—Agreed to. The CHAIRMAN also proposed that the Report re commending a grant of 2001. per annum to Major Cunninghame, and of 1301. a year to Capt.Cuuningham, be confirmed, which was agreed,to. Some conversation arose upon a proposition, relative to the mode%of paying Sills accepted by the Company. The CHAIRMAN explained. The object c f the amend ment was, that bills drawn on, and accepted by, the the Company, should in future be made payable at the Bank of England, as well as the dividends ori the Com pany's stock. The amendment was of importance, and deserved mature consideration. MILCOURTSNAIt SMITH—THE STAMP ACTS IN INDIA. The CHAIRMAN said, that a Gallant and Honourable Proprietor had given notice on the last Court day that he would this day bring forward a motion relative to the treatment Of Mr. C. Smith, and another subject, on the introduction of the Stamp Acts into India. As the gallant Colonel (Stanhope) was not present, and was perhaps satisfied with what had taken place on the sub ject elsewhere, the motions, he supposed, were dropped. Mr. R. JACKSON asked if the Memorial from the Cal cutta Merchants on the Stamp Acts had been laid be fore the Court of Directors ? The CHAIRMAN said, the Memorial was received only within a few days; it bad not come directly from the Merchants, but through their Agent here; and . luffi cient time had not been given to pi epare it for the Court. Colonel hfaxwar.t. postponed his motion relative to the private trading to India. BURNING OP WIDOWS IN INDIA. Mr. R. JACKSON, in support of his motion for the production of all papers and information received in pursuance of a Resolution of the Court in 1827, bn the subject of Suttees in India, reprobated the practice,which took place under the nose of the Company's Officers in India. For• the sake of humanity they were bound to put a stop, if possible, to this horrible practice. Mr. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD thought the practice would die of itself. CAPTAIN PRESCOTT'S CASE. Sir C. FORBES said, be wished to draw the attention of the Court to the case of Captain Prescott, which he considered to be one of very great hardship. He did not mean to find fault with any of the proceedings which had been taken by the Court of Directors with reference to Captain Prescott : on the contrary, he con ceived that they were bound to adopt the measures which trey had resorted to and they would have failed in their duty to themselves and to the public if they had not instituted an inquiry into the facts of the case. But Captain Prescott having been brought to trial and acquitted by a special Jury of his country, after a most full and patient investigation, be conceived that he ought to be considered, at this moment, as free' 'from all imputation'. If Captain Prescott had been guilty of want of 4ue caution, and want of due pru dence, in some of his proceedings, GOD fiirbid that they should be disposed to punish him on that. account.— It appeared to him that Captain Prescott had been most severely punished. If he had been found guilty of all that was laid to his charge, it was impossible that he could have been more severely punished. He under stood that Captain Prescott, not by an agreement of the Court of Directors generally, but by a resolution of the Committee of Correspondence, had been deprived of the privilege, at least for a time, of participating in the Company's patronage. Now, for his own port, he thought the Court of Directors would have been 'justified, after Captain Prescott's acquittal on the charge of having used this patronage corruptly, if they had gone no farther. Af t er a ll t he s uffering which Captain Prescott bad endured, it was an act of humanity to rescue him from his present unpleasant situation. Capt. P. having been acquitted, should, in his opinion, be re stored to all his rights and privileges. He could speak of his own knowledge - of the acts of benevolence and kindness which bad been performed by Captain Pres cott in the disposal of his patronage. The Directors ' generally were, he believed, actuated by liberal motives in the distribution of their patronage ; bit be believed that no member of the Court ever acted mote liberally or disinterestedly than Captain Prescott in bestowing his portion of patronage. He had known him for SO years. and he believed a more honnut able or a more kind-hearted man did not exist. The Hon. Baronet concluded by moving, " That the Court of Proprietors fully approve of the measures adopted by the Court of Directors in bringing the recent case of abuse of patronage before a legal tribunal; and although Captain Prescott appears to have acteJ incautiously and imprudently, yet, having been acquitted by the verdict of a Jury of the charge of de linquency preferred against him, and the Proprietors biting satisfied that he acted from ma corrupt motives, they are not disposed to withdraw their confidence front him as a Member of the Executive Body." Captain MAXFIELD said, he had read the papers, and felt perfectly juqifie.l in seconding the motion. The Hon. D. KINNAIRD inquired whether Captain Pr escott's patronage was :till withheld from him? The CHAIRMAN said, that the conduct which had been pursued with respect V.) the patronage was not founded on a resolution of the Committee of Correspon dence, but arose front the circumstance that a certain number of Directors had declared, pending the trial, that if a question as to the disposal of patronage by Captain Prescott came before them, they would oppose it. This was communicated in the most kind and friendly manner. ' The Hon. D. KINNAIRD was of opinion that. Captain Prescott had been acquitted of every thing but weak ness. He called . on . the Proprietors, by agreeing to this motion, to rescue the Directors horn the unpleasant situation in which they were placed. Mr. POYNDIIR said he had not read the papers, -and therefore he could not vote for a proposition which went positively to acquit Captain Prescott. • • Mr. It. JACKSON said he never knew a resolution, even remotely approaching to this in importance, to have been brought forward without due notice. • He could • not agree to a resolution of this nature, which implied some degree of controul over the Directors, without reading the documents. The Honourable Baronet had told them that Captain Prescott had' nil touched one fragment 'of • this- polluted bribe ; but, though this Gentleman was, so far incorrupt, -yet he (Mr. Jackson) could not accede to .a proposition of the kind now before the Court. without imputing some degree cf blame to Captain-Prescott. There was in one of thoseletters an avowal of Captain Prescott, which had very great weight with him ; and though t'm tenderest feelings might have led Captain Prescott to a dereliction of tiis duty ) yet he (Mr. Jackso4 would not be acting a manly part if, when the subject came fairly before the Court, he did not -state that there was such a letter as that to which he alluded. He would blame Captain PI CSCOtt as gently as could ; but he would not stiffer himself to be betrayed into this wholesale kind of acquittal. _ _ The CHAIRMAN observed, that as this was a Quarterly Geiteral Court, it was competent for any Gentleman to bring /inward "- motion at it, without giving previous notice. Mr. StzwART supported the resolution. Mr. GAHAGAN thought the Hon. Baronet would best consult the' object he bad in view by postponing his motion to a future day.-- The solemnity of the occasion required it—when a man's charasmil , was involved, it would be wrong if he gut ►is acquittal per. MOM., ‘• Mr. Fassarmua was also desirous that the motion should be . postponed. Mr. Paryzatnt moved," That this debate be adjourned Wednesday fortnight." After a few words from Sir C. VOZII4I and the Hbooursble D. Ks/want., the motion for adjourning the debate was agreed 'to. • end the Court broke op. r-- TH4 11A,RVEST AND RROPS. We scarcely ever remember to have seen the Eel& more full-of grass than at the. pretent moment.. tho le ,. late rains have produced great plenty,. and if the ther should prove favourable, the .crops . of hay he extremely heavy. The wheat crops, to which the At , :.!. ting winds of April had given a very nnhealthi b ile• 4 , ` pearance, are fast recovering themselves, and the are new looking very healthy in most-situations, thoti - : , the grub has done considerable mischief to Spriagccis**:: The hay harvest has partially . commenced in the West' Riding of Yorkshire, and will, in thecourse of the hat : , week, become pretty general. The prospect of smiling - plenty is again spread on ': every side by the bountiful hand of PitoVIDINCE.; pastures are clothed in the richest verdure, and otir corn fields wave in healthy luxui lance. The barleys! seem. remarkably fine, and are already strong in the ear. We believe that, generally speaking. in our .cinity, the harvest will be plentiful and forward. 114y malcing-ik already commenced in diffeient plikeseear this City, and there is a likelihood, fr.Unt the 'mast* of the late rains, that we shall hiire a cciatinaapea s warm and favourable weather for securing this 1in . ... portant crop.—York Herald. The harvest commenced last week in the neighbOur hood of Hemel Hempstead; but owing to the frequent showers, farmers generally,were slow in proceeding.— Bucks Chronicle. • , :• Hay-making is now become general in this lad the neighbouring enunties, and the mowers say they do not recollect a season when the swathe was heavier ; so that there will not only be plenty of hay for the ensuing winter, but, should the country be blessed with a cot - tinuance of the ptesent fine weather, the quality will also be excellent. The wheat is everywhere looking I well and coming into ear, with the promise of an abun dant harvest. The genial warmth of the last few days has improved the appearance of the barley and other late sown crops.—Sherborne Mercury. Hay harvest has commenced indifferent pans of this country; the quantity of grass is unusually gteat, and the weather is, at present, most favourable for saving it in the best condition—West Briton. The orchards in the South Hams have sustained a partial blight; The crop of apples is much varied ;in some orchards it being abundant, and in others very scanty. In general, the trees that did not bear last year are fruitful now, and vice versa.—Sherborne Mercury. Yesterday morning Mrs. Bush, who kept a confec tioner's shop at the corner of Tenter-row, near the Eagle Tavern, City-road, fell suddenly, while standing in the shop, and instantly ceased to exist. While the ship Friends, cif North Shields, Captai'n Meldrum, was lying in the , river Tyne about ten days ago, a sparrow built its nest upon the quarter block of the main yard, and had laid several eggs therein. When Mr. SCORE3BY, sen. commanded the ship Henrietta, he, on one occasion, experienced on the Green land Sea atedious gate, accompanied by sari wy vNoher. As the wind began to abate a ship came rp under all sails. The master hailed the Henriettr, and inquired why she was under close-reefed top-sails in such mode rate weather. On being told that a struts had juet subsided, he declared that he knew nothing of it, though he had observed a swell and a black cloud a-head of his ship, that seem►d to advance before him, until be was overshadowed by it, a little while before he had come up with the Henrietta. He had had fine weather and light winds the whole day. 4 ads ;1 ik est' titis it 153 Echo , g. and 4e lot