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REPEAL OF TIIE ASSESSED TAXES. The LORD MAroa then Laid before the Court the Requisitioc, which was read. Mr.. Factxr. moved a Resolution for a Petition to Parliament, praying for a Repeal of the Assesse' Taxes. Mr. Deputy limprii seconded the Motion. Mr. Drum; suggested an alteration, which was adopted, and the Court unanimously agreed to the Motion, and to a Petitien to the House of Commumt, which strAs ordered to be presented as usual. The Resolution was ordered to be advertised.—( ride First Fade.) A BILL TO AMEND CP.RTA IN ACTS RELATING TO UNLAW FUL SOCIETIES IN IRELAND. Whereas by an Act passed in the Parliament of I• eland, in the thirty-third year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to prevent the election or appointment of Unlawful Assemblies, under pretence of preparing or presenting public Peti tions or other Addresses to his Majesty or the Parlia ment," all Assemblies, Committees, or. other Bodies of Men, elected, constituted, or appointed to represent, or assuming or exx►cising a Right or Authority to repre sent the People of Ireland, or any number or description or the People of the same, or the People of any Pro vince, County, City, Town, or other District, within the same, under pretence of petitioning fur, or in any olier manner procuring an alteration of matters established by Law in Church or State, save and except the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, elected to set ye in Parliament, and the Houses of Convocation, duly summoned by the King's writ, are declared and enacted to be Unlawful .Arisernb:ies ; and provision is thereby made for the dis pe►sion of all such Unlawful Assemblies, and for the punishment of persons acting or assisting in the election or appointment of such Assemblies: And whereas it has been found that Societies, Com mittees, and other Bodies of Persons in Ireland,without any previous election or appointment by the People, or by any number or description thereof, may be so con stituted that the mischiefs intended to be provided against by the said Act, may equally arise; and it is therefore expedient to extend the Provisions contained in the said Act; Ik it therefore Enacted, by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, a:id by the authority of the same, that from and after every Society, Committee, or other body of persons now estab tiled, or to be hereafter established in Ireland, assuming or in any manner or by any means or contrivance, exercising the power of acting for the purpose of procuring the redress of grievanees in Church or &ate, or the alteration of any matters by law established in Church or State, the Members, or any number of the Members whereof shall continue or renew the meetings or proceedings of such Society, Committee, or other body of persons, whether under the sameotir any different name or names, by adjournment or otherwise, for a hanger time than days front its first meeting, or which shall apppoint, authorize, or employ any Com mittee or other select body, or any President, Secretary, Delegate, or other Officer, to act for them or tinder their authority, unless such appointment, authority, or employment be limited to a period not exceeding days front the first meeting of such Society, Committee, or other body of persons, or to report to them after the expiration of such •period as aforesaid, or which shall appoint, authorize, or employ any select body or bodies, or any Treasurer, Collector, or any person or persons, to levy or receive, or *thick shall receive when levied, any money or contributions front his Majesty's subjects, or front any number or description of Ahem, shall be deemed an Unlawful Combination and Confederacy, and the Meetings thereof Unlawful Assemblies. And whereas by an Act passed in the [mirth year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, " An Act to amend and render more effectual the provisions of an Act made in the fiftieth year of his late Majesty's reign, fur preventing the administering and taking Unlawful Oaths in Ireland s ," certain Societies therein described, are declared to be Unlawful Combinations and Confederacies, and various previsions are thereby made respecting the same: And whereas it is expedient to extend the provisions contained In the said Act; be it therefore enacted, that from and after every Society, Committee, or other body of persons, which shall be composed of different divisions or branches, or of different parts, acting in any manner separate or distinct 'from each other, ear of which any part shall have any separate or distinct President, Secretary, Treasurer, Delegate, or other Officer, elected or appointed by or for such. part, or to act as an Officer tor such part; and every Society, Committee, or other body of per sons, which shall communicate or correspond, or whose constitution shall contain any provisions for eorrespondence or communication with any other Society, Committee, or other body of persons, urn! every Society; Committee, or other body of persons, from which persons of any form of religious faith allowed or tolerated by law shall be eicleded, and every Society, Committee, or other body of persons, the Members whereot are required to take any oath, or to make auy declaration authorized or directed by any Aet of Parlia ment, at any other place, or on any other occasion, or under any other circumstances than as specified in such Act or Acts, and as required by law, shall be deemed an Unlawful Combination and Confederacy, and the Meetings thereof Unlawful Assemblies. And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful to and for any Mayor, Sheriff, or Justice of the Peace, and they are hereby respectively authorized, empowered, and required, within his and their respective jurisdictions, :to command all` Meetings herein before declared to be Unlavifol Assemblies, immediately to dis perse; and if any such Meeting shall not thereupon immediately disperse, to apprehend all persons offending in that behalf; and to demand admission into any house, outhouse; oc office, where they shall respectively have good reason to believe that such Unlawful Assembly shall be, and if refused, to enter by force. And be it further enacted, that every person who, after shall become a member of any society. committee, or other body of pc7sons hereby declared to be an Unlawful Combination and Con federacy, or shall act as a member thereof; and every person, who, atter , shall directly or indirectly maintain correspond ence or intercourse therewith, or with any Committee or other se lect body, President, Treasurer, Secretary, Delegate, or other officer or member thereof, as such ; or who shall, by contribution, colic* tiers, or receipt of money, or otherwise, aid, abet, or support an etch society, or any committee or other select body, or any officer .)r member thereof, as such, shall) be deemed guilty of end every persop convicted of any such office by due course of law, shall mid may be punished by , as the Court be lure wl.tesn such offender shall be tried shall think fit. Provided always, and be it enacted, that where any society, em ito tree, or other body of persons, not originally unlawful, shall atter- Irdis because au ‘ Unlawful Combination and Confederacy within: the meaning of this Act, by reason of any matter or thing clone con trary to the provisions of this Act, no member thereof shall be deemed guilty of such offence as af..resaidior be subject to the Pe nalties herein contained, unless he shall continue a member of such society, committee, or other body of persons, after his knowledge of such matter or thing done, whereby such society, committee, or other b idy of persons shall bate so become an Unlawful Combina tion and Confederacy as aforesaid. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall knowingly permit any meeting of any Society, Committer, or other body of persons, hereby declared to be an Unlawful Combination and Con federacy, to be held in his or her house or apartment, such person shall, for the first offence, forfeit the som of • ; and shall for any such offence committed after the date of his or her conviction for such first offence, be deemed guilty of an Unlawful Combination and Confederacy, in breach of this Act. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herds, con: tained shall extend to, or be construed to affect any society formed and acting merely for the purpose of religious worship, or for the due ordering thereof, according to ally form, allowed or tolerated by law ; or to any society formed and acting merely for purposes of public or private charity, science, agriculture manufactures, or commerce. • Provided also, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed in any manner to prevent or impede the undoubted right of his Majesty's subjects to petition his Majesty, or both Houses, or either House of Parliament, for the redress of any public or private grievance, or to prevent the appointment of any committee for the sole purpose of preparing or forwarding any such petition; provided that such committee shall not exceed the number of persons, ane. shall not have power to appoint any other committee, and shall not have continuance by adjournment or otherwise, for any period exceeding days from the time of such appointment; and shall not collect or receive any money or contribution from any of his Majesty's subjects, other than such as may be necessary for the specific purposes of preparing and transm:t • tiug to the King, or either House of Parliament, such petition as aforesaid. And he it further enacted, that every prosecution, action, and suit that shall he brought or commenced against any Justice or Justices of the Peace, Constable, Peace Officsr, or other person or persons, for anything done of acted in pursuance of this Act, shall be com— menced within calendar months next after the fact com mitted, and not afterwards; and the venue in every such action or suit shall be laid in the proper county where the fact was com mitted, and not elsewhere ; and the defendant or defendants in every such suit or action, shall and may ;lead the general issue, and give this Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon ; and if such prosecution, action, or suit, shall ►e brought or cemmet ced after the time limited for bringing the sante, or the venue shall he laid in any other place than as aforesaid, then the Jury shall find a verdict fur the traverser or traversers. or defendant of defendants; and in such case, or if the Jury shall find a verdict for the defendant or defendants upon the merits, or if the plaintiff or plaintifti shall become nnnsuit, or discontinue his or their action after appearance, or if upon demurrer, judgment shall be given against the plaintiff or plaintiff., the defendant or defendants shall have costs, which he or they shall and may recover, in such and in the same manner as any defendant can by law in other cases. And be it further enacted, th.it this Act may be altered or amended by any Ac: or Acts to be passel in this present Session of Parliament. Mud be it enacted, that this Act shall commence and be of force from and after the expiration of days from and after the passing thereof, and not sooner; and shall be and continue in force for hunt the day of passing this Act, and until the end of the then next Session of ParParnent. M I NORITY AGAINST MR. GOULBURNS BILL FOR PUTTING DOWN THE CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.—FEB. 15. Abercromby, Hon. J. Fitzroy, Lord C. Ponsonby, HOll. F. C. Althorp, Viscount Foley, J. H. H. Pelham, J. CI Barham, J. F. Folkeston, Viscount Philips, G. sen. Miring, A. Frankland, It. Philips, G. It. jun. Baring, H. French, A. Power, It. Baring, Sir T. Graham, S. Powlett, Hon. W. Barnard, Viscount • Grattan, J. Poyntx, W. S. Barrett, S. 13. M. Guise, Sir B. W. Pyrn, F. Beaumont, T. W. Gurney, H. Rice, T. S. Bective, Lord Gyrney, It. H. Ridley, Sir M. W. 13enett, J. Hamilton, Lord A. Roharts, G. J. Bennet Hon. H. G. Heron, Sir It. Robinson, Sir G. Warlock, lA. W. Hill, Lord A. Rowley, Sir W. Benyon, B. Hobhouse, J. C. Robertson, A. Birch, J. Honywoo d, W. P. Runtbold, C. E. Brougham, 11. Howard, H. Scarlett, J. Browne, Dom. - Hume, J. Scott, J. Burdett, Sir F. Hurst, R. Sefton, Earl of Bury, Viscount Ilutchinson, Hon. Smith, J. Bernal, It. C. H. Smith, G. Cradock, S. Johnson, W. A. Smith, W. Calcraft, J. Kingsborough, Lord Stuart, lA. P. J. Calcraft, J. 11. Knight, R. Sykes, 1). Calvert, C. Lamb, Hun. G. Talbot, It. W. Carew, It. S. Lambton, J. G. Tierney, Rt. Hon. G. Carter, J. Lushington, S. Warre, J. A. Caulfield, lion. H. Leader, W. Whitbread, W. H. Cavendish, H. Leycester, R. Whitbread, S. C. Cavendish, C. Maberly, J. White, Colonel Chaloncr, R. . Maberly, W. L. °White, S. Clifton, Lord Macdonald, J. Wilson, Sir R. Coffin, Sir I. Mackintosh, Sir J. Winnington, Sir T. E. Colborne, V.W. R. Mahon, Hon. S. Wood, 111. Crompton, S. Marjoribanks, S. Wyvill, M. Curwen, J. C. Maxwell, J. Wrottesley, Sir J. Davies, T. H. Monet, J. B. Wall, C. 13. Denman, T. Moore, P. Dundas, lion. T. Martin, R. TELLERS. Ebrington, Viscosint Newport, Sir J. Duncannon, Viscount Ellice, E. Norma:shy, Viscount Nugent, Lord Ellis, Hon. G. IL O'Brien, Sir E. Evans, W. Ord, W. PAIRED OFT. Farrand, R. 'Palmer, C. Haldimand, W. Fazerahl, Right Hon. Earner. C. F. Robarts, A. W. N. Parnell, Sir H. Wilkins, W. REPRRSENTATION OP IRELAND. roa inn 111.1. Bernard, T. Dawson, IL Ozmartown, Lord Brown, J. Ellis, T. O'Grady, S. Brownlow,.C. Ennismore, Lord Plunkett, Right 'ion. Barnard, Viscount Foster, J. L. W. Burgh, Sir U. Forde. M. Pakenhans, lion. 11. Brydges. Sir J. Fitzgerald, Itt. Hon. Rowley, Sir J. Browne, Rt. Hon.D. W. V. Stuart, W. (Armagh) Curry, Lord Hill, Sir G. Shaw, Sir IL Colthurst, Sir N. Harvey, C. Seymour, 11. Collett, E. J. Hart, General Stewart, Sir J. C:•:chester, Sit A. Jocelyn, Sir R. H. Smyth, It. Cuff, J. Inglis, Sir It. H. Stop lord, Lord Cooper, E. S. Knox, Hon. T. Welksley, It. I Come, Sir C. King, Hon. H. Westenra, Hon. 11. Clements, J. Leslie, C. P. Wynne, 0. Dawson, G. It. Maxwell, H. Wigram, W. •Dogherty, J. Magennis, R. AGAINST THE GILL Bectlve, Lord Hutchinson, Hon. C. O'Brien, Sir E. - Browne, Dom. H. , Ponsonby, Hon. F. Caulfield, Hon. H. Hill, Lord A. Parnell, Sir H. Carew ' R. S. Kingsbornngh , Lord Power, R. French, A. Lamb, Hon. G. Rice, T. S. Fitzgerald, Rt. Hon. Mahon, Hun. S. Talbot, It. W. M. Martin, R. White, S. Grattan, J. Newport, Sir J. White, H. ASCENT. /lambdall, Gen. Fitzgerald, Lord W. O'Neill, lion. J. Belfast, Lind Fitzgibbon, lion. R. Proby, lion. G. Bruen. H. Fetherston, Sir G. Plittle, Hon. J. Butler-Clarke,Hon.C. Forbes, Lord Prendergast, M. Beecher, W. W. Farquhar, J. Smyth, W. M. Bagwell, Right Hon. Hyde, J. Sneyd, N. H. W. Kerr, D. Stewart, A. .. Berusford, Lord G. Latouebe, IL Stewart; W. (Tyrone: Crosby, J. Maxwell, J. W. Somerville, Sir M. Daly, J. Newry, Lord Yarmouth, Lord Deceased—Lord Movntcharles. Private letters from Paris express much- confidence in the sutcess of M. de VlLLitt.x's new financial measu►e•. The Josephine, Colombian vessel, is arrived at Li verpool, from La Guava, with coffee, scc. This is, we believe, the first instance of a Colombian ship arriving in an European port. She left the sth of January, and brings 'accoants therefrom, only two days later than thoAe received by the Leeward Island packet. LAW REPORT. r COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FRS 16. HARRIS V. COSTAR AND OTHERS. The declaration stated that.this was an action to re- Cover compensation for injuries sustained by the plain tiff, who was an owtside passenger on the Gloucester mail, on the Ist of October, 1824. The defendants caused the coach to be overloaded, by which it upset, and the plaintiff's leg WAS broken. The defendants pleaded that they we , e not liable. Mr. Serjeant TADDY stated the case to the Jury. The plaintiff had been originally a woollen-cloth factor, but having heard of a situation in the country with 5004 a-year, he prepared to take possession of it, and took his passage in the Gloucester mail for greater security and expedition. They started from the Angel Inn, St. Clement's, and proceeded to Piccadilly, where a very considerable load was put on the top of the _coach, in two large deal boxes. The coach proceeded on to Maidenhead, and overtook a waggon on the road. The near leader took fright at the waggon, and darted across the road up a bank : in consequence of which the coach upset, the plaintiff was thrown on the road, and his leg was fractured. He was carried to Maiden head, where he was confined eight weeks. He lost his employment in c"nsequence of the injuries received; and he now sought compensation for a calamity which would never be removed Item his person. James Silleter was coachman on the Gloucester mail on the Ist October, Mr. Harris was an outside passen ger. The near leader never had a shade on his eye. He drove him four or five times as a leader before; he had been.a wheeler before he was a leader, and was put back to be a wheeler after the accident. The coach was eight or nine feet from the bank when the horse tarted. He ran across the foot-path, and the coach fell. Mr. Harris fell on the road and was injured. Cross.examined.—There was a waggon on the road, about 30 yards before them. It was tilted over. There WAS a doer or flag before the waggon, which flapped and frightened the near leader. The coach had lamps. The horse was always quiet before. Witness drove the mail for four years, and no accident happened. The coach was not loaded at all. There were only two band boxes belonging to the lady passenger. Mr. Bislio;., surgeon, at Maidenhead, attended Mr,, Harris in consequence of the accident. The plaintiff had a fracture on his leg, the tibia was fractured half way, and considerable injury was done to the ankle. It was a simple fracture, as had as could be of the kind. The plaintiff was confined eight weeks. He saw him this morning on crutches. His bill w;.3 10 guineas. Mr. Joseph Curtis, a surgeon, now attending the plaintiff, cor roborated the evidence of Mr. 11i,hop as to the injury. Mr. Peace said, that the plaintiff was capable of earning 5001. a year, and was not able to fulfil his situation in consequence of the accident. The landlord at the Saracen's-head, at Maidenhead, said that the plaintiff's bill, while in his house, amounted to 481. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN could not subset ibe to the .position of his learned friend that the plaintiff was to be carried safely like a bale of goods; he took an objection to the counts in the declaration, contending that the pla;ntiff had not made out his statements. The defendants were not bound to convey theplaintiff " safely and securely." _ The LORD enter JUSTICR.—Nat at all. But there is evidence to go to the Jury. Serjeant Wat.os submitted that the plaintiff must be called, as there was no evidence of contract to be ‘, safely and securely conveyed." The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that it must be un derstood to bear that construction, but the defendants were not bound, at all events. They bad not insured to do it. Carrie's' and innkeepers were, in , a certain degree, insurers of goods, else they might otherwise collude with thieves. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN said, his learned friend had d Welt much on the horse having been a wheeler be fore he was a leader. Why, his learned friend had him self been a wheeler before he was a leader ! (Loud laughter). The defendant had been accused of negli gence in not providing proper horses, but this he denied. The coach was on the right side of the road till it over took the waggon, with a flapping cloth over it, and it was no wonder that the horse shied and took fright. There was no imputation of drunkenness against the coachman; lamps were provided, and everything which the defendants were bound to do was done. It was therefore too much that they should be liable for an accident. As to the damages, he did not really know what to say.. There was no proof of the situation of 5001. and under all the circumstances, though he regretted the plaintiff's misfortune, he trusted that the Jury would find a verdict for the defendants. The LORD Oiler JUIYrICE summed up; and the Jury having con sulted for about five minutes, found a verdict for the defendants. PREROGATIVE COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS, Faa.l6. COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Cotirt of Common Council was held at Guildhall, in consequence of a requisition to consider the propriety of petitioning P.irllament for a repeal of the As•e%sed Tazei. The Court directed the Chamberlain to lay before them-an account of the expenditure of the City's moiety Of the Gresham Estate, and of the extraordinary ex pethei incurred for the itoyal Exchange during the last rievtn years. The Act of Parliament relative to the late Gresham College was ordered to be printed, for the information bf the Members. A Petition from the Inquest of WAlbrook Ward, for an amendment of the Act relative to non-freemen, was iead and referred to the Committee for General Pur }:oses. A Petition from the inhabitants of Hatton-gar- Ely . -place, Saffron-hill, and parts adjacent, in re lation to opening anew street, from Fleet-market to the North Road - , was presented by Mr. Alderman WAITII-• MAN, which was referred to the Committee fur Im provements. The Reinembrancer likewise laid the St. Catherine's Dock Bill before the Court, which was referred to the Navigation Committee. A reference from the Court was made to the Bridge House Committee, to watch the progress of the South London Dock Bill, when the same should be brought into Parliament. i. i 3ROODEN V. BROWN. This was a suit to try the validity of the will of Mrs. Mary Jones, lateof Clark's-place, Islington, deceased. The deceased was a widow with an only daughter, about twelve years of age. She and her daughter were taken ill together, and the daughter died two days before her. The will was made on the day before the decease) died, and gave the interest of her property (which amounted to about 10001. in the whole) to her Wilier, Mr. John Brown, for life; and at his death, bequeathed the prin cipal equally between her surviving brother and sister, Mr. Edward Brown and Mrs. M'Gregor. The will was made by Mr. Brogdeu, the executor, but he took no beneficial interest under it. It iippeared in evidence, that Mr, John Brown, the father, had been for many years in a state of mental imbecility, and had been mainly supported by Mr. Brogden, whohad also been a very great benefactor to the whole family. .After the deceased's death, Mr. Edward Brown removed his father from the residence where he had been placed by Mr. Brogden to his own, and instigated him to institute the present snit, opposing the will on the alleged ground of the deceased's mental incapacity to make it, Mr. Edward Brown making hinrself responsible for the costs of the proceeding. After hearing the evidence and arguments of Counsel at length, Sir JOHN NICHOLL pronounced for the validity of the will, at the same time highly eulugi3ing the generous conduct of Mr. Brogden. Letters from St. Thomas's, by the late mail, state, that A serious conspiracy among the Negroes had been diic vered. The white inhabitants were in conse quence obliged to appoint guards during the night, and the alarm was very great, as the plot was repre sented to be extensive, and to he connected with the Negroes of the neighbouring islands. A letter fiom Copenhagen, of the sth of February, states, as a report, that Sweden had determined on fol lowing tile example of England in the recognition of the South American States, and that M. de Lianswor.r, who four months before had. left Stockholm for Colom bia, would be intrusted with the neguciation. of the , ,Treaties with that Republic. 7'HE ARM r. The manner in which the- Army is to be increased has before been noticed; 8,000 men to be raised by adding two companies to each Regiment. ' This is, exclusive of Officers, and of men to be raised for the Eact Indies —namely, 5,000, which wilt be an in. crease of upwards of 13,000 men. The subject will' be brought forward on Monday. by Lord l'atmearrox. The reductions of the three Veteran Battalions and the two Veteran Companies are cotandemly spoken nf, on account of their expense, &c. The lit and 24 Veteran Bittalions are in Ireland, and the ad is in Jersey: the lst Veteran Company is at Chatham, and the 2d Company is in the Isle of Man. --dor MILITARY ANI:i NAVAL. PENSIONS. I.—An Account of the several Sums which, pursuant to two several Acts of the 5d and 4th of his Nlarserv,siill become payablebetween the 3th day of April, 1825, and the sth day of April, 1826, by the Trustees in whom au Annuity was vested for provitli.ig fur the burthen occasioned by Military and Naval Pensions, and Civil Superannuation., vit. 15th April . 1823 . 15th July . 1825 20th October . 1825 . 15:b January . 1826 . X 1,13.5,000 1,130,370 1,107,130 1,097,870 £4,470,370 2.-=An Account of the several Sum• whit% will become payable between the Sth day of April, 1825. and the sth day of April, 1826, by the United Company of Merchants of Englanl trailing to the Emit Indies, towards the Expense of Half Pay, Pensions, and Allowances to his Mu te-ries Forces, serving in India, in pur suance of an Act, 4th Gro. IV. c. 71. sth April . 1825 . 4'15.000 sth July . 1825 . 16,000 10th October . 1825 . 15,000 sth January . 1828 . 15,000 Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Ist February, 182,1. £60,(0.1 J. C. lIERRIE& NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Extract of a letter from the British Consul at Havre de Groot, to JOHN Bennarr, Esq. Secretary of Lloyd's, dated February 10: " I have the honour to enclose you a letter from my Consular Agent at Trepnrt, a small sea-port in the department of the Seine Inferieure, respecting the ldss of the Ent!i‘ls ship Four Sisters, Srocxect. Master. The very handsome manner in which Al. HOITREL, Clergyman of the village of Mers, came forward on the occasion, I hope will be noticed in the newspapers. M. llotraet. having come to the wreck, had all the surviving crew, thirteen in number, carried to his house, and not only gave th-nt everything their case required, but even gave them up his own bed and a quantity of his clothes, and for these three days has subsisted them all in the most noble and disinterested manner, baviug refused to receive money I offered him for the reimbursement of the expense he has incurred on thEir account; and it is one of those acts of Christian humanity and charity which deserve to be noticed. leave this to your care, as such actions cannot made too public.° Arrived off Weymouth, the Ocean, —, from Teneriffe. Fautourw, Fn. 15 —Wind S.S.F. to S. fresh breezes.—Ar rived the Stanmer packet, from Lisbon—sAled the 6th inst. High lander, La BRUN, from St. Domingo in thirty days; Ebenezer, BASTARD, from Cette in thirty-two days; and the Cambria, Come, from the Downs for Vera Cruz. PORTSMOUTH, Fu. 16.—Wind S.—llia Majesty's ship Wer.t.es. try, 74 guns, went out of harbour this morning, and brought up at Spithead, preparatory to her departure for Lisbon and the Brazils. No arrivals or Whirls. - MAL, Fes. 16.—Wind S. W.—The lion. Company's ships Kent and Sealeby Castle remain wind-bound, with the Gilmore, Ocean, Columbine, George, and a transport. Livaaroor., Fa& 15.—Wind S S F. —Arrived the Danube, HU*. TINSTOX, from Wilmington—sailed 19th January. SPWITI NG INTELLIGENCE. . OKA ' !HINTING. The Earl of Derby's Srag.hounds meet to-morrow, at Gibbet Green, one mile from Croydon. The Cheltenham harriers have been given by Dr. Townsend to the members of the Cheltenham Hunt. It is now a subscription pack, and under the direction of a Committee of Gentlemen, to whom it is but justice to state, that their first resolution was that of sending all the hares that may be killed to the occupiers of farms on which they may be hunted. Upwards of forty Gentlemen are already subscribers Fox-Cnase KIT3ACIRDINARY.—Tuesday last, the Holderness fox • hounds met at Bessingby Whin, and, in a short time, broke cover, attended by a numerous field Of horsemen, Sm. The fox took a direction for Bridlington, and passing the Subscription Mills, fol lowed the course of the road to the Quay, until he came to Mr. Wetwan's water-mill, where, crossing by the bridge, it was con jectured he was making for Plamborough. A small terrier dog accidentally met him, and put him on a fresh tack. He then en tered the garden, and, from the garden; the house of Captain R. Lowrey, of the Quay, where, endeavouring to elude pursuit. he secreted himself under the ch airs and other furniture ; but, alas! the cruel eye of some of the sportsmen speedily discovered his re treat when he made a bolt smash through the window in greater speed than ever. Unfortunately, however, Reynard no sooner got free from one danger than he fell into another and a greater, for by this time the pack had reached the spot, and he was dis patched within a few yards of the house. M. de VASQUISS, the Spanish Charge d'Affaires at Stockholm, has been instructed to make a fot mal com plaint, in the name of his Government, to the Swedish Court, for the conduct of the Swedish and Norwegian Consul 7 General at Tangier,in having hospitably received into his house some emigrant Spaniards, who had taken refuge in the dominions of the Emperor of Nlonoccu. RICORDER'S REPonT.—The Rect,rder of London yes terday made his Report to the King in Council. 4 tl.e following prisoners under sentence of Death in New gate, namely: • Robert Ball, aged 26, for arson ; Ann Margaret *right, alias Ann Long, 20, William Martin, 21, John Laughton, 25, Elizabeth Daly, 24, Mary Connor, 13, Mary Smith, 17 ; Ann Maloney, 17, James Leeds, 19, Charles Wood, 20, and Benjamin Wilson, Si, for stealing in a dwelling-bouse to 40s. and upwards; Cornelius Wood, 20, for rape; Levy Abrahams, 25, Patrick Crawley, 17, Samuel hunt, 17, George Fielder, 20, Joseph Wilson, 25, James Stephens, 19, William Snook, 19, and Henry Durham, 19, fur bur. glary ; James Lennard, 33, for uttering counterfeit coin, he having before been convicted of the like 4ffenre • Henry Pitham, 18, for. sbeep-atealisg; Edward Harris, 37, and James Dewell, 19, for highway:robbery. HisMajes!'y was graciously pleased to respite during WS Royal pleasure all the above, excepting Edward Harris, Cornelius Wood, and Henry Darkest*, upon whom the law is left to take its course, and they are ordered fur execution on Tuesday next. Ancric LAND ExPLorrton.—Captain FRANKLIN, .necompanied by Lieutenant BAcx and Mr., KEN DA VL, have left town for Liverpool, where. they gill embark, with Dr. Riciffritoson and the other individuals com posing the expedition, in the Colombia packet, for Ne e York, from whence they proceed to Upper Cati.tea, and then to Fort Chepewyan. on their war to tt'e l'o lar Bea, by the Mackenzie River. On reaching its northern extremity, Captain FRANKLIN and Lieutenant BACK, with part of - the expedition, proceed to the oestwairi, in the houe of teaching Bel.ring's Straits.; while Dr. RICHARDSON 4nd Mr. KENDALL, with the other party, proceed t.• the eastward t tracirrg the coast of America, if possible, to the Cop! er Mine River. Not long before the departure of Captain F from town, he received a n;essage from AKA( Indian Chief who accompanied him on his for , ney, that he and his tribe v:ete perfectly sati! t te he ti s i s a a a n d d t a dditional o p :l e l % d e t e s t w ri k ll i i c n b g h to ad accompany him on anoihei expedition. Wi` Rinse itiver.— T . ain FRANKLIN AKAITCHO. e . I- pis formes joss-- r satisfied witty - had been sent to accompany • ;