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, i ae roeflae io the motive of a justification lesocrimina t to iif others Or offonsive to any one's teelings. After st oho , tee poi -i- - ' in re-hearings, his Noble Friend is room ted to ;idea so;,I, o therefore, teally before things ate so represented, particularly by Gentlemen with gowns on their hacks, they should at least take care to be accurate, for it -is their brisine,s to be so." Did this totter expression constoute a bleach of privilege? It would he the height of injustice to imagine it did, after, generally speaking, so much temper had been preserved in attemotiug to repel a very grave and serious charge. —(Hear). It was rhetely a recommendation to Gentle men with gowns on their backs to be careful in circu lating changes such as had appeared, very improperly certainly. in a certain Newspaper, and Which he telt and 'clew to be utitounded. After the humour and plea-o satiny which had been infused into this discussion by al Right I lonom able Gentleman opposite, he was not at all prepared to expect the subject would have been so treated or the expressions construed as a breach of pri viiege. Was it intended by this proceeding to deter the Noble L'nd from the perforthance of his duty? These wet e con,iderations which would 'laterally render it very singular in the public estimation if this speech of the Noble Lord were selected for consideration in the mode now preset led by the Honourable and Learned Gentleman's motion. It was clear that the speech had been uttered on the spur oT the moment, and that thete was no delibet ate intention of violating the privileges of that House, and least of all of holding but a threat to professional men as to the line of conduct theii ideas of duty might induce them to adopt; mote particularly whilst engaged in delberatitins or discussions within those wall,. If the House should agree with him'n these two points he trusted it would preveat their adopt ing that • step which the Honourable, and Learned Mover himself had even said would be taken with dif fieulty, and which it would in his opinion be their in •terest to avoid—( Cheers). Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH said, sale rejection of the present Motion would be a most dangerous blow to • the privileges of the House and to the Constitution it self—(Hear, hear). There had been a bleach of the privilege of the House,- and a false cliarge against a Member of that House, and of a profession which it was essential to the administration of justice - should be independent. The serious consideration of the House had been called to the proceedings of a high Court of Judicat tit e, and would the House endure that the Judge of that Court should bring 'a false charge against a Member of that House for exercising his privilege, and discharging his dirty on that' question?—(llear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman who spoke last had said, that as the reports of debates in Newspapers were tole rated, they must not notice attacks made on those re ports, by persons on whom they ieflected ; but in this case the attack was not em the Newspaper, but directly on the Member ; the Newspaper wore no gown on its back—( Hear, hear). The HonourableGentleman had said, would not the Noble Lord be alloWed to vindicate his character?—certainly he should ; but not by at tacking a Member of that House before he made in quiry, and found by whom he was accused. All that had been said in defence of Lord Eldon amounted only to pleas of mitigation; and should not be admitted in bar of inquiry—(lkar, hear). The Attorney-General had said, that because the Honourable and Learned Gentleman-had not studied- the newspapers, and com plained of the reports, the Chancellor should not be censured for the language he had used; but how could he require that his Honourable Friend should study newspapers, and not requite of the Lord Chancellor that he shotrid ascertain the truth before he condemned a Member of that Hou se ?—( hear, hear.) Th.tt House had made many struggles against power. Was it ever known in any of those snuggles, that any Judge had' the audacity to condemn any Member of that House far any speech he made in it on the subject of the abuses in that Judges. Court ?—(Hcar, hear.) The conduct of the Lord Chancellor, continued tiic lion. Member, on this occasion, had a direct tendency to render it impos sible for this House to discharge some of its highest and most important constitutional funEtions. The rouse of Commons has been engaged in struggles of various kinds fOr many hundred years; it has been en gaged in struggles with the Crown, which loose some times been carried beyond due bounds, but which, upon the whole, have been conducted with a spirit and an energy which have succeeded in securing to us the blessings of a free Constitution—which have ended in making us a great and happy people. But in the whole course of these straggles; there has never yet been an instance of any Magistrate, in any Court of Justice, vim was so presumptuous and daring as to arraign a 'Menthe' of the Howe of Commons for a speech delivered in the course of a parliameotary inquiry into tie c nduct of that Magistrate—(Hear, hear). — If the House is ready to abdicate its functions al together—ii it is prepared to abandon all intention of inquity into the abuses of Courts of Justice, then; Wrest, might this motion to be rejected. It has been said, and said most truly, that my Honourable and Learned Fiend will discharge his duty featlessly and independently, both in this House and in Courts of Justice, regarding hut little the approbation or disap probation of the Lord Chancellor. But it cannot be hence inferred that the conduct of the Lord Chancellor m ill have no effect on the independence of the Bar.— When we consider'the multitude of young men of ta lents rising at the Bar, who are still in a state of obscu rity.strogglingo ith adversity, and depressed by poverty, it cannot be_sieaied that the conduct of the Lord Chan cellor is calculatesl to have a lamentable effect on their integrity and independence. insiead of being the in trepid champions and zealous pre s et vets of the liberties of their counts y—the prOudest distinction to which a lawyer can aspite—the conduct of the Chancellor is col t elated to check their rising energies—to repress all ge reruns exertion—to produce a servile, obsequious bar, of which ti.e members nitro distinguished for their baseness may, in time, deg' ale the Bench—fit instru ments in the hands of power to oppless their colliery- , men, and destiny the free Constitution of England— ( 1 kae, hear). Mr. W. WYNN was ready to admit that nothing had fallen froM the Hollow:tide and Learned Gentleman (Mt. Aberci otnt) ) which justified the comment made opon his speech uttered on Tuesday last. There was, however, some excuse for the conduct of the Lord Chancellor, and Ire thnsight the House would be guilty of an injustice, trolley proceeded any further on this occasion. lit was well aware, that in saying this, he would be represented as deserting the course lie had so long pursued on subjects of this nature; but he now said, as he had often said berme, that he had rather tolerate a trivial breach of their privileges, th an push them beyond due bounds, and direct them to uses fur which they atter wen: intended. • Had the Lord Chancellor thought proper, he might have punished the proprietor of the newspaper for a con ' tempt in misrepresenting his Court; but he did not descend to such a course of pi oceeding ; he warmly de nied the charge, and strongly contradicted that which every other man would have been wanting to himself if he did not do. The Lord Chancellor did not state where this charge was made; he named no individual as the author of the falsehood ; then came his commen tary, arid the only part of it giving a colour to shew that he was guilty cf a breach of our privileges, was when he talked of persons having " black gowns on their hacks." If these terms had all been used, no breach, he contended, would have been committed. He was asked, was a Member of this House to be at tacked for stating his opinions upon the appoint ment of a judicial inquiry ? and he answered No. But if 'a false charge were made; if, fir instance, such an officer as the Lord Chancellor was charged with evading ati Act of Parliament, for unworthy and improper purposes, he had a right to say that such a charge was an " utter falsehood:— If the motion of the Hon. Member were assented to, the House would be inquiring into the carpus delicti, and would be putting an individual on his trial before the bill of indictment was found ; and consequently before it tuns proved that any offence whatever had been com mitted. It would be most cruel to deny the Lord Chan.. cellor, or any other individual, an opOrtunity of de fending himself (and his conduct upon this occasion amounted to merely a defence) against a charge which had appeared in all the Newspapers, and had been circulated to the remotest corner of the Empire. He would, therefore, nude:Atte influence of chi; feeling, • vote against the motion; and if it were carried, he could not help thinking that the House would be inflicting the deepest wound upon its dignity and privilege. Mr. W. WILLI ASlS.thought if the House acted consistently with its former decisions, it would agree to the motion before it. lilt then, on inquiry, appeared that the charge against the Lord Chancellor was well founded, be, for one, Would then be ready to receive any explanation the Noble Lord would offer—([fear, hear). If ever there was an ucEasion which called rot the House to assert its privileges, it was when a Member of *at House, for whom aU entertained the highest respect, made a charge in his place against the Lord Chancellor, of having committed a breach of the privileges of the House. If the Lord Chancellor would, after the motion was agreed to, communicate to the House, by any of its Members, that be did not intend any attack on ks privileges, or any of its. Members, he (Mr. Williams) hoped the House and the Honourable .and Learned Gentleman would be satisfied. Mr. A REItCRO NI BY said his first duty was to make kis ac knowledgments to the Gentlemen opposite ' fur the frank manner in which they bad admitted that his speech in that Boise had not justified any animadversion—(Hear, hear). lie wasmtsongly in fluenced in the course he had taken by respect for the Privileges of that House, and the members of the profession to which he had the honour to belong. He had stated the procee4ing to which he intended to resort to persons for whose opinion be entertained the greatest respect, sad it had received their approbation. He should not offer one word to influence the decision of the House.—The House divided, when the numbers were— A yes Noes ...~, ~..,~ - ,ain• 102 151 s --.... ' Majority agairst the Motion • 4 SUPPLY.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN WESTMINSTSR. Mr. HERICI ES moved the first Resolution ' which was £40,000 to defray the expense of Works and Repairs of Public Buildings for the year 1824. Mr. BANKES wished to know whether the repairs or altera tions goink on in that neighbourhood, were included in the grant? for he was sure, if that were the case, the House, considering the very unsatisfactory manner in which these alteratiobs were con ducted, would be desirous to know what further changes were con templated before they proceeded to any vote upon the subject— ( I fear, hear). They would wish to know particularly Bow far it was intended to carry the repairs of the. House of Lords; fur, had they been aware of what was to be done last year, with respect to that building in particular, they never would have consented to Sanction it by any proceeding of theirs. He was himself a witness to the destruction of that venerable old place called the Prince's Chamber, which was substituted by a building as tasteless as any that could be mentioned. Besides the destruction was, as be MP ceived, unnecessary. He vraadesirous to know what was the actual expense of that strange anomalous building constructed for the re ception of his Majesty? Whatever the intention might have been, it was not only a .wretched specimen of architecture, but was ex tremely-inconvenient to the Members of either House, by encroach ing on that space which was intended PO their carriages. It was altogether a most miserable contrivance, and a' disgrace to the na tional taite—(Hear, hear). • - Mr. BENNET was anxious to be informed who the architect was, that the Public might know whom they were to applaud—(A laugh)—and who the Committee of Taste were, under whose sanc tion the plan was adopted, that the Public might be prepared to applaud them also. There were three questions therefore to be an swered. First, as to the expense; secondly, as to the Committee; and thirdly, um the name of the Architect? Mr. HERRIF.S said, that the expense of these repairs and alte rations would be laid before the House in a separate shape. It consisted of about £10,850. The CHANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER confessed that ' he was not at all surprised at finding that the subject had attracted the attention of the House. He thought it would be necessary to make some alteration as to the manner in which public works were carried on—( Hear, hear). With respect to the name of the arehi tect, the Honourable Gentleman and the Houser could probably an- . ticipate him—the architect was Mr. Soane. The plan had been approved of by the Board of Works, and conducted under their superintendence, but be was of optnion,that it would be well to take that power from the Board, and vest it in the Treasury. They were not responsible for what had taken place upon this occasion, for they could not controul the Board of Works, nor the taste of the architect, according to the present syttem. The proper duty of the Board of Works, ai it appeared to him, was to keep the build ings in repair, and to see that such works as were ordered to be executed should he performed in the best manner, and agreeably to the directions that were gives. They ought not to have the power of originating works themselves : be would therefore endeavour to frame such regulations as would insure to the Public that in future nothing of the kind should be undertaken but by persons sitting in that House, and responsible for their conduct—(Hear, hear). Mr. TENNYSON agreed in the importance of this subject. He thought the true Gothic architecture was the best toted for an en-. trance to a House of Lords, instead of the extraordinary architec ture of the new entrance. Mr. HUME wished to direct the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the building in Abingdon-street, in which the re cords are kept. It. was true that the building was fire-proof, but it was constructed so inconveniently, that in order to get a sight of the records, persons were obliged to enter in single files, and when at last they made their entrance good, the documents were so disposed as to require the labour of weeks to discover what they wanted under the imperfect arrangement. He hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would direct his attention to that subject, for nothing could be worse than the manner in which they - were dis posed of at present, and nothing more inconvenient or objectionable than the place appropriated for their reception. Mr. CHOKER said he was sure the House bad heard with plea. sure the intention expressed by his Right Honourable Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to propose an alteration in the present mode of originating public works, which should secure the superin tendance of persons over whom they could exercise a controul.— The declaration would please them, not merely because the expense of such works required the strictest scrutiny, but because their ex ecution, as in the present itutancc, might become a disgrace to the national taste—(Hear). He bad always thought that this power should he vested in the Treasury, and he was sure, that when it was done, the best consequences would result from Amongst others, when the Public saw that the principles of good taste were respected'. and preserved, they would nut expose themselves to be charged with niggardliness, by refusing money as they bad done, merely because they were unwilling to contribute to their own disgrace—(Hear). He had seen in the newspapers, that it was the intention of the pre-• sent operators to destroy the Painted Chamber, notwithstanding its antiquity and the proud associations connected with it. It was now five hundred years since that very Chamber bad been desc.ribed by foreigners with the epithet per Wustrer The House could not but feel great regret at the destruction of 'an ancient building, which had been the 'Object of enthusiastic praise five hundred years ago, and war still in a condition to last for ages. If Gentlemen would take the trouble to inspect it, they would find, that even the . • ~~ , paintlag bad retained its colour in a manner that was really ;ttr priiddg, when they Considered the dor tbar had elapsed since it was executed. They would find that asp Walls were as sound as if they were built but yesterday, and in - ever, respect superior to the modern gew-gaws by which they were intended to he replaced.— Under these eircamstanies he was glad, and he bad no doubt that the Hower would join him in the same feeling, that his Right Hon. Friend had opposed himself to this meditated destruction, and de vised a method for preventing such outrages upon taste in future. Sir J. MACKINTOSH thought the Palace of Westminster was to be cotisidered as most venerable, it being the scene of the gradual improvement of our free Constitution. - Ile complained bitterly that that which was called Grecian, or, as his lion. Friend had said, Bworiaa, because it was not English nor Gothic, had been added to the fine new front of Westminster Hall. Mr. HUME objected to the mode pursued to repairing the P4 f . lace of St. James's, and said that there was no Royal Palace fitted for the dignity of the Monarch and the country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXC II EQCJF.R said, the repairs were carried on in the original taste of the building. He agreed that there was not a proper Palace in London, but be brlieved if a million and a half were asked for a new Palace, it would meet considerable opposition. Air. DAVIES wished the fire bad burnt down the whole of Si. James's Palace, which looked like a workhouse or alms.house, instead of a Palace. Sir THOS. BARING thought a sale of the difFeretit useless Palaces, such as that at pri g hton, might enable a good Palace to be erected. Mr. BRIGHT did not wish to see any of those expensive Pa laces in this country, which distinguished the Continental nations. Sir M. W. RIDLEY was sorry to bear that from the Member for Bristol, as he thought the country could well afford a suitable residence for the Sovereign. Lord MILTON could not say that be admired the disposition manifested by so many Honourable Members, to run, as it were, a race, in the solicitude to spend the public money ott the first revival ' of prosperity ; but, at all events, he trusted the country would never consent to the sale or demolition of one Palace, namely, Hampton Court—(Hear, hear)-ewhen it 'was recollected that it was the fa vourite reAdence of the founder of our liberties, King William. Sir C. LONG obserVed, that \he Resolution stated that the ex pense was incurred in the repairs - of the public buildings. It was therefore obvious, that while these buildings were continued they must be kept in repair. Ile had been reproached with very bad taste as to certain designs, with which he assured the House he had nothing whatsoever to do-:- (Hear, hear).—llis duty as a trustee was merely to inspect the drawings of o the national monuments. The Vote was agreed to—as were the following: • r£lo,ooo for the College of Edinburgh. 5t:13,85.5 for the Harbour of Port-patrick. £5,006 for completing the Caledonian Canal. £30,000 for the New Court of dtbtice. BRITISH MUSEUM. sC4o,ooowas proposed for the new buildings at theßritish Museum. ' Mr. BEA ON't took this opportunity of bearing testimony Ito the liberality of Sir George Beaumont, who had presented a col lection of pictures to the Museum. The collection, though small, contained some specimens of the finest 'description; and he (Mi. Beaumont) hoped that it would form the foundation of an exten sive and valuable gallery. . The CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEQUER said, no man in the country could entertain a higher opinion thah he did of the -ex traordinary liberality of the Honourable Geitleman who had made this present. Sir T. BARING wished that Somerset House, rather than the British Museum, had been made the receptacle for a national gallery of pictures. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, the gift of Sir George Beaumont had been to the British Museum expressly. Sir CHARLES LONG said that the gilt was expressly to the trustees of the British Museum; but, for a variety of reasons, Somerset-house was an onfit place. Dlr. W. SMITH, independent of a picture gallery, wished, for the credit of London, that Somcrset•howe were' completed. Mr. CROKER said, that those who proposed to carry the pic tures to Somerset-house had intended to build the east _wing for their reception. As it was, he wished that wing could be built, fbr the acco:nmodation of the Royal Academy, the present provision for which was very inadequate.—Vote agreed to. £41,000 was voted for the Ilarbotu at Kinsale. £14,467 for that of Donaghadee. MILL BANK PENITENTIARY. - - ,8 43,0.00 was proposed for the Millbank Penitentiary., - Mr. GORDON, before this vote was agreed to, wished to know what was to be the ultimate fate of the Penitentiary ? Mr. PEEL did not think it necessary to enter into the policy of first building that prison, nor could he say, at the present moment, what ultimately would become of it. This was certain, that it must be after very frill inquiry and investigation, if ever he was in duced to send prisoners there again. He understood it to be the intention of the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury to revive the Com mittee of last Session upon the subject; but for that information, be should have moved for the Committee himself. Mr. HUME hoped that the Committee, when it was revived, would review the heavy charge in the vote for salaries to officers. The salaries of the officers amounted to £6,000 a-year ; the main tenance of 1,000 convicts to something under £B,OOO. There was an item, too, for repairs, which, in the present state of things, he did not understand. _ _ Sir Al. W. El DLEY wished the medical report with respect to the , Penitentiary to be laid before the House. He understood that the prevailing complaint, diarrhoea; had appeared in the very outset of the establishment. . Mr. PEEL said that the report, with a variety of other in-forma tion, would be before the Committee. With respect to the charge for repairs, none should be undertaken which were not immediately necessary. X 25,500 was granted for deficiency of the fee fund in the depart ment of the Treasury. X 15,000 for the same in the department of the Irome Secretary of State. • £20,538 for the same, Foreign Secretary of State. £l4,soo—Secretary of State for the Colonies. £ls,42S—Privy Council and Council of 'Trade. £B,OOO for Contingent Expenses and Messengers Bills in the £9,75'7 for the same, Department of the Home Secretary. £38,450 for the same, Foreign Secretary. £7,500 for the same Secretary for the Colonies. £4,964 for the same, Privy Council. £5,665, expenses of the Court and receipt of Exchequer. £8,640, Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, clerks, ad incidental expenses. £11,966, expenses of the Houses of Lords and Commons. £21,619, Salaries and Allowances to Officers of the Houses of ords and Commona. £4,800, Fittings and Furniture to the two Houses of Parliament. £6,000, Compensation to the Commissioners for inquiring into the Collection of the Revenue in Ireland. 3,000, National Vaccine Establishment. £4,972, Superintendence of Aliens, and Superannuation from such duty. £10,190, (or Superannuation Aliovrances to persons formerly em ployed in public offices : £16,520 fur the Relief of Tnutonese and Corsican Emigrants. £6,500 for the Am6rican Loyalists. 5006 10s. tor maintaining Criminal Lunatics. £6,512 for Allowances to Protestant Dissenting Ministers Eng. land, poor French Protestant Refugee Clergy and Laity, and sun dry oilier Allowances.' X 17,000 for printing Acts of Parliament, Bills, Reports, Evi demo, &c. for the House of Lords. £7,831 for the Deficiency of the same Grant in I Bp. £4,047 for Printing the Itecotis of the Kingdom. £Bl9 for Printing Copies of the Marriage Act for the nse of the aC2o,ooo . for Printing Bills, Ece. for the House of Commons. £13,433 for Deficiency of the same Grant last year. £5,5'.0 for Printing 1,750 Copies of the 79th Volume of Journals. £1,597 for Deficiency of same Grant (for 78thVolunie) last year. £670 was granted tur printing deficiencies in 18:22. £,500 fur printing Votes for the present year. A 96,310 for Stationery, Printing, and Binding. £17,000 fur Law Expenses. £60,754 for maintaiuing Convicts at home. £1,171 for Salaries of Lecturers at Oxford and Cambridge. £38,000 fur Secret Service Money. £lO,OOO for the Extraordinary Expenses of- the Mint in the. Gold Coinage. • • • setoo,nod for the loss upon the Irish Silver . Tokens recoined. . The House then resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and askt.ll leave to sit again, which was granted: • The Cattle 111-treatment Dill was read a first time, ..Committed on Tuesday. The 'Revenue Inquiry Bill, the Usitry'Lsivisßepeal Bill, and the .Austrian Loan Convention Bill, passed through: Committees, The lichee hiving resumed, On the biotic/0 of Mr. Bringer, a Select Committee was formed to inquire into the itate of the Getni al Pcuitttithirjr. • Tie other Orders of the Day.were thets .. disposed and the Nouse stijoitrisod at (Lail-peat • .. • . ••." t 0.-O• • THE EVEN! NG s'k'AM . LONDON: ...„. TUESDAY. 'MARCH 2. 1A24, THE FUNDS. • . . STOCK EXCHANGE. ' TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 931, 1, and afterwards got up to 931 to 94, with a good deaLdoing ;. and for Money 931, /. FOREIGN FUNDS. - The Market opened this morning in Greek Bonds at 31 to 1. In other Foreign Securities there is very little doing. Current Prices:—New Spanish 181 to 19. Old 24/, Russisit ex. div. Chalon 83, Austrian 111 to 12, Neapolitan 871 to 88, New Prussian 96, Old 98, Mexican Scrip 81 to 1, Greek Zi 1, Mikes Mexican Mines / to 1 pre. Anglo 7/ to 8. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 240 1 / 2 239 3 / 4 240 S per ent. Reduced 94 1 / 2 3 / 4 3 per Cent. Cons. 93% 1 / 2 -3 1 / 2 per Cent. 102%1( 2 4 per Cents. Old 102Y8 103 102% 78 4. per Cents. New 108 107% —Bank Lott Ans. stint - Stock 279 1 ,4 280 279 Bonds 71. 735. 71 Old Annuities 93%8 Eacl;equer Bills (ELMO) 395. 435. - Coutols for Account 937 4 94.. • This forenoon we received *Pieemontese Gazettes t 6 the 20th ult. One of them contains an article from Corfu, dated the 24th of January, relating to the death of Sir Tnos. Al A ITLA ND, which must be highly fl ittering to the surviving ft iends of the deceased, whose death is stated to have involved the inhabitants of the lonian Islands in affliction. The Senate of Cot Cu has passed a Decree; ordering all public business to be suspended for three days in the Government and Law Offices; a general mourning for one month, and other testimonials of :egret, in consequence of the death of the Lord High Commissioner. The Paris Papers of Sunday are nearly filled with ac. counts of the progress of the Elections. The number of I)eptities hither to returned is 1112; of these 103 are Royalists, 'and nine Liberals ; but among the nine Liberals, General' FOY is thrice included, having been returned for three places. The whole number of Mem bers to be returned is 430; and, if we may calculate the proportion of Liberals 1101. the above returns, they will amount in all to about twenty.. THE ARMY. It is said that Major-General Lord FREDRILSCL Ilmrtiter, from the Grenadier Guards, will be appointed Colonel of one d the three Regiments of Foot that are shortly to be raised. It is stated that Major-General Sir limns LYON, K.C.B. 2nd G.C. H. will be appointed Colon'el of another of the said Regiments. It is also understood that Major-General CONRAN will be ap pok ted Colonel of another of the said Regiments. The 50th Infantry, in two divisions, left Brighton on Wednesday and Thursday. Their original destination, nn. quitting the town, had been made out for -Plymouth ; but, ere they marched, their route was altered, and they proceeded thence for Fort.anouth, there to embark for Ireland. At present, the whole of the miktary duties in Brighton are performed by the 7th Royal Hussars. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Joseph, Hottirrcu, arrived at Limerick from New York, spoke the Hannah, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Liverpool, on the 11th ult. in lat. 51. long. 22. with loss of ftiremast and, bow sprit ; and the Midas, Passer, from New York to Sligo, on, the 18th ult. fifteen miles to the westward of the Blzsketts, with loisof foremast and rudder. The 19th, it blew a tremendous gale from S.E. Yesterday the dispatches for St. Helena, Bombay, and China, by the ship London, were closed at the East India House; and deli vered to the Purser of that ship. FALMOUTH ' FILIRUA 29.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Hazard, Ds GROUCHY, from Gibraltar in twenty-two, days; Sarah, Game, from St. Nlary's (River Gambia) in forty-three s days, with loss of bulwarks, staunckinns, Bte. and Prince Coburg, PAO; from Lit bon in twenty-three days. Off Scilly, the Laurel, —, from Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 29. Wind E. - Arrived the James, tazosass, from 'Messina; Louisa, La Frvar, from Gibraltar; Dispatch Jones ;.and Three Brothefs, BROWN, from Lisbon. Porrsstourn, Mulcts N. W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship PULWARZ, from Plymouth. Sailed the Ranger, Southseaman; and Elizabeth, WICKHAM, for London. DEAL, MA acu W.N. W.—Came down from the River, the Kingstone, Leona; Reward, HARRIS; Massasoit, Amtsvitottc ; and Frederic, O'HARA, outward-bound vessels, and sailed for their destinations. YARMOUTH, MARCH I.—lt Ls feared that at least two s and proba bly three vessels, were lost on Harlin)* Sand 011 Friday morning. Yesterday morning the Princess AUGUSTA inspected the alterations making at her intended residence in the Stable-yard, St. James's, and afterwards returned to Bushy Park, where. her Royal Highness has_been on a visit for some days. The Duchess of CLARENCE, visited the Duchess of KENT at the Palace, Kensington, yesterd. WORCESTER, FEBRUARY 27.- DUEL PREVENTED.— A meeting was to have taken place on the Pitcheroft, on Monday morning, 23d inst. between Mr. H—l, and Mr. A—n,,both Gentle men of New Town, near this city, but by the interference ci their friends it was happily prevented.. Yesterday an Inquest was held before Mr. Uswur, Coroner, at the Cumberland Head Tavern, City-road; on the re mains of the bodies of John Veale, aged 30 years, and Thos. Evans. aged 15 years ' who were victims to the conflagration at Messrs. l'ickfords, onThursday last.—The Jury viewed the remains of the deceased persons, which luy at St. Luke's Workhouse in dudes; they were mere cinders. It appeared from the evidence that the fire was occasioned .by the bursting of a carboy of spirits and i boatman lighting a piece of paper to Observe where it bad run. The lighted paper set the spirits in a blase. Verdict—Accidental Death. . . This morning, about four O'clock, as Mr. and' Mrs. SitAwcnoss, residing in Charlotte-street,Fitaroy-square, were returning home from.Colnbrool in a horse and chaise, when near Isleworth, they were stopped by three footpads, one cf whom seized the reins of the horse, whilst the other two seized Air. and Mrs. S....and alter using them very roughly, and declaring with horrid imprecations they would murder both if they did .not surrender their property, they robbed them of all they possessed, consisting of seven sove:_inns, Mr. and Mrs, SIIAWCROSS'S watches, Mr. S.'s hat, and his wife's tra r , yelling cloak. After Orbs dept iving the travellers of their property, they escaped. Thomas Cox Rackstrow, whose case has been so Ire.. quently reported in our Paper, was yesterday sentenced, at toe Surrey Sessions, to seven years transportation, for 'fraudulently ob taining several sunis of money from individuals, under the pretence of teaching them r. new prccess of profile painting. Yesterday in the Court, of Common Pleas, the action of &W Y. Waterhouse was tried. It was brought by the plaintiff, who is q Jew, and by trade a watchmaker and jeweller, to recover .e 90 91 the value of his whole stock in trade, which was forwarded by the Balloon Coventry coach to London from Nottingham; an the 29d of July last it was stolen in the streets of Loudon from titepor ter's cart; as he was taking it to be delivered. For the defence, It spas contended that the plaintiff was not en titled to recover, ivasnioch as he was aware of the practice of the difupdatit not to make himself responsihle fop the safety of goods above the value of 51. unless specifically insured. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 11501. 03 the rigrowno ;hat the d e fendant had been guilty of negligence. LONDON:. puNishrd by I.strzt. * • - •11*“. Avenipir-Par KitiTs 1401111, s S t )b -' S - - ••• ) a