Star. — London, England, 1824-07-01 00:00:00

.- RbyAi ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Natiy . of the pupils in this Establishment proceed most successfully in their labours. Another morning Concert was given yesterday, at the King's Ancient 'Concert Rooms, which was fashionably and numerously attended. H. G. Blagrove and C. A. Seymour again distinguished themselves on the violin; and D. Smith, a pupil of Spagnoletti, was effective on the same instru ment in a Concerto. The instrumental performances were certainly excellent, and gave much satisfaction. The different parts were played with spirit and preci sion, and would have done credit to any concert. BOW-STREET-THIS DAY. ROBBERY AT EARL COWPER'S. Armes Harvis,Jayses Davis, Wnt. Sullivan, Was. ]larch, and Henry Hadley, were put to the bar, charged with being corcnn:d in the late burglary at Earl Cowper's stewards The prisoners were appre hended this morning, at a house in Chaneery-lane, by Bishop, Nicholls, Avis, and Morris, the officers, who, as we before stated, Lave been in active pursuit of them. With respect to Davis, Harris, and Iladley, the evidence is very strong, but not so with respect to the others, whose friends were sent to, and in the event of their story being correct, Sir RICIIA tin Blame .::..lid he would dis charge them. The others, however, he observsd, were not so for tunate ; as the Magistrates knew they were tight with respect to them, he should commit them. There is anothtr in custody, on another charge, in the City, and information was sent off, stating that he was charged with a capital felony, and to detain hies. THE Allllll'. We understand tl ere are to be several inpections an I Reviews of the Brigades of Foot Guards, the Coutuasture-ts-Citur being desirous personally to ascertain the correctness with which each particular Battalion moves according to the new system of ma :Anvil:l. Yesterday he inspected the :::econil Battalion of the Foot Guards; this morning he laspeved the First Bat:a:ion : a:id to morrow the Third Battalion of the same ii-gintent. iy be sees the Third Regiment. bloaday the who'e of the Grenadier Guards ere to be formed in Brigade, under the command of tile lion. 11. P. TewNsituNv, tote of the moat iatelllzent Cilicets of that zallant and distinguished Corps. On the 10th all the Batt:dims of the Guards, now doing duty in Lon.'on, arc to have a grand field day, under the direction of Colonel Woon:van, the most able tacti cian of the Brigade of Guards. The gm:A Cavalry Review on ilounslow-heat It, takes place on the 'ft% morning, at eight o'clock, the whole of the rey,intent cf the nonourable the East India Conipany mustered in t ?it: Warehouse Yard, in New-street, Bishoosgate; at nine, dun- rvirched off with fall band of mak, colours Hying, &c. to the Cat an,l Shoulcl,-r 4.f Mutton Field, under the command of Adjutant Ptcxts:am, where they had a grand held day, under the ins,-ection of Colonel .Is-ret.r.. (CiscoLa rt.) IlrawOrricu, JUNE '24, 1924. _ . _ . . . Sta—l ant directed by the Secretary at War, to annix for yaur information and guidance, a statement of the daily ettes of rl'ow ance made to General and other Staff Officers, and Ail) to Field and Staff Officers of Infantry Regiments, in lieu of forage for the horses required to be kept by them fur the public service, for the half year ending the 24th instant, agreeably to which the charges for the forage of the horses of the are to be corrected, where the proper charge has not been made in your accounts.—l am, &c. (Signed) LAU. SULIVAN. Paymaster of the STAIEMENT or THE DAILY RATES OF ALLOWANCE IN LIEU OF FOILAGE, 7011 TUE 11ALE-TEAR ENDING 2 4Tet JUNE, 1824. GREAT BRITAIN. Counties. Rate of Counties. Pate of Allowance. Allowance. s.d. s.d. Ilerks . 2 1 Somerset 1 10 Cornwall . 2 2 Suffolk . 2 1 Devon . 111 Surrey . 2 '2 Dorset . 1 11 Sussex . 2 1 .11.11 ex . 2 1 Warwick . 1 11 }lints . 2 0 York . 2 0 Kent . 2 1 North Britain 1 11 Lancaster 2 1 Guernsey . 111 lliddlesti 2 0 Jersey . 2 0 Nor folk 2 0 The Counties in Northampton 2 2 which there are 2 0 Northumberland 1 11 no Cont:aets Nottingham 1 10 IRELAND. Countirs. Rate of a. Allowance. s. d. Antrim . 1 11 Down . 1 L L Armagh . 1 ti Monaghan 1 8 . Cavan . 1 5 Fermanagh 1 5 Londonderry 1 8 . 1 7 Wicklow . 1 7 Kildare . 1 7 Kilkenny . 2 1 Carlow . £ 1 Queen's County 2 1 Louth 1 7 Aleath . 1 8 Wexford . 1 9 Galway . 1 6 Counties. Rate of Allowance. s. d. Sligo 1 5 . I 5 May.) . 1 7 Roscommon 1 5 Westmeath 1 5 Longford . 1 5 King's County 1 8 Cork 1 9 Waterford 1 8 Kerry . 1 11 Clare 1 7 Limerick . 1 7 Tipperary 1 7 The Counties in whi.h there are 1 8 no Contracts CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. Saturday (2Gth) the Catholic Association met at their rooms, Capel-street. JAMES O'CoNNELL, Esq. w•as called to the Chair. Mr. CONWAY stated that he had written to Lord Hol land, and enclosed the Petition to him, which it was re solved should be intrusted to his Lordship for presen tation in the House of Lords. He had received an an swer from his Lordship, which he should hand to the :3?eret:try. Those lettels were then read. The following is a copy of the reply of Lord Holland : " Holland House, June 17. " Gentlemen—l had the honour to recsive your letter and peti tion iLis morning; I beg you to accept my hest thanks for the very tlatterieg reasons you have assigned for intrusting the Petition to my care, and if I have neglected to comply with your request that I should present it to the House of Lords, I entreat you not to as cribe that neglect to any want of a due sense of the obliging manner in which you signified your wishes to me on the subject. " My motives in withholding the petition are my persuasion that it would not be received by the I louse, and nsy apprehension that a rejection of it would have a tendency to defeat, rather than promote, the objects you bad in view in conveying it to Parliament. The pe thion is unquestionably irregular, especially as in the body of it you deprecate the only proceeding which the House could, with any propriety, institute on a complaint, founded on a report of what had passed in debate in the House. Any report of a debate, true or false, is z. breach of privilege, and the House could not well allow it to be brought before them, much less make it the ground of any proceed... , :11;, without noticing and punishing it as such. On the other hand, tee circulation of calumnies, however base or unfounded, against (Asa individuals or classes of his Majesty's subjects, is punishable by other tribunals, and does not come within the original jurisdiction ofthe Upper House of Parliament. It is clear, therefore, that the lionse would either proceed against the pruner of The Times, for p . I .ortin g to give a report of the debates, or would reject the Peti tion. first of these proceedings would be directly contraryoto the ynu express in the Petition, and the last would give some publicity and currency to a story u hich I can assure you has made eo sensation here, without affording you any additional opportunity et investigating the truth, or exposing the falsehood of the state- Went of which you complain. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your obliged and obedient humble servant, tt V A SSA I. HOLLAND." Mr. O'Gorman then read a letter which had been ad ?tes%ed by Mr. Brougham to Mr. Conway ; and a letter from Mr. Hume, relative to the Petition on the object of tithes, which had been intrusted to that Gentleman; but diva contents were not important. Surrttr.— A young man, aged about thirty years, ram .. ta ll)Ornault Alusretifee, an inhabitant of -Sereepore, in the. insttiet ut died of severe fever on the 17th November auel who was about seventeen years old, having Oft 41 , iefant only two months of age to the care of her nearest !eiaion, burnt h e rself or. that very day the corpse of her , i‘czycaT, to the horrid vastum uf the Ilir.tious.--liknzal .411.4ru. na.L.l_sLairdhiGariNwill SOUTH AMERICAN INDEPENDF:NCE. - • Tuesday, a geeting of Merchants and others interested in the trade to South Aineriea,sconvened by the Mayor, was held at the Court-houe, Leeds, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning, his Majesty in Council to acknowletl;e the independ• encrt of Ihwnos A yre?, Chili, Pere, Mexico.P.nd Colombia. Ttroat.xs TESSAYT, Esq. the Mayor, having taken the Chair, said he had convened the meeting in consequence of a requisition (which he read), signed by a number of most tespectable mercan tile films, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the King to acknowledge the independence of certain States of America, lately under the dominion of Spain. The meeting was not numerously attended. A Petition to his Majesty, in similar terms to the requisition was agreed upon, and Left open fur signature by such persons as were favourable to it. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Arrived off Dover, the Rig; Rorr.r, from Tobago ; and the Sandwich, K :, from St. Lucia. Arrived off Dartmouth, the Sir Edward Hamilton, from Jamaica, Mt - mount, JUNE 29.—Wind W.S. W. Arrived the Perseve ranee, Boworx, front St. John's, New Brunswick. Off the port. the Cho , CUMMINGS, from St. Vincent's in thirty-seven days; Naz zingby, Dorm, from Port-au-Prince. POK TSMOUTIf, JUNE 70.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Jane, THOW. from Riga. Off the Wight, the Dryad, FELL, from Tobago; and James, SCOTT, from Fayal. DEAL, JUNE 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Martha Jane, LAT. TEN, from Amsterdam; Ohio, 31racuNt ; and Ann, Show, from Rotterdam also, and sailed for the River, the Albion, Minnow:, from Demerara; Florida, HODGSON, front Zante; and Ann, STEW. ono., from the Lit: of France. Came down from the River, the llighlander, Mrrenzt.o, for Bermuda ; Iledleys, Caocxxv, for Rio; and Britannia, WILLITT, fur Terceira. RAMtiCATE, JUNE 30—arrived off this port, the Emma, MARTIN, from the Mediterranean, having on boatel Sir WILLIAIL CURTIS, BEM She is placed under quarantine. Cowit-t, JUNE 50. Arrived the Retrieve, ROBINSON, from Ha vannah : the Master reports, that on the 4 28th ult. a French brig and an Amer:can schowier were captured by pirates in the Gulf of Florida ; the crew of the brig were all murdered, Cltept one man, and the crew of the schooner also, except three men, who made their etcape by jumping overboard. PA! LIAMENT.MY PAPERS. TI e value of the produce and manufactures of the United King dom, exported from Great Britain, according both to the " real and declared value." 1321 - . aE35,826,032 1822 .. - 36,176,896 1325 - - 34,691,124 According to the official rates of valuation -1821 - - .. • /40,194,892 . . 1/422 - - - 43,558,488 18:3 - - 43,144,466 The value of the import!, according to the official rate of valua tion (the real value of them cannot be obtained—the official rate thaws the relation of one year to another) has increased. It was in 1821 - £29,724,173 1822 - - - 29,40 1 ,807 1823 - - - 34,544,245 The Foreign and Colartial Merchandize exported was in value, according to the official rates of valuation, in 1821 - - X 10,602,090 1822 - - - 9,211,927 1823 - - - 8,588,995 These statements mime to Great Britain, and exclusively of the trade to Ireland, which would add about a million to the expo:ts and imports, and not affect the rate of increaAe and decrease. .... The vessels registered in the British Empire on the tiOtk of Sep tember, 1821 amounted to - 2,560,202 tons 1822 - - - 2,519,014 1823 - - - 2,506,760 The men employed in navigat:ng alma in 1821 - 169,179 1822 - - - 166,333 1823 - - - 165,474 THE RECORDER'S REPORT. Yesterday the RECORDER made his Report to the KING in Council, of the following prisoners under sentence of Death, in the Jail of Nen-gate ; namely, Joseph Johnson, aged 29 ; John Reading, 33 ; Rohr. Trebel', 17 ; John Morrison, 18 ; James Thomas, 13 ; William Reynolds, 21 ; and Mary Watson, 37, stealing in a dwelling-house to the amount of forty shillings and upwards. Richard Harr, 17 ; John %VlWarns, 19; Thomas Davis, 23 ; John Thompson, 19; Johnson, 19; and John Bailey, alias Donald 3i' Craw, 20—BurgLxv. _ Richard Cordwell, 19; and Ann Gates, 22—Highway rubbery. William Whalley, 31—Secretit.g a letter containing a rank -note, hu being in the employment of the General Post•offce. Thomas King, 59-11nrse-stealing. John Colclough, 35, personating a soldier who was entitled to prize.money, with intent to receive the same; and James Clark, 9'2, abetting Colelough in so doing. _ _ _ The foregoing were convicted in June Session, with the excep tion of John Bailey alias M'Craw, who was tried in April Session; When John Williams, John Reading, and Thomas Davis, were Ordered for execution on Monday next. The others %vele all respited during his MAJESTY'S pleasure.—The case of James Thos. Boyce, for cutting and maiming, is deferred to the next Report. Letters received yesterday from Malta to the 29th ultimo mention, that accounts had reached there from Alexandria of an insurrection having broken out in the Upper Provinces of Egypt, in which it was at first feared some English travellers had just their lives; but thi, latter apprehension has fortunately proved unfounded. The rebellion had been produced by the exertions of a Sheik, who pretended to prophesy, and had gained many followers. The Pacha had in consequence delayed his departure for the Moi ea. By the latest accounti from Cairo, it is stated that the plague was raging di eadfully, and it was calculated that 350 persons died daily. A singular circumstance happened in Passage -street, Hull, on Thursday last. A poor little sweep had gone up a chimney, when, this being his first adventure, be stuck fast in a pot on the top. In his struggle for life as well as liaerty, the pot came r,ff, and both fell toge ther on the roof of the house; the little fellow, emanci pated Borth his prison by its being smashed to pieces, rolled off the roof, from a height of two stolies, into the street. He was terribly bruised, but no bones were broken, and he is fast recovering. A man of the name of Charles Callaghan, residing at Mountshannon, was returning from the fair of Tom greatly, on Saturday week; when passing through the village of Scariff, county of Clare, a number of people were assembled in the streets, and the man being some what inebriated, said that he was an Orangeman.. Im ' mediately a ruffian from the crowd rushed forward, r and struck him with a two-handed club twice over the ear, which fractuted his skull, and the poor man in stantly expired. An Inquest was taken on the body by Thomas Sampson, Esq. which was adjourned three times, to produce et idence, and afford every facility to the fullest investigation. After examining a number of witnessess, the Jury agreed to the following vet dict " That the deceased came by his death in consequence of two blows of a two-handed club, which he received on the head and broke his skull ; and that Jas. Morony, of Clonesker, is the man suspected of the murder." The Second Number of that new creation in Litera ture, the MONTHLY CRITICAL GAZ:77TE, was published to the Trade last night, and to the Public Clia morning. The demand has been 131316NSII; UtIJ though the p. ice has unavoidably been raised to 2s. and the jealous f&lings of sem:! rival Proprietors have crossed its path, jut its general reception is more than problematical. This Number coni.tins critical analyses of the eighty-eight English Pub lications which appeared in May, and of ten Foreign Walks ; and every succeeding Number will combine similar novelty, •ariety, and utility. FEIIIALE FASHIONS FOR JULY. Evornii CosTvtaa.,—Over a pink satin slip is worn a round dress: of Kensington lace, ,beautifully sprigged. • The border, whiCh ex tends almost half way up the skirt, is wrought in the mast rich and beautiful p;ttern of branches, with flowers; this border Ps sur mounted by a broad flounce, so that the flounce, instead of being near the edge, appears in the middle of the skirt. 'rhe corsage is of pink satin, finished with lace ornaments in a chaste and novel style, and the sleeves are trimmed in a correspondent manner. 'The head-dress consists of a Russian toque of pink satin, surmounted by white feathers, playing in various directions. From La Belk Assenibi& PROMENATM DRass.—Pelisse of lavender-colour Bros de Naples: the (visage made plain and close, displaying the beauty of the form ; broad hand of the same, edged with a double cording of satin, round the waist, which is rather long : the sleeves fuller than have been lately worn, and from the wrist nearly to the elbow, are three full puffins, confined with bands, and fastened by circular silk buttons; the epaulette is plain, being merely divided op the centte. and edged with a double cording of satin, which surrounds the whole of the pelisse and the trimmings: the bottom of the skit has two broad roulcaus beneath a row of deep points, each finished with a silk button at top; the front ornanimted to correspond ;1 the trimming bein g placed longitudinally, and the points united by the buttons, as usual: the trimming is very broad at the bottom., lessens as it approaches the waist, and widens as it extends to tit?' shoulders. llannet, manufactured from British grass, being a close imitation of the finest Leghorn ; the brim broad. and standing nut, except in the front, where it bends downwards: the crown is rat low, and has two large bows of lavender-colour gauze tibbon and two of yellow in front, with an intermixture of flowers. Cottage cap of net, with very full single border of Ihickinghamshire lace, and a bunch of roses on the sigh: side. The hair slightly psited on the forehead, anti disposed in light curls. Gold chain and eye glass. Primrose-colour gloves and shoes.-4e.kei monies Repwitory„kc. BALLOON AT EDINBURGH. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE STAR. MOMIAY EPENIX.I2, SSVES P. SIR-If the news of this letter can be of any service to yoa, I shall be vet y glad. As balloons ate not so rare with you Londoners, perhaits you may not thank me for the account of an ascent which took place here this day. us, how ever, such things ate very rare. Lunardi, a : . sreat many years ago, ascended here, and after him M r. ' ' Sadler— the ascension of the latter was in 1815,1 think ; arid it was attended with circumstances which cet tainly would go to prevent either him or any other aeronaut trying an ascension in this city again. At that time, the wind proving unfavourable, he was likely to be carried directly out to sea, and he consequently descended at Portobello, ' about three miles from town. This exasperated the mob—at best a very unruly community—so much, that they followed him, and before he could get his balloon secured, it was torn from him, and divided into many ' thousand pieces, while he,, poor man, with di ffi culty escaped with his life. Mr. W. Sadler, who is repre- , sented to us as the son or nephew of that otherwise fortunate aeronaut, and who k also represented as the ' Manager of either the Gas-works of Liverpool or those • of Manchester, being encouraged by some people here, has run the ri,k of experiencing bad treatment from the mob of this city, and advertised to ascend this day at two o'clock, from the Green in front of Heriot's Hos pital. If the day was favourable a certain signal was to be made at 8 A.M. When I ro=e at eight, I was much afraid, from the appearance of the sky, excessively heavy and cloudy, that he would not be able to ascend.— His balloon continued filling, notwithstanding a smart shower of rain about ten, which lasted for a quarter of • an hour ; and notwithstanding the positive negative put to his going up by people who professed to know better than the committee, at the head of whom was a worthy Professor of great science in our College, Mr. Sadler succeeded, by placards, in assuring the people that he wally would ascend, as advertised. About one the day brightened—though to this hour the sky has a heavy and watery appearance. A little before three, Mr. Sadler entered the car, and all the ropes which passed over the top of the balloon being fastened to the hoop at the point next the car, he made his signal for ascending. I should here mention that the balloon was simply held down by Gentlemen holding by the car, and not by ropes, which require to be cut. A Gentleman entered the car, but whether it had been arranged he should be the companion of Mr. Sadler or not, I do not know, for he had not been seated above a minute, when he lost all nerve, was re duced to the colour of this paper, and was glad to get his feet on terra firma. A Mr. Campbell, of Saddle, then came forward, and being seated, the balloon was several times allowed to rise about six feet, being the height the Gentlemen who had a hold of the car could reach to, and it was as often pulled down, until at last Mr. Sadler thought his supply of ballast was sufficient to enable him to rise gently. The holders of the car having let go their hold, at three minutes past three the aeronauts ascended amidst great cheering : it was grand beyond' description. Mr. Green's ascension in London, at the Coronation, was like that of a rocket in rapidity compared with this of Mr. Sadler, which was almost as slow as a volume of smoke in a calm day. The balloon took a westerly direction, lather beating south, but in two minutes,having experienced a westerly breeze, it was again directly over our heads. It con tinued to go east, and passed closely over the top of St. Giles's steeple, the new Observatory on the Calton Hill, and appeared as it would fall in the Filth. What breezes did exist had now subsided, and m e saw the men of war boat; pull off to their assistance. The aeronauts, however, had only for their own amusement thus sunk through the air so as almost to touch the , ocean, for they quickly re-ascended, and I followed them with my eye going direct N.E. till half-past four. I have no doubt they would descend easily on the cast coast of Fife, between Kilrenny and Crstil ; by the time I left them, they must have been close on that coast. Nlr. Sadler was attended at his setting out by all the fashion in this city at this quiet season ; I myself noticed The Earls of Caithness and Leven; Sirs Alexander Don John Marjoribanks, Wm. Forbes, W. Arbuthnot, Alexander R amsay, and General Duff, with large parties of Ladies. 1..104411... Eleanor Flora THE BENEFITS OF FREE TRADE. —The East India Company pay to their ships to and from China 221. to 271. per ton for the voyage. Last week, the Moffatt and Juliana, two teak-built ships, were chartered ender the new Act of Parliament to China, and back to the Bri tish settlements in Noith America, with teas, &c. at 101. 8.6.1. and 10/.9:7.6d. per ton register fir the voyage. IlEttmonn, JUNE 30.—Yesterday, the Magistrates met at our County Jail, for the purpose of exatnining witnesses, &c. relative to the burglary at Bid Cowper's steward's. The examination was kept quite private, and the result was, that Dudjkld (who is confined in this prison as a supposed accessary after the fact) is again remanded for a week. WII EELER INSECT.—The wheeler insect is a curious micro.copical object. Take a little dust cf rotten tim ber and a drop of water; by and bye the insect appears, two horns arise on its head, and then a wheel, the velo city of which is surprising. It sails among the dust as ii amidst islands. Tile wheel seems intended, by suc tion; to draw in numbers of smaller insects, its food. _ SPORTING -LVTELLIGENG4 ..a:°•Nr. • SAILING Yesterdayday appointed MAT fo C r F t t h El r was the egiving the rise of a new Peter-boat, by t h e Coronation Fleet Choi to be contended for by El ,hermen' s common wor ki ng Peter - boats , not exceedingtwenry- Circe feet long each, from the fore-part of the stem to the after p . .rt of th e stern-p ist, and who se ownets • o b ta i n t h e i r living by hshirg upon the rivers Thames nr Medway. This is the first, or nearly the first time, that th e industrious fishermen of th e 'Nantes have been excit e d to a tria l of skill by th e p rom i se o f rewar d . T his being the case, it may well be supposed that many attempted the contest more from hope than expectation, and the consequence was that, nut of the thirty-two who started, more than bail were di.- taaced, never going round th e h a lf- way b oat at all. Long before the appointed tithe, the Cumberland Gardens, where the prize Peter-boat was exhibited, were crowded with all sizes and degrees, and the opposite shore of Millbank presented a still more humorous and diversified appearance. The day was very various in its different aspects. ' " The sky was blue as the summer sea— The depths were c:oudless over heal." But, on the whole, the day was extremely favourable for an evade excursioti. At a quarter before four the first signal-gain was fired for the boats to take their stations at Vauxhall-bridge, and make ready to start. livery boat that could boast a sail, or an oar, or a checked kerchief, nir.v got ender way, and expectation was all agog, when " peal the second rattled in their ear; 1" and away went the peter-boats, men and ail. For the first bee minutes, owing to the excellence of her start, the Sally, of Rot herliiihe, took the lead, but it was soon perceived that her light sailing was not sufficient for the stiff breeze that was blowing, and she very shortly dropped in the rear of the Four Brothers, of Rochester, who was the favourite from the beginning. This latter vessel gailantly took the lead for more than a mile, when tl:e Daniel and Elizabeth, likewise of llo chel.ter, made head, and neatly overtook her. It was now that the tactics of the ricer were put into full play, and fora very long way the Four Brothers out-manceuvred the latter, by constantly crossing her, and taking the wind out of her sails. In the meantime the Co ronation boat, in which were Commodore Nettlefold and the rest of the umpires, made head, and was moored off the Powder Mills, just this side of Putney-bridge. It was round this that the vessels to go preview; to returning, and it was here that the steersman of the Daniel and Elizabeth shewed laisoitaperior skill. kotead of continuing to lie along shore (at this time they were sailing against the wind), he stood out for the middle of the stream, and so con trived to have a more gradual tack to perform, by which means he caught the wind the whole way, while, on the other hand, the Four Brothers having to perform a tack nearly at right angles across the river, rame up but slowly. The consequence was, that the Daniel and lizabeth, which had been fifty yards behind, now turned the corner first by a boat's length, and the Four Brothers never again got the lead. In corning back, however, the wind fell, and though everything was done to keep the Daniel and Elizabeth a-head, she was too heavy a sailer to make way against the lighter boats, and by the time they had reached the Red Douse, Battersea, the Lively and Favourite were abreast, and at this time vigorous exertions were made by the Ebe nezer, though unsuccessfully : perhaps the most beautiful part of the sailing was where the Daniel and Elizabeth, taking the lead in returning, bore close upon the Middlesex shore, and fur nearly a quarter of a mile pursued her course within a very few yards of the shore ; this made a rare jumble among the pleasure parties, and in more than one instance, an unfortunate wherry, avoiding Chas rybdis in the shape of the peter-boat, ran into Scylla by boring its nose into a sand-bank ; and we particularly observed two that met with this fate, whose crews had been quarrelling with and vitupe rating one another the whole day, se that we might now say, " Thy rival staggers ; conic and spy her Deep in the mud as thou art in the m ire. " Within the last quarter of a mile the Daniel and Elizabeth, the Favourite, the Ebenezer, and the lively, were nearly abreast, but by a superior cross, the last•mentioned boat pushed before its an tagonists, reached the goal first, and was saluted by a discharge of cannon, Rule, Britannia struck up by the hand in Cumberland- Gardens, and the shoots of the many thousands of spectators. The owner of the Lively then landed, and was conducted to the prin. A select body of the Cumberland Fleet dined at the Cumberland Tavern ; and, after the usual loyal and patriotic toasts being drank, were waited upon by the fortunate winner of the Prize, when he was addressed in a neat speech by the Commodore, who proposed his health, and success to him. The honest sailor's thanks were brief, but in good style—" Gen. Remise of this here Club, I thank you for that there boat, and God save the King." Ile then retired, when others of his companions were introduced, and we understand that " The Fleet" determined to give another similar prize, to be sailed for at a future day. Thus ended this eventful day, and many that were " sure to win" came off but poorly—the " Happy Return" never returned at ally while the " Favourite" could get no one to back her—the" Wilful Murder" failed of being in at the death—the " Foul Weather" proved but a fair weather boat—and as to the " Happy-go-lucky," why it would not go at all. Notwithstanding the crowded state of the Thames, we beard of no accidents; though, during the contest, the Sally lost her sprit, and the Favourite had her hawse carried away. Catstensintr, JeKE 29.—Yesterday the grand sailing match took place at Whitstable. In the early part of the morning the roads leading to that place were crowded with vehicles of every descrip tion, filled with well dressed parties, together witk many hundreds of pedestrians. The baud from this city dertirted about six o'clock, accompanied with flags, and decorated wits oak houghs ; and the band also from Faversham arrived in the morning, who enlivened the scene by occasionally playing lively airs. The morning being uncommonly fine, the blue expanse of the ocean was covered with gaily dressed vessels, and the cattpd'rril altogether was very impos ing. The following is the order of sailing, which was delayed some considerable time in consequence of there not being wind sufficient to fill the sails: TIRSt CLASS. Tons. Vessels' Names. Providence - William and Alice Anna Eliza - 26 Captain Genrge Bell 26 - James Bell 24 - John Terry 24 - Isaac Terry 24 - Nihilism Houk SECOND CLASS. 13 Captain John Nicholls - 1 13 -- John Foreman 2 15 -- William Kemp - 3 16 John Bowden - 4 13 -- T. Nicholls, got aground 12 H, Bartonovidadrawn - 2 Industry - United Friends Alert - - Vigilant WAIlLim and 'Mary bredgerman's alight Delight Endeavour THIRD CLASS. 12 Captain William Waters 1 12 -- William Nicholls 2 Sprightly - - is ---,. William Reeves IS Blue-eyed Maid .. 7 - -- Matthew Browning 4 The Deli i ;lit aas the first vessel in, but is tint entitled to any prize, in consequence of not turning the 'boat on the right side. Accounts have been received of the arrival of the LION cutter at Sacrificios, an island situated a few leagues from the shore of Mexico, on the 27th of April, having on board the first retaittarce to the Mexican Government on account - of the loan negotiated in this country. Two Gentlemen, supposed to be deputed by the contractors for that purpose, had landed at Alva rado, and proceeded from thence to Mexico with dis patches relative to the loan. The arrival of the law; at Sacrificios, where it was understood that vessel was to remain until further orders were transmitted front the coast, bad excited some alarm and suspicion at Al varado, which is only worthy of notice as tending to shew how much the Mexican Government was on the alert to frustrate any machinations that might be con trived against them. The letters from Alvarado, which are dated the 24.1 May, confirm the fact of Gen. BRAVO'S having been appointed Supreme President, an office which he appears to have commenced with great energy. —The greatest annoyance to Mexican society has lat terly been occasioned by the robbery of peaceable com mercial travellers, by brigands, whose sole merit was their possessing the tank of soldiers. He had, previous to the 22.1 of Apt il, made an example in Mexico, by the execution of three of these desperadoes; and the leaders of the miscreants who murdered Mr. CRAWFORD ) and plundered him of his property, had been arrested, and were forthwith to be brought to trial before a Military Commission. General BuAvo had also issued peremp tory instructions to the Governors of Districts and ,of Cities, to arrest all suspected of r obbery , and to bring withoutthem It~aitingleffoo:etheMtioliotaaryowCroruocrtesssfor j of civil tid rrie4n.to Awe. -- Lv- 7 ,ittg4;,iai ~ic~ ~-~ - .; ~ .M • Jct.!' . No. CI k ' i N It