Star. — London, England, 1826-02-06 00:00:00

THE. LORD CHANCELLOR. We art happy to say that his Lordship itif continues to improve in health. He now only experiences a slight pain in the foot but .s his Lordship has been so kink confined to his room, he is, of :nurse, obliged to be cautious how he leives It is expected, however, that his Lordship will bialsle to come &ion tomorrow or Wednesday. His MAJRSTY has shewn the "Oast anxious soli :nude during the whole of his Lordship's indisposition, and an sccoultt of the progress of his health is regularly transmitted to W indsur with the public dispatches. LAW HERM 1. • HOME CIRCUIT. Iltfore Mr. Baron A LILIANDCR and Mr. Baron GRAHAM. I.lt-rtford.hire—Wednesday, March 1, at Hertford. I:Nies—Monday, March 6, at Chelmsford. S:rrry—Monci;i March 13, at Yingston•upon-Thanes. Sus+rx—Monday, March 20, at Horsham. 'Kcnt—Aloriday, March 27, at Mahhtoue. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FIZILOARY 4. WRIT OF RIGHT. —ANGEL V. ANGEL. This was a proceeding in a writ of right, brought to r cover some lands in Yorkshire. The Sheriff had been commanded to summon " flu- lawful Knights of his county, girt with swords," to cr•me into Court, and make election of the Grand Assize, in pursuance of which, four Gentlemen (who were in reality Esquires), girt with sword., entered the Jury box. ' Mr. Seijeant VAUGHAN said, it was his duty to take what might appear a chivalrous course, for notwith standing the Gentlemen summoned were armed with swords, he should challege all of them—(. loud laugh). The Learned Gentleman then read his plea, which stated that the defendant challenged the said Edward Place (the first of the four Gentlemen), because he was nit a lawful Kn;ght ; and proceeded to argue that the Gentlemen returned were not eligible, nor possessing tLc title cf Knight : and cited a case in the reign of :.1v and 111. where the Court refused to allow the re tirn because they were not Knights. The LORD CHIEF Jusvcn said, there the Sheriff had tt.e persons returned Gentlemen, here he has called them Knights. The word, Sir, was merely a term of respect, and not confined in ancient usage to Nn;ghts, but employed in addressing all persons of high rank, except Bishops." Sir Duke' was then a corn. mon expression : " My Lord" is comparatively recent. Mr. S;rjeant Ilosamluirr argued that in this case the Sheriff's return was conclusive, and could not be traversed. The LORD CHlst JUSTICE said it had been decided that Esquires were Knights in law for the present pur• pose. Almost all the County Members in the present Pull +meta, though called Knights in the writ, wtre, in tact, Esquires. In the present•day, no one would pre •uine to say that the untitled Gen ry of England were less respectable than those who had received the order of knighthood. The rest of the Court concurred with his I,u , dship. _ _ _ The Knights were then sworn, and retired for half an hour, when the). returned with a list of the Jury they had elected. Mr. Serjeant VA UGHAN afterwards moved, ex-parte, that this c..se should be tried at the bar of this Court.— He stated that this action was brought in respect of three•lourth parts of certain light-houses, si tuated at .the mouth of the Humber, the tolls of which ainour.ted to 6,0001. per annum. The stake was, there• tote, large, and the question would involve the con struction of two Acts of Parliament, and might deter mine matters relating to the interest of the Crown, or the grantee of the Crow n, besides which, the terms of a will, drawn in a very ambiguous manner, must come under discussion. On these grouads, he submitted the Court would be induced to grant a tri 11 at bar. The COURT said, as he had not given notice of this motion, he could only ask for a rule to shew cause why the trial should nut take place at bar, and the rule was accordingly granted on those terms. CONSLSTORY COURT, FasatrA KY 4. WESTMEATH AND WESTIMATH. Dr. JENNER was heard this day on behalf of the Nlai psis of Westmeath, in support of his Lordship's suit for the restitution of conjugal rights, and against that of the Marchioness for a divorce. The Learned Advocate's speech lasted exactly five hours, until the rising of the Court. This subject has been so often be. fore r;ae public, that it is unnecessary to det a il minut e ly the to,.ics of the speech.. The Learned Advocate con tended, that unless the facts of cruelty or adultery were clearly proved, the Conic could not gran: a sentence of divorce. Th:.) e had been no case in which cruelty was held to be established, unless there had been danger to the Le or health of the party. Quarrels arising from excess of temper on one side, and aggravat' on the other, afforded no ground for the Gem is sentence unless dan ger had teen threatened to life, li:nb, or health. It had been held in this Court, that such danger was essential to establish ctueity••••-3 ground from which the Court had never been driven. There had been no case an which sentence wps pronounced, but where there was reason for the apprehension of hurt. Petty vexations, it was held, were not grounds for asking legal relief— people must relieve themselves as well as they could by proper assistance. This Court had a duty to perform to the public, in preventing an impression that people w:io had contracted to live together could be relieved ;ions their contract on slight grounds. After going 'i.rough the evidence, the Learned Doctor maintained, horn the letters taken altogether, that no violence was !eferred to ; but altercations, arising from the provoking t , ndtict of L +sly Westmeath; and the Learned Gentle man read a solemn written promise of her Ladyship, i t , ISIS, that she would abstain from troabling the -ce of her husband by allusions to Margaret West !the mother of the illegitimate children) or her affairs." The mode in which they lived together after their no minal separation was likely to produce squabbles. Lady Westmeath was living with a splendid establishment of eleven servants, totally independent o: Lord Westmeath, who was merely ass inmate in her house, with a single groom; yet the world believed them to -be living as man and %Ile, and they mixed in the same parties. It,e total separation occurred through a quarrel between rd the housekeeper, who admitted longing to his Lordship, yet she re ',tiers and give theirs up. He did the presses and take them, and Led upon the conduct of Mr. Wood ) ;hale was the violence to Lady West .niatkable, that no one witness from ip's I!tnily was brought to prove the ;band. On the contrary, the family A to her; and in 1816 and 1817 she ;rounds 4 her tipeiscation to her . of Salisbury, fur an advance of 'estmeatl), " his uniform kindness." latent Oak tie (Dr. Jeamer) read the . Lady Westmeath had put to her bury— > nantely, whether Lord West; !celled to publish some secrets which , ovieJge respecting her (LAO , Sails. ing .he last 40 years of her tile?— This was done li order to diseredit the testimony of thel Marchidness of S4lisbury; and it shew•ed the spirit which actuated L , dy Westmeath, with respect to the removal of Lady foci from her mother, after the sepa• ration, which Dr. Lashington had reprobated, and had stigmatized as base those who assisted his Lordship in the object. Lord Westm ath Was pefectly jiptified in •the act. The reflection of the Learned Advocate vas 0 erefore unwarranted. It was, besides, his own com plaint, not his client's ; for Lady Westmeath had not alleged it as an act of cruelty. But there was another ground for the snit. A charge of adultery had been brought against Lord Westnteath with five persons, from which her Ladyship's Counsel had selected two, Jane Smith and Mary Brennan. The previous ac quaintance of his Lordship with Smith had been com pletely disproved, and the statements of Mrs. Windsor were improbable. Did she remonstrate with Smith or 'with his Lcodship on the scenes of familiarity she spoke of ? No; she was silent until called to Lady West meath. As to the other case, the witnesses examined were three in number, one of whom had been convicted of a conspiracy to charge Lord Westmeath with adul tery with another person. The facts stated by the otter two were neither specific nor probable. The Learned Gentleman concluded by denying that any evidence of legal cruelty had been 'famished againt his client, ar.d that there was not a shadow of proof-as to the adultery. There was abundant testimony that Lord Westmeath was kind and affectionate. He therefore contended that the Marchioness could not have the sentence she prayed for, but that his Lordship was entitled to claim the restitution of his marital lights. Dr. JOINZII . I argument, which our limits have obliged us to abridge, occupied the Court until its rliing. Lord Weltineath an( I ,:.e I ihi pipers beim fused to obey his on 1 S L. icioie break open e might have 'Ames 4 the trinket,. But whe • 14.itli ? It wits rem • ErHong her Lad ship R cisehy of her husba rf spoke :4 his kisidnem 1.1. ed, as the gr t. :it. er, the Marquis le "' ney to Lot (I We a ;', .t.t, with Astonisht is 17 Citr.gatory which g "I' ih r, L.dy S.ili,b h . ...I/Ith had 110 t tilleia us • 44i come to hi, knfi , ` 4 ') . 5) -ua.luct dori ...... LORD BYRON'S STAGE MANAGEMENT. When I belonged to the Drury-lane Committee, and was one of the Stage Committee of Management, the number of Plays upon the shelves was about five hun dred. Conceiving that amongst these there must be sonde of merit, in person and by proxy, I caused an investiga tion. Ido not think that of those which I saw, there was one which could be conscientiously tolerated. There never were such things as most of them. Maturin was very kindly recommended to me by Walter Scott; to whom I bad recourse, firstly, in the hope that he would do something for us himself ; and, secondly, in my despair, that he would point out to us any young or old writer of promise. Maturin sent his Bertram, and a letter without his address; so that at first I could give him no answer. When lat last hit upon his residence, I sent him a favourable answer, and something more substantial. His play succeeded, but I was at that time absent from England. I tried Coleridge, too, but he had nothing feasible in hand at the time. Mr. Sotheby obligingly offered all his tragedies; and I pledged myself, and, notwithstanding many squabbles with my committeed brethren, did get Iran accepted, read, and the parts distriboted. But, lo !in the very heart of the matter, upon some tepidness on the part of Kean, or warmth on that of the author, Sotheby withdrew his play. air J. B. Burgess did also present four tra gedies and a farce, and I handed them to the Green room and Stage Committee ; but they would not do. Then the scenes I had to go through ! The authors and the authoresses—the milliners and the wild Irishmen— the people from Brighton, from' Blackwall, from Chta ham, from Cheltenham, from Dublin, from Dundee; who Ca= in upon me !—to all whom it was proper to give a civil answer, and a hearing, and a reading. Mtn. Glover's father, an Irish dancing-master, of siXty years, called upon me to request to play " Archer'," dressed in . silk stockings, on a frosty morning, to chew his legs, (which were certainly good and Irish for his ag-, and had been still better). Miss Emma Somebody, with a play entitled the Bandit of Bohe►nia, or some such title or production; Mr. O'Higgins—then resident at Rich mond—with an Irish tragedy, in which the Protagonist was chained by the leg to a pillar during the chief part of the performance. He was a wild man, of savage ap pearance, and the difficulty of not laughing at him was only'io be got over by reflecting on the probab e con sequeuces of such a cacrunnation. As lam really a civil and polite person, and do hate giving pain when it can be avoided, I sent them up to Douglas Kinnaird, who is a man of business, and sufficiently ready with a negative, and left them to settle with him ; and as at the beginning of next year I went abroad, I have since been little aware of the progress of the Theatre. Players are said to be an impracticable people. They are so; but I managed to steer clear of any disputes with them, and excepting one debate with the elder Byrne about Miss Smith's pas de—something (I forget the technicals), I do not remember any litigation of my own. I used to protect Miss Smith, because she was like Lady J 3ne Harley in the face ; and likenesses go a great way with me indeed. In general, I left such things to my more bustling colleagues, who used to reprove nee seriously for mit being able to take such things in hand, without buffooning with the Histroni ans, and throwing things into confusion by treating light mitters with levity. Then the committee—then the sub•committee—we were but few, and never agreed. There was Peter Moore, who contradicted Kinnaird; and Kinnaird, who contradicted everybody. There new two Managers, Rae and Dibdia, and our secretary, 'ard—and yet we were all very zealous, and in earnest to do good, and so forth. Hob h ouse furnished us with prologues to our revived old English plays, but was not pleased with us for complimenting him as the " Upton" of our theatre, (Mr. Upton is, or was, the poet who writes the songs for Astley's)and almost gave up prolog uizi lig in consequence. Saturday, a deputation of G sidemen connected with the Silk Trade, waited by appointment upon Llrd LIVERPOOL, at Fife House, where they met his Lord ship, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the PRE SIDENT and VICE-PRESIDENT of the BOARD Of TRADE, and Mr. HERRIES, the Secretary of the Treasury . , for the purpose of receiving an answer to certain reports which they had delivered respecting the &tate of the Silk Manufacture of the country, as compared with that of the Continent. Messrs. Gino/4, HALE, JAMES, BELL, BALLAPCE, MORSE, Woi.t.Rst, &c. attended. After an inteicourse of more than two hours, during which the various topics connected with these Reports were fully and amply discus.ed, with various degrees of success, as far as regards the present admission or postponement of foreign .manufactured silks, the depir• tation received the unqualified answer of .Lord LtvaA POor. and Iris 'colleague', that they sate no re 'son ever tor recommend ng th Paili.tment the postpone ment of the .ntrocictwn of foreign wrought silks be yond the sth of July bext. An Eliglish oni.rn will love yots;a Scotch woman will co wrse with pm, and an , lrkl• worn in will fight either for too or wall you, accor•ling *to ear, mtttnces. .111 E ARII4E: . . . jiN MILITARY DISCIPLINE., • IW, Reuvois--4n ?Willman of the intention suggested in an article yllti did me the favour to adMit On the Stith of January, I requeit space to deiilope the arrangement therein alluded to. The radix, or Not of field movement, is position ; and it will be perhaps acknowledged by many practical Officers, that few Regi• ments will e .tven now, stand, In this instance, the test of critical examinatitini I would almost add, those only who were originally diiciplined under the eye of the late Sir Joust Monad, or whose formation has directly emanated from Officers instructed in that *hle General's peculiar sysienn The untionstrained positions, and easy mode of march laid down in the compilation recently put forth by the Adjutant-General of the Fortes, is very 'judiciously adopted from the Ilythe Drill, which, tit - sedulous attention to an accurate and nice balance of the body, without arms, attained a firm and graceful position with arms, whether the soldier be exhibited in fixed ranks or in move ment. Without descanting on ulterior objects, I would here rest, as on a rock, my argument. In order, therefore, that movement may be rendered critically uniform throughout the service, that all soldiers may, m called upon, work with the least fatigue, let a general depot be established for this preliminary drill of position, under a tried Field Officer, as Commandant, and competent Staff ; let Regiments in suceesssion detach Officers and Non Commissioned Officers for instruction ; but above all, let every Adjutant ''''''' 'rant. Mijor pass under the observation of the Commandant, before he be authorised to act with a Regiment ; if the order was were extended to Comntanding Officers, the Airy would be most ripe cially benefited. _ _ As in the cavalry, with respect to horsemanship, sn let the ordeal be made, with respes to position, in the Infantry. A cation should be selected for the establishment, where neither garrison duties would interfere, nor variety distract attention—the barracks of Weedon, or any point distant from populous towns, but central for periodical changes. A VETERAN. Fifty Recruits lave very lately joined the 72J, or the Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders, at Belfast. Tuesday, the Diadem transport arrived at Portsmouth from the lonian Islands, with part of the 56th Regiment on board, after a long voyage. The Princess Royal arrived on Friday, with the ifeadioarters of the same Regiment, commanded by Major &towns, from Gibraltar. Thursday, the whole of the troops in Portsmouth garrison, con sisting of the 37th, 53d, Royal 31arine Artillery, and Royal Ma rines, were paraded on Lion Terrace, under the command of Major General Sir James Lyon, K.C.B. and forming in two co lumns, advanced by different roads on Hilsea, where they de. ployed and formed on the Lines, as if to defend the attack on tho approach of an enemy from PortsdownHilL After performing these msuauvres and firing several rounds, they reformed, and marched back to the garrison by the high road. Detachments belonging to Infantry Regiments at Jamaica, are ordered to embark on board the Arab transport, at Glasgow, for conveyance to their respective Corps. Detachments belonging to several Regiments of Foot arrived in town, on Friday, from this tol, on route to join their respective Battalions and Depots, at Chat ham, Canterbury, Hytbe, and Dover. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. WAR-OFFICI, FEB. 3, 1R26. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Captain Francis Godolphin D'A rcey, Marquis of Carm want, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Lord George Bentinck, appointed to 75th Foot. 17th Regiment of Light Dragoon.—Captain Alan Chambre, from the 75th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lord Carmarthen, appointed to the 2d Life Guards. 3d Regiment of Foot—William G. Beare, Gent. to be Ensign, by puichase,vice Gordon, promoted. 4th Ditto—Lieutenant George Mason, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, paying the differeate, vice Richard Nixon Shea, , who exchanges. sth Ditto—Captain William Smith, from the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Captain. 6th Ditto—Major John Algeo, from the 67th Foot, to be Major, vice Tayloe,-who exchange.. 7th Ditto—Lieutenant Herbert Byng Hall, from the 59th Foot, to. be Lieutenant, vise Chambre, promoted. 14th Ditto-.-Ensign Robert Daly to be Lieutenant, vice Horner, deceased; John Barry Maxwell, Gent. to be Ensign , vice Daly. 18th Ditto — Lieutenant Robert La Touche to be Captain; by purchase, vice Doran, promoted ; Ensign Thomas Cockburn Graves to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice La Touche ; Ensign Alexander &Adam, from the .20th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Chaves. 20th Ditto ,- Frederick flan, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Roddam, appointed to the 18th Foot. 21st Ditto—Lieutenant Matthew Thomas O'Reilly, flrom the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice George, pro moted in the Royal African Colonial Corps; Ensign Alexander Stewart, from the 2d Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Ensign. 22d Ditto—Ensign Charles John Goulden, from the 2d West In dia Regiment, to be Ensign, vice St. Quintin, promoted. 29th Ditto-Christopher Ilumfrey, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Congreve, promoted. 30th Ditto-John Martin Thomas Boston, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dixon, promoted. 32d Dlltti—Ensign Emile Ross, from the 3d Royal Veteran Bit lanai, to be Ensign. 35d Ditto—Lieutenant William Thain to be Captain, without purchase, vice Tench,.promoted. 35th Ditto—Brevet Major John Blake Lynch, from the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Captain ; Ensign William Walsh, from the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Ensign. 38th Ditto—Lieutenant George achay to be Captain, vice Hard- man, deceased ; Ensign Henry Francis Stokes to be Lieutenant, vice Mackay; Thos. Maclean, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Stokes. 39th Ditto—Lieutenant Henry Clarence Seaman, front the .11 Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Lieutenant. 413 t Ditto—Ensign William Childers to be Lieutenant, vice Rut- sell, deceased. 46th Ditto—Ensign George Varlo to be Lieutenant, vice Duke, deceased. 47th Ditto—Lieutenant John Hill to be Captain, vice Parsons, deceased; Ensign James Rattray Scott to be Lieutenant, vice Hill; Thomas Wyatt, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Scott. Slat Ditto—Ensign l'hiliplienry Ferdinand Phelps to be Lieutenant, by purchase ' vice Meade, promoted; Arnold Charles Errington, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phelps. 551 Ditt•--Lieutenant John Lang, from the Half-pay of the 37th Foot, tobe Lieutenant, vice William Warren, vrbu exchanges. 54th Ditto—Lieutenant John Crofton from the 34 Royal Vete• ran Battalion , to be Lieutenant, vice i Fothergill, appointed to the • 64th Foot. 55th Ditto—Ensign Francis Robin Cary to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Brockman, promoted; Aslistant-Surgeon George , . . . Henry Rutledge, from the 20th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Wittily, deceased. 59th IXtto—Lieutenant Roger Sweeny, from half-pay of the 12d Fuot, to be Lieutenant, vice William Al` Donald Matthews, who exchanges. 60th Ditto—Second Lieutenant David Fitzgerald, to be. Lieutenant by purchase, vice Temple, promoted. 61st Ditto—Ensign Theniaa Buyer Bower to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice 0 Neil, promoted; F.mign Edward Lying, from . .. -. .. _. the 25th Fout,tu by Ensign, vice Bower. 64th D.tto—George Deberky, Gent. to be Malign, by purchase, _ . . . vice Lechmere, promoted. 67th Ditto—Major Sackville B. Taylor, from the Sib Foot, to be Major, vice Ale°, who exchanges. 75th Ditto—Captain Lord George Bentincli, front the 5141 Life Guards, to be Captain, vice Chambre, appointed to the 17th Light Dragoons. WA Ditto—Lieutenant Charles O'Beirne, from the 3d Royal Ve. term Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Starkie, promoted. 87th Ditto—Lieutenant and Adjutant James Bowes to be Captain, vice Mountgarrett, deceased. To be Lieutenants—Lieutenant James Sweeney. from the 3d itaYal Veteran Battalion, vice Christian, appointed to 27tb Foot; En sign Eugenius De L'FAang,vice owes. To be Ensign—Patrick Francis Blake, Gent. vice De L'Esang. 'lO be Adjutant—Lieutenakt John Hassard, vice Bowes. 89th Ditto—Lieutenant John McCausland, from the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vise Harris, appointed to 24th Foot. 92d Ditto—Brevet Major William Pilkington, from the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Captains. 94th Ditto—To be Lisigns.—Ensign Matthew Cassan, from the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion ; Samuel Mills, Gent. by purchase, vice Osborne, promoted. 95th Ditto—Henry lidward Revak, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vier Young, proniqted in 65th Foot. Royal Staff Corps—Quaiterniastar-Serjeant Richard Kelly to be Quartermaster, vice Gott, deceased. • HOSPITAL TTTTT . Hospital-Assistant Pasquali Maria Bross M.D. to 1 11 , .. Assistant §orgeos to the Fortes, vice Sweeny, prosnoted ; 1 noshts Fits geraid Downing, Gent. to be llospitsi-Assistsnt, vice Gib sonspromoted. ' • lIM • . , , . AITAC II Ilk To be Captains netillintry, by purehaw--Lkotenant lobe Meade' frxm Slit Fonetl.4uteriant Henry Arthur :O'Neil, Irons 6th Foot; Lieutinaiselolin Horner, (flint Sikh *Foot; Lkiutesiasit Merlyn Itith.ardson, from 4th Light Dragoons. The Under-mentioned Micas hart been allowed to depose of their half-pay: Captain William Blennerhassett Fairman, half-pay 4th Cetlon ltegithent ; Captain Arthibokl half-pat, b4th Foot; Captain Jeffery Salto. half-pay 4th Foot ; Captain John Walsh, half-pay 2d Irish Brigade. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of the County of York, end 'Town end County of the ToWn of Kingston-upon-11mM The Night Honourable Godfrey-Bosville, Lord hiaedsinald, to he Deputy Lieutenant; James Wharton, Esq. to be ditto; Joseph Smyth Eggington,Esq. to be ditto; thelieverend William Harry Edward Bentinck,to be ditto; the &Serena George Sampson to be ditto. :ommissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Pala= tine of Chester. Honourable Robert Grosvenor te be Deputy Lieutenant; John ]hintry, Rsq. to be ditto. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The Albion, Aisgorl, from St. John's (N. 8.) to Liverpool, was driven on shore nn Friday looming, near Holyhead, and bilged. Tae Paquete do Maranbanri, Pa ittmar, from Para to Maranham, was Inst in Para River early In December. Very little of the cargo saved. _ PALlMilill ' Frs. 4.—Wind S.—Arri ve d t h e L or d M e l v ill e packet, from .Jamaica—sailed the 24th of December ; Adventure, Pewit, from Gibraltar; Mayflower, LA/MILIAN from Li.bon, in seven days; Providence GRIFFON from ditto; and the Rapid, ROSIIIVALN from Galipok DEIONFOILT..—Arrived the CAMILLO/I, 10, Captain M. Sermon, front Spithead, and is kept in constant readiness to take dispatches to a foreign port ;it is supposed to Panama. Came in, the Rev. mato tender, with seven hogsheads and two pipes of Madeira wine, marked " Duff and Gordon;.' which she picked up off Scilly, sup posed to he pan of the cargo of a brig wrecked on St. Helen's Island f Scilly. ': Poarsatourn, Pa. 4 —Rear-Admiral Gant embarked this afternoon in the Waatirtra, 74, Captain CA kaou., C.B. in ending to sail to-morrow morning, to assume the command in the Rata Indies, accompanied by the Votaaa, U, Hon, Captain Dumas, for that station. The Crazies, 18, Capt. Aim. Casteasta., arrived yesterday front Woolwich, to take dispatches to Rio Janeiro, Cape of Good Hope, and Madras. She is expected to sail on Tuesday. The GALATIA frigate, Sir C. Sutuvax, is ordered to Plymouth, to embark ALES. COCKBURN, Esq. his Majesty's Minister to the Republic of Colombia. The Roamer, 50, Capt. N. Lacteal". C.S. was towed outs of harbour this morning. She win sail on Tuesday, with areinfdfce. merit of 250 troops for the Royal African Corps, at Sierra Leone. Mr. Gso. WAINWRIGHT is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. THOMAS WOODMAN is appointed Purser of the &cease. The Ocean (nig), 74; ALsioN,74 ; AuaoeA and Gummy Fri. gates, are at present in the Tagus. Restarts— Warspite, T ' hetis Volage, 'Herald, Cyrene, Jasper. Is HARBOUR —Victory,- Ganges, Superb, Spartiate, Royal Ceorge, Ariadne, Sparrowhawk, Bspiegle, Philomel, Jasper, Contest, Wolf, Resolution, and Viper. FEBRUARY s.—Wind S.W. blowing very hard.—Arrived the William Harris, transport, from the biedisteranean • his Majesty's ship 13irreas, from li,rbadoes; and Flora , Ilsows, ' from Ualipoli. Sailed his Majesty's ships TARTAR, for Woolwich; and TRIBUNN for Chatham. His Majesty's ship Ja.srsa went out of harbour, fb; Spithead. DEAL, Frs. s.=Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Recovery. from Bombay ; Underwood, Asatnectotr, from Demerara ; and Eagle, HAYIN, from Berbice. knives! front the River, and remain, the Hon. Company's ship Dadra, —, for India; Genoa packet, Parreeson, for the M e diterra nea n ; Brilliant Star, —, for Rio; William and Henry; Ptsserraeo, for Buenos Ayres; and Charles Law, SMITH, for Leghorn. Several ships from the River are turning through the Gulls. The LP, for Jamaica ; and Louisa, for St. Michael's, turned away yesterday. Lnrsaroot., FEL 4.—Wind South:—Arrived yesterday, the Norna, Lacier?, from St. John's (N. 8.)" The Champion sailed for London, and put back on the 4th Jan. with seven feet water in her hold. A new brig, from Douglas to London, went on shore 19-.lt Decembet, on Grand Manam • crew, tha. saved. Arrived this day, the Volusla, Fox, from ' Smyrna • Triton, Boodront, from Guayaquil; John Heyes, Hain Eliz abeth, Tobin; and Bond. GaAs-, froth Demerara ' • Lancaster, CosSet.t., from liarbadoes ; Mexico, .---, front Virginia; Orion, CRAWFORD, from St. An drew's (N. 8.); Gratitude,—, from the Mediterranean; David, &sitcoms, and Eliza, Moanssza. from Leghorn • 'Sylph, Tuners, from Smyrna; George, Hirano, from Genoa; and Math iIA aver, from Figueira. SHIM/WIC AND MAINSACREA"ThE ship Rambler, A. H. Graves, Master, from London, on a whaling voyage, struck in a reef of rocks on the morning of the 10th of August, 1825, on the coast of Madagascar, about 18 miles to the northward of Pan St. Felix, and was totally lost. The men escaped from the wreck in three boats, two of which were cut off by the natives. The Captain, being pursued by them, took to the water, when two of the natives thrust their spears into him. He fell into the water. They then dragged him ashore, and stripped hint. " While l,"eays one of the survivors, " was running to the beach to regain my boat, 1 pinged some of my shipmates welteringin their blood. I was closely par sued by several of the natives, but by the help of Got, swam to the boat. I then took up my unloaded musket, and aimed at them, when they immediately fell on their breasts, and crawled away.—. This was the means of saving our boat, and several of the crew. I looked towards the shore • my shipmates were all massacred, except an English boy and two black men, who were then closely pursued by the natives." Names of those saved : S. H. Fisher, of Martha's Vineyard, first Officer; John Niills, third Officer; John Powell; Thomas Lewis, Henry Curtinton, John &num', Anthony Swab, ?,lark Williams, John Blake, three Portuguese, two natives of (sa hibs. Mr. Fisher has arrived at Holmes' Hole (United &amps the Nereus. NIATHEWS read the two first acts of his new Enter tainment to a family party at his cottage, on Monday last. Messrs. DEVERBUX and TALBOT, who last week fought a duel about the " Wings," nearly escaped being witaged- Hod-iurnal Meetings of the various Blick and Tile Companies are talked of. Sir James GAMBLER, Consul General of his Britan nic MAJESTY, has attired at Ghent, from the Hague, by way of Antwerp. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANK, PLUM/NIT e. The supplies of last week were moderate, and this morning are again inconsiderable. Our millers manifest very little disposition to purchase Wheat, superfine samples being scarce, remain as last quoted; but other sorsa are dull, and rather lower. There i. no alteration in the Barley trade, and sales continue to be made heavily. Beans sell at about the terms last reported. Peas of both kinds are very dull, and again Is. to Sts. per qr. lower. There is a considerable quantity of Oats on sale, chiefly the remains of former supplies, and this article has declined in value full Is. per qr. The Flour trade continues in a very heavy state, but we do not note any alterasioa • in prices. Wheat, Red, new, 565. 645. - old, 58s. Bds. White,. new, 60s. 68s. - old 645. 79.5. Barley, 295. 335. Malting, 40s. 435. Peas, Grey, 1825, 435. 441. Old, 40s. 445. Nape, 1805, 445. 451. - old, 00s. COs. White, new, 40s. 46a. old, 40s. 455. &Alen, 1828, 50s. SSG. - old, 445. 50$. AIIIRIVALD Wheat, British, qn. 5,704 has. vs. Barley 3,957 I Irish Oats Malt 5.318 Foreign Oats Oats 8,592 I Foreign Barley 2,745 Beans 1,779 English Flour, sacks f i gtig SMITHFIELD MARKET, F as 6. Our supply Is Path, r short this day, and Meat is a shade dearer than on Friday : the best short hunts are quoted Ss. to Ss. Id. per stone; other good Oren are good sale at 41. Bd. to 44. 10d, per do. The Mutton trade is firm at an advance of 4d. per stone on Friday ; but there is no improvement hi the Veal trade worth noticing.- Pork is steady at our quotation. The closeness of the day optratril against toy material advance, the weather being had for slaughter ing.-; Sheep, 15,010 ; Pijs, MO; Calves, 118. Boer, 4s. so Ss. 2d. per same ; blotson,3s. Bd. to ss. 4d. Veal, 3s. ad. 49 6s. Pork, ss. to Its.-•-ilay per Wad, £3 10s. to 44 ; Clover, 043'1Us. to 45 ; Straw, Al its. to O. Rye, old, 365. 401. Beaus, Small, new, 421. 42.. old, 465. 525. Tick, pew; 363. 425. old, Ms. 425. Oats, Feed, new, 112 s. 245. --- old, 00s. 00s. Poland, new, 25.. 225. old, 00s. 00$. Potatoe, news 2.55. 31s. old, 00s. 003. Scotch, 30s. 32.. Flour, per Sack, 50s. 601. Seconds 50s. 5.55. •1T WEIN. 1 183 11,695 , %..... • . 4 i t i 1 .• . 4 ... • ~, •. ! i I • 1 ... + 1 i , ! i 1 1 . : r I: ~ ( 1 , I i 1 1 t • ' l , is '• tl i • ':' IL ' ii , i t,, - S - - -S . -