Star. — London, England, 1820-05-24 00:00:00

I . • • _Ai • - . +IIF, EVENING STAR. . - LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1820. THE RNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock 226 2251/ 2 3 per Cent. Beduced 68% 3 /s % 3 per Cent. Consols 69% 1 /is 31 per Cent. 77 1 /s 77-4. per Cent. 86% 86 5 per Cent. law, 104 %s 10.5 Long Ann. 17 15-16 7 /s India Bonds 21s. 20s. pr. Exchequer Bilis 35..55. pre. Commercial, 3s. dis. Consols for Acct. 69 1 / 4 1/s. The present state of the Money Market has brought to town a number of persons connected with the Funds; and this morning, when business commenced, the House was crowded to excess. Consols opened at 69 1 / 4 for the Account, and 69K vs for the July Accounts. An immense quantity of business was, done, and various reports were circulattd in order to depress or rai,e the Market, according to the in terest of the different parties. Bets were offered that notice would bC sent to the Stock Exchange this day or to-morrow, of the amount of Loan required. The report still continues that a Loan must be had, and' that Exchequer Bills will be funded to a large amount. There is now twenty-two months interest dae upon Exchequer Bills. Five per Cents. fell I ,G per . Cent. from an expectation that the Minister would fund in thetia. The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this forenoon. The continued debate on , the Election Project of Law still occupies the chief part of their columns. An incident, which happened recently at Grenoble, shews very strongly the deep interest which the Public take in the determination of this important question :—On thebuke of A NGOULEM Zs entrance into that city, the cries of " Vive le Roir sent forth by one part; of the People, were answered by cries of " Nue la Charte Vive la Constitution t" from another party; and next day, when his Royal High ness went to the esplanade to review the garrison, as soon as he made his appearance, the assembled multitude again rent the air with shouts of " Fire la Charter so as completely to drown the counter ex clamations of " Tire le Roi!" and to prevent the troops hearing the word of command from their Of ficers. The Prefect was at last obliged to order a body of gendarmerie to quell the commotion. How they went about it, is not stated; but five persons were arrested and conducted to the Mayoralty. The leaders in this popular ebullition are said to have been mostly young persons, students of law and medicine. The Spanish Minister at the Court of Rome, Don PEDRO LAGEIRA, has transmitted to his Government the registry of the oaths taken at Rome by all the Spaniards resident in that city, but himself. As he declares it to be contrary to his conscience and prin ciples to swear to the Constitution, he is in conse quence to be deprived of his office, and exiled for ever from Spain. It is said that the General SANTOCILDES, who had • been dispatched to Valladolid, in order to replace the Count Momoo, had been badly received in that city ; and that neither the second in command, the garrison, nor the people, would recognize his authority. A Circular of the Spanish Minister at War of the 15th of April, exhorts the military, of all ranks, not to forget the character of citizen in that of soldier— never to lend themselves to be instruments of oppress ing their fellow-citizens--to cherish them as brothers, and to give them assistance under all possible cir cumstances. The accounts from all parts of Spain, except Na varre, are extremely satisfactory. A degree of agi tation and disunion prevails there, which it will pro bably require the removal of the gallant but indiscreet NINA to subdue. Orders have been sent to the Regi ment of Toledo, now in Arragon, as mil as to several other Corps, to proceed into Navarre. French Five per Cents.—Saturday, 74fr. 50c. Mails arrived this forenoon from If amburglt and Holland. The Brussels Oracle announces, that two indivi duals, accused of complicity in the affair of wavier, have been arrested between Peronne and Cambia'', at the moment when they were about effec►irg their e.cape into the Low Countries. A letter from Constantinople, of the lOth April, s:-.)s—" A formidable storm seems to be gathering or. ALi PACIIA, of Joannina. The Porte is making great armaments to put an end to the plans and intrigues of this powerful Governor. As it is not •ery likely that ALI PACHA will quietly submit to l the destruction of his authority. over Albania and Thessaly, it is to be expected that the former will soon become the theatre of an obstinate and bloody contest. The prepatarions in the arsenal are conti rued for the annual expedition in the Archipelago. The vessels of which it is to be composed will _sail shortly, and it is probable they my be intended to ce-operate by sea in the enterprise against ALT PA,.:wI Ye•terdaT, the Thike of YORK held a Levee, as CohimAituel-iu Chief, at his Office, Horse Guards. THE ARMY. A part.of the 19th Foot arrived at Hull on Thursday, by the Todd transport, from Jersey. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northampton. Northamptonahire Regular Militia—James William Bouverie, Gent. to be Ensign. Northamptonshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry Dante Saw bridge, Esq. and the Right Hon. James Thomas Lord Brude nel to be Captains; William Rose Rose, and George William Finch Hatton, Gents. to be Lieutenants; Thomas Welch Hunt, Gent, the Hon. Spencer, Stafford (Yl3rien, Gent. and Sir Charles Smi th, to be Cornets. Commission in the Royal Cumberland Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cumberland. Richard Lacy, Gent. to be Ensign. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Westmorland. Royal Westmorland Militia—Richard Atkinson, and William Waine Butcher, Ent*. to be Captains. Westmorland Yeomanry Cavalry---lienry Addison, Gent. to be Cornet. ERRATCIT in the Gazette of the 29th of January last. For Roger Carns, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Westmorland, Read Roger Cartes, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Westmorland. Mr. Alderman Wool) left town on Sunday to pro ceed to the Continent. It is probable that he µ•ill meet her AI AJzsrit on the route to Calais. Yesterday, the Hereditary Prince Louts DE LEICII TENSTEIN arrived in town. His Highness was charged with dispatches from the Austrian Court for Prince ESTERHAZY, which his Highness, immediately on his arrival, delivered to the Prince in person, at Chandos House, with whom he had a long interview. Mrs. THOMAS Hores Assembly yesterday evening, in Duchess -street, was very fashionably attended. Lady . BLACKETT'S Ball yesterday evening, in Port man -street, was :Very numerously and fashionably aztended. _ The Countess CA THCA RT'S Ball yesterday evening, in Mansfield -street, Cavendish-square, was attended by nearly 300 distinguished Fashionables. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE will give four distinct Concerts at Devonshire House, Piccadilly ; the first on Thursday sennight, and the others on each suc ceeding Thursday. The invitations are very extensive. There has scarcely been a more splendid Fete throughout the season, than the Ball and Supper given by Mrs. WiLlassrs, at her villa nn the banks of the Thames, Belmont House, on Monday night. Two noble rooms were thrown open for the Ball, one extremity opening into the gardens, and the other looking to the River, gave the scene an Italian com plexion. M. MICIIAU and his admirable band filled the orchestra, and everything was gay and brilliant. The Supper was of the most costly description, the wines of the rarest kinds, and the illuminations most superb. Between twoand three hundred distinguished Fashionables were present. The Subscription Ball at Almack's, on Monday night, was a most splendid and well-attended Fete, and doubtless all the others suffered by it materially. —The rooms were more crowded than upon any former night of the present season; indeed the dis tinguished patronage under which it was given could not but insure such a result. Upon a moderate cal culation, there could not be fewer than six hundred persons present in the rooms at one time. Till nearly five yesterday morning the Walla and Quadrille were kept up with unabated spirit. There were present, among many other personages of the first distinc tion in the fashionable world— The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Duke of Argyle and the Ladies Paget, the Duchess of Buccleugb, the Dowager Duchess of Leeds, the Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, the Marchionesses of Vs in chester, Bath, and Mucky. the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Earl and Countess of Olengall, and Lady Harriet Butler; tie Earls of Cathcart, Aboyne, Clare, Cassius, and Belfast ; Countesses Aboyne, Carnarson,Safton, Fortesaue, D'Allemand, and Clare; Lords Waliscourt Valletort, H. chohnondeley, Porchester, Fitzroy Somerset, A. Hamilton, Auckland, and ?do lyneux ; Ladies Molyneux, Herbert, Macfarlane, Lowther, Os suiston, Briniettell, Chichester, &c. &c. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duchess of Beaufort, yesterday, at her house in Gros venor-square, from her seat, Badmington, Gloucestershire. The Marquis of Worcester, at his house in Upper Brook stre . , from a tour. Lord Fit zharris at his father's, the Earl of Malmsbury's house in !lin-street, Berkeley-square, from his seat, Hurn-Court, Hams. Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. NZ.P. at his house in Grafton-street, Bond -street, from a tour. _ _ _ Lady Clements, at her house in Grosvenor-square, from her seat, Longditton, Surrey. Lady Deering, at her house in Queen-street, May-fair. John Dent, Esq. M.P. at his house in Hertford-street, May fair, front his seat in Surrey. General Doveton, M.P. at his house in Henrietta -street, I Caverdish-square, from his seat in Northamptonshire. Lady Susan D ouglas, at her house in Baker-street. Sir John Doyle, Bart. at his house at Somerset -street, Port-' man-square, from a tour. Sir T. Dyer, Bart. at his house in Clarges-street, from his seat in Hants. Robert Latouche, Esq. M.P. at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn street' from his seat in Ireland. At the Brunswick-House Hotel, Hanover-squire :—General Sir Charles Crawford, and the Dowager Duchess of Newcastle, from their seat in Nottinghamshire ; Lord Robert Tottenham, the Bishop of Ferns and totally, Rev. Heathcote Wyndham and family, from their scat in Hens ; Samuel Fyle, Esq. from his seat in Lincolnshire ; Lady Fergusson, from her seat in Ireland ; -Or Henry Fergusson, Bart. from a tour; John York, Esq. from e Continent. DEPARTURES. Viscount Weymouth and his Lady, on Saturday, for France. Sir William Wrazali, Bart. from the St. James's Hotel, Jer. nayn-street, to Cheltenham. From Reddish's lintel, Jermyn-etreet : Lord and Lady Anson. to their seas, Shuckburgh, Staffordshire • the Earl of Landaff; Viscount Strangford ; and the Hon. O rd Posvittt, to his seat in Yorkshire. Among the distinguished personages present at the Opera last night, were— Lord Mount Edgecumbe, S. Halifax, Esq. Lord Fitzharris, Bethell; Esq. and Lady, Earl of Morley, Duke of Mon trose, Bon. Mr. French, ,Lord Arthur Hill, Lady Louisa Ly gon, Sir H. and Lady Frances Wright Wilson, Sir W. Call, Latouche, Esq. M.P. Ladies Petres, Lord Blantyre, Lord Bel fast, Sir Lumley St. George SkefSsigton, Lord Crarbourne, Sir W. W. Wynn, Lord Lowther, Lord Petre, Sir John and Lady Owen, blasterton Ure, F..sq. M.P. Lord Frederick Bentinck, D. Magens, Esq. Si; J. Sidney York, Sir William and Lady Codrington, Lord Winchelsea, Count and Ceur.tess St. Anto nio, Hon. Mr. 'Thompson, Mr. Wynn Bellasyse, Duchess of Bnceledgh, Lord and Lady Shannon, his Grace the Doke of Wellington, Marchioness of Salisbury, General nigh, Lord Stair, Lady Harrowby, Lady Malcolm, Lady Fitzpatrick, Lady Call, Lady Warwick, Prince and Prince Esterhawr, Lady Talbot, Lady flaxen, Lady Stewart, Lady Langford, Lady D e Crespigny, !Ors. S. Turner, Mrs. Rothschild, Mrs. Bettie, Sir J. and Lady Murray, bits. I 1 Baring, Load Aylesbury, fir William Johnson, Mrs. Fitzherbert, Mr. Dingwell, Lady Hyde Parker, Count Ziegler, Count Filminhurst, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Lumly Skeflington, Lord Belgrarc, the Hon. Mr. Ilouverie, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope, his Grace the Duke of Devon shire, Lady Holland, Miss Mishap, Sir Tlionas Fasqubar, and Lady Dudley and Ward. NATAL INTELLIGENCE. The Bellona, Patchard, ?an on shore on IViarigUana Reef, on the 6th ult. and was abandoned by the passengers and crew. FALMOUTH, MAT 21.—Wirid S. S. she John and William, HENSON, and the Regent, Bonn, for Waterford. PLYMOUTH, MAT 22.—Sailed the Nancy, Svoanv, fur Quebec. TORBAY, MAY 29.—Sailed last evening his Majesty's ship EDEMA, and the INtskevon cutter, for Newfoundland ; and several other outward-bound vessels. l'orrsitourw, MAT 23.—Wind E.—Arrived the Hope, FLINT, from the Downs for Madras and Bengal. Sailed the Huddart, STOCK, for Quebec. Came into Harbour the Prince Christian Auguste, Prrzason, from the Motherbank. Drat., Max 2.3.—Wind N.E.—Sailed lag night, the Tanjore, Divas, for Madras and Bengal. Came dawn from the River and sailed, the Thomas and Mary transport, for Cork and Que bec ; Harmony, WOODALL, for Demerara ; Onyx, Mir.Ltn, for Jamaica and Honduras; Amazon, EDWARDS, for Prince Ed ward's Island ; Cossack, M'Bearn for New York ; and the Thomas, TATE, for the Cape of G ood Hope. Remains in the Downs, the Lady Borringdon, LIMING, for Bombay. Hanwicrt, Mar 23.—Arrtved the Princess Charlotte packet, from Cuxhaven; and Beaufoy packet, from Holland, each with a Mail. Livaaroot. Max 22.—Arrived the Ottoman, PLUM= ; and Freundschaft , Bina, from Dantzic ; Ludwige Wilhelms, Hamm, from Swinemunde ' • Mary Ann, Alt-Nitoe, from Ilanaburgh ; Cossack, TUCCIA, from Randes ; and Milo, OXNARD, from Charleston. A aateem—At Leith, the Isabella and Margaret, —; and , Garland, Peacock, from Dantzic. At Dublin, Mayflower, Dub son, from Antigua ; and Flora, Schafer, from Memel. At Cork, Nelson, Graham, from liourdeaux. At Malaga, William and Mary, Haziewood, from London. In the Clyde, Alexan der, Simpson, from Nickerie. At Hamburgh, London, Hum bert, from London. At Leghorn, Margaret, Nairne, froth Lon don. At Cuxhaven, Ant, Barker; and Ann's Resolution, —, from London. At Belfast, James, Smith, from Jamaica. Af New Orleans, Edward Downes, Russell, from Belfast. At Naples, Mary, Cunningham, from the Clyde. At Bremen, Phoebus, Jackson, from London. At Stettin, Henrietta, Voltz, from London. At Pillau, James, Wilson ; Carl Krechlow, —; and Prospect, Ehnonds, from London. At Jamaica, John, Popplewell, froondon. At Newcastle, Belsay Castle, —, from Cullenberg ; Sisters, White, from Corsoer ; and Johanna Dorothea, —, from Dantzic. The good effects of our discussions en the subject of Commercial Restraints are already rl'erceptible on the Continent. The party of the anti-retaliators in Germany, which, we are told, includes all the great merchants of that country, and which is of opinion that the Restrictions on Importation demanded by the manufacturers, would rum both its trade and its manufactures, could hardly fail to derive encou ragement from the support which the liberal system has lately received among us. Accordingly we see, from the German Papers, that a free trade is now advocated both in the journals and in separate pub lications; and a work recently published by KUNIMER, in Leipsic, against the retaliatory system, is spoken of as possessing great merit. In the Bremen Journal of the 15th inst. observations on the State of the Country, in the speeches of Lords GRENVILLE and LIVERPOOL, on the 28th ult. are commented on, by an Advocate of Free Trade, with some ability, and great severity. It had been ob served by Lord GRENVILLE, that the poor infatuated people, who imagined they could relieve their distress by overturning the Constitution, were objects of com passion rather than of punishment; and Lord LIVER POOL observed, that it was contrary to the interests of the country to introduce any change into its agri cultural system. The German writer remarks, that Lord GRENvILLE might have included, among his infatuated people, many who ride in coaches, and yet have no mere sense than the mechanics who trudge on foot alongside of them ; men who suppose that the unnatural height to which things were raised during the monopoly of trade, can be made permanent—who cannot, or will not conceive, that when the cause ceases the effect must also cease.— If the Corn Laws were repealed, he adds, the peo ple of England might receive from Germany and France, where the cultivator can scarcely repay him self the expenses of cultivation, as much for one pound sterling as he now pays three pounds for.— " But then," he continues, " rents would also fall in England, and the.interest of the capital invested on land would be affected. And who possess these estates and capitals? Truly not the poor working classes who are calling out for bread, but the Repre sentatives of the Native and those who are connected with or related to the Representatives of the Nation, or persons in the same rank of life. The modifica tion of the Corn Laws would deprive many rich peo ple in England of a part of their wealth ; and, on the other baud, procure bread to many poor people; and the general result would be an infusion of fresh vi gour into the industry of the nation. But patience ! Man cannot arrest what the power of circumstances im feriously commands." These observations are certainly harsh; but we cannot expect, while we are ridiculing the absurdity of the German monopolists, that the advocates of free trade in that country shouldfeel much respect for our agricultural monopolists. They naturally consider our agricultural monopoly as the greatest obstacle in the way of a beneficial trade. They can only purchase the produce of our manufactures by the produce of their manufactures, the chief of which, if we may be allowed the term, is that of land.— It is an axiom in political economy, that the wealth and prosperity of a country are best promoted by its purchasing the commodities of which it is in need wherever it can obtain them cheapest; and as Ger many can produce corn cheaper than we can, and we again can produce cottons, and woollens, and hard ware, cheaper than the Germans can, so long as this state of things continues, it is our interest to buy their cons, and theirs to buy our hardware arid cloth. By interdicting their corn, we at the same time in terdict the sale of our own goods.. We thereby abandon operations which we can carry on to advan tage, that we may extend operations beyond the limit at which they can be carried on with profit. We force the people of the Continent, against their will, to abandon agriculture, and become manufactu rers. But if we would we cannot continue this unnatu ral state of things. The diminution of our foreign trade necessarily diininishes the demand for agricultural produce, and consequently cannot promote the culti- ' vation of land. The diminished consumption of Bir mingham, and our other manufacturing towns, suf ficiently accounts for the distress of the farmer ; and it is folly to think that any protecting duties can re lieve him from a distress \ originating in such a cause. It is not, therefore, the intere4 of the agricultur ;sts, any mot c than it is the interest of the country in ge neral, that a state of things should be continued which, while it prevents the manufacturer from de riVing a subsistence in return for his labour, from 1 other countries, rig rives bun also of the power of' put r l hasing that subsistence at twilit. THE ETON MONTEM. The Triennial dekbration of this imposing and interesting Ceremony took place yesterday. The practiae is founded en immemorial usage; and the chief object is, to raise a son: of money for the benefit of the young Gentleman who happens :o be selected for admission into one of the Universities, from the foundation of Eton College. (The young gentleman selected no the present occasion for the University, is Mr. Wit.ora, scat of the Rev. Dr. %toast.) A contribution is therefore leviett upon every individual who, in the course of the day, erten th.lt part of lluckingbarnshire which happens to be witffin four miles of the College. The persons who collect, or rather enforce. the payment of this contribution, are called Eat-bearers. They cer sist chiefly of scholars of bold and confident address, chosen fur the purpose, and they arc dressed in a most splendid mar.cer. At an early hour of the morning two of these young gentleir.en were stationed at every pass leading to theevicinity of tile Col lege. 'Those who stood at Coktbrook-bridge were attired in grand costume of embroidered silk, with beautiful silk hats, - corated with feathers. They stopped every foot passenger, :tai every vehicle,, from the humble taxed cart to the stage-coacn and elegant barouche, and insisted on a contribution from every individual conveyed in them. Those who paid the tax, which they called Sa:t, received tickets, with the wordas—“ Pro More et Monte-11r..0;" and the 'hewing of these tickets protected them against future demands during the remainder of the day. It was not generally understood in Windsor or Eton, that the KiNG had arrived at the Royal Cottage in the Great Park, on the preceding night, in order to honour the festival. On i:s being known that his blirtorrr would make his public entrance through Windsor to Eton College, the confusion among the car riages, the one-horse vehicles, and the influx of strangers to se cure good stations, was alarming for some time. A little before twelve o'clock the KING arrived at Eton (.n horseback, from his Cottage in Windsor Park, accompanied by Sir Broa.tstre BLoouricen, and having no other attendants ex cept three grooms, the Public had an opportunity of seeing their gracious Sovereign, GISPRGE viii FOURTH, in the full enjoyment of health, and exhibiting the most gracious condescension. Ills MAJESTY was dressed in black, wore a very brilliant star, and looked remarkably well. On arriving at the bridge dividing the Cooney of Buckingham from that of Berko, he was stopped by two Juvenile salt-be.treiri, who demanded his money : all his actenehmts were stopped ..t the same time. His Ms.,asrv, with a L oad-humoured and gracions smile, asked the names of these young heroes of the I.igh-:ray, who were splendidly attired in silks, embroidery, turbans, ar.4 feathers; he then delivered to them a purse, containing a mag nificent donation, rect iced his ticket, and was allowed tc pass on. His Maszsis, in imitation of other vieitors, and in Qatar, no doubt, to avoid any future interruption, caused tht ticket to be openly exhibited on his hat. lie then proceeded at a ski, pace to Eton College, and was received at the North entrance leading into the Park, by the Provost, at whose apartment, splendid breakfast was prepared for the Royal fuest. In the meantime, immense crowds were collected within and without the College; all the neihbouring streets and lanes were filled with the landaus and chariots in which they had been cen veyed from London and other places. lit this groupe there was a huge mixture of rustics as wail as of the middle order+. In order to avoid confusion, numerous constables and soldiers were stationed at the gates to keep elf those who attempted to force an entrance with too much artio.,r. Numbers of fashier.able people were, however, content with sitting in their lanel:ws under the shade of the great trees on the road leading to Slot4.h, and through which the procession was to pass. During this time the two bands were playiog in the great square, in the centre of which is placed the statue of the Iloy.:1 Fountler cf the College, and the scholars, beaded by their officers, wre:irg scarlet military dresses, cocked hats, rashes, swords, &c. walteri several times round the square. About a quarter past one o'c!ock, the Kiser came forth front the apartments of the Provost, into that place called the titan yard, where he reviewed all the scholars, who were drawn tap in grand order before him. and witnessed the unfurling of the f -Z, bearing the inscription—Pro more el Mode. This operation w. s perkrrned in fine style by the Ensign, Mr. Barriscostaz, one of the scholars, and the son of a Gentleman at Windsor, who was Apothecary to his late Isliz ISTV. The lima was pleased to express his high approbation of everything which be wit nessed on this occasion ; and particularly at the appearance of the fink generous youths, who amounted to between five and six hundred in number, and some of whom may probably be the future Ministers of the British Empire. After this inspection, on the part of his Merin:, the grand procession commenced. The young Gentlemen were divided into two parties, headed by their Officers. and each party was preceded by a military band. They marched in military ar ray from the north side of the College through the Park; then proceeded, amidst Vast crowds of spectators on foot, in gigs,• curricles, landaus, &c. and amidst clouds of dust, to the village of Slough. Here they halted for a short time, and then went on towards Salt Hill. This rout was a circuitous one; but it was necessary, for the purpose of giving greater effect to the splendid exhibition. The growth of visitors now increased every moment; the road was absolutely choaked up with pedestrians and carriage:- At length the young Gentlemen arrived ad Modem; about a dozen tine boys in Highland dresses ascended the hill of Salt, and there formed themselves into a guars'. for the reception of their Officer. At the same time Townsend, of Bow-street, with the High Constable of Eton, and many other civil officers, kept away the crowd of people who were rushing up the hill. The Ensign then made his appearance on the top of the Mount, and waved his flag for nearly a quarter of an hour with athrira ble effect. His efforts were crowned with loud applause, from the surrounding multitude, in the midst of which were observed his Royal Highness the Duke of Susses, the Earl of POMF arr Lord Easems, and several other persons o f distinction. The ceremonies of the day being over, the, •young Gentlemen sat down to a dinner which had been prepared for them at the Great Inn, which has been the usual place of dining on all rind lar occasions. Messrs. Tucker, Flamank, Hand/ton, Barnard, Nettleshir, Bealos, Best, Durnford, Chapman, Platt, Chichester, an Lucas, who acted as visitors to the set-benrers, and were sta tioned in different quarters, returned, in the afternoon, to the College, to delircr up their &Jay. Friday the Annual Prizes of Ten Pounds each, for young Men and Maidens, were run for at Old Wives Lees, and won by Beecham and Barrow, both of Faversham. A wherry was upset yesterday, off Cuckold's Point, in come quence of running foul of a sbip's hawser. Two. yours women and six men were in it ; but they were an fortunately saved by the exertions of several watermen who happened to be near wLb their boats. Fourteen convicts arrived yesterday morning from Gloucester. and were put on board a vessel off the Custom-House Stairs, to be shipped on board a vessel for New South Wales, for life. Itovet. SOCIETY.—A Council was held on Thuss.- day last, when Sir JOSEPH BANKER tendered his re signation, but it was not accepted, on the avowed ground of delicacy and respect for a Gentleman %%he has so long filled the President's Chair, with honour to himself and satisfaction to the Society. It is sup posed, nevertheless, that the worthy Baronet will persevere in requesting to resign the Chair ; and we tmderstand that, in that case, it is not unlikely that it may be taken by Prince Lcoroma. This amiable' Prince has, it seems, turned his attention to Natural History, and is particularly conversant with Mine ralogy and Botany. He is, indeed, understood to be attached to the Sciences in general, and to have made great progress in the study of them all.— It has been whispered, that the PRINCE, in conse quence of the expected resignation of the present re vered President, had been consulted, and had spot to his NlA.rasTy on the occasion, from whom he had received the most gracious encouragement. If th,s art angernent should take place, thePa 'Net ss ill have a. very gratifying occupation for his vacant bon; and will confer additional honour upon the Sociczy, while it will tend to attach him still more to a coun try which. has treated him with so much liberalky, and of which he expresses his most graeful:sense on all cccssions.