Star. — London, England, 1827-02-03 00:00:00

MONUMENTS TO THE DUKE OF YORK. The Provisional Omitting/I:7bn hese hadertakea the ge iget el the preparatory Tem M.,* taken previous to hbiding Is fo lk Meeting ea -the 'tibias 01 keeling a National Tostimedill to tie memory of the late C,onsansder.in-Chiefs mkt yesterday et t he Freemasons HA Several letters remind front some of the Aht personages la the kingdom ba mew* M iontatirleatidos from the Magi,* Sittrelt#ll, pia taws. were read. Among when who deed their williagnees so become memberi of the General Cont i", w or r .-11se Oakes of Portland and Wellington, the Marquis o f Londoodern E ..the .KM of Chatham. Lord George Beresfurd, Lord Rolle, Sit W. Corti!, General . Maitland, and W. A. bl'Ein hos, Esq. F.A.S. The draft of some Resolutions to be proposed to t he General Meeting, which will be held in about three weeks, wis also read. EGINBURGH,I I 6I. I. Yesterday a • numerous Meetinji was held in the Waterloo Tavern, of. Noblemen, Lrentlemen, Military Officers, &c. called by public advertisement. to consider of entering into a subscription for erecting in Edin burgh x Monument or Statue in memory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of 'York. • *maw these present we observed the Earl of Elgin, the Mar os o r queetaberry, the Lord Provost, Lord R. KerAllon. Gen. -itawasr, Colonel Hants p. Sr John Homo of Pinkie, General Dog, Leos General Sir!. Hope, Sir J. Oswald, Durham, Ma:- ,e,ll, Stirling, Mir John Dakrytnple, Sir George Leith, Sir S. Beek. work, Stratton, Ryall, and M' Kensk ; Colonels Loraine, Oswald, Lathan. M' Elio, Mill, as* Walker; Admiral Sir P. Durham, Ikkrl Nodal, Esq. of Anthers, Dr. M'Laggan, Dr. Short, and mini ether Officers In his Mallory's service. On the motion of the Lord Provost, Lieut. General the Earl of Elgin was called to the Chair by acclamation. Lad &our said, that before enteting on the busi ness of the Meeting, he trotted they would believe him, that although he had entered heartily into its object the first moment it had been suggested to him, yet he had rot the slightest conception that such an honour would be dont him, as to propose him to fill the Chair. But devoted and attached as he had been throughout his ' whole life to the illustrious Prince, he could not decline that honour; although he felt that it might be better filled by many individuals of rank prearnt, whether military or civilian ; and more particularly by a Noble Friend near him (the Marquis of Queensberry). In order to put them in possession of the object of the meeting, the Noble Lord read the first resolution. His Lordship pro ceeded. This was the object of the meeting, and which the Committee had aut'iorited him to submit to their consi deration. It was intended to comprehend alt classes civil as well as military. The great and leading feature in the public life of his Royal Highness, was his long and able administration of the affairs of the wary. Ile was sur rounded here by many who, from their own knowledge and experience of that administration, could well trace to it that high sense of honour, those true principles of discipline and good order which had become. under his Royal Highness, the characteristics of the British army. ...Par, hear, hear) —From the intimate relation in which be (Lord E.)had stood frith his Royal Highness,lse I could state his conviction that it was not fortuitously that he had entered on the great work of reforming the British army:His Royal Highness had passed many years inGermany,where he had studied the military profession. While there, he went to Potsdam, at that time the great military school of Europe, where Frederick the Great,' that able judge of military tactics, after with his acute' eye watching the progress of the Duke of York, did pronounce regarding him, that he had seen no Officer so conversant in those leading principles which were essential to the formation of an army—(Hear).—What he had now to state was partly connected with his owe history. He happened to be British Minister at Brum sets whistler Duke of York came to that country,. Anti, all who had . paid any attention to the events of that pet iod must recollect the trilling armament be had then under • his-command, compared with the weight and respotuibility=which attached to him as a Prince of Eng land—or to the scale which England then and always field in the coalitions against tevolutionary France—an army,he would venture to say. not more disproportioned in point of numbers to those of the allies aho took the field along with his Royal Highness, than it was in point of discipline and military habits. and from the want of. which it was painfully paralysed in vigour and activity. Bat his Royal Highness's knowledge of what a tlritish army then was, and at the same time of the elements be had tit/operate upon, formed a powerful excitement , to call forth all his energies, so .to organise the army and its equipments, that no future Commander might suffer what he bad done. nor the power of England be so inadequately put forth. But his Royal Highness's feelings and anxieties were not confined to his own dis appointments. He (Lord E.) spoke from his own know. ledge. While he was overwhelmed with these weighty considerations, his warns and ardent patriotism was moused by the discovery that his allies were then pie paring insidious practices 'against him, and that he could depend only on his own forces, which every Gen. damn connected with the army must recollect were greatly inadequate to contend with the overpowering numbers opposed to him. The headquarters of the Austrian army was then at Tournay. Having been then successful in opening a passage into France, his Royal Highness conceived, and with the concurrence of several of the Augriais Officers, proposed, a forward movement. His Lordship then went along with his Royal Highness to the head quarters of the Austrian army, to propose this movement. It so happened, that while in the Quartermaster General's Office, the charts were utast . vertently *hewn to them, in which the retreat of the Anglian army was marked oat in detail, and which . was actually pet in execution, and occupied a period of • sit weeks. 'What mtist have been the feelings of his Royal Highness, these who knew the Mike could only • - appreciate, on seeing his whole hopes of the campaign thus fiustrated, the great military barrier against France thrown down, and Europe cloned, without even a blow being struck,. to be inundated with all the . horrors of the French Revolution. Under such a sue - cession olmisfortunes, and left with such a small force, he had seen his Royal Highness oppressed with griefs which he would have thought it impossible for man to sustain. •• He had seen him rendered utterly in capable of utterance. But he bad never sera him, even under these circumstances, receive an official dispatch that was not instantly answered without em• batrassment•=all the movements of the army were carried on, •and important dispatches written, with that ability and characteristic perspicuity which marked all ' his correspondew—(Hear.) His Royal Highness poss. • eeszed•a clear and c saspreheasive judgmsnt—a prompt and easy decision--combined with an innate candour . knd sincerity that never forsook him. In private life he, added the charm of the most engaging cordiality—and, &here was another feature in his. character,-which must fare • been observed by all who knew him, namely, a Llegree of *modesty, almost a withdrawing from the ' medic due to his own exertions, and which gave a eAtnp cf props iety to the measure now proposed. His • merits rte e engraven en the hearts of the people at' ation ; and in proportion u they felt them, • it was their duty to forward such a patriotic and public 'measure was now suggested, to rescue from oblivion those merits, *thigh thelananaraing Alicia? of his own. excellent mind never 'gratis' have songht—(fieeig). If in our part of the ltittidom wirarere eager to testify, our respeet and gratitude for the meinory of his, late' Royal Highness, ample reasons would he found in those recollections of the progress of- his able administration which prevailed. Ail acknowledgkd how much he had done to gratify our national pride. They must all recollect the great glory which his Royal Highness had thrown around the memory of an Abercromby, a Hope toun, and a Moore—(Hear) and the lustre he had shed on the names of a Baird, a Lynedoch, a Dalhousie, and many others near and Ever to them. There was not, he was sure, in Scotland, a soldier, or'an - cifficer, or a regiment, who would not concur in bearing testimony to his Royal Highness's unwearied kindness, impar tiality, and attention to, the claims ind the welfare of all. The military were the peculiar objects of his care —and he was sure the public and our military country men of Scotland, would heartily concur in acknowledg ing with gratitude the sense they entertained of his merits. His Lordship concluded by moving— " That a Statue or Monument he erected in Edinburgh to per petuate the memory of Ms Royal Highness the Duke of York, and that a subscription' be immediately entered into to defray the ex penses of whatever may be decided upon by the Committee." The LORD PROVOST, in rising to second the Resale don. observed, alter what had been so eloquently Mated by the Noble Chairman, of the invaluable services, and of the public and patriotiC Virtues of the lamented !Nike, although it is the natural, lay the envia►le prOvinc4of his brethren in arms to take the lead in.ehis tributtoof affection and of gratitude to a memory so justly dear to every Briton, he felt. and he was proud to feel, that they would be joined by all classes and by all rank( of the people, in recording to future ages the distinguished excellence of a Prince, to whose noble, zealous, and impartial administration of the high and important office committed to his charge, the glory and welfare of our country is so deeply indebted. As Chief Magis trate of this City, which is destined to be the depository of so honourable and proud a memorial to that 111us ' trious Person, it well accorded with his feelings, as it did with his duty, to give every support and assistance to an object so noble and so worthy—and he well knew that these sentiments would be echoed by his colleagues in the Council. He rejoiced to see the subscription was to be open to civilians, and he was sure it would be most eagerly embraced. The liosolotion moduli carried unanimously. Sir Jona OswALD claimed the privilege of an old soldier, of expressing his admiration of that system which had been introduced by his late Royal Highness, into a service to which he (Sir Johns had from his earliest youth been devoted; and he would use the freedom of adverting to the circumstances which had led the Bri-1 tish atmy from a state, he would not say of disgrace, i but of disrepute, to a station of pre-eminence, which threw far behind them the armies of every nation in I the world—(Harr).—Subsequent to the American war the soldier was ill paid; the Officers equally ill treated, with loads of arrears running up to an indefinite period —so mach so, that in every march and every move ment they made, they were so cramped, that, unless assisted by opulent friends, the spirited and gallant Officers moved through the country like prisoners.— The army in those days was a powerless machine; but there was still in it that latent fire, which the Gallant Prince, whom they now deplored, had since fanned into a dame, which bad illuminated sad pro. tected the world —(ffent; hear).--Arthe breaking out of the Revolutionary war, the British army was in that state so admirably described by Sheridan in one of his excellent farces, where he makes one of his charac ters exclaim-46 Bring out that convicted thief, now fit for a soldier"—(A laugh). In those days, when all the crimps in the aorld were employed to recruit our troops; when all the jails were cleared for this purpose, Falstaff s description of his regiment was a mere joke to those who were brought forward. We had then Cap tains in leading strings, Majors weeping over their por ridge, and Colonels who 6 4 never set a squadron in the field, nor knew any more of the division of a battle than a spinster"--(A laugh). With such an army the Duke returned from the Continent, where he bad learned, by bitter experience, that it wanted all the prin. ciplesot cohesion—that it was ineffectual in the field,and mote formidable to its friends than its fees. The Duke of York, when he assumed the command of this army, evinced a troly British spirit. There was not wanting people who told him be must do away entirely the British system—he must Germanise it. But his Royal Highness knew better. AU he did was British : - all he was anxious to do was to foster the British spirit. He regulated all ranks—he conferred upon superiors great power,but he at the same time prevented the abuse of that power. He established the principle, that no man should obtain or retain command who was not found capable of performing the duties. Those who were not were displaced. He removed from the service those who were ineffi cient, with a firm but tender hand. It was a painful duty to himself; but he knew that it was a duty he owed to hi. Swereign and his country—and he per . formed that duty. In the year 1799 his Royal High , ness adopted a measure which he (Sir John Oswald) had alWays held as one which had been the salvation of the country, and had secured the peace of Europe— he alluded to the recruiting of the army from the militia. He could never forget that from that mo menethe character of the British army was entirely ,changed.—From that moment a. fine body of British youths were placed around the veteran standards of the army ; and he himself had the pleasure of seeing a battalion cif two hundred and forty men stretched out into the lengthened line and deep column of fourteen hundred. This was the measure that first gave efficiency to the 'British army. In chusing the (liters of his staff, he had shewn his penetration in discovering those most capable of performing their duties. He (Sir John) had always held that wise men only chose wise ministers. This was a saying of an old Save:eign of this country. It was true that those who executed the commands of others, were always the better of being 'looked after, and of : knowing that they acted under the eye of a vigilant arid able master. The Duke of York, by the measutes he adopted for asca taming every detail, gave an impulse to the exertions of all his officers, who knew also that be was never backward in rewarding their merits. He had also raised the morals of the army, and had engrafted on the troops those sentiments of religion which made them brave men in the field, and valuable in society.' His exertions was not confined to thCelicouragement of schools for tLe higher officers. Witness those asylums which he had instituted for the orphans of soldiers, and whi c h he watched over with more than paternal feelings: •He appealed to many . present, , vrhe must have known the long and anxious days the Royal Duke had paw.' with his Majesty's 'Ministers. and the calm and indefatigable zeal he then clieplaiddato obtain the tett% hseitad in vreetoshich nothinibut hts i l / 2 talen end influence could 'bat* carried. thiong t . After the Anxious hours spent in this employ. rent, his Royal Highness, regardless of personal fatigue, in his audiences at the Horse Goards, reetrieett rut well the Ensign as the first Duke in the realm—refusing none to approach him who applied en their own behalf. or with any suggestion which they considered might be for the good of the service. ' Along with this be might also appeal to many present, bow often they had seen gliding into the presence of the Royal Duke the vene. rable mother inquiring for her lest son--the widow weeping for hir hushand—and the destitute orphan for a father. AU these found sympathy, regard, or protection. in the benevolent feelings of the Royal Duke. and retired with enlightened countenances, offering ap prayers to Heaven for blessings on the head of their protector. for benefits bestowed upon them—(Hear, hear). His Royal Highness lived in the hearts and affections of a large family, for he considered the Army his family. He had left among them a cba ratter of father of the fatherless, the widow's help, and the orphan's stay. Levies hope (said Sir Joha) that his vittues have ascended to Heaven, where they would receive the reward of a -life of active virtue and pure beneficence—tHeer, hear.) Dr. MACLAGOAN said, that after the.eloquent and gratifying statements made by Lord Elgin, and the distinguished persons who bad address* the meeting, it might appear presumptuous in so bitmble an jade. vidual to occupy their nutrition ; but belonging to a department of the service which, though leis immedi ately connected`with the late lamented Commander in Chief, had so many opportunities in the discharge of their dirtier to observe the effects of his adnainistra. tion, he trusted he would be excused in expressing what be knew in the m•dical department of the army, as to thcimportant benefits his Royal Highness had conferred on the service. The able and intelligent Director-General of the Medical Department, and all those medical officers who had most experience in the service, bore a willing testimony to the kind support they had ever received from the Duke of York, io the discharge of their duty, as well as to the improvement in the health and efficiency of the army, from his judi cious plans and regulations, by which the comforts of the soldier had been so much increased, his moral charac ter raised, and his discipline improved, and by which the power of the British army had been so much strength. coed and their fame exalted. From their professional duties, the medical officers had frequent intercourse with the humble ranks of the army, who from wounds or disease, either had, or sepposi4 they bad; additional claims on the bounty of their country; and ethers in humble life, from the death of relatirins, were making inquiries atter their pay or effects; and the prompt ness, kindness, and humanity, with which their applica tions were granted or answered, greatly added to the value of success, aid mitigated the pain of disappoint ment. It was this kindly feeling and attention tawards the humblest individuals, sad which had pervaded the whole department under his Royal Highness, which, made the Duke's name a tower of strength to the army.l and caused all ranks to regard him not only with respect as their Commluider in Chief. but with deep affection and gratitude as their guardian, protector. and friend. It was no less gratifying to observe, that while such was the feeling of the British army. it was the feeling also of the British nation; and from the sympathy so generally mani&sted on the death ofthe Debi of York, he could not doubt that all classes of society Would join in the proposed tribute of respect to his memory. Major Dolmas, Superintendent of the Scottrih Naval and Military Academy, then addressed the Meeting nearly as follows Although the meeting of this day assumes very much the melancholy character of condo- lence, yet we ought also tarejoice at having so favour able an opportunity to express our unanimous and sin cere feelings of heartfelt regret for the great loss we have sustained, and our eagerness tp pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of our late much beloved Com mander in Chief, whose great name will remain enrolled in the annals of history, long after the monument which we propose to erect shall be mouldered into dust.— (Hear, hear, hear.) He was, indeed, the soldier's friend, and most of us assembled can bear testi mony to some favour conferred upon himself, and all fondly recollect the kindness with which they have at different titnes been received by his late Royal Highness. When we consider the greatly improv ed state of the Army,the loss appears almost irreparable. On former occasions when an erpeditioa was sent abroad, it was necessarily composed of soldiers drafted from one corps to another, and made up of detachments of volunteers, and of officers without experience or mili tary education, unacquainted with their men, and con sequently serving without that feeling of mutual con& dente in each other, so essentially necessary to command success. Let us now view the promptitude with which a branch of the army is dispatched on foreign ser vice, even in time of peace, and properly attribute the praise of this great and favourable change, where it is most justly due—to the great military talents and watchful perseverance which guided his late Royal Highness in is high and important duties. Nor should we forget those excellent institutions, the Royal Military College, and the Military Asylum, foe. tered and protected by him; he also upheld and "ported the fund for the Officers widows and orphans, and it may be justly said, that be' made the walow's heart rejoice, and dried the orphan's tear. He ensured regularly educated officers for the service, whilst tbs soldier's children were instructed, clothed, and fed. By the orders of his Royal Highness, the worn-out soldier was regularly provided for. and had no longer to dread the want of subsistence in his old age, nor left " to beg the bitter bread of life through the realms his valour sawed" No; was an appeal of distress ever anode to him in vain. Duriag the late illness of his Royal High ness, he provided for all the aged Captains, and his last struggle was made, (whilst the hand of death was upon him) to obtain the promotion of all the old and deserving subalterns in the British army ; and I cannot better conclude, than by using the words of Mak 'peat— " He was indeed a goodly Prince. • He was a nun. Horatio, Take him for all in all, Ws shall sot look upon his like make." The Caatuur said, the manner of collecting the sebeeription was deemed by the Committee a matter of didlculty and delicacy. Being aware of that aniversal trennial= of red will which mined towards kis late Royal Highness, the Committee were peculiarly amines that no ides skald ri abroad, that there waa any Wended to ended* civilians fray auliscribio, It was tree that the military was the class by whom the subscription was to be opened, bat It would not be confined to them. Drone, of Arniston, bard to numeral that he bad re ' edged artivority from .bis Melds rebailos, Lord SWAIM, sod she • from Lord Atercronsby. to juin their names to any altbseelption that might be entered loco, and to impress their WOMB. CORM moos In the abject proposed. Lard Abeveromiry s ha peetionix t had wished to pet dews Ms name fora eery muddiest* atom ; bet restricted as the soltecrielems dl w e reee, by the reeelodons.of the Meeting, be (Mr. Dias44' _course Wahl* &pub scriptioos thew Nibletbetto to sent•Umited. Sir Jona Heim, G.C.H. raid, kit bad been requested by his brother. the Lord President, to express his regret, that in eassee pre of as 'important nese which detained Mm in the Greet of ea, be mold Dot be present at the Meeting ; and to for himself eadlireshrma their couserenee and anxiety to iraa • la the ebjsop fee which it was assembled. Lord anupor Kea was aotheeired by the dlgrgds of Bose to express bit Weal en-Operation end wishes for the . sueito of the 1111WillitfIL Colonel Ramsay said he had received a letter (rat his Grace the Duke of Gordon, multed in similar terms; and audimplaing him to subseribe is the name - of his Grace, and also in thSt .1 Din Ma. the Marquis tif Hind!: • The Marquis of Qoamtenitaar moved the thanks of the blearing to the Earl of Elgin far his undoes la * Chair. The Noble •Ilar quis begged aise to take this Ippertanky to state Ids concurrence la every seatesce which bad bees expressed by the Noble Lord and Gallon Baronet. This Union wee seconded by Sir John Dal. ern*. and carried by . The Loss rawer: asweed the Thanks of the Meeting to Cpionel Ramsay. for the great eaertioas he bad displayed on the subject of the Meeting; which meshes was warmly seconded by Sir John Oswald, and carried with dueller testiairmiviat applause. blest of the Noblemen and Gendemen present haying entered their named on the subsalpdon Bar the Menial aeliallifed• SHIPWIti YARMOdiriimaar 22. Friday night this coast was rusted by a most tre mendous gale from E.N.E. that at once caused the most fearful apprehensions for the isnmerous vessels at anchor is these Roads. The preventive coast gc ard (who patrol the beach all night), actuated by *Wye* 'of humanity, as well as performing the orders given to them, " to afford the most prompt assistance in cases of thipureck, and to exert themselves for the preserva tion of those on board stranded vessels," did, with a seal and alacrity that is above all praise, immediately convey ,to the beach Captain Manby's hfe apparatus under their charge. Scarcely had this service been performed, when four vessels were observed to drive; shortly after to part from,,their anchors, anJ quickly to be stranded on the beach. The one appearinglo be in the most dangerous situation, was its attended to rand a rope connected with a shot, immediately thiosin by a mortar over the vessel for establishing a communica tion, ready to apply in whatever manner the nature of the case might require. A similar communication Was also made with another brig for the like purpose; but the vessels driving high up, and the tide fast falling, no further use was required for the apparatus. Captain Onslow, R.N. commanding the coast guard, his Lieu. tenant, Mr. Eyton, the Preventive me, with that in. mefid and highly deserving ii man Mr: Denny (ctionwl. der of the life-boat) and his praiseworthy crate s wete foremost in the suit, and using every exertion to Wring the people from the stranded vessels. MENNIPIEMIEIM NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SIGNALS FOR THE MERCHANT SERVICE. &mast of a lesser from the Agent to Lloyd's at Nevis, dated *oth December, ISM :-" The Alp Henry Davidson, on passing by yesterday, made her muniser, and requested to be reported to Lloyd's ao dimly as peedie-mnt se days from Landau,• bound to Jamaica. It amid be gemerally known, that there is t signal-eta( at the Fire Pit en d& Maail. to communicate by Captain MAR= &Tales signsis ; and as nearly dl vessels bored to the westward pass la sight of it, the Masten might. witbunt delaying their voyage, receive and trudge lettennatise useful to theduelem to their owners. and etherelmaremed in ibglejid, meth whet Am by any etbeetMass. kb to be repaid/ sift ie any "mks mem te sea vowe l without beteg fernithed with the , endse nod ilags."-41ass, no Assam to Lints at DA. ami, - and many other r=s h r: signal posts Us eanasMieete eel* ~ ping; pad the is regularly transndued to that blishinent, and some pie& • ' The Holm, EMT, from Newport to Wexford, sprung a leak GO Wealsolai. and was run en shore near Milford. It was sup posed she would ge to pieces. 'Tbe Atalanta, Davinene, from Liverpool to Belfast, sunk in Ca.. &town Ray, Isle of Man, during a gale m the MA ale . Bassin., Fes. L-Arrived the Lacy Ann, %tattoos; had Jamaica; Atalanta, Amu., from Cutler= ; and lianchenter, ......--... from Zane. • FALMOUTH, Fes. I.... Wind S.E. to S.S.E.-Arrived of the =die American brig Menem nhe for New York. An t Packet, Peowsz, from Needeendiaed fee Leacten-sened OA alt. Stile the Matilda, Vans,for Stnytnaand Constantinople. Peampeossen, Fn. a,-.Wind S. N. 8.-Arrived the Ark. Aegean (late Castle), from Sierra Leone, in 70 days-her late Master was murdered on the oth of December by see of the crew. who afterwards jumped overboard. On the 11th of December, spoke the Louisa, Datums. Southeelinan, in let. 10. 33. long. te. SO. and the ship itnekantrcse, in lat. 411. 48. long. 10. to. Sbips left at Sierra Lame-The Adamant, with 1000 lu.sdp of timber ea heard; and the Maria, of Liverpool, to sail in about Arm days. Arrived also, the Orestes transport, from Louden for Sierra Lease; Caps Packet, Vans", from Van Diensait's Load ; and his Majesty's saurus Aaiun,. BEMS', and Rem, from a cruise -the fernier has sailed again an a mites. 01 the Wight, the Ramomy, frees Oporto-..landed the mail. Daaz, Fed 1.-Mast of the outward hotrod sailed. Arrived with ekes for the Netherlands Wig d war Readmits doe .pilot of , No. S-mailed yesterday at a.d. and has shit; day proceeded to Itanupte. ammen Fie. t..- The Waterloo, Dalt* lie of Linde ship, was seen at ;echo en Wedseeday last. at the hack of the Sandy .Island, agar Heligoland, dimwitted, by the Vandttart packet. Deavreene, Fn. 2.-Arrived the Grecian, Amax; Margaret, Weasems • and Matters Vemams. from Demean i Spee dy, Gum, hen; Tauten; lieve4t, and Sally, horn at. Michael's; Co. lambing. Teti, from Bombay; Alpha, Humor, hem. Oporto; Albion, Pismo.. from Sincapare; Jessie, Twins, from Treed*; Security, Ross, from Batavia ; Mary Lee, —, from RioJaneire ; and Lavinia, Dames, tram the Isle of Awe*. Sailed the Fame, Bangs. fee Messina; and Edward.---, for Bremen. Lammas, Pm 1.-Arched the Delaware, Heaut.sos, from Virginia; and Crewe, Swims. from lit. John's-(N.8.) t Yesterday being Candlemas Day, the Courts at West aelaster HA did sot sit. Junamsur ma Pzainev.—This morning in the Court of King's Bench, Mr. Corntlius Callaghan, who had been convicted for wilful and corrupt perjury, was brought up in custody from Newgate, where she de fendant was consigned last term to await the determi nation of the Court. The defendant now appeared on the floor, When Mr. Justice BAYLBY addressing him, said, that the offence of which he was convicted was of a most serious description, namely; wiffol and corrupt perjury in a Court of Justice ; but the Court, , nader all the circumstances of this ease, would not 1 inflict the full extent of the law : and after the Learned Judge's very appropriate admonition, sentenced him 1 to 12 months impriponment in the House of . Con teflon. A dreadful catastrophe,' attended with the loss of four lives. occurred on Tuesday morning, al Mr. Wight. wick's colliery, at Tividakin the parish of R.swley Re gis. Five miners were at work in a coal-pit, without the slightest apprehension of danger, when a large mans of coal, weighing..upviarJs of tnenty•fiyi tons, sud denly gave way with an awful crash, and fell upon four 1 of then', who were instantly deprived of life, the other i man escaping almost by miracle, the tenible fate of his , companioos,..with only a trivial I,urt oq the hip. The i names of Vie deceased persons are Daniel S swden, ' Thomas Jones, Wm. Paine, and Joists Corbet Brooke., on whose bodies an Inquest two, taken on Friday. at Tiptoe, before. Henry Smith, Rik, Coroner.'and • verdict. of V Accidental diode wakagisi •• • 1