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I 2'HS AAAIY. CoLoNIAL Tgoops.—A Return to the House of c o min on s, from the Adjutant-General's Office, states I t be number of Colonial Regular Troops at the Cape o f God Hope to be 448, and at Ceylon 3,605.- 10 c o lon, the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, sierra L eo ne, and New South Wales, no Militia force a i ds , In tbe West Indies, all the Male population orr h e res pective Colonies are liable to serve i n th e N oki a , when called upon. In the British Provinces ,Notch America, all persons between eighteen and silty are liable to serve in the Militia. . 60 ,,i m i 0 0 io the Central Glamorgan Troop of Gentlemen and y onia ory Cavalry, signed by the Vice-Lieutenant of t h e c ou nty of Glamorgan. Lloyd Vaughan Watkins. Gent. to be Cornet. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday , a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the undermentioned Corn wanders took leave of the Court, previous to depart jog for their respective destinations, viz.— wain C. GRAHAM, Bombay ; Captain J. Mitts, Minerva ; mum T. HAMM'S, Windsor; Captain W. Hose, Hereford. fi e; Captain J. P. Witsou, Hythe ; Captain W. Mltcnsta, neidgewater • all for China direct. The Earl of Balcarras, from China and St. Helena, has arrived j Weymouth. y este rday sailed, from Deptford to Woolwich, his Majesty's & reel ing Newel PLUTICSOIL, Lkut.Was. Hewett, Commander. she is about to proceed to the nautical survey of the Orkney sod Shetland islands ; and, we understand, a party of Engineer OSeers is to go in her, for the purpose of extending the grand Trigooometric Survey of Great Britain to these Islands. Th e Jane. Captain Wxonztr., arrived in the River from the g es da Seas, sailed from New South Shetland on the sth of Ja gger,'; left there the following vessels, viz.—The cutter Eliza, dL a udon,with about 18,000 seal-skins ; Sprightly, 800; schooner *n1,11,060; brig Mercury, 1500; John, quantity unknown; Horatio, clean; George, of Liverpool, 9000 ; Salisbury, of ditto, IWO; ship Indian, of ditto; and brig William, of 13lyth, quan tity unknown ; also the Levonia, from Valparaiso, 700 seal-skins. Oa the 7th of January spoke the ship Governor Morrison ; and as the Bth, the ship Hercules, both from Buenos Ayres, bound to New South Shetland. 'the Captain of the Hercules had died two days before. Captain Wtonni.i. reports that these vessels were too late to have any chance of success, as by the time he ailed the whole of the seals on the beaches were killed. Faun:ono, Aram B.—Wind W.—Arrived the Waterloo, 3PDavasa, from Bahia, in 60 days. Sailed a fleet of about 40 toaster. Among, APRIL 9.—Wind S.W.—The Thetis, Pentium; from Jamaica (sailed 25th January), was towed in here by the berms revenue cutter, totally diunasted. On the 17th of Fe bruary, in lat. 34. :5. N. llng. 65..50. W. experienced a very hem gale, 1; which a heavy sea s:ruck her aid carried away her foremast, bowsprit, bulwarks, boats, sails, &c. when righted eke bad six feet water in ber hold, which took her forty-eight lons to clear. Poannocin, Arart 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Aetived his Ma jablieWp CAIIII.IWW, irons Plymouth; and Sisters, SISJIANT, /AM he Downs for Demerara. Passed by the Emanuel, from Norway far Southampton. Sailed the Ulysses, Dawson, for Bo Janeiro. Aran. 10.—Wind S.—Came down frotw the River the Conde, Davinum, for St. John's, New Brunswick ; Expedition, BROWN; and Harmony, Hastor, for Leghorn; Fame, ROBRILT sox, for Prince Edward's Island; Charles William, TAIT, for Quebec ; Blenheim, Museawsat, for Jamaica; and Dawn, Wicx 111018X, fur St. Christopher's. Curron-House, Aron 10.—Ships Entered Inwards —The Preston, from bledeira ; Freeland, from Hayti ; Martha, from Pernambuco; Humber, from Hull; Radius, from New York; Norfolk, from Marseilles ; Margaret, from Jamaica; and Prim. ens of Wales, from Calais.—Entered Outwards :—Minerva, for Oporto ; ..rata, fur Trieste Union, for Smyrna Elbe, for liamburgh ; Dorothy,' for Q uebec ; Matilda, for Lisbon; and Jane, for Bourdeaux---Cleared Outwards :—Europe, for Leghorn ; Aurora, for Waterford ; Coventry, for Demerara; Keen, for Naples; Hebe, and Ann, for Elsinore ; Amity, for Mont-Wes; Hornby, for Pictou • Zephyr, for Quebec ; Spring, hr Sc. John's ; and Glory, for Demerara. Aaanzo—At Maranham, the Albion, Hodge ; and Trio, Tramere, from LlverpooL At Palermo, Juno, Jones, from Yarmouth. At Naples, Dispatch, Teeadale, from Yarmouth. At Bourdeaux, Minerva, from New York • and Neptune from Savannah. At Barfleur, Bonne Mere, from Liverpool. At Bamburgh, Fortuna, We s thaden , from ourdeaux. At Palermo, Merchant's Friend, M'Cuflock, from London. On the 4th of January was drowned, in Table Bay, Mr. Frank Rose, second son of Mr. William Rose, merchant, of Cape-town • the circumstances amending his death ate most interesting. The ship Emma was driven on shore, with two other vessels, during a tremendous hurricane the preceding night. On discovering deem, early on the 4th, to be in imminent danger, he hastened, with his father, to render assistance, and, regardless of his own gaiety, plunged his horse into the sea, and succeeded in fetching a rope from the Emma to the shore, and by this noble act of Intrepidity the crew and passengers were all saved. His gene rous feeling not allowing other fellow-creatures to be in danger without attempting a rescue, he again urged his horse into tbo sea, to reach a Danish ship, but in an instant a tremendous bit bw dashed him from the saddle; be had the presence of mind its seize the stirrup, but a second wave ingulfed him for ever. COMMITS or MI OCEAN.—The following document was in closed in a bottle, and thrown into the sea just twelve months ago. It was taken up on the shores of Martinique, on the 4th of February last. The bottle had thus travelled a distance of 2500 miles in about ten months, 250 mites per month, or eight miles per day. We give a copy of this instructive document, with the notice subjoined: " The bottle which contains this card was thrown into the sea in lat. 5 deg. 12 min. S. long. 24 deg. 40 min. W. at noon, on the 28th day of March, 1820, from the ship Osprey, of Glasgow, which sailed from Greenock on the 26th February, on a trading voyage round the world. Whoever finds this is requested to insert a notice of the time and place in some literary or political publication, with the view of establishing facts relative to the currents of the ocean.—All well." This bottle was found on the 4th February, 1821, near the eittern point of the Salines, quarter of St. Ann's, Martinique, in the best order, as will be seen by this paper, which it contained. I'. Boutuarr, Printer and Director of the General Post-Office, Martinique. St. Pierre, Martinique, 26th February, 1821. W. LOCKYER, Esq. is to succeed JOHN NEWTON, Esq. as Comptroller of the Customs, at the Port of Plymouth, the latter Gentleman having resigned, after a service of forty-five years. Tuesday se'nnight, the tide in the rivers Nith and Tay flowed to a height unprecedented in the memory of the oldest sailors. It is supposed, in the latter in stance, to have been about 14 feet at the Lime Shore. SPECIE IN AIIIIHICA.—Extract of a letter from New York, dated the 10th of March r —g , In former times, much was said about the influence of British gold, but I question whether there was ever a time when British guineas were in such demand as at present. The high price of bills has induced those who are making remittances to seek for guineas in the vaults of some of our Banks, which have been ransacked of several thousands, and purchased at a great premium; but the demand becoming great, and the increasing Premium on them creating alarm, it has been thought advisable to retain them for the United States' Mint, On account of the superiority of the metal, that they may forthwith be converted into American tagles.— There were struck at the United States' Mint, last year, in gold coins, 263,806 pieces, amounting to 1 ,319,030 dollars. In silver coins, 1,821,153 pieces, amounting to 501,680 dollars 70 cents ; and in cop per coins, 4,44)7,550 pieces, amounting to 44,075 dol lars 50 cents; making in the whole 6,192,509 pieces, amounting to 1,864,756 dollars 20 cents." MASSACRE AT MANILLA. FURTHER PARTICULARS. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED IN THE CONVENT OF AIIGUsTIN, MANILLA, OCT. 18, 1820. it I address you from this Convent in the deepest state of affliction and distress. The horrible and afflicting events which have passed in Manilla, since the 9th of the current month, have thrown me into a state of delirium and stupor, which al most depriires me of the faculty of communicating what I would wish to relate. " On the lit of this month, a most tremendous westerly gale, accompanied by a very heavy fall of rain, occasioned a rise in the waters of the lake far above its usual les'el, inundating all ' the low lands of Manilla. On the 2d, the waters began to sub-1 , side ; and in consequence of the dreadful commotion in the lake, proceeding from the torrents which poured into it from the sur rounding mountains, as well as from the mass of filth which had been left on its banks, sent forth an infection in the air, which has produced an epidemic disease to which thousands have fallen victims. " The native population, either from blind ignorance, or in fluenced in their opinions by those who do not wish the fo reignerk well, imagined that the French residents had poisoned the lake and river which runs from it towards Manilla, making this a pretence to assassinate and plunder not only the French, but all strangers without discrimination.—[The letter thee con firms the account given in the STAit of yesterday, as follows :3 " The horrible design was carried into effect on the 9th of the current month, in Binondo, the suburbs of Manilla, commencing first with the French, and ultimately with all strangers, withz" out distinction of nation. " Twenty-five Gentlemen, Captains, and Supercargoes of the foreign ships now in Cavete, including, I deeply regret to say, my partnet3, Messrs. Shaffalitzky and Duntzfeit, fell a sacrifice to the cruel knife of these barbarians, and on the following day sixteen Chinese, who, as they suppo sed, were concerned in the poison plot. " Everything which they could find in the houses of the un ortunate people who had fallen victims to the fury of these bar barous wretches, was tither burnt or carried off. " The loss is estimated at 400,000 dollars, and the different residences of the pour innocents who have been so cruelly mas sacred present the most dreary aspect of rapine, murder, and de vastation, not to be described, and never, never to be forgotten. " The Government, though perhaps not so early as might be expected, afforded all the protection in its power, by conducting those who had the gond fortune to escape into the citadel of Ma nilla, where they now remain, and I have been humanely and kindly received into this Convent. I have lost no property or papers of any description—the latter, together with all the cash in our treasury, having on the night of the 10th been brought to the house of the Auditor-General, under a strong military escort, provided by our Governor. " In a few days I shall wind up my concerns and leave Ma nilla, for though the Government latterly have taken the most active steps to restore tranquillity and public confidence, still the bitter recoriection of what has passed, and what from the least insinuatinn of a malicious heart may again happen, I cannot re concile to myself either the idea of personal protection or secu rity, far less that ease of mind that makes life desirable; besides which, the pestilence, a kind of cholera morbus, rages with the greatest violence, hundreds being carried off daily. The Ladies of Madrid, says a Paris Paper, are in dignant at their exclusion from hearing the debates Corms, and are said to have formed a patrio ,ic Society, tor the purpose of convincing the Cortes, that their enlightened views and patriotism might be counted for something, in the consideration of public affairs. The Countess of Casaaus, 60 years of age, but very amiable, is to be the Lady-President of it. The Moniteur says—" It is on account of the death of his Serene Highness Geortoe WILLIAM, Elector of Hesse, and not that of her Royal Highness the Princess ELIZABETH, daughter of his Royal High ness the Duke of CLARENCE, that the Court went into mourning, on Saturday, for eight days." A private letter from Genoa, dated March 30, in speaking of the entry of the army into Naples, says, " A few of the Royalist and Anti-constitutional party appeared on the balconies, and waved their handkerchiefs. No decided expression of feeling could, however, be called forth, even among the par tisans of Austria, though so powerfully countenanced by the presence of support. The Austrians declared that they entered only as friends ; but the most igno rant Lazzarone could not but see through the insult ing pretext. The people, who, supported by the Par liament, had immediately before testified the greatest enthusiasm for liberty and the Constitution, seemed to be ashamed of this termination of the exertions of their military Chiefs. Much of the road, and many even of the streets, through which the Austrians passed, were more than usually deserted, and a sullen gloom pervaded the countenances of the inhabitants. The Neapolitan Guards, who deserted the cause of their country and entered Naples some days before the entrance of the enemy, had been hissed in the streets, and had fired on the people. This was made the pretence for the Austrians entering a day or two sooner than they intended. General Frimont, with several General Officers and a numerous Staff, after having proceeded at the head of his troops to the King s Palace, took his station there till the whole of his force had defiled before him. As he passed the Prince Regent's Palace, his Royal Highness, together with his family, appeared at the balcony, and saluted the invaders. The Prince Regent to the last moment was a Constitutionalist, cr at least declared himself so. The people loudly complain of the corruption and treachery of their Generals. Carascosa, Filan gieri, Ambrosio, and others, are included in this charge, and consequently put under the ban of po pular vengeance. The National Guard evinced, in difficult circumstances, a conduct beyond all praise. They performed military duty and preserved public order for six weeks during the absence of the troops ; and never was a town kept in greater tranquillity.— Not an act of violence was committed, nor the slight est riot took place during all that time, though the , popular mind was never more excited. What will now be done it is difficult to say. The troops are left without leaders, and complain that they were not allowed to fight. If this spirit be general, the force' that left Capua may augment the bands of Calabria t and carry on a Guerilla warfare, more harassing to the spirit and probably more destructive to the num bers of the Austrians, than a more decided resistance' in the first inst ante." A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guild hall, for general business, and was fully attended. Several persons were sworn, and others admitted Brokers. Coal Undertakers were licensed.—Messrs. VANDERCOM, Deputy Goss, GRIFFITHS, J. CROOK, and COWAN, were severally admitted, and sworn Coal-meters in trust for the City, for four years.— Various bills were ordered for payment. Mr. H. JoriNSTONE, late of Druy-Lane Theatre, is now performing at the Stafford Theatre, where he has appeared as Shylock and Sir Arehy Macsarcasm. CURIOUS STAGE CURTAIN.—They talk of a very whimsical project of a " Mass Curtain; for the new grand Opera House. This Curtain is to reflect the whole audience part of tie 'Theatre!—.Paris Paper. UNIVERSITY PETITIONS. As tire Public have never understood the nature of! the Petitions from Oxford and Cambridge, we think it right to undeceive them; for,. we have no doubt, ' many presume that such Petitions express the sense of its Members. The fact is, that the number of Members is about three thousand at each University, exclisive of Under Graduates, i.e. those who are under four years standing, and, of course, have not taken their degrees. Of these three thousand Members of Convocation, there arolkeldom or ever two hundred resident in the University; the rest•are scattered in their livings, and throughout the country. When ever, therefore, a Petition or Address is resolved on, it emanates from those few Members who are in College, and, consequently, as yet, generally unprovided for. To shew the extreme fallacy of this sense of the Uni versity, we have only to animadvert on the last Peti tion resolved on, relative to the CatholicQmestion.— The Convocation of Oxford have petitioned against the measure, and it will only be necessary to remind our Readers, that, in the year 1811, when nearly the whole of the Members were assembled at Oxford, to vote for a Chancellor, they elected Lord GREW mut, who was and is a decided favourer of the Catholic Claims, against the overwhelming influence of the LORD CHANCELLOR, who has about 700 livings in his gift, who was then a candidate with the Duke of RUTLAND. We need give no other proof of the small portion of the opinions of the University than this, and we doubt not the general Petition will hence forth be appreciated accordingly. KING'S THEATRE.—A new Ballet was produced last night, entitled La Paysanne Supposee, composed by M. DESHAYES. It is one of the most diversified, interesting, and splendid exhibitions of this descrip tion which has been produced for many seasons.— The scene is laid in Provence. The story turns upon the concealment of the Chevalier de Rakes mar riage with Eugenie, the supposed villager ; the dis covery of the marriage by his father, and the usual forgiveness at the close. There were two scenes pre sented which were very fine. The Piece was pre eminently successful. Nothing could be more de lightful than the performance of M. ALBERT, Made. moiselle NOBLET, and MELANIE; they excelled their usual exertions. The House was crowded with fashion and beauty. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.—Mr. BA RTLEY'S Lectures on the Structure tithe Univelse continue to be well attended. To the experienced astronorher this exhi bition is no small • ?creation ; to those less acquainted with the delightful science, it affords the highest im provement and gratification. It leads us to the ad miration of the bounteous CREATOR, whose benevo lence appears in all his works, and who " tempers the wind to the shorn lamb!" ASTRONOMY.—Persons who attend Lectures, or who are disposed to make themselves acquainted with the interesting features of this sublime Science,' ought to possess themselves of the New Work, called The Wonders of the Heavens. It is one of the most richly decorated Volumes in the English language, containing no less than forty-six highly-finished En gravings; while its low price of half a-guinea admits of its general circulation. FANCY DRESS BALL AT ALMACK'Se•-....The first Fancy Ball, of the present season, was given at Al mack's on Monday night, under the distinguished pa tronage of the Princess ESTERHAZY, the Countesses COWPER, BESBOROUGH, MORLEY, and several other leaders of haut ton. Nearly three hundred persons of rank and fashion were present. Full military uni• form was the predominating costume of the Gentle ' men ; though there were some few Spanish Cava leroes, Swiss Peasants, &c. The Ladies displayed a profusion of plumes and brilliants.; and the fair ju niors of the splendid assemblage *were, for the most part, fancifully attired with chaplets o f ? flowers inter mixed with coloured jewellery. The ensemble was superlatively brilliant. Quadrilles were the favourite dances, and they were continued till three o'clock. Mrs. and Misses THOMPSON. of Grosvenor-square, gave a brilliant Concert, on Monday evening, at which assisted the vocal strength of the Opera House. The interior of the mansion has been re-furnished, since the last season, in all the'splendour of Grecian taste. The circle exceeded 200; among whom were, His Royal highness the Duke of Gloucester, the Duchess of Leeds, Marquis of Lansdown, Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Lennox, Earl anti Countess of Derby, Lady M. Stan ley, Earl of Fife, Marchioness of Salisbury and Lady G. Wel lesley, Earl of Westmorland and Lady G. Fane, Marchioness of Winchester and Lady M. I'aulet, Earl and Countess of Mayo, Mr. Cholmondeley, Dowager Lady Tancred, Colonel and Mrs. , Freemantle, Mr. and Mrs. C. Lock, Miss Nugent, Count and Countess Ludulph, Lady Shelley, Mr. and Mrs. A. Baring, Misses Baring, Mrs. Peploe, Lord Beresford, Lord Henley and Miss Eden, Mrs. and Miss Beaumont, Mrs. Malcolm and Miss ' Macleod, Msg. and Miss Stuart, Captain Gower, Mrs. Doyle, Mr. and Lady Wynne klellasyse Countess Pander, Sir Robert and Lady Macfarlane, Mrs. and Miss Chandos Legh, Mrs. ' and Mies Villiers, Sir Charles, Lady, and Miss Flint, Mrs. and bliss Wellesley Pole, Viscountess Hampden, Countess of Atli . lone, Mr. and Mrs. Bethel', Sir Duff and Lady Gordon, Sir H. and Lady D. Hamilton, Lady Say and Sele, and Miss Twisle ton, Sir Charles and Lady Cockerel'. _ BACHELORS BALL AT BATH.--Tuesday night, a company of nearly three hundred persons of the first rank assembled at York House, to participate in an elegant Entertainment given by the Bachelors of the gay circle of fashionable visitants, that now im part life and animation to Bath. It being under stood that it was to be a Fancy Ball on an extensive scale, all the Ladies were attired in splendid or cha racteristic costumes; and the Gentlemen (with some few exceptions) assumed diversified characters, or wore their regimentals or uniforms. This gave a most interesting effect to the joyous scene. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Plymouth, in Grosvenor-square, from Worcestershire. Mrs. Willoughby Bertie, in Grosvenor-square, from Brighton. The Duke of Norfolk, and Lady Mary Petre, from Arundel Castle. Lord and Lady Exmouth, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from Devonshire. Lord and Lady De Dunstanville, and family, in Upper Gros venor-street, from Tehedy Park, Cornwall. Lord Dynevor, yesterday, in Dover-street, from Dynevor Castle, South Wa les; her Ladyship and family are expected in ' a few days. Lord Napier, In St. James's-street, from a tour. W. S. L. Fox, Esq. in Upper Grosvenor-street, from Brighton. Sir Charles Saxton, Bart. at the Albany, from Cheltenham. DEPARTURES. The Marquis of Buckingham, yesterday mowing, fur Aving ton, Hants. d Cathcart, for Berks. Sir Andrew Cathcart, Bart. for Bath. OLD BAILEY-THIS DAY. The Old Bailey Sessions were opened thii day; by the LORD MAYOR, the CHIEF JUSTICE of the Kiug's Bench, and Mr. Baron WOOD (the other Judges being on Circuit), and several Aldermen. The catalogue of offences, for the present Session, has nothing peculiarly heinous: there is, however, we lament to state, a still increasing number of cases of forging and uttering Bank of England Notes. The Court was occupied throughout the morning in hearing ordinary cases. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Yesterday these Sessions commenced, when C. J. Knight and W. Clerke were indicted for conspiring to defraud Mr. Christie and Captain Rowe, of goods to the amount of £lB6. Mr. Christie is a timber-merchant in Clerkenwell, and Captain Rowe is the master of a vessel which brought a cargo of timber from Africa, in 1820, which was unshipped in the London Docks. J. Price, an agent, had some slight knowledge of Knight, and it was proposed that he should become a purchaser of part of the wood, but Price refused Knight's secu rity, and he introduced Clerke, his brother-in-law, who represented him as a very solvent man, that he had at least £5OO upon his books, and could give good bills, to which Price agreed ; and Clerke him self accepted a bill for forty pounds, which was paid when it came due. Knight accepted two hills for fifty pounds each, which, however, were dishonoured. A warrant of attorney, which Clerke had against Knight in the preceding May (this transaction having taken place in June), for upwards of £2OO, was put in, and had been drawn up so ingeniously, as to give Clerke power to put it in force, not only for the spe cific sum mentioned, but for any other transaction or negociation between them afterwards ; so that Clerke actually took the timber, when it was delivered.— Knight became a prisoner in the Fleet, and was now brought up by Habeas Corpus; his business, it seems, is still carried on in his house. Witnesses were called to prove the facts ; and, after a long argument of Counsel on both sides, the CHAIRMAN summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict, finding both the de fendants After an hour had elapsed, the prisoners were put again to the Bar, when the CHAIRMAN sentenced Clerke to pay a fine of £5O ; and the Court taking into consideration Knight being already in prison, sen tenced him to be further imprisoned for two months from the expiration .of his present confinement. P. P. Leykine, J. Hirst, G. R. Rowland, J. ROW.. son, and L. Ziroadstreet, were indicted for assaulting J. Forester. The defendants were stated, by Mr. ADOLPHUS, to be sons of respectable men in the City, and the pro secutor a watchmaker, in Union -street, Bishopsgate street. Early in the morning of the day stated in the indictment, he was coming home through White chapel, when the defendants, who were in a state of inebriety, pushed him off the pavement. An alter cation ensued, when Leykine said he was the cham pion, and would give him a nulling, and took off the prosecutor's hat, and handed it to his companions.— The watch was called, and the prosecutor charged them with robbing him of his hat. A scuffle ensued, when Leykine lost a gold watch. The Jury found the defendants Guilty, and the Court sentenced Leykine to pay a fine of C 5. Hirst £2. 10s. and all the rest EL 4s. each. E. Blade was convicted of an assault upon J. Tip ping, owner and driver of the hackney-coach N 0.615, which coach the defendant hired in Broad -street, St. Giles's, to take him to his house in Yorkshire Stingo lane, and instead of paying the coachman's demand, he thrashed him. The defence was, that the coach man was insolent, and broke defendant's windows.— Sentence deferred. James Pigdet and William Clayton, two of the convicts left for execution at the late Assizes for Kent, and who were to have suffered on Thursday last, were respited the preceding day.—lsaac Boor man and Henry Bridger, who had been previously respited, have since been reprieved. A charity Vox, placed at the Trosachs by the Rev. Mr. COCKER, from England, was opened some time ago, and contained upwards of Ell sterling. This sum was made up of donations from travellers who visited Loch Catherine and the Trosachs during the last season, and has been distributed to the most ne cessitous cf the poor in the parish of Callander. The Devon County Meeting was most numerously i attended. The Mott &MIFF was in the Chair. A letter from Lord ROLI.E was read, in which he ex pressed a hope that the Meeting would not mix with their objects of complaint " the old bug-bear of Par liamentary Reform." This drew from Mr. TUCKER an animated censure. Lord EBRINGTON, in an able speech, proposed the Resolutions and Petition. He was seconded by R. W. NEWMAN, Esq. An Amend ment was moved by the Rev. Prebendary DENNIS, agreeing to the representation for relief from Agri ' cultural Distress, &c. but omitting Parliamentary Reform. The lion. NEWTON FELLOWS, Mr. CAL.. MADY HAMLYN, Colonel PELL, and Mr. TUCKER, supported the original motion, which was carried. The blowing-room adjoining to the large Cotton Factory, in Portland-street, Manchester, was destroyed by fire in the night of Thursday last; about 1,100 weight of cotton lay loose in the room at the time. By timely assistance the other parts of the extensive buildings were saved. GEORGE THE THIRD, HIS COURT AND FAMILY. The New Edition of this Work just published, ap pears to give very general satisfaction. It presents a personal illustration of our venerated Monarch as a King, Statesman, Patron of Literature, Art, and Science, as a Husband, Father, Patriot, and Friend! sketching his character more by his actions than by his words, yet neglecting nothing which may deve lope his virtues, and relating an affinity of original Anecdotes from the most authentic sources, collected during a long period of close observation and sedu lous research. Coax Etatnmses, 7•Ltax..-Later, APRS 11.—The Wheat trade continues extremely dull, for although there has been no fresh arrifala since Monday, what remained over from that day's sup ply could not be disposed of this morning, although offered at lower prices ; for, at the close of Monday's market, the Millers made a further reduction of 2s. per sack on the price of- Flour, which has Increased the depression on the Wheat trade. Barley supports Monday's prices, the quantity at market to-day being small. Oats are Is. pFr quarter cheaper, in consequence of large arrivals since Monday. In Beaus and Peas there :s ew.lteration. I