Star. — London, England, 1821-05-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY. The 6th Regiment of Foot is ordered from Leeds to Hull, thence to embark for St. Helena: transports are, it is supposed, on their passage from Portsmouth ca. Chatham to receive them on board. Saturday se'nnight, a company of the 4th Royal Veteran Battalion, from Fort George, marched into Edinburgh Castle. They came last from Aberdeen. The 4th Royal Veteran Battalion marched from Stirling Castle on Monday last, to proceed to Ayr, where they are since arrived, fur the purpose of being disembodied. The ship William, SPENCE master, has taken on board, at Cowes, eight Officers and 27G men of Re giments serving in Nova Scotia. She expected to sail yesterday. The Pint Amos frigate, Captain F. NEWCOMBE, C.B. is ordered to Portsmouth from Plymouth, to take on board Lieutenant-General Sir HEN nY WA 'IDE, K.C.B. lately appointed Captain-General and Gover nor-in-Chief in and over the Island of B.irbadoes. The station assigned to that fine Regiment, the 51st (or King's Own) Light Infantry, under the com mand of Lieutenant• Colonel Rice, C.ll. is Malta. Three companies for this destination, under Lieute nant-Colonel KEvv, embarked at Portsmouth on Fri day, on board the Star transport, Lieutenant HENRY HUM Agent, and the remainder will follow in the course of this week. The garrison duty will be per. formed in future by the Corps of Royal Marines, ' wbo enter upon it this day. The following are the Regiments ordered home from forei:!,:i . •er vice :-Bth and 17th Light Dra goons, 17th, nth. 34th, 53d. 59th, from India ; 58th and 61st, from Jamaica; 66th, from St. Helena; 26th from Gibraltar. A serious accident happened on the night of Tues day last, to a soldier of the 41st Regiment, quartered in Stirling Castle. He had been assisting in raising the draw-bridge leading to the Castle, and had acci dentally got jammed under the balance beam. He was very much bruised, and immediately carried to the Hospital in a state of considerable danger. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 18, 1821. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lord Francis Conyingham to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Reed, promoted. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Robert De Lisle, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Richardson, who exchanges. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Mervyn Richardson, ham the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice De Lisle, who exchanges. 9th Ditto—Honourable George Vaughan to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Jones, who retires. 13th Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Medows Brewnrigg, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Clayton, appointed to the 36th Foot. Nth Ditto—Brevet Major Charles Stuart Campbell to be Ma jar, without purchase, vice Farquharson, deceased ; Lieute nant James Dunn to be Captain, vice Campbell; Ensign Alexander Fraser to be Lieutenant, vice Dunn; Williun E. Hay, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Fraser. 22th Ditto—Captain Archibald Kidel,frem half-pay of the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas Wilson, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 36th Ditto—Ensign Clayton, from the 13th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice M'Cabe, appointed Quarter master; Ensign James M'Cabe to be Quartermaster, vice Kemp, deceased. With Ditto—Lieutenant Edmund Cox, from half-pay of the Re giment, to be Lieutenant, vice James Wilkins, who exchanges. The Christian names of Ensign King, of the 13th Foot, are Robert Henry. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. Sir John Cox Hippisley, Bart. Sir Robert Pole, Bart. and Da niel Quarrier, to be Deputy Lieutenants. Commission in the Forfar and Kincardineshire or 11th Regi ment of British Militia, signed by the Colonel of the Regiment. James Jack, Gent. to be Quartermaster, vice Munro. Commission in the Forfar and Kincardineshire or 11th Regi .. most of British Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County'of Forfar. James Jack, Gent. to be Ensign. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Haddington. Berwickshire, &c. Militia—John Buchan Sydserff, Esq. to be Captain, vice George Hunter; Charles Sharp, Gent. to be &sign, vice Robert Sharp. Lit Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry --James Hunter, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Sir James Grant Suttie, Bart. resigned ; An drew Fletcher, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Sir James Dell, Bart. resigned; John Rennie, jun. Gent. to he Cornet, vice John Rennie, sen. resigned ; Thomas Lea, Gent. to be Adjutant, vice John Henning, deceased ; Robert Lewins, M.D. to be Surgeon, vice John Welsh, deceased. Commission in the Cardiff Troop of Gentlemen and Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of GlamoVgan: Rickard Wyndham Williams, Gent. to be Lieutenant. REPUBLIC OF HAYTI. It gives us pleasure to communicate the following brief, but interesting extract of a letter received from St. Domingo, of the latest date of advices from thence: " CAPE HAY MARCH 18.—Every thing is quiet, and confidence again restored The ringleaders of the late conspiracy have been arrested, condemned, and shot, and all things are going on well." CHILI. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM SANTIAGO DE CHILI, DATED THE lOTH JANVA LIT LAST. " We have just received dispatches from Lima, announcing the pleasant advice, that since the defection of the Regiment of liumantia, 800 strong, with all the Officers, twenty-seven Offi cers belonging to different other Regiments have also gone over to Saw Warm. He was within a few leagues of the city, and hourly expecting its surrender. ARMALES is also said to have arrived at Cruxes. Lord COCHRANE (since the capture of the frigate) has taken six sail of vessels, four of which are irons Spain. One is principally laden with quicksilver, aad very va luable; another is the Indian. from Rio Janeiro, with an as sorted cargo. Captain BASIL HALL, of the CONWAY, is sending an express to Buenos Ayres with the above intelligence." ELOPEMENT.—Lady C. the daughter of an Earl,l has eloped, within these few days, with an Officer of the Guards. 'Mon DISTRESSING EVENT.—A venetian, having obtained the affection of the daughter of a British Officer, both of whom were travelling for pleasure through Italy, and learning from the young Lady that her property could not devolve upon herself un til the death of her father, contrived, after a faithful Promise of her hand, to become acquainted with one of the domestics, an Italian, and to persuade him to the horrible act of poisoning the revered father, Which he did by slow, but certain means. The plot was discovered, but, alas! too late. The unsuspecting Officer died, and the young Lady remains in a state of complete di►traction. The infamous Venetian and the servant are both in custody. """ _ - -- •":' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, .His Majesty's ship CHANTICLEER arrived off Sardinia in 15 1 days, from Portsmouth ; and his Majesty's ship Mama, also from Portsmouth, arrived off Cape Patios, on the 22d ult. ' Popersmonztr, May 19.—. Yesterday and to-day about twenty sail of outward-bound merchantmen, which put in here with contrary winds, proceeded on their respective voyages. The ship Tuscan, bound to the South Seas, was among them, hav!ag on board the Rev. DANIEL TVERMAN (late of Newport, Isle of Wight), G coitus: BE:wry, Esq. of Sheffield, and Missionaries, who are about to visit Otaheite, &c. as a D.:putation from the London Missionary Society. The Troya (Venus), Swedish fri gate, 48 guns, Lieutenant-Colonel Count CRONSTRZDT, Captain, arrived on Sunday from Havre, having landed there the luggage of the Swedish Ambassador to the Court of France, from Swe den. Her object in visiting this port is curiosity only ; she will return in a few days to Havre. Permission having been given to the Officers to see the Doek-yard, they had that gratification on Thursday. The Troya has a great number of supernumerary Officers nu board, for the purpose of practice. The First and Second Captains (the latter holds the rank and title of Major) have been entertained by our Naval and Military Commanders in Chief (Sir Janes HAWKINS WHITSHED and Sir Gee. Comte), since their arrival. The Marna sloop, 20 guns, was launched front this Dock-yard yesterday. The ROSE, of 18 guns, will be launched from the same slip the first of next month. MAT 20.—Wind E.—Arrived yesterday the Thomas and Mary transport, from the Eastward. Sailed the Earl of Mor ley, Tuscan, and Zephyr, for the South Seas; and Star trans port, for the Mediterranean. Passed up Channel, the Findlay, HARRIS ; from Sierra Leone. Arrived to-day the Princess of Wales, Jonasoa, from the Downs for St. Helena ; Voyager, RICHARDSON, front the Downs for the Cape of Good Hope; and Duke of Bronte, litetraaosoa, from Memel. Passed down Cha, net the Thomas Grenville, MANNING ; Marquis Welling ton, Woou ; and Daphne, for Madras and Bengal. Sailed the Mint, PATTEN; Harriet, Bores; Regent, RUNLET; Sir George Prevost, Mortalsort ; and William, Seexce, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, MAY 18.—Sailed the Diana packet, for the Bra ails ; Princess Elizabeth packet, for America; and Lady Ara bella packet, for Lisbon, all with Mails. PLYSIDL:TII, MAY 10.—Wind N.W.—Sailed the Orange Grove, Palmy, for the Cape ; and Ocean, Bean, for New York. Two steam vessels have passed down Channel, supposed for Holyhead. Cowes, MAY 19.—Arrived the Recovery transport, from London for Quebec. Dove*, MAY 20.—Arrived the Neptune, DOMAN. from Hastings fur Sunderland: she parted her cable in St. Mar garet's Bay. ILsawrcu, NAT 20.—Arrived the Leicester and Lord Dun can packets, Rona Cuxhaven ; and Prince of Orange packet, for Holland, each with a Mail. Sailed the Charlotte packet, for Gottenburgb ; Lord Nelson packet, for Cuxhaven ; and Van sittart packet, for Holland, each with Mails. Drat, May 20.—Wind N. F..—Came down from the River yesterday and sailed, the Daphne, Crisrrscco, for Madras; the ' Princess Charlotte, Lasts, for Demerara ; Jane Ellen, Penn, for Genoa; Elizabeth and Ann, Dossoa, for Quebec; Pomona, ilictistoNo, fur Miramichi ; 'and honour, Batista, for Cadiz.— Arrived and sailed for the River, the Duke of York, Caws/nu., and Warren Hastings, LASKI:SS, from China; and Harrington, CANNEY, frism Jamaica. Sailed, the Euxine, Hato:, for Ilam burgh. Passed by at the back of the Goodwin Sands, the Hop pet, Say, from Gottenhurgh for Rio Janeiro , Alexander, Sole- SON, from Surinam for Rotterdam; Active, Sums, from Bremen for Havannah ; and the Spring, from Datitzic for Plymouth.— Arrived today and sai!ed for the River, the Waterloo, Fata -1 HOLM, from Leghorn. Came down from the River and sailed, the Sir William lknsley, Criaticzczos, for Quebec; Stephen, Dixou, for Mirantichi; Hope, Glass, and Amphitrite, MottoaN, for Jamaica. The Catharine Stewart Forbes, LAMS, arrived at Ilelvoetsluys yesterday, all well. Ccsaom-liouse, MAT 19.—Ships Entered Inwards :—The Mary, from Lisbon; William and Mary, from St. Michael's; Good Intent, from Lisbon ; Inverness, from Copenhagen ; Tons Bowling, from St. Vincent's; Hope, from Madras; Indian, from Duokirk ; Edwards, from Bremen ; Richard, from Stan gate Creek; St. Patrick, from Belfast; and Marquis of Angle sea, from Cork.—Entered Outwards: The Thames, for Ber muda; Britannia, for Gibraltar ; Waterford, for Waterford ; .Julie, fur liourde.sux ; Thomas, for Amsterdam; Betsy, for Hamburgh ; Resolution, for Dublin; Duke of Kent, for Rotter dam; Flying Fish, for (Mend; Active, for Calais; Ocean, for Demerara; Wilsons, for Antwerp ; Amity, for the South Seas; Ratcliffe, for ditto; Victoria, for Jamaica; Alliance, for St. Pe tersburgh ; Voyager, for Miramichi; and Ann, for ditto. A letter from Gibraltar, dated the 26th ultimo, says :—" Several arrests have taken place this day at Algesiras; amongst them is the Vicar of the Town, Town Major and Bligade Major, suspected of counter revolutionary principles, which they are endeavour ing to disseminate." By a private letter from Lisbon we learn, that the determination of the KING to return to Europe was communicated to the Portuguese Nation, in an official Ncte from SYLVESTRA PINHERA, the new Minister for Foreign Affairs at Rio Janeiro, addressed to the Governors of the Kingdom of Portugal. It is affirmed, that the LIFFEY, British frigate, which sailed from the Tagus last month, proceeded to the Brazils, for the purpose of affording protection to the Royal Family on their voyage to Portugal. Much activity prevailed at Lisbon on the 3d, 4th, and sth, of this month, to expedite the departure of arms and troops for Bahia, for the purpose of assisting the Revolutionists. The accounts vary as to the number of troops who were to sail. Some of them mention that they would amount to 5000 men ; others, that the force would be much more considerable. The exchange at Rio Janeiro ou London has fallen. The following is an extract of another letter, dated Lisbon, May 1 :—" A most outrageous attack was made on the house of the Austrian charge d'Affaires, in consequence of his not having put up lights to celebrate the new order of things established at Rio de Janeiro. It was well known before hand that this was meditated ; but the Chevalier, trusting to the assurances of protection given by the Government, on the recent occasion of the breaking of the win dows of the Nuncio, followed the line of conduct adopted by all other foreign agents, and abstained from illuminating. However, so far was the Regency from keeping their word, that not only was every pane of glass in the house shattered, but a despe rate mob, encouraged• by some Military Officers, continued to surround the premises from dusk in the evening till a quarter before twelve at night, with out the slightest molestation from the Police, who did not dare to interfere, on account of the Officers. Every species of injurious language was made use of towards the Chevalier and his Royal Master, and se veral attempts made to force the door of the house, in which, &they had succeeded, most probably fatal consequences would have ensued ; for the Chevalier is a cool and determined man, and a Lisbon mob generally carry knives. At the hour abovemeutioned, the Polite insisted on admittance, and themselves placed lights in the windows, saying, , The people must be satisfied ; otherwise, they could not prevent 'the house from being sacked. "Phis conduct towards a foreign Agent, living under the protection of the laws of nations, is unheard of, and has rendered the situations of all the diplomatic persons here very ialarming. The Government have refused any spe cies of satisfaction, save throwing the blame on a Serjeant of Police. The affair has created a great sensation, for popular excesses of this nature are unknown in Lisbon." MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. Captain FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE, second son his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE, on Sat turday evening received in marriage the fair hancLo the amiable and interesting Lady AUGUSTA BOYLE, second daughter ohhe Earl and Countess of GLas olow. The ceremony, Which was by special license, took place at Kent House, Knightsbridge, and was performed by the Rev. Dr. Mcioar, son of the late Archbishop of CAN FERBURY. A select company of twenty-five persons of the first distinction, including the particular friends and relatives of the parties, were invited to dinner by the Earl and Countess of GLASGOW on the occasion. Among them were, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK and CLARENCE, the Duke of MONTROSE, Viscount MELVILLE, and several others of the first Nobility of Scotland. The distinguished party sat down to dinner at eight o'clock, and after dinner the marriage ceremony was per formed in their presence. The happy couple left , town immediately for the cottage of Colonel FITZ. CLARENCE, near Bushy Park, to spend the honey-moon. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. Saturday, Prince LIOPOLD, attended by Sir Roamer GA annizz, left town for Claremont. The Duke of NORFOLK left town on Friday, for his seat, Worksop Manor, Nowt'. The Dukes of RUTLAND, Guarrox, and PORTLAND, left town yesterday, for Newmarket. Lady CAROLINE Lama left town on Saturday, for Bracket Hall. Lord 0. H. CAVENDISH left town yesterday, for Newmarket. Departures from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street:—Sir Joux SuELLar, L'art. for Newmarket; dr. and Mrs. Tartan. for Bath. _ _ Lady MONTGOMERY BURGESS and Mr. BURGESS arrived on Sa. turday at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, frost Paris.— Jasiss Lessor, Esq. left ditto, for Scotland. Sir J. K. Pow ea, Bart. M. P. is arrived at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour. Mr. and Mrs. HAT and family left Blake ' s Hotel, Jerrnyn street, yesterday, for their seat in Scotland. Departures from Shelley's Hotel, Cockspur-street :—General DOUGLAS, for Chatham ; J. PAYNE, F.sq. for his seat, Tedding ton ; Rev. Mr. ALLATT, on a tour; J. Gateau's . , Esq. for Ex mouth; W. GARDINER, Esq. for his seat iu Scotland; and Cap tain Craare, for Portsmouth. Arrivals at Hodgson ' s Hotel, Dover-street :—Mr. and Mrs. BrAcr, from Sussex; and W. Hu.r., Esq. from Ireland.—PETgli Puaceti, F.sq. left ditto, yesterday, for Ireland. Lady and the two Miss STAPLEION'S have left Thomas ' s Hotel, Berkeley-square, for their seat in Oxfordshire. Arrivals at the Pulteney Hotel, Piccadilly :—Mr. and Lady Ass Murranv, from Paris; and Capt. SERJEANT, from Brighton. The Earl of CALEDON is arrived in St. James's-square, from the Earl of HARDWICKE'S seat, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire. . . . . Lord Mau/toms h arrived in town from a tour. Colonel and Mrs. FI?ZCLARENCC arrived yesterday at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's -street, from Bushy Park. J. G IFFITUS, Esq. arrived yesterday at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. THIS EVENING. Mrs. HowAin's Concert, Grosvenor-square. Lady BMA RATS'S Rout, Grosvenor-square. TO-Mott ROW. Lady LANGHAII% second Diorrtissement, Longhorn House. Mrs. SMITH'S Ball, Iftrtford-street, May-fair. Earl Voictin's Party, Grosvenor-square. WeDNESDAY. Marchioness of SALISSURT'S Rout, Arlington-street. Lord HOWARD of EFFINGHAM'S Party, Mansfield-street. ALMAC lI'S Grand Bail. Earl and Countess of ASIAN'S party, Dover-street. Archbishop of Yonr's Entertainment to the Directors of the Ancient Music. TIIVRSDAY. Countess St. GIRMAIN . 3 Ball, St. James's-square. lion. Lady Smiles Rout, Terrace, Piccadilly. FRIDAY. Countess Sr. ANTONIO'S Hull, Hanover-square. Duke of DEVONSHIRE'S Fete, Devonshire House, Piccadilly. ArgyU Assembly. SATURDAY. Marchioness of Ii oNDONDERRY'S Party after the Opera. OTHER PARTIES. MONDAY, MAY 29.:—Miss GRAHAM'S Ball at WILLIS'S ROOMS, under the patronage of the I)ukes of Yong and Sus ;Ex, Prince LIOTOLD, the Duchcss of KENT. the Duchess of BLechfugn, the Marchioness of Sacissuar, Countesses HARCOURT and CHAT HAM, Viscountess Dowager Mxt.vicr.a, Lady Batoroar, &c.— Lady ROIHNSON'S Rout, Albemarle-street ; Mrs. HOWARD'S Con cert, Grosvenor-square; Mrs. WARD'S Ball, Bedford-square; Countess of Jeasiev's Rout; Lurd Caawg's Party. TURSDAY, Mar 29 —Grand Ball at WlLLlS'S—Patronesses, the I'rincess ESTERHATY, the Duchess de FIUAS, the illarchio ness of SALISBURY, Lady GRORGIANA WiLLZSLRY, Lady C. TIL NIT LONG, Lady SARAH Da CILESPIONY, &c. THURSDAY, MAY 31....-4100. Lady SMITH'S Second Rout, Ter race, Piccadilly; Lady PoLe's Ball, Upper Harley-street. ALMACK'S. The Ball on Wednesday evening was brilliant be yond a parallel, at least since the commencement of the present season. The saloon was literally crowded with tides, and all the elite of the fashionable world. Certainly there could not be fewer than five hundred personages of the first distinction present. The Qua drilles were opened by Captain DUCKLRY Miss FITZCLA RENCE. Viscount FA L3D/UTH. Lady R. F.norcesiaa. Lord Jonx Cutracumc... Lady &MITA ST. Colonel BOWATER.. Lady GRIVILI.Z. ilonourable Mr. Rice. Miss PA LK. Lord W. Lesixox Lady R. BATTIURST. Honourable Mr. MoLvsrux Miss Sermons. Captain MONTAGUE. Lady M. Pfici.rra The dancing continued till after three o'clock, and it was long after four before the splendid assemblage had entirely departed. The card tables were totally unoccupied. There were present, PaiNces--Lubomirsky and Cimitelli ; the Duke de Frias. Decnesses—Richmond, Marlborough, Portland, Argyle, De Friaq, and Rutland. hlltanuisses—Exeter, Graham, and Coigny. Almtenioxasses—Cornwallis, Winchester, Londonderry, and Clauricard. Kan cs—Westmorland, Aboyne, Brownlow, Carnarvon, Mans field, Roseberry, Rosslyn, Shaftesbury, Clare Darnley ' Mount charles, Beauchamp, Clonmell, Denbigh, Uxb ri dge, and Glengall. Coney:sus—Sefton, Dartmouth, IJowagerWarwick, Aboyne, Brownlow, Carnarvon, hlansfield, Roseberry, St. Antonio, Clare, Mulgrave, Cassillis, Grey, Ashburabam, Darnley, Derby, Mor ley, and Uxbridge. LORDS —W. Page, Ossulston, Filenborough, Falmouth, J. Churchill, Barnard, liawarden, Kennedy, Chetwynd, Amherst, Clifton, T. Cecil, Auckland, J. Thynne, J. Bentinck, Clon brock, W. Lennox, Loughborough, Ste. Limas—Molyneux, Cornwallis, Lennox, C. Churchill, Ben thick, Paget, Ossulston, M. Legge, G. Fane, Codrington, &c. Sias—J. Copley, T. Arbuthnot, W. D. Gordon, C. Gordon, T. Vincent, P. Roche, H. Hamilton, C. Greville, M. Tierney, Kerrison, W. Gordon Cumming, H. Seaton, &c. Mvsatenas—Fortescue, Phipps, Macdonald, Peel, Petre, Fielding, Barrington, T. Seymour, A. Legge, &c. hlisrarssits--Brougham, fitzherbert, G. Villiers, A. Baring, Parnther, Fraser, H. Baring, Rebuts, Sze. Missas—Codrington, Copley, Anson, Ferguson, Forteseue, Halliday, 'Moreton, Fitzclarence, Seymour, Bruce, Fitzroy, Rice, Forrester, Rous, Duncombe, 13ouverie, Strutt, Amherst, Cavendish, Villiers, Eden, Luivtber, Arbuthnot, Palk, Hervey. HYDE PARK. The Park was thronged yesterday. Princes (native and foreign), Dukes, narquisses, Earls, Lords, Baro nets, General Officers, highly-in request fashionables, estraveres illnstres, with Ladies of every rank, were to he met with, both in the Ring and on the Promenade. In female costume—and there was a brilliant display —the imperial purple seems to be the almost univer sal rage; though many belles, and very elegant ones too, enveloped themselves in pelisses of the more un obtrusive grass gmen ; and in either case, capacious bonnets, and bonnets, or drooping feathers, en sage, appear to be indispensable. The first-rate elegantes have quite laid aside the slip-shod French shoe, for the more becoming laced b .ot. The following are a few of the parties on the Promenade: HL Royal Highness the l)uke of Clarence, three Misses Fitt clarencc, Mr. Frederick Se) matt- dM is Seymour—Princes Paul Esterhazy and Lub3rmiesky, Marquis de coigny, and Count Co:oredo—the Dukes of Devonshire and Argyle, and the Hon. George Cavendish—the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Paget and Mr. Chichester—Ladies Georgiana Fane and Mary Paulet, and Viscount Duncannon—Count St Antonin, Lord George Seymour, and Colonel Upton—Lord and Lady W. Fitzgerald—Earls Westmorland, Mountcharles, Clonmelli For tescue, Darnley, Iklfast, and Glengall—Lords Gwydir, Arun del, A. Hill, J. Churchill, and Hawke. The Drive was rich in coronets; and many Noble equestrians were abroad. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACES AT WINDSOR. Some private races were run on Thursday last, between 'the Officers of the two Regiments stztioned at Windsor, which afforded some excellent sport. The first race, which was a Sweepstakes, was won by Captain P— in the first style of racing. The second, between Captain G--- and Captain S--, wa; won by the former. The third was a mire race, in the course of which three flying leaps were taken over Bloat hurdles, nearly five feet high, which intersected the course, placed about a quarter of a mile apart from each other. At the last leap the horses went over the hurdles neck and neck together. Mere Captain B—'s horse slipped in coming over, the grass being slippery from the heavy rain that fell, which gave Captain ll— the race by half a neck. FATAL BOXING. Tuesday, an Inquisition was t a ken at the Griffin Inn, in the parish of Marsh, before Mr. Pitarr, Coroner for the Isle of Ely, on view of the body of John Mackan, then lying dead. It ap peared in evidence, that deceased and a man of the name of l'homas Hill (a practised bruiser) agreed, the evening before, to tight a pitched battle for ten shillings; they accordingly met and fought—the corttest lasted two hours and, forty minutes. Mackan appeared to have the best of it, until the last three rounds, which werc ht favour of Hill, as the other could no longer meet him, and he was taken from the ground to the Workhouse, in a perfectly senseless state. Medical assistance was given, but ' without effect, as he expired the next forenoon abcut eleven o'clock.—Upon view of the body, there did not appear to be any partictiLr blow which was likely to occasion his death, but that lie died of the various bruises and injuries he had received, and of the exhaustion which was occasioned by his excessive exertion and resistance in the combat. The Jury, after a labo rious and patient investigation, returned a verdict of Man slaughter against Thomas Hill, whose commitment to the jail of Ely was immediately made out by the Coroner. Ilill is in such a state from injuries be . has received, as not to warrant his re moval at present. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. On Thursday the Annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was opened at Edinburgh, by the Earl of MORTON, his Majesty's High Com missioner. The Assembly then proceeded to the elec tion of a new Moderator, when Dr. DuxcAN MEARNS, Professor of Divinity in the King's College of Aber deen, was proposed by Dr. WICNIGRT, as a fit person to fill that office, and the proposal was seconded by Dr. IsTreoc. Dr. K rrox, of Larbert, rose and moved as an amend ment, and it was seconded by Mr. THOMSON, of Dun dee, that the Rev. Dr. GEORGE COOK, the Minister of Lau rencekir k (and justly celebrated Church historian), should be appointed Moderator. An animated discussion hereupon took place, in which Dr. CHALMERS spoke in favour of the amend ment. The roll being called, there appeared, For Dr. Mama - - - - 101 For Dr. COOK - 78 Majority for Dr. MIWIKS —2.4 The state of the vote having been declared, Dr. MEARNS, upon the call of the Assembly, then took the Chair. The LORD HIGH COMMISSIONER then addressed the Assembly in a gracious speech from the Throne, to which the MODERATOR made a suitable reply. The Royal Warrant for .C2OOO, for the propaga don of Christian Knowledge in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, was then given in by the Lord High Commissioner. A Committee was then appointed for answering the King's letter. • M4KNIGHT then rose and moved that a duff. ful and loyal Address be presented by the Assembly to the King, which, being seconded, was unanimously agreed to. Fraud in Sovereigns.—Government has lately de tected a most extraordinary fraud, which threatens great loss to the currency. Sovereigns to a great ex tent have been counterfeited, by casing Platina with Gold, the specific gravity of the two metals being nearly equal. In melting down some Sovereigns, the Platina was detected at the bottom of the crucible. Letters of the 27th February have been received from Sierra Leone, which afford the most satisfactory accounts of the state of that interesting Colony. The total loss among the Europeans residing at Sierra Leone, in the course of the late rainy sew_on, up to the above-mentioned date, amounted to no more than s:x persons. Monday last, JAnsan, Bamford, and Healy, convicted of sedi tion at Manchester, were liberated from the Castle of Lincoln, after entering into recognizances, &e. their time of confinement having been completed. Coax EXCHANCR, MARK-LANE, MAT 21.—We had a good at p • ply of Wheat to-day from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, and havia:g a brisk demand for that of fine quality, prime samples :old 2s. per quarter higher than on this day se'nnight, but there is no amendment in the prices of the ordinary qualities. Having a large arrival of Barley this morning, and the principal Maltsters having left off buying for this season, the sales were heavy at a decline of 2s. per quarter. Oats are Is. dearer than last Mon day, but not so brisk in sale as on Friday.—Currency as under. monism Small Beans 2Bs 305 Wheat, Kent and Tick ditto 245 27. Easel 's6s 62s Oats, Potatoe .........231 2114 Suffolk 36s 605 Poland 215 24, Norfolk 44s 501 Feed 14s 19s Rye 26s 501 Barley 90.27s Malt soa 56s White Peas sos 54s Boilers s6s 40s Grey Peas 2t. -.AN Flour, per Sack 46s 50, Rapeseed, per Last £34 .116 TORRIGN. Wheat, Dantzic .54$ 60$ Baltic Red, Rambro' or rrAl soi sis