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PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. :: , per Ct. Cons. 79a Inc `1 per Ct. 1826, Coo-. for Am 781 9i 81 9 81 !Long Ann. Jan. 1860, 3 ter Cent. Red. shut 1014 Annuities New, :it pti Ct. 1818, Alit E l i Each. Mlle 25 29 34 per Ct. Red. shut 1 S;100 Ditto 25 28 :.g r,. rent: Nzi , r, ani i i 1 £lOO and £2OO Do. 24 28 FOREIGN STOCKS. 141:,z;1. for Acet, 5841. Chilton , 20 i . Columbian, 1824, 15. SI, lican, 28; for Acct. 27 ; ditto 1825, 36 51 70. Russian. fro! A ; for Acct, 901 le Z. 16 154 4 ; for Acet, 1 6 / 1 151 16. Spann-h, 1825, for Ayer, 14i IS. French 5 per Ct, 81f 50c. Three per Ct. 1•.:f • '7sr. Exchange, k ••:* •eit. sing !Tulin , Stock, lion I-. t; 8 London Dock., £59 10, 8!. Citherine's. 108 City G" 1190 Ittink of Scotian& £167 Pritish Linen, £230 Grand Junction, £24.3 1 tide, £395 Regent's. £lB 101 PUBLIC COMPANIES. Irish Grand Canal, 73i Forth and Clyde, £625 Liv. & Man.liailway,XlB6 toSI 90 Crnmford, .e 45 Gu .rdian, Albion Fire, £75 Alliance, £8 5s County, £4O Bolanos Min .!s, LIBO Steam Navigation, dig. £6 15s. thcauTt.nca —Barometer, 29-39; Thermometer, 57. Wind S.W. Weather, mild, with showers of nin. ir TIE EV►; NTaiQX STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, MARCH 26. By the Hamburgismail of this morning we have received accounts from Warsaw, Petersburgh, Cracow, and the scat ......__ of the interesting war carrying on in that quarter of Europe ; which, taking into view the high refracting media through which the intelligence passes, may he considered fully to corroborate all the previous accounts, which we have had the satisfaction to have first communicated to the public, of the glorioua success of the Polish patriotic army. It will be seen in one of the following extracts from Peters- buq, that the loss of the Russian Army, in the hurtles about the 25th ultimo, is officially acknowledged to }rye amounted to eight thousand men. The subsequent incapability of .iecomplishing any farther important military operations, on he pad of the Russians, is likewise acknowledged ; and, in fact, irresistibly impels imagination to fill up the untold part of the history, with all the particulars of a routed, vanquished army. The state of the country is at the same time acknow ledged to be impracticable for military movements; and one anecdote is told which renders it probable, that disease is adding to the horror of their guilty retreat. While such is the state of the retreating barbarians, we find all is going on favourably for the Poles.—We _ _ . find that one of the experienced favourite generate of Napoleon (ExcELm Ass), is daily expected to assist in their councils of war ; and, what we conceive to be the most important information which we derive from these papers, is, that the Nobles of Poland are about taking that step, which will of itself render them invulnerable—emanci pating their Serfs, and transforming the dejected, nerveless, spiritless, class of semi -men, so denominated, into free men. This is one great resultof the Polish cause, without which—if we place confidence in the justice of a Divine Providence— it could not long be triumphant; and with which, it must be irresistibly victorious. According to Stockholm papers, a report prevailed in that City, that Russia had called on Sweden to furnish a con tinTent of 10,000 men ; which, by the terms of the Holy A:nonce, the latter Power bound herself to furnish, in case the cause of legitimacy in Europe should be endangered. Witasaw, March 15.—Our Slate Casale gives, among the official news, a Report from the District Commissioner at Zatnose, from which it; appears, that the Finland Regiment of Dragoons, had, on the 26th Feb taken the town of Janow, on the frontiers of Gallicia, and that the citizens had again taken the oath of allegiance to the Emperor Ni ehola.e. The local authorities had either concealed themselves or fled. The same paper says, that the inhabitants of the Woywodt.ships of :lock and Cracow, have voluntarily offered to organise new regim nts of cavalry. This paper give, also the following accounts :—" Within throe few days, the frost has returned ; there is a great deal of floating icc in the Vistula, and the military operations will therefore be, in all probability, interrupted for about a week or two. Meantime, prisoners continue to be brought in by our detachment:4 After the corps of Gen. Dwernicki had left Pulawy, and its neighbourhood, the Rus sinas entered it on the Ittlt of this month. We hear from Radom, that the inhabitants, after divine service on the 7th. took the oath to be faith. tol to the country and the nation, as prescribed by the Diet. The Warsaw Gazelle gives the following particulars :—The Russians, on their retreat from their positions before Prep, set fire to the village of Targowik, and to all the gabions and fascines which they had prepared for storming the fences,. The villages and colonies be. yond Praga arc entirely ruined. The bridge from Warsaw to Praga will probably not be removed; but out of precaution, the troops that were sent to reconnoitre the Russian army, have been re-called to the capital. It is reported, that the corps of the enemy under General Witt, has again taken possession of the town of Pulawy. Princess Czartoriska has fled to Gal:icia. The Warsaw Courier says,—For these five days, we have heard nothing of military operations. The enemy has withdrawn from be. tore Praga, and gore to Siennua. Many of out wounded soldiers have already recovered, erd go back to their regiments. The military tri. bueel continually passes sentence of Death, not only on spies who have beet , taken during the present war, but also on other persons convicted o various crimes. lo the night of the 12th, Major Osinaki,chief of the Staff, of Gmeral Dwernicki, arrived here, with a report to the Genetalissinw in Warsaw ; but the contents of these official reports, of the operations of that corps, have not yet been made public. Some new cannon have already been cast at Warsaw. A very important proclamation to the inhabitants of this city will shortly be issued. The Polish Gazette sate, —Field Marshal Count Diebitach has sent back to us Colonel Spendawaki, without asking a Russian prisoner in exchange ; declaring that he willingly sent him back, that his severe wound might be better attended to in Warsaw. The Colonel's foot was so wcund,d, that amputation was necessary, which operation the Rua. ratan .ttrgeons had successfully performed. G.! eta( Geismar interested himself with great humanity for the rounded officer, for which we assure him of our gratitude and respect. We are likewise greatly obliged to the commandet.in.chief of the armies, with which we contend, and will certainly seek an opportunity to return the obligation. ('olouel Spendowski, being unable to walk, was borne by Russian soldiers on their carbines to Grochow, where he war received by our people. The intention of the Diet, after the termination of the present war, to give portions of land to the soldiers, has led to the insertion of an article in the Journal " New Poland," which shows how impote tent it would be to the cultivations and civilization of the country, to improve the condition of the lower classes of the inhabitants of Poland, by emancipating them, and make landowners of them, which would more firmly attach them to the interests of the country. This nation, it is added, bad many friends and advocates under the Russian Government. The Governor-General of the Capital has learnt. that the troops in garrison in Prep, pull down the houses, that the inhabi tants have quitted, and use the materials for fuel ; and that in many other streets fences and stables are destroyed for the same purpose. He gives strict orders to the commanders of the troops to prevent such dis- , 1 graceful proceedings ; and threatens that in future the damage shall be made good out of their ray. The Warsaw) Gazelle says, that two important projects of law will sheerly be laid before the Diet—n timely, on the assignment of land to the peasantry. and on the pensions of civil officers. The Konigsberg Games says—" We hear from our frontiers, that in the vicinity, all is tranquil. In that part of the kingdom occupied by the Russians, especially In Augustowo and the environs the inha bitants had renewed the oath of allegiance to the Emperor Nicholas, as King of Poland. 'WAILSAW, Marcia 17. Our Slab Gazelle says—" The breaking up of the ice ,till continues ; snow and rain, alternate with each other, and the roads become worse and worse. This seems to be the reason that we hear nothing from the theatre of war. The steam boat, which was In the Vistula, sunk a few days ago. CRACOW, 15:11 of March.—Our Courrier' says—General Chlopicki has been here these three days ; he is coma to gat his wounds dressed." The same paper gives a letter from Warsaw of the 11th, which says "that Field Marshal Diebitsch has sent General Witt in pursuit of General Dwernicki, and that the Polish General Szennbeck has resigned. ST. PETERBBUROB, Maims 12.—Our yesterdays' Garage says, " The Commander-in.arief of the army in the field, reports to his Ma. jesty, under the date of the 19th Feb. (3.1 March,) that since the battle of the filth, (25th), nothing had occurred in the army. Notwithstanding the defeat of the rebels on that day, and the complete confusion in their army on the right bank of the Vistula, it has not been pus. sible to reap all the advantages of the victory. The dangerous state of the ice in many parts of the Vistula, which has al. ready begun to rise, renders it impossible for our troops to pass the river, till it is entirely clear. Meantime, the Field Marshal has ordered Gen. Rosen, commander of the Gth corps, to clear the Woiworleship of Fleck, from the patties of the insurgents, and to disatni the inhabitants. Count Diebitsch also reports that our loss on the 25th exceeds the first estimate, and that according to the reports of the several regiments, it amounts to 8,01)0 killed and wounded. The loss of the enemy is incomparably greater, from the concentrated fire of our immense artillery, end the Incessant attacks of our cavalry. This is confirmed by the prisoners, and the soldiers, and inhabitants of Warsaw, who daily come over to us. The number of deserters, from the regular Polish troops, is very considerable ; and in the Land sturm it is so great, that many of the newly-formed regiments dis. tressed after the battle of the 25th. in general, discipline has declined to a great degree in the army of the insurgents. On its retreat from lialuszyn to Praga, it desolated the country, and completely phtadeted the unfortunate inhabitants. We need hardly comment on the splendid exhibition of unanimity on the great cause, which took place at the Man sion-House yesterday, when the real representatives of civic wealth and commercial importance, passed resolutions which will do more honour to the City, than any ever voted within its precincts. Au Address to his present MAJEs - ry, whom future ages in history will designate WILLIAM the Great, did but give expression to the gratitude and sentiments of all the British empire. From private letters and Madrid Gazettes, it would ap pear, that the late imperfectly understood in-urrections in Spain have proved unsuccessful ; although the extracts from the Paris papers yesterday are at variance on this result. The Royalist news, however, up to the 12th current, at Madrid, stated that M ANZAN ARES, the chief of the re treated body of insurrectionists, had been killed, and 400 of them surrendered at Bejer, in the Sierra Bermeja, on the Bth instant. As 1,200 retreated from Cadiz, this would leave still 800 of them still, but this, exclusive of some who aro in the vicinity of Malaga, and which are stated, in a letter from that place, of the Bth, to be s,ooo—and in another, to be only 300. The revolt appears to have been long prepared, and generally disseminated, but hastened by the treachery of General OLIVEIRA, Commandant of Ca diz, who had pretended to be with the Constitutionists, and then informed the Government of their secrets. He was, according to the account, most naturally stabbed, as the first step in the revolt. From particulars so uncertain and discrepant, it is yet difficult to discern the truth. In the House of Peers last night, Lords WII A ANCLIFFE and KING presented petitions about tithes from Cardoxtan and Barnsley : and the latter complained of the pluralities in the Bishopric of Ely. The LORD CHANCELLOR ex plained, that some preferments in Ely had been granted to the Bishop out of turn, by Lord ELDON and himself, by misapprehension. In the HousE of ComstoNs Sir G. CLERK presented, with much emphasis, the Anti-Reform Petition from Edin burgh ; but Mr. HUME stated that it had but 600 signa tures, out of 140,000 inhabitants, procured privately ; while the other petition from tho same city was the result of a public fleeting, and signed by 35,000 persons. Observations were then made by different Members about the arrangements in respect to Peebles and Selkirk, to Sandwich, to Pembroke, to Durham, Shields, Gateshead, Sunderland, &c. Mr. BUXTON gave notice that on Tuesday, he would move a resolution, which would have a tendency to produce the extinction of Slavery. On the motion for a Committee of Supply, Sir R. PEEL took occasion to remark, on the greater actual population of Tamworth than Caine; and, quoting Bridgewater, he thought there was required a more accurate discrimination between the returns for towns and their parish. Lord ALTIIORE replied that nothing contrary to justice and facts was in tended. Mr. F. LEWIS then alluded to Radnor, and Lord Join/ RUSSELL said the whole should be revised on a uniform principle. Lord STORMONT then spoke of the Anstruther district of burghs, Lord ENCOMB of Truro, and Mr. MooRE of Dub lin ; to whom Lord Joint RUSSELL replied, that as the population returns would not be ready till August, he could not be guided by them ; but there were doubts about Mel ton, Buckingham, Mulmesbury, and three other places, from which returns would be obtained. Various sums for naval purposes were then voted, to some of which Mr. HUME objected as improvident; and £603,000 was voted for the pay of 32,000 seamen, at 295. per month, or 3s. less than last year. Sir BYAM MARTIN then called the attention of the House to the charges against himself, and the late Admi- ralty, for imisapplying grants ; and declared, that not one farthing had ever been expended, but in the public service. This fact Sir JAMES GRAHAM fully conceded ; but, he con tended, that the misappropriation was open to dangerous abuses, though the scrutiny past and pending had detected no fraud. In a Committee on the Civil List, Sir T. FREEMANTLE urged it on the House, to press on his Majesty the 50,0001. fur the out-fit of her present Majesty, %Ilk!' had been grant ed to Queen Charlotte. Loan ALTIIORPE said it had been offered, and even 25,0001. but his Majesty had refused, and her Majesty wished no proposition to be made to the House on the sub ject—information which was received with CH Etas. Mr. HUNT praised the conduct of their MAJESTIES. Mr. LYTTLEEON thought £25,000 should be voted ; but Mr. Hosta reprobated the discussion, and conceived it was brought forward to embarrass Ministers, like a bidding for royal favour. In this sentiment, Mr. O'CoN NELL and Mr. CU RTEIS concurred, and expressed their gratitude and ad miration of their MAJESTIES. Lord ALTHOPRP then enlarged on various retrench ments which had been made in the Royal Household ; and proposed a vote of 510,0001. per annum during the life of his MAJESTY, being only 1,1531. more than had been re commended by the Committee. Mr. HUME moved as an amendment the sum of £423,470, 10s. being £75,000, less than the sum proposed by the Committee, and equal to the adopted reductions in the Pension List. Sir JOSEPH YORKE, Sir GEORGE WA RREN DER, Mr. PHILLPOTTS, Mr. GORDON, Mr. HUNT, and Mr. R. PALM ER, supported the plan proposed by the Committee; and Mr. Pit ILLeorrs moved that all the pensions should be transferred to the consolidated fund, and an extra 10,0001. granted to the privy purse, as an equivalent for the power. A conversation ensued between Mr. STANLEY, Mr. GOVLDOU RN , Mr. RICE, Mr. O'CONNELL, Colonel SIB THORPE, Sir R. !Nous, &c.; after which Mr. HUME de clined to divide the Committees, but said he would divide the House on the Report. The House then adjourned till Monday ; and Lord AL . THORP gave notice, that on Wednesday, he should move an adjournment till the 14th of Aprill. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. There has been a re-action in Consols since the early part of the morning, when they were done at 79ii, since which they receded to 78/, at which price they are at present. In the Foreign Market Spanish Bonds are rather lower. PORTA R ELECTION .—The Forfar Election Committee, have, this day. decided that Colonel Ogilvie is the sitting Member, thereby unseating the Lord Advocate. 5.1 v Lamm. ELEcTtox.—Mr. Serjeant SPA NKI F. this morning addressed the Committee at great length on belolf of My. EWA wr,eontemling that thore was no proof that the extensive bribery admitted to have occurred, was brought' home to Mr. EwAuT, or his authorised agents. The Com mittee, after a short consultation, adjourned till four o'clock, when they will give their decision. The Tories of E.,sex are about, it is said, to get op a counter Reform Meeting, to oppose the Bill; but we should hope they will never be so unwise. SPIRIT UP TILE JOURNALS. Tuoga.—The question was but a few days ego debated, whether Ministers might resign, or whether there would be a dissolution of RAl:mean ? Miuisteas resign ! Ministers resign The question of a dissolutino is o. more anthignotia one. but it cat only be solved in a manner agreeable to the public wish, and beneficial to the geese state question. The King. we know, is ready to stamp the nno.osition e Dissolution with his Royal hat. on the instant that it is made to hint lit his responsible adviser. : and nothing has blare excited his i , dioutioo and contempt, than the false insbmetione. that he Vial capable of flinching on this point„—that he was unstable and indecisive. The King is altogether, with his people, la Reformer. We shall for a while relieve the intensity of our thoughts, by relating an amusing little anecdote connected with our principal reasonings. The occurrence which it describes took plaice within the hearing of several aersons. The Chancelloi was pram:ming petition after petition to hie, Majesty, at .he Drawing-room on Thurs day last, in favour of reform. The duty became almost fatiguing. His Lordship bad presented more than 30 such addresses, when " I am really ashanneal," was ire heginning to say, "of being obliged to' trouble your Majesty with so many petitions from this purse (meaniaig the huge Chancellor 'I bag, so culled), but"—" My Lord Chaucellor," interrupted the Ring, smiling, I will take any thing from your purse but the seals." To the people we again appeal, and we know we shall not appeal in vain. tie ready for tin approaching dissolotioat Watch your enemies ! have vuur candidates ready—awn of strict moral worth, as well as noble and liberal principles: nay, we see out oda:en:- don is almost superfluous—. • " For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre In your eyes ; We see you stand like grayhounds on the slips, Straining upon the start : gatae's afoot, Follow your spitit ; and upon the charge Cry God for William, England, and Reform." • POST.—The Whigs may well exclaim, as A certain General in an cient tinies-- 44 Such another victory will be our ruin." The numbers which have swelled their list arc in fact composed of renegades and cowards, as heartily ashamed of their new cause as all genuine Re formers are of them. Base neuters, in their double way of steering, Are neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring— ; A twilight income?. troe to neither cause, With Tory wines and il'higgish teeth and claws. Wings, that is, to fly aw.ty from old professions ; and claws, to snatch the good things of °Mee when tbey can go. them. Let not toe') men. however, lay to their souls the fluttering unction, that a vote, of which their consciences disapprove, will propitiate the public. The reform ing whigs, who act upon decided principles, may be respected at the same dine that we denounce them a% open enemies ; but the shuffling time-serving Tory Reformer, who steaks one way an 3 votes another— who raises his parricidal han d 11;4:1111.i the system which liar nurtured hint—thc man who ptomises and dares not perform, and who is bold only to betray— Bic niger lame to Mullane caveto. Totes.—We refer our readers to the debates in the House of Lords for the conduct of a certain pra.le. The transactions of this person have been so often before parliament end the country, that we are Amos. sick of repeating than, or obtruding them on observation. As, by sun porting, lie ruined a certain interest in the county of Cambridge, so, by his practices in tote church, lie has •lone more to ups:. Oat venerable tstahlishment tsars all the mitt evils, real or imaginary, of oppressed curates met lion-resident inettrobets. We think. in relation to the matter now before the house, that though Lord Brouithatm mi s lit not he to blame, Lord Chitin certainly woe, for amtsting the knave in his vordid projects of nepotist.' and family aggrandisement. Jr the flishoit he become doting, is there not >ome orocesv of appoitt - ing Vicur-general for the atlmittistration of hi. diocese ? If ha no•-' set h ieq his faculties, ha ought to he brought to the has of the House of Lords for the mid-administration of his diocese. The last prc•ent.uior is the more irremediable, because it has bten made by the Chancellor Had it heen made by the bishop, the parishioners might have refused tithes (and so brought the validity o; the 'lncantation to the test) on account of the incompetent state of mind of the bishop to perform ec clesiastical functions. In any ease, we hope some ground will be started for ejecting the present over-loadad incnmbent. The loan which the French Government are negociating, has excited much interest among the capitalists, both of France and England ; and the Paris papers impugn some of them, but bestow high praises on the Rothschild family. The Austrians, for the 1000th time, delude themselves by supposing they have destroyed principles by the sword. At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Ward of Portsoken, it has been resolved to support, by legal measures, their elec tion of the worthy and independent Alderman, Mr. SCALES, and to rebut the vexatious attempts to depreciate so public spirited a character. We understand that a late Bank Director has failed this morning in his speculations in the Funds, and left several Brokers in the lurch to pay his differences. No doubt his differences must be to a great amount. COURT IIfOURNING. Orders are given fur the Court gait into mourning, on s ti r.d g nest, the 27th imt. for hi. late Serene Highness the Duke of Silkse telt Holstein Senderbourg Uluekabourg, brother in law of his Dmisil Majesty. .fird on Sunday, the 3d of April next, the Court to go ot t 0 ; mounting. LON.-llti] Boom, SlAacH 21. The election for this county commeor.tl day. Sir Edward O'Brien was proposed by Sir Augustine Fitzgerald, atom seconded by T. Crowe, Req. Mr. Maurice O'Connell was pro. istseti by T. Steele Esquire, and Hewitt Bridgeman, Esquire, se . winded the nomination. He proposed several questions to Mr. M . O'Connell, when he (Mr. O'Connell) . pledged himself to suppo rt reform, to vote for a repeal of the Union, for the total abolition of the Grand Jury system, and the Vestry and Subletting Actt The same questions were put to Mr. O'Brien, when be pledged fa his father that he would support them all, except a repeal at' the Unioa. Mr. William Mahon then addressed the people .tt great length, i n reply to whom Mr. William Smith O'Brien spoke, and gave, in ti, course of his speech, the lie direct to Mr. Malmo. Mr. Maori,- O'Connell Lilco spoke of great length. The Sheriff' then demo:idol shsw. of hands, which were in favour of Mr. O'Connell, and a poll tr.-.; U.:molded on the part of Sir E:dwari O'Briet. It' enosecitience of what occurred in the court house, between W Smith O'Brien, Esq. ILI'. and William Richard Mahon, Ss+ hostil. inecting4lllr. Alniton her, s.:ltt a message, took place yesterday even. at live o'clock, between .item. the former attended by John M`Don. :tell, Esq. of Newhall, al,tt .he latter by Jatttas Butler, Esq. of Glen. ralino,„ Ott the word being given. Mr. Mahon fired, and Mr. O'Brien tout.tl titn• iris tsistol was orcocked, and he could not therefore fire. Tit, IteC4llllll Navin, cousultetl, Mr. Boller said,—" It is our joint opi. ohm that both getidemen here scu.tl as men of honour—under the ex. trnordinary and onfimeaceo eiremostance that has occurred, we arc of opinion that both gentlemen should advance and shake hands." Thee the affair bappih terminated.—Clare &Wide. NAVAL lATECEN LLICE. MAILS ARRIVED TDB DAT—Dublin, 1 ; W21E1101(1, I ; Sweden, I , liamburgh, I. DIAL MA acu2s —Wind E. .m o derate.. POIII.MOUTII. MA neff 45.—Wind E. fresh jetty's ship Iloyaliat, for Plymouth. blizronn, blmscu 24.—A bale of cotton, marked a triangle, No. 124, was picket! up off St. Davit's Dead 21st instant ; and two bales, marked S Woulon, No. 323-35, and S. Knight, 12, were picked up the acme day, about three miles front tha Smalls. Arrived the Maria Eliza, Phillips, from St. Amlero. l'zrstoul .5, Maven 24.—Wind P.—Arrived the Charlotte. Weppell, from Pernambuco ; and Flora, Mauhion, from St. Anders. Sailed his Majesty's ship Canna, fur Itermuda ; and the Exmouth, Warren. for Van Diemen's Land. his Ma. PENZANCE, MARCH 24. —Wind —A r rived the Andromache, Irv:. Bengal--salled 20th Nov. and front St. Helena 2d ult. GREENOCK, MARCH 23.- Sailed the Fortune, Crawford, for Bombay. HoLvnano, Munn 24.—Arrived the Sarah itolstene, Winslow, from New Orleans; and Pope, Dalrymple, frog Terceira. Off the port, the Carricks, from Demerara. I.tveuroot., 'Mauer' C4.—A vessel has been lately lost near Wyre Water. flour. butter, and lard, have been picked up— one cask of lard is nt.rked I'. M. Murphy. RAMSAY, ISLE OF Maw, Mamas 22.—There is no doubt that the vessel 10.. under Manghold Head is the Arrow, of Preston. HAMIUKOH, Marten 22.—The Jonge Jacob, Het .'beck, bound to Neecastle, was. run foul of yesterday by the Monarch (Hull steamer), and was with difficulty towed o'. shore. The cargo has been di,. charged into fighters, in a vet y damaged rtate. Gorrauaunow, Airmen 21.-11te roa.ls and the river are open, but the entrance to the barbou. is still blocked up with ice. The James Bathe, Jackson, from Charleston, is arrived off Crook. haven. The Mary Ann, Woolcuck, from Bridgewater, put into Penzance OD the 23d inst. with bow stove, bowsprit, &c. carried away. having been in contact with the Providence, Bates, front Newport. The latter has been assisted into tb: Mount Pier, wit the stern and starboard quarter cut down to the water's edge. Their Majet.tiea left ton n at a quarter before five o'cicelt yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, escorted by a detachment of lancers, for their palace at Windsor. Prince Geor:4e of Ca. - abridge, accompanied by his Tutor, followed in another carriage. Prince Leopold gave a grand dinner last evening at Marl borough-house, to a numerous part• of nobility and gentry. The Princess Augusta paid visits yesterday to the Du chess of Kent and the Duchess of Cumberland. _ . Te Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia vi sited the Queen yesterday. Count and Countess Muubter visited their Majesties yes. terday, and took leave. The Count had a long audience of the King. The Count and Countess also took leave of the Duchess of Cumberland at her residence in the King's Pa lace, St. James's. The Duke of Cumberland took leave of the Coent and Countess yesterday morning. Their Majesties entertained a select party at dinner ou Thursday evening, to ieeet Count and Countess Munster, previous to their leaving England. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Landgravine of Hesse Romberg, Princess Augusta, and Prince Leopold, were of the party. After dinner, there was a private concert, which commenced about nine o'clock. Miss Cramer sang several airs in the course of the evening. Mrs. Anderson performed a concerto on the piano-forte. The Queen's private band was led by Mr. F. Cramer ; Sir George Smart presided at the piano forte. The concert concluded at eleven o'clock. Sir James Scarlett has resigned his seat for Melton : he will be succeeded by a member who will support the Reform Bill. Sea w sit Bo s ns.—lt is reported that a meeting is about to be called of the Spanish Bondholders, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of rejecting the pro posals of Ferdinand, relative to the securities. It is said that, if a meeting be called at au early period, a Spanish gentleman recently arrived front Madrid will attend, and give his reasons to the bondholders why it is their interest not to accept the proposals of Ferdinand. —Herald. His Majesty's brig Shamrock, and cutter Swallow, ar rived in Derry last week, flow Dublin, with 3,000 stand of arms and accoutrements, to be landed there, to replace the condemned and unserviceable arms and accoutrements of the yeomanry in that county and the county of Donegal. There were also on board sixty Nunds of ball cartridge for each stand of anus. The weather bad been so severe that those vessels had not been able to get to the quay. The Committee of the City of London Lying-in-Hospital, City-road, have received 24.000 penny-pieces, which have been collected by Mrs. M. and the Hon. Mrs. F. and their friends, on account of a wager of 5001. said to have been made by a lady of rank, that she would collect 1,0001. in penny-pieces in a year and a day, for the benefit of that hospital. The novelty and utility of this supposed wage: hos caused many persons to enroll themselves as collectors to make up the amount. We are not aware how the report of the wager originated, but are gratified to find that this ex cellent Institution has derived the above advantage, and we hope will be further benefitted. The gift to the Charity is at this period the more acceptable, as the Committee bas been compelled to sell part of its permanent capital to meet the extra expense incurred in the two past years in reno vating and improving the hospital. We shall be happy to learn that further collections are forwarded to this useful establishment. --------------- AFARMING FIRES.—We have a letter this morning from a friend in Colchester, describing an alarming fire which broke out nt Writtle, near that town, on Thursday evening. Little doubt seems to exist, that it was the work of an incendiary ; but, we are pkased to add, that robbery—not any discontented political feeling-- appears to have been the aim of the person suspected. his possession was found a quantity of silver plate battered, all les'Y for the crucible. On his person were found a dint and steel, and in tobacco.box, a quantit of tinda. This man was seta near the re' miles immediately b efore the fire breaking out. He is committed for examination. Our correspondent adds, that on Friday, at two o'clock. the flames were subdued ; but the fire had been awfully destructive. — and being the third on nearly the same spot, the inhabitants are filled with dismay. A resolution has been taken, to recommend all t he Insurers, to nail the Insurance marks on their buildings and houses; as where this is done, the wicked incendiaries seeing that the °Mc! the; owner will be the sulker, may perhaps desist from the dia_ ....l aw" cal work of destruction. Another lire but we hope of a ""( nature, was discovered yestesday, on the ;remises of Mr. Barka, Nonhampton where property, to the amount of three hundre d p ea ' ' was destroyed.