The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-02-05 00:00:00

this case, the happiness of millions are sacrificed to such dis - senslons, the matter assumes an incalculable importance. If the question involved points of theological controversy, we should not be found among those most forward to adopt the Catholic Creed. But the question at issue merely amounts to this:—Whether an exclusionfroos, or a partici pation o f, the benefits of the Constitutioo,..be best adapted to allay animosities, to dispel prejudices, and to make millions contented and happy subjects ? In this view of the matter, Mr. Canning's mind partakes of the light n d liberality of the age be lives in, while that of Mr .I Peel's belongs to the fifteenth century. All history is on our side, when we assert, that persecution never yet made converts from error, and it is equally true, that no ma n ever joined in persecuting another for religions opinions, that had a single spark of the Chris tian Religion in his heart. If wo wish t o turn others from the errors of their faith, we must, by the purity of our;t example, teach them the superiority of our own. This will be sure in time to lead.theut to compare, to reason, and to act, and will gradually produce that salutary change, which no force can accomplish. The Catholic population of Ireland, however mistaken in their notions of the Christian faith, may yet be sincere in their religious belief—the persecutor of no age or country, had ever any religion at all. When such men as Messrs. Canning and Peel, as the Irish Viceroy, and the English Chancellor, who have had all the advantage rslilclt study and education can supply, cannot be brough t to agree in their religions views, surely the otnaost d egree of Christian charity ouzlit to be extended to the well inten - tioned, though ioorint and uninformed. We believe, however, the degraded condition of the Catholic popu lation of Ireland, proceeds from a desire to perpetuate what is called the Protestant Ascendancy, which secures the loaves and fishes to as turbulent and worthless a set of harpies, clerical anti secular, as ever were permitted to divide and distract a country. — By one single effort, his Majevy could perhaps heal all the wounds of that bleeding country ; and that his will is so disposed, we should he sorry to doubt. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MAL. February 4.—Wind W.—NO arrivals or sailings.— The Alfred, Salads, and Dominica made their numbers at noon all well and remain with the outward bound as lief 're. PORTSMOUTH, February 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Li- May, Aldridge, from the Mediterranean.--Sailed the Cary line. Trion , . for London. PLYMOUTH and FALMOUTH, January 3.—Wind S.W.—No arrivals or tailings. DARTMOUTH. February S.—Arrived the Joseph Green trans port, from Portsmouth, for Cork; and the Comme►ce. Steer, from Gibraltar and Set hie. Cowes, February 4.--Sailed the Marquess of Anglesey. Williams ; and Princess of Wales, Gibbs, for London.—The Louisa, Smith, from Hull to. Madeira, with a cargo of Wheat, bas come into harbour very leaky. Livettrooc, February 3.—Wind &W.—Arrived the Ann, —, from Alexandria ; Henrietta, Bedford, and Pretty Lass. —, from the Mediterraneau; and the leabella, Nichols, from Lisbon. . . GRAVESEND, February 4,—Wind W.—Sailed the Nicolas. Cahill. for St. Thomas's ; IVellington, Allen, for Jamaica; Promise.Olaspzow, fur Cadiz,; Diana, !dorsi), for Pernambuco; and Preceptor, Milne. for Teneriffe. Extract of a letter from a Member of the Levant Company, in Smyrna, to a relation in London, Elated Dec. I : " Thr Turkish garrison of Corinth has arrived here, and the Biuihachi or Covernor, on landing here, immediately ad eresiird a Letter to Colocotroni, and Nichitas, expressing his gratitude for Oleic honourable conduct towards him had the garrison. •' Reduced as the garrison was, they offered to surrender ender any terms, and the most humane and honourable condi tions were granted to them by these Chiefs, and most strictly observed." Letters from Smyrna down to the ISth of December make no mention of the Greeks having made a descent at Seio, or in the neighbourhood of Smyrna. Consols declined yesterday full one per cent, and are lower by two per cent. than they were a fortnight ago, and it is remarked that the number of sales of stock, and of powers of attorney, transmitted from the country and from the continent for a similar purpose, is greater than has been known for a very keg period. The offices at the Bank have been crowded, both yesterday and on the day preceding, by persons attending to make transfers, mid it was with difficulty the clerks were enabled to get through the business of the day. Consols for the account closed yesterday at t49f. Letters dated the 24th of December were received yes terday from Pernambuco. The information they bring is certainly not indicative of any lurking attachment to Portugal. The Bahia, Brazilian brig of war, continued to cruise off the port, and bad captured the Incomparavil, a vessel from Lisbon. Her orders were to rapture every ship coming from Portugal, whether under a neutral or even under a Brazilian flag. The new junta had passed a decree ordering every unmarried Portuguese, who had not previously taken the oath of adherence to the Brazilian constitation, to quit the country in three days. Letters of Monday from Paris state that intelligence of importance was daily expected from M. Mari elles at Ma drid. It is generally supposed that the instructions of this diplomatist include the attempt at least to bring over the Spanish Court to a snore liberal way of thinking on the subject of finance, and that be must require, or, if necessary insist, that some money be raised immediately, route qui ewe, at whztever sacrifice with respect to the conditions on which it is fur niched. A monument is about to be erected in the Fir Park, to our great Iteformer, Knox. The plan is a Colossal Statute on a Doric Pillar, The Merchant's House has granted the ground; and there is no doubt, froua the respectability of the gentlemen who bate taken the affair in hand, that the nun necessary for the erection will be obtaiucd by sub eription.—(Gluegote Chronicle.) WON MINES AND COLL.IIIIIIL—We see in the Dahlia Papers the announcement of a meeting of the nobility, gentry, merchants, and traders, desirous to ascertain the Practicability of working with advantage any of the mines at collieries of Ireland, and of forming A joint stock com pany for the purpose. There is, we believe, much field aar enterprise in a speculation of this nature, and, we int. 'wife% well grounded hopes for success.—Cork Ch ors. Jan. 23,—The great January Fair of this Ban terminated on Monday last. We never witnessed a greater concourse of persons or a more lively bustle in apy irket. The whole scene forcibly bore the image of bettor t ura% Horned Cattle, the principal merchandiseezhibited at this Pair, were in unusually great number., and went off at a rate extremely advantageous to the sellers; Horses, of w hich there was also 'a very fine display, were In great de and bore very smart prices. Pigs, the poor man's i t!Y, fully repaid, la th e i r sa le, the care an d labour bestow !d upon them. Friezes, &lapels, linens, and other domes tic manufactures, were in request, and eft a fair profit: T he light-fingered gentry were particularly on the alert, 7 4 practised la many instance; the art of conveyancing L i 'lb great success and dexterity. Many unfortunate per "sl suffered severely from the depredatious this la4ll - gang. We may form an idea of how wr etches Ttlftered, from the circumstance of 36 of Hume bring detected and taken up while following their calling. -.(14111One Herald.) . . • THE STATESMAN THE -KING. BRIGHTON, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Th• reply to on lui , les at the Palare this day is— •• His SIAJESTV tali' continues better." Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the E ist India House, when Rt. Fullerton, Esq., was appointed Governor of Prince of Wales Island. The following Commanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for their re.pective destinations. viz.—Captain P. Cameron, of the larl of lialcarras, and Capt .J. Armen Tween, Sir David Scott, fur Bengal and China. Capt. Marquis, was sworn into the commend of the ship Rose, consigned to Madras and Hengal. The gest India Company's ship Sealehy Castle was at Bom bay on the 4th of August, and was to sail for China on the fol lowing morning. MR. PIERCE: OF BRISTOL. In order to permit a more satisfactory select', the Direc tors of the lloistol Dock Company gave Direeti 111 l s for the Float to be emptied once more ; and all the slipping being removed without the basin, several excavators commenced clearing out the mod under the direction of same gentle men who stationed themselves on the sides, for the purpose of inspecting the operations of the men thus employed. Several other persons were attracted to the spot from various motives, and not a few entered the Float in order to assist in the search ; a party of labourers were thus engaged near the entrance to Cumberland Basin, where the water had not been effectually drained. off, when they observed a body rise to the surface, and the discovery was communicated to some of the gentlemen who had undertaken to conduct the search, and on their coming up the fellows who found the body were endeavouring .10 rill. it of a part of the property, and the watch-chain was broken from the exertions they had made to force the watch from the fob. This lawless attempt wa•, however, frustrated, and the body brought to shore. Several of Nlr. Pierce's friends were immediately assembled, and they all declared that they should not have been able to recognise the body as that of Mr. Pierce, if it were not fur his clothes and the property found about it, which nas directly identified as his. The limbs and body were much a% ollen, and the features mast materially altered ; but no marks of violence could he traced, so as to indicatethat he bad been murdered, or even that he was forced into the water. He was in every resuect the same as when he left Mr. Pretheroe's house in Park street, on the fatal night of his disappearance. All his law papers, filleted in the usual way, were in his coat pocket. On Monday afternoon, as soon as the body of this unfor tunate Gentlemen was found, a Jury was immediately summoned at the Rounhatri Ferry-house ; who, after most patiently and attentively investigating the case, returned a verdict of—" Found Drowned." _ No doubt seems to be entertained Ipit that the deceased came by his death accidentally, as the following property was found on his person, wis.—a gold. watch, chain, and seals, a gold pencil case, two 101. and three U. notes, a promissory note for 301. and smeral drafts and letters. From lying in the water so long the body presented a most shocking spectacle, the head being ♦e►y wuch swollen. SHERIFFS' COI/RT.—Tuts D%Y, LIBERATION OF THE GREEK PRISONERS AT TUNIS. --.Q...- Throng!) the energetic conduct of the British Scinadron in the Mediterranean, the liberation of the Greek prisoners taken to Tunis, out of a vessel hearing the British flag, has been promptly effected. Captain HAMILTON. of the Cambrian, to whom the task was committed, was instruct ed to admit of no parley, and he nobly acted up to the spirit of his mission. The sonaJron under his command consisted of his Majesty's ships Cambrian. Buryalus, Me dina, Rose, Dispatch, and Aid. The following is an extract of a letter upon this subject:— Portsmouth, Feb. 3. " This afternoon arrived his Majesty's ship Medina, of 26 guns, Captain Hay, with dispatches from Tunis, rela tive to the interference on the part of the squadron in the Mediterranean, with the bay of Tunis, having fur its ob ject the release of certain Greek and other Christian captives, which the iiey has thought fit to capture and pat into slavery. We understand Captain G. W. Hamilton. C.R of the Cambrian frigate, a very spirited correct ffi er (who had shown much talent and propriety of conduct at Smyrna, Sc.) was charged with the remonstrances of our Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean on the subject, having the Euryalus frigate, Captain Clifford, CAI., and the Medina, Captain Hay, under orders. Captain flay got pratique immediately, and at tire o'clock this afternoon he set off for the Admiralty, with the dispatches with which lie is charged. The Medina left Tunis on the 4th, and Gibraltar en the 7th ult." FRAZIER AND 114311'SON V. 111:11Z3. This was an action railing upon the Jury to assess datuagrs upon a writ of Enquiry. Mr. Wit.Ls opened the case to the Jury by stating it was one of a rather novel nature: Ole Plaintiffs had a lease of a house, No. 3, New Bond Street. and in lsl7, being desirous of letting it, were applied. to by theflefend ant, who agreed to accept the houtie, and take the fix tares at a valuation. A proper person was caller!, who valued the fixtures at 50. P.. at which rate the defendant agreed to take them; he had occupied the houoe ever since, and now came forward to tell the Jury that he was not a Compatible judge of fixtures, and his father had said the valuation was too high, A witness was here called, who stated that he had c Ted upon the defendant for the amount; he admitted it to h.t a just debt, but that his father said the valuation was too high. Mr. Thomas Winter stated, he was an optician, and lived in the house; the fixtures, according to the Inventory peo (laced, were left in the house, and taken at a valuation of :AIL Us. _ Atter the valuation a looking. gla , s was remored,value The SHERIFF said, it was now tor the defendant to prove their real valise, the admission he considered was in sufficient. The Defend Int had no witnesses, and the Jury assessed the damages at 12s. deducting for the g 'ASV. LONDON ADJOURNEDSESSIONS.—Tfits DA Y This morning the London Adjourned Sessions was held at Guildhall,before the Aldermen ley, Sett°lvy, Atkins, Lucas, and the Sheriffs. A curious, and perhaps, unprecedented circumstance, oc curred at these Sessions ; neither the Recorder (who was absent from illness) nor the Common Sergeant, nor any other law officer attended. It was, therefore, thought that a further adjournment would have taken place. At len4lll a Jury was sworn in,and Mr. Alderman Ainsley proceeded to try several prisoners, fur petty assaults, most of whom were-acquitted. BOROUGH OF IPSWICIL Yesterday evening the anniversary festival of tie elector s of Ipswich, resident in London, in the independent i!,- terest, took place at the Paul's Brad, Cateaton .Street, Haldimand, M.P. fur the Borough, in the chair, support,•4l by several eminent persons, and a very numerous body of freemen. Suspended over the chair was a large banner, upon which was inscribed " The Laudon On the cloth being removed, and the usual loyal toasts drank, Mr. CRAWLEY pfopo , Wil the health of the worthy Chairman, which %%as received with enthus i asm. Mr. liat.rnmaND returned thanks in X apCre% of considerable I length, in which he expressed his gratification in again meeting so many of his constituents, and being received with such flattering testimonials of their approbation. The hon. member proceeded to take a review of the politics of Eu rope ; and in so doing, expressed his conviction, from the ex perience he had had on the continent during a recent tour, that the infamous and despotic intentions of the Holy Alliance would be frustrated. That liberty which was so happily possessed by the people of this country, was cherished by numbers on the continent, who, unfortunately, were not blessed with the free constitution ofEngland.This exemple however,from his own per sonal knowledge,was not lost Upon them:for he ha r d heard,both inFranceandBwitzerland,sentiments similar to those of the gen tlemen he had the honour of addessing. He was sorry that the Administration of this country bad, by weak measures prevented Britain from thwarting, at the onset, the late un justifiable proceedings against the liberties of states, adopt ed by the un-Holf Alliance. it was only - by returning 'men of independent principles to Parliament, that this country might be again able to resume its commanding power. He hoPid, therefore, that the electors of Ipswich would be united in case of any attack by their enemies. He (Hr. Haldiumnd) would not desert them to the last shilling of his means: if be bad at any time voted againit their in ' terests or wishes, he wished to• be informed. He should still pursue the same course as hithertn, and in conclusion, entreating his brother freemen to he watchful, and thanking them Meth& kindness, would drink their healtbs. Mr. MANNING sal 'erred other gentlemen addressed the company, who, enlivened by severe' excellent songs, did not break till a late boar, BRITISH I LI lON. The Gallery of the British Ins Caution is to he opened to the public this day with an exhibition of the work of living British Artists. The collection cannot but produce a highly favourable implession with regard to the present state of the art in this country. In historical productions there is still a deficiency, but in other departments there are u.any admirable specimens. It is often dangerous to trust a hasty glance, but in looking through the first room, we were particularly pleased with—l I. Catching Me Expression, and 13. Study of'a (lead, by E. I). Leak., both very promising efforts. 25. Sheep trashing, Morning,j. Stark the tone of which is remarkably pure and natural. 2:. The Devotee, W. 31•CIII; well painted. but deficient in exprra• siod. 29. Landscape, J.ll. O'Connor. 33. Landscape from Na • tore, S. W. Reynolds. 39. Rachel, Miss Beaumont; executed with delightful taste. 43. /lead °fa Bacchante, Mr. W. Car penter; a bold, showy, dashing effort, the face so firWilat too modern and composed, hut tie whole striking and rigorous. 51. A riew of Purisfroni Mont Martre, 1,. lroold. fel. A ricer ts,f West Cowes. J. Burnett. 77. The Death ofSocruks.W.M•C 99. The Dttubijisl Sneeze, S. .1. liisig%t. 110. Si ith/1:441er Abbey, C. It. Stanley. 113. Vakatitte, Henry Singleton ; highly romantic and itnagina:ive. 129. A View near the Town Hall, Guildford, C. Deane. Colonel Cloud's Attempt to Steal the Reealia, H. P. Briggs ; a picture of singular cleverness. Besides these there are the Iris of Howard, the Comas of Hilton, and IVestall's Cupid and Psyche. The first picture that attracts attention in the middle room it 113. La Bella Fornarina observing the progress of her portrait its Ita,ithacl's Study,W . Brodie don. This is a production iii many points admirable.— ' Tfirret is another picture by the same artist, 122. Christ instituting Sacrament, in which a very singular effect of light is produced. In the middle room we re:oat - lied, en passant, 141. Poor Sally, T. Stewardson, charming in colour aud expression. lfiD. Rough . Joe, W. On en; ex quisite. 177. Song of Death ! H. Corbott!d. 185. The Cat's Paw, E. Landseer ; singularly natural and rffeetive. 223. /too Quixote, 6, S. Nee tan. 227. Bolton Priory ; Moonlight, T. C. Holland. 22g. Psyche, Sir IVilltain Beechey ; delightfully coloured, though not at all resembling the Psyche of other painters. lu the south room-297. 7'ragedy, by It. Farrier, is highly comic and agreeable; nothing can be better than t lie Isrod of the aid man, who is beholding the vagaries of the young tragedians. Nu. 301. The Bandit' of the Appenines. P. L. Eastlake, is a capital effort of its kind ; rehd 341. Beairiee, Alias Ann Beaumont, giv,es promise of diode giddied e:;cellence. 'flier, is one s a tatue, 307. Acethasa, J. ('ores, of uncommon merit; it appears not quite finished, hilt, with soma defects,..ftsplays much rase, grace, and invention. We have thus, at random, briefly pointed out some of the paintings which happened to attract our notice, but cannot dismiss the subject without recommend ing the tektite Exhibition to the attention of the Pualic. THE COMET. There are certain phenomena in the present Comet wh'i h are of tale toccuirence in those eccentric bullies. %V li-n tirst waked, about a month since, its course appeared t be northward, with little change in right ascension ; wiienre it was expected it would heroine circumpolar, and be cis:- 111-t above the northern horizon. During the last ne..l: the Comet has moved in a retrograde direction, dt,cribirg at the maximum an arc of ten degrees in right asci nsion in twenty-four hours, and declining southward. From tie increased motion as viewed from the earth, the Coin: t must have passed nearer to our Planet at this time,although the motion in its Orbit bad decreased ; yet being further frail ' the Sun, it has been less visible. In the present night it will be nearly in opposite right ascension to the Sun, and therefore pass the tueztilian about midnight ; but the tail in !that position being projected in the direction from the Earth, will appear as the roma surrounding the nucleus.— series of observations having been made at the Royal Observatory. these will afford the means of computing the elements with great accuracy. That indefatigable astro nomer, Dr. Brinkley, has already given the result of his observations, and deduced approximate elements. The later observations will show whether its approach to the Earth hiss eli tnaeil the figure of its orbit, and caused the extraordinary position in the Heavens relatively with our Planet.—(Blacklieath, Feb. 2.) The Comet is rapidly disappearing ; it has passed the North Star, between the Great sod Little Bears, at a point nearly equidistant between the Pole Star and the more dis tant of the two stars in the Great Bear, culled the Pointers. Atter this night it will no longer be discerned by the naked est.. The rapidity of its motion is extraordinary, a fact which chews that its diatance from the camas cannot is very great.—(Disliiiis Morning Post, Feb. 3.) vaii — irommion.••••• It is said that a gentleman in Glasgow might realize 36,0001. by the rise in the Funds, were be now to sell out. —Glos.:row Chronicle. Miss Nixon, the wonderful child, 12 years old, weighing 25 stone of fourteen pounds, and more than seven feet in circumference, died at Bath last week. The attenion of the public, it is said, is likely shortly to be directed to the application of the duty of three shillings per chaldron upon coals consumed in and near London, to the purpose of widening streets and effecting other desirable improvements in the cities of London, Westminster, in surrey, and Southwark. This duty was originally imposed soon after the fire of London, for those express purposes, but it is by no means generally known, that for upwards of a century it has been paid into the Consolidated Pond, by whith means the inhabitants of Gondol', Surrey, and Middlesex, have contributed to a very large event to that rand, more than an 7 other gortion 'of the public. 'fliis duty is wholly distinct from the coast duty, against which so much has been already said. 4uoDeN Des-tn.—Tuesday night, at six o'cioek, captain Laogdata..orftotherhithe; went to the sign of the Kngel, John street, Mipories, a house he was In the habit of using ; he celled for a glass of grog, Which was brought, anti while the waiter turned round to snot the eandles,Captalo Langdale fell off the seat, and expired Immediately.—Cofoner's Verdict-7 Died by the viiithtioe of Goo ." AFFLICTING EVENT. On Tnesday evening, as - Anderson, Esq., late of the Civil Service at Madras ' teas returning home, togeth er with his lady, i n a light tilhurv, come person within Om hedge at the ro a d- s id e , not f ar from Saffron Walden, dis charged a gun, the report of which startled the horse an mneh, that it ran eff at full speed : having started nptinat the hill which is here formed, the driver entertained some hope tiro by the lime it haft attained the elevation the ardour of the animal wenhi he SO far abated as to give hill' some car trot over it ; but in this opinion be was unfortu nately deceived, the spirited beat never relaxing its pare in the slightest degree, and to the descent, which was in many plates abrupt and irregular, Mr. Andersen looked forward with the most painful anxiety, as the velocity of their career must be greatly increased ; after running for nearly 3ao yards without interruption, the horse diverged from the centre of the road, and the near , wheel comma in contact with a mound of Perth, ti e chtis s was thrown over agai: at the hedge, a- , 1 Mr. Anders, u, who was in the act of leaping oat, had fIl , n on the hors an I escaped with very trifling injury. His lady, h w ryer, was Lot so fortumce ; when the vehicle was tur e t over she was bruise.' beneath it, and a part of the prim i pal sluing, which was cracked by the concussion, w. a literally forced through her habit, st.!ys, and under gar meets, and made a deep incision betwixt Vie fourth and fifth ribs on the right side ; her face too was sadly bruistd, and she was extricated from her melancholy sitaation to all appearance lifeless. By the help of some m n from a neighbouring cottage, the lady was removed on a litter to the house of Mr. liascoyne, where every effort that butna ,nity or politeness could effect was readily undertaken for the benefit of the one, and the consolation of the other. After a partial dressing, and the copious aid of restorative medicines." which Mrs. G. generally keeps in the house to provide for such an emergency, the unfortunate lady began to revive, but rt the same time betrayed symptoms which. prognosticated indisposition of anoth ,, r character. An express was sent off to a Stirgeon who resides only a few miles from Mr. tiascoyne's, and th it gentleman baying re turned with the messenger, pet fected the drissinesof tho wonnds, and assisted t ,e sufferer through a premature and I dangerous aceunclicntene; it is linnet!, ssal y to add, that Pie infant was still-born ; and contrary to all expectation.. the hapless pareut stirs i ie.' the critical period. At an early hour yestrrtinS• morning, the aid of two eminent Paysirians I was pro tared wont 1. imiumbut toe exsawited condition of the patient, ant the rvre-te irritation of the wouwi is the side. ..eve seareeiy a sheer) w of hope as to her recovery. Mr. Andel so.l, we Ise trif,,r.ned, has ant long returned from his appointment in hulls, and has beta ouly seven or eight months married. LENT ASSIZES.-OXFORD CIRCUIT. Before Mr. Justice PARK. tad Mr. Baron Gaaaow.' Berkshire—Monday, Mardi I, at Reading. OtrurJstiire—Wotitieslay. March 3, at Oxford. Worcestershire, City of Worcester. —Saturday, March 6, at Worcester. - Stafordshire—Tharsday, March It. at Stafford. Shropshire—Wedneitiay, Marc's 17. at Shrcirabarf. Iferefordshire —Monday, March 21. at Hereford. Monmouthshire-84161day, March Y 7. at Monmostb. Gfoao•atershire, City of Gloucester—Wedues.lay, March 31; a: Gloucester. REDUCTION IX THE RATE Or RANK INTRREST.--Lite mare than a year afo the Hankie*. Comptnies of Ss:eased. reduced the rate of interest front four to three per tent.. and they hsve now, it is said, come to the resolution of takinr: old' omit her per cent.; so that the new rates will be as follow : On m Jury ft present lotted in sums not exceeding 50t101. interest to he allowed at 2.per cent. On money eippo.ited on accounts to be opened, where the sum exceeds lOW. 2 percent. On sums under 10001. 3 per cent. to be allowel as at present. These are the terms of this Bank of Scotland—terms to which the other Companies are expected to adhere. oriels sotne ionuaterial differences that bear very little upon the general principle. ltisy, it is even said, that Sir W. Ft.rbes & Co. have apprised the public, that, in future. they t7illc allow no interest whatever upon stints exceeding 3A/001.-: (Dsmfries Guuricr.) We believe that resolutions to the effect alluded to have already been adopted by the other great Banking C.•mnpa nies in F.difiburah. Indeed, so great is ti:e difficulty of in kiting prifitabl! investments of capit at present, tiosz. according to the information of a correspondent, bills of undoubted credit have becu discounted iu Glasgow at I'd per cen .--(Seotantair.) _ Naw Cnt;eon, KENNINOTON.—On Tuesday a meeting of respectable householders was held in the distrizt of Kenning tan, at which the rector and the olfic-rs of the pari4g there pre • mt. The minting was occasioned by a circular, inciting this attendance of the inhabitants, stating that Ids Majesty's Com missioners for building Churches cid not fdel themselves au thorized to apply any portion of the funds placed at their dis posal to the purchase of organs er clocks, end therefor* were d'stitute of the means of providing say of the new churelse's of the parish with an organ or a clock. Under these circumstan ces the meeting was called to consider whether any or whet steps stionld he taken, for suppling the new church at Ken niiigton with an organ and a aleck, previous to its consecra tion. After a discussion on the :iusligess. it was agreed that a subscription should be opened for the purpose, when MM. was Immediately subscribed by the gentlemen present. tue estirnat ed sum wanted being Soot. Committees were then foraged. i and there is no doubt tut the sshuie o; the sum wts be imam ' diately obtained. SOCTII MPTON, JAN.-2 meeting of the inhahitan's of this ton n has been convened fur Tuesday n- xt, by our worthy Mayor, H. Eldridge, Esq. on a It. gpisition 1111:11 rously nail respectably signed. for the purpose of cons.- dering the prupri..ty of supporting his Majesty's Govern ment in the execution of the cautious, moderate, and gra dual tneasures, for ine!ioratinz Cie condition of the. Sta.,: population in his Majesty's Colonies, as unatriurou,,ly agreed to by the House ut Commons in the last s,ssiou of Parliament, on the Motion of Mr. Canning. A correspondent of the Belfiza Nero.-Letter states. that a body of rihbohnien, about bin) in nnuih-r, commenced a dreadful riot at a fait, in a tillage caned Dawriestown (alias Deragla), county of Tyrone, on the 13th ult. A party of . yeomanry was sent for to disperse the tioters, when, unfortunately. a young man, named Adam Smyth, 4 Protestant, was killed. The ribbontnen f9ed in all 4 - rections. CONVICT SI:11.5 the last month no less Cr.:3 nine convicts, under sentence of transportation for various terms, contrived to escape from on board the various prisms ships at Chatham, Woolwich, and other stations. Oa Thursday last Robert Hunter, who was convicted of felon . , at the Westminster Sessions some time since, and sentenced to seven years transportation, got away from the Drome dary hullc,lying off Woolwieh. It is presum;l be let hint self down by the main chairs into the water afteenlghtfali, and swop to shore. The frequent escapes that 'have been effected argues a great insecurity in the • construction of those vessels. Fellows who are thus cast on society nitro. of necessity, rob for their subsistence—land the very situ ation in which they are placed is calculated to make thew aloes desperate even than an ordinary rubber. • WATERFORD, Fais."2.---Best • neigishourlag Butter SO-. ; weighed at C(aue 21 firkins.—Scalded Pigs 35 5. t o 405. ; Sirifed 395. to 495. • Head* 20s. to 21i.; Offal to 1.45. (XML MARKET. Pon. 4. - SMps st %Dirket. Ships sold. Prig.. 45 ?dime istle 0 .. Os. OA, to 04. ('.l 7 Stiderl4ad 0 . . I 1 0 1 fi I ,~