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attyargbe the momentary resietauCe °Cereal° ' the troops of Austria relieves him from a promise. that was minditienal. or he may infer from the ac clantatinns wf' the veopte on his return to Naples., 'net the majority of the natitm do not desire any. •c'tianges in the existing institutions. A private letter from Naples, in a .Vienoa•poper, gives name interesting tietailevenseeting the counter-revaluation al Naples. it is said .that the 'Emperor of At:strata has 'o • Wered to.44see an onorof 60,000 men at the dis pbtal of the* Kinrof SARDINIA. Inc the effectual ' suppression of the resolu►iouists. The Supreme `Provisional Junta of Government at Toren seems still resolved to resist the Austrians, bet it fully Acknowledges the rattority of the Kinn. We most confess that however desirous we may be to see liberal iustitutioas established in every - country in E•srope, we regarded the revolution is tiertmont with very different feelings from those which the revolution in Naples inspired. We lamented to see the King of SARDINIA removed from 'the throne. because although not distinguished by very eminent abilities, he yet knew hew to gain the affections of his people by an uniform benevo lence of disposition, and a sincere regard for their interests. The King or NAPLES, ou the contrary, Always suspected and dreaded hits subjects, who in return felt for him neither confidence nor affection ; and his Government via* uniformly conducted Up on piinciples of self-interest, instead of evincing the lively zeal for his country's welfare which ought to di•tisegoish the actions of a Sovereign. The discussions in the French Chamber of De. ()ivies, although sometime, animated, are wholly uninteresting to the majority of English readers. The Chamber has been for two days occupied about the ratablisinnent of a ►ule, giving to the President of the Chamber alone • power of calling a mem ber to order wh• in the course •f his speech may The Funds are at present in • very favoureule state. The Five pier Cesiti. are t 4 f. 3. ; Bank block, 1;541 r. 50e. ill ;LIT Toosday Ibe Dolt. or liktailokie N. .r the Oarers of the King's 41194m1th beepaa y at dim. tier. Afterwards his Royal Highness ►howarit tire Italia* Opera with Ms presence On Tuesday and yesterday Prism Leopold visited the Diri tress of Kent. Altis ugh we are happy to say her Ru)al Highoess is better, she iv out imAiriently recovered to leave her apartments is Kensington Palace. Yesterday Prince Leopold gave a grand dinner Is the Dike sod Duchess of Gloucester. Among the cowpony "resent to meet their Royal Highnesses were, Corot Sows.. Mr. Canaille, Mr. Currey, Lady Isabella Thyme, Stu Joke and Lady Emily 1111`Cleo4, Lord and Lady Georgina "Atirrpetir, Lady Long, Sir A. Home, Earl and Countries . . Sleowestow, Tuesday evening the Duke and Duchess of Claims:le, *Pi inee Leopold, and Prince Ernest Hobenlohe Latsgenboerg, honoured the Italian Opera with their sesame. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester, the Priseems So phia, and Prince Leopold, visited the Ptineess Augusta, at •her apartments in BockinghasoHoose. We are streusel, happy to sac the Priaeeia Augusta is recovered from her cold, and left Buckiugliam.Hunse yesterday, for the first time, to lake an shim( in a coach and four, accompanied by the Duchess of Clareirce. Yesterday Prince Erirest Hohenlohe Langrobourg went in ■ boat down the river to view that splendid oatiosal edifier, •Greenwich Hospital. Sir W. ClilarrINATOX, Ilse:. is arrived in Hanover-street, iFlanover square, from Yorkshire. 1u mosey of the melancholy tidbits arriving miter 'day of the desire of the Earl of Londonderry, several Si c ial and other alterations and arrangements were obliged to - be made. The Noble Earl bring brother-in-law to the Mar -guts of Mertfordolte viand party intended to have bees given tomorrow evening by the Marchioness was post petted. Yesterday a meeting was held at Ike City of Loudon Tavern, for the purpose of considering of the expedimacy of sta. lbeithig a Fleantiog Huepital for Seamen in the Poet of Los• don. A number of seamen and merchants attended the meet iog. which was highly numerous and respectable. The Right -HUD. the Lord Bishop of Lords: took the• Chair, and era . ducted the busters of the day. The nature and design of t►e intended undettaking was explained in an able mon ster by Rear-Admiral-C•driogtoes, Lord Gambier, Thomas Stings, Esq. the Hon. Captain Waldegrave, Lord Salary, Captain Bowles, R.N. and several other persons 4if die ' tinction. `A string of resolutions for the formatiosof the Society were then misved by Admiral Cudriogton, Lord Gambier, Lord Selsey, and other individuate. It was re solve(' that their "Royal llighoseseethe Dstke of Clarence nod l'rinee Leopold shwa be invited lo becoine tbe Vice. Patrons of the lustitation ender tie immediate Patronage of his Majesty. It was also revolved that Card Melville -should be larded to take the Presidency of the •institatioo. ' The Oratorio at Drury-lane theatre, overflowed last night with au elegant audience. 'The eatertainnseut was of the ' drat order, sod lbe esecatioirin tbeditteat style. This is the settling day at the Smelt Exchange. •It creates great interest iu the Cloy, as the fluctuations during the At 'count have been without priordest. During the hie war the Stuck Exchaege did not experiesee such greet chalices*. Consols fur Account opened It 74, and within a abort Mote 4 fell to 69. Since then the fineinations hive been frequently one per cent. iu a few minutes. The differences to be paid • are stated to be immense. Consols closed yesterday at 7th. Late FATAL Duet—The Grand Jury fur Middlesex :owned a true bill yesterday at the Sessionchouse, 'amen green, against Mr. Cosigns and the parties who • were suncerued with him is the late unfortunate duel at Chalk-farm,aud against whsm a verdict of" Wigs! Murder" • was recorded by the Corsages Jury. It is w ith painful regret we announce the inten tion to build upon the beautiful hills northward of the Regent's Park. so us to wholly shut out (tom the north-western pert of the town the delightful picturesque views of Hampstead and nighgate. We the more sincerely regret tins, es it lug been re presented to as that plans are made, arid prepar... twos commeoced, for carrying into execution the intended design.prompily ; not as detached villas, which might with their plantations and gardens corn pensete in some degree fur the loss of so beauti ful a district of country to the metropolis, bat for rows and streets of houses, which if they we to be of the same character as the hovels olteorly built on the part of the estate near Saint joint's Wood Chapel, will produce northward of the town in a few years, • neighbourhood of the seine description as St. George's-fields. Surely the Noble Proprietor of the rester pert of Mary-le . isune., *hose estate dos also is, -cannot have been duly apprised of these proceedings, or be would not have allowed thins even to be commenced for any coosideratien of Orefit.—(Evening Paper./ VOVIZIVT-tußbitli rtylAtltiCAL PIII.D. - FREEMASONS' TAVERN. , e'•••• • • "r. TIM ansivereary dimmer of this loseituties was Ida pea terday. To deeeribt the appearerite sad quality of the company presort we need Gary, beskertellaeloreoesing that the reedit Weis cf•rdad,•issert the nano id the following crests lever rho& his Royal Highness the Duke of Turk presided:— The Marquises uf Anglesey and Worcester; Eat!. Fife, 'lllesintoo;Yarsanstie, thane'', sad Belfast; Lord Nur. maeby ; Sirs G. Warreeder, T. Farquhar and C Plower; Aldermen Birch ; Messrs. Standish, Wilkes, J. Fuller, H. Bstialrood,Caleraft (M.P.), Copeland, Becher (M.P.), seed R. Stelleheaeos. The dinner was laid on the table at six o'clock, and the goads of the eras "able entered a few minutes after. The ealettainments were of the choicest description, and the soli chums alleluias paid to the accommodation of the (timpani by the Stewards (chiefly members of the Covent Garda' Company) deserves the highest praise. The gallery was crowded with ladies The vocalists were le full muster, amorg whom were she following : Mews. Dureiset, Parry, J. Smith, Collier, Hawn, Broad hurst, Nield, Phillips, Comer, Watson, Clarke, Kiwi, Terra% I.eete, &t. After she cloth was removed, Non noble Denise was gives in excelleat style. After which followed, The King."—Bard and Chorus," God save the King." " The Royal Femily."—Glee, " Hail, Star of Ilronswick." " The Army."—Glee, " How merrily wit live that sol diers be." " The Navy."-.- 18 Rule Britannia," eerie sod chorus, with full baud. " The Coveal.Garden Theatrical Fund," three times three. " Funding," Mr. Taylor. The Earl of BLeseutrron ruse and apologised for the ' absence of the Doke of Sussex, who, as his Lordship add, would have beets happy to have assisted at the cumniemora.. Hew of this Inailistion, especially wiles his Mustiness vela. live was 'educed to preside over it. The absence of the Noble Duke was on another account to be lamented. Ile would, if present, have proposed so them the toast which he (Earl of Blesiuton) then had to propose to them. Reminding them of the Imporisnt public services of the Royal Chairman, and of the kind pstesmage which he had shews to this Institutions by preeidieg at six anniversaries, he required them to drink their Royal rind Illustrious Chair man, his Royal Highness the Duke of York—Three times three —Drunk with enthusiasm The Duke of YORK returned thanks. Ile observed, that though much had been dime fur the lustitiotion, still much rens:mod to be done to put the fund upon •liroper radiate. Fur the accomplishment of this purpose, he strongly novel ist. ailed the interests of the fur., to the atteuttou of the sonembly.—( Leas, cheers ) Song-91e Bruedborst. Toast—" The Vice Presidents." '• ;"' 0E " The Earl of FIFE returned thanks ow behalf if himself and the Vice Presiders. He enlogi eat the Royal Pr' wished prosperity to Covent.garden Theatre, and the best welfare to the Institution. Some, Mr. Mathews—" Adventures of three Cockuiee." Toast—" The Treasurer of Cuvesit.gardeu Theatrical Fund."—(Loud mod refitment Avers.) Mr. FAWCETT detlleed his reluctance to occupy the time of the company, but it bad been suggested to him, that, to suffer the smuiversary to go by without a speech Gera a theatrical mss, tee the subject of the theatrical fused, retold be a dereliction of duty. He bad undertaken lb. task asaigred to him of steadier forward its ad. merle. He then proceeded to oxpaliate oe the mails of the restitution, that which, be said, Owes was sot one so the metropolis more hammier to its aiuciples, or beneficial its its CON•egattleet. It mutt, therrefrire, be matter el sus prier, but it was the fact, that • Geolleisau, high in public estionatiois, had gone the lase& of modelling with Will on this aunual solicitation es a subject of humiliation. He could out acquiesce in such an opinion. The leading actors bad never evinced such a feeling in their eosiduri. They had sever shrikes" Lose their foil share of couiribution, deeding such elowies as Garrick, Bead; Wresuglitim,..Qoick. mid Ressnister, with a long list of females, from the ease. userecinent of the lestiteeios dews to their lost splendid oromweet, whoa absence has lately east a shadow over oar • theatrical hemisphere. he meant the rarely Miss O'Neill. Hi the. paid • sumplisnewt ese she Illesserious Chairman, us whom had devolved the task of stretching out his band to support the objects of the Charity, those bumble servants of the pubite, and ale to our late evocable Sovereign, who was the first who rescued them from the peracution of tontine, Magistrates; and ronciuded with adverting to the condescension sir his present Majesty, iu lately honouring the theatres with his presenai.—" %%'e humbly hope," said Mr. Fawcett, is is only au earliest of future elan, ; but lee that as he shall thick fit, be hes, with that condescending sau vity so peeu'iarly his own, deigned to be a Patriot here; sold while patronised by him, supported by our illustrious Chair man, sod assisted by this tpleadol Assembly, I have no doubt (although our 440 . 01-lunar claimants base increased this year beyond our mesas), we shall ultimately triumph ever all our difficulties, and attain the height of our ambi tion, which is, to make our funded property keep pace with the demands of our helpless Indium." 0 Glee—" Newham." , Mr. FAWCETT then cave— " Prosperity to Mr. Harris, Manager of Covent-garden Theatre. Mr. HARMS returned thanks. Snag—Mr. Emery. Mr. Fawcgrr gave " Mr. and Ales. Caine, with all the ahead Friends of this restitution." Song—Mr. Mathews. Mr. FAWCETT nose to settle the amount of the subscrip tions which had beat raised at the table. He declared his aeitiety to make known the amount subscribed by curls is. dividual. He deferred to the opinion of the Illustrious Chairman, and refrained from stating the particular sum except iu one instance, that of his firsjesty, the wire, good, and humane, obo had sent his subscription of 11101. The illustrious Presidene had subscribed as usual, and many of their guests hail displayed 'mounted liberality. He eoefessed that when he beard of Drury-latie r.flid heeling re ceivi d a subscription of 1,300/. sio a. tic's. of a newspaper ever communicated to loin so notch delight. He little thought that the rubieriptions t,. this Fund would have • equalled that amount, still lea did be expect that he should bare she pleasure to •nuounce, as hail become his pleasing duty, that the sum coll. cued at the table amounted to wore Henn 1,4001. This would citable the Fowl to pay the annul. ties chargeable upon it in full. and many sad hearts would be cheered by the esiesolation afforded through thee day. be. revolenee, diet their little pitlauce wield be subjected to leo rtail ment..-{ Lend cheers.) Toast—" The COISSIMICC." Mr. Assort returned thanks on behalf of himself and the Committee. Oloseiving on the lateness of the period at which the anniversary hat been celebrated, he remarked that there mast a proverb which declared that delays were dam /emus. He was happy that the instittition bad prused to be au exception to the 'hove rule, and that though last they were not least iu the remembrance and !midair's of their benefactors. " Echo Sony." Mimi Nsllande , from the gallery, with dote obligato accompaniment hunt the eppoaile gallery. The snug was most vichmeently encored. Me. Fawcerr proposed the health of Miss Hallande, and thanks to tier for her excellent nun. Drunk with enthu siasm. The Duke of Tonic proposed, sod the toast was received with ardour, 4 Mrs. Siddows," Swig, Mr. Mathews—" The Duke of YORK gave " Miss O'Neill that was, at pre sent Mrs Becher."—( Loud cheers.) Mr. Becher said, that whatever honour was done to Mrs. Bearer, be meat be as such amidst' with as ►erself. Though she had ceased to he an efficient member ors dra matic compauy, she bad nut forgotten the gratiiude which she owed to that profession tied she another* of it. De as sure,' t h em sh u t tin patron or friend of the Institution could more mrsiously desire Ih• prosperity or it. and the theatre is which she had so fortnnatt ly enjoyed the public favour, than Mrs. Seeker. iung.-Mr. Broadhurst, The company s.at sill a late boar. aid nothing could exceed the exeellent arrangement acd sccomtsed►ttuu of Ike giule of the cutettasumeete. • LAW MTlLLreffBeit,ar ,•.,; .VIOE.CHANCELLORI COURT, ai I-., /Auk/ momemipt Wawassoas, Am& 111. r • ,•• DAVIS! AHD OTHRRA, 1K TUZ MATTER OT HOWARD .A D oleos, smiwaurri. This was the petition of three of the creditors of the h.nkrupts, praying that it might be referred to the 'Commissioners to expunge the proof of the debt of 13,000/. on three bills of exchanges proved by Mr. Gro. Carroll, one of the assignees of the bank rupt., on account of the bills being mixed with oilier transactions, which were tainted with usury ; nod by the Commissioners having allowed the proof of Mr. Carroll'. debt it give a greater balance to the debts of the creditors that voted fur Mr, Carroll and his co-assignees thau those creditors who voted for other assignee.. The VICE-CHANCELLOR was of opinion that the hill of exchange accepted by Mr. Grinistead fur 5,500/. and rneorsrd by the Bankrupts to Mr. Car rell, was not mixed with soy transaction that was tainted with usury, and that being a bona fide debt, it would give the creditors that voted for the pre sent amperes the greeter balance in point of the amount of their debts, on which account the pre scot assignees could not be disturbed ; mod as• the other points the petition were of a rumor nos lure, he directed that the petition should take it.' course lu lime paper. • ) The of the - ' refused _ prayer petition . in part. OLD BAILKY SESSIONS. •"? Yesteraty the enter Juiretca and Mr. Baron WOOO opened the Sessions as the Old Baldry. We regret to elsIM there is a heavy ealeudar. BIGAMY. : . . Snow offer the sitting of the Court, David Dapaistas put to the bar, charged with having married • Y° 11 01,16.0 . 1 of Ibe name of Elizabeth Offsrd, his first wife being leltzel hying. Mr. ADOLPHUS stated the rase to the Jurhand them called witnesses to prove the riatige. The first witness was William Paul, the elsrle of St. Paul's thatch, Canterbury. He produced a copy of the Register in which the marrisge of the Prisoner at the her to his first sae was registered. James Wright produce:l • ropy of the Register of St. James's church, lVestiniuster, which proved his second mar riage to Elizabeth Offset Elisabeth °Bard, 'demist locskiag young woman, was thee called. She moor/ she was married to the Primrose at the bar, oo the 25th December, 1819, and that at the time of her marriage .be was write igooraot of his loniser Marriage. The defence set up by the Priroaar was, t►at at the time he married his lint wefr, she was married to a rims of the wise of It ic hards--t hat she was a pruiligiste character; is cua sapewee of whirls Le parsed from her, and eassaiderisig his Marriage void, he subserptcuily married Ms emend !rife, Eta sloth °flied. This defence completely failed. Mr Barun:Woop aemared up the evidesceiand the Jury immediately returned a verdict of fluiffp. The' LPllllell Judge then addressed the Prietieer— " Prisoner, you have ►et up a oust wicked defence, and shall 'Active the highest pansisbraeui she law caa inflict.. POLICE. • A curious scene Intik plata ?mitred*, al this 011iestsallyl. seven persons of bolds sews, were Untwist up for essiwtewilmt from St. Martin's watc►-halm. They had been ermined as the preceding night, by trainint, as an illegal meeting, hav ing been found at a■ waliceasei Assembly-room ia SC Mat. tio's-lane. They were all la their ball dream sad maw, of them of respectable rusk in life; including a clerk to the wygnet in Scotland, and an °Seer in the guards. They were all discharged, on the ground that they did sot know the hawse was anticeused. John Eminercen, a pay serjesat belonging to the loth battalion of the Royal Artillery, was charged with ab sconding with 11111. beluaging to the 'reburial on the td inst. which he received from the agents, Messrs. Greeliwatid anti Cox, to pay the men with, but instead of which he absconded, and it appeared that he came from Wool wich to Loughlin, and at the shop of a Jew named Levy, in White Ilart.yard, be exchanged his regimentals for other clothes, and went to lodge at the Aatelope public. house in the same place where he lived is a tout extravagant style. lie deposited 701. of the money with Mr. Clarke, the landlord. (In Tuesday evening he was traced out and appre hended by Bishop at Charing-eross. He was convicted by Mr. Minshall„ the sitting Magistrate, as a deserter, and committed for further exanaisatioa ea the charge of felony. Yeteenlue n Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the thanks of t:.e Court •were voted unanimously to Gamma ABERCROM BIE ROBINSON and THOMAS REID, &qrs. Chair. man sod Deputy Chairman, fur their zeal and atteution to the Company'. interest during the last year. Sir T. LAWRENCE, Sir W. BEECHES', Mr. SHOE, and Mr. PHILLIPS, have sent in pictures fur the ensuing Exhibition at the Royal Academy, which do honour to their several pencils. The portrait of the Pope, by the President, is mid to equal, if not surpass the finest work of VANDYIE, Its that department of art. The bill for his MAJESTY'S Coronation robes ex ceeds, we are inform!, 40,000/., of which 11,000/. falls to the furriers share. For the black spots 011 the inside of she rubes, no less than 16,000 Astrucau lambs' feet have ben: required ! Duct..—A suer:tine took place early on Tuesday morning, on llonwatow Heath, betimes two Goodie men. One of them was severely wounded its the pistol arm, and fell without firing. lle got up im mediately without ,assistasice, rod taking his pistol in the left hand ; pet • question to his ociversissy, and receiving a installs:tory answer, fired in the air. A Medical Gesitlemsn, who was in attendsuce, ex tracted the hall on the ground. The affair baring been amicably adjusted, our Correspondent pur posely forbears giving the Haines of the parties. On Wednesday last, a man named Finkle, of Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, in the absence of his brother, went into the stable, and taking a fine spirited catt-horse, went to the That public house, situated on the road leading from Royston to litildock, where he sat drinking until lie be came very much intoxicated. About six o'clock in the evening he ordered his horse, anal on mount ing him, with horrid oaths and impiecatiosis, swore lie would risk to hell ! He hail not gone many paces, before the animist, from the impeoptr conduct of the rider, became perfectly aumanage. able, and rising upon his hind legs, fell backwards upon the uisfortunate man, who was taken up senseless, the blood gushing from his nose endears. He was conveyed to the Thrift public-house, where he lingered about an hour, and thee expired. On Friday a Coronet's inquest was held on view of the body. Verdict—Accidental Death. • vratnotieitv OFFIelf, DCIBLIN. EITRAORDIDIARY FRAUD. A Report lad upon the tilde of Ihe Muse of Commons discloses the following ruinous particu lars of • systematic plan to defraud the public in the cliatges . fot books. ledgers, &c. ruled sod tin ruled, supplied to the Customs and Excise. Alder wan King, the present Lord Mayor of Dubliii, the patentee, and the only person to be benefited by the fruud, knows nothing about it, and his servant, John Fox, taking all the blame to beers testimony to his rnasier's innocence. This curiou s fraud reminds us of the riddle in Which u Cdrein is thus described:— He aim made i 1 slid not use it, And hr that used it did nut kuuw instiller he hail it, yes, or au." The following extracts from the It port, explain this transaction more folly stidy.—Thal in the first account 14 the supply of the country stock of books furoisliell by Alderman King, being . fur the year 1816, there were 22$ books elated to •he, and charged fur, as bound in vellum, which were covered with forril; and of those there were 48 whirls were nut hound, but should bare been charged for nailer the weteeddle as stitched. That there were also 21738 pro pats's, folio, malt stock books, charged as bound at 3s. each, whirls were stitch ed, and fur which the charge should have been 101. ; avid there were 3,399 dewy quartos, charged for as loosed bouki at Is. Ild., though properly they were not so, Whig, as misted by a binder, "technically called, covering with Wrapp,r and fixed; the price paid fur one of which books executed I. order was Is. Id " sthly.--That the total amount of this account for binding was 1,1441. 18s. 3.1.; and the amount of the overcharge therein on the articles particularly specified was 520/. IVs . 1/1. thly.—That similar frauds and onpusir were practised its the subsequent supplies cobiteek for lite country ' for sloe jeers 1817, 1819, and 1819, except that the pro patria, folio, malt stock books were in consequence of direr. Innis from the officer of the stationery stuns els.rged fur as stitched, which was their proper dcouroirratirm, the work re. maiming the same as in the first year's supply, or so wily as not to make any difference is the value thereof. 7thly.—That this circumstance, though calculated tors. cite ati immediate attention to, and produce a revision ef, the g al execution of the works, hail o u t that iff.rt. thlsly.—That the amount of the over-charge is, the throe stock bills last referred to, is 671?. 17s. SJ. making a total of 1,192 f. Hls. 6d. in tie four hills, without ailverthig to any overcharges which may have been made fur similar books is, the quarterly bills, and which comma mow he mom 17thly.—Tleat the fraud of charging vellum prices for for. oil covering was detected by the °Meer* of the stationery, in the nemoth of November, 1818; and Alderman King, imme diately open hie being acquainted with it, repasnril to the Chalmers of the Board, apparently is, • must unaffected mate of mriandow and di Arms, sad declared he eurahl in ito other way ammo for the Amid, that had been discovered, than by hie servant, Julio Fox, being in • compiracy to rails sod destroy hies, both in character and fortune, fur the die teem of which alleged eurrepiracy, the examination of John F.., who was brought from the 'tattooer, stores, slier. he theis was, immediately commenced. lasWy.—That neither such conspirer', Nor the allegation of Aldevesais King, that " Fox, in his proceediug, was ac tuated by malice towards hint, or inetigated by WM* man cious parson or persons, for the purpose of injuring him," has beet, supported or substantiated by any evidence. After detailing some further particulars the Repot t than proceeds: Notwilhetandiug all these provisions for making fraud in theory impracticable yet has Juba Fox stoles, his way through thee, and b een able to practise a fraud. He has sworn that he has committed one, and what is perfectly in credible, that he bad au molter. in doing so ; shut his Master Wed the ugly perms* that could be bewellted; and he has placed himself iii the light of a spoulatierius perpetrator of peculation fur its own sake; of a volunteer in fraud of one who disdained the recompenee of gain as a vanish. to his *elitists; of one who was wicked without having a motive to Satisfy, end perfidious without • passion to indulge ! The issue of all tins business Is, that A Islet man King is to continue in his employment a *Witmer to the departments of Customs and EICISet its here tofore. The Commissioners of . Excuse, it is true, in their Report conclude thus Having fully considered the Ketniser, and the whole of the mat ter as it stands before (Pt, we are of opinion that Alderman King loss forfeited the preferable claim to supply this department with stationery." hut the Attorney and Solicitor-General, Smithy and Bushe, are of opinion that only the money fraudu lently obtuiued is recoverable, which the Alderman is ready to refund, hut that his putrid is not voided. The Lord Lieutenant is of opinion that there w on proof of fraud, or of coisalvance at fraud, on the part of Mr. King; and hie Excellency therefore thinks it his deity to direct that he so pplies of Etienne Stationery sem still he received from the patentee, in the mine conditions as previoesly ; and Is vims that the farts which have recently occurred will show the matronly of the strictest vigilance and effective control sin the part of the patentees. Thus duds this '• strange eventful history." The following communication coot tins some fur ther particulars of the dre id ful inueoncre at Manilla, of which an account appeared in THE Beturtsu PRESS of yesterday :•••• RETRACT OF ♦ LETTER DATED IN THE CONVENT OF AUGUSTIN. MANILLA, OCTURER 18, 11340. " 1 address yen from this convent is the ileemst state of atiietiw and distress. The horrible and afflicting events which have passed in Manilla since the 9111 of the current mouth, have thrown me Into a slate of delirium and senpor, which almost deprives me of the faculty of communicating what I would swish to relate. " (in the Ist of this month a tremendous gale of westerly wind, accompanied by a heavy fell of rain, ocensioned a rise in the waters of the lake far above its usual level, in. undatior all the lowlands of Manilla. Oss the 'IJ the water began to subside; sad is consequent. of the &ratify, ems. motion in the lake, proceeding from the torrents *kWh poured into it from the surrounding mountains, as wall WI from the mass of filth which bad horn left on to batiks, snot forth ■n infection in the air, which has prodita cal an epide mic disease I which thousandsu have fallen victims. • " The satire population, either from blind ;gnu aaaaa , or inkuroced in their opinions by those who do nut wish the foreigners well, imagined that the French residents bad poisoned the lake wad liver wheelie run■ from it towards making this a pretence to amasiame and plunder not only the French, but all strangers without discrimination. " The horrible design was carried into offect on the 91t, of the cos - rent mouth, in Binuado, the suburbs of Alanills, cum. wresting first with the French, and ultimately with all *hangers, without distinction of nation. " Tweutyfire gentlemen, captains, and supercargoes of the foreign ships now in C arete, including, 1 deeply regret io say, nay princes, M . Shaifalilzky and Doutafelt, (dl ■ sacrifice to the cruel knife of these herbalist's, and on th.s following day sixteen Chinese, who, as they supposed, nese concerned in Ilse poison plot. " Every thing which 'bey could find in the houses of ti e unfortunate people who bad fatless 'keensa to the fury of these barbarous wretches was either burnt or carried off " The loss is estimated at 400,000 dollars, and the dif ferent residences of the poor innocents who have been so cruelly snaessered, pre►ent the most dreary aspect of rapist, murder, and devastation, not to be descrehtd, and sever, sewer to be forgotten. " The Government, though perhaps sot so early as might be expected,affurded all the protection in its power, by con. duelists those who had the good torture to escape into the citadel of Manilla, where they now rentals, and I have bees ►amanely sad kindly ree tired into this convent." Yesterday was the aoui y of the great battle it Toulouse in ISIT, when Mir gIIIaiII ementrynien shook Souit's inviucibilily, and made the enemy bite the Just. Tears e rr e y wily d Orel day *len amongst the ansatenrs in the osinfreg fancy, between too as good sues se ever Melded a earned or a fief, filefiltSta, the gas ono. and George Cuittuif. This neaten (although by a chance list caused much diarppoitriassoi) was a real Spurting one, and the road to Sr. 4insiii, Heeds, the hearlAuariers, was lined at a •.'ry early hoot and Susie scores of pounds were expended. Curler, who is a fraishril twelve-stone boxer, via* beaten by litt kinais last year, but it was thought that be Mule too Itght of a power ful adverse., bursting with denote erturnee, 1.114 /111'.4 iced a hit is the first !woad which pot twat tut.. ■ dose, trout whirls he did out recover during the fight. H•riti men *ere full of confideuce, although Cooper was not ►o nett as his friends could have wished, from want of veal traderitig. This battle was fought on a continuo, three fades eastward of St. Arbiters's, is the presence of about ifiera Ibutssausi spectators. Hideo' w first threw Isis s4oiurs into the ring. and Cooper SUM after sainted tu the a .in mariner. Ttl.y shook hands with each other beforr strapyiag, mid hid a wt t ruest at each usher. Batting was IS to 4 on Goa. Thf seconds were—for Hackman, Shelton and Randall ; and fur Cooper, Belches and Harry Hareare. ROUNDS. 1. Cooper made first play Itch, open the body, and beetle./ away from a well-inteedesl eichst•ltauded blow. Ho:kind-a went in with much deierminatiee, sad Cooper moles steady stowd and gut away loon his hits, and &w rest by a heavy right handed bit on the ride of the head Tnasuit a, - plasma followed, and eveo betting was 02 . 0114 00 Cooper, but there were nu takers. 2. It is rather an extraordinary circumstance that th s round lluished a combat in which ~ mach stesittety had been on the stretch within five 1011101e0. Hitkillolo went in most nudaantedly, and Cooper avoided two of his hits by a Beleiseraniatt oscillation of the head. They te. letsgth met, and a counter bit settled the kept. The bit of Coup was a quirk cetera, butt that of Gas told Less heavily upon the left jugular vs is grazing of she jaw-bone. Cal r fell as lifelesa all if a bullet hid [sae through hint, awl lane was called in cam, but he was as deaf as a pariah beadle. It •F;k4 roar minutes berme manias ttion look alltestegh his seconds had recourse to every me. tbed that bawdy and cold water catald if. rd. When reco vered, he pal himself ag tin in attitude. t td was told 6 * Tim battle is lint." 14 30' lost ? Frith , d the brace fellow ; wha have you been at with one. The Umpires cult hint that laeltyd been heat out of tithe. " Sul wOO% you lei use tight Lot,' said Cowper. °ore is nothing the master with me :" This was quite out of the question, 014 the set-multi til II tckman l a t taken him away spun the detistts of the Umpires. Cooper then attired to Resit Sainpauts before he put uu his clothes. The hit soon became visible. We can only add, that a light it never elk with so heavy a right•hauded giver as Gas: it puts courage an the off-ode. Richmond's Black was Wm to Iteitt soy owe, het as no customer appeared, anti the amateurs hail guise 24 miles to be amused, a second aisd a merry fight was lambed up be tween twit little outs, of no lighting minimums, mil which could afford nu amusement to our readers by any thing like detail, as half the compory left them at it. The 6 of Ilse day was the only thing that could its any manner dis pel disappuietsuent. day (Thursday) will he a fine treat to the amateurs at the Fives -court. St. 31arties-str.irt, Leicester square, for the benefit of Belcher. There are seine excel lent arranged snatches to take place, mud Gas and Cooper will both he present, the former to receive his stake. Out use occasion has more imatereal been excited 1114 this Court. The money will be made good for other matches ea the lapis. NAVei L IfsTE LLIGENCE. PONTINOSITIt, APRIL 10. Arrived the Comelcon from Plymouth ; and the Sisters, Set-cram, (sues the Dons taw fur Demeter,. Pa.sed by the Emanuel from Norway for Sustlmmplon. Sailed Ilse Ulysses, llawsuu, fur Itio Janeiro. ruyssouris, Aram 9. The Thetis, Partridge, torn Jamaica, sailed 1.5a1s inlll3llly, was lowed io here by the Active rrveaae Clint'', 1011111, %LI,- ' masted. OH 17th February, in let. 34.3. N. bus. 65. 50. W. expeiieneeit a very heavy gale, in which a heavy sea strut lc her, and carried away her foremast, bowsprit, bulwarks, biros, sails, Sie. : when righted she had six Pert water is her hold, which took her 48 hours to clear. 7AL3tOUTN, APRIL 8. Arrived the Waterloo, SP Donald,front Bahia is sixty days. Sailed a &et of about foe ty coasters. ORAL, APRIL 10. Canoe dews bum the River the Canada, Davidson, foe St. Juhes, N. H.; Expedition, Bruits ; and Harmony, Iles's'', for Items; Fame, Ititherisem, for P. trice Edward's island; Charles William, Tate ' fur Quebec; Bleidnim„ Aliiselhani, fur Jamsliss , ; and Dawn, Wirt:elided, fur St. Christopher's. • . _ Ludy BOYNTON Met wish a venous accident lust week while taking ass airing in her now brine car. stage, accompanied by Mins SWAN, near Bridling ton, iii Yurksilsive; .a large dog seised she horse by us nose, which caused him to plunge and overturn the chaise, by which her Ladyship's shoulder nu* dislocated. M SWAN had one of her feet much hurt in jumpiatesit of the carriage. CORN RNICHANGE, Arm. The Wheat trade combaters 'latent. ly doll, tar skimpy!) there have been no fresh arrivals Mare Monday, *bat ss niaised over from that day's supply could not ha disposed of this morning, alshoneh offered at lower pekes. At the close of Monday's market the taillers made a farther reduction uC 2s. per sack on she price of Flour, whirls bas increased 'lse depression on the %%heat trade. Barley sappurts Mosida)", prices, the ("slangily at market to-day being small. Oats are Ir. per quarter cheaper, iu marwmieure of large arrivals since Mondry. la Beams and Pease there is no alierrinan. COIL IMARKEt i ; Amu. II _ Ships .t Market. Mope Suld. Prict. 61t Newt:auk 12 Stiaderlastl 8 1 Scotth C0a1..., 0 PRICE OP STOCLS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock ...... Rd3i 15 per Ct. N. An... 1071 3 per Ct. Rod 71 i ‘i Bank L. An... 18 s.itil 3 per Ct. Cons. —.71 I Imp. 3 per CI. An. 771; 31 per Cent B6l I Ex. 11‘114.e.... 6 4 pr. 4 per Ceats.... 881 89 I Cout. for Ac.... MARRIAGE. On the 26th tilt. at 'fetal, by the Rey. Dr. Ruth, Jul..' Greeue, Esq. Sfigh King's Light liifiutry, to Eliza Philipp., youngest daughter of the late John Philipps Laugbarur, L.q. of Orisudou, Pembrokeshire. DEATHS. On Tuesday, the 10th iusiaio, at his house in Langhem place, afire a luog illness, Walter Swine , Stanhope, of Caiii.un Hall, in the West Riding of the county of link, Esq. Oe Friday, the 81h instant, is Montagu-square, is the 13th year of his see , Hoyle Bligh, only sea of the Hon. William Biagi. Os the 49th tilt. at Newmarket, Mrs. Robson, wife of Mr Robert Robson. Yesterday, in Dews-street, Piccadilly, in his 87th year, Mr. Francis Haekwood, of his Majesty's bard of musicians, and die oldest earlobes of the Royal Society of Musicians. _ HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE. Illaritiag 34 after It. I Erwin* 1 after 11. 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