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DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The Oratorio season commenced at this bottle nn Satarday evening. The selection of music w a s e x. tre mely tasteful—and the performers displayed great ri erllence in their several departments. Madame Grassi BELLoctit, the prima down of the it Opera, was heard with peculiar *Misr action. sh e arrived a little after the appointed hour--snot o we disapprobation WAS expensed in ca ,,,, que ,, e , of the delay occasioned by her absence—but the m oment she essayed her powers, previous disaii. pointormt was lost in present admiration—owl the anger of the most impatient part of the audience was soothed and softened by slime's as delicious, perhaps, as were ever breathed fr human lips. !Umlaute Bestocht was ram rousts. encored its the caratinn, " Di M i rk bar n it cor," a composition of Rossini. which she sang with stifinne trate. Signor AMBROGETTI did out appear at ease in this theatre ; he did nut exert, at least not successfully, those powers which have so often pleased us at the Opera-house. He sang the air," Nua pin andrai," from MOZART'S opera, " Le Nuz3e di Figaro, tolerably well—hut with less force and expr ession than NIMBI war wont to impart to it. Thu is, pernaps, one of the worst Italian series that coeld be selected for • mixed audience. From the nature of the subject, the actor ought to predominate over the singer—sod those who are not aware that the song is addressed to the pretty, but dangerous page, Cheruhino, by DDT who dreads his amorous disposition, not under standing the reason of the varied action and intona tion of the pei former, are apt to condemn that as ridicules', which is strictly correct. To this want of knowledge we attribute the disapprobation which Signor itesaorisTrt received on Saturday even- Mg. Mrs. SALMON. the most exquisite of oratorio singers, was loudly applauded throughout the "veiling. She was encored in the b e autiful air , front the oratorio of The Messiah, " Rejoice greatly."' which she executed iu a style of the most surpassing sweetness and delicacy. She was also o scored in the oirlasicholy air—" My lodging is on the cold ground," which she sang with new va riation.. We were pleased with the variations in the second movement—those which followed wholly destroyed the beauty and simplicity of the original sm. Miss GOODALL is much improved, both in voice, taste. . science. She sang elitist expres sively Mr. BISHOP'S prrtty air, '6 Observe you yon neglected flouir," which was all but encored. Mr. T. Cools, in the absence of Mr. PENE, under took the airs originally marked nut fur that Gentle matt. which he executed greatly to his credit, and not less to the satisfaction of the audience. Between the first aid second act, Mr. J. H. R. MUTT, iaventur of the patent sostenente piano forte, performed a fantasia on that instrument. The sostenente piano, so called, we suppose, from the facility which it iitl'ards to the player of dwelling on a note, ad libitum, is a very ilig s iostru ment—comhirtiog the qualities of the ordinary plain. forte, with those of the violin and organ. Mr. Morn's fantasia, in the coarse of which he iii trodoced the popular liisli air of " Peggy of Derby," was greatly applauded. Hetweeii the second and third acts, Mr. LINDLEY performed a soli,, o n t h e violoncello — from which instrument be drew forth tones as suit and delicious as those pro. duced by the ablest hand. from the finest violin. His perGumance was received with the most eittliu. swine applause. The exertions of Sir GEORGE SMART. under whose direction the Oratorios at this Theatre are got up, will, we have no doubt, be crowned with complete success.—The house was, on this occasion, exceedingly full—and the display of fashion and loveliness in the dress circle was equal, if not supe rior, to any thing which we have witnessed at former Oratorios. SURREY THEATRE. Mrs. &mirrors% Mudge Wildfire, in the Heart of Mid. Lothian, is skill the great point of attrac tion among the novelties of this theatre, and the romance cutitinues to receive that warm approba tion from crowded audiences which it deserves, and which we anticipated an the first ;tight of the per forinance. The four Indian Chiefs of the Oneida Tribe, siontinue to perform the war dance. mode of com bat. and dance of peace, of the North American warriors. There is hut little variety in the move trients of these Indians, hut as a subject of cutio. roy, it is instructive to see the habits of a people, woo preserve much of their original character, though residing not remote from the borders of a civilized race. The Proprietor of the Opera House has heel' at tacked, because the larnetit towards the Waterloo Fund, which he gw:e at the theatre, was not pro. ductive, although he charged tiothiiir4 for the use of the house. A very I,4'l4aq:tory niliwer to the charge is given in the front of our Paiur. We have authority to state, to the uto•t positive terms, that the allusion made by Mr. bastuklt 111 the Court of Chaocery, on Thursday, relative to the probability of " another great theatre shortly coming before the Chancellor," had not the slightest reference to the " heatre Buy al, Cocent-garties." Mrs. EDWIN, from the versatility of talent «Inch she di-plays in lire Actress of All Work, iv sow called the female Natkeres. Among the Members of the (louse of Coninirria recently arrived from Irrlirol are-11r. (.Imtsaw, Nlember for the county of Wexfirril ; soul Mr. PowEtt, ,lember fur the county of Waterford. The warm genial rains Lave inatemilly benefited the lands u, this district; the whew.' look amazingly fine healthy, sod the Kra 111111(litikli LI airfillg prlspellSity to vegttat - oti. remarkable ness of the seiison halt almost eistiiely prevented the ihsiresmes usually 4ublaiiiird by Cite tosser classes from severity of cold mid the .rant of employment during inclement minder& flay, which it was ap prehended, to Cie autumn, would vice to the pace of id. per too doting the winter, from the openness of the weather and 'lir aistit.dattee of guttu feed for cattle, has experirm eil WO and prmiv mons can DO* be obtnined fur 41. per tun *ad own It!-$.-- (Badi Gazette./ BRITISH INSTITUTION. The o.lllery of the British Institution was thrown ripen on Sownlay to the Patrons of the Fine Arts, preporatore to the public Exhibition this day of the works of British Artists. _ _ It would be a impeifinons task to dwell on the great value of this admirable lostitution—each suc cessive Exhibition deselopes its utility. The re gular ionirovement of the young Artist, from the menus furnished by this Institution, is itttended by ft proportionate increase of public ontrotiege to the Art itself, mid in that rank in society, from which eithstaintial encouragement must in a great degree ematiate, a want of acquaintance with a rising Artist, or an ignorance of his works, would ill the present day be considered as a defect in taste and education, not to he uottopemiated for by a pro. ficieney in all the lighter qualifications, which were once considered supreme tis fashionable life. The present Exhibition contents, as usual. works in different degrees of merit; there is is great variety of subject, and on the whole we think it the most favourable display of the rising talent of our Artists, which we have had yet the pleasure of iteeiug. The Gallery contains two bombed and sixty-five pictures, and eleven models, or works in sculpture. At a first. and rather a hasty glance, we must control ourselvev with taking, in the Artist's phrase, " A bird's-eye view" of the Exhibition, and shall reserve for a future occasion the details winch we think entitled to particular notice. The first Picture which arrested our observation, from its place iu the Gallery was— Moser receiving the Tables of the Laurs—By W. BitoexeDON. This Picture is certainly a great improvement on the pre vious efforts of this Artist ; but it waists a great deal to con vey any thing like no adequate representattim of the eveut recorded in the Mk and 21st chapters of Exodus. The figure wf Muses is no doubt full of energy ; but it work Hs as bordering strongly upon extravagance 111 gesture and mils. cuter effort—it has no expressuoi of that deep piety with which we must 'oppose Moses was imbued, on receiving the Tables, after communing with his Divine Master, and being invested will, his sacred trust. Some parts of the co louring of the Picture are well contrived for producing ef. feet, and it is, we have already said, an improvement un the Artist's style of general execution. Triumph of Britannia—Pete Champetre.—By T. STOTHARD, R.A. The first Picture is an allegory, representing the Triumph of Britannia, and the expulsion of Discord by the arts of Peace. It is beautifully colourkel throughout; but we thought some of the Goddesses invested wits rather 100 sub• stamen, limbs fur their other—they seemed rather, in the language of the Poet— fe earthly form with heavenly face." But the Fete Champette is a beautiful Picture in every re spect. The colouring is exquisite, and the figures full of life, grace, and activity. They seem to express. in the lan guage of the pencil, the lines in GRAY'S Pindaric Ode—. " With antic sports, sod blne-ey'd pleasures. frisking light in frolic measures; Now pursuing, now retreating, Now in circling troops they meet, To brisk notes, in cadence beating, Glance their many-twinkling feet." Departure of the Diligence from Rowen.—By W. COLLINS, A. R. A. This Picture is an excellent and humorous representation of die bustle around a French Diligence on the point of starting. The colouring is in • masterly style, and pro duces a peculiar and very beautiful effect. China Menders.—By D. WILKIE, R.A. This is a representation of a travelliug tinker, who is seated in front of a cottage door, employed in meridian a china bowl. The old womsa at the door watches him with un common anxiety statism tl.e operation upon the family property, and seems to manifest her uneasiness during the pe rilous powers, by holding fast between her fingers twit other small articles, which are evidently to abide the success of the first experiment ; while the tinker's wife, who is seated by his side, appears, by her careless smile at the anxiety of the other, to repress the conlhlenre she feels in her hus band's skill. The dog resting against the nisn's arm while he is at work, and the child Weep is die ha het oil the don key's back, complete the family picture. It is impossible for Mr. lA'sutte to fail in his delineation of domestic cha racter : his descriptions of emotion bream unequalled, and his execution is generally perfect and appropriate. But we do not think, that, in ',Mut of execution, this is the Artist's happiest elfort ; his Picture is full of light, 81141 in this re spect seems to have almost as little gradation of aerial tone GI is perceptible in a Chinese painting. If the tone of the back ground had bees subdued, the light in the fore ground would have produced excellent effect ; as it is, the glare in jures the effect which the fine display of character and good drawing would otherwise present. Bee ' S Head, a Study.—By W . DAVISON. The head is really very fine, and in the style of Mr. JACK. SON. Jaranese, a snisked Stouts —By S. WM. This Portrait is well coloured, sod has a very strong ex press of the character which it was the Artist's aim to pun: tray. View Os the niter Yore, Afientoon.—By GEORGE VINCENT. A very beautiful and diversified landscape, in which the Artist has developed a progressive improvement in his style and execution. Anne Page and Slender—By C. R. LESLIE. The sashimi in from the third lime in the first Act of The Merry Wires of Windsor, where Anne invites Slender to his dinner The colouring, which is excellent, is one of the smallest merits of this Picture. The expression of arch ness amyl rich comic character it pcisesses, is in foil unison with the Poet's idea, and the spirit tu the execution does infinite coedit to the Artist. Ilya with the Satyrs.—By W. HILTON, A.H.A. We hardly remember to have seen by a modern Artist any pidgert see beautifully handled as the description of the story of L'na in Spencer's Fairy Queen, is by Mr. Hiutorr, iu this Picture. There is a warmth in die eolouriug, and a poetical late iu the manner of handling the subject, which is i.e the highest degree creditable to the Artist's taste and talents. This Picture was at the last Royal Academy tidal. bitiou. The Fall of Bahplon.—By J. i►t.nun. This is a very extraurdiaary Picture, and, like the celebra ted one of Joshua, by the saint Artist, is remarkable fur an attempt (so many parts sneco ssful) So unite all that is grand tool 1,10.111 MC iii the composition of a Picture, with iiteraVEll - the must minute and elaborate details. In the lat ter volt, the Artist has been eminently successful—it is actimiehing to see the precision with which be has marked Cell !hi . stillest objects In the inuunieraide gruupes of which his Por are is composed, mid this is attained not by au obtru sion of laboured minuteness, on the contrary, the appear ance of act is concealed, mod there is every where an tins common freedom of execution. In the deliseatiou of the sublimer parts of the historic record, we do not think the Artirt loa. been so rarely successful as he was in ill! for mer Pi•lsire.• There is 1101 lilt same desolating appearance throooghisitt She H rrrrrr as described ii Isaiah, nor de wa 'hook the same awful effect iv produced. But the adopting e more coved, and we think more beautiful than the Lost, anal the architectural parts of the Picture are exceuted with ' the greatest twie and accuracy. We do nut think the Artist h.s left she :rick ground eel time Picture a. finished as Ise ns buds it to he. The tower dues not look by any means tea finished as the other vilifiers. %lien from its local appear :Slier r should have expected ahe utmost prang would have I bleu takes to make its appearance t h at ut a perfect tame. (7 1 . k conlipred) MR. HAYIWN'S PUPILS. - - At a Meerinir of Agriculturists, held at t h e Rea Lion, Hereford, on Friday aetiroickt, it was union mous!). rewlvett to puirliart the Petition to P«rlia luu►eut fur the Micro! . Agriculture. BRIGIITO.V, .TANuAnv 29. tore. The flomposilion of the Picture is evidently the wank a on ordinary 'pilot, and the defects are thode *lllOl 111110 sail experience will infallibly correct. Flower Girl.—Rr IV. Rose The Prince Regent took exerc ire on bor r elia e k both on Thursday and Yesterday. On the farmer This is a simple and pleasing Picture. The fignre is mill and grae-fol, tool the back-ground coloured its a firm and illy be was ir eothpisiiiell by Sir E. Nagle, rind on agreeable manner the Wier by the slim , worthy Ilaronet and the Rey. Mr. E. H. Belittles Cepa tri.ornied is a beautiful pro• F. W. II" R o y.' I ho me s.. in rich duction. instance, pin-Ailed his umor . l title, on the %Vest 1 Cliff. He looks(' extremely well, and was in gond spirits. Not a whisker is heard nl t his lilnSal IHighness's departure. The hope is sang • ly ens tenanted, that we shall lie honoured with Ilia pre. score uuUi, rat hail, the I Orr riot next month. The private view of the Drawings from the Cartoons end Her Royal Highures the Diecliti•sof Gloucester Elan, Madden, by Mr. HAYDON'S Pupils, took place at is expected sit the Pavillon this day. Pshilation Haan, in St. James'is-street on Satin day last preparatory to the pubh r Exhibition this day . ' Thrie was i The Audi iloadorit of France, Spain, Portugal, a natneiotis attendance of personages of the fist rank. • and the Nelln-iininh-, orrived at the commencement The following ire the Drawings :•••-• I of the week, and are still among the distinguished A Studs is Chalk, from Ise Cartoon of Paul strata, auebt% sat the Pavilion. Etyma, blind.—Ry WILLIAM DEWIER. Studies . from Ike Pater, aid the cares and Prnserphie 01 I. Lunt" l " l t I) " l ' ess of U"Ael. the Elgia Marbles, two grouper of the areal F;vqres that Marquis of Salisbury, Earl of Amon. bird mere in the Pediment of Ike Parthenon.—By Stewart, and 1.^r , 1 R. S,l „ are among the Artist. ! departures of ti... present week. The Cartnon of Ike Ilsautifal Gate. a Study in Chalk. — By THOMAS d an_ _ C HANLE/ LANDO li. Study from the Cartoon of Paul preaching at Athens.— By C. LANDS/ AR. Study from the Cartoon of the Boals.—By T. LA SI OS r.r R. Mr. WILLIAM REMICK has also a Copy a n Ilk 0100011 fe eke D.livery of Ike Keys, and there ire several small sketches of Heads, lac by the Artiste already mentioned. We had already seen and admired the principal Drawings in this collection, at the private view of the Copies after the last Exhibition at the British Institution. They were then, as we remarked at the time, riot only iu an unfinished state, but exposed (necessarily so from the unavoidable arrange ments in the Gallery) to an immediate comparison with the great originals of ltarnalL. They are now. particularly the copy from the Beautiful Gate, in a finished state, and as the rye cannot disectly pass from the copy to the the Artists have a fair opportunity of heing judged upon their men merits, and not by a comparison to which it would he unfair and invi.l to expose throw Perhaps in the whole range of Art, there are no works less likely to attract papul ir attention io an Exhibition• room, than the Cartoon, of RAPHAEL. They have so su perficial amid alluring beauties; it has been often and kitty observed, that their excellence is not on the surface, but lies deep, and can only be snakiest!, appreciated by those who with a highly-estimated taste have examined them with great labour mid attention, and them only can such prelims be struck with the invention, expression, energy, and grace, which the great Artist developed in his grouping in these extraordinary writhe It is a remarkable fact that in the first visits to Italy of our most distinguished Artists, the great work. of RAPHAEL in the Vatican failed to make soy striking impression upon their minds. Sir JORFIVA REY NOLDS passed through the rooms, and confessed bis (thaw ponitment with the most mortifying humdiatian. His 'ra tioning on that occasion is curious and interesting, and gave early promise of that candour and enlarged intellect which he subsequently developed in his active and eminently use ful life. He did not, he said, for a moment conceive that the name of RsrusaL, and those admirable paintings, in particular, owed their reputatiou to the ignorance and pre judice of mankind; on the contrary, that his not relishing them, as be was conscious he ought to have done, was a proof of his ignorance of the principles upon which they were executed. He proceeded with ca.e and attention to study the works, and 10011 found a new taste and new pee ceptions dawn upon him, and he then acknowledged that he felt the greatness of the original. The present venerable President of the Royal Academy has put on record, that when be first visited the Vatican these works did 110 i parti cularly interest him, our was it until he bad often visited them alone, and studied them by himself, that he could appreciate the fulness of their excellence. From the character of the originals, some idea may be formed, even by the general observer,of the arduous task which Mr. Haarriorr's Pupils had to perform when they at. tempted to make copies from such works. That they have in a great degree succeeded, must be evident to any person who will attentively examine the copies in this Exhibition, sod we earnestly hope with Mr HAYDON, that the feeling, delicacy, and power, which the young Artists have displayed in their copies, " will not cud with their Chalk Drawings, but be visible in their first original productions." Whilst we cordially concur in this hope, we eanuut join in the unsafe and dangerous compliments which have been injudiciously poured upon those Artists, some of whom we have heard are very young Inc.. Much as we admire the acenracy and ge neral correctness of their Drawings, and the strung feeling of the original which they in many parts poureray, wreath nut yet tell them that they have copied with a kindred feel ing "the intellectual dignity, the moral beauty, all those noble graces of expression, which have justly conferred on lIAVVAELLC the epithet of ' divine,' and with* power ores. • cation worthy of men who fully appreciate the excellencies of their grand archetype." This euthusiastic praise is timed, when applied to persons who have oily completed their preparatory studies—its effect can unly be to excite those sanguine expectations which are proverbially disap pointed, and which prevent that fair and considerate indul gence to early efforts, that is so well calculated to vacua. rage and lead on an Artist to future eminence. air. W.Beartcw's Studies from the Fatrs, and the Ceres sad Proserpine of the Elgin Marbles, tali givers of the great Figures that were in the pediment of the Perihelia/it, sire very beautiful drawiuga, and exhibit the very great ad. vantage which a Student in Art must derive from the study of these incomparable works. The Catalogue of this Exhibition is written by Mr. HAY DON, and conlaius au elaborate and somewhat critical ite arription of both the originals and copies. Mr. HILYDON can write well, but he can paint muds better; and without meaning to depreciate his literary acquirements, we should at any time rather see the productions of his pencil than the effusions of his pen. Why is it that he does not louse him self into an active effort, and instead of vainly calling fur the establishment of a national Gallery and public encou ragement, and arraigning tithes* for not pursuing his own path, sit ouce put in his claim to such patronage as doss exist (arid which, thanks to the British Institution. is daily increasing), by potting and exhibiting a great historical work of his own, and setting forth the benefit of his exam. ple as well as of his precepts We have never ceased to admire the ardent devotion of Mr. HATDON to the study of the finest models of his Art, and his disinterested and per severing exertions to induce others to follow loiS example. He felt truly what an auxiliary the Arts bad been to die maiatensuce of freedom in Greece, and when their value ceased to be fell, how soon the liberty of the people :iegene rated and decayed. Mr. P 11141.1 bat eloquently observed, that when the spirit of liberty forsook the public, grandeur had left the private mind of Greece " subdued by PHILIP, the gods of Athens aid Olympia had migrated to Pella, surf ALEXANDER was become the representative of in taking every pains to call the attention of Artists and the Public to the Elgin Marbles (or rather in immediately following Mr. WEST in doing it), Mr. HATING!' has deserved well of bis cousitry, mid it is only necessary for him to en force their principle* in the language of his pencil, AO make his merit complete, and lint reputation secure. It a a remarkable aid • rug ions fail, that the only avowal of the principles of public liberty mask by stay of the Mem bers of Administration in the last Parliameut, was iii the Report of the Committee on the Elgin Marbles, when the influence of the Arts upon the liberty of the people of Attires was eloquently and powerfully enforced. What a ludicrous contrast time practical politics of the chief framera of the Report presented to the pompous recommendatiou of their theory upon the growth of liberty ! It is right to mention, that the Catalogue of this Exhibi tiou is dedicated In the Directors of the British Institution and the To witera of the British Museum, " with respect And graLtude." GENERA 1. COURT- M 4 tiT IA L. A Genet . Court-Marii.ll will he field this day, at ten n•ch.ck, at the Office of !he Board of Claim., opposite the Artisiiraity, by order of ids iti , yll Hightiess the Coolima;ider-iti-Chief, in try Lleii temstit•Coloorll of the 18th no several charges exhibited against him. The follow lug are the iimises and rack of the Ofliteia cum poaing the Court : President—Liemenant-General Ric 11. Dis n ey. Members—Major.Generals Sir t, T. talker and W4l - Colorieia Sir E Keriison, 7th Hussars ; Salmon, Royal Artillery ; Fishes, Royal Artillery i sod Smith, Em gineria : Lieutetsaut-f2olonele Hamiltoa,3el Guards ; tieveur, Royal Artillery; Sir E. Harding?, Greta:44llyr Guards; Doyley, Givoirdier Guards; 114adhant, 19th Lancers; Nowerhv. (7ulcharrom Guard , ; and Lisle, 19th Lancers: and ,d3toro tVildmetti, 9th ; sod Wildman, Ist Draginm G.. Mujor.tleneral Sir EDWARD BARNES, appnit.teti seeond iu coinisiniol at Ceylon, will go out in the Dwini less, , 21i, Captam lion. V. CARON which shop will sail for the Eftst Captain the Hon. NOEL has sailed in the Rockfort, to Luke the of the Spey in the Mediterranean. The Pandora was paid off at Plymouth on Mon. day. She will he dockrd and re-commissioned.— The Mont Blanc a n d Sealark are to he sold. The Essex, highs, Marquis Camden, Char*: Grant, &tether Castle, and Vansiitart (the first Indisineo of the season), for Bombay and Chino, and a large fleet of outward-hound merchantmen, passed down Channel on Friday. On Thursday afternoon sailed from Portsmouth the Sapphire, 21i, Capt. Ilksatr [lsar, for the Jamaica station; and the Sophie, Sir Wit. WISE MAN, Hari. with mails and dispatches fur the Cape and St. Helena. Friday morning sailed the Rochefort, 80, Capt. GREEN, for the Mediterra nean. to relieve the Albion. Detachments of the Bth, 10th, '2Bth, aid, and 64th regiments, from the depot at Albany barracks, embarked in the Rochefort, to join their respective corps at ( libraltar, Malta, and in the lonian Islands. The lacer cutter (is a tender) will join the lochtfort off Plymouth. The sixteen transports now taking Cr stores and provisions at Portsmouth, for a fOrrlgi: voyage. are destined to the West Indies and the Cope of Good !lope : those for the former quarter under the Agency of Lieutenants R. D. Parrot ARO, COURCH. and COATES ; those for the latter under Lirutenaiit T. J. LEVY.—The 4th regiment, with detach ments of the Queen's regiment, for the Leeward Islands; and the .54th regiment, with detachments of the 38th regiment, for the Cape. will embark this day and to-morrow. The 6th and 9th regiments, also for the Leeward !steeds, will em bark on Wednesday and Thursday. The 21st re giment will follow. The Abandance, fitting out at Dept ford for a depot store at St. [Mena, is to call at Portsmouth to take on hoard detachments of the ti6tli regiment for that island. The Neptune arrived on Saturday morning at Portsmouth, from Cadiz, bound to London : she has sustained damage iu the late gales. The Alexander, from Marseilles, for London, is arrived at the Motherbank to perform quarantine. The Stanley, WITT, of Poole, was lust on the coast of Spain on the3oth December. The Cameleer:, Captain MINGAY, and Grecian, Lieutenant N. MARTIN, have proceeded on cruises. Toe Egeria, Capt. RowLeY, came into harbour on Thursday. At Spithead—LPy, Revolutionaire, Pheasant. The Pyramus, 42, and Helicon, 10, will he Noodled at Plymouth next mouth. The Foudroy ant, 04, and Stirling Castle, 74. will be com pleted in April. The Portland, do (ilea), is nearly in frame; the Lancaster, BO (new), has her floor timbers laid. The hclipse, 10, sad Emulous, 10, are in frame. Ao inquiry has been made, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, on au improved mode of working the calculations necessary to sternaln the longitude of ships at sea. The plan is from observations of the positions of various stars, which promisee to re duce the errors into so narrow • compass. that the actual certainty may be almost said to he rliscu erred. ('apt. ROBERT TUCKER, lt.N. is the in ventor of t h is new method. which requires only six lines of figures. Weiineatley the Menai frigate, of 28 guns, was launched from Chatham duck-yard. She weld off the slip in a very beautiful style. Rear-Admiral Sir HENRY Huswasa, one of the Lords of the Ad miralty, Sir JohN Goetz, Sir R. BAaLow. and many of the neighbouring gentry, were spectators. Unfortunately, whilst every one was enjoying high grutitictition at the sight of so liandatinie • launch), one of the hawsers broke. and several persons were much injured. One of the inferior officers. named POTTER, had his kg broken ; sort from the eir cumstaitie of the same leg having been before broken tin a similar occasion. it was found neces sary that it should be amputated, which was tier forint-4 at the surgery, and he was afterwards taken on board the Argonaut hospital-ship. Sir JOHN Goss:, and three oilier risme', also ieceived 'consi derable - • ''q+ 'IRELAkki. • tumult. tAstqat 26. s;r J o hn Nesvpik, Mat. M.P. left Widetruid Fritlav lest for London, _ Ml. , ' TS% t.,e Hiipeortcl itgr4it last night as Polli, in roe Beggar's Opera, al ',bud!, tirliglard her audientr. Saturday bring Ow vistioisr, day or this Term, 0..: Four Courts were nothed with the uou4l forma 11.11 , g, In the Court of Killg'• Broch the Gram' Junes VitiP sworn in, lieltire Judge. May and Jelsh. The Lon(louden)? Corporation nor of ,the Court the whole of esterslity. Further tit - omega to-day. Allan Macklin, Esq. retires, on account of age, limn the situation of Secretary to the Com. tnissioners of Customs. it id 4aili 'hult lie is to hr necertird by the lion. Captain l,e Vier Ti.slich. Collector of Gillwriy. to which list otke Mr. J. But ke IY *aid to hate been appoihred. WATERrORD. JANUART On Thursday nio s ht last, the house of doeph Power, E A! . of Newtown. to the County of Water., Curd, near Tnintore, Wait entered by four men through a *in , law, and robbed of the plile, and about 501. in r 000000 y. The omen were audiogooted, aud two of them spoke the French language fluently. CII A !ILES BENNETT. All idea of the arilval of this man (who, it will he recol lected, decamped with the child of Mr and who was, afterwards pursued and overtaken la a finiogn port by Mr. Horsely himself) in this country sevni4 now lir have heel* abandoned Indeed, it d,rrr 110 appea. that Mr !loosely ever hail any SerlUll. iiii of It.-um it Wlllll vinitsr:ive spiral ; lout es en if be had. if S u.d airy hie that the Goren:meat col:nloy »wild sour (WWl llsenswkr• jastitii el in mat:in: Y•n:e nlErvir of 4.1. ail iircurienre, 811.1 upon aii slielit an iirea , liar, ,11.. t tol all it.)414 prndort Sate to walae it I:u vtlrsea (JO server.) MR. HUNT'S PETITION TO PARLIAMENT. Mi.. Sinclair nu Fti lay presentr.l H Petition to the Mouse of Comimoms, from lI . 11unt, aszninst the Westminster Bull. It ‘Nna Hr 1 . ..110MJ "To the Honourable the Common• "f the. Kined•ma of Great Itritahi and I..dand, in F.oh-onent no.endde ; I " The Petition of Wiley Hu. t. Lo l ',wady t;h; wed', ' 6 That at the last eloeti for the 411 F of 11'e'tminaer, your Petitioner stood along with fit o other Ge o llt ar o o R 4 candidates for the representationof li,al oily, tool soon ifra r the close of such election an scoosint was Scot him by Author Nlorris, Esq. the High Balla of the said rily, claiming of three of such caudidates 4+llly the sum of 93.1f.9*. Ild as his bill of charges and exp. uses fur such election ; nod on your Petitioner 011jP11111Z to Al viral item. coatained therein, particolarly to a lumping lieu, twit. our n c opposer's. bill, the said Arthur is, without farther brought au action of debt against yore Petition. r t... the an me ; and while your Petitioner was trying to t r.l f...in b o n par. Ocular% how such article, anomo Moms, u.as made out, he, by two sharp practising atlllfnle. aetpt a judgment against your Petitioner in such as and was ahotit to levy an executiou Wes eon ; to prevent whi r l, y our Petitioner was obliged to epply to his ilajest>'. Court of Kieg's Bench, in which Court the jioltssiont had loon so obtained, fur a rule oirl, to set aside the same, WII,C:1 I nir, at the request of the said Arthur Morris's; Courascl,stausle over to be signed on Nlisitday neat. 6 ' And your Petitioner further shewrob, that the said High Bailiff', by briisgiog actions of doh,. and 'm apping thereon finot jui/gmrilt a, not only der, saes She pasty lie shall so site of a right to dispute Iris t barges, however il. legal or unjust they may be, but tak4l4 away from iht su bject the writ of inquiry by rs lnry Assess Ibe 41..mages he would be entitled in, in the cow of an interlocutory judgment, which your Petitinme most humbly submit. os the bounden duty of your H +ble H01..e to prevent. And your Petitioner further effillplainx, that the C l i o nn oti , expense of erecting the hustings 1. is holly unnecessary, t•ad that al Ilw lair eloction two.thorda of Me same oan neither appropriated to Me use or convenience of the candidates or their friends, lust that it was daily occopied by ner►nns aunt and pool to interrupt the proceed:l.g, olio had no other business there, in violation of the uvile,lrs of >our Ho nourable House. and in defiance of the alatutt•, that de. closes, • The el. ction of Monshers of Parliament Might to be free;' that the tate Lord Etlesiburosigh said, when pre siding in the Court of King's Beech, that the High might hold the election in Weatuiiiister.hall, or some other place, 'inbuilt putting the candolut. v 10 watch CI , MITIMPI prose, as is the case in all other r iii• s. And your I' 'dialler farther adds, the place of High Bailiff is woe of very lasge emolument, out of the proceeds of a hich he might. iii e:rtiii: of such his sAce, pay all such outgoings, us is dour its all oilier citiea. " Your Petitioner therefore prays, that your Honourable Noose will cause due inquiry to NT made into the amount of the large emislisments of said High Bailiff, and if they should be found sufficient for the above purpose, that your 111..- i nourable Hoene will not pass any other new Bill, to throw more impediments im the way of free election. And your Petitioner further prays, that in case your Housoulable House, after dne inquiry, abonld think proper to paps any new law excluaively fur the Nowlin', of the said High Bili 1111; your Houottrable House will not fail to it duce a clause to present hint in future suiug by action of debt ; but that his remedy under such new Act should be an action by assumpsit only, whirl, would effectually good against our attempt at future extortion, end not deprive toe subject of his writ of inquiry before a Jury to assess the thunages ; ur that your Honourable House would iu nub Act Inuit the twin to be paid to hint fur his rharges on such occasion. " Ate! sour Petitioner, as in duly bound, will ever pray, / 4 e. Ordered to lie on the table. " HENRY HENT.' An Evening Paper of Saturday, not resuarkabis for the general threwduess of its ob.rivotiolor, • effects to ridicule the ides of preventing the kji taboo* of the silver currency, by revealing ills Bank Resi.-iction Act, which it Inunoraiesly sap., wauld be sending the gold after the silver. Wira then the sagarious writer of that remark suplawv that the present Bank Restriction Aet succeeds iu keeping the gold and silver within this country I An experiment has been tried in Portsuurii tb )luck-yawl. to tacertain if a grass, the cominv . o produce of New Zealand, and which may be est down three times a year, is applicable to makiii large and small ropes. A favaunible report, w.• understand. is made of it. The article is awing and pliable, and very silky in its nature. Jt in be brought into this country at less than right pounds per ton; one-seventh the cost of firm). A great Coursing Match was given at Wer4m, the seat of Earl BRADFORD. on Maude) , week. tv which Lard HILL, and other Shropshire Noblemen and Gentlemen were invited; and several fr'rx.E4 dogs of celebrity (captives to the victors of hio) were rust on the occasion. The concouree .1 . people was immense. The Stifurdshir.e dogs away the honours of the 6eln. against 1 1, 4 , 404dif Chien how France, and Omit of sliroinfAtti4. ;ii 'I '4l 1 .~' .~