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"'hall temper seal." This. recommendation cannot be too closely attended to; the safety of our colonies hangs von it. Let the question be discussed when it may, this is decidedly no period for the dangerous attempt. There was little of interest last night in the discuraions in either Home. Mr. Brougham's speech, though an impressive one, fell far short of his eloquent and indignant address' at the opening of last Session. The reply of Mr. Canning was equally discursive. The speeches of the Marquis of Lansdown and Lord Liverpool in the Upper House were of the same character ; neither were followed by any trial of strength between both parties. The Estimates, it appears, are already prepared ; and if so their discussion will be immediate, and the business of the Session is likely to be short and otherwise unimportant; little else can occupy Parliament previous to the Easte:. recess, and both Houses will, in all probability, have an early prorogation. The financial ezposf of tlise Chancellor of the Exchequer, already announced by him, will be looked for with anxiety. The country has a right to ex pect a reduction of its burdens ; without such relief the us state of its finances is of little avail: it may /o7rm aPe" asounding paragraph in the Address to the Throne, but can be of little benefit to the people generally. 8111Girroar, Fri: 2.—:-We are rejoiced to state, that the health of our beloved Sovereign continues to improve. The short but satisfactory answer to the many inquiries at the Palace to-day has been—" His Majesty's health continues to improve." Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, the Duke of York, as Commander-in-Chief, held a levee at his !Ace in the -.- Horse Guards, which was attended by Major-General Pul ler en his being appointed to the command of the Stith regi ment ; also Major-Gen. Sir H. Campbell ; Lieut.-General Slade ; General Sir William Robinson, Commissary-Ge neral; Lieutenant-General Sir William Hewl:tone ; Lieu tenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, and above thirty others. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester, t h e Princess Sophia, and the Duchess of Kent, visited the Duke of York at his resi leoce in the King's Palace, St. Jantes's where their R9yal Highnesses partook of a dejetinc. The Royal party separated about three o'clock, when the Duke wont to hold his Levee. Yesterday the Lords of the Treasury held a Board in the Treasury, IVhit At eleven o'cloe'.: yesterday rooming, the usual searches were made about the Houses of Lords and Commons. In consequence of the removal of the Old House of Lords, and the erection of new buildings on its site, the investi gations were somewhat varied. They took place in the pre sence of Lord Gwydyr, as Lord Great Chamberlain, D. Fellowes, Esq. his Secretary ; A. Mortis, Esq. the High Bailiff of Westminster; Mr. Lee, the High Constable; a body of the Yeomen of the Guard, &c. They also pro ceeded to the Speaker's House, passing through his dining room, which is under the House of Commons. Dovca, Fri. .—Arrived his Majesty's packet the Arrow, Captain Hamilton, from Calais, sith the Hon. Robert Gordon, with despatches from Vienna, who was accompanied by his brother, Captain Gordon, and started immediately for town. J. G. Denison, Esq., M.P., arrived also by the same packet. MARQUIS HASTINGS.—A few of the London Papers have lately circulated some idle rumours, reflecting on the late Governor-General of Incria. There was a time when Irish and English hearts beat high with regard and vene ration for the gallant, generous, and heroic Moira. His never-dying honour was the theme of all men, and the gloss of his country. But in these days, to be great and , is to incur the hatred and rancour of all those (veiling malignantt, who deluge the world since the era of the French Revolution. We affirm, and on authority, that no Governor ever stood deservedly higher with the India Company, collectively and individually, than the Nnhle Marquess ; and we do assert, that the records of India will thinonstrate that the disinterested, enlightened, and even-handed justice, with which he governed that im mense country, was never before equalled, excepting only, in the Government of 'Ms illustrious predecessor. Ireland may be justly proud of such eons. Placed in one of the first situations in the world, in the spirit of ancient Ro mans, preferring glory to riches, they have retired, with honour pure and unsullied, with the approbation of their King and Country, and with the benedictions of millions; in an age, too, when most men seek wealth at any price, and when, in that pursuit, venality is frequently found to bare penetrated the precincts even of the sanctuary.— DsWiti Patriot. We are glad to hear that Mr. Spankie, late Advocate- General in India, is now on his return to England, with his health a little improved. POISTSSIOU Tii, Fr e. 2.—To-morrow, Captain C. Inglis will comminion his Majesty's ship Victory, of 100 guns. She is intended ES guard-ship, in the room of the Queen Charlotte, and will bear the flag of the intended Port-Ad miral, Sir Geo. Martin. The following officers have been appointed to the Victor' :—Lieutenant James AP Donald, Lieutenant Kendall, Lieutenant J. T. T. Dixon, Lieute nant Appleby, Lieutenant Hale, Lieutenant G. S. Dyer, Mr. Richardi, Purser. The corps of Royal Marines is or dered to be increased by seven additional companies,viz. two to the Portainontli division; two to Plymouth; two to Chatham ; and one to Woolwich. Soeym Arraatcss Coxacts.—The late regulations re specting our Consuls abroad reflect the greatest praise on the Min.:wry. The salary of the Consuls is now to form nearly the whole of tl:cir pecuniary compensation. The few fees that arc still allowed are fixed and settled on the meet moderate scale: thus the ground of complaint that existed among merchaats on that subject will be cotnpletely rennoveil.—Stur. Lett rs from Rio Jan( iro state, that the Emperor of Brazil has continred to Lord Cochrane the rank of Marquis, and has presented him with a valuable estate, as an ap pendage to his title. It is said, too, that his Lordship has been offered the appointment of t ;overnor of Bahia. Th• Superior 11 . 1ilitary Chief of the dietrict del Norte of Colombia, sent a letter to the Governor of Martinique, for an explanation of certain rumours which were circulated at Vent zue!a, of t n artnament being in preparation at the former port destin-il to act against South America. The Governor of Martinique returned a satisfactory answer; and it is added, that the corvette of war Bolivar, which took to that island Colnr.el Carabano in commission, was received with a salute of 19 guns from the fort, and from the French frigate Vestal, and our flag continued hoisted in the corveste during her stay at Martinique. The bat Gazette vi'lich ha. been received from Bogota (Gaerta Columbia) contair s a document, which has been publislitsl in Colombia, with the express intention of dissipating the alarms as as the intervention of the French in the araini of Colombia. WAST INDlES.—Aemunts of a moat alarming nature have been received by planters in this country front Do- minim. Unequivocal proofs of the fatal effects of the dis cussions in Parliament respecting the privileges of the slave population had appmred; the Negroes had been taught to believe that at Christmas they were to be free; whole gangs refused to du thtir usual duty, and plats had been formed, u appeared from the evidence of a negro. who bad been arrested, to murder the white population. So strong was the impression of impending danger, that the Council and Assembly recommended to the Governor to 'proclaim Martial Law, and all the chips in the harbour were desired to be ready at a moment's notice to put to sea with the women ind children.—keening Paper. The very cel-hrated house of Van der Stnigaen, at Altoua, has lately failed for several millions of narks bauco. This failure is causcd by considerable losses which the house has sustained by the late depreciation of colo nial produce. Mae. lIARTLEV, THE ACT►ESS. —The once beautiful and admired actress, Mrs. Hartley, died on Monday last, aged 73. at her house at Woolwich. She was a contetope rary with Garrick, and we believe the only one that re inain. (1, excepting Mr. Quick and Mrs. Mattocks, who are vtill alive. Iler extreme beauty and the truth and nature of her acting attracted universal admiration, and caused her to rank the highest (as a tivnale) in her profession, previous to the appearance of Mrs. &Mons. EAST INDIA SHII . PING.—The Royal George, Ellerby, nom Bombay, has arrived in the !)owns—wiled the '2;th August, and the Cape the oth November. Passenger, Dr. Liddle, Native Infantry. Tug ARMY. — The head-quarters of the filth (now 'airing) regiment of foot are to be stationed at Man chester. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford and family arrived on Mon. I day at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat, Woburn Abbe. The y Duke of Grafton arrived on Monday evening at his house in Clarges-street, from his seat, Wakefield Lodge. The Earl and Countess of Darnley and Lord Clifton arrived yes terday at their house in Berkeley-square, from their seat, Cobham Hall. Kent. The FAA and Countess Stanhope arrived yesterday at Lord Car rington'a, Whitehall, from their seat in Kent. The Earl of Jersey arrived yesterday at his house in Berkeley square, from his seat, Peliddleton Park, Oxfordshire. The Bishop of London and family have arrived at their house in St. James's-square, from Fulham Palace. The Archbishop of Canterbury and family have arrived at Lam beth Palace, from Addington Prk. The lion. Mr. and Mrs. George Lamb have arrived at their house, Whitehall-yard, from Su ulk. Mt. and bins. Carrington and family have arrived at their house in Montague-square. from their scat in Bucks. The lion. Frederick Lamb has arrived in town from Earl Cow per's seat. Pansviger, Herts. Headley, Esq. has arrived at Warren's Hotel, Regent street, front a tour. Arrivals at fititild's Hotel, Jerrnyn-street :—Lord Charles Townshend, from Warwick ; soli Sir George Nugent, lit. from his seat, Taplow, Bucks. Mrs. Courts has arrived at her house in Piccadilly, from Brighton. Lord and Lady King and family arrived yesterday, at their house in Dover-street, from their seat, Ockham, Surrey. The Earl of Euston has arrived at his house in Grosvenor place, from the Duke of Grafton's seat, Wakefield Lodge. Dewtures from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street:—Mr. and NT& Ruggles and family, foe their seat, Spain's Hall, Eases, and Jobs Getlim, Esq. for Oxfonl. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Villiers arrived in town yesterday, from the Earl of Clarendon's seat, the Grove, Herts. Sir John and dad ( dower arrived on Monday at their house in Charles-street. Berke -square. from Bognor. Arrivals at Longs l otel, Bond-street .—Colonel Piper James Saurin, Etq. ; and R. Jackson, Esq. from Ireland. Departure -1 Sir John and Lady Broughton, for Kingston. Captain Martin, R.N. has left tows foe Portsmouth. files. Benyon entertained a small party of fashionable, yesterday seeping, at her house ist Grammer-square. FOREIGN I AITE LUG ENCk% FRENCH PAPERS. Let night we received, by express, the Paris Journals of Sunday, from which we copy the following:— iFrom the Courrier Frarareis.l PAidlll Fill I. The English journal, the Sun, assumes that the King of Eng land will, at the opening of Parliament, formally announce his re cognition of the independence of the Spanish Colonies., The Jaw-nal des Aber, alarmed at this statement, hastens to con. indict It, and affirms, that the Speech from the English Throne never contains any thing explicit or precise, " it being a parlia mentary maxim ' " says the Editor, " that the Speech should be couched in such general terms as will admit of either this or that side of a ques"on being embraced, according to tireumstabccs, and the course which the debateslof the House might take." —This supposed maxim, of the Journal des Debate, does not exist tn England ; we could quote many speeches from the Throne, ice which the measures of Government are set forth in the most clear and formal manner. The Statesmen of that country are not required to exert their powers in con struing sentences void of meaning, with a view that they might, by some subtle interpretation, find it to indicate this or that mea sure, of which, till after the speech was pronounced, they bad never dreamt of. Such a course would only be proper with a Al inistry always ready to yield to every influence; wavering from day to day, without one settled plan, having only the wish, under every political system, to preserve their power In spite of the rival ambition of those who seek to supplant them ; for such a Ministry such a speech would be an admirable thing, where the public would And nothing, and the Government all that it wished. But in England the Mi nisters have a system and some fixed design. We do not pretend to say that it is not their intention to recognize the independence of the Spanish colonies ; but if it were so. it would be raid so, and they would disdain an Artifice which would do them a service by such disreputable means. From tite Journal des Deleate.l COURT OF ASSIZE. PARIS. JAN. 111. Asretire s 0 Me RI/El.—This day the trial of Antonio Bre ' rhea was resumed for an attempt to murder M. !sachem, the Greek priest, and the woman named Saulnier. 11. Isacharus brought into Court the vestment worn by him on the day of the attempted assassination ; it bore the marks of bay ing been cut in several places by the razor of the assassin. 31. de Broe, Advoeate-thneral, then addressed the jury for the prosecution, and particularly pointed out the enormity of the pri soner's crime, and clearness with which it had been proved in eel qi deice. In alluding to the testimony of the t, the Advocate examined its claims to belief, and observed t bad a for its truth in the touching words with which closed= shim :—" As spriest (said the old man), I ought to pardon s and I desire that justice will also pardon my murderer." ill. Lateens:le, advocate for Brochetti, then addressed the Jury. Ile said tdat the prisoner was cot strained to leave a trade which produced a spitting of blood, and n aterially injured his health, and to engage himself as a domestic servant. In this capacity he passed a long period with several masters in Italy • but unfortunately losing his wife he resolved to expatriate hims elf: he accompanied an Italian %larquia to Paris, who won afterwards left the French capital for England. leaving Brochetti behind him. Thus deprived of the means of exister ce, he was recommended to 'sachems by two respectable nuns, sod by the Abbe Delprade. Ilia only object was to obtain the means of returning to his own country. On the 10th of November he went to the house of Isacharus with no other intention than that of soliciting his pity. He knew that Isacharus could not himself relieve him, but he relied upon his benevolence to direct him to those who had it in their power to give him assistance. The prisoner asserted that what parsed at the meeting with 'sachem% had not been correctly stated in evidence. Fidler from despair, or from stratagem, he menaced Isachams, that if he could not obtain the aid he needed, he would commit suicide before his eyes. These words "to neamneaza," (I will kill myself) were mistaken by the old man for " lo !:'assn. mezzo," (1 will kill you.) latch:inn, alarmed at the sight of a razor, endeavoured to disarm Brochetti, and in this attempt he received dime wounds which were the foundation of the present unfortunate proceeding. The Counsel then shortly addressed him self to the charge of attempting to assassinate Madame Saulnier, and the President asked Brochetti If he haft anything to add to the defence of his Advocate? The prisoner replied, in a language half Italian and half French, ' " I deeply regret the injury that 1 caused to M. lascharus ; b u t I dill it without intention or premeditation. If I had intended to kill him, I should have thrown myself on hint when I entered t and shookl not have requested the loan of money. Why should I have killed him ? It was not certainly to rob him, for he had no mosey, and I always believed that the ofaires (the sacred vases) which he had in his possession were oi copper. I have always been an honest than, never having led a Mail life, end men then com mit a crime like the present, they must have commenced their career as thieve,. The President summed up. and the Jury deliberated for two hours, whesi they found Broehetti guilty of attempting the murder of the priest, hut discarding the circumstance of premeditation. On the oth4 r charge he was ac9uitted. He was. then sentenced to hard labour for lite, to wear an von collar, and to he bninded with the letters " T.P." The prisoner heard his sentence with great smug froid. [Frown the Journal Jr. Debt;ts.l - PARIS. JAW. 31. _ . . . The Smckpoole (-rise is postponed till the Bth. fo.rnorrou the Prince de Carignan, accompanied by the Sardinian .toubassador, will have a private audience of the King and all the Royal Family, to take leave on his departure for Italy, [Front the CoNstitafioarecLl PERPIGNAN. JAN. 24. (EXTRACT )ROM A PRIVATE LETTJER.) " The news received from Valencia is not very encouraging to the Conetitstiewelista Two hrtretl are groaning in the prisons - - of Alicant ; and the prisons of Valencia not being sufficient to contain the whole of the persons that have been pot under arrest, they have been disposed of in two great howls, which are made to serve as prisons." We received Lisbon Papers yesterday to the 24th of last month. Their contents are generally uninteresting. The Lisbon Gozeb's of the 21st and 22d contiins two Royal De crees relative to the wine trade, the nature of which is stated in the summary annexed to the Decrees, as follows : `- Alvaro, with the force of a law, by which your Majesty, re riving the military dispositions of the Alvaro of the 20th Septem ber, 1710, aml of the Decree ni 27th July, 17115, respecting the in ' truituction into these kingdoms of foreign winos and other liquors, has been pleased to preatizibe, with respect to these and other pro hibited articles, the necessary measures to check smuggling, pruhi. biting the reshipments, re-exportations, and exemptions of the said goods ; all in the manner above declared. DARTIIOI.O3IEA DA NOIINEJA BALDAQUE„ " Jan. 7, 11124. Secretary of State for the Home Department." " Law Waste da Lim by which your Majesty has been pleased to revoke the laws of the 19th of September:lll9l, No. 120, and of the 14th of November of the same year, No. 137, which by the execs-' sive favour granted to the dealers in wine, ardent spints and oil, of the port of I'iguiera and other ports of these kingdoms, violated the equality which ought to prevail in commerce, and to make new regu lations on the subject," &c. Ice. DISCOVERY or THE Boor or ME. PIERCE, or Bair- Tot.—We are authorised and requested by Messrs. Ciarke, itichards, and Medealf, of Chancery-lane, to state, that they have this morning received letters from their cor respondent, Mr. Palmer, of Bristol (the late partner of Mr. Pierce), announcing that th. water in the Bristol harbour was yesterday again drawn off, and that, at one o'clock, the body of Mr. Pierce was found in the float. At the time the mail quitted Bristol last evening, a Coroner's Inquest was left sitting on the body, and to-morrow we 'may expect to receive the result of such Inquest. GREEK SLAVES. We have been favoured with the following authentic information. Many parts of it possess considerable interest, and will, we under stand, be made subject of early discussion in the House of Com mons. The proceedings at Tunis excite particular interest, and call for the strictest investigation, especially . in regard to the alleged conduct of the individuni acting as the British ConsuL EXTRACT FROM A LETTER MATED TVWIB, OCT. 3. " Notwithstanding all the pains which I took, I was unable to obtain the names of the firca slaves who are in the country, as I they are shut up at Bardo (a palace of the Bey, at a latgue instant from the town), where they are sent for the purpose of being con verted to Islamism, by means of threats of cutting dr their heads, or imprisonment and the bastinado. No person is allowed to see them, and even tile Greek 7.linister and the punt are ignorant of their names aid numbers. As to information from the Consuls, that was out of the question, for they are generally natives of this country, and quite as bad as the government. An accident, how ever, introduced nie to the acquaintance of Mr. 'H.", from whom I have obtained an account of the unfortunate persons who are slaves here. Of Mr. Fouonarani. and the others for whom you ta tquire, I hope soon to have some news, but at present I must con fine mystif to those who are known to have arrived here. They are as follows :-- _ _ . October 5, 1821._r y the French vessel, the Duchess of An grTleme, from Smyrna--1 boys and 2 girls. Ditto.—By the Tunisian brig, the Eagle, Capt. Avatrani, under the French flag, and convoyed by a French ship of war as far as Cerigo-2 boys. " Oct. 17, 1022.—Tbe brig Garde Giants, Capt. Antonio Luigi from Smyrna, convoyed by an English vessel as tar as Ce nge-25 women and children. " Ditto--The English brig Duke engine, of Malta, under the English flag, Capt. Ch;essaro, from Constantinople and Smyrna, convoyed by an English vessel as far as Cerigo-5 or 11 boys. " May 25, 1141—The Austrian brig Etrusio, Capt. Giovanni Maria Semig, from Smyrna, convoyed by an Austrian brig as far as Cerigo-23 boys and 7 women. " July 7,18 Z.—An Austrian brig-3 boys. Swedish brig, the Albion, of Gottenburgh, Capt. Andreas, Gateraon, from Smyrna (still in quarantine)-11 boys and 2 women. " September 30, 1823.—The English brig Alarms Antonius, Capt. ohavilk-2 boys and 2 women. Another Swedish brig, having on board three Greek slaves for this place, was forced to put into Malta, where they were taken out by the Authorities and set at liberty. Vim see, by the above list, that nearly all the Great Powers take a part in this abominable traffic, and tha. some of them pro tect it, and prevent the Greeks front releasing their unfortunate countrymen. The English, however, render justice, but in • peculiar manner; for Monsieur having written to Malta that an English vessel had slaves on board, the Captain was punish ed, and an English vessel was sent there to reclaim the slaves ; but they had been forced to become Alussulmen, and the Bey nned that they were so before they came there ; and that the treaty made with Lord Exmouth had abolished the com merce in European slaves, but not in those belonging to the Grand Tull( and whenever the latter should think proper to demand them, they should be given up. Upon this, the ship's Comman der was satisfied, and wok his departure without having dune any' thing. " The English Vice-Consul, M. Alexander Tulin, a native of this place. received a mare a present from the Bey, and 1 presume that he will receive a horse for procuring the entry of those who arc performing quarantine in the English brig. The Swedish Consul, a brother of the former, has this spring received a law from his Government, which imposes a severe penalty upon all Swedish subjects who may participate In the slave trade. Not withstanding this, he has done nothing in the way of prevention, although the beet remedy would be to order the Captain to go and disembark them at Malta; but probably the latter expects to re ceive a present of • mare, as his brother has already done before him. All the Greek slaves at Tripoli have been set at liberty upon the claim of the English." NEW SOUTH WALES. We have been favoured with a few late Sydney Papers. They contain, however, little of interest to the English reader. The Sydney Gazette of the 14th of August has the following notice of the proceedings of the Colonial Bible Society : Synxmv. Aro. 14. This week we have only just time to notice , that the seventh anniversary of the Colonial Bible Society was held yesterday in the Church of St. Philip. His Excellency the Patron (Sir Thomas Brisbane, E.T.D.), accompanied by Major Goulbum, Colonial Secretary, honoured the Meeting with his presence; as did also the Hon. the Judge of the Supreme Court (Mr. Justice Field), one of the Viet-Presidents. Several of the Clergy and Missionaries were present, via. the Rev. Messrs. Cowper, Hill, Fulton, Hassan, Lang, Carton°, and Walker; together with a pretty fair assem bler of ladies, as well as many of the most respectable inhabitants in Sydney. The Report was read by the Rev. Secretary, and or dered, as usual, to be printed. Major Goulburn was unanimously elected to the office of President of the Institution, in the room of his Honour Lieutenant-Governor Erskine, who has proceeded to England; and Win. Wemyss, Esq. Deputy Commissa-s -General, was chosen to be one,of the Vice-Presidents- The Society is far hots Wog Irra railiegfellbsg sestasaaskis likely to become gradu ally more prosperous fiat eVet. We are happy to add that his Excellency was pleased is manifest tokens of real satisfaction at the establishment of this noble Institution—an Institution that is calculated to assist ifi diffusing religion and morality throughout the most remote and unenlightened regions of the earth. The first excepted, this Meeting was allowed to be one of the most lively, attractive, and profitable, that has been witnessed. " Thus we hope to pamper." A CLEVER THIEF. srnstmv. Aura. 13. Very likely many of our readers may not be aware as to the num ber of ribs in a bullock ; it has been ascertained to be thirteen on I each side, io all twenty-six, for which information the ignorant are indebted to the praiseworthy zeal of Mr. Charles Tompson. On ' Saturday last Mr. Tampion had occasion to cite a certain butcher, whose surname commences with a letter something in the shape of the figure tl, before a Bench of Magistrates, upon the following charge, which, by the bye, is said to be no uncommon trick :—The complainant employed this honest butcher to exercise his profes sional skill in the way of slaughtering a certain number of cattle every morning ; the weight of each carcase to be ascertained after I slaughter. Front some motive or other, perhaps laudable enough, one of the profession betrayed a mystery in the business to 31r. Tompson, viz. that it was no way unusual, in the course of prac tice, to make an excision of one of the ribs on each side, leaving the poor beast only twenty-four. This operation was performed so skilfully, that none but an experienced hand could possibly detect the loss of the absent rib, which weighed from al to :Whs. includ ing the beef. The complainant, upon the receipt of this intelli gence, told figure tl (so we will call the artful fellow) that such a course of proceeding was the case, but at the same time couched his pointed observations with so much delicacy, as to avoid the appear ante of imputation. Indeed 31r.8 cut an bold a figure in the busi ness, as not even to take the interested hint, as the sequel will prove. Some cattle were killed ; they were examined ; and, to the surprise of the ow the thirteenth rib had eloped. 31r. romp son said that the /*ploy or the assistant must be the robber. " No, no," says the manager in the concern, " lie has not done any such thin"." g "Then," said 111 r. Tocnpson, "you have." For toe sake of reposing so petty a delinquent to the world, Mr. 'fonipson brought the strait before the ,Magistracy, who directed two prutossiottal individuals to examine into and report on the case. The result of the examination turned out to be, that figure 8 was adjudged arei/ro of the crime of stealing, front the carcasses of the beasts so slaughtered, the thirteenth rib. No sentence was passed on the criminal, as the case is not laid down in Bum ; but he was directed to make ample restitution to the complainant, who declared himself well paid tin behalf of the public) in the exposure of the offender. The delinquent avows that if disgrace is to come down on him for these profitable alliances in a long-established business, rather than make such a blunder or misfake in the profession again, he will part with his last and choicest rib. MOST JMPORTANT DISCOVERY. The Learned President, Sir liumphr• Davy, Bart. in a paper on the cause of the corrosion and decay of copper used for coveting the bottoms of shine, read before the Royal nociety,tas pointed out • simple, e ff ectual, ant weapon* methotil of remedying this era). The cause, Itt , was a weak thernicsil action, which is constantly exerted Ilikw can the saline contents of sea-wafer and the copper, and whick,' whatever may be the nature of the copper, sooner or later destanys it, which is thus noticed in the last number of the Phitanplitorrtlfarzine: " The same general principle of the manner in which chemical changes may he exalted, dratmycd, or suspended, by electrieal powers, which led him to the discovery of the decomposition of the alkalies and the dohs, likewise afforded him this new and more preened discovery. fle finds that a very small surface of tin, or other oxidabie metal, anywhere in contact with a large surface or copper, renders it •• negatively electrical, that sea-water has no ac. on upon it ; and n little mans of tin brought even in communi radon by a wire IV • large plate of copper, entirely preserves it. By the desire of lord, of the Admiralty, he is now bringing this di to all - ice on ships of war. It is needless to rt. dbwovery prectio -..lps of war. ic point out the eats ad economical advantages of a result which moat add so much ti the pemraneney and strength of our navy and shipping, and be so • to our maritime and commercial in. taws." The following is an extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Havre, dated Jan. 30, respecting captures made at sea during the late Spanish war:— " We beg love to acquaint you, fer the information of the Committee for Managing the Afinirs of Lloyd's, that the Commis- 'on appointed by this Government, In execution of an ordinanetsof the King, under date of the 25th of this month, for the purpose of liquidating the losses 'sustained by the French commerce, by reason of captures made at iea during the late Spanish WST. has been of announced in the illonifrur as definitively organised. As it is doubtless the intention cf the British I 'nderwriters interested in these losses to set fifth duir claims to the-, sums which may other. wise be paid over to merchants already indemnified by them, we take leave to make a respectful otter of our services, for the purpose of obtaining that justice they may coesider themselves entitled to reclaim." The comet may now be seen in the evening, a little to l , the eastward of the Polar star, between the constellation of the Greater and Lessa Bear. The tail, which is faint, is most visible when the eye is directed to a spot near the comet, rather than to the comet itself.—Edinbargh Paper. SHIPPING. INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, ft..& ENTERED INWARDS. „ • Jenne Maria, Simons (De Bit, broker), from Ostend. Hebe, lord (Chisman. broker), from Merles. • Earl of Clancarty, Itlowle broker). from Rotterdam. New Blessing, Jones (Burnett, broker), from 3lalaga. Success. Driver (Butcher, broken, from Gottenburgh. Nile, Baker (Ilaslope, broker). from St. Domingo. Ann, Harrison (Smut and Co. brokers), from Demerara. Vallenia, Kinsman (Cheap. broker), from ditto. Royal Eagle, (iibb (,hatlheld, broker), front St. Michael's. Kinneraley Castle, Crouch (Sunbv, broker), from Virginia. Morninglield, 31elville (Dowson, broker), limn %ante. Fall. 2.—ENTERED OtiTW•Rl)s. The Two Sisters, for Dublin ; Pacific, for Hatrnos Ayres; Archimedes, for 3larseilles ; Rawlins, for Jamaica. CLEARING OrTWARDS.—The Prince of Waterloo, for Ostend; and Promise, for Cadiz. GaavgaExn, lea 2.—Arrived the Kinnersley Castle, Crouch, from Virginia; hlomingtield, 3lelville, from Cephalonia; Bril liant, Clark, from Cadiz; Vallenia, Kinronan, from Demerara; Ark, Christian, from Sierra Leone; Royal Eagle, Gibbs, from St. Michael's; Earl Clancarty, Towle. from Rotterdam ; Eliza, Atherden, from ditto; Earl Bathurst, Gibbs. from ditto; Nelly, Vivins, from Messina; Henry and Sarah, Bartlett, from the Brazils. Sailed the Comely, Gray, for Genoa, &e. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. FALMOUTH, FEB. I.—Arrived the Betsey, Miller, from Aux Cayes, sailed 14th December; and Duke of Marlborough packet, from Lisbon in six dart. PORTSMOUTH. FEB. 2.—Sailed his Majesty's ship 31enai, for Halifax; Juno, Tuit, for Bermuda; and Turners, header, for Cape Coast Castle. A few of the outward-bound got under weigh this morning, with the wind at E., but it backed again to S. l - . DEAL, FEll.l.—During the night of the 30th ult part of the rigging and materials front the wreck of the Marianne Ilenriette, of Stockholm, were landed here by several Deal boats. FEB. 2.—Came down from the River, and remain, the Alfred, Laughton, for Van Dieman's Land ; and Clarkson, Ful lerton, for Jamaica. A ship has brought up off the North Fore land, supposed to be the Henry Davison, for Jamaica. Cowes, FEB. 2.—None of the outward-bound vessels that weighed today have been able to get out of the Needles. Dov Ell, FEB. I.—The Jorge Marshal, Hall, from Rotterdam to Dundalk, came in here yesterday. She felt in the Jorge Mid., the day after her misfortune, found her very leaky, kept by her sonic time ; one of her men had his arm broken by the Pactolus running on board of her, but they still had five able men left to work the pumps. Captain Hall offered them every assistance, and even to see them safe into Howe, but they declined it, being then only 16 leagues distance, with a favourable wind. Lternroot., FEB. I. trrived the Exchange, 'Porter, from Virginia ; Juno, Mortimer, from Savannah ; President, ll'atson; and Camillus, Promo, horn Oporto ; and Tolson, Simpson, from Pernambuco. Sailed, the Christopher, Doyle; and Golden Fleece, Engliah, for Bahia ; Buenos Ayres packet, Guthrie, for Valpa raiso ; Agnos„ Farrel, for Jamaica ; Laura, Lilburn, for Barba does ; Richard, !Janney ; and Ike. Jincson. for Demerara ; Tri. ton, Sharp, for Sierra hone; Ne York, Maxwell, tor New York; Lancashire Witch, Neal, for 'boa; and Margaret, ICH. Samson, fur Charente. BRISTOL, FEB. 2 —The Hope, of and from Newport for Bridgewater, founded on the Gore Sand, in Bridgewater Bay, 22d ult. Crew saved. FISH/WARD. JAN. 20.—The Expedition, Griffiths, of Cardigan, bound to Bristol, received damage in coming into this pier yes terday. BS IDLINGTON, Fen. I—The Recovery, Miller, of South Shields, has been got off, and is now In this harbour, with much damage. The Vulcan, Potts, coal-laden, put in here yesterday with four feet water in her hold, having struck on Sunderland Bar. GaItEENOCE, JAN.3l.—Arrived mere this day, the Catherine Swn, from Nassau, N. P. ; sailed thence 24th oh. Left loading, the Favorite, Killock, for Liverpool, and the Cleopatra, }lodic, for London, to sail about the 3d inst. Se.Uars, JAN. 22.—An English schooner from Liverpool,name unknown, is at our quarantine ground. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. ..U.—The Thalia, Pagler, which arrived here 16th inst. from London and Marseilles, has been formally refused a passage into the Black Sea, on the ground of her size exceeding that stipulated by treaty, and even that which has occasionally been tolerated beyond it ; she is therefore on the point of returning to Marseilles. PARIS, JAW. 211.—8 y accounts from Macao of the 20th July, the Neptune, Corrneer, of Bordeaux, is lost on the coast of Cochin China. Crew saved. JAN. 29.—The Victoire, logrouce, hound to Rouen, was totally lost on the 3d.Jan. on the rocks near the Island of Winans. Crew saved. JAN. 30.—The Marie Perrine, Goettec, from Bordeaux to Rouen, is lost near L'Orient ; crew and part of the cargo saved, By ad vices from Bayonne of the 24th Jan. &client weather for three days had been experienced there. A galliot belonging to Rostock, Jurgen. master, in ballast, bound to Bayonne, wan lost at Bou caud. A vessel, supposed to be an American, was on shore on the coast of Grayau. The ship Sophie, from Oldenburgh to Bordeaux, wan wrecked on Isle Dien. The Bustler, Leader, from Plymouth to Lisbon, was on shore near Paulette an the ult. bat was expected to be got off the next spring tides. The Margaret and 'Ann, Hall, from London to Smyrna, was spoken with on the 13th ult. off Cape St. Vincent. Extract of a letter from the agents to Lloyd's, at Bordeaux, I dated the 27th Jan.—" The Roberts, Harrington, from Sunder lard to this port, was totally lost off the ('ardouen rocks, in a He mendous gale, on the 23d inst. and all hands perished. Part of the wreck hiving floated on shore on Sunday evening was the first inti mation we had of it. Should any other particulars come to hand we will give it instantly. Fears are entertained for the Abeona, Usher, from Havre for this port, she having been out twenty-four dayls" A piece of a vessel's stern was picked up neat the Goodwin Sands yesterday, with "Volant" painted on at. The Perseverance, of London, Moresby, which wu taken away front Truxillo by the crew of a Peruvian armed brig, has been carried into Guayaquil by the supercargo, where the pirates were hung, and the Perseverance sailed on the 29th of August for II It anchaco. The Sylvia, Buxell, from London to Cape Coast Castle, is lost on the Bissagos Shoal*, windward coast of Africa. The Jonge AINIa, lkrkells, front Rotterdam for Newry, was run on board of near the North Foreland, en Thursday night, by the Partolus. Bedford, front Hamburgh, and it is feared found ered. The master and one of the crew saved themselves by jump ing on board the Pactolus. Six men were left in the Jonge Midst. The Spanish Patriot, Down, from Oporto to Bristol. in wrecked on the CAletlibh coast, between Dude and Romantic. Crew saved, but little of the cargo expected to be landed. On the night of the 22d ult. the sloop Hope, of and from New. port, laden with coals, bound to Bridgewater, foundered on the Gore Send, in Bridgewater Bay. Crew saved, by taking to the boat. On the same night several vessels were driven ashore ; but have since been got eff without much damage. IR ELAND. It is reported that early in the next Session of Parliament the question of the distilleries will be again introduced. As the Act now stands, the monopoly, though opened in law, is almost exclu sively se:ured to the great houses, the small capitalists having no power whatever to enter into competition with them.—The condi tion of the Irish brewers will be taken into consideration, and it is reasonably supposed that an rt of the Malt Duty will be repealed.— The Union Duties will again come under the consideration of the legislature ; and it is more than probable that they will be entirely done away with—lrish Times. There is no doubt, whatever the indisposition may be in certain quarters, that the affairs of Ireland will be brought before the legit ' lature frequently during the approaching Sassion.—Dahlia Freeing Port. TOE On AIeGENEX.—The Society of Orangemen, we have fre quently tepid, are more numinous now than at any former period el their History. At a late Shtvill's inner. consisting of the Corpora- • and otheva, when the health of I.tied (V Neill, as tirand Master' was toasted, the Orangemen were desired to sit dapa, and only three or four of the 20-s. ona present stood up. In slider._ _the: Sone:) , Dania that itincla almost every member of the establishment.— Puprr. TreitE COMMVTATIOR ACT.—The Tithe Pill has been re 4eeteel in two places in Tipperary, and in a parish near Dublin. l'he latter is curious, on account of one of the resolutions, which questions the right of I 'atholica paving Protestant Clergymen. In the county of Mayo a composition has been made with two l'itthrs. —Dublin Erc.tinr Port. LIN , :EICIC, JAW. 28.—0 n Saturday night last, the post-boy conveying the mail from Itathkeale to rehannagolden, was attacked at Kilcool-heidge, near Riddle:mown. by . four men, two of whom were armed with short guns, and had their faces blackened: they forced him to deliver up the bags with which they got clear of. The police are making every exertion for their apprehension— Suiehervt lieThorte,. Hte M AiI:WIV . S SLOOP SAPPRO.—We are much gratified at being enabled to remove the great anxiety which has prevailed foe the fate of the Sappho; as we have now before U 3.11 communication from the Admiralty Office at Cove, in which the cheering intelli gence is contained that there is no inundation for the apprehensions entertained respecting her, letters having been received by Lord Colville from her Captain (Jones) dated on board. from Ardbest harbour in the county Galway, so late as the 2lth inst. reporting " All Well."--Cork Paper. Tne Searrow.—The weather continues ter be dry and unusually favourable for getting on with country labour. The fields have a fine orpmtrerce : the leaves are appear ing.on the goosebtrry bushes; and the polyanthus, and some other;sprint: flowers, are in bloom : the buds are appearing on the hedge-rows and a number of the trees. The lark, the thrush, and the blackbird, have resumed their songs, ' and young hares have bt en observed in the fields.—Cale d eiian 11fries ry. The small-pox still continues its ravages among the children at TrAirbLidsr, 11'ilts. A letter from thence dated. Tuesday ettting, says, " A distressing insult-tee h s ; occurred : three children were buried together thi morn ing, being the whore of a family, who all died in tnat dis order, and were lying dead at the same tithe, and on the same bed." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING % BENCH, TUESDAY, Fri. THE KING r. MEAD. This was a prosecution instituted by a person named Jowl Iwo against the defendant, for perjury, alleged to have been earn, misted by him on a charge of smuggling, which had been Irani against the prosecutor. in the Court of Exchequer, in tbz year 11121. The facts, which have been often -before the public, o we shortly these:—ln the year 1120 the Cumormhouse °thane( Sear. borough, its Yorkshire, havirg received information that it "was the intention of certain persons to make a nos at a particular plate en the coast, Called the Salt Pans, they repaired to the spot for the purpose of effecting a seizure. Several persons we're on that octa -1 stns apprehended, and others made their escape. When the ewe came to be tried in the Court of Exchequer, the present defendant anti other witnesses swore that James Law was present at the rya. The latter was however acquitted, and he afterwardapreferred an indictment for perjury against Mead, on the ground of the evidence he had given on the anuggling transaction being false. The case I was tried before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury, at the Sittings after Michaelmas Temi, 1822. and the defendant found guilty. A rile to show cause why a new trial should not be granted, on the ground of the verdict being against evidence; and, if the Cart should not be disposed so to do on that pul.it, theft that there had been sufficient doubt excited by the conflicting t ee & mony produced on both sides, to authorize the Court in granting • new tnal, had been obtained by the Attorney-General. 31r. JONES now chewed cause. He should submit that thee question agitated on the trial was purely for the Jury. It had beds left as such to them, by the Attorney-General and the Lord Chief Justice, who tried the cause, and thee had found a verdict, which their consciences pmtnined. In fact, there had been two verdicht confirmative of the innocence of the prosecutor, and conclusive of the perjury of the defendant. Mr. Law had been honourably ac quitted, in the Court of Exchequer, of the charge then exhibited against him ; and he really must say, that, if a new trial were to be granted, the conclusion would be, that any person who had conic undtx the animadversion of the Excise ()Ricers, niust actually fight the Crown twice. The Court had seen the aka. vits on both sides, and he would leave it for them to say, whether them was the slightest ground for granting the present application. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL mu about to reply, when The LORD CHIEF JUST:CE, after some consultation with the other Judges, said, that under all the circumstances of ,rte cue, the Cum was of opinion, that it was paper foe a new trial to take place on pa7..tnent of the costs by the deferdant, in order the. the prosacuusr, thentioth his poverty, might not be prevented front bringing the defendant to justice. Rule made absolute, on payment of costs. THE RING v. TROST. The A TTORNEY-GENER•L moved the judgment of the Cowl upon the defendant, nix having published a certain blasphemous work, entitled Palmer's I'r iNcrplra of Notate. It will be recollected gnat the defendant appeared on a forma day, before the Court, to receive its judgment. On that occasion he promised to deliver up all the copies of the objectionable work in his possession, and make an affidavit elatin that he had midges. An affidavit to that effect was now produced by the defendant. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had no desire to pets a severe sentence upon the individual then before the Court. His, and his client's only object was, to teach persons who might be se inclined, that they could not commit such offences with impunity. The Loss Citizr JUSTICE thought that the object of justice, in this instance, might well be attained by the defendant entering into his own recognizance in 11001. to appear before the Court to re. ceive its sentence whenever he should be required. If be should behave himself with propriety, that event would never take place. THE KING V. " THE BRITISH PRESS" NEWSPAPER. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for a rule to strew maw why a criminal information should not be filed against three per. sons. as printer, publisher, and proprietor of the British Press newspaper, for a libel which appeared in that journal on flaunts), December 27 , Ma. against George Chetwynd, Esq. in which his conduct had been aspersed, both in his situation as a Matrate, and also as a Member of Parliament for Stafford. The Learned Counsel then stated those circumstances out of which, he said, do libel had arisen. A person named Richard Stafford Cooke laid claim to the title of Earl of Stafford. and the estates of Sir Edw. Jerning. ham. A man named Wilkes claimed to hold a piece of land from:or. Cooke, which was in the possession of a person named Picken, who held it from Sir E. Jerninghani. Mr. Picken, in order to prevent any one from depriving him of possession of this land, nailed up the gate. Wilkes and some other persons forced the gate open. In this they were assisted by • person named Charles nat. who was a clerk to an attorneyin Siafliwd, and it had been said was employed professionally by Wilkes. Charles Flint was afterwards indicted at the Quarter Sessions for the county, of which Mr. Chetwynd was the Chairman ; and, under the authority of an Act of Parliament passed in the 3d year of Geo. IV., that gentleman sentenced him to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour, for thret months, and at the end of that time to enter into sureties to keep the peace for twelve months, nimsell in 501., and one surety is 301. also; or two sureties In 231. each. A very inflamed and es aggerated account of this transaction had appeared in the above newspaper, which the Learned Attorney-General read. Great past of the circumstances mentioned in it as facts were completely con tradicted by the affidavits with which he was then prepared. That was on the 27th of December ; but on the 11th of January a coo tinusten of the libel was published, in which froth mis-statements were made, and the conduct of Mr. Chetwynd again arraigned. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, after some considerausia. pro. flounced it as the opinion of the Court, that the Attorney-General ought to take a rule to show cause. Role granted. The Ar roitserT.Glesi ERAS then said, he had another applies ' tion to make to the Court of a similar nature to the last. It was founded on the same libel, but which had appeared in a news. 'paper called The Briar's Traveller, shortly after the former pub lication. 111 r. Justice nATLEY icquired whether the Learned Colima ad got the nect , sary certification as to the identity of the printer, üblisher, and proprietor in that case. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied in the affirmative. Rule granted. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. .-.......-_ FER. 2. IR2I. Sir—l am not only a theoretical but a practical admirer of boxing and other gymnastic and athletic »ports, though unfortunatelr re this era, such sports are not viewed in the same light that they were laccordingto history) by our forefather', the reason for whiet, Sir, I cannot divine, unless it is this, that there is so little him= to be found among both the professors and antaieurs. I have fought in the prize-ring three times. and have been linemen! each time, and I am told 1 hare given satisfaction. I did not think of erstcrine the ring again, neither should I, had not a bombastical challenge appeared in the public prints from Mr. 11. Halt, which I accepts, nearly upon his own terms, and I cannot divine any reason why I e should not fight me, unless it is the fear of being well beat by vs whom he has calk"' a boy. 11r. Holt knows lam ready to make a match with hint for 1001. '.side, at any time, to fight within two months. No sooner, Slr, did my acceptance of his challenge appear, &an up starts Mr. Alexander Head, Gipttey Coupe?, Bishop Sharpe, nd half a don others, all ever for time combat; in answer to hem all. I would just give them this hint, that as soon as I hare disposed of Mr. H. Holt, I will endeavour to accommodate them all an as convenient a time as possible. 1 am, Sir, yours, PEACE LNGLIS. • S P NG AND LANG.% .—Reynoltla, the friend and train► of the latter boxer, arrived in London yesterday from the ►est of England, to accommodate the Champion Spring in another match of 500 sorcriltros, the sum he has &mantled if (NCI' he 'Win again. Reynolds asks the tight upon a stage, anti he is ten:, to deposit SOL Langan will show in London in a day or two. gel molds offers to fight any man in the world of his own wcight, and he is not particular to a few pounds if an opponent is not taller than himself. PR EFERRED. A Dispensation has passed the Great Seel. enabling the Rev. Dunsfonl, to hold the Vicarage of Frampton-upon-S:lcm. Nth the Rectory of Fretherne. The Rev. C buries Henry Ilat!, .D. and Dean of Christ Church. Oxford, is appoin•cd to eve Deanery a/ 1./Warn, Turin by the death of East Bishop e( Lichfield act Coventry. At Hereford. rivet, May-girTyt;;;ttiday, the Ludy of P. (Moue. Esq. of a daughter. 1 esterday, at Dulwich Couessom, Mrs. Baugh Albs, of a ace. MARRIED. In Sitirst Ossoryre's Church, John Kirwan. Esq., eldest on of Francis Kirwan, Esq., of Diann, county of Galway, to Jane, eel! daughter of the late Captain 111'ham linokman ' of the 11th Heti ment, and step-sister to Major-Genera: 'lead, of Ashley Park. county of Tiorerary. On the 17th ultimo, at Gretna (:rstn, I). Cafe Wall, FA third ROO of Chas. Wm. Wall. Esq., of Coolnamcck Corrt. counts of Waterford. to Catherins Isabella, eldest daughter of Alderman Sir David Perrier. of Cork. On Monday werk, at nothing', Mr. Joshua Sehelefield. Ito Miss Jane Ilitkby. aged II years ands months! daughter o: er Mr. Ilirkhr. card-mak, all of Hunalet. DIEI On Wednesday tnotning, at his seat, Rockies Rowe. near 31arlborough, Sir Hugh Smith. Hart., of Ilocklq 'dere, Wil". and of Ashton Court, Somerset. Ile is sueeeedoW In his title and estates by John Smyth, Esq.. of Heath House, and the preteLt High Sheriff' for Gloucestershire. On the 23d ult., at her residence, Ilollntd-street, Kensington. Mrs. Elizabeth Ashley, in the Csth year of 11,1 age. On the 27th ult., Mr. Henry Evans, of MachynUeth, On the 25th ult., aged 1113, Mr. William Seoffin, of Fore-street. Limehr.Ltse. At Pittenwcem. on the 1 tth ultimo, Major John puddingstore• late of the lit battalion Royal Scots. On the 15th ultimo, at Itlonlough, in the county of Mc% Mr. William 611 mm. farmer , aged IN yawn . 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