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PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, TusrpAT, Aram.H. :The Royal Assent was given by Commilainn to the Assault and Battery Bill, the Chelsea and Kilinainhain Hospitals Bill, the Small Titters Bill, the Unnecessary Prison. Disposal Bill, the rhsm Administration of Justice Bill, the Irish Lunatic Asylum plll. the King's inn (Dublin) Bill, and several Private The Lntil Chancellor. the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Gifford were the Commissioners. CURRENCY OF SCOTLAND. The Duke of ATHOL prelentei petitinns iron) two parishes, in Perth4ire, against any alteration in the present system of banking in Scotland. The Earl of ROSSLYN presented • similar petition from Rosslyn. NEGRO SLAVERY. . . Earl GREY presented a p p etition from poonton. in the county of Wilts. praylorfor the abolition of Negro Slavery. The Earl of KINGSTON presented • similar petition from Carmel, in the county of Tipperary. CURRENCY OF IRELAND. . The F.arl of KINGSTON presented a petition from the mer • chino'. traders, and other inhabitants of Kilkerny, against the extension of the Small Notes Dill to Ireland. His Lordship toured that it be laid on the table, and that it be referred to the Committee on the Currency.—Otdered. The Earl of LIMERICK presented a similar petition from the llandholivra and other inhabitants of the Barony of Coslima, in the county of Tipperary, which was also relined to t h e same Com mittee. PREVENTIVE SERVICE. The Earl of DARNLEY said he rose for the purpose of brief ly stating to their Lordships the object of the motion, and much as he deplored the lamentable occurrence which hrd deprived an in dividual of his life, It was not so much to that particular occur. race as to the system eider which the Preventive Service was regu lated, that he wished to call their Lordships' cttention. He dirt not believe that any order had been issued to the Preventive Service that mild justify the circumstance that had pc.-erred; hut he be lieved that orders lied been issued to prevent the aseinblage of a greater number than three persona, and it appeared also that the revenue had orders to fire upon any person who did not return an Blower when called to: arid his Lordship was informed that many instances had occurred of fatal consequences nrisir.g out of three orders. There was a tomb-stone in Hastings which recorded the death of a poor fialienran who was shot by one of the revenue, because he did not return an answer when called to. In that in- Maece • Cerentell Inquest had brought in a verdict of wilful murder against the party who had fired. leeduld be impossible to prevent suchoccurrencesand fatal accidents a hen inns were entrust. ed to such men as those who were employed in the Preventive Service. The variant which occurred in that service were tilled top by persons who were unfit to be entrusted with arms. His Lord ship wished to mention a circumstance which occurred to himself near his own house at Sandwich. His Lordship had been in com pansy with some friends, when he was accosted by one of the coast blockade, who insisted on stopping him and examining his person. His Jrirdship wid.ed to be conducted to the commanding officer, who, with that politeness which is not uncommon in his profeselon, assured his Lordship of the regret he felt at what had occurred, and *mild have pitnishtd the individnel, had his Lordship not in. terfered. as lie considered the man less to blame tkan the system under which hr hail acted. When such interruption.was experi enced by hie Lordship near his own house, where ha was so well known., what vexations must not the poor fishermen be liable to, when they had such frequent occasions to come in contact with the revenue. And with all these regulations, smuggling was nulled on to a greater extent in that quarter of the country thou in any • part of his 31ajesty's dominions. In attempting to seal up the coast from Sheerness to Portsmouth, no advantage would be gained. There would be a great expense incurred, which might be avoided by • reduction of the present duties. As he did not apprehend that any opposition would be made to his motion, his Lordship said he would not enter into any further detail. If any benefit was derived from the present system of protecting the revenue, it was dearly purchased by placing the lives of the people in jeopardy ; but If it could he proved that no advantage arose out of it, there collet be no doubt but that it should be abandoned. His Lordship then moved that there be laid before their Lordships a return of the number of officinal, petty officer, and men, employed in the Preventive Service, distinguishing the number of seamen, and also an account of the apnual expense of such service. Lord AIELVILLE said that no Wrenn regretted more than he did the unfortunate accident which had been alluded to by the /debit: Earl, and which had deprived an individual of life; but the Noble Earl was entirely mistaken if he thought that on this or other occasion themes employed in the Preventive Service had any orders to molest any number of persons, or of disturbing them in Pier peaceful occupations. The fat was, not only that no such orders ever bad been 'Rased, but that orders had been given never to use any force until violence had been offered to those employed on the entice, in which ease it could not be expected that any man should I e prevented from protecting himaelf. These orders had heal issued and acted upon: but on the night on which the unfortu nate accident alluded to had happened, armed bands of smugglers ware seen on different pans of the coast, in the prosecution of their usual avocations, and an intimation to that effect bad been given to the different stations of the coast blockade, to whom directions had been given to be prepared. It was natural on such an occasion that the man who tired the shot might be under the feelings of alarm or hurry ; at all events he had done that for which lie was now in prison, and for which he would be tried. The act was at direct '1 variance with the orders which be had received. and by that un lock, act he had deprived his men officer of life. The Noble Dallied • said that he had reason to think such occurrences had frequently taken place. Now he (Lord Melville) would say he had never known a simitir circumstance to have occurred. lie would not deny that it might have happened, and he believed the fact was so, that ships had been fired upon when they had refused to wait for the revenue officers ; but such a state of things was rendered necessary, in order to protect die revenue. If the Noble Earl conceived that the re. verve could be supported without some strong measures for check. fug smugglers, he was entirely mistaken. Within a very few days the Admiralty had such information as would convince the I'soble Earl that, without some coercive measure, it would be totally impossible to preserve the revenue, or the peace of that pvt of the country which smugglers frequented. Under the revenue laws, if any assembly of people were to resist the officers appointed for the protection of the reverue in the execution of their defy. they cummitted a capital offence; and if they were so assembled, and did resist the officers, they naturally expected consequences. As to the expense, be ( Lord Melville) was sure the Noble Earl would at once perceive the necessity of maintaining • naval force, and how was that force to be employed Surely it could not be employed in any way better than in time pre vention of smuggling. If the Noble Earl conceived that smug ghee could be prevented by the ordinary officers of the Cestorns, lie was entirely mistaken. Unless it naval force WWI empleycd, it would be absolutely necessary to have a military torce, either cavalry or tenantry, or both ; and considering the jealousy with which such a /urea had been always loukei upon, he was sure their Lordships would not concur in any such establishment fur such a purpose. . The Noble Earl had observed that the persors employed were not seamen; but that was a mistake: as in the navy, so in this service, men were discharged after having served three Lean. but such vacuums were seldom filled•np Lut by seamen. The Noble Earl had recommended a reduction of duties; now one of the principal articles which were smuggled was spirits, and if the duty on foreign spirits was lowered, the duty must be lowered on that which was manufactured at Minn. Ile (Lord Melville) •thought the duty on all kinds of spirits low enough; if it were ;ti nned it would be highly detrimental to the interests and to the morals of the people; lowering the duties would increase the quan. City and consumption of spirits, and would, in fact, deluge the count with poison. It was not the fact that smuggling had in. 000sed since the establishment of the Preventive Service, noe was it the fat that there were more disturbances on the coast where such system was established, than on any other; smuggling had de. anted considerably of late ; and his Lordship thought the decrease attributable, in • great degree, to the vigilance of the preventive isentee. His Lordship did not wish to o ff er any opposition to the motion of the Noble Earl, nor would lie trouble their Lordships with any other remarks. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, It was not merely in his of. Eclat capacity, but as a resident of that pa rt of the country which bad been so much alluded to, that he wished to make an obser vation or two to their Lordships. Ile could state that during *twelve years no such accident as that which was the immediate cause of the present motion had occurred; he could also state that no order was ever issued from the Treasury to fire upon any per. eon who might refuse to answer, when spoken to by those who were employed for the prevention of smuggling ; on the contrary. as had been stated by his Noble Friend at the head of the Admi ralty, their positive orders were, newer to use force but for the pus. pose of repelling violence. It had been said that the duties ought to be lowered, but it should be recollected that, if that course was adopted, recourse must be had to direct taxation ; end, with respect to the idea of employing a military force for the protec. stun of the revenue, his Lordship considered that still more ob. jectionable. The Preventive Service had been effectual beyond calculation. If it had no better effect than driving smugglers from the narrow pan of the Channel. it would be a great benefit, and his Lordship could net refrain from bearing his testimony to the high charatter of the officer who • had first introduced it. lie never knew an individual of more mildness and hirbeerance, or one more univervilly regretted ; with such a duty as he ha o to perform, it was surprising to think how he had secured the esteem of all who knew him. His Lordship would give no opposition to the motion, but he knew of no other system, naval or military, which could be aubstittited for the present, or which would be liable to less inconvenience. The Earl of DAUNLEY considered the system unnbjectionabk& but he considered the abuses which were often practised under it of ■ nature which caked for correction. The motion was then agreed to. Adjourned at a quartet to Six o'clock. HOUSAC:OF COBIMONs, TUESDAY, Aram 11. . ; The/SPEAKER entered the !louse at three o'clock, to proceed to ballot for a Committee on the right of election few the borough of Huntingdon ; when there not being a sufficient number of Mem. berg present to. constitute a ballot, the Speaker adjourned tits House at half-past Four o'clock. MAJORITY AND MINORITY. MAJORITY Of SY who, on the 16th of April, voted fur bringing up the Report of the Cemmittee, granting I,ouol. a year to the other of President of the Board of Trade, and leaving also 3,0001. a year to the office of Treasurer of the Navy. Alexander, J. Dunlop, J. Lewis, W. Plummer. J. Attwood, M. Dalrymple, Col. Lockhart, W. E. Percy, itou.W. ft. •Arbutbnet, Hon.Elllnt, Lord • I.ong, sh C. •Puhneraton, Lord C. Enkt, Sir H. I.eake, W. •Rublucon, lit. •Antrobur. G. Ellis, C. R. Liud.av, lion. H. lion. F. ftragehaw, T. Evelyn, 1.. •Lewis, F. •Rae, Sir W *Broaden, J. •Forster, Rt. Hen. Loper„ Slr It, Rowley, Sir J. •Bankes, G. i,. .I,u,hington,S.R.ltoss, C. •Copley, Sir 1. S. •Fremantle, Rt. Lukhlngton, 004. Strutt, J. H. •Canning, Rt. Ho. Hun.W. H. Murland, Sir S. ILSandun, Lord 0. Farquhar, Sir R. •3l'Naghten, E.A.Staunton, Sir 0. Coffin, Slr I. Gurney, 11. Montgomery, Sir •Somerset, 14 G. •Cockburn, Slr 0 .*0 rant, Ht. Ho. C. D. Trent, W. H. Cocks, J. •Gnat, Sir A. C. 'Marlin, R. •Wurreoder,SlrG. Cooper, C. S. •Guuiburn, Rt. •Martlu, Sir B. •Wynn, Rt. Hun. *Cow teney, T. P. Hoe. H. Madura*, W. A. W. •Calvert, J. • Holmes, W. *Nicol, Sir J. •Wallace, Rt. Hn. Cholnioudelcy, Lde Hill, Sir G. Onelow, Sergeant T. • H. Illilse, Sir C. Dement" n, I,ord•Wellestey, R. Denison. J. Hart, Gen. ?Palmer, R. •Wetherell, Sir C. Drummond, H. •Hardinge, Sir H.Prendergalit,ll.o.Ure, M. •Dougla., W. E. Holford, IL H. Pearce, J. Davie, FL •Inglis. Sir H. •Peri, itt. Ho .R. . DR el. T. Irvine, J. •Philltmote, Dr. Berries, J. C Donnie, R. Knox, lion. T. •Pennant, D. 11. Horton, It. 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After which the new Grand Romantic Fairy Tale of OBERON; or, THE CHARMED HORN. The principal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Bennett, Browne. I'. Blanchard. Pope, Howell, Mercer, Yonnee, W. Bennett. and G. Smith, Milder Smithson, Vincent, and Macdonald; and Mm. C. Jones. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. This Evening, WEDNESDAY, April 12,. will be performed (first time; a Grand Romantic ilndlry Opera, celled OBERON s or, THE ELF-KING'S OATH. The Overture and the whole of the Music composed by Carl Marla Vun %Vgber. The principal Characters by ifetsrs. Brew*, Cooper, Fawcett. C. Maw,. J. Isaacs, and Tinney ; Misses Paton, Lacy, and H. Cawse; Madame Vestris, and Dirs. Davenport. After which the new Pleee Of TILE SCAPE-GOAT. The Characters by Dieears:Hianciiii,MT.icren, Cooper, and Meadows ; Illues Junes ind A. Jonri. The Burns Pa=ss commenced publishing yesterday morning et five o'clock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1826. We have received the French Papers of Sunday, and the Etoik of Monday. The law of primogeniture was rejected, but the part relative to the substitutions (entails) was carried by a very great majority. By the law thus passed, it is provided that any person may make over his disposable property, in trust, to another, to be restored to one or more of his children already born, or to be born, as far as the second descent. A debate also arose in the French Chamber, on a petition of the physicians, which Mr. B. CONSTANT said was the result of a plan to di minisl► the number of Electors in France, by disqualifying so numerous a body as that of the physicians from voting. The following are extracts : [From the Eloik, dated Monday, April 10.1 PARIS, Apnit. 9. We do not understand why the Courrier and the Coattilutitmnd rejoice so much at the result of the Sitting of the Chamber of Peers yesterday. The subs!itnlions were adopted by an immense majority of It 4) to 53, and the right of primogeniture was rejected in the preceding Sitting by a majority of one vote only. It will be observed that all the amendments of the Committees tending to restrict the substitutions (entails) were rejected. As a morning paper ohterves, all do not see what ground for triumph the Liberal Opposition can find in the division of the articles of a law, the part of which that has been adopted is cer tainly not the least aristocratical. The number of Members present was 214; and on the day of the vote on the principle of the tight of primogeniture, six Peers, who were in favour of the law, were not at the end of the sitting. The Observer of Trieste annluncee, under the date of 22d March, that a ship which had arrived in 12 days from Cephalonia, had brought the news that an English frigate had anchored before alissolonghi, and that the English nag was flying on the walls of that place. It was inferred from this that the English had taken this measure to prevent the effusion of blood, and that that fortress is on the point of falling. The frigate in question has since sailed for Cephalonia, where the Captain has had a conference with the Go vernor of the island. Many families from lilissolonghi had taken refuge at Zmte.— Allgenteiac Zeitung. The same journal has also the two following articles:— " CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 10. " Mr. S. Canning, the new D.glish Ambassador, has at length ariired Isere, and has Inca rectived with distinction. Mc has al. • t THE BRITISH PIMS. ready been visited by all the European Ministers residing at Pera. Missolonghl still holds nut. but the Porte seems to depend on the forces of Ibrahim, and to expect the 'reedy reduction of that bul wark of Greece." " TRIESTE, MAttor • • _ , "Vcssels, which left Cephalonia and %ante on the 16th and 171 h of March, sting news that, allot several sucessfal attacks on 31 longhi, Ibrahim made a last attempt on the 4th of March, when he took tile place by atom). All those who were in it were massacred. The Greeks here will not give any crtdit to this news." Mercantile letters, received at Stutgard on the Gth of this month, announce the fall of Missolonghi. [ From the 21fonittur of Saturdsy.l The Amazon and Armidt frigates, and La Bearnaise schooner, under the command of 31. Arnous de Satilsayes, were sent to Tripoli and Tunis, to demand satisfaction for several infractions by these two Regencies of the treaties by which they promised to re. spect the Ettropcan Av.. and to put un end to the piracies of their ships of war. Notwithstanding the treaties which they solemnly signed in 1819, on being summoned to do to in the name of the Powers assembled at the Congress of Aix la Chapelle, by Admirals Jurieu and Free. mantic, some vessels under the Papal Hag were stopped and carried into Tripoli, and kept there as lawful prizes. The principal object of the mission of M. Arnous was to get these restored, and obtain an indemnity for the owners. Arriving 13th February before Tri poli, the Commander, after having concerted with 31. Rousseau, the French Consul, took all the necessary measures to employ force if negotiations should fail. The first conferences with the Ministers of the Paella Mitring led to no satisfactory result, all the French settled at Tripoli were embarked on the 18th on board the two frigates, as well as the Consul and his Secretary. This mea sure, leaving no doubt of the nature of the orders of which 31. Arnous was the bearer, had the expected circa. The forts saluted the King's flag with thirty-three guns. The Parka lent word he would leave it to the French generosity to de termine the answer to be made to this salute, and on the following day all was settled. A Roman vessel in the port was given up to M. Arnous, u well as all the flags taken from vessels of the Papal States, which were kept at Tripoli as trophies. It was agreed that 10,600 francs should be paid as an indemnity to the owners of the vessel restored, and the Paths nigned a formal promise no more to molest vessels under the flag or his Holiness. . Thus this affair has bees arranged without sttiking a blow, thanks to the vigorous measures of ifl. Arnow, and to the Towlines.% wi:it which the Consuldienetarteul all the French at Tripoli acceded to the invitation to take refuge on board the King's frigates. The Amazon and the'Armida proceeded from Tripoli to Tunic to support a similar negotiation, which :Al. Guys, the French Con sul-General, had begun with that Regency. This snout' enter. prise of M. Amous had the some AU ce;ss as the first, and the divi sion arrived at Toulon on the tVith March. Some of our contemporaries are fond of drawing gloomy conclusions from every article of. intelligence, and they have taken advantage of some vague surmises contained in a letter from St. Helena, written by a person who states that he had received his information by the Carn-brea Cas tle. The intelligence which the passengers in the Cern brea Castle possessed was merely a vague rumour, current in Calcutta at the time of their depatture, for the official accounts are stated not to have been received; and the comments which the Times has added on the subject are founded upon the simple assertion that Sir A. CAMPBELL did not advance after the engagement, in which he is ad mitted to have been victorious. The point is not of much importance, for few who read the observation itself will he inclined to abandon themsel\'es to any unnecessary tenors on account of dangers which are thus suggested by a hear say witness four degrees removed; but the fact it curious, ;wit shows how pesuliarlyikilful some men are in extract ing evil from whet to others would be matter for rejoicing. The Tines wishes to be considered as expressing the sen timents of the people of England. Has it no reluctance in permitting such unworthy sentiments as those contained in its article on the Burmese war to go forth to foreign coun tries as the sentiments of the people of England ? " If the Burmese have fought with such persevering courage," says the journalist, " the sooner we make peace with such an enemy the better." This is not an English feeling. We must not estimate the strength of the I Burmese by the numbers of their armies. If we had formerly proceeded in such short-sighted calculations, the East India Company might still continue to be nothing but the humble company of merchants trailing to the coast of Bengal. Happily we had men in those times, who did not calculate their relative force, as a merchant balances his ledger, by setting down so many disciplined and well-com manded Sepoys and Europeans against an equal number of undisciplined and unskilful Asiatics. They knew that morale and military skill were the most important elements in calculations of this kind, and, acting on these prinoiples, they succeeded repeatedly in overthrowing armies cer tainly not less formidable in numbers, and far more for midable in skill, than those opposed to us by the Sovereign of Burmalt. The climate is no doubt unfavourable, and the Burmese have perhaps a greater share of military qualities than the Ilindoos ; but the sickness has now almost ceased, we have reason to hope; and the history of Europe affords many instances of the bravest nations yielding to superior skill in their antagonists. If the Burmese exceed the Turks in personal prowess, and the English fall short of the Russians,we shall admit that the numerical superiority of the enemy renders victory on our part "physically impossible." The combined movement! now about to commence ou Urn merapoora, from the two lines of communication which have their bases in Arracan and Rangoon, will give the Burmese an opportunityeof observing the effects of one of the most scientific resources of modern tactics. If Sir A. CAMPBUI.T. himself has really been attacked, and not the detachment of 2000 rnen,sent to l'angoq (which, however, we rather suspect), the liaison of his not advancing after the repulse of the enemy may easily be found, without hav ing recourse to any &only forebodings. In the first place, the position of Tangoo must be neutralised before he ad vanced, in order to secure his communication with Ran goon; and, in the next Place, lie must take care to secure the positions on his left flank along the Meads!, by which he will have to communicate with the troops in Arracan. In all probability the latter troops will concert their move ments with him so as to fall on the rear of the retreating Burmese. Lord DARNLEY last night, in the House of Peers, moved that there be laid before their Lordships a return of the number of °Ulcers, petty officers, and men, employed in the preventive service, distinguishing the number of sea, men, and also an account of the annual expense of such service. This motion of the Noble Earl was made in con sequence of a recent melancholy event that has occurred on the coast of Kent, in connection with that service. His Lordship assumed that rashness on the part of the men engaged on the preventive duty was constantly complained of, and that arms for the protection of the revenue were put into the hands of persons who were unfit to hear them. Amongst the number of individuals who arc engaged in this service, there are probably some of the character al luded to by the Noble Earl, whose zeal may have led them beyond the due bounds of discretion ; but it should he re collected that the duty these gallant men (for many of them have fought and bled in the service of their country, and have done their full share in sustaining her glory,) are now performing is an arduous ► dangerous, and distressing one, surrounded with difficulties, and one in which no glory can be gained, and to which blame attaches almost as a natural consequence. The line is so narrow between un due severity on the one hand, and a relaxation of duty in this service on the other, that it is almost impossible for frail human nature to escape from its trammels without censure; and although we are ready to admit that it is a branch of the public service that ought to be watched with jealousy, at the same time, the infraction of its duties, tak ing all circumstances into consideration, ought, in our judgment, to be treated leniently. Lord MELvir.ax and Lord Lira arum., successfully, we think, defended the officers and men engaged in this distressing duty; and we perfectly agree with the last Noble Peer, that no other ' system, naval or military, could be usefully substituted for the present, or would be liable to so little inconvenience. CITY, TEESDAT EVENING. Jobbers and brokers were closely engaged this morning in preparing for the approaching heavy settlement, and public business was comparatively neglected, although some heavy bargains were reported. The news from India very naturally affected the Funds, but not to so great an extent as might have been expected. Consols opened as low as 794 f, but they subsequently rallied and left off at ; India Bonds, that opened at Ss. premium, declined to •2s. premium, and buyers were not „eager at that price; Exchequer Bills were 6s. Ss. 7s. Ss. premium ; Bank Stock was 2021, 2011 ; and the New 4 per Cents. 9514. The Foreign Market displayed more firmness to-day than the one for British Securities, and Transatlantic Stocks particularly showed considerable elasticity ; the report that the Buenos Ayres Batik had stopped payment, although industriously circulated, had no effect upon them. The report originated in an arrangement that the Govern ment of that State had•entered into, for the purpose of bringing their banking accounts into a narrower compass. By arrivals from Paris yesterday and to-day, a great number of Colombian Bonds have been received, but the quotations being under the prescribed limit, they have not been thrown upon the Market. They form part of a large amount of the last loan, which was disposed of in Paris on rather better terms than could have been obtained here at the time, and since the fall they have been gradually finding their way to the English Market. The following quotations of the principal foreign Secu rities were reported :—Colombian Bonds, 4811}; Mexican 6 per Cents. 6S ; Peruvian Bonds, 2811. In Old Spanish Bonds no bargain was done, but in the New there were a few transactions at T. Greek Bonds continued at 141 ; although no official confirmation has reached town of the fall of Missolonghi, every day's intelligence from Paris tenth to strengthen the probability that the afflicting event has taken place, and therefore they cannot be expected to improve under such circumstances. • A considerable quantity of gold arrived this morning from the Continent, so that the amount received during the last ten days must now be very large. We understand that Mr. Roxirsenixn bas averaged not less than 150,000 overeigns a day for the last week. The consignment to• day ii, however, to another individual. The advice* from the country to-day were for the moat part satisfactory, as to the progress of improvement in the state of trade in the manufacturing districts. Jamaica Papers have been received, to the Sdof March ; the following is an extract—" The brigantine Cora, Pew, which sailed from this port on the loth of December, for Rio Hache and the Indian coast, has been wrecked off the latter place ; Captain and crew saved. By the Bustard brig of war, Captain Sandra», which arrived on Monday evening, we learn, that on the 21st January, off the Double-headed Shot Keys, she discovered a brig, having a signal of dis tress flying; a boat was sent to her with the surgeon, and directions to steer into the Havannah, as the Bustard would proceed after her as soon as she saw the vessels un der her protection safe through the Gulf. On the 2d ult. the Bustard again fell in with the brig, which proved to be the General Phipps, out fifteen days from this port, for London. Captain Kennedy, and two of his crew, bad died, and the brig was in a very leaky state—both pumps going, and yet could not be kept free. Lieutenant Judor, with a boat's crew, went on board, and took her into the Havan nah, where a survey was held on her, and it was found ne cessary to land her cargo and repair herb" Ve understand that letters have been received in this town, stating that Lord Cochrane has arrived in Greece. It is stated to be his Lordship's intention to carry the war into the enemy's territory.—Liverpool Albion. Tire Mary, from Calcutta, arrived off this port yester day afternoon ; but she had bad no communication with the shore up to ten o'clock last night. She is the latest from Bengal, as she was to sail from Calcutta about the middle of November.—Liverpoul We are evidently on the eve of a general election. Pre parations for that event are pretty common throughout the country; and several sharp contests are anticipated for the honour of possessing a seat in the renowned Chapel of Sc. Stephen. Whilst, however, the " note of preparation" may be heard in most parts of the United Kingdom, it is a singular circumstance, that, in Liverpool, the subject of the approaching election is scarcely ever mentioned, even in political companies. This apparent indifference to an event of so much local as well as national importance may be attributed to two causes. The first cause is, undoubt edly, the distresses of the times, the pressure of which has, for now nearly three months, been severely felt in this town. When men's private affairs are not in a very prosperous state, they cannot be expected to give much of their attention to affairs of a public nature, how im portant soevcr those may be. The second cause we take to be, the satisfaction of the majority of the freemen with the present representatives of the borough in Parliament. There is not, we verily believe, a matt •in the town who would offer the slightest opposition to the return of Mr. Huskisson. The career of the Right Honourable Gen tleman has been so brilliant, his services to the commercial world have been so beneficial, and Liverpool will so largely benefit by the principles of free trade which he has so eloquently advocated and enforced in Parliament, that lie has not an opponent, much less an enemy, in this great ant populous community. Mr. lluskisson will, in our opinion, be returned with infinitely more ease than ever Mr. Canning was. The Right Honourable Foreign Se cretary had so lashed the Radical Reformers by his wit, and exposed their designs by his eloquence, that they to a man arrayed themselves against him, whenever he appealed to the freemen on the occasion of an election. 'l'o be sure, the opposition of the Radicals was more annoying than formidable ; it only gave an opportunity for the Tories to display their overpowering strength. and to Tenthr their triumph over their feeble antagonists the more signal. But Mr. Huskisson has not even the hostility of this insigni ficant faction to dread. His course has been one of con ciliation rather than of irritation, and, like Cesar, he has only to come, to see, and to conquer.---Lieerieed A/bien. Colonel Davies (one of the present Members for Wor cester), we lament to say, has been arrested in his can vass for that city, as far as relates to his own personal exertions, by a most unpleasant accident. On Monday afternoon, whilst passing along Fernhall-heath, in a four wheel machine, accompanied by Mr. Prance, the soli citor, the horse took fright at a stage-coach going at full gallop, and overturned the machine. The Colonel was thrown out upon his head with such violence, as to re main for a considerable time insensible ; and, besides the contusion, he was inddlt cut. He was brought im mediately to Worcester, and, we are happy to say, isfast regaining convalescence ; hut, from the nature of the in juries, is necessarily confined to his room, and compelled to preserve strict quiet. Mr. France escaped with sotpe slight bruises only. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The bfarquisof Lansdown entertained a distinguished partyst dinner na ondny, at I.anedown Hou,e, Ber!(eley-square; among whom were —the Archbishop of York, the Earl and Counters Grosvenor, the Earl a%d Countess of Itoseb.rry, the Earl of Fleets, Lord and Lady W. Lord Carden. the Honourable Mr. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Conlin; 4i. ht Lady Harriet Williams Wynn gave her secand grand asembly r o w.; season on Monday evening, a t h er mansion its St. James'. -square. Tn.. elegant and spacious butt of drawing.roonts were most brilliantly ill", trued. The hand of the Oxford HI/leN were *tattooed in the 11.114.'11411, and pert.). med martial and other music during the evening, 'there we, present nearly four hundred of the h un t t on, among whom were...Hi Royal Highness Prince Leopold, the Duke and intrisem of Northumhm land, the Duke and Duchess of Athol, the Duke of Somerset, the Outlast of Montrose and Marquis of Hel tford, the Due Graham and Manlius Grahsso, the Duke of Hucciengh, the Dowager hess of Leed s , c ot ., and Countess Ludotf, Count and Countess Munster, the Marchioness and the Ladies Cornwallis, Countess ',keen, Marchioness of Lood„ n d„. Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, Countees Grosvenor, th e je n d":l Countess of Morley, the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, C,aunt„,, de 67"0 the Earl and Countess of Tantrervi.le, Lady Bruwntow sad Mk. rv er : the Earl and Countess of F.hefileid. Baron Citto, th e E arl of Carnarrori the C a nte r d Countess Beauchamp, the Countess of Limericir, the Earl andos of Wicklow, the Countess of Jersey, the Countese a Dar mouth and the Ladles Legg, Lord Howard, the Counteesuf 'Ley and Ladles Murray, Lord Hes rep, Sir C. and Lady Rowky, Admire 1 1 11814, Colonel Trench, Mr. and Mrs. Cox, Lady G. and lilies Sy nx , Mr G. and Lady Hulse, Sir K. sod Lady King, Mrs. and 3114.p.,, t ; man, &c... Tile following distinguished per.onages had di nner parties on y o _.,_ m* : —The Dowager Countess of $l. G e rm a i n ' s , L or d Carriairto. ~,,,i .. Trotter, Rai. Yesterday the Marquis of Cholmood e l ey, J . vir e p_, _ 4 —°.e and the Hon. C. W. Wynn. n, Mrs. Beaumont hi 4 Issnal cards of Invitation for a rout, ou Thc,„di Y. the Altb 1114. at bee house la Grosvenor-square. The !ruches. of Bedford arrived on Friday, a her house In St. Aimee, square, from Paris, preparatory to her acconchement, which h sho rt l y n. petted. The Dowager Duchets of itichmond and the Ladles S. and G. Lew, have arrived at Gordon Castle, N. B. from frviand. Bast The Cin ount... of Ewe: and them Pugh have ar r i ve d In tows fmn . _ Lord - Dorchester has arrived lartown from Rants. Lord Frederick Beauclerk, R.N. has arrived ut his brother's, the Duke of St. AlbarP,., from Davenport. for Bar Lady ring Dyton nevoP ark, Oxfordsr and the Honhire.ourable Misses Rice left town yesterday, Sir John and Lady Hope arrived yesterday, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermin-street, from Scotland. Sir Charles Cockerel!, Hart. M.P. arrived yesterday, at hi a lwms is Piccadilly, from his seat, Sorincot, Gloucestershire. Arrivals at Batt'a Hotel, Dover-street :—Mr. Turnbull sad family, from Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Wells, from Bromley. Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Artlugton.street :—Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker and sons, from their seat In Surrey; Colonel and Mr.. Maack, from the Continent ; Mr. him and Misr Harding, from Southampton. Arrivals at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-street The Rev. Edward Smith, from Canterbury. Departures:—The ilerchk, ness of Ormoode, for Southampton; Mr. and Mr*. Bridges end family, for their *eat In Kent. Arrivals at Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-street M.tt 9 v114 Yst;„ M.P. from Yorkshire; Colonel Wood, M.P. end son, from Wales ; Hw i , George Anson, from a tour; Captain Coliier, R.N. from Hants; Edward Parrott, E.g. from Brighton i Robert Van.ittart, Esq. trout lair seat in Berks. Departures:—Colonel Scott for Wlnclior ; Honourable Captain Vernon. for Brighton ; the Rev. Thomas and Mrs. Fantail, fur their seat, Lincolnshire; Colonel Cracroft, tar Lincolnshire. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Last evening a full rehearsal of Weber 's new opera of Oberon took place, upon which occasion a numerous party of the nobility and gentry were invited, principally consist. ing, of course, of the haul tom In the musical world. It is not our intention to enter into any criticism either ')f the piece 9r the music until it is regularly before the public, our business being on this occasion only to announce, that an unfortunate accident occurred to Miss Paton in the pro. gress of the piece. In the early part of the second act, she had a grand scena to go through, the scenery at the first part of it representing a storm at sea. After waiting some time at this point, Mr. Fawcett came forward and an. nouncetl, with that feeling and tenderness which are so pe culiar to him, that in shifting the lut scene, Miss Paton had received a blow on the head, but that he hoped she would shortly be enabled to go on with the rehearsal. Af ter waiting a further time, Mr. Fawcett again came for ward, and said that lie very much regretted that Miss Paton was too unwell to appear during that act—nor, in fact, did she re-appear during the evening. Our eaders will anticipate the regret that was expressed on the occa sion of this unfortunate accident. Miss Paton km:, deserv edly a favourite of the public, that we are sure this intelli gence will find similar commiseration with them. We at the same time sincerely hope, that on her own account, as well as that of M. Von Weber and of the public, who are so anxiously looking for this opera, that site may be suffi ciently recovered to appear this evening. We feel it to be an act of justice to the liberality and judgment of 114r..Peel, and to the merits of Lora Alloway as a lawyer and a judge, to notice, in this particular man ner, the appointment of the latter to the Justiciary Bench, in room of Lord Hermand, who has resigned. Had the legal appointments of the last twenty years been all of a similar kind, the decisions of our Supreme Court, as well as the improvements of our judicial proceedings, would have been more satisfactory to the count r y th an they uow happen to be.—Scots Timer. On Monday the remains of the Reverend P. S. Char rier were taken from Liverpool to Lancaster for interment, and were attended out of town by a very numerous com pany of his hearers and friends. Upwards of thirty car riages and coaches, conveying his more immediate friends and respectable connexions, composed part of the funeral procession. AMERICAN INFANTINE ARITHMETICIAN.—The son of Judge Clayton, of Athens, Georgia, about ten years of age, possesses the most astonishing arithmetical powers of mind. He can reduce any given number of miles to inches, years to seconds, &c. performing the whole operations in his head, and will give the result as quick as an expert calcu lator can with a pen. Among other questions asked him were the following, which he solved with ease and expedi tion :—llow many inches are there in 1,373,489 miles? How often will a wheel 5 feet 6 inches in diameter turn over in 90 miles ? What is the cube root of 24,743,682? He bat on more than one occasion (Eighteen months ago) raised the number twelve to its 15 power—that is to say, multiplied that number into itself Is times. Ile can multi ply tliree figures by three figures. The whole is performed by the bare strength of memory, for it is done in the usual way ; there is no mystery in it, no short method or plan of his own. This faculty was discovered in him at about eight years of age, and has most astonishingly im proved since that time.—New York Advertiser. At the ninth annual meeting of the Methodist Illu sionary Society, for the Liverpool district, held in that town on Tuesday last, Jamts Montgomery, Esq. of Shef field, delivered an eloquent speech, in which hedepicted the deplorable state of the kunAlle l p world, and powerfully advocated the missionary cause: * FALSE REPRESENTATION.—A waiter, at a chop-house, in Ilolborn, was, a few days ago, marrie d to the daughter of a respectable retired tradesman, residing at Islington — a man of considerable wealth, in consequence of his having been falsely represented to the parents of his bride, that t °' he had an excellent situation in the Victualing Office. A gentleman who has often been admired for the bulk of Ids whiskers, and their peculiar elegance, was 'stinieing a few ladies up Pride-hill, Shrewsbury, during a stormy af ternoon last week, when a sudden gust of wind from the Butcher's-row had the bad" manners to take him by the beard, and remove the whiskers from their elegant position on his cheeks, to the more lofty situation occupied by his eyes, which they completely shut up. The ladies very good-naturedly lent him their assistance in couching hit cataract, and putting the disease in his pocket—Shrewslatry Chronicle. PURSERS 05' THE ROYAL NAVY.—We understand that ' about 160 Pursers, in accordance with the orders issued by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, have retuned themselves unfit for duty, and that in consequence an arrangement is about to be made fdr their retirement of them. The cutter Thaufov, of 62 tons, Capt. Brisbane, which accompanied Capt. Weddell, in the Jane, on his enterpriz ing and hazardous voyage of investigation towards the South Pule, arrived in the Downs on Monday from New South Shetland and Cape Horn, having been absent nine teen months unaccompanied. Tits SILK TRADE.—At a meeting of the Dock Com mittee of Liverpool on Tuesday, a petition to the House of Commons was directed to be presented against the Bill now before that H ouse , f or res t r i ct i ng the iiitportation o f foreign manufactured silk to the port of London, and praying that the port of Liverpool may be admitted to a participation in that trade. I'vE Frani:ay.—We are sorry to learn, that the de• molition of the weir on the lirye, below Old Forge, is for the present a b an d one d. It is said, that a Govern ment engineer has given it as his o inion. that if the weir b e re moved the shallownes s o f t h e river in its neighbourhood p I will he greatly angrau,ted, and the str.:lna at Old i7o;ir be I o:tly a f,w ittea,:s in depth. °STA To. The 0 t i the f; "611:: and ri A a D ie 11 i n hil e r. e: Yd‘6. o g: a r. ilubnt7o::ll..:fftni Vte law • Petrus Ma This c The relative t Rum 'rester& verntne have su account terted t of the I JAx are In th ehantnie sailed of vettee, t transpor cia, and of the 1 Janeiro. A ho: here ye Colon tional r squadro JA/4l IJavallc siltans of very imports pie. cot •stdei The enemy escaped about 21 considei many Ii Decemt Color sailed c tle ; bu Induced to ha bank. Ye o th man, bank B 1 bury (as t rossi Lowe mad are expe 600!,