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. NEW THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. This Eveshig, THURSDAY. May 27. will be performed SPEED THE PIA/Viili. Sir Abel Handy. Mr. Menden ; Bob Handy, Mr. Kinston i Fenner Ashtleid, Mr Dowtun ; Mir Blandfurd, Mho S. Ihmth. After which, DEAF AS A POST. Tristram sappy, Mr. Lipton. After which, KILLING Pl 4) DIURDEIL nUlkill. Mr. Harley 1 Apollo Melt* Mr. wean. THEATRE ROYAL. eiiiEivT-GARDEN. ch.• Evening, THURSDAY. May 17. will be parairmerd Co 1111. ES THE SECOND g or. THE MERRY MONARCH. K Carley the Second, Mr. C. Kemblei Lord Kurbeeter. Mr. Ames; Captain Copp, Mr. **sweep t Mary. Mb, N. Troia After which. THE IRISH TUTOR. T., conclude with, 'THE MILLER AND lIIS MEN. Tn.morrow, Vartumes Frulieks, and Clarl. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. MR. MATHEWS AT HOME! This ►:vening. THURSDAY, May 117. With hk ANNUAL LECTURE on PECULIARITIES. ciminucrEn. and MANNERS Founded on oleerratione and Adventures during his late TRIP TO AMERICA. In Three Parts. P tar !IT.—A Monopolylogne. called ALL WELL AT NATCHITOCHES. All the Characters of the EveningeEntertaineneut to be represented by Mr. MATHEWS. D.anrs to be opened at Seven- Performance begins at Eight &Clock. d nres to be taken of Mr. Stevenson, at the Ma °thee. Strand En trance. Irani Ten till Fire. PRICES OF BRITISH Bonk Stock TR I per Cent Reduced, I 3w Cent. Coue.taf 041 94i IA alt 14 per Cunt. 11l Men., per Cent. lON 4 pa I tot. len I Ann. Ni 11.16 imperhl3 per Cents. BoLlt kw Act. c.npt. foe Act. TN lii 1 l•wiia Stock PDICES OF FORDIUN Amu .ii Beads 96 .4 6 D.t:o Acct. I$ ai Chillan Bonds MI 791 Ditto Acct. C•dotnb. Bonds 851 4 t 1 Ditto Acct. 88 Ditto Seri n t o ll }lli pm Ditto Acct. ilf 44 pin Dusisit Ditto Masks Banco 1001 Scrip 6h dis li.sxican Bonds Ditto Scrip 6 6 j lj 64 41 j 5 4i rm Ditto ACM 61 sh j 4j Isl 5 j Pm - - Neap 4i olitan Bonds 96 Peruvian Bonds Otto:it-rip 4 dia STOCKS VESTER DA V. 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Monsieur Duerow's unique Performance of Scenes In the Circle, concluding with his matchless Feats on "fwu Uneaparisoned Horses. After which. THE SECRET. NEW SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING. and during the Week. the Melo-Drams of 2 , :LUCA ANI) THE HIV Al. WAH111011S; or, The TIGER HUNT. After which. Tat ADVANTAGES OF_Lii;11 . :7:;;;TI!OW TO GIVE A ROUT. ro marl de with HATE; or, THE CATARACT Or THE MOUNTAIN. APOLLONICON. On SATURDAY, May 29, at Two leCtoelt. The following SELECTION will be performed by Mr. PURKIS. on the APOLLONICON, a Grand Mustiest Inv.rument. invented and Constructed by Meow. I'I.IGIIT and IttiltdoN, Organ Builders. 101, St. Martin'a•lane. 1111,1111 Till IMniYIATI PATRONAUZ Or MIS MAJIIITT. PART I. _ _ . _ La Chasm (Haydn(—eavathaa, 1)1 Placer•• IRnoilnl)—Seleethons frAis litlebele4 La Belle Laltlere"—Air, from nut Pl:mites (Stumm).— Ctionss, Fur uuto w" Iliuulell. PAR? If. • Overture. Zaire (Wlnterl—Air, from the Opera Zelmira (Roselnl)-- Glee. ••Chough and Crow" (litshopt. -Duet. • AO pecgout," (mosaco_ Chorus...lie gave them hailstones" (Handel). Admittance, Otte shilling. 14.14—Mr.PurkbesPerformances will be continued every Saturday during the Season. The mechanical powers of the APOLLONICOM are exhibited daily, from one till Your ieseept during the time of Mr. Porkies attendance). executing Cherubinrs celebrated Overture to Anacreon. and Mozart's Overture to LaCiensenea di Tito," in the execution of which It Is Whirred to possess a grandeur and variety of effect, with a preclahin and a delicacy of exprevaion, superior to any other Instrument in Europe. The Music arranged for and set on the Cylinders by Mr. Ehglit.Jun. The BRITISH Passe commenced publi.ning yestcrday morning at half-psat six o'clock. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1924. The last accounts from Bayonne to the 18th of May state, that Madrid was then tranquil, and that the publica tion of the long-deferred amnesty, which was signed on the 601, was still impatiently expected. il'hen the Journal des Debuts stated that decree was published, it stated what was not true. A levy of 36,000 men, to serve for eight years, by a decree of the Supreme Council of War, has been ordered to be raised by ballot. This is the intended force said to be destined, when raised, against South America, but where can Spain find resources for such an expedition ? It is a dream of imagination, and never can be realised. The Brussels Oracle, under the head of Augaburgh, the 16th of May, says, that 'Russia is far from satisfied with the conduct of the Ottoman Government, as far as regards the political part of Minziacky's mission. The intended conferences between Count Isiesselrode and Prince Metter nich, at Plague, in the next month, will, it is stated, in clude the long-pending differences between Russia and the Porte. Lord Strangford is said to have been successful in his last memorial, urging the evacuation of Wallachia and Moldavia by the Porte, and the Turkish Ministers are said at length to have definitively promised, that the principali ties should be evacuated by the Ottoman troops. [Fan the Bramels Orack of May 2.11 Art:sauna, MAT Z. Accounts from Vienna state, that the Prince of Salerno and the An:Mindless Clementine, his consort, set out on the 11th fur Prstrue, and the Imperial Prince on the 12th. The merchants of Hamburgh have received notice from Copen hagen that they shortly expected in the made of that city a Butsian squadron, con.isting of several men of war. In order to weaken ma much as po.sible the effect• which this news had caused, it had been endeavoured to make It believed at Copenhagen that the Rus- AMP s,•.sels will not pass the Sound, their only destination being to cruise in the Ilahic. • We have letter; before tutor a very recent date from St. Peters burgh, in which it is stated that the Russian Cabinet Ira* much dtwitislied with the conduct of the Ouoman Government, relative to the politic.il part of AL 51logiacky's mission. It is inferred that very importunt niathis will he discussed in the conferences at Prague. between Count Nessalrode and Prince Metternich in June nest. _ . . (From the Allowing Zellunt of May 18.1 MERSA, APRIL 2R. Amending to accounts from Constantinople of the 21hb ult., Lord Strangeard is said to have gained re inalienee at the Porte, because, as tiny affirm, he has promise%) the Torkish Ministry that all officers in the English terries who were with Lord Byron, or in gram] among the plucks. shall be recalled hr an order of the King a England, and that if they do not oliey they will be de prived of their pay and their commission. The Divan, as we hear, has been pleased with this deterniination, and a belief was again excited that the Noble lord, after presenting his vote respect ing the evacuation of 3ltildavta and Wallachia, waist length attain ibis object of his long and :minus exertions. Inv Kiraxss.] BECIIARTIT, MAT 1. . Tartan from Constantinople have just brought us the news, that the Divan has consented to the evacuation of the principalities. The Austrian l'onsul immediately lent an ffpfeSll to Vienna with the news. But as this evacuation has been MI often announced, it Is no wonder that many people still refuse to believe it, though this lime they are probably mistaken. S►:Ht.ty. MAT 4. Letters from Sere' mention that the late Seraskier Ahoulaboot vs. conducted thmtigh that city tin Palm Sunday, under an wort a; :N U men. to Demoitka, the place of hitt exile. A number of unhappy Spaniards have sought refuge, within the last week or two, in this country, destitute, in I'm% of every thing. They have fled to these shores, to eiespe the bands of assarsins that awaited them on passing the Pyrenees ; they were wretched prisoners in France fur months, and there every possible privation and insult was leak them ; but in France they would not be suf fe,ed to remain, unless they «mid point out some certain I , :rarui of support—to Spain they dared not return, but at the risk of being entombed in horrid dungeons, or butchered in void blood by a fanatic populace. In that unhappy country all the agents of evil have been unloosed; it is now a scene of anarchy and blood from end to end : 'fyranny and Fanaticism, in their moat odious forms, every where present themselves—Freetletn and Knowledge are equally proscribed. Though the Inquisition is not revived in all its past horrors, it actually exists in its worst spirit. The ancient ordinances of this dark tribunal against mental improvement of every sort have been renewed, and con fided to the enemies of all knowledge—the Spanish monks and clergy. No recorded amnesty has issued as yet from Ferdinand or his Ministers. The concession, however blotted by exceptions, exists only in name ; there is still no security for the humblest follower of the Constitution. The rabble are in arms in every great town, incited by the Monks and the Servile, :' they arc in ceaseless agitation, and continual murders are witnessed in noon day ; these horrors are perpetrated under the violated tames of loyalty and religion. The French see them—they followed on their invasion, but they take no effectual steps to arrest the authors, or prevent the commission of the same appalling crimes. Under such dreadful circumstances, the Consti tutional Spaniards who were prisoners in France could not pass the Pyrenen, but to bare their throats to the assassins. Those who returned to Spain were flung into dungeons, or many of them murdered. No resource therefore re mained to the surviving captives in Fmnee but to throw themselves on these shores, however destitute ; and here, accordingly, they have arrived in hundreds, and utterly unprovidetl. Their present melancholy situation is one deserving the best sympathies of this country : they have been ruined in the cause of liberty ; the Constitution fur which they fought might have been too theoretic, and filled with faults, which time and experience would probably have corrected, but compared with the code that now curses Spain, it was a system of perfection. The benevolence of this coun try, which never yet shut its hand against a just appeal, Las already supplied some thousands for the support of the Spanish exiles, but that slender fund has, we believe, been exhausted, and Ministers, highly to their credit, have sup plied the loss, and stepped forward to the aid of the hapless refugees. But if the subscription which existed a month or two since could be renewed, many of these individuals now anxious to quit England for South America, might there find compatriots and a home—and contribute with their swords to the defence and independence of the New World. To Spain they cannot turn while the present dreadful system continues—a system only supported by the presence of French troops within that country, who are the body guard of the tyrant, and which must crumble into dust within a week after the last French battalion re cromm the Pyrenees. Seventeen petitions were last night presented to the House of Commons by different Members, praying for an inquiry into the recent transactions at Demerara connected with the late Mr. Smith, the missionary, and Mr. Brougham has fixed his motion on that subject peremptorily for Tues day next. In our opinion nothing can be more ill-judged than the revival of this question. It renews those dan gerous discussions that produced the very revolt of which Mr. Smith was charged to be the instigator. It calls up the fiery abolitionists anew, and unlocks all the flood-gates of discussion which already led to so many misfortunes in the West Indies. Unless all the evidence given on Mr. Smith's , trial and on that of the negro insurgents in Demerara be false it is impossible to impeach the Missionary's previous know ledge of the revolt, and his having suppressed that know ledge from the authorities of the island. Juamina, a leader of the insurrection, and other Negroes, Deacons of his Chapel, and all deeply implicated, were in daily communication with Mr. Smith. It was sworn on his trial, that the very day before the Negroes rom in arms, he received a letter communicating their plan, a syllable of which he never intimated to Governor Alurray, or an y of the authorities in George Town. Our own persuasion is that the announced discussion will not free the Missionary from participating in the negro revolt at Demerara, as far as previous knowledge went ; we do not believe be insti gated them to arm ; and as far as concerns the present agitated situation of the West Indies, the renewal of this discussion will, we fear, be productive of very great mischiefs. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, for the purpose of considering the propriety of prosecuting the Bills now before Parliament fur the payment of the City Bonds, to re ceive the Report of the Finance Committee, to which the petition of the City bond-holders had been referred, and for other City business. COUNTY COURTS BILL. Mr. Alderman WOOD said he held in his hands a petition to the House of holds, preserving to the City the tight of appoint ment of the Clerks to the County, which it had always had, instead of leaving it to his Majesty, which the County Courts' 11111. if p +seed in its present shape, would Ile. The petition was not pre sented to the House of Comnums, as the Hull had passed before the matter had been correctly understood. Hut the Bill, as it was now worded, was actually an infringement on their ('harter. Mr. Dixon and Mr. Iluaeitwag said a lcw words. The petition was read. Mr. Dixow was desirous of knowing how it happened that this objection wu nut snide to the Bill in its progress through the House of Commune!? . . . . Mr. Alderman Boon explained. that it was owing to the Bill's not being recommitted, on a point on which it was expected that it would be. _ The petition WWI then agreed to, and, on the motion of Mr. Alderman Woos), ordered to be prtsented to the House of Lords. 1 (ITV B)NDS. The LORD MAYOR flere handed in the requisition which he had received relative to this subject, which he desired might be read. It having been read by tie Cletk, Mr. Eseci.t. stiggerted that it would be better that the Report of the Finance Committee regarding this matter should be read, before the subject was entered into. The Report was read accordingly, from which It app eared, that by the reduction of interest on the bonds a saving of :JAM/. would accrue to the City. Mr. FAVELL moved that the Report be received and agreed to. Ileatated, that an arduous duty had been imposed on the Com mittee of Finance, in discussing all the bearings that related to this question. In the conclusion that they had come to, they lied only imitated the example set them by the Minister. The question, he stated, had been brought before the Court in a tangible shape, and he hoped it would be met with candor and moderation. The Report was then agreed to. Sir C. S. II XTE a said, that an a person interested in the event of the discussion, be was an unfit person to discuss it; hut he thought that the grounds on which the Finance l'ommittee had acted were unjust. and savoured of a breach of faith. The bonds had been bought and sold on an understantkng that they could not be liquidated but from the surplus of the Orphans` Fund, the Nall- gation Fund, .and thr Coal Market, and therefore the attempt to discharge them horn any other source was a departure from the spirit' in which they had been purchased. Ile concluded by moving—' That the Court be advised net to prooecute the Rills in Parlia ment relative to the monies raised on the Orphans' Fund, and for the establishing the Coal Market." Mr. Ilison seconded the motion. and said that he never would recommend that any saving should he attempted, unless every one could say that it was to be done without it breach of faith. The mode survstetl would be no saving, as the now stamps and the fees would swallow up all the surplus. Mr. Ilictes moved, Its an amendment. " That the l'ommittee be empowered to consider the wh..le of the Bills (viz. Orphans rum!, Navigation Fund, and Coal Market), and to act thereon as they should be advised." Mr. Deputy ROESE seconded the amendment. Mr. JAMES supported the original motion. Mr. Alderman IVooh and Mr. FAv rut. oppowsl it. The question was then put, when the amendment was carried, on a show ufhands, by a comiderable majority. WATE R 11.1 I 1.1 F. The Committee relative to Officers delivenAl in a Report on the nature and duties of the office of Wtael Bailiff', with sundry repo. 13t14)1111 to be adopted in future, which was read and agreed to ; and the Committee were instructed to report the other duties of the %Eater !tidal' relative to the Fisheries, 4t:c. The next Court was appointed for the election of $ successor to Illy. !loyal!, and the Lord Mayor fixed It'sdnesday next far the pt ne. r. It. Elliott was appeinted a coal meter in trust for the City. Nid TION4L SOCKET?. Yesterday the annual examination of the children educated un der the Madras system took place at the Central School, Baldwin . .. gardens, Gray's Inn-lane, when as numerous and respectable • company as ever we witnessed attended. His (trace the Archbishop of Canterbury was in the Chair, sup ported by the Archbishop of York, Bishops of London, Ely, St. Asaph, Oxrc" , Exeter, Gloucester, Worcester, and Ohio, Lord Kenyon, llev. Hrs. Barrows, Walmsley, Harcourt, Wordsworth, Rev. Archdeacon M'atson, Rev.°. Beresfont, Dean of Ely, Joshua Watson, Esq. Sir Francis Ommanney, Kt. M.P. and venous other Members of Parliament, clergymen, etc. The majority of the coin , patty consisted of Ladies elegantly attired. amongst whom we no ticed the 1111,41t41 Seymour',, Greenwoods, Mrs. J. Watson, and se veral others, whose delightful appearance diffused considerable ani matimi through the meeting. The whole of the boys and girls educated by the Society were in troduced into the MOlll, when they were examined by the Rev. Mr. Coleridge as to their progress in reading, writing, arithmetic, and their improvemtm in the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures; and the whole system was exhibited in its various parts to the com pany. The children answered the questions put to them, many of which were difficult and abstruse, with extreme acuteness, and ex cited considerable applause and gratification. At the conclusion of the examination, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presented the moat deserving of the boys and girls with rewards, with a suitable advice to pay still further attention to their education and religion, to which they seemed to pay peculiar attention. The company then joined in prayer with hiv Orate, and shortly afterwards separated. The children of the London ( lergy, Orphan Asylum, and others, attended the examination, which on the while was of a very in teresting nature. AR7ISTS" GENERAL BENEVOLENT IArSTITU- TON. The anniversary festival of this Institution was celebrated at the Freemasons"favern, theat Queen-street, on Tuesday, when up. wards of 110 gentlemen eat down to a sumptuous entertainment. His Royal Highness the Duke of York, who had announced his intention to preside on the occasion, forwarded an apology at a late hour, on the grounds of urgent public business, expressive of his Royal Highness's sincere regret that he could not attend, and the hopes of even a late visit were cut off by the necessity of his attend. snce at the House of Lords, after the other business which detained hint might be over. Sir ‘1 II.LIAN ELFORD. But. was, in the absence of his Royal Highness, requested to take the Chair. The worthy Baronet was supported by many distinguished patrons of the arts, and we never witnessed a greater number of " B.A.'s" than were present on this occasion. Sir Thomu Lawrence sat on the Chairman's left, and Sir Thomas Clarke or his right. After the cloth ins removed, "Grace" was sung by Master Smith and assistants--a pleasing variation from the usual piece, " Non nohis." _ _ " The King" was drank with four times four, and "God save the King" sung by the professional gentlemen present. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the health of "his Royal Highness the Dukeof York and the Army." He regretted the absence of his Royal Highness on many accounts, not only from the disappointment which it had occasioned, but because it had placed him (Sir Elford) in a Mutation which he was unable to fulfil. lle felt that lie must draw largely upon the indulgence of the company ; and knowing as he did that the illustrious Prince who was to have presided was prevented, by unavoidable circumstances, from presiding on the occasion, be should merely propose as a toast— "The Duke of York and the Army," with three doses three. (Applause.) Tune, "Duke of York's "How merrily we lire." " The Royal Family." "The Duke of Clarence and the Navy."—Tune, "Rule Bri tannia." The CHAIRMAN. in stating the object of the Institution, ob served, that it was scarcely necessary to remind them that the funds were devoted to the relief of decayed artists and their widows, with. oat distinction as to whether they had been contributors or not. It was the intention of the Society to create a permanent fund of ti,tattl. This, he wax happy to say, had been very nearly accom plshed. lie had heard it said that the acquisition of wealth was apt to narrow the better feelings of the human heart; but there was evidence before them that the benevolence of the British nation keeps pace with its wealth ; and it was impossible that a Society like that, whose objects they had met to promote, should not be well supported. Ile begged to propose the toast—" Success to the ATtlAte (lateral Benevolent Institution." (Urea applause.) " The Earl of Liverpool's health" was the next toast, and was drunk with enthusiasm. AIL tinier, R.A. next rose to propose a toast which he was con vinced he need only to name. disappointed as they had been by the absence of the illustrious Duke who had Intended to honour them. They were under more than ordinary obligation to the worthy Ba ronet, who had, without any previous notice, undertaken to preside, and who had filled the office with so much credit to himself. The name of Sir William Elford was associated with the arts, of which he was a warm patron as well as an amateur, delighting to practise himself that which he so effectually encour aged on others. The speaker also made some allusion to Sir Joshua Reynolds, whose name he mentioned with that of the Hon. Baronet, who, to the other claims which he had upon their notice, had that day pre. sided with a dignity and feeling and affability that demanded their warmest thanks. He therefore proposed the health of the worthy Chairman, Sir William Elford, Bart. with three times three, amidst very laud and general cheers. Sir WILLIAM, in returning thanks for the honour which had been dour to his name, observed, that he had asked for the indul gence of the /fleeting. but he had received more. He felt most grateful fur the mark of distinction with which he had been honoured. The health of Sir Thomas Lawrence, the President of the Royal Academy, was then proposed, with a warm eulogium from the Chair, and with Immense applause. I Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, in an impressive speech, returned thanks. lie telt niece than he could express for the generous recep tion he had experienced. The honour which had been done him was increased by the very worthy Individual who had proposed the toast front the Chair, an individual who had long been with them as a brother and as am associate in all that tended to benefit the arts. lie (Sir T. Lawrence) viewed the honour which had been confer. red upon him as the President of the Royal Academy, with pride. The Institution had the cordial support and the best wishes of the Royal Academy. It was established to further the objects which they all had in view, and the cause of one Institution was the cause of the other. The worthy President followed up his observations by a high eulogium on the Chaimian, who he said never entered into a Society but to strengthen and support it, and his endeavour, when out of it, was to do it honour. (Applause.) The following toasts were severally thank : " The Marquis of Stafford." " The Society of Arts." " The Fine Arts of the United Kingdom." " Sir John Fleming Leicester." " The Ladies." " The Secretary and Directors" were then drank, and Mr. W. M. TrrxEa, H.A. returned thanks in a neat speech. " The Stewards." Mr. O. R. ROBINS thanked the meeting on behalf of his col. leagues, who he raid were more than compensated by the satisfac thin they derived in seeing the worth and the talent which had come forward on behalf of an Institution which was scarcely second to any in the metropolis, and which would, he doubted not, in a few years stand at the head of all. " The health of Sir Thomas Clarke" was then drank with eon. siderable applause. In returning thanks, Sir Tnomas affirmed, that England was no less famous for her Arts, than for her Army and Navy ; that the country could not better support her dignity than by eneou-1 raging the Arts, nor could these be more effectually promoted than by encouraging talent and relieving the distressed artists. The subscriptions amounted to 4001. The evening . passed off with great edut, and was enlivened by sonic excellent singing, by I Mr. Broadhurst, Master Smith, Mr. Pitzwilliann, and others, and by an efficient band of music in the gallery. The Institution has for its leading objects the bringing forward of those works which are the production of British artists. and the relief of the decayed members of the profession and their widows : and there are many whose works have raised them to high honours, ; but who, without the assistance of the k;stablishinent, would still have been unknown. The dinner and wines were in the usual way of tha Freemasons• Tavern. This is all that need be said. Yesterday afternoon, about a quarter before three o'eleek, the King left his Palace, in Pall-mall, in his travelling carriage, for Windsor. Yesterday the Duke of York and the Princess Sophia of Gloucester paid visits to the l'rineess Augusta. The Duchess of Clarence dined with die Duchess of . Kent on Tumlay. Lord %l'm. Remind: will succeed the present Governor General of India, who is obliged to return to England on account of the ill state of his health. Lord William is expected to have England in the fall of the year.--Cork Suutherx Reptirter. Yesterday the despatches were closed at the East India House and delivered to the Pursers of the following ships, viz.—Marchioness of Ely, Capt. Charles Edward Mangles, and Rose, Captain Thomas Marquis, for Madras and Bengal. A Morning Paper of yesterday contains a paragraph, stating that intelligence bad been received from St. Vin cent's, of the date of the 13th of February, of the death of Colonel Dawson. We are happy to state that letters have been received at the Colonial Department, dated the 19th of March, which do not mention this event, and which therefore render the correctness of the statement extremely impmbable. The Annual Meeting of the friends of the Society for relieving infirm and aged Dissenting Ministers, was held on Tuesday, at the King** Head Tavern, in the Poultry. From the Report, it appeared that the funds of the So (arty were quite inadequate to the claims made upon it, and it was resolved to use the most strenuous exertions on behalf of the meritorious Individuals who arc the ob jects of the Society's care. .... The Duke of SUSSEX presented two silver pallets to Blaster Passmore (a young Gentleman about ten years of age) ; one for an historical subject in pencil ; the other for a head in chalk. His Royal highness felt great pleasure in presenting this reward, as it would encourage this young Gentleman to persevere in the path of industry into which he had thus early entered, and he (the Duke of Sussex) would undertake to assure him, that ere long he would be as great uany man in that meeting. (Much applause.) The Duke of SUSSEX, at the conclusion, again congratulated the meeting on the satisfactory Report which their excellent Secre. tary bad just read. He had a difference with him on one point— and one point only—that was when he said this Society was un patronised. lie could not assent to such a proposition when he saw before him so brilliant an assemblage, whose countenance and sup. poet he regarded as the best end proudest patronage. (Applause.) Ilia Royal Highness renewed his expression of satisfaction and approbation at the various specimens in the arts, manufactures, and commerce of the country which had been that day exhibited, and withdrew at a few minutes after four o'clock. The several candidates. explained to the Duke of Sussex the nature of their respective inventions and improvements, on receiv ing the rewards of the Society. THE DINNER. The Members of the Society dined together afterwards at the Preemaqine Tavern ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex as President took the Chair. On the removal of the cloth, after the health of " the king" (three times three), "the Duke of York and the rest of the Royal Family," " the Army and Navy," and other usual and oompli nientary toasts had been proposed, The Duke of Syssex rose and said, that he took an interest in every Society calculated to promote the welfare of every free insti. tutiun of this country. To the present Society, however, he was particularly and deeply engaged, for he had been elected President of it by the free will and approbation of the independent Members of whom it was composed. (Deer, hear.) This was the more gratifying to him, because he remembered that the family to which he belonged was raised to the high station which they now occupied by the free will and approbation of the people of this country. (Cheers.) Amongst the many honours which he enjoyed, the Presidency of this Society was to hint a source of peculiar pride and gratitude on that account. (Ileat.) His at tachment to this Society was formed because it was established on a free principle, and not on a system of narrowness or monopoly. Assn instance of its beneficial effects, he would mention,the inven tion of an improved menstrumn foe biting in on steel plate, which had been preseuted to the Society that morning by Mr. Turner, a gentleman who, although he might have profited by his invention by disposing of it to persons engaged in that trade, yet generously preferred to give it to the public at the sacrifice of a large profit. Ile would allude to another gentleman (Mr. Illigh). who, in the I course of that morning, had received the reward of the society for embanking 113 acres of land from the sea. Ile had proved himself ' thereby grater than the King of England who ordered the waves to retire, but whose command the waves would not obey. (Loud applause.) Mr. Bligh, however, though not a King. dammed out the waters, sod dootrord them without the aid of the 11-1, but by the aid and skill of a )trithh agriculturist. (Loud laughter and ap plause.) The Kirg proved himself incompetent, but Mr. Illigh proved himself powerful against the waters. The Royal Duke again expressed the satisfaction he felt at presiding over a society to which he had been elected by the free voice and independent suffrages of its members, and proposed, " Prosperity to the So ciety," &c. Mr. HU ME. in an appropriate speech, proposed the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. The IhJ e of Sussitix again rose, and in returning thanks to the company said that he was indebted for whatever he possessed to the generosity of the English people. (Applause.) Whether he was a good economist or not, was another question (loud laughter, and cheers) ; but this he could safely say, that whatever he re ' ccived from the people he spent amongst the people. With this assurance he amid conclude with the expression of sincere grati tude for the honour they had done him. Several complimeotary toasts were ( unposed in the course of the evening, amongst which were—" he Horticultural Society"— " The Antiquarian Association"—" The Mectumic's Institute." On the latter toast being proposed__ Dr. Itineaece returned thanks, lie was proud of the associa tion of his name with that Society, and stated that he supported it, bemuse, with the extension of knowledge, he calculated upon the increase of human felicity. (Applause.) A Member of the Greek Deputies riitumed thanks on the toast of " Greece" having been given by the Chairman. Ile bore testis nanny to the large debt of gratitude that was due by his nation to this country, tor the sympathy which it evinced in favour of Greece, struggling for her independence. (Applause.) This gen tleman spoke in the ltomsic tongue, which was sufficiently Intel-1 liorlble to any person acquainted with classical Greek. After " Prosperity to the several Societies for Promotint the Arts, &e. of this country," had been given, his Royal highness , retired, a few minutes titer ten o'clock. Many, however, remained, who promoted the hilarity of the Meeting to a late hour. SOCIZTT OF ARTS, COMMERCE, AND /If/NM FATAL DESCENT-- DFATR' OF MR. HARRIS. FACTURES. who ascenden t on Tn loon, from the Eacl e esda —mosis— y, in his bal --sno-- We stated yesterday, that Mr. Harris, the aeronsur, Yesterday this Society held their Annual Meeting for the dine and was crowded to excess i n 1 tea-gardens, City-road, was unfortunately killed. Th e bution of rewards, at the King's Theatre. Th e house was , 1 following are the particulars of this melancholy c a . evel liglit y ed up elega ni n g t ht ;nd fashionable compsny. The OW was fitted up with seats = , one above another, which was I tastroplic : w al it an h a a v n ery occupied front ten o'clock, with the candidates and Members sfl The balloon proceeded in a south-westerly directi on i the Society. Amongst many distinguished persons present were— over Surrey, and after being about two miles f the Lord Northesk, Lord Albemarle, bard Waterpark, the Greek De. I . . rom toe we are infonntil Mr. Harris prepared to d j polies, and General Mina [this venerable patriot excited the re- I ear th , . . . spectral attention of the company], several Members of the Rue - ! and pulled the valve line, which it is imagined he kept too wan Embassy, Mr. Hunie, 31. P., Mr. Owen, of Lanark, Colonel 1 long in his ham', thus givin g th e gas too much tim e &c.to Wildman, proprietor of Newstead Abbey, Mrs. siddons was evaporate. l'he consequence was, the balloon descending also present. At a few minutes after one o'clock, his Royal Highness the ' . , shout a mile, it came perpendicularly to the earth with Duke of Sussex, President of the Society, arrived, and took the . RTeat Svciftm:ss, and the car, having touched the grou n d , Chair, amid the general applause of enclose 3lecting. bounced up, and the balloon became entangled in a tree, He congratulated the Meeting awentblage, convened for the very laudable purposes of promoting , tatcd to the ground with great violence. Numbers of . the arts, manufactures, anti commerce of the country, and lending : inns who haul seen the balloon coming irregularly their countenance and support to one of the most useful establish .: who ha d . . _ the dreadful down, and anticipated most menus in theempire. As much business remained to be done, h e , r esu lts , instantly would not at present detain them longer, bat request the Secretary I rushed to the spot (Bedelington Park), about one mile fron t to read the preceedings of last year. ! Croydon, on the demesne of Mrs. G ee , an d were hor. The Secretary, Air. AIRI X. then read the Report of the Society] struck at the spectacle that presented itself. Mr. Harris stating the objects for which it was formed, and the good it accomplished. We make the following extract:— I was found lying doubled up, and on b e i ng l i f te d f rom the •• It originated, as nearly all our literary and philosophical in . , • ground, he instantly breathed his last ; his sides were stitutions have done, from the public-spirited arid disinterested , crushed in, and his skull fractured. At a short distance exertions of individuals ; and from small b eg i nn ing s h as advanced from him was lying the young lady, in a state of info:Hs:- to its present maturity, unpatronized, unpensioned, unchartered, ' bilitv, with one thigh broken, and otherwise injunel in deperollng solely, in every step of its progress, on the zeal of its shocking manner. The balloon had proceeded ' i a members, and the persuasion, on the pert of the community, of its utility. If the numbers of visitors assembled to witness the a n nua l earth, and filially becom ing entangled, was secured, but it distribution of its rewards be accepted as the criterion of the rank was torn to pieces. The body of Mr. Harris was removed which it holds in public esteem, the Society would have abun- to the Plough Inn, Beddington, and Miss Stocks, after dant cause for self-satisfaction. Rut as of this crowded mewl being removed to a neighbouring surgeon's, was also car . the greater part arc, in all probability, but slenderly acquaint rued to the same Iran, and is not considered out of d * with the Society which they are honouring by their countenance, anger. I hope to be excused if, before proceeding to the main purpose o, [FURTHER PARTICCLARS.) the day, I state as briefly as possible what are the bj ects a t h e Never did any individual seem to he in such spirits as Society, and what it has accomplished:— I Mr. 'II appeared when lie took leave of his w if e and fritods " The first of the objects which the Society has in vi e w that I 'around, at the moment the stupendous vehicle mounted shall mention (not on account of its paramount importance, bu t into the air. Every of countenance appeared joyful on because it has no necessary connexion with the others) is, the en- . eouragament of the Arts l)esign, both in those who practice I t he occasion, and the greatest hilarity prevailed the whole them as a profession and in those with whom their chief value is . of the evening, so certain were all who knew the ingenuity that of an elegant and useful accomplishment. Before the institu- lof the unfortunate man, that he would make " a safe and don of the Royal Academy, considerable sums, amounting to sere- I prosperous voyage." Previously to his takin his seat in ral thousand pounds, were expended in rewarding the successful gI the car, he promised, and indeed offered to lay a wa ger exertions of our native Artists ; but since the enlightened liberality .. tithe public has extended an efficient patronage to the Fine Arts with one of t he gentlemen of the committee, that he would and their professors, the Society has been enabled to transfer the descend and return to the Eagle Tavern in two hours after funds heretotore thus employed to other more pressing demands, hi s departure. The time was anxiously looked for, and and to restrict itself, for the present, entirely to honorary rewards . crowds were waiting inside and out to welcome his safe ar in this department. In the opinion of many, perhaps , these re- I rival ; but when the time elapsed, and hours passing, and wards are not subjected to any very rigid restriction. Stu although i c g the number of persons thus gratified bears a very large proportion i e lice no int lli whatever ' • arriving of the safety of th e ad- when compared with those of all the other classes combined , vet venturers, a gloom seemed to pervade the assembled party. we should err if we supposed that the time and funds approprisied However, Mrs. Harris expressed herself satisfied that no to thin purpose are in a ratio at all commensurate with the relative thing had befallen her husband. Ten o'clock arrived , when number of candidates rewarded. Neither has the liberality of the Society, a gentleman came by expr ess , ca d gave secret i n f ormat i on to copious as it is, hitherto surpassed the bounds of prudence; on the contrary, every year the number of claimants Increases, Mr • Rossiter of the death of the intrepid young man. shewing that the estimation of our medals is very far from de. The gentleman who brought th e sa d t idi ngs res id es near dining ' Mitcham in Surrey, and happened to be passing at the The following object of the Society is capable of yielding suc h moment the sad event took place. Mr. Rossiter kept the extensive practical benefits, that we state it in the words of t he intelligence secret from the rest of his friends, and instantly Seetary t— " Another object which the Society have greatly at heart is, the set out in a post-chaise to the Plough Inn, at Carshalton, improvement of the Fisheries, chiefly of herrings, for domestic use whither he was informed the body of Mr. Harris had been and exportation. Many bounties have been given with this view. carried. Mr. Rossiter arrived in town again at five o'clock The Dutch code fur the regulation of their fishery and the curing yesterday morning, from whom we have been favoured with of its produce, has been translated and published by the Society ; particulars of the melancholy occurrence . I t a tears that pi and more recently its well-timed liberality has enabled Mr. DCbC, the van to enter into competition with the Dutch in the market of wnen Mr. Harris had gained a considerable altitude, he said Ilamburgh, and to obtain the highest prices for Scotch herrings to his fair companion, " Now, my dear, we will descend, for cured by him in the Dutch manner, at the very time when the I have promised a gentleman that I would meet him in town same kind of herrings, cured iii the ordinary way, were scarcely in two hours." Ile immediately opened the valve at the top, saleable at any price." and the balloon descended with surprising rapidit The In the progress a reading the report, the Secretary called over y. the names of the successful Candidates in the respective branches noise occasioned by the escape of the gas was terrible, and of the arta, manufactures, and commerce, in which they had ob. the villagers of Caralialton were collected together, deter tained rewards. mined to assist the voyagers : but, alas ! they rood inactive The Duke of SUSSEX presented each candidate with the prize spectators ; to the mansion of Lady Gee. The game-keeper for in a moment the vehicle f e ll in the Park appropriated to his partici . , a- desert. On presenting the large go medal to Philip Ilind, Esq. of Kentish Town Ho contiguoususe, for raising , oaks for timber, his Royal II ighness congratulated him on the sac . an d ran to the car, shocking to many other persons when ems which attended his efforts in a department of agriculture the relate, they found Mr. Harris a corpse, and Miss Sleeks most important and useful to this country. If similar success con- nearly on the point of death—she was totally insensible. tinned to crown his exertions, lie (the Duke of Sussex) would under- Both the unfortunate ible haste to the P lough Inn, where every surgical persons were carried with all pos. take to assure hint, that long vhe wished that he might live, yet that his reputation would outlive his possession of the soil on which s ac hep toted this admirable species of agricultural improvement . sistatice was procured for Miss S., and in the course of an The Duke of Sessr.x, in presenting H. Myth, Esq. with the hour she so far recovered as to answer two or three ques wood large gold medal, for embanking 253 acres of marsh land Lions that were put to her. It was at first thought that from the sea, was happy to bear his personal testimony to the her right thigh was fractured, but such is not the case; the merits of this gentleman. Ile was the proprietor of Awes farm spine of her back is dreadfully injured, as al so h er b reas t, in Norfolk, and it was therefore a pleasure to the Duke of Nrarrc.i. to present him with the prize which the Society had awarded to his and the inward mischief is supposed to be so great, that deserts. (Applause.) she will not survive many ]tours; however. she was alive The several other rewards were then presented to his Royal at ten o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Ilarris had his Highness who with great felicity and variety of expression, coin- jacket off', and his shit t sleeves tucked up, as if he had plinienteSthc candidates as they successively approached the (:hair to receive the medals of the Society. The Ladies who obtained been struggling bard to check the descent. The ballast "swards were warmly greeted by the company. was scattered about the bottom of the car. Not the slightest The Duke of St•ssEx, in presenting the silver Isis medal to bruise or contusion is visible about his body. Mr. Johnson for a Portrait, mentioned that this reward was no Miss Stocks gives the following account of the transac. small proof of the industry with which the Arts were promoted in Lion :—When they had been in the air about half an hour, obis country, as the gentleman who obtained t h e p resent reward, „ ,r. H a rris used the words we have mentioned in the former and who had obtained former rewards from the Society, was deaf . 1 and (boob. part of our account, and front that moment her senses fled, and she remembers no more of the event. This young fe male is the daughter of a poor woman who resides at No. 4, Henry -at., near the Vinegar-yard, in the City-road, and was a total stranger to Mr. Harris. She paid 2s. ed. for admission about twelve o'clock in the forenoon, and, whilst tenderin g the money, Mr. H. was observing he was afraid he should ascend by himself, upon which Miss Stocks replied, " go, Sir, if you will permit me ;" to which he instantly as sented, and she was introduced to Mrs. Harris and the party assembled, as his partner in the voyage. She appeared quite undaunted, but rather pale. She is about sixteen years of age, and rather of interesting appearance. When she took her seat in the car she took possessicn of one of the flags, and requested a person present to call on her parent, and inform her of the trip she had taken. When the sad tidings reached the ear of Mrs. Harris, her feelings can be more easily conceived than described, She is a young woman, recently married, and has one child. The cause of the accident is supposed to be on account of Mr. Harris having opened the valve at the top, which is enclosed by a weight of fifty pounds, and was not able, through some defect in the apparatus, to close it again, which caused the great escape of the gas. He was also not provided with grappling irons, as he had a new method of securing the balloon after it had reached the earth. Mr. Harris was a middle-aged man, and had served many years in the Royal Navy, in which he held a commission as Lieutenant. On the close of the late war he was put upon the half-pay list, since when he has, till recently, been en gaged in business as an upholsterer in Fore•strect. He parted with his business a few months back, with a view of entering upon the speculation which has so early met with a melancholy close. THE. INQUEST. At four o'clock yesterday JEXMETT. Esq. the Co roner, arrived at the Plough, from Kingston, and the Jury having been sworn in, the following witnesses were examined:— Anthony Geary, gamekeeper to Mrs. Hee, of Beddington.park, deposed, that shout 5 o'clock on Tuesday evening, while in the park, he saw the balloon shout the height of two trees. or Marti feet ; witness was forty or fifty yards front where it fell; it alighted first on the limbo( an oak, which was broken off, and then the bal -1 loon and car fell to the ground as it were in a heap; witness went round to the rat, lifted up part of the balloon, and heard a voice, as if moaning in distress, which he found to proceed from a female, ! whom he took out, laid her on the grass, and assisted in taking Mr. Harris out, several other persons by tha: time having arrived. Mr. Harris appeared to be quite dead. Me. J. K. Wallace, surgeon, of earshalton, deposed to the state in which he found the deceased and his companion. To a question of a Juryman, the witness states! that he could ret pronounce the lady entirety out of daeger, but there are no bones broken. She is in a little fever. 31r. W. Kcrvill, of Nelson -street, fitv.matt, stated, that he its at the commencer tent of the inflation of the balloon, which was done with carbonated hydrogen gas, which is crested from coal, and is simple clarified smoke. It was introduced through an iron service. pipe from the gasometer. a mile and a half front where the i:.f.3ran took place--the Hackney Gas yompany's. Witness cornider , the injury to have been caused in this manner:—There is a large valve on the top of the balloon, within which is a smaller one. which are used to allow gas to escape, as occasion may require : to f valves are lines attached leading into the tar; witness believed tl'eTe might have been three lines, and was of opinion that the accident arose either front these lines being entanuled. or from the invsperi mice of the deceased; he was more to think the latter indeed, at the time the deceased ascended. and for some time afters witness considered hint deficient in the manaicemene. The "lye tal a newly constructed one., and this was the first time he had an op portunity of trying it, and the lines becoming entangled, he was un able to extricate himself, not being suificicody acquainted with the newly-constructed valve. Mr. Sullivan oboerved, that he examined the balloon afterward% and the lines were then entirely . disentangled ; bethought that after the lady tainted. Mr. H a rri s . in his great anxiety to reach the earth to obtain assistance for her, allowed too much gas to Mr. Graham, the aeronaut, was called, and sod= opinion was, that the accident arose from the wrong line being ptipc'ds which opened the large valve instead of the small one. The Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Dent/,. • An Evening Paper says—." It is tonjoettred tbc Dank of England has lessened its issues of paper materially, to prevent the export of specie." I