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display the e f f ect of which was expressed in language of astonishment by the company generally as they entered the room. The tout-ea-sem/de of this roysl banquet ex ceeds description. We shall, however, attempt to give an idea of the decorations. The company was too numerous to admit of the whole sitting to supper at the same time, and therefore one party retired to make room for another. They were supplied by a cross table at the end and two long tables the length of the room, which were lighted with small or-molu candelabra with appropriate stands for choke fruits, &c There were six tables behind the long tables with re servea of refreshments, for the pages in attendance to sup ply the company with. Four lustre', each containing 12 burners, were placed at each corner of the room. At the end of the room was a large beaufet, the beck ground of which was covered with crimson silk, ornamented at the top with three ro settes. In the 'partitions were the choisest pieces of the King's state geld plate which was used on this occasion. aml which was arranged in the most tasteful manner, and displayed to the greatest advantage. in the centre was placed a superb solid gold salver, richly chased with all the Orders the King possesses, and also those his Majesty has received from Foreign Poten tates, to the number of 23. Abuse this was placed the shield of Achilles in gold, modelled by Flarman, and supposed to be his chef irseuvre, executed by Messrs. Runde!! and Bridge. On the left vide of this the National cup was displayed, beautifully enriched with the badges of the patron saints of the three tingdoms of England, Ireland, and Scotland, via. St. • George St. Patrick, and St. Andrew, set in precious stones round the cup in different compartments. On the opposite side of the shield was placed an antique tank, richly em• bellished with precious gems, and antique stones of great value. The centre of the back ground of the beaufit was finish ed with a piece of gold plate, which was taken out of the adinital's ship commanding the Spanish Armada. Oa the top of each end of the back-ground of the beaufet were two gold ewers, on which were described I in the most elaborate workmanship, the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne ; the handles to which represent inerintids. The stands or dishes on which the vases stood were ornamented with the figures of some of the marine deities, designed by Howard. These vases con tained t ose- water. At each corner of the beaufet a candelabrum was ?Wed, having file wax lights, in a row. Six small gold vases were interspersed, containing arti ficial flowers, together with a great variety of handsome pieces of gold plate. At the corner of the end of the table, near the beaufet, stood a most magnificent or-molu candelabrum, represent ing the fable of the 7- sp-rian tree; at the bottom were three piping fawns, over which were three nymphs feeding the dragons. At the opposite earner of the room was another cande labrum, to match with one of the same size, which repre sented Mercury presenting young Bacchus to the Nymphs. Both these candelabra were designed by Flannel), and contained a great number of wax lights. We shall give further particulars to- morrow. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Last might, The Be4 , 4 , ,ir's Opera, Rosina, and The Spuird Child (the performances of Saturday), were re peated with additional eclat at this theatre. Mr. Thorne appears to he mellowing into the part of Macheolh, and will make a very good locum tenet,: for Brahatn ; who, we beer, is shortly forthcoming. But we repeat our yester day's observation, that Brlrille is a character better suited to this performer's powers of singing and acting than the gay freebooter. lie was particularly happy in the sweet and simple melodies of Slick!. Mis Gc:vard imprcves as she acquires confidence, and bids fair to redeem the pro mise of future excellence indicated by her Saturday's per formance. We take this opportunity of doing justice to the gentleman (Mr. W. Bennett) who plays the Iridiman,! in the interlude, with a breadth of humour and accent! which is extremely entertaining. A new opera, called Broken Promises, or the_• Colonel, toe Captain, and the Curpiral, is announced for perform ance this evening. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Marq uis of Lansdown gave • grand dinner on Sunday to ! , the 1!:arl ID' Countess of Clonind, Lord Kirkwall- the Knight of Kerry, Baron and Baroness Robed', Mr. and Me,. Cunliffe, I Mr. Wellesley, Mr. Smith, &c. at Lansdown House, Berkeley. square. Lady Shelly entertained the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge„ l i and a large circle of the hunt tom, on Sunday evening, at her house ' in Herttimd-street, illay.tair. The lion. R. IN , ughss had • dinner party yesterday at his Telti. deice at the Admiralty. J. if. Tremayne, Esq. M.P. had • large party to dinner yester day, at his house in New.strect, Siring -gardens. Sir T. Lennart', Bart. had • grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Bryanaton.square. Tltc Earl of Chatham and suite arrived yesterday at Thomas's Hotel. Berkt ley-square, from Gibrahar. Tie Earl of Kilmorey and the Ladies Needham have arrived at ditto from their scat, Caztoo Park. Lord Braybrooke left town yesterday for his seat, Audley End, Essex. Wm. Dickinson, Esq. M.P. and family left town yesterday for their seat, Kirgweston, Someretthire. Mr. and Mrs. Fenner and family left lown yesterday for their seat in Kent. _ . T tr• Ladies Ashbumham left town yesterday for their seat at Richmond. Cord and Lady Formter and family left town yesterday fur their test, Willie Park. Salop. Mr. srd Mrs. Campion and family arrived yesterday at Jordan's Had. St. James's -street, from Brighton. Sir Laurence and Lady Palk hare left Jordan's Hotel for their test In Devonshire. Usedale Price. Esq. left the Waterloo Hotel, Jennyn-street, yes terday, for Tunbridge-Wells. Arrivals at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street :—Col. Moore, from a tour; Capt. Dashington„ from Bath. Departures from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street :—M. f:lohnley, Esq. for Brightim ; A. Wright, Laty for his seat, Wal ton Hall, Cambridgeshire ; H. Unwin, Esq. on a tour : Captain and Mn,. Diebrowe, Ow Bonor. Arrivals at Mirart's linte l, Lower Brook• street :—John Walker, Esq. and Mrs Walker and family, from Bognor. 1), parture front ditto : —Lady Sarah Baily. Sunday night his Majesty went to his Palace at Bt. James's, wthre the King slept, and remained there during yesterday. The King has purchase! the celebrated Micris vases roni Graham, of %V. t 1100-place. One of them was placed in the great hall at Carlton Palace on Saturday, to be seen by his Majesty, who was pleased to express his high ad miration of that magnificent work of art. Ilia Majesty has been fraciously p'cased to send to Lord Robert Seymour one hundred guineas, for the relief of the sufferers by the late calamitous fire in the eastern part of Mary-la-bonne. A Council assembled yesterday, at three o'clock, at Carlton Palace, for the despatch of important business. Mr. Calming gave a grand dinner yesterday at Glouces ter Lodge. - - Mr. and Mrs. Secretary Peel entertained the Duke of York and a select party to dinner on Sunday, at their resi dence ia Privy-gardens. The Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Exeter arrived in that city on Saturday last, and was welcomed with the usual demonstrations of respect and attachment. Rye,. JVL 2.—Earl and Conning; Spencer arrived here on IVetlnestlay, at their beautiful villa. Mr. Malticws.—The celebrated Mathews, from the English Open-liouse, is engaged at the Exeter Theatre, where he will open his Bedget and unfold • his Memo randum Bed:, during the ensuing Assize week. Moon has consented, gratuitously, to lend his theatre for one night for the benefit of the widow and four chil dren of the late James Brandon, who during a period of nearly fifty years was box-book and housekeeper at Covent :;arden. Brandon died in poverty.—Star• French Plays, by the most distinguished performers from Paris, arc to be acted next season by subscription, at I.CW Theatre, to be erected at the Argyle Rooms, under the Ntronage of the most distinguished Nobility. I'erle•t to be the Manager, and Beaseley, of Carlton Chambers, 1; appointed to construct the Theatre. 1 The S:orpion sailed on Thursday from Falmouth for with miners, Ste., on account of the Pacco-Peru toi)Ta.:y. The men were in high spirits.—eurt, GITANAXUATO MI NI:VG ASSOCIATION. There can be no greater service rendered to such of the Joint-Stock Companies as haye really respectable and useful objects in view, than by the examination ofany new, projects which may present thernselVes. A Company has been announced, called the" Guanainato Mining Asso ciation," with a capital of 2,000 shares of 40'0/. each. We have read the PrOspectut :; it does not contain the nam.i of a single Director, Trustee, or Auditor ; it mention s only the Secretary, w hose mune is Thomas Mittliell, No. 33, St. Swithites-lane •' and that the first instalment of W. per share is to be paid into the banking-house of Messrs. Frys and Chapman, "to the accotifit of the trustee-S." but, as tve have said before, without naming them: neither does it ; name a single mine secured by the Association. It speaks in general terms of the richness of the mines of Ouana xuato, and says that they produced nearly five milliens of dollars annually. This is perfectly true; but it is equally so, that the great mines of that district, viz., Valenciana, itagos, Cats, Sirens, Tcpeyac, and others, have been engaged, and are now working by two Companies, formed long since, one called the United Mexican, the othv the Anglo-Mexican. The parties concerned in bringing this undertaking for ward may be very respectable ; hut if they are so, we should recommend them to be much more explicit in their communication to the public. In all enterprises of this kind nothing inspires confidence so much as the full and free exposure of the whole concern. How can people judge of the propriety of investing their money when they i are not told who is to manage it We think, too, that l bakers should hesitate a little about opening an account, unless they are at liberty to disclose the names of the parties I to whose account the money is paid in. COMMERCIAL CHRONuLOGY OF LYDIA. - A work of the above nature has just issued from the • Lithographic Press, under the authority of that most la lborious and acute compiler, Monsieur Cesar Moreau. It is in the faun of a brochure, and contains some eight and forty folio pages of closely written matter, enough to alarm the industty of the most elaborate financier. M. Moreau professes to give in this work a view of the finan cial affairs of the East India Company since the period of their establishment in the year 1600. Such a work,going over two centuries and a quarter of the most extensive and complicated operations of trade, cannot fail to be highly desirable and important in a country where commerce rests upon thefoundationsof truth and knowledge. These important arithn tical facts which have hitherto existed in a library of 73 folio volumes, of 1,200 pages each, may be now had for the convenience of reference, compressed into a space in a leas proportion than one page to each volume. The solid masses of figures whieh every where meet the eye in this brudeure are truly startling; and this is one of the greatest compliments that can be paid to Mr. Moreau'e diligence. The arrangement seems to be as luminous as the nature of the work admits of; and the qualifications of this Gentleman, for the arduous task, are already before the world in his work on British Trade. As far u we have examined, it appears to possess the one estential in matter of account, accuracy. We shall present some extracts to our readers at an early opportunity. LONDON UNIVERSITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Ria,—Excuse me if I ask for a corner to point out to your readers two remarkable circumstances attending the meeting of Friday last, for establishing a London Univer sity. The first was, that Mr. Brougham unblushingly de clared himself a Churchman ! And the second, that at a meeting for Establishing a sys tem of education on an extended scale in the metropolis of the most Christian couutry in the world, the leading feature in which swem was the total exclusion of reli gious instruction, the tint Magistrate of that metropolis was in the chair. What other inconsistencies the progress of this plan may develope to us, time only can determine. OBSERVER. C01.717'S OF LAW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. St a,—That some alteration is necessary in the Courts of Common Law for the more speedy despatch of business, and the equalizing the labours and duties of the Chief Justices of the several Courts, is evident from the following state ment of facts:—ln the King's Bench there are no less than three hundred and sixty-one causes set down for trial, for the present sittings, for the county of Middlesex alone. For the City of London there are 351 causes for the adjourned Sittings, which com mence on the 9th inst. to which number there will proba bly be from 60 to 100 new causes added between this and the 7th, (the last day for setting them down). This num ber does not include those that have been already'tried in the City of London since the 9.3(1 June, which amount to about GO in number. The total number of causes set down in the King's Bench for the present sittings will therefore be near 800. In the Common Pleas the whole cumber of causes s:c down both for London and Middle ' st x does not exceed NO; and in the Court of Exchequer net so many as a hundrt d. The reason of this immense disparity in the business of the Courts would probab!y not be very difficult to discover. I have not now time to state my thouthts on the subject; but should this be thought worthy c insertion in your columns, I may probably in a day or two trouble you with a few observations on the subject. 'V. D. Temple, July 4. IRELAND. THE COMMISSION. FRIDAY. JULY I. THE MCD ISLAND AFFAIR. Our readers may recollect that we sometime since gate an ac. count of a monstrous outrage committed at Mud Island upon a party of I tdies and gentlemen, when returning about the lour of two o'clock in the morning, from a party at Phibsborough. Paul Spencer, Patrick Flinn. Julia Flinn, and John Muldoon, were put to the bar, and indicted for a riot and an assault upon Richard Glass, Andrew Ferguson, and others. Mrs. Catherine Kane was the principal witness examined. She stated that their party consisted of seven ladies and eight gentle. men, who were returning to town un the morng of the Nth May, front Phibsborsugh, where they had spent the evening, and that when passing through Mud.hland, one of their party, named D'Little, was in advance, and they heard him cry out for Doctor Gainey, and murder and robbery ; that when site and the rest of her company came up to the spot from whence the cry proceeded, they saw Doctor thafney and Mr. Fergusson holding a young man, one of the prisoners ; that that Mr. D'Little said he had attempted to rob him, anti the young led denied it ; upon which Mr. Fergusson said that if he weae innocent, he could make it appear in the morning, but that he should go along with them to the Police-office. In a moment Mr. Glass was knocked down by a blow of a cudgel, and upon Mr. Fergusson coining to his assist ance, he was also knocked down ; could not say who gave the first blow to Mr. Glass, but the prisoner Flynn hit both Mr. F. and Mr. O. and when they were down he flourished his stick, and hunted three times; that all the rest of witness's party ran away. leaving Mr. Glass, 3lr. Fergu•son, Mrs. Glass, and herself; that Mr. Fer gusson, apparently quite dead, and Mr. Glass having a little sign of life; witness requested of Flinn to spare him, when Flinn told her to take care of her own life, and then Flinn shook her, and Spencer and Muldoon shook Mrs. Glass. and struck Mr. Glass again; witness described the manner in which Spencer, with his shirt sleeves tucked up, and Muldoon were both enraged in strik ing the party. Mrs. Glass went for assistance to Mr. Glass, while witness watched by him for about fifteen minutes. Witness iden tilted Spencer, Muldoon, and Flinn ; there were several of the prisoner's patty all armed with cudgels. Mr. Glass, Mrs. D'Little, and Dr. Gainey, were exmined. as was also Mrs. Glass, but none of them were able to identify the prisoners. Dr. Gainey thought he heard the prisoners called by their names, but would not swear positively that they were the same names, nor could he swear positively to the persourrof the prisoners. Thete was no provocation whatsoever given by Mr. Glass's party tot pro voke the assault. Mr. Glass stated that he lay insensible fur many days from the wounds in his head, anti was attended by Surgeon Carnuchal. Mr. Ferguson was also badly wounded. !To a question from the ('oUST—Mrs. Kane replied. that it was a little after break of day, and that she never hesitated about the identity of the yrisoners whom she pointed out from about 15 other men. . The prisoners examined several witnesses from the neighbour hood or Bsllybough Rridge and Mud Island to support an alibi. After Judge TORHENS charged the Jury, they retired, and in a few minutes returned a verdict of Ceilly against Spencer, Alul- Joon, and John Flynn. Judge TostuE les pronounced the sentence of the Court, which was, that the prisoner; be each confined for twelve months in Rich mond Brides/ill, and kept to hard labour ; and in order to convince the people in the prisoners' neighbourhood of the power of the laws' to protect the unoffending, and punish the criminal, the men should. not he discharged till they entered into securiries, themselves In forty pounds. anti two sureties is twenty each, to keep the peace fur sc‘cti years. Y.IVERPOnr„ A _ITNDAY EVENING. Wink N.N.W.—High Wata, l o'clock. Arrived the With,'mina, lean Finland; Friendship, tucker, Nal Messina; Hibernia, from Dublin; Sarah and *Caroline, Pantie, and the Emerald. Howls, from Charleston, sailed ith June. Off—The Trlident, Coffin, from New York; Chariot, from Savannah; Codathian, Davis, from New York. The parcel beg not come on shore. The Silas Richards, Heldridgc, from Liverpool for New tort, was spoken lid June, in kit. 4,i, long. 311. The passengers by the Corinthian landed at Kinsale tin Friday but. SHIPPIAC CUSTOM-HOUSE, JRLY 2. Et: mum) INWARD/.—The•Lasonia. Daniels, from Waterloo, Wilkinson, from Jamaida ; True love, Vollans, from Oporto ; James M., Tatum, from New Yuri. ; Britannia, Wessell, from Lisbon I Hope, Flov.oce, from Leghorn t Emerald, NockeUs, from Jamaica; Meredith, Blundell, from Figueira; Atalanta, Byrne, from Harliqgen ; Reliance, Harrison , from Aracati ; Prince, Braithwaite, from Aliramichi t rhristopher, Knight, from ditto ; Augaktits Omar, Selby, from Jamaica ; Margaret, Pater. son, from ditto ; Perseverance, Mattghan, from Hamburgh ; Speedwell, Croaker, trom Tralee. ENTERED OtiTWAIDI —The [hie Johanna'', Dahrus, for Stettin ; Claudine, Chrystie. fett Teneriffe, Madras, and Calcutta; Dispatch, Huthison, fot Itiga ' • Allies, Cunningham, for Peters. burp ; Auckland, Parke, for Cork. CLEARED OUTWARDS FINALLY AT ORAVESRND.—The Fortuna, Taming, for Stralsund and Oriefswald ; Planet, Young, fur Trieste t COlombia, Wilson, for 3ladeira and Ntii South Wales. CLEARING OUTWARDS.—The Victory, Farquharson. for Ma.'! dein', Madras, and Calcutta; John, Water, for Hamburgh ; lent, Thorp, for Elsinore and Petersburgh t London, Bibb', tor Rotterdam ; Flying Fish, Smith, for Ostend ; Hope, Freetor, rot flamburgh t Ororge and Mary, Traill, for Genoa and Leghorn t X. 1.., Cobb, for Hambargh . • Iris, Jeune, for Trieste ; Ann, Spence, for Pillau, Konnigsberg, and Elbing; New Manly, 1 pick, for Bibtaltar, Malaga, and Barcelona; Hannah, Shepherd, 1 1 for Bombay ; Emma. Reynaldo, for the South Whale Fishery ; Abrona, Thmer, for Petersburgh. CLEARED OUTWARDS FOR Int taxo. , —The Marquis of Drogheda, Rogerson, for Belfast ; Ann, M ills, hit Cork. FROST LLOYD'S LIST Fatatoittit, Jot, 2.—Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet, from Lisbon, sailed 111th oh, Sidle! the Sandwich pada', fur Lisbon ; and Margaret, —, for Hamburgh. PLYstoutrat, JULY 2.—Arrived the James Tcrecia, Aston, from Marseilles, and wider quarantine. Sailed the Christian, Gracy, Mr Tenerife ; and the 31argaret, Fishley, for London. PORTSMOUTH, Joist 3.—Passed by, the Corn Brea Castle, Davy, from the Downs for Calcutta. bailed the Orient, White, fur China ; the Car-ar, Watt, for Calcutta; the Clio, Hunter, and the Woodridge, Jones, lbr Quebec; and the Glaphyra, Morton, for Antigua. DEAL, JULY 3.—Passed through for the River, the John, Shand, Rees, from Jamaica ; Asia, Ward, from Sierra Leone ; the Friends, Clark. from Alexandria; and the Colonist, Smith, front Batbadoes. Sailed the Brighton, Seehor, for; New York ; the Colombia, Wilson, fur New South Wales ; the Prosperity, Petrie, for Alicant : and the Plate; Young. for Trieste. GRAVESEND, JULY:3.—Arrived the Dandy , Coulter, from Cuba; Prince, Brann ws it e , f rom ili ram i c hi ; Emerald, ; from Jamaica; London, Arwem, front ditto; Ann, Whitridge; from Gallipoli ; Liverpool Packet, —, from Smyrna; Anna Sophia, —, from Tarragona; 3lediterranettn, Dare, from Ft. gueira ; Rattling, Rignieden from Jamaica ; Doune Castle, hart, from Hamburgh ; Neliss, H utchinson, from ditto; Clio, Yemen, from St. Vincent's ; Three Sisters, Bierman, from Lisbon ; Tula, St bite, from Gibraltar ; 'Thomas, Nicholls, front Almeira; dustry, Fisher, from ditto; Joseph and Mary, --, from 'Messina; Charlotte, Valkman. from Stettin; Perseverance, Shaw, frost Bombay ; 3latilda, Milkerd, front Oporto. Sailed the Sqoretess Boland, for Gibraltar; Oryntbia, Halton, for Archangel ; Redman. for Sierra Leone Times, Clark, fur New Providence; Ilebc, Freeman, for Rio; Priscilla , Ellis, for Trieste; Vietery 4 Farquharson, for India; Nituble , Elation, for Smyrna; Ann, Spencer, fur Pillau ; Harrier, Brown, for Hamburgh. GI anALTAR, Jut XE 11.—The Floe do Despiqns, Arajo, which cleared hence the 1,9:1t uh. for Para, detained by a Spanish guard , , costa, and carried into Algesiras, has been r e le ase d, a nd r e t ur n s • here yesterday. NEWFOUNDLAND, JUNE 7.—The Success, Elation, feom North Shields to St. John's, N.B. sprung a leak, and was aban doned 25th ult. Crew saved by the George, Foote, from Poole. CIIORILLOS,. FEL s.—The General Brown, Copland, from Gibraltar, has been detained off Callao, by the Maria Isabella, Admiral Blanco, and brought in here. The vessel and a small poet of the cargo, being American property, it is expected will be given up. PARIS, JULY I.—Some armed Teasels which quitted St. Ander without notice, have plundered a Dutch vessel on the pretext of having Spanish property on board. They stated that they carried letters of marque from the Colombian Agent at Gibraltar. The Colonist (arrived in the Downs) on 21st ult. fell In with the brig Albert, of Richmond, full of water and abondoned by the crew, foremast and tore-topmast mantling without any rigging, with the bowsprit. The Success, Elmira., from Shields, to St. John's, N. 8., was abandoned in let. 49, long. 36. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Britannia, from London, May 16, going into Smyrna; Braes, Fishly, front Rio, May 28, off the east end of Sicily; Nelson, —, from Shields, for Alexandria, June 9, lat. 37, long. 3, E. ; Livonia, from Sevile, for London, June 18, lat. 40, hung. 10; 31ulgrave, Alexandria, for London, June 24. lat. 42, long. 11 ; Warwick, Liverpool, for Bahia, July 1, off the THE ARMY. There will be a general change of Regiments in Ireland, in the course of this month, with the exception of the Royals, at Castle bar, 10th at Fermoy, and 22d at Dublin, where they remain. The 19th, in Limerick, expect to move to Galway. The 25th will be replaced, in the county of Clare, by the 711th Highlanders, whose head-quarters will be established in Ennis. The 25th replace the 73d at Athlone ; and the 7501 succeed the 78th Regiment in The 42d Royal Highlanders have received Lamle to march from Buttevant for Dublin. The 84th Regiment, quartered in Clonmel, and out-detachments, for some time, have received the route to march for Fetmoy, and it is supposed that their ultimate destination will be one of the islands in the Mediterranean. It is but justice to Colonel Mait land. and his tine body of men, to state that their conduct has been such as to merit the warm approbation of the inhabitants-,-the Officers in the most honourable manner supporting their character as g.mtlemen. and the non-commissioned officers and privates fully sustaining the fame of British soldiers. They are to be relieved in Clonmel and its cantonments by the 86th Regiment, under Colonel Johnson, from Naas. _ _ _ The :id Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, now on duty at Windsor, will be reliv:ed, on Monday the 25th instant, by the Ist Battalion of the Coldstream', and the Grenadier Guards, on leaving Windsor, will march to the Tower, where they will take up their quartets. Saturday morning the 2d Regiment of Life Guards marched from the Cavalry Barracks at Spittle toe London, and was succeeded, the same day, by the Ist Regiment of Life Guards. The Ist Dragoon Guards are to be inspected this day by Sir 11. Vivian, on Putney-heath. The Bth Hussars will take possession of the barracks at Hamp ton Court this day, when the 2d Dragoon Guards will march for Dorchester. The Scotch Greys passed through London yesterday morning, on their march to Norwich. The Ravensworth Yeomanry Cavalry have been disbanded. Tuesday last, the East Suffolk Militia were inspected in the, Cavalry liarrasks, in Ipswich, by the Earl of Euston. Major . Bence commanded the Regiment in the different evolutions. The North York Regiment of Militia, under the command of Colonel Cradock, completed their tvrenty.eight days' training at Richmond, on Tuesday last. THE LATE MURDER. It appears that Ougan, the unfortunate man who was murdered, was a steward, or care-taker, in the employment of Mr. Daniel, the genden:an who lately took a lease of the Commons of Seggard. Some weeks back, he prosecuted some women of that neighbour. hood before the Bench of 3lagistrates at Lucan, who committed them to Kilmainhani. The field in which the body was found is on the lands of Whitestown, and is upwards of three miles from the residence of the unfortunate deceased. His wife states that he came home, on the night before the murder, hfrefaveen eight and nine o'clock, she being then in bed, and that he remained sonic time at the fire smoking, while she fell asleep. On missing him in the morning, she imagined he had got up early, to superintend the en closing of the Commons, and did not hear of his death until in formed by the police. Another person saw him sitting at the fire, between ten and eleven o'clock that night ; a watchman named Sinclair, in the employ ment of Mr. 31•Cracken, paper manufacturer, heard two shots fired about one o'clock in the morning. The b ody was discovered about six by a girl going to milk the cows ; it was in a shocking state ; three balls, or slugs, were lodged in the breast ; the back of the skull was fractured in two places, and the front of the head, down to the teeth, was completely beaten in ; a ball had passed through the right hand, and the left was dreadfully mangled with sonic sharp instrument. Part of a rani-rod, the back of a gun, and a aithe freshly sharp ened, were found near the spot, which was in the field where Mr. Brown's cows were maimed. What could have induced the un fortunate man to go so great a distance from his own place, is yet involved in mystery. Mr. M'Carty, the Coroner, held an Inquest on the body, until seven o'clock on Thursday evening, and then postponed it till Monday next, for further evidence. dl r. Farrell, and a party of Police, set off on another search last night, and from his well-known activity we have no doubt that the villains will be discovered.—FreerroafeeJourna/. We understand that a fine steam vessel of five hundred tons, named the Enterprise, will depart from Falmouth about the sth of August next, for-the East Indies. They calculate on arriving there in about two months.—Cor , ,w.til Guz tie. THE YELLOW DOMINO. In the latter part of the reign Of Louis XV, of France, masquerades were an entertainment in high estimation, and public ones were often given, at immense cost, on court days, and such occasions of rejoicing. As persons of all • ranks might gain admission to these list spectacles, provided they could afford the purchase of the ticket, very strange relecontivs frequently took place at them, and ekhibitions al most as ttrricum in the way of disguise, or thstitoption of character. But pet haps the moat whimsitial among the ge nuine surprises recorded at any of these spetticlifs, wet that which occurred in, Paris the 15111 of October, on the; day when the Dauphin (son of Louis XV.) attains el the age of one-and-twenty. At Clis fete, which wits of a peculiarly glittering ehal. racter—so much to, that the details of it are given at great length by the historians of the day—the strange demeationr of a man in a yellow domino, early in the evening, excited , attention. This mask, who stewed nothing remarkable as I to figure-4-though tall rather, and of robust proportion-- seemed to be gifted with an uppeitr, hot merely past hu man conception, but passing the fancies even of' romance. • The dragon of old, Who churches ate (He used to come on It Sundar Whole congregriOns were to him But a dish of salmagundi,'— he was but a nibbler—a mere eltddler—to this stranger of the yellow domino. He passed from chamber to chamber —froth table to table of refreslimentis—not tasting, but tie vouring—devastating—all before him. At one board, he despatched a fowl, two-thirds of a ham, and half a dozen bottles of champagne ; and, the very next moment, he was found seated in another apartment, performing the same feat, with a stomach better than at first. This strange course went on, until the company (who at first had beat amused by it) became alarmed and tumultuous. Is it the tame mask—or are there several dressed alike 1' demanded an officer of guards, as the yellow do- mino rose from a scat opposite to him, and quitted the apartment. ' I have seen but one—and, by Heaven, here he is again !' exclaimed the party to whom the query was ad dressed. The yellow domino spoke not a word, but proceeded straight to the vacant seat which he had just left, and &gait% commence. supping, as though he bad fasted for the half of a campaign. 1 At length the confusion %which this proceeding creates, becomes universal ; and the cause reaches the car of the Dauphin. He is the very deWil, your Highness !' exclaimed an old !nobleman—(saving your Highness's royal presence)—.' or wants but a tail, to be so !' Say, rather, he should be some famished poet, by his appetite,' keplied the Prince, laughing. But there must be a. me juggling; he spills all this wine, and hides the provisions under his robe.' • Even while they speak, the yellow domino enters the room in Which they are talking; and, as usual, proceeds to the table of refreshments. ' See here, my lord !' cried one—' I have seen him do this thrice !' ' I, twice l'—' I, five times!'—' And I, fifteen.' This becomes too much. The master of the ceremo nies is questioned. He knoWs nothing— and the yellow domino is interrupted as he is carrying a bumper of claret to his lips ' The Prince's desire is, that Monsieur who wears the yellow domino Should unmask.'—The stranger hesitatt•tl. The command with which his Highness honours Moli tieur, is perfectly thsolute.' Against that which is absolute, there is no contending. 'The yellow man throws off his mask and domino ; and it is a private trooper of the Irish dragoons!' ' And in the name of gluttony, my good friend (not to oak how you gained admission), how have vitt contrived,' said the Prince, ' to sup to-night so many times?' Sire, I was but beginning to sup—with reveretiZe be' it said—when your royal message interrupted me.' B?ginning !' exclaimed the Dauphin in amazement — `then what is it I have heard and seen? Where are the herds of oxen that have disappeared, and the hampers of Burgundy? I insist upon knowing how this is It is, Sire,' returned the soldier—' may it please your Grace—that he troop to which I belong is to-day on guard. We have purchased one ticket among us, at d provided this yellow domino, which fits Us all. By which means the whole of the front rank—myself being the last man—have supped, if the truth must be told, at discretion ; and the leader of the rear ranksaving your Highness's commands —is now waiting outside the door, to take his turn.'— Parthenon. LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITVTJON.—This admirable Institution, from which so much national improvement is likely to spring, will he opened in Southampton-build n;s on k riday next, the Sth of July, with an appropriate Ad dress from the President, Dr. Birkbeek. We understand that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Marquis of Lansdown ' Messrs. Brougham, Hume, Abererbmby, Denman, and other distinguished characters, have signi fied their intentions of being present. It is also stated that the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and many other eminent citi zens will grace the meeting. The undertaking is not only honourable to the nation and its founders, but useful to mankind, and should meet that support to which its im portance entitles it. ANECDOTE OF CArDINAL YORK AND LORD NELSON. —When Napoleon Bonaparte entered Rome with his army, all who were not favourable to the conqueror fled from the city ; and as nearly all Italy was under his controul, there was scarcely any resting-place for the fugitives. Cardinal York, brother to the Chevalier de St. George, commonly called " the Pretender," was particularly obnoxious to Bo naparte, from having reflected severely upon his cruelty, in a charge he made to his clergy as Bishop of Asia. He re moved to Venice, where the French troops followed him, and he escaped in the disguise of a mendicant friar. He begged his way to a village near Cape Otranto, where he lay secreted for several weeks, subsisting on the charity of the cure of the place. The Agamemnon, 71, was then cruising near the coast, under the orders of Captain' Nelson, and he soon learnt the deplorable situation of the unfortunate Cardinal. Nelson instantly determined to assist the last of the Stuarts. Ile went himself on shore, found the Illustrious unfortunate, and invited him on board his ship. The Cardinal hesitated not to throw himself on his generosity. Ile was accommodated with a part of the Captain's cabin, and proper apparel, suitable to his dignity, was furnishe d him. Ile remained on board seven weeks, during which period the ship was twice engaged in action. The Cardinal walked the deck with Captain Nelson, perfectly undismayed, amidat a scene of carnage to which he had hitherto been a total stranger. As soon as convenient, Captain Nelson landed him in the Austrian territories, forcing upon him 1001. the defray his l expenses to Vienna. The old man shed tears when he left his benefactor, and was regretted by all on board, no whom : he was endeared for his mild and, unassuming manners. Nelson frequently spoke of him with admiration, and said, " That man's example would almost make me a convert to the Catholic faith." The Cardinal had a handsome pension assigned him by theEmperor,and six months after his sirup to the Agamemnon, he was on board of her agaiii'in the har hour of Genoa. Fortune then mile I upon him, and his delight at seeing his deliverer was incere. in the fal- ness of his gratitude, be embraced all the officers, and , ran about the ship, shaking hands wink the crew. He repaid the pecuniary obligation to Nelson, and would have trebled the sum, which Nelson refused. He sent ! onboard fruits, bread, wine, and meat, sufficient to keep the sailors feasting for several days, and kept open house' 'on shore fur all the officers. When taking final leave, he presented Nelson with a sword and a cane, which the Pretender" had used all his life; they were plainly I mounted in silver, and highly valued by Nelson. It is difficult to tell which to admire most, the generosity ofi Nelson, or the gratitude of the Cardinal ; both did honour to their distinct professions, and this anecdote is equally creditable to the in-mory of two great men. We have much pleasure in mentioning, from good au- 1 thority, that the parishioners of St. Thomas-in-Vale have resolved to present the Rev. W. G. Burton, their Rector, with some public testimony of their approbation—not only of the performance of his duty generally, but more parti cularly of the great attention paid by him to the religious improvement of their slave population. We are induced to monition this because it may tend to convince the people at home that we are anxious to promote the endeavours of the Established Clergy to improve the morals of our slaves, aind are disposed to give every eneottrapnient to prudent and well-directed zeal.—Jamaica taper. bECCA PRIZE-aioNEr. Some vinttent attacks having been made in the oppose tion prints and elsewhere on the Duke of Wellington, In relation to the Dream booty, it becomes proper to Hats Vie real aircuinstancts of that transaction si fir tl his Onsee is eleinnerned. The Pindartes, a horde of freebooters, Undo dill pads Section of tltt Mahritta Chiefs, Holkat and had '*ale irrupiloni into our territories. to these they Wei **doubt incited by Holkar and Scindit, Whey At Well 111 tither Mahratta Chiefs, had secretly itinnal a. ll j oin. %pinny to expel the Englikh from India. A tul ' litary plan wis, therefdre, formed by the fsra.7fZlll of Hastings, tit 1817, for the purpote, slot only bf Anil& bring the Pindareer, but of putting down all confederacy throughout India. This plan ditiaistsid of two parts. The Kollin of Hastings, with the army, advanced to th e Sind, whbit river he resebedt eli g nth of November, 1811, while the army of the Metall or ' South) commanded by Sir T. Hislop, advanced to the Nes budtla, which river was crtnned on the 14th of to same month by Sir J. Malc o l m , se c on d i n eornmand, !kindle wet easily compelled to sign a treaty, renouncing the Pins dimes; and these freebooters, alarmed and insbgnibt tl this contract, ?led to Holkar, whiti; being also unable id protect them; they either dispersed, dr threw theisistivell pn the mercy of their conquerors. Thus thte hest object Of the war was completed without producing any partieulbt tee suit in the 'way of . booty. But It was dot so with the second object. Scintlia had at once subscribed to the WWI required of him. Similat terms were offered to Holkltri but refined, and the battle of Maheitlpont slit contequence, which forced hied to make a treaty, plitejt* ! him in a state of dependence ott the British power, - ISorbd infeilor Chiefs, however, still contintied Ih WA, While inhere voluntarily plated themselves under the ma* pro tie ion. The Peishwa of the Mahrattaa, who bad been far years carrying on secret negotiations against us, was itsdneed in June 1317, to sign si treaty renouncing comnintrientiott with the other native Paver,. This treaty he had no sooner signed than he resolved to violate it On the bell tlf Noitmber, 1817, he broke out Into open hostilltiet. Tbe Rajah of Nagporc pursued a similar conduct, and, tit the Leginning of December of that year, it was fdtind heettoosty to proceed to extremities against him. The OilltratiOns against these two Sovereigns, as well as those sweet Ho; • kar, produced the capture of much valuable peoporty, which faun the booty in queation, Alt/long!) this property was, in point St fact, Olsen lit 1818, or 1819 at the latest, yet it could 111/t soon be eel. lected into one mass, or brought to a cod:noon actionni. False nodbns were entertained of What was booty, Seine persons tbbught that public buildings were td be valued, and that debts owing long before by the natite Prided) were to be exacted, for the benefit of the carom Time was requited to get over these difficulties ; and thentliotte a great question, whether the property which might fairly be deemed booty was to be ditided among all the litritisit forces in the field, or only among the artily of the Deccan. This point was solemnly argued in 1823, and was at length decided in favour of the latter army. Thus far the Duke of Wellington . had nothing to do with the case ; but when 'it was decided that the army of the Deccan should alone share the booty, it came next to be considered that among the indivitholi. of that army there might be a great variety of Moulding Chinn, abd that some trustees ought to be appointed, let t pourer to determine all qtiestions of this nature which mien arise. On the part of the Deccan army, Sir Thomas Bitlop and Sir John Malcolm applied to the Duke of Wellington to take on himself that gratuitous and laborious charge. His Grace declared that his personal wish was to Rebid the barthen, hut that he would sacrifice every considerathm of that kind to be of use toast army to whose bravery he was so much indebted. Accordingly, in 1823, the Duki and Mr. Arbuthnot undertook this office. Many quiratious still arose: The object of the trustees was to put on end to them sit speedily as possible; and, in pdint oTfeet, they were drawing to an end, when the complaint of delay Wit brought forward in Parliament. Not a day nor in hour had the trustees loitered ; and we can state it as a positive fact, that his Grace, with his own hand, had written okays 1100 folio pdges on the various claims. ELECTION OIrgIIEEIPP.V. Yesterday a Common Hall was - held for the purpose of receiving the official return arm this election of SherilP.. The Lord Mayes and City Officers annein atone The votes having been duly emir mined. the final return of the numbers was exactly the same as that made on Friday. Mr. Alderman Crowder and Me. Kelly "reef declared by the Sheriff; to be duly cleated to serve he else year en. suing, and *ere called twit to come forward and accept the take oat pain of tte penalties that shall fail thereon. Ald. Cnowitere said would could not express hiagsatinsdliv• but he hoped that his dads during his Shrieralty would manifest i 6 to the Livery. Dir. KELLY asid he had at great personal inconvenience come, forward in compliance with the request of a great number of thd' most respectable of the Livery, and he should endeavour so do jus. eve to their confidence. On the motion of Mr. WARNS, thanks were voted to the Sheriffs • for their conduct during the election. Mr. Sheriff BROWN and Mr. Sheriff KEY, in returning thanks, eonytratulated the Livery on the choice they had made. The Hall was then dissolved. LAW LVTRI,LIGENCII. COURT OF RIND'S BENCH, BionDAY, JULY d. COLE V. ENVIOGER. This was an action to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. • Mr. BROUGHAM stated the ease to the Jury. The ptesent was a case which was, characterised by the severest cruelty, and de• mended from the hands of a Jury the amplest compensation. The plaintiff in this actioli was the orphan child of a respectable fanner in Warwickshire. Deprived of the protection of her natural guar dittos, she was placed by a friend, a Mr. Dinkins, to *hose care she had been intrusted, at a boarding house at Coleshill, in War. wickahire, in which town the defetidant, who was himself a clergy. man, resided with his mother, Mrs. Pearse. Upon the defeedatit's return home from College, he was attracted by the character and personal charms of Miss Cole, and AOOl3 begiune her declared mi. miter. His family being known to Mrs. Spring, the keeper of the boarding-house. he found no difficulty in paying his addresses to the plaintiff. Previous to this intimacy the plaintiff had borne the most chaste and irreproachable character; not the slightest whisper , had ever been breathed to taint her reputation ; the purity of ber mind was unspotted, and her whole demeanour marked by the I strictest observance of every moral virtue. Such was the character of the plaintiff when first she admitted the addresses of the defend. ant. Those addresses, recommended as they were by the per. , sonal ch.racter and situation of the defendant, could not for a moment excite in her mind the least suspicion. He should produce to the Jury several letters written by 11r. Twigger to this lady, from which nothing could be inferred by her but an intention on bit I part to marry her. - In the lira letter, which *as dated Dec. 1823, he I addressed fie as his " Dearest Eliza," and declared that her absence was insupportable to him ; that he longed to clasp h. I heart to his responsive bosom, and hoped soon to be able to call her his own for ever. The nature of sorb effusions were eon:ltaly. evidence that at fin; time the defendant wished this unfortunate lady to believe his object to be to make her his wife. She never dreamed that it was with the wicked design of first winning her affections, and then triumphing over the chastity of her person. The situation of the plaintiff was truly pitiable ; left at an early age an orphan, thrown as it were on the mercy of the world at a time of life when the passions of the heart were strong, and the reason and judgment weak, she became by her personal attractions the peculiar object of a man bearing the outward stamp of a gentleman. and assuming the more assuring character of a clergyman. Receiving from hint constant and ardent protestations of his honourable passion for her, and being fully persuaded that he earnestly Intended to make her his wife, she in a moment of weak, nese, and influenced by these co-operating causee, surrendered up hetself to his power, and gave biter that command over . her person to which he bad no right, until die religious ceremony , hal been solemnised width would have given her a claim on his protection and support for life. After this event his letters to the plaintiff' no longer breathed the language of intense psalm : she I was no more his fond Eliza, nor did he live only on the hope that ! one day lie should clasp her to his responsive bow= until death. This strain was changed to a familiar flippancy upon other and less gracious and less gallant topics. Still however he continued to visit the victim of his artifice and lust; and the plaintiff and de , fendant were looked upon by all as persons whose future fate!. through life were to go together, bound by the sacred rites of I marriage. The consequence of their ifftercourse was soon ofiserv able : the plaintiff became a mother ; and at that moment, when female moor claimed the attention of the 'man who was the father of her child, that father, and this defendant, not only re. fused to fulfil his promise, but at that very period when the plaintiff was labouring under all her complicated misfortunes lie took to himself another, and was actually married to A widow, at a distant part of the country. Such base and unmanly conduct ns this could not be deft ndel. What excuse the defend. ant could make to-day, he knew not. If he mrant to set ap the s d u e c te h ne it e o p f lea po . ver cou ty l . d th e a v t ad w e o m ul w d I n em ot n a s vai r l delivered of t ed th:.t she ea child mother of ' questi on in his mother's house. 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