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quence fallen into my hands. Lamenting this event, which can be considered only as a means of precaution on my part, I can give no more evident proof of my amicable sentiments, than by leaving those ships in the state in Which they Were when they fell into my hands, and assur ing your Highness that I shall keep them in depot till I re ceive his Majesty's commands (for which I have written to-day) and by which lam convinced I shall be directed to restore those prizes as soon as your Highness by suspending your armaments shall have removed the apprehensions which have caused it. On the other hand, as it is the first duty of States to provide for their own security, your Highness will be sensible I should ill answer the confi dence of the empire, if I did not take all such measures as are called for by the security of my squadron and the ho nour of the Imperial flag. "(Sig) " ITYDEN. Admir a l Heyden made ne a d verbal communi E cation of the above to Admiral de Rignv, who arrived here on the 25th. and asked him to send his son (Admiral Heyden's) to A l e xandria, on board a French ship, a request which it seems was not followed up. Admiral de Rigny sailed to day fur Toulon, on board the Conquerant. Dutch Papers of the 3d May have been received, but they contain no news of political interest. --- The French Papers contain no particular news of any novelty or importance. The East Retford business was agitated last night h the House of Commons. We have only space to call attention to the speech of Mr. HUSKISSON on the subject. Our readers will perceive with deep regret, upon reference to other columns, that some serious riots h ave broken out in Manchester, on Monday last. Several power-loom manufactories were furiously attacked by the mob, the looms destroyed, and one m anufactory of large extent was set on fire and con 'limed. So powerful was the heat that houses for thirty yards round were in imminent danger of being destroyed. Au idea of the conflagration may be form e d from the fact that the walls of the burning m anufactory had the appearance of a bar of iron— being red hot all through Th e civil power was insufficient to put down the voters, and there was but a small portion of the nli litaly in the immediate neighbourhood, but there earl be little doubt that a powerful reinforcement would pour in from the surrounding districts in time to prevent any further disturbance. The reason assigned for these outrages is the employing men at reduced wages. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE &CLOCK. This morning there have been few transactions in the E nglish Funds, but it is suppOsed that if the accounts from Manchester and its neighbourhood had not come to hand, " improvement would have taken place in the price of Consols, whim opened at 871 1, were done afterwards It 1371, but again recovered to their first rate, and are now Ni for money, and 871 1 for account. India Bonds, 5 0 2 pm. ; and Exchequer Bills, 68 pm. In the Foreign market little is doing ; Buenos Ayres Sto ck, 241 51 ; Russian, 251 1; Danish, 641 5 ; and l'ortuguese, 451 t. In Shares th e r e i s no thi ng o f a nove l na t ure t o s t ate . ~, r ot a circular addressed by the Secretary of the United ' l exicon Company, the call made has been so ill paid up, 4 2sing only returned 18,0001., th a t i t i s tota ll y i mposs ibl e ' street the demands made on them, and it is in con ,TWPlation to take some further measures into considera at a future meeting of the Shareholders, if it does not 4n inuate an intention to give up the concern altogether; the Price is 301 30 discount. 8 Thr ee per Cent. Consols, 871 1; Ditto for Account, . 7 1 1- ; Four per Cent., 1526, 1021 f ; India Stock, 7 25 1 61 Bank Sto c k, 208 9 ; I n di a Bonds, 50 2 ; Exchequer Bills, 68 pm. FOREIGN. —Brazilian, 531 i ; Buenos Ayres, 241 5i ; Chilian 17 19; C o l om bi an , 15 1 ; Danish, 644 5 ; French, per Cent., 107 1; 3 per Cent., 77 4; Greek, 141 151; Mexican, Five per Cent., 161 171; Six per Cunt., 201 21; Per uv i an 11 12; Portuguese, 45i i ; sian, 95-1 1; Spanish, 9 10. • MINKS.-Anglo Mexican, 76 5 dis. ; Brazilian, 49 SO pm. ; Bolanos, 10 dis.,lo pm. ; Colombian, 26 5 (Its. ; Real Del Monte, 120 130 per share; United Mexican, 80/ 30 die. TREASURY HAMBERS, MAY 4. It has been determined by the Du C ke of Wellington, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the parties intending to subscribe to the funding of three millions of Exchequer Rills, shall deliver sealed letters at the Bank of England, on Friday the Bth inst., from nine in the morning until one o'clock P.m., specifying the sums for which they in- I tend to subscribe, accompanied by sealed pit-eels, contain ! jog in Exchequer Bills a deposit of 20 per cent. on such 4 obscription ; and that at one o'clock, or as soon after as Possible, on Friday, the Bank should decree the total 11 %punt proposed to be subscribed for, allotting to each Party in case the whole of the subscriptions should thst exceed the amount of three millions, the whole sum i Which he may have offered to subscribe ; and in case the *hole amount offered to be subscribed should exceed three billions then such proportion only of the sum tendered y him as the sum of three millions may bear to the whole !`Pos it off ere d to b e su b scribed, retaining in such case the "Posit of 20 per cent. only upon such amount. In the ern of th e w h ole sum not being subscribed on Friday the Sth • sn it, then the same c ourse t o b e pursued on S ttur- Zdav •', the 9th, if necessary ; with respect to the sum re "ning to be sub scr ib e d to comp l ete t h e sum of three 1 1 " , , the f urt h er i nsta l ment w i ll be payable as fol °less viz. 20 per cent. on or before June 19. 20 ditto July 31. 20 ditto Sept. 11. • 20 ditto O ct. 23. i TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for account continue at 87i, buyers, with scarce tjy busines s; 4 per Cents., 1826, 102 i ; India Stock, 05, 6, Brazilian Bond s , 521 SI ; B uenos Ay res , 24 5 ; I "lbian, 151; United Mexican Shares, 31i 31 dis. e "sols, 871. THREE 0' CLOCK. INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) his • COURT OF CHANCERY. being the first day of Easter Term, the usual forma k" of the Judgv , , Masters in Chancery, and King's o s'o l tinsel breakfasting with the Lord Chancellor having been throu g h, to Ia Loßbstin. took his seat at Westminster at half-past filfe icio eki attended by the Vice-Chancellor and Sir , n Wilson. ty WELLESLEY V. DUKE OF BEAUFORT. P" the application of Mr. SUGDEN, several motions pereyetttions this matter were ordered to come on i.ptortly on Saturday next. BURNYLL V. DUKE OF WELLINGTON. tUGDEN applied that the demurrer in this case w o g h t stand f or h ear i ng on T ues d ay next , as t h at d a y im u ld suit Si r Ch arles Wetherell.—Or d ere d . of "e Court then proceeded with motions, but nothing a nY public importance occurred before we left. ThisVICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. being the first day of Easter Term, the VlCE ,lle*Reztton did not take his seat in Court till half-past , ° : c , l ,°ck• Up to the time of our going to press nothing attune interest occurred. T HE MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY.) CORN EXCIIANGE. n had but a moderate arrival of Grain this week, with w hich of Oats, the supply of which has been rather large. zhl c h 7,.!!n0t much doing in Wheat to-day, although in the sales an ey ILK Place Monday's currency has been supported. In nising. -- arls, and Pease, no alteration can be noticed, and the Zpati m - T e transacted was to a limited extent. Fine heavy Oats gons W.,. t ° meet a steady sale at previous prices ; other descrip . 14 riatior little inquired for. The price of Flour was without ARRIVALS. ••'N•••.. Wheat. Barley. Barley. 6 Oats. 7 qrs. 2 Flour. itoreGr. ....... - 50 7°541 q". 5 : 100 •........ 3 . 850 350 1,750 SHIPPING INTELLIG,ENCE-(THIS DAY.) ;: ,t 1 DEAL, MAY 5.--'Nina S.W.--Arai red the Saucy Jack, Rutt, front l3nen , ,s Ayres. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 5. —Wind S. S. W.—Arrived from London, the Marquis of Anglesea, Steward. fur the Swan River. Sailed the Mary Clark, Bittershall, for Barbadoes ; and Active, Hills, for St. Vincent. SANTA:ATE CREEK, MAY 5.--Arrived the Astrca, Watson, front Smyrna ; and Lara, Barker, from Marseilles. WHITSTABLE, MAY 5.—A1l the cargo of the Chieftain, from London to St. Vincent, has been discharged, and sent forward in craft; a piece of her main keel (about twenty feet) was found Lst evening; she continues to make water. NORTH SHIELDS, MAY 4.--The Eleanor, Donkin, bound to Quebec, ran upon the ground near here yester day and tumbled over ; but after discharging part of her cargo (coals), was found so much damaged that the re mainder of the cargo must also be discharged in order to repair. FURTHER DESTRUCTION of PROPERTY AT SPITALFIELDS—(I HIS DAY.) Notwithstanding all the exertions and efforts on the part of the police of this district, assisted by 49 of the patrole, to check the nefarious system prevailing- in Spitalfields, the destruction of property is still going on, and increasing to the most alarming extent. In the course of last night and this morning, the work in no less than 42 looms, belonging to those manufacturers who refused to raise the wages, were cut out, and the silk mutilated in such a manner as to render it perfectly useless. At twelve o'clock this day, not one of the offenders, as we could learn, were taken into custody, a circumstance which indicates that those weavers to whose care the pro perty was intrusted connived at, if they did not acquiesce in its destruction. They attended before the Magistrates this morning at Worship-street, and their statements in explanation were precisely similar to those they bad given on the day before, viz. that the threats and intimidation of five or six persons induced them to open their doors, who, on their admission, commenced the work of devastation. It is supposed that were it not for the expectation of the journeymen that their masters would, at a Meeting to be holden this day, come forwartl with some proposition to increase their wages, the destruction of property would have been much snore extensive. If these hopes are not realised the consequences will, it is likely, be disastrous, but it is to bo hoped that, by the adoption of some healing measure, tranquillity will be restored. The weavers who had collected in groups, this morning, paraded the different streets in the neighbourhood of Spital-square, followed by a crowd of women and boys, by whom they were loudly cheered. SPORTING.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKE —TUESDAY NIGHT. The following important changes arose out of the busi ness done to-night : DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Patron 6 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Morris Dancer 14 to 1 agst Lord G. Cavendish's Espagnolle 15 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Will-o'-the-Wisp 16 to 1 agst Lord Egremont's Camel 18 to 1 agst Mr. Dilly's Windrush 20 to 1 agst Chiron 25 to 1 agst Mr. Hunter's r Canvass colt 30 to l agst Lord Sligo's Prince Eugene 30 to 1 agst Biba OAKS. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Payne's Pauline 6 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Green Mantle 6 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Varna 20 to 1 aget Mr. Ridsdale's Clotilde 20 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Seraph 27 to 1 agat Lord Sligo's Vat. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. RACE COURSE, TUESDAY, FITE P.M. The following are particulars of the races which came off to-day : The 2000 gs. Stakes; for colts, Bst. 71b. allies, Bst. Ch. R.M. Lord Exeter's Patron Mr. Dilly's Kean 2 Won by six lengths.—Ten paid. The King's Plate of I 00gs. for mares. R.C. Lord Sefton's b. f. Souvenir, 4 yrs, 9st. fib. Duke of Grafton's b. f. Turquoise, 3 yrs, list. 41b 2 • Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for colts, Set. 71b. 61lie8, Bst. 31b. D.M. Mr. Payne's Pauline and Mr. Greville's Nessus divided the four forfeits. Sweepstakes of 150 sovs. each, h. ft., for colts, Sat. 71b. R. 31. Duke of Grafton's Barman Mr. Stonehewer's The Lion 2 Won by two lengths.—Two paid. Match, 100 sovs. D.M. Duke of Richmond's Miss Craven, Bst. 131 b Mr. Pettit's Rosary, 7st. Slb. Won by two lengths. Sweepstakes of 100 soya:each, h. ft., for three-yr-olds. T. Y. C. Mr. Thelkstc,n's• John de Bart, est. 10lb 1 Mr. Sadler's Challenger, Bst. 21b. Five others started. Won by a neck. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each. D.M. Duke of Richmond's Miss Craven, 4 yrs, Sst. 11b. 0 I Mr. Stanley's Oppidan, 3 yrs, Bst. 21b. 0 3 ' Colonel Russell's Cors a ir, 4 yis Bst. 71b. Nine others started. The first was aclead heat between the above three; Miss Craven won the second heat by a length. Fifty Pounds, for four-yr-olds and upwards. Last three miles of 13. C. 1 Colonel Wilson's Lamplighter, 5 yrs, Bst. 31b. 2 Mr. HowL's Linkboy, 3 yrs, Yst. 31b Won in a canter. CHESTER MEETING. MONDAY, MAY 4.—The Grosvenor Stakes, of 15 sows. each, with 50 added by the Stand Committee, for all ages. Mile and a quarter. Sir 'l'. Mostyn's Ultimatum, 4 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's Vanish, 4 yrs Sir T. Stanley's Joceline, 5 yrs 3 Mr. Turner's br. c. by Filho, 4 yrs 0 Mr. Thompson's Orthodox, aged Lord Grosvenor's Olympus, 4 yrs Mr. Giffard's Chester Billy, 4 yrs bolted An excellent race, won by a neck-6 to 4 agst Varnish. One paid. Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. for colts and fillies. Two miles. Lord Grosvenor's Banter, by Master Henry ..... 1 Mr. Clifton's Lely, by Petei Lely Mr. Houldsworth's Abel, by Filho 3 Sir T. Mostyn's Shenkin, by Whisker 0 Sir 'l'. Stanley's br. c. by Filho 0 Mr. Mytton's The Crofts, by Whalebone 0 Mr. Beardsworth's Independence Lord Grosvenor's Ambuscade, by Master Henry 0 Mr. Clifton's Butterfly, by Whisker 0 Banter took the lead, was never headed, and won by a length-5 to 2 agst Shenkin. Three paid. A Sweepstakes of 15 sons. each, for horses that never won before the Ist of May, 1829. Two miles. Mr. Turner's Navarino, br. to Clinton, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Houldsworth's Uncle John, 3 yrs Sir W. W. Wynne's ch. f. byTiresias, 3 yrs 3 Lord Derby and Major 0. Gore did not name. Won by half a length—Even betting on Navarino. Tradesmen's Cup for 100 guineas, added to a Handicap Stakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft. and five only if declared on or before February 14. To start at the Castle-Pole, run twice round, and end at the Coming-in-chair. Mr. Mytton's Holston, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Sander's Sarah, by Whisker, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Houldsworth's Terror, 4 yrs 0 Mr. M ytton's Hedgetord, 4 yrs 0 Mr. Clifton's Fylde, 5 yrs Sir W. W. Wynne's May Fly, 6 yrs Lord Grosvenor's Mavrocordato, 5 yrs 0 --- Pelion, 4 yr , Sir T. Mostyn's Big Ben, 4 yrs 0 _ Mr. R. Turner's Clinton, by Blacklock, 4 yrs 0 Mavrocordato took the'leLl for two miles, when Hedge ford headed him ; a fine race ensued, when Halston won by a length. Hedgefoid ran third, though not placed.- 5 to I agst Mavrocordato-5 to 1 Hulston-4 to 1 agst Sarah--4, to 1 agst Terror-3 to 1 apt Fylde. Nine paid. Seven declired forfeit, and paid five soya, each. A Maiden Plate of 50 sovs. the gift of the Stand Com mittee. Heats, twice round. Mr. Jackson's Hazard, by Waverley, 3 yrs 0 2 1 1 Mr. Richard's br. to Mary Anne, 3 yrs 1 0 3 2 Mr. Giffard's Barabbas, 3 yrs 0 1 2 3 Mr. Cork's Shamrock, by I'ancredi, 4 yrs Sir T. Stanley's h. c. by Whisker, 3 yrs 0 0 dr Mr. Walmsley's br. c. by Bob Logic, 3 yrs 0 0 dr Mr. Mytton's br. f. by litho, 3 yrs Lord Grosvenor's Kamschatka, 3 yrs Mr. Davies' Pluralist, 3 yrs 0 dr Three others drawn. COCKING.—The following is a statement of the Main of Cocks fought during the Races, fur 500 sovs. the Main, and 10 sovs. the Byes, between Lord Molineux (Potter) and Henry Bold Houghton, Esq. (Woodcock) : Potter. nt. j. Woodcock. lq. a. Monday 3 0 !Monday ... 5 1 Tuesday 0 0 Tuesday Wednesday 0 0 Wednesday Thursday ...... ... 0 0 Thursday 0 0 Friday FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. • Lord and Lady Brudenell, at their house in Hereford-street, from Ireland; the Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol and fa mily, at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat in Surrey; Colonel Wall and Mrs. Wall and family, in Great Cum. berland_street, Portman...loans, from their seat, Worthy Park, Winchester, Hunts ; Sir William and Lady tiny and family, at the British Hotel, ,lm nivn-strect, from Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Moray and family, a , ditto; John Disney, Esq. and family, at ditto, from their seat in Essex ; Count Chabot. at Talke's lintel (late Miller's), Jennyn-street ; the Bishop of St. David's, at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Dundas, at the London Hotel, Albemarle street ; Leveson Gower, Esq. at ditto; William Ponsonby, Esq. at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour ; Count Colbert, at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, from Long, I)it_ ton, Surrey ; J.Gilmour, Esq. at ditto, from Leicestershire; Cap*. and Mrs. Pasley, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a tour; M. Maxwell, Esq. and Constable Maxwell, Esq. at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Yorkshire; Mr. and Mrs. Childe and Mr. William and Miss Childe, at ditto, from Hastings; the Hon. Mr. Langdale, at ditto, from Yorkshire; the Countess of Mansfield and Lady Caroline Murray, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-streets, from Richmond ; Sir John and Lady Norris and family, at ditto, from Hants; Sir Charles and Lady Blois and family, at ditto, from their seat in Suffolk; Sir James and Lady Fitzgerald and family, at ditto, from their seat in Staffordshire; Lady Mordaunt and Miss Mor. daunt, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Hip pisleY Tuckfield, Esq. Mrs. Tuckfield, and the Rev. R. C. IL Tuckfiel.l, at ditto; Henry F. Earle, Esq. at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. 11. J. Conyers, in Lower Grosvenor-street, from their seat in Sussex; G. D. Davenport, Esq. in Bolton.row, from his seat in Cheshire; Sir Loftus and Lady Otway, in Regent-street,from Cheltenham ; Sir John and Lady Maria Stanley, at their house in Audley-square,from their seat in Cheshire; the Hon. C. and Lady Catherine Cavendish, at Burlington House, Piccadilly, from Latimer, Bucks; Mrs. Robinson and the Misses Dolphin, at Sym mons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's-street, from Essex ; J. Shaw, Esq. and son, at ditto, from Ireland; Sir Tyrwhitt and Lady Jones, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat, Stanley Hall, Staffordshire; Mrs. Townshcnd, at the Bur. lington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from Southamp. ton ; W. L. Goble, Esq. at the Stratford Hotel, Oxford.street, from Suffolk ; Thos. Jones, Esq. at ditto, from Bath ; Wilfred Edwards, Esq. and Mrs. Edwards, at ditto, from Bath ; James Wilkins, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton; Sir William and Lady Maria Oglander, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Dorsetshire ; Col. and Mrs. Hicks Beach, at ditto, from Oakley Hall, Basingstoke; General Hall and Major Croker, at Talke's Hotel (late Miller's), from Cheltenham; J. Jarrett, Esq. at ditto, from Farnham. CHANGES. Major Hartland, from Manchester to Dublin; Mr. and Mrs Robert Johnstone, from Paris to London ; Mr. and Mrs. Man ning, from Piccadilly to Brighton ; Mr. Fortescue, for Brighton ; Major Grant, from Maidstone to Canterbury; Major and Mrs. Edwards, from Dublin; Captain Hamilton, for Lancaster; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Browne, from Brighton to Harley-street; Captain Mrs. and Miss Bennett, and Miss Curry, from Thayer-street, Manchester-square, for the Continent; the Earl of Enniskillen, from the St. George's Hotel, for Dublin ; Sir Robert Stopford, Bart. from Crawley's Hotel, on a tour ; Captain Baird, R.N. from the British Hotel, for Paris ; W. F. Theobald, Esq. 86th Regiment, from the Mount Hotel, to Ireland ; Captain and Lady Agnes Byng, from :Thomas's Hotel, for Ireland ; Hon. John Henniker, from Marshal Thompson's Hotel; I'. W. Roe, Esq. from ditto ; Captain Charles Hall, from ditto ; Rev. Wm James and Mrs. and the two Misses James, from the Stratford Hotel, for Ireland ; Thos. Walcott, Esq. from ditto, for Bath ' • Rev. James Tooke and Mrs. T oo k e , f rom di tto, for Br i g h ton ; Harry Philpot, Esq. from ditto, for Bath ; Jas. Meters, Esq. from ditto, for Bath ; Vim. Cotten, Esq. and Mrs. Cotton, from ditto, for Bath ; Sir W. Rush, G. Rush, Esq. and lady, from Talke's Hotel (late Miller's), Jermyn-street. THE KING'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Sorrrac made her first appearance here last night, as Cinderella, in the delightful opera of La Cenerentola. She was received with applause, but not enthusiasm, by a full, but not an overflowing house. As far as appearance goes, this young lady is little, if at all, changed from what we remember to have seen her last year. Her face, perhaps, is a little thinner, but its sweet feminine expression still remains the same. With regard to her voice, the quality of its tones is, we think, im proved. She sings, too, apparently with more ease to herself, and manages her voice with more than her former skill. The songs, last night, were given with great effect, especially a quintette, which she sustained to great advan tage, together with Signors DONZELLI, PELLIGRINI, ZUCHELLI, and Ds ANGELI, and which was rapturously encored. Signor ZucHama, as Don Magnifico, dis played much comic humour and vivacity. At the fall of the curtain, Mademoiselle SONTAG was led on to the stage to receive the congratulations of the audience. The Duke of CUMBERLAND and a select party dined with his MAJESTY yesterday, at his Palace in St. James's. The Princess AUGUSTA and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the Princess Somtn yesterday, at her apartments in the King's Palace, Kensington. Prince LEOPOLD dined with the Duchess of KENT yesterday at her residence in the King's Palace, Kensington. The Prince and the Duchess honoured the performance of La Cenerentola at the Italian Opera-house yesterday evening with their presence., The Marquis of ANGLEsEA"visited the Duke Of CUMBERLAND yesterday, at his residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duke of WELLINGTON, the Earl of ABERDEEN, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. HERRIES, Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD, were in frequent communica tion yesterday. Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Atnbas bador, and Monsieur ROTH, the French Charge d'Affaires, transacted business with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Prince LEOPOLD has issued cards for several dinner parties and two very numerous evening parties in the course of the month. A new suspension bridge is about to be erected across the Thames, at Marlow, the estimated ex pence of which is 9,0001. The Marquis of CHANDOS has, as a reward for his Anti-Catholic zeal, been elected a Burgess of Southampton. A Commissionership of Bankrupts is vacant by the death of Joux REEVES, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and Beecher of the Middle Temple. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE will entertain a select party to dinner, and also receive an evening party, at Lansdowne House, to morrow evening. The Dowager Marchioness of SALISBURY will give two " At Homes," on the 13th and 27th of the present month. Sir GEO. WARRENDER'S third concert con sisted of a Miscellaneous Selection from the Italian School, and concluded with that ne plus ultra of all concerted pieces, the Finale to the first act of II Don Giovanni, which was performed in a manner seldom or never equalled on any previous occasion. The vocalists were the same as at the former two concerts, the whole under the direction of Punt. The sustained harmonies and effective modula tions (with which vocal music abounds in the accompani ments) played by the petit orchestre, renders these per formances infinitely superior to those which the fashion able world are accustomed to hear at private parties. On Tuesday last, seven young unmarried men, of the agricultural class, left Epworth for America, in con sequence of the distress experienced in the agricultural dis tricts. On the morning of Friday, the Dapper sailed from Huil, with an extraordinary number of passengers, for New York, being the third vessel this year; and the Clarkson sailed on the following day for Quebec, with about 100 passengers.—Manchester Timcs. The northern district head -quarters (Armagh), and the south -western head-quarters (Limerick), are, it is in contemplation, to be dispensed with as stations for General Officers : the former is to be united with the eastern and western, the latter with the Cork district. Limerick Chronicle. TRADE WITH THE EAST INDIES AND CHINA.—It appears by a Parliamentary paper just pub lished, that the total amount of goods exported from Great Britain to the East Indies and China, together with the Mauritius, for the year ending the sth of January, 1829, was 5.212,8531. 4s. 6d., of which 1,126,9261. 7s. 7d. was by the East India Company, and 4,084,4261. 16s. 11 d. by free trade, including the privilege trade. A BRIDGE DEFENDED.—On Wednesday morning, a squadron of the 7th Dragoon Guards pass-d through Gainsbro', on their route to Ipswich. The bridge there being private property, an d b u il t un d er an A c t o f Parliament authorising a certain toll from every person passing it, an interruption took place, the commanding officer refusing to pay for each man, in consequence of the supposed effect of a clause in the late Mutiny Act, enabing the military to pass all bridges toll free, notwithstanding all acts to the contrary. After being delayed upwards of three hours, both men and horses exposed to the severity of one of the coldest mornings whicichas bee n f e lt f o r years, at this late period of the season, an,Frangement took place, by which they were permitted to pass.-- York Courant. THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEA. The following are Official Copies of the Documents read by the Duke of Wellington in the course of his Speech on Monday night. The first Extract, dated 24th Sept,, IS2S, was read in the earlier part of his Grace's speech ; the other documents in the latter part:— LORD ANGLESEA TO TILE DUNE OF WELLINGTON. (EXIIReI) " September 24, 1828. _ . . _ " I have known for a considerable time, and a recent communication has strongly corroborated the fact, that the Catholic Question may be adjusted at this moment with more facility (upon as good terms and with as little oppo sition), on the part both of the Bishops and of the Agita tors, than at any other period. I have reason to feel con fident that the Bishops would be satisfied with very fair terms, in respect to their nomination ; that they would only very feebly oppose the payment of the Catholic Clergy; and that even upon the much more difficult subject of the Forty shilling Freeholders, there would only be little resistance." TILE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TO LORD ANGLESEA. " London, Sept. 28, 1828. " My DEAR LORD ANGLESEA-1. have equally with my Colleague seen three letters which you have written to Mr. Peel on the Roman Catholic Question. I have laid one of them before the King ; the other two he has not seen yet, as his Majesty has been unwell ; and no immediate necessity existed for laying them before him. But I will lay them before the King as soon as he will be sufficiently well fur me to speak to him, upon a subject of which he never hears, nor never thinks, without being disturbed by it. I have not written to you on this subject, because I had nothing to tell you. As an individual Member of Parliament, I never will support what is called Catholic Emancipation till it will be brought forward by the Govern ment, as Government, in a shape to satisfy me that the arrangement proposed will secure the interests of the State. In these I include the Church of England. As the King's servant, I, equally with all the servants whom his Majesty has had in his service since the year 1810—that is, the commencement of the unrestricted Regency, am bound not to act in this question as the King's Minister. The late Mr. Canning embodied in a Memorandum which I have Seen, and which was communicated to the members of his Government, that which was before that time understood. " From this statement you will see, that the first step of all is to reconcile the King's mind to an arrangement Till that should be done, I should deceive myself, or the person to whom I should address myself, by tasking abou it at all. " I think, likewise, that I should find just ground fo r suspicion to his Majesty, and his servants, and to th e Protestants of the Empire in general, with whom after all the difficulty of the Question rests, if I were to discuss with the Roman C►tholic Clergy or the Demagogues of the Roman Catholic Association, a plan to be submitted by the Government to Parliament for the adjustment of this Question. " You see the preliminary difficulties attending it; and I must add that all those attending the Question exist here. These are of a nature quite distinct from those existing in Ireland. Some are of opinion that the diffi culties in Ireland will be got the better of by the adjust ment of the Question. I doubt it. But whether this will he the result or not it is quite clear that nothing can he done now—that our affair now, and indeed in Ireland always,will be, to preserve the peace, and to insure the loyalty and goodwill of all his Majesty's subjects, by protecting the lives and properties of all.—Ever yours, &c. (Signed) " WELLINGTON." LORD A NGLESEA TO MR. PEEL. " July 26th, 182 S. " If I should fortunately be enabled by the advice and warnings I give, to keep this country in a quiet state for a little time longer—if the Association should cease to agi tate, and there were to he any thing like an appearance of moderation, I most seriously conjure you to signify an intention of taking the state of Ireland into consideration in the first days of the next Session of Parliament." DISTURBANCES AT MANCHESTER. A FACTORY BURNT. MANCHESTER, MONDAY EVILNING. In my Saturday's letter I mentioned to you that the distress in this district was not to be estimated by the number of persons absolutely out of employment, as the most distressed were those who earned too little to afford to turn out ; i 'and that with 25,000 persons going about idle, and a much greater number scarcely earning enough to keep soul and body together, there was a great risk that some impulse might be given to them which would make them disregard their own sober convictions and the injunctions of the better informed of their num ber. Believing that the elements of disturbance existed, I did not, however, at all anticipate that I should so soon have occasion to notice a lawless destruction of property. Yesterday morning a meeting was held in a field to the north-east of the town, which was attended principally by hand-loom weavers, the class which is suffering the greatest privations; and I understand that a number of addresses were made descriptive of the misery which was endured by the speakers and their families, and that after sueh picturings of their wretched state, it was taken into consideration what should be done to prevent that con stant reduction of wages which threatened to render their present wretched lot even more intolerable. It was at last resolved upon, that certain hand-loom weavers, who worked in factories, and who had on Saturday agreed that the " cut': which had been paid 2s. should be reduced on Monday to Is. 91—it was agreed that these weavers should he invited to leave their factories rather than sub mit to the reduction. On Monday morning a number of persons met at ilarpurhey, near the town, who adjourned to St. George's-fields about one o'clock. Here they were joined by a great assemblage, and were addressed by some men who were observed from a distance to be very animated in their gesticulations. About half-past ten the persons in the centre of the meeting, to the number of a few hundreds came out, and went off in the direction of a factory near at hand, where six hundred weaver s had been employed. I have not heard whether these men left their work early in the morning, or whether they left it in the expectation of this visit, but when the mob came to the place it was empty. They then proc e ed e d onwar d s to a small factory belonging to a Mr. Guest, close to the im mense mills of the M'Connells and the Murrays. Guest's men immediately obeyed their summons, and left their mills. Hitherto their intentions seem to have been to get the men to leave their work; but when they got to an other factory in Mather-street belonging to a Mr. Twiss, they were not satisfied with requiring the men to leave their work, but broke into the mill, and cut to pieces all the warps in the looms, and broke the reeds, and every thing that was easily destructible about the looms. They then set about tossing the webs into the street, and when I went to the place, I found the street for 50 yards on each side of the factory, literally covered with cloth trampled into the mud. Here the damage done was not very consider able, as the looms were of wood, not easily broken ; , and not very valuable. The mob then proceeded to Mr. Har bottle's factory, in Pollard-street, and having effected a forcible entry, they at once set to at the work of destruction, as if in their unchecked progress they had entirely lost sight of their first intention, for no invitation was given to the weavers to turn out. Here the mischief was much greater than at Mr. Twiss's. The windows were instantly s mashed in, and the great destruction of machinery was systematic and effective. Forty-six power-looms were in stantly rendered useless, a single blow with a sledge ham mer being sufficient to break the east-iron framing, and another to destroy the regulating pinion wheels. In a spinning -room below, less evil was done, for the spindles are not easily broken ; but in a long shed, one story in height, containing ninety-two dandy looms (a hand-loom, with iron framing, and pinions to turn the beam as fast as the cloth is made), the destruc tion was complete. One man, on each side, with a single cut of a knife, cut through the warp, and with another the healds, while another man on each side followed, and with one blow broke the frames, and with another the wheels. After having demolished the whole of the win dows is front, they went leisurely off. All this was done in less than an hour from the time they left St. George's fields. They then came back in the direction of Mr. Guest's factory, from which they had previously induced the weavers to withdraw. They seemed now flushed with success, for, immediately on coining to tke factory, they set to work, knocked out the windows, and in five mi nutes fifty-three power-looms were broken, and a vast quantity of warps tossed out of the windows, and thrown into the canal, which was covered with them, as the road had been at Twiss's with webs. By this time the beadles, with Lavender, the deputy constable, at their head, had arrived ; but as soon as they were perceived they were assailed with a shower of atones, one of which broke a hole in Lavender's hat ; and the beadles, seeing the hopelessness of contending with such multitudes, withdrew, and were followed all the way to the Albion Inn by a crowd, throwing atones all the way. The coast being now clear of the peace- officers, and there being no military heard of, a fresh impulse seems to have been given to the mob, for they almost immedi ately returned to Messrs. Parker's factory, which was the first they had visited in the morning, and began to destroy the looms, and to throw out the webs and the warps. I mentioned before that this factory contained 600 looms. These being of wood, were not so easily destroyed as if they had been of brittle cast-iron, so that their destruction would have occupied some time, and the military migl!t have been upon the rioters ere they had completed their work : so they deliberately gathered together the cotton wirp , 4 into heap, and h tying obtained lights from an adjuining cottage, set fire to them in several places of the factory. In a few minutes the whole was in a It! ,ze ; and by the time the pe.ice-oflicers, aided by about a dozen soldiers of a recruiting party, arrived, the flames were unquenchable, and the incendiaries dis persed. In little more than an hour the whole interior of the building, a pile at least 100 feet in length, and six stories high, was completely destroyed. I never saw so complete destruction. Here was not a blackened mass of ruins : every thing was burnt to white ashes. The very walls were not smoked, but stood bare and clean, as if there bad been no smoke, and as if a clear and bright flame had prevailed from the very first. The blaze from the one window joined the blaze from the window above it, so that the whole was one immense mass of fire. The houses in the streets or three sides of the factory were set fire to by the beat ; some of these were at the distance of 30 yards from the factory, and it was only with the ut most exertions on the part of the persons who reside in them that they were saved from the flames. The walls stood very well, though they appear as if they had been heated through, red hot. The damage done at Twiss's may perhaps be about 500/. ; at Guest's about the same, or somewhat more; at Harbor tle's, 2,000/. I know not if Parker's had much stock on their premises. Their looms being of wood, and of very simple constriction, could not have cost much ; but as the building and a 3 it contained is destroyed, the loss cannot be less than 8,0001. So that here is property to the amount of 11,000/. destroyed in a time too short to allow of any protection being obtained. It is generally said that the ringleaders of the mob we're men from the neighbourhood, and not belonging to Man chester, and this is in some measure borne out by the ex ceedingly quiet and unexpected manner in which their plans were carried into effect. There had been no pre vious threatening, as there generally is when riots originate in the town, and even the greater part of the -mob seemed not to know where they were to go next. Our correspon dent was present during the whole proceedings, and says that four-fiths of the rioter] were lads of from 11 to 18 years of age, and a great number even younger than that. There were also several women assisting—many of them were instructing the lads to proceed with their work of de structing ; shouting and calling to them—" As well idle as dem (starve.") The plans were, no doubt, laid by older heads, who made their escape as soon as the work began. MONDAY EVENING, HALF-PAST EIGHT.—Up to this hour there has not been any further rioting ; but the streets in the neighbourhood of Ancoats, the districts in which the riots hrve taken place, are still crowded with work-people, the younger part amusing themselves by toss ing about the remnants of some of the webs taken from the factories. The Dragoons are still parading the streets to preserve order, but the people do not disperse, and there is some reason to fear that, before morning, there will be other factories burned down, for the people seem deter mined—to use an expression of some of their leaders— "No longer to starve quietly." It is currently reported in town, that the Manchester work-people, in return for the services of their friends in the country, are gone to de stroy looms in the districts where they are not known. It is also said, that at Rochdale the work of destruction continues. ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE RIOTS. (From the Manchester Mercury of yesterday.) It is with the utmost regret we announce that the riot ous proceedings which have been going on during the last week in some of the neighbouring towns (and of ichieh some particulars will be found below), have now extended to Manchester ; and that we bad yesterday a recurrence of that system of mischief and devastation which existed in the ye ir 1826,—with even more ruinous consequences than any which, on that occasion, were experienced in this town or its immediate neighbourhood. The venge ance of the rioters, however, has not now, as in 1826, been directed against power-looms, but against certain establishments for hand-wearing ; and, we understand, the hostility of them originated in the following circum- 2. tances : About a fortnight ago, several persons engaged in the manufacture of shirtings by hand, amongst whom were Mr. Thomas Harbottle, in Pollard-street, Mr. Twisse, Mather-street, and Mr. Guest, in Union-street, A ncoats, reduced the price for weaving shirtings, by taking off a bounty of threepence paid on each piece beyond a certaiu number which each weaver producod in a week. When this reduction was announced, we believe the majority of the halals in those establishments left their employment ; but after remaining out until the latter end of last week, gene►ally returned to their work. On ascertaining that they had done so, Messrs. J. and T. Parker, who are en gaged in the same line of business, but who had not pre viously concurred in making the reduction, gave notice to their hands (on Saturday) that they should reduce their prices also—the reduction to take effect from yesterday. In consequence of this announcement, all the shirting weavers employed at their factory, in Dyche-street, Angel street, left their employment on Saturday evening, and did not again return to it. These reductions created great dissatisfaction amongst the shirting-weavers ; and, on Saturday evening, as we are informed, threatening language was used in various assemblages of weavers which took place in the streets in the neighbourhood of New Cross. On Sunday morning a more formal meeting of the discontented weavers was held in the fields between Oldham-road and St. George's. road ; and, we believe, it was agreed that delegates should be sent to Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Blackburn, and to some other towns in the neighbourhood, to invite the weavers there to resist by force any reduction of their wages. Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, another meeting was held in the same place, and was attended by four or five hundred persons. At this meeting, we are informed, the most violent and inflammatory language was used towards the parties who had been concerned in making the reduction we have described. One speaker also ex horted those who were hungry and thirsty, to go to any place where there was meat and drink, and help them selves, telling them that the law of nature perfectly jus tified such a proceeding. After remaining assembled rather more than an hour, the meeting broke up; and the persons who composed it proceeded towards the factory of Mr. Twisse, in Mather street ; where, after pouring a volley of stones into the windows, they forced their way into the building, and be gan to tear the cloth and warps out of the looms, and greatly damaged the looms themselves. From this factory they proceeded to that of Mr. Harbottle, in Pollard-street ; where also they commenced their operations by smashing the windows ; then, forcing their way into the building, they destroyed nearly all the hand-looms, throwing part of them, with the cloth and warps, into the canal. It is perhaps, not unworthy of notice, that Mr. Harbottle's fac tory contained a number of power-looms as well as hand looms, and the former were left untouched, whilst the latter were destroyed. We understand, however, that the mob destroyed a number of carding-engines, which had no connection with the looms against which their hostility appeared to be directed. From Mr. Harbottle's factory, they went to that of Mr. Guest, in Union-street ; where they proceeded, as in the two former instances, breaking the windows of the building, destroying the looms, and dragging out all the cloth and warps which they could find, throwing part of them in the canal, and strewing the remainder about the streets. Up to this point their progress bad been wholly unin terrupted ; not a single soldier or peace-officer having en countered them in their progress. In the morning, we believe, some information of the meeting which was held had been conveyed to the police-office ; but, being of a vague and loose character, no particular attention was paid to it. A little before twelve o'clock, howeVer, intelligence was received of the attack on Mr. Twisse's factory ; and Mr. Lavender, with about ten police-men, armed with cutlasses, proceeded to the place. On their arrival there, they found that the mob had finished their work of devas tation in that quarter, and were gone away. After some iniquiries, it was ascertained that Mr. Guest's factory was at that time the object of attack; and the police accord ingly hastened thither, and arrived just when the mob had finished the destruction of the looms on the ground floor of the building. The moment the police made their appear ance, the mob, thinking, probably, that they were followed by a stronger force, gave way, and fled in all directions ; but, finding how small .the party was, they mustered cou rage to return and attack the officers with stones, which were showered on the party in great profusion. A charge upon them withcutlasses, however, again drove them away ; and Mr. Lavender with his party proceeded by way of Oldham Road, to the New Cross, the mob following them at a short distance, and occasionally pelt ing them with stones. On arriving at the New Cross, a general attack was made upon them ; and here, a man who was seen to throw a stone, was followed into the crowd and seized by one of the officers. The moment this was (observed by the rioters, they redoubled their efforts against the officers, no doubt intending to rescue the pri soner. The police-officers, not having any means of re senting the missiles which were showered upon them, re treated down Oldham-street, carrying with them their pri• saner, and frequently turning upon the mob, who inva riably fled at their approach, but returned to the charge with vollies of stones, as soon as their backs were turned. • In this manner the officers made their - way to the bottom of Oldham-street, where the attack upon them was so fierce that they were compelled to take refuge with their • prisoner in the Albion Hotel. Mr. Lavender, who brought up the rear of the party, after having been several times struck with stones, had a very narrow escape as he was entering the door. A large stone, thrown with very great face. struck the hind part of his hat, and completely cut out t h e cro wn ; then striking against one of the door-posts, indented it to the depth of nearly half an inch. If the' •tone had hit Mr. Lavender on the back of the head, the blow would most probably have been fatal. Several of the police. men were struck with stones; but, with the excep •ion of Mos , , one of the beadles, who was severely cut under the left eye, none of them sustained any material injury. Mr. Lavender, finding that the civil power was wholly unable to cope with the rioters, sent to the New Bailey to request the attendance of a magistrate, and applied for the assistance of the military. From some cause, how ever, with which we are at present unacquainted, a long time elapsed before that assistance was afforded, and dur ing more ttari an hour, the rioters had complete and un disturbed possession of that part of the town where the great proportion of the factories are situated,—a power which they used in the manner that see shall proceed to describe. Whilst one part of the mob pursued fire police-officerg down Oldham-street, another party proceeded to the factory of Messrs. John and Thomas Parker, in Dyche-street, where they arrived a few minutes before one o'clock. At that time, the few work-people who had not turned otie,, were gone to their dinners; and the only persons on the premises were the two Messrs. Parker, the watchman, and, we believe, two other individuals. When the mob arrived in front of the factory, Coley poured a volley of stones through the windows of the upper roams ; the lower windows being all protected by shutters, which were closed at the time. After spending a short time in breaking the upper windows, two or three men broke open the shutter of one of the lower windows with an axe; then smashed in the window, through which several per sons entered the premises, and immediately began to throw out some large yarn-beams, with iron flanges at the ends. These were used as battering-rains to force the entrance gate, which speedily cave way, and the lower room wee, in a short time, filled with the rioters, who commenced On work of destruction as in the factories which they had viously visited, breaking the looms, and strewing the cloth. and materials about the streets. With this sort of mischief they were not contented, but proceeded to set the building on fire in several places. During the whole of this time Messrs. Parker and their servants were powerless specta tors of the wreck of their property. They bad, we be lieve, some fire-arms; but, not thinking any resistance would be effectual against so large a number of persons, they abstained from making any use of them. They, however, remained in the factory until the progress of the flames drove them out. Information of the attack on this factory was conveyed to the Albion Hotel, about half-past one o'clock ; but it was, we believe, after two before the arrival of a number of military, which the Magistrates (Mr. Foster and Me. Greaves), thought adequate to the pi:rnose of encountet , ing the rioters. At length about twenty o f th e Ist Thee goon Guards, with a recruiting party of rn.,:te/ undo the command of Captain Coryton, were assembLml , an d with Mr. Lavender and a few police-officers, proceeae7. l towards the factory. Before they set out there had been some rumours that the place had been set on fire ; and, when the party reached Swan-street, the in. elligence was confirmed. They immediately pushed on to the spot with all possible expedition, and arrived just when the flames had spread through the whole of the room on the ground floor, and had manifestly gone too far to be subdued. The floors and beams being entirely of wood, the progress of the fire was extremely rapid ; and in less than an hour, the whole interior of the factory, with about 400 looms, a large stock of calicoes, warps, weft, and cotton, were entirely destroyed,—not even a book being saved from the count ing-house. Owing to the intense heat of this conflagra tion, a number of houses in the neighbourhood were s e t on fire, and were more or less damaged; but by the exer tions of the inhabitants, and a slight change in the wind, they were all saved from destruction. At the time when the military and police arrived on the spot, a large number of people were standing around the factory, most of whom fled at their approach ; but, of course, it was impossible to say which were the rioters. One or two were, how ever, taken into custody, though we do not knew on what grounds they were apprehended. About nine o'clock in the evening, a large body of thieves, taking advantage of the disturbed state of the town, assembled in the neighbourhood of New-cross, and plundered every respectable-looking person who came near them. A body of police and military, who repaired to the spot, however, soon put a stop to these outrages, and succeeded in apprehending two or three of those who had been most active in committing them. _ _ Up to a very late hour last night. strong parties of mi litary patrolled the streets in the neighbourhood where the lawless proceedings of the day had taken place ; but we believe nothing occurred worthy of notice. The living of Hornsey is now vacant by the death of the Rev. CHARLES SHEPPARD. Mrs. R. HOLDEN gave a ball and supper on Monday evening last, at her house, Upper Grosvenor-. street, to 250 persons of distinction. Dancing commenced a little before eleven o'clock with great spirit, and conti , nued without intermission until a late hour in the morning, to the music of LXToLFF• and ADAM'S band, who did for the first time introduce their Parisian instruments with great effect, to the delight of the whole company. THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF BROWN LOW'S BALL AND SUPPER.--011 Monday night, the Earl and Countess of BROWNLOW gave, at their mansion in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, their second dress ball and supper, which their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of CUM BERLAND and GLoucr.smt honoured with their presence. Above six hundred of the most distinguished people in town were invited to meet their Royal Highness. At eleven o'clock dancing commenced, and was kept up until after four yesterday morning. We are happy to state that Miss SMITHSON has arrived in London, and is sufficiently convalescent to commence her engagement at Covent garden. She per formed one night for h. r benefit at Amsterdam since her severe indisposition, on which occasion the house was crowded in every part. The orchestra was railed in for the accommodation of visitors; and the attendance was both more numerous and fashionable, than has for some years been witnessed, even at the Dutch performances—a flattering compliment, paid alike to our drama and to the actress, who has rendered it so popular all over the continent. A BSEN TEEs.—Of the Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, and Lords, who were present at the Levee lately held at St. James's, on Wednesday, there were no fewer than fifty-three who are the holder s of great es tates in Ireland. Many of these Noble Absentees draw their entire revenues from this impoverished country.—Dublin. Morning Register. By letters received at this office to-day from London, we learn that there is every probability that Mr. O'CoNtixtt will take his seat in the House of Commons on Thursday evening next. It is certain, we understand, that he will not be opposed by the Government. Upon the Whigs he may, of course, calculate to a man. There may be some formal gentleman who will treat the House with essays on Parliamentary law; but the public, or we are strangely mistaken, need be under no apprehension on this account. —Dublin Evening Post. The children of Stirlingshire, it appears, have made a game of the late mode of murdering in Edinburgh for dissection. They call it Burking. On Tuesday se'n night it nearly led to fatal consequences in Kincardine. A mother went out to procure water, leaving in the house only a boy about four or five years of age, and a young child in the cradle. When she returned, she was just in time to save the life of her little unoffending innocent, for, in two minutes longer, it would have been strangled by his own brother.— Glasgow Chronicle. LONDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. The Twenty-third Anniversary of this valuable Institution was held on Monday last, at Freemasons' Hall, and attended, as heretofore, by an overflowing audience, composed of the first rank and worth. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by the Right Hon. Lord BEELEY, one of the Vice- Presidents ; and the platform was occupied by a number of the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy ; amongst whom we noticed the following distinguished personages :—The Viscounts LORTON, VALENTIA, and MouNTsANnFonn ; Sir H. VENNEY, Bart. ; Hon. FREDERIC CALTHORPE, M.P., lion. C. J. SHORE, BOIL JAMES KING, and the venerable and venerated WILLIAM WILBEr.FoacE, Es q ., who entered the room at a later period, and was received with the moat enthusiastic cheers. Amongst the Clergy also we observed the Reverend CHARLES SIMEON, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; the Rev. Dr. SINGER, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin ; Hon. and Reverends GERARD and Baptist NOEL, J. W. CUNNINGHAM, F. LYTE, Of Brixhani, &c.