The Sun. — London, England, 1829-05-11 00:00:00

DEPARTURE& Lord Gormanston, from Blake's Brunswick Hotel, Hanover square, for the Continent ; Mrs. Doyley and family, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Brighton ; Colonel and Mrs. Cholmeley, from Symmond's (late Jordan's) Hotel; St. James's-street, for the Continent; Colonel and Mrs. Gilbert, from ditto, for the country; the Hon. Mr. Hare, from the St. James's Hotel, Jer. myn-street, for Leamington; - Pringle, Esq., from ditto, for ditto ; Sir John Johnson, from the Lisbon Hotel, Clover-street, for Brussells ; Colonel Chatterton, from ditto, for Cheltenham; the Hon. John Hays, Mrs. Hays and family, from ditto, on a tour; the Hon. E. Frazer and family, from ditto, for Brighton ; Captain Bell, from ditto, for Bath ; Colonel Pratt, from ditto, for Paris ; the Hon. E. Brudnell, from ditto, for Brighton ; the Hon. W. and Mrs. Crawford, from ditto, for ditto ; Capt. Ham mond, from ditto, for Windsor; Colonel Bridges, from ditto, for ditto ; Sir George Crewe, Bart., from the Berners' Hotel, Berners-street, for his seat, Harleston, Norfolk; Francis Thos. Cobb, Esq. and Mrs. Cobb, from ditto, for Margate ; D. Boger, Esq. from ditto, for Plympton, Devonshire; Edmund Crewe, Esq. from ditto, for Hazelwood, Kent ; J. Philpot, Esq., from ditto, for Oxford ; the Rev. John Daintree, from ditto, for Win. cheater; the Rev. J. Jacobs, from ditto, for Bath ; the Rev. T. Clarke, from ditto, for Cambridge; the Rev. G. Dallas, from ditto, for ditto. Yesterday the Duke of CUMBERLAND visited the KING. The Duke of CLARENCE, we are happy to say, is nearly restored to good health. On Friday the Duke of CUMBERLAND dined with the Princess AUGUSTA. Divine service was yesterday performed in the private chapel in the King's Palace, Kensington, before the Duchess of KaNT, the Princess VICTORIA, and her Royal Highness's household. Yesterday morning the Duke of CUMBER.. LAND went to Kew and attended divine service at Kew church. The Royal Duke also visited Kew on Saturday, and returned to town in the evening. Yesterday the Princess AUGUSTA attended divine service at the Chapel Royal. The Duchess of GLoucxsxsa and the Princess SOPHIA visited her Royal Highness yesterday. The Duke of CUMBERLAND and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited his MAJESTY on Saturday, at his Palace, St. James's. Lord FARNBOROUGH had an audience on Saturday of the KING. The Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER had a dinner party on Saturday, at their residence, Glou cester-house, Park-lane. Their Royal Highnesses had afterwards a numerous party in the evening. The Marquis DE BARB ACENA had an inter view with the Earl of ABERDEEN, on Saturday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Brazilian Minister transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office. The Duke of WELLINGTON, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, and others of the Cabinet Ministers, dined with the Corporation of the Trinity house, at the Trinity-house, Tower-hill, on Saturday. SHEERNESS, MAY B.—Lord MELVILLE, accompanied by the Master-General of the Ordnance and Sir J. P. Bitaxsrosm, arrived here this morning, upon an official visit to the dock-yard and ordnance department ; and, after proceeding on board his Majesty's ship Gloucester, returned to Chatham to dine with Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir HENRY BLACKWOOD, the Commander-in- Chief at that port. The patent for the new constitution of the Navy Board was received at that board last week, and the following are the appointments therein :—Sir Thomas Bv.e.Nt MARTIN, Comptroller; Hon. HENRY LEGGE, Deputy-Comptroller; JOSEPH TUCKER, Esq. and Sir ROBERT SEPPINGS, Surveyors; JOIIN DEAS TuomsoN, Esq. Accomptant-General; ROBT. GAMBIER MIDDLE TON, Esq., Storekeeper-General; and Hon. CouitTNEY BOYLE, Superintendent of Transports. It is said that silk gowns are to be conferred 02 Mr. O'CON2rELL, Mr. BELLEW, Mr. O'LoafiLEN, and Mr. FARRELL.—DubIin Register. This evening Miss SAIITHSO2.7 is to appear for the first time at Covent Garden Theatre, in the cha racter of Jane Shore. Mademoiselle SONTAG'S engagement at the Opera House will, it is expected, produce that lady about one hundred pounds for every night of her performance. It is stated that Government intend t o in crease the Stamp Duty upon Attorney's Admissions, from 25!. to 200/., which will atop the introduction of im proper persons into the profession. We are told that the celebrated BERANGER i s preparing, in prison, a work on the laws of arrest and imprisonment, and the mode of punishing crime, which will excite great interest. This extraordinary man passes his time pleasantly enough in prison, where he holds a sort of levee every morning. LAFAYETTE and LAFITTE are his constant visitors. The latter not only provides abun dantly for BBRANGER'S comfort, but he also devotes a portion of his large property to the release of the prisoners fur debt whose cases are recommended to him by BuaAN' GER.—Court Journal. About nine o'clock on Thursday evening, the 30th ult., a slight shock of an earthquake was felt at llyinchurch, in Romney Marsh, which threw down a newly-erected brick bridge, Kentish Gazette. THE GRAND CALEDONIAN BALL. , . . ROTS AT '.ROCHDALE. now going on, and as a proof of the absence of vindictive ' DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. .......____feeling on the part of the people, three soldiers of t he 6 7 ti . i , (From the iffonchester Advertiser.) without their side anise. reitatin on the flag s without ex- Statement showing the Amount of the several Stocks LATIUM I. ARTICuLsaii.—INQuEsTs. citing any rein- a k. With the exception of these three, held by Dom e sti c an d F ore i gn Creditors, on the 15th whom Mr. Leech. the erthetabla, teok out of the rank. to During the whole of and yesterday the town . . ' , of October, 1828. a i ll Uic . _ l aale .. had . . been In a state Thursdayof tranquil sadness,. no r give evidence, the whole part) have dvart . eJ.. ' c l'b t (;): 1 , 1,1 4 ? *oi n r TY Indlcatione of insubordination evinced i s the Lion this morning fur Aland:ester, and are in tap t Pt e YI 74 .1 . .. of going to Scotland. 2 * g - ;.3 l '' N 2 : 4 70 . ,„ ti t0i1• The following letter, which we received .`• a g g ',.4,-z -.... h r laic night, contains the latest information Two companies of the Royal . Irish,. commanded by 1 ..S. P.. ,-- . front filet place :...... Major Streatfield, are just coming into town. The 6th .74 ri ; yl- r 5 ; ki rc ," go , n 4 Rochdale, May 8, 1829. Carabineers were relieved the day before yesterday, by a til - 1 ii c e2 5 :Fig q ria »3 0 troop of tie 96) Lancers. e 'R el" F.•,' fl.,' ' hue Turner, of College-street, died on Wednesday a a aeg , 4 eD e s IA BM: FIELD, N EAR PADIIIANI. elenil 46 the 6th:inst. -No others of the wounded are yet dead_ .1,na4..,.2E w , „„;----, •unugh some of them are in a very dangerous state. At Henfield two or three hundred calico weavers assem- g w ., A= F.-c. 010... The 6th Enniskillen Dragoons left town on Thursday, and bled , . apparently without any definite object ; and, after - v. , „ - c 7 P - 10 _r. c° their h im con ti nil together about an hour, quietly dispersed, with- ,77 . a Zi,' a,: 4 ~ P was supplied by a party of the 9th Lancers, PO N . . 4 . 1 !n a company of the 50th Regiraent of Foot arrived the out adopting any resolution. Since then written notices '''',. t :,1 4 ' e• .. • • have been p osted in the various towns and villages of that ~% 2 ,...,, . " m e 4a. A t seven o'clock this morning, the sixteen district - .P a:3.P e- .7 -ipso? to r ti on.. eta. committed to the county gaol, were conveyed , stating that another meeting would take place on . o = E sZ 5 Monday next. •t --, § c/Ra.SiS§i2 l A§Y r'..,' 'Toni this town upon a coach hired for the purpose. They - -"' 1 a.,,y,c 0 -:s ;_;.- 7 BLACKBURN. ce "P 6 -- '8 ad " Cf s w .: re meted by a party of the 9th Lancers, headed by rZE 4 - to F -, ga : anle.e rmoley, and John Beswicke, Esqrs. Magistrates; The manufacturers at this place are in a state of great ,3,- k-' l5 - tz ' ss•atan . alarm, in consequence of the riots at Manchester and Roch- z....-- g g & ravzsdiwc.i .1; Z-7 - min PonY of the 50th Foot, which had been drawn up '2 0 near the Prisms, followed in the rear, and the procession ► 1 1 The civil power- is on the alert, and several mills , - cg -' e g . 2 S3l .6 - . . - 5 v• ,14. - - . F. ... . . .. L., ~.. e, ; 1 moved fi. ...ro ( h a aa e -e . been barricadoed and stored with arms. The people I - ...-..0 w hundred ugh the town with great solemnity. Several have not shown any disposition to riot ; numbers of them, 1 People were assembled to witness the awful aline - however, daily assemble in the streets to catch the news ; 4i°ll 0 the prisoners, whose dearest friends durst scarcely I Fr ~., ' . ...7.-4.6.- =cow:. e• '4. lift th.eir hands to wave a sad adieu to them. Not the which hourly pours in upon them from all parts. '.l : l'ISI: r... 8 '-;. : : :4 R. . Padiham, Burnley, and Bacup, are all in a state of C ... - 6-4 : ...• 4.:,,.. I.e.ait indication of tumult was heard or seen, and indeed . quietness. The weavers are suffering severely from very I ( cfr l:l t he weavers, :duet the fatal Tuesday evening, up to this " F .1 0 .a ca - C te low wages, so trifling indeed are they, tbat human life I 4°111. ' aPPear to be peaceable and quiet. 2g 6 - ;:: : E . :,.., 7,:tias?-:: ' m The cannot exist if relying on the remuneration of labour i S ... l' 10 1 %.' c , ‘)ci' t:' ..o ejlevin o'clock, Jury met at the Reed Inn this day, at alone. Something must be done ; the country is in a g a tr , E 2,1; viz, p a ..I 5 ie g• Fa' The reporter for a Morning Paper ad dreadful state. P . . 6 . .., cealeß: : : w.e • 134 u i reosed a note te Mr. Ferrand, the Coroner, requesting to c „ co .. . e.:cacsg sotaime. .... a ''' )t know if he would be permitted to take notes of the evi- There has not been the slightest indication of disturb- g 3 I" te n en "' To which the Coroner replied, that he excluded ":" - PI everyone not connected with the examination, and should ance, but consideral alarm exists, in consequence of re- fr> . 1 2 P''4-11- yd 3 4 . -- E..q. E. a: not ports from other places. The o ffi cer commanding the t ~,,, . - c,a 4,, 4: ,1 , ., . o r. - .6'": Elt: Sesa 5, ? 'make an exce lion in favour of the reporters. 2. military has ordered the Yeomanry to be in readiness. 6' d ead l t d the Coroner coming out of the house where the e) rs' Prices are low, though rather better than in other places, k a 1 4::gi aai r incd!,-, r dr Y9f Jame. Kay was lying, the reporter again ad in consequence of the almost exclusive branch of mane- `i's' t ii m 6f bira, and asked him if he still persisted in his in- a j,5 r : fr. j o .4 tz facture on which they are employed. exclutling reporters from hearing the evidence HT O'CLOCK, P.M. ~. '-', E - P1.2.-S,„l §lg t g C l < given on the inquest. MANCHESTER, SATURDAY, BIG C jgo 0,10 -.1 JP.. etd Co. z.,- , „ i „ ,q ,i "e, N. C.i. " —iCo "E , 92!: 940 g Coilmia6 azizaali —a -:.*64L , L R--Yea ;I do not see any good that would - ...I ` l2 _reonit from it. V. iii* I wish you would mind your own busia thing remains to excite apprehension, save reports of a . S. Ra m r;atiad42 .° .ess and stay at home. Meeting which is to take place on Monday morning, v. jßeporter—l presume to think it highly requisite, in when it is rumoured that, if the demands of she spinners 0 ustice to all parties, that the simple evidence should be are not acceded . to, force will be employed. We do not, g a ~,...,:a; ~,.... ~..iy.g,i.- . ;, laid before the public. however, cred it such rumour ; the spinners, we are per- ''' '" .- ...s -....-,.. .3 C 0R0N8R.....1 do not see any necessity for the whole e. suaded, know better than to try such an experiment. 31 E ''. .- ,:"7 "c:7 672 4.1§§X 4 ci.... 38i2 country being made acquainted with it. el _ Cs tI 2 5&,73 Anoth er R eporter observe d , that the publication of the Extract of a letter from our Manchester cor- 2 I :18 1 aat2 --- eviden ce was the only means by which any inform you that tranquillity seems to be restored in this erroneous re- respondent, dated Sunday, May 10 :—" lam happy to ports whi c h were in circulation ould be corrected. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CORONER_We sh a ll have e the correct evidence ; and town ; indeed it could scarcely lie otherwise considering you would not come here if on were not aid for it. p ARRIVALS. Reporte r— Th e the measures which have been adopted. Up to this hour ..... Symonds, Esq. Mrs. Symonds, and family, at Blake's Bruns remark a ppli es no more to myse lf th an ( n i ne o ' c l oc k) th e town is perfectly peaceable." you.wick Hotel. Hanover-square. from Surrey: Mrs. Kirkpatrick. at Here hostilities ceased. Names of P ersons llead.— James Kay, 40 ; Thomas Ab 13uck leYs 16; Ed mun d W alton, 19 ; Isaac Turner. 22 ; raham Taylor, 28; Abel Stott, 7. rThe Reporters then determined on examining the wit ests themselves, after they had given their evidence be are the Coroner; with this view, having been accommo dated with a suitable room, the witnesses were introduced, as they ret urned down stairs, and the following outline of the inv eltigatio n is the result : Richard Turner, brother to Isaac Turner, was the first Witness e xamined. H e mere l y s t ate d t h a t hi s b ro th er was Z' ou ght hom e woun d e d , an d died t h e next d ay, a ball livi n back.g passed th roug h hi s li ver, and Caine out of his Amos Kershaw, woollen weaver—Went and stood near cleg;ga-houses. t was near eight o'clock. I saw the lth ers; I stood near some rails; the soldiers kept firing, and, after they had fired twelve or fourteen times, Walton fell about three yards from me. I then went a little higher "Ps and saw Isaac Turner, and as he went up the street he fell. 'We took him up, and carried him to Robert After that we took him to Doctor Wood's, who "told us to carry him home. We did so, and I went to call his brother, who was in Led. When we got him ho w, Doctor Ogden came and dressed him. A ball had st?tered his left side, passed through his liver, and out near !back bone. The soldiers came out of the guard louse by four at a time, and kept firing, and then going In again. Richard Weatall, bnokbinder—l was at Mount Pleasant when the soldiers took the prisoners to the Lock-up. I bent opposite the prison. They crowd cried " storm!" and ston es were thrown by some women and children. Two Millers then pointed their pieces and fired. One of the ' lO 7 wished to know if I cou ld te ll any of the ringleaders, but another said it was not likely I should bring any of t hose in. One of the Jury asked if I could swear to the Sergeant, er any of the soldiers. I said I could. I saw Jairn both last night and this morning. Thom e , soldiers up to Rhodes—When the mob had followed the the New Prison they came back again, and they drove them three times up to the prison. The people th!lt cried out "storm !" and the soldiers drove them back which their bayonets The mob then began to throw stones, bpd the soldiers fired over thLsa, and after tl•at stones flew on every side of the prison, and the soldiers began to fire t wo or three at once, one forward, and other two on each sid e. They retreated to the guard-house, and the people sto ned them, and one young girl kept dropping and rising up again in the street. I did not see any other person wounded. „ 'Om Petre—My premises are near to the Lock-up. I aaw the serjeant or corporal of the guard waving his band k eep back the people. They paid no attention to it, but the zled upon them from both ends of the streets, till oPpoeite the prison was quite full. J ohn Ingra m stated that Walton was on the opposite ode of .Entwisle-place, when he fell. • The soldiers were fir ing, and one or two of the persons around me said a In ., had drops. I ran across th e s t ree t, the soldiers still Inc ings . and when I got to Walton, Chas. Gregory was . holding him in his arms. I, with other assistance, con veyed him to Doctor Wood's , Doctor W oo d put his finger in Fromw hh thenceo e man's ivesin the same street. mouth, and said t l he could not assist him.we conveyed him to th e Whi te Lion public- house inYorkshire-street, where he was observed to be just alive. Edmund Ashworth--I did not see the people throwing at the so ldi ers. I was filling some meal-sacks in Mr. s I tott's mill . heard a shout and went to the window, and th en t h e soldiers begun to fire. The room in which I U ' Ti l a in the thi r d story. Th ey fi re d se veral times in three t e direction to where I was, and then fired two or St o ee t - " at ' towards the mill, one of which struck Mr. th ro t u g B : °o A bel) who, together with his sister, was looking the the wi n d ow. Ile fell upon some malt sacks, and JJballan struck the other side of the room, and rebounded fell 0 - • the floor. a nd a L'es. Stott was i n t h e room w h en t h e c hild was killed, lated in carrying it into a neighbour's house. t ,:" °lll as Forman lived in Entwisle-place.—Took Wal to Dr. Wood's surgery. Dr. Wood examined his tL e u li ad ; Lunt said he could do nothing for him. He was f r 0 'liken to the White Lion, in Yorkshire street, and io t t n n „ t hence to the workhouse. Thomas Buckley walked `ne room, and sat down until Walton had been ex thenl'l.l; After which he unbuttoned his waistcoat, and Z n .4 trousers, and then a belt. We then placed him w a tnair, He said he wished assistance if it could pus leoPe obtained. He had received a ball through his b„ - Y; Dr. Wood examined his wound, and directed that % ; hi 'ould be taken to Mr. Greenhalgh's, New-street ; to 4„, e11 Place I attended him. Soon afterwards Dr. Wood ap - „ 1 5 and ordered bran poultices to be applied ; they were at r Td every five minutes, until three in the moing, 4,,,l!aieh time I left him. Betwixt four and five I rn us n ri l o called on , an d staye d un til seven . Ab ou t t en re t t 7 k an injecti on was a d m inister e d ; after which be was 14;0 with pain , and continued so until about five mi et„-ea to elev en , vhen he vomited severely, and shortly -rw ards MAY 9. S o T h e inquest was a dj ourne d l as t n i g ht, a t h a lf-past nine, A! % in assembled at ten o'clock this morning. 111 1 ,C° Greenless—Am daughter to Mrs. Pilling, whose p r i ia t od keeps the Lock-up. I was at the place when the in tla returned from the W e llington. They were pu t the Lock-up, and the horse soldiers watched whilst tiitr,onstables came down, and then they went off toge ete; Part of the horse then came back, and they went ea h t ho people. Stones were then thrown ; the people „„” a d:- Some called out and said, " Let us break Aft er 'l open ;" and after that the soldiers began to tire. for a t _ m ring awhile, two of the soldiers came in and asked 'so ' La ife to cut their ball cartridge. They - asked for I ne drink, and I gave them some milk and some water. I % ,: i t i e t beard any one order them to fire, nor do I know k o a t : made them give over. There were only me an d my of th ter in the place when the firing was going on. So me tL„, a soldiers came in and said a man was shot. I as ke d . th e y to fire, and I would go and see, and they said soldi e r °ul d not hurt me. The door was shut until the tehil io - Cante for the knife. After it was opened , and ` n eY were loading their guns, some stones were _o wn • After this witness had been examined, fin Tha ; L ,Coaosfitit commenced summing up, and had not When'we were uncler the necessity of departing. be s treets are perfectly quiet ; numbers of people ar e —mil l in front of the Reed Inn, where the inquest is STATE OF TRADE.—During ale present week, trade has remained very nearly in the state in which we reported it last Saturday. There has, indeed, been an increase in the sale of goods, but without any ad vance in price. The town, however, has been so much agitated by the riots that an accurate opinion of the state of trade could not be formed under such circumstances.— Manchester and Salford Advertiser. With every desire not to exaggerate, we are compelled to say, that the appearance of squalid misery which prevails in this district baffles description. During the conflagration of Messrs. PA ar ERS' factory, we possessed an opportunity of estimating the wretched state of the po pulation in the wide neighbourhood surrounding the fire— the houses having emptied their inmates into the streets, — and such a mass of hideous poverty was enough to sicken the heart. Most of the men, women, and children, looked as livid and ghastly as if they had issued out of a fever ward, and seemed in other respects, as if habitual want and passion had cankered their very souls with vice.—Man cheater Advertiser. STATE OF BOLTON.—Although great num bers of mechanics are without employment here, the town was never more tranquil than it is now, and the only dif ference perceptible between the present and any other time, is the congregating of a few hundreds of persons each evening in the streets, to learn from the passengers by the different coaches through Manchester, what is going on i there. On Tuesday evening, in consequence of the reports ; which had been in circulation during the whole of the day, I respecting the riots in Manchester, there was a greater crowd than usual collected in Bradshawgate and Deans gate ; but in an hour after the arrival of the market coaches, the whole had retired peaceably to their respective homes. It is highly creditable to the feelings of the labour ing classes here, that not a single individual has been heard to express any satisfaction at the lawless proceedings in Manchester; but, on the contrary, all regret that the mis guided persons who have been concerned iu the wanton destruction of property which has taken place, should have inflicted such an additional expence upon the by-payers of the Hundred, as will be necessarily floured in indemnifying the owners for their property destroyed !—Manchester and Salford Advertiser. THE WOOL TRADE.—It will be seen that the Earl of MAtatEsauar gave notice yesterday week th a t it was the intention of his Noble Friend, the Duke of litcssatosn, to move certain resolutions respecting the wool trade, on Thursday, the 14th of May, that is, on Thursday next. What may be the precise nature cf these resolutions we cannot tell ; but there can be little doubt, from the sentiments expressed by the Noble Duke during the last Session of Parliament, that their principal object will be to recommend an increase of the duty on foreign wool ; it therefore becomes the manufacturers of this dis trict to be once more on the alert, to guard against the threatening danger. It will be remembered that it was stated by Ministers, during the last Session of Parliament, that they would not consent to any increase of the duty on foreign wool. We trust that they will adhere to this re solution. The woollen manufacture is the only one of the great staples of the country that enjoys, at present, any thing even approaching to prosperity, and a duty on fo reign wool, an article without which the manufacture can not possibly be carried on, would,. in a very short time, produce as much distress in this, as exists in other branches of trade.—Leeds Mercury. STATE OF THE MANCHESTER POLICE. — Recent events naturally force upon the attention of think ing men the comparative inefficiency of our present police establishment. We put it to any reasonable person whe ther 21 police officers, including the four keepers of lock ups (nothing more than petty jailors), are suf9cient to attend even to the ordinary preservation of the peace of a town containing a population of 200,000 souls ? To . suppress or prevent the recur ren c e o f su c h tumultuous riots as we have witnessed during the present week they are of course utterly inadequate. It is not, however, merely in point of number that our police is defective, but we are sorry to say (and we only repeat the sentiments of men in office, who are beat able from experience to judge in these matters), that our officers, as a body, were never lower than at this moment in point of sagacity and vigour, and that quickness and tact so requisite in the situation of a Manchester constable. This censure does not of course apply to every individual of the corps ; for we are free to confess, and happy to admit, that among them are a few exceptions. Nor do we attach the least blame to our worthy and excellent deputy constable, Mr. LAVENDER, for the feeble manner in which he is supported. We are aware of the delicate situation in which lie is placed, of the many quarters he has to please in his subaltern ap pointments, and the numerous instances in which to avoid offence lie is compelled to act against his better judgment. Our complaint is chiefly against those gentlemen who con troul the choice of the police and force upon the establish ment, men who are incapable of defending even a sheep fold. It is true that we have an auxiliary force in the special constables, amounting in number to 337 ; but the old and trite adage may be aptly applied to this subject, " what is every body's business is nobody's business." This special body are never called upon but as a last resort, to assist in dispersing a mob, while the more important work of crushing crime in the shell is left to twenty im becile and inefficient constables. This is a subject which the disturbances of the present week ought to press upon the attention of the Commissioners of Police, or of some other competent authority.—Manchester and Salford Advertiser. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 9.---(Extract of a letter.)—" I see you have reports about ships being ordered to be fitted out : there is no such intention; and this season there will be 1,000 seamen less than last. The Revenge, Spartiate, and Wellesley, all of the line, should now be coming home ; and the Gloucester, Melville, and Kent, will most probably soon be order ed to fit for foreign service, to replace them : indeed, they will go out first, as the Medi terranean station must net be left with a less force than we non' have there." A French paper states, that an inhabitant of Chiteau-Thierry has discovered a mode of giving to pre pared hemp and flax the fineness, softness, and whiteness of cotton, by impregnating those substances with oil, and then exposing them, during 15 or 20 days, to the action of frost between two layers of snow. By this means all the inconvenience of the ordinary and tedious process of steep ing them in stagnant water will be avoided.—Literary Gazette. Symonds, Esq. Mrs. Symonds, and family, at Blake's Bruns wick Hotel, Hanover-square, from Surrey; Mrs. Kirkpatrick, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Southampton; the Hon. Capt. Noel, at ditto, from the country; Sir T. and Lady Jones, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Paris ; Sir George and Lady Sitwell, at ditto, from ditto ; Mr. Bailey, at ditto, from Wales; Sir John Trollope and Lady, at the St. James's Roy al Hotel, from Ireland; Sir R. P. Joddrell, Bart. in Bentinck street, from Derbyshire; Sir John and Lady Pollen, at the Hyde pork Hotel, Hyde-park-place, from their seat in Hampshire; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drummond and family, at ditto; Richard Beaumont, Esq. at ditto, from his seat in Yorkshire; Captain and Mrs. Hesse, at ditto, from the Continent; S. Walker, Esq. Mrs. Walker, and the Misses Walker, at the Berners Hotel, Ber ners-street, from their seat, Blyth Hall, Bawtry, Yorkshire; J. Tillard, Esq. at ditto, from Huntingdon; the Countess de Cha teauvillard and suite, at the Lisbon Hotel, Dover-street, from Paris; the Countess de Quetra and family, at ditto, from Brus sels ; the Count 011villad, at ditto, frosts Russia ; Colonel M'Mane and the Count de Morvilla, at ditto, from France. The annual Fancy Dress Ball for the benefit of the Caledonian Asylum took place at Willis's Rooms, King ,street, .St. James's, on Friday night. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex (Earl of Inverness), Patron of the Society, and the Duke of CUMBERLAND, together with 700 of the most distinguished individual-., were present. The orders of the Ladies' Patronesses, that no person should be admitted in domino or plain dress, were moat rigidly adhered to ; consequently the whole of the com pany appeared in either the Highland garb, naval or mili tary uniform, or fancy ball dresses. The grand saloon was decorated with a profusion of flowers, extra chandeliers were suspended, and also a second orchestra erected, for the purpose of gratifying the company with national music. The objects of this cha itable Institution were forty-two boys, dressed in their tartan plaid, bonnets, &c. ; and, headed by two ancient pipers, were stationed in the supper room. The company began to arrive shortly after ten o'clock, and continued to set down until half-past one o'clock. His Royal Highness the Duke of. CUMBERLAND, dressed in the Windsor uniform, and wearing several orders, arrived at an early hour, and was afterwards followed by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, attired in a most splendid Highland dress, as Earl of INVERNESS. His Royal High ness appeared uncommonly wtll. Dancing commenced at eleven o'clock, and was con tinued until between four and five o'clock the next morning. The dresses were most splendid, and an immense quan tity of diamonds were displayed. Amongst the most so were the following : The Duchess of ST. ALBANS in a Spanish dress and hat; ostrich feathers affixed to the hat by a cluster of brilliants. The Duke of ST. ALBANS in the dress of a Venetian Nobltman. Lady MARY BEAUCLEAK in an elegant fancy dress. The Countess of WEMYSS, a rich old English costume of green and gold, magnificently trimmed with diamonds. Mr. CARET in the costume of a Knight of M ilta. The Hon. Mrs. HOPE in an elegant fancy dress, and a tiara of brilliants. Miss JULIA CA'AIPBELL in a rich Highland dress, ac cording to the costume of an ancient Chieftain's Lady. Air:A. HENNESSEY as Hamlet. Mr. PEARSON as an ancient British Chieftain, with shield, &c. Mr. MeaßlsoN as Caspar. Viscount RANELAGII as the Dauphin of France, in a vel vet robe dress, lined throughout with ermine. This dress was stated to have cost upwards of 150 guineas. Mr. BUCKINGHAM in an Ottoman dress. Mr. FORBES in a Russian. There were also a great number of Greek dresses, and dresses of the reign of Queen Elizabeth and Charles IL ; Russian, Tyrolese, Venetian, Spanish, Peruvian, &e. &e. The Highland plaid was, however, the most predominant. The following Lady Patronesses were present : Dowager Duchess of RICHMOND and LENNOX, Duchess* of MolintosE, Marchioness Of QUEENSBERRY, Marchioness of LOTHIAN, Marchioness of STAFFORD and Countess of SUTHERLAND, Marchioness of HASTINGS, Countess of KINNOULL, Countess of NVEmvss and MARCH, Countess of ROSEBERY, Countess of DARNLEY, Countess of MANS FIELD, Countess CAWDOR, Viscountess KEITH, Right Hon. Lady WILLOUGHBY n'EuEsßy, Right Hon. Lady C. CAMPBELL, Hon. Mrs. GRANT, Hon. Mrs. HOPE, Lady SHAW STEWART. There were also, besides the Dukes of CUMBERLAND, and SUSSEX, the following distinguished persons present. viz Ladies FLORA and SOPHIA HASTINGS, Duke of Buc- CLEUGH, Hon. CHARLES MURRAY, the Earl of KIN NOULI., Miss DENISON, Miss SHEDDAN,•CoIoneI LESLIE, Captain DUNCAN, Ladies CHARLOTTE and JANE ST. MAUR, Captain LEIGH, Hon. Mr. GRAY, Miss and Miss L. BENYON, Lady and the Hon. Miss GRAY, Hon. Miss ANSON, Lady H. PRIMROSE, Sir HENRY BARNS]', Earl of ROSEBERY, Hon. Captain CALTON, Lady WETHERELL, Sir WM. B. and Lady PROCTOR, lion. Mrs. and Miss Awns PERCY, Earl and Countess of LONGFORD, Count and Countess MONTERA, Lady SUTTON, Mr. DE BER MUDEZ, Sir J. and Lady E. DRAKE, Colonel E. HAY, Lady CAROLINE MURRAY (in a splendid fancy dress), Lady EAMESLEY, Sir R. and Lady PHILLIPS, Captain CREIGHTON, Honourable WILLIAM CAPEL, E irl GOWER, Lady SALToUN, Lady and Miss SHEFFIELD, Lord AmE- Lips BEAUCLERK and Lady MARY BEAUCLERE, Sir Matt INNES, Lady and Sir WILLIAM M`GREGOR, Sir JAMES and Lady MACKENziE, Admiral Sir WILLIAM and Miss HoTHAM, Captain BUCKLEY, Miss COBB, Sir GEORGE ELDER, Mr. SPorriswooDE and family, Lady ROWLEY and family, Miss MORTON DYER, Miss LEIGH, Lady C. SOMERSET, Lady AUGUSTA PAULET, Mrs. MARTIN and family, General M'LEOD, Captain CAMPBELL, of Ross, Mrs. STUART, Mrs. ERsKINE and family, Mr. and Mrs. MURRAY, Capt. ALLEN BERTRAM, Captain THAIRE, Lady E. PA.LEE, Lady ORDE and Miss ORDE, Captain ROWLEY, Colonel MILLER, Lady JANE CHARTERIS and family, Lady RIVERS, Lady COLVILLE, Admiral Sir PHILIP and Lady DURHAM, Hon. DUDLEY M`DONALD, Hon. Mr. FERcussox, Sir I. BENHAM, Hon. R. ROWLEY, Mr. CULLING SMITH, Lord GARLIES. Lady BOSTON, Miss I. IRBY, Mrs. CUMINGS BRUCE, Lady and Miss MoNTAGU, Sir Jas. FITZGERALD and daughters, Miss FREMANTLE, Lady and Miss WILLOUGHBY, Colonel WALTER RALEIGH GILIsERT and Lady, Lady M. CUN NINGHAM, Sir JOHN CATHCART, Earl of ABOYNE, Mon. siear de CHAMPAGNE, Sir ALETA.KDER MALLETT, Lady C. STENITART, Lady G. ECF.RTON, Sir JOHN NORRIS, Lady A. VANE, Lord HENRY THYNNE, Viscount GLE- VoRCMIE, Earl and Countess of BROwNLOw, Lady MORRIS, Mrs. and Miss CHAMBERS, Sir RALPH ANSTRUTHER, Lady MARGARET SCOTT, Lady C. BUGGEN, Miss PERIE, Lady SYKES, Miss VILLEBOIS, Sir H. W. and Lady WILSON, Major ROSE, Sir J. OGILVIE, Lord GLEN WORTH, Prince DE CHEMAT, Lord VILLIERS, Prince KOSLOFFSEY, Earl DARNLEY, Lady and the two Misses, CODRINGTON, Hon. JAMES DUTTON, Marchioness of WEsTMEATII, Hon. A. LAsCF.LLES, Mr. H. VILLEBOIs, Sir ROBERT and Lady HARLAND, Captain MTHERSON GRANT, and Mrs. GRANT, &C, The Archbishop of CANTERBURY enter tained the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. HER ams, and a select party to dinner on Saturday, at Lam beth Palace. A deputation from the Mechanics' Institution attended at the Home-office, on Friday, and had an inter view with the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from Sir JAMES KEMPT, the Governor- General of the Canada. At three o'clock yesterday afternoon a Ca binet Council was held at the office of the Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs, in Downing -street, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WEL LINGTON, Earls BATHURST and ABERDEEN, Viscount MEr.viLLE, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER , Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD, and Mr. HERMES. The Cabinet sat in deliberation about two hours and a half. Mr. HUSKISSON, M.P. for Liverpool, Mr. HART DAVIS, M.P. for Bristol, Mr. WHITMORE, M.P. for Bridgenorth, and about fifteen other gentlemen, form ing a deputation from the principal mercantile towns, at tended at the Treasury on Saturday morning, to have a conference with the Duke of WEt LINGTON and some of the Cabinet Ministers, respecting the opening the trade to China and India. The Deputation were met by the Duke of WELLINGTON, the PRESIDENT Of the BOARD Of CON TROUL, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE. The conference with the Ministers lasted near two hours. Sir EDWARD and Lady KERRISON gave a grand dinner on Thursday to the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, at their residence in Stanhope-street. There was afterwards a numerous evening party. The Duke of CUMBERLAND joined the company in the course of the evening. The Bohemian brothers were introduced, and sang several of their national airs, some of which were en cored. They sang 20 times during the evening. Sir CHARLES FLOWER entertained a dis tinguished party at dinner, on Thursday last, at Bolton House. Among the company were ;—Lord Sinmomi, Sir JOHN DovLE, Mr. Dam, the Governor of the Bank of England ; Mr. Loctr, the Chairman of the India House ; Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, President of the Royal Academy ; Mr. ROTHSCHILD, Mr. PALMER, the Deputy Governor of the Bank; Mr. AsTELT., Deputy Chairman of the India House ; Mr. MUSPRATT, Sir WALTER STIRLING, Mr. COMBE, Mr. EAMES, Mr. MEI, Lim, Mr. S. THORNTON, Mr. ELLIS, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. H. ALEXANDER, M.P., Mr. PEARSE, ALp t4 Mr. MANNING, M.P. Scc. Mr. and Mrs. PLUMER WA RD gave a grand dinner, at their house in Carendish.square, on Saturday. Among the company were:--Lord FITZROY SOMERSET, Lord Cuva, Lord and Lady Dacax, Lord and Lady GEORGE SEYMOUR, and Miss SEYMOUR, the Countess of Essxx and MuLcitavx, Viscount and Viscountess Dux. DONALD, Sir GEORGE WARRENDEA, Lord GOSYGAD? THE MINOR DRAMA. Copy of a Letter addressed to the Right Hon. ROEF.RT PEEL, M.P., Secretary of State for the Horne Department, respecting the proposed intro duet ion of a Bill, to repeal so much of the Act of I (it I; Geo. 11. c. 28, as requires Not ire to be sent to the Lord Chamberlain, previously to the Represen tation of any New Play or Entertainment of the Stage, or any addition to an Old Play; and showing that the consequence of such an Act would be, to Confirm the Monopoly claimed by the Proprietors of Drury-lane and Covent-garden, and to enable them to annihilate the Minor Theatres. Sir,—Mr. Leonard having given notice of a motion re specting the Act of the 10th Geo. 11., cap. 28, allow ma to call your attention to that circumstance. By the 3d and 4th section it is provided, in substance, " That no person shall act, or cause to be acted, any new play, or any part therein, or any new part added to an (.1d play, or any prologue or epilogue, unless a true copy thereof be sent to the Lord Chamberlain fourteen days before the acting, &c., and that the Lord Chamberlain may prohibit the same as he thinks fit : and if any person shall act without such copy being sent, or against such prohibition, he shall forfeit 50/., and the license of the play-house shall cease, determine, and become absolutely void." Great as is the reputation which you have derived from your revision of the Criminal Law, I am satisfied that a revision of the numerous acts relating to dramatic per formances would produce a result to the lettered and the unlettered public not unworthy of a patriotic statesman. A short review of them will show this to be a desidera• turn, and that the measure proposed will be in fact an act of oblivion and indemnity to the two Patent Theatres, against their own violations of the laws, whereby they will be enabled to annihilate the Minor, Theatres ; Theatres which during the last half century have delighted and im proved an immense population, precluded by distance from enjoying those of Covent-garden and Drury-lane. The statutes relating to this subject extend from Eliza beth to the 28th Geo. 111. ; but those calling for present observation are, the 10th Geo. 11., cap. 2S, the 25th Geo. 11., cap. 36, and the 28th Geo. 111., cap. 30. The former of these Acts, and the same may be said of every Act upon the subject, does not seek to prevent dra matic entertainments, but to regulate and keep within wholesome limits a passion which, from the days of Thes pis to our own, has mixed itself with the destinies of great states. It assigns opprobrium and punishment to unsettled and dissolute strollers ; but it recognizes the legal institu tions of the day, requiring only that their productions shall be subject to the authority of the Lord Chamberlain, in the manner above stated. The Act of the 25th George IL a!so aims at regula tion, not prohibition. It enacts (Sec. 2 and 3) " that Magistrates shall be authorized to grant, at any Michaelmas quarter sessions after 1752, their license to any house, room, or garden, to be kept for public dancing, music, or other public entertainments of the like kind, within the cities of London and Westminster, or twenty miles of the same." Under the sanction of this Act, low and coarse entertainments have given way to more refined representa tions, and the environs of London have produced such performers and performances as would not have disgraced the larger theatres. Government became sensible of this fact, and continued to encourage well-regulated exhibi tions of the drama until the 28th George 111., when, as if determined to convey to the whole nation a taste for legitimate productions, and that improvement which can not but attend an acquaintance with those poets, of whom every Briton is justly proud„the Legislature authorized Magistrates at their quarter sessions, to grant " to any city, town, or place, a license to play for sixty days, such plays or entertainments of the stage as are represented at the licensed theatres in Westminster, or have been sub mitted to the Lord Chamberlain, provided they are not within twenty miles of Westminster, or eight miles of any licensed theatre." The consequence which soon followed this Act was, a theatre of some sort or other, in almost every market-town in England ; and I can most safely appeal to you, Sir, as an experienced and contemplative statesman, whether any statute in our books has contri buted more to intellectual improvement? How many thousands, and tens of thousands, has the theatre allured to its seats from the ale-house and its perversions, there to admire virtue, to sympathize with woe, to do homage to patriotism, and to acquire a far more exalted love of country, than is likely to be inspired in the gin-shop or tap-room.* . . Ot' these advantages, that prodigious portion of our fellow subjects who inhabit the outskirts of the metropolis is about to be deprived, unless you shall be pleased to interfere, and take the whole subject under your con sideration. I ►nay mistake the object of Mr. Lennard's motion its consequences, should it succeed, I cannot mistake. The said Act of 25th George 11. has been the great in strument of producing the advantages to which I have had the honour of alluding. Under it, several Minor Theatres have been established, at which plays have been acted for many years ; great sums of money have been invested, hundreds of persons have found constant employment, and considerably more than half a milliont of persons have the means of being thus gratified, who can neither afford the time or the money to visit the large theatres ; too large, indeed, for this humble description of play-goers to see or hear, when they have gained admittance. It is true that this statute does not express more than " public dancing, music, and such like public entertain ments." During, however, the seventy-seven years of its existence, its terms have been rarely cavilled at. When the East London Theatre (then called the Royalty) was built, about fifty years back, its performances were op posed by the Patent Theatres. The late John Palmer was ruined by the attempt; but so strong was public sentiment on the occasion, that after a short time persecution ceased, and plays continued to be performed there, till the recent destruction of the house by fire. I believe that the ques tion as to the right of the Minor Theatres to act plays was again raised about ten or twelve years since, when the pro prietors of Drury-lane indicted Mr. Glossop for allowing a Mr. Booth to perform the character of Virginius, or Richard the Third. Conviction followed ; but such were the remarks made by the Bend', and such the com ments of the Press, that no further prosecution followed till lately : when it is understood that the Lessee of Drury lane insisted upon his exclusive riglit to perform plays, in conjunction with Covent-garden, under what is called Killigrew's Patent, and required a deduction from the rent, or that his lessors should prosecute the Minor Thea tres. The latter was preferred. The Coburg was first selected ; but with a frank intimation, that each of the others should be taken in their turn, unless they would wholly abstain from theatrical representations. This pro ceeding led to such inquiries, as chewed that Drury-lane itself lived in a house of glass ! Killigrew's famous patent was submitted to the opinion of Counsel, as well as the no torious fact of that House having played many altered, and new pieces of diff rent kinds, without having sent copies to the Lord Chamberlain, or obtaining authority from that functionary. Counsel is said to have held that the validity of the patent was extremely doubtful, it having been granted by Charles the Second, in contravention of the 21st James I. cap. 3, which takes from the crown the privilege of granting monopolies, or any charter, grant, or concession tending thereto : and that, as respected the non-notice to the Lord Chamberlain, and the con sequent playing, without his authority, if such be the fact, the license to Drury-lane had "ceased and determined, and was becorr. - : void in law." These conclusions, how ever sound, could not be pleaded in bar to the action brought against the Coburg. The Judge significantly remarked, that the Court were not answerable for the framing of the law, but only for its administration; and that, rigorous as it might appear, the Jury had no alter, native. Had Drury-lane Theatre persevered is its threatened course of severity, the Minor Theatres must, In their own defence, have called upon its proprietors to show whether their own license was not forfeited. From this conclu sion of law nothing can relieve them hut an Act of Parlia ment ; and, unusual and unconstitutional as it is, to legis late between the King's Courts cod its suitors, the party to be served by this Act are too powerfully connected and too influential net to succeed, unless you, Sir, as the head of the Home Depat tment, shall step forth and protect the public, it being but too obvious, that the lessee of Drury lane Theatre waits only for this Act of oblivion and in demoity, to comtnence a coi.rae of litigation that cannot but crush the Minor Theatres, who even collectively will be found too weak to contend with so gigantic an adversary With regard to the conduct of the Alinor Theatres in " Play-houses were originally il.itituted with a design of re commending virtue atgl (Aposing vice and folly, and therefore are not in th6r own nature nuisances.t'-5 Mod. 14?, • t '1 he present scale of population, compared with the popula tion of London and its environs at the tinie of granting Killi grew's patent in the fourteenth of Charles the Second, is a turu . tient preOf of the absurdity of considering it to convey a perpe tual and exclusive right to act plays and entertainments of thc stage. The population of Middlesex, in which several of 00, Minor Theatres are situated, in the year 1700 was 0,2480(1; in 1821 it was 1,167,500. In Surrey, in which are three of the more considerable of such theatres, the population in 1700 was 154,900; hi 1821, 406,700. The whole os this immense increase of popu. lation, exclusive of that of the City of London, has taken place since the granting of that patent : the play-houses built under it, were of a very small description. Pa u t r e r n eY t ' T it he w at o res uld eo k uld ap p p r y ov l e ur as 6 of their au th or i ty as b e l ongs to A st l ey ' s , t h e S urre y, a nd the Coburg. It i s we ll k nown t h at po li ce o ffi cers atten d a t th o se theatres duri ng th e w h o l e o f t h e per f ormance; t h a t under the generat ion, ad era m t a late Act (I believe introduced by yourself) they are paid by the proprietors; that they report every morning to the Rlgistrates at Union-hall the elosing time of the precedig evening, and whether or no there has been any disorder er breach of the peace. These reports are entered in a book kept for that purpose, which may always be referred to. The other Minor Theatres may, for aught that I know to the contrary, be equally well managed. Neither would their moral character suffer by a similar comparison. It happened but Lately, that while one of the great Theatres wan edifying its audience by the representa tion of the Beggars' Opera, the rabble, as they have been termed, were giving a tear to the fate of George Barnwell at one of the small ones ! A recent instance may be enough to refer to on this head. On Easter Monday last, it is said there were three thousand persons assembled at one of those proscribed theatres. During the first piece they were, as usual on that night,_ too uproarious and jovial for a single word to be heard ; but soon after the second piece had begun, which was one of an ex tremely affecting nature, the almost unexampled fart occurred, of such a holiday multitude being melted ;nto silence, and in very many instances into tears, giving, as observed by the " Times," the plaudits of the heart rather than the tongue, net by shouts, but by sympathy and mute attention ! Ask, Sir, of any Magis trate or Police officer, which he thinks would have most conduced to the increase of crime ; these multitudinous admirers of the drama being thus occupied from six until eleven o'clock of the evening of Easter Monday, or con gregating for the same space of time in the line of public houses from Greenwich to Blackfriars? Under these circumstances, I trust that it is not too much, to press upon your attention a revision of our thea trical code ; or should that not be immediately practicable, that you will forthwith so far take the humbler classes under your indulgent protection, as to insure to them a continuance of those enjoyments of the stage, in which the highest and the best among us, are known to take so much delight. A few words added to the 10th or 25th of Geo. 11. or the 28th Geo. 111., by way of explanation or amend ment of either of those acts, would effect that purpose, by securing the managers of the Minor Theatres against the ruin threatened by the holders of a doubtful and ohm, lete patent. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your faithful and obedient servant, A FRIEND " TO FAIR PLAY AND A FREE STAGE." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 9.—The Helicon sloop of war, Commander Stanhope, which arrived on Wed nesday from the Cape station, was detained a short time at St. Helena, ut the request of the Governor of that Island, and cruised to windard of it, to inter cept a schooner suspected to be a pirate, which ves sel had chased the Medina, of London. She was not, however, fallen in with. The Helicon touched also at Ascension, and left Captain Bate and his garrison in good health on the 22d of March. She obtained there a considerable supply,of vegetables, &c. The Lord William Bentinck transport was de livering her cargo of provisions and stores. The North Star, 26, Captain Arabin, was at Ascension, on her way from the African station to Pernambuco and England. Captain Suckling, late of the Me dina, was a passenger in the North Star. The Heli con hoarded, on the 14th ult., the Hazard, from Liverpool to Providence, in lat. 27. The Heli con sailed on the same. day of her arrival here to Woolwich, to be paid off. Letters from Sierra Leone, dated March 2, state that his Majesty's ship Primrose - was then lying there, waiting the event of the trial of a galliot (formerly the yacht of Sir William Curtis), which pinnace in' the command of Lieut. Parrey, the first Lieut. of the Primrose, had captured in the river Cachao, with thirty-eight slayes on board. This active officer had, on the previous day to the cap ture of the galliot, taken a Portuguese vessel of four guns and forty men, with 225 slaves, by board ing. This vessel was formerly the Saucy Jack, American privateer, during the late war. Lieut, Parrey proceeded up the river Noonas, where he found two slavers (schooners), one French, and one Spanish, quite ready for slaves. He also found there an English brig, the Lochiel, of Liverpool, and, what is remarkable, without a living soul on board, the Captain, Mate, and all her crew having been discovered below dead. He consequently, with much praiseworthy exertions, brought her down the river, which is a dangerous one, and without a pilot, to the Primrose, which ship carried her to Sierra Leone, where her agent had allotted to the Primrose salvage of 1901. His Majesty's brig Onyx, Lieut. Boteler, sailed yesterday for St. Andero, in Spain, with nine Spa niards, who were lately tried at the Admiralty Ses. sions on a charge of piracy, but who, for want of proof, were acquitted. The Government has since liberally clothed and given each a donatiot of money, and has sent them to a port of their own country, at their choice. On Thursday the Warspite,'of 76 guns, Cap tain Shirreff, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Baker, C. 8., sailed from Plymouth for Rio - de Janeiro, to relieve the Ganges, of 84 guns, Captain Inglefield, which ship will bring to England the flag of Rear- Admiral Sir R. Waller Otway, K.C.8., whose pe riod of service, as Commander-in-Chief on tt.k. South American station, has expired. The Tweed, 28, Captain Lord U , John Churchill, left the Cape of Good Hope on the Bth of February,. for the Mauritius, and was afterwards to take the commission of inquiry to Ceylon. The Favourite, 18, launched from the Dock-yard on Easter Tuesday, was yesterday commissioned by Commander Joseph Harrison. Mr, Peter Fisher, Surgeon, and Mr. A. C. Maclervy, Assistant-Sur geOn, are appointed to her, She is ordered to fit for foreign service, The Admiralty have promoted Lieut. Downes, of the Sybillc, to the rank of Commander, for his gal lant conduct in capturing the Amarante pirate on the coast of Africa. The two senior 111idshiln"en of the Black Joke tender are also made Linitenant% for the same aguir. PROMOTIONS.--Lieutenant John Chimley, of the Basilisk cutter, is promoted to the rank of Com mander; Mr. EdWisrd Banks, of the Echo, to the rank of Littitenant ; Mr. Joseph Martin Mottley, of the Sybille, to be Lieutenant of the North Star, vice Blyth, away it a prize, and supposed to be lost ; Mr, Mends, of the Falcon, to be Lieutenant of thiz Maidstone. A PPOINTMENTS..-.- Commander Pole, to the Maid stone; Commander Colpoys, to the Falcon; Lieut. John Adams (b). and Mr. W. Brodie, Master, to the Athol; Lieutenant W. B. Watts and Mr. E. Sawkins, Master, to the Basilisk cutter; the Rev. E. Kitson, to be Captain of the Warspite, vice Ed wards, resigned. Messrs. Hopkins and Lewin are appointed second Lieutenants of this division of Royal Marines; the former to be attached to the Artillery Brigade, His Majesty's schooner Pike, 12, Lieutenant J. G. Wigley, captured a large smuggler on the Irish coast, en the 15th ult., and carried her into Cork. She was commanded by a man named Patter son Gibson ; had a cargo of 400 bales of tobacco, and a considerable quantity of spirits on board; and some bales of tobacco which had been previously landed were afterwards discovered in a cove outside Cork harbour. It is expected the fortunate officer will share 1,200/. from, his prise, which had once before been seized, condemned, and sold, when un, der the same person's command, as an illicit try„le r , The Marquis of Anglesea, Steward, Co:innander, sailed this morning, with a hundred and ten passer'. gers, a large quantity of horses, sheep, cattle, and merehatalise, for t_ l Le new settlement at Swan River. The free trader Hew, of Malown, for Bombay, having taken on board'her passengers, will sail flora Spithead to-morrow morning. PI:MOUTH, MAY 9.—His Majesty's sloop.of war Hyacinth, 18 gun; was launched from this Dock-yard on Tuesday evening. In Hamoaze—Britannia, Kent, Zebra, Emulous, Britomart, Hope, Bramble, and Meteor steamer, Island and Main—Vigilant. Souse:l—Pallas arid Ariadne.