The Sun. — London, England, 1829-05-12 00:00:00

pima!, STObii Hank k Tillli DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Stoc ............ 201 N South Sea Stock 3 per Cent. •....... 87 Old Annuities 3 pleCent. Cons. ......... .37%% New Ditto 3 „4 pertao.. ........ ... ..... 95% % Ex: Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. 65 66 Pm -144 .............. 95% 6 Ditto 51:X) 2d. 65 65 M lles 3 Ditto Small 2d. 65 67IPm• ............ 103 X% Ditto Commercial —Pm 5-16 as Bank for Account 11444 /kri r t tuk . 222 221 India for Account 02 54 pot Cons. for Acct. wTO 'PARENTS OR GUARDIANS. ANTED, a YOUTH to EDUCATE . _ n__ a SCULPTOR ; be must bare a talent for —roving, : 2 131' ..Niticulars, or card s o f a dd ress , app l y to M r . I nman , primes,; 7, Lamb's Conduit -street, Foundling Hospital. • fits , -4 • • , •.4 • * 1113111 4 ( , TUE SDAY EVE LONDO N NING, MAY 12, 1829. Th e East Retford question was last night by con sent postponed till next Session, on the ground that there would not be time during the Present to discuss the measure in the House of L ords, even should the Commons pass it. We t hink it not at all unlikely that next Session the expediency, if not the justice of extending the elective franchise to such populous and wealthy towns as Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and other places will be agitated. Indeed, th e g e neral wond er i s t h at the question should have been so long overlooked. r. PEEL last night vvithdrew his Bill for the regulation of the offic e of Justice of the Peace, hi order to make the measure more generally beneficial. The Right Hon. Gentleman ob served that since the Bill had been first sub- Initted to the House, he had received many valuable suggestion s on the subject, of which he 1111'4 anxious to take a d vantage . Wi t h t hi s v i ew e was desirous that the Bill should stand over Wail he had incorporated the various improve. Illent s suggested to him. The Bill will there fore, in all probability, stand over till next sessi cal . MASSACRE OF THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR. The followiner, which we have received from a correspondent in Persia, will be found to be the first account of the causes which led to the massacre of the Russian Ambassador and his suite at the Court of Teheran TABREEZ, FEB. 20. I hasten to communicate to you some particulars of most horrible outrage committed at Teheran, t th C d ays ago, s uc h as h as never , p er h a p s , di sgrace d 4 history of this or any other country, viz., the "assure of the Russian Ambassador and his suite c t hree only excepted) by the populace. Mr. Gry ildeff had been at the Court of Teheran for two 140 nths past, to carry i n t o e ff ec t s om e a rti c l e s o f t h e Itt• treaty between Russia and Persia respecting Armenian and Georgian subjects of Russia, It hotn he claimed to return to their country.— , 4 . t . l nongst these claims was that o f t wo A rmen i an ' l inen belonging to Alluya Khan, which did not se , el t protection f r om t h e R uss i an A m b assa d or, Sineethoy were slaves from Turkey, and brought from h 4l. dung the last war bet ween P ers i a an d T ur k e y; l o ut gi the A m b assador chose to consider them as be to to Russia. The King ordered the women to be sent to him under the charge of his eunuch, in order that they might be questioned as to the fact alluded to. But the Ambassador refused to ques tion them in the pr e sence of the eunuch, whom he '"Y ill treated and sent away, detaining the women ' I I -bight in his house by force. Here they were %oat barbarously used by the Russians. They made l i heir "'cape in the morning, crying loudly through the Wefts for r evenge . Thi s i nst i gate d t h e popu lace to hasten towards the Ambassador's, from *he nce the C ossac k s f i red upon them, an d kill e d ti t °l eo. The bodies of those men were then t riken to the mosques, and exposed by the Moolahs, t ‘ ll ing aloud for vengeance on their murderers , Ithich excited the most ungovernable fury in the minds of the people, thirty thousand whom assembled find surrounded the resi dence of t h e • Ambassador with the utmost fury. 411 e King, in the meantime, hearing of the tumult, ant his guards to protect the Russians, who be 41'ed nobly in their defence, and it is said that a no; ndred of them were destroyed by the populace; aasti Shah went t o t h e i r ass istance, and at :tale risk of -hi s life was the means of saving one of o , e ' A mbassad or ' s Secretaries, and two cossacks, tout nothing could stem the violence of the enraged ulti tude, who massacred all the Russians (with th peopl e e xceptions) estim a t e d to be about thirty fo°l3'e, includi ng t h e Cossac k G uar d . Thi s dread ti,Te'lit has made great impression on the Per lls z • O overnm en t. Th e Ki ng h as sen t t o th e hi h iall authorities, offering every indemnity ost iu c. mi ght be required to expiate this gross 1 44•, ° ,,, e On their representatives, over which he et nitroul, and did his utmost to prevent. un th-rO4B instances are mentioned of provocations of Part of the Ambassador offered to the Court to which the King submitted so quietly r mer that nothing should disturb the peace with fl it ' that it is said had he shewn himself amongst ille it P° Polace he would have been sacrificed by 1,4 )4 lifer thus tamely submitting to the Russians, 11 4 6 , 1 44 brou g h t upon t h emse l ves, no d ou b t, t hi s di,,tt" Catastrophe, which no provocation can yin hale oe;asbeing barbarous and disgraceful in the an tioA the World. Messengers of the first distinc leithare going off to the Court o f St. P eters b urg h, thot t e j er Y explanatio n a nd off er o f i n d emn i ty . lii a *ill b e ltn e we sh a ll k now i n w h a t way t h e E mperor di • Pleified for the gross attack on his people and ia d id Y th e French ma il thi s morning, information b a k e t° have been received at Paris, that the o LAVAL MONTMORENCY has refused ffi .`-• ice of Minister of Foreign Affairs. - - - y euer • 4 PPears b y li am b urg h P apers , rece i ve d b attle ti aY afternoon, that there has been a smart „„ bet ween the Russians and Turks near -ta i g as. tib ( j ut A RUSSEIN PACHA had assembled 4 be 4 0 infantry and 1,500 cavalry, with ue attacked the mountain redoubt of the a ttack near Siz e b o li on th e 9th Ap ctc-ril. The c : ,/ w as terrifi c ; an d t h e T ur k s h a d a l mo st II I C:9 11 e, redoubt when they were repulsed he opati nate 'bravery of the Russians, who were From Dec. 10, 18241 to Jan. 5, 1825 j °""' Year ended Jan. 5 1326 1827 1328 1829 15,36 71b. 3,5241 b. 1:2,424 76,961 143,130 131,032 278,552 255,708 1,669,389 436,722 An ACCOUNT of the Quantity of FOREIGN Wow. Im ported during the last Six Years. 1824 1825 18211 1827 1828 1829 ';0,246,893 WILLIAM IRVING, Inspector General of Imports and Exports. Inspector General's Office, Custom House, London, May 6, 1829. greatly inferior in number. The loss of the as sailants could not he exacdv ascertained, as they carried off a great 'number of their killed and wounded on their cavalry. There were 257 left dead in the ditches, and on the retreat. The loss of the Russians amounted to 100 in all killed and wounded. The sanguinary and des pet ate nature of the combat may be inferred from the fact, that only five prisoners were made by the Russians. The possession of Sizeboli by the Russians must prove a source of great an noyance to the Turks, for it will compel them to keep a large force in the vicinity of Bourgas to watch the motions of the enemy, and to keep him in check if they cannot succeed in dislodg ing him. Buenos Ayres Papers to the 24th February have been received, but not of later date than those by the Saucy Jack. Calcutta Papers hare been received to the 16th February at the North and South Ame rican Coffee-house, being three days later than our last advices ; they contain nothing worthy of extracting. The Game Bill was read a second time last night by a majority of only ten—the numbers for it being 79, against it 69. From this it may safely be concluded, that this Bill, like all others, will be strangled in the Committee. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELIR 0' CLOCK. The interest occasioned by the arrival of a Mail from Buenos Apes has, in a great measure, been superseded by the advices per the Saucy Jack . which brought papers and letters of the same date as the Countess of Chichester packet, and the ac counts from thence supply only a full confirmation of the Province of Buenos Ayres being under a com plete state of military despotism, and is such a dis. turbed state as to prevent even the election for a senator taking place; it is observed that she did not touch at Rio de Janeiro as usual, which has occa sioned much disappointment to the market. The Britannia, New . York packet ship, has also arrived off Holyhead, and will bring accounts from thence of the 16th ult., but no papers or letters have yet come to hand, owing to the calms which existed. Letters from Constantinople of the 10th April intimate that the Russian Admiral, commanding the blockade of the Dardanelles, has given the Netherlands Consul at Smyrna notice of the extension of the blockade to other ports in that neighbourhood. Consols opened at 874 for money and 871 for account; for the latter period they have been done at 87i, but are now quoted rather sellers, with a very limited quotation and business. India Bonds are 52 4; Exchequer Bills 65 6 pm. The Foreign Funds are devoid of interest; Russian Bonds, 96 i; Danish 651 a ; Portuguese and Brazilian remain without any alteration; and Chilian, 17 19. In Shares, Bolanos are par, 10 pm.; every other speculation at former prices. Three per Cent. Consols, 81 j-; Ditto for Account, 874 i; India stock, 222 3 ; India Bonds, 52 4; Ex chequer Bills, 65 66 pm. ; Scrip, 2i 4. MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 76k 54 dis. ; Brazilian, 48 50 pm. ; Bolanos, par, 10 pm. ; Colombian, 26 5 dis. ; Real Del Monte, 120 130 per share; United Mexican, 31i 31 die. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols are a shade lower, being 87i f for money, and 87f for the 26th May. India Stock continues to decline, and is now 221 2. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for account, 874 FOUR O'CLOCK.. Consols 87.1 Do. for Ac. 874 Brazilian Bonds 53 Buenos Ayres Chilian Do. Colombian, 1824 -CLOSING PRICES. ;Danish 65e Greek, 1825 1-14 Mexican, 1825 Peruvian Russian 96 1 Spanish 9-g- EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SALE. (THIS DAY.) The large sale of Saltpetre, Spices, &c., by the East India Company, has occupied the whole atten tion of persons engaged in transactions in these articles. Of Saltpetre, about 700 tons were offered, of which 400 tons were Company's goods. As the demand for this article has much increased lately, the biddings were brisk. The Company's realized principally 265. per cwt. The licensed average, from 255. 6d. to 265. per cwt. The Spices, as far as the sale has proceeded, have not shown an equal degree of firmness, compared with the Saltpetre. About 160 chests of Nutmegs went off, from 2s. 3d. to Ss. 7d. ; the Mace, from 4s. 6d. to ss. Id. ; about 500 packages of Cloves, I ld. to Is. 2d. per lb. The Pepper has not yet been put up for sale, hut is expected to go off at a reduction, owing to the languid state of the market. The sale was fully attended ; the real state of the Spice market will now be more accurately known. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. BUTTER (IRELAND). An ACCOUNT of the Quantity of BurrEß Exported from DUBLIN in each of the last Five Years. SHIPPING INTELIAGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY I 1.---Wind N.E. by E.--Arrived the Placedi a , C o l e , f rom C a di z . Arrived from London, the Leon.), Harry, for Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, MAY I I.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived from London, the Norfolk, Greig, for Ncw South Wales. Sailed the Nero of Malvern, Studd, for Bombay. FALMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wind E. by S.E.—Ar rived the Countess of Chichester packet, from Buenos Ayres, sailed the 24th of February. Sailed the Commerce, Pimer, for Newfoundland; and Adven turer, Cuthbertson, fur Figueira. PLYMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived off Port, from London, the Thisbe, Creed, for Jamaica; Tobago, for Quebec; and Friendship, for Pictou. Arrived the George the Fourth, and Macqueen, Walker, from China. HOLYHEAD, MAY 10.—Arrived the Chignon), from Bengal ; Sir F. Burton, from Bombay ; Aim well, from Maranhanq ; and Britannia, from New York. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 10.—The Russian Admiral at the Dardanelles has given notice to the Consul General of the Netherlands, at Smyrna, that the blockade extended to the Gulf of Contessa, in cluding consequently that of Lagos and the Port of Enos. ST. HELENA, MARCH 28.—The Triumph, Green, arrived to-day from Bombay, reports the loss of the ship Woodford, off Madagascar, oo the 18th of February; most of the crew saved. The Isabella left Bombay five weeks before the Triumph, and has not since been heard of. The Woodford . was from , Batavia. 'I he Isabella, Fox, sailed from Bombay the 15th of December. Year ended C. qrs. lb. Jan. 5, 1825 107 0 8 1826 117 0 21 1824 201 2 5 1828 129 3 9 1829 255 1 17 S. e e Note. To Foreign To Great Total. Parts. Britain. C. qrs. lb. C. qrs. lb. C. qrs. lb. 107 0 8 1 24,905 1 0 25,012 1 8 NoTE.—The Regulations which have been established in ac cordance with the 1 aw which places the Commercial Intercourse between Great Britain and Ireland on the footing of a Coast , ng Traffic, have deprived this Department of all information respect. ing the interchange of Native Produce between the two Coun tries, except in so far as the article of Corn is concerned. The quantity of Butter shipped front Dublin to Ports of Great Bri• tain can only be exhibited, therefore, for the First of the Five Years included in the foregoing Statement. WILLIAM IRVING, Inspector General of Imports and Exports, Inspector General's Office, Custom House, London, April V, 1829. BRITISII AND FOREIGN WOOL. An ACCOUNT of the Quantity of BRITISH WOOL that may have been Exported from the Port of London and the Out Ports to any Foreign Country, since the pass ing of the Law allowing such Exports (5 Geo. IV. c. 47) up to the present time. Sheep or Lambs' Wool. Woollen and Wi•rsted Yarn, (including Yarn of Wool or Worsted, linixed with other Ma- Iteriab ) LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. BUTLER V. KYMERSLEY. The Court was occupied the whole morning with this part-heard case, the argu►nents in which were not concluded when we left. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. CHAMBERS V. WATERS. The VICE-CHANCELLOR on taking his seat this morning addressing Mr. Bickerstetli said, since this heavy case was last before the Court, he had most carefully read over all die papers and documents, l►e would not therefore trouble the plaintiff's Counsel any further but should wish at once to hear the de fendant. Mr. BICKERSTETII was much obliged to his Honour for this intimation, he would therefore only call the attention of the Court to one or two facts which he considered most important. Mr. HORNE (Counsel for the defendant) must protest, after what had fallen from the Court, that the plaintiff's Counsel should be heard any further except in reply. At the same time he must observe, he was surprised at the turn the case had taken, and was scarcely prepared to go on. VICE-CHANCELLOR,Who are the Counsel em ployed for the defendant ? Mr. BICKERSTETH—Oh ! a great number, your Honour. There is Sir Chas. Wetherell, Mr. Horne, Mr. Pepys, Mr. 1 reslove, Mr. Beecher, Mr. Wheatley, and two or three others. They muster very strong, but a stron g case will beat the strongest Counsel. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL here entered the Court, and, after a few minutes spent in arranging his papers, commenced his arguments for the de fendant, and was speaking when our Reporter left. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Edmund \\Talker, Esq. took the oaths of alle giance and supremacy upon being appointed a Master in the Court of Exchequer, after the ceremony he walked across the table, (according to aticient custom) and presented each of the Barons with a small white silk purse, containing a quantity of gold coins. There being no other business before the Court, their Lordships only sat for a few minutes. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. DAUNAY V. COOPER AND ANOTHER. This was an action by an attorney to try the right of being present at a Magistrate's petty session, on behalf of a person accused under the game laws. The case was tried at the last assizes for Lincoln, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff—Damuges Is. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS now applied for a rule nisi, to enter a nonsuit, or, in the alternative, for a new trial, and contended that no attorney could claim a right of presence for a person accused of any crime short of felony.—Rule granted. ARCHES COURT. Sir JOHN NicnoLL took his seat this morning pre cisely at ten o'clock, but there being only a few motions of course, which were immediately disposed of, the Court sat for a few minutes and then ad journed. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowlan , l Meadow Hay #2 2 to £2 15 Best New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 .15 4 10 Clover Hay 3 15 5 5 Oat Straw £l 14 to £1 16 I Wheat Straw '2 0 Y 4 Clover Hay from ss. to 7s. per load higher than last quoted ; in prices of Meadow Hay and Straw no alteration. Supply of Mea dow Hay good, of Clover Hay and Straw limited ; trade on the whole rather dull. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay -£2 2 to £2 8 Best New Meadow Flay 2 17 3 4 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 4 4 4 Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s 5 ... Generally 3 0 4 10 Oat Straw XL 12 to £1 16—Wheat Straw 1 16 2 0 Supply good, trade dull, and prices stationary. CITY MARKETS-TWO O'CLOCK. SCGAR.—The delivery of Plantation Sugars for home consumption last week from the West India Docks was 3,000 casks, but as about 4,000 hhds. were landed, the stock remains about the same as in the previous week, viz. 12,200 hhds. and 940 fres. The Sugar and Coffee Mar kets evince more firmness to-day than of late. Hors.—The accounts from the Plantations to-day are more favourable, owing to the late change in the weather. Rust.—The stock is rapidly increasing : yesterday it exceeded 15,000 puns. The delivery last week was 433 puns., 133 of which were for exportation. Prices heavy. BALTIC PuonucE.—Tallow continues to improve, and extensive business is reported at from 38s. 6d. to 3Ss. 9d. per cwt. The delivery last week was 956 emits, and the stock is 11,700 caAs. The commercial accounts from St. Petersburgh are to the 25th ult., at which time the Ex change on London was at 10d.ii. Tallow there was at 97 rubles ; the purchases were small. The Wool Trade continues in a very heavy state, and the advices from the country to-day state that trade in woollen goods was worse than ever. There have been many foreign orders in the market for manufactured goods, but the sales completed were at so low a price as scarcely to pay for the raw material. Some faint hopes are in dulged that a Parliamentary inquiry may be again insti tuted in the trade. CorroN.—Although the accounts from Liverpool men tion that the sales last week were pretty considerable, yet the prices continued heavy. A private letter of Sunday sa y s — ,, I never in my life recollect a period in the cotton trade when the holders suffered so much from the depres sion in prices as at present." We understand that at the close of the present season, a theatrical company, composed of Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE, Mr. Ec sitzoN, and others of Covent-garden Theatre, will set out on a professional tour in Germany, and thence to Paris, so as to fill up the recess. The assist ance of Miss SMITHSON has been secured, and the name of that lady on the Continent is of itself a tower of strength : it is is probable that the speculation will prove successful. We understand that Sir N. TINDAL has been appointed Attorney-General. The election for Cambridge will, probably, take place next week. M r . B A NKES , 1 1110 was expected to oppose Sir N. Tx/4p4L, is now a Alember of the Government,.—Morninp paper. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Miss SMITHSON made her first appearance here last night after her late continental excursion. It is now some three or four years since this lady last performed at either of the great theatre., since which time she has established at Paris, and indeed throughout the Continent, an ehnost unprecedented reputation. The last time we saw her. previous to her departure from England, was as ./I.7arya ret, in A New Way to Pay Old Debts, a character in which there is little to do, but which little she neverthe less contrived to render interesting and appropriate. Her great defects at that period were coldness and monotony. We never fancied her deficient in intellect, but there was always a severe and scrupulous tameness about her that seemed to require the greatest encourage ment to kindle into any thing like life. That encourage ment she first received in Paris; and it had the imme diate effect of drawing forth all her latent energies. She then showed that the fire of dramatic genius, though dor mant, was not extinct within her, but that it merely re quired the air of popular favour to fan it into activity.— On her entrance last night she was greeted with a kindly and cheering welcome, which had the visible effect of embarrassing her exceedingly. She scented, in fact, wholly overcome, and it was some minutes before she could recover her usual self-possession. Fortunately, how ever, in the earlier scenes, there is nothing that requires exertion; they are intolerably prosing and spititless, and Miss SMITHSON' wisely refrained from giving them any undue importance. It was not till her interview with Hastings, in the second act, that she displayed any evi dence of superior power, when, in answer to his dis honourable supplications, she exclaimed, " Forbear, my Lord, here let me rather die," which she gave with a spirit that electrified the house, and drew forth one of those bursts of applause which Mr. KEAN used to elicit i❑ the earlier and better period of his career. Her next impressive point was in her colloquy with the Duke of Gloucester, who tells her that the State having resolved to set aside the eons of Edward, Hast ings was the only one who could be found to oppose the resolution. " Reward him for the noble deed, just hea vens," is her reply, into which she threw an amazing in tensity of heart, and soul, and spirit. The address to heaven, " Oh, thou most righteous judge," when Gloucester's sen tence of excommunication is announced to her, was equally effective: nothing could exceed her solemn delivery of this passage, whether as regards her manner—her atti tude—or the deep reverential tones of her voice. A si milar effect was produced by her appearance in the fifth act, where she slowly advances towards the front of the stage, repeating in a thrilling, dirge-like, heart-broken whisper, Howes only first-rate passage, " Yet, yet endure, nor murmur, oh, my soul." During her recitation of the few sentences that followed, a pin might have been heard to drop in the house, so deep, 'general, and unbroken was the stillness. But Miss SMlTH soles crowning exertion was the recognition of her hus band Shore. Nothing could exceed the impressiveness of her action on this occasion. The play represents her as just dying when the discovery takes place ; and in truth seldom or never before have we seen fiction so fully repre sent reality. The husky sepulchral voice,—the wild wan dering glance—the hands stretched out feebly and instinct ively to grasp at what she supposed to be the spirit of her husband,—these minute paints of character were pour.. trayed by Miss Sairnisox with an earnest, not to say an awful adherence to nature. Her attitudes too, throughout the scene, though savoring a little of the French school, were striking and novel, but at the same time perfectly easy and characteristic. In fact, they reminded us more of Mrs. Sinnosts than any actress we have seen since the days of that unequalled lady. Altogether, we have no hesitation in asserting that Miss S➢IITHSON has within her the staple of a first-rate tragedian. Her sensibility is fervent, yet never overstrained ; her manner natural and dignified ; her declamation exceedingly impressive. Jane Shore however is a part hardly worthy of her. We should like to see her in some more earliest and intellectual cha racter, such as Lady Macbeth for instance, to some scenes of which we can readily imagine she would give a most in tense interest. Isabella too she would do well, though the griefs in that play are rather too measured and mono tonous, and Miss SMITHSON, judging from her last night's performance, appears to most advantage in parts requiring sudden and violent emotion, alternations of feeling, where several passions contend for mastery. We need scarcely add that the applause at the fall of the curtain was enthu siastic : several individuals in the pit, and not a few in the boxes, rose and cheered for some minutes. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. An INTERESTING and ROMANTIC CASE. By reference to Bell's Life in London, of Sunday week, an extraordinary statement respecting the " Intlntuition of Gaining " will be read with much Quip' ;ie, by persons unacquainted Istlt the fatal and tirgovernable influence which that ruinous passion imposes upon almost all who unhappily indulge in gambling. The particulars, on which that state ment is founded, are even more curious than the facts connected with the case of Capt. Sturt, who, unexpectedly, became the heir to an immense fortune, transferred to him by the late Mr. Grindell (no relative, and almost a total stranger !) whose nephews are now engaged in a legal litigation with Capt. Sturt, in the hope of establishing " insanity" in the donor, and of setting aside both the donation and bequest of their late uncle. The present case is not likely to be involved in any dispute whatever, the parties being all satisfied and in perfect concord. The facts are, concisely, as follows : In 1797 a young Scotch officer contracted an en gagement to marry the only child of a very wealthy merchant abroad, whose father was disinclined to allow their union, on account of the youth of both; a distant day was fixed on by the careful parent; in the mean time the young officer returned to England with his regiment. The young lady, whose health was always delicate (having lost her mother at her birth) became more alarmingly ill, and her anxious father resolved to return with her to Europe, hoping that a change of climate and scene, and a renewed intercourse with " the man of her heart," might be of infinite service. In human events there is much uncertainty and very frequent disappointments ;—on their arrival they had the pain to find that the young officer had just left England, as aid-de-camp to one of our Governors abroad; the young lady's health was not improved by this disappointment, or a change to a cold cli mate. Madeira and the Western Isles were strongly recommended for her abode, and as she seemed better at sea, her anxious father took her to these Isles, at the same time inviting the young officer by letter to visit them at Madeira, when his duty would allow him; these letters reached the colony, where he had been employed as aid-dc-camp, a few weeks after his departure with the Governor's despatches for England. A variety of" untoward" circumstances and mischances rendered his passage home of a most unconscionable length, having been compelled to four distinct embarkations, (in consequence of a most circuitous route, the effect of misfortunes.) Mortified, grieved, and disappointed at not receiving any tidings from his fair betrothed, he was resolved to revisit the place in which he had left the object of his affections, when the London newspapers an nounced to him her death at Madeira! Grief, in youthful bosoms, is often violent and poignant, but it is seldom permanent. Affectionate letters passed between the young officer and the inconsolable parent of his lost friend. That parent returned to the place where he hoped, by active and constant em ployment, to divest himself of the weight of grief which oppressed him, and where he had concerns of a most extensive nature. His lovely daughter had earnestly entreated him to love and adopt her " intended husband" as his son and heir, which he solemnly promised to do ; and for the fulfilment of which he made the necessary arrangements, with out imparting his intentions to the young officer, with whom all correspondence and intercourse had ceased from 1799. The most prosperous and most active prosecution of mercantile concerns continued to occupy the old gentleman until 1819, when he returned to Europe, and alas ! found that his quon dam friend was ruined by an unconquerable propen sity to gamble, having been married for many years to the portionless orphan of a General officer. The old gentleman's pain was very great ; and, for near two years, he was undecided what course to pur sue, feeling bound by his solemn promise to his de parted daughter, and yet dreading the probable sacrifice of a princely fortune at the gaming-table ! ! At length he came to a firm and decided resolution to adopt a course which should put his friend's firmness to the severest test for ten years; and, in consequence, adopted the plan stated in Bell's Life in London, registering a solemn vow in Heaven (and the old gentleman is a truly pious man), that he would never swerve or deviate in the slightest degree from the conditions of that arrangement, whatever might occur; and, in communicating a copy of a " deed," regularly executed, to the young officer, he enjoins him to "abstain most scrupulously and prudently from snaking any of the circumstances known to any of his family, before the period of probation was completed;" and it is a creditable fact, that the officer has complied with the old gen tleman's wishes in the most scrupulous manner, never having betrayed, to any person, the souree from whence, on the first of January, 1832, he will possess a princely income, if he can, on that (ley or thereafter, take the oath required ;—and which there is every hope and prospect that he will be able to do, although unfortunately still a votary at the gaming -tables, where he contrives to dissipate his present income, and to involve himself in the greatest difficulties and embarrassments; on the preceding facts (extraordinary as they may seem) the Grmest confidence may be reposed ; and, doubtless, there are many who will be equally astonished and amused at a statement which proves that romantic events are not uncommon in the world, although not frequently brought to public notice. Such communications Must ever be more interesting and amusing than the common-place events of human life. ARRIVALS. the Duke of Devonshire, at Devonshire House, from Brigh ton ; Lord Chief Baron O'Grady, at the St. James's Hotel, Jer myn-street, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey, at ditto, from a tour; Mr. and Lady Ann Coke and family, at their new residence at Brompton, from their seat in Norfolk; the Hon. General Stopford, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Paris; Sir John Trollop, Bart.. at ditto, from his scat in Lincolnshire ; the Rev. Mr. Bellington, at ditto, from Kent; Mr. and Mrs. Ackers and family, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from their scat in Wilts; Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot, at ditto, from ditto; Sir George and Lady Sitwell, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle street, from their seat, Renishaw, Derbyshire; W. A. Ashby, Esq. anti son, at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, from Brighton : the Rev. Mr. Blackburn, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Cambridge; J. Ben on, Esq. and family, at ditto, from Paris; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Westenra, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Shrubs-hill ; Saunders Davies, Esq. and Mrs. Davies, at ditto, from Wales; Lord Bayning, at Mivart's Hotel, L ,- ,wer Brook and Davies-streets, from Herts ; Sir Charles and Lady Blois, at ditto, from ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Danley, at ditto, from Yorkshire ; the Earl of Rad nor, at ditto, from his seat, Longford Castle, Wilts; Col. Wild man. at ditto, from Newstead Abbey ; Mr. and Mrs. Dauncey, at ditto, from Abingdon Abbey; Lord Walpole, the Hon. Wm. Pery, RN., &c. from Brussels. DEPARTURES, The Duke of Norfolk, for his seat, Arundel Castle; Mr. St. Albans and family, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn.street, on a tour; General and Mrs. Manners Kerr, from ditto, for their seat in Wales; Lord George Quin, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Brighton; J. Lumley, Esq. from ditto, for ditto ; ('olonel and Mrs. Cholmeley, from Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's-street, for Paris ; Colonel and Mrs. Gilbert, from ditto, for Ireland ; S. R. Elphinstone, Esq. and Mrs. El phinstone, from the Brunsssick Hotel, Jermyn.street, for Brigh ton ; Mrs. Davies, from ditto, for Richmond; the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Curzon, from Mivait's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies. streets, for Huntingdonshire; the Rev. W. Tomlin, from ditto, for Oxford ; Mr. and Mrs. Trench and family, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; the Earl of Sefton, for his seat, near Liverpool. The Duke of CUMBERLAND visited his MAJESTY yesterday. The Duke of GLOUCESTER left his resi dence, Gloucester-house, Park-lane, yesterday morning, for Worthing. The Princess AUGUSTA and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER left town together yesterday morning, for the residence of the Royal Duchess at 13agshot Park.— Their Royal Highnesses are expected to remain for a few days. The Duke of WELLINGTON gave a grand entertainment yesterday evening, at his residence in Down ing-street, to between twenty and thirty of the nobility. The French Charge d'Affaires had an inter view with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday, at the Treasury. His Excellency afterwards transacted business with the Earl of ABERDEEN at the Foreign-office. Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambas sador, and Count LUDOLF, the Neapolitan Minister, liad interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN, at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Chairman of the Commissioners of Customs transacted business with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER yesterday. ACCIDENT AT THE LATE FIRE.—Mr. JOHN CARLISLE, whose house was burnt down yesterday morning, in about an hour after the accident happened was conveyed in a coach to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. It was then ascertained that a fracture of the middle of the right leg had been sustained. The fracture was of both bones, simple of the fibula, but compound of the tibia. He was put to bed, and the leg dressed, and put into a fracture-box. He got some slight bruises on other parts, particularly en the arms, hut nothing of consequence ; to-day the leg is not much swelled ; the lips of the wound are nearly in contact, the ends of the bones in opposition, the pulse quiet, and his condition per fectly favourable. It is not true that he sustained the injury after having ran up stairs for his braces. The fact is,' that having heard the watchman knock at his door, he went down stairs to obey the call, thinking he had left some part of the house insecurely fastened up. Having got to the door and finding the house to be on fire, he ran back up stairs to get his servant girl out of another room. She leaped through a window, the smoke by this time having ascended in large volumes vhro sheintoelsuopstairs,seeoid to Rini o the Sun public : house, and upon a part to be almost as un safe as before. He leaped after her, still with the view of rescuing her, but fell through a sky-light, and down a flight of kitchen stairs, and thus got his limb fractured. whatever related He got Th tor Though g , h : is crawled nai o n u e t, is and in this way saved his life. lie rest of his family were on a visit to a relation in the coun try.:lomat r,oaontodriaoubsookcsAelßleirri,LlFie Of in no way Fleet-street. He is insured for a part of the value of the property he has lost, INFATUATION OF GAMING. (The following is the article alluded to, copied from Bell's Life in London, April 26.) It is a fact well known to many most respectable characters, that a gentleman of rank in the army is now suffering the privation of " the common com forts of a gentleman," and is often reduced to tine greatest distress from the want of means to meet the " necessary expenditure" for his maintenance—who, • on the Ist day of January, 1832, will possess an annual income " of Princely magnitude," provided • he can, and does, make an affidavit before a Magis trate, in compliance with the " deed," by which many thousands per annum will devolve to him ! viz., " That he has not raised, nor caused to be raised, directly or indirectly, in any way or manner whatever, any sum of money - , goods, chattels, or other property whatsoever, from the Ist day of January, 1822, to the tat day of January, 1832, for or in consideration of, payment to be made from a n y part of the estate or money by the said deed to be, come his property ; and that he hath not made, given, nor executed, any promissory (written or verbal) engagement to pay or reimburse any loan of money, goods, chattels, or property, by the said deed transferred, given, and made over to him, the said , upon the due and faithful fulfilmeoit the conditions herein imposed and 17.0 quired; and which, in fact, amount to this :concise and plain sti-. pulation—that hp, ti:Ae said shall not, b e . tween the Ist day of January, 1821, and the Ist day of January, 1 832, derive arty pecuniary or other advantage whatever, from, or in consideration of, thereafter being able to liquidate or repay the same from any part or portion of the property herein Le t fore stated and described; and, in fli",tire of such oath, the said property shall that case, be dis posed of as. follows—viz." &c. &c. The deed is. in consequence of a knowledg e th a t t h e gent l eman intended to be enriched at.a future period has fatally indulged an infatuated propesity to gamble, which the " donor" desires to guard against encouraging, having pledged himself to an only eliild„ . wlw-n dying, to make his sole heir ; provided, at a certaiej age, and after a tri;',l of ten years' privations, he can conscientiously swear that he has not availed himself of the prospect of becoming " a man of fortene,7 , l to raise money for gaining purposes, or fob the sup ply of those comforts or necessaries which his pro pensity to gamieg might depriVe him of. The gentleman has hitherto abstained, and the peti ; o4i now so short, that his friends ente:tF,in sanguine hopes he will be able to take the prescribed oath, although his continued practice of gambling excites their fears, and affords those who esteem him very great pain, as Ile is often seen and known to be pennyless, without the means of -raising money, or of borrowing it on any promise or engagement, which might prevent his taking the oath required. Such is the horrible infatuation of the " dice-box," that few are able ever to relinquish gambling when once initiated Extraordinary as it may seem, it is nevertheless true, that this gentleman, who, in a few years, may be master of an income of more than 90,0001. per annum, and who possesses as cultivated an understanding as the generality of the best-in formed Englishmen, is so completely devoted to th pernicious vice, which (paradoxical as it appears) he deprecates publicly and emphatic a lly, that lie cannot refrain from sacrificing his time, and present limited income, to the " itch for gaming !" SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The premises were crowded yesterday with speculators of every class, and a gond share of general business was done at odds, which shew that the three dead heat housfs are held in some estimation. Clotilde and Green Alanfle were backed to a very large amount. The betting dosed thus : DERBY. 5 to 2 agst Patron (taken) 17 to 1 agst Ebury 7 to 1 agst Morris Dancer 17 to I agst Camel 12 to 1 agst Espagnolle 20 to 1 agst Windrush 13 to 1 agst Will-o'-the-Wisp 26 to 1 agst Prince Eugene (taken) 33 to 1 agst Dabs 13 to 1 agst Rhoda 40 to I agst Canvass 30 to 1 cyst Sycorax (t.,ken). OAKS. 9 to I agst Varna I I to 2 agst Green Mantle 7 to 1 agst Monte 35 to I ag: 8 to 1 agst Clotilde 16 to 1 agst Luss 16 to 1 agst Tickle it Device. The Lord Mayor has nominated the follow ing gentlemen for the office of Sheriff :—WyNx ELLII, Esq., citizen anti weaver; PETER POPE FIRTH, Esq., citizen and haberdasher; JAMES COCSENS, Esq., citizen and glover; WM. HENRY POLAND, Esq., citizen and painter-stainer. ; WM. HENRY RICHARDSON, Esq., citizen and vintner. We are informed that ANTHONYEA AIMO ND, Esq., barrister-at-law, has been appointed Advocate- General of Bombay, in the room of Sir W. DEWA R, who has received the appointment of Chief Justice there.— Morning Paper. JOHN IGGULDEN, Esq. has been appointed one of the Deputy Registers of the Prerogative Gala of Canterbury, vacant by the death of GEORGE JENNER, Esq., an appointment which has given general satistacti.,n to the profession. At a Special Court, held at the Trinity-house, on Tower-hill, on Saturday last, hie Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON was unanimously elected an Elder Prother of that Corporation, in the room of the late Earl of LI VERPOOL. Yesterday the despatches for Madras and Bengal, by the ship Thomas Grenville, Captain CIrA SHEA, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the purser of that ship. We are happy to say that an improvemnr, although very trifling, has taken place here this wecli iui the prices of weaving. On light cotton goods, in gener 1, there has been an advance of one-eighth of a penny per ell, and on the finer qualities one farthing. Silk weaving and green cloths remain Ivithent alteration.—Perth Courier. The honourable fraternity of black legs are looking forward to the approaching Epsom meeting, as the only means of making up for the unexampled dulness of the late London winter. Four young Chinese, who lately arrived at Calais, have excited much attention, as they wear their national dress. They make use only of the left hand, and, as they had never before seen any apples they fAt much embarrassed how to peel them. The day after their arrival they attended mass with much devotion, holding a rosary in one hand, and a Chinese book in the other, the leaven of which they turned over from the left side to the right. From Calais they proceeded to the great seminary at Amiens, where they are to finish their studies. A few days ago, HELEN, the wife of Trios. PENDLEBURY, of Hindley, near Blackburn, was examined by Dr. ASPINALL, of that place, it being suspected that she had recently been delivered. The same medical gen tleman and the governor of the workhouse afterwaris commenced a strict search, when they discovered, con cealed beneath the floor of the room where the woman was weaving, the bodies of two new-born children. On Wed nesday an inquest was held at the Lord Nelson, Hindley ; several surgeons attended, and the result was that a ver dict of "Wilful murder" was returned against the inhuman mother. She will be sent to Lancaster Castle to await her trial at the next assizes.—Munchester Gazette. The young man, near Methveh, who, No lately noticed, had been claimed by a woman from Paisley as her lawful husband the same day he was to have mar ried a second time, met his death last week, while charging a shot in a whin rock, on the premises of Tullybelton.— The shot went off prematurely and carried away part of his dress and bruised his body, so that ho lingered in great pain till Friday morning last.—Perth Courier. On Wednesday se'nnight, the wife of Mr. :101l N GOODWIN, carpenter, of Borstall, near Whitstable, ex_ pired, after giving birth to a fine child (the eleventh.), When the melancholy event was disclosed to the husband, it hai such an effect on him as to bring on violent hysteric fits, which continued at intervals two or three days. Ills sufferings, however, were so acute, that he dirt!, sop ose4 of a broken heart, in something less than a week after the demise of his wife.—Kentish Gazette. BRIDGEWATER, MAY 5.—A gentleman in this town, who keeps a breeding sow, moves her at far. rowing-time into an obscure corner of the adjoining pat ish, and when the delivery has taken place, he puts the young in a basket, and the sow follows them home. Our Alarm., who receives the small tithes, is thus cheated of his pig. Should the Parson of a neighbouring parish discover thte trick, be is not unlikely to try its legality. The owner of the pigs is considered at least worth 40,000/.—Sherborhe Journal. On Wednesday morning an inhabitant bf this town was arrested and conveyed to the county gaol at tlif suit of a brother-in-law; in the afternoon he .K.nt a m;!,:- senger to his house for two chairs, a table, a betl, &c. with which he was immediately supplied —but lo ! no sooner did the prison (loth open the next morning, than in marched a couple of bailiffs,who, without ceremony, seized, packed up and carried off all the articles above enumerated;,. —and this was done under an execution, issued utt the suit of another breVier-ill-lato I— Cambridge Indepen dent Press, Business has been inactive through the w ee k at the same time, we believe, no change has tak-en place in the pikes of either piece goods ne yarns. Probably less business has been done in consequence of the agitated state of the public mind, caused by the serious and lamentable disturbances which have occurred in many different parts of this district, anti of which we bawl given a full account in another part of our paper. Tom, railure of an titi-esta- Wished and respectable firm it I.)..thlin has been announced this week. We have no heard the amount of their en gagements, but we Anaerstand they are not sea heavy Isere, as might, franc, the state of their credit, and general, es tent of ther trade, have been expected.—Manc ester Ga.:. Some Limo ago a respectable lady from Glas gow, having been on a visit at the house of a friend in Edinburgh, fancied a beautiful cat of the Muscovy species. which graced the fireside of her hostess. The latter, being pressingly solicited, at length consented to present her visitcr with the animal., ;.nil puss was accordingly enclosed in a basket, and 'transported along with her new pro prietrix in the inside of a carriage to the city of Glasgow. Fe; seven or eight weeks after the animal's nil ieal at her new residence she was cloaely watched, hat, not being its conciled to the change, she should mike her escape. Ae the terminee.ion of that time she littered two kittens; suit this circumstance was considered a sufficient guaraotee foe her remaining, for soma weeks at least, in her ine,oi hnme. Some slays afterwards, however, puss, with 'oath her kit. tens, disappeared, and no traces could lee tibtained of the place to which she had been removes until about e i g ht aays front the time of her disameaoote from live Glasgow rssidenee, when her well Veown n;ew was rece)geised by her former mistress, et the door of her drawine.rosim. The door wee, opened; and there were seen poor puss with bee brace of kittens—they in excellent condition-_ gut she worn to a - skeleton. The distance betwieet Edio burgh and Glasgow is upwath of forty miles ; and as the sagacious animal could only carry one of ber kittens sticit a disjenee at a time, she 'maze, after having placed the ono in some place of cunecalmeat in Edinburgh, have le e .. turned to Ginn* -for the :other—thus travelling i:llJ gether upwards. of 120 miles.' There is no doubt but puss chose the darkness and of the night as the most el;g,ible season for the perfirmaiive of her singular journey. —Elgin CoirZer,,