The Sun. — London, England, 1829-03-24 00:00:00

Tim. Re LA an interview , with Captains Isao and - Gfigto Who to act in concert with him. General Church has taken the town of Vonizza, and hopes that th citadel will soon surrender. It the town of Vonizza 2,000 Greeks were found who 64 hat made slaves by the Turks. The Greek garrison -1114 E- excursions by land towards Arta. A Turkish Ctrs conimanded by one of Redschid's Lieutenants, (who hitptvlf in a critical situation at Janina, in consequence of all insurrection of the Albanians,) which was on the 'mock to relieve the garrison of Athens, has been defeated 1 1 the Greeks, who were posted in , the defiles of Livadia. .:rha Turkish commander, out of revenge for his defeat, Caused two villages t,) be plundered on his return. Gene ."' kfai.ou bas.forbidden the Greek army to advance any farther than Attica. Vtituxa, MARCH 971; Bank Shares, 1,095. fly his Majesty's brig Kingfisher a mail from Halifax has arrived at Falmouth, and brings news- Papers from thence to the 17th Feb.; but they con tain little that is interesting to the English reader. His Excellenity the Lieutenant-Governor communi cated a message to the House of Assembly, respect ing the disposal of the duties collected under the Statutes of the Imperial Parliament, for regulating the colonial trade. s Fie also intimated that the Lords eoramissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, ha v ing given due attention to the representations sub mitted to them, trusted they should have no cause to regret that the abolition of fees on shipping, which the Customs had long derived their emoluments from, should have taken place before some satisfac tory arrangements had been made with the Colonies for permanently providing for the salaries of these (*cent. The main object of the abolition of fees Was colonial relief; but at the same time that it should not be made the means of additional and un tcasonable burthen upon the revenue at home. In order to illustrate the new system, it is observed that in the several ports, in the shape of fees, 1 9,000/, was collected, while the total reduced sa feties proposed to be defrayed out of the colonial revenue amounts to no more than 73,000/. It is Proposed that the Crown revenues should be charged with the expellee of the collection of the Customs. It is observed in a Paper of the 14th, in allusion to this Message, we have not heard how it has been received by the House of Assembly, but we suspect it will be esteemed very unsatisfactory. By the private letters received yesterday from Rio Janeiro, we have information that Don PEDRO 11 going to increase the tariff in articles of import, 'O;6 is to take place on the Ist of March. Accounts from Paris this morning state that SALDANHA left Paris with despatches for the Bra- Misn Rogation in London. aiiramichi Papers are arrived to the 28th of January, they state that the sale of the Crown 1 : 4 , n18 , at St. John's, is to be suspended, by autho rl7 of his Excellency, till further instructions. RIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. P ORTS/JOUTIi, MARCH 23.—Wind E.N.E.—Ar td off the Wight, th e Edi n b urg h, B ox , f rom ' v ‘Aina ; an d C am d en, T erry, from the Mauritius. Pitta d ovrti,'MAßCH 22.—Wind E.— Arrived the k ingfisher packet, from Bermuda, sailed the 31st of January, and from Halifax the 17th of February. Maßcn 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Hayden, Smith, from Terceira, in 12 days, with loss of anchor and cable; and Cognac, from Charente. Dont; MARCH 23.--Arrived the Jefferson, Leslie, from Baltimore. ' QM, MARCH 23.—Arrived the Dublin packet, Perriman, from Marseilles. . NUANCE., MARCH 22.—Arrived the Amity, latt,from Buenos Ayres; and Angerstein,Wriggles- Worth, from Rio Janeiro. Th "fle Neath Trader, Rees, from Cork to Bristol, 1442 on shore near Kilmore, on Friday morning; Argo discharging. The Lively, Huelin, bound to Jersey, put back to and nz aratte leaky, with loss of masts and sails, &c., was condemned previous to the 12th ult. The Louisa, Robinson, from Shields to Dundee, was Wrecked the 17th inst. off Arbroath; craw and Aterials saved. The Countess of Chichester packet, from Fal aouth. arri ve d at Ri o J ane i ro t h e 12 t h o f J anuary , d sailed on the 15th from Buenos Ayres. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, Tirstrx o'CLocr. The English Funds have undergone a more koked improvement to-day than we have had to notice for B orne time, and the general appearance of m a „ 'um been aided by an advance in the Preach Funds, as w e ll a s by a pl en tif u l s upply of Pone in the City. Consols opened at 87 1 for and 871 for account, and immediately kfteilvards reached 87 -8- for the latter, and 871 ta r money. Exchequer Bills are 515 ; India Bonds, t 7 9 pm. In the Foreign Funds a still further decline has I taten place in the price of Brazilian Bonds of nearly 4 0 per cent., the present price is 56k 7, and even bt this rate they appear to be very heavy ; Buenos I tten Stock is 26 8 ; Portuguese, 43 I ; Peruvian r!ds are 13; in Russian and Danish Stocks no ratio n has taken place. „I' Imperi a l . Mi n i ng Sh ares are 21. per s h are l ower, ; 4 1 d after th e M eet i ng yester d ay o f the Shareholders fell to 26 28 pm. 4 7 , t hree per Cent. Consols, 87i ; Ditto, for Account, )2.. ? I; India B on d s , 47 9 p m . ; Ex c h equer Bill s , 54 5 pm . th7 llll Plit---Brazilian, 56f 7; Buenos Ayres, 26 2S; 'Au, 22 ; C o lombi an , 17i 18 ; Danish, 641 5 ; t e ll * 14; Mexican, Five per Cent., 18 19 ; Six per 41 14. : 22 1 ; Peruvian, 13 ; Portuguese, 43 j-; Russian, L. ; Spani s h, 0+ f. llij ilt ts•---Anglo Mexican, '7B 6 dis. ; Brazilian, 26 8 k l . ; %lams, par, 10 pm. ; Colombian, 22 21 dis. ; °el Monte, 135 45 per share; United Mexican, 549 dis. TWO O'CLOCK. h p, e n. als rema i n 871 for the 14th April; Four 11 044 "Its- 1011 102, The price of Portuguese it !e 4 ' has undergone a rather considerable fall, and 411 42, which is the only variation iu the Market. tn ' THREE O'CLOCK. %,Zts for Account, 871 4. O'CLOCK.—CLOSING 'PRICES. 2 1 871 ' Danish 641 1 , , , vi0r- A 4 87 4 4 Greek, 18 . .?,5 klonds 57 Mexican, 1825 Chili t .' A,,,yrN 26 Peruvian COlt‘uo.• • Russian 95 144 1 1824 179 Spanish 91- LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. THEW:SON V. WOODFORD. This case stood f.r judgment to day, but his LORDSHIP postponed giving it till Thursday next. IN THE MATTER OF HURsT AND CO., BANKRUPTS. The petition in this matter, upon the application of Mr. BICKERSTETII, was ordered to be transferred from the Vice to the Lord Chancellor's paper. DREVOR V. MAUDSLEY. In this case a suit had been instituted by a Mr. Harvey against the trustees of Mr. Lee, praying that they might be restrained from paying to him a sum of 5001. a-year. An injunction had been ob tained for that purpose, and a receiver appointed. Notice had been given on the part of Mr. Lee that an application would be made to dissolve the in junction; and until that motion was made, all fur ther proceedings would be useless. Some of the parties resided in Germany, from whom it was ne cessary to have affidavits in support of that motion. Mr. KNIGHT asked that the case might stand over, in order to procure that evidence, which was agreed to by Mr. 'Wakefield upon the receiver under taking riot to part with any money in his possession during the pending of the motion. Mr. SPENCE, who appeared for the receiver, with some reluctance consented to. this, and thus the matter rests for the present. SAYERS V. HANDLEY. Upon this case being called on, a gentleman be hind the bar intimated that the facts were of such a nature as to require a private hearing, if it met with the approbation of the Cimrt. Mr. BICKERSTETH, who appeared on the other side, concurred in the propriety of this course being adopted, and His LORDSHIP ordered the matter to come on on Thursday next. The COURT proceeded with motions, but nothing of any public importance occurred before we left. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. SANDWICH CHAPEL-THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND OTHERS V. THE REV. D. R. THOMLASON. Mr. HORNE applied for an injunction to restrain the defendant, the Rev. Deny Ray Thomlason, from officiating as Minister to the Independent Congre gation, assembling for Divine worship at Sandwich, and front collecting the " pew rents" of the said chapel. The Learned Gentleman at great length went through the deed of trust by which the chapel was to be governed, by which it appeared that the Minister must profess the doctrines of what are termed " Independent Dissenters," and that the power of nominating him lay with the majority of the congregation, but that no one was to be con sidered Minister thereof until he had been regularly ordained. The facts are as follows :—ln July 1827, a vacancy occurred by the then Minister dy ing, and the defendant was invited to preach for four weeks. This he accepted, and in the following October he received a regular invitation from the congregation to become their Minister, and they agreed to give him a salary of 1001. per annum, and to have a subscription at Christmas. He returned his answer to this invitation in December, ac cepting of the offer, but at the same time stated that if any disunion in the Church took place he should consider himself at liberty to leave them. This disunion bad taken place, and the greatest discontents in the church had arisen before the defendant was ordained. A meeting of the cor poration was therefore called, and a respectful letter sent to the defendant, requesting him, for the peace of the church, to leave them ; this he refused to do; a regular notice was therefore drawn up, in August, 1828, giving him warning that after the expi ration of that year his services would be dis pensed with, and his salary stopped; this no tice he also disregarded, and boldly told them be would not leave ; for if the old congrega tion had left him, he had got another composed of sinners, and who could lie preach to better th an sin ners. He likewise dealt out his anathemas from the pulpit against the Trustees of the Chapel; and from that sacred place publicly declared, that " When tyrants reign, rebels might rise ;" he would there fore bid them defiance. The trustees, therefore, assisted by the majority of the congregation, de termined to eject him by other means, and accordingly, at the expiration of the time they had given him notice to leave, had the locks taken off the chapel doors, and new ones substituted; and on the first Sunday in the year, they, with ano ther Minister they had appointed, took possession of the chapel, and locked themselves ;n; but scarcely had divine worship commenced, when the de fendant, attended by his friends, attempted to gain admission, but finding the doors locked, obtained a large sledge hammer, and heat them in, when they entered the chapel huzzaing, and making a great noise—and the old congregation were routed, and the defendant and his party had ever since kept possession, and collected the rents for the pews. The Learned Counsel therefore trusted, under these circumstances, the Court of Chancery would interfere; he had no doubt of its jurisdiction, and the defendant did not deny t he facts, but merely contented himself with making an affidavit, stating that lie considered his engagement had been for life, and denied the power of the con gregation to dismiss their Minister. There was another affidavit from one of his friends, stating that it was the desire of many persona that he should continue to be Minister of the chapel. Mr. CHING followed on the same side, and cited many cases to shew the Court had interposed its authority in cases like the present. It was not a matter of religion, but one simply of law, whether or not the defendant had a right to occupy the pul pit after he had been desired and received a regular notice that he was not any longer a Minister thereof. Mr. SUGDEN was about to address the Court for the defendant, when he was stopped by The VICE-CHANCELLOR, who said he would not trouble him; he was of opinion the deed of trust had not been infringed, and therefore the Court could not interfere; it stated that some congregation or another of " Independents" should have the use of the chapel for public worship, and it did not ap pear that any other doctrines were now taught. With respect to the squabbles between the parties, he did not think they were a fit subject to be enter tained by the Court, there was not the least ground for the application, he should, therefore dismiss it, and that with costs. The following notice was stuck up in Court this morning : MARCH 23, 1829. " His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR doth order, that in future, when any cause, bankrupt petition, or other matters, are placed in his paper for hear ing, the paper shall be called through only once, and if Counsel are not in attendance or► each cause, pe tition, or matter, at the time it is called on, tho same shall be strued's out of the paper." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. SERIOUS CICARGE.—E. Seager was charged with having embezzled the sum of 2001., the property of Mrs. Dyatt. Mr. Harman deposed that he was one of the partners in the firm of Harman and Co., bankers. He was trustee to Mrs. Dyatt, who had an income of 800/. a-year, paid in two hall-yearly payments of 400/. each. On the 27th of December he paid the prisoner 200/., which Mrs. Dyatt had sent for in advance, and was surprised some little time after to hear from Mrs. Dyatt, stating that she was very much surprised that she had not received the money she had sent for. It was then discovered that the prisoner had absconded with the money. Mrs. Dyatt deposed, that she sent the prisoner on the 27th of December to Mr. Harman, for 2001., and she had not seen him since. The prisoner was allowed to put in bail. Mr. O'CoN NELL, we understand, leaves town this day for Ireland, for the purpose of taking part in the arguments of a most important case, which is about to come before the Court of Chancery. The Learned Gentleman has received a retaining fee of 500 guineas. Mr. O'CoNtar.r. will return again to London in a week or ten days. EXECUTION-(THIS DAY.) This morning a more than usually numerous crowd assembled in the Old Bailey, to witness the execution of Thomas Birminghanz, aged 21, Jaseph Redgard, and William Kelly, for robbing a gentleman, named Munro, of his watch, &c. value MU., in Kirby-street, Hatton garden. They were known to have formed a part of the " Field-lane Gang." and had been tried with another named Crawley, who had been also convicted, but not yet left for execution. Charles Goodlad, aged 22, was also ordered for execution for robbing his master, Mr. Geddes, of a quantity of plate. Since they have been left for execution they have all be haved with the greatest decency, and each expressed the most perfect contrition for his crime. On Sunday, Bir mingham requested that the same sermon might be preached as lie had heard previous to the last execution, and his wish was complied with. He was joined by Red gard in begging mercy for the lad Kelly, who, they both acknowledged, had been led into it by themselves. A letter was consequently addressed to Mr. Peel by the Sheriffs, hut the robbery was a violent one, and no mercy could be ex tended. Birmingham paid great attention to Mr. Baker, who was constant in his visits to the unfortunate men, and seemed to prefer him even to his own (Catholic) priest, who had throughout behaved with the greatest kindness and attention to him. He confessed to the commission of 30 robberies within twelve months, and expressed his cur. prise that he had not been taken before. At a few minutes before eight o'clock, the Sheriffs entered the Bread-room. We observed Birmingham and Kelly sitting at a table, by the fire, with Mr. Baker and the Priest. As the proces sion entered, Birmingham arose from the table, and rub bing his hands before him, exhibited the most perfect, yet respectful sang froid. He bowed, and said indifferently that he was quite ready, and turning to the attendants who held the cords which were to bind him, requested them to tie the handkerchief over his face singly. He was a small man, but with a clean muscular frame, which must have combined great strength with agility. His ex pression of countenance was shrewd and daring, although disfigured by the loss of his left eye. " Can't they do any thing for him, Sir ?" said he, addressing Mr. Wontner, and turning to Kelly, who was putting the last strokes to the signature on his confession. Mr. Wontner replied that every effort had been made, but to no purpose. " Then I'm sorry I led him into it," added the culprit; " but I've done all I can ; I can't help it." He then sat down on the form. Kelly cried bitterly while undergoing the same operation, and said not a word. " Don't cry, Bill; don't cry, Bill," said Birmingham, as he stifled down the only symptom of weakness that sheaved itself in his exe cution, "If you cry you'll distress me." Redgard was also firm; having been bound, he seated himself beside Kelly, who wiped his streaming eyes on the other's shoulder. " I hope they will have mercy on that other poor fellow (meaning Crawley, who was tied with them), and spare his life, as he had nothing to do with it," earnestly observed Redgard ; and Birmingham added, " He had nothing to do with the robbery ; lie never struck the man, it was I who struck him as he fell over my leg." The Sheriffs having noticed the remark, and Goodlad having been tied, they proceeded to the drop. The harsh clang of the prison bell, and the solemn tones of the burial service, passed un heeded, and they mounted the drop in the order in which they were bound. Birmingham mounted with a light step, and was recognised by several of the lower class of women, who called him by Ida Christian name, and waved their handkerchiefs. He gazed around him with apparent un concern till his eye was bound. Kelly was dreadfully distressed. Goodlad, who was the most decent-looking, appeared perfectly resigned. Every thing being prepared, the bolts were drawn. Birmingham, finding the floor leaving him, sprang forward, probably expecting to make the fall decisive ; but the jirk brought the noose of the rope directly under the front of his chin, and his head being thrown back and the cord not drawn tight, lie exhibited the most horrible spectacle ; as the executioner applied his weight to the culprit's legs, the yells of the crowd, mingled with the screams of women, were terrible, and it was at least five minutes before the unfortunate man dropped his hands. They were cut down at the usual hour, and the crowd dispersed. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 96 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10 Best New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 10 4 4 Clover Hay 3 8 5 0 Oat straw £l 19 to £1 14 I Wheat Straw 1 14 1 18 Supply good, and trade, owing (the.sellers assert) to many fa milies having left their horses in the country and come post to town, very dull at Saturday's prices. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 15 Best New Meadow Flay 2 15 3 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 0 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s 5 ... Generally 3 5 4 15 Oat Straw XI 10 to £1 I2—Wheat Straw 1 12 1 16 Supply good, trade dull, and prices as last quoted. CITY MARKETS-TWO O'CLOCK. There is still a great want of animation in the Colonial Markets, but the deliveries of Sugar from the West India Docks are rather on the increase, amounting last week to 2,557 hluls. and 137 trcs , and the stock in these Docks is getting very low, viz. 12,452 hhds. and 961 trcs. On the prices of laNt week there is no alteration this morning although there appears some disposition to do business.— Foreign Sugars are more sought after, but the Refined market looks heavy. In COFFEE a slig:it increase of business may be noticed, but not sufficient to alter prices. RUM.—This article is more in request. Leewards, proofs, obtain from 2s. 2d. to 2s. 3d. Jamaica, fine quality, 4s. per gallon. The delivery last week from the West India Docks was 674 puns. and 48 hhds. The stock is 15,455 puns and 1,234 hhds. SALTPETRE has more inquirers, and the public sale of 700 bags went off briskly at 255. 6d. per cwt., although the quantity was somewhat inferior, so that an advance in this article of at least one per cent. must be noticcd. Hors AND SEEDS. - The markets for the latter not nearly so brisk as might be expected. English Red Clover 455. a 58s. to 645. per cwt. ; ditto Foreign, 50s. to 625. ; Trefoil, 12s. to 415 . : per cwt. In INDIGO there is little doing, and not much expected, until the conclusion of the next Company's rale. Oms.—There has been a considerable decline in Sperm Oils, amounting to from 31. 10s. to 41., the price being now 781. 108. per tun ; other Oils pretty steady. Wool..—The demand for Wools remains exceedingly flat. A better state of things is, however, looked for, as it is understood the stock of English Wools is much re duced, and the arrivals of Foreign limited. The with drawal of country 1/. notes continues to press heavily on the manfacturers; at least they are not disposed to operate largely till they see the effect of the Small Note Act more clearly. COTTON.—The Cotton sales of 7,000 bags, at the end of last week, went off at former prices. BALTIC Pitooucx.—Tallow has not revived, nor is it expected to do so while the home produce presses on the market. Russian is now 38s. per cwt. The delivery last week was only 933 casks against 1,158 in the correspond ing week of last year. The stock is 16,700 casks. The accounts from St. Peteraburgh =tote, that since the last post from 700 to 800 casks had been bought. Tallow, 97 rubles. SIR HUMPHRY DAVY.—A very consider able interest has within the last week been excited in the scientific world by the conflicting reports upon the subject of Sir HUNIPHRY DAVY'S health. While one account led us to believe that his Continental residence had restored him to health, another consigned him to the grave. Upon inquiry, we learn with sorrow, that, although the philoso pher is still living, lie has suffered from another attack of apoplectic tendency, which renders the tenure of his exist ence very precarious. He is residing at Rome, and we understand that Lady DAVY is on the eve of.Aeparture, for the purpose of joining him.—Spectator. The Chief Baron, O'GRADY, who was one of the Judges of Assize, has left Limerick for London, it is positively slid to be raised to the Peerage. Mr. Sergeant GOOLD supplies his place for the remainder of the Circuit. We never recollect so light au Assizes as the present. There were only 47 numbers on the Crown book of the county, the Bills of Indictment on many of which were ignored, and several of them were not sent before the Grand Jury at all.--Leinster Journal. GENERAL OPINION OF A SERNION.—Men speak of a sermon in the same language, and, perhaps, with the same gesture of the hand, smiting the body in the smite place, with which they speak of a dinner ; it did me good, Sir, 1 felt the better for it.—/rving's Last Days. Loss OF THE AGINCOURT.—Extract (or rather postscript) from a letter just received:—" A most distressing oc currence happ ene d yesterday. The sh i p Agincourt, from Bristol to -St. Kitt' s , go t u p on a r o c k opposite to our house , and by daylight ye s terd a y morning she was in a blaze, in consequence of some lime on board having been washed by the water. It was an awful sight! In less than an hour afterwards not a plank of her was to be seen. Thank GOD ! no lives were lost. IVe could see her plainly. Antigua, Jan. 31, 1 829.".. —Rath Journal. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. The Duke of CUMBERLAND arrived in town about half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from a visit to the King at his Palace at Windsor. The Duke of SUSSEX and the Duke of GLOUCESTER honoured the performance of the Fjench plays, at the English Opera House, with their presence yesterday evening. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the Princess AUGUSTA yesterday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duke of CUMBERLAND visited the Earl of ELDON yesterday, at his Lordship's residence in Hamilton- place. The Duke of WELLINGTON entertained Earl GREY and a numerous party to dinner on Sunday, at his residence in Downing -street. Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambas sador, had a conference yesterday with the Earl of ABER DEEN, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Secretary PEEL had an interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday, at the Treasury. Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD arrived at his re sidence in Somerset-house, on Sunday night, from Corn wall. The Right Hon. Gentleman transacted business yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade, and visited Mr. Secretary PEEL. The Duke of GORDON and the Earl of ELGIN visited Sir GEORGE MURRAY yesterday at the Colonial Office. Lord LEVESON GOWER transacted business with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER yesterday, at the Treasury. The Duke of WELLINGTON was loudly cheered by a number of persons collected at the end of Parliament-street, in his passage to the House of Lords yesterday evening. Though the Duke of WELLINGTON rode to the ground on Saturday on horseback, Dr. Hums was there by appointment with a carriage, to be ready in case of any accident. It is proper to rectify an error of the press in letter No. 13, of the correspondence between the Duke of WELLINGTON and Lord WINCHILSEA, in The Sun of Saturday. It ought to be "on my communicating to his Grace, your note of three P. M., &C." The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR has in vited all his Majesty's Ministers, several other Members of both Houses of Parliament, and the Members of the Corporation, to dine with him on Wednesday, the Bth of April, the day on which Mr. PEEL is to receive the gift of the freedom of the City from the hands of his Lordship. General Sir W. GORDON was elected on Tuesday last for the borough of Launceston, in the place of the Hon. P. B. Par.r.Ew, who had vacated his seat by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds. Sir W. Goanow, in his address to the electors, expressed himself as decidedly favourable to Catholic Emancipation. We are happy to have it in our power to state, that the Marquis of CLEVELAND is now much better, and is daily expected to resume his journey to London. Sir HENRY HALFORD, we believe, was sent for, but was countermanded by a second messenger before he reached the north.—Durkam Chronicle. By an Order in Council of the 2d of last month, the Navy Board in future is to consist of a Comp troller, Sir T. B. MARTIN ; Deputy Comptroller, Hon. HENRY Lraux ; Surveyor of the Navy, Sir BORT. SEP rnias ; Extra Surveyor of the Navy (for the present), JOSEPH TUCKER, Esq. ; Accountant-General J. DEANS ThomrsoN, Esq. ; Storekeeper-General, Captain R. G. MIDDLETON ; Superintendent of Transports, Hon. COUR.- TENAY BOYLE. MR. KEAN.—This actor has, for several weeks past, been enjoying the salubrious air at his delight ful and romantic residence on the Island of Bute, and has been so much improved in the state of his health, that he embarked recently from thence, accompanied by Mr. PHILLIPS, on board the steamer Erin, for Dublin.— Glas gow Free Press. His Excellency the LORD LIEUTENANT and her Grace the Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND entertained a party of forty-eight yesterday, at Dublin Castle. The massive gold service of his Excellency, which was used on the occasion, transcends that of any other nobleman. His Excellency is the only English nobleman who can attempt a gold dinner service for filly, —Freeman's Journal of Wednesday. It must have been truly gratifying to Lord LONSDALE to observe the enthusiastic manner in which the test of Westmoreland Independence was received at the dinner given to Mr. AGLIONBY, and to hear from the lips of Mr. CRACKANTHORPE that the freeholders of that county were still determined upon achieving their political freedom. We have now another to announce, which his Lordship will hear with equal p!easure, and which we state upon authority on which we can rely. Some time ago the friends of Mr. BaouorrAm came to a resolution to persuade that gentleman not again to offer himself for Westmoreland until the present Lord LOWTHER should be called to the House of Peers. The interference of Lerd LONSDALE in the late election for this city has entirely changed their intention, and they are now resolved to sup port that gentleman at the next election by every means in their power, and they have already commenced pre paration for a more effectual resistance to the nomination of his Lordship than has yet been atternped.— Carlisle Journal. A letter from New York, in an evening pa per, mentions the arrival of the Cambrian, in which Mr. ROWLAND STEPHENSON was supposed to have embarked. He was not in her, nor has any intelligence been received respecting him. LEITIL—The petitions in favour of religious toleration have already been signed by a large proportion of the most respectable and most intelligent people of the town. The other private affair does not seem to take, from the fact, that not a few boys under 15 years of age have been allowed to attach their names. —Scotsman. CALEDONIAN FANCY BALL.—This splen did entertainment, which has-for some weeks past excited so much interest in the fashionable circles, took place on Thursday night, in George-street Assembly-rooms, and was attended by about SOO persons. The scene was alto gether captivating ; and whether we look to the taste, fancy, and rich variety of the costumes; the elegance of the dancers ; the decorations of the room ; the spirit and gaiety with which the whole was kept up, it unquestion ably surpassed, in point of brilliancy and effect, all former exhibitions of the same sort which have been given in this city.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. We are glad to find that the stream of private benevolence, in behalf of the Spitalfields weavers, bas been falling in with the efforts made by various charitable institutions to alleviate their sufferings. Since the begin ning of last month, a considerable sum has been raised by the gentlemen of the Long-room at the Custom-house, and appropriated to the necessities of the weavers, according to the condition of the families and the number of chil dren in each, proper cases being pointed out by the Spitalfields Benevolent Society. We hope that the gen tlemen of other public offices will follow so laudable an example, at a time when the wants of a numerous and industrious body of men are urgent beyond precedent. The Mangles, of 800 tons burden, drawing 20 feet six inches water, from the Mauritius, left Gravesend yesterday morning at ten o'clock, and arrived safe in the St. Catherine's Docks before two, two Lours before high water, without the aid of steam. A few days since, in a field near the Land's End, about 200 ancient coins were discovered. They ap pear to be Roman ; on the one side is a head, with a small crown, on the other, a figure, probably of Mercury, hold ing a sword and a staff, with the words, Temporium Fe- Hellas. The coins were not in an urn, nor were the re mains of one found iear them.— Cornwall Gazette. A person not many miles distant, very fond of cramp words, lately made his letters for the funeral of a relation request the honour of his friend's company from the Louse where the corpse lay to the place of entertaiment (interment) in the church-yard of Few of the friends, we suspect would have relished such a treat as this c' feast of skulls." —Strathmore Journal. FOSSIL TURTLE.—The remains of a sea turtle have lately been discovered, and are now in the possession of Mr. DECK, of Cambridge. It is embedded in a mass of sept ar i a , we i g hi ng upwar ds of 150 pounds, with two fine sp ec i mens o f f oss il wo od; and was obtained in digging for cement stone, about five miles from Harwich, in three fathoms water, where, as a mass of stoup, it had been used as a stepping blckek...—Bakewell's Geology. ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. It is not generally known, but it is a fact of in disputable authenticity, that the marriage of the parents of one of our Noble families, alike distin guished for their private and their public virtues, was brought about under eircumsances as singular in their nature as ever enlivened the pages of ro mance. The interesting story may be narrated in a few words :—The Earl of had an only daughter, whose personal accomplishments were only exceeded by her virtuous disposition and con duct. He had long been on terms of great intimacy and friendship with the Duke of ; and it had been agreed between the two Noblemen, that, in the event of the parties more immediately inte rested consenting to the match, a marriage should he consummated between the eldest son of the lat ter and the only daughter of the former. The Marquis of was at this time making the tow• of Europe; but, under the impression that nothing but his presence in this country was wanting to settle the affair, his father wrote him to hasten his return home, and, in passing through the county of —, to call at the princely mansion of the Earl of —. —The young Nobleman returned to this country, and carried with him, from the Continent, those libertine sentiments and dissolute habits which are scarcely less prevalent among ourselves than among the higher ranks of foreigners. When within two miles of the Castle of , he overtook two genteelly but plainly-dressed females, the one was his apparent bride, and the other her maid; but both were unknown to him. He was accom panied by a person having the appearance of a valet-de-chambre. After travelling some little distance hard-by Lady Harriot, the Marquis of thinking, from the retired nature of their l i then situation, that there was little danger of detec tion, made an attempt on her Ladyship's virtue, and by dint of brutal force would have succeeded, had not a strange gentleman, who was passing, and who was attracted by her screams, opportunely made his appearance. The latter was dressed in uniform as an officer of the army; and, rushing, to her rescue, he unsheathed his sword, and protested he would plunge it into the body of the young libertine Nobleman if he did not that moment desist. Alarmed at the threat of the courageous soldier, the Nobleman and his apparent servant immediately took to their horses, and departed. The protector of Lady Harriot, without knowing who or what she was, politely solicited permission to accom pany her home; which permission, it is unnecessary to add, was readily granted. On arriving at the Castle of —, they were astonished to find the dissolute Nobleman, who had so recently made an attempt on her Ladyship's virtue, in close conver sation with her father. The young Nobleman, on their appearance, became a pi•rfect persouitication of confusion ; but, after recovering himself a little, he stammered out an apology, protesting thnt what he had done was entirely from ignorance of her Lady ship's name and family—he supposing, from the plainness of her dress, that she was not a person of condition. The whole circumstances of the case were explained to his Lordship, on which, at the same time casting towards the attempted destroyer on his daugh ter a look of inexpressible contempt, he desired him to make his stay in the house as short as possible.— The Noble debauchee took the hint so unequivocally given, and departed. The Earl of addressed himself to the gallant gentleman who had been the means of rescuing his daughter from the imminent peril to which her honour had been ex posed, and begged to know • to whom he had thus been laid under such deep and lasting obligations. The former replied that he was just returned from America, where he had been in the British army— arid that he was the second son of Colonel —, who was killed at the battle of Minden. " The son of Colonel !" exclaimed his Lordship, with peculiar emphasis, at the same time seizing the young gentleman cordially by the hand, " The son of Colonel --, who saved my life at the battle of Dettingen, and with whom I was on such intimate terms ; and yourself the young fellow who behaved so gallantly at the taking of Quebec ! Con sider my house as your home." Notwithstanding the disparity, both in regard of riches and rank, between the parties, his Lordship urged the young gentle man to pay his addresses to his daughter, assuring him that he should exert himself to secure the success of his suit. His Lordship's young friend diffidently made the attempt; and the amiableness and bravery of his conduct, conjoined with gratitude for his opportune interposition on her behalf on the occasion referred to, so sensibly won the affections of Lady Harriot, that her hand was speedily ob tained. They were married together; and the marriage was productive of the highest felicity to both parties. There is so much of the air of ro mance in the above narration, that we deem it again necessary to state that every incident is matter of actual fact.—Elgin Courier. EXTRAORDINARY KlDNEY.—Thursday was slaughtered, by Mr. SALTFORD, in the Bath market, a heifer, weighing eight score per quarter, with a kidney four feet one inch in circumference, and eighty-four pounds of suet on the hollow kidney. —Bath Journal. SYMPTOMS OF INTOLERANCE.—At a public dinner given in the Assembly-rooms, Falkirk, a few days since, for a private object, an unlooked-for, and certainly ridiculous display of party prejudice broke in upon the harmony of 120 social guests. A gentleman rose to pro pose some toast, which he was naturally prefacing by some remarks upon the present happy and glorious mea sure that ought to conciliate all classes. Instantly the whole room was in an uproar of the most admirable con fusion—the instrumental baud in the gallery was ordered —shall we name it—from the chair, to crush the dreaded subjet t, and clamour and outrage prevented a single sen tence being uttered. Nearly half an hour elapsed thus, between the speaker's attempts to be heard and this un seemly interruption, till a full stop was put to his speech, and at the same time, a full stop to the evening's pro ceedings; for all was broken up immediately after.— Scotsman. CRIEF F.—A curious wedding was held lately at the foot of Glenalmend. A young man of that place unfortunately lost his wife, and, after a short experience, disliking the widowed state, he unbosomed his feelings to a neighbour matron, who kindly sympathised with him, and at length suggested that she would try and find a second mate for him in her "calf country," Breadalbane. She accordingly went north, and after various rebuffs, was fortunate enough to meet with a damsel willing to take the Logiealmond widower upon chance, and the parties were proclaimed in the kirks of their respective parishes, ere ever they had seen or had any direct communication with each other. The bride came with a host of her kin from Breadalbane, and was to have been met, by the bridegroom and his friends from Logiealmond, at the inn near Amulree, where the wedding-feast was to have been given, but some of the inn people being taken suddenly unwell, the " gathering" separated ; one party celebrating the occasion at Auchnafauld, another at Fendoch, while a third, consisting of forty individuals, accompanied the bride and bridegroom to Milnrodgie.—Perth Courier. FOOD OF BEES.- —The American black willow and the red maple, are the first trees that are visited by bees. They are fond of the crocus, which is the earliest of our bulbous roots. The stercory and piggery are next resorted to by these insects, and the extract absorbed from them must be used as a tonic. Blossoms of all kinds, ex cepting those of the red clover and of the honeysuckle, are excellent food ; and the bean especially profit by the. in • creased attention bestowed at present on the arty t 7 oii the peach-tree in some parts of Anier4it Th-y not otili drink the nectar w d ab 4raer the pod 11 of the Bower, they ap,To,-ria , e the pea, h live se,n twent or CM ty lh-es devour peach iii half am hour ; that is, (11 , ; c.irried t e juices of to their cells. alone can to ,cli the bottom of the nectary of the bout, - suckle ; but even hose the instinct of the bee is .eon. Th• small birds such as the wren, make incision on the our side, ne,r the liotu,n of tl dower. an-I qxtract a part (: th, juices. The bee takes aalvaiitage of th 7 s opening, ay. avail its&f ot what is left ; the scent of bees is an actre th a : every flower which has a powerful (glory can be discovered by tbetn at a great distance, Strawberry Loos:ion-Is, mig nonette, wild and gwrdru thyme, herbs of all kinds, apple, plum, cherry, and above all, raspberry blossoms and white clover, are delicious food-for them, and a thriving ovcliard and apalry fitly go together....../Vorth American, Re.;;jet4,, REGULATIONS at CHELSEA HOSPITAL. On Wednesday last the Lords Commissioners of this establishment held a Board, at which a number of invalid soldiers were examined and awarded pensions, according to their different claims for service, &c. We understand that an entirely new system of paying the pensioners in Ireland has been determined upon, as the mode heretofore adopted was not only found to be open to fraud upon Chelsea Hospital, but of serious inconvenience to pensioners re‘iding in that part of the United Kingdom. The pensioners resident in England are paid by the different Collectors of Excise, to whom receipts, to be signed by the men, are forwarded from Chelsea ; these payments, there fore, are effected without difficulty ; but the pensioner living in Ireland received a receipt, which, when signed by him, vies negociable as a bill of exchange, and payable only by the agent in Dublin. The pensioner applied to a tradesman to cash his bill, for which accommodation he was obliged to pay an exorbitant rate of interest, and most generally to take the amount out in slop-goods at whatever price the tradesman put upon them ; and it has happened that the veteran has been altogether deprived of his receipt, and the amount received in Dublin, before his complaint reached the proper quarter. All this, by the judicious arrange ments of the present Commissioners, will be obviated. The Officers of Customs throughout Ireland will be charged with the payments in the same manner as the collectors of Excise are in England. As a necessary check, as well as to identify the pensioners, we understand it is intended to empewer the different Chief Constables of Police to mus ter the pensioners occasionally, and that the receipts will in future be forwarded to those officers, to be by them deli vered to the pensioners. As art additional guarantee wordsagai Chelsea sea Thisb bear a m t m evaastuerre- will of the mate rially benefit many thousands of poor families in Ireland. Observer. THE PORTSMOUTH MURDERS. Stacey the younger, since his imprisonment, has not manifested the slightest contrition, but has shown the greatest indifference to his fate. On Tuesday, in reply to a question put to him by a prisoner, in gaol for a penalty, who was watching over him, he said he would acquaint him how " the chap" told him (Stacey) he committed the murder. He got in at the back of the house, and on Charity Jolliffe opening the door with a candlestick in her hand, he seized her throat with one of his hands, and endeavoured to place the other over her mouth, to strangle her; that he then took the candlestick and knocked her down, and while down, beat her over the head with a long brush until the brush part came off; that he continued to beat her with the handle till that broke; that the last words he heard her utter were—" Oh Lord! Oh Lord !" Think ing her dead, he went up stairs to the old man, and demanded his money; the old man struck him once or twice with his stick ; on seizing him, the old man fell out of his chair; he then with a tiling hammer killed him. He came down stairs, and finding Cha rity Jolliffe still moving, he drew his ki.ife and cut her throat; whilst in this act some one knocked at the door; he afterwards went np stairs again, and cut the old man's throat, took his keys from his vocket, opened the box, plundered it of the money, and then decamped• A scene of the most affecting description ensued last evening, in an interview between the younger Stacey and his three sisters. As soon as they en tered the cell, the wretched prisoner threw himself on his kcees before them, and asked to be forgiven. They instantly fell on theirs in great grief, and sobbed piteously. They enjoined him not to in dulge in any hope that mercy would be extended to him in this world, but to endeavour to find conso lation in prayer—to look to heaven for pardon. On their quitting him, the prisoner bade them a last farewell, and said that he should never see them again. The Member for Newark, so far as we can judge, is about 50 years of age, somewhat above the mid dle size; his voice neither good nor bad ; his delivery more rapid than elegant, which, however, we are inclined to attribute to the circumstance that his speech of Tuesday was repeated, not spoken ; the copy having been, if not in the hands of the printer, at least fairly written out, before he entered the House. Those who clamoured so loudly about SHEIL'S acting as his own reporter, will perhaps impute this to Mr. SADLER. as a fault. We cer tainly deem it none to any man, whatever be his party, that he pays to the audience he addresses so much regard as to consider beforehand what he is to say. At the same time, though facts must be collected, and arguments weighed (nor is it improper that the language in which either is dressed should be culled with all due carefulness) —and though arrangement must be studied by all who speak with a view to convince or enlighten—still, rhetori cal, and much more passionate speeches, came over the ear of the listeners somewhat strangely when ' coupled with the fact of their being previously drawn up in the coolness and stillness of the orator's closet. HERA ' CLITUS might smile to hear a speaker pouring forth on a popular assembly, with all the seeming energy of impas. sioned feeling, a torrent of meditated impatience, delibe rated anger, and composed lamentation, mingled, for veri similitude's sake, with carefully remembered lapses and nicely conned-over inaccuracies..—Spectator. The most frugal system of housekeeping on record is that of liocrn CRABP, the Buckinghamshire hermit, who contrived to live upon three farthings a week. PgKIN, JUNE 26.—T0-day CIIANGKITIUR was examined by the EMPEROR in person. It is ru moured that his MAJESTY said, " Your ancestors received many favours from our Imperial house, but were ungrate ful ; and you also have forgotten to be thankful : you have audaciously dared to excite a rebellion." CHANG EIHUR answered, "I am not a rebel. The eight 111alto medan cities were the inheritance of my forefathers; I merely endeavoured to recover them. How can this be called rebellion ?" He was forthwith led out, and slowly torn to inches in the market-place.— Canton Register, Aug. 23. NEW YORK, FEB. 23.-1 believe STE rin:NsoN has not yet arrived in this country; lee was not in the Cambrian (which has arrived), as supposed by the London prints. The British Consul is reported to have had a conference with the Authorities, and, I bellieve, the result has been satisfactory ; he will not shrink from re sponsibility in a case of this magnitude, and the Mayor and, Colloctor will go as far as they possibly can in forware.ing the ends of justice, should he choose this country for a re treat. It is only by a civil suit that he can be t u•oceeded against, under the laws of thiy country; and . ne ma y, on being arrested, find bail, make over the pr;perty, and swear out, by the Insolvent Act of this Star. - ,, in 90 days, and go clear. Mr. ex-Sheriff PARKINS, at the City Hotel here, offers 5,000 dollars for STIt'ITENSON. He could identi6 his person if he was take z. In fact, measures are concert en which will probably bring him to justice if he comes here. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OP MARTIN TUE CZ NM A RA% —Herald Office, Twelve o'clock.--W e stop the press to announce that MARTIN attempted to make„ his escape from our City Gaol about twelve o'clock ', as t Pe:.-son t o sleep in tlttlehsaaviinneg ro b o e m en thou ght with him n a e s c a ess g a u r a y rd fo , rthae. Hospital t„, room was fixed upon as the only one in which, there were two beds. In this room was a fire-place; and last night, as usual, MARTIN slept in one bed, anr.‘ the guard in the other. The attendant was awake ski 'nhlf-past eleven, and was disturbed by a knocking ai,i4leepAly without the room, but not apprehending any thing wrong, he fell asleep, and slept soundly front butt time till two in the morning, Itt the in , erim ar , ,:se, and having torn his bed 1 . 144 - in lengths, tied those together, and thus formed a - ro p e o f nine yards long. This he fastened round his ancles, and with only his shirt and drawers on, awed :ed the chimney. But he unexpeziedly found an iron grate near the top of the chimney, and was obliged again to descend into his prison, This he did, and. after having placed the sooty shirt under his bed, r.•nd swept the soot also under it, he put on his Grata dress, and retired to rest. The attend. int, 9P. awaking about two o'clock, found him up, but soon lay down again, and they both arose about half past six. Martin can down stairs hastily into the yard of , e prison,ind the attendant followed him, and found him, svaehing himself —hut the dirty state of the room and of his rterson, together with two bricks being laid in the fire itlace, proved the fact that an escape had been attempted. .41ARTAN was charged with it, and he acknowledged as Hove stated. Ile also said, that had he been a less per .o°, he could have'effected his purose, but that it was he , 4 will of God" that he 5h , .14 - .ld make the attempt, an.) he frustrated. his conthigt has. ,generaliq been exzeeding4 mild, and his fct,i,ngs . c;ompos o l, During the last wwk. however, a little change. hat; been observed. The, above are the facta of the cast'; as such we give them ? , °resent, any thing like comment woulit and iw justice.