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Tart In it. Mid so at the request of Mr. Sheriff Thorpe, lest -scrie observations might be made upon him. Would not have interfered without Mr. Sheriff Thorpe's request. The custom is for one Sheriff to strike the juries one term, and the other for •,.the Ibllowing term; and 'on this occasion it was Mr. Sheriff Thorpe's turn. The witness felt responsibility with respect to iirsdividuals returned to serve on juries. Q. What is your situation in life ?—A. A coachrnaker. Q. Mow long have you belonged to the Corporation of DUblin ?—A. Seventeen years. Did you offer any observations to the under-sheriff with re lpert to the names returned on the panne' ?—A. I did. Q. To how many, and to whom ?—A. cannot exactly name .-the number. _ Q. To whom ?—(A cry of " No, po !") Thcwitness then stated, that the investigation of the pannel -Oceupied an hour. From his general experience of grand juries in Dublin, he considered the grand jury in question respectable and competent to ilischarge the duty of jurors.— He considered the persons respectable, and fit for the duty they had to discharge. Many of the persons found in the pan nel had been commonly found on other panne's. Examined by Col. IlsnitY.—Q. Were the individuals ob jected to by you, and struck off the pannel, objected to on ac count of political conduct ?—A. No. Q. Did you feel in the investigation of the pannel by your self and your brother officer, that you had conscientiously dis charged your duty to the public as an officer in the cause of justice ?—A. I did. Q. What passed between you and Sheriff Thorpe on the subject of a person who applied to be on the Jury P—A. I thought, in consequence of his application, that he was not a , person fit to be on the Jury. Questioned by a MrstnEit.—Q. Have you seen Sheriff Thorpe in company with the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland since ,the striking of the panel P—A. Yes. Q. More than once P—A. Yes. Q. Did his Excellency receive Sheriff Thorpe as a public delinquent—a public officer who had packed a Jury P—A. No. Q. flow did the Lord Lieutenant receive him P—A. With the usual distinction paid to the Sheriffs and Lord Mayor„ Colonel 11.annx.-44. Would Sheriff Thorpe have packed a petty jury P—A. Certainly not. Q. If you were told in company that Sheriff Thorpe said he had packed a jury, would you bare believed it ?--A. I should not suppose him capable of doing so. Q. You gave a public dinner in Dublin. ?—A. Yes. Q. Did you give the glorious memory ?—A. I did not. He was not acquainted with the political sentiments of the persons summoned. He was not an Orangeman. He believed Sheriff Thorpe was not an Orangeman. Examined by-31r. Gas.vret sr.—Q. Was Sheriff Thorpe the first to give the obnoxious toast namely, the glorious inirnor tal memory P—A. I believe he gave that toast. The officer served the summonses. Examined by another blzstuza—Q. You have stated that you objected to two or three persons on the pannel, and that the objection was not of a political nature ; was it not for the purpose of having the most respectable names P—A. It was my object was to 'have the Grand Jury pannel filled by the most respectable citizens of Dublin. Q. You never made a question of any man's political prin. ciples ?—A. No.' It was the first time he had filled the office of sheriff. Examined by Mr. PLUNKETT—Q. What is the ordinary .course of returning the commission grand jury. Is it done by the high sheriff, or the clerk in the office P—A. I think not by the clerk. Q. 'Mint is the ordinary course of returning the pannel of the petty jury?—A. In ordinary cases the high sheriff makes the return ? Q. Does not the witness believe the persons returned in the pannel were men of strong political feeling on the particular question of dressing of the statue P—A. Some were, and some were not. Q. There had been an election of Corporators in December ? —A. There was. Q. Was there not a strong agitation in the public mind on the election of those Corporators ? And had not the dressing of the statue of King William been prevented by the Lord Mayor ?—A. Yes. Q. Was there not a censure on the Lord Mayor for doing so P—There was. Q. Were not the Corporators selected during the months of December, when the censure was pronounced P—A. In some Guilds there was elections. Q. In the Guild of Merchants was there not a strong feel ing • —A. I believe there was. Here Mr. PLualtce-r T produced a list, which was handed to the witness. He believed the list was given to the guild of trier. chants for the purpose of returning those names the most popular. The witnsss read the bill. It was headed, ' Good men 'in bud times." King William was represented treading on the 'knave of clubs, which was the Lord Mayor. The witness found . seven of the names described good men in bad times, ItMollg the persons sworn in the jury of January. The names were :—J. M. Moore, Davy, Hicks, Adams, Lamprey, Graham, and Lodge. Q. Did you believe good men, in bad times, were persons of strong political bias P—A. I cannot Ray they had strong bias. 41 , d'IrlIptirtlatt men to sit in a ury to try the question, oil find ing the bill of indictment?---A. I do. Q. You only looked to the panne] to see they were fair respectable citizens P—A. That was all. Ile should not ob . jest to any man of political bias unless he considered him a violent man. He believed out of the 27 corporators returned, some were desirous the statute should not be dressed. He could not explain how the grand jury were chosen out of the first '23 on the list, unless it was to avoid fines. The witness framed the pannel of the pettit jury froui the grand jury, with few excep tions. The sub-sheriff was not influenced by a violent party. feeling. He did not consider him a man of high party-feeling. The whole pannel consisted of 60, and 30 were returned by the sub-sheriff; the witnEss selected men of character; lie could not say they were high party-men ; alteration was made in the , grand pannel; men were put from the bottom to the top of the parinel, in consequence of their respectability. The witness lied heard of a man named Stokes, a clerk to Alderman King; . he never heard the sub-sheriff had altered the names on the ,petty jury at the request of Stokes. He did not believe the -sub-there was capable of doing so. The witness had heard that a Mr. Poole had taken a part in preventing the dressing of the statue. Never heard Sheriff Thorpe say he could not put Poole on the pannel, because he was a conciliator. Examined by Colonel Banny.—Q. The jury were anxious to attend under the fear of being fined In the present ante of Dublin, it was impossible to find a grand jury who had not formed an opinion on the dressing of the statue. Examined by Mr. Hu otlOllA The election of Sheriff weer promoted by Amicable Society P—A. He did not know ,of any understanding on the part of the sheriffs to be elected, and those who were to recommend them. Ile bad been in the -office seven months. The witness concurred with the Sub. sheriff in the election of a keeper of the sheriff's prison. Ile had not concurred in any other appointment.—The officers were not changed with every sub-sheriff. Ile did not know of any understanding between the amicable society and the sr-lb-sheriff, that lie should keep certain persons in office. The fees to the sub-sheriff amounted to 7001. a year, for which lie accounted to the high sheriff. He had said he wished to keep respectshie persons on the petty jury. With respect to their political feeling, there wax no canvassing. He only dis cussed the respectability of grand and petty Jurors. The wit- ness, at &dinner, had declined giving the obnoxious toast. In consequence of that refusal, they behaved very rude to him. Sir OttOncis limn examined the witness. He believed the - people of Dublin had formed their opinion on the Catholic Cksains. , lie did not consider any man favourable to the Catho lic Claims incompetent to sit on a grand jury. Examined by Lord Dirvrotz.—The witness admitted that some neo* were struck oft" the pannel and others substituted. They did not come froM a list which lie had suggested. Mr. It. Al .sler Ili examined the witness. Ile begged to know whether the witness Meant to say it would be impossible to find * Grand Jury in Dublin,-who had not formed an opinion on the eubjecsof dressing the statue? The question was considered irrelevant. Examined by Mr. Goutuuurt.—When he met Mr. Sheriff 'Thorpe on the ouli*-t'a the panne!, he knew that persons were to be tried for a riot in the Theatre. He knew a person named Cullum to. be one of the persons to be tried ? lie did not know that Mr. Moore, one of the Jury, was related to Cullum. Extunined by itir. RICE.--The witness had served on term and grand juries. The Corporation of Dublin generally served on grand juries. He served on a commission grand jury three or four years ago. lie wished to avoid serving on a commission grand jury. 'He could not say how many of the Corporation of Dublin served on that jury. , He had heard there was an anxiety to avoid serving on commission juries. Examined by Mr. I ti ars:.—The witness having said, in con sequence of a letter from the Crown Office he went to Sheriff Thorpe, and found lie had drawn out a list of the pannel, Ile • (Mr. Hume) wished to . know what had become of the letter. Here it was understood that a copy of the -letter was in the House. Ile wished to know the names of the corporators who applied to be excused from serving on the jury. The witness recollected Mr. Forster. The witness had stated that lie did not consider the seven Tames he had read to be :violent party-men. wished to - know whether he considered Sheriff Thorpe a violent party man, or a moderate party-man ?—A. I should consider hhn not a high party-man. Q. Did you know one Wm. Carpenter on the jury P—A. I did. Q. Do you consider him more a party-man than Sheriff ?—A . I know but little of Sheriff Thorpe. Q. If Mr. Sheriff Thorpe had been on the Jury, would you taw considered him competent to try the. defendants P—A. If he had been sworn I should have considered him perfectly eligible. Colonel BAGWELL—Q. The witness said two or three names had been removed from the pannel, he wished to know whether it was for political feeling? The question was not answered. On the motion of Mr. GOULBURN the Chairman then re ported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. The evidence taken in the Committee was ordered to be laid before the House. _ _ _ _ Colonel BARRY moved there be laid before the House a return of the names of the Corporations of Dublin, as they stood in January, 1814, 1817, 1820, and 1823.—Ordere d. A conversation then occurred on the propriety of bringing over 11r. Blake as a witness from Ireland; after which, the other orders of the day were disvosed of, and the House ad journed at HALF-PAST ONE 0 CLOCK. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 110CSE OF COMMONS. Lunw, 5° die Maii, 1823. CONTINGENCIES—Return presented—Name and Age of the Person appointed to succeed Mr. G. Robinson, Collector of the customs (Sunderland); to be printed. SuPEßANNuaTmar—Copies presented—Grounds upon which a special Superannuation was granted to Samuel Firmer [by Act] ; to lie on the table. ROADS—Alfreton, and Kettering, &c.—Bills read a third time, and passed. Sheet Bridge, Orange (Lighting), Helston, Great Stoughton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Liskeard, Teign mouth and Dow Huh, Winchester and Romsey, Uttoxeter, Stonnall and Castle Bromwich, Bridgford, Rugby, Wis. beach, Tamworth, -Melton Mowhray, Barnsley and Grange Moor, Greenfield, Canterbury and Barham, anti Staplecross— Bills reported ; to he ingrossed. Tarporley—reported ; Re port to lie on the table. Beaconsfield, &c.—Bill re-commit ted ;to be reported on Monday. Wansford and Bourne, Stirling, Lyme Regis, Skipton and Colne, anti Oakhautp ton—Further time granted for making the Reports. Gm Li OUT s—Belfast, Maidstone, and Northampton—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Liverpool, Stamford, Brighton, Wtmlwich, and York—Further time granted. FisnEurzs—Portsea and Emsworth—Petitions form Ryde, Cowes, and Itchin Ferry (Southampton, against; to lie on the table. BnwnEs—Worcester—Bill reported, to be ingrossed. Lon don—Petition from Scarborough, against. HALlUOUna—Holyhead and Howth—reported ; further consi deration of Report on Monday. Stranraer—Petition from Glasgow, against. Minehead—Further time granted. DRAINAGE —Deeping Fen—Petitions from Harriet Harper, of Stamford, Thomas Roberts, Earl of Romney, and others, against; referred to the Committee on the .Bill ; Further tune granted. IricLosyllES—Drybeck (Westmorland), tßyton (Durham), Kirkby-in-Kendal (Westmorland), and Theme and Syden ham (Oxford)—reported ; to be ingrossed. Abthorpe (Nor thainpton)—Further tune granted for making the Report. PoaicE—Gorbals—Committee revived. Greenwich—report ed ; to be ingrossed. lat ito v E arE N T—Mansfield —reported. MARKET—St. Saviour's (Southwark) 'Bills read &third time, RAlLWAY—Stockton J and passed. WATErtworms—Halifax, & Skiptonl Further time granted BnmoE AND Doexs:—Limerick for making the Re- LONDON SEWERS ports. SLAvEnY—Several Petitions for the abolition thereof. COAL DuTixs—Petitions from Poole, Hartland, Okehamp. ton, Holsworthy, Bridgerule, Staines, and from the Severn & Wye Canal Company, against the Duties on Coals carried coastwise. TALLOW—Petition from Graziers, &c. of Smithfield, for an additional Duty on importation thereof. Pattistt VESTRIES (Ireland)—Petition of Roman Catholic Parishioners of Tuam, for a revision of the Laws relating thereto. ItErottm or PARLIAMVIIT—Petitions from Edinburgh, in favour thereof. MESSAGE FROM TUF. LORDS—That they have agreed to Baslow (Derby) Inclosure Bill; Edinburgh anti Glasgow Union Canal Bill; and Chesterfield, and Seend Street and Box Roads Bills, without amendment; and to Bethnal Green Vestry Bill, with amendments. That they have passed a Bill, intituled, " An Act for settling and secpring parts and portions of the Lands and Barony of fnverrnay, in the County of Perth, to and in favour of Alexander Hepburn Belittles, Lsq., and the series of heirs entitled to take by certain Deeds of Entail made by Barbara Hepburn and others, anti Sir Patrick Hepburn Murray, and under the conditions and limitations contained therein , _ and fur vesting in lieu thereof the Barony and Estate of Black castle, in the Counties of Haddington and Berwick, in the said Alexander Ilepburn Belches, and his heirs and assigns, in fee-simple." SHERIFF op D'unux—lnquiry into his Conduct— l gtvitiiipl tnis diiv ; WiinesMati - o,Vrid and Minutes of Evidence to he on the table, and to be printed. UNION AND INTERCOURSE (Ireland) DUTIES—BiII read a secondtime, and committed. ALLAIWYCE'S Divoncz—Bill read a second time, and com mitted for Tuesday next ; instruction for Counsel and Wit nesses. NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. 1. Lord Archibald Hamilton—To take into consideration the state of the County Representation in Scotland. (To move Resolutions.) 2. Mr. Hume_lnquiry into the Laws and state of the Colony of Newfoundland. 3. Mr. Scarlet—Bill to extend the Jurisdiction of the County Court in the County Palatine of Lancaster. 4. Mr. aoulburn—Bill to renew the Insurrection Act ; and Bill to amend Irish Act relating to Seditious Societies. 5. Mr.' Goulburn—Bill to amend the Laws relative to the ad vance of money for Public Works. _ _ ORDERS of the DAY for THIS DAY. 1. County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 2. Sheriff of Dublin—lnquiry into his conduct—Committee thereupon.—Witnesses to attend. 3. Apprenticeships Bill—Third Reading. 4. Union Duties Bill—Third Reading. 5. Customs Duties Act [59 Geo. 3, c. 52]—Committee there upon. 6. Bounties on Captured Slaves Act—Report thereupon. 7. Union and Intercourse (Ireland) Duties Bill—Committee. PRIVATE BILLS—SECOND READINGS for THIS DAY. 1. Liiuerich Taxation 12. Modbury Road. flank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 7Ol 3 per Cent. Cons. 7 8 ii 34 per Cent — 4 per Cent. { New • ga l 99i b per Cents. 1797 Bank Jong Ann. 20 3.l6ths 4 Imp. 3 per Cents. PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS zx LONDON, MAy G, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 853. Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 79. Neapolitan f Five per Cent. Bonds, 74. I Scrip, 00. Auitrieux Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Spani3ll New Ditto, 37i. ex div. ' Scrip, 00 disc. Prussian . 1 Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. 1. Ditto New, 84. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 89. Chili 71. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 683. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Bank Shares 411 ss. American Six per Cent. 140 —9B. Five per Cent. 953-97. Three per Cent. 70. French PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, MAY 2. Bank Stock 2351 Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.ct. Gov. Deb.. 34 per cent....91f4 4 —Ditto 6 per cent.... 494 Stock, 3A per ct BB /ig 4 —DittoStock 74 Gov. Da. 4 per cent. — Royal Canal Stock Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. —Stock, 4 per cent.... 964 i Do. Deb. with 06v. Sec.... Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. -- Pipe Water Deb. 5 per et. City Debentures, 5 per Do. cent . par Ballast Office Govt. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per et. 5 per cent. Exchange on London, May 1, 04. BIG h WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW. Morning, 14 minutes after 11. 1 Evening, 43 minutes after 11. PRIG% a THIS DAY AT F STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bonds 38s, South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills l6 17 pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Acct. 79i4i 79 79ii THURSDAY NEXT. rgiwo of ',E20,000, and TWENTY-TWO • other CAPITALS Intlq he drawn on THURSDAY NEXT, Bth Instant, when the Lottery ends. SWIFT and CO. are Selling Undrawn Tickets and Share=, by which the above great objects may he gained. They also respectfully inform the Holders of Tickets or Shares, drawn Blanks or -Small Prizes on the Second Day of Drawing (43.1 April), that the trtlme may be exchanged fur others that ar , Undrawn, without any additional Change, . SWIFI' and Co.'s Old 1 ;awes, No. 11, Poultry; Is, Charing-Cents ; and 31, Aldgate High-street; at any time before the Next and concluding Day of the Drawing. ""# For PARIS PAPERS, see the Fourth Page. ER RATU3r.--In the Introduction to Mraiusiussos's Speech in yesterday's Paper, for City of Chester read Chichester. •rite; sup. SOLEM QUIS DICERE F.41,5U51 AUDEAT LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1823. HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.. The Drawing-Room is postponed sine die. The answer given this morning at Carlton-Palace was the following : " The Kixo continues indisposed, but is better than he was yesterday, the gout having entirely disappeared." A new version given by the Journal des Data: i of the last Dispatch from the French Army, says that it was to the Spanish Royalists that Jaca surrendered. There is still, however, an unin telligible confusion in the statement respecting the capture of the Garrison and its Commander. We are now told that when the Revolutionary Chief was arrested, he immediately sent his submission,. with that of the troops under his command ! How could he be arrested, ex cept by the treachery of his own soldiers, before the place was captured ; and what is meant by a man sending his submission, AFTER his arrest . 2 The only way to solve the difficulty is to suppose that the garrison revolted against their Constitutional Commander, and that, after placing him under arrest, they compelled him to submit, with themselves, to the Royalists. We are unwilling to believe that this was the case; and shall be sorry to find it confirmed. We are convinced that if the Spanish National Army and Militia are true to their colours, their eventual triumph over the invaders of thou' country is certain. We knew that Government is in possession of information which warrants the belief that there is considerable apathy on the part of the great body of the population of Spain, with respect to those questions which have subjected their country to the united horrors of civil war and foreign invasion. The present apathy of the however, cannot be of long continuance. It is sufficient that it has been ascertained that there is no enthusiasm in favour of the old system of the Government, and that there is no gene ral desire, therefore, for the success of the French. The latter, after having confidently predicted that the whole nation would rise in their support, as soon as their army should pass the frontier, already find that a large additional force must be employed for the subjugation of the Peninsula. it is for the cause of France, not for that of the Spanish Con stitution, that the apathy of the Spanish nation is a fatal symptom. AI l the rank, intelligence, and property, of Spain, as was said by Lord LivEaPoor, is already in active hostility to France ; and it is impossible for a French army to continue long in occupation of any part of Spain, without rousing the feelings of the whole nation, and converting the apathy of the lower classes of the people into implaca ble hatred of the invaders, and into a fierce and unquenchable zeal for their expulsion from the soil of their country ! We trust, there. fore, that the Spanish Ministry and Cortes will be firm, and that they will reject all overtures for peace so long as an enemy's soldier is within their territory. Spain contains within herself the certain means of purging oft' the calamity which afflicts her. Time alone is re quisite for the excitement of that resistless action which must terminate in the destruction or ex• pulsion of the French. Time, also, will bring to Spain external aid, if external aid should be necessary for her success. We can give the most positive assurances that a protracted struggle will constrain England to abandon her neutral position, and that she is deter mined to interfere by force to prevent France from continuing for a,, length qf time in military possession of any part of Spain. We have inserted some further extracts from the Speech of M. de CHATEAUDRIAND, and are only restrained by our limits from offering some observations upon the language of that Mini ster, which, however, shall appear to-morrow.— It becomes every day more and more evident that not only England, but all Europe, is most deeply interested in the failure of the " experi ment" which French ambition is now making in the Peninsula. Of this, all parties may be assured, that the English Cabinet is vigilantly attentive to its duties,—that it is 64 at its post,"—and, that it will not neglect the adoption of such measures as may be found necessary for the " preserva. lion of the political sastem of Europe." We shall to-morrow state to our Readers the true cause of the failure of 'Ministers, in the late Negociations, at Paris and at Madrid. German Papers arrived this morning. The following are extracts : " STUTTGARD, APRIL 26.-1 letter from . Leipsig gives rather an unfavourable account of the commencement of the Fair for silk goods, English manufactures, and articles of luxury ; as for Saxon and other German manufactures, there are scarcely any purchasers from Poland and Russia, from Moldavia and Wallachia also the purchasers are few. In one article, how. ever, the business done at the beginning of the fair has been very considerable and profitable, contrary to expectation ; namely, in ordinary and middling Prussian and Saxony wool len cloths, which have been readily purchased at good prices." " SWITZERLAND, APRIL 22.—The answer of the Court of Rome, respecting the incorporation of the Cantons of Uri, Schweitx, and Underwald, with the diocese of Coke, has not been such as was expected, and the stipulations on which,the Cantons laid the most stress have been rejected. It is now thought that all idea of the union will be abandoned, and what is called the Provisional State--that is, the Government of the Nuncio—will continue. "The Council of State of the Canton of Friburg, after a de bate of two days, has suppressed the schools of mutual in struction throughout the whole Canton. The votes for and against the system being equal, the negative vote of the Pre. sident decided. It was in vain that the Council of Education had given its opinion in favour of this method. It Is thought that the great council will be invoked in May ; it will have to discuss the plan which will be laid before it for a new system of education, the basis of which is to be simultaneous instruc tion. " WARSAW, APRIL 14.—His Highness Prince Anthony Radizwill, Governor of the" Duchy of Posen, arrived on the 9th." [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] STOCK EXCHANGE, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened this morning at 79i, declined to 78i, I. The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived yesterday afternoon, consequently we cannot expect Monday's Papers till late in the day. The marching of thirty thousand fresh troops from France to Spain has had some effect on the Funds, particularly on Spanish Bonds. It is supposed the decline in the Funds this morning is owing to a re-action by certain parties, who think they have realized sufficient on the rise of yesterday. The Hebrew party sold largely and contented themselves with the first profit. We do not hear of any Express as yet having arrived from Paris ; and the Market, which was heavy in the earlier part of the morning, seems to have recovered. FOREIGN MARKET.—Every minute there was a fluctua tion this morning in Spanish Bonds.—They opened at 314, went down to 37i A, 3tii, and went up again to with a heavy market. The marching of fresh reinforcements from France to Spain has greatly operated on the above market. c la s tit lit, about ten o'clock, Mr. 11Amwrom arrived in a chaise and four, in Down ing -street, with di s p a t c h es , sa id to be from Spain, and much importance was attached to them. Yesterday his MAJESTY received visits from the Duke of 'York and Duke of Clarence.—Sun ' day evening the Duke axed Duchess of Clarence had Prince Leopold, the Duchess of Kent, and a select party to tea, &c.—Yesterday the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Clarence. Extract of a letter received from St. Peters burgh, dated March 30, O. S :---" The differ ences which hitherto subsisted between our Court and the Porte have been amicably ad justed ; and M. de Tatischeff is mentioned as the Minister destined to proceed to Constantinople." A Gentleman who has just arrived from Rus sia says, that the province of Lithuania has been sadly infested with a numerous gang of robbers this last winter. It is true they have been ro u t e d by th e ac ti v ity o f t h e po li ce, t h ough their previous depredations have been severely felt by numerous individuals. A recent letter from Antwerp states, that every thing connected with commerce is at pre sent very animated in that city. This agreeable change (the letter adds) is no doubt to be ascribed to the more liberal Finance system which has lately been introduced, and especially to the greater facilities accorded to the transit trade. CoMmercial letters from the Rhine state, that the Wur between France and Spain had pro duced a considerable rise in the price of grain; and also that there was a considerable enhance ment in the currency of last year's wines. Letters from Copenhagen, dated the 18th ult., express great apprehensions lest the violent stormy. weather they had Just experienced should be pregnant with evil to the shipping interests. The next accounts from sea were looked forward to, with no little anxiety. Last year the port of Alexandria, in Egypt, was visited by about 90 Swedish vessels, which had, on the whole, made very good return freights. The Greeks did not molest a single ship.—( Stockholm, April 11.) General HULSE is appointed Ranger of Wind. sor Little Park, vacant by the decease of General GRENVILLE. It is reported that Lord MOUNT-CHARLES succeeds Lord WILLIAM GORDON in the Deputy Rangevhip of the Green Park, with the provision that Littly,Wm. Goa- Dow is to occupy the Lodge duringherlife. The Duke of DORSET was said to be a little better yesterday. We regret to state the death of Colonel 'Sir 'ILLIAm SMITH, Baronet, at his ancient seat of Hill Hall, Esseic. Sir WI tadAst's life reflected the highest honour on his great and almost noble descent, by the 'exercise of a train of manly virtues and liberal charities. His landed estates, in the counties of Essex and York, are of great value, afibrding an opulent inheritance to his family. Snow, to the depth of two feet, was lying the beginning of last week under the shade of the battlement of the New or I'rebend's Bridge, in the vicinity of the city of Durham. A Meeting of the Greek Committee was held on Saturday at the Crown and Anchor; when a reaolution was entered into to call a General Public Meeting in a few days, in order to raise a subscription in aid of the brave people who have already nearly succeeded in their efforts to shake off the Ottoman yoke. Lord Erskine was in the Chair, arid the fol lowing individuals were also present i—Lord Milton, Lord Ebrington, Lord Nugent, Mr. Hume, .M.P. ' Mr. Maxwell, 31,P., 31r. J. William s , M .P., Mr. J. Smi t h, M.P., together with several Greeks- of distinction. The celebrated English nurseryman, Mr.,l Astcs Boone, of Great Floodbeck, near Altona, in Holstein, has lately been elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Horti cultural Society at Berlin. cef... • it i. ... ~,i $.; (--Ir , 1) - . ) ' l4 ' 6 , ---ty il ...,,,,.. . 4 ~ 1.. :'2 47•:-. 4 .-1: 71: e . ••••7,•7.4 . es (--....: . -,‘,. .•'‘-,, I. t _.,_} • t Pk., _ ' ,r, - • . e t; 1, •"' 0 ' •, i r ' -1 - T- -1,. • / ,. .;44 ~1 ~ I:ER OT -_ • ITA 14 FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. • Viscount Grantley, from his seat, Womarsh, Surrey; Lord Lynedock, from his seat; Cosgrove Priory ; Sir John and Lady M'Lean, at the St. James's Hotel, J ertn yn-street, front Rath; - Sir Jacob and Lady Astley, and Family,at Mivart's h otel, Lower Brook-street; John W q.,alker, Es and Mrs. Walker , at ditto, from Pubrook Park, Hants; Mr. and Mrs. Shard, at their house in Harley-street ; Mrs. and Miss Bailie, in King's street, Portman-square, from Calcot Park,Berks. DEPARTURES.—The Marquis and Marchioness o f Runt ly, for their scat in Scotian( ; Lord and Lady G. Caven dish, for their scat, Latimers, Bucks; the Counte,ss de Grey, for her seat, Putney Heath ; Honourable George Spenser, for /Whorl) Northamptonshire ; Baron and Baroness Senf tenberg, and family, from Mivart's Hotel, for the Continent: Sir Justinian and Lady Isham, and the Mis ses Close, from ditto, for Northampton. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Lord King gave a grand dinner, on Sunday, to Sir John Newport, Sir 11. Parnell, Mr. and Lady Mary H. Willialn'' Lady Elizabeth and Mr. Fortescue, acc. at his house in .Dover street. Montague Burgoyne, Esci., had a dinner parly yesterday, The Ladies Fitzpatrick entertained a distinguished party of Lord H. Howard gave a grand dinner y6reilL'Y' fashionables yesterday, at their house in Grosvenor -place. at his house in Gloucester-place. in Lower Grosvenor-street, to the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl and Countess of Surrey, Lord and Lady l'etre, and a dis -1 ad an ele g y, tinguished party. In the evening her Ladyship i 0 'circle of fashionable& Mr. and Mrs. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Dugdale, Mr. Egerton entertained a distinguished party to dinner on Sunday, at his house in St. Jarnes`s-square; among whom were the Countess of Athlone, Sir W. Hope, anti Miss Johnson; at his house Sir and Miss Stanley, Mr. Parker, Mr. Arden , Mr. TJohn, Laattonotc. at , Sir C. Co' ote, Bart. had a large party to dinner yesterdah his house in Connaught-place. dy, THE WEATHER• RESULTS Of Of a METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL ,for ' , Pi! , 1823, kept at the Observatory of the Academy, •Gosport. . This month has been mostly fine, with refreshowers, hang s which have materially benefitted the springing grabs and young corn ; the nights, however, have been cold , a nd hoar frost ap peared upon the ground ten mornings till sunrise. These frost ! and the prevailing N.H. winds, have retarded the budding 0° bloom of the fruit trees, and vegitation has stood amost dormant, excepting the last few days, when the air w as dryand free from vapours, with hot sunshine. The heat of y s on's ra has penetrated the ground so far as to increase the mean toy perature of well water ; consequently vegetation will now make a rxpid growth. The mean temperature of the external air is nearly 4 degree!, less than that of last April ; and the mean temperature of wen water is about 4 2 dees minus. The swallows app e ea gr red here in the morning of the 23d illst , • our observation this raonth,are six parhelia, being four days earlier than their appearance last Spring. .. , The atmosph erie and meteoricphenontena that have comewit acme lunar halos, two meteors , and four gales of wind, or days from which they have prevailed, ' namely, two front N. 8., onelro 1 S.lir., and one from the West. .UI the parhelio were belt; Wally coloured, and the same altitude with the sun ; and ' 2 degrees from his centre. ___...Assm. olooo. l . ! three solar and three SPARRING. cinitte,tadandfosrhaepitorizne_po. ........sw..-- a f t ba asif ile in F g ives Court was yesterday crow de' d to more than a bumper for the Benefit of Thomas Spring, it he . ieq the day for making the deposit of 100 sovereigns, two unt.frete a-side r for . the battle between him and Neate on the 20th ins . The setting. upon e the P A to was of the first order, and it was not only a gr , a• tifl ing —aY to S p ring, but also to the whole audience. farmer and Carter made an excellent set.to, and hit away ' ual c----"vantage!' Th ietT and quickness of Eales gave him-o.ten best, but e P had w ith his clumsy mauleys Richmond and Lancas is' te w r, Shelton a tam in return. forded much much amusement. Holt's fine sciences p Holt and Scroggins next mounted the stage, teran T u i rt ie r re av w e a t l s4 s t Ze ee v sei ery enfieencallsdcietliffice an an d wiT it t f. ;; cal triaast.it he made up for it with some laugletplahnetovrne intl. h m en u o g t:r gi:,iiirtiick whoshowed ue t i belted no chance. set-to. t S pring a nd liars wound up the sports in a' cientific andinel: er y bout. It was themost scientific display of thellay. Slul n ,,, T h e t . turned thanks; his pall walked offthepeuter, and ell wa s I 'd ' t he anSer, the Gipsy, vont P y challenged Randal, who inforri; .11 doij h?s c schaergand Harmer, th i a i t he should hereafter fight his business. 11,,..1:, challenged°_ i t 7 Y. and was content to leave reell alone. r i m s A ard fora . pr ' returned to his p urse , and this will be a figh . e _ i• 4 The boxing trai ning -place, a ft er the money was matt fr o ,: , ley and Hew n m ill for fifty sovereigns between perr y `" a nd thirty mit t , f ro .1 " take place this day, between tt.e ~,i , and a full m London. The men stand high on .! 1; 4 day's play is expected. Betting is 5 to 4on Grew '. and others, attended bi l l : P. :te t ; Itoym, ACADEATY.-11 ....- . was open to the Public yesterday , h and was " 1 .biti°ll su merous a body of visitors, and the chief prodtl eticin k s l't i 'ch* v. much attention, that we were wholly unable to : a in ,,, n otice of of them as would enable us to enter into any distal, at sir ... their several merits. lire can therefore only gap 4 .7 ,ifSt THOS. LAWRENCE, Sir Wlt. BEEcHEY, SIIESI 1)11. 130sr , o RNER, WESTALL, LANDSEER, jUnie'r , W 11 ' 1 1;0 014, !" . i .ro WARD, WARD, REINAGLE, the DAusEts,.--- i n the z '' TnAltDi — fully maintain their high repute" on rirtentl• not PORTRAIT,Iae. LANDSCAPE, and PICT/TRESQUE. "er - „f o l Pe* As to signs__ from Messrs. SOANE,GANDY, and other eminent ~,,,,53, VSCyLPTURX, BAILEY, WESTIIACOTT, 800, :1; w ri. KENDRICK, and FLAXM 4N have displayed conside" -- n t visi• Consistinggailan as s f w an ell Ow as l tors that in we could only obt in distant glance. " lig a a. the MISTATU RES: so great Was the pressure, e oodht A 0 lit O W A the beautiful which we, ta l i ; M e lon, composition of Mrs. PoPE -poßinCti 0 1 I : EC TIT nA L province there are some betoiinote, boned b efore, , cr a it , i p c i umi ne criticise. ..fiv me•-• ceroc r Grapes,Figs,other_ banitomalnnifgaeitiserina4 an a d tvieloryt if Fruits ru do l e ts s inthoteawnittosuole y fo o r x : e inii; l , f i s o h:: and Genius of the count i ; igh vivid representation. It may fairly be said of A tli! exc el , b le u nce those of former periods it chews at least no " rim ° h e nce, Y. ___.........02,....-- hie 11 " whic i h n a co by ns to eg an ue d nc s e ta o b f le t , he se fi ven re w oo l:ie s h , LORD BLANTYRE.—I'he following 11°- . to the stance of liberality ought to be knot" public at large. a! th C 4" ii v_ donald, in the Abbey Parish of Paisley, on SatutiblY, la ito ' rg , Lord 13,iv e r, were burnt, as noticed in Tuesday's Courier. the proprietor eh t i l s lte: ; °tal a k et tipe o ulli r aet , :sYe li 'gl l St . ti li tnsun'ircul'ir3 ' s cig tt ri: ti o ndS tn to o ck to , to write the unfortunate Fanner as follows : 09 l tr 2 3. " Sir—On its being intimated to Lord Blantyre .'` your serious loss you have sustained from firc both infsap steading and cattle—his Lordship, while he h i g hly agre gi : d b ir i t e ,cti to on y s ot f l o r r l t : pro_ves of your neglecting to 'effect Insurance on youroecitude siredf r the success and prosperity of an industrious tenant. h a s at Whitsunday next for North CardonaFldre. his expense , and ence, further to remit the whole of your rent du c a t J. WA140.--', tl.' " To Mr. James Davie, farmer, North Cardona' ( Glasgow Courier. ) " I am, Sir, your most obedient Serva. n ,, t s gt Lease,. premier mueisf:: ' : ir e ' i fP n er g ei 11 1 1 1 5 ii aired de re ven o ded . t t i o ,e s! i d u sp l o t n . sotirleinEpTsponerfoorr o tic f It e inuasusci sonde' On daughter '- t,he French Ambassador at the Court of St. fetersburgn, t t.ount 1)E LA FERROXAYE. The Countess of NESVltp,r,'3. tleLitdy of the Minister, was the other sponsor. '1 sparheclro tening ceremony was altogether a superb affair. A m ' os t apartment in the hotel of the French 111inister haa bee.n n I n n oT i splendidly hiyu Facultiesrt i t fitted dy fastpi n, air.dt he c r: better imverrtf:dy: honour 10.;oc g yo u: : t s e o o o 3r e b of Parliament for the Glasgow district of Burghs, was e le ct