The Sun. — London, England, 1823-12-30 00:00:00

THE THEA.TRES. Dnuay-LANE.—Mr. KEAN, previous to a tem porary- secession, which perhaps his recent in disposition may render necessary, last night per .: 'formed the part of Skylock. That part, in point of demeanour, as well as from its inherent quail lira, is better suited to the nature of his talents than most, if not all, of those which he has hi . therto assumed. We have never ranked our t selves' among his warm admirers, though we ac knowledge that there is a degree of spirit and energy in his acting which has tended to stimu late many of his slugglish contemporaries, some of whom, however, have injured their own talents by adopting, his pectiliarities, if not his faults, and hence but dimly gleam with a borrowed light. Ile was well received, and Played the part altogether with hardly any va . tiation from his original performance, though se veral of the Morning Critics conceive, or appear to suppose, that they discovered new beauties.— The truth is, that few, if any of them, have seen his predecessors in the same character, and there-. fore they shOuld not so confidently decide in his favour. ARCHER is•• a good actor, but he has not quite that smoothness in Bassanio which so amiable a lover detriandi. WALLACK would have aulted it better. LtsTox i s‘Launcelot, like all of Ids exertions, has an air of original drollery which ka lWayS effective. BROWN relies too much on his Provincial fame, and does not appear to afford sufficient study to his parts, though Gratiano, wh i i ch he performed last night, is" well adapted to nis talents. Mrs. W. WEST, always interest ing, was at least respectable in Portia. Mrs. ORGER and Miss POYEY, in Nerissa and Jessica, exerted themselves with zeal and success. The machinery in the new Pantomime does not im prove in celerity of movement, but the scenery tones for all errors of that nature, particularly as the latter will remove by practice.—A good house. COVIN T - GARDEN.—King John, with its ap propriate and splendid costume, the intrinsic excellence of the Play, and the general merit of the acting, was received with great applause.— The new Pantomime continues to attract, and is 413 0 much applauded by the holiday visitors, who, of course, are chiefly of the juvenile descrip tion, and who seem to be absorbed in wonder and delight. SANDWICH, DEc. 20. Ma. EDITOR—As I perceive that you direct Your attention to theatrical tnatters, arid as an e xtraordinary event has taken place in this which has not, as far as I know, been mentioned in the public prints, I send you a brief account of it. Mr. FAUCIT SAVILL, the manager of the Margate Theatre, lately opened the Theatre in this town gratis, that the inha bitants might themselves decide upon the merits of his theatrical corps, and if they deserved en couragement, give them due protection. The performances appeared to give satisfaction, and the Mayor did not seem to entertain any hostile feelings on the subject. All of a sudden, how ever, he issued his prohibitory mandate, and sup vreascil the performances. The inhabitants, in general, were surprized at this exertion of power, to Which it is unnecessary to apply any epithet Is the fact speaks for itself. No reason was given for this act, which may be thought to have pro ceeded from the old principle of Sic yob, sic jaheo, stat pro rations voluntas. But this is not all, when Mr. Savill first applied to the Mayor, the latter is reported to have said, " I shall give You my name out of charity to the poor wretches You have about you." Now, Sir, as the people both at Sandwich and Margate were satisfied with the abilities of those" poor wretches," itis evident that the Mayor must possess a more re fi ned taste in !oeatrical matters than the collected judgment of : 10 tb of those towns. It has no doubt been un- Justly sunnized that the Dover Company of Com 111"inne are to appear in Sandwich, but that !tinily is an illiberal suspicion and will most pro 1-)ablY not be supported by fact. Mr. SAVILL, it !: "id) is Preparing a.revival of O'K EEFF ' s farce, A Be ggar on Horseback " at M argate, an d t h e u pstart her o o f t h e p i ece i s t o i n t ro d uce the old so a gs " I am a jolly brisk Pedlar." The Members of the York and Hull Company of Comedians have most liberally seconded by their worthy. Manager, presented Mr. CALVERT with a superb and highly finished sword, bearing :" 1 t he blade an inscription, expressive of the h igh sens e en t er t a i ne d b y th em , o f th e severa l ele gant and spirited letters lately elicited from 14t' Gentleman , in vindication of their profes. 111011. The sword was tendered at a full meet ing of the green room y by Mr. C. JONES, in form, 4 8 follows : N ull i " Mr. Calvert,.—The Ladies and Gentlemen of th e Y or k an d gull Comp an y, n conjunction with Mr. Mansel, desirous to tlNce some palpable and.. public return, for your exertions in a l* defence, have deputed me to present you with this sword, 4`liii g h t tribute to the talent and intrepidity which you have ,'Posed to the virulence and m a li gn ity o f their traducers ; the „P e ri .. ► which accompany it are p resente d to you, b y Mr. Icen., /".; or Birmingham, by whom th e swo r d was manu f act ured." CALVERT under visible embarrassment, replied Lad . es follows : t h at I Ts and Gentlemen,..—This honour is so unexpected, ll', to eei IllYaelf quite unprepared to make any thing like a ,40-Ithtnie a cknowletign.i - ent. - The defender of the drama pays Iy re . 2 Tore than a just homage to the truth, and is sufficient ......warned by having his name mentioned in connexion with ju nt, er v:t and ennobling cause. In a deep-felt cdnviction of the unili of that a t cause and a grateful sense of the honour thus alacripteoe d confer;ed upon me, 1 shall proceed, with fresh the discbarge of my duty, and, in accepting . of thts - "" 1, shall consider myself as permanently inhsted in your service." " t i Me ROTHSCHILD, of Paris, was created a Knight le Legion of Honour, on the 22d ult. 1," 4 " individual of the name of DAIGNAND, who 17 been sentenced to five years imprisonment, and to stand in ,e Pillory, for seducing a young girl under age, lately . made L 43 n e 3 caPe frem the place of his confinement by means of a .1 rope ladder.--(French Paper.) rOn the 24th ult, a smart shock of an earth a4ke was experienced at Westcras in Sweden. The motion displace as as suddenly to throw the doors open, and to t" Eder the furniture in the rooms. A new musical journal, holm " the title Euterpe, has made its appearance at Stock- An Irishman was once brought up before a 14e qistrate, c h arged with marrying six wives. „„he Magistrate asked him bow he could be so Ilitr denPd a villain ! 64 Padd r Please y our Worship, (says was trying to get a good one." THE KING, &c. BRIGHTON, Drc. 28.—The KING and family attended Divine Worship to-day in the Palace Chapel. The Duke of York, the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the Duke of Dorset, and the Marquis of Exeter, were in the centre compartment of the. Royal Closet with his Majesty. Lord St. Helens, the Earl and Countess of Errol, Lord and Lady Maryborough, Lord and Lady Granville, and Sir William Keppel, were also in the Royal Suite. The assemblage of Nobility in the body of the Chapel was considerable.--The sermon was preached by the Dean of Hereford, from the let verse of the 27th chapter of Proverbs :--" Boast not thy self of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."—To be prepared to die is to live righteously ; and the necessity of both, as our hopes should be realized in eter nity, was as beautifully as impressively exemplified.—The Anthem was from the Bth Psalm, " 0 Lord, our Governor, how excellent is thy name in all the world ; thou that hest set thy glory above the heavens."—The soprano of Master Wesley was remarkably clear; his shake was open, his every intonatioridis tinct and correct. The King's Band, with Mr. Attwood at the organ, were on duty. The Rusian Ambassador, beyond the Royal Party, was the only person who had the honour of dining with his Majesty to.day ; nor is there any additional evening party. The Duke of Wellington took leave of his Majesty, and departed to return to town this morning.— The Marquis of Exeter arrived at the Palace last night.— Count Lieven arrived at the Royal York Hotel last night, whence his Excellency crossed to the Palace, and with the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl and Countess Cowper, Count Funchal, and Mr., Luttrel, had the honour of dining with his Majesty and Suite. There was no additional evening party. —Admiral Sir Edmund Nagle returned to the Pavilion last night —This has been a squally day, windy and damp through out—the Duke of York, notwithstanding the falling moisture, was perambulating the streets early in the morning.—Except ing in their carriages, to and from the Palace Chapel, but few of our resident Nobility have been seen in public to-day. The pleasures of the Sunday's promenade have been entirely sus pended.—Lady Caroline and Miss E. Dundas, the lion. 11. and Mrs. Windsor, Sir It. Townsend and Lady Farquhar, and Lady Ravensworth and the Misses Lyddell, are arrived. 44..) kit . '" 4, - • 0111 i4te% . e ' ;‘ 4 . • 4 •Ar. if:4\ 11 C. ,• k, . ; ',15.;;: &„.. . 0 P- -111 \I '"• tet• OE I."- la,' 4471°11:40.5 ~• ARRANGEMENTS IN ST. JAMES'S PALACE. At he the long talked of arrangements are completely formed. Pictorial representations of battles by land and sea are to occupy the three principal apartments in St. James's Palace. Thus, there will be three grand Galleries, to be named after GEORGE 11., GEORGE 111., and GEORGE IV. The col lection commences with those master-pieces of De Louther. bourg, " The First of June," and 4 "Che Taking of Valenciennes." Turner is to paint " The Battle of Trafalgar," and Jones that of " Vittoria and Waterloo." All Coinman den who have distinguished themselves during the Three Reigns are to be painted, and conspicuously placed. The works are begun, and they will forma new and interesting feature in the annals of the present Sovereign of Great Britain. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Hon. Frederick Lamb, from a tour; Mrs. Saville, and family, at the British Hotel, Jerrnyn.street, from Essex ; Capt. Sutherby, at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor -street, from Paris; • John Morehead, Esq. at ditto, from his mother's (Lady Morshead) seat, Richmond Hill ; Lord Thomas Hay, at Long's New Hotel, from Oxford ; James Spi er s, E sq . at ditto, from Oxford; Colonel Suffield, at ditto, from Paris ; Colonel York, at ditto, from Paris. CilfAiGF.B.—The Dowager-Marchioness of Londonderry, at her seat, North Cray, Kent, from the Marquis a nd Ma rc hi oness of Camden's, the Wilderness ; Dowager Alarchioness and the Ladies Cornwallis, from town, for North Cray, on a visit to the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry; Marquis of Huntly, for Kunbolton-castle ; Earl of Euston, for Wakeileld-lodge ; Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, from their house in Manchester-square, for their seat, St; Leonard's-hill, near Windsor; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, for Belvoir-castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Rutland; Lord Wm. Russell, for Woburn abbey, Bedfordshire; Sir James and Lady Gwilton, from Long's New, Hotel, Clifford -street, Bond-street, for Ports mouth; Col. Nugent, from ditto, for Paris; Wm. Williams, Esq. from ditto, for Brighton. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Prince Leopold entertained Baron Werther, the Prussian Minister, and a select party, on Saturday and Sunday, at Claremont. The Duke of Grafton has a large party of distinguished friends at his seat, Wakefield Lodge. The Dowager Countess of Stamford entertained a select circle of friends yesterday evening, at her house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. MASQUERADE AT THE ARGYLL ROOMS. This long-announced Entertainment took place last night ; and, perhaps, in consequence of the absence from Town of most of the Fashionable World, the occurrence of numerous private parties, and the great attractions of the Theatres, the Masquerade was but thinly attended. About nine o'clock the doors were thrown open, and from that hour until past midnight the arrival of the usual motley characters was incessant. The rooms were handsomely decorated and su perbly lighted. Several hands of music were in attendance— the refreshments were of the best quality, and liberally suplietl—the supper was good, and the wines (furnished by Mr. CHARLES Melon T, of the Opera Colonnade) were ex cellent; in short ? all that depended upon the managers of the Pete was done in the best style. Amongst the characters we saw little of absolute novelty ; but some of them were sup ported with spirit anti ability. There were the usual proportions of Quakers, Jews, Monks, Magicians, Hussar's, Turks, Greeks, Indians, Watchmen, ann Sailors, gentle Shepherds and hoyden ing Shepherdesses, Spanish Patriots and Banditti, well dressed Dandies and undressed Danclizettes, Peasants (male and female) of every country; a capital group of Highlanders correctly clad in the beautiful and picturesque costume of the Land of Cakes; an excellent Welchman, several Yorkahiremen, a rattling, jo cund, witty, and eccentric Irishman, with a no less admirable Irishwoman, who sported " black and blue" eyes. Amongst the Theatrical characters were a meek and 'unobtrusive Richard, a stupid Jabson, a boisterous and licentious ‘S'imon Pure, a lively Billy Waters, a corpulent Pantaloon, a stately Clown, and a clumsy H inconsiderable minority; Ladies formed a very there was nevertheless some very excellent dancinic. The Highland party performed several Scotch Reels with spirit and accuracy; but the Quadrille was the favourite dance of the night. The principal company repared to the supper rooms at about half past one o'clock, whence they returned to the ball rooms in about an hoar, resumed the merry dance, and kept it up to a late hour this morning. LONDOWDEREY HOUSE.—Great alterations and improve ments have been making for months past in the Park-lane Mansion, lately known by the name of Middleton House, and now the property of the Marquis and Marchioness of London deny. This very fine edifice, built half a century ago t has one of the noblest suites of rooms in the metropolis. Artists from Italy are at work decorating the walls and cielings licreula. Ileum and Pompeii will supply the galleries,. but modern Rome is to furnish the statues and vases for the state apart ments. Paris, Lyons, and Spitalfields, are to exhibit a rivalry in the silk draperies ; but London is to have the preference for the cabinet furniture—The house will be ready about May next, when the amiable Marchioness will have an opportunity to gratify and astonish her fashionable friends. The first party, we are told, will be an assembly. • Lord Essex's splendid and hospitable seat at Cashioberry has been one continued scene of festivity during the Christmas. There arc few mansions in England better calculated for do mestic comfort and luxury than Cashioberry House. The festivities of the season are carried on with spirit at Major House, Suffolk, the mansion of Lord Henniker , where , on Friday, the 19th, Lady Henniker gave a splendid Ball and Supper to the families of the principal Gentry and Clergy of the neighbourhood. The spacious suite of rooms, seven in number, were thrown open to the company, which consisted of 150 persons. POETRY. SONNET To an Absent Wife, On the Anniversary of the Wedding-day. Think not, dear Partner of my anxious days, That I in absence shall thy worth forget, Not so shall I discharge affection's debt— Oft on thy portrait 1 with pleasure gaze, That seems to greet me with enliv'ning rays, And say, " though adverse clouds surround us, yei "No deed dishonorable brings regret." " And Hope a bright'ning prospect still displays." Then bear with fortitude, beloved wife, The transient ills assign'd us here by fate; Soon may pass off the load of worldly strife, And resignation can sustain the weight: A gracious Pow'r still guards this mortal life, And faith in Him assures a happier state, The OPERA HOUSE, under the management of BENZLLI, will be opened with an eclat which will firebttfily vie with the most successful epochs in of that splendid establishment. In addition 'to the well-known talents of M. de Begnis, of Vestris, of Garcia, of Curioni, we have the names of Madame Pasta, and Madame Rossini, probably of Catalani, for a limited num . bes of nights; whilst the ballet will combine the grace and elegance of Ronzi, Vestris, Autner, Noblet, Leroux, Albert, Charles Vestris, and Boisgerard, with Mesdemoiselles Legros, Grener, Bougleux, and Moulin and Ferdinand, none of whom have yet been seen in this country. But the great attraction of the season will be Rossini, the Director of Music. Kelly resumes' his poit of Stage Manager. The Committee are—the Marquis of Hertford, Lord Glengal, Mr. de Roos, and Col. Cooke. The New Church of Saint Mary's, Bryanstone. square, in the Windham-place district of Mary lebonne parish, will be consecrated on the 7th inst. The Bishop of LONDON perfOrths the con secration ceremony ; and the Rev. Mr. DIBDIN, the appointed Minister, preaches the sermon.--- The Church is said to be capable of holding2ooo persons.—Mr. SMIRKE is the Architect. Sir PHILIP ROCHE was one of the first ac credited agents of the British Government to Spain during the late war, for which he was peculiarly qualified,from his thorough knowledge of the language, his address, temper, and character. He became very popular in Spain, was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-General, and commanded that division of the Spanish army which besieged Murviedro, the ancient Sagantum.— There, at the head of his division, h e,had to receive FE um maim, on his return from French captivity, who reviewed the troops, and highly complimented hi m on t h e i r appearance anti line. Upon every occasion afterwardS, the KING chewed him a marked attention, and he was appointed to command a divi. l i sion, forming the advanced guard of th e Sp an i s h a rmy , des tined to enter France during the 100 days. His very name has been popular in Spain since the time of the gallant and romantic ROCIIE, Viscount Fermoy, who expended the produce of all his military appointments in that country, in supporting his wandering King, CHARLES 11. A singular felicity has at tached itself to the mission of Sir P. RocuE ; for at the same time that his ardent zeal in the service of his King and m ' in try is known throughout E uro p e , so established is his character in the Peninsula, and so general the opinion of the inflexible integrity of his principles, that there is scarcely to be found an individual, of any party, who would not be ready, on a ny emer gency, to look up to him as the friend of Spaniards and of Spain.—(Dublin Patriot.) The Meeting to promote a Subscription in_ aid of the Fund establishing for the unfortunate Spa msh Refugees in this country was held in this town on Wednesday, T. PAGET, gig., in the Chair, when several resolutions, approving of the object in view, were carried unanimously, and a sum of 401. was subscribed by the highly re. spectable individuals assembled together on the occasion.--( Leicester Chronicle.) GEORGE KENNING, the bankrupt, who some time since absconded with a large amount of pro perty of his creditors, and for whom a reward of 500 guineas has been offered, has been appre hended in America with the property. TIME ES4DIMAIJI DOGR.—There is now at the house of Mr. PAGET, the celebrated razor-maker, of No. 163, Piccadilly, one of those celebrated animals which were brought home by Captain PARRY on his late return to this country, which on Friday night ►helped, and has now four thorough bred promising poppies, three females and one male. A number of Gentlemen viewed them on Saturday, Mr. PAaaT having readily ac ceded to their wishes. RTIFICIAL ANATOMY.—It is well known that imitations of the human subject, for anatomical study, have been made in wax hitherto, in consequence of its fl ex ibility. These imitations, however striking and correct, could only present the surface of objects; they could not give the internal details, which are still more necessary to the study ; they were fitter for the purposes of a museum than a theatre of anatomy. M. Auroux, a young and clever French physician, has made an astonishing improvement in those imitations. With a conipo. sition resembling pasteboard, he has been enabled to construct complete bodies, in which all the organs, the minutest de. tails of external and internal conformation, are accurately repre sented. The exterior parts are unshipped easily, and according to the rules generally observed in dissection. They give place to the interior parts, which in their turn can be removed with similar theility. Thus the human body can be decomposed into a thousand different pieces, which, as 'they are regularly numbered, can be again re-united to each other. Two advantages are thus obtained over the ordinary me thod. , --the d isgust insepar able Mont the dissection of dead botliesis avoided ; and the pupil, by recomposing the body. may give a more perfect know. ledge of its individual points. The only objections to M. Auroux's invention is, that the shades of colour arc more perfectly represented by the wax than by his composition 3 but this ()Wade may , be surmounted ;' and, for the rest, his imita tion is perfect. The smallest organs,- the nerves, the muscles, the veins, and all the vessels, are represented with rigid accu racy. This ingenious invention admits of being applied to many useful and interesting purposes of anatomical pathology. —(Museum.) `EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FILIATION.—Ao extraordinary , case has recently occurred in the parish of Owennap. A. young girl who worked at one of the -mines was discovered to be pregnant, and being brought by the over seers before a Magistrate, in order to filiate her expected off spring, to the astonishment of all present, she swore that another young girl, with whom she was known to be in habits of close intimacy, was the father. As she persisted in this statement, the accused nondescript was brought before his Worship, when, on investigation,, the following facts were elicited :—The mother of the offender, for reasons which we have not learnt, contrived to pass a male infant of which she was delivered, upon her acquaintance as a female. At an early age the and was sent to work as a ball-girl at one of the mines ; here the disguised youth formed an intimacy with the daughter of another miner ; they worked together, and occasionally, as friends, slept together, at the house of the latter; the conse quence has been already stated. The lad has put on garments suited to his sex, and under all the circumstances of . the case, the overseers have not thought proper to act with severity to:. wards him._( West Briton.) We understand that the receipts of Customs for the port of Leith, for the last twelve months, exceed the amount of the same branch of revenue by 24,0001.—(Ediriburgh for the year preceding, Star.) SPORTING IfIKELLIGENCE. BITTING-ROO3l, Dim. 2! RIDDLE 1.--STATE OF VIZ ODD& • W 0 ItTtf. to I mpg Don Carlos to 1 apt Cressida. 3 to I apt Reformer h to 1 apt Prudence 6 to I apt Quadrille 6 to 1 agst Swiss 7 to 41 agst Reformer 10 to 1 agst Agnes 13 to I apt Reticule 14 to 1 apt Banshee 14 to 1 ag►st Don Carlos 'DES! 17 to 4 agst Pr u d ence 'I. 6 to 1 agst Lyrnessa 7 to 1 agst Sister to Sailor oNCA STE It ll to 1 agst Altisidora filly 16 to 1 agst Ringlet 20 to 1 eget Banshee hill. 15 to 1 agst Cressida 20 to 1 apt Ben 30 to 1 agst Jens . 30 to 1 agst Sir Gray 33 to 1 agst Ilurly Burly 40 to 1. apt Sister to Arbutus. K. 9 to 1 agst Barossa 10 to 1 *gut Miss Jig 12 to I agst list. tollospitality. ST. LEGER. 20 to l agst Rosanne 23 to 1 agst bliss Cranfield. HUNTINO. SIERTINGS OP HOUNDS IN TRH PRHSENT WIVE. His Majesty's Buck Hounds, on Friday, at Two Mile Brook, near Salthill. H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s. Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at mill Walton ; and on Saturday, at Nuffield Marshes. The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Godston ; and on Saturday, at Worms,Heath. The Surrey Harrieu, on Monday, Wednesday, and Satur. day, at Kennel. , Mr. Hay's Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Adbaston ; and on Saturday, at Blackbrook. The Chester Harriers, on Thursday, at Nevrton Wood ; 'and on Friday, at Bretton. The Earl of Scarborough's Fox Hounds, on Wetineaday, Conisborough ; and on Friday, at Grove. Sir George Sitwell's Fox Hounds, on Friday, at the Kennel. The Soinersetshire SubscriptiodFox.hounds, on Friday, at Hawkridge Brake. - The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on 'Wednesday, at Green's Norton ; and on Friday, at Furzen Field. The Earl of Darlington's Fox Hounds, on Thursday, h Norman's Moor ; and on Saturday, at Langton on Swale. The Northumberland Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Bing• Glen ; and on Friday, at ileddon.on-the-Wall. Yesterday, at Mary-le-bone Office, Johnson, the informer, and his witness, hers, attended to support in. formations, eight in number, against four respectable bakers— r. Anderson, Bryanstone-street ; Mrs. Browne, Duke street ; Mr. Todd and Mr. Mason, Edward-street. The first information was against Mr. Todd ; and Byers stated that he purchased in his shop a half quartern loaf, which he did not weigh, as there is no penalty for short weight ; he admitted it might be weight. The female, who served in the shop, was called ; she swore, that since the pa s si ng o f t h e new Act, she had never sold bread under the denomination of half quartern or quartern ; it was against the practice of Mr. Todd a shop to sell bread under those denominations : she could swear that Byers was never in the shop. Mr. Williams alleged that his custom of dealing was evidence in this ease. Mr. Rawlinson thought otherwise; and observed, that general practice was no answer to a particular act. Mr. Williams complained of the hardship of the bakers in being thus plundered by informers, and was told by Mr. Rawlinson, that if the bakers stamped on the loaves 21b. or 41b. the weight, instead of the " NV." which formerly was stamped on the loaves, it would com pletely check the informer, as he could not then swear that the bread was sold under the denomination complained ' He would suggest this plan to the bakers, and he really bellev. ed, were it adopted, he should not convict a baker. It being observed that even should this suggestion be attended to, Johnson would still l a y i n f ormat i ons, the latter declared that he would not lay an information against any baker who should weigh his bread. Mr. Todd was convicted in 40s. pe nalty and costs. The second information was withdrawn. Two against :Ur. Mason were quashed, the loaf being weighed. The other two defendants were fined 403. each. INGKATITUDE.—Some time ago an Excise Officer, not a hundred miles from Berwick, called at a toll-gate in th© neighbourhood, re presenting himself as a poor joiner from London travelling in quest of work, and having called for a glass of whiskey, he got it, and on offering to pay for it, the landlady sympathising with his tattered appearance, generously declined taking any thing ; he, how ever , i ns i ste d upon pay i ng, saying, bad as matters were, he was not yet pennyless. He paid for his glass, and soon after returned with the supervisor, searched the house, and got his benevolent hostess, or rather her husband, lined in a sum amounting to nearly 201.—( her. Ad.) Bow•STRIIET.---.(r BIS DAY.) --- James Cohen and Joseph Wilson were brought up from St. Martin's Watch-house, where they had been confined nil night in the custody of Weyman, the watchman, charged with disturbing the inhabit ants, and with assaulting him, the third guardian of the night. The prisoners described them. selves as cutlers, and very sober, honest young fellows, and added that they never got tipsey, which was the case last night, Save on Christmas. day, and on Mondays ; they therefore hoped the Magistrate would discharge them, which he did on their paying the fees. ALLZGED MUM/Ea.—On Friday morning, an unfortunate female of the name of Mary Nugent, was found in a brothel in the neighbourhood of King-street, Shadwell, speechless, and almost dead. Medical aid was immediately procured, and she expired in the course of the ensuing night. Her body was much bruised in various places, and there is little doubt but that her death was occusioned by a severe beating. Dif ferent reports are in circulation as to the circum stances which led to this fatal termination, but they seem unworthy of repetition. A Coroner's Inquest has already met to inquire into the cause of her death, but it was adjourned till the body had been examined by a surgeon. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT,-011 Thursday week Mr. RENNET, a respectable farmer, at Crooked nook, near Old Deer, unfortunately lost his life, by falling from his horse, while on hi s wa y home from Peterhead. e had left that place about seven o'clock in the evening ; and in a short time after his horse was met on the road having one of the stirrups hanging over the saddle, by a person going into Peterhead, who at a little distance dim covered the body lying on the road. The body was warm : and the person immediately mounted the horse, and rode into Peterhead for medical assistance ; but we regret to st a t e , it was of no avail. li e h ad a large sum of money in his pocket, when found, which he had received in Peterhead.—(Edirdiurgh Courant, Dec. '27.) Brougham Castle, in Westmoreland (belonging to Earl TUANET), was built nearly 800 years ago. • MERCANTILE SHIPPIIVG. 'DEAL, Drc. 29—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and remain the Isabella, Imlay, from Quebec. The outward-bound renntia al before, all well. • Po T9I!1.0 UT 11, DEC. 9.--WitnA §T.--Artired the Henry Addington, from the Mediierranean, under quarantine. I t blew very heavy this morning siboni'thrie accompanied with thunder and lightning. We have had .tiqballa 411 day front S.W, which continues. The outward.bOund *mai% all well. COV/ES:' DEC. 29.—Wind S.W.—Sailed the Aurora, Ilol lett, having been aupplied with an anchor and cable. f• • rar.atourn, DEc. 28.—Wind W.S.AI 7 .—No arrivals or sail Olga. ILFRACOMBE, DEc. 28.—The meats, sails, And rigging of a schooner have been washed on shore, about 10 miles to the East of this port ; a top-gallant sail is marked " Fisher anti Sons, sail-makers, Bristol." DEC. 27.—Put in here the Atlantic, Sappant, from Boston, in 21 days, for London, all well ; also the Cla rence, Holmes, from Sierra Leone; mailed the 16th of Sept., leaky and abort of provisions ; the late Capt. Walker died on the 16th of August. Myr. nrooL, DEC. 29.—Arrived the Maria --, from Africa; Rich ar d, H anna h , from annerara ; Telegraph, Berry, from New Orleans; Elizabeth Wilson, Rich ; and William Price, Hamilton, from Sa vannah ; Milo, Woodberry, from Charlstone ; and Campion, Gallitlie front Illir a mi c hi. ItAhIEIGATE, DEC. 29.—Arrived 'the Berhice, Wayth, from London, for Pernambuco; Commercial packet, Collins, fir Teneriffe. The Eclipse Mail Packet from Ostend, arrived hero this day. The East India Company's ship ;Farquharson left Bombay for China on the 9th of July, touched at Penang and sailed from thence on the 3d August, and was in the Straits of Sin wore the 17th of August. —The Warren Hastings and Van ittart proceeded front Anjees, on ,their voyage to China, all well ; the former on the '23d, and the latter on the 27th of Augtist.. BALTIC SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. [EXTRACTS OF PRIVATE LETTERS.I ELsrrronE, DEC. 4 20.—it is with g reat concern - have to in form you, that one of the heaviest gales from the S.S.B. ever experienced here commenced on the 17th inst. about noon, and continued until the morning of the 18th. In consequence of which a considerable number of ships from the Baltic, detain( d hero since the evening of the 15th, were, amongst several not yet clearcld, carried into the C attegat, and 12 vessels, as spe cifiehewith, parted from anchors and cables, and drove on shore under the Castle batteries and in this neighbourhood. —The ships from the Baltic which remained at anchor in our Roads, as well as those arrived hence since, proceeded towards the Cattegat this morning, with the wind at S. by B. CASUALTIES TO SHIPPING REFEREED TO AIIOVE., The Latona, of Aberdeen, Malcolm, from Riga for Liver. pool, on shore unde r th e C ast l e b atteries, full' of ; crew saved, and cargo will likewise be saved. The Sarah, of Newcastle, front Dantaic for London,' with deals, on shore at the Castle batteries, full of water ; cargo will be saved ; captain and crew here. • The Agnes, of Leith, APKenzie, front Riga for Leith. with linseed. was ashore under the Castle batteries ; came oil, and will be brought to Cop en h agen to repa i r. The Susannah, of Hull, Hardie, front St. Petersburgh for Hull, on shore under the Castle batteries, 11111 of water. Crew saved, and cargo will likewise be so. Henrietta Johannah, of Stockholm, (men Rio Janiero, w i t h sugar and coffee, on shore at the above place, five feet water in the ship; about saving the cargo. The Johanna, of Stettin, Witt, from Memel for London, with timber, on shore o n th e C ast l e Po i nt, full of water. Cargo will be saved as soon as possible. The Hoppe], Muller., of and from St oc kh o l m f or Plymouth, with tar, full of water. The Hoffnung, Otto, frem Riga harbourßoerdam with linseed, has been brought into the without material damage: The Alexy, of St. Petemburgh, Salinius, from ditto for Li verpool, with timber, on shore on the Lapground, full of water. Cargo will be saved. The Ilertseller, Charlotte, of Celle, and Tdogli e t en , on s h ore. The Diegute Mutter, a nd the Mary, of Londonderry, have parted from anchors and cables, and drove to the Cattegat. The Antoinette, from the Havannah, has been permitted to proceed to Copenhagen to perform quarantine, E Larry on*, Dim 16,—Th e A nderson, of I l'hitby, Teasrlalo, horn tit. Petersburgh, with tallow, is totally lost on the south part of Bornholm. Crow saved. The Martha of Montrose Cant, from Riga with hemp, was lost near Ystadt, In the niglit between the and 12th inst. Crew saved. In the afternoon of the 6th inst. the Spring, of London, laid ed with timber, drove on shore near Bvenbergen, on the w es t coast of Jutland, and was immediately broken to pieces by the sea, by which occurrence all the crew lost their lives, and the cargo was dispersed on the shore to the distance of about eight English miles. The Lattrentius, of Copenhagen, with goods, was totally lost on the 10th inst. near Bovenbergen. Crew, excepting the cook, drowned. The ships from the Baltic remaining here at the date of mfr last advice of the 13th inst. proceeded yesterday m orn i n g w i th the wind S.E. and the arrivals thence in the course of yester day have sailed as fast as cleared, excepting three British ves-. sole, which arrived late last niht, and ar e now d eta i ned i n our Roads, together with th e arrivals from the balite of to.-day. ' Stnetnx.—A very melancholy ;matinee of salt% destruction took place on Friday, the 19111 instant, at I)ultht.. field. Mr. Joseph M oss , mine-agent to F. .':). Astley, k.'sci,, precipitated hhnself into a coal-pit, which had ceased' being worked, and was filled w i t h water to w i thin about nine feet Of the surface. The unhappy man was got out in a quarter of itit hour ; but, notwithstanding the very persevering efforts of Or. Milligan and Mr. Kaye,. of Ashton-under-Line, resuscitation did not take place. This melancholy event wits attended by peculiar circumstances. Mr. Astley left Dukinfield about six weeks ago, leaving Mr. Most in charge of the honk s of t h e various concerns, and with directions to collect several sums of money to a considerable amount. Unfortunately, the de.' ceased, during his employer's absence, gave himself entirely up to the destructive habit of drinking, and totally neglected his business. On . the Tuesday preceding his death, Mr.: Astley returned, and found that not one eingle'entry had been made in the hooks of any description. and that his agent had. in feet, absented hi mse lf from his duties ever Since he had tell home. Mr. Astley sent for the deceased both on the Wed. nesday and Thttraday, but he could not be met with. On tisi Friday he again dispatched one of his servants, Who found'hini` in bed, at about twelve o'clock nt noon, at a publlcAninse"in. Stayley-hridge, and with difficulty :persuaded him to go with him. Ile entered the plantation at Dukinfiehi-lodge about titt O'clock, having on th e r oa d converse d in a very unconnected wa et; about coal-mines, tunnel uat ries, &e. On his arriv a l i n t h e 4 4 , he went and sat down i n a dil ap id ate d summ er.honse, apperen ~ ly absorbed in deep th oug h t , t h en suddenly toss,, and, walked ,rApidlY'through Score) ) W oo d, unt il h e came to two coaLpits, Which were partly run up, tol d p art l y fill ed with water., lie re arded both pits a tt e n t i ve l y , an d remar ki ng that one was 4 very dangerous place, walked forwards towards the House:; but at the end of the wood suddenly turned, back, and renchingthe. pit Again, rushed down the declivity leading into the pit, tryi*' out to his companion, who was but a few yards MT, " Geove, I must go." Th e man rep li e d , " Fat— tha t's sake, Mr. Moss, think of year poor children." The deceased paused for a moment, and retraced a step or two, but upontheseevant'a running towards hint to 'prevent him, he cried out agein, in .a firm tone of voice, lt does not signify, George, I must go :" and plunged into the dreadful abyss. His companion ; with .. difficulty recovering front the horror h e was se i ze d with, hasten. - • cut for, and procured immediate assistance; and the body wets drawn oat by Dr. Milligan, who both boldly and humanely descended into the pit, with a rope attached to him. It is a very singular fact, that the body was found floating on the water. Thus miserably perished a MAO who had ;Niftiest which rendered him .fit for a respectable situation, and wh o might have been a very valuable servant. He, has left toix. children; and it is but justice to say, in conclusion, that.he Is not susp ec ted o f any em b eszlement whatever; hut, front the consciousness of thorough neglect of duty, occasioned try extreme intemperance, was unable to face his emplayer— An inquest was held upon the body on Tuesd a y, end the verdict recorded was, " Derangement of thind."—(Afaname r Ougo'-' dian.) A. melancholy accident happened last weilk at Blackburn, in the county of Linlithgow. iVilliarn Binny, uia inexperienced young man, had taken kloaded gun into a barn, where lie was employed at work, intending to avail himself of any opportunity of shooting magpies, which wore hovering about. Ile hail thought necessary, it appear* to draw tile shot which was in the gun ; in attempting which, it went oft`,and the contents lodged in his b o dy. Instant death ensued. It is distressin g t o think of the many accidents which happen from inexperience in the use of fire arms, and their bad state of repair.—(Edinburgis Courant, Dee. 4.) 01 I fla catiat I I re is 31s 111 th e in 6 a it" view! nibio ?sty 0 untlel ,to- Y r 1 )6. mu fio, or -100