The Sun. — London, England, 1823-02-18 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. MOVSE OF COMMONS, Luna, 17° die Februarii, 1523. ROADS—Saitash, Iltninster, Peterborough, Nantwich, Tor pedo', Martoek, Greenfield and Shepley, Whitechapel, Chesterfield and Matlock, and Dorking—Petitions for Bills, referred to Committees. Bridgford Lane—Bill read a first titne. II AR no It —llfordcombe, and Minehead).Petitions for Bills, `MALT. DEB Ts,—Seuleoates Nay [GAT tem—Trent/end Mersey Canal - referred to Corn. mittees. M PANT-0 AR Light and Coke INCLOSURES—Congeston (LeiceSter), Kirkby in Kendal ("Westmorland), & Baslow (Derby)] Vs:sx RY— Bethnal-green r Bills ordered. B RIDGE—My the Hill PAVlNa—Knaresborough • J TITHES (Ireland) —Petition of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Land OCcupiers, of Tipperary, for a commutation thereof; to lie on the tabl.!, and to be printed. Cotrxr Ho oar —Forfar —Petition for Bill reported. HOP DUTY—Petition of Hop-planters of Burwash and Etchingham, for the repeal thereof. , „ REFORM OF PARLIAMENT—Petition -of the Corpo ration of the City of London, in favour thereof. INDEMNITY ) Bills read a second time, TRADE—West India and American 1- anti committed for to. Colonies ) morrow tthis day). DISTRIBUTORS or STAMPS—Accounts ordered, " of the number of Distributors of Stamps in Great Britain, their names; and the districts to which they are severally appointed; together with a Return of all profits and emolum e nts a r i s i ng to each of them respectiv e ly, from such office,' for poundage on the remittances made by them, in the year ending sth Ja. nuary, 1823." LAND TAx—Abstract ordered, " of the amount of Allowance, • as Poundage or otherwise, paid in each year since the pass ing of the 36th Geo. 3, c. 60, to the Clerks of the Commis sioners in districts of the Land 'Tax, or to any other persons, for that portion of the Land Tax which has been redeeMed, exclusive of the allowance for sale, or any tyllowanee entered in the Account of the 29th June, 1822, and the total of the whole, up to the 31st December, 1822." NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. 1. Lord Althorp,—Mode of recovering Small Debts in Eng land and Wales. 2. M. ,Goulburn,—To reduce the Staff of the Irish Militia. 1. Mr. Grenfell—To move for Accou n t s o f the .Mana g ement of the Public Debt by the Bank of England, and other Bank Accounts. 4. Lord John Russell—Committee to obtain Returns relating to the Charters, and number of Voters in each Borough sending Members to Parliament. ORDERS of the DAY fur Ti I IS DAY. L Supply-:..Report. 2. Indemnity Bill—Committee. 3: West India arid American Colonies Trade Bill—Committee, NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Wednesday, Fe 6.19. Sir John Osborn—Vote of Seamen. (In Corn. of Supply..) Monday, Feb. 24. • Mr. Peter, Moore—To amend Act against combination o . workmen (deferred from Monday. Feb. 17.) Thursday, Feb. '4. Lord Viscount Alth o rp—Bill to rep:al the Foreign Enlist ment Bill. Thursday, April 4. Lord John 'blasell—Reform of Parliament. PRIVATE BILLS—SEcotip READINGS tor TILLS DAY, 1. Haw Bridge •l. Lary Bridge. *.° For TurPowismotrrrt CASE, see our'Fourth Page. PRICE OF STO4S T11(8 kV AT ON.F. O'CLOCK. lndii*Stock India Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills p r . Ditto Small Bank for Act. ' India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Account... Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 73„ 3 per Cent. Cons: 74gi 3a per Cent 4 per Cent. id 92 i 93 New 934 5 g )er Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. 19 4.1 kb* Imp. 3 per Cents PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, FEU. AT ONE o'ci.ocK. Five per Cents. 78. Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 71. Neapolitan I Fiv e per Cent. Bonds, 66i. 1 Sc rip, 72i. Austrian Five per Cents. ( Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 3y. Spanish { New Ditto, 32j. Scrip, - 33 i disc. prus , ina Five per Cent. Bonds, 79. 1 Ditto New, 74i. Five per Cent.llonds, 78. Chili 71. Columbian Six per Cent. Bonds, 50i. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Bank Shares £2l Ss. American ) Six per Cznt. 90-98 i. Five per Cent. 90. 1 .. I,Three per Cent. 70. French • PRICE OF - IRISII STOCK, FEB. 15 . Ilank Stock 0 41 j Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.ct. Gov. Deb. 3j per cent 88/ --Ditto 6 per cent. ... 65, Stock, 3j per ct.... BG. ____DittoStock Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Royal Canal Stock Goy. Deb.*s per cent. - --Stock, - 4 per' cent.... 95ji Do. Deb. with . Oov. See.... '— Treasury Baia, 5 per cent. Pipe Water Deb. 5 per et. City Debentures, 5 per Do. cent. - -Ballast O ffi ce Govt. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per et. per cent. Exchange on London, Feb. 14, 11101{ WATP.R T D Morning, U minutes after 8. 1 BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 39 minutes after 8. '➢'HE SUN. SOLEM RUTSDICERE FALS UM AUDE.dT ? LONDON, TUESD.4.I 7 , FEBRUARY 18, 1823. The March.of French troops .for the Spanish frontier - continues with unabated activity, though there are some persons who still think that the Ministers of Louis XVIII. are not quite so de termined on war as has been generally imagined. The abatement of their ardour for hostilities is With some shew of reason attributed to the inflex tble firmness of the Spanish Government and Cortes,...to the enthusiasm which has been _excited in Spain by the threat of invasion,— , to the:information respecting the temper and disposition of the Spanish nation which th e y h ave obtained from Count de LAGAR DE since his return from Madrid—to th e un equivocal d eclarations of. the B,ritish Cabinet re specting the injustice of the meditated act of ag oression,--o the univers a l f ee li ng of the people 4 , England in conformity with that'of their Go. ternment upon this subject, —to the unpopu arit., 01 the threatened war, on the other tai ti !land -) in France its e lf,— an d, l astly, to cer. ,„ mis givings as to the z ea l an d fi delity 0 , " French Army, . in which it is quite $ c ertai n th Lis at some symptoms of dis a ff ect i on ve • ireidy apPeared. These are certainly , .most grave con4iderations, cal elated . to make the French Mini§try pause on the brink o'f the precipice toward which they have been pushed by a furious and intoxicated party ; and these considerations would doubtkess evekyet turn the scale in favour of peace, were it not that the ;Royalists of France, the Ministry, the Legislative Chambers, and even the King himself,are so deep ly committed to a war policy, that it seems scarce ly possible for France, to retract , steps, except by the dissolution both of the Ministry and the Chamber of Deputies, and the utter discomfiture and disgrace of the Royalist party. That party, therefore, can lose little more, even b►y an unsuc. cessful war, than by now remaining at peace, except that the execrations of mankind would be added to the ridicule which would now attach to their retreat from the blustering attitude which t hey have assumed,—and except that the result of the contlict might be so disastrous, as, by subverting the Throne of the BoininoNs,. to entail upon the present depositaries of their power the loss of their property as well as of'their character, and their final expulsion from that country, which they have not known how to goVern. These latter results, however f. are so remote as to be only within the range of probability ; and as,the consequences either of peace or of war seem to be almost equally unfavourable for the infatuated Royalists themselves, however great the difference between the respective results to their country, we. fear that nothing but a greater degree 'of patriotism than we can give them credit for, could now induce them to aban• don their iniquitous designs against the liberties of Spain. We are not insensible to the weight which the contrary inference is entitled to, from .the opinion expressed by Lord Liv ett- poor. at the opening of the Session of Par liament, viz. that the hope of preserving peace was even then not entirely destroyed.— ,—We are not insensible to. the additional strength which must have been given to that hope by the public declaration of the sentiments of the British Government. We are not insen. sible to the effect of another and unlooked for motive for preserving peace, which is to be found in the announcement given last night by •the Earl of Liverpool in the House of Lords, viz, that,Austria had consented to a principle for the repayment of the debt which she owes to this country, and that his Lordship hoped to be soon able to communicate the completion of arrangements for carrying the liquidation of the debt into effect ! The financial difficulties of Austria are well known ; and if at this crisis she is about to come under engagements whic'4 will pledge her resources to the discharge of her pe cuniary obligation to England,it will be evident that from Austria at least France cannot reckon upon receiving any very powerful assistance, in the event of her Spanish a ar, either entailing upon her disasters abroad, or exciting commo- tions at home. Still, notwithstanding all these considerations, the chance of preserving peace appears to us, for the reasons which we have stated to be so extrerrn slender, that. We antic'. pate,the commencement of hostilities as an event that is almost inevitable. We extract the following from the German Papers received this morning : " BAYONNE, FEB. B. W e have heard that an order has been sent from Bilboa to all the ports in the Gulf of Biscay, to remove all vessels and boats fit for the service to the port of Bilboa, or to burn them. Several detachments of troops and of militia were sent from Bilboa on this expedition, and came even as far as St. Se bastiana. • 44 BERLIN, FEB. B. 7 —The Royal Government of. Cologne has given notice; as a. warning to those Whom it may concern, that PrusSian subjects who go as soldiers to Greece, are not 'to expect any kind of assistance" on their return, and the less so, as the distress that there awaits them will have been wholly drawn on themselves, by transgressing their duty as subjects." 44 Ihmnunott, Fro. 7.—The presentstate of political affairs has considerable influence here. The price of goods and rate of insurance are rising. Thus the insurance to Bourdeaux, Which was lately 2 per cent. is now 6, and to Cette 6 is ROW 12, Stt." The enthusiastic reception given to the Duke bf SAN LORENZO in England is but a faint ex pression of the intense interest which is felt by the British nation in, the fate of Spain. The rumours which were rpeently circulated of changes in the Spanish Ministry are 'falsified ) by the unanimous support given to the present Ministers by the Cortes. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] STOCK EXCIIANGE, Half-past Twelve o'Clock.— Little or no business is doing this morning in the !above - Nail t. Consols opened at 741, end up „to this hour they are 74 f8. No. prlce : of the :French Funds. Owing to . , its beiug Sunday there is kgreat dullness in all speculations, n th. Funds. • • 4 ronP 6 l'f MAriltatii.---The above Market is very: dull this mothirig, and little doing. Spanish, Bonds opened at 331, and went down to 321 1. New York Papers arrived this morning to the `_'sth January, but they do not contain any infor mation of importance. [From tyle Ne-4 rode Gazette of the 17M.1 We have seen a letter from Curacoa, dated the 17th ult. which says. that MORALES continued in possession of Maracaibo; the schooner spoken of in yesterday's Gaz e t te , on leaving been captured by the Colombian, is said to have had a cargo on board worth 30,000 dollars, the Most valuable of MORALES' plunder. "To the Senate of the United States. - " I transmit herewith to the Senate fa their constitutional consideration, a Convention between the United States and Great Britain, ' concluded at St. Pctersburgh on the 12th day of July last, under the mediation of his Imperial Majesty of all the Ruisias, together_ with the documents appertaining thereto. " JAMES .11IONROE." THE KlNG.—(l3righton, Feb. 1 G.)—Excepting the remaining weakness common after the gout, we have now the heartfelt satisfaction of an. nouncing the complete recovery of our Most Gracious Sovereign, His MAJESTY has left his private apartments, and dined with his company and suite for several days past. Ills MAJESTY will hold a Privy Council at the Pavilion in the afternoon of to-morrow. The KING will be in town on Thursday to re ceive the Recorder's Report, and will stop at Carlton Palace for three or foar days, after which he will return to Brighton, and remain there till Easter. Some of the Cabinet Ministers left town yes terday morning for Brighton, to attend a Council at the Pavilion. The SPEAKER'S Parliamentary. Levees for the present Session, will commence On Saturday next, the c•22d February. , fiLORENTE, the auth or o f the Li „ istorN of the Inquisition, and other works of high reputation, (lied lately at Madrid. In conseqUenc e of the representations of th e Pores NUIICiO, it t ewas in December last suddenly compelled to leave Paris, I where he had resided seven years. Obliged to travel at so severe a season, and to pass the fron tier at the moment when Spain was infested by the bands of the Faith, this venerable gentleman had to encounter great hardshipkand dillicUlti es . He was often w ith ot i t any means hardships._ of conveyance, and was on one • occasion under the 'necessity of walking four leagues in the snow. His health received such a shook by the fatigue, that' he lived only a low days after his arrival at Madrid. —(Paris Paper.) After the election of the Right Hon. WILLIAm liusxissoN for Liverpool on Saturday (the particulars of which were given i n our P aper of yesterday), there was a grand procession from the Town-hall to Mr. Bourox'a, and Mr. lIIISKISSON was received every where with the loudest ac. Clamations. Sir WlLLtAist Bart. and Mr. BAL- I FOUR having declined a contest for . Berwick-Upon-Tweed, it ii supposed that Rear-Admiral Sir JOIOr BERESPORD, will be returned without opposition. THE PORTSMOUTH CAUS E . —Whatever the Portsmouth Commission may make of his Lordship, it ap pears likely to make a considerable reduction in his estate. i'wenty guineas a day are paid for the use of Freemasons' Ilan, where the inquiry is held; covers are laid for sixty every day at dinner, for the Commissioners Counsel, &c. then there ar e t h e fees o f Counsel , the travelling expences, and maintenance of five or six hundred witnesses, and many other minor charges. All these matters are said to cost at least four hundred pounds per day ; and should the . inquiry con tinue three months from the commencement, as was anticipated, there will have been on expenditure of more than 30,000/. ! and that, too, for a mere preliminary proceeding.—( Morning., Herald.) The Dublin Papers contain the details of a riot which took place in that City on Thursday last, in consequence of the occasion of the Chair ing of Col. WHITE, the newly elected Member for the county. On the procession arriving at Col lege-green, it halted, and numbers of the mob, armed with bludgeons, who had previously been shouting, " on to the College," demanded of the people who were within the rails, to take off their hats. This demand w as received with some hisses ; on which a volley of stones was thrown, and the thob scaled the railings, within which, a severe Conflict ensued. The assemblage within were soon compelled to yield to numbers, and took refuge within the College gates. The populace then pro ceeded to demolish the windows. A Child,it is said, was killed in its mother's artns,and one man was killed by the wheel of a carriage passing over his body. Several persons were dangerously and many severely wounded by stones and other mis siles which were thrown. JESSE Foir.--"l'his Gentleman, after a successful practice of nearly half a century in this Metropolis, as a Surgeon, and having written many Professional Works, which are deservedly respected, naturally conceives that he has paid his due contribution to society, and is about to retire to his native County. Library, we find, is to he sold, and, among other curious matters, the following lot seems to be particularly entitled to the notice of both Collectors and the Profess Mon 271. An Illustration of the LIFT: of 'the Late JOHN lIIINTEL—The Author knows himself justified by all ho nourable truth in offering to public sale this work, hi s l ast l a . hour of his last year's practice.—This Work elegantly bound in three vol. royal 4to, by Lewis,_ is made up under a careful ar rangement of 30 appropriate Drawings, calculated especially to the purpose of displaying the prominent parts of the Life —of 200 engraved portraits, of personages named in the Text Life; besides of 100 Anatomical plates of engravings, called fur, as they aro demanded for the occattion. Two shepherds, with their flock of about 200 sheep, have perished in the snow near the Bridge of Dye.---A shepherd and 600 sheep are knissing at Fettercairn. It is supposed they have pe rished in the storm.--(Edinburgh Courant, Feb. 15.) FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl of Fowls, from his seat, Walcott, Salop ; Earl of Abergavenny, from his seat.. Eridge.caitle, Sussex; Sir Thos. and Lady Farquhar, from their seat at Raehampton ; Sir John and Lady Shelley, in Berkeley:square, from their seat, Meres. field-park, Sussex ; Sir Wm. Hope, Bart. from a tour ; Hon. Edw. Foley, at Greillon's Hotel; Sir Fred. and Mr. Vane, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street ; Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, Baronet, at the Hyde-park Hotel, from Brighton ; Admiral Nugent, at ditto, from Seuthatnton ; Capt. Bayard, Ist Life-guards, at ditto, from Yorkshire; Joseph Tharpe, Esq. at ditto, from Chippenham.park ; G. 'Wilkins, Esq. M.P. at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Herefordshire. DEPARTURES.—Mn. and Miss Esdaile, from the Hyde Park Hotel, for Florence; Mr.and Mrs.Pembertonifrom Blake's Jermyn-street, for their seat in Hefts ; George Thomp ' son, Esq. from the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat in Hants ; James Augustus Bateman, Esq. from the Lon don Hotel, Albemarle -street, for India; James Hope Vere, Esq. from ditto, for Paris ; Mrs. Hamilton, front ditto, for Clifton ; Lord Blantyre, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for his seat, Erskine-liouse, Glasgow. FASIIIONABI4E PARTIES. Mr. Alexander Raring gave a Grand Entertainment day at his house in Portman.square. Sir William Alaly, Bart. gave a Grand Dinner yesterday, at his house in Hill-street. Berkeley-square. The Vice-Chancellor had a Dinner Party yesterday. , The Earl of Liverpool and Mr. Speaker, gave Grand Dinners on Sunday last. The fallowing Noblemen and Gentlemen gave Grand Enter tainments on - Saturday last, viz. The Earl of Westmorland and Lord Calthorpe, in Groveqnor-square; Sir John Nichol, in Burton-street, Berkeley-square; Sir Robert Gifford, in White hall-place; and Mr. Maberley, in Grosvernor-square—.the Hon. Wm. Ponsonby and Agar Ellis on the preceeding day. Mrssloxany SOCIETY.—The Annual'General Meeting of this Institution, which has for its object the support of 150 l‘lis sionaries in die West India Colonies, Ceylon, South and,Wes . tern Africa, was held yesterday evening in Great Queen-street Chapel, Lincoln's Inn-fields. At half-past six o'clock, LAN CELOT TIASLOPE, ERci., took the Chair, anti was supported by several persons of emitlence, who in the course of the evening delivered able and animated speeches in furtherance of ,the objects of the Society. The Report, which was read, detailed at great length many interesting and affecting statements of the progress of Christianity in the places above -mentioned. The Officers for the ensuing year were then appointed ; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the Meeting, which was highly numerous and respectable, adjourned. a t t if • ( t 1 4 .1,1 • r;.). . ;„,t • • 1; OF TRINITY ~COLLEGE - DUBLIN, FED. 15. At the commencement held on Tuesday last, in our Univer. situ, by the Right lion. Lord Downes, Vice. Chancellor, the following degrees were conferred : Doc Ton OF LAWS—Frederick Moore, John 'William Ar, ana the Rey. Robert Gabbett. BAC n Fa. Olt OF M Lnrc t xE.--Eugene Finnerty, William O'Connor, Valentine Flood, and Lucius Davoren. MASTLIL OF Anrs.—The Rev. Wm. Betty, Sir Francis Lynch Blosse, Bart, 'ad condo's, from Cambridge ;, the Rev. William Frond Robinson, ad condem, from Oxford, George Downes, Albert Crompton, the Reverend Edward Richards, Alexander M'Mullen, the Rev. Edward Nixon, the Rev. J. NVititty, Henry Flood, Valentine Flood, Marriott Dalivay, the Rev. William Gregory, the Rev. JosepbDarcySirr, T. Rey. nolds, and Claudius Auchinleck. At the same time one hundred and forty.seven Gentlemen were admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts: The Vice.. Chancellor presented the gold medal for Science to 'Angliald, and that fin Classics to Turpen. SPOItTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, run. 1 7•---STA'1`E . OF TH•E ODDS CLARET. 3 to I agst Moses 3 to 1 agst Postimma 4 to 1 agst Swap 3 to 2 agst hlorisi•o 7 to 1 agst .Ajax 7 to 1 agst Wanton U to 1 agst Br. to Antonio. l:triTL}: 5 to 2 agst Ernihos 3 to 1 agst Web WO RTII. 4 to 1 agst Talisman. DEti ,3 to 2 agst E rn ili ns ny. 14 to I a gs t T. 7 to 1 agst F anat i c 18 to 1 agst Charcoal 20 coal 10 to 1 ayst Weh 20 to 1 a g st P ac h a 14 to 1 agst l'an t l na i 23 to 1 agat Ypsilanti. DoxcAsTErt ST. LtaEtt. 0 to I agat Sherwood 20 to I agst Br. to Violet I 4 to 1 agat F anny 22 to 1 agst Fanatic 11 to 1 agat Palms Royal 22 to ) agst Tinker. High odds agst any other. No betting worth mentioning on the Oaks or Oatiands. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE PREVIZICrIVIIEK. Ilia Majesty's Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Englefiel f l Greer,. The East Essex Ilotinds, on Thursday, at Gestingthorve Compasses. The East Sussex Fox-Hounds, on Thursday, at Asheombe; and on Saturday, at Monett Gate. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on 'Wednesday, at Green's Norton ; and on Friday, at Little Harwood. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Thursday, at Calke Abbey ; and on Saturday, at Capon. The Gransden Hounds, on 'Wednesday, at tirainptonWood; and on Friday, at Sandy Warren. ._.................._ .......... —.... - , DARING HIGHWAY R Y . OIMER.-- Yesterday the proprietor of the Three Cups Inn, Aldersgate. Mr. Smith. street, applied to the Magistrate at the Police o ffi ce, Hatton garden, for the Willißtallee of the police to proceed to Ware, in Hertfordshire, in order, if possi ble,to trace some desperate ru Mins, under the following circumstances t—Mr. Smith stated, that 1 about two o'clock on Saturday :norning, it being very dark, six :nen armed with pistols, &c. stopped the Lincoln waggon at itmwell, between lioddesdon and Ware, on its way to Ilcrt ford. One of the robbers stopped the waggoner, and pre senting a pistol at his head, swore a tremendous oath that he would blow his brains out if he 'either attempted to move or make the least alarm, whilst another secured the guard a .,, and holding a bl un d er b uss to h is head, matte a similar threatig Two of the robbers entered the waggon and began to un load it into a cart which they had with them ; two men were in the cart, and they loaded it quite full, having robbed the wag. gon of five large trusses of goods, two trunks, a large chest, 1 and three boxes. The two men with the horse anti cart drove oft whilst the other 4 men, with presented arms, stood sentry over the waggoner and guard for more than half an hour. A Meeting is to be held at the Mansion House on Thursday, to take into consideration the Act of Parliament which was made for the relief of Insolvent Debtors. None but the most respect. able Bankers, Merchants, and Traders, are invited to attend. ARIIIVAL OF TILE MACE OF SAN LORENZO. DOVER, FEa.l6.--Arrived his Majesty's steam packet Dasher, bringing his Excellency the Duke de SAN LORENZO, late Alnbassadorfrom Spain to the Court of Paris. As soon as the packet neared the pier, She was hailed, to know if the Spanish Ambassador was on board, by one of the nume rous persons assembled on the pier; the answer being yes, it was proposed to give three cheers for Spanish liberty, which was passed to the other pier, and three times Wee hearty cheers were given from both pier-heads„ The Ainbas sador acknowledged the warm salute of the people assembled, by bowing and taking off his cap. On landing, the same compliment was paid him. His Excellency went to the Ship Inn.and took refreshment, and has jnst now (six o'clock) started for London. The usual ceremony, of searching baggage and carriage being dispensed with, little time was lost at the Custom-house. [FURTHER ',PARTICULARS.] The Duke left Paris on Tuesday last, in company with his Duchess, and in Calais there appeared every disposition to give him a handsome reception, from the number of persons who assetn.." bled in front of his hotel, but the police prevent ed this. In Dover he was received in the most enthusiastic manner, and in the public offices he received every facility agreeably, as we und e r. stand, to instructions sent down by Government. It being known that the Duke was to arrive in London yesterday, several Gentlemen went out to meet him in their private carriages; but the rapidity with which he moved on prevented them from paying their personal respects to him on the road. At Blackheath he was met by Admiral Jahat. Here he alighted and got into the Ad miral's carriage. The postillions were decorated. with red ribbons. Along the road from Black heath the procession was hailed with continued buzzes. Its the middle of the Kent-road, a large concourse of people had assembled, who took the horses from the Ambassador's carriage, and drew it in triumph over Westminster-bridge, through Regent-street, and up to Portland-place. The lin e of road along which the Duke passed was thronged with people, who felt anxious to testify their re spect to ,the late Representative of Spain in France, and their abhorrence ,of those princi. pies which had compelled him to quit the French capital. In Portland-place an immense concourse had assembled, and their reiterated huzzas, on such an occasion, could not have been very pleasing to a near neighbour, the Fr e n c h Ambassador. Th e D u k e appeared highly grati fied at the reception he had met with, and through the medium of one of the Secretaries of the Spanish Legation, he expressed his warmest thinks to the persons who had accompanied him. He dined at Admiral Jabot's; but in the evening it was his intention, we understand. to remove to a house prepared for him at 3(2, Weymouth -streets The Duke is a man of about 40 years of age, of noble mien and extremely affable manners, Lie belongs to one of the most ancient, families in Spain, and during the late invasion of the French, he carried on th e war against them as a: Colonel of Infantry, and at the head of his regiment fee quently distinguished himself. The Duke and Duchess appeared in high health and spirits. The Duke is known to be strenuously and cur dially devoted to the new order of things, and his late intercourse with the French Government, at so critical a moment, must have endeared him to his countrymen. The reception the Duke has already met with from our countrymen will be followed by other demonstrations equally uo equivocal. Arrangements for a Public Meeting, on a grand scale, are making, the particulars of which will soon be laid before the public. NIERCANTILI: SHIPPING, DEAL, FEB. 17.—Wind S.E.—Carne down from the R;v , r last night and sailed, the Amity, M‘lntosh, for Jamaica; Raer, Thom, Pernamb uco . Also to-day the Mary, .514Clesais for Jamaica. PLyatou'rH, Fxrt. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Am4y, Heath, from Penzance to London, was run on board or Lsi night at 10 o'clock, four miles S.E. of Berry Head, by a schooner, calling herself the Dart of Plymouth, and carried away her bowsprit, bulwarks, and split her ArtiLL FALMOUTH, Fru. 16.--Wind N.N.E.--Arrivcd 'the Countess of Chichester packet from the Islands sailed from St. Thomas's the 10th of January ; on the 30th, in lat. 33. 2V. long. 56. B. passed c l ose un d er the stern of en American brigantine, full of water, with her foremast on deck, bowsprit and maintop.Thast gone, deck burst open, and part of the caw (timber and salt fish) washing out, her name was under water. The Albion, Hodgson, from Liverpool to Rio Janeiro. has put into Cork, with loss of masts, bowsprit, etc. MT Cape Finis tvrre the 30th ult. The Liverpool Packet, Smart, from Liverpool to Aberdeen. was driven on shore in the Bay of Luce on the 14th instant, but it was expected she would be got oft The Budget, Meaty, from L on d on, has been, taken and car ried into Porto Rico, and condemned. A cat bflonging to a lady in Dumfries, g 111. lotined herself last week in the following manner ,t Having strayed Into the drawing-room, which fronts the lit er, and one of the windows being open, she jumped up to observe what was passing outside. Unfortunately a small piece of wood that fastened the window up, caugkt her ey e , a n d examining it, sh e p u ll e d i t out, whin down came the sharp-edged window, and literally ~;e3ilt'rx• tined her, sending her head out and her body in. Saturday afternoon, a sweep boy, in the m ,,iay of Mr. Jerome, chimney-sweeper, it, c. of s-court, Carnahy-tnarket ? was sent by his *ter to a Gentleman', house In King-street, Golden-square, for the purpose of cleaning ore Q t oi t i h ro e yt c h h ,p l , i o ria ltl, 4 ou N l y ste s :gaw vOietnh way,th him e e re , (: w rth i f h tirgo g int r h e et a h t ceh N it 7i knee into the area. The chimney pot wan dashed to pieces, and the little sweep W4O thrOWMaa the pavement and dreadfully injured. He was takes up alive, and immediately carried to the Middle sex Hospital, where he now lies in a shociCue condition, hut his life, we uuderstaud, is not despaired of.