The Sun. — London, England, 1823-09-25 00:00:00

.. \lll , / , . * ~,tl. V 5 :1\t% . ,. 4 '''...,-- ~ r te ~, .- ~.., e., * O . 4 „ \ MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. • ENGLAND. Monday, Sept. 29, LONDON. Nos. 91, 458. COUNTRY. Nos. 227, 240, 707. ---30, Lowno.g. • • COUNTRY. Nos. 08, 668. Wednesday, Oct. 1, LoNDoN. N 05 .35, 75, 79, 220. COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 145, 124, 139, 146, 207, 229, 339, 465, 487, 491, 505, 513, 526, 529, 581, 585, 656, 711, 713, 725. Nos. 34, 61, 239; 277, 325, 409. COUNTRY. Nos. 113, 171, 182, 234, 416, 453, 466, 469, 555, 561, 599, 627. 3, I.oNoox• No. 210. COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 30, 55, 58, 470 538. -4, LONDON. No. 173. COUNTRY. * LRELA N D. Wednesday, Oct. 1, CORK. Nos. 1, 41. Friday, -3 , Conic. No. 3. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, -2, LONDON. Saturday, • • F STOCKS ON F. O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bonds 655. South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 34 39 pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Ace. 83i h PRICE - 0 THIS DA Y AT Bank Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 ..4 per Cent. Cons. ....... B3 ) , . per Cent shut 4 per Cent. 1 Old shut New 102 i 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. Imp. 3 per Cents. — PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, SEPT. 25, AIONE O ' CLOCK. ' French f Five per Cents. 00 . scrip, 2h pr. Six per Cents. 00. b - Russian Five per tents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto' New 881. Five per Cent. Bonds. 77. Five per Cents. ( M etallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 85i. .Ditto 1822, 29. i. ' - • Prussian f Five per Cent. Bonds , 88 d . 1. Ditto New, 86k. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Chili 73k. Colombian Six per Cen t. Bonds, Sn. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Poyais • 141. Bank Shares al 15s. Seven per Cent. 00 . American Six per Cent. 93a 7 -1014. Five per Cent. 98-100. Three per Cent. 70. Neapolitan Austrian 111011 itrATER A' I►lorning, 47 minutA • LONDON BRIDGE TOZIORROW, es after J. !Evening, 16 minutes after 6, THE SUN. S OLSM QUI3 DICERI P.dLSUM AUDEAT LONDON, mu/Is/my; SEPTEMBER 25, 1823. We have inserted in our preceding columns some further extracts from the French Papers. — We are still, however, destitute of any addi - tional information respecting the mysterious ac counts of the movements of It moo, the capture of B Lt....tsTr Kos, &c. &c. The general opinion seems to coincide with that which we expressed yester- day respecting the events alluded to, viz. that no withstanding the effrontery with which the Frenc and their Madrid Allies pretend that RIEGO has been put' to flight, and that his army has been destroyed, that the truth is that he is most pro bably now at the head of BALLASTEROS'S troops as well as of his own corps, and that full employ ment,after his recent inactivity ,has thus been found for Gen. MOLITOR. But be this as it may, it is evident that even in the q uarters where the French have seemingly been completely triumphant, and where resistance has been apparently paralyzed, it is only necessary for a Leader of any celebrity to make his appearance, in order to rally around him a considerable force, and to compel, at his pleasure, the invaders to renew a contest which they had imagined was terminated. The Etoile contains a communication from Burgos, announc ing that a plot had been discovered foe destroy ing the Royalist Military and Civil Governor of Oribuela, together, with all the members of the Municipal Body. The same paper has a Madrid article, which, notwithstanding all that has been alleged of the disaffection of the in h a bit an ts of Cadiz, and of the necessity of planting cannon in the streets to intimidate them from rising against the Constitutionalists, admits that General ALAVA, 011 his return from the French head-quarters, was accused by the populace of having betrayed the cause of the Constitution, and that he was obliged to cry out " Live the People 1" " Live Liberty !" in order to save himself from their fury ! How, then, are the French to ticcorn plish their obj ects, by persisting in this most atrocious and bootless war ! It is at length evi dent to the least discerning, that Spain can never be tranquillized by any form of Go- Vernment proceeding from French dicta tion. The Duke of ANGOULEME, we have no doubt, is himself fully satisfied of this truth. `there seem to be strong grounds for be lieving that the failure of the attempts at ne gociation ought rather to be attributed to the in. flexible resolution of the Cortes not to treat until the French shall have retired or been driven to their own s ide of the P y renees, than to the alleged , obstinacy and arrogance with which the Duke of ANGOULESIE iS said to per. sist in demanding- the sarrenaek of Citdii kind of the KING and' the Royal Family, as an in dispensable pieliminary to a treaty ! We fell into the natural error of concluding that the French Generalissimo was convinced that the fate of Cadiz and of .the Constitution was ou the eve of being inevitably decided, when we found that he had sent for the French Ambassador, the Marquess de TALAR U, from Madrid. The expec tations which be had formed, whatever they may have been, would seem, however, to have vanish• ed, for we now learn, by the following important notice in the Madrid Restaurador, that the Mar- I Mar quess had received a rovocation of his order s to repair to head-quarters, at the very moment when he was about to set out on - his journey :- 7 - " We announced yesterday that the Marquis de Talaru, Ambassador of his Majesty the King of France to the Regency, had set off for the head-quarters at St. Mary. We to-day learn, that just as his Excellency was stepping into his carriage, he received dispatches, by virtue of,which, doubtless, his jour ney was suspended. We gave as a fact, what was only on the point of being done."—( El Restaurador.) We have received the followiug comcnuttica- lion from a respectable Correspondent, posses sing good sources of information. We cannot, however, vouch for the authenticity of his pre- sent statements : TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Paris, Sept. 22, 1823. The accounts from Cadiz state, that the in habitants of that City are soliciting terms of the Duke, and that the whole affair will instantly be concluded by negociation. Be assured that no congress will be held. — England put an end to that project by a firm re monstrance. Be assured also, that nothing will shake the neutrality of Great Britnin. This I can most positively assert. Yours, &c. CITY, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened this morning at 8311 for the Account, but owing to the absence of news from Paris, the Market ap- pears heavy, and there are some sellers at 83 for Money, with little doing.—A general report pre vails that one sail of the line and three frigates have been ordered to sail from Portsmouth in great haste, and that their real destination is not known. By some it is supposed to be South America. — Another report also prevails that a fleet is going to be fitted out, in consequence of the intrigues of the Russian Cabinet in the affairs of Spain. It was said early this morning that the French Rentes had come 90f. 25c., but I cannot trace this statement to any authentic source. FOREIGN :NIA !MET. Scarcely any business doing in the above market, except in Colombian and Spanish Bonds. The appointment of Con suls to South America (exclusively announced by you yesterday), has given great satisfaction to the merchants. We are sorry to observe that several of our Contemporaries, no doubt from inadvertency, are contributing to prejudice the case of the poor Spitalfields Weavers, previous to the next Session of Parliament, when it is expected that another attempt will be made to de prive them of their long cherished privileges. Paragraphs are every now and then mak ing their appearance, in which the prin ciple of the Spitalfields Acts is not only attacked, but in which it is attempted to pro duce the belief, by exaggerated statements and artful misrepresentations, that the operation of the Acts is extremely injurious to the weavers themselves, and that it will eventually have no other effect than to drive the manufac ture entirely from Spitalfields into other dis tricts. As a specimen of the boldness with which assertions of this kind are hazarded, we quote the following pithy paragraph from Morning Paper of this day :—" Silk manufac tories are daily increasing in Essex, and in the country generally."—We trust that we are duly impressed with an idea of the magnitude of the Silk manufacture, and of • the rapidity with which the 'spirit of enterprise in this coun try effects any object of profitable speculation ; but we confess that we were not prepared to hear of so quick a growth of extensive build ings, fitted up with appropriate -,machinery and other manufacturing apparatus, as must be the case if they are really springing up daily, like mushrooms, over the surface of the country! Even, however, if there is a danger that Spitalfiekls may be injured by the mis chievous competition of districts lying without the palaof the Spitalfields Acts, we fearlessly main tain that the remedy ought to be sought for, not at the expellee of the many thousands of indus trious families for whose protection the Acts in question were framed, but by the extension of the Acts to th ose other districts in which the Silk Manufacture now is, or may heregiter be, carried on ! That is the course which a prudent, just, wise, and practically skilful , Legislature would adopt, in spite of the drivelling and absurd theories of visionary Political Economists. INDIAN HOSTILITIgg. The following article from the &. Louis In quirer furnishes another proof of the hostile spirit Of the Indians , towards the American traders on the Missouri ST. Louis, Ave. 2.—A succession of calamities, involving the lives and property of 'the Indian traders, follows each Other in quick succession. Scarcely had we penned an account of the disasters brought by the last express, before we are called upon to record fresh instances of savage• barbarity committed in anothet quarter upon our enterprising citizens. Mr. John M'Knight, an old', and respectable citizen of St. Louis, trading on one of the upper sources of the Arkansas, has been murdered by the Indians, and robbed of nearly all his , merchandise. lie had fixed himself near the Spanish boun dary. where he had erected a fort, protected by a few men, with the intention of making an establishment in that quarter, and opening a trade with the Indians; but in consequence of the unfortunate fate of Mr. M'Knight, the post has been abandon ed, and the party has returned to the settlement. The Indians, by whom this attrocity was committed, are called the Camanches, a numerous and warlike nation, border ing on the heads of the Aransas, and spreading through a great proportion of Texas. It is supposed they could bring into the field at leat 15,000 %terrines. The Spaniards have never been able to do any thin g . with them, and have almost relinquished the country to their possession. From St. Antonio, -in Texas, to Santa Fe, in New Mexico, the Camanches roam at large, the undisputed masters of the soil. All the early frontier esta. blishments of the Spaniards have long since been cut off by those Indians, and the further ingress of the Europeans en tirely checked by the fears which they inspired. But the Americans they have heretofore viewed in the most friendly manner, between whom and themselves there has always been kept up a kind and mutual intercourse. The Camanches are said-to be under the direction of the celebrated Caddo Chief ' —the same, it was mentioned a short tree since, that -Iturbide wished to form an alliance with, for the purpose of getting his Camanches into the Imperial service, in return for which the Caddo was to have bad an " empire" on his own footing. FONTIIILL ABBEY. The sale of bijoutry, gems, &c. commenced on Tuesday. Mr. Primus's, upon taking his place, begged the attention of the company, for a very, short time. He was now, he said, about to dispose of a class of property very different from that which had occupied their attention for the last fort night. The conditions of the sale would be read as usual, but previous thereto he begged to say, that it would be esteemed as a favour if purchasers would permit the larger and more orna mental lots to remain in the Abbey until the conchiSion of the sale. He did not seek to make this a positive condition, but it was his earnest entreaty. • His object was to preserve the, exhi bition in its present state, for the gratification of those persons who might still continue to visit Fonthill. He pledged him self to guarantee the security of the property, and to afford every facility tower& its future removal. The conditions of the sale were then read, being only a re hearsal of what was before stated. When the clerk had con . eluded, Mr. Phillips stated, that for all purchases exceed ing 1001. approved bills would be accepted in payment for two-thirds of the amount so purchased. This was particu larly intended as an accommodetion to• the trade, but every purchaser might of course avail himself of - it. Having said so much on this subject, he now begged to detain them for a few moments longer, whilst he called their attention to some other circumstances connected with the sale. Cer tain invidious observations and statements had gone abroad, evidently intended to depreciate the property, hut more especially the books : the public had been told that many of the most valuable works had been previously withdrawn, and that, in fact, the present was altogether a made-up sale.— A tolerably convincing reply to these statements had already been furnished by the result of the last ten days' sales.— It had been also stated that prices had been written in several of the books, as having been paid for them by Mr. Beckford, whilst the property was under his direction ; and other reports, equally destitute of truth, had been fabii mted, which, in his opinion, and that of his employers, were circulated for the purpose of injuring the sale. This, he believed, was the first instance where attempts had been made through the medium of newspapers, to interfere with private property. The sale had proceeded as fairly as a junto of men would allow it i • he should not at present refer to them by name, as it was probable the parties would hear more on the subject by-and-bay, in another place. Notwithstand ing all that had been said, he begged to assure the meeting that he bad to oar the whole or 444. petiroiete,to_tharac.which had formerly been announced f o r sale, and exce p t what had been taken away by Mr. Deckford, which that gentleman had a right to claim under the contract, as arranged betWsen hint and Mr. Farquhar. A gentleman was then present, who .3 been con cerned for Mr. Beckford, when the contract to which he had alluded was made—who could confirm or contradict what lie had advanced, and lie now called upon him to do,either : he called upon Mr. Hume to say whether any of the property had been removed, but in the way and under the circum stances which he had stated. [The gentleman thus appealed to said, that he Was not aware that any of the property had been removed from the - Abbey, but under the conditions of the contract that had been mentioned.) Mr. Phillips resumed. He would thank the company to refer to Mr. Christie's catalogue of last year, as forming the best identity of the property : lits description had not been altered, and to this he was most will ing to refer as he went on. It had been said that five hundred waggon-loads pf property had been brought to the Abbey by Dir. Farquhar. If five thousand had been brought there, it was no more than that Gentleman had a right to do, if he thought proper ; but it ought to be remembered that several rooms had been thrown open for the present in spection, which were closed last year. Some of those had been furnished, and most expensively, by Mr. Farquhar. The blue drawing-room he might mention in particular. 'Phis Was done as an experiment, as he had thoughts of furnish ' iog the whole Abbey on the plan suggested by the late Mr. Wyatt. It was now his pleasure that the articles should be sold by auction, as he thought it would urcha not be acting fairly towards the public to ask them top merely that portion of the property which had been exhibited last year. He would go so far as to inform them how these ef fects, which were new to the Abbey, had been procured.— When Mr. Farq_uhar was some time sinc e in Paris, he had thoughts of purchasing an estate which had belonged to the Marechal Bessiercs, and for which he had offered eighty thou sand pounds; but not succeeding in the purchase of the estate, he became possessed of the furniture and valuable effects, which were atitongst those now to be disposed of, being, in Mr. Farquhar's opinion, somewhat too showy and unsubstantial for his use. After what he had thought it necessary to state, he trusted the company would do him the justice to believe that he was fully able to realize the conditions of die sale, as well as most desirous to do so to their perfect satisfaction. Ile again ex pressed his wish that the purchasers of the more important articles would not at once remove them, and concluded by directing one of the last year's catalogues to be laid upon the table, which was done accordingly. The sale was then proceeded upon. Many of the articles brought good prices,. but, as in the case of the books, the most valuable are reserved for thepr an d c lo seer e a ty c r : e f n t d l e te re w d, e t e h k e . 'The co mpany was numerous and brilliant, thssemblage of fair asp m irants for this peculiar class of op ban usually attractive. On Tuesday nigh t Mr. BETTLES, the Kin g 's Messenger, arrived at .the Forei gn Offi ce , w ith dispatches from St. Petersburgh, which place Mr. BETTLES left on the 31st of August. has arrived at LiAverypeososlefirocmailleid t e rna l m le ht G ie e o o , rg w e hich met at sea a Portuguese vessel from Mara Gene r ald bound to Lisbon, that reported that a MADEIRA had arrived at Maranham with part of the Bahia expedition. It (is generally thought that the Portuguese General received orders from the Lisbon Government to g o to the abo ve place, in case he was obliged to evacuate Bahia, and this accounts for his not having reached th e T agus . mention, Letters hfarto atm id recently gi ven i n Chris tianiaGentlemen fi lling Copenhagen inner penhagen of the 13th i ns t an t by Count de SANDELS, the Vicero y of Nor way, to a party of the post of some expressions him in relation to Swed en were g u o tt v e e r r e n d ors b ;f Swedish p rovinces, thought so personally insulting to the company present, that no less than nine of them sent him challenges the next day. It was not known win ther the Count accepted the challenges or not. • . . FASHIONABLE .A RRIVA LS. Prince Reuss, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from a tour through Scotland and Ireland .1. Lady Folkestone, in Lower Grosvenor-street, from Malvern-wells ; Conway, from Hastings ; the Earl of Westmorland and:Lady Georgina Fane, at Kirkton's Hotel, LoWer lirOok:Stiebt; froth Devon shire ; Capt. Desveau, at ditto, from a tour ; Capt. Maxwell, at the Pulteney Hotel . , Albemarle-street, from Bengal ; Thos. Best, Esq. at Long's, Claremont Hotel, Bond-street, from Brighton; Capt. Osborne, at ditto, from Paris; lion. Chas. Vesey, at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Hanta ; .the Misses Brookes, at Batts's Hotel, from Southampton, ; Mrs. Taylor and- family, at ditto, from Norwich ; .0. Baker; 'Esq. at ditto, from Oxford. CHANGES.-Duke of Montrose, from Stirling,.to Buchannan Castle, in Perthshire ; Lady Blackett, from Thorpe Lee, Sur rey, for Waller, Northumberland; Mr. Ralph Leycester, tbr Toft Hall, Knutaford, in Cheshire; Sir \Vim Clayton, ,Bart. for Harleyford, near Marlow, in Buckinghamshire; Sir John and Lady - Paul, for Mistram House; Mr. H. Hoare, from Exeter, few town; Mr. Edward Walpole, from a tour to town ; Gen. Long, from a tour, to Barnes Terrace; Mr. Paul Methuen; front Fonthill, for Corsham House, in Wiltshire ; Sir Henry Peyton, Bart., for Bicester, in Oxfordshire ; Col. Arthur and Family, for Van Dieman's Land ; Mr. Humphrey Butler, from town, on a tour ; Captain Sotheby; for Cheltenham ; the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, for 'Hatfield ; Lord Clif ton, for Paris ; Sir Archibald and Lady.. Christie, and family, .from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Chatham ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis, for the Earl of Tanker-Vine's seat, Chillingham Castle, Northumberland; Mr. and Mrs. Peel and family, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, to Lancashire; Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, from ditto, to France; Colonel and Lady Stevenson, and family, from ditto, to Park.street ; G. Mills, Esq. from ditto, to Bath ; R. Haydock, Esq. from ditto, to Kent. PLACES OF FASHIONABLE RESORT. BUIOUTON, SEPT. 23.—The weather yesterday was fa vourable at intervals, and at intervals, otherwise; the same remarks will equally apply to the present day.--,Earl Stair„ who arrived on Friday, left the Royal Hotel for London yes terday. Lord Tullamore yet remains here. General Chowne arrived at the above Hotel today. MARGATE, SEPT. 17.2—This day the Isle of Thanet Races commenced, and the previous influx of company to grace them is beyond credibility, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather. The course was thronged with carriages of all descriptions. On Thursday, the second day, being very fine, it is estimated that 30,000 persons were present. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, his nephew, Prince Charles; the Duchess of Kent and her illustrious daughter, sat in an open barouclie, from which the horses were detached the whole time ; her Royal Highness 'patronised the Master of the Ceremony's public breakfast on the previous morning, and Prince Leopold his ball on the Monday following. It is to be regretted, since they have gone so much into public, that the drama is in no estimation with our Royal visitants, as we have here a very handsome theatre, and an excellent provincial company, aided by the talents of 'Knight, Webb, Miss Copeland, Miss Clara Fisher, and other metropolitan auxiliaries. Our indefatigable manager, Mr. Faucit Savile, to protract the amusements of the race.week, gave away, on Saturday last, a handsome large pike-. skiff, which was most ably contended for by two six-cared gallies, rowed, the one by single, the other bymanied, water men. The pier was crowded — the fo rt and heights completely peopled—and the ocean itself handsomely sprinkled with pleasure and sailing-boats during the contest. The donor of the boat, with the Margate military band, was in a sailing lugger, and started the candidates each heat by the firing of a pistol ; and so near were the genies together throughout the whole race, that the nicest eye could scarce ly discern which had the lead, which was, however, de clared by Mr. Savile, from the flag-boat, to be in f your of the singlemen. In the evening both parties received thew rewards of the skiff and a subscription purse from the hands of Mrs. Faucit Savile, and the theatre was crowded to witness the ceremony. Our town continues still crowded with company; indeed this once inferior fishing village has swelled into an enormous town ; and next season we are promised a new Cres cent on the plan of that at Blackheath, for the accommodation of her Royal Highness and other Illustrious visitants, who are expected to reside here during, the summer months. The Master of the Ceremony's nail was well attended - last The Prince Leopold was present, and also patronises pne at Ramsgate an Wednesday next. The Duke of Grafton is entertaining a party of friends, at his seat, Euston Hall, Thetford. The Ladies Grey changed horses at Exeter, on Thursday last, on their way to Torquay ; and the Earl and Countess Grey stopped there on 31ondaralso on their way to Torquay, where they are likely to remain the winter. The Rev. Mr. Irving intends to pass the honey-moon in the NOrth, and before his return visit the Western Highlands, and perhaps the Hebrides. IMPROMPTU ON THE INTENDED NEW COINAGE. DOUBLE SOV'REIGN s, it seems, will soon come from the Press In addition to those coin'd before, But while such a Sov'reign as GEORGE we possess, We would not change him for a score. The audience at Mr. HAMILTON'S third Lec cure at the Crown and Anchor last night,ion his new Mode of Teaching Languages, was still more numerous and respectable than on the pre ceding occasions, and received the developement of the Lecturer's system with the most, marked approbation. But Mr. HAMILTON, to ats know ledge, can already appeal to much more satisfac tory proofs of the successful efficacy of his plan, in the rapid progress of his . present pupils, whose advances in the acquirement of French we have had opportunities of personally observing. There can now be no doubt of the great utility of this discovery, by which the ac quisition of languages is wondrously facilitated, and with an important saving both of time and of expence to the pupils. Doyen, SEPT. 23.—Arrived in the Roads his Majesty's sloop of war the Jasper , and landed Lord Do uaLas, and Mr. Dtert.re, the King's Messenger, charged with dui- P a tches twin Mr. 13.%n0T, our Minister at ' St. Petersburgh.— Sailed his Majesty's packet Arrow, with dispatches from Calais.—Arrived the Monarch steam vessel, with pa:sensors front Calais. Dit. BAILLIE.- - --We are sorry to announce the severe loss which the public has sustained by the death of that eminent physician, Dr. M ATTHEW ,BAILLIE, who died at his seat near Cirencester, on Tuesday last. lie was considered, in many points of view, as being at the head of his pro fession ; and, tiott to his family and immediate connections, none will be more sensible of his loss than the gentlemen of his own profession.— (Mornink Paper.) • 'MADAME CATALANI.—It has been invidiously reported thatt this lady was not to sing at the York Musical' Festival, which began on Tuesday last ; but the Leeds Independent of that day says, that she had left Dublin on Thursday for that purpose. Mr. KEAN has arrived in Dublin after a suc - - cessful theatrical tour in the South of Ireland. He realised, we are assured, in, the City of Cork alone, no leas a sum than 1,5001. MACREADY has entered into an engagement with the Drury-lane Manager for the next season Ile is to perform a limited number of nights, and will make his first appearance on Monday, the 13th of Oct. in the character of Virginius. s - '') ('' ' 1 -• '‘ . 774 ,7-4 'i. "?ii. n ” ) 41. '4 si,_' -1 2 ~... p 'N '-'7 . - ,k) it MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, SEPT. WI--Arrived the Margaret, Johnson,_ from the Cape of Good Hope : Sailell the 6th of July; Portland, of Portland. from Amerita ; Grove, from St. Mary's River Gambia; and the Danish brig of wits St. Jan, from Copenhagen to , St. Thomas's. Ilegini.:e the Cornwallis, Henderson; Francis, Ash; Eliza', Watt; and Navigator, Barton, outward-bound v.ssels. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived his Majeity's ship Isis, from. the Eastward ; Ganges, .Ford, from London, for India; Hermes, Robertson, from ditto, for Smyrna ; William and Henry, Parmidge, from ditto, for Jamaica. Sailed the Portsmouth transport for _PlyMOUth. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 23.4.-Wind the Bengal Merchant, Brown, for Madras. His Majesty's ship Glasgow, for Bermuda; and his Majesty's ship Thetis, one a cruise. FALMOUTH,' SEPT. N.N.W.--Arrived• the Dart,,and Good-Intent, from London. Sailed the Thalia, for tho Cape of GOOd Hope and Batavia. The Mary, Fairclough, arrived here on the 21st, from Liverpool for St. Michaels, is obliged to land her cargo to repair damages, The brig Swift, Smith, of and from Sunderland, for Guernsey, foundered the 23d inst. VS miles N.N.E. of the North Fore.. land ; crew saved, and landed at Dover, The Elizabeth, Halliday, from Ilichelaucto to Chester, was on shore on West Hoyle on Tuesday, and it was feared would' be totally lost ; crew saved. • Yesterday a Court of' Directors Was held at the East India HOuse, when the following ships stationed for China direct were thus timed, viz.--Princess Amelia, Marquis of Huntly, anti Astell : to be afloat on the 2flth of February, 1824; sail to Gravesend on the 14th . of March; stay there 39 days, and be in the Downs on the 18th of April. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE. An Inquest was held yesterday afternoon before TizoatAs STint.iNn, Esq., Coroner, at the Elephant and Castle, Pancras, on the body of an unknown man, wtio &strop d himself in a very singular manner. Mr. 'Chabot, of Clarendon-et itiare. surgeo I, stated; that he was called to attend the deceased on Monday evening laSt ; was lying in the wash-house of Mr. Mackay's house, in Brill; row. Witness found him with the windpipe divided, and also the two jugular veins and the . lefrcarotiti artery. On searching his pockets '2os. in silver wer. found, and slum. halfpence. and various papers ; ,deceased appeared to be about 35 years of age, and w..s most resp-ctablv dressed. The papers were produced ; one was anote signed J. M. and directed to Mr. Jas. Scarratt : it ran as follows " Sir—l will meet you at seven, or thereabouts, in the morn ing, opposite the Court of Requests, Castle-street. I have sent a parciti to-day to Sloane's coach-office, d, Castle-square, Brigh ton ; should be very glad if you could make it convenient to see to 4. 4, J. M." • " Sept. 19, 103.7 Another was a note in the following words " Mr. Manning will make Mr. Webb to match 0 of the Olwets, same as he looked at to-day, by to-morrow evening. " Yours, 4 . k. x . " J. MANNING. " Arcade, Sept. 19, 1823." There were also two bills of the.liing's Head Inn, Henley., The beadle said he inquired at the Arcade, and found a Mr. Manning does live there, but he is nt present out of town. Another paler was in the following words :-- " Mr. (ho: Downes, supposed by .1. S. rabbet'. • Ditto and Ditte. Geo. Down. , Ditto rohbcd G. and L. to the amount of 500,050/. S. S. robbed Geo. Downes 25/. in distress ; what Geo. D. robbed G. and L. I don't know—it must be something considerable." No meaning could however be made for this extraordinary document. . . _ . Some cards were also found in his pocket of the White liar' , Chichester. Jantr:s. Mackay, of No. 25, Brill-row, Somers'-town, said he knew the deceased. He had been in the habit for the last three months of coming to the witness's house. On Monday last he came to the shop to be shaved ; a conversation passed about the weather, and witness shaved the deceased. He then in quired if his face did not look blank tr I his ma were swelled 1 as he said his face was as black as a cloud on Sunday, and that it must be imagination, for he could see double. lie then left tie shop, but instantly came back on account of the rain,- anti observing he was very hungry, some ham and beef was fetched him, and some beer; this he ate, and drank part of the beer ; he dun smoited two pipes of tohacco, and the witness 1:11”.. It becoming dark, witness asked him to:have some tea, wifc't he drank. Witness went out to the next house, and o f . his return he found the deceased was backwards, and on going into the yard he saw him lying on his back on the stones ; a handkerchief, covered with blood, was lying in the privy, and it is therefore conjectured that he there committed the act, and , then walked into the yard. Viltness instantly4`me for Mr. Chabot. Elizabeth Mackay, wife of the former witness, corroborated her husband's testimony. She did not think deceased quite right in his mind. Ile appeared in a very hasty manner. flo informed the witness he had been a great traveller; he had been to Cornwall, where they attempted to poison him ley laudanum, but lie was not such a fool as to take it. The Jury then took a view of the body, and on their return were briefly addressed by the Coroner. lie observed, the ue ceased might haVe been in a state of derangement at the time )10 committed the act.. His conduct, lie considered, was that of a madman ; indeed, be. thought the damment before men tioned sufficiently proved that, for he never saw such extravil.. gent nonsense in all his life. The Jury then returned a verdict—" That the deceased cut his throat, being at the time in a state of mental derangement." !MIN L PORTR AIT Or COLIJAIBUS,—(FrOm the New York D _4(lvertiser.)—We are highly gm fi .d to state, that, by the last arrival- front Spate, our country is put in possession of an or g l ' al and celebrated likenet a of Cotusteus. Its mor,t particular history has been forwarded. to Washington, where the picture is 'destined to add to those already in the Capitol.— By a certificate from the President of the Na kraal Museum of Seville, verified at the office of the Political Chief of that city, and which is attached to the canvass, we observe that it is identified in all its parts as an original, and by the same master who proluced the full length likeness of CoLustays which is still itt Seville. Tire certificate further states, that this is the 'same that was in the Cart*. It is presented to the nation by GEORGIE G. HAR RELL, Esq. United States Consul at Malaga, who secured the possession of it at Seville, by the aid of the Prior of the Cetinje, when that institution suffered suppression. The painting it self manifests the hand of a master, and is well preserved ; but its chief value consists in -its belqg an original and true likeness of Coi:tim- BUS ; as such, to Americans, it must be del med a valuable acquisition, and to the votar'es of painting a triumph of their art, which posiesses thus a faculty to rob from the grave that portion of its terrors which it derives from oblivion. MATHEWS took his leave of a London audience for the season, at the English Opera House, Ott Tuesdafevening. The house was full of most respectable company, who testified by their plau dits their approbation of the merits of this favourite actor, and the regret they felt that his talents were withdrawn, though only for a short period. MATHEWS goes to Ireland this week ; and at Easter he will open the Lyceum' with Lis new enter ainmentY. morning, as Robert SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday morno Booth, a young man who has been long engaged as bass singer at Bagnigge Well s, a p lac e of amusement flinch frequented bY the working classes, was on his return home through Hol born, he was Seized with a sudden affection of the head, not unlike apoplexy, when lit signified. a wish l o some of his Companions to procure hint i nstantly comp li e d -with, but Lefore a coach could. any mode of conveyance ho me ; his request was be procured the unfortunate man had ceased to breathe.---The body was inclosed in a shell until an Inquest should , be holden thereon.