The Sun. — London, England, 1823-04-07 00:00:00

d - et !Olt ient. arle4 a the vio A be whir ger wet hoe, !apt oth rent :PAP" paf c ot: !Dal t . ay I the vice fro" -Sur' t" ot, t° from rite' frol l ' r, le d aole i ,fot°ll be pc ''" ~Maj°r opore) ,onti of PRICE TIM DAY AT Bank StOa{ ............ 3per Cent. Red. ex div. 3 per Cent. Cons. r 744 Siper Cent ............. • 0111.:.92} ex div. per Cent " New 941 i 6 i ) er Cents. 1797 ............ Bank LtingAnn. ....Uhl ex div. Imp. 3 per Cents. , F STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock •hut 'lndia Bonds 31s. 30s. South Sea Stock Old Annuities • Ex. Bills.. Ditto Small'. Bank for Act. 2031 India for Con. Acct. Cons. for April 10 - 7 4 iiiii ' • - -- PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDO,' Antic. 71 AT. ONE O'CLOCK. . . Five pertents. 78: 1 SIX per Cents. 00. . . Five per Cents. (Metallic) 06. . . Ditto New 72. • • Neap o li tan S Five per Cent Bonds, 68 ; 1. Austrian 1 Scrip, 00. -, .' ' ' ' • live per Cents. (Metallic). 00. . Five per Cent. Bonds,' 35. • Spanish 'Nov Ditto, 29. • - •' • Scrip,. 00 disc. Prussi an 1 livo.per Cent. Bonds, § l .?': eN 4.`.': . .. l Ditto New, 791.. . • . Danish Five per Cent. 82k. . Chili 67 ex illy. ' Colombian Six.per Cent. Bonds,: •GL • Peruvian New. Loan, 00. Bank Sha res .01 ss. „. Ameri can • . J . Nix per C,nt. 90-98. I Five p er Cont. 974-07. VThree per Cent. 70. • . --.....-. • PRICE OFIRISII STOCK, Aran ' 3. 11,ink Stock .. . ... ~. ....... .... Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.a. 7 Gov. Deb.'3i per cent.' ..... .1113 i Ditto 6,per cent.... 7. Stock,3:i per et.......... . ... .. 06 Ditto Stock 1 " Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. ...... 16 • •al Canal StAxic ' Goy. Deb. 5 per cut .. . . ... ...:. --Stock, 4•per cent. .... : . 93.1 Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec•••• 84 W?ila-streeteert.. 6 per et. -4 Treasury' Bills, 5 per • cen t . - pipe Water Del). 5 per et. --4- City Debentures, 5 per Do. - Lyingcent ............... . ... . ...... liar Ballast Offlce Govt. - Sec.,: in llosPital 4 per et. 5 per cent. 4"*.:,,4 7 • ', Bxclumge on Lon on, April 2, ' no .... • mom-WATKWAT LONDON BRIDGE TOZIOIt ROW. 110 • ' • • • ti nnE(. 0 nunutes after O. 1 F vening, 2 minuteit . after 12. French Itushian 1111 - SUN.. SOLEN ours ..DicEnx rdLs UM LI Di; AT 2 •- - _ LONDON,: moNDAy APRIL ,7, S'23 We have the satisfaction of !hying before our 'leaders the Official Abstract of the Revenue Accounts fur the year and .quarter ended sth instant. Our Fore ign Int e lligence' consists of extracts. from th e P aris Papers of Thursday, Friday, And Saturday last, 39t h ult.,. from Lisbon from Madrid P a p e rs to the Ila Papers of th e 10th, and from yonne Papers of the 29th. . Although the imm e di ate commencem ent ' of w in be hostiliti es ha d been expected, it be" see n both b y. the 'a Paris and Bayonne -' P a pers that belief prevails th at the preparations o f . 'France• are incomplete, and that .the invasion of Spain hai tonse ti quently been p os tp o ned. The Duchess iArinour.tt,however, had set out for the j ek i nil y ; and a s ' i t h as been . said of Her 11:9yal i ligimess . that she is the only Man, of ITr - Augus t Ftirnil Y) it may' he expected' that her appearance ll'ill at l ength put the troops in motion. A private . pub lisped i n lette r f rom Paris; dated Friday last, and tbe Engishman yesterday, says, fie`l, e have not yt i• iced any news of the actual commence._ r ~,1 t ef liosti litibs, e bu e t c4 there is no doubt that they will hegi CY 81 "4. The minute this takes place , . d " with a i rochonation to ,',tr. Published here in the Mouitcur which mill coma e a Many to will me. in the ch " he beisiued by the Disko d'Angoule . ,_ de mand.for 60 000 men has not yet been made_ to ' l lluer ; hut it is only' delayed till the budget is agreed ._ ," Accounts have been received to-day from St. Petersburgh, \midi announce some movements of,troops." .. - T he Jou r!ial de Paris alio contains the ftilloiv . . "The J ournal of t , i St Petor a b urg h i s war lik e —i t announc es Nv l ii Publs.have fallen, b ecause it is certain that the Emperor engag e in a Continental War:" . littENCit iIINDS.--APRIL 5. I Five per Cents .... 8 c 65 e .. • bank Stock_ „-. ......... . . : ...... . ******* !. **** 1400 Neapolitan PiV6:l)9; ******* . ************** .. 671*: . . Prom the Madrid Papers it appears . kinthat the g of Papers Proceeds on his' joiriney . to'Sevllle phony 'wi t h out inte rrury occ asiona ' lly alighting.from leis carriage).tor!j• .oy the exercise of walking, ; The news from ll ayonne c state ments which have'onfirms ail the state appeared respecting th e want t f infoforage for the F rench cavalry, and th e ' gen er al. M pletenes s of the military preparations of the P rench, Th e . d; Lishe Patch f rom General REGO, in. the Papers, that to whicitwe referred in our Paper of Saturday. f°ll 'wing are extracts from the Flanders .viail ' • - an " German Papers, received this morning : a"utrenAltErr, Ateatmt IL—Three days ago a Tartar lvllitriittlreedata.hteeriey from Constantinople, which the Austrian Consul sent off by express by way of Hermansuult to 117444 Vlt?ioUB reports in consequence have been in circulation. h us it is said that the Porte has accepted the proposals brought • Y iiit i a Str angford an t h e part of Russia ; but the timed the km Janissa r ies had set fire, on the Ist of March, to the t ureelt fr ank quality', liavodromi; in Constantinopl e , an d Orand Vizier had • been ordered to Adrianople with 4.4110 f the Janissaries. Such are the reports which we com 11tes without being able to warrant the truth, but so r.:: lieenl a certain that th e T art a r has brou ht important news 14 he n ITA NTINOPLE, MATI.CII By way of Odena. 4 ea ti"t4r posts I men t i one d t h at the Divan had re 4n: ' 4l tako tote .itcp. towards a con c ili at i on w i t h Itad44lelediately afterwards it was spread that the Porte 11:7 a cceded to Lord Strangford's proposals. We since , that the Reis Effendi (has made a communication to the bu t ', l6ll,alll l which was immediately sent express to Vienna ; transpired respecting its substance. publ i EibtAt, MAncit 23.—The sittings of our Diet are not el but the Journals g at published at length, and the names of all the Speakers mentioned, which is equal almost to publicity of the proceedings. " LEGHORN, MARCH 20.—Accounts from Constantinope state, that a Firman:will shortly.be published, removing all the impediments which the ordinance of last year laid in the way . of the Navigation to the Black Sea, of which the English • . alone were accepted." [FROM A CORRESPON,DENT.) STO49K EXCIIASGU, Half-past Twelve o'clock. — Consols opened at 7-11-, but declined to 741 1 4, at which they are now steady with little doing. FOI2EIG'N MARTLET.—Spanish Bonds opetied at 29. f, but fell t0,28.k 29, with a heavy market. Colombian Stock was 'clone at 62 in the earlier part of the day, but has also.drooped. ' Charleston• Papers arrived this morning to the Sth March. FROM HASANNAII.--We have not received our usual file of Havannah Papers .by the brig Rachel, but we understand that the public mind' was much agitated at the time of her .sailing; on . the 27th ult., in cOuSequence of a peremptory demand made by the Government of-Great Bri tain upon that of Spain for the liniment of a very large sum of money, and threatening im mediate reprisals on Spanish vessels if the de mand be not complied with. The squadron of, ships of war under Admiral OWEN, which had arrived it, Jamaiea, was Waiting an answer to - certain diSpittches which had been sent down to • vanna h bitot,Government. packet. MAL.IG- A, ATA4pii 12.-WIL.LIAM LAIRD, Esq., late English Consul, departed this life on the 4th inst. after a few days illness. The 'funeral honours paid to his remains were, such as his public character and private virtues bad well merited. ' THE k ING. (13righlfm,_ April 6. Three o'clock, p. ni.):---On the'important subject of the SOVEREIGN'S health, we are rejpiced to have it in our power to report most. favourably. His MA. .lESTY'S recovery from the recent , ; slight attack of the gout, has been uninterrupted; ;ind the reply at the Palace 'to enquiries, has been each day more,favourahle than that. of ,the fOrmer. To day it is—" llis 1114.1.EsTY is better." DURHAM ELEVriON.—We have the 'following Letter by the Post this morning, giving an ac count of the re-election of the gallant Sir ILARDINGE. DultllAM, A ral L 6.—The truly ridiculous opposition that. was attempted the day before yesterday against the gallant and much-respected. Sir nNRY HARDINGE, terminated the fot. lowing day, as every one anticipated. Those who, altogether nnatithorisetl, hatiput in nomination Mr. llEDwoulli LAMB. TON (who is at present in Italy) as a rival Candidate to our late worthy Representative, received by yesterday's posts frown ing letter from his brother, the County Member. This Gentle. man expressed himself as by no means pleased with a step so wholly at variance with what ought to have been known as his unalterable - view in regard to the Representation of the City.— The contents of this epistle of course terminated the proceedings of the Oppositionists, and Sir HENRY HARDINGE was de clared duly Elected: The ceremony of Chairing took place in m the usual anner r —gaity anti good humour predominated ; It is superfluous to add, that the re-election of the Gallant Com panion in Arms of the Duke of WELLINGTON has given very general satisfaction here. In the afternoon, Sir HENRY enter tained a large party of his friends, between 60 and 70, at the Waterloo Inn, at dinner. Joy and conviviality animated the company till a late hour." • We have been assured that a near relation to the Proprietor of an Evening Paper cpnstantly resides at Paris, and every morning' waits upon the Count CHATEAUBRIAND for orders to regulate his dispatches to this country ! !! A paragraph appeared in THE SUN of Friday last, taken from the Morning Papers, stating that Sir GEORGE BEAUMONT WllB 110 W ill Italy. Th e paragraph was inserted by accident, for we knew that the worthy Baronet bail returned many weeks ago, and had 'brought with him his lucky purchase of an admirable group, in marble, from the hand of MICHAEL A,NG,ELO; the authen• ticity of which admits of no doubt, and which is held in the highest estimation by the best judges On Thursday evening Mr. 'ltircitironn, the King's Messenger, left town with dispatches for Madrid. $ Yesternay morning the Duke of YORK attend ed Divine Service atthe Chapel Royal, in the , King's Palace at St. James's. Afterwards his Royal ilighnessTode -on horse back, Saturday, morning the Duchess; of KENT, the . Princess of Kixi.,.and the Princess FEOrm It, with their at tendants, left Claremont, where they Nur - leen on a visit to Prince LEOPOLD for above a month. In , the e.venink the RoYal Duchess honoured the Italian Opera with her presence-. • , Yesterday Divine Service was performett,.,h) , ., the Rev. Dr. 11Loostnzaa, to the King's llousettold,.i lie Palace in Pall-mall. . . The Earl of KINNOULIG, we regret to hear, is bevirely indisposed at his house, in Berkeley-square. The -Gazette of (Saturday contains ; ati- Order of Council suspending the training and exercising of the Militia of the United Kingdom during the present year. • At a Meeting of the Merchants, Ship• Owners, &c., of the Port of Sunderland, held a few days ago at t h e Excange, Joux.lituniAnu, Esq. in the Chair, it was agreed that the .Gentlemen comprising that Meeting, anxious to tes tify the high sense they entertain of the kind and gentlemanly treatment they have ever experienced from 0: Roittlitiox, Esq. during the long period he has been Collector of the Customs at that Port, wish to give expression to their feelings by present ing him with aßiece of Plate, value oRE ILUNDUED OUINEAS. .I.a.FORDL,IRCUIT.-GLOUCESTER., APRIL 4.-- A question has arisen amongst the Barristers of this Circuit, which has excited no inconsiderable degree of bustle. It ap pears that Mr. Cunw bon, who, for upwards of 20' year s h a d gone the Home Circuit , having, come into possession of a con siderable estate in the county of Worcester, which has of course given him an 'extensive connection in that and the adjoining counties, resolved 'upon changing hii route; and acting upon that resolution, at the last 'Worcester Assizes he made his, ap pearance; and held several brief ' s; this. gave umbrage to his brethren of the Long Robe, and, atter a conference amongst themselves, the majority agreed upon " sending him to Coven. t y," which was accordingly done; end, on the following morning, when Mr. Curwood. made his appearance in Court, be was surprised to find that the, Barristers present refused to speak to or associate with him. Mr. Curwood, however, in ' - suited upon his right to change his circuit once, and proc e eded' accordingly. This was contravened by the Members of the Bar, s and the matters remains to be settled by the Higher Powers. The report that Lady CATILERINE. DAMER. bad obtained n reprieve for the three unfortunate men convicted of the robbery at Milton Abbey, is unfounded. They were all exe. cuted on Saturday hut ; .and Harvey, who had lived Romany years in the family, was obliged to be supported ina chair un til the final execution of his sentence.—( Bristol Journal, April 6.) • . . . FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord Dormer, at his house, Upper Berkeley-street, Portman square, from Grove Park, Warwickshire, where he has been entertaining a Party during the holidays; the Countess Of Sandwich, in Dover-street, from her seat an Huntingdonshire ; Earl of Rochford, frotti Path ; Sir C. Mostyn, Bart. from a tour ; Colonel Palmer, M.P.. and. Mrs. Palmer, at the Water loo Hotel, 'Jermyn-street, from Bath ; E ar l o f Lisbourne and the Hon. James Vaughan, at Lon g ' s , Cl aremon t H o tel, bond street, from Tales; William Felix Riley, Esq. at ditto; from his seat, Windsor; 11Irs. Ammon and P.roily, at Hakes 's. Hotel, from Letherhead ; John Beecher, Esq. at ditto, from Caversham Rise. ,CuAxOtsi—The Earl of Egremont, for his seat Petworth, Sussex ;.:Lord Wtn. Bentinck, for his seat ,Lynn, . Norfolk ; Lady William Bentinck, for Brompton Park, Huntingdon shire; the. Marquess of Ailesbury, .for Paris; Lord Ciearge Lennox, 9th Lancers, from Long's, Claremont Hotel, for Lymington ; Captain Wright, 9th Lancers, from ditto, for Exeter; Mr. Calcntft, M.P., from Hanover square, on a visit to Lord Holland, at Holland House. . • • FASHIONABLE PARTIES. flodfeyWilmot, Esq. had a grand dinn er p a rty yesterday at his honse in Hanover-square. Arthur Stanhope, Esq. gave a grand dinner yesterday to the Earl.2f Harrington and a large party of distinguished. periaiu ages at his house in Tilney-street. - • .T. .IJavabton, Esq. M.P.:gave a ffrand dinner on Saturday at his house in Cleveland-row to a distuiguished party. - •• The Countesa.of Essex had a great dinner party on Saturday at her hernia in Hill street, Berkely-square. Counteia St. Antonio entertained a large party of distinguish. ed Mhionibles ;yesterday in Hanover-square. • • _MR. AND MRS. HUGHES BALL. Mr. and Mrs. HVGIIIIIBALL (late Mademoiselle IMERcAN notsr), and an elderly female, supposed to he the mother of .thefiutunate lay, slept at the Old. Angel Inn, in this town, ontheir return from their northern excursion. It appears they were tot enabled to procure matrimony nearer than Aberdeen. —(Dnncutter-C Aprll4.) I,l'rrmz the Morning Chronicle.] Wt•have received the following letter on the subject of this marriage frotn,the North : `f'Sir—As the, wondering world seems wild with the wander ings.ana wedding of the Golden Ball and his 41ferrydatity, I beg to hand you an extract of a letter I received from Banff yesterday, dated 29th March, which throws a pleasing light on the subject:— "''. We had a private wedding here on Palm Sunday, which, from the stile of the parties elated much curiosity anti surmise till the arrival of your newspaper put us in possession of their names. They arrived at Duff House late on Friday evening, and were married there on Sunday by our Parson, the 'Rev. Mr. Lin AN T, who received from the golden bridegroom 100 guineas for his trouble., The bonny bride was given away by'the Earl of FIFE, and the happy couple left his noble mansion 'soon after the ceremony, accompanied by the bride's mother. Ailiere they are to spend the honey moon is a moonshine matter, of which. we are not in the secret here. • ' " 4 Our Parson is quite pleased with his day's work, and would have no'objection to sudt a Golden Ban rolling to our neighboltrW every &MIRY.. Tut ARTS.—Mr. PHILLIPS, R. A. one of our very hest Artists' has nearly finished, we• presume, for next annual display at the Royal academy, a whole length portrait of the Duke of YORK, in the Magnificent attire in which his Royal High ness appeared at the late Coronation. The like ness is exact, and the countenance is marked by 'the - expression - of that affable and benignant temper.which is so well known to characterize the amiable. It is indeed a splendid port rait, . • and would . do honour to any artist, at any period. •• P ETEKS Er.o PUN.—SOrne wags in the Borough of retlrstield, have for a long tune, not unappropriately com pared the Lord of the manor there (who is patriin of the borough) and his piincipal friends, to King Artasomines and the oe , er characters in that laughable " Burlesque Extravn called " 13 0mbastes }l mmo," which it .will be recol lected opens with a trio between the King of Utopia and his Courtiers to the air of Tckeli. At Outlast Court Leet held for the manor, where, as usual, the farce o f c h oos i ng s,mayor as return ing officer for the Borough took place, when the Bailiff and one of the tythingmen were going their rounds to summon the iniutbitants to do suit and service at the Court, a stranger see. in; them stop at every house, asked the meaning of it, and a . gentleman present archly replied, " Why, Sir, the lord of the manor and his friends are about to performthe old farce again, and. von see they are introducing it by Tee-lin/kV! The names Of the officers were TEt and KEALEY !--4 British - Ga. zet.e.) SOCIETY FOIL THE RELIEF OP WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF MEDICAL 3 , lltx.—The anniversity festival of this bene volent Institution was held on Saturday evening, at the . Al bion Tavern, Aldersgateltreet. At six. o'clock a numerous and highly respectable assemblage 'sat down to a sumptuous dinner, the President, 1)r. BAILLIE, in the Chair, supported by several-of the most distinguished members of the medical ald surgical profession. 'On the cloth being removed, Non Nolris Domirie was sung in fine style by , the vocal per formers; after which the toast of " Th e Ki ng , •' was given, and drank with warm applause. The usual loyal toasts followed, and on (he health of the President being announced, it was received with loud cheers. The Chairman, in a n a ble speech, re returned thanks, and expatiated on the importance and utility of the society, which he earnestly recommened to :the support of the profession., The healths of the Vice Pre- Semereantayrhweres th id e e n u ts dira T n r k eas w ur it e h rs, m D a i r r k e e c d tors a , pp 7 m `ru bsa t icosn , , anan d d excel lent addresses were made on behalf of the Institution, which appears to have effected great good since its establish ment in 1708. The sum of 11,908/. has been distributed ' among persons : eligible to receive assistance. At present 22 widows (some of whom have farhilies), anti two orphans, re ceive relief from the funds. There are now 305 members. In the course of the evening a long list of donations was read, at the head of which stood that of his .Majesty for 100 guineas. A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE has just been cum ,mubieated to us, ichich among other signs of the time," items to argue a fatuity, or a dereliction of duty and principle among those who, from their office anti station, are bound by ,every motive, human and divine, - to aid our public institutions in, this their hour of trial and peril.: A meeting of the Clergy Of the Riding had been convened at Thirsk, for the pun. pose of addressing Parlianient against The Roman 'L'Catholic claims to power ' which . was luost respectably and nu merously attended. The object of the meeting was known, and conaequently when an appropriate and moderate pe tition was proposed the general assent w as g i ven to i t ; to the no small surprise of the assembly, however, a coun ter address in favour of the Roman Catholic Claims was brought forward—nor were their surprise dimi n i s h e d b y the circumstance of its being prop osed and seconded by Mr. , A aciinEACON WRAWGIIAM; the ARCHBISH OP o f Y oaa ' s confidential chaplain, and Mr. VERNON, the .Archbishop's awn son 1 The trick failed, and only five or six expectant divines, to whom it was intimated that their suffrages were expected from a higher quarter, could he induced to hold up their hands against the sense of the great majority of the meet ing. But the matter does not rest here; or we should pro bably have left these gentlemen to the operation of public opinion, in the q uarter w h ere their conduct i s most justly s p., predated. But a manoeuvre is in program under the manage. ment of this liberal minority,, for the purpose of securing prece dence—at least in point of ume—to their Address; and, to add to the effect, is to be presented as the Address of the WHOLE Rintrta t There may be something to smile at, in the cross ing and jostling of politi ca l p art i e s, and even in the juggling of electioneering manoeuvres, but as long as we can wield a pen, we will protest against every thing that savours of political, intrigue, or which can tend to transfer the di/graceful expo.: dienta of faction to the sanctuary of our national Church. She is beset from without, and from within ; Hyst-ruartsic —which is Clerical Hu maun, as contra-chatinguisited from political—is gnawing at her very vitals, whihit Wittooratir is labouring to strip her of every decent external. We trust she will yet brave and baffle the cant of the one, and the cold. blooded infidelity of the other ; and we will give her our hearty. • aid and assistance for the purpose. But if we perceive in any part of that body.—whether it shew itself on the Bench nr in a country Curacy--a deeased, or • ulcerous part, we will cry as loud as the loudest of the REroustras, to cut it off; and in a Voice too, that shall be heard to the remotest corner of the Etnpiret-4FroniJons BULL.) 44':! 44 tr % t 4 j A r i.: a:MI .i,' .-, • ..i r e .., '..,- ...• . ,- , 4.)% • 41' jt , , '.! • . . -.•••. • ~ , ..7 , ,i,c, L I I ( p 2. a.st: - itl• 4.'l:t N` 4; s'-: - -- ' $ f..y, THE ROYAL NAVY. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL Majetsky:s ,ship Cygnet' (Which arrived here on Thursday) while critiaw on ihe'East Coastof Africa, put into the Port of Illozamlnque at-a:most critical moment for the safety.of the Portuguese. Settlement, the . natives having risen et) the factory and fort, which they had nearly reduced, when the seamen and marines •of the Cygnets being landed for the support of the Europeans, order and secu. city were restored, and measures taken to. prevent a recurrence of such a plot,. which' had for its object the total expulsion of the Portuguese front the Island, by murder or anv other means. The Slaney, tl4, Jasper, 10, and Britomart, to, at•this port, and the Emulus, 10, at Plymouth, are ordered to be prepared for commission. . The Revenge, 74, was coinmissioned at Chatham on the 26th ult. for the flag of . Vice:Adivtitial Sir Harry Burrard, for the Mediterranean eothmand. -The following are appoint. ments to the ships Captain Sir Charles Burfard, 'Bart. ; - Lieutenants Robert', Stuart • (late of the Ist of the Egyia), Charles Bell, P. •D. Bingham, (1. J. H. Johnston (of Pluaton), L. C. Rooke, flag ; Mr. W. Walker,_ Master ; Dr. Alexander Watson, Surgeon ( pro tempo-re j ; Mr.'3Ohn Mien - 0), Assistant; Mr. John' Finis, Purser. keels'of the Thunderer, 74,: and Pylades, 18, have been laid down at Woolwich ; • the • llebe Clyde, and Tendos, round sterned 'frigatei, is#e in a forward state there; the Blenheimi 74; end Als4icienne, 42, are under repels ; the North Star, 26, nearlrfi n ished. The lateliOrderid augmentati4n or the Royal Marine Foices will be'tbrined into thirteen additional companies. . • "Captain Frederick . Marryatt appointed to the Larnes24, fitting atjhis port. --. Lieutenant s, Drew, Cotcsworth, and' John Jervis Tucker, and Mr.' Sloggett, Puner to the' Thetii.-Josepli • Williamson, Esq., to be Purser of the Queen Charliatte. • - _ . Three hundred .and seventy convicts are to be sent from the Hulks at this pliCe to Botany Bay, by the . ships Ocean and Al bion. The former ship is equipping here. Evan Evans, Surgeon, R.N., is to be the,Superintendant. Captain Cardeves:Coinpany of . Royal Sappers and Miners, is to eiiibark hire in the Success transport, (Lieut. Church agent) for Quebec; also some detachments at Cowes. Ps. Yl4 0 v —Our Worthy Port A drniral Sir A. JtCochrane, . has left us for London, and Captain Dundee has hoisted his broad pendant as Commodore, on board the Bulwark. The Egira, 26, Captain S. Roberta, C.D. will go out of harbour in a few days, and proceed to the Newfoundland station. In Ha moaze—Britannut, 'Windsor. Castle, Superb, Bulwark, Thetis, MERCANTI LE Sal PH NG. DEAL, APRIL A.—Wind S.W.--Arrived this morning and sailed for the River the Bombay 'Merchant, Kemp, from Bom bay—sailed 10th November, and frotn St. Helena IA February ; 'Woodstock, 31 4 'Whinnim, from Jamaica ; and Highlander, Miller, from. the Mediterranean. Came down from Hig hlander, River the Charles Forbes, Itrythin, for Bombay ; Marquis Wellesley, Napier, Grenada; Hannah, for Cape Breton; Stranger, rnichi ; Swift, Seville ; Ceres, St. John's ; and Genoa packet, for Genoa—and remain in the Downs with the rest of the out ward-bound as per last.—The BoMbay Merchant spoke on the 20th February the Hon. Company's ship Herefordshire in lat. 2. S. long. 21. W. APRIL 6.—Wind N.,--Arrived and sailed for the River the Libson, Trindle, from Berbice ; Elizabeth, Taylor, Galipolis ; London packet, Corneby, Odessa; Ruley, Stephano, St. Mi chael's ; Lord 51u11,►rave,. Tankersly, ditto ; and Riga, from Jamaica. Came dOwn fimn the River the St. Lawrence, Douglas, for Quebec and Montreal; Hyperion, Stephens, St. John's, if.B. ; and British Tar, , Clark, for Prince Edward's Island--and sailed with the whole of the. outward-bound mer chantmen, coasters, And colliers,. for their different destinations, with a moderate breeze front the Northward,-except the Charles Forbes and the Miles.lndiaman. HALF-PAST SlX.—The wind has again backed to the lirest ward, and the whole of the outward-bound are coming back. FALMOUTH ' APRIL s.—Wind N.—Sailed his Majesty's brig Calliope ,. for Lisbon, with mails • ' the Marquis of Salis bury packet, for the Mediterranean. Arrived off the port the Kingston, ninny, M days from Jamaica. Sailed under con voy of his Majesty's ship Falmouth, with several other vessels, for London. PORTSMOUTH, ATM I. s.—Wind APIIII. N.,---Sailed his Majeitty's ship Tribune, for Plymouth; and Sisters, Sergeant, for Demerara. THE ALERT PACKET. [Front the Dublin Correspondent. April 3.1 One of the survivors of this deplorable shipwreck gives the following heart4ending statement young. mother, to whose tortured bosom two shrieking infants clung, was seen for some time after the vessel sunk . clinging to a crate. The crew agreed to save her, and rowed round for that purpose, and inc. ceeded in reaching the crate, when a wave struck the female and her offspring, although not with great' violence, yet with sufficient power to overwhelm the exhausted creatures, and they were numbered with the dead. The following names are taken from letters and other papers found on the bodies of those unfortunate passengers on board the Alert packet : Mary Olevers, or Obers, a poor woman. Anne Murphy, one sovereign, Os. lid. in silver, a silver thimble, a pen-knife, and a gold ring. • A man with a top-coat only, with a character from J. Brown, dated Westport, March 8, 1823. A man, with a letter, directed James Weld, 13, Hold-street, (it is supposed Holles-street), Dublin. . A woman, with a letter, direct Mrs. Sarah Barlow, 10,1 Brunswick -street, Dublin. • 1 A carpet bag, a pocket-book, marked William Heart ; let- , ters in it directed Robert William Heare, Harhour-street, Tul lamore, King's County ; his mother, Anne Butterly, Dublin. Some letters addressed Anne Reed, at Alderman Itl'Kenny's, Fitawilli an t-square, Dublin, from her daughter, Ellen Watters, dated Liverpool, March 10. James M eldon on a letter. A case, directed Mrs. Ford, North Gate-street-row, Chester. Two letters, one directed R. Marchill, Esq.; and the other P. M`Donnell, Esq. A book, Edward Howard; March, 1823. A bundle of prayer books, directed Thomas Brown, Leeds. A brush, marked W. ,Maddock; a letter addressed W. Maddock, 52d Regiment. Birmingham, county of Tipperary, from his father and mother, dated Middleton, 14th October, 1822. Mary Willan, with a good deal of property. A Bible, marked John Hawkins--this man had on him a Waterloo Medal, with John Hawkins, 2d Battalion Grena dier Guards. Mary Ashford, a letter from her sister, Sarah M'elbte, Man. cheater ; this is the young Lady who had the child in her arms. Mr. 111‘31aster, son of Mr. APillaater, of Belfast TIIE WEATHER. Extratt from a Alateorological Journal for March, 11123, kept at the Observatory of the Academy (Dr. BISONEY'S) Gosport, Hants " This month; excepting a few days, has betal,cold, with, high winds and sudden ra ins; in most of the nights either, ice or hoarfrost collected. on the ground ; and t he lower air was generally humid and vaporous. It has snowed here more or less on five different days, and the quantity that fell on the 7th instant, was three inches in depth, which is not usual in March ; althofigh it is, perhaps, the most trying month in the whole round - of the seasons to the human consti. tution. The mean temperature of spring water," during the last three months, is 3.011 degrees lower than in the same period last year; . re and. the mean temperature . of the external air 6* degrees lower. The temperature of spring water, at the present unite, is 2i degrees lower than at the close of 3larch, 1822. The return of Spring, and the leafing of the trees, are of course two or three weeks later than the beginning of the preceding Spring. The barometer, at t h e tune o f the snow storm on the 7th sunk suddenly and low, and kept so about forty-eight hours. The atmospheric and mete oric phenomena that have come within our observation this month, are, one solar and three lunar halos, two meteors, and nine gales of wind, or days on Which they have prevailed— namely, two from N., three from S.W., one from W., and three from the 111. W. Summar), of -the Treater. —A clear sky, 2 ; fine. with various modifications of clouds, 12 ; an overcast sky without rain, 11; foggy, ; rain, hail, and melted snow, 414 Total, 91 days. _- - " Scak of Alic prevatijitg Tfrinds.—N. 4;N.E. 3i E. 2; S.E. 3i; S. 1 ; S. Mr. 4 ; W. 6; N.W. 7. Mackerel sold on Sunday morning at Billings. gate at 80s. per hundred. At Portsmouth they are about one.fourth this price. . FEMALE GARRULITY.--.Some Latin Epigram. matist gives it for a reason, why nature has not furnished wome►► with beards us welt as men, " that they could not hold their tongues long enough to be shaved." COLOMBIA. [From the New York Statesman, of March 15.1 e.have received (Bogota) Colombian Gazettes to the end of December, from which .we-have subjoined, some extracts, •• The Government have laid the foundation of a college in the in the province of Alaraquita. The executive power 'decreed that on the Ist ofJanuary, at 10 o'clock, the Senators and resident Representatives should as. semble to regulate the manner in whfch Congress should meet. STATE DEPARTMENT t 'OFFICE FOR FOREIGN' AFFAIRX. Excellency the Vice-President 'of the Republic, charged with the executive power, has thought fit, by and with the advice of the Council of Government, to appoint in commis aim, Luiz LapezMendez,"residinlin London, his dip lomatic agent with th e Co ur t s o f F rance , t .Netherlands, and Ilansea tic Towns, With Orders to - atiatime e chanter of Envoy Extra ortlinary and, Minister Plenipotentiary,. immediately on this Republic'being formally acknowledged by those Governments ; and in like manner the-General-of Division,. John D'Evereux, of,the Order of Liberators, has been appointed to the'Courts of Russia, Sweden, and Denm ark. - • . • • BOGOTA; DEC. 22. OcFFICE. • Iron. FOREIGN AFFAIRs.—Py the last Caraceas mail, a note has been received from M. Zea, dated Cheltentiain„ in England, in which an indirect mention is made of the loan of two millions sterling, reported generally to have been nap dated by him in Paris. In that note former notes are referred to, which have never reached this city.; and for want of which the Government is to. 'tally ignorant of the particulars of 'the said loan. These parti. : culars are absolutely ne c essa ry, t o b e abl e , w i t h a knowledge of the adliantaps or disadvantages offered by the negociation itself, to decide on for what has been already published, regarding the subject of M. Zea's powers. • . • , As the Executiv e is anxious to proceed in this very delicate matter with the most scrupulous nicety, and to 'conciliate, as far as possible, the interests of all; it lots been resolved to sub. Mit it to the consideration of the next Cotweess,- the same as has been done with the arrangement entered into in London, on the Ist of August, 1820, With the British creditors.' , We confidently an ti c ip ate t h at the Legislative Body- ill de eido.this important business in a manner the most satisfactory ~ to all concerned, consolidating and securingthy a well digested law the growing credit of Colombia in Europe and the United States. Such a law would remove the uneasiness of some, and prove to the world that our Government is ready to make savii. • flees for the sake•of national honour. M. Zea, in date of the,2oth of September fast, from Cheken. ham, in England, advises the Government of having remitted nine thousand three hundred and thirty-six Spanish doubloons by a corvette, which arrived at La Guar* on the 3d November.: The money and corvette are intended tar the service of the Republic, and pursuant to what is stated, other remittances, ships and warlike stores, are to foll ow f or t h e same en d. Under the embarrassing circumstances in which the Execu. tire has been placed by. the financial operations of M. Zee, it has been resolved to take such vessels as may be lit for the ser vice, and such warlike stores as may be found wanted after be. ing previously surveyed and valued, and the money ordered to be deposited in th e d e p artmenta l treasury o f Caraccas, until a definitive agreement can be made to the satisfaction of those concerned. In this arrangement the Executive has had to reconcile pre. sent circumstances with an anxious desire to obviate such difli. culties as might arise in any future negociation_ of a similar description. We again express our confidence, that the wisdom of the Legislative Body, on a. due consideration of the various docu. ments to be presented, will decide this business in a manner agreeable and advantageous on both sides. Colonel C. S. Todd, authorized agent of the United States, arrived at the capital of 'Colombia (Bogota) on December 2,5. He made his journey from Caraccas by land, through Mends and Cucuta. The civil and military authorities, and the towns through which he passed, manifested every sign of conaidern. tion and pleasure, as well because h e i s th e first foreiga agent who has arrived t here, as because he is commissioned by a city belonging to a state which was first to do us justice. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, Arm. 7. There was another very large arrival of Flour last week, but of all kinds of Grain the supply was but moderate. This morn• ing there were some good quantities in from Kent, hut not much from other parts. Wheat continues precisely in 'the same state as reported last Monday. Fine Barley meets put.• ctipsers on full as good terms as last quoted i other sorts sold heavily. Peas of both descriptions filly maintain their value. There is nothing doing at present in the trade for Beans, which remain at last Monday's prices. Oats come to market sparingly, and the demand being considerable, this article obtains r a th e r higher prices. The Flour trade i s di o. dl.• Wheat, Red 348 50s Pease, White .... .... ... 28s 40s . --.. White " 42* &6s —,---. Grey '•tiii 31s Rye ''2s 28s Beans 39s ns Barley oils 38s Oats 165'29% Malt 42s tiOs Flour 4ot 50a ARUIVALS LAST WEEK. English Wheat, s,29l—Barley, 3,499—Ma1t 2,488-oatc, 4,7s3—Beans, I,9ll—Peas, 440—Irish Oats, 3,498.—Ma1t, Flour, 10,381. . AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN IN Eli/OLANT) AND WALLA. Wheat, 80s. 4d. • Barley. 335. hi. ; Oat s , 21 s . 3d. ; Rye, Ns. 4d. ; Beans, 2415. Od ; Peas, 335. 3d. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending the 2d day u;' April, 1823, is 375. Pd. per cwt. SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL 7. There was a good supply of Cattle at Market this morning, and the prices were rather lower than on last Market-day.— Owing to the badness of the weather thetrade was rather heavy. Reef 3s Od t 0.48 f Veal Mutton Od to 4s 4d Pork Lamb hs Od to Os DAY AND STRAW, PEI( LOAD. flay 1:3 lOs to £4 4s f Clover .£4 Os to .£4 104 Straw £2 lOs to £3 Os. A Preacher once, ht a, sermon on Easter Sun day, said,' that our Saviour in rising from dead appeared .first to women, that the Iniracie might be the sooner published abroad. - And an, other impertinent Parson, who had taken hi 4 ten from the Gospel of the Good Sarnaritan,siti,l it was the longest in. the Bible becanseva woinan spoke it. But what signifies talkers. A most beautiful milk-white sea-gull, remar'L. able for its tractableness, has been seen.for, wards of eight years, at Sundown Port; se ii, of Sir W. Wynn, Bart. The bird generally "fiat's its way to the Fort about the month of Septcrn'., ber, and continues till March, w he n it qu it s t hi 4 charming retreat. It is so remarkably doeik: ; that.it comes to the window of the Fort for rood, and will not suffer any one but the ittbabi(atit to feed it. A. most . disgraceful scene, hut, we are happy to say, one of very rare occurrence, took place on Leith Links on Sutiday forenoon during divine Service. Two brothers,. Irishmen,. bud quarrelled about some trifling matter when they agreed to fight, and, along with other two pf their countrymen is seconds, proceed.. ed to the Links, and set to in regular style. —A, great crowd speedily collected, and Borne Gentlemen who were attracted to the spot by the mob, endeavoured to put a stop to the disgraceful exhibition, but the seconds Would not allow them to interfere,, and even struck one or two gentlemen for attempting to do so. After several rounds, in which the two brothers exhibited marks of the conflict,,a party , of police I officers arrived, who put an end to the battle; but. one of the seconds, a stout, powerful felipte, probably wishing for .a turn-up, struck several persons, and , was only prevented from farther I mischief by being buckled hands and feet by the police officers. One of the combatant, and the quarrelsome second were carried to the police o.ffice, and next.day the former was fined in MN. or to be confined SO days in Bridewell, anti the latter iu 20s. or confined in l3rideweil 80 days. The other . combatant and second escaped.— (.Edizthurgh Courant, Arrii 3.) ,~ r.`