The Sun. — London, England, 1823-10-31 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. • 'DAILY L'alracts from the Morning Papers, October . 31. [stottNnau eon] An Exprecwarrived in town late yesterday afternoon, bringing letters from Paris, dated Wednesday two o'clock P. in.; according to viehich it would appear that dispatches of a very important nature from Spain had just reached the FrVitch capital, announcing that Ferdinand had determieed to recut that part of his Proclamation of the Ist which annulled the Spanish Loan. Although there was nothing official itt this corn muuication, the effect on the money market was very great. Tr. Spanish Bonds of 1821 rose in u short time four and a half per cent. ;.the ex treme quotations being 231 and SO. The im provement iu *he New Bonds was also .consider• able, as they mounted from 19 to 24 ; and both securities closed only one quarter per cent. lower than the highest price which they had attained. Se veral versions of the intelligence received from Paris Were immediately circuit' tell, but none of a contra dictory nature. That. which obtained most credit stated drat it was the F renc hMinisters`who had in duced the King of France to declare to Ferdinand that ha most recognise the loans which had taken place, or be abatidoned by the French army to Ilia own resources. The ferment in the Foreign Stock market, yesterday, was much increased by, the circumstance of this day being settling day. In the course of the afternoon no less than five failures occurred ) but the names were not to be announced till today, when several others were expected to be declared. There was also a great fluctuation in Colombian Bonds, in consequence o f the receipt of an Express from Falmouth, an nouncing the arrival of the ,Nocton Packet from Ja maica. The letters and papers have since reach ed town, and are dated on the 9 th u lt. The y confirm the unfavourable report of . the Executive Government of Cidombia haviug sanctioned the Act- of tire Seeate and House of Representatives for not ratifying the Loan. The Contractors in London, however, up to a late hour yesterday evening, had not received their dispatches. The fluctuations in Colombian Bonds yesterday were between 551 and In, but in the course of the afternoon they recovered two and a half per cent, The news from Paris, with respect to the Spanish Loan, operated in the first instance fa vourably on our own Funds. Consols for Ac eount, which were extremely depressed in the morning, recovered one-half per cent., but ler or within a quarter per cent. of the lowest quo tations, [NiOnNINCi CnitONICLE.] An • express from Paris, front a quarter which may be relied on, states in a positive manner, that Ferdinand has revoked the most outrageous of the .Decrees issued by him ,sipee his keying Cadiz, including the famous Decree of the Ist 'October. This has been effected solely by 'reach influence. A confident expectation has indeed been for some time entertained that the Spanish Bonds would be recognized. But as we have already more than onee obeeeved, the mere recognitiem of these Bonds emonuts to very little. Their basis, that which alone gave any value to them, cannot be recognized, the hypo thec of the rational estates. Ferdinand has been restored to arbitrary povrer .by the Church, and the Inquisition will not abate one iota of its claims. A revenue cannot be raised in Spain, in its present stifle; and , from the dominion of the Church, deterioration rather than amelioration must be expected. There cart be no eeterprize ceder an Inquisition. Things will, soon return to that state which Mr. Blanco White lets so ably end feelingly depicted in his Doirludo's Letters, tied the last number of the Quarterly Revieze.--= intellect and activity of mind still only call down persecutiou on, the , head of the posse , ,or. For tt'e Spaniards themselves, the occupation of the , country by the French would be the greatest be cent which could be conferred on them, be ceuse, unprincipled as is the French Govern ment, the people being comparatively enlightened arid accustomed to order, they could not fail to introduce among the conquered many valuable improvements. But the French will only occupy es much of Spain as will enable the Inquisition to proceed fearle4ly ie its career of debasement. -What more iv required to , calm the apprehen sions of the nations? Ferdinand complies with the wishes of his protectors, France complies with the wishes of England, and yet, the prices of the Public Securities of every country (those of Spain excepted) ate, on the decline. Thellonar chical principle now prevails from one extremity of Europe to the other—our Ministers, after their toil, are now recreating themselves in the coon• try---:they feel no uneasiness The Gourier as. • sures—they forsee no difficulty, otherwise there would be Cabinet Meetings. But the public mind Was not been tranquillized by this assure *nee, The truth is, that the people place no re. fiance lehatever on the assurauces of the different European Governments. They see their targy gunge and their acts are at present irreconcile. elite with each other, and they naturally fear the worst. [New Tistcs.l The war in Spain is drawing rapidly to a oiose ; there is only one, single Spaniard remain ing for The Tinio to abuse, .and even he is waver.; lug. That consistent Journal, which breathed Nue, entire confidence in the 1111361110114 and heroic patriotism of !ht whole Spanish nation, trns successively alrrr,sed every military Com tratuder on the Constitutional side, from Abisbal to Valdes, and now there is only Mina re.. mining. This worthy Chieftain has offered to surrender Illrcelona, and for that purpose has sent flags of truce, to the French head-quay- tars in Catalonia. Marshal Moucey was disposed to.bave granted him terms, but an order from, the King of Spain positively forbade any personal conditions being grouted, to Mina, This proves two paints : Ist, that the Spanish tioyalisth fvel themselvesloucit stroller than is commonly be lieved here ; and secondly, the crimes of which Mina has been guilty is the face of the world have marked him one as no common offender. Those who are merely implicated in the crime of Rebellion are spared ; but Humanity itself cries 4944 that the sanguinary Proclamation of C4stei(ollit, succeeded as It was by the massacre at that' place, demands exemplary punishment ; and that to spare the cold hrpoded murderer of his prisoners would lie to inflict a sleep wound on the cause of justice. fall of Lerida and of the'fortress of Urgel Is fully 'Confirmed. The Baron de Damas has taken the •oithi . of.Office as successor to the Duke de - Bellune ; but the removal of the latter ap pears to have excited a very strong sensation among the Royalists all over France. It was even rumoured in Pdris that M. de Villele him self had been so shaken by it 'that he wo uld be fOrced to resign ; that a Ministry more complete ly in the sense of the extreme Right would be formed, the Chamber of Deputies - dissolved, and &General Electiop resorted to. This last point is expressly denied by the Orillananie ; and as to Made Viliele,-we think him too useful to be re moved, and too cautious to go to such extremes as would necessitate his removal. [THE TIMES.} , In another column is u letter* of Lord Nugen on the subject of an article relative to Admira Valdez, which appeared in The Times of Wed nestlay. It will be seen that his Lordship does not in the smallest degree impugn the main facts of our narrative—viz. that a plan for annoying the French fleet was proposed to Admiral Val dez—that a considerable delay took place before any opinion of its efficiency could be procured— and that after the plan (which, by the way, had been successfully employed against us by the Americana in the late war) had been pro nounced feasible and useful, it was sudden ly and altogether rejected. Our inference from this conduct of the Commander. of Ca diz was, that mere' imbecility, independent of treachery,', was ~ not sufficient to explain such astonishing apathy and neglect. Lord Nugent, from a personal knowledge of the character of Valdez, 'acquits him of treachery. With every deference for his Lordship's personal testimony, we must still express our doubt how mere stupi dity could have beau so inefficient. The main facts of the story, we again re-assert with the ,utmost confidence, are true; and, in spite of the objection of a cotemporary wiseacre, we say the plan was feasible. The French fleet, instead of being 20 miles ofr, was always within gun-shot of Cadiz : indeed, a t any greater distance, it would have been utterly useless. (The., ellowifig. b the Letter alluded to t) — TO TOE EDITOR OF ritu TIMES. • Sett—ln a narrative published in your Paper of yesterday, of an occurrence which took place during the late siege of Cadiz, it is stated, as a matter' of doubt, whether the conduct of Ad tniral.Valdezt in declining to adopt certain means that were proposed to him for annoying the French fleet, proceeded from treachery or imbecility: In the possibility of its being tarp posed that such an insinuation could have arisen out of, any testimony of mine, I feel that I owe it to the reputation of s brave man, who has, for half ti century, served his country with honoatiur, to correct, as . far ai I may be able, un inference in jurious to him, and,.as lam convinced, *mu. From all the means which I had, during my residence at that place, of form ing an opinion, either from personal observation, or from the inforination of others, I believe that there was not in Spain a than more devoted to her cause, or more faithful to the ongalge moots he hail undertaken in her defence . , than Admiral Valdez. Whatever lawny by the general opinion, or WirOCVer - may lie my oivri of his other qualifications for the active dudes which. wereAmposed . upon bun,l believe that no , one who knows Admiral Valdez could ever suspect hint of treason to his country, or doubt his honest zeal against the common enemy. I observe, also, that you state, that the Minister Cala ttavai.in a subsequent conversation, described him as a "dolt.", I am enabled, of my own knowledge, to assure you that, in the conversation you allude to, Senor CAtlatrava used no phrase of that importor to that effect, but spoke of him personally, as he always did., ire terms of warm regard.* I tun pure, Sir, that you will feel as I do, that it is'but an act 'of common ,j ustice to endeavour to remove an imputation .uri deseritadly'cait Upon a man, whose character for integrity and honour has never been impeached, and is perhaps all that now remains to him out of the wreck of inivate happiness, connected as hiS fortunes haie been with those of an afflicted' country, and of a cause hitherto unsuccessful. • I am, Sir, your obedlenthumble servant, Twickenham Oct. • NVOENT. It will be Aserved that his Lordship does not Assert that our account of CalatraVa's remark on Valdez was incorrect in its general scope, but merely that he did not use the offensive word " dolt," though it seems almost the only word which could fairly describe .the behaviour of Valdez on this ems- Timm [MORNING HERALD.] If our Madrid Correspondent be correctly in formed in his letter, which we gave yesterday it appears that France, Spain, and Portugal have it in contemplation to unite for the purpoie of, again bringing into subjection the Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in South America. — Should such a combination be acted upon—and it is by no means improbable, England may yet be involved in '.var ; for it is not likely t after we have so long freely traded with South America that we shall submit to be deprived of that un restricted trade. That Portugal and Spain have a right to bring again into subjection their Colonies, no one can question, and' on just the same prin ciple that England would have a right to recover possession of her West India Islands,should she, for any length of time, have been deprived of the Sovereignty of them, even though the United States of America had acknowledged their independence, or France had sent to them her Consuls. War tc England, under any circumstances, is to be de precated ; but it strikes, us that England w* rather run the risk of war than suffer the newly-combined Powers to get hold of Spanis America to our commercial exclusion. The pa pulation of that part of the world is to the ex tent of about ten millions of people, all of whom are more or less clad in British manufactures — and most of whom are too indolent, from the in fluence of climate and the extreme cheapness of the common necessaries of life, to manufacture for themselves. 'P his is a population for our ma nufacturing establishments to supply, almost as large as Great Britain, independent of I reland— not that the people in those Outtalks consume our goods in at all the seine proportion as those at home, but, at the same time, it is a consump tion, which would be regularly on the in crease. A war, however, brought about under such circumstances would be n very different war from our sending a large army and navy to Spain to assist the democrats of that country to upset the King, the Church, and Nobility ; which de.. mocratic Government, after it had been esta blished at, a vast expense and gicat risk to us, might take it into its head to p.-orlaito to tl n people of Europe that they had better all do the same thing. This was precisely what the French democracy did after it had beheaded Louis XVI., and had robbed the Church and 4 : , the Nobility of their positessions. We always thought that, our, Government would not assist the Spanish people under such a fortri Of Govern ment. indeed, we should have thought both the King, the Lords, the rich Commons, and the Clergy of England, little short of crazy bad they supported a Oovertunent in Spain that would have set such an example of revolution. The ' Spanish American question is quite another thing. In this, King, Lords, rich Commons, and the Clergy of England, have a material interest ; for the more England prospers in trade, either with South America or any part of the world, the more are the revenues of those Estates likely to increase as a consequence. As to the justice of our helping these colonies to maintain themselves against the mother country, that is out of the question. It is our interest to help them, and there can be little doubt we shall help them. — For when interest is at stake, we almost alitays see that, whetlier nationally or individually, it gets the upper hand of abstract justice—and in deed our education leads to it. PRESS. j ACCOUnt3 from Smyrna to the Sth of Septem. ber (contained in the Spectateur Oriental, pub lished in that city under the sabre of the Turkish Government, and therefore always to be received with great distrust), state that domestic trea son had tainted the Greek cause, and that thirteen Members of that Government were arrested, and lying is dungeous, convicted of treason ; among whom were the hitherto valiant Colocotroni and his son. They were betrayed, it is alleged, by their spies, who were , recognised, and forced to confess the treason. A secret cm, . . respondence, it adds, was fOund on the parties ar, rested, which leaves no doubt of their treason. — What it object was, whether a secret treaty, by which the Moroi was to be opened to the Turkish bands, or domestic intrigues of a less dangerous description, to change the Govern ment, this paper does'not think proper to state; it merely mentions that the Greek. Government, in the absence of Colocotroni, had appointed Prince ,Maurocordato Vice-PreSident ; that the farmer resisted the appointmeht, and threatened the Senate with force, unless it was rescinded that the Prince, feeling his life in danger, fled in disguise to Hydra ; but Colocotroni, not satisfied with his absence, followed up his threats, by enter ing with menace the Hall of the Senate, where he was instantly arrested. It appears, according to the Turkish Paper (a bad authority, however), that the fallen Chief was equally unpopular with the Senate. ,and People. lie is charged, it adds, with, having embezzled the public trea sures taken at Tripolizza, Napolia di Romania, and other places, to the ,monstrous amount of thirteen millions—a most improbable acconnt, where the Greeks were in such want of resources, and' would naturally keep a jealous eye on such treasure. In one part of this Paper it is stated that Missolonghi was closely blockaded by the.; Turks by sea, and .by 15,00 Q Alba uians by land ; and that it wassprobable it W'ould not bold out lung. En another perai;raphit 'sub sequently states that the place was not taken, and was so well fortified and defended, that it would not easily be subdued by force. Does the Turkish paper hint it might by treachery ? It adds that the : plague was then raging on board the Turkish fleet, which had set sail in dismay for ,Constantinople, ,and it then, quotes a letter from Corfu, of the 18th September,' which states that the plague bad also obliged . the Turks to raise the. siege of Missolonghi, and that the army of the mercenary, Albanians of Jussuf Paella, was almost entirely in a rout, and dishat4ded. A part of the fleet of the barbarians, it appears, was seen on the. coast ,of Samos. by .an Austrian captain, followed by the G reek fleet ; a h eavy carmoua e,e was also heard for Sere.. rat hours, which probability ended in the capture and destruction of severalof . the Turkish vessels ; but, the *ccfateur Orientol I±4ll not give that intelligence, and closes the paragtapli by saying the result was not knoWn. is well for the Greeks that they have such an enemy. as the brutal , Ottomaa, whom even fatal expe rience cannot teach, and whose etforts they are every day rising superior. We should be sorry to see domoslic discoid and treason taint the great and interesting cause of the Greeks : united they now must eventually triumph; The dis jointed fabric of Ottoman despotism' is .tumbling to the earth, and the Doric Tetitple of Grecian Liberty is rising fast in its place, and its worshippers and supporters daily Increasing.--- The 'furl( has strnck, his last blow. at Greece and failed, aed he will attempt it, we think, no [mire. Ills last expedition has closed as disastrously as the former. It would be melancholy to see the rising freedorn of Greece, which resisted the force of its barbarian foe, fall before the dagger of domestic treason ; but we hope a far different fate is, under the be hest orPrevidence, in sfore . •for that fine and in teresting people, the history of whose great an se is so immortal. A chapel of that sect known in the provinces qs the ft.inters, was opened last Sunday,in the Broad way, Westminster ; the only instance of the kind in London, though by no means uncommon in the north of &gland. These people receive their designation from uttering the most piercing shrieks and screams in their devotions, similar to the Neapolitans at the exposure of the blood of St. Jattuarius, when, upon a certain day annually, it changes from a solid to a liquid state. A great number of people had aisembled the Sunday pre vious but were disappointed in the opening, on account of the license not having been procured. The preacher stood upon a tub turned upside down, and rested his hands upon the back of a chair, which contained the necessary vniume. He delivered a discourse of some merit, and after.. wards stated that the characteristics of their sect was an epdeavour at the most scrupulous confor mity with the manners and practices of the ear liest Christians ; for that purpose: they ltleyhis aries litatl:e ; fPre assembled in the open air, but and im'prisonment prevented a repetition of this, and caused the opening of this chapel. The pre sent Meeting passed off with decorum. A lady ' preached in the afternoon. NEW SOUTH WALES. By a late arrival from New South Wales, Sid. ney Gazettes to the 17th April, inclusive, have been received.''he following is an extract : INTERIOR OF THE COUNTRY. " SIDNEY, APRIL Io.—We have long been anxious to re port something relative to the interior of this country, which should not only be capable of imparting encouragement and sa tisfaction to the enterprising Colonist, but also be marked -by that veracity which should hereafter be incapable of refutation. Mr. Frazer, the Colonial Botanist, an eye-witness , of what lie describes, and whose researches in these Colonies are too well known to require any eulogium from our pen, istbe individual from whom we derive the following information ,respecting Wellington Valley, which is situate in lat. 32. deg. 32m. 45 sec. South, and long. 49. deg. 29 min. East. It is bounded on the North by the Macquarie River ; on the South, by the Narugal Hills ; on the West by the Olenfinlas range ; and on the East, by ranges of low and fertile hills. its extreme length, by mo derate computation, is about twenty-five miles, and its ex. treme breadth about three. Bell's River, a stream of conside rable magnitude, meanders through its centre, dividing it into a series of unconnected plains, beautifully distributed on both sides of the river, each containing on the average . upwards of one thousand acres of the richest land imaginable. The grapes and herbage are roost luxuriant, and the banks of the river are in many places covered with an impenetrable brush of herbaceous plants. Twelve miles South of the confluence of Bell's River, and the Macquarie, the valley gradually contracts, and the range on each side assumes a more elevated form, although not less fertile) and the plains retain their character throughout. The timber trees are prin cipally olive, pine, Casuarina (what the settlers call the Oak tree), and that known by the Colonists under the name of the Apple-tree ; all of, them exceeding an) thing seen on the east coast. On the Olenfinlas range are abundance of cypress of considerable dimensions, which have a' picturesque' appear. ance, and resemble at a distance the Scotch pine. The rivers abound in excellent fish, many of which have been known to weigh upwards of 401bs. ; fresh-water turtle has been caught weighing 151bs. Wild fowls (amongst which may be enume rated emus, pelicans, swans, ducks,l teal, quail, &e. &c.) are in the greatest abundance ; kangaroos are numerous. The geology of this tract is very interesting : On the South Bank of the Macquarie, three miles south-east of M. Oxley's encamp ment, are beds of green stone, containing very fine agates; the hills bounding the valley are composed of mountainlime. stone of the very best quality. The Glentinlaa range is prin. cipally formed of breccis, susceptible of a very excellent polish: slate has been observed in abundance a few mileslowar down. Jasper and porphyry have been,seen in large beds on the neigh bouring ranges ; and granite abounds on the ranges south east of the valley. Glenfinlas - presents a description of sce nery distinct from'any thing in the hithertacolonised districts of Austrialasia. The appearance of the dark green cypress and precipitous rocks, added to the peaked forms of the moun tains, is truly grand ; and the opening of the glen into the vei -1 ley is magnificent. The contrast between the two views is in describable. On the whole, the valley and the surrounding country may be justly termed one of the most interesting tracts ever passed over." ORIGIN OP TUE SLAVE TRADE.--it is worthy (1) remark, that this barbarous traffic originated in a I mistaken notion of humanity, and was, introduc ed by the most humane of null, the virtuous LA* CAstts, the friend and advocate of the suffering American Indians. Indignant at the barbarity 'with which the Spaniards treated the unhappy natives of America, and finding his efforts and exhortations of no avail, he repaired to Spain, and not only warmly advocated the cause'of the Indians, but recommended that negroes should be carried to America, as better ablq to bear the ratigue of wtorking,the plantations and the mines: his recommendation was readily adopted ; the native Indians were better treated, and the Slave rade was established. ORIGIN OF LITERARY Jounarm.s.--Literary Journals seem to have originated in France.— The idea first occurred to Devis de Salto, who, on the 30th of May, 1665, published the first number of the Journal des Seavans. The Jour= Rai of Leipsic appeared in 1684, under the title of Acta Eruditorum, edited by Markenins; and in 1684 Bay le began his Nouvelles de la Repub. clue des Leares.—lt seems that newspapers be gan in England during the civil wars under Charles I. ST. HELENA.--'Phis immense craggy rock (or according to the geographer, 1-4 hat we may ven ture to call the 'bland of Rai's) until of late years, excited but little interest, except to the occupants of ships passing to and from the East Indies : by them the approach to St. Helena was always a source of joy, as affording means for obtaining fresh water and potatoes, which latter are in considerable cultivation there. What St. Helena became when it was made the residence— the place of captivity—the scpulchre--of him who had awed Europe, and ravaged it too--Britain's favoured Isle excepted, modern historians have pourtrayed in shades and colours nearly as varie gated as those by which nature has distinguished the soil of their recital. What. St. Helena now is, our readers shall learn from us, as we haie it from an intelligent Gentleman direct from the place ;..it just the reverse of whet it has been ; no ships of war to intercept intercourse, no bay to interdict uninterrupted perambulation, Pven to a. peep at the modest tomb of " General BUONAPAIiTE;" which is now the only induce ment to the landing of strangers. All shops are closed up, the precautionary fortifications are slowly but surely proceeding to decay ; the new house transmitted from England as a suitable re. sidence for the once greatest captive of the age, is converted into ,a public school ; Longwood has assumed its native insignificance ; indeed in every particular, this 46 speck in the ocean," is again in appearance and effect, a mere watering place for shi pping.—(Recter Ga.:elle.) On Wednesday afternoon an accident happeqqd in Oxford-street, which had nearly proved fatal to three persons. A gentleman driving a gig,in which was a lady, with an infant at her breast, when by some circumstance the horse took fright, and went, off with alarming speed: the gentleman,in attempt ing to pull the animal n,broke the reins, by which lie lost all command,and it, was feared that he, the lady, and her child,would be killed every instant. However, they kept their seats undaunted, and the horse was eventutrily stopped,' uithout any injury being sustained. 'I he lady, of course, I,vaN much alarmed, and on being assisted from the gig, fainted. IDOL WORSHIP. The Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay contains a paper, by Sir Jomsethee coeva l on the Hindoo festival of Durah, the ce remonies of which were attended by a mystery of great wickedness. It was not uncommon on these occasions to immolate human victims on the altar of one of their goddesses ; and upon en quiring of a Brahmin as to the truth of the re port, Sir Jot's:MALCOLM was assured that his •10 formation was perfectly correct, and moreover that the unhappy persons who were selected as sin-offerings to the sanguinary divinity were usually closely connected with the individualS whose hands deprived them of life. Thepard" culars relative to this horrible sacrifice were col*, municated to Sir JOHN MALCOLM nearly 11 4 follows :—The Brahmins of the tribe Kurradee were formerly accustomed to immolate yearly a young Brahmin to Kula Dewary, an infernal goddess. This deity is supposed to delight ttt human blood, and is usually represented with three fiery eyes, and covered with red flowers; holding in one hand a sword, and in the other a battle-axe. The prayers of her " votaries are offered to her during the first nine days of the Dusrah feast, and in the evening of the tenthlial a grand repast is prepared, to which the 'whole family is invited. An intoxicating drug is se' cretly mixed with the food of the intended victim, who, in many cases, is a stranger, whom the master of the house has for several !months-- perhaps years—treated with the greatest kind ness and attention, and sometimes, to lull suspi cion, gives him his daughter in marriage. As soon , as the poisonous and intoxicating drug operates, the master of the house, unattended, takes the devoted person into the temple, leads him three' times round the idol, and, on his prostrating him' self before it, takes this opportunity to cut his throat. ile. collects with the greatest care the blood in a small bowl, which he first applies t ° the lips of the ferocious goddess, and theft sprinkles it over her body ; and a hole having been dug at the feet of the idol, he de" posits the corpse in it with the greatest care, in order to prevent discovery. After the perpetra tion of this horrid act, the Kurradee Bra h min returns to his family, and spends the night in mirth and revelry, convinced that by his praise' worthy act he has propitiated the favour of the blood-thirsty deity for 12 years. On the Mou . ing of the following day the corpse is taken fro g/ the hole, into which it has been thrown ; and the idol is laid aside till next Dusrah,'when a similar sacrifice is made. The discontinuance of thiS barbarous superstition was occasioned by the knowledge of a very revolting case having heels conveyed to the Peishwa of the district some: time before Poona was added to the British dome' nions; who suppressed immediately this ordere,t the Brahmins, or at least forbade the exercise et their detestable rites within the limits of his go yerinnent. ORroIN OF T 111: Itt.):>l. LIM SAT.ENcy. ita\ a league from Noyon is the charming villa ge o f. Salency, famous for the ceremony of " La Rose i '' to which it owes all the virtues that adorn its in habitants. St. M6dart, who was born lierela the fifth century, instituted this festival, and iff t; a fief, still called de la Rose, to defray the 0' pences. The most virtuous of Salency'smaiden s, judged so by twelve elders of the parish, was t () receive, on the Bth of June, 25 lives, and a char let of roses. No candidate was admitted vri'° se parents were not irreproachable; and no othr claim was admitted but eighteen years of a v ir i tuous and unblemished life. The d e scendants those who saw the origin of this pleasing instr ° : tion still dwell on this happy spot ; for ni f strangers are ever admitted, and no maid ° Salency ever married with a stranger. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL• 1Y R. BANCKS. PHILOSOPHICAL INBTIIIISIP.NTMHIK3 I Thermo- 1Ve3111i:r• meter. :___,—.--•;----"' Vi. 2 ~... to , ~.., .... •,..., — t" •-. •,, , ,:i ~..• —. • •-, ' l 5 , • = 4 • . s_ , 17 - t3 7 ": :i. 1 ,, 2 r, - ;, .... et ••P• '''' ' • •-• :"' • nr •g , ot o Inches • rail' Oct. 17 44 52 144 29.6 PO! . c ow. 18 47 1 53' 47 .66 .02 Rain 00, 19 54 58 159 .70 ClondY i:,,ir to so 5s 62 1 ao.os 1 ttAin I 1 ) ,,, 21 54 58 46 1 .30 Do. po. 22 54 58 46 .33 Do• Ur. 93 52 57 47 .80 Do. pd. 24 49 156 40 .35 1 Do. " a hii i ' .02 hundredth Hs Mara fallen in the ab lore r .ight days. BIRTHS. 'tile AL''. At Vest Alvington Vicarage, Devon, the LAY , Edward Edgell, of a son. potig c At Chester, on the 16th inst. the Lady of Maj or of a son. „.... -- AI A RR IE D. gi° to Ott Satunlay last, Mr. Gill, sureon, of bodn °ll l,olFP Mullen, eldest daughter of the late Sir. T. Bunco) ul h " 10 " . of Bury. On Monday last, at Moulton, near Newmarket, " D o ' !0' Moss, linen-draper, of ALlstone Field, Staffordshire, Hannah Brittain, of the former place. ise.t e Ort the 23d inst. Mr. Francis J o hn Blake v soljeitO r ' , :o ll, with, to Sarah, eldest daughter of the Reli. Cleorge Wood Norton, Norfolk. ,: DIED. - tilii it of wh A i t ct i t le P b a e r city i i s u l e d l t l i l t t e ry l d 9 m t l ir severalgt l i y , t4 :a a t: s i t r i i withe well as to the general satisfaction. of the inhabitants in ~,, . 1 , he represented. pritV Lately, at Drontheirn, in Norway, Lieutenant-Of ~, 0 Sey o e n rs t te h d e t 2 , BCothminiilsatnd,err;aiinl-celiief of the northern d ut l e iri r " - ::: army, and Governor of the, city of Drontheim. , e 9 0 On the 29th inst., Mrs. Ann Barnard, relict of f To, i , f, li-(4)g°l\liellbt:cfilreFrderisatin(tl(LeLi'll:ll.Vo'i'lc;r John Barnard, of College-street, Westminster, aged OF y, the youngest B. B h' U"dge, Bridg . e.StXe ^t Southwark. , ~..stre ` hi,; o 2i n ith the y ltt . h inst., John 'Sparks, Esq., of St. ini l " ior. l e f . ! -Ow Friday last, after two days Mlles's, .. o ils,' aged 66, p op t i it ateheson, formerly a surgeon at Lynn.. Ott l's ,ith ° of ir yniine. were interred, rigre,eably to his request. I`sol,o, honours, .at St. Nicholas' chapel, followed "by '11.70 it t n "Onli; with-the regalia of the different lodggs4''' tt ht frinted anti Published for the PROPRISTOTIS' S . Orricu. 112, Strand, by J. B. CAUST4tI'