The Sun. — London, England, 1823-05-13 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from - the Morning Papers, May 13. [Tilt TIMES.] Paris Papers of Saturday last are arrived. The intelligence they bring from Spain is, interesting.. The Cortes assembled at Seville on the 23d ult. We present an account of their proceedings, the most important of which is the Speech of the President.—(See another column of TuE Su N . .) This document is just and proper ; it announces a fact which contradicts many foolish reports in circulation here, respecting the opening of sego. ciations ; it states that the invaders had hitherto made no propositions for peace ; and that the Cortes would receive such only at Seville. The Speech, however, breathes a warlike spirit, and reasons upon the certainty of a prolonged contest. The Deputies to the Cortes are ridiculed in the French Ultra Pa perF,on account of the unostenta tious manner in which they made their appear ance at Seville : so were the Members of the 'Tiers Etat mocked on their arrival at Paris at the beginning of the French Revolution, by the flaunting foolish Noblesse ; but a short time suf ficed to show where real power resided. The French, it appears, had not thought it worth the Nvhile to issue a declaration of war against Spain, supposing, no doubt, they had a right to kill re forming Spaniards wherever they met them. The King of Spain has issued a declaration, in which he designates invaders as the troops of the French Government ? [NEW TIMES.] Consols closed yesterday at 781, and for the' new Account in July at 781; Spanish Bonds also have fallen from 36 to 311. This depression is merely owing to the manoeuvres of the jobbers, covered, us is usual, with various rumours of a political nature, not worthy the slightest atten tion. It was reported in the'City that a British merchantman had been detained and sent into Bilboa by a French cruiser; and what of thlt ? Did not British cruizers, during our war with France, detain and sendju thousands of neutrals ? And did we not contend that it was the right of all belligerents so to do, on reasonable suspicion that the detained vessels had enemy's property on board ? And yet there are people stupid enough to suppose that one such incident, if it be title, must plunge us into a will* with France ? We say " if it be true ;" for we really believe it more probable that the detention was effected by a Spanish cruiser, which sent its prize into 13i1- boa, not knowing it to be in French possession. However, these matters are almost too trivial to notice. We turn to the French Journals of Sa turday, which present the most satisfactory ac counts of the campaign. The head-quarters of the Allies were on the 7th at Briviesca. The Chronicle quotes the authority or" a well-known Military Gentlernan," , to prove that 46 thiugt are going on as well as the best friends of the Spa. niards could possibly desire." We are ftilly of that opinion. The best friends of the Spaniards must desire that they should get rid of the im becile and incompetent creatures who for some time past have tyrannised over them ; . and should establish a moderate Government equally re-- moved from anarchy and despotism ; and this, the latest news from Seville seems to prove, is most likely to happen.—The Chronicle has (un intentionally no doubt) paid a most flattering compliment to the upright policy of the British Cabinet,and to the diplomatic ability of Sir Wil liam A'C t ourt. It asserts that the anxiety of Ministers for some accommodation of the affairs of Spain is undiminished ; that Sir Wm. A'Court's jealous and good offices have been renewed at ; and that, the present plan is not to de mand any direct modification of the Spanish Con stitution, but to get in Ministers more pliant and tractable than the late ones, under a hope that through their means a promise of future modifi cation may be obtained. [4OItNING IiEttAI.DI We have received by Express, the Nuevo Diario of Madrid, from the '27th to the 30th in-' elusive from which we extract the following highly interesting intelligence : We learn from Cadiz that the niereitat vessel Velez Ma riana, proceeding from Vera Cruz and Hevannah, with some passengers and a mi ll ion and A half of dollars and other pro.. petty, all belonging to private individuals, has been captured by a French vessel in the mouth of the Bahama Channel on the 7th of February last, and conducted' to Martinique This scan dalous infraction of the right of nations must convince those who are yet mad enough to lie under any delusion, that the sa tellites of the despot of France come only to make war against liberal principles, and that our infamous enemies enter into no other investigation in order to cause us the greatest losses, than that resorted to by the rubbers on the highway, who never ask any other question from the unfortunate travellers—except —who are' those who have mast to be 'robbed of. If this in famous robbery---if this scandalous piracy, do not kindle into passion even those who are most hostile to the Constitutional :system, they shall he eleserving of the lot that awaits them. Those who have hitherto looked with criminal apathy on the entry of those robbers., may be certain that they will not get off more free from the restorers of the Inquisition, than they have from the soldiers of Buonepnrte. 'On the atli, at five in the morning, our. troops were attacked by the factious, between Torrence anti Picacenti. The number of the latter was' about anti that of theConstitutinnale may have amounted to 1,000, between infantry and cavalry. The result has been to cause to the enemy thelose of 40!i men, without our losing more titan . t.OO. In 'Video ci titer. was ani net vivid tire o f heavy artillery. The Political Chief 'of the province of Jativa, in a dispatch dated from Alicant on the Ilth, states he had just received, by an extraordinary courier an official communication, in which it is Said that, at four o'clock in the evening of the I2th, General Mina entered Tarragona, where he remained half an hour, and that he proceeded to form a junction with a division of 4,000 inun, which w.ut hastening in the direction of Valencia. By another dispatch, from the Political Chief-of Alicant, dated the 18th, it appears that Valencia continued to defend itself he roically that the division of Martin, which had suAred some slight miefortune, had rallied, and that information of assist unce &hill Catalonia was confirmed from Vinareux. Bertram de (As was itt Akira with sonic force: [nnurtstt enEss.] Lord Grey brought on his motion with a most obit. address last night in the Upper liouse, calling for information from Ministers on the subject of the capture of the Veloz, Spanish mer chant ship, by the Jean Bart, French cruizer, previous to a declaration of war by France: His Lordship afterwards dwelt on the Proclamation of the Provisional Government of the Duke of Angouleine in Spain, on %Ida; he else required hformation. The third point on which his speech reited was the situation in which France stands with respect to the Alliance of Sovereigns as• sembled at Verona. The Noble Errl then pro. ceeded to make some powerful allusions to his own sentiments on a former occasion, in 1810, contrasted with those lately delivered by him in that House, which he reconciled most fully. Utter want of space prevents us, this day, enlarging further on this important de bate, or on that in the tower House on the motion of. Mr. Goulburn, for the renewal of the odious and unconstitutional Insurrection Act in Ireland a measure which may inflame every cause of dissension, but never will tranquillize that country. We are authorised, on the highest and most unquestionable authority, to contradict the paragraph in the Courier Paper of last night, stating the Spanish vessel the " Veloz," captured by the Jean Bart, was a letter of marque, or that, directly , or indirectly, she had from the Spanish Government any autho rity whatsoever to make captures. No letters of marque were issued by that Government until after the Ist of March ; and the assertion of the discarded Courier, that the " Veloz was was a Spanish privateer, with a Spanish letter of marque grant. ed by the Spanish Government during the negociations, or be fore, as we believe, at Verona," is like all the late asertions and information of the Courier, unfounded and destitute of an atom of truth. The Spanish vessel was an armed merchant man, carrying guns in her own defence, but bearing no go vernment commission, nor is there the slightest foundation, we are assured, for the assertion of the Courier, that any French vessels were plundered by the " Veloz."—As to the ot ficial.advices of the Courier, these are at an end—even the Secretary (its ancient correspondent) dare not now make that Paper the most trivial communication ; its official authority is all Vudgc,"—its day is gone by—all parties now despise the C'ourier.—( nu) [MORNING cnitoxict.E.l Our limits will only-allow us to allude to the triumphant answer given last night by Earl Grey in the House of Lords to the attempt of Mr. Canning to establish an inconsistency be tweet' his sentiments In 1810 and at the present conjuncture. Whatever may be the immediate result of the attempt of France, whether despo tism shall be immediately re-established, or Europe be involved in a general war, in either case the blame certainly belongs to Ministers.— A firmness at the proper season would, without fail, have prevented the invasion. Nothing can be more conclusive than the reasoning of Lord Grey on this point.—" The Noble Lord (Liverpool) had, he said, stated on a former occasion that he (Earl. G.) under-rated the diffi culties of the enterprise in which France had embarked ; he had dwelt on the advantages pos sessed by Spain for protracting a defensive war, on the amount of her population, on the difficul ties which the French army would have to en counter in obtaining supplies, and on. the enor mous expences which must be incurred by France. No man certainly was a better judge of those expences than the Noble Earl, but these diffi culties were not likely to be less known in France than in this country, and could it be doubted for a moment, that, if in addition to all these difficulties which they must have estimated before embarking in this enterprise, a firm remonstrance had been made on the part of this country, it would not have had the effect of preventing the aggression? The Noble Earl ad► Witted that there was great vacillation In the French Government, and there could be no doubt that a remonstrance made in a proper tone lby this country would have been followed by' a strong manifestation of the public feeling, not only in France, but throughout Europe, for the Despots of the Continent were not so entirely absolved from all dependence on public opinion, but that they would have paused long before they would have ventured, after such a remon strance, to embark in a war which might have shaken their own Thrones to their very founda tion." [MORNING POST.] The crimes and the punishment of Carlile have, we believe, excited no difference of opinion amongst the respectable classes of the community. he profligacy and audacity which marked his avowed and boasted defiance of the law, are no believed by any rational man in England to have been punished with an excessive rigour. The public justice of the country has been in charge, and he should therefore, as far as we are concerned, have been permitted to escape any fur ther ordeal of private animadversion, were it not that the Whigs, with the fatality which impels them to blend themselves with whatever inspires general disgust and contempt, seem determined to adopt him as the protege of their party, and to elevate the legal chastisement of the Blasphemer into the dig nity of a national grievance. In these times, truly, it is no easy matter to get up a decent grievance, but the desperate attempt to fabricate one out of the punishment of Carlile, con vinces us that the dearth of material for this species of manufac ture is more successive even than we had supposed. In order to engage the sympathy of the English people for this vanquished defter of the law, Mr. flume gets up in Parliament, and de clares him to he he most moral man in the country, and the Whig Press is in an extasy of wonder and delight at what it very significantly terms the moral courage displayed by the declaration. Mr. flume and his party have afforded us abund dant opportunities of forming an accurate estimate of their po. litical principle and their patriotic feelings, but till now we were not aware that they had instituted for themselves a pe culler code of social and domestic morals. The unqualified praise bestowed upon Carlii , , however, not only intimates to us the existence of this Whig code of morals, but unfolds to us also some of its very striking peculiarities. By this new system of ethics, the most moral man in the world, in his domestic relations, is one who being at the head of family, engages in an unequal contest, the termination of which can be no other than to deprive that family of his pro tection and superintendence ;- one who, being a husband, forces or entices his wife into a situation the most revolting to the natural and amiable feelings of her sex, who hardens her to have the exposure of a public trial, and the sufferings of a long imprisonment ; one who, being a brother, tempts his sister into the sante gulf of abasement and of pain into which he had precipitated his wife, and divests her so far of all the gender feelings of womanhood as to fit her for wrangling with flippancy and ignorance amongst Judges and Lawyers. This is the pre-eminently moral man, according to the Whig system of morality.--We' have forborne to touch upon the nature of the offences by which Carlile exposed himself and his family to the wholesome severity of the last By the Whig code of morals, they probably constitute his highest Merits. ANTIQUITIES.—The Diario di Roma gives an account of an interesting discovery of objects of ancient art, made on the Ilth ultimo, in making some repairs near the Monastery of St. Lucia. At a very mall depth in the ground, the workmen found a finger and a fragment of the arm of a statue. This gave occasion to further searches; and on digging to the depth of only a few palms,five statues, of the size of life, were dis-• covered among some rubbish. Three of these statutes are Fauns in different attitudes : one, a Silenus ; and the fifth represents . one of the Appiades. The most pet fefect of the fauns has the head : the others, and the Silenus, want the head, or some other parts, which, it is hoped', will yet be found. The Workman;. ship is extremely beautiful, and the original lustre of the surfaces still preserved. There have also been discovered, a column of dark broWn colour, about two palms in diameter ! another smaller ; and part of an ancient wall. On exploring the interior of this wall, to the heighth of about ten palms, and in breadth'to about two anti a half, it was found to be faced with marble. The pavement before it is entire, and is et:in structed of marble of various colours and forms. At the distance or about eight palms from this wall, the plinths of the first mentioned column, and of two others, were found. It appears that, at this spot, there had been a portico with statues, which had been thrown down towards the road, which is the direction. 'of the fragments, and the bricks of the ruin. By prosecuting the digging, the other sides of the building and its ornaments will, perhaps, be found ; and we shall then learn the dimen sions of the edifiee, which doubtless was rich in specimens of the fine arts. About this monastery , and tha t of San 31artino, there exist considerable remains of ancient public works, which, according to the opinion of antiquaries, belonged to the baths of Trojan. FOR THE SUN. GAS LIGHTS. MR. EDITOR—The discussions pending at this time before the Committees on Gas Light Bills, in the House of Commons, on the respective merits of Coal and Oil Gases, are of sufficient public importance to induce me to conclude that you will afford a corner in your valuable Journal for a few observations from perhaps the largest experienced consumer of gas, for the purposes of domestic il lumination, since this new mode was originally proposed. It is nearly twenty years since I witnested se' feral experiments on the inflammable gas obtain able from coal, wood, oils, and whale blubber. Theobject sought to be by them established, was the comparative efficiency of the lights produced, as applicable to domestic uses. The results proved, that if the gas produced by coal could be divested of its sulphurous parts, by purification, it would certainly be preferable to that yielded from oil, although the ptocess was less complex for the latter, and its intensity of _light much greater. This preference of coal gas arose from the great difficulty of obtaining well manufac tured tubes for the conveyance of oil gas, from its extreme penetrating qualities through the slightest fissure, or porous parts of joints, and ne cessary connections in pipes, as well as from the abundant emission of carbon during combustion, especially under an unexpected increase of pres sure, or through the carelessness or ignorance of servants, in adjusting the stop-cock, thereby pro ducing the same effect as when the wick of any oil lamp is suffered to be so high as to smoke and fill the room with" blacks," the annoyance of which is well known, independently of the injury caused to furniture and ceilings. The gas from wood did riot appear at all likely to be fit for useful application, on account of the pyroligneons effluvia attending its combustion, and the want of sufficient intensity of light from it. These disadvantages did not result from coal gas to the same extent, and, as far as they exist ed, have proved to be easily surmounted, which accounts for its adoption, and the encouragement it has met with of late years, especially for shops and streets. Private houses have introduced the use of this light less rapidly than might have been expected, owing, perhaps, to the prejudices attending the introduction of new discoveries, 1 have it in every part of my house, to the entire exclusion of tallow and oil, my chamber and nursery having the light burning regularly through the whole night. The heAlth of my family has not in the least suffered from it, and the use of it in the drawing and dining rooms appears to tend to preserve the oyiginal appearance of delicate coloured chintz furniture, carpets, and gilt orna ments, or rather that the injurious effects of other modes of lighting have not been at all discern ible. Its convenience, safety, cleanliness, and avoidance of grease spots, renders it so desirable, that though its expence might be treble what it now is, and the great economy now experienced, not to be felt, I would certainly not desist from the use of it. These observations premised, I will briefly ad vert to the claims of Oil Gas, to supersede the use of Coal Gas. The process of generating the former is said to be more simple ; supposing it to be so, still that does not interest the public, where the supply can be obtained from the mains in our streets ; but where this does not exist, it ought to be known, that the means of procuring coal gas are no more, if so difficult, than for oil gas. An equally portable apparatus has been, and is em ployed, for making the gas from coal, on a small scale, as has been introduced for oil ; and from inspecting which ; I have been able, during a visit on the continent, to contrive a method to supply myself, without material inconvenience, from the fire that heated my sitting room, with a beautiful and perfectly pure coal gas light ; so that I have no doubt the benefits of the invention will be soon procurable from the kitchen fire, the trouble of which will not be considered an obstacle, where no more read) means to obtain the gas exist. An increased 'intensity of light is next put forth as a recommendation of oil gas, but as has - been already stated, the superabundance of car bon it contains, will, in practice, more than counterbalance the advantage supposed to be de rived, by the production of a greater light from a smaller sized flame, and the oleaginous " blacks" or soot produced from an excess of it will be found most prejudicial : so that, on the score of cleanliness, it, certainly cannot compete with coal gas ; and although an equal sized flame gives, to that from oil, a greater intensity of light, yet its expense is by tio means less than that from coal ; for its manufacturers propose to furnish only one third in quantity, Or thereabouts, of oil gas, for t he pr i ce Paid for coal gas, so that the public do n o t btetit by the professed advantage of in creased intensity. For this reason, oil gas con sumers are required to take their gas by measure, and not per light, as coal gas is mostly supplied, which secures the manufacturer against all waste ' ful burning, while it materially militates against the pocket of the consumer, for should neglect, or a more reprehensible motive, cause a consump tion of oil gas to the excess that is nightly apparent in the burning of c oa l gas, either as to volume of flame, or even in some instances, as to intensity of light, he will be at three times the cost for oil than he would have beet) for coal gas. Admitting a superior intensity of light, yet ano ther objection of importance arises, from the less degree of tenacity o f the oil gas flame to continue ignited. It has been proved, that it is liable to be extinguished, by the drafts or currents of air, frequently experienced in passages, and in rooms by the sudden shutting or opening of doors. This may be accounted for, both from the components of nit gas, and from the slighter pressure, the in terest of the manufacturer obliges him to regulate the supply with, in the main pipes. This objection does not apply (except in a far more remote degree) to coal gas ; the constitu tion of which, as well as the high pressure a re gular and sufficient ,supply requires, render it in this respect much superior, especially as the manufacturer is not furnishing so costly a ma terial, and therefore is more capable of dispens ing it with the liberality the public expect. The consequences to be apprehended from the facility in oil gas to be extinguished by a slight puff of air are most serious, since the liability of explosion is thereby much greater. A material advantage of coal gas, which nightly experience convinces me of, is the smallness of light it can at pleasure be xeduced to, even less than a rushlight, and yet to possess the satisfac tion of having a larger light at command, by the mere turn of the valve : to myself, and all others, to whore much light in a bed-chtlmber is un pleasant, this is a circumstance of great comfort, not attainable from oil gas. It is also stated that the action and incrusta tion caused by coal gas (which by the way, must be from its impurity not having been duly removed) in copper and brass tubing, does not occur with oil gas. •The inquiries I have had the curiosity to make into this fact, shew, however, that in fittings used some years for oil gas, a thick matter depo/its itself, not sufficiently liquid to be removed by inclining the tube containing it ; so that all the present inconveniences nd expence of renewing and cleansing coal gas copper fittings will be experienced where oil gas is used. Moreover this accumulation or precipitate takes place uniformly in every species of metallic tubes with oil gas, whereas impure coal gas only will produce an action on copper, and on no other metal likely to be used for the conveyance of gas. I take this opportunity of stating from ob servation and experience, that lead and tin tubing is most fit for the purpose, although seldom re commended, because gas light fitters find it less profitable to use the most durable material, as it renders their services far less frequently neces• sary. _ _ having generally shown that Oil Gas does not equal Coal Gas for cleanliness, economy, conve• nience, or safety, I have only to observe that it is competent for the existing Gas Companies to adopt such material for the production of gas fights as appears most beneficial to the Public ; and if any superior to coal should be found, it will be to their interest to substitute it ; but until then the advantages from an increased consump tion of coal, as affording the REAL NURSERY FOR SEAMEN, which is not derived from the Whale Fisheries, as is erroneously, supposed, most ensure encouragement from the Public for the use of Coal Gas. VERAX. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 11323. MONDAY, MAY 12. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soy. each, for three-yr-olds and 6st. 65. _ upward:. IA G. H. Cavendish's c. by Orville, out of Barrossa, 3 yrs - - 1 Ld Warwick's Cardinal Puff, 3 yrs, 6st. 1011). Mr. Wyndham's Black-and-all-Black, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b. 3 Mr. Hunter's Tressilian, 5 yrs, Bst. 12 1 b. - - Mr. Prendergast's f. by Rainbow, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b. - 5 5 to 2 agst Orville c.-2 to 1 apt Treasilian. Sweepstakes of 100 soy. each, h. ft. for 3-yr-old colts, Bst. 61t. i is fillies, fist. 3tb. not enga g ed in th e Derby or Oaks. P.M. LowtherLd d out of names Mr . esMr . . Rogers . 's b. c .. Eden . , by Com . us, 21 D. of Grafton's c. by Soothsayer, out of Petronilla - D. of Portland's c. by Teasdale, out of an Election mare 3 Ld Grosvenor's Bryn-y.orkyn - - sto 4 agst Eden-4 to 1 agst Soothsayer c.-6 to 4 apt Tess . dale c.—Five piiid. Sir J. Byng's Friar Bacon, Bst. 41b. beat Mr. Thornlulls Adolphus, list. 71b. Ab.M. 100 sor. h. ft.-6 to 4on Friar Bacon. LciExeter's Augusta, Bst. 6fb. beat Mr. Fox's Mae('leitom' D.M. 200 sov.--Even betting. LONDON AIARKETs. FOR THE SUN. Mn. ED/TOIL,--The CHANCELLOR of the Ex. CHEQUER'S NEW BEER BILL may now be consi dered as having passed into a law; and of course is become a fair subject of examination. The professed object of the measure i s , to prov id e t h e poor man (including, 1 suppose, the mechanic) with a cheap beve rage ; but a beverage to be cheap must be useful, otherwise the purchaser if it, will find it a dear one. How far the beer allowed to be brewed by this act will answer that description I shall proceed to shew. Good malt in the hands of a skilful brewer will produce 4 density of Nibs. per quarter. Moderately strong beer, fit for the publican, may be stated at 301bs. per barrel; table-beer a t f rom II to 121bs ; and the new bey, reckoning at 5i barrels to the quarter of malt, at 15,}lbs. The beer duty on the strong beer is at the rate of about 3s. Id. per bushel of the malt used in the brewing of it, on the table beer 25., and on the new beer something mor e on the strong. If the above statement is correct, and I believe it cannot be controverted, what is become of the boon promised to the poor man ? he is to pay 10d. per gallon instead of 6d., or two-thirds more, for a beer tbat, with the best materials, and under the best management, will be little more than one-fourth stronger, and, with indifferent malt, will be about the same strength; which will neither support him in his labour, nor keep - him from resorting to the alehouse in search of a more palatable drink. A more cruel mockery never was practised on the public; in deed the Act may be considered as nugatory;_ for what man, understanding . the brewing business, will build a brewery, set up an expensive establishment, and subject himself to all the onerous regulations and heavy penalties of the Act, to brew a beer which he has no chance of selling ? Had the length allowed to be brewed been from 4 to 4i (41 on the average,) barrels, per quarter of malt , the strength would not have exceeded 19 lbs. per barrel, far below that of publicans' beer ; yet it would have sold in considerable quan. tities, and have been of real service to the community. The beer duty would then have been 2s. Od. per bushel on the malt used, or such a proportionate duty as the preamble to the Act would lead one to expect. We can now only wait the event of the bill that Mr. BROUGHAM has promised to bring in, for the purpose of altering the mode of licencing public houses, and wish him success ; and when that measure is in progress, if you will allow me, I shall take the liberty , of oiThring some observations on it, through the medium of your excellent Paper. I am, Sir, your humble Servant, A BREWER. DREADFUL Ft R E.-4 Lady burnt to Death.— An alarming fire burst forth, at twelve o'clock last night, at the house of Mr. GOTTI, New street, Covent-Garden, which very soon de stroyed the house and some premises in a court behind : the adjoining houses were partially de stroyed.—A very melancholy catastrophe oc curred from the suddenness and rapidity of the flames ; the inmates were obliged to jump from the windows into the street ; an old lady ap peared at an 'attic window, and for a length of time uttered the most appalling shrieks, seem ingly not understanding the intreaties of the multitude to jump out, a bed being placed in the street to receive her : at-length a ladder was raised, and a man intrepidly ascended, but just as he arrived at the window' the unfortunitte lady uttered a piercing cry, and sunk with the floor through the ruins, and has not since been found. Tim man was obliged to jump from the ladder to save his life. Sulu' n E.—Yesterday afternoon, an Inquest was held at the Windsor Castle, Francis -street, Tothillfields, before Mr. limos, Coroner, on the body of Charlotte Miller, who cut her throat. The deceased was a fine young woman, in the keeping of a certain individual, and had tin infant ten months old. Verdict—" The deceased met her death, by her own act, having cut her throat in a fit of delirium." . ._ _ _ Early on ridgy morning some incendiaries broke into the vestry of St. George's Chapel, Portsea, and after forcing open all the locked up places therein, in search of dis posable property, they maliciously set fire to the book shelves, a bureau, &e. which destroyed a great many papers and books; but fortunately the fire . was discovered by one of the inhabitants living opposite, who hastened to the spot, and succeeded in arresting its progress before any material injury was done to the building. Two men have been taken up on suspicion, and tools found at their apart ments which correspond with the marks made in ripping open the doors, &c. It is very remarkable that the Portsea Watch-honsc is in the same chapel yard, close to the vestry, and none of the watchmen appeared to have heard any noise, or knew any thing of the circumstance, till after the fire was extinguished. PRICE OF BREAD The price of the 41b. Loaf is stated at sid. by bakers. There are o th ers o f th e t ra d e w h o se ll from a half penny to three halfpenc e b e l ow th a t rate. the full-priced IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEr.. - English. Leith. Foreign • Wheat 6,513 - Barley - --- Malt - --- Oats Rye. - -- Beans . 1,4.28 Peas •••,..... 41....,...'... m. 0... Taro, Rapeseed — 72o kti usikaril Seeds lB9 I 9 Flour - 1,015 Brunk Linseed , 1 - ,000 SEEDs, May IL • Red Clore r ( Foreign) 14s its—fine, 87i—new —s per cwt. Ditto English 0..... Itis 44s 29s—new, 34s 46s 49s 549 White ditto 471 376—fiar, st• 601 63 Trefoil .... per cwt.... ICs 15s--fine is 175 195 Per cnt• Ribgrass Carraway Seeds Coriander do lOs Its 145 Spring Tarr: .• • —s Od —5 Od —s Cinque Foin Rye-Grass ... Vs to 366—tiii.: ---5 per ti r . les to 255--riew, ties 30s per gr • Canary ... per qr —s 405 to 46 s 011 p e. .1.. White Mustard Seed lOl to 1150 d Brown ditto 9s to 155 Od Winter Tares 345 to 305 Od per qr. Rape Seed .. 'ail to 46105 2611 281 per Last. Turnip Seeds. Linseed —s Oa 65 to 73 6d pr. WO. --s—fine, —4-5 per qr. NEAVGATE AND LBADENHALL MARKETS, May 12. By the Carcase. • Beef Qs to 3s 8d 1 Vrai ........ Ss 0,1 to 4s 8 Mutton Qs Bd to 45 Od 1 P0rk ........ gs 8,1 tu 45 061 Lawb, 4s Od to 65 Bd. ..S T.JAMES'S HAY MARKET, Atel 10. O N. id H H a a y y 3l 101 Od to 41 lis Clortr, 410 s to 41 151 Od SN O ti l r, tl : H d. l a t y t 0.. 0 . 1 0 21 : 1 10 : 51: toooo:idstltt tiot:ll4To23o:llditoo.loisssESotooLitdicia_ut......E.lll,3:::rraratiaggdgereit:923llll77,oss 66dOdd. Clover 3l us Od to 31 5s 00--Arrrage, 51 ea 64 WHITECHAPE L. Flay 3; 10. Od to 41 6s Od--Averagr, 51 Od 01 04 Od 51 od Straw 4l 4s od t„ ht s 0,1.---Arcrage, tl Clot- 41 Os Od to 4! 16s od--:-Averagr, 41 - Bs 0d ---- PRICE OF fIOPSt per Cwt., May 9. Pockets. I Bags. ent .. 21 I6s a3l IO N a 5l 05 )dent)dent .. 41 4s aSISsa 41 Ss K Sussex.. ti lOs a4l IBs aSt Ss Sus sex 21 Os a4l 6s a4l 11 Essex • . 21 Us a3lbs a 31 lbs Essex.. 31 4s a2l 16s .1 SI St Farnham, hue, 61 6s to 81 Os--Second, S 1 los to 61 6s -------......----. RAW HIDES. Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... od 9 0,1 to to 6il 3s 04 to 35 Market *Calf .. each.. 9sud Middlings es Sd to g.10:1 Eng. Horse o$ ud to ‘)% Fells Poed V • Odd 9dtvc)di '' PRICE OF LEATHER. ia t o t o -- Butts, 50 to 5611)5 each per lb D tin itto, ai to 661hs each e4d lu 9.,, d d 6 Dressing Hides - led t° Ilid Coach Hides Crop Hides, 26 to 401bs for cutting 19 1 t o 2 id el Ditto .... 45 to 501bs Calf Sloins..S6 to 401bs Ditto 50 to 701hs ................... I6d to . 70 to isOlbs . so t o 26tt Ditto Small Seals itheenland) is d to tgi 16d t° % Large ditto Tanned Horse Hides Spanish Horse Hides rid t o , 16_____„(1 to 191-4 PRICES OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. jler 9: N 4 Town Tallow 40s Od —s Oct Yellow Soap ''''''''' ' 7 " Yellow Russia Sas Oct —s Od Mottled ''''''''''''' . yes White ditto .. oil —s 04.! Curd ................. Soap ditto.... 99s 0,1 —s od Graves ............ ;;„ oa Melting Stuff 47s Od —s orl GoodOregs ......... Ditto Rough.. las od —s (Id PRICE OF CANDLES, FllO3 Price of Candles, per dozen tid per dozen allowe TALLOW t.IIO4PLISIt'S HAL. 11 , 8s 60-- Moulds, 10i Od. ed for ready looney. --_---- Prli'cßelCuErTOatoßwA(aWs stated by hpyeroSetl:lloo6lh.--Ma); COUNTRY MARKET. . "KETt MAT 1. 1 Bark) , nw, i I I Os to t I I Jil Beans, prr gr. I I i 6. to if Gs Pease, per yr. i I Ids to 1 01; Rye, per q__1::......2.1:22:(---'o),s Gtricuroao Al Wheat per 1. 14; Os to 171 lOs New Wheat.. —1 Os to —1 Os Oats, per qr II 6s to 11 I4s New ditto.— 01 Os to 01 Os Ships at Matket.COAL MARKET, May 12. pr ice, Shipp told. 1s Newcastle 1 Sunderland .. Monday a man named StiELRAN; civil bill decree against a man named Neal, in the llelb A, hood of Cross Barry, on the read to Bandon, was unfortunately '".--------- BIRTHS. L 3", A , of raa On the 11th inst., at Gifford's-hall, Suffolk, the ck Power Esq., of a 4aughter ec , th e tri On the I ith inst ,in Devonshire-street, Portland -1"e Lady of Richard Gosling, Esq., of 11(_____L"K hter. _..--- ThOonmaTshuArsdahanyd,otliiieetistlsi:niinitanititt,l:3l.:gt. esPasnocraseet, re o e slr ve n t-h t tlil . w ea w ___ L b: , sq., o ant - wi k-Pl ll _ll deo, to :Airs. Ann Sherwin, Hunter-street, Prun s al kei* - 4 _By license, on the 12th instant, at St. • 14311n'8 ' - r e1 ,,-' Thomas, second sort of the late Itlr. Stephen Ni 0 0 NVidton.upon-Tharnes, to 31ary, third daughter of William Vannes, Esq., of the same place. This morning, at his hou 4 DIF.:1). I olt . NETT, many 3tl l 7 h i s years Master of Lloyd's, in the 7 , age- On the 30th 1 - • • u t., at h.eswiek, Captain 3luckle, of the Itoyri. Navy, On the Bth inst., at hiss -at', aged 75. Well' On • Saturday the 10th inst., at her father's house. .. okenbouse-yard. 3,,r,e5, a mood, s un . e , ' Loui •",. I • f Jo yril WO.' Louisa, Youngest chug oe fre, Esq. l' Ica Ou• On ' me 10th inst., at Catertism Surrey Mr. ilrdli a' , iter. 11°.wrinrejigh, Peon, Tie too Roo-e l' nbert, rector of itockleigh °mem', and 61 e l ' Bishop i n the , same county. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, At the Ot•r• tcE, 112, Su-and, by J. 13. CausTmar.