The Sun. — London, England, 1823-01-31 00:00:00

i 101 apt met ORATORIO. Dttvltt•LANE.----Last night an Oratorio was Performed at this Theatre, under the direction Of Sir GEORGE SMART and Mr. BOCHSA. The Selection was judicious, as might be expected from such able Conductors. The Orchestra was amply supplied with the best performers, vocal and instrumental, ‘chich the metropolis can afford.-- Among the' former were BrtAnAst, S.telo, TERILAIL, NELSON, PYNE, Mrs. SALMON, Miss M. TREE, Miss FOIIDE, Mrs. VEsTats, Miss GoonALL, and Signora CAMPORESE. Mr. SMART Was the Leader, and Sir GEORGE SMART sat at the Organ. The Oratorio was divided into three parts—the first a selection from The Messiah ; the second; a selection from ROSSINI'S Opera of C,yrus in Babylon; and the third Miscel• laneous. We have not space for detail, and can therefore only say that the whole was admirably performed, and most warmly up. pladed by an audience that completely oc cupied the Theatre.— LINDLEY performed a Concerto on the violincello, in his best manner, and .received 'great and deserved applause, lie also accompanied BRAIIAM in the well-known song of Meth, in which there was an admirable rivalry of their respective talents. Moat also • accompanied Mrs. SALMON in a song in the second act, and' gave a' surprising proof of his skill in a violin Concerto, at the end of the second act.— Mrs. SALMON never sung with more effect. Madame, CotepitEsE was encored in an 'ltalian air, and Misa M. TREE in " Bid me discourse." Miss FOADE, iri " Let the bright Seraphim," gave the air so well that an encore was vehemently demanded, but not given, es it was the last air, and nearly twelve o'clock. The whole was a delightful feast of harmony. The Orchestra was newly fitted ,up by MA RINARI 'in a style to cor respond with 'the Stage boxes. it was an elegant arrangement, 'but would have been better if the colour of the compartments wore not too light to agree with that which it was intended to resem ble. A large majority of the audience remained 'till the whole Concluded. " God save the King" was given previous to the commencement o Qraturio. THE KlNG.—Brighton, Jan. "9.—lt gives us heartfelt satisfaction to observe, that the Ktxcr continues to recover from indisposition. The answer to enquiries to-day, was--" 111 $ .1114.1 EST I is beller."—To mark the auspicious anniversary of his MAJESTY'S Accession to the Throne, a royal salute was discharged from the battery at noon, and flags were hoisted in various parts of the town.—Some of the London Papers have said that it is the intention of his MAJESTY to Open the ensuing Session of Parliament in person but these are merely statements ` : for.persoris who are possessed of better inforwatioß, know that there is yet nothing decided on the subject; nor is it, indeed, likely that there will be, until every vestige of his MAO ESTY'S late severe indisposition has entirely left him. Such an arrangement, therefore, for the present, must be considered as altogether uncertain.' His MAJ EST Y is not con. tined to his room, but dines in another apartment. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing_street, which was summoned •on Wednesday evening._ It WAS attended_ by the . ,Loan CII A NCE LLO • Earl of Karl', of Liverpool, Earl of I%'esturotlari4. Mr," Peel, 111 r. Canning, Earl Bathurst, Duke of Wellington, Viscount Melville, Mr. Wynn, Mr. F. Robinson, Lord M ar y b oroug h , and Viscount Sidmouth. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was again absent on account of severe indisposition. The Cabinet Ministers continued 'in deliberation till six o'clock. The subject under discuiSion was understood to be the arrangement of the King's Speech, to be delivered at the opening of the Session of "Parliament, to be sub. muted to his Majesty this day in Council at Brightim. Yesterday, at half-past three o'clock, an Ex press arrived at the Foreign , office, Downing. .street, from Paris. • Two erroneous statements have appeared in some of the papers within these few days, viz,--- that Mr. CANNING dified tete-a-tete with the CitANceLLon of the ExcuEourn on Tuesday; whereas the Chancellor of the Exchequer was so much indisposed that he was confined to his bed, anti did not see an y company. The second was, that furniture was removing from the Chancellor of the Exchequer's house. No such circumstance hai taken place.—(Morning Paper.) Letters have been received from Buenos Ayres to the firth October, by which it appears that tranquillity prevailed at Monte Video.. General LE Cott continued at Canelones, at the head of about 2,000 men, who have declared their inten tion of supporting the new order of things in Brazil. The Portuguese troops, Pr i nc ip a ll y officers,. who h a d refused siding with Le Cor, d the town of Monte Video for the King and Cortes of Portugal. But as Le Cor had render ed them inefficient by c arrying off all the pow der' he mode no attac k un the place, but left it to the,merchants at Monte Video, to send away dthose troops to Lisbon, for which pu r p o s e 50,000 ollars had been subscribed ; and the English 1 Elizabeth was expected from Buenos Ayres to transport them to Lisb on . The, Co mmissioners (Mr. BIGG, Major COLE. '" 14llttE,' Roy a l A rt i llery, with their Secretary Or u! "' J outi,G ILEGOILY), who are going out to the pe °r inquire Good Hop e , M aur i t i us, and Ceylon, to th°yinto and report upon the Expenditure of pno Colonies, with a view of reduction, will ibark at rect fo r the i n a f ew d ays , an d sa i l t the Cape ' a passage h a vi ng b e e n p ro . them in the Ladji Camel private ship, was to leave Gravesend this day. It is P Owed fr om the duties'they will have to per y-ortr, th at the Com m i ss i on w ill l ast f rom four to OA- Years. % ' not The first Commissioner (M r . B ina ) 1" il"a long returned from N ew South Wales, he had been singly acting in a similar understand that Mr. Justice BAILEY, Ate kg it wish fora l ess l a b or i ous situation leave s estot4oll-ottiegglntli's Bench, an d takes a seat on the Ex po i xmr oh w each, vacant by the resignation of Mr. 000,...-(Morning Paper.) Off„r_r, , Jolt- 'lets I t° l the 1 nt? , , r lb!! $ • jib!'), ;8 loW ) , Ills' icti° ll 'j ; 10 * ce rs:,! 1'0 1 : I De! 18 0 cool ther io 0 1° • lila ,t , A P - N 3 Vt. • c ,"•Ic er, ii :(-ER or 646/4. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marchioness of Exeter, front her seat at Itochampton ; Earl of Methborough, for Methley Park, Yorkshire ; Lord Amherst, from Montreal Hous'J, Kent ; Lord Molyneux, front Coxteth Hall, near Liverpool; Lord and Lady King and family, in Dover street, from 'Oakham, Surrey; Sturges Mourne, Esq. M.P. and family, in South Audley-street, from Testwood House, Southampton ; the Hon. Miss Grimstoo, from Berkhampstead Castle, Herts ; Colonel and Mrs. Stanley, in Green-strect, Park-lane; Gen. Armstrong, in St. James's. street; Captain Cooke, in George-street, Hanover-square; Captain Howard, at Lord Viscount Morpeth's. CHANGES. —The Earl and Countess of Derby, for the Oaks, in Kent ; the Earl of Jersey, from Woburn Abbey, on a tour ; the Earl of Euston, for Salley Forest, Northamptonshire ; Viscount Maynard, for Easton, Essex ; Lord Charles Fitzroy, from Thomas's Hotel, tbr Northampton ; Dowager Lady Sel. scy, at West Dean, Sussex ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Percy, at Rothampton, from a tour; the Hon. Mr. Ponsonby, on a tour; the lion. Captain Perceval and Mr. Porceval on a 'Continental tour; Lady and Miss Campbell, for Bath. The Duke -, and Duchess of Gloucester arrived at.Gorham bury,, the seat of the Earl of Verulam, on Wednesday last ; but in consequence of the death of the Hon. 11. Ducknall, uncle to the Earl, the party invited to meet their Royal High nesses was put off: The Earl and Countess had the honour of receiving their Royal Highnesses en futnillt. On the 24th instant, to celebrate the birth-day of Gregory Wolsey Page Turner,. who has attained the first year of his age, and son of Sir Gregory Osborne Page Turner, Bart., Battlesden Park, Bedfordshire, a dinner Was provided for his numerous tenantry at the Star Inn, Hockliffe, when mirth and good cheer abounded, and to crown the whole, h er L a d ys hi p ordered coals and blankets to be distributed to all those in need 'of them at this inclement season, viz. in the parishes of I.3attlesden, Potsgrove, Tilsworth, and Sundon. On Friday the 24th instant, a numerous and highly respectable party of Gentlemen from the Scotl. Ism Boa nEn. dined together ; according to their annual custom, in the Royal Exchange Tavern. After paying the usual courte sies to the King, the Army and the Navy, the Chairman pro ceeded to the toast of the day, which he prefaced with an ap.. propriate speech, and while it is easy to conceive, that among the many. interesting subjects connected with the history and localities of the Border, the glorious achievements of their an cestors being frequently brottght to recollection by several beau. tiful border airs performed by a select band of music in attend ance. There could be no want of topics to call forth the enthu eirumi of such az meeting. It is only justice to the Chairman to add,' that he selected and introduced the toasts in a manner worthy of himself and of-the occasion. The toast of Pro sperity to the Scottish Border; was drank with cheers both loud and long;!- air; Blue Bonnets over the Border.-- The Chairman then proposed th e h ea l t h o f S i r Walter Scott, the Minstrel of the' Border, which was d ran k w i t h t h e greatest enthusiasm, air, Tweedside. Many other suitable toasts were given in the course of the evening, amongst whom, the Ettrick Shepherd, air, The Ewie and the Crooked llorn.—The memory of Thomson ; air,'Glorious Apollo.—The memory of Leyden ; air, My) name it is little John Elliott ---The basses of the Scottish Border; air, We'll'a' Rive' to Bonny Tweedside. At twelve o'clock, the Chairman left the room, when the meeti ng broke up.—(Edinb urg h C ourant, Jan. 27.) Ve understand that e. Memorial to the Co. verument is preparing for:the signature of the merchants, soliciting the initnediate establishment of packets between Falmouth. and Corun`na, for the conveyance of the Spanish letters, the transit of which -through France is likely to be inter rupted b e y the war.,--(The Times.) The Cherokee -sailed from Kessock Roads on Wednesday morning, with Mr. ADAMS, Rector of the Inverness Academy, on board, in order to reduce to practice at sea, the discoveries lately made by him, of taking altitudes when the hori zon is obscured. England is generally said not to be a theatrical country, and yet there are no less than eight the. atres open every night on the average in London alone, and most of them very numerously attended. Not many years ago, two Theatres, with the addition of the Italian Opera House during the winter ; and four Theatres, including all the mhtor ones during the summer, comprised the whole of our metropolitan spectacles. FIERY METEOII.--On Sunday evening a fiery meteor was observed by several people at New. port, Isle of Wight, to pass over the vicinity of the town, and which took a westerly direction, and is supposed to have exploded in the island. The severity of the late frost has not been equalled since that of 1814. So intense has been the cold, that man beast, and bird, in many cases, have perished. The birds were so tame that they would suffer themselves to be taken by the hand, a state of submission which ge nerally cost them their lives. Our water has abounded with every variety of water-fowl ; and the quantity taken in the decoy -pond near %Voudmill, we understand, has been im mense. Many of these have been sold in our market at 31. &I per couple, and an immense number has been sent to Lyndon. Larks and o th er sma ll bi r d s h ave b een s h ot anti otherwise taken in abundance. A man on Sunday (26th inst.) caught between WO and 700 in a garden in Three-held-lane. This uncommon ly severe weather produced., a considerable rise In the price of coals and other absolute necessaries, at such a tune, woich has been felt by the poor, although there have not been (And we mention the fact with peculiar satisfaction) wanting open hands and feeling hearts, to mitigate to their utmost the consequent distress. Such seasonable relief will not be forgot. ten by those who have been the joyful partakers ---(Southamp ton County Chronicle.) FATAL ACCIDENT.---As two brothers were working in a chalk-pit at Ramsdell, near Basing stoke, one of them went on the top of the pit, for the purpose, it is supposed, of removing the earth, - that it might not mingle with the chalk when it should fall in. In. this employment he continued for some little time, and he knew not that his brother, who had remained below, was under the chalk wall, which had been consider• ably undermined. Loosened, perhaps, by the frost, the chalk upon which he was employed gave way, and he fell with it to the bottom of the pit. This person was'not much hurt by the fall ; but, on recovering from the shock it neces. sarily occasioned, he looked round, but in vain, for his poor brother, Ile, alas was buried be. Heath the mass of chalk which had fallen ! It was a considerable time before the body could he discovered, and when it was dug out, a most shocking spectacle was presented to the behold ers. The bowels of the unfortunate man Was literally crushed out, and every part of his frame was dreadfully mangled. Of course the verdict of the Jury was—Accidental death.--(South amplon Chronicle.) P 0 E T It Y. A SPANISH WAR SUNG. TRANSLATED HY THE ♦UTIIOR " LACOW Ne'er, sceptrcd Quixote& ! ne'er, to You The NatiOns will succumb,. • You, your own armour soon shall crush, By Jour own tool: o'ercome ; Pause, despot drivellers, pause, or forge Men, as your swords, front steel, But trust not arms to hands that have A head to think, a heart to feel ; Shall Europe sue to such as You, For Freedom, or Reform ? For such a gale Ye have not sad,, Nor ballast for the storm Think not by bribes, and hireling tribes O'er reason's wreck to rise, For none but slaves will trust to knaves Their dastard destinies ; Your velvet paw hides tiger-claw, But flattery nor force Ere turn'd aside, or steninfd the tide Of Truth's resistless course ; , Imprison light, in womb of night, Fetter the wave, the wind, Then try your hand, with rope of sand. To manacle the mind ; To cossacks preach', those Vandals teach Tu'gulp your glowing Iltit ne'er again stir tongue nor pen, Where there are ears, or eyes; . Or tempt the Turk to help your work, Well suits such end—the mean, But mark, 0 Kings, the tale he brings, ‘‘ Greece is herself again ;" Through flame and smoke her thunder broke, And shook th' ~Egeean wave, . Pealinkthe cry of blberty, And firOan of turban'd slave nigh o'er the flood the Crescent rode, Emblem of death, or chains, Forth vengeance flew,-..0f that foul crew Not e'en a wreck remains ; Then Tencdos, to Saragoss Maned back the example, set lty Spanish throes, to Grecian woes, And cancell'd Glory's debt ; Like them —Our laws, and righteous cause, We swear on life to stake, Of plot and scheme 'tilt YE that dream, While Europe is awake ; From fiery doom, and dungeon gloom, Ily Torquernada plann'd, From Hell's allies, in Heaven's disguise, We swear to•purge the Land Tay Truth we swear, by all that e'er For Freedom lived or died, To wear no chain, till every vein Your thirsty swords have titled ; • Shall we, who broke the Lion's yoke, Let the gaunt Wolf prevail, First--drunk-with blood be 41 . 4 and fiend, With carnage sick the gale -Each :bristling hilt, Tyrtiean skill • Shall rouse to deeds of fire, In every pass,—Leonitlas Shall vanquish, or expire ; With bill and brand we'll waste. the land, Ere it the foe shall feed,. Though Eden's flowers should bless the bowers, And angels Intercede. Thy state France read—Thy Court agreed In nought—but Thee to fleece ! Thy Church in fear proclaiming war ! Thy Camp declaring peace I re. have the will but not the skill " The Game of Kings," to face, Then sort your knaves, and pack you's slaves, But Albion holds the see. Her Monarch sage. the battle's rage Well sicill'd to rouse or rein, From Royal Blot of Holy Plot Doth undefiled remain ; The Queen of Isles abhors your wiles, She boasts A PATRIOT KING ! GEOHOE hears from far your wordy war, And plumes llis Eagle Wing. '.' We are by no means surprized at receiving the preced ink; spirited War Song from the Author of " HYPOCRISY,' one of the very best of modern Poems. This is the last day of pheasant shooting for he present season. In the year 1 7G2 Lieutenant CAMPBELL, of the Middlesex Militia, condemned for forgery, on the eve of his exit sent invitation cards to many of his brother-officers—ii Lieutenant Campbell's compliments to --, he requests the pleasure of his company to-morrow morning, to take acup of chocolate, and to do him the honour to ac company him to Tyburn to be present at his execution." Duncan M'Farlane, Gartmore carrier, was, on Friday night last, attacked by a band of ruffians on the Gar. scube road about nine miles from this city ; u Woman wa s wa lk . mg with him, when two f e ll ows s p r ung fro m t h e opposite sides of the roa d an d made towards him—he retied two st e p s an d prepared hi mse lf f ur an attack ; they, ho wever , proceeded to the cart, and began to untie from behind it it horse belonging to 31r. Graham of Gartmore. Ile went forward and knocked down one 'of thein, and engaged in a scuffle with the other. At that instant, five other men rushed in to the assistance of the other two. The woman then loosed the dog, which was, however, so terrified, that it ran off The only weapon of defence which the carrier had was his whip, wi t h t h e s h aft of which he dealt about him with some effect. Th e ro bb ers were armed with sticks. in the mean. time, the wom an ma d e off with the horse and cart at a brisk trot. She went to t h e first house she met, and call e d f or as . sistance. Only one man was in the house at the time, who procured th e an i o f a lad at a little di stance, and two women, and proceeded with li g h ts to the place of encount er . The ear _ Tier had been by this time beat off after a bloody struggle. was met by thi s p arty not far from t h e h ouse pursued by the villains; the lights had the w i s h e d for effect; th e v i llains in. scantly made off. The carrier had in charge that night about SOL in money, and the_ cart was loaded with valuable good s . s e . venal of the fellows made a grasp at his side coat pocket, where the money was deposited. There is little doubt they were aware of the val ue of the booty they were in quest of. The carrier is very much bruised about the face • and body. lie deserves high . praise for his bold and intrepid conduct.-4Glaseeta Courier.) TIIP. ARMY. The appointment of Lord Beresfurd, as Lieu lenant-Oeneral of the Ordnance, is not, as has been erroneous ly stated, of a recent date. His Lordship received the appoint ment some time back. The detachments of the 11th Light Dragoons and lath Lan cers, which marched from Maidstone to Chatham, on the 17th instant, have received orders to proceed to Gravesend., prepara tory to their being embarked on board the East India Corn pany's ships Hythe and Windsor, for Bengal, for the purpose of joining their respective carps in that Presidency. • The Detachments belonging to the 5-Ith and 69th Regiments of infantry, which marched from Albany Barracks on the 23d instant, will arrive to-day at Chatham, and will subsequently proceed to Gravesend, for the purpose of embarking at Madras. On Monday last a soldier of the 57th Regiment which is quartered at Newcastle, in the county of Curk, was killed by a girl slapping a door in his fare. NIERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, JAN. 30.--Wind S.W.----Arrived last night and to-day, and sailed for the River, the Cossack, from Malaga ; %lary, "%Vahan, from Seville ; L or d C ast l ereag h , Roe, Cam. peachy; Itatc.litr, Liddley, South Seas, and some others par ticulars unknown. Came down from the River today the Swallow, Ross, for Calcutta ; Indian, Gibson, South Seas ; 'Britannia, Luke, Madras ; John, Popplewell, Madeira and Jamaica ; Tobago, Bargrie, Grenaio, and remain with the outward,bound as per last. PORTSMOUTH, J AN. 3tE—Wina S.S.W.:—Sailed the garetha, Spegelburg, for Amsterd am. PLYMOUTH, JAM. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived the Flower, .Patey, from St. Michael's in 13 days, with loss of sails, &c . The Master reports, that on the lit instant a tremendous hut. ricane came on at St. Michael's, during which all the vessels there - were blown out to sea, and only twenty had anchored when the Flower sailed. The brig Prince Regent, Coulson, was wrecked on the island—crew saved. FarAtorrir, JAN. 28.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived-yesterday the Marquis of Salisbury Packet, from St. Thomas's ; Henry, Quick, from Smyrna in 55 days, for Hamburgh, with loss of sails, bulwarks, and stanchions, leaky and to.day the Ater cury, Liaby, frOm Gibraltar. Sailed the Placidia, Mary, Har mony, Ann and Elizabeth, Duke of Wellington, Rapid, Mary (Hoskin) Quebec Packet, Olive Branch, Wellington, Triton, Richmond, Three Sisters, llussey, Eleanor, Grace, Assiduous, Venus, and Nautilus all for London The William, Mackay, from Liverpool to Limerick, was to• tally wrecked near Point Lynos on the 23tli inst.—crew saved. - . ' • NORTHERN Ex PEntrIoNT.—A paragraph haying appeared in our Chronicle of Thursday last, relating to the Northern dis covery ships, which expressed anxious wishes for their safety and ultimate success, and proposing various plans towards ascertain ing their progress or position, and affording them every assistance in case it should be found requisite, it is necessary to static that one probability of their success in obtaining a passage through some inlet on the north-west of Hudson's Bay, towards the Polar Sea, is from their not having been heard of by any of the traders from that part of the world. Another probability is, if the archipe lago of island s con ti nues from Melville Island towards llehring's Straits, so as to have kept back the pressure of the Polar ice towards the South upon the northern parts of America, it inayhave afforded a sailing passage. As all canoe traffic is narrowly circumscribed, and it islands, shoals, or circumstances kept them more off land, there was but little chance of Capt. Franklin hearing of them ; yet, all the points he had visited, or from whatever he could learn, there was at the time he was on the coast a clear open sea. Again, if they could not succeed in the first year in finding a passage to the Pacific, they naturally would (rather than be discouraged by any apparently temporary impediment) pass another frozen win ' ter where they were thus stopped. Their vessels are con structed Upon the strongest principle, having been expressly built for, and having Carried each, an 18. inch mortar at the Pattie of Algiers ; they are, in addition, strengthened by having above six feet of solid timber strongly bolted on their bows, which arc well fended with the best wrought iron ; and an outward defence all round their sides, above and below their viater-niark, of a line of strong planks, a foot thick, to resist the concussion and pressure of the ice. Besides their original complement of every possible necessary, the Nautilus transport, which accompanied them as far as the ice at the entrance of Hudson's Straits, there delivered to them above 20 addition a l chiddrons of coals, with numemas bullocks, sheep, and hop. At the frozen season;' the deer and other animals conic in great quantities towards the sea; and when the water is open, there are the finest fish all along the coasts ; these opportunities of gaining fresh supplies must be of' th e greatest advantage to their health. ' M 'or make these state . ments to allay those apprehensions which the want of' Intelli. genre from the expedition must naturally create.—( Sofa/lamp ton County Chronicle.) The I.OltD LIEUTENANT'S Reply to the town of Newry contains the following passage :-- cc My primary ambition is, to realize to Ireland the benevolent wishes of his MAJESTY, and of his Government ; and in the pursuit of this noble and glorious object—while I acknowledge, with gratitude and atTection, the general approbation of this honourable and generous nation—the course (Amy Government cannot be changed by any partial instances (however outrageous and vindictive) of dissatisfaction and lawless vio lence." Mr. YOUNG finishes his present engagement at Drury -lane Theatre this evening, and imme diately proceeds to Bath, to perform the range of his principal characters there.—Mr. MACREADY and his dramatic pupil, bliss F. 11. KELLY, are now playing at_tlid Bristol Theaotre. SALE OF Ws. Do NATTY'S EFFITTS.—On Wed nesday the leasehold property of this unfortunate person was sold at the Auction 'rlart, by order of Grottos: Maur.E, Esq. as administrator on behalf of the Crown On this occas ion there was a very numerous assemblage, composed of those who were induced from curiosity to he present, and others who conceived it a proper opportunity for advantageous speculation. At the commencement some interesting discussion took place as to the validity of the title of Government in the event of an heir to the estate preferring a claim ; but these objections were overruled by the auctioneer, .31r. Oat:mann, who detailed the illegitimacy of the ill-fated woman, the nature of her con nexion with the late Mr. Donatty, and the purchase of the re version from the relatives named in his will, which explanation had the effect of substantiating it, and removing all attempt of depreciating the value. The estate eonsiated of three lots ; the Ist, a messuage iu DUThatTI-Atnet,Sulintl, occupied AS work. shops by Mr. Weise the cutler, tenant at will, at 351. per annum, held for a term of 63 years, from Midsummer last, at a ground rent of 7/. 18s. ; this ptoduced 2901. ; the next, a house rented on an unexpired lease of 31 years, in Great Surrey street, Illackfriars-road, by Edward C onduit, Esq. at a yearly rent of 634, of which the deceased had a term of 63 . years from 'Michaelmas last, subject to a yearly rent of 12 guineas, obtained 6901.; the third, a haute held at a peppercorn rent, fur 899 years, from August next, occupied by Mr. Cowley, No. 170, Drury-lane, who holds a lease of thirty.eight years, from Michaelmas last, at fifty guineas, was Clus sed for 800/. These, are more considerable sums than pur have lately bean realized by the hammer for similar concerns. The house. hold furniture was recently sold on the premises where she resided, and which, with the prod uce of the sale of this d ay , 4004 placed in the Long Annuities, received for her valuable pictures, by Morland, the int e r e s t an d rents due, proves her fortune not to have exceeded 3,0001.; which has been mitgrii. fled by report to five times that amount. In the adjoining sale-room, the valuable stock of plate and jewellery, belonging to Mr.'ruck, of the IlaYnnu-ket, sold by direction of his as. signets, by Mr. Stevens, obtained good prices, chiefly through a competition of the trade; as did also an excellent collection of carvings and curiosities by Mr. Williams; while an excellent assortment of plated and fancy articled, toy Mr. Fisher, and scarce and well-bound modcrri books, by Mr. Taylor, were dis posed of at a very low rate. • LAW INTELLIGENCE. - DOCTORS' COMMONS, JAN. 40. The Consistory Court of Rochester did noe sit to-day, a* was expected. [ln our report of Lord STOWELL'S judgment, in the case of the Dundee, which appeared in THE Sum of Wednesday, it was incor rec tly state d t h at the Registrar and merchants had included the fishing stores in their valuatiormind subsequent report. The question of those stores, it seems, .was fn Lai way brought under their notice; and their report'confined itself to a statement of the loss and damage sustained bythe-Princea Charlotte.) INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S, COURT, 30. John Herbert was opposed by Mr. Cooler, on behalf of a creditor named Hubbard. The Insolvent described himselfas a silversmitli t sf die-sinker, a dealer in copper, and a marine store keeper.' His . debts amounted to 521. ; he had lived at several houses, end, being 'separated from his wife, with several women. Within the last four years he had been employed in the Bank of Ifoigistl, for which he received 1001. a year. •He had alsti, .ffit ring that period, received appr ent i ce- f ees amounting to 651., and he had not inserted these in his balance sheet. He denied having dealt in copper beyond the extent of 51. a week ;' or that he possessed any furniture, that which he bad used keing the pro. perty of the women with whom he had lived. • William White, one of the insolvent's apprentices, 'wore that he (the insolvent) had kept a marine store shdp in Ray street, elerkenwell, and d ea l t i n copper very extensively: It came in at all hours of the day, and on every day of the week, Sunday included. The copper came principally from Wool wich, bearing upon it the mark of the broad arrow, which it was his business to deface. Witness knew him to lay out 301. a leek in this article, and the price for which it was sold nearly doubled that for which it was purchased. The insolvent declared that this was as false as God was true. The witness proceeded to state, that persons from Woolwich of the name of Stow and Hawley, as well as their wives and daughters, were in the constant habit of corning to his emcee's shoo with considerable quantities of metal. Herbert Nixon corroborated the testitnonv of his felloiv ap prentice ; and The COURT ordered the insolvent to be remanded for six months. James Francis Rigand, a lieutenant on half pay, who lately held a situation in the South Sea House, sought to. be dis charged flora debts to the amount of 1,0001. fie was opposed by two creditor s i n p erson , named Taylor and Finch: It ap peered that he purchased some ironmongery of Mr. Finch among which were a quantity of knives and forks, which be , soon after sold for half their price. lie was then much in debt. The Insolvent said, that when he made that purchase he was in expectation of receiving 300/. from his father-in-law, a re spectable timber -merchant at Sittingbourne ; but owing to the vindictive conduct of his creditors, he lest both that and his 'si tuation in the South Sea House. • The COURT censured the conduct of the insolvent in living beyond his means , an d contracting debts without the probable means of paying them. It therefore remanded him for six months, and ordered him to be confined within the walls of the prison. Stephen Thomas Brice, a glover, was also remanded for sits: months for having vexatiously litigated his opposing creditor's claim. On this occasion the Chief Commissioner stated that there was a difference of opinion between his brother Commissioneri arid himself, as to whether or not a plea of the general issue came within the penal clause,of the Act. The majority, how. ever, of the Court decided in the affirmative ; and the question was therefore settled accordingly. MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SESSIONS, JAW. 30. Mr. WA Lronn, on the part of Mr. Ravenshaw , one of the Directors of the Ea st India Cmpatiy, exhibited Aiticles of the Peace against a p erson o f t h e name of Roach. Prom the statement of the Learned Gentleman, it appeared that Mr. Ravenshaw, in his public capacity as an East India Director, fell under the displeasure of Roach, who in Conk.. quence had often threatened to take the life of the exhibitant, and said he would "serve Ravenshaw as Bellingham had done Percival ;" it moreover appeared from the affidavits produced, that Roach had followed the exhibitant with loaded pistols.: A warrant was instantly granted against the offender. Thomas Banner, it carman in the service of Mr. Jacob, a glass manufacturer near Solio.square, was indicted for wilfully driving his cart against the chaise of Mr. Lilley, the Land Steward of the Marquis of Stafford, on the 19th of Oct. last. The injuries received by the prosecutor on the occasion were of so serious a nature, that he wall continue lame for life. The prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprisonment in the Hauge of Correction. a/quire Homey was indicted for a niisdemeanor, in forcing himself in t o th e h ouse of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunce, at Twicken ham, on the Ist,November lest. Mr. Anotriftrs stated; that his client, a lady 71 years of age, occupied a liouse. the property or the defendant, who is a publican at Twickenham; and that after ten o'clock at night of the day mentioned, when Mrs. Rune had retired to rest, the defendant with a large crow bar, and aided by anothei per. son, brolce open the door and forted the old lady into the streets at that unseasonable hour, and took forcible possession of the house, which he has kept ever since. The statement of the Learned Counsel was fully proved by Mrs. Bunco and other witnesses. Mr. ALLEY made an able defence for Mr. Harvey, stating, among other things, that Mrs. nonce laid claim to the house as her property, where she lived for two years without paying his client any rent. The Jury found the defendant GION, anti he was sentenced to pay a fine of 201. with leave to 'speak with the presecutria, and enter into his nwn recogniaanees to keep the peace towards Mrs. Bunco. '.CH E MARK ET'S. CORN EXCHANGE, JAW. 31. The arrivals of Corn this week are considerable ; Wheat of fine quality meets buyers on much the same terms, as roar to the frost other qualities are very dull ; Barley se lls s l ow l y at last quotatio ns ; B eans and they Peas meet with few pur. chasers; Boiling Peas that will break well sell at rather higher prices. • There Is a fair demand for Oats, but the rates remain nearly as last quoted. SMITHFIELD MARKET, :lax. 31. There was m orn a middling supply of all descriptions of Cattle at market thising, and they were left over from last Mon day's market ; the prices of all kind of meat are lower. (To sink the Offal, per stone of tilt.) Beef 2s lid to 3s 4d I 'Veal Mutton 2s Od to 3s 00 Pork Lamb Os Ott to Os Od. HAY AND STRAW, ]'ER LOAD. Hay .1:3 Os to £4 Os I Clover £3 Gs to £4 Ss Straw £1 8s to £1 180. FURIOUS DRIVING.-irVORSIIIP STRIEET.--ThP driver of one of the Edmonton Stages, No. 4775, * r p er ad to a summons before SA sitIEL Twvronn, Esq., fur furi ously driving on Thursday, the 23t1 inst. Mr. Patterson, a gentleman of great respectability, appeared against the coach man, and stated that the driver of itedtbrirs coach, and the. defendant were racing. Their horses were in full . gallop, ui order to pass each other ; and to the best of his supposition, they • were driving at least at the rate of eighteen miles an hour. it • was really fiurrible to see them, and he thought it a duty to the public to prom:cute both the coachmen fur this offence. The d-- feralant kept the right side nettle way, and did not c.ross like the • other driver. Mr. TwYrohn convicted hint in the mitigated penalty of tan and costs.---Mr. Patterson being entitled to a moiety of the penalty, desired it might be given to the Mend:- city Society, and it was given accuidingly.—The driver of ti".e other coach did not appear, and another summons was issued against him. BIRTHS. On Tuesday hat, at Axiom Bryan, in the county of Vpric, the Lady of the Rev. J. L. Prerton, of a daughter. On Monday, at hia house in Vigo-lane, the Ludy of Mils* Etq.; of a daughter. IA,ItI On the 29th instant, at l St. (iIED• ics's the Fiala, Mr. Joal Shaw, of Easex-atrert, to ilits Oliver, of oower.atreet. On NWednmday, the 29th instant, at Clapham, _lirl,„,r• 0, W. Rolm, to Lucy, th e w id ow o f the late A• %V• "'Wier* DIED. On Sunday, th e 28th insutnt, in the 71st year or het kg Lucy, the wife of John 'Wolfe, Esq., of Vi oild.hull, t h e county of Essex. On the 29th instant, at Brighton, JkllTltit Wes o 43) Esq., of Fenchurch.street and Upper lionterton, Aged a On the 29th instant, sit her house, Clturch.row, Noting-wit Butts, Sarah, relict of Thomas Wititiotn, Esq., 1004 Oigt Stock Exchange, in the 86th year of her age. On the 30th instant, Ann, the wife of John Wed, Zarb Part. meta, Moottlekim, Ana lifiztoti.hkll, Surrey, aged d. ,