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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mercurii, 2° die Julii, 1823. IwctosunE—Kew (Surrey)—Bill reported ; to be ingrossed. ijo MPAWY—LOndon Dock 1 ESTATE—Gordon's DisEsmoDIED MILITIA Bills read a third time, LOTTERIES BILL and passed. Ux L Awry I. OAT 'is (Ireland) PASSAGE VESSELS REGULATION MEoictiaxs (Navy)—Accounts ordered, " of all Invoices for Medicines supplied to the Navy by the Apothecaries' Com pany, during five years ending December 31, 1831." The same, as applied to the Army ; with all Corre spondence between the Admiralty and the Apothecaries' Company, relative to any excess of charge." RECIPROCITY OF DUTIES BILL--Petitions, against, from Masters, Mates, and Seamen, of Merchant Ships, now in the Port of London ; and from Ship-owners of ditto. LANCASTER CotncrY COIIRT BlLL—Third Reading on Friday. MESSAGE FROM TIIF. Lonna—That they have agreed to Capital Punishments Repeal Bill, Labour of Convicts Bill, and Sentence of Death Bill, without amendment ; and to Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Bill, and London Bridge Bill, with amendments. OccastoNAL FREEHOLDERS BlLL—Further consideration of Report deferred till Friday next. NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. I. Mr. Banker—Select Committee to inquire into the progress made in the Gencral•lndex to the Journals. 2. Sir Henry Parnell—Roman Catholic Endowments of Schools and other Charities. 3. Dr. Phillimore—Bill to amend the Laws which aff,:ct the Marriages of English Roman Catholics, and the Registra tion of the Births of their Children. 4. Mr. Hume—Return concerning Slops supplied to the Navy. 5. Mr. Goulburn—Bill to divide the County of Cork for cer tain purposes. 6.. Mr. Forbes—Copy of Instructions given by Lord Bathurst . to Mr. Bigge on his proceeding to New South Wales. • ORDERS of the DAY for THIS DAY. 1. Land Tax Commissioners Name Bill—Third Reading. 2. Law Merchant Bill—Further consideration of Report. 3. East India Mutiny Bill—Further consideration of Report. 4. East India Trade Bill—Further consideration of Report. 5. Exchequer Bills (X 14,700,000) Bill—Report. 6. Conduct of the Chief Baron of the Exchequer (Ireland)-- Committee thereupon. 7. Quakers Affirmations Bill Second Reading. • 8. Building of Gaols Bill—Third Reading. 9. Barilla Duties Bill—Report. 10. Roman Catholic Qualification Bill—Further consideration of Report. 11. Marriage Act Amendment Bill—Second Reading. 12. Post Horse Duties Bill—Third Reading. 13. Insolvent Debtors Act Amendment Bill—Further consi deration of Report. 14. East India Half Pay Bill—Third Reading. 15. Linen Manufacture (Ireland) Bill—Report. 16. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill—Report. 17. Malicious Injuries (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 18. Eitchequer Courts (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 19. Kiltiernan Union Bill—Committee. 20. Excheyer Court Stamps (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading, 2L Viscount St. Vincent's Annuity Bill—Second Reading. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Tuesday, July 8. 1. Mr. Hume—Resolutions - respecting the Land Tax. De ferred from July 2. • 2. Mr. Alderman Wood—Motion relative to Crown Lease Llatilleellid Slate Quarries to Mr. Dawkins Pennant Deferred from July 3. STOCKS ONK O'CLOCK. ttank Stock lndia Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. BIH 1 India Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. , shut South Sea Stock :,i per Cent Old Annuities ( Old 9l3i 99 I Ex. Bills pr. 4 P"Cent'l New shut Ditto Small 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank for Act. Bank Long Ann. 20i 13.16ths India for Con. Acct. Imp. 3 per Cents. Cons. for Opening PRICE 0 IR DAY AT PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS ix LONDON, JULY 3, AT ONE O'CLOCK.. Five per Cents. 894. {Six per Cents. 00. Ittissian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 811. Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. f Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 31i. . Ditto 1822, 00: r Five pe r Cent. Bonds, 85i. Prussian 1 Ditto New, 834 ex div. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 87 ex div. -Chili . 65. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 56i. Feruvian Bank New Loan, 00. Shares £2l Os. 1 American Six per Cent. 92-99. Seven ivep p er er Cent. cent .9 9 6 4 — . 117. - • Three per Cent. 68. French Neapolitan Au►triau • .T LONDON BRIDGE TO-31ORROW , :es after H. 1 Evening, 93 minutes after 12, 111(.411 WATER A' .boning, A 4 minut( THE SUN. SOLEM GUIS DIOERF. Fitt-911,3f AUDEJT LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1823. SUN OFFICE, Two o'clock We understand that accounts have been re ceived by the Spanish Legation here, of a victory said to have been obtained by MtNit over a corps of French troops. The accounts, however, are not official ; and suspicions are entertained as to their authenticity. The indefatigable MINA, who has almost im pressed the French troops with the belief that he exercises supernatural power, so impenetrable are Ida designs, and so rapid and mysterious his movements and appearances and escapes, is again at large, ranging through Catalonia at his wilt,and compelling his enemies to renew that fatiguing and hopeless pursuit in which he had so long previously'employed them. We stated yesterday that it was rumoured that MINA. had only entered the Seo d'Urgel with the view of deceiving his ememiesi and of inducing them to sit down before that fortress, whilst he and his troops marched oil' to some other place. The truth of this rumour is at length acknowledged and con firmed both by the Quotidienne and by the Gazelle de France, from which we have extracted the following paragraph :-- " ENVIRONS or LA SEu, JUNE 23.—The French and Royalist troops are arriving in our neighbourhood. Confusion is at its height. The miquelets and militia have dispersed. Baron d'Eroles has taken up a position at Mas d'Eroles and trail, with 3,000 foot and 200 horse ; the French division is at bos ; and Rotnago sa, atEnserail, closes up the pa ss o f An dare. The pass of Pa!las is the only one that is open. Mina has not moved on the Gonque tie Tremp ; the day of his depar. tute from the Seu, he arrived at six in the evening at Ouliana; on the 20th lie was at Pons, which makes it be presumed that lie intends moving on Lerida." MINA, therefore, as it appears by the impor tant admissions in the preceding extract, is in a very different situation from that to which he was said, by previous French accounts, to have been reduced ; and instead of being imprisoned within the walls of a fortress, sick and dispirited, with the miserable remnants of a force almost in capable of further resistance, we see him once more engaged in active operations, and compel ling the French army in Catalonia to act only on the defensive. Private Letters from Seville state, that the whole of the Cortes, with their property, de parted for Cadiz, and that all of them had en tered that city. The French accounts endea voured to produce a belief that very few of the Members of the Cortes had really shut them selves up in Cadiz. It is confirmed by official accounts that the constitutional force under VILLA CAMPA aban doned their leader before Cadiz,—that one half of these troops dispersed,—and that the remainder have joined the French. Letters from Gibraltar of the 13th, received this morning, state that two French sail of the line; two frigates, and a sloop of war e were cruising in the bay. The same letters state, that a great Spanish house in Gibraltar had failed. It is said that an Express has arrived this morning from Paris, bringing the price of the French Funds, 88f. 80c. We have received Calcutta Papers to the 12th February, from which we make the following extracts : [From the John Bull of the 10th.] 44 On Monday the transports with the troops lately stationed at Bassadore, on the island of Kishme, anchored in the harbour, the military garrison of that island being reduced.—Accounts from Siam state, that the Siamese are erecting a battery of 40 guns at the entrance of the river, and that they are clearing away Picknam, the first village at the entrance, in order to build a citadel." We refer our Readers with pleasure to the very satisfactory view of the financial condition of the country, given by the CH k tiCELLO it of the EXCHEQUER last night, in the Right lion. Gen tleman's Speech on the Budget. THE KlNG.—(iVindSo7',./ . /49-.)--/lIS MAJESTY, this week entertains a numerous party of distin guished individuals to meet his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, who arrived at the King's Lodge yesterday afternoon, accompanied by the Prince of Solms.—Yesterday evening nearly twenty persons of distinction had the honour of dining with his Majesty, which is about as large a party as can be conveniently ac commodated in the dining-room of the Lodge. Most of his Majesty's guests sleep at Cumberland Lodge, the Cottage (or King's Lodge as it is now called) being calculated to accommodate but few persons beyond those more immediately con nected with hi 3 Majesty's Household. OCTAVIUS GRAIIAM GtLCIIIIIST, ESQ.—We are sorry to announce the death of this gentleman, whose talents, taste, and acquirements were well known and justly respected in the literary world. According to report, he was one of the contri butors to The Quarterly Review. N'Ve know not if that be the fiict, but. the reputation of being concerned in 'a work that has been so firm a support to the CONSTITUTION and LITERATI/11Z of this country, in stemming the torrent of demo cratical dangers on the one hand, and in check ing the progress of false taste, on the other, must be deemed no slight honour to the person to whom it is attributed, and Mr.GlLcita in certainly possessed learning and abilities that fully quali fied him for a participation in a work of such importance to our national politics, morals, and Literature. Mr. GILCHRIST died on Monday last, at his house in Stamford, Lincolnshire, at the age of 43, and it is said has left considerable property. Died lately at Paris, Mr.:.islicsioLAß Ct.an v, formerly merchant In Marseilles, and who had acquired a large fortune by commercial specula tions. Mr. C. was brother to the present Queen of SWEDEN, and to Madame JOSEPH 8U0N.1.- PAUTE. He constantly refused the titles, ho nours, and appointments that were proffered him. It is said that Mr. GItEr.N, the aeronaut, in tends to ascend in his balloon from York, during' the Yorkshire Musical Festival, in September. The last letters from Marseilles and Bordeaux, state, that there is n very considerable rise in the Premiums of Insurance, owing to the increased activity of the Spanish privateers. No vessel was allowed to sail from Marseilles without convoy. Merchandize of all sorts had materially risen in price in consequence. Knowledge makes considerable progress in St. Domingo. An Academy. has -been established there, under Dr. Fournier Pascay, a distinguished French Physician, in which are taught all branches of Medicine, Jurisprudence, Literature, Astro nomy, &c. FAIRLOP FAIR.—At a Special Sessions of the Peace, held at the Angel Inn, Great Ilford, Es sex, on Saturday last, it was decided by the Ma gistrates, in consequence of the excesses com mitted on former occasions, that the fair held annually on the Forest of Hainault, known by the name of Fairlop Fair, the same not being held by charter or prescription, should last but one day, to-morrow, FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry and Lady Suf. field, from North Cray, Kent ; the Earl and Countess of Orford, in Berkeley-square, from Rome ; Sir William and Lady Oglander, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-street. DEPARTURES.—Lord and Lady Bolton, and Miss Orde, from Rend's Hotel, Grosvenor -street, for llackwood Park, Hants; E. Blount, Esq. and family, from Cumberland-place, for his seat, Bellamour, Staffordshire. FASHONAULE PARTIES. Agar Ellis, Esq. M.P.,gave a grand entertainment on Tues day, at his residence in Spring-gardens, to the 'Duke of York. Among the distinguished party invited to meet his Royal High ness were, the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, the Marquis of Hertford, Count and Countess Lieven, the Earl of Lauderdale, Earl and Lady G. Bathurst, Mr. Hanson, Mr, If uskisson, Mr. C. Grenville, &c. Lord Dudley and Ward had a grand dinner party yesterday at his house in Park-lane. The Duke of Grafton gave a grand dinner on Tuesday to Lord Maitland, Lord John Fitzroy, Sir John and Lady Shelley, Sir John Ramsden, Captain and Lady C. Powlett, Mr. Will Liam Coke, Mr. and Mrs. George tiyug, Miss Beresford, &c. at his house in Clarges-street. Earl and Countess Cowper entertained Viscount and Vis countess Granville and a distinguished party to dinner yester day, at their house in Hanover-square. The Earl of Darlington gave_a grand dinner on Tuesday to Colonel and Lady L. Mere ith, Captain Colville, -Capt. Hope, Captain Standen, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Wharton, Mr. J. Vane , Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Weston, Mr. Douglas, Mr. W. Brougham, &c. at Cleveland House, St. James's-square. Lord C. Townahend had a large party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Cavendish-square. The Rev. Sir S. Jervoise, Bart. entertained a large party of his distinguished friends at dinner yesterday, at his house in Hanover-square. Mrs. Henry Bating gave a magnificent ball and supper on Tuesday evening at her elegant mansion in Berkeley-square. The grand suite of drawing-rooms were most brilliantly illumi nated with rich Inures, wax lights, &c.; the two principal ones were fitted up with unique taste for dancing; the floors of each were beautifully chalked, representing bouquets of flowers, with fanciful devices, pots of flowers, &c. • the balcony facing the square was covered in, and filled with a profusion of pots of the choicest flowers, and illuminated with three beautiful painted lamps ; the boudoir was. fronted into lt tent, which was decorated with a profusion of pots of flowers. Dancing com menced at eleven o'clock ' • the supper, which consisted of every delicacy that could he thought of, was announced at two, which was prepared in three rooms on the ground floor ; the fruits and wines, were of the choicest description. The tout enzetak was the grandest entertainment given this season. It was nearly six yesterday morning before the whole of the com pany had retired. There were present nearly WO persons of the first distinction. FASHIONS FOR JULY. [From the Lady's Mazazine, No. 6—New Series.] PUBLIC PROMENADE "ORE .—Levantine pelisse of a peach-blossom colour, faced and bordered with white satin, slightly pointed; the points disunguished by elegantly wrought silk buttons : the mancherons ornamented with straps of white satin and buttons to correspond, with a pointed cuff of white satin. French collar, surmounted by a double frill of Urling's lace, and fastened in front by a square ruby brooch. Arcadian bonnet to correspond with the pelisse, with a large cornette un derneath, and white lace „veil. Sea-green parasol with white border. Black satin slippers, and Limerick gloves. EVENING DREM—threassian robe of white gossamer gauze, ornamented down the front with a novel kind of trimming of a most rich and elegant kind, in white satin; the skirt bordered with superb chain festoons of knots in satin. The bust orna .-aented next the tucker with a spread out Indian lotus, divided by a ruby. Clotilda turban of tulle, blond and full-blown roses : the hair arranged in the most beautiful ringlets. Pearl ear rings, and necklace of the same, fastened in front with a ruby clasp. White satin shoes, and drapery scarf of white lace. From Ackermann': Repository of Arts, Fashions, Matsu faotares, 4 e . 4 . c. m onln N a DRESs.—Dress a - plain jaconot muslin; the' corsage made high, close to the shape, and fastened behind. The elegant fashion of ornamenting the front of the skirt has become very prevalent; that in our print has a pagoda trim- 1 ming formed by bands edged with cord and narrow trim- ming of work descending gradually and regularly till it i reaches the bottom, where there are four narrow worked flounces, each headed by flat corded bands, the upper one sur. mounted by a row of delicate insertion-work, the same as is in troduced on each side of the pagod a t r imming. The corsage at nearly covered with similar bands, corded, trimmed and ar. ranged on clear book muslin, narrow at the waist both in front and hack, but extending the whole width on the shoulder : falling collar of worked muslin leaves : long sleeve, nearly tight; worked ruffle, and small pagoda trim ming at the wrist, where it is tied with primrose.colour rib. boa drawn through a narrow puffing o b oo k muslin : the epaulette is divided in the centre, a nd tied at the top in a how , and trimmed with a row of' puffed book muslin anti narrow work.—Round morning cap of sp r i g ged net satin, and prim f rose-colour gauze ribbon ; border of British Mechlin Ince, plain in the front, and in large puffs on each side. Primrose-colour kid shoes and gloves. BALL DAESS.—British tulle •dress worn over a white satin slip : the corsage composed of white satin bands, branch. ing from the front; each band corded and trimmed with narrow blond ; two bands continue over the shoulder, and renew the same trimming at the back : the sleeve is of the melon form, with sprays of satin confining the tulle; in the centre Is a circular space, occasioned by, the omission of the satin, anti a cluster of China roses is introduced, which has a novel and elegant effect. The tucker is of fine blond, surmounting a satin band of French folds ; from the wrist descends a succession of small oval baskets of tulle, edged with white satin, each containing a China rose and leaves : three rows of the same light tasteful baskets are continued round the bottom of the dress, which is finished with a broad white satin rouleau ; white satin sash, with double bow behind. Mi lanese bead-dress, composed of thirteen pins, two stationary and one pendant bull ; the pins are of' gold, with the heads of patent pearl, 1 . , ag i ar s e isa stuck ve ry circularly pretty in plaited e a r band ess, li o n f ti th a e ceo hind s with the grace of feminine beauty and youthful fancy. Neck lace, ear-ruigs, and bracelets, of embossed gold and pink to pares interspersed. White kid gloves, with a quilling of blond at the top; white satin shoes, and arose-bud introduced in the centre of the white satin rosette. .. . ENGLISH OPERA 11,GGSE,----1 he new piece, en titled The Swing Bridge, the farce of Gretna Green, and that of The Poor Soldier, were re presented again last night, and very well re ceived by a numerous audience. N ENV ARGYLL Roosts.—Mademoiselle SCHAU , - aoni, the little musical prodigy whom we men a few days ago, had a. Concert last night in these Rooms, and the wonderful skill and taste which she displayed in her performance on the piano•forte fully justified all that bad been said in favour of her talents. She first took part in a Quintetlo, in which she acquitted herself with so much ease and precision as to excite the surprise and admiration of all the Professors, as well as of the audience in general. Her second per formance was a Concerto on the piano-forte, with variations, expressly composed by KALKHRENNER for this occasion, and she again excited universal astonishment and applause. We are assured that this juvenile wonder is but a little turned of nine years of age. As this extraordinary infant was the great attraction of the night, and as the rest of the Performers, vocal and instrumental, are well known to the public, we need only add, that a Madame CASTELLI made her first appearance here in public as a singer, that she acquitted her self with very great ability, and that the Concert in general received the warmest applause fr o m a very numerous audience. POETRY. LINES Supposed to be addressed to a Candidate for admiuion into the FEMALE PENITENTIARY. POOR trembling penitent! we bid thee come, Tho' sore with guilt and misery oppress'd ; 'We lead thee to this quiet virtuous home, The refuge for the weary and distress'd. fere thy petitions may in secret rise To Him who deigns the sinner's plaint to hear ; le will not scorn thy deep-repented sighs, Nor view unmoved thy penitential tear. Can Irirtue hear this child of sorrow pray, And bid the trembling suppliant ask in vain ? Tho' far from honour's path . sbe went astray, She longs to tread the way of peace again. Poor Outcast ! to thy tender parent's. heart How oft thy infant form was gently prest ! How oft a mother's tear of love would start ! And dew•the babe she cradled in her breast! Her waking dreams were all of joys to come, When cherub infancy should pass away; And Mary, deck'd with nature's softest bloom, Should every virtue of the heart display. The rainbow's tints not half so beauteous seened As those loved scenes Hope's fitiry pencil drew ; While her rapt soul with all the future tecuAl, And Mary smiled, to prove the vision true. But, Human Bliss, how transient is thy day ! And Hope, how vain tby brightest prospects are ! The fairest blossom soonest fades away, And joy itself is fruitful of despair. What now thy mother's sorrow can assuage? What to her weakness miuister relief ? Mary, 'tis thine to cheer her drooping age, 'Tis thine to soothe, for thou halt caused her grief. No more a guilty wanderer shalt thou rove, Tltine own abhorrence, and the •corn of men ! A penitent restored, a parent's love Shall weeping greet her long-lost child again. The love from which our hopes of pardon flow, Which calm'd our fear, and seal'd our peace with Heav'n . Forbids us to refuse thee, child of woe! By pleading, we ourselVes have been forgiven. BON MOT OF HIS LATE MAJESTY.--When Judge DAY returned from India, the Minister represented to his late MAJESTY that Knighthood would not only be acceptable, but that it was an honour to which the Judge was entitled. " Poh, poh," said his Majesty, " I cannot turn day into night; it is impossible." At the next Levee, which was about Christmas, his • Majesty was again entreated to. knight Mr. Day. The King enquired if he was married, and was answered in the affirmative. " Well, well" said the good-natured Monarch, " then let him be introduced, and I will work a couple of miracles; I will not only turn Day into Knight, but I will make Lady Day at C/i7 Tuesday morning at eight o'clock, the remains of the late Countess Dowager of CARDIGAN were removed from her house in Seymour-place, for interment in the vault of the Earl of Waldegrave's family, at Navestoek, in Essex. The body was inclosed in a coffin of rich Genoa crimson velvet, gilt nails, with heraldic ornaments, and plate, on which was the follow ' ing inscription :—" Elizabeth, Countess Dowager of Car digan, died June 23, 1823, aged 65 years." The fune ral procession was preceded by four mutes on horse. back ; two on foot; herald bare headed, bearing an Earl's cornet on a velvet cushion ; undertaker with plumes I the hearse richly ornamented with black feathers, and drawn by six horses ; two mourning coaches and six; the carriages of the deceased with four horses, and those of their Royal High nesses the Duke of Gloucester, Princess Sophia, and Princess Sophia Matilda, the Marquis of Stafford, Marquis of Ayles bury, Earl of Cardigan, Earl Howe, Viscount Sydney, Lord Radstock; Lady Calthorpe, &c. &c. and proceeded in solemn regularity down South Audley-street, Grosvenor-square, lower Brook -street, and Hanover-square, crossing Oxford-street to the Portland-road. ----- IPSW ICH, JUNE 30.—Tlin degree of LLD. hos been conferred on Mr. Rwitann HAnnrsow BLACK, son of the late Itev..Tottx BLACK, Of Woodbridge, in consequence. of the estimable works he has lately published connected with Education, viz. " The Student's Manual, or Etymological anti Explanatory Dictionary of Words derived from the Greek and Latin Languages:" " The Phartraceutical Guide, or Medical Latin Grammar;" " The Parent's Latin Grammar," &.c. Tuesday being the Festival of St. John the Baptist, about thirty of the Members of • the lodge Edinburgh St. .James' sat down to an elegant dinner, in Mrs. Thomas's Tavern, at the Cross, R. W. Master Kirkham in the Chair, when the day was spent in that happy and convivial manner which has ever dis tinguished the meetings of this lodge.—(Banburgli Courant, June 26.) _ _ On Thursday the 26th inst. the eloction of a Clergyman for the Union Chapel of Ease, Aberdeen, in place of the deceased Rev. David Sim came on there. Our readers are aware, that the former election having been disputed, a re ference was made to the last General Assembly. That venera. ble body, after a good deal of discussion, ordered a new election to take place, and pointed out in their sentence those persons who were qualified to vote. A letter was read from Mr. Menzies, declining his nomination as a Candidate on this occasion, as he considered himself already duly elected at the former meeting, and intimating his intention of con firming the same in a Court of Law. The electors, how. ever, not judging it agreeable to the remit from the ' General Assembly, that any of the candidates should be allow. ed to withdraw, put them all in nomination, as on the former occasion—namely, the Reverend William Lyon, from Glammis ; the Rev. William Menzies from St. Andrews; and the Rev. Thomas Doig. The • election having accordingly been proceeded with, Mr. Lyon was elected clergyman by a great majority.—.there being 1611 electors for him-15 for Mr. Alenzies—and 1 for Mr. Doig. The Duke of ATHOL!, ) on behalf of himself and the Lord Bishop and Clergy of the Isle of Man has offered to cotnmute the entire tithes of the island for 6,0001. annually. A few days ago, a female child, about 7 years old, named Stringer, fell into a well, upwards of 70 feet deep, in St. John's Place, and was safely _extricated without hav ing received material injury. What renders the above escape more extraordinary, and places it ahnost on a par with the miraculous, is, that there were .double buckets to the well, consequently one was at the bottom, against which it can scarcely be conceived as possible that the child should not have fallen.—( Brighton paper.) A LESSON roit DurcisTs.—Two friends liap. pening to quarrel at a tavern, one of them, a man of a very hasty disposition, insisted on the other's fighting him the next morning. —The challenge was accepted, on condi. tion that they should breakfast together, pre. vious to their going to the field, At the house of the challenged. When the challenger arrived the next morning, according to appointment, he found every preparation for breakfast, and his friend, his wife, and children, all ready to receive him. Their repast being over, and the family withdrawn without any hint of the fatal purpose having transpired, the diar lenger asked the other if he was ready to attend ? " No, Sir," replied he, " not till we are more upon a par ; that amiable Woman, and those six innocent children, who just now breakfasted with us, depend solely upon my life for their subsistence; and till you can stake something equal, in my estimation, to the welfare of seven persons, dearer to me then the apple of my eye, I cannot think we are equal ly matched."—" We are not indeed !" replied the other, giving him his hand, and they became ' firmer friends than ever. THE ARMY. A Grand Review of Cavalry, consisting of the. Ifousehold Brigade and three Regiments of Light Dragoons, by the Duke of Youx, will take place on Tuesday, the 15th inst. on Hounslow Heath 1 , the word of command to be given by Lord EDWARD SOMERSgT. The troops to be reviewed are at present quartered as follows :—The Ist Life-Guards, Hounslow town ; 2d Life-Guards, New Brentibrd 1 Oxford Blues, Egliam and Staines; 3d Light Dragoons; -Richmond the 7th Hussars, Hampton -court ; 15th Hussars, Ifounslow Barracks. His MAJESTY, should the weather prove favour ' • able, is expected to be present. The 2d and' 3d battalions of Grenadier Guards will he re viewed on Saturday, in Hyde park, by the Duke of Yoarc ; the Hon. Col. - TOWNSIIEND will give the word of command. Commissions in the Renfrewshire Yeomanry cavalry.—Cor net John Shaw Stewart to be Lieutenant, vice Howie, resign ed ; John Whyte, jun. Gent. to be Cornet, vice•j. Shaw Stewart, promoted. Commissions in the Tyne Yeomanry Ifussarl..--Thomna Villa Real Dutton to be Cornet, vice Gray, resigned ; Joseph Farrington to be ditto, vice Falcus, resigned ; 'John Barton Parr to be ditto, vice Hutchinson, resigned. • ' .110 ,P 4:;. - ,: '4 A I•' ) . ' 20.11... , t.Asit ' dV:lr t: ' N '4 ,- 44., re-, Ilf . t•'-'..? .- -' ,, ; 0 1 4 4644 ‘ . • e- - N .. . • 0k.:44.4„ -A. • . .; .;, ' V , 3' . :1') , . 1' ' ' A. -4-, 4- t 4,7,-• ,4- .1.'4" • -,,, , 44 s. Or • - MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, JULY 2.--Wind B.—Arrived and sailed for the River the George, Fisher, from Palermo ; Susan and Letitia, Jones, Leghorn ; and Sisters, Brood, from Whet*. Sailed this day at noon the Windsor Castle, Lee, for Madras and Cai, cutta, with the rest of the outward-bound for their different destinations. Comedown from the River and sailed, the Princo Regent and Royal Sovereign yachts, for Cowes, to attend on his Majesty ; Creole, Cotesworth, for Lisbon ; Speculatiosi, Garth, for Faro. Po ST33101:1'8, JULY 2.—Light airs from the Westward.-- Arrived his Majesty's ship Seringapatam. front the.Bit4ic ; and Chatiotte, Stephenson, from Bombay : left the Ifith Fibruary, and St. Helena the 15tb 111:ty. FALMOUTH, JULY 1.--Wind S.W.--Arrived. the Mar quis of Salisbury packet from the Mediterranean : sailed front Corfu the 14th May, Malta the 21st, do., and from Gibraltar the 15th ult. Sailed the Betsy and Ann, far London. Otr th 3 port the Bellona, Wildgoose, from Grenada. SPITALFI ELDS WEA VERS. Tuesday night some propositions were made to the Committee of Journeymen Weavers from the Lords' Com.. mittee, respecting the Bill now pending in Parliament, with a request that an answer might be given fmtante.r. The weavers not considering they had such power, instantly issued notice for their fellow-workmen to assemble at the Three Colts, Beth nal-green, and by six o'clock yesterday morning upwards or 10,000 met, for the purpose of taking the propositions into con sideration. A temporary platform was erected in the centre of the Bowling-green, for the accommodation of the Com mittee, and Mr. BENSON was called to the Chair. He briefly stated the reasons for calling them together at so early an hour, and after a few prefatory observations, read the following pro posals, as sent from the Lords' Committee:- 1. Information of offences or actions for penalties to be brought within three months. 2. The restraint on the employment of capital to be done away beyond the extent of the present Act. 3. All the figured and fancy branches of the trade to be ex, empt from the operation of the Acts. 4. The Acts to remain in force for plain pork made within the district of the Acts for seven years. 5. The Penal Clause, as to two apprentices, is to be repeal. cd ; but not in so far as extends to apprentices in weaving. On the first Resolution being put, it was approved unani. mously. To the second, the following Amendment was moved and carried : " The Alasters may extend their capital to any part of the country, provided it is not within 70 miles of London, or the present limits, viz. Middlesex, Westminster, and th e To wer amlets." To the third, the amendment was—" The Journeymen are willing to meet the Masters, and make such alterations in • prices; according to the order of Sessions, as may seem just and necessary.' The fourth was rejected, the fifth was approved unanimously. The CH AMMAN then addressed the M feting, and informed them the Committee were to return their answer to the Prop. sitions of the Lords by twelve o'clock yesterday. The Meet. ing unanimously agreed to accompany the Committee. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, Palace-yard, and the avenues to the House of Lords, were crowded with weavers, all dt , . cently attired, and conducting themselves with the greatest propriety. The Committee of the House assembled br the old House of Lords about half an hour afterwards, .and Counsel immediately laid before them the amended propositions, as adopted by the journeymen yesterday morning. Several of master weavers were also present. It was stated by Counsel, that the proposal to the journeymen had been made, by direc tion of their Lordships, after receiving the sanction of the roas ters, who were anxious to conciliate. -Their Lordships having shortly conferred, came to the decision, that they could not en tertain the resolutions as amended by the journeymen, and desired that the case might proceed. When this informatioa was communicated to the assembled multitude on the outside of the House, the disappointment was apparently severe; but not the slightest symptom of disorder was manifested even ita any single instance. On Saturday se'nnight, as the fishermen he longing to the salmon fishery, at St. Andrew's, were returning from adjusting their nets, one of them picked up from a hole or cavity in the sand what he supposed to be a piece of a broken spar, and carried it to the salmon house. Mitchell, one of the proprietors of the fishery, and ano ther Gentleman, happening to be present at the time, upon looking at it, were struck with its uncommon appearance, and the fishermen willingly ceded it at the request of the Bailie, in whose hands it now remains, It was immediately brought iu St. Andrew's, and after being properly washed and sub mitted to minute inspection, has been ascertained to be a petrifaction,. or rather, an incrustation; of a musket or match ' lock into a solid mass. Notwithstanding the adheaien and in corporation of various kinds of shells anti other ma - rine, tint:- stances, which render it a great natural curiosity ; the stock, bar. rel, and ramrod, can be distinctly traced from the muzzle dowt.:* wards, with the keepers arid pins that attach them together and although the butt end is not so entire, having bec!A either broken or wasted; from the great length of time it nieA: have lain embedded in the sand, the length of the piece mei,. sures feet, and the weight nalb,--( Rdintnirgh Couruilt Jane 30.) . . On 'Saturday se*lmight, about twilight, art officer of dragoons, for a wager, deliberately rode his down the east tide of the Mound, kltlinbargh, at the south end, and arrived in safety at the bottom of it. The perftwinstice was witnessed with astonishment by those who were aecidentaliv . present. ALARMING FIRE.--,On Saturday evening, Omit eight o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in the brass-foliar: of Mr. MILNE, at the foot of Chalmers's Close, in the Higt•:- street. The engines were speedily at the spot, but so rapid was the progress of the destructive element, that, in less titan half an hour after the fire was discovered, the whole of the extensive foundry was literally a body of fire.— About nine o'clock the roof of the building fell in with a tremendous crash, and the blue of the burning at this time seemed awful. By the exertions of the firemen and a large hotly of the police, the flames were prevented from cornmum eating with the adjoining buildings, which were also threatened with destruction, and from which the consequences might have been still more deplorable, as there is a wood yard, a spirit shop, die. contiguous to the devastated premises. The firemen were busily employed in subduing the flames till a late hour yeste:.. day morning. It is not ascertained how the fireoriginateti, the workmen haying left the foundry at six o'clock; but, we er r happy to add, that the premises were partly insured.--/ buret Courant, June 30.) Yesterday morning, as Driver's Blackheath, Greenwich, and Deptford coach was passing along Toothy-street, in the Borough (the car riage-way in Iligh-street being under repair), when near 'the Maze, the off' fore-wheel came oft, in consequence of the linch-pin slipping out, a nd the coach overturned ; a fine young woman Who sat on the box with the coachman, with an ipfant i n h er arm s, w as thr i o n w t t i ; e up e c i i id n e t iL h v e ou pt i t . v t e o m s e a n y tw t i t t i t e t child, gre e., ea fell upon nnd n u it be o n t e h c e w s s e a r ; so t: t s a e k r e i o u s l ytherm jur tea St. Thomas's hospital immediately ; the coach man Avs also much:. hurt. Nome of the other passeugoes received. any material injury,