The Sun. — London, England, 1823-04-05 00:00:00

what is the real situation of the Government of that country.— The determination to send an army to the aid of France, has no doubt been taken, and the orders to march been issued some time." And again, " It is singular that the determination should have been taken to send Me ( Russian) Army again to France." In the Second Edition of our Paper of the 31st ult. we announced that the French Arm w y as to commence passing the frontier on the Ist and '2(l instant. /i is certain (whatever change may have since taken place, of which, however, we know nothing), that the Positive orders for the advance of the French . 1 11,11,1 1 had been issued ; and the Consti tutionnel Paris PapPr of the 3d instant, says, " It is : within t asserted th at the sig and thsignal for ho s tili t i es h as b een given, at wo or three days at the farthest the French army will ham /faced the Passage of the Bidassoa." And again, " The Ministerial evenin mw, a call will g jou rna l announces, that ' to-mor -I,:s be made f or t h e army of reserve," which doubt -8 mean s th a t a law project will be presented by the Alinisters, for a new levy of men. The same journ a l, as f ar as we can divinein its m eaning, th rough the obscurity of its langu age , in suates that we shall soon be m a d e acquainted with the pro cionation of the Luke rf dngouleme." In a Second Edition on last Wednesday, we announced that G overnment had received the French that of War ; and we yesterday added, that on 'Thursday co nsidered at its contents h a d been co and a meeti ng b etween Mr. CANNING the French Ambassador at our Court. The article from Brighton, in the Chronicle of this day, says— Morning "At the Privy Council, held in the Palace on Thursday, ngst other matters t r !tion o taken i nto consideration was the Defla f War by France against Spain, Stulgated in this country until which will no t b e pro with his M a j esty. " lllin isters have consulted on it lty our private intellig ence, received express w fro m Paris, e were enabled to announce, on the 31 s t ult., that the Council of Ministers had resolved on making a large addition to the French Army. The Journal the des 1 D ebuts (a Ministerial Paper), " sa me date toith our l Pape r , states , 14 C hamber are assure that the Mi nisters will this day pres.ienttotno f hamber of dDeputi 1 a law project, for the orgamz ~ 0 an Arm y of Reserve, h by anticipation, on th e l e vy of 1623. " The w h ole of the foregoing important particud iars were exclusively published in THE SUN ; an pot beet) derived from sources of information r ° Pen to contemporary Journals, were in some i egree disredited, merely because they were not 4,lll4ledi3telY confirmed by the concurrent testi f II Y ° I other public Pap ers . W e have now re terree4 t° therNand to the confirmations which they lav received from various and remote quarters, "°L for the Purpos e of making a vain parade of our ll:ft:liar udvantages in obtaining authentic infor -3'1") (though we might justly boast of our OurPeriorii ~ Yin that respect), but for the purpose to the the confidence of the public as _ .....e correctness of any future annunciations which it may he in our Power to make. , r uctqc It PLINDs.—APRIL .9-* • Five per Cents. Highest .......... 78 f. 90 e. ... Op ene d at ...... 78 f. 80 c. ........ 55 e. tank s tock Closed at . 78 f............................... Neapolitan F ..1480..1480 f. _. C. ive per Cents. ............. 07i. tzel ia nge on London —One Month... 25 f. 65 c. Three Months 25 f. 45 C. Arnong the rumours on the Continent he, confidently reported that the Emperor of it has ittlstA has 'positively determined to remove 131NNAUOTTE from the Throne of Sweden. If :'I% report has any solid foundation, it is not im ,'64bly connected with the recent conspiracy iii 1 '44 kiugdorn. ---.....„„„ mi ........... • CtltOk A CORRESPONDENT.] Sto-- b . he4rd cE, E.JECHANGE, Twelve o'Clock.-1 have not , ( " 1. the arrival of any Express from Paris tity morning.. Sp e culation is on tiptoe in the tee' resPe9t atig tile alleged receipt of the French rati on or ,„, Phitivel vv or. NVell-in formed persons the 3' acs that orders have been ii. I.' eaci rn , given by '"eir. 7°vormnent to defer the march of ntti;rillies till the lath inst. Consols ` opened Qt ..141).101d have remained unaltered, with little ;:(,) hasine,ss doing. ),,, t1 '4'11,, 441VIARKET.----ID consequence of the . ..trivio , t ile s, I , of Expresses, and the depression of 1145t:24641i lionds at Paris, the Foreign Market ii0lid:11 verY hav, with little doing. Spanish 'Petted zit 24 5 . 1 ;'• ' ' ' 'ew y , . IN, v °/ 1, Pap ers arrived this morning to the ' 'arch. 1 e,tir (40Po the Commercial Aelvertiser. ) 4 ge e of a Litter, ront Laguira, Pub. 1-l.— seh oo , 111.474. '''q arrived yesterday evening from le4l4o4l,"fter a short passage, by which We brop4titit 14 lust the tnonster Morales is in a et%ti.;:l' tl'41); that his situation is most critical It for A,ltaCrucia and Coro; that the troops he ruektlitit`lo protection of the latter place had :Paluic (141 standard and displayed that of the ' il id that Generals Urdante and Mon. Nov. 26.] Nov. 30.—Several slight shocks continue every day, and there has been two this morning. DEC. I.—Slight shocks continue, but not of a serious description. [Front the Board of the New England Coffeehouse.) NEW YORK, MARCH 15.—A ship is ashore at Long Island, said to be the Alexander, from London. If [ get any further information I will send it. NEw Yonic, 10 o'clock at Night.--Since my letter of this morning was put in the bag, I un derstand that the vessel ashore at Long Island, which was supposed to be British, proves to be a schooner from Havannah. We have received Bayonne Papers of the 27th ult. A Mail had arrived from Madrid ; but it brought no later intelligence than of the I 9th. The terms of capitulation of Mequinenza to ,the Constitutionalists were said to have been accepted ; as also that Capapse bad surrendered to .Ballasteros, on condition of receiving a pardon for himself and his followers. The Army of MINA is represented as being en thusiastically devoted to him. The Pastor was still at Iron, and was preparing fora determined resistance.—These Papers represent the French army as only half complete, destitute of the means of conveyance, and utterly unfit to ad vance into Spain, which indeed it was thoughi would not immediately take place. The affair with the vanguard of Gen. REGO, and the Portuguese Insurgents under AMA lIANTE, after that of the 13th instant, is confirmed. Both sides sustained loss in the- action ; and REGO after concentrating his forces, fixed his head. quarters at Amarante. In a dispatch of REGO of the 17th ult., he praises the excellent spirit of his troops, but admits that Tras os Montes is al most entirely in a state of insurrection. We understand that Private Letters are in Town from Colombia, of a late date, bringing favourable accounts in regard to the Colombian Loan, which positively assert that it will be ratified by the Colombian Government. THE KING'S COURT.—On Thursday afternoon pis MAJ CSTY held a Court, at his Palace at Brighton, which war` attended by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, the Master- General of the Ordnance, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Chichester, Lord Colchester, &c.—The King held a Privy Council, at which the Right Hon. Charles Grant was appointed by the King in Council, Vice- President of the Board of Trade.-.. Earl Bathurst officiated for the Lord Pre l sident, and had a pri vate audience of his Majesty, previous to the fielding of the Council, to lay before his Majesty the business to be brought before the Council. The Duke of YORK arrived in town to dinner last evening, from his Royal Highness's visit to the KING at Brighton. , The Russian army, ever since its return from France, has been a subject of uneasiness to the Government. Never was so instantaneous a change produced in a body of men as that pro. duced on the Russians by their stay in France. Under such circumstances, it is singular that the determination should have been taken to send the army again to France: No doubt the Est- PEHOIt thinks the triumph of the Monarchical principle sufficient to counterbalance the evil of the contagion. Besides, a great army must be moved about ; it must be kept in employ inent.—(Morning Chronicle.) Letters dated the 14th ult. were received yes terday from St. Petersburg - h. Much anxiety is expressed in them for intelligence from England, confirmatory or otherwise of the expected inva sion of Spain by France, but the thought of a participation in the war by Russia does not at present enter into the speculations of the Peters. burgh merchants. The exchange had fallen very considerably, owing to the orders from Ham burgh, Holland, and London, for remittances of money. DEATH BY FIGHTING.—An Inquest was held yesterday afternoon, at the Six Bells, near Hamm ersm i t h Ch urch, before THos. STIRLING, Esq. ironer, on view of the body of Wm. Friberg, who lost his life in a pugilistic encounter on Monday last. It appeared that the deceased was sitting in the Six Bells public house on Monday last, in company with a man named Hedges, when a dispute arose betw een t h em respecting a late fi g h t b etween the deceased and Dolly Smith, they ac. coaling proceeded to blows, anti in the afrra deceased re ceived a bl ow un d er t h e right ear, of which he did not recover. It was also proved deceased struck his opponent twice before it was returned, and the Jury therefore delivered a verdict of " Justi#able Homicide." MARIA SCHUItSIAN, a native of Cologne, was, well versed in twelve languages, and wrote five classicallyc Excess of genius and learning made her melancholy mad. She died from a debauch in eating spiders.. alio are marching upon him with a force which wilt overwhelm him, and he will be complete!) lost. Porto Cavello is closely, invested." FURTHER PARTICUIARS OF THE EARTHQUAKE AT VALPARAISO. [ExtraCt of a Letter from a Gentleman residing at Valparaiso, " Several other heavy shocks followed, but not to be compared with the first : they con tinued very frequent during the * night of the 18th November, and every one fled to the hills and the shipping for safety. Many lives were lost by the falling of the buildings, but the number has not as yet been ascertained, and nearly 300 are known to have perished ; many are wounded, amongst whom is the Supreme Di rector. Nearly the whole population is scattered about the hills in tents ; the English families, as also our Consuls, have all embarked on board the shipping. BRIGHTON, APRIL 3. The n happy advances to recovery, from the unexpected attack of gout, which his MAJESTY had made since the preceding night, we had the satisfaction to re port at three o'clock this day. Since the latter period, his Ma jesty's health has so rapidly and satisfactorily improved, that the postponed Privy Council of yesterday was held at the Palace, at six o'clock this evening. Present-- His Majesty, the Commander-in -Chief, the Master of the Horse, the-Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, the Earl of Chichester, Lord Colchester, the Vice-Chancellor, the Judge-Advocate-General, the Lord Steward, and, as the Clerk, Mr. Grey lle. At the -close of the Council, the Members of it had the honour of dining with his Majesty, together with the Countess Bathurst, Lady Anne Beckett and Lord Colchester. 13ATir ARRIVALS.-Sir R. and Lady Liston, Sir A. Cath cart, Sir John Davie, Sir James Fellowes, Colonel A'Court, Gen. Maitland, Major and Mrs. Dixon, Capt. A'Court, Capt. Cadman, Capt. Cazalet, Capt. England, Capt. Holford, Capt. Foster, Capt. Huntley, Capt. Petliman Capt. O'Barren, -Capt. Sterling, C a pt. S tevenson, Capt. Ward,' Rev. Canon and Mrs. Woodh ou s e , R ev . D r . Fisher, Rev: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and famil, Rev. M. and Mrs. Donne, Rev. Mr. Harris, Rev. Mr. Coates, Rev. Mr. Dolphin, R ev . M r . J ones, Rev. Mr. Phelips, Rev. Mr. Richards, Rev. Mr. Repton, Rev. M r . Treadway. FASHIONABLE RRALS. • The Earl of DaFASHI rnley, Lo B LodClifton A IV and the Hon. Mr. Bligh, from Cobham Hall, Kent ; the Earl of Clanwilliam, from Brighton ; the Earl of E gremont , at hi s h ouse in G ro svenor. place, from his seat, petworth, Sussex; the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, at his house in John -street, Berkeley-square; the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth, at their house in Berkeley , square ; Lord King, from his seat, Oakham, Surrey; Lord Boyne, at his house in Cleveldnd-row, from Hastings; Lord Francis Conyngh a m, from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Gwydtr, from Brighton ; Count Lieven, from B r i g h ton ; the lion. Ed. ward and Lady Keppel, at the Dowager Countess of Albe marle's house in Berkeley-sluare. DEPART lIILEB.—Lord Folkestone, for Longford Castle, Wilts; Saville Lumley, Esq. from Fenton' s Hote l, St. James's. street, fur Paris; the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, for the Priory, Surrey ; 'Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. White, from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook -street, on a tour; the Hon. General Walpole, from ditto, for Bath ; Sir John Vandeleur, Bart. from ditto, for the Continent ; Viscount and Viscount ess Granville, for Chiswick; Colonel, Mrs., and the Misses IVil kinson, from Long's Claremont Howl, for Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Burgess, from ditto, for Devon ; Colonel and Sir Chas. Willoughby, froth ditto, for Brighton ; Sir William Appleby, from ditto, for Bath ; Sir Godfrey Webster, from ditto, for Brighton. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Lady Henry Howard entertained an elegant circle of fa. shionables yesterday evening at her house in Lower Grosvenor_ street. Sir Charles Long, Bart. gave a grand dinner yesterday to the Ambassador of the Netherlands and a distinguished party at his seat Bromley HUI, Kent. The Countess of Harrington had a select party yesterday evening at her house in the Stable-yard, St. James's. POETRY. APRIL. See April comes! a primrose coronet Circling her snowy temples, and her vest ?ranked with the hare.bell and the violet, Like a young widow beautiful in tear., She ushers in Spring. SPORTING. MEYNELL HUNT SPRING RACES, 1823. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2. The Meynell H unt S ta k es of sgs each, by Members of the Club, for horses not thorough-bred that never won any match, plate, sweepstakes, &c. prior to the day of naming. Mr. Walker's ch. h. aged (rode by Mr. J. B. Story) I I Mr. Wightwick's b. m. Screw, 4 yrs old (by Fitz Jame) 2 dr A Silver Cup of 20gs value, with 30 added, and 10gs to the se cond horse, given by the Gentlemen of - the Mundt Hunt, for horses not thorough-bred that never started, paid, or re ceived forfeit, prior to the (lay of naming. Mr. A. Thacker's ch. g. Chance, 5 yrs, by Bradbury 1 5 I Mr. Nix's b. g. True Blue, 5 yrs, by Volme . 23 4 Mr. T. Brigg's bl. g. Auctioneer, by Sultan - 32 5 Mr. Hunt's b. g . F orester , 4 yrs, by Young Pavilion 4 4 3 Mr. Bailey's b. g. Farmer, 5 yrs, by Orlando - 5 1 2 Auctioneer was the favourite at stating-5 to 4 agst the winner; 5 to 4 agst True Blue; 6 to 4 agst Forester; and 2 to 1 agst Farmer. This race, as well as the Hunt, created great sport. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE, I MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Sir R. Puleston'a Hounds, on Monday, at Gallantry Bank ; Wednesday, at Petton Lodge ; and on Saturday, at Gallantry flank. 'The Ludlow Subscription Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Ashton • and on Friday, at Thr ee H orse Shoes. Sir idw. Smythe's 'ox-hounds, on Monday, at Buildw as Bridge ; and on Thursday, at Tlatcher' s Wood. Colonel Berkeley's Fox-hounds, on illonday, at Dumbleton Wood ; and on Wednesday, at Bagsworth Wood. Earl Fitzwilliam's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Bedford Purlieus ; and on Wednesday, at Sawtry Toll Bar. Lord Yarborough's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Irby Dales ; Wednesday, at H L e undon ; and on F r id ay, at gshy illage. Sir R. Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Legsby ; Tuesday, at Newbold Common ; Thursday, at Branton Wood ; and on Saturday, at Blankney. - .. r►- Croxton Park Races will take place on M'ednesday next. Nottingham Races, we understand, ar e fixed f or p oes d ayx the 16th of July, and two following days. Prom the number of superior horses entered for the various sweepstakes, &c. more diversion is expected than has been witnessed for many years. Since the Earl of Plymouth has returned to the hunt at Mel ton illowbray, his Lordship has taken "a new les''' of his 'ire," as the sportsmen term it.—( Leicester Joarnal.) THE THEATRE.—Mr. YoUNG, ”'h ose I gagement at Drury-lane Theatre must give plea .' sure to the public as lie does not, like some of his competitors, imitate that peculiar style of act ing which can on l y b e e ff ect i ve i n t h e original, Mr. K EAN , l ast n i g h t appeare d i n M acbeth. If his pe r f o r mance was not wholly exempt from cricical comment, it was at least a judicious re presentation of that very difficult character.— Lady Macbeth is a part that certainly does not exactly accord with the delicate qualities of Mrs. WEST, but this Theatre does not at present pos-1 sess an actress who could perform it so well, and she always plays with feeling and judgment. Mr. COOPER was so respectable a iitacduff, and is in general so judicious an actor, that the Mana ger will have reason to regret his ensuing trans. for to the other Theatre. A Morning Paper gives a very severe account of Mr. THOMPSON'S Banque, but unluckily for the Critic, the part was perform e d b y M r. POPE, who by no means deserved such inapplicable and churlish stric. tures. We feel it as a duty to notice this matter,, in justice to THOMPSON as well as to Port. MR. HUGUES BALL AND MADEMOISELLE MER.. CANDOTTL—We are it length enabled to state the following facts connected with this very important affair --By a letter we have received from Banff, N. 8., this morning, it appears that the fair Lady.was married there, to Mr. 11. Ball,. on fi'un.. day, the 22d ult., and immediately afterwards the happy pair set Ch er Dalgety Castle, the seat of General Duff: 'rite cere mony was performed at Duff.house, the seat of the Earl of Fife, which is in the immediate vicinity of BanlE—(Morning Paper.) :..~- FOR. THE SUN. Ma. EDITOR—A friend lately coin. municated the patshlet,,which has engaged so much of my attention (and I hope that of really others), I mean the " Crisis of Spain," is of opi nion that there is a want of candour observable in it (which in truth had not occurred to me), in its making no mention of the oath that King Fer dinand is generally understood tu f have taken, to maintain the Constitution of 181'2. Whatever apparent justice- t r here may be in this remark, I think it may be answered to it, that it was the less incumbent on the author of the pamphlet to make that mentien, as his evident design was, not so much to enumerate- all //le./au/is that both parties in Spain had committed, as to give such a representation of the present state of affairs -there, as may afford some criterion to judge by of die conduct that other nations, and particularly France and England, should hold towards them, and also of that which the Spaniards should hold among thetnselves. If they are not disposed to treat their ,Sovereign as one who is no longer worthy to reign over them, I do not see what good end it can answer to lay any stress upon, or even to revive the recollection of, a fact which may tend to make his subjects consider bin s in that light, which they might do if he ap peared in their eyes only as a faithless perjure 4 man, for whom no excuses are to be .made on the score of weakness or ill-advice. lit a po litical as well as moral, and even a religious point of view, the dignity and office of the Sovereign is entitled to a degree of respect and attachment that requires much misconduct on his part to for feit it, and the force width all that most strongly influences the human mind has given to that feel.: ing, must . „ I think, make the Spaniards consider the 46 Ktng's name" as a 46 tower of strength" that will not a little contribute to sauction and cans°. lidate any system that the " wisdow of their counsellors" may form, along with any restric. tions of the Monarch's power that may be coo sistent with that degree of it that will effectually preserve them from the disorders and dangers that a Republican, and still more a Democratic form of Government is liable to. A mixt form has surely the sanction both of sound reason and experience, and such a one (with the example of this country before their eves) the Spaniards seem likely to adopt, giving it, it is to be hoped, those modifications that are necessary to preserve the integrity of it. Most unfortunate it is, that the French Government has not followed a line of conduct that would have given the Spaniards both opportunity (consistenly with the credit of their Nation) and encouragement to make those modifications, which indeed they have appeared not disinclined to do, had not France she wed a determination to pursue a course which is now perhaps decidedly began upon, and which tn,ty rather dispose the Spaniards to adhere obstinately and without any relaxation to the Constitution they have framed, with all its faults; and even to carry those faults to lengths that have not yet been contemplated. What may be the ultimate issue of this contest, Gon only knows : its p. e- snit the prospect is a most awful one, and area -1 tens to bring all Europe into a state that wilt make it very difficult for this country to preserve that neutrality which on so many accoudts is to be desired; and thus will leave no mediating power between two opposite principles that are irreconcileably adverse to each other, I mean ab solute Monarchy and Democracy. It has been . well obs erve d ( I think in your Paper) that when" hostilities are began in such a contest, "we May hear the first cannon, but the child unborn may not hear the last." In such a case, " Fiat Dee voluntas" must.l think be the language and last resource both of common feeling and 'of your's &c. Exeter, April 2d, 1823. COMMON SENSE. His Majesty's sloop Cygnet, Captain BENNETT, arrived on Thursday at th e Portsmouth, from the Cap e of Good Hope she left Simo n ' s B ay, on the' 26th of January, St. Helena o.i the 11th of February, and Ascension on the 21st of the same month. The Andromache, 48, Commodore Nov use, Ariadne, 24, Captain oonsoar ; Espiegle, 18, Capt. Co 1.- LIER t Delight, 10, Captain Hay; and Bathurst (surveying vessel, from New South Wales) Capt. KING, were lying i:t Simon's Bay. The Andromache was refitting after her crei,./ to the east coast of Africa, in which she had been accompa nied by the Cygnet and colonial brig Wizard. The Aritelmt was about to sail to the Mauritius, to relieve the Menai ; th, Espiegle was repairing, having been found defective in her ton. sides ; the Bathurst was on her way to England, and expect -(1 to leave the Cape a few days after the Cygnet. Thing: at e Cape seemed to wear a brighter aspect than they latterly had, and the Exchange had fallen considerably. The Alum,- mache and Cygnet were at Delagoa Bay in December la.q. The Cygnet brings very bad accounts of the surveying ves.t.ls in the Mozambique channel; they found the Utekburn (tendi-r to the Leven) lying in Delagoa Bay ; both the Leven ur.,l Baracouta had been obliged to put to sea for the recovery of their people's health ; besides the death of Captains, CP TFIELD and LECIIMERE, both ships had suffered consider ably, and had a great many ill when they sailed. Lieuten sit OwEt : t, who commanded the Cockburn, expected them back ;11 February.. Lieutenant VIDAL had been appointed to command the Baracouta. The surf at St. Helena and Ascension had Lee of much longer dure,tion this year than for many preceding ones. The Cygnet lay two days at the former place, and , it was with great ditlicuhy she had communication with the shore. The people at Ascension were quite healthy, and well supplied with every thing.—His Majesty's ship Brazen is arrived here from Plymouth. Mg. ANo Mitß. L AC ,--'!'here are few of o!Ir Musical Readers who do not remember these Professors, ard who do not recollect with delight the two Vocal Concerts they gave in this City just previous to their departure for India, now about four year s s i nce . I n their way out they touched at Mil * dras, where they were received with all the honour due to t leir great and various :talents. They have from the period of their arrival resided at Calcutta, and were not les;i respected in the higher circles than their reception at Ma dras had given them reason to anticipate,,-They taught music and gave concerts, and had so far accomphshed the object of their voluntary exile, as to meditate an immediate return to their children and their country, when in the au tumn of last year they received an invitation from the King -of Oude to visit his Court, said to be the most splendid of the East. Thither they determined to repair, and these inter. prising persons did not hesitate to undertake a journey of three months and a half, in addition to their previous voyage of fourteen thousand miles. We can only hope and believe that such an expense of time and toil will be well reward ed, as indeed there is reason t o ex p ect , f rom t h e good taste of a Prince who should display, an anxiety to procure fur him self the enjoyment of such talent. We understand that both Mr. and Mrs. Lacy are in excellent health and spirits, and that, the voice of the latter is quite as fresh and es agile as when she left England. After some stay at liiieknow, it is their purpose to return to this country, and enjoy their well-earned case.— Noru;ich Mercury, April 4.1 • y „wi ' - '';•• • e , -.4:-, -?,:rp. ti-_,,LP ets ri .1) . . : P . ', '' " .. ... 7 &•,.... , ....,, 4) ~ " 7 : A .' ' 4 . ..-Ap, ,, : , .. : i Al ' ll • S ' Z' ' '' t:, s Y' S 6 l.. - tit OF "ii --*' • , 4 1 ~.. ,...---.,---;-* • , 1 th " /iTtiirfrtf I , V , ~. MI:ItCAN I'II.L SHIPPING. DEAL, APRIL 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Came down from the River the Margaret, Henderson, for the Cape of Good Hope.— The wind this morning was untenable to the Northward, which induced several of the outward-bound, and all the coasters, to get under weigh ; soon after it backed agar' to the S.W., blowed fresh with thick weather, and the whole put back again. The Harmony, Currie, for Jamaica, drove on board of the William Miles, East Indiaman, early this morning, and forced her to slip her chain cable, broke her spare anchor, carried away her jib-boom, cat-head, bob- stays , an d b owspr i t rigging, and considerably damaged her hull; the Ilarmony's channels were torn up, and her side otherwise damaged. '1 he e Miles has been supplied with two anchors and cables from hence.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Helen, from Ja maica and New Providence ; and Union, Clinch, from Smyrna. FALsiouTif, APRIL 3.—Wind W.—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet (2), from Lisbon in 'l3 days: and Iris, Peyton, from L o ndon. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 3. —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Essex, Wise, from Matanzas in 27 days. Off the port the Se neca, Gray, from Fayal. LYMINGTON, APRIL 4.—Arrived the Sophia, Beehild, from Cowes for Halifax, with troops.. The Margaret, Walsh, from Newfoundland to Liverpool, was stranded near Rochelle on. Wednesday, but expected to be got off: The Renown, Perry, from Liverpool to Jersey, foundered near the Smalls the 29th ult.—crew saved. The Mary, Watts, from Scilly•to Belfast, was driven on the North Rock, near Belfast, on 'Tuesday; and it was feared would be lost. The Blandford, bound to Newfouhdland, was on shore in Bootle Bay on Wednesday. The George, Coleman, from Youghall to Liverpool, was on shore at Southport on Tuesday. LOSS OI L THE . ALERT PACKET The following painfullY interesting particulars of this most melancholy catastrophe are derived from the oral relation of one of the cabin pas sengers, a respectable tradesman in Liverpool, who was fortunately saved. The account thus drawn up was published in the Liverpool courier of Wednesday last. It is a mournful detail. ." We sailed from the Pigeon-house, Dublin, at half-past eight o'clock on Tuesday evening. There were, as nearly as I can judge, about fifteen paasengers including Myself, in the cabin. Amon g th em were three Ladies, one of whom had an. infant about eleven months old with her. The appearance of the cabin passengers was most respectable. We had a favour- able breeze throughout the night, and made the IVelsh coast early in the morning. About ten o'clock, however, (as I hive since understood) the breeze died away, and the:packet was driven, by the f orce o f t h e current, towards the West Mouse rock. Capt. M organ immediately ordered the boat a-head, in the full confidence that it would succeed in towing the packet out of danger. But in this he was unhappily disappointed, the unfortunate vessel being driven, by the strength of the tide, ' on the fatal rock. It was about half-past ten o'clock when she struck. I was in my birth, in the cabin, at the moment. The shock, though dot very violent, was sufficient to rouse me. I started up instantly, and found the passengers in the cabin in a state of confusion and alarm. I immediately ran upon deck, and found it in a similar state of confusion. I returned to the cabin, and discovered, with feelings not to be described, that the water had, in the meantime, made its way into it. The confusion and alarm among the passenges below increased with the increasing danger. The Ladies were screaming with affright, and even the Gentlemen were alarmed at the imminency of the danger which threatened theta. I immediately quitted this scene of horror, and, making my way upon deck, ran up the shrouds At this moment the water had risen to a considerable height in the hold, and baffled every exertion which was made by the passengers and such of the crew as remained on board, to bale it out. I now saw, for the first time, the boat a-head, a short 'distance from the extremity of the bowsprit, with several of the packet's crew in it. I came down the shrouds, and making my way towards the bowsprit, endeavoured to get into the boat. I was, however, prevented by some of the persons belonging to the packet aroun d me, who stated, that if I were allowed to get into the boat, there would be a general rush towards it, by which means it would run the risk of being swamped, and thus cut off the only chance ofany person being saved. Determined, however, to renew the attempt at a favourable moment, I re mained concealed in the forepart of the vessel. Espying my op. ' portunity when the boat was a yard or two from the extremity of the bowsprit, and when I had seen the last seaman get into it, I ran a l ong t h e b owspr i t, b ut in attempting to get into the boat, I unfottunately fell into the sea. 1 was taken up by one of the crew, who pulled me into the boat, being the first pas. :wager who was received into it. At this moment several others passengers made their way along the bows prit to'endeavour to get into the boat, sonic of whom succee d e d in gaining it, whilst others fell into the water and were drowned. The boat still re, mained at a short distance from the bowsprit of the vessel, those . already on board deeming it unsafe to cone too near, for fear of a rush being made by the crowd left on board the packet to get in. The Captain next made an attempt to reach the boat, by plunging into the water from the bowsprit, and swimming to. wards it. A rope was thrown towards him by one of his crew, which he was so f ortunate as to grasp, and was pulled into the boat. As soon as he caught hold of the rope, several unfortu nate passengers, who had plunged into the sea at the same moment as the Captain, were observed to cling to his body, in the hope of saving themselves by that means • but, such w as the crowd e d state o f the boat, which was alr eady almost level with the water, that the crew dared not venture to take any more into it, and they were abandoned to their fate. There were at this moment 17 of us in the boat. When we row ed finally off; we left four or five unfortunate men struggling in the water, with no chance of escape from an untimely grave— A boy, about 14 years of age, and who, as I understood, was the cabin boy, was about this time observed to lash himself to a piece of wood, and throw himself into the sea, in the hope of supporting himself till the arrival of succour. Just as it was determined to quit the sinking vessel, a man got hold of the boat, to which he clung, earnestly entreating the crew to take him in ; but they, fearing that the boat might be sunk by the addi tional weight on one side, lashed him to its side. In this state hg remained for nearly half an hour ; when the people, find ing that he r e t ar d e d t h e boat's way through the water (th tide then running strongly against them) deemed it expee dient, at all risks, to take him in, which they happily accom plished. During the time they were rowing toward . the shore which was attended with great difficulty an d f at i gue, I kep, my eye fixed upon the pa cket, which was driving that off thet land. Of the precise moment at which she disappeared, I can not speak with certainty.; but she must, I think, have sunk about three quarters of an hour after we quitted her, and whilst we were in the act of landing ; for when I looked for her from the shore, I could not discover her, and a man who met us when we landed, stated, that he had seen her go down. No sooner.had the crew landed the passengert who were fortunately saved,9leveral of whom were in a state of great exhaustion from having been in the water than they heroically resolved, al. though the boat was nearly half full - of water, to return with all expedition to the spot where the packet was supposed to have sunk. They went accordingly, and succeeded in rescuing three individuals, who had sustained themselves in the water by some buoyant articles from a watery grave. " It were in vain to attempt to describe the scene of horror,, which the deck of the packet exhibited, when we were on the point of quitting for ever the mtiltitude which crowded it. It was a scene which would have melted the hardest heart. For some time before that moment all hope of preservation had been abandoned; and the unfortunate crowd were awaiting, in awful suspence, the dreadful death which stared them in the face. Many of them had fallen on their knees, and were im ploring the mercy of Heaven ; while others were sending up the most piteous and heart-rending screams, which drew tears even from those in the boat who had some chance of escape. " There were many women on board, with young children, to whom they clung with a mother's fondness in this scene of death; the frantic shrieks extorted by their maternal agony were most piercing, and were heard long after the boat had quitted the sinking wreck. A poor soldier had his whole fa mily on board, consisting of his wife and several children, and was observed endeavouring to afford them that consolation in this awful situation which was denied to himself. In short, it was a scene of horror which has seldom been equalled, and such as, I trust, I shall never behold again." This most dreadful shipwreck appears, from the information which we have been able to gather, to have been caused by the packet being kept close in with the Welsh shore. If a vessel can be run between the Skerries and the main -land, the pas sage is, we understand, thereby considerably shortened. This, it is supposed, was the object of the Captain of the Alert ; but the breeze dying unexpectedly away, and a strong 'current running in the direction of the breakers, a loss of human life ensued, the bare mention of which makes one shudder. The Captain, we hear, is like a man distracted, fearing the catas. trophe will be imputes, to neglect or carelessness on his part.-- The Gentleman front whom we received the substance of the preceeding narrative, was not on deck when the vessel was drifting towards the rocks ; but he said that it was his indivi. dual opinion, as we ll as t h e op i nion of the survivors with whom he conversed, that no blame was imputable to thetaptaln. On Monday the Dinner was given to the Climbing Boys, at Sheffield. Twenty.tive boys were pre., ant, also one g:,r/, ten years of age, whom the poverty and it,rnorance of her parents induced to employ as an apprentice, She has been twelve months in the habit of ascending anti sweeping chimnies daily. et.l he el vale ht was Lint of nirals, n of a should 'n that sari iny of ugust only ive to !ming alraw 1() re• ..... .. -