The Sun. — London, England, 1823-05-26 00:00:00

TUE' SUNS . J . • SOLEN OI T IVDIOERE fiILSUM Ai7DE.IT ? LONDON, MONDAY; 31 AY 26 . , 1823. SUN-OFFICE, Two O'CLOCK.' The Duke d e SAN CAut.os, and. the Duke nu. INFANTADO, who are now, their way to Madrid, are to exercise. important„func . tions in the new ,ProOsionar Spanish G!ivfrri ment. All idea of negotiations between France and the Constitutional Spanish Government is believed to have been abandoned. If any negocia. 'ions, therefore, should hereafter' be entered info, they must be between the rival governments for Spain, viz. the King and the Cortes on.the one part, and the Council of Regency on the other; and they -win have for their object the alteration or entire subversion of the Constitution, if the French should be progressively successful, or the sub mission of the Spanish Royalists, if the cause of the Constitution should prove triumphant. EXPRESS FRONT PARTS. We have received by Exp r e ss the Mode and the Pilote Pa r is P a p ers of yesterday. At length the French admit that there has been an engage ment in Catalonia between Ceneral DoxitoiEu and a Spanish corps commanded by IIoTEN and by the Political Chief of Catalonia. Ge. seral DosAntEu of course claims the vic tory, though he does not even pretend that he has reaped any fruits from it. He has taken no cannon,—no camp equipage, —no prisoners!—Marshal MUNCEY remained at Ge rona on the 19th instant ! It is no longer possible to conceal that the French have entirely failed in Gatalonia. They have not, it is true, been routed in any general action, nor have they been compelled to withdraw within their own frontier, but it is clear ,that all their movements have been controlled and deter mined by the manoeuvres of the Spanish Com manders, and that they have been unable to ac complish any of those " decisive" operations upon which the Duke d'ANnotit,Emt calculated as ne cessary for the success Of the war. [From the 'Nile.) PARIS, MAY 25.—We learn from Bayonne under (late the 18th of May, that the Frencl are expected to enter Madrid on the 21st, pre. ceded by the Spanish Royal Guard. A travel. ler just arrived from that capital reports, that the Count of Abishal, who comman►]s the revo , lationary troops there, will sen►l in his submis. sion as soon as the French Army shall present itself before the gates of that Capital. We learn from Puycerda. under date the IGth of May. that Count Molitor summoned the Co. vernot of Lerida to surrender. A part of the gitrtison u ished to capitulate, but the remainder being opposed to it, the result has been, that the Miquedets have been ordered out of the town, which augurs well for its speedy surrender. ' The towit of ingualathihas been evacuated by the Constitutionalists, about 800 strang, who have marched in the direction of Barcelona. It is doubtful whether they will be able to reach that place._ The results of the action On the other side of Hostalrich ari"tipt yet known ; but it is uScer fained to have . been disadvaniageinis to the'Con mitutionalists. under the orders of Aliions. It is reported Ilia.t . h6 was s ounded, and that his troops suffered severely. . [From the note.l NEWS FROM THE FRONTIERS. E cviaoNs QF ST. SEBASTIAN, MAY 16.—A fast sailing vessel, dispatched from Corunna, entered the port of St. Sebastian on the .evening of the 14th, after a very short passage, bringing the in. telligence ofihe arrival at Corunna of „General WilSon With hii Saff. Imtnediately afterwards the French refugees at St. Sebastian, amounting to. lrlO, embarked on board that vessel, which set sail-about eleven o'clock at night for Corunna. From Irtin to the Head-quarters there are few troops employed on any other service than as Patrols, and in escorting convoys from France. Our relations with Arragon and Navarre having been 're-established, we have 'just been informed that on the Bth of this month (Ascension Day), whilst the division of the Army of the Faith en camped before Pampeluna were at Mass, the garrison of that place made a ,sortie with six pieces of Field artillery, and threw the whole camp into complete disorder. We learn from Saragossa that there are only from 6 to 700 men in garrison there, Who occupy . the Citadel. Patr o l s go from time to time into the town to keep good order between the Royal- fists - and the Citizens, who will not submit to their exactions ; 'but scarcely a day passes-with out * Rothe victims to the re-action. These disorders ate reaching their height, and the Municipality, 'anxious to put a stop to the da►ly malsacreS, have sent a .dePutation' to the French General, entreating him to strengthen the garrison; in order to prevent the citizens from murdering each This duty will be attended with some danger to the mediators. • It has been-remarked for some days,. that the troops forming the blockade of Santona were in communication with persons in tha(place 1. An Officer of high rank, con‘icted ,of holding a criminal intercourse with the besiegers, has been put to death. As soon as this teas known by the troops of the Faith, a numb4r of them deserted. The proprietor of a farm; ,not far from °gar zun, where several:FrenCh Soldiers were sur prised by a Guerilla, about the beginning of the month, has been hung in front of his own house, with his wife and three young children.. . P.S. More recent news from Saragossa inform us, that the massacres still continue. In one day 23 men were killed. and 80 wounded , : - A rein forcement of French troops was momentarily ex pected in that ill-fated city: The Funds at'Paris rosé considerably on Satur day. The French-Rentes opened for Money at 89 1:23 c.,iand dosed at 89f. 90c. The lateatvotation for the Account n•as 89 f. 90 c. .Neapolitan stock were in demand at 77g, and Spanish Bonds at 451. Besidet the important intelligence from the Paris Papers, the have inserted copious and in teresting extracts from Lisbon Papers and private letters from Vigo and Corunna, relative to the reception given to Sir ROUEWT WiLSON in Spain, and to the disposition of Ca!Hein in favour of the ConstitutioUal Government. Them was a report in the City this . day that se Spanish ,General Aulsom. had gane'over to le French, but little credit was attached to it. ft was positively stnted this day that the French Army was to enter Madrid on .the 23d fl S tan t. It is said that a certsiu great House, of the Hebrew persuasion, in the City, were to be the Contractors for the Spanish Loin tioir in pre. paration. American Papers arrived 'this morning to the 3d May. BALTIMORt, 'APRIL 28. Very late from the Pacifie.—By a passenger %rho came in the schooner Dort, arrived here on Saturday, in 24 days from Carthegena, we are informed, that he left Guayquil the middle of March, at which time Piesident Bolivar was there. The expedition► which the Patriots sent against the Royalists near Ima, it was supposed, would fall into their _ __ , ........ hands. ' In consequence of the expected fall of Lhnivfligitives.and mwch property b a d l e f t t h ere, . . . ... find arrived at Guayquil. Several shoCks of earth quake had been felt at Lima. President Bolivar had about 4000 men at Guayquil, he was preparing a secret expedition, which no doubt was directed against Peru. The Spanish General Morales was still in ppmesSion of Maracaibo, he had with him about 3 . ,ooo'men; his artillery was trifling ; le had. committed .the greatest cruelties upon the persons - and "property of foreigners. The - Pablo General Mentillo„ was at Rio de la Roche witl about 3,500 'rhea:" from the Jamaica Mail Royal Gazette to the 13tle April, j By the Three Sisters we learn, that the report previously received here from Carthagena,pf the defeat of the Royalists troops by the Colombians, is correct; on their march to Rio de la llache they were , met by General Mentilla, who routcd 4 them, making 400 prisoners NATIONAL ARMY OF vrsEttirLit. I hereby declare, that from this date the blockade of the ports of the Main, occupied by those who call themselves , . Colombians, is raised; but it is to he understood that . foreign vessels; which may bring into the said ports arms, ammunition, implements of war, or adventures, who may some for the put. pose of waging war against the subjects of his Catholic Ma. jcsty, Will be treated as enemica.• (SighCO MORALr'. :ead-quarters, 'Maracaibo, itth March, 1823. We have received a copy of the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, op. pointed for the purpose of reporting their opinion, whether the Standing Order of the House relat ing to Bills respecting Trade, is applicable to Bills for taking off Restrictions, Regulations, &c. previously imposed by Parliament ; and also their opinion as to the expediency of the said Standing Order being continued or rescinded.— The Committee have reported their opinion that the Order is not applicable to any Bill for taking off restrictions already imposed ; and further, that it is their opinion that the Standing Order should be rescinded. 'An article dated Tieste, May 9, Sari :- 14 We have news from the Morea to the 26th April. The Regency of' Greece has ceased, and the Government is in the lutods of a Congress of Deliutiei, Atter the solemn installation at Napoli di Rumania, Illaurotordato was elected President of the ton gress to the great joy of the people. The Congress has coeoded to Colocortoni the defence of the Mores, and has aprohned Odysseus, whohas the chief command in l'hessaly and Botlarisl to the same 'situation in Epirus and Acarnanta. The state of affairi in the Peloponnesus is favourable to the insurgents." , . * ' '.. ' ':. . - e-- , ' - A"-_' •- ; ..riJ . -, gi 7 ,7 : irst .4l 14. ^l. • itt,'4,l 1 '''' #'3 - ''', "'. A. ' - -..",.; -; " .6, ~.. .1-:. A4 ja....77,,, A. 4. jrz- j..• ,4„ .. , •• 4:44' f . ~,-.:, , 47 ' • . 1 '''' ' l' t A I*' .1 - S • -,•'''''- 7-I';'ft ''' t‘..-.). i 4• • ' . 4':kl- - ' f: . . " I -El) OV ' - -C - • 0 :i -,,, 't• •. ./ ..,, , i (P . ) 40* .4. ' 4 44 ft' t FAMIONATILE AnrtrvALS. The I of ilembroke, frOin his seat, Nl'ilten House; Mar chioness of Lansdown, from her seat in Wilts; LOrd and Lady Hunting at Nerot's Hotel, ClifFord,street, Bond-street ; S i tr:Charles and Lady de Blois, at ditto ; Sir George Thomas; Bart. at ditto; the Hon. Mrs. Iliad shave and Ladies, at ditto, from Brighton ; Pin, Esq and family, at ditto ;'Edward Douglas, Esq., at ditto; Col. Tilson and family, at ditto ; Sir Richard Sutton, Bart. at Miran , * Hotel, Lower Brookcstreet, fulniWeeting _ _ • DEPARTUILES.—The Bishop of pistol, from Hotlgson's Hotel, for - Cambridge; Sir Henry and Lady Carew, from ditto, for Choltenintin ; the Right Hon. Lord de Dunstanville, from Nerot's Hotel; Mrs. itarclay, froth ditto; Miss Fitzher bert Broekholes, from ditto; Mr. Ramsbottom, from ditto; Mr. Hamilton and Ladies, froth ditto B. M. Fortescue, Esq. and family, frinn ditto; Mrs, Lutwyche, from Miller's Hotel, for the Continent; _Mr. and Mrs. 4rchkayne and family, from ditto, fur their seat in Suffolk. - ' • FASHIONABLE PARTIES.: THE DUKt o' DEVONSIITEIE'S (111,110) DALT. AND Sur PER.—flis Grace gave a Grand Ball and Supper at Devonshire House, on Friday evening. The whole was in a stile of the greatest splendour. Quadrilles and-waltzes were kept up till a late hour. Yestati;iy his Excellency Count Lievmqrave his first grand 'dinner at Ins new residence Ashburnhaln-house, Hay-hill. His loyal Highness the Duke of York honoured the party invited with his company; among whom were his Highness Prince Esterhazy, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Liverpool, 'Mr. 'Canning, Earl of Wm estorland,, , Earl of ffarrowby, Baron de Werther, Viscount Marcellus, Viscount Granville, &c. The Earl of Lonsdale gave an elegant entertainment op Sa turday, at his house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, to Lord and Lady Barnard, Sir George and Lit/Beaumont. Colonel and Lady G. Lowther, Mr. and Lady Ann Beckett, Lady A. Powlett, Sir G. Musgrave, Sir J. Graham, Ctidonel Dalrymple, Mr. .Martin, i%lr. Musgrave, Mr. B. Doll.: son, :lir. Grant, i%lr. Watson. and Mr. Steele. - The Dowager Duchess of Rutland entertained a distinguish ed party to dinner yesterday, at her house inSaekville-strect. General and Mrs. floss Owe a grand dinner on Friday to the Marchioness of Salisbury, Marquis Graham, Earl and Countess Verulam, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Ladies Ashley Cooper, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. and Mrs. B. Simpson, &c., at their house in Portland-place. J. 0. Lanibton, M.P. had a large party to dinner yos terday, at his house in Cleveland-row. lord Keasington. entertained Viscount and Viscountess Granville, and a large party, to dinnerye%terclay, at his house in Stanhope.street, May-falr. Mr. Peel had a large puny to dinner yettterday, at his house in Stanhope-street. FA SI! lONA BLE A RANG EMENTS fur the WEEK. Titus V, E I.; I o.—The Countess of Jersey's rout, Berke. lev-square ; Mrs. George .Byttg's Ball, St. James's-square ; Mrs. Orby Hunter's rout, Grosvenor-place ; Mrs. Wm. Oos. ling's Ball, :Portland-place; .31r. Greentrood's entertainment to the Duke of York, Autlley-square; his Excellency Baron Fagel's entertainment, Whitehall-place. To-mott n0w...-Tbe illarquess of A ngl esea's party, Old Burlington-street; Sir Abraham HuMA party, Hill-street, Berkeley-square. WEDNESDAY.—AbiIaCkiII ; the Archbishop of Canter bury's entertainment to the Didee of -Yfirk, Prince Leopold, Lambeth-palace. THUILSDAY.—The Countess of Essex's party; Hill-street ; Mrs. BeatunOn's party, Portman.square. Pit IDAY,— The Duke of Deionshire's assembly, Devon shire !louse; the Earl of Stamford's party, 11111-street. SAT VjtnAr.. , ..The Earl Of Westmorland'i party, Grosvenor square; the Bishop of 'Derry's party,.Druton-street, Berke ley-square. S t;l4 DAY.—The Count and Countess Lieven's entertainment, shburnhe House; Lord Euenborou g h's entertainment, Roehampton ; the. Duke and Duchess of Northumberland's first party, at NorthumbLrland House. • It is confidently reported in the higher eirclegi of fashion, that u• matrimonial alliance is on the lapis between the lovely daughter of a certain Marquis basking• in the sunshine of the Court, and the eldest son of a Noble Duke, Letters have been received trams Corunna to the 13th instant, from wide!' w extract the fol. lowing intelligence:— : 44 OMIT NNA, MAY I. —Not rt . Frencb Ship of war or pri vateer has appeared etr this port since the invasion of Spain by. the French. Two priv ateers are timing in this por t to ernize against the Fronch.-.....ma y a French ship bf the line and a brig, an d plaid a corvette, op , geared Off this port. May B.—The C a ptain of the French line of battle ship 'has wr i tten to the Commandant at Ferrol, that the slops un d er his command were cruising to protect their trade, and t o prevent the arriving or sailing of any . Spanish vessels of w ar or privateers. They detained a vessel from Dijon to this port, 'With IMOD nity;kets on board, which they took out and indnred the vessel to depart. Merchant " ves iels ate not inolested.-44 The French ships of war have disappeared. Spanish veaselantriv e at and sail from our port as 'mil. Two privateers are about tp sail from this port to cruise against the French trade." • We rejoice to state, that his MArEstY is so completely recovered from his recent severe in disposition as to be able to join his usual society at dinner. h=is MAJESTY has resumed his in. tention of taking mari ne excursions i n t h e ne i gh. p of Wight, ourhood .of the Isle but the precise period is not yet determined.—(//efaiii.) Yesterday,. at 3 o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke of YOU/Conti suite wept to: view the Exhibition at Somerset-House. His Royal Highness was received by Sir TtiOMAS LAWnExcr, the PresitFent of the Royal Academy, anti Mr. HOWARD the Secret ary , who con d uctta l his Royal highness over the different rooms, which occupied the attention of the Royal 'Duke till near tivo, and with which his Royal Highness was'pleased to express himself highly delighted. Yesterday the Duke of Gr.ouccsTEit visited the ktso: The Loan CnArrcrLLon had an audience of pis MAJESTY yesterday. Saturday the KING received a visit from the Duke of Yonx. Yesterday the Prince of SA:cc-Wl:taw:. visited it. Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER. Saturday night the Duchess of . KENT, Prince LEOPOLD, and the Prince of SAxE-WEIMAII ) honoured the Italian Opera with their presence. Extract of a letter from Ma ta,d ated April 21 Several vessels (amongst which are some English and Mal. test) have been latterly chartered to carry tireek prisoners from Turkish ports to Alexandria, Tripoli, Tunis, where they have been sold as slaves. This Government has, gi ven not i ce of their determination to put a stop to such proceedings, an d persons so offending arc to . be proceeded against i n the Court instituted in this island for the trial of piratical offences. One of those vessels, the hoc Clignini is lately arrived here from Alexandria, having in a former voyage curled 40 Greeks to Tunis, where they were sold as slaves by a Turkish super. cargo.. She is now under quarantine, and the captain and crew are not allowed to have any communication with the shore, and it is said, it is the intention of our Government to proceed against them. 'A:vessel called the Adolpha arrived here yester. day morning from Alexandria in 20 days, laden with corn one of the crew died on board six days ago, an d another man is also ill, it is said, with the plague, but I h ave not sufficient authority for pronouncing it with iertaillty to be the eau. Yesterday afternoon, about t seve tits' aie Magistrates waited upon his Grace th e E arl of MOUTON, his Majesty's High Commissioner GV ne I A ssem b at the Royal Hotel when the ancient keys of the City were presented to c ItioSuGrarnatc, Almgs einth ,2 e ,L) custoutary fortn e, t i n .—( Some days ago, - a man, digging merle in the Illaak Moss of Logic Almond, perceived what he thought a frog in the water, arid hif)ing his spade to, kill it, he severed at, a stroke the great tie from one of his own naked feet. 1 , 0 t.T. R Y. EDl.Tolt-.-The I were oc,:aiioned by the discovery of a silver Coin at Felinstow ; it is of the Emperor Nerva—is quite perfect; and,, owing to a corrugation of the nose and chin, represents a contsmptuous expression of coun tenance. The lec , end . NEitVA: CAES: AVG: P: Mt TR: POT: and on the-revers; COS:. PATRIAZ: The points, - of course, I have introduced to prevent confusion ; the whole making.lmperator NervaCiesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus Tribunicca. Potestate Consid Teraina Patrice. The reverse, Lititus, Cantharus Tlturt4ttlotn, and the Torch with which the Suffirnentuin was performed, probably to Bacchus..., but this I merelymentinn as conjecture, not havnigany books in this gothic-pl ace t o wh i c h I can refer. Tlie hove of a Sovereign of the t world, Thou .sneer;st as %were, at blin the Goth that hoick: thee ; Forgetful that a thousand years have whirled Distinctions to the dust that now'enfolds.thee. And though in arts and 311118, thy stibjeets shone, FACCIrd the past and'made the world their own, VUSC3, and More...:Columbus—thou Discovering Worlds' h ave swept , f rom , d eep to deep ; Drake,._ Cook, Alagellan, o' er th e Globe have.moved, And Howard, bye the God he Worshipped, loved "; `An a l More bath hled, and Wentworth daontlesss stood, And Blake fought only for his country's good; And Faust.taught Liberty, to. rear the head, And - Heaven's owii terrors Schwartz around her spread'; And Newton measuring Force, and Light,. and Heaven_.. But knelt the lower as the more war given. l'our's, BARBARUS. P. S. A Lady sends 'you the following as counsel to any Blue, Bluish, or very. Blue; Chloe • • While Crelia o'er the wrecks of ages • Pours with philosophic eye, • And thinks of ancient bards and sages, • Careless that her lover's by--- eihe play* the Part of her that tarried To secure the golden prize— • /ler lover wins the race,-:gets 'married-...... —Not to her —lie's much too wise. MR 01,1) MAN: Oldman, old man, thy locks are grey, And the winter winds blow cold : Why wander abroad on thy weary way, And leave thy home's warm fold ?' • ' 4 The Winter winds blow cold, 'tis true, • ." And I Inn old to roam ; But I may wander the wide world through, Ere I shall find iny.hoine.' Anti where do thy children loiter so long ? Have they left thee, dm, old and. forlorn, To wander Wild heather and hills among, While they.quatf from the lusty horn ?' My children have long since sunk to rest.:— , • To that rest which I, would were my own ; I have seen the green turf placed over each breast, And read each loved name on the stone.' Then haste to the friends of thy youth, old man, Who loved thee in days of yore; • They will warm thy. old blood with the foaming can, And sorrow s h a ll c hill i t no more. ' To the friends of my youth in far distant parts, • Over moor, over mount, I have aped ; But the kind I found in their graves, .and the hearts 'Of the liVing . were cold as the The old man's cheek us he spoke grew pale ; On the grass : green sod he sank, Whilethe evening sun o'er the western vale Set midst clouds and vapours dank .. , On the morrow that sun in the eastern skies Rose ruddy, and warm, and bright; But never again did that old manrise - • From the sed which he press'd•that night:• S P 0 It T G. MANCHESTER RACES, THURSDAY, MAY 22.—Sweepstakes of 30gs each, logs ft. ttvolear olds; colts, Bst. 21b. ; fillies, Bst. Three quartets of a mile. • 11r. floldsworth's ch. f. by Blacklock, - . . Mr. Johnson's b. c . by O ctav i an, d am by Sir Peter 6to 4 agst Blacklocic, who won ea s y. Three paid ft. A Free Handicap Stakes of 30gs 'each, IlOgs .ft. with 20 soya added, for 4Yr olds.. One mile.and three. quarters. Mr. Clifton's b. c. Orville, Bst • - . 1 Sir W. Wynn's b. c. Bel mont , il st , • - .1. • Mr. Benson's br. c. Picton, by 7 to 4 agst. Orville ; 4 to. 1 art. .I.lelmont; evert on Ptcton. 4 paid - ft. - A Plitte COL for three and ibur year óhfti; three-year oldg to carry Oat, 10th. ; four-year olds, .Hat. 31b, Mures and gelding allowed :11b, A winner of one Plate in 11:2;3 to carry alb. and of two or mo re 51b. extra. treati,Awice round the Course and a distance. The second horse to be allowed' Mr. llottldsworth' s b r . I. by Filho, 3 y es . - 4 I 1 Mr. Jones's gr. c. Sir Edw ar d, 4 yes. - - 1 n 1 Sir T. Afostyp's b. tr. Malg ► wyn, 4 . 33. 3 "' Mr. midden sb. t. Faith, by Milo, 4 yr* 2 dr. 5 to 2 agst Fillio; ti to!) agst Sir Edward; t 1 to i apt ;. 42 SHAKSPEARE.—Mr. BUNN, whose performance of Brutus lately at Birmingham created such a powerful sensation, performs that character this week at Stratford-on-Avon, in aid of the proposed Monument to SUAKSPEACIP, of which he is one of the Secretaries and promoters. We under:4aml that many of the zealous friends of this grateful and honourable testimony (of which the absent, yet ever.present and laugh-inspiring MATnEws was the founder) go dom! to Stratford on the occasion. • The Annual Meeting of the Home Society was held at Spa Fields Chapel, on Tuesday evening, the 2011 i inst. Thomas Walker, • Esq. in the 'Chaff. The Report stated that the Society has twenty.fonr Missionaries, under whose care are nearly three thousand Sunday School Children, and a &nisi denierable n u mb er o f Teachers. The Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, and Alessis. Irving, Henry, Lacey, Stuart (of Dublin), 'Golding, A. Douglas (of Reading), Kemp, Smith of Rotherham . ; T. - Wit. son, Esq.. &c. addressed the Chair in the course of the evening. The Rev. T. Adkins, of Southampton, preached the preceding evening at Sttiter's IlnU, and the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw on the morning of the General Meeting, at Craven Chapel. The re ceipts amounted to 260/. SINGULAR CIRCUII6TANCE.- 4 t_ Minister of parish in the South, being lately performing clerical duties for a reverend brother in a neighbouring church; but who is.at all times anxious, that his p u lpi t . b e t ill ed in his absence, pro cured a young gentleman to supply his plaee: At the usual time, the officer, with a countenance! .corresponding to duty, approached the pulpit, with a sober and measured step, bearing the holy writ, follow e d by the minister and precentor, the ep. pearance of whom instantly caused a general smile on the coun tenance of the audience, on perceiving, that the former had the misfortune of having but one leg and the latter one arm.—.. (Edinburgh Coorityl, May 22. G mt4LTAIt MAY 5.--Two dispatches, dated from Alicia, state, that the Government troops under Colonel MAivitrt had been defeated by the Malcontents in the environs of TOrrente.— The Colonel himself was badly wounded and obliged to leave the field ; and after he had been curried oil?, a portio6 of his force was surrounded, and the remainder obliged to retire upon Akira. The enemy's force was 7(10 men and three pieces of cannon ; that of the Colonel did nut exceed 600, foot and IQO horse. CORONET'S INQuEsT.—An Inquest was held on Saturday night at Bartholomew's Hospital, betbre tp. Smxt.4ron, E,q. on the body of John Perkins, servant to 114. Baker, pork butcher, 131, Golden.lanc. It appeared that the deceased was attending to a fire in the wash-house, for the purpose of heat.. ing water to scald the pork, when his smock truck caught fire while putting water in the copper, which caused his death; he was 47 years of age. Verdict—“ Accidental Death." JAmrs LArant.r.s, a tradesman 'in Alnwick, during the late years when work was scarce and provisions dear, found his exertions incapable of supporting his family, and was forced to apply for parochial aid. When the times became a little better for those of his class, he contrived, by the strictest economy, to scrape together two pcands, the amount of the money he had ob tained, which he repaid to the overseers. ROYAL NAVY. PORTSMOITT/I, M. 24. --Such is now the facility of marl. nine► the smaller class men-ofrwar at this port, that the Jasper,. of 10 guns, Capt. Arbuthnot,- had 70 men, out of het comple.s client of 75, on her victualling list, in ten days after she was in commission, and these all able seamen. Lieut. Robert Scallon; of the Bulwark, and Lieut. Richard Clark (a) are promoted to the rank of Commander, and the former appointed to the Bann, 20, on the Coast of Africa.— , Lieut. T. S. Scriven, to command the Badger, at Weymouth. The Thistle, 10,• is ordered to be fitted with dispatch, to re, turn to the African station. The Beßette and Bustard arrived at Barbadoes on the 22d of March, and the Surinam, Forte, Ringdore, and Esk .on the 9th of April; th e two l atter sailed again the same day—the .Ringdove for Jamaica, and the Esk for St. Vincent. The Athol, arrived at New York the 19th .April. The Scout arrived at , the Havannali the sth of April. The Gloucester, Phaeton, and Eden, sailed from Barhadoes on the Ist ult. for Jamaica. The Thistle,- 10, Captain Hagan, was paid off on Thursday: It ought to be known throughout the kingdom, that, with only the means which the command of this small vessel gave Capt. H., , he captured and released from slavery upwards of fbur thousand -victims of that outrag to humanity, the Slave Trade; whom he. has had the satisfaction of bringing within reach of the blessings of British ,freedom and Christian civilization. Theother ships on the station had (previous to the . Thistle's departure), also been very successful during the Commodore's (Sir Robert Mends) absence—the DriVer, Capt. T. Wolridge, having captured two vessels, with .100 sliver; the Cyrcne, Capt. Grace, two, with 250 ; the Bann, Capt Phillips, six, with ; and the-Snapper, liieut. Rothery,-120. Remain at Spithead--Rangez, Arrow, and Basilisk ; with the ship Greenock, bound to the Cap e , an d t h e Albi on, Best, with convi cts , for Se* South Wales. ' ERCA V'l'l 1,1 SW 111'1";G; 111 av 25.—Winti S.W.—Arrived and sailed for Holland the Liverpool packet, fmn Canton. Also arrived and sailed far the River the John , Shanci, Rice, frotn Came down from the River this evening, and rcinain, the lia transport, Oxley, for Cork. Sailed this morning the whole of the outward-bound for their different destinations, except the Supply Smith Seaman, which ship *ails to complete her complement of mcn.. MAY 24—Wind W.S.W.—Came down from the River, and remain, the Fortitude-In - creased, for St. K'itt's; St. Vitt-, cents Planter, for St. Vincent's ; Sovereign, for Quebec • go vernor Harcourt, for Demerara; Scipio, for Halifax; for Quebec; and .Donalti, for Miramiclii. Arrived and sailed for the River the Winchelsey, Adamson, from Bengal. P.onTssiou'rit, MAY 25.--Wind W.S.W.--Arrived the , Orient, NVliite, from the Downs for Madras. Passed by t h e Golconda, EcltrardS, from Madras and Bengal, for Lo n d on . FAL MOT; TH, MAY 24.—Wind S.S.W.--Arrived the Union and Maria Ann, from London ; Albion, Colville, front Cepha. , lonia ; and Lord Hobart packet, from 'Jamaica : sailed the I (tb of April, and from Crooked Island the 23d. On the 243 th hist: passed through a French fleet, under convoy of a frigate and a sloop, nailed one which had troops on board, and was informal they were bound to Newfoundland. The East India. Company's ship IVinchelsea, arrived ofT. the Wight on Saturday. bite left Bengal on t he 30 t h of January, and - St. 'Helena the' 10th of April. = The Thames, Genet al Hewitt, and- 31archioness of Ely, were lying at the new an chores when the Winchelsea left Bengal. • CAUTtON lIATHERS.-01 1 Saturday week, n boy, named TA vr.on, of Nether-Green, near this town, went to bathe in Messrs. AIIII.ANt RHODES and Co.'s mill-dam, at Woodhouse.car. lie first went into the warm water, and after re maining in some time, plunged into the cold just above, whereby he recut ived such a shock that he expired on the following Wednesday.--..( L ee d s Mercury.) MELANCHOLY ACCInENt.--01% Saturday morn. ing Samuel Furney, a youth of 16, son of a master Hackney , man, who lived in `Little Ortnond-yard, Great ormond-strect, was riding a spirited horse in the New-road ; the animal took fright, and opposite St. Pancras New Church he threw the .pritortunate youth, who pitched upon his head, and taken tip with his scull dreadfully fractured, and conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. At the same instant that the son MI with this, accident the father was killed, being exiished by one of the hor s e s in f l i rt sta b le, who pres , *ed agoinNt tf;e . stall with his hind quarters ; lie was tarried into the house and as surgeon sent, for, but he expittql heibre hip r. ii cal, ieuXin e distressed widow and four other children tol4ment his 10,S. A melancholy accident happened . at Leith on "ruesday non. After the Elie packet (,Mary Laing .1,1elson), hint got within the pier heads, having by the fresh wind loins in whit a good deal of way, it was found neeesmart to throw on shore n wnrk or rope in order to check her vtlocity. Captain White and his erew did this immediately ; two or th ree turns t l' which were then t a k en on a timber-bead on board the. Vagel, 1111heder the charge of an experientall realnan to ease out, to cck the speed - of the packet. 'The rope , having run ,trat inadvertently to the sailor,' it slipt through his hands, and by the force with . which the vessel was going, at its tx- Irerne tension, the end of 'the rope struck him with such • violence on the • back, of the , head as to cause ills iono diate death. By this accident a widow, with five yo.,kt,i, children, are-deprived of their only hope of subsistence.--Thi, - unfortunate man's name was David Richard; he lit longed to the town of Earisferry, near Elie, in Fife, and was a num of excellent character.-4.Ediabargi t Courant, :ifay 22.) HACRNEV COACti OFFICE.—On Friday, the o=llll.B34in erS of Hackney Coaches convicted the following coachmen for th Undermentioned offences;--'The driver of No. 230, in tho Tomah of 10s. for exacting 6tl more than his legal fare ; the driver uf. N 0.417, in the penalty of 30s. for being drunk in his employ.' tnent, and furiously driving; , the owner and driver of No. in the penalty of 105.,. for exacting 64. more than his le pi fire, and feigning dearness, pretending not to understand the complainant (a lady) when she remonstrated with him fc..r - demanding Is. fkl. for a short shilling fare; the drivers of' 'Nos. 655, 675, 1,005, 1,111, 1,134, and 1,156, in the penal; y of hits. each, for exaction. Several drivers having been rect ntl fined for carrying persons about their coaches and. chariot:l, without consent of their fare.--a practice pregnant with ruis.., chief, and often leading to irregularities of a serious natio( -.. the 'Commissioners have determined to put a stop to Ntt h pr ceedings, which might easily be suppreseed i if Ow public, ,f r whoseprotection,it is intended, w ou ld lend their assistance in indging complaints at the office for every offence of that de. scription. THE 'MARKETS. COHN EXCHANGE, Allot 28. 'The arrivals of all descriptions of Grain last week were i•:' usually large, except of Peas. 'this morning the fresh sup : - plies of Com in general are only moderate, but having eoi.s,- derable quantities left on hand, there was a very great sliov of samples in the market. Wheat met a heavy sale at a reduction of '2.s. was. per quarter from the prices of this day , se'rinight.—llatley is Is. per qr. lower. —Beans have declin e d from Is. to 2s. pe r quarter, and very little sale for them.--PeaSe maintain last quotations.—Oats with great difficulty find sale,. although quoted 2s. to 3s. per quarter _lower than. last :Monday. -Flour remains unaltered in price. 'ileac, Red White titts firs I —Grey .. 3O 3tis Bruns 325. 4 f /alll. 42s 03s Flour AIi'RIVALS LAST WEE IC. English Wheat, 19,01—Burley, 3,070--Ma1t,•1,7:10.---Oht,, 23,560-11 cans, 2,051 I'o:3,l96—lrish Oats,l24oo—LngLAi Flour, 9 tr , ll • 4.1 g ye arley Lit 31. is . ... 3ts 3fs ang ..(h COM AVLRAGE PRIG OF CORN IN ENGLAND AND IVALVL . Wheat, 575. ltd. • Barley, 335. 3d. ; Oats, 21;. , . 4d. t fiye, 335. 3d.; Beans, &is. 2d ; Peas, :14s. bd, The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, rentpute , l from the Returns made in the Week ending tier Vlst day o;" May, 1023, is 335. 8f d, per cwt. SMITHFIELD „MARKET., MAN. The market this morning was rather short hi Oxen, b l; t Sheep the htipply war: gONI there was a nortilvvr fluidity of Cattle at market, whichseht at much the New,. I ,rl, as on Friday. That artici tif superior descriptions rather a higher price. To lank the Mal, ,per stone of Mb. Peet' 3s 641 to 4 ti‘'. Vcal Oil to Mutton Is Gil tO 4s litt I.l'Ork (NI to.. Os od. *TAY ANIJ STRAW PER LOAD. `ay. ... , . tOs to £4 4s I C , lover ./;4 at to .1:4 Straw £2 . 0.1 to £2 10s.