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and on Sunday dispatched an extraordinary cou rier to Petersburgh. It is stated in a Marseilles paper, that a strong French squadron has arrived off Gibraltar, to collect and convoy the merchantmen destined for tiro Mediterranean. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT :2, STOCK EXCHANG E, liqfpuit Twelve 6' C r *ke— rne opiniOns of the public still remain divided in regard to the result of the question of peace or war with FranCe and Spain. The majority of the public are led to believe, by the gradual rise of the French Funds, and the procrastination in crossing the Pyrenees, that some accommodation will yet take place ; but others affirm, that the stationary.prices of the. French Funds are owing to the manoeuvres of the French Ministry, until they shall have obtained their . new Loan. The Expressei froM Paris this morning, brought ,the French Funds at 79f. 25c., and Spanish 381. Consols opened this morning at 73,1 -I- n, at which price they are stationary. A house in the City, of some magnitude in foreign commerce, failed yesterday, it is said, to a con siderable amount; also, a Hebrew house at Frankfort, of great note in the diamond line, which has been speculating largely in the Funds, to the amount of a million of 'florins.— There is but little doing in Consols this morning, as most of the parties are puzzled how to act at this critical juncture, speculations in the Funds being a very desperate game at this moment. FOREIGN MAakET.—The Spanish Bonds have rather improved this morning-. At the earlier part of the morning they were done at 32i, but afterwards improved to 33„ 1 - I, owing, it is sup posed, to their coming higher from Paris. Ac counts from Paris still continue of a very war like description. Bermuda Papers arrived, to the sth January.— The Martinique Gazelle, of the 19th November, contains the sentence given on the 16th of that month against 16 slaves, for a revolt ; 8 of them are condemned to the place of execution, dressed in a red shirt, and their heads covered with a black veil ; three 'to have their right hands cut off, and their heads severed froth 'their bodies. New Brunswick Papers, to the ‘27th of Dec., arrived this morning, but do not contain any ne‘ys. NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE, DEC. 17, 1822. This quarter is at present so well cleared of the Pirates, owing to the great exertions of Captain Gory and the Officers under his command, that the .Tyne has sailed for Jamaica ; but that gallant officer, Lieutenant Nuitsr, who, in the Etiza , Sloop, with twenty five men, beat off one Pirate, and hoarded and captured her consort (Le Firme Union) of three times his force, is left behind, not having Sufficiently, recovered from the dangerous wounds he had received in the desperate conflict. • We observe with pleasure that Mr. HUSKISSONj in his last Address to the Liverpool Voters (which we shall present at length to•ntorrow), decidedly condemns principles of aggres -00;1 avowed by the Powers hostile to Spain," and declares that "'lt will ever be a principle with him to assert,. and as far as in his power to maintain, die: Weil' &lice of every nation, and to oppose, hostile, :Machinationg by other POrers agaNst• a nation's internal peace and. freedom." , . _ - A letter froin from the frontiers.of ,Spain, dated Bth Feb., says., " The sick whom . ROMAUOSA left behind him at' Urgel have not received any treatment ;• on the contrary, they have all been transferred to the 'hospital, where they were treated with the same care as' the Constitutional troops. In the , morning of the sth, the women children who escaped the massacre of the night were- brought back to .the_ ,Seo. Even the soldiers who, have been met have been made prisoners. The killed, comprising women and children, are said to exceed 100. Mina found very little ammunition in this fort, Romagosa hay . ing directed his soldiers to cast all the powder which they could not take with them into the diatoms:. Mina is now occupied in provisioning the forts. lie has collected grain from all parts ; much has been drawn from the Spanish' Cerdagne; The inhabitants of Cerdagne are in a delirium of ioy at the taking of Urge!. Puycerda was spowt taiteously villa illuminate all the d, and th e b e ll s , were rung ges around." On Monday the Russian and the Austrian , .Ambassadors had long interviews With Mr. Secre tary CANNING. Dispatches were received early on Monday norning at the. Foreign Office, from Paris. —.The D u k e d e SAN LottliNzo is expected to . Tain in England till after the accouchemen re t of the Duchess. By letters received from. Riga, dated the 15th _(.e'irth) January, we are informed that . the Em.t a is r ALEXANDIM passed through that city . On eveniw‘y to St. Petersburgh on the preceding ng , s A.ll account of neafcattle and sheep , sold in Ist of Decem, b (1 „ market, between' the 3 t'l2l and the 31st Det;ember, 1822 ;--Neat "attl e 1 ,4 •12,043 ; sheep, 1,340,160, THE TH EATRES. KING'S TIIEATItE.—The popular Scottish Bard of the day has not only furnished. materials for the British Stage by his Novels, but, such is his fame, that an. Italian Opera was brought for ward last night, at this Theatre, founded on his poem of The Lady of the Lake, and entitled La Donna del Lugo. CITARAtTERS. King James - CtIRTONI. Douglas - - Sig. Pon..T O. Rodiric Dllu Sig. REINA. Ellen - - Mad. DE BEGNIS. Malcolm - Mad. VESTgis. &c. &c. The scene opens with a chorus of the Royal train who hid followed the King into the defiles of Benlidi, and the fable of the Poem is more strictly followed, as far as dramatic space would admit, than in the several plays which have been derived from the novels that are generally ascribed to the same author The music is by ROSSINI, and is a pleasing mixture of science and expression, conveying the sentiment without that redundancy of accompaniments which has been properly characterized by the name of fiddling. The whole spews the hand of a great master. Madame DE BEGNIS was the facinatincr he roine of the piece, and in b o th a cti ng and' sing ing obtained warm and well-merited applause.— The rest of the Performers acquitted themselves very well, but we have not room for a distinct notice of their merits.—The scenery is various and picturesque. The house was full in all quarters, and the opera was received with the most decided success. : Danny- LANE.—The Opera of,..drigxerxes was performed last night. As we have already no ticed its representation, we have only to observe that Miss STEPH ENS was the Mundane, and that she sung with her usual skill, and received the usual applause. Covev•r-GARDEN. —After The Comedy of Errors, well performed throughout, and parti cularly by Miss PATON in ildriuna, a new Farce was represented, under the title of The Duel,. or M,y Two - Nephews. The following. is a sketch of the► plot • Sir Itoger Oldcourt, a wealthy Baronet, and a polished old gentleman of the Chesterfield school, has two nephew* : the one Augustus Buoyant, a gay Corinthian of the first order, whom he invites down to the old manor-house in the country, where he has resided for half a century without visiting Lon don, to receive the hand of the fair ward, Miss Seymour ; and the tither, his brother Henry, a brave and accomplished naval lieutenant, , who is the secret, and favoured lover, of the young lady. The gallant lieutenant having dangeniusly wounded his captain in a duel, arrives with his friend Tourniquet, a surgeon, who had acted as his friend in the affair, at an inn in the vicinity of the manor-house, where they propose to remain secluded, until the recovery of the captain shall enable them to appear with safety. Augustus arrives there shortly after wards with 0 1 111auley, an Irish pugilist, whom he patronizes, and has in training ; and, wishing to acquire some knowledge of the lady before he , appears as her intended husband, he avails himself of his brother's trunk, which he finds at the inn,. to disguise himself in his naval uniform, and passes him self off Upon the uncle, who has never seen either of them, fur his brother Henry, introducing O v Alauley as the surgeon of the ship to which he belongs. The CorinthiAnisms of Augustus, and the slang and vulgarity of his protege, soon render him weary of their company; and, after having kept,thern locked up all day, for fear of discovery, on the supposition of their danger in consequence of the duel, of which he is informed by a letter from a friend of Henry's, he delivers them in custody to a sheriff's officer, who lia been brought from London to arrest Augustus at the suit of Iturnfit, a young cockney master tailor, and the danger of Henry having subsided, bestows on the latter the hand of his ward, This Farce is ascribed to Mr. R. PEAKE, to whom the public are indebted for many amusing productions of a similar kind, and who has cer tainly not lessened his literary credit on the pre sent occasion. The acting 'as well as the in trinsic humour of the piece rendered it com pletely successful, at►d the performance of FARREN, CONNOR, Iit:ELY, and BLANCHARD, particularly, gave fully support to their ,respec tive characters. Tisa COUItT..-.011 Monday evening,at five o'clock, his MAJESTY held a Privy Council at his Palace at Brighton, which was attended by the Lord President of the Council, the first Lord of the Admiralty, the Master of the Mint, Viscount Sidmouth, the Lord Steward, the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Chi• chester, &c. Mr. Buller attended as Clerk of the Council. The Earl of liAnuowaY, as the Lord President, had hn audience of the KING previously to the commencement of the Council, to lay before his MAJESTY the list of business to be brought under the discussion of the Council. Viscount IVIEtaxt.LE had an audience of his MA JESTY after the breaking up of the Council. At the adjournment from the Council-room, all the distinguished personages had the honour to dine with the litso. • Yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, the Ca binet Ministers left Brighton for London, where they arrived about two o'clock, ,and proceeded without delay to the Foreign Office, where a Cabinet Council was assembling, which had been summoned on Monday afternoon. The full Ca binet continued in deliberation till a quarter past four. Letters received in Glasgow from Bahia, of the sth December, mention, that LABITAL, the Com mander of the Brazilian forces, had apprized the Foreign Consuls that he intended to attack the town, and that, much as he wished it, he could not answer either for British property or lives ; in consequence, all the goods in the Custom-house had been put on board vessels moored under pro tection of his Majesty's ship Creole ; but letters of the 14th state, that up•to that time the attack had not been made.—(Glasiore Herald.) On Monday the election for a Physician to the Western Dispensary took place.: the Candidates were, Dr. A.t.r.ATT and Dr. FUitNIVAL (brother to the late Apothecary of the Institution), which terminated in favour of this latter Gentleman. K ELI( ' Sine* his return to town from Brighton, we regret to say, has been dangerously ill from u severe cold and fever, and is still confined to his bed, FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Ravensworth, at their honse, in Portlarul place, froin Ravensworth-castle, for the 'season; Earl of Whit worth and the Duchess of Dorset, from their seat, Knowle, Sent; Admiral Harvey, from his seat, Chigwell, Essex; Lord Hawke, from his seat, Woomersley, Yorkshire ; Gen. Howorth, from his seat in Surrey ; C. Calvert, Esq. ALP., from his seat, Whitton; Lord Clifton, from a tour; P. Honeywood, Esq. from his seat, Mark's-hall, Essex ; Lord Thomas Cecil, from Ireland ; Sir J. E. Harrington, Bart. from his seat in Sussex; Viscount Lake, from his seat in Harts ; Lord George Bentinck, from the Duke of Portland's seat, Welbeck, Notts; Lady S. Ileathcote, from Ham-house, Surrey. --.4Sr•-•• . FASHIONABLE PARTIES. . The Duke of Wellington commences his Dinner Parties, this day, at Apsley House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence continues to en liven the vicinity of Bushy Park, by little Parties. 'Mr. Blake gave an elegant Dinner on Monday last, at his house in Portland-place. Lady Hyde Parker had a small Party on Sunday evening in , Cumberland-place. POETRY. NORA'S VOW. Hear what Highland Nora said ; " The Earlie's son 1 will not wed, &ould all the race of Nature die, And none be left but he and I, For all the gold, for all the gear, And all the lands both far and near, That ever valour lost or won, I would not wed the Earlie's son." " A maiden's vows (old Callum spoke) Are lightly made and lightly broke ; The heather on the mountain's height ,Begins to bloom in purple light ; The frost-wind soon shall sweep away That lustre deep from glen and brae; Yet Nora, ere its bloom be gone, May blithely wed the Earlie's son." The swan," she said, " the lake's clear breast May barter for the eagle's nest ; The Awe's fierce stream may backward turn, Ben-Cruachan fall, and crush Kilchurn. Our kilted clans; when blood is high, Before their foes may turn and fly : But I, were all these marvels done, Would never wed the Earlie's son." Still in the water-lily's shade Her wonted nest the wild swan made. Ben-Cruachan stands as fast as ever, Still downward foams the Awe's fierce river; To shun the clash of foetuan's steel, No Highland brogue has tum'd the heel ; But Nora's heart is lost and won, She's wedded to the Earlie's sou. iimmusimmemmal • WEATHER IN THE N 911211 ScoTLAND.--State of the thermometer at Coul, from 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the sth, to 8 8,111. on die 6th February :—Five o'clock, 17 deg. ; 7, 8 deg. ; 8, 4 deg. ; 10, 0 deg. ; 11, 3 deg. ; 2, 3 deg. ; 3, 3 deg. ; at day-light, 3 deg. The first winter birds that usually appear are fieldfares. Some of them Were seen in Sept. and Oct. ; but afterwards none have been observed. Hence it is probable that these birds have gone farther to the southward than usual, their instinct informing them of the approach of severe weather: Very few birds of prey are seen, and consequently the partridges are in great numbers. As there is little , snow to the westward, and in some districts none, the grouse will probably wander towards that quarter. The swans which appear to this country arc earlier this season than usual; they commonly are observed about the end of this month and the beginning of .March,, on wing for Norway and Ireland, wh ere t h ey breed In great numbers.—.. Until they begin to disappear, we , may scarcely expect mild weather. Suitt prognoitications, however, are uncertain. We may expect to hear soon of great l oss in the turnip fields, at least where any thing but yellow . and Swedish turnips have been sown ; all other sorts should be given up. The loss will he the more severely felt, if, as is probable, the thaw comes rapidly..-4 Inverness Journol.) RARA. Avis IN TERRA. —W e have this week been favoured with a sight of the realization of the notation miracle—a black swan ! which was actually bred on the stream of the Cheit, and in the immediate vicinity of this town: This extraordinary bird perished from the intense severity of the weather,' on Friday last, and will speedily be exhibited by Mr. Cossens, of the Post-ofliee, by vellum it is about to be stuffed. He has also in his possession one of the finest birds we ever beheld—a wild swan of most snowy whiteness, and of wonderful size, measuring from the bill to the tip of the tail, four feet nine inches. It weighs twenty-one pounds. This imm e n se bird was one of 'a fl,lck of twenty, and was shot with common duck shot, on Friday evening last, when flying across iVinlode Hill, and passing between the moon and the fowler's aim. Mr. Cossens has within a few days procured most curious specimens of a very rare bird called,. the Cut throat, which likewise died in this neighbourhood.—( Chelten ham Paper.) Boxixa:—The fight between Turner and Cyrus Davis took place yesterday on Harpenden Heath, twenty-six miles from London.—Cribb and Josh. Hudson seconded Turner, as 'brave a man as ever pulled a shirt off; Richard and Harry Har mer seconded Davis. The fight lasted thirty.tive minutes and four seconds, and a better one has nut been seen for many years. Turner has lost much of his . force; but nothing of his science. He had no chance against his mere powerful opponent, but though vanquished, he is game to the last. Some other fights followed, but the combatants were not of the regular ring, and no interest was attached to their exertions. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.--In it county of Pennsylvania, situ a te b c t wen th e Delawa re and Schuylkill,' in the early part of D ece mb er , a muscular an d athletic young man, feeling . that inclination tar society which is na, t.e same eveni ng h.. tare] and proper, visited at the .house of a 'fanner, whose daughter %possessed c h arms to e xcite t he . i nclination of some other young men o f t h e vicinity ; and on Several met at th e same p l ace . Amer a variety of converse. tion, and some boasts of strength and agility, a , trifling wager was laid that th e young lady could throw him at a wrest l ing match ! She reluctantly, no doubt, enraged in the contest; and after a few trips succeeded in giving him a fair fall ! thi fortunately he was unable to, rise, or . make the l east exertion without the mo st excruciating iniiii. The spectators of hia fall succeeded in putting him on it bed, sent for a neighbour. ing surgeon, who found the patient in much distress, and on examination, discovered that a dislocation of the thigh at the hip joint, , upw a r c u an d backwards, had taken plate. the assistance of four men, it was reduced, anti the young. man y is in a fair way of recovery, undoubtedly Much chagrined and mortified at his defeat by one of the weaker ses,....(,Dayk now , Cur.) .. .. . • , ROBBERY BY A SERvANT•e7--Yestertlay Samuel Dutcher a man of colour 9 was brought to Bow - street Office for extunination,charged with steal ing 205/. in Bank of England notes, the property of Messrs. Perkins and Heath, engravers . , In Fleet -street. iie made no defe nce , end was fully committed for trial. ' i ,i3i - JA;I , . 1 ? -4 117 , , I .6 ,- ,„t , ?..0 ( ";' Nl', `c't , r.,e'l ( te t 7-; 4a - , -,-- 44..-, .-,,, ~.„-. .O, E i icti, (), IN. 1 11 - ‘ ~ ~,,, • '* . t ) ) 6 4 At 4 fi V 6 i . FOR THE SUN. PROPOSED REPEAL OF THE DUTY ON LEGACIES TO PUBLIC CIiARIVES. , • Sat—The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs having intimated to the House of Com mons, on Friday, the Chancellor of the Exche quer's intention of communicatiug on that day se'imight what Ministers had to propose, with regard to a considerable reduction of direct tax ation, I avail myself, through the Medium of your Paper, of reminding the several Members of Par liament, with whom I have had the honour to correspond, on the propriety of the Repeal of that part of the LEGACY DUTY ACT which re• lates to the Public Charities, soliciting them to urge the necessity and justice of the repeal there of, in their respective places in Parliament, on Friday, now that Ministers are enabled to take off part of the Taxation ; and surely the Tax on the Poor (which decidedly this is) should be their first consideration to repeal. Hoping the Gentlemen will excuse me addressing them severally, as it would take up so much time, 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, W3l. HARWOOD FOLLIOTT. Chester, Feb. 17, 1823. OLD BAILEY--FEE. 19. This morning these Sessions commenced at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, before the Right lion. the Lotto ntyon, Mr. Baron GRAHAM, Mr. Justice PARK, the RECORDER, Alderman Cox, Sheriffs, &c.—The Calendar contains' no less than 203 prisoners for trial, of which the following are the various offences : Murder, 23 ; burglary, 9 ; uttering forged notes, 1 ; high way robberies; 6 ; housebreaking, 2 ; stealing in dwelling houses, 7; bestiality, 1 embezzlement, 6; fraud, 1 ; stealing from the person, 15 ; receiving stolen goods, 6 ; larceny, 121; horse-stealing. 1 ; obtaining goods by faLse pretences, 1 ; at tempting to pick pockets, 1. STATE OF NENVGATE; Male. Female. Prisoners under sentence of D ea th .! - :II . 5 Respitd during pleasure - - - - 1 Under sentence of Transportation for Life - 11 11 Ditto 14 Years - - . - - . 4 _7 Ditto 7 Years . - - -' • - 31 39 Imprisonment for Felonies and Misdemeanors 13 4 For trial at the present Sessions . - . 161 4U Committed by Commissioners of Taxes - 1 •••••. Ditto under Bankrupt-Laws - . - 1 Insane ' - - - 1 For trial at the Admi t -44x Sessions - - 5 Remanded from lest Session - .' - 3 Judgments respited - - . - - 4 '2 For Assizes - - . - - - . ' 2 .... 'row 370 . 262 190 ,C4X TEN SI VC itOußgaY.---John Strong, aged '2l, stood indicted for stealing from the dwelling house of Mr. Donovan, a fishmonger in Oxford street, on Sunday evening, the 9.2 d December last, property, in gold and notes, to the amount of upwards of 6001.—Mr. WALroan conducted the case for the prosecution, and called Mr. Do novan, who proved the case as before described. The trial of the prisoner is expected to occupy some hours. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, FEB. 18. . Isaac Newton, and Charlotte his wife, of the Westminster Central Mart, were indicted for. obtaining, by false pretences, from 'Jane Nugent, the sum of 7s. The facts of. this ease have already repeatedly appeared beo , fore the publi c i n our po li ce reports, and a brief detail of the evidence, its stated by the prosecutrix_, will su ffi ce. Sh e stated, that in passing through the Strand, her attention was' directed by placer& to the above office, where, on en. tering, shoo saw the clerk, wh o referral her to , Mrs. Newton._ The witness was then recommended to Lady St. John, having previously paid the requited, and, as she was told, mato. wary fee (seven shillings) to the female defendant. On going to . the house of her Ladyship, she found the situation was quite unsuited to her view ; and she was sent by the defendant to Mr. Moore, of Cainberwell where she found the office was to wait upon, and wash for, nine children. Finding, on her, return to the 4 ' Mart," that another young woman had obtained .the situation she had been, . seeking for, she complained; and words - ensuing, Mr. Newton abruptly desired her to quit his premises. The Rev. Mr. F ors t er state d that the situation required to be filled by Lady St. John was of a menial description. Mr. CoWELL, for the defence, contended no fraud had been Made out, and called Mr. Moore, of Camberwell, who deposed that he had live savants in his establishment, and that the pro,. secutrix &dined the situation offered her. The Chairman, F. CoNsr, Esq. summed up to the Jury, who, after twenty minutes' consultation, pronounced the de fendants Nut Guilty. We have already stated the arrival in London of the Duke of SAN Loacrizo, late Ambassador from the Court of Madrid to that of Paris. The enthusiasm with which he was received shows the popularity of the cause of Spain in this country. Another instance of the popular feeling occurred during the representation of Romeo and Juliet, at Covent•garden, on Monday night. The highly wrought description of Queen Mab, given by Mercutio, contains the following passage : " Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting tbreign throats, Of breaches, am b usca d es, Spanish blades." The words , Spanieh blades, pronounced by Mr. JONES, who played the part, produced an elec tric and instantaneous effect. The idea, asso. dating with the cause of Spain, was eagerly seized by the audieuce,and the house rung with plaudits. THANKS TO Ma. WALLACE.--The talent and zeal shown by this Gentleman, lately the Vice. President of the Board of. Trade, to the trading and commercial interests of the country, have long excited the admiration and gratitude of all persons connected with them. Among other services, he brushed away at once 300 musty and perplexing Acts of Parliament, and thus in a proportionate degree unshackled the trade of the kingdom.— —These services have been fully appreciated in various places, and yesterday (Friday, Feb. 14), pursuant to a requisition, a respectable meet. ing assembled at the Exchange, for the purpose of passing a vote of thanks to him, which was carried unanimously .---(P(Ninouth Tekgraph.) The French colonists, appear by the annexed paragraph, to form a very curious notion of the mother country—a banishment to which for life they number among the punishments for the worst offences : " EXECUTIOW Sl.AvEg.—jrhe following is given in the ..Wartinique Gazette of Nov. 19, as the result of the trial at St. Pierre, of the slaves taken in the late revolt on that island, in which live white and two coloured persons were killed, and many robberies 'committed, to have their right hands cut off, be beheaded, and their bodies thrown away; 14 hanged, and their bodies exposed, and thrown away ; : 10 flogged,. brand ed, and transported for life to Prance ; 8 whipped 29 lashes, and 9 to assist in the execution ; 14 acquitted, and 1 not tried ; 4 were killed in pursuit."—(Nere York Poper.) VOICE FROM ST. HELENA. Every liberal and enlightened man will rejoice at the confutation of this celebrated production. in the Quarterly Review. One FACT the acute and able writer of that valuable article seems not . to have known. Mr. BARRY 011c.talpossessed. some memoranda of convers:.tions held with NA. , POLION, but which memoranda were insufficient to make a volume fit for publication. The defi. ciencies were made up by transcriptions from the Journal of LAS CASES, which was in Mr.. O'MckaA's possession for many months. Even after this Mosaic was finished, the workman was unable to render it into English fit for the perusal of the public, and applied to Mr. PHILLIPS, the well known Irish Barrister, to perform the task " for a consideration ;" and a6o to make the whole acceptible to general readers. * * We received the above article from an old Correspondent, who assures us that we may rely on its accuracy. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FEB. M.—Wind S.--A brig. particulars unknown,. bore up this morning from the West, and remains; she proVes to be one that came out of Ramsgate harbour yesterday. Po uTsMOUTIII, Fan. IB.—Wind S.—Arrived the Reliance, Rugless, from Petersburgh the Chesterfield, Wood, from Havre; and his Majesty's ship Heron, from the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena. • . PLYMOUTII, FEB. 17.--Vi r ind N.E.—Canie in the Sisters, Duke, from London for Van Dieman's Land; Wellington, Hoare, from South Seas, weeks from St. H e le na . Sailed. the Golden Spring, Strong,. ter the Cape ; Bat av i a , H arr i s , f or Rotterdam ; Burdon, Richardson, Bermuda ; George, Smith, Gibraltar ; and Britannia, Luke, Madras. FA Lmotrrit, 17.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed the Duke of Kent packet (1), for Lisbon ; Ma rqu i s o f S a li s b ury di tto, Arne. rica ; and Walslngliam ditto, Brazil. URAVESENI), FEB. 18.—Sailed the Hyth, Wilson, for China. The Lady Charlotte Hope, Boyle, from Liverpool to Bel. line, was driven on shore tlie 11th inst. on Killala Bar—cargo discharging, and the vessel expected to be got off. Yesterday the dispatches for Bengal and China by the ship Ilythe, Capt. John P. Wilson, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. A Meeting of Ship.owners, Merchants, anti other Inhabitants of the town, called by the MAYOR, was held in the Town-hall on Friday lust. It was convened to consider of a plan and proposals for enlarging the harbour of Holyhead, so at to make it a complete asylumport for ships of altar :nights of water, and accessible at all times of the title. At one o'clock the M AYOR too k t h e chair, and briefly stated the object of the meeting. Mr. Statham having read the requisition, Mr. GLanslota: rose and observed, that he was in structed to submit certain resolutions for the consideration of the meeting. The importance of Holyhead harbour, as an asylum port, for both outward an d i nwar d b ound ships, particularly in the winter months, wax known and acknowledged on all hands. In the year 1921, about six hundred sail had taken refuge there, at different times, in bad weather. In 1822, near four hundred sail of Liverpool vessels only had done so, and many more would have gone in had there been depth of water, and meant' to receive them ; but, on such occasions, the harbour, as it now is, was crowded, and inadequate to the objects re quired, particularly for ships in the forei g n tra d e . T o cb ' tain so desirable - an object,it was necessary to levy a small rate on all vessels trading in the Channel, or into and out of it. The sum of id. per ton on over-sea shipsoand id. on Irish and coasting traders, it was thought, would be suffi cient towards paying the interest of the money which the Government might be induced to advance for this object, and for forming a sinking feud for its repayment:. It woe. also considered, that the harbour of Holyhead was ad mirably 'situated for a naval port and station in time of war,. possessing many advantages front its p ro j ect i ng an d central situ, talon in the Channel, and also for collecting convoys with dirni nished risk, which, he trusted, would influence the Govern/noes to propose to Parliament to contribute towards the expencos of the additions proposel in the pl3n. %Ir. Olatistone con. eluded with proposing resolutions to the above effect, Mil' h he intended should be embodied in a M,morial to the Treistity, praying that they wo u ld b r i ng a b 11 i nto Parliament for carry ing them into (Asa, and expressing, the willingness of the meeting to contribute on their shipping according to the pro posed rates. lie then cmig, retolated the meeting on the great reduction which had been lately made in the rates levied for the Trinity-house Lights in the Channel, particularly the south Stack and Milford, by which abtive double the sum was wised which would be required to contribute towards the useful .and important object he had propo se d.., fie resolutions were seconded by . Mr. Irlam and carried unanimotudy. The Chairmen an d Deputy Chairmen of the different Associated Commercial Bodies were instructed to' prepare the Memorial, which the Mayor will transmit to the Treasury. The thanks &the Meeting were then voted to his Worship, for his readinesi in convening the Meeting, and for hit able and impartial conduct in the Chair. The Meeting Menoiepa. rated.—(Liverpool Courier.) CORN EXCHANGE, FEE. 38. There is a very large supply of all sorts of Grain in to.dity.: Prime Wheat sells nearly as reported on Monday, hut other kinds oow heavily. In Barley, Peas, and Beans, ther e i s no i alteration in the prices. " • There s a dull sale for Oats,; °wink to a large quantity having arrived. t Flour advanced On Nion. day towards the close or the market 3s. per sack. HOP INTELLGE' INCE. ~,,, ~ SO lY TII WAR X, FEB. 17.-11, e certainly may state that our trade was rather better Last week, inasmuch as there w e r e cer tainly a few trilling sales of Pockets made, but in every other respect we continue dull. Yesterday (Wednesday the 12th inst.) as Lady CAUPBELL was riding through College-green, her horse was startled by some occurenee in the street, and set, off at speed ; many apprehensiotts fur the safely of Lady GAMPRELL were entertained by ' spectators, but with great intrepedity she kept her ,seat, and with much difficulty 4he controuled the fury of the animal : it was most alarming for a time to observe the predicament in which her Ladyship was—her hat had fallen off, and Pit t was exposed to a heavy shower of sleet. A Gen, tieman and a servant, on horseback, made seve ral attempts to render assistance. We are happy to state her Ladyship received no injury what k ever. —(Dublin Patriot.) Last week a large shoal of fish of the whale kind appeared in St. lies bay, and approached very near to the land. Some boats put out .utd attacked them with fire=nnus and other NI ea pens, and two were killed and brought on shore. The largest, after having been exhibited for a day or two, was cut up, and produceJ great quantity of oil. Perhaps, with proper management, the whole might have been driven into shoal water and captured, which "Li l a have made a good prize for the fishein.en. As it was, these fish afforded a line spectacle to the people w o fo n rt s l l i to t r o e, and assai il o i l t e e m ll . 4lllU rr fi t e l i e l r i( 4 ..H i t to s t.:1141)1:104.1t: of whet v 7i e i I t ) ; and of danger too in a whale hunt, to mak e it exceeding interesting. The Moping tough has made sad ravages amorist the children in Alaidstooe. N ear l y fif o , have within the last month fallen victims to thi* disorder. in one family alone, four little cants have been thus swept away.