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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Veneris, 23° die.lfaii, 1823. _ _ Mr. SPEAKER reported the Royal Assent—to Union - Duties Bill—Militia,Reduction ( Ireland) Bill—Quorum Magistrates Bill.Appientichips Bill '-= Worcester Bridge Bill—Stock . ton Railway Bill—St. Saviour's (Southwark) Market Bill Xnaresborough Paving Bill—Rochdale, Belfast, Dublin, Li ' -verpool; :did - Maidstone Gas Liglit Bills—Alfreton, Horsham, Pont Blydden, Teigninouth and Dawlish, W rex h am ' an d • Barnhill, Bishop's Waltham, Eccleshall; &c. Haworth and Xigliley, .Keighley and Kendal, Melton Mowbray, New. easde-under-Lvme and Blyth Marsh, Liskeard, Ilminster, ' Wibsey Bank 7 1 7 00 t, Wisheach, 'Bridgford Lane, Canter , bury, .Greenfield, Kttoxeter, llinckley and Lutterworth, Market Harbototigh, Martock, Rugby, Sparrows Herne and • Walton, Stiplecross, - Barnsley and Grange Moor, and Ket tering, &c. ; Roads Bills—llyton (Durham), Thame and Sy-' ' dentiam (Oxford), Kirik.7in- Kendal (Westtnorland), and HOW and Drybeck (WeStrnotlantl) Inclosures Bills—Allar dyce's Dfvoice'Billandto . floffinan's Naturalization Bill. IMPROVEIOS T 7 -41ennondsey—Bill reported, to be ingrossed; Roans . —Bermondsey, Dorking, Skipton and C o l ne , White chapel, and Great Stau'gliton-:-Bills read a third.time, and ' passed. Watisley and Langset—Lords amendments agreed to. Barnogs—Southwark--Fitrther time granted•for making the Report till Friday next. Piwrwo-:-Vackney—Petition of Imperial Gas Light and Coke ' C om pany,- against; referred to the Committee on the Bill: ESTATES--Belches —Bill read. a third time,. and passed. ' Thomas's—:Bill read a first time. POLlCE—Gotbais- . --Bills read - ii third time; and passed. CH Il Re u-,Brighton '1 Petitions for le a ve to present Ossn.J.gorf LicEwsixa Petitions for Bills referred TOr It E S.-°-‘3 t. 'A ndrew, ' Holborn to Committees. WATrawottioP-Skipton.-L-Bill- re-committed ; to be reported on Monday. fricLostrnts--Abthorpe (Northampton)—Bill read a third time, and passed. MESSAGE FROM TliE'LORDS—That they have agreed to Union and intercourse( Ireland) Du ties Bill—and to If elston, and Sheet Bridge Roads Bills—without amendment. • That they hieVe passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act for confirming certain 'eta:lnge% made 'by Sir George Thomas, Bart..ticoeased, and George White Thomas, Esq. deceased, of Estates at lepton, Walberton, Madehurst, Bilsham, and - dimping, in the County of Sussex." That they do request • that this House will be pleased to communicate to thAr request,. a Copy of the Sixth Report of the Select Committee appointed by this House for im proving the Holyhead Roads and Harbour. That they do request, that this House will give leave to - .Sir George Clerk, Bart. and Davies Gilbert, Esq. Members 'of this . House, to attend their Lordships, in order to their ' being examined asWitnesses before the Select Committee ap . _pointed by their Lordships "to inquire into the Petition of the Directors of the Chamber of Comnierce and Manufac tures established by Royal Charter in the City of Glasgow," against the Weights and Mbasures Bill. ' . ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR MONDAY. .1. Land Tax Commissioners Name Bill,-Committee. 2. Juries (Scotland) Bill—Second Reading. S. Transference of Securities (Scotland) Bill—Second Reading. 4. Usury Laws Repeal Dili—Second Reading. 5. Lancaster County Court BilL—Committee. C. Beer Duties Bill—Report. 2.'Supply—Postponed Resolutions of 30th April to be consi dered. • .8. Comercla m l*Credit (Ireland) Bill—Committee. •9. Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill—Cornmittee. 10. Insurrections (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. D. Elections (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading.. 12: Turnpike Trustees Meeting Bill—Third Reading. 13. Sheriff of Dublin—lnquiry into his conduct—Committee thereupon.—Witnesses to attend. 14. Trade—Report respecting Standing Order to be considered. lb. Sale of Game Bill—Second Reading. 16., Occasional Freeholders Bill—Committee. 3cer Retail Trade Bill—Second Reading. U. Confirmations (Scotland) Bill—Committee. 19. Commissaries (Scotland) Bill—Committee. 20. Capital Crimes Defence Bill—Second Reading. 21.. Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 22. silk Manufacture Bill—Second Reading. 23. Tithes Composition (Ireland) Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 24_ Commutation of Tithes (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 25.* Church Rates (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 26. SupplY:—Commitiee. 17. Ways and .Means—,Committee. Tenancy - (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration Report. - . -• NOTICES OF MOTION'S FOR MONDAY. .1. Mr.Calcraft—Repyal of tare Leather Tax. 2. Lord Viscount nilmerston—To vote Estlinates, Diseinbo. died Militia. 3. Mr. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to regulate 'the issuing of Writs pf,capias, Utlegatum. . NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Tuesday, May 27., Mr. Secretary Peel-•-Seieral Bills relating to the Criminal Laws. Wednesday, May 28. 2. Mr. Fyshe Palmer—Bill to enable the Public Brewer to re ' tail Bedr in smaller quantities than four gallons and a half, ' provided the same ho not consumed on the premises of the Brewer. Deferred from May 23. „ ft Priddy, May 3U. , • 1. Mr. Huskissori—To equalize the Duties on goods Imported in Foreign Ships with those payable on the like goods im ported in British Ships, in all cases where British Ships are treated with the same reciprocity in Foreigh States, Deferred from May 23. • PUBLIC. COMMITTEES for MONDAY. I• Small Debts - at 1.1 3. Foreign Trade 2. Penitentiary - - at 1. '4. Dublin Taxation TO CORRESPONDENTS. ...., BARBARUS, and OXFORD UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. • . on Monday. PRICE OF STOCKS TUTS DAY AT ON) O'CLOCK India Stock Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .11 per Cent. Cons. 7 0 1 1 0 9 Si per Cent old. at:4 in 4 per Cent. N e w... 104 160 6 per Cents. 17K 'pink Long Ann. 20 1-16th Imp. 3 per Cents. India Bonds 39s. 40s, South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills ll 15 pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. • India for Con. Acct. Cons..for Acct. Mill PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS rx LONDON, IVIAr 23, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. On. Six per Cents. 00. Russian •• - { Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. . .l Ditto New 78i. • , • • ' Neapolitan ,t Li r vp.per Cent. Bonds, 75i. IP, 00, .- , t• -' Austrian . Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. IFive per Cent. Bonds, 00. New Ditto, 3(11. Scrip, 00 disc. . . . c Five per Cent. Bonds,' 00: • - 1. Pro sSian Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 90. ChM 98. tolombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 60k. Peruvian New Loan, 00. (Bank Shares 4:21 ils. ' - American j Six per Cent. 90-011. Five per Cent. 95i-97., `Three per Cent. '7O. —.4.--- . French Spanish 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Alnrning. 22 minutes after 2. 1 Evening, 43 minutes after 2. THE SUN. SOAEll,4tifiS DICERE 7.4I:SUM AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1823. The Paris Papers of Thursday have brought a 'Telegraphic Dispatch froru the llead-quarters of .the Duke d'Artnoxibgsf-E) dated 44 Boeequillas, 18th M a y, I t nvair oy xnuounces the arrival of the vanguard. of 1,4 e ,Corps de Reserve at Bui— Akago, and s fetes that the Are9ps which AUTSBAL had posted in front of Madrid had fallen hack upon that city. The iiccohnts from Aranda are not of a later 'date than'. those which •we inserted hi THE Sur/ of Wednesday last. The accounts from Marshal.MoNcEy's 'Army are also of an old date, the previous intelligence which announced the return of MONCEY- to Geneva having been of the 16th. From the present state ment, however, it appears that only "some chosen men, detached from the corps' of the Baron d'EnoLEs,are in pursuit of MINA, in order to trace his march !" All that the French seem to know about him is expressed in the following equivocal terms should seem that he is retiring upon Barcelona by Montserrat !"—We extract the following paragraph from the Journal de Paris of Wednesday : " have this day seen a letter from Burgos, dated the 10th of May, which 'states that the Constitutional General Sanchez, who was'made prisoner by our troops at bogrono, haelobtained the authority of the Prince Generalissimo to proceed to Seville. It was reported at Burgos that this Genei•al is charged with the transmission of a reply to the propositions made by the Go vernment of Seville, in concert with Xing Ferdinand." It was this, morning reportedln the City that •• the French force before Parppeinna had suffered a severe repulse, from a sortie made by the gar- rison. Private letters from Paris complain of the mystery which is thrown around the operations of the armies in Spain, and particularly as re spects the actual state of affairs in Catalonia. Sir ROBERT WILSON arrived at Corunna on the 10th inst. His reception afforded.a gratify ing instance of the high estimation in which this country is held in the Peninsule. As soon as it was known at Corunna that all Eng lish Officer of rank had landed, all classes of the inhabitants showed their eagerness to wel come him with enthusiasm. A Correspondent in the City informs us that accounts have been received at Lloyd's of the capture of three vessels (supposed from the names to be Dutchmen) by a Spanish privateer, by whom they were carried into Algeciras. Norfolk (Virginia) Papers, to the 29.1 of April, arrived this morning. The following are extracts : WAsUINGTON, -APRIL 10.—We understand that the Congress wilt shortly sail for Buenos Ayres to carry out Ceser Rodney, Esq., Mini ster of the United- States to Rio Janeiro. [From the Norfolk Herald, April 21.] Our town has already experienced some of the beneficial results anticipated by the advocates of free trade with the British Colonies, from the removal of the restrictions. The importations from the Islands have been very considerable, and the ox ports to them in a like proportion; both tending to give cheerfulness and activity to commercial indastry. But this state of things we are apprehensive will not last long. MExico.---The re-establishment of the Sove reign Congress of Mexico was unanimously pro claimed in the city of Vera Crux, by the army awl inhabitants of that place, on the 2d inst." MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK. ISLE OW Max, MAY U.—The brig Robert, of Whitehaven, NATIJAN PORTIUS, Master, from Dublin to Liverpool, struck on the rocks near Longness Point, about nine o'clock last night, when she immediately fell over into deep water, and, painful to relate, according to the Master's report, upwards of 40 passengers-perished ; also 30 horses, 40 head of cattle, 140 pigs, &c. The Master, Crew, and 12 Passengers, saved. RELAND.—We did entertain a hope that ere this, there might have been some relaxation in the system of outrage which has existed in the South of Ireland for so long a period ; but we find—and sorry we are to record the fact—that there is not the least sign of returning tranquillity. The details which we give in this day's publication copied from the latest received Provincial Journals, prove that the spirit of insurrection is rather gaining ground ; and that the , means hitherto adopted to put it down, have been ineffectual. What new plans may be In preparation we know not ; but it is now evident that the old ones have not been cal culated to answer the proposed end. The only change which has taken place in thearrangements of Captain Rock, is that murder seems to be in terdicted : even this is a boon ;. for the do. struction of property is of trifling importance when compared with that of life. Some thing or other, however, more operative in its nature, must be applied to the djsorders of Munster, and that speedily, or else the entire face of the country must, of necessity, become a barren wilderness.-- (Carlow Morning Post, May 22.) Yesterday the Duchess of CLARENCE and. the Princess of SANE-WEIMAit went to the King's Palace at Ken sington, to spend the morning with the Duchess of KENT. In the afternoon, soon after three o'clock, the Duke of CLARE', CL followed; and shortly after, the Duke and D uc h ess of Cla rence, and .and Princess of Saxe-Weimar proceeded to Bushy Park. The Prince of Saxe-Weimar will remain in London fora few days. Yesterday morning his Serene Highness walked through some of the principal streets of London, and visited the Exhibitioner the Royal Academy at Somerset House. at 1. at 1. SUN-OFFICE, ITALF:PisT TWO o'aocit. We have this moment received, by express, the Moniteur and Quotidienne of Thursday, and the Etoile and /Vote of Yesterday. The late ness of the hour p reven t s us f rom offering any comment on, the following extracts : [Frem . the Menitcur.] TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. Transtnitted fiom Bayonne, on ti& evening of the 20th May, 1823, and received in Paris the 21st.) BOCEOUILLAS, MAY 18., The Major General to hi: Excellency the Minister of War, The head-quarters arrived here yester4y The vanguard of the reserve is to . -day stt . Bui trago. The detachments which Abisbal had in front of Madrid have fallen back on that city. • Count Molitor was at Sarmena on the 11th. The Divisidn commanded by General . Pamphile Lecroix ,gassed Cinca on the Bth. On the same day he took the town of Menzon and an ad vanced work of the citadel. A detachment of the garrison of Lerida has-..been charged and cut- to pieces at Alcaraz by a reconnoitering party seikt forward to that place. General Molitor is 'marching towards the S..gre. He must by this time have received the order to pass to the right bank of the Ebro with his whole corps. [ 1 rom the Pilate.] Our letters from Perpignan furnish us with some details respecting the affair which took place on the 10th of this month in the Llusanes, between the division commanded by General Donnadieu and the troops under the orders of Mina. The light troops of that division were attacked in the mountains of Borreda by superior forces. The enemy was receiv ed with much vigour, and, after a long and bloody combat, in which French courage struggled advantageously against superior num bers and their intimate knowledge of the country, victory remained undecided. Mina, it is said, has again quitted his positions to occupy others more difficult of access. Between Borreda and Berge, Bozoms, a leader of the Faith, known by the name of Jep del Estang, has been completely routed by a division of the Constitutional Army in the neighbourhood of Gironnelle, and the 500 men which he had under him were cut to pieces. Forty Miquelets whom they had surrounded made a most heroic resistance, and thus afforded time for the arrival of the troops sent to their succour. A corps has arrived from Barcelona to rein force the divisions of Milani and Llobera, who occupy a position near llostalrich, San Seloni, and Tordera. Fiom the Quotidienne of reidsday.) PARIS, MAY 2e.—The approaching departure of the Marquis de Talaru for Madrid 'is an- ounced. It is said that the Duke of San Carlos is to set out without the least delay for Madrid. The Duke del Infantado has, it is reported, quitted Galicia where he was exiled, to repair to Madrid. [From of Friday.] The departure of the Archbishop of Tarra gona for Madrid is talked of. It is thought that the Duke of Alba and the Duke of San Fernando have not yet quitted that cap'. tel. The Marquis d'Andaoga is proceeding thither. The Marquis de Casa-Irujo is also go. ing to Madrid, and the Count'of Altamira remains in that capital. Head Quarters, Gerona, May 17. The Marshal commanding the 4th corps after having inspected the troops at Vich returned to Gerona. Our brave soldiers could not come up with Mina : still the result of the manoeuvres of the 4th corps have been extremely advantageous, because they have prevented Mina from throw ing himself into the mountains, us he intend. ed, and have driven him into the road of Barcelona-. His communications with Milans are cut off. Yesterday a French division, and the corps of Milans Were in presence of each other ; and if the latter , bad not retired in the night most probably an engagement, so ardent ly desired by our soldiers, would have taken place. Mina must now be not far from Barcelona, and Milans between Blanes, Hostalrich, and San Sa toni. The following are the prices of the Funds at ?Luis on Thursday : FRENCH FUNDS.-MAY 29. --- . French Rentes, Money, Opened at BB r . 80 e. Closed at BB 1.. 50 c. For the end of Month, Closed at . B3 f. 80 c. At five o'clock the price rose to Neapolitan Stock Spanish Bonds . 42i to 43. We have received the Bagota Gazette of the 26th January, by which it appears tbat,the com mission created by the law of the 12th of Oct., 1822, for the investigation of the foreign and domestic debt of the Republic of Colombia, has presented a Report of its Proceedi ngs up to the 28th of December last. The foreign debt ad mitted amounted to 576,979 dollars 50 Cents. the interest due on which was 72,816 dollars 94 Cents.; the domestic debt amounted to 185,132 dollars 18 Cents. and the inter es t thereon, to the end of the year, 72,731 dollars 3 Cents • making in all 907,659 dollars 68 Cents. r 4 , ~,' •' 4 i , 1 4 404, ', . . _ 4 . r -'('' , f . lt : 6 ''' 900 tAr , t fi r. , '' ) x '! . : l° ' 4t , ' I t } i 4 1 1 1 4A,"‘";e• ' ''''' '• 1 gla 4 p 14:‘ 1::1:. 1717 i 1- :- '' ': :::-41 4 ':: 7° ':1;47.17 If 4 ii , ...1) .., , - ‘f• - •00:1: - ..;....4,-.,-. ,-._ c> - .., 'l' ~A - 4 4 ••• ' ''',,,,.--. 1 / 4 ) zl'r oy :€•)*:: . ... -,... • ~. • ~ . . 4 , f.; e"r"' ~• , . : FA 4 SIIIONABIIt The Marquis dtaMaraliOness of Camden, from their seat, the Wilderness, :Kent ; Cot. Lattittche, at Long's, Claremont Hotel, Bond-streets from DUblin • • John Levinfin, Esq., at ditto from Lichfield ; Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., at ditto, tom Battle Abbey, Sussex; Sir John Gifford, Bart., at ditto, from Cheltenham.; E. Edgell, Esq., at ditto, from Paris ; Captain Ramsbottom, 18th Light Dragoons, at ditto, from 'Windsor; Captain and Mra. Fairfield; at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford.street, from Southampton; Colonel and Mrs. Wollas ton, at ditto from Shinton Hall, Hinckley ; the Dean of Chi. cheater,' at ditto, from Chichester; the lion. Richard Quin, at ditto, from Chilwortlf Lodge, Southampton. DE PART U RES.—John Smith Wright, Esq. and Dowager Lady Sit Well, frOrn the Hyde Park Hotel, for Great Cumber. land-street; the Rev. J. JOIIIISOII and the Misses Johnson, from ditto, for Great Parndon • .Capt, Pigou, 2d D ragoon Guards, from ditt o , f or I ork joseph Reynolds, Esq., from Long's Claremont Hotel, for Staffordshire ; the Rev. Leigh 'Bennett, from dit to , f or Wi ndsor ; Sir John and Lady Chap.. man and family, from ditto, for Paris ; Edw. Douglas, Esq. and Miss Lotman!, from Nerot's Hotel; Mrs. C. Rickets and Ladies, from ditto. • " BaTzt A RRIVAL S.-44rd • Kentore, Lady. Fane,. Sir J. Davie, Sir T. Kennedy, Hon. Mrs. „Flu Gibbon,—Dr. Sandi. ford; I "Dr. - -Lin tott;-:.•:661. 'arid': Mercer, Capt. Bethune, Copt: . DaWkins, Capt. justicc COpC. Phillips, Capt. Vincent,; Rev. Mr. D u Cane, Rey,: Mr. Kingi,Rev. Mr. Waller. 1 FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Marchioness of Salisbury gave a grand rout on Thursday evening, at her house in Arlington.street, which was attended by , upwards of 300 distinguished fashionables. Mr. Beaumont gave a grand ball 'and 'supper on Thursday evening, at her house in , POrtmati-square. The preparations on the occasion were in th e fi rst sty l e of elegance. 'There were present upwards of 300 fasbionables. . Mrs. Hope's rout, on Thursday evening, in Mansfield-street, was very elegantl . attended. Prince Leopol d had a great dinner party yesterday, at Marl borough House.. The Duke of Gloucester - gave a grand entertainment yester day to a distinguished party at Gloucester House. Viscount and Viscountess Hampden had u dinner party yes. terday at their house in Green-street, Grosvenor-square. The Marchioness of Exeter entertained a large party at din. ner yesterday at her house in Privy-gardens. General and Mrs. Ross had a large party to dinner yesterday at their house in Portland-place. • HANOYER.SQUAEE.—A very numerous audience last night attended the Annual Concert of that respectable musical veteran Mr. BELLAMY. The vocal and instrumental pieces, as might be ex. petted, were well selected by so experienced a musician. The first act commenced with the In troduction and Grand Chorus, " 7'e Deum lauda mus," and ended with the Grand Chorus "Great is Jehovah, and highly to be praised," and the trio and chorus, " and with songs I will cel e b ra t e th e Most High." Th e second act commence& with the grand overture to Lodoiska, and concluded with the grand chorus to HAYDN's Creation, " Achieved is th e g l or i ous work." The vocal Performers in the above, and all the intermediate pieces, were, Miss HALL, Miss littowN, Miss VENES,CAMPORESE, SAPIR, BELLAMY, KNYVETT, VAUGHAN, HAWES, ELLIOTT, J .B. SALE, Mrs. SALMON, Miss STEPHENS, &C. &C. We wish we had room to notice their respective merits, but we may justly observe that they all received much applause. The glee of " Tho Red-Cross Knights" was loudly called for again, but BELLAMY came forward and stated, that having undertaken that the Concert should conclude by eleven o'clock, be hoped the audience would excuse the repe tition.—They acquiesced, but 46 Home, sweet home," from Clafi, which followed, was so well sung by Miss STEPHENS, that an encore could not be dispensed with, and was given with uni versal applause. • Yesterday, at half-past two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, Downing street, which continued in deliberation till about a quarter before five. Yesterday the Duke ofTORK visited the KING. The Earl of LIVERPOOL had an audience of his MAJESTY yesterday. Sir IVm. KNIGHTON is appointed successor to Lord WM. GORDON, as Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall ; and CHARLES CARPENTER, Esq. of Moditenham, Deputy Receiver -General. The following very important Works will be published in a few days by Messrs. Cortiunw, and Co, viz. :- Ist. Memoirs of William Bayley, Esq. the Friend and Bin. grapher of Cowper.' Written by himself. 2. The Second Livraison of Napoleon's Great Work, in 2 vols. 3. Sismondi's Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe. Edited, with Notes, by Thomas Roscoe, Esq. 4. The Eng lish Translation of the Memoirs of General Copnt Rapp. IVritten by himself. IS. The Manuscript of 1/114, being an account of the first invasion of France by. the Allies, drawn up at the command of Napoleon, by his Private Secretary, Baron Fain, and illustrated with secret Correspondence of the various Ministers. REVENUE OFFICERS FORCIBLY CARRIED .OFF TO MERICA.—On Thursday last Mr. Tubor, Police Magis trate, accompanied by Mr. Farrell, Chief Petite Officer, pro ' ceeded to Dunteary; (in pursuance of an order from M r . (Ire gory, Under Secretary of State, to take measures fo r p revent i ng a vessel, called th e Iri ll iant, of Dublin, from putting out to sea, in consequence of the want of necessaryaccommodationfor the passenfters . on board during their voyage to Q ue b ec . Mr. Tinier and Arr. - Farrell found die vessel riding at anchor in Kingstown litty,.t6ady'to put to sea.. „lier Written was but 03 tons, and she hall on board 150 passengers—being the number of 109 persons more than the allowance • per ton !—The Magistrate and 11r. Farrell- waited on board all day for the Captain ; and as he did, not appear at night, they left two 'Re venue Officers on board in charge of the vessel, and returned to town. During the night the Captain came on board, anti knowing his case to be desperate, he determined on a desperate remedy, and actually put to sea with the officers onboard. As ' soon as the circumstances was discovered, two revenue cruisers were dispatched after him, but as yetno account has been re ceived.--(Dublin Paper.) MURDER OF Mits. PoNATTy.--Yesterday Benjamin Dogett, the man who w as vent f rom India on his confessing himself the murderer of Mrs. I)onatty, was brought up to Bow-street, anti underwent a public examination before TIIOMAt Hnr.Ls, Esq. one of the Magistrates of that Office. It will be recollected that on his first examination, he de clared his confession to have been entirely , false, that he made it for the purpose only of being sent back to England. Tinder all these circumstances of the case he was however committed to the House of correction, Coldbath-fields, where he has been confined for four weeks past, and during that period it was. thought necessary, for the ends of public justice, ,to preclude the visitation of any of his friends, and also of any communication between him and the other prisoners. In the interval, Mr. Half has been indefatigable in his exertions to bring this mysterious affair to a conclusion; and Ruth yen one of the' pri nc ip a l o ffi cers , h as also been actively en gaged in making numerous inquiries in all parts of the town to ascertain the truth of various parts of the atatement given by the prisoner, in contradiction of his confession, and which in general have been found correct; while, on the other hand, the places at which he stated himself to have been seen subse quent to the commission of the murder it is prom] he was not at. Mr. HALLS closely questioned the prisoner again on seve ral points; but nothing particular was elicited ; and, in order to Imo time for some further inquiry to be made, he was re manded until Tuesday next, THE ARMY. The 68th (Rutlandsh Reg ire) went of Infantry, in pur, suance of a previous -order, T marched on uesday. from. Chatham to Weedon. A large detachment of Invalids, which arrived ih England . on board the Ganges, fiee-trader, from the Mau r iti us , disem barked 'at Grave sen d, - on the 19th instant; and marched to Chatham. • - The - North Western Regiment of Oxfordshire Veomanry, commanded by Lord Ch urc hill, completed the annual period of service on Saturday last, at Woodstock. The Regiment has considerably increased in number since last ,year, and although. it had before obtained a high reputation among the yeomanry corps of the kingdom, for its military ap pearance• and dis c ipli ne , has castinguislied, itselk' mo re than usual on the present --occasion. The orderly behaviour of the men in quarters, and the precision anti accuracy with whi c h they performed t heir manoeuvres in the field, oltiokinecl for them . not only the highest a pp ro b at i on of then-Noble Commander, but the praisk and admiration of several officers of regular cavalry who were present. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, MAY 23—Wind _ and'sailed for the River, the Astell, Oldham, froM Bengal:; AIM, - Hamilton, and Regalia, f rom J ama i ca ; Elizabeth, Brooks, from 'Tobago ; Mary, . Brady, Barbadoes ; l3uokplialus "Trieste; Zoma, Warren, 31arseilles ; Hero, Wil s on, Leghorn ; and, Albion, Low, from the Mediterr a n ean . Came down from the River the iusegrove i Thomson, for St. Vin cent '., ; U n i on, Bell, Hond u r as ; an d Supply 4 Brightman, for the South Seal. FALMOUTH, 'MAY, tV.S.W.:—.Artived the Kingstone, Brown, from Landon for Bengal, and about 20 outward -hound vessels from the Eastward. Also arrived the Walter .Mathews, Gallaway, from Gibraltar ; Duke of Kent packet, from Lisbon.. Sailed the Ilth of May,. the Lord Sid mouth packet, from St. Thomas's ; and LOrd Hobart packet, from. Jamaica, has also arrived. PLYatotyru, /liar 22.—Wind B :W.—Arrived the Tribune frigate &inn a cruise, and several outward.hound . vessels are corning in. Po ittsscourif, IVl4y 23.--Wind IV.S.IV.—Ait back the Albion, Best, for New South Wales. • The East India Company's ship Duchess of Athol,- arrived off the Wight the 21st inst., and the Astell yesterday morni ng . The Duchess of A t h o l left China on the sth Febniary, arrived at St. Helena on the Bth April, and sailed frunt.thence for Eng,. land on the .11th of ApriL The Astell sailed from SaUgor the 13th December, from Madras the 15th January, and.from S t . Helena the 2d A pr iL The Sir David Scott, ' tar' of Balcarras, and Canning, from China, arrived a; St. Helena the . oth April. The .IVinelielsett, from Bengal, sailed from St. Helena for England on the 10th of April. The Repulse, outward, ound, was expected t o l eave S t. Helena 'for Bencoolen on t h e 14 t h of April. SKELETONS DISCOVERED. Yesterday morning a number of persons.assem. I bled on St. Margaret's hill, in the Borough, directly in front of the Town Hall, to witness a very unusual sight. Some workmen ' employed to excavate a piece of ground for the putposeof sink ing a well, when about six feet front the surface, came to a com plete layer or strata of human skulls, nearly , two feet in depth ; they are mostly in a perfect state, and the jaws well furnished with sound white teeth. It is supposed they must have lalu there between 3 and 400 years, as there was formerly a church, dedi cated to St. Margaret, on the spot, now the site of the Town. hall, which, having gone to decay, was pulled down, and the parish united with St. Mary Overbury, now St. Saviour, in the reign of Henry VIII. The sides Of th e cavity present a most iongularappear a n ce , t h e earth below the strata being literally sprinkled or inlaid with teeth and sections of the skulls cut through by the spade of the workmen. The discovery of this (Jolgotha may aflbrd matter of speculation. • - It being the determination of the Park Directors, to have the Canal in St. James's Park thoroughly cleared out, several na vigators were on Thursday last set to work to undermine the ground, in 'order to afford a passage from the Canal to the river Thames, that the water may flow thereto until the immense quantities of rubbish which it must necessarily contain is cleared away, when it will be replenished with the water. The men corn. menced their operations upon the ground early in the, morn ing, near Whitehall, at the back o f Lord.Carnngton4. house ; and alter digging considerably below the surface of the earth, one of them discovered the form of a human skull, and on fur• ther examination he found the ribs, leg, and arms ofitskeleton, whose dimensions were immoderately large. On endeavouring to take it out of the hole, the head separated from the shoulders, land the limbs also separated when touched. The various parts, however were collected, and at the requ es t of L or d Carrington conveyed' to his house for inspection. The jaw, bones of the skeleton were very large, and the teeth all white,. and in the mu st perfect state. The thigh bones were of im mo d e rate size, and judging front them. the individual was supposed to have been upwards of seven feet in height. The navigators 'comMenced work again, and on digging further into the earth they disco.. vered another skeleton off equal dimensions, and the teeth per fact In the same way as the other. Yesterday morning they again commenced work ; and they had not dug many feet, when a third skeleton of equally large dimensions was tound, but none of th em a p peare d to have had coffins. They were ordered to be carried too, neighbouring Sur geon's, where they were deposited. They must have been under the ground for a considerable period. So much interest was excited by the circumstance, that crowds of persons assembled round the spot ; and what adds to the peculiarity of t h e dis covery is, that abo u t t h ree wee k s ago, four skeletons of a si milar description were found near the same spot. Many con jectures were afloat, as to the original cause of their being -de posited there. - _ _ - .... __ - • ANTICIPATIONS. -- M C. COLDEN, of New York, in a recent speech in the House of Representa tives oil the Bill for occupying the mouth of Co lombia, made the following remarks :—" Sir, 1 do verily believe, that in twenty years, and if ,not in twenty, in fifty years, a person sejting Out from London to go to India, will find New York, Albany, and Sandusky post towns on his route. By pursuing, continually, nearly a west course, he will cross the Atlantic, reach Albany—follow the York canal—embark on Lake Erie—puss through the Ohio canal—and pursue the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri, to the foot of the rocky mountains, over which' he will traverse a turnpike of only seventy-five miles, which will bring him to the waters of the Colombia ; upon these4le will reach the , Pacific, and from thence he will cross a ferry to the Asiatic continent ; a ferry of, some two, or three thousand miles, I admit, but one which, in reference to stearn-licai navigation, for which those seas are particularly adapted, would be no more - than so many hut - dred miles would have been some few years since. By pursuing this course, the traveller will have about 120 degrees of longitude to trii-„ verse. t Whereas, if he proceeded east from Lon don, he could not reach the eastern coast of Asia without traversing 240 degrees of longitude ;. , and if he' pursued the usual route, by doubling either of the capes, to the difference of longitude, must, be added th e d egrees o f latitude he must necessarily twice pass over. Is it not reasonable then to suppose, that at some period;not very re mote, the eastern trade may be pursued in the course I' have designated ? And will not the measure which is contemplated by the Bill acce lerate 1116 arrival of that period ? Sir, .1 am aware that hy many these will be considered as extra vagant cud visionary ideas. But, let MC ask, are they more extravagant than it would have been, only ten years ago, to have predicted that the waters of the great lakes would be emptied. hitt) is Atlantic at New York ; that the 'course Oaf• the Hudson would be turned, and part of her 'waters sent to seek the Ocean through the Cull of St. Lawrence; that by artificial weans this great continent would be divided into islandc,, le borders of which are more extensive than ail the shores of Europe, and these islands infinitely better adapted to navigation and commerce than ir they were surrounded by oceans?"—(Baltiraore Puiria.) 4 1