The Sun. — London, England, 1823-04-28 00:00:00

••••.... M', eck. iinj• upon• be late eferred : / pinit. the 10 ini• under A and IlartaY PPing e ' ort g from f Lola i" Sett l c' ICs. t ion of n gtinTr• :altaJ nolittec xtioto 'fa in the . show our fru"i /- '''' '' 375• 36A.. ...... /' 1 1g P s ' , _ "" !!!!! NW' 28' I. gji it• • •"'''': 15 ...... . riee — * * wt C t. cen t ' see. Oir* )0 8 t, Ott 1 , , oted garch' Pa ° c ioe a fra tiCe) 11 011)"r ¢r l " 4l in the'c con;° t, 115 sv : s th e P- ; de ntA efilec"lll FRENCH FUNDS.—APRIL 24. Five per Cents. Opened at Bank Sto c k Closed at B 4 .f. —e. Neapolit an S tock 1520 72 f. -- c. i f. Spanish Renter 3O. Spanish Bo n d s I 4OA. APRIL 25. Five pee Cent s . Money. Opened at Closed at B4 f. 6c. Account, Opened at Neapolitan St oc k Closed at B3 f. 30 c. 721. Spanish B on d s 311t,. the movements of the Army which penetrated the Peninsula from - Bayonne, all relate to the few insignificant events which had been previously announced by the Telegraphic Dis patches. It is amusing to see the anxiety with which the French endeavour to create a belief that they have been received in Spain as liberators. One letter from head quarters, which has been honoured with inser tion in the Journal des Debuts, after describing the ecstacy of the writer at the good conduct of the troops, and at the reception they have met with, actually alleges that the cows and sheep preserve the most amicable relations with the French columns, and that the very fowls are so well convinced of the honour and disinterested ness of the invaders, that tl►ey show their con fidence and their joy by " running between the legs of the soldiers !"—After this, who can doubt that all Spain is enthusiastically devoted to the cause of the Faith! Private letters from Seville announce the irn- Portant fact that the King of SPAIN arrived in that city on the 10th instant. There had been ►to attempt to attack his MAJESTY'S escort throughout the whole course of his journey ; and as the news from Madrid falsifies all the unfa vourable rumours respecting the disposition of that capital, it may now be safely presumed that the nation is determined on obstinately resisting the iniquitous interference of France. Sir WILLIAM A'rouaT, who preceded FERDINAND VII. in the Journey to Seville, was every where received with the most distinguished respect ) and with warm acclamations. Lisbon Papers were received this morning. The. followilig are extracts :•-•—• " tasno li t A en.IL. LI. —Third Bulletin of the Constitutional Pacificating Army. • MIRANDELLA, APRIL 10. Thi smorning the head- quarters left this town for Brinco, on the way to *wawa. The rapid movement Which the van-guard made on the 9th so terrified thefactious, that they fled precipitately toglragan za. hard! ' y leaving a rear-go.ard of p d .—Were fol cavalry in u ence low sever al official c o mmunications from General Luiz de Rego, inane which the whole force of the rebels is stated to be about 3000 men,) APRIL, 17.—Pourth Bulletin of the Constitutional Army. VAILDINOGUEIRA, APRIL 12. Our Army has united in this 'mint. General Pego arrived to-day at Barnes and entered Our ,! al l'P at noon. The troops have marched without seeing the ;ty, except to-day at Alla ; the squadrons of the Ist and theta giments which had arrived there, were incommod b y re of a strong squadron of the 12th regiments, supported b y a corps of infantry, which endeavoured to surprise our posts. General Aparicio immediately made the necessary arra ngements. The rebels were warmly repulsed by o ur P "l'ets, supported by the provisional battalion of Cazadorcs, commanded by Major Lima. As soon as the enemy appeared in force, a unanimous cry of " The Constitution or death," was heard in our lines ; the factious did not venture to wait fo r „: , 113 1 but retreated. They continued their march during the „"tg"i and it is certain that some of them went beyond Bra . t o n s .,zat entering Puebla de Sanabria. The rear guard was at ',;e4 io-day at two o'clock. c "-b e infamous Ex. Count ordered the money which he had obtained by robbery , to be secured, and transported on beasts, to facilitate his march. th Ybe small town of Trinflade, three leagues and a half from b Place. at the entrance of Villa Plor, was ordered to be t to.day by General Rego. Thc inhabitants rose in arms, _erFpted the officers, and cried " Death to the Constitu- C,! The constitutional force amounts to 7,138 troops of e, and 5,302 militia—in all, 12,440, with ten pieces of artillery. Finn BULLETIN. "BRAGANZA, APRIL 13. the "The C onstitutional Army entered this city to-day, amidst , ac clamation s of a countless multitude, who received the 1 .1.00 1)s Its their deliverers. The Constitutional Chamber went I , o „ a „ b a °4 to receive the General-in-Chief, at some distance t r -* " le cit• Cries of " the Constitution" and " the Cuo utional Win o s;vretches for ever,' were mingled with Imprecations on the have brought so much evil on this province.— :111.lany officers of the corps of the line, in the service of the fac 7, have presented thernselves--the greater part had been Iledralvast a Sp' 14 nby the rebels. Part of the troops of the factious are in de Oner anish town on the frontier; the rest is at Rio The Itveh ula Sacoias Racal and Valde Lamas. i ron le army will march to-morrow in pursuit of them. Great havt, ati°ll is in general felt at the conduct of the rebels, who pn T iv i i i n e c g e rts in en — ,. "'flitted prodigious excesses , robbing and insulting the . "I.eanbie persons,The mischief done by them in this titc.alculable. 1 • they oc eat distress 1, cauSeti by the factious in the districts the arinevuPter' i s it extremely difficult to support van ee rn-' and .s toe reason that it WAS not possible to a public e rap; 1 . (4 .Y. The • taken by the rebels from the wirers at B r sums the General to exceed 40 0,000 ad aganza, are stated by cu t os. 81:v11' ci• A Tie --- sseslo.The Majesty's and Roal Hih- - of the entered this capital to day at one o'clock. At the y entrance by the their Alajesties anti Royal Highnesses were received j () Y• All' natitutional Chamber with every demonstration of plio leata. t he civil and military authorities paid their coal- A PRIL II arri val of .—A salut e o f artillery announced this evening the _ 1 Y W the eit rotas iIIIIIIIiR ue Cortes ; a m d. ica of joy were h ear d on a ll s id es , an d te 0 [PRO M A CORRESPONDENT.] STOCK EXCHANGE, Half-past Twelve o'Clock.---- Cotiaols opened at 77f 1, and got up to 77 1) with a brisk market, there being a heavy money acco unt to settle to-morrow. An Express Paris b r i ngs the French Funds 84f. 50c. e Y 4 h had been done in the course of Saturday at 84f. 60c. and 841. 40c. IlsoltßlGN M ARlCET.—Spanish Bonds opened at 32 1) and got up to 331-1 with a good Market. ,;,0n Saturday morning the L or d s o f t h e Coun t`,"sambled at th e Council Office, Whitehall; ° V!ar British appeals against France wai n te g rday mornin a Messenger arriv e d i n pstreet with dispatches from Spain. THE KING'S COURT. On Saturday, at three o'clock, his MAJEsTY held a Court at his Palace at Pall-Mall, which was attended by the LorttChan cellor, the Lord President of the Council, the First Lorid of the Treasury, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretary of state for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for the Colonial De partment, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiraltyy, the Presi dent of the Board of Controul, the Chacellor of t he Duchy of Lancaster, the Master of the Mint, Viscount Sidmouth, the Lord Chief Justice.of the Court of King's Bench, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Vice-Cha mberlain, the Groom of the Stole, Gold Stick in Waiting, Earl Harrington, the Comptroller of the Household, the Recorder of London, Sir Sidney Beckwith, Sir Henry Oakes, Earl St. Vincent, the Captain Mulcaster, Viscount St. Vincent, the Marquis of Huntly, Sir Edward Barnes. The following Presentations to the King took place : Major-General Sir Sidney Beckwith, K.C.B. to return the order, rihband, and badge of the late Right Hon. General Sir G. Beckwith, K.C.B. _ _ _ Lieut.-tieneral Sir Edward Barnes, by Earl Bathurst, upon Lis being appointed Governor of Ceylon. Sir Henry Oakes had the honour to -deliver to his Majesty the order, ribband, and badge worn by his late brother, Lieut.- General Sir Hilderan4 Oakes, Bart. Iv.C.B.,_deceased. Captain Mulcaster, R.N., to return the order, ribband, and badge, worn by the late Lieutenant-General Sir. S. Auchmuty. His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which Lieut.-General Sir Edward Barnes was introduced, and sworn in Governor of Ceylon, in the room of Sir Edward. Paget.—After the breaking tip of the Privy Council, the Recorder of London was intro duced into the presence of the King in Council, and made . his report of the convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, at the last February Sessions.—llis Majesty gave audiences to the Earl of Harrowby and the Marquis of Huntley.—The Court broke up soon after live o'clock. 4 4, 91 * RAP, 1.• . e yawl 1 4—a T'TIOPA I- ;40 '7 ~t l 9 i- • • N „Is , tt% 5 . - r -=e o .) FASHIONABLE PARTIES. TILE BALL AT HottsE.—llis Grace gave a Ball and Supper on Friday night, and not a Concert, as repre sentcd. The eleven state apartments were thrown open on this occasion, and never did that noble edifice appear to so much advantage ason this occasion. After an hour devoted to the contemplation of these objects the dancing commenced, it be ing then nearly midnight. There were four seta of quadrilles. The apartment, which was called in the late Duchess's time the Great Hall, is now the Saloon : this was the Ball-room. About a quarter before two the banquet was announced. Contrary to custom here, it was a stand-up supper. This was desirable, for the uests were too frequently tempt ed to protract the time for returning to the dance, which threw a gloom over the after-part of the night. On this occasion it was not so • and the result proved the Duke's good taste, for it was the most animated ball ever seen in Devonshire House: the music did not cease till six o'clock. The supper was served wholly on plate : there were soups of every kind. The sideboards were decorated with antique mas sive salvers in gold.—The party mustered about 450 persons. The Duke of Gloucester gives an elegant entertainment this day to a distinguished party at Gloucester House, Park-lane. On Friday Prince Leopold had a grand dinner party to meet the Duchess of Kent. Among the company were, the Earl and Countess of Harewood, Earl and Countess of Derby, Marquis of Huntly, Earl Darnley, &c. &c. Lord Berwick had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. The Earl of Harrowby entertained the Marquis and Mar chioness of Lansdown, and a distinguished party to dinner, un Saturday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Lord F. L. Gower had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Albemarle-street. The Marquis of Salisbury had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Arlington -street. FASII lONABLE ARRANGEMENTS for the WEEK. Tuts EVENING.—Mrs. Herbert's Ilall,,_Baker-street. TO-MORROW.—The Earl and. countess of Derby's Party, Grosvenor-square ; Sir John and Lady Hamilton's Party, Baker. street. • WEDNESDAY.—AImack's Grand Ball; Mrs. Winter's Fete at lielseze•grove, Hampstead. TRUUSDAY.—IIirs. }lope's Grand Dinner; Prince Ester hazy's Ball, Chandos-house ; Viscountess Melville's Party, at the Admiralty ; Mrs. Colonel Hughes's Ball, Park-lane. . FRIDAY—The Duke of Devonshire's Assembly; Lord and Lady King's Party, Dover -street; Sir William Abdy's Con cert, Hill-street ; Air. W. Knyvett'a Annual Concert, at the Hanover-square Rooms. SATO anAl".—Mr. Coesvclt's Party, Upper Brook-street. SuNDAY.—COUntess of Essex's Musical Party, Hill-street. FAHRIONABLZ A nnival.s.—Lords Apsley, from the Duke of Itutland's seat,. itelvoir Castle; Lords C. and It. Alanners, .from Belvoir Castle ; lion. Wm. and Lady Vane I'owlett, from Belvoir Castle.; Mrs. Shakespeare and family, in Regent-street, from Cheltenham. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. The friends and supporters of this - admirable Institution dined together on Saturday,, at the Freemasons' Tavern. The Chair was taken by Lord !GLENORCHY, supported .by Lord SALTOUN, the Earl of BREDALBANE, Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, and numerous other distinguished individuals. The cloth having been withdrawn, the usual toasts were drank with the finest demonstrations of loyalty. The Children of the Institution were then introduced, and paraded the room in their Highland costume, and in the strictest order. There are among them, some remarkably line boys, and their whole appearance was extremely interesting and picturesque. The Noble CHAIRMAN rose and said, that be lemented the duty of advocating the cause of these children had notdevolved upon some one more able to do it justice. He felt relieved, however, when he considered that all present were actuated by the same deep interest which he entertained for the welfare of their Institution. The boys whom they saw around them, with ycry few exceptions, were the orphans of soldiers and sailors who had fallen gallantly struggling for their country's glory.—(Applause.)—Considering, therefore, that they owed the greatness of the British name, and the security of their lives and property to the sacrifice of these heroes, he was sure they would willingly acknowledge , the debt by drinking most heartily " Success to the Caledonian Asylum." The toast was drank with great enthusiasm, and the boys sang " Scots whit hae" very creditably. General TURNER returned thanks in die name of the Insti tution with much feeling and eloquence. He described the funds to be in a flourishing state, and observed that by some regulations about to be adopted, a considerable number of de serving boys would be added to the Establishment, and that the expence of educating anti maintaining each boy would be little more than eleven pounds. Yet they were in such a state of comfort, that even their parents, if they could see them, would desire for them no additional enjoyments.—(Applause.) Lord Stamm; rose to propose " The health of their Noble Chairman," and to express their thanks for the talent and the zeal with which he supported the Institution.--(Great ap plause.) The toast was drank with fervent applause. Lord GLENORCUY, in returning thanks, said, that to be zealous in furthering such objects as those of the Caledonian Asylum was not a merit, but the simple discharge of an impe rative duty. Indeed he should consider it a disgrace to be lees zealous than he was in their support.—(Applause.) Sir J. SINCLAIR'S health having been drunk, he returned thanks, and expatiated upon the honourable distinctions of the Highland character. All over Europe the Highland garb was a sure passport to resuect and esteem. Ile concluded by, pro posing as a toast, " May they never forget the costume and the honour of their ancestors." _ _ The health of General Turner and Colonel Williamson, two of the Directors, was drank, with thanks for their active exer tions in behalf of the Institution. _ _ •_ General TuRNER returned thanks and only regretted that he had not a greater power of furthering the objects they all had in view. Ile proposed the health of the Ladies Patronesses of the Institution, and named several Ladies of distinction to whom their success was mainly owing. Drank with enthusiasm. Several other distinguished Supporters of the Caledonian Asylum were toasted, and severally returned thanks. A handsome Collection was made in the room, and the even ing passed off most agreeably. CATHOLIC is supposed that Ca tholic Meetings will be called forthwith all over Ireland, and that an application to Parliament, or .an Address to the Kum, will be presented without much delay ...--(llublin Correspondent, April 24.) Til E THEATRES. KING'S TB EATRE.—Th e indisposition of Signora CARADOIU prevented the performance of the last new Opera Eliza e Claudio, and Le Nuzzo di Figaro was the substitute on Saturday. The house was crouded, and the boxes filled with the fashionable world. DRURY LANE.---PreViORS to the performance of The Marriage of Figaro on Saturday, bills were posted round the Theatre, stating that illness prevented Mr. &LISTON from appearing, in the part of count Almaviva, and be fore the commencement of the Play Mr. lasToN,came forward to state that, at a very short notice, Mr. PENLEY bad undertaken to perform that character. It is but justice to Mr. PENLEY to observe, that he stood in no need of an apology, but. .supported the part with spirit, and as correctly as if it was familiar to him by practice. LISTON, BARLEY, Mrs. AUSTIN, and Miss STEPHENS, severally acquitted themselves to the satisfaction of a numerous audience. CovENT-GAttnEN.--The Jealous Wijb was so Avell supported on Saturday at this House as to deserve a more numerous audience; Mr. C. K EMILE and Miss CHESTER were very success ful in the two chief characters, and the other parts were altogether ,well assigned and sup ported. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. To the Nobility and Gentry of. the Cntmties of Leicester and Nottingham; My Lords and Gentlemem , —Having decided to relinquish the management or the Quorn Hounds, I cannot give up the country into your hands, without offering my most sincere thanks for the support I have received, and to assure you I shall always be impressed with gratitude for your kindness. I have the honour to be, Your obedient humble servant, Quorndon, April 22. It. B. OnArran. ' To the Nobility, Gentry,_ and Freeholders of the County of 'Leicester. My Lords and Gentlemen—Circumstances having induced Sir B. Graham to resign the management of the Quorn Hunt, 1 beg to offer myself as his successor and 1 hope the the same support which 1 formerly experienced at your hands. Your obedient servant, Quorndon, April O. GEORGE OSBALDESTON. • DURHAM RACES, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23. The Trial Stakes of 20gs each, was won by Mr. Jacques's b. f. by Walton, beating Mr. Riddell's X.Y.Z. The Old Stakes of lOgs each, was won by Mr. Pierse's c. •by Crab, beating two others. The Maiden Plate Of .4.:40 was won at two heats by Mr. Reed's g. c. Marauder, beating four others. A Sweepstakes of lOgs each was walked over by Capt. Al len's b. h. Cardinal.—All the Races were well contested. Died on Saturday morning, April 26, at his seat, Himley, Starfordshite, full of years and rich in good works, that most munificent and benevolent Nobleman Wit.-' Least Lord Viscount DUDI.EY and WARD, Baron of Bir mingham, &c. &c. He was born January 21, 1714 1 He suc ceeded his half.brother in the year 1781 Ile roamed in 1780 Julia, second daughter of Godfrey Bowllle, Esq., of (iunth waite, Yorkshire, the prescnt Lady Dudley, by horn he had issue one son, the Hon. John William Ward, the inheritor of the titles and estates. To enumerate a tithe of the benevolent and munificent acts of his Lordship would far exceed the limits of a newspaper. The town of Birmingham has lost such a benefactor as she may never see again ; he was a constant friend to all her charitable institutions, and patronized all her benevolent establishments. His Lordship's noble contribu dons to every patriotic and religious object are too well known to need repetition ; his attention to the labouring poor, and the various workmen in his extensive minim establishments. make his loss a severe affliction to the whole ot the population around Himley. This venerable departed Nobleman gave 10,0001. to the Patriotic Fund. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of YottK left town for his Majesty's Palace, New market.--The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Clarence yesterday.—Yesterday the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Feodor visited the Duke nod Duchess ot Clarence.—The Duchess of Charence and the Du c h ess o f K en t a tt e nd e d Divine Service at the Royal German Chapel yesterday.— Yesterdey Prince Leopold left town for Claremont.—Yesterday Divine Service was performed to the King's Household, at his Palace in Pail-malt, by the Rev. F. W. Blomberg.— The Duchess of Gloucester paid a long visit to his Majesty yesterday. •-•- - We 'are truly sorry to state that the celebrated INci.i:Dox, in consequence of having a few days since, caught a violent cold , which has settled on his lungs, lies dangerously ill at his house in Prospect-place, in this town. We are, in fact, assured, that his medical attendants entertain but little hope of his recovery. —(Brighton Herald.) A serious misunderstanding has recently taken place - amongst the Independent Dissenters of Great Marlow and their Pastor, in consequence of some personal invectives publicly thrown from die pulpit by the latter, against a young lady of distinguished merit and spotless reputation. We understand, however, that the matter is to be taken up seriously.—(Bucks Chronicle.) RECORDER'S REPORT.--Tilts RECORDER MI SR. turday made his Report of the following prisoners under sen tence of death, to his MAJESTY, in Council:—John Davis , 11, and Joseph Froom, 19, for breaking and entering a dwell. ing-house ; tried in January Sessions.—William Hale, 20, horse-stealing.—James Fairer, 18 ; William Harding, 16 John Walker, 10 ; James Aldridge ' 22 ; Thomas liihson, alias Blackett, 26 ; and Henry Seaton, 16, for burglary,— Henry Cox, 19, and Isaac Davies, 26, for highway-robbery.— Henry Daly . , 12; John Burke, 21; and .Mary Ann Slout, «2, for stealing m a dwelling-house ; tried in February Sessions— when John Walker, James Aldridie f and.llenry Seaton, were ordered for execution on Wednesday next, and the other pri goners were respited during bin Majesty's p leasure.i CONDEMNED SERMON , --Yesterday, the Rev. Mr. COTTON preached a condemned Sermon to the three un happy young men ordered for execution on Wednesday next, viz.: —John Walker, aged 18 Jas. Aldridge, 22; and Henry Seaton, 26 ; Who were all convicted of burglary in the last Fe bruary Sessions. The Rev. Chaplain took his text from La. mentations, chap. iii, verse 37. l'he prisoners appeared to be fully sensible of their awful situation. On Monday, two young men, called George Scott and John Petty, were examined before the Mayor, and committed to the House of Correc tion, at Wakefield, for robbing Tommy Owen of seven guineas, being the fruits offilleen years' industry, during which he had resided as a pauper in the Leeds Workhouse. FIRE.—An alarming fire broke out this morn ing, at two o'clock, at a linen-draper's, the corner of Harper-street, in the New Kent Road. The watchman first observed the flames, and im mediately alarmed the inmates of the house, who with considerable difficulty saved themselves from destruction. Several engines very shortly arrived upon the spot, and although every effort was made by the firemen to stop the flames, it completely burnt the house to the ground, and also very materially injured the adjoining ones, but very happily no lives were lost. The pro perty, we understand, is insured. ROYAL NAVY. Pon'essiouTii, APnir. 26.—This morning his Majesty's brig Calliope, 10, Lieut. Philip Justice, arrived from Lisbon, in ten days, whither she took a Mail from Falmouth in six days. She left the Marlborough and the Duke of Kent (2) packets, in the Tagus, on the 17th inst., the former of which intended to sail on Sunday last, aitli -a Mail, for Falmouth.— The Packets are to touch at Vigo in future, in going from and returning to Falmouth. The Calliope can bring no news of the French army in Spain, as nothing was known in Portugal beyond its having passed the frontiers of that country. The most extensive misery prevailed in Lisbon, by the total declen. sion of trade, which had arisen, principally, from the separation of the. Brazil s from the mother country. This circumstance, as it affected materially all branches of society, had produced a feeling unfavourable to the new order of things, as the loss of the colonies was attributed, however unjustly, to the want ofi energy in the Cortes. The populace were encouraged in these feelings by the priests, who foresee, in the measures of the Cortes, a curtailment o f their temporal estates ; therefore, they applaud the counter-revolutionary conduct of the Conde Ama. rante, whose force was concentrated at Braganza, tin the north east corner of the kingdom), and to whose efforts very little opposition had been made. About 300 men had been just sent to Oporto,. to oppose him, but they were badly a pp o i nte d, and in no spir it for the service. No news had been received for some days from General Reggio. It was reported that his troops were deserting. The French General .Allemande had arrived at Lisbon, with some other officers. His object is to support the Constitutional cause.—The only vessel left in the Tagus, was die Heroine corvette, beside the packets. The Calliope spoke the Briton, yesterday, off Portland. This morning arrived the Vibilia transport, with a Company of the Royal Artillery, invalids, and limited service men, from the Regiments at Jamaica, which Island the Vibilia left on the 17th of March. The Islands and Squadron were healthy. Sir Charles Rowley was preparing to resign his command to Sir Edward Owen, and re t urn to England. Sir Edward Owen's Squadron was on the passage from Barbadoes to Port Royal. The French Squadron continued at Guadaloupe. It was un derstood to be Sir Charles Rowley's intention to sail with the whole of his Squadron, for the Havannah, on the arrival of the ships from Barbadocs, and sail thence, in the Sybille frigate, Captain Josh. Rowley, for England. Sir Edw. Owen's squadron have been employed In obtaining reparation for the spoliations committed on British property by the Spanish Royalists, threatening (at Maracaibo), to make reprisals of all Spanish property, unless Immediate satisfaction was made for the British property unjustly seized; and in as. certaining from the Independent Governments what vessels had been duly commissioned by them, in order to distinguish them from the unlicensed marauders which infest those seas, and commit acts of piracy. .%The Tamar and Icarus arrived at Jamaica on the 19th, the Surinam on the 11th of February, and the Carnati on on the 9th March. The Helicon was to sail on the 9th March from Bar hadoes, for l.aguayra, with a convoy. The Tees sailed from Penang for Sincapore, on the 3d November. On Tuesday the Seringapatam, 46, Capt. S. Warren, sailed for Leith, to embark his Excellency the Right Hon. Sir Ben. jamin Bloomfield, G.C.8., Ambassador to the Court of Swe. den, and suite, and convey them to Stockholm. This morning the Success transport, Lieut. Church, Agent, sailed for Cowes, to embark 120 men, of detachments of regi ments in North America, with which she will proceed to-mor row, for Quebec. Capt. Cardew's Company of Royal Sappers anti Miners embarked in her, from this place, for Montreal. The Ranger, 20 guns, Captain Peter Fisher, is fitting at Spithcad for the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. who will proceed out in her to resume his government at Newfoundland. It is rumoured that the naval command in India is no longer to be under a Captain with a Commodore's pendant, but that a Itear.Admiral is to be appointed in his stead ; and is added, that Sir Charlet Paget, recently promoted to the rank of Ad. miral, will have the appointment. A letter has been received from New Zealand, dat e d Nov. 19, 1822, which states that the Ceres wh a l er , Captain Lancaster, of London, was lost on the desol a te i s l an d o f Tons mia (one of the Friendly Islands,) on the 28th of August, 1821. The crew saved the ship's sails, the greater part of their clothing, four casks of bread and flour, and 10 pieces of pork. This being a small provision for thirty-one persons, the captain sent twelve men, in two boats, to a neighbouring island, to endeavour to obtain food, until an opportunity should occur of their being taken off: The natives behaved very treache rously ; their pretended kindness soon changed to cruelty : they murdered five of them, stripped off their clothes, and sorely cut and bruised the other seven. The natives after went over to Tonamia, pretending they came from a different island, and knew nothing . of their fellow-sufferers. But here they soon killed the Captain, the cooper and a boy, and forced the remaining 15 poor fellows to put off in their boat, with only one oar. After being two days and nights at sea, having neither food nor drink, they reached the volcanic island of Mattao, where they remained thirteen months,their food being only cocoa nuts. They were at length taken off the island by the Misionary to. dale's ship St. Michael, of Port Jackson, and landed at that place. . _ _ Capt. John 31acpberson Ferguson is appointed to th e Mer sey, and Capt. A. D. Y. Arbuthnott, to the Jasper, at this port; Capt. W. Hamley, to the Pelorous, at Plymouth.— liieuts. R. Keane and James Crawl), to the Mersey ; Lieut. W. Sherwood, Jasper; Lieut. 'l'. Stopfurd, to command the Carnation, vice Capt. Mildinay, invalided; Mr. Turner (son of Win. 'turner, Esq. of Portsmouth) promoted to the rank of Lieutenant of tke Ilyerion, vice Stopford ; Mr. Brownrigg, to be Master of the Slaney; Mr. W. Sidney, to be Master of the Pelorous ; Joseph Eyde, Esq. to be Secretary to Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, vice Sconce; Mr. T. Rowe, to be Purser of the Mersey ; Mr. H. B. H. Long, to be Purser of Jasper. Ship: at Spithead.—Ranger, Pandora, and Basilisk. In Harbour.—Queen Charlotte, Ramillies, Albion, Naiad, Active, Larne, Slaney, Rifleman, Redwing, Parthian, and Arrow. PL y sto V T th—A rrived the Surveying vessel, Bathurst, Capt. King, from New South Wales, last from the Cape of Good Hope; and the Trinculo, from Spithead. Sailed the Dwarf, Lieut. Gould, with a messenger, and dispatches for Cadiz; and the Sprightly, for Falmouth. The Lavinia, 48, is ordered to be commissioned at this port. The Active cutter has seized in Mounts Bay a boat witli 116 kegs of gin. The Mackerel season has not yet been unsuccessful. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, APRIL 27.—Wind N.E.—Arrived this morning the Durina, Hamilton, from China, and remain with the Vansit tart outward.bound lndiaman. APRIL. 26.—Wind E.N.E.—Came down from the River the Atlas, for Bengal; Henry, for Demerara; Wakefield and Hannah, for Minunichi ; Isabella, Charlaton; Sarah, Messina ; Three Friends, Oporto; Sceptre, Manilla; Peggy, Quebec ; Minerva, Illimmtchi; and Elizabeth, Berbice. Sailed this afternoon the Lowther Castle, Baker, for China, and the whole of the outward-bound for their different destinations, except the Vanslttart, which ship waits only for her Purser. Arrived off the South Foreland the Naid, Orford, 132 days, from Batavia for Antwerp. - FAL3IOIITII, APRIL 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived off the port the George the Fourth, Jay, front Demerara in eight weeks. Arrived the Sisters, Kittle, from Estaples (near which place she was driven on shore the 4th ult. with seven other vessels); Duke of Marlborough packet from Lisbon sailed the 20th inst. Sailed the Stamer paelcet for Vigo and Lisbon. Po nTIIMOUTII, APRIL 27.—Wind N.E.--Arrived the Atlas, from the Downs for Bengal. APRIL 26.—Arrived his Majesty's shi Calliope, from Lisbon ; Vibelia transport, from the Nest Indies. Sailed the Success transport for Quebec. PLYMOUTH% APRIL 26.—Wmd W.S.W.-()i1' the port the Symmetry, Dawson, front Demerara; Royal Sovereign, Brightm:tn, from Trieste. APRIL 25.—Arrived the Lord Exmouth, Barrett, for Quebec ; on the 20th inst., off Cape Clear ) in very bad weather, carried away her main and :men, which obliged her to put back. PouLt, APRIL 27.—Arrived the Louisa Hannah, Biel, from Lisbon, in eight days; this vessel only sa il e d f rom N ew . foundland t he 20th ult., discharged at Lisbon a cargo of fish, and took on board a cargo of salt : at sea only 28 days, making both passages ; this vessel has lost her foremast. EAST INDIA SIIIPPING.--The undermentioned Company's ships arrived on Saturday, as follows, viz. :—Buckinghamshire and Marquis of Huntley, from China, off the Wight ; Dunira, from ditto, of Portland ; Dorsetshire, from Bengal, off Wey. mouth. The Marquis of Huntley left China on on the 9th of December, the Cape of Good Hope on the 19th February, and and St. Helena en the sth of March. The Buckinghamshire left China on the 21st of December, and St. Helena on the 6th March. The Dunira left China on the 6th January, and St. Helena on the 13th of March. Th e D orsets hi re l e f t Bengal on the 11th of January, and St.-Helena on the 11th of Maieh. The Thomas Coutta, homeward bound, was to sail from St. Helena in two or three days after the Dunks ; the Lady Melville left China also on the 3d of December, the Cape on the 12th of February, and St. Helena on the sth of March, and is believed to be in the Channel ; the Prince Regent sailed front Bengal for England, on the 26th of December ; the Astell had left Bengal for the coast ; and the Winehlisea was to leave Bengal in about a fortnight after the Dorsetabire : the Repulse, outward bound, arrived at St. Helena on the 11th of March. LORD HOLLAND'S PROTEST. After the debate and division in the House of Lords on Thursday last, several Peers who had. voted in the minority signed a divsentient, and Lord HOLLAND entered the following protest to the rejection of Lord ELLENDOROUGH'S mo tion : Ist. Because it appears that we have been baffled in all our endeavours, deceived by some and disregarded by other of o ur Allies, and that the influence of Great Britain on the Conti.. vent has declined to a degree inconsistent With the vaunted ascendancy of our Councils at the general pacification ofk;urope, as well as humiliating to the feelings and injurious to the inte rests of the coantry. 2dly. Because the failure of our endeavours to prevent a continental war, is to be traced to error in judgment and want of firmness in the negociation. Those objections to the designs of France, which a friendly anxiety for the independence of Portugal should have suggested, and which a due regard for our own welfare and even safety should have excited, were either studiously concealed or pusillanimously softened down during the whole discussion. Our negotiators were tender to the aggressors, distant, cold, and even unjust to the aggrieved, feeble in their remonstrances against the iniquity, earnest in their representations of the inexpediency and danger of the meditated war, as if the honour of the house of Bourbon, and the prosperity of France, were the exclusive objects of English Ministers solicitude; and the balance of power, the protection of allies, and even the interests of Great Britain herself, were but secondary considerations.. 3dly. Because it was inconsistent with our professed disap probation of interference, derogatory to the character of impar tial mediators, and unfriendly to Spain, to suggest any altera tions in her internal government, with a 'view of allaying the fears or saving the honour of France. Moreover, those mug gestions, highly objectionable in principle, held out no certain prospect of advantage to Spain. It does not appear that we were ever authorized to assure her, that on the adoption of the modifications we recommended. France would desist front further demands, and disband the army on her frontiers : on the other hand, we were not . prepared to enter into any engagements for the protection of Spain, if her consent to the alterations in her constitution so suggested by us had proved insufficient to avert the hostility of France. 4thly. Because if Spain had been inclined to adopt the sug gested modification., as improvements in her Constitution, and could she have done so with honour after the menacing lan guage anti conduct of foreign Powers on that subject, yet it was notorious that others and serious obstacles stood in the way of any such adjustment. Her laws forbade any proposal of inno vation on the Constitution of 1812 for a period of time which has not yet elapsed ; and the members of her Government had taken an oath to abide by that injunction. Prudence, therefore, as well as religion and principle, deterred diem from comply.. ing with our ill-timed and officious advice. A Government en gaged in the great work of restoring and consolidating the an. cient liberties of its people, could not violate a recent and fun damental law, without staking the confidence of mankind in the stability of its institutions, and without furnishing, at a moment of much irritation and some civil disturbances, new grounds for distrust and suspicion, and fresh motives for' di vision and disunion. 6thly, Because a firm determination on the part of his Ma. jesty's Government to resist all hostile aggression against Spain, and an early and manly avowal of such determination, would, in all probability, have counteracted that odious defiance of public law which a great Northern Power is so forward to pro. fess, and so anxious to inculcate, and might have diverted th e French King from those iniq u it ous and ambitious projects which the course pursued by our Ministers has not prevailed upon him to abandon. daily, and Lastly, Because the neutrality of England during a contest between France and Spain must be extremely preca rious. Should France prove successful, events would ensue which would either involve us in immediate hostilities, or ma terially impair the sources of our prosperity in peace. The re vival of the family compact—the exclusion of our commerce from all the possessions of both the branches of the House of flour bon—the exposure of Portugal to menace, invasion, and subju gation—the expedition of combined armaments for the recovery of South Amenca—and the military ascendancy of France, on those very coasts from which the most vulnerable parts of our empire are accessible. On the other hand, should Spain, by the nature of the war, be provoked to commit acts of violence and outrage within her own territories, and to engage in a species of wartare fully au.. thorized by the law of self-preservation, but peculiarly ob noxious at this moment to the other Powers of the continent.- viz. the encouragement of insurrections and revolution in France—we are not so blind to the lessons of experience, as not to apprehend that compassion for individuals, and participation in the fears of other states, may again, in spite of our intended neutrality, involve us (as it has done before) in an extensive war of opinion, alike repugnant to the principles of our can. atitutional Government and to every ruaxtin of ancient English policy. Even if those dangers be avoided, a protracted warfare be. twecn two maritime powers, possessing such an extent of coast as France and Spain, will expose our Merchants to innumerab/o vexations and injuries, which in all probability must sooner or later embroil us with one of the belligerents. E MARK ETS. CORN EXCHANOE, Amt. 20. There was a good arrival of all descriptions of grain last week, especially Oats. This morning our fresh supply is.only moderate, the Whe a t trade w a s no t so b r i s k as F r id ay last, anti the prices obtained this morning may be quoted at is. to 3s. per quarter higher than last Monday ; Barley continues to sell on much the same terms as last week ; Beans are 2s. per quarter higher than this day se'nnight, and scarcely any Peas at Mark e t ; Boiling Peas are again rather higher, and they Peas full 2s. per quarter dearer; the demand for Oats continues very large, and notwithstanding the quantity being considerable, this article is Is. per quarter higher than was quoted last Monday. Wheat, Red 4os 60s Pease, White .... ....... 32s 4thit - White iOs 64s - Grey 30s :Us Rye 24s 32s Beans l.4s 31:a Barley 1 10 s 40s Oats 19s 2:;s Malt 40s 60s Flour 43N Wis ARRIVALS LAST WEEK.. Bnglish Wheat, 6,995—8ar1ey, 4,lo3—Malt, 9.3lB—Oats, 16,297—8ean5, I,ss4—Peas, 00—Irish Oats, 11,900—English Flour, 8,650. AVERAGE PRICE Or CORN IN ENGLAND AND WALES. Wheat, 50s. 4d. ; Barley, 325. 7d. ; Oats, 225. LW. ; Rye, 28*. sd. ; Beans, 295. 44 ; Peas, 33x. Bd. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending the 234 day of April, 1823, is 345. 00. per cwt. SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL 28. The supply at market this morning, although not great, was fully sufficient for the demand, and the prices of all description 4 of Cattle is rather dearer than on last Monday. Good Beef was rather in demand, but a high price was asked for that article. To'sink the Offal, per stone of 81b. Beef 3s 4d was 4d 1 1 Veal :Dutton to utton 3s 4 4* 4( 1 . Pork Lamb ,is 00 to fts 00. RAY AND STRAW, rEll. LOAD. Hay £3 10s to X 4 4N j Clover X.I Os to X 4 Las Straw X') 10s to XI: lits. The following Copy of a Letter from the Admiralty was on _ Saturday posted at cop s _ - *nOrally Olice, 24th April, 1823. " SlR—Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 22d inst. enclosing a letter ad dressed to you by the Merchants trading to Honduras, and re questing that a convoy may be granted f rom H on d uras t h roug h the Gulf of Florida, for such vessels as may be ready to sail on the Ist of August next; I am commanded by their Lord ships to acquaint you, that they have transmitted copies of vour letter and its enclosure to the Commander-in-Chief at. Jamaica, with orders to hint to pay such attention to thjs re quest as his Majesty's service may admit of. " I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, " J. W. CROKER. " John Young, Esq. Agent to the Settlement at Hondttras, Upper Gower-street." Yesterday morning two robberies were corn mated in the houses of Mr. Bradshard, Montague square, and Mr. Walker, Gloucester-place. In the former house the thieves entered by the area, and, forcing open the kitchen-door, succeed, d in carrying off, after ransacking all the rooms, a trunk full of valuable w eating apparel, and a ha k check for 1101. In the latter, however, it is sup posed the same gang opened the hall-doer and timi ing nothing of a more portable description, the y removed a handsome hallclock, with which they escaped.