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Russia, ry branches of Lid ornings of Sate,°,,, of Mr. WilUee 0-7" ,\•7 RI!. 16, 190' sman, who t° he late Queen', Htp CHANCC I , laving been C o '' inied him 01 11 with, the Lefir f ';, )bservat ion subtle than e Noble 1 0r with the seal 4 ' orth more CO; ,st night on lame intentio n ' , 1 the folloo-ii made such an i lf) 11 of the nature le House last ld certainly feel Bill, to say " figment, with n if it appeared t°; # he should do b aid be with hii 94 ' forming a joU o ' of it, he ought the perfectin g ' )1 . ambiguityl nouneement or twentie" Indeed they y who, bless° '.gad the felic° y at his Lord' attacks whist` public Prel ittch as his ' 6l mintry? or O l : xcited tovor t : le half of b l : le high homou; 3uoNAPArt l e t as well 110 complained that he was, by a sort of conspiracy, cruelly and unjustly held up to the hatred and execration of mankind. Extracts from the French Papers will be found in another column. It is said that the Servians have revolted ; but this, though not at all impro bable, requires confirmation. By the following extracts from German Papers received this morning, it will be seen that the eause of the Greeks begins to look brighter : ANCONA, XARCII By a vessel from the lonian Wands we have received accounts from Zante of the 20th of this month, which give the important intelligence that all the Greek ships of war and merchantmen at Zaute had, with the permission of the Government, hoisted their national flag on the 18th, a proof that the new Government of Greece is considered as likely to be consolidated, and that England recognises its independence. The respect of the Greeks for Count Cap, d'lstrias is said to be boundless---his commands are blindly obeyed, and in all the provinces private and public affairs are gradually assuming an appearance of order, re gularity, and obedience of which there was before no notion. Count Capo d'lstrias will return from Napoli to Egina. No Creek ship can now sail from any port without per mission in writing from the President, by which a salutary check is put upon piracy. Sixty-eight transports have arrived in the Archipelago from Alexandria, to carry home the Egyptian troops still remaining in the Nlorea, respecting which negeciation• have been going on with Ibrahim since January, but who was obliged first to wait his father's instructions. The Egyptians have entirely evacuated Tripolizza, and assem bled on tire coast between Modon and Navarin. Tripo lina is little more than a heap of ruins; the greater part of the town was burnt and abandoned by the inhabitants. 'lle letters from the camp of General Church again 'peak of the capture of Anatolico, and of the hope of the speedy surrender of Alissolongbi. A convey of 20 sail, with ammunition and provisions, hound from Alexandria to Candid, was overtaken by a storm near Damitti, and most of the ships sunk with their crews. Letters from Alexandria, of Feb. 21, say, that in conse quence of the decrease of piracy, the Levant trade was be ginning to revive, and several convoys were ready to sail to different ports in the Mediterranean, especially Leghorn and Marseilles. TRIFSTI, RCH 31. Our accounts from the Archipelago are to the 24th of February. It appears that Count Capo d'lstrias was engaged about that time on an important military operation, which would require the whole military and naval force of Greece, and that orders had been sent to all the military commander , t 0 act for the execution of a common plan. A corps of 1 ,800 infantry is said to he assembled near.Napoll; a corps 4 ,000 infantry near Trezene, and a third, of troops of all descriptions near Corinth ; and all are employed in pre- Para, tion.s for future operations. Similar orders are said t o L 'oe been sent to General Churz.b, who is still in his old Position, near Dragomestre. Count Car d'lstrias em harked on the 19th of February, on board the 'Wm-spite, 141 ' Poros. All the foreign and Greek ships which were 'o the harbour of Egina, accompanied the Count. A new li fe appears to animate the whole population of Greece, and the dangerous spirit of insubordination appears to have left the troops . since the President t a k es care t h a t th e y rece i ve their pay punctually, and even distributes presents ou 'very occasion when they perform any thing remarkable. Altus the the Arabs and Turks, on th e con t rary , a ll di sc i p li ne has vanished, to which the battle of Navarin, and the dis trft, which the troops suffer, have chiefly contributed.— Whole bands of Turkish marauders are said now to be met With in the Morea, who traverse the country in search of Plunder, under leaders of their own choosing. The Turkish fortresses are likewise in the greatest want of pro visions, and the districts in which the Turkish troops are ultrer much from want of provisions. It is therefore be lieved that Ibrahim will at length resolve to leave the Mores. It is said that he has lately been advised to em- Lark as soon as he can, if he thinks to lead the troops un der his command with honour ont of the field. Calcutta Papers of the 15th of December, and Bombay of the 27th of November, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. From the latter, we learn that on the ist, Major-General Sir JOHN MAr.coLAr, G.C.B. took the prescribed oaths as Governor o f Bombay, on the resignation of the Honour able MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE, which Was announced by a salute of 19 guns, and that Mr. ELPHINSTONE will embark in the Pali "gB for the Red Sea, on the 15th, on his route t o England. The Calcutta Papers state that a meetin g had been held to petition Parliament for the equalization of the duties on East and West India sugars, and the removal of the restrictions on the resort of British Subjects to I ndia, and their residence therein, with reference to their influence on the commercial prosperity of the country. The Madras Courier of the 23d Oct. con veys the result of the campaign. After con- Qerable demur, and refined equivocation, the MALI A RAJA was at length,by dint ofintitnidation, induced to fix his signature to an unconditional surrender of himself and country to the British government. In consequence of this most unex p,ected t erm i nat i on to the campaign, the whole force marched to Colopore, on the morning of the 15 th ; and on the morning of the 17th, a battalion of Native Infantry, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel TR' NIAN, marched into the I " , under the immediate direction of the Corn tnandant of Docan, who tool: possession of th e capital of Colopore. The formidable and almost impregnable hill forts of Pounghur and Purnullahghur, were taken possession of by a Naiques Guard. Two other forts have been !;eeured by similar detachments. His Highness th e N'IAH A RAJAH, IS to retain the Sovereignty of his country, but is to receive a subsidiary force, c 'onsisting of a brigade of Infantry, and one h tigad e of guns, which force it is stipulated, is to r emai n stationed at Colopore. barbadoes Papers to the 12th March have t een received at the North and South Amerioan `:f re :-li ottse . F rom t h em we learn th at t h e , c, o 'lr and a h a lf per cent. d uty i s the frui t f u l of contention between the West India Planter' in certain old colonies, of which ours is 9 ne ; and the British Government is now afford ):l'resil matter of complaint and altercation. A t Te ord er from the Commissioners of the Cus '''s, relati ng to the mode of collecting th i s gliev .1 3 , % . tax t °I -1R on the impoverished sugar grower, str 'g ive n such dissatisfaction, and created such a of those fee ling of disgust through the whole body th e L 3se Persons interested, as to induce a few of t h e r h 't i nfluential to call a public meeting on F h i tL i eet, Which took place on Friday the 29th B e mar Y) and was numerously attended. Joux t h ef . llll ll ° lv, Esq. was in the chair, who proposed ado:te7•log resolutions, which were unanimously cor is h i d l h at the Planters of narbadoes have at all times .e:a r e d when and culler duty of 41 1 2 per cent, on ex p or t e d produce as uee onerous impost, an d more es p ec i a lly ted with severity. the that th e intentions of the Granters, as specified in and t l e t Passed in 16 63, have been completely frustrated, ilurat the m on i es arising from the tax have been directed Poses at variance with the original compact. "atl Y That in com.equen ce o f t h e unpreced.nted mode re adopted in the rollertipu of the duty on Sugar at the King's beam, this Meeting deem it indispensably necessary to appoint a Committee to confer with the heads of the Custom-house, to ascertain the cause of those rigorous measures, and to take such steps as may be best calculated to protect the interest of those concerned. 4. That the Meeting nominate John Barrow, Thomas Holles, John R. Best, Renn. Hamden, Joseph W. Jordan, Robert Hayes, Forster Clarke, B. Hill, ,Richard Deane, Thomas Louis, and Thomas Lee, Esqrs. , or ahy five of them, to be a Committee to carry into effect the object of the Third Resolution. It is hoped, however, that some satisfactory arrange ment may be made with his Majesty's Ministers on this grievous duty, which since the Colonies have been so impoverished, has pressed peculiarly hard on those who pay, so as to relieve the agricultural and mercantile bodies in the Island of a great annoyance, as well as take off the odium from the Custom House officers, who in obedience to these orders are obliged to impose this duty. A law has been promulgated supercargoes, and all %rho in any way whatever shall be engaged in the slave trade, the captains and other officers of the crew, and all who participate in the traffic, under whatever title, tip banishment, and to a fine equal to the value of the ship and cargo, taken in the port ; excepting only such persons as shall have reported in fifteen days from the arrival of the vessel, to the Commissary of Marine, or Magistrates, Consols, Governors, agents of his Majesty in threign parts, the facts relating to the said traffic which have come to their knowledge. The 2d article declares the Captain, Officers, and crew, shall be incapable of serving in any capacity in the King's ships or in the French merchant service. The 3.1 article punishes all others making a part of the crew to imprisonment from three months to lire years. The late Governor and Coun cil of Martinique have issued also a decree against the im portation prohibiting merchandize, and ordering fines and confiscation to any parties found offending. The tine to be three times the value of the goods in question, and in ease of a repetition of the offence the same to be doubled. The Meanwell, Captain Rimurs, arrived off Dover, sailed from Jamaica on the '4Bth Feb., and has had a most tempestuous passage. The Britomart and Cordelia sloops of Scar, which sailed from Portsmouth some time since, have arrived at Oporto, for the protection of British property. The Badger has also since sailed for the same destination ; and this force is considered competent to afford the necessary security. Private letters, by the packet Hope, from Rio de Janeiro, are of the 15th and llith of February, but contain little that is interesting. The Ex change was a mere shade higher, and is quoted at 314 ; 32 per milrea. The prospects of peace were still distant. Some reports had existed at Rio, that the British Government would interfere as a mediator with increased energy. From these letters it appears the Bra zilian flag was suffering much from the activity of the Buenos-Ayrean privateers, and the block ade of the River Plate was a mere farce. The fre quency of the American vessels sailing and ar riving had given rise to suspicion that there was; an understanding between them and the blockading squadron. The British Admiral, it is said, intended to put an end to this sham blockade, and not allow it unless it could be shewn that a sufficient and effective force should be destined for this operation ; in the mean time the American merchants were making immense fortunes by the facilities given to their flag, whilst the English were suffering every insult, capture and detention, for acting in a less spirited manner. The following are extracts from papers re ceived by the packet 2.10 DE JANEIRO, FF.I3. 16. 1. The General Mansilla privateer, on its return to Buenos Ayres, was chased by our ships, which obliged it to run aground on the coast between Burragan and Buenos Ayres, and set it on fire. 2. The federal Argentina privateer, coming out of Buenos Ayres, having already escaped the vigilance of our vessels off that port, was, however, seen and chased by others that were cruising lower dotvn, pursued till it ran aground, and was also burnt. 3. In the night of the 26th January, Brown came out of Buenos Ayres with four of Lis best ships, and meeting with only three of our vessels, he was forced, after an action of an hour and a quarter, to retreat to his old place of refuge. Our loss was two sailors killed and some wounded, among whom wes the Commander of the Maranham. This is the summary of the despatches brought by the packet. BUENOS AYRES, JAN. i. We are sorry to announce that a few days ago only the Deputies of Buenos Ayres and of Cordoba had assembled at Santa Fe, the place appointed for the convention. This delay in the meeting of that august body is undoubtedly very prejudicial to the general interest. JAW. 9.—A letter front Cerao Largo, in the Banda Oriental of 27th December, says, General Lavalleja ar rived here four days ago. The army is content, and there is no desertion. The General has addressed a pro clamation to the troops; and I understand that we shall soon march. The enemy's force decreases daily. All the Germans desert in bodies ; the last party that came over to us consisted of ten. The activity and zeal of our Go vernment have filled us with confidence. JAN. 22.—The General in Chief of the army of ope rations, by a note of the 12th instant, states, that as hr was on the point of marching with the cavalry to surprise some encampments of the enemy, the latter had made a general and precipitous retreat, abandoning even the fortress Cerrito, directing their march to the Camacn ceses. In consequence, a part of our cavalry was march ing to take a position on the Yaguason, which is more favourable for attacking the enemy. Our boats had taken three vessels richly laden. The following letter is from the Agent to the North and South American Coffee-house, dated Buenos Ayres, Jan. 28 : The war and blockade still continue ; the latter becomes every day more absurd ; there are no signs of peace. This is, indeed, a most extraordinary war; the country is abso lutely prospering, even in it—that is to say, the great land holders and foreign merchants have hitherto, and I fear will, in the end, have to pay for all. From necessity they have become the chief holders of paper money, by which the war has been sustained. I have no time or space to ealarge upon the subject. It appears more than probable that this Government, from existing circumstances, can carry on the war I;ar an indefinite period, because it is strangers that suffer, and not the people. Many persons have ridiculed the idea of Buenos Ayres continuing to war against an empire like Brazil ; that she was at the end of her resources, &e. It was forgotten that the contest is supported by the resources of others, who have been com pletely caught in the trap ; and that the very want of credit to which Buenos Ayres has been reduced, is the means of saving her. Foreign merchants now begin to find this out, and are strenuously exerting themselves to prove to their respective Governments the insufficiency and abuse if the blockade, by which only neutrals suffer. The coast ing trade of this port is in its fun vigour, and scarcely a day passes but convoys arrive and sail under the Republican n a g, from and to the Parana, Macquarie, and Banda Ori ental. Doubloons are at 70 a 71, paper dollars. Exchange upon England, 11 1 per dollar. The present Government seem likely to continue in office. We have now and then reports of intended changes. How ever, as the Provi nces side with th e men now in authority, and have promised to support the war with troops &c., we do not think any change will take place. The grass-parks let this season have suffered a decline in value, in some insta nc e s, t o the large extent of 20 and 25 per cent.—Nontrose Review. The notorious IKEY SOLOMoNS, famous as a receiver of stolen goods, and w:n) escaped last summer from the officers who had him in custody in London, and embarked for the United States, has been cutting a con. spicuous figure in New York, as a witness in a case of grand larceny, under the assumed name of Wm. JONES ; and although his testimony was impugned on the part of the prisoners as unworthy of belief and tainted, the Jury found them guilty. It appears from the trial that the real character of this worthy is properly appreciated by the American public. THE FUNDS-(TMIS DAY). CITY, TWELIN 0' CLOCK. The general complexion of the English Funds hai been cheering; and Consols, which opened at 841, buyers, have gone up to 841 for money, and 844 for account ; the Commissioners gave 84k, at which rate there appeared, however, an evident desire to serve them, even if the extent of their purchases had been to double the amount of their demand. India Bonds are a shilling per cent. higher, as well as Exchequer Bills, the former are 95 7, the latter 62 3 premium. In the Foreign Funds there has been scarcely any transaction. The arrival of a Buenos Ayres and Rio mail, the former to the 30th of January, the latter to the 16th of February, have not put us in possession of any interesting intelligence ; war continued, with out any apparent prospect of peace. The Buenos Ayreans are carrying on the war at the,expence of foreigners, for they have become in a great measure the holders of the paper money issued, and were at a dreadful discount of 111, per the paper dollar; every day produced accounts of captures from the Brazilians, and the only hope now entertained by the latter was, that the British Government, actuated by a desire to mediate as well for her own interest as that of the two belligerents, would continue with enervy her en deavours to put an end to the war. As to the block ade of Buenos Ayres, every day shewed more and more its utter futility, and that it is neither more nor less than on paper only, and upon this principle it has been treated by the Americans, the citizens of which have been reaping an abundant harvest, whilst the English vessels have been aulsject to every species of capture, detention, and rapacity, which has had the most ruinous tendency on their trade and mercantile benefit. Brazilian are .58 § ; Buenos Ayres, 32i 3 ; Mexican, 6 per Cent., a few buyers having appeared, are a little higher, being 32 i; Russian, 87i- 8; Spanish heavy at 1 I -.}. In Shares nothing worth noticing has taken place except in Brazilian Mines, which have risen to 50 52 premium. Three per Cent. Consols, 8.14 i; Ditto, for the Ac count, 84./ India Bonds, 95 7 p..; Exchequer Bills, 61 3 pm. TWO 0' CL 0 CK. To the absence of news the Funds are gradually advancing, and Conscis are now 841 ; Four per Cent., 1826, 1011 ; and Four per Cent., 101- 1 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 63 -1. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols have been 84k, are now 84-1- , FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 84k Danish 591 Do. for Ac. 844 Greek, 1825 Braziliau Bonds 59 Mexican, 1825 324 Buenos Ayres 33 Peruvian Chilian Do. Russian 87 Columbian, 1824 Spanish, 1821 11:, RDAY. THE ARMY. A Detachment . of the 17th Regiment of flus;ars marched on the sth inst. from Dublin for Belturbet. The 2d Battalion of the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards disembarked yesterday at the Tower of London, on arrival from Portugal. The Ist Battalion of the GOth Regiment, or Duke of York's own Rifle Corps, disembarked at the Cove of Cork, on the 12th inst., from the BrUo mart, Nestor, and Active transports, on arrival from Portugal. The Charles Grant East Indiaman arrived at Gravesend on the 1 1 2th instant, having on board detachments of invalids from the several Regiments serving at the Cape of'Good Hope. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPARRING AT THE ROYAL TENNIS COURT. Bittoon took his benefit yesterday, and we fear it must have proved a loss. Hardly any of the top-sawyers attended, and the sport was so-so. Jack Lyons, Col. Lennox, Ned Murphy and Sam Foote, Scroggins and H. Jones, Alec Reid and Paddy O'Rafferty, Jens fawn and Adam Dale, all passed off without anything worth notice. Harry Jones then had a turn with " a citizen of the east," and cer tainly proved himself anything but a bad one, although he caught nearly as much as he could carry. When Harry bad nearly "finished," he said many persons wished that he should fight Dick Curtis. The Pet, however, would not fight for less than 1001., and Harry said he could only muster 501. He thelb made a most eloquent request for some friend to back him for 50/., as he would sooner fight Dick Curtis than any man in the world.— (Cheers. ) After some minor bouts, Bittoon set-to with Jem Ward, made a speech, and the fancy departed. In our Chancery Report, inserted in yesterday's in the cause of WOOD C. Wood," the name of the Solicitor mentioned in the LORD CHANCELLOR'S judgment should have been PETER WILLIAMSON DCMTILE--DOI DUMBELL. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 14.—T0-day we had a good supply of Beef, which was in good demand, and met ready sale at our last quotation. The supply of :Mutton was also very good, which article met dull sale, at some what lower price; Beef, Sid. to 7d. ; Mutton. 61d. to 71d. per lb., sinking the offal. STAMMERING.—M. MAJENDIE has lately made an interesting report to the French Academy, tirom, a commission appointed to take into consideration an ap plication from a M. MALBOUCHE, relative to the cure of stammering. It appears from the report, that a lady of the name of LEIGH, an inhabitant of New York, who be came a widow at the age of thirty-six, was received with great kindness into the family of a Dr. YATES in that city. One of Dr. YATES'S daughters, a girl of 18, was violently afflicted with stammering. Mrs. LEIGH was anxious to spew her gratitude by endeavouring to diminish this infir mity. After having in vain read all the authors on the subject, she applied herself diligently to the observation of • the case, made numerous experiments, and at length de vised a system of exercising the organs of speech, which effected a radical cure in the object of her solicitude. She afterwards tried her system on other stammerers; and being uniformly successful, she was encouraged to ope:i an institution at New York for the cure of stammering. [ato this institution a hundred and fifty stammere: s have been admitted since the year 1825, and have left it cured. The time necessary for a complete cure varies; but its length depends much levy on the inveteracy of the complaint, than on the energy and turn of mind of the patient. The longest course of treatment, however, does not exceed six weeks ; and it is very common to see the wished-for result obtained in a few days, or even in a few hours. The inventress of the system, desirous of ex tending it to Europe, confided it to M. MALBOUCHE's brother. By him it was transported to the Netherlands. A commission was appointed by the KING to examine it. By this commission a certain number of stammerers were placed under the care of the brothers MaLaotrcur. They were almost all cured, and the King of the NETHER LANDS conferred upon the brothers a proportionate re ward. The s',cret was afterwards purchased by the Go vernment : and a distinguished physician was intrusted with it. for the purpose of curing pauper-stammerers, on the soie condition that they should not divulge the means by which they had recovered the free use of their speech. AI. MAJENDIE proceeds to state that Mrs. LEIGH'S me thod is known in England, where several stammerers have been cured by Dr. HART, of Pall-mall, London. The report of the French commission closes by describing va rious cases of stammering which, under the eye of the commission, had been successfully treated by Mrs. LEIGH'S method ; and by lamenting " that the inventor of the sys tem, mistaking her real interest, and not sufficiently valu ing the happiness of being useful to her fellow-creatures, had not thought proper to conform to the honourable prac tice established in our days, of rendering public every dis covery beneficial to humanity." PANTHER HUNT.— A few weeks since, Mr. Jong VLIET, living on the Pocono mountain, Northampton County, discovered the traces of Panthers in his neighbour hood. He started in pursuit, and soon came up with them. However extraordinary it may seem to some of our readers, who think it astonishing to kill a score of tom tits per day, Mr. YLIET destroyed three of these ferocious animals in the space of half an hour, with no other companion than his rifle. He received twelve dollars for each scalp, making the whole SG dollars, which is a pretty good half an hour's work for a hunter of the Poronn,......_E ar t on Argus. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, APRIL I.s.—Wind S.W.—The City 01 Edinburgh and the Bolton, from India, have passed PORTSMOCTII, APRIL 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Chieftain, Pattison, and Agenoria, from St. Vincent's. Arrived from London, the Ganges, Lloyd, for India. Arrived the Neva transport, from Gibraltar, and Lord Cochrane, —, from ditto. FALMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Wind W. to W.S.W.— Arrived the Polyblank, from Lisbon, in 15 days; Rapid, Courtney, from Bahia ; and Hope packet, from Buenos Ayres, sailed the 29th of January, from Monte Video the 2d of February, and from Rio the 18th of February. Sailed the Sandwich packet, for Lisbon. DOVER, APRIL 15.—Off Port, the Meanwell, Phillips, from Jamaica. DUBLIN, APRIL 1 4.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the John, Cummins, from Oporto. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH—Morning Star, from Ceylon to London, 23d ult. lat. 29, long. 38, by the Rapid, Courtney, arrived at Falmouth ; Zeeman' Hoop, fi om the Texel to Batavia, Feb. 27, lat. 23, long. 31; Maria of Whitby, for Bahia, 3d ult. lat. 12, long., 32; Industry, from Pernambuco to Si. Petersburgh, 27th ult. lat. 30, long. 51, by the Hope packet, arrived at Falmouth; Georgia, from Liver pool to New York, sth inst. lat. 23, long. 36; Ark, from London to Honduras, Ist inst. lat. 41, long. 33. KING'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Sontag, about whom so much has been said and written in the way of eulogy for the last eighteen months, made her first appearance here last night in Rossini's II l3arbiere di Seviglia. In person this young lady is of the middle, or perhaps a little above the middle size, elegantly formed, with the slightest possible inclination to erg bon point. Her age, we understand, is twenty-two. She has fair hair, with soft and tender blue eyes; her countenance is an oral of the finest and most interesting character; her features delicate, but not susceptible of profound or stirring emotion. Her hand and arm realizes all that we can conceive of grace and beauty. On first coming forward, she was wel comed with a prolonged and electrical burst of ap probation from all parts of the house, which she ac knowledged with a sort of sensitive and shrinking modesty that much increased the attraction of her beauty. With respect to her voice, it is a clear and melodious soprano, of very extraordinary flexibility. Her style of singing is florid,perhaps too much so, and calculated rather to astonish than delight. She has a greater facility of execution than Catalani, but far less power of voice. The character of" Rosina" was judi ciously selected for her debut, and elicited most of the peculiarities of her vocal and dramatic style. Among the airs especially deserving of comment was the Cavatina " Una voce poco fa," which per haps was never better, certainly never more success fully given than last night. The music lesson too in the second act, for the original air of which she substituted Rodi's variations, adapted by Madame Catalani, afforded her a fine opportunity of display. On the whole nothing could exceed the spirit and buoyancy with which she went through her cha racter; and which have by this time, we doubt not, rendered her the object of astonishment and admira tion to at least one half of London. We have just received a lithographic portrait (published by Ackermann), of this delightful songstress, an account of which we attach, by way of appendix to the foregoing. The sweetness of the countenance is neatly preserved, more especially in the eye, which has a voluptuous but chastened look about it. The chief defect lies in the mouth, which is placed too near the nose,is rather too large, and betrays a want of proportion, of which the countenance of the original is wholly guiltless. The halid and arm— especially the former, are finished in the highest style of excellence. The flesh looks plump and rounded, and the taper fingers are very models of grace. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited his MAJESTY yesterday, at his Palace in St. James's. The Duke of CUMBERLAND is shortly ex pected to arrive in England from the Continent. His Royal Highness will bring with him to this country his eldest son, Prince GEORGE of Cumberland. The Princess AUGUSTA, attended by Lady MARY TAYLOR, arrived at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's, about one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from the scat of the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, at Bushy Park. Prince LEOPOLD and the Duchess of KENT, attended by the Baroness de SPAEDTII, and Sir Jas. Cox goy, honoured the performance of Mademoiselle SOVTAG in the opera of "II Barbiere di Seviglia," at the Italian Opera-house, with their presence, yesterday evening. Prince ESTERIIAZY, the Austrian Ambassa dor, was engaged for upwards of an hour yesterday, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, transacting business with the Earl of DUDLEY. His Excellency had afterwards a conference with the Duke of WELLINGToN. Count D'OFALIA, the Spanish Minister (on a special mission) transacted business with the Earl of DUDLEY yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Earl of DUDLEY had an interview yester day with the Duke of WF.I.LINGTON. The Duke of PORTLAND visited Mr. Hus i:lssoN yesterday at his residence in Downing-street. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.--The Duke of Newcastle, at his residence in Portman-square, from his seat, Clamber, Notts; Lord and Lady Faversham, and the lion. Misses Duncombe, at their residence in Arling ton-street ; the Duke %nd Duchess of Richmond, at the Duke of Argyle's, in Upper Brook-street, from Newmar ket ; the Earl mid Countess Cowper, at their house in Little Maddox-street, Hanover-square, from Brighton; the Earl and Countess of Sefton, and the Ladies Molyneux, at their house in Arlington-street, from Newmarket ; Lord and Lady F. L. Gower, and family, yesterday, at their house in Albemarle-street, from their seat in Berks ; Lord and Lady de Clifford, at their house in Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, from their seat, King's Weston : Lord and Lady King, yesterday, at their house in Dover-street, from their seat, Ockham, Surrey ; the Ladies Fitzpatrick, at their house in Grosvenor-place, from their seat, Farming Woods, Northamptonshire ; Colonel and Mrs. Gore Lang ton, at their house in Grosvenor-square, from Southamp ton ; le Comte de Bille Bras, attache a la Legation de S. M. Danoise, aux Pays Bas, and Mr. T. Shepherd, at Machetes Hotel, Dover-street, from Paris; Mrs. Teas dale, at the London Hotel, Albemarle -street, from Brighton; Mr. Mts. and Miss Purvis, at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's street, from Sunbury ; General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, Bart. at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Portugal. DEPAItTURES.—The Hon. William Burrell, for Dover; Captain and Mrs. Liarrison, from Cavendish square, for the Continent ; Lord Lynedock, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Paris ; B. Dallas, Esq. from Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Dover ; William Yates, E s q. from ditto, far Dover; Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, from the British Hotel, Jertnyn-street, for Paris; Lord New burgh, from ditto ; Colonel Jackso n , f rom di tto. A serious accident occurred at Drury-lane Theatre last • night. Master WIELAND, who plays the monkey in the afterpiece, has to climb up the side scene at th e commencement of the piece. By some accident he lost his hold, and fell from a height of 12 or 14 feet upon the stage, and came on his side and head. He moaned loudly, and was carried off by the performers who were taking part in the scene. The curtain dropped, and Mr. BROWNE came forward and stated that he would report the nature of the accident as soon as it could be ascertained. After the lapse of about a quarter of an hour, he again ap peared and said that Master WraLAND was seriously hurt, but that an endeavour would be made to get through the piece as well as possible. From this it xas supposed that Master WIELAND would not again appear; but when the curtain drew up he was seen sitting in a chair. The audience, with proper feeling, unanimously demanded his removal, and he was led off the stage evidently in a state of great suffering. The panoramic scenery was then exhi bited, and the curtain tell. Mr. BROWNE then once more came forward, and stated that Master WIELAND had been removed to his house wider the care of a surgeon, and that his hurt Wai dangetoas, LAW INTELLTOENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. STEPHENS V. GUPPY. His LORDSHIP gave judgment in this case, which was argued before him some time ago. The bill was filed by Wm. Stephens against Samuel Guppy and others, for the sale of three sixteenth shares in the Coseley Iron-works. The plaintiff being pos sessed of the three sixteenth shares, in question, entered into a contract in 1818, for the sale of the same; possession was then delivered to the defendants, but according to the terms of the contract, it was not necessary to make a good title till the following year. It was clear that the plaintiff• was not ill a condition to make a good title; and the question was whether the conduct of the defendantswas not to be considered as amounting to a waver of that inability to make a good title. It was argued that agreeing to pay the purchase-money, on being let into possession, was evidence to establish the waver. The Court, however, agreed both with the decision of the Vice-Chancellor and Lord Eldon, that a waver had not been made out. The bill then alleged that the concern had been mis managed by the defendants, and that the plaintiff wa entitled to compensation in that respect. In observa tion to that, the bill had only been framed, both originally and as it stood on the amended record, with the view of making out a waver of the want of ability to make a good title ; and tinder such cir cumstances, the Court could not give a compensa• tion under the prayer for general relief. This decision confirmed the order that had been made before dismissing the bill ; leaving, however, the plaintiff at liberty to take any other step ho might be advised, for the compensation he nog, sought, should he be entitled to it. WELSESLEY V. DUKE OF BEAUFORT. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the hear, big of this petition, presented by Mr. Wellesley, for the confirmation of the Master's right, approving of the Rev. Mr. Ebden to be the private tutor of his children, on the ground that the hearing of the appeal in the House of Lords was fixed for Thurs day week. He considered a discussion on the pre sent petition would be altogether superfluous. The COURT saw no reason for delaying the pre sent discussion, the case being ripe for it; and in quired what the objections were to the prayer of the petition. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr. IlouNE, and Mr. STEWART, appeared for the Misses Long, and stated that their objection was not personally to Mr. Eb den, but founded on the situation of the parties.-- The Misses Long had had the care of the children since their mother's death. Mr. Dawson was the gentleman whom they had chosen for the office of tutor, on the retirement of Mr. Pitman. Mr. Ebden had been named by Mr. Wellesley, who, during the vacations would have to reside with the children, in the house of the Misses Long, which might be extremely inconvenient, and by the confir mation of the Report, the removal of Mr. Dawson would have to take place, and the children would have to be subject to another change of their tuftyr upon the hearing of the appeal in the House , of Lords. Under these circumstances, they contended that Mr. Dawson should either by continued, or that the case should be referred bac!, to the Master to review his report. Mr. HoRNE, Mr. BROUGHAM, and Mr. BEANIES . , were in support of the petition to confirm the re port. Mr. Dawson had been chosen about two months ago by the ladies themselves, pending this inquiry before the Master, to be the children': , tutor; the other side admitted the indisputable cha racter of Mr. Ebden, as a gentleman in every re spect, and they had heard no ground whatever stated on which the Court could be called to refuse the prayer of their petition, which was a matter of course, unless a case could be made out against it. The LORD CHANCELLOR conceived that no such case had been made out. He had no doubt of the high character of Mr. Ebden, nor had he any fea► that he would not make himself agreeable to the ladies—(Laughter),---until all the questions in the cause were finally disposed of, or as long as he should remain tutor; and, therefore, he felt it his duty to confirm the report. The petition then prayeA, that Mr. Wellesley might be at liberty to visit his children, and that the allowance, which had been reported by the Mas ter, of 9201. annually for their maintenance, educa tion, &c. might be confirmed. The order giving leave to Mr. Wellesley to visit the children should not be made at present, and only the share of allow ance reported by the Master in which Mr. Ebde►; was personally interested, such as his salary, sl►euld be paid to him ; this concluded the discussion. IN THE MATTER OF LORD PORTSMOUTH, A LUNATIC. A Gentleman behind the bar applied for au order of course in this matter, confirming the report of the Master approving of the granting of certain leases upon lives, by which the sum was to be raised for the payment of the expences which had been incur red in this matter.—Order made. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. EX PARTS OLDFIELD. It will be recollected, that some time since a pe tition was presented by the bankrupt, to supersede the commission sued out against him by a person named Miller, on the grounds that there was no good petitioning creditor's debt. The circum stances of the case were altogether so extraordinary, and the affidavits were so contradictory, as to render it impossible for his Honour to reconcile the con flicting statements. Under these circumstances he was pleased to direct an issue to the Court of King's Bench, to try the validity of the peti tioning creditor's debt; and in order, if possible, to come at the truth, he directed that the par ties themselves should be examined at the trial as well as others, who according to the ordinary rules of law would not be competent witnesses. The trial took place at the last Kingston Assizes, when the Jury found a verdict in favour of the bankrupt Oldfield, thereby negativing Miller's claim. Mr. BICKERSTETH now applied that the commis sion might be superseded, as a necessary consequence of the verdict of the Jury. Notice of this applica tion had been given to the other side, and no one appeared to oppose it. The Learned Gentleman apprehended that Miller would not be foolish enough to move for a new trial after the investigation which the case had undergone before the Jury. The trial lasted from uine o'clock in the morning until eight in the evening. An order for superseding the commission, unless the petitioning creditor should within three ‘, 1 ;, 31 :show sufficient ground for suspending the °;der, was then made. The COURT then proceeded t 'near arguments hi OnFi,low v. WymQt. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. HAWKINS v. FINLAYSON. This was an action brought by the Captain of the barge Hope, against the defendant, who is Captain and owner of the steam-vessel Superb, under the following circumstances, as stated by Mr. Sergeant BIMIPUS for the plaintiff. The bargi , hope, was lying at anchor in the river Avon, a little below Bristol, heavily laden with stone, when the Superb, steam-vessel followed by the George th e F our th, ( anot h er steam -vessel), in coining up th e r i ver struc k h er ac ross the stern, • and she imm e di ate l y sun k. The plaintiff lost his clothes in consequence, and was some time out of empl o y ment , as were a l so three other sailors be longing to the Hope, and all of them brought ac tins against the defendant. The following facts were then proved in evidence:—The barge was lying across the stream, with her head to the wind, there being no tide to swing her round. One of the witnesses deposed, that when she . was st ruc k , the four seamen were thrown into deep water, and must have been drowned, h a d he not picked them upin his boat; that the George the Fourth stopped, and assisted, but that the Superb did not until she got to the Swash. It also appeared that the defendant had actually paid ~.,.-~.. 1401. to the owners of the -barge, which became eventually a wreck. Mr. Sergeant WILDE for the defendant said, that the present actions were not thought of until some months after the defendant had compromised with the owners of the barge, and although repeated ap plication was made to the attorney, to know the amount of damage claimed, it could never be ascertained. He should prove however, that the barge was never struck at all by the steam-packet, but that a small boat alongside was struck, and not the barge. The fact was, that the barge lay in such a manner across the river, that there Ntas no room to pass, and the Superb, in en. deavouring to get by, actually took the ground, having previously stopped her paddles. Finding that she had grounded, she laid on her steam again, and then it was that the barge was sunk by the swell, being so overladen that the water MR over her gunwhale. The Learned Sergeant then called two witnesses, who swore that the b arge never was touched by the Superb ; but they would not swear that there was no room to pass witho u t e ith e r touching the mud or the hate. The CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury, that they must find for the plaintiff, and they must not think: that they were confined in their damages to the offer of compensation which had been offered to be taken by the plaintiff, provided he were not put to the trouble of an action. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—. Damages 401. A verdict was then taken by agreement in each of the other two cases, with 16/. damages. The fourth action had already been settled for 30‘7,. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. ULLOCK AND CO : V. REDELIEN, Sir J. SCARLETT stated the case. The plaintiffs were wine merchants, and the defendant a foreigner residing at Lubeck. The plaintiffs purchased a quantity of Pauliac wine from the defendant for 6231. is., for which a bill of exchange was given. The defendant warranted the wine to be of the finest Pauliac, and the plaintiffs now complained that the wines were of a very inferior quality, and that they had been deceived in the purchase. The question for the jury was whether any warranty was given, and if a warranty had been given, whether it was complied with. A letter was put in from the defendant, dated Lubeck the 28th of April, 1825. The wine was described as Pauliac of 1822, of the very finort quality. The price was 16/. per hogshead. Several witnesses were called to prove that the wine was mixed, and of a very inferior quality. After the wine had remained in the London Docks for 14th months it was sold at a considerable loss. An attempt was made by the testimony of a wine-cooper, to prove that the wine was good be fore it left Lubeck. Lord TENTERDEN having summed up, the Jury without hesitation, returned a ver di ct for (3.5!)/. 14si OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. Michael Connor, alias &mins, and Thomas "him were indicted for a rape. Connor applied to have his trial postponed till the next Sessions, wit the ground of the absence of ma terial witnesses. He was directed to make an affidavit of the fact, upon doing which the ease was ordered to stand over till the first day of next Sessions. Mary Murphy, aged 18, was indicted for stealing., on the 14th of April, nine shillings in silver, 'from the house of - Letcham. The money had all been marked, and eight shillings of it was found in her box after it had been missed. The prisoner, who had lived servant with a lodger in the pro secutor's house, wept bitterly daring the whole trial, and said nothing in defence. The Jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to mercy on sc. count of her previous good character. The Learned Judge expressed his satisfaction at their recommendation, and intimated to her friends, that; if they would take her into their care she would be leniently dealt with. Catherine Dunkley and Rober' e Dull were indict ed for stealing a watch anf.?, appendages, the pro perty of James ThomP': - .,n, on the .sth inst. The prosecutor `';es drunk, in High-street, Shad- Plght o'clock on t h e a b ove n i g h t. two women, and waS followed by one them into a public-house. He was so drunk that he could not recollect that woman. He walked on; he saw the woman following him. lie then either slipped, or was tripped up. v The male prisoner picked him up, and offered to see him home.— The man took him to another public-house and plied him with more liquor; they then de parted for Thompson's house, but th e liquor de prived him of his senses, and he was perfectly uneon scious of ‘vhat happened afterwards. Saw his watch and the male prisoner in custody on Sunday last. Thompson did not know him at first as he was sif. ting down with a handkerchief tied round his head among several other prisoners, but he recognized hint as soon as he was brought out; he was also dressed differently; he believed that the woman who followed him into the house and out again was like the female prisoner, but he could not swear to her. He would not swear that he had his watch, money, and hand kerchief, when he left the public-house where he was standing among several persons. John Trump saw the male prisoner and the prose cutor together, before they arrived at the F,Pe omi public-house. W. Green, the landlord, saw Thompson with a tall stout man, but could not sweat that - , it was the prisoner. Thompson was covered with mud, and appeared to have fallen down. The tall man called for water to clean himself, and appeared to behave kindly to him. Benjamin Grady, an officer, went to the female prisoner's lodgings on some other business, and saw the watch, &c, which had been described at the Thames Police Office. He took that 2.nd her into custody. The male prison er a p peare d to have been cohabiting with th e f ema l e . The prisoners both d en i e d a ll k now ledge of each other, or the robb er y. The RECORDER s umme d up t h e evidence, 43. 1 .1 Ilk . Jtetrt of Not y,aftera (u f 4 ew ilt n y ti f n o t r ite ths;d4;_i,i.,beniera, but fou n d, R ohl. tior., found u ver , di Hull Guilty. ..,1- the. t ., 11 e „ N!;., Immediately sent enced to trabsportatiou m onths hard l a b our. app il a r r a el ry to Prs t e h a ev o a l i l ii e VV: f s 0 .2 1 i .5 ' et t - i t ef e ll o p Stealing r \ ll v 'e Cottel.—Three THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. The wind having been boisterous has occasioned the su pplies of Grain this week to be small. Though the quantity of Whe.it for sale is trifling, yet the trade this morning is very (lull at the decline of Monday. Barley maintains the prices last quoted. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats meet a slack sale, but the prices are rifit lower than last market day. The Flour trade is still heavy. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 950 qrs. I 450 qrs. 750 English ••.: ... Irish ..... Forci ......... Oats. Pliur 200"qrs. 800,1(• ! 7,100. , The p u bli c will l earn w ith surprise that the Play of William Tell has been brought forward at the Vienna Theatre; but the surprise will give way to a dif ferent feeling when they learn how dramatic poetry must yield to the lash of Austrian police. In the Vienna ver sion of SCHILLER'S play, the hero, while in the act of drawing his bow, is discovered by the Austrian Governor, and the look of this Noble Functionaryis sufficient to damp the courage of TELL, who, full of remorse for his intend,il crime, lays his cross-bow at the feet of CiEsst.rit, and is pardoned. The chorus of peasants then exclaim, " Hai!, Tell! Hail, Gessler ! Hail the House of Austria !" and the curtain falls before the sounds have died away. The Aus trian Royal Anthem immediately succeeds, in order to i'N t inguish any patriotic feeling that might have heel& awakened during the representation of William Tell, I