The Sun. — London, England, 1824-05-25 00:00:00

[ erasure s 111. .......ms --- ••••••gingamima - • laso Seqtien tl Y PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. I WEST INDIA. DOCKS. 7 _.......,-,Vaco --- —.....4Ma....--- elati Ve T ROUSE OF COMMONS. )f paper. DELIVERIES for the WEEK, and STOCK ON HAND, lore suli - Luna', 24° the ill aii, 1824. for the Week ending the of 22nd May, 1824. ,r e on the R oans—Bolton and Chorley, and Langport--Bills read a3d I paraded time, and passed. Gl a s g o w an d P ortpatr i c k (P et i t i on f or a d- Delivered. sally wel l ditional provision to lis on the table), and Renfrevrshire -1 Stock on is known Further time granted for making the Reports. Bideford, Aticles. misrepre- Porthdhilli t en and Pullheli, Glasgow and Yoker, and Glas- I C l° o m n.c. ' 1 Exporta- hand. penciled gow and Parkhead—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Com-, sumption. tion. tement,' mercial—Bill reported, Report to lie on the table. . . the pen' , 4C2 IIITABLE LOAN SOCIETY pressed f i p - ------...- —Manchester Further time Ilhds - - 2,857 - 14,032 nese pen- ( ItPIILEET MARKET RE MOVAL granted. Sugar { )f H. 11 ' ) ANS FUND Tierces . - 118 - 1,096 without ihtr lts—Hammersmith—Bill reported, to be ingrossed. had not b Lary--Further time granted. / Pitticheons - 758 255 23,358 decline''''..,l f.m , a y —Redruth ) Bills reported, Reports to lie on Ruth nd these NyaT E n won KS —Bolton ) the table. Hhds 19 14 839 my HO," .12.1. P 1 tOVEAIENTS—Paddington, Manchester, and Leeds— ,e waite d Bills r e p orte d , to b e i ngrosse d . Hulme—Bill read a third {Rh& and Tierces 150 1,503 10,328 f h a ving time, and passed. Coat.° reventea COM PANIES—London and Westminster Oil Gas, Hibernian Barrels and Bags 65 1,144 21,913 , pon the 'Mining, and British Annuity—Further time granted. Al without Lance Assurance, and Irish Mining—Bills reported, to be (Bales and Bags 41 20 372 ,Yestere, ink:rossed. Cotton -: me mor• IN cr:osunts—Generglyn (Cardigan)—Further time granted. (Pockets and Scions 16 - 08 ers, and Abbotsida (York), and Sutton Coldfield (Warwick)—Bills { r oborate ~, th read a third tim e , an d p asse d. Butts and Pipes 15 15 1,583 n d tenor 4 •" 2 Ki—St. Katherine's—Five Petitions, against, referred to Wine e Committee on the Bill; and one, in favour, to lie on Illids and i Casks 13 7 1,040 e par t of the tabl e. S out h L on d on —Three Petitions, against, referred a intend,. .„ to the C omm i ttee on t h e Bi l l ; f u rth er t i me grante d. (Cask - a - - . 18 120 Ido n°` . -r ot.rca—Duntlee ) Bills reported, to be in- Pimento I' t. fon . %VELLAND OUTFALL DRAINAGE ) grossed. (Bags - - - 772 5,790 mt, or 1 P EaltY—Littlehampton ) ju i , nr.s IN \VALES 1 Bills read a third time S Casks - - 1 - 34 m wilt 1:1-,ca SI Coatrosyriox (Ireland) }- o• , Inger ry Hal- lea.:l-sren OF STOCK I and passed. [Bags - - - - 11 which. ( OSINTY COURTS ..„ j cc (and •NESSAGE FROM THE LORDS—That they have agreed to {Casks - - 7 - die e acter 01 Consolidated Fund Bill,—Patrington, Wilmslow Bridge, Co*" instant „arampound, and Carmarthen Roads Bills,—Phoenix Gas Bags - - 3 - 1,500 ig given Light Company Bill, Southwark cSt. John's) Vestry Bill, , I con- %Vest Drayton (Middlesex) Inelosure Bill, Lancaster Int- Logwood Tons 164 641 3,6351 ournals Provement Bill, Oldham Church Bill, Clifton Lighting Bill, e trans- and to Gray's Inn-lane Paving Bill, without amendment. nixie Tons - - 40,1 12} 1,9121 T 1....10q: _____—.......W.-- , NOTICES OF MOT10:!•;S FOR THIS DAY. 1. • Mr. Lambton—To present a Petition from Mr. Bucking ham, respecting Liberty of the Press in India. Sir John Newport—Consideration of the First Fruit Fund of Ireland, with the view of rendering it efficient for the objects to which it was destined by Royal Munificence. u• Mr. Peter Moore—Bill to repeal the Combination Laws. 4 . Ir. Stuart Wortley—Bill to repeal Superannuation of .Of ficers Act (3 Geo. 4, c. 113.) '• Mr. Hume--To move Standing Order, That no Member having an interest in a Private Bill, shall be allowed to a ,. ...vote in the Conimittee on mm the Bill. Hume--Return of Commitments by Magistrates. 1 * Mr. flerries—To move Clause for appropriating the Sup ' plies of y e ar, in the Committee on Exchequer Bills Bill. , ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. Clergy Residence (Ireland; Bill—Report. `. Four per Cents. Repayment Bill—Third Reading. 3 . Beer Duties Bill—Report. 4 . Law Merchant Amendment Bill—Third Reading. 0 4 . Cha r i t i es I nqu i ry Bill—C omm i ttee .. ". Exchequer Bills (115,000,000) Bill (Appropriation Clause) —Committee. i• Lancaster County Court Bill—Second Reading. n• Wool Importation and Exportation Bill—Third Reading. , Sl . Newf oun dl an d Fi s h er i es Bill—R e p or t. iO. Warehoused Wheat Bill—Committee. 11 . Dublin Police Bill—Report. 12 . Assessed Taxes ill—Further consderation of Rrt. ! 3 . Lealher and Paper Duties (Ireland) l epo Bill—Third Reading. 1!• Welsh Coal s Bill—Co m mitt ee . 4 . Bankrupt Laws Amendment Bill—Further consideration p, of Report. 11 - General Turnpike Act Amendment Bill—Second Reading. ; r i• New Churches Bill—Second Reading. 8 . East Indi a G oo d s A cts— R eport t h ereupon . 1 1: Artizans Emigration Bill—S econ d B ea ding. 2 .• Highland Ch urc h A ct— C omm i ttee t h er eupon. " Parochial Stipends (Scotland) Bill—Second Reading. NOTICE GIVEN YESTERDAY. Cheats of sugar 0,922 Cask. of Molas9es as left nge to on the T. will hick 1 1 have g that which ute. Thursday, May 27. Mr. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to amend Act 26 Geo. 3, for houses and other places kept for the purpose of horses. PErurioN OF J O.IIN SOANE, ESQ. HOUSE OF CO3IMONS. A PETITIO N of JOHN SOANE, Architect, was tresented, and read ; setting forth, That in July 1820, the eetitioner was directed by the Lords of the Treasury to sur vey the Buildings connected with Westminster Hall in Saint Idargarees-street and New Palace Yard, and to make designs far the New Courts of Law upon the site thereof ; designs were 1 - ccordingly made, and submitted to a Board of Treasury in ; 112 1; in one of these designs it was proposed to retain the -cloilding North of the Stone Building erected in the reign of queen Elizabeth, and in another to make the proposed new erections correspond as nearly as possible with the exterior I f the old Stone Building ; their Lordships having fully consi ,F r,Fthese designs, were pleased to approve of the latter, and ~• ected the Petitioner to submit the internal arrangement of re Plan to the Judges in th e se v era l C our t s; their Lordships, re Judges, suggested divers alterations, which were according ,/ Made, an d th e pl a ns s o a lt ere d were aga i n su b m itt e d to th e 110 ard'of Treasury, and the Petitioner was directed to prepare " estimate of the probable expence of carrying the plans into execution, and also of the time necessary for that purpose ; the 7tirnate having been prepared and approved by the Board of • easury, the Petitioner received the commands of their Lord irPs to proceed with the works, and to use every exertion in Power to complete the same with all possible dispatch, as i e public servi ce wou ld suffer materially till the new Courts re finished ; the w or k s were i mme di a t e ly commence d, ,_tl e carried on with all the expedition consistent with s ubstantial construction ; on the 23d of March, 1824, a Select ;Vlornittee of the House of Commons was apyointed to inquire i tto the propriety of proceeding with the Building of the New rearts at Westminster, and the works were suspended con ti°llThably to the request of that Committee, and so remain to Present day ; the Petitioner had the honour of attending the ' u lliniittee on the 25th of March, when he was directed to prepare 0 Out to confine the whole of the Courts within a straight line, Building from the north angle of the uniform elevation of the Stone to the wall of Westminster .Hall ; plans were prepared 17 - • ordingly, an d su bmitted to the Committee; the space having kl e ell found to be insufficient, thepetitioner was directed toprepare other plan, extending further into New Palace Yard ; the i ti Tlee so allotted was still found to be insufficient, and the pe brFr was directed to prepare another plan, extending the c o ding into New Palace Yard as far as the North wall of the th 411 of King's Pala and to make a design for Gothicising , tt e front s next New ce Yard, and in Saint Margaret's toieet_ts as far as the turret of the Stone Building, with an esti -670f the expence attending the alterations thus proposed to , p Made by the above Committee; drawings and estimates take prepared and presented to the Committee on the t o LL I of May, the design was then approved, and the Chair informed the Petitioner that his further attendance Vuld be unnecessary ; the Petitioner begs to notice, that 44b the adoption of this design, many essential parts of the 44 at executed will be disarranged and counteracted, and the p' e ftimodation of the Professional Gentlemen engaged in the f o k 'llrts materially abridged ; on the basement story the rooms s h r a l larristers and Solicitors attending the Courts of Exchequer lg. Common Pleas are rendered useless, by being deprived of ; on the ground floor, the entrance from Westminster Hall "' the C our t of King's Bench is contracted from an airy and 4 4 cioss vestibule to a narrow passage, and the Court itself ex. "ecl to the noise of New Palace Yard ; the separate entrances s -C the Lord Chief Justice, and for the Barristers, with a retiring (Zllllfor Jurors,are wholly omitted; the retiring-room for the Lord t o !ef Justice is abridged in size by the Tudor tower p ro p osed ue erected a t the north-west angle of the building; on the sTIA oor, the accommodation for the students, the solicitors, ~etktheir clients, connected . with the Court of King's Bench, s,i tk u a spacious Law Library, attached to the same, and gin's a direct communication to the Records of the Court of Bench, are entirely done away, and several apartments l er le attics are sacrificed ; the Petitioner, begs further to ob ,e je, that to carry into effect the proposed alteration will require ti o , el 'al months to bring them inlo the same state of comple .." as the works are now in, at an increased expence of about Ofo001.; the Petitioner, duly impressed with the importance s a voiding any delay in the completion of the New Law tl tts, and the advantage of leaving undisturbed the internal p r ell gements which have been stated to be perfectly satisfactory, th. es Poes humbly to submit to the consideration of the House, si l Wesign accompanying this Petition; the exterior of the de ka, is made to assimilate with the exterior of Westminster b e 4, and so small a part of the external wails is proposed t o sat " liled down, that there will be little delay in carrying the dFsign into execution, nor will the expence exceed the 1)14 1 ,°,i 4,0001. ; the Petitioner has further to notice, that the belonggin now erected, is not obtruded into New Palace-yard 1 d the limits of the ancient structure erected in the year t o ( 1 ) ; and as to the taste of this building, the Petitioner begs oi T serv e that in every part he has followed the style of the St°o e building, agreeably to his instructions. CITY, HALT-PAST ONZ O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 961 for the July Account, and are still at that price, with ttle or no fluctuation. This is Settling Day in Consols, and turns out to be a heavy Bull Account. The Brokers are of course chiefly occupied in settling. FOREIGN MARKET.—There is almost nothing doing in the Foreign Securities. Alliance Shares, notwithstanding the foolish and impolitic lia bilities imposed on the holders of shares in Joint Stock Companies,.are firm at a premium of 161. We mentioned yesterday that we had received French Papers by Express, but that they con tained nothing worth extracting, particularly in the hurry and just going to press. They are, indeed, entirely barren of political intelligence of any kind. They are chiefly filled with the debates of the Chamber of Deputies on the sub ject of Mr. BENJAMIN CONSTANT'S admission. These debates are carried on with more impar- tiality than usual, for the defence of his eligi bility has not been left to the small and power less detachment of Liberals who have survived the late election, but has been embraced both by the Royalists and Ultras without any eonsidera- tion of party. Indeed the Ultra Journals are decidedly in his favour, and the Quotidienne in particular calls for his admission with a de gree of eagerness which it would have been the first to turn into ridicule last year, had it been then displayed by a Constitutional Paper. The discussion was adjourned after lasting the whole day, and seemed likely to occupy a considerable time, if we are to judge by the small number of those who had yet delivered their opinions. The Etoile of Sunday informs us, that in the Chamber of Peers on Saturday, the Duke de LEVI! presented the Report of the Committee on the Law for reducing the Rentes, which re commended the adoption of the Projet. The discussion was fixed for yesterday. The Duke LEVIS, in making the Report ; alluded to some new proposition which. had been submitted to the Committee by the Bankers of Paris, the par ticular nature of which was not stated. FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, MAT 22.—Five per Cents. opened at 104 f. 70 c. ; closed at 104 f. GO c.—Bank Stock, 2,000 f.—Neapolitan Fiva per Cents., 95i f. 101 f. 50 c.—Renter d'Esp: 10i.—Royal Spa-, nish Loan, 1023, 65/.—Exchange on London, one month, 25 f. 25 c. ; three months, 25 t. 10 c.--( Tours Autlmtique, May 22.) No additional information, that we can trace to an authentic source, has b een rece i ve d f rom Lis bon since that of the 7th i nstant, t h e pur p or t o f which was originally published in Tut Sux• We are still therefore without any full and direct confirmation of the appointment of Lord BaRES FORD to the command of the Portuguese Army, and of the other important events that are alleged to have taken place at Lisbon on the evening of the 6th or morning of the 7th instant. The following article, however, which appeared in the Chronicle of this morning, shews that our information is credited ; and It is certainly pos sible that the confirmation said to have been re ceived from Oporto may actually have arrived in this country : " Letters are said to have been received from Oporto, dated on the Nth current, which, if authenticated, bear out fully the information communicated last week by The Chronicle, dated in Lisbon on the 7th and 9th instant. They repeat that tran quillity prevailed there; that Lord 11EnEsronD had been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Portuguese Army ; and that her MAJESTY and her Son had been directed to retire from Lisbon to INlalpa, and there to wait the pleasure of offended Royalty." - The Private Letters from Paris state, that the Committee of the Chamber of Peers have at length delivered their Report on the Act passed up from the Chamber of Deputies, and that the Report recommends that the Bill should be passed into a law. No doubt, therefore, need be entertained of tile triumph of the Minister on this occasion, and the passing of the law will be a good guarantee that the peace of Europe will not be disturbed, if the Ministers of his MOST CHRISTIAN MAJesTY can prevent it, for at least the next two years. No intelligence bad bees received in Paris from Lisbon later than that al ready mentioned by THE SUN, which is a certain proof that nothing had occurred in the Portu guese capital to contradict it. - There existed ❑o well-founded reason to suspect that the comfort of individuals or the peace of nations would be disturbed by any willing act of his MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY. By accounts which we have this morning re ceived from Leipsic, of the 9th inst., it appears that the Easter Fair, at its beginning, was much more favourable than there was any reason to expect, after the accounts received from Frankfort. Very extensive business was done in the Woollen Cloths and Leather. " Though the prices are not so high as to afford extraordi nary profits, yet the great qualities sold makes ap for this. Of the Saxon and Prussian ordinary and middling Cloths, almost all the stocks, even those that have been long lyin g in th e ware houses, are already disposed of, and partly even at better prices than at tha last Michaelmas fair. Even fine Saxon Cloths have been much more in demand than for a long time past. " The principal purchasers are from Switzerland, and the North and South of Germany ; but very few foreigners,— which makes it the morel surprising that there should be so ' great a quantity of goods sold. A good beginning, too, has been made in the sale of English manufactured goods, and on the whole we expect a very good fair. The retail business of the place is very indifferent, and much diminished by the vicini ty of the barriers, where tolls are levied on other States." STRASIIITIIGH, MAY 12.—Prince John, of Saxony, and his august Consort, have been received here with every mark of honour, compatible with the incognito which they wish strictly to observe.---They have proceeded on their journey to Basle, and as we hear will travel through Switzerland and over Mount Simplon to Milan, and thence to Florence, to visit the Prince's sisters, who arc married to the Grand Duke and the Hereditary Prince of Tuscany. ST uTTGAnD, MAY 15.—A Decree of the Royal Council.of Public Instruction again urges the execution of the 17th Article of the law on the Freedom of the Press of Jan. 30, 1817,y of and of the Ordinance of Jan. 2, 1810, w hi c h or d ers th a t a cop all writings printed in the kingd om shall b e d epos i te d i n the Royal Council of Public Instru ct i on. DARMSTADT, iIIAY Government Gazette contains a notice from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, according to which the Hessian Government recognizes the second and third Loans of Hanau, and the arrea rs of interest (as far as relates to those parts of Hanau which are now united to the Grand Duchy of Hesse) as a debt of Exchequer of Hanau, and undertakes to pay it.—( Frankfurt Papers, May 18.) May 10.—Metalliques, 98 4-16ths.—Bank Shares, 1163 2-sths. May 11.—Metalliques , 98 . Bank Shares, 1169 1-sth . „ ( Austrian Observer, May 12.) FRANKFORT, MAY 17 . — E xchange on London, 2 months, 1521. The Merchants of the City, trading to the Bay of Campeachy, have been alarmed by the report that all the English settlers have left the place, on account of an invasion by Spanish Repub licans.intelligence has been re ceived .I he following ( Extract of a Letter from Campeachy, dated March 26.) " The disturbed state of the country is such that all business is at a stand; almost all the men of any property have left Campeachy, as they are threatened with an invasion from the Governor of Merida, and another from the interior, both Re publican parties. I have not been able to see my consignee for the last fortnight, and do not expect to get away before the 6th of next month, as wood comes off' very slowly." The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 16th of May contains the following gratifying intelligence re specting Greece:— " The paper printed at illissolonghi, under the title of the Greek Chronicle, mentions in its numbers of the llth, 18th, and 19th of February, the important services already done by the military school established there by the English. An ad vertisement in this paper invites the young men from the age of 15 to '2O, to enter this establishment, where they will learn the trade of carpenters, founders, braziers, &c., and receive two rations daily, and a dollar and a half per month. A dis tinguished English officer-of engineers is at the head of the establishment, and will shortly form a corps of artillery. Every evening, says the Greek Journal, the officers receive instruc tion, and in ten days they will be able to direct the working of the guns, and to instruct those who are intended for the artil lery service." The Marquis of LANSDOWN, last night, in the House of Lords, moved the second reading of his two Bills for granting the Elective Fran chise to the English Catholics, and allowing them to hold the same situations in England as their brethren of the same persuasion do in Ireland. The Motion was met by an Amend ment on the part of Lord CO LCIIESTER-that the Bills be read that day six months, and though supported by the Earls of LIVERPOOL and WESTMORLAND, who voted with the Noble Mar quis, both his measures w ere thrown out on two divisions by majoriti e s of 139 to 101, an d 143 t o 109. Lord L IVERPOOL brought up five Bills, to reverse the attainders of five Scotch Lords, impli cated in the last attempt of the Pretender to the Crown of these realms. These Bills restore to theirancient titlesdieEarls of KENMAIR, STRATH ALLAN, and PERTH, and Lord NAIRN, and reverse the attainder also of Lord STAFFORD. The Bills, on the motion of Lord LIVERPOOL, were read a first time. In the Ifonse of Commons, Lord ALTHoltr's County Courts Bill was passed, but without the clause provid ing for the compensation of certain officers in the Court of King's Bench, and others whose incomes will be affected by the Bill.—On the bringing up of the Report of the Alliance Insurance Company Bill last night in the Commons, Mr. GRENFELL inquired what would be the exact operation of the clause enabling the Secretary to sue and be sued. Mr. Ilus xissox replied that in the event of his'not making good their engagements, and satisfying all just claims made upon them, an individual so claiming under the law was at liberty to select any one Member, or any body of Members belonging to the Company, and levy his debt upon their goods. In order to en - sure this security, it was the intention of Government to have the names of all Shareholders enrolled at the Stamp-Office, and that no transactions done by the Company should be legal until that obligation were discharged ; so that the public should know who to pursue in case of a default in making good the en gagements of the Company.—Mr. Alderman BRIDGES then asked in what condition those persons would stand who having originally been Shareholders, and having enrolled their names, should subsequently dispose of their shares. Mr. Husussox said that such names would be held responsible until the names of the persons to whom the shares were sold should be substi tuted in their stead. This is the clause which the LORD CHAN. cEr.Lon said on Friday last he had taken care to introduce into all Bills of that nature for the last twenty years.—Mr. BROWN- Low gave,notice that he should on Friday next present a Pe tition relating to the Catholic Association, and that he should move to refer the same to a Select Committee. Yesterday, being the birth-day of the Princess VITTORIA, when her Royal Highness completed her fifth year, her Royal Highness's Uncle, Prince LEOPOLD, gave an ele gant Dejeune at Marlborough House at two o'clock, to the Duchess of Kent and infant Princess, in honour of the day ; at which were present, the Dukes of York, Sussex, and Gloucester: the Prince of Leinengen ; the Duchesses of Clarence and Gloucester ; and the Princesses Augusta, Sophia Matilda, and Fcodore. The Royal Party broke up about four o'clock, and soon afterwards the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Vittoria left Marlborough House, for Kensington. fhe Duchess of KENT, the Princess AUGUSTA, and the Princess FEODORE, dined with the Duchess of CLA RENCE on Sunday. In the evening the Royal Duchess had Prince LEOPOLD and a numerous party to tea, &c. The Duke of WELLINGTON was indisposed for several days last week. His presence being considered essen tial at the Cabinet Council which was held on Saturday, it was originally intended to meet at his Grace's house, in Piccadilly, but the Noble Duke was so much better on Friday, that his Grace notified the same, and the Cabinet assembled at the Foreign Office on Saturday, as usual. Yesterday Prince POLIGNAC, the French Am bassador, had a long interview with Mr. Secretary CANN WG. Last night Mr. Secretary PEaL was absent from the House of Commons in consequence of indisposition, which, however, we are happy to say is not likely to detain him long from attend ance on his various duties. The sight of Lord STOWELL is, we regret to state, so considerably impaired as to render necessary the application of a blister to each temple. We are not surprized, after the attacks which have been.made upon the professional character of Mr. SOANE, that he should be anxious to vin dicate himself in the eyes of the public at large ; and in our opinion he has adopted the most pro per means to effect his purpose by submitting his Petition to the House of Commons. We are glad to find that the Petition will be printed, be cause though we did not hear it read, yet we are assured that it consisted of a full justifi cation of the plans which he adopted, as those plans have been approved by the highest au thorities. If we are rightly informed, under hand means were adopted by officious inter ference to suggest other designs in the detail of works wholly committed to him, and which ought to have been left to his sole management, under the sanction of those immediately commis sioned by a Board of the Treasury to superin tend his measures. Here we find an Artist of the first eminence, who, by his professional merits, has acquired considerable property, em ployed in the acquisition of antique treasures that do honour to the national taste, attacked by every' puny whipster," who is, perhaps, wholly ignorant of the Orders of Architecture, and in deed of the general principles of that noble art knows "no more than a spinster." Bet we shall patiently wait for Mr. SOANE'S Petition, which _ _ *rom many liberal and unbiassed testimonies, we have reason to believe will silence his adversa ries, if it does not extinguish the envy and malice by which he has so often been assailed.—(Morn ing Post.) Since we read the foregoing paragraph, which appears in the Morning Post of this day, we have received the Parliamentary Paper, contain ing Mr. SoANE's Petition to the !louse of Com mons. We entirely agree with the liberal Editor of that Journal, that 'Mr. SOAPIE has been the mark of anonymous malice and envious detraction, as well as of the crude and capricious carpings of ignorance and vanity. We have inserted his Pe tition this day, and we doubt not th a t th e P u bli c will consider it as a full vindication of his profes sional conduct, since he has act e d i n o b e di ence to the orders which he received, while he was, at the same tine, in all his proposed designs, anxious to preserve, in any additions that might be required, the style and character of the vene- ' rabic edifice to which his professional talents, knowledge, and experience were directed. BRITISH INSTITUTION.--The Gallery in Pall Mall, belonging to this Institution, was opened last night for the first time this season, to gratify the Directors and their friends with an ilium!- 1 nated view of the present Exhibition at that place. The Rooms were visited by a numerous concourse of person► of rank, and by many ele gant and beautiful females, who seemed to attract more notice than all the rival charms on canvas. The Pictures, however, appeared to great admi ration, and by the colder connoisseurs did not pass without due commendation. Several eminent Artists were present, and liberally joined in all the admiration which the old Masters deservedly excited, and the ornaments of this country also, REYNOLDS, WILSON, HOGARTII, OPIE, &C. &C. received a liberal tribute of general approbation. The time allotted to the visitors was specified to be from nine till eleven, but the company were altogether so much amused, that the rooms were not cleared till long after that hour. Mr. Yousa, the Secretary, of course, was present, and re ceived the visitors with his usual courtesy and attention. PRICE OF STOCKS Tll ls Bank Stock 232 3 per Cent. Rect. ...... 3 per Cent. Cons. 95i44,i 3i per Cent magi (Old 4 per Cent. { ( Assented 100 Z Ti New 10671 BL7 Hank Long Ann. 9 2/ Imp. 3 per Cents. India Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN FU A untrian Bd s, 5 per cent. 96i ----Scrip Bds, 6 per ct Colombian ds, 6perct. 85i 6 Scrip 1 pm. Danish, 5 per cent. Greek Scrip Mexican Scrip 6il Neapolitan, 5 per cent — Peruvian Scrip Portuguese Bonds .---__ Scrip DAY AT ONE 0 - CLOCK. India Bonds 760. 7.55. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £lOOO Ditto 5OO ... 30 32 30 Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for July 96i;} NOS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. ' Prussian, 5 percent. Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per ct Spanish 1821, sper ct. 1823, ditto Alliance Shares Palladium Equitable Loan Irish Ditto ... j dis. I prem. Alanchester Ditto French Rentes Scrip PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, MAT 22. Bank Stack 2554 Grand Canal Loan, 6 p.a. 65 Gov. Deb. 34 per cent.. li Ditto 4 per cent. ... 43 Stock, 3 per ct la DittoStock — Gov. Deb. 4 per cent....... Royal Canal Stock Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. —Stock, 4 per cent 24 Do. Deb. with Goy. Sec.... New Treasury Bills, 5 per cent — Do. 6 per cent. City Debentures, 3 per ct — Ballast Office Govt. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per ct — 4 per cent. Exchange on London, May 21, O. FOREIGN MAILS. 111011 'WATER AT LONDO. Morning, 0 minutes after 0. ARRIVED. DUE. 1 Guernsey and Jersey 1 Lisbon 1 French. 1 Gottenburgh 2 Ilamburgb. N BRIDGE TO-MORROW, I Evening, 17 minutes after 0. THE SUN. SOLIiM QUIS DICERE FALSUM A UDEAT LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1824. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord Thomas Cecil, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook_ street, from Brighton; Sir Graham Moore, Bart., at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn_street, from a tour ; Major and Mrs. Dethune, and Family, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook. street, from a tour; the Hon. G. and Mrs. Vanneck, at ditto, from Suffolk ; J. Markham, EAq. at Nerot's Hotel, Clitford-street, Bond-street, from Petersburgh and Vienna ; Sir Wm. Ingilby, Bart. M.P. at ditto, from Lincolnshire; J. Hopper, Esq., Mrs. and the Misses Hopper, at ditto, from Duiham ; the Misses Cooke, at ditto, from Doncaster. DEPARTURES.—Hon. W. H. White, for Ireland; Earl and Countess of Winterton and Miss Crawford, from Ncrot's Hotel; Thomas Cavanagh, Esq., and the three Misses Kava nagh, from ditto, for Paris; Rpbt. Price, Esq. M.P., and airs. Price, from ditto. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. G. Wentworth, Esq. had a large party to dinner yesterday at his house in Hanover-square. Hon. F. Keppell had a dinner party yesterday at his house in Pall-mall. Hon. C. Musgrave entertained a large party of his distin guished friends to dinner yesterday at his house in Harley street. W. Blake, Esq. had a grand dinner party yesterday at his house in Portland-place. Lord Melville entertained a distinguished party yesterday at the Admiralty. The Marquis of Tavistock had a dinner party yesterday at his house in Arlington -street. The Hight Hon. John and I.ady Ann Beckett entertained a large party to dinner yesterdayat their house in Downing-strzet.- HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY. THE ELIZA ANY. IMPORTANT COMM ERCI A L DECISION. - This day Lord STOWELL prefaced his judgment in this case by lamenting the obscurity that existed ix the Statutes on which this question rested, and which obscurity was not only the cause of dith celty to this Court, but also to merchants, who were in consequence frequently at a loss to know when they were offending against them. Tim circumstances of the present case ‘vere,—that cargo of meal had been conveyed front America by a vessel belonging to that country to St. Jago, in Cuba, and thence chipped on board a British vessel, and conveyed to Jamaica; where it was, together with the Tessel, seized, on an alleged violation of the 2.Bth of Geo. 111., according to which it was contended that the importation ought to have taken place the entire distance in a British vessel, and that the meal ought to have been the property of a British subject. The question then would be, was this an importation from America or from Cuba ? Many circum stances led to the conclusion that a fraudulent intention in this case pervaded the whole trans action, and the Court therefore confirmed the judgment of the Admiralty Court of Jamaica, but, under the circumstances of the case s should not allow costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—(TRis DAY.) citimiNAL INFORMATION. Tilt AIN& V. CARLTON AND OTIIERg Mr. SCARLETT moved to chew cause Why --- aWie obtained for a criminal information against the proprietor and publisher of The British Press newspaper, for a libel on George Chetwynd, Esq., a Magistrate, and Member of Parliament for Stafford, should not be set aside. The alleged charge of libel wan stated to be inserted in comments in that Paper on the conduct of Mr. Chetwynd, who was Chairman at the Lei.. cester Sessions, and the proceedings arose at the trial of two persons named Flint, who were convicted and sen tenced to a term of imprisonment. He maint aine d t h at if suc h com ments in question were subject matters for criminal pro secution, he did not consider that Mr. Chetwynd was en titled to have the rule so obtained. The Learned Coun sel then read several affidavits, and one from Charles Flint, which related to the treatment he received while in confine ment, by being stripped of his clothes, placed with prisonevs who bad committed various offences, and kept upon the gall allowance. Mr. SCARLZTT was proceeding, when The LORD CIVET JusTicE said, it would be more conve nient to hear the case further to-morrow, as he was called to another place. ~ -1 ~ 4 .t, f , 0 ;: 1 1 ...'' .4 R f ic, k J ~ " OVW ' 7 , - 4 + , •14 ! ;." . ..... . ' B. / 6. ;•-•., ' ~',.. >•,., ) 1 :III: •• . ..... 1 .', '. '... :i .' ,e 1" .. ' _ +.?' • , dt.,,ti!,,,,k4lit' 0"? \*-,fir.0 1 .,.• t ,-.,,.. It• its ''' ''' .- • 4... '-t If '1 *V9, ";e 4 ' . '•:',4 ^*. ' ek, , ' +,‘•.4 . 0 ' "."; . '41"7 IP 1 0 f . .4 6 ',.' 4 .. On .4:.% -41" S OFA' )-7 •• . . . -+•••••;,' '.- 6 • It.. ' . .4* - 1.: ,, - ~ - Mr.RCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind N.E.—Passed through for the River the Windsor, Haviside, from China. Came down front the River and sailed, the Asia, Balderstone, for India ; Simp son, Simpson, Bombay ; Glaphyra, Morton, Antigua ; De merara packet, Venables, for Demerara ; Edgar, Campbell, Jamaica; Severn, Clayden, Madeira. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Hope, WFatlane, from Faro ; Tom Cod, Borneo, from Palermo ; star, , from Cadiz ; and Henry William, Werts, from Galipoli. The Tom Cod sailed six weeks since in company with the William Pitt, Richardson, and parted from her the 24th ult., off Sardinia, all well. Dovrit, MAY 24.—The sloop Britannia, of Rochester, from St. Michaels, with fruit for London, passed this morning ; tire Master told a Dover boatman that he fell in with a homeward_ bound East Indianian in the lVestern Ocean very much da maged, she appeared water-logged, and the Commander had engaged two schooners, one in ballast, the other laden with fruit, to keep her company, and render any necessary assist ance. Off the Port the Vyf Gebroders, Steer, from Havannah ; Union, Crea, from St. Thomas ; Triumph, —, Malta ; Ruby, Cornehy, from Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24, and PLYMOUTH, MAY 23. Wind N.E.—No arrivals or sailing.% FALMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind v.--Arrived the James, .M`Donald, from Cork. Mr. CERTETTI, the famous player on the violon cello, cello, so well known at the theatre by the nick-ruin: oa, Nosey, one night, during his performance in the orcth thrown received a violent blow on the nose with a potato,hah with from the upper gallery. Being a man of spirit piece, when he ran up into the gallery and inquired him. The difficulty restrained himself till the conclasiono assault scoundrel was who had dared thus to him by the coal man being pointed out, Cervetti seizedd gave h i m a h earty lar, dragged him into the passage, a " eturnlng from a ride, fd ß ie •ho th e drubbing. Some years afterwards, returning 1 i t of convicts going to he met, near Paddington ? a cart ;„i ng him, cried out-- Tyburn. One of the y ns°llers the surrounding populace he had something " Nosey, Nosey !" an telling say to Nosey, Cervetti was to the cart, where he aeon re stopped and his horse hadled P turown the potatoe, who told him, cognised the man who 0 t leave the world, he was desirous of that being just g°ina 'll mankind; he therefore had taken the with a dying in peace him to ask his forgiveness for the offence he liberty of stoPPLI, him, and to assure bins that he entirely for.. had formerly giv be beating inflicted on him ; then wishing him a gave him r fb •A t tbe carter drive on. good-day, b k. g a l sir JAMES KEMP is arrived from Nova Geller t , Scotia. n e came home in his Majesty's ship i arrived at Portsmouth. ivi em el 7 particular to Lord DALHOUSIE comes home from Quebec on hoard the Athol frigate, which is expected to sail early in June. General DEvizaxux is arrived at Liverpool.—. He came in the American ship Alexander. The Countess of GLENCAIRN, sister of the late Lord ERSKINE, died lately at Boulogne. the him nt UP Ot . i3113$ thief xists Lord sited —the r re r re s te- rn'9 and big ion, late Id ')1 wail rott of od lot he