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ht cm )rt stl r c t at th e at „ C°nntry until more favottra'ole opinions exist than do fe4.46nt. 1 believe that • argumenti And- reasoning, _and vii and a better understanding of the question, will pre 7 th etlh la throwing down the obstacles which now obtrude tar r ' el ves ; but I do believe that there is that disposition to which would •in the end succeed. However it could bitt?e carried by faction, and what the Noble Lori' recona. of , a s is a factious measure. But with regard to the affairs Idiroovernment, I beg to ask if this is the only question upon * 6lo 'l agreement is necessary If had done that, which b 2,(1 0 be a great violence, broke with all in the Admini n who differed from me on this subject, what end is u it i rite h ave been answered ? Might not coy colleagues have PtlllitClS also?—might they not he equally wedded lo ) rne favourite question ? If they, at least, had not a lawful ; might they not have a mistress as der to them ? Might be for instance, wedded to the question of Parliamentary ? With what face can Ibe charged with discrepancy— ,use ther e are diff erences of opinions on great questions titll e s s two s p ecu l at i ve quest i ons had many supporters, and oth I hold one of these doctrines I cannot accede to die h ee er• I trust it may not be presumptuous in me to say that I ex 7e . I hava convinced the Noble Lord I tun not guilty of in- KiNstency. If he can bring forward any thing done by me dif- O n from what 1 have proclaimed. then he will have gained a t t2thPh over me. • I agree with him to this extent of the ques- Z ; that it will always mix itself up with other questions con ing the grievances of Ireland, and that these will not be 4 '4%1y relieved until this great .end he consummated; but I differ ( 11 , 11 'im if he supposes that it would he furthered by the union R e 4"eniment upon it. It must make its way by - reason, by ment and feeling; and I ant persnaded that it any other Zf s e he ado opted, it will be fatal to the cause. That moment it tita n asternPled to be made a party question, that moment the 41 , . 3 of the question were lost. Whether there are any op tti`ifies of again obtaining those chances, I shall not now iso r ci y char o f into the question ; but this Ido assert, that lam guiltless ge. With respect to many of the objects of the Noble 14; , they did not come within the scope of a Parliamentary in • • A 4 to the state of' the Orange and Ribbon Societies lam of 4) P it. ' , l' , , on that th ere i s not hi n g so desirable to be avoided as preei ,l4: -e action o n t h e par t of the. xecutive Government. It is their l e ee l a Pt to interfere until the transgressions of the law were dear fr_C'" Positively exhibited; and neither should Parliamentinter w,' 3 0 long as there was a chance of doing away the grievance ialtioat inquiry... theft difficult to say where the necessity E g It the line. of distinction is faintly' delineated. There t other points irethe-.Noble Lord's speech to which I do not twer " it necessary:to advert, seeing they have been so ably an irtel hy the Right Hon. Gentleman who preceded me ; and w• a l, ..,lesPect to the subject of tithes, the Government had not for the Noble Lord's Committee, for inquiries . had been " I ted, and steps taken to remedy the defects existent t t : al e .) ;. As to the Abridgment of the revenues o f the Church Tihinents, the House decided the other night on that V st , a '. °ll, and therefere shall not dwell upon that topic. foot " t Raid that Church and Lay property were on the same its tli ore n g I will _not lay down the broad proposition that „Cannot be . a possible case arise by which the State could be a tie t. " ei l in taking the endowments of the Church ; but I will R uct l i t that the occurrence must be very peculiar indeed in which a 'aleastine could he practised. Let the House recollect the Mu t e et tll°f Henry VIII. It was much safer to suffer the Property • to remain as it was tha to middle with it at aa ie _as to the topics of the Grand Jury mesentments, and the ,`,. 4 "frs and the. Reverend Magistrates alluded to in the Noble Speech, these being so ably answered by m y Right Hon.the d 01r, Peel), 1 shall not enter into any argument upon 14 And with regard to the motion introduced by my Right sa,,t;,. Frient' (Mr. Goulburn) as an amendment, that motion to he considered as an original one ; inasmuch as due no had been given for its introduction. The conclusion of the g " t non. Gentleman's speech we could not hear. lie sat down amidst loud cheers. <l4 r ' TIERNEY in a very humourous speech, replied to the (, S'lrations of the Right Hon. Secretary. The Right Hon. 7 41t leirian could not flatter himself that he was in his present Ituation from any personal regard which had been entertained temwards hi m . I t. was qu ite certain that in the eyes of one ''":, , ember of the Cabinet, and a very important o ne, there was T ,, 1l little t o c h oose b etween the Right Hon. Secretary and the laugh.)—He believed that if' the Bight Hon. Gen ' o Van had stip u l a t e d for some prospective measures in fa vour `ne C atholics at that time, they must of necessity have been iltanted. '4%.1.r. Secretary CAN N ING explained. 1 1 0 " . F. BLAKE said, that if he were a sked what he would T with the present Administration, his answe r would be,— i e would do away with them."—( A laugh.) Lord ALTHORP replied; after w hich the House divided, "hen there were— For the Amendment - - - 184 Against it • - - - - - 138 Majority The original motion was consequently lost. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the tiotue Adjourned at THREE O'CLOCK. AFiticAN issTITUTIoN. Yesterday the Anniversary Meeting of the Friends and Members of the African Institution was held at the Freemasons Tavern. The Great Hall was filled by an as- aernblage of about 1800 respectable individuals, of whom a large portion were females of the Society of Friends. The Marquis of LANSDOWN took the Chair in the absence ci his Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER, who was stated to be seriously indisposed. The Report was read by Mr. EVANS, the Secretary. It t tPressed the regret of the Committee at being obliged to s tate, that in consequence of the non-performance of the en- INernents entered into by the Governments of France and Pain, no effectual check had been put to the traffic since il s ' 44 t year. Although the trac7ers had been in some measure rassed, yet they had not been checked ; they had only been tldered more cruel and desperate in their mode of conduct -5—4 it, and the price of the slaves had been enhanced in °l3sequence of the increased risk in capturing them. Under }, French flag the trade was carried on without even the tempt at concealment, and the French slave ships actually "'armed on the coasts, and never met with the slightest moles t-ition from the French cruisers. The circumstance of the traffic nad been laid-before the French Government, and it would he seen whether they ever bad any intentions of carrying their en feagements into effect. That the French Government had it in its power to put an end to the traffic, as far as related to their own subjects, was not to be denied. With respect to the effects of the trade, the Report stated, that wherever it prevailed, the .arts receded, commer ce was st ifl ed, and man became d ou bl y ferocious. The accounts which had been received of the pro- Stems of the island of Sierra Leone were highly satisfactory.- - -Yhe duties collected in the Colonies had last year been increased !o an extent far beyond any former years. The intercourse with t heinterior had increased, and caravans of merchants now come !gown constantly for the purpose of selling their gold dust and I :PrY- The war With the Ashantees was highly unfortunate to i 1 ,5 Colony. Th e cause o f t h e war was s t a t e d by Sir Charles am aeCarthy to have been the following circumstance :—A Ser geant of the African Infantry had been treacherously seized by Z b arbarous Ashantee Chief, and murdered under the pretence h_ he had spoken disrespectfully of the King of the Ashan irs• The whole circumstances of the outrage were such, that could not, without compromising the honour of the British ,Z 4 nte and flag, be overlooked. But in the absence of official authentic statements the Committee abstained from relating 4 1 thing respecting the conduct of the war. , 4 1 - 10 cd C A LTasoneE moved that the Report should be re- Z`ved, and Lord HanvEr seconded the motion, which was rried unanimqusly. GunwEr, of Norwich, Mr. T. F. Bux.roae, and other Cen . tlemen, addiesSed the Meeting after which a liberal col cation was made in tursport of the 'lnstitution. ARTInICAICE.—MISSOLONGHT, FEB. 10.—This Aerno on about three o'clock , we felt a violent shock of an earthquake, which ri:n in the di rection from north to south.— During the shock the thermometer fell from 50 to . :9 degrees tux nu tr.) MERMAID.—We are informe d a Ca p tain of an fast Indiaman has lately brought home one of these rare pro ductions of Nature, and which he has submitted to the inspe. c ;_ 11 of the mo s t e minent Naturalists in London, who have de. 4 : 41 ' dit as their opinion, that it is genuine. Now that the Last Drawing Day of the Lot l"Y last contracted for is so near ( Saturday, 1 " P 41 , of May), curiosity is on the tipt oe to ascer o whether, after all, Government will really reontinue 'so productive a tax, especially as it it Voluntary one, and there are so many of a_ i tn mPulsory nature which they are consta ntl y _ r nPortuned to give up. Whatever may be the lciult, Mr. SIVEWRIGHT has given a splendid p r oof o f what may be effected by judicious t heuies, for the Public have pu rchas ed more f a n in any of the last fifty L otteries, and the oW Tickets and Shares that now remain will no doubt And Purchasers before the 22d instant, as I _ l _ l that one Day, Two of 20, 0001 ., besides Ten ' j they Capitals, must be decided. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. - KOCSE OF COMMON S . • Marti:, 11° die Maii,lB24. ELEcTrox—Bossiney—Petition of 'Edward Rose Tunno, Esq. considered ' • Parties called in, and Committee appointed. HAMM n—Sandwich—Petitions from Deal and Sandwich, and from Cinque Port Pilots, in favour; to lie on the table. P AVlNG —L a ncaster—Petition of Richard Clark, against, re ferred to the Committee on the Bill. TIT Es—Lancaster, and Cockerhani 1 Bills read a second time, sr ITALs—Chelsea and Green wich j and committed. Co 34 PAN r—London and Westminster Oil Gas—Petition from Kingsbridge, in favour, to lie on the table. SALMON FlSHERY—Petition from Ross-shire, for the recala tion thereof , referred to the Select Committee on Salmon Fisheries. Doc Ks—St. Katherine's--Petitions of Porters of Billingsgate, and Rector, &c. of St. Paul, Shadwell, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill ; and of Merchants, &c. of Pen zance, and Chamber of Commerce of Plymouth, in favour, to lie on the table. Soutl: London—Petition from Dock- Head, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. ROADS—Halifax and Huddersfield—Petition from Elland cum Greetland, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. Finchley—Petition of Inhabitants, in favour, to lie on the table. Commercial—Petition of Commissioners of Good man's Fields' Paving, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill; and from Mile End Old Town, to lie on the table. Godley Lane Head—Three PetitiOns, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. Shepley Lane Head—Three Peti tions, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. Bir . stall and Holme Lane Head—Bill read a third time, and passed. C A NAL—Glarnorganshire--Petition from Cardiff, in favour, to lie on the table. NAVIGATION —Newry—Bill read a first time. ' P LTD LI CAN s—Petitions of Licensed Innkeepers and Victuallers of the Hundred of Hoxne, for the repeal of the increased Duties on Licences ; to lie on the table. BEER DUTIES BlLL—Fifteen Petition's from Brewers, &c., to lie on the table. BE En—Petition from Bridport, for enabling Brewers to retail Beer, to lie on the table. - Wooz—Petitions from Stow Market, lindleigh, and Ipswich, against reduction Of. Duty on Foreign Wool ; and from In. verness, in favour of the exportation of British Wool ; to lie on the table. WAREHOUSED WHEAT BILL-Six Petitions, against, to lie on the table. noVEMENT—,Tslington—Petition of Inhabitants, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. COAT, DUTlES—Petition against the Duties on Coals, from Richard Gillett. &c. of Chesterfield. to lie on the table. FREEMASONS —Petitions from CastleblanY, Rockorry, Cloness, Newliss,Drom, Ballibay, Coranery. Shercock, Balliborough, and Coothill, complaining . of Act of hat SesSion, which pro hibits the meeting of certain Societies ; to lie on the table. BRITISH FlSHERlES—Petitions from Zetiand and Voughall, for a continuance of the Bounties. HIDES AND SKINS BlLL—Petitions from Butchers of Chi chester and Walsall, in favour ; and of Tanners, &c. of Wigan, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill; and from York and Cockermouth,_ against, to lie en the table. LOCAL T A XATlON—Dublin—Petition of Easter Term Grand Jury of Dublin, against, to lie on the table. MESSAGE FROM THE Loitris —That they have agreed to Highland Roads Repair Bill—Stone and Safford, Stafford and Sandon, East Retford and Littlehorough, and Green wich and Woolwich Roads Bill—Long ( ;renclon (Bucks) In closure Bill, and to Bilston Market Bill, without amendment. HOUSE AND WINDOW TAX—Petition from Edinburgh, for the repeal thereof, to lie on the table. NOTARIES PtipLic —Petition for repeal of the Duties on Li cences to act as Notaries Public, from Cockermouth, to lie on the table. LINEN BOUNTlES—Petition from Antrim, for continuance of, to lie on the table. TITHES COMPOSITION ACT—Petition from Temple Michael, against any compulsory Clause, ttflie on the table. WixDowTax—Two Petitions from Carmarthen, for the re thEereCf;lOEße Eon pAthTxtN the table. FOUR pal pR CENTS Bills read a first time ; SAVING BANES be read a second time HULL DOCK LANDS on Thursday next. CONSOLIDATED FUND NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to amend Act 26 Geo. 3, for regulating houses and other places kept for the purpose of slaughtering horses. 2. Mr. Curteis—Bill to amend the Law of Settlement, so far as relates to Seafaring Apprentices. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Judges in Wales Bill—Committee. • 2. Growing Crops (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. - NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Thursday, May 13. 1. Mr. Stuart Wortley—Petition from Clerks in Public Of fices, concerning the reduction of five per cent. from their salaries. Mr. Fowell Buxton—Amount of Stamp Duties on Marine Insurances for three years. Monday, May 17. Mr. Fowell Buxton—Committee on Act fl Geo. 1, c. 18, which restricts Partnerships and Societies from insuring Ships and Goods, and from lending Money upon Bottomry. Tuesday, May 18. 1. Mr. Hume—Return of Commitments by Magistrates. 2. Mr. Hume—Return of Resident and Non-resident Clergy in Ireland ; also, manner in which the Patronage of the Church is exercised. ••' For LITERARY NOT Icz, see the Fourth Page. PRICIL OP STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 241 240 A 3 per Cent. ..... 953i 1 3 per Cent. Cons. 9611 3i per Cent Old - 4 per Cent. {Assented New DAY AT ONE O'OLOlrit India Stock 29A India Bonds Bos. South Sea Stock loBt Old Annuities' Ex. Bills 45 48 Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Acct. 96li Bank Long Ann Imp. 3 per Cents PRICES OF FOREIGN FU Austrian Bds, 5 per cent Mai 1 Chilian, 6 per cent 32$ Colombian Bds. 6 per cent Scrip 2l 2i Danish, 5 per cent. Greek Scrip Mexican Scrip 8 pm. Neapolitan, 5 per cent. ... Peruvian Scrip Portuguese Bonds Scrip NDS, AT ONt O'CLOGIE. Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per cent 97 Spanish 1821, 5 per cent — 1 1823 ditto _ _77 Alliance Shares l 8 Palladium Equitable Loan 3; Irish Ditto 1 Manchester Ditto French Scrip H kill WATER AT LONDO: Morning, 10 minutes after 2. , N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 34 minutes after 2. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DIOERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON,, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1824. CITY, ONE o'Ci.ocx. There is some speculation amongst wel formed persons in the City, as to the probable results of the resentful feeling which has been excited amongst the leading classes of the French nation, by what they conceive to be the offensive restriction put upon France by the vigilance of the British Govevnn3ent, in ' requiring explanations relative to the disposal of the French Navy. They complain that from the treatment in this respect -which France ex periences from this country, she is made to appear not more respectable than a German state under NIPOLEON ; and that the system of questioning the Government of the Great Nation, on every occasion of a ship sailing here or a ship sailing there, is a species of insult not to be tolerated,l uhless France. desires to: put fetteis upon herself, and, to come under an obligation not to send a single ship to sea without obtaining the previous permission of Great Britain. It must be admit ted that some grounds have been recently afford ed for this complaint, and that in future it may be deemed advisable, notwithstanding the impatience of the Engli s h public on every thing connected with the naval movements of the French, and to satisfy which Ministers have evinced the most laudable anxiety, to ap proach this subject w'alt all the delicacy that a due consideration for the just pride of a great and high-spirited people requires. provide them with the means to improve theH Establishment in that Colony. They suffered four successive years the failure of their crops from blight. Their gardens were destroyed by drought. In October they were overwhelmed by an inundation which swept away every de scription of property before it. They suffered by repeated attacks of the Caffres, and at length were reduced nearly to• a state of nudity, and absolute starvation. We know not, indeed, a more pitiable description of miserable victims to misfortune and physical evils, or who more for cibly appeal to benevolence and common hu manity. The advance in Spanish Bonds is now under stood to have been occasioned by the certain infor mation that there is an intention on the part of FERDINAND VII. to take them in part of a new loan, the negotiation for which is on the tapti4. How singular, however, is the situation in which the monied interests of this country will place themselves, if,on the recognition of the Old Bonds of Spain, they advance funds to FERDINANn for the purpose of enabling him to destroy the liberties of South America! For they w ill in fact ad vance their money to Spain, to enable Spain to de stroy their own property in 'the Funds of the new South American States ! The Contractors, it is true, may hope that they will be able to sell out, and to throw the ruinous losses, German Papers to a late date have arrived, but their contents have for the most part been anticipitated by the French Journals, and en tirely so far as they relate to Continental Affairs. With a view to discourage further emigrations from Germany to Brazil, a letter has been pub lished in the Manheirn Gazette, dated Miens, the 25th of August, 1823, describing the distressed state of the German Colonists in that quarter, and asserting that " the Swiss Colony at Cante Gallo makes no progress, notwithstanding the support of the Russian Government and 11 , 1 r. VON 1 ANGIDORYI7, the Consul-General." COURT OF KING'S IVENCII—(Tnts DAY.) 111 r. Ex. Sheriff PitaKnss appeared on the floor of the Court, and made his long-promised motion for a new trial in the case of livaNa V. PARKINS.—The Loan Cnxu JUSTICE having read his notes of the trial, the Ex-Sheriff then rose, and after haranguing their Lordships at considerable length, during which he repeatedly shed tears, saying the attack on his character was too much for a Gentleman to bear, concluded by hoping he might have a new trial, or he would pay into Court any sum of money their Lordships might suggest to take the stain from his character. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE finding the matter could not be amicably arranged, said that the better way would he to grant the rule for a new trial, or whether the damages should not be re. duced.—Rule granted accordingly. which must accrue one way or the other, on the private families who invest their all in these dangerous speculations for the sake of the promised annuity ; but it is still the interest of British subjects that is sacrificed, and it is still British property that is making war upon itself. Consols opened this morning at OH for the Account, and for the July opening 961, with a heavy market, and very little doing in any des cription of public securities.—There have been no fluetuattons in Consols. FOREIGN STOCK MAIIKCT.-This Market is also very heavy, and little is doing except in Spanish Bonds, which opened at 21, and are now 204. The Public seem now to he very little interested in South American Stocks. One portion of these very hazardous securities is al ready at a discount ; and it is much to be feared that that will eventually be the case with them all. There are no buyers, but numerous holders, very much dispbsed to get out of their present rather precarious situation. We have received the Paris Papers of Mon day, but their contents are unimportant, and not worth extracting to the extlusion of any part of last night's debates. The Project of Law for the reduction of the Renter has been sent up to the Peers from the Chamber of Deputies, where it has not yet, however, undergone any discus sion. Indeed, it is probable that very little op position will be offered to its progress through the Chamber. MoRILLo has ventured to make his app, , arance in Paris. How must this fallen man regret the part he acted in effecting the overthrow of the freedom o f S pa i n , now that he finds the very triumph of his perfidy, and the i ngrat it u de of the party whom he served, have covered himself with infamy, and driven him an exile from his country. Tile toile has further intelligence from Madrid, reiterating the state ' ment that there is to be an immediate levy of fifty thousand men, and that the half of this new force is destined for South America. The Moniteur of Sunday contains a notice from the Office of the Minister of Finance, addressed to the French Merchants, and announcing to them—" That there had been introduced into France, and especially Paris, silver bars, which had been mat in such a manner, that their surfaces were composed of very fine silver, while the internal part contained a great quantity of alloy. It was the more necessary for merchants, bankers, and others who deal in gold and silver, to be on their guard against this fraud, as the Officers of the Mint had lately found differences of 100, 200, and 320 thou sandths, in the several layers of silver bars com posed in this manner." read a second The Alien Bill was last ni ght time in the House of Lords. In the House of Coninwnse Lord ALTuoar moved for a Select Comm ittee to inquire into the GOULD state of Ireland. Mr. cart moved as an Amendment, that the inquiry should be confined On a division the to the disturbed district s. Amendment was carried by a m a j or ity o f 184 to 136. ~_..~-- Yesterday afternoon at half-past one o'clock, a Cabinet Council assembled at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which sat till half-past three o'clock. Most of the Cabinet Ministers were present. The Gazelle of last night, it will be sun by our extracts, announces the appointment of the Bishop of Citerrert to the Bishopric of Bath and Wells ; and that of Dr CARR to .the Bishopric of Chichester. Yesterday afternoon, soon after four o'clock, the Duke of YORK, as Commander-in-Chief, held a Levee at his Office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by the Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Wiltshire, Lord Dunally, Gene rals the Marquis of Huntly, Sir David Baird, the Hon. Robert Taylor, and Calcraft, Lieutenant-General Sir G. Anson, Lieu tenant-General Robert Brown, Major-General Sir Colin Hal ket, Major-General T. Horsford, Admiral Markham, and about twenty other Officers. The Duke and Duchess of CLAuENCE visited the Duke of Sussex yesterday, at his residence at Kensington.— Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia , paid visits to the Duke of York:—Prince Leopold, attended by Baron Stockmar, left town yesterday morning, about twelve o'clock, for Claremont.—Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Clarence.—Prince Leopold honoured the party at the Duke of Wellington's, on Monday evening, with his presence. A file of the Greek. Chronicle, published at Missoloughi, to the 27th February, has arrived. We are glad in one of the numbers to see •the fullest confirmation of the recovery of Lord BYRON. A letter from Buenos Ayres mentions that the Government was forming a settlement at Port Louis, one of the Falkland Islands, and that 100 settlers had already gone there, and more were preparing to follow them. This settlement ma y prove eventually very useful to vessels bound round Cape Horn. Several persons on the coast of the Pacific, who have had the small-pox in Europe, have been attacked with that disorder both in Chili and Peru ; and recently the crew of one of the United States ships of war, cruizing in the Paci fic, has experienced the fatal ravages of that dis order, and several who had been affected with it whilst children have fallen victims to it. This malady has always been particularly destructive among the Indians, whole tribes having some times been swept away by it, which would prove that it acquires an unusual degree of malignity in some parts of America. The remainder of the mathematical instru ments were yesterday morning sent down to the Hecla and Fury, at Nortlifleet. This day' the Lords of the Admiralty, the Duke of Welling ton, and several of the Cabinet Ministers, embark on board the Comet, government steam-vessel. 'The ships will leave Northfleet on Saturday or Sunday at. farthest. LAvr APPOINTMINTS.—Mr. A RABIN and Mr. WILDE, it said, are to be sworn in to-morrow morning Ser jeants at Law. COURT DF ALnertmuc.—Yesterday a Court of Aldermen %vas held at Guildhall, at which the Thanks of the Court were unanimously Voted. to Right Reverend Father in God WILLIAM Lord Bishop of EXETER, and the Reverend SAMUEL CaowTmta, Vicar of Christ Church, Newgate street., for the very excellent sermons preached by them before the Governors of the several Hospitals, at Christ Church, on Monday and Tuesday, in Easter Week last. The CHAMBER LAIN reported the surplus of the Orphans Fund on the sth day of April last, and the Court di rected the sum of 17,5001. to be paid off and dis charged. EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTIVENESS.— Eleven acres of wheat were last year cut on the estate of ADAM COgRIR, Esq.of Wilby, in this county, yielding a produce of 75 quarters 4 bushels, which is within a Single bushel of 6 quarters 7 bushels to the acre, and the wheat is very fine in qua. lity It is not, perhaps, unworthy of remark, We beg leave to draw the attention of our that the year before a crop of Poland oats was Readers to an Advertisement in our Paper this raised on the same field, which.produced 111 day relative to the unfortunate state of the late quarters 0 bushels. We presume that the re cords of agriculture afford but few instances of Settlers at the Cape of Good Ho pe Most of them disposed of all their . equal productiveness.--(Northampton Mercury property , in this country to , May S.) THE KING. N'irirDson, MAY weather being cold and rather unfavourable, his MAJEST Y has not rode out to-day. Vesta day Sir Charles Long had an audience of his Majesty. It is expected that his Majesty will leave Windsor on Monday next for London, and not return till the end of the week. As yet nothing has been done respecting the projected alteration* and improvements at the Castle. Plans were last week transmitted from the various Architects to his Majesty, and if we may judge from the arrival of Sir Charles Long (one of the Commissioners) yesterday, something will very speedily be made public. We understand his Majesty's first object will be the entrance to the Palace from the Long Walk, so as to enable him to inspect ttie alterations per sonally, as they proceed. It is his Majesty's intention to reside at the Royal Lodge as soon as it can be got ready for his recep tion, which it is expected will be very shortly after the King's return from holding the Drawing-Room. The plan of taking down of one side of Thames's-street, is not now expected to be carried into effect ; the alterations being more immediately confined to the interior and exterior of the Castle, and in remov ing buildings, which at present obstruct the intended new en trance in Park-stree.t. • )... rt4rA,6., c,sk. t ij,"*l I.' , •- • , ..51-" - tk_. frii, .(4.' "i• 2 , 4 ljea pft) 41---7!,k ~. I.ss"? . --- - t - -- - -r. 51 , .: I N• , ; 0Y t•s , '•,) -,% • --------- ---' 40',) %zilt k E. - 1 t'i FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS, The Countess of Itotiles and the Ladies Leslie, at the St. Petersburgh Hotel, Dover-street, from their seat in Surrey ; Lord and Lady L. Gower, and family, at their house in Albe= rnarle-street, from the Continent; Sir Robert Gunning, Bart. in Devonshire-street, from. a tour ; Lord G. H. Cavendish, from Newmarket ; Lady Pocklington, at the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park-place, from Wivenhoe ; Captain and Mrs. Garth., and family, at ditto, from Berkshire ; Captain and Mrs. Heath cote, at ditto, from Southampton ; Richard Price, Esq. M.P., at ditto, from Brighton ; Entwisle, Esq. at ditto, from Fox holes ; J. W. Knightly, Esq. at ditto, frons Warwickshire. DEPAIITURES.—AdmiraI and Mrs. Lawford, from the Hyde Park Hotel, for Kent; Charles and Geoffrey Shakerley, Esqrs. from ditto, for Paris. MARRIA-GE :311 MOH LIFE Thursday, the 6th inst. the Rev. JOHN 4. 1 . Em., son of ROBERT PEEL, Bart. to AUGUSTA, daughter of JOHN SIVINFEN, of Swinfen House, in the county of Stafford, Esq. The Bride looked most lovely in a saperb robe and veil of Brussels lace. After a dejeune la Aurchate, at Swinfen, the happy pair set off for Malvern. P 0 E 'l' It. Y. ON THE GALLERY OF PICTURES, Painted by the late PnEsmENT of the RoYAL ACADICaI 7, BENJAMIN WEST, ESQ. • BY JOHN TAYLOR, ESQ. No light, fantastic, objects here we find, But all that charms and elevates the mind. RELIGION seems to consecrate the place, And all around to breathe a solemn grace. PLEASURE appears with DUTY, hand in hand, And, touch'd with pious awe, they silent stand; A sacred impulse kindles in the breast, And ivin TUE venerates the name of WEST. MR. KEAN. The following letter is by no means calculated to satisfy the Public respecting the real cause of the ❑on-appearance of Mr.As on Monday night at Drury-Lane Theatre, but as it charges the Managers with an artful suppression of facts, we think it necessary to insert it, in order to give them an opportunity of vindicating thefts. , selves. We think also that the declaration of this Mr. fl. PHILLIPS should be supported by the testimony of Mr. KEAN himself, as the mat ter relates to the Public at large, whose amuse ment should be secured, and all disturbance prevented : TO THE EDITOR. Sin—No man who is really acquainted with Mr. KEAX suffer him, undeservedly, to be placed in a disreputable point of view before that Public to whom he is under the highest obligations, and :or whom he entertains the most profound. respect. I have the honour (and a very high honour I esteem it) to be as )ciated with him, in the capacity of his professional Secre t-try; I always attend him in his provincial excursions, and I, by his desire, sent a letter to Mr. Iltrxx, the Stage Manager of Drury-lane Theatre, on Friday last, from Derby, stating the incipient symptoms of Mr. KEAN'S indisposition, and request ing he would not, under such circumstances, advertise him 10 perform on the following Monday. Mr. KEAN'd object in &I siring me to do this was evidently to avoid any possibility or deceiving the l'ublic ; and when, notwithstanding, Mr. Iit.TION returned an answer to say the Play could not be deferred, Mr. KEAN then thought it necessary his Physician should send a certificate of the state of his health, as the most regular docu ment which, in such a situation, could be placed before the Public. I ask, therefore, what could he do more ; and if, after what he did do, it was commonly respectful either to him crr the Public to state from the Stage that Mr. ELLISTOX had only that moment received an intimation that Mr. KEAN was unable to perform his duty. I am ready, in any way, to verify these facts, and set all con tradiction at defiance. I am, Sir, your's respectfully, PHILLIPS. Crown-court, Little Russell-street, Covent-garden.. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, MAY 11.—Wind E.N.E.—Passed last evening the Claremont, Grandin, from London for Jamaica. Remain the Harmony, Currie, from Jamaica; and Sarah, Nicholson, from Messina ; with a brig, from the Mediterranean. FIVE P.M.—The Lowther Castle is reported ,off the Soiiih - Foreland. A ship is coming in from the Westward, from Ear badoes, signal blue flag at the main, with white letter D in the centre. PORTSMOUTH, MAYll.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Gains borough, Aysthorp, from Seville. Sailed the Spring, Quekii, for Demerara. FALMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wind E.—Arrivz.d the Eclipse, from London. Sailed. the Marquis of Salisbury packet, for the. Mediterranean ; Marquis of Salisbury packet, for Jamaica and Emulous packet, for Halifax and New York. Arrived ai. the Start the Henry Clay, —, from Baltimore; and beth, Astell, from St. Lucia. • The Elizabeth, Kateholdt, from Dantrie to London, got aground on Lesson the 22d ult., and filled with water. B 0 X E It S. • . ‘ NO FIGHT between HUDSON and SAMPSON. Forty-eight miles off was a grand flourish •to the amateure of the London ring, and what did they come , to see ? No fight. Josh. Hudson appeared in the ring:accompa. masA . , t e e n t e rm inated in flooring, Sampson ; although thatman him, and the Londone rs, nied by his seconds, Jem. Ward and Tom Oliver. No signs o f Mr. Butler, he did not make 3w givei a r s , h his ord e h r a e t d w to hen be tim g e is w en as c b a i l m le , d, and claimed money, which w as B u tler consenting to lose the l e l' I . il k 1 (1 1 sum. . What their bets were we.er s e.tg . ah ot, but many p di e s w pu te t r es d o ri c y c i u n r g r , e a d n , d a t n .ac cl e te a l k eli g... e row was all over, a drunken fellow from CaT i br n i( t l h g e t , e about fighting_ A London man came Anwa r " person of Jem Ward; 'the countryman sai wo uldners. up in arms, said, hl a fi g ht knocked esteemed theac distooonrnhcei fctltiolsoalbsnyhyhallsnrica e nd i not like up by two novices from England. le, but . Cambridge. it was sir the , manly. It was spite and love. Their names were, k i winner, and Shadbolt the loser . It was A Merry fight, an d lasted a quarter of h The . The .d re hewel . id rted home full of dis • an our. comPaq , de niat the tow 1 'appointment, and Sampson Iproveu just ice, he w ildspeople thought him, a wa yain been liaed twice, ou not give a third Nan c e at all. CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 12 si nc e last Monday the arrivals of Corn at our Market have been v ery limited. The d eman d t hi s day was however equally and no alteration occurred as to the value of any description o f grain from the last quoted prices. , - ..4 i .S.' 7 4 r._ 1 0: , p t - , _,, tir Z ti ~40 • P;t -') i 4 td to 1)a aZ tat. nd 11- Rit