The Sun. — London, England, 1824-05-24 00:00:00

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Danish, 5 per cent. - Greek Scrip Mexican Scrip 6IA Neapolitan, 5 per cent. Peruvian Scrip Portuzuese Bonds 93i 4 ......._______ Scrip NOS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Prtoixian, 3 per cent. 9Bi Ditto New 1991 Pow,iall, New, 5 per ct 96ifi Spanish 1821, Spec et. 201 21 1823, ditto Alliance Shares Palladium - - 1 •u Equitable Loan I Irish Ditto ... i dis. prem. Manchester Ditto French Itenies Scrip FOREIGN MAILS. AnnivED. 1 Holland 1 Flanders 1 French. Du E. • I Lisbon I.Gottenburgh 2 llamburgli. lIIGH IVA TER AT LON DO Itlorning, 13 minutes after 11. N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 1 Evening, 48 minutes after 11. Tli l4] SUN. SULAM QUIS DIOERE F.-ILSII3 I JUDEAT LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1824. CITY', HALF-PAST ONE o'CLocr. Consols opened this morning at 0534 j, with 'erY little business doing in them or any other description of public security. The Consols have Undergone no fluctuation. FOREIGN MARKET.—The Foreign Market is also very heavy, with little doing. Portuguese, however, continue steady at 931 94. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. Itu depress from Paris has brought the price of the French Rentes on Saturday at 104 f. 70c. the private letters received by this convey "Ce reiterate in the strongest terms the assurance that no fears are now entertained for the safety cif the Law for the Reduction of the Rentes in the Chamber of Peers. There is no other politi cal intelligence of any importance by this arrival. The Express has also brought French Papers, but they contain nothing worth extracting. At the Drawing Room last week it was ob served that our gracious So V EREIGN took particular notice,of the Portuguese Ambassador and it is whis pered in the circle of the Court that his IVIAszsTY desired the Ambassador to tell his Master that be had given orders for two of the best ships in the British Navy to he sent out to Lisbon forthwith, in order to support the interests of his DlAEsTy's faithful Ally the. King of POR TUGAL. It is said that private letters have been re ceived this morning from Paris, announcing the painful, but not unexpected tidings, that the health of his Most Christian MAJESTY is much Worse. We have received advices from Bayonne this morning of the 15th instant. Letters had been received there from Madrid of the 10th, which state that Capital to be still tranquil, but that it may be apprehended that the calm will be interrupted if the Spanish Police should often take the liberty, as it has lately done, of arresting French men, on the ground, or the pretext, of their being Free smasons. This arbitrary act has irritated all the French who are not accountable for their conduct to any but the Military Authorities. As the Swiss treat the Spaniards very ill, it said. that General DIGEON has resolved that the gar. rison of Madrid shall be composed of French only.—The Kura. by a Decree,' has created a new rente of five Ilaillions of reals in favour of the Sinking Fund. A person arrived from Valencia, says that a person had just died there with all the symptoms of the yellow fever. The prisons of that city con tinue to be full. It is certain that orders have been given to eva cuate Carthagena. Every precaution is taken to prevent the introduction of suspicious goods. The great heat which is al ready felt on the coast of the Mediterranean excites well founded apprehensions. The draught is such through eta Spain that the harvest this year will be next to no thing, and accordingly the price of grain has nearly doubled, and there is no saying where the rise may stop, especially if speculators should interfere, as is to be apprehended. The distress of the people is at the height, for, however abstemious they may be, they still require some little food, which they cannot procure, being desti tute of every kind of resource. It is affirmed, that it Is not the Moors but the English who have taken posses sion of Ceuta, with a view to make a second Gibraltar of :it. It is reported, that there have been some disturbances at Corunna, on occasion of the return of some prisoners. The fact seems to be that some of them have been killed at Tolosa, and it is said that all the others are hastening back towards Prance. It was affirmed here yesterday evening, that all the militiamen, who were to return to Spain, have received orders suspending their departure. We have received the Paris Papers of Thurs day and Friday and Etoile of Saturday, extracts from which are given in another column.—There are accounts from Chili which state the recapture of Truxillo by the Republican Colonel FUENTE, Who had obtained written proofs of the treachery of General SANTA Cauz, as well as of Riva. AGUEItA. It is of treachery that the friends to the independence of South America have most reason to be afraid. The Journal des DL;bats, the demi-official Paper of the French Ministry, very plainly intimates, in the following para graph, the possibility that ITUREIDE has only gone to prepare the way for a ". legitimate Prince." - - " Without wishing to prejudge the result of the enterprise of Iturbide, we must say that it announces audacity, and that, the moment seems to be well chosen. For we know through the authority of the English Newspapers themselves, that the au thority of the Mexican Congress had been deeply shaken by military insurrections, and that the weakness of the Republican Government was proved by the concessions which it had made to the Chief of the Malcontents, the General, or rather the ex shoemaker Lovato. In a State where a shoemaker possesses power, an Ex-Colonel and Ex-Emperor may also pretend to it without being very arrogant. Now, if Iturbide should re cover the sceptre, what would be the ultimate result ? It might be possible that he should only be clearing the way for a legitimate Prince. The ways of Providence are so extra ordinary !" We copy the subjoined article from the British Monitor of yesterday—the Editor of which Paper declares, that 'TURBID E, at a personal conference with him, designated the Mexican Loan as a swindling transaction, and confidently predicts, that, in the event of the Ex-Emperor's success, the Loan will never he recognized : " The Ex-Emperor U1'11111117)1, as we are informed on the best authority, embarked in the river in a steamboat for the Isle of Wight, accompanied by his wife, two children, a priest (his Confessor, no doubt), two friends, (one of whom is a M. ToRRENTo, who was Spanish Constitutional Consul at Leg horn, and who came to this country with IT unuiDE), and two servants. When the Steamer was near Ryde, the Captain was desired to approach a vessel which was lying there, and on hoard of which IT II B.BIDE and his party immediately went. The vessel is called " The Spring of London," and was char tered in London by an agent of IT ulilllDE for himself. There were no other arms on board (notwithstanding what has been said to the contrary), than such as might be thought necessary for their defence against pirates or Spanish cruizers. The de parture of this important character for Mexico does not astonish us, for he had often expressed to us his determination to return to his country if he was applied to. It appeared to us that he aspired to become a second Citicxx.NAT us. Speculation is now directed to his future plans—whether he is gone to set up for himself, or whether he intends to act for the interests of Spain. We can offer no opinion as to his plan, because we do not feel ourselves warranted to state all that we know on this subject. All that we shall say at present is, that he has a strong party in Mexico, consisting of the army and the priests, who will support him ; and our readers must recollect, that when the intelligence was received in this country, about six weeks ago, of an attempt having been made by General Lo- BAT 0 to overturn the Mexican Government, we distinctly stated that General LOBATO was a creature of ITuilistra's. We know, from unquestionable authority, that ITUBBIDE will not proceed in the first instance to Mexico, but is going to a Port which we are not at liberty to name, where he is to meet his friends, who are to concert and advise with him how he is to act. In his letter to Mr. WIN', IT URBIDY says, that if he succeeds, he will recognize all those burdens which the pre sent Government have imposed upon the Mexican people. This alludes to the Loan raised in London. Now, we affirm, in the most positive manner, and are ready at any time to make an affidavit, that he said to us, in the presence of a Gentleman, that the loan contracted for Mexico was, on the part of its Government, a swindling transaction—that Government having laid claim to the sovereignty of provinces, not one inch of whose territory was in its possession, although the loan was contracted on their part also. It was all very well for IT UILBIDE to say what lie did in his letter to Mr. Quisf, because, in the event of a miscarriage, he insures to himself a more favourable recep tion, if he should return to this country, than he could other wise hope to experience. By way of consolation to the holders of Mexican securities, we can tell them, that in the event of IT ITRBIDE' S success , not one farthing of the loan will ever be paid !" [From the Glasgow Courier, May 20.] W e have been favoured, by a commercial house in town, with t h e f o ll ow i ng ex t ra ct of a letter from Cap tain SHAW N ON, of the brig Spartan, written at Cork on the 15th inst., which gives a satisfactory explanation of the reason for the late embargo at the Havannah, and different from the cause which has been assigned for it in the London Papers Costa, MAY 15.—1 am sorry we did not reach this so soon as you expected. Instead of the 4 th of April, on which day we were ready to start from the Havannah, we were detained there by an embargo until the 7th, in consequence of two Co lombian ships of war, of considerable force, having appeared off the harbour, and captured one of the Spanish men of war, a heavy corvette, of 28 guns, almost in sight of the Moro Castle." The Dublin Star of the 20th and 21st inst. give an account of the separation of Lord and Lady ByttoN, in which the noble pair are stated to have parted in anger. This, as we stated in Tile Sort on the day after the melancholy ac count of his Lordship's death arrived, is erro neous. They parted in perfect amity, and his Lordship, we have been assured, received the most affectionate letters from his Lady every day after she quitted town, pressing him to rejoin her at her father's; but three days before his Lordship had agreed with a friend to visit his Lady at a time settled between them, Lord B. received a letter (not from Lady BYRON), prohibiting his visit, and signifying that she should never be permit ted to rejoin him any more. Relations and friends of the family, as we before stated, in vain en deavoured to get this prohibition annulled, or to explore the cause, but found that the decision was irrevocable. Lady B yaoN, though her un derstanding is excellent, and her disposition truly amiable, is understood to have always shewn an implicit obedience to parental autho rity. We find that the article in Tug SUN, to which we have above referred, appears in The Dublin Star of the 21st, and is stated as from a " London Paper," but not specifying TUE SUN. We make it a point to name the paper from which we derive any articles, not common to all Public Journals, and might reasonably hope that Provincial Journals in general would follow the example. AMERICAN TARIFF BILL.—By letters received in Glasgow this morning from Liverpool, the im portant intelligence has been received, that the American Tariff Bill had passed the House of Representatives, by a majority of fore.—(Glas gow Courier, hiay 20.) We have seen a letter from Madrid, dated the Gth instant, stating that the Duke of SAN CARLOS, the Spanish Ambassador, has been appointed Governor-General of the pro vince of Navarre, and that the newly appointed Ambassador to this country, who has been for some time at Paris, on his way here, is to change his destination, and that he goes to St. Peters burgh.—( British Monitor of yesterday. ) On Saturday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Coun cil was held at the Foreign Office, in Downing street, which was attended by the Earl of LI VERPOOL, the Earl of WESTMORELAND, the Duke Of WELLINGTON, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, Mr. Secretary CANNING, Mr. Secre tary PEEL, Earl BATHURST, Mr. HUSKISSON, Viscount SIDMOUTH, &c. The Cabinet conti nued in deliberation till about five o'clock. On Saturday a Committee of the Lords of Council assembled at the Council-office, to hear appeals from the island of Jersey. Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR and Earl BATHURST had audiences of his MAJESTY. It is reported that intelligence has been re ceived from the Gold Coast of the safety of Sir CHARLES MCARTHY, who, it is taid, had escaped to one of the neutral tribes, who afforded him protection. We shall be happy to find this re port confirmed. WINDSOR, MAY 23. There have not yet been any orders relative to the !Oriel's reception at the Castle, and it is not expected that his Ma jesty will return for several days. This afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the Bands of the Royal Horse Guards and 75th Regiments were stationed on the east side of the Terrace, and played al ternately some delightful pieces until 3 o'clock. Yesterday being the birth-day of her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse Homburg, the bells of the parish church were rung in honour of the occasion. We understand that the Hon. J. Coventry's seat at been lately purchased for the residence of Lord and Lady F. Congynharn. FA S 1110 NABLIS ARRIVALS. Lord George Bentinck, from his father's (the Duke of Port land) seat, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire; Robert Vyner, Esq. in St. J a mes's-square, from Paris; Mr. Rooke, 2d Life Guards, in the Regent's Park. DEPART t 3 RES.—Hon. William and Lady Caroline Lamb, for their seat, Brocket Hall ; Sir Archibald and Lady Christie and family, from the 'Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Chatham. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury entertained a distin guished party to dinner yesterday at her house in Arlington street. The Duke of Grafton had a dinner party on Saturday at his house in Clarges-street. George Bankes, Esq. M.P. had a dinner and evening party on Saturday, at his house, Bryanston-square. The Bishop of Lincoln had a large party to dinner on Satur day, at his house in Connaught-place. The Duke of Gordon, Dowager Lady Mrs. Cavrdor, R. Knight, Esq. G. Bankes, Esq. Sir C. Hulse, Bart. and Mrs. Felloneer had dinner parties yesterday, at their respective re sidences. The Duke of Gloucester entertained a large party at dinner on Saturday, at Gloucester-house, Park-lane. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdown gave a grand dinner on Friday to the Duke of Argyll, the Earl and Countess Cowper, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord and Lady Gwydyr, &c., at Lansdown-house Berkeley-square. he Marquis and Marchionessl of Camden entertained Emily Marchioness of Londonderry, and a distinguished party, at dinner yesterday, at their house in Arlington -street. Mr. Secretary Canning had a large party at dinner yesterday at Gloucester-lodge. Lord Alvanley had a grand dinner party yesterday at his house in Park-place. C. Ellis, Esq., M.P., had a dinner party yesterday at his house in Audley-square. I ._, --..-..... '''' • . , D J , 4 *11: 4; " le x tvn , koVl!,4*'• - 4 , -f jk ri . le ',,.1. • 1 V; '' illfr ..V .- Y . .Z. -, r' ;" : "lc :*- liriloe'' - , ~:..i04‘...„.1_,..,:.:,..., ; . ,,s - 1 As i r `•." ..".). : , ,A. ..t , -. 42,,,... ......-, 7 .„k ~,..,-......- 4.,-, r~"•.f~ :.• IA v q - - - -t v ... ~•~. ►: •t - --. 4 ~,,,..N. 5....,...._ .4. , ‘,l , ~.,-; ' ' % i ii , .`: '- 4 -ER Oi 1 1° 7 f 1.• . ' ARRANGEMENTS FOR TETE WEEK. Tills EVENlNG.—Duchess of Wellington's 2d grand as sembly, Apsley-house, Piccadilly ; Lady Hulse's rout, New Burlington-street; Lady Langford's assembly, Berkeley square ; Lord and Lady Belgrave's entertainment, Grosve nor-square ; Lady Rose's ball, Old Palace-yard ' • Hon. Mr. and Airs. Agar Ellis's party, Spring-garden ; Marquess and Marchioness Cholmondeley's party, Piccadilly. Po-monitow.—Dowager Lady Anson's party, to meet his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, Curzon-street, May fair ; Lady Campbell's assembly, Baker-street; Dowager Lady Saltoun's ball, Cumberland-street; Sir George Warrender's, Bart. party, Whitehall-place ; the Countess of Arran's party, Dover-street. WEDNESDAY.—AImack's grand ball ; Earl Brownlow's entertainment, Cavendish-square; Mr. and Mrs. Egerton's party, St. James's-square; Marquess and Marchioness of Cholmondeley's party, Piccadilly. Tli UltSDAY.—Countess Lieven's first grand ball and supper, Ashburnhain House ; Mrs. Hope's rout, Mansfield-street; the Earl of Derby's party, Grosvenor-square; Sir George War render's party, Whitehall-place; Hon. Mrs. Pelham's grand rout, Connaught-place. FRIDAY.—The Duchess of Northumberland's second Grand Concert ; the Countess of Essex's party, Hill-street ; Hon. M rs. Edward Cust's rout, Great George-street ; Mrs. Wm. Camac's ball, Mansfield-street ; the Hon. Mrs. Wm. Gosling's as sembly, Portland-place. SAT 15 RDAY.—The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury's party, Park-place ; Lady Smith's entertainment, Piccadilly. SUNDAY.—The Duke of Sussex's entertainment, Kensing ton Palace ; Countess St. Antonio's conversazione, Hanover square. On Saturday morning, at S o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke of CcalttNCE left town in his travelling carnage, attended by Sir H. 11LacKwooD imanother carriage and-four, and proceeded to Woolwich, where his Royal High ness went on board the Royal George yacht, commanded by Captain ADAMS. Capt. Wor.afEß had arrived the previous day to make preparations for the reception of the Royal Duke. The yacht sailed immediately after his Royal Highness got on board, with a fair wind for Plymouth, where she was expected to arrive last evening, in tittle for the Royal Duke to dine with the Port-Admiral, preparations having been previously made for that purpose. The Duke czsTER, and the Prince ss AuGusTa, visited the NG yes terday. of Ycntit, the Duchess of GLou i TU Yesterday morning the 14 ...eV. Dr. BLOMBERG performed Divine Service to th e m ent at the Palace in Pall-mall. The Princess Au , :tisTA a tt e nd e d Divine Ser viceKlNG and the Royal Establish yesterday at the Chapel Roy a l. In the afternoon her Royal Highness took an airing, attended by Mis WYNYARD, in the neighbourhood of Putney bridge. Saturday night Princ e LEOPOLD honoured the' Italian Opera House with his presence. Yesterday, at three o'clock, the Duchess of cLARENcE, the Duchess of KENT, the Prince of LEIMIX GEN, and the Princess PEODOR, attended by Capt. CONROY, honoured Mr. Bui.Locr's exhibition of ancient and modern Mexico, in Piccadilly, by their presence. . ller Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA, with a long string of Royal Personages, honoured Drury-lane with their presence on Saturday night, to witness the veteran MUNDEN'S unrivalled acting in Old Dornton. Saturday evening the CHANCELLOR of the Ex cnEctuzit and Lady SARA!' it °imam.; left town fur the seat of Lady BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Charlton, Kent. PLYMOUTH, MAY 20.—The visit of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence to this port is expected to take place previous to the 10th of next month. There are letters by the regular mail from Madrid of the 6th of May. They say nothing of the Amnesty, except as of an almost forgotten projet. Something must have occurred, it should appear, to delay or frustrate the publication of this document. We understand that two bomb vessels are fit. ting out at Deptford, and that they will be ready for sailing to• morrow. A frigate is also fitting out for the coast of Africa. It is reported on 'Change that a 74-gun ship is ordered immediately to Lisbon. Three new Banks, and about eight or ten new Assurance Companies, with capitals from one quarter to one million of dollars, have lately been incorporated in New York ; as also a Bank upon the same principles as our Saving Banks. The departure of his Grace the Duke of D E VONSIIIRE from Rome occasioned feelings of deep regret, especially amongst the artists. There is not one student or professor of art, at all distinguished in the " Eternal City;" whom the Noble Duke did not patronize and employ. A vessel laden with the spoils and produce of Italian art, both ancient and modern, i n t e nded to adorn Ch atswor th, Chiswick, and Devonshire House, is now on its voyage to England. The rema i ns o f the Duch ess of DEvoNsxtnE were removed on S a turday from Devonshi re Ho u se, for inter ment in the family vault, All Saints, D er b y. lti in is po Corner, in Westminste r Abbey. determi ned. by the near r e latives of Lord BruoN, that his rema ins shall be brou g h t t o thi s coun t r y, an d deposited The present Lord 13YaoN (lately Captain GEORGE ANSON BYRON), it is said, will commission the Blonde, 46, or d ere d to be brought forward immediately at Woolwich. —(Southampton Chronicle.) The Rev. CHRISTOPHER BENsoN,M.A. Fellow of Magdalen College, and late Hulsean Lecturer, has been pre sented to the valuable Rectory of St. Giles, Middlesex, vacant by the death of the Right Rev. Dr. BUCKNER. His Majesty the King of SWEDEN gave a grand State Dinner at Stockholm on the 26th ult., at which, amongs t other distinguished individuals, were present the Ministers of _ England, Russia, and Spain- EISTEDDVOD The Cymmrodorion Llundain, or the London Society for the cultivation of ancient British Literature and music, held a con gress of Bards on Saturday last, at the Freemasons' Hall. The Hall was filled by a very fashionable audience. Sir WAT SIN WIttIADIs WYNN presided, and was supported on the right by Sir Charles Morgan, of Tredegar, and on the left by Lord Kenyon. There were also present Lady Harriet Wynn, Miss Morgan, Lord Dynevor, and several other persons of rank. The entertainment began with a concert, which, although it was not entirely Welsh, consisted of the works of British coni posers, executed by British artists. Miss Carew and Miss Mel ville, and Master Longhurst, Mr. J. Smith, and Mr. Collyer, were the principal performers. duet, between Messrs. Parry . and Atkins, to the fine air, " Of a noble race was Shenkin," received great applause, but this was owing to tile music, and to Mrs. Heman's spirited poetry, rather than to the singers. The first part of the concert was terminated by Penillion singing, per formed by six modern bards, accompanied on the Welsh harp by Mr. H. Thomas. This sort of singing seems to have been a very favourite practice among the ancient bards at the Eisted dvodau. The custom was for the chief hard to sing a certain number of stanzas, accompanying his voice with his harp ; as soon as he had finished, the bard next to him in rank and excellence took up the subject, and was in like manner suc ceeded by all the other bards in turn. To perform this well, required at the least as much talent as the improvisare of Italy, while it was far more sociable, and directed to more exalted purposes than mere amusement. Great, however, as the powers of the Beirdd of old may have been, their descend ants of the present day are not very likely to become the rivals of the Pistrucci or the Sgricci. The bards of this Eisteddvod not only sang as ill as one would wish to hear, but their lays, instead of being composed inipt•oviso, were only parts of songs Gin various subjects, and haring no connexion with each other, save that they were all sung to the old air of Serch Hada ; or " the Allurements of Love." When the Penillion singing was concluded ; Lord Kenyon announced the names of the successful candidates to whom the society's prizes had been awarded. From the Stores of ladies, whose bright eyes " Rain'd influence," his Lordship selected Miss Angelina Morgan, the beautiful daughter of Sir Charles Morgan, to " judge tke prize." The first prize was a medal to Dr. W. O'Pughe, author of several valuable works relating to the history of Welsh literarure, and the translator of the " Paradise Lost," into that language.— The next was to a gentleman who had written the best essay on Ancient Genealogies, under the assumed name of William of Badnorshire. The Chairman received the medal as his proxy. The third prize was given to the venerable artist, J. Flaxman, Esq. as a testimony of the respect en tertained for him by the Society, and their gratitude for his hav ing furnished them with an admirable design for their medal. It represents an ancient bard, in the dress of his order, stand ing upright, with his left hand on his harp, and in his right the primitive machine on which the bards wrote their poems. A motto is subjoined in the old bardic character, the purport of which is, that " it is the province of the truly wise to protect valuable things from passing into oblivion." The design is at once elegant and vigorous, and has been executed as it deserved to be, by Mr. Wyon of the Mint. The candidates, as they received their prizes from the fair hands of the lady who be stowed them, shortly expressed their thanks and compliments. The second part of the concert then followed. Miss Melville and Master Lon 'burst were very deservedly encored in the duet " Tell me, gentle Stranger," in which the boy executed his part with great humour and skill. The Welch air Pen Rliaze was very well played by Mr. W. Prichard, on the Welsh harp : there was some more Penillion singing, and the entertainment concluded at about half-past three o'clock, with " God save the King," to which a Welch verse had been added for the occa sion by Dr. Pughe. At six o'clock a numerous party of Gentlemen partook of an excellent dinner. Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. in the Chair. A number of loyal and patriotic toasts and sentiments were given, followed by appropriate music, and many able addresses were delivered by the Noblemen and Gentlemen present.—The com pany did not depart till near eleven o'clock. NEW MUSICAL FUND.--The Annual Concert, for the benefit of this laudable Institution, took place on Thursday, and we are sorry that we had not an opportunity of noticing it before. We are, however, much gratified in stating that the audience were very numerous, and that the Boxes, Pit, and Gallery, were filled soon after the doors were opened. The host of talc nts, vocal and instrumental, will well account for the attraction. CATALANI, the two BEGNIS, PASTA, SALMON, Miss GOODALL, the Misses CAWSE, BRAIIAM, SINCLAIR, BELLAMY, and others, ge nerously gave their gratuitous assistance. Mr. F. CRAMER led, and Sir GEORGE SMART presided at the piano -forte. A Mr. GUILLOU displayed considerable skill on the flute, and Master KORICELL, a very young performer on the harp, acquitted himself with extraordinary ability. It would be unjust to omit noticing any of the Per formers who assisted on this liberal occasion, and they must have had a reward in their own feelings in witnessing the prosperous result of their commendable exertions. SWEARING IN THE NEW JUDGE.—At the sitting of the Court of King's Bench this morning the newly appointed Judge (LiTTLcoALE) rose and took the customary oaths of allegiance and su premacy to his Majesty GEORGE the Fourth, as a fit. and qualified person to sit as one of the Judges in that Court, and was sworn in accord iugly. THE ROYAL SANDWICII ISLANDERS.-Some of the statements which have been published respecting the and QUEEN of the Sandwich Islands are very errone ous. His Majesty is of very gentlemanly appearance, and but for the darkness of his complexion, which is of very deep copper colour; might pass for an Englishman, having in every respect correctly adopted our costume. The Queen is not so tall nor of so robust an appearance as has been represented. Her Majesty is certainly a fine full grown Lady, but very little above the middle stature; she is remarkably well made, possesses an open and very agreeable countenance, not devoid even of sweetness and sensibility, with good eyes and teeth, and is by no means deficient in gracefulness of manner or ele gance of demeanour. Already, with the exception of her head dress, which is very plain, has she, like her Royal Husband, conformed in a great degree to the English mode of dress (such at least was her appearance when we saw her on Saturday last); and whilst they throw themselves upon British protec tion, these interesting strangers seem in every respect desirous of benetitting from British example, and-civilized manners and taste. Their own native. islands, it i s on l y necessar y f or us to observe, are situated in the South Sea; they were among the latest discoveries of Captain Cook, who named them the Sand wich Islands, in honour of the Earl of Sandwich, under whose naval administration these discoveries were intule. The islands are eleven in number, nine of which are inhabited. It was at one of these (Owhyhee) that the great discoverer of them lost his life, through sudden resentment and violence ; but the character of the people is nevertheless that of mildness of tem per and affectionate dispositions. The Royal Suite are eight number, composed of the Governor, his wife, Admiral of the Fleet,- Treasurer, Secretary, Steward, and two menial ser vants. On their way to this country they touched at Rio Ja neiro, and during their stay their Majesties were presented to the Emperor of Brazil at a Court Levee, when the Emperor was pleased to present the King with a most elegant sword ; and in return the King presented the Emperor with a most curious cloak or mantle, made of the richest materials ' of his islands, the outside of which is of feathers of rare birds, of the most beautiful colours. Their Majesties and Suite landed at Portsmouth, under a salute of twenty-one guns from the ship. The following are the names of those distinguished . Islanders :—Rheo Rhio, the King; Kamehameha, Queen ; Boky, Governor • Twinny, Governor's Lady ; Kapihi, Ad miral ; Joanoa, Treasurer ; John Rives (a Frenchman and In terpreter), Secretary; Macaweaw, Steward; Wawwaw, Manmua, Servants. The Proprietor of the Theatre Royal, in the Ilaymarket, is making great preparation for the opening cam paign. In addition to some old favourites from the two Win ter Theatres, and amongst them the inimitable LISTON . , the Manager has imported some new stars, to which report gives the credit of unusual brilliancy. It is not true that either KEAN Or DOWTON are, at present, engaged to go to America. Drury-lane Theatre intends to close about the 30th June. The period. for Covent-Garden to close is n ot yet determined. - Captain CHAR LES Fo x , we are sorry to h ear, has met with a serious accident, c , ou sequence, f a fall from his horse. COURT OF KING'S BENCH--(Tuffs DAY.) JLJDGiiENT9. Mr. GURNEY moved the Judgment of the Court upon Francis Dawson and Richard Nor ton, two defendants, who were convicted for ob structing two Officers of the Excise, and rescuing a man frora their custody, charged with smug gling. It appeared the defendants created a violent disturbance at the time, and had it not bee❑ for the fortunate arrival of proper assist ance, serious mischief would doubtless have oc curred. Mr. Justice BAYLEY, in passing judgment, censured the conduct of the defendants, and seve rally sentenced them to six months close confine ment in Dorchester County gaol, and at the ex piration to enter into sureties for their good beha viour for five years, themselves in 1001. and two others in 201. each. BOW.STRE ET—( Tuts DAY.) DETECTION OF A BURGLAR.— J. Robertson was put to the bar, charged with burglariously breaking and entering a house belonging to Mr. Woods, opposite the one. mile stone at Bayswater, and stealing twelve dozen of port wine and other property. The pri,uner is strongly suspected to belong to a most daring gang, who have infested the above neighbourhood for sometime. When stopped, his companion contrived to make his escape. On searching the prisoner, pick. lock keys, a dark lantern, a phospherous box, and other im. plements of housebre a king, were found in hi s po sse ssion, with 7 bottles of the wine, which was identified by Mr. Woods ; and the prisoner, in order to give time for further inquiry, was Coin. mitted to Tothilfields prism. llifEltetNTlLE SHIPPING. DEAL, MAT 23—Arrived yesterday and sailed for the River to-day, the Atlas, Magne, from China ; Ann, Nixon, from Jamaica; L'Aigle, Starbuck, from the South Seas; and Comet, , from Madeira. The Rambler, Anderson, remains dismasted. The Royal Sovereign yacht, with his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence on board, passed through at noon for the westward. PORT smou MAY 23.—Wind N. by E.—Off the Wight the Commerce, Ridley, from Memel; Mercator, Graves, from Charlstone ; Superb, Burn, from New Orleans ; and Ohio, , from Muturzas. Sailed the Lady Raffles, Cornwell, for India. _ _ PLYMOUTH, MAT 22.--Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the William and Thomas, Smith, from Messina. Sailed the Wanderer, Dixon, for Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, MAY 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Prince Leopold, James, from Campeachy. Sailed the Stannher racket for Lisbon. The Hannibal, Law, from Virginia to Liverpool, was struck by lightning at sea the 30th ult., and destroyed ; three of the crew killed : this was the vessel seen on fire by the Mars, which arrived here on the 7th instant. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 24. The arrivals of all sorts of grain last week were tolerably good, and the quantities of Oats were large. This morning the fresh supplies consist of only moderate quantities of Wheat, Barley, Beans, and Pease, from Essex, Kent, and Sussex ' - also several more vessels from the North, with Oats. Prime dry samples of Wheat find a ready sale at Is. per Quarter advance on the terms of last Monday, and there is more trade for middling qualities, but damp samples still hang on hand. The Bonded Barley is liberated, consisting of 40,000 quarters in all parts of the country. This quantity is not any thing considerable ; and although the trade in Barley is dull, it fully supports the terms of this day se'nnight. Beans ot tain rather higher prics. Boiling Peas are scarce, and sell freely at last quotation; Grey Peas remain without variation. Oats have advanced Is. per quarter since this day sennight. This morn ing the supply being large, the trade in Oats is not so brisk ac on Friday last. The Flour trade continues in the same:dull state as lately reported. ARRIVALS LAST WEEK. English Wheat, 56,688--Barley, 2,486—0ats 16,122 Beans, 972—Peas, 364—Irish Oats, 34,639 —English Flour, 5,114 sacks. • PRICI OF CORY IX ENGLAND AND WALLS, IX TIIIE WEEK ENDING MAY 15. Wheat, 625. sd. ; Barley, 345. 10d. ; Oats, 245. ild.; Rye, 445. ed.; Beans, 38s. 3d. ; Peas, 375. Od. QUARTERLY AVERAGE. Wheat; 645. 7d. ; Barley, 355. 3d.; Oats, 245. 4d.; Rye, 435. sd. ; Beans, 38s. rd. • Peas, 365. Bd. The Average Price of irown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending the I.9th day of May, 1524, is 31s. 40. per cwt. SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAT 24. The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and prices at Smithfield Market this morning:— CATTLE AT MARKET. Beasts ",637 I Sheep and Lambs 113,200 CalYt6 245 Pigs . . . - To sink the Offal, per stone of Bib. Beef 3s 8,1 to 4s 4c', Veal Mutton.. ...... .33 10d to 4s 10c1 Pork 44 9d to O s 2d Lamb Ss 4d to 85.40. RAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Nay £4 0 s to ±5 15s 1 Clover XS 15s to AV &a Straw .....£2 Os to £2 tic The - fitting of the Griper, Captain LYON, at Deptford, proceeds with the greatest rapidity, and great numbers of visiters daily go on board, who enter their several names in a book prepared for that purpose. Nearly all the stores are em barked, and among them is an extensive supply of pounded dried beef, to which melted fat has been added, and prepared after the manner practised by the Indians in the•northern parts of America, and called Pemmicar, but which they make of venison dried in the sun, or over large fires. A large quantity of gum Arabic is also on board, to be used by the party who proceed on the sus h ipro , e ! e in st i mbt h wui e nto r l e ino ' t , encst ' ae l ab l k eg eot land expedition. The Griper will leave Deptford on the Ist of next month for Northlleet, and there receive on board the mathematical instruments ) after which she will drop down to the Nore for the officers and men to be paid their wages, and sail direct to Repulse Bay. Among the various curiosities brought home in. his Majesty's ship Thetis, Sir John Phillimore, is the Sagassi Pecari, or Mexican Hog. It feeds on fruits and roots, and also on serpents, lizards, and toads, and will attack and devour the rattlesnake. It is has than the common hog, has bristles nearly resembling the prickles of an hedge-hog, and is also distin gished by an orifice on its back, from which i)erpetually issues , ten t t e cuiprit ~b e Thefore m S asigtawlesavis°7lkrlnllotwhsenkniin't.oswntltlakilleels great yt ma e f a ce n t s id of w its ate t r e y eth hu a m na ol f ir e . et, dexteCUTION.— Yesterda . y,_ rity. liE convicted at our last Circuit, of uttering forged notes of the Royal eut e(i in Lank, fron t and o f theof Sir Court-hose. 0 N u i r c... hFonsore;bese.s said l and i ei W , C e fir o? • 1 8, 1' 1‘ ; ot im l at i- e..h 4a fn ie, : l i ' unr 7 : lo w et e t e a a sk s g e z p x i t e e :- the or stopping assisted by the Rev, 11 shop in Hutchestown, and at e bl' ef ug t h e Roman Catholieverilwto minutes— when, and madeqi trips n u t e o n t t hae aipHreaacli t i o i :allreland,ctoielf,n utteringn,h i, n w duhi h ttcei c r e e maciated, considerably P2 i r - sgasiml. i" - usted about his neck . , he joined in prayer with more so than p ale " his trial; he was not f platform, and the when he was on , iim e te s s Tr — li: in the desired to sit downtill a firm step, he ascended Hall, but being the Magistrates got out of . wSapcaopsteatimraindidedilialtuerlde: cab hich l e l s ie c: lare Mr. . the si gnal, and was launched into eternity at a quarter past two o'clock. He appeared to be about forty-five years of Age , short but stout made; he struggled very little, in conse quence of the great length of the drop. The crowd was much ; l e ss than was ever seen on any similar occasion. No person got into the Hall, the culprit having signified his intention in the morning that he did not intend to stop there, o a his way t . the scaffold. His daughter was also eonvict e ed l of thesann: offence, at the same time with her father, and sentenced to _ transportation for 14 years.—(Glasgow Courier, 4110 y 2t.) rwohreeni;eiwngithad j ER. wing e insi ;d yost ,-,-. II 14, II Y.