The Sun. — London, England, 1824-03-20 00:00:00

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We have received the remainder of the Paris Papers of Wednesday, from which the following is the only article of any interest : [From the Moniker.] -443n.in, MARCH 4.—A Royal Decree, dated the 29th of February, orders that all individuals who have obtained since the 7th of March, 1820, diplomas or degrees of any kind in the several faculties under the Government of the Cones, are to de liver up all these documents to the faculties now existing, who et c to convince themselves of the capacity and the morals of the individuals, to whom they shall give new diplothas, for which they shall pay 380 reals. Those who do not conform to this order shall be regarded as intruders, and prosecuted ac "4lr -g to the Royal Ordinance of 21st November, 1737, con 'le/flied to pay a fine of 500 ducats, and sent to the distance of tel ' leagues from the place of their abode. If they should per sist in not having their titles confirmed, and should oppose the orders, they shall be condemned to pay a fine of 2,000 d ucats, and sent to the Presidios (the galleys) for 6 years. . The severity of these measures is justified by the improper to nduct of many physicians, lawyers, or Men of science, during t he . Constitutional regime. Besides, in Spain in particular, °tir village physicians or doctors, and schoolmasters, enjoying ite ttY considerable influence, can never give too strong a pledge of fidelity to the Government. It is important that they should Il yst corrupt the public mind. We hear no more of the amnesty ; it is supposed that, in stead of it, there will he a letter from Count Villele, President of die Council of Castile, to all the Commandants in the Pro since%) Prescribi ng the measures to be adopted respecting those ladividuals who are still confined in prisons for political mis- 1 deineitrion. FRENCH FUNDS. PAitis, Marton 17.—Five per Cents. opened at 100 f. 40c. ; ,tios n ed ts. at 100 E Idonocfa.t2:ctiii , I 3 . an k Stock, 1775f.—Neapolitan Five per in francs 95f. 25c.—Rentes Esp. opened 4lowest 20A ; highest 22 ; 'Closed at 24. —Royal Spanish th ', 1823, 6 ffi--Excbarge on London, one month, 25f. 55c.; tee ditto, 25f. 40c.—( Cours Authentique; March 17.) Mussels Papers to the 17th inst. also reached lan night. They apprize us of a trait from a barbarous Prince, w hich wo u ld h ave done honour to a Ch r i st i an M onarc h.— The Neapolitan Government having in its mercy given the °l4l ° ll to several individuals connected with the late Revo i:43ll to remain in prison for life (where they h a d al rea dy en b etween two and three years) or to be transpo r ted to , r e tt nig, they accepted the last alternative, and were conveyed pe t o thei r place of banishment. The idea entertained by their i Rec u.torS was undoubtedly that they would be made slaves, w ould never more be heard of i n a Ch r i st i an land. But I DEY received the unfortunate Exiles in the most friendly Miler, and sent for the Neapolitan Consul, to whom he said th at it was his duty to afibrd them assistance in order to pro tetit them from becoming robbers and brigands. He had since 4411 / 1 1 a Bill of Exchange for 10,000 ducats on the Neapolitan ° le:nit:lent for the relief afforded ,to its subjects, and it was b elievedl at Naples that there would be no hesitation in honour.i this Bill, lest the DEY should rise reprisals against the "eaPolit an merc h ants to i n d emn if y hi mse lf f or t h e sums w hi c h h 0; had adv ance d. I n t hi s manner h e w ill h ave serve d t h e un . ‘ l. tllnate, and punished a persecuting Government in the man lier to , winch it is most sensible. r Iftivate letter recei v ed y es t er d a y by E x p re ss "ill Paris, states that FERDINAND VII. has at len gth actually consented to receive the Spanish eolistitutional Bonds, as part of a New Loan to Government. Whether the statement in the letter alluded to is correct, or wheth er it i s T4 erely another version of the intelligence given 1111 TRE SUN Some days since, we cannot pretend t 0 determine. All that we as yet certainly know i s) that uegociation for a new loan to Spain, ° lle of the conditions of which is the recognition ° I the Constitutional debt, is on the tapir. araaica Papers, to the gth February, arrived till s Morning. ( From the Jamaica Courant, Feb. 6.) following communication has been trans "tted by Vice-Admiral Halsted. ‘c " Serapis, i n P ort R oyal Ilarbour, Feb. 5. 81 R - --1 have the satisfaction to acquaint you, Or the information of those interested that the "thoritie , 1 s at Port o Ri co , y i e ldi ng to the re 4111ation of Commodore Sir Edward Owen, tit th© Commander-in -Chief, have restored the Of 1,675 d ollars, for the goods illegally 4714(tered from th e sc h ooner F an Fan. The tlthorities of the above Island have also shown a E tr°ng disposition to render the same justice in e case of the Eliza, of this Island." ftY the Valorous we learn that the conspirators r l ately arrested at Martinique, had been tried and t Qu 'ld guilty. The pri nc i pal ringleader was sen- Niced to be hanged t , and 6 0 others were to be p4nsported. A brig of war was lying at St. lerre, and two frigates at Port Royal. ei TY, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols oened this 'norni ng at 94i p d c" , got up to 944, with littl e business EXg) and f or Money 931,, 94. It i s sa id t h at an Itkess has arrived from Paris, b r i ng i ng th e en tes 101 f. 4 , but I d o not hear that it brings tl!4 1 poli t i cal information. The only business Morni ng i s in the New Insurance Shares, which were done at 19 to 1-, and up to this hour they are 19. FOREIGN MAnEzT.—There has been • some business doing in Spanish Bonds, ‘ivhich got up to 21. In the House of Commons, last night, the Silk Trade Bill was committed for the purpose of filling up the blanks. It had been appointed that Counsel should be heard on the same occasion against the Bill ; but in consequence of the indis position of the Learned Gentleman, or Gentle men, to whom the Silk Trade have entrusted that important duty, the hearing was postponed till Monday, when the Bill will be re-committed. Both in the Committee, and on .the presentation of a petition from some of the Silk Manufac turers in London, Mr:BA - I%INQ exerted himself strenuously to oppose the further progress of this experimental and hazardous measure. From the temper of the House, however, we fear that neither Mr. BAIZING'S arguments nor those of the Learned Counsel will be successful. We mahnever theless, still cling to the hope that the Bill, like that of last Session for repealing the Spitalfields Acts, will be thrown out by the House of Lords. It roust already be evident to the Landed Interest, that, if they give way to die fallacious principle of free trade, they must speedily consent to throw open the ports of Great Britain and Ireland to the free importation of foreign Core— a consummation which, by involving the pro prietors and cultivators of the land in one general and irretrievable ruin, will exemplify and complete the destructive effects-of the fashionable system of commerce which has unfortunately ob tained the ascendancy in the House of Commons. We have always told the Landed Interest, that the adoption of the new and delusive principle on which the recent measures are founded, must inevitably lead to a Free Trade in Corn ; and accordingly the clamour for the repeal of the Corn Laws has already been raised both in and out of Parliament. The Peers of the realm, therefore, who are the most deeply interested in the prosperity of the agriculture of the Empire) as well as in the general wel fare of all its branches of industry, will do well to pause before they sanction measures which have excited so' much consternation amongst all the parties who will be immediately affected by them, and which must, In their con sequences, involve the agricultural interest it self in an unequal and ruinous competition with foreigners. It is not a little curious to see the anxiety, manifested by the promoters as well as by the opponents of the Silk Bill, to devise the means of preventing that loss to individuals having stocks on baud, which, without some ar rangements for the allowance of a draw back, must result from the sudden diminu tion of the duty on the importation of Raw Silk. We say that it is curious to observe all this, —for, in consistency, there ought to be an equal anxiety to prevent that injury to the operative Silk Weavers which the final execution of the mea sure may entail upon them by the diminution of the value of their labour. So far, however, are the advocates of the new theory from feeling any uneasiness on that score, that they are eagerly demandicg the repeal of the Spitalfields Acts ) for the avowed purpose of enabling the Manufacturers of that important district to reduce the wages of their workmen, and thus to give a large and useful class of the people the first taste of the advantages and blessings of free trade ! The Editor of the Gazette de France, a French Ministerial Paper, is so astonished at the change now effecting in our commercial policy, that he has broadly stated his suspicions that England is in these measures preparing some secret snare, and he has thought it necessary to warn France against the hypocrisy of Great Bri tain! How dubious must that policy be, which appears to a rival so destructive of our own inte rests, that he cannot persuade himself of the sin cerity of our conduct ! THE KING'S CounT.—Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY, accompanied by the Lord Steward and Sir William Knighton, escorted by a party of the 14th regi ment of Light Dragoons, arrived at his palace in Pall-mall, from his palace at Windsor. Soon after the King held a Court, which was attended by the .Ministers and Great Officers of State.—Lord Stowell, Judge of the Admiralty, reported the case of John Castle, mariner, for stabbing his Captain, with intent to murder, when he was ordered for execution on the 2d of April next.—Mr. Arabin, the Assistant-Recorder of Lon don, ill the absence of the Recorder by indisposition, was ad mitted into the presence of the King in Council, when the Learned Gentleman made a report of the convicts confined in Newgate on capital convictions, which occupied about two hours.—His Majesty gave audiences to the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Canning, the Earl of Westmorland, the Duke of Wel lington, Earl Bathurst, the Earl of llarrowby, and Mr. Wal lace, the Master of the Mint, who laid before the King some specimens of coins.—The Court broke up soon after four o'clock.—At half-past four, his Majesty left town for Windsor. Dispatches had arrived at Paris on the 14th, from Italy, with accounts of the Marquess of HASTINGS having accepted the Government of Malta.— (Morning Chronicle.) At an early hour yesterday morning the Duke of Yong arrived in town from Windsor. THE RING. WINDSOR, Manor 1 9.—Last evening his 3laoss•rr haA a large party to dinner, among whom were—The Princess Au gusta, Duke of York, Duke of Dorset, Lord St. Helen's, Lord and Lady Maryborough, Marquis, Marchiones's, Lord Francis, and Lady Elizabeth Conyngharn, Lord Palmerston, Sir E. Nagle, and Colonel Thornton.—The band of the Royal Horse Guards were in attendance, and played several delightful pieces during the evening. —This morning, at ten o'clock, his Ma jesty left Windsor in his travelling carriage for London, escorted by a party of Royal Horse Guards. His Majesty will return to the Castle this evening, and entertain a large party at dinner. —The Duke of York has taken his departure.—The Duke of Dorset left this morning, but will return again this evening. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Admiral Sir Charles Paget, at Weybridge House, from Ports mouth ; 14e Marquise de Choiseul, at the Pulteuey Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Paris; Colonel Macguire, at the St. Petersburgh Hotel, Do ver - street , f rom Ireland ; Ralph Richards, Esq. and family, at ditto, from Brighton; Hon. Capt. George Elliott, R.N. at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, from Scotland ; the Dowager Countess of St. Germans and family, at Mizard's . Hotel, - Lowerilrook-street; Captain Humphreys, at Longs Hotel,. Bond-street, from Chatham ; James Macdonnell, Esq. at ditto, from Scotland ; T. A. Campbell, Esq. at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street ; Andrew Hamilton, Esq. and Mrs. Hamilton, at. ditto; J. Brandram, Esq. and Mrs. Brandram, at ditto. DEPAnTunts—The Karl of Dartmouth, for his mother's (the Countess of Dartmouth) seat at Blackheath; J. Brodrick, Esq. from the Pulteney Hotel, for Belvoir-castle; Capt. Rose, R.N., from ditto, for Portsmouth ; General Fuller, from iVarren's Hotel, Regent- s t reet , f or Versailles ; Gen. Cockburn, from Nerot's Hotel, for Cheltenham; Colonel Hughes, from ditto; the Hon. Capt. Montague, from ditto. . . BATH.—Arrived since our`last'—.The Dowager Lady Bich°, Sir W. and Lady Roberts and family, Sir Paul Baghott, Sir Andrew Cathcart, Admiral and Mrs. Peard, Major-Gen. Ashe, Colonel Fester, Colonel Waters, Major Bowen, Major Jones, Major Gramme, Captain and Mrs. Jones,• Captains Arrow, flasings, Huntley, St. Ledger, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Cook, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Huntley, Rev. Messrs. Dudley, Eyre, 11. C. Ord, C. Ph::lips, Pettingall, Probyn, D. Stone, it. Ward, White. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Yesterday Dowager Lady Rodney entertained at dinner, at her house in Harley-street, the Earl and Countess of Essex, the Earl and Countess of Powis, Earl Somers, the Earl of Ox ford and Mortimer, J. Ord and Lady Harley, Lady Boyd, Lord Ilotham, Mr. and Mrs. Bragg, Mr. and Mrs. Hanburv, Mr. Arkwright, Miss Cornwall, Mr. and Mrs. Foley, Mr. ftodney Harley, and the two Misses Owen. The Marquis of Lansdown-had another dinner party yester day at Lansdown House Berkeley.square. The Mar qu i s o f Cholmondeley entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at Cholmondeley House, Piccadilly. Sir R. 'Wigram, Bart. gave a ball and supper yesterday evening, at his seat, Walthamstow House, Essex. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury had a select party at dinner yesterday, at her house in Arlington -street. Viscount Hampden bad a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Green-street, Grosvenor-square. A Stanhope, Esq. had a dinner party yesterday, at his house n Tilney-street. It is rumoured in the fashionable circles that a very young usical Gentleman (Professor of a delightful and elegant in• strument to an Illustrious Personage) will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar, a lovely, accomplished, and wealthy heiress. r assemblage company were iblage PARISIAN F URNITURE.Mr• ROBINS has f or g the two last nights opened his rooms for an ill um i nate d exhi biton of Parisian furniture, 0 1 - 02 " 1 " tnechanism, Dre s d e n, of taste, be au ty, Porcelain, Ivory carvin g, precious stones, an d o th er art i c l es of great beauty, rarity, and value. _ Ticket s were most lib erally i d i i i g s t h r y b gratifi a e n d ( 1 and magnificence. waithnumeroussplendid and Mu. Tile.r.wA T.l..—The fourth Lecture, lust marks on the adaptation of the manner of reciting, according to night, at the Haymarket the nature of the composition, and which the Lecturer illus. Theatre, introduced a few re tale altered from ALLAN' R.tus.ty. trated by reciting STERN-Vs Captive, and The Stammerer, a He took occasion to animadvert on the character of ST He and the mischievous tendency of his Sentimental Journey. not view that work with so much severity. It was original in conception, and is very amusin g in perusal. STERNE'S life was certainly not • marked with the decorum which .. 'We confess that we do his works, occasionally too 'lee , even if f rom a L a yman, ought always to characterize tree, Eccl es i ast i ca l ca lli ng , b ut chiefly tend to excite benevolent alrection s when his humour • and imagination did not lead him into scenes of a ludicrous de scription. His works are seasoned by learning and genius, and will therefore keep with our language. The Stammerer is a htimourous tale, and Mr. THELwAr.r, after a brief notice of the history of the author, ALLAN itAstsAY, praise of The Gentle Shepherd, as spoke with high one of the best pastoral Dramas that had ever been written ill an language. The lecture then turned upon the three parts of yt he Sixth, and in discoursing upon these M r . T . dilated H on enr the character of the Duke of York, the father of Richard 111., and after. particularly on the patch wwoarls p u l p a o y n a t s ha i t io tthe ac l t a e t d te , r, c d oi w n e p l i l l i enag by COLLET CIBBER. We think that Mr. T. is rather too h ard upon old COLLEY. who has collected the several traits in Richard's character, and brought them forward in uniform consistency in his dramatic compilation. Where CIBBER unnecessarily changed the langu age of SHAKESPEARE, hehas weakened the sentiment—for CIBBEIL was not a Poet; but he possessed wit and humour, and understood dramatic mechanism as well as most playwrights. After several recitations the Lecturer concluded with an inti mation that he should extend his comparative estimate of SHAKESPEARE'S Richard the Third, ant i the motley mixture of COLLEY GIBBER, SS well, as comment on the merits of the several representatives of the character from the time of GAR- Rick. He stated that he saw that great actor perform only once, and that he was very young at the time, but that be had such an impression of his excellence as formed a nucleus or basis, which enabled him in some degree to judge and to apply his recol lection to subsequent performers. Mr. T. certainly possesses a memory of extraordinary retention, but if he really retains such a vivid recollectionof GARRICK, as forms a criterion to estimate the merit of others, we cannot but feel surprise at his warm eulogium on an actor, whose popularity may be considered as one of the Wonders of the Age. The audience was more nu merous than before, and the applause prompt and abundant. Prince LEOPOLD left town yesterday afternoon for Claremont. His Royal Highness honoured Covent-garden Theatre with his presence on Thursday evening. A letter from Sir JOHN DOYLE, of the Royal George steam-vessel, at Seville, dated jth of February, has been received at Lx.ovp's, wherein he mentions having sold his ves sel at that place. The Royal George, we understand, is sold to a Committee of Spanish Merchants. It is stated in a letter from Paris, dated Wed nesday, that peace had been concluded between P ers i a an d t h e Grand Sultan. Lord STRANGFORD is said in the same letter to have had a long interview with the Reis-Effendi, and to have received from him assurances of the evacuation of the provinces on the Danube. It will be remembered that when RIEGo was taken prisoner in Spain, there was with him an Englishman named MATTHEws, who held a re gular Commission from the Constitutional Go vernment ; of this individual we heard nothing since his arrest with RIEGO. It now appears, from the letter of a respectable inhabitant of Madrid, to an eminent house in the City, that he has been for months in solitary confinement, exposed to all the cruelties and horrors which refined malignity could invent, and that he was at one time kept without food in his dungeon for 53 hours. POETRY. IMPROMPTU. TO ► NEW4.IARIIIED PAIR. Through life, to make your union dear, Be always open and sincere ; Let all your actions only tend To prove each other's firmest friend. Scorn ev'ry sordid view cf pelf, And be to each another self: Let Reason still your conduct guide, And be to pleare your only pride. Let not a thought pass through the mind But what is faithful, just, and kind ; So mry you live in blissful love, And be united when above. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OZFonD, MARCH 19.—Yesterday, March 18, the Rev • John Barnes Bourne, of Trinity College, and the Rev. John Hunt, of St. Alban Hall, were admitted M. A. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. Jarri - esHartley . Dunsford, of Wadham College, in this University, has been instituted to the Rectory of Fre theme, Gloucestershire, on his own petition, as l'atron thereof. The Rev. Richard Fortescue Purvis, Clerk, has been pre sented by John Child Purvis, Esq. of Vicar's Hill House, Hams, (an Admi ra l i n hi s lajesty's Royal Navy,) to the Vicarage of Whitsbury, Wilts, vacant by the death of Henry Longden, Clerk. The Rev. Edward Butt, to the Rectory of Tolle: Fratrum, Dorset, vacant by the death of the Rev. George Froome; pa tron, Fras. J. Browne, Esq. The Rev. Charles Tookey, B.A. to the Rectory of Odding ley, Worcestershire, on the presentation of the Right lion. Lord Foley. . The Rev. Benjamin Pope, Minor Canon of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, to the Vicarage of Nether Stowey, Somerset shire, on the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Keate. Ths Rev. T. Harrison, A.M. to the Rectory and Pariah Church of Thorpe .:llorieux, Suffolk; patron, J. H. Harrison, Esq. of Copferd, Hall, Essex. The Rev. R. Rose, A.M. to the Rectory of Frenze, Nor folk ; patron, J. Smith Esq. The-Rev. Windsor Richards, to the Living of St. Nicholas, Glamorganshire. The Rev. Robert Nicholl, to the Rectory of Lanmac, Gla morganshire. ORATORIO, COVENT -GARDEN.—Th e oratorial performance of last night included the repetition of the Abbe STADLER'S "Jerusalem Delivered," and a variety of detached pieces. The general excellence was calculated to support the able Di rector's well-earned reputation for taste and judgment. The new Oratorio, partly ou account of its own merit, but more, perhaps, because it was so well sustained by the ever-admirable powers of BRAHAM, SAFIO, and Miss PATON was again favourably received. Among the raised _ !animus attractions of the evening were Miss STEPHENS'S and Miss G 000.at.r.'s " Hear my Prayer, from KENT; Miss PATON'S 6 ' 0 magnify the Lord," SINCLAIR'S " Lord remember David," Mr.. SA PI 'S 4 4 Gratias agimus," Miss ST E PH ENS'S " Let me wander not unseen," and Luther's hymn, by Ba.t.u.tas,—every one of which was given with a degree of pathos nod skill that enchanted their hearers, and drew down the loudest applauses. To th is we have to add, the beautiful Irish melody of " 0 the mi ment was sad," given with the sweetest simpli city by Miss STEPHEN! ) the ballad of " Kelvin Grove," sung with the most chaste and touching pathos by BRAIIAM, and 44 The Soldier tied," warbled forth by Miss PATON with a point dis tinctiveness and volubility of execution, sufficient to entitle her to the reputation of a first-rate vocal performer, even were that finely-florid bravura the only melody she could sing. The Overture to The Magic Flute was so ably exe cuted, that could the too - long-departed MozAnT have heard it, he would have felt his own native. enthusiasm invigorated by his own music. Mrs. SALMON'S " Cease your funning," variegated by the decorative talents of BocnsA, and S A PIO and SINCLAIR'S Duet of 44 Che al mit) belle," were too excellent and effect i ve to be silently passed by-in an account of as rich an evening's treat for a numerous and tasteful audience as we ever witnessed. TniEsTR, FEB. 13.—The importance of Mis solunghi is now more fully appreciated than ever. Since the i raising of the block a de, a Greek corps has entered t, and this fort, abundantly supplied with ammunition and, provisions, bat become the most i m p or t a nt place of arms of New Greece. It contains a reserve o f ar till e ry, consisting of cannon sent by th e P rovisional Greek G overn ment of the West, and those bought hi. the adjacent countries, or sent by the Philhellenes. Notwith standing the bad weather, workmen are employed in repairing and extending the fortifications, in order to secure the place against a coup-de-main or a regular siege. Large sums are ex pected for this purpose. 134.5 LE, 3.—The city of Lucerne ha; done itself honour by a remarkable act of toleration. The city is inhabited by Catholics, who alone enjoy the public exe rc i se of their religion ; the few Protestants do not enjoy it, and their dead have hitherto been buried without any funeral at. tendance. Some of the Catholics, disapproving of this intole rance, resolved to put an end to it, and the Members of the Government consented. This Resolution was carried into cffeet on the death of a lace-maker, a Protestant, born in Saxony. Matters were arranged to give him a brilliant funeral, at which the majority of the inhabitants of Lucerne, almost all Catho lics, attended. M. Muller, the principal Catholic Clergyman of Lucerne, one of the mo s t enlightened minin Switz-rland, followed, and delivered at th e grave a discourse suitable to the THE Alis 3toNAtty.— B y the Lail occasion, which was gener a ll y approved. iv SaCI H T arrived at Liverpool froarbadoes, ad vises r l ere iLl ceiiveld Gfrom B rom thence t o th e 1 4th ult., when the colony caster, a V was perfectly tranqail. Intelligence had reached there of the death of Mr. Smith the Missionary at Demerara, on the 6th of February—an event that has been for some time past ex pected, owing to his protracted illness The following account. of it is extracted from the Barbadocs Mercury of the 14th ult. : " Demerara, Feb. 6.—Died this morning, at 20 minutes past one o'clock, in the Colonial jail, where he had been confined as a state-prisoner since the '26th of November last, on the ter ruination of his trial by general court-martial, on a charge of high treason, sentence thereon having been transmitted to his Majesty for his final decision, John Smith, Missionary. Ile had been in a poor state of health, and had medical advice, for a considerable time previous; and since he took seriously ill, about 3 weeks ago, has been attended regularly by skilful physicians. We are happy to state, by personal inquiry and inspection, that this unfortunate man had the utmost attention and kindness shewn to him by the humane keeper of the prison (Mr. Padmore) all the time of his confinement. His apartment was airy and commodious; and he had always at his command every comfort which his taste fancied, or his necessities re quired. He has left a widow to deplore his fate and lament his 105,5." On Tuesday last, Major SAmucr, MAXWELL, of Charleville, lodged in the Ordnance Store, at Cork, one hundred and eighty-three stand of arms, collected by him in that district.—(Dublin Evening Post, March H.) The Dublin Papers of Tuesday and Wednes day, received yesterday, contain the details of the trial of George TVeir, a po/icernan ' charged with the wilful murder of John Smith, at the late Cavan election. The prisoner was acquitted. Mn. CONNOLLY.—A Petition has been drawn up by Mr. NOEL, the Solicitor, and is now in a course of signature ; already nearly one thousand signatures are attached to it, most of them are Officers of the Army, who have known Mr. CON.. NOLLY for a long series of years, and bear testi mony to his general good conduct. . .5. 4 --) .•:,_ • •„, -,.. • .-- 11 At .. - I. ; . ..1.1 4 . • _ ..... '• i i .4. ' l, - • * 4 : ' ' , ... 0 - .. Air 'll k ▪ pl.• .."(-g• . 10.--,• • l it ) t. , s- $1 - .: -, -- ' . ~.....1, 0 4 ,-/ , 4 , ~., 4.4 ri> MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, MARCH 19.—Light airs, inclinable to calm.—Ar. rived, and remain in the Downs, the Belt, Waters, front London, for Rio Janeiro; Saquinary, Hall, front Demerara, for London; and Argonaut, Turnbull, from Newcastle, for Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind W.N.W.—No arri vals or sailings. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Thetis, from the Coast of Mexico, with Mr. Ward, last from Havannah, only 18 days, with specie • and also the Dispatch, Crabb, from London for N ew f oun dl an d . FALsiouni, MARCH 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Lord Sidmouth packet, from Jamaica, sailed the 10th u lt., an d f ront Crooked Island the 22d ; al s o the Frolic packet, from the Lee ward Islands, sailed from St. Thomas's the 23d ult. Coast, MARCH 16.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Fanny transport, from Portsmouth, with the 58th regiment on board. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 18.—Arrived the Norval, Leslie, front Pernambuco, sailed 4th February; Milton, Webb, Savannah, sailed 22d February ; and Milibrd, Grey, front ditto. Sailed the Margaret, Toole, for Buenos Ayres ; Panmure, Tait, for the Mediterranean ; Eliza, Scott, for Pernambuco; Belgrave, Fleming, fur Rio Janeiro; Leopold, Hunter, for Valparaiso; Swift, Miller, and Abigail, Gardner, for Havannah ; Aurora, Nelson, for 13arbadoes ; Princ e R egen t, B earcrc f t, f or J ama i ca ; Leonora, Hamilton, for Demerara ; and Hibernia, Field, and Scout, Dodd, for Newfoundland. The George, Leach, from Berbice to London, put into An. tigua the 4th ult.; leaky, and is discharged. The Europe, Havely, from Demerara to Liverpool, put into Tortola the 22d January in distresS. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MISETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. His Majesty's Stag Hounds, on •Monday, at Gertard's Cross ; and on Friday, at Lake-End-Green, near Two-mile Brook, on the Bath Road. The Quorndon Hounds, on Monday, at Allexton Village ; Tuesday, at Norton by Galby ; Wednesday, at White Horse , Wood ; Thursday, at Widmerpool ; and on Saturday, at Ow thorpe, Notts. Mr. Dewing's Hounds, on Monday, at Foulsham Town ; Wednesday, at Seaming ; and on Friday, at Saxlingliam Grove. The Cottesmore Hounds, en ?Monday, at Essendine ; and en Wednesday, at Cole's Lodge. The South Wold Subscription Hounds, on. Tuesday, at Holme Wood ; Thursday, at Haganby ; and on Saturday; at Well. The Duke of Rutland's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Har iaxton Inn ; Tuesday, at Hough on the Hill ; and on Thurs :!ay, at Eastwell Pasture. -7.l"he Earl cf Scarborough's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Aston ' • Wednesday, at Finningley Park ; a nd on F r id ay , at Conisborough Village. Lord Yarborough Hounds, on Monday, at Laceby Crass Roade ; Wednesday, .at Kendall Lodge ; Friday, at Girsby House ; and on Saturday, at Irby Dales. Sir R. Sutton's Fox Hounds, on Mtinday, at Newbold Common ; Tuesday, at Wellingrnore ; Wednesday, at Sazil by ; Thursday, at,Wickenby - Village ; and on Saturday, at Branston Wood. The East SUSIiCA Fox Hounds, on Monday, at the Sheffield Arms. Sir B. Graham's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Shatter ford Gate; and on Saturday, at Acton Burnell. , • Mr. Meynell's Bounds, on Monday, at Rolleston ; Thurs day, at Shirley Park ; and on 'Saturday, at Eton Wood. • The Somersetshire Subscription Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Kennel, Nettlecombe ; and on Friday, at Ilan Cleave. - TIRE ICING'S HUNT. 'WINDSOR, MARCH 19.--The Sport of this Day (Friday) We.s most excellent. A finer run has rarely been enjoyed, and seldom have we witnessed so numerous a field of Sportsmen. Besides the Nobility and Gentry of the neighbourhood, we noticed Lord Ilaryborotwh, Lord Alvanley, the Hon. John 'roller/lactic, Sir E. Nagle, &c. RECORDER'S RI.PO RT.—Yes(erday the report of the prisoners who were capitally convicted at the: December and January Old Bailey sessions, was made to the. KING in Council, by Mr. Arwltty, one; of the justices in th,e commis.' *fon, the Recorder being still-confined to his house by indispo sition. The following are the mum's; ages, and'crims of th prisoners :—William Hay; 26, Maria Williams, 19, uttering forged bank-notes . ; George James Mountford, 18, William 'Fairchild, 12, horse-stealing ; Samuel Couch, 33, Henry Hen nessy, 18, Anne Davis, 65, James Reynolds,' 16, James .Compton, 24, William Cunnane, 16, George Owen, 18, John Hutchins, 15, Edward Burton, 15, for stealing in a dwelling:: house to the value of forty shillings and upwards; Henry Harris, 19, highway robbery ; William Ludlow, 27, returning from transportation before the expiration of the term for which he was sentenced ; James Hodge, 18, James Walker, 22, Isaac Cannon, 18,*William Hunter, 20, Robert Smith, 20, b urg l ary; Samuel Rains, 27, Wm. Elliott, 113, John Austin Wren, 113, for shooting with a loaded pistol at John Collins; Wm. litray Reynolds, 40, fcr shooting with loaded pistols at Gem Burtor. Samuel Rains and John Austin Wren were ordered for exe cution on Tuesday neat: all the other prisoners above-men tioned were respited during his Majesty's pleasure. Tl7e. pri soners capitally convicted at the .February Sessions were ant. reported. • Bow-STREET—(M/ 3 Day.)---The Mag'strAtes were occupied, for a considerable time, in the investigation of a charge of robbery, pre ferred by Mr. Wilson, coach-builder, against a dealer in marine stores. It appeared that about 5 months since, Mr. W.'s yard was' robbed, and amongst other things a chaise body was stolen. Happening to pass the defendants house, he yes:. terday saw it and claimed it as his property. The prisoner refused to give it up, and recourse was had to a warrant. The prisoner now gave con tradictory statements, and he was remanded for a future examination. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.—Last week a fright- 1 occurrence took place .at the Lancaster Lu. natic Asylum, which had been nearly destructiv e to George Berry, one of the keepers. it was shaving day, and Joseph Coiard, an Italian, was called into the keeper's or watch room to be shaved. lie was generally a morose and unsocial lunatic, but then unusually cheerful and obligin:;,. and came immediately. The keeper had put the razor into a can of warm water, standing himself between the table on which was the can and the lunatic. The latter instantly darted and seized. the razor, struck at the keeper's neck, cut through the collar of a cloth waistcoat, a thick padding of wool, a neckcloth and shirt collar, and the superficial muscles and ex ternal jugular vein. This was the work of an instant. Fortunately chairs were in the room ; and with admirable presence of mind, Berry, who is an old soldier, seized one of them. The noise and frightful figure l►e now made, brought the other patients, whom the maniac, now infuriated, attempted to attack, still bran dishing the razor, and inflicting a slight wound on the side of one patient; but he was speedily overpowered by showers of blows, which fell upon him from the incensed patients, who seized all the chairs, and did not leave hire till the razor was struck out of his hand. Indeed, had not other keepers been brought by the. preconcerted signal, it is highly probable the Italia►n would have forfeited his life. This at once spews the affection the patients generally bear for their keeper, as well as their abhorrence of the atro ciuus act. The keeper and lunatic are both do. big well.—( 1 3 / a d:burn Mail.) Thursday morning, soon after five o'clock, a fire broke out at the house of Mr. BowmAN, grocer, illuegate street, Ratcliffe-highway, which, and the stock in trade, were totally consumed, and two others damaged befo:e the flames - could be extinguished. Fortunately no lives were lust, Mrs. Bowm Ax and three children being saved by the kind cxeruo.•s Of their neighbours. ewe .......