The Sun. — London, England, 1824-01-06 00:00:00

ra•■• they (the parties whom his MAJESTY was pleased to consult), were of opinion that it was necessary •to yield this point, and therefore recommended the adoption of some arrange ments for taking the Bonds of the Cortes at a specified value as part of a new Loan to the Royal Government. His Catholic MAJxsTy, after this conference, immediately reinstated all the Ministers in their posts ; and it was confidently expected that a proposition for acknowledging the Spanish Bonds would he acceded to. CITY ; Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened this morning at 87 7 %-, at which price they have kept steady up to this hour, with little fluctuation. Owing to its being a Holiday, and the Bank being closed, there has been nothing doing i❑ Money Stock. FOREIGN MARKET.—Spanish Bonds open 'd a t 2.4, got up to -I, afterwards were done at 24i — recovered again to 241. NEW LAW APPOINTMENTi.—This morning, at ten o'clock, the LORD CHANCELLO2, accompa nied by several Law Officers, &c., attended in Lincoln's Inn-Hall, for the purpose of raising to the degree og Sergeant at Law Wicr.rXst ALEx . - .4"ER, Esq., one of- the Masters in Chancery, and Sir ROBER T GIFFORD, Knight, his Majesty's Attorney-General, preparatory to their being sworn into the offices to which they were ap pointed, the former as Lord Chief Baron of the Court of E xc h equer, and t h e latter as Chi e f ~. uslic e of the Court of Common Pleas, and to which they will be sworn on a future day.—The Learned Gentlemen received the warm congra tulations of their Learned Brethren upon the important situations which they are about to fill in the country. LOSS-OF THE ARAB SLOOP OF WAR. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A NAVAL. OFFICER ON TILE NortTn-wEsT STATION. " KILLYDEGS, DEc. 26, 1/In.—From the 11th to the 14th instant it blew a tremendous gale of wind. I was fortunate enough to get shelter in Broadhaven. On the 15th, as I went out, I perceived that some vessel had been wrecked, but, from the state of the weather and the heavy sea, was not enabled to make out who or what she was, and not until the 24th, when I was off the same part of the coast again, I was informed, and saw a part of a ship's magazine, with the name " Arab" masked on it, which was picked up, and left no doubt on my mind that it was his 3lajesty's ship Arab, and from every ac count 1 could procure, am induced to believe that every person on board had perished, particularly as none of her crew, or any other shipwrecked persons, had arrived at or near Broadhaven." The Arab mounted 111 guns, and was commanded by Capt. W. Holmes. The loss of this ship has produced very general and poignant grief in Cove and its vicinity, for she was so long .on this station that most of the crew became connected with many families in that neighbourhood. Lord .GwYnYR arrived in town yesterday from Paris. His Lordship was said to be the bearer dispatches for Mr. Secretary CAS:NING. By the Sarah, 'fowl:, arrived at Liverpool, letters, dated the 18th of November, have been received from Demerara. They state that the defence of Smith, the missionary, was finished, and that the Judge-Advocate had replied to it on that day, but the sentence of the court-martial hnd not been made public. The paragraph in Tit.: SUN of yesterday, re specting Prince EsrrEattazy, taken from a Morn ing Paper, we are desired to say is incorrect. Yesterday forenoon Earl COWPER. arrived in town from the Royal • Pavilion at Brighton, where he had been with his Noble Countess on a visit to IliS MAJESTY. In the afternoon his Lord ship left town again for Pansanger, his seat near Hertford, in order to be present this day at the trial of Thurtell and Hunt. Lord COULLTENAY has taken a magnificent mansion in the Fauxbourg St. Honore, at Paris, where his Lordship lives in great splendour. Mr. B UTT h as o f l a t e h a d s e vera l longinter views with the Lady who calls herself Chive, Princess of CUMBERLAND. BOW -STREET.—(THIS DAY.)—J. Duncan,who stood remanded, charged with stealing a quantity of lead from St. James's Palace, was again brought up. On the former oc casion h e said he received the property from a man at work on the premises, but neither that person, nor the man said to have • -witnessed th e t ransact i on, were forthcoming, and he was again ren 'atided. D READF UL INUNDATION.—A flood, the result of te n (lays incessant rain, has befallen the settle i,nient of Graha m ' s T own, C ape o f G oo d H ope. _ 'I 'here is scarcely ►a habitation left tenantable throughout the district ; all are more or . less darna g".l, many irreparably so, and a consider able n umber . destroyed altogether. Those situ- It e on low alluvial soils were exposed to the °ver wilelinin g rush of a torrent unparalleled in the rec o ll ection of the oldest inhabitant, which e ven extended to dwellingS' supposed to be re mote from the possibility of such a visitation. ALA.RMING FlRE.—This morning, between !ear end live o'clock, en alarming fire broke out ilk th e Aran e , Premis e s o f M r . WHELLEit, tailor and ,--•) Tavistock-street, Covent-Gar- W hieb,f‘or , or time, threatened very fatal " " Pc luence-s, particularly to the buildings in i ii ' i n nlark-co urt , which are situated immediately Ta.vistock-street ; but, through the usual alacrity of the firemen, who soon arrived with se veral engines, the .progress of the flames was ,S u bdued, b ut not Until the whole of Mr. W heeler's premises and much property was destroyed. Happily no lives were lost, nor do . we hear o f any person being Burt.—lt ought to I).e observed, that though the fire-men in general f . were very active, the exertions of Mr. Easton, ore trian of the Beacon Insurance Office, should beup PDltrticularly noticed. Ile directed an engine , NT;r.,s7,..inark-court, and, through the house of venter; ms :I in that court, most probably pre- Whole of the adjacent houses from being involved in destruction. PARIS (KtNTucicy) , N ov .—O n the 28th of last month, Al r• J. SCOTT, of Clarke County, drove a steer th rough this place, on his way to Cuivitinati, which was reared by him, and is said to be one of the largest in America, or perhaps 10 the wood.. H e is 8 years old, is judged to be 17 h an d s hi gh,, to measure from 11 to 12 feet, from the end of the nose to the root of the tail, and , to weigh 3 ,0001 b. nett, or 4,0001 b. gross. (A utional Intelligencer, Nov. '24.) . , TRIAL OF THURTELL AND HUNT. DIECEITED THIS DIY BY EXPRESS.i HERTFORD.—During the whole of yesterday evening the carpenters were busily employed in the Court House, the Town Hall, and the ave nues leading to it, in erecting strong partitions, barriers, &c. to check the expected throng. The Court House has undergone considerable al terations. Thp Local Police were in attendance during the night in the Grand Jury Room, and the High Sheriff, ROBERT SUTTON, Esq. prudently, in order that the public should be accommodated, took possession of the keys of the Court, which opened at eizbt o'clock this morning. The rush was most tremendous, but the expectants who were in waiting all night were much disappointed, as not one was admitted, the Court and avenues being filled at the first rush. Alr. Justice PARK arrived at seven o'clock in his private carriage, and proceeded immediately to his apartments in the Post-Office, the place occupied generally by him during the Assizes. The confident manner in which Thurtell asserts that his defence will astonish the world, and that he will, without a shadow of doubt, establish his innocence, astonishes every body. It is certainly true his deportment has been extraordinary, and the near approach of his final doom seems to inspire him with greater confidence. It is stated that he has ordered a chaise and four to be ready to convey him to Lo►►don on next Wednesday. Speaking on this subject to Mr. `►'ilson in the presence of a friend, he is made to say (pointing to a parti cular door), " Wilson, I should like above all things, when I leave the prison, to go out through that door." DEMEANOR OF THE PRISONERS. During yesterday Thurtell was busily occu pied arranging his papers ; he was assisted by Mr. Fenton and Mr. Jay, his solicitors, to whom he gave i nstruct i ons on var i o us points of evi dence. He spoke confidently as to the result of the trial, and seemed to regard with plea sure the effect which, he said, hi s defence would have, and the amazement it would excite. REMOVAL OF THE PRISONERS• At about six o'clock in the morning the prop er officers attended the gaol for the purpose of re moving the prisoners to the Court House, and, after some sli g ht p re li m i nar i es , th e y wer e escorted from their apartments, heavily ironed, to post chaises, into which they were ushered by the officers. Thurtell and Hunt were bought out first, and placed each hi a chlise, and Were conducted, prior to Preheat, to the Court-house, followed by an imm i 'ensity of persons, all anxious to have a glance at the prisoners. On the arrival of these prisoners at their destination, Probert was the next object of attention, and in a short time he was brought from the prison in a chaise and conducted into the Court. The arrival of the Judge (Plax), and the various Counsellors in their robes, was pro claimed by the sound of trumpets ; and at the approach of the prisoners from the gaol, the streets were lined, and heads in profusion pro tr►►ded themselves from the windows. The prisoners were conducted into the prison yard, after having taken some slight refreshment. On Mr. Justice PARK taking his seat, we noticed on the Bench the Marquis of Salisbury) Earl Verulam, Earl Cowper, Lord Essex, Cap tain Eitzclarence, and other persons of distinction. The various Counsel attended. For the Prosecution—Messrs. BoLLAND, GunsrEY, and BRODERICK. For Thurtell-111eura. CHITTY and ANDREWS. For Hunt and Probert—Messrs. CHAnI.Es l'HlLldrs and THESSIG ER. After a short lapse of time, Mr. WILSON an nounced that the prisoners were in perfect readi ness to enter the Court, but it was mentioned that Mr. FENToN was absent in consequence of the great crowd assembled outside the doors. This caused some delay ; however, with much difficulty a passage was made and he entered the Court. Mr. Wit.soN then led the prisoner Hunt first to the bar. lie entered with an upright and affectedly dignified air, and was dressed in black with white hankerchief, &c. He gazed round the Court apparently to recog nize some friends or acquaintances, and then took out a white handkerchief, with which he wiped his face as if perspiring. Thurtell next entered the Court, and was escorted to the bar by Mr. Nilson and other of ficers. He entered with extraordinary confi dence, and looked with much sang froid, round the Court, and occasionally took a pinch of snuff: He was dressed in a brown drab frock coat, a grey waistcoat, and white corderoy small clothes, &c.; he looked in good health. (SECOND EXPRESS.) APPLICATION FOR HUNT' TO BECOME A WITNISII FOlt THE CROWN. Mr. THESSIGER now rose, and, after a few observations, suggested to the Learned Judge that his client was ready to make an affi davit relative to the statements he had made before the Magistrates by whom he was ex amined, and submitted that his affidavit should be sworn. Justice PARK.—Why did you not make the affidavit at my Chambers ? Mr. THEssiGEß.—What, a prisoner, my Lord ? Justice PARK.—Oh, I did not understandiou. Hunt was then sworn as to the contents of an affidavit which was put in, and he declared that the eoute.nts were true, and that it•was signed with his name and.hand-writing: white he was thus engaged, Thurtell looked round on him. Probert was now brought to the bar, and placed between Hunt and' ThUrtell.. lie was dressed in black, and did not appear to be much affected. He looked round the Court, and each prisoner occasionally looked round at' the Re , porters with attention. Hunt's affidavit was read first, which stated that a promise had been held out to him of pardon by the Magistrates of Hertford, if he made a disclosure of the place where the body of Mr. Weare was concealed, and that it was made in the presence of Mr. Noel, and also stating all the facts of the evidence taken before the Magistrates, and the nature of the various conversations which took place between him, Mr. Noel, and the Magistrates. During the reading of this affidavit, consider able interruption took place by the noise outside the Court ; and Thurtell having his attention thus disturbed, expressed his dissatisfaction by a look of some discontent, and this gave rise to an order from the Judge for the Officer of the Court to go out to prevent the noise, or to furnish more constables. Mr. Noel's affidavit. was now put in, and read, which stated tha t a promise had been made by the Magistrates to receive limit as a witness if he disclosed where the body of Mr. Weare was concealed, and unless he did so (they said), it was likely that the murder would never be traced. Mr. GunNEY now rose, and made a few obser vations in a low voice to the Jude, respecting the affidavits just read. Mr. Justice PARK left it to the discretion of Mr. Gurney, as Counsel for the prosecution, to act as he pleased relative to the affidavit, and those of Messrs. Clutterbuck and Mr. Mason, (the Magistrates,) were put in, in opposition to those already mentioned. The Magistrates being sworn, the affidavits of those Gentlemen were read. They went on to state, that Hunt and Thurtell were charged before them, on suspicion of the murder of Mr. Weare, on the '29th of October, and a number of witnesses were examined before them, during which Mr. Noel went out with the pri soner Hunt, as they thought, for the purpose of speaking to him ; but he made the promise to that prisoner. without .their sanction or au thority, and denied ha ving made a promise or con dition of his making a disclosure where the body was concealed, but they did promise, if h e made a full and perfect disclosure of every cir cumstance connected with the murder, then they would cause the same to be laid before the proper authorities, but certainly, no other promise, an d it eventually turned out that he bad not made a full and perfect disclosure of the transaction. Mr. Justice PARE, several times during the readin g of the affidavits, expressed his assent to them. Mr. GURNEY said he not only in addition t o these, could produce affidavits of persons who would prove that Hunt had made statements to them of a nature calculated indeed to support the case; but in tact they were necessary to substantiate the fact, and it would be seen that in his statements to the Magistrates he had not said a word at all relative to certain facts, but told a good story, and had given a most uncon nected confession, and all legal authorities upon the question under discussion had decided that the statements of an approver must be entire and co mplete, with ou t which he was not entitled to an y benefit from his declarations. CENSURE ON TUE PUBLIC PRESS. Mr. Justice PARK said that in order as much as possible to spare the feelings of the prisoners, by the detail of such facts, he would suggest that the affidavits might be handed to their Counsel, he had no doubt that course would be satisfac tory. Mr. THEssIGER said he was willing to accede to the arrangement, provided no difficulty arose as to the discussion of them hereafter. Mr. GURNEY thinn put in the affidavit of Mr. Rooke, Coroner ; which, i n e ff e ct stated, th a t no promise w hatever, had been made to Hunt; but that his statement was `voluntary. The Learned Counsel then at some considerable length, pro ceeded to contend, that no ground whatever had been established for the alleged recommendation, to be acted upon. Mr. THESSIGER for Hunt then rose, and said, at the time he last appeared there, he was not prepared properly for his task ; but, although he since had made himself sufficiently acquaint ed with the state of his unfortunate client's case, he felt how inadequate he was to do full justice to his interest, more particularly in the awful responsibility in which his client stood ; but he should, he hoped, entirely to the satis faction of his Lordship and the country, show that his client was entitled to the full benefit of the doctrine of approval. The Learned Counsel then entered into a long and ingenious argument in support of the claim advanced in favour of his client (Hunt.) (THIRD EXPRESS.) THE MOTION NEGATIVED. Mr. Justice PARK.—I am certainly of opinion, that notwithstanding the able manner in which this question, as to Hunt's being put on his trial, has been argued by his Counsel, that there is no ground whatever to induce me to allow him the benefit of any confession he may have made ; not that I mean to say application may not be made for mercy to another quarter. [ln addition to the foregoing particulars, we have received a considerable portion of the evi dence already taken when our last express left Hertford. As that evidence however, has already been wholly before the Public, in the reports of the preliminary proceedings, it appears to us to be quite useless -to delay our publication for its insertion this day. Should our next ex press (who is hourly expected), bring any thing important and new, we shall give it in a Second Edition.] TIDE KING, &c. BRIGIiTON, JAN. 4.-11 i% MAJESTY, as usual, attended Divine Service today in the Palace chapel. A very impressive discourse was delivered by the Dean of Sarum, from the 16th verse of the sth chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, —" Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." The Anthem was from the 2d Psalm,—" Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing." Sir George and Lady ShifFner, the Reverend G. and Mrs. Shiner, from Combe-place; the Reverend Roger Frankland, the Honour able Mrs. and Miss .Franitland, and Miss Octavia Frank land, from Murtem ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Law, from Hor stead Place; were here yesterday, and severally left their names at the Palace. Tickets of invitation will be issued to-morrow, for a second entertainment at the Palace, at which the junior branches of Nobility will constitute a leading feature on Tues day, or Twelfth Night, involving the disportiwe recreation with the young folk, which the distribution of the seasonable plum cake seldom. fails to give rise to. $,...,..9t 4 " *:1,37e c, • - . 41. 5. 4 ' 4 l , . -, ~ 4 ,.. ...',„ ~.._ ~, e4 .1., '41:4•:, ' '\--:',":*. 4.44 ,R, )'.41 ZPAP.3, :,..., ,A r k 1 * it t N;: . ; li4 1. .. .,;t; l'f,-,-,,. '',e.sik<''',-;t-•? : 41 0 . ~-s ° l ' ' t* . 'C...;''f-f;:iletV , r , ..,.. ~, -, 1, .. i. ,.. . ,-‘.., 4 % tiF s. ...., A FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord St. Helens, from Brighton ; Dowager . Lady Chetwynd, from Oxfordshire ; Mrs. Purvis and Family, at the Earl of Blessington's, in St. James's-square, from the Continent ; Edward Montague, Esq., from the Earl of Westmorland's seat, Apthorpe, Northamptonshire; Mr. Ord, at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-streetylfrorn his syat, Langton Hall, Leicester shire; H. Winster Barron, Esq. and Mrs. Barron, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Corwen, North Wales ; Lady Turner, at ditto; Lady Wood, at ditto, from Lower Gatton Park; J. Smith, Esq. and Mrs. Smith and Family, at do. from Surrey. CIIANGES.—EarI Coy/per, for his seat, Pansanger, Iferts ; the lion. Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis, on • a visit to Earl and Countess Spencer, at their seat„llthorpe, Northamptonshire ; Samuel Rogers, Esq. from St..lames's-place, for Earl Spencer's seat, Althorpe ; Captain and Mrs. Gunning for Brighton; Captain Meyrick, for Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire ; Chas. Knox, Esq. for Belvoir Castle, Rutlandshire ; \l'm. Ifeathcote Unwin, Esq. from Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, for his seat in Iferts ; Capt. Cosser, from ditto, for Bath ; Captain Sykes, from ditto, for Brighton. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Baron Werther, the Prussian Ambassador, entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Mans tield-stre2t. The Countess of Essex will give a juvenile ball this evening, at her house in Hill-street, Berkeley -square. Althorpe, the seat of Earl Spencer, is a scene of great festivity and entertainment; it abounds with distinguished visitors. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. Mr. Trench gave a charming divertitsement to a juvenile party, mustering about fifty, on New Year's Night, at his residence in Montagu-square. It commenced with a quadrille bull ; waltzes and Spanish dances followed. An elegant supper concluded this elegant fete. Mr. Greenwood gave a grand dinner, in Audley-square, on New lear's Day. Mr. Forrester gave a children's ball, in Gloucester-place, on New Year's Night. Mr. Thornhill, gave a grand dinner, called a house-warm ing, on Saturday. In the evening Mrs. Thornhill had a party of fashionables. Preparations are making at Lord Sydney's seat, by the Hon. mi sses Townshend, for the express purpose of entertaining a large circle of juvenile friends. .. Dlrs• Howard gave a ball last night in Park-street. Mr- John Drummond gave a grand dinner on Saturday last. Althorpe, the seat of Earl Spencer, is a scene of great festi vity and entertainment; it abounds with distinguished visitors. THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. After giving a series of magnificent entertainments at Ronae and Naples, his Grace has embarked on board the Euryiitus frigate, for the Islands of the Archipelago. This step has been taken by medical advice, for the Duke's health, we are sorry to hear, is not so good as his friends could have wished. Con traryto expectation, and greatly to the mortification of the Y sli residents in Italy, his Graceproceeds home after his 'gli present voyage. In fact, the town mansion is to be prepared for the reception of its noble owner about the middle of next month ; and if so, his Grace will again, no doubt, take the lead, by opening the fashionable campaign. NEW LITERARY INSTITUTION. Yesterday a Public Meeting of the Proprietors of the Auction Mart was held in the great room of their establish ment, for the purpose of confirming the resolution passed at a former Meeting respecting certain alterations therein pro posed to be made, in order to establish a New Literary Insti tution, and the furaration of a Library, Reading, and Lecture Rooms. Mr. SIIUTTLItWORTH was called to the Chair; and the 'Secretary, Mr. FRANCIS, having read the minutes of the last Meeting, a desultory conversation ensued, in *Kph Messrs..E. Driver, - Thompson, Bayley, Hoggart, and others, took part. An amendment moved by Mr. PIIICKETT, for the suspen sion of any proceedings for three months, was negatived, and the original motion in favour of the new InstitutiAn being put, there appeared an equal number for and against it. Mr. Shia tlewortb, the Chairman, declined giving a casting-vote, observ ing, that without tit:annuity the measure would prove ineffec tual. The projected Institution was consequently abandoned ; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the Meeting separated, MERCANTILE SHIPPING. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 5.--Wind Easterly.----Arrived the Euphemia, Norie, from Hamburgh ; and Princess Charlotte, Blyth, from Ceylon. Sailed the Adamant, Shepherd, for Bombay ; Mary Ann, , for ditto; Venelia, Gilmore, Cape of Good Hope ; Patience, , ditto ; Friends, . and. William, , for Malta; his Majesty's ship Ante lope, with convicts, for Bermuda; and 17 sail of vessels for the West Indies. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed the City of Edinburgh, Wiseman, for Calcutta; Surry, Garbutt, Sierra Leone ; Ruby, Ilasswell, Madeira; Nancy, Candler, Genoa; Laurel, hurry, Venice ; and Rebecca, —, for Leghorn. FALMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed the Robert, for Montserrat ; Briton, Cram, St. Domingo ; Henry Cerf, Wilson, Baltimore ; New Thomas, Quincey, Mediterra nean ; and the Severn, Field, for Leghorn. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Mary Catherine, Pace, from Charleston. Sailed the Higginson, Hall, for Barbadoes ; and the Canada and Leeds, for New York. DEAL, JAN. s.—Light airs and variable, wind inclining to the S.W.—The Thames East Indiaman and the American ship Nimrod have sailed for the River ; the rest remain as before; RAMSGATE, Jas. s..—The American brig Albinia, Parrott, of Baltimore, from Ha m b urg h, h as b een on th e Goodwin Sands, unshipped her /udder, and received other damage; she is in charge of one of our boats, and is expected into this har bour next tide. COWES, .JAN. s.—Wind Easterly.—Sailed the whole of the outward-bound for their different destinations. THE THEATRES. KING'S THEATR E.—The above establishment (as our 'leaders will perceive by the advertise ment) will open this season under peculiarly fa vourable circumstances. The list. of Performers bears the name of several persons highly distill , guished for their professional talents. We . un derstand that it is yet undecided with what Opera the Theatre will open. Surely an oppor tunity is offered of complimenting ourvisitor ltossim 1)7 producing one of his best, and de cidedly his most successful composition.' W allude to " Il Barbiere di S'iviglia;" the recent success of which at Bath, as supported by Signor and Madame de Bawls, was complete. FrOna their first appearance in this country we always indulged a hope of seeing them in that Opera, for which they are in every respect fully qnali fied, but theatrical intrigues have hitherto kept it from them. We repeat our hope that - so good au opportunity as now occurs will not be lost of paying a handsome compliment to Rossrsit,itini of gratifying the frequenters of the - King's Theatre by•a performance of so much merit as that which we witnessed in the representaliian of "11 Barbiere de Siriglia" at the Bath Th - eatre. DIIURY-LA N E.—The subject of the Tragedy introduced at this Theatre last night, .under the title of Kenilworth, or The Da.ys of Good (been. Bess, has been so often before the public at other places that no detail of - 016 story is. necessary.-- It was brought forward with greatsplendonr of costume and scenery, and so well supported by the Performers in general, • that it is well cared lmed to excite wonder and delight at this holy day period.. Mrs. BUNN gave impressive dignity to Elizabeth, Mrs. W. ‘Vigsz. was sufficiently pro minent in Atiqj Robson, and Miss - S. flown( for cible and natural in Janet Foster. The hose was crowded, and the piece very well received. CovesT-G A 11 DEN.—Often as Pizarro has. been represented, it abounds with so much variety in scenery, music, and characters, that it is-still at tractive. YOUNG is the best Rolla since the day of the late Mr. K EN! ELF.. Thp isame may he said of Mrs. OGlr.vm. in Elvira, since the admirable performance of, Mrs. SIUDONS. Miss LACY'S COM was altogether the. best that we have seen. She obviously acts at all times with peculiar judgment and feeling. Mr. 'BEN- N PrT was very respectable in Pizarro. The whole was less interrupted by the gallery folks than could be expected, and was much applauded. by a numerous audience. THE ARMY. Detachm en ts, consisti ng o f 24 Officers and It.hig, 44th, 59 t h , an d 87thht Dragoons and 16 t h 4 Ot) Lancers,men,anhng d elo tot i h n to h the 13th, I3th te 11th 38 ,14th, Regiments of Foot, will embark in the course of the week, on board the Berwickshire and Duchess of Atholl, East Indiamen, for Bengal. Detachment:;, consisting of 10 Officers and 39,0 men, belong ing to the 4th Liglit Dragoons, and to the 20th and 47th Re g i _ ments of Infantry, will embark, in the course of the week, on board the Duke of York and Castle Huntley, Indiamen, f u r Bombay. THE IVEATHEit. EXTRACT from a METEROLOGICAL JOURNAL for DECEM UER, 1823, kept at the OBSXRYATORY of the _ACADEMY (Dr. BURNEY'S), GOSPORT, HANTS. This month has been wet and windy, but mild for the season. Strong gales of wind blew on ten different days, and it rained, more or less, on 23 days. The prevalence of the South-west wind filled the air almost every day with dense va pours, which are generally more unwholesome for free respira— tion at this time of the year than at any other, perhaps from the slow evaporation, and the decayed foliage, &c. on the ground , the noxious smell of which uniting with the air, is wafted iri every direction by the prevailing currents of wind. The barometer has met with several sudden depressiOns, and t he aggregate of the spaces which the quicksilver has run through is great. The mean temperature of the external air is 5 deg. 38 min higher than that of Last December, and 2 deg. higher than the mean of December for many years past. It is a remarkable circumstance, that the maximum of Ceffi perature for the day and night, has occurred on seven different nights this month. This happens at the time of rain, and is occasioned by the more equal temperature of the days and nights when the sun is passing out of the sign Sagittarus into Capricormts ; for then the semi-diurnal arcs, which the sun seems to describe to us in this latiiude (arising irons the earth's diurnal and annual motions around him), are not quite half so large as in the opposite season : hence the diminution of solar influence in winter, and its great power in summer. Spring-water has only decreased one degree and a half since -the last day of November. • Some of the hailstones which fell here in the evening of the 2d inst., measured upwards of half-an-inch in diameter. The icy eflorescences appeared both on the inside and out.iide of the windows in the mornings of the 10th and 14th, and on the latter morning, at sunrise, the ice was one-eighth of an inch thick. The most disagreeable day was on the 17th, when a heavy gale blew from the South and South West with incessant rain, which amounted to half an inch in depth, and the mercury the baiorneter sank three-qmarters of an inch during the day. and at -the rate of one-tenth of an inch per hour, for several hours in the evening, when the7gale increased to a hurricane, attended with the usual disaster* on the roofs of houses, and among the ships and vessels in and about Portsmouth Harbour. . In the morning of the 18th, Portsdown Hill was covered snow. It is worthy of remark, that this is the first fall of snow that has been seen here this winter, .yet a great quantity felbar. Salisbury and places more t o th e itestward, in. the night of the 3lst of October, with a hard gale from the North. The atmospheric and nietwr:c phenomena that have mine within our observation this month, are two parphdia, one solar and four lunar halos, three rain Lows, twenty-two meteors, lightning and thunder on three different nights, and ten gales of wind, or days in which they have prevailed, namely, one from S.E., two from S., three from S.W., three from W., and one from N.W. Clouds.—Cirrus, 18; Cirrocumulus, 15; Cirrostratus, 27 ; Stratus, 0 ; Cumulus, 11; Cumulostrotus, 9 ; Nimbus, 23:• A scale of the prevailing winds.--N.2 ; E. 2; S.E. 1; S. 1 ; S.W. 9; W. 8; N.W. 9-31 days. Summary of the Weather.—A clear sky, 2; fne, with va rious modifications of. clouds, 10 ; an overcast sky without. rain, 10 ; rain, 9—Total 31 days. JANUARY 3, 18242—The Cornet is still visible on bright mornings from five till. half-past six o'clock. It rises E. by N. at about four, and sets with the sun, a few degrees north of west. Its presenp longitude is 8. 12. 17. and its latitude 7. 20. N. Its nucleus is small and ill defined, and its tail 2i degrees lolig;' pointing upwards, or towards the Northern Crown ; but -it occasionally contracts ,and expands, according to the levity or density of the atmo sphere. It is smaller than any one of the other three that has appeared to us during the last, thirteen years. Those ac quainted with the constellation and Trineipal lia,ed=stars, will find surrounded by a Lyra, a Aquilte Antares, and Alphaqa, Gemma in the Northern Crown, and A tile drawn from Antams to the head of the Harp passes over the Comet nearly. We should suppose it has passed its perhelion it was discovered several weeks ago by the officers of his Majesty's brigarastikop ,t per, on their return from NewfounZand.