The Sun. — London, England, 1824-12-03 00:00:00

Ea aaTum.—ln yesterday's Sus—Article COLON tus, for Quarterly Gazettes, read Quebec Gazette:. Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001.2 d. Ditto lAd. Ditto 500/. _.... 36 57 Ditto 14d. Ditto Small Ditto 1. d. Ditto Advertised- MICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O . OLOCK. Oak Stock "30 per Cent. Red. 9 4111 3 sperCent. Coos 95 3 I Per Cent. Ditto Red. • 100 iii 4 , Dissd. Per Cell— l New 103 i 73 Bank bong Ann. Imp. 3 per Gents. India Stock Ditto Bonds 935. 975. 911 s. South Sea Stock.. PitICVA or VOIIEIOI4 VU Austrian ltds, 5 per et Brazilian Buenos Ayres 1 i pm. 1 Milan, lids, 6 per ct. ... Culonibian 11d5.6 per et.... 82A D. do. 1824 84ii D.mish, 5 per cent. — ()reek Ms 644 Ilexim Ms "in , / " -- ---.Scrip — Nespoliutn, 5 per cent. ------- Scrip Peruvian Bonds . 73 Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cowan' . Account Wiii !4DS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bonds — Scrip — Prussian, 5 per et. Ditto New Russian. New, 5 per et. 96a64 . Spanish 1821, 5 per ct. 236g 1823, ditto Alliance Shares — Palladium Equitable Loan — Canadian — French Itentes ----- Scrip 1111,10 E OF IRISH STOCKS, NOV. 30. Bank Stock — 1 Grand Canal Loan, dp.ate 88 i llov. Deb. 3i per cent. 1 , ----Ditto 4 per cent.... 64i 6 , l °ek, 3A per ct —DittoStock ‘,, l °Y. Di.:b. 4 per cent. — Royal Canal Stock u". Deb. 5 per cent. Wale-street Cert. 6 per ct — Stock, 4 pet cent. — DO. Deb. with Gor. Soc — 7 -- ---New 7i Pipe Water Deb. 5 per et. :FeJtatiry 13i11s, 5 per cent Do. 6 per cent. i t,itY b e b entures, 5 per ct Ballast Office Govt. Sec. Ming in Hospital 4 per ct 4 per cent. INDIA. Snips in a Course of. Sailing from Poa•rsltott•rit during the Practit Month. E.I ta• •-• Ccc co = . 4 LP IP PC :.." 6 : 4 "i"ugggggigagggs p Po •;• .t 1 r • • E 1 aSI: g g . 1, I F ra . 2 • g u 3 4Ta-4` 4 wat ata r p = 8 r-• "" c 4 x - 4r e T. s 7 6 1 2, ,5 titlr agEl p, 2 a, ;. g ff lot t t • al . mi• (A. r- FOILEIGN MAILS. ARRIyI3I3. DUI. Lisbon Cottenburgh Ilaniburgh - France America - 1111;11 WATER...I' rA)N DON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 11 ( . riting, U mitmtes after 0.1 Erasing, 26 minutes after U. THE SU N. SOLEM QUIS DICER F.II.SUJI -winter? LONDON, FRID.IY EVENING, DEC. 3, 1824. lite Paris Papers of Tuesday and the Done klated Wednesday arrived last night, from which 'ke have given extracts in another column. His Zijesty CHARLES X. continues to maintain his ro- Pflarity ; and while he displays a persevering acti ';itY in visiting the public works in every part of : 15 capital, yet contrives to spend some hours in he chase at Vincennes. On Monday his MA. 44 yr passed through the Faubourg St. Antoine, for the first dine since his accession. He was Ncomed with the acclamations of all the inha bitant "'S ; white flags were shown at every window, en d cries of Vim Ic Roi ! were beard from every h)Qtalt. We have received Frankfort Papers to the 4 th ultimo. IL will be seen by the following "ele that the Elector of HESSE has deemed it ita ligabl e to impose a tax upon all foreign corn- I Z' t ial travellers in the El ec t ora te employed in tall 'ing orders for manufactured goods,--a mea 4ure Which would seem to be principally directed against the enterprising activity of 13ritish mer -o,atits. CASSEL, Nov. 21. Zile Government has issued a circular letter relative to the , 4 10 f foreign houses, who travel in the Electorate ot' Hesse idol orders for foreign manufactured goods, and who have 4 4 7. t° eajoYed an exemption from all public taxes, which in t° increase the number of these travellers, to the great " t Y of the trade in the interior of the country. Henceforward m et, traveller w h o comes to collect orders for foreign manufactur -4t goods shall pay, first a tax of from 3 crowns at least to 9 crowns li e ..._ tl / 4 t for every t h ree mont h s h e sto p s i n the Electorate of t h' on his co mmerc i a l affa i rs, an d t hi s w h e th er he r em ains e whole o f the three months or not. This tax goes to the I:4leLlic treasury. 2udly. He shall pay a tax of eight Bros (about 'dog) per diem, to the poor of the place where he resides. - have also received the Austrian Observer of ' t the 201, 11 ult., which contains a long article ,In C onstantinople of the 25th October, relative th e actions b etween the T ur ki s h an d G ree k ft e "8 ' the parti cu l ars o f w hi c h h ave already ap -41'8". After this article is given a bulletin 48 the Greek Admiral Miaulis, which'in its main facts does not differ from • the Constanti nople account, and the Austrian Observer con eludes the whole with the following remarks : " The reports of the Greeks agree nearly with our accounts. They prove that up to the llth of October no action of any importance had taken place, much less any of those decisive actions which have been so confidently announced, and we may believe on good grounds that none had taken place in the days imniediately yreceding, since nothing was known respect ing the future destination of the Egyptian fleet. It may pro bably winter at Rhodes, and then wait for orders front Alexan dria or Constantinsple. It might at all events winter in Caudill, that great island being now entirely reduced by the forces of the Pacha of Egypt. Though the Ottoman fleets are by no means in such a condition as they are made to appear by the romance writers, it cannot be denied ,that this campaign must be any thing but satisfactory to the Porte, since, except the destruction of Ipsara, none of the objects of such great pre parations has been obtained." The Austrian Observer adds, that the official accounts of the Greeks themselves by no means confirm the tales told by time Correspondents at Odessa, Scc. They make only seven ships of war destroyed, not one of them belonging to the .Captain Pacha's own Fleet. It is remarkable enough that the report of Ad- mind Ml.tuLls should be dated ipsara, Oct. 8, from which it may be inferred that the Greeks had again returned into the possession of that island. We may soon expect to be furnished with the official account of the action of the 15th October off Mitylene, in which, according to ac count's from Smyrna, the Ottoman fleets suffered another defeat, and two Turkish frigates were burnt. The'expectation of the removal of the French troopi from Spain, and the preparations for that purpose, have already produced the etTf.cts which we predicted, viz.—revolutionary risings in diffe rent parts of the country. hence, when the French troops are removed, or at least the major part of them, it may naturally be expected that a rebellious spirit will burst out in all quarters. It is impossible for Royal bigotry, veugeance, and despotism to maintain their grounds. We find that a band, amounting to eighty armed horsemen had levied contributions at La Guardia, seized the Curates in several villages, and in some places actually put them to death. A young man, who was the former Political Chief of Bur gos, was at their head, and he may be considered as a specimen of the feelings that actuate the youthful class of the people throughout the Kingdom. Guerillas may be expected to appear in great force when they are released from the apprehension of being controuled by foreign troops. The progress of events, and the march of knowledge, must indeed have impregnated the mass of the people with a sense of their own political rights, and a firm determination to as sert them. There is nothing in the Royal cha racter to entitle the Kix° to respect, and his con• duct must have converted loyalty into detesta tion. Every dispatch from Spain, therefore, may be expected to bring most important news. The influence of the Press, in spite of tyrannical cruelty and priestly artifice, will gradually ope rate upon the general mind, and the throne of FERDINAND inevitably fall under the power of a renovated CORTES rising on its ruins, and esta blishing a Commonwealth, which the assemblage of Holy Allies will be afraid to encounter, lest hey should in turn expose themselves to a sbni. ar downfall. This day the Three per Cent. Consols were shut, previous to the January Divitlemis. It is understood that the Legal Profession are about to memorialize the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of the New Courts at Westmin ster. They say that the projected Courts do not contain sufficient space to accommodate the aver age number of Barristers and Attorneys who will daily have to attend them. It has been observed, that the want of exclusive seats for the Attor neys, us such, deprives the Bar of convenient conference with their clients, and greatly ob structs public business. Yesterday afternoon at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council assembled ut the Foreign-office, Down ing -street, which was attended by the same Ca binet Ministers who attended the Cabinet Coun cil on Wednesday, with the addition of Lord BEXLEY and Mr. lIIIKISSON. The Cabinet con tinued in deliberation till half-past live o'clock. The Princess SOPHIA visited his MAJESTY yesterday. Yesterday the Duke of WELLINGTON had an audience of the KING. The Duke of GLOUCESTER visited his Royal Duchess yesterday, who passed a good night on Wednesday night, and was much better yester day. Her Royal Highness also received visits from the Duchess of KENT, the Princess SOPHIA, and the Princess FEODORE. Dispatches, dated the 22. d of Sept. were re ceived yesterday at the India Board, from Persia. Letters dated Tuesday, which were received yesterday from Paris by express, state that Prince PoLIGNAC was expected shortly, in order to be present at the ceremony of opening the Chambers, which, being for the first time under the new reign, is to take place with unusual pomp, and with a full attendance of the Peers and Deputies. ;• , 404 . 4 - I.A. sV V) 74 T0.. 1 • • 110 r c. , ~.... f- - - - ) i ,-,....._ -ixte,,a,--4-,nl . 4 1 -,--•,, Ctec.l4 -- 1 , 1-e . k -") - ri THE KING. MS MAJESTY continues to reside at Carlton Palace; and die Public will be rejoiced to hear that he enjoys the most per fect state of health. FAS4IONABLE ARRIVALS. Colonel Dashwoo4l and Mrs. Dashwood, at Marshal Thomp son's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; H. • Bruyere, Esq. and Mrs. Bruyere, at ditto, ffoin Dover; John- bees Armit, Esq. and Mrs. Armit, at ditto, from France ; Major Kerr, at ditto ; Rev. Mr. Mildrnay, at ditto. I) E PART II RES. —Mrs. Leigh ,Mrs. Harrison, and Wm. Leigh, Esq. from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, for Frince ; John Fom belle, Esq. and Mrs. Fombelle, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; John Smith Wright, Esq. and Lady Sitwell, from ditto, for Kempstone Hall, Loughborough WilliaM Welch, Esq. from ditto; R. C. Dallas, Esq. from ditto; Thomas Bosville,,Esq. from ditto; S. W. Cobb, Esq. from ditto ; J. Hammond, Esq. front ditto. NEW MUSICAL SOCIETY. A Company has just been formed at Canterbury, which is entitled 'the " Canterbury Amateur Harmonic Society." It consists of 40 members, each member to pay one guinea over and above his subscription, and to become a sharer in the pro perty of the Institution ; each member to be entitled to nomi nate two subscribers for the season, to pay one guinea each. Among the list of members we ntitioe the names of the Very Reverend the Dean of Canterbury, the Hon. and Ven. the Arch deacon, the Hon. and Rev. J, E. lloscawen, Hon. and Rev. J. Pellew ; Sir J. C. Honywood, and Sir J. Fagg, Baronets ; 0. Gips, Esq. 31. P.; R. Halford, W. H. Bahlock, J. Tillard, D. J. Parker, R. Freed, 0. Snoulten, jun. (Mayor), H. lUns ford, (G. Curtis, and W. Delmar, Esqrs. ; Rev. E. Gregory, C. IL Hallett, J. Hamilton, Dr. Hirt, H. Fielding C. Field ing, G. P. Marriott, J. Metcalfe' (Treasurer), J. Woodcock, H. S. Mortimer, and H. R. Moody Drs. Carter and Chic holm, 31. D. ; Mr. Goodham, (Conductor of the Orchestra), and many other of the principal residents in and about Can terbury. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. [From the Lady's Magazine, Neu Series, No. XXIII MORNING Du Ess.—Dcjeunc rube of fine jaconot trimmed down each side with broad lace, and cambric straps : the petticoat bordered with three flounces each headed by mus lin bouiffiine. Canezon Alin body, wit h double capes, edged with a rich embroidery or with Urling's lace. Cornette of tine lace, crowned with full-blown blush roses. Boots of vermilion coloured kid. CARRIAGE DRESS.—Witzchoura pellisse of gros de Naples, the colour of the Indian rose ; trimmed round the border with a broad fur of the grey American squirrel, with mull' to corre spond, and large niantelet-pelerine of the sante, over which de pends a Maltese collar of embroidered muslin. Black velvet bonnet, lined with rose-colour, and crowned with black feathers. Pink gauze cornette, or coloured ornament worn beneath the bonnet. Black satin slippers, and yellow kid gloves. A letter from Berlin, says--" On the Bth November, the 100th Anniversary of the Great Military Orphan Asylum was celebrated with due honours in the City of Pots dam. At seven in the morning all the children in the Institu tion, to the number of 629, were assembled and partook of breakfast. They then proceeded to the Court and Garrison Church, where his Majesty the King and the rest of die Royal family attended Divine Service. At the hour of ( lining the King, accompanied by the Princes and Princesses, repaired to the Hall, where dinner was served up, and tasted several of the dishes :—His Majesty, with a full glass in his hand, gave as a toast—" PERPETUAL PROSPERITY TO TILE MILITARY ORPHAN- A syr.usr"—which was drank amid the greatest acclamation s and the sound of trumpets. Finally, his Ma jesty presented each of the children with a dollar, coined in the year 1024, a s a tok en of reroembrance of the Imposing ceremony which had just taken place." • UNlVEitsiTy INTELLIGENCE. Caxinumor, DEC. 2.—At a convocation on 'Wednesday Wit, the degree of 31aster of Arts was conferred on William Thistlethwaite, Esq. 13.4.. scholar of Trinity College, by royal mandate. _ The select preacher at St. Mary's Church for the present month is the Master of Corpus Christi College. On Wednesday the 25th ult. Chary Conie, B.A. of Pem broke Hall. was elected a Fellow of that Society. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF THE ODDS.-' lETTING-ROO3l, D:c• 2, 11 V. L 7 to 2 agst 31uleteer 10 to 1 agst Rufus to 1 agst Sister to Parisot co.t IS to 1 agat Bolero 17 to 1 eget Advance. I to 2 agst Aline 9 to 1 agst Sorcery DONCASTER 10 to 1 agst Memnon 13 to 1 agst Cleveland 2d to 1 agst If is Grace 27 to 1 agst Homer 14 to 1 agst Attica. ST. LEGER. 33 to 1 agst Crow-catcher 49 to 1 agst Conviction 40 to 1 agst Escape 50 to 1 agst Scandal. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IX THE ENSUING \VEEN. Sir B. Graham's Hounds, on Monday, at Lee Bridge ; Tuesday, at Fithian's Gate; Thursday, at Acton Burnell; Saturday, at the Fox. Sir Jacob Astley's Fox-bounds, on Monday, at Rainham Hall; Wednesday, at Guestwick Church ; Friday, at Stratton Strawless Hall. The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at llardwicke Wood ; Friday, at Potton Wood. Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds, on Monday, at Thompson's Thorns; Tuesday, at Wale;t Perk; Thursday, at Hunt's Closes. SINGULAR STAG HUNT. • Lord Derby's stag hounds met at Kenby Common, on Toes ay last, when the following singular circumstance occurred : —A tine stag was turned out at a quarter past ten. Gazing around him three or four minutes, the hounds being near at hand, got wind of him before the usual time allowed for the deer to go away ; a burst in view was the consequence, which pressed him over the Cornmon.so hard as to run him into the farm-yard belonging to Mr. KEEN, of Kenly, where he leaped on the thatch of the pigs'-stye, from thence on the root' of a very large thatched barn, ascending to the very top of a height from the ground, of 30fect. One of the farmer's men got on the roof with a long pole, and attempted to drive him off, but be boldly faced him, and made a rush at the man, who, had he not retreated, must have been dashed from the roof. The hounds were laid on the scent, and seven or eight couple abso lutely gained the roof of the barn , got close to his haunches , and drove him from the roof into the farm-yard, from thence into an adjoining pond , o ut back to the roof of the barn a gain, with and ultimately was taken and housed of which he made a short turn through s then went over to Lord Derby's, at thetithe hounds e r o c uy h na a tr di n s i c i l n o, d rs eh g ea a r th d iol e iu n an \ the Oaks, and a fresh stag was turned out from the Home Paddock. The hounds in ten minutes were laid on ; the The only check during the chase was five deer was taken after a mo st excellent .chase of an hour and a half, at Ewell. minutes. A letter from Lisbon, dated the 24th ult., I s t a tes, that " the Charter or C o nstitution, which is to be given by the King of POR TUGAL to his subjects, has been completed, and that it will be made public in . the course of the month of December." Of its nature nothing is known, except from reasoning and conjecture. It is re• ported, and as we have reason to believe on good about to take upuhticheoriitny,thtehat some Portugues c e h M an i g n e ist i r s y, one effect of which will be to, place the Ai Conde Ame V ILLA REAL, at present Envoy to this country, in a l ea di ng d epar tment of the Administration. Lord THANET, wh o is now in Paris, •has been confined to his Hotel by a fit of th e go ut in his heel: the Noble Lord is , however muc h better. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the 3d, the 4th, the sth, and the 7th Dragoon Guards, the Bth, the 10th, and the 15th. Regi. meats of Light Dragoons, embarked at Dublin, on the 13th tilt. for Liverpool, on their route the Riding Establishment at Detachments belonging to the undermentioned Corps, viz : the 4th and 16th Regiments of Light Dragoons, the sth, the 6th, the 18th, the 21st, the 37th. the 4 1 it, the 43d , the 47th, the 51st, the 52d, the 55th, the 57th, the 59th, the 60th (Ist Bat. talion), the 64th, the 67th, the 69th, the 70th, and the 91st Regiments of Infantry, embarked at Publin, on the lath ult., for Bristol, on route to the depots of their respective corps. ' DUBLIN, Nov. 30.—George's-street Barracks, which are capable of accommodating a large regiment, have recently un dergone a thorough repair, as the idea of disposing of them has been abandoned. Iron bed-steads for 900 men have been completed. FINE ARTS. ROYAL. ACADEMY . On Monday last Sir ANTHONY CARLISLE deli vered his fourth Lecture on the Anatomy of the Human Body, as far as connected with pictorial expression. The subject matter for the evening was the physiology of .the bones. He ob served how necessary it was for Artists to be well acquainted with the skeleton, from parts of it appearing on the surface of the body, which serve as points, for the imitation pf the perfect form. By referringb► to Geometry, he pointed out the boun daries of motion, he knowledge of which would prevent the students from running into affected or extravagant notions, which he strongly urged them to avoid, as violating that beauty . and simplicity which governs all Nature. He finished by giving the characters of the bones, chewing how admirably they were formed and adapted to each other, so as to avoid the force of percussion, that the spinal marrow of the brain might not be injured, as on them all the vital functions depend. • Last week, HENRY FUSELI, Esq., Professor of Painting, gave his third Lecture to the Students and Ar tists assembled. It is difficult to do justice to the nervous power of his eloquence. His elegant diction and energetic style always'excite the admiration of his audience. The im mediate subject was proportion. Artists •, who generally keep themselves aloof from other classes of men, and for a very sufficient reason—the taste and judgment of the age not being sufficiently cultivated to know, and consequently to appre ciate their talents, certainly enjoy more intellectual treats than can possibly fall to the lot of those of less refined taste. The Lee , : tures of Mr. Fuseli are not the least of these. Instead af man be ing degraded into the selfish being such as the mere money scrap , ing race of the present clay have made him, he is here exhibited for our imitation, as the Almighty created him as be intended he should be. It certainly reflects greatly on the intellectual state of the present day, considering the little estimation in which the Fine Arts of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture are held, the perfection of which is so intimately connected with the true glory of a nation. It is to be regretted that literary men, generally speaking, do not more cultivate a taste for those Arts, because they have the power, and particularly those attached to the public press, of disseminating a true feeling, if they could but be brought to think that the cultivation of such taste was con nected with the true dignity of an empire ; but the truth is, that it is an easier task to relate wars and negotiations, debates, and battles, than to describe the gradual and almost 'lever. ceptible progress of genius and taste in works of elegance and beauty, and on which the elevation and improvement of the human mind so much depend. The public may rely that the more a taste for the Fine Arts is cultiVated, the greater will be _ the sum of human happiness. • We do not make use of this word in the French sense, who call a skilful cook an Artist. People of different orders in this country seize hold of this tern, with a hope of elevating themselves—an artificial flower-maker, dancer. &c. &c. are miscalled Artists, which term originally was only applied to those professing the Fine Arts. FUNERAL OF MR. FAUNTLEROY. Mr. FAUNTLEItOY, it is said, was accustomed to speak without any great apparent dread of his approaching death, and in the course of one of those conversations which he frequently held with Mr. Wontncr, the Governor of Newgate, he rather abruptly exclaimed—" Nell, Mr. Wontner, what is to be done with my.poor trunk when the vital spark has been extinguished ? (not being aware that the body of a person exe cuted is at the disposal of his friends). Mr. Wontner replied " Do not make yourself uneasy on that subject; every thin relating the.reto has been properly arranged by your friends; I hope you are not too anxiously concerning yourself about the casket." " No," said he with considerable emphasis," for if the jewel soars aloft, we need feel no apprehension respecting the casket." He then stated that his family had a vault in Bunhill. fields, where his father, and brother, and other relatives were interred, and there he desired that his remains might be depoiited. 1 t was observed that Bunhill-fields ground was principally the burial-place of Dissenters. lie answered, that it was of no importance where his poor body was laid, so that he 'night rise with the Just on the great day of the resurrection. It happened at this moment of the conversation, that a letter was handed to him which contained some verses that were sung by Dr. Dodd when on the scaftbld. Mr. Faunt leroy read them aloud, with much energy and feeling. His having on this and on former occasions expressed an opinion with reference to the place of his sepulture, his friends, of course, complied with his, wishes on this point. With feel. ings of much propriety, they, however, determined that the fu neral should be conducted with all practicable privacy and be coming plainness. The time and place of interment were known to very few persons ; and although many inquiries were made, they appear not to have betrayed the confidence reposed in them. After the execution, the body was placed in a shell, (with that decency ever observed in Newgate towards the poorest criminal), and deposited in an apartment usually appropriated to the purpose, which was carefully locked, and the key kept in the hands of one of the confidential officers of the gaol ; so that the corpse, it may be confidently asserted, was not seen by any person except those necessarily required. In the course of the evening, it was conveyed to the house of Messrs. Gale and Barnard, respectable un dertakers, opposite the, prison, and placed in a leaden coffin, which was soldered up the same night, in the presence of a professional gentleman, a friend to the family; the leaden coffin was then placed in another covered with black cloth and black furniture, bearing on the plate the following inscrip tion :—" Mr. Henry Fauntleroy, died Nov. 30, 1824, aged 40 years." At about half past eight o'clock yesterday morning, the coffin was conveyed in a hearse and pair to near the burial-ground, Bunhill-fields, where it was followed by a single mourning coach, in which were Mr. J. Fauntleroy, the brother . of the deceased ; his friend Mr. Budd, and the Reverend Mr. Spingett, who kindly consented, in compliance with the particular wishes of the family, to perform the solemn rite of reading the burial service of the Church of England, which was done in a most impressive manner. Besides the two mourners, there was also a gentleman in black present, who appeared to be acquainted with the parties, and to take' an in terest in the melancholy transaction. A few . spectators, who seemed to be persons casually passing the burial-ground at the time the hearse and coach drew up, to the number of about twenty, surrounded the sepulchre. The vault is large ; on one end or the stone erection by which it is surmounted is the fol lowing inscription :—" The family vault of W'm. Fauntleroy, Esq., of Berners-street, St. Marylehone." On one of the sides are the names of six or seven of the members of the same family, whose remains have been there deposited, all of the name of Fauntleroy. It was said by the person who has had the superintendence of the burial-ground for many years, that he recollected the former funerals of the family having been always conducted in a most respectable and superior manner. DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF GAs.--The first of these explosions, which terrified the inhabitants of Bell-street, Lisson-green, occurred on the 19th day of November, at No. 10. A woman, on going . to draw water, and having a lighted candle in her hand, ignited some gas, which set her cap on fire. The poor woman, alarmed, ran up stairs in a blaze. The whole of the lodgers were much alarmed, as the house absolutely shook. The violence of the ex , plosion was so great as to burst the first-floor door open.— The blaze in the kitchen, where the water-but is situate, was a body of flame, but was put out by the prompt as sistance of the neighbours. On the 29th another explosion took place at M r . lvheeley's, No. 7, in the same street. Mr. Wheeley, on going to seethatthe ball of the water-cock was pro perly situated for the coming in of the water, and raising a light for that purpose, a tremendOus explosion took place, which knocked him on his back with great violence, and burnt the side of his face, at the same time forcing off the ball which fell to the bottoin of the but. At the same time another explosion took place at No. 56, opposite, which did considerable damage Mr. Deardon who is the proprietor of No. 7, went yesterday to the office of Union Company to inform the directors of the dreadful situation of the persons in Bell-street, on which Free, the engineer of that Company's district (Portman -square), was immediately dispatched to the directors of the Gas Company. Another explosion took place last night at No. b 6, in the same street, when a man hail his face dreadfully burnt. We hope that proper attention will be paid to the dangerous consequences before-mentioned, as at present the whole of the neighbourhood is in a state of great alarm.. .4 Timm) • COURT OF KING'S BENCH-(THIS DI T.) WATSON V. NICHOLS. Mr. C. F.AVILLIAsis moved the Court in ibis cause, which is an action between two Attorneys in respect of certain Bills of cExchange, arising out of certain transactions with a person named Edmund Clifford, who, the Learned Counsel observed, was of no great celebrity, as appeared from some proceedings in this Court. It was sworn that these Bills had been obtained by means very unfair. Mr. Timothy, who was a sufferer in these transactions,was at present absent at Amster- dam, and it was sworn,that he.being a material wit ness, the parties on whose behalf he moved, could not go to trial without great injury, unless they could have the benefit of Mr. Timothy's evi deuce. •Osi these grounds he prayed the post ponen►ent of the trial until the sittingi after next Hilary Term. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.—YOU wilt take a rule to shew cause On affidavit of service, • OLD BAILEY.--(Tins DAY.) David Lane was put to the bar on an Indict melt, charging him with stealing from the d wet- Hu g -house of Mr. Bannister, hosier of the Strand, a quantity of articles, amongst which were siK fleecy hosiery shirts. The facts were fully proved against the prisoner, and the Jury found him Guilty. Mary Ann Gates was put to the bar on an In dictment, charging her with stealing iu a dwel ling-house, twelve pounds one shilling the pro perty of Wm. Thorn, in the month of October last., The prosecutor failed to make out his case, and the Jury Acquitted the prisoner. BENEFIT o POLICE EXAMINATIONS.---GCOrge Edmonds and Jane Boby were indicted for rob bing Charles Berridge, near the King's highway, of six sovereigns, nine shillings in silver, and other property, in the mouth of October last.— This case excited some interest, as the indictment was laid capitally ; but Mr. ADOLPHUS, in his cross-examination of the prosecutor, elicited front him such matter, in addition to his contradicting the statement he had before made, that Mr. Baron li u LLOCK stopped the case and directed an acquittal. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, Dac. 2.—Wind S.W., fresh breezes and squally.— Came down from the River and remain with the ships that passed yesterday evening, all of them having put back, viz. :-- Albion, Proctor ; Man, Vemes ; Georgians, Watt ; Ruby, Corneby ; Royal Charlotte, Ford; Ann, Read; and Young Mnila, Dunbar. The homeward-bound have sailed for the River. Several of the outward-bound have bore up for 31ar gate Roads, not being able to reach the Downs. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2.—lt continues to blow very hard from S.W.—The outward hound all appear to ride well. :fir. rived the John and Edward, Greenleaf, in 35 days from St. Domingo for Ilamburgh ; Martha, Pell, from the Downs for Cork. PLYMOUTH, DEC. L—Wind W.—Put back the Thisbe, Creed, for Jamaica, with trifling damage. ,Arrived the Caro. line, Cuming, from Malaga, -°lithe port the London, Annan, for Jamaica. The Percival, Livingstone, still continues on the rocks, with 5 feet water in her hold ; her car....ro discharging with lighters, and it is expected she will ultimately be got otf with much damage. The cargo of the Idris will be unloaded, having $ feet water in her hold, and her pumps choked. no shipping rode out the gale yesterday without sustaining any damage. FALMOUTH, Dxe. I.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes and clear weather.—Sailed the Magnet packet, for Lisbon : and several coasters, bound round the land ; the outward-bound remain all well. L/VERPOOL, DEC.I —Arrived the Providentia Martinson, from the hay of Roses; Aries, Balboni , Africa; John Ifeyes, Demerara; Love, Mover, Quebec; and True Blue, ---, Mtramichi. The Leonora, de Jonge, from Vigo to 1-Itimburgh, is totally lost near Weymouth. The Phillls, Jacques, from Belfast, was on the White House Rocks, Liverpool, on NVetinestlay. The Palambam, from Riga to London, which was on shore on the itlaplin Sand, has been got off. NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.—A Court Mari ,, l Roe n!,l on board his Majesty's ship Viceroy, on the 80th or No vember, at Portsmouth, for the trial of Wm. Crawfli.tl Dixon seaman of his Majesty's brig Swinger (lately on trio coast Of Africa), for stabbing. with the intent to murder, Mr. G. P. Rosenberg, mate of the Swinger. The Court I wing romernbled, and the prisoner being asked if he had 'any Counsel, pleaded poverty, when a young man, named Grit. tin, humanely offered his services; and shortly after a Gen tleman, named Hoskins, appeared in irhalf of tha priiioner.. tit the ruest of the former, who, we understood, artieled to Mr. Hoskins. The Prosecution having comnieueed, till between three and four. when the Court adjourned gill ten o'clock next day (yesterday); when, having assembled, They proceeded in the defence, which was conducted very ably by Mr. Hoskins, who laboured to prove the possibility of tile act having been committed by one of the native Africans who were on board, or at least that it might have been committed in zt tit ' of temporary derangement ; and having brougit !mut: a number of witnesses to prove that the prisoner was subject ro such fits, the defence dosed at about a quarter before tine when, the Court being cleared , the member s p , o c Pede d to d e li _ berate on the evidence. About five the Court re.opened, and the JUDGE ADVOCATE proceeded to pats Remove., stating, that the charges having been fully proved, the prisoner was to be hanged by the neck on board any ship, and at what time the Lords of the Admiralty might direct. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHA NGE, DEc. 3. There .10 'very little addition to the supplies of Wednesday, as the wind has been so extremely boisterous. The pritnest samples of Wheat obtain Monday's terms, but there is not„ much' , doing in the trade. Barley continues to sell !wavily, Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats find sale on much the same terms as last quoted. 'The Wheat trade is duller than of late. Annivar.s.--English Wheat, 9,4llo—Rarbiy, 12,150 — Oats, 4,oBo—lrish Virheat, 330-oats, 1,000 quarters—Eng.; fish Flour, 21,100 sacks. SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEC. 2. ' The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and prices at Smithfield Alarket this morning:— - CATTLE AT MAUKET Beasts ..... 575 I Sheep and Lambs 3,910 C a l ves l7O I Pigs To sink the Offal, per stone of Oh. Beef 3a Oct to 4s 4d I Veal As Ott to Os Od Mutton 4e Oil to 44 lid I Pork Lamb Os Oti to Os Od. 1 HAY AND STRAW, PEN LOAD. hay X3 Os to X 1 X 5 Os I Clovtoer X 2 Os. X 4 Os to X 0 03 Straw ltis FIRE IN REGENT'S PARK.—Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in two large cot tagesin St. John's.road, near Lord's Cricket the property of Mr. Ton, an eminent builder. ground, i) From the best information we could gain, the fire was occasioned by the neglect of the carpenters, not taking due care of the tire be fore they went to dinner. One of the cottages, which is very spacious, was burin to the ground, I and the other very much damaged. to but, leo is O a Ole 1 0 chi:; 11 411 a 3 ° .coy.