The Sun. — London, England, 1824-02-09 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. ANCIENT RELIGIONS. MR. EDITOR—As long as the human mind was left to its own resources, deplorable indeed were its abberrations upon religious matters. Early impressed with a consciousness of his entire de pendauce upon causes and effects, and of his total inability to controul the course of events, man soon felt a disposition to believe in the existence of some • being or beings superior to himself, and his tivsire to propitiate them, laid the "foundation of every-religion,. system. Although this senti- Ment,be'at first a mere mechanical. and indeter roinate,disposition ; it sought, at an early period, souse object upon which it might fix. It might. tie imagined that the spiendour of the starry fir . roarnent, and the evident benefits arising from the iufluenee of the sun, must have made the heavenly bodies the first objects of adoration, yet this does, t appear to have been the case. True it is that we find sabeism, established among some of the most ancient nations of antiquity ; but it .seems to have prevailed only after they had attained no inconsiderable degree of civilization. Of the.first Zoroaster, who is considered as having intro duced it into Persia, we know only the name ; and the few fragments we have of the writings of the second, seem to haye been addressed to a people al ready emerged from barbarism. The worship of the stars prevailed also in Mexico, when it was discovered by the Spaniards ; but even though the .people had attained a certain degree of civiliza tion, they still worshipped idols, the elements, and even some of the insect tribe. Divine honours were paid to the sun, in Peru, and it is somewhat remarkable, not only that this worship was in all things similar to that of the ancient magi, but moreover, that the institution of the virgins of the sun, bears a striking resemblance with that of the vestal virgins. The duties of their office were nearly the sari ; both were obliged to make . a vow of perpetual chastity; and the infringe ment of this vow was punished with no less seve rity by the Romans than by the Peruvians. 'Of all ancient worships, that of Fetish, such -as we find it still prevail among the ludian-tribes of America, as well as amidst the Negroes of Africa, seems to have more especially belonged to the infancy of society. It is at once the most ancient, and the most ridiculous. Yet is it found amidst nations represented as civilized, and even enlightened. The Egyptains worship not only animals, but also reptils, and even vegetables.. Stones were. an object of adoration amongst the ancient Arabs, the Syrians, the early Greeks,' the Druids, Sic. no less than amidst the modern , lia.planders, the Samoyeds, some of the North .American Indians, &C. High places were held as objects of peculiar veneration, even by the Jews, but more so by most of the early Pagans. The Germans paid divine honours, to groves,' fountains, streams, lakes, shapeless logs of wood, objects held in veneration also -by the Druids. Shapeless blocks of wood or of stone, seem to bave • been the earliest deities of the Greeks, as was the case with the celebrated Palladurn, the Venus of Paphos, the Thespian,Juno, Among the negroes, where veneration for the 'Fetish chiefly prevails, every individual pins -his faith upon some substance or.another. species o f s t r ipped snake is the national divinity of the .people of Inidah ; hut in other parts, whilst one man chooses a piece of wood, others take.indif, f eren tly, the teeth, the head, or some other part of any animal. These inferior divinities bear a strong resemblance to the penates, Tares, &c. of, the more enlightened Romans. The more enlightened arry_nig the savage tribes Flo n o t indeed, consider their Fetish, as any thing but an inferior- deity ; and. ,many among them have an imperfect notion of a being, the Creator of all things, even of the .Fetish. ,But they still consider these latter, as especially charged with furnishing them with whatever :they ' require. Hence, it is'to these" Fetish only, that they ad dress their prayers -and expose their wishes . and their necessities. If these people .have only an indefinite and imperfect -notion of a Supreme Being, the ideas .they .entertain of .the, Fetish are scarcely more precise. The only rea son they Ow for honouring these Deitiesis, that' ancient tradition informs them, that to these fish they are indebted for all the enjoyments of .life ; whilst these beings, not -less formidable. than beneficent, can also occasion them much mi sery and distress. Thus did men, when" left to the natural absur-• dity of their ideas, adore either dillerent sub . - stances, or tIOXiOU-S and useful -animals. In fact the opinions and. whims of mankind are not more various titan. were the objects to which they paid ( ti,,i.4 0 , 101.11 . 5 .. The ; prevalence of this religion i n ever y "eit tn e, whenever we . find men .in the infancy- of society, proves a singular similarity in the religious disposition of - human reason, which is not disCoveresl in many of its abberrations. Manners, customs. taste s .have ever-been every where widely dill - Prent whilst the irrational doctrine of Ectishism,, has prevailed at one time or another amongst - all the known nations of the world. The case is . very different with respect to Sa beim, or the worship of the •heavenly bodies, wlitch we meet only anion 'a few nations, with wha s se Origin and infant,. state we are, however, not acquainted. Erroneous as • this doctrine as suredly is, there is still in it sotnething more ra tional and more elevated. The spendour. of the heavenly host, which calls •forth the admiration of the most.enlightened,might well . awaken the re. ligious feelings of the snore ignorant ; and the paying of divine ltattours to them, may be there fore justly considered as indicative of a marked inaprorement tit the mental faculties of man. idhu rst. • • A. F. 1 THE ARMY. [From the LONDON GAZETTE of Saturday.] Wa: Office, Feb. 6. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—To be Captains—Lieutenant George Greenwood, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires; Captain Robert Montgomery, Lord Belhaven and S ten ton , from half pay 11th Foot, vice Thomas Marten, who exchanges, receiving the difference. To be Lieutenant, by purchase—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant William Milligan, vice Greenwood. To be Coronet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase--Ensign Sir William Scott, Bart., from the 51st Foot, vice Milligan. 2d Re6riment of Dragoon Guards—Coronet Francis John Swaine Hepburn, from half pay 19th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Craufurd, appointed to the-21 Dragoons. 6th Ditto—Captain John Stephenson to be Major, by pur chase, vice Fitz Clarence, promoted. Lieutenant Henry Ste phen Nooth to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stephenson.— Cornet Hood Richards to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nooth. Edward Jerningham, gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Richards. 2d Regiment of Dragoons-Cornet Robert Gregan Cranford, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Chas. Gaspar Edleman, who retires upon half-pay 19th Light Dragoons. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Capt. Gerard S. Moore, from half-pay 65th Foot, to be Captain, vice Michael 'Kirby, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 11th Ditto—William Henry Warrington to be Cornet, with out purchase, vice Partridge, who resigns. 14th Ditto—Surgeon Thomasiorster, from the 46th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Q'Flaherty, who exchanges. 16th Ditto—Lieutenant John Vincent, from the Nth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Macdougall, who exchanges. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guiu-as—William George Carter, Gentleman,, to be Solicitor, vice NVilkinsort, deceased. 7th Regiment of Foot—captain Richard Beauchamp, from half-pay lath Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Hulme, appointed to the 96th Foot. 13th Regiment of Foot--Ensign Edward Pearson, from the 92d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Shawe, who exchanges. 14th Ditto—Lieutenant John Liston, from the 38th Foot, to be Lieutenant,. vice Ware, who exchanges.. 17th Ditto—Captain Thomas Marten, from half-pay 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice William Elliott, who exchanges, re ceiving the difference. 20th Ditto—Captain John Byrne, from the 35th Foot, to be Captain, vice Gethin, appointed to the 96th Foot. Ensign Duncan Darroch to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Robinson, deceased. Richard Tasker Furlong, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Darroch. 24th Ditto—Captain Henry Dive Townshend, from the 41st Foot, to be Captain, , vice Brown, who exchanges. 25th Ditto—Lieutenant Martin M'Leod, from half-pay 22d Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Biddulph, de ceased. 28th Ditto—Granby Halea Calcraft, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phelps, appointed to the 51st Foot. 29th Ditto—Lieutenant George Foskey, from the 54th Foot, to be Adjutant and Lieutenant, vice Weir, who resigns the Adjutancy only. • 31st Ditto—Major Duncan M'Gregor, from half-pay 78th Foot, to be Major, vice Nicholls, appointed to the 96th Foot. 33d Ditto—,Surgeon James Gowen, from half-pay 6th West India Regiment, to he Surgeon, vice Thomas, whose appoint ment has not taken place. •, 35th Ditto—Lieutenant Thomas 'Walsh, from half-pay 2d Garrison Battalion ; to be Lieutenant, vice Davies, appointed to the 94th Foot. 38th Ditto—Lieutenant Bobert Ware, from the 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice triton, who exchanges. 41st Ditto—Captain Robert Brown, from the 24th Foot, to be Captain, vice Townsend, who exchanges. I.icut. Francis Dickinson, from the 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Nor man, who exchanges. 44th Ditto—Brevet Major J. Chilton L. Carter to be Major, without purchase, vice Gotherie, deceased. To be Captains, without ikurehase—Lieut. Daniel Caulfield, vice O'Reilly, deceased ; Lieut. Frekrerick Hemming, vice Car ter, promoted. To be Lieutenants—Ensign Bterington Browne, vice Caul field; Ensign Henry Dick Carr ' vice Hemming ; Ensign Henry James Shaw, vice Sergeant, deceased. To be Ensigns—Hemsworth Usher, gent., vice Browne ; (lore Browne, gent., vice Carr ; Henry ;Nixon, gent., vice Shaw. Robert s o l a b t r e r , t r t whoAYd fromre the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon,ex changes.w4sth Regiment of Foot —Surgeon Danvieicl.CeoeFl 94th th Foot, to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Assistant-Surgeon Richard Hewst, from half-pay M'Munn, who exchanges. 51st Ditto—Ensign ,Ferdinand Phelps, from the 28th Font, to be Ensign, vice Sir William Scott, appointed to the 2d Life Guards. 59th Ditto—Lieutenant Alexander Macdougall, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, rice Vincent, who ex changes. 69th :Ditto—Lieutenant John Smith to be Captain, without Purchase, vice Lane, deceased ; Lieutenant William Norman, from the 41st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dickson, who ex changes. 71st Ditto—Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.8., from the 88th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Dun. das, deceased ; Lieutenant George Home Lightbody to be Ad jutant, vice Torriano, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 76th Ditto—Lieutenant Thomas Hunt Grubbe, from half pay of the.43d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Eliot, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 82d Ditto—Lord Charles Wellesley to be Ensign, by Pur chase, rice Harford, promoter!. 83d Ditto—Captain Botell Trydell, from half-pay 16th Foot, to he Captain, vice Richard Fitzgerald Holmes, who exchanges. Ensign Aretas Sutherland Young to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hingston, promoted in the Royal African Colo nial Corps. Henry Francis Ainslie, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Young. 85th Ditto—Lieutenant John Watts to be Captain, without purchase, vice Ball, deceased. Herbert Edward Taylor, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. :86th Ditto—Lieutenant Charles Macdonald, from half-pay York Light•lnfantry Volunteers, to be Lieutenant, vice Wil liam Home, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 87th Ditto—Major Henry Browne to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Miller, deceased. Brevet Major Henry C. Streatfield to be Major, vice Browne. Lieutenant John Day to be Captain, vice Streatfield. Ensign Lawrence W. Hal stead to be Lieutenant, vice Day. 'To be Ensigns, without purchase—Eugenius De L'Etang, Gentleman, vice Doyle, promoted in the 4th Light Dragoons ; Nicholas Milley Doyle, Gentleman, vice Halstead. 88th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-Gen. Sir Henry Fred. Campbell, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Sir Gordon Drummond, appointed to the command of the 71st Foot. 92d Ditto—Ensign Adderley Shaw, from the 13th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Pearson, who exchanges. 94th Ditto—Lieutenant Thos. Hart Davies, from the 35th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Orr, whose appointment has not taken place. Surgeon Samuel Tilt, from half-pay 27th Foot, to be Surgeon. Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Lorimer, from half pay 91st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 95;h Ditto—Lieutenant Augustus Tweed, from half-pay 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Sperling, whose appointment has not taken place. 96th Ditto—Major-General Joseph Fuller to be Colonel ; Lieutenant-Colonel John Berries, from half-pay 100th Foot, to he Lieutenant-Colonel. _ _ _ _ _ To be Majors—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George William Paty, from half.pay Major Thomas Samuel Nicholls, from the 31st Foot. o be Captains—Brevet Major William Hulme, from the 7th Foot; Brevet Major Robert Christopher Mansel, from half-pay 93d Foot ; Captain Alexander Cairncross, from the 2d Royal Veteran Battalion ; Captain Richard Gethin, from the 211th Foot; Captain John Garland, from half-pay 73d Foot; Captain Henry Barry Hyde, from the lat Royal Veteran Bat talion ; Captain James Waller Samo Waller, from the 31st • Foot; Captain Redmond Brough, from half-pay Stith Foot. To be Lieutenants—Lieutenant Richard Sprott, from the Bth Foot; Lieutenant Thomas Kennedy, from half-pay Royal West India Rangers ; Lieutenant Joseph Dowling, from the let Royal Veteran Battalion ' • Lieut. Loftus Francis Jones, from the 2d Foot; Lieutenant William Kidman, from the 20th Foot; Lieutenant Archibald Robertson, from the Ceylon regi ment ; Lieutenant Pierce Stephen Nugent, from the half-pay 17th Foot; Lieutenant William Lucius Cary, from half-pay 17th Foot; Lieutenant Alexander Mackenzie, from half-pay 24th .Foot ; Lieutenant William Ouseley, from the 30th Foot. To be Ensigns—Ensign Richard Cross, from half-pay 11th Foot; Ensign Joseph Telford, from half-pay 9th Foot; Ensign Jonas Oxley, from the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion ; Ensign Dudley Costello, from half-pay 34th Foot ; Ensign George Walter Story, from half-pay 17th Foot; Ensign. Dotiough O'Brien from half-pay 65th Foot. 2tl West Lndia Regiment—Lieutenant William Locke, from the Ist Life Guards, so be Captain, by purchase, vice Stepney, who retires. Ceylon Regiment—Second Modena= Theodore Myilus to be First Lieutenant, without purchase. To be Second Lieutenants, without purchase—Second Lieu tmant James Stewart, from half-pay 2cl Ceylon Regiment; Second Lieutenant Alegunder Madcap, from half-pay 2d Cey lon Regiment ; Robert Bradford M 4 Crac, gent. Cape Corps—Assistant—Surgeon Thos. Clarke to be Surgeon. Royal African Colonial Corps—LieutenantJamea Hingston, f/131/1 the 83d Foot, to be Captain, withoutpurchase. To he Ensigns, without purchase--James White, gent.; Michael O'Halloran, gent.; George Foss, gent ; James Tiniacke, gent. ; Charles Lizard, gent. , John Godwin, gent. ; Richard Fitzgerald Ring, gent. st Royal Veteran Battalion—To be Captains—Capt. John Stirling Hamilton, from half-pay 99th Foot, vice Crai, g ap pointed to the 94th Foot • Capt. William, WTillshire, fromhalf pay, vice Hyde, appointed to the 96th Foot. To be Lieutenants—Lieut. John Thorns Weyland, from half-pay Bth Foot, vice Nicholls, appointed' to the 94th Foot; Lieut. Charles Morgell Christian, from half-pay 34th Foot, Vice Dowling, appointed to the 96th Foot. _ _ To 6t:" krisigns—Ensign John Ward, from half-pay 66th Foot, vice Alexander, appointed to the 94th Foot ; Ensign Thomas Tait, from half-pay 78th Foot (repaying the difference he received on exclunging), vice Oxley, appointed to the 96th Foot. • 2cl Royal Veteran Battalion.—To be Captains—Captain John Casemir Harold, from half-pay Ist Garrison Battalion, vice Cainacross, appointed to the 96th Foot; Captain Duncan Stewart, from half-pay 42d Foot, vice Kirkman, appointed to the 95th Foot. To he Lieutenants—Lieutenant Francis Walsh Small, from half-pay New. Brunswick Fencibles, vice Stewart, appointed to the 94th Foot; Lieutenant William Harloe Phibbs, from half pay 27th Foot, vice Dickens, appointed to the 95th Foot. .Lieu tenant John Trydell, from half-pay 37th Foot, vice Hartley, appointed to the 94th Foot ; Lieut ena nt Geo rge Ford, from the 29th Foot, vice Isaac Herbert, who returns to his former situa tion on the Retired Lint. To be Ensigns—Ensign Charles John Deshon, from half pay 85th Foot, vice Bunbury, appointed to the 95th Foot; Ensign William Senhouse, from half-pay 40th Foot, vice Har rison, appointed to the 95th Foot. 3d Royal Veteran Battalion—,To be Lieutenants—Lieu tenant James Miles Milne, from late sth Royal Veteran Bat talion, vice Dickson, appointed to the 95th root; Lieutenant Robert Travers, from half-pay 10th Foot, vice Saunders, ap pointed to the 93th Foot; Lieutenant Ch ar l e s Frederick Sweeney, from half-pay 26th Foot, vice Sadleir, appointed to the 94th Foot. UNATTAcinus—Lieutenant.Lord Edward Hay, from the 20th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Krumm, who retires. GAlllt.lsows—Lieutenant-Colonel James Hawker, of the Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant-Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury Fort, vice Honourable James De Courcy, deceased. HOSPITAL STAFF To be Assistant-Surgeons .to the Forces—Assistant-Surgeon Michael Sweeney, from half-pay 7th Foot, vice John Liggertwood, who exchanges; Assistant- Surgeon Thomas Rhys, from half-pay 2d West India Re giment. MEMORAIIDA.—The commission of Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Roberts, of the 62d Foot, as Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, has been antedated to 19th April, 1824. The commis sion of Lieutenant Cole, of the 85th Foot, has been antedated to 26th December, 1822, but he has not been allowed any back pay. Office of Ordnance, Feb. 6. Corps of Royal Engineers.;—First Lieutenant Thomas Bug den, from the half-pay, to be First .Lieutenantotiee Sperling, retired, on half-pay. INDIAN A PPO I NTM EN TS PROMOTIONS, &C. CALCUTTA, A trtl. 15.—Capt. W. Fenall, his Majesty's 4th Light Dragoons, to be an Extra Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General. Captain Trwin Malin, 9th Regiment N. I. to be a Supernumery .Aide-de-Camp to his Lordship. Brevet Capt. E. Lawrence, 2d Regt. N. 'Deputy P a ymaster and Post master-of C awn p ore , doting Capt. Maling's absence. Capt. A. Cox, 6th Regt. L. C. transferred to the Invalid.Establish meat. THE :ROYAL NAVY,.&c,, PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 7.—On Tuesday arrived at the Mo. therbank, his Majesty's ship Medina, Capt. P. D. H. H a y, from the Mediterranean, having completed her period o f t h ree years on that station. - She sailed from Malta on the 21st of December, in company with -a squadron under th e or d ers . of Captain G. W. Hamilton, C.B. of the Cambrian, which consisted of besides that ship, the Euryalusa 42 , Captain lion. A. W. J. Clifford ; C. 8.; Medina, 20, Capt. Hay Martin, 20, Capt, H. Eden ; Rose, 20, Capt. Clowes; and the Dispatch, 18, Captain E. H. Scott, which were destined to blockade the port of Tunis, in the event of the Bey refusing to comply with certain requisitions,' which were principally the immedi a t e release of several persons, who, while under the protection of the British flag, had been forcibly seizedby a Tunisian corsair, and thrown into slavery; and, that the Bey should sign a treat y to secure the British flag from such insulting aggression in fu ture. , With the first, the B readily compli e d ; b ut, i t was not until after some delay , an d orders had been given to the British Consul to strike his flag, and prepare for immediate embarkation, that he acceded to the second part of the demand. The remembrance of the disastrous fate of Algiers, was, it was believed by the squadron, too strongly impressed on the Bey's memory, to suffer him to try whether England would carry her threats into execution on the present occasion. The service being performed, the ships of the squadron dispersed to their respective stations, viz. the Cambrian and ..Dispatch to Corfu, Euryalus and Rose to a -nlYrna, the Martin to •Malta. The other part of the Mediterranean squadron was disposed of in the following manner :--the -Rochefort, , in hourly expectation of being relieved by the Revenge; Sybille, anti Alacrity, at Malta, about to s a il for the 'lonian Islands; the Chanticleer going from Malta to Tripoli; the Hind at Smyrna; and Col umbine at Corfu. The Naiad and . Camelion had gone up the Mediterranean, from Gibraltar. The Medina towed into Gibraltar the wreck of the Danish. brig Diana, of 118 tons, and laden with fruit and wine. • The corpse of a young man was found below ; the, other part of the crew (seven in number), wer e supposed to be washed overboard. The Medina came into harbour to-day to be pa id off, all standing. We learn by letters trom port Royal (Jamaica), dated De cember 21, that Commodore Sir Edward Owen was waiting the return to port of the Gloucester 74 Captain Rich. The Ar gus, Captain Dundas, had arrived from Bermuda.; the Bel lette, Captain Leith, from Vera Cruz, with 210,000 dollars ; the Pyramus and Helican from cruises. The Thetis, Sir John Philimore, had been spoke, bound to V era C ruz, w i t h the. Co mmissioners and Consuls for that place and Acapulco. Lately died, Lieut. R. E. Cotton, 4 th Pont, Aid-de-Camp to Sir John Ceene; of apoplexy, Captain Peat, of the ship Marshal Wel lington (formerly of the Hibberts); and at Barbadoes, the lion. John Beckles, his Majerty's Attorney-General at that Island. The Hon. Company's. ships :Mcqueen and Athol have suc ceeded•in getting out of the Channel ; but the Castle Huntley, for Bombay and China, and all the outward-bound merchant men have put back, and remain with contrary winds. PLTHOTJTU, FES. s —The Active, 46, Captain A. King, was paid wages yesterday, and went down to the Sound, in company with the Bulwark, 76, Capt. Dundas, for Portsmouth, Arrived, Partridge tender, Lieut. Gosling, from a cruise off Scilly. Sailed, providence tender, Lieut. Nicholls, for Ports : . mouths Arrived, Vigilant, cutter, from Ireland. In Hamoaze Britannia, Ocean, Genoa, Primrose,' Shamrock, Hasty, Rey nerd ; and Shamrock and Sprightly revenues. The visitants and well-wishers of Margate, will be gratified in knowing that the New Jetty is in a state of great forwardness : the platform is fifteen feet wide, and the whole intended length will be nine hundred feet; of this six hundred at least is now piled, and upwards of 150 feet planked • there is no doubt of its being finished by the first of june. The importance of this improvement will probably exceed common calculation. Passengers will be enabled to embark and disembark at 3largate (from steam vessels, stepping from the vessel on the platform, or from it on the vessel) at low water. Added to which there will be an iron railway on the platform, and a truck to take off anchors and cables, with the greatest possible facility : an object of no small consequence to the shipping interest ; and highly in teresting to humanity. There is every reason to believe also, that the construction of this work has been very influential in inducing his Majesty's Government to direct, that the station for the Ostend steam packet boats shall be esta blished at Margate. It is reported that measures will be taken forthwith to carry out a Chain Suspension Pier from Deal beach, similar to the one at Brighton. A temporary floating break water projecting from the shore about half a cable's length, is laid down opposite Deal Castle, with a small flag on the outer end.--(Kentish Gazette, Feb. 6.) SILK`'EA.TERS.—(FINAL ADJUSTMENT.)—An other meeting of the Silk Weavers, pursuant to their adjournment, took place on Saturday even ing, at which great numbers attended. Mr. Baker, the Secretary, and one of a Deputation, made a Report to the Meeting as to a further negociation they had had with a Mr. Spiers, relative to the prices and regulations of some of their work. The meeting adopted the Resolutions recommended in the Report. After which a vote of thanks to the Public Press was moved and carried with great applause. The meeting was then adjourned for a fortnight, when the expellees of their present proceedings will be brought be fore them. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—(Tuis DAy.) CRIMINAL INFOMATION. Mr. FRENCH applied for a criminal informa tion against the County Clerk for Middlesex, on an affidavit setting forth that the-deponent, James Hull, had been summoned to the County Court in Kingsgate-street, where cognizance was taken of a debt against him above the amount of forty shillings. That the Clerk of the County or his duputy prevented him or witnesses from enter ing into any defence, stopping them the instant they opened their months ; and that an execution was issued on this plaint, in which the costs charged were Bs. 10d., being 2s. -more than au thorised by the 23d of George 11. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE granted a Rule to skew cause. Mr. SCARLETT wished to make some observa tions exculpatory of the County Clerk, , but was stopped by •the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, who told him that at present it would be irregular, and that it could.not be heard. • FO liLK ES V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. The plaintiff,who holds the advowson of a perpe tual curacy in the diocese of the Bishop of Exeter, had sold the next presentation to a gentleman of the name of Travers, which transaction reaching the ears of the Bishop, he prosecuted him for this act in the Ecclesiactical Court, where judg ment was obtained against him. It was against this judgment that he now appealed. The .COURT confirmed the sentence of the lower Court. From the LONDON GAZETTE Feb. 7. Whitehall, Feb. 4. The King has been pleased to order a corge d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield, em powering them to elect a Bishop of the See of Lichfield and Coventry, now void by the death of James Earl Cornwallis, late Bishop thereof; anti his Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean• and Chapter the Right Reverend Father in God Dr. Henry Ryder, Lord Bishop of Gloucester, to be by them elected Bishop of the, said See of. Lichfield and Coventry. The King has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Robert Viscount Melville, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle ; Sir William Johnstone Hope, Knight Commander of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath,.and Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Ma jesty's Fleet; Sir George Cockburn, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and Vice-Ad miral of the Blue Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet; Sir Geo- Clerk, Bart., and William Robert Keith Douglas, Esq. to he his Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of High Admiral of the_United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, island, and territories thereunto belonging. Foreign-Office, Feb. 3. The King has been pleased to appoint George R. Chinnery, Esq. Commissioner on the part of his Majesty, to reside in Spain, under the 7th article of the Convention concluded at Madrid, on the 12th of March, 1823, between Great Britain and Spain, for the settlement of the claims of British and Spanish subjects. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Robert Mtlnday, Rochester, plumber: BANKRUPTS. John Mee, Mvton, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchants, to sur render Feb. 14, 16, 'March 20, at the George Inn, Kingston upon-Hull. Solicitors, Messrs. Willis, Watson, Bower, and Willis, Tokenhouse-yard. Broadbent, Huddersfield, woolstapler, Feb. 11, 12, March 20, at the office of Messrs. Whithead and Robinson, Hurldersfiold. Solicitors, Messrs. Clarke, Richards, and Med calf, Chancery-lane. Thomas Pearson, Herringthorpe, Yorkshire, miller, Feb. 26, 26, March 20, at the College Inn, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Solicitors, Messrs. Wiglesworth and Risdale, Gray's-inn, Robert Turner Drew, Orchards, Herefordshire, maltster, Feb. 12, 13, March 20, at the Red Lion Inn, Stafford's-bridge. Solicitor, Mr. Beverley, Middle Temple. Alexander Solomon, Clare-court and Drury,lane, tailor, Feb. 10, 21, March 20, a t th e B an k ru pt s ' Court, Basinghall street. Solicitor, 2lr. Lake, Cateaton-street. Simon flooley, James -street, Covent garden, boot-maker, Feb.l4, 24, March 20, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall. street. Solicitors, Messrs. Perkins and Frampton, Holborn court, Gray's-inn. Thomas Wharton, Finsbury place, South, tailor, Feb. 14, 24, March 20, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basingliall-street. So licitor, Mr. Arnott, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. Robert Etlie, Broad-street, merchant, Feb. 14, 21, March 20, at the Bankrupts Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Smith and Lawford, .Drapers'-hall, Throgmorton street. .-Edward Loader, jun., Wilson -street, Finsbury-square, up holsterer, Feb. 14, 24, March 20, at the Bankrupts' Court, 13asinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Thwaite, Vittoria place, South Lambeth. Martin Walther Persent, St. James's-walk, Clerkenwell, table-cloth-manufacturer, Feb. 17, 21, March 20, at the Bank rupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Jackson, Garden court, Temple. David Benjamin Pierce, Tottenham-court -road, grocer, Feb. 14, 21, March 20, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr.-Wigley, Clement's-inn, Strand. Mercy Matthews and. John Hopkins, Rochester, coal-mer chants, Feb., 14, 24, March 20, at the Bankrupts' Court, Bas inghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Loxley, Cheapside. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 14, A. Sarvis, Sloane-street, Chelsea, upholsterer— Feb. 28, W. Green, Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell, ironmonger —Feb. 28, J. James, Wood-street, Cheapside, tea-dealer— March 16, T. Bentley and E. A. Whytt, Fenchurch-street, dry_ salters—Feb. 28, J. Troughton, Wood -street, silkman—Feb. 28, F. Harris, Lisle-street, Leicester-square, dealer—Feb. 28, G. Children, Tunbridge, banker—March 11, R. P. Jones, Aber gavenny, Monmouthshire, linen-draper—March 10, W. Symes. Crewkerne, Somersetshire, linen-draper—Feb. 28, R. Ritchie and J. Bigsby, Deptford, brewers—March 20, S. Wagstaff and T. Baylis, Kidderminster, carpet-manufacturers—March 1, J. Rycroft, Idle, Yorkshire, cloth-manufacturer—March 6, J. Oliver, Broad-street, Golden-square, woollen. draper—Feb. 28, J. Smith, jun., Ramsgate, carpenter—Feb. 28, J. Day, Fenchurch-buildings, merchant—Feb. 28, J. George, Park street, Hanover-square, milliner—Feb. 23, S. Goddard, Corn - hill, map-seller--March 5, M. H. Smith, Bursletn, Staf. fordshire, draper—Feb. 27, J. Younge and J. Deakin, Shef field, bu ttton-manufacturers—M arch 1, C. Moss, Cheltenham, fishmonger—Feb. 28, T. Brennand, Bread-street, Cheapside, warehouseman. CERTIFICATES, FEB. 23. C. Irving, Southampton, schoolmaster—G. Roe, Great Smith-street, Chelsea, surgeon—W. R. Ening, Liverpool, in surance-broker—H. Northover, Nunny, Somersetshire, farmer —J. Buchanan, Liverpool, insurance-broker—E. Ingram, Reading, dress-maker— W. and J. Sparks, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire, grocers—.T. B. Worgan, Bedminster, Somer setshire, dealer in spirituous liquors—C. Griffin, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, mercer—T. Wood, Barbican, oilman. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Joad, E. S. Curling, and E. Young, Mill-wall, Poplar, rope-makers—S. Oliver and S. Howes, Walworth-terrace, Surrey, schoolmistresses—J. Clegg and T. Clegg, Oldham, Lancaster, hat-manufacturers—G. Chandler and W. Oldham, Newland, Cottingham, York, millers—J. Barry and W. H. Kilburton, Mincing-lane—G. Read and J. Sheppee, Hitchin, Hertford, dealers in roasted corn—J. Gravenor, sen. Reading, weaver, and W. Gravenor, North-place, Lambeth, hat-manu facturer—Finlay and Co. Glasgow, and St. Helen's-glace, mer chants—T. Allenby and T. Little, coal-merchants--D. Fletcher and J. L. Glyde, Henley-upon-Thames, Oxford, wine-mer. chants—J. Hart and E. Ansty, Southampton, dress-makers— W. Peel and W. H. Kippg; George-street, Croom's-hill, paper hanging-manufacturers—B. Cheales and NV. Forbes, New Slea ford, Lincoln, attornies-at-law— A. Blomeley, S. Butler, and S. Lowe, Oldham, Lancaster, linen-drapers-Jr. Hallam and I , V. Stevens, Panton-street, silversmiths—R. T. Claridge and G. L. Dean, New Bond -street, boot-makers--E. Collins and P. Heselton, Duke-street, Manchester-square, plumbers—ld. Needham and C. Plungin, Blackfriars-road, carmen—J. An drews and E. Thornton, Shrewsbury, milliners—R. Fort and J. Newton, Garrett, Surrey, calico-printers—C. Blache, 0. Johnson, and J. White, Great-bridge, Westbromwich, Staf ford, ironmaeteri. STOCKS TWO O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bonds 82s. 83s. South Sea Stock •Old Annuities Ex. Bills 54 51 .Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Act. 9llla PRICE 0 THIS HAY AT 2381 910 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons 31 per. Cent 4 per Cent. - 1 (41(1 1 New IO6U 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. 22 7-16tIls I Imp. 3 per Cents. PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, k'Es. 9? AT ONE O'CLOCK. French f Five per Cents. 97. i. t Scrip, 8 pin. • 1 Six per Cents. 00. Russian i ` Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. • ( Ditto 'Neiv 91g. Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Austrian Scrip, G prem. 1 Five per Cent. B on d s, 18 20, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 2.1! , . Ditto 1823, 161.' Prussian Five per Cent.. Bo n d s, 92a . Ditto New, pog. Danish . Fi ve per dent. Bonds, 00. Portuguese 87. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Chili Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 71. Mexican Loan, sfr prem. .5 00. Poyais New, 3i. Mexican Mines 5 prem. Bank Shares £23 153. ,C 23 I 7 s. Ga l Seven per Cent. 94 93. American - 1 Six per Cent. 94-101. Five per Cent. 00 —OOO. [Three per Cent. 764. PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, FM 5. Bank Stock 256 Grand Canal Loan, 6 p.a. 62 Gov. Deb. 3i per cent 97a —Ditto 4 per cent.... -- Stock, 3,i per ct 96/ —Ditto Stock Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. --Royal Canal Stock Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. - —Stock, 4 per cen t. -- ---New 4a Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. Treasury Bills, 5 per cent — Do. 6 per cent. -- City Debentures, 5 per ct — Ballast Office Govt.. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per et — 4 per cent. Exchange on London, Feb. 4, 81. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-1110R ROW. Morning, 31 minutes after 9. 1 Evening, 13 minutes after 10• THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS`DICERE FALSUM AfiDtAT LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1824. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received by Express the Dale of yesterday, and Galignani's Messenger of Satur day. The Doile notices the misrepresenta tion of Mr. CANNING'S Speech, which, how ever, we had already rectified in an article that is subjoined. If the Elate means to sal that there have been no propositions made to this country by Spain respecting South America, we can inform it ,that it is as much mistakes' as the C o urier.—Galignani's Messenger s t a tes the death of Sir THOMAS MAITLAND by apoplexy at Malta ; but as neither date nor authority is given for this afflictin g intelligence, we indulge a hope that it is unfounded. The following are extracts : [From the Etoile of Yesterday.] his Majesty heard Mass in his apartments.-- -- The King took an airing at twelve o'clock to wards St. Cloud. They write from Figueras, of the 22d Jan., that the superior Authorities of Catalonia have decreed that copper coin with the type of the Constitution shall not be any more circulated. Postcript (Important.) —In the abstract which we have given of the Speech of Mr. CANNINI, there is a passage of great importance, and which has been evidently altered by the English Court's/ . newspaper. According to this Journal, Mr• Canning expresses himself in the following terms;--" A proposition has been made by Spaiil to acknowledge the Colonies, the reply to which is on the road to Madrid ; and, when the answer arrives, the British Government will be able to explain itself on that subject." The Sun does not say a word of this, though the most important revelation which has been made by the Ministers, says that Journal, is that of Mr. Canning, relative to Spain and South America. We can state to the Courier that itilo deceived ; and that there is no question of pro' positions of mediation. [The •Etoilc also contains a statement of the various corps of Spanish prisoners in France, and of the routes by which they have commenced their march back to Spain. j (From Galignani's Messenger of Saturday.) We are sorry to announce the melancloly in telligence of the sudden death of Sir Tuomo MAITLAND, Governor of the lonian Islands, at' Malta, by apoplexy. . We have received the Paris Papers of Thurs day and Friday. The Moniteur of Friday contains nn ordinance of the King relative to the Eleves d'Administra' lion de la Marine, the creation of whom was ordered by a decreed of April 19, 1804. Their number is fixed at ten; they will be appointed by the King, on the presentation of the Minister of the Marine; none will be presented unless they have been judged admissible in a public examination, which shall take place at Paris, every year, in the first fortnight of July. None shall be admitted to the examination unless they, prove to the Ministry by authentic documents, Ili, t%