The Sun. — London, England, 1824-02-25 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. . . . DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Feb. '25. [MORNI NIS POST.] One of the most remarkable features in the Financial Statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Monday evening, is the modera tion with which he pourtrayed the future pro spects of the country, and at the same time. the singular picture of national prosperity which he was enabled to submit to Parliament and the Public. Had it beets the object of the Right Hon. Gentleeean to excite the highest hopes of the future, the results of his past measures and the probable effects of those at present proposed would have borne out the most flattering sug gestion of a sanguine imagination. It was evi dent, however, that he, on the contrary, laboured throughout to restrain himself, and also the ex pectations of his auditory, within the strictest limits of matter-of-fact calculatien, independently of any assumed increase of the national resources; although the latter are now in the midst of a progressire improvement. It will therefore, in our' opinion, be but fair to bestow much greater credit on the Chancellor of the Exchequer than his own statement of our financial situation seems to sftnction, and to indulge in the hope that by the expiration of another year he will be enabled to exhibit a still more gratifying representation of our affairs than he ventured to premise on Monday evening. We may, in the next place, observe, that the Right Honourable Gentleman's statement so completely disarmed the Opposi tion of.all objection, that he ilias, - for the rest of the .evelliug, compelled to .hear scarcely any thing-lbut•panegyric, direct or indirect, from that side of' the House: Some few cavils were of course to be expected, but they only amounted to a, verification of the proverb, " that it is im possible' to please every one;' particularly when there is a disposition and wish to be displeased. The maintenance of the Sinking Fund, which one or tics embers objected to, is that very measure to which, of all others, the ,present circumstances of the country prompt a close adherence. Capital - f , O abundant, and so rapidly :accumulating, notwithstanding the successfUl efforts of Govern menteto open - hew, and widen old channels of in dusry,'that the interest on . money-is reduced, to almost-a nominal amount. What-course'of policy then's& manifestly wise tiS'that'elfdravring a por tion .of this wealth thron g *I- tine mediam of taxes" • which do not press on the:om . forts or exertions - of the people, both to liquidate the national debt in the first instance, and As a friend in store to meet any possible exigencies which the country may hereafter experience from war or other mais fortunes•? The best security for the continuance .of peace is ample preParatiOn.for, .war, which no thing. can . more effectuallyeonfer than the exist ence Of . aKuking Fund,. . •, , • CIS We' have - received ... lA:Ate: re of', the 12th instant from Madrid,-with the Gacqu de Madrid of•that day,'. containing the text : ,:Of jheL),ecree of the 9th thstant for the, establigriiinkt of a free trade -with Spanish Anserica,. - Ilte;litfbjett of which is already before,the Public.: Our Private Corres pondence states for.certainAleat the French army is to - continue in Spaltrod 1 0, ear longer. Great surprise has been excited a j t Jadrid by the news re ceiied•there that the Dey of- Algiers Isad pro claimed war against Great Britain : and the ge neral expectation•olthe Spaniards was that Lord Exmouth would be sent.to exterminate the Mar bgrians, whom, on the former; occasion, the Bri tish fleet so signally punished,- The friends of the Spanish Government -continue to assert that a great effort `will be made to,reduce the South American Colonies t0...a „,state of subjection ; but where the means of . etakipg such an attempt are to'be found, they do , itiltlretentl to disclose. there : exists in all -that It is, however,,aeqed; the new States, e xcepi,.-Buenos Ayres, a nume rous and powerful Party :n favour:of the Mother Country. Time: Win hew whether than party has the means to do any thing effectual for the restoration_ of the Royal Authority. Frequent disagreements occur in Spain between the people and the French soldiers, in consequence of the protection which the latter, out of a sense of honour, extend to the Constitutionalists. The latter, relying on the support of the French, as sume a menacing air to their more loyal country men, who view them as Rebels and Traitors. — Hence arise disterbances often attended with fatal results. [enrisx pnEss.] Sunday's French Papers, and the Male of Monday, reached our office last night. It ap pears the pirates of Algiers have armed their Corsaii's In . considerable force against the hap less Spaniards, as if the latter were not already doomed to sufficient misery, and domestic sla very pressing quite hard enough upon them, without the shackles of these barbarians. We trust they will soon receive the chastisement they deserve. The French, in this instance, are bound to act at once, and should unite their force to ours, to humble in the dust this nest of lawless pirates. The details in the Etoile respecting the Greeks . are most inspiring. We look on the freedom of the gallant Christians as now assured. The Porte, it appears, has complained to Lord Strangioyd, in consequence of the sympathy and support Greece has met in this country. What are the complaints of the barbarous Divan to us ? "We cannot stay the course of events, or arrest the ruin now impending over the dynasty of the [MORNING HERALD.] The Lord Chancellor felt so anxious about the motio❑ brought forward in the House of Com Mons last night, by Mr. Williams•,respecting the Court of Chancery, that his Lordship re ►nained in his private room at the House of Lords, to receive tidings of the progress of the Motion, and to learn the result. The Ministerial Members went backwards and forwards to his Lordship, who, however,, waited till the qklostien was disposed of. It excited similar interest amongst many Members of the Chancery Bar, several of whom were under the gallery. Mr. B. Montagu was in attendance. The gallery, too, was exceedingly crowded from an early hour, and in the House there was a very full attendance of Members. . .0- [THE 'mum] Consideration having succeeded to the first perusal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech, a dead stagnation, it will be perceived, has taken place in people's minds. One man had previously said within himself, or to his neighbour, " The remainder of the window-tax " of course will be repealed :" another expected, and not unreasonably, the removal of the whole of the assessed taxes. .One financier looked to the relief to be effected by the diminution of the rate of interest upon the four per Cents.; an other augured a beneficial effect from the reduc tion of that upon Exchequer bills. The result appears to be, that all will be disappointed; for though there are some general principles acknow ledged by the plan-of finance, there is no measure truly applied, even in the midst of these boasts of our flourishing situation, by which a sensible effect can be produced in favour of the comforts of the people. The State at present (thanks to Divine Providence) is not in that situation, that human error or mismanagement can inflict irre mediable evil upon it. We are not in any of the crises of our fate, in which die measures of Go vernment might decide irrevocably against on existence. The benefits that might be conferred on us would be very acceptable and useful, and the want of those which are withheld may not be ruinous. Now, the nation being in such a posi tion, and after a long peace, and with vast claims to kindness and indulgence from antece dent sufferings, we really could not have con ceived a financial plan so little calculated to diffuse or impart any beneficial influence what ! ever.—One might almost have thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his, more experienced and practical advisers, being' obliged to remit something of the public burdens, had sat down and considered in what vv . ay that remission should be as little felt as possible, how it should do as little good, and by what method the perception of the good, if there were any, should be blunted. The present Chancellor of the Exchequer has adopted a sin gular mode of expression in speaking of the 'abatement of taxes. He does not talk of the ease or benefit which the people will experience from the remission of this or that tax, but of i what the revenue will lose ; and for the adop tion of this phraseology, he has, in fact, some reason. By the diminution of the tax upon London coals, for example, it appears that the revenue will lose one hundred thousand pounds : but the relief of the people will, in reality, be nothing from the diminution of that tax ; three shillings and fourpence a chaldron (th e sum which is re mitted) being but a few pence per week upon th e ordinary' consumption of the lowest and most fill. merous class of housekeepers. Are the poor _man's shoes much cheaper by the last reduction of the leather tax ? And even where machines and steam engines are used, consuming 100.chal drons per year, the loss of Government, sup posing it to devolve wholly on the consumer, though, probably, one-third of it will never reach him, will only be about 161. per an num. But now, would Government have been content .to sustain the loss of 100,0001. from the window-tax, not only would the lowest order of housekeepers have been most sensibly relieved— not only would the sum relinquished hays gone directly into their pockets—but they would have also experienced much farther relief, by the re moval of the odious race of window-peepers,and tof the taxes necessary for their payment. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The country is greatly indebted to Mr. Wil-1 lianas for the uncompromising firmness and public I spirit which he has displayed is his warfare with that greatest of all abuses that any country was ever cursed with, the English Court of Chancery. Of the danger of the task. on which he en tered, he furnished the most satisfactory of all preofs,. in his , account of the answers he uniformly received from professional men to his applications for information respect ing certain cases in which they had been engaged. They were " unwilling to afford the information, lest they should be marked in the surrounding offices ;". and it is curious enough that, though a number of them at first conversed freely enough on the subject of the cases in question, and expressed a readiness to communicate the information, yet, on reflection, they shrunk from the pledge, thus affording a confirmation of the truth of an observation made by an eminent writer, that deliberation is seldom favourable to generosity—that men may be surprised into disinterestedness ; but that the thoughts in the long run generally settle on self. The profession have, some how or other, got it into their head, that the more intricate and difficult the law is, the greater will be the litigation ; that the more te dious and involved the forms of proceedings are, the longer will the snit last ; and that the longer the suit lasts, the greater the share of the property under litigation is likely to accrue to themselves. They have also an idea, that of all the properties possessed by man, there is none which is more characteristic of him than that which the Phrenologists call corn. bativeness ; that a very slight chance of suc cess is sufficient to call the disposition to liti gate into action ; and that therefore there is very little risk of any one being allowed to carry off quietly any property which can be con tested by another, and which they have a just right to consider as hypothecated to them selves for the cost of litigation. Under these circumstances, we can hardly be surprised that they should he somewhat shy of fur nishing arms against themselves ; that they should view Law Reformers pretty much in the light in which Political Reformers are viewed by the Electors of the Boroughs of Devon and Cornwall ; and, though they may be too polite to assail them with the vituperation which the [ l adies of Honiton poured out with so much elo. quence against Mr.. Cobbett and Lord Cochrane, who came, as they said, ill takctlfe bread out of the mouths of their children,: yet their . hosti lity may not be, on that accotnit„,the less de cided. Indeed, so decided is the feeling in the pio fession that when honesty, in 'iiiiystas - e.' so far' prevails over interest, as to draw from.a•ny Of its Members any suggestion of improvement—such conscience-stricken individuals, as we have occa sion to know, dread nothing so much as the re putation of their goo.d deeds. A thief who benefits the public by a disclosure cannot be more anxious to remain unknown to fame. PARIS PAPERS. [From the Mmziteur of Feb. 22.] GENOA, FEB. 11.—The Consul of his Majesty, the King of the Netherlands, residing at Mar seilles, has written a letter, dated the 6th, to his colleague, M. G. Dodero, Consul of the Ne therlands, at Genoa, informing him that accord ing to the declaration of the Captai❑ of the Polar Star, which sailed from Algiers on the 14th of January, and arrived at Marseilles on the sth of February, in the evening, " there had sailed from the Port of Algiers, a few days before his de parture, a corvette, a polacre, and a schooner, with white flags, which, as the whole city knew, was to attack all Spanish vessels." This event had caused a great sensation in Algiers. PARIS, FEB. 21.—Different telegraphic dis patches announce that the Hermione frigate, Captain Dubuisson, arrived at Toulon on the 20th from Cadiz; the Salamander corvette, Capt. Grandpre, on the 19th, from the Levant, last from Tunis ; and, the same day, the Maria Theresa, Capt. Bazoche, of 24 guns, on board of which Rear-Admiral Rossamel has hoisted his flag, and La Jaune brig, Lieut. Parseval, sailed from Toulon for the Southern Hemisphere. [From the Etoile of Monday.] AUGSBURG, FEB. 17.—Our Universal Gatette contains a very long letter, written from Con stantinople, Jan. IC, by an European, whO has undertaken to draw a picture of the last campaign, and to explain the causes of the principal events. We remark the following passages in this very diffuse letter : ' The Turks are so ill acquainted with the enemies they have to combat, that the Divan, and even the Sultan thinks it is sufficient to give rigorous orders every week to the Pachas em ployed against the Greeks, to put an end to this terrible war. The unfortunate Pachas, respon sible for the success, are in continual alarms ; threatened on the one hand by the fatal bow string, on the other with the sabres of their troops, who revolt if their pay is a day in arrear. The little money sent by the Governm en t i s ' stopp e d in the hands of the Contractors and t h e Treasurers, and the soldier i$ starving. Thus the Pael la of Scutari, who was commanded to con quer the Morea, has retreated with disgrace to ;his Government, with a remnant of a few hundred ' men. his fate is n o t doubtful ; but what pledge of success remains for the unhappy slav es o f t h e Sultan who will come to succeed hiM - 1 ee Patras cannot hold out. Coron tend Modon are probably a lready in the hands of the Greeks. It is certain that the flotilla of the ferocious Aboulobut has fallen into their hands. 'rho in surgents want, only money. They will loom re ceive it from gngland. They also depend on powerful assistance in men and ammunition. The ' English display an excessive zeal, and conceal it so little, that the Divan has complained to Lord Strangford. approaching re-establish ment -.Alta excites, in an extra ordinary degree, the courage of-altthe Christians. ‘ The of the i le O ws rd o e f r o the M It seems that the island of Candle is destined to b chief fiseeast of that ill us t r i ous O r d er , w hi c h was at the te rror o f t h e C rescent ." e the all times Hunt has been double ironed at Woolwich since the Sunday before last. Upon that_ day, when he and the other convicts were in die chapel of the, vessel where he has been confined, there was some little delay on ne thep d soartmoe of hisbrethren of the elergym ; Hunt began to hum a tune, called out to him for the song which an he had sang for Mrs. Probert immediately after the mur der. Without hesitation, he bean to sing the first part of the duet of " All's Well," and was vehemently applauded by his when depraved congregation.l The superintend an t, however upon hear ing of the circumstanc e, or dered Hunt to be double ironed, and in that condition h e now r emains. A gentleman, who was a N c a q v u y ai c n o t ir ed ee t_v h it o h us h e im in st.m h in e rt Iva , s B proprietor of the Army and -lane, went to Woolwich to ascertain whether the public report, that he was as full of levity and carlessness as before the murder had taken place, was true. Hunt held out his hand to his visitor, but the honour was declined, and Hunt laughed at what he called " being so d--d particular." " You could not expect," said the visitor, " that I came here as an acquaintance of yours : I can't shake hands with so dreadful *a character." Hunt said he had not done the trick, "it was Jack and Bill, and they did it together, I'm sure. I'd swear that they were both together when the man was murdered." Some con versation then took place about the execution of John Thurtell, and Hint said," D—n his eyes, Jack ought to Lave been hang ed long ago. He has silenced many a man; why, he disposed of three or four in the house at Manchester-buildings.' It has been erroneously stated that Hu nt ' s hair and whiskers had been cut off upon his departure from Herford to the hulks. He has a great bush of hair, and a tremendous pair of whiskers. He is very unwilling to work, and, when not much fatigued, sings as he labours. ATTACK ON BARON PENNEFATHELL'S TENANTS. --(Clonmel, Feb. 18.)—We regret to state, that on Thursday night last an armed party attacked the houses of two. farmers, of the names of Wm. Halfpenny and Thomas Londregan, tenants of the Honourable Baron Pennefather's, on the lands of Knockgraffon. They beat these men most savagely, and threatened to take away their lives if they did not immediately leave their farms, which, for several years, they have held under the Honourable Baron. After leaving these hapless objects _of their hatred, they pro ceeded to the house of another farmer, on the same lands, whom they, intended to serve in the same manner ; but, in consequence of the resist ance they unexpectedly met, they retired, hav ing, however, expressed a threat of burning the house at their next visit. We trust the Gentle men of the country will enter into a subscription for the apprehension of these murderers and most ungrateful ruffians ; we say ungrateful, because there is not n more indulgent landlord in any country than the Hon. Baron. The tenants on the Knockgraffon estate owe two years' rent, and their kind and benevolent landlord would not urge them to sell till they could obtain the highest prices for the produce of their farms.— Moreover, the Hon. Baron gave directions to his Agent, Avery Jordan, Esq., to supply 'the tenants with as much flax-seed as they should be inclined to sow this season. LIT EnARY NOTICE. DUKE CHRISTIAN-of LUNEBURG. 3d Vol. By Miss ~I9IITEJt. The literary talents of this Lady are so well known, and so justly admired, that we shall only present the following extract, without anticipat ing the story. We are persuaded, that, to the patriots and the poet, as well as to readers in general, it will be highly acceptable. We shall not say any thing more at present, than to observe that the scene takes place near \Vimbleton, where certain British Volunteers had passed hi review before HENRY, Prince of Wales, and the renowded Duke ChnisTlAN of Luneburg him self, previous to their following the latter hero to the defence of the suffering Protestants in Germany : " When Christian reined up his horse to quit the field, the men raising their helmed-caps from their heads, gave him the brave old English cri des armes of God and St. George ! Christian lifted his hat also, and waving its plumes with a noble grace, in reverence to their exclamation, bowed his head to their successive plaudits as he passed along. Henry turned away, with tears bursting from his eyes . ; but not from envy. Luneburg followed his track round the bend of low irregular hillock, which excluded the late field from their sight ; but as he drew nearer his companion, he observed a person of a sin gularly fine mien, but of simple:apparel, standing rather on the slope towards them, but who had evidently been viewing the passed military scene from that elevated point. When the Prince of 'Wales rode so close to the base of the hill, as to ba almost within's. few yards of him, this person turned round ; and taking off his unplumed cap, with an air of. the profound est respect, yet with the aspect of a prince himself, he stood un covered ; evidently with the intention of remaining so, until the royal personage should have passed from sight. Christian checked his horse, struck with the whole appear. .ance of this man ; for his countenance was distinguished as his figure.; .his unbonnetted head displaying a brow of such expansive mental dignity, with eyes of such bright . yet mild intelligence, that both seemed ready to mirror every high expression of which the soul of man is capable. Those speaking eyes met the fixed gaze of the German Prince, who immediately moving his horse on to the side of Henry—" Who is that noble person ?" inquired he, in a lowered voice, while, with an answering' look accompanying the bend of his own head, he observe& a Something even of effulgence pass over the stranger's face, in 'bo`wing to him; an act of respect that ap peared in consequence of having met so fixed a regard from'one he knew to be the Prince of Luneburg. " Who is he returned the Prince of Wales, recovering from so gfeat an abstracton, he had hardly noticed the obei sance he had received —" Only Shakspeare, our dra matist." " Only !—HisS hak ti p ieanrgei4_ ?" retorted Luneburgh ; " Only, in deed himself—bear one stamp !—Wera I w s r Prince of this land, I know not but I should make that man chief of my council. Such men are the handy and feet of a great '. state." . . Henry smiled. "He is what you say :—and I take.shame to myself for my only ;--but I was thinking more of his lessons than himself. —Would your Highness like to knOw him:?" • " Before almost any other man in Europe," replied the- Prince; and While his young friend, with one of his most gra cious s miles, beckoned the Poet, Christian dismounted,—Henry, with the noble observance of his own royal nature, understood the spontaneous action ; and vaulting from his saddle, ad vanced directly to the Poet, who had drawn a step respectfully backward, on perceiving the Brunswick hero approaching also. " Shakspeare," said the Heir of England, " it is not neces sary to say to you, that this is the Prince of Luneburg—who as much wishes you had been his countryman, as we are satisfied in having you ours." Luneburg's high soul acknowledged the presence in which he stood :—of a mind, royal, noble, in all but the trappings and the power !—And Luneburg felt with his peer. — Shakspeare, who knew this boast of Germany by character, did not seem to shrink from the.presence of the Prince :—he felt his fellow': ship in that of the hero. But still, with the Conscious dignity of such minds, abides that principle of respect for all " their likes," w hich ever preserves due deference to th e stat i ons t h ey hold, and a reverence to the spirit within no familiarity can ever lesson. " To tell the author of the volume, I see in every hand I honour most,—what 1 wish, or think, at this moment," returned Christian, clasping with cordial warmth that which the Prince had put into his, " is neither in my purpose, nor my power. — But I feel meeting the soul of Barry Percy—of Henry Mon mouth—in this hand I—Christian of Brunswick owns the blood of one; and having a heart for both, claims your esteem. Come to me sometimes while I am yet in England—" Chris tian would have added—" and I shall then carry away with me two treasures—the friendship of its Prince, and of an English subject, whom all the world honours !"—But a delicacy of say ing all he felt checked him, and lie paused abruptly ;—though his eloquent countenance told more than even his wards could have uttered. A fine suffusion passed over the noble brow of the bard ; and he bowed with a look which spoke more than any other lan guage than his could have declared. It was the look of one elevated mind, acknowledging, with relative respect, the lofty sympathy common to both. Indeed, the highest order of minds are ever ready to pay homage where due ; neither fearing to abstract from themselves, or be mistaken for flatterers. " You will coma then to-morrow at twelve o'clock ?"—ask ed Henry. " My duty, and my heart, obeys," was the immediate reply; and the young Prince, turning to remount, the bard of Avon, with all the mien of one who felt that " love ennobles servi tude," took hold of the bridle of the proud charger till its lord had mounted. Luneburg was in his saddle, when he again held out his hand to bid his new acquaintance a short adieu ; and then the two friends turning their steeds into the road througla the copse, left the poet of England again to muse on the Brunswick Prince, and on the chivalry his own strains had awakened to follow him. " Henry," observed Christian, as they rode along, " having that man at your command, you need never inquire for an anti. dote to the pedants and mummers around you.—When so much of the great and good is cased in the little volume on your table, what must there be in the mighty soul itself that dictat ed those pages ! He is a statesman—a sage, a hero—every thing !—and by an intuitive knowledge, a sort of self-creation, that makes one stand at wonder as before a being of another sphere. " I acknowledge it," returned the Prince ; " and thus do we often neglect the treasure we possess, for want of think ing on its merits. But his book, given to me when a boy by the Lord-keeper Williams, I have read, till I believe I have it almost by heart—and in my heart too—else, I might now bs more contented than I am.—His Harries, that you talk of, will not let me sleep. It is here—Harry to Harry—in this breast of mine, as hot as ever Mon mouth met your Hotspur ! And, till I garland my head with deeds as glorious, I shall go moping to my grave. Cousin, I would give any thing short of my birth-right to share the for tunes of those men I heard cheering you just now !" " And might it not be thought of, Harry ?" " I will dare it with my father ! and if he refuse me ---" the prince paused, with a heightened colour. " He is still your father !" rejoined Luneburg. " What, then, you would receive no deserters ?" " None," answered Christian, with rather a serious smile ; " but we may hope a happy yea to your boon !" " If not," replied the Prince, with something of bitterness in his smile ; " if I may not set the example of rebellion Shakspeare shall teach me resignation. I'll give my royal jewels for a set of beads—yon gorgeous palace, for a hermitage _my gay apparel for an ahnsman's gown ; my princely scep tre for a palmer's staff'; my gallant subjects for a carved saint ; And my large kingdom, for a little grave ! yes, I have said it —a little, little grave—an obscure grave ! for men to wonder, that such should bear the name of Harry and Plantagenet !" From the LONDON - GAZETTE, Teb:t4. COURT ➢IOURNING. . Lord Chamberlain's Of FebA4, 1824. Orders for the Court's going into mourning; on Sunday next, the 29th instant, for the late King of Sardinia, Victor Emanuel. The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and Undress—White or grey lustrings, tabbies or damask. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linnen, black swords and buckles. Undress—Grey frocks. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday the 4th of March next, viz.:— 't'he Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, frns and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoate, full trimmed, ctoured swords and buckles. And on Sunday, the 7th of March next, the Court to go out of mourning. BANKRUPTS. M: liraistell, Conduit-street, Bond -street, milliner, to sur render Feb. 28, March 2, and April 6, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Sweet, Stokes, and Carr, Basinghall-street. _ _ T. Oakley, Poole, coal-merchant, March 4,5, and April 6, at eleven, at the Greyhound Inn, Blandford Forum, Dorset. shire. Attornies, Mr. Fitch, Union-street, Southwark,; and Mr. Crabb, Blandford, Dorsetshire. J. Willson, Borough-road, carpenter, Feb. 28, March 6, and April 6, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attt►rney,Mr. Brooking, Lombard-street. J. Haiicock, Westbury, Somersetshire, shopkeeper, March 10, 11, and April 6, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Attorneys, Messrs. Vizard and Blower, Lincoln's-inn, London ;' and Mr. Gregory, Bristol. F. Rooker, Manchester, and J. Watt, Preston, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturers, March 9, 10, and April 6, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attorney, Mr. Norris, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. March 16, T. Richards, sen., Bridgewater-square, dealer in watches--March 20, J. Chalk, Illackfriars-road, coach-maker —March 16, J. Wollaston and F. Upjohn, Holborn-bridge, distillers—March 17, W. Hebdin, • - Leeds, A. 0. Hebdin, Parliament-street, London, and J. Browne, sen., Leeds, merchants—March 16, E. Boyle, Leicester-squ are' printer —March 17, J. Dodd and W. Dodd, Ki r k oswa ld , Cumber land, grocers—March 17. A. Knibb, Barnwell St. Andrew, Northamptonshire, miller—March 22, F. M. Hodson, Manchester, calico printer—April 2. J. Sharpley, York, merchant— March. 18. W. H. Tollervey, Portsea, brewer —Apri). 1. R. Davis; Low Foss, Yorkshire, dealer. CERTIFICATES—March 16. J. Rothwell, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, hosier--41. L. Moody, Clifton-street, Worship-square, silk manufacturer—T. Hop kins, Woolwich, carpenter--J. W. Shaw and A. W. Elmslie, Fenchurch-buildings, merchants—R.. N. Gillard, jun. Bristol, carpenter—G. Dixon, Chiswell-street, ironmonger. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. P. Young and J. Crofts, Nottingham, haberdasher—J. Lewis,jurr, and J. Holdinott, Stalbridge, Dorsetshire, grocers —I. Baker and . J. Baker, Beccles;. Suflblk, g roc ers--S. Noden and T. Banks, Baldwin's Gardens,. hearth-rug manufacturers--- W. Chapman and . T.. Roe; Sherborne-lane, Lombard-street, printers—J. Dimsdale andF.Creswell, St. J o h n ' s L s t reet , Clei. kenwell, druggists—W. Ewing and W. H. Hodson, Liver pool, commission agents—R. Holdsworth and J. Holdsworth,: Leeds, flax-spinners—J. Simister and T. Lyon, button-ma nufacturers—W. Heap and Co. Cobliouse Nabb, Walmersley, Lancashire, calico-printers, as far as regards W.. Heap—J- Mitchell and IV: White - Exmouth r atreet, H a mp s t ea d-road, carpenters—R. Seward, - ? Newnharn,.. Gloucestershire, and 'L. Davies, Leominster, Herefordshire, coal-miners—D. Colby , and H. Colby ; Great Yarmouth, ship-owners—H. Parrott and Roberts,A. Belvedere-wharf,'Surrey; coal-merchants. „ [ This adictte contains the Appointments of the Lent A esizegt which have, nearly, all appeared in TIIE SUN ; but which, they are given in an official shape, we shall insert to-morrow• I At Bergen, in Norway, cin the 6th ult., about half-past 'five in the morning, a pretty smart shock of an earthquake was experienced, accorn" panied by a rumbling subterranean noise, by which the hOuses were shaken ' and all sorts of f urn it u re tumbled about. Th e direction was from $. to N.E. The noise lasted nearly a minute' There were two shocks but the first was the more violent. The number of children born at St. PeterS. burgh in 1823, was 8,079, and the number of persons who died, 11,013, consequently the deaths exceeded the births by 3,004, which is a very unusual proportion. - COL-MARKET, FEB. 23. 7. Ships a Market. Ships sold Prioe. , 39i Newcastle - -14 A - 33 s Od t o 39s ;La II Sunderland - - 4i -32 s 6d to 42s Od -I Scotch Coal . - 1 Welsh Coal . . 1 -32 s Od to 34s 4)-4 . —s Od to 70$ Oa 1 Culm - - - i - —s Od to 38s 04 COURSE OF EXCHANGE, February 24. .Amstai dam Ditto, at Sight . Rotterdam l2 a Antwerp l2 4 Hamburgh Altonn Varie,3 Day's sight 2l 60 o Use Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Berlin Frank fort on the Main Peter:burgh . 9 Vienna lO 10 Trieste lO 10 Madrid Cadiz Gilboa • $5. hteobire Barcelona 34 Saville Gihraltat .. Leghorn Galion . 49A-Venice, Ital. Liv 27 0 Malta 45 -Naples 384 Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia . 51 Dubliu Cork 91 pei Ceut. BULLION. Portugal Gold,' n Coin 1.0 o 0 par 04. Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 4 Silver In Bare, Standard 0 4 II BIRTHS. On Saturday, the 21st instant, Lady Charlotte Palmer, of s daughter. Yesterday, in Queen-street, May-fair, the Lady of Job" Christie, Esq., of a daughter. At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the 14th inst. Mrs. Dodswortb , wife of Mr. D. of the Queen's-head Inn, of a son. MARRIED. Yesterday, Mr. William Mitchell, of the Office of Ordnance , to Sarah Jane, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Edwara Parker, of Durham. Yesterday, at Hackney, John Fisher, Esq., of Dorchester , to Esther Jopson, eldest daughter of Samuel Marshall, Esq., of Dalston, Middlesex. DIED. Lately at Ettenheim, Baden, (on his estate) the Baron John Von Turkheim, a native of Strasburg, well known to man,' distinguished individuals in Europe, as a public Writer and Diplomatist. At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the Bth instant, in the '9 l s t year of his age, deservedly respected, Richard Jones, Esq. wh o gave unequivocal testimony of the benevolence of his h e art, by bequeathing six hundred pounds to the charitable institutions of the town, nearly one-fourth of his entire property. On Saturday last, at Crendon, Bucks, Mr. Wm. Stone. On Sunday last, at Bewdley, Jonathan Skey, Esq., in his 98th year. On the 20th instant, at his house in Worcester, George Woodyate, M.D. in the 60th year of his age. Printed and Pnblished for the PROPRIETORS, at the 81114' . °Frier, 112, Strand, by J. B. CAUSTAiIIs.