The Sun. — London, England, 1824-04-20 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY ;ttracts from the Morning Papers, April 20. • [THE Timm] Ferdinand VI!. is, after all, not quite the Bing we took him for. In- the selection of re- Wds, at least, he contrives to show some wit as -Caen as" discrimination. Mataflorida, the Regent, tkeltestorer of the Monarchy, is sent off Ambas sidor to Tunis. The Etoile now states, it as matter of notoriety, that General Bourmont is forthwith to be recalled from Spain. If this re moval be of -a nature to inflict pain on any party, it ought not to be on . those who console them. solves by foreseeing troubles and ill blood be tween the French and Spanish Legitimates from their inauspicious connexion. Bourmont is con sidered an officer of superior talent, and a dis creet and moderate politician—an intriguer or fanatic will but poorly supply his place. Nothing stiort of the most eminent sagacity can now en able a foreign commander to steer any other 1 at • ; y se - ti Spain, but such as shall render the . .trAktley system of mis-government--dragged by Verclinand and the priesthood to one side, by the disappointed military of the Serviles to a second, by the indignant and desperate Constitutionalists ta . a third, and to a fourth by the partisans of Vie French house of Bourbon—a prey tci, the Inost irretrievable reverses. The dignity of Com mander-in-Chief of the Army of Occupation, ac cordingly, does not appear a very tempting object to the military ambition of some French officers. 'he Etoile says, that General Rivaud de la Raf . rqere has refused it, and that the Viscount Di jet n is to be Bourmont's successor. The Viscount is not likely to enjoy a. sinecure post. • [MORNING POST.] We received last night by express French Papers to the lOth instant. The extracts which welhave'given will show, that the task of com manding the,Army of Occupation in Spain is attended with so Many difficulties or disgusting circumstances that few are willing to take it upon themselves. After being resigned by Ge neral l3ourmont, it has been refused by Count Rivaud de la Raffiniere, and is said to have been offered to Viscount Digeon, who it was hoped -olvuld not reject the trust imposed upon him.— That a command or. such importance and dig nity should go begging in a 'nation essentially military; is the - most convincing illustration which can be given '.of the - real state of things in the Peninsula. Notwithstanding, or rather through their efforts to constrain all parties to. keep within the bounds of moderation, the French have raised a feeling of general hostility against themselves. Their situation is become most precarious,'and they feel themselves on the edge of a precipice from which there is scarcely the possibility of a return. It would seem that Ferdinand did not consider himself quite safe at Aranjuez, for be was to repair on the 9th instant tO'Toledo with the Royal Family, and to spend some time in that city, where the Ultras prepon &rated and the Liberals had more than once been exposed . to insult and violence. [BRITISH PRESS.] The French Papers of • Saturday and Sunday li . ave little that is important in their columns.---, The only subject of any interest agitated in the C t haniber of Deputies on Saturday wag," that under the report of the Commission appointed tcs inquire into the 46 projet" of ministers for re ducing the interest of the national debt. The report, which is given at considerable length, is plausible, and sanctions the plan ; but it can not disguise many difficulties which the French ministry will have in carrying it into execution. The report, however, states, " That the Corn sniseion proposes the adoption of the project, 'Without amendment." A letter, during the sit ting, Was read by the President, from the cele brated genjtimin Constant, the validity of whose election has been most unjustly impeached, stating that he was compelled to be absent from tbe-Charrrber fur three weeks, for the purpose of procuring the necessary documents to prove the validity of, his return.—Rivaud de laßaffiniere, it - is stated, has refused Bourmont's command in . Spain, and General Dijeon is, in consequence, nitrified as his SecCessor. Mouton Durtirnet will, it is said, command at Cadiz ; Matattorida, the Spanish lawyer, lately President of the infamous. Eft;genty of Urg,el,.totel created a Marquis for his services, has been named Ambassador to no less:a personage than the Bey of Tunis, and quitted Airgos on the, 6th for his high destination. —4The important fortress of Lepanto is said to :.hoe fallen into the hands of the Greeks on the igth of March. The artillery' of the Philhel-, leries, under the direction of Colonel Stanhope, after some heavy firing, formed, a practicable' bieach, and a summons was then sent to the iriirkish Commandant to surrender. JusufPacha' (who had thrown ,himself into Lepanto, with the . remnant of his' shattered forces, after his defeats„ in the last campaign), refused, however, Pe remptorily to accede to the summons of the 'reeks-,- and the place, in consequence, was, .stOrmed on the 'night between the 14th and 1 sth, . , taefore the break of day. Constantine Batzaris, and the braVe Nicetas„ called '‘ The Turk' De , stioyer," led the assault ; and befOre seven in the Athrtling of the 15th, the standard of the Christians' ti4ted from the ramparts of Lepanto. Numbers of the .Turks fell in the fury of the assault';' and' an •inimense booty, in money, ammunition, arms, and batgage„with all the spoils plundered in Aciatia r h e ears shire, develOped to the Greeks.--. - -: - ' cilitssuf Pacha.is said to have fallen in the contest. Pacha of Egypt is asserted positively to hive been appointed by the Porte Commander of- all the forces now preparing to act agitinst the Greeks'in the Morea and 'Stand's in' , isle •itext.'cirtpaign,. and the' declaration of . his -4ide - 1 3 .( 1 4.ueer is r zain denied. We' shall be mach surprised if Mahomed Ali accepts this pe ril-susresigns his' Present sirua titkli fin so dangerou - s- au office. The Greeks ro 1 . 16;/' bejii'fid *ill fears "from ill'f;* , . . ktori. „ - - '.l4te'Y 'never ,can be enslaved ai t a iti by iiirrinewed' effbiti - of this liarbattitti statocracy. Their independence (by the con- federated Powers of the Continent) is looked on as certain ; and as these Powers are in conse quence planning the erection of Greece into an independent Kingdom, to, be offered to" Charles, John," of Sweden, or an Austrian Archduke. Russia and Austria cannot bear the idea of an independent rupublic existing in the East of Europe. NEW TIMES.] We rejoice to see that the subscription in aid of the distressed Settlers at the Cape of Good Hope continues to meet with encouragement.. The accounts received front the New Colony since the publication of the Report by the Com mittee, add to the afflicting mass of intelligence already received. They announce the failure of the fourth year's crop, and convey the most melancholy details of the effects of the late iunundation. A brief summary of the dis asters which have befallen the unfortunate set tlers has already appeared at the head of the list of subscriptions, and contains a powerful ap peal to the best feelings of our nature. We refer our Readers to an additional statement by the Committee, from which it 'appears, that among the sufferers are Officers on the. Half-pay List of the Army and Navy, who have been induced to emigrate, in the hope of obtaining in a new coun try those opportunities. for exertion. in support of their families which did not present themselves', in s Engtand. After four years of toil and priva tion, not only have these unhappy colonists ,been miserably disappointed in their laudable exer tions,• but they are now reduced to such a state, of destitution ab to become objects for the com passionate aid of their . fellow-countrymen. . " We are convinced that a general knowledge of the facts is alone wanting to call forth such an exer tion of public benevolence as the urgency of the case demands.. - [MORNING HERALD.] Saturday's Paris Papers reached us last night by express. The principal object of public at tention, judging by the Journals, is the proposed reduction of the interest of 'the Public Debt. No doubt seems to be entertained of the Minister's being able to carry it into, effect with little dif ficulty—though it is vehemently censured as a breach of public faith, an invasion of property, : and a mischievous increase of the capital of the debt. It is treated by its opponents asa-finan cial bantling of English birth—:and..FranCe is pro mised,atnodistant period; the ha ppiness of a public debt of the same formidable bulk as that of Eng land. A new election'is to take place in one Of the Electoral Districts of Paris, in consequence of the option byGen.Fox to take his seat for a provi& cial college, which had also returned him. The struggle will call forth all the energy and, inge nuity of the conflicting parties, as an- attempt will be made to return one of the leading disap pointed Liberals. General Fox, in his address to the electors, calls the district" the Wesminster of Paris." 11-1. - Magalon has been released from' prison, after 15 months' confinement for a libel. His case deserves some notice from its peculiarity, and from an act of individual generosity which it has called forth. The prisoner was a French Advocate of great personal respectability.: Upon his conviction, he - 'was dragged through Paris handcuffed with convicted' galleySlaVes*, atidsuh= jected in prison also to the, most harsh, degrad ing, and ignominious treatment. The general indignation, however, compelled the French Authorities to relax their vindictive severity; but after the expiration of the term of his con finement, he was unable to discharge the fine of 4000 francs. M. Camas, a merchant, we believe, paid' the sum, and restored him to liberty.— There is no intelligence of public interest from Spain. The - King' seems occupied' in bestowing' 'church prefertrients. If the resources of the Church be as low as those of the Treasury, the new Bishops and other dignitaries will derive little benefit from their pioniotioti. .AccOunts from Switzerland describe Lausanne as distracted by religious discord, and' digraced by some re volting acts of fanaticism, Outraging at once humanity and shame. The chief and most blane ' able cause . seerns to be the intolerant harshness l of.the public uuthorities•against sectarians. [MORNINO ClinorrOLL] A rilost important pamphlet has just been pub lished. by Mr. ilatch,ard, undet.the title of " servations on the Administration of the Poor . Laws in Agrieultural Districts." The author is the Rev. C. D. Brereton, A. M., Rector of Little MassinghaM,Norfolk. \Ye have in this pam phlet the fruit, of. the observations of an able and enlightened Gentleman, whose ,situation has given him peculiar, facilities for obtaining an inti mate knowledge of the Situation of , the peasantry of England, ,once " their country's pride ;", and. Who has skilfully availed him self . of these. facilities, By, this publica tion, the Reverend Author has,. in our opinion, rendered..art invaluable service : to his country men, the greater part of, whom : are ignorant of the condition of the peasantry, and the enlighten• ed of' whom the , appalling picture which he draws of 'the demoralization of this unfortunate clasS of our population, Will, we should hope, rouse to arrest, if possible, the progress of the de structive 'disease, which has. already produced such havoc in our` villages. We would earnestly re commend the perusal of this:. pamphlet to Lord Liverpool in partiCular. The declaration which lie lately made in his place in,the House of Lords, that Ireland would be benefited .by a system of Poor Laws, similar to that of which Mr. Ilrereton has slieWn us the working, only proves that his Lordship is as imperfectly acquainted with his own country as with Ireland. To Poor Laws and. POOr Rites we are not inimical, deeming some provision for the aged and infirm essentially ne cessary in an industrious and civilized community; but the English Poor Laws, as now interpreted in theagricultbral - distriets,have the effect of red ucing old and youug to a state of the most abject slavery, of placing them,'with,respeet to - the reward of la.= bour, hi a far worse. situation than that in which' they would be were there no rates,of destroying eve,ry motive, to virtuous .exertion, honour, and `honesty, 0414 pf generating vice and!clemoraliza-, Lion to•a most_ alarm England,. at , ihis moment, presents a curious contrast. The.populit tion of her towns is becoming every day more moral, more orderly, more industrious, and more enlight ened ; the population of the country is, on the other hand, becoming every day more vicious, brutal, and disorderly. The latter are sunk far beneath the former in character and conduct ; and were the moralist to derive his notions of the inhabi tants of Town and Country from what he sees in England, he would reverse the usual picture, and assign vice to the Country ,and virtue to Towns. DECREE OF THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS. We, WILLIAM, by the Grace of GOD, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, &c. &c. &c., having taken into our considera tion that, since our accession to the Throne, Commerce has not acquired that extension, and been carried on with such vigour as the re-establishment of a general peace and our amicable relations with -all the world had promised ; that, consequently, the trade of ship-building and the equipment of ships, and our home manufactures, have not reached the state of prosperity of whick they are susceptible ; that the trifling success of our shipping interest an ds q trade be yond sea, but above all our India n t ra d e , may be imput ed to these circumstances ; that commerce and navigation have not in every respect answered our expectations, nor acquired the stability to be desired by commercial men • that hitherto they have been in a great measure supported by our Government, but even this support has been found insuf ficient to some of the merchants; the result shows that the mother country has not reaped the advantages of naviga tion and commerce established on a proper basis, at the same time that our transmarine possessions have been expos ed to great deprivations. We have therefore taken into - our most serious consideration, and it is the object of our constant solicitude, to apply a remedy to this state of things, to encou rage agriculture and every branch of industry, and to give to the kingdom, with the assistance of God, all the advantages which its rank amongst nations, its geographical position, and the importance of its Colonies demand. For this purpose we must not, like some other nations, have recourse to a system of prohibitions, but, on the contrary, endeavour to maintain an unrestricted navigation under our flag and that of other friendly nations, and a judicious employment of capital and labour, so as to give life and vigour to the whole. That a Company in which the native, and the foreigner may each contribute to the welfare of " the kingdom, is particularly adapted to these - objects. That such a Company should have alone for its objects commercial pursuits, without interfering in State affairs either in this kingdom or in the colonies, and that its operations should not be restrained by the Govern ment, nor its connection with the Government, other than by law established, in respect to all Joint Stock Companies. It being our Royal pleasure to assist in the establishment of such a Company, and give all persons an opportunity of participat ing in its advantages, we decree as follows :- 1. There shall be opened in the Chambers of Commerce in the following cities, viz. Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bruges, Brus sels, Dordrecht, Ghent, Leiden, Middleburg, Ostend, and Rot terdam, subscriptions for a Netherland Commercial Company, which shall be established for a term of '25 years, conformably to the law concerning Joint Steck Companies, with permission to apply.for an extension of the time limited, at the expiration of the 25 years. 2. The stock of the. Company shall be, in the first instance, twelve millions of guilders. However, it may be increased to 24 millions, should the subscription exceed th e sum limit e d, or should the Company deem it expedient. Should there be an increase in the sum limited, the first sub- scribers shall be at liberty to add to their subscriptions in pro portion to the original sums subscribed. ' 3. The shares of the Company shall be for 1,000 florins each ; they may, however, be subdivided into fractional parts of five hundred and two hundred and fifty florins. 4. The sums subscribed shall be paid by instalments at the , times to be hereafter mentioned ; and five per cent. on each share shall be paid 15 days after the books shall be closed. 5. The books shall be opened tbr subscriptions at the Cham bers of Commerce above mentioned, 15 days after the date of' the present Decree. The Chambers shall render accounts daily of the progress of the Subscription to the Department for National Industry and ng the Subscrip mthaeyC.beolodnecriese.edinaGraddrhethutetb4l..eastafobrliiisrantliof the Company tion. Should: the whole Subseriptim exceed t he sum required, the first Subscribers, in point of date, shall be preferred. O. Two menthe after the Subscription shall be opened, or earlier, should the sum of twelve millions hav e b een sub scribed, the Colonial Department shall invite the Presidents of the Chambers of Commerce to call a meeting of the Share holders, in order - that they may depute some' of their body to meet at the Hague, to concert with a Cominmission which we shall appoint,.a plan of operations tbr the said Company, which shall then he submitted for our approbation. The number of Deputies for each Chamber shall be fixed by us agreeably to the number of Subscribers. The books shall be closed the lastday of June, 1824. Should the Subscriptions amount to more ten twelve millions, the surplus shall he ap plied as directed.in Article 2. 7. There shalt not be allowed to this Company any exclusive privilege whatever. We declare, notwithstanding, that we will grant every protection which an establishment of so much im portance raeritS. 8. The, Deputies will take into consideration every thing that can tend to the encouragement of commerce, navigation, the fisheries, agriculture, and the manufacturing industry of the nation. 9. The Company will also extend its Views to the trade of the Bast, Indies, the extension of commerce and navigation to our own possession and every other part of rndia, and the neighbouring countries, the tea trad e of China, and the fisheries in the Indian seas. 10. Tke Society will give the preference to the national ma nufactures, iii, all.cases, except where they cannot be applied to the purposes required. 11. The Company shall employ for transporting' goods, whether for their own account •r for the account of others, .national ships only, sailing under , the Netherland flag, and shall give a preference to Netherland-huilt ships. I 12. The Company shall have a preference in the shipment of Stores for the use of the Colonies, and for the transporting of Stores and Merchandize from thence to the Netherlands. ,Por these purposes the Company shall communicate with the Administration. _ _ _ 13. To sliew our desire to promote the welfare of the Com wOguarantee to the Shareholders an Annual Interest of 4i per Cent. to continence from the second• year, that is to say, 1125-1826, and the profits shall be divided in such manner as to secure the stability of the Company. 14. Being desirous still further, by oar example, to promote the establishment of the Company and the national prosperity, We put our name and that of our house at the head of the Sub.. scription, for the sum of four million guilders ; and should, contrary to all expectations, the amount not be subscribed, before the 30th June, 1824, to the, extent of twelve millions, we will subscribe for our own account to make up the defi ciency. Our - Minister of Public Instruction, National Industry, and the-Colonie9, is charged with the execution of present Decree. (Signed) WI LLLIAM. By the King, J. G. de mey Van STREEFKERK. A true copy—The Secretary of State, L. H. ELIAS SCHOVEL. Given at Amsterdiim, 29th March, 1824. COACIi FRA CAS.--The line of the new road froth Iliiiinster to . }loniton haw,. for several days past, been the scene of an extraordinary - fracas. It seems that Mr. Lotkring, jun., the landlord of the Heathfield Arms,,Yarcoinbe, Was part proprietor of one of the Landon: and Exeter coaches, but; it was stipulated among the prOplieters that any one of them was dismissible from the concern by receiving a month's no tice from the others'. Louring having patronized a recently established opposition coach, he received his notice of exclu sion ; but not having; ache conceived, forfeited hiS interest in the partnefship, he insisted on continuing to supply the horses as usual. Accordingly, when the coach was passing his inn, he forcibly, with'. the' assistance .of a number of persons col lected for tliepurpose, opposed its farther progress until his own 'horses were attached to the coach: The driver was diSmounted, and one of Loarinfes servants stationed on the box. These daily altercations having impeded its due course, the passen gers and their luggage, have been forwarded from the Heath held-arins to Exeter iti chaises. The - contention between the partitia has been so furious, that Waggons have been drawn across the road in some parts of • the route, for the purpose of block ading it.up at the time the coach-arrived. It was attempted to go round a by-Mad, so . as.to accomplish the journey without molestation, but the activity' of the opponent baffled the design, and intercepted' the "'leathern vehicle." The traces were cut —ptigelistio encounters ensued, in one of which Bond, of goni ton, one of the proprietors,. lost' part Of his thumb, and constant bang up rbws have been the disorderly order of the day" for theltst - fettni e ft. In the Mean time the public are seared from thq coach,. arid 'a valuable property. is thus, for want of harmony afid co-bperation among- its:owners, fit a fair way of utter .de ! stt uction.—( Taunton Courier.) FINE ARTS. We have viewed . with considerable interest a series of anatomical casts, taken for the purpose_ of assisting the progreis of Painting and .SculixtUre, from one of the finest human subjects we recollect to have seen. NV ben we consider the vast importance of the sturtiofanatomy to every Artist wishing to arrive at eminence in his profession, and when we consider how intimately connected a high state of cultivation of the Fine Arts is, with the glory of a nation, and that it cannot be considered as truly great, but when such pre eminence exists, we feel that the whole body of Artists and-the public generally are highly indebted to the gentleman by whose exertions such a valuable collection of materials so essential for the students' contemplation has been added to the treasures al ready formed. The Greek Artists, from the warmth of their climate and the nature of their institutions, had the opportunity of studying the anatomy of the human body from the living figure, which was constantly presented to their view in the most perfect form, and in the most beautiful variety. But modern Artists, particu larly in cold climates li,ke ours, where the form is concealed by quantities of clothes, are obliged often to resort to dissection, for the better understanding the attachments of the muscles, and their consequent action. The usual subjects for anatomy, from being wasted by sick ness, however well they may answer the purposes of the sur geon, are ill suited for the study.of the Artist, whose great ob ject is beauty of form, and it seldom occurs that Artists meet with a subject which answers in that respect. It is this cir cumstance which makes the collection we have noticed so in valuable; being of a man (TwunTELL) suddenly, cut off in the full vigour of life, and evidently one who had been in the habit o f practicing those exercises.-which best tend to develope the human form. The history of the acquirement of these casts is rather curious. The gentleman in whose possession they are (Mr. HENRY SASS), has long been disti n g u i s h e d for his enthusiastic feeling for the promotion of the Fine Arts of his country, and being considered to have a good eye for fine form as well as excellent judgment on all subjects relating to the arts, was invited to view at St. Batholomew's the body in question. When he saw itle felt what a valuable acquisition it would be to art, and suggested to the gentlemen who were appointed to dissect the body how desirous he was to have some moulds taken of the superficial muscles ; when, with a feeling for the . promotion of science highly honourable to them selves, they instantly offered to dissect those parts required, and to suspend their own operations, until what had'been requested was finished. Independently of their value to pictorial art we have the autho rity of Sir ANTHONY CARLISLE and other eminent surgeons, for saying that they are beautiful specimens of skill in dissection, and highly creditable to Mr. KIERNAN and the other gentleman who operated. The interest we feel in looking at this collection is not abated when we learn that they are from the body of an unfortunate individual who forfeited his life- to his country. But it is satisfactory to think-that a man who probably did so little good for himself or others during life, will be the means, after death, of giving a stimulus to, and promoting those arts, which are most cultivated by; and attain-the highest eminence among, those nations the most civilized. CORONERS' INQUESTS. On Sunday se'nnight a very promising young man, named Johnson, aged 19, son of a respectable tradesman, Who resides in the Back Road, Islington, destroyed himself in afit of insanity. He had for the last six months been attached fo'ayoUng lady of the same neighbourhood, possessed of con siderable female attractions, and had been in the habit of meeting her at the Union Chapel, Islington, on Sundays, at Divine Service. He was observed to - labour under consider able agitation, but his friends had reason to suppose it arose from the indifference exhibited by the young lady. On Siinday evening he beheld her at the usual place for the last time, and was there treated by her with the most studied coldness," and indeed aversion. On returning home, he appeared very wretched; but upon being rallied by his relatives supped with them. The effort, however, was followed by a fatal relapse of the malady; about nine o'clock lie retired to his room, and in lessqhan ten minutes his friends were horror-struck on hearing the report of a pistol, and on entering the room found the deceased lying on his back, wholly deprived of life. He had put the muzzle of the pistol within his flannel waistcoat, and directing it in such a manner as to prevent the bullet coming in contact with any of his ribs, shot himself through the heart.—A Coroner's In fiuest was held on the body, when evidence was adduced, prov - - . mg the deceased's mind was occupied with some overwhelming passion, and that he labOured under a general debility of spirits. The Jury therefore returned a-verdict of " Insanity." " Another Inquest was held on Saturday night, at the White Horse, Carnaby-market, before the Coroner for Westminster, on the body of James Flynn. The deceased was a young man, in the employment of the East India Company, and resided with his father at No. 3, Marlborough-row, Regent.street.— About a fortnight -ago an alteration in his temper and beha viour wag first observed, and subsequently his feelings were continually in . an alarming state of excitement. On Thursday last he came home and complained of a rain in his head ; he then went to his bed-room ; his father, who came home about 8 o'clock in" the evening, went to see the state of his son. On entering the bed-room, he called to him—inquiring after his health, and received no answer. It being dark, he put out his hands, and felt his son reclining on the bed ; he shook him, and his hands became dyed with gore, and he found that the deceased was stiff and cold. An alarm was instantly made, and a light being brought, it was discovered that the deceased had cia a deep wound in his throat with a razor, and he had 'bled to death.—The Jury returned - a Verdict of " Kilied himself, being at the time in a state of insanity." Another'lnquest was held at the Prince of tirunswich, Pen tonville, on James Barnwell. It appeared that on Thursday last, the deceased and another man were -conducting a barge through the tunnel of the Regent's Canal, and which they are accustomed to do in the following manner :—A plank is placed across the barge, and a man lays on his back at each end of the plank, and moves the barge forward by pushing with his feet against the sides of the tunnel. In performing this ser vice, the deceased and his companion slipped off the plank into the water. The latter was however saved by the assistance of a woman who was in the barge, but the deceased was drowned. Verdict—" Accidental Death." WANTON ACT Or VANIIALISM.—On Thursday, the Bth instant, a party of sailors belonging to his Majesty's cutter, Nimble, on the preventive service, then lying off the Land's End, commanded by Lieutenant Goldsmith, came on shore for the purpose of removing from its situation that great natural curiosity the Logging (rocking) Stone; and which object th e y w er e unfortunately enabled to accom plish. This mass' of granite which- is nearly one hundred tons weight, was one of- those objects that excited the cu riosity of every visitor to the western part of Cornwall ; it stood on the summit of a mass-of rocks, at the Land's End, and was so poised on a natural pivot, that the force which a man could exert was sufficient to cause it to vibrate.—. ln this situation it remained from a period antecedent to our authentic historic records, as it is noticed by our ear liest writers, until the barbarians above-mentioned, in sheer wantonness, removed it from its place. This act of Vandalism has excited the greatest indignation at Penzance, as it will in every part of Cornwall, and throughout the kingdom. It ap pears that Lieutenant Goldsmith—we hope that he is not of the family of the celebrated Natural Historian and Poet—who, in an evil hour, was appointed to watch smugglers near the Land's End, not finding the duties of that station sufficient to occupy his attention, as a recreation for himself and his crew of idlers, devised the overthrowing of the Logging-stone. He landed at the head of 14 of his men, and with the assistance of hand spikes and a hand-screw, called by she sailors—Jack in the box —with much labour and perseverance threw over the stone.— We have no doubt that the' Admiralty and the Commissioners of customs will mark their sense of the service performed by Lieut. Goldsmith in the proper way ; and that, as to replace the Logging-stone is beyond human power, they will give the per petrator of the outrage cause to remember the deed, which, like that of the destroyer of the Temple of Diana, will carry his name to posterity as a disgrace to his country and the ho nourable profession to which he unhappily belongs. What ren ders the act- most atrocious is, that two poor families, who derived a subsistence from attending visitors to this stone, are now deprived of the means of support._( West Briton.) SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-Mrs. ADAMS,aII elderly Lady, was burnt to death at her lodgings in Clarence-row ' Port land-Street,. on Sunday evening. She was left sitting by the fire-.reading while her niece was absent about a quarter of an hour. The first alarm ,was occasioned by her shrieks, and on the servant of the house entering the room the unfortunate old Lady was in one blaze. The servant wrapped the hearth rug about her, but her clothing was reduced to tinder. She died yesterday niorriing, aged 76. • An important addition to the public buildings in Voric , Wiii-ithortly be made by.thc:erection of a Music-hall, caPable, of accommodating 2,00 Persons, ,upon scale so mag nitrceilfirs to vie with-any other similar erection in 'Europe. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The in iee of the 41b. Loaf is stated at I d. by the fosMpektell bakers. There are other• of the trade who tell fions-a hlll - to three halfpence below that rate. IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Fontil. Wheat 5,836 .....-- Barley - ..._.— Malt ' ' Oats - Rye l7 Beans . - Peas Tares Rapeseed - Mustard ' 43 Seeds 133 Flour . . Brank Linseed a 40 39 SEEDS, April 19. New Eng. R.Clover,47s 71s 83s—fine, 97s Old Ditto 33s els 711—fine,. 88s —s —s New Foreign ditto,..64s 731 87s—fine, 101 s Old ditto ditto,— 32s 44s 575; fine, 84s New White ditto 60 , 776 60s—fine, 90 , Old ditto Trefoil per cwt 4s 14s 15s—tine 17s Os per cwt. Ribgrass ... 4os 51s —s—fine, 60s Carraway Seeds 4Bs 50s 54s—fine,56s Coriander do Tares per bushel 3s 4s—line, 5s Od St.Foin 435 to 46s—fine 493 per qr. Rye-Grass... ...... ..23s to 34s—fine, 39s —s —s per qr. Pacey ditto 5O, 53s Canary per qr • 53s 58s—fine, 601 per qr; White Mustard Seed 7s los to Its Brown ditto los I4s I6s od • • Rape 'red New Turnip Seeds 9s I Is 6d to I3s pr. hush. Linseed for feeding - 48s 552 s—fine, 54s per qr. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL MAttI:ETS, April 19. By the Carcass. Beef 45 4d to 95 4d Veal 3s Od to 45 8$ Mutton is Bil to 35 4d f Pork. is 8d to ,55.0$ Lamb, 4s 0 - d to Bs Od. ST. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, April 17. 0. Hay 31 106 od to 61 Os od Clovr r, 51 us ed to 61 61 Cd New Hay 01 Ci Od to 01 Os od ,I Stiaw 21 5s Od to 21 101 Od SMITHFIELD. Old Hay 5l lOs Od to 61 Os Co— , --Average, 41 175 6d Straw Clover WHITECHAPEL. flay 4l 10s Od to 51 His 6d--Average, New ditto Ol Os Od to 01 Os Od---Averrt , s , r, Straw Clover 5l Os od to 6! 10s Od--Averagr; 51 Os Od 01 os ( . ) .. 1 4 xi 4s Uu 51 Tss 'Od PRICE OF HOPS, per Cwt., April 19. ?Scut Pockrts Sussex Pockets . _ 91 Os to 101 10s to 181.04 SI Os to 91 5s to 1010 s t 'Sex Pockets 81 8s to 91 ISs to 101 I ° s Farnlustn, One, 16196 to itol Os—Second, 101 Os to 141 Kett. Bail, 81 Os to 91 9s to 111 Sussex Bags, 71 7s to 81 Os to 91-03 , . • Essex Bags, 71 7s to 91 Os to 101 Os RAW IDES. Hest Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... is Ad to J 3s 0,1 to 3s 2a Market Calf .. d g s ,e Middlings... 2s 8d to 2s 10d Laeibs.... Os od to Os od SHEEP SKINS. Polled Downs 41.ini to 5s Od Shearlings Lambs 'o, od to Qv-01 PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to stilbs each per lb 122 d to 43 41 , Ditto, 56 to 66Ibs each • 24d to —l2 . Dressing Hides 18d to god Coach Hides Crop Hides, 85 to 40Ibs fur cutting l7d tO 10 1 Dittu .... 45 to albs Calf Sltins..:;B to 401bs Ditto • 59 to 791 b.:.; to 27d - -- Ditto 7O to tsOiLis • 2id to itdd Small Seals (Greenland) 18d to 1 , 0 Large ditto ll.l to 181 t 'fanned HOrie Hides 144 to Itid Spanish Horse Hides PRICES OF TALLOW, SOA Town Tallow 389 Od Od Yellow Rustia 35s 6d od White ditto .. 333 Od—s Od Soap ditto.... 33s Od od Melting Stuff 28s Od —s 0(1 Ditto Rough.. 18s . Od —s 'Od PitPiilCs QF . CANDLES, FROM Price of Candles, per dozen 6d per dozen allowe .P, &c. per 112 1 1).—April 17. Yellow Soap 7Ol Mottled... Curd Graves lO 0 d Good Dregs 660.1 VI TALLOW CHANDLER'S HALL. 1, 8 s 6d—Moulds, Ids dd. td for ready money. PRICE OF RA‘S' FAT, per Stone of 61b.- , April Price of Tallu , ,c (as stated by the Tallow Melters), is Oid • COUNTRY MARKET. Gurtneoao MARKET, April 17. Wheat: per 1. 14; Os to 181 10 - t Barley, - 11 14s to 21 Is- Old Wheat Os to —I —s Beans, per qr,ll 185 to 11 as Oats;per yr ... 11 4s to 11'1'2s Pease, per qr: 11 fo'gt 41- Old ditto 01 os to of os , Rye, per qr 01 Os to 01 0. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. BY R. BANKS. PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMRNT MAY.RR. Th efmo meter. Weather. .I - - . 4) I t ..• , z , c•• ':Z •,0 7.: I "ii - 5 .?' ° .'- 2- PZ .., •2, a> :-'.. p 7 - 4' .?.: 2 j• r. X 5; ~ a '.• : -•-•• r • eo • ,- :-, —..:. _ • - ----- ~..----- 0 0 Inches April 8 43 53 40 30.30 Fair Cloudy` y. 49 .49 37 .10 Do. - Fail In 39 42 82 99.40 .17 Rain Cloudy 11 36 46 33 .40 .15 Snow* Fair 12 38 48 31 .40 Fair DO. 1.3 40 4tl 35 .60 Rain Do. t , 14 41 50 37 .91 .02 Fair Rain of Rain h in the above, ' * t Imme, surable. 'aye faller.: It. B. COAL MARKET, April 19. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. 791 Newcastle 41 Sunderland BIRTH. Oti Good Friday, at his seat, Stanley Hall, in Shropshire, the Lady of Sir Tyrwhitt Jones, Bart., of a son. MARRIED. On Thursday last, at Dorking, Mr. William•Dudds Clarke,. of Berners-street, Oxford -street, to Phoebe, eldest daughter of William Phillips, Esq., of Dorking, Surrey. DIED. On the 10th inst., at her residence, Earl's-court, Kensing ton, Mrs. Gray, aged 67, relict of the lata Thomas Gray, laisq., of the same place. On Saturday, the 10th inst., in her 19th year, Elititbeth; the daughter of John Whitton, Esq.,. of Sulgraie, Northampton shire. . . On the 14th inst., at his mother's house at Brighton, in the 21st year of his. age, Charles Mackinen Haven;.Esq., youngest son of the late Stephen Haven, Esq. On the 15th inst., in his 80th year, Robert Roy, Esq., of Fulham, formerly of Old Burlingfon-street. On Thursday, the 15th inst., Sutherland Meek; Esq: M.D., late member of the Medical Board at the Presidency of Esq:, On Sunday, the 18th inst., William Brettle Maltby, Esq., of Nottingham. On the 19th inst., in New Broad-street, Mary Turner, the youngest daughter of James Christie, Esq. 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