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TIM LONDON JOUUNALS. DAILY Extracts fconz the Morning Papers, March 6. [TII E TIMES.] The Papers relating to the affairs of Spain and the ultra-marine States, which we published yes terday, are interesting ; and we may also add, as we do with great pleasure, that, as far as they go, they are not unsatisfactory. We know not how soon or how late the inhabitants of South America, who hare effected their liberation from -4panish bondage, may establish tranquillity at home : but of this we are certain—that they ha - ve already worked out for themselves a degree of consideration abroad, which renders the course of the free Governments of the world extremely easy with respect to them. They have establish ed, beyond all doubt, the proposition that their recovery by the parent state is impossible. This they have done for themselves by their own arms ; and, after such au achievement, they may justly expect, and have a right to claim, that alien Powers should not take upon themselves to deli berate respecting their condition without the pre sence and concurrence of South American Pleni poientiaries,—that a club of politicians should not assemble in a foreign capital to dictate to them what use they should make of that inde pendence which themselves have won. From such conferences the British Government, there fdre, with great propriety, abstains, as will have appeared by the note of Mr. Canning's conference with Prince Polignac. We have already joined in too many of these conferences, in which, if our presence has done no other harm, it has at least excited the suspicion that we were actuated by no more just and equitable principles than the chief personages in those scenes; and that though we did not co-operate, we sanctioned the iniquities that were perpetrated, as the result of the confer ences, upon Piedmont, upon Naples, and on the Peninsula.—The Prince de Polignac " cannot " conceive what can be meant, under the present " circumstances, by a pure and simple acknow " ledgment of the independence of the Spanish " colonies, since those countries being actually (or at present, we presume, actuellement) dis tracted by civil wars, there exists no Govern " ment in them which can offer any appearance "of solidity," &c. &c. We will tell the Prince, therefore, what is meant by the acknowledgment of the independence of States in such a condition. It is an acknowledgment of their right " to be " distracted by civil wars" among themselves, if they cannot agree, provided only they preserve their external relations unbroken, and abstain from interferine; in the concerns of foreign States. And we will add, that it has been the refusal to acknowledge this very species of independence, which has led to all the unjust and barbarous ag gressions of modern times. The dissensions in Poland were made the pretext for the invasion and partitioning of that unhappy kingdom. But Poland was contiguous to the dominions of the invading Powers. No contiguity or proximity can be alleged in palliation of interfering by arms in the concerns of the Buenos Ayres Government, or in those of Mexico and Peru. [MORNING CH RONICLE. We wish Mr. Canning, when presenting to the House the Communications with France and Spain relative to South America, had stated how matters actually stand at this time. We alluded yesterday to the blank with respect to the in terval which has elapsed since Mr. Canning's Answer to Count Ofalia's Note, —during which dispatches have been received from Madrid.— Our readers will see, from our Parliamentary Report, that the Marquess of Lansdown, who has given notice of a motion for an Address to his Majesty, praying that he would be pleased to recognise the Governments of South Ame rica, intimated that he would, on Monday night, ask some q uestions, in his place, with a view to obtain the information which these Papers did not supply, as there must be other Papers connected with them which had not been pro duced. He particularly stated, that he wished to ask some questions relative to the answer to Mr. Secretary Canning's last dispatch, and rela tjve to the answers r eceived from any other powers to any communications to them from the Government of this country, on the subject of South America.—The sooner this information is communicated the better, because, although Mr. Canning's language in the protocol and in the dispatch is sufficiently explicit with respect to the part the Government of thin country meana to take', no little anxiety is entertained as to the part lvhich the other Governments mean to take. To use Mr. Canning's own words, " The trade (be tween this country and Spanish America) has grown gradually to such an extent as to 'require direct protection," and the sooner the anxiety, natural where such powerful interests are con cerned, is removed, the better. We do not, for our parts, entertain any great dread of the ef forts of the Holy Alliance in the New World, if England and the United States keep true to each other, but we know that advantage is taken of the want of - authentic information, to circulate reports, by which the fortunes of in dividuals may he affected. For instance, it is confidently 'stated that Colonel Freemantle who was to have proceeded to Mexico, has been countermanded by Government, in consequence Olhis mission having been misconstrued, into the, holding out hopes to the Mexicans.—(See TnE SiJN of •We-dn'estlay last.) —We confess we ' are not inclined to think so unfavourably of Ministers, as that they would allow themselves to be turned aside by any considerations of this nature. Having connected themselves to a de. cidetHine of - policy by the communications to countermanding of Colonel Free mantle must have a cause entirely independent of WhiaeverhasTefeTence to other powers. We are inilined•to believe that Miniiters are 'Waiting for infornralion frOin - Mexico, to allow them-to giferaloee'iiiipOrtant character to the Mission of colonel Ireeinantle. • • {rEw .Consols, were somewhat dopfesseithi the 'eddy' jilik o f yeirefittiy,'lsiit'ikey'dfikv/ards re colic ted and dosed at :Ai- 'for the 'Account. The pre enium on Exchequer Bills has advanced to 475. ' chiefly from an understanding that the rate of in terest on them will remain the same, a certain number of the old dates being advertised to be paid off, previously to a new issue upon similar terms. The Expresses from Paris, received yesterday in the City, brought accounts only to Tuesday evening, as from the state of the weather they were detained one day longer than usual. The private letters state, that an advance of more than one per cent. took place after the close of business for money ; and the latest price quoted is 104 f. 40c. to 50c. for th© account.—Wednesday was a close holi day in Paris.—ln our Foreign Market some ex tensive business was done yesterday in most of th e Securities. 'l'lle purchases in the French Funds were made at the extraordinary high price of 103, 25 ; and the Scrip 16 prem. Spanish Bonds were lower.—A report prevailed late in the afternoon, that the expected Leeward Island Mail had at length arrived, and brought over Col. Hamilton, who, it is stated, is to act as one of the Commissioners in the negociating of the new Colombian Loan. What effect this gentle men's presence may have, we do not know ; but the mere rumour of his arrival caused an advance in the price of the Bonds from 67+ to 70, the last price being 6942. ---Chilean Bonds were also higher. [I3IITIIII rekss.] We are happy to see that the Irish Govern ment has superseded the necessity of Sir John Newport's motion respecting the rights of burial by the Catholics in Ireland ; and that Mr. Plun kett, the Irish Attorney-General, on Thursday stated his intention to introduce a Bill, which would meet the views of the Catholics and their friends. The Right lion. Gentleman stated his intention to move for the repeal of the Act of the 9th of William, which precludes the Catholic people of Ireland from rendering the last reli gious rites to the departed,or their clergy perform ing the funeral service within Protestant church yards. This question, within the last year, has creat ed alarming discontents in Ireland,—it has called up the bitterest feelings. The rights of sepulture are generally respected among all nations, and by no people more strongly than by the warm hearted Irish. The recent interruptions given to their clergy, when offering up the prayer for mercy over the grave of the departed, were at once uncharitable, unchristian, and unholy. The Act of William was one of those proscriptive statutes, enacted in defiance of the Treaty of Limerick, and in violation of all faith. The Le gislature of that day sought to heap proscription and degradation on thelrish Catholics, in every possible way : not satisfied with depriving them of all rights of property and all civil possessions, they endeavour to exclude them from even the peaceful refuge of the grave. We could cite one or two most unjustifiable instances of the uncha ritable interference of the Protestant clergy,occur ing some time since, in the south of Ireland. In one instance, we remember the presentßomanCatholic Dean of Cork, Dr. Collins, a most exemplary clergyman, in the church-yard of St. Finbar's, in that city, was rudely interrupted during the funeral service by the then Dean of the Diocese, or by his orders. Dr. Magee hai since risen, through the patronage of Mr. Plunkett, to the archi-episcopal mitre of Dublin, and has exhibit ed since his elevation more than the supercilious pride of the haughty Beckett. The Catholics, since his rise, have had to complain of the deepest insults, received over the graves of their friends. Dr. Magee's advocates have denied that they occurred with his sanction ; but would his name have been used unless he authorised it [MORNING POST.] The explanation which the Earl of Liverpool. gave on Tuesday evening in the House of Lords respecting the repeal of the Bounties on Linen has not, we confess, tended to remove the doubts we lately expressed as to the effect of that mea sure. Without repeating here the general argu ments against bounties which we stated upon the occasion alluded to, ere may be allowed to say, that as those on the exportation of fine linen are to remain unimpaired, and those on coarse only to be withdrawn, the policy of this pro ceeding, in the actual situation of Ireland, de serves the most serious consideration. The Earl of Liverpool is understood to have said, that as the for mer description of cloth was now largely ex ported to foreign countries, it appeared impolitic to repeal the bounties to which it had been so long en titled, however fallacious the principl e might be on which they were granted ; but that as the latter description of cloth was used entirely for domestic consumption, the same objection did not apply to the repeal of the bounties on it. May wu take the liberty of remarking, if we do not • mistake the nature of the subject, that the facts thus announced would seem to us, in such a chain of difficulties, to suggest the continuance of the bounties on coarse rather than on fine linen. When paid on the latter, we in reality give. • a bonus to foreigners for purchasing our manufac ture, and so much is lost to the country totally ; but when paid upon an article of home consump tion exclusively, whatever loss or gain there may be is our own ; and in effect the transaction merely amounts to this, that one part of the com munity subscribes a certain sum annually for the encouragement of industry among another portion of their•fellow subjects. If this be so, let us next inquire who that class are that are lienefitt - ed by the application of the bounties on coarse linen ? They 'are the poor of Ireland—and exactly the inhabitants of those parts of the sister country where the promotion of industrious habits 'is so necessary, notonly to improve the condition :of the people, but to previtit the recurrence of such direful and fatal visitations of famine' 'and peitilitice as 'Engltihd was called upon two years - ago to mitigate by its benevolent !contributions. •Fine linens are the produce of the North of Ireland, and we 'think we are -wa-r -'ranted in adding, have not.yet been manufactured with any success, or to -any extent for public sale, sin the other three Provinces. Coarse linen's, on • the -contfirys,'are'ruade 'in 'all , .parts of Abeisland,. 'AEind : the'prbeigs !mine:Outing is•both.' . easy in itself an.d'known'iltrtitigh all its details to the whole population. All, therefore, which is wanted, for the purpose of rendering this branch of industry universal among the lower Irish is to encourage it, and this, in our opinion, may be done in two concurrent modes. The first and perhaps the most efficacious, as well as natural, should proceed from the exertions of the bet ter classes in Ireland, who, in their respec tive local jurisdictions, as landlords and country Gentlemen, possess the best opportunities of in troducing and fostering home-made manufactures among the poor Irish peasantry. The second mode appears to us to be legislative support, which, in the needy condition of the sister coun try, seems to us a bsolutely indispensable, even with the view of seconding the other mode, and maturing the efforts thereby made. Upon these points, too, we think we may add, thatno difference of sentiment or judgment will be found throughout Great Britain. But hence another question arises, namely, as to the most judicious man ner of affording legislative encouragement to the promotion of industry among the poor Irish. For our own part we do not pretend to assert posi tively that bounties upon coarse linen is pre ferable to all other descriptions of aid which Parliament can give, but we certainly s hould lament its withdrawal, unless another mode as good, if not better, were substituted in its stead. If, at the same time, in thus stating the impressions which have been made on our minds, we have indulged in a considerable lati tude of remark, the knowledge we possess of the profound and anxious interest which his Majesty's Ministers take in the wel fare of the Sister Country, will, we hope, prove our excuse, if not our justification. In Great Britain Manufactures of all sorts seem in digenous, and have now become so vigorous and flourishing as to undergo almost any change of treatment with impunity. In Ireland, however, every branch of industry appears to be of exotic tenderness, and to require the utmost circum spection in managing it, lest the very means employed to promote its health and prosperity should on the contrary prove its destruction. For these reasons we feel the strongest solicitude respecting the Irish Linen Manufacture, which is not only the root of all the traffic which that island at present carries on, but the disseminator of civilization among its inhabitants, and one of the surest bonds for preserving tranquillity in that part of the United Kingdom. [MORNING HERALD.] Yesterday we presented to our readers certain papers relating to South America. W e some time since gave it as our opinion, that the French Government were insincere in their decla rations ; that their object was to gain time to hood-wink England—to prevent her from ac knowledging, in the first instance, the inde peedeeee of South America ; and, secondly, to throw her off her guard, and prevent her sending a Naval or Military force to that quarter. In fact, to play a similar gam* to that which they played in the affair of Spain —make every profession of a pacific nature, in order to quiet our fears, while t hey prepared a sufficient force to take possession of th e b on e in prospective, and then say to England, << Put us out of the posses sion of it if youcato The French Government served us that trick i n t h e S pan i s h affair, and it is more than probable that they are exerting all their ingenuity to deceive us, and to keep us 'quiet till they have assembled a sufficient force at Cuba, or the French an d Spanish West India Islands, a nd then seize such portions of the South American a esesterritoryittle p t as they think most likely to Of course, the thing will previously be w el l Prepared by the influence of the Catholic Priests in South America, and bribes will be offered to, and probably in some cases accepted, by the South American Consti tutional General'. If they succeeded in cor rupting only a few of them, the Constitutional cause would, ea iii Spain, be first paralysed, and then possibly los t • Whether she will succeed in this case, as well as she succeeded in the other, remains to be seen. Some of our con temporaries effect to believe that, because Count Polignac made such solemn assurances to Mr. Canning, of the determination of France to remain neuter, that Count Polignac and the French Government are to be believed—that their words are to be held sacred. Now we do not agree with our contemporaries; nor, if we can judge from the general manner in which Mr. Canning treated the Cou nt ', professions, do we think that lie entertains a higher opinion of the sincerity of those professions than we do. In fact, we could almost fancy Mr. Canning smiling in the Count's face, and saying to himself " Deceive me this time if you can. Your master gulled me before, when he talked about his sanatory cordon, its cordon of observation, and the trip of these cordons to Madrid and Cadiz just to restore Fer dinand, and the moment that it was accomplished, to return to France ; but it won't do CountPolignac (we can fancy Mr. Canning saying to himself), to endeavour to deceive me twice. Instead of paying the least attention to your proposal for having any thing to do with a conference at Paris, to which Austria, Russia, and France, shall be parties, I will cut the matter short, by saying, that we will be no party to any of your conferences, and if the Holy Alliance choose to meet to concert measures for restoring King Fer dinand ,or his relatives, whether Spanish or French Bourbon Princes, to monarchical power in South America, they may meet in Paris for that pur pose ; but of this we give you notice, that if they do, and take any measure for again get ting hold of these countries, either in the name of Spain, or under any pretence of the Holy Alliance, we, England, will first acknowledge the independence of these Colonies, and if, after we 'have doe,! so, Spain should take one of our ships trading to that part of the world, we will take a Spanish ship of superior value, and keep her safe in an English port till the other other vessel be returned." This, we have no doubt is the way that Mr. Canning and our Cabinet reasoned on -this question. We cannot imagine , that they can have the least belief in French pro-. fessions, after they - were•so deluded in the affair Of-Spain. The determination put•forth by Nr. canning, in, these State Documents is 'wise. FOR THE SUN. ARDROSSAN HARBOUR. LONDON, MARCH STH, 1824. Mn. EDITOR--I have just seen your valuable Paper of this evening, in which I perceive, under the head of " Ardrossan Harbour," the declara tion of some Masters belonging " to Irvine and Saltcoats, and recollecting that each of these towns belong to ONE person, and that that person is also owner of Ardrossan, I can easily account for the machinery by which the declaration was manufactured, particularly when I recollect the jealousy with which the Duke of PORTLAND is viewed in that part of Scotland, where he ranks amongst the foremost of the best and greatest landlords! Having sent a Letter to the Editor of the " Ayrshire Courier, Sze." under frank, I will not farther trouble you than by stating, that your Printer has erroneously printed from the MS. " Official," whereas, on refering to that do cument, you will see that I stated not an Official Survey, and that it was correctedin the following day's Sun, under the head of Errata ! I could also wish you to believe me, that I am incapable of leading you or any Editor astray in- tentionally, and you w ill perceive that the De claration of the Masters alluded to, of the 17th ult., not only contradicts Mr. AuLn's assertions in the 4yr Paper of the 24th ult., respecting the depth of water at Ardrossan Pier, but it also bears me out in my original Statement, which will be more fully elucidated by the arrival of the next Tuesday's " Ayrshire Courier, &c." You will oblige me by giving a place to this note, with your promised insertion of the article under this head to-morrow. I remain, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, 11. CAMPBELL. P. S.—There is not a ship belonging to either Irvine or Saltcoals—‘‘ hence, then, the title "Ship masters?" I have never said that there was a good Harbour on the coast of Ayrshire ! ARDROSSA.N and TROON HARBOURS. LETTER H. To the Editor of the Ayr and Wigtonahire Courier. Six—ln your paper of the 3d instant, I ob served an extract of a letter which had appeared in The Sun Newspaper, from a person subscribing himself " H. Campbell" on " Modern Improvements in Ayrshire," in which be give s a comparative description of the Harbours of Troon and Ar drossan. He states that the former harbour, being now com plated, " admits ships of from 14 to 16 feet water ; and whilst the Duke of Portland had the satisfaction of knowing the value of the habour to his large estates, he has the nobler satisfaction of knowing that his fortune so employed, has saved many a brave fellow from a watery grave." He then proceeds to g i ve a description of Ardrossan harbour, and to contrast it with Troon in the following manner :—" Lord Ellington was not so for. tunate as his Noble Neighbour. The small rocky inlet of Ar drossan was much more disposed by nature to resist the engi neer, and the power of a private fortune than was Troon ; but all that could be done was effected, and the result is, that coasters of 10 or 12 feet draught may find an indifferent shelter in Ardrossan. His Lordship died whilst following up his plan to an intended extent of greater utility." • Now, Sir. Editor, will any unbiassed individual, who knows any thing of the merits of these harbours, say that this Mr. H. Campbell, has, in his, description of the ".Modern Improve ments of Ayrshire," given a correct and faithful description of these two harbours ? Few, if any, will be found to answer in the affirmative. For my own part, I give it as my opinion, and I do so without the fear of contradiction from any such official gentleman as Mr. 11. Campbell, that such invidious comparisons have a direct tendency to produe disagreeable con sequences-; and are therefore in a high degree deserving of cen sure. What object he had in view when he wrote that letter to the Editor of THE Sill!, is not easily seen ; a letter which 1 am persuaded cannot fail to be equally offensive to those who are immediately interested in the harbour which he recommends, as it must be to those concerned in the one which ha is pleased to condemn. Surely the noble founders of the harbours of Troon and Ardrossan, do not deserve so little gratitude from their country, that their disinterested and patriotic exertions, which have contributed so much to the advantage of the public, should thus be contrasted together; in a manner which must produce upon the public mind, impressions so unjust of either the positive or comparative utility of any one of them. In replying, therefore, to Mr. 11. Campbell's letter, I am sorry that, in order to remove the impressions which that letter is calculated to produce, I shall be obliged to have recourse to the same mode of comparative description, which he has thought proper to adopt ; and I make no doubt I shall be able to show that all lie_ has said, with regard to Ardrossan, is wholly erroneous. In the first place, Mr. H. Campbell is mistaken as to the depth of Teeter in Ardrossan harbour. To convince him of which, I need only give the following names of vessels, with their respective draughts, which have been known to enter Ardrossan harbour, namely,—His Majesty's sloop of war, Driver, drawing lsi feet water ; the brig, Ekanora, off and from Quebec, bound for Liverpool, was driven into Ardrossan —wind S.W. blowing strong—at three hours ebb-tide, drawing 15 feet water ; and the Royal Union brig of N e wcastle, which was loaded with coals in Ardrossan - harbour, and sailed for Dublin, drawing 15 feet water. Will Mr. H. C. call these vessels coasters of 10 or 13 feet water ? or will he dare to affirm that vessels could not enter Ardrossan harbour, whilst they could find sufficient depth of water to admit of their entrance at Troon ? It is a fact which will admit of no denial, that the former station is the rendezvous to which all his Majesty's first class preventive cruizers come for coals. The depth of water at Ardrossan pier is from 22 to 24 feet. In the second place, I will show that Mr. 11. Campbell has also completely misrepresented Ardrossan harbour, in respect to the shelter which it affords to vessels. For instance, the brig Mary, Millar, from Dublin, came too in Troon harbour (March 15,' 1822) wind S.S.W. blowing strong, but it was found impossible to get her safely moored. The master was obliged to slip her cables, and make sail for Ardrossan, which she reached with ease, and where the vessel lay in safety. The Hillsborough, royal-mail packet, between Donaghadee and Port-Patrick, could not take the latter port, (April, 22, 18220 but she effected the landing of the mail and passengers at Corsewal-point, where she anchored. The wind, however, con tinued to blow with increased fury from SS.W. which obliged . her to slip her cables and run for Troon ' which she found as unsheltered as the place she had left, for she was literally blown out of it, and was obliged to run for Ardrossan, which she made easily, although it was nearly dark—and where she lay perfectly sheltered for nearly eight days, until the storm abated.—The Belisle English brig, M‘Kay, master, made. Troon harbour (Feb. 13, 1822), and drops anchor—wind S.S.W blowing strong; but, like the two vessels 1 have just mention ed, she too was obliged to slip her cables and run for Ardross an, where she lay until the storm abated, when she went round to Troon to search for her cables and anchors. To sum up all, I would ask one question of ;qr. H. Campbell . :—ls he aware of the fate of the'brig Eliza, of Londonderry, while lying at anchor in Troon harbour, in the month of December, 1814 ? Had he been in the knowledge of the circumstance to which I allude, lie would have been less lavish in his recommendation of a port, which, as regards both water and shelter, will be found, if not inferior, certainly not superior to that of Ar drossan. The Steam-boats which ply upon the Clyde, and which came. down along the coast during summer, as 'far as Troon, upon Saturdays, would find it much to 'their advantage to lie at Troon till the following Monday, •for the sake of passengers ; yet, upon the least appearance of a gale, they will not remain there even for one 'night, lest from the violent pitching they would be subject to, they should sustain injury. How different from this is the shelter which the other harbour -affords to the shipping ? During the violent storms of February and March, 1823; there were above 40 vessels lying in Ardreasan harbour at one •time 'and' the fact Of these'vessels-coroing from Ayr, Troon ; Irviae, from Belfast Loch, the Road-steads of Lamlash and' eamotii:on, and from the north and south channel, prove ; it to be,- not •-ontra 'Winder 'and safe harbour, but. abio 'the only rendezvous of safety on the west coast for vessels tO fll t° from all the different ports of the Clyde during violent storms.. The breadth of the channel leading into this harbour, De far from being a " small rocky inlet," as the writer of "Modern Improvements in Ayrshire," is pleased to term it, is moot ample--so much so, the vessels of every description, with the mad a-head, can beat out with the greatest facility ; hence the possibility of a vessel taking the harbour with almost every wind. The above are only a few of many facts which I could ad duce, equally illustrative, not only of the glaring mit-statF— ments which this " Wanderer in Ayrshire" has thought fit, 1 ,11 the amplitude of his wisdom, to trumpet forth to the world through the medium of a London Newspaper; but also of what I have here asserted in regard to the superiority of Ard drossan as a harbour of safety ; and were further illustration on this head necessary, we need only appeal to the knowledge of the numerous and experienced seamen who are acquainted with the coast, whose testimony, I make no doubt, will bear me out in every particular which I have herein detailed. I am, Sat your obedient servant, Saltcoats, Feb. 23, 1824. WILLIAM AULD. DEATH OF MR. BOWDITCH. It is with feelings of the deepest regret that we have to announce the death of the enterpris ing traveller Mr. BOWDITCU. He had been em ployed in surveying the river Gambia, and after exposing himself to the heat of the sun during the day, he became excessively chilled by the land breezes in the evening, whilst making astro nomical observations, and caught the fever of the country. His youth and temperate habits %%ere so much in his favour, that he revived two or three times in a surprising manner, but his ex' treme impatience under the interruption of hi's' pursuits constantly threw him back again, and he expired, after great sufferings, on the 10th of January, a victim to the cause of African dis covery. His widow and three young children are left entirely unprovided for ; she accompani ed him to Africa, and entered with the utmost zeal and enthusiasm into all his views and pur -1 suits, which she was eminently qualified to pro.- mote by her fine talents as an artist, and her extensive knowledge of several branches Of natural history. Mr. Bowditch was well known to the public by his interesting account of the Mission to Ashantee, and by several other pub lications : he had devoted himself during the interval between his two journeys to Africa, to a most laborious course of preparatory studies in natural history, geology, and astronomy : and few travellers iu m o d ern ti mes h ave l e f t their country equally qualified with himself, to make observations of such extent and accuracy, and consequently so important for the interests of science.—(Cambridge Chronicle.) CAmnn MOE, MARCH 4.—During the high wind of Wed' nesday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, two stacksof chimnies on the north s id e o f th e middle court of Swo t John's College fell in with a loud crash; one stack broke through the roof on to the floor of the Reverend R. Dil i field's keeping room, with such force as to beat through into a bed-chamber in the Master's lodge. The other fell into 1 ; room where a student was sitting, who providentially esaaPe`" unhurt, and Mr. Duffield being fortunately absent at the 0T; ment, no personal injury w h a t ever was sustained. --- the same time four of the fine elm trees in the be" . tiful walks of the College were torn up by the ro ots.! On the same afternoon, one o f t h e very ta ll e l ms I n Queen A College grove, which w a s rem ar k a bl e f rom b e i ng surro unde d with a large quantity of ivy nearly to its top, came down vat, ll „ I ` s s o c m ra e sh of the happily bran w ch i t e ll s o o u f t t dg h o e i doing neighbouringanther injury treea . t tremendous crash, happily without doing any other in}urf t i f r r e a m c t u e n r idnogu WONDERFUL RECOVERY OF REASON.—°° 6 day last week a poor itinerant lunatic worria T near Swanden, in K en t, th rew h erself into a we l l , near 50 feet deep, at th e b o tt om o f w hi c h was abou t five feet of water; she no sooner found her situ tv tion wet, watery, and painful, than she began t ° cry out for help. A ladder being put down, Al ascended it of her own accord, to the astonishrae ° , of those who witnessed the occurrence, w ithal'' having received the least injury. Wh a t ma)ce , this singular accident the more extraordinary that she has regained the entire use of her me"' tul faculties. COAL-MARKET, MAR CU 5. Ships at Market. Ships sold Prise -64 Newcastle -46 A - 3hOd to 401 31 Sunderland 26i -33 s Od to 431 COURSE OF EXCHANGE, March 5. A mite) dam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam l2 3 Antwerp a t Lib Hamburg') _, L 4, Altonn Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto Bons dertux, ditto Berlin Frankfort on th e M a in Petersburg') . 9 Vienna lO 10 Trieste lO 10 _,___ A io Madrid Cadiz Bilboa 93 liffi G" Barcelona ieville Gibraltal Leghorn Gehiga 43f --Venice, Ital. Liv. 27 0 Malta 45 -Naples ...... .... 38i Palermo • 115 f •per 01 ' Lisbon . Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia . 60 Dublin .... 9f Cork 9f pet Cent. BULLION. 'ortngal Gold,in Coin 1.0 0 0 P e ' , AP Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 New Doubloons .... 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver in Bars, Standard . 0 4 gi .(1 4 Ili BIRTHS. At Edinburgh, on the Ist of March, the Duchesse de of a daughter. the On Thursday, at his father's house, Old Palace - I' ;,r, ' ' 0• 1 mv. lady of Thomas Jervis, Esq., Carabineers, of twin d's At Cecil-lodge, Herts, the lady of Colonel H. S. osl.) , Y° l a daughter. MAR. On the 4th inst., at Streatha ß m lED church, Nathaniel 1 ;' o ti 1 4 ' t second son of Robert Smith, Esq., of Brokenhurst, Emily Mary, youngest daughter of the late John R. 8 r Esq., of Clapham-common, Surrey. phut osc ()n Thursday, the 4th instant, at Mary'chant Dew og William Delamain, Esq., of Wood-place, to Susas, rimfoo' daughter of the late Daniel Cherin Bullock, .Esq., of , .shire-street, Queen-square. DIED. i ,s.ex- At his house, in New-street, Spring-gardens, 6f. an . , apoplexy, -James Dick, Esq., late of Kingston, Jar - 10 0 ' 6 1, 6 0 1 r On the 14th ult., at his house, at Broxburn, late of the General Post-office, aged 74. it ot„,l f On the sth inst., at Limehouse, aged 75, , Mrs.Rtlag e i' of the Rev. 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