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dependently, however, of every consideration as to the means by which that possession is to be obtained, our Correspondent seems to have over looked, the. obstacle to its accomplOiment which Great Britain herself has . voluntarily created, by a solemn declaration (See the last of Mr. CAN- NlNG'sDispatches'in the diplomatic correspondence relative to the invasion of Spain, as laid before Par liament in the last Session), that England, whilst the protested against the cession of any portion of Spanish territory to any foreign power, disclaimed all intention' . of making. territorial acquisitions of the same kind for herself. After this renuncia tion of every view of aggrandizement on her Own part, and the very intelligible intimation by whigh it was accompanied of her resolution to resist any such views on the part of other Powers, it is evident that England could not accept of Cuba, without the consent not only of Spain but of all the great Continental Powers, and of the United States of America, whose general concurrence for such a purpose no one can for a moment contemplate as within the range of .pro "'ability. But it is the less necessary to ex amine the reasoning of our Correspondent Upon the South American question, as, from the important information given in the Sun or yesterday, it appears that the South American Governments are about to be acknowledged, not by this country, but by France and Russia, and as their independence will thus be established, and our commercial interests secured, w ithout the necessity being incurred for our en taging in a Quixotic war on their behalf, and W ith Out exposing the barrier against Russia in The East of Europe to any further dangers than th ose by which it has been for some years, and is Still, perhaps, menaced. One word, however, as to the supposed possibility that Congress may have somewhat coldly received Mr. MONROE'S seutt • ments as to the policy which ought to be P u rsued by the United States in the event of a h ostile attempt upon South America from Europe, a nd as to the necessity of feeling the national Pulse before the adoption of warlike dispositions by North America. Though this is the first ses sion of a new Congress, and though its Mem bers, a t the time when the President's Mes- The former must be in some shape assured of the ultimate possession of goods, before he pays for them, and, under our warehousing system, we know of no party by,whom he can he guaranteed but the wharfinger or warehouse-keeper. It seems, hoireVer, that - the course pursued by the London Dock Company has been inconsistent with the law of.the land,—that they have certi fied to the buyers of goods that they were trans ferred to them, and were held deliverable to their order only ; but that the Dock Company,after thus avowing themselves trustees for the purchasers, hare nevertheless allowed other parties to stop the delivery of the goods, on the flimsy plea that a common law right renders it imperative upon them so to do. I They say " the law which allows the stop " page of goods in transitu is of no recent date', " and has 1);-en acted noon to a great extent un " der the administration of the highest judicial " authorities ;—it is the important privilege given " by this law to parties engaged in trade, which " the Gentlemen signing the Declaration are de " sirous the Dock Company shall disregard." This is the very pith and marrow of their defence, and with all due deference to the Directors of this important Establishment, we humbly con ceive that they have blinked the real question. —The Merchants could neither have wished. them to disregard the law, nor the interests of the proprietary, and we much question whether they have had due regard to either - in the. course they have adopted. The real point is, or will they not abide by that to Which thei stand pledged by the official certificate of their own officer ; a document heretofore considered as guaranteeing all purchasers, and upon the faith of which they have paid their money ? Simple as the operation of transferring goods from the vendor to the vendee has been made by the London Dock Company, it being done as it were by a stroke of the pen, we are inforMed that it has been a source of great profit to them, and whether perfectly or imperfectly effected, legally or illegally, it is their concern :—they receive an order to transfer goods, they certify that they have • done ,so, and r ece i ve payment for so doing.—it is found that they h ave not d one i t !—lf t h e y were shoemakers or tailors, coblers or tinkers, the law would compel them to fulfil thir engagements. How, then, can the London Dock Directors say, " the law prevents us" ?" Sage was prepared, may have been scat sered throughout the extensive territories of th e 'Union, and their sentiments may not, there fore, have been then exactly ascertained, yet the national pulse has been felt since, arid the popular voice has been expressed in a manner worthy OF the American people. The PRESIDENT'S :Message has been everywhere hailed with enthu siasm ; arid the call which it makes upon the na tion having been answered with one loud and "equivocal expression of its resolution to make ev ery sacrifice which the Foreign Policy pointed out t° t hem might require, it is difficult to imagine, b at that Congress has been found to participate ill t he univ er sal excitement, and that if the sacri ' t ce had become really necessary, it has already ttlan irested a disposition to concur in the views of the E xecutive, and to make every effort that 4 2 i ght he found requisite for carrying them igt O efrect. .'We shall ,be most happy to give insertion to any justification of their conduct which the Di rectors of the London Dock Company can offer, but at present they must excuse us for saying, that they have afforded none. The following is the Declaration of the Mer. chants, which has called from us the foregoing remarks : GOODS IN THE LONDON DOCKS, AND THE LONDON DOCK COMPANY. The DECLARATION of MERCHANTS and Others, relating to the TRANSFER NOTES of the COMPANY, and to the refusal of the Company to deliver Goods which have been transferred. The LONDON' Dock COMPANY' having refused to fulfil their own Specific engagement contained in the TRANSFER NOTES issued by them in relation to Goods landed at the London Docks, the undersigned feel it incumbent on them thus publicly to draw the attention of Merchants, Bankers, and others, to the risks an d i nconveniences to which they are ex posed,if the line of conduct recently adopted by the London Dock Company be persisted in. Hitherto the fullest reliance has been placed on the Transfer Notes, which have been issued by the London Dock Company, for Goods warehoused and transferred in the London Docks, because the Company not only expressly acknowledge the Goods to be transferred, but state that the Goods will be de livered to the party to whom the transfer is made, and to his order only, as will appear by the following form of the London Dock Company's Transfer Notes:— CIT E, Tire Ale o'Clock.—Consuls opened this f rn : r i n g at 90z, and afterwards were done at 91 liftis" Account. Th e r e has, however, b een b u t n in the Market. Up to this hour Ido p o L lear of any Express having arrived from Which I suppose is owing to the heavy wind ii las t night. This d a y a nd to-m o rr ow are °lida Ys at th e B an k. N o reports o f any con equence in the City this morning. til!°lttiarr MARKET.—The on ly b us i ness d o i ng m ' s Morni ng i n the above Market was in the to " i can Bond s , w hi c h opened at 3 i , and got up 11 . ' 4 i Prem.—Th ere i s very little doing in Spa lsh Rands, w hi c h opened at 24,11, and remain te44 -Y at the above price. " Transfer of Goods " Deposited at the London Docks. I have this Day transferred to your you paying Charges from the -- by virtue of an Order of Mr. --- dated which said Goods as per Marks and Numbers in the margin will be delivered to you or you? Order ONLY. " Mr. " Account, It " For the London Dock Company, "A. B. " No order in which there is any erasure will be received." It is hardly possible ti conceive eny form of engagement more strong or more precise than is conveyed by these words. And it is further to be observed, that the Company have been in the habit of making a distinct charge for the Transfers in their Books, which Transfers are the foundation on which the Notes here alluded to are issued. ti've-very lone documents have appeared in Public: Papers upon a subject of the greatest P° rtance to all persons in any way engaged in "le Purchase ttnd sale of property deposited in Ou r w areh ous i ng establishments. We do not peen it necessary to nive more than one of these pr°teS a P"s to our R ea d ers, v i z , t h e D eclarat i on, or t' "it may be considered, of the Merchants t 6 Course pursued by the London Dock —"Par'Y ' wh ich they a ss er t ( an d as it seems to ti" Of s not unfair an confi l Ys) if p ers i s t e d i n , w ill b e destruc ,dence. A shallow production, in tb Ply t° . t his doc ument, was put forth in the ape of an " Advertisement," as the copy of a v:cdut°ll o f the Cou r t o f Di rectors o f t h e Lon cj.,4 ratl:)°ck Company, 9 f t h e 03 d i nst. Th e De g• v 4ie I°ll Or the M erchants fully explains the th e c ; an d We ar e really at a loss to conceive how la 9ncerns c, • of i this great commerc i a l Ci ty are t o carried orf doubt a 4 e ) -very transaction b ndetw distrust are to per een buyer and seller. But in violation of engagements so precise, the Company have lately accepted of orders to withhold the delivery of Goods to the parties named in the Transfer Notes. These Transfer Notes issued by the London Dock Com pany are either correct or not correct. if correct there cannot of course be the slightest pretence for refusing to comply with the tenour of them. If not correct, the London Dock Com pany ought not to have issued them ; but having issued them, whether advisedly or not, the Company are equally bound in law and honour to abide by them. If the company be not so bound, no person liming bought or sold goods, or advanced money on soods in the London Docks, upon the faith of the Transfer Notes, can be considered as safe. And the most ex tensive mischief may ensue to individuals by the stoppage of goods ; on the due delivery of which, in pursuance of the terms of the Transfer Notes, they may have implicitly relied, as the means of making their payments. It was in contemplation of the injurious effects which would result from invalidating the security of such transfers, that Lord E t. LENBORou GB decided against the Warehouse-keeper, in the case of " STONARD against Du snug." His Lordship's words, as reported, were, " that whatever might he the iule " between buyer and seller, it was clear that the Warehouse " man could not deny the property to belong to the party claim " ing it, after the Warehouseman had acknowledged to hold it. " oa his account, and that he, Lord ELLENBOBO U GU, should " entirely overset the security of mercant il e d ea li ngs, were he " to suffer the Warehouseman to contest the title of the party " to whom he gave his acknowledgment." This doctrine of Lord Ellenborough was recently confirmed by the present Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT, on the trial of a cause " Hawes against Watson," at Guildhall, on the 22d of December, 1823 ; and the Warehouse-keeper was accordingly held liable to the party to whom the Goods had been transferred. It was to have been expected that the result of the above trial, and the confirmation given by Lord Chief Justic e A BBOTT, o f the doctrine a Lord ELLENBOROUGII, on this point, would have induced the London Dock Directors to have abandoned • Any farther attempt at..resisting.theltilin:ent of their engage ments; but unfertunifelY thig is 'n Vie CRS; for the Company still refuse to deliver the Goods which have been stopped, and threaten to bring the Parties Who calm the Goods under the _Transfer ICotels and who intend commencing Actions against _the Company into the Court of Chancery. The undersigned have no he,itatiofi to DECLARE their clis-. approbation of this conduct of the Company as being subversive or all that is fair and honourable in met'cantile dealings ; and they FURTHER DECLARE, that if the Company persist in the attempt to invalidate their. .present written acknowledgments, no confidence whatever can be placed in any forin of engage ment which the Directors may hereafter think proper to issue, because none can be more solemn or precise than that which they nowrefuse to fulfil. J. Thornpson, T. Boner, and Co., Thomas 'Wilson and C 0.,. Baring, Brotheri, and Co., W. Astell, C. G. Thornton, Thomas Tooke, John Mitchell and : Co., Garry and Curtis, Paris . McCausland and arclay, Brothers, and Co., Eaviard Parser's . and Co., Co.,iwart Taylor and Co., Dawson, Boyle, and Co.. Cattley's and Estbko, John Hubbard and Co. ' Douglas, Anderson, and 'CO. : , Jacob H. Busk, Cattley and Stephenson, Thos. and 13enj. flawes, John Schneider and Co., T. B, and L. Rowe, W. M. Simonds, George Morewood, Skey, Lodge, and Co., L. M. Hilbers„Jr. Stuart, John Ord, Frederick Scheer, and for John Milford, John Anderson and Sors, Thomas From, Featherstone and Ne. vill, James Turpin, 'William Neal, B. F. Hopkins, Joseph Harris, James Henry Le7in, William Charles Levin, Geo.. Weitherstone, William JaMes King,lWilkie and Soames's, John Smith, Charles Field, Win Syyrnotkr; J. S. Greenwood, Truman and Cook, Heale, 'and Co., ThOrtias Kemble, Son, and Co., Roebucks, sAow, and Co., James and W. Field, Kymer, Petry and Co., Wm. Mitchell, John Fred. Amy; John and Joseph Crisp and Co., R. Wood, Edward and James Mall, Joseph _Hetiley And Son, Dubuisson and Rougernent, Paltrier and King,. Kilby and Carrol, C. H. Stavanbagen, Tetleys and Richards, Robert Day, Arthur Ryder, Holden and Vanhouse; David Morgan, James Hill • and Sons; , J, .Henm:Schroder antfi3o. B. A. Ooldschmidt and Co.' Edward Lee and Son, J. B. Suwerk rop, John' Rew, Georp Houghton and. Co. The following Letter, from ttghlp respectable mercantile firm at Gibraltar, gray not prove un- • ittthrfltiog to a portion of our Readers. It is dated the 18th December In the well-informed circles it is stated, that Major-General MuNao, Governor of Madras, has expressed a wish to retire from that situation, at the close of • the present year, and that he will be succeeded by the Hon. M OUNTSTUA RT ELPRIN STONE, the present Governor of Bombay, by which a vacancy will be created in that Pre sidency. His successor has not yet been defi nitively named, but it is reported that either Mr. CROKE': or Sir Join. MALCOLM will be appointed to that Government. Private letters from Rome, of the 10th Ja nuary, state that the Jesuits have been re-esta blished in possession of the Collegio Romaizo (the second of the Universities of Rome), of the Ora torio del Catabita (the church where the noctur nal exercises take place), and of the Gregorian Observatory ; these three establishments were founded by the Company of Jesus. In virtue of these arrangements, the Roman Seminary, which was attached to the Collegio Romano, will be re moved to S. Andrea de la Valle, and be directed by secular clergy and the former professors. Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, which sat up wards of three hours, the Council not breaking up till past five o'clock. The lengthened deli berations of the Cabinet were supposed to be :c -lothe to the state of the West India Islands. Yesterday Mr. WYNN gave the annual great Cabinet Dinner, so called, as, in addition to the Cabinet Ministers, the Great Officers of State and other official gentlemen are invited for the purpose of arranging the Roll of Sheriff's for Eng land for the present year. This annual meeting and entertainment is generally given by the Lord President of the Council : the reason sup posed why the Earl of HAartownr does not give the dinner upon this.occasion is, that the Noble Earl's family and household are not arrived in London yet from his Lordship's country seat. It is said, that in the House of Peers the Ad dress will be moved by Lord Soatuas and se conded by Viscount LoRTON, brother of the Earl of KisosroN. . "-drain has been flowing in from ail quarters, and in im 'ziiense quantities—which, combined :with a total absence of tik.mail.d.;, exorbitant duty in Spain, 26 Ron. per tamp, or ES shillings per quarter, which is, equal to a prohibition ; ;and the panic struck into our corn-dealers by the intelli gence of upwards of 130 cargoes iow waiting admission into the Tagus (thrse by tbe bye, it is since known, were all driven away under the threat of a..lpeavy mulct by the Por tuguese Government of the 12th of OecetuOder), and likely to come round, here,--hare depressed Ns i't4Le lower than we have ever; known it. The prices cgtited for Baltic Soft are Whit we sold a cargo at about 10 daysince, but we cannot now obtain A bidder for others in the Bay to,our address. Last week we placed about 17,000 fanegas of hard: ) si! - leat, from 29.5. to 325. per quarter, according to quality. lagantelc hard, which is held in such high estimation -in thiii - place, alone maintains its price, and may be quoted at 405.;!. This description is al ways sure o f i mme di ate sa l e . Th e trench Commissary a t Cadiz has supplied his wants principallt from this point." We.' have been favoured Atli the followi ng valuabl e suggest i on s, by th e i r ‘llant author, and we submit them to our Readers under the lin pression that they deserve the serious and favour able consideration of the Shipping Interest and of Government BY ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES HENRY KNOWLES, BA RT.; - Since the 'discovery of America a variety of ships and v esse ls have traversed the, ocean, whether fit for the voyage Dr otherwise. Success was object; its attainment sufficed, and led to the error rorthat floating bodies were enough, without attention to their properties of stability, safety (being good sea boats), fast sailing, and stowage, which tw o l atter a re not incompatible with each o ther. The er rors of c onstruction are increased by the endeavour to avoid the Port Duties, by the evasion of the Act for finding the tonnage. H a ppily for the merchants, another Act for find jog the tonnage on a better plan was passed last year. The present ti me i s, therefore, a New Era in the merchant shipping, because open to every possible improvement. If the following is adopted, much valuable property and many lives will hereafter be saved. It may here be asked, whether ship building has attained its ne plus ultra of perfection : In the exterior formation of ships of war, it has ; in the interior, nearly.— If Sir ROBERT SEPPING'S plan of interior con struction be pursued in the merchant shipping, ships cannot easily sprin g a leak without its being locally perceived at the moment, and their dura bility will be insured fur years. Let there be eight classes of merchant ships and vessels. The packets, pilot and fishing boats, are not included. Let men of science, skilled in ship building, draw plans, and have models or blocks made of the several classes of ships and vessels, to be examined by •nantical Officers acquainted with this science, and, if approved of, let one of each class be built. Their tonnage, at a small expence, can be ascertained by a quantity of iron ballast, whose weight is known ; and these ships and vessels are to be. loaded with this ballast to their load water line.. •Their draft of water, taken forward and aft, to be inserted in the Register with their tonnage. Let these ships and vessels be tried in the Channel of England, if found to answer. The Committee of Ship-OWners can then petition Parliament for an Act to have all merchant ships and vessels built in future ac cording to the models of those approved, which would become general in the course of twenty five or thirty years. 1. The first Class are the East India ships. They now sail very fast, but have the reputation of being crank, owing to some fault in their construction. However their line of greatest breadth should be in the lower cills of their deck ports. But in all other Merchant ships and vessels at the gunwale. 2. The second Class of Ships MO tons burthen at least) for voyages to the West Indies, the Free Traders to the East Indies and New South Wales. The rumours which have been circulated of a defalcation to a large amount, in a certain quarter, we are assured are devoid of truth ; and it is to be lamented that reports so injurious to the cha racters of individuals in official situations should be propagated Without having the slightest foun dation for them. Earl Segscua arrived yesterday morning at his house in St• James's Place, from the Duke of BEDFORD'S, W oburn Abbe^. ) In the afternoon, his Lordship left town for Cheltenham, to meet his son, the Hon. Captain FREDERICL SPENCER, lately arrived from South America, after an ab sence of nearly firt• years. The yesterday, from his seat a t B ags h ot. A privateu ke GLOUCESTER arrived in tow n of letter from Frankfort, dated th e 17th in stant, Sa Ys — " It is generally reported that %%hen Messrs. RoTHSCHI BARING, andilit- S were lately in France, they made a great speculation in colonial p ro d uce at Havre. They b ou ght coffee and sugars to the amount of 17 mil lions of francs, between SIX AND SEVEN HUN DRED THOUSAND FOUNDS STERLING." The Commission of three officers, viz. Sir JAMES SMYTH (King's ide-de-Camp,) Sir JoHN OLDFIELD, and Major FRANSHAWE, that left England in October, safely landed from the packet on the 26th November last at Barbadoes. On the Gth Dec. they were about commencing their labours, by first visiting Jamaica ; they will go t h roug h the West-India Islands, and probably the Bahamas, and Bermuda, and re turn to this country in April. The object of the Commission is, to ascertain the state of the fortress and barracks; but more particularly to report on the various annual estimates, re cently laid before the Master General of the Ordnance, for re- Pair and additional barracks, fo r w hi c h enormous sums are yearly voted by Parliament. JOHN DOHERTY, Esq. our justly respected Recorder, has, it is said, resigned his seat at the Board of Inquiry, finding (as we understand) that, consistently with his other pursuits, he could no longer continue to devote to it as much time and attention as he considered requisite for the faithful and efficient discharge of the important duties of that office. The salary of a Commis sioner is, we believe, 1,3001. per annum.— ( 0 7 (1E6v:ford Chronicle.) THOMAS THURTELL, it seems, means to spew cause against the rule for a new trial obtained by the County Fire Office last Term, in regard to the fire in Watling -street. Affidavits in reply, froM himself, JOHN THUItTELL, ENNIsoN (who, it is said, was sleeping in the same room with John when he was taken into custody), 'l'. B. SNOWDEN, and from a number of others, are filed. The consideration of these affidavits, it is ex pected, will come on on Friday or Saturday in the Common Pleas. Hunt was, at an early hour yoterday morning, removed from Hertford jail in the custody of Mr. WILLsoN, and carried to Woolwich, where he was consigned to the officer in charge of the hulks. 3. The third Class of Ships to be formed 'for the Whale Fishery. 4. The fourth Class of Ships (smaller size) for the trade to Portugal, Spain, and Mediterranean, or the Coasting Trade. 5 and 6. Two Classes of Brigs, a larger and a smaller sort for the Coasting Trade. 7 and 3. Two Classes of Sloops, a larger and a smaller sort for the Coasting Trade. Mr. PATRICK CONNOLIIT, and MoRAN his ser vant. who are confined in Hertford .gaol, on the charge of shooting Grange, at Rabley-house, at Ridge, in Hertfordshire, have been divested of their irons. Mr. Connolly frequently ad verts to the transaction, and appears satisfied that the result of the trial will be favourable to him. His brother has been fre quently to see him. CONSUMPTION OF BUTCHER'S MEAT IN LARGE TOWNS. - A ' comparative statement of the quan tity of Meat consumed in a Scotch and an Eng lish town : • 1823. Glasgow Liverpool Bullocks. Calves. Sheep & Lambs. Total. - 16,840 9.337 124,979 151,156 - 15,217 19,876 85,993 121,088 1 Difference - 1,623 10,539 38,986 30,070 The advantages of having but eight classes of The population in Glasgow, in 1823, was 150,000 - almost everlasting ship s an d v e ss e l s are great-- And in Liverpool - - - - 120,000 because the anchors, c a bl e s, r ig g i ng, masts, and It is understood that a consid era bl e p ar t of the shipping is sup plied with fresh meat from the Liverpool market, while the yards, of each class are the same; so that if a shipping belonging to Glasgow is supplied with fresh meat ship or vessel i n di s t ress want any o f t h ese, she from th e G reenoc k an d P ort Gl asgow market, excepting a few bullocks for one ship in the Greenland trade, which was sup can be properly supplied immediately, which is plied from the Glasgow market. not. the case at present in Great Britain. It is needless to add, that the timber. plank, &c., of each class of ships and vessels are to be of the same size, which will prevent either ignorance or fraud injuring the Shipping Interests. The above ideas have occupied the leisure of the Author for 40 years past ; and the present time is the only one during that period in which they are likely to be usefully attended to ; which is the occasion of their being published. if the Editors of the different - Newspapers' think the above worthy of insertion, they will be pleased to give it publicity. , V , -) if•X!6". ) -- 'i• -- . 4 '? - ;% 1 ,'" , • • ('• ~ ' ,t441,1-'+'—'''''' (7 % ~ ''' '''' ' ' '' '''N•' . -- ,:,-,---rr‘, (e144{.Y1-•vEr74) Cz lO ,oc ni • ik.••••• '' .. -k-5,,, :c .. .. , . •'; , t;>: '; ' ",• '''''; ' 'l" -- ;. 1 Ve:, ''.:',4:"---6;.:4:::t."? `--PW• ,: ", < t , :', kt,r,2,,i k' 7,- .'""t, - . •-r. ~ -i 4 _ ....17 . ir : ~..I's 44)." ,i,.......„>7",,; (,) ;if fr.,,,e.", , ''' {44;• ,- : - :'-'s ' 4 , - • ';' , c - ,71 , .".:•Zit ..k . ',,,, __, __•- -'•'''_,,...-'..:<\ ~, ,, , , f r‘i;.;- .i - , ii ...., t Ncf,,,..,9 '' '1,'.,'1i"'•,..,' -,(*:1--"-",.. ,7:..7.7"--•':,C-0.-`' ';''''..4s*,;'!,-,•:?-,ZY::R OF e i ...,..... 1 .. „.... tt,•.., ~..1,„5„, . 4, ~..t.„,,,i, ~.,„., 0; ~, .„ ~ TETE KING. BRIGUTON, JAN. 28.—1 am truly happy to inform you, that the answer to inquiries to-day at the Palace, respectingthe health of our good and beloved Sovereign, is very satisfactory. It is as under :—" The King has had a favourable night, and is considered better to-day." FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Earl and Countess of Derby, from Knowsly, Lancashire'. Lord Bruce, from Paris; Sir Richard Borough, Bait., fttnir Brighton ; Col. and Mrs. Evans, from Exeter ; Capt. Price, R.N., at the Royal Hotel, St. Janies's-street,• from a tour; C. Fairfield, Esq., at ditto, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Nightin gale and family, at ditto, from Derbyshire; Hon. Lady Smiths from Brighton; Sir Robert Wigram and family, from Hamp ton-court, Herefordshire ; Capt. Gun, from Dadham, Essex Thos. Swinneston, Esq., Lieut.-Col. Nelthorpe, J. F. Hindle, jun., Esq., E. B. IMpey, Esq., and the Rev. Mr. Cotton, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street. CZIANGES.—The Duke of Norfolk, at Worksop filar.or, Notts, from his seat, Earnham, Suffolk ; the Earl and Coun tess of Surrey, from the Marquis of Stafford's seat at Rich mond, for Worksop Manor, Notts ; the Marquis and Mar chioness or Tavistock, at Woburn Abbey, from Oakley House; Colonel Scott, 3d Guards, from the Royal Hotel, for Thorpe, Berkshire. Sxos'ort Rossrxr.—Thiq celebrated Composer seem!: to be now the great luminary in all the musical circles. Mr. So:,A, • whose musical talents are well known, recent!v introduced.him • to Mr. RoTHscHILD, who gave a splendid dinner on the inst. M. Rol' tisclutio having received a fine barrel-organ from Vienna, which plays only airs composed by Etosa:Nr, gave orders that the Co m p o S cr ' s c hi e f f avour i te s h ou ld b e per formed when dinner was announced. Rossrxx felt the deli:- cacy of this compliment, and warmly expressed his sense of it. After dinner Rossixe accompanied Mr. SoLA's in several beautiful airs of his own composing, and, among others, the admired Duo, /14 se de mall, was sung by Mr. Soi and a young Lady, in such -a manner as highly gratified the great Composer. Several of the Corps Dipiomatique were present :. and all testified the pleasure which they had received from M 7. ItoTxscHtLD's attention and splendid hospitality. THE ARMY. On Thursday afternoon (22(1 inst.) about 100 Irish recruits arrived to join the 94th Regiment. It is now I considerably more than complete, com.ixting of upwards of 800 men. The regiment is formed into eight companies, eighty ; three rank an d fil e eac h. Th ey h ave been inspected by the ' Commander-in -Chief for Scotland, and other field-officers. They are expected to leave town in about a montk. for Edinburgh. Neither the app o i ntment o f officers nor se r j eants is yet com plete. The regiment will be ready to take the field in six months ; and a year will complete their training. tin their departure the remainder of the 65th Regiment will arrive front the Metropolis to replace them. The shopkeepers in the vici nity of the Barracks are much benefitted by the quartezing of the new corps : and are doing more business than at any time since the war.—(Glasgow Chronicle.) MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, Jar. '2,.—Wind W.—Came down from the River and remain with the outward-bound as betl.7.e, the William Lushington, Sughrue; and the Royal Charlotte.—The weather has been squally throughout the day. PORTSMOUTH, .lAN. 28.--Wind N.W.--Arrived • the Cynthea, Linddater, from Zante, in distress. A large ship has • just brought up in St. H e len' s oads, supposed to be the don. Company's ship Macqueen for China. Sailed the New Bless ing, Jones, for London. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ken nersly Castle. Couch, from Norfolk, in 36 days. FALMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind W.—Put back the Good- Intent, Tonkin. for Terceira. LIVERPOOL, JAN, 27.—Arriv'elk th.. Mary and Susan, Cauthy, Two Friends, Smith, and Amethyst, Russey, 'from. Savannah, sailed 2d January ; Fidelity, English, from Phila delphia ; Hebe, —, Mediterranean ; Caroline, Bibby, Ja maica ; Julia, Bateson, Seville. The Jane, from Demerara, was seen the 23d instant layi ng too off Cape Clear. The Cossack, Topping, for Sierra Leone, was on shore on the Red Noses, near Liverpool, on Tuesday. The Islam, Higgins, from Liverpool to Barbadocs, was lost on Blackwater Bank, near Wexford, on Sunday night ; crew saved. BOW-STREET.--(Tins DAY.) A question of some interest came on to be heard this day. It arose as follows :—A Gentleman named Fisher, of Claremont-terrace, had a party a few evenings since, and considering that some of the company might want a coach, the butler at one o'clock sent for 3, which remained until five in the morning. The company, however, chose to walk home, and the coachmen now summoned for 10s. each and costs, which they recovered. Yesterday Mr. Batty, the Clerk of the Kensington Trust, appeared on a summons, to answer for - neglecting to make the return of the disbursements made by him relative to his office, as directed by the General Turnpike Act, 3. Gen. Iv. The complaint was preferred by Mr. Cohbett, who was just begin ning to state his case, when Sir R. L!IRNIE said no further proceedings could be had in the case, as the penalty sought to be recovered was.sol. and the Act limited the amount of penal. ties to be recovered before a Magistrate .to 20/. and, therefcTre the further proceeding must he by actiom, as the Act directed. Mr. Cobbett admitted the validity of the Worthy Magistrate's observations and the case was accordingly (Unlined. A.9BESSED AYE 5 ,.--- (3REENWICII.-011 an ap. peal made on Thursday, last to th e C o m m i as i oners at th e G reen .Ilan, on Blackheath, all the landlords who were charged by Mr. Tnissliucolq, as occupiers of houses let in distinct-tene ments, were relieved from the burthens intended to be l aid upon them. ExtcuTioN.— (Dublin, Jammu (26.) -- Sa turday, at two o'clock, Thomas Ward was ex ecuted at the drop of Kilinainham, pursuant to his sentence at the late Commission, for a highway robbery committed -by him at Sag gard. Previous to the unhappy man's being brought out, Mr. Dunn, the Gaoler, very hu manely requested his relatives or friends to withdraw, lest his seeing them should disturb the resigned state of his mind. Shortly after, Ward. came forward—his demeanour was truly penitent: and resigned ; he exclaimed, " Lord Jesus have mi-rcy upon my poor soul." in a few moments after, he said to the assemblage—" Boys, take warning by me, and avoid had company." Shortly after this expression, the rope having been properly adjusted, he was launched into eternity, and died almost without a struggle. Ward's unhappy mother was at some dis tance ; but not in view of the melancholy and tragic spectacle which tier son presented. She Was on her knees, her hands extended towards heaven, indulging in the most piteous weans ; a heart-rending object to all who saw her.