The Sun. — London, England, 1824-04-22 00:00:00

r :s \t ' . ‘ • *• - 4 411 * * MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. 4 ENt; AND. 11,4- April 26, I,orn horn. Nos. 4. 46 71, 91, 104, . 30,5, 321, 407, 458. COUNTRY. Nos. 227, 246, 320, 490, 546, 578, 707. - 27, I,o:thorn. Nos. 86, 349. GOUNTRY. Nos. 38, 67, 68, 145, 427, TAtesdity, 868. edneaday, - 28, LONDON. Grand FestivaL Nos. 2, 12, 235. COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 112, 215, 314, 414, 440, 442, 478 548, 549, GM Nos. 7, 39, 327. Lodge of Benzvolence. Gen. Com. Fern. Sch. at 12. COUNTRY. Nos. IW, 176, 453. • • ---30, LONDON. • Coux•ruir. Nos. 33, 236. Saturday, May 1, LoNnoN. No. 173. COUNTRY. • IR ELAND. ar, April 27, Coux. No. 27. Thursday, P tiii4r, - 29, LONDON• • • PRICE OF STOCKS TIIII L) .1 y .vr Two o'cLocK• I talLk Stock .... $ 2-Isi India Stock 3 00 i per (;ent. Red. 951 India Bonds B3s. ?, Per Cent. cons. 96,14 South tiea Stock ' l i Per Cent Old Annuities — 4 per Cent. 14114 loo,i F.x. Rills 55 &E n i er ~ I New loBai Ditto Small — p (:eats. 1797 O nk Long Ann. 23i 3-I(iths I India foriOnt. Acct, " 11 P . 3 Per Cutts. I Cons. for Acct. 96 i i ou FOREIGN STOCKS i LONDON, ArRIL 22, AT ONI; O'CLOCK. Vrensii f Five per Cents. 103.1. I. Scrip, la pm. I Six per Cents. 00. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. ( Ditto New 974. Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, )61. Austrian Scrip, la prem. Fire per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 90. Spanish Ditto 1021, 17i. Ditto 1023, 16. Prussian i Five percent. Bonds, 9til• I Ditto New, 99i. Portuguese .1 Bonds, 96k. k Dani s h Scrip, 5 1 . Five per Cent. Bonds, BPI Peru v i an Chili Scrip, 1. 874. Colo m b ian f Six per Cent. Bonds, 9.1 i. Alex . lea n t. Scrip, 4/ prem. Scrip, 14 prem. 2 dis. Al liance Insurance Shares-17. j Bank Shares £24 Os. 01 American Seven per Cent. 95. Six per Cent. 94 —lOl. 1 rive p e r Cent. 100 —lO - 2. Three per Cent. 77. llu ss i an Rion WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 11 "ainit, 21 minutes lifter 9. 1 Evening, 50 minutes after 9. THE SUN. SoLEM QUIS DICERS F4LSUM AsinhiAT LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL ►, 1824. City, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened this niorning . at 96k, went up to 4, but lowered again to 961-1, at which price they remain steady with no business of consequence. For Money the, are 964.. I do not hear of any Express l itiving arrived from Paris. We have no reports iu the City. FOREIGN MARKET.--Scarce any busines doing in the above Market. Letters from St. Petersburgh, of the 26th March, state that the EmPEttott's health is en tirely re-established, and that he rides out daily the environs of his Capital. On the 23d, the anniversary of the EMPEROR'S accession was cele brated with great pomp. Colonel ESSEON has returned to St. Petershurgh from Berlin, where he went on an important traission. Letters from Madrid, of the 7th April, state that several arrests had taken place at Valladolid in consequenc e o f a consp i racy haying been de tected in that town, but no disastrous events had occurred. It it understood that Austria and Prussia, in imitathici of Great Bri t ain and France, have re solved on attempting, in the course of the ensuing Stu tner, the reduction of the interest of their Public debt. The following is an extract of a private letter' received yesterday from Lisbon. It is scarcely credible that the Portuguese Prince can have con ducted himself in the extraordinary, violent, and Most unjustifiable tnanner related : " Lzseore, Arnie 9, 1824.—An English merchant, of the name of MOON, lately arrived from the Brazils, was standing i n' the Rua Augusta on the evening of the 2d, when the p rince, Dore Mrotme, passed by on horseback. Mr. M. not s eeing the Prince, and not knowing whe it was, did not take ,his hat off, and his attention was suddenly roused by seeing a Peraon'en horseback - cut at him with a sword, which for tunately missed the object against which it was directed, and struck one of those large stones which are placed at the edge of t he Pavement, of about four or five feet high, and left the mark t here. --Mr. Moore immediately escaped into a staircase, and did not know until he came out that it was the Prince who had struck at him. Mr. M. besides being extremely short-sighted, had never had the honour of seein g this hero before. ITpon the Prince hearing that it was a foreigner whom he had at tempted to strike, ho replied that he thought it had been merely a vile Portuguese. What happiness the nation have before them with the prosp ect o f this modern Quixote for a King ! Mr. M. is reported to have said, that (upon being told that it was the Prince) he would have taken both his hat and his coat off if they h a d. to l d him. One cannot be surprised that he has not dared to represent it to the Minister here after such an avowal of his sentiments. If such outrageous acts of violence arc permit ted, San British subjects consider themselves safe ? The Agent for Packets here, received by the last mail an order from Mr. FIMELIIM to this effect, that all Newspapers and Pam phlets arriving at Lisbon by the packets, shall, for the fu ture, be sent to the Portuguese Post-office, there to t e de livered. There they will be inspected, and if they should be found to contain any thing relating to their Government, of which they disapprove, such Newspapers will not be is- The.cousequences of this may be easily imagined. Two or three persons have already written to discontinue their subscriptions, and, in a very short time, such a thing as an English Paper will not, be found in Lisbon, excepting those which come to the Ambassador. It is much to be regretted that our Government have acquiesced in so infamous a request. Some months ago, Mons. de Veuville wished to turn out of the Foreign Assembly Reading Rooms the Constitutionn el, but his motion was received with a proper disgust." A private letter from Lisbon, of the 10th inst., states that the Portuguese Government, in con sequence of certain alarming symptoms in the provinces, have applied for aid to the French, and that five thousand French troops have actually passed the frontier from Badajoz. The same letter asserts that it has been definitively determined by the Cabinet of Lisbon to send out a force of ten thousand men against the Brazils. Both of these statements are probably unfounded, or at least premature. We understand that a Loan of five millions, for the accommodation of West Indian Propri etors, has been negociated,. within a few days past, with two most respectable houses in the City, on the security of property to a large amount in Jamaica and other islands. The inte rest is to be paid, and the redemption of the principal effected, by means of regular consign ments of West India Produce to the Contractors for the loan. This advance of cash to the West India Interest can scarcely fail of being highly beneficial to the Colonies in their present de• pressed state. Our present columns contain a Table of the Petitions for Private Bills, and of the progress made in them respectively during the cur rent Session. The list is in itself a rich and splendid proof of the activity with which im provements of almost every kind are carrying for ward within the country. What a commentary does it present on the favourite and fallacious notions of the theoretical political Economists, who hold that the national prosperity is best promoted by the competition of individuals with one ano-. Cher, and who violently oppose themselves to combinations of all sorts, and to every proposi tion for legislating on the employment of capi tal One cannot sufficiently admire the in consistency with which, they pertinaciously contend-for their general principle, at the very time that they are silently acquiescing in the pas sage-of all these bills of exception through the gislature, or actiiely supporting _them in every stage! 'Each of the Bills is directly framed for the accomplishment of that by a com bination of persons and of capital which in dividual enterprise and competition either will not or cannot undertake;—each of them, when passed into a law, will be an Act of Legisla tion for for the employment of capital and the promotion of industry ;—and all of them are enter tained by a Parliament which has sanctioned the general principle of the Political Economists by its votes, and which has almost declared that it is little short of insanity to think of interfering in any way with the ,commercial or other pecu niary operations of the people ! The apparent triumph of the Economists, therefore, in the Le gislature, would seem to be but precarious and hollow. The truth is, that, like our worthy Correspondent - the " Inisu LANDLORD," they themselves are at all times ready to turn their back upon their own very precious principle, when it so happens that their practical know. ledge of insulated propositions forces upon them the conviction of its futility. Yesterday evening the Princess AUGUSTA. ho noured Drury-lane Theatre with her presence. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the Prin. CeSS AUGUSTA yesterday. Yesterday morning. Mr. Secretary CANNING left town for a few days. The Countess Of LITERPOOL drinks the Path water, as well as the Noble Earl ; the health of both the Earl and Countess, we are happy to say, is much improved. • The Spanish Colonel DE PABLO, commonly known by the name Of CHAPALANGARRA, is ar rived in town. He was the Governor of Alicante, the last fortress ceded to the French, he having maintained himself several days after the sur rendering of Carthagena, Peniscola, and Bar celona itself. He pledged himself to be the last to yield, and he kept his word. Mr. MATTHEWS, the Englishman who was taken prisoner with the unfortunate Riego, and conveyed to Madrid, has arrived in town. Mr. MATTHEWS was released from prison on the 3d inst., and quitted Madrid on the 7th with an English courier. During the interval of his re lease and departure, he was unable to go out of his lodgings, Sir W. A'CoultT having pledged his word that he should not appear in public ; but we understand that he was visited by nearly all the principal Spanish Consitutionalists in Ma drid, who expressed a lively satisfaction at his release. L - 1 '::!).1;,i q - 7 . 2 , r .-..*. -A ~ - p - i4v '',.. i c•••• 7 ( 41 . , , , , - -. 4 . ,. - ,i- ,.. :;.? .- ,\...- ;:S c. --',, „?; r ,,, .4.- -, to t 4 ,_..f...., - -- ) A .e.:, ,\K.• - iz_ t ,..-z..a4,t; .: ,,e.-.t .. „, : , 9 •'::, ; , r ,:...,,...,i,, ~..; , 4 , : ;... , 6v v0,..,4 ) ,'„. , ,ii:*:.7 ,- ,f;, i - -:- , ,,, ,, L1.7. , ::: ; !.- 7 . 1 , - ,, -7 1 -,---_,1:.-i s s -. I i , ,i , 4,-, t, .S 4 .1 : 1; - r.i ."4 'i e- V I L :'4; , %), 4 4, , '.` , ..t" . . -, . „,....,..... •___,___. 1:-.V. i: „ * - -..1.,-;:kr-1,1)%4J--• , -t.,-) 4 - 4 !'i ilt THE KING. WIN - Dson, APRIL 21.—This afternoon; at two o'clock, his MAJESTY took his accustomed drive to the Royal Lodge, at tended by the Marquis Conyngham, in his Tony phaeton. This morning the Earl of Lauderdale left the Palace for London. Preparations are making for a very general illumination in ho nour of his Majesty's birth-day, on Friday next. Au altera tion is now making in the road from Bishopsgate to Ascot Heath, turning down more to the right of the present road, so as to allow a larger extent of ground to be laid out in front of the Royal Lodge. It will join the old road again about one hundred yards from Snowhill, so t h at t h e trave ll er w ill no t loose the beautiful view of Windsor Palace. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Cwyd,yr, at th e i r h ouse i n Piccadilly, from Windsor Castle ; the Larl and Coutitess of Bristol and the Ladies Hervey, at their seat• at Putney, from Brighton ; the Bishop of Norwich and Miss Bathurst, at the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover-square, from Cheltenham ; Mrs. Portal and family, at Warren's Hotel, Begent-street, from Bath • Mr. and Mrs Stratford and Miss Stratford, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their scat, Stratford Hall, Lan cashire : Mrs, George Smith' and family,' in Lower- Sey mour-street, from Berkshire ; Mr. -and Mrs. Neiton, from Taxal Lodge. CIIANGES.—Lord and Lady Holland, from their house at Kensington, on a visit to th e Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey ; the Earl of Essex, from Cashiobury Park, on a visit to the Duke of Bedford ; Mr. and Lady Lambton, from Cleve land-row, for Cheltenham;l i Caroline Wortley, from Cur -4:l'li-1-Mrs. Ellice, from New-street, for Osterley Park ; Lord and Lady Carrington, for their seat, rv,:, g h ti, n; 11r. Wycombe Abbey, Bucks; tie Earl of Dartmouth, from Black heath, for the Continent; the Lion. Mr. and Mrs. Agar, for Lord ft. Spenser's seat, Woolbeding, Sussex ; the Marquis of Titchfield, front his father's the Duke of Portland's seat, Welbeck, Notts, for Lynn ; .Lore? Hervey, for his father's, the Earl of Bristol's seat, Putney. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Lady charlotte buncombe entertained a small circle, last evening, in Arlington-street, Piccadilly. Lady Say -and Sele entertained • a small party, in Lower Berkeley-street, rortman;squa?e, last night. • Sir Alexander .Johnstone, l3art., gave an elegant dinner, yes terday, at his residencein Great Cumberland-street. • The Archbishop of York,gave a grand dinner,. yesterday, at his- house in Grosvenor-square. General M ilner gave an elegant dinner, yesterday, at his house in Upper Grosvenor-street. The Archbishop of Canterbury gave a grand dinner on Tues day, at Lambeth palace. The Earl of Arran . had a grand dinner-party on Tuesday, in Dover-street. The Earl of Cardigan gave an elegant dinner, 'at his house in Portman-square, on Monday last. lion. W. B. Grey entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Lower Grosvenor-street. Arthur Stanhope, Esq. had a dinner-party yesterday, at his house in Tilney-street. THE LATE ELOPEMENT.-The - lady is the daughter of the late Sir GEORGE littarritwArr E llowToN, of Poston-hall, Herefordshire, and had been residing for sonic time with her mother at Bruasda, where the acquaintance be tween her and the gentleman commenced. His name is A f.Ex- AvnEtt RontlisoN, the son of a gentleman who formerly re sided at Kensington. The plan of elopement was so well formed, that not the slightest suspicion was entertained of any intention_ of that kind until the absence of the parties.— Pursuit was instantly commenced ; and. on the arrival of the pursuers in London, they lost all tracc.of the fugitives. The conjecture was, that they were gone to Gretna, and application was made to a polic.e.ofircer. Two men were ordered toproceed to the north. This was last- Friday se'imight. They proceeded until they arrived at Huntingdon, where they gained certain intelligence of the objects of their pursuit, but learnt that they had so much adVantage in point of time, that it would be im possible to overtake them. The, „officers, however, went on to Gretna. On their arrival, they drove up to a public-house in the village, and all was bustle, is the expectation that another snatch was about to take place. •The pastor was sent for, but on his arrival he was disappointed lit learning the nature of their errand. He, however, having given them a• certificate, they departed. < On.reaching -Carlisle 4 . on their journey home, they 'learned that the fugitives had stopped a night at an inn there ; they also found a wrap who had been left in the tare'of some luggage by the bridegroom. He boasted to the officers of hav ing been the projector and manager of theplan, and taunted them upon their failure. lie• stated that • he'and his wife accompa nied the couple from Brussels. The officers, when they reached London, were employed to trace the parties, in, order that the bridegroom might be served with a citation from the Lord Chancellor. They succeeded in doing this, and one of them served the young gentleman with. the legal process on %Vednes_ day last. lie was agitated at receiving it., but obeyed the man ' date, and on Thursday the matter was heard before the Lord Chancellor. The case was not p resse d w ith severity, and the further hearing was postpon e d until the return o f t h e l a d y ' s mother, who is now on her journey to England. The bride is eighteen yeais of age : her husband is twenty-four.--( Mornipg Paper.) . THE FINE AUTS.-'7-Ati it iS the duty of a Public Journalist to notice whatever May contribute to promote those arts which embellish society, we yesterday attended with pleasure a private view of a work from the Chevalier VAN BRIM, Histo rical and Portrait Painter to the King of HOL LAND. This picture measures 27 feet by It was painted by desire of the late Empress Jose- MU NE, and intended for the Grand Gallery in the Palace at Fontainbleau, but being divorced, she had not means to purchase it, and it was left on the hands of the Artist. .11e gener ously lent it. to the Magistrates of Antwerp to be pub licly exhibited for the benefit of the Poor, air(' it is highly gratifying _to learn that its produce was forty thousand florins, It may generally be presumed that benevolence ac companies genius and the higher qualities of the mind, and the present instance affords an inte resting proof. The subject of the picture is— The Sacrifice of the Virgins, or the Athenian Victims destined to be devoured by the Monster MiszoTaun, and Titustus offering. himself as their Deliverer. The catalogue dives 4 learned expo sition of the story. The Artist has produced a noble wbrk,sand is'entitled to the attention of the Public. ,It is treated in such:a manner as to pro duce- a strong impression, - and to excite a powerful interest in. the , fate of tle.' - in tended victims. The figures are•well arranged, and the expression is varied according to the re lative interest of the respective characters: We shall not enter into any critical analysis• of a work. so noble on the whole. The figure of Theseus is interesti4, - . .and his attitude indicates a strong feeling of curiosity as . barthe event. We shall only observe that he rather appears like a youthful stripling than a hero of such an athletic form as might be supposed to qualify him. for so daring an enterprise; but the viork altogether is a powerful appeal to sensibility and taste. The following vocalists, we hear, are already engaged for the approaching Grand MUSICAL FESTIVAL, which is announced to take place at Cambridge early in July :—Madame CATALANI, Miss STEPHENS, Miss 'AM.:, Miss GEORGE, Signor PLACCI, Mr.SAPIO,IIr. PHILLIPS, Mr. KI;LLN ER, &c. &c. Leader, Signor' SPAGNOLETTi. lnstru nientalists, DItAGONETTI, WILLMAN, NICHOL SON 7 MACKINTWII, &C! SPORTING INTELLICENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1821. WEDNESDAY. Subscription Plata of 50/. for 2-yr-olds, 7st. three, Bst. 7Th. and four, 9st. T. V. C. Mr..l3.atsons b. c. Mystic, 4 yrs - . 1 - 14d. G. H. Cavendish's b. c. 'The Stag, 4 yrs - - 2 Mr. Meyneil's lir. c. Ajax, 4 yrs - - - 3 Mr. Bigg's b. c. P.ulow, by Blucher, 2 yrs - - dr Ld. Exeter's b. C. by Filho da Puta, out of Aliniature, 2 yr 3 dr 30 1 agstMystic.-6 to 4on The Stag.-4 to 1 agst Ajax. Second Class of the Oatlands Stakes of 50 sov. each, h. ft. D. I. Mr. Hunter's Gan vrnede, 3 yrs, 7st. Mb. - - I lA. O. 11. Cavendish's Bizarre, 3 yrs, 7st. 131$. - 2 I.d. Warwick's Cardinal Puff, 3 yrs, 7st. 2%. - 3 Mr. Bigg's ch. g. Sunshine, brother to Moonshine, 3 yrs, 74t. 4 Col. Wilson's W. f. by Juniper, out ofSpotless, 3 yrs, 7st. 3ft. 5 4to 1 agst Ganytnede.-6 to 4on Bizarre.-4 to 1 apt Cardina Pufll-10 . to 1 agst Juniper, f.—Three Paid. HADDON PARK ANNUAL HUNT, BUCKS. EASTER TUESDAY. Hunters' Plate of 50/. by Subscription of 5 sov. each, and the remainder in specie. Heats, two miles. Major Honeyman's Spindle - - -... 1 2 1 Mr. L. Bouverie's Rosa - - - - 2 4 Mr. Garth's ch. g. - - . - - 4 3 3 Mr. Hudson's Brush - - - - 3 1 4 M r . H o bert's Charm - - - - 5 dr Capt. Warren's Magic - . - - - 6dr Some famous racing ; Brush fell lame in running the third heat, when backed at even to win the Plate. The Half-bred Stakes of 7 sov. each, with 15 added ; seven Subscribers or no race.. Mr. Braithwaite's Tulip - Captain Gill's Emily - - - . - - 2 Mr. Hudson's hr. tn. ' - - - - 3 Three only were placed—a good race. HUNTING. Noftwicit, APRIL 21.—Last week about fifty _Gentlemen dined together at the Norfolk Hotel to celebrate the conclusion . of the season.—Edward Lombe Esq. presided, with Willi am Gwynn, Esq., as Vice-President, m the . room of" Edward Dewing, Esq., who was prevented from attending by indispo sition. The utmost harmony prevailed, and this convivial . meeting; of the friends to the field sports was enlivened by many excellent songs, descriptive and in praise of the pleasures of the chase. BERRY, APRIL 21.—0 n Monday week, a boxed hare was turned out at Royland Hall, before the hariers of It. Cart. wright, Esq., and after a burst of 40 minutes was killed in Mr. Baker's orchard, at Winfarthing. "After_which, the Gentle men of the hunt dined together at the Nag's Head'lnn, liar ling, where an excellent dinner was provided, and the greatest harmony and conviviality prevailed throughout the evening. AUSTRIAN LOAN NEGOCIATED BY MR. M. M. ROTHSCHILD IN LONDON.—The half-yearly Di- Wend on the said Loan, falling due on Saturday, the Ist of May, will be paid on that and every succeeding day (Sunday exCepte - d), between the hours of ten anti two. • It is requested that the Dividend warrants, with a list thereof in nume rical order, may . be left, if possible, on the / Ith instant, for the purpose of being examined.—New Court, April 1, 18/4. - • SUSPENSION-BRIDGE OVER THE THAMES.—Yes terday a general meeting of those interested in the project for erecting an iron bridge on the suspension principle over the Thames, was held at the City of London Tavern. Lord Mort _LE v was called to the chair. Mr. CutsitoLst, the solicitor and secretary to the plan, stated the progress that had beat made with the Bill in the House of Commons on the sub ject. It was necessary, before further progress could be made, that four-fifths of the subscription-money should be obtained. Those who thought well of the plan would . there fore so.e the necessity of filling the list as soon as possi ble. Petitions had been presented' against it by the .water men of the River, and some other parties ; but provisions would be made in the Bill to give them compensation for any loss they might sustain, and therefore their ground -of opposition would be done away with. A petition had been pre sented against the plan by the Corporation of the cffy of London ; but this opposition was made rather with a view to enable the • corporate officers to watch the progress of the bill, and protect their particular interests, than to give any serious obstructim. ' Whilst on -one hand some bad petitioned against the bill, others who held property in the neighbourhood, and who conceived it would be improved by the execution of the measure, were pre paring to petition in its favour. The Seer.::Ary then read very extensive and minute details, from which it appeared that the expence of purchasing property and indemnifying the owners of land necessary for the approaches to the bridge, was 30,000/. The estimated expence of completing the bridge was 392,000/. It was estimated that there would be one-tifth of the traffic on the intended bridge that there is at present over London-bridge, and that the gross amount of revenue produced would he 43,0001.; out of which sum 24801. would be requisite for the expences ; and that the net proceeds would be 40,720/. per annum. There were to be three spans of 000 feet each, and two side spans of 200 feet each. The total extent of the suspended bridge would be 2,400 feet, including the towers. The whole, with the approaches, would be 3,300 feet, or little more titan half a mile. The height of the bridge above high-water-mark would be 70 feet, and 715 ,feet u the centre. • This height would allow ships of 2 00 tons to pass without. striking their top-gallant masts, and ships of 300 or 400 •tons to pass with main.top-gallant-tnasts down. With respect to the durability of the bridge, it was considered, with the exception of the timber, it might be deemed au imperishable structure. The probable time of its completion would be about 18 months after the date of the contract. After some discussion, in which Mr. Smith and Mr. Webb Hall opposed'the ptoject, and Captain Brown, the projector, and Dr. Styles, supported it, the report of the Committee was carried by a great majority. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting bruit e up. , 11 • DREADFUL FIRE AT DEPTIO ' a•illS morn ing, about 1 o'clock, the town and neighbourhood of Deptford was thrown into great consternation' by a sudden burst of flames from the extensive premises of Mr. Mootte, timber merchant,, near the Black Horse, ou the Lower-road, which its an instant communicated to some stacks of hay, from thence to several huge piles of deals, and in less then 10 . minutes the flames extended over. the whole of the yard, communicating to a long range of sheds and stabling, in which were three cart horses, who, such was the rapidity of the devouring element, could -not be rescued, anal were consumed. The whole of the piles of timber .were in flames, and the atmosphere for several miles was illuminated by the conflagration. Every effort was made to save some stacks of mahogany,• but the attempt was fruitless, and the entire stock of the yard, with all the surrounding .out-houses, were re. duced to ashes. The dwelling-house, which is not in the yard, escaped:'---We are happy to, hear that no lives were lost. As. yet it is not known how the disaster originated, but it is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. ." DISTURBANCE AND ALARM OF E IN WHITE. ytois-sTity PRISON.-Qn Saturday Morning, about two o'clock, some refractory characters in . the ward No. 6, of the Middlesex side, ex cited the greatest alarm throughout the Prison by setting fire to a heap of straw, which-they had taken from their beds, and into which they had thrown some quantities of gunpowder, in the passage leading to one'of, the bed wards. The flames burst through the windows with great violence, and the peaceable inmates of the bed 'ward had no means of escaping but by rushing through the flames. From the slender materials of combustibility in the prison, the ravages could not have been rapid ; several windows were, however injured, and one completely blown out by the explosion. Mr. SPENDER, the GOvernor, with the different officers, immediately repaired, , t o the spot ; and the prison engine, of great power, was brought out.. In a short time all, oce • casion of alarM subsided. - The general terror, , however : produced was inconceivable., THE LATE SIR. G. COLLIER, AND MR. -TAMES'S NAVAL HISTORY. Mr. TizObtAs COLLIER, brother of tha distin guished Officer whose melancholy death is so fresh iu public recollection, has 'written a long letter to the Editor of an Evening Paper, in an swer to Mr. JAMES'S statement respecting the escape of - the American ship Constitution from the Leander, and two other British frigates, dar ing the late war. Mr. COLLIER observes— The American ships cut their cables and put to sea from the roads of Porto Praya, on.observing-the British force ; imme diately on which the signal from the Leander was made to chase. —The weather was so thick as to shew the enemy whips very indistinctly, which, combined with Sir George Collier's first impression of their force, satisfied him that the three ships seen were American frigates, and upon dais impression he acted.-- 1 am justified in this observation by the assertions of such of the officers of the Leander as 1 have had the means of referring to ; who have also added, that this was the full belief of them selves at the time, and of all on board that ship. I would, in charity, hope that Mr. James, in ignorance, and not with design of mia-statement, represents the signal made by the Leander, fur tacking-, as intended by Sir George Collier to discontinue the chars of the large ship to the eastward, which afterwards proved to be the Constitution, for the mere purpose of engaging the whole British force, in the unnecessary duty of capturing a much smaller ship. The signal ordered by Sir (leorge Collier (and my Utformatien is not merely from his public letter, but also front Lietit. Rich mond, then on board the Leander, and now at my side) was for the Acasta alone to tack ; and for the very good reasea of enabling the Acasta to close with one of the ships to windward ; but the 3litishipman, a Mr. Morrison (I think it proper to give names), whose duty it was to make the signal, did, by mistake, hoist the general signal ; when Sir George Collier, some time after, olaserving the Newcastle had tacked, and expressing his great surprise, it was reported to him a mistake had been made by the signal officer, in hoisting the general signal to tack, in stead of the - Acasta's only. In remedy of this, Sir George Collier immediately ordered the optional signal, a signal esta bli..4hed in the squadron, to be made to the Newcastle, which left her to use her discretion, she being advanced three or four miles, and in consequence best able to judge whether or not . she had any prospect of keeping sight of the enemy. The optional signal, it afterwards appeared, from the thickness of the weather, could not be made out by the Newcastle. Thus it will appear the orders of Sir George Collier were clear and distinct, although, by accident, the signal was incorrectly made; and Mr. James does not venture to say the Newcastle had any hopes of getting up with the Constitution, but con fines himself to the Acasta, had she not been drawn off by signal. The motive for the Leander tacking, as Lieuterant Richmond states, was in the full persuasion that the two ships, of the enemy were frigates, and iset smaller ships ; for I have the authority of Capt. Nl'Dougall and Lieut. hichrnund, who were in the Leander, to declare that, from the situation in which she Was, and the haziat se of the weather, all on board the Leaudcr at the time believed the ships seen were frigates, however they may have appeared to the Acasta, which ship was nearer to them. Mr. COLLIEIt then gives an extract front the Acasta's. log, to shew that the Constitution escaped, owing to the thickness of the weather, and being too far to windward." -The letter thus concludes : I have thus, I think, shewn, that in all I have stated, I have authority that fully justifies use, whereas in all :air. Jatnes haa stated, by his own confession he is without any authority what ever. let he did nut hesitate in making the most slanderous remarke on the conduct of my brother, and the foulea: insinua tions against his professional character, although excusing him self in the observation " that being a landsman," he was likely to err, and apologizing after my brother's death, when his apo logy was worthless. I will add only, that had Sir George Collier felt any back wardness in meeting the Constitution, he never would have used every induatmtnt is his power to lead her out of Boston to meet the Leander singly, by proposing even to reduce the strength of his ship, if Captain Stewart would, upon his honour, declare the-Constitution mounted f ewer guns t h an t h e L ean d er . H a d the two ships met, which Capt a i n F ea d an d Li e u t. Ri c h mon d told me was not only hoped, but expected, if I ant to credit these officers, although .Mr. James, "a landsman," expresses so many apprehensions of the result of any such Meeting, the officers and seamen - of the Leander were perfectly fenrless of she consequences. My broth er's valttabl e life has been the sacrifice of Mr. James's slander, and commeats more offeusive to an honourable and sen sitive mind, upon coat:wet of which Mr. James proleases self incapable of judging, language could sc-iirzely furnish ; and I think I have fully shewn that such comments could not have been directed where they less applied. It has, indeed, been alleged in excuse by Mr. James, that Sir George Collier exhibited symptoms of disordered mind at %her. periods of his life, and that his friends could have proved thik, had they been so disposed. I beg most distinctly to add, to the pub- • lic testimony already borne by Lieut. Richmond to the contrary of these insinuations, that this statement at entirely devoid of truth, and that the wanton and slanderous comMents upon the professional character and honour of my lamented brother, were the sole and entire cause of his melancholy fate. I sun, Sir, Your very obedient Servant, THO :11A S COLLIER. Fitzroy-street, April 20, 1824. TIIE ARMY. It is understood the 34th Regiment of Foot will shortly be ordered f ro m Portsmouth to Irt:land. - ----- The right w i ng of the. 72d has arrived on board the Indian Trader transport, at Plymouth, from Jersey. A division of the Third Royal Veteran itattalion has arrived on board the Zephyr transport, at Jersey, from Gork. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. • DEAL, Aram 21.—'Wind S.E.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Cossack, from Rio Janeiro: Came down from the River and sailed, the Deveron, Wilson ' for Van Diennufa t Land ; Upon Ca:di?, Thacker, for Borribay ; Providence, Fox, f or Li s bon ; Hector, Pearson ; and Mary, Kees, 515/ 4 1 . 7 f. John's, N. B. ; ;as°, and remain , being little wind and a fi0.1.1 tide, the Syren, —, for Trieste; and :Ilacrii; - for the Car of Good Hope. rORTSMOUTII, Ayr Ir. 21.—Wind S.R.—Arrived the Per severance, Paget, from Cephalonia ; and 'Scips4, L:: filer, froM London, for Halifax. FAL srou Til, APRIL 20.—Wind S.—Arrived-i.he" John ;tad Thomas, Cook, front Cette : sailed the 29th of February-1. Sailed the Stanmer packet, for Lisbon Tiger, Duke, for Vera Cruz; Isabella, Fame, Enterprize, and Union, for London. PLY mo (yr R, A rum 20.—Wind S.—Arrived the Harmony, Robinson, from Alicant. • Off the Port the Catherine, Young, and Triton, Papp, from Bahia; and Astrea, Alexandria. IAV ERPOOL, APRIL 20.—Arrived the Charlotte, Gambier, from New Orleans ; Two Brothers, ‘VollacOet, from L&. bon ; Fortuna, Applegreen, from Illaraeilles ; lndustria, from Christi:tun; and Ilarmoine, Kruse, fro►n ROBBERIES AT COVENT GARDEN THEATRE Bow-STREET—(THis DAY.)—Dennii .31‘Car- MN, a fellow belonging to one of the Most . darin4 gangs of thieves who nightly infest the 'Mains, and who are supposed to have-been concerned in tl.e various robberies that have lately been committed, ,was brought up in custody of Do naldson, charged with attempting a felony , laNt night at the front door of the T heatre. Ile was committed, at on leaving the bar exclaimed with a most horrid oath that, he uould do for L h e officer. Accincr4T.—Yrsterday evening, in Greenwich Park, as a party of young men, with their lasses, were amusing themselves in running dow n Green wick Hill, one of thew, a female about 18 y 4 ars of age, named Moult', daughter of a resi ectabla tradesman at Kennington, suddenly fell •*ilia such considerable force in the descent that she unfortunately broke her leg in two places. Se• veral persons instantly tendered their assiatance,. and speedily carried her to a surgeon's for fprdi. cal 45sistauce in a state of to►al insensit'Oity.