The Sun. — London, England, 1824-06-26 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, June 26. [MORNING HERALD.] A coup &mil of the House of Peers, during the time his Majesty was there, afforded no common illustration of " the vanity of human wishes."— The Speaker, and a very few :Members of the Lower House heard his voice, the rest of the Honourable Members squeezed and pressed to the most inconvenient degree, were obliged to find compensation in the Royal voice for all their disappointments. The spectators, whether vota ries of curiosity, er the accomplished servants of the Press, must have felt blessed beyond the or dinary lot, if they caught a momentary glance of something like a crown ; as to obtaining a full view of the Royal features and of his Majesty's whole deportment, it was as impossible as seeing through a brass wall. The Ladies were delightful objects of contemplation, but all were there - to see the King. The Ladies disappointed many by their position, and they disappointed themselves. The discontent and vexation at the interposition of feathers between the eager eyes of beauty and England's King might have sup plied matter of description to the novelist, of chivalrous indignation to the soldier, and of self complaisant contempt to the philosopher. There would be nothing incongruous or revolting in the repetition of the sacred words " Vanity of vani ties, all is vanity," at the moment when the crowded' room were feverishly intent upon what not one in twenty was able to obtain. His Ma jesty certainly appeared in perfect self-posses sion, more pale than his sincerest well-wishers could wish, but with every symptom of a firm and lasting constitution. The Duke of Welling ton seemed the worse for wear, and the Marquis of Hertford was too big for a pageant. [NEW TIMES.] A most numerous and highly respectable Meet ing was held yesterday at Freemasons' Hall, con sisting of the Members and Friends of the Anti- Slavery Society. In the general principles of Society every Englishman must agree. Its object is not, as has been perversely asserted, the imme diate emancipatio❑ of all the unfortunate persons who are held in slavery, but the adoption of measures " for mitigating and gradually abolish ing the state of slavery throughout the British dominions." To the pursuit of this object the British Legislature and Government are solemnly pledged : and the only doubt or difference of opinion that can arise among persons of sound and enlightened judgment is as to the pro priety of particular measures which may be sug gested for the attainment of the desired end. All however must admit that the bondage in which 800,000 of our fellow-subjects are held, is in na ture and origin " repugnant to the spirit of Christianity, contrary to the soundest maxims of policy, and a violation of the principles of huma nity and justice." Christianity, it is true, re cognizes the existence of such a state as slavery, and enjoins on slaves the duty of submission to their masters ; but so lees it enjoin submission to tyrants, and patience under persecution ; it bids us present our cheek to the smiter, and answer cursing with blessing—yet surely no one will say that cursing and smiting, persecution and ty ranny, are not repugnant to the spirit of Chris tianity. That sound policy, humanity, and justice, all concur in proscribing such a state as slavery, is too obvious to require illustration. We speak of it in the abstract, as we would of any other defect in the constitution of society. Where such defects exist it is often difficult to deal with them, and perhaps impossible at once to re move them ; but let us at least know and feel that they are defects. Let us not conceive, as some of our Colonists seem to do, that there is a moral fitness in treating a human being as a chattel property. The business of the Meeting of yesterday was not only to proclaim anew the grounds of its general antipathy to Slavery, but to express that strong feeling of indignation which has been raised from one end of Britain to the other by the persecution of the late Missionary Smith. We observe with great pleasure that the Meeting adverted to the sufferings of the unfor tunate Gentleman's widow, and offered her the expression of their cordial sympathy. {BRITISH PRESS.] We are exceedingly glad to observe, that, in the gracious Speech from the Throne yesterday, his Majesty was advised to express his entire ap probation of the inquiries instituted into the na ture of the evils by which Ireland is disturbed, and suggest the expediency of renewing those in quiries in another Session of Parliament. This declaration cannot fail, we hope, to produce a deep impression on the people of that country. The royal solicitude for their welfare ought to inspire them with the fullest confidence in the disposition of the King's Government, to eradi cate, as far as it may be practicable, the evils from which they suffer. By calm and dispas sionate investigation alone, can the condition of that country he made accurately known to the rest of the empire, and such remedies disco vered as may gradually raise the Irish population to a level with their fellow -subjects in Great Britain. We hail, therefore, with great satisfac tion, this intimation of the intention of his Ma. jesty's Ministers to continue that " wide range of inquiry," on which Lord Palmerston said the Committee had entered. The next Session, we anticipate, can hardly pass away without the in troduction of some measure calculated perma nently to tranquillize that long agitated and distracted country. The attention of Govern ment is directed steadily to the subject ; and the people of Ireland have had proofs enough in the, enlightened and liberal Admini •o f Administration the Marquis Wellesley, that they may rely upon the spirit by which his Majesty's Councils is guided, as to the questi ons • a •I- connected with the welfare of that portion of the F ro • ptre. [MORNING cuIt° NICLE.I By the arrival of his Majesty's frigate the Va lorous from Mexico, ver y " tisfa ctory information has been received from that Republic. The Mexican newspaper, The Sun, of the 21st of April, has been received, and also private com munications of the same date. From Tampico, which is only four days journey from the capital, the Valorous sailed on the 6th of May. At that time the most profound tranquillity existed throughout the whole of the Union, and all the changes and disturbances related by the New York and Philadelphia Papers of the 27th ult. turn out to have been only visions of four Ame rican passengers. Mr. Harvey, the British Com missioner, left the city of Mexico on an excursion into the interior of about sixty miles, in the com pany of some British merchants, in the be ginning of April, and returned to the capital on the 16th of that month. Gen. Bravo had ')een placed at the head of the army, and it was generally expected that he would also succeed Senor Michilena in the Presidency of the Executive Government. The election of a Dic tator thus turns out to have been a pure inven tion, far not the slightest change had taken place in the Constitution previous to the 22d of April. The cluracter of the Ex-Emperor, Iturbide, was fully aipreciated by his countrymen, for they knew it well by experience. His removal from Italy to England was generally suspected to be connected with his intention to return to Mexico, and the Government even appeared either to have anticipated, or to have been perfectly acquainted with the conduct which he has subsequently pur sued. The advices received this day make a jest of his chance of ever causing disorder in the Em pire, and the best informed do not hesitate to in sert that his execution will be the almost imme diate result of his expedition, should he appear in the country as the declared opponent of the Republican Government. [MORNING POST.] The Message of Santander to the Congress of Colombia, which we inserted yesterday, contains statements quite sufficient, if corroborated by the testimony of the British Commissioners now in that country, to warrant the recognition of its in dependence, not only by England but by the other Powers of Europe. It is said, in the first place, that in the vast extent of its territory single relic of the Spanish Army is not to be found I It is also declared, that even the hordes of banditti, which never fail to spring up in un settled times, and are the last embers of civil strife to die out or be extinguished, have in Co lombia been effectually trodden down. With these facts we are to couple the only other circumstance of real importance in estimating the attributes of permanency in a new Government—namely, the degree of steadiness, to which its funda mental institutions have attained. In Colombia we see all those fundamental institutions firmly established. The bases of the Constitution ap pear not only fixed in themselves, but recognized as such by the people at large, and the only thing that remains is for a Legislature in accordance with public sentiment, and in possession of public confidence, to originate and perfect such reforms as may seem wise and beneficial. All the altera tions suggested in the message of the Vice-Pre sident are of this description. They shew at once a zeal for the solid improvement of the State, and imply the leisure from warlike opera tions, which a young Government enjoy after its independence has been won, and the arms of the soldier may be safely converted into the implements of civil, peaceful life. It is likewise a proof of the internal se curity of Colombia, that instead of merely acting i on the defensive at home, and occupying itself with the preservation of domestic tranquillity, or the suppressio❑ of hostile ebulitions, it is strong and confident enough to act offensively, and absolutely carry war Into' the only fastnesses of Spanish authority now existing in South Ame rica. The propriety of the proceeding, as re gards the interests of Colombia, it is not our business to question : but with respect to the recognition of Colombian Independence by this country on the ground of the de facto indepen dence and solidity of that Government, the fact we think is almost decisive. The aid afforded to Peru, we would remind our readers, is not a diversion to draw the enemy from his previous plan of campaign in Colombia itself—but a public exertion to - eradicate in a ueighbouring territory the power and influence of a beaten enemy at home, and by that means prevent the possibility of renewing the contest hereafter, or otherwise disturbing the happiness of the Colombians and the improvement of their civil institutions. We dwell upon these circum stances because they are, both as relates to the interest of Colombia and this country at the pre sent time, of paramount moment. The points of Legislative detail in Santander's Message, we do not think it necessary to notice. With one or two exceptions, they seem expedient ; and if so, will doubtless be adopted. [rnE TiMES.] The Speech delivered yesterday by His Ma jesty, on closing the session of Parliament consi dered as a communication on matters of business between King and Nation, was a very remark able one. The sentences of which it consists are just eight in number. Two of these con tain thanks—one lamentation—one is appro batory—one congratulatory—one exhortative— , one only communicative ; and what it commu nicates amounts, like all the rest of this ora tion, to somewhat less than nothing. The pas sage to which we allude, is that wherein His Majesty has been authorized_ by his Ministers to inform us, that he continues to receive From Foreign Powers " assurances" of their dis position t o rema i n at peace with this country. " Now, such as surances, taken by themselves, are w orth just the p aper on which they are written. They derive the sole value which ever can belong to them from collateral facts and circumstances, not glanced at by the advisers of his Majesty in this their cold farewell to the people of England. Had an American President been talking of " as surances," h e would have followed up the subject by particularizing the relations of the country to which he addressed himself with each foreign Government in its turn ; and this, if his fellow-citi zens for no other purpose, to satisfy how far they might be justified in depending on the words of peace to which their attention had been invited. France, for instance, had assured Spain, as well as Europe, that she was most paci fically disposed towards the Peninsula but a very few weeks before her General crossed the Pyren nees with 100,000 men. Is it in French " as surances" that we ought to repose our confidence? Russia, no doubt, has gorged Mr. Canning with protestations of her kindness and friendship to wards the British Empire. We say nothing of her tariffs, for she hasa right to interdict h er s u bj ec t s from as many civilized enjoyments as they are tame enough to forego. We say nothing of her plans or movements towards the East, since she is notoriously straitened in point of territory, and may be excused for seizing a rich spot ,of land where she can find it. But we would suggest a temperate question with regard to Russia, and ask, what may be the value of her pacific " assurances " to this Government, when put in contrast with her known decrees for debarring British subjects from the whole North-west coast of America—for sweeping the British flag from the face of the Pacific Ocean, and robbing this nation of a lucrative and lawful commerce which its citizens have for ages carried on ? This is a matter upon which we " respectfully insist " (as the Lawyers tell the Judges) that some sort of light ought to have been thrown by the Fo reign Secretary, when he introduced the pacific assurances of neighbouring States to England. What, then, are we told upon another most interesting topic ? Not one word with re spect to South America. The session op portunely closes just at the moment in which intelligence was looked for, of a nature to attest the truth and rectitude of the Ministers. They now have the ball at their foot. There is no busy member to interrogate —no cross-grained motion to molest them. The intrigues of the Holy Alliance may ripen into a new harvest of civil distractions throughout the whole Ame rican Continent, and the natural effect of our duplicity may again be pleaded in bar of our return to duty. As for the Session thus abrupt ly terminated,. it was languid and ineffec tive, as it was brief. No taxes have in fact been remitted : no reform executed in the gene ral administration of justice ; no great measures of public economy encouraged ; no bold and en nobling line of foreign policy traced out ; one disgraceful treaty has been concluded ; and the Irish nation finds still postponed that redress which its wrongs so loudly call for. These are the fruits of the session ending on June 25th, 1824, and this the form in which its last stage has been conducted. HAVANNAII, NrAy 25.—There are great prepa rations made by the Governor of this place for the reception of vessels expected almost imme diately from Spain, and we fear that an attempt will be soon made to recover possession of Mexico. A week ago a vessel arrived in this neighbourhood from Cadiz, with dispatches for the Governor, which are said to be of import ance. Something is said of an attempt to be made by Iturbide, but whether ort.Ms _account or ott that of Spain, is unknown. It ems, how ever, that be reckons with certainty upon the possession of St. Jean de Ulloa, from which fortress he will issue his proclamations, and en deavour to raise the country, whilst he keeps his own head in safety. The order of the Mexi can Government, prohibiting all commercial in tercourse with this island, is rigidly enforced. We are now compelled to send all goods, not Spanish, to Thompson's Island, there to be ship ped in American vessels. Thompson's Island is situated 70 miles north-west of this place,and has a considerable depot of four and other necessa ries. There is a custom-house, a collector, and other officers ; and the island is likely to become a situation of much importance. MR. LoWRY, THE ENGRAVER.—The friends of the Arts will be grieved to learn that this cele brated artist died on Thursday morning, between two and three o'clock.—(Morning Paper.) The following is an extract from a commercial letter, dated Copenhagen the Bth June :—" The advance in State Securities, the sudden rise in the course of exchange, (for which there being no legitimate cause it suddenly fell again), the large new Loan for the Government, and its probable application—all this very powerfully excites pub lic attention, so much so that even the mercantile world lose sight of their usual objects of employ ment. In trade there is unquestionably great dullness for the moment, though we hardly think things will settle down permanently unbeneficial. It is true we have of late received favourable accounts as to the value of grain in the markets of Southern Europe, yet notwithstanding this there seems to be little sympathy in the currency here." REMARKABLE ESCAPE.—We seldom have had to notice a more remarkable circumstance than the following extraordinary escape from destruc tion. A daughter of Mr. J. D. Beaumont, of Maidstone, being on a visit at Folkestone, at tempted on Sunday se'nnight to conduct a young acquaintance down the cliff by a very narrow path near the church, where the descent is al most perpendicular. She had not proceeded more than three or four steps, when her head be coming giddy, she pitched forward and rolled to the edge of a declivity, from whence she bound ed to a small projection nearly 50 feet below ; from this sp o t s h e rolled onwar d with increasing velocity till she reached the foot of the cliff—a fall of nearly on e hundred and fifty feet ; and here she was picked up covered with blood, though not a bone brok en ! M r . Beaumont was walking with his dau g h ter at the top o f t h e c liff , and wit- j nessed the c ommencement of t hi s appalling scene ; but his daughter disappeared in an instant, and in an agony not to be descr ib e d, h e h urried by a circuitous path to the bottom, expecting to see his child dashed to pieces, but to his unspeakable p he s aw h er ta k en up ali ve b y a gen thlaepmaiinieNsysl'io happened to be near the spot, by whose kind attention she was conveyed to a place of safety, where medical aid was immediately procured, and although many severe bruises were occasoned by this frightful fall, yet we are happy to state that the young lady is now perfectly re covered.—(Kent Herald.) FOR THE SUN. ON THE MIRAGE. MR. EDlTOR—Nothing has struck Europeans travelling in Egypt with more astonishment than the optical phenomenon shewn under the name of Mirage. To be produced, it is requisite that the spectators be placed in a large plain, nearly level, and stretching as far as the limits of the horizon, and so exposed to the beans of the sun, as to require a very high temperature. At sea it is not, however, by any means ai uncommon phenomenon ; and from seamen it has received its present appellation. The land of Lower Egypt is an immense plain, nearly horizontal, interrupted only by a few na tural or artificial hillocks, upon which the villages are built, but which every where mingles with the sky in the Mirage. Both in the evening and in the morning nothing extraordinary appears in this scene, but as soon as the sun has sufficiently heated the surface of the earth, and until it be gins to cool as the evening sets in, the aspect of the country changes, and it appears as if bounded by water, at about three miles distance from the spectator. The villages situated beyond that distance have the appearance of inknds placed in the midst of a large lake ; and tc make this optical deception still more natural, the image of each of these villages is reflected in front of itself, precisely as if there were reallf a reflect ing surface placed before them ; but as this image is at a considerable distance from the spectator, the most prominent masses are alone distinctly perceptible, and the edges are not better defined than those of objects represented upon the surface of water slightly furrowed by the wild. In proportion as the traveller (haws near to any one of the villages, apparently slanting on the edge of the water, this latter recedes, the chan nel, which seemed to separate him from the vil lage gradually diminishes in breadth, and at length it totally disappears; but the same phe nomenon immediately begins in regard to the next village that is placed behind the former at a con venient distance. Hence every thin,c concurs to complete an illusion, which is often cruel to the traveller, who, when parched and dying with thirst, is continually tantalized by the near ex istence of what he most desires, bui which ever recedes from him as he approaches, and thus, con tinually changing every fresh hope into a new disappointment, leaves him no other prospect but a painful and an inevitable death. The following explanation of this phenomenon was given by MONDE, one of the Swans who ac accompanied BUONAPAItTE into Egypt : The transparency of the atmosphere prevents its acquiring a very high tempera:ure, by any simple exposure to the direct rays of the sun : it is only when the surface of a barren and sandy soil has acquired considerable beat that the lowest. strata of air in contact with this heated surface acquires a very high ta..nrspa a rskulre. Phis stratum becomes consequently rarified, and less dense than the strata that rest immediately above its surface ; whence the rays of light that reach the earth through these strata must be differently refracted. Thus, while the rays which fall more perpendicularly are refracted at a smal ler angle, when they enter the rarer stratum, those which fall more obliquely, and form only inconsiderable angles with the horizon, when they reach the surface which separats the rarer stratum, from the more dense one above it, are prevented from passing out of the later, and are reflected upwards, making the angle cf incidence equal to the angle of reflection, and this the sur face that separates the two strata 3roduce an effect similar to that of a mirror. The rays thus reflected naturally convey to an eye placed in the denser stratum the inverted image of the lower parts of the sky, which, in this case, appear placed below the true horizon.— Hence, as the reflected image of the sky has nearly the same brightness as that which is above, the latter appears prolonged clove to the surface of the earth, and the limits of the horizon seem lower, and nearer the spectator, than they are in reality. If trees, horses, or any - Aber ter restrial object, prove that the limits of the hori zon are more distant, and that the sky does not sink thus low, as the surface of water becomes most usually'visible, under a small angle, only by means of the image of the sky which it reflects, so because the eye hue perceives a reflected image of the sky, it conveys to the - nind the idea of a reflecting surface of water. As the reflecting surface that separates the two strata of air, of which the diversiT is dif ferent, is neither a perfect plane nor perfectly motionless, the images necessarily appear ill de fined and agitated at the edge, as is the case upon the surface of water slightly moved by the wind ; and, as high hills intercept all rays re flected from the lower part of the sky, the Mirage can be seen only in places perfectly level. As long as the relative diversities of the strata remains the same, and that the upper stratum preserves the same temperature, the greatest angle under which the rays can be reflected re mains also unchanged. Now, as of all the re flected rays those which form the greatest angle with the horizon apparently proceed from the nearest point, from that where the phenomenon begins, this point must of necessity remain al ways at the same distance from the spectator; so that if the spectator moves forward, the point where the water seems to begin will move in the same direction, and with an equal velocity.— Hence, if a person advances towards a village that appears situated in the midst of the inunda tion, the edge of the seeming water draws nearer to the village, attains it, and at length, as the spectator continues to advance, is subsequently seen beyond it, receding as he advances. MosiGe asserts, that after making repeated ob servations upon the Mirage, at different seasons, and under different circumstances, he has been more and more confirmed in the above cause of this phenomenon, which, indeed, seems the most probable that I have hitherto seen. A. P. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, JUNE 25 , The Court, after hearing the argument of a rule for setting aside an award, and of a rule for a new trial, rose at one o'clock. that the Judges might attend the prorogation of Parliament. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN, JUNE 21. HABEAS CORPUS.—A LOVE AFFAIR. Mr./StrEfi, said, he was instructed to apply for writ of Ha beas Corpus, directed to W. Ormsby, the Marshal of the Four Courts Marshalsea, commanding him to bring before the Court the body of Jane Ormsby. The application, Mr. Sheil stated, was grounded upon the affidavit of Nicholas William White, which stated, that in the month of July, 1822, he was intro duced to Miss Jane Ormsby, at her father's lodgings in Boo terstown, and afterwards continued to visit her, with her fa ther's consent, at his residence in the Marshalsea. That about fburteen months after being first introduced to the young lady, she being then of age, she and the deponent each pledged and engaged themselves to be married the one to the other, and that within the last year they have frequently renewed said engage ment. That her f a th er , in order to induce his s a id daugh ter, Jane Ormsby, t o hange her purpose of marrying this deponent, and make her consent to wed another, he, the said W. Ormsby, has for the last ten days treated her with great rigour, and kept her in close confinement. The affidavit went on to state, that the father had put a pistol, on one occason, to her head, and threatened her with a similar violence several times; and that said Jane Ormsby dreaded mental deranges ment from a continuance of such treatment. Deponent further' stated, that by a letter which he received from the said Jane Ormsby, on the 19th instant, she informed him she was of full age, and prayed deponent to apply for a Habeas Corpus, in order to bring her before the J u d ges o f th e Ki ng ' s B enc h , as she was to be forcibly taken off to the country on Tuesday morning; and deponent therefore prayed their Lordships would grant the Habeas Corpus, in order to have her brought up : , when he would be ready to perform his promise and engage ment to said Jane Ormsby. The conclusion of the affidavit occasioned much laughter. The Court immediately granted the Habeas Corpus. TUESDAY. JUI;E 22. , Mr. SHE rt. said, that he had yesterday moved for a Habeas Corpus, commanding the Marshal of the Marshalsea to pro , - duce his daughter (Miss Jane Ormsby) in Court. The motion had been granted upon the affidavit of Mr. White, stating that the lady was the victim of ill treatment, and that, in con sequence of her contract to marry him, she had been imprisoned by her father, who was the Marshal of the Court. The Habeas Corpus had been served upon the Marshal between three and four o'clock, and the Court would hear with a sentiment much stronger than surprise, that their own officer had not only ne glected to make a return to the writ, but had actually had the boldness to remove the lady beyond the protection of the Court. Miss Ormsby had that very morning been convey ed in a carriage, by two men and a woman, to Howth. On ar riving at the pier, she cried out for help, and with ve h emen t exclamations, called on the persons about her to rescue her, as she was about to be forcibly placed on board the packet. The woman who attended her said, that she was insane, and desired the people not to regard what she said. A peace officer, in whose affidavit these facts were stated, happened to be present, and interposed ; but Mr. Harlowe Phibbs, one of the instruments employed by her father for this guilty purpose, said that he was her cousin--hurried her on board the vessel, and re fused to allow the constable, who vainly employed the insig nia of his authority, to speak with her. She was forced into the cabin—the vessel set sail, and the unfortunate lady was now beyond the protection of the law. This proceeding was a serious delinquency. It called not only for reprobation, but for punish ment. The Court could punish, although they could not redr e ss. The Marshal of the Court hadi not only set its authority at nought, but had committed a most profligate violation of per— sonal liberty. He should move for an attachment, and also that the Marshal should be suspended in his office, in order that he might be compelled to liberate his daughter. Mr. CRAMPTON said, in behalf of the Marshal, that he had not seen the affidavits, and requested time to answer them until next morning. The COURT said, that inasmuch as Miss Ormsby was now beyond their jurisdiction, no injury could arise from giving the Marshal time to meet the charge until to-morrow. But he should take care how he answered the facts sworn to. Yesterday morning, between six and seven o'clock, a man dressed as a mechanic was dis covered by a carter, on the road between Brix ton and Norwood, lying beneath a spread um br.lla, with, bits throat cut. He immediately gave an alarm, and procured assistance to convey him to Guy's Hospital, where his throat was sewed up, and he so far recovered as to state that his name is John Hughes, No. 10, George street, Lambeth, but refused to account further. In his pockets a case containing three razors was found, with a place for a fourth. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, June 25. Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight l2 0 Rotterdam l2 4 Antwerp • 12 5 Hamburgb 37 f, 2i Us Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight Ditto Bonnie:tux, ditto Berlin 7 10 Frankfort on the Main Petersburg!' . 9 Vienna lO C Trieste lO ti Madrid Cadiz Wilma 3sf Effective Barcelona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn Gef:t,a 44 -Venice, Ital. Lir. 27 0 Malta "8 -Naples 638 Palermo - per Oz. Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia 5O Dublin ... • 9 1 . Cork 94 pet Cent. • . BULLION 1.0 0 0 perO t . 3 1 7 fi ... . 3 1 4 9 N N PF :e i Doubloons w a o° r iiinn I°ri sn 0 4 9 Silver in Bars. Standard o 4 11 1 COAL-MARKET, JUNE 23. Ships at Market. Ships sold 44 Newcastle -35 i 5 Sunderland - - Price. 32s 9d to 40s 3 33s Od to 42s 64.1 BIRTHS. In Doughty-street, on the 24th inst., the lady of Mr. New man Knowlys Mayo, of a daughter. On Wedesday, the 23d inst., Mrs. Thomas Wild, of Tor rington.square, Bloomsbury, of a son. MARRIED. On Monday, the 21st inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, the Rev. William Howlett, A. 8., of Trinity College, Cam bridge, to Frances, fourth daughter of Joseph Taylor, Esq., of Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk. On the 23d inst., at St. John's, Hackney, Mr. J. W. Hill house, of Beal's-wharf, to Miss Anna Hanbury Hornblower, of Stamford-hill, daughter of the late Mr. J. C. Hornblower. DIED. Suddenly, of apoplexy, in his 68th year, Joseph Clay, Esq., of Burton.upon-Trent, Staffordshire. On Wednesday, the 23d inst., in the 57th year of her age, Mrs. Bass, widow of the late George Bass, surgeon R.N., who, in 1798, first discovered the Straits which separate Van Die men's Land from the southern extremity of New Holland. On Tuesday last, at Downham, Norfolk, in the 55th year of her age, Elizabeth, relict of the Rev. Martin Coulcher, late Ma s t er o f the Grammar School, Lynn. On Friday morning, the 25th inst., Henry Pigou C om y n , aged 3 ye ars , y ounges t son o f Edward Comyn, Esq., of Illeckleniirgh-square. 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