The Sun. — London, England, 1824-01-10 00:00:00

PRICE 0. B Tnis DAY AT 3 per Cent. Bank Stock ................ 235 per C ent . ......... 8/43A 87;id 3,A 1 per ......... Cent ................ lOU 4 ....... 10117 i. :New ......... lon 5 per C ents. 1797 — Rank Long Ann. `,:` . .2 7.16 ht h 2. per Cents B6i F STOCKS TWO O'CLOCK. India Stock 9 87; India Bonds B4s• South Sea Stock 98:1 Old Annuities Ex. Bills Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. 271 273 Cons. for Op. ..55 56 PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, JAN. AT ONE O'CLOCK. 1. Five per Cents. 94. Scrip, 5a pm. • 4 Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. (Ditto New 139 , . Five per Cent. Bonds, 79i. Scrip, 58 prem. ( Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Ditto 1021,231. Ditto 1023,161. Prussian j Five per Cent. Bonds, 89a. ( Ditto New, 912. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 94; Portuguese Peruvian New Loan, 00. Chili Colombian six per Cent. Bonds, 63. _f 00. Poyais 1. New, 3.. Bank Snares 4'22 10s.— 1. 23. Seven per Cent. 000. American 1 Six per CAA. 00-000. Five per Cent. 00-000. Thee per Cent. 71),. 111(41.4 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW, • 11°I ''i"g, 40 minutes after S. I Evening, 16 minutes after 9. French Neapolitan us trial); Spanish r ritiF SUN. "; ,1 1 QUI.S DICERE FALSUJI AUDE.IT LONDON, S ATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1824. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. W e Lave received by express the Journal des -Debuts of Thursday, and have selected from it the following meagre extracts : ( From the Journal des .Ditlats of Thursdali. . r here have arrived at Toulouse several de tachments of gend'armerie, to do duty in the Pyrenees. I LlLY.—(Parma, Dec. !.2-1.)-0(1 the 20th Hist. Prince Gustavus, of Sweden, accompanied 1 1 Polier Vernanda, Chamberlain of the Ern. Peror of Austria, arrived in this town. This Prince 7 who travels in Italy under the .name of Itembourg, received an invitation to dine with Our Princess. SWEDEN, DEC. 23. Th e closing, of the Diet took place yesterday, with a loug speech from the King. A French force has at length embarked at Brest, professedly for Martinique and Guadaioupe. The number of the troops is said not to exceed ]BOO men. It may be true, both that the amount of this force, and its destination, are correctly stated ; but we shall take leave to express our incredulity upon the subject, until we have information that can be more depended upon that that which is furnished by the French Government. A Morning Paper says that our Ambassador at Paris is un derstood .to have received assurances from the f rench Ministry, that the sending out of this ar mament has no connection whatever with the South American question. It may be that the French Cabinet has given such assur "'es ; but we are enabled to state, on our part, that it is understood that the first intimation th e sendi ng out of this armament was given to our ministe rs b y P rince POLIGNAC himself, and th at not until the ships were ready to sail. Thpreis another armament assembled at Toulon ; and It s uPpos e that we shall soon hear of its sailing also. We will add, that we d o no t be lle" the Professions of the French either as to the destination or the objects of the Brest expe dition. The fictions of the Gordon Sanitaire are too str o "1„ b impressed upon our memory to be easily effaced, thlt would b e va i n t o di sgu i se t h at e departur e of a French armament at this crisis wears a most suspicious and alarming aspect. 1-; '-.ren if the troops are really destined for Guada -I°uPe and Martinique, it appears to us that they are only sent there in anticipation of war; for it is impossible to believe that so large an ad ditional force can be required in those pos -4''''ssions but for the purpose of strengthen ing them against a hostile attack. The story °I. a French Admiral, lately returned from t he West Indies, having represented the South "4leri‘cans as decid e dl y a d verse to t h e d om i nat i on arid of th a t representation having cooled thSpain' e ard our of t h at party in the French Cabinet which is d • ro of th e us of ass i st i ng i n t h e re-conquest Spanish Colonies, can only be regarded as a stroke of f in esse, calculated to lull th e vigi lance of this country. We have the satisfaction o kn ow that Mini s t ers are on their guard. AnAno therexPedition, eithe r from Toulon or any other ren ch port, s h ould not be allowed to sail. CIT T :zneke o'Clock.—Consols opened this fo r at 88-4-i. Soon a f ter t h ey rose to 89-i °t. the Account. 'The Brokers are busy in %king up their Accounts for Settling Day, W hich is on the iOth. The Expresses from larts this morning bring the - Rentes at 941. 10c. to 941. 15c., and Spanish Bonds at 2.3i.—French Scrip, 5 to 52 premium.—Ducats, 79k. FOREIGN MARKET.—Spanish Bonds opened at 2311, but in consequence of their coming lower from Paris, the Market went down to 23k, which, up to this hour, is very heavy. In all other Fo reign Securities there is very little doing. FRENCH COLONIAL TRADE. After a long report to the KING on the state of the Commerce of France with her Foreign Colonies, the following decree has been is sued : " Louis, by the grace of God, Ring of France and Navarre. " On the report of the President of our Council of Ministers, we order as follows : " 1. There shall be formed a " Superior Council i of Com merce and the Colonies, char ge d w ith considering of the means of progressively amending the laws and tariffs which govern the relations of French commerce with the colonies, and to the consideration of which Council shall be submitted the examina tion of all the law projects and ordinances on the same subject which are intended to be presented to us for our approbation. 2. The Superior Council of Commerce and the Colonies shall be composed, under the Presidency of our President of the Council of Ministers, of all our Ministers Secretaries of State; of two Ministers of State; of the Director-General of the Customs ; of the Director of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Arts, in the Home Department ; of the Director of Politi cal Affairs in the Foreign Department ; of the Director of the Colonies in the Marine Department ; of a Councillor of State, Secretary for the Bureau, which shall be hereafter spoken of; and of five other members to be appointed by us. " 3. There shall be formed, near our President of the Coun cil of Ministers, a Bureau of Commerce and the Colonies, for the collection of facts and documents calculated to throw light on the deliberations of the Superior Council, and on our deter minations in respect to all matters touching the action of our Government on trade, in its relations with foreign countries, and with our colonies. " 4. This Bureau shall be composed of the Director-General of the Customs, Vice-President ; the Director of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Arts, in the Home Department; the Di rector of Political Affairs, in the Foreign Department ; the Director of the Colonies, in the Ministry of Marine ; a Coun cillor of State, Secretary to the Bureau, who shall also discharge the duties of Secretary to the Superior Council; and two Mas ters of Requests, under Secretaries of the Bureau. " 5. Our President of the Council of Ministers will take the necessary measures, in order that the Departments of Finance, the Interior, Foreign Affairs, and the Alarine, may cause to be punctually transmitted to the said Bureau, every item in the facts certified by the Board of Customs, in the correspondence and acts of the Chambers and Councils of Commerce and Ma nufactures; of the French Consuls in foreign countries; of our Governors and Administrators in the colonies, and Commanders on foreign stations in all seas ;' which, from its nature, may be calculated to enable the Bureau to appreciate the progress and the wants of our trade and navigation. " 6. The Bureau shall receive, through the care of our Mi nisters, communication of the general representations on the subject of trade, which may reach their respective departments ;. and every information that the Bureau may judge necessary to require from the Chambers and Councils of Commerce, Com panies, Merchants, and Manufacturers, and our agents of every class, whether at home or abroad. " The Bureau may propose to the competent Ministers, to order inquiries tending to explain the points of commerce which are more particularly susceptible of controversy. These in. quiries shall take place through the intervention of the said Ministers, who, when they judge proper, may confine the direc tion thereof to the Bureau itself. " 7. Assisted by these documents, and all others that can he collczted, the Bureau shall propose to the Superior Council—in order the same being referred to us, if their be occasion—all measures which may appear to it advantageous for the general commerce of the kindom. " All law projects and ordinances on matters relating to trade, the customs, and th e co l on i es, w hi c h our Mi n i sters may think fit to be submitted to our approbation, shall in the first place be communicated to the Bureau of Commerce and the Colonies, to be afterwards examined and discussed in the Supe rior Council. " 8. Our Ministers are charged, each in what concerns his department, with the execution of the present ordinance, which shall he inserted in the bulletin of the laws. " Given in our Castle of the Tuileries, &c., Jan. 6. (Signed) " LOUIS. (Countersigned) " VILLELE." Dutch Journals to the Bth instant have ar rived. The following are extracts : ' " ROTTURDA At, JAN. 3.—During the year 1823, there have arrived here 1,506 ships, sailed 1,553.—1 n 1822, the arrivals were only 1,312, and the departures 1,825 ; so that there is an increase of 194 in the former, and of 228 in the latter. Those numbers do not include the fishing vessels, herring busses, and vessels that have come from Don., Schiedem, &c., by the flats from Hamburgh, Bremen, &c. " ANTWERP, JAN. 2.—Seven hundred and eighty ships arrived here in 1823, of which 435 belonging to the Netherlands, 107 English, 84 American, 22 French, &c. " AMSTERDAM, JAN. 2.—The number of ships that arrived here in 1623 was 2,106." BAYONNE, JAN. I.—We have no mail from Spain to-day, but a courier has arrived from Ma drid, who says, that after a very animated con versation between the King and his brothers, in which the Infant Don Francis made some very strong observations, this Prince has been exild to Naples. His Royal Highness is looked upon as the mildest and most humane of the family. Letters from Italy announce, that the Emperor of RUSSIA is expected at Roma in the middle of April. Yesterday afternoon, about half-past two o'clock, the Duke of YORK arrived in town from the seat of the Earl of WESTMORELAND, in North amptonshire. Yesterday morning, soon after len o'clock, the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE left Bushy Park in their travelling carriage and four, and proceeded to Kensington Palace, where the Duchess alighted, on a visit to the Duchess of KENT. The Royal Duke proceeded in his car riage to his town residence in St. James's, where he remained till four o'clock, when he returned to Kc..tsington, from whence their Royal High nesses took their departure for Bushy Park. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings the Duchess of KENT honoured Covent-garden with her presence. Her Royal Highness only re mained during the performance of the plays. Yesterday afternoon the Prince of LEININGEN arrived at Kensington Palace from Cobham Hall, the seat of the Earl and Countess of DARNLEY, where his Serene Highness had been on a visit fora few days. THE Tli EATRES. DRUIZT-LANE.-The new tragedy of Kenil worth improves on repetition. It is certainly the best dramatic work on the subject which has been derived from one of the Romances of the " Great Unknown," and is also the best of the theatrical representations. Mrs. BONN, as we before observed, enters with critical justness into the character of Queen Elizabeth, and sup ports it with appropriate energy. The ca tastrophe of the play is more consistent with poetical justice than in the novel In the play the wicked Varney falls a victim to his own arts, instead of the amiable Counters of Leicester. —We have already noticed the rest of the per formers, and we need only add that they were strenuous and effective in their respective exer tions. The house was crowded. COVENT - GA RDEN.-After the splendid romance of Timour the Tartar, the lively farce of ,Simpson and Co. was last night represented at this Theatre. The characters were generally cast as during the last season at the Haymarket Theatre, with the exception of Mr. W. FARREN in the part of Simpson. It was rather an arduous task to follow Mr. TERRY in a part in which lie was so deserv edly successful, but Mr. FARREN acquitted him self with great spirit and humour, and in some of the passages displayed original merit. The farce was much applauded, and we were glad to see the house attended by a very numerous audience. The Liveipool Adverllier has the following article :—" Yesterday we received letters from Demerara of the 21st of November, which state, that on that day the trial of Smith ended, and that the sentence of the Court was to be made known on the 24th." The LORD LIEUTENANT of Ireland has ap pointed the Marquis of LONDONDERRY to be Commissioner for the improvement of the har bour of Donaghadee. Amon! , the late arrivals, from Sp a i n , i s D on . 'P. M. AL CALA GALIANO, the eloquent leader of the most liberal party in the Cortes. The Duke of SOMERSET has subscribed 251. to Lord ERSKINE'S monument, accompanied by this just eulogium on his character—that he did so in testimony of his respect for his brilliant talents, and more especially for the firmness and courage with which he maintained the independence of the Bar. We understand that a Greek Committee has been formed at Manchester, and is making the most successful exertions. Four hundred pounds have already been subscribed, and a much larger amount is expected. hlr. BLaouleas: is at pre sent in Manchester, and is assisting the Com mittee by his information and personal activity. We understand that Mr. MaeouisTEN, civil engineer, has made a report in re gar d to the ex pediency o f open i ng a sa f e an d speedy COMMUIIi_ cation b etween S cot l an d an d Ireland, by means of stea m -packets, from the harbour of Troon, in Ayrshire, to Belfast Loch, in preference to the from Port Pat r ick to Donaghadee.-._ passag el ,rooris 73 miles distant from Edinburgh 31 miles from Glasgow, and 63 miles from Dumfries. Port Patrick is 136 miles distant from Edin burgh, 9 4 miles from Glasgow, and 85 miles from Dumfries. As a saving of distance, and consequently of time and expences, Mr. Mac quisten states the form er place to be prefer able to th e latter for every point of the kingdom. The harbours, too, at Troon and B e lf a st Lo c h, h e states to be hifinitely superior to those of P or t Patrick and D onaghadee; and the passage by water, though longer, he stat e s to b e more certain and sa f e, of currents in consequence of the absence and much less exposure to t h e hurricanes which prevail in the Channel, at Portpatrick. So that, according to his views, there would be few blank days compared with those that occur by the present conveyance of the mail ; and the mail from Edinburgh and Glasgow would arriv e at Belfast before it could reach Portpatrick. -- (Glasgow Chronicle.) ANECDOTE OF ALDERMAN Boirnet.t..--A young engraver, just entering into life, and who afterwards rose to great eminence, applied to Alderman Boydell for employment. Having never executed any considerable work, he had only some trifling specimens of his ability to shew. The Alderman, however, was satisfied from them that the young Artist possessed ability worthy of encouragement, and offer ed him a picture if he thought himself equal to it. The young man undertook it and agreed on 25 guineas as a recompence. When the plate was finished he waited on the Alderman finally, to deliver it with a proof. Mr. Boydell examined it so lo3g and so mi nutely, that the artist was apprehensive he was not quite pleased with it, and resolved to ask him, adding, that he should be happy to make any improvement or alteration that Mr. B. might suggest. " Oh, no," replied the Alder man, " I am extremely pleased with it, and desire no alteration. It is charming : and in stead of 25 guineas, I should give you 35 ; very charming, inde e d. Th e more I look at it, the more I like it ; I shall give you 50 guineas.— He went to his desk and wrote a check on his banker, which he gave to the artist, telling him to call on him iu a few days, as Ire had further employment for him. The young man en deavoured to express his gratitude for this un expected and magnificent liberality of his new patron, but his speech utterly failed him, when casting his eyes on the check which he held in his hand, he found it to be for 100 guineas.— This happy event was the foundation of his fortune and fame.—(Somerset-house Miscellany.) SUICIDES.-On Tuesday afternoon the body of Mr. Benson, cheesemonger, in Bachelor's row, Battlebridge, was found suspended from a tree in Highgate Wood. He bad been missing ever since Sunday week, when he went out under the pretence of going to be shaved.— On Wednesday an Inquest was held at a Public-house, at Turnham-Green, before THOS. STIRLING, Esq. Coroner for the County of Mid dlesex, on the body of a Gentleman (formerly an Officer of the Customs) who put a period to his existence by cutting his throat with a knife on Saturday night last. Verdict, Insanity. —The leceased had for some time been in a disturbed state. j ot 4 4-1 .".., t-,a7.•,.." ;.. ..- ; , 2,, ~ ~ C*,.-*.: 144- #tH r4 , , ,, , , ,c) s\ : . l , - : 4 - / c t,,,,--4 - 1i i , , , , ; . . ....)I,e. \, -. \, 0 '', 4 . :, ~ ,t •1 / 4 " ' ',,V,4 1 .2 i -, 'N. ,-• - -4 - ' • - , - - ;c- - c..:\ fY 1/ kY JZ.,.. , ' ...4 ,) 0 1it,8...4 .i - 9-,...._-- •'•i:• 4 7,-, j .... , , ,fr .;,k t i) ‘ 4 •:/*, -, , t7Z (">li N'' j t,;." ~ ..t.4 .', , - rs, ta, BRIGHTON, JAN. 8. At the Twelfth Night Entertainment at the Palace, on Tues day evening, his MAJESTY was in excellent health and spirits' The scene which the State Apartments ore that occasion dish played, was one that dazzled the eye and gratified the under standing. The tout ensemble was indescribably brilliant, and tura which way you would, tits coup d'cril was captivating.-- The immense plum-cake, which, entire, had a gorgeous and sparkling appearance, was divided into a multiplicity of slices, each slice having an ornamental envelope, with its number, and the aggregate exhibited in pyramidical forms, arches, &c. with embellishments as could render them the more inviting to the eye and acceptable to those for whom they were intended. According to the number drawn each possessed his share, and during th e enlivening process of distribution, smiles and buoyant spirits were universal. A pleasing feature in these species of prize favours was, that to each packet of cake, another gift from the SOVEREIGN was involved, consisting of a box of sweetmeats, or some glittering trinket in silver, pearl, or ivory, to the delight of the gainer of it ; and many of which, we doubt not, will be carefully preserved, and occasion the source from which they emanated to be recollected in the after-time, when the spring of life shall be past, maturity have had its summer, autumn it' reflections, and decay be verging to its climax in the silvery winter of age. As on the firmer occasion, the spacious Con cert-room was used for the Ball, and here the gay and happy throng disported on the " light fantastic toe" until two o'clock on Wednesday morning. FASHIONABLE CHANGES. His Royal Highness the Duke of York, in town, from Northamptonshire; Mr. Paulet St. John Mildmay, for Dog merstield-park ; Sir George Throgmorton, Bart. for Weston, Olney ; Lady Stourton, for Middlethorpe, in Yorkshire ; Col. and Mrs. Ladbroke, from Dover, for Bath ; Col. Oglander, of the 25th Foot, for Dublin ; Major and Mrs. Stewart, from Brighton, for Bath; Mrs. and Miss St. John, from Leamington Spa, for Bath; Mr. and Mrs. Howard, from Brighton, for Bath; Mr. and Mrs. Curzons, from Broadlands, , for Bath; Earl and Countess of Bristol, and the Ladies Hervey, for Brighton ; lion. Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis, from E ar l Spencer's seat, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jer sey, at their seat, in Oxfordshire; Col. Hughes, tor Brighton; the Earl and Countess of Darlington, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for their seas in Yorkshire ; Lord Lynedoch, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Brighton ; the Hon. and Rev. Richard Hill, from ditto, f or hi s seat in Shropshire; Colonel Parker, from ditto, on a tour; the Rev. Charles and Mrs. North and Family, from ditto, for their seat, Alverston, near Gosport; Colonel Sir J. B asson, at Long's New Hotel, 13ond.street, from Paris; Major Wildon, at ditto, from Paris ; Captain Jackson, at ditto, from Brighton ; Sir Jam es Ri c h ar d s , from ditto, for Brighton ; Colonel Bassen, from ditto, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Thomson, from ditto, for Windsor. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Count Lieven had a dinner party yesterday at Ashburnham House. J. Wallace, Esq. entertained his Excellency Baron Fagel and a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Portman-square. Mr. Secretary Canning will entertain the Ambassador of the Netherlands, %isount and Viscountess Granville, and a large party to dinner this day at Gloucester Lodge, Brompton. BATH.—Arrived since our last, the Countess of Newburgh, Hon. Miss Wrottesley, Lady Dundas, Lady Louisa Grey, Right Hon. Sir John Newport, 1\1.P., Sir J. and Lady Nes bitt, Sir Hugh and Lady Smith, Sir G. Campbell, Sir Henry Webb—Dr. Eden --Gen. Jones, Col. Plenderleath, Capt. and Mrs. Smith, Capt. Davis, Capt. Lyon, Capt. Richards, Capt. Thornton, Paget—Rev. 111 r. and M rs . B ar k er, R ev. .lir r. and lie andA i r ' s. " l t i iteilin gs' Rev. Mr. and M rs . Ni c k son, R ev. Mr. and Mr' Sergeson, Rev. Mr. W. W. B rune , R ev. M r. ev Davis, R Kins e y, R ev . M r . L aw, R ev . M r. Lewis, Rev. Mr. muilmlire.n , Rev. Mr. Nickso n , R ev . M r . R ogers, R ev. 11r. Wilde/ Rev. Mr. Whalley. P 0 E T Y. lI IETEMPSCYCHOSIS. WRIT TEN By JOAN TAYLOR, ESQ. The Sage of Samos held this creed, If rightly we his doctrine read— The spirit never dies But when exp e ll'd one mass of clay, Strait to another takes its way, And thus through nature flies. And hence, perchance, Anacreon's soul Through many a diff'rent shape might roll, Extinct his tuneful strain ; At length, with all his wonted fire For Burr.six he might strike th e lyre, In human form again, Well, let us trust the sage's lore, And fancy Teos' bard once more In llutplic we shall find : But now, no longer sensual joy, Far nobler themes his lyre employ, The loyal, moral, kind. To prompt a ready aid to woe, To spread around a martial glow, And patriot feelings raise ; To teach us all our lot to bear, And rest on Heaven's benignant care, Has DIBDIN tun'd his lays. He, like the festive bard of yore, To LOVE and WINE gay homage bore, Vet always pure the strain : But chief our Tars inspied his song, To them his hand and heart belong__ THE POET OF THE MAIN . . ANACREON sigh'd when he grew old, Though GREECE was proud to lavish gold, Iler vet'ran bard to cheer; Ah ! BniTAIN• emulate her zeal, To DIEDIN equal bounty deal, • While yet he lingers here. * As there is to be a Meeting this evening at Freemasons' Tavern, for the purpose of erecting a Monument in honour of that celebrated musical and poetical veteran, the late CirAttmEs DIEDIN, we have deemed it not improper to insert the foregoing lines, which were presented to him a short time before his death. He was asked how he liked the title of " POET or THE MAIN." His answer was, " All I know is, that it goes main hard with me," probably the last effusion of his humour. He had passed the 70th year of his age, and it ought to be observed, in justice to his memory, and to the honour of his genius, that though he had written upwards of fourteen hundred songs of various kinds, they all tend to excite princi ples of loyalty and patriotism, to exercise the best affections of our nature, to promote virtue, and to inculcate submission to the Divine Will. His songs, and the beautiful melodies which he composed for them, will last with the English language. THE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR-1t may have been interesting to your Readers to learn, that the celebrated battle for the Cham pionship of England took place within half a mile of NVon- CESTER, on the race-ground, in the presence of a concourse of noble, gentlemanly, and blackguard personages ; but I beg to call the attention of his Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department to the remarkable circumstance, that there cannot be one Magistrate for the county of Worcester resident in Worcester, otherwise such outrages would not be permitted. Temple, Jan. 9, 1824. * * * THE A RTS.—AIr. nal - no/sr is said to be ern. ployed on a small picture, the subject of which is Silenus lecturing Baschus and Ariadnie on the immortal nature of the life they are leading to gether. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (PROCEEDINGS o TUTS DAY.) MA R YLEBONE OFFIC E.—Robbery b.y Peter men.—lnformation has been given at the above Office of the following daring robbery, committed by a set of fellows, ycleped Petermen, who are continually lurking about the West end of the town, and whenever they see a travelling carriage corning in or out of London, their ob ject is to cut away any trunk or other .luggage that may be fastened thereto. Last night a lady of fortune, residing in Thayer -street, Manchester-square, was coming to town in a post-chaise, the post-boy rode one of the horses, and in the front was a portmanteau, containing jewels and other property to the amount of 3,000/. In the middle of Park-lane it was safe, but on reaching the end it was discovered to be missing, although it was secured by ropes. How the thieves could have performed their enter prize is most astonishing, without being ob served either by the post-boy or the lads inside. l3uckridge, au active officer, is on the look out for the robbers. Bow-STREET.—FuriouslNDriving.---Th e driver of the hackney-chariot, No. 1,151, was summoned to answer the complaint of a lady charging him with furiously. driving her, to the imminent peril of her life, on Tuesday evening last. After stating the fact of hiring the defendant, she de scribed him to have put his horses into a gallop near Drummonds' the hankers, and to have kept up his speed until he came to the. Mews-gate, where he refused to proceed any farther, and, in fact, made her get out of the chariot.— The defendant, of course, denied the charge ; but a Gentleman who witnessed the trims action swore positively to what took place, and after considerable altercation the defendant was fined 31 which he at first refused to pay.— His master, however, paid it for him, and both left the office, complaining bitter) , at what they considered an undue portion of severity. TILE ARMY. Orders have been issued to the whole of the recruiting parties to discontinue the further enlistment of men for the 94th and 95th Regiments of Foot, in consequence of the establishment of both those corps being completed. Detachments of the 95th Regiment have been ordered to pro ceed forthwith from Kilkenny, and different parts of Ireland, to Winchester, where the head-quarters of that corps are, for the present, to be stationed. It is understood, that the restriction which has been imposed upon the recruiting parties for the East India Company's ser vice, will be, now that the 94th and 95th Regiments have been completed, removed forthwith. A detachm ent o f recruits arrived in town to-day from Edin burgh, on its route to the Depot in the hie of Wight. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, JAN. 9.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived yesterd ay evening and sailed thi s mor ni ng f or t h e R i ver, the Circassian, Wass, from Madras and Bengal; Lanach, —, Indi a ; N or f ol k , Anderson, D an t z i c ; Minerva, Pakhouse, Stockholm ; and Malta, Paker, from Seville. Po rresmoirrit, JAN. 9.---Wind S.S.W.--Arrived tha Woodpack, Eden, Alfred, and Underwood, from the Downs. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 8. —Wind S. W. —Art ived the Dwina, Spargen burgh, from Archangel. FAT.3IOUTH, JAN. B.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Re dine and Agnes, from London. LIVERPOOL, JAN. B.—The Duchess of Bedford, Hawkins, from Jamaica, for London, was lost the 29th of November on the Porto Bravo near Havannah ; cr ew saved, and if the weather was moderate, the rum was expected to be saved; the Marga ret, Young, from Quebec to Liverpool, was driven on shore on Rolla Bas (Prince Edward's Island); she was abandoned by the crew, and was to be sold by auction. The Creole. Goodrick, from Havre, for Havannah, was lost the Ist of December in Old Channel, vessel and cargo totally lost. The True Briton, from Liverpool, arrived at liarbadoes, and sailed for Laguyra the Ist of December under convoy of his Majesty's ship Ringdove. Arrived the Marmion, Petrie, from Chad stone ; Plato, Beckett, Savannah ; Franklin, Graham, Balti more • Relief, Dodd, Prince Edward's Island. Sailed the Loyal Sam, Head, for the Brazils; John Wills, Harris New York ; Lancaster, D ex y, Phil a d e l p hi a ; Hannah, Wetherly, Bahia; and Robert Ray, Cornish, Rio Janeiro. The Lap wing, for Oporto, sailed yesterday, has put back with dam ag e. GRAVESEND, JAN. 9.—Sailed the Berwickshire, Shepherd, for China. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.—We experienced another violent gale of wind on Thursday night last, during which, we regret to state, that the Hornhy, Captain Wade, which sailed hence on the 27th ult. for Rio de Janeiro was totally wrecked on the rocks of the Great Ormshead, and only one person (John Williams) was saved. The rest, four teen ;a number, including the Captain (Wade) and two passengers, a Mr. Brandao and Mr. Thomas Guest, of Manchester met a watery grave. The melancholy event took place about five o'clock on Friday morning. No part of the cargo, we understand, is likely to be saved, as the vessel had gone to pieces.—( Liverpool Courier.) HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. The Quorndon Hounds, on Monday, at Easton Park Wood Tuesday, at Rolleston ; Wednesday, at :Widrnerpool ; Thurs day, at Wistow ; Friday, at Garrendon Park ; and on Satur day, at Prestwold. Mr. MeynelPs Hounds, on Monday, at Hartshorne Village ; Thursday, at Shirley Park ; and on Saturday, at Black Slough. The Cottesmore Hounds, on Monday, at Owston Wood; Wednesday, at Castle Bytham ; and on Friday, at Burley. The Earl of Harewood's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Pape- Mill Bar ; Wednesday, at Pool ; and on Friday, at Spot . - forth. The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at Potton Wood ; and on Friday, at Longstaaton. The Warwickshire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Ufton Wood ; Tuesday, at Wolford House ; Thursday, at Farnbo rough House ; and on Saturday, at Alveston Pastures. On Monday a Vestry Meeting was field at All Saints' Church, to consider the propriety of providing further accommodation for those parishioners, who cannot, at pre sent, be accommodated with pews. The business was opened by the Reverend T. Mears, who stated, that above two hun dred families in All Saints' parish, are at present without accommodation. The Iteverend Gentleman then proposed as a Resolution —" That it is expedient to erect a church, or chapel of ease;" accompany i ng t h e proposition by an assu rance, that no addition to the parochial burdens was conteni! plated, but the erection of a building by voluntary subscrip tion, aided by such grants as may be procurable, either from the fund voted by Parliament to encourage the building of churches, or from the society in London for the same purpose. After this resolution had passed in the affirmative, a letter, was read from the Rev. F. North, rector of St. Mary's, stating, that since accommodation was needed by the inhabitants of the. latter parish, as well as by th ose o f All S a i nts, ' i f the inhabitants of Southampton generally would agree to unite in building a pub lic church, Mr. North would contribute 500/. to the object, and would pay an annual stipend of2o/. to a curate, provided the nomi nation of such curate be in himsef ; or in case of such nomination's not being vested in himself, a subscription of 200/. without any annual stipend. After a good deal of discussion, it was thought advisable, considering the rapid increase of All Saints' parish, to confine the project of building a church, to that parish alone, and a resolution - was adop:ed accordingly, and a committee (consisting - : of -some of the principal inha bitants of the parish) appointed to take such measures as may tend to carry the resolutions into effect. The meeting was very thinly attended, and conducted in such a conversa tional style as to render ally other, report than . a mere state ment of the result almost impossible. John ilerninin( , 6 , Esq- M. P. was p res ent : h e ex p resse d hi mse lf very friendlydly tv the measure of erecting a public church , fot the town at large. The Rev. S. Kent, Dr. Liodoe; '3lr. Barney, l lllr. Keele, Mr. Bullar, and Mr. Roe, were the principal speakers. The Com mittee held their first meeting on Wednesday, at which nothing of consequence was done. The committee will 'Meet again on Monday next.—( Southampton County Chronicle, Jan. 10.)