The Sun. — London, England, 1824-05-19 00:00:00

TM.; LONDON JOURNALS. DAMN" Ertinets from the Morning Papers, May 19. [BRITISH PRESS.] Augustin Iturbide, who for some months had sought a domicile in England, evidently with a view of communicating more freely with his par tisans in Mexico, has suddenly sailed for the New World again, in violation of the solemn compact by which he abdicated the power he had usurped, and by which he was suffered to quit the shores of Mexico, with a splendid provision for himself • and family. The object of this restless adven turer, however he may seek to disguise it, is to take advantage of any divisions that may exist between the Congress and a few military chiefs, and by the, aid of the latter, make Mexico duce more the troubled scene of re newed ambition and his own personal aggran disement. What can the abdicated usurper do, to secure the independence of the country of Montezuma ? Mexico, by the latest accounts, was free and tranquil ; a solitary fortress only remained in the hands of the partisans of Old Spain; and the new Federal Constitution, on the model of the United States of North America, was received, and almost universally approved throughput Mexico * * *. This man now pretends that he has sailed for Mexico, to consolidate and secure its independence, which is already assured. We have dwelt at some length on the details of his usurpation, to spew how inconsistent with his character any such pretences are. The fact is, IturLide has been restless in exile; he could not forget hic former elevation, and was uneasy until he placed himself is the theatre of his former ambition again. We sincerely trust his selfish and despotic views may meet the disappointment they merit, and if the Congress of Mexico acts with firmness, Iturbide's unwarrantable attempt must end in his own ruin. [mortNiNo CHRONICLE.] Nothing has occurred during yesterday to throw any light on the object of the Ex-Etupe ror Itui bide's journey to Mexico. It is reported that yesterday a letter was delivered from him to one of his Majesty's Ministers, wherei❑ he states his determination to return to Mexico, Ate.; and he farther adds, that whatever station he may hold in the Government, if he hold any, he will cultivate the friendship of England, and acknowledge all the public engagements of the State, Sze. When he quitted Mexico his princi pal Aide-de-Camp was left behind him, and af terwards suffered a long imprisonment. This Gentleman reached England about , ix weeks ago, in his Majesty's ship the Thetis, from Vera Cruz, and he brought with him a credit for 4,000 dollars on h most respectable Spanish merchant in London. It is a curious fact that this officer never called for the money, and it is generally suspected that he has embarked with Iturbide, with only one Aide-de-camp with him, two Priests and some servants. He has no other establish ment whatever. Letters of very recent dates from Malta, bring intelligence from that island so late as to the 29th Ilis Majesty's ship the Revenge was to pro ceed off Algiers in three days after that date. The Cambrian frigate bad sailed for Tunis, Sec. and several ships of war were stationed at various points, from which they could, with greater fad . INT ) afford protection to the British trade from the depredations of the Pirates. His Britannic illajesty's sloop of war the Pandora sailed with a convoy from Malta for Gibraltar on the 27th April, and on the same day she was joined by small fleet from Smyrna,after which the whole proceeded for the Gut. These letters likewise • confirm the in formation communicated by The Chronicle on the I,oth current, of `the destruction of a vast quan tity of military stores at Grand Cairo by fire.— It was generally supposed that this was a volun tary act on the part of his Highness, the present enlightened Pacha of Egypt, for it afforded him a good eXCU.S.e for not wasting his treasures and the strength of his Government in the vain at tempt to reduce the Christian population of Greece to the tyranny of the Grand Seigoor.— It was therefore understood that the Pacha of Egypt had declined to furnish the Turkish Men of war which had arrived at Alexandria, with the supplies - necessary for their summer cruize, and that he had intimated to the Bro ther of the, Suri and Moon his determination to defer his . expedition into Greece mail a few years' industry restored to him the immense sa crifices to which the fire had subjected him at Grand Cairo. The Wahabees also, he repre sented to his nominal Sovereign, would for this reason require unusual attention, for their move ments. rendered him uneasy for that part of Egypt which lay in their vicinity. It is not likely that a Prince so thoroughly acquainted with the Turkish Government and with his o ,wn resources, would, by wasting his strength i l l the Morea, render his own. Pachalic an easy conquest to the Turks, and thereby in sure Ms 'ow a destruction, The fourth expedi tion of the Ottomans against the Greeks will, therefore, bra Most feeble, and soon will the iiisert i e o f . this formerly renowne d country be fixed on the foundation of civilisation and'Chris tianity, from which no efforts of barbarism will be afterwards able to remove them. The free dom of Greece win b e followed by that ofl Egypt, should the life of its p resent Gover nor. be I spared for a few years, and the fairest portion of the world may again become the seat of lear ning aal of arts. The restoration of these once mighty Empires will be the most extraordinary and important event recorded during many cen turies in the history of the human race.—(4N.) [MORNING POST.] The Bil 6 for repealing the • restrictions on S ilk Manufactu res i n t hi s M e t rop Oli s wen t through a Conimitte e in the House of Peers last Qight, after a division on au amendment proposed by the Earl of Harrowhy, that the word 44 now " be omitted. The numbers for going into a Committee were w, and those -against it . 17. The Bill was or dered to be read a third time on Friday next, when another attempt will probably be made to throw it out. The chief object of discussion in the Commons was a motion to repeal the Leather Tax, made by Mr. Calcraft. The Honourable Gentleman stated, that the pro duce of the tax was only 350,0001. a year, while the expence attending it was of an enormous amount. This was not denied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who however contended that if it were possible to remit more imposts than he had done since his accession to office, the Lea ther Tax would be the last which he should pro pose, as there were many others which were more burthensome to the public. He therefore opposed the motion as only tending to tie up the hands of his Majesty's Ministers most inconveni ently, and to prevent them from looking at many questions which they might be most anxious to do next year. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had the House with him on a division, though the majority was not considerable, the numbers being only 71 to 55. [THE TIM ES. That melo-dramatic performance in which Lord Londonderry sad Mr. Battier have been for some time exhibiting themselves before a very numerous audience, opened in the manner of a tragedy, and has ended somewhat like a farce. The late duel was undoubtedly no con spicuous proof of wisdom in either of the above parties, because it was no greater demonstration of courage than both of them had previously cre dit for. The truth is, that the quarrel ought to have ended many weeks before the fighting began. Mr. 13attier's appeal to the public, though not undistinguished by some appearances of weakness, was triumphant as compared with the appeal of his titled antagonist to the same tribunal ; and with that first victory Mr. Battier might have been satisfied : but he " went farther," and he has in all respects " fared worse." The Gazette of yesterday contains a notification that the name of Battier has been struck off the half-pay list. Is not this a severe measure, if really a chastise ment for lighting ? And the more so, when we find by a General Order, dated from the Horse Guards on Thursday last, that the Marquis of Lon donderry, for the same offence, of standing to be shot at by a half-pay Ensign, has been no otherwise visited from Head-quarters than by au expression of his Majesty's " concern and displeasure ?" Why should the great General be no more than gently blamed for the same act for which the luckless Ensign is irretrievably ruined ? Why should not a breach of discipline be punished by a severity commensurate with the known expe rience of the culprit—with his presumed know ledge, and the tendency of his example to beget imitators? Verily the army is, now-a-days, a ticklish profession. What young man of spirit would choose the army for a profession, when he sees an Ensign dismissed from the service, and a General gently reprimanded,for the same offence? [MORNING lIERALD.] Sunday's Paris Papers arrived last night. They confirm the rumours of a conspiracy at Lisbon. The Journal des DAats states the circumstance at some length, and calls the affair " a sudden explosion of the strongest nature." It appears that on the 30th of April- a Proclamation of the Infante Don Miguel, reminding the soldiers of his former achievements, calling upon them to assist him in completing the work he had begun, by exterminating " the pestilent sect of Free masons, which, in the silence of treason, held the scythe of death over the reigning House of Braganza, and in fine summoning them to arms. This Proclamation, dated from the Palace of Bemposta, with a second, ad dressed to the people, and a letter addressed to the King, was re-published the next day in the Journals. In the mean time 2000 men, form ing the garrison, with Don Miguel at . their head, assembled at the Psoscio, and most of the Mi nisters, several military commanders and others, were placed, by the Prince's orders,under arrest. Whilst this was going on, the Queen arrived at Lisbon. The Foreign Ambassadors, with the Minister of France at their head, proceeded to the Palace, but it was guarded by soldiers, and they were refused admission to the King, un less by order of the Prince. The French Am bassador insisted, and his firmness prevailed.— An Aid-de-Camp of the Prince introduced them to the Royal Presence. The King declared he knew nothing of what was passing—and that he expected his son, who accordingly soon came, knelt to and kissed the hand of his father—de clared that lie had merely taken measures against a conspiracy which he had detected ; and that the Ambassadors were detained only to prevent the possible entrance of the evil-designed—last ly, that he came to take the orders of the King. The troops retired to their quarters. The Ambassadors returned the following day to the King's presence, and afterwards saw the Minister Count Palmela, who had been released. " It is not yet known, " says the Journal des Debuts, " how this scene in the style of Mallet will terminate. But since it failed of attaining its apparent object on the first moment, it is re garded as having missed its principal arms." — There appears no doubt the design was to dethrone the King of Portugal, a weak, awl it is said well disposed man, and place the Government in the hands of the Queen and Prince. But would such an enterprise have been undertaken without fo reign aid ? It may be remembered that the Empe ror of Russia addressed a letter of eulogy to this Prince, upon his former and more successful insur rection against the Constitutional Government of his father. The French Journals treat it with contemptuous disapprobation, comparing it to the plot of Mallet against Buonaparte in 1812, and re presents the French Minister as acting with great This, h owever, i s no vigou r an d d ec i s i on i n res i s ti ng an d d e f ea ting it. proof that the French Go vernment was innocent of all previous knowledge of it. No mention whatever is made of the English Ambassador. i.w7lNt TIMES.] In another part of our Paper will be found a report of the proceedings at a most important Aleeting held yesterday by the Subscribers tr! Lloyd's Coffee-house. This body of men, above 1600 in number, are known to all Europe for' the great business they transact in Marine In surance. By the Statute 6 George I. c. 6, no Societies, Partnerships, or Public Companies, except two Chartered Companies (the Royal Exchange and the London Assurance), can ef fect Marine Insurance. The greater part of the Insurance on British, and some on Foreign Trade, are however insured at Lloyd's, where each insurer acts for himself separately : the two Chartered Companies continue to insure, but to a comparatively small extent. It is now proposed to repeal the restraining clause in the statute of George the First ; but against that repeal many cogent arguments were urged at the Meeting of yesterday. At first sight it seems that the repeal is in favour of free com petition ; but the fact (it is urged) is quite the reverse. At present there is a free compe tition between 1600 individual underwriters at Lloyd's ; but if the present restraint were taken off, the powerful combinations which would start forward would deprive the individual underwri ters of their employment. The competition, there fore, would at once be reduced to a competition between eight or ten large companies, which would soon degenerate into a monopoly. The first result would be to put an end to a very large branch of commercial employment. Insuring has be come a profession, and hundreds of men who fol low it would be ruined. Perhaps it will be said, that private loss is in such cases public gain ; but there is no reason to think that this would be the case here. The Public Companies must act upon certain general rules ; they cannot look scrupulously into particular risks. Some risks would therefore be wholly excluded from in surance by them ; whilst the others would either be taken below the fair rate, which would ruin the Company ; or above it, which would injure the Public. It is urged too, that the revenue would greatly suffer. Societies might be established Coin sure both abroad and at home; and all the Policies made abroad would evade , payment of British Stamp Duties. On the other hand it is urged that the party insured will be safer in the hands of a Public Company with a Stock of Four or Five Millions than with individual Underwriters at Lloyd's or elsewhere. To this it is answered, that the aggregate property of the Members of Lloyd's is more than Fifty Millions, and that in point of fact the amount of losses by the insolvency of Underwriters at Lloyd's, with com mon prudence on the part of the insured, is very small. The late Mr. Augerstein stated before a Committee of the House of Commons in 1810, that he had in the course of 22 years insured for one mercantile house property to the amount of eight millions and a half of money, and upon this sum the losses by insolvency of underwriters did not amount to three pence halfpenny per cent. ! These are a few of the arguments urged against the repeal of the clause in the Statute of Geo. I. by the Gentlemen of Lloyd's. From the LONDON GAZETTE, May 18. • Crown Office, May 18, 1824. Mzmnt II returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT. Borough of Penryn.—Robert Stanton; Esq. of Colebrook House, in the County of Middlesex, in the room of Henry Swann, Esq. deceased. Illorough of Huntingdon.--Jam es Stuart, Esq. in the room of the Earl of Ancram, now Illarquis of Lothian, and one of the Peers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BANKRUPTS. W. P. Butt, Wind;Orne-311nster, Dorsetshire, grocer, to surrender June 1, at five, 2, at ten, and 29, at nine, at tile Crown Inn, Wimborne-Minster. Attornies, Mr. I. Fryer, Wimhorne ; and Messrs. Swain, Stephens, Maples, l'earse, and hunt, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London. W. Bath, Copenhagan-House, I s li ngton , v i c t ua ll er , J une 5, 12, at twelve, and 29, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, 31r. R. Whitton, Great James-street, Bedford-row. J. Tweed, Darby-street, Bosernary-lane, cabinet-maker, May 22, June 1, an d 29, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. E. Isaac, Bury-street, Saint Mary-Axe. J. C. Yates, Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel, chainaman, May 22, 29, and June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Commis sioners. Attornies, Messrs. Osbaldeston and Murray, Lon don-street, Fenchurch-street. R. Townsend and S. Townsend, Nottingham, cutlers, June 3,4, and 29, at eleven, at the King George the Fourth, Not tingham. Attornies, Messrs. Briggs and Mould, Lincoln's inn Fields ; and Mr. Payne, Nottingham. T. Wilson, Little Queen-street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields, un dertaker, May 22, at one, June 5, at eleven, and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. R. Whitton, Great James-street, Bedford row. W. H. Clark and R. Clement, High Holburn, linen-drapers, May 25, at twelve, June 5, and 29, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Green and Ashurst, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street. S. Tomkinson, Ilurslem, Staffordshire, earthenware-manu facturer, June 3,4, and 29, at eleven, at the Legs of Man Inn, Burslem. Attornies, Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulk ner, Bedford-row, London. S. Groves, Sheffield, Yorkshire, saw-manufacturer, May 25, 26, and June 29, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Sheffield. Attornies, Mr. R. Battye, Chancery-lane, London; and Messrs. Greaves and Furnass, Sheffield. N. Rutt, Coleman-street, paper hanger, May 25, June 1, and 29, at ten, at the Court. of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Gregson and Fonnerean, Angel-court, Throgmorton street. J. Barker, Butler's-alley, Little Moorefields, silk -manufac turer, May 25, at twelve, Jane 1, at ten, and 29, at eleven, at the Court of Commissiones. Attorney Mr. Bowman, Union court, Broad-street. F. Fisher, Austin-Friars, merchant, May 23, 29, and June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr Bolton, Austin-Friars. DIVIDENDS. June 24, J. H. Robson, Sunderland-near the sea, mercer— June 9, J. M. sanders, Ipswich, ironmonger—June 8, J. and E. Willington, Birmingham, cabinet-case-makers—June 12, J. Patrick, Marylebone-street, Piccadilly, linen-draper—June 12, D. Glover, Gutter-lane, merchant—June 12, M. White, Finsbury-sqUare, merchant—June 12, V. Wortley, Henry., strees, Hampstead-road, grocer—June 17, J. Hewson and W. Robinson, Carlisle, manufacturers —June 17, W. Bradley, Louth, Lincolnshire, li nen -d ra per--June 25, J. Sayers, South- Town, Suffolk, wine -merchant—June 14, W. Ayton, Maccles. field, Cheshire, cotton-spinner—June 12, J. Wall, Broad-court, Long-acre, tailor. CERTIFICATES, JUNE 8. --- - - - I. Holmes, Liverpool merchant —T. Atwood, Stelling-Min nis, Kent, dealer_mr. Emsley, Pudsey , Yorkshire, clothier — W. Penkett and L. M ac ki nn on, Liverpool, merchants—S. Wray, Skin-market, Stones'-end, Southwark, builder—C. Hooper, M arston. Bigott, Somersetshir e, ed ge - tool-maker — J. Duncan; sen., D onn i ngton- W o od-Mill, Shropshire, miller. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. razor-manu facturers—P. Falter, and S. Whymanl NeW Bond -street, dress- G. Addy, 3. Add y , a nd J. Cocker, Sheffield, Leeds, York, dm makers—B. Peaco c k, S on an d Company, ber merchants--T. Hulse , C. Shaw, and G. Daniel, Lane-end, Stafford, manufacturers of earthenware--J. Hoyle, jun., and T. Haworth, Haslingden L an caster, cotton-m anu f acturers — J: Boyce and J. Wood, Bi r mingham, brass-founders—W. Tel far and A. Mitchell, Wigan, Lancaster, drapers—J. Jones and R. Sainsbury, Liverpool, tobacconists—J. Champion, S. Hor ton, and T. Cnswo r th, M anc h es ter, machine-mak ers —T. Bot. terill, sen., W. H. Botterill, and T. Botterill, jun., Northum berland-place, Commercial-road, feather-bed manufacturers, so far as respects the sa id T. Bottordl, Jun.--F. Webb and L. Partridge, Paddington, l a di es ' seminary—J. H e y woo d an d W. Stott, Liverpool, pawnbrokers—R. S. Ashby, R. Osborne, and 1-1. R. Rowland, Lombard-street, engravers. FOR THE SUN. ASIJANTEE. Mr. EDITOR-The late unfortunate events that have occurred in Ashantee, induce me to send you the following account of that people, chiefly extracted from Mr. Bowmen. This Monarchy, which has now attained con siderable power, is supposed to have been founded, towards the close of the seventeenth century, by Sui Tootoo, the first word of whose name, is that of the family of the Kings of Ashantee. This Prince commenced building the capital, Coomas sie, but was slain before it was finished. In the year 1720, Sui Apokoo, brother of the late King, ascended the throne, or rather the stool, this being here the title of every great man's possessions. This mode of suc cession is adopted to preserve some of the royal blood undefiled ; hence when the deceased King has no brother, the sister's son is called to the throne. Sai Apooko, after extending his do minions, was succeeded in 1741, by his brother Sui Aquissi, during whose reign Akim became a province of Ashantee. The Akim, however, often rebelled, and waged frequent wars with the successors of Aquissi, Sui Cudjo, and Sui Guanima. The latter added Banda to his do minions, but wasting his time in the arms of a mistress, far from his capital, he was dethroned by his subjects, and in 1799, Sui Tooto Quanima, the present King, ascended the throne. At the period of Mr. Bowditch's visit, this prince seem ed well affected towards the subjects, having often said to him, 64 I like you, I like English very much, they are a proper people." This Prince has greatly increased his political influence, and especially by his successes against the Fantees, a powerful nation of the Gold Coast, whose capital, Abrah, lies rather to the .N.E. of Cape Coast Castle. The number of his subjects is supposed to exceed one million, and he is capable of bringing 200,000 men into the field. The natives are well-made, industrious, and brave. They readily put to death their slaves, particularly at the funeral of any person of distinction, yet Mr. Bowdich does not believe them to be so sanguinary as many of their prac tices might lead one to imagine. Apollo°, the King's General, boasted of having himself con quered five nations, and that not less than 21 now acknowledged the supremacy of his Sovereign. The General is appointed to the command of an army, by receiving from the hands of the King on his gold handled swords, which he promises upon oath, to return incrusted with the blood of the conquered foe. The hording on the troops is the duty of the secondary Captains. The Generals, along with some select individuals, always stand in the rear, and there urge their men onwards, by cutting down all those who turn their backs upon the enemy, until absolute necessity compels them to abandon the enterprize. Their mode of fighting •is peculiar. The Ashantee fi res , an d then rushes forward to seize his enemy by the throat. To advance every shot he fires, is not with him a matter of choice, but one of absolute necessity, for if he were not to do so, he would certainly be cut in pieces by his Commander after the battle. Hence one of their most popular songs quaintly says, " If I fight, I die, if I run away, I die ; better I go on and die." During the time of the battle, the general sits under his umbrella, and to chew the contempt he feels for the enemy, he plays at some game. and coolly receives the heads of the hostile chieftains who may be slain, which are brought to him in succession, and placed under his feet. The so. vereign affects an indifference equal to that of his General. 'While he awaits intelligence of the re sult of any important battle, it is customary for him to sit in public, playing with some of his courtiers. The Fetish men who follow the enemy, cut out the hearts of the enemies, and having mix ed the pieces with the blood, a portion of the disgusting mess is given to be eaten to every Ashantee, that has not yet slain an enemy in battle. This horrid practice originates in the idea, that if any one omitted eating a por tion of a foe, his strength and his courage would b e marked by the spirit of the deceased. —ln battle, there is always a body of re cruits in the train of the army, whose busi ness it is to dispatch with a knife, all those who have not been deprived of life by the mus ket; and who are thus familarized with the shed ding of blood, and trained up to become one day worthy of taking a more active part in the contest. During the most active period of the campaign in which the Ashantees may be en gaged, the troops subsist merely upon meal.— Each soldien carries along with him his provisions in a small bag, which hangs at his side, and the only preparation his food requires is to be mixed in his hands with a little water, when it is ready to be eaten. Men thus abstemious, and impelled forward in action by the certainty of death if they fly from the enemy, are necessarily formidable in battle, and to this must be attributed the numerous con quests they have made, as well as the successes that have unfortunately attended their arms even against Europeans. If it be true that they •considered the English as the first among the white people, how elated must they not feel at the victory they have been able to obtain over them ? This misfortune is deeply to be lamented, not only on account of the loss of so many truly valuable lives, but still more by reason of the confidence such an event must give to the barba rians in their own valour, and thereby encourage them to exile all the Europeans from the Coast of Guinea. If, therefore, the British settle. ments on that coast be of any considerable ad vantage to the county, it must be hoped that a force sufficient will be sent there to convince the Ashantees of the power of Great Britain, and to punish them for their late attack upon our colony. A. P. THE LATE LUKE WHITE, ESQ.—The night .be fore the death of this highly-gifted and truly patriotic gentle man, he took up a pen, and wrote on a slip of paper the follow.. ing words :—Catholic Emancipation must be granted—there is nothing else by which Ireland can be tranquillized.—This me morandum he placed upon the chimney-piece, where it was found the next morning. —(Dublin Morning Post.) BAKING OF DEAD BODIES. A most extraordinary process, or operation, i 5 carried on in Sicily, in the view of preserving tho dead. They are not committed to the dust, from which they came, but allowed to remain awful spectacles above ground, which are most affecting to the feelings of "• the living who 'al them to heart." " At a short distance from the city there is a church-yard called Campo Santo, which also pre' sents affecting views of mortality. Part of this , field is subterraneous, wh ere th e d ea d bodies 01 the lower orders are thrown in pele male, fr° lll , an aperture above, covered with a st o n e to whic h a ring is attached. Contiguous is a building se t apart for the r e c e ption o f th e b o di es o f those o ' , a superior rank in life, some of whom previouslY undergo a regular process, called baking or drr ing in ovens. After this they are placed il l niches in the walls like statues, with their bands tied across, a rope round their neck, hanging in front, which is crossed at the ends, a crown 01 thorns on their heads, and covered with the clothes they wore during lifetime. On the An' niversary of their death they are visited by friends, who are said to ' speak to them.' In another part are coffins under lock, and the keY kept by relations, who, in a similar manner, 0 1 ' the occasion of an anniversary, open these, awl also 4 address them.' 1 was shewn the apart ment where the preparation had taken place, where some children had been brought in bar' rows, to undergo this extraordinary, and, useless process." In addition to this may be mentioned, another mode which is adopted in the Convent of CaP O " chins for preserving the bodies of the dead, where they are publicly exposed. In a subterranean space under the convent there are a number of Chambers, where a passage is formed for the accommodation of visitors Hundreds of skeletons of capuchins, similar to mummies, are placed in niches, after being dried/ or preserved in the manner I have already ex plained, having the dress they used to wear/ during their lifetime, with long beards, like no' gicians. Tickets are attached to each, bearing their names, and the day of their death. ManY of the monks, indeed, fix on the particular niche they wish their bodies to occupy after their dissolution. A number of coffins are also here, containing human bodies secured with locks, th e keys of which are in the custody of their friends . The Exhibition presented in this modern Gol gotha of so many skeletons of human beingo who were bone of our hone and flesh of our flesh, now clothed and standing in an uprigi l i t position, is truly awful and most strikingly cat' culated to humble the pride of man, and t° call to recollection his own latter end. SAFETY LAMP.—An important improvemen t has been made in this valuable lamp, by Mr. r. COXE, of Gateshead. In the original, the wiret called the pricker, is introduced into the gauo tube from the bottom, for the purpose of regulat" ing the wick, to increase or diminish the quantity of light, or to extinguish the wick on the ar'' proach of danger. Mr. CoxE's improvement con' sists in the addition of a short tube, perforated with a number of small holes, closed at the top,- and introduced into the tube of the Davy, at the upper part of the lamp, so as to prevent the gation of the flame. To this tube a wire is alsu fastened from the bottom, by which it is regu" fated. It differs, however, essentially from the pricker ; as by being drawn down it not only C%.' tinguishes the flame of the wick, but also cool' pletely puts out the blue flame of the inflammable gas, which always fills the lamp just before au explosion takes place. It answers, in a inomen t of great danger, prescribes the same purpose as the extinguisher of a common candlestick. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, May is. Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam l2 5 . Antwerp l2 6 Hamburg!) 37 6 If Vs Altona Paris,3 Day's sight 2A 45 0 Us• Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Berlin 7 10 Frank fort on the Main Petersburgh 9 Vienna lO 9 • Trieste lO 9 Madrid Cadiz Ililima. . Barcelona .3eville Gibraltai Leghorn Get,oa 43i-Venice, Ital. Lie, 27 0 slalta 45 Naples 3S Palermo . Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia Sof Cork 9} pet Cent. BULLION. 1144 per Oz. 501 sod 49 Portugal Goldin Coin 1 .0 0 0 .i.VO S ` Foreign Gold, ill Bars 3 I 6 New l)oiihloons New Dollars 0 4 9i Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 Ili BIRTHS. On Monday evening, in Hill-street, the lady of A. %V. Ito' barts, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. On the 17th inst., in Upper York-street, Portman-square' the lady of John Campbell, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On Sunday last, in the Isle of Wi ht, by the Rev. Al'i 1-layter, John George Campb e ll , E sq. Li eutenant i n the 3"` R eg iment of Foot, and y oungest son of the late Colonel JoIIP Campbell, of Shawfield, N. B. to Ellen, 4th daughter of S' r ,- Fitzwilliam Barrington, Bart., of Swainston, in the Isle 0 " Wight. DIED. --• At Islington, o n T ues d a , t h e 18 t h i ns t., i n t h e 81 st year of his age, the Rev. George Strahan, AD., Prebendary , of 1 0- cheater, Rector of Kingsdown, in Kent, and upwards of 01 years Vicar of Islington. In the 84th year of his age, Thomas Burnell, Esq., at Ham mersmith. On the 9th inst., John Blair, Esq., Plantation, near Glas gow, in the 87th year of his age. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the SE4r • OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. 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