The Sun. — London, England, 1824-12-29 00:00:00

►~ i their naval operations against the. Turko-Egyp tian fleet, after the return of the Capitan Pacha to the Dardanelles, fully confirm the ac .counts derived from private channels, which • have already appeared in our columns. The . celebrated MIA ULIS is entrusted with the command of the Greek fleet oppposed to that under the command of the new Capitan Paella (InttAIIIM, the son of the Pacha of EGYPT); and in his last report the Greek Admiral declares his firm resolution to pursue the enemy vigorously to his last retreat. Nobly has he performed his • promise, according to the last accounts from Trieste, which we published on Monday, by the capture and dispersion of the Turco-Egyptian fleet off Candia. The Greeks continued after wards to hovir_ round their enemies, and it was deemed impossible for the fleet of Egypt to arrive at Alexandria without suffering fresh calamities. A letter has been received by a Member of the Greek Committee, dated Corfu, Nov. 17. It recapitulates the losses inflicted on the Turkish end Egyptian fleets, and then adds : " The enemy's armies by land have suffered equal losses, • WI having been beaten in several rencounters, must ere this . haves according to custom, dispersed themselves. The Greeks, who' no longer think of being obliged to act on the defensive, Prepare for the conquest of several important points. Patras is now completely invested on the land side by 6.000 men, and ten ships of war prevent supplies front getting into that place, as well as to Coron and Alodon, which are also besieged by land, A land sea force is to proceed against Eubce.a, and an attempt will he made to complete the conquest of Arta and its dependencies, and to get possession of some rallying points in Thessaly. I hope that these measures will not he impeded by . internal causes, seeing the solidity which the Government daily 1 4;quires, and the excellent disposition of the nation in general. The Representative Body, after a meeting of several months, has terminated its Sittings by peaceably electing new Pune . 'tionaries. In the Executive Body, consisting of five Mem bers, four were re-elected, with Conduriottis for President. ' and llavrocordato will be Secretary of State. The differences between the Greek and Anglo-lonian Governments have been all Settled, and the three Greek vessels taken by the frigate Sybille will be to-day liberated." r We are happy to learn that Mr. Secretary CANNING is almost entirely recovered from his late attack of the gout. The Right Hon. Secre tary transacted business on Monday 'with the Count VILLAREAL, Ambassador from the Court of. Lisbon. Accounts have been received at the Admiralty front the Cape of Good Hope, announcing the death of Captaiti NOURSE, of his Majesty's ship Andromache, the Commodore on that station. A letter from Pernambuco of the 20th ult. states, that information had been received there from Bahia, of the assassination of the military Governor of that place. The next arrivals were expected with considerable anxiety, as the ac °°ntil came away too soon after the event to al -1 , uo w it to be ascertained whether the crime was perpetrated from political motives, or originated in private revenge. The tranquillity of Bahia, up to the 4th of November, was ascertained not to have been interrupted. A letter from Genoa, from Messrs. Gaetano, Dram and Walsh, the Agents to Lloyd's, dated December 11, states that the Consul-General of his Majesty the King of the Low Countries in Genoa has published notice of having received a ,Consular Letter from. Marseilles, dated the 2d instant, which reports that letters from Algiers and Mahon state, that the difference's subsisting bet ween the Regency of Algiers and his Majesty the . k - -ing of the Low Countries have been hap. PilY done away ; and that peace was concluded °I) the 12th day of November last, upon the same foot ing as that of the year 1816. , KINGS TON (J AMA ICA), OCT. 23..—The Co- L uMblati brig Decouverte, late Capt. Bulchos, from Porto Bello, bo und to Alartinique i n ballast was carried into St. Jago de Cuba her crew, consisting of 12 Frenchmen, having risen on th e officers when off St. Domingo, and placed her under the cP !nand of Francisco Pierre, who took her into Cuba, and "Lered her to the authorities there. 'Ye are delighted to learn, that the inhabit , ; Int : or Cupar Fife have resolved to give a dinner ° Mr. BROUGHAM, Mr. HUME, and Sir RONALD "lIGUSSON , "as a small mark of respect for their unwearied and meritorious exertions in Par liament."—(Scotsman.) The Government of Parma has granted per mission to transfer the helmet and sword of the celebrated Duke ALEXANDER FARNESE to the Chancellery of the Constantine George Order, in Order that it may be posited as an ornament on the tomb of that renowned warrior. The Sessions under the Insurrection Act for the County and City of Limerick stand ad .i,enrued to th e 3d o f J anua ry. W e are g l a d to 114 d that not a s i ng l e p erson is f or t r i a l un d er that act i n e ith er county or c it y gaol.—(Lime rick Chronicle.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL of FRANCE (says a IT Letter from Paris) has b een ver y a ctiv e in t h!.' n easures towards an effectu a l supp r ession of vile class, th e usurers . A t Nismes, a broker o f ." ern the name of Bonaventura Cautel has been 6 „ e 2leed by the Criminal Court, to the extent of ti 0 francs, besides the penalty of fo r incarcera- T_ II . 12 months. At Montpellier, the Public Q „r_e ury has been benefitted by the receipt of ` uu ) 0 00 francs (8,0001. sterling), in Giles levied ts p.." those blood-suckers. inn o f t „ • 300NE's LECTURE.—The important plan ti this Gentleman for the improvement of educa theanduhuatsi resumed yesterday at Freemasons' Hall, ter developed. His illustrations proved It Is not a mere speculative system which he b` eln metids, but that it is capable of being rou ght with facility into beneficial practice for eotlnti.47s. et g e nera) advantage of society in all civilized The lea r n e d and ingenious Lecturer par his e l r y adv er t e d to t h e pract i ca bili ty o f di rect i ng s ocie Y t stem to the education o f th e l owe r or d er s o f be 1% 12 bY which of course their passions would M r. „ o wed whil e th e i r m i n d s rece i ve d cu lti vat i on . plan u.NE promised more comprehensive ex. ati°ll of the subject in his next Lecture. THE KING. WINDSOR, DEC. S.—The weather continuing so very damp and unfavourable his MAJESTY has not left the Royal Lodge for any out-door exercise since Sunday last. During the greater part of yesterday and this day his Majesty's time has been mostly occupied upon public business, dispatching mes sengers to London from the Royal Lodge. And we feel great pleasure in communicating to the public that our beloved Sove reign is enjoying a good state of bodily health. Last evening his Majesty again entertained his Royal Visitors, Lord St. Helens, Sir A. and Lady Stanhope, and others of his suite, at dinner. Yesterday afternoon the Marquis Conyngham, Lord St. Helens, Sir A. anti Lady• Stanhope, and Sir Hilgrove Turner, arrived at the Castle in two of his Majesty's travel ling carriages, with outriders, and inspected the various im provements ; after which they returned to the Royal Lodge in the Great Park, where they had the honour of dining with his Majesty. • Ail . I, „ ' 4I IER at 'NJ-% 1 14 T) (It FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Lothian, from Dowager Lady SufHeld's seat in Norfolk ; Lord and Lady Huntingfield, from their seat in Suffolk; Sir Charles Lamb, from a tour; the Earl of Clanricarde, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond -street, from Mel ton Mowbray, Leicestershire ; J. H. Langston, Esq. M.P., the Hon. Mrs. Langston, and Miss Langston, at the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park.place, from Sarsden House; W. C. Towers, Esq. and Mrs. Towers, at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street ; Mrs. and the Misses Smith, at ditto; the Rev. James and Mrs. Walker, at ditto; Major Grant, at ditto. CHANGES.—The Duchess of Gloucester, from Frogmore, for Gorhambury, Herta, on a visit to Earl and Countess Verulam ; Duke of Rutland, from Belvoir Castle, for Burleigh, Lincoln shire, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter Lord Arundel, at his seat Wardour Castle, from iVeymouth ; Lord Duck, at his seat, Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, from a tour; the Honourable W. V. Powlett, from his seat, Somerby, Leicestershire, for Burleigh, Lincolnshire, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter; Sir John Lowther, Bart. from Whitby, for Swillingford, near Ferrybridge, in Yorkshire; Hon. and Rev. Plenry Watson, from Carleton Rectory, near Rockingham, for Elsham Hall, in Norfolk ; Co lonel and Mrs. Newport, from Cheltenham, for Bath ; Mrs. E. Franks, for 'Winthorpe Hall, from a tour ; Mrs. and Miss Ser jeantson, for Bath, from Devizes ; Sir James Fergusson, for Kilkervan, near Maybele, Ayrshire ; Hon. J. Dundas, for Dundas Castle, Queens Ferry, from Edinburgh ; Hon. Ed ward Shirley, for Etington Park, Skipton upon Stour; C. C. Deering, Esq. for his seat in Herta; G. Bucknall, Esq. for his seat in Warwickshire ; the Rev. Archdeacon Prosser, from Easington, for Durham ; Captain and Mrs. Latham, for Brigh ton ; William Hale, Esq. for Brighton ; James Havre, Esq. for his seat, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire; J. Hunter, Esq. from Nerot's Hotel ; G. Whitehead, Esq. and Mrs. White head, from ditto, for Brussels. -in- BATII, DEC. 27. The Subscription Concerts for this fashionable city, which hitherto always pltuned itself on the patronage ,extended to professors of music and vocal talent, cannot be continued The Managers of the late Subscription Concerts, held in the Concert Rooms, have addressed the Bath visitors on the subject, setting forth the fact of the discontinuance, and stating that " local circumstances rendered it impossible for them to produce the requisite succession of talent ; and that occasional Concerts would be given whenever talent and novelty could be brought forward worthy of countenance."— In pursuance of the plan to attempt " occisional" Concerts instead of a regular, fashionable, and winter:series, a Choral Concert has taken place on Christmas Eve, in the Assembly Rooms, consisting of the Messiah, anti a grand selection, aided by Mr. Braham and Mrs. Salmon, and Sir George Smart at the organ. Mr. Braham (a fact that may not be generally known) studied music under itauzzini, in this city ; and many of the present inhabitants well remember Mr. Brabant's exercises up the high hills around Bath, Beacon Dill, Beechin Cliff, &c., anti singing in the open air when he got to the top of diem. This Dentoethenian mode of training, his master long compelled him to pursue ; not that it was irksome to the pupil, for he seemed to delight in the occupation, anti in the latter part of the day he joined in concerts at Rauzzini's parties, where were assembled the celebrated Madame Mara, Signora Storace, &c. In summer evenings, with the windows open at Rauzzini's house, beyond Beechin Cliff, all have been head singing, to the delight of passengers. The performance of The Messiah, on Christmas Eve, may be justly considered a most propitious commencement. It was attended by nearly 700 F'ashionables of this elegant city, and the perfoiniances possessed more beauty than is in the power of language to describe. Braham's " Deeper and deeper still" is one of matchless excellence. Though he appeared to have a slight cold, his voice suffered not the least diminution of its powers, whose pleasing influence never fails to enrapt the minds of his hearers. Mrs. Salmon's rich and melodious voice imparted to the words of " I know that my Redeemer liveth," that impressive interest which dwells on the mind; and she never displayed those talents which have acquired her so great a celebrity to greater advantange than in the beautiful Air from Judas Maccabirus , " From Mighty Kings." The Choruses were well executed. Sir George Smart presided at the organ ; and Miss Wood, Mr. Garhett , and Mr . R o ll e , exerted them selves successfully. SIGNOR LIVERATI'S MUSICAL SOIREE. This distinguished Professor entertained a select number of friends at his house, on Monday last, with a petit Concert, got up entirely among his own professional pupils ; and we confess with pleasure, that any thing better arranged, or music better executed, we seldom witnessed. It was truly delightful to observe what native talent can do, when guided by the care of a master of eminent taste. Among the pieces of the first act, which consisted of a selection from the best composers,we noticed C imarosa's beau. tiful trio, " Le faccio un inchino." It wus sung in excellent style, by Mrs. Bickerstaff and the Misses Wimpory and Bullock, and was loudly and generally encored. Signor Li. verati himself joined in several pieces, with the taste which characterises him ; but the favourite of the evening seemed to be, and dservedly too, a Miss Taylor, a very pretty young person, who sang among other things, a sweet area, " 0 quanta e mai difficik" (by Sig. Liverati) with a degree of feeling and perfection we scarcely could have expected, and which procured her an enthusiastic and unanimous encore. We understand this young Ludy is intended to appear in the musical world, where we have no doubt she will shine most conspicuously ; we hope it will be in England. One of Signor Liverati's pupils, we find, a Miss Fanny Ayton, is already at Venice, where she appeared a few weeks back, as Prima Donna, with thegreatest success in one of Coccia's Operas; thus adding a further proof, that musical talent isnot alwaysof continental growth.— The rest of the Concert was filled with the first at of Don Giovanni amazingly well sung. Instrumental music was occa sionally introduced, and the Misses Tomlinson displayed great execution on the pianoforte. Altogether, we Bever were better entertained, and we do not know on whom to bestow mos t praise, on the pupils who could show such progress, or on the master, who called forth such abilities. POETRY. (From the Bury Gazette.) In many a strain of grief and joy, My youthful spirit sung to theft; But I am now no . more a - boy, And there's a gulph 'twist thee and me : Time on my brow has set his teak, I start to find myself a man, And know that I no more shell feel, As only Boyhood's spirit can. And now I bid a long adieu To thoughts that held my heart in thrall, To;cherish d dreams of brightest hue, And thee--the brightest dream or ail. My footsteps rove not, where they rov'd, My home is changed, and one by one, The " old familiar forms" I lovid, Are faded from my path, and gone. I launch into life's stormy main, And 'tis with tears—but not with sorrow, That pouring thus, my parting strain, I bid thee as a bride, good morrow; Full well thou know'st, I envy not. The heart it is thy choke to share ; Aly soul dwells on thee as a thought, With which no earthly wishes are. It is my joy—it is my pride, To picture thee in bliss divine, A happy and an honour'd Blest by a fonder love than mine : Be thou to one a holy spell— A bliss by day—a dream by night— A thought, on which his soul shall A cheering and a guiding light. His be thy heitrt istsite no other Disturbs his ituttAt at its core, Still think of me skof n•hrother ; • Pd not be lov'd, nor 16*e thee more: For thee, each feeling of my breast, So holy--so serene shall be, That when thy heart to his is prat, 'Twill be no crime to think of me. I shall not wander forth at night To breathe thy name, as lovers would ; Thy form in visions of delight, Not oft' shall break my solitude : But when at morn or midnight hour, I commune with my God alone, Before the throne of peace and power, I'll bind thy welfare and my own ; And if with pure and fervent sighs, I bend before some lov'd one's shrine, When gazing on her gentle eyes, I shall not blush to think of thine ; Then, when thou meet'st thy love's caress, And when thy children climb thy knee, In thy calm hour of happiness, Then sometimes—sometimes think of me. EDWARD M-1.1. [The Lady to whom Edward M---:. became early at tached was married to another. M—n was present at her marriage, and never smiled a ft erwards. The Lady, it Is said, was unhappy in her union, and did not survive it many years. 111—n died at Corfa.l • BOXING.—A fight betweee Ward ' s fellow who sold a fight on a former occasion, and Sump. son, commonly called the Birmingham Youth, took place yesterday at Stoney Stratford. Ward beat Sampson on a former occasion with out difficulty. Yesterday his superiority was equally evident. Throughout •a contest of thirty-nine minutes and twenty.six rounds, Sampson was out-fought and had not a chance. There was nothing worth detailing, even Tor the gratification of the most confirmed Amateur. We rejoice to find that one of our Sage Judges of the Land (Mr. Justice BURROUGII) has publicly set his face against these disgraceful scenes, which we hope will prove an effectual check to them.— (See his Lordship' s speec h at ning the Surrey 4ssizes, in our Poper QM* • .) NEw ImenovEatzwrs.—Tite attention of The public of Edinburgh has for some time been directed to the al teration and improvements contemplated in the communication between the Old and New Town. The plan of Messrs. Burn and Hamilton has been the subject of pretty general conversa tion, and we have heard most favourable opinions ex pressed on its merits, although, like the picture in the fable, has not altogether escaped criticism. Various im provements have been talked of, but among those most worthy the consideration of the public are the sugges tions circulated within these two days by Mr. Steven son, civil engineer, a gentleman of no mean authority in such matters. We cannot enter into 'all the details of his plan, which differs materially from that of Messrs. Burn and Hamilton. One alteration only we shall notice at pre sent—it is the approach from the east end of the Grass. market to the Lawninarket. Mr. Stevenson does not con skier it practicable to render this approach level, but by forming an opening in the Lawnmarket, immediately oppo site to Bank -street, which on many accounts he considers much preferable to the plan proposed by Messrs. Burn and Hamilton. He has accordingly delineated on his plan the communication towards the south, as entering from the Lawnmarket immediately, from the west of the County Hall, and he suggests that without such a communication, the public coming from the south to the Parliament Close and Cross would be subjected to much Inconvenience, by being under the necessity of going so far out of their road towards the site of the old Vi sigh House, and then turning down the hawnmarket, before reaching their destination, instead of the road from the south to the Lawnmarket, leading in a direct line through the site of the buildings to the west of the County Hall. We do not feel ourselves called on to offer any opinion on this subject, and we are the less anxious to do so, as we rest assured that the plan most calculated ibr the benefit of the public and the improvement of our city will undoubtedly be adopted.—( Edinburgh Courant.) COURTING BY MOONLIGHT.—RASIGATE i DEC. 27. An accident that nearly proved fatal occurred here a few nights since ; a lady and gentleman enjoying_ the pure breezes of a cool December evening on the Cross Wall of our Pier, by some unlucky mantruvre they ventured too near the edge, and were precipitated into the water, and, but for the timely exer tions of Mr. Edward Foster, they assuredly would have met with a watery grave; he was on duty near the spot, when, throwing a rope round the lady, she had sufficient presence of mind to hold by it until safely landed ; the entleman who, although an excellent swimmer, sunk twice, w h en luckily Mr. Fosters boat preserved his life. In the picture of the Death of DAVID Rizzio, originally exhibited in the Shakspeate 041lery, in which the terror of the Favourite and the distress of his Royal Mistress are so admirable pourtrayed by Mr. °PIE, one of the assassins, who is in the act of inflicting a deadly wound on the unfortu nate musician, is a portrait of Dr. IVALcoT (Peter Pindar), for which he sat at his own express desire. LARGE AND SMALL HaasEs , Animals draw by their weight, and not by the force of their muscles. The hind feet form the fulcrum of the lever, by which their weight acts against the load, and the power exerted is always more than weight remain. than small ones, even though they have less muscular force, and are un a bl e ingthe propo r tioned sam e. to tr ar length geanhu o a f is the d Lerr m , to carry such a heavy burden. The force of the muscles tend only to make the ho r se c a rry continually forward hi s centre 01 gr a vity, or, in other words, the weight of the animal produe" ' r i le d r aught, and t h e pl a y and force of its muscl es serve won- tinue it.—( Mechanics' lif.:lgasine. )_ _ 1 —According to a Ifo - ston - Newspap er' a direct com munication is about to be made between the Potomac and Ohio, by means of a R a ii.road. The operations of the great Co mmer cial Com pany , of the Netherlands have be en li m ited this of three vessels A u t um n to the affreightment to take out stores, &c. to Batavi a , for account of the Government. One of the ', sw ig goes from Rotterdam, another from Amste r dam, and the third from Antwerp. The Comp an y betides have speculated in Teas, and hav e b een purchasers also of Wheat. The effect of this activity has been, that the shares have advanced on the Ex change. HORRIBLE ASSASSINATION. NAPLES, DEC. 7.—Robberies between this city and Rome have been of late years such ordinary occur. rences, that little is thought of them, because the villains have been contented with what they could get. There is hardly an instance of their becoming murderers through wantonness; so that travellers could, in passing from one city to the other, pretty well guess the worst. It would seem that a band of 25, lately dispersed by the energy of the Austrian Chasseurs, en camped themselves ma new quarter, at Pzestum, about 50 miles to the south of this city. They have massaged lately to carry on that trade which they could no longer do at Fondi and Itri. Many of our countrymen have disbursed their piastres, which some lovers of the tine arts have thought not paying too dear for a sight of the Temples. Lord Harrowby and the Ladies Ryder, it is said, narrowly escaped. It is with sorrow I have to say that these brigands have changed character, and now add murder to robbery, for a more wanton act of deliberate assassi nation never happened than what lam about to relate. There was an eighty gun ship, called 11 Vesuvio, launched at Castel lawman on Thursday last (the 2d), and several of our coun trymen who went to see it, continued, the following day, their journey to Salerno, and so on to nestum. Of this num ber were Mr. and Mrs. J. Welsh Hunt, an amiable couple, of age within a few years, and married about ten months.— Their carriage was stopped by four ruffians, three of them hav ing large handkerchiefs tied over their faces to their eyes, to serve as masks, and while two attacked the coachman and Mr. Hunt's servant, the others came to the coach door, and pre senting a carbine, commenced pillaging. Mr. Hunt, whose servant had been knocked down by a blow from the but-end of a carbine, expostulated with them on their barbarity, and mak ing an effort to descend from the carriage, one of the ruffians fired his piece, and Mr. H. fell out foremost, a ball having entered his right breast which passed through his back, and poor Mrs. H. another ball in the left breast, which passed through the left shoulder. The robbers, after taking what they could find, made a precipitate retreat. l Ir. Hunt was carried to a hovel close to the spot, where lie died after four hours suf fering; Mrs. H. was brought back to Salerno, where a courier was dispatched to Mr. Hamilton, the British Minister, who repaired to the Government to make a report, and sent Dr. Watson and Mr. Roskelly to afford medical aid to the wounded Lady, who also died yesterday. It is impossible to describe to you the horror depicted in the countenances of every body here at the melancholy fate of this amiable young couple. As Mr. Hunt's carriage approached where the brigands were post ed, another carriage was observed a-head, which had also been robbed, but with such precipitation that the purse of one of the Ladies (Mrs. Binion and two other Ladies), which fell to the bottom of the coach, was not observed. (lens d'armes have been sent to scour the place, but no clue has been had as yet towards finding any of the villains. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) Extract of a letter from Naples, dated December 6th.—" I am sorry to communicate an account of a very unfortunate oc currence which took place near Peestum three days ago.—The fine weather had attracted several English parties to view the uins, situate, as you know, in a marsh which pestilential ex halations render barely habitable. The few inhabitants are not much removed from savages. A Lady, with her two daugh ters, on returning, were stopped and robbed by three men with their faces masked ; they were, however, suffered to proceed without further violence. This Lady's carriage was followed at a short distance by that of Mr. Hunt, late High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, who was accompanied by his Lady. They were stopped by the same party. On demanding his money, Mr. Hunt gave them a purse containing four dollars and a few carlins, declaring that he carried no more money along with him. To convince them of this, he even requested a few car lins to carry him to Naples. They replied We know you have more, and if you do not surrender it you must die.' Mr. Ilunt replied, lou dare not shoot at this time of day.' He had scarcely tittered this observation when a shot was fired, and a ball enteretl his left breast, passing out at the right side ; although it seems only one piece was discharged, another ball struck Mrs. Hunt in the left breast and passed through the lungs. The foremost robber instantly turned round, cry ing, " Who fired that shot ?" anti the three immediately ran off without searching for plunder. Some officers of the Revenge were within bearing, who conveyed them to the miserable place called an inn, at Prestum, where Mr. Hunt expired almost immediately, expressing his regret at having refused his money. Assistance, such as could be had, was procured. One of the Mlicers even returned to Naples, and procured an English sargeon, together with Gendarmes. Mrs. Hunt recovered in a slight degree, but only lingered till yes terday, when she expired. Mr. Hunt was an only child; he was in possession of large property, and had only been mar ried, seven months. This event has caused a great sensation 'among the English here; a number of Gendarmes were imme diately sent from Naples to search for the perpetrators of this crime, but such a police as exists here is not likely to discover them. It is evident that they were not professional brigands, Or they wou ld not h ave b een so a l arme d as to h ave neg l ecte d their booty, on perceiving the effect of their fire-arms." Viscountess Bor.xcr.EY, that most excellent and benevolent Lady, independent of her innumerable charities throughout the year, has been distributing at her different houses, to the neighbouring poor, several hundred yards of flan nel, blankets, sheets, clothing, beef, coals, and money, during the last few days. The Duke of BEDFORD has at length let on building leases all his valuable ground In Tavistock-square, and the neighbourhood, and the square itself is rapidly ad vancing towards completion, under the superintendence of Mr. CUDITT, the principal lessee. Tavistock House, the residence of the late Mr. PEliltY, is undergoing a conversion into three capacious, but at the same time most comfortable separate residences, with a large and aropriate garden to each.— pp S. IlEazi.EY, the architect, has the merit of constructing these buildings. Admiral Kul/BEI:STERN has written to Professor BARLOW* of Woolwich, a very satisfactory and complimentary letter on the result of some experiments made on a ship of the Russian Navy, at Cronstadt, with the guard plate, for correcting the errors of the mariner's compass needle from the local attrac tion of the ship's guns and other iron stores; and the Russian Government, in consequence, have given orders for all their ships to be furnished with correcting compass plates, similar to those now fitting up for the ships of our navy, and many of out merchant vessels.—(Kentisle Gazette.) The Detachment of French Gen'd'armes, who arrived at Dover some time since in a ship, and have been ac. commodated with quarters in the Barracks, caused a disturb ance among the inhabitants about the town on Christmas Eve, when some of the Frenchmen appeared to have had the worst of the affray, which was at last terminated by magisterial in terference.—( Kentish Gazette. ) PASSAGE THROUGH THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN.-- The Sakrn Register gives the following directions for navigat ing these straits, on the authority of Captain Verdi, late of the Wasp, of New York :—Vessels bound throu g h those straits should keep the north shore on board, as far as Indian Sound, and then take the south shore as far as the west entrance, or Cape Piller ; by so doing they will have the advantage of prevailing winds and goal ancho rage . P ass i ng the str a it s f h ro e m eas tl t le wa w rt, e l st f l ro r i t n in Q i t r ee th n e Ch la a ti rl ttl ot d te's eo F f orehte CaPe dt and then strike Pilla r , and from over for the north shore, and look for a small shoal on the south side of the straits, about five miles below the Narrows. This Is the only danger in the straits, except a few sunken rocks in the west entrance on the north shore, and many small inlands. Therefore the passage is safe and easy, by keeping the south shore from the westward, as far as Indian Sound, and then taking the north shore on board. Vessels bound through those straits have nothing to fear from the Indians, as they are very inoffensive, and free from any hostile intentions. A voluntary subscription has been entered into by the pa rishionens or the parish of St. Alphage, in the most handsome manner, for the purpose of taking down the whole of the pews in that Church, and altering them to single pews, agreeable to new, produced at the Vestry ; by which means there will be double the number of pews, the unpleasant necessity of tang two or three families into a pew, and half the con re anon sitting with their back to the Clergyman, will be avoided. n improvenient which must aid to the comfort of the pa. rishioners, and render that Church one of the handsomest in the city.—( K entish Gazette.) _ Yesterday morning, at half-past eleven o'clock ; the body of the mother of Mrs. FAUNTLEROY was removed from the residence of the latter, in Arundel-street, for interment. The procession consisted of a hearse and four, preceded by a lid of plumes, and followed by two mourning coaches and pair. In the coach which imme diately followed the hearse were Mrs. Fauntle roy's son, another youth, apparently of the same age, and two elderly gentlemen. Three gentle men occupied the second coach. There were not more persons assembled than are ordinarily attracted by the appearance of a burial ceremony. Mrs. Fauntierny continues absorbed in the deepest mental distress. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. NEW ENGLAND COFFEE-HOUSE. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.—The wind continues to blow very hard from the westward. The out ward-bound remain ; amongst which are the packet-ship Florida and the Leeds, for New York. There is every appearance this evening of the continuance of bad weather. DEAL, DEC. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and remain the Mulgrave Castle, Ralph, from the Isle of France ' • Aid, Teas. dale, from M arse ill es; B e n Lo m o n d, Style, from the westward. Arrived frolL London and remain the Nassau, Cars, for New South Wales ; Herald, Thomson, for Berbice; and Doner, Duskier, far Trieste; the outward-bound remain all well. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28.--Wind S.W. blowing hard in the early part of the day, afterwards veered to N.W. ; the outward-bound remain all well. No arrivals or sailing. FALMOUTH, Duc. 27.—Wind S.W. fresh gales and thick weather.—.,rrived the Sandwich packet from Lisbon t Harmo nie, Ahrens, from Bahia, in 70 days, for Hambuygh, with much damage. Put back the Berbice, Wayth, for Genoa and Leghorn, with sails split, head rails and knees washed away, has been as far as lat. 49. long. 8. 56. Passed up yesterday a Swedish schooner from Lisbon, which reports having seen, on the 24th instant, about 25 leagues W. by S. of the Lizard, a Bark ship, abandoned and water-logged, name on her stern " Janus, of North Shields," timber laden. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Beaver, Love, from St. John's, N.B. ; and Syren, Downing, from Alexandria (Egypt). The John Cullen, Douglas, has not arrived as reported yesterday. COWES, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Indus, Moriarty, from Batavia. The Barkworth, Cotgrove, from Bombay to London, was spoken with the 24th September, otlthe Cape de Verdi', by the Cumberland, which arrived at Rio Janeiro the 24th October. The Ability, Roberts, from Cork to Penzance, was totally lost on Sunday near Bude ; the crew drowned. The Amphion, -, from New York to Buenos Ayres, was totally lost in the river Plate the 4th October ; crew saved. [Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Jersey, dated 28th December.] " Arrived the Hero Romeril, fromlila. Two days pre vious to her sailing there had been serious disturbances. rhe . Governor had been shot by an individual, but et the time of the Ilero's departure tranquillity was restored. TIM ARMY. - - The orders that have been issued for the return home of the 69th (2d Nottingham), the 30th (Cambridgeshire), the 09th (South Lincolnshire), and the 47th (Lancashire) Regiments of Infantry, from India, have been countermanded. The 2d (the Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot will embark for India on the 3il of February next. Orders for recruiting for the British Army in India will be issued forthwith. It is determined that every corps now on service in that quarter, shall be immediately completed to the full Indian establishment. A detachment of 60 men, selected from the 60th (Duke of York's Own) Rifle Corps, marched on the 24th instant, from Canterbury to Chatham, under the command of Lieutenant Weaves, for the purpose of joining the 2d Battalion at Barba does. The 60th (Duke of York's Own) Rifles, having dis charged all foreigners and being now composed of betw ee n three and four hun dr ed fine spirited young lads, it bids fair (under the special protection of its illustrious Colonel, the Corn mander.in-Chief ) to be one of the finest Corps in the British service. [From last NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Commission in the Royal Cheshire Regiment of signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester. Roger Barry Bamston, Esq. to be Captain. CORN EXCHANGE, DEc. 29. The arrivals of all sorts of Corn this week are only small, and there are millers in attendance who want fine Wheat, and there being scarcely any at market, they retire without pur. chasing other descriptions. Barley fully supports the terms of Monday. In Beans and Pease there is no alteration Oats find buyers on full as good terms as last quoted. ARRIVALS.—EngIish Wheat 4,100, Barley 4,300, Oats, 3,500, Irish Oats 2,500 quarters ; Flour 2,000 sacks. DANGEROUS CASE OF POISONING SUCCESSFULLY TREATED.---Yesterday (Friday), in Anderson's Institution, during the absence of Dr. Ure, a young man, in rummaging through some private drawers, enclosed within a press, in winch various curious specimens and pieces of apparatus were kept, happened to cast his eyes on some small covered pots of porce lain ; and ? opening one of them, swallowed thoughtlessly a morsel of us contents, which must from its effecta have been the extract either of aconite or hemlock, made by the improved pro- CCM in ram. Such preparations are extremely efficacious me. dicines in small quantities, but become very energetic poi sons when taken in an undue dose. De had no sooner swallowed the morsel than he became nearly speechless, and soon thereafter lost also the faculty o f deglutition. Fortu nately Dr. lire's chymical assistant was at hand, who im. mediately administered hot water and a solution of sulphate of zinc (a quick emetic) in large quantities. It was, however, found to be impossible to excite vomiting. A flexible tube of caoutchouc, attached to a syringe, (commonly called Juke's apparatus), was speedily procured, anti the extremity of th e smooth tube being put down into the stomach, the contents of this cavity were thoroughly pumped out. A quantity of warm water was next injected (for by this time the patient could not swallow), and then withdrawn. After the stomach had been thus washed with about six syringe-fulls, equivalent to nearly six pints of liquid, the young man felt himself almost well. As lie still complained of an icy coldness over his body, a dose of sulphuric ether was administered, which relieved this unpleasant symptom, and he soon became able to walk home without assistance, in a convalescent state. It deserves to be stated, that in the year 11121, Dr. Urebmught over with him front Paris, two of the above flexible caoutchouc tubes, for eva cuating the stomach in the above manner, and that lie hits an. nually since, described minutely in his public lectures, this me chanical plan of removing poison f r o m t h e stomach. 111r.Jukes is no doubt entitled to the praise of having first made a pub. lie experiment with this apparatus, on healthy individuals in London. The method however, has been long known to the Parisian surgeons. I rlie present case shows its efficacy and importance; for there can be little doubt that the patient would have fallen a victim to his imprudence but for its season. able application. When the stomach is oppressed with a col. lection of acescent, bilious, or viscid, matter, as happens in dyapepsia l anti many other maladies, the above instrument may be beneficially employed for evacuating the morbid contents; in the place of emetics, which, from peculiar circumstances, may become either totally inadnussible, or very Hazardous.--( Glar. gore Chronicle.) GREYHOUND COURSING.—A singular Rpecitinit of grey. hound coursing took place a few days ago in the ne i g hb our h oo d of Burton-in. - Kendal. Mr. Buttle and Mr. J. Wharton, of Cinderhill, went out after dinner upon their adjoining allot. meats, and in a short time beat up thirteen hares, ten of which were killed by two dogs. On Saturday last an old fox was caught upon Clathorpe.tell, which was soon after turned out in a large field belonging to the Bev. Henry Sill, of Burton, and, before his dog Dart, Reynard had about 100 yards start, but after a good chase the fox was killed. This is the fourth fox that has fallen a victim to the same dog. UNGRATEFUL RODUERY.—John Jones, a young man of decent appearance, was charged, at flow_ street Office, this day, by Mrs. Martha Nance, of No. 17, Fetter-lane, with robbing her of some valuable silver plate and other property. The prisoner, it appeared, was her guest on Christ►nas Day, and after dinner she expressed her intention of going into the City. After she was gone out, the prisoner returned to the place, and robbed it of the plate, &c. and quitted the house. On her return home she found the rooms rifled, and a Mrs. Brown, a lodger, with whom prosecutrix used to leave her key when she left home, identified the prisoner as having called for the key in the ab_ s►ence of Mrs. N., at whose request he said he had called for some books. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and he was fully come witted for trial.