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rou• and 'sill , arlf our the tioa .st ca to 'work of M.,de Vaublanc or: the exportation of money, and on our colonial system, do not afford us any satisfaction, if the superior Council is disposed to adopt the opinions of M. de Vaublanc. We fear we shall be a long time before we have a 'Robinson in the Ministry, a Hnskisson in our Board of Trade, and a'Parliament who arc a little familiar with commercial subjects. LEGHORN, MARCH 4.—Letters from Algiers say the Dey is making great preparations, and is resolved to defend lumself to the last extremity. He has not received favourable answers from Tunis and Tripoli, where he had sent to demand assist ance. He has sent orders to all the Algerine vessels which are With the Turkish fleet to return immediately to Algiers ; but several of them will not be able to obey, on account of the Greek vessels which blockade them in the Gulf of Lepanto. FRENCH FUNDS. PAnts, MARCH 22.—Five per Cents. 1001. 40c.—Bank Stock, 1780f.—Neapolitan Five per Cents., in Ducats, 92. ; in Francs, 971. 55c.—Rentes d'Esp. 221. Exchange on Lon don, One Month, 25f. 50c.; Three ditto, 251. Cours ilothentique, Marcie 22.) The following information respecting the Al gerines was this morning received at Lloyd's:— " LEGnonx, MARCH 11.—Avvessel arrived to-day from . 'Malta, in five days, brings advice that, on the sth instant, the ---- frigate carried in there the Sardinian vessel Murry, Mortes, from hence to Algiers, with naval stores ; the cargo was landed, and the vessel discharged, after payment of freight. 'There was a diamond crown on board, for the Dey. Another vessel has sailed from hence on the same destination, and it is feared she may also be captured." ALICANT, MARCH 6.—A Dutch squadron, consisting of a 41 4 of the line, two frigates, and smaller vessel 3, are cruising on this coast against the Algerines ; the ship and frigates were in sight of this place on the 4th inst." MARCH L—The Lord Hill, Gorman, from Carthagena to Bristol, put in here yesterday by adverse winds ; th e Master reports that he was detained for several days at Ca rthagena, with four or five other English ships, in conse quence of the war with Algiers, which vessels ►ailed in com pany with him, and are now in sight off this place." LITT, Twelvs o'Clock.—Consols opened this morning at 041-, at:d got up to 944 for the Ac count. In the earlier part of the morning e‘- tensive purchases were made by several eminent Brokers. The King of FRANCE'S Speech has had scarc e any effect on the Market. The fall of the French Funds, after the Speech was known, is attributed to the lowering of the interest of the French Rentes. Tho New Alliance Shares opened this morning at 18 to k, since which they have lowered to 174 --1 8, but yet no quantities of them came into the Market, and it is supposed that after this week they will have a considerable rise. FOREIGN MitaKm.—The business in the above Mark e t was not very extensive this morning.— It was imagined that that part of the French Speech which alludes to South America would have had the effect of getting up all South Ame rican Securities, but it has not Clone so. W e rejoice to find that British Capital is find- In it way into channels which will direct it to the domestic im provement of the country. The Alliance Insurance Company Ilse the great recommendation that it is not likely to take capita l out of the country. We have already spoken of the/HA Mining ,9 ) ntpany, of the Subways in the metropolis, of Mr. BRUNEI : 'S ' R genious plan for a Tunnel under the Thames, of the pro jected New Docks at St. Catherine's, &c. &c. Yesterday a l iNv Prospectus made its appearance in the City, tl.le object which appears at first sight very promising, though we do not profess to decide on its merits without more minute exami nation. The proposal is to form a Joint Stock Company with capital of 120,0001. under the title of the Thames and Isis Steam Vessel Company, for the purpose of conveying goods and passengers more rapidly than at present on these important. rivers. The great objections hitherto have been the shallow.. ness of the water, and the difficulty of passing the Locks with side.-paddles. The first of these objections it is proposed to obviate by b u ildi ng t h e vesse l s an d b arges on A NNESL Y and ISO WERDY'S patent system, which will render them as light sr to weigh only one-third as much as other vessels of the ? t ame but:then ; the other objection will b e r e moved by adopt 'ng the American mode of stern-paddles. In proof of the great advantwe which the proposed method affords, two fact s are cited 6 by way of contrast. A barge of the common •,on.struction, loaded with 71 tons of deals, and paying 1061. 10s. freight, at the rate of 30s. per ton, took sixteen days to go from and rd ; whereas a steam . packet built on A xxEsur rds bet s Patent, and navigated backwards and for nlvottless thanween Hull and Selby, ran on the 31st of last January ,a hunched and sixty-five milts in about twelve hours!—( N cw Tinzcs. ) Sir THom.ts PLult En, the Master of the Rolls, died last evening. He had been for a long time in a declining state of health, and his retirement from the Bench was an event 11 Pon which many calculations had, from time to time, been roadie. Sir Thomas, we believe, filled his high judicial station very respectable : as a lawyer, he has not left a g reater character t han this b e hi n d hi m . I n pr i vate life he was much esteemed ; 2 11 d, throu g h out hi s j u di c i a l career, he carefully abstained rniti that manifestation of political feeling so much the fashion with Judges of the p resent d ay , b ut which certainly a dd s li tt l e 1 0 the character and dignity of the judgment seat, though it I N advance the personal interest and ambition of its possessor. w nen at th e b ar, Sir Thomas (then Mr.) Plumer gamed con siderable cre di t f or h is defence of Arthur O'Connor, who ho(w ith Coigley and another) was tried for high treason at Maid h;tnne. 111 r. O ' Connor ' s defence was to have been conducted 7 Lord Erskine, but his Lordship considered that he could 19of more service to the accused in the witness box than as his v ocate : he was accordingly examined on the trial, and Mr. rluirier towhom the ' fence confided, succeeded in pro , i . j .„''l; the acquittal of his client. 1 his circumstance mate !l 1806, Sir ' II Y increased the practice anti reputation of the Advocate. Tie As. Thomas was appointed Solicitor-General by Mr. o x r , with whom, at that period, he agreed In political send- For several days past, the Learned Judge continued 14ttea state of poignant snaring, and was almost constantly ca ,._ ll ded by four or five eminent physicians. His decease has earned vacancy on the Lister for which there will be several rnest candidates as the Mhip of the Rolls is considered P the profession Bri t t once a comfortable and highly valuable PPointrnent( ish Press.) Yesterday at three o'clock a Cabinet Council x'as held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which sat till near five o'clock in close delibera tion. . On T ues d ay night Mr. VINCINTA CANTENA rUESI, a Foreign Messenger, left town with dis- Patches for the lonian Islands. At an early h our yesterday morning the Duke Of:torta arrived in town from Windsor. Th e D u k e o f CLARENCE came to town d 3 fro m B us h y. yester the Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the Duke of CLARENCE yesterday. ~,,Yesterda y t h e Cab;net Ministers dined with Husaisso m for the first time since the elec tion of th at G entleman to be a Member of the C a binet Council.. TIIE ICING. W 11435011, MARCH 24.—This afternoon, at two o'clock, the King's pony phaeton went up to the Palace ; but the cold ness of the day prevented his MAJESTY from enjoying his usual drive. His Majesty at three o'clock left the Palace in his travelling carriage, and rode through the town for his Lodge in the Great Park. He will have a select party this evening at dinner. Last evening his Majesty bad a large party at dinner at the Palace, among whom were—The Duke of York, I)nke and Duchess of Clarence, Princess Au gusta, Duke of Wellington, ..Marquis of Anglesey, Marquis, Alarchioness, Lord Francis, and Lady Elizabeth Cenyngham, Count Lieven, Marquis Graham, Earl of Clancarty, Lady Jane and Sir Charles Paget, Lord and Lady Maryborough, Lord St. Helen's, Sir E. Nagle, Sir W. Knighton, and Colonel Thornton.—The Band of the Royal Horse Guards were in at tendance, and played several delightful pieces during the even ing.—His Royal Highness the Duke of York left the Palace about one o'clock for London.—This morning, at eleven o'clock, the Duke and Duchess of Clarence left Frogrnore for their seat, Bushy Park.—His Grace the - Duke of Wellington, Count Lieven, Duke of Dorset, Marquis Graham, Lord St. Helens, and Mr. Brent, left the Palace this morning for London. — The Marquis of Anglesea, Lady Jane, and Sir Charles Paget, also left this morning for Southampton. 1 , 4 g f,A t.4t, ? !-; e",.. -.1 - 2 ,Orz .041 kt ' - " irokitz. v , • o s. • .• 6 %' Ctit• fi . - fie: Q 4 , s • '.44.44*- 1,4 it FASIIIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke of Norfolk, - at his house in St. .Tames'a-square, from his seat, Arundel Castle; Lord and Lady Sherborne, in Lower Grosvenor-street, from their seat in Gloucestershire ; Lord and Lady Folkestone, in Lower Grosvenor-street, from Hastings, Sussex ; L a dy Montague, from her seat in Scotland; Le Baron de Strogonoff, at the St. Petersburgh Hotel, Dover street, from Russia; Lord Carberry, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook -street, from his seat in Ireland ; Jose Manuel Humid°, Minister Plenipotentiary, and suite, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle -street, from Colombia; Miss Tudor, at ditto; from her seat in B er k s ; Sir George and Lady Po coc k, at t h e i r house, York-street, Portman-square; Sir Godf rey W e b ster, Bart. at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from his seat, Battle Abbey, Sussex; Capt. Dawson, at ditto, from Paris; James Lee, Esq., at ditto, from Cambridge; William Collier, Esq., at ditto, from Ireland ; Sir J. Samaurez, Bart. and family, at ilatt's Hotel, Dover street, from Devonshire ; John Baldwin, Esq. at ditto, from Clifton ; Mrs. Cole and family, at ditto, from York ; and Mrs. Lister, at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Spankie and family, at ditto, from Bengal ; Sir Frederick Watson. Baronet, and Lady Watson, at Marshal Thompson's lintel, Cavendish-square, from Craxton-park, Cambridgeshire; J. R. Dimadale, Esq. and Mrs. Dimsdale, at ditto; Rev. Charles Wright, at ditto; Rev. Walter St. .John Mildmay, at ditto, from the Isle of fight; Sir Frederick Henniker, Bart. at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Caddell, at Hakes's Ho:el, from Windsor; Mrs. Higginson, at do. froM Liverpool; Rev. Chas. Rose, at do. from Oxford ; Sir Eardley Wilmot, Bart. at do. fiorn DEPARTURES. -14:.d Selsey, for his seat, West Dean, Sussex; Dowager Lady Anson, for Mr. Coke's seat, in Nor folk ; C. B. Hall, Esq., from the Bath Hotel, Dover-street, for Bristol ; Thoma s Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; France; John Norris, Esq., and Mrs. Norris, from Marshal Lockwood Esq. and Family, from ditto, for from ditto ; Walter Blunt, Esq., W. L. Lawrence, Es , from ditto ; J. Seaton, Esq., from ditto; Sir William and . Lady Broughton, freasi Hakes' Hotel, for Paris; John Beecher, Esq. and Mr. and Airs. R o b ert Beecher, from ditto f or Caversham ; Mr. and Mrs. Ruggles' s Loraine Smith, from from ditto dittoitto J. Pearson ; Mr. Gape, Esq., from ditto; Rev. from ditto. Emily, 3 larehioness of Londonderry, will have a select party on Monday next. ir..ilexander Baring, Esq. M.P. entertained Lord and Lad y .o.in t and a Thomas H o p e , distinguished party at dinner yester da y , at his house, in Pi cca dill y. his house, in M ans fi e ld -street. I n t h e eve ning the Hon. Mrs. Esq. had a grand dinner party yesterday , at Hove entertained a large party of fashionables. Yesterday the Lord Mayor aLid the Lady Mayoress enter tained a numerous party at dinner at the Mansion House. ..i..inmAcr. IN Mau Lrrt.—On Wednesday, at St. George's Church, by the Lord Bishop of Raphoe, Octavics Wigram, Esq., son of Sir Robert Wigram, Bart., to Is:ibella Charlotte K nox, d aughter of the Hon. Lord Bishop of Derry. The happ y couple, after partaking of an elegant dejezine a la fourerette at the lion. Mrs. Calvert's, in Grafton-street, set off for Hunsdon House, Hells, the seat of N. Calvert, Esq., ALI'. Among the distinguished Fashionables who were present at the ceremony, were—The Earl and Countess cf Wicklow, Coun tess of Mansfield and Ladies :Murray Greville, Ead and Coun tess of Catlizart and Ladies Cathcart, Earl and Giuntess of Darnley and Lady E. Bligh, Earl and Countess of Limerick and Ladies Perv, Viscountess Powerscourt, Bishop of Derry and Hon. Mrs. Knox, Sir R. Wigram, Bart. M.P., William Wigram, Esq. M.P. HIGHLAND, SOCIETY OF LONDON. The meeting of this most respectable Society on Monday at Freemasons' Tavern, to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Alexandria, was highly gratifying, from thenumber of Scotia's distinguished sons who were brought together on the Occasion ; and still more from the presence of the Royal Chairman, the Duke of YORK and ALBANY. His Royal Highness presided with his accustomed urbanity, and kept up the spirit of the meeting by many app ro p r i ate toasts , among w hi c h was " the Highlad Society of Scotland," coupled with the health of its Secretary Mr. Macdonald of Stafih. That Gentleman, being present, returned thanks in a feeling and energetic manner. — After the usual complimentary introduction addressed to the Royal Duke and the company present, for the distin guished manner in which the toast had been given awl re ceived, Mr. MACDONALD expatiated on the state and pro ceedings of the Highland Society of Scotland. " It will be gra tifying to every one who hears me," said the Hon. Gentleman, " to be informed that that Institution is prospering beyond the most sanguine hopes of its most ardent and zealous friends-- prospering not only as regards its resources with respect to the uniform success which has hitherto attended the various and complicated objects which it imbraces for the improvement of Scotland. In proof of this I have merely to state, that for several years past we have been accustomed to dedicate from 1,5001. to 2,0001. sterling per annum in premiums for promoting various objects connected with the general improve ment of the country, and of that, not less than from 300/. to 700/. per annum for the exclusive purpose of improving the various breeds of live stock in Scotland. Besides these funds, it affords me infinite satisfaction to be enabled to state that the accession to the Society within these cightor ten years back, not only in point of numbers but with respect to rank and property, has been beyond all former precedent. In illustration of this, I beg leave to state that the number of members admitted in the course of the last year very considerably exceeded 100 ; and within the period of the year immediately preceding the number admitted was 121 ; and it is with peculiar gratification that I have to announce to the meeting, that at the head of the list of mem bers elected at the last anniversary general meeting of the Society, stands the name of a Noble Duke of England, who, as well as his Noble Family, have long been conspicuous for the countenance they have given to the cause of agriculture, and for which the esteem and gratitude of their country is justly due to them—need I mention that the Noble Personage to whom I allude is his Grace the Duke of Bedford ! It is thus by amal gamating the interests of the two kingdoms, and by mingling and calling forth the best feelings of our nat u r e — name ly t he patriotism and virtue, and directing our means into those chan nels whence it derived the power of promoting the success of these Associations, that they must flourish, and prove a lasting benefit to the country, and permanetly establish and promote that system of the increasing wealth to the internal resources of the State, which I fervently hope will long continue to render her formidable to her friends and a terror to her foes. .1 have only further to mention, that for the last 13 years I have been principal Secretary to this Society, and to add, that while 1 inhale the breath of life I shall ever feel a pride, as 1 have always had a pleasure and a gratification, in promoting the interest of this patriotic Institution; and 1 fervently hope that by a perseverance in that course which has hitherto so successfully marked our career, we shall always prove ourselves deserving of that ap probation, and stand in that estimation in which, by the toast that has just been given, I trust the Highland Society of Scot land will ever be held by her Sister Highland Society of London." The young Nobleman, whose conduct in re gard to a celebrated Songstress has been so grossly misrepresented, is an Officer in the Army, and an acknowledged high-minded and most ho nourable Gentleman.—(Morning Post) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK CRAVEN MEETING, 1824. MONDAY, APRIL 5. • • Nominations for the Gold Cup. Sir J. Johnstone's b. h. Shepherd, by Sir Paul, 6 yrs Sir T. Sykes's ch. g. by Egremont, dam by Hermes, 4 yrs Sir. Bayard's br. m. Lilla, by Ardrosran; darn by Emperor, 6 yrs Mr. Pigou's br. in. Kate, - by Arch:assail, darn by Shuttle, 4 yrs old. Mr. Rowlay's br. b. Newbrough, by Mowbray, dam by Sir Harry, 4 yrs old. Mr. Hopkinson's b. m. Eliza, by Young Sorcerer, 4 yrs old. Mr. Webster's b. m. by Macbeth darn by Sportsman, 4 yrs old. Mr. Ridsdale's b. g. Jerry, b y Alonzo, 6 yrs Old . . Mr. Batman's b. g. by Si r Ch r istopher, darn by Traveller, 5 yrs old. Sir. Long's b. g. Champaigne, by Sir Malagigi, 5 yrs old. In our Turf Intelligence Extra will be found the nomina tions for the Gold Cup, which closed on Saturday. We are glad to find that the Sleeting is likely to be highly respectably supported. The Craven ; the Hunters' and the Liberty Stakes are to close on Saturd .y, the 3d of April.—( York Courant.) The York Spring i‘leeting will commence on Monday the 24th of May. , THE GREAT FOOT RACE.From Hyde Park- corner to Reading and back, the one by way of Windsor Park, an d the other by'the Maidenhead, took place yesterday, between Captain Ramsden and Mr. Maynard the Staffbrdshire runner, for 300 sovereigns a-side. The distance by one road is 39 miles, and that by the Forest road 37 miles. Cloaptus. both arrived at the Captain made a speedy backed 6 to 4 to win by the Forest road ; Marquis of Gr a nby fromt'llieen watt time of s tar t i ng . B ot h 5 at Itead ng, in seven halted an hour, and the ' lead, and reached Staines at the rate of hours l six miles an hour. Thos e interested in the match, on which heavy bets were pending, w e r e cro ss in g b e tween the roads, by way of regulating their betting books. On entering Hounslow, the Captain, as a fox-luinter eroiflil term it, having more than half a mile in view at the jtinetion of the two roads, had no sight of his opponent, and he - went on at an easy rate. On entering Brentford, there was an office given to the Captain that he would soon be overtaken, as his competitor was in view; Cap tain Ramsden, with all the play within himself, made speed, and reached his destination at five o'clock last evening, leaving Mr. Maynard knocked up, when a mile behind, at Kinsin2- ton. It was a very game match throughout. ORITOILIOS.—POPOS Messiah was last night given at Drury-lane, in _the form of an Oratorio, but not adapted to lyrical use, by the occasional compression of the metre, as we remember it was several years ago, by Dr. Busily . , ita his Pro phecy, when his music to that fine poem . was very well received by the public. Mr. WAnr., the present Composer, has, however, notwithstanding the metrical disadvantage under which his genius laboured, produced a Piece, presenting several specimens of his taste, and oflan almost thorough acquaintance with the principa flaws of harmony, as well as of the powers an,' 'characters of the various instruments constituting a complete and effective band. Some of the airs were highly pleasing, and all of them conceived in a style of smoothness and freedom. These recommenda tions, aided by the tine, that is, the usual glut:, of BHA /IA M and Miss PATON, in the execution of the melodies,and the Precision with w filch the choruses were uniformly rociferized accompanied, extorted from a respectable audience so much appla - use, that we think the Director would do well to repeat the piece. And we must add, that we should afterwards very well like to hear again the music above-mentioned to the same su blime effusion of the Baird of Twit:kenhatn,. The miscellaneous portions of the performance, in which Mrs. SALMON, Mr. BRA II AM, Miss PATox, and Miss STEPULNS, exhibited all-their accustomed excellence, consisted of t i. t e l e t ev iVi e l d y j yr u i d o i l ci t c h m e s ra se v i o e u c r . lion, and the whole teas which it so well merited. M r . Tlrr.r.wALL. — The Filth Lecture at the Flaymarket Theatre, last night, commenced , witha continuation of Mr. Thelreall's comparative view of Rleirar . a 111., as ori mtlelactocnocnlieletdhabtyiet iisnnßoEtist.o ori ginally written by SHAksm.: Ant, and the alteration by•Coi.- t. F. Y CI 11 B E R ., into the Play as now represented under the same title. The remarks of the Lecturer, as to the poetical energy of the original Play, werF th rouo _ _ li 10 t judicious; but, as we well \lre calculated co n ce iv e thatfbr representationbefore observed,. s CIEBER displayed great Judgment in selecting passages from The other chara Play scter of SH E AK.SPARP., and forming an efficient whole, of Richorq - 3 obviou s ly a com pound of ambi tion and humour, and thi s Is is sufficiently retiined by CIBBEIt. Richard does not seem to have delighted in cruelty, except when it was necessary to promote his ambitious views. ll a was indeed capable of rev enge, but it was only practised on those who had deserted his cause, and subsequently opposed his chief design. Mr. TiIELWALL s atisfactorily developed the charac ter. Ile also delineated. thF.characters of Henn/ the Sixth, and that of Lady A nn e,wlth critical truth, lie gave credit to GAR RICK for having studied - .i SI .Alta r . • • EMVE $ character of Rinii.v.d, as well as the records of history, It 3'. A was not, however, to be doubted, that the greatest actor that most probably the world ever saw would attend to all possible lights on the subject, and Mr. THELIVALL aptly and properly styled " GARR icy the SuarspEAßE of the Stage." It is indeed to be regretted, in the words of SHERIDAN, that this Itreat actor " No fix'd'etrect, no model left behind." The remainder of the Lecture consisted of appropriate com ments on the rep re sentations of Richard by subsequent Per formers, none of whom, however, compared with GARRICK, deserved any notice, except the late Mr. SAIL iof Bury, to whose general merits as an Actor, and to whose talents, acc a orn... plishments, and admirable qualities in private life, he paid just and liberal tribute of approbation. In the coarse of the Lecture some recitations from SIIAKSPEARE, &C. &C., were introduced, which agreeably diversified the general discourse. BALLOT AT THE INDIA HOUSE.—We yesterday stated that Mr. MusPnATT , had tale majority of rotes. The following were the numbers For Mr. Muspratt - - - - 752 Mr. Tucker • Sir Robt. T. Farquhar - - 398 Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Joirri PETTY lIIISPIIATT, Esq. took the usual oath and his seat •s a Director, in the room of sir THOMAS REID, Bart., dedeased. ‘Ve are sorry to state that the alarming illness of the Hon. W. F. ELPHINGsToNE gives too much reason to fear, that another vacancy will soon occur in the Direction of the East India Com pany. CAPTAIN P.lnuY's SECOND VOY.4GX will be Published on SATURDAY. POLITICAL. PUNS.-Amongst the many expe dients resorted to by the depressed party in a state to indulge their sentiments safely, and probably at the same time, according to cir cumstances, to sound those. of their companions, puns and other quibbles have been of not able service. The following are worthy of notice ; the cavaliers, during CROMWELL'S usurpa tion, frequently put a crumb of bread into a glass of wine, and, before they drank it, would exclaim with cautious ambiduity, " God send this crumb well dtnim." A IZoyallst alim during the Protectorate, did not scruple to quibble in the following prayer, which he was accustomed to deliver : " 0 Lord, who bast put a sword into the hand of thy servant Oliver, put it into his heart also,—to do according to thy word." lie would drop his voice at the word " also," and after a significant pause, repeat the concluding sentence in an under tone. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. A painful sensation was excited at the West F.nd of the town yesterday, in consequence of a rumour which obtained circulation, that a Naval Officer of high rank had put a period to his existence. We regret to state, that on inquiry we found this rumour was not without foundation, and that the unfortunate indi v id ua l w h o h a d t h us f a ll en by his own hand, was Sir GEORGE RALPH COLLIER, K.C.8., a Cap tan in the Royal Navy. This gallant officer, it appears, has been residing fo r some t i me b ac k at Gordon's Hotel, in Albe marle-street, and during that period was observed to be consi derably depressed in spirits. On Tuesday he called at the Admiralty, but there was nothing in his manners at that time. which indicated an aberration of intellect. On the same day he called at the United Service Club House,. in Regent-street, of which he is a member, and,here he shewed strong symptoms of irritation, in consequence of some severe strictures upon his conduct, which he said were contained in " James's Naval History." On his return to Gordon's in the evening, the uneasiness of his mind, became more appa ren t, a nd on being visited by his brother, who is a highly respectable Navy Agent, conducting his business in Brick -court, Temple, that gentleman prevailed upon him to accompany him to his own house in Sobo-sauare; where he used every argument in his power to soothe his agitation. These arguments seemed to have had the desired effect, and the unhappy gentleman retired to rest in a a state of mind comparatively easy. Yesterday morning, however, his feelings were again excited to a state.of momentary phrenzy, and, while labouring under this paroxysm, he seized a pistol, and, in a moment, deprived himself of life. His body wa s discovered weltering in bl oo d a lmost immediately afterwards, but all surgical aid proved in effectual. It is expected that an loquest will be held on the body in the course of this clay, when we understand evidence will be adduced to shew most clearly that the un fortunate officer had for some time laboured under a state of nervous irritability, which rendered his conduct a subject of general remark. 'The deceased was the son of Admiral Col lier, and was related to the family of General Gwynne, a fa vourite Equerry to his late Majesty. Ile has a half brother, now holding an official situation in the Isle of France. Ile was himself, raised to the ra n k of C a pt a i n in the Royal Navy, on June the 30th, 1790, and was created a Baronet in 1814. He distinguished himself by his meritorious services on many portan i t o ,hreoccasions,oiilolpmid of the Victor , atticulalrlybyhis in o perseverance , and bravery when b Roche, subseq uent l y i n t h e ass i stance which hee captureda ffordete 1 the British troops under the command of Sir John Moore on the coast of Spain during the war in the Peninsula. Since the peace his activity in unppressina• the traffic in slaves on the coast of Africa has Obtained for him the warmest commendations of his Majesty's - Government. He was at all times esteemed as a zealous and gallant officer—alike an honour to his country, and an ornament to society. In private life he was universally esteemed, and his prompt benevolence will long live in the memories of those, who, in the hour of need, have partaken of his bounty. Since 'writing the above, we have been informed, that during the last three months, the conduct of Sir George Collier has excited the alarm of his friends. The constant theme of his observations was the charge made against him in Mr. Jarnes's work. His mind, naturally sensitive, could not be diverted from this subject, and at the very moment his friends were consulting on the best mode of placing him under temporary coercion, he fell a victim to those feelings which a constitution already broken in the service of his country rendered insup asortable. On a reference to Mr. James's Naval 'History, the following passage bathe only one we can find which could possibly have any irritating effect on the mind of the—Gallant Officer :—" On the 7th of March, 1815, the Constitution (an American fri gate) anchored with her two prizes (the late British sloops Cyane and Levant) in the harbour of Porto Prays, island of Saint Jago. On the 11th, at a quarter past meridian, the British r,O gun ships Leander, Captain Sir George Ralph Collier, K.C.13., and Newcastle, Captain Lord Geo Stewart, and 40 gun frigate, A casts, Captain Alexander Robert Kerr, standing in for the harbour in thick weather on the star board tack, discovered the three American ships at anchor. Insess than ten minutes, the latter cut their ca bl es , an d stood out on the larboard tack. At this time the Consti tution was between four and five miles to windward of the Acasta, who was one mile on the weather quarter of the Newcastle, and the latter about two miles a-head of the Leander. The three British ships presently tacked in chace, and the Constitution cut away her first cutter, and gig tow ing a-stern. Finding that the Acasta was gaining, her wake, and that the Cyane, the rearmost ship, was rather dropping astern, the Constitution, at ten minutes past one, signalled. the latter to tack, and the Cyane did so. No British ship tacked after her, but all continued in chace of the Constitution and Levant. At three o'clock, observing that the AcaSta was drawing fast upon the Levant, the Constitution directed the. latter to tacit ; the Levant did accordingly tack, and strange •to say, the Leander made a signal not ,for one but for sill the British ships to tack Vier her. This little paltry ship, as She. afterwards bore up towards the anchorage, was honoured by receiving the fire of the Leander ; a fire that, heavy as it was, and destructive as it might have been, appears to have done the Levant no injury in her personnal, and very little, if' any, in her materiel. The Levant was, of course, re-captured (the Acasta took possession of her), but the Con stitution and .Cyane effected their escape. What could have possessed. Sir George Collier to act in this manner ? In less than three hours the Acasta would in all probaiility hare brought the Constitution to action; and as the latter must now have been sixty or seventy men short of her compliment, from having manned her prizes, that fine Thitish frigate, mounting Ertl guns, and manned with 350 men, wanted no assistance what ever from the Leander or Newcastle. It is a fact that C a p ta i n Stewart and the Officershad made up their minds to be cantured ; they betrayed to the British Officerson board an alarm on the sub ject, such as British Officers ought not to feel, and appeared, using a seaman's phrase, so lubberly in all, that they, contrary to what is u sua lly a n opponent's best hope in action, rested on their surviving to give confused orders, rather than on so fine and effective a crew' having, by the deaths or disability of their When r t s h w e a th s r a ee s O n ffi ri C ti e s r i s t , s f l o ir m s a t n a cp ci u e v ( ii: t t h h e e shipjoy of the the themselves . earavagant as their fears had been well grounded ; but what were the feelings of Captains Douglas and Falcon and the other British officers ? What were they, indeed ! What was the capture of the Guerriere, Macedonian, and Java, or half a dozen other such frigates, to the disgrace entailed upon the British navy, by this third and last escape of the Constitution ?" Mr. James adds, in a note, "Justice to Sir George Collier requires us to mention that the Leander, a ship fitted out ex pressly to fight the large American frigates (as a proof hew much those who sent her to sea cared about the national honour), possessed one of the worst crews in the service.— Well was it, indeed, that the Leander never fell in with one of the American forty -fours. The Newcastle was . not much better oft'. The Majesti c , w i t h h er fi ne crew , was a match for both of them."—( Morning Chronicl.%) SUICIDE PRE V E X r Yesterday evrtiing, about seven o'clock, as a Gentleman was pas s ing through the Green-park, he observed a respectably dressed female walk ing near the basin ; he watched her for some time, at length she off her bonn et , and was about to precipitate herself water, when th e G entleman caught hold of her in p r event the commi ss i on o f t h e ras h act, w h ic h s h e was i having previously t a ken arseni c , without effect. The Marchioness of Cholm on d e l e y, w h o observed the unfortunate young woman w a lki ng about the basin at twelve to o'clock at noon, on hearing of the a b ove c i rcumstance, very f tin i tte determined upon, hu manely sent one of her servants to the Lodge in the Park, where the wretched female was conveyed, and ordered her to be taken care of, for which purpose she was conveyed to the workhouse. It appears that she resided at Holloway, where being in arrears for rent, she was turned out of doors, after leaving behind her what few things she was possessed of as security, and being thus driven to despair, she took the rash resolution of putting an end to her existence. Bo W.,STR EF.T.—(THIS DAY.)---JOhn Hill Wag stag, the person charged with forgery, was again brought up this morning for further exami nation, and the of was crowded to excess. —Sir Itscirtnn BIaNIE asked if any persons present, had fresh charges to snake against the prisoner, in addition to what took place on Saturday last ?—but no one answered. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE said he had put off the final examination until this day, in consequence of a gentleman stating that he would come for ward and prove that he had seen forged checks i n th e prisoner's possession ; that gentleman, however, not attending, he could not delay the proceedings, and if any further charges were to be brought against him, they could do it at the Sessions.--The prisoner was then fully com mitted for trial. We are happy to hear that Mr. SPANKIE, late King's Advocate at Bengal, whose state of health caused him to resign that important office, is returned with his amiable Lady and family, apparently much recovered. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CIIANCIf,RY—(This DAY.) FARQUIIARiON V. BALFOUR.. Lonn CHANcErAott (to Mr. •Agar.)—Talte your Receiver in the case' of Farquharson v. Balfour. Mr. AGAlL—There is a motion for costs, which I will mention by and by. Lu I) CHANCELLOR.-1 grant the Receiver on this groand, that although, if there is any thing due upon a mortgage, generally speaking you do not appoint a Receiver ; but regard being had to the state of facts respecting the conduct of the defendant in this case, from the beginning to the end, I think the appointment of a Receiver in this case is due to the plaintiff, in consequence of the various contradictions to be found in the variety of answers, all of them upon oath ond f camiot collect from the whole of them that this Gentleman cart pledge himself to tire firct, that there is any thing at all due to him; and let it be understood that when I grant. a Receiver I do it upon this principle, that in the whole of my remembrance I have found no case in this Court like the present one, and I hope there never wilt be another like it. (To Mr. Agar.)—Move that about the costs to-morrow. Mr. AGAR.—WiII your Lorthhip be here to morrow ? Lon I) CHANCELLOIt.-Both to-morrow and Saturda y. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. • DEAL, MAncn 24.—Ni r ind N.E.—Sailed the B r it ann i a, Smith, for Madeira. Passed through for the River the Cathe rine, M'lntosh, from India, with two other ships, names un known. Remain the Jack Tar, Anderson, from Jamaica. PoRTSSUOUTH, MARCH 2-1.---Wind N.E.—Arrived the Nimble, Gibson, from London. Sailed the whole of the out ward-bound for their ditnrent destinations. Remains his Ma jesty's ship Maidstone. P Y 01! T tt, MAnc . 23.—Wind.N.W.—Sailed the Per. .severance, Nicells, for St. John's, .\.8.; and several coasters, bound round land. FALMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the John, Eclipse, Sappho, Amit); and Enterprise, from London. Sailed the Marquis of S.disbury packet, for America ; and Provi dence, Chanipit, for Figuera. GRAVESEND, MARCH 24.—Arrived the Kent and General Kyd, from China ; and Miley, Powel, from the South Seas. Sailed the Mary, Harrington, for Honduras • Lov,ly Ann, Blyth, for Paraiba; and Ramble r , H urst, for namburgh. HASTINGS, MARCH 24.-off the port the Cyrus, Hall, 22 weeks from Sandwich Islands. DOVER.; MARCH 24.—Off the port the Royal George, from China. The Adelphi, Stewart, bound to Halifax, was on shore la the Rock Channel, Liverpool, on Tuesday. DREADFUL FIRE AT WOOLWICH. 'feat. rd a y morning, at three o'clock, the town and neighbourhood of Woolwich was thrown into a state of the greatest confusion by an alarm of fire, and scarcely had the alarm been given, when the entire place became illuminated with the flames of the conflagration. It w as i mag i ne d f rom t hi s circumstance tly,t t h e arsenal was on fire, but Cie reficetion•ap peared to Caine fn en the direction of the dock-yard, and the fears of the inhabitants in some degree subsided, as, from the immense stores and combustible materials in the arsenal, damage to an incredible extent would inevitably have occurred. It was soon ascertained that the flames proceeded from the house and pre mises of Mr. CUA.MBERS, baker and flour-factor, in a small cluster of houses called Ashdown, in the parish of • Woelwich, within a few minut es ' wa lk o f t h e d oc k -yard, and in less than ten minutes the whole range of houses composing AShdown presented one grand mass of flames, illuminating the country round for several' miles. Fortunately the inmates were all • aroused and apprised of their danger, and had time to escape with-but a small part of their property, as such was the fury of the devouring element, that it cawinunicatsd from 3.1. r. Cham bers's premises to all around with the most incredible rapidity, and burned upwards, the high wind, in some measure, favour ing its progress. The houses, 14 in number, with an immen sity of out-buildings, being detached from all other dwellings, in a hind of valley, the fire was solely confined to them, butt, from the quantity of burning flakes Of timber and straw, which was continually carried through the air by the wind, which blew very strong from the north-east, apprehensions were entertained for the valuable Government stores that were in the wale house surrounding the dock, but happily not the slightest in , jury was done to them : yet such was the awful nature of the conflagtation, that may persons residing at Ch ar lt on and Greer wich actually imagined half the town of Woolwich was in flames. The marines composing the garrison at. Woolwich, were beat to quarters, and, we understand, five hundred men were placed under arms, but there was no necessity for brirg ing them out, as the danger had subsided very shortly after the first burst of flames : and, in, fact, the engineers did not it,latirnirigkit necessa r y t o b r i ng out the f i re engines, as the flames, destroyed every house, were mouldering slowly away. The first engin e t h at arr i ved wag from Depaiird, and v er y soon after, eight of the London Insurance engines arrived, but they returned in the coarse of the day, there being no occasion for them. There are, in all, 12 houses reduced to ashes, besides several sheds, and sonic hay and straw ricks.— The fire, it is believed, originated either in the stove or the bakehouse, which are parallel on the same floor, but what caus ed it is not yet ascertained. It was fir.it discove re d b y a young man named Kent, who is in Mr. Chambers's employ, and who was awoke by a suffocating smell ; he instantly lot up, and opened the window of his roenr, which was on the third floor of his master's house, and had scarcely returned to his bed before he was alarmed by a loud crash at the bottom of the house, which was followed by a burst or rush, which he thought was water, but on opening the room-door he found it was a torrent of flame and smoke bursting up stairs ; he instantly alarmed his master, and all the family, and having clone . so, attempted to get down stairs himself, bat found it impossible, he then jumped out of a window,.and alarmed the neighbours. Mr. Chambers at this dreadful juncture retained much self possession, and collecting his family, six in number, into Ins first-floor room, closed the door, and flinging a bed into t. 5 .6 street, caused each of his children to jump out ; the two youngest were thrown out. Mrs. Chambers fainted, and was obliged to be lowered into some person's antis. Mr. Chambers had scarcely got into the street when the flames furiously rushed upwards, and burst forth at each window, communicating to the adjoin ing houses of Mr. Parkinson and Mr. Shipt, which were also in a few minutes in flames, as were all the houses back and front. The flames were completely subdued by five o'clock in the morning. Mr. Chambers is partially insured. The loss sus tained is incalculable. We understood the property is mostly insured in the Phtcnix Association. AUDACIOU3 ROBBERY.—An extensive robbery it as committed a few weeks since in the house of Mr. JOSEPH Nicnor.As G.tnuon, reziding at No. 1, 'Upper Ma rylehone-street Fitzroy-squai e, by his servant maid named Moore, w ho had scarcely been in his employ five clays before she complained of illness, and left in consequence, at the same time taking away with her property to a considerable amount, including a valuable gold pin set in diamonds, a silver mug, silver so u p ladle, silk dresses, and a variety of oth e r ar ti c l es. Although escaped until Wednesday, when, from information Buckridge, an Officer, received, he went to her lodgings in Ed en - street, Hampstead-road, and, on searchi ng h er b oxes, a iout ;s everyh, ler however, i„quiry had been instituted t o t race number of duplicates were discovered of the pro perty stolen. The officer theniconducted her before the sitting Magistrate, Enmuso GlliFFurn, Esq., at Marylebone Police-office, where she under went an examination. Part of the property was then produced, which Mr. Garrod instantly iden tified, and the prisoner being sworn to by the pawnbrokers. The Magistrate said the case was clearly made out, and fully committed her to Newgate for trial.