The Sun. — London, England, 1824-02-21 00:00:00

Now has declared that one of the motives for delaying our recognition of the New States, was, that Spain herself might possibly be induced to set the example of the acknowledgment, and that it was only fair to allow her some further time and opportunity for conferring that act of grace and good will upon her lost Colonies. It is now, however, obvious, that the die is irrevo cably cast; and when au answer shall have been received to the last communications from the English Cabinet to that of Madrid, it is to be hoped . that Mr. CANNING, in redeeming his Pledge to. be more explicit with respect to the policy o f t hi s country, will gratify the Public with the annunciation 'that the determination has been taken to recognize. In a letter from an able Correspondent, in our present Paper, the wisdom and expediency of this policy is combat ed--but it is combated by arguments which will not bear examination. The objection taken to an alliance between Great Britain and North Ame rica, for instance, merely because Great Britain is Al onarchical,whilst the United States are Republi can, can be entitled to but little weight indeed when it is considered that the limited Monarchy and free people of England are in alliance with arbitra r y Governments and despotic States, whose In stitutions and characters are infinitely more dis similar to our own than those of our brethren a cross the Atlantic,—the British Nation of North 'America ! The argument derived from the sup- Posed divisions which may exist among the South Americans, and their inaptitude for freedom, "elallears.to us to be still more fallacious. We do I , l ; 3lt bean .to say that no divisions,—no degree i naptitude,—no party, even, that are desi °us of returning to the dominion of Spain, exi; t in Spanish Amoica. On the contrarl .waubelieve that intrigue is actively at work 1 1 ,1""xico and other sections of that vast Conti 4-41t- But it is on that very account that their PeedN recognition by England is of so much im- P . ort ance to the new States, by strengthening and g er iv u i , n h g, confidence to the Independents, and at once r tth i:" n g the hopes both of the emissaries of cor • ' I ° l l fro m E uro p e , an d of the persons in Arse f.esea se t o d whom their insidious projects are ad m. : We are i n f orme d , on au th or i ty - which we cer li-adllY consider not likely to have been imposed ;I ) ", tho ug h we can scarce l y g i ve cre dit to the " etern unication which we are now about to re -14°5 " that an arrangement has actually been concluded between the Governments of London and Madrid, authorizing twelve thousand troops ` 0 be raised in Ireland for the service of FERDr , .. ,4tIDVII. and for the purpose of forming his Body ‘xuard!" The measure would certainly- furnish ' ll /.) l o.yment for that number of the most turbu 'Nit of the Irish peasantry, and it would in other re spects, perhaps, not be bad policy t o h ave a few thous an d British subjects in arms in Spainrwhilst ther e are so many armed Frenchmen in the same to tiutry ; but still, notwithstanding these con liderations, and we may add, the high and un mpeachable c h aracter of the source from which he information is derived, nothing but the official trotnulgation of the act can fully convince us t hat so extraordinary an arrangement has been actually entered into. Our Readers will see from the letter of OW ZCity Correspondent that the Greek Loan was d in request this m o rn i ng , an d t h at it has reached a high premium. 'We need not 1 ,, a / that we sincerely rejoice at this evidence tl - the credit o f th e G ree k G overnmen t, an d of : l e Powe r f u l mora l f orce w hi ch i t has so justly and nobl y obtained by the heroic exertions of a peo- V e who have burst the bonds of their oppressors, \v" have for ever established their independence. e are en a bl e d to a dd , t h at the Greeks have at l ef t earn e d the respect of the Christian Go 3:,itilreents of E urope, as we lt as the good w i s h es the good will of every liberal m i n d e d man gaanrearnittee re cti on _ the world nlu, and th at a pro j ect f or t h e per of a Greek State, under the ae riousl the great Powers of Europe, now - ""Pies their respective Cabinets. CITY, Twelv e o' Clock.—Consols opened at 911. Soon after they were done at i) and rose again 9111, at which price they remain steady, with ~0t much business dohig,_ Pt el ' A Ile CHANCELLOR of teEAcnEQuEa's plan concerning the Old Four r Cents. has not had any effect on the Market, „ e ing already anticipated. U p to t hi s h our Id o hear of any Expresses having arrived from „4ris, consequently we are v o id o f i n f orma ti on i n ci ty . le • acteor MARKET. --The chief business in ilabove Market thi s morn i ng was in the Greek i t 4 ,1 1, Which opened at 2-.1 2-.lper cent. premium, . I ` l , get up to •Spanish Bonds o p e n e d at 4,,", went up t o t 1-, with littl e d o i ng i n t h em . 1\1; 41. °f the Foreign Securities are dull. The mu 'Colombian Loan, which is coming out, is 14:' O ught after, and we understand one of the -is w i n be closed this morning. ' ' '' C ' l : 1 -ACT OF A LETTER FROM PARIS, (c DATED FEB. 16, 1524. flea : k J' he King's Speech to Parliament has justi- Pre, the hopes and expectations of those who de n l'o: t e'd a premature collision with the Europea n av o i d ; upon the subject of Spanish America. rk.cull e et the offensive language adopted by the 4 bpi "o f the United States, while it avowed trds. equally effective and equally uncompr In g• That the strew, expressions of the PRE' viENT'S IVl "sage to Con,ress were echoed by 111. voice of the l e gislature, was by no means , rP6sin g' be cause We know that all popular as h ees resn o ., "PUI U U to sentiments in unison with 14)4 far passions; but 'whenever war and its taxtai pr,3' c'r speculative advantages, contrasted ..w.iet conieellt Peace and continued prosperity, shall 1: s ubject of grave consideration, we shall . rePeat, the Members of the American %tigress sudcienly alive to the difficulties of tl si t i: e : t ) and Wisely re a dy t o procrastinate the t inu / t ; fl 'ut to abandon, a premature determina: te tit j 5' declaring their interference, as they th, € . (1 (.1 in the Greek cause, incompatible with 4( T r it ef their institutions. 441 are ,s_People of t h e U nited States are well 4441 t Without the Co-operation of Great Britain, who must he theirA.r.tx rrELAMON, they dare not offer more than their protest as an im pediment to the re-conquest of Spanish America. It is therefore mere verbiage when they talk of their opposition to continental policy, calcu lated, I repeat, solely for effect ; and the refusal of the krerican President to communi cate to Congress the overtures he has received from European powers upon the subject, lest it should compromise the public interest, is a species Of political coquetry. If the United States should, single-handed, oppose France (supposing the French Government inclined to support the Spanish cause in South America), their success against the superior navy and resources of France is very problematical indeed ; the French people therefore smile at Brother JONATHAN'S angry tone and his empty threats. The .French Admini stration is too much occupied with their embryo Legislature to be able to devote, at this moment, much time to foreign affairs; but if the result of their present struggle with their opponent, for power, shall continue them in office, you will find that the cause of legitimacy, in the Cabinet, is not dead but sleepeth.' " The French Government has just received a communication from Government with a Decree of FERDINAND who, in compliance with the wishes of the people, it is said, has issued a Pro clamation, giving all the world freedom of trade to Spanish America, subject to equal duties.— This is considered by some as a " sop to Ger berus," will) a view to lessen the opposition of Great Britain to the re-conquest of the Spanish colonies ; but I rather think it has an additional object, namely, to satisfy France, by opening to her the trade of the Spanish Americas, which she could not otherwise enjoy in her present po litical relations with Spain. 64 My opinion with respect to the general situ ation of Spanish America is not in accordance with the many, for I verily believe, from some authority, that their present circumstances, though captivating to the Commercial men o f E ng l an d , are far from auspicions ; and that they want that solidity and character so essential to our deriving national advantage from the intercourse. Spanish America will, for many years to come, be disor ganized, and must endure the evils inseparable from the intermediate state of despotism and freedom, if even she ceases to encounter danger from without. The people of that Continent are not prepared for that degree of freedom which their professed plans of government promise ; they have innumerable difficulties to encounter, and innumerable prejudices to destroy, beyond our ordinary calculations, ere their final arrange ment, the accomplishment of which has been hitherto prevented by the presence of a common enemy ; and in the mean time the various States will absorb by their necessities much of our sur plus capital, and the return of our wealth will be uncertain, and its security doubtful. It is true that our manufactories will be employed, and our commercial energies occupied by them, but the result will prove that the partial benefit is a general evil ; that, like the Loan contracted for the payment of the debt of Austria by British capital, it will be. robbing Peter to pay Paul.' The aggregate of our national wealth will be di minished, and the advantages may hereafter be reaped by others, and particularly by our enter prizing competitors of North America, who are rapidly advancing in cotton and other manufac tures, and about to impose further duties for their protection. 46 It is to me, I confess, astonishing, that the people of England can imagine the South Ame ricans are to be so suddenly divested of their characteristic habits of apathy and indolence, and as rapidly matured with all the enterprize and energy of the people of North America, so as to profit by the various and abundant resources of their country. If such a result is the certain consequence of liberal institutions, how did it happen that Old Spain, with her Ultra liberal Cortes, presented such poverty of spirit, and such supineness in action ? Every plan of their projection, and every measure of their adoption, bespoke the unaltered and proverbial character of their nation; and the Spanish Americans generally have these vices of their Parent State, increased, if pos sible, by the enervating influence of a climate less propitious to moral and physical exertion. As an exception does not negative the rule, the example of energy, displayed by some indivi duals, does not impeach the truth of this con clusion against them. " With respect to the question of a projected alliance with North America in aid of the Spa nish Colonies, I must lament its possibility. To wards the people of the States I feel a strong at tachment ; they are scions of our parent stern, their courage and their enterprize demand our admiration, and make us proud of a common ori gin ; but I deprecate, on behalf of the British Government, a political association of Monarchi cal England with Republican America, and I should deplore the circumstances of a connection more intimate than the one which now exists, as pregnant with the greatest danger to our fu ture welfare. Lot us extend to the United States the utmost courtesy, and let our sentiments towards them be love and liberality, but let us avoid the influence of their morals and their man ners. There is, I admit, a leaven of excellence in the United States, but compared with the mass of population its quantity is insignificant, and its progress lamentably difficult and slow. Time will subdue probably the crudities of their natures, and render them more worthy of our respect and affection. " With the views I entertain on the question of Spanish America, you will not be surprised that I hail his Majesty's Speech to Parliament as a pledge that England will not engage, unless her interests are attacked, in a war with the Con tinent of Europe ; for though we must, as Eng lishmen, wish success to the cause of Spanish America, our national policy forbids our inter ference. A few years will determine, with the continuance of their present successes, whether the Spanish Americans are worthy of independ ence, and capable of maintaining it. If they are not divided in sentiment respecting the advan tages derivable from their separation from Spain, and the creation of new Institutions, not all the combined Powers of Europe can subdue them; if, on the contrary, they have yet to !cam the value of liberty,twenty thousand Spanish soldiers will re-unite them to Old Spain. By delaying therefore the recognition of their independence, we do the Spanish Americans no injustice, we deny them no substantive benefit. We practice only that prudent caution and reserve which the magnitude of the subject demands, our sense of justice requires, and our dignity as a nation imposes." [From t7,c Memorial Bordclth.] W e learn from St. Pierre (Martinique), that a party of the Militia have been disarmed, and that the same measure has been resorted to at Fort Royal. Four hundred troops, which arrived from France, came in good time to reinforce the garrison. Fifteen Mulattos were arrested the moment the plot was discovered, and put on board a French frigate in the Bay of St. Pierre, on the day that the above arrest took place. On the 23d December, at eleven o'clock at night, a Mulatto, named Germain Saint Aude, threw himself into the sea, and being expert at swim ming, he escaped. We understand that the KING has been gra ciously pleased to make a munificent donation to wards the establishment of an Infant School at Brighton, under the auspices of Mr. lons SMITH, M.P. on the model of Mr. OWEN'S Infant School at New Lanark. These institutions are now ra pidly multiplying throughout the country. That in Westminster, established by Mr. BROUGHAM and a few of his friends,' was recently visited by the Countess of LivEttroor., who, we believe, was much gratified by the interesting scene which it presented. At last we can present our readers with that Decree of FERDINAND VII., of which so oft a ' note of preparation had been sounded in the Journal des Dj'bats. The Decree, in truth, proves to be any thing rather than that which its pre vious character would have induced simple con. fiding people to expect. It is NOT a Decree to ope❑ a free commerce with the Spaniards of the trans-Atlantic continent. On the contrary, it is a Decree to tell the world that Old Spain will prohibit that commerce so soon as she shall possess the means of prohibiting it ef fectually ; and that she only allows it now, because its prevention is beyond her power.— We rejoic e very much at this premature disclo. sure• it tells the commercial world what it has to expect ; it leaves the willing or intentional dupes no ground to stand upon, and offers a defence to their opponents. It makes it clear to all the world that South America must now be free-- must be mistress of her own municipal policy and foreign relations, or that she must be the mere fief of the wise re s ERDINAND—as much his pro perty as the petticoat which he is said to have made and embroidered with his own hands, and put round th e statue of the Virgin :MARY.— ( Tim es .) 1 His MAJESTY.----An amusin g lit t l e d a ily publi cation, entitled, The Minerva and Fashionable • Gazette, appears to confirm the report that HIS t a o r t k } i MoA v .ie Est. Ga ran T y. to visit D rur y -l ane , C nand the Op era -H ouse . Yesterday morning the Duk e an d D uc h ess o f CA and proceeded CE left Bushes P e Kin's Palace, at in th e i r t rave lli ng Kensington, on a visit t o the Duchess of KENT. g The Royal Duke proce e d e d to his residence in the King's Palac e , St. James's. . carriage, LnEN The Duchess of GLoucesnit visited the Duke of CLAEENCE yesterday afternoon. The Duke of CLARENCE, about three o'clock, went to Greenwich, on a visit to the Governor of the Hospital, Srr RICHAR D K EATs . DIIKE OF KENT'S STA TIIE.---TtliS day at eleven' o'clock the Statue of his ;loyal Highness, erected at the top of Portland Place, was opened to the public. On this occasion the Comptroller of the Household of the Duchess, and several friends of his Royal Highness were present. This Statue forms a noble object, and the situation is well chosen.—lt is of bronze, representing the Duke in his Parliamentary Robes, and supported on a pedestal of granite. THE ORPHAN TAx•—The secret history of the origin of this Tax was not stated by any person, yesterday, at the meeting for the improve ment of the streets of the metropolis.— ' A reference .to the Journals of the House of Commons will shew, that the then Master of the Rolls, and several Members of the House, were expelled for receiving bribes from the Corpora tion of London for their votes and support of the Bill which imposed this Tax on the metropolis. The Act of Queen ANN, mentioned by Alderman WOOD, for building Churches, had no relation , to it, which had long since expired, and the duty , imposed by it carried to th e C onso lid a t e d Fund. • ___ SIR WILLIAM BEECHY.----We sincerely regret that a very illiberal attack upon the professional talents of this Gentleman recently appeared in a Morning Paper. It is lamentable that men of great genius and exemplary domestic worth should be thus subject to anonymous hostility.— But the professional reputation of this excellent artist and estimable man cannot be affected by such attacks ; for while he continues to enjoy the patronage of the most distinguished pe rso n ages in the country, b e ma y bid defiance to the despicable assaults of ignorance, malevolence, and invidious competition. THE SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS.-The Anniversary Meeting of this excellent Institution was held yesterday, at Bow Church, when the Bishop of EXETER preached a most admirable sermon, pointing out, in a most powerful and luminous manner, the great objects of the Institution. In the course of the sermon, he took occasion to notice the proposed Ecclesiastical Establishments in the British West Indies, and pointed out, in a strain of chastened eloquence and pious zeal, the important advantages which cannot fail to result to all classes of the public in those settlements. We hope this admirable discourse will be FORTHWITH printed, and that in future the Society's transac tions will be published during the Sitting of Par liament. (t4 ;c' tTsi t' - • 111; w f r‘ ,) e t. 4 ( 4, l „ k ft , 0' 4 - thA S 1 oy 1-4 fr s ' I I • Z'r THE KING. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Count Munster, at his house in Grosvenor-place, from Brighton ; Earl of Carnarvon, from his seat in Berks ; the Bishop of Worcester, from Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire; Sir George Wombwell, Bart. from his seat in Suffolk ; Hon. Mrs. Robinson, at her house in Privy-gardens, from her seat, Dunford, near Salisbury ; Mr. and Mrs. Waldron, at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, from Bath ; Major and Mrs. William son, at ditto, from Southampton : Mr. and Mrs. Becher, at ditto, from their seat in Berks ; John Beaumont, Esq. at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, from the seat of Lord G. H. Cavendish, in Sussex ; Sir John Frederick, Bart at ditto, from his seat, Burwood Park, Surrey; the Hon. Thompson Van !tack, at ditto, from his seat in Suffolk; the Hon. Andrew Windsor, at ditto; from Brighton; Colonel Aubrey, at ditto, from his seat in Berks. POETRY. TO A LADY, On exchanging Pencil-cases. Thanks for your pretty pencil-case, Bestow'd with so much gentle grace.— " To change is not to rob," you said ; But for this change you're ill-repaid ; .A.73d though I own the saying true, I feel I'm really robbing you. And you, indeed, might well complain, For you've the loss, and I the gain ; But that your liberal heart will burn A favour aiways to return. Glad that my trifle you would take, I wish'd you no return would make : Mine, a poor bit of silver ore, Contain'd a pencil, and no more ; Your's, form'd upon an ampler plan, Comprizes useful things for man: A tooth-pick, pencil, pen, and knife;— And though these articles are rife, Yet so compact the shape and size, The whole may well be deem'd a prize. Time of some teeth has me bereft, But he has not one colt's-tooth left. The little instrument is neat, I hope 'twill serve on many a treat. I'll ne'er the pen or pencil use, But some good counsels to diffuse. The knife, whate'er it cuts beside, Our friendship never can divide; For none your merits can transcend, As daughter, sister, wife, and friend ; And since those merits will endure, As firm a friendship they secure. L ong as shall last my earthly race, I'll 'mid what most I value place Pen, pencil, toothpick, knife, and case. THE THEATRE. DRURY-LANE.—The admirers of our great dramatic Bard must see with regret and indigna tion that some of his best and most popular works have been mangled into Operas, by some anonymous scribbler, who must of course be utterly destitute of talents for original composition. Another offence of the same na ture has been made upon The Merry JVives of Windsor, which was last night brought forward at this Theatre with similar improvements. We should be surprized that the Managers could tolerate such outrageous assaults upon the works of a Poet, whose very name is identified with our national reputation, if this were not a musical age, and if they were not constantly at a heavy daily expellee, and consequently obliged to sacrifice to the degenerate taste of the public. We must acknowledge, however, that the additions to this comedy are less offensive than in most of the pre ceding violations of the Great Bard's immortal productions, as it has brought forward the musical talents of great performers, who would otherwise have had no opportunity of displaying their powers on the present occasion. The play, however, was well cast, and in general well represented. DOWTON was excellent in Fa/SAY, WALLACK very good in Ford, and GATTIE characteristic in Dr. Galas. Fenton is an unimportant part, and re ceived due support from BRA lIAIS,W hile he enriched it with the full exertion of his musical powers, par ticularly in " A Lover's eyes can gaze and Eagle blind," the original music of which is highly cteditable to Mr. PARRY, the Composer. Miss STEPHENS was Mrs. Ford, and though the part requires more theatrical powers, yet she was lively and adorned the part with her beautiful musical taste. The same may be said of Miss CUBITT, who was th►e substitute for Mrs. VESTRIS, in Mrs. Paze,and who gave no reason to regret the change. The rest of the characters were tolerably well supported. The new scenery of Windsor Castle, and of many views iu the vicinity of that grand national edifice, were beautiful and honourable to the taste of the Managers, as well to the talents of the artists. The only apology that can be made for the mangler of Shakspeare's dramas is, that the songs which he introduces are derived from various works of our unrivalled Poet. Upon the whole, though the piece is thus subject to critical censure for truncation s and interpolations, it constitutes a very gratifying treat for the public altogether, and throughout received the full sanction and warm applause of a very numerous audience, by whom several of the airs, duetts, &c. &c. were loudly and almost generally encored. WINDSOR, FEB. 20.—Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, his MAJESTY has not taken his usualdrive in the Park this day. From the same cause, his Majesty has been prevented'from seeing the deer turned out at Langley Broom, as he intended. This day his. Majesty has a large party at dinner at the Palace. Amongst the company invited are— Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, Dowager Duchess of Leeds. Lady Mary Taylor, the French Ambassador, General Wynyard, and many distinguished personages.—The band of the Royal Horse Guards has received orders to be in attend- ' ance.—On Wednesday, the Dowager Duchess of Leeds arrived on a visit to her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, at Frogmore. SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA.. The following_ is a complete copy of FERDI NAND'S decree respecting South America, from the Madrid Gazette of - the 12th instant. The Etoile.from'which we yesterday copied the do cument, had omitted or misinterpreted a part of the preamble " By my Royal decree of the 3d and 20th of October, published at Xeres and Seville, and by my Royal resolution adopted with the advice of the Supreme Council of the Indies, under date of the 25th of December, 1823, I have ordained the abolition of the regime called 'Constitu tional,' in my dominions beyond seas, and established there my Government on the footing on which it stood on the 7th of March, 1820, in the same manner as'in the Peninsula. " Although these deterMinations concerned only the interior regime of these provinces, with out making any mention of trade and navigation, which before and after the 7th of March, 1820, existed nearly on the same footing as they do at present, I have nevertheless been pleased, by my Royal order of the 4th of January last, expressly to order all the respective authorities to make no change in this matter, and to preserve the direct commercial relations with foreigners, which in several places existed by the authority of the local chiefs, and in others had been authorized and permitted by me, in conformity with the ad vice of the Council of the Indies, before the year 1820. '‘ In this state of things, and desirous that the said order of the 4th of January should receive all the necessary publicity, 1 have convoked a Junta of Councillors of the Indies, under the presidency of the Duke de Montemar, as well as my Council of Ministers, to whom 1 have joined two commissions, the one of the Council of State, and the other of the Council of the Indies. After hearing them, and conformable to their ad vice, I have thought proper to decree, and do de cree as follows : " 1. A direct commerce shall be maintained in my American dominions with foreigners, subjects of the Powers which are the allies or friends of Spain ; and the merchant -vessels of these Powers shall be admitted to traffic in these ports in the same manner as they are in those of my dominions in Europe. " 2. A decree of law shall be issued to regulate this coat coerce, and to determi ne t h e ports which shall be open, as well in the Gulfof Mexico and the Islands, as in the Pacific Ocean. There shall be established custom-houses, where duties on im portation and exportation shall be imposed, on the footing of equality among the subjects of th e sa id Powers. " 3. Ther e sall, in like manner, be determined by regula tions on this matter, what advantages, preferences, and fran chises, should be granted to Spanish trade, navigation, agri-• culture, and industry. " 4. Till the two foregoing articles can receive their perfect execution, there shall be no innovation in the actual state. of the commerce of America, and it shall be assimilated in other points to what is practised with regard to the Island of Cuba." If The Americ an S pan i ards will see in this resolution a fresh proof of my strong desire to increase their prosperity; the European Spaniards, the firm r eso l ut i on to secure to them the tranchises and privileges to which they have a right; the b ee fide traders of all countries, the intention of preserving and fa vouring existing mercantile relations, and the advantageous em. ployment of their capitals ; and, lastly, friendly and allied States and Sovereigns, a public testimony of the price I attach to the preservation of the harmony and good understandii:g which unite us. (Signed) " FERDIN AND. • (Countersigned) " Count OPALIA, Minister of State. At the Palace, F e b. 9." MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FEB. 20.—Wind N.E.—No arrivals or sailings.— Remain his Maje s ty' s s hip R am illi es. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 20.--Wind Westerly.—Sailed the Mary Ann, Martin, for Mexico; and Vigilant, Christie, for London. The Duke of Bedford, Cunningham, for Madras, remains. FALMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Wind S.E. by S.—Arrived the following outward-bound vessels from London, viz. :—the Julius, Lady Harwood, Ruby, Nelly, and John; also the Dorothea, and York Merchant, from Shields. PLYMOUTH, FEn. 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Release. from Shields, for Charente; and Helen, Wilson, from Terciera. LIVERPOOL, FEn. 19.—Sailed the Cossack, and Brilliant Star, for M aran h am ; Caledonia, Bispharn ; and - Campbell, f or D emerara; Agnes, Wilson, for Gibraltar; and Blossom, Williams, for Genoa. HAnw ICH, FEB. 20.—The Malvina, Sievwright, from Shields to Southampton, got a groun d on the Platters, and was brought in here leaky. A smack (name unknown) had agreed to keep a-head of the Malvina, and 'conduct her through a dan gerous channel, and when close in the wake of the smack she struck on the above shoal, and made signals of distress, but her conductor paid no attention to them, and proceeded. The Joseph, Bodfish, from Philadelphia to Londonderry, was totally wrecked the 9th inst. at North Uist ; part of the cargo expected to be saved, The Mayflower, Jones, from Plymouth to Penzance, was abandoned the 11th instant, being in a sinking state. The Calypso, Phillips, from Cork to London, has put into Scilly leaky, and it is feared must discharge. Yesterday the dispatches for Bengal and China, by the ship Sir David Scott, were closed at the East India Rouse, and de ivered to the Purser of that ship. Died, yesterday, at the house of her son-in law, Mr. HAWES, Adelphi-terrace, Mrs. Mot, LIN El, a Lady of the most amiable arid exem plary character, who had long been a victim to a lingering illness, which sh e bore with fortitude and true Christian patience, and whose death is deeply lamented by her family and a numerous train of friends, by whom she had long been esteemed for her excellent understanding and do mestic virtues. GENERAL QUIROGA.—'Phis patriotic character has met with marked attention in this country. He is represented as of mild and unassuming manners. He is 35 years of age, of dark com plexion, and speaks a little English. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND — SPRING MEETING, 1324. THURSDAY.-EXTRA. Sweepstakes of 200 sov. each, h. ft. D.M. Duke of Grafton's Posthuma, 13st. 61b. Duke of Rutland's Scarborough, 7st. 101 b. Duke of Grafton's Cinder, 7st. 91b. Fl uNTr NG INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. The Quorndon Hounds, on Monday, at All ex t on ' Tuesday, at Arnesby • Wednesday, a t Old J o h n, Bradgate Park; Thursday, at Eringt'on ; and on Saturday, at Prest wold. Mr. Dewing's Hounds, en Monday, at Shelton ; Wednes day, at Arborough ; and on Clintergate. • The Union (Norfolk) Harriers, on Monday, at Norton -street; Wednesday, at Arborough Church ; and on Friday, at Pall ing Dove. )Ir. Muster's Hounds, on Monday, at 'fallow Hills ; Tues day, at Purser' s Hills ; Thursday, at K e l niars h ; and on Fri day, at Duston. The Warwickshire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Compton Verney ; Tuesday, at Farborough House ; Thursday, at Uf tonWood ; and on Saturday, at Elveston Pastures. The East Essex Fox Hounds, on Monday, Yeldham, White Hart. The Surrey Harriers, on Monday, Wednesday, and Satur day, at Kennel. ........ -..-•-+ leside ranc, lere ana and nand ship abie. 7;ild tack- Lt in. , re -Pc- abie• ite tions part, 3m re- 3olce Gal Idec ianK :red. tin. f I ,- 11