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by the lonians with the utmost sorrow and re.-1 Bret, for they certainly loved and respected him.' 'We understand that his remains were buried in t he same bastion, at . . Malta, _which contains the ashes of the memorable Sir'Ralph Abercrombie. In the Greek 'churches a Katafalco was raised to his honour, and regular funeral ceremonies per-. formed, amongst which. the oration most-deserv ing notice .was-rernarkable for the effect it had On the hearers.. I send you a translation. The Orator was Count Sparadin Bulgari-,• a-nobleman of one l of the first families of . [Extract of a Letter from'Getioa of the . P.ltit inst..j " Positive intelligence has just been received, that several 'armed vessels with signals . of' war, have sailed from the port of Algiers, and that their crews, previous to their 'departure, an nounced openly, that they were going to chase all -Spanish vessels they could meet with. The Algerin e populace thronged to the .port in crowds to witness the departure of the tessets, and hail ed them with repeated cheers. The Barbarians boast that they will soon cliace the vessels of other nations from which they expect. valuable 1 booty." Aftwun, FEB. 16.—A convention has been ' concluded between . ti,ieFrench arid Spanish Go- Verntnents, in 'virtue of Which, France will hare ' a free trade to the llavannah for a certain titoe. A. multitude of rumours are in circulation. It I ".'i is said that some it lgerine-vessels have effe . cted a 4 lauding near Malaga, and Montril, where they !:s Nye made a rich bootY,. arid. .carried off some Wealthy. individuals. It is rumoured' that, upon t he same points, the English have disembarked considerable quantity of arms., It is sa id t h at t h e . d e fi n itive treaty for the occup a tion of Spain has been signed for .4 years ; 40,000 men will remain in the country, and the Spanish. Government will pay France c 2,000,000 ,4 francs per• month, which will form the immense ttmount of 96 millions. By a decree of the King of the Netherlands, dated February 10, the Regeocy of Brussels has been re-organized. CITy, Twelve o'Clock.--Consols opened this morning at 931,-4 and soon after were done at 94, hut again declined to 931- 7 8 - for the Account; and for Money 9311, with a very brisk market, and a great deal of business doing, particularly in the Money Market for to-morrow. The Express frotp Paris brings' the French Rentes at 3 o'clock on Saturday, 100 f. SOc., and at 4 o'clock.,,lolf. 25c.--Spanish 244. —l,l- tyit - tio , ..l . lkelAnitn-.LTh e above Market oPen:, • e d this morning in Mexican Scrip at 7i. to 8, and went up to 91. Greek is in request at 3.. There was also some business in most of the Foreign •, Securities. •We have undertaken to account for the extra ordinary assumption that has been put forth by, . . the 'spuriOus school in Petitical Economy, and which has been so solemnly sanCtioned,notwith t standing its utter fallacy, by a.Committee of the :House of Commons, viz. " That the , principk of Pree Trade is universally admittedtobe correct." llow such an assertion could pass unsontroierted the walls of Parliament, is indeed-stir , prising' when we' consider thatit is so few years since Parliament was the theatre of a successful struggle on the part of the Landed Interest for the creation of th e present restrictive, or rather • prohibitory la - xs, ag a i ns t the importation of foreign and colonial corn, and when we con- Sider - that not a Session has since passed over without a renew a l of the conflict be tween the theoretical advocates of the ge neral principle, and one or more of the classes of practical men whose interests are endangered by the threatened application of the general Principle to their particular concerns ! It is true that - the Members of the Legislature, in de termining to exclude foreign agricultural produce from an unrestricted competition with the produce or ou r own soil, and in thus boldly setting aside that general :prinCiple which has become. so fashionable 7 were induced to come to that wise and salutary decision, which was then ably con tended for even by the present CHANCELLOR of the Excnr.etrEit himself, •because they were all so thoroughly acquainted with the tnerits•of the particular case made out. for the Agriculturists, as to be perfectly convinced that the application of the general Principle to their concerns, must be attended by the inevitabl e ruin of the culti yators and proprietors of the soil, and through them, of the best interests and the safety of the stale. Very well ! We' of course admit without hesitation that the particular merits of the case I nade,out for the Agriculturists constituted a full a nd complete exception to the general principle. "'Jut the. establishment of tile exception at once SUb Tertsthe universality of the rule, and proves . that • legislation ought in no Case to proceed upon th e genera! principle, but in all cases upon the particular merits. That great proportion of our population which is not connected with apiculture, was almost unanimous in its opposition to the Corn Laws, and in clamouring, on the principle of free trade, for the unrestricted importation of foreign corn. This short-sighted and injudicious cle- . mour contributed more than any thing else to impress the minds of, theorists with the fallacious idea that the accuracy of the principle of free trade is generally admitted. The clamourers, however, Dilly contemplated the application of 'the general principle to. the trade in food, because they Supposed , that it was their inte rest to have food supplied to them at the lowest possible price ; end— the very same persons who were • thus apparently enthusiastic in their advocacy of. the general principle, would have started with horror at a proposition for applying the same generate to their . own particular concerns, - because they know that in most ,of their own concerns, of the . . prattical condition of Which they are well informed, the applicatiOn of the general prin-1 ciple -would be productive of the inevitable ruin '! of them-and their families. The Silk Manufac turers, during ,the last Session of . Parliament, 1 were strea'uous advocates for the- general priu ciple- of free trade, because it was.'their sup posed interest that they should be able, by the repeal of all legal restrictions, to beat down the wages. .of their journeymen.— The very same Silk Manufacturers, hOWever, have already petitioned Parliament. against the principle of free trade, because Mr. ROBINSON has proposed to admit -foreign manufactured silks into:, the British market !—Lord MIL TON and Agriculturists are friendly to the prieciple . of free trade, when it is pro , posed to repeal' the laws for preventing the ex portation of. British Wool, because the Agricul turists believe that' foreigners ,would pay an enhanced price for the peculiar wool of this country.. But Lord MILTON and the Agri culturists are hostile to the same principle of free trade, whenever it is proposed to re peal the dirties on the importation of foreign corn, because they know that the. free ad mission of foreign . corn would speedily effect the ruin both of the land-owners and the fariners ! Thus, when' the application of the gene'rnl prin ciple of freedom of trade is successively proposed to the parties who imagine that they themselves' would he benefited by the particular ap plications proposed, there is an universal ,:aeletst— or acknowledgment of its wisdom ; and thus, when its application is successively particul ar c on c e rns a n d int e rests proposed to the of the various classes of the people, there •is an , universal denial of the accuracy of the principle, and an universal protest against its application to branches of industry, the parties embarked in each of which are ready to prove .an' exception in their own case upon the particular merits! We have therefore shewn how the supposed universal , recognition of the general principle has been obtained ; and we have proved that, the fallacy upon this subject is so complete, that that very principle which is erroneously said to be universally admitted, is, onthe,contrary, and in fact, universally denied! Even the Journey men Printers who petitionedtheOthe r day in fa vour of the free emigration of artisans and - the free exportation of machinery, would he startled at a proposition to admit forelgn'printed books into the English market,—a measure which would soon be - followed by the prititing of all our standard works, and even of most.of our new publicetions; being executed on the 'Continent ! —This subject is altogether of such vital import ance to every class of the people, and' to the in terests and security 'of the Empire, that we shall feel it our duty to . continue its discussion in one `or more,.ef our -succeeding papers. • -" - In one of ourpreceding articles we have stated that the greatest alarm would be produced in the clothing districts by the GRA NcELLoit of the Ex- CIIEQUER'S proposal to permit the free exporta tion of British wool, and we see that a public meeting has already been held at Bradford, at which the following, amongst other Resolutions, were passed : " Resolved.—First, That this Meeting contemplates with the greatest alarm the proposition of his Majesty's Ministers to allow the. exportation of British Wool. -" Second, That the long Wool of the United KingdOM is an article of 'vital importance to this Nation, from the circum stance that no Wool of a Similar quality, and adapted. to the same purposes, can be found in any other country. " Third, That the loNi rate of labour and other expencesin Foreign Countries, when.compared with those at home, ren ders it certain, that as soon as British long Wool is permit ted to be exported in . its raw state, our export trade in Worsted.StUffs will forthwith cease, and thereby great numbers of industrious mechanici; will be deprived of the means of sub sistenee, and a great amount of capital vested in machinery and commerce, will be either totally lost, 'or rendered wholly un productive, so as to cause the ruin of numbers who are now engaged in that branch of trade. " Fourth, That a petition be presented to the Honourable the House of Coinmons, and also a Memorial to the Board of Trade, praying that the Petitioners and Memorialists may be heard before a Committee of the House of Commons, or the Right Honourable the Council for Trade' and Foreign Planta tions, before any alteration takes place in the existinglaws, and that the Members for the County be requested to present such Petition and Memorial." Mr. Sergeant ONsLow's Bill for the abolition of the Usary Laws appears to us to be pregnant With incalculable mischief. We respect the cha- racter and talents of the Honourable. Mover, but we think his mind has suffered a fatal bias on the subject, a subject of the deepest interest to the community at large. We refer to the article in the Morning Post of this day. among our Daily Extracts from the Morning Journals, (a settled feature in our Paper, which we find to be generally interesting and satisfac tory) for a brief but emphatic exposition of the vital perils likely to attend this Measure if car ried into effect. It is followed by an extract frOm the Morning Herald of, this day,l which, by its juxta-position, will enable our Readers to form a. just 'conception , of the question.-- Perhaps we may properly quote the follow in passage from The School for Scandal, on the occasion, in favour of the USURY LAWS in general, as it was written by an Author whose enlightened mind as a Statesman, as well as his genius as a dramatist, may well entitle him to the attention or the public on this momentous topic :--,- " Sir Peter.—But, Mores, would you not have him run out A little against the .rbtrw;ts/ Billy That would be in character, I should think. Ai - at r.—Very much. Healey.—And lament - that a'ytung man now must be at years of discretion before he is suffered to ruin himself ? , ' itfores.—Ay,great pity ! " Sir Peter. And abuse the public for allowing merit to an Act, whose only object is to snatch misfortune and:imprudence from the rapacious gripe of Usual', and gire the 7112 .or a chance of iniariting his estate without being undone by coming into possession." We received last night Bayonne'Papers to the 22d ult. They' confirm the report that the French Ambassador at Madrid had possessed sufficient in fluence to cause the decree of amnesty to be recal led, as likely " to lead to prosecution* rather than to establish union and concord in the nation."— These Papers also bring a report that Oviedo was in the hands of the Constitutionalists, and that the insurrection in Gallicia was becoming general. KING'S THEATRE. The return of CATALAxr to this Theatre on Saturday night, after an absence of ten years, not froM public performances in general in the Metropolis, but - on .this pa;•ticular spot, naturally excited intense cariosity. The Managers, much.' to their credit, in order to avoid the danger of an eager rush for admission, directed that the. doors should be generally opened at six o'clock. The House was almost immediately filled, and many were -wholly . disappointed Who camp at the usual period of entrance. The I space between the orchestra and the pit, and all the passage round the latter were, completely occupied, and many elegant females found no beaux gallant enough to surrender the situation which an early arrival enabled them to obtain. Th. Opera was Il Fanatic° per la Alaska, and CATALANI performed the part of Aristea. The Opera is too well known, and her former excel lence too well recollected, to render any elabo rate. description necessary. 1.t. - • is-sufficient to say that she acquitted herself with undiminished eclat. Her executive brilliancy could not be in creased, and it was on this occasion as .perfect to f orce , rapidity, and articulation, as ever. her person is somewhat larger, but. not at the e xpellee gracefel acti on . Her entrance 'ardent a b urs t o f a p. wa s marked by as heard' in a theatre, and plause as ever was its repetition evidently atr,nted her to weeping gratitude. When she recovered her powers they were exerted with full elrect, and it was impos sible that any person could feel disappointment, but rather the most entir e satisfaction and I ap e - sure. One of our competitors says, this day, that she_ elevated her voice to the " topmost acme of ascent." we should have thought acme sufficient, without the topmost or ascent. Another says, " one might believe that her threat was a nest of nightingales." This is au unlucky conception, for nightingale woul d i nterrupt anot h er, produce co n f us i on i nstea d o f liar isunrdeltyheo,nveholy. mony. But the same critic cures the objection by observing, that her voice swelled into such force, that one tone, " lik e the r o d (not serpent) in in e fable, (not scripture) swallowed all the rest.' A rod with a power of deglutition is really phenomenonphenomenon.We wish th a t some c'good natured friend" would translate these panegyrics to CATA LANI, that she might know how much inventive genius has been employed in rapport of her ex traordinary talents. At the end of the Opera, she was called for again that she might receive au addi tional tribute of universal admiration. She was led on by the Manager, and again was nearly over powered by her gratefUl feelings. DE BEGNis, next to CATALINI,CXCited warm applause. by his accurate science, his characteristic. precision, and his dry and quaint humour. CARADOnt, with the addition of ALLEN to her name, appeared to advan- I tage, but•the overwhelming powers of CATALANI threw her, as %veil as -Cuatom, into the shade, though they both sung well. The whole was, however, an admirable treat, and the Managers seem to have insured success to the season by the engagethent of one' of the most wonderul Per formers- that' ever appeared in the regions of music. Saturday morning early, Mr. tae o, an Italian courier, arrived at the Foreign-Office, Downing-street, with dispatches from Sir WILLIAM A'CouRT, our Ambassador to Spain. Cabinet Council assembled in consequence at three o'clock, at the Foreign-Office, which was attended by the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Westmorland, Mr. Peel, Mr. Can ning, Earl Bathurst, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Wynn, Lord Bexley, 'Viscount Sidmouth, &c. _ _ Yesterday, at three o'clock, another Cabinet Council met, which continued. in a protracted sitting till near six o'clock. There were present, 'the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Westmorland, the Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Peel, Mr. Canning, Earl Bathurst, the Duke of Wellington, the Chancellor Of the Exchequer, Mr. - Wynn, Mr. Huskisson, Lord Bexley, and Viscount Sidmouth. • On Saturday evening Prince Luopot.o arrived at the King's Palace at Kensington, to dine with the Duchess of Kent ; afterwards his Royal Highness accompanied his Royal Sister to the Italian.OpFra.—Vesterday morning Prince Leopold attended DiVine Service at St. Philip's Chapel, Wa terloo-place. -1 - Wie- . • , Ttc , ,r , •".- '''-:',t. , A 4 , -„_ , —: , .. , , , ! . r--,....1_,--%: - 5 ,At• :,:-.,,5..t/) .4 1a 7 : '_"' . ) rn.k. ' v q. , , 4 - ifpcjfe.,•; , ..Foiv , , ( 4 54 . g-‘ , r ? -..-: =;, i • / Zi t .r>.'-:•4,_ --41 t" ,-.*;,-,.,.,''=,'k-' , ''c"- - V:., or ' ' • 41 :::0 ' , 5; ,f,;;; , /:=.: . . ~:•:, r•:' - 's'*- - ,4B.tttar - -;,.;1:- ~. ~,,,,,; - ~.ts s .7! -- ---...,, -A \%., , 't , ''t ' + 4.A..' ~.- EP OV --)' ' r, ' •4. ....„, ...,..... • ___ _ ___ ~.._,- - ,„, ~ i, j "..1,- , '•! 4 1 . •. 4 -.A:44., , i- c ,, , ...--0 A ti. THE KING, &c. WlNinon, FEE. MAJESTY had a select party to dinner yesterday evening. This day (Sunday) the King at tended Divine Service at his private Chapel in the Castle. On account of the badness of the weather, there has been no Band on the Terrace this day. The Band of the 75th 'Regiment, after relieving guard, played several select pieces in the Lower Ward. On. Friday the Officers of the Royal Horse Guards gave a grand .dinner party to the Officers of the 75th Regiment, at the Barracks. The Band attended and played until a late hour: • CENOTAPH TO THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.—It iS fOW finally determined to erect the Public Monument to the Me mory of ' the late Princess Charlotte of Wales in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. The spot chosen for the Cenotaph is Urs wick's, or, the Bread Chapel, at the North-west corner of the church, so called from Dr. Christopher Urswick, Dean of Windsor, and joint proMoter with Sir Reginald Bray in finish ing the fabric. There are at present only two tablets in this Chapel, one to the memory of Christopher Urswick, the other to Colonel`Robert Brudeneil, son of the Earl of Cardigan.—A drawing was on Saturday made under the direction of Mr. Matthew Wyatt, Architect, of the intended situation of the 310- nitmentin the'Clipel, which will be immediately submitted for his Majesty's Approval, and there is little doubt but this me morable Monument will be speedily completed. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Tire - Mike of Portland, at his house in St. James's-square, from his seat, Wclbeck, Notts; Sir Edwyn and Lady Stan hope and MisS Stanhope, in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, from Brighton ; the Earl of Lauderdale, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from his seat in Scotland; J. C. Pelliaan,••Eso,. IMP. at ditto, from Essex ; the Duke of Buckingham, at his seat, Avington, Hants, from Stows,, Bucks; Col. Moor, at Reddish7s Howl, Jerrnyn.street, from Paris ; Lady, Bolton, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from her seat in Hants ; • Mrs. 'and .the Misses Mitchell, .at their house in Charles-street, Berkeley-sluare, from Brighton ; Lord Graves, from a tour ; Charles Weston, Esq. M.P. at Thomas's HO tel, Berkeley-square, from - .Esiex ; R. Coffin, Esq. at the. Clar endon. Hotel, Bond -street, from Brighton ; . Capt. Burton, R. N. at the Royal Hot.el,St. James's-street, from Portsmouth. •D EPA a.rtrits..—Sir George and Capt. Nugent,. frOm Red dish's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Bucks ; W . F. Middleton, Esq., from Grillon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Paris; Capt. and Mrs. Mayne, front the Pulteney Hotel, Albeniarle 7 street, for Brighton ; J. Morland, Esq., from the Royal Hotel, - , James's-street, on a tour. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. On Saturday the Chancellor of the Fichequer had a nume rous dinner'party. • The Duke of SKssex entertained the Marquis of Lansdown and, a distinguished party at dinner yesterday at Kensington Palace. The Duke of Wellington entertained his Excellency Baron Pagel. and a large party, at dinner yesterday, at Apsley House, Piccaailv. The lid arquil of Lansdown had a dinner party on 'Saturday et Lansdown House, Berkeley-square. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER MEETING, 1824. s Mr. Wyvil' l ll)7. Y c D . A .Nlar n g E u F is ° , R e E st..VlL E .a '' g t s E t l: S T ir i J N . ° B .- yng's Tra gedy, .ost.-; sov. each, h. ft. St. Ledger course. - Mt. Rus'sel's br. h. Leporello; 5 . yrs old, Ilst. egst Mr. Dui]_ combe's h. ht. .Ledger, yrs' old, 10st. 71b. 400 soy. h. ft.— ' , Three quarters of a mile... Gentlemen .riders. TI.;ESDAIi IN THE MEETING. Mr. Petre's br. c. laenoff, by Smolensk°, otit of Miss Watt, Bst. 71b, ..gst Mr. G. Lane Fox's -bl. c. by Comus, out of Lady Erne, xst. alb. ; Ctt) sov..h. ,ft. Last mile. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. • IILEETINQSI OF.HOUNDS IN THE PF.EIENT His 3lajebty's Stag Hounds, on Friday, at the Magpies, Hounslow Heath. The Earl of Derby's Stag Hounds, on Tuesday, at Ad dington.' • H. Jon*. Esq.'s Fox Hounds, •on "Wednsd.ay, at .Nutfield Cross ; and . on Saturday, at Kennel. The Surrey Tox , Hounds,. on Thursday, at Lirnstield ; and on Saturday, at Crown Ash Hill. • • The Surrey Harriers, on Monday, Wednesday, .and Satur dar, at Kennel. The 3larquia of Tavistock's (Oakley) Hounds, on Tuesday, at Blestee; -Thursday, at Wooton ; and on Saturday, at Haw bury. PIGEON MATCH There was a grand day's pl Midghani's Downs, Berks, bet. and eight from.Oxfordshire, from the trap HANTS. Killed Mr. HarroWhy - 7 Captain Allen - - Mr. Frost - - - 6 Meadows - - 4 Bouverie - - 5 Mellish - - - 4 Hav;,kins - - 4 Harvey - - 4 R 200 SOVEREIGNS. lay at Pigeons on Saturday, on :ween eight Gentlemen of Hants t seven birds each, at 21 yards °X". Killed Mr. Owen - - 7• Joel - - Beaumont - - G Row croft - -i; Beareioft - - • 5 Meadows - - 5 Shield - - ,4 COmins - - 3 After the tie there was much off at three birds each, Hants w even betting, and in shooting it on the match by two birds. PIGEON SHOOTING.—" Othello's occupation's gone!"-- Paxton's beat again ! -Another meeting of the crack-pigeonites of this pigeon-shooting town and neighbourhood, took place at Hewitt's, near Burledon-bridge, on Wednesday last, to decide a ten-guinea match of ten birds each, between Farmer 0. Whitcher and Paxton the gamekeeper (two to be given to Whitcher as. dead birds, in consequence of Paxton's supe riority), and a great concourse of persons assembled to wit ness the sport. The gamekeeper was the . favourite—two to one before starting ; however, at the close of the match, the faces of. the . Paxtonites were considerably lengthen ed ; for Whitcher farmed his stock, while Paxton lost the game, having.grassed only four birds out of the ten ! A sweepstakes followed ; when the first prize was awarded to. Mr. Burnett, the second to Mr. Payne, and the third to Mr. Jar dine, all of Southampton. We must say that, taking the day's shooting throughout, we have not seen a better during the sea son: Several grassed 13 birds out of 16. An excellent dinner, provided by Hewitt, with the necessary appendages—a copious supply of liouids, and no want of ehaf—closed the sport of the day, when the party retired to " home, sweet home," highly delighted.7-(Suuthamptan Herald.) SHOOTING AIATCH The wager between Capt. Ross and Mr. Blunt, was decided on Friday last; at Melton. Capt. Ross was to fire with a piatol, at a card the circumference • of a saucer,-and - tilspended on a stick, at the distance of hity yards ; twenty shots, 201.'t0 1/, on each shot. - He succeeded in hitting it the third, thirteenth , fifteenth, and eighteenth shots,' to the astoniihment Of all pre sent. Several matches at pigeons, by some •of the Gentlemen of the Hunt, conektled the morning'Adiversion.—(Lficcster Journal.) BOXERS. SPRING AT LANGAN - UPON ANY TERMS. The Champion thus briefly replies to Langan's last letter : " I can bear the bullying of this Langan no longer, but will, by the consent of my friends, meet him upon the terms de manded in his last. I will be at Cribb's on Tuesday evening next, at eight o'clock, to stake 1001. and settle the business at once. " T. W. SPRING." The fight between Cabbage and an aspirant for milling fame named Bailey, took place on Monday, near Chipping Sudbury, when after thirty-two hard-fought rounds in fifty minutes, cab bage was declared the conqueror. Mr. FAUCET SAYILLE, the Manager of the Margate Theatre, has recently opened a Public Library, and commenced Bookseller, Stationer, &c. at hams ate. lie is a sound scholar as well as a good poet and an excellent actor. There is little doubt that he will be successful, as the thief inhabitants of that and the neighbouring towns seem well disposed to afford him full com pensation for the ungracious reception and dis appointment which he and his Thespian associates experienced at Sandwich. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FEB. 29.. Wind N.W.—Arrived and sled for the River, the sprightly, Brown, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed the Barclay, Ferrier ; and Vittoria, Forbes, for Jamaica ; Almo rab, Boyde , for Van Diemen 's Land ; Caledonia, Creighton, Teneriffe; Onyx, Laughton, Honduras; Maria Elizabeth, Ormes, Oporto ; and Alexander, Barker, Alexandria. PEY3toirrn, FEB. 20.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Mer cury, M`Nally, from the South Sias : sa;led , from the Cape the 23rd of December. Off the Port the Essex, Barclay, from the South Seas; his Majesty's packet Neptune, from St. Thomas's, was spoken with the 10th inst., in lat. 34. long.-34. 50. • FaEalouTil, FEB. 28.—Wind N. to E.S.E.—Arrived his Majesty's hrig Pandora from Portsmouth, to give convoy to the Mediterranean. Sailed the Benjamin, Byers, for Jamaica ; and tile Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon. Off the Port the Faith, Walker, from Bilboa, in five days. YAR mon:ell, 'FEB: 28.—Xhe Rialto, Sparrow, from New castle, was lost on Harborough'Sand yesterday ; the crew, With • difficulty, saved. , The Vw. Margarctta, , from Amsterdam to Lynn, was stranded the 22nd tilt. on Ameland. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. I. Arrivals in England. Bengal, Madras, and Borninty.—There are no arrivals from any of the Presidencies, or Eastern ports, during the last week. Front St.•Helena.--The. Ranger, Whaler, Capt. May, off Dartmouth, the 21st inst. ; sailed from St. •Heler a the Ist Jan. ' 11. Arrivals from the Eastern Ports. At St. Helena.—The Kains, Cunningham, 'from Madras ; she Is full of passengers, and sailed the latter end of September. The Essex, Recovery, and Earl Morley, from the South Seas. - At Rio Janeiro.—The Lusitania, Lann,dan, on the 7th De cember, having sailed from Sydney the 15th July, and Hobart Town the 10th October, bound to London. 111. Sailings from England. For Madras and Bengal.--On the 225 inst. the Duke of Bed ford, Cunyngliame, from Portsmouth ; on the 25th, the William Money, Jackson, from the Downs. For Bengal and China,—On the 25th, the Sir ,David Scott, Tween ; .on the 26th, the Earl of Balcarras,CaMenan ; and the Canning,. Head, all from the:Downs.. For Bombay and China.—On the 26th, the Dunira, Hamil ton, from the Downs. For Ceylon.—On the 22d, the Thames, Litson, from Cotes, with troops and stores. For the :Mauritius.--On the 24th, the Orpheus,- Finday, froni the Downs. • For Batavia.--On the 2Sth, the Rosanna, Johnston, from the Downs:'- For New-South Wales.—Ot. the 26th, the Almorah, Boyd, wilh eotivicts,' from Gravesend • to take them on board at Cork. IV'. Ships expected to'sail next week. Isom. COMPANY'S SHIPS. ' For St. Helena, Bombay, and China.—The Lander), Sotheby, -For Bombay and - China.— The Marquis, Camden. Larkin's, For Madras and China.—The Lady Melville, Clifford; and WilliaM. ;1- 7 atifie, Smith, all at Gravesend,. waiting for their dis- • dispatches from the East India House. .. , . !REE TRADERS. For Madras—The General Palmer, Truscott, to put into Ply ' mouth - for passengers. • For Madras and Bengal.-..-The Larkins, Wilkinson, cleared out; and •the Catherine, Mackintosh, cleared out: For .Singapure.—The Jeseph, Christopherson, has left- Gravesend. For Bombay.-LThe Flies, Faith, clearing out. For the Cape.—The Britannia, Lamb; nearly ready to sail. The London, Capt. Sotheby, for. St. Helena, Bombay,. and - China, is expected to be dispatched on Monday next. - Passengers to St. Heleita.—Capt. T. W. Leech, Mrs. Leech, and two children, Miss Toosey, Mr. De Fountain, Miss De - Fountain, Mrs. Hayward, Miss Vickers, Miss Loughton, and Mr. Currie, cadet. AGRICULTURAL REPORT .—rt FOR THE COUNTIES OF WORCESTER, sTikr- , 7 FORD, AND SALOP:- .1 '7 :lE44' , at: The season continues. e'x Cretnely mild, rind th6' pastures retain an almost spring verdure, the natural coirs - e quence is, that the Wheat is making so rapid a progress thatc the sheep are generally driven upon them fora few days, in order' to retard the progress, an male the plants tiliow or spread. The open weather has been very favo..irable to . the' tt. cleansing the ditches and. cleaning the grouud, fur the ploughi has not been kept out of employMent by a single daK 3 s frost; and the season-being dry, the land has been iii a pr4Per'State to ' receive the manure, which in.many cases haS been .mes; libe rally supplied. The farmers at length seem to know, that un less the land is well fed and attended to they must not expect to receive a proper or adequate return. The pracitke of losing a season by fallowing seems wearing out very fast, and the sooner it is totally done with the better, both for the land and ;;, the farmer.The-wintec Vetches look very promising, but its some foul grounds the hardy weeds snake strong head against " 7 them...--Carrot and Parsnip sowing has commenced in, ; ;,,•me,,Lg parts, but not generally ; they are a plant not much afFectLei ftost. and this early planting almost insures a heavy - crop.—;; Good Barley maintains its price, as great quantities Of this grain were damaged by the haste in which it was co/lectetl4-v,i brain of all description is very plentiful, and the salestneit,,, having a supply on hand, are unwilling to 'let the groivershre i n the present advance of prices. All, articles of agriculturaria .se are in request, and the general appe ar an ces arc f avoura bl e uo those concernedin cultivation.. Feb. 29, 182'4. THE MARKETS. f' " ' 'CORN: EXCHANGE, MAncir , l'.' The =rivals of all descriptions of Grain lasi week were only moderate, but of Flour it vas large. This Morning there was only a inothirate supply of 'Wheat aTIcl Oats at market, but. tolerably good quantities of Barley, Peas, and Beans. Prim& • Wheat has met a free • sale at 2s. per. quarter advance on the terms of Monday last; other qualities haVe not been taken off freely, owing to the dullness of the Flour trade. Barley fully' supports the terms of ,-this day senniglit, ; - -Beans have imt with a few buyers at nearly the same prices .as, last quoted. . White Peas and Grey Peas are rather cheape7, but they are nearly all sold. There has been a fair demand for Oats to-day„ and the best parcels have rather exceeded last Monday's quota tions. Rape-seed is 11. to 21. per last lower. . . AVERAGE TRICE OF COUN IN ENGLAND AND WALES, • IN THIS WXENRNDING FEE:MARY 21. Wheat, Vs. Bd.; Barley, 335. Oa, ;. Oats, 255. ca. ; Rye, 44e. 7d. ; Beans, 43a. 6a. ; • Peas, 425. 3d. The Average Price of Brown or Muscoveido Sugar. computed • from the Returns made in the Week ending the 2iith day of February, 1324, is 345. 71d. per cwt. . • , SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 1. The.supply of Oxen was not so great as on former Mondays'. •, Markets, but yet sufficient for the trade. Owing to the cold ness of themorning the prices of all descriptions of Cattle ',vere• as high as this day se'nnight. There a brisk trade for all cattle of a good quality. To sink the Offal, per stone of Pit). Prof 3s 4a to 4s 4d Vaal AI tattoo 3s 8d to 4s 8d PO'rk • 4s Od to Ls Od Lamb Os 0 to Os Od. HAY AND TitAW., PDICLOAD. Flay £4 103 to £& 5r I . Cldvtr SttnlY £1 les lA6 .t 2 43. • • The Marquis •of TyrclantLD is confined by severe indisposition. 'l'here was literally- a scramble for Whole Tickets-at - all the Lottery Offices; Two Days before the Draw.. ing commenced, and the consequence is, a Whole Ticket can- not now be obtained for Love or Money.. Mr. SIEVEWRIGII bowever, has arranged, that whoever wants a Ticket may haves rwo Halves at the sarrie Price—the Contractor making good to the Office-keepers the difference in amount. This alternative 1 the Purchasers seem very smell reconciled to ; and as there are .still FIVE 1'29 - ,000 . Prizes (Two Of Ihczn for the 17th of MARCH), it is very possible for Two Halves to 'gain TWO dif ferent Prizes of £20,000: whoeVei gets only . One of them; would be very likely to console themselves with the recollectica that " Haifa Loaf is better than no Bread." The following interesting Works have been just published by Mr. CoLuunx, New Burlinp;ton.street : viz.-1. The Life and Times of Salvator. Rosa, by Lady iller gan, 2 vols. Bvo.-2. The History of the Commonwealth of England, by William Godwin.--3. The Private CorrespOnd ence of the Poet Cowper with several of his Intimate Friends, 2 vols. Bvo.And, Sayings . and Doings, or, Sketches. from- - Life, in 3 vols. Dr. RAMSEY, of Amerßilom, expired FUlldt.ti!y .on Thursday morning. He had gone to Chalfont - in . Kg carriage, accompanied by his daughter, who had been set clown at Mr. Nash's, and he was proceeding farther, when one .9f the .horses got his leg across the pole of the carriage. Dr. Ramsey, being alarmed, opened the carriage door and lei hint self out ; he walked a few paces, and sat down on a bank, e7c.- clainning he had but a few minutes to live, :Intl expired before assistance could be procured. ........... ----- ►AY, resent (F° - Re- ti on