The Sun. — London, England, 1824-05-14 00:00:00

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Cons. for Acct...—.. ..96i , IIitICES OF FOREIGN - FUNDS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. ,_a . atrianrids, 5 per cent. arid ; ' Prussian, 5 per cent. 99At '!° ,l iim, fl per cent BOl Ditto New i-ultaubian /Qs, 6 per cent. r.'4 Russian, New, 4 per cent 061 i Ij ---- ----Scrip . lif Spanimii 1821, 5 per cent. „knigli, h per cent. -red( scrip 4i 6 dig. Alliance Shares 170 ; 1 / 4 f iezican S cr i p Tai pm. Palladium! I;e 4 Politan, 4 per cent. ... Equitable Loan 1-‘eruvian Scrip lrish Ditto l3il ru ctugues c Bonds —Scrip 6i 7h French scrip , --- N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 1 Evening, 47 minute!' after 3. CITY, HALF-PAST OXI O'CLOCL. C6 rlsols are steady at O 6 U, being yesterday's Pr k eg- 'There is little or nothing doing. F rom Dover I learn this morning that au Ex -11/4'lll land e d th ere ou WedneSday from Bon "Z"' with dispatches for the Foreign Office, b ° Yrning-stre e t.—Mr. liivroi had also arrived, an d had set off for London. A Messenger b ild also been landed with dispatehes from An "1"1. --No dispatches from France. l'utterG N MARK.ET.—This is settling-day, and 11t he is doin g ex cept in making up the accounts ; 414x.ican fell to 78, but is again 8i. —South 4lnerican Stock is however generally heavy, and the Market is flat. CITY, Two o'CLocx. 114 PORTANT.—I have just learned that advice; ire in town from the Havannall, with the cer. 14 'n intelligence that an Expedition has actually leoled from it against Peru and Mexico. We have received the Paris Papers of Tees day, and the Etoile of Wednesday. Some un ilnPortant extracts will be found in another co- I nron. In the subjoined article, the Etoile gives an account of the victory obtained by the Loyalists in Peru, which we exclusively an nounced in a Second Edition yesterday.—The statement of the Etoile, though it does not in clude the capture of Callao, is still more serious than that published by us yesterday ; and we l ave so much reliance on the authority of our Paris Correspondent, that we are of opinion that even the capture of Callao will still be confirmed. Our Readers will recollect that a few days' since we extracted accounts from the Morning Chronicle, dated Lirna, Dec. 24 and 30, in which the condition of the Independents was repre sented in an unfavourable light, and in the former •°(' which it was said that " the Spaniards were axpected at Lima."—These advices certainly c orroborate the present accounts given by the Etoile, which assert that the Royalists are Gi masters of Peru from the southern frontier to L ima." We shall be very sincerely rejoiced if all this disastrous intelligence should turn out to be unfounded. There are no warmer friends to the independence of South America than we are, not °illy because we are friendly to the esta blishment of rational liberty throughout the civilized world, but because the independence Itnd prosperity of the South Americans are of great importance to the prosperity of Great Bri tain herself. Still, even if the cause of inde- Pendence should eventually triumph, and even if all the present unpromising and suspicious ap- Pearances should vainsh, there can be no harm j a exercising the greatest caution and vigilance before further additions are made to the enor- lens amount of British capital already embarked " the security of States whose stability is at Lett precarious and uncertain. Until the means Lre dev;sed of employing all our surplus capital st ho me , or i n a s a f e and advantageous foreign cc`mtnerce, our own public funds, and those of ot her old and established Governments, offer a Secure investment for money; and all classes 01 Persons must feel that it is the most prudent cours e to adventure no further till the course o "tents shall have decided the fate of the Southern American Continent. It would be of great importance to the monied and mercantile lu terests of the country if Government were t° make a frank avowal of its present opi- I n° l l of the state of South American affairs, a nd we hope that some Member of the House of C ommons will put a question to Mr. Secretary ‘ANNIxo, for the purpose of giving the Right honourable Gentleman an opportunity of stating Wheth er or not he is still of opinion that " the in dependence of South America is substantially a lhieved." In the mean time, the declaration or war by Portugal against train, and the ex peditions fitting out in the ports of the former Kingdom and of Spain, shew very clearly what are the opinions of the Cabinets of Lisbon and of Madrid, and render it still more indispensable that the British public should be put in posses sion of some definite and authoritative informa tion on the subject from their own Government. ( From the Etoile of Tredrusday.) MADRID, MAY 4.—The King and all the Royal Family continue at Aranjeuz. The Madrid Gazette contains a detailed ac count of the events that took place in Mexico at the latter end of January. It confirms all that has appeared on the subject in the English Papers. Anarchy daily causes the power to pass from one hand to another. After this narration is a new confirmation of e successes obtained in Peru by General Val- dez. lie has taken advantage of his victory ; after annihilating the divison of Santa Cruz, he rapidly fell upon General Sucre, who command ed a Colombian corps and regiment of Chilian cavalry, called the Innocents. He fell back on Quilca, whence he was again driven. He has rejoined Bolivar at Truxillo. The latter has left only 2,000 men at Lima, almost all of them militia of that town. The Chi Hans have retreated to Valparaiso, and seem not disposed to take any further part in this war. The Spaniards have entered Ica, and the In surgents who occupied Callao were immediate ly filled with alarm. " On the whole," says the account, " his Majesty's troops are masters of Peru, from the southern frontier to Lima. Their farther progress is certain. Lascerna, Canterac, and Valdez, are rivals of the glory of Cortez and Pizarro." Next to our internal affairs, nothing more en gages the public attention than the new negocia tiou which is to take place ou the Ist of July, between our Government and yours, relative to the Army of Occupation, part of which will pro bably return to France. The first and particular instructions of the King on this subject are not known. It is positively stated that our Govern ment will give to General Eymerich the com mand of the expedition agaiust Peru and Mexico. In the following article the Journal des Mbats very kindly advises us to " tranquillize our selves " respecting the movements of the French marine. We are not the less obliged to our Paris Contemporary for this salutary advice, because we have in fact anticipated his sugges tion, and have ourselves, in THE SUN of last Wednesday, humbly submitted to the Govern ment and the People of this country the pro priety of exerc i s i ng more d e li ca cy in future re specting the disp osa l o f a f ew French ships of war. But the Journal deg Mats only affords grounds for new suspicious, when, in adverting to those that have already been expressed, it employs ridicule and misrepresentation, instead of plain statement, and open, frank, and conciliatory details. /Ve did not say that " three other French vessels had arrived unexpectedly in the Tagus, apparently to act with the fleet of eighteen French vessels which had been seen in the waters of the Brazils.”—What we said was, that the arrival of additional French ships of war in the Tagus was 44 calculated to renew the agitation of the public mind on the Brazilian question" (implying, that in consequence of the explanations given by the French Government tke previous agitation had subsided,) "and particu larly when it was coupled with ominous declara tion of the Journal des Mats, that the Brazils were on the eve of a great change !" We cannot trust to the authority of a paper which we thus detect in using perversions, at the very moment it is professing its anxiety to dissipate delnsions and to communicate only the truth. And to what does the witty article of the French Journalist amount ? Why—to a substantial confirmation of the accuracy of our intelligence, by admitting that two French ships had actually arrived in the Tagus, though their class is conveniently kept out of sight, by designating them under the diminutive appellation of 44 barks."—We must not forget, in treating this subject, that all the accounts from the Brazils direct confirm the original accounts as to the augmentation of the French naval force in that quarter, and are at variance with the accounts given by the French Government, and by the Journal des Mats and other organs of the Ministry. [From the Journal dc: Debals.l MAY 10.—The English Journals - have become at length ridiculous with their French fleets, which they arc see ing every where. Two frigates proceed to resume their station in the South Sea ; they cast anchor at Rio Janeiro ;—there is then a fleet ! Two barks, passing from Brest to Cadiz, to carry provisions to our garrison of Cadiz, anchor on their way in the Tagus—another fleet! But this is not all. Here, says THE SHY, are three other French vessels which arrive unexpectedly in the Tagus, apparently to act with the fleet o f 18 F renc h ves sels which have been seen in the waters of Br az il. L et us ex plain also this terrible armada. The small squadron which we have at Cadiz has received orders to put to sea during the fine season along the coast of Portugal and Spain, to escape the diseases of the port, and exercise our sailors. Vice-Admiral Des Rotours, commanding the vessel the Santi Petri, went in consequence to visit Lisbon, whence he must be now returned to Cadiz, to go next to visit his other neighbours at Gibraltar. Let the English Journalists tranquillize themselves. If France had designs on Brazil, she would undoubtedly have informed her Allies, among whom she reckons England. But France has no design of the kind, and is at war with nobody ; it is contented with wishing the other nations of the Continent the peace and prosperity she enjoys. The Mexican Gazette of January 27, 1824, states, that the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs had communicated to the Congress a note of the " English Commissioners," demanding their passports, in consequence of the want of military discipline, of the want of obedience-to authority, and from considering their persons nsecure. In the Noose of Commons, last night, Mr. ODEMOUSIC brought forward his promised Re solution :-----" That the Salt Tax should be con tinued, in order to enable his Majesty's Govern ment to :relieve the country by a partial reduc tion of The Window Tax, in the ensuing Session of Parliament." The CnANCELLOR of the Excuu- Qu ER stated that his Majesty's Government were now pledged to the repeal of the Tax, and were determined to abide by that pledge unless there displayed through. s o l u lo t u t l i d ie be hi a o T u e se ry i s a tro fa n y g o f uere n oup the Tax. He had seen no symptom any of such feeling ; and he believed his Hon. Friend must himself be aware that no such feeling really existed, and would withdraw his motion. The manner in which the House received this declaration of the Ministers to abide by their Pledge, convinced the lion. Member that he could not do better than to adopt the course suggested to him, and he with drew his motion. Another gratifying feature of the proceediugs of last night was, the very favourable man ner in which _the Petition presented by Mr. STUART WoRTLCY from Use Clerks of the Public Offices was received by the House. —The measure of reducing the salaries of this useful and meritorious clan' is disapproved of by every liberal and enlightened Member on both sides of the House, and well and truly did Mr. Secretary CANNING in particular designate it as not only unwise but unjust be cause it alteied the relation in which these officers stood with regard to the Crown—unjust, because it imposed a tax upon a particular class of per sous. Hence there can be no doubt that mea sures will speedily be taken to remove so great a hardship and so palpable au injustice. Mr. MARTIN'S ►motion for an increase of salary to the Officers of State and the Judges, fell to the ground, no Member having risen to second the proposition when brought forward. Mr. PEEL stated that an increase to the salaries-of the Judges was under consideration, and contemplated. Mr. Hoeuosse said, if such a motion should be again brought forward, he would accompany it by a protest against promotions from the Bench. The Judges ought certainly to be rendered perfectly independent in circumstances, and receive nothing beside their salaries. No part of their income should be made up by fees. The purity of the Bench should be jealously watched over and protected ; it involves the best interests of the people of England ; their lives and properties are both committed in a just admiuistratioa of the laws. The Judges therefor• should be kept aloof from influence of every sort, and be per , fectly independent in revenue and in principle. PENRYN ELECTION. PEMRTN, /11ATii.Li;; - F:leciion of a Mem ber of Parliament for this Borough, in the room of HENRY SwAxx, Esq•, concluded this morning, and ROBERT STAN- Tox, Esq., was declared duly elected by a majority of 7. The numbers at the close of the poll were— For Mr. STANTON - - 154 FOr Mt. IIARCLAY - - 147 HUNTINGDON ELECTION. HUNTINGDON, Will" 13, 1824.—The Election of a Member of Parliament for this place, in the room of Lord AMC RAM, commenced this morning. Jassrs STUART and SAMUI:I. WELLS, ESCIrs., being put in nomination, the Poll commenced.—At the close of this day the numbers were— For JAMES STUART, E!q. . - 58 For SAMUEL WELLS, Es.q. German Papers to the Bth inst. arrived last night. They have brought a Decree from the Senate of Lu beckshilling per 10011). for raw sugar, and two shillings for refined. reducing the duties on The export duty re mains the the importation of sugars to one same. This reduction was to years. According to accounts from Rome to the end of Aprll, ad on fro tl n i: instant , and to continue in force for two city to Naples was infested with banditti, who stopped travellers and committed great enormities. An ti l ia s t t article from Carlsruhe states that the numerous arrests which have taken place for . some time in Bavaria, have been on the b th e e gi : ground of a connection between the individuals imprisoned , s ome of whom are of high rank, f or t une , an d education, and a band of robbers, sa id to be of immense extent and ancient origin. It is more likely, ho wever, t h at t h e preten d e d b an d is a political associat i on, whose members are branded with the name robbers of in order to d epr i ve t h em o f t h e cont agious sympathy of the people. The Duchess of CLARENCE paid a visit yester day to the Duchess of KEMT at her residence at Kensington. Yesterday a steam boat, purchased for the King of DENMARK, and most splendidly deco rated and furnished, sailed from the river for Copenhagen, in which his MAJESTY and family are to embark to visit Jutland and other places in the course of the summer. It is maimed by British seamen, with a Captain of the Danish navy, and accompanied by Mr. GlLLEsers:, a Scotch Engineer, to superintend the machinery. ARGYLL Rooms.---The Masquerade at these Rooms, last night,which are peculiarly well adapted for such an entertainment, was very well attended, as it was understood to be the last of the season. The boxes were full of spectators. There was an amusing variety of characters, and some were well supported. The supper was good and abun dant, and 'WRIGHT supported his reputation by the quality of his wines, which were consumed in large quantities. The company seemed likely to keep up the ball till a very late hour. Now, that the Last Drawing Day of the last Lottery contracted for is so near, (Saturday,22d of May), curiosity is on the tiptoe to ascertain whether, after all, Government will really con tinue so productive a tax, especially as it is a voluntary one, and there are so ninny of a com pulsory nature which they are constantly impor tuned to give up. Whatever may be the result, Mr. SIVEWRIGHT has given a splendid proof of what may be effected by judicious Schemes, for the public have purchased more than in any of the last fifty Lotteries, and the few Tickets and Shares that now remain, will no doubt find 10 other C a pit a l s mus t b e Pur chasers Two 00f 2boe,freoooolt.lblees2ildsittst., as i n t h a t one D ay , decided. The Royal free pardon has been granted to fourteen females who had been removed, with others, to the Penitentiary ship at Woolwich. They were decently clothed previous to their discharge. SECOND EDITION. We are enabled to state that the Ex-Emperor rIIittUIDI, after ha►ing privately left this coon- ry, has sailed from a French port for Peru and Mexico, with the view of joining the Royalist forces! llis Ex-Imperial Majesty has been pro.. Tided with a large sam of money and with the dis- posal of numerous orders., decorations, and other favours and rewards from the King of SPAIN, to be bestowed upon the adherents to the cause of the Mother Country in South America, and on the leading men who may hove been, or may here- after be, by the irresistible arguments of modern diplomacy, prevailed upon to abandon the pa-. riotic Mies ITUIBIDE liar a powerful party ii Mexico, and events oT great importance will develope themselves there soon after his arrival. The greatest apprehensions may now be rationally entertained for South American udependence ; and it is much to be feared hat sooner or later we iball have a corn- plete blowing up of the Stock of the new Governments in that quarter of the world. We have done our best to dissipate the existing delu sion; Spain will undoubtedly succeed in obtaining another loan, and it is equally undoubted that the whole of its amount will be employed against South America. Even without the recognition, of he Constitutional Bonds, Capitalists have been found sufficiently regardless of their own interests to lend money to the Royal Spanish Govern-1 meats,--our last edvices from Paris inform ing us that many real bargains have been done there iu GUEBUARD'S loan at so high a price as 651!—Under all these circumstances, it is of course impossible to expect that England should now be precipitate in recognizing the in dependence of any of the new Republics, and indeed, independent of the risk of the whole of the States being re-subjected to the Mother Coantry, their recognition by England at this critical moment would be considered as little less than a declaration of war, by tl►e continent of Europe. DEATH OF LORD BYRON. I courier has arrived in town this morning, with the distressing intelligence of the decease of Lard BYRON, at Missolonghi, on the 19th of April, after au illness of ten days. A cold, attended with inflatnation, was the cause of the fatal result. Lord SIDNEY OsnoaNE's let ters from Corfu are dated the 27th of April. His Lordship was about to proceed immediately to Zante, where the body had arrived. The following is a translation of the Procla mation which was issued by the Greek Authori ties at Missolonghi, to the grief of its iultabi. tants who were arrested in the celebration of their Easter festivities : PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF GREECE. " The present days of festivity are converted into bitter days of lamentation for all— " Lord Noel Byron departed this life to-day, about eleven o'clock in the evening, in consequence of a rheumatic, inflam matory fever, which had lasted for ten days. " During the time of his illness, your general anxiety evinced the profound sorrow that pervaded yoar hearts. All classes, without distincton of sex or age, oppressed by grief, entirely forgot the Days of Easter. " The death of this illustrious personage is certainly a most calamitous event for all Greece, and still more lamentable for this city, to which he was eminently partial, of which he be came a citizen, and of the dangers of which he was determined personally to partake, when circumstances should require it. " His munificent donations to this community are before the eyes of every one, and no one amongst us ever ceased, or ever will cease, to consider him, with the purest and most grateful sentiments, our benefactor. " Until the dispositions of the Nvtional Government regard. ing this calamitous event be known, by virtue of the Decree oi the Legislature, No. 314, of date the lith October, " IT IS ORDAINED, " 1. To-morrow, by sun-rise, thirty-seven minute guns shall be fired from the batteries of this town, equal to the num ber of years of the deceased personage. " 2. All public offices, including all Courts of Justice, shall be shut for three following days. " 3. All shops, except those for provisions and medicines, shall also be kept shut ; and all sorts of musical instruments, all dances customary in these days, all sorts of festivity and merriment in the public taverns, and every other sort of public amusement, shall cease during the above-named period. " 4. A general mourning shall take place for twenty-one days. ~ 5. Funeral ceremonies shall be performed in all the churches. " A. MAUROCORDATO. " GIORGIO PRAlDA,.(Secretary " Missolonghi, l7th April, 1024." DEATH OF MR. GREGORY, OF GREAT DOVER-STREET, WHO WAS STABBED 13Y HIS SUN—The revolting circum stances of this case have been fully detailed, and we have now to state, that the parent of eight children has fallen a victim to the ungovernable passions of his misguided son, baying exPire d yesterday morning in Guy's Hospital, after enduring unutter able anguish of mind and body. He was an industrious man, and considerate father, and bore the esteem of his neighbours. j , The unnatural eon is still at large. THE KING. WINDSOR, AIAY 13.—This afternoon, at-three o'clock, his i~IAJIicTT, accompanied by the Marquis Conyngham and Sir W. Knighton, and attended by outriders, left the Cantle in his travelling carriage, and proceeded through the town for the Royal Lodge. The King and Suite, after taking refreshments and viewing the alterations, will return to the Castle to dinner. FASII lONA BLE ARRIVALS. Lord Wm. Bentinck, from Lynn, Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs:: Hanham, in Portman-square, from their villa, at Roehamptot ; Mr. and Mrs. Burton, and family, in Gloucester-place, Port man-square, from Scraptoft Hall, Leicestershire ; Captain Stewart, at ditto, from a tour ; the Earl of Lesburne and Lord Vaughan, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, a tour. I) EPA AT U St E. —Emily Marchioness of Loadondery for North Cray, Kent. . ..,- • .4,, .; .••• ... • : - 4. , 44 1 . o lk!s,:%, -ttt' 4 l 6 1i1i....:, : :O. 4 . - - it6Z;' 4 .t ,* t.:q„,,;:2 , 1 000 :> r ' ii .', ..:,, _ , p. 4•, i • 2.1.; ** k V. ,' .: zli„ 1, .1 !,.. 1 ' e • e.. — ,;,. , ti . ' ' . . :•." 4 .5, ' ttl. :;- .S ‘ 21r gOF 1 ). ? .' i ~, ~..-..,-, ••• i 4 Z' .l X 4 . . • ~,,,, FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Earl and Countess Lonsdale gave a grand dinner yesterday to the two Princes Sangosyko, the Earl of IVestinor land, and Lady Georgina Fan; Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot, air. and Lady Ann Beckett, Colonel and Lady Eleonora Lowther, &c. at their house in Charles.street, Berkeley-square. Lord Sherborne entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday at his house in Lower Gros - venor-strees. Sir G. Rose, M. P. had a large party at dinner yesterday at his house in Old Palace-yard. ALmacK's.—The ball given at these elegant Rooms on Wednesday was most brilliantly attended. Dancing.commenced about eleven o'clock, and continued with great spirit until four yesterday ir.ornin,g. There were present upwards of 400 per sons of the first distinction and fashion. _ _ LORD LONDONDERRY AND MR. BATTIER. TO THE EDITOR. Thomsan's Ilotel, Cavendish-square, May 13, 184. Si Liellt.-Colonel W ESTERN'S short account of a late occurrence, together with contradictions of some erroneous reports now prevalent. Colonel WESTEItN would himself have waited upon you, but is unfortunately con fined to his bed, by a violent inflammation on his chest and stomach. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant. " LT.-COL. WESTERN'S AUT II ENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE DUEL BETWEEN LORI) LONDONDER::T AND MR. BATTIF.II, WITH A CONTRADICTION OF FALSE REFORTS. " A meeting took place on Thursday the 6th inst. between the Marquis of Londonderry and 3lr. Battier, in consequence of a message sent by the latter. The Marquis was attended by Sir H. Hardinge, M.l'., and Mr. Battier by Lienterant- Colonel Western. ... " It was determined by the seconds that the parties should fire together, on the word being given ; in consequence of which agreement the :Marquis fired, but without effect, and at. the same instant Mr. liattter's pistol missed fire. The seconds then interfered, and after some conversation between them (The seconds), the affair terminated. It is necessary to contradict some false reports which have arisen out of this affair, and have found their way into the public prints. Some of the Journals have stated, that Lord - Londonderry, after having fired, and on a conversation ensuing between the seconds, ex claimed, that he came to fight and not to make explanations.' Lord Londonderry never used such or similar words. " It has also been reported that Lord Londonderry, or Sir • - H. Hardinge on his part, denied the whole, or a greater part, of What Mr. Battier had published in his statements. The only denial made by Sir H. Hardinge, on the part of his Lord ship, being as to the fact of his Lordship's haring seen a err lain official letter written by command of his Royal Highnese the Duke of York, censurin. , the conduct of the officers of the 10th Hussars towards Mr. Battier. " Another erroneous report states, that Mr. Battier was un provided with pistols—the fact was otherwise; Colonel Wes tern (Mr. Battier's friend) hating brought his own pistols With him. (Signed). " C. M. T. WESTERN. " Quarter before Two &Clock, r.zkt., 12th May, 1824. " I chewed and read the above statement to Sir H. }fur ding:, in his room at the Ordnance-Office, and he admitted its accuracy. (`igned) " C. M. T. WLSTERN. (A true Copy.) " WILLIAM BArrlElt." LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Yesterday the Twenty-Ninth Anniversary Meeting of this Society was held at the Chapel, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-Fields. ROBRRT HUMPIIREY 3IARTix, Esq. in the Chair. The Rev. GE onor Bunimn, Secretary to the Society, stated frost the' Reports, the great progress of the Society in the South Seas, where twenty islands were now turned to Christianity, and where upwards of 10,000 copies of the New Testament were distributed, and the Subbath observed with holy solem nity. That the Rev. Dr. Morrison, who had spent 17 years in studying and interpreting the Chinese language, was introduced to his Majesty, to whom he presented a Copy of the New Tes tament in the Chinese language, and which is now in his Ma jesty's liberary. The Rev. H. Towx LEY stated, that from the reports it ap peared that the Society had 26 female schools in Bengal, and that at Madagascar the King attends in person at the schools, to forward their instruction. lie then referred to their late Mis sionary, Mr. Smith, and stated his thanks to the Earl Bathurst, for the part he took in that melancholy transaction. JOSEPH BUTTERWORTH, Esq. M.P. rejoiced at the gra tifying reports he had heard, and was happy at seeing Doctor Morrison, by whose means the dark cloud that obscured the Chinese was likely to vanish, and that the lights of the Christian Religion was likely to shine in that country. He then read letter he received from a Gentleman, which contained a 1001. for the widow of their late martyred Missionary, Mr. Smith.. Mr. Mo RR 'sow, afterreturning thanks, presented an Anglo- Chinese Dictionary and Grammar, splendidly bound, which was seventeen years in compiling. The gift was received with the greatest applause, and the M eeting broke up. A~FRCANTIL SHIPPING. DEAL, MAY 13 —Wind E. by afternoon a Netherlands line-of-battle ship, bearing a Rear-Admiral's flag, passed at the back of the Goodwin Sands from the Eastward. Sailed this morning .for the River the Harmony, Currie, from Jamaica. Remains the Sarah, Nicholson, from .Messina to I'etersburgh Po irrsmouTH, MAY 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Royal Charlotte, Graham, fmm Bombay ; William, Courtney, and Emma, Stevens, from Messina ; two latter off the Wight. PLYMOUTH, MAY 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived off the Port the Jean, Van Campen, from Port-au-Prince, for Hamburgh. FaLmouTri, MAY 12.—Wind E.—Arrived his Majeity's ship Grasshopper, from Plymouth, and sailed again, destina tion unknown ; and the Brothers, Jenkins, from London. HAnwlim, MAY 13.—Wind E.—The Lord Nelson arrived but expected. this day. with mails, &c. from Holland, in the very short pas sage of 13 hours. The Albion Fisher, from Honduras to London, was wrecked the Bth March ' on Cays Blanco, near Havanna ; crew saved ; seven boxes of silver bars, dollars, and thirteen serons of indigo, 'ewes, got on saved. the Tuhreol: Gross a s r a g n a d r t n a e n ar d a lsabella ,ut h o, f t h S e nge i r l instant,d, to be got off. THE ETs. ---5 - E, MAY 14. CORN EXClit e sacks. Prime dry samples of week are tolerably good, being The arrivals of Grain ql go; Oats, HAI); Irish Oats. Flour'attention of our millers at Monday's Wheat command ttlt ies are neglected. The trade in Barley prices, but other (in n B e ans and Peas no alteration since continues veil c l : has been something doing this morning in Monday. the —nos are unaltered. good Oats, but r \ l, W irO at qua s ge o r o s; c urTIIFIELD 3IARKET, MAY 14. have„o particular observations to offer on the Smithfield We ii e following is an accurate Report Marke t-- CATTLE AT MARKET. 296 I Sheep and Lambs Beasts Barley ,s , lso 230 i Pigs C a lves To sink the Offal, per one of 8211. reef 38 Od to 48 6dl Veal ss Od to 5s 611 Mutton 3s 10d to 48 fki Pork 4a 6tl to 5s ed Lamb Os 0 to 7s Od. NAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. May £4 Os to Xi 15s I Clover .£s Os to £6 68 Straw £2 Os to £2 Os.