The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-18 00:00:00

MR. WELLESLEY. pDuring the whole of yesterday the Court of Chancery , w!: crowded in every part by persons--some of them watching wit', apparent interest the progress of the cause--and all evidentlf anxious to catch even a momentary glimpse of Mr. Wellesley' person. .That gentleman occupied a seat in the second row ; f benches, allotted to Counsel, and almost immediately behind M; Hart. His demeanour, during the speeches of the defendant', Counsel, was more composed than it was the previous day, se I his interruptions less • frequent. Occasionally, while Mr. Ha; 4: was engaged in dissecting the affidavits of the adverse party, h; client found it difficult to repress all symptoms of satisfaction, awl he frequently communicated his suggestions to the learned leadef and the junior Counsel by whom he was surrounded. Whea the Court rose, there was a simultaneous rush of people from those parts of the Hall which did not command a view of the position occupied by Mr. Wellesley during the proceedings. This circumstance, added to the anxiety of all present to obtain a doter view of the hero of the day, caused such a pressure about the space usually occupied by Counsel, as for a abort time to obstruct the egress of these Learned Gentlemen. This difficulty removed, Mr. Wellesley proceeded down the centre of the Court alone, the spectators forming a lane for him to pass. As he reached the door, he was assailed with hisses, cries of " Sh ame ," an d other unequivocal tokens of disapprobation. The persecution gained additional vigour in the open air, and accompanied Mr. Wellesley across the whole of the lame square, till at l e ngth he took refuge in the Chambers of Numb er 9. Twice he stopped and faced his assailants ; once opposite the Vice-Chancellor's Court, where he turned, and placing his hands upon his lips, smiled a gay and somewhat good humoured defiance ; and again, at the entrance of the chambers to which he retreated, as he gained the entrance door, some of the spectators cried out, " You have murdered your wife,"—while others, less charitable, exclaimed, " You ought to be hanged !" ASSAULT ON MR. O'CONNELL. Yesterday evening,• between but. and five o'clock, Mr. O'Con nell, who was walking toWarcis his residence in Merrion-square, was suddenly accosted tiv,r the door of Morrison's Tavern, in Dawson -street, by i‘k. Renimy Sheehan, brother to one of the proprietors of tl•',c Evening Mail. This person said to Mr. O'Connell, .!‘"you abused me," and then struck the learned gen tleman will an umbrella which he carried. The instant he struck the blow he ran off, and disappeared through a side door hole hall of the Tavern. Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by Mr. O'Dwyer, who was walking with him at the time of the occur rence; * lmmediately proceeded to College -street Police-office, and not finding Sir Garrett Neville there, went to the residence of ,that magistrate in Marlborough -street. Mr. O'Connell lodged the informations for the assault, and required an immediate war rant for the arrest of the offender, which was instantly issued.— Mr. O'Connell in addition to requiring a warrant to make his assailant abide his trial for the assault, demanded that he should be bound in a recognizance to keep the peace, lest any of Mr. O'Connell's friends, knowing his expressed determination not to fight a duel, should be inclined to embroil themselves in a guar rei on his account.—Dublin Morning Register. PORTRAIT OF A MODERN HUNTINGDON. The following description, which unites the playful humour of Sheridan with the eloquenlancy of Canning; is extracted from Mr. Sheill's late speech at the Catholic A.ssociation Mr. M'Clintock, in my humble judgment, affords an unfortunate verification of the extravagancy of united con conceit and godliness. It is not only with the Gospel, but the asylum of St. Luke, that the gentleman ought to be conversant.—(Hear, bear.)—Of his religious tenets I should not speak, even with ridicule, unless he threw him , self into, tli field of controversy. If h e did no t assa il my creed r should leave his opinion to himself. Provided a man - does not interfere with my religious tenets, and ab !tains.from flinging cont u m e ly u p on m y f a i t h, I s h a ll not Inquire- by what course he may think it proper to seek his way to - heaven. Let him, if he deems it meet, throw transubstantiation overboard, but retain the Trinity. In flinging away, with some consistency, the incarnation of ' the Godhead, let him ascend to the philosophical heights of Socinianism. I care not, provided he does me the kindness not to molest me on account of my opinions.— (Cheers).—But the moment he accuses 'me of folly and superstition, and vents his, by no means, " splendid bile," upon the doctrine which I am accustomed to reverence, I naturally turn round and ask, " Who is this man, and what are his pretensions to revile my creed ? What is his title to inspiration ?" This was the question which I asked when I found that Mr. M'Clintock was pestering the good people of Louth about the absurdities of transub stantiation; and, if I may use the expression, dirtying their catechisms with his own drivelling. When I found him spitting upon the mass book, I thought it as well to ana lyse his envenomed slaver. I therefore set about discover ing what manner of man he was. I was told that he had 6,000/. a year, and a beautiful mansion at Dromcar, and that the Spencean system of Christianity, which requires a division of goods for true spiritual perfection, was by no means to his fancy. I then inquired what his re ligious tenets were, and I found that nobody knew them, in such a way as to define them with precision. But the following incident, which is a good deal current about Dundalk, was narrated to me ; and as it affords some in sight into his general fitness to write " Epistles to the Ro mans," after the old apostolic precedent, it may not be inappropriate to record it. With a straw you may know hoW the wind blows.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) One night, in a fine summer, Mr. M'Clintock had a special visit from the Holy Spirit. In what shape it descended I cannot tell ; but it was in all likelihood in the form of a ray of moonlight that the Divine influence came upon him. —(Loud laughter.) Such were the transports that he derived from this celestial communication, that every night after retiring to his chamber, he threw the windows of his splendid apartment open, and withdrawing the silken cur tains of his bed, lay in a state of high spiritual anticipa tion,and. gazin g upon t h e stars, unt il a v i s i onary s l um b er fell upon him.—(Cheers, and loud laughter.) The stars that give us suchbrilli an t i nt i mat i ons o f etern i ty, were shining through infinite space ; the blue depths of 'Heaven were around him i and wh en hi s eyes had closed, the moon threw her inauspicious splendour on hi s pillow, while he reclined, like another Endymion, in h er enamoured lustre, —(Great laughter.) You will observe th at l am far from intending to treat this predilection for nocturnal commun ings of the 'spirit with any kind of disrespect.—(A laugh.) There is Scripture for it. "In a dream (says Job), in a vision of the night, when deep sleep failed' upon men, in slumbering upon the bed : then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction." While the summer continued, these midnight migrations to the third Heaven did not produce any very sensible effect upon the mere ter restrial and physical part of Mr. M'Clintock's being; but when the weather began to cool, the spirit, which- generally confines its operations to the head of the elect, a tt ac k e d Mr: M'Clin toc k' s lungs; and exhibited itself in some un pleasant pulmonary results.—(Laughter.) With a good deal. to do, this pious gentleman was persuaded to send for a Physician, whoodter hearing the details of his spiritual intercourse, advised him to confine his communications with Heaven to "the dog-days, but for the rest of the year, ordered him to clo se his d oors ' and windows against the Holy Ghost.—(Loud laughter). During the seNferV -- • family throsin into the greatest: alarm by' th e P t '' , fa at , Drayton Green, were which broke through the roof of ibe , tot' a stack of chimneys, 'row*, destroying the whole' of the f urn iture,Qute' into the drawing greater part of the floor to give way. F . and causing the not left the dining-room ; had the accident y the family had occurred half-an-hour later, it would have been attended with fatal.ee ne , more extrao rdinary or at E XT RAORDINARY BULLOCK.----Th least such of t hem as take ' an y interest in the m productions of nature, have at present a fine opportunity o f tifying their propensity for the wonderful and curious by- s teppin g the length of the George Tim Yard. There, they will see most extraordinary' home-bred Bullock that ever certainly was tex hibited h ere . His pedigree we leave to " another time," but - there earc.be no harm in stating that he was bred by the Honour able Montgomery Stewart, and fed by our friend Mr. Arbuckle of Baldoon. • From the point of the shoulder to the insertion of the tail, his length is six feet odds, and his girth nine feet six inches. Sech , an animal was never, we suspect, seen in the south p f Scotland." - Dumfries Courier. THE LATE DUKE OF YORK. (FRONL THE COURT NEWSMAN.) PREPARATIONS FOR THE LYING IN STATE OF THE LATE DUKE OF YORK. Last night, between ten and eleven o'clock, the State Coffin for the remains of the Royal Duke, which was made by Mr. War ren, the King's Joiner, and covered and decorated by Mr. Bailey, the King's Undertaker, was removed in a very private manner from his Ware-room, in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, to Rut land House, in Arlington-street, where the Gentlemen of the Faculty who attended the Royal Duke were assembled, together with the Duke's Executors, and Mr. Mash, as the representative of the Lord Chamberlain. The Royal remains in the leaden coffin were inclosed in the state coffin, and at 10 minutes after 12, Mr. Bailey and his assistants placed it in a hearse, which pro•. ceeded to the King's Palace, St. James's, followed by a mourning coach, in which were Sir Herbert Taylor, Colonel Stevenson, and the King's Serjeant Surgeon. The King's Guard, under the com mand of Colonel Macdonald, were drawn out to receive the Royal Corpse, which was afterwards conveyed into the state room, as signed for the Lying in State, and placed on a platform previously prepared for it, under a State Canopy. A Pall of white velvet, lined with black silk, flounced with two rows of white sarsnet, was then thrown over the coffin. On each side of the pall are three escutcheons, containing the Arms of his late Royal Highness. At the head of the coffin, on a velvet cushion, was placed the Royal Duke's Sword ; below this was another cushion, bearing the late Duke's Baton as Field Marshal. The room was partially lighted ; the brilliant chandelier, made by the Messrs. Perry, falls from the centre of the drapery ; there are about thirty sconces on each side of the room, and eight at each end ; there are like wise five escutcheons of the late Duke's arms, on each side of the room, and two at each end, in addition to a hatchment at the head of the coffin. Three large wax lights burn on each side of the coffin. The whole of the ceremony was under the di rection of Mr. Mash. The following Ceremonial, to be observed at the Lying in State and Funeral of the late Duke of York, was issued last night, by order of the Earl Marshal at the Heralds' College:— CEREMONIAL FOR THE FUNERAL PROCESSION OF HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS FREDERICK, DUKE OF YORE AND OF AL- BANY, TO THE ROYAL CIIAPEL OF ST. GEORGE, AT WINDSOR, ON SATURDAY, THE 20TH JANUARY, 1827:- The Remains of his late Royal Highness will lay in State in the Royal apartments, in St. James's Palace, from Thursday morning, the 18th inst. until Saturday morning, the 20th. The public will be admitted from eleven until four o'clock upon Thurs day and Friday. On Saturday morning, at eight o'clock precisely, the remains of his ' .te Royal Highness will be removed from St. James's Palace, escorted by a detachment of Cavalry, in the following order:— Trumpets and kettle drums of the two Regiments of Life Guards, and the drums and fifes of the Foot Guards. Knight Marshal's men on foot, with black staves. A Mourning Coach, drawn by four horses, conveying the Servitnts of his late Royal Highness. . __ . A Mourning COach, drawn by four horses, conveying the Pages of his late Royal Highness. A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Medical Attendants and Private Chaplain of his late Royal Highness. A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Secretaries of his late Royal Highness. A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Aids-de- Camp of his late Royal Highness. A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Equerries of his late Royal Highness, and the Assistants to the Adju tant-General and Quartermaster-General. A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying Garter Principal King at Arms, and two Gentlemen Assistants. A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the two Executors named in the will of his late Royal Highness. Carriages of his Majesty. Carriages of the Royal Family. The State Carriage of his late Royal Highness, drawn by six horses, conveying Clarencieux King of Arms, with the Coronet of his late Royal Highness, attended by two Gentlemen Ushers to the King, as supporters. Ten of the THE HEARSE, Ten of the Yeomen of Adorned with Escutcheons of his late Yeomen of the Guard, Royal Highness's Arms, and drawn the Guard, with by Eight of his Majesty's with black Horses, driven by Partisans His Majesty's Body Partizans reversed. Coachman. reversed. The whole Procession will be flanked by the Life Guards. The Procession will halt at Cranford Bridge, and remain there till the proper time for proceeding to Windsor. On arrival at Windsor, the Procession will be joined by the servants and grooms of his Majesty, and of the Royal Family, in deep mourning, on foot, each bearing a flambeau, and by the trumpets and kettle drums; drums and fifes of the Royal House hold, also on foot. The whole Procession through Windsor to the gateway of St. George's Chapel, will be flanked by the cavalry, every sixth man bearing a flambeau; and from the gateway to the Chapel, it will be flanked by the Foot Guards. Upon arrival at the south door of St. George's Chapel, the servants and grooms, the trumpeters and drums, will file of with out the door. The Body will be removed from the hearse, and carried by ten Yeomen of the Guard into the Chapel. CEREMONIAL OF THE INTERMENT The Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household, attended by the Deputy Comptroller of his Majesty's Household. Choir of Windsor. Prebendaries of Windsor. The Dean of Windsor. The Banner of Albany, The Banner of the White borne by a Horse of Hanover,, borne Colonel in the Army. by a Colonel in the Army. The Banner of r the Falcon and Fetterlock, borne by d.n a Colonel in t the Army. c. 7 The Banner of 4, the Crest Of his late Royal g Highness, a borne by a Colonel in the Army. THE BATON Of his late Royal Highness as Fieid Marshal, borne upon a black velvet Cushion, by Field Marshal the Earl of Harcourt, G.C.B. THE CORONET Of his late Royal Highness, borne upon a black velvet Cushion, by Clarencieux, king of Arms. o The Banner of the White Rose, yC si borne by a 0: 1 Colonel in the Army. =-• The Banner of g the Arms s.'. - it Of his late Royal D 8 Highness, g borne by a Colonel in the Army. THE EAR A Gentleman The Vie Usher of the berla Privy Cham- His tier to Majesty's His Majesty. Household. MARSHAL OF ENGLAND. e Cham- The Lord Cham- A Gentleman .in of berlain of Usher of the His Privy Cham- Majesty's ber to Household. His Majesty. THE BODY, Covered with a black velvet Pall, adorned with Eight Escutcheons of the Arms of his late Royal Highness, carried by Ten . Yeomen of the Guard, under a Canopy of black velvet. i i a ..Q 6 0 A 1... ? e a i.-. W .42 I E. , . I gO . IL.) • • • • C/) ' 4 i e "V 'l5 0 `cs 4 i •-i , 1) = 1) . _ 7 'd I g r'l p .-o I , e .-3 I rr '1 2 .., CI 0 SN I . 6 • • A Gentleman Garter Principal A Gentleman Assistant. King of Arms. Assistant. t 2 ): CHIEF MOURNER, P ri 14. His Royal Highness the DUKE of CLARENCE, r .- 4 o. in a long black cloak, ' 4 a"a"with the Star of the Order of the Garter ,2 embroidered thereon. Trainbearers—Two Marquises. Eight Earls, Assistants to the Chief Mourner. PRINCES OF THE BLOOD ROYAL, In long black cloaks, ' with the Star of the Order of the Garter embroidered thereon; the Train of each borne by Two Gentlemen of the respective Households of their Royal Highnesses. The Two Executors named in the Will of his late Royal Highness. His Majesty's Ministers. Private Friends of his late Royal Highness. Peers, Privy Councillors, and others. Gentlemen Ushers. Gentlemen Pensioners, with their axes reversed. Yeomen of the Guard, with their partizans reversed. Upon arrival within the Choir, the Body will be placed on a platform, and the Coronet, Baton, and Cushions will be laid upon the Coffin. The Chief Mourner will sit on a Chair at the head of the Corpse, and the Supporters on each side., The Princes of the Bloosiner;al-will be seated near the Chief Mourner. The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household will take his place at the foot of the Corpse, and the Supporters of the Pall and of the Canopy will arrange themselves on each side of the Body. The Service' before the Interment, and the Anthem being performed, the Body will be deposited in the Royal Vault. Sir George Nayler, Garter Principal, King of Arms, will pro nounce , near the Grave, the Styles of his 'late Royal Highness, after which the nobility and others, who composed the Procession will retire. N. B. The Knights of the several Orders, who attend in the Procession, will wear their respective Collars and Stars; and the Knights of the Garter will take their plate in their Stalls. GENERAL ORDER. " Adjutant General's Office, Dublin, Jan. 8, 1827. " It is with the most sincere grief that Lieutenant-General Sir George Murray discharges the painful duty of communicating to the army in Ireland the afflicting intelligence conveyed to him in the annexed letter, of the death of his Royal Highness the Dukeof York. " The Lieutenant-General is persuaded that the troops under his command will participate in all the feelings which he himself experiences upon the melancholy event. They will call to re membrance that his Royal Highness, their late Commander-in- Chief, has been throughout the whole of his valuable life, a bene factor to the army; that filling with dignity the high station in which he was placed, and firmly maintaining the just authority of his command, his Royal Highness was, however, at all times, e asy of access, condescending, affable, kind, and indulgent--whenever there was room for kindness and for indulgence—without betray ing the important public interests entrusted to his care. That his Royal Highness was the friend of the Soldier, as well as his Com mander-in-Chief ; the sure refuge and the firm protector of all those who stood in need of his assistance ; his benevolent mind was actively occupied to the latest period of his existence for their advantage. _ " By his Royal Highness's unremitting attention to all the de tails of the service; by the many and important improvements which he introduced into every branch of its interior economy; and by the steady and impartial hand with which he upheld its discipline, his Royal Highness formed an army, which, in every part of the world, has fought the battles of its country with suc cess, and everywhere covered itself with glory. "The name of his Royal Highness the Duke of York will long continue to be loved and to be revered by the British army; and the Lieutenant-General is- confwient, that whilst every officer and soldier, whom he has the honour to have under his orders, will unite with him in deeply lamenting the severe loss they have sustained ; they will feel also, that the best tribute which they can pa)/ the memory of their late illustrious Commander is, by strenuously endeavouring, each in his station, to support and to perpetuate that character which the British army has so justly earned, and so fully enjoyed, both at home and abroad, under his Royal Highness the Duke of York's able and upright administra tion of the duties of Commander in Chief. " By command of the Lieutenant-General Commanding, " J. GARDINER, D. A. G." PRINCE POLIGNAC'S JOURNEY.-If you want London news, never look for it in a London Journal, but turn to some Correspondent's "letter in a Scotch, Irish, or French Paper, and you'll find what you seek in a moment. We are often astounded at the intelligence of these men, and at their means of procuring it. Do you know what Prince Polignac is gone to Paris for ? Some of our cotemporaries ventured a sort of modest guess at it ; but read the following, and you have the whole ready cut and dry :—" A London Correspondent of the Scotsman writes It is said by some, that the French Ambassador , Prince Po lignac, goes to Paris on accoun t o f th e illness of a relative. Thi s is false. Prince Polignac, who is an extraordinary favourite with the King of France, goes at the united request of M. de Villele and Mr. Canning, for the purpose of using his influence with Charles X., and inducing him to insist upon Ferdinand granting a charter to the Spanish nation. I can state to you, on good authority, that M. (It Polignac and Mr. Canning nave had several long conferences on thk subject. It is nn conenton affair which takes the Ambassador away, for be suffers so dreadfully from sea sickness, that nothing abort . of urgent matters would induce him to cross the sea at any, much les. this, season of the year. Shotild . he, on his ca. - ival in Paris, wsf m ly se cond De a partial chak'e in the Freneh Mini -try may be expected. •It shoufd, hoWeVer, 'be observed, that Poligna c is on some points, suspecte4 leining 'to the Jesuits; - -A Cor respondent. THE ARMY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The death of his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, and the necessary appointment of a new Com mander-in-Chief, have naturally given rise to a compa rison of the present condition of the Army, with what it was at the period when that lamented Prince first as sumed the command. It is universally admitted, that it was then inefficient and ill regulated to a great degree ; and if the innate valour of the British Nation redeemed the character of the Army from disgrace in the field of battle, still there was an almost incredible amount of corruption in the bestowing of Commissions, and a con sequent incapacity in those who held them. There were, as was expressively said by the Duke of ARGYLE, at a former period of our history, " striplings tottering under the weight of their cockades ;" and as a modern writer of eminence asserts, even ladies held Commissions, when pensions could not be procured for them. In short, it was a system of the most shameless favouritism. The complete change which was effected by his ROYAL HIGHNESS, and the present admirable efficient condition of the British Army, are familiar to every one ; and it is not, therefore, with a view of paying any tribute of praise to the departed, that I have at present adverted to this subject, but it is for the purpose of humbly stating an opinion, how ever much I may stand alone, that there is still room for improvement, that however brave, however well disciplined our troops may be, still—that there is something wanting, when the condition of a soldier. is not such as to excite competition for the honour, instead of requiring the arts and manoeuvring of the recruiting serjeant. There is no use in concealing the fact—the situation of a soldier is not considered so desirable as that of a footman in a nobleman's or gentle man's family. No recruiting party is requisite for the one, whilst it is for the other. GIBBON, in his " Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," says, "In the purer ages of the Commonwealth, the use of arms was reserved for those ranks of citizens who had a country to love, a property to defend, and some share in enacting those laws which it was their interest as well as duty to de fend." Now, lam not Quixotic enough to propose an immediate disbanding of the army, in hopes of get ting another composed o f a su p er i or c l ass o f c itizens ; all I mean to say is, that during the period that the Duke of YORK commanded the Army, not only was there an evident improvement in the character of the officers, but also in that of the men, a striking proof of which is given by the writer to whom I have before alluded, who states, that only two disbanded sol diers had been tried in Scotland since the last peace, whereas, after the peace of 1783 there were as many as six or seven under sentence of death at one time in Edin burgh jail! This is truly satisfactory, and it is a pro gressive improvement of this sort that I should wish to advocate, instead of resting satisfied with what has been already done. Some men are enemies to improve ment of any description ; but surely all whose opi nions are of value would prefer seeing " the use of arms reserved for those citizens who had a country to love, &c." instead of for gaol birds and reprieved felons. It is hard that wretches of this sort should be allowed the ho nour of fighting for their country, arid thus whitewash ing their base characters. It may, however, be said, all this is very well ; but how is it to be brought about ? How are you to compose the army ofa set of men, such for instance, as the present non-commissioned officers ? I .should answer—by treating them when raised as these non-commissioned officers are treated. lam quite satisfied, that it would be impossible to manage the present army without corporal punishment ; but it would not be so with the army which I contemplate. I am confident that a slight addition to the pay, when the state of our finances will permit it, and a guarantee against corporal punishment (already be come so much less frequent), after a certain period to be fixed, would so change the nature of the service in . the opinion of respectable men, such as farmers' sons for instance, that the whole recruiting service might be discontinued. This saving of itself would not go far, thesuggest, that. principleenduionn. but, for Mr. HUME'S satisfaction, I o o u b ld eto v e e ig ii ti t c u ar r le e ats t o o e ber of men .vould be equivalent to the present army, qau p a l li a t i i i ty l7n a g sl a n d a o ll p e t r of case" quality of su f c o h r and the pay of tilos: I should ou re ld du a c t ed all mi e g v i e t nts g • that of the remainder, for suppose that 900 picked men, 1,000 taken at random. There is already a provision for soldiers, mu nificent prov after certain periods of service, a great part of which, (that for seven years men at least), might be saved to the country, or go also to increase the pay, were the service made more attractive, and it is in the existence of that prospective reward, that I expect to find a substitute for cor poral punishment. I repeat my conviction of the impossibility of this change being effected in stantly, but supposing the army composed of rational beings, instead - of the reckless persons now to be found in it, a loss of six or twelve months service by the sentence of a Court Martial, might (very • easily) be as effectual in preventing drunkenness, that source of al , most all crimes in the army, as the degrading punish ment inflicted by the cat-o'-nine-tails. Of course the highest penalties must await the crimes of mutiny and insubordination. But to those, Officers of every rank are as much exposed as private soldiers, without feeling from it any degradation. It is in stripes that dishonour lies, and, in this respect, at least, we should endeavour to imitate ancient Rome, which held sacred the persons of her citizens, however guilty she might have been in disregarding the rights and privileges of other nations. z. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. —On Tuesday evening, about half-past five o'clock, as John Chick, carman to Mr. Pick. forth, coat-merchant, Scotland-yard, was riding on the shafts of his waggon, in Kennington-lane, the horses suddenly took fright, and, darting towards town, the fore-wheel of the waggon coming in contact with a lamp-poet on the road side, he was thrown from the ahafts,, and the hind wheel passing over his body, broke hie ba c k : be was taken up quits insensible, and conveyed to the sign of the Pilgrim, in tke Vauxhall-road, where he died in a few minutes, leaving a wife and four children to lament his loos. THE CORK MAIL COACH BLOWN INTO THE Boa or ALLaN.—On Thursday night, the Dublin and Cork Royal Mail, which runs by Cashel, on its way to Cork, met with a most extraordinary accident. Upon leaving Urlingford for Lit tleton, the passengers became so terrified at the state of the wea ther, the wind then blowing a complete hurricane, that they de termined, when a short distance from Urlingford, to abandon the coach. It was most fortunate for them that this resolution had been adopted by them, for the coach had not proceeded more than a quarter of a mile, when a blast of wind, sweeping with irre sistible force across the road, at once, whirled into the Bog of Allen the coach and horses. The coachman and guard, with the greatest difficulty, escaped from the imminent dan ger in which they were placed. Only one of the horses could be extricated from the traces in sufficient time to save him from drowning—the other three perished. So deep had the mail-coach been sunk into the bog, that it was not, up to a late hour yesterday evening (Friday) moved into the road. The guard was obliged to proceed in a chaise with the mail from Johnstown to Littleton and Cashel, and notwithstanding all his exertions the mail was not in the last-mentioned town until two hours beyond the usual time. This is the same coach which was attempted to be robbed a few days since.—Dublin Morning Register. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1827. We have not received any French Papers nor com munications from Paris since our last, nor can we trace that any subsequent advices have been received in town in the course of to-day. In the absence of intelligence, it would be useless to express further opinion upon the complexion of the previous intelligence from Paris, or upon the loose reports which have reached us from Madrid up to the Bth instant. A few days must decide the great questions, now hanging in uncertainty ; and till then we must submit to remain in suspense. S this afternoon from Paris, r ie ece a l li v o e v a e, we under s t a nd th a t an by which an Etoile of yesterday morning has reached an eminent house in the City. 'We hav e no t, h ow - Expiriiecsse has v.•ritillg been ti ever, been able to obtain a sight of it. The French Three per Cents. had declined on Tuesday to 65f. 75c., and the 5 per Cents. to 981. 55c. It is reported that Mr. LAMB, and also the Austrian Ambassador, had left Madrid. `We received this morning the Nurenzburg• Corre spondent of the 9th inst., and Harnburgh Papers oil the 10th. The winter had set in at St, Petersburgh on the 27th ult. when the Neva began to be frozen over. The navigation of the Elbe was interrupted on the 6th inst. by floating masses of ice, so that ships could not ascend higher than Cuxhaven. From the frontiers of Poland, it was stated, that orders had been sent from St. Petersburgh to the army in Georgia to suspend offensive operations—it was supposed at the mediation of England : rETEASSURGH, DEC. 2S. Up to the 16th of this month, 953 foreign merchantmen have arrived at Cronstadt, and 912 have sailed from that port. The name of the Ambassador coming to St. Petersburgh front Khiva is Wnis Njas Derdinisow, and he has 19 natives of Khiva in his suit. He comes by the way of Astrachan. DEC. 27.—Winter did not set in here till yesterday. The freezing of the Neva has interrupted the communication with Vas sili-Ostrow. We do not remember the navigation of the Neva to have ever been open so late as this year. Since the year 1718, when the observations on the freezing of the river were first re gistered, the year 1772 was that in which the Neva continued open the longest, viz. to Dec. 24. Prince Saltikow, chamberlain, died on the 26th. STOCKHOLM, DEC. 22. The King and the Crown Prince followed the funeral proces sion of the late Count Brahe, who was buried with great pomp in the church of St. Clara. The family of Brahe was related to the house of Wasa, and with the Swedish monarchs descended from Gustavus. DEC. 29.—The election of representatives for the next Nor wegian Storthing are now concluded. Our newspapers report many instances of housebreaking and robbery, committed during the month, in East Gothland and other provinces, upon the country people, and the Government has taken rigorous measures to put a speedy end to such disorders. The immorality caused by the trade of smuggling, which has been carried on for some time by armed bands, may be a chief cause of these excesses. The King has caused a new iriine to be opened near Gelliwars, in Lapland, which is reported to be very rich, and has the advan tage of lying on the sea coast. M. Stenst rup , f rom Norway, for merly inspector of the silver mines at Konigsburg, is now here, and has invented a new and very convenient kind of steam carriage for the conveyance of the ore. COPENNAGEN, DEC. 26. In consequence of the great scarcity of ready money in Jutland, a proposal has been made to the National Bank, to establish in the principal towns of Jutland, discounting offices, as branch banks could not be organised so speedily as the urgency of the occasion requires. HA3IBURGN, JAN. 6. There is a great deal of floating ice in the Elbe, so that the navigation is stopped, and ships from the sea cannot come farther than Cuxhaven. JAN. 9.—The navigation of the Elbe, which has been inter rupted for some days by the quantity of floating ice, has begun again to-day. The English ships the Alster, Captain L. Brady, from Hull, and the Snaresbrook, Captain Hart, have come u p to the city this afternoon, during a violent storm from the N.W. As the Elbe near the city is still full of floating ice, it will pro bably be some time before ships can go to sea. Or HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS FREDERICK DUKE OF YORK AND OF ALBANY, IN THE ROYAL CHAPEL OF ST. GEORGE, AT WINDSOR. At the entrance of the Chapel, the Dean and Prebendaries, at tended by the Choir, will receive the Body, and will fall in imme diately before the Officers carrying the banners; and the Proces sion (having been formed, and being flanked by the Grenadiers of the Foot Guards, and the Royal Regiment of Hone Guards, every fourth mau bearing a flambeau,) will move down the South Aisle, and up the Nave into the Choir, in the following order : __ . Poor Knights of Windsor. Pages of the Royal Family. Pages of the King. Pages of his late Royal Highness. Solicitor to his late Royal Highness. Apothecary to his late Surgeons to his late Royal Highness. Royal Highness. Physicians to his late Royal Highness. The Corporation of the Borough of Windsor. The Ciliate of Windsor. 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The Master of the Rolls. The Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. The Paymaster-General to the Forces. Lords of the Bedchamber to his Majesty. The Secretary at War. BBisihsohpopofOfSLalaisnbdualff.::. .Bishop of London.l Bishop of E xe t er . S 5 Bishop of Lincol n . Bishop of Wi nc h es t er . Prelate of th e O r d er C:-..icellor of the Or- der of the Garter. of the Garter. Heralds. The 3linister of State of Hanover. Archbishop of York. Archbishop of Canterbury. Norroy King of Arms. . Captain of the Yeomen Captain of the Band of Gen- Guard. tlemen Pensioners. Master of the Horse to his Groom of the Stole to his Majesty. Majesty. PRICES OF STOCKS THI Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ...... —78% BN, 3 per Cent. Con. 7. 1%7‘ g 3'.i per Cent. B6v Ditto Red. B5 4 per Cent. New 93 1% Ditto, 1826 94%y. 4 Bank Long Ann. 18 N% India Stock — Ditto Bonds 3B 39 36 39 pm. DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 21 22 pin. Ditto 5OO 2d. 21 23 21 pin. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Bank for Account India for Account Cons, for Acct. 79 13 S NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. , Brazilian Bonds • Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chiba!' Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds — Ditto, 1824. 30% 1 4s 3014 30 ainish 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, 1826 14% 15 Guatemala Mexican Bonds 44 no. 1825 Neapolitan, 1824. Peruvian Bonds — Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New 91% 2 Russian, New, 5 p. c. Bs }2 5 Spanish, 1821 _ 1923 834 French Rentes, b p. c q9t —C. Exchange 26f. 50e. 3 per cent —f. Exchange —t. —c. PRICES OF SNARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. British Iron Mini❑g Company ..£37% 10 11 Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Assoc. United General Gas Company l3 MX 13 PRICE OF IRISH Bank stock Consols, 3 per cent 7 94 % Gov. Stock, 3.4 per cent....... 85X Ditto, New _ 4 per Cent. 9 5!4; Gov. Deb. 3% per cent SSN Royal Canal Stock 9 SN Grand Canal Stock --- City Deb. 4 per cent. - Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. --- MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres O Donaghadec 0 I Dublin O Flanders ll 1 France 2 Gottenburgh 1 TOCKS, JAN. 13. St. Patrick Insar. (per share) Royal Irish Ditto N'atienal Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mitre Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings IL S. Arrived. I Guernsey&Jersey 0 2 Hamburglt O Holland 2 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon O Malta 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 5O minutes after 5. 1 Evening ....... 13 minutes after 6. 4 7, (41 r -„ un ow\ EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBUROH, JAN. 9.-36 7; Two Months, 36 4. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 29.-9 31-32. LEirstc, JAN. s.—Three Months, 6 164. BERLIN, JAN: 6.—Three Months, 6 271. BREMEN, JAN. B.—Two Months, 60 2. FROSI THE FRONTIERS OF POLAND, JAN. 2. We just learn that orders hare been sent from Petersbnrgh to the C o mmander-in-chief of the army in Georgia, to suspend offen sive operations, and only to maintain the line of the Arms. If this fact should prove correct, as letters from Petersburgh affirm: it may be considered as the precursor of peace, probably under the mediation of England. We received last night New York Papers to the 21st ult., and Charleston Papers to the 24th. On the 18th the PRESIDENT transmitted to Congress extracts of a letter dated the 27th October, which he had received, since the commencement of the Session, from Mr. GALLATIN, the American Minister in this country, having relation to the discussions concerning the trade between the United States and the British