The Sun. — London, England, 1825-01-26 00:00:00

Night from Liverpool, brought to that port by the Colombian packet. The Bill, granting 1 00,000 dollars in money and a township in land to General LAFAYETTE, has passed into a law ; and it appears to be the prevailing opinion that General JACKSON will be the new Presi dent. We extract two paragraphs, one from a New York and the other from a Baltimore Journal, on the subject of the fabricated news from Pa "ma of the pretended defeat of BOLIVAR, which leave no doubt of its falsehood : ( From the New York Evniing Post, Dec. 2.8.) cL AVFAIRS OF PERO. " One of those impositions which we have had frequent occasion to expose, relative to the state of affairs in Peru, was attempted on 'Wednesday last in the Boston Sentinel,. and canght at with an avidity here by some of our cotemporaries' 'which could not fail to create souse suspicions that they se cretly rejoiced at what they were pleased to term disastrous intelligence from the Patriots in Peru.' We allude to a let ter published in the Boston Sentinel, said to have been re ceived from a Correspondent in South America,' and pur- P a ' r ting to be dated Panama, October 20,' in which the w riter gives an account of a battle said to have been fought near Truxillo, on the 17thi of last month,' which terminated unfavourably for Bolivar, who had retreated to Guayaquil, mid that Canterac had entered Colombia. Independent of zhot appearing that any vessel had arrived at Boston by which this pretended letter could be received, we were satisfied, from the circumstance of its being stated that the disastrous battle was fought near Truxillo, that the whole was a fabri tion• It has been established beyond the possibility of dispute, that in the beginning of August last, Bolivar left Truxillo at the head of his army, in order to attack the Royalists ; that on hearing his approach, the latter fled, but were overtaken at Junin on the 6th, where an engagement I ° o k place which proved fatal to the cavalry of Canterac, the 'whole having either been killed or taken prisoners ; that the ItoYalist infantry continued its flight pursued by the Patriots ; and that on the 31st of August Bolivar entered Eluancayo in t 7 PPer Peru. The intelligence of the victory over Canterac, wilids reached us towards the end of November, was so con- V'nejore and sati s factory, that the C'orntivrcial advertiser, which aci previously expressed doubts as to the succes ses of the I' atr ighs, acknowledged its conviction of the truth." ( From the Baltimore Advert scr, Dec. 28.) tc THE FABRICATED NEWS FROM PANAMA. " In addition to the testimony given yesterday disproving atatements of the letter-writer for the Bostan Sentinel re sPecting a reported royalist victory in Peru, we have now to state, that information was received at Carthagena from Pans vs of the 21st October, at which time the people of that place 7ere celebrating the recent victories of Bolivar. This infortna tm, it will be seen is one day subsequent to the date of the fabricated letter, and we sho u ld think goes of itself far to prove bite falsity of the statement of Bolivar's reported defeat. About a year ago circumstances strongly resembling those related in the letter were then said to have occurred, and perhaps the Miter of the Sentinel may have, through mistake —we would not accus e him of design—received and published the old state ments as matters of recent occurrence. This, it is true, is a mere conjecture of ours: the commentary which accompanied the letter proves that the editor had sonic knowledge of his sub ..Teet. and such a small matter as the mistake of a year might readily be excused." There has been a rumour within these last few days that au addition to our army is to take place, tousisting of ten thousand men, five to be sent to India, to be supported at the expence of the East Igditt Company, and five to Ireland. It has been 1. /esanably observed that such an augmentation of oar military force is inconsistent with the de claration recently made by two of the principal 14 embers of our Cabinet respecting the pacific state of our relations with Foreign Powers. In the first place, it would be proper to ascertain tether this rumour be true : in the next, Venting the fact, the destination of five thou aand men to India is not inconsistent with the declaration of our Ministers, and be tag levied and supported by the East In- dia Company, -the expence will not fall on the nation at large. With respect to our foreign relations, it is possible that circumstances may Lave arisen which may change the policy of our Government,and as it is wise to be prepared for all contingencies, we ought not to enter into any ela borate reasoning on the subject till we know what cause Ministers may state in defence of the mea sure alluded to, if really in contemplation. At all eveuts an augmentation of military force seems t o be required in India, and the situation of Ireland is so critical as to demand particular attention. The argument against this Military au gmentation, presuming, as we have said, the fa ct, seems to be improperly directed towards any idea c f an interruption of amicable relations with theother f l owers of Europe, contrary to assurances held out by the Cabinet Ministers in question. Au article from Cologne, of the 16th instant, Elves Rhenish Wan hent account of the exports by sea of '' during first est India Company, from the time establishment up to the end of 1824, tiring which period the official value of the go, t ods exPorteil amounted to ,86,120 dollars. ne exports from the Pr l u 2 ssian dominions a mounted to a milli o n and half of that sum, and those from Saxony to half a million. The ex portation for 1824 alone was 950,000 dollars. His MAJESTY, we are sorry to learn, has ex- Perienced a slight attack of the gout. The Princess SOPHIA paid a visit to the KING yesterday. Yesterday the LORI) MAYOR transacted busi 'less at the Secretary of State's Office for the Home Department. The Right Hon. C. WYNN and P. COURTE.- ITAr, Esq. transacted business yesterday morn ing at the India House. A Board of the Lords of the Treasury was held at the Treasury Chambers yesterday. THEATRICALS. Daun y-LANE.--The appearance of this The atre last night, at the representation of Der Frieschutz, formed a striking contrast to the events of the preceding evening. This extraor dinary Dramt was attended by a numerous au dience, and no noise occurred but that arising from the terrific INCANTATION, and the con cluding scene, in which Caspar falls a victim to the Infernal spirit, except indeed the applause which attended the piece altogether. It should bet mentioned, to the credit of Drury-lane Theatre, that six Gentleman who at tended for the purpose of supporting Mr. KEAN, on Monday last, offered a guinea each to he ad m itt•d into the Pit before the doors were opened, and afterwards arose to an orier of five guineas each for the same purpose, but were refused. Amateur Peribrntances al the Gosport Theatre.—On Friday evening the 14th instant, for the benefit of 111 r. and Mrs. RE )(atm, the comedy of Speed the Plough was acted—and the term we conceive may be strictly applied —b y the gentlemen amateuri, to the high gratification of an elegant and crowded audience. It is not our intention to enter into a critical ana lysis of each individual character ; but in justice to the parties who so ably acquitted themselves, we may perhaps be permit ted, for the satisfaction of the public , to gi v e a brief outline of the merits of the different gentlemen concerned.—Sir Philip Blandf,n - d was distinguished by profound judgment, acute feel ing, and a dignity of manner, which gave us a perfect picture of the sour sorrowing Baronet. His brother Baronet was given with an eccentricity of manner, that whimsical mixture of pleasure and pain, of hope and fear, so completely character istic of the hen-pecked husband. Ilis son, the g ay Bob Handy, evinced the most perfect knowledge of fashionable life with the ease of vivacity and elegance. Hear?, was performed with full pathos and energy. Morringtou had a just conception and execution of the character ; as had the representative of Ger ald ; and in Farmer Ashfleld we found so entirely the old stager, that we could scarcely believe it was an amateur—the dialect was so chaste, the appearance so natural , the hum our so rich, that it had all the tact of a veteran performer ; indeed the whole performance was of that order, as the loud and re peated plaudits proved, that would have given credit to regular professors. The ladies of the theatre, Miss Woolfe, Mrs. Re naud, Mrs. Halliday, and Miss Routh, exerted their best efforts; and we never witnessed a greater treat than was given that evening at the Gosport theatre. Lady LYON patronized the performances at the Portsmouth theatre on Wednesday evening last, and the pieces went off with great eclat. The new melodrama of the Floating Beacon was received with unbounded approbation. We are authorised to state, that Capt. Davies Smith (R.E.) did not assist in the recent amateur theatricals at Gosport.— (Hants Telegraph.)• Mr. MATHEWS concluded his professional tour at Liverpool on Wednesday night last, having performed his Trip to Ame rica four nights to crowded houses. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. TO TIIII IiDITOII OF THE *UK. asa a LADY with a numerous progeny, among whom I am proud to rank rurself ; and your zeal in favour of myself and your brethren and sisters is so well known to me, and so highly appreciated, that I do not know to whom I can better address my complaints than to you ; especially as it was through you that I became informed of the undutiful conduct of certain of my children, on which I wish to say a few words. It was always my wish that all my children s h ould have a good education ; and in proportion to my sense of the im portance of this blessing, has always been my indignation whenever I have seen any designing and unworthy members of my family imposing on the ingenuous credulity of their simpler brethren, by disguising their mercenary schemes under the specious garb of improved systems of education. Not less, you may be sure, Sir, have I suffered when I have seen edu cation perverted to the advancement of the very evils, the counteraction of which is its main concern. My own idea of education may be rude, and out of date, but this it is :—I would have all my children educated for the callings tbr which they are severally intended : the churchman should have divi nity, classics, and science ; the lawyer should add to the ordi nary attainment of a gentleman the study of native antiquities and jurisprudence ; the artisan should be well versed in all those branches of knowledge which improve him in discharging the duties of his calling • and all should possess a thorough knowledge of one book at least, formerly much respected, and called the Bible. Such being my opinions on education, you may be suro they did not well amalgamate with what you tell Inc (and " SOLEM quis dicere falsutu " Audeat?" is the aim of the Mechanics' Society ; namely, that it " is not confined to the acquirement of science alone, but embraces a wider field, and that, from the transaction of their last meeting, it would seem as if they intended to take in THE WHOLE RANGE OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, and bring its benefits, like those of the laws, home to every man's door." If the Mecha nics' Society really profess to do this, they must be the greatest humbugs in existence; a head at least as wise as any among them has settled this matter, and 1 shall not scruple to adopt his words. " The wisdom of a learned man cometh by oppor tunity of leisure ; and he that bath little business shall become wise. flow can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks ?"—(Ecclesiasticus, xxxviii. 24.) " The whole range of human knowledge" was never the lot of any man, however learned; and this is now to be the prize of every bricklayer and carpenter. Seven years apprenticeship are required for a knowledge of their particular trades ; how many do they intend to devote to each branch of " human knowledge ?" But this is not all ; if the humbug ceased here, there would be much to laugh at, but nothing worse. But it seemsenougb " hu man knowledge" is not contained in the manly and expressive tongue in which I instructed my sons. Icannotoffer them a" Can dide,"a"Pacclle,"a Philosophical Dictionary, an "Eloise." A s NECESSARY STEP TOWARDS THIS GRAND AND UNIVERSAL INFORMATION, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A KNOWLEDGE OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE WOULD BE nEtturslTE !" Why ? Would it not be better that these candidates for uni versal knowledge should know their own language first, which nineteen-twentieths of them, I would venture to pronounce, can neither speak nor spell? " No," say these " Timor tsTs' —" No—denationalize them. Instead of good Christians, loyal subjects, manly hearts, sound members of English society, make them compounds of 'Popery and infide lity, presumptuous, self-willed, speak ill of government !" A Mr. Black was not wanting to improve the hint— " Hi.c NIGER. est ! hunc tu, Romane , caveto !" I lament deeply to find that too many of my children arc be• come his pupils; era. if any thing could aggravate this feeling, it is to know, that he has found an Advocate in the EDITOR of THE SUN ! • , However these sentiments may be at variance with yours, I • .fruit- as a dutiful son, whose services on all occasions lam proud to proclaim, that you will not refuse to insert this at the particular request of Your obliged and affectionate Mother. BRITANNIA. The article referred to in the above let= came from a Correspondent. Or Letters and Papers have been received from Demerara to the 11th ult. The trial of one of the Colonists for forgery had excited great inte rest. After a long investigation, R. C. STOREY had been found guilty of forging bills of exchange on the house of DANIEL and Co. Bristol, purport ing to be drawn by JouN AUSTIN, in Demerara. The latter, on his arrival in England some time since, was surprised on finding bills of exchange, to the amount of nearly five thousand pounds, had been accepted and paid in his name, and that others were left to a considerable amount to be accepted ; an investigation immediately took place, which ultimately led to the arrest and trial of R. C. SToaEY ; he has now been found guilty, and awaits his sentence. As Demerara is governed by Dutch laws, he is not likely to suffer death. The penalty is branding and banishment. The sentence was daily expected to be promulgated. WINDSOR, ,Tax. 25. This afternoon her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta paid a visit to the Hon. Miss Townshend, at the Castle ; after which her Royal Highness took-an airing in the Great Park.— Orders were received at the Royal Lodge on Saturday last. for. the remaining part of the.household, which are stationed there, to proceed to London on Monday ; but those orders were on Sunday evening countermanded; from which circumstance we doubt not that his 11.1ajesty will shortly return to the Lodge. — Nothing can possibly exceed the rapidity with which the whole of the improvements are now making, both in the interior and e. erior of the Castle ; the latter, owing to the mildness of the season, has not received the least drawback. — The corridor, which runs from the North-east corner to the New Gateway, has made great progress, and al ready sheers • the magnificent appearance and decided im provement given to the quadrangle. The elevation of the south froist is now completed, and the workmen have par tially commenced lowering the court-yard ;in the course of which they discovered, at an inconsiderable depth below the surface, a few stone steps, apparently leading to a subterra neous apartment. The research being continued, it was fbund to be the entrance to an immense excavation, hollowed in the chalk to the depth of nearly eighty feet. From the peculiar construction of this pit, and the circumstance of no passage, connecting it with any other part of the building, being at all discernible, it is supposed that it has been employed, in days of feudal violence, as a place of confinement for the unhappy victims of civil disseutions. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke of Wellington, front his seat, Strathfieldaay, in Hants ; Lord Bexley, from his seat, Foot's Cray Place, Kent ; the Duke of Buckingham, at his house in Pall-Mall, from Stowe, Buckinghamshire; Lord Says and .84e, at Lower Berkeley-street, from Belvedere, Kent ; Sir William Elliot, Bart. at his house in Upper Brook-street, from Brighton ; the Earl of liarrowby, at his house in Grosvenor-square, from Mr. Ryder's seat in Hens ; Lord Charles Bentinck. in Park lane, from a tour ; the .Marquis of Hertford, in Piccadilly, from Surrey ; Sir John Harrington, in Berkeley-square; Mrs. E. Estcourt and Mrs. Monke, at their house, Hertford-street, Mayfair, from Hampshire ; the Earl of Ilopetoun, in Pic cadilly, from Scotland ; 111 r. Rosson, in Piccadilly, from Kent; Mr. Thomas Bligh, in Pall-mall, from Bath ; Major Clayton, in Bond-street, from Bath ; Colonel Clifton, in Edinburgh, from the North ; Mr. and Mrs. D'Avenant, in Gloucester place ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, from Brighton ; the Dowager Viscountess Colville, from Bognor; the Bishop of Lincoln, at his house in Connaught-place, front his sent, Buckdon, Huntingdonshire; the Right Honourable Si - . Arbuthnot, at his house, in Whitehall-place, from the Duke of Wellington's seat, in Hants ; Sir Henry Hardinge, Bart., and family, at their house in Grosvenor-place, from a tour; Sir George Robinson, Baronet, from his seat, Cranford, Northamptonshire ; the Honourable Lady Smith, from Rants gate; J. Dupre, Esq., at his house in Portland-place, from his seat, Wilton Park, Bucks ; H. Harmer, Esq., from his seat, Herts ; Messrs. Hamilton, at the British Hotel, Jermyn street, from Dublin ; Lady Galway and family, at Mr. Kirk ham's hotel, Lower Brock-street. from Serlby Hall, York shire ; W. Bosanquct. Esq. and family, at ditto, from their seat, Trine, Park, Hens; Sir Henry Leppincott, Bart. at do., from his seat, Stoke, Gloucestershire ; Mrs. Brune l'rideaux, and the Misses Courtenay, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from Wellington Crescent, Ramsgate ; Edward Protheroc, Esq. M re. Protheroc and family, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook—street, from their scat in Herts ; Sir Hedworth William son, Bart. nt ditto, from the North ; John Dauncey, Esq. at ditto, from Kent ; Thomas Lister Parker, at ditto, front a tour. CIANGES—The Duke of Portland, from Belvoir Castle, for Chatsworth, Derbyshire, on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire ; Earl Spencer, from his scat, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, for Burleigh, on a visit to the Marquis and 31archioness of Exeter ; the Earl and Countess of Jersey, from their seat, Middleton ; Park, Oxfordshire, for the Duke of Devonshire's, Chats- I worth, Derbyshire ; Sir W. Scott, for Windsor ; Colonel Wal- • lace, of the sth Dragoon Guards, from Edinburgh to Don keld ; Sir Culling Smith, Bart. for Belvedere Castle , in K ent ; Lord and Lady `aye and Sele, for Belvedere ; Capt. Burrower, of the 4th Light Dragoons, for Maidstone; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. George Agar Ellis, for Woburn-abbey, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford ; Mr. and Mrs. Tinton, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their seat in Kent ; J. Hartley. Esq., from ditto, for Norfolk. AII IVALS AT CII EL TEN II AM.—Colonel Berkeley, Capt. Mangham, Rev. G. Dauherry, Rev. G. Whittaker, Captain Schoenberg ; Messrs. Arthur, Dolphin, Williams, Hawkins, Forbes, Davies, Bincks, Baker, Tyson, Robins, Sykes, Black, Robertson, Wilton, being and family ; Mistresses Hawkins, Lennox, Conyngham, Bradshaw, Brown, J. A nstey, Chisleton ; Mists \Veste, Arbgurn, Gibson, M. West, Stovin. Frederic Hogdson, Esq. M. P. last night entertained a select party at his Villa, near Epsom ; music was the leading feature of the evening's amusement ; Messrs. Sola, Torre, Spagnoletti, Labarre, and Miss Wensley, delighted thecompany with theirre spective talents. The Concert began with the Hunter's chorus in Freischuis ; and a duet, sung by Miss Wensley and Mr. Sola, was highly admired. Mr. Spagnoletti played the violin admirably. An amateur relative of Mr. Rothschild sung beau tifully ; and Mr. Sala delighted the party with his unmatched flute, and his lively songs were received with enthusiasm. A magnitiouut supper followed in a style of great elegance. The party did not separate till very late. PARIS. JAN. 20.—The dinner which M. de Rothschild gave on Saturday to the Prince of Saxe Coburg was in a style of princely magnificence. The President of the Council and the other Cabinet Ministers, their Ladies, and Mrs. and Miss Canning, were present; but the uest whose appearance at the sam e board with Monsieur de s'illele excited the most sur prise was the Duke Mathieu de Montmorency. The Earl and Countess of LITERPOOL came to town on i‘londay morning, from Coombe Wood. The Noble Earl gave a Cabinet Dinner to the Cabinet Ministers yesterday, at his house in Whitehall. We are concerned to state, that the venerable Dean of CANTERBURT is seriously indisposed at the Rectory House, St. James's. Ills Physician, Dr. AI ATON, is in constant attendance upon him. CUSTOM 110 USE.—It has been souse time known that a great part of this splendid struc ture had settled, and that a similar danger was apprehended in other quarters. This morning, we understand, that a part of the Long Room had sunk in the same manner, but happily was not attended with injury to any individuals. PARISIAN AN ucooTE.—An event which has lately taken place at Paris, though of a private nature, has yet become the subject of very general conversation, as it has de prived the public for some time back, and is likely to do so ' much longer, of the most perfect actress the French stage has ever bad to boast of. It has been long known to all the world in Paris that for many years back Mademoiselle Mars has been living on terms of the most intimate footing with Colonel Br—k, a very handsome man and brave officer. This gentleman was, in fact, a husband to Mademoiselle Mars in every sense of the word except the religious ceremony. lie had the uncontroulled management of her fortune, and was so skilful or fortunate in his administration of it, that he considerably augmented its amount, besides gaining for himself, either by speculatihn with her funds in the stocks, or in building ground purchased at a low rate, and re-let at an enormous profit, a sum, it is said, of 600,000 francs (24,000/.) It is said that Mademoiselle Mars had frequently offered to marry him, and it was the convic tion of their mutual friends that such would have been the result of so long a connection. But an unexpected event has put an end to this long standing liaison, and to all hopes of future marriage. A short time back Colonel Br—k invited about 20 of his friends, and amongst them Mademoiselle Mars, to dinner. During the repast all went on gaily as usual until the dessert appeared, when Col. Br—k suddenly arose and thus addressed his guests. "My friends," said he, "it is time that I should inform you of the motive of my bringing you to gether on this occasion. You see before you in my person, the most famous cuckold in Paris, and nay fortunate rival is M. 31—, that young fair - haired (blondin) officer, whom you all know. It is he that I point out to you as my substitute, as my successor in the good graces of Madame !" During this extraordinary address Madame Mars was in a state of agitation more easy to conceive than describe. She was carried in a state of insensibility to her own house, and has not since re-appeared upon the stage. he next morning Colonel Br—k left Paris for Strasbourg, where his family resides. P 0 E T R V. _~~~-- STANZAS. To JOHN SYMMONS Esq. A. M. F. R. S. F. A. S . of Pad dington House, on the death of Sir JosErlt BAN' xs, written between Montpelier and Marseilles, in the Gulf of Lyons, by the Illustrator of Ossian. Joy to my friend, whom every Muse admires, Whose scientific mind each art explores ; Here, seeking health, that Gallia's clime inspires, I sail in hope, even to her farthest shores! Montpelier now is sinking in the sea, And thy high mountains, Marseilles, rise in sight, The Rhone we pass whose stream glides rapidly Through flowery meads, and scenes of fond delight. Oh, Symmons, could the Muse thy virtues trace, Here would she gratefully those scenes renew, When first with thee I pmv'd the kind embrace Of him *—the whole world's friend—all, friend, adieu! Ilis worth was priz'd wherever Science stray'd, His loss is felt wherever Science bends ! To meet the man of worth he ne'er delay'd, And still the friend of him that had not friends ! Rest, blessed spirit, in the realms of peace, Though the whole world thy peerless loss deplores; Thy useful life the Muse shall never cease To deem a blessing given to Britain's shores. But, Symmons, be that day prolong'd till late, When from the field of Science called away, His generous partner must submit to fate, And bid the weeping Muse renew her lay. Oh, yes my friend, with every comfort blest, Be thine all happiness yet many a year, And of thy virtues be thy sons possest, So they, like thee, to Science shall be dear. But, hark—a Pilot, for thy Port Marseilles.. Prompts the sad Muse to end her wayward lay The beauteous prospect round, her gloom dispel's, And cheerfulness begins, and brighten'd day. 11. CAMPBELL. * Sir Joseph Banks. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. lIEETINGS Of HOITXHB IX THE PT:I:SENT WEEK. Sir T. Sykes's Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Mr. I'rickett's Lodge, Ocwn. Mr. Farquharson's Hounds, on Thursday, at Ashley Wood ; Friday, at Broadley Wood. The Holderness Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Withernwick. Mr. G. Templer's Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Eggesford Kennel ; Saturday, at Rackenford Bell. Mr. Ring'• Hounds, on Saturday, at Ashprington The Northumberland Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Eahot East House; Saturday, at Longhorsley Common. The York City Harriers, on Friday, near Poppleton. Rtirm. HuNT.-3londay morning his INlajecty's Stag Hounds met at Salt Hill, and one of the deer which was lest summer taken from the New Forest, was turned out bef.re a very numerous field of sportsmen, and afforded a most brilliant run for an hour and twenty minutes, and was taken atGerrard's Cross, near Beaconsfield. This is the fourth time they hare hunted this kind of deer during the present season, and have experienced the sharpest runs ever witnessed. SINGULAR GRANT TO WHALLEY ABM:Y.—Amory ,- " the grants to this abbey is a singular one by Henry Duke ofLan caster, of 2 cottages, 7.acres of land, a hundred ant eighty-three acres of pasturage, and two hundred of wood in Blackborn chase ; and another grant of the same nature in the neigdhbour hood, for the support of a female recluse, and 2 women servants within the parish church-yard of Whalley. who were perpetual ly to pray for the souls of the Duke and all his posterity. The convent was to repair their habitation, and to provide a chap lain and a clerk to sing mass to them in the chapel be longing to their retreat; to bestow on them weekly seven teen loaves, of such bread as was used in the abbey ; seven loaves of the second sort; eight gallons of the better sort of beer, and threepence for their food. Besides, they had an nually, on the feast of All Saints, ten large stock fish, a bushel of oatmeal for pottage, a bushel of rye, two gallons of oil for their lamps, one pound of tallow for candles, six load of turf and one of faggots for their fuel. Upon the death of these recluses, the Duke or his heirs were to appoint successors. A SIITLETON.—A few weeks ago, while some workmen were employed in digging a new road, on the estate of Drumduan, near Forres, belong ing to Colonel FeAsett, 11.E.1.C.5, a gentleman happened to pass., when they were levelling the Gallow-hill, about 200 yards east of Nelson's monument, and directed their attention to a parti cular spot,where they found a human skeleton, en tire,and in good preservation. The shoes were also found containing the sinews of the feet, quite fresh. The circumstances connected with this discovery are curious, and indisputably true. About 80 years ago a soldier was sentenced to be shot for deser tion, and to heighten the impression, lie was led out from the gaol of Forres to the Gallow-hill, in his grave clothes, on a St. Lawrence market day. The runner who had stopped at Burn-end (formerly a public-house, about '2 miles east from Forms), arrived about an hour after the sentence had been executed, with, among other official dispatches, a reprieve for the poor fellow. The spot where the skeleton was found was gene rally known by the name of the " sodger's grave ;" and there are two or three of the inha bitants who remember the day on which he was shot. It is not long since the man who made the coffin (James Smith) died. Part of the shoe is in the possession of our informant. Several skeletons were found in the immediate neighbour hood, which, we presume, without any great vio lation of probability, may have lain there since the celebrated battle against the Danes and Nor wegians. We are strengthened in this opinion, when we reflect that the hieroglyphic Obelisk to the memory of Swenno, the Danish King, is with in a quarter of a mile of the place.—(hwereess Paper.) IMPORTANT NYENT lON.—A person of the name of Itonewrs, who is at present in Bolton, has constructed an apparatus which will prove useful and valuable in the highest degree. Its object is the safety of life and property, in case of fire, or where any suffocating or noxious va pour exists. It consists of a hood and mouth-piece, so contrived as to render the wearer enabled to breath, with perfect ease and safety, in the midst of the densest smoke. In case of dwelling houses, warehouses, factories, ships at sea, &c. being on fire, its advantages are incalculable. — Roberts exhibited the efficacy of the above extraordinary discovery at the mines of the Earl of Balcarras, a few weeks since, to the com plete satisfaction of those whis witnessed it. On Wednesday last, at the recommendation of seve ral persons in Bolton and the neighbourhood, of the highest respectability, he invited some of the principal tradesmen and inhabitants of the town, to meet him at Messrs. Crook and Dean's foun dry, Little Bolton ; where he demonstrated the infallibility of his apparatus, to the utter astonishment of a very respectable party of gentlemen. In the course of the trial he went into a stove-room, in which sulphur, hay, &c. were burning at the same time. Ile was shut in for the space of 20 minutes ; and came out at the expiration of that time, perfectly sound and uninjured. Had any one without the apparatus remained in the room longer than a minute, it would have been attended with certain death.— ( Bolton Express.) COURT OF.KING'S BENCII.- 7 (Titis DDT.) LINCOLN'S INN AND ST. ANDREW'S PARISI!. COOKE V. BANKS. This was a question whether Stone buildings, in Lincoln's-Inn, was in the parish of Sairs t Andrew, Holborn, and liable to pay the paro chial rates. The case was tried at the late Sittings before Mr. J ustice Littledale and a spe cial Jury, when a verdict was returned for the defendant. The ATTORNEY-GENERA I". moved to have that verdict set aside, and a new rule grant e d. H, observed, it was a case of very considerabl e im portance to all parties, as the Benches had not, for a number of years, been called upon to pay the rate, and they considered it was not within the boundary of that parish, as they had a church of their own, and contributed to it. The Learned Attorney-General was heard in sup port of his argument at some length, when the Court granted the rule. Bow-STREET—(Tins DAY.) DISOBEDIENCE OF OFFICERS.-ROW AT DRLTR V - LANE, &c. Sir RICHARD BIKNIE, on taking his seat this morning expressed the utmost indignation in con sequence of having read in one of the Mornint; Papers, that some of the Officers had entered the Theatre contrary to the orders he had given them on Monday night last. The Gentleman who supplied the account, assured Sir RICHARD (who had pronounced the Report to be a lie), that he was in the Boxes on Monday night, and men tioned the names of several of the Officers who were in the Theatre. Sir RicnAan said, if he knew that such Wai the case, not one of them should remain on the Establishment any longer. Several of the officers were questioned, and they denied being in the audience part of the Theatre, but was in the lobby. Sir RicitAnn expressed his determination to investigate the matter, and said he would use every exertion to discover the officers who was seen in the boxes, that dragged a young gentle man out of the boxes for expressing his disap probation. ' !4 ,( 4. ' t•trt*,4 4 .r.. •:, , 1.;;9-n. ;: c4..r.,1 'a i i \ VP ; % 1 , i ; ~• .• .. ~.., ~ 2,..e ....• NZ, . . t A t 2 V 1 / 4 1 1 .k. , ,*. 1: 3 .: FPr 1' -(ri Y O le - I k.. . 1 ..... ~_.,„..., \ ,-. ~,... ;: ,o. ;Si MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, JAN. 25.—Wind N.W.—Passed through the Car. shalton Park, Pusk, for Jamaica; Sarah Batston, Winslaw, from Ilamburgh for Lisbon ; Bridgewater, Manderson, from London for India; David Lyon, Berry, from Ramsgate for Jamaica; Isabella Simpson, Mare, from Leith for ditto. The Netherlands brig of war Valk has put back. Four ships and a brig are now 4 p. m. passing the South Foreland to the west. ward, having Hamburgh colours hoisted over white flags, with several other vessels in company. PORT SllOll T 11, JAW. N.W.—Arrived the Eliza, Robinson, from the Downs for St. Michael's. Sailed the Bal tic Merchant transport, for the Eastward ; and Hebe, Ford, for London. FALsrotrrn, JAX. 24.—Wind variable.—Arrived from the Downs the John, Downing; and Active, Banks. Sailed the Swiftsurc, Telly, for Havannah ; and Julius Cesar, .Stafford, for Carthagena. vEnroot, JAN. 24.—Wind S.—Arrived the Columbia, Lee, from New York, sailed the let instant, in company with the Alexander Mansfield, for this port; and the Queen ;flab, for Havre ; Majestic, Page, from Charleston ; Ceres, Dyer, ' from New York ; Ewen, Morrison, from Prince Edward's Island.—The Nestor, Pease, from Liverpool for New Yotk, was lost on Long Island the 24th ult. ; crew and part of the cargo saved. The Countess of Dalhousie, bound to 'Valparaiso, has been towed back by the Mersey steam-boat. The Britannia, Cram, from Petersburg, has put into Got tenburg, with loss of deck load, having been on shore. The following was yesterday evening posted at the New England Coffee-house:—" LlV3grooL, 24.--Wind S. by E.—Arrived the packet ship Columbia, Lee, from New York, sailed the I st inst. The 'Nestor, Pease, hence for New Yoik, was lost on Long Island ; cargo damaged ; crew saved. —The ;Pacific, Maxwell ; Meteor, Gardner ; Courier, Wal. lace, at New York.—Ceres, from ew York; Majestic, Page, from Charleston.—Sailed the Silas, Richards, for New York. NOTICE 70 MARINERS.—The Corporation of the Trinity House have directed improvements to be made in the floating light at the Nore, by which a more powerful light will be ex hibited than has heretofore been shewn at that station; the al teration consists in the vessel displaying one lanthorn only, in stead of two lights horizontal as at present; the single light will be much more brilliant, and be seen in every direction, si milar to that at the Sunk Sand. The alteration is not to take place until the Ist of March next. A sloop, laden with paving stones, has been sunk off the North Foreland, about one mile to the north-eastward of the Elbow Buoy, where she now lies in six fathoms water, her cross trees being above the surface. The Trinity Board have ordered a Green Buoy to be placed there, to mark the sittiatioa of the wreck. INDIA SHIPPING. Yesterday the dispatches for Bengal and China, by the ship Royal George, Capt. Timins, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. • The Lady Campbell, Capt. J. Irvine, for Madras and Bea.. gal, sailed on Thursday from Spithead with the following pas sengers :—Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Reshworth, Mrs. Holmes ; Messrs. Wm. Hughes, R. H. Starr, Johnson, Edw. Thomas, Edw. Reshworth, Henry Jackson, John Holmes, Charles Clay hill, R. Ramday, John Whitelocke, Wm. Brothertou, Stephen Briggs, Edgar Seagram, Wm. Burroughs, Robert Faunce, Henry Gordon, Frederick Streatfield, Augustus Shepherd, Thomas ,Medley, Edw. Baker, Wm. 1). Nash, Charles C 0,.. field, Win. Moore, Wm. Hannyngton, Robert Cunnynghlim, Geo. Brett, Geo. Brown, Leslie Elckey, Fred. Norris ; three native female servants, CORN-EXCHANGE, JAW. 26. There are good quantities of most kinds of Grain at market to-day ; prime samples of Wheat fully support Monday's terms, but other kinds are very dull in sale. The trade for Barley continues almost in a state of stagnation - ; Beans sell at last quotations ; in Boiling and Grey Peas there is no alteration ; Oats meet but few buyers this morning, but prices are not lower. The top price of Flour was settled at 655. per sack at the close of the market on Monday. ARRIVALS—EngIish Wheat, 4,400; Barley, 10,100; Oatv, 8,700 ; Foreign Barley, 11,625 ; Irish Wheat, 900; Oats, 4,305 qrs.; Flour, 8,500 sacks. NEW FISH MARHET.—The plan of building a fish market on the site of what was formerly , Ilungerford Market, is not novel, it was pro jected by the late Mr. Ralp h Dodd, 20 years since, when it created a strong sensation among the dealers and others interest ed e nce of in Billingn tisgatema , and was abandoned in con se q u an i tion at the first Meeting of Shareholders, that it would violently be opposed by the then Duke of Northumberland. Hungerford Market, as it is called, though now it has no pretensions to th e name ) has been for many years in a disgraceful state of dilapidation, and its being converted to any useful purpose could not but be an irnpro‘e i ment to,that neighbourhood.