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rood understanding and perfect karmony catablished by the treaty lately concluded between the two Courts, and to ensure the advantage§ which it will procure to our commerce, the con stant object Of his Majesty's paternal care.—( Gazetta Pitman. led, May 7.) MILAN, MAY 5. The Gazette of this City contains very long details of the journey of the Emperor through his Italian dominions, which resembles a triumphal procession, from the immense crowds that flock to greet him, and the enthusiastic acclamations with which he is received. At Mantua their Imperial Majesties were joined, on the Ist of May, by the Duchess of Parma. At Mantua the Municipal Authorities, to perpetuate the me mory of the visit of their Majesties, purchased and pulled down a few days ago some houses, and opened a new street to the Vir gilian Forum, and erected the model, in wood, of a magnifi cent arch, which is be the entrance to it on the two sides, with the following inscription : Alla•illaesta de FRANCESCO I. Quest° nuovo adito al Foro Virgiliano, Lazlatria del Cantere di Augusto, Dedica et carsacra. Onorificata dalla preseoza de Cesare, La Rcgia citta di Mantova, Itivirente pestiggia, Alle calende di Maggio MDCCCXXV. Their Majesties, accompanied by the Duchess of Parma and their Imperial Highnesses, were the first who passed through the new road in the afternoon, to the Virgiliantuas Amphi theatre, where a new Opera was perforated. • Their Majesties received with great attention all the public establishments, and particularly the schools and charitable in stitutions. They every where leave ample proofs of their libe rality and attention to the claims of the indigent. _ _ _ INSPRUCK, MAY 5. The deliberations of the Diet, which had continued without interruption from the 12th of last month, were closed on the :ti inst. SWITZERLAND, MAY 3. The Duke of Calvello, announcing to the Government of Lucerne the ratification of the Military Capitulation for a Bat talion, has at the same time requested that the day for the ex vitage ofthe ratifications may be fixed. The Government has entrusted the Commissioners who negociatcd the Capitulation . to ask M. de Calvello for some final explanations ; and the great Council, convoked for the 4th May, will then attend to the ratification. That of Naples is dated the Ist of September, and signed by the lying.—( Frankfort Papers, May 12.) BRUSSELS, MAY 17. This morning a British Cabinet Messenger passed through this city on his way to London, dispatched by Stratford Canning, who was at Moscow. It is officially announced that the Emperor of Morocco has opened the port of St. Croix to ships under the flag of the Ne therlands, with a promise of protection and security to the Cap tains of the shipS and their cargoes. FRAITRFORT, MAY 10. The High Court of Justice of Frankfort on the Oder has passed sentence in the affitir of Professor Jahn. It has annulled the sentence pronounced by the Tribunal of Breslau, which condemned the Professor to two years imprisonment in a fortress, for having at various times had improper and in solent language respecting the form of Government and the institutions existing in the Prussian Monarchy, and for having by thi s means excited discontent. The tribunal has declared him not guilty of holding such language, and has only uentenced him to pay the expences of the 2d trial, which, in ease of his not having sufficient means, are to be reduced to the disbursement actually made during the proceedings. By the same sentence the Professor is exempted from the payment of the expences of the first trial, which are at all events to be limited to the actual disbursements made by the Royal Trea sury.—( Braced: Papers, May 18.) The proceedings before Committees of the house of Commons is a subject that deserves the serious attention of the Public, not only on ac count of the ruinous expences they superinduce, 'but also on account of the vexations character they sometimes take. It appears that there is a scheme for establishing a Welsh Iron and Coal company, and that the promoters have applied to Parliament for a Bill to enable them to carry Their plan into execution. Of course the plan has loan) , oppohents, and these opponents are allow ed resist the Bill, before the Committee ap 'Pointed to consider of the matter, and report their Pinion to the House. An opposition of this na ture is attended with enormous expellees, because of the multitude of witnesses that bust be brought from a distance, and kept 'Lilly in town, waiting to be called upon to give "(knee before the ComMittee. The prome:ers of thiF Bill, it would seen, begin to doubt the strength of their case; and as, therefore, they ure unable effectually, by evidence, to resist their °Pponents, they have recourse to long - adjourn trients, and thus hope to weary them out by vexa lions and unnecessary delays. With ,his view, therefore, the further proceeding in the Cm-unittee ; 94 the above Bill was postponed for more /hart a 414 and when that time expired, and its op posers Awn , expecting to. see the proceedinjs again resumed, they found to their disappoint. dent, that another postponement had been made ‘ \i thout any notice having been given to them. ' II ° House of Commons on this statement has e er y prop er ly rescinded the order for the meet ng Of the Committee, and thus set the matter b at re st. So great an inconvenience as this cannot mibmitted to ; it calls loudly for the in terference of the House; and we a g ree ii lt h Si r J. W ROTTESL Y that the parties so :ting a Bill should be made liab le to p a y e xPences of the opposers in case it should ap pear -that they had nu reasonable ground f or the , 4-I.°ject, or that they had been guilty o f unneces sary°r -vexatious delay. The whole method to lee d p of passim Private Bills through the House .4e to (Treat-objection, anti not the less so „to on account of the highly mischievous clauses' which creep into their enactments, sometimes through ignorance of the tendency of the words,, but more often intentionally ; in which case, they. are covertly inserted in the middle of long clauses, and under expressions that will bear one con struction to a Member of the Committee, but when brought into action have a totally different mean ing. It is to these circumstances we may trace the existence of almost all . the oppressive enact ments of private .Acts, enactments, in which the spirit of the Constitution has been entirely lost sight of, and powers conferred in direct opposi tion to some of the fundamental principles of the law, for ti►e security of property, and the safety of the person. It is true, that in the House of Lords a greater degree of strickness is exercised, but still not enough to cope successfully with the ingenuity of the promoters of private Bills, when ever a favourite object is to be gained, and, that object, is incompatible with the public benefit, or savours of injustice and oppression. CUSTOWS.—The Bill now before tl►e Legisla ture on THIS SUBJECT, will repeal no less than four hundred and sixty-five Acts of Parliament !! S.tumoN Bill for regulating this important and interesting branch of the Home Fishery, will, we understand, be postponed until the next Sessions of Parliament. .Mr. Secretary CANNING transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. By our last intelligence from Gibraltar, we learn that the Governor, Lord CIIITIIAI.I, whose health has suffered materially since his last resi dence in the garrison, is co m ing to England, and expected to arrive in this country by the end of June. The letters from Madras and Bengal, brought by the Tyne, Captain WoRRINGTON, were tie livered yesterday afternoon. They furnish no political intelligence, in addition to what had been previously received. Letters have been received from Cape Coast Castle, stating the arrival of the transport Marquis Huntly (No. 13), with the detachment under the command of Captains nnows and BARI wun, of the Royal African Collonia Corps. At the date of the letters the colony was very sickly.— Nothing fresh had transpired relative to the Ashantees. The following is an extract of a letter dated Maranham, the 3d April :—" Lord Cochrane is on hoard his frigate, some miles distant from the city. Very serious con sequences are apprehended from the dryness of the season.— The rains generally commence early in January, and hitherto we have only had a few partial showers. i t is expected the cotton crop will be very small, and an almost total failure of farina and rice." Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when General Lord COMBER MERE, G.C. 8., and Lieut.-Gen. Sir Gs:on GE Tow2isEND WALKER, G.C.B. took the usual Oaths on being appointed, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Company's Forces at Bengal, and second in Council; and the latter as Commander-in-Chief and second in Council at Fort St. George. They afterwards dined with the Directors of the City of London Tavern.—Captain RonERT Lochs, of the ship 'Duke of York, took leave of the Court previous to departing tbr China direct. Mr. K EAN was to cemmktice an engagement at Glasgow on Monday last, but it is still doubtful whether he will fulfil that at Edin burgh. THE LATE MR. BARTLEHAN.—It is very ho nourable to the feelings of the Musical World that there is a general zeal among its Members to come forward in support of the Concert for the benefit of Mr. I3ARTLEMAN'S Sisters. Unfortu nately they placed their confidence in an Auc tioner, whom they considered as their friend, but who became a bankrupt, and thereby deprived them of the profits which they expected from the sale of their departed Brother's valuable musical library. The professional talents of Mr. BAR TI.EDIAN were universally admired, awl his per sonal meirts entitled him to univer , al esteem. We tru-t, therefore, that as he is removed from all the advantages arising from public respect, it may he extended in a liberal patronage to his surviving near and injured relations. The journeymen belonging to the mills for manufacturing of brown paper in the neighbourhood of Dur ham, have struck for an advance of wages. ESCAPE FROM A SPRING GUN.—hi one of the Ridings of the County of York, we understand, the use of spring-guns prevails to a shocking and most scandalous degree, and in that Riding the following occurrence took place :—Some young ladies were going, by invitation, to see the house and gardens of a neighbouring gentleman: in order to shorten their walk thither, they quitted the public road, and passing through a private door, struck into a narrow path, leading through the woods or plantations to the house; they had not advanced many paces when they were alarmed by the report and flash of a gun, and in an instant a pheasant lay dead at their feet. Affrighted at what they heard and saw, they hesitated for a moment, and then, most fortunately, determined to retrace their steps. Had they advanced a few yards further, another of these accursed in struments crossed their path, ready for destruction.—(Moraing Paper. ) SUSPENSION BRIDGLI OVER THE STRAITS OF ME NAL—On the 27th of last month the first chain of this stu pendous fabric was laid in its place. A WelAhman crawled over it on his hands and knees, and when about the middle took off his hat and waved it. The height is about 140 feet, and the bars are about four inches thick. WATERFORD, MAY are sorry to have to record, that, on the night of Friday, the 6th instant a barn and haggard at Carrigane on the lands of Sledy , in the count y ter of Waford, belonging to Michael Rivers, Esq., of Tybrog boy, county Kilkenny, were maliciously set fire to, and con sumed.—( Cork Adrertiser. ) CLONMEL, MAY 11.—On Friday night, a Rockite notice was posted on the .door of Edmund Faby, of Parkstown, in the Barony of Eliogarty, threatening him with death unless he quitted the care-taking of a farm for his master, Mr. Lanphier, where lie had lately been placed, and from which the former tenants had been ejected for non payment of rent. CORONER'S INQUEST.— Yesterday afternoon T.EIO - 111AS SHELTON, Esq., Coroner for London, held an In que,st in Whitecross-street prison, on the body of a gentleman named George Pettit, who died a prisoner there on Sunday morning last. The Jury havin g v i ewe d th e b o dy, or rather its remains, a mere assemblage of bones, on their return, re ceived ill evidence that the deceased gentleman came into the prison on the 11th of August last, for a debt of 801,, (having formerly lived in Essex upon an income of 1,5001• a year,) where he hod since remained, the provisions of the Insolvent Act not basing been complied with ; that on the 7th of Fe bruary last, be was attacked with a pulmonary disorder, and attended frot.n that time, until his death, by Mr. Thomas Wadd, of B a singhall-street, surgeon, who stated to the Jury, that when called in, he found the deceased, who had been a free liver, labouring general dibility, attended with hectic fever and loss of appetite; in which state he continued until within the last three weeks, when he sunk rapidly, expectorating con siderable quantities of matter. Every att ent i on an d com f ort was afforded him during his illness, his wife remaining with night and clay. He was 38 years of age. Mr. Shelton said, that no question had arisen of the unfortunate gentleman's hav ing met his death other r t o h p an erly in reci th o e ire c i o l ur t s hat e of in n n a o tu o r n e e : in i s t t w o, a ie s e , very p e „ sse themselves completely prison, should inquiry Tat u d tal death," Lhin the walls of a' • notwithstanding, person dying verdict J u ry ex_ sbeatiiisitispeedn,saendd'ig.ialivie• 'ethreuli FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl and CountesS of Moray, anti the Ladies Stuart, in Stratford-place; Lady Laura Vane and Lady Arabella Vane, in Berkeley-square ; the Duke and Duchess of Portland, and the Ladies Bentincl, at their new residence, in Cavendish square ; the - Duke of Leeds, at his . house, in Bruton.. street, Berkeley-square ; the Earl of - Thanet, at Fenton's Hotel, Saint James's-place; Lord and Lady Francis Os borne, from Holland ; Lady Montgomerie, in New Norfolk street ; Lady Anne Ludlow,in Green-street, Park-lane ; Lady C. Ludlow, in New Burlington-street ; Lady and Miss Montague, in St. James's-place; Mr. Charles Heneage, at Hyde-Park corner ; Mrs. Ireland lilitekhurne, in North Audley-street ; Lady Elizabeth Inge anti Miss Inge, in Upper Brook-street; Mrs. Archer, Houblon in Weymouth -street ; Mrs. and Miss Lloyd, in Grosvenor-place; Lady Lloyd, and Mr. Lloyd, in 3ermyn-street, Lord and Lady Mark Ker, and Miss Ker, in 4ro3N Charles-street, ,enor_pce l a Admiral, Grosvenor-square sir ; Mr. and Mrs. Halo, in ( Henry, and Lady Francis Hothnm, in Upper Grosvenor-strreet ; Captain Robert Har rington, in Berkeley-square ; Viscount Duulo, in Duke-street, St. James's; Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Blake Blackwood, in New Cavendish-street; Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood, at the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde-park-place, from their seat in Wales; Mr. and Mrs. Phillipps, at ditto, from their seat in Hants; Charles P. Bowles, Esq. at ditto, from Florence; J. L. Buck,.Esq. and Mrs. Buck, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish square ; John Blackburne, Esq. at ditto; Capt. Hibbert, at ditto; Croxton Johnson, Esq. at ditto; J. Blake, Esq. at ditto; Capt. Anderson, at ditto; W. Ricketts, Esq. at ditto ;lite Hey. W. Berridge, at ditto ; .John Gilbert, Esq. at ditto • Nathaniel Strickland, Esq. at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ackland, at Ne rot's Hotel, Clifford-street; Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, at the . Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street ; Colonel and Mrs. Cooper, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street ; Lord Howth and Mr. O'Grady, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street ; Lord Bak.;ot, at do. ; Colonel and Mrs. Warrington, at the Bath hotel, Arlington-street ; Mr. and Mrs. Fitzjames, at do. ; the Earl and Countess of Ormond and family, at the Burlington hotel, Old Burlington-street; J. Hatfield, Esq. at do. ; Earl O'Neil, at do. ; H. Brown, Esq. at do. DEPAR TUB Es.—Mrs. Lutwyche, from Thompson's Ho tel, Cavendish-square; T. W. Roe, Esq. from do. ' • Captain Elton, from do.; Sir John Burke, Itart. from ditto; Mrs. and Mrs. Protheroe, from the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Herts ; Lord and Lady Stopford, from the St. George's Hotel, for Ireland ; Captain and Mr. Platt, from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland, front ditto, for Cheltenham ; J. Tooke, Esq., from ditto, for Chel tenham ; Mrs. and Miss Hutchinson, from the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, for Cheltenham ; the Countess of Aldborough, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington-street; Colonel Bromley, from ditto, for Worcestershire ; the Countess of Mansfield and Ladies Granville, front 14livart'a Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for Richmond. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Earl of Charlernont had a grand dinner party on Tues day, at his house in Gvosvenor.place. In the evening her Ladyship entertained a large party of the hard tan. The Dowager Countess Youlett entertained Prince Leopold and a distinguished party to dinner, on Tuesday, at her house in Piccadilly. Sir Ulysses Burgh, Bart. entertained the Dowager Duchess of Richmond, the Ladies Lennox, and a large party, to dinner yesterday, at,his house in Pall-mall. Lord Kensington had a large party to dinner yesterday at his house, Whitehall-place. The Hon. R. Douglas had a dinner party yesterday at the Admiralty. The Earl of Fortescue entertained the Directors of the An cient Music and a large party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Lord Dynevor gave a grand dinner, on Monday, to Emily Marchioness of Londonderry, the Earl of lnniskillen, Lord and Lady Stopibrd, Lord Ludlow, Lord Charles and' Miss Fitzroy, Mr. and Mrs. Rice Trevor, &c. &c., at his house in Dover-street. Earl Sefton entertained a distinguished party to dinner on Tuesday, at his house in Arlington-street; among whom were— 'The .Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, the Earl of,/ ersey, Earl Cowper, Mr. Haywood, Mr. Dc Roos, Mr. Duncomb, Mr. Anson, &c. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury ha•! a dinner party yesterday, at her house in Arlington-street. The Duke of York and the DuchesS of Gloucester visited the King yesterday. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester dined with the Princess Augusta. Prince Leopold and the Duchess of Kent honoured the La lian Opera House with their presence on Tuesday evening. fc4 * * ? ' 4144 ' . - e S i tt :sz r ._ .„.,, ~..!;e:',i- _., . k 'o • , A tit iz .,_. v ; t..i :5 .:;.:....4„,%.,„,,,,,,tze.,„\.y. r ~. i t ts 4: ,- .c ER Uri N... „ .--„. , ,,:,' 01. , 4"464 .1., -' • '; ' '': Tik ; r 4 l 7k 4 e - “l t4' it INA , 44411 0 4 . 4 .TIP ittb fl. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES, (SECOND DAY), WEDNESDAY, MAY 111. The Course, as on the former day, was attended by those only interested in sporting speculations. The Craven Stakes of 10 soy. each. Mr. Benson's Comrade - - - - 1 Mr. Cooper's Streatham - . . - - 2 Mr. Sadler's Triumph - _ _ - 3 Mr. Yates's Orator - - - - - 4 Two others started-10 to 1 agst the winner-7 to 4 agst Streatham • The \Voodcot Stakes, half a mile, for two yrs c :1. Mr. Walker's ch. c. by Interpreter - - 1 Mr. Hyde's ch. f. by Rnbens - - - 2 General Grosvenor's b. I. by Smolesku 2 - - No betting. Gold Cup, value 100 soy., 20 added. General Gro , venor's Wings . - - - 1 Mr. Northey's Picton - - - - 2 Lord Verulam's Vittilina - - - - 3 Twelve started.—The winner the favourite. BETTING ON TILE DEItBY FOR TIIII DAY. 2 to 1 agst Rufus 7 to l agst Ilogarth 1 to 2 agst Web 7 to 1 agst Hougoornont 6 to 1 agst Muleteer 13 to 1 agst Dauntless. OA 2 to 1 agst Tontine 5 to 1 apt Dahlia 6 to 1 agst Pastime 6 to 1 agst Pipylina. LAM INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAT 18. LIBEL—COOPER V. PRICE• This was an action by Mr. Joseph Cooper, an extensive linen-draper at Leicester, against the proprietors of The Lei cesler Journal, for a libel. The libel, which appeared on the sth of Jannary, 1824, was in the form of an advertisement from Messrs Callie and Co., rival linen-drapers, in the same town, and, after alluding to an alleged purchase by the plaintiff of a portion of a bankrupt's stock, and asserting that he did not purchase it, designated him as " The bankrupt Joseph Cooper," and added, " that no deviation of Joseph Cooper from truth and decency can now excite even the smallest sur prise." Mr. BROUGHAM shortly opened the plaintiff's case, anti in conclusion said, that as the sole object of his client was to vin dicate his character, lie would even now withdraw his claim to damages on receiving an apology, and an indemnification for all the costs which he had been compelled to incur. Sir. SCAB LivrT said, the defendants had always been ready to give up the author, and to uisake any reparation in their power. They were now willing to express their regret for the publication of an advertisement which had found Its way into their journal without their privity, and to submit to a verdict which would carry costs. 1 1 Mr. BROUGHAM stated, that according to his instructions, the defendants had expressly refused to supply evidence which would fix the author, and pressed for the costs as between at torney and client. Mr. SCARLET r resisted this proposal, as the action had been brought to trial in London instead of Leicester, but re peated his own offer. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE remarked, that London cer tainly was not the proper place to vindicate the character of a person who resided at Leicester; and probably, if the case went to the Jury, they would take this circumstance into their consi deration in estimating the damages. Mr. BnouGIIAH, after a long conference with his client, ac ceded to tlr. Scarlett's terms, and accordingly The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 40s. A few days since was ga t h ered in the garden of Thomas Wyatt, of Kelve don, a p ol y anthus, the stem of which measured - two inches in circumference, bearing ninety eight blossoms.—(Chelmsford chronicle.) POETRY. POOR LITTLE POPERY , The sessions had clos'd, no new mischief was planning, And safely I dream'd of the clauses of CANNING ; When soft at the door some one scratch'd like a mouse, Crying, " Pray take me in to a seat in your house !" From my slumber I started, exclaiming, Who's there ? " I want," it replied, " yourpossessions to share : " Teaz'd, tantaliz'd, worried, and stript to the skin, " Only poor little POPERY !—Pray take me in !" Soft Pity prevail'd as I listen'd to him ; The lights had burn'd out, so I hasten'd to trim : Then open'd the door, where a boy took his stand, With a Cross On his breast—and a Pike in his hand ! Ilis wants I reliev'd, I indulg'd all his wishes, And gave him his fill of my loaves and my fishes : stirr'd up the fire, and rous'd the dull embers, And in my warm bosom I cherish'd his Members. Ilevir'd and refresh'd, the false Urchin arose, While his Members began their new strength to disclose ; And laughing he cried, Let us try, my good host, " If my Pike its old vigour and keenness bath lost !" Then deep in my bosom he darted the steel : " Ali, alr ! foolish heretic, now dost thou feel?— " No longer teaz'd, worried, and stripp'd to the skin, "'Tis poor little POPERY now takes You in !" *.• The Classical Reader will consider this temporary effu sion of political humour as an ingenious Parody on the third Ode of A.NACILXON. CONTINENTAL SOCIETY. The Annual Meeting of this Society, which has for its object the diffusion of Religious Knowledge over the Continent of Europe, was held yesterday in Freemasons' Hall, which was crowded with a most respectable assembly.:--H. tr AIMOND, Esq. took the Chair, supported by several emi nent persons and the Officers of the Society. The Report of the Committee of the last year's proceedings was read, which detailed the progress of the Society abroad. It stated, that in France and Germany, if the gross super stition which had so long existed had in some instances been broken, it had been by the prevalence of a system of infidelity, which, while it struck at the abuses of Chris tianity, aimed at the extinction of its vital principles.-- Hence, in some countries, the Catholic population has asserted its liberty by indifference, and contempt of all religion ; while the Protestants have lost all attachment to the peculiar doctrines of the Gospel, and arc sunk into Arian and Socinian errors, or that species of refined scepticism, known by the name of neology, which is more nearly allied to infidelity. There were, however, some people in both countries who maintain the ancient faith uncorrupted. To assist them, the Society have employed native preachers, who travel in various parts. In Flanders, in the' North of France, Paris, Orleans, the course of the Rhine, Swit zerland, Spain, and Hamburgh, agents have been stationed, who, assisted by Colportenrs and in some cases by intelligent j Catholics, have effected the objects of the Society, and diffused the Word of God amongst a number of individuals. In every station, Sabbath and Week-day Schools are established for the education of the children. The Report concluded by calling on the Meeting for further pecuniary aid. Several Gentlemen then addressed the Assembly in furtherance of the objects of the Society ; and the Committee being appointed for the ensuing year, thanks were voted to the Chairman, anti the Meeting adjourned. ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL. The public distribution of prizes to the scholars, and t!.e recitation of speeches in our great seminaries, is always an interesting scene. It is gratifying to notice the display of early genius, and to observe that it is cultivated on the best prin ciples, and the purest classical models. Such was the case yes terday, at the meeting technically called " The Apposition," at St. Paul's School. The new and beautiful edifice was for the first time devoted to this purpose. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg condescended to honour the solem nity with his presence. The Bishops of London, Llandaff, Chicester ' Chester, and Nova Scotia, Sir John Sewell, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir George Burgmann, the Master and Wardens of the Mercer's Company, Governors of the School, the Head-masters of the Charter-house, Merchant Taylors, and Christ's Hospital Schools, and a great number of Clergy men and Gentlemen, assembled at noon, at the house:of the Rev. Dr. Sleath, the High-master, by whom, at one o'clock, they were conducted to the School-room. This magnificent apartment is 12 feet larger than the former room; and it displayed a splendid assemblage of elegant females, the boys of the school, their parents, &c. The young gentle men who were selected for recitation on the occasion, were eighteen of the seniors. It is an ancient custom to com memorate the virtues of Dean Colet, the founder of • the school, in three orations, Greek, Latin, and English, which tasks were ably executed by Messrs. Soames, Steele, and Has sal. Four prize compositions were then recited, of which Mr. ;.•;oarnes had gained three, viz.-1. In Latin verse, on the ad vances made by England in Greek literature during the reign of .Henry VIII.-2. In Latin prose, on the peculiar merit of those who found schools.—And 3. A Greek Sapphic Ode on the late naval rctories of the Greeks. The other prize was gained by Mr. Steele, in English verse, on the lonian Islands.—Se veral scenes and orations from classical writers were then recited in Greek, Latin, and English. Those by which we were most struck were 6., following:--Messrs. Blakesly and Ormrod, recited Lucian's dialogue of Charon and Mercury, with great ease of manner, freedom of action, and an entire con ception of the dry humour of the Author. It is seldom that one sees such young persons so totally unconstrained in their action, and so fully imbued with the spirit of the cha racters they represent ; and when it is considered that the reci tation was, in Greek, the credit due to the young performers will be acknowledged to be greatly enhanced. Messrs. Tawney, Burgmann, and Wilkinson gave great effect to the Ist and 2d scenes of the 2d Act of Terence's Eunuchus ; all of them performed well, but Mr. Wilkinson's Guatho was peculiarly happy. In comic expression of countenance, indeed, this young Gentleman evinced very extraordinary powers; and, without degenerating in caricature, he gave varying but ap. propriate • force to almost every word of the Dramatist ; as in the line— Qui color, nitor, vestitus, gum habitudo est corporis And a - gain— Quicquid dicunt laudo: id rursuns si uegant laudo id quoque. Negat quis ? nego. Ait? aio. Postremo imperavi egomet mihi, Omnia assentari—. Mr. WILLIAMS delivered the first Philippic of Demosthenes with much energy, and Mr. Hassall told the story of Vulteius in Horace's Epistle (14. 1. Ep. 7.) very pleasantly. Horace was perhaps the best story-teller of antiquity, and the reciter hap pily contrasted the case of Vulteius in his original state— vacua tonsoris inumbri, Cultelloproprios pergantem leniter ungues, With his subsequent miseries as a farmer -übi oyes fusto, morbo peritre capellze, Spem men tita seges, boa est enectus arando. /a short, the exhibition was very gratifying in respect to the talent evinced by the young gentlemen, and equally so with re ference to the skill and industry of the Preceptors. NATIONAL SCHOOLS. Yesterday the Annual Exatninat;on of the Children educated in the City of London National Schools, took place at the Central School Room', in Baldwin's-gardens, before the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of Litchfield and Coventry, Exeter, Gloucester, and Down and Connor ; Lord Kenyon, and several of the Nobility and Gentry. —The Boys were first examined as to their proficiency in ortho graphy, reading, writing, and arithmetic; after which they were examined by the Archbishop as to the knowledge of what they had read ; and their ready manner of answering the ques tions appeared to give general satisfaction to the Ladies anti Gentlemen present. The Girls were next introduiced, and after undergoing a similar examination, which afforded equal pleasure, exhibited specimens of their progress in nee dle-work, which were attentively examined by th e La dies, who rewarded them with suitable presents. The whole of the Children were then introduced, and pa raded round the room. Their clean and healthy ap pearance were the theme of universal admiration. The Arch bishop of CANTERBURY then addressed the Meeting, con gratulating them on the appearance of the children, and re questing they would continue to support such an invaluable Institution. The children then sung a hymn, composed•for the occasion ; after which the company separated, apparently much gratified with the proceedings of the day, AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATII. — On Saturday last, early in the forenoon, Mr. William Hollyer, butch er , Union street, Maidstone, confined in the County .Gaol for debt, was infonned by one of the turnkeys that his wife had called to see him, and was then waiting in the visiting-room. He imme diately proceeded thither, and entered the room with a firm step, but on approaching to salute his wife, his head stir* upon her shoulder, and he instantly became a corpse! The deceased WAS tar advanced in. life.—( Maid/tone Joitrnad-) MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL MAY 18.—Wind N.E.—Arrived and s a il e d f or t h e River, the Electra, Robinson, from Philadelphia. Passed through from . the River, the Lion cutter, Dillon,. for - Saud% America ; Peter Proctor, Brown, for Dominica, and the Betsey, Hogan, for Cadiz. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Bri. tannin, Cockey, from Guernsey; Bellona, Gribnitz, frorts Memel; Eliza, Sutton, from London for Bengal, embarked passengers, but the wind coming from the west, she brought up at St. Helens. COWES, MAY 18.—Arrived the Lord Mulgrave, Green slade, from Matanzas, in 49 days, for orders. Arrived off the Wight, the Auguste, Anderson, from Batavia, for Antwerp, is 128 days; also the Franklin, Swan, from ditto. LivEnrooL, MAY 17.--Wind E.—Arrived the Frederick, Sergeant, from Charleston ; and Europa, Nieman, from Rostock. Arrived off Weymouth, the Johanna Maria, from the Matt rides. The Honourable Company's ship Dunira, from Chime. ' to London, put in there on the Ist of February, totally dis masted, during a hurricane in lat. 23. S. long. 74. E. Arrived off Holyhead, the Claus, Houton, from Buenos Ayres ; and the Romulus, Webb, from Charleston. Arrived off Dover, the Hector, Nicholls, from Tcneriffe. Arrived off the Start, the Vigilant, Davison, from Columbia River. NEW ZEALAND WHALE FISHERY. [Extract from the Agent to Lloyd's, at Scilly, May 16.1 • • : The Asp, Brand, arrived here the 14th instant; sailed from, New Zealand the 10th January, and reports as follows :—Thu Mary, Lock, with 1100 barrels of oil ; Sarah Ann, Phillips 800 ditto, and Chief Officer killed byli whale; Mary, Gray,' .! ; 40 ditto, and Ma s t er an d f our men d rowne d Elizabeth, Douglas, 1500 ditto, M as t er an d some o f t h e crew killeel by the" natives of the Friendly Islands • Ann, Gray, 1500 ditto, and • the Master dead; Franc es , nunt, 900 ditto; 'Vansittart, Beacon, 900 ditto ; and the .11arriet, Anderson, 130 C barrels of oil. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. • . These Sessions commenced th i s morning, be fore Mr. Baron Hur.r.ocx, Mr. Justice GASELICE, the Lout) 1 MAYOR, Mr. Alderman SMITH, and the usual Officers. HORSE-STEALING.-- William Ben yan, an elderly man, was put to the bar on an indictment; charging him with stealing, o 4 the 9th May, from a meadow near Edmonton, a gelding, of the value of 51., the property of a farmer named English. The prisoner, for some time, persisted in a plea of Guilty, but oa being remonstrated with by Mr. Sergeant ARABI/4, he retracted. • The evidence for the prosecution went to prove that on the night of the 9th of May instant the gelding was stolen from - Mr. English's meadow, and on the same night two of the mounted patrol met the prisoner riding the horse, and although he first gave evasive answers as to the ownership, he afterwards admitted having stolen it, and pleaded extreme distress in exte nuation. The Jury found him Guilty—Death. BURGLARY.--Samuel Morgan and Jame: Brown were capitally indicted for a burglary in the house of Mitchell, • 26, Thomas-street, Grosvenor-square, on the night of the 26th April last. The prosecutor stated he went to bed soon lifter 10 o'clock, and was alarmed in the middle of the night by a noise in his shop ; he got up and saw the prisoner Morgan in - the act of hantiirg out to Brown some clothes, &c. ; he gave • an alarm, and both were secure d. 'the Jury found them Guile's. NEW COURT. [BEFORE THE COMMON SERGEANT• STEALING FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.---JOhn Foord, a decent looking man, was indicted for stealing an umbrella from No. 13, Committee-Room, in the House of ' Commons, on Friday last, the property of Mr. Nicholas Broad... mead. The prosecutor, an attorney, deposed having business , in the said Committee-Room, on leaving it he missed his um brella from behind the door, and on making enquiry about it, he discovered his property in the hands of an officer ; the um brella now produced is my property—John Lane, a mes senger in waiting in the stair-case, said he saw the pri. goner going towards Mr. Bellamy's apartments ; he. said he wanted a frank. On questioning him respecting . the umbrella, the prisoner said he took it out of the Com mittee-Room, having lost his own the day before. The prisoner was consequently detained and given into the custody of an officer.—The prisoner in his defence addressed the Jury at some length. Ile admitted taking the property away, bu,t intended to return back with it before the Committee broke up. The Jury found him Guilty. STATE OF lIIS MAJESTY'S QA.01., OF NEWGATE. Mali. Fen) les, - 16 1 - 22 27 2 7 8 3! Prisoners under sentence of death . Transportation for life - - 14 years - - 7 years - Under sentence for felonies, tit. - Judgments respired - - Committed under the Bankrupt: Laws Detained, charged with a felony in Ireland Insane - . - - For trial at the ensuing Sessions - BIGAMY. ▪ 2 . 153 MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE.-Towards the close of the business at this office yesterday, Mr. Pepall, the As.. sistant Overseer of St. Pancras, introduced to the notice of i l r. ItAwmwsoll, a young man of fashionable appearance, charged with having refused to allow his wife a separate maintenance. The complainant, an interesting-looking woman, stated, she had been married to the defendant fourteen years, but he had lived separate from her for the last ten years, and that having only at intervals received relief from him, she was obliged to become chargeable to the parish. The defendant replied, he had left the woman in conse quence of her bad conduct, and having afterwards discovered her living in open adultery with another man, he certainly should not contribute to support a woman capable of such base conduct. A gentleman here stepped forward, and said, " I have a charge of bigamy to prefer against this gentleman ;" and im mediately retiring, introduced two ladies, the youngest , of whom was in such an agitated state as scarcely to be able To walk. The accused gentleman, on seeing her, became try. mulous with motion, and covered his face with his hands. Mr. RAWLINSON observed, he was bound to dispose of one case first. The complainant's mother here stepped forward, and said her daughter had only lived in a gentleman's house to take charge of some children, and it could be proved her. conduct was not criminal. The defendant had treated her very ill; he took her into the country and packed her off upon the top of a coach ill. the middle of winter. Mr. Raw LINSON said he had no alternative but to commit him if he did not make some arrangement, and advised him'to come to some understanding, which probably might lead to their again living together. The defendant exclaimed, " Never : do you think I am so devoid of every common feeling of honour as to live with a •wo man I have found in adultery ? And I, Sir, will pay nothing but what is really torn from my very vitals." However, the case was finally settled by a gentleman who ac., companied him undertaking that the first wife should be paid ss. per week for her maintenance. The two ladies then advanced ; and the second wife took the situation of the first, to give evidence. The prisoner gave his name Joshua Sebley. • The second wife stated, that her maiden name was Palmer, and she was married on the sth Dec. 1816, to the defendant in Hereford. She never knew his first wife was alive until within these few days. There were two persons present at the mtir riage, of the names of King and Griffith. She had her certi. ficate. Mr. RAwiaarsoar asked who could prove the first marriage, observing, the first wife could be no evidence. The mother of the first wife came forward, although her daughter' made an effort to restrain her • and being sworn, proved that the defendant married her daughter, whose maiden name was Wilson, in Lambeth Church, on the 2d of June, about 13 years since. She was not present at the marriage, - but was with them the whole of the wedding day. She believed the Parish Clerk and the Clergyman were still living. The second wife declared she would prosecute, and request ed no time might be lost. The defendant joined in the request, saying they could-not prove the second marriage. •He was then remanded until the other necessary testimony be procured. SOVEREIGN REIIEDIES.-For the gout, toast and water; for bile, exercise ; for corns, easy shoes ; for 011ie devils, blue ruin; for rheumatism, new flannel and patience; for the tooth-ache, pluck it out ; for debt, oxalic acid ; and for love, matrimony. 3 DRUNKENNESS.--An Inquest wns- held.. jest week at North Driffield, on view of the body . of Chrialopher Todd, a travelling machine-maker, who, during the previous five days, had drank to very great excess. He was seized with spasms in his stomach and kidneys, which terminated his waist., 'ence.- Verdict_" Died through excessive drinking." • - • t f ,~ ti