The Sun. — London, England, 1825-05-25 00:00:00

THE tilsilioJOUitNALS. • 11 4 1,.11A . Y .-- .IP,xtrfict: front the M ircrnin • p , • • • , • aPers ' May 25, 1525. • • [TSB TT ...T.fre.rnseact subterfuges- by which the Spanish Ministers,contrive-ta withhold payment of the claim Lei Britielf-subjects-under the convention, , have produced a general, outcry amongst •our Usimmereiall men. Their remonstrances to the Yerneign.. Office- are accordingly loud and fre ,- ~quent-; an&frona t the spirit in-which they-are re , -ceived' fay Mr. Canning, there are hopes of satis , %faction being atlength afforded. The letter of • • Mr. Plenta, which-we publish—(see another co. ittran . cif TUE Su s)-refers- to instructions provid ed for. Mr. Lambe, now on his journey to Madrid. this-point we shall merely remark, that so long:as oar Foreign Secretary employs negocia . merely, he of procuring either solid -Andemnity•for.the merchant, or perhaps so much . • as-common civility to himself ; those with whom hix has to.deal are not alive to any worthier itn .-pulse than that of rude necessity. Th e y will :squabble, and. prevaricate, and shuffle, and pro : ,rnise, and break. their promise, to the last mo ment; but let our cruisers only-capture a 'bun .. dred or two of their-merchantmen by-Way of re - prisal, and there will-be an impression made on the, nerves, as. well as morals,. of - King Fer • dirtand, the most immediate, salutary, and Siirprisiog.• We are.not sure that Mr. Canning is•unprepared for such a vigorous and becoming • course. The Right Honourable Gentleman, we have been, informed, feels like an English man the spfferings of his fellow-subjects, and will not see:them trifled-with, or the Crown of Great Britain insulted in their persons, with impunity .to the author of the wrong. By the way, it is • alleged that Ferdinand has less apology than he could pleada few months since, for flying from hicpecuniary obligations. He has, it seems, in despair of raising money by loan, tried what can be effected by plunder—that is to say, since no man will lend him a single sous, lie seizes, and sells to the highest bidder, the commercial re ' sources ofbis people. The trade of Spain is now • married on, for the most part, by licences grant ed• to individual merchants, who, for .stated bribes to the King or his Confessor,•are permitted to import, into the Spanish territory goods pro hibited by law. We understand that a .house in London has recently bought the privilege of importing into Spain two hundred tons of cot ton, Is. not this virtually an abandonment of the principle which has hitherto prevented Bri tish. capitalists from advancing money to supply the- wants-of Ferdinand, though in a different shape, namely, that of loan, on account otitis no torious treachery to his sworn declarations ? Is k less-a breach of that•sound and honest princi ple to advance money to a: swindler on one kind of speculation than on another--on a rise of cot ton, than o-n• a rise of Spanish Stock .? However, the practice will not last' long, because it- cannot be, extensively profitable. If. the trade thus opened be a good. one for the merchant, the smuggler will soon have more than an equal,share of. it ; and. it bad, it will fall to pieces- of itself. Licences were. tried - to the -utmost. by Buona .. paerta t .„ . and, were, little productive. of revenue. 'I ham SpaniA army, it is just possible, May shortly .- :?read their master a more effectual lesson in fin ance than all the capitalists of Europe put to gether.. [NEW TINIE3.] The approaching assemblage of great person- acres at Milan cannot be looked to without some feelings a cudasily. T he Emperor and. Empress of Austria have, been received with great demon- strations. 91 joy ;, and the,- arrival of Prince Met ternich adds to the , general expectation , of the trwt"some important measures will. be • taken for 'the benefit of their country. That celebrated Statesman i•s. understood to oppose very decidedly the influence, of the Clergy, • whom he regards as possessing too great an ascend.' - ancy in France, and wishes to see less predonii - rtant in Italy, while, on the other hand, he is. willing toraise the Italian Landholders. to greater pobitical i‘xtportance than they at present enjoy. • 'Whatever measures. may be adopted for Lont. banty, it will probably be attempted to introduce - the same system into Naples, and with this Y . , view King Francis has been invited to The, power of the Pope as a temporal Sovereign, • Prince Metternich seems disposed rather to di. it - inish' than to augment. Evert the Ecclesiastical Authority-of • his, Holiness is kept within strict bounds in the Austrian Empire, where the princi ple is firMly held, " that all. Ecclesiastical power, with regard as well to its ends as its means, is merely spiritual, and consequently, that the State,' as such, is in uo degree dependent on the Church.", On these points the opinions of Prince Met. ternich seems favotirable to the hopes of the most enlightened. Italians. Another circum stance which they still more eagerly desire, it pit . ) , not be so easy for the Minister to deal with. We allude to the great number of Germans ' who occupy official situations in' Italy, to - the mortification, annoyance, and serious impoverish ment of • the natives. Still it is believed that Prince Metternich wishes to lighten even this evil, and, as a.step towards it, something in th e • nature of a provincial representation is , believed to be contemplated fur Lombardy. We have reason to believe that matters of this kind, relat ityg-exclusively to Lombardy, and other parts of Italy, will occupy the principal attention of the Emperor of Austria and his Minister during their staT in Milan,- and that the rumours which have been industriously circulated of' measures to be taken for regulating the general affairs of Europe, aid even of South America,aregross exaggerations. • ,[MORNING POST.I Some astute friends of Mr. Brougham's, in a contemporary of yesterday, gravely assured the public, that the Minority on the Learned Gen • tlenian's Resolution respecting the translation of PUifile Jadges, would' have been greater, had not like. Epsom Races seduced and kept away several of his supporters. Did it not occur, 'however, :to the extremely sagacious author of the pt`ragraph, that if the races prevented the at. tetidauee of Memberibn•One side, thiy had a like effect on the $ other side • and therefore, that al though the minority might have been greater, so would the majority, and the ratio of " Ayes" to " Noes" be the same as it was under the actual circumstances. But perhaps he will rejoin, that the Epsom Races. had no such effect upon the supporters of Ministers as upon W.higs—the pat excellence popular Representatives.. If so we shall be content—for what would the fact prove? Nothing less than that While the Opposition sa crificed the public and their duty to' their plea sure or their profit, the Ministerialists did neither —but attended, as behoved them, -in their places, and gained a signal triumph over the greatest of Whig leaders. But it. seems Mr. Brougham is not satisfied with having been beaten once—he wishes to be beaten again on the same ground, and for that purpose means to enter the field again on Friday next. This may be very chivalrous, albeit it appeareth very imprudent— for we are convinced, notwithstanding neither the Epsom Races nor Greenwich Fair shall then detain any of the Whigs from - their Par liamentary duty, the result will be equally fatal to the object and the glory of the Honourable and Learned Arch-enemy of legal promos Lion. Upon the subject of " translation" on the Bench—after the various grounds upon which the inexpediency, the unconstitutionality, and unfoundedness of the Resolution, on Friday last, was demonstrated—we shall offer but one remark. Would it not be madness in the Legislature to bind the Executive, not to appoint the fittest, the best qualified persons to he the Chiefs of the re spective Courts, whether those persons be at the Bar, or already on the Bench ? Could any thing be more monstrous or absurd, than to lay it down as a positive rule, that whenever the situation of Lord Chief Justice or Lord Chief Baron becomes vacant,it must,right or wrong,be filled from the Bar, altho' several Puisne Judges be then on the Bench infinitely more eligible for the office than any man off the Bench ? But;`• forsooth, the independence of the Judges would be destroyed without the adoption of this rule. We say, such a thing, in the present enlightened state of public opinion, is impossible, ,even if the Judges held their seats at pleasure, and not a check of all those now provided by the Law and the Constitu tion had existence. Mr. Brougham, indeed, has not a shadow of a case to sustain his pro position, nor has he really attempted to make out one. Has he adduced a single decision or legal opinion of any dead or living Judge with in the _last thirteen years—the period during which the frequency of translations seems so ominous in the Learned Gentleman's eyes—un sound in principle or partial in application ? In short, he makes a noise about the. necessity of preserving the independence of the Bench with out a solitary fact to show its. tendency towards dependence. The numbers, however, on the late division, must satisfy every one that the very at.. tempt to insinuate a charge of general subser viency against the Judges was met as it deserved, with fiat denial and indignation. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] At the Westminster Dinner, Sir F. Burdett, observed, " he had a great respect for many of those perions who differed from him (on the sub ject which his lately agitated the country); he could make great allowances for the prejudices of early education, and'` for the mistaken errors of those who still maintained an exclusive system ; but he thought they were so prejudiced from poring over books, and taking their ideas of the present state of the world from the little they could learn of its past state, refusing to make use of their eyes, which were placed in the front of the head to look forward, not backward, and thus they were ignorant that the world had made any progress." There are two descriptions of opponents of the Catholic Claims-=lst, The interested, who are determined not to see the truth, and in the speech in question Sir Francis left no doubt as to the persons who came under this description,—secondly, the imperfectly in formed, whom he describes in the above passage, and who are made available to their purposes by the former. With respect to a great part of the population of this country, it is impossible that they can know any thing of Catholics, except from books, for the bust of all reasons, namely, that there are none in their neighbourhood. Their knowledge is therefore d erived from books, and unfortunately from books which give them the most erroneous views of the present re lations between the Catholics and Protestants in Europe. The provincial papers exhibit, many of them, abundant evidence of this in articles and letters which betray the grossest ignoranCe on the subject. In places where there are Catholics, a different feeling generally prevails. People see that Catholics are not the monsters they are stated to be in the books of controversy ; that they are not always calculating the cost of the wood or coals necessary to burn a heretic, or planning the introduction of inquisi tions. With regard to the people in remote places, who judge of Catholics by old controver sial books, it will be a difficult matter to set them right. The world is now sick of religious con troversy, and it is not very likely that men of ta lents and knowledge will take the matter out of the hands of the Sciolists, to whom it is at present abandoned. Nor is it necessary. If there were a disposition in Gove r n men t t o d o justice to the catholics, supported as their claims are by the well-informed classes in the country, the opinion of the others would have very little influence.— In a few days affairs would go on in the usual train, and the alarmists would trouble themselves as little about the Pope as men now trouble themselves about Buonaparte, or any other bugbear by which the world has been frightened In past days. Much of the animosity against the Catholics is attributable to some of the Govern ments of the Continent. The Catholic Reli gion is here blamed for those who avail ,theme selves of it for improper purposes. 64 It was only when religion . was united ''said Sir Francis, " With power in the hands of the Priesthood, that it was poisoned, and that Religion became persecuting. It was the possession of power that embittered and poisoned the whole.doctrmes of any religionits union with the State, the mono poly of all power and emolument that made any religion intolerant." So true is this, that the Established Church of England has infinitely more power to persecute than the Catho lic Church in several Catholic Countries, The Spiritual Courts of this country still possess powers of a very extensive nature, and when a Clergyman wishes to persecute one of his parishi oners, he has ample means at , his command. In fact, in country parishes, the putting men into the Spiritual Court is not unfrequently resorted to, and the threat is' still more unfrequently held out. In several Catholic Countries, the State does not allow the Clergy to interfere in any, other than a spiritual way with the people. In England the Church may not only interfere in a. hundred ways with the people (see Bishop Gibson's Codex), but the effect given to its de crees by the Temporal Courts are tremendous. [BRITISH PRESS.] We regret to observe, by the advices received yesterday from Ireland, that the exasperated dis content of the Catholics forbodes some probable interruption of the public tranquillity. Private letters represent that the state - of the country was never more deeply or dangerously agitated. Aggregate meetings, it is stated, will be held in every town and village, and at these assemblies the wrongs of the Irish people will be described with all the force of inflammatory eloquence. From these proceedings we can only augur mis chief. We readily acquit the Catholic leaders of all design to foment or abet disturbance; we believe they know too well - the inevitably disastrous results it must produce with regard to the success of the cause they advocate, but we have not the same confidence in their judgment that we have in their intention. They are stimulating to action a vast body of physical force, which, when once excited, they will be wholly unable to.guide or direct. It will be a huge mass of power, blind with infu riated bigotry, and simply desirous of wreaking its vengeance on the hated objects that may hap pen to fall within its reach. Already we-under stand that in some of the districts more peculiarly Catholic it has been proposed to renounce all deal ings and communication with their Protestant neighbours. This is certainly a pitch of extreme violence which we could hardly have anticipated. If such a resolution should be adopted to any considerable extent, we may regard it as the im mediate forerunner of a religious struggle. We trust, therefore, that these statements may be not only much exaggerated, but absolutely untrue. The well-informed portion of the Irish Catholics must know, that any manifestation- of a hostile spirit at this period would lead to the irretriev able ruin of their hopes, and the infliction of in calculable suffering upon their country. • [MORNING HERALD.] In the various Tax departments, the Ministers, we understand, have given directions that the payment of arrears shall be urged, in order that by next quarter-day (namely, the sth July) the tax account shall appear as favourable as pos sible, so as to allay, if they can, the alarm which at present has seized the dabblers in the Funds. The Ministers probably know not what to make of the late rapid fall in the price of Stocks, and they are afraid that, if the fall continue in the same ratio it. has of late, their scheme for reducing the interest of the 3 per cent. Consols will be ad journed for some years to come. It is said that some of the City Quidnuncs have not only deceived them selves with regard to carrying up the price of the 3 per Cents beyond par, but that they have also disappointed the Ministers. Luckily, however, for the nation generally, the Ministers have seized the proper moment for effecting a reduction in the 4 per Cents ; but those who accepted the 91 per Cent. interest, in preference to being paid off, are now probably upon the repent ing stool—the 3 per Cent. Stock being at present under par. The 3 per Cents have now fallen in the space of about eight months 8 per cent., which is at the rate of one per cent. a month. In fact, the fall from the highest point (which, we believe, was 972 or 98) has been as rapid as the rise from the lowest point, which was soon after the battle of Waterloo.— We would ask the people at the Stock Exchange whether as much borrowing for foreign funds and for home schemes has not been going on since the peace as during the war ; and as the tine for the completing of the payment on both foreign funds as well as home schemes has at length ar rived, whether the money wanted for two such drains has not affected the stock market in a de gree that the stock brockers little contemplated ? As to attributing the fall or the temporary rises to this or that rumour, it is nonsense. The pro. bable cause for the original and rapid rise in the article in question, amounting to eight hundred' millions, was because the mass of people believed that the thing would rise. It did rise, and got up, so long as the fever lasted, from 52 to 97, which was 90 per cent. rise ; but then, to maintain that rise, it would have - required an actual increase of 90 per cent. upon the, 800 millions, or 700 millions of increased wealth. The question then would have been, Ilas there been since the peace such an increase of wealth ? The best reason to be given, probably, for the fall is, that the public opinion has changed from funds in favour of land, houses, corn, cotton, and other real things, and in proportion as the real things rise, the other, the unreal thing, will go down. It is surprising what public opinion will effect in the rise or the fall of any thing. If five, ten, or twenty millions of people get into their heads that such and such a thing will be higher, they rush into the market, buy one over the other, till at length they get the thing up out of all reason. But at length the time must arrive when it reaches its maximum. Then it begins to fall, and, of course, public opinion changes and wavers; then despondency seizes the public, and the rush to sell is i►► general as great as the rush previously was to purchase.—We have seen a re markable instance of this of late in corn, cattle, cotton, silk, hides, and various other commodities. Public opinion has, very recently, got up those commodities from 50 to 100 per cent.; but in not one of those articles is there a scarcity ; but an apprehended scarcity, has, in general, the "me effect in getting up the price as a real scar city,' at least for a certain length of time.. Before. we conclude, we will ask those at the Stock Ex change whether the stock, both home and foreign, is not now greater in amount than - at any time ; and if the scheme liability be added—is not the amount nearly double what it was at the battle of Waterloo ? What got up the price of land so extravagantly all through the war but public opinion ? There was no scarcity of land—the acres remained juste the same ; and yet how ra pidly it fell within two or three years after the conclusion of the war [Tut PUBLIC LEDGER.) We cannot' help thinking that a very unne cessary alarm has been created on the subject of the proposed alteration in the Quarantine Laws. By the Bill before Parliament, the only altera tions proposed are,-Ist. To take off the Qua rantine Duty on Goods, and charge the expellee of the different Quarantine Establishments to the Consolidated Fund, as it is for the benefit of the Public in general that such precautions are taken.-2d. Vessels with clean bills from Tur key to air Cottons, &c., fourteen days on board the Lazarettes--with suspected or foul bills, twenty-one days, instead of twenty-one and forty days. 3d. The Privy Council to have authority to reduce or increase the lay-days according to circumstances. Interested or ignorant persons must have given a very different description of the Bill to their friends at Genoa and Leghorn ; it cannot be supposed for a moment, that the Privy Council can be indifferent on such a momentous subject as the preservation of the public health; never was there a period when it was less likely to be interrupted ; and the Boards of Health at Genoa and Leghorn receiving intelligence by post every 12 or 15 days, must surely think it time enough to take precautionary measures, when they have heard any disorder has broke out, and manifested istself in England ; as ships are always from 30 to 60 days on the passage, and must have sailed at least three weeks before any symptoms of disorder could have strewn themselves. Most of our Readers are aware, that on the intelli gence first reaching Genoa and Leghorn, several vessels, arriving from England,were put under qua rantine in these Ports; and we have now the satisfac tion of stating, that from the explanations given here to the Sardinian Minister, as well as to the person representing the Grand Duke of Tuscany at our Court, respecting the alteration of the qua rantine la ws,there is a probability, or rather a cer tainty of these severe orders being rescinded. It is ridiculous to suppose, that the French Govern ment will lend itself to the prejudices that have been created on this subject. If vessels, coming from England, were to be subjected to Quaran tine Regulations at Marseilles, there would he a more evident necessity of adopting such precau tions at Calais and Boulogne, as the plague is us likely to be imported at one place as another— indeed more so, from the shortness of the voyage. THE ARMY. The Ist Regiment of Dragoons, which recently arrived in [reland, from Scotland, is stationed at Dundalk. The 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, which embarked at Bideford, for Ireland, is stationed at Cork. A Det.;,chment belonging to the 96th Foot, m ar ch e d yester day from Westminster for Winchester. Yesterday morning, the whole of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) marched from their barracks in the Reg nt's Park, to Wormwood Scrubs, under the command of Colonel Bill, where they held a field-day. The regiment went thro ug h th e i r evolutions in a masterly manner, but - their charges were re marked as particularly fine. Nothing could exceed the rapidity of the latter. THE SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Eprxnuneat, MAY 17.—Yesterday, the 72d (or Duke of Albany) Own) Highlanders, commanded by Major Mum- MOND, were reviewed on Burntsfield Links by Major-General Sir Thomas Bradford, K.C.8., Commander of the Forces.— The regiment looked remarkably well under arms, and went through a number of evolutions, with admirable spirit and ac curacy. The firing, whether by platoon or battalion, was ex cellent, and elicited frequent expressions of unqualified appro bation from the numerous spectators on the ground. It was truly gratifying to hear the complimentary remarks, - passing from mouth to mouth, on the imposing appearance of the regi ment ; and we rejoice to learn that the Commander of the. Forces was pleased to express the very highest opinion of their discipline. We do not recollect having seen a finer body of men. All of them are young able bodied fellows, evidently proud of their regiment and profession. As a national corps, however, it is to be regretted that they have laid aside the plaid —an elegant, and we should think, indispensable part of a Highland soldier's costume. The following account of this corps, from its original formation, is abridged from Colonel Stewart's Annals of Highland Regiments :—" The Earl of Seaforth having engaeed in the rebellion of 1715, and been included in the subsequent acts of attainder, forfeited his estate and title. His grandson, Kenneth Mackenzie, re purchase& the property, and in the year 1771 was re stored to the ancient title of the family. In gratitude for these favours, he made an offer to his Majesty in 1778, of raising a regiment on his estate, which was accepted. In the spring of that year 1300 men assembled at Elgin, principally raised by gentlemen of the clan " Capes Fey." The corps was ultimately embodied under the denomination of Seaforth's Highlanders, or. the 78th regiment. In the month of August the regiment embarked at Leith for Jersey and Guernsey, and next year, 1781, sailed for the East Indies. The strength of the corps at that time was 1100 rank and file.. Lord Seaforth, who accompanied his regiment, died suddenly on the voyage, to the grief and dismay of the poor Highlanders. Before they reached Madras in April 1782, 230 men had died of the scurvy, and only 390 were landed fit to carry arms. They were, how ever, immediately moved up the country, under the command of Major James Stuart, and joined the army under Sir Eyre Coote, at Chingleput. In the month of October, 600 men were fit for duty, and the colours, which had been laid up, were again unfurled. This allowed the regiment to be Resent at the at tack of Cuddalore, where it lost one officer, and 23 rank and file. In the course of this year it also lost Colonel Humber stone Mackenzie, who died of wounds received in an action at sea, between the Ranger sloop and a Mahratta fleet, on the passage from Bombay. In consequence of the peace, certain regiments were ordered home for redUction. Seaforth's regi ment having been raised on condition of serving during the war, those men who stood to this agreement were allowed to return to England. This reduced the corps to 300 men, but volunteers from other regiments soon augmented it to 800. — The following year the number was changed to the 72d, in consequence of the reduction of senior regiments. 'When the war with Tippoo commenced, they took the field under Major- General Meadows ; and were present at the attacks on Pala catchery and Dindegul. From this p er i o d th e 72d f o ll owe d a ll the movements of the army till the 29th January 1791, when Lord Cornwallis assumed the chief command. The subsequent operations of the regiment were in the second attack on Banga lore, the first attack on Seringapatam, and the attack on Sundi droog and Ootradroog. It also shared in the second attack on Seringapatam, and in the expedition against Pondicherry ; and in 1795 assisted in the capture of Ceylon. This was the last service of the regiment in the east at that period, as in 1797 the skeleton of the corps sailed for England. The 72d remained at home for several years for the purpose of recruit ing. Afterwards it formed part of the expedition under Sir David Baird, against the Cape of Good Hope, on which oc casion it suffered trifling loss. Agreeably to the general orders of 1809, the designation of Highland, - and the ancient gar b, were altered along with other corps." These national distinctions were restored last year (1824.) The corps are now denominated the Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders ' and, we doubt not, will continue to u ph o ld t h at hi g h c h arac t er for disci pline and bravery which they acquired under the title of Sea forth's Highlanders, on the plains o' Ind i a. -(Edinburgh 4 Obrerver. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDlTOR — Anicingsahe lofty projects --the order of the day—we have been much amused with various schemes turned into Companiii, by projectors whO had no other hopes of bread; and share-dealers who have no other -trade _the game wa s nove l to t hi s generation and the spirit • was upheld - ; but, alas, the tables are already turned again. We have, however, taken some pains to inquire respecting a project ab'otit 'to be -brought forth in London—not, indeed,-to set the Thames.on fire (as that is often done in Covent- Garden), but anew manufactory for leather (on the banks of the Thames) by a new 'Pioceis. We are assured that leather is tanned in quarter of the usual time WITHOUT Patent, ,s*cunior-I,3res sure, and without various secret ingredients gene. rally used to hasten the process which ' tlius per formed is with great expence and dathage to the leather. Strong acids, vitriol, aquagy-fortis, &c. have always rendered .leather neither.durable nor water-proof, but liable to crack in hot, and be spongy, in- ra i n y weat h er. I t is p roper to in quire into the further particulars, becauseit has long been a matter of surprise 'that Ty/ e,gg i ntial or public improvements have been . made .in the tanning of leather in this new Era, while every other branch of manufactures in Europe has un dergone various scientific and practical improve. ments. Tanning, however, is still an exception to the general rule. It seems to have defied all attempts since the days, of Simon of Joppa, nor is there any book E X TANT upon this -sTAR,Lit ma-- nufacture, to our knowledge. We are, Mr. Editor, Your's truly, JOHN, ,DOE and RICHARD ROE, Brothers-at-Law. A boy was sent a . few days ago from Saint George's Terrace, Commercial.r oa d, with a pawnbroker's ti c k e t, b y a woman, :to _redeem a shawl, pawned at Deptford. The. pawnbroker,. , suspecting the lad, detained the ticket, tcs make inquiry. On his returning, he_ lost his-- way, and asked a man, whom he saw on the Toad, to direct him the way to town. The fellow said he was going to London, and would .accompany him, when the boy informed him of his errand, and said he had 15 shillings to redeein the Shawl. The stranger, after some further conversation, induced him to go into a public-house, and plied him with liquor until he was intoxicated; after which, on resuming their journey; the . suddenly attacked him,• robbed him of The 15- shillings, and threw him into a ditch.. ,'S.orne persons in the public-house, who saw the transac tion, hurried to the lad's assistance, - and` him from his perilous situation, while others pursued the thief, and after a long chace, se. cured him. They found in his pocket the money, and also a -certificate, that he was dis charged the day before from on board the Hulks. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, May 44. A instet dam Ditto, at Sight l2 19 "". Rotterdam .. .12 3 , Antwerp ti 3 Hanibtirgh , ... 36 -9 li rs.. Altona . . Paris, 3 Day's sight - 0 Us. Ditto - •.. . Bourdeansolith) . . , 24 45 ' 0 1 4 Berlin Frank . fort4,lltlie M 0 Peter shurgli a .7 0 in .... 15 1 F,:. Mon t• . Vienna . • 952 Trieste 9 52 Madrid Cadiz Bilboa 36f, Effecart . Barcelona Seville . Gibraltar . „. . Leghorn Get.ots ~ .. 15i-Venice, " hal. Lir 4/ - Malta ---Naples • 401 Pal erine# Lisbon - Oporto . ; Rio Janeiro Bahia . 50 Dublin .... 91 (irk 9i per Cent. -. , t 5 BULLION. . . Portugal Gold, iti Coin 1.0 0 0 psi Os; Foreign - Gold, iu Bars - - a 17 9 New Donliloons New Dollars - 4 11i Silver Standard in Bars,— • - 0 5 1 BIRTHS. On Monday, the 23d inst., in Hans-place, the lady of. Charles C. Young, Esq., of a daughter. Yesterday, at No. 4, Millbank-row, Westminster, Mrs. Da. vid Green, of a daughter. In Berkeley-square, yesterday, the 24th inst., the Hon: Mrs. Beilby Thompson, of a son: _ MARRIED. At St. Ann's Church, Dublin, on Wednesday, the 18th inst., Daniel Kinahan, jun. Esq., barrister-at-law, to Louisa Ann Stuart, eldest daughter of the late John Robert Miller, of Rus. sell-square, London, and of Longbridge, WarwiCkshire, deceased, niece of the Hon. C. H. Hutchinson, Esq., M.P., and grand-daughter of the late Sir James Bond, Bart. On the 24th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Mr. Wil. ham King, eldest son of John• King, Esq., Aldersgate-street, to Katharine, eldest daughter of Richard Lester, of Stanhope. street, May-fair. DIED. On Friday last, the 20th inst., James William Brandon, Esq., after a long illness, aged 72 years, 550 f Which were de. voted to the public at Covent-garden Theatre ; he had 40 years previous to his discharge from that establishment filled the office of box, book, and housekeeper. We regret to state that he has left a widow and four daughters to lament his loss. On the 17th inst., John Swaffield, Esq., of Wyke Regis House, Weymouth. This gentleman, who had reached his 94th year, was formerly in the office of Treasurer of• his Ma. jesty's Navy, where he was esteemed for the attention and fide. lily with which he uniformly discharged his duty. In Russell-place, in the 81st year of his age, Lieutenant... General Thomas Trent, of the Hon. East India Company's. Service. On the 22d inst., at his house at Buntingford, the Rev. Abra. ham Kirkpatrick Sherson, aged 55. On the 18th inst., in the 66th year of her age, Mrs. Mary Dent, of Rectory-green, Clapham. On Thursday, the 19th inst., at Clifton, aged 28, Fanny, the wife of M. H. Castle, E sq ., an d fif t h daughter of the late R. H. Boddam, Esq. On the 24th of March, at Prospect-place, Walworth, at an advanced age, the Rev. Benj a mi n Gerrans, a gentleman no less eminent as a classical scholar th a n as a n Orientalist. His faith ful and elegant translation of a Persian MS., entitled " The Tooti Namet," and " The Travels of Rabbi Benjamin," from the Hebrew, placed him high in the estimation of the admirers of Oriental literature. A domestic calamity, added to intensity of study, had for many years occasioned such strong.feelings of misanthropy, as to deprive his family of the advantages-an ticipated from the exercise of his powerful genius and deep researches. 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