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1 0 per cent. in all cases of clear and decided superiority. Considering the very relaxed system intro, (laced by the new Navigation Acts, of 182.2, it Ivas, perhaps, but just and reasonable to expect that a greater latitude would likewise be ex tended to trade in articles of foreign Manufac ture ; and it is, we presume, in reference to the principles then introduced, that wo may trace the origin of NI r. Il usKtssoN's expose Of Friday night. "We cannot, however (under existing circum stances) but entertain very serious doubts as to the . soundnPss of the policy which dictated either the present or the former measure, because,whilst the nation is thus giving away the advantages the restrictive system. had secured to it, we can see 11 0 substantial benefit to be derived from the, change. There is no reciprocity of feeling in foreigner ,governments which will secure to us the same - favour in foreign ports as' under the new system is accorded to foreigners in British Ports, and it is only in reference to this recipro -vity that•the • principle of free commerce can be admitted without being greatly qualified. The proposed relaxations ought to have been.condi •tional,, and conferred only on such nations as ,granted equal fay Our to the United Kingdom, in the same way as.his MAJESTY is now empowered to admit foreign vessels to entry in British ports, .on the same terms "as British vessels are admitted, 1 11 all cases where the like advantage is conceded to British 'ships in the ports of the country to Which such ft) . reign vessels. belong, - for we may conclude that •,foreign nations, whilst reaping • the benefit of 'our relaxations, will still enforce against us with all the rigour they are able the restrictive regulations of their own commer : cial policy.. That the provisions of the old Na vigation Acts were ; politic, the result' has prov ed beyond a. doubt, and the very fact that the conuneree of the country is able to withstand Cie experiment of liberal policy which has been lately made Upon it, confirms that opinion. It • 1nt137 perhaps 'therefore be urged, that the time is then arrived when a different -policy ought to and' commerce be allowed to shift for • herself in fair .and open competition. But the . answer is very plain ; to fair and open compe tition ri;a:.iisbjection can be. made; hut we' dO strongly object to that competition where all the fairness is on one side only, and 'where the con test appears to be only whether this country shall retain her commercial superiority under the new System, not, whether she shall extend it.' Our objections, thefi, are not to liberal com mercial doctrines, but to the generality of the tilasure under consideration, which measure, if adopted ' all, should. be made subservient to circumstanCes, and especially to the degree of freedom which foreign Governments give to Bri tish ships and British goods in their ports. — Under the 'restrictive system we have risen t° the commercial prosperity we now enjoy, g ild Clat 'system ought not to be abandoned • unless f or some substantial advantage or .41 : i ne other good cause shewu. We confess are unable to see either the one or the °t 7 in the prOposed measure ; certainly it is i s ihte no disadvantages may accrue, but that ttn lufficient cause for abandoning a system :., -I)e rieure. has . proved to be sound. The end i.: ° Posed," we presume, is, the extension of our "reign commerce ; but how can that be obtained i - th iaut that reciprocity for which we aow conte n d • - In • t he•year ending sthjanuary, 1825, it ap- Pears th at the amount of tonnage cleared out wards honithe ports of Great Britain and Ire land was as foll ows: British' I Great Brit • l Ireland Britain - 2;49'2,402 - 78317 2,562,719 Voreign. Great Britai n - 690,374 . Ireland • 4355 746,720 Zte.s.s in favour of the United Kingdom - 1,815,90 tons. It would be, curious to compare this statement ith a similar statement• for the year ending sth •• vanuary, 18i2-1, and that again with a similar statement for the year ending sth January, 182.2, .the year th e new Navigation Acts were passed. 'lle result would show pretty clearly the effects of our relaxcd system of commerce. It will be seen by the following article from - Vienna, taken from the Brussels Papers of Satur tlay, that Constantinople is still agitated by the turbulence of the Janissaries, owing to their hay lug discovered the design of the Porte to organize them on a new plan, which would have subjected theta to A:stricter discipline : FRANKFORT, MARCII 21. The Austrian Minister, Baron Bellinghausen, President of the Diet, has had since his return to this city several confe rences with the Principal Members of that Assembly. It ap- Pears that in the next confidential sitting of the Diet communi .cati°llB of some importance will be made in t he name of the Emperor of Austria and of the Cabinet of Berlin, by the Mi ''ter Plenipotentiary, Baron Nayler. It is also said, that the -Viet will have to discuss a new Report, made by the Central Committee at Mayence, relative to the persons accused of re r9lutionary intrigues , who have been delivered up at different • ' L ines at the desire of the Prussian Government. VIENNA, MARCH 14. The General attention is now fixed on Constantinople. The Ot toman Government had resolved, by the advice of the En glish Ambassador, Lord Strangford, to repress the insolence of th e Janissaries, by placing them under a new organisation, • tv Illeh would have subjected them to a stricter discipline. It wa R .4so proposed . to send from the capital a certain number of _:se troops to incorporate with other corps. This plan, which s to have been secret till after its entire execution, has been ', l7ll lged. Th e J an i s s ar i es are e nraged at it, and they are at p r esent in such a temper that a serious mutiny might be ap le'rthended, if t h e Ministers . df the Porte persisted in intro tlcing the smallest innovation in their present organisation. • . • The F ran kf ort P apers t o th e 21st inst., which -arrived last night, inform us that two violent shocks of an earth quake, had b een f e l t at B uc h arest at half-past eight o'clock on the evenin g o f t h e 17 t h F e b ruary l ast ; t h ey were i n a perpen gicular direction, and fortunately did no damage. The same %rthquake was felt in other parts of Wallachia, and was fol lowed by weather so excessively cold, that in the night of the '''°th of February, the thermometer of Rflaumur. was at 15 de -151, ees below the. freezing point. A severe degree of cold was • ft3o experienced at Vienna towards the close o February, and down to the middle of the present month anti. it is remarkable t hat we have ourselves felt, for the last ' fortnight, an unusual severity of climate. Russia is said, in these Papers, to be con solidating her prohibitory system by the most severe measures. OR Saturday afternoon a Cabinet Council .as ' !ernbled; agreeably to summons, at the Foreign . Office, Down , I , l g;street. Th ere were present, the Duke of Wellington, the ; ls of Liver col Harrowby, Westmoreland, and Bathurst, thex.. Chancello r of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary l'eel. Mr. Se cretary Canning,- &c. &c. The Cabinet sat in deliberation till near five o'clock.• Both Houses of Parliament will adjourn this Meek fot• the Easter Recess—the Lords on Wed . ne sday,•and the Commons on Thuisday. The •adjournment will be for a fortnight. THE THEATRES. DitURY•LANE.- , -Ii had been ingeniously re ported that Mr. KEAN was to take it final leave of the London Public on Saturday last, and as -the' report was not contradicted; it seemed to be generally credited, and in consequence the House was crowded at an early hour. The•part in which he appeared on this occasion was - Othello, and for which, however wanting in a martial and heroic aspect, he is thought, in point 'of feeling, to be most successful. lie certainly overcomes his personal deficiency in this character with consi derable success, and received great applause.— WALLActi. gave a judicious support to Ingo, Mrs. BUNN supplied all requisite spirit to Emilia, and Airs. W. WEST displayed her usual expressive tenderness in Desdernona. At the end of the Play the audience called for Mr. KEAN to - an nounce the future performance.. After some de lay, he came forwaid and delivered the follow ing Address : " Ladle.; and Gentlemen—ln the powerful conflict of gratify ing sensations with which my bosom glows, you may easily suppose that I cannot ]possibly express or give vent to my feel ings at this moment. To a London audience am I . indebted for my first and only support ; and by their protection have I been enabled -to combat against one . of the most malignant attacks that was ever made on any individual.= -(Applause, and cries of • Bravo.')—Without adVerting to past circumstances cannot but feel that a most powerful engine was placed for my destruction.—(Loud cries of "Che Times, the Times, aye the Times.')—lt was endeavoured to enlist Our displeasure against me:' But under your patronage and kind countenance, I have suceessffilly fought those who appearedas my professional ene mies.—(Applause.)—l should have sunk under the power which was thus raised against me, were 1 not protected by the shield of that liberality which is the characteristic of the British nation, and which should be an example , of imitation to the world.---(Much applause.)—To you, Ladies and Gentlemen, am I this moment indebted for my professional existence; and may I take the liberty of adding, that in the part you have acted you have achieved a great dramatic triumph.—(Much • laughter and partial approbation.)—ln reference to the liberal management On this occasion, I beg to express my most grate ful acknowledgemc. ts. The Manager, has acted towards me in the hour of my adversity with the affectionate kindness of a father, a brother, and a friend. With the renewed expression of my gratitude for all your favours, I beg respectfully to take my temporary farewell of you, and hope to have the honour of appearing. before you again early in June."—(Applause, mingled with slight disapprobation.) The Address received great applause from a great majority of the audience, , but we believe the Public in general will think that he had been wiser if he had attended to the homely adage, " let well alone,". and not have roused the re, collection of conduct which certainly cannot be remembered to his credit. He luckily triumphed over the moral disapprobation which had assailed him; but which lie thinks proper to consider as - the result of malignant enmity, - as if the people at large were supposed to be utterly destitute of ' moral - sentiment, and insensi ble to the . distinction between right and wrong. However we shall drop the subject. As Mr. KEAN was about to retire, Mr. ELLISTON came forward and mutual gesticulations of ap parent amity passed between them, and when the mingled emotions of applause and merriment arising from so 'extraordinary a'scene subsided, a general call' for " Manager" induced Mr. EL LISTON to advance to the front of the stage and he delivered the following words :—• Ladies and Gentlemen—Yoii have ordered me here ; 1 am —as always am—at my post. What is your pleasure ?" After a pause of several minutes of obvious expectation on the part of the audience, he re sumed .his speech as follows : " If there be any person here inimical, to the interests of the theatre (Cries of ' No, no'), I .am sure there _are none who c a n be insensible to the merits of Mr. Kean.—(Applause.)— Circumstances .have occurred, Ladles and Gentlemen, which have soured his mind a little.—( Laughter.)-„It might be any man's case; however, Gentlemen, it appears you have agreed to bury all that is past in oblivion. Mr. Kean feels the same gratitude now for your first patronage that he ever did ; I know I it.—(Laughter and applause.)l now have the honour to an- 1 nounce that •he will absolutely return in June—that he will then perforM'for twelve nights, and I hope that for many years afterwards you may have the opportunity, Ladies and Gentlemen, of receiving him and me too." Mr. &LISTON then .retired, amidst a liberal tribute of applause ; and thus ended this theatri cal interlude, which may certainly be .classed with the chief novelties of the season, and which was. at least considered by the audience as a singular and diverting Entertainment. COVENT GARDEN.—Mr. F'AWCETT had a bril liant bumper at his benefit on Saturday night—a just tribute to distinguished professional talent and acknowledged private worth. . ENGLISH OPEIIA HOUSE. - Mr. MATHEWS'S Entertainment continues, if possible, to become more and more attractive every night. The house overflowed on Saturday at an early hour, and laughter and applause accompanied the whole of the perforr:ance. MINOR l'ilEATats.—The Adelphi and Olympic Theatres closed most successful seasons on Saturday, on - whieli occasion neat and appropriate Addresses were delivered by their respective Stage Managers. The Grand Duke CONSTANT! NE of Russia, and the Grand Duke NICHOLAS and his consort, arrived at St. Petersburgh on the 9th instant. On the evening of that day the Grand Duchess HELENA, consort of the Grand Duke it of Ruia, was happily delivered at St. Petersburgh of a Princess, who is to be chris tened by the name of MARIA. .The Prussian Minister of Justice. ,Von cnEisnr, (lied on the 18th instant, at Berlin. On the 9th ult., died at Moscow, the Cham berlain Von WLAssow, one of the richest men in the empire, and possessor of one of the largest private libraries, and of a most valuable collection of paintings and minerals. Signor GULMIN I lately died near Parma at the age of a hundred and thirty-eight years. He was the First Tenor of Italy,' and Leader of the Band to Pope Benedict the 14th. _ _ The Cure of Lamentin, in Martinique, CAILLAUD, has been received hospitably in St. Domingo, and promised promotion by President BOYER. Though he enjoyed a rich living in the French colony above-mentioned, he could not endure to live in it under the affliction which he experienced at the sight of the cruelty and oppression to which the people of colour were subjected. He therefore proceeded to France to lay the atrocities of the local Government be fore the administration at home ; but receiving no promise of a change, and entertaining no hopes of improvement, he repaired to Hayti, where he has been received with the distinction which was merited by his virtues and his services in the cause of humanity. Yesterday week a deputation of Protestant Peers and Deputies had an audience of the IZ ING, to petition his MAJESTY for the re-esta blishment of the Council of Protestants, con nected with the Ministry of time Interior. This Board had been suppressed by the present Mi nister of the Interior, M. (le CORBIERE. The trial of Louis Fort, the Secretary of the Duke of BounuoN, who attempted, in December last, to assassinate the steward and valet de has commenced at th e C our t of / of attheDke, Paris,tl cuti/bi.e Assizes T ' , V.: +OM 0 * , vg, ~ •1 - ejch -:. 1. 1, 4, 1 \ %. /.. - - a ° er- .c -: ~,-,,, ~ , ,1 ( T' , x it i, A. '• . t * „, ' I P 4 + ;". ~,,-. .4 -, : +4,lo ‘l * 61 - 7..,...• 7lt 1 . .. e . ,....., ), ". ,),..., d t ‘- V '1,4 4, ''. 1. 4 .S• :'; ‘"4l, - A. .4.1". ^ i-u. ~., k .( f ti ' 'O.- q*, ', ^ t• 1, t i c tagl tt 4 i tsh , . I THE KING. NVINMOIL, MARCH 27.—This morning his MAJESTY at tended Divine Service at his new private Chapel, contiguous to the Royal Eodge. Service was performed liy the'Rev. Mr. Sumner. 1 .1 . e, principal part of Cie Royal Household were present. His Majesty afterwards took an airing in the Great Park. Soon after' two o'clock yesterday afternoon, the King left the Royal Lodge in his pony phaeton, accompanied by the Marquis Conyngham, and followed in a second phaeton by Sir A. Barnard. After going to Virginia %Voter, and• driving through the varions 'rides, his Majesty returned about four O'CIOCK to thellOysl Lodge. . .FASHIONABLE- ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess Somers, at St. Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from their seat, Eastnor Castle ; Lord and Lady Gray and Family, at Cook's Hotel, Albernarle.street, from Perthshire; Sir E. Stanhope Bart. at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from Exeter; Thomas Kenyon, Esq. at the Waterlob Hotel, Jermyn-street, f rom hi s sea t i n Shropshire. DEPARTURES.-Emily Marchioness of Londonderry, for her seat, North Cray, Kent, for the holidays ; the Earl and Countess of Jersey . and Family, for their seat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire ; Lord and Lady F. L. Gower, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, at their seat, West - Hill, Surrey ; Lord Valletort, for.. his father's (the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe), at Richmond ; Lady E. Edgecumbe, - for Richmond; Lady De fin„ fel. Brighton; Mrs. Egerton, for Brighton. FASIIIONABJ4E PARTIES. The Duke of Gloucester 1.4 a a grand dinner party yesterday at Gloucester House. The Duke of Norfolk entertained a large party of distin guished personages at dinner yesterday at his house in St. James's-square. Lord Bert Vick had a dinner party yesterday at his house in Grosvenor-square. T. Egerton, Esq. M.P. and C. R. Ellis, Esq. M.P., had dinner parties yesterday. Dinner parties on Saturday :—Lord Alvanley, Lord Carring ton, 'Sir Thomas Lethbridge, Bart., and M. A. Taylor, Esq., M. P. The Marchioness Cornwallis entertained the Dowager Duchess of Richmond and a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday at her house, Park-crescent. The Marciuis of Lansdown gave a grand dinner on Saturday to the Earl of Tankerville, the Ambassador of the Netherlands 41 n d his Lady,. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Vernon, Mr. and ,Mrs. !lope, Mr. Sheridan, &c., at Lansdo‘yn-house, Berkeley stil!nre._ , 'The Countess of Sandwich had a dinner party yesterdayat her house in Dover-street, amonki whom were Lord and Lady Falmouth, Lord Palmerston, Sir George Warrender, Bart., Mr. Bouverie, &c. Yesterday. Divine Service was perfornied to the King's Household, at his Palace in Pall-mall, by the Reverend Dr. Blomberg. • On Saturday the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta. About eleven• 'o'clock on Friday night the Duke of York left town in his travelling carriage for Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, on a visit to his Grace for a few days. His Royal. Highness is then expected to proceed to Newmarket for the purpose.of attending the first week of the Spring Meet ings.—lt ;s understood that the whole of his Royal Highness's household, together with all the furniture, &c. in York House, will be removed by the 3d of April, in consequence of his Royal Highness's residence being about to be pulled down, and the materials sold in lots. Part of the Royal Duke's collection of Pictures, &c. were packed up and removed on Saturday to his Royal' Highnesestemperary residence in South Audley street. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, travelling under the name of Count de Munster, landed on Tuesday last at Ostend with his family. He arrived at Ghent on the day fol lowing, and set out again on Thursday on his way to Germany. it lam, -MARCH 9,—On Wednesday evening last a French Comedy was performed at the. King's Palace. Charles Duke of Mecklenburgh, and other distinguished personages about the Court, undertook different characters—the whole went off with great eclat. It is not true that :11iss Foote will be married this morning to Mr. !Jayne. This Lady has been obliged to relinquish her engagement at the Glasgow Theatre, in Passion week, in con sequence of the extremely delicate state of her health. should 3liss Foote, however, be sufficiently recovered, she will perform on this day, to-morrow, and Wednesday, at Liverpool, and from thence return to her duty at Covent. Garden Theatre:— ( Morning Paper.) .1 SPORTING. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MIZETINGS OF UOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEEL Ilis ililajesty's Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Hough. The Earl of Derby's Stag Hounds, on Wednesday, at Lea therhead ; Saturday, not fixed. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Burnham; Thursday, at Nor Woods; Saturday, at Great Limber. The arwickshire Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Wrox ton Abbey. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Thursday, at Morley Turnpike ; Saturday, at Myth Ford. Sir B. Graham's Hounds, on Thursday, at Battlefield ; Sa turday, at Hawkestone Inn. The Cheshire Hounds, on Wednesday, at Burleydam ' • Thurs day. at Wrenbury ; Saturday, a t Ki ngs l ey Wi n d m ill. The Somerset Subscription Hounds, on Saturday, at Winn down, Enmore. The Hambledon Hounds, on Thursday, at the Kennel ; Sa; turday, at Fair Oak. The Earl of D ar li ng t on ' s F ox -hounds, on Wednesday, at Skipton Bridge ; Saturday, at Camphill. The Lambton Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Plawsworth Bar ; Thursday, at Burnopside ; Saturday, at the Kennel. The South Vold Subscription Hounds, on . Tuesday, at Timbleby ; Thursday, at South House Bar ; Saturday, at Revesby. Soave's Must:lA.l.-11)e refined •g,rltifica, tion that the collection of the reliques of remote antiquity and. modern Art, with which this spacious mansion abounds, af forded to the numerous visitors who were invited on the Wed.: nesday evening, induced the hospitable Host to open it again on Friday night to another succession of amateurs and their friends. 'rite Museum, as before, was lighted in such a x:aan ner as tciplace all the various rarities to the best advantage. • Among the splendid circle of visitors on this occasion we no ticed the Duke of Sussex, Lord amt Lady Liverpool, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, with Lady Sarah Robinson, and their daughter, Lord Gifford, Lady Ellenborough and her daughter, Lord and Lady Caledon, Sir Abraham Hume, Sir Charles Long, the Bishop of London, and Miss Howley, Mr. Banks and Mr. W. Banks, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir William Bec-' chey, Mr. and Mrs. Tyndale, Mr. -Heber, Mr. Colridge, the Poet, Mr. H. Hobhouse, and many other persons of well-known taste. Upon revisiting this truly valuable combination of ancient and modern Art, we regret that we did not before notice the room particularly assigned to subjects of Anon ECT U RE, compris ing Drawings of Works that have already been executed by Mr. SOANE, and designs for others, the fruits of his early hope and fancy. They are all grand and beautiful in conception, and if realized in any country would render the place which contained them " A City of Towers, Palaces, and Temples." It is need less to add, that the company in g,neral testified the highest ad miration of the beautiful and classical treat before them, and remained upon the spot till a late hour. It is due to the assist ants to state, that all possible care and accommodation marked the whole of the evening. The beautiful process of Silk-weaving, which now forms so important a branch of our national m anufacture, bus hitherto been almost wholly unknown amongst persons in the higher ranks of life, owing to the distant and o bscure situation o f Sp;talfields ; it therefore gives us pleasure to hear that Messrs. BROWN and linnuAnn have erected one of their handsomest looms in the New Silk Establishme . nt, i‘egent-st ree t, where every facility is afford e d to their CUS. tourers of viewing the, operations of th e weaver. I , The letters from Falmouth, dated F r id ay l ast , mention their having hea v y r at" nu that day. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, MARCH 27.—Wind-N.E.— Passed through yester day from the River, , with a fresh.breeze from the London, Smith, 'for 'Quebec ; Emerald, Gray, and Christopher, Knight, for Miramichi ; Ipswich, Davison, for America; Rose ville, Scott, and Magnet, Taylor, for Teneriffe ; Cecilia, Hook, for Alicant; Britannia, Garth, for Cadiz; Tula, White, for Gibraltar; Lady Hamilton, Harvey, for Newfoundland; and Lord Melville, Coppinger, for Trinidad. • PORTSMOUTIL, MARCH - S.—Sailed ,the John, Popplewell, for. Madras ; Bengal Britannia, Krell, for Dantzic, and the Morgiana (late sloop of war), for London. • • PLYMOU Tn, MARCH 26.—Wind E.—Arrived the Express, Hamilton, from Charente. OfF the Port the. Pioneer, Smith, from Charlstone, in 33 days; Howard, 111`eurdy, - from New York, in 33 days, for Bremen ; Hudson, Champlin, from ditto, for London • and Leader, _ , from Trieste. Sailed the Alonza, Perkins, for London ; Ibis, Smith, and Nymph, Top, to• the eastward. FAL MO If Tit M Atcu 26.—Wind - variable.—Arrived the Charlotte Wylie, from St. Domingo in 47 days ; Friend.. ship, Smith, from Terceira ; Busy, Penfold, from St. Mi- - chael's; Mexican, Atkins, from Havannah ; and the Buce.. phalus, Smith, from Gibraltar. Sailed the Duke of Marlbo rough packet, for Lisbon . ; Emulous ditto, for the Leeward Islands ; Success, Russell, for St. John's, N. 8.; and the For titude, for Lisbon. • .LIVERPOOL, .slancir 26:—Wind E. to N.—Arrived the Huskisson, White, from Demerara, sailed 14th February; Frances Adams, —, and Marmion, Goodwin, from Charles ton ; Tuscarora, Send, from Philadelphia, sailed 25th ult. ; .Terra Nova, —, from Sicily; Nottingham, Corser,cllexan: dna ; Sir William Wallace, Tilley, and James and Henry Cunningham, Stanton, for St. John's. N.t3. SCILLY, MAtten 22.—Arrived off here the ship Potton, —, from Sierra Leone •to Portsmouth, sailed 30th January, reports the Reward, —, to have arrived, and that the Catha rine Green transport was'on shore on the Seerds Bank, and not likely to be b , rot off; also put in here the Manly, Clark, from Trieste; and the Revel, Allen, from North America. STEAM ENGINES ON RAIL ROADS. (From Might's Leeds Intelligencer,,lB2l. ) . . "MOST DUEADFOL ACCIDENT.---On Saturday afternoon last,- George Hutchinson, who was one of the men employed in 'conducling the steam-engines used in conveying coals from Middleton to this place, stopped at the usual place on the road with a number of loaded waggons brought down, and was waiting until a Sufficient'number of empty ones had arrived there to be conveyed .back again. During the time he was waiting he put a quantity of coals upon the fire, under the boiler, and then left it to bUrn up, without having taken off the spring or fastener by which the safety valve is kept steady during the time the engine is in motion, and whereby thehoiler is relieved by the.steain blowing off as soon as the pressure arrive's at a certain point, without the ' least possible danger.— On Hutchinson's return to the engine, after an absence of about an hour and a half, it was discovered and pointed out -to him by another man that the steam in his absence had got so high as to be issuing through the cocks and apertures in the boiler, and though he was requested to move on and thereby give relief to the boiler, he had the imprudence not only to reject this salu tary advice, but to make the only cock by which any of the steam could escape still tighter ; .and then to go to break up the fire he had previously made. The fatal consequence was, that the boiler burst, as it inevitably must do from the length of time the engines had been standing; and the encreased pressure of steam, occasioned entirely by the safety valve being dose down ; and Hutchinson being then unfortunately standing at the end neat the fire, he was carried by the violence of the ex , plosion to a very considerable distance, where his body was afterwards found in a most mangled state, quite dead. These I are the facts of . this melancholy case as th e y h ave b een care f u lly "collected ; they may be relied upon. It is therefore ruite evi. dent there is no blame imputable to any one but •to the unfor tunate individual who has fallen a victim to his own negligence by leaving the boiler standing with a large fire Under it with the safety valve . Made' fast down for a considerable time, and then further overcharging, in defiance of the prudent caution given to him by his companion. The, explosion was heard at the distance of a mile and a half. The iron Wheels of the carriage' on• which the engine was placed were broken.. The damage is estimated at some hundred pounds. - . It is'some con solation, under the painful impression produced by this shock ing accident;' that Hutchinson ead'xici family." THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MAnc) 20. The a7rivaltinf . all sorts of Graiu last week were only.modef,.. rate, anti the quantity of Flour was not large. • This morning there are small fresh.supplies of .Wheat, Barley, .Ber.;18, and Antse from Essex, Kent, .and Suffolk ; and there are very few . vessels fresh up with Oats. Prime samples of Wheat are scarce, and such sell freely at terms 'fully equal to those of this day so'nnight, but other sorts are very dull and rather cheaper. Barley does not meet sale with airy freedom to-day, and the : prices of this day sennight are with much • difficulty obtained. Beans Sell very heavily, and ' soft samples are rather. cheaper;• Boiling-Peas are scarce, and there is but little doing in them; .Grey ,Peas are unaltered ; Oats are not plentiful, and the prices of this day se'nnight are fully main tained for this article. In the Flour_ trade there is no alteration. Linseed. and Rapeseed sell heavily. . . '- ' ' • - ARRIVALS LAST WEEa.—English Wheat, 5,611 ; Bar ley, 5,326 ; 3lalt, 7,792 ; Oats, 4,027 ; Beans, 2,076 ; • Pease, 912 ; Irish Wheat, -----; Oats, 1,685 ; Foreign Oats, 912 quarters ; Flour, 6,556 sacks. . . • . Wheat, Red (old) White (old) ...-s —s (old) ....48s 52s Red (1024) ..... .tils 56$ Tick (pew) , 32s 36s ---.,..-- Fine GOs 63s .. . (old) 4os 44s . . Superfine....6Bs 72s Harrow (new)...39s 41s Whitet1824)...52s 56s ' (01ti)'...44s 48s Fine ::588 64a Brank Superfine ....74s 78s . Oats ; Feed 9 0s .22s Rye ' . . ' 15s 40s Fine' 9 38 25s Barley --' ' 30s 35s --- Pnland °2s '24s Fine - - 385 40s Fine 9 5s 27s Superfine 43s 46s Potatoe 2ss 28s Malt s6s 64s —Fine °7s 30s —Fine 66s 70s Scotch Peas Grey ' 36s 37s Flour (per sack) 60s 65s Maple 39s 40s 1 --,--White .... ....... 40s 44s North CoUntry...s2 s 54 8 I —BoilerS ,I6s 52s Bran - • ' B B, 98 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE GI GRAIN,ER.ONI TilE RETURNS RECEIVED IN THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 19. Wheat, '6Bs. Id. ; Bailey; 40s. 2d. - ; - Oats, 245. hl.; Rye, 395. 7d. ; Beans, 375. 7d. ; Peas, 40s. 4d. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed March 23, 1825, is 41s. sd. per cwt. SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 28. The following is an accurate Report of the numbera an prices at Si: ithneld Market this morning : CATTLE AT MAILKET, _ Beasts 3,012 ; Sheep 16,820 Calves To sink the Offal, per stone of 816. Beef 4s 4d to its Od I Veal Mutton 4s 10d to 5s 6d Pork _ _ bs 4d to 6s 4d Lamb Os Lid to Os Od. DAY AND STRAW, PEIL LOAD. Hay £3 Os to £:5 Os I Clover O:4 to £5 lOs Straw .f.j Os to £2 Bs. BIRTHS. Sunday morning, the Lady of Charles Calvert, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. On the 23d inst., at Hoddesdon, Herts, the Lady of P. C. Cazalet, Esq., of a daughter. On the 26th inst., in Hatton-garden, Mrs. George Detttnar, of a son. MARRIBD On Saturday, the 26th inst., at Kensington, Richd. Temple, sq., of Kemsey, Worcestershire, to Loam Anne, youngest daughter of the late James Rilrett Carnac, Esq., Member of Council at Bombay. On Saturday, the 16th instant, at Walthtu - nstow, the Rev. Arthur Forbes Lloyd, rector of lnstow, Devonshire, to Harriet, the second daughter of T. F. Forster, Esq., of Hoe-street, NlTalthamstow: On the 15th inst., at \Vhitburn church, Durham, the Rev. Robert Aitken,-of Whitburn, to Anna Elizabeth, only child of the late Wm. Byres, Esq., Warrington, Lancashire, and grand-daughter of Charles Simpson, Esq., of Westhouse. DIED. On board the ship Simpson, on his passage from Bombay to London, Capt. James lll`Callum, of the 4th Regiment Native Infantry, Bombay Establishment, in the 32d year of his age. On the 22d inst., 31r. Richard Lewis, of N 0.14, Little East cheap, aged 65. On Thursday, at his seat, the Hill, Astley, in the 66th year of his age, Thos. Shrawley Vernon, Esq. High Sheriff of Wor cestershire. Only twelve days previous to his decease, Mr. Vernon made his entry intoVorcester, accompanied by a large and most respectable assentblse of friends and tenantry, THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY . • Extractsfrom the gorning Yupers,M4re,;l9,g.,lS2s, [BRITISH .PRESS'.] By accounts received yesterday, it appears_that the French Government, proceeding regularly in the course on which they:have entered,-have re solved upon a general reorganization of the•arwy, so as to render it as nearly as possible similar to what it was before the Revolution. The camp now forming at Luneville will consist of regiMents established on the ancient principle. ". The, corps of carabineers, which used to he one of the kaest in Europe, composed of men selected from aft the other cavalry regiments, 'will be immediately re, stored to its former pre-eminence. It will he in-. creased to 1,200 men, and divided into two hattam lions. At least 4 new regiments of dragoons will be raised - . There will be a diminution of the: Chas- sears, but to compensate, a new corps of lancers will be formed. The horses necessary for .these changes are now purchasing in Germany at high prices and for ready money, Some speculation as to foreign politics has been excited by these proceeding's, which, however, are wholly refer. able to . the internal policy of 010 French• Court. The declaration of the Earl of Liverpool.on.Fri day evening with respect to the probable. 'coati nuance of peace, was So - clear and explicit, that no rational apprehension can be entertaineti: never knew a period," said his Lordship, " when there'was - a better foundation for the hope of permanent peace," ENEW TIM ES.I It will have struck Our Readers with Rime., thing like.-a•sensation of merriment, that after the luminous an►l liberal speech of Mr. Iluskisson, when the whole House went along with him on the general principle of a reduction of the Import Duties, Member after. Member argued. for a special exemption of .the particular commodity iu which his own constituents were interestO. One Gentleman thought it was all admirable except the part that touched .upon .copper ; another, that glass bottles required a special protection: a third wished to say a word or two in favour of woollen. The only exception was Mr. Alderznan Thompson ; who, though he is one of - the largest Iron Manufacturers in the kingdom, very candidly and honourably ieclared himself satisfied with the reduction of the duty on foreign iron from 61. 10s. to 1/. 10s. The worthy Alderman admitted that this must considerably reduce the price of British iron ; but still he thought it would leave tha. British Manufacturer a remunerating price. Ile had on several former occasions declared his approval of the liberal policy of Ministers ; and he felt that it would be inconsistent were he only to oppose them in the single measure which went to reduci his own profits. We recommend tl►is example to the Gentlemen• who are concerned in other branches of our internal produce and rua►►ufac tures: and perhaps even the agricultural interest will think it not unbecoming to adopt a . similar line of conduct. [THE TIMES.] • A Copy of the Commercial Laws and Rego. ations of Colombia, as they existed at the (od. _ _ of last November, has been published. The Tariff authorized by the above Republic deserves to be us well considered here, as it seems to have been by the authorities which framed it ; and comes opportunely to greet and to corrolio rato the improved system of English commercial policy which Mr. Huskisson so ably recommended in his speech of last Friday. One happiness possessed by an infant republic over a des potism far advanced in Soars, is its release from inveterate prejudice, as well as from inor dinate power. Every old Court, whether kingly or imperial, if of the genuine arbitrary breci, is equal to a Court of Chancery for its hatred of change, and its romantic fondness for precedent, no matter of what complexion. The sole point of honour with legitimate authorities is an ad herencii to practices which have 'prevailed al ready ; and the more ancient the practice, there, fore, in nine cases out of ten the more absurd, the greater is the tenacity, and the more incurable Abe obstinacy, with which a Government of the stanch pti old blood follows up and enforces it against all at tempts at reason. Of this unwillingness to or.to hear any thing new, perhaps there.cannok, adduced an example much more striking than th:zt of Spain through the whole system of her colonial. policy. England, we admit, has been bad.enough in her code.of prohibitions, both at home and for the colonies, and more discreditably wrong than Spain, because she was a more enlightened state, and sinned against better knowledge ; but our present business is with the. revolution efteCted in the commerce and finance of Spanish Ainerica by the escape of that ,fine continent from a despotic yoke. The sum of the policy pursued by Spain towards America, wasHlirst, to prevent the:Ame ricans from supplying their wants,except from Spa- nish industry;and seCondly,to extinguish in the mo ther country the industry from which those wants were to be supplied. The policy of the free Republic of Colombia is an exact reverse of that under which she had hitherto suffered : she in vites all mankind to minister to her consumption, and she offers them, on easy terms., the means of payment for their goods. The staple manufac tare of England, cotton cloths, are admitted to Colombia in Colombian vessels at an, ad Va• loran duty of 10 per cent.; in British vessels, of 171 per cent. Silks at 15 and VII respec tively, with an enlarg ed and liberal view to that which constitutes th moral force of nations. The acquisition of knowledge is facilitated by a, free admission from foreign countries of books in every language. Maps—pictures—philosophical instruments—statues—medals, &c., are likewise admitted freely. Implements of agriculture, and all machines for preparing and working the productions, of the soil, as well as those ler the extraction and preparation of metals,:are placed upon the same salutary footing. In some re spects, the Colombian. government follows the old course prescribed by prejutlice or fashion._ Native productions ' are -fenced - round with prohibiory duties-.—such as coffee, indigo, icslq 3 r