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sensation has been excited by the arrival of the heads of four 1 powerful Albanian chiefs, which were brought here by Tartars. They are those of the Selictar Poda, Sahirlibessi Choto, Bey of Argiro, Castoo and Aga Bassari, the most powerful and able of the Albanian chiefs ; and as Redschid Pacha has had them put to death, it is supposed that he distrusted their fidelity, and therefore can depend but little on the Albanians. This circum stance would alone decide the . fate of the campaign. All the calculations of the Porte were founded on the Albanians, and they will hardly be indifferent to the death of their chiefs. It is believed here that Omer Vriore will share the same fate. SEMLI3:, MAY ii.—Several letters from Bitoglia and the neighbourhood of Yanina, of 2fith April, say, that Redschid Dacha sustained a severe defeat on the Easter Sunday (of the Greek calendar). He has already reached Vanina in his re treat'. It is stated from Sires and Salonichi that he had been abandoned by the Albanians, on which he had out of revenge caused 300 Christians to be massacred or executed. TRIESTE, MAY 11.—A notice, dated Corfu, 18th April, received by the Chamber of Insurance here, states, that in the middle of April several vessels under Austrian colours were captured by the Greeks off Patras, because they were alleged to be bound to that place with Corn. From this it is inferred that Patras is still blockaded. Private accounts from Zante, 20th April, say that on the 11th April there had been a final action between Ibrahim and the Greeks before Modon, in which the latter obtained a decisive victory. The report of Ibrahim having embarked seems not to be confirmed. The Greeks particularly lament, among those - who have fallen in the late engagements, the son of the Prince of the Mainotes, Mauro, Michalis, and Pietro Bey.—(.4llge. wine Zeitung, May 19.) The Doile of Monday evening has been re. cPived, and the following extracts selected No other papers were published in Paris w Monday : ( From the Etvile, dated Tuesday, May 24.) PARES, MAT 23.—The King gave a private audience to Prince de Polignac, his Majesty's Ambassador to the Court of -London, who has just arrived at Paris. _ . The King goes to-morrow to Compeigne, where his Majesty Will remain for the time preceding his entry into Rheims. The Papal Legate, who has brought from Rome the barrette for the Prince of Cmi, has delivered, in the name of his Holi ness, a splendid sword to his Royal Highness the Dauphin, as a remembrance of the glorious expedition to Spain, and a hat richly adorned with fine pearls. He was also commissioned to present to the Dauphiness the silver cloak with which (le ntan tean d'argent avec lequel) Pope Leo XII. opened the holy gate, which had been shut for fifty years ; and the medals which had been deposited there at that time, according to cus tom. Her Royal Highness the Duchess has received two cameos of very great value. . The King has sent to the Dukes of Orleans and Bourbon, the ducal coronet and mantle which their Royal Highnesses are to wear at the Coronation. . We have letters from Odessa of the 3d May, to the following effect :—" We have news from Constantinople of the 27th of April. They state that the young Prince Abdul Hamid, the heir of the Ottoman throne, is dead of the small-pox. Though he was only 14 years of age, the Sultan, his father, seemed to tear him. His only brother M ischid is attacked by the same disease. The Janissaries, who for some time past had fixed their eyes on the young heir to the empire, appear to be con founded at the loss of him. They have been supposed more • than once to have the project of carrying him off from the •Seraglio and placing him on the throne. We may therefore "PPM that if the death of this young Prince relieves the Sultan from a great subject of uneasiness, it will expose him to the oscusation of having caused his death by violent means. The news which the Porte has received from Thessaly and Albania arc of the most unfavourable nature. Its influence is lated. Ridschid Pacha cannot advance a step."—( Augsburg Gazette.) FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MAY 23. Five per Cent. Consols opened at 101 f. 50c.; closed at 101 f. 35c.—'42hree per Cents. opened at 741. 85c.; closed at 741. 75c.—Bank Stock, 2,l79.—Rente de Naples (Certificates Falconnet), 901. 80c.— Bente d'Esbagne, 181.—Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 55fi.— Exchange on London, one month, 241. 95c. ; three months, 541. 110c.—(Court Authattique.) • Query—The hammer, marteau. A letter was received here yesterday by the Oporto, Captain MARTIN, from Oporto, stating that an insurrection had taken place at Madrid. The following is an extract from the letter : " OPORTO, MAY s.—Yesterday an Express arrived from 3 lairid, bringing intelligence of a dreadful insurrection having taken place between the Guerillas, joined by the populace, and the Royalists, which lasted three days, and still continued when the courier left. The King had taken refuge in the Escurial, which was guarded by French soldiers."—( Liverpool Adver tiser, May 24.) LISBON, MAY 13.—Nis "MAJEsTY and the In fantas returned on the evening of .the 6th to the Royal Palace of Alfeite in perfect health.—To day, the 13th, being the tenth Anniversary of his Dtlajsty's Birth-day, Was celebrated with the usual demonstrations of joy. The King and the Infantas held a Drawing Room at the Palace of Ajuda, where they received the compliments of the Court, the Diplomatic Body, and an immense 'lumber of persons of distinction.—(Lisbon Ga zette, MaN 14.) Another Cabinet Council was held at the at secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs, Downing - s treet, twotheo'clock y ester d ay a f ternoon , w hich was attended by. all Cabinet Ministers. The Cabinet broke up about four clock. - - • Letters from Demerara to the 30th March, state h that the weather continues very dry, and it was estimated. t hat the Report.wi crops would be injured to the extent of one-third. states, that such was the great want of water for drinkine, t two puncheons of rum would be given for one of water. . Yesterday, though the House of Commons did n ot meet, many C omm i ttees did, th e y having had leav e to assemble notwithstanding any adjourn 'bent of the House. Nineteen Committees so "met; sixteen of them were on private Bills, and three of Irish them on public m att ers —namely, on the Linen Trade—on the printed Reports of ttte House—and on the Combination Laws. The ,'",,T h roittees on Sal mo n Fish er i es me t onuesday. Tuesday. : 0 ` e Committ ees on pr i vate Bill s are now mime ns, and acti ve ly engage d, b ecause M on day next thelS last day for receiving Reports. number of workmen are actively employed at th e apartments of the Duke of CUMBERLAND, in e • S t. James's Palace, preparing them for the recep t i • ",„ °h of the Duke and Duchess •of CA •"%4DGE. THE THEATRES. DRURY-I. AN E.-The historical Drama of Wil liam Tell was repeated last ❑ight with great •suc- Cess. It was followed by a new farce intitled Grand Papa. The fable was'founded, as usual, upon a love adventure, but the spirited acting of Mrs. YATES, Miss I.' PATON, TERRY, G ATTIE, and Mrs. IlAtmowE, did not enable it to obtain a favourable reception. It was, however, an nounced for repetition, but amidst so clamorous an opposition, that, if repeated, it is not likely to be more successful. COVENT-GA ROES.— The Lord of the Manor was last night represented for the benefit of SnicLAtit, and we were glad to find that this able Singer, and respectable man, bad a very numerous audience. The piece was highly indebted to the exertions of himself, Miss PATON, I♦'liss TREE, Miss LOVE, PEARMAN, FAwcETT, BLANCHA nu, and CHAPMAN, and was much applauded. The vocal Performers in ge neral had encores. After the play Miss PATON, without the assistance of the band, sang Castle Carey, and was encored. The farce of The Irish Tutor followed. CONNOR was so diverting in the Chief character, that he was obliged to repeat 'his Violin Concerto, and his whimsical dance.—The burletta of Midas concluded the whole. StNcr.Ant, as usual, gave so much pleasure to the audience in ' t Pray Goody," that he was obliged to sing it three times. _ IIAYMARKET. - AS You Like It was repealed last night, and Madame VESTHIS fully confirmed the favourable impression which her first per- 1 formance of Rosalind excited, and justly received much applause. Mr. Mu nc was not equally suc cessful in his repetition of Jaques. He too evi dently copies the peculiarities of Mr.MAcaEAny, and is in general too formal in his action, and too precise in his utterance. Let him throw off imitation of any thing but Nature, and rely on his own conceptions, and then he will be more intitled to public favour. We were sorry to see Mrs. Ilumnir again introduce an apple - or a turnip in her Audrey, which her talents might render very diverting without such a coadjutor. She received a proper rebuke last night from Air. J. ItussELL, in Touchstone; for raising a laugh when she began to mumble her vegetable ally ; • his part of the dialogue would have been lost if he had not made a full stop, and resumed his part as soon as her ludicrous avidity ended. The Theatre was well attended, and the play was warmly applauded. The Bishop of Dunii,tm has presented a libe ral donation of books to the North Shields and Tynemouth Scientific and Mechanical Institution ; amongst Which are Johnson's, Paley's, 14ocke's, Bacon's, Franklin's, Cowper's, and other works; a General Biographical Dictionary, in 1 vols. ; with Jenyns, West, Lyttleton, Watson, and Addison, on the Evidences of Christianity. T. W. Beaumont, Esq. M.P. has presented to the same Institution a donation of 10 guineas, and become an annual subscriber of I/. Is. Nearly one hun dred persons have already enrolled their names as members of this useful Institution. _ . _ A public meeting is to be held on Friday next under the auspices of the LORD MAYOR, for superseding the employment of climbing boys.— Every friend of humanity must take a lively in terest in the laudable designs of the benevolent men who have stepped forward to meliotate the condition and to lessen the sufferings of these poor boys; and we doubt not that the . public will gladly obey the call now made to their good feelings. Among the various works of Art that are al most diurnally claiming the admiration and . pa- • tronage of the Public, there is one that from its . very nature lays claim to both so powerfully, that we should feel ourselves guilty of some in justice did not we contribute our share of exer tion towards gaining it the celebrity which it de serves—we allude to Mr. STativr's SyLvA But- TANNIA, a magnificent collection of Etchings, giving the " Portraits of Forest Trees, distin guished for their antiquity, magnitude or beauty." Such a work may be considered as one of na- , tional interest, and accordingly we find it pub lished under the express patronage of his MA.. JESTY, and supported by a list of subscribers including a great portion of the noblest and most distinguished names in the Kingdom. The exe cution of the plates is admirable. They form a complete series of Views of Forest and NV nod laud Scenery, and long after the beautiful and re markable trees they represent may have bowed •their leafy honours to the dust, Mr. STRUTT's delineations and descriptions of them will be valued by the lover of nature and the topogra pher, whose works they are well calculated to illustrate. Mcr„%NCHOLT A cctnENT.—Yesterday evening an Inquest was held at the King's Head; Ranaleigh-street, Pimlico, on the body of Mr. John Jeffery. it appeared that on the Ist of May the deceased and a person named Bradford were returning to town from Kensington, in a one-horse chaise, and when they arrived near the Half. Way-house, a stage coach, drawn by four horses, ran furiously against the chaise, broke both the shafts, stove in the front, and the deceased and his friend were thrown out. The deceased was taken us in sensible, and conveyed to his house in P imlico, where he died on Monday. The night was uncommonly, dark. when the ac , cident occurred, and it rained heavily. The coachman stopped, said the coach belonged to Mr. :3exton, and that he came from Brentford. When informed that he would be answerable for the accident, he mounted his box anti drove ofiY, and no one knew who he was, nor had he been since discovered. All the witnesses said the accident was the effect of gross negligence.— The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death"—Deo dand 2(ll.—The unfortunate deceased, who was in his 213th [ year, was a Clerk in the South Sea House, and was in a few weeks to hare been married to an amiable young female. One of the superstitions among the lower classes in Devonshire is, that any individual neglecting to kill the first butterfly he may see for the season will have ill luck throughout the year. The following recent example is given by a young lady:—" The ether Sunday as we were walking to church, we met a man running at full speed, with his hat in one hand, and a stick in the other. As he passed us he ex cluimcd, I sha'n't hat'en now, I blieye.' He did not give us time to inquire what he was so eagerly pursuing ; but we pre sently overtook an old man, whom we knew to be his father, and who being very infirm at upwards of seventy, generally hobbled about by the aid of two sticks. Addressing me, he observed—' My zin a took away wan a' my sticks, Miss ; wan't he ebble to kill'n now though, I blieve." Kill what ?' said 1. 4 Why, 'tis a butterfly, Alias, the furst hee'th zeed for the year ; and they zay that a body will have cruel bad luck if a ditn'en kill a furst a zeeth.' Dorset Chronicle. ) Mr. IlocAr4.—This unfortunate gentleman has succeeded in effecting his escape from this coun try, and is now on his way to America, having embarked at nowth on board a pleasure boat on Tuesday last, in which lie was co nve y e d roun d to a north ern p ort, where an American v es s el was lying-to for him) and which h e succee d e d i n .. ga i n i ng , when she immediately set sail.—(Dub lin paper.) ,t - ' 4—t (-.. 4 ,—. - -4„i . vt • \ - ,r, , 7, - - --, ~ , `-; ‘„t-A -4-t•-,---., ) s' ' -0 r•••.• • iv - ; ; t:- ,:"-- ..-7'..:1:;:;-1Y" 41..',,A('1 16- ,-; ‘' : - ' --V3l*--- ••E=,i: /-: ,i. '.-(',• ',-, ''''''.2., • rr 4 ,!---i- N , ,•-• , .. ; e4. 7 ,41.•,_ :x4 :; ? fr . -§w:.-, ,-_-,-, i, i • --..4.4,..._ ,F 5.0,,, \ o- ,_. , rt....7-0-1,,,„,,- , ' iv-t r , f,,, , , , ,,:.k-.„ r,• , , ,_„.„,. , i,. ? ...,..w. _,,,,-- ~. „-c• -i • =.l. 0 , Ir v. , r - •4,.. ' • - • ..., ') Pr - - - V 1%.• re . , 1 I Nrw ...: •1. oh , -,.. - orc . ; ;,-, , '.- - , , A ) ~,,,,..,,....,„....., _..........: ri :i . % ~ ~, r 41 , , 4r, ab . Irri 016 11 THE KING, &c. WINDsOIt, MAY 25.—Official information was last evening received at the Royal Lodge, that his MAJESTY would arrive there . on Thursday (to-morrow), to Dinner, and, in consequence the.. greatest possible exertions are making for his reception. His Majesty will entertain a large Party of distinguished Visitors at the Royal Lodge during the Races ; and several 'spacious apartments have been fitted up at Cumberland Lodge for their accommodation. His Royal Highness the Duke of York. will, as usual, occupy Frogmore Lodge, the seat of his • Royal Sister, the Princess Augusta, during the Race week. The Royal Duke is expected on Friday or Saturday next to dinner. The Earl of Harrington, Governor of Windsor Castle, will entertain a large and distinguished Company of Visitors, at the Round Tower, during the Races—The Earl of Sefton will also have a large Party at his seat, Stoke Farm, Bucks.—No circumstances can possibly be more promising than the present for an unrivalled display of rank and fashion,.next week, at Ascot Races. The sport expected far exceeds that of former years, being the first of several new stakes, Ike. and a great number of horses have already arrived. Through the personal exertions of Mr. Jenner, Clerk of the Course, the ground wax never known to be in better order ; and should the weather continue favourable, it will have more the appearance of a bowling green than that of a race course. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Emily, Marchioness of Londonderry, from her seat, North Cray, Kent ; Sir William and Lady Congreve, yesterday, from a tour on the Continent ; Balfour, Esq. at the Cleveland Ho tel, from his scat in Scotland; Richard Norris. Esq. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-place, from Hastings; R. Rushbrooke, Esq. at ditto, from his seat in Suffolk ; J. W. West, Esq. at ditto, front • Leicestershire ; Mr. and MrS. Dymock, at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour; Lord Dunally, at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, and Miss Williams, at ditto, from Wales; the Earl of Miltown, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, front Paris ; lion. Richard Bingham, at ditto, from Paris ; Colonel Stead, at ditto, from Berks ; the Count and Countess de Sails, rt the Waterloo Hotel, Jertnyn-street, from Bath ; Sir John Smith; Bart., and Ladies, at Nerot's Hotel, CliWord-street, front Dorsetshire ; Airs. Mansfclt, and Ladies, at ditto ; Sir Neild O'l)onnald, at ditto ; Mrs. Hulton and Ladies, at ditto ; J. Staples, Esq., and Mrs. Staples, at ditto ; George Buller, Esq., and I',lrs. Buller, at ditto; J. Hornby, Esq., and Mrs. Hornby and Ladies; at ditto. CHANGES —Lord and Lady Somers, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle -street, for Ramsgate; Mrs. ('hannon, front Icklefield. House, Hens, tbr Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Scourfield, front the St. James's Hotel, for their seat in Wales ; Captain and Mrs. Payne, from the British Hotel, for Paris; W. W. Salmon, Esq. and Mrs. Salmon, from Nerot's Hotel, for South ampton House, Devizes; John Bateman, Esq. and Ladies, from ditto ; Close, Esq. Mrs. Close, and Miss Close, from ditto, for Lancashire; Mrs. Payne and family, front ditto, for Paris. ARP IVALS AT CUELTISNIIA M.—Lady Sherbrooke, Lady Tare, Capt. Saunders, Rev. 'l'. B. Woodmand, Capt. Hunting, Major Barnes, Lieut. Coyer, Capt. Grantham, Capt. Mitchell, Capt. Griffith, Major Hawes, Rev. R. Heath, Rev. 31r.M organ, tiir .J. Packington, Colonel Hughes, Capt. Ridley, Capt. Cal yersh, Copt. Gray, and the Rev. Mr. Wellerd.—Messrs. What ley, Bailey, Corneille, Hammet, Fuller, C. T. Taylor, Gil lingham, F. Beaty, F. Whitmore, H. Wltatling, &c. • • FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Yesterday Mr. Secretary - Canning entellained the Cabinet Ministers to dinner, at Gloucester Lodge, Brompton. Lord and the Honourable Miss Kenyon, gave a grand ball and supper, on Tuesday evening, at their house in Portman square, which was very elegantly attended. Lady Bose gave a grand rout on Tuesday evening, at ha house in Palace-yard, which was attended by upwards of 300 of the Haut Ton. Lady George Cavendish has issued cards of invitation for a bail, on the 3d June, at Burlington•4louse. Lady Melville has issued cards of invitation for a quadrille ball, on the 3d June, at the Admiralty. The Countess of Grosvenor has issued cards for a grand rout, on die oth June, in Lower-Grosvenor-street. W. Egerton, Esq. M.P., gave a grand dinner on Tuesday last, at his house in St. James's-square, to Lady Louisa Grey, Sir A. Edmonston, Sir John Chetwynd and Lady, and Miss Sykes, Admiral Curzon. Mr. Mrs. and Miss Angerstein, Mrs. and Miss Bowman, Mr. Powis, Mr. C. Sykes, Mr. Lang ham, &c. Lord Bridport had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Wimpole-street. The Bishop of Exeter entertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Great George-street, ♦Pest. Lord Sherbourne had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Lower Grosvenor-street. • Sir Robert Preston, Wm. Peel, Esq., the Earl of Suffolk, 11. Clive, Esq., the Dowager Countess of Cork, Mr. Weyland, and Lord Holland, had dinner parties yesterday. Lady Henderson Durham -opened her elegant mansion in Hill-street, Berkeley-square,. yesterday evening, to a brilliant assemblage of distinguished tashionables of upwards of 300, the kind attention of her Ladyship and gallant Admiral Sir Philip, were courteous and unremitting. The Earl of Derby entertained the Directors of the Antient Music and a large party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. The Duke of York, the Princess Augusta, the Princess Sophia, and the Duchess of Gloucester, visited the King yes terday. Yesterday the Duke of Wellington had an audience of his \laiesly• Prince Leopold honoured the Italian Opera House with his presence on Tuesday evening. 31 AnniAar: Is HIGH LIFE.—The lion. Mr. Stourton is shortly to lead to the Hymeneal altar the Hon. Lucy Clifford, third daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Clifford. A Ho Ax tiros AN ANTIQUARY. -Many of Ili remember PINKERTON'S imposing upon the literary world the second part of " llardyknute, ' published in his select Scottish Ballads as a genuine Legend, and that after having said, in his dissertation, " I am indebted for most of the stanzas, now re covered, Of a lady i n L anar k s hi re, " this in „memoryed him se lf t h e a ut h or o f t h e f orgery. ,e _.zi?its gentleman to the confe The more recent, but equally successful, attempt of the late GEORGE STEEV,ENS, to foist upon the Antiquarian Society a rude inscription, in Saxon characters, manufactured by himself; upon a stone which, by chemical process, had assumed the semblance of age, excited ridicule at the tune, at the ex pence of the venerable sages of that illustrious body. A hoax has been lately practised upon a Learned Magistrate in a neighbouring county, whose historical labours in the publication of a new Edition of the very rarest of our County llistories, do him so much honour. The occur rence runs thus :—The ingenious Editor, d ur ing the last thirty years, had in vain sought for a por tra i t of t h at em i nent Statesman, Sir RALPH SADLER, who w a s b orn i n Hertford shire, as a desideratum to complete the illustration of his his tory. Having at length given up the pursuit in depair, a Learned Friend of the Magistrate, whose laborious and splen did armorial achievements will perpetuate his tasteful research, made an etching from fancy after the manner of the period in painter o f t h e t i me, aff i xe d aborioa s an d amiable Editor which the Statesman flourished, with t h e name of Manx ttobt it;it n he which e b b i r t a e t ,i e t t l o p o t r h t e r a t as a genuine portrait of Sir RALPH SADLER. Nothing could exceed the grateful acceptance of this relic by the topographical enthusiast, who circulated the important dis covery with uncommon industry. A seeming ratification of the supposed reality of this portrait occurred about a fortnight back, in the sale of GARIIICK's engravings and other gems, at CHRISTIE'S Rooms, when sonic ingenious person or another had -managed to insert a copy of this et c hi ng i nto one of the lots of miscellaneous prints. 'The Print Collectors, ever on the alert, soon made the discovery which was whispered about the town two or three days befbre the sale, and when this !mile scribed lot come to the hammer, the competition to pur. chase it occasioned the contemptible scrawl to be knocked down for the sum of four pou nds and t en shillings, at which it was bought by an eminent house in the city. Th e author of this hoax, whose love of trut h is p roverbi al , having enjoyed his joke, and in which, with infinit e gi N d nature, lie confessed the invention. It i s due to the h iStorian Of Hertford. shire to state, that he is no w e q uall y anki ous to do away the the impression o learned n ll t l wgisis h tirlgte, to carry this false discovery was calculated to slake, by re aiait any furth er , wrote a letter to ti • tOWc t 1 f.) lacing the whole story to his .friends,--:( . , , l , lQrnin • • POETRY. TIME. [Extracted .from the Second Part of " THE COUNTRY MI NISTER," by the Rev. J. --RETTEEE, of Rotherham.] Oh! Time, inestimable treasure, none Thy value know, or prize, till thou art gone : Youth wastes thy brightest hours in idle dreams, Basking too long in pleasures sunny beams, And manhood, careless of thy hast'ning flight, Oft seeks in sinful haunts a false delight-- Till age, admonish'd by its wither'd bloom, Sighs o'er thy loss, and sinks into the tomb. Days of my youth, how o'er my thoughtless head, On golden pinions ye, like angels, fled : And such ye were—such fair, unearthly things, Heaven's brightest lustre on your radiant wings Oh ! still to memory dear, ye College bowers, Where I so dally'd with the playful Hours, Wreathing around their smiling brows fair flowers, Whilst Wisdom beckon'd to her sober shade, And warn'd - me oft that flowers were dooni'd to fade : How, like a child, their brilliant bloom I priz'd, And Wisdom's grave rebuke too long despis'd ! Instructors of my youth ! as o'er past years My mournful spirit sheds repentant tears— Ye who would warmly praise, or mildly blame— Can I forget each lov'd, each honor'd name ? Ye were the Foster-Fathers of my youth, Ye led me to the sacred lane of Truth : And if I listen'd with too light an ear, Yet did my heart your warning voice revere. Long may ye live—long, as your life endures, Be every earthly blessing richly yours! My Alma Mater! would that verse of mine, Around thy brows, one laurel leaf might twine : But, nurs'd beneath the Muse's fostering wing, Some nobler bard thy praises yet shall sing, His tuneful lyre resound thy shades among, And consecrate thy name in loftier song. Companions of my youth ! but yesterday It seems we parted on our deatin'd way : Yet, since that parting, many years have fled, And many hopes been blighted—hearts have bled, That knew no anxious care, or grief, before, And some, then young and gay, are now no more. A wanderer one, where Time's revering hand Huth spar'd fair Greece, the glories of thy land, Far from his home and friends—and none to save— Found, on thy classic shore, a stranger's grave. Another young adventurer cross'd the main, Indignant at thy wrongs, romantic Spain : But ah ! too soon in freedom's glorious strife, Ile lost with thee, illustrious 3loonE ! his life, Where British valour victory dearly won, And Fame weeps o'er the laurels of her son. E'en thou, the gentlest spirit of them all, In scenes of love and peace wast doom'cl to fall : The Hymenial torch but serv'd to shed A mournful lustre o'er thy dying bed— Not all the prayers of love could change thy dooth, Not all thy virtues keep thee-from the tomb ! All things below are destin'd to decay, The noblest—loreliest--soon become its prey : E'en empires tail—earth reels from her strong base— Ocean usurps her firmest dwelling place, Nations, who proudly to the sun display Their glittering arms and ensigns, pass away, Whilsythat same sun, with his" immortal eye; Gleams on the tombs where those proud nations lie. Glory is but a name—the loftiest bust Soon crumbles from its height to common dust : The hrightest wreath—tho' deent'd immortal now— Fame twines ambitious round her radiant brow, Pluck'd from the greenest laurels of her clime, Must wither in the autumn blast of Time ! S P 0 It T I N G. PIGEON SIZOOTING.—GRAND MATCH FOR 1,000 SO, VEIIE/GNS.—The amateurs of pigeon shooting from the trap, have had two grand days, at the Red House, Battersea, where a very numerous assemblage of the most celebrated shots, in cluding Lord Kennedy, Messrs. Lambton, Gisborne. &c., has taken place, to witness the progress of the match between Capt. Rosa and Osbaldestone, Esq., reputed two of the best shots in the kingdom. It is divided into six matches of fifty birds each, to be shot in six several days, the Gentle man winning the most out of the six matc hes to be the winner ; distance twenty-one yards. The first match was decided on Saturday last, in favour of the Captain, who killed 38 ; his opponent losing by one bird —6 to 5 on the Captain. The second match took place yesterday, and also ter minated in favour of the Captain,. who killed 40 birds out of the 50, Missing the 2d, 17th, 18th, 20th, 22d, and 25:1i, out of the first 25 : and the Ist, 4th, 9th, and 24th, out of the second 25. And Mr. Oshaldestons killed 37, missing 9 out of the firstkilled 4, t f o oty on ou t t he of c t a h p e t o ni t n h , er w 2 h s o ; at b o et n t e m in t g i ,s 2 , 5 e four teen, and at another sixteen, without mis sin g , and the sheatin g was altogether excellent. The birds were the best Blue and finally , al 1( 6 I Rocks. THE RING.—PETER WARREN AND DICK CITRTIS.— These men met at the Half-moon Tap, beadenhall-market, on Tuesday night, and signed articles to fight on the 12th July for 501. aside. This will be their fifth time of meeting. FIGHTS TO COME.--Reid and Jobb, 30th IJay ; Savage and Lock, Ist June, 251. aside; Jem Burns and 'titnpson, 14th June, 501. aside; Whiteheaded Bob and t;eorge Cooper, nth July, 2001. aside; Readie and the Cambridge Youth, s th July , 25/. aside ; Curtis and Warren, 12th July, 501. aside. The late Colonel CAMPBELL, of Glenlyon, was grandson of the Laird of Glenlyon, who commanded the mili tary at the nacre of Glenco, and who lived in the Laird of Glenco's house, where he and his men were hospitably re ceived as friends, and entertained a fortnight before the execu tion of his orders. He was playing at cards with the family when the first shot was fired, and the murderous scene com menced. Colonel CAMP/ELL entertained the belief, then universal in the Highlands, that punishment of the cruelty, oppression, or misconduct of an individual, descended as a curse on his children to dui third and fourth gene ration. In 1771, he was ordered to superintend the execution of the sentence of a Court-Martial on a soldier condemned to be shot. A reprieve was sent, but the whole ceremony of the execution was to proceed until the criminal was upon his knees, with a cap over his eyes, prepared to receive the volley. It was then he was to be informed of his pardon. No person was to be told previously, and Colonel CAMPBELL was directed not to inform even the firing party, who were warned that the signal to fire would be the waving of a white handkerchief by the commanding officer. When all was prepared, and the clergyman had left the prisoner on his knees in momentary expectation of his fate, and the firing party were looking with intense attention to the signal, Col. CAMPBELL put his hand in his pocket for the re pave, and in pulling out the packet the white handkerchief accompanied it, and catching the eyes of the party, they fired, and the unfortunate prisoner was shot dead. The paper dropped through Col. CAMPBELL'S fingers, and, clapping his hands to his forehead, he exclaimed—" The curse of GOD and of Glenco is here !.lam an unfortunate ruined man." He de sired the soldiers to be sent to their barracks, .instantly quitted the parade, and soon afterwards retired from the service. We are informed that Colonel BERKELEY has sent Miss FooTE 5001. in return for a ticket to her benefit this evening. We would much rather have heard that he had mar ried her.—( Morning Herald.) AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATIL—ThiS morning, about 10 o'clock, a person resident at Sir. Godfrey's, 18, Granby Buildings, Drury-lane, went home to breakfast in apparent 'ood health, when he suddenly fell down and expired. An Inquest will be held on the body this evening. HORRID MURDER. BATII, Tuesday, May 24.—This city has just been thrown into the utmost confusion by the discovery of a savage and almost unparalleled murder. Early this morning, as a young man was walking along the bank of the river Avon, nearly opposite the Paradei, he saw something tied up in a sack lying in the water. Curiosity, led him to inquire further, and with some assist ance the sack was drawn out, when, horrible to relate, the body of a man, shockingly mutilated, and in a state of complete nudity, was disco .vertl ! A large stone had been placed at the bottom of the sack in order to sink it, and the body was thrust in head foremost. There was a ghastly wound in the left breast, and " twenty mortal gashes ", about his head. Soon after the discovery the corpse was removed to a neighbour ing public house, where an Inquest was held.-- Several persons came forward to endeavour to identify the body, but in conseque►►ce of its ex treme putrid state (having, it is supposed, been ten days it► the water), all such attempts were unavailing. The Jury ultimately returned a. verdict of Wilful Murder against some per Son or persons unknown ; and the perpetrators of this dark deed must therefore remain unknown, 11- less the finger of Providence, by some remark able interposition, points them out to the detes tation of their fellow men.—Two persons have. been missing► for some time—one of them a drover, supposed to have had 2001. about him at the time of his disappearance ; but, for the rea son stated above, all identification is impossible. The body, however, has been placed in a public situation, in order to give persons an opportunity of endeavouring to recognize it. 'l' II E ARM Y. Detachments belonging to. the 4th Light Dragoons, the f 6, 13th, 2-14 h, 28th, 38th, 41st, 44th, 45th, 47th, 59th, 39th, and 97th Regiments of Foot, the East India Company's Artillery and Infantry, embarked on the 13th inst. at Dublin for England. A Detachment belonging to the 22d Foot embarked on the 13th inst. at Dublin for England on the Recruiting Service, as did also a Detachment of the 25th, the 82d, and 84th Regiments, on the 14th, for similar service. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAr., MAY 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Hive, Slader ; Richard Reynolds, Roberts ; Llamum ney, —; Stately, Edgar, all from Jamaica ; Anson. , from the westward ; Mercy, - Beazley, Barbadoes ; Emily, Russell ; Dove cutter, and the Ash, , from de South Seas ; Zepher, A rrowsmith, Honduras; Hannah, . 'Bombay ; Thetis, Schwarts, St. Übcs. ; Agnes, Maxten, Cape Ilaytien ; Leipsic, Bailey, River Gambia. The Company's ships Princess Amelia, and Asia, passed through last evening : the Sir David Scott and Marquess Huntley early this morning. Several ships and brigs haVe passed through without making any signals. Arrived the Hector, Mitchell, from New York. DOVER, MAY 25.—Off the Port, the Bredalbane, Burger: Clyde,. Whiteway ; Elizabeth, Service, and Atalanta, Penman, front Jamaica; Rebecca, Stanmers, from Tobago; Elizabeth. Stewart, South Seas ; Britannia, Hanley, from Demerara, ar,d Caledonia, PORTSMOUTH, MAY 25.--Wind W.S.W.--Arrived his Majesty's ships Pyramus, and Bustard, from Jamaica. Passed by the 'Westbrook, ,Hall, from Jamaica; and the Funchal, :M `Pherson, from Madeira. COWES, MAY 25.—Arrived the Joseph, Conant, and Sarah, Drummond, from New York, in 28 days, for orders. FALMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Mag net packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 15th instant. Sailed Furly, Spray, for Petersburgh. • LIVERPOOL, Mar 24.—Wind W.—Arrived the Margaret, Owert, from Africa; Mercury, Brown, Trinidad ; Wil liams, Maranham ; Jasper, Knight, Mobile; Columbine. Brown, Virginia; Lord Whitworth, Campbell, New Orleans; Brothers, Hill, ditto ; Harp, Laurie, Savannah ; Osgood, —, ditto ; Oporto, Martin, Oporto; and Bootle, Blundell, from Lisbon. GIBRALTAR, MAY Majesty's ship Rose, on her passage to the Straits, fell in with a vessel laden with salt and 20 hags of cocoa, abandoned, and appearing to hare been plan dered,. her name was supposed to be the San Francisco or San Jose, from Cadiz to Minos : she was manned from the Rose. and is expected here hourly. The Dolphin, Amedeo, from Quilca to Rio Janeiro, arrived here the 3d instant, was plun dered of 8,000 dollars, Spanish property, off Cape Spartel, by the Ysabel, Columbian cruizer, of 11 guns and 120 men, direct from Porto Cavell°. EAST INDIA► SHIPPING. Y e s s e t , e w t e y n t a Court of n w d e a r s s I t t o e o l l a e t a t , he Ea st-India Court. previous to departing for their respective d e sti na ti ons , v i z .— Capt. William Manning, Thomas Grenville ; and Capt. John Blanshard, Marquis of Wellington, for Bengal direct. The Sir David Scott, Tween, has arrived off Plymouth—she sailed from China the 19th of January, and front St. Helena the 9th April. The Marquis Huntly, Fraser, from China, off Plymouth ; she sailed from Canton the 2tl of February,and from St. Helena the 14th April. ' Passengers per Marquis Mindy, Captain Fraser, from China :—Mrs. James Robarts anti infant, two Masters ditto, Miss ditto, and four servants. N.B.—Mr. James Robarts died at Macao on the 26th of Ja nuary, 1825. The Hannah, Shepherd, has arrived off Portsmouth—she sailed from Bombay the sth of February, and front St. Helena the Bth of April. The Cornwallis, Henderson, has arrived off Portsmouth—she sailed from the Cape the 13th of March. Arrivals at Saint Helena.—The Castle Forbes, Ord, from the Mauritius, the Bth of April ; the Emily (whaler), 1 Russell, from Timor and the Cape, the Bth of April ; 1,7 s Mary, Guizance, from Bengal, and the Thames, flaviside, from China, the 10th of April ; the Lady Baffles, Coxwell, from Bengal and Madras ; the Joseph, Christopherson, front Penang ; the Claudine, Nicholls, front Bengal and Madras ; the Noroloh, Brenksminz, from Batavia; and the Eliza, Put man, from Sumatra, the 12th of April ; the Monmouth, Simp son, from the Cape, the 13th of April ; the Timor Foord, and the Hope, Harris (whalers), front Timor, the 14th of April. Sailings from St. Ilelena—The Castle-Forbes, Ord, fee Lon don, the 9th of April; the Emily, Russell, for London, 12th of April • Les Mary, Guizance, for Bourdeaux ; the Joseph , Christopherson, for England ; the Eliza, Putman, for S.ilem, 13th April; and the - Repulse, Paterson, for Bencoolcn anti China, 14th April. Arrivals at China—The Juliana, Fotheringham, from Lon. don ; and the London, Sotheby, from Bengal, 24th Jan. CHINA, FEB. 2, 1325.—The Moffatt, Brown; and Juliana, Fotheringham ; were to sail for Quebec the 14th of February. The London, Sotheby, to sail for London about 12th of March. The Canning, Baylis, to sail for London about the 28th of ' February. ST. HELENA, APRIL 14.—The Lady Raffles, Coxwell, was to sail for London the 18th of April. The Rose, Marquis; and Astell, Levy, were hourly expected at St. Helena. Ships spoken with.—The Aurora, Earl, front London to Madras and Bengal, the 28th of February, in lat. 16. 30. S., long. 86. 27. E. The Salmon River, Gransmere, from Sings. pore to London the 7th May, in lat. 19. 57. N., long. 34. 40. W. The Rockingham, Beach, from London to Madras and Bengal, the 25th March, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Driver, Neilson, from the Cape to Cork, 12th May, in lat. 40. long. 23. Arrivals at Rio Janeiro—The Hedleys, Crockley, from the Cape, 18th March. Passengers per Sir David Scott, Captain Tween, from China.—Mrs. Wallick, two Masters and Miss Wallick, Miss Stowe, and two servants. Arrival at New South Wales.—The Minerva, Bell, from London, has arrived at Sydney. Arrival at the Cape.—The Rose, Marquis, from Bengal and Madras. She remained there 48 hours, and sailed for London previous to the 31st March. BOW.ST EET—(T)IIS DA y.)--James Harris, Who was tried for the robbery at Earl toWPER's sometime since, was this morning brought up, charged with assaulting Mary Debenham, a female dressed in the first style of fashion, the day before yesterday. Ire was locked up until he could find bail.