The Sun. — London, England, 1825-05-20 00:00:00

Vice-Admiral Sachteny, whieh terminated in the following manner : " After these events the haughty Viceroy of Egypt will not - only be unable to attempt any thing in the Morea, but it will even be very difficult for him to maintain his ground hi the Wand of Candia, which he already looked upon as his own province." Limitenant.General Lowenhielm, Envoy Extraordinary from Sweden to Franca, arrived at Frankfort yesterday, on his way T.-9 attend the Coronation of his Majesty Charles X. His Ex cellency is accompanied by the Chamberlain, Baron de Geer, and M. Silverstolpe, an Officer of the Staff.—( Frankfort Journal, May 13.) QUARANTINE REGULATIONS at PORTS in the MEDITERRANEAN on SHIPS coming from ENG LAND. I - Extract of a Letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Leghorn, dated 7th May.] " We hasten to inform you that oar Board of Health have seen deliberating on the propriety of putting all vessels from Great Britain under quarantine, in consequence of what, by them considered a dangerous change on your side, in reducing the time formerly fixed for surveillance. The time is not yet proscribed, nor indeed will any thing be decided on, till further orders from the Court at Florence. It is proposed that all the goods should be deposited at the Lazaretto for a stipulated time for purification. This information we had from the Secretary. No official notice has been yet sent to the British Consul ; but such a measure being in contemplation, we think it as well to notice it, as the same regulation has been already adopted at Genoa. When we hear any thing farther we shall advise yo of it." Extract of a Letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Genor, dated 9th 411ay.1 " The Board of Health has ordered, that all ships coining from England with suspected goods, not being the produce of the Levant, shall lay 15 days quarantine, to commence the day of arrival in port, and to land their respective cargoes in the Lazaretto, to examine the packages, and verify if they contain any goods of the produce of the Levant. Should any such goods be found amongst the cargo, then both ship and cargo will be subjected to such quarantine laws as the regulations proscribe against all deviations from the Levant (which is 35 days to 40, and the cargo to be expurgated); but should no such goods be found to exist on board, after visiting the packages, they will not be liable to be expurged, and will only be subjected to 15 days quarantine, the same as the ships, which decree is to last until new depositions are taken." Tile BISHOP OF CHESTEIL—It is said, ill a Morning Paper, that those who admire this venerable Prelate " are almost disposed to place him on a level with Dr. DoVLe, but he has neither the learning nor the logic of that eloquent champion of the native population of Ireland." The public, we believe, will rea sonably doubt whether the writer has a right to exalt himself into an umpire on the respec tive qualities and attainments of the Bishop and the Doctor, and will perhaps be inclined 4:0 consider his decision as a specimen of the most unwarrantable presumption. For our part, however, we rejoice that the learning and the logic of the venerable Prelate have triumphed ever all that the Doctor has written and has said, (which were totally contradictory to each other) and by his masterly and convincing eloquence and reasoning, has essentially and effectually -contributed to save from ruin the best Establish. meat in Church and State ever devised by poli tical wisdom and patriotic virtue. A letter from Corfu of the 11th ult., states that au agreement has been entered into between the Turkish Government and the Pacha of Egypt, b 7 which the latter is to receive for 50 years the revenues of the Morea, in the event of his being able to effect the conquest of that country from the Greeks. On Tuesday Prince POLIGNAC left town for Paris, to be present at the coronation of the King of France. We understand that Count de r . li taurepaire, who lately fill e d th e same post at o nstantinople, remains as Charge d'Affaires in ats absence. We can positively state that Mr. Itontscumn is net appointed by the French Government to 1)4 3' the French Dividends, but it is on the sense 8 7ster n as he acted on before. We understand that an arrangement has been tt a ; d e by use, for t he French e• a Go u vernment with a distinguished capi- establishin agency in London for the sale and M iiss e of the new i'per cents., and for the payment of the ;dends, without requiring in the first case an entry for jagen transaction in the great book of the public debt, and, the other, w i t h out su bj ect i ng t h e h o ld ers to t h e expence how incurred for Co mm i ss i on an d P owers o f Att orney .— . that det a il s o f t h e plan have not transp i red, b ut it h believed h at the i nscr i ptions will be entered at Paris in the name of the Zftlein question, who will have the power of issuing smaller ortificates, with dividend warrants annexed, payable in Lon all and the certificate itself transferable to the purchasers in iliZsarne manner as Exchequer bills. The dividends will be thi s das at present to the rate of exchange. A measure of te,s .description has been frequently suggested to the French ifoieter as applicable to the rentcs, or five per cent. stock, be -47 circulated here, but has always been resisted, until the r'erlities in the way of the conversion of the debt have coin- A C' him to resort to all expedients likely to overcome them, t oe , to force the new three per cents. into circulation. The , 4. ,Ter e of French stock in England will of course. have the I ,e ato goo of taking these certificates, or of inscribing their own (7'i sin the great book of France in the manner now in use.— ?ne e .) ~,,Colonel VALDEZ. the Spanish Constitutionalist laz took, and for some time defended, the fortressess of Tarifa Zar, has arrived in London from Gibraltar. The Colonel v.eral of the party . whom he so bravely headed, it will be vet,ilibered, took refuge on the coast of Barbary from the h e eeariee of Ferdinand. At Tangiers, however, where they tre at t . Pret been offered an asylum, they , found they were in as h" ,anger as in Spain. The nof Ferdinand, joined . tne consular- agent .of France, pressed the Emperor of to 133triujiee_te s urrender them ; and the Emperor was weak enough owe . ", to te ence of sentiments less generous than his of The r efugees then looked for protection to the Consul politiectanni' t.e,d ;!ates of America. This liberal and republican _tam e _lsewise yielded to the representations of their legiti twrh.ieh c 9 tor, and drove them from his house, into the toils 1) 3111 ", th a I prepared for_ them. To the honour of our c oun iq . ougo a , eP, be it stated, that the British Consul, Mr. this .forded Valdez and one of his companions an asylum ho e the „_ latt a b l _ .Irh extremity. • As a last resource, they fled to his 7epeneti,c,iutreshhold, and told him that they might be forcibly lei thoo u t r that they would not in present circumstances re tear:"ttucti7". • „ The Consul replied, that it was contrary to ire al iehi e h m " o B ,_?f his Government to receive them, but the str ettio to d epat i t 7e , n h ed his eye when he pronounced . the com e lb te stifP f r°te a less°wed that lie had received paramount in of a. ee ed to remain in authority. They were there (444leassage in his house till an opportunity occurred to Gibraltar, whence they sailed for Eogland.—. THE KING. We have great pleasure in stating that his MAJEST Y is con siderably better, the attack of the gout in the knee being much abated, and the pain inconsiderable. His Majesty's spirits are good, and he looks uncommonly well. The indisposition oc casioned by the gout is so far reduced that some select friends dined with the King on Wednesday, and he was yesterday en abled to have a small dinner party. Not the least doubt is now entertained that his Majesty will he able to hold the ap proaching Drawing room, to which the fashionable world look forward with so much anxiety. ._._i 1p:„ .4 .1 -r• - ~i-: . -- zw' t ie * ''' _ ' • \,, L... , .., - t. , * .1,...t . •••••• ..:-..,:.. i :k•-,` ', i t :..-. k , : • 4.,... , t - -7' ` Vyl. ~,4F- V \.-.° ~,.c. .,....,,........:. c.,. ~.t., ;,,,...,,.: _.,P'jv of - V. i+-•-- ---..., --‘ . - ~.., Cl tql. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke of Leeds, in Bruton -street, from his seat, Hornbz castle, Yorkshire ; 'Viscountess Dungannon, at her house in Grafton-street, from her seat in Derbyshire; Mr. and Mrs. Benyon and family, at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat in Yorkshire; Sir W. Domits, at ditto, from Dor setshire ; Sir George Burgman, at ditto, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Norton, in Harley-street, from Elton-hall, Notts ; Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, in Moniague-place, from Beech-hill, in Berkshire. DEPARTURTS.—Count Blanckensee, Chamberlain of the King of Prussia, for Paris, to join the Prussian Ambassador Extraordinary at the Coronation ; the Marquis and Mar chioness of Lansdown, on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Hope, in Surrey ; Lady Knatchbull, from the Cleveland Hotel, for her seat, in 'Kent ; Colonel Thomson, from Long's Hotel, for Paris ; Captain Rogers, from ditto, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Drummond, from ditto, for Cheltenham. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury entertained a large circle of fashionables on Wednesday evening, at her house in A rlington -street. His Excellency C-onnt Lieven, gave a grand entertainment on Wethiesday, at Ashburnham-house, Dover-street, to a nu merous party of distinction, among whom were, the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Conyngham, Earl Grey, the Earl and Countess of Belfast, Earl Morley, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lord Grantham, Lord Dudley, Lord John Russell, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis, Che v'alier de Los Rios, Colonel Mansworff; Mr. Newmann, Mr. Rogers, &c. F. Lewis, Esq., M. P. entertained the Marquis and Mar chioness of Lansdown and a distinguished party to dinner, on Wednesday, at his house in Curzon-street. The Duke of Beaufort had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Sir C. Coote, Bart. had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Connaught-place. The Earl of Lonsdale Lad a large party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. Mr. Secretary Canning has a grand dinner party on Monday next, at Gloucester Lodge. The Duke of Atholl had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Great George.street, 'Westminster. The Countess of Arran entertained an elegant circle of f& shionablcs yesterday evening, at her house in Dover-street. The Duke of Devonshire has a grand dinner party this day, at which most of the Nobility will be present; according to report it will (with his Grace's accustomed liberality) be one of the most splendid entertainments ever given. Almack's Ball on Wednesday evening was very numerously attended. HANOVER. SQUARE.— The Concert for the benefit of the three Sistlirs of the late Mr. BARTLEMAN took Elace in these rooms last night. Con s id er i ng t h e attract i on o f psom Races, which are this season peculiarly patronized, and that some vocal Performers who were expected did not at tend, there was. a larger audience than could be reasonably ex pected under such circumstances. The Orchestra was well supplied. F. CRAMER led, and GREATOREX Was the con ductor. The vocal Performers ought to be mentioned in detail, as they came forward to testify their respect for a departed Member, by supporting a Concert for the benefit of his near re lations, who have suffered the loss of a considerable part of the Toperty devised to them by their deceased Brother. linattAst, AEGIIAN, BELLAMY, J. B. SALE, TERRAIL, Master ED MONDS, DURUSET, Mad. CARADORI, and Madame PASTA, volunteered their services on this meritorious occasion. Miss TRAVIS was to hare attended, but could not avoid another en gagement. Miss VENEs, who happened to be among the am thence, offered to supply her place. She acquitted herself cre ditably to her talents, as well as to her feelings. We shall not mention those who declined to appear, but leave them to the in fliction of self-reproach. CARADORI accompanied herself on the pianoforte, in an air, which she sung sweetly. PASTA also distinguished herself most ably. The music was chiefly se lected from Handel; Haydn, Mozart, Pasiello, Calcott, anti Davy. . Mr. PAL displayed great skill on the pianoforte. In fact,. the whole of the performers, vocal and instrumental. exerted themselves with as much zeal as if the Concert had taken place for the individual advantage of all who gave their support to it. ROYAL ACADEMY or Music.—The Chairman of this Institution, Lord BIittGIIEUSH, recently invited Signor ArxtuTl, the famous singer of. Italy, who lately came to this country, to visit the Academy, and to give his opinion on its plan and progress. The Signor examined the method in all its details of instruction with particular attention, and heard the trial of many of the Pupils. He then pronounced the system adopted and pursued by Mr. CitivELLl, to be calculated to render the English School of Music fully equal to any similar Institution in Italy. Yesterday the Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia. Prince Leopold, attended by Baron Stockmar, Sir Henry Seton, and Sir itobert Gardener, left Marlborough House on Wednesday evening, for his residence at Claremont. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday after noon for East Cocimbe, the seat of the Countess of Bucking hamshire. Sir CHARLES LONG had au audience of the KING yesterday. NAPLES, APRIL 27.--In the course of a few days we have had very sudden and extraordinary changes in the temperature of the atmosphere.— Only a week ago we were complaining of the singular probation of the winter ; now we have to complain of a very premature anticipation of the summer ; but the heat, which is continually increasing, suffices to say, that the thermometer, which had lately fallen to 8 deg., has risen to day to 19 deg. The sky, however, is almost constantly gloomy.—April 29 . —Yesterday 'tee n mer's thermometer fell to 16 deg. To-day the weather is rainy, and the sky entirely covered with thick clouds. The thermometer, at noon, was at 17 degrees. Last night, KEAN made his appearance in our Theatre in the character of Richard. Towaid s t h e c l os i of the j Play the Theatre Wa s tolerably w e ll filled, and the Play went off without any niaterial i nterrupt ion, the aud ience s h eav i ng; little inclination to recur to.sceries in which tins celebrated actor I was lately involved.: fe7rfera4les rerePreacut.—(Glas h row Courier, Ntril7) UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MAT 19.—The 111th anniversary meeting of the Cambrid ge Philosophical So c i ety w a s h eldon . Monday last, when the report of the Council was read by one of the Secreta— ries, giYing an account of the proceedings of the society during the last year, and presenting a statement of the anirs of the Institution, of a most satisfactory nature. The following mem bers of the Society were elected office bearers ibr the ensuing year : - . . P R ESIDENT—Rev. Janes Cumming, M.A. F.R.S. Pro_ l' lessor of Chemistry, Trinity c o ll ege. , - VICE-PRESIDENTS—Rev. Ad am S e d gw i c k , 111. A. F.R.S. .31.G.5. Woodwardian Professo r of Geology, Fellow of Tri- i nity College.—Rev. Bewick Bridge, 111. A. F.R.S. Fellow of St. Peter's College.—Rev. Thomas IValdron Hornbuckle, B.D. Tutor of St. John's College. THEASUItEn—Fred. Thackeray, M.D. Emmanuel College. • SEcurTAßlEs—Rev. George Peacock, M.A. F.R.S. Tutor of Trinity College.— Rev. John Stevens Henslow, 31.A..A1.G.5. Professor of Mineralogy, St. John'.. College. STEWARD OF THE READING ROOM—Reverend 'William 'Whewell, M.A. F.R.S. Two: . of Trinity College. Mr mitEns or TILE OLD CouNcit.—'lllarmadoke Ramsay, Esq. 31. A. Fellow of Jesus College. —Rev. Richard Crawley, 31. A. President and Tutor of Magdalene College.—Rev. John Phillips Higosan, M.A. F.R.S. Tutor of Trinity College. MEMBERS or' THE . NEW COUNCIL--John Haviland, M.D. Regius Professor of Physic, St. John's College.—lter. Wm. Clark, 11. A. Professo r o f Anatomy, Fellow of Trinity College.—Rev. John Griffith, B.D.- Tutor of Emmanuel College—Reverend Joseph Power, M.A. Fellow of Clare Hall. At a Congregation on Monday last, the degree of Master of Arts was conferred, by royal mandate, upon the Rev. Frede rick Holmes, B.A. of St. John's College, Professor in the Bishop's College at Calcutta. Mr. Philip W. Bockhorn, of St. John's College, is elected Hebrew Scholar on the late Mr. Tyrwhitt's foundation. Thomas Grainger Hall, 8.A., and the Rev. W. Waring, 8.A., of Magdalene College, were on Monday last elected Foundation Fellows, and Sam. Wilkes Ni'aud, 8.A., a Wray Fellow of that society. The Rev. Richard Johnson, M.A. ' Fellow of Caius College, was on Wednesday last pre se nt e d, by the Master and Fellows of that society, to the rectory of Lavenbam, Suffolk, vacated. by the death of the Rev. J. Buck. George Burrows, Esq., 8.A., of Caius College, was on the same day elected Fellow of that society. On Friday last were called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple, Thomas Clarkson and Joseph Beldam, Engrg., late of St. Peteo's College, and William Henry Pattis son, Esq., late of St. John's College, in this University. The Arabic Professor has addressed the following letter to the Editor of the New Times:— London, Nay 18. SlR—Seeing the Arabic Professor of Cambridge mentioned in some of this day's papers as having signed a petition in fa vour of the Catholic Claims, I have thought that, as my opi nions are known to differ from thoso expressed in the prayer of that petition, it would be but right to state that my name was not appended to it.—l am, Sir, your humble servant, SAMUEL LEE MR. W. BARES' MS. OF HOMER. We have been favoured with the following account of this ancient manuscript, which we are confident will be gratifying to our readers,. and congratulate the lovers of classical learning that a Gentleman of such high classical attainments, and so great a lover of classical literature, should be the possessor of so valuable a treasure; as we are sure lie will give the public and opportunity of collating it, and of being satisfied that Homer, as it is read in the present printed editions, accords with the very earliest copies of that most ancient writer. The MS. is written upon papyrus, of the usual yellowish colour, in capi tal letters, most beautifully and carefully formed, of the make and figure ;common towards the latter end of the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt ; there is no separation between the words, which is the same in all the mostancient MSS.; but the verses are all kept distinct, and arranged in columns, with a large mar gin between them, each column containing from 42 to 44 lines, occupying the breadth of the roll, with the exception of a small margin at the top and bottom. The roll .(being the last doubtless of twenty-four distinct rolls or volumes) never contained more titan the last book of the Iliad; of this (tile outermost part having been destroyed by use and time) the first 126 lines are wanting, and the marks of the thumb in unrolling the volume are visible in some of the other folds or pages, and have obliterated a few words ; the remainder is quite perfect to the end of the book. There is a numerical letter in the margin at every hundred lines, and also the names of the in terlocutors (as in a drama) wherever they occur, and a mono gram (doubtles for it o orr y c ) wherever the poet is the narrator. From a hasty collation of the text with the best editions of the poet, several readings were discovered which differ flaini the re ceived text, but not materially, and but few absolutely new : four lines are omitted altogether; of these, two, which seem ne cessary to the sense, have been supplied in a posterior, but an early hand-writing, the letters of which are of the small Greek , form ; and two, which are not necessary ito the sense, have not been so supplied. The same hand has made a variety of correc ' tions of the text in the margin and above the original text, where the readings differ from those in the now received text, and in particular places has supplied the accents, which being done in a careless manner, and with ink less bright and clear than that of the original writing, has defutmed the MS. considerably; the subsequent addition, however, of these accents is in itself a rely curious. circumstance, and may give rise to much speculation ; the grave accent is but seldom denoted, and the acute not always, nor in all in stances, according to its received position among us. It is impossible at present to ascertain the date of the ns., but it is no doubt the oldest classical MS. extant. It is now stretched upon two thin deal boards, a the width and length of the roll, by which means it is preserved from injury, and is rendered very easy of collation. We hope to see afac simile of it pub lished in the manlier of the Codex- Alexandrinus, by Dr. Woide, or of the Codex item, by Dr. Kipling; and it would not be unworthy of the University if it issued from its press, and under the accurate eye of its very learned Greek Professor. —(Cambridge Cif °aide.) • When Bor.l v.tit retired from C a Win gene, at the time it was besieged by Morilel, he proceeded to Jamaica for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain whatever supplies were to be met with, in order to render every possible aid to the Patriot cause. Some Spaniards, who had taken up their residence in that island, and . who equally hated and dreaded Bolivar, formed the horrible project or procuring his assassination. To effect this diabolical purpose, they bribed a negro, who was to watch his opportunity, and, stealing upon the Patriot Chief while he was asleep, to dispatch him without noise This wretch, under cover of the darkness of the night, entered the house where Bolivar had fixed his abode, and reaching his usual bed-room, he silently approached a hammock, and stabbed to the heart the individual lying there, who immediately expired. —The unfortunate man, however, who wax thus assassinated, proved to be, not Bolivar, but his private xecretary—the former having on that very imrning removed to another house. The murderer was almost immediately apprehended, anti a few days afterwards hanged. He confessed having been bribed by some Spaniards to perpetrate the deed,—but through, as it ap peared, the guarded manner in which they had communicated with him, he was unable to state their names ; suspicion, however, rested upon some Spaniards who a few days pre viously had quitted the island. Bolivar, on hearing of the as sassination of his secretary, exclaimed, "The Spaniards 'by their crimes hasten the completion of our independence; the i'certainty of this is a consolation undc.7 my present heart-rending affliction." II UMAN TIME-PlEm—The following singular account appears in a recent number of a valuable French work, the Biblioteque Universelle. J. D. Chevalley, a native of Swit zerland, aged 86, has arrived at an astonishing degree of perfec tion in reckoning time by an .internal movement. In his youth he was accustomed to p a y grea t a tt ent i on to the ririgingoonf b b o e a ll r s d , and vibrations of pendulums, a nd by d egrees he ocquired the power of continuing a succe ss io n o f i n t erva l s exactly equal to the t hos s e te rr a h n ! c.h h o t a h t e o v n ib th ra c ti l o ,a n ke vibrations orofs.oGunendesvlair,oodn July ae 14, 1823 , lie en gaged . Being to indicate to the crowd about him th e l apse of a quarter of an hour, or as many minutes and seconds as any one chose to name, and this during a convesation the most diversified with those standing by ; and, farther, to indicate by the voice, the moment when the hand passed over the qu arter m i nutes, or half minutes, or any other subdivision previously stipulated, during the whole course of the experiment. This he did without mis :---" I have take, notwithstanding the exertions of those about him to dis tract his attention, and clapped his hand at the conclusion of a • Iby imitation, labour, and patience, movement which acquire( thoughts, nor labour, nor any thing can stop. I t i s the time fixed. His own account of it isthus given neither • rives me the space of three seconds, so that and returning, 1., . similar to that of a pendulum, which at each motion of going tinually." d o e n s e tr o oy 'c o lo d e t k he ye h s o t u e t r e - . : twenty of them make a Mmute, and these I add to others con- A n a l a rming fire broke out in the house of Mr. in Thornton-street, Horsely... to d d C , o t L y w A i i i i t n ,:a n b i l o:u g i t: l w a i ehriqcuha entirelyr quarter in s t baker, . t a i i i i ., d tw fu o ri n li e t x ur t e dam age c r. o c ns h id al e zi ra a b i l l e ,si.a. and Mr. Gaffer's, a corn chandler; we are happy I ho a u n s d es, did M to say no lives were lost. SPORTING INTELLIGRNCE. ' • EPSOM RACES, (Timm DAY), THURSDAY, MAY 19; The course presented, as usual, a most gay assemblage, but not so numerous as we have seen on the great day. The Derby Stakes of 50 soy. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 71b.-; fillies, Bst. 21b. Ld Jersey's ch. c. by Phantom, out of Web - 1 D. of Grafton' s c h. c . R u f us , b y El ection - 2 Mr. Batton's Hogan!) - - 3 Won by two lengths. Three only were placed. It was a fine run race until within the last-fifty yards, when Robinson won cleverly; Arnold rode Rufus, and Sail) Cliiffhey the third -; Mr. Sadler's horse, rode by G. Dockray, was fourth, and Muleteer, rode by Wheatley, fifth. Eighteen started. —7 to 4 agst Web ; 2to 1 agst Rufus; 8 to 1 agst llogarth ; 10 to 1 agst . Legacy; 10 to 1 agst Mule teer. The Durdain Stakes of 10 sor. each, with 20 added. Mr. Holbrook's Rubens c. - - walked over. The Denbres Stakes of 10 sor. each, with 20 added. Mr. Prince' s b. c. by B our b on - - - - 1 31r. Harrison's ch. f. by Soothsayer - - - - 2 Mr. Farrall's b. f. by Ashton - .. - - 2 No betting. ANNIVERSARY of the SONS of the CLERGY. Yesterday the annual Festival of this excellent charitable In stitution was celebrated at St. Paul's Cathedral, when a most brilliant assemblage of rank and beauty took place —The ob ject of the institution is the apprenticing the children of neces sitous clergymen.—The fineness of the morning attracted great crowds of elegantly dressed females, &c. round the western entrance, fronting Ludgate-hill, at an early hour, and by the time appointed for the doors to open, the steps opposite the Cathedral were completely covered, and the view, at a distance, had a most interesting appearance.—Prior to the doors being opened for the adMission of the congregation, a number of marshalmen, constables, and parish officers w ere stat i one d at the different gates, for the purpose of regulating the carriages, and keeping off the crowd, who assembled in vast numbers, in the expectation of having a view of the Canadian Chiefs, who, it was announced, were to attend attired in the full costurhe of their country.—At a little before twelve o'clock the Right Hon. the Lord Ilayor, accompanied by the Lady Mayoress and fa. milt', in their state carriage, the Sheriffs in their state coaches, and several Aldermen, with their ladies, arrived at the Cathe dral ; and shortly after the Canadian Chiefs, four in number, dressed in the most peculiar manner, made their appearance, and were conducted to a stall, where they took their seats, and attracted great notice. The civic procession was met by the stewards, the Dean of the Cathedral, the Prebendaries of the church ; and as they entered, the various persons composing it were conducted in grand procession to their respective stalls,— Among the company we noticed the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. the Bishops of London, Worcester, Ely, Lichfield and Coventry, Gloucester, Sodor and Man, Landaff, Chester, Lincoln, Bangor, Salisbury, St. Asaph, St. David's, &c. ; with several noblemen, members of Parliament, &c.—At the conclusion of the music, a discourse was delivered by the Rev. J. Fl. Monk, D.D., Dean of Peterborough ; and the whole concluded with Handel's Grand Coronation Anthem, which had a sublime and grand effect; the vibration in the spacious dome of St. Paul's caused the most awful sensation.—At the conclusion of the service, the friends and patrons of the insti tution repaired to Merchant Tailors' Ball, to partake of a dinner. TIIN DINNER. At about six o'clock, upwards of 200 persons sat down to a sumptuous entertainment; the Right Hon. the LORD Mairort in the Chair, supported on the right by the Archbishop of Can terbury, and on the left by the Archbishop of York. Lord thiir• Justice Abbott, Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, Alderman Sir Charles Flower, and other persons of distinction attended. After dinner the usual toasts were given, and several profes sional gentlemen indulged the company with some excellent • singing —ln the course of th e even i ng, t h e C ana di an Chiefs ' • - volunteered sonic harmony, and chanted some music in their own peculiar way, which was very amusing, and met with great applause.—The health of the Lord Mayor being drank, in returning thanks he eulogized the praiseworthy exertions of the Institution, which he said reflected honour upon its pre. jectors and supporters, and pledged himself never to fail in rendering it his support.—The subscription was announced as follows: The Rehearsal of Music at St. Paul's The Anniversary At the Dinner The company separated at an early hour. - £lO9 5 0 - 217 8 1 - 620 13 0 THE DttAwING-Room.--It seems essential to the splendour of Crowned Heads that a State Drawing -room should be an exclusive attraction, and confined to the very highest circles. The order of society may require this di,tinction, but not so in the Drawing -room of Fortune, which is established by FATE and governed by CHANCE, — and here every man, woman, and child, in the Kingdom is equally eligible to participate in the grand entertainment, Tuesday, 31st inst., when Two Prizes of 30,0001., Two of 10,0001., Two of 5,0001., with Twenty other Capitals, must all be Drawn, and every Ticket decided without any Blanks, as every number is sure of Si. at !cast. REMARKABLE FACT IN NkTURAL HISTORY.— On Saturday last, Mr. Edward Decamp, of Cowbit, near Spalding, found a hare, which, though dead, from her appearance he supposed to be with young, and upon opening her, he found a leash of leverets, all alive. Having at the same time a cat with kittens, he took away the latter, and substituted the young leverets ; the cat took to them, suckled them, and has nurtured them ever since, and they seem likely to Lin coln Mercury.) STRIKE OF TAILORS.--A very unusnal scene presented itself on Monday morning at Cheltenhain, when about 200 young men, tailors, assembled to support each other in their de termination of not working without an advance of 3s. per week. Although thus resolved, their conduct was free from reproach, and the masters having liberally acceded to their terms, on Tuesday they returned to their work without committing the slightest discreditable act.—(Cheltenham Chronick.) - - MELANCIIOLT CATASTROPHE AT MONMOUTH.- Monday last, a brig was launched at Monmouth. The interest ing spectacle attracted great crowds, and, as is customary, about 2(0 went on board, to remain on deck during the launch. --Due precaution had been taken against accident, but, unfor tunately, as the vessel approached the river, the ground, which supported the extremity of the ship on one side, gave way, and she began to float—she lurched nearly to her beam-ends, and precipated fourteen persons into . the water, whi c h was of considerable depth. Many were instantly rescued by the active and - praiseworthy exertions of the spectators, but we lament to state that three youths sunk to rise no more. The accident has thrown a gloom over the city of Alonmouth ; but no blame is imputed to those who managed the launch._ ( Cheltenham Papa-. On Saturday last, Mr. lirtz.mam WILSON, gardener, Toll-cross, took a variety of i ngen i ous expedients to preserve a nest of thrushes. It was built in the hedge which divides the garden from a public road, and it was known to a number of boys about the place, who visited it daily, and were determined to carry it off as soon as the young were a of strong enough for feeding. Observing the old t h rus h on the top parto t egogoasredbeenr.y At his ret urn r of a tree, he took the nest out of the hedge, h e ld i t up, and in her bush, and re tiredto the nest in the afternoon, he discovered th at t h e young were in abandoned, and that they were nearly de a d w i t h cold. view placed li leis work it s n u i g n ly a distant thecentre h knew of another thrush s nest in the garden, in which there were four eggs, and he removed t h em to a nest in which there were only two, and left the young' birds in their place. Mr: Wilson was, disappointed in this expe dient also, as the old thrushes forsook the nest, leaving the young ones to their fate. Anxious to preserve them through the night, ke wrapt the nest in a piece of flannel, and placed' it in one of his hot-beds; Early on the Sunday morning he .repaired to the place; and, instead of being dead, as he apprehended, he found them quite recovered by .the heat, and they held up their heads and chirped for food. After 'some consideration he resolved to .try one other expedient for the preservation of , the young 9 brood. Th ere were two bl ac kbi r d s nes t s ; in the'garden with young about the same age, and he put. three intO the .citle and two into the other. . They, have since comp - ;on WO', as the blackbirds feed and manage the young thrushes, with the same assiduity as they do their own brood.—(Glawore Chrortick.) MERCANTILE SIIIPPING:' PEAL, MAY 19.—Wind N.E.—Passed through for the River the Lovely Ann, Chaplin, from Charente ; also, froakthe River, the Alexander, Le Grand, for Port-au-Prince ; •Geor:.' • giana, Warren, for Berbice ; George, Davis, for Rio Janeiro; and the Viscount Exmouth, Watt, for Bilbao.' ' PORTSMOUTH, MAY 19.—Wind Southerly.--Sailed. his . Majesty's ship Blossom, for Behring's Straits ; and Mists, Sutton, for Bengal. FALsrourx, MAT IB.—Wind -S.—Sailed yesterday' his Majesty's ship Pylades, for Jamaica. Coax, MAT 16.—Sailed the Lonach transport, Driscoll, . .• With male convicts for New South Wales. • • . . i•` GRAVESEND, MAY 19.—Arrived the General Harris, trots) China. Sailed the Betsey and Sophia, Garraway ; Coldstream, Hall; and Guilford, Johnson, all for India. OLD BAlLEY—anis DAT.) CHARGE OF INFANTICIDi. Matilda Hamilton was put to the bar, on a charge of intim - ticide, in having pat her new-born infant down the water-closet of a house No. 98, Berwick-street, Soho, in the early part 'of the present month. The evidence was not sufficient to britig 'home the charge of murder to her, and the Jury' eturned a - dict of Acquittal. • CHARGE OF HORSE-STEALING. Robert l'asley, alias For, James Harper, Thos. Cutts, and William Brookes were put to the bar on an indictment, charging. them with stealing, in the month of February last, two horses, the property of John Jefferson, from the parish of Islington.—; A number of witnesses appeared to bring home the charge to . the prisoners, but in the absence of a female, named Jane Yaxley, a relative to the prisoner of that name, the case was so . defective as to induce the Learned Judge Hum.ocs to direct an acquittal. The recognizances of the witness was entreated. —Yaxley and Cutts were again indicted for stealing on the.l6th March last two horses, the property of John Maitland, value 40?. In this case the horses were found at the King's Head, Kings land-road, having been brought there by a man whom the wit ness did not know. Yaxley stood about five yards off at the time. Cutts was not the man who gave him the horses. 'the next morning the men disappeared before the Officers came. Yaxley was a lodger in the house. On the arrival of the Officers the prisoners went away, and were not heard of until taken into the custody of the Officers. The Jury found them Not Guilty ; NEW COURT. ROBBEIIT OF TAE WESTAIINSTEII SCIIOLARS. Charles Simmons, aged 25, was indicted for stealing, on the 05th May, a variety of articles, the property of Mr. Hugh Hodg. son, the Usher, Master Thom as T oo k e , and Master Walter Wrottesley, Westminster scholars, from the Boarding House of Mr. Strikeman, in Dean's-yard, with whom the prisoner lived servant. Mr. Hodgson deposed, on asking the prisoner whether he had any objection to have his box searched, he said no, and applied several keys to open it, without effect. At length, a carpenter was sent for, and then they discovered a variety of articles be. longing to the young gentlemen, boarders in Mr. Strikeman's house, and a shirt belonging to himself. There are 23 boarders in the house; believes they have access to the prisoner's room. He said the articles found in his box were given him by the young gentlemen. Master Tooke and Master Wrottesley both identified the property produced, found in the prisoner's box. to belong to them; they were not given away. The prisoner, in his defence, said the property had been pat into his box. A witness gave him a good character. The Comm ox SERGEANT summed up the evidence, and the Jury found him Not Guilty. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MAT 20. The Arrivals of this week are tolerably good, and as the weather is remarkably fine the trade for most articles continues dull.—Wheat remains at Monday's prices for the best samples, in other qualities there is no trade.—Barley continues almost unsaleable.—Beans and Peas are without alteration._pats mee t buyers at the same terms as last quoted.—The Flour, trade is very dull. ARRIVALL—EngIish Wheat, 3,4oo—Barley, 1,100--thos. 4,100 qrs.—Flour, 6,200 sacks. SMITHFIELD MARKET; MAr 20. The following is an accurate Report of the numbass and prices at Smithfield Market this morning:— Beasts.. Calves CATTLE AT MARKET 413 'Sheep 10,44. 287 ; Pigs To sink the Offal, per stone of Bfb. Beef 4s 4d to Ss 2d I Veal 6s Od to 7s O,t Mutton 4s 10d to Ss 8d I Pork Ss 4d to 41s 441 Lamb 6s 6d to 7s 4d. WAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Hay £2 6 to .£4 4 0 I Clover ... £.73 6s to f 6 7s 64 Straw £1 16s to £2 Bs. DARING ROBBERlES .— Yesterday a daring rob.. bery was committed at the house of Sir Robert Kennedy, in Wimpole-street. Some fellows who were selling wood, ob serving the area door to be open, went down and enquired whether any wood was wanted, when an answer was given in, the negatived. It is supposed that shortly afterwards a second one went clown, when the kitchen happened to be empty,' and seeing the key in the pantry door, opened it, and took frora thence eighteen silver table spoons, eighteen ditto table forks, ten ditto desert forks, one ditto soup ladle, and one ditto fish knife, with which they made off. The above articles are of as old plain pattern, and engraved with the family crest—a hand and dagger. The pantry at the time contained a considerable quantity of other articles of plate, which remained untouched,,,, as they were of a bulk too large to be secreted. On Monday last a robbery of a similar description was committed at the Earl of Leitrim's, in Cumberland-place, whence the offenders took twenty-two silver fiddle-beaded and threaded tea - spooss, forks, tea pot, and egg cups, each of which articles also bore a crest of a hawk, surmounted with an earl's coronet; although the robbery, if the statements of the servants are correct, was at tended with a degree of mystery, as the footman, who had the care of the plate, stated, that after he had cleaned the plate ' he locked the iron door, and put th e k e y i n th e usual place; and from the situation of the plate cupboard, it is evident that tbs. offenders must have been well acquainted with the premises. Information of each robbery has been given at Marborough street office to Plank, the chief officer. Last night a Coroner's Inquest was held at the Rose and Ball, Bennett's-hill, by Mr. Shelton, Coroner for the City, &c., and a Jury, upon the body of a man taken out of the river, on Tuesday night, about eleven o'clock, by a water_ man accidentally striking the floating corpse with his oar, • opposite Trig Wharf. From the length of time the body had been in the water, it was too much decomposed to bear a very minute inspection ; but no marks of - violence were observed ' on it; and as a silver watch, with seals, and N. 6d. were found upon him, the verdict was—" Found drowned, but from what cause remains unknown to the Jury." He was dressed in a coat and pantaloons of dark mixture, black waistcoat; and silk neckerchief, tied in sailor-like fashion,' short-laced boots, had the appearance of a Captain or mate of a small vessel, anti supposed to be connected with Dundee, from the papers,(i&e, left with Mr. Coward, Churchwarden, St. Bennett's, Castle. Baynard Ward. CAuTION.—A fellow icgoing about the country who pretends to be the " King.of all the Conjurors and Slight. of-hand men in England," and practising with success the folloviing impositions :—On Monday last he made his ap pearance at -Foot's Cray, in Kent, at the Seven -Stars public; honze, into the parlour of which he walked, and asked. per mission of the company to perform. • Leave being granted. after having amused the countrymen for some time with the old tricks of eating , yards of blazing flak, and playing some tunes on the salt-box, he said, as a conclusion to the entertain ment, he would exhibit oae of-the most extraordinary pieces of . conjuration ever beheld,; he then asked cacti of the company to. lend him half a crown, saying..that they shOuld see him leave the room with ,the balf.crown s in his possession; ind while out. side the door he would conjure them all into a bOsin placed ou the mantel-piece for thatpnrpose. The company, efonsisting a t seventeen men, gave their half-crowns into tit's hands of the slight-of-hand, man, w h o no :tomer reached the 'door - than ho took to his heel's.