The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-30 00:00:00

Bank Stock Tawas OF IRISH STOCXS, M ARCH 2 7. :cht,i:olls, 3 per cent. 24014 St. Patrick Incur. (per all.) , 82 Royal Irish Ditto — Ditto c ur 'cic, IN per cent.... 87% National Ditto 4 per el, Ne P a triotic Ditto l. Gov D o , , Pa 1 4 Hibernian Bank 16% Ro 1 ". li Per cent .... EIIPA Provincial Ditto Ya. Canal tock Royal Irish Mine 4%14 brand ct Canal Stock lmperial Mino • _ Ti t a 4 D• b• 4 per cent. -- Mining Co. of Ireland as t Office Deb. 4p. ct. -- Commercial Buildings — ....._--L-----__ `~l/ • y~ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1827. Its Majesty's packet brig, Mutine, has ar rived with a Brazil mail. She sailed from Mad eira, on the 28th November, from Bahia, on the 27th December, and from Rio de Janeiro, on the 3d February. By this opportunity we have a confirmation of the arrival of the EMPEROR at Rio, the die unsul of his Ministers, and the appointment of th eir succ e ssors. His MAJESTY'S grief for the lo ss of th e EMPRESS, is said to have been very profound. The following are some extracts from the ) iario Fluminense, to the Ist of February, but tey do not possess much interest. It appears ►at an English vessel has been seized by the Brazilian squadron, blockading Buenos Ayres. The EMPEROR'S visit to that quarter, only served to show his own weakness, and the im- P6iie Y of embarking in such an enterprize. But ex p eri ence in these matters is the only cure:— RIO DE JANEIRO. (From the Diario Flwsninereae. ) bi 1 ; 4 dispatch from the President of the Cis- V -4 e Provinces, dated Dee. 21, and addressed to the moral of Marine, communicates a letter from the Ad wh'r.toininanding the squadron in the Rio de la Plata, hL" gives an account of a brilliant action on the 16th of hrratifaiber.e On the morning of that day the Rio da Pr ata g io seas attacked in the port of Maldonado by a %awash, commanded by Fournier, a Frenchman, with h y ree . officers of Maldonado, and a crew of 48 men . , an d k' n S ight boats with many men, whose number is n ow n , b o ., • After a desperate action of above an hour, _the Were beat off with great loss, the launch was talon, • - .. 3 ,, (41 e American escaping alive. The loss of the enemy 11 ,7,mated at above 100 men. The Brazilians lead two n' n - "ailled in the action, three died soon after of their W w ,;: 44 , and one was in a dangerous state, and two others Wounded, but not mortally. Fournier and his ol'a got almost to the mainmast, when he was killed, °-„ rilich his party wer e imm e diat e ly d e feated. ( 1,,, 41 ‘. 11 AND 15.—The Diario contains of fi cial notices, 1 , r 7 the 9th aa d 11th, th a t th e F renc h ships Belle Ga -1,41, and Jules, sod the English ship Henry and _Eliza- Prizes to the Brazilian squadron blockading the p ,i la Plats, have arrived in the harbour, and that legal 1 1 - ' ll oge will be immediately commenced. shJ ae • 16.—Yesterday we had the pleasure to see the en4r ?n board of which was his Majesty the Emperor, fop, : 1 44 port. His Majesty, as a testimony of his pro afflietion f or th e loss of the Empress, has retired to i v ! d ce at Boa Vista, where he will keep himself private d ay ,. 16 " exsqnies for the Empress, which were fixed for the sl ia l l i k it ud 17th, are therefore to be deferred till his Majesty ua pleas e d to give orders for the celebration of them. 18 .—The Diario contains eight Decrees of his pec a Y , accepting the resignation of the Ministers, and ap- It i ng new ones, viz.:-- 1 Marquis de Caravellas, Minister of Justice, to be ad by th e Mar qu is de Nazareth. sue t Marquis de Paranagus, Minister of Marine, to be ed by' the Marquis de . Maesaio. ,Itpia s Marquis de Inhamboupe, Minister of Foreign 1 , 14 0 to be succeeded by the Marquis de Queluz. cep: Marclt'ia d*BaePcsuly, Minister of Finance, no sue th I ,‘ named, the functions to be performed ad. interim by t ,j 4 acquis de Quelus. tt,, 4 °. 19,—A dispatch from General Francisco de Pants :°, dat e d the 12th of November, gives an account of :,%ek'stftil action at the beginning of the month, with the s' ,l7' in the Uruguay. with 2 7. —The Journal of this date is entirely fi lled a account of the exequies of the Empress Leopold ina, Ptiondeco of the castrurn doloris, and of the internal bop s of the church, with the numerous Latin inscrip tplee'ciiited • The ceremony is described as being extremely . and affecting. The Emperor accompanied the vehji i 14 the Psalms, &c., and was in tears during the Th e W . ri va l i „ --- torio Fluminense of the 30th Jan. notices the ar- Ja nt i r -4 the Novo S. Domingo, Capt. Da Costa, at Rio de th at th°, in 18 days, from Monte Video, bringing a report Con e l u Verial and Buenos Ayres squadrons had an ac t-oar,: 'rot 2d, in which the Buenos Ayres squadron lost not, h e ela and 300 men. The letters of the 3d Feb. do coo:waver, state a word on the subject; the report may cred4"flY be considered without foundation, and no attached to it. Feb p h c following numbers of the Diario to the let of frok the 5r Y iochisive a a l mos t entirely filled with ex t rac t s Lis]) on Pap re ers.) o f 0 1 the Bra z il M a il, private letters of the 27th ce . l aY and 3d of February have been ra t -lv ed) from the latter of which we are allowed , extr act the foll ow i n g :—We have had no late arrivals from the River Plate. An American 2 e Z ti el o f War, from Monte Video, arrived o n the t ,,, ] T ) a nd bri ngs a repor t o f Admiral Brown n g retur ne d to the R i ver Pl a t e . It was also said',, that th e Brazilians had re l axe d i n t h e strict block a d e of veru Buenos Ayres. The Brazil Go ni„,,„ -'" WlB p urc h as i ng c offee, hides, and "gal', to the amount of 60,0001. in order to remit the same to England for the pay ment of the di v id ends on the Loan ; the consequence was, that these articles had risen consider ably. Exchange was rather higher, at 40- There had been a report of the Emperor going to the southward. This, however, was not credited, nor the further :statement of more reinforce- Irte h t 3 of troops to be sent off. On the repro- Itntatiou of the United States and France the Council of State was occupied in takin g into co nsideration whether vessels captured prior t ° being warned off, or even if not warned (id' at all, are to be considered leg a l prizes ; it wa g not ascertained what determination the Co uncil h a d com e to, but it was expe c t e d to b e w` o urable, and consequently all English vessels % I I in su c h ca se be released. PG r rices had been received f ro m the River th e -1 °l' the 3d of January, but there was . not Nall accommodation bet w est appearance of any mei e l en that Government and the Brazilian, and desi r e Was expected to elapse before . sha sere ie event was likely to take place ,dollars 52 doll 20 0 per Cent. prem. ;, doubloons 51 to 18d. a " each, and the Exchange on London,. Mor e l l i:: dollar, and ..b for 4 1i " had large quantities of produce ready 1 , I Prne af C biocic a d. -- trom that Country the moment the - ali raised. Th e _ ---- vari ous . private communications which to th e wore!e ee i ved yeste r d a y, by the mail, from Li s b on , 18 th instant confirm the accounts re ceived . ill e fi the • ' i rst pace through the French PaP"rs ' and Bubseq y y uentl b the Lisbon Gazettes , of the dispersionof th e Rebel Army, and the dia 4ming of those belonging to it, who fled into Sp a i n , the numbers o f whom, however, a ppear, 4 No stated yesterday, to have been greatly exaggerated. It appears, that in addition to the troops who fled into Spain, a large num ber of the inhabitants of the Province of Tras-os- Montes, had also taken refuge in that country. The whole of Tras-os-Montes is described as being in a miserable state, and in the present destitute condition of the Constitutional army, who are said to be without clothing, pay, and provisions, and consequently unable to follow up _ _ their successes, some time must elapse before order and tranquillity can be re -established in that province. The Government itself is also in the greatest distress from want of money. No foundation, however, existed for the report that the Ministers had resigned in c onsequence of the motion made in the Chamber of Deputies by Senhor MAGALHAES ; and the friends of the Government did not anticipate such a result, be cause, although the motion for taking into con sideration the proposition to address the Princess REGENT, praying her Royal Highness to place the Administration in the hands of others, had been carried, it was not believed that an address of that nature would be finally adopted. The consideration of MAGALHAES' motion, was postponed by unavoidable circumstances, from the Bth to the 13th, when he addressed the Chamber in the following words : " I do not rise with the intention of casting any re flection on the arrangement of the orders made at the table, because the proposition I had the honour to present on the Bth instant, was not read a seeend time on the following day, though your Excellency then recommended the most strict observance of the regulations of the Chamber. I am, on the contrary, well pleased that this delay has taken place, for it has afforded every one time for reflection, and relieved me from the apprehension of being charged with' taking the Chamber by surprise. Ido not act from mo tives of ambition, nor am I the instrument of any party. My party has always been that of reason end justice, and my object to obey the King and the law which placed me here, and thus to promote the good of my country. I should prefer taking Washington for my example ; and of my principles, should circumstances call upon me to act, my conduct will furnish the most irrefragable proofs." MAGALHAEM then moved, that the motion should be taken into consideration, and that the Deputies should vote nominally, each saying, " I approve," or " I reject." In this manner, 49 voted for the motion, and 45 against it. The Minister of Finance declined voting, and another Minister voted in the minority ; others declared that it was not to be presumed that the motion would be ultimately carried, but that it was right to take it into consideration for the purpose of giving more importance to its rejection. The next accounts from Portugal will possess great interest, not only with reference to this discus sion, but also with respect to the rumours in cir culation of the invasion of Portugal by a Spanish Army, which are wholly disbelieved. It would appear from all the private communi cations that the British Army was certainly about to concentrate on the line of the Tagus. Letters have been received this morning from the Island of Ascension, dated the sth February. Lieutenant-Colonel NIcHoLLs, the Command ant, and the whole of the garrison, were in good health. A return has been published by order of the House of Commons of the numbers of persons confined for debt (not including Crown Debtors) in the various prisons in and around the Metro polis, and in the several County and other Gaols throughout Great Britain and Ireland, on the 29th of April, 1826. The following is a summary of that document : The total number of persons, of every description, in prison for debt, on the day above mentioned, in Great Britain and Ireland, amounted to Of these there wero in England 2,866 in Scotland 216 in Wales in Ireland Which gives for England about one for every 3,500 for Wales one for every And for Scotland and Ireland one for every 10,000 Of the 3,156 debtors confined in Great Britain, there bad been, on the 29th April alluded to, in prison, for periods less than six months 2,429 For periods exceeding six months, and less than twelre months From one to two years From two to three years From three to four years For longer periods than four years lO4 Of the same debtors there had been imprisoned, For ionic less then 20/ 931 For sums less than 601. For sums less than 100/. For 1001. and upwards Of the Nix hundred and sixty-four Irish debtors, very nearly five hundred Were confined for sums under 20/. The total number of debtors confined in the different prisons of the Metropolis and its immediate vicinity, amounted, on the day before-mentioned, to eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, which were distributed as follows : Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex 519 The Fleet. ne iln "ernCgoemr-plate7, SC:uutnhtu arm y,G 15 aol Borough Kin g ' s Bench Marshalsea ......................................... 103 This is a lamentable picture, and affords a vast field for consideration both to the Moralist and the Legislator. It is not a little degrading too to England, possessed as she is of so much greater wealth than Scotland or Ireland, to find that her Gaols contain a proportion of Debtors, nearly three times larger in reference to her popu lation, than the Gaols of those parts of the United Kingdom. New Orleans Papers to the 15th February have been re ceived at the North and South American Coffee-House ; they contain advices from Key West, to the 6th of that mouth ; up to which time no action had taken place be tween the Spanish and American squadrons. Commodore PORTER remained at Key West with the frigate Libertad, and he had lately been joined by two brigs under the Mexican flag. Commodore LABORDE Was cruizing off and a o p n p ‘ r v elenin it i hfi s v o e s of an attack w frigates andtWoelirlewps of w ar , b ut had no entertained at Key Nest. Thus fell to the ground all the stories about h the fight be. tween POR7ER and LABORDE. PORTER s gnu brigs sail from a nd return to Key west at pleasure , as there are si x channels for small vessels between the reefs, oue of the brigs alone had taken nine vessels from the Spaniards with in two or three weeks. The prize goods are easily dig_ rased of among the small craft plying among the Keys, along the Florida coast. So far from Commodore Pon- Tim feeling anywise uneasy in hie present anchorage, lie appears to think it the best possible position for destroying the trad e of his enemies. It is perceived that the people of Key W e st w ill i n the i r turn feather their nest, should many prizes continue to be made from the Spaniards. Mr. CHARLES GRANT brought up last night the Corn Bill, founded on the Resolutions which had been befor e agreed to, and it was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next, without any discussion whatever. We hope, therefore, that all opposition to the principle of the measure has expended itself in th e Commons, and that the Bill will pass the Hous e before Easter. It is understood that the House of Peers will not proceed to the consideration of the Bill till after the recess.— This, however, will not interfere with ita operation, which is not to take effect till after the 15th May. A clause containing a very beneficial regulation has been introduced into this Bill. It enacts, that at the end of every month, a return should be inserted in the Gazcltc, of the amount of Foreign Corn imported and ware housed in the course of that month. The stock on hand will thus at all times be known, and the markets and importation be regulated accordingly. Another Bill is to be introduced for regulating the weekly averages. The various rumours which are in circulation to-day, connected with the formation of the Mi nistry, are entirely destitute of foundation. It is expected that his MAJESTY will be in town next week, and that till then no arrangements will be made. There is a report in the City that two Spanish Officers, belonging to the Army of Observation, have come over to this country with certain pro positions to our Ministers for the re-establish ment of the former Constitution, provided we give them assistance. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Consols closed yesterday at 82i 4, but were done in the Alley at 82 ; this morning they opened at 821 -a, and advanced to 851 i both for money and account, and 821 for next time ; India Bonds, 61 3 ; Exchequer Bill*, 41 42 pm. Three per Cent. Consols, 821 1; Ditto for account, 82 ; India Bonds, 61 3 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 41 2 pm. FOREIGN Futms.---Brazilian, 65 6 ; Buenos Ayres, 52 3 ; Chilien, 35 6 ; Colombian, 1824, 40 Danish, 61i ; Greek, 154 164 ; Mexican 5 per Cent. 574 84; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 704 ; Peruvian, 34 5 ; Portuguese, 754 ; Russian, 87i 8; Spanish, 12i #. Mixits.—Angles Mexican, 40 die. ; Brazilian, 2 3 pm. ; Bolivar, par ; Colombian, 15 17 per Share; Pasco Peruvian, 17 16 dis.; Potosi, 28 30 per Share ; Real del Monte, 70 80 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 20 25 pm. ; United Mexican, 134 12i die. Two o' Cloak• Consols are steady at 82k. Soma purchases effected this morning on Colombian Bonds have tended to the sup port of the present price, but every symptom portends a fall in this security ; there is no money at Certhagena to be sent here for dividends, and such is the scarcity at that place, that the exchange on the country has lately risen 30 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK Consols, 82-i f. -- FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 82/ Danish Bonds 614 Do. for Ac. 82/ Greek Do. 1825, 15i Brazilian Bonds 67 Mexican Do. 1825, '7oi Buenos Ayres Do. 57 Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. 36 Russian Do. 88 Columbian, 1824, 4O Spanish Do. 121 ELECTION COMMITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) DUBLIN. Several witnesses deposed that they received compensa tion for voting for Colonel White. Mr. Owen, a Solicitor, saw. Father Killian at the bust inge during the election—saw him several times hold his hands up, and form a sign of the cross with his fingers, (at little boys make rabbits on a wall,) as the freeholders came up to vote ; he used sometimes tofrown and make gestures symboli cal of the cross. Witness saw Father Kelly holding a book in his hand, which appeared to him to be a prayer-book, for it had a picture of the crucifix in the beginning of it; and as the freeholders came up in Colonel White's tally, the Rev. Father used to hold the picture up to their view ; he held it also up to one man man in. Mr. Hamilton', tally ; as a voter had been turning hie back, Father Kelly called eut to him to look at the picture, and remember it. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--{THIS DAY.) ROUST: OF LORDS.-APPEALS. VERNON O. THE EARL OF EGMONT. This was a bill filed by the respondent, in 182 9 , against the appellant, praying that an account might be taken of the personal estates and effects of the late Earl of Egmont, then deceased, who, by his will, gave the residue of his estate to the respondent, and appointed the appellant his executor. To this bill the appellant put in answer, stating a notice from Messrs. Morton and Redick of an assignment by the. respondent to them of the residue of the testator's estate, and that the teatatt being tenant for life of large estates, with remainder to the re spondent in tail, had executed leases not in confor mity with his power, which leases the respondent intended to avoid. In 1824 the cause came on to be heard before the Master of the Rolls, who having heard arguments on both sides, desired amongst other thing; that it be referred to the Master to carry on the account of the testator's estate, and so much as he should find due to Morton and Rodiek from the respondent, should be paid to them, and that the residue thereof should be paid to the respondent, without making a provision for the pro tection of the appellant against the claims of the lessees, under leases granted by the testator, who if evicted by the respondent, might have claims against the personal estate. Against this decree, an appeal was lodged in the House of Lords, which came on to be argued this day. Messrs. SI-lADWELL and PEMBERTON on behalf of the appellant contended , t hat as the Lessees under the leases in evicted by the respondent, and conse covenant against the appell an t, as g q i u m e n s ttiioyn branu ggh actionst l e c of the personal representative of the Lessor, the Court ought not to interpose, and take all the assets out of the hands of the executor, without an indemnity from the respondent, thereby leaving the executor exposed to legal dema n d s , against which he would have to protect himself at his own expense by suits in Equity. Messrs. HORN]. and Russiti. were heard on behalf the respondent. Judgment was deferred till a future day. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. BANKRUPT PETITION. cussz V. BARR ♦ND OMER& The principal point involved in this petition was whe ther it was legal for the creditors of a bankrupt to sign his certificate, before he had passed his final examination. The petition prayed that the certificate of the bankrupt, who was an attorney residing at Warminster, be sent back to the Commissioners, on the ground that it had been im properly granted. In support of the petitioner, it was, among oth er t hi ngs, urged, that tho certificate had been signed by several cre ditors, before the bankrupt had passed his final examination. The VICE-.CHANCELLOR was decidedly of opinion, that such a practice was illegal, and that the certificate ought therefore to be tient back. THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are fair arrivals of all descriptions of Grain this we e k, r w ith another large supply of Flour. he Wheat trade remains exactly the same as last reported. Barley fully supports its last advanCe. Beans and Pcaae continue very dull, and rather look ing downward• Oats meet a very heavy sale, and hardly main tain Monday's prices. Flour very dull in disposal. AnaavAr.s. Wheat. Barley, Hour. 4,400 qrs. 3,350 Oats. .......... --- -- 530 ' ---gra 2,750 qrs. 7 , 76o se ks. 2,010 3,600 ---- English Trish Foreign GENERAL 4i E PRICK, OF BRITISH HI CH t it G O YURNS IMPORTATION) .. (Ny l, AGTISH CORN For the Week ended March 23, 1527, mad e up from t h e Returns of the Inspectors in the differ en t Cities and Towns in England rind Wales. Wheat-565. Ind. I Oats 30 s. sd. 8 ean5 ,.,... -- 485' Sd. Barley -375. Id. Hyc , Sd. I Pe ase 495. Pd. —.-- SMITHFIELD MARKET. 'allay, Beef and coarse Veal experienced a very dull sale, St full 2d. per stone beneath Monday's Prices, at which Mutton, At this day's market, which exhibited 8 Prime small ditto... 5 6 6 6 a prime small Veal, and Pork, were cowideretld'rtooubgehosutattiaonlianlryite. a Small P PRICES PER STONE OF BLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. Second quality dittos 3. d 4. to S. d. , 1. (I. toe. d. Inferior Beasts 3 0 3 4 Lar g e Lambs 0 0 0 0 Prime large Oxen... 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 ..° Prime Scots, &T..— 4 ti 410 Prime small ditto 5 2 5 6 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 Inferior Sh eep 3 8 4 0 Large Hogs 4 4 5 4 Quarter old Pigs 10s to 168. each. , orkers 5 0 5 4 Coarse - o w :n%% tietli et th he tt r ° B 4 4 1 g Calves 12s. to 365. each. SUrpi,y, AS PER cLERK 'S ,"ATEMENT. Beasts. 'Sheep and Larabs. "Ives. 1 pigs. 48 3,160 110 6 0 1 104 Suckling Them was scarcely any thing like a Prime large Ox in the market, or a Milch Cow that deserved notice, either in Smithfield today, or at Islington yesterday. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. a. d. to s. d. s. d. too. d. Reef 3 0 4 4 Veal Mutton 4 3 0 4 4 Pork 4 0 5 8 EAST INDIA HOUSE -(THIS DAY.) To-day an adjourned Meeting of the Court of Directors was held in Lombard.street, at 12 o'clock, and after the minutes of the proceedings of the last Court were read, Sir G. A. ROBINSON, the Chairman, stated, that the first motion, standing for to-day was, that the thanks of the Court should be given to - Majoribanks, Esq., the late Chairman, for the obliging and gracious manner in which he h a d uniformly given answers to any questions that had been put to him by the proprietors, and the very satisfac tory manner in which he had conducted himself during the whole of the time he had filled the chair, Colonel TiIORNTON wished, before he moved the Reso lution, to put two questions to the present Chairman ; one was, what expense the Proprietors were put to, in conse quence of a Special Court being called ; and the second whs, what expense they were put to when a ballot was called for. Mr. WV/DING objected to the Chairman's answering these questions. He considered that the Gallant Colonel in putting the questions interrupted the appointed business of the day. The Cum/max considered that the questions were quite unconnected with the business before the Court; and that even if they were in due season, he had no more means of answering them, than the Honourable Member had him self ; for he (the Chairman) had never looked into the amount of expense attending the calling for either a special meeting or a ballot. Colonel Tatoasarox then said, that some explanation might be expected why the present motion had not been brought forward sooner, he would endeavour to give that information, by informing the Court that it lay with the Directors in a great measure, to give such explanation, because they had refused to allow a special Court to he called for the purpose of hearing the resolution. He hail found infi nite difficulty in having got it brought forward now at a Special Meeting. Ile had sent in a requisition, signed by two Proprietors, to have a Special Meeting called in May last, signed by the Proprietors. In the following month lie received a reply, stating that the Directors did not think it necessary to make the Court special for this purpose, for it would be competent for any proprietor to bring such a motion forward at a Quarterly Court. This answer the gallant Colonel was much surprized at, but for the time, he was obliged to be contented with it. He brought the mo tion forward now, in consequence of the very pleasing manner the late Chairman conducted himself on all occasions, and in consequence of the extreme good humour with which he gave every information to the Pro prietors, upon every question they were pleased to put to him. The gallant Colonel said that great inconvenience and great dissatisfaction was occasioned to the Proprietors, by the contrary . line of conduct that had been pursued by former Chairmen. He also had heard that great expence had been incurred by it, and that no lees than 15,000/. had been incurred while one Chairman was in office. The reason that the gallant Colonel had put the two questions to-day, was that he knew that if satisfactory answers were not given to them, it was the intention of one Proprietor, to b ring forward a special motion on the subject. —He wished to set the late Chairman tip as an exempts to others ; and hoped that some arrange ment would be made, which would induce the Chairman to give more satisfactory information in future upon ques tions that might be put to him, than had lately been given; because lie did not see why the Directors should turn their backs upon the Proprietors who were at all times so much disposed to be civil to them. In moving the resolution, he trusted he would be unanimously supported in it. Dr. Gitcwassx rose; with great satisfaction, to second the resolution, because he had always considered the con duct of the late Chairman as that of an indulgent, kind, gentlemanly, and most obliging Chairman.—(Hear, hear.) —He would quote a sentence from an English writer : he would not go to the Oriental language, because, if he did, he feared the Chairman would hardly understand him. The enhance was—. _ . _ " who would bear the whips and acorns of the time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely— Tits pangs of despised worth, the law's delay— The insolence of office ?"-- He would, he would bear the whole, because he could both pardon and forgive. He begged to say, that the conduct of the late Chairman was a good pattern for the present Chairman, from whom he himself had certainly not bad the most civil or courteous language addressed to him. He had been, called by the Chairman a visionary enthusiast; but .he cared not a farthing for that, because as long as he could recollect, he had been denominated a madman. He had also been sailed a Jobber by an Hon. Director, but a more misappropriate term never could have bin thought. eit. Many obsetvatione were now- provoked prekand con upon the Learned Doctor's being in or out of order; but the Chairman wished him to proceed in detailing the demerits of the present Chairman to his heart's contentment. After the Doctor had occupied a little more time he sat down. Mr. Wszntua did not think the delay in bringing for ward this motion at all accounted for. He objected to the motion, because it had been brought forward for the express purpose of drawing comparisons. fie ob jected to it also on the pound of its being unworthy of this Court. He thought the gentlemen before the bar ought.to rest fully satisfied that those behind the bar, h a d the utmost confidence in the wisdom and sound judgment of the Directors. The Honourable Colonel STANHOPE considered that the delay had been occasioned by the Directors themselves, because it was they only who could call a Special Meet ing. He approved of the motion, though he objected to some of the comparisons that had been made. He admired the conduct of the present Chairman, though he could not help remarking there had been for some time past a sort of sparring between him and the learned Doctor (laughter) ; and that expressions had been used towards the Doctor rather more tart and sharp than had been directed towards other Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN now rose and said, I have the satisfac tion, during the proceedings of this Court, in which I have presided, to have been supported by the great body of Proprietors ; and where there has been a division, that division has been most gratifying to my feelings. It is not, therefore,with reference to any thing thathas been said against myself I have the least inclination on the present occasion, to detain the Court for one moment. But it has been said I have adopted rules that the Court has not been accus tomed to, inasmuch as I have refused questions to be put befor e th e regular business of the day commenced. On this I beg leave to state a word or two in my own justification :—if when questions had been put to me, and when my answers to those questions had been given, the matters had then dropt, I assure the Court I should have been most ready to have an swered all questions at any time ; but when I found that it never occurred when questions were put and answers given that a debate did not also arise, I thought I w as maintaining the dignity and honour of this Court in putting a stop to such proceedings; end in doing so I then thought as 1 do at this moment , that I was only dis chargingib yaz uoiY duty.—(Hear, hear.)—lt has be en sa id, th at urse of proceeding, a great d ea l o f expence thisb e o n c incurred. Now, I am not prepared with te Proprietors a ny thing to elucidate that. If there h as be ets any e xpellee arisin g f rom procee di ngs i n this Court, it has b een the exp ence of others, and not of myself.— I believe, however, that ,tlliiettleca,lliinf any calling of thing gial at Courtsail._ cost h There is another point that was particularly noticed by the Honourable Proprietor in moving this resolution, which was respecting the conduct that was observed when notice of the 'notion was first intimated to the Court of Directors. No", if that notice bad been regularly given, on the requisition of nine proprietors, it would have beets incumbent on the Court of Direetors to have called a Special Court for the consideration of the question; but I m a i ntain that w h en a notice of motion is given by a lett er to the Court o f Di rec tors, signed only by t wo Proprietors, th at i t i s n et incumbent on them to call a Special cretion might bring forward th e 'notion. ,ji g _ think th ose who sent that letter were t rea t e d with of a Qua r t er l y Court, t h e y WCohlent.iti,erbuttueythagt ililt dois purely in not t;heiand r die respect when they were informed that at the holdi ng I, therefore, think I have done only my duty in adopting any rule I have adopted since I filled this Chair; I claim nothing in respect of my rights, and I shall now sit down perfectly satisfied with the situation in which I am sure I stand in the estimation of the great body of the Proprietors, and perfectly indifferent to the opinion of any individual who invidiously compares my conduct to that of my worthy predecessor.—(Great applause.) The Dionne Cnaiamate suggested, that in future when Hon. Proprietors wished to put any questions to the Chair man, they should furnish the Chairman with a copy of those questi ons two or three days before. If this course had, been pursued, there was no one within the bar would refnea to answer any questions which the Proprietors wished to ask, and which were not likely to lead to any debate. Qeneral TuoanroN observed in reply that he concurred certainly in the propriety of the suggestion thrown out by the Deputy Chairman, and he trusted, that the discus sion which had taken place would produce more courtesy in future, between the Proprietors and Directors. The previous question was then put and carried, three hands only being held up against it. The motion of course dropped- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY). FROM LLOYD'S• DEAL, MARCH29:ILast night it blew very bard from Westward, and throughout the day it has been squally. Arrived, the Lady Holland, Snell, from Madras ; and Shep herd and Shepherdess, Tran, from St. Kitt's. PORTSMOUTH, Mancit 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived, the Lord Eldon, Cooper, from Rio Janeiro ; and the Hope transport, from Lisbon. About 8 P.M. it came en to blow a most tremendous gale from W. S.W., and continued with unabated violence, during which, the Scipio, of Sunderland, slipped anchor and cable, lying on the spit, and ran for the harbour. The outward-bound ran the gale out.—r. at. There is every appearance of a windy night. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 28._Wind S.W.—Arrived from London, the Sarah, for Alicant ; Guildford, for New South Wales ; Triton, for Cadiz ; Maria and Acasta, for Trinidad ; Sarah, for Grenada; Maxfield, for Jamaica ; Nautilus, for Honduras; and Salus, for Smyrna. FaLm oUT ft, MA RCH 28. —Wind W. S.W. —Arrived, the Marmion, Williamson, from Bahia in 60 days. The Mutine packet, Paul, from the Brazils, sailed from Per nambuco on the 22d Dec., Bahia Dec. 27, and Rio Feb. 3 ; spoke going into Rio, the Hope packet, for Buenos Ayres, and Lord Sidmouth, for Brazil. GRAVESEND, MARCH 29.—Sailed, the Felvichy, Brooks, for Valparaiso ; Mary, Beazley, for Barcelona ; and Fortune, White, for Malta. His Majesty's ship Ocean, 80, was paid off on Thursday, and re-commissioned on Friday u a guard ship, by Lieut. R. Incledon. Capt. Patrick Campbell, C.B. took the com mand on Monday. The Romney, 50, Capt. N. Lockyer, C.B. arrived on Monday from Spithead, on her way to the Tagus, to take on board detachments of troops here for conveyance to the Army serving in Portugal. The Edward Transport, having on board a party of the 12th Lancers, sailed on Monday for Lisbon. In Hamoaze—Britannia, Windsor Castle, Ocean, Har rier, Cadmus, Falcon, Frolic, Swallow. At the Island—Vigilant and Leveret. In the Sound—Romney.—Plyniouth Journal. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Two girls of the town, named Ann Beresford and Ca- roline Wilson, were placed at the bar on a charge of steal ing a watch, and two half sovereigns anti seven shillings, the property of Jack Randall, the celebrated boxer. It appeared from Jack's statement, that as he was going along with, or rather led by, a friend of his, in Church lane, St. Giles's, in a state of complete intoxication, about two o'clock this morning, they were met by the two pri soners, who decoyed them into a public-house, where, some how or other, poor Jack was divested of his small clothes, which contained the stolen articles. It appeared that there were a number of people attracted to the place by Jack's noise; and, from the confusion that ensued, he could not distinguish who took his property, but he suspected the prisoners, as they were the first that interfered with him. The case was therefore remanded till Tuesday, that Jack's friend might be taken up. QUEEN-SQUARE. EMBEZZLEMICKT.—John Johnson, a fashionably dressed young man, underwent a final examination, charged with having embezzled the sum of Bs., the property of his em ployer. The prosecutor, Mr. Kirby, stated himself to be a linen draper, residing at No. 1, Lowndes-street, Knightsbridge. The prisoner had been in his service as shopman about three months, during which period he strongly suspected he was continually robbing him, from his extravagant habits. He accordingly marked two half-crown pieces and three shillings, which he gave to a man named Pearson, for him to purchase from the prisoner half a dozen pair of stockings, at le. 4d. per pair, amounting to Sc. The prisoner's duty was, after selling the goods, to call the cashier to receive the money, which, however, he did not, but put into his own pocket. On witness being informed that the pur chase had been made, he sent for the prisoner, whom he accused of robbing him ; he, however, denied it, upon which witness said, then you can have no objection to be searched. He then sent for an officer, to take the prisoner into custody, but in the interim he produced the money from his pocket, which he (prosecutor) instantly identi fied.—Committed. LENT ASSIZES-(RECEIVED THIS DAY, HOME CIRCUIT-HORSHAM. THE KING AGAINST MRS. FORREST, ALIAS PARSES. In the course of the morning, Mr. Justice LITTLYDALE mentioned to Counsel that he had received a message from Mr. Sergeant D'Oyley, stating that he had got through the business in the Crown Court, and was ready to assist him in disposing of the causes remaining to be tried at Nisi Prins. His Lordship concluded by suggesting, that per haps it would be possible for Counsel so to arrange, as to allow of the indictments against Mrs. Forrest being forth with proceeded with in the Crown Court. _ Mr. Sergeant TAnDY said, it unfortunately happened that he was engaged to conduct those indictments, which he could not do if they were tried in the other Court, as he was also retained in several Special Jury causes appoint ed for trial that day before his Lordship. If, however, Mr. Andrews, who was retained with him against Mrs. Forrest, would undertake to conduct the prosecution, he thought the difficulty might be obviated. Mr. BRODIMICK said, there could be no doubt but that. Mr. Andrews was fully competent to conduct it, as his practice at Sessions had given him a most extensive expe rience in proceedings against brothels. Mr. ANDREWS was accordingly sent for ; and, on being informed what had occurred, said that he did not feel him self prepared to conduct them. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE-Wby not take them ; there can be no great difficulty about them ? Mr. ANnarws—They are far from common cases. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE-They are indictments for keeping a brothel ; surely, Mr. Andrews, you must feel yourself fully competent for any eases of that kind? i'.ir. ANnity.ws—l can assure your Lordship, I feel very great difficulty in undertaking them. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALic—I only urge it, because, I feel that if there case• cannot be tried in the Crown Court, some of the Special Jury cases must be made remanets. Mr. Sergeant TADDY here interposed, and said, that for the general advancement of business, he would return all his briefs against Mrs. Forrest ; and then, as Mr. Andrews would become principal Counsel, he could hare no objec tion to go on with the indictments. Mr. ANocaws still objected. He was not prepared to take the lead, and sooner than do so on the instant, he would return his briefs. It was filially arranged that the cases should stand over till the following morning. A b . u o t u f t , trnw theo l o'clock o‘,,ei.p r y t e o s f te t r h d e a e y x t l e t i t i o si r v n e i p n ib : m a ise. fir o c f of Col eman - s t ree t, a t the back Messrs. Thompson, distillers, of G u ildhall, which, f or some t i me, not on l y t h rea t e ned destruction to the whole neighbourhood, but to the Hall itself, and the adjacent edifices. The flames in a very few minutes eornmunicated to the premises of Meier& Consent and Kemp, wholesale tea-dealers, which were principally composed of wood, and thence to the dwelling-house of Mr. Barrett, surgeon, adjoining, the whole ofwhich, in ten minute s , were enveloped in one continued blaze; the fire extending itself to the back of the Seoondaries' Offiee, which has also sustained co nsiderable damage. The fol lowing particulars may be relied on :—Mr. Chambers, of the firm of Moms. Cousens and Kemp, had, accompanied by a friend, been to the Oratorio, and returned home about half past twelve o'clock. At this time all was apparently safe.r. " t Having were engaged some tune in to n _ v were e alarm e d by the porter sudd en ly en e tcr in ion g : vth‘ehie•on supped,tey oni n they a state of exhaustion, so much so, that the poor man fell on the floor unable to speak. In a moment, however , they were alive to the imminent danger and, raising th e p o rter up, they attempted to but th e s moke had attained so strong a nt v i e fte n ky t e , wie' til ee a il t .ine t ' L a y Pe n ,' 'ere near falling to the ground. Mr. Cousen's friend had happily the presence of mind to fall on his knees and hands, and his companions having done the same, they were enabled to crawl with difficulty through a p ass age of considerable length, end thus regain the street. Their first object was to alarm the family of Mr. Barrett, who escaped in their night-dresses, just as the flames burst forth with incredible fury, accelerated by a strong wind from the north-east. It was in vain to return, and in this state the females, consisting of Mrs. I3arratt and her c hild, with her mother, who had only come to town on a visit within the last two days, were exposed to the n ight-air, a nd a heavy shower of rain, until they could obtain shel ter. W e are happy to learn, that the only part of the pre mises of Messrs. Kemp and Co. that was injured was a passage ; the whole of their warehouses, and stock in hand were fortunately saved, and did not sustain the slightest in jury. The neighbouring property, though destroyed, was, we understand, fully insured. WtSTMINSTER SESSIONS-(THIS DAY) George Briggs r; as convicted of steeling a pocket hand kerchief from a gentleman's pocket, at the King's-mew'. Charing-cross.—Seven years' transportation. ABDUCTION Or A Coca —James Williamson, an old soldier, was indicted for stealing a cock from 64, Par liament-street. The preset:awes servant deposed that the prisoner did wilfully, with malicious intent, &c. pick up the said cock in Parliament-street, and after getting possession of the said cock by a faire mis representation, namely, that of giving the said cock some grains of barley, that he did wilfully, maliciously, and without the will of the said cock, convey him to a bag that was in waiting under his coat, doubtless with the in tention of uniting the said cock with a certain hen who was in waiting in the said bag, against the will of the said cock, and the peace of all the fowls in his Majesty's dominions. The witness, however, after great diffi.. culty rescued the said cock from the unlawful posses sion of the said James Williamson, whom be gave into the custody of the street-keeper. The cock, a spruce little bantam, was here introduced in propria persona, being placed en the witnesses 'desk, and no doubt thinking it was for the purpose of identifying himself, he began to clap his wings and crow most lustily. The consequential air with which this motion was accompanied, kept the Conrt for some minutes in a roar of laughter, in which the gravity of the bench was completely compromised ; and it was not before the worthy Chairman ordered the Officer of the Court to en force the silence of the said cock that the business could be proceeded in. This, however, was not accomplished without loud and continued protests from the cock as N his right to be heard ; and he several times looked most be:-' seechingly and emphatically at our reporter, to request a faithful report of the proceedings. The case was proved, and the prisoner sent for 14 days to the House of Correction. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. WINDSOR, MA RCH 29.—Yesterday after noon the whole of his MAJESTY'S visitors left the Royal Lodge in the pony phaetons, shortly before two o'clock, and proceeded down the Long Walk to the Castle. The Party alighted at the grand entrance, and, in company with Mr. Wyatt inspected the interior and exterior of the improvements in the south and east fronts, and the new pentagon terrace, from the south-east to the north-east corners of the Castle, which have lately been completed. The Party continued at the Castle for about one hour, and aftenvards continued their drive in the Great Park. Yesterday his MAJESTY gave a second En tertainment ert h ain ß m ai e: w to as h a i ga sd in ist i i n ng a u tt i e s l h ,d ed an Guests, consist ing of the same as on th e preceding evening The Duke and Duchess of Clarence arrive d at their temporary residence in Charles-street, Berkeley square, from their seat in Bushy-park, yesterday- morning. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Prince , s Sophia, vi.ited the Princess Augusta yesterday, at her residence in the Stable yard, St. James's. The Princess entertained her Royal relatives with an elegant ciajeume, after partat ing of which the Royal petty proceeded to the new bnild.ag (adjoining that of the Princess) erecting for the future, esidence of his Royal Highness. Their Royal Highnesses went over the interior of the edifice, which is ins forward state. Mr. Hunt, the 4rehitect, attended the Royal party during their inspection of the building. _ _ _ The Duchess of Clarence visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her apartments in the King's Palace, Kensington. The Duke of Wellington arrived in town yes terday afternoon from his visit to the Knic: at his Royal Lodge, in Windsor Park. After his arrival his Grace pro•- ceeded to his office in the Horse Guards to transact official baldness. _ _ Mr. Secretary Canning arrived at his residence. in Downing-street shortly before seven o'clock yesterday evening from the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, where th Right lion. Secretary had been staying on a ♦isit to his MAI RIMY. _ - Viscount Granville, and Lord Bexley, trans aetsd business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL.—The report of his Lordship's medical attendant yesterday morning was, as usual, satisfactory, vie. that " his Lordship was going on Ivry well." The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury cit totained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at her house in Arlington-street. The Earl of Carnarvon entertained Sir Watkin and Lady Harriet William Wynn, and a distinguished party, to dinner yesterday-, at his house in Grosvenor-squats. Mrs. Scott Murray has issued cards of invita tion for a rout on the 15th of April, at her house in Caven dish-square. . Mrs. Fremantle has :.asued cards of invitation fur a rout on Monday the 9th of April, at her house iu Stanhope-street, Wy-fair. _ Mn. and 11,?•.dy Ann Beckett entertained large party to dinner yesterday, at their house in Downing. street. DEATII OF CHARLES DIGNIJM..-.-Aire re gret to announce the death of this very worthy and mods respected gentleman, which took place yesterday after noon, at his house in Gloucester-street. Ile had for some time been indisposed from the effects of a severe cold, cad the immediate cams: of his death was an inflammation on the chest. Mr. Dignum was highly and juutly esteemed throughout life as a strictly honourable and most amiable private character—a more inoffensive or good-natured mall certainly never existed, and his society was anxiously courted by all who had an opportunity of knowing his vir tuous qualities. Professionally, he was a very pleasing singer ; be possessed a fine melodious voice, which was duly cultivated by science in the excellent school of the celebrated Mr. Lindley, father of the first Mrs. Sheridan. He made hi. first appearance at Drury-lane Theatre, about the year 178 i, in the character of Young Meadows ; and till within the last few months was never without in vitations to the festive boards of many of the fi rs t N o bility and Gentry of the land. His age, we beli eve , was 62. STATE OF SOCIETY.—W e percerve it stated in a Morning Paper, that the Cutlers have an unusual de mand for dagg ers i n D u bli n, c hi e fl y f rom G ent l emen . We shall not go eo far as to state, as oar cotetnporary has done, that this demand is exclusively from the ascendancy party, a c n o d n t i h m e o P:- and although we will not ascribe it to any particular pa r ty, f:t i c e t ei l a v i o fo n re o t f h e ti A le u l th l o o u ri s t e ies of we much fear that the demand originates from our present but we can vouch for the fact--every Cutler can verify it— state of high wrought political exasperation. We deem it i Pub lie--and when we consider the increased excitement since y t a thee Commons-- when we witnessed the insolent exultation which every where invades the ear from one party—and the deep and brooding spirit of indignation with difficulty restrained by the other—when we pee the spirit of polemic di:potation, theuu lcl,,utetylatnowlan however well adapted in ordinary situations to promote knowledge but which in oars, seems only to add to bitter -1)(219, without bending to conviction ; we much fear, and we say it with solemn earnestness, that from *peaking daggers, men will soon begin to use them 1 . I—Dublin Patriot. CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER. -A short time ago the parish officers of Shrawle, having reason to suspect that an unmarried woman, named Sarah Baylis, was pregnant, mentioned to her their suspicions ; but she positively denied that such was the case. A few days af ter, that appearance in her person, which at first iudicatei to them her s ituation, being ne longer visible, a medic uian was called in to examine her, and who prononncei that she had been recently delivered of a child. Aninquiry was then est on foot, as to how the infant bad been die posed of when its body was discovered, buried in agardell at the back of the house of a man, a widower, with whont Baylis resided, and who wail her brother-in-law. After this, it was, we understand, interred in the chureh-yard by the parish officers, but without any funeral rites, upon the supposition, we presume, that it was still-born. How ever, the circumstance reaching the ears of a neighbouring magistrate, he deemed it 3 cue which demanded inquiry, and the body was disinterred, and Mr. Smith, the Coroner, summoned to hold an inquest upon it. The inquest com menced on the 16th instant, and wail resumed, by adjourn ment, on Thursday', when, after the examinatio n of seve ral witnesses, the Jury retnnaed a verdict of " Wi/ful Murder" against Sarah Baylis, th e mother:and she was removed to the Comity Gaol, ender the Coroner's war rant, to take liar trial. —Th e prisoner is 40 years of age. She has confessed the birth of the child on the morning of the 26th of February, at which time it is supposed she was eight months gone, or rather more ; and its death is attributed to her having taken a noxious drug to produce abortion.— Worcester Journal.