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—...,,,,,,,,,MfuritonVieVAP,Trena. LW, nkar, - --,M.ClMrtrf kell=reffamminr .CINGLISET and BIUSTOL CHANNELS SHIP CANAL—The SUBSCRIPTION LIST and i-_u:NTRACT for this UNDERTAKING is lying for Signa ,ur at the Office of illesirs KING and LUKIN, 5, Gray's- Inn-square. PRICE OF STOCKS Tlll4 80. k Stock ................. 37--‘ 3 Per Cent. Red. (041 3 Per (7ent. COllB. .. . ...... ... 8.2, 3i -per Cent. ...., - 7 ditto Red. ............... 99 4 1 : Disid Per Cent. { Ne'i; ... 1004 Bank Long Ann. India stock ••• ............... bitto Bonds .8280 . . South Sea Stock B3 pm. P RICES OF FOREIGN Fl Austrian Bdtls .S, 5 per ct. 98i85 9 li ratilian B ------ --Scrip — -.....„........,.._—] 825 Ilacticm Ayres 'lds Cuilabian lid s , 6per ct 9l/ do. 1024 ... 90 89 90 Banish, 5 per c on . 1) 1)°- p ............ 2i dis. 0. (ireck Bd'Scris ....... ' ......... Scrip, 1825 . ... 3:1 4 dis. Itiexican Eils "3. Scrip 1825 .. olgi pm. OIY AT ONE O'CI.OOE Old Annuities New Ditto' Ex. Bills I ODOL 2d. Ditto lid. 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Utes lEvening, 3J minutes after THE SUN- o r . — ' I S•DICEILEPAISUM AUf.EAT SAT, LONDON, . , EVFNING .APRIL 16, 1825. in l 'triarks o n th e S co t c h Judicature• Bill, 0 " sitt u . .-ay last, we prcimised to return to the '" order to review the measure so far as 4- re gard a . Tri g t "e amendment of the law relating to s e i e : )Y -j "9.in civil cases. We now acquit our navit-B°f tt n ff 'have again to thank G forT theassistance his little work has afforded -4•tu s o d n . • . Jur . - That the introduction of Trial by Scot! Y 6.1°(141 meet with the opposition it did in d • an -2 appears t o an E ng li s h ma n somewhat ext r aordinary. The fou reason, nd however', is to be ° not so much in the presence of any Schi"tian to the plan, as in the fact that °te it Judges and Advocates, unused to the inanagement of Juries, and unlearned in the rules that go - 46 t , English Judges in leaving matters for their Consideration, frequently found themselves bew l i• ''"ered in intricacies from which their own System of jurisprudence was altogether free. To this objection must also be added the strictness tha t is required in framing the pleadings, so as . to bri ng the point at issue before the Court, di vested of the irrelevant matter with which it 17 " al-ways confounded in the Scotch system,. and in which it was not unfrequently so to t"Pktel7 h idden, as to baffle the most dili -74 and most learn e d t o unr avel and display. his laxity in pleadings was an agreeable salvo . ° e r an y fit of idl eness with which t h e prac titi o n e rs th e law might be seized, for any blunder that. 4.48 committed to-day might be amended by the: ;t ip on of additional matter at another period, th " the p art i es went on i n a p e rfect state of !; 11°ra nce as t o t h e real f acts o f th e i r c a s e s, and . 4 : t Pa i re ntiY deli g h te d , lik e o ld PETER, PEEBLES, tu e - wonde r f u l d ea l o f cog it a ti o n and deli elZatit'n it - took to decide between thetn.— e k method of taking proof before the intro :e`i°'' of the Jury Trial was by commission, hence most intelerable delay and expence ()s e b to t ' oth occasi o n e d b y th e unw i e ldy length 17 " i ch proofs so taken must of necessity run. C° "id these the Jury Court was introduced. , liit uses do not or i g i nate in the Court, but are re cu " there f rom the Court of Admiralty and the T il t " and Inner house of the Court of Session. t ut e e li° wer, how ever, o f remitting is not general, kt eudS for th e most part only to such actions 's) th e E The En Lawy ers say , soun d i n d amages . the Ow bef ore P ar li ament proposes to extend Pulver of rem i tting causes to the Jury Court, S 1 eqa 0 t thus d oawa y in many other instances with a p roof I)3 t of the delay and expellee that taking. Thi s, c ommission necessarily engen d ere d. is, wit h sever a l regulat i ons for the framing of 4u es ato n 'alung motions for new trials, comprises the whole of the intended alterations. If the Trial by Jury is to be preserved, we cannot see the slightest objection to the measure ; if, on the contrary, it has failed of its avowed object, the sooner it is done away with the better ; but suc cessful as it has• been, and increasing daily as it is in favour with the bulk of the people, we think the gradual extension of its power the best•way to secure its permanent establishment. The measure now proposed is in perfect accordance with the principle on which the plan was at first introduced. That principle always looked to an enlarged operation, and we hope we shall see the Trial by Jury adopted in every case, as the best method of elucidating truth—the primary object of every Court of Justice. The improvements suggested in ,the forms of proceedings in the Court of Session, and the augmented powers of the Jury Court, will give increased vigour and dispatch to its action ; and although it should deprive our norther►► broken] of the boast, " 0 it's a beautiful thing to see how ling and carefully justice is considered in this country ;" yet, we trust, they will, find the sources of jus tice flow no less pure, and the decisions of their Judges no less correct, although the one and the other reaches them with increased - facility and diminished expellee. * See mine host's of the Queensferry exclamation, when re. lating the story of the Lawsuit bequeated him by his father, in the Antiquary. - The Paris • Papers of Wednesday are lied with the discussions in the two Chambers on the Law of I ndemnity ,and the Law of Sacrilege, in the Upper House, M. de CILITEAUBRIAND made a long speech in favour_ of the principle of the former measure, but attacked in a powerful manlier the details of. the. Ministerial Project ; and M. RO YER CoLLAttu, in the Chamber of Deputies, delivered an able, 'eloquent, and argumentative address against the Law of Sa crilege, which the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs (the Bishop of Huttatoeckt.is) attempted to answer, but in a very unsatisfactory manner. We have given an abstract of the proceedings of the Deputies in another column. On the 11th, the anniversary of the KING'S entry_into Paris, his MAJESTY received a profu sion of loyal addresses, reviewed the National Guard, and rode on horseback through the prin cipal avenues of the city ; and concluded the day by giving a dinner to all the members of the Royal Family. On the present occasion the Pop e 's Nuncio again acted at the French Court, after cessation of many years, as the representative of all the European Sovereigns (Roman Catholic, Greek, and Protestant) by presenting to the KING a complimentary Address, in the name of -the Diplomatic Body, to which the following reply was returned by his MAJESTY : " 1 receive with gratitude the expression of the sentiments and wishes which ynu offi,r me in the name of the Diplomatic Body.. The remembrance of the glorious day, the anniversary of which we celebrate, is profoundly engraven on my heart. The French gave a loose to the s e nt ii ncnts w hi ch h a d n ever been . effaced from their souls; Europe was witness of them, and general peace was restored. Such was the glorious beginning which marked the return of the King, my brother, to the king dom of his ancestors. " Destined by Providence to succeed him, and to accomplish what he had nobly begun, I hope that God will give me "strength and means to govern the people confided to me, with firmness, justice, moderation; and fidelity to the existing laws. " In fulfilling these great duties, so necessary to the happi ness of the French, I shall at the same time have the firm con fidence of being able to be useful to the general interests of all the Powers, and• thus to manifest to them my personal grati tude for all the kindnesses they showed to me and mine in the times of misfortune." The Male, dated Thursday,-denies that there is any foundation for the reports of the misun derstanding between the Prince Royal of Prusia and his Consort. " Our correspondent at 82rlin (says this Journal) writes us word, on the best authority, that the Princess Itoyal is to accom pany her august Consort to Pomerania, whither he is going to review. the corps of the army which is under his command.— This august couple have been, for above this year and a half, the delight of the capital, and have so frequently received the prin cipal society of the capital and foreigners of distinction, that there has been no .want of opportunities to obtain the conviction that no cloud had interrupted their domestic felicity." FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, APRIL 13.—Five per Cents. opened at 102 f. Isc. ; cloSed at 1021. sc. ; Bank Stock, 2,065 E; Rente de. Naple (Certif. Faleonnet), 90f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 514 ; Heine d'Espagne, 114. Exchange on Lon don—One month , 24f. 95c: -• • three mouths, 24f. 80 c .—(C ours Authentique.). Private Leiters from Bogota, of the 29th Jan., hold out a hope that OLANETA, who commands in Upper Peru, has, before now, freely laid down his arms, and submitted to the new order of things. Ile had catered into a correspondenc e for the purpose with BOLlvay, but had pre viously announced 'his'adherence to the Patriotic Cause. This account is highly probable, and we shall rejoic e at i ts conf i rmat i on, as i t w ill b e t h e means of preventing a useless effusion of blood, and at (Ike same time of inducing a Province, where OLANETA appears to have great influence, to submit quietly, and even cordially, to the change that has taken place in the rest of Peru. A private Letter from Carthagena l Terra Firma) alluding t o the sensations produced there by the intelligence that England had recognized the independence of Colombia, says—" It is im possible to describe.- the joy it has occasioned — firing of salutes, rejoicings, and illuminatiens, are th e order of the day, and of the night too. It will produce the strongest sensation at whatever point it reaches in -South America." • Mr. CLEWS, a King's Messenger,' arrived at the Foreign Office on Thursd a y, w i th dispatches- from Florence. P r ince PoLIGNIAc, the French Ambassador, transacted business at the Foreign Office yes. terday. Letters from Frankfort Say, that the King of PRUSSIA'S journey to Italy is caused by the delicate state of his Majesty's health, which has alread y occasioned some little uneasiness at Berlin. Mr. Secretary COININ G • • is nearly recovered from his late attack of the gout. Mr. C. remains with the Earl and Countess of CLANRICiRD Fat Sudbrooke: • '; GREAT SPAT CANAL It must be gratifying to the frieudi of this great commercial empire, as Well as to those of humanity also, that the magnificent plan for uniting the English an'd Bristol Channels is sup ported by the great - body of the Landowners, through Whose property it will pass, because they are above all Pett y temporary in t erests, and look forward with p atr i otic zeal to the welfare of the country. Nor are they wrong even in an in terested point of view, for temporary sacrifices will be amply compensated by Ultimate advan- tages. The oppositio n to this great plan is trifling compared with the high respectability of thtNe who support it, and se e opposition is stigmatized by all who feel th e vast importance of the object, as the mer e resu l t of a selfi s h, h mean, narrow minded, and monopol i zing spirit. Such, indeed, it must appear t o th ose who are actuated by the honest sentiments of the true British character. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CastrintncE, APRIL Is.—The Rev John Brown, 111-A, Fellow of Trinity College, ' was on - Tuesday; ltiSCelected - a Senior of that society, in the room of the late Rev. William Pugh, 31. A. The following Gentlemen. of Trinity 'Collee Were yesterday elected Scholars of that society t— . Mason It 01l 1 Kinglake Law, Shepherd A Shington Pripkett Goodh ar t i "' Westsn. Scholars. Hales Carus ' • .13entall Patton - Cleasby Chester Stansfeld Turner Knight. On Wednesday last. Robert Cory, 8.A., of Emmanuel-Col- . lege, was elected Fellow of that society. At an ordination holden 133, , the Lord Bishop of Litchfield and - Coventry, at St. Phillip' Church, Birmingham, on - the 'loth inst. the following gentlemen were ordained : ' • Priest..—The Rev. Christopher 131encow Dunn, Literate ; Henry Haworth, B.A. St John's 'College, Cambridge; Henry Withy, M.A. Merton College, Oxford ; Henry Chetwode, Li terate, by letters ditnissory fro nt the Bishop oir Chester.- . Dec/co/Ir.—Robert Moseley hidden, 8.A., 31apidalen Col lege, Cambridge; :Joseph Jackson, ILA., University College, Oxford ; Joseph - Webb,' B.A. - Wadham C o ll ege, O xford ; Joseph Shutt, "111. : x., Pembroke ' Coll . !ge, Oxford. The Rev. James Thornas Matthews, of St. John's College, has been presented to the perpetual curacy' of Prior's Lee, Salop, by . the Rev.,N. Hinde ' - - --,t K . - Neate lit:venders ON. -.Jae, rector of _ingiwinford.• - The Lord Bishop of Peterborough has instituted the Rey. Julius Deeds, M.A., to the rectory of Orlingbtyy, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Whitehonse,—patron, Sir Brook William Bridges, Bart. OXFORD, A-PRI G 15.—Congregations will be holden for the purpose of granting Graces and conferring Degrees, on the fol lowing days in the preSent term :—April 21 and 28; May 5, 13, and 21. All Candidates for the Degree of B.A. or .M.A.'or for that of 8.C.14., to enter th e ir. names before nine o'clock of the evening Preceding the day of Congregation ; and all Chancellor's letters for dispensation to be applied for (through the . Registrar) at least three days preceding that - of the Convocation, in which they will he submitted to the House. On Wednesday last, the first day of Easter Term, the follow ing Degrees were conferred • Masters qf Arts.—Hon. Philip Henry Abbot, Student of Christ Church ; Rev. Richard Tawney, Fellow of Magdalen College; Wm. Stone, Fellow - of Brasenoso College; Samuel' Maddock, - Hulme's Exhibitioner 'ofßraaenose; Chas. Spiengel , weaves, and Fred. Maxwell Damon, Queen's College ; Rev. Richard . Basnett, and Gustavus - Ladouri . Hamilton, . Trinity College; Rev., Thos. Hartshorn Harding, Wadhani College ; Rev. Wni. Pyne, Pembroke College ; Rev. William Mellard, Rev. Charles Tookey, and ReV. AleXander Wm. Schomberg, Magdalen Hall. - • Bachelors ry . 4r:4—Samuel Lane, Exeter College; Henry Erskine He - ad, St. Mary 'lien ; William Williams, Magdalen on the same day the Rev. William Dalby, M.A. Fellow of Exeter, and the Rev. John Watts, M.A. Fellow of Univet- sity Colleges, were admited Proctors of the University feu the ensuing year; and the Rev. John William Hughes, M.A. of Trinity, the Rev. Joseph Loscombe Richards, Fellow of Exeter, the Rev. Frederick Charles Plumptre, ALA. and the Rev. William Glaister, M.A. Fellows of University, were no minated Pro-Proctors. At an Ordination holden by the Lord Bishop of Bristol, in the chapel of Christ's College, Cambridge, on Sunday the 3d instant, the following persons of this 'University, were ad .mitted : Deczeour.—John Rumford, B. A. Queen's College ; George Richard Port, B. A. Brazetiose College; Charles Wasteneys Eyre, B. A. Brazenose College; Francis Philip Mime, B.A. St. Alban Hall ' • Thomas Tyrwhitt, B.A. Ch r i s t Ch urc h ; Ed ward Wix, B . A. Trinity College ;• William Busfield, B. A. University College. At the Ordination of the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wellson Easter Sunday last, the following persons were admitted : , Deacons.—Joltn P. Simpson, 8.A., Magdalen College, Cam bridge; John C. Collin; St. John's College, Cambridge ; Edw. Ludlow, 8.A., St. Edmund Hall, Oxford ; St e phen O. Attley, M.A., Corpus Coll ege , O xford ; Hy. Stonetnan, 8.A., Pem broke College, Oxford; John Gay Copleston, 8.A., Oriel College, Oxford ; Chas. Lloyd, 8.A., Trinity College, Cam bridge; Richard Edmonds, .Ala. dalen Ball, Oxford The Rev. Edward Bulmer, A.ll. of the College of Here ford, has been presented 'to the Rectory of Pocky, in that county, by the Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral. The Rev. R.- C. Packtnan, Rector of Langdon Hills, Essex, has been appointed one of the Priests in ordinary of his "Ma. jestv's Chapel Royal. The following persons have been lately instituted by the Lord Bishop of Bath and ‘Wells :—'rhe Rev. George Ridout, L . to the Rectory of Lamyat ; on his own petition as patron. The Rev. Charles Blathwayt, B.A. to the Rectory of Lang- Reg.rid ge; Wm. Math dayt, Esq. B.A. llyrhann Park, patron.—The C. Rabbitts, B.A. to the Rectory of Wanstrow ; the Rev.' G. M. Bethune, LL.D. of Worth p a t ron . I SPOit'FING INTELLIGENCE. ---.61.---_ ~, When the season came to an end for'the Shooting Parties a Woburn-abbey, Pansanger (Lord Cowper's), Strattieldsaye Horsham, &c., the leaders of haat tun assembled at the various great houses, which afford the sport of Hunting, and that of its hest kind —Burleigh, Belvoir-castle, Cottesroore (the Earl of Lonsdale's), Gopsall (Earl flowe7s), Atheratone (Lord Anson's) were all filled with fashionables, who have formed a select society aniongst themselves. The Duke of Rutland's Hounds and the Earl of Lonsdale's have had brilliant sport all the season—particularly the former; hounds were never known so speedy, few of the hardest riders ever see, or at least ever are near them. Three days out of five, last month, they had great sport, twenty-seven minutes almost ,flyinipe f , strarformight, an d. over the finest grass fields, and killing, is fl peanc of the young pack from this celebrated kennel. The Earl of Wilton, the Hon. George Forrester' Sir Lad. Belgrave, Lady Vincent Cotton, Mr. W. Coke, Colonel Russel, Lord Robert Manners, and . Mr. Montages, are amongst the most forward riders. Amongst the Ladies who, distinguish themselves at the y Barnard, Lady pEllaecaensoorf Lowther t i ng i a - C r e o „- u nt L a es d s y : 0 11;1 ,0 1 t n o ~n t , i a 1 e , Palk, Lady 0. Fane, Lady C. Powlett, Lad y F . B entinck, &c. the last visitors there. - The Lord Titchfield, Mr. Caicraft, M.P., and Lord Valletort are now on a visit at Lord Lonsdale's ; and that princely abode of the Puke of Rutland's is as usual very attractive.• Lords Lvne rwoedree h ' a ni rd 9 e l r ';; o s r t got more falls than this season. A larger party than usual assembled there to meet his Royal. Duke of,York, who honoured ettAton Park RaCes Jersey never Highness the his presence, and, remained ten days. with dek Gentlemen anti letter 'fSii. ~ ---7- Ilte understand that the private tae acCo(u)nt Of . ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL discredit the assassination of the King of A, who ar e ali .e‘ I - 7 :1 ) uPon this deed Were y,olvedlv op ground—that . as • the patty geti tt; have perpetrated that posed to the war with the English.; it was to he expected they would immediately hav e mad,, some overtures for the cessation of hostili.ties; b ut no such proceeding had taken place ep,to,tbe period 4 - . - 'at which SrSir Archibald wrote.-British pre-6.8. ) .• ~ , ;. , x ,c.„.„ :t.:,,, N,„ ~: • t. ,,, If -i ' '..", "' 1% ; • , •.) . t.:.`,. . :-; •,. ... tI. 1 •• 7 4 t. I '• , .1.-' J. -1 / 4 :,' ,•,o. ~ ,' . 4 . 0 ~ I is: '' . pi,,,,,,,z,,-(---.....t)., (1• ( , : , ,, ,.-.,,, , , ~,,A ., , , _,v;'' , . , ` . /f- , c — i„ , , , ,z,..,L: 1. ,.vr) ,;...5.. , 2,•r4 2 ,?„:„ . ., ',#<,2 ~;;;,.;---:_-74,-)4c.i.;,.,r,4-rr, 7k - ';.,- -, _• - ) 1 :1:1z ov 1.-j-. ~`'''''' 10 gt%i ~.- ,§ o , ,„,,,,•, ."'s-cs..ot;•vv - ca,' qt , i 6.) ,g 11 • ,y, THE KING WI !nos° tk, An art. 15.—This afternoon, at two o'clock, his MAJESTY, left the Royal Lodge in his ; pony phaeton, -accom panied by the Marquis Conynghani, and proceeded through th new plantations to Virginia Water; and after making a short stay returned by Bishopsgate, and through the Little Park for XVlndsor, Castle, where his .Majesty was met by Mr.• J. Wyatt.. vide, and conducted by him to view the various improvements. After making a - stay of nearly two hours, the Kingreturned up the Long Walk to the Royal Lodge. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis Graham, in Grosvenor-square, from Belvoir Castle; Lord Westmoreland and Lady G. Fanc, from ditto ; the Earl of Abergavenny, from his seat in Sussex ; Lord F. Remind:, from his father's (the Duke of Portland), Welbeck, Notts; Lord and Lady G. IL CaVendish, and family, from their seat, Latimer's, Bucks; the Honourable - Mr. and Mrs. -Robert Smith, at their new residence, New - Burling ton-street, from their seat, Gayhurst, Sussex ; Lord Bury, at the Royal Hotel, Saint James's-street, from Boulogne ; H. D. Ratcliff, Esq. at ditto, from a touri . Lord Thothas Cecil, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower lirook-street,.from Burleigh, Lin colnshire-; Sir Montague Cholmondeley, Bart. at ditto, from his seat in Lincolnshire; Le Chevalier Lettelien, at ditto, from Paris; Colonel Aubrey, at Read's Hotel, Lower •Brook street, from his seat, Hampton Lodge, Surrey; Lord Foley, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower BroOkstieet, froth Worcester ; Mrs. John Walker, at ditto, from Bognor; Mrs. Calcraft, at ditto, from Tendridge Hall, Surrey; Sir Edward Mostyn, at ditto, from his seat, Spring-Bank, near Worcester ; Alexander Gor don, Esq. and Mrs. Gordon, and Family, at ditto, froth Ter regles, Dumfries ; N. Kymer ' 'Esq.-and Mrs. Rymer, at ditto, from Hertfordshire. ;• Admiral and. Mrs. Edwards, at ditto, from Bath; Mrs. Edwards, at ditto, from Bath. Ctt ANC Es.—Lord Forester; from Belvoir Castle, for his seat, Willey Park, Shropshire; - Major Bulkeley (Grenadier Guards) and Colonel Russell, from ditto, for town -; Sir H. and Lady and Mr. and Mrs. Martin, on a tour on the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson, from Batts' Hotel, for York ; Mr. and Mrs. Jones, from dittoi•for Paris. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Princess Augusta was of the evening party given by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester on Thursday. The Marchioness of Cholmondeley gave her first route for the season, on Thursday evening, in Piccadilly. The three spacious front drawing-rooms were most brilliantly illuininated There were present nearly three hundred fashionablesl among whom were—the Duke of Newcastle, . the Dowager Duchess or Leeds, the Marquis .Graham, the Bishop of Lincoln, Countess Saint Antonio, Earl . Burford, the Countess of Charleyille; Countess Poulette, the Countess of Mingden, Lord Chichester, Lord and Lady Ravensworth, the Marquis and 'Marchioness of Londonderry, Lord and Lady Stamford, Dowager Lady Anson, L a dy J ane H ouston , L a d y Warburton, 'Lady Eliza_ beth and Miss Palk, the Dowager Marchioness of Hert. ford, Lady Langford, Lady Stewart, Sir B. and Lady Codring ton, Lady Andover, Lady Mary Petre, Countess Leitrim and the Ladies Clements,'Lord 'Dynevor. Lady Louisa and Miss, Harvey, Lady - Sheffield, Lady .Torrens ' Sir -Henry . and Lady W. Wilson, M a r c hi oness of E xeter, Sir John Drummond, Sir Wm.. A bdy, Sir Henry and Lady Lambert, Mrs. IluskissOn, Sir - G. Warrender. Misses A ddingdon,. Mr. and 31iSs L. Gower, Mrs. J. Drummond, Mrs. Henry NVellesley, Mr. and Mrs. W. Camac, Mrs. Napier, Mr. Methenur, &c. &c. The Marquis of LansdoWn' had a grand dinner party yester day at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square. •• Lord Holland had a dinner party yesterday in . St. James's square. • Yesterday a dinner was' given at' the Clarendon Hotel to Co lonel-Thornton, by all the Field Officers now in town, who had served under his command in the 85th Regiment. A number.of Admirals, Generals, - and ',Other Officers of distinction, friends. - of Colonel Thornton, were present on the occasion. Mrs. Coates gave, a Tagnificent ball and, supper at her beau dila residence in Somerset-street, Portman-square, on Wednes day evening, which was kept up With great spina till a ho Lite ur. , . . The Duchess of Olouccster, the Duchess of. Kent, the,Prin cess Sophia, the Princess Victoria, the Prince of Leincngen. and the Princess Feodore, visited the Princess Augusta yes terday. • Yesterday the Princess Augusta took an airing in an open landau. . . FRENCH CORONATION.—Paris is so full at this moment, in expectation of this event, that the Hotel-keepers have deemed it necessary to in form the public that at the end of the present month their charges for lodging and board would be doubled. This is good warning for oar curious countrymen. IMPORT DUTIES IN COLOMBIA.—"The Bogota Constitutional of the 27th of January, makes the following observations on the. mode of collecting p t o h ‘r e ‘taTt l ioh m ne sppoirleir9stsetnit) imperiouslytnu ort i l e e s o i f i ' l c C ol c l a c i c l o F i nf o b r t i h a t e h : t e l — u i t n i e t: r f o e n r en fo c r e ei o g f n c i o m n • gress. The Arancel, according to which the V a l ue o f t h e g oo d s is estimated, is most erroneously- - draWn up. It is'quite impos sible to fix in any way by any number of permanent valuations, however extensive these may be, the value of an infinite variety of articles, froM their quantity and quality continually fluctuat ing in ilrice' Commerce is; of itself, so attended with risk, and in its nature so hazardous, that it should be one of the principal cares of a Government to increase the confidence rather than excite the diffidence of merchants. •In Columbia . this argument is doubly forcible. -- For. our revenue we depend principally on 1 the produce of the Customs; and this can only be rendered con siderable by encouraging the foreign merchant to send his goods j to our market. Blit to this the Arancel presents an almost in superable obstacle. By law, - the amount to be paid on cotton goods, one of the principal articles of import, is l 7 per cent., whereas - vie are positively 'assured by persons - of undoubted authority, that from the valuations of the Arancel, the amount actually paid often exceeds 27 and 28. No trade in the world can possibly be carried on with duties at this rate. The temp tations to smuggling arc So increased, and the facilities in this country are so great, the risk of detection is' almost next to _ nothing, that it actually becomeS rather a matter of surprise that any duties should be colleeted at all, than that they should. be to little compared with the goods imported into this country." , . ARGYLL 11,00aS.—Itie vast overflow of vi. 1 sitors to the four Concerts for the benefit of the great performer Madame CATALANI,.and the dis. appointment which so many,suffered, induced her to announce two more Concerts, the first of which took place last night, and attracted a crowded audience. Indeed, the room was crowded very CATALA N] soon after the doors were op ene d . gave six of her inost admired songs, and rec e i ve d the wannest applause. The power of her voice, and the brilliancy of her execution, were indeed astonishing. Th e other vocal performers were Mrs. SALMON and SAPIC) both of whom acqu i tted themselves very well. At the end of th e f irst act; Signor PtsTaucci came forward:, and gave a the Second eccotmopfany, was re long extempore Poem upon a subject su ggeste d by oce of the company. This impromPtu cornpo. powers, and was much an as i t t s i o o . t s i.4 .c a e s s s t u e, n i g b ; y but oii e e the f s t u h b e j . second act Miss LOSACK, a pup v il cited. This improvisotore effusion displayed ex. , - sung With the most i t ) r i a a o u 'i d d e i d n . a riyn the e ti c l of Mr. Dizi,displayed great bkill on the Harp. Th e whole' concluded with two stanzas of " , impressive animation by : CITA : L AN ,. She was en- Rule Britannia," Cored ; but, instead of repeating t h em, , sne gave God save the King'.' with equal fervotir'and ef.' fect. The audience testified warm aPPrebation anti retired highly gratified by the w h,j e. 2' MERCANTILE' SHIPPING. DEAL, APRIL 15.--Wind W.--Arrii,Nl the Vitt or i a . Brown, from Jamaica ; Henry Wellesly, 'Wilson, Hondu r a s; Circe, Qstestrom, from bisbon ; from Virgi nia; Eleonora,. Lamb, .from Bordeaux ; Patience, Foyal; 'and Arundal, and remain, the Honourable Company's ship Charles G'rant, for India; Amelia, Puddon,. for Cape Coast Castle ; Castle reagh, Wightman, for Mirarnichi; Fair Arcadian, Jones, fo x Sierra Leone ; and Security, —• PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Wind W.—No, arrivals or sailing. . . ; Cowls, APRIL 5.--WinclW. ' --Arrived the'Ca . l 4 4 1 onia, Butters, from Rio J ane i ro , i n 77 d ays . PLYMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Wind - NA/V.—Arrived-the Wil liam, Spence, from Virginia ' in 56 days; left loading for this Port the Minerva, Dale, and Competitor; Godley. zlireitl the Spring, Hookman, for Batavia... • • - • Fa L motrrx, APRIL 14.—Wind W. to N.N.W.- moderate, and fine weather.—Sailed .the General Phipps, .Baxtr, for Mexico; and the Emporium, Croft, for Montreal. • ' LIVERPOOL, Aram 14.- Wind W- , —Arrived: the Arc thusa, from Bahia and Pernambuco; Florida; Pat ton, and Hero, ---, from Charlstonc; •Christian; - Goty from St. MiChael's ; Eliza, Backer, .from' Savannah ; and Lisbon Packet, Hunter, from Peruambuco, sailed the 4th of March. • • Arrived 'off Doier the Sia Island, A ttvii&i, faint . New Votk. for Rotterdam, mid Sir George Os' bourile, front .theldajae of Good Hope. _, ' • The Diana, 1.41 4 Lean,, trqm Savaanah for Liverpool,. w 2 51 abandoned at sea leak'. .' Arrived off — Portinnoudi the Albina,lfoin Demerara. , . • • Arrived off the Start the Kumbung, Jettie, from the Mauri tius. Yesterday the diapatches were denied atthe EaSt India House. and delivered to the Pursers of the folloWing ships, viz.--Charles Grant, Capt. Wm. pay, for Bengal and China .; and Prince" Charlotte of Wales, Capt. ChrMtopher Eiden, :or Madras and Bengal.-..-The East India Company's ships Thomas Coutts and Duchess of Athol arrived off the Wight en the 13th instant. The former sailed from China the Ist of December, from the• Cape the 15th of February . and.froM St:. Helena the 26th. of February. The latter sailed froni China - the - 18th - December, and from St. Helena the 23d February. The Macqueen arrived in the Downs yesterday. She sailed from.Chiva the 15th if December, and from St. H e l ena t he 27th of February. '1 1 h:: Waterloo, outward bound, was all well on the 11th of March, in lat. 4. 30. N. long. 21. - - THE HANWELL MURDER. • It has been already statvd in ,some of the pa pei's that an old man of the name of Chad Well was murdered on the road nearllanwell, .M iddlesex, in a very mysterious-mat,- ner, a short time ago; and since the di scover y .waS made, Colonel Clithe roe ,, a very active magistrate of the Brentforn district, has been unceasing in his efforts -to obtain some clue by which the perpetrators of the diabolical act could be traced and brought - to instice, The Colonel being . desircus of having the assistance'of Sir Richard Birnic, procured summonses ert the Bow -street police-office, a few days since, for the attendahce of two waggoners, on whom some suspicion had fallen. Yesterday the men attended, and underwent a very long ex antination : their mantes are John Drown and Sanl: Colonel Clitheroe said he had seen astatement of the.m.acer in question in one or two of the newspapers, which was in some respectS erroneous, and lie would state the' facts shortly for the information of the Chief Magistrate. On the 25th ,larch,a man about s i x t y years o f age, named Chadwell, was sent by his master, who he believed was a basket-maker at Uxbridge, to Ilan well, to pay a suits of money% lie executed this trust faithfully, but on his return, he got so ~extremely drunk that he was picked, up on the, road by Some 111;41. and carried into the Green Alan • public-house,, nn the road between Hanwell and 'Uxbridge. 'The landlOrd .put hint into his stable, where he. slept until he was . comparatively sober, and he then went again into the house and. had mere drink. While he was there, Brown'and who v.:ere driving the- Brackley stage waggon, stoppdelat the - house,' and took their b e e r 'i n t h e same b ox with Chatlwell. The latter . • scot into conversation with th em , an d at l ast became very abusive, and Brown and he quarrelled. The Waggoner; after stopping their usual time, went - on "with 'their waggon, and not long after them the deceased left the. house. The Brackley waggon was followed at no great distance, by the, Bucklngliarn waggtee, the driver of which saw the deCeased pass on the road towards Uxbridge, anti in a -very: short time after found hint lying dead in the _middle of the , highway. was coartyed is a public.house,, where a Gri woner's ltufue.t WAS bold in ,pro'.. per time upon the body, and a verdict of " Died 'by the ve;i_ tation of God" returned, The only marks then tii.icevr red were a bruise across each thigh, and another on one hand, froth .the back of which the flesh-was torn; 'The Jury eanre t;) t-he. 1.64„: elusion that he had fall en d ea d i n a fi t ' o f apoplexy, end 'din 'a waggon had gone over him, and on thatconclusion they founded their verdict. The body was -taken to Uxbridge r;:ttsratent, and there some old women were employed to strip the ho4r and prepare it for the grave, - in doing which they'diseove'red'h wound in the : groine which appeared to have been int - hatrd, with a. sharp instrument. The discovery being antic knOWn, the body was conveyed hack to Ilanwell, and another Jtity. summoned. Some surgeons opened- the- . bodY, • and''fbutill that the deceased had received a stab in the groin,' and that the instrument, -whatever it was, with which the wound wA inflicted, had penetrated upwards to the spine, and ing in its passage divided the main - artery, , must have occa sioned instantaneous death. It was the opinion of the surgeons that the deceased could not have had the power even to calroelt when he was struck, so sudden must have been the effect of the blow. They accounted for there being no appearance of blood on the clothes by stating, -that the ;bleeding took place in wardly. The Jury, after a long investigation; during which Brown and Springall, together With a' boy whom they had with them, were examined, returned a verdict :of—. wpifses found guer n m t nshn r s o a a : Since Wilful murder against some person or persons unknowri.",,, other anifi a' etncsha circumstance,—;tamely, talking r c cri cav: r en nrk a hssti i rt aae n oeyd e ascertained oowci afheasl w e::::o h igtr iew a onnbr t naaoge: a i l nitd ) p air gbiy7 e vug o : se. ch r ntneehhr d snbeta; ay t t_titti o hni f 3eieb t .rd : adeoe, rn deceased tst h sh:n e pdt tesore:r a nTh and the boy, and in less than two minutes afteiWards vi4+"ifg. - t e nnoardtndwpbh:wia:lah: dsattoalsgirtijawgyit::::.(Colonel Clitheroe) had examinali several• pet_ n the Brackley waggon, was seen on the:road at all. ;' • The breeches worn by the deceased when he was ninidereir were produced. There was a cut in the front of about an inch in length. An iron instrument used brwaggeriers - to - '&114 the wheel was also piTaluced, which had been tiken• frothille * Brackley waggon, and this was 'fitted to the cut in ':hebrcechss, but it was at once evident, from the forthation of thri,toorl,:thAt „ that the wound could not have been inflicted:with it. e , Brown and Spring a ll were separate l y ex a m i ned at greatlehgth. • by Sir It. BIRNSE and Colonel CLITHEROE. , Springall stated the circumstances of the quarrel at tlletliehi* Man, and added, that when they got' some distance on the road, Brown got into the waggon to sleep; and the bey:*t . into the hay-sack, while h e (Spnitgall) drove the waggon. 'He was joined by a woman, and while talking to her, he Saw the de ceaseep .ss at a quick run, and called out to him. He answered', ' " I au, jogging (or running) on for 'Uxbridge." He salt no more of him, and did not know that any thing bred happens . 4l to him until he arrived at Hayes Turnpike, when a matt Wlro had come down by a coach told him he had been foud dead. He did notseee the deceased-lying on the road, and he thenglit if he had been lying there the horses would have shied at him.; Colonel CLITHEROE.—You say that he passed your wag, gon in the same direction in which yoti were 'going, ant fib` was found dead in tw o m i nutesa f ter b y a waggoner w h o - wa s' behind you • so that if your acco un t is true, .you /I‘fe . passed his Cody. i• Springall said he could not accoun t f or it.' - "He was quite in nocent, and would give•any information if he could. Brown told precisely the s a m e s t or y, an d sai d ' thct Sprin,gal/ , was an occasion a l ass i s t ant o f hi s i n d r i v ihgt he waggon. sometimes made skeWers at a place doWn -the road;and brnriglif them to town for sale. The examined, at the desire of the - Magistrates e produccl their pocket-knives; litit they did not'fit the cut - in the'breeChs - . There.was no knife or other sharp' instrument - found on the road. - Colonel CLITHEROE said he haeciarnineir tlie boy and the woman who was in - conversation with Springll; but had oh tamed nothing from them but what , he' had already stated. The boy was not in custody at all. Sir R. BIRNIE said that this was as mysterious'a iransaCtifirt as had ever com e w ithi n hi s knowledge. There was,no'i.'pOK. ~ that the dece ase d h a d b een • mur d ere d , b ut at present tbere nothing to show by whom the act was committed. The'se had been very properly brought here for examination, but was no evidence to wairant . ‘theit" detention.=-The men were . then discharged, on their promise to appear at some. fut,utp, time, if they should be called upon. E The letters and papers by the Jarriaica reaching to the 24th of. February, with fu,rttler, dates to the 3d of March by, a private ship, wero delivered yesterday. They contain, no newg,trn,4 , are chiefly occupied with the detiits of the recep. tion and installation of the new Bishop.