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The mc . ornent is arrived when it is necessary to sacrifice " 1:14 oral and our fortunes on the altar of our duty to our co itztry. Which of you will refuse to liberty tha sacred ' a ` Rifice which She requires? Orientals You weic always the models of valour, as you now ar ,e of obedience and respect for the laws. Join your office ,r 4 11 a .st e n in arms to the field of glory, to shar in the h°r furs of th e va li ant so ldi ers of the Republic. e The col ' ~{itr3, tlAraigh me, pardo ns th e errors of those who aband filed their arms, and agai n i nv it es t h em to wash out • the guominy of . our slavery in the blood of our tyrants: Te t em ple o f lib erty is open, but only heroes enter it. je Chief who 'now addresses yoti, is settinc , out at this moment, to place himself at y our head;,- and relying on ynur valour ancl, patriotism, promises that you shall be the first to salute 'the statue of liberty fame, meantime, will prepare the 'fetes of victory, and the world will say Orientals ! ;you deserve to belong to the • Republic which has deliverer! you. JOAQUIM WARES. Camelot': April 17, 18.27. MAY 1 8— -A letter communicated by the Baron de Villa B ella, in a note of April 25th, from Monte Video, annount:es 'that the Buenos Ayres Generals were exerting themsel res; but without effect, to raise men for the army. Alyea d,enr,ands men and horses, saying that the Imperial army isi- assembling and preparing to march, and that he is unable to oppose it, because the desertion among his troops is so ; peat., Priivatmlettet s, received by the Packet from Rio de Ja neiro, of,the 19th May, represent -their confident expecta tions . t . hat peace would shortly be concluded, which is confir , ned by the continuance of the Buenos Ayres Mini• star, Garcia, at that capital, on his way to this country. Bu'• mess was ,in a state of quiet. Produce was falling : e?' .. Ae 3 nulreas and 50 reas, sugar• 3 milreas. The ex- Aartge on England 36 to 36k, being a little higher than the last advices. No political intelligence comes by these le'ttw-s• The advices from Pernambuco state that trade , was brisk, and the exchange at 51d. per milrea. The ;coast near Bahia - continues to be infested with privateers , -/Bier the Buenos Ayres flag, who harrassed their Coast ing trade in a most determined rummer. Halifax Papers to 30th ult., and New Bruns wick to the 26th, have been received at the North .and South American Coffee-house. . From the . former we learn the Tea sale had taken place, ,and was numerously attended ; about 3,000 fbests and boxes were sold, none Of it came anider the upset price, determined by the Com pany's Agents, and some of the cheaper sorts at an advance of no less than 4d. per lb. His Majesty's ship Alligator, Captain CAN NING, bad sailed for Quebec, having Colonel COCKBURN and Lord VALENTIA as passen gers. Several arrivals from the Banks of New foundland, with full cargoes of fish, are an mouneed, which i:, stated to be unusually plenti ful; both French and American vessels are in great numbers, prosecuting the cod-fishery. - ----; - From the river John, Pictou, a melancholy pictur e of the ravages of the fires in that quarter 1 1 ... as been received, and numbers of the new set tlers have had their houses and their property destroy e d by the clevouritn , element, and are re• duced to the utmost state of distress. A Vice Admiralty Court assembled at Hali fax, for the trial of the Mate and three Seamen, belonging to the Peggy, of St. John's, charged - with having taken forcible possession of the ves sel, and with beating and ill-using the master ; after a long trial, and the Jury remaining toge ther the whole of one night, they returned a verdict of guilty against the mate, and acquitted the three seamen. The Jury, however, recom mended him to mercy, The Chief Justice passed the awful sentence, but assured the pri soner that the Jury's recommendation should be - submitted to his MAJESTY. HicAlajesty's packet brig Tyrian, has arrived with a North American mail. She sailed from Bermuda on the 12th June, and from Halifax on the 2d instant. CITY, TWELVE o' Czocr. The English Funds remain in a perfect calm, and very little business is transacting : the settling of the acount for to-morrow is proceeding, and a general expectation seems now to be entertained that it will go off much smoother than was in the first instance expected ; another cause for this favourable view is—the larger operators have declined to enter into any new bargains till the account is adjusted, for if this was not the case it might be of considerable im portance in the present situation of the market. Consols opened at S7l a for the account, 861 -I for money, and 87i for next time, since which no alteration has taken place, they having been 871 for account, alternately buyers and sellers, and may now be quoted nearer 871 than if. The Exchequer Bill market remains without variation, at 56 7 ; and India Bonk 88 90 pm. In the Foreign Funds, Mexican are 68i ; Colombian, 524 3 ; Bra zilian are 60, being a shade higher, the accounts from this quarter, by the packet, wearing a more peaceable character, and every expectation seems to tend to the hope of peace being finally adjusted with the Buenos Ayrian Government, as Mr. Garcia, the Minister to the Court of London, who landed, on his way by the former packet, still remained at Rio. The only novelty in the Share Market has been an advance in Brazil Mines, and the good news received by the packet has been such as to induce buyers to come in and pay S per cent. pm. The production of gold ore, says r eport, increase s d a il y, f rom so many ounces per day to pounds; in a short time, we suppose, hundred weights will be used in the computation of its produce. It is reported the Direc tors promise a dividend of 10 per cent., in September, on the capital paid. Three per Cent. Consols, 86/, 4 ex. div. ; Ditto for Account, 871 ; India Bonds, 88 90 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 66 7 pm. FoaxiGN.—Brazilian, 591 60 ; Buenos Ayres, 581 91, ex. div.; Chilian, 30 1 ; Colombian, 1824, 32i- 3; Danish, 62i 3 ; Greek, 15 16 ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 551 61 ; Ditto . 6 per Cent., 9i ; Peruvian, 26 8 ; Portuguese, 75 4-; Russian, 94 4 ; Spanish, 10. Ainizs.--Auglo Mexican, 50 471 dis. ; Brazilian, 4 5 pm. ; Colombian, 9 '7O die. ; Tlaba per Share ; Real del Monte, 80 .- -uz a•die, 60 50 dis. ; United Mexican, 21 20 dis. Consols for nowtaccoun h ave Two o' CLOCK. 88, and are now 81 88. It is evidentlreaehed j or a n rear account. A very P funds been effected by the extensive purchase has thi s t r t n i p n erty of a late great City Capitalist, eminent West India Merchant, Ma he 50,0080)/f in French 2 . 40,000/. New Four per Cents., at 101, 1 Rentes. The Foreign Funds are also looking up ; Me . Brazilian, 60 privilege of B razilian gold 6 41 ; Colombian, 33 it ; S panish u h c a a v n, retrograded to 91 10. It is now stated hat the Brasili e per cent., and have 25,000/. readg Alining have obtained the exclusive gold upon a duty of 2 upo n which they have effected insurance to ship from Rio, this day. HALF-PAST TIVO. Consols for Account, 871 8; Ditto for Au gust, 88k 1. FOUR, o'CLOCK=CLOSING PRICES. Consols 861 Danish Bonds 63 Do. for Ac. 88 Greek Do. 1825, 15 Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825 70 Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. Russian Do. 94i Columbian, 1824, 33f Spanish Do. 81 Two sisters and a brother, the only survivors ti a family of eleven, met at Edinburgh on Monday last. ~.__Their united ages are two hundred and eleven years.— what is more singular, it is fifty-five years and three ,Tonths since they last met together. The sisters are 77, and the brother 64 years.—Edinburgh Evening `'oitrane. LAW INTELLIGENCE..(TIIIS DAY.) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. INJUNCTION. BAKER V. LEVI. Mr. HoRNE applied for an injunction to restrain the defendant, a silversmith residing in Exeter, from proceeding in an action at law against the plaintiff, who is a lunatic, for the recovery of the valueof certain goods sold to him, and also for the recovery of the sum of 2001. alleged to be lent by the defendant to the plaintiff. The bill stated, among other things, that Mr. Baker, the lunatic, went into the shop of the de fendant on the 16th of August last, and purchased some articles of jewellery to the amount of 861. for which he gave a cheque on his bankers. Mr. Baker represented himself as a ,gentleman of large fortune—said that be was about to purchase an estate, declared that it was his intention to marry, almost immediately, and to furnish his new house in the most splendid and extravagant style. Between the 16th and 19th of August orders to a large amount were given . by,Mr. Baker, and given, as it was contended, under circumstances that must have convinced any man that he was not in a sound state of mind, He had ordered several expensive gold watches : for his son, who ac companied. him, and who was then only eighteen years of age ; for his daughter he also purchased a splendid collection of jewellery; he gave directions that a large quantity of plate might be ,provided for him, although, at the time he had no house, nor in deed any fixed residence. Among the costly articles which the defendant was to furnish was a gold mouse, studded with pearls and stated to be a great curiosity worth 10.51., and also a brilliant suit . of ornaments, valued at 2,0001. The entire of the orders given by Mr. Baker, within the three days, amounted to 4,8904, besides which he had borrowed 600/. from the defendant, giving him at the same time two cheques on his bankers; one of. these for 400/. was on the Worcester bank, and on li,eing presented was paid. The other was not paid by the Exeter bank, on which it had been drawn, the bankers having heard of the state of Mr. Baker's mind. .On .the 19th of August Mr. Baker became quite insane, and his son-in-law, who resided at Cheltenham, being informed of his situation, caused a commission de lunatico inquirendo to be sued out, and under it the Jury had declared Mr. Baker to have been incapable . of managing his affairs since December, 1825. Mr. Horne argued at considerable length, that even the circumstances as disclosed in the defendant's answer were sufficient to justify the Court in interfering. What could have been a more decisive proof of insanity, than the reckless extravagance with which this gentleman grasped at every bauble presented to his notice ? Without any previous acquaintancelvith the defendant he had in an instant become on the most familiar terms with him, bad asked him to his table, at. which whost of other tradesmen were also seated— had taken him to his stables to show his horses and carriages, —and, as connected with this visit, the Learned Gentleman stated that , Mr. Baker had actually ordered from- Levi a gold embroidered saddle-cloth, trimmed with lace : the very fact of using such an article, well adapted as it was for an Arabian chief or a Turkish Prince, would in this country be evidence under a Commission of Lu nacy. The VICE-CHANCELLOR intimated an opinion, that a Jury was best qualiCed to determine the question. - Mr. HORNE said, that the Jury could only take into its consideration the insulated contract upon which the particular action had been brought. The action which it was sought to restrain, was merely for 500/., and upon the trial it would not be com petent for the Court of law to go beyond that single transaction, in order to ascertain the nature of the dealings between Mr. Baker and the defendant. The Learned Gentleman was merely desirous of having an issue directed by the Court, that would be so shaped, as to let in the history of all the transactions, and enable the jury to decide them all by a single verdict. Mr. SCGDEN, for the defendant, denied that any fraud had been committed by his client, and said, that the conduct of the plaintiff with respect to the action at law, shewed his fear of the consequences if the matter were brought fairly before a jury. After a long discussion between Mr. HORNE and Mr. RAY, for the plaintiff, and Mr. SUGDEN and Mr. C►MPBELL for the defendant, The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, that he admitted the principle, that if the single action at law could not decide the question, the Court ought, if possible, to point out the form by which that object could be attained. But the difficulty in this case was, that no distinct act of fraud was charged against the defendant so as to call on the Court to interfere by Injunction. The impression on his Honor's mind was, that he could not notice the circumstan ces as raising the inference of lunacy in any other manner than a Jury could ; he therefore thought that he could not grant the L►junction ; how ever he would allow Mr. Horne and Mr. Ray to turn the matter over in their minds be tween this and to-morrow morning, in order that they might consider what form of issue would em brace the whole history. In the mean time the de fendant might go on with any necessary proceedings, with respect to the action which stands for trial at Exeter on the 6th of .A ugust. His Honour wished it to be understood, that as he had not yet heard the defendant's Counsel, he could of course not think the defendant as in any respect guilty of fraud. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. GROCOCK V. ° COOPER AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for trespass under the circumstances after mentioned. Mr. CAMPBELL (with whom was Mr. Busnv) stated the case. The plaintiff is a respectable linen draper at St. Ives, in Huntingdonshire, and the de fendants are Commissioners of Bankrupts at Nor wich; two of them, Mr. Cooper and Mr. Evans, are gentlemen at the bar, and the other defendant, Mr. Jaye, is an attorney. The Learned Counsel was far from insinuating that all the defendants were otherwise than very respectable, but he, on the part of his client, had to complain of them for ex ceeding their power in the exercise of their func tions as Cominissieners of Bankrupt. In the month of April, 1826, the ddtendants sat at Norwich on a Commission of Bankrupt against two individuals, named Silvey and Sanderson, who were bombazcen manufacturers there, and finding that the plaintiff, who was then in London, was acquainted with the affairs of the bankrupts, the defendants issued a warrant illegally, in virtue of which, the plaintiff was in a most irregular and illegal manner brought from London to Norwich. In Nov. 1825, the bankrupts fell into difficulties, and a commission of bankruptcy was issued against them, but at the meeting of the creditors, a composition was accepted, for an instal ment of which the plaintiff became bound, and sub sequently paid it. But the bankrupts having failed to pay the first instalment, a second commission was issued against them in March following, under which the present action arose. Under these cir cumstances it was perfectly _proper that the plaintiff should be examined, and accordingly on Sa tUrday, the 15th April, when the defendants had had a meeting on the subject, they issued a summons against the plaintiff, who was then in London, to appe ar b e f ore th em on T ues d ay following. OnSa turday evening Messrs. Parkinson and Staff, attor nies to the Commission, wrote to Messrs, Poole and Greenfell, their agents in London, with instructions to summon the plaintiff, and at five o'clock in the evenin g of Monday, a clerk of Poole and Greenfell served the plaintiff to appear before the defendants time at No rw i c h , at 10 o'clock to the ;e ia x i t ntiff fi mor ning, ve at the same a mt to pay histendering expellees. The plaintiff said he had no objection whatever to be examined, but he complained o f t h e shortness of the notice , and that the sum tend ere d f or expences was toosmal and requested the clerk to inform the commissioners, that he could not then obey tae summons, but that he oli . a futut deb would be glad to appear before them at a reasonable . notice. The plaintiff heard nothing further about the matter till Thursday the 20th of April, when, to his great surprise, he was arrested under a warrant. issued by the defendants, by a She riff's Officer, at the Queen's Tavern, Newgate-street, by whom he was ; at twelve o'clock that night, car ried in a post-chaise to Norwich, where they arrived at two o'clock .next day. The plaintiff was detained at the Bowling-green Inn there till eight o'clock in the evening, when .the defendants were pleased to make their appearance and examine him. During the examination they put several questions to him, in defiance of his protest regarding the mode of his arrest ; and he was at length discharged. Under these circumstances, the Learned Counsel submitted that the conduct of the defendants was quite illegal, and he would.leave to the Jury to say, under the di rection of the Cowl, what damages the plaintiff was entitled to for the trespass against his person. Isaac Kemp, the Sheriff's Officer, was then called, and' proved the arrest and the circumstances connected with it, as above detailed. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL addressed the Jury for the defendant at considerable length. His state ment went to show, that when the defendants com menced to act under the commission, they found that all the bankrupt's property had been removed, and could not be found,anit that Sanderson,one of the bank rupts, had disappeared, and about the 13th April sailed for North America, with a large quantity of the goods. The plaintiff was, in the latter end of March or be ginning of April, seen at Manchester and Liverpool, with Sanderson, with whom he was very intimate; and it was from these suspicious circumstances that the defendants were so anxious to have the plaintiff early examined. - Mr. Rawlinson, clerk to Messrs. Poole and Green fell, served the summons on the plaintiff on Monday the 17th of April, at five o'clock, to appear at ten next morning before the defendants at Norwich, and offered hiin five pounds. for his expensek The plaintiff complained of the shortness of the , no tice, and said that from his engagements with se veral persons he could not attend, and desired witness to intimate to the Commissioners that he would be ready on any day at the end of the week. Witness accordingly wrote that same evening to Messrs. Parkinson and Staff, giving an account of what passed,' but omitted to mention that he had tendered the M. In the course of the witness's examination, a question arose respecting the right of the Commis sioners to issue a warrant of arrest. Mr. CAMPBELL said, that by the last Bankrupt Act it was enacted, that " if a party does not come after receiving a summons, and if no lawful impedi ment is made known to the Commissioners, then they shall be entitled to issue a warrant of arrest." Now he (Mr. C.) admitted, that if no lawful im pediment was made known to the Commis sioners, they had a right to issue a war rant, but he contended, that they could not exercise their jurisdiction without first receiving evidence on oath of the impediment; and here they had only the bare letter of Mr. Rawlinson. If, in a case of subpoenn, the highest Court in the kingdom could not issue a warrant of arrest without receiving evidence on oath of the service of a summons, much less could the Commissioners of Bankrupt. Lord TENTERDEN said, no person could be more unwilling than he was to extend the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Bankrupt farther than was contemplated by the Legislature ; but in the present case he was of opinion, that the Commissioners were not bound to have evidence on oath of service, and before they issued a warrant. The case of a subpcena was urged as parallel to this case, but there no action could be raised againSt the superior Court for their conduct, whereas the Commissioners of Bankrupt stood in a very different situation, a►nd might be called to account. If, in fact, a iiitimmons was not served, and the Commis sioners had acted from false information on the supposition that there had, then he granted that they would not be justifiable ; but, on the other band, where, as in the present ►ease, a summons was actually served, they had received information of the service, and had acted accordingly, they were perfectly justifiable without the evidence being on oath. His Lordship was further of opinion, that the reasons assigned by the plaintiff when the su►u mons was given, did not constitute a lawful impedi ment within the meaning of the Act. The plaintiff was thereupon nonsuited. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are this week short supplies of English COIT, but a good quantity of Foreign Oats. Wheat finds few buyers, and prices remain much as on Monday. Barley meets a very dull sale. Beans well support lust quota tions. Oats find a fair demand at the prices of last mar ket day. There still continues a very heavy trade for Flour. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 flour. 1,980 qr, 140 qrs. 1,290 qr s.l 2,Booscks. English ... Irish Foreign 1,450 1 - ,300 19-,400 FISH-11IARKET, BILLINGSGATE. The market this morning was furnished with a con siderable quantity of fish, but there was little varivty of sorts ; the stock principally consisted of Salmon and Turbot, which appeared very fine, and sold at low prices. The following were the prices:— Prime Turbot, each 6s. Od. to Os. Od. Finest Salmon, per lb. 0 9 1 3 Ditto Grilse 0 8 0 9 Salmon Trout 0 6 • 0 8 Sturgeon 2 0 0 0 Brill, each Brighton Soles, per three pairs 3 0 4 6 Live Flounders, per quqrtern Live Eels, per 31b. Finest Lobsters, per score 30 0 50 0 Inferior ditto Finest Crabs Inferior ditto Finest Cray-fish lB 0 0 0 Shrimps, per gallon 3 0 3 6 Pickled Salmon (Newcastle), per kit ... New Cod Sounds, per barrel 5 0 6 0 Dutch Pickled Herrings 6 0 6 0 ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. A new Drama from the prolific pen of Mr. Banim, the well-known author of " Tales of the O'Hara Family," was last night produced at this Theatre. It is entitled the " Serjeant's Wife," and turns upon an incident related by its author in his late Tale of the Nowlans. The scene, how ever, is transferred from Ireland to France, and the plot ingeniously unravelled. As a whole, the piece was success ful, and with a few judicious eurtailments bids fair to have a run; but this more from the excellence of its acting than the dramatic power thrown into it by its author. MAIDSTONE.—The fine gentle rains we have had since our last, in most years would have much im proved the hop-bines, and in many cases has done so ; but a large proportion of the plantations appear to be so lifeless and torpid, that they seem to be worse instead of better, and though the vermin have generally disappeared, a large proportion of our plantations can grow but few hops, as there is now but little time for the bines to grow. —Maid stone Journal. On Tuesday last an inquest was held at the Barge inn, in this town, before J. H. Hollway, Gent., Coroner for the borough, on the body of an old woman named Mary Whitworth, who at the advanced age of 55 years, put an end to her existence by swallowing arsenic. —The deceased told Mr. Tuxford that she had taken the extraordinary quantity of a quarter of a pound ! Perhaps not the least singularity in this extraordinary transaction is the motive which actuated the deceased. The cause is generally said to have existed in the con duct of an old man named Fisher, with whom she lived, who was her senior in years, but who she suspected had formed an improper intimacy with another female. Two or three witnesses endeavoured to create a supposition that the old woman was deranged at the time she swal lowed the poison, but as abundant evidence was produced to the contrary, he jury had very little hesitation in deter mining upon a verdict of Felo de se, and at ten o'clock the same night, her body was interred in the Church-yard, pursuant to the humane regulations of the new Act of Parliament on the subject..,Boston Gazette. . SHIPPINGINTaLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DIAL, JULY 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from London the Thomas, Henley, for Halifax ; the Upton Castle, Weldridge, for Bombay. Arrived the Avon, Hoden, from Berbice. Sailed the Heighington, for Barbadoes ; and Caroline, for Van Dieman'e Land. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Passed by the Norfolk, Greig, for Bombay. PLYMOUTH, JULY 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Bolivar, Hensel!, from St. Jago ; and Helie, Richmond, from London. FALMOUTH, JULY 23. —Wind W.—Arrived the Sky lark packet, Aplin, from Brazil, in 39 days from Pernam buco; the Tyrian packet, Dwyer, in 21 days from Halifax. Sailed the Royal Sovereign yacht, for Pembroke, with the Lord High 'Admiral and suite ; the Francis Freeling packet, for St. Domings, Vera Cruz, &c. ; and the Magnet packet, for Lisbon. LORD HIGH ADMIRAL. To his Royal Highness Prince William Henry Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral of the United King ' dom of Great Britain and Ireland ; The humble Address of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of the Town of Falmouth and its Vicinity ; May it pleaie your Royal Highness, _ . We, the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of the,town of Falmouth and its vicinity, humbly beg leave to offer our sincere congratulations to your Royal Highness, on your recent appointment to the ancient and important office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, which his Most Gracious Majesty has been pleased to re establish in the person of your Royal Highness, and which has diffused general satisfaction amongst all ranks of his Majesty's subjects, and evinces another proof of his Ma jesty's solicitude for the welfare and glory of the nation ; and we look forward with confidence to every improve ment in the Naval Service of which it may he susceptible, and which your Royal Highness's professional knowledge and talents citable you so properly to direct. We avail ourselves of the present occasion, which affords us the opportunity of approaching your Royal Highness, to express our unfeigned satisfaction and delight at your Royal Highness's arrival at this port, in the exercise of the important duties of your exalted office. And we beg leave tciassure your Royal Highness of our cordial attachment to his Majesty, your Royal Highness's person, and every branch of the illustrious House of Bruns wick, and we trust that through Providence your Royal Highness may long enjoy the blessings of health and hap piness. Given under the common seal of the Corporation, this 21st day of July, 1827. By order of the Mayor, (Signed) PENDER, Town Clerk. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S REPLY. GENTLEMEN-1 thank you for your congratulation on my recent appointment, by the gracious goodness of his Majesty, to the ancient and important office of Lord High Admiral, and trust that my conduct in this situation, from my professional knowledge, will be productive of advan tage and improvement to the naval service of this country. I feel sensibly your attention in expressing your satis faction at my arrival in the port of Falmouth, to attend to the duties now imposed on me, by examining the Packet Establishment, so wisely placed in this harbour. Your expressions of loyalty and affection towards our most gracious - and excellent Sovereign, rive me the sin cerest pleasure, and I return you my unfeigned acknow ledgments for your personal good wishes towards myself and all the other branches of the House of Brunswick, who ale, like myself, most anxiously attached to the wel fare and prosperity of this truly happy empire. (Signed) WILLIAM H. BURSTING OF A STEAM CARRIAGE BOILER.-(THIS MORNING.) Messrs. Burstell and Hill having brought their steam carriage into a state fit for the road, determined, this morning, to give it a trial. Having run it several times round their inclosure, opposite the New Bedlam, West minster-Road, at an early hour this morning, the gates were opened, and the carriage was making a short turn, in order to get into the public road, when one of the wheels stuck in a piece of soft ground, the titre wheels being in the lock at the time, and the steam being generated faster than expended, tlse boiler burst, with a great explosion. It wat, drawn after the carriage, on two wheels, and burst at the bottom, which overthrew it. A boy, the brother of Mr. Hill, Who was on it at the time, fell with his head on a piece of timber, and received a severe contusion, but no fracture. One of the engineers attending it also received a severe cut on the thigh, from a piece of iron: and another young man was much scalded on the legs ; but fortunately, no farther mischief was done, although about twenty persons were pushing it, to extricate the wheel which was confined. The accident is attributed to the inefficiency of the valve, which did not allow sufficient steam to escape while the wheels were standing still. The man and boy were taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, and are expected to be p4rfectly recovered in a few days. An immense crowd had assembled outside, to witness its first performance ; but beyond being sprinkled with the hot dirty water of the boiler, none of them were hurt, which may be attributed to the fortunate circumstance of the boiler bursting underneath. Messrs. 'Burstell and Hill are still sanguine of success. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WHITEHALL PRIZE WHERRY. The annual prize given by the inhabitants of White hall, and some gentlemen, m.smbers of Aquatic Clubs, was yesterday contested for by the watermen of Whitehall Ferry. In order that the subscribers to the prizes might have the opportunity of observing the entire contest, the dis tance rowed in the three heats was the *lame, being from tde start at Westminster-bridge, round a boat moored off Somerset-house, up the Middlesex shore, round a boat moored off Parliament-stair s , and down to the Prize Wherry, moored off Whitehall. The first two boats of the first and second heats, to row the grand heat. The whole was under the direction of Mr. Job Jones, and reflected credit upon his management. The following were entered fee the snatch : 'lasi' HEAT. 1. George Coll and James Staples—scarlet. 2. Thomas Evans and William Davis—white. • S. Thomas Piner and Charles Westwood—purple. 4. Edward Farlow and John Hambleton—light blue. SECOND HEAT. 1. Jamey Smart and George Holroyd—pick. 2. Charles Speed and John Perrarn—green. 3. Richard Westwood and George Afackay—yellow. 4. Samuel Piner and Robert Evans—brown. THE FIRST Ils:Ar---Was started for at half-past three o'clock, by Scarlet, Purple, White, and Light Blue. The boats went off at the moment the pistol was fired, and kept their way downwards almost together ; but Purple took the lead at the turn near Soinerset-house, and kept it in a very tine and skilful manner. Light Blue soon gained the second place, and pressed hard upon Purple nearly to the conclusion of the heat, when Scarlet, by a great ex ertion of strength, pushed by her, and came in second ; and the heat was determined to have been won by Purple and Scarlet. The heat was most excellently contested. THE SECOND HEAL—Pink, Green, Yellow, and Brown, at about five o'clock, started for this heat, and, after a most skilful effort on the part of the last three boats, the heat was decided in favour of Yellow and Brown. The boat distinguished by the colour Green was third. Pink appeared to have knocked up early in the .contest. THE THIRD AND LAST HEAT..---At seven o'clock the signal was given. The boats pressed on their course with the tide ahnost in a level course, until Yellow, about Hungerford, took the lead, and kept it throughout, closely pressed by Purple, which came in second, Scarlet third, and Brown last. Several bands of music enlivened the scene, and per formed a variety of popular airs. GRAND ROWING MATCH-PORTSMOUTH. A Grand Rowing Match took place on Saturday last at Portsmouth, which had caused much interest for some days before, from the heavy betting and the equal good ness of boats and officers, between the Officers of his Ma jesty's ship 'Wellesley, in the Little Falcon, and the Officers of the 18th Royal Irish, in the Hibernia ; they started by signal at half-past two from the Clarence Rooms, round the Prince in the harbour and back again, a dis tance of four miles, which the Little Falcon did in thirty eight minutes, beating the .Hibernia by a minute and a half. The spectacle altogether, from the fineness of the day, and•the bands of the different ships, stationed in boats at equal distances, and the numerous boats that attended, made one of the most imposing sights known for some years at this place, and both parties were heartily cheered on their landing, after the race, and the day ended with a jovial dinner on board the Wellesley, to a grand party of Military and Naval men. It always affords us great plea sure to record such events, when the two services are Waited iu promotiog such tat:mui aniussuacats, FASHtOt4ABLE Alv'D miSeELLANtOU, WINDSOR, JULY 24.—Yesterday the KING paid .a visit to the QueEit of WURTEMBERG and their Royal Highnesses Princess AuGusrA and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, at Frogmore Lodge, where he remained up wards of an hour. On leaving the Lodge, her Royal Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER. accompanied the KING in his phaeton, when his MarEstir drove through the Great Park and Norfolk Farm to Virginia Water. In the course of the day, Lord FARNBOROUGH and Sir SAMUEL HULSE arrived on a visit to his MAJESTY, with whom and her Royal Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, they had the honour of dining at Virginia Water. The Knac and his Royal party dined for the first time this season on hoard of the mahogany dining boat. After dinner her Royal Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER re turned in his AIA,YESIT'S phaeton (which she drove) to Frogmore Lodge, where her Royal Highness continues on a visit. Yesterday the Queen of WURTEMBERG, ac companied by her Royal sister Princess AUGUSTA, took an airing in the pony phaeton in the Great Park, and to St. Leonard's, where they paid a visit to the Countess of HAR , . COURT, and returned by the Horse Barracks, and through -Windsor, to Frogmore Lodge. This day the following Commissioners met at the Castle, in order to inspect the works , .—the Earl of ABERDEEN, Lord FARNBOROUGH, Viscount GODERICH, and Mr. SruacEs BoURNE ; they were met by Mr. WvAx vlLLE,.who produced all the plans, and attended the Com missioners in the inspection of all the works—his Majesty was expected but did not arrive. Prince LEOPOLD left his residence in Pall. mall, yesterday morning, for his seat at Claremont. The Duke of SUSSEX gave a grand dinner yesterday, to a numerousparty of Nobility and Gentry, at his apartments in the King's Palace at Kensington. The Duke of SUSSEX honoured Count Lu- DOLF, the Neapolitan Minister, with his company to din ner on Monday, at his residence in •Gloncester-place. There was a select party to meet his Royal Highness. Prince POLIGNAC, the French Ambassador, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. and Mrs. PEEL arrived at their residence in Privy-gardens yesterday afternoon, from the seat of the Duke of Wellington, at Strathfieldsay, where they had been staying on a visit to his Grace and the Duchess cf WELLINGTON, since Thursday last. The Duke and Duchess have been entertaining a numerous party of their friends, at their seat at Strathfieldsay. The Judges of that circuit dined with their Graces on Sunday. Earl and Countess BATHURST took leave of their Noble host and hostess yesterday morning, for their seat near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Lord MELBOURNE entertained a distinguish ed Party to dinner, yesterday, at hie house, Whitehall. Countess COWPER entertained an elegant party of the haut ton, on Monday evening, at her house in Little Maddox-street, Hanovcr-square. The Duke de VILLA HERMOSA, the Spanish Minister at Faris, who ratified the agreement of February last, for the liquidation of the claims of British subjects on the Court of Spain, has• just been rewarded with the order of the Golden Fleece, for - his services on the Spanish Embassy at Paris. The Chevalier de Coat- DOVA, his Secretary, has been rewarded with the appoint thent of Ambassador to Denmark ; and yet the agreement in question (forming certainly not the least important of the acts of the Duke during his Parisian Embassy) is re pudiated by his Court, on The ground of his Excellency having departed from his instructions. A GYPSEY PARTY, OR PIC NIC.-A party of this description having been proposed at the Opera on Saturday night, by a young and beautiful Duchess, the idea was considered a happy one, and instantly adopted.— The party is chosen and the arrangements completed, i. e. the Ladies will provide the eatables, and the Gentlemen the wines. The spot fixed upon is the Putney Cedars, a most romantic situation. The company will go up the river in beautiful four-oared cutters, and the rowers will be amateurs. Mr. NoRmA N repeated the character of Philip, in the piece of Luke the Labourer, at the Surrey Theatre, last evening, and received the approbation of a fashionable and crowded house. JUDGE BURTON.—Nothing more was heard on Saturday, in the Hall, relative to the Chancellorship, than the echo of the statement in the Morning Register. —There was nothing additional, touching the matter, in the communications from England.—Dublin Morning Register. A POLITE CORRESPONDENT.—A Gentle man at Paris writing a few days since to a.lady at Saint Petersburgh, thus commenced his letter :—" Madam, I should apologise for writing to you in my shirtsleeves; but the weather is so excessively hot that I have been under the necessity of tucking them up."—Le Ford. NAPPER TANDY had lived for some time in a kind of exile at Bordeaux. He was not permitted to go to Paris. Shortly after his death, a lady resident in Bor deaux wrote to a friend in Ireland, adding in a postcript to her letter—" Napper Tandy, thank God ! is dead." A police officer, who, it seems, had perused the letter, in. dignant at this remark, returned it to the writer with a second postscript at the bottom :—" N. T., Madam, is not dead." FRUIT MEASURE,—A correspondent appre hends, from the rapid decline the London fruit pottle has suffered this season, that in another year (while the gar deners are careful to increase the size of their gooseberries and strawberries) they will not be able to get these fruits into the potties, even in single rows. " I think (he adds) you will find my opinion very current, though the gar deners may feel rather tart at any public notice being taken of the circumstance." CURIOUS ACCIDENT.—A horse was this morning observed galloping up to Waterloo-bridge, in a chaise without a driver. The toll-gate was closed, and the horse then made for the palisade on the side of the bridge opposite the shot-manufactory, but, perhaps not much relishing the leap, he turned down the boat-stairs, which be descended very carefully, as far as the chaise would let him, and was secured in that situation without any injury to himself or the gig. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM DUBLIN. —" NEGLECTED GENIUS."—A curious scene occurred on Wednesday night, which has not been noticed in the re ports of the performances. The opera of Guy Manneriny was acted. Miss C— played Julia Illanneriny, and sung her songs horribly out of . tune. In the duct " Now hope, now fear," tier screaming was more discordant than the notes of a peacock. The audience laughed and Braham tittered. The lady became enraged, and the audience be came more funny. At length her fury rose to such a pitch that hissing superseded the less angry manifestation of dis like. She darted forward, and commanded the orchestra to cease, and she addressed the audience in the following manner :—" To one of my sex it is painful to be obliged to address an audience, but my natural timidity—(loud laughter ;)—aye, to be sure, my delicacy—(increased laugh ter)—on this occasion, shall not prevent me. I have been now for two years endeavouring to please you and I have not succeeded.—(Hear, hear.)—You are hard to be pleased. I shall leave you—(Cries from the gallcry---" Ah ! don' , —lave us a lock of your hair for a keepsake ;")—I shall leave you—l quit you this moment for ever —aye, for ever !" The lady strutted off, and shouts of laughter and hissing accompanied her retirement. She did not appear afterwards. HORRIBLE MURDER AT GOSPORT. RECEIVED THIS PAY AY Expßrs, The town of Gosport was thrown into the greatest con eternationin consequence of its havinlg on Sunday morning, been rumoured that a seaman had been murdered under peculiarly atrocious circumstances, in the houF 4l of a .female of had character, in the preceding evening. It ap peared on inquiry, that a person of the name of Alexander Stroud, a native of Bermuda, and a seaman belonging to the Primrose had been drinking at a public-house in that town on Saturday evening, along with several of his vompanions. Among these were an individual named John Sullivan, and a female of improper oharactar, called Elizabeth Hickson, well known in Gosport by the appellation of Betsy 'Clarke. The deceased it ap peared, had retired with this woman to her lodgings, late on the above evening, and was there joined shortly afterwards by Sullivan. About two o'clock on Sunday morning, some of the neighbours heard the window of Clarke's lodgings thrown hastily up, and the cry of " watchman " repeated three times, and one person was said to have heard, about the same time, the cry of mut-- ler." These cries were followed up by the noise of violent struggling, as if some one had been assaulted ; it became fainter and fainter; and at length totally ceased, when a lull sound was beard, as if some one was sinking heavily to the ground. An investigation was set on foot next morn trig, when the body of a man, which turned out to be that of Stroud, was discovered lying on the floor of Clarke's lodg ings, besmeared with blood and covered with bruises. Life had been extinct for some hours previous. On the ..:lothes of Clarke, there were also marks of blood anti violence.. It was then found out that Sullivan had been Absent from his lodgings during the whole of Saturday evening, having only returned between six and seven on the following morning, and that he had accompanied the leeeased to Clarke's room. Suspicion naturally fell upon Sullivan and Clarke, and a warrant was immediately issued for their apprehension. On Monday an inquest was held on the body, before Charles Longcroft, Esq., one of the Coroner's for the County of Hants.' The following is the evidence laid before the Jury John Clark, of Gosport, waterman—l went into the Navy Tavern, about a quarter before eight in the evening, having seen the deceased go in there : I had something tc, drink with him, and Betsy Clarke was the only pet-son with him at that time ; MrLarin came in soon after, and thea Ruth Scott and Sullivan afterwards came in, and we con- Linued drinking till about ten o'cluelc, wliza I came away ; I saw nothing more of the deceased, Clarke, 30 till the next morning, when about seven o'clock Ruth Scott came to my house, and called me up, and said,• that the man was dead, who was with Betsy Clarke, and desired me to go with her to Betsy Clarke's lodgings ; I went ':wtith her immediately, and on going into Betsy Clarke's room,, saw the deceased lying dead at the foot of the bed ; there' was a considerable quantity of blood on the pillows of the bed, and on the floor. He had a shirt on, stockings, and a black silk handkerchief round his neck, which was tight, there was no person in the room. Ruth Scott Rent with me. Ruth Scott, wife of William Scott, a cooper in the Asia ship, sworn, saith—l live at Gosport, and occupy two rooms of the house in which Betsy Clarke lodges. I was it the Navy Tavern all the evening iu company with the deceased, Betsy Clarke, John Sullivan. and John Clark. I did not perceive that the deceased was much in liquor. Betsy Clarke was very tipsy when she left the room she was in. I and John Clark left the room where the deeeused and Betsy Clerks were about ten o'clock, and staid in the tap room drinking with John Clark ; he and I left the Navy Tavern about eleven o'clock, and left the cleceased with Betsy Clarke and Sullivan. I heard no more &Icing the night, nor saw any person till Betsy Clarke came ter my room on Sunday morning about ten o'clock all over blood ; she said, " Do get up and come down to my room, for I-do think that the man I slept with last night is dead. I got up immediately and ran down to her room, and there saw the deceased lying dead at the foot of the bed, with blood on his neck and hands. Betsy Clarke said nothing, but laughed, and I told her that she had more reason to cry than laugh ; the was perfectly sober, and appeared in her proper senses; the deceased had a black silk hand kerchief on, which was drawn tight, and I thought he had been strangled ; when Betsy Clarke Caine in to me she was dressed, and her gown was very bloody, as well as her hand. kerchief; her lip was much swollen, and her face very bloody; I asked her how that happened, and she told ma that the man who was dead had been beating her. Sarah, the wife of Thomas Davis, of Gosport, knows John Sullivan and Betsy Clarke; and witness lives in the very next house to them, and is well acquainted with both their voices; between the hours of twelve and one o'clock in the night of Friday last she knows Sullivan and Clarke were together in their room, she having moat distinctly heard Clarke say, " Are you going to choak me, Sullivan ? Why don't you leave me alone, I tell you ?" And Clarke called out several times "Murder !" and Sullivan desired her to be quiet, and not disturb the neighbours; that on Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning, witness again heard Sullivan's voice, as witness verily believes, and also the voice of another man, both quarrelling; that they continued having violent words full an hour ; that Betsy Clarke was crying a great part of that time, and witness could not hear any thing she said ! that witness heard the stranger's voice crying out " Watchman !" at the same time the window was thrown up, which was broken, as some of thu glass fell into the yard ; after which she heard a noise exactly like a man falling down heavily, and then there was perfect silence, and witness heard no more. Sarah Fitzgerald, wife of Daniel Fitzgerald, a sailor at sea, sworn, saith—that John Sullivan lodges at my house ; I generally hear him come to bed ; I went to bed on Sun day night last about nine o'clock; I did not hear Sullivan come to bed, and heard nothing of him till about six o'clock yesterday morning, when I heard him come up stairs and go to his room which is over mine ; he almost immediately went down again, and came up, and went down several times in the conies of half an hour. Ann Snell, wife of Wm. Snell, a sailor belonging to the Pyramus—_l live in the same court with Betsy Clarke ; my bed room is on the same floor with her's, and the head of my bed comes to the foot of her's, and there is only a thin partition between the rooms; I went to bed early, about one o'clock, or a little before, on the morning of yesterday ; I heard a window broke, which awoke me ; I then, in about half an hour, heard a man's voice cry " Watch," twice, then I heard Betsy Clarke (whose voice I knew), say, " For God's sake, John, leave the man alone," and I heard a moaning noise ; I heard the window of Betsy Clarke's room thrown up after I heard her voice; the noise proceeded from Betsy Clarke's room. Christopher Hutchings, of Gosport—l am a constable there; I took John Sullivan into custody; Sullivan said he was very sorry he went to Betsy Clarke with the half gallon of beer, as hihen should not have been in the row - I asked him if they were fighting; he said they were fight ing upstairs when he left them. John Richard Horwood, of Gosport, surgeou—The death of the deceased was strangulation, 'which, in my opinion, was caused by the tightness of the handkerchief; in the situation I found the deceased, he could not have strangled himself ; none of the braises or scratches were sufficient to cause death. The CORONER recapitulated the evidence to the Jury, who, after a short deliberation, brought in a verdict of --Wilful Murder against John Sullivan and Elizabeth Hickson, otherwise Betsy Clarke. Both the prisoners seemed deeply ag►tatei at the an nouncement of the verdict. • They were both committed to gaol to abide their trial at the ensuing Assiree, which which will be held on Thursday or Friday next. Nenagh,, after attending the s e s s i ons , and On Wednesday last t wo men re t urn i n g from prose cuting their informations, were attacked near Templemore by a gang of fellows, who killed one of them on the spot and desperately wounded the eecond.—Linterick Chronicle. CORONER'S I NQU EsT.—Yesterday, a t one o'clock, Thomas Stirling, Esq., the Coroner for Middlesex, and a most respectable jury, assembled at the Brill Tavern, Somers-town, for the pur pose of investigating the circumstances attendant on the death of Frederick Wittenback, aged 41 years, who it was currently reported had been poisoned by his wife. The inquiry created a great sensation in the neighbourhood, and long before the arrival of the coroner, the inquest room was crowded to excess, and the vicinity of the house thronged by persons anxious to hear the result of the investigation. The evidence was nearly the same as the narrative in the SUN of yesterday. The Jury, after a consideration of ten minutes, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Mary Wittenback, the wife of the deceased." The Coroner's warrant has been issued, and when she is removable from the in firmary-it will be execute d.